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iHE TIMES-RECORDER.
ESTABLISHED 1879.
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postoffice at Americus Ga., under act
»t Marct 3, 1879.
G. IL ELLIS.
President.
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Editor and General Manager.
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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., May 5, 191(5
A piece of pie would no doubt taste
good to the repubs.
From now on the political pot will
sizzle to beat the band.
Society is getting to be about the
most expensive game played.
The barbers will be agin’ Hughes
because of his whiskers. No shave, no
vote.
I
It was a regular love feast at Macon
so far as Woodrow Wilson was con-
i
cerned. j
Don’t forget when you borrow trou
ble you may expect to pay a high rate
of interest.
Happiness is an inside feeling but
very contageous when it breaks out
•on the face.
That some men are fond of second
hand goods is perhaps the reason why
so many of them marry widows.
That St. Louis man who married a
woman who weighed 615 wanted a
wife ta-.ly, and got plenty of her.
The Colonel says in the event of
war he and his four sons and at least
one son-in-law will go. “Nuff Sed.’”
When a man gets beyond 50 years of
age he begins to think his folks made
a mistake in the day of his born in’.
By all means Americus must have
that new railroad. Let everybody get
busy and push. This is the only way
to get it.
Most men look upon marriage as a
sort of a f>> ,rot. No matter l ow
often they fail at it, they want to try,
it over again.
One of the differences between a,
married man and a bachelor is, one
suffers with brain fag and the other
with heart fag.
Editorial paragraphs in the Macon
Evening News continue to scintilate
despite Editor Manghum’s departure'
to pastures greener.
isn’t it a wonder a baby ever grows
up to talk English, considering the
kind of talk that is poured into it’s'
ears while a baby.
‘‘Equal rights to all and special (
privileges to none,” is a very high■
sounding phrase, but the trouble is, I
only a few have equal rights, and there'
are special privileges to a great
many.
/
Diversified farming is the key note,
tc, the situation as relates to the sue-,
ccssful farmer of today. Sumter
county farmers are leaders in this
particular, as is evidenced by a visit
tc their farms and homes. Plenty and ,
prosperity prevail where diversifica
tion !s practiced.
SEE THE VISION.
Somewhere in the Book of Proverbs
appears this statement, ‘‘Where there
is no vision, the people perish.”
The people are seeing the vision, not-
1 withstanding congress continues to
uaddle. In the light of European con
ditions the people are waking up to
the fact that to a great extent the de
velopment of our country has been of a
haphazard character. That we have in
! away been doing the pioneering work
of civilization and the utilizing of the
i resources nearest to hand and most
! easily developed, without giving a
thought to the broader co-ordination of
the railroads, the steel, iron and chem
ical industries. We have been taking
scarcely no account of war possibili
ties or the conditions that wlil most
■purely follow the war as relates to the
! re-adjustment of international affairs
I when the war is over. We have been
! looking upon these things solely from
, the viewpoint of the pioneer or the
! beginner who enters upon the settle
ment of a new country. We have gone
on without any fixed idea as to the
future, trusting almost wholly upon the
future to take care of itself, having in
mind merely the immediate opportun
ities, and the necessities of the mo
ment, without any thought or consid
eration of the future, or what it would
bring forth.
That we have done well in this 1
i pioneer work, there is no question, the
> fact remains, however, that we have'
1 not gone far enough. We have builded
as it were upon the sand, and now we
are confronted with the problem of
! how best can we make ourselves safe
,and sure of our foundation, and the
I better prepare for the emergencies (
I with which we are bound to be con-
I fronted. The country has seen the
vision and are brought face to face
with the fact that to be safe we must
be prepared.
I We have created mighty enterprises.'
'We have built nearly half the worlds
I railroad mileage, though we have only
about 6 per cent of the world’s popula- j
tion and about 6 per cent of the world’s
I lard area. We produce about 60 per
cent. of the total steel and
I, I
iron output, as well as about
50 per cent, of the coal supply.
