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THE AMERICUS WEEKLY TIMES-RECORDER. ' THURSDAY. DECEMBER 17. 1908.
THE TIMES-HECORDyi
DULY AM) WEEKLY.
The Americas Reoorder, Established
The mericuj Times, Established 1890.
Consniidated April, 1891.
Entered at the postoffice at Ameri
cas at second-class mail matter.
THOMAS GAMBLE, JR Editor
C. W. CORNFORTH, Business Mgr.
J. TV. FURLOW City Editor.
TV. 1- DUPREE, Asst. Business Dept
Editorial Room Telephone 99.
The Times-Becorder Is the
Official Organ of the City of Americus.
Official Organ of Sumter County.
Official Organ of Webster County.
Official Organ of Railroad Commis
sion of Georgia for 3rd Congres
sional distriet.
Official Organ U. S. Court, Southern
District of Georgia.
THE SOUTH IX AX AWKWARD
POSITION
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Weekly, oLe year 1-00
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Americus, Ga.
Vaericos, Gs„ Dee. 17th, 1903.
BETl'ER CHANCES IX THE SOUTH
Jr. -cs J. Hill, the great railroad
mac of the Northwest, appeals to
the ; mbitious, energetic young men
of the country to flock to tho West
The opportunities there are - still
great, he declares, and the rewards
as numerous and as attractive as at
any time in the history of the coun
try.
Such words from such a man are
well calculated to centre the atten
tion of many aspiring young men on
that cction and may lead many of
them to cast in their destinies with
iL What a pity that we have no one
of apparently as commanding an in
fluence to point out to theih the er
ror cf their course, to show to them
that the true path to prosperity and
to hrnpiness lies to the South and not
to tii; West. No where In the whole
world today is there such a region of
hour.Hess opportunities as the South.
Nowhere is there a fairer climate,
nowhere a soil that responds more
bountifully to skilful agriculture, no
where else the openings in industrial
r life that are to be found here. Yet
the vast army of young men in the
North seem totally blind to the chance
that is here offered them to estab
lish themselves, under the most fav
orable circumstances, and with every
possibility of a comfortable living,
.and a steady growth in wealth and In-
<■ dependence.
What the South needs today Is a
--concerted effort to turn the atten
tion of the young men In this direc
tion, the very young men that Hill
is laboring to Induce to turn their
feet toward the Northwest. Surely
there Is nothing in that land of bliz
zards that can compare with what
the South has to offer. And yet the
every advertising that such men as
Mill give to it Is apt to draw thou
sands of desirable citizens while the
South Buffers from lack of their de
veloping powers.
' The Columbus Ledger is out for
Hoke Smith for Democratic presides
.tial candidate in 1912. He would
.doubtless get at least as many elec
toral rotes as Bryan did this time,
and perhaps more.
The Central’s last pay roll at Col
umbus was nearly $50,000, consider'
able increase over the previous
.month.’ This la an encouraging sign.
Teddy Roosevelt, Jr., promises to
have as meteoric military career as
Gen. I-eonard .Wood. He has been
■create^ a Connecticut. Lieutenant Col'
one), as a member of the Governor's
'staff. This is Gov. Lilly’s indirect
way of thanking the president for that
letter of quasi endorsement during
.the recent campaign.
Bryan announces tliat he will keep
-hands o ffin Nebraska politics and
let the Democratic legislators There
do as they deem best., Now if he will
■ only be as kind to the national Dem-
-ocracy we may stand a chance of
winning four years hence.
Joan pt Arc, who was burned to
death as a heretic, has now been
canonized as a saint. Time corrects
■a. lot of errors of the past
Japan will stop immigration to the
United States. That will settle the
school question and other disputes
arising from the locating of Japs in
this
country
The Atlanta Journal's explanation
It the Secret Service allusion in
he recent message Is that "natural-
y R was impossible for any man to
irrlte twenty thousand words without
(iving offense to somebody.”
A million dollars worth of antiques
have been stolen from 8t. Peters
burg. Americus has some antiques
•—maidens of ancient vintage—that
are beyond price and unstealable.
