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THE AMERICUS WEEKLY TIMES-RECORDER. THURSDAY. MARCH 18. 1909.
THE TIMES-RECOROER
/ DAILY AND WEEKLY
m
The A nericus Recorder. Established
18T9.
The Anierlcus Times, Established 1890
Consolidated Aiiril, 1891.
Entered at the postofflce at Ameri
cus as second-class mail matter.
THOMAS GAMBLE. JR..
_ ... Editor and .Manager
J. W. FURLOW. ., .. .. City Editor
W. 1.. DUPREE, Asst. Business Dept
Editorial Room Telephone 99.
The Times.Recorder Is the
Official Organ of the City of Americus
Official Organ of Sumter Couuty.
Official Organ of Webster County. 1
Official Organ of Railroad Commis
sion of Georgia for 3rd Congres
sional District.
Official Organ U. S. Court, Southern
District of Georgia.
Americus, (.'a., March IS, limit.
RUHR RACY BETRAYED BY GEOR.
GIANS f
It would perhaps ire best to reserve
outspoken condemnation of the live
Georg a congressmen who voted with
the R ■publican majority on "the rules
question on Monday until their rea
sons are more fully set forth. At first
thoui' here can be hut one inclina
tion heartily abuse them for their
dese, on of the Democratic majority
and the Republican “insurgents" who
had united forces in an effort
■ overthrow the speaker's tyrannical
control of legislation.
During the last national campaign
prior to that, and since then, there
.have been continuous and vigorous
protects against a system that practl
Cally established the Speaker of the
House in the role of Czar, without
whose consent legislation was impos
sible. The minority, it waa pointed
out. were denied all rights, nnd of
the majority only those could have an
effective voice whose desires were In
accord with those of the Speaker and
the manipulating clique working in
conjunction with hint. The Demo-
cratic party denounced this In its na
tional platform and pledged Itself to a
modillcatlon of the rules that would
lessen the autocratic authority of the
Speaker and free legislation from the
shackles that have been forged upon
it Jn recent years, ft was the claim
of Democracy that if successful it
would make the House a genuinely de
liberative body again. That when the
opportunity to do these things offered
five Georgia congressmen should
strike hands with their political enem
ies in defeating, or at least emasculat
ing, the avowed puriioses of Demo
cracy, is as astounding as It is seem
ingly Inexcusable nnd unexplainable.
If the lust for good committee ap
pointments lay at the base or their
actions their constituents will not be
slow to call them to account. The
future course of Speaker Cannon to
ward Messrs, l-ivingston, Griggs, How
ard. Edwards and I<ee will be watched
with more than ordinary care and In
terest. It may be that these gentle
men were justifled In their course.
Their explanations and future events
«>nst he awaited to demonstrate that
But as appearances now are It is
clearly up to them to prove themselves
innocent of the suspicion. If not
THE ROPE HAS NOT
BEEN VERY EFFECTIVE
They Must Go!
I most and will sell all my pianos
at once. Every piano in
stock at your mercy
Rev. Sascom Anthony On
Chloroform Method.
“Chloroform them! Well, I don’t
know but that might he a good Idea,
adding somewhat to the terror that
an unknown form of death strikes]
Into the hearts of the criminal, and es-!
peclaliy the ignorant criminal."
Tills was the comment made by
Rev. Basconi Anthony when asked for
his views on Gen. Evans’ proposition
that death by chloroform lie substi
tuted for death by the rope as tile
legal means of execution of criminals
ill Georgia.
“Hanging does not seem to have
very much of n deterrent effect" con
tinued Mr. Anthony. "We have been
hanging negro murderers and rapists
for many years without stopping the
commission of such crimes, and the
few recent hangings of white murder
ers do not seem to bo holding down
the crop of criminals of that class
among the whites, cither. Hanging
seems a horrible enough death to make
men think before they shoot, but the
fear of the gallows does not have the
powerful influenco that might he ex
pected. Whether locking a man up in
an air tight cell and making him In-1
hale the fumes of chloroform until]
dead would exercise n greater deter
rent effect on the criminally inclined
would have to be demonstrated by
experience. I believe firmly in pun-1
«erl h e Will do the rest. There is only one condition, that is, I MUST either
It is not a question of profit, but of selling the goods with me.
