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THE AMERICUS WEEKLY TIMES-RECORDER. FRIDAY. FEBRUARY 28. 1908. THE TIMES-RECORDER DAILY AND WEEKLY lie Amerlcus Recorder, Established 1879* The Amerlcus Times, Established 1S9U Consolidated April, 1891. Botered at the postofflce at Ameri cas ns second-class mall matter. THOMAS GAMBLE. JR.. Editor and Manager. C. W. CORNFORTH, Associate Editor and Assistant Manager. J. W. FURLOW, City Editor. W. L. DUPREE, , „ . Assistant Business Dept Editorial Room Telephone 99. The Times-Rccordcr Is tho Official Organ of the City of Amerlcus Official Organ of Sumter County. Official Organ of Webster County. Official Organ of Railroad Commis sion of Georgia for the 3rd Congres sional District SUBSCRIPTION RATES: Dally,, one. year Daily, one month 60o Weekly, one year $1-00 Weekly, six months 60c Address all letters and make remit tance payable to THE TIMES-RECORDER, Amerlcus, Gs Amerlcus, Ga., Feb. 28, 1908. Atlanta has settled the pump ques tion. The papers of that city will badly miss the topic. THE COMPANIONSHIP OF BOOKS • Companions who never 'deceive nor desert us.” So described Wash ington Irving the books that, had been the acquaintances and intimate lends of his long life. Like other men he had known the treachery of erstwhile comrades; he had felt the sting of human Ingratitude; he had realized the Instability of the professions of every day neighbors. But when he retired to enjoy what Longfellow has so aptly termed "the sweet serenity of boalts.” when he was alone with the master minds of all ages and touched hands with the departed spirits of the great of all time, he telt that there, at least, he was with companions who could be relied upon, companions who would solace him in the hour of trouble and anxiety, companions who would ever await his coming with the same eagerness to tesume the old congenial intimacy. And so he looked upon his books with loving eyes, with eyes that spoke the ardent affection that burned within him. They were a staff upon which lie could lean, a support on which he could rely, companions who gave succor willingly and unstintedly and held a never ceasing fountain of sweet blessings at his command. The man who enjoys the companionship of good books has a yefuge to - one man.” Vice-President Fairbanks which he can flee with unerring certainty when the troubles of life distress j olne( , jn thc attacks, though In him, when its injustices appall him, when its tribulations weight him down REPUBLICAN dissentions. Speaker Cannon and other Republi cans made a bitter onslaughter on Roosevelt at a dinner at a Washing ton hotel Friday night. No name was called, but the remarks was such as to leave no doubt on the matter.. The attacks on the President proved em- barrassng to the host, Senator Ankeny, of Washington, who is a candidate for reetectlon. But even more bitter was the at tack of Senator Fulton, who is said to have called on thq Republican sena tors to rally about him for the pur pose of preventing the President from dictating his successor at the Chicago convention. He declared that the par ty was facing the greatest crisis in its history, and that the party was doom ed to destruction unless the party leaders "prevented Its domination by A SENSIBLE VIEW OF BUSINESS.Qfl BUILDING TO INSURE EARLY FINISH Atlanta has put the lid on a brew labeled “Dixie." Tho recorder held that Dixie which contained intoxicants was a misnomer. As a “me too" proposition, the Georgia Railroad Commission is a success. But as usual with imitators, it tries to “out Herod" its model. Inebriated hogs led to the discov ery of an illicit still in Forsyth coun ty. A moonshiner can’t be too care ful to whom he disposed of his pro duct. Hearst has launched his national party, having for its basis his Inde pendence League. The Democratic ring was evidently too small for two .such clowns as Hearst and Bryan A writer in the Chicago Tribune takes up a brief for Vice-President Fairbanks, alleging that he Is not an ice pitcher at all. Soon a story may appear denying the cocktail Inci dent. In them he can And that "surcease of sorrow" for which he longs. Between the four walls of his library lies that “balm of Gilead" for which his weary 30ul yearns. Shut in from the world with all its din, with all its cruel selfishness, with all its petty meanesses, his soul draws in new life, absorbs new vigor, is refreshed and elevated for the strife of the future. Here he tises on stepping stones laid by others toward higher things. The dirt of the world drops from his wings and he soars to purer atmospheres. No matter what Ills mood, he finds at his service.true friends who meet the varying conditions of his mind. Does he wish release from brooding cares in merriment? The humorists of all nations are there to laugh with him Does he Wish to have the