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THE AMERICUS WEEiCLY TIMES-RECORDER. THURSDAY. APRIL 14.1910
THE TIMES-RECORDER.
DULY AND WEEKLY.
THE AMERICUS RECORDER,
Established 1879.
THE AMERICUS TIMES,
Established 1890
Consolidated April 1891.
Entered at the postoffice aj Ameri
cas £8 second-class mail matter.
J. W. FL'R!/)W
W. L. DUPREE, Asst. Business Dept.
Official organ ol the City of Americus.
Official organ of Sumter County.
Official organ of Webster County,
Official organ of Rallrcai C"
lion of Georgia for Third Congres
sional District.
Official organ U. S. Court, Southern
District of Georgia.
TO IlELI* BOYS THROUGH
SCHOOLS.
HIGH i working in the interests of corpora-
I Hons.
! Nothing could be better calculated
A little book that i3 attracting some to play into the hands of demagogues
attention at this time calls for as- (ban such- talk as that of forming a
sifbnce to those boys and girls, andj corporation party to be used as a
more particularly the former, who are] bludgeon on the candidates of the old
desirous of continuing the high school | political parties. Me admire Maj.
course of study but are prevented 1 Hanson's candor In expressing his
from dobs so by their financial nec-i views, but Ws discretion Is certainly
castles ! not to bo commended. It would be
The author maintains that the state,'surpr ing if a certain gubernatorial
that is the community, should seek j candidate in Georgia did not use Maj.
to nrovide «omt work whereby such' Hanson's utterances during the com-
THOS. GAMBLE, Editor and Manager, men could-earn a livelihood Ing campaign as an argument why the
y ! while pursuing their high school stud- j "common people" should rally to
>s that it is necessary for the pr^s-. h 3 support. Major Hanson’s
ervation of the slate that a larger views certainly furnish fine ammani-
number of Its citizens should have a ti°n for whose political power
more adequate idea of their duties and lies in appeals to popular passions and
rights as citizens than is obtained anti-corporation prejudices. This cor-
in the lower grades oi lite public I ? cr " Par 4 :’ 'daa might have been
schools, and that it is a part of the | better left unborn. It will doubtless
duty* of the state to see that the op-; d 'o of inanition, anyway, before It
portunity Is afforded them to support ] opens Its eye3.
themselfes while continuing in the “
Editorial Room, Telephone #9.
AiiictIcus, Ga* April II, 1910,
RAISING FIGS FOR MARKET.
upper grades.
The author,
says:
A TIP FOR GEORGIA DRYS.
Mr. William Thum.j
MATTRESS FACTORY
PROVIDED FOR VIENNA
This is One of Industries
Americus Should Have.
Among the industries that have
been mentioned as offering excellent
chances of success if established In
Americus is that of a mattress fac
tory.
Mr. C. J. Clark was th'e first to call
attention to the possibilities liv that
direction. In a North Carolina town
last year not as well situated as Is
Americus, possessing no advantages
that this city does not offer, he found
a mattress factory nad been ouut up
from small beginnings into an indus
try of considerable proportions
Mr. Clark directed attention to this
industry as one of those that should
succeed here. Nothing was done along
the line of inducing some one to start
here at that time, but it is hoped,
through the combined instrumentality
i Jaa-crficnts of Ayer’s fl u- Vj?cjh
AfiyOlinST of n««ri« nervi y»ur C3») ,'n •'
VVilJ ft A' or• falling hair? Asrtc your c?o<
Wifi it destroy dandruff? A^k ycur doctorl
not Oolos 43 H
Capsicum, Sage, Alcchci
S I Ask your eio
here? Ask you i> c!o
W’aler, p, r
fiMVAyy. l/mr!t. M*<
PRESENTMENTS GRAND
JURY WEBSTER COUNTY
j and correctly kept and show
report of this comm tme that!,
amount due county ro ; - laSe .: 1
he lias collected and turned or
County Treasurer, for w'oi C h
vouchers ’.. " 4
Insolvent Taxes Colle'ied!
Total paid tax for IMS
The t3x digest for Imp shows'
property
We, Grand Jurors serving at this
April, 1910, term Superior Court of
Webster County, beg leave to submit
the 1'oliov'ing report:
Through the valuable report of oar, property found not'on DimtT
Finance Cor.m.I'tee, which we adopt 61 *
and n,al;e par: f our report and mark- Total property on digest
ed Exhibit ‘A." - - - -
The ?h'.:dt f : sports money in his
iiantis bslung.ng to the county, as fol
lows: Reic tax, $295; County tax,
Taxes levied on above
amount by County Com
missioners for county pur-
poses, 7 1-2 per cent.
