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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 By Using Virginia-Carolma Fertilizers liberally, combined with careful seed selection, thorou cultivation, and a fair season. Ask your fertilizer dea for a copy of this free book, or write us for one. sure you haul home only Virginia-Carolina Fertilizt SALES OFFICES 1 Mail at this Coupon ViaciMA Carolina Chuucal Company. Pleate tend me a copy of yoor 1910 Farmers' Year Book free of cost. 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