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THE TIMES-RECORDER
ESTABLISHED 1879.
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Weekly, by the Times-Recorder Co.
(Incorporated.)
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•©•(.office at Americus, Ga.. under act
of March 3, 1879.
G. IL ELLIS,
President
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City of Americus.
Sumter County.
Webster County.
Railroad Commission of Georgia For
Third Congressional Dustrict
U. S. Court, Southern District of
Georgia.
Americus, Gib, June 15, 1917
The price of soft drinks just been
boosted here, and it’s going to be hard
on folks, going- without soft drinks.
The weather man sends word that in
view of the h. c. of 1. and various other
vital considerations, he will endeavor
to be a little more liberal in his dis
tribution of qmoisture from the ethe
real regions.
Nebraska has been 50 years in ths
Union and hasn’t landed a man in the
president’s chair yet.—Savannah Press.
Well, you’ll ha\ie to give her credit for
extraordinary persistence in her ef
forts to do so.
Have you registered for military ser
vice, purchased a “liberty bond,” help
ed the Red Cross or are you just wear,
ing a flag and trying' to make other
folks believe you are the original, dyed
in-the-wool patriot?
Another German commander is in
line for an Iron Cross. A Zeppelin
raid over East London resulted in the
death of almost a score of children
slaughtered when an aerial bomb de
molished a school house.
James L. Beavers. former police
chief of Atlanta, is to have another
hearing before the Police Commission
of that city on June 26th. Whatever
else may be said of Beavers, his per
sistence is most remarkable.
It’s going to take a good long cas
ualty list of American soldiers and
sailors to wake up a lot of folks on
this side of the Atlantic to the fact that
there is a right smart of a disturbance
going on over across the water.
The Japs have gotten wind of the
good times enjoyed by the English,
French, Italian and various other
* commissioners dispatched to this
country and are about to send a few
of their own first citizens to git their
share of the picnicking.
Certain senators are said to be after I
the official scalp of General Goethalsj
twho is now at the head of the govern
nient shipping board. Political con
siderations just can’t be kept in the
background, it appears, even when the
life of the nation is at stake.
The war department is in receipt of
several letters from disgruntled wives
who declare that their husbands might
better be serving in the trenches than
pursuing their present occupations, if
occupations *hey have. That’s a new’
and novel way to get revenge for do
mestic disturbances.
THE PROOF OF THE PUDDING.
Despite the fact that the negroes of
the South have been fully informed of
the adverse conditions existing in the
northern states and the absolute an
tagonism shown by the populace of
practically every city where Southern
negro immigration has been consider
able during the past few months, the
exodus of negroes continues with little
abatement
Only a day or two ago an Americus
negro was heard to declare to several <
of his race gathered in a group on a 1
street corner, that the newspaper re- <
ports of race rioting in the north were <
“all talk.” ‘
Evidently believing not a word of i
the reports of the shooting, beating j
and threatening of Southern negroes i
emigrating to northern cities, colored I
mechanics, farm hands and unskilled i
laborers of all kinds are to be seen on i
almost every north bound train.
A most illuminating dissertation on <
onditions brought about in the north p
by the immigration of thousands ofp
Southern negroes, is contained in a s
recent issue of the Detroit (Mich.) Free i
Press, which describes the conditions <
under which the negro lives in that i
city. ‘
The article says that on an average '
of 100 negroes reach Detroit daily,
most of them direct from the South <
Having no place to go, not being wel • s
corned, they are dumped down in a <
district already the most congested in
the city, where they are left to shift 1
for themselves. This district is ap- '
proximately one-half mile wide and 1
one mile long, and according to a re- <
cent survey there are 10,000 negroes 1
crowded into this territory, in additior. i
to the whites who make their homes i
there. The article says: '
"Many of them live amid sanitary 1
conditions that are unspeakably vile, i
Tumbledown shacks whose outward '
evidences of dilapidation are only a
suggestion of the decay to be found 1
within, fairly bulge with their human '
population, herded into stuffy quarters
without proper listtit or ventiliation )
eating, living and sleeping in a single
room perhaps, because they have no '
other place to go. And for the priv
ilege of having a roof over their heads,
even if it does at times leak, they are
required to pay rent that is outrag
eously high compared with what is ex
acted in other localities, in which, ’
however, negroes would not bowel
corned, even if they were tolerated.”
