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THE AMERICUS WEEKLY TIMES-RECORDER. THURSDAY. JANUARY 14. 1909.
THE TIMES-RECORDER
IMM.V A .NT) WEEKLY.
BON'D ISSUE FOR GOOD BOADS
The Americas Reoorder. Establiu:.-
The /..aerlrus Times, Established 1890.
Conj - 'dated April, 1891.
Eu..ired at the postoffice at Amerl-
cus iu second-class mall matter.
THOMAS GAMBLE, JR. Editor
C. W. CORNFORTH, Business Mgr.
J. W. FURLOW City Editor.
W. L. DL'i'REE, Asst. Business Dept.
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Amerlcus, Gv
liucricus, Ga., Jan. 11th, 1909.
BET TEH TIMES AT S. A. L. SHOPS
The assurances from the Seaboard
officials, conveyed In person on Mon
day o (he people of Amerlcus, that
the . irce employed at the shops
this city has reached Its minimum,
and from now on there will be add!
(Ions to it as the busiuess of the com.
pany increases, was received with
general expressions of satisfaction
the business Interests, and the pub
lic generally of this city.
The Seaboard has always been
friendly to Amerlcus in the hast and
the statement from Its chief officials
that it still entertains the kindest
sentiments toward this community and
Is willing to do all it can to main
tain the prosperity of the city will
remove any apprehensions that
lsted to the contrary, and any griev
ance that might have been entertain
ed because of the reductions In the
working forces here.
There is hardly a doubt but that
front now there will be a larger
corps of employes at the shops,
larger pay roll, and that the Seaboard
will resume its wonted place as
great factor in the business of the
city. Amerlcus feels a pardonable
pride and Interest In that corpora
tion. The line out of which the
system may be said to have develop
ed originated In the minds of the
business men here, was put- through
with local capital, and Its destinies
have always been more or less In
terwoven with the business Interests
cot this city. No community will
'hall the return of prosperity to the
Seaboard with greater pleasure than
Amerlcus will, not only because
the fact that it will react upon this
city but because of the sentimental
interest we nil feel In the railroad
Jtself.
DO NOT NEGLECT TO REGISTER,
Just now one of the most pressing
public duties the citizens ot Sumter
county have is that ot registering for
the bond Issue election that Is to be
held on February 20, Many are
qualifled to vote, but there are
many others whose names Are not
-on .the registration list sod who,
they do not give the matter attention,
will And themselves shut out from an
expression of their views through the
ballot box.
It Is believed that the vast major
ity of the voters ot Sumter county
want to see the highways of the coun
ty put In good shape, want to see the
county equipped for the work of
building and maintaining good roads,
> want to see' the convicts used to ad
vantage and the expenses ot road
maintenance lessened by the substitu
tion ot concrete bridges for the old
•wooden ones, and by the leveling
and grading of the roads generally.
The vote A know what a tremendous
Advantage It will be to the county as
a whole, and to each farmer and cit
izen Individually, to have these things
done..
But it is not enough to sympathize
with this movement for good roads;
not enough to endorse It, not enough
to say that you believe it should be
done. You can help to make it pos
sible by voting for the bond issue on
February 20. That Is the practical
way In which you can show your
sympathy with the good roads move
ment. But before you can vote you
.must register.
If you are not registered do so at
•once. If you have any doubts about
It can at the office ot the Tax Collec
tor and find out If you live In the
city It will take but a few minutes.
Jf you live in the country It may take
*ome more time, but It la time well
■pent It is time expended that will
enable you to ride over smooth, lov
ed, well kept toads hereafter, to all
. parts of the county.
The voters of Sumter County are to
have an opportunity to speak author
itatively ou the question as to wheth
er or not they desire a complete sys
tem ot Improved highways, reaching
every part of the county, and enab
ling the people of Sumter to travel
In comfort, with speed, and under the
best possible conditions, wherever
they may desire to go inside the
limits of the county.
The Board of Commissioners has
called an election on February 11,
to decide whether It shall be empow
ered to issue bonds to Uie extent of
150,000, the entire proceeds to be
devoted to good road work. The call
for the election appears in the Times-
Recorder of today.
So much stress has been laid upon
the Importance of good roads that It
seems almost superfluous to reiterate
the arguments In favor of them. The
matter Is one that appeals directly to
every man In the county, and espec
ially to those who are farmers. No
one Is so vitally Interested In the
question of good roads as tile farm
er. He uses them one might almost
say continuously. He draws his
supplies over them to his farm, and
he draws his crop over them to tho
railroad station or the market. He
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Ox Brands
for all crops for
best results.
