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THE TIMES-RECORDER
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City of Americus.
Sumter County.
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■allroad Commission of Georgia For
Third Congressional Dustrict.
U. S. Court, Southern District of
Georgia.
Americus, Ga„ August 8, 191"
Even the increased price of automo
biles will not cut much of a figure this j
fall if cotton stays around 25 cents, as
is now indicated.
Floridians residing in 'dry” towns I
are having their liquor shipped to them
disguised as fish on the express bills
o" lading. Florida always was noted
for its big fish and big fish stories.
There is just enough ground for
hopefulness in the Russian situation to
keep us folks on this side of the Atlan
tic in a state of uncertainty as to just
what development we may next expect.
J
The American troops over in France
are being given intensive training in
the art of withstanding gas attacks, but
it occurs to a man up a tree that some ,
instruction along this line would be t
welcomed by us poor mortals who are ,
bombarded with verbal bombs almost
as deadly as those on the western .
front. ,
Our neighboring city of Albany has (
decided that it is a wise plan to organ
ize a military company to afford protec- (
tion in the absence of the regular na- (
tional guard unit ordinarily located .
there. The Sumter Light Guards in 1
Americus have been organized for sev-j
eral weeks and are gaining in efficiency ]
with each semi-weekly drill.
I,
The official announcement from l ,
I 1
Berlin that "the Kaiser has consulted
his heart and again decorated Hinden-]
brrg” is intended to confirm the Amer-lj
ican opinion that the All Highest is
threatened with enlargement of the (
pectorial organ only when particul-'j
arly bloodthirsty deeds have been per.'|
formed by his savage chieftains.
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Only seven days left and the Georgia
legislature is buried under a sea of ;
bills which threaten an inundation that L
will prevent the enaction of much
needed legislation. The doleful lack of (
business-like methods in the operation
of Georgias legislative
seems to continue in spite of spasmodic\
efforts to inject a little up-to-date-ness. l
|
The fair one who plies her journal-'
istic pen over the next page, pitched a'
double handful of consternation into
our perturbed midst yesterday by an
nouncing that the anniversary of her
natal day had arrived, but upon cross
examination took refuge behind ' the
statutue of limitations, or some such'
I
legal technicality and firmly declined
to give any information as to how many
of these gladsome occasions she has al
ready enjoyed
GETTING HYSTERICAL.
A good deal of pure hysteria has de
veloped over real and imaginary op
position to the selective draft law un
ifier which millions of young men are
I now being examined for service in the
army.
One thing should be clearly under
let ood. Thomas E. Watson or any other
■citizen of Georgia, or of any other
state, has a perfect right to seek to
I test the constitutionality of the selec
tive draft law in the courts of the
jland. It is the right of any citizen to
bring about a test of any new law, to
the end that its constitutionality may
be passed upon by tribunals clothed
with authority to so determine.
But neither Thomas E. Watson nor
any other citizen has the shadow of
right to stir up opposition to the gov
ernment’s military activities as that
opposition is finding expression in
some parts of the country. It is one
thing to secure interpretation of a law
by orderly process in the courts. It is
quite another to tell credulous people
that they have a right to resist the law
with physical force, if necessary, even
before the question of the law’s con
stitutionality has been determined.
A Waycross dispatch under yester
day’s date says there is prospect of
armed resistance to the draft law in
Pierce county. The dispatch sets
forth that— ’
"Four farmers who have boys within
the draft age, and whose boys are
among those to appear for examination
either tomorrow or Tuesday, arealleg-'
ed to have purchased arms and am-1
munition for the express purpose of'
resisting any attempt to force their ,
sons to serve in the new army. The
farmers reside in a community where
lit is said Tom Watson has always had
(staunch followers and their attitude is
almost wholly blamed on his articles
declaring the draft law was unconsti
tutional and that the citizens did not
lhaev to obey it.”
