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THE TIMES-RECORDER
ESTABLISHED 1879.
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at Americus, Ga.. under act
®f March 3", 1879.
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City of Americus.
Sumter County.
Webster County.
Bailroad Commission of Georgia For
Third Congressional Dustrict.
<$J. S. Court, Southern District of
Georgia.
Americus, Ga., June 3, 1917
-'Georgia Lawyers Bathe at Tybee,”
says a headline in the Macon Tele
graph. That's all right, but why brag
abont it?
Now don't you dare register a kick
against the hot weather after all that
wailing we heard fi*om you during that
cold spell a couple of weeks ago.
Montezuma is pave the streets of
her business section and thereby ad
vance another step in her development
from a village into a sure enough
city.
Slackers who fail to register next
Tuesday are sure to attain two ends—
first they will serve a year in the At
lanta penitentiary and then they will
Le sent into the army at the front.
The editor of the Macon County Citi
zen is being joshed for going into a
hardware store in Macon a day or two
ago and calling for a pair of sicks.
Well, where do they sell hose, any
way?
.Earth tremors were noticed at Wash
ington, D. C., on Thursday. Can it be
that tbe quaking knees of the multi
tude of food speculators lobbying
.-against the food control measure caus
ed tbe vibration?
Even the dead are not exempt from
-the prying eyes of the law these days.
The authorities of Turner county
broke open a coffin containing a corpse
-the other day to satisfy themselves
that no contraband liquor was being
shipped into Georgia from Jackson
ville.
The litigation over the estate of
Jim Smith, the millionaire of Ogle
thorpe county, has broken out in a
new place. By the time the whole af
fair is settled, the host of claimant-,
to the property will have passed on to
that realm where earthly possession*
sire valueless.
After having more or less success-1
fully coped with threatened mutiny in
■the army, anarchistic mutterings by
the socialists and powerful attempts
by pro-German agents to tangle up
things .the new Russian cabinet finds
itself confronted by an ultimatum from
the labor organizations which declare
they will paralyze production by a se
ries of strikes. Those cabinet mem
bers are jetting an armful of experi
enee < in the of fixing things, so- let
us hope that their best little flyers
will be turned loose on this new prob
A DISGRAI EH D SITUATION.
Senator Thomas Hardwick has once |
more succeeded in mustering enough'
strength in the upper house of Con
gress to prevent the endorsement of
Judge Whipple, nominated by Presi
dent Wilson to succeed the late W. W.
Lambdin on the bench of the federal
court in the southern district of Geor
gia.
Ever since the untimely death of
.lud e ’Lamb din several months ago,
the unseemly squabbling and brawling
indulged in by the senators from Geor |
g.a over the selection of his successor ,
in office, has been disgusting almost to ,
the point of nausea. The names of |
several men whose qualifications as.'
jurists have been unquestioned, whose | 1
pi rsonal records have been free from
stain, have been presented to the presi
dent and he has signified his willing ,
ness to appoint any one of them who j
might secure the favorable considers ■'
I:
tion and endorsement of the senators 1
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from Georgia. To a man these appli- .
cants have been refused consideration i
at the hands of either the senior or ( 1
the junior senator. First. Smith and 1
z’ 1 I
then Hardwick found some reason
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which to them seemed strong enough ' (
to warrant their opposition to the ap
pointment in question. 1
The men whom it appears they '
would be willing to endorse to fill
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Judge Lambdin’s place, have been men .
whose political activities have endear- 1 <
cd them to the senatorial i
As to practical qualifications for the .'
federal bench, they have been woefully
lacking and the administration officials ,
are fully cognizant of this fact. | <
The appointments to the federal '
bench are fraught with too much 1
meaning to the citizenry of Georgia to '
be made opportunities for re-payin? ,
political debts or for adding new cogs ]
to political machines. The blatant at
tempts of both senators to block the ■
appointment of able men on account of, 1
, 1
motives based on purely personal |
grounds, constitute a source of cha-j 1
grin to Georgians who blush to see I
their representatives in the halls of .
Congress display traits of character,
which stamp them as men whose cali.
<
bre hag been greatly over-estimated.
It is high time politicians stopped
playing ducks and, drakes with federal '
judgeship appointments. i
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WHY YOU SHOULD BUY A LIBERTY
BOJiD.
There are two reasons why there
should be a Liberty Bond in every
home. Either of them offers a suffici I
ent impulse for the investment. The
reasons are, first, Patrotism, and, sec
ond, Thrift.
Patrotism is the expression of every ,
individual’s obligation to the country!
which protects him and gives him the (
opportunity to develop his abilities and
gain the reward of his efforts. • j
Patrotism often finds ebullient and ,
even hysterical expression .but reduc
ed to real terms it is a matter bf the
obligation of each man and woman o
contribute his or her share for the
common good in return for the advant
ages gained from living in a well ord
ered society.