Southern lumbermen are much dis
tressed over the understanding which
prevails at Washington that the duty
on lumber is either to be considerably
lowered or entirUv removed. The
main reason advanced is the necessity
to admit lumber from Canada in order
to conserve our timber areas and
protect the water supjily of the coun
try. Free lumber is part and parcel
of tjie general plan for the conserva
tion of national resources, the cessa
tion of the reckless and prodigal
squandering of our, mineral and for
est riches.
Mr. W. B. Stillwell, of Savannah, one
of the best Informed Georgians on the
question, states that the withdrawal
of the existing protective duty-
lumber, or any decided curtailment
of it, must inevitably lead to the clos
ing down of the great Southern lum
ber industry, or its operation on
basis of little qf no profit. Georgia,
in common with other Southern
states, he declares, will be benefitted
by the further cutting out of its tim
ber and the opening up of vast areas
for farming oiieratlons. The tariff
is a compensation, in a measure, for
the high prices the lumberman pays
for all his machinery and supplies—an
offset to the duties levied on every
thing he uses. Inasmuch as it Is
not proposed to correspondingly re
duce the duUes on commodities the
cost of whiclr enters into his business
the lumberman deserves and is en
titled to an adequate compensating''
protection on bis output.
Unfortunately for the Southern lum
ber industry the South is In no posi
tion to protest very vigorously or ef
fectively against the proposed action,
no matter how rankly unjust It may
appear. The South supported the
Democratic ticket in the recent cam
paign and endorsed the Democratic
platform. . That platform called un
equivocally for the removal of the
tariff on lumber, for the placing of
lumber on the free list. Every Sou
thern congressman is tongue-tied as
a result, hampered in any protest he
may desire to make; estopped from
any vigorous efforts to obtain a
duty In favor of a great Industry of
his section. No more embarrassing
position could be 'occupied than that
In which our congressmen will be
placed when the consideration of
such a matter comes before the House
or the Senate. At the polls in Novem
ber they and their constituents voted
In favor of free lumber. They did all
In their power to make effective that
plank of the Democratic platform. In
the halls of Congress they are now
called on to stultify themselves, to
renounce their political action of a
few weeks ago, to acknowledge that
the plank in question was another er
ror of Democratic judgment, another
exhibition of assininity, and to beg
at the hands of their victorious antag
onists this crumb of comfort—the re'
tention of tho very duty they voted to
remove.
Somehow or other there is a wide
chasm between our various local in
terests and our national planks. The
Republicans are shrewd enough to
take advantage of them. They will
revise the tariff to suit themselves.
],;it perhaps'fpr Southern Democratic
support they will allow the duties to
remain on lumber, rice, sugar, tobac
co, fruits, et al. A threat of with
drawal of them makes an excellent
excuse for a barter, for an exchange
of votes for duties.
But when we draft our National
platform In 1912 let the South see to
It that the planks really express
Southern sentiment. Don’t again
have*the South put in such a humll
intlng attitude as this. j
They are talking a great deal in
Washington about changing the rules
of the House. A change of the Speak
er would be more to the purpose.
If Roosevelt writes editorials as
long aB his messages the Outlook
will have to treble its size.
The Southern may build a station
at Macon. But how about that
sleeper?.
The Little Boy’s Baby I’rayer.
(S. M. Talbot, In Llpplncotts.)
Dear God, I need you awful bad;
I don’t know what to do;
My papa's cross, my mamma’s sick;
I hain’t no fren' but You.
Them keerless angels went an’ brung,
’Stid of the hoy I ast,
A weenchy, teenchy baby girl,
I don’t see how they dast
Say, God, I wish't You'd take her back
She’s jest as good as new;
Won’t no one know she’s second-hand,
- But 'ceptin me an’ You;
An' pick a boy, dear God, Yourself,
The nicest in Yer fold;
But please don’t choose trim quite bo
young:
I'd like him five years old.
SENATOR BA COX OX THE SOUTH AXD TH& DEMOCRATIC PARTY
New York Press.
Marriage, like ’salad, Is a failure,
when the dressing Is poor.
New York Press.
A11 of the enjoyments of our youth
become a mad mtsflt la our old age.
Senator A. O. Bacon has a letter in the Savannah Press of last Satur
day, that is as timely as it Is strong and interesting throughout. In It the
senior senator Irom Georgia expounds the fundamental differences ’ between
'he Democratic and ihe Republican parties, disposes of the claim that tlje
prosperity of the South would be advanced by its embracing the doctrines
and policies of Republicanism, and maintains that the liberties of the coun
try depend upon the historic Democratic party and the principles which
have been its grandest asset from its inception more than a century ago.
