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THE TIMES-RECORDER
ESTABLISHED 1879.
TIMES-RECORDER COMPANY,
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PARAGFAPHICALIY iPEAKb.G j
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War widows look better than war
bread, but we can only surmise the
difference in taste.
“March came in like a lamb." some
body says. Maybe it is a lion dis
guised in sheep’s clothing.
Many an army man who boasts of
loving the smell of powder proves this
by his association with the ladies.
The average second lieutenant evi
dently thinks he can serve his country
first if not best, by a plunge into the
sea of matrimony.
After awhile the paragraphers will
bp writing about the “good old days”
when housewives served white bread,
editors rode on free passes and girls
carried swagger sticks.
Somebody say s that the skirts are
going to get shorter every year until
Gabriel blows his horn, which re
minds us that Gabriel had better begin
tooting pretty soon!
The Atlanta papers say that a young
fellow took a swig of blind tiger likker
and then dropped dead. Mrs. Mary Har
ris Armor, send us your biggest and
whitest ribbon, quick!
A thirty-six line sentence in the
Macon Telegraph has greatly astonish
ed the Valdosta Times. However, this
simply proves that The Times editor
doesn’t read The Telegraph often.
Next to having the rent raised, the
average tenant esteems living in a
neighborhood where there is a music
student who insists on practicing cne
hour, beginning at 5:15 every morn
ing.
A Brooklyn judge holds that if a
wife stays away from her husband for
seven years she ought to expect to
lose him. We just want to add that
probably that is what she wanted to
do.
Fifty-fifty silk-cotton hose is an
announced as a triumph of industry,
but if the womens’ skirts get any
shorter we fear there’ll have to be a
little more silk added to the combi
nation.
A congressman says that his tribe
don't d o anything except practise to
see who can expectorate the farthest.
Which reminds us, by the way, who is
the champion whittler in congress,
anyway?
It is a well known fact that the
most severe critics of the public
schools and the churches are the peo
ple who have never taken the trouble
to enter the doors of the institutions
that they criticise. They stand out
side and bark instead of entering and
learning for themselves the truth
about the matter. It is far easier to set
up a hue and cry than to make a
thorough investigation. z
“WILSON AS A PATRIOT.
The school children of Americus
have recently written theses on "Wil
son As A Patriot,” a theme surely to
inspire even the boys and girls to
fervent expression!
Perhaps, the proper perspective can
not be reached on Wilson*now. It is
always difficult to fairly estimate the
character of a great man while he
I'ves. His motives are not fully un
derstood, hi s purposes not clearly,
perceived. It takes time to bring out■
a better understanding of the actuat
ing, sometimes the impelling, reasons
for various of his acts.
So it is with our president. He has
been criticized. He has made errors
But withal he has done great things.
He, like Lincoln, truly belongs to the j
ages. If he were to die today, there
would be a large place for him in the |
pages of history. Napoleon, after his
memorable Italian campaign, declar-;
d that if hi.- life should then termi- 1
n. ,e. Us name would fill no more than
one page Later, on Helena, he cor-:
lectb , praised the great position he;
Pad won in the world’s annals, but
- rehensive lest those living did
: sufficientlv appreciate him. "Pos-
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w:il do me justice,” he would;
say President Wilson is probably
no! com erned whether his name will j
be writ luminously on the scroll of
!
’;m<. i t at any rate the assurance is
his that he has established a name
for himself that will endure forever,
alongside those of Washington and
Lincoln and other great Amreicails.
The quality of Woodrow Wilson’s
patriotism is beyond reproach. He
has endured ordeals just as trying to
tie soul as any of the sufferings that
Washington experienced during the
bitter days of the revolution. The
problem 3 that have confronted Wilson,
and have been solved by him, have
been just as numerous, as perplexing,
as agonizing as any that Lincoln ever
had. Through it all it has taken a
man who knew patriotism for its real
worth, who could act patriotically,
rather than politically, even though
he knew he was sure of being misin
terpreted by many.
Indeed, President Wilson, even be
fore the entrance of the United States
into the war, by virtue of his speeches
and writings, was one of the (princi
pal forces to develop the true pa
triotism that now surges through the
width and breath of the land. Until
recently patriotism was but a hollow
name to many, but now we all know,
even the youngest appreciate, just what
it means.
