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THE AMERICUS WEEKLY
JANUARY 20.1910.
THE TIMES-REGORDER.
DAILY AND WEEKLY.
THE AMERICUS RECORDER,
Established 1879.
THE AMERICUS TIMES,
Established 1890.
Consolidated April 1891.
Entered at the postofflce at Ameri
cas as second-class mall matter.
THOS. GAMBLE, Editor and Manager
Official organ of the City of Amerlcus.
Official organ of Sumter County.
Official organ of Webster County.
Official organ of Railroad Commis
sion of Georgia for Third Congres
sional District
Official organ U. S. Court, Southern
District of Georgia.
Editorial Room, Telephone 99.
Americas, On, January 20, 1910. .
HOW ZEB VANCE MADE HIMSELF
SOLID.
LEE WAS UNQUESTIONABLY THE
GREATEST.
HAPPINESS THROUGH SIMPLICITY
AND CONTENTMENT.
It takes a man acquainted with re
ligious conditions In the south, with the
Intense rivalries that exist In some
neighborhoods between the two great
cdtlglous forces of this section, and
•ware of how vital a part religious
convictions play In the lives of men
who are oftentimes shut off from any
tut a very narrow communication
with the great currents of the world,
to appreciate some of the stories that
•re told showing how church feeling
sometimes cuts a great swath In poli
tics and rallies for or against a can
didate a considerable following. One
of the best of these stories is the one
told by the late Senator Vance of
North Carolina and recently retold by
ex-Vlce-Presldent Stevenson In his
hook of reminiscences. It runs as
fellows:
As revealing some old difficulties of
oampalgnlng In North Carolina, an In
cident Is related of a meeting, with re
freshments, before which old Zeb
Vance appeared as a candidate for
Congress. The leader had asked Zeb:
“Mr. Vance, what persuasion be you
of?"'
Promptly laying down the chicken
leg, the chunk of salt rising bread and
cucumber pickle with which he had
been abundantly supplied by one of
the dear old sisters, and assuming an
appropriate oratorical pose, with his
eyes intent upon his Interrogator, the
candidate began:
“My sainted grandfather was during
the latter years of his long and useful
life a ruling elder in the Presbyterian
church." The gathering brow and
shaking head of the local shepherd
would even to a less observing man
than the candidate have been sufficient
warning that he was on the wrong
trail. “But,” continued the speaker,
“my fnther was an equally devout
member of the Methodist Episcopal
church."
The sombre aspect of the shepherd,
with the no less significant shake of
the head, was unmistakable Intimation
to our candidate that danger was In
the very air. Rallying himself, how
ever, for the last charge, but with one
remaining shot In his locker, the or
ator earnestly resumed:
“But when I came to the years of
maturity and was able, after prayer
and meditation, to read and under
stand that blessed book myself, I came
to the conclusion that the old Baptist
church was right.” *«
“Bless God!” exclaimed the old
preacher, seizing Vance by the hand.
“He Is all right, brethren! Oh, you’ll
get all the votes In these parts, Broth
cr Vance.”
Besides the many good stories In
IMr. Stevenson's book there are pages
of serious tribute and sober memory,
STRONG AND STEADY DEMOCRAT.
The Savannah Press Is not con
vinced that the people up In the Sixth
District are going to retire Congress
man Bartlett. It he is a candidate
the Press says he will bring before
the people a record of great strength,
iNt can be said of him that he Is fear
less, honest, active and able. The
Press then pays this tribute to Con
gressman Bartlett:
Congressman Charles L. Bartlett Is
* stury Democrat. He has been In
■ congress a long time, but this would
not be an argument for his retention
If be had not made a good congress
man. He has worked for bis district
very faithfully and he has kept the
faith. He has lined up with Demo
crats and In support of Democratlo
feeders at all times. Whenever a
party question was before the house
Biere was no doubt about Judge
Bartlett's efforts to sustain himself
or to advance the cause of his party
■nd of his people.
Party with Judge Bartlett Is no Idle
same. It Is something living. It means
principle. It means organization. It
means unity. He Is a Democrat be-,
cause he believes that Democracy
comes nearest to safeguarding the
government of the people and nearer
to protecting the rights of the people.
He came from a regime when Dem
ocracy was essential and be does not
Believe that that time has passed. He
I* a Democrat right. When he goes
Before a Democratic primary he can
appeal with some pride and confi
dence to Democrats. He was nomin
ated and elected In his district as
Democrat and be has fought
tbe standard.
