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THE TIMES-RECORDER
ESTABLISHED 1879.
THE TIMES-RECORDER COMPANY,
(Incorporated.)
Publisher.
Published every afternoon, except
Saturday, every Sunday morning, and
as a Weekly (every Thursday).
Entered as second class matter at
ostoffice at Americus, Ga., under act
f March 3, 1879.
FRANC MANGUM,
Editor and Manager.
THOMAS M. MERRITT, JR.,
Ass't. Business Manager.
Subscription Rates.
Daily and Sunday, Five Dollars a
Year (in advance).
Weekly, One Dollar a year (in ad
vance).
Mr. L. H. Kimbrough, circulation
manager, is the only authorized travel
ing representative of The 1 imes-
Recorder.
OFFICIAL ORGAN FOR:
City of Americus
Sumter County
Webster County
Railroad Commission of Georgia For
Third Congressional District.
U. S. Court, Southern District of
Georgia.
Americus, Ga., September 1!), 1917.
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PARAGrfIPHICALLY SPEAKING
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Many a man who tries to live right
frequently gets left.
A little learning is sometimes almost
as dangerous as a little widow.
One enemy can give a man more
free advertising than fifty friends.
Perhaps, babies are so expensive be
cause the stork has a long bill.
If you would be popular, make oth
ers believe they know more than you.
Some women will even worry about
the worries they might have had, but
•didn’t.
Have you ever thought you seem as
•cranky to others as they appear to
you?
Not until she is married a year does
a woman discover that all men are
brutes.
Dublin has doubled its license on cir
cuses. But why tax something what
ain't?
No woman ever wants to know her
■own mind until she has changed it
four or five times.
Cash is a nag that gets you half way
on your journey while the other fellow
is hitching up Credit.
If the true story of your life ap
peared in book form, would you want
the children to read it?
A young man who declines to flirt
with a pretty blonde may be said to
let a golden opportunity pass by.
When things get to the point that
Bill Burwell can cuss Hardwick out
the latter must be in a pretty bad fix.
Germany expressing regrets to Swe
den is somewhat like the cat telling
the canary she was sorry she ate
him.
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An Oklahoma woman has just divorc
ed her ninth husband. They ought to
get together and organize a baseball
team.
The man who thinks he is marry
ing an angel in disguise generally dis
covers later on that the disguise is
permanent.
‘•There is great danger in kissing a
girl,” says the New York health com
missioner. However, the danger prob
ably lies in who’s girl it is.
■Every time a new' candidate pops
ap for the United States Senate, Sena
tor Hardwick probably leases his home
in V» ashington for one more year.
When a man tells a girl he is nol
•worthy of her, she usually marries
him for the purpose of proving to his
own satisfaction that he told the truth
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A medical journal has an article or
“How to Lie When Asleep,” but o!
more value would be information or
how to induce people to tell the trutt
when awake.
KERENSKY.
A few months ago Alexander Feod
’.orovitch Kerensky was ‘‘a youth to
fame unknown” —one of many millions
L os Russians, the mention of whose
1 name would excite no interest or curi
osity.
t In Socialist circles, where he was
*■ most active, he was not even conspic
uous. He was simply known as a quiet,
unassuming worker, a thinker, a man
c' few words.
Then came the bloodless Russian
revolution, when a dynasty which had
1 occupied the most powerful throne of
- modern times was shaken from its
foundation and the people took charge
j of their own government.
The provisional government came
into existence on March 14, 1917, as
the result of an agreement between the
executive committee of the Duma and
the Council of Workmen and Soldiers
_ Delesates The new government was
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’composed mainly of representatives of
J Liberal political views—the views of
the Russian middle class.
Alexander Kerensky, who was the
only member of the provisional govern
ment to represent the Socialist parties,’
being nominated by the latter without:
[opposition, took the portfoli of Min-J
lister of Justice. He appeared as the
link between the government and the
masses. Then his rise was rapid, as
I the scope developed for the display of
his master yof statecraft, his command
Jing qualities, and his capacity for
leadership. Minister of war, then
premier, now the virtual head of a
- great nation, Kerensky looms large on
the canvas of world history, suddenly •
taking a niche in the hall of fame with-
’ out hardly striving, and yet as cer- (
• tainly and as definitely as though he
Iliad worked his whole life for the posi.
