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iHL TLMIS-KECORDER.
ESTABLISHED 1879.
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Weekly, by the Times-Recorder Co.,'
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OFFICIAL ORGAN FOR:
City of Americus.
Sumter County
Webster County.
Railroad Commission of Georgia F r
Third Congressional District.
U. S. Court Southern District of
Georgia.
Americus, Ga., April 2. 1916.
Mighty fine weather.
Our yacht won’t swim.
The spring time is certainly here.
Earthquake shocks right frequent.
Did you get caught on April Fool?
May 3rd is the day for politicians in
Macon.
America first is the slogan for the
world.
The Zeps continue to zip around
England.
The railroad is coming on into Sum
ter county.
The crack of the bat, and pelting ot
the pallet is in the air.
Some folks insist on being bell-cow.
But they need the hook.
That tide in the affairs; ot men roll
ing rather high these days.
The first battle was very flattering
•for the American forces, but watch
ycur step—
Come to Georgia, is the message ot
the exhibit cars. While our politicians I
are inviting others to go to.
The Germans charged Le More
Homme. Don’t believe a word o fit,
because the fellow’s not guilty. '
An Americus youth has cleaned up
the patch in pugilistic circles, and we
hope he stays well within his territory.
£ .
The government manufacture of
armor is an interesting question. Ge'
the best at the cheapest is our plat
form.
When the county correspondent re
marked that ‘‘news are scare,” there
was certainly an air of knowledge by
her truth.
Had to write this one to help fill
out the column, and the thought ex
pressed is in such simple manner that
all “who run may read.”
Woman deserted 41 year- wins the
ae.tate of her husband. Sholdnt be!
much estate left if it handled accord
ing to modern day tactics. z '
Germany will get another not'?
Paper is getting so high, we’ll have to
stop writing, and that’ll lie about the
only way to ,1 ring this thing to a point
It would have performed a great re
lief for Johnnie Spencer, on the Ma
con Telegraph, to have been in th.
city court here Friday. There wa?
jury on duty, the like of watch has
never been seen in all days. i
(ITY-COENTRY union.
The necessity of close ties between
the city and country are easily recog ■
■ nized. The following editorial anent
the matter is from the Savannah
Morning News:
A closer bond of friendship, under
standing and mutual interest should
be woven between hte cities and towns
and the rural communities in this part
of the country as a direct outgrowth
of the improvement of roads. The
last excuse —if ever there was a reas
onable excuse —for aloofness on the
I part of either the city or the country
is wiped out with the coming of fin*
'highways that link them together as
the bridge which spans the river links
its two shores.
The city cannot live without the
country and the country cannot be
I developed or thrive without the city.
They shard the burden of responsi-
I
jjility for the progress of the state at
large. Each looks to the other for
supplying some of its essential needs,
j’.ut when those needs are supplied,
there is too often an unfortunate ten
dency to let matters rest there. The
result is that the city man, by not
taking advantage of an opportunity to
get better acquainted with his coun
try cousin, loses much of value that
would accrue from more cordial re
lations, and the country dweller, who
meets the city man only when mat
ters of business bring him to the city,
loses a chance to broaden his own
views by closer contact with another
sphere of life and never really under
stands those who dwell in crowded
streets.
Results achieved from the union of
forces of the country and the towns
during the contest for the Dixie High
way routes through south Georgia
should demonstrate the desirability
of such a union at all times. Unques
tionably there is a better understand
ing of each other among the people
who live along the several routes now
than there was before they began to
work together for mutual interest and
benefit. Certainly, Savannah and her
back country, and all the other cities
and the rural part of the Savannah
Route, derived more than the direct
benefit of the highway itself iby work
ing together to bring it this way.
And all this is only one step, though
a long one, toward ideal relations be
tween city and country. The city
country union idea is too good to dis
miss after it has won one victory.
It is a policy which consistently fol
lowed, will grow crops where there
lias been none, and build towns where
new there is nothing but land.
