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THE AMERICUS WEEKLY TIMES-RECORDER. THURSDAY.
FEBRUARY 25, 1909.
THE TlfllES-RECORDER
I* U1.T AND WEBKLT.
The Ai'.rrlcu* Recorder. EstablhUMd
In common Willi probably every
other paper published in the smaller
cities and towns of Georgia the Tlmes-
Becorder durlug this winter has con-
__ , „ talned news Items to the effect that
Cufuf » eo a nd “l'la PO man maue^““ llOK kllli "s had been deferred owing
The Am.
Consoli.i
teas Times, Established 1890.
ted April, 1891.
SAVING HOVE MEATS ON THE
FARM.
THOMAS GAMBLE, Jit.,
Editor and Manager.
J. W FURLOW City Editor.
W. !- DLPREE, Asst. Business Dept.
Editorial Room Telephone 99.
The Times-Hccorder Is the
Official Organ of the City of Americas.
Official Organ of Sumter County.
Official Organ of Webster County.
tllc.nl Organ of Railroad Commis
sion of Georgia for 3rd Congres
sional district
Offlc.ai Organ U. S. Court, Southern
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Amerlcus, Cs
Americas, (hi., Feb. 25th, 1909.
GOll:; IIOADS MUST NOT BE
ABANDONED
Tli : oud roads movement In Sum
ter cc..uiy must not be abandoned be
cause cf the temporary set back re
suiting from the failure to carry the
proposed bond issue. The fact that
neariy six hundred voters went
the pel s and cast their ballots
favor of good roads was distinctly en
couraging. It should not require very
much more education, nor a much
greater effort, to bring a sufficient
additional number Into the movement
to win success for it.
Twice the proposition for a bond
issue far good roads has been de
feated. But twice does not mean al
ways. Even If the third time should
fall tin re would be no reason why
fourth or a fifth effort should not be
mad.-. But it Is quite probable that
the third effort will be successful,
that the awakened interest In the mat
ter w ill then be sufficient to carry the
day. While It may he well to post
pone another election unt.l mid-sum
mer the County Commissioners should
certainly not abandon it. Good roads
we should have, good roads wc must
have, and the only way to get them
is to issue bonds sufficient to equip
the county for the work. The very
men who are opposed to this project
*rlll by among the converts to It
once it Is demonstrated to them what
a tremendous factor good roads are
tn building up a county.
THE BARKEN OF DEMOCRACY
"I am not an out-and-out candidate
but It the people of this country and
my own party should demand that I
make the race again, standing for
my well-known principles and ideas,
why, 1 do not very well see how
could refuse.”
There Is a familiar flavor about
these few sentences. It seems to us
. that wi- must have heard them be-
fore. They recall a very estimable
gentleman who has thrice lead the
greet Democratic party to a glorious
defeat.
Investigation shows that the susptc
Ion is well based. "These words no
Shapispeare wrote, no Byron penned.
They fell from the lips of Hon. Wil
liam Jennings Bryan, at Denver,
few days ago. The public must have
recognised them even though they had
not been labeled. It heard the same
words twelve and eight
years ago, and, for aught
we know. It may be destined to hear
them again four yearg hence.
There Is nothing like being a will
ing patriot In the cause. Bryan is
undoubtedly the Barkis of Democracy.
He is willin'. It only remains to
seen whether the party is willin’
he again served up as a juicy sacri
fice on the altar of the Nebraskan's
ambition to continue in the Marathon
political race as n perpetual loser
with the smile that never wears off.
Gov. Smith really did say sonic
cutting things about Editor Clark
Howell. Clark nmdc the mistake of
turning and rending the railroads as
soon ns he had been defeated in his
gubernatorial aspirations.
to the hot weather, or that the farm
ers were fearful that their meats
would he destroyed by the failure to
have cold weathe r. Once or twice at
tention has also been called to the
necessity for a cold atore.se plant In
Amerlcus, as well ns at other central
points, where pork and other meats
could be placed and saved from tills
danger of spoiling. Nothing, how
ever, has been done along this line
and It Is probable that next winter we
will llnd the same items appearing In
this and other papers similarly situ
ated.
