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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 8, 1918.
PARIGRUPHICALH SPEAKING j
Each man has his row to hoe, and
a woman hers to knit.
There is a lot of difference between
market value and.food value.
It is said that there will be mar
rying in heaven, iprobably to give the
old maids a chance.
New York is half pagan, says a
western clergyman. And we thought
it was entirely so!
You can tell when some couples
are married just by the way they call
each other sweetheart.
Married men ought to be thankful.
Suppose their waves’ tall shoes also
buttoned up the back
A man never notices his own wife’s
skirts long enough to know whether
they are short or not.
The Columbus Enquirer-Sun editor
recovered from the grippe mighty
quick. What did he use?
I ■ I ' 11l II II"
Not all of the Bolsheviki are in Rus
sia. Some are in this country, and
they call themselves Americans.
We don’t know which is the more
interesting, a short woman in a long
skirt. 5r a tall woman in a short
skirt.
Young women marry old men for
their money, but you never hear of
old men marrying young women for
theirs.
We used to think in the days when
we read poetry, that brooks were the
only things that purled, but now we
know better.
We wonder if that lowa lady who has
seven husbands buried side by side
in her front yard sits on the front or
back porch with her eighth husband?
Those Americus girls who are now
stirred by the purring of an eight
cylinder auto will soon be moved to
attention more quickly by the buzz
of a twelve-cylinder aeroplane.
The German government also did
some striking on its own account,
striking the strikers over the head
with the announcement that if they
didnt’ return to work they’d be shot.
It’s none of our business, of course,
but we just want to say that the gen
tleman who' wrote the resolutions
the aviation camp mass meeting
adopted the other day bad his Scrip
tural references slightly scrambled.
Notwithstanding spring i r
yet by twenty-four pounds of flour and
a couple o’ pecks o’ meal, The Times-
Recorder literary editor has received
eighteen poems dedicated to the corn
pone. All of them will be saved and
are expected to come in useful during
the fuel stringency next winter.
WHERE THANKS ARE DI E.
Possibly the aviation camp wduld
have been located here if the gentle
men named in yesterday’s Times-Re
corder had not subscribed the amount
necessary for the purchase of the
[ Arles plantation site, but we serious
' ly doubt it.
The committee negotiating for the
camp hack to have a site to offer. The
Arles place was the one most desired
by the government. But it could ont
be leased, Mr. .Grace, the owner, re
fusing to consider the idea. It had to
be bought. It had to be purchased
right now. And so the members of
the committee went down in their
pockets and bought it. They paid for
it spot cash, raising $40,250 among
themselves in quick time.
It does not matter that their sub
scriptions may be classed as invest
ments. They did not have to subscribe
Besides, under the terms with the gov
ernment, they stand to lose one-fifth
of what they have subscribed. Ulti
mately they may make a few dollars,
but the chances are even that they
will not. So what they have done is
genuine public spiritedness. And
Americus owes them a debt of ever
lasting gratitude, and w r e sincerely
feel that the Times-Recorder is only
expressing public sentiment in assur
ing them that the general public ap
preciates what they have done. The
names of these gentlemen ought to be
known They are: Frank Lanier, Lee
G. Council, the Sheffields, the Har
olds, Carr Glover, the Rylanders, the
Hooks, G. R. Ellis.
“FIGHTING FOR LIBERTY.”
It is a national trait of Americans to
b® cheerful at all times. As a race
we are optimistic. We take every-j
thing nonchalantly. We do even the
most serious things in a manner that
impresses people of other nations as
being light-hearted anl flippant.
But withal, no American, however
lightly and smilingly he is going about
Iris business, can but appreciate the
r acl that we art now up to our necks
in the greatest struggle in which this
ccuntry has ever engaged, in one of
his recent speeches, President Wilson
declared that it was an even greater
struggle for freedom, for our national
life and freedom, than was made by
the heroic men of the Revolution.'
More striking still is this statement
from a subsequent address by the
president:
We are fighting as truly for the
liberty and self-government of the
United States as if the war of our
own revolution had to be fought
» over again, and every man in ev
ery business in the United States
must know by this time that his
whole fortune lies in the balance.
