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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
•oatoffice at Americus, Ga.. under act
of March 3, 1879.
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President
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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„ August 13, 1917.
The Americus boys at the officers’
training camp at Fort McPherson ma de ’
good by hard work and plenty of
“sticktoitiveness, ’ More power to ’em. ’
The establishment of a remount
camp at Macon, with 11,000 head of]
horses and mules to be fed, opens up'
a market for forage and feed crops'
such as south Georgia has never ;
known.
C. Murphey Candler poured a broad
side of heavy oratorical shellfire into
the ranks of the anti-drafters in his
speech Friday night at Marietta. The
satellites of the “Sage of McDuffie” see
their specious arguments vanish into
thin air when greeted by such pointed
thrusts as those made by the chairman
of the State Railroad Commission.
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It matters not whether the beverage’
be “blackberry cider” or "grape ci
der,” the effect produced by either is
apparently identical, judging from the
evidence produced in the recorder’s
court and those establishments in this
city which make the sale of these bev
erages the feature of their operations
can hardly expect much consideration
at the hands of the law.
By an overwhelming vote the House
passed the market bureau bill, leaving
it up to the Senate to complete a pro
gram which is destined to secure bet-!
ter market facilities for the produc-|
ers. Sentiment in the Legislature ap-,
pears to be fairly well crystallized in |
favor of this measure and unless
time limit 'prevents, the market bn-;
reau will undoubtedly be created.
By appointing Judge Beverly Evans
ct the federal bench as success or to
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the late W. W. Lambdin, the Persident
has put it squarely up to Georgia’s
Senators to put a stop to the disgrace-,
ful series of incidents which have'
marked the efforts of the administra
tion to fill the vacancy. They must
either acquiesce in the appointment of
this unquestionably able jurist or ab
solutely renig on their previously an-1
nounced list of eligibles.
If, as now seems apparent. Russia
has succeeded in quelling the internal
disturbances which have menaced the
very life of the new government, and
has actually brought the invading
Teuton columns to a halt, the dawn of
a new epoch in the world war has ar
rived. With th* Muscovite armies
gradually assuming their old form and
the eastern front held strongly from
the Baltic to the Black Sea; the Allies
can once more resume their opera
tion of grinding the Kaiser between the
upper and the nether millstones.
NO TIME FOR HYSTERIA.
The announcement that on Saturday,
August 18, a mass meeting will be
held in Americus for the purpose of
i‘ discussing the conscription act,' has
brought home to the citizens of Sum
ter the realization of the fact that a
movement which has been more or
I less sporadic in its outbreaks, has
'gained at least a modisum of support
in this immediate section. The press
of the state has for several weeks past
carried stories of attempts on the port
Jof opponents of the draft law to or
-1 ganize a concerted effort nullify its
provisions, but the people of Sumter
'county have regarded the incidents as
; of little effect as far as this immed
iate section is concerned.
The fact that enough open opposi
tion to the draft act has developed in 1
Sumter county to precipitate a climax 1
such as is indicated in the presefit in- '
I
stance, is a matter of vita! interest to
every citizen who has at heart the 1
good name of the community with;
which the affairs of his daily existence
have become identified.
It is to be sincerely hoped that no
| meeting of the kind be held. This is'
no time for hysteria; no time for fan- 1
| atical outbursts which avail not at 1
all, and which lead to consequences'
the seriousness of which cannot be'
questioned.
The draft act has become the law of
the land, and the whole power of the'
government is committed to the en-|
forcement of its provisions. It was 1
{enacted by *the governing body of the !
nation, composed of representatives of
the people, duly elected and clothed’
with the authority of the Constitution
ci the United States. Its constitution-1
ality is unquestioned, except by a few t
! individuals whose opposiion to the
. principles involves causes them to seize f
■ upon every detail which offers even the j
; most remote possibility of furnishing i
support for their contentions.
| The time for efforts to stir up organ
ized ©position to the draft has passed;
• before the measure was enacted into,
lew, there was no question as to every
man’s right to exert every ounce of
his power against the proposition. But
now that the act has been written upon >
the statute books of the nation, it be-1
’jccmes the duty of every citizen worthy:
the name to uphold the law and to!
! render obedience to its duly constitut-i
' ed authority.
America, as a nation, has no insa
tiable appetite for war. Americans
are not possessed of an inordinate de-
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i sire for bloodshed and the thought of
' I marching to battle, with the possibil-j
ity of being left on the battlefield, to
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I fill a soldier’s grave is not our
' | highest ambition. None of us are
’I particularly taken with the idea of fur
’ nishing cannon-fodder.
But there comes a time when even
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the most peaceful citizen realizes the
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.necessity of using brute force to make
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| the "pursuit of happiness” and even
,'existence itself possible. Such crises
occur in the life of the nation as well
a that of the individual. The present
situation in which the United States
'finds itself is unquestionably one of
'these cricical junctures.
| No matter how repugnant the idea
cf enforced military service; no mat
■ter how great our personal antagon
ism to the principles involved in the
! draft act it becomes our plain duty
as loyal citizens to put aside all ■’self
ish considerations in view of the tre
mendous and overshadowing need of
the nation.
