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AMERICUS WEEKLY TIMES-RECORDER. FRIDAY. MAY 15. 1908.
DB. BROUGHTON'S PROTEST
THE TIMES-RECORDER
daily and weekly
The Amerieus Recorder, Established
The Amerlcus Times, Established 1830
Consolidated April, 1891.
THE
CONGRESSMAN LEWIS' EFFECTIVE WORK.
Entered at the postofflce at Ameri
cas as second-class mall matter.
THOMAS GAMBLE, JR.,
Editor and Manager.
C. W CORNFORTH,
There- is nothing in the reports that come from the various counties
of the Third Congressional District to lead one to belleye otherwise than
that Congressman Lewis will he returned for another term by a rous ng
majority. His vote in the^pproacbing primary gives promise of being
tnprecedently large. It will he a public acknowledgment of
of his past services and of confidence in his ability to accomplish still more
Sr thedistrict during the next two years, bis Cosing term in the House
<>f TuTnalurally' gratifying to Mr. Lewis' friends to notice how Uttte toa-
1 cession has been made upon the public mind by the opposition to him.
1 . . . a a. ran f hie mm
Mr. Dudley Hughes was very
, <h advised when he entered on this campaign.
I „„„„„„ I«.'l« b, finally an. » «>»« ■»“« «
J. W FURLOW,
W.
City Editor.
u. DUPREE, , „ , I
Assistant Business Dept |
Editorial Room Telephone *9.
The Tlmes-Becorder Is the
Official Organ of the City of Amerlcus
Official Organ of Sumter County.
>,r. Lewis' return without opposition or take the Reid as a candidate him-
B( .,f, His spirit of personal antagonism to Mr. Lewis was so great that he
accepted the alternative, and has been doing his best for the past Jew
weeks to rally voters to his standard. It is amusing in tbl sconnection to
notice Mr. Hughes' efforts to convince the voters that they should send him
to Congress as a farmer. For two or three weeks
efforts to getting one of a
he concentrated his
ss r-birrv.™' zr
I—rr™.,, ..
SUBSCRIPTION RATES: . I more than anything we could hope for from a new repre wm ^
uany, one. year.. * 50o juncture. A soil survey for probably every county n
& during the next two years through Mr. Lewis' efforts. This is
Weekly’ six months EOc rractlcal WO rfc for the farming industry of the Third district that means
Add less all letters and make remit- P , More rural routes sre being prepared for. Amerious has been
UDCl theTtIMES-RECORDER, | secured Its additional appropriation for a public h„Udmg. An^ever,
Amerlcus, Ga
restless and fconolastic future before
ns we must both lead and retain ny
religious forces. The social philoso-
plier and the sociologist can detect
injustices and wrongs, n * b "
er create the desire to remedy the
wrongs which are the issue of good.
That part of the address hearing
most directly upon the members of
the Methodist Church and which is
expected to create wide discussion,
relates to worldly amusements. The
address recommends that the follow
ing be stricken out of the forbidden
amusements:
“Dancing, playing at games of
chance, attending theatres, horse
races, circuses, dancing parties or
patronizing dancing schdols or taking
such other.’*
The address adds, however:
“Grave injustice will be done if
this recommendation Is interpreted as
an abandonment of our early opposi
tion to worldly amusements. Indeed
it is a return to the'principles and
to the exact words furnished by John
Wesley.”
PRESIDENT VS. CONGRESS
policy of a democratic nature
Mr. Lewis has been found standing solidly with
remained steadfastly at his post and left his interests
The action of a petty little handful
of trustees of the Anti-saloon League!
seven In all, out of seventy,
adopting a resolution endorsing the
candidacy of Gov, Smith,.has awaken
ed a storm of protests from the mem
bers of the league who object to a
minute minority attempting to com
mit the organization to the fortunes
of either candidate. As a result the
action of the seven is more apt to
prove a boomerang and Injure Smiths
candidacy than It is to promote It.
It l» usually the case, when a- . few
people try Ur take snap Judgment
that they do more harm to their cause
than good. Smith again suffers from
the indiscretion of his friendB.
Dr. Len Broughton te one of the
vigorous protestants—ope out oi
many. Dr. Broughton does not hesi
tate to condemn the action of the
seven, who waited until the number
of trustees at the meeting had dwind
led dojvn frpm thirty to thirteen be
fore taking action. Dr. Broughton In
a card to the Constitution has this
Americas, Co., May 15, 1908.