Our national life and our whole £
economic development will come
under the sinister influences of
foreign control, if we do not win.
That it is up to the United States
to win this war no one will dispute.
Only the timely entrance of this
country into the mighty conflict stem
med the tide and saved the Allies and
civilization.
Yet here today we read that Gen
eral Hindenburg is bragging that by.
April he will be sending his German'
people food from Paris.
That is all bluff and bluster, of
course. It is fed to the Germans to
take the place of the food Jthey >are
not getting, and to bolster their weak
-1 ening faith. But it shows the type
of the people we are at war with.
Let us stay in a good humor, be
as cheerful as we can; meet the in
creasing privations pleasantly, but let
us not forget for a single second how
vitally concerned we are in this war.
AN EXPLANATION.
A vital part of the press of the
Times-Recorder broke yesterday as-,
ternoon while the papers were being!
printed, causing a delay of an hour or
<o in the delivery.
This statement is made for the ben
efit of the subscribers who complained
, at receiving their papers so late.
The Times-Recorder also feels im
pelled to publicly express its thanks
to The Southern Printers for their
kindness in permitting the use of their
press. Without their assistance. The
Times-Recorder could not possibly
have appeared yesterday afternoon.
THE AMERICUS TIMESTfECORDER.
CALLING ON THE KARMER.
The government feels that the farm
er as a class has not proportionately
borne his share of the financial bur
dens of the times.
This is true of the farmers in all
parts of the country, the South not
being alone in that respect.
For that reason, the next bond is
sue, which will be announced within
the next thirty dayss will be directed
chiefly at the farmer.
Os the billions subscribed to the
Liberty Loans, the overwhelming ma
jority has been taken by the bankers.
But for the banks, the last loan would
not have been a success. Not only
have the bankers themselves sub
scribed heavily as individuals, but
their institutions have not hesitated to
invest in the bonds. Furthermore, by
making loans, they have assisted thou
sands of others to become Liberty
Bond holders.
It is stated that less than three
per cent, of the farmers of Sumter
county have manifested any substan
tial interest in the Liberty Loans.
Some of the county’s wealthiest plant
ers do not hold even a dollar’s worth
of bonds. Now, however, they are go
ing to be asked to change their poli
cy. It will be put squarely up to them
that as a matter of necessity, as well
as patriotism, they must came to the
assistance of the government.
The amount of the next Liberty:
Loan i g not stated, but it is more than
likely to be at least as large as the
preceding one, probably larger. If five
billion is the figure, it is expected that
fully two-thirds of that sum will be
subscribed by the farmers. For the'
organization of the campaign is to be
ccncentrated on the farmer class, and
no me ans will be spared to reach and
convert them.
Already the government is appealing
to the newspapers to disseminate this
information, that the farmer and the
public may know that he is expected
to contribute more generously than
he has done to the financial underwrit
ing of the war. This is notice, then,
to the farmers who are readers of The
Times-Recorder, and they may govern
themselves accordingly.
FASTING AND FIGHTING.
The New York World says: in a
land where food has always been
abundant and always been wasted, it
is no easy matter to bring home to all
the people a sudden realization of the
necessity for saving or devise effect
ive measures of economy.
High prices have already had their
inevitable effect upon the tables of
the poor. It is not in this direction
that the President is looking when in
his proclamation he calls upon his fel
low countrymen to deny themselves
in the interest of our associates in the
war. lie addresses only the weH fed
and over fed, who are very numer
ous. 1
If these elements can be made to un
derstand the situation the problem
will not be difficult of solution. Most
people even now do not grasp the
fact that there is only one way to
provide western Europe with food,
and that is by restricted consumption
in this country. It is not a question
of money nor of price. It is a ques
tion of supply. There is not enough
food in the world, and until the new
crops appeatr, tlie best that can be
done is to piece out existing stocks.
Aside from the regulation of bak
ers and public houses, what the Pres
ident and Mr. Hoover ask is a great
voluntary limitation of diet, the re
jection of unnecessary articles, the
stringent husbanding of wheat flour,
meats and sugar, and, iu particular,
the prevention of all waste. If these
suggestions were enforceable by law,
no one would suffer anything more
than trifling inconvenience. Depend
ing as they do upon the generosity
and patriotism of the people, and sub
ject in most cases to personal regula
tion, they entail no hardship and, we
believe, will be cheerfully obeyed.
