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THE TIMES-RECORDER.
■(Member Associated Press.)
ESTABLISHED 1879.
Published every Sunday morning,
»nd every afternoon except Saturday;
and Weekly by the Times-Recorder
Go. (Incorporated.)
Entered as second class matter at
yoatoffice at Americus, Ga., under act
of March 3.1879.
G. R. ELLIS,
President.
CRANSTON WILLIAMS,
Editor and General Manager.
THOMAS MERRITT, JR-
Assistant in Business Department.
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Promptly Furnished on Request.
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Os Respect, Obituary Notices, etc.,
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Mr. L. H. Kimbrough is the only
authorized traveling representative of
the Americus Times-Recorder.
OFFICIAL ORGAN FOR:
City of Americus.
Sumter County.
Webster County.
Mallroad Commission of Georgia For
Third Congressional District.
V. S. Court, Southern District of
Georgia.
Americus, Ga- January 9. 1916
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Good times keep on coming.
We need that farmers’ exchange!
S' '
Has your automobile a little acci
dent?
Ankle watches can be worn in sum
mer, too.
Can you smell the moth balls in
your dress suit?
Was it “The Way" out which was
shown in Atlanta?
Sumter has good roads, and they're
making them better.
And again we say that the new rail
road wouldn’t go bad.
You never would think it was Leap
I ear the way some girls talk.
Life is sometimes what we make it,
but some folks can hardly make it.
It seems they are still .making sub
marines, and all have not been caught
3» a net.
Make the good year 1916 the best
of all. All together for a big, long,
steady pull.
That was a sight to behold —all
three of Atlanta’s daily newspapers
lined up together.
It’s fair time in Georgia. And the
one in the Third Agricultural Dis
trict will be a boomer.
The Lusitania was sunk in May.
1'915. And here it is January, 1916,
with it still hanging fire.
We are not crowding anybody, but
we ’would certainly like to hear some
thing about that Stripling case.
The Covington News is one of Geor
gia’s best weekly newspapers, and is
published in a magnificent section of
Georgia.
The Macon News has discovered that
lienry Ford hasn’t gone into the mov
ies. Neither has Harry K. Thaw, nor
tire Kaiser.
Americus merchants should realize
the wonderful possibilities of success
to be derived in a farmer’s exchange
for Americus.
The Augusta Chronicle is making a
remarkably strong fight on the side
of prohibition. They know the tricks
of the enemy.
One of our regular exchanges is the
. Congressional Record, which shows
C the depths to which some newspapers
’ lay descend.
think Savannah was one of
states the way th -y a r
, A < [ /he pt'oKl i' :
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THE FARMERS’ EXCHANGE.
Several days ago the Americus,
Times-Recorder casually mentioned in
a news item the necessity for a farm- ■
ers’ exchange for Americus. The full!
import of the article was not realiz
ed at the time because of the inability .
at the time to properly bring it to the .
attention of the public.
“A Farmer" noticed the article, and
immediately wrote the paper an arti
cle of commendation for the sugges
tion.
Mr. Arthur Rylander gave an excel
lent interview, which was published in
the edition of Friday afternoon.
"lie farmers are talking the ques
tion, and the citizens of Americus—
the business men, should carefully
look into the question. There is no
doubt but that Americus needs some
medium whereby the products of the
farmers of the county could be mar
keted in some intelligent and reason
able manner.
One Sumtgr county farmer has said
that he attentively heard the plea for
diversification. He left the all-cotton
ciep, and during the last year diversi
fied his crops. His barns are. running
c.ei with corn—more than he can use.
But he can find no quick cash market.
The merchants of the cities, the
newspapers, the government authori
ties—all have preached: Stop plant
ing cotton. The farmer has heard this
call and some have responded.
But we need to diversify in the city.
We need to provide the means where
by the farmer can dispose of his prod
ucts without peddling from store to
store, and from door to door.
The parcel post arrangement in the
Americus postoffice has been generally
commended throughout the United
States. It is an excellent idea and is
plain proof of the wonderful advant
ages to te derived in symtematic mar
keting.
We need the same thing on a larger
scale—for Americus. We need a place
in this city where the farmer can haul
his wagon load of surplus corn into
Americus and receive the fair market
price in cash.
The farmer cannot be blamed for
everything.
There is a movement on foot in
Americus and Sumter county to bring
about the necessary exchange which
would satisfy the demands which good
business requires. The farm demon
stration work in Sumter county is ac
complishing much good, but it can be
made to bring about more and better
results.
The Americus Times-Recorder would
be glad to publish statements from
business men and farmers on this
question, and Lopes that the day may
be hastened when the Sumter county
farmer can bring his surplus feed
crops to Americus and receive a price
which the market supplies.
A PAN-AMERICAN NAVY.
Strategists of the United States navy
want a “two-power navy”—leaving
Great Britain out of the calculation.