fountains of his sympathy touched, to have com passion enter into his soul anew? All the pathos that inspired brains, controlled by deeply moved souls, have ever penned, comes to stir the depths of sentiment within him. Does he yearn for patriotic inspiration, for new yeast to leaven the soul until it surges with loggings for purer and nobler ideals In public life? The statesmen, the heroes, the orators, uf generations long since passed to dust, step down from the shelves to mouse and arm him anew for the battle with greed and corruption in high place. Surrounded by his cherished volumes, books that seem to thrill Ills inmost being as he lays gentle hands upon them, whose voices seem to welcome him with one grand acclaim of Joyful greeting, he feels, indeed, that here he is with friends upon whom he may implicitly rely, friends who sympathize with his aspirations and lend yoeman aid to their realization. To be pitied, indeed, is that man who knows not the value, the delights, of the companionship of books. He may have accumulated his fortune, he may have built h's grand home, ho may seem to many an object of envy, yet if he has not cultivated the friendship of those souls that live on from age to age, with unbroken Influence, undiminished power, ho has missed one of the great charms of living. No matter what your work may be, no matter in what sphere of life you may move, fail not to cultivate an appreciation of that "Choir invisible of immortal souls, Who live again in minds made nobler by their presence, Live in pulses stirred to generosity, in deeds of daring rectitude, In thoughts sublime that lead men's souls to higher issues.” THOMAS GAMBLE, JR. more conservative manner. Senator Bourne was the only defender of the President to be heard from. After the dinner was over. Senator Ankeny at once set about preparing a statement about the dinner lo be used in Wash ington, where he knows that his en emies will seek to hold him to account for the attacks on the President. All of ' which is most encouraging from a Democratic standpoint. If It were not for the fact that Bryan oc cupies much the same position in his party that Roosevelt does In the Re publican party, there would be an ex- illent chance of electing a Democrat ic President. But it will be hard to convince the Nebraskan tho* the party could survive if he is not at the head of the ticket. ' Burke Cochran thinks the man who plunders millions ought to go to the penitentiary before the man who pilfers pennies. But the man who merely steals pennies has no money to secure a stay of proceedings. “Ul'ON WHAT MEAT.” SELECTION OF COUNTY OFFICERS Morse is not sitting quietly by while bis creditors put him in the bank ruptcy courts. He is hustling in the financial district. His attorney inti mates that Morse l s far from being a "dead one" In the financial world. The American fleet may return via the Suez canal and circumnavi gate the globe. It will undoubtedly be given a rousing reception in Eu ropean waters, where big things arc appreciated, especially in the^ naval line. Taft is said to look with favor on Gov. Fort, of New Jersey ns his running candidate If the governor can bring that State's delegation in to line. A secretary of war joining hands with a Fort does not auger very pacific administration. Moses taught the Jews that they should leave the gleanings of the harvest fot the poor and the stran ger. Such a policy does not prevail these days. The poor and the stran ger either starve, go to the gang or the poor house. Somehow the plan of Moses seems the better, though. Atlanta is talking about issuing one million of bonds to beautify the city. In the meantime Mr. Hugh T. Inman has offered to buy a pump costing $135,000 for the city, trust ing to future councils to repay him. It would strike thc average common sense that it would be better to use some of the proceeds of the pro posed bond issue to repaying Mr. Inman rather than toward work of beauty. It is not the policy or Intention of the Times-Recorder to attempt to Influence voters In favor of any candidates for the various county offices. A number of very good men are offering for them, men who are thoroughly capable of filling them to the satisfaction of the public, and with credit to themselves. They are all friends of this paper, and it would hardly become us to single out favorites for support In a pbbllc way. It Is not Improper, however, it appears to us, to lay stress upon Ore Importance of securing men for county commissioners who are committed to a progressive policy for the betterment of the conditions throughout Sumter. Much has been done in the past few years toward the redeeming of the roads, and toward the maintenance of a better school system. Good loads are especially dear to the Times-Recorder, realizing, ns this paper dies, their vast Importance