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THE TIMES-RECORDER
ESTABLISHED 1879.
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Published every Sunday morning and
•very afternoon except Saturday, and
Weekly, by the Times-Recorder Co.
(Incorporated.)
Entered as second class matter at
•©•toffice at Americus, Ga.. under act
Os March 3, 1879.
6. IL ELLIS,
President.
EDWIN H. BRADLEY.
Managing Editor.
THOMAS M. MERRITT, JR.,
Business Manager.
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OFFICIAL ORGAN FOR:
City of Americus,
Sumter County.
Webster County.
Railroad Commission of Georgia For
Third Congressional Dustrict.
U. S. Court, Southern District of
Georgia.
Americus, Ga™ May 30, 1917
Germany is said to be about to de
clare war on Brazil, thus merely sav
ing Brazil the trouble of going: through
the same formality.
Along with the reminder concernin,’
registration day on June sth, let us
jog your memory concerning th i
purchase of a "liberty bond.”
Some of our statesmen can’t under
stand yet why Herbert Hoover agreed
to serve as director-general of the
food situation without any compensa
tion.
Anti-registration propaganda is said
to have been distributed in Georgia,
but the response to such overtures
from enemies of the nation is of a na
ture calculated to entirely discourage
repetition of the offense.
Sixty thousand troops encamped at
Macon will likely add much to the
volume of business transacted there,
and a reflex of this prosperity, un
doubted will be felt throughout all
of central and southwest Georgia.
Negro immigrants to the northern
states are discovering that their
’ rights" consist mainly of the right to
defend themselves against enraged
mobs endeavoring to eliminate neuro
competition in the field of unskilled
labor.
News comes from Colquitt county
that the watermelon season will open
ia less than two weeks in that par
ticular neck of the timber. We opine
that sundry despondent individuals
will postpone their exit from this vale
ot tears until after this joyous season
is once more a mere memory.
Explosive pencils. cubes of sugar
filled with bacilli, and divers other
deadly contrivances of a similar na
ture, have been found in the belong
ings abandoned by Baron Rosen. a
German nobleman operating in Sweden
If he receives anything less than the
Iron Cross for his "services to th,
fatherland," he will undoubtedly feel
much abused.
The Savannah Morning News is re
teiving oodles of compliments on th<
comprehensive manner in which i
covered the Atlanta tire, giving it:
readers better service in the matter c:
information on the conflagration, thar
did even the Atlanta papers themselvc.?
All of which goes to prove the of
demonstrated proposition that th<
News is one of the South’s premiei
newspapers.
THE BUSINESS MAN’S PART.
The production phase of the national .
food campaign is now well under way
in the South, where the crops are well (
advanced as compared with those in
other sections of the country. To an .
extent that is not fully realized the
»
farmers ot the South have responded (
to President Wilson’s appeal for a
a greatly increased production of food
crops thise year. Greatly increased
acreages in corn, peanuts, velvet beans,
and kindred products have been
planted and with average weather .con
ditions, the crop of food stuffs in the
South this year should far surpass any- j
thing that has Been done along this
line.
But the production of food crops is
merely the first phase of the situation i
which must be met and the farmer is I
not the only factor in the problem i
whose solution is of such vital import j ]
ance to the nation and to our allies in I
the great strugglie against German J;
barbarism.
The business man must accept his i
part of the responsibility in the plans j
to provide an ample supply of food
and forage for the country at large and
without his assistance, the best efforts
of the agricultural workers must neces
sarily fail to accomplish the desired
result. The marketing system ■
through which the products of the
farm are finally distributed to the ulti
mate consumer and by means of which
the farmer receives a financial return
that, encourages him to continue along
the line advocated by the nation’s lead
ers, must be handled by the men who ,
direct the business enterprises of the
towns and cities.
The business man is properly the
man to consider this angle of the sit ■ ■
nation and the arrangement of the ef
ficient facilities by means of which the .
farmer can advantageously dispose of j
i
his products, is particularly the prov
ince of the men who form the pillars
of our business structure.
■ The marketing problem is, in the (
1 South, ,elven very little attention, for
with the exception of cotton, naturally
our principal crop, practically no study
has been devoted to the matter of prof
itably disposing of our farm products.
I The farmer must be made to see that
; his products should be placed on the
market in prime condition, properly
packed and made as attractive as pos
sible in order that he may receive the
I best price therefor. Grading as one of
the important factors in successful,
. marketing must be impressed upon
him by the business man.
In Sumter county the marketing sit
uation is gradually showing improve-j
ment, due to the efforts made by pro*
gressive business men who are awake
• tr. the opportunity offered by the pres j
, ent national situation in the matter of,
. food production. Business enterprises .