SHAME OX SUCH AX ATTEMPT
| the people. He has ^ ^
I *n the hands of the people.— ~ . ^
It is hard to defeat a man who has the confidence of the people as Mr.
[>iwis has. They know him to he a staunch democrat, a man reare n
I the district, devoted to its Interests, with all of his affairs J 1 a
with no Interests that would divert him from faithful attention to the
Among the campaign documents be- l’.ome, ,f isr iet he represents. Mr. Hughes has signally
,„« .b,.........- .-»*■»“ “ »•
candidacy of Gov. Smith is one ad .t < it j s time for a change and
dressed to the "white voters from the Third-two pRitully weak
to read the account of the banquet of and ^significant reasons for an aspirant forauch an bonorajp ^ ^
the Cosmopolitan club in New York, ^ The SI)e ciousness of the latter plea is app
‘where White girls and women “ tarmlned effort's of Mr. Hughes to induce lawyers to run against Mr.
Side by side with negro men and wo- th ascertained Mr. Hughes did not invite a single
m AVhile the dissemination of this cir- Elr toml - race, or promise to a single farmer his support In the
eular Is nauseating In Itself, were I ayent that he entered the field against Lew s.
there nothing further, yet when the ^ lg8Ue of tbe congressional race is, of d
circular attempts to connect the | fln exceUent gentleman but he has simply failed to
”1*1 l'» Alone.”
(WrX Lampton.)
Let us alone!” Is the cry we hear
From the East and West, from the
far and near; •
From the roam on the farm,
With his fertile land;
From the man In the mill,
With his willing hand:
From the man in the bank.
With the money there;
From the man on the sea.
With the" weather fair;
From the man with his pick
And a job In sight;
From the millionaire.
With his cash all right—
From these and from those, the great
-and small,
Is coming the clear, insistent call;
“Let us alone and we will rise
Again on the wings of enterprise;
We have felt the stroke of the Panic
hand
That has smitten the progress of the
land,
But the spirit remains and we ve got
the goods
That will bring us In safety oilt of
the woods.
And set prosperity again on her
throne— .
But let us alone;
Sav, LET US ALONE,
Won't you?
is, of course, a foregone conclusion.
There is no discontent with Mr. Lewis as represen-
diseontent and dlssastisfaction have fallen
rcuiar « ^. * an
banquet referred to and the candidacy I * •
of Hon Joseph M. Brown for Governor the signs of the lime.
■zs&zTssztez r zrz
" pollUcaP*clrcuuir, strange to| his strength is waning steadily,
say, was gotten out in the hope of
arousing race prejudice in Georgia, for
use in a Democratic primary in this ROADS ABE BETTER THAN
^ Think of social equality being an 1 POLITICS.
Issue among Georgia Democrats !The _
mere suggestion is an insult to Geor- IX)Ugherty coun ty is taking the
^B^t'here is the implied charge by head In the construction of perman-
. ,1,1; ent highways in this section, and
• " At the bottom rot that circular l n I her 'new roads will be at once
Ug black type are these words: mode i a „d an Inspiration to other
asasws? -su*....* .»*»»™*
g' ““5? ” • Th, <Zt> tut construe, fiood
State?” . . roads cannot be held back. The very
not in 'person at that disgusting ne- roa ds are not only an Inspiration t
gro-lovlng feast of certain whlteB | other counties, hut, what is more 1m-
The great Northern Methodist
Church, with over three million
communicants, and representing
total population of probably te n mil
lions, or one ninth of the entire coun
try, has taken a more pronounced
stand than heretofore on the question
of divorce. At-the General Confer
ence at Baltimore the address from
the Bishops left no doubt as to their
position in respect to the greatest
evil now threatening the family life
of tit* land. Said they:
” I other counties, hut, wnai is mu™ ««.- '-The consecutive polygamy permit-
“ d “ lD N no W .Iue k persons . Jn| portaut, they are. « I ‘Mat^f IsTdisgrace to our conn-
A GREAT CHURCH FOR REFORMS
“bS gy this circu- every man In the' county where they.our to und ermine fam-
SrlSr ?tis 8 lo n a 0 de d dwlth iTown hors'“‘and iL^eTwagons'andbetter grea£ qutekgg'oo thij
antidote There i« hut one possible j n a ]l lines. His farm takes o gu^ject, and that the demand for
explanation for it, and that Is, U»‘ a better look, his home wears a newer form divorce laws increases. "
those who POL out this ctretslar -taave aspect. man wanta National legislation as a constitu
YStJZrS* t?e ,t Bro R A be .ut r pS°rle d 4 fo live on a good road and have a dll- tlon al amendment to suggested as
are 1 “dunned fools.” and they are pro- ap id a ted. run down, unkempt-looking remedy. . . lbr
ceedlng upon the theory that ‘here e for passe rs-by to see. Good The address also dealt with labor