In the upbuilding of both county and city. When the voters come to make up their tickets they should certainly bear this fact In mind and'support the good road movement by the election of men who are known to be unreservedly in favor of the continued better ment of the county roads. This is a public improvement that should appeal to every man. If Sumter has a Board of County Commissioners made up of men who believe In better highways, who are known by their past words nud acts to be‘committed to a policy of continued Improvements of this nature, then Sumter county will be assured of four years of progress in this direction. In so far as the other county offices are concerned, it is not improper to say that old officers who have filled their offices with intelligence, with honesty, with due regard to the needs and desires of the public, who have sought to meet thc wishes of their constituents, are generally held to be entitled to the commendation that Is expressed in a re-election. With an Intelligent array of voters such as are registered in this coun ty, Sumter is never apt. to have other than men of honor, integrity and capability filling its official positions. It has been so In the past and it will undoubtedly be so in the future. No county In the state probably has a more unbroken record of officials who have fully met all the requirements of their official positions than the county of Sumter. The Augusta Herald thrashes around at a tremendous rate because some citizen might so utterly disreg ard precedent as to offer to run against Gov. Smith. It appears espec ially pained when it walls: "As it lias been the unbroken precedent in this state for the governor to serve two terms, a precedent so regularly fol lowed as to make it an unwritten law, It was not thought that anybody would announce against him." But the worst of the nightmare with which the Herald is afflicted is that that hateful Mr. Brown is mentioned. Its like shaking a red flag in front of a bull. Why, claims the Herald In substance, that fellow was fired by Gov. Smith, and of course that forev- e- puts a stamp of "counterfeit” on him. Further on, to bolster up Its candi date, the paper affirms that "Gov- Smith is stronger with the people today than he was when he beat four candidates." If the Herald really believes such a statement, it has bur led his head In the sand, where it could neither see or hear what Is gO' ing on. In another place in the same art! cle, the Herald says: "Men do some times enter .a hopeless race, for rea sons that are not made public.” Then again they enter for reasons which they publicly announce, as in tho case of Hon. Joseph M. Brown. The In nuendo in the Herald's remark Is not worth noticing. There is a good saying about be ing able to fool some of the people all the time, and all of thc people some of the time, but when it comes to hoodwinking all the people all the time, the scheme is a rank failure. Such a bugaboo as the "second term precedent" should not be allowed to he used as a battle axe to slaughter the state's best Interests. If Mr. Brown can be Induced to enter the race, the esteemed Herald will be rudely shocked in its estimate of the "popularity” of Gov. Smith’ we fear. It is refreshing to find that Gover nor Hughes is neither a muck raker nor an alarmist, nor one who finds it necessary to trail along in the path hewed out by the mighty one in the White House. The governor does his own thinking, reaches conclusions that are sound, and has no hesitancy In expressing them. Governor Hughes does not think that in this country business moral ity has gone to the demnition bow wows. He is not one of those who think that all business men are cor rupt, all corporations traitors to the land, and the majority of capitalists worthy of stripes and chains. In his opinion business honor in this coun try stands as high as It does in any other country, and violations of the laws are exceptions and not the rule, and not remarkable in number con sidering the enormous extent and va riety of our business Interests. Addressing the Union League Club of Chlchgo a few days ago New York’s executive gave vent to some views that those who are continually con temning and condemning would do well to consider. Said he, in part: The country is morally sound. 