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FHE TIMES-RECORDER.
Associated Press.)
ESTABLISHED 1879.
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Publisheu every Sunday morning and
every afternoon, except Saturday, and '
Weekly, by the Times-Recorder Co.,'
(Incorporated.) i,
Entered as second class matter at ;
pastoffice at Americus. Ga., under act
o* March 3, 1879.
G. 11. ELLIS.
President.
CRANSTON WILLIAMS,
Editor and General Manager.
T. M. MERRITT, JR,
Assistant in Business Department
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OFFICIAL ORGAN FOR:
City of Americus.
Sumter County
Webster County.
Railroad Commission of Georgia F r,
Third Congressional District.
V. S. Court Southern District of
Georgia.
Americus, Ga, March 12, 1913
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Everybody's ready.
Wouldn’t give much for Villas
shance now. >
Gore can't see —but he can certainly
have it told to him.
In the language of Johnnie Spence I ’,
Villa pulled a bone.
Backing the president is the popular
and wise pastime these days.
Baseball is slow in getting under
way as far as Americus is concerned.
Colonel House may be well-informed
hue he certainly keeps it to himself.
The congressmen must save the
country—-and now who'll save them.
A sew r more days and March 15th
will have eased the minds of some
folks.
The Georgia Repubs, are staging a
small sample of their national har
mony.
It is very true that speech was giv
en Bom? folks in order to conceal their
thoughts.
The Kaiser may soon be in a class
with Villa —as far as Uncle Sam is
concerned.
The bond election is to be held Wed-
Mesday. and you are expected to do
jour duty.
Funston went to Vera Cruz after it
was all over—but he’s in Mexico with
ft all going on.
The girl exercises a mysterious per-.
mission over a fellow’ we know, even
in her absencec.
The only thing we have against
Frandeis now is that Hearst wants
kim confirmed.
The old “eternal triangle" is figur
ing in an Atlanta murder. And until I
time shall be no more.
A little fight before breakfast will
grv< us an appetite—and then Germany
Kight not talk so loud.
That New Mexico senator doesn’t
Want but 500,000 troops to intervene.
The Muckalee Guards ar® softly wait-
Jflortugaf fs the new nation added to
the list of Germany’s foes. Every little
hit addded to what you have, makes
that just a little more.
"
The Cordele Dispatch comes to us
this week in a brand new dress —lyno-
type ma ines and perfecting press.
Our congratulations ar§ extended---
and we only ask how do they do it? I
THE W. & A. ROAD.
Already the Times-Recorder has
commented on the state road to the es- c
feet that we believe it should be sold, t
The Marietta Chamber of Commerce s
has passed resolutions condemning the t
act of the general assembly last sum- i
mer which forbid the paralleling of the
state road. That body insists that it 1
is a legislative act which stunts the e
growth of their own community, as <
every city, town and village wants t
new railroads, more capital, new busi- t
ncss. e
The position of the Marietta organi- t
I zation certainly deserves serious con- <
! sideration from the state, as it speaks <
, the convictions and opinions of num
erous towns and counties along the 1
line of railway from Atlanta to the «
Tennessee line. •<
Governor Harris has not come out H
' flat-footed for the sale of the road, | i
but puts the people on notice that it is !
a matter for careful and thoughtful j ‘
consideration. He is open for convic- j 1
tion, and should he form a careful plan | <
for the future of the W. & A. road with . 1
the best interests of the state furterh- •
ed. and interest the general assembly <
in the necessity for some action, he
will have performed a service for the I
state of far more consequence than 1
any of his predecessors.
VILLA'S SENTENCE.
| Francisco Villa, the Mexican outlaw,
| bandit, murderer an dthief, has had
his sentence passed by the United
« States government officially—the peo-■
i pie themselves had passed sentence '
lon gago. It only remains now for
Major General Frederick Funston and
a force as large as he desires to hunt
down this desperate bandit with his
force of co-conspirators.
The natural outgrowth in official
Washington after the Columbus mas
sacre was an order for the body of
A ilia—dead or alive. No one who had
studied President Wilson and his pol
icies contended for a moment that he
.v/ould let the incident pass unnoticed.
And it is now seen how readily con
igress awaited his action—and they are
now ready to applaud.
It may be necessary to fight a united
Mexico. Carranza is a Mexican, built
from the common mould which formed
all. Treachery, or stern persuasion
from his own people, might force him
to look with disfavor on our entry in
to Mexico.
‘ The turblence of that land has been
a thorn in the peace of our nation and
its politics.
i While Funston is there it might be
■ well to sweep clean.
