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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. For Sprains Sloan's Liniment Is the best remedy for sprains and bruises. It quiets the pain at bnce, and can be applied to the tenderest part without hurting because it doesn’t need to be rubbed—all you have to do is to lay it on lightly. It is a powerful prepa ration and penetrates instantly— relieves any inflammation and con gestion, and reduces the swelling. Here's the Proof. Mr. L. 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Sloan’s* Liniment The price of catnip and paregoric is advtsncingl This Is a warning to any Americas bachelors who expect to get into the game this year. and used it five or six times before I went to jwd, and the next day I was able to go to work and use my hand as usual.” Sloan's Liniment is an excellent anti septic and germ killer—heals cuts, bums, wounds and contusions, and will draw the poison from sting of poi sonous insects. S60., 60c. and $1.00 Or. Earl 8. Sloan, Boston, Un, VAA. 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 Armour’s Animal Ammoniated Fertilizers Manufactured by Armour Fertilizer Works ATLANTA, GEORGIA I make a I pec laity of negotiating long time loans on choice Imp tends, dealing direct with the tenet or. It yonr title la good, I can 1 goo lima ana mosey. J. J. Hanesley, Americus, Ga. 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