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THE AMERICUS WEEKLY TIMES-RECORDER. THURSDAY. MARCH 3.1910.
THE TIMES-RECORDER.
DAILY A AD WEEKLY.
THE AMERICUS RECORDER,
Established 1879.
THE AMERICUS TIMES,
Established 1890.
Consolidated April 1891.
Enterod at the postofflee at Ameri-
Cue as second-class mall matter.
THOS. GAMBLE, Editor and Manager
J. \V. FURLOW City •Editor
YV. L. DUPREE, Asst. Business Dept.
perlence, and while the ministers
will doubtless be more careful here
after in entering into such contracts,
THE STATE SHOULD DO ITS DUTY
In a cclsion that the people of the
their wives may have less complaiu-j state have been awaiting withunusual
lug from them when things go wrong .merest, the Supreme court of Georgia
at 1)ome I has finally held that the State had a
Putting one's self In the place of, prior lien on the assets of the defunct
some one else is one of the most dif
ficult things to do. If men could be
forced to live the life of the average
woman for a few days It is more than
likely that they would add to their
nightly prayers a heartfelt thanksgiv
ing to God that they were created men
and not women. The ordinary man j it will probably appear
is prone to regard the work of woman j depositors to have a nit
Neal Bank, of Atlanta, to the extent
of its deposits, and that the state must
receive the full amount of its deposits
before any of the other depositors are
paid.
Inasmuch as the Supreme Court has
so decided this must be good law. Yet
to the other
Sure cf
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.
Editorial Room, Telephone 99.
Americus, Ga„ March 3, 1910.
PEACE, SAVEET PEACE,
THIRTY DATS.
FOR
, as light, trivial, easily done, not jus:; a about It, so far as they are
| wearisome, something not requiring; personally concerned. Naturally they
much intelligence, industry or tactful- j looked upon the bank as a safe lnstitu-
tiess. One day of actual experience 1 tion. The state made its deposits
would take the beam out of masculine j there. The fact that it did so was pub-
eyes. One week of woman's work I licly heralded and accepted as one of
would probably drive most men into j the t videnees of the financial strength
the insane asylum. To be sure, some ! of the institution. It was, in a sense,
women have it remarkably eaifc-, but j an additional guarantee that the bank
they are the exceptions, and not the l was properly conducted and that it
rule. Probably ninety out of a hra-j was solvent and a perfectly safe place
dred married women know what it to make deposits in. Coupled with the
means to struggle along on limited | state bank examinations, the pub-
means, doing the work of two servants,! lie at large was justified in believing
looking after household duties, at-1 .hat the bank was sound In every rc-
tending to children and husband, go
ing constantly from daybreak until
long after the hours of darkness have
settled upon the earth. A pessimistic
The dove of peace is hovering over
Georgia, preparing to light upon its student of things as they are savs that
■ ,
soil, and the outlook is that for the when a women marries she becomes a
next thirty days harmony will pre-! slave. If love did not lighten labors,
vail among the brethern to a much 1 if affection did not temper the asper-
greater extent than of late. lioke
Smith is going to California to lecture
and Joe Brown has silenced the At
lanta Journal.
What a relief this will be to tbe pub
lic at large. After the turmoil of tbe
last campaign, and lue voallitiou ot
/wrath that succeeded the election on
the part of the vanquished, an era of
comparative calm succeeded. But it
was too short lived. Recently the
storm centre has swung this way and
the whirlwinds of polities have made
their appearance as a prelude to the
cyclonic disturbances of the approach
ing summer. Already the atmospheric
changes had become sufficiently pro
nounced to justify the raising of the
danger signals. But the latest news
from Atlanta indicates a temporary
subsidence of the alarming conditions
and a return to-a state approximating
a calm.
Ex-Governor Smith will tour the
"West for a month. During his absence
he will deliver several addresses. The
people of that section are to'be con
gratulated. Georgia’s former governor
is an able and entertaining speaker.
Before leaving he announces that he
will have nothing to say about guber
natorial nutters until hl3 return, “and
possibly not then."
