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PAGE TWO THE AMERICUS DAILY TIMES-RECORDER. (Member Associated Press.) Established 1879. Published every afternoon, except Sundays, by the Tiines-Recorder Publishing Co. (Incorporated.) G. R. ELLIS President QUIMBY MELTON Editor J. W. FURLOW City Editor W. L. DUPREE Business Manager R. E. MARSH Circulation Manager Advertising Rates Reasonable. Promptly Furnished on Request. Memorial Resolutions, Resolutions of Respect, Obituary Notices, etc., other Mian those which the paper may deem proper to publish, as news matter, will be charged for at the rate of 5 cents per line. All advertising copy requiring two columns of space or less should be in the business office not later than eight o’clock morning of issue in order Insure prompt insertion. All copy for space of more than two columns should be submitted not later than 6 o’clock of the day, prior to date of issue. Subscription Rates. By Mail in United States and Mexico. Payable Strictly in Advance DAILY, One Year $5.00 DAILY, Six Months 2.00 DAILY, Three Months 1.25 WEEKLY, One Year 1.03 WEEKLY, Six Months 50 BY CARRIER In Americus or Vicinity, 50c a Month or 12c a Week Subscribers failing to receive their paper regularly will confer a favor by promptly reporting same to circulation department. OFFICIAL ORGAN for City of Americus, Sumter County, Webster County, Railroad Commission of Georgia for Third Congressional District, U. S. Court, Southern District of Georgia. AMERICUS, GEORGIA, FRIDAY AFTERNOON, OCTOBER 23, 1914 CONGRATULATIONS AMERICUS The city of Americus is to be congratulated. Her wise selection of a mayor in yesterday’s election marks the dawning of a new era of prosperity and advancement for Americus. Usually a successful candidate is congrat ulated on winning his race. But this time it is different. Instead of ex tending the right hand of fellowship to the successful candidate and con gratulating Mr. Council, it is fitting that the city be the one to be congrat ulated. That Mr. Council will make an admirable mayor in every way has been foremost in the minds of the voters from the very moment his name was announced. The large vote that was polled for him yesterday attests the high esteem his neighbors have for the man. Their vote was an endorse ment of a life of clean energy. Mr. Council goes into office in January with the city solid behind him. The largest vote ever polled in a three,cornered race was given him at the polls yesterday. Americus has put behind her the strife and struggles of years gone by and is preparing to march forward ,a united city. Early in the race for mayor the Young Men’s Democratic League an nounced their slogan as "A Bigger and Better Americus.” That slogan will be the keynote of the administration. Mr. Council, with the able assist ance of the city council and the people of the city, is going to fulfill the slogan as adopted by the league. The gentlemen who opposed Mr. Council for mayor were of the highest ability. They polled a large vote, and would have made good officers if elected. But Americus wanted Council—and Council was chosen. Again we say: “Don’t Congratulate Mr. Council. CONGRATULATE AMERICUS!” AMERICUS ALWAYS AHEAD One of the Atlanta papers has adopted for its slogan, “Made in Atlanta; Sold in Atlanta; Bought in Atlanta.” This slogan may look very well on paper, and it may sound pleasant to the ears that are concerned; but our sister city is not inclosed behind an impentrable, unscalable wall. If every other city in the state were to adopt this motto, Atlanta ould soon find herself in need of customers. To the people of Americus, and Sumter, and all south Georgia, the Times-Recorder, would say: Make everything you can at home, or in your home town; sell what you have for sale, locally, if possible; buy everything you need as near home as you can yet it at reasonable rates. So long as we are an inter-dependent people the “Me and my wife and my son, John, and his wife” policy will not work out happily for all con-* cerned. Commerce is built upon a fair exchange of commodities, both at home and abroad. Americus is always ahead in the interest of her own people, but she never forgets her friends all over south Georgia, and Georgia, and the South. OUR FORTIFICATIONS Says the Saturday Evening Post: “There are no forts on Mason and Dixon’s line. The South is not look ing back to 1860 and asking herself how many