1 based on the best principles of modern j
marketing and production are coming .
into existence throughout this section ;
i and when the result of this year s op ■
’ erations is seen, it is probable that new
' establishments of this kind will be in-
I augurated.
' In the agitation for increased food
1 production and food conservation, let.
us not lose sight of the fact that the J
farmer is only one cog in the complex '
machinery and that the business man's,
' efforts must dovetail in with those of,
the tiller of the soil if the nation’s
larder is kept full.
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1 BAD BLUNDERS AT WASHINGTON
IN.H RING SITUATION.
r Nothing but a sense of the absolute
.• necessity of criticism justifies anv j
- American paper at the present time in
calling attention to some of the serious
a blunders that are being made by
i. Washington authorities. Every busi
e ness man in the country knows that I
o tie handling of the bond issue at the]
>1 start was one succession of blunder- j
after another to the utter discourage-!
ment of the country in buying Liberty i
b- Bonds. Fake promoters often use a ’
te,scheme of predicting big oversubscrip- I
it'tions of a security issue in order to
is make people feel like they must rush'
>f in at once or else get left. But intelli j
n gent financiers and bankers realize
that nothing is so disastrous, by cre
st ating suspicion, as putting forth such
io] misstatements.
I i
?rj At the beginning of the campaign for
the Liberty Loan these fake promotion
methods were adopted and the country
was flooded with dispatches from
Washington—whether official or not we
do not know, though they* bore every
ear-mark of officialdom —that buying
o! the bonds was pouring in at such a
i rate as to issue a heavy oversubscrip
tion, and people were warned that if
' they wished any of the bonds they must
* come in quick or else they would get
, left. This was certainly calcinated to
discredit the whole matter and neu
tralize, if not completely kill, the de
sire of the people from patriotic mo
tives to invest in these, bonds.
This is the common talk in all fin
ancial circles and every man familiar
with fake promotions and legitimate
financial undertakings realizes that
the whole work must be done over
and that an entirely new effort must
be made to awaken new interest in
the subject. Whether the Treasury De
partment was buncoed by some incom .
petent publicity agents, or whether
some of its under officials did not real
ize how* great a blunder was being
made we do not know; but the blunder ■
was permitted, and the country is suf
fering from it. I’reperly handled, this
entire bond issue could have been
oversubscribed with a rush. Instead
of that, the people are now being beg- i
ged to take bonds, and the Secretary
•of the Treasury finds it necessary to
travel throughout the West and make
speeches in favor of the bonds—a .
lamentable situation, which would
never have come about under intelli-
' s«ent handling of the proposition.
The effort to censor the press and
tc withhold from the public all news
' calculated to stir the patrotism of the
j nation is another illustration of in
competency to understand the situation.
■No possible good could have come to
Germany by the knowledge that some
■cf our naval boats had sailed for Eu
rope. But the news was suppressed,
and American people were left in utter
ignorance until the announcement
came from Europe that some of our
torpedo-boat destroyers had joined the
English fleet. A great spirit of patri
otism would have been created
throughout the land if the sailing of
these boats had been made the occa
sion for giving the public information
to the effect that our navy was be
ginning to take its part in the world’s
struggle.
This country is determined to know
the inside of what is going on in
AVashington other than the things
which must of necessity be withheld
from the public because improper in
formation might be withheld from the
public because improper information
might be given to our enemies. But
I ail the efforts that will be made to
1 suppress knowledge of what is being
I done and what is not being done, or
1 why the men called into advisory conn
* oils have no authority to act, but must
’ be subject to the orders of men whose
i business experience is a baby’s com
'pared with the great business leaders
■ ii these councils whose hands are tied
' by Government red tape.
The issue is too great. Too many
millions of lives are at stake for such
'shortsighted, narrow-minded .incompe-i
I
tent work. Your boy’s life, the life o! ,
I somebody else's boy. and of millions j
lof boys may be forfeited by reason of i
’these conditions which demand a I
’change. If there is anything that the
' Government at the present time needs
to do, it is to give its confidence to the
netion. to stop much of the tomfoolery
that is going on in public affairs, and to
ir vite into some board, cabinet or
something else the foremost men of
the country, regardless of politics,
with authority to act, whose business j
abilitv and whose statesmanship would
immediately create a national enthus |
iasm and a national feeling of safety
<V> e are criticising Russia’s methods,
i but we are in some respects out-Rus
i sianing Russia. It ins time to make a
j change. President Wilson is carrying
j too great a burden. and he needs i
’ around him the strongest men in the
j nation, accustomed to the handling of
great business and financial problems.
lAs far as may be wise he needs, and
•)the country will need, the fullest and
i freest discussion of every mistake by
I incompetent men in any possible posi
ition. — Manufacturers' Record
I Americus has entered upon another
• period of exemplar? piety The *.rand
i jury is in session
THE AMERICUS TIMES-RECORDER.