THE PROFANITY OF PRINTERS.
“I don't believe in profanity, Hin
uissy—not as a reglar thing. But It
has its uses an' its place. .V’r instance
it is issintial to some trades. No man
, can be a printer without swearin’. ’Tis
: impossible. I mind wanst I wint to a
printin’-office where a frind iv mine be
th’ name iv Donavan held cases, an’ I
heerd th' foreman say:
' “ 'What glntleman is settin' A thir-
ty?' he says,
“ ‘I am,’ says a pale gintleman with
; black whiskers atin’ tobacco in th’
. rear iv th’s room.
“ ‘Thin,’ says the foreman, ‘ye
I blankety-blank black-smith, get a move
on ye. Do ye think this is a annyool
incyclopejee ’ he says.
“Ivrybody swore at ivrybody ilse.
I Th’ little boys runnin' around .with
type prattled innocent profanity, an’
la? liter w hile th’ iditor come in an’ he
| swore more thin inybody else. But
’ twas aisy to see hee’d not learned th’
j thrade iv printer. He swore with th’
'., . I
mthusyasam an inacc racy iv an ama
| choor, though I mus’ say he had his
I good points. I wisht I cud remimber
what it was he called th’s Czar of Rus-
i
i sia f’r dyin' jus’ as th’ paper was goin'
to press. 1 cud’ie often used it since,
but its slipped me mind.”—Printer’s 1
| Engineer.
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II ST HOT AIR.
Editor Ernest Camp, of the Walton '■
'i’’ibune. didn’t have a word to say t
j about all that politics he saw in At- t
; lanta Saturday week.—Americus B
Times-Recorder.
Didn’t see or hear anything political ■
■ worth mentioning, Cranston. Just a t
lot of hot air and most of it uninter- '
'esting.— Walton Tribune. )
IHE AMEKicus Daily IIMES-KECORDER
POLL OF NEWSPAPERS.
lhe Literary Digest contained a poll ,
of newspapers of the United States on ,
the question of preparedness in its is- .
sue this week, and the following ex-j (
tracts relate to the attitude of prom- (
inent Georgia newspapers: <
“Mr. Clark Howell, editor of the At- .
lanta Constitution, -says that his journ.
al favors action along the line of Brest- j
dent Wilson’s recommendations, while
the Atlanta Journal indorses ex-Secre
tary Garrison’s army-program, and
auvocates a navy “second to none in j,
the world." Our Navy should be sec
oi-d only to that of England's, is the
oinion of th? Macon Telegraph, which
(speaks for a standing army of 250,000,
with a National Guard or other organ
izations capable of supplying, in case
<f need, about 500,000 more. In addi-■
4ion, this journal recommends a meas- 1
ure of cadet-training for high-school
boys. and. as for militarism, says that
“Americans have too much horse-sense
to go crazy about what H. G. Wells
cells 'tramping, drilling, foolery,’ sim
ply because they may be brought to re- ■
alize they must be prepared to do a
certain amount of it for safety’s sake. ’,
We would have much more confidence J
in demanding our rights from all na-'
tions, says the Macon News, if we had '
a large enough navy to command the ’
respect of the strongest afloat and an
army of between 300,000 and 500,000 ’
men. The Augusta Chronicle does not
think anj- layman knows how large our 1
army’ should be, but would leave the
matter to experts, and mentions inci J
■ dentally that military schools should
i be encouraged to give us in time an ad
, equate army quite in line with Ameri
can ideas. A like view is exprest about
the Navy, except that “for reasons oth
er than ‘war’ we should be content
j with nothing less than a second larg
. est navy in the world and the first
, best.” This journal is willing to ad
mit there is a possible danger of mil
itarism, but claims “there is a greater
peril in depending only on the ‘dove’
for a navy and ‘the olive-branch’ for
armies.” The Rome Tribune-Herald
thinks that we should have an armyj
and navy as large as we can maintain 1
i “without undue increase in taxation, ’
while the Columbus Enquirer-Sun
speaks for a setanding army or about
200,000 men and a total reserve equiv
alent to a normal National Guard as it
would naturally become when encour
aged by national appropriations. This
, journal sees no peril of militarism,
nor do the La Grange Reporter, the
Brunswick News, the Elberton Star, or
the Athens Banner, which remarks,
however, that there will be no such
menace “if the proper precautions are
taken by the Government,” while the'
Amerfcus Times-Recorder maintains
that our republican form of govern- 1
ment will prevent militarism.”