Ask your dealer
for them.
A - .
Americus,
Georgia
MONEY IN THE SMALL FARM.
uses them for business, for conven
ience and for pleasure. If good roads
are at his command he Is enabled
to save time himself, to save exertion
on his stock, to save wear and tear
on his wagons. It has been shown
conclusively that on a good road a
pair of mules can pull two to three
times the quantity of cotton, or other
products, that they can haul on
sand-bed or clay mire road. On
level road the pulling power of
pair of mules or horses Is Immeasur
ably greater, ot course, than when
they are compelled to climb hills,
Good roads means that the hills will
be leveled, that the roads will be
perfecty drained, and that they will
be rolled and kept In a firm condl-
Everywhere the south is already
catching fire with the new and radical
Idea that the small farmer may really
make money. In Virginia, farmers,
on land valued at |4 an acre, have
suddenly taken to growing crops val
ued at $100 an acre. Young men are
beginning to stay In the country iu
order to make money. Even the young
men in city sweatshops and factories
have caught the glad tidings and are
hurrying back to the soil to try their
luck, and draw a good breath, and
are taking some of the city’s savoir
REPUBLICANISM LOCALLY
SIDE BED.
tlon. It also means that the
old
wooden bridges, constantly wearing
out and frequently causing accidents,
will be succeeded by concrete bridges,
It means an enormous Increase In
the advantages of country life,
Invitation to desirable settlers to
come In and fill up the waste places
resulting Improvement in the con
ditlons surrounding life In the coun-
try, and Immediate advances in val
In a county , where a thorough
system of good roads has been work
ed out lands will be worth $25 to $50
or more an acre. In a county where
there are no good roads the values
will be hardly a fifth of this. Good
roads do more to improve a county
than any other single agency.
It Is directly up to the citizens of
Sumter county to say whether they
shall have the blessings that accrue
from a system of fine highways
not. The Commissioners cannot
put in the good roads without the
machinery to work with, without the
money to care for the convicts. Once
the roads are put in the desired
shape the ezpense of maintaining
them will be greatly reduced. It
ha8 been estimated by careful stu-
dents of the question that the dif
ference In the cost of keeping
good roads pays the Interest on the
money expended to put them In good
■hape originally. Good roads are ac
cordingly a means of cheapening
county expenses In the long run.
The men In Sumter county who
want good roads from one end ot the
county tothe other must turn out
and work and vote for the bond is
sue. It will not do to take It for
granted that the election will
that way. It requires a large vote
to carry the bond Issue. If you want
good roads do some campaigning
among your neighbors. And do not
forget that when election day comeg
It is not the good will only but the
vote deposited in favor of good roads
that tells.
Chicago News.
If you must lie about anybody, pick
out some man a thousand miles
away.
Chicago News.
Some women can lace themselves
almost as tight as some men can
drink themselves.
quire whether he would be respected
if he were a Democrat.
It would be much better for the
vlvre with them into the country.—I Den,ocratic P art y lf men who believe
Success Magazine. w| th the Republican party would vote
Life on the well conducted small | for the candidates of that party. We
farm means life on a highly develop- d ° not ,r efe , r 1 me “ ,"/ ho ar e “jne-
ovwi ii, , . , -times dissatisfied with the nomination
ed and thoroughly organized plan
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These whiskies arc as pure os thedlstiller can make them.
Old Double Stamp Corn, 100 Proof, 4 full qts $3.75
Carr's Corn Malt, the best oq the market, 4 full qts $3.00
My personal guarantee goes with every package Bent out. All orders
go forward the same day they are received.
Write for price list and catalogue.
The men In the South who believe
in the principles of the Republican
party should certainly vote the Re
publican ticket. No stigma attaches
now to Republicanism. A good citi
zen is respected as such whether Re
publican or Democrat. The Republi
can who does not secure the respect
Time and again it has been demon
strated that the man operating the
small farm, the farm of 100 to 250
acres, bringing It up to the highest
point of cultivation, bringing to his
aid all that science can give him. hen-
eflttlng by the experience of Investi
gators In various agricultural lines,
applying the fruits of their researches
to his own work, finds every acre
profit, and while drawing an Income
from the soil Is gradually building
up to an ever greater degree of fertil
ity. In some of the Middle States old
worn out land has been made highly
profitable when worked on the intens
ive plan. What has been done there
can be done In the South.
The time is surely coming when
Georgia will be a state of small farms.
