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THE TIMES RECORDER.
ESTABLISHED 1879.
P»blfehed every Sunday morning and
srrery afternoon, except Saturday, and
Weekly, by the Times-Recorder Co.,
flneorporated.)
Entered as second class matter at
postoffice at Americus, Ga., under act
o( March 3, 1879.
G. R. ELLIS,
President.
CRANSTON WILLIAMS,
Editor and General Manager.
T. M. MERRITT, J IL,
Assistant in Business Department.
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OFFICIAL ORGAN FOR:
City of Americus.
Sumter County.
Webster County.
Lail road Commission of Georgia For
Third Congressional District.
IS. S. Court Southern District of
Georgia.
Americus, Ga., November 10, 1910
I! was worth the price.
Nobody knows how bad we feel.
That slip ’twixt the glass and the lip
sir, very applicable.
How many hopes of postmasterships
■i»e» gone a glimmering now?
We are for Wilson and there are
several others who agree with us.
We saw one fellow vote yesterday in
the city primary who voted a Republi- '
asm ticket on Tuesday.
The State Fair has done well to stay i
sn the top side of the earth with all ’
this national disturbance. 1
it pays to watch your step when it <
emues to chronicling the news. Be t
sure you right, then go ahead. I
——- !
A large vote was polled in the city 1
primary yesterday, evidencing a great <
interest in the conduct of affairs. (
When little things become big things
is just when it takes one little state of
® WB of four votes to win the election.
I
R-r-r-i-n —g— we’d like to tell you ,
tew it’s going, but this is the way it
is Thousand and one times we said
i*at.
“An Optimistic Leader” is the way a
tead-line refers to Chairman Vance
McCormick. He’ll live in history as a
cheerful claimer.
Breathlessly did we await what
J&kunie Spencer on the Macon Tele
graph, had to say about this election.
BsC, he kept quiet—-for once.
Tell the truth we should be writing
another short editorial explaining how
Sired we are—and copy some of the
fee productions of our brethern.
There are many reasons why the
city of Americus should have a perm
anent registration list. It would avoid
much confusion and some criticism.
At least one third of the inquiries
IkCo the Times-Recorder office about
the national election came from female
voices. The ladies displayed a keen
Merest.
If we said “California, Minnesota,
New Mexico and North Dakota uecides I
<,"one time yesterday, it was certain
ly a thousand times. We were glad to
lei! all we knew, and some of the days
ere are going to buy up those states for
the sake of old memories.
The telephone girls say that the
Times-Recorder established a record
tfor calls since the suspense over the
•lection. The office was a niecca for
Hains, Leslie, Ellaville, Leesburg, and
Bany other interested near-by cities.
With the magnificent service of the
Associated Press we were prepared to
five all that could be truthfully said.
VINDICATION OF PREACHER’S
SONS.
1
1 i Woodrow Wilson is a son of a Pres
byterian clergyman and Charles Evans
I uglies is a son of a Baptist preacher.
t. There. have been other preachers’
sons to occupy the White House, Grov
er Cleveland being an illustrious ex
ample, but for the first time both the
leading candidates came from that
long-maligned class, in the campaign
just ended.
Research has show that the pop
, ular belief that preachers’ sons are
. the worst on earth is a delusion. The
very reverse is true, if the sons are
■ judged by their career as men, instead
of boys. No other profession compares
with the ministry in its contribution of
recruits to the ministry, to education,
I to journalism and to literature,
il
Preachers’ sons will also be found
i among the leaders of the bar, in the
' halls of Congress and in the market
place. But the notablfe successes are
forgotten in the rare but widely adver
tised exceptions. The story of the
preachers' son who goes wrong is tel
egraphed from coast to coast. If it
were not the unusual thing it would
have little news value. But we are
thoughtless in their hasty generaliza
tions and imagine that preachers’ sons
are generally bad, just as they have
an impression that railway travel is
dangerous, although it is safer to ride
on a train than it is to cross a street
or do ordinary work about a farm. All
the railway accidents are published
from sea to sea.