THE NEW RAILROAD.
In the news columns of today’s
Times-Recorder is a story concerning
a visit which prominent Americus peo
pie will make to the site of the new
railroad (bridge over the Flint river
constructed by the Georgia Lumber
Co.
The new road is in Sumter county,
and as quickly as the work can be
completed trains will be running to
John Methvin's store, in the 28th dis
trict.
The project is of vital concern to all
Americus. Her business interests
would undoubtedly be jeopardized i.
the railroad was permitted to make its
final terminals at this point, and be
extended on the eastern wing to other'
points along main roads.
By the proper co-operation, Ameri
cus can bring the railroad here.
Eventually this is what will' happen
because the very commercial life and
success of this city depends on its ar
teries of trade. The 28th district is
the only section in the county, up until
‘■his time, which has no railroad,
' therefore, Americus has been securing
I the bulk of this trade.
I The matter deserves deep and ser
ious consideration by the people of
i Americus which they will undoubtedly
i give.
Did oyu e<-t (aught yesterday? Hap
i'! y day for us a whole holiday in our
[honor.
Editorial thoughts do not simmer
i v. til when the waaether swivels.
THE AMERICUS DAILY TIMES-RECORDER
HOW TO BUILD A TOWN.
The one best way and, in fact, the
j only good way to build up a town is to
| stand by every man in the place who
dees right. Hold up, rather than puli
down, co-operate one with another at
all times and in all things, looking to
the betterment of the community. Ban
ish jealousy, and when a man is doing
well do not try to tear him down, but
rejoice with him in his success, hoping
that through him success may come to
others.
All citizens should be partners, not
rivals. Every citizen of a town should
be mutually interested in the things
that tend to the good of the town, and
he is a very poor citizen, if he is
not.
United effort invariably brings suc
cess, therefore it behooves every busi
ness man who would see his town
grow and prosper to put his shoulder
tc the wheel with other business men
and push.
When a town ceases to grow it be
gins to die, and the more people try to
kill each other’s business the more
rapidly will it die, and the quicker
utter ruin conies to all. Let every cit
izen stand shoulder to shoulder for
| the advancement of every other citi
zen. If a man shows ability to pros
per, through envy and jealousy, and do
not weight him down through cold in
difference, but join with him and boost.
THE FIRST SKIRMISH.
It was gratifying to all America last
Friday afternoon when the newspapers
served by the Associated Press fust
gave the nsws of an American victory
over forces of Villa. The command
from the United States under Colonel
Dodd, with the Seventh cavalry, was
successful, so far as their enemy
would allow a battle to be fought.
There is a concensus of opinion
among military men that the capture
of Villa is not far off. The laymen
would be glad to share in this opinion
if he could reconcile the turbulent
conditions in Mexico together with the
topography of the country.
Undoubtedly, the American forces
have some stiff fighting on their hands
I,before Villa is captured. He will die
with his ‘boots on.” he Mexican ban
dit knows that his death is certain if
he is captured alive, which affords
every reason why he will fight until
the last.
The part which Carranza has play
ed in the affair is not easily under
stood by the public. All Americans
•have a natural uneasiness over the
Safety of American troops, three hun
dred miles from our border, when they
realize that with a word the entire
forces of Villa could be turned against
them. The United States expedi
tion is soully dependent on the cour
tesies extended by Carranza.
It is to be hoped that the day of
Villa’s end is not far off.
YOUNG CRIMINAL A CHANCE.
When the next general assembly
convenes one of the first things that
it should do is to enact a law pro
viding for juvenile courts. There is
demand no more important than this.
Those who read the daily newspapers
are confronted almost every day with
striking evidences of the needs for
such courts.
In the control o four prisoners and
management of our prisons along hu
manitarian lines wonderful progress!
has been made, and it now becomes a
>■ -ty that we should do something to
better the conditions as relates to the
young criminal. It is an absolute
shame for Georgia or any other state
as for that, to take a child who has,
perhaps, committed its first offense,
and lock it up with hardened criminals.