On the other hand, Governor Brown.
Iras delivered a solar plexus blow to
the Smith headlight organ, the Atlanta
Journal, which has been vociferously
clamoring for the Governor to take It
into his special confidence and divulge
his reasons to It for all of his official
acts. The Governor administers this
stinging rebuke, In telling why he de
clined to reply to calls made upon him
toy the Atlanta Journal, to explain his
reasons for not purchasing the termi
nal lands for the Western and Atlantic
road In and near Chattanooga. The
governor does not feel that he Is re
sponsible to the Journal for his pub
lic acts, or that It is necessary for him
to make a report to that organ when
ever he undertakes to do anything.
■The statement follows:
“The editor of the Atlanta Journal
Is laboring under the misconception
that be Is the people of Georgia,
whereas he is only one ot about 230,
000 white male citizens, either one of
whose opinion or demand Is as weighty
as his. Coupled with his misconcep
tion Is his Impression that It is the
duty of tbe governor of Georgia to re
port to the Atlanta Journal. That is
also a palpable error. It Is the duty
of the governor to report to-tlio gen
eral assembly. That body will con
vene on the last Wednesday In June
next. In the meantime, speaking quite
personally, I will state that on June
A, 1908, the soverign people of Georgia
gave me an order not to report to the
Atlanta Journal. That order I can be
itles and .tone down the rough places,
thv> life of many married women might
truthfully be unfavorably compared to
that of a well kept slave.
The disinclination of many women
to marry Is said to arise from a bet
ter realization of what it means to
manage the affairs of a home, with all
the work and worry that goes with
moderate salaries and increasing ex
penses. Perhaps if men could be In
duced generally to tackle the proposi
tion that comes to the woman 3G5 days
In the year, undertake it but for one
week, a flood of light would be let
sped.
If the state is to have a prior lien
on tiie assets of banks in whicki it
makes deposits, if those banks are to
use the fact that they are state depos
itories as one of the advertising means
for attracting the business of the pub
lic, then the state is more than ever
obligated to see that such banks are
properly administered. It is a double
moral obligation upon it to have its
examinations so thorough and so fre
quent that the endorsement it gives to
tkj3 management by making such
banks its depositories can be accepted
by the public at large in good faith.
The truth of the matter appears to
be that the state examining system
needs more money to work with, needs
more examiners and more frequent
visits upon all the hanks. If this is
dene, and the examinations made as
Igid as they should be, their condi-
sub-
Says he in an Interview on the
'Ject:
"In his recommendation, former
Gov. Smith probably overlooked the
length of time which must elapse, af
ter returns are made to the comptrol
ler before disputed assessments can
be finally settled. The railroads are
required to make their returns to me
by May 1. Then I have sixty days to
detrmlne whether such returns are
reasonable and fair, and whether I
will accept them, certainly not too
long a time considering the number of
corporations and the vastness of the
interests involved. After my assess
ments are made, in cases where I re
fuse to accept the returns, the cor
porations have twenty days to deter
mine whether they will accept the as-
ed for them to ascertain whether they
can agree upon a valuation, or wheth
er an appointment of an umpire will
be needed. After an umpire has been
appointed, he is allowed thirty days
in which to make his award. A little
matter of addition will show that a
total of 110 days are allowed, after the
returns are In, before a disputed valu
ation may be finally determined. Add
110 days to May 1, and it does not
come fa,r from reaching December 20,
the present legal time limit for pay
ments.”
The men who built the present state
constitution stood for equality before
the law of all classes of taxpayers. It
will probably bs an unwise thing to
tamper with! the provisions they made
to that end. Once the state begins to
separate one class of taxpayers from
another as to the time of collection of
taxes troublous waters will be ahead.
The innovation would doubtless lead
to efforts to further amend the con
stitution on this line and no one could
tell where agitators would put it.
MUST NOT SHOOT I’ETTT
THIEVES.
