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THE AMERICUS TIMES-RECORDER.
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FAIR PLAY AND ACCURACY—The Times-Recorder
strives always for fair play and accuracy. Any injustice
In the news or editorial columns or any inaccuracy will be
rectified gladly, and anyone calling our attention to un->
just, injurious or inaccurate statements in this newspa
per will have our sincere thanks.
Some day maybe the Republicans will forgive the
army for winning the war under a Democratic ad
ministration.
Wonder if the story of the boy and the wolf is
taught to the youngsters of the swimming age in our
public schools?
William H. Taft knows that the formation of a
league of nations would hasten the conclusion of peace,
, and says so. Certain republican senators doubtless have
the same belief but not like fairness.
After that demonstration at the First Baptist
church Friday afternoon, wouldn’t it be a good plan for
all of us to get out our books and memorize again
our first and simplest national anthem?
PUT THIS TO ’EM
Even the most unreasonable opponent of the
League of Nations will admit that Germany would never
have started the war if she had believed England would
stand by France and that the United States might be
ever drawn into the conflict. Therefore, with the na
tions bound by the covenant of the League, who will
be left to start a war? Or if any nation were left out,
would she dare? Ask any opponent of the League of
Nations. ?
TIME TO KEEP BUSY
The cotton crop, just like the peach crop, is al
ways lost two or. three times every season, but we man
age to make out somehow. They tell us things look pret
ty blue for cotton right now, but the same conditio
prevails all over the cotton belt, and if there is only
half a erop, we may reasonably expect a far higher
price than if the crop were 100 per cent. Let’s roll
up our sleeves, swat the boll weevil to the limit, and be
diligent with the plow. Providence will do the rest.
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WAR RISK PROFITS
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The Marine and Seaman’s division of the War Risk
Insurance Bureau closes its activities with the record
of having operated at a net profit of more than $17,-
000,000. This with the $50,000,000 appropriated by con
gress at the outbreak of the world war as a sinking
fund will be returned to the government. The division
has made the record of operating at a profit and of sup
plying insurance against the submarine danger to men,
ships and cargoes at a time when private corporations
would accept no risks.
TICK FIGHT HOTTEST NEXT MONTH
Next month, July, probably will be the biggest
month of the year in the campaign to drive the cattle
tick fever from the South. Past Julys have always
marked the apex of the season’s work, at least so far
as the number of cattle “dipped” is concerned, and
the tick eradication forces of the United States De
partment of Agriculture and the co-operating State
agencies are lining up to present a solid front to the
cattle parasite. New records for March and Apnl “dip
pings” were set this year, and it is believed that May,
also, went “over the top," although complete records
have not yet been tabulated. Reports from the field
indicate that this June will prove to have been the big
gest June in the anti-tick campaign. Working up to
this climax, the tick-eradication forces are working to
make it the best July on record. After July there may
be a decrease in the total number of “dippings”, but it
is essential that the work be kept up throughout the
season to foil the reproductive powers of the tick, which
are so marked that a few of the parasites are capable
of producing a million within a few months. According
to the reports reaching the United States Department
of Agriculture, public sentiment everywhere, among
the general public and business men as well as among
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PEACE SOUP
WE made a caldron full of soup, and set the
same before the Huns; they raised a loud,
disgusted whoop, and reached around for hidden
guns. “Ach, donnerwetter,” said their chief, "we
do not like this consomme; it is not made of whole
some beef, but rather hints of Old Dog Tray. I fear
you’ve boiled a lot of crows, or made a broth of our
lost goat: it is offensive to the nose, and raises
blisters in the throat.” The sparkling soup we have
prepared is pushed aside with angry snort; and
swords and sabers would be bared, if Huns had
weapons of the sort. The Germans have not grati
tude, they know not when they’re treated well;
they clamor now for oysters stewed, or perad
venture, on the shell. We who by Germans have
been gored, now lead them kindly to our coop, and
seat them at the groaning board, and they rear up
and cuss the soup No tact or manners has the Teut;
no winning ways to gain a friend; he is a boor, a
crude galoot, who rubs us wrong ways to the
end. Divested of his war lord dreams, he came,
still haughty, to our town, and thought he ought
to have ice cream, with costly drinks to wash it
down. He stirred up trouble in the past, he spread
the grief on pretty thick; and while this weary
world shall last I fear he’ll play the same old trick.
farmers and live-stock owners, is awakening fully to
the necessity of ridding the South from the insect ene
my that has impeded the proper development of cattle
raising and dairying in this section of the country.
LODGE AND HAMILTON
Senator Henry Cabot Lodge is an able historian
and biographer. Among his writings is a biography of
Alexander Hamilton. The founder of the Federalist
party held about the same relationship toward the
adoption of the constitution of the United States that
Mr. Lodge holds toward the League of Nations.
There were things about the Constitution that
Hamilton didn’t like, just as some of the articles of the
covenant of the League of Nations do not meet with
Senator Lodge’s approval. But Hamilton was big enough
and patriotic enough to give his support to the Consti
tutions adoption and for that he is praised by Mr. Lodge
in his writings.
“Hamilton’s confidence in his own theory deepened
and his faith in the existing constitution declined. But
when the work was complete at Philadelphia, when he
had put his name to the compromise which he had an
ticipated, and in which he rejoiced, he gave his ad
herence to the new Constitution and the new system,”
wrote Mr. Lodge.
“Had he been an agitator or a sentimentalist of
muddy morals and high purposes, a visionary and an
idealist, he would have stood up and howled against
this constitution, which was rot what he wanted, and
which fell so short of his own standard. As he was none
of these things, but a patriotic man of clear and practi
cal mind, he knew that the first rule of successful and
beneficial statesmanship was not to sulk because one
cannot have just what he wants, but to take the best
things obtainable, and sustain it to the uttermost.”
Senator Lodge upon occasion has declared for a
League of Nations. He doubtless realizes that its cove
nant cannot be perfect in all things whe.i first drafted,
hut that amendments will become necessary from time
to time, as it became necessary from time io time to
amend the constitution.
Senator Lodge now seems to forget that the first
rule of successful statesmanship is “not to sulk because
one cannot have just what he wants,” but to take the
best thing obtainable.
Teo bad Senator Lodge is not big enough and pa
triotic enough to earn the commendation he bestows
upon Alexander Hamilton.
? • STATE PRESS
THOSE PUBLICITY AGENTS
There are many publicity agents in this country.
There would be no objection to them if they would
pay for the publicity they want. But they won’t They
won’t even offer to pay for it. They send batch after
batch of stuff to the newspapers throughout the land
every day hoping to get it printed. They do not seem
to take into consideration that the newspapers have
about all they can well handle of their own matter, and
that besides, if they were to print all the stuff these
publicity agents send them it would cost them a goodly
sum of money. The concerns these publicity agents work
for pay them, they pay for the stationery they use, they
pay for the stamps to carry the stuff through the mails,
and all the costs are paid except newspaper printing.
This they expect the newspapers to do free of charge
regardless of the cost to them. We are getting very
tired of having the publicity agents dumping any where
from one to two dozen of their publication schemes
upon us every day, taking up our time looking them
over.—Columbus Enquirer-Sun.
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