are lots of them in Brooks County, and men ent husiasm at home, the un i 0 nlsm, saying In part on that sub-
wmethlng must be done Jo scarce | n he frequently it is most Ject:
eded. | -For those who labor with their
arv. | We have a terrible lot of politics in hands, and ”^°!® ea ®^y mpat hy. Their
God of our fathers to wh f at Jf™ Georgia, but unfortunately, a mighty Sa^^tbe proRta of business is of-
C v°„C B ,n1al. ‘to a'Te'vri of peSLlLmaU lot of good roads. If we could ? e b n are su ° c f h It they have famines,
abuse and* scandalous aspersionsL wap things we would he far better they have no hope of Th a {r*ght
which characterize seral-savages? 0 ff. If the enthusiasm.now wasted on ^"'P^ eac aee f °[ t o ha ?e' nothing so
The statement in ,h ®. ^ c g™ r ow- n lot of men runnlnS f ° r 1 “ 'surely before them as maimed hands
negro conventions ail oter expended on good road campaigns l la „ leg8 , and a dollar a day at
^7ar4ldmoveonwlthatrem- ( ^r c As, and In old age not
word of truth In it. If a single ne*”? I ondous pace. But lots of men who, that. . eh , g not a museum of
meeting had done so the C an talk all day about their can ‘L er m cte d Bpecimen8, all ticketed and
newspapers would have Ifou:nd it • „ qult wor k to go to meetings, l "j, ed and Bhut u p In a stained glass
had' been misled by such circulars
the one before us.
Hred, or too indifferent, or too tgnor-
with yells for case for the world
, th4lr favorite, and waste many ho “'” | “.nnng^toTork out'their own salva-
i drumming up votes for him, are too tlQa n ^ lth {ear a nd trembling muBl
league took right stand
be admitted.
must
. The" church cannot re
fuse Its help and countenance to any
one who professes to accept Its prin
ciples and to seek ai better life, be
If the advices from Washington are
correct a serious conflict is likely
to arise between the # Prestdent and
Congress, growing out of the differ
ences of-opinion as-to the presidents
authority a s the head ot the army and
navy.
The actual bone of contention is the
exile ot Col. Stewart to an abandon
ed Arizona post. Behind this, though
lies the presidential action In the
Brownsville incident. A number of
senators appear only too well pleased
to have an opportunity to bring the
President to account for any official
action which seems to be a decided
usurpation of official authority, and
especially when it can lie made an
unpopular move on Roosevelt’s part
It properly presented to the public.
Both the Brownsville Incident and the
Stewart incident are in this class in
the North and it appears.that they
are to be worked to as great an ex
tent as possible to the president’s per
sonal discomfiture and the undoing of
his favorite presidential candidate.
Three members of the Senate have
received letters from President Roose
velt within the last few days declar
ing his supremacy, as commander in-
chlef, in all matters referring to the
control of the army and navy. It Is
these letters which have created the
Intense feeling in the Senate and it
is not unlikely that they, wilt precipi
tate a conference of Republican mem
bers The letters in every case are
in defense of the President's course
In discharging without honor the
negro soldiers and his action in ban
ishing Col. Stewart.
The letters include the one the
President wrote to Senator Smith, of
Michigan, saying he would refuse to
obey an act of Congress permitting
the re-enlistment of the 167 negro
soldiers even If passed over his veto.
Another of the letters is the one re
ceived by Senator Rayner asserting
his right to deal with Col. Stewart as
he pleased.
In this conection the constitutional
provisions as to the authority of the
Congress and the President respec
tively. in military matters, are
quoted, as follow^:
“The Congress shall have power
• • • * to make rules for the Gov-
ernment and regulation of the land
and naval forces.”—Article I, Section
VIHI., paragraph 14.
“The President shall be Comman-
der-in-Cbief of the army and navy of
the United States and of the militia of
the several states when called Into
the actual service of the United
States.”—Article H, Section II, para
graph 1. .. „
An out-and-out clash between the
Executive and Congress at this June
ture would doubtless have a tremen
dous political effect. There Is a cer
tain amount of uneasiness throughout
the country about presidential as
sumptions of authority. The publ c
sentiment is that the prerogatives of
the president have already been
stretched to the- llrftlt. and despite
the personal popularity of Roosevelt
there ts hardly a doubt that the peo
ple are not prepared to follow him
In further assumptions of power that
does not legitimately belong to him.
even though It may be asserted that It
is being used for good.
this
and
for
of
I
to say: , .