It may be that his constituents find
something to criticise. He was elect
ed to tbe Fifty-fourth Congress and
re-elected last year to the Sixty-first,
having served 18 years In the lower
Who was the greatest general on the
side of the Confederacy? One can in
fancy hear the unanimous shout go up
throughout Dixie, “I^e!" Ask any
Southern man, and the probability is
that at least 999 out of the thousand
will so reply without the slightest hes
itation. Go North or West and ask the
same question and the same reply will
come from as many lips. Lee occupies
the position of primacy beyond dis
pute and without a contestant In the
minds of all save an extremely few
with whom some other Southern chief
tain Is tbe favorite.
Senator Culberson, of Texas, has
an ardent Interest lu the history of
the war. Several years ago he deter
mined to secure the views of all tho
living generals of the Confederacy as
to which of the generals of the South
was, In their opinion, the greatest from
a military standpoint.
If the method which Senator Culber
son pursued was the correct one, there
can be no doubt that history will name
Gen. Lee the foremost soldier of the
South. >
Senator Culberson sent out letters
to forty-four surviving generals of the
Confederate Army, asking them to ex
press an opinion as to who should be
regarded as tbe greatest Confederate
Commander. Every one of the old
fighters replied to Senator Culberson’s
Interrogatory. The vote resulted
follows:
General Robert E. Lee 35
General Stonewall Jackson........ 4
General. Joseph E. Johnson..’ 2
General J. E. B. Stuart 1
General P. G. T. Beauregard
General Richard Taylor 1
Undecided 1
The four who regarded Gen. Stone
wall Jackson as a greater military
general than Gen. Lee were MaJ. Gen,
Thomas L. Rosser, Gen. John C. Moore,
Gen. B. H. Robertson, Gen. T. M. Lo
gan.
Gen. Simon B. Buckner expresses
the opinion that had General Albert
Sidney Johnson lived to the end of
the war, his fame as a commander
would have equalled that of Ccuotal
Lee. Lieutenant General Alexander P.
Stewart believed General Joseph E.
Johnston a greater commander than
General Lee, although he believed Lee
the greater man. Gen. Frank C. Arm
strong says: “The greatest general
the Civil War produced was Gen. R. E.
Lee.” He assigns second place to
Stonewall Jackson and says that For
rest was the most remarkable figure
of the war. Gen. F. M. Cockrell, of
Missouri, a brigadier under Gen. Jo3,
E. Johnston, puts his old commander
In first place. “In my humble opinion,"
he says, “General Joseph E. Johnston
is entitled to rank as the greatest com
mander developed on the Southern
side in the Civil War.”
Gen. William R. Cox thinks Gen.
Lee first and Indicates some of tho
qualities lacking In others: “Stone
wall Jackson was unequalled as
strategist, but reckless of the comfort
and liveB of his men; Gen. Joseph E.
Johnson a ‘superb organizer,' but too
cautious.” General T. M. Logan thinks
tbe verdict will change. "General
Robert E. Lee, In my opinion, Is en
titled to rank as the greatest com
mander on the Southern side. I con
sider, however, that Lee's final place
In history will be as a man rather than
as a commander. On the other hand,
General Jackson’s place will no doubt
be as the war hero of the Confederacy,
the commander of all others In that
struggle who represents genluB of
war.”
Gen. Robert Lowrey, Jackson, Miss.,
admits that he cannot reach a conclus
ion, though admitting that the weight
of authority Is for giving first place to
General Lee. “The three greatest
commanders, In my opinion,” he says,,
“were General Robert E. Lee, Albert
Sidney Johnston and Joseph E. John
ston. According to the weight of au
thority, General Lee would hold first
place, General Albert Sidney Johnston
fell In the hard fought battle of Shiloh,
but he bad developed elements and re
sources which marked him as a great,
It not the greatest, commander. Joseph
E. Johnston’s theory of war was dif
ferent from that of Gen. Lee and sub
jected to a fair criticism he was not
only a great commander, but was
strategist without a superior. General
Stonewall Jackson was a military
genius of the civil war. So, Senator,
as lawyers say sometimes, ‘I am
hung jury on the question propound'
ed.’ ”
under
HON. ROBT. HEARD
OF ELBEBTOX DEAD.
Made Elbert County Dry Twenty-Six
Years Ago.
(Special to Tlmes-Recorder.)
Elberton, Ga., Jan. 17.—Hon. Robt.
