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THE TIMES-RECORDER
SMTABLISHED 1879.
TBS TIMES-RECORDER COMPANY,
(Incorporated.)
Publisher.
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’ March 3, 1879.
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OFFICIAL ORGAN FOR:
City of Americus
Sumter County
Webster County
Railroad Commission of Georgia For
Third Congressional District
U. 8. Court, Southern District of ,
Georgia.
Americus, Georgia, February 3, 1918.
PARAGPAPHICALLY SPEAKING
Heaven is certainly going to have
some special reward for food adminis
trators.
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In our opinion, the chief trouble
with the German people is that they .
are hungry. ,
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The alphabet hasn’t changed any
since we went to school, but c-o-r-n
b-r-e-a-d spells victory in this war.
Printers call these paragraphs 1
' shorts,” probably on the theory, per- '
haps, that they are short of sense and , 1
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wit.
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‘‘The bride appeared in a long skirt
of dainty white,” says an account of a
wedding in north Georgia What a
truly modest bride!
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We trust that somebody will send ,
Senator Hardwick a copy of the paper'
containing President Wilson’s letter on
W. J. Harris.
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We're thankful for one thing about
these fifty-fifty flour sales anyway. We
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don’t have to take chitterlings as the ,
half we don’t want. (
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“Victory tastes sweet,” said a man
yesterday just after he finished his'
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first serving of Liberty bread and call
ed for another helping.
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Whenever there aren’t at least fifty
complaints a day lodged with the local,
food administration, it may be safely |
asserted there has been no new revo
lution in Russia.
A woman will carry a knitting bag
with all its various contents all over
town half a day, but thinks it awful i
if the merchant doesn't deliver a
spool of thread for her.
We imagine that the Kaiser sits
back and laughs himself sore every
time he reads where certain dema
gogues are trying to mix politics with
our conduct of the war.
These changing rulings of the food
administration are made so quickly)
until the man who always says “I told
you so,” hasn't time to pull his famil
iar wail upon unsuspecting hearers.
Some of the people who are learn
ing to eat cornbread under protest
now in the near future, will thank
Hoover for the order that compels
them to do the stunt today.
A half-million soldiers in France',
another million ready to go, and every
man armed with a gun, says Secretary-
Baker. Now let some scoundrelly Re
publican arise and ask who is re
sponsible.
We now have Liberty songs and Lib
erty bonds and Liberty coins, and in
the purchase of flour even we. '.save
half-liberty. Only u. sales
interfere with one getting more than
his share and compel the eating of a
little Georgia meal along with the
western flour.
A GROWLER IS WORSE
THAN A SLACKER.
One of the finest-editorials it has
been our privilege to read in many,
months was that published as an ad- J
Vefti»eiu6iit for the L. \\. Rogers
Grocery Company in the Atlanta
pers.
It is patriotic to the core, and a[
powerful appeal to the loyalty of the
people, as well as a stinging rebuke to
the growlers who are declared to be
worse than slackers. So splendidly
written is the advertisement, so vivid-j
ly does it bring home some of the
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great truths of the time that we all.
should know that The Times-Re
corder feels that it is doing its read-'
ers a service in putting it before them.
It reads as follows:
A great many people do not seem to
realizs it, but nevertheless —your
country is at war!
To win this war is the most gigantic;
task the world ever witnessed, but win
we must and will.
The boys in khaki will unflinchingly
do their part—and they are flower of
our land. Their part consists in sub- 1
mitting themselves to a baptism of
fire. Thousands of them will be call-'
ed upon to shed their last drop of
blood, and many will find their last
resting place on foreign soil—far from'
the home which they loved as well as'
you love yours.
Is it asking anything of you that
you do your part toward helping to
feed and maintain these brave boys, 1
and their fellow soldiers of our allies?
Would any one with a drop of red
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blood in their veins hesitate to share
their last crumb with those who are'
fighting to protect our homes?
To win this war our soldiers and
those of our allies must be fed. In or-|
der to do this, certain economical prac-.
tices must be put into effect. The gov
ernment, after the most painstaking,
investigation, decides upon a certain)
course, as geing absolutely essential. I
This often calls for some curtailment'
of the extravagant and unlmited con
sumption of foods, which we have'
been accustomed to. And then in!
many quarters where it is yet realized
that our country is at war, the growl
ers begin to growl!
Instead of being grateful for enjoy
ing the great blessings of citizenship,
unappreciated anywhere else on the
globe, too many of our people have
become spoiled and resent the slight
est interference, with their own indi
vidual comfort and luxury.
Any person who withholds his abso
lute and unstinted support of his gov
ernment, and his strict acquiescence
in every edict of every nature that is
promulgated, is contributing to a pro
longnation of the struggle. And those
who growl and grumble are thereby
giving aid and comfort to the enemy,
unintentionally, perhaps, though ef
fectively.