1 tion.
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' In personal appearance Kerensky is,
described as a man of medium heiglith.'
with close-cropped brown hair, flash-
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.Ing brown eyes, and a face which in
’ repose has a strained, almost embit
tered expression, but which lights up
magically W’ith a broad smile. Those
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who have found a parallel in the re
e
i markable careers of Napoleon and Ker
|ensky, each big enough to be known
by simply one name, point out that
J Napoleon suffered for years with an
incurable stomach malady, and that
Kerensky is afflicted with an internal
r complaint that sends him to the hos
t pital every three or four weeks.
In his speeches, Kerensky has dem
onstrated a forcefulness of utterance
?j which few men posses. Indeed, he is
y said to be undoubtedly the most elo
quent man in Russia, clear an dcon
cincing and inspiring. His speeches
‘ are printed broadcast and are received
f each one as a patriotic document.
Their effect upon the people has been
Wonderful.
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I And this man is only 36 years of
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aye, boyish in appearance, and com-
Iparatively so in years.
. ' Even should the remorseless hand
kt
t of death snatch him now, Kerensky
£ [will have written his name boldly
of history and posterity
..’for all time will honor hm as one of
g'the few men of genius who are born
e %nly one every century or so.
ON THE FRONT PAGE.
0 The Macon News yesterday paid a
[1 mark of distinction to the memory of
dog that is seldom accorded a man,
however prominent he may have been.
On the first page of The News there
''.was a touching obituary of “Bo,” a fox
s t crier, with appropriate mourning
borders to set it off.
For Bo was a favorite in Macon, es
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pecially with the newspaper men,
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whose offices he occupied as his own
and with every one of whom he enjoyed
|an intimate personal acquaintance.
. Known to everybody, liked by all, Bo
IS
t _|was nevertheless select in his friend-
’ ships, and chose only those whom he
I most preferred Singularly, his pref
erence was for newspaper men, and
despite the various changes on the
!S staffs of the two newspapers, Bo main
i 8 tained the same relations with the new
j J men, just as he had done with the
[old.
nj This affection between man and dog
>f if often a touching trait. It closely
i
n -approaches the sentiment of love that
h subsists between human. Man may
develop a fondness and a feeling of at-
jtachment for other pet animals, but as
to his dog there obtains a genuine
emotion akin to love. Elephants are
' the most intelligent of ail animals,
1 horses the most patient, cats the most
’ jealous, but the dog is the most faith
ful. Though his master be an outcast
in the world, hungry and ragged, the
dog’s devotion is just as true, just as
unvarying, as if he slept in a gorgeous
kennel and was fed richly three times
a day.
| Napoleon, whose heart was hardened
1 by the miseries of war, who saw men
falling in death agony by the thous
ands around him, never shed a tear;
but even he was moved by the grief of
■i dog which had lost its master on an
Italian battlefield A friend, a protec
tor, a pet and a servant, a dog soon
becomes as a member of the family,
and sincere is the sorrow which is
eflt over the passing of one who has
been a familiar object for months and
years
. It is easy to understand the feelings
of the Macon newspaper men and why
they were stirred to render an humble
little dog the homage of a front page
obituary.
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<OLUMBI S COWES TO IS.
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1 Americus extends a cordial welcome
today to the members of the Colum
bus Rotary club who are making this
city their first official visit.
The spirit in which the visit to
Americus is made, that of promoting
closer personal and business relations
between the two cities, is entirely re
ciprocated here .
1 Americus feels closer, more friendly,
towards Columbus, perhaps, than it
doss toward any other city in the
state.
In view of that fact, intimate trade
relations, more so than now exist,
should be maintained.
! At any rate, it is a compliment to
feel that the business men of Colum
bus are sufficiently interested to desire
the out-of-town trade of Americus, and
it is a credit to their enterprise that
they have adopted this as one of the
’means of going after it.
