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U. S.' Court, Southern District of
Georgia.
Americus, Georgia, March 4, 1918.
PARAGFAPHICALLV SPEAKING
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We think one of the greatest poets
of the day was the man who wrote:
The man who has a thing to sell,
And simply yells it down the well,
Will never get so many dollars,
As one who climbs a tree and hollers.
Why, oh, why, we ask, is a lettuce
—sandwich?
Have you noticed that the upstart
generally travels downhill?
BolshOviki form of government is a
ciuch, iiiusinucli as it cloesn t taite any
capital to start on.
Girls should make good soldiers,
considering the number of engage
ments they go through successfully.
With so many pink boll-weevils be
ing seen in Texas, it is difficult for us
id betiSve that the state is really dry.
When the Germans invade Switzer
land, we hope the first thing they'll
destroy will be that famous Swiss
yodel.
The Massachusetts legislature ha;
received a prohibition petition a quar
ter of a mile long—a long dry spell, as
it were.
...., —— „ . —. t
It is said that the steam-roller will
not be used at future political conven
tions, for the reason that the tank I
will take its place.
“Hays and Harmony,” is the slo
gan of the reunited Republican party.
“Hog and Hominy" should serve the
Democrats all right.
Does the law against killing pullets
at this season of the year apply to
the neighbors’ chickens that scratch
up the spring gardens?
The skirts may remain at their
present length and we suppose the
republic will be safe, but Ave hope to
hewing they don’t get any thinner
A Brooklyn man not only lost his
mother-in-law, but also collected $15,-
000 insurance at her death. Such
dnoble luck as that is unbelievable!
A reward of SI,OOO having been offer
ed “to the first man who kills the
Kaiser," what we want to know is
what the last man to kill him will get.
If some women knew how mad it
made other women’s husbands, they
wouldn’t carry on such extended and
useless conversations over the tele
phone when friend husband is trying
to call his own home, and his busi
ness standing still meanwhile
From the news columns of the
Syainsboro Forest-Blade we gather
this:
“A boy was born to Mr. and Mrs.
John Arthur Cork last Monday night.
This is the second child born to
them, and Mr. Cork was able to sit
On the jury Wednesday.”
In other words, as the saying goes,
tether and child are doing nicely!
THE FIGHT IS ON.
The United States senatorial race .
has taken definite and vigorous shape, ,
almost unexpectedly’ so. .
In the first place, the statement is
sued by Mr. Harris on the eve of his (
return to Washington, is worse than ,
r.i excoriation of the junior senator—
politically and literally so, it flays him ■
alive. ;
“Giving aid and comfort to the en-',
emy,” hindering the progress of th 0 i
war, insulting abuse of the president,
inconsistent votes, bolting the Demo-|
< atic caucus, and opposition to im- ■.
portant measures designed for the wel-|
fare of the country, as well as delib-'
eiate opposition to practically every i
administration measure —these are'
some of the charges brought against
the man who, by his contemptible con-!
duct in the Senate, has heaped huinil- ■
union upon the state which, in a mis- '
!. !. n moment, was so unfortunate as:
:o elect him. h
! Mr. si,; ris did not merely employ!
generalities, lie dealt in strong lan- 1 ,
g: age, but every sentence was barb- j.
(.i and tipped with the steel of truth. '
Every sentence went home, driven to ’
the shaft, and, we daresay, penetrat-|i
ing a hide as thick even as the jun
ior senator’s.
The very best argument for the elec
tion of Mr. Harris is the record of his
i'
opponent, and that record is now:
mercilessly arrayed and exposed. As •
the campaign progresses, it will be
revealed, doubtless, more fully and!
thoroughly, although Georgians al-:
ready know enough to sicken them and
disgust them, and mak e them all the
mere determined to drive from public
life the man who has betrayed them.