“Wilson As A Patriot” is a subject
fittingly chosen t 0 elicit from the
school children an expression showing
their comprehension of the men and
events of the present era.
NOTHING TO KICK ABOUT.
When w e read about the institution
of a card rationing system in England,
which limits the individual to very
small quantities of the principal food
commodities, we should be thankful
for the plenty that is available to us
here in the United States.
There is really a limitation on only
two articles of diet, sugar and flour,
and yet any person can get enough of
either to suffice for all necessary pur
poses.
The food administration is making
an effort to hold the per capita con
sumption of flour to less than five
pounds per month, and is succeeding
The plan is also to encourage the use
of other cereals, which are just as
healthy as wheat and just as palat
able. In the end, the menu for
Americans will have become so diver
sified that after the war flour will
no longer be regarded as the prime
essential for bread-making. Already
there are thousands who swear by
corn muffins and really prefer them to
wheat biscuit.
The restrictions on meat eating
have been substantially lifted, only one
day with meatless meals now being
required. Heretofore a meatless meal
each day, a meatless Tuesday, and a
porkless Saturday was the rule. Now
only a meatless Tuesday is exacted,
and to give up meat on just one day in
the week is really no sacrifice at all.
So far as their eating is concerned,
the people of this country hardly
know that th e United States is at war
THE AMERICUS TIMES-RECORDER.
JINGOES VS. JABERWOCKS.
The origin of the word "jingo” has
been attributed t o an ancient excla
mation, “By St Gingoulph.” This was
corrupted and abbreviated to "By
Jingo,” and eventually came to be a
sort of diluted cuss-word. Conse
quently, when a Yankee ooet. in an
outburst of fervent doggerel, wanted
to be real expressive, he said:
’ We don't want to fight, but by
Jingo, if we do,
We’ve got the ships, we've got
the men. and we've got the money,
too."
After that, all suppostitious states
men. who were generally politicians
by caliber, who advocated a foreign
policy with teeth in it, were referred
to as “Jingoes.”
To be a "Jingo" was for a time to
endure the execration of the ultra- 1
conservative press, who believed that'
the American eagle should sit calmly ;
on his perch while his tail-feathers:
were being pulled by every fresh aleck
a European nation that came along
with mischief in his mind. The news
paper that advocated bristling cannon '
plenty of ships, and adequate number ’
of troops, and ample ammunition was ■
charged with seeking to sic' the nation
into war. The statesman, with pre
science and presence of mind, who,
peering into the future, foresaw the
need of this equipment, was denounced
as a cheap politician seeking votes. !
There was Congressman Gardner, 1
who for years, in and out of Congress,
preached preparedness. He was call
ed a jingo of the jingoes. When this
war came upon us, like a clap of
thunder apparently out of the deep
blue, public sentiment shifted, and
when Mr. Gardner died recently at
Camp Wheeler he was eulogized then
as one of the first and foremost plead
ers for preparedness—and that was
considered the highest tribute paid
to his memory.
The “Jingo” today ig a different
being, a more highly esteemed citi
zen. He is today the most patriotic
person. Unles he is a jingo, he is
not considered sufficiently loyal. But
he is no longer alluded to as a jingo—
but as a man who honors the flag of
his country, regarding it as repre
senting not only his own honor but the
fame of hi s sires and the future of
his sons. H e is the man who believes
we should fight—fight to the finish—
fight to the bitter end. He believes
that the Stars and Stripes should be
respected, not alone by the dishonor
able Hun but by every nation on the
face of the globe, on all of the seven
seas that today mourn in flowing crim
son.
But there are also the Jabberwocks—
the designation, which is in the na
ture of an epithet, comes from Brann,
that weaver of words and spinner of
sentences. As he says, they are
“lineal descendants of those American
Royalists who sneered at Washington,
defamed Jefferson, lied about Hamil
ton, denounced Adams, and lent aid
and encouragement to the enemy
while our forefathers were starving
and freezing at Valley Forge.” They
would have a buzzard cawing where
the eagle screams, and they would use
the Star Spangled Banner for a shoe
shining cloth for the Kaiser’s boots.
