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PAGE TWO THE TIMES-RECORDER Established 1879. WHS TIMES-RECORDER COMPANY. (Incorporated.) Publisher. Published every afternoon, except Saturday, every Sunday morning, and a Weekly (every Thursday). Entered as second class matter at at Americus, Ga., under act Starch 3, 1879. FRANC MANGUM, Editor and Manager ( L. H. KIMBROUGH. ' Assistant Business Manager Subscription Rates, Daily and Sunday, Five Dollars a ft ear (in advance). Weekly, One Dollar a year (In r.d -tßnce). OFFICIAL organ fur U-.ty of Americus Sumter County Webster County Rjutiread Commission of Georgia For Third Congressional District. C. 8. Court, Southern District of Georgia. Americus, Ga., March 25, 191 s. — ' I ■■ ' " I | PARAGRAPHICAL!! SPEAKING The German offensive seems to be right offensive, indeed. A man sometimes gets his wisdom teeth ahead of wisdom. The separate peace made by Russia seems to be merely a separate piece of German intrigue. It is said that in New York city tLere is more roof-gardening than war gardening now being done. The president has been empowered to commandeer all timber. Does this include presidential timber? The reason why some ladies appear to be always blushing is that they rub bed it on well before they left home. The red strawberry and the tender turnip now vie with each other as chief attraction in many Americus gardens. It is said that Petrograd is about to fall, but how it or any other Russian City can fall any lower we don’t un derstand. Germans are acting with such fury that we suspect that perhaps they' have been deprived of their beer and frankfurters. With the Americans in possession of a mile of German trenches, will the Germans still deny there is an Amer ican army in France? r It is said that the salaries of some inen go entirely on their wives’ backs, and if that is the case, we just want to say that some men make mighty small salaries. The Beautiful Young Onion that blooms in the spring, tra la. i ; with us yet awhile, but, alas, its days are numbered, and soon its delicious fra ©unce will be missing from the flower gardens. Practically all of the supplies ship ped to the aviation contractors at Souther Field are being handled by Spies. He is a clerk at the express office here, and the other Spies of the family live in Macon. Forty-three people heard the At lanta song book publisher when he made a so-called senatorial speech at Marietta last week. This included, of course, “the male quartette that al ways accompanies him on his lec tures. ” We’ve received eight anonymous letters giving the name of the cham pion whittler of Americus and as soon as we can get somebody to haul the shavings off. we’re going to arrange a match between the leading exponents of this ancient art The strategic retreat from Mons to the Marne may yet be repeated in France. And let us all hope that when the Allied blow' does fall upon the Huns their legions may be totally destroyed, not merely thrown back as xesulted when Marshal Joffre’s army fell upon Von Klucfc’s hordes. A NEW BRAND OF LOYALTY. Few men will admit that they are j liars. .Judas .probably satisfied himselt ; that he acted within his constitutional rights. Benedict Arnold, living quiet- . Ily in England on a traitor s gold, < doubtless had an excellent opinion of himself. Thieves seldom confess that they have stolen. Murderers of whose guilt there was no doubt, have died on the scaffold, protesting their inno cence with their last breath. So we are not surprised that the Junior senator from Georgia in a pub lic statement which breathes spite, venom, meanness and disloyalty.! ;, lures that hT is “just as patriotic , l as any American who draws the breat i' cf life.’* The truth is that he is so blinded j by his own personal ego ami political conceit, and his reason is so warped, ■ that h e does not realize the infamy of , his conduct. Here is the man who has betrayed j Ids constituents, by deliberately' mis representing them in the United States I Senate— here is the man who by' op posing necessary war legislation on which his party was almost unanim ously agreed has naturally contribut ed to obstructing the progress of the war—here is the man who by' his ut terances both on the floor of the Sen ate. in the press and on the platform, has tended to incite discontent and disobedience —here is the man who has persistently sought to nag any annoy a great president during the time of his greatest ordeals, when every ounce of his energy and intelligence was needed in behalf of the people of the country—here is the man who was elected on the strength of his profes sion of friendship with the president quickly- abusing the man whose en dorsement he had solicited —here is the man who has deserted his party and voted with a few “wilful senators,” one of whom has already been brand ed by his own state as a traitor. Here is this man now’ having the effrontery to attempt to define pa triotism to the people of Georgia! Here is the spectacle of a crow try ing to array himself in the plumage l of the American eagle! And this man actually' lays down the astounding doctrine that he is sub servient to the president as long as the president acts as “commander-in chief of the army and the navy"—real ly, though, that being an enormous condescension—but refuses to take any’ orders from the president acting as commander of the American people! Doesn’t he know that wars are no longer won altogether by soldiers and sailors? Doesn’t he know that the army at home is just as much of the military defense as the army in the field? Doesn't he know that at this particular time, when the liber ties of the United States were more in jeopardy than ever before, that