From the Albany Herald, though,
we learn that it Is not so in all
Georgia counties, that In Brooks coun
ty, one of the most progressive of the
State In an agricultural way, the
farmers have their own cold storage
places, go ahead and kill their meats
when the proper time arrives, and
save them by the use of Ice. Brooks
county has become quite famous for
Its hams and bacon, and the quanti
ties of pork in various forms on hand
in that county at times must be very
large. If the Herald Is well informed
fully $50,000 of hoiue-cured bacon will
be sold from that county. There ts
some ham and bacon produced in
Sumter, of course, but It Is safe to
say the total is very small in compar
Ison with that of Brooks county, al
though the latter enjoys probably not
a single advantage over Sumter
far as the raising of good hogs for
killing Is concerned, unless It be that
the farmers of Brooks are more de
termined to vary their money crops.
However, to go back to the saving
of meats in warm weather. The
Brooks county farmers havo cold
Tennessee Chemical Company
Manufacturers and Importers of Fertilizers
Tennessee Phos
phate is the Best
known.
Ox Brands
for all crops for
best results.
Ask your dealer
for them.
Americus,
Georgia
The Loti weevil is scheduled to lilt
Georgia in four years. In that time
It Is hoped to produce n strain of
cotton V 't will ho Impervious to Its
btlocxs. if not we will have to grin
and bear it like the other states have
done and- turn attention to other
crops as an offset to its damages.
storage facilities which, though crude,
enable them to kill their cattle and
hogs at any time. Tho Herald tells
of It In this way:
"On nearly every farm In Brooks
county there Is a refrigerator. It Is
a crude, Inexpensive structure, and
Is made air-tight by a lining of gunny
bagging or coarse cloth stuffed with
sawdust, straw or shavings. With
sufficient Ice in It to reduce the tem
perature to something like 35 or 40
degrees, meat packed in one of those
home-made refrigerators will keep
until the farmer Is ready to resalt and
Bprcad It preparatory to hanging In
the smoke-house for smoke-curing.
"In a section where Ice is so cheap
and easily obtained as It Is In the
region around Albnny, every farmer
could easily havo Ills meat-packing
house and make the saving of his
meat a matter of certainty and of lit
tie expense.”
What Is possible In Brooks is cer
tainly possible in Sumter. If Brooks
has pointed the way let other coun
tics follow. . There Is no reason why
In Sumter county, at least, great quan
tities of bacon, hams, salted pork,
etc., should not be produced for home
consumption on the farms and for the
local demands of the city of Amerlcus
and other towns In the county.
GO SLOWLY WITJI PAROLES'AND
PARDONS
The Savannah Morning News thinks
that under the new regulations the
Georgia penitentiary will resolve it
self into an institution where men
eonvlcted of crime will take the rest
eure. It may be so In other counties
hut we will venture the assertion that
the convicts working on the roads of
punter county will And it no rest
,^Jre. except at nights. They will be
Bioperly treated but they will work.
Attention has been called to the
liberal use of the pardoning power In
Georgia In the post year or two.
There is no doubt that In some In
stances the pardons were unwisely
granted, bestowed upon men who were
unworthy of clemency and whose sub
sequent conduct quickly demonstrat
ed the fact. The trouble is that a
little money to hire a lawyer, a little
political Influence behind the peti
tion, and a few friends to secure sig
natures to the paper quietly, have
often been about the only things
needed in Georgia to obtain liberty
for criminals of the worst type.
Under the new criminal regulations
the system of paroles has been add
ed to that of pardons. The Idea Is
all right, but unless It la used with
extreme caution, with wise discre
tion, It Is going to degenerate into
nn evil. It Is doubtful If men found
guilty of certain crimes should ever
be made the recipients of mercy, eith
er in the form of a parole or of :
pardon. Take the foulest crime It
the calendar, that of rape. Men coil'
Icted of this offense and saved from
the gallows, should under no condi
tions be granted clemency after
wadrs. In Delaware, where It will
bo recalled one or more negroes were
killed In riots growing out of as
saults, It was ascertained that men
guilty of this crime and pardoned af
ter short sentences had subsequent
ly repeated the crime. The same has
been true elsewhere. Here, for in
stance, Is a telegram In the Cincinna
ti Enquirer, under date of St. Louis
Feb. 18.