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iw long, soft and silky.
Iruff and stops Falling
Price 25c by mail on
ips or coin.
NTED EVERYWHERE
for Particulars
IICINE CO. ATLANTA, GA.
curie
IMER’CIIS SHOWS ~|
ALCAZAR THEATRE.
Wednesday.
Dorothy Dalton in “The Back of
Man.”—Five Acts.
"The Film Exposure. —Triangle
Comedy.
Thursday.
Marie Doro in "Castles For Two.” —
Five Acts. j
Edith Story and Antonio Moreno in
' Aladdin From Broadway."—s Acts.
Molly King in First Chapter of
"Mystery of the Double Cross.”
Saturday
Constance Talmadge in "Betsy’s
Burgler.”—Five Acts.
“Her Cave Man." —Triangle Cmedy.
PROPERTY OWNERS ABE
URGED TO TAKE NOTE
The tax books of the city of Ameri
cus will be opened at the office of the
undersigned on April Ist to July Ist,
and all property owners are requested
to make 'their returns. The matter Is
important E. J. ELDRIDGE,
2-ts Clerk and Treasurer.
WE NEVER FALL
DOWN ON A JOB
All work we undertake for you In
this tin and Sheet Metal line will be
completed quickly and be done prop
erly. Warm air furnace and suto rad
iator work
AMERICUS SHEET METAL WORKS
Phone 733. B. H. Allen, Mgr.
FAMILY AVOIDS
SERIOUS SICKNESS
By Being Constantly Supplied With
Thedford’s Black-Draught.
McDuff. Va.—"l suffered for several
rears,” says Mrs. J- B. Whittaker, oi
this place, wrth sick headache, and
stomach trouble.
Ten years ago a friend toid me to fr»
Diediord’s Biack-Draught, which I did,
and i lound it to be the best iamily medi
cine for young and old.
1 keep Biack-Draught on hand all the
time now, and when my children feel a
little bad, they ask me for a dose, and ii
does them mere good than any medicine
they ever tried.
We never have a long spell of sick
ness in our family, since we commenced
using Black-Draught.”
Thedford’s Black-Draught is purely
vegetable, and has been found to regu
ate weak stomachs, aid digestion, re
lieve indigestion, colic, wind, nausea,
headache, sick stomach, and similar
symptoms.
It has been in constant use for more
'.han 70 years, and has benefited more
than a million people.
Your druggist sell* and recommends
Black-Draught. Pnc« ooly 25c. Get a
•ackage to-day. N. C ia
MISS BESSIE WINDSOR
lawW
|H<r Ift.
Oftee FenyUi M. Ph***
C. T. DAVIS
DeataJ Sargwm
OrtKv4«atfa, PyerffeM.
K**iOik* FboM SIS OBee Phs*« Sit.
Allison Bldg
PARTNERSHIP '
INSURANCE
The most important asset of a
firm? The business ability, or
special technical skill of the
individual members.
Why not insure against the loss
of this asset?
Insurance upon partners or offi
cers of corporations is furnished
at lowest net cost by the Union
Central Life Insurance Com
pany.
Write for facts and comparative
figures.
LEE N. HANSFORD, Agent
Americus, Ga.
UNION CENTRAL LIFE
INSURANCE CP.
“The Great Annual Dividend Payer.”
F. G. OLVER
LOCKSMITH.
Sewing machines and Supplies; Key i
and Lock Fitting, Umbrellas Repaired |
and Covered. Phone 420.
Lee STREET. NEAR WELL [
AMERICUS CAMP. 202, WOODMEN !
OF THE WORLD.
Meets every Wednesday night In |
Fraternal Hall, Lamar street. All vis- i
iting Sovereigns Invited to meet with |
us. STEPHEN PACE. C. C. |
NAT LeMASTER, Clerk.
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F. and A. M.
> AMERICUS LODGB |
F. & A. M., meets ev- j
ery second and '
fourth Friday night :
f at 7 o’clock.
FRANK J. PAYNE, W. M.
J RESCOE PARKER, Sec*y.
■I I
M. B. COUNCIL.
/b, LODGE F. and A. M.
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meets every First and
I Third Friday nights.
( e » Visiting brothers are
invited to attend.
DR. J. R. STATHAM, W. M.
NAT LeMASTER. Secretary.
WASHINGTON CAMP, NO. 14, •
P. 0. S. OF A.
Meets every first and third Monday
nights in P. 0. S. of A. Hall, No. 21»
Lamar St. All members in good stand
ing invited to attend. Beneficiary certi
ficates from |250.00 to >2,000.00 issued
to members of this camp.
S. A. JENNINGS, Pres’t
O. D. REESE, Recd’g. Sec’y.
C.of Ga.Ry
' "The Right Way”
j Trains Arrive.
