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PAGE FOUR THE TIMES-RECORDER ESTABLISHED 1879. Published every Sunday morning and •very afternoon except Saturday, and Weekly, by the Times-Recorder Co. (Incorporated.) Entered as second class matter at joatofflce at Americus, Ga.. under act of March 3, 1879. G. R. ELLIS, President. EDWIN H. BRADLEY. Managing Editor. THOMAS M. MERRITT, JR., Business Manager. Advertising Rates Reasonable. I Promptly Furnished on Request. Subscription Rates. By Mail in U. S. and Mexico. (Payable Strictly in Advance.) Pally, one Year $5.00 Daily, Six Months 2.50 Daily, Three Months 1.25 Daily, One Month 50 Weekly, One Year 1.00 Weekly, Six Months 50 Mr. L. H. Kimbrough is the only authorized traveling representative of the Americus Times-Recorder. OFFICIAL ORGAN FOR: City of Americus. Sumter County. Webster County. Ballroad Commission of Georgia For Third Congressional Dustrict U. S. Court, Southern District of Georgia. Americus, Ga., August 2, 1917. The money that is being contributed by malcontents for the purpose of fighting the draft law might better be expended in purchasing Liberty Bonds Or Red Cross supplies. Two Montana men swapped wives! via the divorce court route and both couples are now reported as “living happily ever after.” Nothing like tak ing things philosophically, is there? The officials of the Sumter county Exemption Board are unanimous in declaring that the weather individual shows mighty little consideration for their physical comfort while they are getting in their best licks on the draft list. About five years hence many a wife will say to her husband: “Shucks! J only married you to help keep you J out of the army. You slacker-r-r-r you!”—Savannah Morning News. Andj then she'll bounce a rolling-pin off his dome, to the unrestrained and well merited applause of the neighbors. The All Highest has a man sized job on his hands holding the front door against the determined push of the Al lies and if he doesn’t devote a little ' more energy to this task instead of. chasing the demoralized Muscovites out, o* his back yard, there will be a well known party to pay and no pitch hot. The unceremonious departure from this vale of tears of one of the most prominent and most obnoxious I . W. W. leaders, savors not a little of the : stirring days of the California gold l , camps, when the Vigilantes held the!, reins of law and order with a stern' hand and dealt out summary punish-'. 11 ment to malefactors. I ! The overwhelming majority by which the prohibition amendment passed the Senate may be taken as a fairly relia ble indication of the tremendous in crease in popularity developed by the movement that has been gathering strength for generations and has re ceived such a decided impetus since the! outbreak of the world war. The delegation of planters, mer chants and bankers coming to Sumter ( county from South Carolina to get first aand information on the best methods of fighting the boll weevil, have pick ed the right section in which to pursue their investigations. Sumter county farmers are becoming expert in the most approved methods of combat ting the destructive peet. GEORGIA MUST BUILD ROADS. From almost every state in this sec tion of the South, information comes to the effect that millions of dollars are to be expended in the construction of permanent roads during the next few years. For the past decade, or since the in troduction of convict labor in road con struction in Georgia, this state has lead the south in good roads; but due to the lack of engineering and the proper use of road-building materials progress commensurate, with the work put forth, has not been recorded. Tennessee, North Carolina and Flor ida have been doing some splendid permanent road construction. This leaves Georgia in a position that is anything but enviable, and something must be done to put the state on par with its neighbors. t’nder the management of its high way commission, Tennessee is getting (busy on permanent road construction, and the highway department will re ceive an annual income of $750,000 un der the recent act of legislature to be used for permanent highways. In ad dition to this the state will share in the federal good roads aid fund, and al so whatever special appropriation are made by the state or the nation. Or course, the different counties of Tennessee are getting behind the move counties of Greene and Washington ment, and in East Tennessee the two have recently voted a combined bond issue of $1,250,000 to be used in perma |nent road construction; and other counties, throughout the state, run the aggregate up to several million col lars. Florida, already leading in the per capita expenditure in permanent road construction, is going at the work of road-building in a more satisfactory and substantial manner than ever be fore, and the state, itself, will expend around $1,000,000 in co-operation