5329.13. Y.'e find the public buildings Taxes levied by Co. Com.’for
n *rr- \A mllinn ovnor.' alifrhf t-onnlrc r-» - _ i „
I The fact that Illinois has somewhat
"The public has m n u "' cl b a . reversed its former action with regard
do and the greater part of this work .. . . , „ , „ _ ,
could he done by clear-headed young, to prohibition, the wets capturing of the Americus Board of Trade and
men from sixteen to c’ghteen years many of the towns and c'-tles that have j the Americus Industrial Development
A movement is now under way to
encourage the growiug of figs In Geor
gia for the Northern markets. It is
claimed that properly refrigerated the
fruit can be put down in New York
and other cities as fresh and sweet as
when picked from the tree, and that a
sufficient demand would soon arise to
make the growing of the fruit profit
able.
Everyone knows the tendency of
the fig to sour very quickly after being
picked. While it is probable that with
refrigerator cars the fruit could be
transported to the North it is doubtful,
it appears to us that it can ever be
marketed there in any large quantities.
It will be necessary to sell it immed
iately after It is taken from the refrig
erators and consume It within a short
time. Otherwise the fruit would be
spoiled.
There is another way open to the
growers of figs, though to make them
a source of revenue, and that would
lie through preserving them. There b
no more delicious preserve than that
made from the figs grown In this state.
Put up in good packages they should
ho a highly attractive delicacy
throughout the North and West. More
money would doubtless be made In this
way than -in an endeavor to ship the ^school course, whose parents
fruit in ltsAatural state. And there
would be no enormous bills to pay for
refrigerator car services, much mdney
would be turned loose, if the preserv
ing Industry attained any proportions,
lor labor, anl the business Interests of
this section t*msiderably promoted
There are other things besides figs
that might be profitably canned or
preserved In this section. Some day
we will seize this opportunity and de
velop a large and profitable industry
along these lines.
Roosevelt has dropped down to a
half column daily now. This wont do.
He must spring a new sensation or be
forgotten in the interest that base ball
has awakened.
Hr. Pinchot also say3 that he "will
have nothing to say.” Teddy's silence
eeema to-be contagious. But how the
unspoken words must be blistering
Pinchey's lips.
1 While it Is well that progressive Re
publicans, should triumph over stand- power,
pat Republicans the New York World
thinks a Democratic triumph over
both would be much better.
Sixty Atlanta people volunteered to
give some of their skin to saye a
of age who are students In public
high schools.
“What one frequently sees ambi
tious young men doing to earn their
way through high school In four years’
time is sufflc'ent encouragement for
the belief that the average young man
if given proper and fairly-paid employ
ment, could easily earn his living ex
penses, as well as the monthly schiool
fees necessary to cover his share of
the running expenses of the school
and finish a complete public works
high schoo) course in eight years with
half-time attendance.”
Inasmuchi sis the tendency Is now
distinctly toward a broader compre
hension of the state's duty to It!
children, as shown In the play
grounds, the amusement parks, the
physical Inspections, etc., that arc
provided for them In connection with
the school systems of the land, It is
not improbable that some day the Idea
advanced by this writer will be car
ried into effect.
In considering the matter, though
one cannot help thinking about the
many boys who are In a position
where they can go on through high
schiool and yet, from a lack of prop
erly developed amfiltion, refuse oi
neglect to do so. Right here In Amer
Icus many Instances are apparent of
boys quitting their studies long be
fore they have completed the pubtlc
are
amply able to carry them through and
to that extent better equip them for
the duties, responsib'lltles and pleas
ures of life. Many who are falling to
avail themselves of these opportuni
ties will greatly regret their action
In after life.
RATHER A POOR SUGGESTION
FROM MAJ, IIAXSOX.
heretofore gone dry, may be taken as Company to bring the matter to the
an indication of a subsidence In the j attention of some one within a short
prohibition sentiment of the country, time who may be in position to make
In fact there seems to be a consider-jan offer for the establishment of such
able ebbing of the enthusiasm that a factory here.
was predicted would sweep tbe entire | Mattresses are used all over tbe
country into the dry column, before country. There Is a sufficient demand
many years. Here in Georgia It can for mattresses and bolsters In the te*w
be safely said there is a far less viru
lent prohibition spirit than there was
three years__ago...The usual.reaction
that follows sumptuary legislation has
set In throughout the country and the
pendulum is quite apt to swing toward
the wets for some time to come. There
will be no return to old conditions in
full, though. That can be safely as
serted. The prohibition movement has
rltory tributary to Americus to keep
a small factoy growing.
Vienna has realized that this is an
opening in the Industrial way, and it
has already organized a company for
such an Industry. Here Is the story
of its organization, as told In the
Vienna News;
A company for a mattress factory j
cad caaettion except slight repairs
needed, two blinds off and one plank
off cf steps on east side of court
house, which we recommend the Coun
ty Commissioners have made good.
