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THE TIMES-RECORDER
DAILY AND WEEKLY
Tie Amerlcus Recorder, Established
1879
liie Amerlcus Times, Established 1890
Consolidated April, 1891,
Entered al the postofflce at Amerl
cus as second-class mall flatter.
THOMAS GAMBLE, JR..
Editor and Manager.
C. W. CORNFORTH,
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Manager.
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IvHAT CLAIM HAS HON. DUDLEY HUGHES? -
Americas, Ga, March 20,
GENIAL TOM HUDSON FOB GOV
ERNOR.
After carefully reading, and re-reading, the announcement of Hon. Dud-1 f,- or thern capitalists have begun
ley M. Hughes, for Congres.:. we fail to see anything in It that indicates I £he expe nditure of a quarter of million
that Mr. Hughes has any especially new ideas to otter for the consideration doI j ars j n Amerlcus, in the erection
of the people of the district, or any well 'defined views that would lllurai-L £ the new lighting plant and the con
nate the problems of our national life. I structlon of an electric railway.
Mr. Hughes says hefts iR favor of the revision of the tariff. Even our I Ig not thls an expression of confl-
Republican brethren have announced in favor of a revision of the tariff. It f dence j„ the future of Amerlcus that
is doubtful if Mr. Hughes would cut much figures as a, revisionist, doubtful ghouId convince every one here that
If be has any intimate acquaintance with the tariff schedules, or the in- there lg n0 rea son to feel other than
equalities contained therein, or the exact Injustices perpetrated on the peo- gatisfied with the outlook?
pie. All good Democrats are in favor of the revision of the tariff, so there Coo iheaded, calculating business
Is nothing especially new or striking or forceful about this plank In Mr. men . searching for field* for proflt-
ilughes platform. Mr. Hughes ought to tell us wherein he would revise it. ' I able investments, fields where there
Mr. Hughes is also in favor of the strict regulation of the trusts. Every I , g everyi reason to look for substan-
Democratic paper has been making its throat hoarse screaming for *Ws,| tta i . gyowth and continued develop-
egulation fot the past few years, and especially during the past year. We I men t, have selected Americas as one
ue all in favor of this, but, like Mr. Hughes, we are all waiting for some| qf tlle most promising of,such points
one to. show us exactly how to do the regulating effectively. Unfortunately I , n G COrg i a .
Mr Hughes seems to have no ideas on the subject at all. He la, in favor I q'pey ape not philanthropists. They
of “revision" and “regulation,” but how to revise and how to regulate seems I. not investing their money In a
to be with him a very hazy, misty sort of Indefinite thing that time must deslrt merely to help others. They
develop. Mr. Hughes ought to give the public his plan, if he has any, for are planning and paying out their
regulating tho trusts. good cash because tlsey believe that
Mr. Hughes also favors the passage of laws “that will provide an ample £ jj ey will get’kubstantial returns npon
and elastic currency.” So de we all, Mr. Hughes, but why note tell us it> because’they believe the general
what your'ideas are on the subject. What is the use of merely telling us | conditions here justify the faith that
you favor this or that end, when you do not tell us how you would reach Amer j C u* will remain a flourishing
that end. If Mr. Hughes has any clear, well defined, fixed convictions 13 1 community, a city that will thrive
to how we are to get an “amp: J and elastic currency” he has signally failed to and progress and make their invest-
iurn them loose in his announcement. If lie has any views the voters of the meatg prci atabl« continuously..
Third District should have them. Perhaps the people might not like 'Mr. 1 men who have no personal
Hughes' ideas at all. A mere bald statement that one favors a thing, with- j lnterest i n Amerlcus other than that
out any definite statement as to how it should be brought about, means j o£ bus i nes3 s how such faith in the
absolutely nothing. We can't Aell whether Mr. Hughes favors the Aldrich future o( the city why should any
bill, free silver, unlimited greenbacks, or what. lot our people repine, look downcast,
Mr. Hughes is also opposed to the corruption of the ballot, and several taJlc g i oonl R y about the future, or
other things that every decent citizen is opposed to, but, as have said, we ^oarage others by predictions of
have looked in vain for any statement as to how Mr. Hughes proposes I calamlty?