What is called an “apartment.” four 1
rooms made out of two ordinary sized
rooms by flimsy partitions, rents for
$35 per month. A furnished room
without water rents for sl6. A small
shack rents for S2O a month.
In this locality are saloons of the
lowest type that cater especially to
negroes, who are barred from other
meeting places even if they should seek
them out, clubs and gambling houses
fatten off the earnings of the men in
whom this diversion makes a strong
appeal.
The article concludes:
“These are the people who are com
ing into Detroit at the rate of 100 or so 1
a day and there is no prospect of a let
up in the flood. Some stay only a short
time, because they learn to their sor
row’ that even with the large wages
tbej’ command the cost of living is so
much hijher here than in the South
that in the end they are no further
ahead.
“The great majority remain because
they are unable to do anything else
The struggle for existence is more;
strenuous than they have ever before!
known and they are left to work in a
moral or social way. If they make
good . all is well. If they fail—well,
t! >t is exactly the problem that con
fronts Detroit today, and which it must |
solve sooner or later.”
THE PRIVATE’S PAY.
The private soldier in the United
States army will receive, during the
period of the war, S3O per month. That
is higher compensation than the pri
vate soldier in any army ever received.
We do not think S3O a month is too
qiuch pay for the American private. In
the first place, the United States is
1 better able to pay him well than any
other country, and in the second place
he is worth more than any athec
country’s fighting man. Train him in
[the arts of war, give him a chance to
harden his muscles and adapt him
self to the conditions of camp and
trench and he wgll, we believe, give a
better account of himself than any
other private soldier under the sun.
But S3O a month is good pay for the
private soldier. It is unprecedentedly
good pay. Just how goood it is is set
forth by a correspondent who writes t
newspaper article in which the follow
ing appears:
"I do not claim that S3O a month is
a munificent salary, but the soldier’s
pay is not so low as it sounds. The
coal miner has to pay his food, light,
clothing and fuel, pay for his shelter,
and in many cases incur expense for
numerous other items, such as trans
portation to and from his work. When
ill he must fee a doctor. If he could
buy such life insurance as the soldier
receives it would cost him considerable
money.
“Uncle Sam’s soldiers are fed, cloth
ed and sheltered at government ex
pense. They have free medical attend
ance, free transportation and free in
surance in the form of pensions. Ido
not profess to be able to estimate the
cash value of what the soldier gets in
addition to his pay, but this much is
obvious—that a soldier needs to spend
very little of his pay; it is nearly all
‘velvet’; and very few men in civil life
earning less than SIOO a month can
save $25 a month, even if they have no
dependents.
“The soldier has a hard life. His
food and shelter are not comparable to
what he is generally used to in civil
life—but they are sufficient. Many men
doubtless make great financial sacri
fices, besides risking their lives, to
serve the country in the army or navy
But their pay is not so poor as is com
monly represented, because it is usual
to ignore the fact that their physical
needs are provided for by their em
ployer when they enter the service. To
pay a miner S3O a month, and make
him provide for his wants out o fhis
own pocket would be preposterous
He would be heavily in debt at
pf the first month.”
We have no patience w’ith those who
complain that it is unpardonable ex
travagance to make the pay of privates
in a great army S3O a month. In view
of the sacrifice the average fighting
man must make and the risk he must
run, he is not going to be overpaid on
the basis of S3O a month for the pri
vate. The only question to consider is
w’hether we are able as a nation to foot
the bill. We think we are.—Albany
Herald.
HOW THE WOMEN ARE DOING
THEIR BIT.
One of the most striking features of
the present conditions existing in
state and country is the wonderful
amount of effective work being done by
the women o fthe country. It would be
difficult to find a department in which
i they are not doing affective work, and
doing it with a system that produces
results in every case.
