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THE TIMES-RECORDER
■BTABLIBHED 1879.
CHB TIMES-RECORDER COMPANY.
(Incorporated.)
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Published every afternoon, except
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OFFICIAL ORGAN FOR:
City of Americus
Sumter. County
Webster County
<allroad Commission of Georgia For
Third Congressional District.
U. B. Court. Southern District of
Georgia.
Americus, Georgia, Febraary 10, 1916.
PARAGPftPHICAtn SPEAKING [
The longer the skirt the longer the
man's face,
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When some men gamble they not
only lose their money, but also their
senses.
'The clumsiest thing in the world is
ah old married man trying to make
love to his wife.
When you have a bone to pick with
anybody now, the thing to do is to in
vite them out to dinner.
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We would like to inquire if it is
possible for people to get closely ac
quainted over (he telephone?
Many who make Lenten sacrifices
generally give jip the things they in
tended doing without, anyway.
If these knitting bags are as useful
ap they are ornamental, then we must
admit that they are going some.
I
A man who takes to wife a woman
hs doesn’t love will eventually fall in
love with a woman he cannot marry.
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It is queer that the young ladies
should compfain of the new corn
We thought chiokens were
fond of corn.
It la said that >under , the new bak
ing rules the hole in the doughnut
wdl be so big there will be a great
desfl of it and very little doughnut.
There are really some original and
appreciative people in the world One
ta the lady who called up to say that
her paster had come. We just love
suefa subscribers.
“We. have never seen a skirt so
short but. what it could be shorter,”
says the Columhus EuquirerSun.
That’s where we differ We have
. nearer seen one so long but what it
could be shorter.
Whenever a young fellow gets to
It»e age Where he can walk into a
■barber shop and ask for a shave, right
then he thinks tie is o<d enough to
stay out half the night and the i
oM man at the breakfast table
, Tbe young fellows la the good old
days, used to want the girls to hold
the reins. Some wanted ’em to play
the yiano. Later oa they taught ’em
to m« the automobile Now they
feet just as safe in stealing a kiss if
she is busy with a pair of knitting
needles.
A woman is sometimes criticized
for doing thing* when her husband
iff but of tjwn that she wouldn’t do
when he is here. The which goes,
to prove what we’ve always contend-!
•C.Chat not only will mice play when j
tike cat's away hut the cats will also
apwrt a little when the mice are absent
»• THE RIGHT THING.
Beginning next Wednesday, the fi
nance committee in charge of the ar
tangements for the aviation camp will
conduct a campaign to raise eleven
thousand dollars among the citizens
of Americus. .
The expense of securing the camp
amounts to about thirty-one thousand
dollars. So far a number of citizens
have generously contributed eleven
thousand, and the city has given nine,
thousand, he remainder must be
subscribed at once.
It is not to be expected-that Ameri
cus could land an asset of this sizej
without incurring some expense. Im
the nature of things, various obliga
tions had to be made. And it is clear
ly up to the people, who will be bene
fited, directly or indirectly, in the.
long run, to bear the burden. Propor-,
tionately it will not amount to much.,
The total amount should be raised in .
on e day’s canvass.
The aviation camp will eventually,
be of some material value to every,
citizen of Americus and of Sumter
county. It will make a bigger Ameri-j
cus and a bigger county. It is a prize
of the finest kind, and none of us
should demur in the slightest at hav-J
ing to “do our bit” toward getting it.'
Meet the committee at your door,
and don't wait for them to ask how
much you’ll subscribe.
THE END OF HIGH LIVING.
Americans have been the highest
livers of all civilized peoples.
Not since the epicurean days of the
olden Romans have any people lived so
well and eaten so much.
Nothing was too good for Lucullus,
and while only one real Lucullus by
name Rome had a thousand by dispo
sition.
The American Lucullus tribe has ■
flourished and grown more numerous:
every year—likewise more fastidious.!
more extravagant, more wasteful,
harder to please.
Even those in moderate circum-,
stances have been wont to imitate,
others with the means to lavish on
their appetites. The consequence has
been that in homes where some man
ner of economy should have been
practiced there has been a super
abundance.
It is undoubtedly true that we eat
too much, and it is even a greater
variety that we put on our tables a
great deal more than is necessary.