to accomplish anything. Mr. Hughes should acquaint the district with the I£ men trom p ennsy i V ania are will-
methods he proposes to pursue, with the bills he would introduce^ with the ing £o put out ma ny thousands of their
reasons that underlay them, with the measures he would support and why. good dollars here, the men of Am
There is nothing that he has announced in favor of that probably all good I ericuSi rea red in the city, making their
Democrats do not favor. He gives no real reason for a change in. our Uvlng here . accumulating their for-
representation In Congress, no reason why Mr. Lewis should be retired and I ( U nes here, should certainly feel
the interests of the District set back several years. The tariff will not bo I ^ muctl eon fldence as these compar-
revised any quicker or any more effectively by sending Mr. Hughes to ative strangers and even if they are-
Washington. Neither will the trusts be brought down Into the dust, or the I no£ billing to invest their money in:
financial problem solved any quicker by placing him in the seat nq»r occu-1 local enterprises should be willing to
pied by Mr. L^wis. And no ore doubts that a new member in Congress, with ta£k encouragingly ' ot the present
everything to learn'of a practical nature, with no friendships to serve him, I condltlona and the future prospects,
with no influences at his command, would be of far less value to the dfstrict l Men from the North, who are going
in a practical way than the member we* now have. It is undoubtedly t°L head and spending their money here
the best material interests,V the Third District to retain Mr. Lewis torL th | s n ew enterprise put to the
another term. The tariff can doubtless be revised, the money barons.| blU8ll evety man In Americus who
humbled, the trusts throttled, end the corruptionists manacled without Mr. fee , g other tha n a p«lde in the city,
Hughes’ presence in Washington. I a desire to advance its development, or
who falls to- sound the note ot en
couragement.
IT IS UP TO YOU, MB. MAYOR AND
• ALDERMEN.
Georgia might go a long wayBtwo
years hence for a governor and not
fare half as well as if it came
Sumter county and took the Hon. Tom
Hudson to fill that offleo with.
To begin with, Tom Hudson is
Aian of the plain people. Reared on
a Georgia farm, a farmer from the
top of his wool hat to the bottom ofl
his brogans, mixing all of his life on
terms of equality with the common
ality of the state, knowing their needs,
appreciating their ambitions, enter
ing into and sharing their sentiments,
ie would be a governor of, by and
for the people.
Georgia is an agricultural state in
the n^ain. Its prosperity depends upon
its farmers. If every factory in the
limits of the Btate wore eliminated
Georgia would still be a great state.
Hot that we would underrate the j
value and importance of a varied in-j
dustrial life, or_ the great and grow
ing part manufactures arc placing In
development of the state, but the fact
nevertheless is that agriculture is the
main industry ol Georgia and will
probably remain such forever.
We have had AWo lawyers for gov
ernor in succession. Joe Terrell held
the office lor four years, Hoke Smith
will hold It for four. Two ye^rs hence
we ought to go back to the farmers
*nd take our governor from them. And
when we do that Tom Hudson is the
man for the job; ,
Tom Hudson is a good executive
officer. He is a man of brains,
man of force, a man of progressive
ideas, and a man who would seek to
promote' the welfare of Georgia in
every direction, and especially along
the lines with which he is best ac
quainted-agriculture. *
Governor Thomas ^ Hudson! It
sounds well. Sumter county wants
the 1 next executive to hall from here.
- The formers of Georgia should see
to It that the Commissioner ol Agri
culture graduates into the governor's
chair in X910.
ALAS, POOR HOKE l
Pave the atreeta and when Uncle
g.rr, takes that cenaua, in 1910 we
will have 15,000 people. ’Put that In
your pipe and smoke tt .
It is up to you, Mr. -Mayor and
Aldermen of the City of Amerlcus,
whether Americus shall have a_ dull,
spiritless summer, or a summer full
of life and vigor, and hopefulness—a
summer marked by public Improve
ments, by active business, by a feel
ing of pride and determination,
a summer marked by lethargy in
business, by a decreased interest In
betterments, by a feeling of sorry
Indifference to the welfare of the
city. •
It Is up to you, Mr. Mayor and Al
dermen. The responsibility rests
directly and Immediately on your
shoulders. You cannot escape It.