1 standards of business were never higher. In tills land of industry with unexampled opportunities for produc tion and exchange, with an area and distribution free from artificial bar riers of intercourse such as the world has never seen, the men of business Inevitably represent the intelligence and moral sentiment of the people. They do not constitute n caste. They come from every walk in life; from the farm, the college, the counting- room and thc shop. And never more than today have they, taken as a whole, earnestly de sired that abuses shall be stopped, that an end shall be put to corrupt dealings and unfair practices, that gambling shall not parade in business, livery and that American industry and trade shall have free scope for de velopment and extension along the lines of honorable rivalry and with Justice to stockholders, to employees and to tho people at large. He referred to the Industrial de presslon following the panic, and de clared that for the regeneration which is approaching, “it is absolutely es sential that we should have thc tonic of a wholesome confidence. He sisted that there Is no occasion for misgivings as to the future, urging that vague alarms be dismissed and that calm confidence in the Integrity of the people. In this connection he said: To support this confidence and t< gain these ends we must have a set tied governmental policy. And 1 must, be a right policy. It must be a policy consistent with the genius of our Institutions. The people of this country do not desire Socialism even as an experiment. They do not propose to pass through a dreadful quarter of an hour of revolutionary changes to satisfy them selves of which they are already well apprised and which make Impossible the permanent constitution of so ciety in accordance with socialistic theory. Is\e of $12,000 Will be Made Soon. The Amerii Boclatio' sue work bonl Ishing o early dai The m eration fo cently An issue denominatlo made, and agreed to asi bing to the that the directors of the Young Men’s Christian As- ave fully determined to ls- for the completion of the fully assures the fin. beautiful building at an has been under conslj. ime time, and was re- dned upon. $12,000 of bonds in $500 each will he il banks have already the work by subscri- issue. The bonds \e to extend over a period of five Jars only. Already the \ M. C. A. building, representing aiwnvestment of $!«.- 000 when finish), is nearing the stage of compleW but much yet remains to be doa u pon the Interior, and In the purch:^ of furniture and equipment. Twelve Thousanadollars will am ply cover the cost y\to be entailed in completing the bullJig, The Association la on hand sev eral thousand dollarJof unpaid sub scriptions, yet not di and covering a period of two or thiV years. These deferred payments, asVollected, will be applied to the retkment of thc bonds now to be floate\ This course was dWd by far the best, rather than left work upon the building lag in Its pAent Incom plete stage, and the actfy of the local banks which volunteted to take the entire issue of bonds a^ help the Association is commendab/. There will be no cessatioiof work, in all probability, and the^eautlful building will be pushed raldly to completion. A SERIES OF CONGERS IN MARCH AND A'RIL Americus to Hate Sev<ral ArtistU PRESIDENT WALKER’S RETURN HEARST RAPS HIS EDITOR A CORRESPONDENT’S TWADDLE. Judge Gray, of Delaware, still meu- ioned as a candidate for the presi- lency on the Democratic ticket, docs jot believe la the elimination of itate Hnes by the abolishment of our Inal system of government. Says "This is not a consolidated re public,. No one need wish to see the nap of the United States painted one :olor from ocean to ocean, from lakes o gull When that does happen, which God forbid, the color will be srimaon.” he Some enthusiastic admirer of Gov ernor Smith has sent out from Wash ington a press dispatch to the ef fect that Gov. Smith is to be asked to accept the place at the head of the Prohibition party national ticket. Such twaddle betrays the misin formation of the correspondent both as to the record of Gov. Smith on the prohibition question and os to the nature of the Prohibition party. It is doing tho words of Gov. Smith no injustice to Bay that he was forced by public sentiment into sign Ing the prohibition law. First he was for local option only, but later delivered a grandiloquent phrase as he signed the state prohibition law. But his latest saying Is that In Sav annah when he declared that he fav dens. As to the political availability of Gov. Sndth on other lines, he is a mat taws icnuuis iu r»uwu Cleveland Democrat, with eyes fast- liberties and the freedom of the clti- cned on the United States Senate as zen W H1 always operate to the dis- a suitable place to spend a long term' advantage of the weaker citizen. A few days ago the somewhat un usual spectacle was presented of the owner of a big newspaper writing a reproving letter to his editor and pub lishing It In his newspaper. Hearst’s editor—we trust It was not John Temple—lumped on the recent de cision of the Supreme Court rather vigorously. When the editorial came under the notice of Hearst, the owner, he wrote a "letter to the Editor” in which he took to task his employe for his edi torial utterances. Hearst said, among other things: "I personally believe that laws tending to restrain the President