Millions of people can do nothing
more than this to win the war. They
cannot fight, and yet they may have
the spirit of serivce as well developed
as those who bear arms. They can
not hope to stand shoulder to shoul
der with the allied democracies of
Europe but they can share their food
with them and So as truly support
them. If they can do no more they
certainly should do no less.
This emergency is not to be met by
any present act of Congress or by an
appropriation. It must be faced by
the family council and e the individual
conscience. Food saved food earn
ed for the gallant armies of Great
Britain France and Italy. They' are
A COLUMN OF CLIPPINGS
A Straight Endorsement.
From the Quitman Free Press:
For United States Senate: William
’ J Harris, of Georgia. A red-blooded
American who truly represents the
ideals of Democracy and liberty.
The Free Press has often reiterated
the fact that it is not in politics .
The Free # Press however, is for
William J. Harris, candidate to suc
ceed the present junior senator,
Thomas W. Hardwick.
We are for Mr. Hardwick because we
believe he is the man who will defeat
Senator Hardwick. It is patriotism
rather than politics.
We believe the loyal people of Geor
gia, some of them strangers to politics,
will solidly support Mr. Harris in ms
race. *
We hope the citizens of Quitman and
Brooks county, in the immediate fu
ture as a part of their contribution of
service to their country in peril, will
call a mass meeting and organize a
William J. Harris club.
The Daylight Saving Bill.
They're trying to pass a daylight bill
which would advance time an hour a
day. Why not shove up the alarm
alarm clocks an hour and be done with
it? —Americus Times-Recorder. That’s
what it would amount to in the long
run, but the idea is to have everybody
do it, and then there will not be de
lays on account of some fellow failing
to shove his clock up. We are in fa
vor of saving everything that can be
saved, and daylight is very valuable,
whether we so regard it or not.—Co
lumbus Enquirer-Sun.
A First Class Job.
“I think Roosevelt made an ass of
himself,” says Senator Tillman. But,
Senator, you must admit that he did
a right good job.—Americus Times-
Recorder. And you will also admit
that he had considerable time to work
cn the job.—Columbus Enquirer-Sun.
Wilson and Harris.
The Columbus Ledger says:
President Wilson has gone on rec
ord as endorsing William J. Harris for
the Senate. Replying to a letter writ
ten by the Americus Times-Recorder
on the subject of Mr. Harris’ candi
dacy, the president says in part:
“May I not thank you for your let
ter of January twelfth with its inter
esting enclosure? The poll of the
Georgia newspapers to which you re
fer is certainly most, interesting and
is certainly a very fine tribute to the
' character and ability of Mr. Harris.
“I am surprised and distressed to
learn that any question has ever
arisen ag to Mr- Harris’ relations with
the present national administration.
I am sure that no doubt has ever en
tered my mind, for he and I have al
, ways maintained relations of the most
i delightful confidence, and he has al
ways accorded the administration the
most hearty and genuine support
whenever opportunity offered and in
way that was possible and
compatibfte with his present official
duties.’’
The Ledger has referred to the fact
that Mr. Harris was in hearty accord
with the present administration, and
that’such an ardent supporter of Wil
son was needed at this time to off-set
the mischief made by Senator Hard
wick in his anti-American fight on all
war measures put forward by the gov
ernment.
As we have said before, Harris is
the logical man to beat Hardwick, and
we believe that the people of Georgia
stand ready to s»de-track that pro-
German with this able Georgian, who
is in perfect sympathy with the admin
istration and in line with leaders of
the country in the fight to put down
Prussian militarism and make the
world safe for Democracy and civili
zation.
holding the battle lines for freedom
and civilization until we are able to
join forces with them a million or two
millions strong. All that is required
of non-combatant Americans is that
they hold their appetites.
Iu the word- of Mr. Hoover those
who have most should save most.
Failure in this respect will shame us j
forever at home and abroad.
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