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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
at Americus, Ga„ under act
<rf March 3, 1879.
G. R. ELLIS.
President.
ckanstox williams,
Editor and General Manager.
T. M. MERRITT, JK„
Assistant in Business Department.
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OFFICIAL ORGAN FOR:
City of Americus.
Sumter County
Webster County.
Kailroad Commission of Georgia For
Third Congressional District.
XL S. Court Southern District of
Georgia.
Americus, t.a„ February 13, 1916
That“R. M. V.” letter must have had
a R. S. V. P.
They’re at it again—and talking
atcut a Garrison finish.
if there wasn’t a lynching it wasn t
a typical Georgia Day.
The only thing we hate about it is
Me acted s o much like Wimjaybrine.
We’re going to take a little trip to
■uutgomery, but won’t tell you exactly
why.
So far as can be ascertained at this
writing .the war continues ''satisfac
tory."
Police strategy must be a peculiar
way of not getting caught—and there
•re many hereabouts.
Tell your Sunday school teacher that
jvu get up your lesson from these
paragraphs this morning.
The Lumpkin Independent can call
hren “devilled paragraphs” if they will,
Wat sometimes they are scrambled.
"Troops of Greece to Be Kept In-
Suet’,' says a headline, which may be
■cmething different from hard tack.
Henry Ford is said to be contemplat
ing another trip to Europe, and buy
'stn quick, for they will surely go up.
Every time we try to give a little
jtilosophy on love some editor wants
to take a punch—which we ought to
Stave.
/ ' 1
Miss Mary Giggle and Mr. Will
Snicker were married at Pleasant Cen
ter Kas., recently. We lament the lit
tle Laughter.
And while we are cussing Congress,
Teddy Roosevelt, Wimjaybrine and
several other people too close to men
tion—let’s rap gasoline.
Sow, wouldn’t w r e feel funny if we
Irfed to quit because congress didn’t
agree with us. Why, who knows more
about it than they do—anybody.
It it takes as long for us’ to pass the
crisis in our life as it has for the Lusi
tenia, Methusaleh will be an aged sage
when we have put on the long panta
lets.
It wa s all wrong when that editor
said it was fine to build castles in the
sir because you didn’t have to pay
taxes on them. Some folks don’t pay
taxes on those which find themselves
«n the earth.
Johnnie Spencer’s idea of poetry is
sente —at times quickening, and this
one of his outpourings:
“Spring’s on her way,
Arise to geet 'er;
Last night we heard
A darned mosquito.”
THE LATE MR. GAKRISOA.
It is to be regretted that Lindley M.
Garrison saw fit to resign as secretary
of war from the cabinet of President
' Wilson. Mainly so because one has
gene before him in almost the same
way who is not held in any too hign
esteem by the American people.
Mr. Garrison holds his own ideas as
tc the best plans for army prepared
ness. Apparently congress has ideas
oi their own. President Wilson is
hands off until the legislation reaches
him officially.
Mr. Garrison is to be congratulated
i upon his fidelity to the preparedness
1 principle which he staked above all.
He must be a firm believer in his ulti-
Jmate right.
There was nothing left for President
Wilson to do but accept the resigna
tion of Mr. Garrison. It is to be hoped
that he will choose a man thoroughly
in accord with his ideas when his ap
pointment is made.
These political sensations do the
,country no good. They unsteady the
life of business, and a quickening pulse
is stimulated by such actions. The
United States is confronted with
enough troubles to be continually boil
ing with internal strife. Until the
American government, both state and
federal can fill their positions with ■
men who believe they are human—and ,
not infallible, then, and only until'
them, can we have a semblance of !
peace at home and real constructive
prosperity.
We hope Mr. Garrison will not adopt
an attitude of public antagonism, and
if he does —the way of William J.
Bryan for him.
HOW LONG FOR A SKIRT?
It isn’t in any sense a man’s busi
ness how long or how short a moman
chooses to wear her skirt. Any wom
an will tell any man so. Nevertheless
men will stubbornly have their own
opinions in the matted, regardless of
right.
It is indicated in fashion's forecast
for spring that the short skirt is to re
tmain with us. The correct length will
be a matter of six inches from the
pavement, though we will, of course, i
see many very much shorter lengths,
just as some women who glork in the
fact that they are old-fashioned will
insist that their skirt hems touch the
floor.
For our part, we confess to a cer
tain satisfaction that he short skirt is
t c remain with us, for we consider it
one of he most eminently sensible in
novations of woman's dress that re
cent years have brought. There is
nothing immodest in a short skirt
though any man with eyes knows full
well that a great many w r omen insist
upon wearing skirts abbreviated to an 1
extent which does violence to the aver- 1
age man’s idea of what constitutes
modesty.
For the charm of a short skirt—its
vindication, if you please—is the com
mon sense which it exemplifies just as
the thing that should condemn the
trailing, dust-gathering, germ-collect
ing skirt is the foolishness of which it
is incontrovertible evidence. The free
dom of movement which a reasonably
short skirt permits the wearer to en
joy, the contamination of dirty floors ■
and dirtier pavements which it en
ables her to escape, and that correct
and graceful walking for w-hich it in- •
evitably inspires a desire, are all con- !
considerationis in favor of the shoe- ’
top skirt.