As boys preachers’ sons are driven
to excesses of wildness, partly because
of the restraint at home and partly be
cause they resent the injustice of pop
ular insistence on their being anything
except normal boys. They feel that it
is unreasonable to ask them to prac
tice all their fathers preach. No boy
aspires to a reputation for sainthood
and the preacher’s boy often goes to
an extreme in demonstrating that he is
merely human. But in later life the
influences of his home are manifest in
his attitude toward the world and its
problems. Usually the preachers’s
son is taught to W’ork and is given an
education. It is his sole patrimony,
but it is better than riches. His self
reliance, his mental equipment and
his moral training all fit him for con
spicuous achievements.—St. Louis
Globe-Democrat.
TALK THAT IS CHEAP.
He has bobbed up again. Reference
is made to the man who knows Mexico
better than he knows his own brother;
who knows exactly what Wilson ought
to have done, and what Wilson must
do, if any real progress is to be made
toward a solution of the Mexican
problem. Again he rises to assert that
only force will avail. The peace com
mission, hopelessly deadlocked, was
without the slightest chance of achiev- I
mg anything worth while in the first I
place, and is now merely delaying the'
inevitable, if this Mexican authority is !
to be credited. The sprinkling in this t
country of persons who are eager to
interpose their sage counsel in the
matter of Mexico is discouragingly lib
eral. They believe so firmly in the I
necessity of bloodshed in Mexico that|
one is led to believe they would feel;
disappointed if the desired ends are
gained through peaceful agencies. It
is true that the problem is far from
final settlement, but the American
people have not yet been convinced
that the Mexican policy of Wilson will
avail nothing.—Savannah Morning
News.
ABYSSINIA IS A
STRICKEN LAND
WASHINGTON, D. C„ Nov. 10.—
“When the daily press of America
published the brief announcement re
cently that a great battle had been
fought in Abyssinia 25 miles outside
the captial, resulting in a complete
victory for the new government, the
average reader,” says a war geography
bulletin issued by the National Geo
graphic Society; “did not realize that
this battle affected 8,000,0000 people
living in a country larger than the]
combined areas of France. Holland, J
Belgium, England, Scotland, Ireland
I and Wales.
I "And inasmuch as the despatches
failed to give the- name of the capital,
few Americans could recall it—Adis
Ababa, the city founded by that re
' markable black monarch, Menelik 11,
in 1892, the third year of his eventful
reign which extended over a period of
a quarter of a century.
"Abyssinia is a wholly inland nation,
being cut off from the Red Sea and the
Gulf of Aden by French and Italian
possessions varying in width from 40
to 250 miles. To the north is the Ital
ian possession of Eritrea, to the ast
British, French and Italian Somaliland
territories, to the south British East
Africa, an dto the west the Anglo-
Egyptian Sudan. The whole empire,
which was formerly known as Ethio
pia, lies within the tropics, although
most of the interior has such a high
elevation that the climate is temepr
ate and healthful.
‘"Adis Ababa has an elevation of
more than a mile and a quarter above
sealevel, so that although it Is the
same latitude as the Isthmian seaport
of Panama, it enjoys a most salubrious
climate.
“Except for its royal residence and ’
grounds, which occupy a hill com-1
manding a view of the country in all
directions, the city resembles a tem
porary military camp core closely than
the capital of a vast kingdom, for white
tents and mean huts cover the country
in a circle whose diameter is about
three miles. No railroad conects this
city of 40,000 inhabitants with the out-!
side world, while the "highways” of
the country are scarcely more than j
narrow trails traveled by pack mules j
and donkeys. Even Harrar, (popula-]
tion estimated at 50,000), the only oth
er settlement in the kingdom having
more than 5,000 inhabitants, has not ■
yet been reached by the railway which]
is being constructed from Jibuti, the ■
French Somailand seaport on the Gulf ’
of Aden. Harrar is 230 miles inland
from Jibuti, and Adias Ababa is 220
miles still further west.
“Os the four general groups of peo
ples inhabiting Abysinia the two most
important are the Gallas, a pastorial
and agricultural tribe comprising fully •
half the population, and the Shoans, 1
the warlike governing class. The Tigr- ’
ians are lighter in color than their:
fellow-countrymen and retain many
evidences of their Semitic origin. The
Dankalis are practically independent
people of the Mohammedan faith,'
whereas the other groups have been
Christian since the fourth century, be
ing allied with the Alexandrian
Church.
