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THE AMERICUS WEEiCLY TIMES-RECORDER. THURSDAY. FEBRUARY 3. 1910. f 6 *
THE TIMES-RECORDER.
i DAILY AND DTE ELY.
TUB AMERICUS RECORDER,
Established 1879.
THE AMERICUS TIMES,
Established 1890.
Consolidated April 1891.
Entered at the postoffice at Ameri
cas as second-class mall matter.
THOS. GAMBLE, Editor and Manager
3. W. FURLOW City Editor
,W. L. DUPREE, Asst. Business Dept.
Official organ of the City of Americus.
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.
TIIE “HANDLE” AS A POLITICAL
FACTOR.
Editorial Room, Telephone 99.
Ann rlcus, Ga., February 3, 1910.
A STATE PROHIBITION TICKET.
The announcement is made from At
lanta that the leaders of the prohibi
tions forces have determined to put
out a full state ticket in Georgia In
the coming campaign. It is not ap
parent from the announcement wheth
er It is their proposition to have their
candidates enter the Democratic state
white primary, or to run as an inde
pendent state ticket to fight the nomi
nees of the regular Democratic or
ganization. In either event we can
see something In the shape of disas
ter ahead for the prohlbitionticket in
Georgia.
The experience of the prohis In Ala
bama should have been sufficient to
have induced them to avoid this very
step in Georgia. In a largo degree
they now have control of the Demo
cratic organization in this state. The
majority of the last legislature, elect
ed by Democrats as Democrats, was
prohibition In its views. There Is no
reason to suppose that in the next
legislature, selected in a white Deni
ocratic primary, the majority will not
be opposed to any letting down of the
prohibition bars. But that condition
evidently does not suit the leaders of
the prohibitionists, and under the
guidance of their national leaders,
hailing from Chicago and other points
north and west, they propose, so It Is
stated, to antagonize the regular party-
candidates.
If there ever was a piece of foolish
advice given to the leaders of a moral
or reform movement It is that which
hn3 evidently been served up to the
Georgia leaders of the anti-saloon
league by Chailn and other national
prohibition leaders. When the test
comes it will probably be found that
Georgia is not quite willing to turn
Its political destinies over to the bc-
.hosts of the national prohibition
leaders, and such would doubtless be
tho case If their advice In this In
stance proved successful. Georgia is
doing very well along the prohibitive
Rues. It ha3 knocked out the saloon
of the old fashioned type. It Is true
that in large cities the near beer sa
loon exists, but that Is probably bet
ter than the Innuumerable blind tl
gers that would spring up in commu
nities whero public sentiment is le
thargic on the liquor question were
there no such vent as these places
provido. Gradually the restrictions
about even this traffic can be tight
ened and made more severe. The an-
ti-saioon league itself, in Its recent
circulnr letter, made all sorts of
claims as to the good that has come
to Georgia from prohibition ns it ex
ists. One wonders then, why it, ua-
<Ier the guidance of the northern and
western leaders, should seek to In
fuse a prohibition state ticket into
the field of Georgia politics, with all
the uncertainties that will accompany
the olection, and the Inevitable set
back that their views will have If, ns
ft is quite likely, such a ticket Is de
feated by the regular democratic nom
inees. ,
Discussing the report in question the
Savannah Morning News says:
There is no doubt that the state
would be better off if no Intoxicants
could be brought into it or sold within
Its limits. We assume that is gener
ally admitted. But it has not yet been
found possible to prevent the sale of
Intoxicants. We have always con
tended and still contend that the way
to get rid of the liquor evil is to ed
ucate the people against it. Laws
which have the support of public sen
timent can he enforced, and effectu
ally enforced. The local option meth
od was- gradually pushing the liquor
Interests from their strongholds. If
was educational. It made public sen
timent. If that method had been ad
hered to the result aimed at—the wip
ing out of the Ifquor evil—would have
been achieved much sooner than it
will be In any other way—sooner than
by state tickets or presidential tlck-
sts.