The headquarters' committee of the
state Anti-saloon league was seized
upon and urged to disregard
action and come out squarely
indorse Mr. Smith's candidacy
governor. 1 was not a member
this committe, and If I had been
would not have been present, for
was In Ocilla, sick in bed. The head
quarters’ committee stood firm and
refused to commit the „ I 5 aBn ,,v l “ , ,{ 1 nt
wav. Not being satisfied with that,
these same determined forces called,,
together the trustees of the State
League. I happened to be a
1 h„t t knew nothing of
They are counting the days until
June 4.
of that hoard, but I knew nothing
that meeting, and had I known it
t could not have been present- for I
was still sick in south Georgia.
“upon my arrival home th s morn-
in* I was greatly surprised to find
that a mere handful of the frostees,
principally those living In Atlanta
and hv no means all of them, had
come 'together,- and after a great
wranele. passed by a AOte of
to six the resolution indorsing Gov-
ofnor Smith's candidacy over that
of Mr. Brown. ,
“I say again I was surprised at
this I was more than surprised. 1
was pained. I was hurt. Never
mind what I think about the two men;
never mind how I am B oing to cast
my vote; I am more concerned about
the maintenance of the temperance
strength in Georgia and holding our
forces intact for future Rattles than
about the election of either one of
these men for governor at the Pres
ent time. And I know this to be the
biggest blunder that ever good men
“There are as good proliibittonlsts ou
the side of Mr. Brown as Mr. Smith.
There may not he as many of them,
tiii>r arc there* and the longue
simply had no right’to go in the face
of the declarations of their candidate,
and put their baneful Interpretation
Span them In favor the man of their
choice# .Every man has a right, ana
should exorcise that rl8ll ‘»^ Ih Tffe,|St
he pleases, and even' prohibitionist
has a right to Judge for himself as to
which of these two men has most
ability to carry out pledges. uo
has a right to Judge the tracup and
take Ills stand accordingly. But that
Is a right for the Individual to exer
cise, and not for the league as a
body to undertake to do. .1
therefore, as n member of the hoard
of trustees, of the league against this
hasty political wire pulling.
“The policy of bullraggfng and
browbeating carried on In the name
of prohibition Is n thing thnt 1 find
myself unwilling to •“.“"Y,, B ® n |® fI bc
a party to, unless I felt better satis
fied about Its sincerity.
“There Is no donlit about R, boys,
yon made a mistake, and If yon don’t
get sweet mighty quick yon are
hurt both your man and prohlbl
tlon," ,
Dr. Landrum Secs Danger.
(Macon Telegraph.) '
GOING
DRIVING
To look real “smart” provide
yourself with one of our “snappy'’
buggies and harness, “spick and span,”
too.
w. W. DEWS,
Next Door to Express Office
Yon press the button. A)c do
the rest
Will Dudley.
GOOD
BUSINESS
to be careful In wliat you buy to
cat. Good health depends on It. I
carry In stoc k the best to select from.
I select the cattle, properly butcher,
ed, and handled, on the best cold stor-
ago in this, section of the . country. I
Invito personal Inspection and solicit
yonr patronage. Fresh water Bream,
and country lnrd_n specialty.
G. M. BRAGG,
Market Under Opera House.
ant, to take hold of a thing that really
means something to them, a thing that
a Uher --personal -ent, and By-
In declining to endorse either I ^ beneflt of the | r families. The pol- ( he ^“her^ l capitalist Is selfish, mls-
the candidates for Governor. tne glye t i iem the glad hand, get erly cxc iti n g, oppressive has the
Headquarters Committee of the Anti-1 ^ office3 aml then forget that ttl ey | chur . h business with him- She ca h-
Saloon Committee is to be commend-1 mlng But the goolt roa ds stand n ot throw him off: and away,'
ed. Both Mr. Smith and Mr. Brown 1 lbem ,i a y in and day out. They
have taken a position satisfactory to ^ there for continued service. Bet-
the demands of the Leaguers, and to ^ roads than politics every
select one above the other would bel
to depart from the standards under 1
which the League has pr “ f “ sed I g^ator Forakcr has boldly an
te operating in this and In othe I Med that there will be no ddjourn-
•tates. . .. „ I men t of this session until action has
-Why all this clamor about the Got- taken on the bmg pending for
ernorship? Every one\nows that the J ^ M „ (nraHnn or reinstatement of the
NOT SUPPORTING llOKE SMITH
last day of his dessmated a.ndshrunk
cn life brings him before God. She
must hold before hinrthe Image of
the unselfish Christ In the h°pe that
in its Hiht he will see how far he U
from the kingdom of God. Let it be
remembered, however, that nowhere
in the world does wealth manifest its
obligation to contribute to the, public
welfare as in the United States.