"Education has made slow progress
in Abyssinia. In fact, it is said thatl
the only native schol in the entire'
country is located in the capital, and
is attended most irregularly, the en
rollment being not more than 100 pu
pils.
"When Menelik II died in December
1913 he was succeeded by his 17,-year
old grandson Liji Yasu, (also spelled
Lidji Eyassu) the monarch whose par
ty the ‘new government’ will have dis
placed if the reported battle should
prove to have been decisive. This boy
ruler faced an almost impossible task
during the last three years for his wily
grandparent was an exceptional man
of remarkable energy. A striking pic
ture of the multiplicity of details
handled by the old sovereign is given
by A. Henry Savage Landor in his
account of a year’s journey across
‘Widest Africa.’’ Mr. Landor says:
" ‘Everything in Adis Ababa is re
ferred to the people. It is quite amaz
ing what an amount of mental work
Menelik must go through daily. While]
atending to most important political i
affairs, matters of the most trivial
character are brought to him for as
sent. This is practically what happens
every minute of the day at he palace;
Menelik, with his head bandaged in a
white shash, (a sort of silk handker
| chief) and with a cheap French felt
I hat far back upon his skull, is pander
: ii.g over some political problem of
great importance—let us say, the pro
jected railway between the sea and
' and Adis Ababa. The Emperor is deep
1 ly absorbed in thought.
: “ ‘Enters a servant who whispers in
the Emperor's ear, regardless of the
presence of the foreign representative
of a great European country; "Your
Majesty, the carpenter wants some
more nails to mend the veranda.”
"Here are the keys. Give him 20
rails,” says the Emperor. "If he needs
. more, come again to tell me.’’
| “ ‘The Emperor is again deep in |
I thought. Intruder number two comes 1
up and whispers that a mule has es
caped from the palace.
" ‘The Etnperor jumps down from his
throne—a high packing case covered
with Oriental carpets—slips quickly
into the shoes which he has discarded,
and hastens to his telescope, scanning
the country all around with it, in ord
er to see whether the missing anima)
can be detected upon the hills near
Adis Ababa, The escaped mule is
more important to the Emperor than
] all the railroads in the world,
j “'The foreign representative vainly]
attempts to drive the Emperor again to]
I his throne. The Emperor on his side
endeavors to induce the minister to
THE AMERICUS TIMES-RECORDER.
NEW Sb’ITS FOB THE
WESTERN UNION NOW
The Western Union messenger boys
are out in new frocks, and they look
like real grown-ups with their snappy
blue clothing with the long trousers.
. The small letters of “W. U.” in a cir
cle on the sleeves stamp the boys that
| there are with the Western Union, and
always on the job, whatever may de
velop.
They are the mainstays of the Times-
Recorder, and during the past three
nays of tense interest since the na
tional election, they have performed
valuable service for the paper—for
which we want to publicly acknow
ledge.
JUDGE LITTLEJOHN CAME
HOME TO VOTE IN ELECTION
Judge Z. A. Littlejohn came up from
Leesburg Thursday to cast his vote
in the city election. He returned to
Leesburg Thursday night, and will
probably adjourn Lee Superior court
today. Judge Littlejohn, L. J. Bla
lock and W. T. Glover have bought
three tickets to Leesburg this week,
(going Monday to open court, and
Tuesday night, returning from voting
in Tuesday’s election, and Thursday
night from a trip to vote in the city
election.
BIG EATERS GET
KIDNEY TROUBLE
Take a Glass of Salts Before Breakfast
if Your Back Hurts or Bladder
Bothers You.
The American men and women must>
guard constantly against Kidney trou- j
ble, because we eat too much and all'
our food is rich. Our blood is filled
with uric acid which the kidneys strive ]
to filter out, they weaken from over
work, become sluggish; the elimina-'
five tissues clog and the result is 1
kidney trouble, bladder weakness and
a general decline in health.