The letter is peculiarly appropriate now that especial efforts are being made
to induce Southern white men to believe that tile Interests of this section
would be advanced by the overthrow of the Democratic party In the South,
and that the temptation Of cilice and political plunder—a share in the
•swpg”—is being held before them. If the Democratic campaign committee
*i,.s any funds left at itf disposal it could hardly find a better use for it that!
in the printing and dissemination of a million copies of this letter through
out the South.
Summarizing the differences between the two great political parties of
the nation Senator Bacon says:
In an election with the issues drawn upon these lines, those would vote
the Democratic tlckel-who believe in equal rights to all of the people and
special privileges to none, Who are opposed to one man power, who believe
in maintaining inviolate- the constitution and particularly in the protection
of the states in their proper constitutional powers, and who Insist oq
economy in the government and in a limitation of taxation to the economical
needs of the government. On the other hand, those would vote the Repub
lican ticket who believe in giving special privileges to some people that
they may enrich themselveB at the expense of others, who Mlleye in one
man autocratic power, and who careB littl e for c&nstitutionai
restraint; who believe in taking away the legitimate powers of
Ihe state and giving those powers to the general government,
and who believe in wasteful and extravagant public expenditure and a cor
responding extravagant and oppressive taxation of the people.
In such a contest upon these lines the American people could he safely
appealed to, and the million of Democrats, who have strayed into the
GIVEN CHANCE TO
MAKE HONfcST LIVING
<
Detective Chief Has Work-
' able Reform Plan.
New York, Dec. 15.—People all
over the coutry are watching with In
terest the experiment which is being
made by Capt. James F. Larkins, chief
of the Jersey City detective bureau.
He Is trying to And out whether it is
possible to conduct an employment
agency for ex-convicts. Since an ac
count of this project appeared in i
paper on Nov. 13, Capt. Larkins has
received letters from Pittsburg, Cleve
land, Chicago, SL ,1-ouis and many
other cities In the Middle West from
business men as well as police offic
ials asking for more information
about It and wishing him success
his undertaking.
The plan has been in operation only
about a month. In that time the de
tective, chief has been able to secure
employment for six men with prison
records.
The employers who have given
these men jobs know all about them,
and are willing to give them another
start in life. The men themselves
know that their bosses have their
records, they realize that they are
a Uie million Ui WIUWIHU, hivl,,.- annlhpr ch»nrp ind evprv
publican camp because of the strange gods that have been set up for Dora- JjaHiiL anoUier^chan^anderj
ocratic worship, would return Into the Democratic household. To accom
plish this we must be guided by the ancient landmarks of the party and not
set our sails to catch every shifting wind of political doctrine. We must
confine ourselves to the chartered Democratic channels and not needlessly
venture upon the dangers of unknown political seas.
Referring speciffcaliy to the efforts to seduce the South from its alle
giance to the historic party of the people, on the specious ground that’ the
material interests of this section would thereby be enhanced, *»-
Senator Ba
con says:
The presumptuous claim that Republican policies and Republican rule
are necessary for the development of the South is the veriest rot. Where
in all time has there been such development of the wealth and resources
of a country as there has been in the South during the' last forty years of
uninterrupted Democratic rule? Who that turns the pages that tell of this
wondrous wealth of many thousands of millions of dollars, who that passes
through our fruitful land and views our cities and towns, our broad fields
with their white and golden harvests, our warehouses and barns bursting
with the garnered cotton and grain, our Stores of merchandise and myriad
industries, can fully realize that this scene of present marvelous develop
ment and abounding wealth was forty years ago but a bed of desqlate ashes.
The prime factor In the creation of all this wealth has been the great
agricultural production of the South which has-overflowed into the promo
tion and creation of all other industries—an agricultural production of many
hundreds of millions of dollars each year, which, while it has entered most
largely Into tho preservation of the balance of trade for the whole country,
has had no assistance from the Republican party or its policies, but has
depended for Its gigantic success upon the rule of the Democratic party in
the Southern states, preserving social order, Insuring honest and economical
local government, and protecting all in the rights of property. When the
Democratic party, in its rule in the Southern states fails In thece particu
lars it will be time enough to listen to tho presumptuous offer of the Re
publican party to undertake through Its policies and guidance, the material
development of the South.