A somewhat startling prophecy is
* Every one anows iuav™=i te , toftbe ma de in the address in the course of
Governor cannot pass laws, his onl Y 6 ^ ld| „ oI the Twenty-fifth in- n discussion of civic righteousness,
function being to sign or veto « c h negro soWtora or tne 7^ ^
candidates. They are the ones and the
onto one* who can bring the law I "This straw-voting business Is
Into jeopardy. To begin on thef nuisance,” says the Cuthbert tMder.
Governor to a kind of Inverted pyra- We venture to say that the Atlanta
mid style of doing business.
journal will sound an “Amen”
decurmru . . . . .. . ..
‘■We see clearly that within the
next generation there are to be great
social changes. The influence of
wealth on political life and . meas
ures Is to grow less, whether It be In
the hands of Individuals or corpora
tions. The workingmen are to have
more power, the tdlere teas. With a
Claims having been mado that
Judge R. B. Russell, a candidate for
Governor two years ago, was support
ing Hoke Smith this time, Judge Rus
sell has issued an official denial of
the charge.
He says:
“Anyone who will recall Hie cam-
paign for Governor two years ago
and who heard my speeches on the
stump will know without tolling that
I am not supporting Governor Smith,
jfy utterances then were honesUy
made, and I have seen nothing to
cause me to change the views I then
expressed or to npollge for them.”
Some of the Philadelphia papers, In
referring to the nominee ot the Re
publicans always sayJT'aft or Knox."
Why waste all that space?
Dr. Landrum of Atlanta, one of the
best known Baptist divines in the
South, does not see any danger to
prohibition In this campaign, but he
fixes the date for the danger to come
three years hence. He eald In yes
terday’s Telegraph:
Now Listen!
If Hoke Smith Is re-elected the
change of our voting Bystem from the
county unit plan to the popular vote
plan, for whffib he is respons ble and
for which he now stands, will be en
dorsed and fixed upon us.
Our prohibition candidate for Gov
ernor will face the desperate fact
that six counties with large cities
where the whiskey forces predomi
nate will be able under Hoke Smith a
reform to our voting system to out
vote more than forty rural counties
In Georgia where the prohibition
strength lies.
He said further:
It is dollars to doughnuts that
there will be acanpte for Gov
ernor on a local option *platlonn. H
Governor Smith Is elected f ln the
present campaign this candidate will
claim to be the champion of his poli
cies—but on a local option platform.
It will be a natural Inheritance. Gov
ernor Smith has never said that he
was converted to the principle of
State prohibition against local op
tion prohibition. He will not sa y B 2*
Why? Because he is not converted.
The Atlanta Journal has not been
converted either. Mr* Reuben Ar-
nold, the Hoko Smith orator, has not
been converted. Mr. Robert Grran,
the chairman of the Hoke Smith Ful
ton County Club has not been con
verted. Mr. Thomas Felder, the Sen
ate antl-prohlbltion filibuster, the
Hoke Smith leader In Bibb county,
haa not been converted. These for
ces will he behind tfie candidate for
Governor three years from now on a
local option platform.
The prohibitionists will have
candidate standing for the perman
ence of the Georgia law. Here they
are stripped for the race. The Issue
te clearly drawn—a return to the
local option system or a continuance
of State prohibition.
FRESH STOCK
Of General Merchandise and
Groceries. At prices to suit the mo«l
modest purse.
W. B. HUDSON,
819-821 Lee Street
Cool Soft Drinks also on sale.
KRYSTAL
SOILOFF
Removes grease and stains
the hands. No bad effects of *»)
sort. 1 ■—
Fishing fackle and revolvers.
H. J. BAGLEY,
Comer of Lee and Forsyth.
YOU GET
Only first class meat at my I,,jr
ket Clean meat and handled
first-class cutters. If Ms Quality !«■
want, we have It.
J. T. BRAGG,
Tel. No. 215. Artesian Block-
NEW SKIRTS
Hove just received new line
Panama and voUea* *eUlB£
at U-'-D “
$1S. You ore Invited to come in
Inspect them.
D. PEARLMAN,
Cotton Avenue.