Would Algernon, or Reginald, or
Perclval, stand a ghost of a chanco
of being a successful politician In
Georgia? Would a man doomed to
go through life with such a feminine
appellation stand in well with the wool
hat boys? Would he not be subject
to ridicule from his opponents, ridi
cule that would cut deep and be most
effective, ridicule that would speedi
ly put him out of the running Would
tlie average Georgian vote for a man
whose handle suggested a Little Lord
Fauntleroy, a big boy with long curls,
delicately scented from mamam's sa
chet bag, and a strict injunction not
to get himself dirty when be went out
for his walk with the French nurse
and the pampered poodle?
Well, we really guess not. The man
with such a name as that would find
it difficult to warm the populace up to
him. He would stand a mighty poor
chance against plain Bill, or Jack, or
Torn, or Dick. They would go around
the block two or three time while he
was apologizing for the foolishness of
the mother who named him after her
favorite is Laura Jean Libbey's great
est novel.
Tho Dublin Courier-Dispatch philos-
phlzing somewhat along this line, di
rects attention to the fact that none of
SOLVING THE HEAT PROBLEM.
our congressmen bear any such names.
And it might have added the likeli
hood is that none of them ever will.
But here is what the Dublin paper has
to say along this line:
That such names as Thomas, Wil
liam, Charles, Janies, etc., which can
bo corrupted into "Tom,” "Bill” and
‘Jim” are liked by tho American peo
ple, is known by the names of those
who represent Georgia In the lower
house of congress.
The congressmen from the First and
Sixth districts are named Charles and
they are called “Charley" by their
friends; tho congressmen from the
Eighth and Eleventh districts have
William for their first name, and to
their friends and constituents they are
"Bill" or "Wili.; 1 ' the congressman
from the Ninth district is called Tom,
and does not resent it. The Fourth
district congressman combines that of
William and Charles, and the Tenth
district cogni-esstnan combines that of
Thomas and William.
James was the first name of tho
late congressman from the Second and
he answered to “Jim." The Third
district congressman Is named Dudley,
and answers to "Dud” when addressed
by his friends; the Fifth district con
gressman is "Lon" to almost every
body. The congressman from the
Seventh is the oniy one of tho eleven
who has n name that Is not corrupt
ed Into something else. He is demo
cratic enough, however, to balance
matters. The three last congressmen
from the Second district answered to
the names of Henry, Ben and Jim,
and there may be another'Henry.
The two Georgia senators are known
by the old-fashioned names of Gus
and Steve—names that are democratic
enough to suit anybody.
It is not singular that there are no
Georgia congressmen by tho name of
Theodore, Reginald, Quentin, Ken
neth, Oswald and the like. Imagine
the people of Georgia electing a con
gressman with a familiar name like
Teddy, Reggie, Quen, Ken or Os.
A FOOLISH FEATURE OF THE
PROGRAM.
The famous little liver pills are
DeWitts Utile Early Risers. They are
safe. sure, gentle and easy to take
When you ask for DeWitt’s Carbolized
■Witch Hazel Salve, refuse to accept a
substitute or imitation. DeWitt’s Car-
Dolized Witch Hazel Salve If good fo(
anything when you need a salve, and
Savanah, Ga„ January 31.—It Beeins
probable that when Georgia Day Is
ccelbrateil in Savannah schools, that
part of the catechism in the state pro
gram that requires the children to
answer the question ns to what Geor
gia "Stands for today," with "Prohi
bition, hurrah for Georgia!” will he
eliminated. At least it won’t be
stressed. It Is very probable that
this part of the program will he pass
ed up here.
It was unwise In those who prepar
ed the program for Georgia day In
the public schools to Insert any fea
tures that might be objectionable to a
large part of the people, or that, to
say the least, had not the slightest
bearing upon the occasion celebrated.
February 12 is Intended to commem
orate the landing of Oglethorpe. It is
true that Oglethorpe and the other
trustees were the original prohibit
ionists, Inasmuch as they refused to
allow the sale of Intoxicants in the
colony. Just as they were the original
abolitionists, In a sense, as they
fused, from military reasons, to per
mit the colonists to buy or hold
slaves. But the restrictions referred
to were soon dead letters, and long
before they were removed liquor was
freely used in the colony at Savannah,
and elsewhere, Just as It has continu
ed to he used until this day.