Not only this, it is not right to take
them into a court room among this
same class of prisoners where they
come in contact with them and subject
them to tlie association and the idle
gaze of the abnormally curious.
There is no reason that a child
u'ould be ruined rather than reformed. I
That conditions are not right as they!
are. we nearly all agree, then to our
mind there is no better way to remedy
these conditions titan through juvenile
courts.
Let our law-makers think over this
before the legislature meets and de
something.
Merchants For Stevens Bill
A Protection For Them
Merchants all over the country as
well as locally, are taking a deep in
terest in the Stevens bill, a measure
which isn ow pending before congress,
land which provides protection for the
home merchant against “unfair compe
tition,” by the mail order houses and
the merchant who operates mainly as
an itinerant. The bill is generally fa
vored by the merchants.
It provides among other things that
manufacturers be required to place a
minimum cost and selling price on
their goods or wares, and that these
prices be rigidly enforced, the object
being to prevent them being offered at
a less price than that fixed, merely as
"bait” to prospective purchasers.
To illustrate:
Take for instance, one of the stand
ard brands of shoes, maintained at <i
certain price to the dealer and con
sumer, but bought by the unscrupu
lous mail order house or “bargain
counter merchant,” and offered, as a
“' ait,” at a price lower than the cost
simply to induce customers to turn
their way, in order that they may be
given an opportunity of gouging them
on other articles in their catalogue or
store; this practice would be pro
hibited by the Stevens bill.
In the case of bankrupt or other sale
out of the usual order, the bill, ac
cording to its Interpretation by n.
large number of merchants would pro
vide against goods on which the man
ufacturer had fixed a standard mini
mum price, being offered for sale at n
price less than the cost of production,
until the manufacturer had been given
the opportunity to buy back the goods,
thus the merchant who is in business
permanently as one of the fixtures of
THE HAPPY MAN.
A happy man is he who goes
The even tenor of his way,
Through summer souns and winter
snows,
Still undiscouragied, come what
may;
And as the fleeting years roll on,
His earthly trials bravely met,
Iceviewing all he’s said and done,
Can find but little to regret.
LARGE PER CENT
SPENT IN SOUTH
WASHINGTON, D. C„ April I.
During February, 1916, Southern Rail
way company disbursed for labor, ma
terial and supplies, and other pur
poses $4,221,402, of which $3,674,996,
cr 87.06 per cent, was paid to individ
uals and industries located in the
South. This amount represents more
than 93 per cent, of the moneys paid to
the company for transportation by I
those located on the lines, according to
figures announced today by Comptrol
ler A. H. Plant, showing the results
c( operation of the company for the
month of February, 1916, and for the
period of eight months ended Febru
ary 29, 1916, compared with the same
month and period in 1915 and 1914, ex
clusive of interest, rentals and other
income charges. The comparison with
1914 is made for the reason that in
1915 the effect of the business depress •
ion was reflected through the revenues
of the company.
Gross revenue, February, 1916, $5,-
627,162, an increase as compared with
1915 of $1,009,755, or 21.87 per cent.,
and an increase as compared with 1914
or $317,155 or 5.97 per cent.
Operating expenses, taxes and uncol
lectible railway revenue, February,
U 16, $4,045,981, an increase as compar
ed with 1915, of $147,739, or 3,89 per
cent., and a decrease as compared with
11’14 of 0365,737, or 8.29 per cent.
In addition to the foregoing, the
company spent in February, 1916, for
improvements to its roadway and struc
tures $724,515,59, as against $764,454.37
during February 1915, and $173,282.34
during February, 1914.
Corresponding results for the eight
months periods are a.' follows:
Gross revenue this year $45,591,97,
an increase as compared with 1915 of
$3,555,991, or 8.46 per cent, and a
a community for a legitimate profit on
all his goods and wares, and who
i maintains his business on a basis of
quality and service, would be pro
tected.
