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Railroad Commission of Georgia F r
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U. S. Court Southern District of
Georgia.
Americus. Ga., May 7, 1916
A babyish act—to cry over “spilt'’
milk.
From a simmer the political pot has
reached a boil.
When that new railroad gets here,'
just watch Americus grow.
Tell your troubles to the other fel
low; we have plenty of our own.
If talk woudl kill a man the Colonel
would have been dead long ago.
It is safe to predict the war will
be ended just as soon as it is over.
Beware of Obregon, be is only an
other Villa and Carranza in embryo.
As a railroad and educational cen- ■
t( r Americus wculd be some pump
kins.
Wimjabrine has been in the eyes of i
the public so long, the result is sore
eyes.
Regardless of prohibition and May
thefirst they still have Swilling at Al
pharetta.
Grant said "let us have peace.’’ But
1 e didn't mean the Bryan-Ford kind— '
At any price.
The prospects for that new road are!
so good, that we just must blow a little
about it. let off steam so to speak.
The Times-Recorder is of the hy
pnenated species, but if it's news you (
want, in it’s columns i the place to
find it.
When you hear a politician say he is
not seeking any office, you may put it 1
down that he has made up his mind it
is ho use.
We recommend the old hen as a
splendid example for some business '
men. When she lays an egg she tells!
about it, which is more than some
merchants do when they have goods
to sell.
Editor McCutcheon, of the Franklin
News, is one editor in eGorgia who
gets some good out of the Congress
ional Record. He uses it for paper
wrappers. Evidently he believes in
conserving the paper supply.
V
The Rome Tribune-He raid speaks
right out in meetin' in the following:
‘‘There is said to be so much money
in the north that the people are hard
put to it to find ways to spend it. This
•s where the South could furnish some
valuable information.”
>
Editor Volney Williams, of Waycross,
gives as one reason why he will oppose
the sale of the State road, that the
money secured for it might me squan
dered. It strikes us that this is rather
9 reflection upon his colleagues to be
and those that will follow him in the
legislature
J IST A QUESTION.
On the eve erf the announcement of
Hugh M. Dorsey for governor which s
was confidently expected when this i
was written we wish to make a few .
contemplations. 1
Hugh Dorsey, that solicitor-general <
' with a dead man's blood as a platform,
boiled over and charged Governor j
Slaton with being a member of the
I firm which defended Frank. Grant
that this was the truth.
Now Hugh Dorsey wants to be gov
ernor of Georgia and he is a member
of the main legal firm which repre
sents the L. & N. Railroad in Georgia.
Certainly, the L. & N. is an enemy of
the state and no one doubts it.
Still Hugh Dorsey, the paid repre
sentative of that railroad company,
| wants to sit in the governor’s chair
i and handle the affairs of the state as
■ the agent of the people,
• Scat! It's rotten.
A LAW FOR ALL.
It might be well to remind the people
of Americus, Sumter county and thel
entire state for that matter, that the
new prohibition law which became ef-'
fective May Ist is for all people, white
and black, rich and poor—all alike.
The poorest day laborer is no more
guilty of violating the law if he has
more than the lawful amount of liquor
i
i on hand than the rich financier or suc
cessful i>olitician who lives In his'
1.. __ ,
' mansion of luxury.
We have every confidence that the
j law will be enforced, but it will be
a ell for every official and citizen to
bear in mind that the law is for all, and
not classes.
There is little enough respect for
state laws anyway, and if it is lessened
in the slightest degree a free reign of
: anarchy will Isurely give way to what
we are now pleased to turm a rule “of
the people, by the people, for the peo
ple.”
Broadcloth cannot shield you under
this law, so get straight with yourself
and comply with the law.
ILL STAND TOGETHER
The Democratic state executive
committee in Macon Wednesday did
not see fit to place any restrictions
| around the participants in the state
primary other than those which have
heretofore been utilized, which are vir
ftually nothing. The democratic prim
lory is a state-wide election as far as
its accomplishments are concerned. It
is an election held under the name of a
I primary by and for the
.party with the privilege extended to'
every white voter to participate if he
I so desires.
i
Several reasons have been interpos
ed as to why the executive committee
rtfused to tamper with the qualifica
ticns of the voters in this primary. It
is a personal political question as to 1
the preference of the average Georgia
voter.
A recent state election clearly de-:
imonstrated that a number of Georgians
refused to abide by the decision of the
I primary in bolting its nominees and
supporting "outlaws” at the polls on
the regular election day.
It can be argued that any voter who
| will bolt the primary would take part
, in this proceeding and then violate an
oath when he voted in the general el
| ection. He is a bad citizen who will 1
enter a primary and not support the
nominee. He is a citizen in whom no
trust or confidence can be placed. He
is to the primary and its participants'
'what Benedict Arnold was to the
■American forces in the Revolutionaryi
war. He is a bad character and his!
place is not here.