Commencing at once and continuing until every piano I own is sold I
will offer you such bargains as were never before seen in musical
instruments.
THE FACTORY REPRESENTATIVE IS HERE and will re
main until every piano is sold. Come and pick out your choice and
7 y - * * WKAKVi
have the CASH or acceptable paper. If your credit is good elsewhere
it is good here.
I HAVE IN STOCK
THE CHICKERING BROS.
THE WERNER
guilty of certain crimes. It Is better
for the community that they should
be put out of the way. If chloroform
Ing them is a more decent way than
hanging them the change might
beneficial.
'You believe in the death penalty
then?" was asked of Mr. Anthony.
“Yes, I do. I believe that when
men reach a certain pitch of crlml
nallty they have forfeited the right
to live, and can Justly be condemned
to death under tho laws of God and
man. I know many favor life Im
prisonment as a substitute for the
death penalty. But the great trouble
Is that a sentence of life imprison
ment does not mean imprisonment for
life. It frequently simply means lm
prisonment for a few years, until the
proper Influences can he brought to
bear to secure a pardon. It Is too
hard to convict and too ensy to
cure pardons. The value of human
life we all know is too lightly consld-i ^
ered In Georgia. Day after day I If) WCSt
brings its stories of homlcids in dif-1 . — ■ “J * win OG11 JUU ail
K a J°y forever, and a bargain never to be equalled.
were known that the death penalty did
not exist the number might be even
greater. Soonor or later we have got
to establish a new regime in Georgia
under which the man who slays his
fellow nmn will stand a far greater
chance of going to the gallows, or the
chloroform chamber, it that is adopt-1
ed. than he does now. Our clvlltza- LA M A R ST
tlon will not forever tolerate tho ox- 1 ' J .
lstlng conditions. There’s many
grave been Ailed by weapons In the
THE WALWORTH
THE M. SCHULZ
AND OTHERS
THE REGULAR GUARANTEE goes with each instrument re
gardless of price. The quality the highest and the price absolutely the
lowest. Meet me half way and I will sell you an instrument of merit
and a bargain never to be equalled. ’
J. L CHAMBLISS
AMERICUS, GA.
hands of white men with murder Ini Her people are at work, and con
their hearts, but there are very, very I dltioni are fast improving.
- - — - . fe * graves that have been Ailed with The greatest damage Inflicted,
open accusation, of having looked. the bodies of white men brought to stated at the time, was among tho
more after their own Interests than retribution through the action of the larger business houses along Depot
those of their party. Georgia Is In | State laws against such crimes, street, and In a negro residence su
no mood to trifle with derelictions of j France has gone back to the gullio-1 burb near the depot,
this nature—if derelictions there j Hue In the hope of staying the wave Mr. McDonald thinks the property
were and If It Is shown tHat the Ave of murderous crime sweeping over I loss will scarcely exceed 1125,000 and
ley Hanson of Etowah, Tenn., and that hereafter it will furnish ..
Brakeman Goodman, of At,an,a. were passengers on foa J! *“
Instantly killed and Fireman J. F.
Hicks of Marietta, was perhaps fatal
ly injured.
Congressmen in question had no legi
timate reason, no valid excuse, for the
betrayal of tbel rfellow Democrats
and their Republican allies In this
momentous Agbt, there will probably
be several new faces In tho
Georgia delegation in Congress.
Georgia does not care to have Its
Congressmen sell their birthright for
a mess of pottage. We trust the quin
tet can clear their cloaks of the sus
picion now attaching to them, but If
they ran they should do it speedily.