You arc the official leaders of the
city, the official representatives of
the people. In your hands are placed
great public responsibilities and dut
ies. It is for you to say whether
these potyers will be used at this
time In such a way that Amerlcus
will be aroused as never before, and
planted squarely on a forward march
that can never be arrested.
Mr. Mayor and Aldermen of the
City of Americus, It Is up to you
whether we will have paved streets
next fall or not.' It Is up to you
whether we shall have those new
school buildings, so badly needed, or
not. It is up to you -whether we shall
have ample enjoyment tor labor this
summer It is up to you whether Am
erlcus next October shall take high
rank among Georgia cities for the
condition ol Its thoroughfares, for
the aspect of push, and bustle and
progress that It wears. The people
voted for bonds. They came to the
polls a year ago almost unanimously.
The period when bonds might have
been placed with difficulty has now
passed.
It Is up to you, Mr, Mayor and Al
dermen, to Place those bonds, to use
the proceeds as intended, to make
Amerlcus the city It should be, the city
™ mom
catur as to why he "fired” Railroad
Commissioner Joe M. Brown, ha3 fal-1 candor compels us to say that Gov.
len about his head. And It did not I g^^ j^^s made out a clear case la
fall like a halo, but rather like an I £he j^ter „{ the quarterly' payments
eclipse. |of pensions, Instead of annual pay-
Of all the lame excuses offered f°n mentj ^ heretofore,
a ■ political act, that handed^ to the I >^ 0 Dlan> governor or otherwise, can
dear people by t "Our Governor’’ was I pfty out money that la not at his
the most broken down. According to | ooromand to pay out. It there Is an
him. Commissioner Brown Jiad dared I emp ty treasury pensions and every
to send him a personal letter, enclos-1 expen diture provided by law
ed In a double envelope. Awlul! But | mus t wait.
the wily Hoke was not to be caught. I Tlj | g seemg to have been the condl-
Not he. So rather than dally with tlon tn Georgia The legislature was
the temptation to open an innocent-1 eager and willing to make ample pro
looking letter,—which he admits was I pIglon f or the old veterans needing
In an envelope bearing the card of ^[stance. The public was willing
his own law firm,—lie firmly puts the I £ba£ £Pe pen alon fund should be In-
missive from him, I creased. Everybody wants the old
/'Nothing short of prompt “Goo I veterans to be provided for as far as
would Bave the great state. Joe £he g t a t e -a ability will permit. So
Brown must go! Orders are issued thg appropr | a tlon for this purpose
contemporaneously" which relieved I wgg lncrea ised to $950,000 a year.
Mr. Brown from a place on the Rail- But lnaamuC h ag the state never has
road Commission. I the amount of money at Its command
The Governor says that it looked w hen the year opens, and the govern-
to him like Brown was trylpg to ln-| or - g power to borrow Is limited by the
timidate him, by sending a letter constitution ot the state to 3200,000,
marked “personal and confidential.” I ££ wag apparen t that the pensions
Mr. Brown, in a card just Issued, I cou | d not j, e pa i d a t the opening of
explains the entire transaction, and I £bg y ear This flanclal condition led
One improvement m a city brings on another improvement. It is just
natural as one day to follow another. The spirit of emulation Is awaken
ed the eyes ot the community are opened.to their possibilities of develop,
ment, a wave of enthusiasm -hr created, and before one advance step has
been completed another is projected apd under way.
This is the way it has been with Americus. This is the way it should
be This Is the wav it can be, if the Mayor and Aldermen will take up
the matter of'the bond issue with vigor, do whatever may be necesqary to
place the bonds for street paving, push the work forward this summer, and
sfart the city off in the fall under new conditions that cannot help hut be *
a tremendous factor lu shoving It onward.