Likewise we are growing about 60 per
cent of the world’s cotton and in
many lines of the world's mineral ac-
I i
tivity we are producing about 50 per
cent of the world’s output. And so far
as wealth is concerned we are piling ■
(it up at a rate that fairly staggers the
human mind. That these things have
been possible is because of the illim
itable advantages and resources of
this country provided by mature, and
so much so that we could have hardly
prevented this amazing development
had we wanted to do so. It is an ac
■ knowledged fact that our very econ
omic strength has forced this growth
and the marvelous wealth of the'
country. And while Europe is spend-'
i g her millions upon top of millions'
for war we are accumulating billions |
out of our constructive and industrial I
activities.
We are piling up wealth to such an
extent that we are fast becoming the
'envied of all nations, the result of
which will be that other nations will
become covetous of our possessions,
and unless we take time by the fore
lock and prepare for this emergency
we are sure to be the losers thereby.!
Under our present conditions and be-'
cause of the unpreparedness of our
country at the present time we could
( become the easy prey to the cupidity of
some country or the object of revenge'
j for some strong nation when this war'
j is over.
I Owing to the horrors of the war
I across the water we believe our peo-1
?le are beginning to see the vision and
are beginning to recognize that fact
that to prepare in time of peace is :
| the right policy to pursue.
A writer in a recent issue of the
I Manufacturers ccord in part says:
Surrounded by world dangers, we
ir.ist follow the example of the pioneer
!and safeguard our situation that our
families and our property may not be
1 destroyed by enemies as ruthless as
the savages of Indian days.
We are ready now, by reason of this
new vision of things, to see that we
have reached a point where all of our
1 great railroad and industrial activities
LiUot be more closely related and in-
terrelated and co-ordinated.
The strength of a chain is measured
by its weakest link. He who under
takes to lift a greater burden, than the
weakest link can carry will find that
his efforts come to naught and de
struction will follow.
We are weak in the fact that our
railroad system has been built en
tirely with a view to traffic, passeng
ers and freight. It has had no relation
to the possibilities of war.
Germany's railroads were built with
the military point of view as the
dominating factor, but in doing this
ample facilities were provided for
traffic.
Germany has developed its water
ways magnificently from the stand
oint of military necessities as well as
freight traffic.
It is incumbent upon our country
to consider the railroad situation
from this point of view and to co
operate with the railroads in making
their business so profitable that the
largest capital needed for expendi
tures may be available in order that
many of them may be rebuilt on more
scientific lines and with a closer re
lation to every military as well as ev
ery business necessity.
Urging preparedness on the part
,of this government this writer further
, says:
| Until the National Government and
'all our people—-North, South, East
and West—laying aside all purely
‘ sectional issues or sectional advant
ages or disadvantages, come to a
full appreciation of this situation and
intelligently and aggressively under
take its solution, all else that is done
for “National Preparedness” will be
‘ inadequate and wholly unavailing in
' the hour of need.
The North and the West are even
more vitally interested in this co
■ operative, co-ordinating work than
I are the South and the Southwest. No
narrow sectional spirit should for
'one moment enter into consideration
of these questions. They should be
'studied from the broadest national
■ tandpoint, and whatever benefit one
' section or another may secure out of
this realignment and readjustment of
' roads and railroads and industries
i should receive the heartiest encour
agement from the people of all other
• sections.
In this way, and only in this way,
' can there be developed a rounding
j out of national strength, national life
and "National Preparedness” in its
‘ broadest sense.”
It is to be hoped that our eople have
seen the vision and in such brilliancy
as that they will not rest until our
Jaw makers have been forced into do
ing the things that the conditions at
this time demand that they should
do. This must be done or else “the
people perish.”
LONG MAY SHE LIVE.
j To see the Augusta Chronicle now
i one can scarcely realize that a few
I weeks a g o what was one of U]e flnegt
newspaper plants in the country was
laid in ashes.
However this is true, but Phoenix
like, she has come forth from the
ashes a brighter and better paper than
ever before; that is, if it were possible
to be better.