No choice committee appointments at
the bauds of Speaker Cannon, no pap
In the way of appropriations tor their
districts, can save them from the de
served wrath of thetr outraged con
stituents later on if this has been
that country. Georgia doesn't seem therefore, Is far less than estimates
very much inclined to try the rope Arst sent out Something like $3,000
that Its law provides. If changing the from other sources has been received
penalty to chloroforming would Induce and expended among those In direst
Juries to And men guilty, when they I need of help.
FREE TEA ON PULLMAN CARS
Pittsburg, March 17.—The Penn
sylvania Railroad announced
on^o°tr^ t . ,, fo fr Ih.eh Thl, ar n P,,Ubur « officer. of thY^aTsay It
tached 1 h h “ d ner U 8t ' h “ s been found U>at tea and coffeo are
The p..iim,n u Kood provontlvca of headaches duo to
Tho Pullman people have been noti- railroad traveling
Aed that hereafter the porters will be The railroad comnnnv hone, m
required to go to the dining car at more than its money bock by not har-
•‘he refiuc8t of any passenger at any Ing to take care of so many s“k pJ-
next ( are guilty, of murder, perhaps
change might do good.”
merely a case of bargaining, the bar-
the | Many of those who lost by the storm
were people who arc able to with
stand the loss. Others needing help
Mules Wanted. | were assisted quickly. The city and
county aided the sufferers, os did
The board of county commissioners I many of the farmers residing in the
of Sumter desires to purchase ten or country round about,
twelve mules for road work. Animals Mr. McDonald states that there was
must be six or seven years old. and no truth in the published report that
weigh about 1,100 lbs. Farmers, mill an evangelist conducting a revival at
men or others having stock to Bell the time had prayed that a cyclone
will please bring them to Americus strike the city.
for inspection by the purchasing com-
mlttee of the board of commissioners TEXTILE MEN In'mEETING
tering of their votes for choice com- 18—d & w-lw
mlttee places and other evidences of
favor Rt the hands of Cannon and Ills
supporters. We hope for Georgia's
good name It Is proved otherwise.
There is no question that there Is' as a Populist.
on Tuesday March 23rd.
J. F. BOLTON,
H. J. WEBB.
YESTERDAY IN ATLANTA
Atlanta, Ua., March 16.—The tex-
Mr. Dickinson Is entitled to be I ‘‘‘t
classed as a Democrat nnd Mr. Bryan bama M.sZ , r J“ a ', ‘
as a Populist.” says the New York 1 Ml8,l, ? IPPl and U,ul8 ' ana ’
...... were represented in a meeting held
something behind the action of Mon-! Sun. This is true enough, but what k * meetln *
day that needs a satisfactory sxnlnnn. is ex-Mayor Dunne? | here today to discuss matters of
day that needs a satisfactory explana
tion very badly. It looks on the sur
face very much like Democracy and
Us allies betrayed. And we hate U
think that Georgians have put them
•elves In the attitude of traitors. It
is a new role for Georgia congress
men to play and we trust it will be
shown that such waa not really their
attitude. But It looks strangely like
tt at this distance
)! Uncle Joe could be induced to
pul Into terse, virile vernacular of
which he is past master his rest opln-
tq> of the House insurgents. It would
>• ss Invaluable contribution to con*
ttmporsry literature.
RISES FROM ITS RUINS
THO’ DEALT A BLOW
Among the visitors in Americus
yesterday waa Mr. Floyd McDonald, a
prominent citizen of Cuthbert, who
talked interestingly and hopefully of
conditions in his little city, bo uorely
stricken by the cyclone which swept
over that section m week ago.
The plucky little town is stagger
ing to her feet again despite the al
most annihilating blow that waa dealt
her, without warning.
im
portance to the industry. Prices
were discussed, but It Is said the chief
question was that of the proposed
tariff. Southern textile interests wish
to be put on the same basis with the
New England mills and It Is likely
they will send a committee to Wash
ington to represent them.
ENGINES IN COLLISION AND
TWO OF CREW KILLED
Chattawortb, Ga., March M.—In
head-on collision between two freight
trains on the Louisville ft Nashville
railroad, near Oakman, at 10:30 o’clock
yesterday morning, Engineers Char*