The next most significant develop
ment is the uprising of the clan s in
support of Mr. Harris, not less than
eleven Harris clubs being formed, all
with large and enthusiastic member
ships, in as many counties in different
parts of Georgia on Saturday. Prev
iously, there were five clubs in exist
ence, some with more than a thous
and members. Moreover, it is im
portant and interesting to note that
I the men at the head of many of these
clubs are' then Who are not classed
with the politicians, but citizens of
high standing in business and civic
life. This is one* time when the best
people of Georgia to spend a week or
so among hi s friends, preliminary to
entering upon an active campaign la
ter on, has served to emphasize the
fact that he is really the only man
strongly and impellingly before the
people for consideration for the Unit
ed States Senate—and th e only man
j who has deliberately attacked and
! tackled his opposition with both hands,
| fearlessly and unflinchingly.
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.THE WAR STATUS.
The turn of affairs in Russia seems
to contain some threat of delay for
an allied victory. Yet an opposite
result does not appear altogether im
probable. Reports from Austria-Hun
gary suggests a difference of principle
and of purpose and a desire to end
• the war on more honorable terms.
The promptness with which the re
cent labor troubles in Germany were
suppressed diminishes appreciably
the hope that aid in forcin ga proper
peace may at this time be relied upon
from Germany itself. But Austrian in
-1 fluence and, beyond that, the basic fact
that such a large army will be re
quired to protect communication with
the German invaders, may after all
become real factors in restoring con
ditions to a point where peace shall
come clearly into view.
Undoubtedly there is greater lati
tude for negotiations between Wash
ington and Vienna than Washington
and Berlin. It appears to be in this
direction that we must look for evi
dences of a real disposition of the
enemy toward .peace.
As to Russia the situation is a bad
one—it could hardly be worse. At
the same time the solution must be
approached from a broad viewpoint
Socialistic illusions are rapidly being
destroyed. Illiteracy is so great that '
an effective method of promulgating
prompt news of failure is not available
Thi s is an unfortunate handicap. But
Russia eventually will pull herself to-
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gether. It is a vast empire. Its peo
ple are subject to classification by
groups; they are divided by climatic,
racial and numerous other consider
ations. The educated classes, recog
nizing fully these primal handicaps ;
of a united nation, feel that the solu- j
tion must in time be reached by the <
turning of the new republic along j
lines similar to our own, which will
always stand out so clearly as an ex- -
ample for-other people when they
come to understand the difference be
tween freedom and license. Russia 1
today needs such a form of govern- .
ment. Its various states or provinces i
need self-government on lines corre
sponding with their own peculiar re
quirements. But they must be sub- :
ject in matter of national defense, of
foreign trade and similar matters to a
central government. This is unques
tionably the ultimate solution of the
Russian question.
At the moment, however,.it is the
immediate rather than the remote Rus
sion situation which must be recog
ed as a factor in the financial situ
ation. Germans and Austrians who
have been prisoner s in Russia have'
been released. They thus are added
to th e enemy’s fighting strength. But
tb.e allies are more than their equal
and are awaiting the “supreme drive”
t
on the Western front—a drive which
has been so spectacularly advertised
that it would not be surprising if it!
were a cover for an entirely - different
plan. Meanwhile American troops
are crossing the Atlantic in large
numbers and are adding to the
strength of our allies.
A SORRY SPECTACLE.
Th e following is from a news story
in the New York World concerning
the fight before the legislature of New
York to secure a ratification of the
constitutional amendment for national
prohibition:
A roar went up from the wets
when Mr. Gompers was seen to be
edging his way to a place in the
centre aisle. He delivered a forty
minute impassioned address, in
which he excoriated prohibition as
“the most unpatriotic prposal ever
submitted to the American peo
ple.” Prohibition, he “ insisted,
would not “rot out the evils of in
temperance.”
“We have seen, gentlemen,” he
thundered, “something of prohibi
tion where it exists in a country—
Russia. I won’t attempt to pre
sent to you even a thuoght that
condition i s Russia are primarily
due to prohibition; but the fact is
as it is; the situation there is as
it is.
“Drinking should be subject to
rules of common sense, not of
law. The oppression by law of
the: normal habits of a man is not
injurious but dangerous. The ex
ercise of the normal rights of a
citizen is a constitutional right.
Because here and there are small
numbers who abuse that right is
no reason for denying it to all.
Mr. Gompers ended hi s address
with a vigorous declaration that
the greatest forces for temperance
in the United States have been the
labor unions, because, through or
ganization, workingmen had been
able to obtain wages which made it
possible for them to live under
more favorable economic con
ditions.
