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PAGE TWO THE TIMES-RECORDER ESTABLISHED 1879. Published every Sunday morning and every except Saturday, and Weekly, by the 1 imes-Recorde Co. (Incorporated.) m . Entered as second class matter at postofflce at Ame eus, Ga., under Act of March 3, 18.9, « vIIIS President ( CRANSTON WILLIAMSEditor and General Manager T. M. MERRITT, JrAsst, in Business Departmen , Advertising Rates Reasonable. Promptly Furnished on Resolutions, Resolutions of K «® pect ’ Notices, etc., other than those which the p » per “ ' deem proper to publish as news matter, will be cnarg ed for at the rate of 5 cents per line. SUBSCRIPTION RATES. Bv Mail in United States and Mexico. (Payable Strictly in Advance.) Daily, One Year% 50 Daily, Six Months Daily, Three Months Weekly, One Year &0 Weekly, Six Months Lucius H. Kimbrough is the only authorized traveling representative of the Americus Times-Recorder. OFFICIAL ORGAN FOR: City of Americus. Sumter County. Webster County. Railroad Commission of Georgia for Third Cong. District. 11. S Court, Southern District of Georgia. AMERICUS, GEORGIA, SUNDAY, APRIL 1, 1917. Anybody caught you yet? —o— Put out your American flag. 0 1 Have you a little drop in your home < History will date from ‘before and after bone dry.” The beggars are at our gates—and look ’em over care- ] fully. 1 o AU Texas wants is to leave her alone, if the Mexicans , start anything. < o , Spain was feeling badly the other day and tried the , Russian waltz. o There should be no parties when intertational ques tions are at stake. i o A man who will repeat a rumor without knowing the 1 authority is close akin to a liar. o 1 A thousand or so killed in battle only gets a report of ] a "comparative calm along the front.’’ o .] oig real estate deal consummated yesterday. (The . Danish West Indies belong to us now.) o I Germany refers to Turkey as the “weaker brother.” And still growing weaker, if you please. o All together for a clean city, and with the proper as-j Kistance and co-operation by every person, it will be made so. ' o The railroads can’t get to the Interstate Commerce commission fast enough. And there is much reason in their requests. o To Hell With The People,” is the topic for an edi-' torial in the Lumpkin Independent The select few will) listen with interest. It’ll be recognized of our gratitude to France. An * American army on the field of Flanders would weave a aew flag of freedom. o An armored machine is proposed for the Fifth regi-' went in Atlanta. A few more recruits there and else- ] where would help, too. o The American people do not want to see any time lost in organizing the house —for they want action in this hour of tense interest 0 It will be a bright page in American history when these times are recorded, and may President Wilson re ceive the overwhelming support of Congress. o The city auditorium, endorsed unanimously by the Business Council of the Chamber of Commerce, is one of those long-needed affairs, and here’s hoping. Today is a holiday in your honor, and in our honor, and as long as there are more fools than days, it was decided to have all the said f’s join in for one big day. o Dr. von Bethmann-Hollweg, the spokesman for Ger many. lays all the blame on us. Yes, it's shameful the. way we have been sinking our own boats and murdering «ur own people. The Lee County Journal, in referring to a tick cam paign, says: “Lee and Terrell are going to begin sooW and Sumter can’t afford to be behind. You had better some and be with us." o ■'The Star Spangled Banner," is being desecrated by its wanton use on any and every occasion, and oftimes ct is used on the stage to gain applause for a scene which would be desolate without the national air. o The potential resources of the South were recognized by the war department when they delegated Major Gen eral Leonard Wood as the commander of the new South eastern department, with headquarters at Charleston. o The New York Herald, the strong anti-German paper, owned by the exiled J. Gordon Bennett, says that two submarines are lurking off Long Island, awaiting a decla ration of war against Germany in order to begin their invasion of New York Bennett should be delegated to capture them. A HEALTHFUL AND ( LEAN CITY. It remained for the Woman’s Club of this city to start ■ the agitation which it is hoped will lead to much needed 'work in making Americus a cleaner city. The Mayor and City Council will soon enact the necessary ordin-, ances, if those which now exist do not suffice. The mat- ( ter came before the Business Council of the Chamber of ' Commerce last week, and that organization unanimously I urged the betterment of present conditions. , The summer season is upon us, and during that time; I every means should be