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THE TIMES-RECORDER.
(Member Associated Press.)
ESTABLISHED 1879.
Published every Sunday morning,
and every afternoon except Saturday;
and Weekly by the Times-Recorder
Co. (Incorporated.)
Entered as second class matter at
postoffice at Americus, Ga., under act
ot March 3,1879.
«. R. ELLIS,
President.
CRANSTON WILLIAMS,
Editor and General Manager.
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Assistant in Business Department.
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OFFICIAL ORGAN FOR:
City of Americus.
Sumter County.
Webster County.
Railroad Commission of Georgia For
Third Congressional District.
®. S. Court, Southern District of
Georgia.
Americus, Ga„ January 5, 1916
Have you gotten familiar with 1916?
Cutting short a honeymoon will
make a man mad.
Gerat Britain rolled ’em on that
Lord Derby plan.
Will your New Year's resolution
stand the test?
It’s Leap Year, but you wouldn’t
know it around here.
Savannah is warming up for a big
fight, and she says she will be dry.
The old guard is fast passing away
—but may their kind be ever with us
That Andersonville veteran who
awoke to find that he was not dead —i
*kat’s happiness.
i
How much happier this life would
fie if we had a dumb barber to go with 1
the dumb waiter. 1
Atlanta is re-calling today—the 4
things she should have done, and the 1
things she should not have done.
i
Nine-tenths of the New Year’s jags ’
were acquired by men who belong to '
the can-take-a-drink-or-let-it-alone •
society.
It appears that no sooner is one
submarine cvontroversy settled than
another bobs up to ruffle the waters
of diplomacy. i
-- <
A Reading, Pa., goat ate a pair of i
trousers and caused a serious fire by
igniting a box of matches in one of i
the pockets. ;
It tsarted off well, but before the
end of the month the water wagon
will have shed many of its most prom
ising passengers.
As the Philadelphia Evening Ledg
er views it speculation about the abil
ity of Bryan to "come back” would
be more interesting if he had ever ar
rived.
Sometimes you find a mean and
lbw guy who wants to put it over on
tte newspaper by making it shield
him from some anonymous communi
cation.
Americus and Sumter county lost
a good, upright and commendable
citizen when Sheriff Q. W. Fuller
passed away Tuesday morning. Good
and honest officers, especially in his
position, are what we want.
W"be two reverend sky pilots on the
L V M ship whO played leapfro * !iad d
| idea of the di ßnity and
Rh' of t)ieir mlsslon - 11 is
’V” "that the Norwegians have
X I. |fk'‘ Bsed by a party that
v X ng for P eace -
VALUING RAILROADS FOR WHAT?
Valuation of the railroads, which is
now under way, is dealt with in the
annual report of the Interstate Com
merce Commission. There is not much
satisfaction in the accounting of pro
gress which the commission makes,
for it is apparent that the valuation
process is still many years from its
conclusion and that it is to be pro
gressively expensive. Moreover, there
is still no hint that the valuation it
self when completed will have any
value in relation to the government
regulation of railroad rates, which
was the primary object of the whole
extravagant undertaking.
Agitators for the valuation of the
railroads, who finally had their way,
expected to prove by it that the rail
roads had been hugely overcapitaliz
ed, and that on the value officially es
tablished freight and passenger rates
could be lowered. Execpt in the de
lusions of ingnorant minds there has
never been any connection between
railroad capital and the rates for rail
road service, and the whole scheme of (
rate regulation guided by physical
valuation could only become public
policy as part of a program of con- ;
fiscation of private property.
However, all the indications are
that the process of valuation will dis
sapoint its promoters by proving that
the railroads are worth more than i
the aggregate for which they are cap
italized. This will, perhaps, convince
the railroad baiters that transporta- :
tion rates do not. demand on capital- 1
zation, but when the futility of the 1
thumping expenditure of money for
valuation has been manifested is it to
be supposed that the crusaders will 1
be content?
Is it not probable that some effort '
will be made to justify the valuation
of the railroads by urging uthe result
as the ground on which the govern
ment can take over the railroads?
Government ownership has been the
goal of most of the politicians who
have sought to make government reg
ulation of the railroads increasingly
oppressive to their private owners.
When the primary purpose of phys
ical valuation is a demonstrated fail- j
ure, what is more likely than that the
political element responsible for it
wll clamor for the government to i
take ov.er the railroads on the valua
tion determined
An answer to this question calls for i
a good edal of conjecture, but it is in
teresting to note that Charles A.
Prouty, who resigned from the Inter
state Commerce Commission to drlect
the valuation of the railroads, is now
intimating that government ownership
I
may afford the only possible solution
of teh problem of reconciling private
(
ownership with public regulation.—
New York Sun.