army corps and siege guns she can muster against the North; nor is the North counting its security against Southern aggression in military terms. “For four thousand miles on the north a mere chalk mark separates us from the British Empire. Nobody on either side of the line is uneasy about that. Years of fair dealing, mutual respect, courtesy and good will make infinitely stronger defenses against war between North and South, or between the United States and Canada, than if we had all the Kaiser’s sol diers or all the King's ships.” Good will beats all the stone walls that could be built. The golden rule will carry further than any explosive that human ingenuity can contrive. Confidence and a willingness to live and let live will solve more problems than the sword, the airship, and the sub-marine can ever hope to solve. Material fortifications, at best, indicate a lack of lasting confidence. 'The miserable old cry, “In time of peace prepare for war,” should be changed to “In time of war prepare for peace,” "In time of war let the nations decide that there shall be no more war—except a universal war against evil, disease, and ignorance.” A popular young lady has defined marriage as being “the exchange of the attentions of several young men for the inattentions of one.” Lord Curzon of Kedleston is saying some pretty harsh things about Kaiser Wilhelm. He calls him “William the Assassin,” and "William the Bloodstained.” Come, come, Lord C. Don’t kill the Kaiser so much with your mouth. • \ THE AMERICUS DAILY TIMES-RECORDER COTTON FARMERS URGED TO GROW THEIR OWN FOOD In a circular out to farmers and business men in the cottto states, the United States Department of Agriculture offers a series of suggestions to remedy the situation created by the falling off in the demand for cot ton. Instead of attempting to obtain through cotton the cash required to buy other necessities, farmers are urged to raise these necessities them selves, and by this means feed themselves. Cotton is low and likely to re main so. Food products are high and also likely to remain so. A man, therefore, who has all his acreage in cotton finds himself compelled to exchange a low-priced article for a high-priced one. One way within the reach of all to cut down expenses is to pay proper attention to a home-grown garden. Apiece of good land, as near the house as possible, should be devoted to this; given extra care and well supplied with manure. In return the farmer will have an abundance of good whole some food throughout a large portion of the year which will cost him little or nothing in cash. Vegetables and fruits should be canned for winter use. In this connection it Is pointed out that summer is not the only time that work can be advantageously put into a garden. Farmers are advised, therefore, to get in touch at once, either with the county agents, or with the state and federal departments of agriculture, if they wish any infor mation on this matter. i In addition to garden truck, every farmer should grow his own corn, hay and forage crop and keep enough chickens and hogs to supply his ta ble with at least the bulk of its meat. Few farmers, in the cotton states at least, keep enough chickens. The profits that may or may not be made out of the poultry business have little to do with the fact that with some care a sufficiently large flock of chickens can be kept on the farm to sup ply the family with eggs and much of its meat. Hogs, too, can easily be raised for home consumption, and beef cattle as well. Again, farmers can economize in the use of fertilizers. It is the poorest possible economy to starve the land; but there are other ways of feeding it than by buying high-priced manures and commercial fertilizers. Crops of such leguminous plants as crimson clover, vetch or other winter legumes, or if seed for these can not be obtained at a reasonable price, oats, rye. peas or beans add greatly to the fertility of the soil when they are plowed under. A certain amount of commercial fertilizer, of course, may be necessary, but the farmer should ascertain carefully how much and what kind his land really requirributed over the land. It is obvious that if the farmer follows this advice he will plant less cotton. Much of the acreage that he has in the past devoted to this cash crop will now be reouired to produce food crops. This is precise ly the result that is desired. It is probable that some millions