In scathing language the Senator refers to the past course of the Re
publican party toward the South and Its present position." He says;
The contention is urged by Republicans, both high and low, that the
dangers to the South growing out of the reconstruction measures having
passed, there is no longer reason why Southern meTl should not become
Republicans. In other words the effort of the Republican party to convert
the South Into another Haiti having been defeated by the Democratic party,
there is no reason now, the danger being thus removed, why the South
should not abandon the Democratic party and join the Republican party.
Indeed a curious logic this! Especially Is It an interesting proposition
when it is recalled that the last Republican national convention said in its
platform
“We declare once more and without reservation for the enforcement of
the thirteenth, fourteenth and fifteenth amendments to the Constitution."
The present complete enforcement of the fifteenth amendment, as origi
nally designed by the framers of It, would still convert the South into an
other Haiti.
I-et those forget it who will, but the men who in that darkest day by
heroic effort and unstinted sacrifice thus saved the civilization of the South,
never will forget it; and their sons to whom has been bequeathed that civ
ilization thus preserved, never should forget it.
DEMOCRATIC PARTY FAR FROM
d4ad.
A national political party that in
the face of the desertions that were
brought about by the peculiar condi
tions of the past twelve years polled
nearly six and a half million votes
last month Ib very, very far from be
ing a moribund political organization,
Especially is this so when a glanco
backward reveals the fact that the
actual vole cast for its candidate,
despite the opposition to him in busi
ness circles throughout the country’,
exceeded by over eight hundred thou
sand votes that cast for its last suc
cessful candidate for the presidency.
It is a fact not to be overlooked
ignored that Bryan, in 1908, received
eight hundred thousand more votes
Hi,i i Cleveland received when ha was
elected for the second time in 1892,
At that time Cleveland received the
support of the mugwump Republi
cans, so it is a safe assertion that
Bryan’s straight Democratic vote
exceeded that cast at that time for
Cleveland by fully a million. This
does mot imply death, or even stagna
tion. It shows a continuance of faith
and reliance in the grand old party
of the people that should nerve its
best leaders and wisest followers to
renewed efforts to throw off policies
that are not distinctly Democratic, to
shake off parasites wherever they may
have glued themselves on to the par
ty, to Insure h platfoYm Four years
hence that will rally the entire party
around It, with a candidate leading
who will not be subject to the accusa
tion of having fostered and'encourag
ed all sorts of wild vagaries in finance
aud administrative policies.
As a matter of interest to our
readers we give below the popular
vote for both parties In- the last nine
presidential elections.
Thirty-two years ago Tllden, receiv
ed 4,284,885 votes.
this
celved 109,743 votes more than
time.
The fact that this year the Demo
cratic party polled over one million,
th/ee hundred thousand votes more
than it did four years ago, attested
that it is neither a dying nor a dead
party. «.
Bui here are the figures that our
readers may study for themselves
and reach their own conclusions
to whether Democracy is defunct, or
whether it has it In the germs of fu
ture vast usefulness to the people
of the United States:
Year Dem
1908 6,393,182
1904 5,077,971
1900 6,358,133
1896 6,502,925
1892 6,656,918
1888 5,638,233
1884 4,911,017 .
1880 4,442,035
4876 • 4,284,885
One thing is striktngjuul
the comparative sameness of Bryan's
popular vote in each of his three
races. This year be polled 35,049
more votes than eight years ago, and
109,743 less than twelve years ago.
When Grover Cleveland made
third race he received 18,685
more than in his second race.
Rep.
7,637,676
7,623,486
7,207,923
7.104,779
5,176,108
5,440,216
4,848,334
4,449,053
4,033,950
that is
his
votes
one of them seems to be eager
prove that he can make good.
Most of them are working in fac
tories doing manual labor, where they
receive on an average from $8
$10 a week. All that the detective
bureau asks of tile employers Is that
the other employes shall be kept
in Ignorance of the fact that the
newcomers are ex-convicts.
The idea was originated when Capt.