The man who is responsible for any
such spirit of lawlessness as that
which this Waycross dispatch indicates
as existing in Pierce county deserves
the unsparing condemnation of all
good citizens. Not on any ground is
the encouragement of a spirit of open
rebellion to governmental authority to
be justified, and particularly in times
pike the present are such activities to
b- unsparingly condemned.
But we think the federal authorities
arei making the mistake of unduly ex
aggerating the importance of anti
draft Sentiment save in widely scatter
ed localities. In Oklahoma, for in
stance, and in certain states where the
baleful influence of the 1. W. W. has
made itself felt, it has been necessary
to employ force in compelling respect
for governmental authority. In such
cases force is justified.
But it is poor policy, we think, to at
tach much importance to the wild talk
of a few individuals who wave Tom
Watson’s Jeffersonian in the face ot
the public sentiment and predict the
failure of the draft. Even an anti-draft
meeting is not a particularly menacing
affair, and if all such convocations had
been completely ignored by the public
we would be hearing nothing of them
now.
Let the followers of Mr. Watson
raise as big an attorney's fee as they
please. As long as the contributions •
continue to come in the list will re-,
main open. Let the test case be
brought. It will be decided in due
season, and the fellows who are mak-‘
ing so much noise over the selective
draft will be no worse off than they are
now, except for what they gave to pay
their lawyers. I
The draft is going to stick. It is
constitutional, it is right, it is fair, and
it has behind it the moral sentiment of
the nation. Those who oppose it are
I either honestly mistaken or wholly
packing in patrotism. The one class
jwill learn the truth in due season, and
| the other will have its streak of yal-i
ler” clearly revealed. —Albany Herald. I
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With the Senate dilly-dallying in its
consideration of the food control bill, 1 ,
I President Wilson has taken his coat off
and is hot in behind the upper house.
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( That body will stand a lot of prodding
■ a good sharp stick before it makes
- up its mind to accomplish something of
merit.
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A JI DAS AMONG NATIONS.
A recently published official list
neutral ships sunk by the Germans,
.from August 8, 1914, to Aprß 26, 1917,
reveals the Hohenzollern Government
as the enemy of all the world. Every
nation with a flag upon the high seas
has suffered at the hands of the Prus
sian buccaneers. In all, eight hun
dred and forty-nine vessels represent-]
ing a total of more than one and a half
million tons have been destroyed—neu
tral vessels whose sinking was as un
warranted under the law of nations as
the invasion of neutral territory or the
killing of non-combatants would be.
Those very crimes, it is true, have
been perpetrated by Germany on such
an enormous scale and with such cyn
lical abandon that her piracy seems al
|nost a trifle in comparison. But that
| piracy, it should be remembered, has
been carried on for three years against
the whole world’s commerce, in savage
defiance of law and in brutal disregard
of honor and humanity. Commenting
on the black record. Prof. W. Macneile
Dixon, of the University of Glasgow,
truly observes:
"The ships and lives destroyed
are the ships and lives of friends,
of nations with whom Germany
professes to have no quarrel, some
of whom have assisted, and assist
ed valiantly, in relieving her dis
tress. Engaged in peaceful com
merce, guilty of no belligerent act,
protected by international law,
they were none the less destroyed.
Behind these melancholy official
columns lie the tragedies.| The
imagination, and that only in a
dim and distant fashion, can paint
the full picture of this modern
Slaughter of the Innocents, the
death and suffering and misery of
which this colorless record is the
merest index.”
Seventy-six Dutch vessels, one hun
dred and one Swedish, one hundred
and fourteen Danish and four hundred
and thirty-six Norwegian were sunk'
by German mines and submarines up!