Miss Isma Dooley, who is one of the
best newspaper women and one of the
most forceful writers in Georgia on all
subjects of interest to women, had an
especially good article in The Atlanta
Constitution recently upon “smoking
out the useless woman,” and this ar
ticle brings to mind the real truth
that just at this time there are very
few useless women; indeed, it is very
difficult to find a “slacker” among
them. Almost every woman in Georgia
[is busy with Red Cross work in its
j many branches, or with the “Soldiers'
Relief Associations,” or the many phas
es of club work. On every hand they
are attending classes for elementary
hygiene, making the much-needed surg
ical supplies for our own armies and
the allies; the women are busy doing
their “bit” in some way and are doing
it well. But perhaps Jhe most import
ant work of the women of Georgia just
at present is the splendid organized ef
’ fort being made by the Federated Clubs
o' Georgia, with Mrs. Nellie Peters
Black at the head, to teach conserva
tion of food, and food values. Mrs.
Black has just returned from New
York, where she was called by a con
ference of women leaders discussing
the subject of food conservation and a
more direct campaign among women
. in agricultural pursuits. She was able
j to tell of much that has been accom-
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’plished in Georgia along this line.
Much attention has been given espec
ially to the canning industry. Almost
every county has its canning expert
and the Federated Clubs have worked
in special conjunction with the girls’
canning clubs. Mrs. Black and her fel
low workers have held semi-annual ag ■
ricultural rallies in the twelve con
gressional districts of Georgia for tha
past two years and have been working
for the past year with the State Col
lege of Agriculture. All over the
state the farmer’s wife and the city
housekeeper is being educated in the
importance of raising food, preserving
and canning it, and in the all-import
ant uestion of the eliimnation of waste,
and of the relative value of foods. This
is only one of the many' activities of
the women of Georgia at present, but
it is one of the most important and far
reaching.—Augusta Chronicle.
♦ WHATCHAMA UOLYUM. ♦
4444.444.44.444444.4
Drug Stores.
A drug store is a place where drug
gists go after studying drugs for three
years, so they will know how to sell
baseball bats and ice cream, chamois
and tooth picks, soap, cigars, candy and
celluloid pacifiers.
Some drug stores consist of a back
door and a prescription case, but there
are none of this kind in Georgia. There
are honest druggists in Kansas. We
mustn’t judge all Kansas by the men
who compile the real estate prospec
tuses.
| SHOWS |
Thursday
Jack Pickford in "The Dummy.”—
Five Acts.
Friday
Earle Williams in “Apartment 29.” —
Five Acts.
Third Chapter “Mystery of the
Double Cross.
Saturday
Bessie Love in "A Daughter of the
Poor.” and “His Rise and Tumble.”—
Triangle Comedy.
Coming, Friday, June 22, “Envy.”—
The first of the Seven Deadly Sins.
Any banker in Sumter county will
gladly explain the Liberty Loan to you
and will help you buy a bond.
To Drive Gut Malaria
And Build Up The System
Take the old Standard GROVES
TASTELESS chill TONIC. You know
what you are taking, as the formula is
printed on every label, showing it Is
Quinine and Iron in a tasteless form.
The Quinine drives out malaria, the
Iron builds up th system. 50c. advt
FAMILY AVOIDS
SERIOUS SICKNESS
By Being Constantly Supplied With
Thedford’s Black-Draught.
McDufi. Va.—"l suffered for several
years,” says Mrs. J. B. Whittaker, of
this place, “with sick headache, and
stomach trouble.
Ten years ago a friend told me to try
Thedford's Black-Draughi, which i did,
and 1 found it to be the best family medi
cine for young and old.
J keep Black-Draught on hand all the i
time now, and when my children feel a
little bad, they ask me for a dose, and it
does them more 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
late 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 sells and recommends
Black-Draught. Price only 25c. Get a
uackage to-day. N. a 123
ss®
A leaky radiator will make your
tbotor heat. Bring them to us. Best
■work. Lowest cost. Metal Roofing and
I all kinds of Tin and Metal Work.
: AMERICUS SHEET METAL WORKS,
... B. H. Allen Manager.
11l So. Lee Street. Phone 733
MRS. LOTTIE LIVINGSTON
Public Stenographer.
Dodson Bldg. Phone 164.
Residence Phone 607.