It may take another generation
even two or three, but the trend of the
time has steadily set that way. It will
be a good thing for Georgia when
such is the case. Think of what it
would mean In Sumter county, for
instance, to have from five hundred
to a thousand more white farmers
wfili their families within Its boun
darles, each operating a farm of 200
acres. Think of the difference it
would make in land values think of
the difference It would make in trade
of the county, think of the Improve
ment It would bring In life generally,
In the country districts what the re
suit would be in belter schools, and
beller church facilities better roads
m reate r comforts and ft-eater pleas
urea. ,
Every encouragement should be
Riven to the moveu" rt toward small
farms. Unfortunately the conditions
have been such that th-i trend
teen away from tho country to the
towns and the land h&s been given
up. In a large measure, to the sloven
ly agricultural effort* of the negroes.
The reaction will come and the actual
management of the land will bo In the
hands of the whites, as well as It*
ownership, once more the country
will become a home section. That is
what Georgia and every other South
ern state needs to see. That Is what
Sumter should encourage In every
possible way. And in no way can It
better work to that end than by
system of good highways. That Is the
first step of the drawing here of
desirable class of farmers who will
take up small farms and give their ef
forts to the upbuilding of this county.
of a candidate or the magnifying
an issue. Men who endorse the prin
ciples of the Democratic party should
stand by it In spite of temporary dis
satisfaction, but those who steadily
prefer Republican to Democratic prin
ciples should vote the Republican
ticket. Surely they would respect
themselves more and their neighbors
would *»t respect them less.—Jack
sonvllle Times-Unlon.
Other Southern papers have recent
ly published editorial comments some
what on thls'llne. if their view of the
situation Is the correct one, the time
has now urrlved when white men
the South can cast off their allegiance
to the Democratic party and openly
espouse Republicanism without loss
of caste. This doubtless applies
the matter of national elections, but
no one will question that It ends
there. The time, we believe, has not
yet come In the South—perhaps
never will come—when a white man
who desires to enjoy the respect and
confidence and approbation of his fel
low citizen, can afford to unquestion
ably ally himself with the Republican
party, as now constituted, in local
political affairs. To do so would be,
as the best elements of any Southern
community regard It, to constitute
himself an enemy to Its highest Inter
ests, material and otherwise.
Southern white man can vote for
Republican presidential electors with
out suffering any odium, but we doubt
If he could do so for a candidate for
mayor representing the mass of ig
norance and corruption that make up
the bulk of Republicanism In this
section. Because of this very fact It
will probably ever be found
difficult to build up a truly
representative white Republl
can party In this section. While
It may be true that national politics
should be cut off entirely from local
politics we all know that as a matter
of fact this has never been done In
any section of the country, nor is it
likely to be done. To build up
strong Republican national party in
the South it must have a strong local
Republican party, and the Southern
town and cities and counties are not
very apt to run any such tremendous
risks as would be Involved In such a
political revolution as that.
Settled.
Philadelphia Inquirer.)
, An old woman, on being examined
before a magistrate as to her place
of legal settlement, was asked what
reason she had for supposing her
husband had a legal settlement In
that town.
The old lady said:
“He was born and married there
end they bnrled him ther, and If that
isn’t settling there, what Is?”
THOS. CARR
127 MAIN St., JACKSONVILLE, FLA. Formerly of Augusta, Ga.
PRESIDENT AND SENATE
IS CALLED TO CUURCH
IN INMAN PARK
New York Press.
You can never make a man
Revo that when you don’t agree
his politics It isn’t bccaszs you
deliberately trying to insult him.
V
Rev. J. B. Lawrence, rector of
Calvary Episcopal church in Amerl
cus, has received a call to the rector
ship of Inman Park Episcopal church
In the Atlanta parish. This church
in a beautiful and fashionable sec
tion of the city and is rapidly grow
ing In strength and membership. Mr.
Lawrence has not yet made reply
to the nattering offer, but it Is hoped
that he may determine to continue
(Philadelphia Record.)
If Theodore Roosevelt were to be 1
President for several years more It
would be the duty of Congress to dis
cuss and formulate a statement ot
the respective functions of the execu
tive and the legislative branches of
the Government; the judiciary Is
pretty well able to protect Itself
against invasions by either of the
other co-ordinate branches of the
Government. As he is going out of
the office In a few weeks, the subject
ALWAYS KEEP A
BOTTLE IN THE HOUSE
About ten days before Christmas I
got my hand hurt so badly that I had
to stop work right in the busy time
of the year,” says Mr. .Milton Wheel
er, 2100 Morris Ave., Birmingham, Ala.