/> 1 A cough, just a little cough. It
fjflP {.QUall * 0r ' “ may ,mour
everythi ng! Some kev p cough ing unti
lung tissues are seriously injured. Ot]
Ask your dorter r.bcul Ayer's Cherry Pee- stop their cough with Ayer’s Cherry
»! lor,:!. If he scys, "Take It,” then take It. toral. Sold for seventy years.
5 If he says, “No, "then Jen'I. long htve you known it?
—j -> imwwrwmmv *h.l
Made 41 Bales of Cotto
With Only One Mule
Read in our Farmers’ Year Book or Almanac
1910 how a planter in Terrell County, Georg
made 41 bales of cotton with only one plow,
record breaking yield, and he had a nine wee
drought—the worst in years. His gross income v
$2,098.47 for this crop. You can do it too
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Name..
Town..
State..,
Richmond. Va. Atlanta, Cs.
Norfolk, Va. Savannah, Ga.
Columbia. S. C.
Durham, N. C.
Winston-Salem, N. C«
Charleston. S. C.
Baltimore, Md.
Columbus, Ga.
Montgomery. Ala*
Memphla, Tenn.
Shreveport, La,
It is a dangerous thing to shoot a
man for a petty misdemeanor, dan
gerous not only to the man who is
LACK OF THOROUGHNESS IN THE
I’l'BLIC SCHOOLS.
“I agree with itlie gentleman from
. .... . , __ .. Missouri,” (Champ Clark) said Presi-
„hot, but to the man n ho does t.ie dent Taftt - tba t pr j mary education in
shooting as weU. This lias been de-, tliis country should be more thorough',
in on their consciousness of existing tion will be mare clearly revealed and j
conditions and out of this new know- the public not only kept better advised i
ledge wo\d come a more sympathetic, in that rsspect but have more court-’ , .
appreciation of what their helpmeets, dene? in the work of the state treas-^ ...
mean to them that would in itself do
niucb to lighten the labors that come
upon women without cessation.
WORKING TO BUILD UP SAVANNAH
depended on to obey.” , r , _ ,
With ex-Gov. Smith removed from b > an excess of mod " £,y ' 11 ka8 £J
In a series of carefully prepared
and accurate diagrams the Savannah
Press Is telling the world of the won
derful progress that city has made in
commerce. In manufactures, inwhole
sale and retail trade, in hanking as- [ and depending upon this protection,
sets, in home building, and In nil the 1 an ' 1 the stnte ' s assurance of thorougb-
urer'3 office under which such exami
nations are made. There is a general
feeling throughout the land that the
national bank examining system has
some radical defee s in it, or there
would not be so many failures of
banks that have been subjected to
Periodic examinations and given the
stamp of the government’s approval.
So It is with the state hank examina
tions. The public relies upon them,
it Is lead to believe that they protect
other features that go to make ,;p
tile life of a thriving and progressive
community. The figures accompany
ing the diagrams will probably he as
great a surprise to the average resi
dent of that city as they unquestiona
bly will be to the world beyond its
limits. They tell a tale of marvelous
development In a city that has gener
ally been considered ns ultra-conser
vative, and as little Inclined to the
push of modern times. Savannah! has
heretofore been going ahead, working
out Its own development along the
lines best suited to its natural growth,
but without the accompanying blast
of trumpets that marks every forward
step of so many other cities. In this
respect Savannah has erred. It has
needed such eye-opening advertising
as its enterprising evening paper is
now giving to it. A city has no more
right to hide its light under a bushel
than an Individual has and expect
the world to known about its progress
without being told. If Savannah's
newspapers, during the past twenty
years, had been persistently heralding
its advantages, its opportunities, its
achievements, to the world, as the
ness of Its system, it makes depos
its. The state is under obligations
3 well
monstrated in Savannah, where an and oil that subject I must say that he
old negro, of previous excellent rep- fs nearer rig,it than he has been for
illation, has been sentenced to a life a 'believe that tbe ambition of the
term in the penitentiary for shooting school superintendents throughout
and killing a white man who was the country who have charge of pri-
niaking depredations on a watermelon hiary and secondary education has
. , . led us into a lack of thoroughness
naa , - tlxt we ought to reform. It is true ,.,, tK | Vr mvftnrr t\n til
ployed to guard. HU employer, q that applicants for admission into KLA1S1NG DITORLt, ANIIALI
well known white farmer, tad missed West Point and Annapolis fail in rna-
a number of melons, put the negro on ny '“stances on subjects that every
in the country seems to be poj
with the idea that it must
college out of its high school
thaf, regardless of the fact
vast mass of children never]
the high school or the collep
them along the path intended l
them to college, e. path that ti
only turns them loose for life
deficient In the very things
most important they should
ough in.