END OF A CRUSADE.
The last curtain is about to be run
down on the Ford barnstormers. The
star left the troupe some time ago and
efforts to engage Mr. Bryan for the
hero’s part failed. There has been
dissension in the company all along
and now it is announced that on Jan.
1? it will disband at the Hague. How
ever, Mr. Ford left enough money for
as many of its members as wish to
return to the United States to travel
in comfort; he was both star and
"angel.”
Americans all regret the untimely
fate of a tour that, attracted so much
attention, that was backed by such aI
prominent manufacturer, that was 1
given “Bon voyage!” by a former Sec-1
retary of State and was participated
in by so many bearers of well known
names. But its fate was foretold pub
licly by scores of level-headed persons
who could not see that it had one
chance in a thousand to do anything
more than it has done. It received
practically no official encouragement
anywhere and certainly none from any
of the belligerent nations. It was a
mistake from the start, such a mistake
as must detract from the value placed
upon any advice Mr. Ford may gipe
about such great matters as war and
peace; it must for evample cause
doubt as to whether there is any value
i in his statement, made upon his return
> from Europe, that “preparedness
; means war.” —Savanna** Morning
THE AMERICUS DAILY TIMES-RECORDER
♦ JUST FACTS. *
New York find 74 out of 100 attend
ants of night schools ofreign born.
Omaha’s 1915 building operations
will exceed $5,000,000, highest record.
Chicagoans have started a move
ment for a uniform postage stamp ofr
all nations.
Flatbush, L. 1., has only built one
new public school in ten years, despite
overcrowding.
Watertown, Mass., has refused to
permit establishment in its limits of
stables for 6,000 horses.
Philadelphia recently welcomed a
beat from Africa with a cargo of pallni
oil, the first instance of the kind.
Illinois property is assessed as val
ued at $2,492,885,886.
There are 726 banks of various
kinds in Indiana. Deposits, $208,246,-
991.14.
One man plans building 2250 hew
houses on a new Philadelphia subdi
vision.
Pennsylvania railroads in the last
fiscal year killed 1162 persons, mainly
trespassers.
One Arkansas man at an expense of
$.’,00 this year raised and sold 4,500
bushels of rice at more than $1 per
bushel. ■>
New Orleans will have in 1916 a
gross income of $3,998,159. Assessed
valuation of real and personal prop
erty, $243,237,356.
Nigeria is expanding its foreign
trade.
Moose are protected from hunters
in Maine.
Russia export trade is decreased 86
per cent by war.
Ohio may introduce military train
ing in state schools.
New South Wales is increasing are
devoted to wheat growing.
South African trade is decreased
more than 50 per cent by war.
Long Island legal speed limit on
public highways is now thirty-six
miles an hour.
Young ladies at a church fair in In
diana sold kisses at 5 cents each, and
the Ocala, Fla., Star rather pertin
ently remarks that they were genuine
jitney busses.
Now that our expatriate, William
Waldorf Astor, has been made a
blooming British baron his London
hatter will find it necessary to in
crease the size of his hat.
Fred Haskins says the eating of
her us meat in New York will popul
arize it in other cities, but he doesn’t
seem ot be aware of the fact that Am
erican people do not take their diet
from New York.
His soldiers having deserted him
the career of Francisco Villa is at an
. end. But it is only fair to say of the
I amiable cutthroat that he was the
best fighter and general that the rev
olution in Mexico has produced.
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Cordele : ; : : Georgia.
J. If. FURLOW
J. Walter Furlow, for over thirty
years city editor of the Americus
Times-Recorder, died last Saturday.
Mr. Furlow was a brilliant writer and
one of the most faithful and efficient
newspaper men in the state. His
death carries sadness to many hearts
and be will be greatly missed by the
newspapers of the state, especially
hte Times-Recorder. —Griffin News and
Sun.
The death of J. AValter Furlow, city
editor of the Americus Times-Recorder
, in his hown town Saturday, was a dis
tinct loss to Georgia journalism. For
thirty years city editor of the Times-
Recorder, he accomplished splendid
things for that paper, and in doing
them he achieved much for his com
munity. His place in the sanctum of
the paper he did so much to build
will be hard to fill, and Americus will
miss him sadly, for his community
loyalty was of a rare quality. He
graced and honored his profession and
Georgia journalism sheds tears o f
honest grief at his bier.—Albany Her
ald.
When a man gets up on the morn
ing after New Year’s day with a badly
sprained stomach if there is anything
in the world that he doesn’t want it
is a berakfast of fried eggs.