with the various counties throughout the state, and one-half mill tax levy, the state automobile tax and the federal good roads fund, will all be used to augment the permanent road work of different counties of Florida. The Chronicle has taken occasion to the pass to express the opinion that, despite the fact that Richmond county has some of the best roads in the coun try, still an expendure of a few hun dred thousand dollars in building good roads of permanent character would be ore of the best investments that could possibly be made by the county, and incidentally, the city itself will benefit by the procedure. Aside i from the local value which would ac icrue to any country or to any commun ity investing in good roads, there can be no doubt, especially in time of war, that permanent roadways would be of immense value to the community state and the nation. The Appian Way prov ed a saving grace to Ancient Rome on more than one occasion, and unques tionably history would repeat itself in | the matter of good roads. —Augusta . Chronicle. (LEARNING RAPIDLY. It is taken for granted that a good many Southern newspaper men watch ed the Philadelphia newspapers with much interest to see what their editor ial comment would be on the recent race rioting in Chester, which is at Philadelphia’s door. The following from the Record is delicious: i "Chester’s troubles do not lend ; themselves easily to analysis, but there ia one point that is very clear: The fault does not lie all on one side. If negroes have been attacked they have provoked such action, and they have been quick on the trigger, as the list of the killed and wounded shows. It j has been the misfortune of our neigh- 1 bor to be cursed for years by one of 1 the most unscrupulous Republican ' rings in the country, the principal sup ports of which are the solid negro vote and the liquor interests. The abhor rent combination has degraded politi cal life for a long period, and has na- > turally aroused much local antagonism. When do this factor is added the ar rival of many unruly negroes from the South, who have been anything but a welcome element in the industrial pop- THINGS THAT NEVER HAPPEN By GENE BYRNES 0 0 P °a a •* \ O V 1 ° «<■ c a 4 fflll ipic 0 »W> „ , ** ’ II 1 O c •’ .•4 YOUHG HAH /RESENTED with HIS FIRST AND HE HASN'T 4CANCED AT THE TIME ONCE */** ALL OAV ! - ~-L A . ' i mi — imi_ in, - i—»-Ji■■ 111 '• " ulation, it can be seen that the situa tion is one that gives itself to possible disorder. Somebody in Pennsylvania seems to think that the solid negro vote does combine in Chester with the “liquor in terests” and that the combination is “abhorrent;” also that many negroes who used to live in the South were of the “unruly” type. If the rioting had occurred in Georgia or Alabama, how ever, would the Record have been an anxious to find excuses for the white people who were involved?” The peo ple of Chester ought to be ashamed of themselves, both the white and the black people there. As long as agents from the North tell negroes in the South that the pol itical promised land for negroes lies north of the Mason and Dixon line there is going to be danger of a politi cal combination that will be “abhor rent” to a good many Northern people who, in anticipation, see nothing objec tionable in it now.—Savannah Morning News. WISDOM OF WOMEN. "And all the women who were wise hearted did spin with their hands, and brought that, which they had spun, both of blue, and of purple, and of scarlet, and of fine linen.” —Exodus, xxxv, 25. In Bible days, wise hearted women were more in demand than wise heart ed ones. At least, there was more talk of them. To-day wise headed ones are in the ascendancy. At least there has been more talk of them for a good many years. But the war, with its tremendous sifting power, has shown the wise heads that the higher education, the! poise and almost disconcerted outward efficiency of the modern woman were not enough. It has brought her up standing, as it were, conscious for the I first time in her self sufficient life that she lost something out of the wallet of attributes away back somewhere on the road to yesterday. She may have lost here and there a little heart wis dom, until in some very brilliant spe cimens of modern womanhood it seem ed lacking altogether, in some it was carefully, almost shamefacedly hidden, and in only a few did it thrive and spread itself beneficiently. But those fexv! Almost everybody knows one of them. It may have been your mother or some other mother. Or it may have been the great woman of your country neighborhood, the wisdom of whose heart sweetened the spirit of the entire community, w’hose h;-.nds were never at rest while illness o’- trouble were in any home she knew. Like the women of the Bible, who, be cause “were wise hearted, did spin with their hands,” did this modern wise heart express with band service the wisdom of her heart. Tc-day th” wise headed ones are THE AMERICUS TIMES-RECORDER. ■{learning from the wise hearted. May- ■ be they are teaching them something, too. Anyway, both will register their > names on Saturday in Uncle Sam’s ! great book of grand women. It will be ■ a roster of the faithful, the unquestion s ing, the heart wise.