"Anthony End, aged 23, paroled by
Gov. Folk after serving a few months
of a six-year sentence, imposed for
an attack on thlrteen-ycar-old Edna
Pearl Devlin, was Identified today by
nine-year-old Adele Winters as the
man who committed a heinous crime
against her In a vacant house, Janu
ary 25th, two weeks after his re
lease, on April 6 last When End at
tacked the Devlin girl he narrowly
escaped lynching."
If the criminal In question had
been kept in the penitentiary for life,
as he should have been, tills second
child would have boon saved from his
clutches. Inasmuch as efforts arc
likely to be made In Georgia, as in
other states, for the paroling
pardoning of men of this type
would be well in the beginning if an
iron clad rule were adopted that un
der no consideration would there be
any freedom granted to a criminal of
this type. It would be far better to
turn a mad dog loose on the people
than n man of this description.
It would be well to closely follow
this paroling business. There had
grown to be considerable laxness in
the pardons. Similar unwise clemen
cy may be grafted onto the paroling
system if the public is not on the
alert to prevent It. Paroling Is a
good thing if it Is not abused, but the
temptation to abuse it in the interest
of men with a pull is going to be
great.
SUPPLIES NEEDED
EBY.
FOB CREAM.
When the Amerlcus cremery was
established It was done on the basis
of representations made to It by a
number of citizens that they would
put In a certain number of cows and
deliver the milk to the creamery dally
Unfortunately a number of these par
ties have failed, for some reason or
other, to keep their promise and the
success of the creamery has, as a re
sult, been jeopardized. The quantity
of milk being delivered to It at this
time Is entirely Inadequate and should
he vastly Increased. The proposition
Is a paying one to those furnishing the
milk, and the creamery can be put ou
a profitable basis and he made a per
manent and successful enterprise,
stimulating the dairy business
Sumter county generally. If the prac
tical support Is given to It that it Is
entitled to.
The creameries established at va
rious points in the North and West
have been eminently successful sim
ply because of the hearty co-operation
of the farmers. The farmers have
realized that the creameries' In which
many of them held stock, opened the
way for profitable dairying for them
They have found the cows profitable,
not only as actual money earners, but
in an indirect way as enrlchers of
the soil. There is no reason why sim
ilar results should not ensue In Sum
ter county. The Amerlcus creamery
Is thoroughly equipped for the work
It ts intended to do, the butter turned
out from It Is of an excellent quality,
and even If the creamery were pushed
to the limit of its capacity It could
hardly meet the local demand let alone
ship the output to surrounding mar
kets. If the scheme for a herd of cat
tle at the Agricultural College could
tills Is done there must and should be tobacco paid into the United States
further hearty co-operation on the Treasury annually has in tile last
parf of the progressive farmers of flve • v [', ars lncre “ se <| * u 1 ffl “ Ie t nt J y *°
1 ” more than pay the total cost of the
the neighborhood. : soil-survey work in the entire United
There is hardly a farm that would States,
not be benefltted by the presence of: "Tile soil-survey work in central
a herd of good cattle. That has been
the experience elsewhere and there
is no reason to believe it would he
otherwise In Sumter county. Will not
our more enterprising farmers start
the hall rolling, set the example and
Induce others to follow in their foot
steps.. Sumter Is recognized as
Ideal country for this purpose. Dairy
ing can be made to pay here and th'
present creamery should be the med
ium for Introducing this new branch
of profitable fanning Into this and
the surrounding counties.
' Georgia lias aided in tile extension
, and development of the peach indus
try. and Georgia, because of these
soil surveys and of the Information
burdens of government Is not just to
the state or to those who are doing
their full duty as taxpayers. While
the task of such a Board would ba
difficult It would clearly he within tho
range of the possible to bring returns
in cacli county very much nearer ac
tual values than they are at this time.
And if this Is dono It is not an Idle
about peach soils which Is contalncl I dream that the rate of taxation could
COUNTY SOIL SURVEYS IN GEOR.
GIA.
