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THE TIKES-RECORDER
DAILY ASP WEEKLY,
The Americas Reoorder, Established
1479.
'The A.uerlcua Times, Established 1890.
Consolidated April, 1891.
Entered at the postofflce at Amerl-
ous at second-class mall matter.
THOMAS GAMBLE. JR Editor
C. W. CORNFORTH, Business Mgr.
J. W. l'L.RLOW City Editor.
W. L DUPREE, Asst. Business Dept.
Editorial Room Telephone 99.
Tbo Times-Bccordcr Is the -•
Official Organ of the City of Amerlcus.
Otllclul Organ of Sumter County.
Official Organ of Webster County.
Uielal Organ of Railroad Commis
sion of Georgia for 3rd Congres
sional district.
' Official Organ U. S. Court, Southern
District of Georgia.
as a home.
For the next decade It is safe
predict a great improvement In farm
ing methods, which arc oftentimes
wasteful. larger returns will be ob
tained. and intensive farming will be
more tho rule, especially in the South,
where tho wasteful methods of ante
bellum days have not yet entirely dis
appeared. Land-poor estates will
give way to small farms and the face
of the earth made to blossom with Its
wealth of fruitage. The farmer is
coming into his own.
Bankrupt Sale
GREAT IS THE HORSE!
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Amerlcus, v
Amerlcus. t.'iu, Feb. 11, 1909.
T IK PROSPEROUS FARMER
ii ’he mad rush for riches which
has ; lifted the nation for many de-
rnd- it has been the custom to large
ly i;- .ore the possibllltes of the farm
and the life of a farmer. Boys with
nu.hition to lead more than a dull, and
not very profitablq existence on
acres which their fathers cultivated,
Horsed lo the cities, as offering the
only chance for the life which they
•craved.
On the farm tho existence was mon
otonous enough usually, and with
-neighbors not very plentiful, the lone
liness became a thing to be detested.
Prices of products were low, and
though sufficient food was raised for
the family, the sale of the surplus
did not bring In much ready money.
As a factor in the country's progress
/ Ilf tie .ittentlon was paid to the farm-
■ er, and as the food supply did not
run short or Increase in price very
noticeably, he was taken as a matter
of course, and not as an Individual to
be reckoned with.
But with the steady rise in the
-last Tew years of tho price ot food
-stuffs, attention has been directed to
the farmer, and tho cartoons of the
• day depict him a3 of lordly stature,
and wearing the smile which beto
ken? prosperity. Dwellers In the
-• noisy marts ot trade havo begun to
take notice of the hand that supplies
"-their dally needs In the food line, be
ing led to do so by the tightening of
■ the- soil of household expenses. Tho
v farmer who raises what tho people
■ eni wsb never before so Important an
individual In this country as today.
• Secure in the raising of what he
needed and able to sell tho surplus for
good prices, and with a prominent
plane in the magazine and economic
dloousslons of the day, the farmer has
• come out from the shadows and is
■ standing in the full play of the
limelight.
It was only a few years ago thal
tile doom of the horse was freely
predicted, and the more impression
able were shedding tears at the aw
ful fate of the faithful animal and
the friend of the family.
This decadence ot the horse
ascribed to the automobile, the
tension of the trolley line and steam
railroads, and to the bicycle. Only
as a mere beast of burden was the
horse to survive, and with the de
crease in the demands for other
purposes it was the general opin
ion that horses would become very
cheap.
But in spite of the expansion
the forces at war with the noble steed
tho price of "nags" has doubled
ten years. In this period the auto
mobile has odlferously chugged its
way over the streets and highways
frightening the live stock and creat
ing havoc generally. Tho street rail
way has reached out into the country
and brought the farmer in close
touch with the market, carrying both
his family and his freight. But all
in vain, so far as destroying the
value of the horse was concerned.
In a recent report of the Agricul
tural Department it is shown that
there are nearly double the number
of horses now as in 1898, and the
value of each horse has nearly treb
led! Those who have to buy horses
for their own use can only shudder,
to think what would have been the
price had not the automobile, the
bicycle and the trolley car come
their relief and lightened in some
small measure, the demand.
Instead of wending his weary way
to the bone yard, dejected and
outcast, as the more pessimistic of
the prophets, declared, the horse was
never before in such high fettle, nev
er before so “feeling his oats" a
today.
Here are the figures:
1898—Number ot horses, 13,960,911
price each $34.26; total value $478,-
362,407.
1909—Number of horses 20,640,000
price each $93.G4; total value $1,974
052,000.
TO ABOLISH REFORM MOVEMENTS
The multiplicity of reform move
ments affords a text for an editorial
utterance In the Cincinnati Enquirer,
reviewing numerous movements that
engross the attention of various bod
ies of people at this time, or which
have occupied their time nnd energies
One m0Bt potent factor in the up- ln thc past ’ beginning with the great
the
the
De
lift has been the building of good
roads. In the east and middle west
the highways are such as to enable
the producers to haul large loads to
market, cutting down the cost of
transportation to a minimum. Then
a poo l road brings communities and
families nearer together. To reduce
the time between two places is to
bring them that much nearer. Tele
phones completed the work done by
the good roads, and relieved
loneliiifss which had oppressed
/ isolated family.