of bales of cotton will have to be carried over from this year’s crop. If there is no decrease in the cotton acreage and no increase in the quantity of food products raised, the price of cotton must necessarily continue to be low and the cost of living high. This condition is at the bottom of the de mand that some means be found to restrict the cotton acreage in the coming year. Experience, however, has shown that such movements result not in a decrease but in an actual increase. Each man believes that his neigh bors will plant less cotton and that the price will consequently go up. He determines, therefore, to take advantage of this by plantng all the cotton he can. On the other hand, specialists in the department of agriculture believe that if the real value of diversified agriculture be once thoroughly under stood the cotton acreage will be reduced in a natural and healthy man ner. The same general principle can be applied to the tobacco crop. “Di versification,” says the circular, “and the producton of home supplies is the only safe plan to follow.” Landlords are urged to see that their ten ants follow this plan, and bankers and merchants to co-operate by fur nishing the credit which may be necessary to enable farmers to place themselves on the sound fiancial basis that diversified farming will ulti mately bring. LOOKING FORWARD Down at Moss Point, Mississippi, there is a paper mill. Recently this mill proposed to all the papers in that state that it would supply, free of charge, enough white paper to print an edition, if they would use the home product About eighty papers accepted the proposition and brought out papers printed on paper made from the trees that grew in their own state. Some of the papers carried a big head-line: This paper was made from Mississippi wood and was made in Mississippi.”' Right here in south Georgia we are allowing the refuse of our lumber mills to go to waste, while the spruce trees of Maine and Canada are get ting scarcer and the price of paper is getting higher. Why not our Georgia chemists investigate the matter and perfect - process by which we can print our Georgia papers cn paper made in Georgia from trees that grow in Georgia? After a while this will be a necessity. Why wait? THE CENSOR’S WORK The humorist of the New York Mail says: “The British censors are so mean That Germans should equip A swift, destructive submarine And sink the censorship.” Let the funny men joke all they please, the censor is almost as import ant, or necessary, as soldiers and officers in the field of battle. In the Fran co-Prussian war the French made the mistake of allowing their movements and plans published ahead of time. The result was that the Germans blocked the French at almost every pont. French, Englsh, and German are beng very careful in this war. It seems that nothing is allowed to pass ' the censor that would give aid, comfort, or information to the other side. All victories are announced but the defeats are kept secret. Possibly we get a falsehood now and then. We are sorry for lots of people these times. We are sorry for the gal lant King and the gentle Queen of Belgium. We are sorry for all the home less Belgians. We are sorry for the moujiks— the poor ignorant soldiers of Russia. We are sorry for the widows and orphans of all the warring na tions. We are sorry for the splendid young manhood that is being sacri ficed on all the fields of blood. We are sorry for all our own people who are made to mourn, or suffer, on account of the war, or for any other reason. In the midst of it all let us take the advice of Mrs. Wiggs and not get sorry for ourselves. As long as we can keep up our own courage we can be of some help to a suffering and sorrowful world. The Good Book says: “Love thy neighbor as thyself.” Somebody has wrongly interpreted the thing as being: “Shove thy neighbor as thyself.” There are three essentials to success in every business: honesty, en ergy, and imagination. i Smithville (Special to Times-Recorder.) SMITHVILLE, Oct. 22.