“At first 1 thought I would have to
have my hand taken off, but someone
told me to get a bottle of Sloan's
Liniment and that would do the work.
The Liniment cured my hand and I
gladly recommed it to everyone.”
r? * “ ■“ «■»*
—“My fingers were greatly inflamed
from a fish sting and doctors pro
nounced it blood poison. I used
several applications of Sloan’s Un-
Iment and it cured me all right. I
will always keep a bottle of Sloan's
Liniment In my house.”
Mr. J. P. Evans of Mt. Airy, Ga,
says:—"After being afflicted for three
years with rheumatism, I used Sloan’s
Liniment, and was cured sound and
well, and am glad to say I haven’t
been troubled with rheumatism since.
My leg was badly awolen from my
hip to my knee. One-halt a bottle
took the pain and swelling out.”
slderatlon, but It Is at least worth
passing notice both from the public
and from Congress.
There Is no doubt that the Cabinet
officers are responsible to the Presi
dent. He selects them; he can re
move them; they are Ills agents for
administering the executive functions
ot tbo Government. We have
strong executive', and we have it, in
the opinion of some learned writers on
history, because the authors of our
Constitution were not familiar with
the British parliamentary system.
That system, however, has been con
siderably developed since our Consti
tution was written. Wo have the
strong executive, but there Is
doubt where the source of power Is
in our political system; both Presi
dent and Congress derive their power
from the people, and In general they
have got on very well with each other.
There Is no doubt of the right of
Congress to know what the executive
is doing and what It is neglecting to
do, and to be fully Informed regard
ing the acts ot the executive In the
administration of the laws. It has
been deemed more courteous to call
for information from the heads ot
departments than from the President,
just os In constitutional monarchies
it Is deemed courtesy to discuss and
denounce the acts of the Ministry
rather than those of the crown. Mr.
Roosevelt objects to this because he
thinks it is treating the Cabinet offl-‘ ft „
cent as independent of him. In this FIPIL IS
be betrays a megalomania which
would be as much of a menace to
his mental and physical health os to
the political institutions of the coun
try If It were not that his term of
office Is now near Its end.
Local Cotton Market
Americus, Ga., Jan. 13.—The local
cotton market today was quiet at
the following prices; Tester- Last
Today day Year
Good Middling .... 9 9^ uy,
Middling ...... 8* 8VK 11
Low Middling 1% 7% 8Vi |
NEW YORK FUTURES
New York, Jan. 13.—Futures closed
very steady.
Open Close j
March 9.15
May .. . . 9.18
July 9.u
October 8.87
SAVANNAH.
Savannah. Ga., Jan. 13.—Spots mid
dling 9 cents.
9.20
9.17
9.10
8.89
AGLEY CALLS FOR
STOCK SUBSCRIPTIONS
CHARGED TO TEACHER
A case which assembled In Amerl-1
cus a goodly portion of the citizen
ship of Leslie was tried In the ctty|
court Monday and proved of In
tense Interest to tho people of that I
community, many of whom listened |
to the evidence before tho court.
The trial grew out of the whipping |
Fruit Exchange President Will Serve' 0, “ ^ J ln * cho01 ’ .
G ra tj s | The defendant was Prof. Blackman, I
of the Leslie High School, who had I
Atlanta, Ga, Jan. 13—PresM«nt H . ? ha * ttaed the 80n of Mr ’ ThomM Uv |
C. Bagley has called upon the stock- DKStoD ’ one of hl » P«P‘1« too severe-1
holders of that organization for the, wa * f" eged ’
on in the broad field of usefulness first installment on the subscription 1 Judge Cr,sp heard the case wlth-l
and endeavor which he occupies here.‘to their stock amounting to 10 per ,out the R8 »*»tnnce of a Jury, and af-l
■ —— cent I ter numerous witnesses had testl-l
New York P^ess. I Although the trastees voted him a fled pro and con the court ^mUsedl
There Is no way one woman can liberal salary for the work he haa| the charge “»t“«t Prof. Blackman,
be so hateful to another as to be done In conectlon with the organize-1” 1 ® decl,lon aeemed to meet with
better dressed than she Is. jtton, Mr. Bagley has declined to ac-, Verr general approval.
— kept any compensation whatever and I Probab, J r a ha, t hundred citlxensl
A mother always expects her son prefers to redder the service gratis ° f U,Ile Md vtelnlt y were present
to turn out better than Us father did. as wiU be dono by all the trustees. I 10 hear th ®