ANENT SOUTH GEORGIA.
Several of the weekly papers of the
state have made their comment on the
more or less smouldering fight led by'
prominent citizens of Ware county as ’
to the alleged rule of Georgia politics .
b; Atlanta politicians. The papers of
s juth Georgia join in the movement of
the gentlemen from Ware. And it is
to be admitted that Atlanta and some
of her politicians exert a wide influ
ence in Georgia affairs.
It is proposed by these gentlemen of
Ware that John W. Bennett, of Way-i
croc:’., shall be elected as Georgia’s:
member of the national Democratic,
executive committee, thereby defeat- j
Ing Clarke Howell, editor of the
Atlanta Constitution. Together with!
the argument in favor of Mr. Bennett
goes certain charges as to manipula
tions and maneuvers in Atlanta pre
c ding the meeting of the state execu
tive committee several weeks ago. '
According to the gentlemen of Ware ,
Mr. Howell and Mr. Gray made such
arrangements as they thought com
plete for ths re-election of Mr. How
ell and the selection of Mr. Gray as
chairman of the Georgia delegation to 1
tl:e St. Louis convention.
As the Time.-Recorder said In a re-I
cent editorial anent this matter it
does not seem just, fair and right for
the people of south Georgia to be
a’cused by this loud wailing against',
■onditions in gener .1 as they regard ,
Atlanta politicians; plans be laid for ;
the defeat of Mr. Howell—but not one
v,’< rd as to the propoganda against
Mr. Gray. These gentlemen state tnai i
the matter of Mr. Gray’s selection as
chairman lies with the delegates—not
yet elected. This is very good—but
why shouldn't Mr. Gray be made to
answer the same questions. If the
campaign against Mr. Howell is laid
on such fundamental rights and es-;,
sentials, then why not the same kick
against Mr. Gray.
The only bad feature apparently on ,
i<s surface is that Mr. Howell comes '
from the faction in Georgia politics
which dates back in the history to the
time when he and Hoke Smith were on 1
I opposite sides. Mr. Bennett is an ard- •
I (
ent admirer of Mr. Smith. Mr. Gray I
is likewise a stalwart lieutenant of,'
Mr. Smith.
It is not the purpose to attempt to .'
open up these old sores —for if there
is a possible way to have peace in ,
| Georgia politics, we want it regardless J
'of the way, the cost and the price. ,
But this paper objects to discrimin
: ations in a fight waged on a general
< ondition, selecting the targets for
death rather than shooting every one
. in sight.
The people of Georgia believe they '
I see this much in the fight on Mr. j
| How’ell.
SILENCE IN ORDER
Some Americus young lady - has .
' ritten Cranston Williams for Infor-.
' nation concerning kissing her beau!
I i
, when he leaves her. That old gal had ■
1 better w’atch Williams or he will be ■
' showing her a few dots on kissing in
i stead of writing her about them. Edi-'
tors are little angels and information'
bureaus—they will bear watching on
such pointed arguments as this young
lady desires to be informed about. —
Richland News.
Brother Brown, please be careful,
and don’t tell all you know. Reputa- '
tion don’t count for much these days,
but a little Is worth having.
NOT SO FAST!
“Married men are slow and deliber- '
late,” says Editor Cranston Williams in I
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I the Americus Times-Recorder. But
then all the unmarried ones are not so
fast and furious. —Walton Tribune. |
AVe can hardly keep up with some '•
married ones we know’.
I'the newspaper talk
The farmers of Laurens would
doubtless count on making a big cot
ton crop this year, if they could secure
the proper fertilizers. The price of
. such fertilizers as they are able to get
are so high they will prove prohibi
tive. So, it is useless to expend much
worry about the farmers planting all
in cotton this year.—Laurens Citizen.
The first wagon load of commercial
fertilizers that we have observed this
i spring rolled out of Sandersville last
Saturday, which shows that some of
our farmers are going to use the com
. irercial mixture. Many of them have
announced that they will not buy any
more.—Sandersville Georgian.
The president of the Farmers’ Un
ion is urging farmers not to make the
| n istake of planting cotton this y.ear. ,
The farmers have had that warning
; dinned into their ears ever since they
v.cre old enough to understand. —Vai-!
j dosta Times.
' Only 20 per cent, as much commer
. cial fertilizer has been shipped to
■Dawson this year as compared with
Iwo years ago. It means another short
cotton crop, regardless of acreage.—
Dawson News.