New Era
(Special to Times-Recorder.)
NEW ERA, Ga., Jan. s.—Mr. and
Mrs. Z. A. Bailey and Mr. Leroy Bai
ley, of Ashland, Ala., spent the Xmas
holidays here at the home of the for
mer’s mother, Mrs. Mary Giles.
Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Cary and child
ren, of Americus, were visitors at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. M. C. Veal a
few days during last week.
Miss Dallas Morris was the guest
of her cousin, Miss Della Parker last
week.
Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Smith were
guests of Mr. and Mrs. W. T. O. Bray
last week, returning to their home in
Vienna Friday.
Mr. J. C. Bray, of Huntington, is
the guest of his daughters, Mesdames
Georgia and Lou el la Parker.
Mrs. S. S. Ledger and daughters,
Ruth and Neva, of Vienna, were recent
visitors at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
D. C. Griffin.
Miss Alice McUeal spent the Xmas
holidays with Misses Ufa and Mattie
McNeal.
Miss Lillie Belle Pennington was the
guest of her sisted, Mrs. J. L. Griffin
V>ednesday night.
Miss Ammie Bray was the guest of
Miss Beulah Harris at her home near
Huntington last week.
Mrs. Mattie Ethridge is the guest of
her sister, Mrs. D. C. Griffin, this
week.
Mr. and Mrs. H. J. Morris and child
ren, Mrs. C. N. Bailey, Miss Florrie
Bailey, Mrs. W. T. O. Bray and Mas
. ter Hugh Bray were visitors at the
home of Mrs. S. M. Parker Friday.
Mrs. Georgia Parker and Miss Ed
die Lou Parker were guests of Mrs.
M. C. Harris at her home near Hunt
ington, Monday.
Mr. Hawkins Parker was the guest
cf his sister, Mrs. M. C. Veal, Sun
-1 day.
Miss Annie Willis Morris spent the
' Xmas holidays in Macon county, the
' guest of Mr. and Mrs. S. Joiner.
Mrs. M. C. Veal and Miss Bessie
Veal spent Friday night in Americus,
at the home of Mr. and Mrs. A. B.
Cary.
Miss »Eddie Lou Parker was the
3 guest of Miss Agnes Parker Friday,
j Misses Gracie McMath and Annie
j Annie Willis Morris were guests of
a Misses Lucile and 1 Flossie Parker
t Monday afternoon.
9
! Mrs. M. C. Veal was a visitor at the
3 home of Mrs. S. M. Parker Monday as
. ternoon.
1 Mrs. W. T. O. Bray was the guest
1 of Mrs. R. P. Parker Monday aster
s
1 noon.
The party at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. J. J. Grant Wednesday evening
- was very much enjoyed by all pres
’ ent.
:
SUNDAY’S TIMES-RECORDER IS
|AN ADVERTISING FEATURE. Read
every line of the advertising.
DR. J. I EOMROS
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Commenting upon this statement,
Mr. G. W. Willis, southern distributer
of Tanlac, said:
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high indorsement of medical men and
laity.”
Tanlac is sold by leading druggists
in al] principal towns of the South.
Tanlac is sold exclusively in Ameri
cus by Allen’s Drug & Seed Store; in
Leslie by Leslie Drug Company, and
it- Plains, Ga., by Plains Pharmacy.
We are all told that the “whaling”
industry is to be revived and we hope
the information is correct. It used
to be a great industry in the country
school that we attended years ago.
Seaboard Air Line
be Progressive Railway ot the Sodtt 1
Leave Americus for Cordele, Ro
cbelle, Abbeville, Helena, Lyons, Col
lins. Savannah, Columbia, Richmond,
Portsmouth and points East and South.
12: 81 p ui
2:80 a m
I-eave Americus for Cordele, Abba
rfile. Helena and intermediate point*
5:15 p m
Leave Americus for Richland, At
anta, Birmingham, Hurtsboro, Mont,
lomery and points West and Northwe»t
8:10 p m
Leave Americus for Richland, Col
gmbus, Dawson, Albany and interme-
Gate points
10:05 fc m
Seaboard Buffet Parior-Sleeping Cat
>n Trains 13 and 14, arriving America!
from Savannah 11:25 p. m., and leav
ing Americus for Savannah 2:30 a. m
Bleeping car leaving for Savannah at
2:30 a. m., will be open fcr presen
gers at 11:25 p -i.
For further information apply to H.
P. Everett, Local Agent, Americus,
la.; C. VA SmaL, Div. Pass., Agent,
’avannah, Ga.; C. B. Rvan, P P. A.
.olfolk, Va.
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