When your kidneys feel like lumps ]
of lead; your back hurts or the urine
is cloudy, full of sediment or you are
obliged to seek relief two or three 1
times during the night; if you suffer
with sick headache or dizzy, nervous
spells, acid stomach, or you have rheu- |
matism when the weather is bad, get
from your pharmacist about four
ounces of Jad Salts, take a tablespoon
ful in a glass of water before break
fast ofr a few days and your kidneys
will then act fine. This famous salts
is made from the acid of grapes and 1
lemon juice, combined with lithia, and
has been used for generations to flush 1
and stimulate clogged kidneys; to
neutralize the acids in the urine so it
no longer is a source of irritation, thus
ending bladder disorders.
Jad Salts is inexpensive; cannot in
jure, makes a delightful effervescent
lithia-water beverage, and belongs in
every home, because nobody can make
a mistake by having a good kidney ]
flushing any time. adv.
The prohibitionist swept clean
through several states and according
to reports the forty-eight states now
stand —twenty-four dry, and twenty
four wet.
come and look for the mule.’’
“Abyssinia has a regular army of
250,000, but every man in the kingdom ]
capable of bearing arms is subject to
call.”
~ COMING TO
United Doctors Specialist Will ( i
Again be at Americus, Ga.
Thursday, November 23rd, 1916,
Hotel Windsor (Parlor Suit) One
Day Only. Hours 9 a. m. to 8
p. m.
Remarkable Success of These
Talented Physicians in (he
Treatment of Chronic Diseases
Offers Services Free of Charge.
The United Doctors, licensed
by the State of Georgia, estab
lished 1884, are experts in the
treatment of diseases of the
blood, liver, lungs," stomach, in
testines, skin, nerves, tieart,
spleen, kidney or bladder, bed- ■
wetting, rheumatism, sciatica,
tape worm, leg ulcers, appendi
citis, gall stones, goitre, piles,
etc., without operation, and are
too well known in this locality
to need further mention. Call
and see them, it costs you noth
ing.
Laboratories, Cleveland, Ohio.
REMEMBER DATE AND PLACE
I The Union Central Lifes’
teduced rates and The Un
• ion Central Life’s liberal di
| vidends offer you the best
j insurance at a lower cost
3 than you can buy it else
‘ .vhcre.
Lee M. Hansford
t Agent
I Room 18 Planters Bank Bldg
Phone 715 Americus, Ga.
]| FOR SALE!
' | One thousand bushels Lewis
‘63 conon seed,at $1.75 f.o.b
j Lumpkin, Ga. Raised un
; der the supervision of Prof.
, A. C. Lew.s.
: W. M. Humber
>
II
: F. G. OLVER
: Sewing Machines and Supplies; Key
, and Lock Fitting; Umbrellas Repaired
I and Covered.
; LAMAR STREET, NEAR WELL.
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AMERICUS CAMP, 202 WOODMEN
OF THE WORLD.
Meets every Wednesday night In the
Wheatley Bldg., Windsor Ave. All vis
iting Sovereigns invited to meet with
us. J. M. TOBIN, C. C.
NAT LeMASTER. Clerk.
C. P. DAVIS,
Dental Surgeon.
Orthodontia, Pyorrhea.
Residence Phone 316. Office Phone 818,
Allison Bldg.
I «» *— l ■ - " ' 1.1 l '
F. and A. M.
H AMERICUS LODGE
F. & A. M., meets ev
ery sect>n d an( T fourth
Friday night at 7
* ’ o’clock.
S. L. HAMMOND, W. M.
CLOYD BUCHANAN, Sec'y.
M. B. COUNCIL
LODGE, F. and A. M.,
meets every First and
' Third Friday nights.
« ’o Visiting brothers are
invited to attend.
H. B. MASHBURN. W. M.
NAT LeMASTER, Secretary.
OGaRy
“The Right Way”
1 Trains Arrive
From Chicago, via
Columbus * i-oo a m
From Columbus *10:00 a m
From Columbus • 7:15 p m
i From Atlanta and Macon . .* 5:29 a m
From Macon * 2:11 p m
From Macon * 7.35 p nl
From Albany * 6:40 a ni
From Montgomery and
| Albany *.2:11 p m
From Montgomery and •
Albany * 10.39 p m
From Jacksonville, via
Albany * 3:10 B m
Trains Depart
1 For Chicago, via Columbus * 8:A) a m
For Columbus J 8:00 a m
I For Columbus * 3:00 p m
For Macon * 6-io a m
For Macon and Atlanta * 2:11 p m
For Macon and Atlanta .. .*.10:39 p m
For Montgomery and
Albany * 5-29 a m
For Montgomery and
Albany *2 11 p m
Tor Albany * 7.35 p ni
For Jacksonville, via
Albany * 1:05 a m
‘Daily. I Except Sunday.
advt J. E. HIGHTOWER, Agent.