I To an extent, Americus and Colum- [
( bus are competitors for trade, there'
.'be’ng a number of substantial towns
half-way between the two cit
ies whose trade is not given definitely
to any place. There was a time when
'Americus had all of this business, but
at that time the train schedules fav-
Jored this city. However, the best of
J good natured rivalry prevails, and the
s ' merchants of Americus undoubtedly
feel that if they cannot get it they
[would like to see the money spent in
Columbus.
j | With such a sentiment of civic amity
existing between Columbus and Ameri-
1 <us, the future is bright for the de-
| opn, ent of very cordial relations, so-
j, c'ahy and commercially.
They're organizing societies to send
the soldiers shirts, mufflers, manicure
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sets, having outfit, tobacco pouches,
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seeks, ties, delicacies, mirrors, ear
muffs, gloves, tooth brushes and
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f books. And the government feeds them,
clothes them, pays their house rent,
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and gives them a full envelope every
month. Gee, ain’t it great to be a sol
dier!
Our idea of a perfect southern gen
tieman is a man who will look the
i other way when a cornfed in a short,
’[tight skirt gets into an automobile.
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I A Texas paper says there are nine
honest men in the Texas legislature.
,We thought there were more democrats
in the Texas assembly than that.
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”| A New York girl flirted wit ha dea
-1 ccn and when he kissed her she had
%him arrested. Looks like she'd re
"j ported him he had done otherwise.
'! When the bride discovers that she
0 might have done better, then it may
" be said that the honeymoon is over,
d (
e A candidate for a young woman’s
- hand make a lot of campaign prom
v Ises during courtship.
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M hen Hubby Shuts t'p.
? | When the lady of the house is
j, around, you rarely ever hear the old
t gentleman bragging about how much
y he makes and how well he is doing.
. —Thomasville Times.
irth AMERICUS TIMES-RECORDER
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A CJLUMN Or CLIPPINGS
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Hake It a Two Man Fight.
. ! The Athens Banner has observed a
. "well-defined program" to aid Senator'
Hardwick in his fight for re-election;'
, the program consisting merely of giv
. ing him plenty of opponents so to
. divide the votes that might be polled
, by one active opponent The game is
as old as politics.
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II Georgia can say now that she sent
( h n to the Senate without sufficient'
k owled-e of him; but he manages
t ■ get in for a second term she can '
• < plain until she grasps for breath
L without making any impression upon [
. tie opinion of the forty-seven other
[ states that she sent him back because
she approves what he has done. The
, thing to do now is to make sure no
, (explaining will have to be done.
. This is no time for ambitious men to;
"be so active in their fighting among [
i themselves as to permit Hardwick to’
run ahead of them in the race. Mr. [
, Hardwick will; uobody doubts that!
, And he would like to see a half-dozen
other men running. For the good of I
the state let him be opposed but by I
one man, and he the best available'
man.—Savannah Morning News.
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The Editor as a Liar.
1 An editor is compelled to tell more
lies than any other man of any pro
fession. When a baby is born in the
community the editor is supposed to
1 make the baby pretty, and if a boy pre
dict that he will be a future president.
; When a man dies it is up to the
• editor to make him a prominent and
■ influential man, and wonder how the
’ world will get along without him.
i When a couple marries the editor has
to make the bride and groom the most i
handsome that had ever embarked ca
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the sea of matrimony. He must make
the ceremony the prettiest that had
ever been performed. And when the,
editor dies his subscribers all agree
that he handled the truth mighty care-:
less and wasn't a close rival of >
George Washington along that Ine. —
1 Greensboro Herald-Journal.
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They Understand.
Why do so many married men think
wives don’t understand them,
when in reality they understand them
only too well. —Thomasville Times.
Consider the Weevil.
> 1 Consider the boll weevil—take les
, sons from him —he worketh twenty
r five hours each day continually peg
’' ng at his own business and losing:
i no time trying to look after the affairs 1
of others. —Richland News.