every loyal citizen is a part of the army re ■ cruited to save the nation and to save democracy? Doesn’t he know that of a necessity there must be a leader, and that by virtue of his position the president is that leader and is, there fore. the commander of the people, entitled to their respect, confidence and co-operation? However, he says that he is a better American than the “misguided men” who take an opposite view'. Such Americanism as this, such pa troitism as his, such loyalty as he pro fesses, is the kind most admired bv the Kaiser of Germany, and is the kind that is despised and abhorred by every true Amreican who loves his country better than himself. WASTE. ! There is much talk about the con servation of food and fuel, but it would seem wise to impress upon the public that the first step toward con servation is the minimization of waste. It is not so much what one eats as what one casts aside—not so much what enters the stomach as what fills the garbage can—that makes for an increase in the food debit of a na tion. It is not the warmth derived from a normal temperature which makes for fuel shortage, but rather the coal-laden ashes, unutilized fagots, chips, paper, etc., which with other THE AMERICUS TIMES-RECORDER. unused scraps, combine to make an nc leased demand for fuel. This is also true of labor. The nec essity for the conservation of labor i 8 vital —so vital that every adult as well as every child, should be impress ed and make it his or her duty to im press others both by words and deeds with the paramount importance of re- 1 leasing unnecessary labor. Young and old, rich and poor, black and white those who are ailing as well as those who are strong, need to be brought to a realization of the eco nomic fact of the inter-relation of food, fuel and labor, and to the primary im portance of conserving, through elim ination of waste as well as through other channels, the resources of this country. A conservation system which would irake th e elifnination of waste its cor nerstone would not only actually save material, but w’ould contribute toward a foundation for permanent economic security. The frugality of the French is one of the great war assets of that heroic nation. The aeroplane is the new' American eagle. WHAT WILL YOU DO? The soldier must pay in suffering and death for liberty for you. What will you pay? Tire soldier gives up all on earth except honor to purchase liberty for you and your country. What will you give up? Your loved ones and country and all on earth that is worth living for are at stake. What are you willing to do to save them? The murderer and the outrager are striking dowm your neighbor’s family and are starting for your loved ones. The soldier rushes in and offers his life to sav e them. What are you willing to do to save them. On April 6 the nation will ask for ah expression of your patriotism. On that day it will want to know what you are willing to do to stand behind the soldier as he goes “over the top.” It will ask you on that, the first anni versary of our entrance into war, how many Liberty bonds, the best security on earth, you will buy. Do not w'ait for a long drawn-out campaign, but Le ready on the opening day to stand in line, if necessary, to enter your sub scription.—Manufacturers’ Record. “THE ONLY ROAD.” The Manufacturers' Record has been printing, as its slogan each week, this sentence: “The chief business of the Ameri can people is to win the war.” But it has now' abandoned that motto and has adopted a new one. It is: “Our business is to kill as any Ger mans as possible before these mur derers kill us.” In defense of that argument, The Record says: “There is only one way to end this war, and it is our duty to follow that day to the best of our ability; and that way, the only possible way to save millions of our men and to save cur country and civilization itself is to kill German soldiers, and to kill and keep on killing, for the more quickly and more fully we kill German sold iers, the fewer will be the number of American soldiers they will kill. Does this seem brutal. It is not. It is the only road to end this war. and the old road to follow. *’ Would Go To The Asylum. Suppose a man came down town with his trousers half way to his knees, his socks so thin his ankles were exposed, his coat and shirt so low as to show six inches of his neck, and his clothes so thin he’d be afraid to take a place in the sun—why-, he’d l.e arrested!—Americus Times-Record er. Probably the Times-Recorder is correct. And the poor fellow would in all probability be sent to Milledge ville beore he could make a satisfac tory explanation of his escapade.—Co lumbus-Enquirer-Sun. JOHN ROBINSON’S 10 BIG SHOWS Writes a Letter Read what they say: H. 0. Jones Medicine Co., Americus, Ga. Gentleman: We have used and are using your Balsam of Benzoin for cuts, sprains, bruises, wire cuts, galled should ers nd sores of various kinds among our stock and we feel no hesitancy in recommending it to large horse and mule owners and dealers JOHN ROBINSON’S SHOWS, By Claud Orton. Boss Hostler. Large stock owners and deal ers should not be without this valuble remedy. Equally good for man and household purposes. Call for it by name, JONES BALSAM OF BENZOIN. For sale by druggists and dealers everywhere. The Frogrance of Orange Blossoms is no more pleasing to the nostrils than the fla vor of the sun-smacked California oranges which makes ORANGE CRUSH at once the most palata ble and ths most whole some of fruit drinks. Risk a nickel on our recommendation. 5c the Bottle AMERICUS Coca-Cola Bottling Co. J. T. WARREN, Manager C. of Ga.Ry THE RIGHT WAY * Trains Arrive. 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