This obligation naturally extends to
contributing for the common defence.
The contribution may be an outright
gift under a general assessment work
e.l out on some presumably equitable
basis. Such gifts take the form of tax
e.- and voluntary contributions to num
erous charities and war organizations.
The other obligation is to lend money
to the government as an ordinary bus
iness matter.
Lending money under such circum
stances, considered in its relation to
individuals, is a practical application
of the thrift idea. It is as much a sav
ing as money deposited in a savings
! bank, it draws interest at three and
.one-half per cent; it is a safe invest
jment if the government is stable If
| the government is not stable then no
investment is safe and property rights
as well a property values will vanish,
as personal safety and the right to the
pursuit of happiness must disappear
also. There is no better investment
than government bonds. Investment
in them is the duty of those who can
not enter the army' or the navy and is
I the discharge of a similar obligation,
although it is not regarded as heroic. ,
To secure two billions the govern-
Public Health Department
For the People of Sumter
BY DR. W. B. M'WHORTEB.
Typhoid Fever.
As the cause of death, typhoid
stands fourth in the United States. Tu
berculosis comes first, then pneumonia,
cancer and typhoid. The average fatal
ity from typhoid is about 10%. In
1910 there were 10,000 deaths from ty-
I phoid in the United States represent
ling about 250,000 cases one person in
every 400.
Our general attitude toward the dis
ease is inconsistent— familiarity has
bred a remarkable indifference to the
disease. It is regarded as a more or
less necessary evil. On the contrary it
is one of the most preventable of dis
eases.
I quote the following from Dr. Ros
e>au, of Harvard University. He was
formerly director of the Hygienic Lab
oratory at Washington, and is regarded
as the foremost authority on prevent
ive medicine in the United States: “Ev
ery case of typhoid fever means a
short circuit between the alvine dis
charges of one person and the mouth
of another. The physician has a dual
duty in the care of a case of typhoid
fever; one is to assist the patient and
the other is to protect the community.
On the other hand, the people should
learn the lesson that a case of typhoid
fever should be regarded as seriously
as a case of cholera. These two dis
eases present many features in com
mon. Both are intestinal infections,
due to bacteria, in both diseases the
alvine discharges contain the micro
organisms which infect another per
son v,h n taken by the mouth. Both
diseases prevail especially in hot
weather, both are peculiar to man. so
that the patient is the fountain head
of each infection. Water, food, fin
gers and flies play a similar role in
inent must receive an average sub
scription of SI,OOO from each of two
million persons. But the average will
be much below that. If there are less
than five million subscribers to the
first bond issue, it will be a failure as
a test of patrotism.
But if the five million persons sub
scribe the average of the subscriptions i
will be S4OO. It is obvious, rfierefore. *
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that a good many thousands of people!
must buy the bonds in the small dom
ination of SSO and SIOO.
The small amounts should come out
of current saving's if the loan is to at
tain the great success. Past savings,
evidenced by credit accounts in savings |
I
banks, should be used only to a limited
extent or. preferably, not at all. The
funds of savings banks, in bank par
lance, are not liquid. They are in the
form of bonds of various kinds and so
I compose a large part of the fixed cap
' i’.al of the country. Extensive demands
' on the savings banks would force the
I liquidation of these securities and so
'dislocate the bond market and, of
course, the money market. The loan
is therefore, to be subscribed for nt
o’ current and future savings.
It is more than likely that business
will be very good if the loan is popul
arly- subscribed. The factories and
i mills will be busy on all sorts of orders
frem the government. There is a short
I age of all kinds of supplies. Labor
will be freely employed and the demand
• for it is likely to be only partly satis
' tied. The people who should subscribe
Ito the loan will, therefore, have the
f tr.ds with which to meet the payments
I But it is a great deal of money that is
I wanted. It is S2O for every man, wo
man and child in the United States.
That means SIOO for each family. And
that means that hundreds of families
who will respond to the demand will
have to add some economy to that now
practised. They will not have to put a
ew economy into operation for the loss
that would attend the making of a
gift. They will have to put a new econ
omy into operation for the gain that
will attend the saving of the amount
subscribed to the bond issue. They
will have the security. They will re
ceive the interest on it regularly. And
. the country will be better off because
of the thrift of its people.
It is the increase in the savings of
the ] eople that is goin? to supply the
. money with which to fight to a success
ful conclusion the greatest of all wars.
-—War Loan Committee of American
"ankers’ Association.
THE AMERICUS TIMES-RECORDER.
both instances. In the case of cholera
the dread of the disease is an im.port
' ant factor in keeping it out of the
j country or in preventing its spread.