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Result of Demagogues.
( Now the charge is made that he
valuation of railroads, betun more
I than four years ago is a failure. Many
t ousands of dollars have been spent
I co the project and mountains of sta
j! istics compiled for which it seems
i cw there is little practical use. As
r a conservation measure It has been
I proposed to stop further work on this
line until after the war if not drop
the proposition altogether. It was the
, outgrowth of the high tide of dema
. gogeism and railroad baiting that
reigned in Congress half a dozen years
ago, and this valuation scheme was the
■ pet of aLFollette. It is only one item
> cf the immense amount this man and
, his class have cost a country that is I
rowing very tired of them.—Tifton I
( azette.
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A farmer says that the rural high ;
s schools of one southern state have !
Vevcn thousand children studying J
•atin and seven hundred studying’
' agriculture. That is one of the things/
1 'wrong with the educational system
" in the south. That, in a measure,
is responsible for the fact that we turn
out too many lawyers, doctors and
other professional men and too few
good farmers, mechanics, engineers and
chemists.—Moultrie Observer.
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.! Hay Vs Weevil.
There is more money in hogs at fif
teen cents than in cotton at twenty
cents. You can raise a full crop of |
s hogs, boll weevil or no boll weevil,!
1 and you can raise two crops each
i year. You can turn your hogs into*
. money any day in the year.—Multriej
Observer.
Don’t Throw
A wav
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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
U. P. DAVIS
Dental surgeon.
Orthodontia, Pyorrhea.
Residence Phone 316. Office Phone 818,
Allison Bldg.
RO.BT, E. WHITE
Abstracts and Loans
Americus, Ga.
J. LEWIS ELLIS
Attorney at Law
Planter’s Bank Building
Phone 830.
Americus, Ga.
MASS BESSIE WINDSOR,
insurance.
Bonds.
dffice Forsyth St. Phone 884
EMMETT S. HORSLEY,
Civil Engineer.
DAWSON, GA.
LAND SURVEYING A SPECIALTY
WRITE FOR REFERENCE.
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 LODGH
F. & A. M., meets ev
er Y second and
fourth Friday night
X ‘ w at 7 o’clock.
FRANK J. PAYNE, W. M.
1 RESCOF PARKER, Sec’y.
ft I M. B. COUNCIL
LODGE F. and A. M.
meetß every First and
Third Friday nights.
Visiting brothers are
mHted to attend.
DR. J. R. STATHAM, W. M.
NAT LeMASTER. Secretary.
F. G. OLVER
LOCKSMITH.
Sewing machines and Supplies; Key
and Lock Fitting, Umbrella» Repaired
and Coveted. Phone 420.
Lee STREET. NJ AR WELL
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.
T. E. CASTLEBERRY, President.
O. D. REESE, Recd'g. Sec’y.
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Planters Bank of Americus
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Resources Over One Million Dollars
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| have best rates and easiest terms and give quickest ser
vice. Save money by seeing us.
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Americus Undertaking Company
Funeral Directors and Embalmers
MR. NAT LeMASTER, Manager
Agents for Rosemont Gardens
Day Phones 88 and 231 Night 661 and 13<q|
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’ AILI-ON UNDERTAKING CO.
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Photograph, Portraits, Commercial Work, Kodak Fin
ishing. Films developed free. Prints 3c to 5c each.
Satisfaction or your money refunded. Send us your
films; we pay return postage.
L. A. McPheeterS ForsylhStreet
mac hj ne —i n .
sure NOW against the backfire, de
tective insulation, carelessness, etc.
OUR COMPANY is strong and
table.
Herbert Hawkins
GOOD TIMES THIS FALL
Sounds good doesn’t it? Everybody will be pros
perous, and good things to eat go along with prosperity.
I sell everything that is good to eat. If you don’t be
lieve it, give me that next order. You’ll be satisfied for
you’ll get the be& and freshest of groceries, combined
with prompt and courteous service.
ARTHUR MIZE, Phone 224
201 FORSYTH STREET
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 1917.