That means a sea force able to cope
with any two foreign navies in the
world, if one of them is not that of
Great Britain. This is an adoption, so
far as these strategists are concerned,
of the British sea policy modified and
amounts to nothing more than sea
power rivalry with Great Britain un
der another name. Its adoption by-
Congress would start a warship build- :
ing campaign in which Great Britain
would of necessity be a factor, because 1
it may as well be understood now as
later that she is not going to make the
United States an exception to her pol-'
icy.
There is no doubt that some Euro
pean nations—certainly most of the
important ones—do not like the Mon
roe doctrine and there is ro certainty
that there will never be a combination
of nations to break it down. The great
war now raging has shown the world
that permanent peace need not be ex
pected to begin for man, many years
and that the American republics can
not safely assume they will never
again be at war. The American na
tions, while possessing much that Eu J
repean nations desire, are compara-i
itively weak in defenses; what more 1
| natural, then, than that they should
think of pooling their forces to pre
vent aggression from the Old World? '
I
Suggestions of this sort have been (
running through all the talk about
IHE AMERICUS DAILY TIMES-RECORDER
Fan-Americanism in the last few
weeks. It may be that a realization of
their helplessness except for the pro
tection the United States can give
I them has been more vivid in Latin-
I American minds since the great war
. began than it ever was before and has
1 made them readier to talk of closer
[bonds between their nations and the
I United States. Whatever the reason,
it is certain that the American repub •
lies are drawing closer together than
before, and there is less evidence of
distrust of each other. The Monroe
doctrine, instead of being regarded by
some of them as an unwarranted in
terference with their affgirs by t he
United States, is apparently regarded
everywhere among them now as their
shield. •
All of this has naturally led to th°
thought that there will some day be a
military agreement among the Ameri
can nations for concerted action
against foreign aggression; the fleets
of Brazil, Argentina and Chile, for ex
ample, holding themselves ready to act
as squadrons of the United States
navy and their armies ready to act in
unison with the United States army. If
these three South American nations
continue to build great warships, a
Ban-American agreement for defensive
purposes, with greater naval “‘pre
paredness’’ on the part of the United
States, w-ould create a great Pan-Am
erican fleet that certainly would be
second to none other than Great
Britain and might in a few years chal
lengr comparison with her navy as
well. But that the United States alone
should try to outbuild Great Britain
cn the sea is a sugegstion that Con
gress and the people of the United
States will not approve—Savannah
Morning News.
THE GOSPEL OF GOOD TIMES.
Being Chapter XXIII of the First
Epistle to the Dead Ones Accord
ing to Saint Elmo.
1— And, therefore, it came to pass,
when the seven fat years had been ful
filled, that there arose those among the
people who cried with one voice: “Be
hold, the years of famine and darkness
are upon us.”
2 And straightway they did crawl
into dark caves, and pulled the caves
in after them, and) did shut out the
sunlight.
3 And they lamented with many
lamentations, saying: “The years of
darkness have come and the sun hides
his face from the children of men."
4 Then came others who were wise
in that generation, and did beat upon
' the stones that were rolled before
1 those caves wherein the calamity
1 bowlers howled, and cried unto them
to come forth, saying: “Behold the
sun still shines, and thy crops ripen
' fast unto the harvest, and shall an
other reap in thy fields where thou
hast sown?”
5 But the dwellers in darkness
cried to them hence, saying: ‘“Know
ye not that darkness is pon the land
and we cannot see; nay, verily, even
the hands before our eyes?
6 “Here now will we abide, for we
have little provisions but enough only
to suffice for our own needs during
the dark days, and when we behold
the sun again, then shall we come
forth and till the fields, but not yet,
nor soon.”
7 And those who were without held
counsel togehter, saying: “None are
iso blind as those who will not see,
land wherefore shall we not gather to
t ourselves the ripe grain of these our
s;ghtless brethren which lies ready to
our sickles? Then shall we have all
I our own and twofold more, and when
these howlers of the caves are an
hungered. 10, we will jar loose from
i htem many shekels for that which
vas theem own and they would not
take. And it shall come to pass that
we shall wax fat and our sons shall
wax strong upon the land.”
“And it was even so!”
The above is by E. W. Burke, pres
ident of the J. W. Burke Company, at
Macon.
This is the first time we have writ-
I ter any paragraphs in several days—
I which is an excuse for these and al!
I ethers which have been or may be
( written.
The great Hugh Dorsey is kinder
I layin’ low and sayin’ nothin’—which
I
lis mighty good. He hasn't any thun
der, and it’s some job to make any.
J. If. FURLOW
In the death of City Editor Furlow,
the Americus Times-Recorder has
lost a valuable man, who, by his many
evemplary traits of character, has
won for himself and his paper nothing
but praise and esteem. We regretted
to learn of his death.—Richland News.
Walter Furlow, city editor of the
Americus Times-Recorder, is dead, he
having passed away last Saturday.