The management of the Chronicle
'as certainly exhibited a dauntless
‘ pirit and are to be congratulated up
< n so quickly overcoming the disaster
“at for a few brief weeks overwhelmed
•hem.
In the language of Rip Van Winkle,
I ong may she live and prosper.”
LONDON, May s.—Because of the
restriction on the Import of cotton
and woolen goods and the tremendous
increase recently in the cost of freight
from the United States, importers here
<• American textiles are planning to
aejust prices to retailers on the cost
when the goods arrive here. The
rates, wholesalers say. have advanced
nearly 200 per cent on shipments from
America since the outbreak of the
\v a r.
The Strong Withstand the Heat of
Slimmer Better Than the Weak.
Old people who are feeble, and
younger people who are weak, will be
strengthened and enabled to go
through the depressing heat of sum
mer by taking regularly Grove’s Taste
les-. Chill Tonic. In purifies and en
riches the blood and builds up the
v hole system. 50c. advt
THE AMERICUS TIMES-RECORDER.
Georgia’s Advancement In Agriculture
Andrew M. Soule, President Georgia State College of Agriculture.
The annual wealth production of Georgia farmers has increased at least
$100,000,000 over that of a decade ago. Observe the record:
Farm Crops. --
Value, 1910 Value, 1915 Increase
Corn $ 37,079,981.00 $ 66,600,000.00 $29,520,019.00
Oats 4,236,625.00 11,970,000.00 7,733,375.00
Wheat 871,494.00 3,754,800.00 2,883,306.00
Hay 4,056,907.00 6,800,000.00 2,743,093.00
Cotton 126,695,612.00 150,000,000.00 23,304,388.00
New Crops 12,000,000.00 12,000,000.00
Total $172,940,619.00 $251,124,800.00 $78,184,181.00
Live Stock
Cattle $14,060,958.00 $21,440,000.00 $ 7,379,042.00
Horses 14,193,839.00 14,875,000.00 681,161.00
Mules 43,974,611.00 43,260,000.00 714,611.00
Swine 5,439,016.00 18,836,000.00 13,396,984.00
Sheep 308,212.00 375,000.00 66,788.00
$77,976,636.00 $98,786,000.00 $21,523,975.00
Let us remember in this connection what Henry Grady said in 1888 of
“The South’s New Day.”
“When every farmer in the south shall eat bread from his own fields and
meat from his own pastures and disturbed by no creditor, and enslaved in
no debt, shall sit amid his teeming gardens, and orchards and vineyards,
and dairies, and barnyards, pitching his crops in his own wisdom and growing
them in independence, making cotton his clean surplus, and selling it In his
own time, and in his chosen market, and not at a master’s bidding—getting
his pay in cash and not in a receipted mortgage that discharges his debts,
but does not restore his freedom —then shall he be breaking the fullness of
our day.”
This prophecy would not be in process of fulfillment without, of course,
active, directing agencies working in cordial co-operation with farmers, the
press, industrial enterprises, trade’s organizations, public officials and other
who may have contributed directly or indirectly to the cause.
With no desire to minimize any contribution but rather to render an ac
count of a stewardship, it will not be amiss, we hope, to here show in what
directions public funds placed at the disposal of the College of Agriculture,
have been used toward increasing the agricultural productiveness of the
state.
In 1906 the state of Georgia decided to establish a modern agricultural col
lege and appropriated funds for a centra] building and a worn-out farm, and
the work of construction and reconstruction began. Three things were
undertaken, (1) collegiate instruction to develop leadership, (2) research that
new and definite data about Georgia agriculture might be obtained, (3) ex
tension teaching by which useful information might be placed in the hands
of the farmers.
In developing leadership, approximately 3,600 students have been enrolled
in all courses in nine years. In acquiring and codifying agricultural know
ledge for Georgia conditions, the college utilizes courses of instruction, bul
letins, and an array of facts with definite application at the hands of extension
workers. Every worker in the college is looked to for practical contributions.