Important work ln behalf of
farmer has been done by the
parlment of Agriculture. Soils have
been analyzed, and much most valu
able Information distributed among
the farmers. The best ways of hand-
Hng the farm are made available
every farmer, instead of the old way
-of learning chiefly by experience. He
has also been taught the wastefulness
- of no:un methods, for Instance the
killing of birds which have been dis-
- l covered to be the real friend of the
farmer, like the bluebird, which is so
effective in the orchards, and the lit*
- Q ewren, which is a gold mine to ev-
■ ery farmer In whose yard the wren
makes its uest.
No longer need the farmer be "jol-
■ llrd” for his votes liy means of gran-
• dboquint phrases about the dignity of
labor end the noblUty of gathering
the fruits of the earth. A more clo-
rqncnt rad more appreciated tribute is
■pins . -he Increased value which the
city man sets on the output of the
- farm. There is no “taffy” about that.
As the farm becomes more at-
' tractive and profitable, it would not
be surprising to observe a strong
movement from the cities back to the
-country. Ono prime necessity for
s this tendency in the South Is good
in order that access to the
and towns may be more easy.
Samter county has a chance to share
■ 5 in this influx movement by voting
- Rands for Improving the roads, thus
- increasing the value of the lands and
making the farm a place to be desired
demand for popular representation In
government and coming through the
anti-slavery movement, and the tem
perance movement, down to the
form movements of today which em
brace divorce, labor, municipal utili
ties and a score of other things, sen
timental or material. In their scope.
Turn where one will »-e find the re
former at hiB work, Impressed with
the BUpreme Importance of his task,
oblivious of the fact that there are
other needs of humanity that may bo
more crying than the particular ono
he stresses, wrapt In the contempla
tion of his own efforts to uplift the
people, to punish crime, to reduce
vice, nnd to bring the millenlum close
to hand.
The Enquirer recognizes tho value
of such reform, crusades, acknowled
ges the good they do, directly or In
directly, hut it is compelled to ask
the question as to whether these
reform movements accomplish any
thing nt all commensurate to the
amount of time, labor and money they
cost. Originally, it points out, they
were purely philanthropic.
Now they furnish occupation and
a livelihood to a large number
those most active In forwarding their
purposes. It Is necessary, of course,
that Information ln regard to a sub
ject in all Its bearings should be dis
seminated before action, preventive or
corrective, can become general. Take
the anti-tuberculosis crusade.
Thorough and universal enlighten'
ment In regard to consumption which is
other special evils which ought to be
the first thing essential, can only be
secured by organization and a great
deal of hard work. . And so of 'many
mitigated and eradicated. But arc we
using the right method in thus at
tacking separate evils by themselves?
Should we not begin and put in our
work further hack?
The Enquirer’s views on this line
are well worth considering. Says It:
"We have 111 this country a public
school system which Is supposed to
Include every child of the proper age.
Let ug suppose that it does so actual-
Not enough sales in Americus
so we have moved one from
Albany, Ga., to
in The Planter’s
OUR
Bank
STORE
Building
TIFT & MITCHELL of Albany, Ga., have failed and were sold at
bankrupt sale. We bought this stock at about 40c on the dollar of
invoice cost, and will close it out at prices that were never heard of
before in Americus.
This stock is all new, the firm having been in business but a short
while and consists of new and up-to-date
Spring iTuslins, Batiste Organdies,
Embroideries, Notions and stacks,
of new and up-to-date
Dress Goods
and stacks
Shoes, high and low cut
Now is your opportunity.
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 12th
are crowded for room
Don’t let it pass. SALE STARTS ON
This must be closed out at once, as we
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PLANTER’S BANK BLDG.
AMERICUS, GEORGIA
ly, and that every one of them Is fully
Instructed In regard to its physical
constitution and the laws of health
and hygiene. In the life of one
two generations at the utmost, such
being the case, there would be
need of special organization to com
bat every form of disease. Everybody
everywhere would know and obsrevo
the laws of health, apd epidemics first
ami then other moblfic affections
ould gradually disappear. So, too,
every child were from its earliest
years faithfully and constantly taught
in the schools the basic principles
good roads and the laws of brotherly
kindness and good will nnd each given
useful occupation the need of
great many anti this and that asso
ciations would cease to exist.
In short, If we would check crimi
nality, promote purity, banish disease
and bring iu universal peace we'havc
got to do it by changing the Indivi
dual man. Comparatively little can
done with adults, as experience
shows, but by taking the children in
hand in the right way we can do
away with the everlasting reform
movements. They will come to an
end because there will he no more
need of them."
A HAPPY
HOME
Is one where health abounds.
With impure blood there can.
not be good health,
Withadlsordered LIVER there
cannot be good blood.
TutfsPilis
revivify the torpid LIVER andrestore
Its natural action.
A healthy LIVER means pure
Pure blood means health.
Health means happiness.
Tike oo Substitute. All Druggists.