From Chicago, via
Columbus * 12:15 a m
From Columbus *10:00 a m
From Columbus I 7:15 p m
> From Atlanta and Macon. .* 5:29 a m
j From Macon * 2:11 p m
i From Macon * 7:35 p m
i From Albany .... • 6:40 a m
i From Montgomery and
Albany *.2.11 p m
j From Montgomery and
Albany *10:89 p m
I From Jacksonville, via
Albany • 3:40 a m
li Trains Depart.
| For Chicago, via Columbus ♦ 8:40 a m
For Columbus ! b:00 a m
* For Columbus * 8:00 p m
J For Macon and Atlanta ...» 6:10. am
! For Macon and Atlanta *2:11 p m
|For Macon and Atlanta ...*10:89 p m
For Montgomery and
Albany • 5:29 a m
i • For Montgomery and
Albany • 2:11 p m
j jFor Albany * 7:85 p H
. For Jacksonville, via
i Albany ... 12:15am
i "Daily 'Except Sinda’.
. adv GEO. ANDERSON, Agent.
I
,| I
' Seaboard Air Line
! rhe Progressive Railway of me Soin
, Leave A meric is tor Cordele. Ro
. chelle, Abbeville, Helena, Lyona, Col
. line. Savannah, Columbia, Richmond,
, Portsmouth and points East and South 1
r 12:81 p m.
2:80 a m
> Ixiave Amerfcne for riordele, Abba-i
■ vilie, Helena and intermediate pointe
6:11 p. a».
I !>eave Americus for Richland, AL
II lanta, Birmingham, Hurtsboro, Mont-
i gotnery and pointe Went and Northwest!
»t<P> p. «.
Jjeave Americus for fti’*hl«md
umbus, Da • sou, Albany and in term* |
'dlate points Ii
IS:<X« a m
Heaboatd Huget ParP/r* Bleeping
.on Train* 13 and H arriving Amerlcual!
jfrom Savannah 11 ib p tn, at id )•••-!'
11 ing Americus for Savannah 2 2(i a n. i
j Bleeping car leaving for Savannah at '
! 2 30 s m , vili bs open ’or panaengcra h
at 1140 p m
1 For further infbrmation apply tn H.
iP, Everett, Ixxal Agent Amsricus.
C. W Bmall, IM* Pass Agent,
savannah. CiA,; C •* **•*», O. p, a.,
hortoik. Va ,
k G. COUNCIL, Pres’t. IKC. 1891 H. S. COUNCIL, Cashier
C. M. COUNCIL, Vice-Pres. T. E. BOLTON, Asst. Cashier
Planters Bank of Americus
CAPITAL SURPLUS & PROFITSLS22S.OOO.OO
Resources Over One Million Dollars
a With a quarter of a century ei
perlence In successful banking
and with our large resources sal
close personal attention to evert
Interest, consistent with sounf
banking we solicit your patronage.
Interest allowed on time certi
ficates and In our department Isr
savings.
Prompt, Conservative, Accommodating
We vVantYour Business
No Account Too Large and None Too Small
MONEY 51% :
MONFYI nAIMFII on farm lands at 512 p er <«*
; nlUllLl LU/111LU interest and borrowers have priv
ilege of paying part or all of principal at any interest ;
; period, stopping inleresf on amounts paid. We always 'i
] have best rates and easiest terms and give quickest ser- ii
vice. Save money by seeing us.
G. R. ELLIS or G. C. WEBB
Americus Undertaking Company
Funeral Directors and Embalmers
MR. NATLeMASTER, Manager
Agents for Rosemont Gardens
Day Phones 88 and 231 Night 661 and 136
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Commercial City Bank h
AMERICUS, GA.
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General Banking Business
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INTEREST PAID ON TIME DEPOSITS
’
Os the ACCIDENT QUESTION is
the INSURANCE SIDE. Better have
US wr ’ te you a po ** cy ACCIDENT IN
SURANCEnow.
" s " sms Herbert Hawkins
HIGH GRADE FERTILIZERS
AMERICUS
HOME MIXTURE GUANO CO.
Manufactured of best unadulterated material, skillfully prepar'
ed and mixed.
Our customers are pleased. Can we offer better refer!
I ences?
SALES AGENTS:
Harrold Bros. L. G. Council
Americus, Ga. Americus, Ga
A. S. Johnson e. C. Webb
DeSoto, Ga. Sumter, Ga?
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Ihe quiet grandeur of the funerals conducted by this
ij j organization appeal to thoughtful people who expert real
worth and dignity in a funeral without any untoward, os- J
trntatious display.
ALLISON UNDERTAKING COMPANY
L. R. Eden, Director
Day Phone 253-Night 657, 106, 36
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WEDNESDAY, MAY 30, |»1?