' It is to be devoutly hoped that no
'anti-draft meeting will be held in
Americus, making it possible for the
finger of scorn to be pointed at a com-
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i munity whose past history includes
such glorious memories and whose
|sons have inscribed her name high on
the roll of fame.
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“Ll’( KY Gl Y.’’
[By Arthur Walter Grahame, of the
, Vigilantes.
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"I'm drafted!” exclaimed the File
s Clerk, tragically.
II "Drafted, hey!” replied the Construc-
i tion Boss. “Gee, you’re a lucky guy.”|
51 "Lucky!” shouted the File Clerk.
- "What's lucky about having to go in
J the army and perhaps getting shot? 1
don’t see you running down to the re-
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cruiting office and enlisting.”
I "No,” replied the Construction Boss,
’ r trifle sadly. "But if it wasn't for the
8 wife and the three kids yould would see
1 me doing just that little thing.”
"Say,” he continued, "some of you
young fellows make me tired. I served
1 in the Spanish-American war, and it
r didn’t kill me—it made me a better
’ man in every way. Oh, yes I know that
1 tie Spanish-American war wasn't much j
5 of a show compared to this one, but
’we heard a few shots fired, at that.”
I “It isn’t only getting shot that wor
rit me,” said the File Clerk. "I don’t
’ want to go around saluting every of
' fleer I meet—just as if I wasn't as good
as they are! Anyway, what fun will
I have in the army?”
"You'll have all kinds of fun —of the
kind of fun that is good for you,” re
turned the Construction Boss, produc-j
ing a sack of Durham and proceeding]
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jto roll a cigarette. "And as for salut
ing officers —that’s a privilege, not a ’
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( disgrace.”
j "It shows that you are members of
(the same profession—brothers in arms, i
| The officer is just as much bound to re-'
turn the salute as you are to give it.
I And if you don’t like being a private
ycu can be an officer —if you are a good
I enough man. We need all the officers
we can get—all you have to do is to 1
prove that you have the stuff.”
“Well, I don’t want any of it,” said
the File Clerk. "Little old New York
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is good enough for--
I “Yes, little old New York, eight hours
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a day in an office, a couple of hours in
i movie theatre or a bum cabaret in,
the evening, a trip to Coney Island on;
'Sunday and all of ten dollars a week.;
I That’s a fine life for a man, isn’t it?
I “In the army you'll get up in the'
morning feeling like a real man. You’ll
go through a half-hour of setting-upl
’ exercises to take the kinks out of your
'muscles. By the time the bugle goes
foi breakfast you'll want it-, and you'll
get a real breakfast. Then you will
start in on the work of the day. You'll
’drill, and you'll drill hard. You’ll
’know what it means to sweat, and’
’you’ll learn what a good drink water;
really is. You’ll feel the old sun burn- ’
ing through your flannel shirt and;
|you’ll like it —like it almost as much’
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as the shade of the trees along the'
[dusty road when you fall out for a ten
m inute rest.
| "Along about ten-thirty you’ll start
’thinking about dinner —they don’t eat
. lunch in the army—and you’ll think
about it harder and harder until you
J get it. After dinner you’ll get some
more drill—they give you plenty to
, do—or learn to dig trenches, or throw
? bombs, or to read maps, or to signal,
, or practice bayonet fighting—all of
. them real men’s jobs. Then you’ll get
chance to clean up for retreat, which
comes along about sun-down. That’s
, the real classy dress-up affair of the
, army day. You’ll march out onto the
parade ground and line up in regimen
, ta] formation. Then the band will
'play 'The Star Spangled Banner’ and
you will stand at attention while the
, flag comes down—and if you are a real
• American you’ll feel a creepy sensation
■ dov-n your spine and you’ll be so darn
proud of your uniform, and of your
regiment, and of yourself, that you'll
almost bust the buttons off your shirt!
.; "Then you’ll eat again and clean up
your rifle. After that you can read, or
■write, or sit around and swap stories
or sing. Along about nine o'clock you'll
- begin to get noddy and by the time the
j windjammer blows taps you’ll be
, ready to stretch out on your cot —and
, the next thing you know you’ll be cuss
, ing the bugler for blowing reville in
the middle of the night.
"You won’t have much chance to
, practice the one step, but you’ll get
plenty of time for baseball and all the
jother games that make men. You’ll
’ get a chance to use your bean, too. The
(American army wants men who can
’think for themselves, not cattle that
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have to be driven along by their offic
ers. You'll hear lectures by men who
i have been up to the front, and they
Avill tell you things that we civilians
won’t hear about until after the war is
i over. You'll be kept interested, all
right.