There Is no more abused la*
the watch with a cun unti instructed schoolboy ought t0 know - They cal >- statute books of Georgia tlm
the watch with a gun, and instructed not 3pclI and are def | cleat ia other alimony statute. The legislature
him to shoot the first man caugut rudimentary branches.’’—Extract from remedy it. Then the divorce
in the patch. Faithfully following address by President Taft before the
these instructions, the negro fired at University Club,
the marauder and brought him down, j
The man subsequently died, the negro b, '°' v ^ ka ^ Gmso in high' places are
was Indicted, tried, found guilty of beginning to sit up, tako notice of
murder, with a recommendation to and condemn the lack of thoroughness
mercy, and a life sentence followca. j * n tbo *°' vcr Blades, indued, in all the
On the witness stand ills employer, sradcs of our public school system
testified that he had given the in-: senerally, it is quite possible that ed
structions to shoot that led to the fa-; ucators will cease -their tendency to
tally. He believed tabt he was in his multlply 8tudles - ceaSB tbelr efforts to
rights in so defending his property. convcrt tbe public school system into
to Its citizens to live up to both the The proBeC ution contended that such moro or le8s ot a Preparatory course
spirit and the letter of Its Implied
contract wltil them, especially since
It now claims a prior right to the as
sets to protect Its own deposits.
MOULD BE A. DANGEROUS INNO
VATION.
instructions were illegal, that it was * or e°iiege, and Bet It down to what
not legal in Georgia to shoot n man 11 should be, a thorough and practi-
for a misdemeanor such as stealing ca * education of the average child
melons or anything else, from a field. * or tbo ordinary work of life.
After the conviction of the negro the A wbo kQS 6°no to school for
white farmer was Indicted and must olgIlt years or more and Is unable to
now stand trial as an accessory to the wr lte a letter that will pass muster
killing. from the standpoints of spelling, punc-
It will probably be news to many tuat l° D ' Brammar and the expression
would materially decrease li
gia.—Griffin Herald,
il* ' 0 . 0 ^ 1 farmers, and to,other parties as well, °. f * he '’ “ eaD ' n * intended, is a reflec-
Thc increasing tendency of q
the courts to give largo alia
divorce cases has attracted cd
hie atientlon of late, not only ij
gia, but In other states. In I
two or more judges have
strongly In opposition to alii
cept lu cases where the cvid|
disputaldy proves serious i
on the part of the husband,
the point that separations I
differences do not justify
In saddling the expense of s
the former wife on the mas. |
If this opinion were genen
It mlgjp' be, as the Orlffln|
maintains, that some won
be slower In seeking separahl
The question of a man’s I
support a divorced wife li|
Smith reccommended a change In the that t]je ;awg 0 ’ f GeorgIa do not Ju3 _ tion on the school system. Yet we all: which many elements may
constitution of the state that would ufy or excuge shoot | ng or otherwise recognize that it is a fact that many Ms conduct has been such tb
require railroads and other public ser-, klI1 | ng a man far a petty tbefti A children, one la almost tempted to say been justified in seeking the
vice corporations to pay their taxes by man who grabg a palr o{ ghoeg or a majority, cannot do this simple 1 separation It appears but
June .0, Instead of by December 20.as gome other gmaU art , e , e from a alore thing. This can only be charged to a] that he should be required
at present. This, he held, would bring apparent i„ canaot i, e 3 h 0 t will hurt lack of thoroughness In their train- ute In a measure to her sup;
Into the state treasury some 3750,000 tbe party hoofing Incurring danger lng In the ac,ual rudiments of an, liberality of the support
at a time when the state is generally . % English education. And thia in<«ir nf' menanrad hv ttiA
tlonably would be larger than It
today. Modesty is a very becoming
virtue, but a city can be too modest,
and Savannah, we fear, has suffered
the state and the Atlanta Jourani' n,any p00 ' ‘ hlngs ,a tel1 tile l ,ub:lc
chewing this cud, Georgia is apt to
have a surcease of political hydropho
bia until April. Even for such a brief
respite the public will be duly grate
ful.