It may or may not have been wise!
for the executive committee to have
passed this question up in the manner
which they did.
But one thing is certain. The good
citizens of Georgia who are content
with the Democratic party must ex
ercise more than ordinary precaution
m the protection of their rights and
their choices.
If the primary is to be a free-for-all
with white skin the only qualification,
then let those good and substantial
Democrats who have their state and
its welfare at heart, protect theb
sehes and their party by their decis
ip**Critics.
ITS ALL ONE WAY.
It was an inspiring and pleasant
scene to witness the hearty approval
which was given the address of Col.
Joseph E. Pottle as temporary chair
man of the Macon convention Wednes
day. Without mincing words and in
. lain, but eloquent speech, Col. Pottle
paid tribute to the wonderful and ex- j
traordinarv president, Woodrow Wil-!
I
son. who sits in the White House as
the pilot of this nation and the leader ,
of the Democratic party.
Every -alcontent was denounced
ia the words of Col. Pottle and his ex- '
pressions were endorsed by frequent 1
applause.
Georgia will send fifty-six delegates
to the St. Louis convention instructed
to vote for Woodrow Wilson, first,
last and all the time. This
is honored by having the privilege of i
e.iorsidng a president who is consid- ■
ered the greatest since George Wash
ington.
Georgia is for Wilson despite and
notwithstanding every murmuring or
.it timation of dissatisfaction. The
representatives of Georgia in congress
.can take the action of the state con
. vention in Macon as expressing the
will of all Georgia in matters affecting
I the administration. Georgia citizens
are not willing to have senators and
congressmen place themselves above
the president in their opinions of wis
dom, learning and government.
GIVE US THE LAW.
, I Representative Doris, of Crisp
county, is preparing a bill to be intro
l‘duced in the approaching general as-
■ sembly providing for compulsory edu-
1 cation. The Times-Recorder sincerely
t hopes and trusts that the Crisp county
, ’ legislator will be successful; that his
Hill will be stringent and cover every
,rase; that it will be enacted during
this legislature and put promptly into
Jeuect with proper and severe penal
l t’es for its failure to be observed in
, the state.
The newspaper dispatch, which told
ci the bill, was:
"Representative W. H. Dorris, of
Crisp county, is formulating a compul
sory education act to be presented at
L the approaching session of the legis
lature. The matter of preparing and
1 presenting such a bill has been up
‘ fermost in his mind for several
■ months. He will go to Atlanta with
his subject well in mind and with the
■ proposed act well shaped.
"His labors have already prepared
. him for much, of the work he is to do
in drafting the bill. That the task
is a difficult one he has already found
in his investigation of similar laws in
;other states, and, though he will be
engaged several weeks in its prepara
tion. he feels that the time will be well
spent in giving the state a law, which,
when passed, will contain such practi
cal phovisions as will enable the edu
cational forces to do much for the
, youth of the commonwealth.”
TRUTH NEVERTHELESS.
Editor Williams says the woman who
cants to vote is seldom found rock
ing the cradle. Nope; she leaves that
for the husband to do.—Griffin News.
Now we desire the few suffercats who
may reside in our part of the state to
know that we are merely copying an
i other fellow who lives some hundred
■ r more miles away from here, but it
is so dog-gone truthful that we pre
-< nt it for general information. —Rich-
lard News.
Your neighbor not so many miles
:. Aay. gave out these contemplations.
HERE’S OUR HELP.
The editor is pleased to acknowledge
receipt of the following communica
lio:i from Editor McGill, of the Lyons
I regress: “I am unable to get out
this moral guide any longer without the
i imes-Recorder on my exchange list.
>o I am placing your most excellent
paper on my mailing list and will ask
that you reciprocate."
gives the Times-Recorder editor
much pleasure to comply with the
Lyons editor’s request, and here goes
the first issue.
And if the Times-Recorder can be
used in assisting any other moral guide
ue’ll only be delighted in sending it
along.
THE AMERICUS TIMES-RECORDER.
Do You Know That
Light promotes cleanliness?
A clean mouth isessential to good health?
Physical training in childhood is the foundation of adult helath?
The U. S. Public Health Service issues publications on hygiene and
sanitation for free distribution?
Isolation is the most efficient means of controlling leprosy
Headache is Nature’s warning that the human machine is running j
badly?
Bullets may kill thousands —flies tens of thousands?
Obesity menaces longevity.
I
On This Anniversary Will We
Dip Our Flag To Germany?