One improvement means another improvement. No one can doubt
that who will look over the progress of the city tor the past two years. As
soon as one merchant began improving his store, modernizing it, beautifying
it, making it more attractive, other merchants felt compelled to do like-
wise. The wave of store improvement has not exhausted Itself by anj
Means. It 1^ still under way.
Some awnings were ordered down. It was at once noticeable that the
stores and the streets bore a decidedly better appearance than before. More ,
awnings have comedown as c result. Eventually all will be down, aud
Amerlcus will be that much prettier, that much nearer a thoroughly up-
to-date city as a result.
One tlle sidewalk was put down. Soon they were going down by the
dozen Before long the old worn out bricks will be taken up everywhere
and modern, substantial, beautiful sidewalks, will succeed them. One Im-
urovement brings on another.
One home was modernized. Its exterior altered, its interior beautified
and rendered more convenient and comfortable. Soon another followed
suit, and then another. And the good work goes on without Interruption.
The Y. M. C A. building was inaugurated, it is almost finished. It
was a grand step toward. BuC-we are not satisfied. How could a real
five community ever be satisfied? --And now we are after a Carnegie library
building. And we* are going to have It on a main thoroughfare. Another
magnificent forward stride.
Y. M. C. A., Carnegie library, and sooner or later, perhaps sooner than
we now anticipate, we will have'a new opera house, a modern, well equip
ped, thoroughly safe structure, one that will be a pride to the city. It must
come. We all recognize that.
The District Agricultural Collegejhas been built, in part. There me
two buildings. It will not be a long time before we will put up the third
one, Americus and Sumter county are too progressive to do things by
halves. i . ,
The new electric lighting plant is being built. Iu a short time the men
will be at work op the street railway. By fall the cars will be running.
Another glorious forward movement.
Next yeai we will have an electric park, a? place of amusement through
out tho long summer months for the people, a place that will be easily, com
fortably, cooly reached, where popular pleasures will be awaiting us at
popular price.. Who expected such a thing two short y*ars ago? Americus
plunges forward,, oue might almost say.
But all these grand achievements call for something else. They call for
lie thing we now need most ot all.' They call for paved, streets.
We have done great things in Americus In the past two or three years.
Every visitor *o the city acknowledges that. But the greatest of all remains
to he done, and the means can be easily provided, tor It.
The people want the business section paved. They want the business
section like the residence section, to be thoroughly up-to-date. They want
the highways there to be In keeping with our other general forward march.
We must have the streets paved. The work should be done this sum
mer and early fall. When winter comes, when the bustle ot heavy business
* on. Amerlcus should greet its visitors with paved streets, with street
tars, with an all night electric service, with a handsomely. M. C. A. home.
The Mayor and Aldermen must not lie down on this matter. The people
behind them in any steps they take to have the streets paved- The peo
ple showed that a year ago- They show tt now.
Pave the streets.' Mr. Major and Aldermen! If it Is necessary to hate
another election to remedy the error Into which we tell In providing for
a four percent, instead 4Jive per cent bond, then call the election. The
advocates of progress wUl rally to ycur standard. Inside ot three months
you can have the bonds placed, the money at hand, the work under way.
Think of what It will mean to Amerlcus to Lave the -business sectioa
paved when next fall arrives, to have street car* running along paved
streets. Think of what It will mean to our own people, ^and of the impres
sion It will make on the outside world.
We have got the flhest small city in Georgia, If not in the South, righ
here. It must not stand still. The glorious progress of the past three
years must not be checked, Give us the paved streets, and then the ueit
thing will be the new $100,000 government building.
It Is up to you, Mr. Mayor and Aldermen ol the city ot Amerlcus!
LAW WELL ENFORCED.
Incidentally shows up the Governor £o £he enactme nt that the pensions
In a most ridiculous light. If the lat-1 s j 10U i ( j p e pa t d in four equal amounts,
ter really thought anybody was try-1 but 6ttll ln advanC e.
ing to "bulldoze” him. I Gov . g m Rh makes this very clear
It looks like Mr. Brown has the L hJg gpeec i 1 at Decatur. He also
Governor cornered. Whichever way 1 1K)luted out that the war to remedy
the Chief Executive turns Mr. Brown tWg (g for the otd BO idiers to agitate
is ready with a harpoon which he L, g constitutional amendment al-
filngs with such accuracy that he | low[ng the governor to borrow
always scores heavily. Its like tak
ing candy from a child to expose the I
much as $600,000^
It is a pity that the pensions can-
It Is a matter of comment all over
^he country that the prohibition law*
in Georgia is being well enforced.