Walter Furlow in every walk of life
to us, wa§ a man of the highest traits,
we having worked under him for a
number of years. Though he has gone
from us, his noble face, words and
writings will never be forgotten. He
was well known the state over and
was one of its most able writers. —
Lumpqin Indipendent.
The press of the state loses a val
uable member in the death of Editor
J. Walter Furlow, who, for 20 years
was city editor of the Americus
Times-Recorder. Editor Furlow' w-as
an uncle of Miss Fannie Furlow of
this city.—Vidalia Advance.
The death of Mr. J. W. Furlow at
Americus a few days ago deprives the
State of a well-known and competent
newspaper man. For about twenty
five years he was connected with the
Americus Times-Recorder.—Cuthbert
Leader.
♦ QUIPS AND QUIDDITIES. ♦
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A Virginia farmer was driving a re
fractory cow down the road one morn
ing. The cow and the driver came to
a crossroad. The man wanted the cow
to go straight ahead, but the cow’ pick
ed out the crossroad. A colored man
was coming along the crossroad. “Haid
her off! Haid her off!" yelled the
driver. The colored man jumped about
the road and waived his arms. The
cow proceeded calmly on her way.
‘ Haid: her off! Haid her off!” yelled
the driver. “I’s trying ter!” replied the
colored man. “Speak to her! Speak to
her and she'll stop!” “Good mawnin’,
cow—good mawnin’!’’ said the other
politely.
An Englishman was being shown the
sights along the Potomac. “Here,”
remarked the American, “is where
George Washington threw a dollar
across the river.”
“Well,” replied tlfe Englishman,
“that is not very remarkable, for a dol
lar went much further in those days
than it does now.”
The American would not be worsted,
se, after a short pause, he said: “But
Washington accomplished a gerater
feat that than. He once chucked a
sovereign across the Atlantic.”
He was an urchin of the streets, but
did not lack wit.
One day he saw’ a well dressed wo
man with a benovelent face coming
along. At once he dropped in a mis
erable ehap on the curbstone and be
gan to sob pathetically.
The kindly lady paused beside him.
“What are you crying for my boy?”
she asked gently.
Stifling his sobs with ease, the
youngster looked up and replied:
“Dunno. What have you got? ”
An agent for a theatrical production
was speaking to a newspaper man with
reference to the wonderful powers of
the leading lady.
“Yo you know,” he said emphat
ically. “that when she appeared as the
dying mother in the last act an insur
ance man who had w-ritten her a policy
for $50,000 actually fainted in the
theatre.”
HERE’S HOPING.
Cranston Williams, who has been
managing editor of the Americus
Times-Recorder for the past few
months, has been made editor and
general manager. Cranston is the son
of Editor Jim Williams, of Greens
boro .and seems to be much like his
“ daddy” in the newspaper business—
making good. This is CransWs first
place at the head of a paper, and if he
keeps on “a cumming" the Times-Re
ccrder will be the leader of Southwest |
Georgia.—Milton County Nt ws.
| THE NEWSPAPER TALK |
A safety medal has been awarded
to the inevntor of a gyroscope stabil
izer for aeroplanes bu a tdevice which
would keep the automobiles from
speeding past standing trolley cars I
would, perhaps, save more lives.—
Brunswick Banner.
Actual work, in preparation for
painting, is begun on the average
south Georgia farm this week, and th?
farmers haev never had a better seas
on or conditions more favorable for
plowing than they are favored with
at this time.—Albany Herald.
We are a little afraid that Governor
Harris and the prison commission are
playing the game of Gaston and Al
phonse in that Stripling case. It
strikes us that it’s a poor scenario for
pulling such a stunt and having prom
ised the little daughter of Stripling
to pardon her father .and do it prom
ptly, Governor Harris ought to keep
his word in spite of half a dozen pris
on commissioners!—Brunswick Ban
ner.
We nominate William H. Taft for
the United States supreme bench t o
succeed Justice Lamar. As president
• f the United States, Mr. Taft appoint
ed Justice Lamar, a Georgian, and 1 a
life-long Democrat, and before he had
a record for giving appointments to
southerners, Democrats and Confeder
ate veterans. We think the compli
ment ought to be passed back to him.
—Moultrie Observer.
There won’t be quite enough offices
to go ’round, but everybody is privil
eged to run for something. In order
to find out what his neighbor thinks
cf him it would be a good thing for
every man to run for office during the
course of a life-time.—Lyons Pro
gress. And it would be a good thing
for the man—for every man to hold
office during the course of a life-time.
He might not then be always saying,
”If I were judge, or the other officer,
I would do so and so.”—Covington
News.
WE THANK YOU!
Cranston Williams has been pro
moted to the position of editor and
general manager of the Americus
Times-Recorder. In all probability, he
is the youngest man who has ever
held such an important position in
Georgia. He is making good, too, in
fulfilment of the expectation of his
many friends.—Griffin News and Sun.
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Leave Americus for Cordele, Ro
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