The people of Sumter county are
aware of the fact that a soil survey
has been made of the farm of the
Agricultural College. It is hoped that
during the present year experts from
the Department of Agriculture
Washington will come down and make
a survey of the entire county. This
hus practically been promised to Con
gressman Lewis and there Is
doubt that his successor from this
District will make every effort to have
the promise carried out.
Recently there was quite a dis
cussion In the House of Representa
tives over an amendment to the ap
propriation bill, providing
Increase for the Bureau of Soils.
Among those taking a decided stand
In favor of It was Congressman Ed
wards, from the First District, who
seems to have given the matter con
siderable attention. In the course of
tho discussion Mr. Edwards made
strong argument In favor of county
soil surveys. Speaking of the pur
pose of such work he said:
“The object Is to map out the Im
portant soil areas in accordance with
their geological relations and ilielr
agricultural values These soil maps
are of such u character as to show
farmers or |.-ospe-;lve settlers the
character of the soil and the nature
of tho crQps or the general classes of
crops adapted to the general soil for
mations In the different regions."
Congressman Edwards made a vig
orous protest against the neglect with
which Georgia has been treated in
this Important respect. Too little has
been done, but what has been done
has been of great value. As Mr. Ed
wards pointed out:
"Soil surveys already made in
Georgia have shown the existence of
large areas of low-priced land well
suited to the production of both filler
and wrapper tobacco, and have aided
enormously In the development of
tho tobacco Industry In Georgia. At
the present time individuals and cor
porations desiring to engage In the
tobacco Industry will only purchase
land for that purpose according
In these soil surveys, is rapidly
becoming one of the leading peach-
producing States.
"No soil surveys have yet been
made in the Atlantic coast section of
Georgia, and work of this character
should he undertaken at once, in or
der to determine the relationship of
the soils along tho Atlantic coast to
those in South Carolina similarly sit
uated and upon which valuable crops
of cabbage, lettuce, and other winter
vegetables are produced.
"Soil surveys are also needed In
Georgia to show the character and ex
tent of the swamp lands which are
capable of reclamation and agricul
tural occupation along tho seaboard.
The farmers of Georgia are alert
and desirous of using every known
agency for the improvement of their
farm conditions. Since 1SS0 there has
again bn lowered and the burdens be
fairly distributed among all taxpayers
in proportion to their wealth.
The point is being raised that If the
values now returned are Increased
there would he no resultant re
duction in the rate, hut that the leg
islators would find new expedients
with which to keep the rate at the
legal maximum. This is hardly prob
able. The great mass of tho legisla
tors hail from the country counties
and are clearly easily reached and
disciplined by their constituents <f
they arc guilty of any policy of un
necessary expenditures. Such a claim
is no valid objection to a proper
equalization of the assessable values
l>ecn nn Increase of 80,000 in the num-j
her of Georgia farms. Daring that throughout Georgia. It Is merely a
length of time there has been an in-1 subterfuge to postpone the adoptloa
Upheld in'farins”l"n t he sTat? wlZ'°f “ *>'•? “f wo “' 1 ' h be ^ t0 *"
for the same period there hns been clRa9ea ot citizens. Tho sooner tho
an increase of nearly two and one- state seeks to bring all values up to a
half million acres in the improved legitimate basis tho bettor it will bo
land ot the State. These figures show for lt .... th tuxnnverii ceiierillv
(1) that there is an Increased demand taxpayers generally,
for Georgia lands: (2) that Georgia
farmers are going Into Intensive
farming and are using the land which
they possess to Increasing advantage;
(3) that Georgia farmers arc building
up for themselves an increasing num
ber of prosperous farm homes.
•A LITTLE HELP FROM MOTHER."