Byway of correcting an erroneous
or mistaken idea that seems to precail
in the minds of some that is that the
enactment of the bill would create mo-
I nopolies and subject the consumer to
other forms of imposition, The Times-
Recorder wishes to say that this is not
true, as this very point in the bill is
thoroughly covered.
Section A of this measure says that a
manufacturer shall not have any mo
r.opoly or control of the market for ar-
I tides belonging to the same general
I class of merchandise; or shall a man-
I
ufacturer be a party to any agree
ment, combination or understanding
with any competitor in the production,
manufacture or sale of any similar
merchandise in regard to the price at
which the same shall be sold, either
to dealers at wholesale, or retail, or
i
, to the public.
The questions involved in this leg
islation are moral as well as economic.
They are whether the public is to be
I decoyed by cut-price “bait”—whether
i the small retailer is to be crushed and
to be deprived of a market for his
' honest wares.
The great benefit to the consumer
will accrue from competition in ex
jcellence between manufacturers who
i are now inclined to cut quality in
meeting competition in price. Every
J citizen ought to take an interest in
jthis legislation and see that his con
! gressman supports the Stevens bill
I for the welfare of his community and
i for the sake of common honesty.”
decrease as compared with 1914, ot
$2,439,038, or 5.08 per cent.
Operating expenses, taxes and un
collectible railway revenues this year
$32,240,687, a decrease as compared
with 1915 of $1,425,629, or 4.23 per
cent., and as compared with 1914 of
$3,723,254, or 10.35 per cent.
I addition to the foregoing operat
ing expenses, the company spent dur
ing the eight months this year for im
provements to its roadway and struc
tures, $5,189,799.03, as against $6,208,-
681.14 during the same period in 1915,
and $1,853,561.05 during the same pe
riod in 1914.
MOTHER WEEK OF
DEVELOPEMENT IN DIXIE
COLUMBUS, Ga., March 31.—The In
dustrial Index says in its issue for
this week:
“The Southeast will enter the sec
ord quarter of the year with full steam
ahead.
“With the ending of the first quar
ter there is a great volume of substan
tial industrial and construction activ
ity throuhgout this section, with pros
pects for an exceedingly busy Spring
anid Summer. Important construction
operations are under way and a larger
number are definitely planned for the
immediate future. New industrial en
terprises are being established upon a
larger scale in numerous instances
than in months before.
“Total of twenty-two corporations
have been formed in the past week
with minimum capital stocks aggre
gating $1,416,500.
"A lumber company has been organ
ized at -Savannah, Ga., with capital
stock of $1,000,000, and will begin
extensive operations soon. Ground has
been broken for the foundations fot*
the sugar refinery to be established at
Savannah at a cost of about $3,500,00(».
“A company with capital stock cf
$500,000 wil loperate sawmills in the
vicinity of Gulf Pine, Fla.
“A contract has been awarded for
Hie erection in Clarksdale, Miss., of a
six-story bank and office building to
cost $116,500.
“A company has been formed to build
an electric railway between Birming
ham, Ala., and the Warrior river and
Jasper.
“A Jacksonville, Fla., bank building
will be remodeled at a cost of SIOO,-
000 or more.”
I L. G. C OUNCIL, Pres’L lie. 1891 «• COUNCIL, Cashier.
| C. M. COUNCIL, Viee-Pres. T. E. BOLTON, Asst. Cashier.
■ Planters’ Bank of Americus
CAPITAL SURPLUS AND PROFITS $220,000.00
TOTAL DEPOSITS (MARCH 10, 1916) $556,048.90.
With a quarter of a century ex-
I perience in succissful banking I
I and with our large resources and
; close personal attention to every
i tj M inti rest ccnsis tent with sound
i banking,we scliiit jour patronage
i Interest allowed on time cer-
i OBBiS 11 “ * depan,,,enl
; 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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