■ By strange contrast there is a remark
able indifference to tyhpoid feevr. A
■ wholesome fear of typhoid would ma
! terially assist the health authorities in
1 combating which may be considered
line of the major sanitary problems so
' ihe age. From the standpoint of pre
ventive medicine, it is proper to re-
' gard an outbreak of typhoid fever as
a reproach to the sanitation and pro
-1 gressiveness of the community in
which it was contracted.”
There is but one cause for typhoid
fever— this is the typhoid germ (bad'-
lus typhosus) > discovered by Eberth
in 1880. In every case these germs
may be found in the intestines, where
they produce small ulcers. These ul
' cers sometimes bleed and produce
hemorrhages.
■ A person must swallow the germs
to get typhoid. The gjarms are found
only in one place, and that is in the
uischarges of a person sick with ty-
I hoid or in the discharges o£ certain
persons known as “typhoid carriers.”
The germans are found nowhere in
nature except in human sewage. If a
person gets typhoid fever, it simply
means in nine cases out of Jen, that
he has eaten or drunk something that
has been contaminated with human
sewerage containing typhoid germs,
'ihe tenth case is due to direct or in
' direct contact with a typhoid patient.
Much harm has resulted by insisting
that typhoid is not a contagious disease
--it is both contagious and infectious.
The next article will deal with the
' manner in which typhoid germs are
spread.
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AMER'GUS SHOWS
ALCAZAR THEATRE.
Monday
i Kathlyn Williams in "Dut the
Wreck.” —Five Acts.
Tuesday.
Alice Brady in “A Woman Alone.” —
Five Acts.
Wednesday
j Clara Kimball Y’oung in "The Price
, She Paid.”—7 Acts.
Thursday
I Pauline Frederick in "Sapphd.”—
Five Acts.
Frlay
Anita Stewart in “The More Excel ■
lent Way.”—Five Acts.
Second Chapter of “Mystery of the
Double Cross.”
Saturday
Wilfred Lucus in “A Love Sublime.”
Five Acts.
“Holtded Hearts.” —Triangle Com
edy.
VERY POOR LIQUOR SELLING AT
$4 TO W A QUART IN ATLANTA
ATLANTA, Ga., June 2.—Very poor
liquor is now selling for $4 to $6 a
quart in Atlanta, and is not easy .o
get even at that enormous price. Offic
ials say the bone dry law and the war
time prohibition sentiment have com
bifted to make it scarce.
Another reason for the advance in
price is said to be the falling off in
the supply of moonshine corn liquor
from the mountains of north Georgia
The people of that section have always
felt that they had as much right to
made liquor out of their corn as to
make bread out of it.
But when the patriotic argument
was put up to them that the country
needs all the food it can get to win
the war. they responded immediately.
De Soto Banking Company Building
and Lot at De Soto. Ga« to Be Sold.
Having received a bid of $1,500 for
the building and lot owned and form
erly- occupied by the De Soto Banking
Company of De Soto. Ga.. unless I re
ceive a better bid, by June 26, 1917, I
will proceed to ask the State Treasur
er to authorize the confirmation of
sale at this price.
Building is of brick, 22 by 50 feet
in dimensions, one story, tile floor in
lobby.. Corner lot, tile sidewalk
around two sides of building.
Clear title will be given purchaser
and the transaction must be for cash.
A. S. JOHNSON, Liquidating Agent,
De Soto. Ga. . 5-27-30 t
: PROPERTY VtYNERS ARE
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 let,
and all property owners are requested
to make their returns. The matter la
important. E. J. ELDRIDGE,
2-ts w Clerk and Treasurer.
The Storing Os Sweet Potatoes
T. H. McHattton, Professor Os Horti
culture, State College of Agri.
Ohe of the greatest problems that
will confront the nation this year will
be the storage of crops after they are
produced. It is an easy matter for
the Georgia farmer to grow sweet
potatoes. 'lt is a very common crop
and one that is grown extensively
throughout the state. The problem of
holding this crop over for winter use
is a vital question at this time.
Storing in hills and pits is not very
practicable. We cannot afford to lose
this year the potatoes that normal
ly rot under such conditions.
The most approved method of sweet
potato storing is to harvest the crop
as soon as it is mature, to thoroughly
grade the potatoes, throwing out all
the bruised, injured or rotting ones.
These may be immediately used either
on the table or fed to hogs, if they are
not fit for table use. The good pota
toes should then be carried to a stor
age house. This storage house should
be made with dead air space in the
walls and with a double roof. The
potatoes are carried into this house
and put on trays or bins in the sides
of the house. A stove is in the cen
ter of the sweet potato room and the
temperature is brought to from 90 to
10-0 degrees, where it is held for a
week or 10 days until the potatoes
have gone through their sweat. After
this the fire is allowed to go out and
the temperature is kept between 50
and 60 degrees. This may necessi
tate a fire bting built in the stove
from time to time during the winter.
