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THE TIMES RECORDER.
ESTABLISHED 1879.
Published every Suncay morning and
♦very afternoon, except Saturday, and
Weekly, by the Tlmes-Recorder Co.,
(Incorporated.)
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of March 3, 1879.
G. B. ELLIS,
President.
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OFFICIAL ORGAN FOR:
City of Americus.
Sumter County
Webster County
Railroad Commission of Georgia For
Third Congressional District.
U. S. Court Southern District of
Georgia.
Americus, Ga., July 16, 1916
Love has made many a man go
broke.
You can't deprive the skinny girl i
of her share of bone.
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Good advice: Pay what you owe
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before donating to charity.
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The Colonel may be out of politics, i
but politics are not out of him. ■
Give the fellow who knows it all i
plenty of rope and he will hang hint
self. I
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The short skirt unconvers a multi 1
tude of shins, attractive and other- <
wise. i
Some men crave prominence so bad
ly that they even envy a promine;. t
•corpse his funeral.
Driving a man to drink is no longer (
possible in Georgia. Prohibition has (
put a quietus on this.
......
The suffragette demands of the
man she is going to marry that he be
big enough to carry a banner.
A girl’s calf club is more popular
than that of the boys because their
-calves are always the better looking.
Perhaps never since Georgia has
been a state has the fourth of July
been as universally observed as was
recently.
If short skirts remain in style much
longer the whole world will be con
verted. They afford many attractive
sights! «
To a fellow out of a job, it is a sad
piece of news to be told he‘ll be
“borne in mind” in case anything
turns up.
Jacksonville, Florida, wants to be
called Jackson. The addition of the
“ville” is- a little too plebian for Flor
ida aristocrats.
Stagger is an old fashioned word in
Georgia. Men are now walking
straight and upright since demon rum
has been banished.
The improvement of Lee street is
now under way, and beofre many
months have passed, other streets
"will be asking for paving.
A recognition of Carranza one time
has caused this country no end of
worry and expense. It is tc be hoped
he will be accorded no further recog
nition.
Barbers lament: With Hughes.
Carranza, King George, Czar Nick, the
King of Austria and a few other heads
o' nations wearing whiskers it would
seem that rulers do not trust us bar
ters very far.
THE TAX LAW FIGHT.
The tax equalization law enacted!
several years ago is by no means
safe. A well and determined fight
is being made to repeal the act which
has worked wonderful benefits to the
state of Georgia, as a whole.
The Times-Recorder regrets to
note the dissension over the tax law
It has been administered in a firm and
impartial manner by State Tax Com
missioner John C. Hart, of whom
there is no purer public men in of
fice.
We must admit our ignorance on
many phases of the law, and especial
ly the grounds on which the fight is
being made. In a tilt with Senator
Stovall, Judge Hart said:
“You may kill the act in the end,
but if you do, I shall die with it. It
is wrong that forty-eight counties of
this state should bear the burden of
ninety-two counties, and I’m going to
correct that, so help me God.”
Those words are straight and bear
the high sense of purpose which will
actuate Judge Hart throughout his
administration of the affairs of his
office.
The equalization of taxes in Geor
gia must come. The failure of the
proper distribution of taxes has
brought about the financial embar
assment which faces almost ' every
state and city in the union. It is
fundamental in government that every
man/should bear his burden—no more !
and no less than what is right. His '
taxes should be in proportion to his 1
property, and until this is done there
will be an everlasting wail of discon- 1
tent from the “little fellow” w’ho pays 1
the price and bears the burden. Equal - 1
ize and distribute the taxes in Amer- 1
icus and the state of Georgia, and '
there will be an era of prosperity In '
government and financial affairs un- 1
like any in the history of these organ
ic forces. 1
It is barely possible that some of 1
the enemity now being brought r.j 1
bear against the new law is because
from us to make such charges, but
certainly the finances of any state
should be above political plans. The
* carpet bag” days were dreadful.
TRADE AT HOME.
Where do you like to trade? At
the store where everything is mark
ed at “cut prices,” where there is
no guarantee of the goods? Or at
the store of a man whom you have
iCinfidence—confidence in his goods
and in his honesty and in his prices.
Os course there can be but one
answer.
The main object of advertising is
to create confidence. The merchant
who advertises in the Times- Recorder
wants to first create confiedence ia
your mind of themselves, of their
reliability and their goods. They
would not go to the expense of doing
this if they did not expect to act
squarely by you. In short they could
not aoffrd to do otherwise.