I “Then sometimes you'll go out on
■ leng practice hikes. You’ll learn how
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to take care of yourself in the open.
You’ll smell the smoke of wood fires
■ at dusk, and see the moon come up'
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’over the long line of pup tents and
, ' the big black army wagons, and go to
• | sleep to the music of the squealing of
• the mules and horses on the picket
pines.
i "It will make a man of you, son.
I ( You'll get that stoop out of you!
shoulders and some color into the whit«
• face, of yours. You’ll wear real shoes
(and be able to walk a mile without
limping. You’ll stand up like a man,
talk like a man and be fit for a man’s
'job when you come back.”
The File Clerk seemed rather im
pressed, but he still had his doubts.
"All that's all right,” he said. “But
suppose I get sent to France?”
“If you get sent to France you’ll be
luckier than ever. You can help put
' Kaiser Bill back in his place and have
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a hand in the biggest game in the
I world. What more do you want?”
“But suppose I get killed?” objected
the File Clerk.
“Well, you’ve got to die sometime,
anyhow,” replied the Construction
Boss. “Can you find a better way?”
MEMBER OF ENGLISH
CABINET HAS RESIGNED
LONDON, August 13. —Arthur Hen
derson, labor member of the British
war council, has resigned his member
ship in the cabinet.
I The Pall Mall Gazette says it un
derstands that the resignation of
Henderson, who yesterday addressed
jthe British labor conference and ad
i vised sending of British delegates to
the Stockholm consultative congress,
has been accepted by Premier Lloyd
George.
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Say» Hixson Lady Who, On Doc
tor’s Advice, Took Cardui
And Is Now Well.
Hixson, Tenn. —“About 10 years ago
I was...” says Mrs. J. B. Gadd, of
this place. “I suffered with, a pain in
my left side, could not sleep at night
with this pain, always in the left
side...
My doctor told me to use Cardui. I
’ took one bottle, which helped me and
after my baby came, I was stronger
and better, but the pain was still
there.
1 at first let it go, but began to get
weak and in a run-down condition,
so I decided to try some more Cardui,
which I did.
This last Cardui which I took made
me much better, in fact, cured me. It
has been a number of years, still I
have no return of this trouble.
I feel it was Cardui that cured me,
and I recommend it as a splendid fe
male tonic.”
Don’t allow yourself to become
weak and run-down from womanly
troubles. Take Cardui. It should sure
ly help you, as it has so many thou
sands of other women in the past 40
years. Headache, backache, sideache,
nervousness, sleeplessness, tired-out
feeling, are all signs of womanly trou
ble. Other women get relief by taking
. Cardui. Why not you? All druggists.
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and Tubes. Bring them
to us for repairs.
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Every job we turn out is
completed by an expert
workman.
Time will demonstrate
the wisdom of bringing
your vulcanizing to us.
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and Covered. Phone 420.
Lee STREET. Nf AR 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.
jfc 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.
me6tß every F ll-81 * n,i
Third Friday nights.
& 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. 21Y
Lamar St. All members in good stand
ing invited to attend. Beneficiary certi
ficates from J 250.00 to $2,000.00 issued
to members of this camp.
S. A. JENNINGS, Prea’t.
O. D. REESE, Recd’g. Sec’y.
GfGaßy
"The Right Way”
Trains Arrive.
From Chicago, via
Columbus ♦ 12:15 a m
From Columbus *12:30 p m
From Columbus ! 7:15 p m
From Atlanta and Macon..* 5:29 a m
From Macon * 2:11 p in
From Macon * 7:85 p m
From Albany ♦ 6:40 a »
From Montgomery and
Albany *.2.11 p m
From Montgomery and
Albany *10:89 p m
From Jacksonville, via
Albany * 8:40 a m
Trains Depart
For Chicago, via Columbus * 8:40 a m
For Columbus ! 7:00 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 m
For Jacksonville, via
Albany *12:15 a m ’
‘Daily !Except Sunday. *•
adv GEO. ANDERSON, Agent
Seaboard Air Line
The Progressive Kallway of tbe Suuil
Leave Americus for Csrdele. 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.
i Leave Americus for Richland, At
lanta, Birmingham, Hurtsboro, Mont
gomery and points West and Northwest
8:08 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, Averett, Local Agent, Americus.
’ Ga.; C. W. Smal’, Ag nt,
Savannah, Ga.; C- 9 ■ Nd, G. p. a,
Sorto. k. Va.
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C. M. COUNCIL, Vlce Pres. T. E BOLTON, Asst. Cashier
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HOGS! HOGS!! HOGS!!!
Attention Farmers:—The Government Experts say “Food
will win the war:” It is the duty of our Georgia farmer
to raise all the hogs lor market he possibly can. Call or
write me when you have fat hogs for sale.
JAMES G. COWAN
P. O. Box 288, Americus, Ga.
Phone 374
MONDAY, ACGCST 13, 1917.