utilized in reducing the chances ’ of preventable diseases and maladies. Americus is countenancing conditions which need immediate atten tion. One suggestion has come forward that Americus; use a sanitary inspector during the entire year, and ( that other agencies in the official life of the city be used; for enforcing the restrictions. The proper enforcement of health ordinances without fear or favor is an urgent necessity. It may soon be too late. A census of the garbage and unsightly cans and bar rels along the streets of Americus yesterday would have disclosed an appalling; danger. They are the breeding places for the agents of death and disease. Cleaning up is necessary—and at once. o ACTUALLY AT WAR. Now that the extra session of the Georgia Legislature has passed into history, granting the requests of Gov ernor Harris and a large force of the people as to “dry bone" legislation, let the people of our state turn their eyes toward the acute international situation —and do, something. Alert to the resources and prowess of the South, the Manufacturers’ Record has been very active in the mat-; ter of awakening the people in the serious matter of war. This publication queried the governors of the Southern states as to what they were doing towards securing a census of military strength and industrial resources. The unanimous reply—where there was one, showed inactiv ity along these lines. Governor Catts, of Florida, an-j swered: “We have not taken a census down here yet J as we do not think war is near enough to warrant it"; Mississippi’s executive answered.: “Mississippi has taken no steps in this direction, nor do I contemplate doing this until it becomes necessary.” The record fails to disclose where Governor Harris replied at all, but the best infor mation does not disclose where the state government < has taken a single step towards preparedness. This is a pitiable condition, and one which may seen •prove a terrifying boomerang. Must we wait until war is officially declared to bestir the energies of our people ( and our government to the grave situation? No less than a declaration of a state of war is ex pected from Congress when it convenes in extra session t tomorrow. There is strong possibility that war will be i declared —as a defense of our rights and the liberties of r c our property and citizens. t Still, what have we done? The president of the United States is calling for vol- t unteers. The navy—our first line of defense, is lacking in men. The marine corps—the first to raise the Stars' 1 and Stripes in action, desires recruits. The ranks of the, ' I < national guards, now under arms, are far below the } maximum limits for peace times. j Americus is not unlike the entire state. We are happy 1 to learn the plans for a meeting during this week looking ( to the stimulation of interest —which is duty. The United States is actually at war. Our honor has■ been attacked. It remains for you to say whether you , are willing to do your part as an humble citizen in de-', fending the freedom and honor of the land which gave'' you birth, and has provided for your peace and pros- 1 perlty to this good hour. What say you? o OUR OWN CIRCUS. I John Robins'in’s circus—ln all its splendor, with a I marked and uniform courtesv prevailing throughout the' i entire establishment, is rapidly preparing to “break; camp." The outfit has been in Americus during the win-j , ter, and the attraction has afforded an Interesting and entertaining mecca for hundreds of visitors. The Times-, I Recorder only speaks for the vast majority of the people j ' of the city when it says that we are glad you came, and hope you will come back. Really, it's our circus now —if we will only be allowed to keep it. Americus reallv regrets to give it up for the ’ I seven or eight months on its tour through the United I States I o j j They’re yelling about Dixie being in the saddle with choice chairmanships in the house. Just declare war— 1 I and the republicans will have to run Congress, for the democrats believe in fighting and doing it yourself. ' (Wimjaybrine don’t count) o Stokeley Bloodworth, of the Forsyth Advertiser, sug-; gests that the Bessie Tift College begin a school of jour- ■ nalism and practice on his paper. The question .s whether Johnnie Spencer, on the Macon Telegraph will divide honors. o Champ Clark goes before the House tomorrow as the unanimous choice of the Democrats for Speaker, and it ' is wishing the country much success by hoping that he | will be immediately elected as the presiding genius of j that branch. Wimjaybrine Is to visit this section in a few days going to Dawson and Fitzgerald to deliver lectures on the j “European War and Its Lessons.” The super-paeffiist <an draw a crowd but fails to secure much enthusiasm these