Automobiles are now killing and in
, j ring more people than the railroads,
! and the enforcement of more stringent
laws for the regulation of these ma
chines on the highways is becoming
i more and more imperative as a public'
. policy.—Albany Herald.
Some of these Georgia papers w?
read defending the state against
Northern criticism of lynching ree
mind us of a weak parent making ex
cuses for a spoiled child. AVhat the f
child needs is some old-fashioned chas- ■
Hiement. —Dublin Courier.
f
Certain Georgia newspapers are giv- :
ing a great deal of prominence to the')
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The Public
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Safety Valve
To Confederate A’eterans, U. D. C.
Chapters and Friends of the
I
South:
Representative John N. Tillman, of
the Third Arkansas district, has intro
duced a bill in congress, H. R. 478, the
purpose of which is to appropriate the
proceeds of the cotton tax, illegally!
collected by the United States govern
ment and the proceeds of captured and
abandoned property, the first item
amounting to sixty-eight million dol
lars; the second item amounting to
' twenty-five million dollars, and pay
1 said amount as pensions to Confeder
■ ate soldiers and to Confederate sold
! iers’ widows, as follows: Five hun
(dred dollars to be paid down to each
' Confederate soldier and Confederate
; soldier’s widow, and each receiving
I thereafter thirty dolalrs per month |
’ during their lives. This is to urge,
1 you to hold meetings and pass resolu-!
tions in favor of said bill to work up !
sentiment in its favor throughout the I
South and to write to your senators
and representatives, asking them t o
i support the measure. This is a bill
I that the Southern soldier and the
; South can well accept, and this is the '
. first time a serious effort has been ■
j made to pass a bill of this kind. By :
| all means become active and exert
I every honorable influence to promote
I
i the passage of this just measure.
JOSEPH DAY STEAVART.
Americus, Ga.
MR. WARE GOES TO
ATLANTA HOSPITAL
AV. G. AVare, who "for many years
1 has been weighing cotton in Americus,
' and who recently has been in failing
health, left Friday- for Atlanta, where’
! he goes to the Georgian Hospital for
| treatment. He was accompanied by j
jB. E. Pow-ell, of Leesburg, Ga., who
r tuprned home Saturday. The many)
friends of Mr. AVare will wish for him
a permanent cure and early return.
|~ AMERICOS SHOWS |
ALCAZAR.
Monday-.
Maclyn Arbuckle in “The Reform
Candidate.” 5 act Paramount Picture. I
Tuesday.
Violet Merserean in the “Path of
Happiness.” 5 act Red Feather Photo-!
play.
AVenesday.
Bob Leonard and Ella Hall in “Just
From Sweeden.” 4 part drama,
“Mixed Kids.’—'Comedy-.
Thursday.
A'eleska Suratt in “The Immi-I
grant.”—s act Paramount Picture.
Rosemary Theby in "High Fliers”—!
comedy.
Friay.
The Red Cirmle—Chapter 8.
“The Trail of the AVoolf.”—3 reel
ilrama.
“A Quiet Supper for Four,” —comedy
Saturday.
Mina Cunnard in “The Living Lie.”
—3 reel drama.
"Leap and Look Thereafter.”— com- ■
I ei'.y.
OPERA HOUSE.
Monday.
Dark.
Tuesday.
Secret Love—Blue Bird Photo Plays
AVednesday.
"The House of a Thousand Candles”
- V. L. S. E.
Thursday.
"The Family Stain.”—A Fox.
Friday.
The Soul Market.—A Metro.
Saturday.
“The Strange Case of Mary Page.”.
Essanay.
fact that illiteracy in Georgia is a
serious menace to the state’s future.
Such agitation cannot fail to be bene
ficial in its influence, for the subject
reeds to be better understood.—Albany
Herald. *1
L. G. COUNCIL, Pres’L lac. 18»1 H. S. COUNCIL, Cashier.
C. M. COUNCIL, Vice-Pres. T. E. BOLTON, Asst. Cashier.
Planters’ Bank of Americus
GAPITAI. SURPLUS AND PROFITS $218.000.00
TOTAL DEPOSITS (DECEMBER STH, 1915)
Mfo a quarter of a century ex
t perience in succ ssful banking
M Wil and wtth our ,ar 9 e resources and t
m Wir close personal attention to every
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Interest allowed on time cer
i tiiicatfs and in our deparmtent
or savings.
\ Prompt, Conservative, Accommodating. We want
your Business.
No Account Too Large and None Too Small.
Member of Americus Chamber of Commerce.
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the grain of the Avood so as to give it that beautiful
effect so much desired.
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