HOG KILLING IN GEORGIA
(Columbus Enqulror-Sun.)
a lesson. In the old days when the
farms were made self-sustaining and
tho towns nnd cities were supplied
from the farms nearby, pure food
. . , . , . , .... laws were unnecessary and “embalm-
Thousands of hogs have been kill- |ng fluids" for meats were unheard
ed In Georgia since lust Saturday of.
morning, and there are great qunntl-
ties of backbone, sparorlbs, sausages,
nnd the like in this good old state.
Comparatively few persons had "kill
ed hogs” up to the coming of the
cold spell, and they were getting a
bit restless. Their meat was begin
ning to becomo expensive even be
fore It was in shape 10 use. The hogs
were ready to kill two or three
months ago and a few had been
slaughtered, but most of the farm
ers had not killed. They had to
keep on feeding t he hogs, however,
nnd many bushels of corn were de
voured by them while waiting for
cold weather.
But most ot them have been killed
now, and with the pretty weather
that now has followed, the meat is
safe unless it was frozen in which
event one will have to he careful
about it. Real cold weather, such as
we had Saturday, Sunday and up
to noon Monday is not the best for
saving meat. It Isn’t necessary for
It to be freezing cold. In fact, It
Is better for It not to be so. As a
rule with tho temperature below
forty degrees the careful farmer has
no trouble saving meat, even though
the hogs should be large ones. All
that is necessary is for it to be cold
enough to drive the animal heat out
of the meat leaving it thoroughly
cooled, and then, properly salted, un
less conditions are very unfavorable
afterward, It will keep all right.
Tho weather this year has been a
‘OQt ilonl mil fin r thnn iiminl - In
incident in rural life rather than a
habit, as it is today.
What has been done in other sec
tions of the country for the Incrcaso
of tho value of lands by tho building
of good roads can be done here in
Georgia and will be done. Every
argument is ln favor of good roads
and under the new convict law Geor-
KEAL VALUE OF GOOD ROADS gia should get the good road"
(Macon News.)
Following the statement of Mr. Gus
Ixmg before the road board of Bibb
county several days ago and the var
ious editorials of the News to the ef
fect that improvement in the roads
means Increased value for lands the
News desires to present a few figures
published by Frederick J. Haskins,
ono of the most noted writers on
special topics in the country. .Mr.
Haskins after a very exhaustive study
on this subject has arrived at tho con
Biennial sessions of the Georgia
legislature aro favored by Gov.-Elect
Brown, it is reported. He has doubt
less been sounding the people on tho
subject.
great deal milder than usual. ,
fact up to the time of the coming of
the cold wave last Saturday It has
been cold enough for Ice to form only
tlirce times during the entire winter,
and many predictions were made that
there would be no real cold weather
this winter, and some who had fat
tening hogs were beginning to feel a
little apprehensive that there would
ho no "hog killing” weather. They
all feel easier now that their meat
Is saved.
But there are not as many hogs
killed In Georgia as there should he.
Every iiound of meat that Is con
sumed In the state should be raUcd
here. There is always plenty of good
Opposition to making Taft a “Ma
son at sight” has developed in Geor
gia, though this need not effect Ohio,
which is to receive him. Grand Master
Meyerhardt has never heard of a case
of the kind in Georgia in the 121 years
in which records havo been kept.
weather for saving meat and there ten Slllon ballots in hand /-,. J™,
Is none that is better than the homo, .he ...l 18 .'I. hanrt and Btorm
California is attracting attention
again, not by an earthquake this
time, unless the earth should quake
at the danger of a war between tho
— - —--— «*. United States and Japan. The legis-
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the farming country which they tra-i to B ve tao Japs a turn-down, re
verse. That statement is based upon BardIess of Washington or Gov. Oil-
solid figures gained after most care- lette.
fill research by the Bureau of Cen-!
sus, by the office of Public Roads, by
the I .and and Industrial Bureaus of
twelve trunkline railroads, nnd by
the Bureau of Statistics of the United
States Department f Agriculture.
Tilts increase has been variously
estimated at from two dollars to nine
dollars an acre, and in 1900 there was
thirty-eight million, live hundred and
ninety-one thousand, one hundred
thousand, one hundred and seventy-
seven acres of farm lands. Of that
number four hundred and
million, four hundred and ninety-
eight thousand, four hundred uml
eighty-seven were considered Improv
ed.
Again, to he conservative, consider
merely that half of alt farming coun
try; give to It the very lowest possi
ble increase In valuation, two dol
lars per acre, nnd the total gain it
farm value through better highways
would be eight hundred nnd twenty-
eight million, nine hundred and nine
ty-six thousand dollars.
Add that to the sum of five million
dollars to be gained through hauling,
and the aggregate benefit to farm
ers directly would reach a billion ami
a half dollars.
These are facts, and were tho farm-
f™ t?r,' 8 “ cln .K * n °ugh to take their
The reason Roosevelt preferred
honorary citizenship In Rome, Italy,
'■'instead of Rome, Ga., is explained by
tile Tribune-Herald of the latter city,
by saying that ln the Georgia city
1 eddy would have to pay street tax.
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