But aside from any historical allus
ions to whiskey In Its connection with
the colony or the state, there Is no
sense In injecting such stuff Into a
program whose sole purpose is lo
arouse an lntrest In the early history
of the state, awaken patriotism in the
young, and encourage in them a love
of historical study. Hurrahs for Geor
gia as a state with a prohibitory en
actment are distinctly and decidedly
out of place and should be eliminated
in every school in which the official
program Is carried out. It la just the
Introduction of such foolish Ideas as
this that mar, and too frequently kill,
movements that are excellent In their
origin and intention. Let the hurrahs
be for Oglethorpe or for Georgia as
the Empire State of the South, but
don’t let them take on the color of
an effort to introduce prohibition as
an element of an occasion with which
Now that the pressure of high
prices has forced many housekeep
ers to cut down the daily allowance
of meat from three to two meals, or
perhaps even to one, It Is a satisfac
tion to know that their course Is fully
approved by the leading scientists of
the nation and that excellent health
results are predicted as a result of
the change In diet. From all sides
arises a chorus of commendation and
an urgent appeal to contlnue-to eat in
a more rational way than we have
been doing by eliminating considera
ble of the meat and introducing
fruits, vegetables and other standard
and palatable articles in its stead. I
meat prices remain high it is not un
likely that tills course will be resort
ed to, especially if the prices of the
other articles to be substituted do
not follow meat into the skies and
get almost beyond the reach of the av
erage Income.
Several scientists at Harvard Col
lege wore asked if abstinence from
meat is harmful. Said Otto Follln,
professor of biological chemistry at
the Harvard Medical School.
"Present day science furnishes no
evidence proving or tending to prove
that man stands In specific need of
meat In any form or any quantity.
As an experiment the present boy
cott of meat is perfectly safe, indeed
It is not an experiment. I do not in
clude the sick or convalescent. They
need special diet and the mildly stim-
uitative action of certain meat prod
ucts makes these more or less useful
In such cases.
"What substitute would I suggest
for meat? None. There is no need
of substitutes. Meat contains 18 to
20 per cent of protem, Hour contains
12 to 14 per cent. So a pound and a
half of flour contains fully as much
muscle building material as a pound
of steak, and so far as the total food
value Is concerned a pound of flour
offers twice the value that a pound of
ordinary beef does. Cornmeal pre
sents a still greater value as a food
capable of being converted Into mus
cular work.
“The meat problem can solve Itself
if the healthy, normal working people
who live active lives, free from jaded
appetites and capricious digestions,
come to realize the relative value of
meats and eggs on the one hand and
flour and cereals on the other.
“it requires more skill to cook good
bread and palatable cereals and vege
table dishes than to cook meat. The
workman whose wife is well and
knows the art of real cooking can
easily take the abstinence pledge and
wait lower prices at his pleasure.
AVhen the day of abstinence is over
many will be surprised to find their
appetites for meat diminished and per
haps gone. In fact the odor of meat
will prove distasteful in many cases.
"While meat Is not demonstrably
needed for food,’ concluded Prof. Fol
lln, “I do not recommend that people
become strict vegetarians. Small
amounts of meats used chiefly for fla
voring purposes mid greatly to tho
possibilities of cooking. I know of no
reason why people should cut out
soups, pork nml beans or New Eng
land boiled dinner.”
implements. Those with a surplus are!
investing in other lands. In finer]
grades of stock. In new houses and
barns, In improved machinery, in more
mules, in wire fencing, In clearing new
land3„ in local building associations,
or county bonds.
Permanent inVestments In land have
In the meantime, increased in value,
according to location or other circum
stances ranging from 13 per cent 'n
Kentucky, and 23 per cent in South
Carolina, to 50 per cent In portions of
Missouri, where wet lands have been
reclaimed, and from 100 to 300 per
cent in portions of Arkansas and
Texas. Better roads and better schools
convenient telephone communication
and more intelligent farming have con
tributed to this end, but another fac
tor has been the trend of immigra
tion from another parts of the coun
try. Taken as a whole, the situation
is most sat’sfactory to every man in
terested In the weifirc cf the soji.i
PUE5ELY
OPPOSITION TO GOVERNOR
BROWN?