EMMETT S. HORSLEY
Civil Engineer.
DAWSON, GA.
LAND SURVEYING A SPECIALTY.
WRITE FOR REFERENCE.
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MISS BESSIE WINDSOR,
Insurance.
Bonds.
Office Forsyth St. Phone 284
111.. ™
C. P. DAVIS
Dental Surgeon.
Orthodontia, Pyorrhea.
Residence Phone 316. Ofllce Phone 818.
Allison Bldg.
F. G. OLVER
LOCKSMITH.
Sewing machines and Supplies; Key
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
iting Sovereigns invited to meet with
us. STEPHEN PACE. C. C.
NAT LeMASTER, Clerk.
F. and A. M.
® AMERICUS LODGB
F. & A. M., meeta ev
ery second and
fourth Friday night
/ ' \ at 7 o’clock.
FRANK J. PAYNE, W. M.
J, RESCOE PARKER, Sec’y.
• M. B. COUNCIL
LODGE F. and A. M.
meets every First and
Third Friday nights.
« * 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. O. S. of A. Hall, No. 219
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.«fGa.Ry
"The Right Way”
Trains Arrive.
From Chicago, via
Columbus * 12:15 a m
From Columbus *16:00 a m
From Columbus I 7:15 p m
From Atlanta and Macon..* 5:29 a m
From Macon * 2:11 p m
From Macon * 7:85 p m
From Albany * 6:40 a os
From Montgomery and
Albany *.2.11 p DI
From Montgomery and
Albany *10:89 p xa
From Jacksonville, via
Albany * 8:40 a m
Trains Depart.
For Chicago, via Columbus * 8:10 s ~
For Columbus I 8:00 a m
For Columbus * 8:00 p m
For Macon and Atlanta ...♦ 6:40.a.m
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
For Albany * 7:85 p m
For Jacksonville, via
Albany *12:15 a m
‘Daily ! Except Suaday.
adv GEO. ANDERSON, Agent.
Seaboard Air line
The Progressive Railway of tbe S&afl>
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. m.
Leave Americus for Richland. Col
umbus, Dawson, Albany and interme
diate points
10:00 a m
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. Paas. Agent,
Savannah, Ga.; C- G. p. a,
’ Norfolk. Va.
Every Woman
should help to make this world safe
for the babies.
Every woman CAN help by putting
her savings into the
Liberty Loan
and encouraging the men of her fam
ily to do the same thing.
• If you ate not able to subscribe for a
large amount you can buy a SSO bond
PLANTERS BANK
Os Americus
MONEY 51%
MfINFY Isl ANFH on farm lands at 512 percent
nluilLl 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
have best rates and easiest terms and give quickest ser
vice. Save money by seeing us.
G. R. ELLIS or G. C. WEBB
Americus Undertaking Company
Funeral Directors and Embalmers
MR. NAT LeMASTER, Manager
Agents for Rosemont Gardens
Day Phones 88 and 231 Night 661 and 13<
Commercial City Bank ;
AMERICUS, GA.
General Banking business
INTEREST PAID ON TIME DEPOSITS
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"VX7 E wish to announce to our patrons and the public
’ generally that Mr. Nathan F. Murray, well known
to the Drug trade of Americus, is now connected with
us in our prescription department.
We exped to take every precaution in the compound
ing department of our store and will have a man on du
ty at all times to attend to your wants in this line.
Remember we have a~ fresh and complete line of
goods, in fad every thing’handled by a fird class drug
store.
Delicious drinks can be found at all times at our
fountain.
Your next order for anything in our line will receive
careful and prompt attention.
Prather-Ansley Co.
PHONE 79
nidshl INSURE NOW againd your car be
ruined by a fire caused by worn
insulation » etc - Our Auto Fire In
surance is not costly and its protec
t*on’s rea l- Let us quote you rates.
iggjg&gWllJ Herbert Hawkins
To do good work you mud red well, for no one
can hope for efficiency when their body is not in good
running order, then sleep well by requesting us to make
you one of our light fluffy mattresses.
Pope Mattress Company
PHONE 120 - - .- Cotton Ave.
Friday, june is, 1917