Larkins and some other officers were
sitting at police headquarters one
night discussing the best means
dealing with the great number of
petty criminals in Jersey City. There
were a great many boys between
the ages of 18 and 21 who had lost
their jobs, had fallen into bad habits
aud were giving the police trouble.
Manyf of them had been arrested for
trivial offenses, ami when they were
found loitering about the streets late
at night, often they were locked
just on suspicion.
Hard to Get Start
CapL I-arkins goes on the as-
assumption that very few of these
young .criminals are really bad
heart and.that most of them would be
glad to start over again if they saw
their way clear. He declared that
there was very little chance for
ex-convlct to hold a job unless he
had some recommendation. As soon
as It was whispered in a factory that
a certain man had been in prison his
fellow workers would brand him as a
thief and before long the report'qyould
reach the superintendent. Then, with
no one to speak for him, the boy us
ually would And himself without i
job.
To make the plan work successful
ly the detectives had to have the co
operation of a number of reputable
employers, who were broad minded
-enough to be willing to give the
scheme a trial in their own factories.
Xo Complaint Mode
Although four weeks is not long
enough to form a positive estimate of
how the pla nis succeeding, still it is
encouraging to know that there has
not been a single complaint up to
the present time regarding any of
the six men for whom employment
has been found. The success of the
undertaking, according to Capt. I-ar-
kins, depends solely upon the men
who can give employment if they
are so disposed, for at the present
rate the demand for jobs soon will
be far in excess of the available op
portunities.
The detective chief was asked
whether he would try to secure em
ployment for women who came out
of prison. iWith them, he said, the
case was somewhat different. Most
of the arrests of women were made
on the complaints of persons l;>
whose houses the girlB worked and
from whom they had stolen things
about the house. As soon as the lost
proprety wa srccoverod these persons
were unwilling to presB charges
against the thieves. This was the
only type of female criminal corres
ponding to the kind of mon for whom
he Is securing employment. .
Ely’s Cream Dalm has been tried
and not found wanting in thousands
of homes all over the country. It
has won a place in the family medicine
closet among the reliable household
remedies, where It is kept at hand for
use In treating cold in tho head just
os soon as some member of the house
hold begins to prelimi
nary sneezing or snuffling. It gives
immediate relief and a day or two’s
treatment will put a stop to a cold
which might, if not checked, become
chronic and run Into a bad case of
catarrh.
QUOTAIIONS ARE
REDUCED 1-8 CENT
Cotton Market Showed Lit-
tie Activity.
Cotton values were easier yest(. r ,
day, transactions being on a basis
8 n-4 cents for good middling, a re-
auction of 1-8 of a cent from the i, uo .
tatlons of the day before, it was -lit.
fleult t: even get this price, buyers
being Inclined to bid just a fraction
lower. Offering^ were scanty
the market was inactive. Quotation,
are reduced 1-8 cent Receipt! f ur
the day were 118 bales and the sales
about 5p.
The New York market opened l t 0
0 points off. A few more iiolrts wc-i
lost during the morning, but after
the noon hour the market rallied
little. The close was steady, r,
points below the final figures for the
day before.
Local Cotton Market
Americus, Ga., Dec. 1C.—The local
cotton market today was dull, at the
following prices: Yester- Last
Today day Year
Good middling . . ,8t4 8% n
Middling 7% 7% 10
Low Middling 7 7% io
NEW YORK FUTURES
New York, Dec. 16.—Futures closed
steady.
, • Open Close
January 8.45 8 11
March 8.52 8 50
Wa/ S.6U 3.5s
JnJy 8.57 8.57
December .. .. 3.85
SAVANNAH.
Savannah, Ga., Dec. 16.—Spots mid-
dllng 8 1-4 cents.
Receipts yesterday ..
Receipts previously ..
. 118
32,108
I-ast year 28,911
RECEIPTS AXD SALES
Dec. 14
Dec. 15
Dec. 16
Receipts
..146
Ill
.. 118
Total 378
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENTS
LIBEL FOB DIVORCE
In Sumter Superior Court
Clara iWUIlams
vs.
Parker 'Williams.
To the Defendant Parker Williams.