The short skirt is a eral attainment
in woman’s “dress emancipation.” It
! is so sensible that womankind should !
refuse to go back to the street-swee t-1
Ing skirts which she tolerated for so i
long. But we know full well that if
Fashion should decree the flowing
trains of old, the flowing trains of old
will return to stir the dust of street
and shop, of ball room and promenade,
- just as they did aforetime. —Albany
eHrald.
What has become of the old-fafsh
icned boy who tore up his sister's silk
hose to make a kite tail? asks The
Lumpkin Independent. In the first
place, the old-fashioned boy’s sister
didn't wear silk hose. —Augusta Chron
icle.
FHE AMERICUS DAILY TiMttS-RECORDER
About You
; And Us
The Inland Route.
It’s true that there are three ways
to a man’s heart—one through his
■unity, one through his imagination
and one straight over his obstinacy.—
Americus Times-Recorder.
There is also an inland route.—Al
banj - Herald.
A Sure Antidote.
That fellow Cranston Williams, in
the Americus Times-Recorder, says he
is not afraid of Leap Year proposals.
He says he’s been vaccinated. Where
did you get the serum, and will it
’ take” every time?—Covington News.
Loved and lost—the best antidote ia
the entire apothecary shop of Cupid.—
Americus Times-Recorder.
Pshaw! Is that all? We have had
numerous inections of that and it’s
like the “dope” habit. It takes more
cf it each time it is used.—Covington
News.
Seeing Stars.
The star of success is rapidly guid
ing Cranston Williams, of the Ameri
cus Times-Recorder, toward greater
and higher things in journalist en
deavor. He is still quite young, but
has recently been made editor and gen
eral manager of Americus’ leading
newspaper.—Monticello News.
Speaking For Others!
Just because an editor writes about
love sometimes, that doesn't make him
in love. It might be from association
with people who are in love.—Ameri
cus Times-Recorder.
Right you are, brother, editorials can
speak for others besides the editor
alone.—Lumpkin Independent.
Which Is It?
The Americus Times-Recorder is giv
ing us some “devilled paragraphs,”
now.—Lumpkin Independent.
And we hope that is a compliment.
The Committee On—
If it took Henry Ford two months to
decide that he couldn’t get the boys out
of the trenches by Christmas; if it re
quired seven notes to get the Lusitania
case in its present shape; if it costs
SI,OOO to build one torpedo; an apple a
day will keep the doctor away, how
many offices will it take to provide a
comfortable job for each Georgia can
didate in 1916. —Forsyth Advertiser.
All of which is referred to a com
mittee composed of Johnnie Spencer,
Marion Jackson and Tom AVatson.
The
Bachelor Girl
By Helen Rowland
If it is true that we shall know our
fcwn husbands when we meet in Para
dise, it will be more than some of us
ever did here on earth.
“Inspiration.” The thrill which some
men get from poetry, some from love,
some from religion, and all women get
from a looking glass.
A husband may claim most of the
brains in the family, but he is always
perfectly willing to give his wife a
“corner” on all the morals.
There are just two reasons why a
'man is tempted to deceive a woman;
one is because she is suspicious of him
! —the other is because she isn't.
Once upon a time a man shuddered
c.t the very thought of a sweet, delicate
yc ung girl might have' rouge on her
face; nowadays he carries a debu
tante's vanity case for her, and calmly
holds the mirror while she assembles
her complexion and repairs her “girl
ish color” between dances.
Before marriage a man says, “What
makes you so beautiful that every
'man turns to gaze at you?” After
marriage, "What the dickens have yon
'got on that every man turns to stare
at you?”
THE NEWSPAPER TALK
A great many spring poets are not.
I—Albany Herald.
How’s your spring garden coming
on?—Albany Herald.
The surviving old-fashioned man is
the one who has a chicken coop in his
back yard instead of a garage.—East
man Times-Journal.
Weather forecast for May: Very
dry, except in the most densely pop
ulated sections of Bibb, Fulton and
Richmond counties.—Savannah Press
If congress wants to speed up
things a bit they have our permission.
The quicker congress gets through and
goes fishing, or motoring, or anywhere
they want to go, the better off we will
be. —Waycross Journal.
Brande-is good enough for the Unit
ed States supreme court. —Griffin News
“Mayor speaks to policeman,” says
a headline in the News and Courier.
When these South Carolina aristocrats
do anything democratic they advertise
it. —Savannah Press.
A woman is never wholly contented.
Even though she may regard her chil
dren as perfect, she can always imag
ine improvements in their father.—
Columbus Ledger.
The United States senate has de
clined to refuse confirmation of a man
appointed to a Louisiana postmaster
ship merely because he plays poker.
So there’s honor still left among poker
players.—Augusta Chronicle.