The left-overs from the average
table would generously supply another
family.
The lessons of the war wili teach
thrift in our eating as well as in our
expenditures. We are going to live
more cheaply henceforth. We are go
ing to eat less, and we are going to
abolish the non-essentials
Nowhere else has the dessert custom
obtained such a hold as in this coun
try. Often as much is spent on the
fruits, ices, cakes and other sweet
delicacies as on the entire preceding
menu.
Already the desserts have been
largely eliminated. The sugar scarci
ty brought that about. Now the
dificulty of obtaining flour will operate
to further limit them. Eventually
dessert will be a rarity, instead of a
habit.
And so on through the rest of the
menu. Where we used to have two
or three meats we will be satisfied
with one. Where several breads were
served, one will suffice, and It will
seldom be wheat bread, either
For at least the duration of the war,
corn will be the stall of life, for the
United States, for the north and west
and east as well as in the south—ex
cept in the homes of those families
who raised their own wheat.
It is entirely possible, of course,
that once the war is over, and the
spell is broken, Americans will in
dulge in a wild orgy of gastronomic
dissipation. But it is more than lise
ly that the lessons taught by the war
will sink so deeply that it will be
come a national trait for ns to cease
living highly.
At any rate, that is a consummation
devqutly to be wished.
THE AMERICUS TIMES-RECORDER.
( OMMONSENSE AT LAST.
Commonsense has at least found a
foothold in the department control
ling the fuel consumption of the coun
try. with the result that “Heatless
Mondays” for the Southern states have
been eliminated.
There yet seems to be some doubt
whether the abandonment of the pro
gram should take effect tomorrows or
tomorrow- week, but certain it is that
the observance of a general closing
plan in Georgia tomorrow will be more
the exception than the rule.
Reports from Atlanta, Savannah and
Macon are to the effect that the stores
in those cities will remain open and
do business as usual. That being true,
the stores in Americus are entitled to
the same privilege, and so far as is
known, will exercise the same.
If tomorow should be another balmy
day, like yesterday, when the burning
of fuel would be ridiculous, it would
be absurd for any store to close up.
Yet, under th© original drastic order,
such closing would be mandatory.
The closing order unquestionably
did some good, relieving freight con
gestion and causing a reduction in the
amount of fuel consumed. But it were
preposterous to insist on its applica
tion in the Southern states under pres
ent conditions. We therefore say that
commonsense hag finally prevailed in
Dr. Garfield’s department.
SIGNIFICANT!
It will be recalled that those polit
ical marplotters, who are trying to
retain the life-and-death clutch they
have always ha 1 on Georgia politics,
recently sought to inveigle Hon Pleas
ant Stovall, editor of the Savannah
Press and United States minister to
Switzerland, into the Georgia sena
torial race.
They did this in an attempt to em
barrass Hon. William J. Harris, who
is going to run and who is concededly
the popular choice as a candidate to
oppose Hardwick.
Mr. Stovall evidently did not take the
situation seriously, seeing .through
their political camouflage. At any rate
he has spoken, and what he has said is
decidedly significant.
It is the first utterance of the Sa
vannah Press in favor of any candi
date for the Senate, and coming on
the heels of the smooth effort to em
broil Mr. Stovall in the campaign, it
carries weight. Here is what The
Press said:
William J. Harris seems to be
the man the people want to send to
the United States*senate. And the
people usually do what they want
to do.
That's all if said, but that’s quite
enough!
Incidentally, this expression from
the Savannah Press now gives Mr.
Harris the support of the following
daily papers:
Savannah.—Morning News.
Savannah.—Press.
Macon.—News.
Macon.—Telegraph.
Brunswick—News.
Brunswick—Banner.
Rome—Tribune-Herald.
Athens.—Banner.
Columbus.—Enquirer-Sua.
Columbus.—Ledger.
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Albany.-7-Herald.
Thomasville.—Times-Enterprise.
Thomasville.—Press.
Way c ros s. —J ou ma 1 -Hera Id.
Dublin.—Courier-Herald
Quitman.—Free Press.
Copdele.—Dispatch.
Tifton.—Gazette.
Americus.—Times Recorder.