Seaboard Air Line
Fhe Progressive Railway of »he Soutii
Leave Americus for Cordele, Ro
chelle, Abbeville, Helena, Lyons, Col
lins, Savannah, Columbia, Richmond,
Portsmouth and points East and South
12:31 p m
2:30 a m
Leave Americus for Cordele, Abbe
ville, Helena and intermediate points
5:11 p m
Leave Americus for Richland, At
lanta, Birmingham, Hurtsboro, Mont
gomery and points West and Northwest
3:08 p in
Leave Americus for Richland, Col
-1 umbus, Dawson, Albany and interme
diate points
10:00 a in
Seaboard Buffet Parlor-Sleeping Car
on Trains 13 and 14 arriving Americus
from Savannah 11:25 p. m„ and leav
ing Americus for Savannah 2:30 a. m.
Sleeping car leaving for Savannah at
2:30 a. m., will be open for passengers
at 11:40 p. m.
For further information apply to H.
P. Everett, Local Agent, Americus,
! Ga.; C. W. Small, Div. Pass, Agent,
Savannah, Ga.; C. B. Ryan, G. P, A.,
Norfolk, Va.
L. G. COUNCIL, Pres’t iae. 18*1 H. S. COUNCIL, Cashier.
C. M. COUNCIL, Vlce-Pres. T. E. BOLTON, Asst. Cashier.
; Planters’ Bank of Americus
CAPITAL SURPLUS AND PROFITS 5225.000.00
TOTAL DEPOSITS (Sep’. 19, 1916) $749,875.23
I Mb a qieitir (I a century ex-
] jdlEite in ihiiselul banking
; ’M.r .. >. tid Willi nr iiiit rucurcesand
! ■} ” t](fe |(utFßl atKiHtn lOeitry
1 j 4 lum iniddf, disishiit wiih sound
: liilid.vi dliil jdir patronage
I ■■■ : ~" J lind il ini di litre cer-
;
1 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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Americus Undertaking Co.
FUNERAL UIKECTORS AND IMBALMERS
Mr Nat LeMaster, Managei.
Agents for Rosemont Gardens
Day Phones 88 and 231 Night 661 and 13
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THE ALLISON UNDERTAKING COMPANY
. . . FUNERAL DIRECTORS AND EMBALMERS . » '
Daj Phones Night Phones
253 80 and 106
J. 11. BEARD, Director. Americus, Ga,
“ ■MS—aammm i ■■!!!■
Commercial City Bank
AMERICUS, GA.
General Banking Business
INTEREST PAID ON TIME DEPOSITS
IB— Hi—a—anai——mnw—
MONEY LOANED!
I We make farm loans at 5 1-2 per centinteiest and
I give the borrower the privilege of paying part of
I princinal at end of any year, stopping interest
on amounts paid, but no annual payment of
principal required.
G. R. ELLIS or G C. WEBB
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New Building
Material Business
I am now prepared to fill orders for Rough and Dressed Lumber,
Shingles, Laths, Sash, Doors, Blinds, Builders’ Hardware, Paints.
Roofing, Mantels, Grates, Tiling Window and Windshield Glass, and
will promptly and cheerfully furnish estimates on building material
bills. Also have an Electrical Department, and will be pleased to make
prices on Electrical Supplies, Wiring and Repairs, and ask of my
friends and the public a share of their business in my line.
Yard—Plum & Hampton Streets
Office—2l9 Cotton Avenue
Phones—Office 271; Residence 240
W. W. McNEILL
PUBLIC SALE
NOV. 25TH
•••••••••••••••
To highest bidder tor for cash: Four
good mules, 20 head hogs,farm im
plements of all kinds. Sale begins
at 11 o’clock at
Roneys Seed Farm
Inside City Limits
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 191*