President Wilson, in his wisdom,
, has put certain restriction upon the
I consumption o f wheat flour. In order
to meet a situation and before it be
comes critical, it is ordered that a
pound of some cereal, such as corn,
rice, grits, etc., be purchased with
each pound of flour. Knowing the!
situation as we do. w-e do*hot hesitate
to state that this is a wise plan, and
its enforcement will accomplish a
great deal.
I Your comfort and convenience may
■ be interfered with by its operation,
but which is better, a little incon
venience now, or actual privation and
hardships later?
But we feel confident that the great
majority of the people do not realize
in the fullest sense, that their coun
try is at war. Fortunately, we may
escape its actual horrors because the
scene of conflict is in other lands.
This in itself is enough to be grate
ful for, and should inspire everyone
to pledge their wholehearted acquiesc
ence in every movement which the'
government orders.
We know the food situation thor
oughly. We know the difficulty in
obtaining supplies, and the importance
of conserving at every turn, and elimi
nating extravagance and waste. We
have advised you freely and frankly.
At e say without hesitation and with
emphasis that the important thing
now is for you to realize that
Your Country Is At War.
CHE AMERICUS TIMES-RECORDER.
SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT. (
We sometimes wonder if Senator
Hardwick ever wakes up in the nght,
about the time when people’s con-
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sciences hurt them most, if they hurt
at all, and thinks about that letter
President Wilson wrote for him nearly'
four years ago.
The letter elected Senator Hard
wick, but soon after he was elected
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he, apparently, promptly proceeded to
forget the sact —maybe conveniently
so. I
However, we daresay that not all
of the people of Georgia have forgot- •
ten it, and many of those who have
will be reminded of it ere the ides
of August.
For the benefit of those who may
not be familiar with this letter, we
, reproduce it. It was written to the
Savannah Press, dated July 20, 1914,
' reading as follows:
, “I am very glad to answer your
letter of July 20. Mr. Hardwick has
been an ardent and faithful friend
, or the administration from the outset,
( and I should be very sorry to hear
iof anything being said against him
, which would create a different impres
, sion. He has won my admiration anu
confidence.”
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I We have never heard of any run-
i ning and continuous endorsement, ef
fective for all time and under all
[ c’cumstances, and so we feel pusti
i fied in asserting that the one above J
has long since expired. In fact, we
believe if the statute of limitations
, did not apply, the president himself
. would withdraw it from circulation.
There are a lot of things Mr. Hard
wick is going to think about in retro
spect a year from now, when he, a 1
I private citizen, living in political ob-
I scurity, «<ts ruder his own vine and
fig tree and gazes into the dying;
I embe rs of nights. We believe that this
, letter, the spirit of which and the au-
■ thor of which he so outrageously
j abused, will be one of the principal
I things most often recurring to him,
. as the ghosts of his political sins rise
, in memory.
It must be conceded that short
skirts were right handy on those
muddy strets yesterday.
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ANONYMOUS.
The Times-eßcorder is in receipt of
an anonymous letter, which has some
reference to the paragraph column
of this page.
The writers of anonymous letters,.!
as everybody knows, are a curious'
. i
and disgusting compound, being pos-j
sessed of the sneaking disposition of
the jackal, the foul manners of a'
graveyard hyena, the poison of a'
slimy swamp moccasin, the unclean
mental habits of a southern vulture,'
and the craven and brutish characteris-'
ties of the German who murders little ’
"babies and helpless women.
Has anyone ever known the writer
of anonymous letters to acknowledge
himself as-such?
To Protect Paintings
! LONDON, February 2. —American
artists who contributed' paintings,
or sculptors to the British section of
the International Exhibition in Venice
n the summer of 1914 will be relieved
of anxiety by the announcement that
their contributions have been safely
transferred to Rome. On the outbreak
of the war these works of art, which
could not be returned owing to trans
port difficulty and war risks, were re
moved from the dangerous vicinity !
ot the arsenal to the basement of one
of the palaces, where they remained
until a short time ago. In view of
the new danger to Venice, the Italian
authorities transported the whole
foreign exhibit to Rome
Providing -Comforts’’ for Soldiers.
PARIS, February 2.—Among the
booths set up on the boulevards for
I the sale of toys and novelties this
year is one presided over by Madam
Maria Verone, president of the French
Woman’s Rights League. She has un- j
dertaken to provide “comforts” for'
350 soldiers in ths trenches, and she
has gone into business to porvide j
money for these.
Appointed Inspector of War Trophies.
LONDON, February 2.—Major Gen-|
eral C- G. McDonald has been ap; oint-1
ed to a new army office known as “In-|
spector of War Trophies.”
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