THE ONE DANGER OF PROSPERITY
Tho Manufacturers’ Record quotes
a Georgia business man of promi
nence as expressing a fear that the
wave of prosperity that lias struck
large sections of the South might
cause a reckless spirit to abound and
lead to the people undertaking more
than they can safely manage. The
point Is Impressed by him that there
is no guarantee of exceptional prices
for cotton hereafter and a failure to
realize tills and act accordingly may
be the means of making the future
condition of the farmers, and tho
classes dependent upon them for bus
iness, worse than It was before the
era of highly profitable values for
their crops. He contiuc3:
"If tho farmers of Georgia and the
South will only keep their heads and
be conservative in these prosperous
times, not buying too much land or
planting too much cotton; and If the
merchants will not undertake to sell
too many goods on credit and buy too
much on time, I see nothing in the
way of our having the best times in
Georgia and the South that we have
had in ten years.”
Taking this and similar communi
cations from other stales the Record
provides a comprehensive survey cf
Announcements for governor
of Georgia are looked for at al
most any moment. There will be
something doing politically in
this state very soon.—Columbus
Enquirer-Sun.
Avoiding asperities, that are out of
season when no campaign is on, or in
Immediate prospect, one cannot fail
to perceive, in glancing over the po
litical situation as It appears to ex
ist, that the intense yearning that the
Smith organs and shouters had for
the former Governor to make the race
again appears to have tremendously
subsided in the past few months. We
are prone to attribute this to the ex
cellent record, and constantly in
creasing strength of Gov. Brown,
rather than to any diminished desire
for revenge on the part of the ex-
governor and his followers, or to
any lack of a pardonable ambition on
his part to again fill the office of the
state's chief executive.
The truth of the matter seems to
be, Georgia is displaying no violent
and irrepressible desire in any corner
or section of- it to succeed the pres
ent admirable governor by a second
term of his predecessor. It seems
quite well satisfied, from one end of
it to the other, with the policies of
Gov. Brown, with the quiet, gentle
manly, conservative manner in which
he does business in a business like
way. The opposition to Him
has undoubtedly shrunk in pro
portions -very perceptibly since
he assumed the office, and at the rate
his popularity and the confidence of
the people in him are growing the
antagonism will be limited to a few
sore heads out of jobs and out of
power when next summer and the
primary rolls around.
Announcements for governor next
summer are really just as likely to
be confined to one candidate, the pres
ent governor, as not. Of course the
Smith faction despite Its diminutive
proportions, will seek to introduce a
candidate into the arena, but Geor
gia politicians of any note have a
rather well developed tendency to
shrink from an assured defeat. It
will he difficult to bring any one of I
The safest medicines are those which leavd the system in the best con
dltlon after their use. This is one of the prineioaf virtu'a wo claim
S. S. S. Being made entirely of roots, horb3 and' barks, it Is not in evw
the smallest degree harmful to any system, but on the other hand its vee
etable ingredients make it one of the linost of tonie3 to build up the henltl
in every way. A great many blood medicines contain strong miners
Ingredients which unfavorably affect the bowels, stomach or digestive svs
tern, and any blood-purifying effect they might have is therefore offset hi
their injurious action on tho general health. S. 8. S. is the ono safe ant
sure blood purifier. It goes into the circulation and rids the blood of even
Impurity or pollution. It strengthens the circulation and adds nourishim
properties to the blood aqd greatly assists in tho cure of any blood disease*
S. S. 8. cures Rheumatism, Catarrh, Soros and Ulcers, Scrofula, Oontagloui
Elood Poison and all like diseases, bernuse it purifies the circulation
S. S. S. may be taken by young or old with absolute safetv, and with thi
assurance that it will cure all diseases and disorders due to on Impure oi
S oisoned blood supply, oven reaching down and removing hereditary talnt3
ock on the blood and any medical advice free to all who writo.
THE SWIFT SPECIFIC CO., ATLANTA, GA
IXAVHNE APPLICANT
ON NEXT SAlllRDAY
SHORT IN RECEIPTS OF
BAIES FOR SEASOI
About 100 Want to Be Americus Press is Runnioj
Enumerators. ! Behind 1909.