days. IHE AMERICUS TIMES-RECORDER. J THE WHHCHAMA GOLW 1 By George Martin i ' ’—— Shins. i Shins are tender spots built into the ' front of man’s legs so his wife will have something to kick him on under the table when he goes wrong in com pany. i Shins are great uncles to the funny ' bone. The only difference between si ins and funny bones is that shins live out in the open, while funny bones | secret themselves in out of the way j places around the elbow. Shins are audacious. They invite disaster. Funny i bones mind their own business as long as you let them alone. We favor a moving day for shins. Let them live under our ribs, or elsewhere/ deep in our anatomy. AMER'GUS SHOWS | OPERA HOUSE. Tuesday. Clara Kimball Young, In “Hearts Afire.” Wednesday—Dark. Thursday. "Protect Your Daughter.” Friday. Gail Kane and Carlyle Blackwell In “On Dangerous Ground.” ALCAZAR THEATRE Monday Blanche Sweet in “The Evil Eye.” Tuesday Viola Dana in “The Mortal Sin.”— Five Acts. Wednesday “The Weaker Sex."—Five Acts. Two-reel comedy. Thursday "Great Expectations,”—Five Acts. Friday "Her Right to Live.” —Five Acts. Chapter 8 “The Secret Kingdom.” Saturday. Wm. S. Hart in “Truthful Tulllver.” —Five Acts. Two-reel comedy. GREAT PICTURES COMING TO OPERA HOUSE THIS MONTH If you fail to see the pictures at the Opera House this month, you will j miss the very cream of picturedom. On Tuesday, April 3rd, Clara Kimball; Young will be seen in “Hearts Afire,” taken from the novel “Hearts in Ex ile,” and dramatized by Owen Davis. This is a flaming story of burning love. and it throbs and thrills and grips at tention like a vise. For Thursday, the powerful, smashing photo play “Pro tect Your Daughter,” by Dorothy Dix. This is a drama that will teach hu manity a better lesson than a book; it is endorsed by press, public and clergy, and is playing to tremendous houses everywhere. Friday the World Film Co. presents Gail Kain and Car-, lyle Blackwell in “On Dangerous, Ground.” A secret service romance in ' which a beautiful girl passes herself oft as the wife of a young American who is a good sport, and tries to help; her escape; that’s part of the plot and a portion of the action in “On Danger ous Ground,” the very latest World picture. Brady made. “The Crisis" is a big picture coming at an early date; also “Behind The Scenes." Geo. Cohan in “Broadway Jones," and a host of other good; things coming. Restivo, the great ac- j cordian player, late with Coburn’s Minstrels, will fill a three days’ en gagement. The strongest list of at j tractions in many moons. THE ALCAZAR i Blanche Sweet, the ever popular Lasky star, who will be seen at the I Alcazar Theatre Monday in her latest I success, "The Evil Eye,” a thrilling ■ I drama written especially for her by; , the noted author, Hector Turnbull, and , prepared for the screen by George D. 1 Proctor, has had a promotion. Miss Sweet has played servant girls, nurses crooks, etc., but now rises in | the social scale and is seen as a phy j sician. practicing her profession among a lot of superstitution and sus picious Mexicans. The story of "The Evil Eye” has to do with the adventures of Katherine Torrance, a young woman doctor who ' is called in to help suppress a dipth- I eria outbreak among the workers in I Leonard Sheldon's vineyard in the famous wine growing districts of Cal ifornia. When she arrives at the vine yard, Sheldon wants her to return im mediately to the city as he prefers a man doctor, but Katherine convinces i him that she can handle the work. She i visits the Mexican hovels, prescribes for the children and cleans up the in teriors. Tom Forman, the clever young Las by leading man, is seen. Others prom ' inent in the cast are Walter Long, 1 Ruth King Webster Campbell, J. I Barks Jones, William Dale, and other members of the Lasky all star organ ization. KAISER WILHELM A PRINTER; (RAFT NOT PROUD OF FACT ATLANTA, Ga., March 31.—Maybe you will be surprised to know that | Kaiser Wilhelm, who enjoys no great I popularity in this country just now, is i i printer by trade, and once worked in I the same shop with Max Oppenheim, editor of the German Staats-Zeitung. published here. It is only fair, too, to say that Atlanta printers are not any I too proud of the fact that Wilhelm is | afellow craftsman of their own. i The princes of the royal house in Germany are each required to learn some useful trade, and when Emperor Wilhelm was a boy he decided that he would like to be a printer, so they sent him to a print shop xin Berlin. Mox Oppenheim was then a boy about i the same age as the future war lord jof the German empire, and says he | w orked side by side together at the ’ old fashioned type case with Wilhelm; The prince called his fellow appren tice Max, and the latter addressed him ’ as