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m 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!