On Saturday all of the candidates' Forty thousand bales of cotcon havi
for positions as census enumerators! keen received and pressed at the
In this'section will be examined in : Americus compress for the season uj
Americus, probably at the public *° t* 1 * 3 date, which Is behind the fig.
school building under the direction* ures February 1st last year anj
of Mr. A. B. Howard, secretary of tho - t° nil Increase shortage in total
Local Board of Civil Service Exami-' "eceJpts for the entire season end.
ners. I * n B In August next. The short era;
There are between 73 and 100 appli- ln 30me localities from which
t:..
cants for positions as enumerators. Americus compress receives ship-
It Is now too late to make applica- j o i£ ' !| ts accounts to an extent for
tion, the lists having closed. The ex-J f a ‘- :n S off in receipts here, while i
aminatlon Is intended to develop the Election of some small shipments:
qualifications o fthe applicants for tue o*' u r presses has had effect as well
Supt. Tobin expects to handle at leas
2,000 bales more ere the season cndi
making his total between 42,000
43,000 for the entire season,
press has been admirably manage
this season, as before, and there
SOUTH CAROLINA BOY
IVON FIRST CORN Nil,
positions they seek. It being the de
sire of the government to secure only
capable men, in order that the census
may be as correct and authoritative
as it is possible to make it.
Yesterday morning Secretary How
ard received from Supervisor Kicker i 113 ' er ^cen an hours delay in gett;
an official order. Under this the ex-! oll l shipments of cotton on scheil
aminatlon of the white and colored, time -
applicants will he conducted sepa
rately. Tlie class for white appli
cants will ho examined from 10 a. ,’n.
to 1 p. in., and the class of colored
applicants from 2 p. m. to 5 p. in. Each
clpss has three hours in which to com
plete Its papers. If a white applicant
should be unavoidably absent ln the
morning he may be admitted to the
afternoon class, but It is the desire
of the supervisor, as well as of the
director of the census, that white and
colored applicants be examined in
separate clnsses.
In addition to answering the ques
tions that will he given to him In the
examination each applicant must write
on a separate papor and attach to the
■i
Raised 152 Bushels ou a Single .1
In That State.
examination papers a slip hearing his
name and nddress, giving the homo
address, town, county and R. F. D.
number and statipg the number of the
militia district, the town village, city or
ward in which ho desires to serve as
enumerator, giving first and second
choice.
them into the fight as conditions now I if you will just take Kodol now and
are. The campaign promises to he then you need not fear or hesitate to
quite one sided and lacking In the i a J* . J 00( * that you want,
spectacular features that marked the £[ u^weak anTslur stoni-
last two It Is just as well for Geor- aehs. Kodol is pleasant to take, and It
gla that it Is so, and It certainly! is guaranteed to give relief at once,
speaks volumes of commendation for By nil Druggists.
Governor Brown that he has proved
so sagacious an administrator as to
produce conditions like -these.
MILLION DOLLAR FIRE
AT MILWAUKEE
Great Plant of Packing Co.
May Be Destroyed.
conditions in the South. It is a survey
(Special Times-Recorder.)
Milwaukee, Feb. 1.—Fire which
threatened to destroy the entire plant
Relative Merits.
(Washington Star.)
"Were you successful the first time
you ran for office?”
"No,” answered Senator Sorghum.
"My experience was not an unusual
one, I had to keep on trying until the
opposition put up a candidate who
was even more unpopular than 1
was.’’
The girl who hesitates over the re
turn of the ring ln a broken engage
ment Is lost to the spinster class.
of progress. In close touch with agri
cultural communities and vitally inter
ested in all that concerns their wel
fare, the bankers are In an excellent
position to measure things as they
are. A sure index is the amount of
deposits belonging to the farmers in
the hanks. Throughout the South gen- j fair to cause a million dollars loss,
eraliy there has been a marked in
crease of money to the credit of farm-
of the Pinkerton Packing Company
broke out Inthe hog killing depart-
ment this afternoon and spread rap
idly . In few minutes it had spread
to the iard department and the beef
department and several other build
ings were threatened. The fire bids
It It especially good for pile*. Sold by “ . , .7, . ‘
all Druggists. It has absolutely nothing to do.
ers In the banks during the last few
years.
At some points the Increased cost of
living and a part failure o fthe feed
crops have checked the tendency
an Increase In deposits, but at other
points the very fact of higher prices
has more than compensated the farm
ers for the shortage due to drought or
other causes.
