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PAGE TWO THE TIMES-RECORDER SMTABLISHED 1879. TBS TIMES-RECORDER COMPANY, (Incorporated.) Publisher. t -_.-■ - I Published every arternoon, except Saturday, every Sunday morning, and M a Weekly (every Thursday). Entered as second class matter at ostofflee at Americus, G»., under act ’ March 3, 1879. FRANC MANGUM, Editor and Manager L. H. KIMBROUGH, Assistant Business Manager. Subscription Rates. Daily and Sunday, Five Dollars a fear (in advance). Weekly, One Dollar a year (in ad-j yance). i Member of The Associated Press. The Associated Press is exclusively | entitled to the use for republication of sb news credited to It or not otherwise •redited in this paper, and also the 10-1 •al news published herein. 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. I In our opinion, the chief trouble with the German people is that they . are hungry. , j 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 i wit. I ‘‘The bride appeared in a long skirt of dainty white,” says an account of a wedding in north Georgia What a truly modest bride! _ —— We trust that somebody will send , Senator Hardwick a copy of the paper' containing President Wilson’s letter on W. J. Harris. — j We're thankful for one thing about these fifty-fifty flour sales anyway. We I i don’t have to take chitterlings as the , half we don’t want. ( . . 1 “Victory tastes sweet,” said a man yesterday just after he finished his' I ] first serving of Liberty bread and call ed for another helping. i 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 I 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 I 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- I 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 i 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.” i 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. ”* _____. 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.” 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 AMERICUS Fish & Oyster Market * WHOLESALE and RETAIL John Nita & Co., Proprietors. Fresh Spanish Mackerel. Freeh A’ater and Salt Water Trout, Red Snap pers, Red Bass, Sheep-head and all kinds of Bottom Fish, shrimps, Crabs and Oysters and Fish Rolls. QUICK DELIVERY TELEPHONE 778 216 West Forsyth Stree* LOANS LONG AND SHORT LARGE AND SMALL | R. E. WHITE. Atty, at Law g F. G. OLVER LOCKSMITH. 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