The point we wish to make is this:
Trade with those who use the col
ums of the Times-Recorder. These
are the merchants who will do to t’e
to, besides they are the men who are
helping our city grow. And by
trading with them you are keeping
pour money at home and thus help
in the growth and porsperlty of
your home town and section.
INCREASE THE SALARY.
The general assembly of Georgia is
considering a proposed increase in
the salary of several superior court
judges in the state, among whom is
Judge Z. A. Littlejohn, of the Sout :-
. western circuit.
. The house has favorably considered
the bill by a vote of 135 to 3, and the
Times-Recorder hopes that the bill
, will be passed by both branches of
> the assembly.
, Judge Littlejohn holds twelve ses
sions of courts in six counties of his
circuit. He now receives $3,000, and
must pay his own expenses in travel
, ing around the circuit. During the
; year his time is occupied almost to
< tally by hearings “at chambers” when
i his courts are not actually in session.
-! Georgia has no pension system fo’
1 her jurist, and when a number of
years of service has been rendered by j
a judge he becomes incapacitated -|
, ending his last days in a service to
his state.
vte hope the bill will receive fav
oi able consideration.
ALWAYS ANOTHER SIDE.
Whenever a calamity occurs there
is always a disposition or rather a
tendency to overestimate the damage
done.
There is no reason to believe that
estimate of the damage done by the
recent storms and excessive rains
will be an exception to this rule.
As yet it is too early to even at
tempt to approximate the loss that
will be sustained to the country, how
ever, we believe it will be safe to say
that the' damage will be enormom
and that there will be a considerable
decrease in the crop estimates that
had already been made. Even before
the rains and at the time the June
governmental report was made public,
conservative thinkers were of the
opinion that the estimates were too
heavy, and now that the whole South
has been visited with desastrous
flcods, the next report must neces
sarily show a marked decline.
Such a calamity as has recently be
fallen the people of the South must
be met boldly and fearlessly, and not
become unecessarily alarmed, re
membering always that there are two
sides to a question. The blow receiv
ed is bad enough, but it must be re
membered it could have been worse.
As has already been said the first
tendency is to overestimate the dam
age. besides in this particular there is
a difference in the damage. If we
figure the loss to cotton in bales the
damage is going to be tremendous,
but if we figure in dolalrs and eents,
the loss will not be so great. For the
fact had already been establisher of
a large Increase in acreage, and upon
this was based the estimate for a 14,-
0(0,000 bale crop, which of itself
would have without doubt made fol
lower prices. Now that the acreage
has been cut down by the overflow of
rivers and creeks, besides the damage
account of the rain to the crop in oth
er ways it stands to reason that a bet
ter price will obtain for the staple. By
the above process of reasoning it
can at once be seen that to the dam
aged section as a whole the loss sus
tained in dollars and cents is not as
now supposed.
The thing for the grower to do is
fact the only thing he can do is to
Icok the situation square in the face.
Do all that he can to overcome the
condtions that now confront him.
Time alone will straighten out mat
ters, hence there will be no need to
worry because the trade does not im
mediately realize the change in the
status of affairs. He can rest as
sorted that in the end the true con
ditions will be demonstrated, and that
before the crop is ready for the mar
ket, and in such away as will tend to
lessen the tension and prove that the
loss is not an irreparable one.
NO BACKWARD STEP.
The tax equalization law is occupy
ing a great deal of attention in the
Georgia legislature. The following
strong article complimenting the law
1 1 is from the Atlanta Constitution, of
Saturday:
It now seems certain that the meas
ure repealing the tax equalization
I act will never get enough votes in
■ either house to pass it.
The enactment of the repeal meas
ure would be a distinct backward
! step, which could be characterized as
! nothing short of monstrous. It would
jbe the equivalent of the repudiation
of honest debt. Georgia owes money
’ she can scarcely now pay; she has
obligations which it is practically im-
I possible for her to meet, in the face
, of which it is proposed by this repeat
( measure to open wide again the gates
to the tax-dodger.
In the first few years of its opera
tion the tax equalization law has
. brought upon the Georgia tax books
, returns of some one kundred millions
lof dollars or more which were not
that in 1914, in the absence of the tax
equilization law, we could scarcely
! have expected any increased returns
. at all; and yet in that year it brought
, in $5,000,000 additional. It helped,
though not in so great a degree in
the severer business year of 1915.