NIODRE AND TILLMAN
AT BAINBRIDGE
BAINBRIDGE, Ga., Feb. 12.—The
Moore-Tillman revival which opened
at the First Methodist church last Mon
day is now under full headway. The
large auditorium of the church and the
Sunday school room are filled to over
flow at every service. It is estimated
that fully 1800 people heard Arthur ■
Moore Friday night. It is believed an 1
open air meeting will be necessary j
Sunday to accommodate the crowd. The
services will continue two w’eeks I
longer.
ANOTHER WEEK OF
DEVELOPMENT IN DIXIE
BALTIMORE, Md„ Feb. 12.—The
list of ne windustries in the Southern
Slates, reported in this week’s Manu
facturers Record continues to show a
most gratifying increase in the num
ber of new plants that are being start
ed and the improvements that are be
ing made in established industries.
The following is a partial list of
seme of the most important ones
Baltimore Sheet & Tinplate Co.,
Baltimore, will organize with $5,000 -
000 capital to build its proposed Tplant,
an dthe installation will include 12 hot
mills; from 2000 to 3000 electrical
horse-power will be used, and the
weekly capacity for tinplate will be
from 1,000.000 to 1,800,000 pounds.
Recip-Roto Engine Co., Owensboro,
Ky„ incorporated with $400,000 capital
to build power engines.
General Coal Products Co., Wheel
ing, W. Va., incorporated with $300,009
capital to develop coal properties
Adrian Manufacturing Co., Mt. Hol
ly N. C., incorporated with $300,000
capital to build a cotton-yarn mill.
Newport Rosin & Turpentine Co.,
Pensacola ,Fla., awarded contract for
constructing building for $250,000
plant to manufacture naval stores, the
building to include a 7-story retort
structure of steel.
Federal Fruit & Cold Storage Co,
New Orleans, will build an ice and cold
storage plant on the river front, the
engineer and contractor having been
engaged; main building will cost $250.-
000, and the machinery will include
electrical devices for loading and un
loading, conveyors, elevators, etc.; the
'HIRE!] GANG TO MURDER
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Kathleen Von Bothner.
Kathleen con Bothner, known also
as Kathleen Magow, once wife of
a New York lawyer, who got a di
vorce from her, confessed to the po
lice of Hoboken that she had for $509
employed a gang to kill Antonio George
at Dobbs’ Ferry, N. Y., the other day.
She said Mrs. George’s sister-in-law
offered her SSOO to have the man killed.
She agreed, she said, and then em
ployed two men who struck him with
an iron bar and then cut his throat.
But she did not get her SSOO.
WELLDNS BIDING
STORE AT PLAINS
A. C. Wellons, of Plains, is build
ing a beautiful two-story building on
the main street at Plains, the outside
work is about all completed and the in
side work is now being finished up. It
:s said the building was first intended
for a hotel, mut has been changed for
Wise’s sanatorium, and that when rea
dy for occupancy will be used for this
purpose. Besides this building it is
stated that the building now’ used by
the Drs. Wise will also be continued to
be used by them.
The Wellons building will have
eighteen or more rooms on the secon-l
floor, and when finished will not only
be one of the prettiest in the thriving
little city of Plains, but would be a
credit to a much larger city.
cold-storage and refrigerating plant
will be a six-story building with fire
proof construction.
Marion Extract Co., Marion, Va,
awarded contracts for buildings and
machinery for $150,000 tannic-extract?
factory at Chattanooga, Tenn., the
daily output to be 150 barrels of finish
ed product.
Rogers Furniture Co., El Paso, Tex.,
incorporated with $150,000 capital to
manufacture furniture.
Chespeake & Virginia Coal Co.,
Lynchburg, Va., incorporated with
SIOO,OOO capital to mine coal.
National Gum Corporation, Wheel
ing, W. Va., incorporated with SIOO,OOO
capital to manufacture gum.
Mutual Manifold Co., Balto., organ
ized with SIOO,OOO capital to establish
plant of rotary printing presses and
other machinery for manufacturing
duplicate and triplicate sales books
for large stores; first press to have
annual capacity of 3,600,000 large-size
books or 5,000,000 of small size.
Kell Milling Co., Wichita Falls, Tex.,
will build concrete constructive fire
proof grain elevator with capacity of
50,000 bushels at Vernon, Tex.
Southeast Tanning Manufacturing
Co., Lawrenceville, Ga., incorporated
with $50,000 capital to operate a tan
nc ry.
H. W. Kirby, Williamston, S. C., and
associates will establish $50,000 hos
iery mill at Spartanburg; plans are
being prepared for 125x60-foot two
story brick building for mill and plans
will be prepared for a dyeing and fin
ishing annex.
j L. G. COUNCIL, Pres’L lie. 1891 H. S. COUNCIL, Cashier.
i I C. M. COUNCIL, Vice-I’res. T. E. BOLTON, Asst. Cashier.
Planters’ Bank of Americus
CAPITAL SURPLUS AM) PROFITS $218.000.00
TOTAL DEPOSITS (DECEMBER STH, 1915) $539,542.92.
I With a quarter of a century ex-
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I I an(l with our large resources and
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