SWAPPING PLACES WITH THEIR
WIVES.
Thtit was a novel experience the
ministers of Chicago underwent one
day ibis jfreek when they all re
mained at home, took care of the
children, directed the operations of
the servants—if they had any— or did
the housework themselves, while their
wives spent tbe hours of light cam
paigning in the cause of temperance.
Whatever benefit temperance may
have secured from tbe work of the wo
men, one thing Is sure, the husbands
now hare a much better insight into
(he. trials end tribulations of their
wives In tbe management of their
household affairs than they ever had
before, A stronger feeling of sym
pathy with women In general is likely
that the public would have been pleas
ed to hear, that It has really Injur
ed itself, clucked Its own progress
by its retiring disposition. There Is
a happy medium between boisterous,
clamorous claims, and au intelligent,
truthful and attractive presentation
of facts. The Press has struck tills
happy medium in its special editions
telling of what Savannah has done
and what Savannah has In prospect,
and the benefits to the city will be
correspondingly great. If the Press
keeps up this work, and Us morniug
contemporary joins hands with it In
a campaign of dignified yet enthus
iastic publicity, the growth of Savan
nah in the next decade will be mar
velous. And In bringing about such n
generally Qf an j nd | ctroeat and trial Tll0 far _ English education. And this lack nf measured by the conditions
confronting a deficit, and bring about mer who flndg h | g ( | eldg )nvaded cau . thoroughness In this elementary train- ] case. Where there are yoanll
a decided Improvement in its financial not summar ii y take the pu nishment Ins frequently interferes seriously and the mother must gl«
condition, avoiding the continual „f the gulitv parties In his own handi. with them lo after business or profes- In attending to them, tUi
necessity of borrowing at that time to ufc Ls a u* ttIe alore va]uab i e t; ian a slonal life. I should be as adequate forfl
meet Us necescsltles. i watermelon, and the courts are e'-i- The throe R ' 8 are J u8t a8 vitally lm- tho father’s finances
Of course this would he somewhat j ent ]y guting up and taking notho P° rtant today as they ever were. Givo Where there are no chlldre:
of a discrimination against the corpor- of thc many gb0 otlngs growing out a chlId a lhorou Bb instruction Jti I woman is In physical coad&
ations referred to. To require them to of guck m | nor 0 ff eage3 reading, writing and arithmetic, spell- tribute to her own support iti
' — - - - j naamuch as the Chatham county lng belng l“ clu ded under the term ful whether, under the clrr 1
negro goes to the pen for life for r:adln S. ground Mm thoroughly In the surrounding the average *
hold paying until December 20 would obey i Dg hl3 employer’s instructions I >r l nc| Pies of good speech, and he is the alimony. If any is gra» :
'piobably not be readily acquiesced In w)]| i nteregl | ng t0 watcb , be ’ then pretty well qualified, If he has be moro tkun an assistance
the corporations discriminated developments in the trial of his cm- any amblt,on t0 BO ahead, by personal | man and not a compiehj
A i° u B and hard fought law ployer If bc , g , lkew , ge foum , ,j] application to master almost any | Judges who have studied
pay their taxes by June 20 and permit
Press is now doing, the city ungues- El1 otber classes of t aa P ay en> to with-
by
against.
suit would doubtless bo the result, t .v, a long term of imprisonment must branch of study he desires to pur- closely state from perao:
with chances doubtless favoring the
corpqratlons that were compelled to
pay taxes six months ahead ot other
taxpayers.