When the law was passed many said
that It was impossible of enforcement,
and that It would be made a mockery
of.
■ It is true that the second largest
city ln the state tried to make ' all
these predictions good, but when
Judge Speer got through with the
‘locker club” contingent, all the fight
was gone ln Savannah. This has made
the enforcement of the law practically
Governor every time he undertakes! . 1)a [ d a t one time and ln ad-
. „ . * nn nnll-wnllrnod ' * ' .u-x
to- defend his acts as antt-rallroad
lawyer and politician. I
vance. Buo we cannot but feel that
the governor 4s in nowise responsible
for the extslting condition, and that
.. ... w . I it Is futile and puerile to criticise
The Griffin News stabs at the heart |» 18 ®
WtrZS of Hon. Dudley I him on this
Hughes for Congress 'when_ It says: the Lbllity of the
JSWWw ^ to pay pensions In advance at
Third district. He has promised a | the beginning of the year,
somewhat longer platform, but it Is
mainly contained In the idea that six
terms In long enough for Ltje Lewis.
The price of tombstones is to b#
further advanced. Out of pure cussed,
ness,- now, people ought to/stop dy-
Atlanta continues to work toward I )gg That’s the quickest way to break
that million dollar Issue of bonds f °r | down t p[ s trust
improvement. Amerlcus Insists on
that $75,000 ‘““ ed u “fj L |q U o r Interests have organised to
the money use relieve the flfiht prohibition In the Soutfi under
£7 wm|toe tlfle Oftae ^League. The
Its people want it to be. | summer ot any uuuuem »»» "—| _ — , ...
What are you going to do about »t 1 make the improvements the people! .
Mr. Mayor aud Aldermen? want made and voted to make. I™* already taken.
unanimous. Occasionally a # blind
tiger Is run down and a negro sent
over the road to the workhouse, but
selling whiskey is becoming so risky
that offenders are few.
All this Is as it should be. The law
should be given a full trial. AH over
Georgia the determination o( the
majority Is to have the law enforced
with practical thoroughness. Only
ln this way can Its merits and demer.
its be brought out.
Georgia has proclaimed that It Isa
Jawabtding state, and that the great
majority of the citizenship is behind
the prohibition law. The liquor men
have bowed, and withdrawn grace
fully.
The people are studying the law
and the verdict generaUy Is that It iis
Vt good ttyng. Tt will be a long time
before much attention is -paid to talk
ot any serious modification, ot it
HON. CRAWFORD I^HEATLE*
Hon. Crawford Wheatley has an
nounced his candidacy for the P»s-
tlon of delegate-at-large from Geor ( '
gla to the Democratic convention <■
Denver on July 7. That he will
accorded the honor seems assured
The selection of Mr. Wheatley
representative of the whole state*'
be a deserved . recognition of
popular Democrat, who stands WP
In tjie councils of hts party. 11
also be a credit to. the Third Dls r
to furnish one of the delegate*
represent the whole state.
As a member of the LegU'«““'
Mr. Wheatley came Into P r0,,!l “' 8
In his party, and in the y eara
then he has been au active «'° ...
He was for a time a candidate
Congress from this district,
combination ot circumstances
to the decision to withdraw. ^
In politics Mr. Wheatley l‘ as ‘
V_. - Ll.k -fnnrl SCOWIM
the tricks of the petty P ollt | g lan 6ta( i
Is just the kind of a man the s
needs to represent It with dlgn
ability. -jjtf
Tho state convention could
wiser selection than to
Hon. Crawford Wheatley as ® ne /
the delegates from the state at
We are going to hammer a
thoso paved' streets until « e tef
them. Paved streets
Americas and we have jj-g. g
to have them. Thats a
1 about it
at