You are hereby required to lie and
appear at the Sumter Superior Court
on 4th Monday in May 19.09, to an
swer the complaint of Clara Williams
in her application for divorce. This
notice given In pursuance to an or
der of tha Hon. Z. A. Littlejohn,
Judge of the Superior Courts of the
Southwestern Circuit. Herein faff
not, or the Court will proceed as
justice shall appertain.
Witness the Honorable Z. A. Lit
tlejohn, Judge of said Southwestern
Circuit, this December 15th, 1908.
H. E. ALLEN,
Clerk Superior Court.
2t-Dec. and 2t Jan..
It is said that Americus has cheap-
LasT * "month er gaB ' UD(Ier tlle reduction effective
Bryan received 2,108,297 more votes y^ay. than has Rome, Athens or
than Tilden did. But once In the his- any Georgla clty ln ou - r cIaa “
tory of the Democratic party has it
polled a larger popular vote than this
year and that was when Bryan made
his first run against McKinley, twelve
years ago. At that time’ Bryan re-
PASTOR REICHES JOHN D.
New York, Dec. 16.—Following
closely upon John D. Rockefeller's
remarkable exhibition of forgetful
ness as to Standard Oil affairs and his
explanation that certain criticised
acts of that corporation were due to
the "over-zeal” of employes, comes
what is generally Interpreted as
rebuke to the richest man in the world
from the minister of his church who
was placed ln his present, charge
largely through the influence of the
Oil King.
'A man must not have so large n
business that be does not know what
is being done in his name and by his
authority and for the purpose of
making wealth for him,” Is the point
ed statement which Rev. C. F. Aked,
pastor of the richest man- in the
world; makes In the course of an ar
ticle which will appear In the Janu
ary number of Appleton's magazine,
’ No amount of money-giving can
atone for money stealing. Money has
been dishonestly gained when men
and women have been used merely as
instruments for producing wealth
Vast accumulations in few hands pre
sent too often a menace to the world.
The man who has become a machine
for making money is only one degree
more unhappy than he who has be
come a machine for giving it away.”
Dr. Aked who Is reputed to receive
a salary of $25,000 a year for filling
the pulpit of thd Fifth Avenue Baptist
Church has several times startled bis
congregation by outspoken attacks on
the business methods of millionaires.
The patriarchal gobbler with beard
as long as that of Santa Claus is now, New York Press,
coming to town, and his presence!, V e ,. accel ‘t our trials of tho spirit
here means death to him. |ju.t the way a man accepts a ten
I
just the way a man accepts a ten- can
story building when it falls on him. | face.
FIX SPRING FASHIONS
Women's Costumers Decide T
Shall Be a Three-Piece Suit
Toledo, Ohio, Dec. 15.—Husbands
who are worrying about Christum
presents and ezpenses, listen:
The makers of women’s styles «■
cree that you must buy your wile *
complete new outfit for spriw
There’s no chance to save by making
over this year’s clothes for it cannot
be done, they say. It must be *
three-piece suit with a hipless effect,
and on one of these colors: Asms.
of roses, green, taupe, electric blue,
reseda, stone gray, Catawba,
of wisteria. , , ... Vai .
This edict was Issued by the
tonal Cloak, Suit and Sk rt Minute
turers’ Association, now ln
here. Fifty delegates from Cb |c »« '
St. Louis. Cincinnati, Cleveland an
Toronto. Canada, are in
Tha meeting will last two days,
a dozen- living models Rom n■ ^
cities are on exhibition. The ba
decree of the ztyle-makers »>!■
issued tomorrow.
HE WORE THE GLOVES
- S0 \r DONS THE STRIPES j
Henry Brown Is black, and ha*^
penchant for gloves of the »
shade. Henry had no more ne I
a pair of gloves than a bill)" g0 # I
for a suit case, but when ie * ^ f
pair of kids lying “round <*>>
not nailed down his Iiamll be |
went Into them. This muc CrlJ p I
blushlngly confessed to JU “f\ buUd 1
yesterday, who obliging!)' co
a fine stilt of striped clou Wm |
Brown's wardrobe, and 6“"
ten months in which to wea
• it out.
New York Press. a ma» I
Being Benerous Is the »« ake ,*>.
treats himself “ nd ‘V. to' othera.
pie believe he does it t
New York. Press. |ng way I
A girl has such a co»M» ^ 0 „
can make a mirror