William. Oppenheim has been in the United States for forty years and his German language paper published here has a large circulation. He says he believes the German population in this country! will be loyal to the American flag, re gardless of the outcome of relations between the United States and Ger many. H ANTS CARNEGIE MEDAL FOR WIFE OF MURDERED PREACHER ATLANTA, Ga„ March 31—A move ment has been launched to secure a Carnegie hero medal and fund for the wife and children of Rev. Gaston R. Buford, the well-known Presbyterian minister and mission worker of this, city who was recently shot through the heart when he rushed into ah ouse, where a drink-crazed maniac was try-; in gto kill his entire family. Hardly had he entered the house before he. was instantly killed, while Mrs. Bu- ’ ford, who was walking with him past the house, stood on the sidewalk and' waited for him. He left a widow and four children. A fund of several hun-! dred dollars was raised for them in a few days after his tragic death, and now it is hoped to secure a Carnegie fund of SIOO per month which is awarded in exceptional cases of hero ism. ANOTHER WAY TO BEAT THE COST OF LIVING LOS ANGELES, Cal., March 31. And here’s another way to beat the High Cost of Living. “Stop entertain ing,” says a well known Los Angeles matron, who was formerly widely known for her hospitality and freq uent entertainments. OPEN MEETING OF A. 8. CUTTS CAMP, SONS OF VETERANS You are invited to attend a meeting of the A. S. Cutts Camp, Sons of Con federate Veterans, No. 681, at the ( courthouse, Tuesday, April 3rd. at 10 o'clock a. m. Election of officers, the Washington reunion and other import ant business to come before the meet ing. We shall expect every member to be present. E. A. NISBET, FRANK J. PAYNE, Commander. Adjutantt. PARTNERSHIP INSURANCE The most important aaaet of • firm? The business ability oi ( special technical skill of th« I Individual members. Why not Insure against the low . of thia asset? Insurance upon partners or offi cers of corporations is furnlsheo I at lowest net cost by the Unlit ! Central Life Insurance Com I pany. Write for facts and comparatlv’' figures. LEE M. HANSFOHII, Agent Americus, Ga. UNION CENTRAL LIFE INSURANCE CO. ►The Oeat Annual Dividend Payer/ i When your Shoes need an' operation, call the Shoe Sur-; geons. And we will show you what modern machinery and experl-' enced skill will do towards put- 1 ting old and broken shoes “bacx on their feet." You will find that after your shoes have undergone treatment In our shop, that they are restor ed to their strength and neat ap pearance and at a cost not to be criticized. Rex Shoe Shop E. Breetlove. Prop. 101 Lee SL Artesian Corner L G. COUNCIL, Pres’t. INC. 1891 H. S. COUNCIL, Cashier C. M. COUNCIL, Vlce Pres. T. E. BOLTON, Asst. Cashier Planters Bank of Americus CAPITAL SURPLUS & PROFITS $225-000.00 Resources Over One Million Dollars With a quarter of a century ex ' ST perience in successful banking BOWWI and wifll our ,ar 9 e resources and 51 close Personal attention to every Interest, consistent with sound Bl* banking we solicit your patronage, interest a,,owe,, on ,lrae cerll * ' ca,es aDd in our department for savings. Prompt, Conservative, Accommodating We Want Your Business No Account Too Large and None Too Small r MONEY 51% ~ MfiMFY InAMm on arm i an< fe at p er cent I nIUIiLI LU nil LU interest and borrowers have priv- I ilege of paying part or all of principal at any interest i period, stopping inlerest on amounts paid. We always II have best rates and easiest terms and give quickest ser ! vice. Save money by seeing us. !! G. R. ELLIS or G. C. WEBB V jla ;-jii Americus Undertaking Company Funeral Directors and Embalmers MR. NAT LeMASTER, Manager Agents for Rosemont Gardens Day Phones 88 and 231 Night 661 and 136 < ’ ' h Commercial City Bank i AMERICUS, GA. ' 1 ! General Banking business i _ ! INTEREST PAID ON TIME DEPOSITS 1 ' ! easily—especially now because of the large amount of electrical equipment they carry, that it is a foolish policy to ' tr y to save a t ew dollars by doing with i ou t our Automobile Fire Insurance. Herbert Hawkins HIGH GRADE FEBTIUZEfIS AMERICUS HOME MIXTURE GUANO CO. Manufactured of best unadulterated material, skillfully pre pa ed and mixed. Our customers are pleased. Can we offer better refer ences? SALES AGENTS: Harrold Bros. L. G. Council Americus, Ga. Americus, Ga. A. S. Johnson E. C. Webb DeSoto, Ga. Sumter, Ga’ We carry out each funeral service in harmonious con- i |, formity with the wishes of our employers—the public. We I ] have builded an undertaking organization whose reputa ; tion is the highest and whose equipment is mofl excellent ! ALLISON UNDERTAKING COMPANY L. R. Eden, Director i Day Phone 253—Night 657, 106, 71 SUNDAY. APRIL 1, I#l7