They are pacifists, the obstructionists,
the captious critics, the pestiferous
politicians, the “conscientious ob
jectors,” these Jabberwocks They
are numerous in private life, but cow
ardly of heart they pursue their trait
orous trail with the craftiness of the
fox. The only difference between them
and the egg-sucking dog is that he
sucks ihi s in the open and they suck
theirs sneakingly in the dark or un
der the cover There are some in official
life—a few in the United States Senate
and it is a shame that they are per
mitted to remain there. Their coat
tails should be hoisted and the broad
surface of the heaviest brogan should
be applied to accelerate their speed
down the steps s they are kicked out.
It was once a political crime to be
a jingo, but w© can understand now'
that the jingoes were mostly men with
courage, with vision. The Jabber
wocks created a clamor that rang in’
their own favor. Today they are de-’
spised of men, belonging to an unclean
brood, shunned by the sincere, a pestiL
A COLUMN OF CLIPPINGS
Won t i.euve Any Doubt.
The Americus Times-Recorder has j
decided to apply the “thunders of
silence" t 0 "the Georgian who has.
defamed his state, dishonored his con
st men's and di. graced himself.” Never
again, until he has been retired from
public office will the Americus paper
directly mention his name. The read
ing of Irvin Cobb's article has com'
vinced us that such a step as The '
Times-Recorder ha s determined upon
is .he wise and patritoic thing to do ;
So The Tribune lakes this opportuni-;
ty of announcing that it will never
directly mention the name of the
measley 2x4 now at Washington un- ,
less it is absolutely necessary for us'
to do so. However, when writing of
the thing we will endeavor to leave
you in no doubt as to what we are
talking apout.—Walton Tribune.
Uncle Jim Coming Back
Old man Jim Woodard will be a
candidate for mayor of Atlanta in the
next election. It’s getting time to
elect Uncle Jim again. His election
to the office always follows a reform
administration that is always disap
pointing. Old man Jim is loved by
his friends and hated by his enemies.
He is old-fashioned and has no use
for hypocrisy and spasmodic reform
that seize Atlanta every few months.
—Lyons Progress.
“Nothing Said or Done.”
The Times-Recorder refuses to pub
i lish the name of the junior senator
1 from this state any more As a matter
of fact when his name is printed noth
ing has been said or done.—Bain
bridge Post-Searchlight.
I Georgia and the National Prohibition
Amendment.
The Albany Herald says:
The Americus Times-Recorder is
convinced that there isjkg. movement
on foot in the state to bring about
, defeat of the resolution ratifying the
• national prohibition amendment when
' the matter comes before the Georgia
legislature.
There is little likelihood that those
opposed to national prohibition will
be able to influence the Georgia legis-
lature’s action in this matter. Senti
ment is the state is overwhelmingly
favorable to ratification of the national
prohibition amendment.
A great many more voters favor
statutory prohibition than favor pro
hibition as a moral issue. The rea
son i s not far to seek and is of course
clearly understood by nearly every
bady. Georgia is now a prohibition
state. The la wforbididng the manu
, facture, sale or keeping on hand of
i intoxicants is absolutely “rock ribbed.”
. There is in it not a single loop-hole
wherby a man in Georgia can get his
liquor through lawful process. Never
theless, there flows into the state from
I the abodes of -wetness in Florida and
elsewhere an endless stream of al
coholic beverages. Nobody knows
just how much, measured in gallons
I and quarts, these illegal importa
tions amount to, but it is undoubted
ly sufficient to make the business of
blind-tigering in Georgia one that is
rapidly piling up fortunes for those
engaged in it.
And this is the reason why thou
sands of Georgians who were not pro
hibitionists originally are in favor
of national prohibition now. They
may not have changed their opinion
that a man should be his own master
and the custodian of his own morals,
but they smart under a sense of out
raged citizenship when they realize
that there has been übilt up an ex
tensive organization whose sole pur
pose is to get rich quick by setting at
naught a law that represents the sov
ereign will of the people.
Georgia’s own prohibition law is be
ing defied outrageously and success
fully. National prohibition w-ill prob
ably prove more effective. At least,
the hope that it will earns support for
the proposed amendment to the federal
constitution.
ence to the patriotic.
Up with the Jingoes, and down with
the Jabberwocks!
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