The only daily papers that have not
declared for Mr. Harris have not en
dorsed anybody. They are:
Atlanta Constitution, Journal,
Georgian; Augusta—Herald. Chroni
cle; Athens—Herald; Moultrie—Ob
server.
Not in the memory of the present
generation has any candidate for any
public office in Georgia had such a
splendid endorsement.
Why Didn’t You Want Us.
The editor of the Americus Times-
Reeorder has got himself into trouble
with some of the wearers of short
skirts. We've been expecting some
thing like this for some time.—Dalton
Citizen.
A COLUMN OF CLIPPINGS |
Harris Is The Man.
President Wilson has given the Hon.
W. J. Harris his indorsement for that j
United States Senatorship. That ought
to sound like a very strong voice in
the ears of the Georgia Democracy.
Harris is the man and we are quite
sure the people of the state will agree
on this in ample time. —Brunswick
News.
We Hateii’l Dene A Thing.
The Pearson Tribune raps at our
friend, the editor of The Americus
Times-Recorder. Wonder what those
boys are making faces about. Don’t
do it, boys, it takes uip too much time.
Bainbridge Post-Searchlight.
It Is Laegbable.
It is real laughable to see a lady
with a skirt sawed off half way to her
knees walking down the streets on a
rainy day holding that same skirt
three inches higher because of said
rain. Now''the question is, what is
she trying to do Sometimes the
hose are cotton, too.—Bainbridge Post-
Searchlight.
Tried To Outtalk Him.
The man that tried to create the
impression that William J. Harris
would not run for the Senate was
.quickly placed in the Annanias cdub.
There are some few that would give
a lung and an arm to believe that,
and two of each to be able to tell
it.—Bainbridge Post Searchlight.
. Harris and the President.
The Griffin News and Sun says:
The report curculated that William
J. Harris, whose candidacy for the
United States Senate has been en
thusiastically received and heartily
indorsed throughout the state, was
out of harmony with and would not
support President Wilson has been
settled once and for all.
Those who keep abreast of the times
and know what is going on in the
national capital knew that Mr. Harris
and President Wilson were on the
best of terms and the reports of de
signing politicians to injure Mr. Har
ris and discredit him with the peo
ple did not have the desired effect,
but to satisfy himself about the mat
ter Franc Mangum, editor of the
Americus Times-Recorder, wrote the
president a personal letter and received
a reply from Mr. Wilson saying that
he enjoys a delightful friendship with
Mr. Harris and that he is regarded as
one of the most loyal supporters of
the administration.
The president was written concern
ing the poll of the senatorial situation
taken by the Times-Recorder some
tome ago and told of how the people
of Georgia were anxious to concentrate
their support on one man for the pur
pose of defeating Senator Hardwick.
He was asked if Mr. Harris was a
supporter of the administration and if
there was any truth in the circulated
report that he had not been loyal at
all times to both the president and the
administration.
The president was much impressed
with the showing made by Mr. Harris
in the Times-Recorder’s poll. He stat
ed that he and Mr. Harris were per
sonally and officially on most agree
able and intimate terms, which leaves
no doubt in the minds of the people
that Mr. Harris is his choice for the
United Sates Senate.
Doubtless the Times-Recorder editor
will be interested in the announce
ment that there is to be a rise in
skirts—Columbus Enquirer-Sun.
Lobsters Are Marked.
Over seed lobsters have been
liberated along the Maine coast recent
ly. and an additional 2,000 are ready
as soon as the authorization of the
commission of sea and shore fisheries
is obtained for their liberation, says
the Fishing Gazette. Every one of
these has been marked and as they are
the property of the state of Maine, It
will be necessary for all lobster fisher
men who may gather them in their
traps to release them or stand the pen
alty of a SSO fine which was provided
in a new law enacted at the last ses
sion of the Maine legislature. The 1,-
000 female lobsters that were lib
erated recently were the first to be
given the special marking, a small hole ’
having been punched through the mid- ;
die flipper, and those later to be re- j
leased will have the same marking. I
l 6. council, Pres’t. IRC. 1891 T. E. BOLTON, Asst. Cashier
C. H. COUNCIL, Vice- Pres, and Cashier JOE 8. Bryan, Asst. Cashier
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