Laboratories are equipped with this end in view. Lessons of the college farm
are utilized. Soil surveys are being made throughout the state. Demonstra
tion plats are established on various soil types. Test farms in different
parts of the state are determining best varieties of cotton and cereals in
general to use in various sections of the state. Every reliable piece of in
formation is being verified and college workers are constantly putting the
facts in the hands of the farmers.
Reaching the Man in the Field.
Extension teaching has demonstrated its power, value and efficiency and
today is one of the mightiest constructive agencies ever brought to bear on
agriculture. During the last eight years, 5179 farmers schools, field, and mis
cellaneous meetings have been held in Georgia by the college of Agriculture.
These meetings have reached 1,282,088 persons, or about half of the population
of the state. More than 125 agricultural bulletins and circulars written in
plain English, have been distributed. A rural press plate service appearing
in over 150 papers reaches weekly a very large percentage of the farmers of
the state. The personal touch of county agents, club organizers and traveling
experts, affords, of course, a vast and effective relationship with the farmer.
Corn Club Results.
When the corn clubs were first organized in Georgia in 1909, the state raised
approximately 39,000,000 bushels of corn; in 1915, it harvested 66,600,000
bushels. For the decade previous to organizing these clubs, the average yield
of corn was 10.5 bushels per acre; it was 15 bushels in 1915.
There are now about 10,500 boys enrolled in the corn clubs. More than
50 made over 100 bushels per acre in 1915 at a cost less than 30 cents per
bushel. Ellsworth Watkins of Jackson, Ga., made the highest yield in 1915,
his acre having produced 166.7 bushels at a profit of $137.49. In 1915 there
were 2210 boys to grow 95,030 bushels of corn on their acre patches at a cost
of 42 cents per bushel, making a profit of $55,117.40.
Four-crop clubs, pig clubs and poultry clubs have been organized on a more
limited scale and all are showing handsome profits.
Girls’ Clubs.
Nearly 4,000 girls are enrolled in girls’ clubs in Georgia at present. They
put up 1,200,000 pounds of canned goods from their tenth acre patches the
past season, the value of which was $29,588.00. The average profit per tenth
acre was $15.05. Jennie Nichols of Floyd county holds the 1915 record she
having raised 5,460 pounds of tomatoes which when canned left her a net
profit of $88.50 from one-tenth of an acre.
Home Improvement Work.
The woman agents are giving attention to home improvement work. For
example, 300 fireless cooker and 2,000 canning demonstrations were made
in farm homes during the year 1915, and 450 fireless cookers and 125 iceless
refrigerators were built. These county agents, of course, also direct the club
work among the girls.
County Agents Work.
Georgia is now employing 135 men and women agents, including ten state
and district agents. Work with men is being carried on in 85 counties and
with women in 50 counties. These agents are doing an organized work with
about 30,000 adults and children in rural districts.
In 1915 adult demonstrators grew 15,105 acres of corn with an average yield
of 40.1 bushels per acre; 6396 acres of cotton with an average yield of 1315
pounds of seed cotton per acre; 7712 acres of oats with an average yield of
54 bushels per acre. The county agents have assisted farmers during the
year to seed 2639 acres of clover, 4013 acres of wheat, 1085 acres of peanuts,
861 acres of rye, 3,000 acres of cowpeas, 126 acres of vetch, 759 acres of soy
beans and velvet beans, 750 acres of hay crops, 10,402 acres of pasture, 10,-
953 gardens; mixed 62,200 tons of fertilizer; aided in pruning and spraying
4,115 acres of orchards; directed in stumping 50,920 acres, in terracing 2,350
acres, in draining 800 acres. They were responsible for the purchase of
$500,000 of improved farm machinery. Through their efforts 1,569 purebred
cattle have been brought into the state last year. About 50,000 hogs have
been inoculated for hog cholera by agents; 182 farm buildings have been
erected under their direction; 262 silos and 619 dipping vats constructed;
water works and lighting systems have been installed in 350 homes and
telephones in 300. Farmers have been organized into 77 co-operative clubs;
40 county school fairs have been promoted and 255 special meetings held.