,to April 26 last. All those nations are
Germany’s neighbors, all have been |
rigidly neutral, all have done much to.
keep her from starving. Yet, notwith-'
l standing her debt to them, she has de
stroyed their ships and slain their sail-
C.-s as pitlessly as though they had been
her foes. That is the Prussian way of
showing gratitude. That is the Kais
er’s idea of honor and fair play. The,
fact is, of course, Germany has set out.
deliberately to destroy as much ocean
, tonnage as she can with a view to her|
own commercial interests after the I
iwar. Her newspapers boast that a
I great merchant fleet, lying safe in her
is being augumented contin-j
|Ually by ships now building and that
the moment peace is declared this fleet
will dart forth to capture trade from
the impoverished neutrals and enemy,
countries alike.
It is doubtful that any other nation
would have conctived such a sordidly
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criminal policy. Certainly, none other
would boast of it. Here we see Ger
| many’s vaunted "kultur” in its true
light and posture, sinking neutral ships
and slaughtering neutral seamen in
order to drive a brisker and more gain
ful business when peace returns. Here
we have a glimpse into the black soul
of an empire which while claiming to
be made up of supermen, betrays and
.crucifies humanity for thirty pieces of
* silver.—Atlanta Journal.
THAT FOOII CONTROL BILL.
Within a very short time —unless
Jim Reed, Gore and other Senators
once more spill floods of words—Con
gress will adopt some sort of food con
i servation measure.
The sole question is whether in its
■ finality it will do the work the Presi
: dent has promised the consumer it
i will do.
Food conservation and control have
i met resistance every step through the
I Senate. More than in the house, the
; gray wolves of special privilege have
■ flaunted their power.
, They secured long weeks of delay
absolutely priceless to them and ex
ceedingly costly to the people. They
emasculated sections of the bill.
They were battling in the last ditch
for their continued control of wheat,
flour, meat and other foodstuffs which
the people need and for which the
prices have mounted sky high.
That is why the President should
scrutinize the bill with a microscope
when it coems to him—to find out not
whether it has some little technical
flaw, but whether in its larger provis
ions, it is anything like what is needed
to meet the situation.
The people have looked to Washing
ton for relief, to lighten their burdens.
Food comes closest. They know they
are being victimized and they demand
the pillage be stopped. They are con
vinced that if the right kind of bill is
clothed with authority, results will be
quickly obtained. Results are what are
wanted, not apologies or explanations.'
And that is where the President can I
and should come in strong. If the bill I
|as finally laid before him is a mere I
shell, if it gives him the mere color of i
food control without the real power, if
it is aimed merely to make a noise
without accomplishing definite results,
the chief executive should promptly
(veto it.
| In plain language, calling a spade a
.spade, he should tell why he vetoes it
and place the responsibility directly
'where it belongs.
He should then insist that Congress ■
!go to work honestly and speedily and
adopt a measure that he can sign.
The American people have been vic
timized long enough They are in no
nood for trifling. They want relief and
they want It now.
They will back up their President.
And they will make their voices heap<i
jin bo unmistakable a manner that even
ti e Senate marplots will heed —Colum
bus Ledger.
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Meets every Wednesday night la
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., meets ev-
B ery second and
fourth Friday night
e ' X 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.
e w 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. 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.
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0. D. REESE, Recd’g. Sec’y.
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Columbus * 12:15 a m
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•Daily !Except Sunday,
adv GEO. ANDERSON, Agent.
Seaboard Air Line
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Leave Americus for Oerdele. Ro
chelle, Abbeville, Helena, Lyons, Col
lins, Savannah, Columbia, Richmond,
Portsmouth and points East and South
12:31 p m.
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lanta, Birmingham, Hurtsboro, Mont
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Leave Americus for Richland. Col
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diate points
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Seaboard Buffet Parlor Sleeping Car
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from Savannah 11:25 p. m., and leav
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Sleeping car leaving for Savannah at
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Attention Farmers: —The Government Experts say “Food
will win the war:” It is the duty of our Gec/gia farmer
to raise al] the hogs for market he possibly can. Call or
write me when you have fat hogs for sale.
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P. O. Box 288, Americus, Ga.
Phone 374
WEDNESDAY, AIGTST 8, 1917