—C01. and Mrs. Geo. E. Simpson, of Valdosta, are guests for a few days of their father, Dr. W. T. Simpson. Mr. Emmett Evans, of Augusta, spent the week-end here with his sis ters, Misses lizzie and Elma Evans, Among the visitors in Plains this week during the Association, were Messrs. J. L. Wells, W. H. Lunsford, J. A. Hill, Rev. V. T. Johnson, Mesdames T. S. Burton, C. Y. Goneke, Lydia Ans ley. B. E. Flowers, Misses Agnes Wells, Nell and Edith McKinney and Mr. B. F. Christie. Miss Mary Littleton spent the week end with her parents in Dawson. Mrs. Nan Carroll, of Enterprise, Ala., is the guest for several weeks of Mrs. J. B. Fite. Miss Effie Cobb was hostess to the Embroidery club Wednesday after noon. Mrs. Will Hackney and little daugh ter, Lucille, of Macon, are guests for a few days of Mrs. O. L. Thompson. Mr. Preston McKinney spent Sunday with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. H. L. McKinney, in Walden. Dr. and Mrs. S. F. Scales and little daughter Linda are visiting relatives in Villa Rica this week. Mr. Albert Long has returned to his home in Atlanta after a few days’ visit to his sister, Mrs. Mattie Rhodes. Messrs. Bill Godby and Clay, of Eu faula, were among other Sunday visit ors in Smithville. Mr. Terrell Simpson, who is a stu dent at Gordon Institute this year, came down Tuesday morning to spend a few days with his father, Dr. W. T. Simpson, who is quite ill. Mrs. A. L. Anderson, of Adams, is the guest for a week of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Cobb. LESS COTTON--MORE GRAIN MORE MONEY! Tools Necessary to Raise More Grain: Stalk fnttpr The stalks from a I,ale of cotton uiam viiuci. broken up with a stalk cutter and plowed under are worth toyoursoilasmuch as 750 pounds commercial fertilizer. The stalks from fifty bushels of corn cut up with a stalk cutter and plow ed under the ground is equal to 450 pounds com mercial fertilizer to your soil. Disc* HaPFOIAT'* best toc>l that ?oes on your farm. It pul r 7, 77. .* verizes your Soil, prepares your seed bed in first class condition, leaving a dust mulch which conseive tne moisture and helps to carry the plant through drow r ghts. Grain Drill* Pla .? ts your seed in a uniform depth which means 11 uniform growth and ripening; saves every seed. i . To. c ffer t 2 the farmers , th e above tools, payment Sept. Ist, 1915, with cotton warehouse receipts as collateral. r-D J.x? salva,ion of this couniry, we believe is MORE GRAIN, because of the fact that this country has trot to supply the countries that are at war, with food stuff, and the prices will be high for the next twelve months. SHEFFIELD COMPANY “CUSTOMERS FIRST” You May Have Oood Safe insurance But until you get a UNION CENTRAL POLICY you haven’t the best. It is best because it gives you all that is good in Life Insurance protection, and gives it to you for less. Onion Centra! Life las. Co Lee M. Hansford, General Agent Room 18, Planter* Bank Bid*. “Tli* Great Annul Dividend ftyc*. >»»**»»»*»*»»*»»«»»» *»»«**»«»»»»»» fc***** l '** »* »»*»*»**• j ; L. G. COUNCIL, Pres’t Inc. 1891. H. S. COUNCIL, Cashier. •« > ■ C. 31. COUNCIL, Vice-l’res. T. E. BOLTON, Asst. Cashier, t !• « ; Planters’ Bank of Americus ; |: CAPITAL SURPLUS AND PROFITS 5210,000.00 \ . With twenty years exper- [ J ’ ' 'l*^ 1 ience in successful banking and [ \ ! • m with our large resources and ; { £, jpi|]§lif close personal attention to :| J; fj %ks fij is • every interest consistent with [ j; -i i 'if ST!s] sound banking, we solicit your ;{ >• jw patronage. ![ J: : l lnterest allowed on time \\ i• sjiffwjjf!' certificates and in our depart- ;{ J! ment for savings. [ ~~ — n —— ■( j; Prompt, Conservative, Accommodating. We want | V. your Business. :[ 1. . g J; No Account Too Large and None Too Small. ’ftTTT-TmfTVfHajjaM MSM ■ «««»■»»»*«*»»«»»» Mil , vve carry the finest line oi If XlfE/lelectrical supplies in this city L and comparison will convince you that our orices cannot IfcAlk be duplicated. We call par ticular attention to our new ine of Chandelieres. Remember, if its an> thing in the electrical line you aret sure to find it here. We carrj only one quality—that’s THE BEST—the only kind ii pays o buy. 30 per cent reduction during this month for cash—VOTES GIVEN. Mcßath Electric Company 1 Americus Undertaking Co. f f FtiNEBAL BIHECTORS AND EMBAIMFRS. § jj MR, NAT LeMASTER, Manager. Agents For Rosemonf Gardens % DAY PHONES 88 and 231. NIGHT 661 and 136. % « ♦*:*******«*<« >r« « * <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<« < <<<<<<<<<<l THE ALLISON UNDERTAKING COMPANY . • . FUNERAL DIRECTORS AND EMBALM! RS . . . Day Phones Ni S ht Phones Zo6 80 and 106 J. H, BEARD, Director, Americus. Ga HERBERT HAWKINS Insurance And Surety Bonds. Specialty—Autos at 2 per cent PLANTERS BANK BLDG. Phone No. 186 FRIDAY, OCTOBER 23, 1914