The agents made 3,100 visits to schools in the interest of boys’ and girls’
club work during the year. All this in one year.
Funds With Which the Work is Done.
For training agricultural leaders; investigating, testing and collecting de
finite information applicable to Georgia conditions and for putting this in
formation in printed form and in the hands of its agents, the College of Ag
riculture has at its command $60,000. For the employment, of county agents,
district agents, organizers and traveling experts—in other words, for those
who are working out among the farmers of the state the college has at its
command from state and federal appropriations $40,000 from state extension
funds and $60,000 from federal and state Smith-Lever funds.
Federal Co-operation.
The United States Department of Agriculture and all of its bureaus now
have all of their extension work in Georgia done through and in co-opera
tion with the College of Agriculture, so that there is no duplication, overlap
ping nor conflict between these extension agencies.
In view of the record, is it not money and effort well spent?
PREVENTION OF COLLAR SORES
Dr. W. M. Burson, Prof. Vet Med., Ga.
State College Os Agriculture.
Collar sores on horses and mules
constitute a serious source of trou
ble during the spring month when
the animals are put to work after con
siderable idleness during winter. At
tention to the proper fit of the collar
and hames, together with daily care
in keeping the collars clean and
smooth, will do much to avoid the
trouble. Daily bathing of the shoul
ders with cold salt water is beneficial.
Sugar of lead one ounce; sulphate
of zinc one ounce; water one quart,
mixed together, mattes a valuable ap
plication for healing and toughening
the skin.
The mane at top of neck where the
collar rests should not be clipped off.
L. G. COUNCIL, Pres’t lae. 18»1 H. S. COUNCIL, Cashier.
C. M. COUNCIL, Yice-Fres. T. E. BOLTON, AssL Cashier.
Planters’ Bank of Americus
CAPITAL. SURPLUS ANO PROFITS $220,000.00
TOTAL DEPOSITS (MARCH 10, 1916) $556,048.90.
! - With a quarter of a century ex-
I pertain successful banking
; I and wHh our ,ar 9 e resources and ,
I i Kis &Bi MS!£ close P erSoMl at,ec,,on 10 every
I j interest consistent with sound
1 MBSSffiW I® § 3 banking,we solicit your patronage
I Interest allowed on time cer-
I tlilcatfs and in our deparmtent i
; 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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hone 161—Windsor Pharmacy Residence Phone 64g
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Offer excellent Passenger Service
From Cordele to
South leorgia and Honda Points
Close connections made with trains from
AMERICUS
For information address
J. W. JAMISON, T.P.A., Macon,Ga. C. B. RHODES, G.P.A., Macon, Ga
"the ALLISON UNDERTAKING COMPANY
. . . FUNERAL DIRECTORS AND EMBALMERS .’ '
Day Phones Night Phones
253 80 and 106
J. H. BEARD, Director, Americus, Ga
Commercial City Bank
AMERICUS, GA.
General Banking Business
INTEREST PAID ON TIME DEPOSITS
MONEY LOANED! !
I
We make farm loans at 6 per cent interest and
give the borrower the privilege of paying part of
principal at end of any year, stopping interest
on amounts paid, but no annual payment of
principal required.
G. R. ELLIS or G C. WEBB i
GENUINE MONTEVALLO COAL
Exclusive Agents m Americus
HARROLD BROTHERS
TELEPHONE 2
Wc also sell Blue Gem Jellico nCoal and Eureka
Coal
CASTLEBERRY JUNK SHOP
TELEPHONE 813
Will pay highest market price for Scrap Metal,
Rubber, Tallovy, Beeswax, Copper, Zinc, Allumi
num, etc. Write, wite or phone for our prices be-
I fore selling. We are in great demand for bones
« and old rags, also burlap bags. Yard near Sea
j board Shop, 7)1 Elm Avenue-
FRIDAY, MAY 5, 1916