That was a fine spectacle, indeed!
—the so-called “grand old man of
labor" employing influence which he
possesses solely because of his of
ficial position, to lobby for the whisky
ring.
We cannot believe that the great
forces of labor in the United States
will endorse the conduct of Mr. Gomp
ers, because we do not believe that
organized labor is in sympathy with
the liquor interests.
Yet here is a man who heads a i
powerful organization, actually in
volving it in a nasty fight forth 3 '
preservation of rum. and taking a 1
stand both inconsistent with the gen- 1
eral stand of his constituents and with 1
the actual truths about liquor. 1
It was liquor that retarded the 1
progress of organized labor for many <
' tars. Only when the workman be- •
came freed from the domination, or
demoralizing influence of liquor did he
become a workman, and thereby better
able to demand better hours and bet
ter pay from his employer. He wa?
also able to do better work.
The corner saloon was the greatesr j
enemy the laboring man ever had, and I
it is still his greatest menace in those :
few communities where it still sur-l
vires.
It should be known everywhere!
throughout the country just the ex-!
tent to which Gompers has gone in
devoting himself body and soul to the
furtherance of the whisky proposi
tion, because a man, a leader of men.
who has done what he hgs done, is
r.o longer entitled to that general re
spect and confidence which hitherto
he has enjoyed even beyond the con
fines of his labor circles.
Samuel Gompers, for thirty-four
years president of the National fed
eration of Labor, is no longer worthy
to occupy that office!
A COLUMN OF CLIPPINGS
■A Good Idea.
The Americus Times-Recorder, Quit
man Free Press and •th er newspapers
of Georgia are giving the juunior sena
tor from this state the “silent treat
ment,” resolving never to mention
bis name in the public prints. It is
a good idea and we congratulate these
newspapers on the stand (hey have
taken.—Griffin News and Sun.
A Live Candidate.
Volney Williams is making speeches
over the state like a real live candi
date for railroad commissioner. He
will make a hurdling race, too. We
dike him for the reason that some
we know do not like him. A good man
to fill the job he is after.—Bainbridge
Post-Searchlight.
The Long and Short of It.
“How lo’iz shot’ll a woman wei'
a short f!.i»t?" in cmres The Americus
Times-Recorder. We would sv with
out consulting our encyclopedia, that
she should wear it as long as she is on
the street; that is to say, until she
gets back home.—Columbus Enquirer-
Sun.
Dorsey on Pacifism.
Therti was nothing mollycoddle
about the manner in which Governor
Dorsey paid his “scathing tribute” to
the slackers and pacifists in his Wash
ington’s Birthday address at Ameri
cus. Every word that he uttered liv
ed with patriotism, and every sylla
ble wa s afire with Americanism and
contempt for the citizen who falters
or fails in his duty to support his
country and the administration in this
hour of trial and peril.
Os course, he held his vast audi
ence “spellbound” throughout his
entire address, because it was a case
of a Georgia patriot—the state's first
citizen—carrying an eloquent message
to fellow Georgia patriots, men, wo
men and youth as patriotic and as
intensely loyal and filled with coun
try-love as he.
His auditors, in fact, expresesd pre
cisely their position and feeling when
they greeted with “applause that was
deafening” the governor’s pledge of
Georgia to its full share, financially,
industrially, economically and in a
military way,” toward the overthrow'
of the Hohenzollern beast of prey
that menaces our own land and the
civilization, of the entire world.
“Americus, said Governor Dorsey—
“entered this war only after the
most unusual of provocations and
every resource of the nation is
pledged to defeat German militar
ism and protect civilization.”
And the governor made it plain that
he is alert to the full duty of Geor
gia, as a state unit of the nation, to
contribute graciously, freely and
thankfully, its 'Share and more than
its share, to that great end.
The governor's heart is right, and
Georgia’s heart is right; and under
the leadership of a man of Governor
Dosey’s impulses and motives, after
the bloody battle is won and its his
tory recorded, Georgians will come in
for their full share of felicitation up
on their splendid contribution to the
outcome.—Atlanta Constitution.
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