This-added hundred mililon in re
turns an added income of $500,000 a
THE AMERICUS TIMES-RECORDER.
I year to the state treasury. It comes
J rot from increjsed taxation upon
prci-eity already bearing its just
burden, but it comes chiefly from
property heretofore either hidden out
by tax-dodgers, or from increse upon
that which has notoriously failed to
pay it fair share of the expense of the
state.
The man who is advocating the re
peal of the law which has done that
for Georgia as honest and sincere as
may be his motive, so ae elast uncon
sciously seeking to open the gate and
pave the way for the exercise of dis
honesty on the part of those who
would, if they could, swindle the state.
With Georgia institutions crying
for the succor the state cannot give
them because of a depleted treasury,
with the legislature still inclined to
appropriate above and beyond the
state income, it is impossible to con
ceive of seriousness in a proposal
that would cut a round half million
off Georgia’s revenue, at a single
whack of the knife.
But that is just exactly what tax
equalization repeal would do. It is
sufficiently difficult, even with the
law-, to get fair returns in many
cases; but take it away and we fall
mack into the old rut w-herein callous
conscience hide everything capable of
being concealed from the taxing offic
ers.
If this tax equalization law had not
been enacted four years ago Georgia,
if not bankrupt would have been upon
the verge of bankruptcy today, and
those misguided few- who are propos
ing the sale of the Western and Atlan
tic railroad might have had some
foundation to stand upon.
Fortunately, that calamity has been
averted, nor is it conceivable that
there is any possibility of a return of
the danger.
When this question comes to
issue assuredly legislative good sense
and reason will predominate, and we
shall hear no more of that madness
v, hich would start the state on the
road to financial embarrassment
more serious than any it has yet had
to contend with.
EATS.
The way the Austrians rush to
The Russian lines, pell-mell,
To give up, makes us think the Russ
Has rung a dinner-bell.
—Houston Post.
The Russ has rung the bell, alright,
And, this is not a trifle;
For what he rang it with, dear Mike,
Was a military rifle.
—Savannah Press.
The way the French hold their gwn
Is the talk of all the nations;
It is hoped that when victory is won
They'll get a pile of rations.
GARTNER GOES WITH THE
I. J. C. PEOPLE HERE
L. P. Gartner, who for the past
season has been with the Muscogee
Guano Company, of Columbus, chang
ed positions, July Ist, acecpting a po
sition with the International Agrlcul
’ tural Corporation and will soon open
a sales office with his headquarters in
Americus. Mr. Gartner will have
charge of the sales in this territory.
THE ALCAZAR
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John Barrymore, in “The Red Wid-
- ow” is at the Alcazar Monday.
In “The Red Widow,” a thoroughly
amusing photo-production of the
j celebrated comedy by Channing Pol
lock and Rennold Wolf, John Barry
. more possesses the greatest oppor
-1 tunity he has ever had since becom
* ing a photo-play star for demonstrat-
1 ing beyond all doubt his right to be
j, called the foremost comedian of the
s screen today. In the role of Cicero
- Hannibal Butts, the distinguished
2 corset salesman, who seeks to com
g bine his honeymoon and a business
trip to Russia, and who as a result
. finds himself inextricably caught m
sja number of comic predicaments in
s volving the Russian secret police and
’ innumerable Nihilists, including the
fascinating Red Widow, to whom he
y is introduced as the greatest living
j, king-killer. John Barrymore is
t j screamingly humorous in the depij-
Jtion of his miseries and his futile es
| forts to clear himself in the eyes of
. the government and more principally
j, his wife, who herself believes that
11 ANNOUNCEMENTS
FOR CONGRESS.
To the Voters of the Third Congress
ional District of Georgia:
I hereby announce my candidacy for
election as your Representative, from
the Third Congressional District of
Georgia, to the Sixty-fifth Congress,
subject to the primary to be held
September 12, 1916, and respectfully
solicit your support to this position.
If nominated and elected, I pledge
myself and the best energies I am ca
pable of exerting to your every inter
est, and especially to procure for you:
I—The co-operation of the National
government with the several states in
the enforcement of their prohibition
laws to the extent of denying applica
tion for license to manufacture or sell
intoxicating liquors in such states,
and the procurement of such neces
sary changes as will prohibit the
shipment of intoxicating liquors in
prohibited territory; and will earnest
ly advocate every legal measure that
will tend to procure for the whole
people National Prohibition.