Heard died this morning. In 1884-5
he represented Elbert county In the
legislature and was instrumental in
having enacted In that body the spe
cial act which made Elbert a prohibi
tion county.
Gold allures and then teases. Many
people wish for grand homes, but they
never take Into consideration that so
many of our very rich have so many
houses tthat have no homes. They
have town houses and country resi
dences, seaside cottages and mountain
lodges, and almost all the time their
owners are on the wing after the hap
piness they cannot secure. The only
people who really enjoy these places
are the servants.
ThlB Is the view Rev. Madison C.
Peters expresses. As he look3 at it,
happiness comes more through sim
plicity than from a highly developed
luxury and a ceaseless reaching aftor
pleasures of a new variety. The envy
that is felt of the rich, the aspirations
to emulate the magnificence of their
displays, Is all misplaced If happiness
Is the real object sought. As Dr. Pet
ers puts It “Happiness loves the boms,
It loves the simple and the common
place, the quiet lane, the flower-deck
ed field, the waving meadow, the
sparkling river, the birds, the flowers,
and the trees, the peace and beauty of
the landscape. It does not sigh aftor
lordly halls or Immense wealth or
great learning.”
There is no questioning the correct
ness of this assertion that the secret
of happiness Is the secret of finding
how deep down Into the heart sink
many of life's commonest blessings.
Wadsworth found delight on a spring
morning contemplating a green tree;
to him it was an object of beauty
which riveted bis poetic soul, a heav
enly rapture. Others passed it by
unheeding and uncaring for its splen
dor.
The soul which has found
Itts true life finds happiness
In the simplest things of
God's creation. These simple things
are all around us, but we have eyes
and do not see them, for we are spir
itually blind to their beauties and the
sense of gratification they could con
fer upon us. Men and women go over
mountains and seas, north, soutth, east
and west—everywhere In the vain
quest which they well know will end
In disappointment, and neglect all that
tends to make home brlghtt, warm,
happy, the dearest and most sacred
spot on earth. One would think that
the Holy Grail of happiness was reach
able only by those who are free to fly
and have money to buy.
“But the delectable places are not
over there, they are right here; the
fairest and sweetest things are all
about us. Happiness and simplicity
are old-time friends. What have been
your happiest hours? When you gave
a great dinner to your friends; when
you spent tho evening amid gorgeous
gowns and sparkling jewelry when
you were the most admired and flatter
ed of all the throng on the waxen floor
of the ballroom, with your ears ting
ling with the sweetest music and the
applause of friends? Oh no! On none
of these occasions were you really
happy. Your happiest hours were at
home, in a quiet nook with your book;
or talking to your faithful friend and
companion; or when you poured your
tale of trusting love Into the ear that
thrilled with Joy to hear It; or the
hour when you came back to the old
gray-haired mother waiting at the
gate to clasp you again In her arms;
or when you sat by the fireside with
your firstborn In your lap listening to
Its merry prattle, which was music to
your soul. Yes. on some such and on
all these occasions you were happy, as
happy as It Is given mortals to be.”
The lesson that Dr. Peters seeks to
convey Is one that is especially needed
In a day when the desire to find hap
piness through the avenues that
wealth alone affords has become
well-nigh universal, breeding crime,
misery and unhappiness. It Is still ns
true as it was when Spenser wrote:
O! Who can lead, then, a more happy
life,
Than he, that, with clean mind and
heart sincere
No greedy riches knows nor bloody
strife?
AMERICUS WILL HAVE
A NUMBER AT MACON.
Creat Interest Shown, In
Meeting This Week.
The mass meeting for men at the
.Young Men's Christian Association on
Sunday afternoon, In the interests of
the great Laymen’s Missionary gath
ering at Macon the last of the present
week was well attended and much In
terest is being felt in the city In the
movement. A number of those pres
ent signified their Intention to attend
the Macon gathering and it is prob
able that others will Join them, a com
mittee consisting of Messrs. L. G.
Council Wallis, Staley, Andrews and
Miller being appointed for the purpose
of securing a large representation
from Amerlcus.
The Laymen’s Missionary Movement
had Its Inception at the great assem
blage of the Student Volunteer Move
ment at Nashville a few years since.
This latter movement, as may be
known, Is the outgrowth of the Chris
tian Federations’ efforts to provide
the necessary men and women for tbe
'Evangelization of the World in This
Generation." This stirring appeal
they have adopted as their .slogan,
In this work they have been, eminently
successful, having now thousands of
volunteers who have agreed to go the
minute means are provided therefor.