By CRANSTON WILLIAMS
Today, May 7th, is the first anniver
sary of the sinking of the queen of the
seas, the Lusitania, off the coast of
Ireland by a German submarine, with
a loss of approximately x,150 men,
women and children, among whom
there were about 113 Americans.
Singularly, today is potent because
i< is expected that President Wilson
will announce his intentions in re
gard to the latest German note. The
great president appeared before con
gress several days ago, which occasion
peculiarly happened to be the anni
versary of the Battle of Lexington. To
day, the anniversary of the sinking of
the Lusitania, President Wilson will
make another decision.
It remains to be seen whether the
List note from the Germans qualifies,
that is. comes within the restrictions
as laid down in the last German note
Personally, we do not see how it does.
If there is the least intimation of inde
cision then our unalterable course is
to sever relations with the Kaiser and
those of his kith and kin of the same
stripe. At the same time we would
sever relations with those thousands
and thousands of hyphens within our
borders, and the stiffening hand of a
more dreaded law would coil about
them.
But one year ago this afternoon the
writer was so fortunate as to stand
before the bulletin board of the New
York Tribune on Park Row in New-
York City when the first news was
flashed upon that announcer that the
Lusitania had been sunk. "The Lucy
is gone,” was the common expression
which met the friend and acquaint
ance.
Only six days before the Lusitania
l ad proudly made her way to sea car
rying a large passenger list numbering
several notable of the country-. On the
p etty Saturday morning. May Ist, 1915,
the writer had seen the Lusitania lying
at her pier in Hoboken, N. J. He had
seen the hundreds of passengers make
their way on the palatial boat after
their baggage had been carefully
searched, for it was on this morning
when the New York papers carried an
advertisement warning the passengers
against sailing. Alfred Gwynne Van
derbilt and Elbert Hubbard received
anonymous telegrams of warning.
But delayed only two hours she
made ready for sea and eight tugs
guided and propelled her course down
the Hudson river, through the harbor,
between the Narrows, beyond Sandy-
Hook—and with a gladness of farewell
she bid America good-bye. but no one
thought for the last time.
A semi-holiday was ours because of
the interest attached to the sailing of
the Lusitania. It was common street
talk that the Lusitania might be tor
pedoed, but no one thought a mur
derer so arrogant, and a beast so un
thoughtful. w ould lay waste that beau
tiful boat. But the murderer and
Least lived then, and he lives now.
New York attempted to catch her ■
breath between sobs. It w-as evident'
that a common catastrophe had made '
brothers of all—of all, except the J
hyphenated wretches who still blight I
cur shores. There was a demonstra-'
tion of enthusiasm over the Incident in ■
one Teutonic quarter, but it was cut I
short by the participants receiving
their just dues.
It was murder to kill the passengers
on the Lusitania, and so it has been
rom that day through almost every day
that the submarine under the Kaiser’s
instructions has worked its woe of
destruction.
But today—after a year has passed,
the situation stands the same as it did
. then. We were mad and horrified. We
j possess less of both qualities now, and
! the Germans have heaped incident af
‘ ter incident to add to the insult. The
J American people have the word of
! President Wilson as he spoke in his
■ last appearance before congress. One
.year is too long to quibble and gab
i ver something which is being repeated
each day.
It was Joseph E. Pottle, of Milledge
ville, who at the Macon convention, ut
tered those striking words: "He who
cries for war, except as a last resort,
. is a traitor and ab raggart, and he who
( demands peace at any price is a traitor
| and a coward.”
The patience of Hie American people
has been outdone, that is, the patience
of a majority of the good American
people who would fight for their coun
try for the sake of their own honor
and rights of humanity.
Good people have been heard to say
that the United States had no case'
against Germany, because the Kaiser
was backed into a corner and had to
resort to any means. The folly of the
•assertion is evident. Disrespect for
law in Georgia has brought us to an
Ppalling situation. And the disrespect
ol Germany- today for international law
has brought us to the breaking point,
which we hope will be hastened.
One year is too long for discussion.
Mob rule has been provoked by delay.
M e are either right or we are wrong.
We are either courageous or cowards.
A e are either money-mad or honorable.
V.e are either a race of strong people
or weaklings. The Kaiser is an out
law among ail people and all govern
ments. Villa would salute him as his
peer. And these are the mongrels
'lth which the United States would
carry on a high-toned discussion and
debate questions international law.
Are we to dip our flag to Germany
in submission to their will, their
wishes, their desires? ;l
On this, the anniversary of the'
sinking of the Lusitania, are we to ad
mit our cowardice?
Is President Wilson and the Ameri-!
can congress to bargain away the Dec-'
laration of Independence and the ■
Constitution of the United States as a |
pile of junk?
Is our flag proudly and honorably:
waving, or is it disgraced?
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