—Kansas City s Times. 1 IN THE DAY OF OUR FOREFATHERS. i > History repeats itself. Conditions that - existed during the days of the Ameri f can Revolution were surrounded by : neccessities that have confronted Eu rope from the first beginning of the i second year of the war. Women have been called upon to 3 take the places of the men who have » been ordered to the front to fight for ■ their country. This, we know, will never be the case i in the United States. The war will be ■ over, we hope, before it will be nec -1 essary to draft another army. But if by chance such a state or af fairs should result we would find true American women just as willing, just as fearless and just as confident as were the Colonial dames of the first I days of our republic. , Abigail Adams was one of the stern, ’ loyal, helpful type of New England , women who did so much to determine the fate of the colonies. It must be re membered that the women of the Revo . lution had their part in, the war like ; the men and helped win the victory which gave them independence and freedom, and vindicated the very cause for whoch we are fighting today. Writing from Braintree, Moss., on Sept. 2!), 1776, to her husband, John Adams, busily engaged at Philadelphia in helping steer the new ship of state, Mistress Adams had this to say: ; “Forty men are now drafted from this town. More than holf from 16 to 50, are now in the service. I hardly j think you can be sensible how much we are thinned in this province. "If it is necessary to make any more, drafts upon us, the women must reap: the harvests. I am willing to do my; Qiart. I believe that I could gather corn and husk it, but I should make a poor figure at digging potatoes.” Half of the men between the ages of | 16 and 50 taken by draft —this what was done in 1776. We are still' discussing the hardships of a draft I that calls only for men who have no de-1 pendents and who are between the ages, of 21 and 31. Abigail Adams was ready to shuck I corn, as many women of that day act-j 'ually did. This is an example of the! stuff of which our Colonial women’ were made. No doubt John Adams speculated af-' ter reading this letter, if future gener-j ations would understand and be' worthy of the privation endured that’ they might be free. This generation! has yet to meet the test. —Memphis' . Commercial Appeal. Don’t Throw Away Your old Automobile Tires and Tubes. Bring them to us for repairs. Our Steam Vulcanizing Plant is at your service. Every job we turn out is completed by an expert workman. Time will demonstrate the wisdom of bringing your vulcanizing to us. G. A. & W. G. TURPIN F. G. OLVER LOCKSMITH. Sewing machines and Supplies; Key and Lock Fitting, Umbrella t Repaired and Covered. Phone 420. Lee STREET. NEAR WELL AMERICUS CAMF, 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. jB AMERICUS LODG3 F. & A. M-, meets ev ery second and fourth Friday night f at 7 o’clock. FRANK J. PAYNE, W. M. J, RESCOE PARKER, Sec’y. B M. B. COUNCIL LODGE F. and A. M. meets every First and Third Friday nights. f v> Visiting brothers are invited to attend. DR. J. R. STATHAM, W. M. NAT LeMASTER. Secretary. WASHINGTON CAMP, NO. 14, P. O. S. OF A. Meets every first and third Monday nights in P. O. S. of A. Hall, No. 211» 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” Trains Arrive. From Chicago, via Columbus * 12:15 a m From Columbus *10:00 a m From Columbus ! 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 a From Montgomery and Albany *.2.11 p m From Montgomery and Albany *10:89 p m From Jacksonville, via Albany * 8:40 ans Trains Depart For Chicago, via Columbus * 8:40 a m 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 For Montgomery and Albany * 2:11 p m For Albany * 7:85 p in For Jacksonville, via Albany *12:15 a in ‘Daily ! Except Sunday. adv GEO. ANDERSON, Agent. Seaijoaril Air Line rhe Progressive Railway of me Soutr i Leave Americus for Cordele. Ro chelle, Abbeville, Helena, Lyons, Col- ! line, Savannah, Columbia, Richmond, Portsmouth and points East and South 12:81 p m. 2:80 a m Leave Americus for Cordele, Abbe-1 ville, Helena and intermediate points I 5:11 p. m. Leave Americus for Richland, At-’ lanta, Birmingham, Hurtsboro, Mont gomery and points West and Northwest 8:08 p. in. 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. Ip. Averett, Local Agent, Americus. Ga.; C. W. Small, Ag nt, savannah, Ga.; C. w 'V, ‘j. r. 4,1 Norfolk, Va. 4 li. MINCH, Pres !. INC. 1891 B. S. COUNCIL, Cashier l. N. COUNCIL, Vlce-Pres. T. E BOLTON, Asst. 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