The entire church Is now united in
the movement to provide the means
each through Its own proper organiza
tion, and have In conference assembled
apportioned out among themselves the
number of men and the means neces
sary to be secured to accomplish this
purpose.
The gathering at Macon Is but one
of a chain of seventy-five that have
been planned by the leaders in tho
endeavor to bring the matter to the
attention of the entire continent.
of the ^Sem. A. soon as the system tmd» the
COTTON PRIGES OFF
AGAIN VERY BADLY
Excited Bear Market.'With
$3.75 a Bale Loss.
A woman who has been a bas-been
Moose. It would be a miracle If a man b6auty !f u fussy as a man who has
were to serve this long without bring- 1 ...
lag upon himself some criticism. ^ * 08t ““ “*“•
(Special to Tlmes-Recorder.)
New York, Jan. 18.—A flood of
Western orders apparently pouring
long on the cotton on market caused
another terrific break In prices shortly
after noon today, various options sell
ing from $2.50 to more than $3 under
last night's close.
After the break It appeared large in
terests were making desperate efforts
to prevent an even more disastrous
panic than that of last week.
The pressure of selling again in
creased and drove prices 71 to 75
points, $3.50 to $3.75, per bale under
last night's final figure.
The-market Is more excited than it
has been at any time since the collapse
of the bull movement and pessimism
reigns In all circles.
Cotton houses are again warning
their customers against the market
and sending out permetory margin
calls.
Is probable that this gathering at Ma
con will be attended by from twelve
to fifteen hundred delegates. It be
gins on Friday night with a banquet
at the Volunteers’ Armony and runs
through Sunday night. The en
tire series of gatherings will be
brought to a close In one monster as
semblage at Chicago in May of this
year.
THROWN SIXTY FEET
TO HIS DEATH.
(Special to Tlmes-Recorder.)
Hampton, Ga., Jan. 17.—Hurled from
the top of a water tank sixty feet high
to the ground below was the horrible
accident that resulted in the death of
J. E. Oliver of Macon this morning.
Oliver was at work on the tank when
his footing slipped In some manner
and he was thrown to the ground.
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How
Do You
Feed
Your Crops?
D
O YOU KNOW just what your cotton and com
need, and are you furnishing it in such quantities
as required and In such shape that the
plant can use it ?
Suppose you should put the food for your stock in a
box, nail it up and place it in their trough—would you ex
pect them to thrive and grow fat ?
Hardly!
Well, did it ever occur to you that when you use lumpy,
badly mixed fertilizers you are putting this same proposi
tion up to your crops—offering them plant food in such
shape that they can’t get to it?
Fertilizers, to do your crops any good, must dissolve in
the soil waters. These are constantly in motion, rising to
the surface during the day and sinking at night—passing
and repassing the roots of the plant, which absorb the food
contained in the water—and this is the only way in which
the plant can feed.
Therefore, when you buy fertilizer, you should do so
with the idea of furnishing food for your crop and on the
same principle that you should purchase. food for your
stock. It should not only contain the necessary Ammonia,
Phosphoric Acid and Potash, but above all else these
should be in soluble form—the mechanical condition
of the fertilizer should be such as to permit the plant to
absorb every particle of it, and the goods should be manu
factured from materials that will not give up their plant
food at one time, but furnish a steady supply throughout
the entire growing season.
This is the fertilizer you should have and can det—
in only one way. It is impossible to produce a goods like
this by the dry-mixing of raw materials, whether you do
this at home with a shovel and a screen or buy it from
someone who has made it the same way—the only differ
ence being in the quantity.
These materials must be ground to a powder, and it re
quires machinery costing thousands of dollars to do It
properly. They must then be so manipulated that when
complete, you have a compound* each ounce of which is
exactly like every other ounce, and not a mixture, one
part of which would contain too mnch Ammonia and too
little Potash, while another part would be exactly the
opposite—and all of it contain plant food locked up and
not available.
Remember that the chemical analysis of a fertilizer Is no
test of its crop growing qualities. The chemist can pul
verize lumps and by the use of various means search out
the plant food; your crop can't.
You can take an axe, break open the box and get the
corn; your mule can't.
Don’t risk a crop failure I
Insure your peace of mind as well as your crop by using
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goo lima ana mosey.
J. J. Hanesley, Americus, Ga.
Long Loans on Improved Farm Lands
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