A little ten-year old girl who was
one of the contestants in the Uncoin
competition for school children car-
thls same period of time the value of rled on by the New York Times, eras-
ar&JsfiSwSL ..ts «»»• rs- -ysr*1
half million dollars. ,h< ' words "without outside aid" and
“In order that there may be In- Inserted the words "with a little help
creased specialization in crop pro-'front mother.” Tho touching tribnto
ductlon, In order that additional crops •„ . ...
suited to Georgia soils and climate I! h , h ! P ° f “ ° l . h r . “ nd * he 8tr . *
may bn grown, In order that both the 1 honest y ot the Uttlo girl who would
citizens of Georgia ahd their neigh-! not claim any more than was justly
hors throughout the United States may j due her, even for a composition which
sc ss.™i ™ uiats'" ~ r" wM ~ ,r “•
tended as rapidly as possible through- yonrt her abl| Ry. drew forth an edl-
out the unsurveyed portion of Geor- torl »> commendation from the Times.
gl ?' Th . , _ , ' T he incident could bo easily mado to
much In earnest °ln desiring '{o' im° flt lh ° C "f e ° f moHt of the mcn IU,< *
prove their agricultural conditions women wh o have achieved dlstinctioa.
and In desiring to develop their agrl- ® ne church organization is credited
be pushed through It would .. _
profitable thing for the college and *£
for the creamery as well, but even If southwest Georgia, the revenue from
Not Sisters
Now and again you see two women pass*
ing down the street who look like sisters.
You are astonished to learn that they are
mother and daughter, and you realize that
a woman at forty or forty-five ought to be
at her finest and fairest. Why isn't it soP
The general health of woman is so in
timately associated with the local health
of the essentially feminine organs that
there can be no red cheeks and round
f form where there is female weakness.
Women who have suffered from
this trouble have found prompt
relief and cure in the use of Dr.
Fierce's Favorite Prescription. It gives vigor and vitality to tho
organs of womanhood. It clears the complexion, brightens tho
eyes and reddens tho cheeks.
No alcohol, or habit-forming drags is contained in “Favorite Prescription.' 9
Any sick woman may consult Dr. Pierce by letter, free. Every letter is
held as sscredly confidential, and answered in a plain envelope. Address t
World's Dispensary Medical Association, Dr. R.V. Pierce, Pres., Buffalo, N.Y.
cultural resources that they have
provided 11 agricultural colleges, I
for each of the 11 congressional dis
tricts of the State. They have re
quested, through their state officials,
through their local boards of trade,
through various farmers' organiza
tions, and though their Representa
tives In Congress, that this soil-sur
vey work should bo extended as a
sure foundation for additional growth
In agricultural wealth and prosperity.
The farmers of Georgia annually con
tribute their share to the support of
the Federal Government, and they an
nually desire their Just share In the
work which the Bureau of Soils and
the United States Department of Ag
riculture are doing for the Improve
ment of farm conditions and the In
crease of agricultural efficiency.
TO EQUALIZE TAXATION
The necessity for a more equitable
distribution of the burdens of the
state is generally recognized. The
feeling is strong that the tax re
turns are not what they should be,
that in the cities stocks and bonds
to a large value are escaping taxa
tion, while in the country districts
lands are returned immeasurably be
low their true valuation. As a result
Georgia has a total taxable value many
millions below what It should be, and
although the constitutional limit as
to the rate of taxation lias been reach
ed the commonwealth Is In sore Btratts
for funds with which to meet its obli
gations.
It has been felt for some years that
a hoard for the equalization of taxes
Is a necessity. Such a body should
b» provided for at the approaching
session of the legislature. A system
under which many men escape bear
ing their proportionate part of the
with the statement that If It could
have control of the child for the first
seven years it was assured of a life
long member. .While this statement
is doubtless an exaggeration, lt serves
to illustrnto the powortul Influence of
the early years in which tho mother
Is the guide. Men and women do not
always live out the teachings of the
mothers, yet the influence of a good
mother is always a potent factor. So
the truthful statement so pathetically
made of the little essay write,, strikes
a responsive chord In the breast of
every man or woman who has been
blessed with the teachings of a good
mother.
The hank clearings of Jacksonville
increased over two million dollars
Inst year. This probably represents
the jug and six quarts to the box ex
press trade Into Georgia.
Gjrybcdtfs
IF YOU’VE GOT
a little more money than you need
for every-day uses, that’i liable to
find its way to Wail Street tome-
time—•• for goodness' sake ” in
vest 15 cents of it in the March
EVERYBODY’S and find out
how much chance you’ve got in
“ the big fellows’ game.”
Your t; cents will pay you back
in i i *.
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