2. —I will support such rural credit
legislation as will actually give to
the farmers of our country the relief
that has been so often promised, by
making available to them, with good
security on land or cotton, long loans
of money at low rates of interest, such
loans to be made directly by the gov
ernment to the farmers.
3. —I will favor a sufficiently equip
ped army and navy to command peace
at home and respect abroad, and the
manufacture of our navy and army,
equipment by the government. I
4. The restriction of immigration
at least to the extent of requiring im
migrants to register, giving a I infor
mation necessarj’ as to their previous
lives, and the signing of a pledge that
within three months after entering
our country they will become citizens
in a legal way.
5. —A complete separation of all af
fairs of church and state.
6. —The extension of the Rural Free
Delivery system and the improvement
of the Parcel Post system, to the end
that the rural districts throughout the
country may be benefittted thereby.
I purpose to conduct my campaign
on a high plain. I do not desire to be
elected on the demerits of others, but
on my merit alone.
My campaign headquarters will be
at Americus, Georgia, where my sec
retary or I will be glad to welcome
and advise with friends at all times,
and, if elected by the good people of
this district, I promise to faithfully
discharge the duties of this great of
fice with fidelity to your every interest.
Respectfully,
T. G. HUDSON.
FOR CONGRESS.
To the Voters of the Third Congress
ional District:
I hereby respectfully announce my
candidacy for re-election as your Rep
resentative in the Sixty-Fifth (65th)
Congress, subject to the primary to be
field on September 12th.
During the short time 1 have been
your congressman, I have sincerely en
deavored to serve you faithfully, and
if my efforts and record meet with
your approval, I will feel greatly hon
ored and profoundly grateful if you
will give me your support In the com
ing election. Congress has been in al
most continuous session since you
elected me, and duty required me to
stay here, which prevented me from
visiting you as often as I wished. The
Ways and Means committee is now
daily working on a revenue measure;
being on that committee, I must re
main here until the new tax law is
passed. As soon as Congress adjourns,
or before then, if public business will
permit me to leave, I expect to canvass
the District, meet the people personal
ly and talk to them face to face, both
individually and on the stump.
If re-elected, I promise to discharge
the duties of the great office with fidel
ity and to tlie best of my ability.
From the depths of my heart, I
thank you for your past kindness to
me. Cordially yours
CHARLES R. CRISP.
For SoUcitor-General.
To the Citizens of the Southwestern
Judicial Circuit:
I hereby respectfully announce ofr
re-election to the office of Solicitor-
General of the Southwestern Circuit;
subject to the primary of September
12th, 1916. In doing so, I wish to
thank my friends throughout the
Circuit for the favors heretofore ac
corded me, and solicit their kind sup
port of my candidacy for re-election;
assuring them, if re-elected, a faithful
, and impartial discharge of the duties
of teh office. Respectfully,
J. R. WILLIAMS.
Butts has deserted her for the Red
Widow. How these humorous difficul
ties are at last explained is unfolded
in the final scene of this sparkling
comedy in the typical and inmitable
Barrymore manner.
L. G. COUNCIL, Pres’t. lie. 18tl H. 8. COUNCIL, Cashier.
C. M. COUNCIL, Yice-Pres. T. E. BOLTON, Asst. Cashier.
Planters’ Bank of Americus
CAPITAL SURPLUS AND PROUTS $220,000.00
TOTAL DEPOSITS (June 6,1»16) $570,551.80.
With a quarter if a century ex
perler.ee In we ssful banking
I and with tur and
! BWSStSStEf Ils®r dose peritrcl etertinn to every
I Interest ccesiHeit with sound
! BO I 2T tanking,we sdit.it jcur patronage
I Interest allowed cn time cer- -
lur “ epa '”“
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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HER BERT II AW KIN S
Insurance and Surety Bonds
Specialty—Autos at 2 per ct.
Planters Bank Building ? ’Phone No. 18f
THE ALLMN UNDERTAKING COMPANY
. . . FUNERAL DIRECTORS AND EMBALMERS . ’ ’
Daj Phones Night Phones
253 80 and 106
J. H. BEARD, Director, Americus, Ga,
REMOVAL NOTICE!
Have moved my office and Veterinary Hospital to
111 Hampton Street Phone 278
DR. PERCY W. HUDSON
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Commercial City Bank
AMERICUS, GA.
General Banking Business
INTEREST PAID ON TIME DEPOSITS
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! MONEY LOANED! ~
We make farm loans at 6 per cent inteiest 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
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