Lt may be rather early for this in
formation to be given out, but now is
the time for the Georgia farmer to
think about the conservation of nis
food supplies through the winter.
The sweet potato house should be built
before the crop is harvested.
Dow To Save Onions
T. H. McHatton, Professor Os Horti
culture, State College of Agri.
The great trouble that the Geor
gia farmer has with onions is hold
ing them through the winter. The fol-,
lowing methods of handling are rec
ommended in order to save the onion
crop. The usual practice is not to
harvest onions until the tops are
thoroughly dead. Tins, under our
conditions, is a mistake. As soon as
the first few inches of the top begins
to yellow and die the onions should
be either plowed out with a small
one-horse plow, or one should go
through the field with a potato hook
or tine hoe and pull each onion over
on its side. In this way the top dies
down and dries out without making
a point of entry for water into the
onions where the top bends and
splits just above the bulb. After the
top has died and dried and the onion
has pretty well dried out it should be
removed from the field and spread in
a well ventilated, airy place. Here
the curing is completed. After this
the tops may be removed and the
onions put in racks or crates in a
storage room where they may be pro
tected from freezing.
If the Georgia farmer can save the
onion crop this year, even the small
crop of home garden, it will mean a
great deal of food for use this winter.
Increasing The Oil Content
Os Cotton Seed By Selection
L. E. Rast, Jr. Prof, of Agronomy,
Ga. State College of Agriculture.
As a result of four years’ work in
the Cotton Industry Laboratory of the
Georgia State College of Agriculture,
it was found that the oil content of
cotton seed is an inherent character
istic of the variety and that the per
centage of oil in the seed of any va
riety can be increased by selection
with no corresponding loss of other
desirable qualities. There are slight
variations from year to year depend
ing upon the season, but these environ
mental factors influence all varieties
alike, and the seed of varieties that
were high in oil content the first year
have remained so during subsequent
seasons. In a general way, the varie
ties with the highest proportion of
meats to hulls produce the most oil;
but there is no positive correlation be
tween percentage of meats and oil
content since the percentage of oil
in the meat varies with the variety.
The difference between the seed of
the highest and lowest oil yielding va
rieties for the three years was 10.4 gal
lons per ton. This means that by
growing the superior sorts and elim
inating the inferior ones the aver
age value of cotton seed could be in
i creased $5.00 to SIO.OO per ton.
Our experiments . have clearly
shown that there is no decrease in
yield of lint cotton as the oil con
tent in the seed is increased; but on
the other hand, the strains showing
the greatest oil content in the seed
are the highest yielders of lint cot
ton per acre. Thus in addition to high
oil content, it seems the seed can be
made more valuable by reason of the
high yield of lint. With an annual
crush of 800,000 tons of seed in Geor
gia, attention to this line of work will
result in the addition of at least SB,-
000.000 a year to the agricultural in
come of our state.
L. G. COUNCIL, Pres’t. INC. 1891 H. S. COUNCIL, Cashier I
C. M. COUNCIL, Vice-Pres. T. E BOLTON, Asst. Cashier
Planters Bank of Americus
CAPITAL SURPLUS & PROFITS!S22S,OOO.OO
Resources Over One Million Dollars
■ With a quarter of a century ex 1
perlence in successful banking ;
and with our large resources and
close personal attention to every
interest, consistent with sound
banking we solicit your patronage.
Interest allowed on time certi
ficates and In our department for
savings.
BUY A LIBERTY LOAN BOND •
We Are Here to Serve You and Our Government
MONEY 51%
MfINFYI fIANFfl on farm lands at 5 1,2 per cent
nluliLl LU/lIiLU interest and borrowers have priv
ilege of paying part or all of principal at any interest
period, stopping interest on amounts paid. We always
I have best rates and easiest terms and give quickest ser
' vice. Save money by seeing us.
; G. R. ELLIS or G. C. WEBB I
Americus Undertaking Company
Funeral Directors and Embalmers
MR. NAT LeM ASTER, Manager
Agents for Rosemont Gardens
Day Phones 88 and 231 Night 661 and 136
Commercial City Bank
AMERICUS, GA. -
General Banking business
INTEREST PAID ON TIME DEPOSITS
Os the ACCIDENT QUESTION is
theINSURANCE SIDE - Better have
us write y° u a policy of ACCIDENT IN
SURANCE now.
c 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)
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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I . A funeral aeremony should be a farewell service char- I
acterized by a quiet, yet imposing dignity. Its appoint- '
I ments should be modern and pleasing and it should be '
! conducted with a careful courtesy.
ALLISON UNDERTAKING COMPANY
L. R. Eden, Director
i Day Phone 253-Night 657, 106, 36
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