Walker, of the street railway, has returned to Amerlcus, prepared to take up actively the plans of his company In connection with the Improvements in the electric pow er plant and the building of the rail way lines. The story of his return as told in yesterday's Times-Recorder was read with much interest. The building of the street railway Is dear to the heart of very citizen of Am erlcus, the realization being general that its building means a great deal to the Industrial progress of the city Of course there will be a mass of preliminary work, such as ordering the equipment, making contracts for different classes of work, and the de lay necessary to the laying down of the materials in Amerlcus. But with things moving as swiftly as possible towards the desired end, a feeling of encouragement will permeate every enterprise In the city. • The presence of" Mr. Robert L. Reeves, the consulting engineer of the construction company, Bhows that President Walker has come prepared to take up the different projects with a vim. The coming of spring will permit the building operations to be carried on without hinderance from unseasonable weather. Americus heartily welcomes Presi dent Walker and halls him as a. pub lic benefactor whose enterprises are of the very greatest importance to this city's prosperity. of years. That he would deliberately put aside the chances for this glit tering crown by consenting to lead a forlorn hope is a political mon strosity which has never entered the Governor’s brain, we dare say. Fourteen female teachers In an Indian township made a study of the Thaw case and came to the decision that the killing of White was Justified under the circumstances. They there upon signed a petition asking that Thaw be liberated. These school teachers might have found less un savory subjects to occupy their ored the German style of beer gar- minds. Therefore these decisions of the Su preme Court seem to me to be in accordance with the Constitution, and not in opposition to the best Inter ests of the working people.” It has been the custom of Hearst’s New York papers to attack corpora tions right and left, and the poor edi tor who offended no doubt did so in the full belief that he was doing his master's wish. But he has been over ruled by the court of last resort in this case. The Hughes boomers claim 200 dele gates. Their modesty Is really re markable. Prof. E. H. McNeil, o the Amiri- cus School of Music, arranging with the Alkahest Lyc lm Bureau for a series of five attr Hons, for Amerlcus, during the jnths of March and April. Prof. IcNeill will today begin a canvass imong citi zens for patronage for e course. He proposes to sell a cket cover ing the five entertainmes for $2.50 or two course tickets foi 4. The attractions arrac d for are all of a high class, in< ding Mrs. n popular various places and the i re course will be a treat. It has decided whether the cou given at the opera hou where. singer; a a con- Sheridan, a noted contri > malq quartette with chi s cert company, composed if pianist, violinist and dramatic t >r singer; Powell Hale, the lmpers^tor And last, but not leas favor, Ralph Bingham, Mrs. Sheridan is sche March 10. The various ments are highly comme id DIG GR0P PEAC SEEMS NOW Fine Prospect Orchard. Justice Brewer, in a speech at Coop er Union Saturday night, sounded warning against the habit of extrava gance which Is becoming character istic of nation, state, municipality and Individual. "We have been most unwisely discounting the future,” he said, In referring to the vast debts be ing piled up In the form of bonds, toje future generations to pay. Such a warning comes none too soon. Mr. It. C. Bagley of At a, spent yesterday in Amerlcus int ting the big peach orchard of Bag Ray-Go- ber Co., and Is sanguine cellont crop this year, two hundred and fifty tho nd trees In this orchard—a round < ter mil lion—and over half of th will be In full bearing this sea , Mr. Bagley examined hundredi the trees with greatest care and onfldent that no Injury has been icted by any recent freeze. Witl jntinued favorable seasons an imr e peach crop is assured In all of big or chards In the Amerlcus ifict. BOUGHT A MODEl ARM WEST OF CIT1IMITS The fight against Bryan has been dropped in Pennsylvania. The Ne braskan will get the big delegation from the Keystone State. The Den ver convention promises to be merely one for the selection of a vice-presi dential candidate, at this rate. Dr. P. F. Bahnsen pur ed yes terday from Messrs. Lul kins and W. W. Dykes ugh Mr. Will English, real esta font, a model little farm of one b ed seres Just west of the city an ar New Point, on the Seaboard Bray. The farm ils about half clea the /£ malnder being original v considered one of the n lesh-aWe of Its size In tho countr *1 Baha sen will improve It greahud make it a model farm indeed.