As the constitution now stands it is
provided that all taxes shall be unl-
be his fate. This is likely to act as 8UC ' The very tborou B hnoa8 1“ Ms! tlon that thcy have notld
a decided deterent on others who are " ork ln the elementary studies has creasing tendency on the!
given his character a trend ln the di-l men to seek divorce wltil
rection of thoroughness ln all things . grounda that are frlvolous|
too, that will stand him ln good seeking to adjust dlfff
Inclined to the hasty use of firearms,
even though the shot be aimed at a
petty thief. Yet one can readily an- .
predate the fact that if deprived of 8tead through I1,e ’ But a sll P- sll °d, 8 l' rlng “P in ‘Ueir ho.
form. Once before an effort was made tb(J rIgbt tQ gboot » armer , a . Indifferent manner of teaching, based first thing thought of by
to compel railroads to pay taxes In apt tQ flnd themselves sufferlng'mnro cn a curriculum that la too extensive appears to be to sever tin
advance of other taxpayers, but the tban )n tb(J ‘ t f ^ dan da- for the time and tho conditions aur- alimony, and enjoy life vt
State Supreme Court set It aside as a tlong In a gensa conv ]etlons are roundlng tbe Public school work, ties and restraints attach*
violation of the state constitution. It aQ cnco „ ragement t0 thievine weaken8 instead of strengthening char- life. The granting of alls
Is to remove this objection that ex- and t Qnc can aIgo *’ y *’ acter. And If the schools fall to In- cases Is held by these Jn«
Gov. Smith urges a constitutional (bQ rlgbt tQ {ake I[fe Jg QnQ tbat slst on correctness, on thoroughness, tors of marital Infelicities-
amendment. If such an amendment ^ g | ven Int0 tbe hands of men gen- theu they are ,alllnR 1“ a very vital Justice -to the man and »'
were adopted by the people It does not era i|.. w-Rh the utmost care and sur- element of character and weakening centlve to other women
follow that the corporations would rounded with thc most severe reatrlo the boy or glrI ,n the Preparation cllnatlons to follow such <1
meekly submit to being put Into a t , ong Pr0 b abl y ln the vast ma1or V' for the struggles of life that are just The question is a verr«
separate class as to the time of pay- Qf cageg , th , ef cou]d fae an ‘ y akbad. to solve. It would be «
ment of their taxes. It . quite pos- not BerlougI y lnJared B „ t even th The smattering of this, that and the Just to the wife who hi
8lb e , ! e f, V \ g , ‘ S C0 “' d apparently, one would be apt to have other 8tudy that now Intcrferea wIth ed or gr0Mly wronge ‘ t
growth ln any city there can be no bo P rotecte d through other agencies t w w)th th ^ thorough drilling in the elementary from alimony. It may M
important factors than i lve , |‘ baa the state courts. ^ ue prose
Outside of this Comptroller General
more
wide-awake
papers.
public spirited news-
prose
cuting officers were Inclined to make
From extreme drought to a contin
ued flood is too much for the unsat
isfied farmer, and already be is kick-
Wright points out that If Mr. Smith's
trouble for the parties doing the shoot-
suggestion were enacted the entire
system of assessments of such! corpor
ations would also have to be changed.
lng.
branches Is the curse of the public need revising, but noth!"
school system. A little bit of history done that prevents a J*
a little bit of algebra, a little bit of from giving a reasons^*]
Latin, a little bit of astronomy, a little nanclal protection to tMj
bit of manual training, 'a little bit of Is forced to leave tbe^
of everything, and no completeness taken a solemn oh»
Americus yards are blue fields
He shows that under the system now blooming Tiolets, and soon now tk'e about anything, when will It cease honor and nrotect” W
In vogue It takea practically up to royal rose of spring will add Its and a more sensible system take pos- !y failed to meet
December 20 to adjust such matters. 1 fragrance to theirs. * * * * ——
session ot the educators? Every city. conditions.
Iflj