The prosperity of Southern farmers
Is shown, however, ln other ways,
promising even greater things for the
future. Old debts have been paid off,
mortgages have been lifted, and for
mer debtors are now creditors. Some
times, under the spur of retail mer
chants insisting upon a cash basis,
they are becoming more economical
and more careful about machinery and
AMERICUS PARTY TO MORILE
TO ENJOY MARDI GBA8.
A party of ladles, Mrs. 8. M. Gor-
dy, Mrs. J. T. Gordy, Mrs. Fred L.
Gordy of Tlcknor, Ga., and Miss Helen
Gordy will leave Americus this morn
ing for Mobile and will be guests of
relatives there for ten days during
the Mardt Gras festivities.
Does It ever come to you that In
case you should need help It would
be a great consolation to remember
that ln better days you bad been help
ful to others.
An optimist Is a person who Invests
ln a gold brick every time the oppor
tunity presents Itself.
Family reunions are commendable
for everything but enjoyment
Pl&al W coils seeds
0 For Superior Crops
Wood’s 30th Annual Seed Book
is one of the most useful and com-
pleto seed catalogues Issued. It
given practical information about
the bestand most profitable seeds
to plant for
The Market Grower
The Private Gardener
The Fanner
Wood's Seeds are grown and
selected with special reference to
the soil* and climate of the South,
and every southern planter should
have Wood's Seed Book bo as to
befoRy posted as to the best seeds
for southern growing. Mailed free
on request. Write for It
T.W. WOOD & SONS,
Seedsmen, . Richmond, Va.
We are headquarters for
Qrass and Clover Seeds, Seed Po>
tatoes. Seed Oete. Cow Pea*.
8< Md<tarlM fL * , -" m
■ -T-rac-
From New v'ork Post.
Bascom L’afce.- is 17 years old. ai
lives in Soi'.li Carolina. Now. ev
■ year the government organizes a n
tional corn contest for boys in whk
$10,000 in i r zr.s is awarded for v
rious achievements, Including one f
Bascom Usher entered Inst year s co]
test. Ho plowed Ills acre, planted
cultivated it as he believed it shot
be, and watched and tended it as iij
wero some delicate flower bed.
work was hard—everybody that
hoed corn * knows that—but Bas
Usher forgot his fatigue in the s!
Joy of watching that corn grow
duo season it was cut and shod
and a little later It was husked,
the official committee came arot
looked over tho results, and ded
that Bascom Usher's acre had won
first prize.
Please consider what this vii
meant to Bascom Usher In a prad
way ,and quite apart from the
tation of pride which it must
brought him. Ills ono-acre field
duced 152 1-2 bushels of corn, v|
sold ns prize seed at $2 a bushel,
log $305, and the fodder for $30,
total of $335. Allowing $123 foi
bor, the one-acre cornfield returi
net profit of $200—a yield rich eni
to make the average grown-up
grower gasp.
But the sense of conquest was
more than the money. Bascom l'j
has learned how. He Is a masti
the soil. He has discovered s
charm In land and become a jolnt|
ner with nature In a comblnatli
pable of transforming black Ion
sunshine Into gold.
Sheriffs Sale.
GEORGIA—Sumter County.
Will be sold before the court]
door, In Americus, Georgia,
ilrst Tuesday In March, 1910,
the legal hours of sale, to the \
bidder for cash, the following i
ed real property: A part of I
land Number Thirty-eight,
sixty acres, more or else; sail
acres bounded: North by land|
as the Frank Reid old place;
land A. J. Logan and Black I
south by Black estate, f
west by lands of W. W. Reid; I
of lot of land Number Thirl
containing two hundred two a:f
half acres, more or less; also]
two acres, more or less, off
Number Fifty Six; said twA
acres bounded: On the north|
Ban's land, east by Logan's lit
Black estate and west by lot 1
Thirty-nine. All said land
Old 28th District, Sumter
Georgia.
Levied on and to bej
property of Mrs. Mary
and by virtue of a- fl fa
the City Court of Americus!
H. J. Logan vs. Mrs. Mary P
to be sold to satisfy said II •
This January 29th, 1910.
W. H. FEAGIN. 1
Even a man with sens* 1
be hasn't any when he maker!