We find tii3 dockets of the Justices
of!the. Peace and Notaries Public kept
in conformity to law. It has come to
our knowledge that Road funds are
entirely exhausted. The tax payers of
the county to a large extent are sore
and complaining a: the heavy expense
ncurred In the working of the public
roads and in the interest of tax pay
ers of Webster county that the County
Commissioners make if possible some
satisfactory loan to some county work
ing conylcts the convicts now ir
charge of Webster county; said county
so borrowing to return sa d convicts
with ail equal number of other con
victs at tbe end of twelve months af
ter receiving said convicts
We recommend that the County
Commissioners In buying supplies con
tract with the lowest b dder for said
supplies.
Pauper Farm.
There are three inma'e3 on the farm,
all white females, who say they are
well cared for. Some repairs are
has been organized in Vienna and the needed on several of the cottages and
Maj. J. F. Hanson, president of the
Central railroad, urges that the cor
porations of the country unite in the
organization of « political party to
promote their Interests and protect
their equitable rights. .Such a party,
Maj. Hanson Insists, would Include n
number of voters In Its ranks suffi
cient to not only Influence the act'ons
of other poll'lcal parties, but to secure
the success of the one most favorable
to corporate Interests by throwing It*
strength to It. The corporation party,
In the close division of the country
would dom'ua'c and enforce recogni
tion by Its control of the balance of
Maj. Hanson’s suggestion appears
to us both Ill-advised and chlmer'cal.
An effort to organize such 1 a party as
lng from the «ld saloon system, and
has given to that curse a blow from
which It will never recover. The brew
ers and the distillers themselves re
alize this and are to-day among , the
most active Jorces In seeking to rehab
ilitate the retail liquor trade and get it
on a more decent plane than It has oc
cupied in past years.
There Is this to be said as to the
situation In Georgia. There is hardly
a town of any Importance where one
cannot get all the beer he wishes to
drink, get It openly and without trou
ble. The sale of whiskey, whenever
It occurs, is generally covered up
much as possible. The local author
ities have apparently, as a rule,
reached the conclusion that It Is not
possible No stop the sale of beer and
have confined their energies to keep
ing more Intoxicating liquors in the
background. Perhaps they are wise in
this. They realize the sentiment of
(he people with whom they have to
deal and appreciate that it 13 not an
act of wisdom to endeavor to do too
much, or to seek to accomplish the
Impossible. It might be well for the
cause of temperance If a proper rec
ognition were taken of the facts as
they exist and the sale of beer legal
ized with' tlie prohibition as to other
liquors made even more stringent
through more severe penalties. The
sale of beer Is going on openly every
where, anyway, and Is apt to continue
to do so. Efforts to suppress it would
be certain to arouse and crystallze a
strong ant'-prohlbltlon sentiment and
perhaps lead to a reversal of former
Judgments, as In some other states.
In any event, It would probably be an
act of folly to attempt any legisla
tion that would make more stringent
the existing regulations. It would
he suggests would Inevitably drive all probably not be a difficult matter to
the radical elements of the country to
gether, and the last condition of the
burned child. The world 13 stMl fullj corporations would be far worse than
of men and women who are willing t.i
eerve their fellows without reward.
1 The Republican party leaders seem
to be suffering from a severe attack of
Indigestion. Perhaps they really eat
those cotton seed meal biscuits that
mere sent to Washington from Texas.
The Pullman company's net profits
are generally only aSout 25 per cent
on the actual cash invested. It would
bo a gross outrage to reduce the upper
berth rates under such conditions.
Talk about the faith that removes
mountains. Hero Is “Uncle Joe” Can
non predicting that the facts will be
come known In time to Insure a con
tinuance of Republican control of the
House.
A California woman swallowed a
Bine inch knife. It took seventeen
physicians to remove it Her husband
Trill need that knife the balance of his
life to dig up the money to pay the
doctors.
any evils from which they may now
suffer. Maj. Hanson may believe that
It would be in the power of the cor
porations to command, or enlist, the
voting support of all their employes.
But It Is hardly probable that this
could be accomplished. There is a,
{peculiar spirit of rebellion . against
such an exercise of employing author
ity that would be apt to seize upon
workingmen with irresistible force,
Impelling them to cast their ballots
provoke a decided change of sentiment
In Georgia if ihe law and Its enforce
ment became any more drast'c than
now.
hind the movement,
The News trusts that the progres
sive spirit now being manifested will
continue and that ere long we will
have a large number of manufacturing
enterprises that will help to Increase
the population of our beautiful city.
NOTICE TO TAX PAYERS.
accomplished much in awakening the aa ™? *01M* mi^ in operation as *oon alsoupon ^etarn. Qf the C oun-
country to a sense of the ev Is result- aS A ‘™ fS a charter is being ty School Commissioner, there are 12
—'—* made , n th)s lssue of thp Newg under whl'e schools and 1G colored schools,
the name of 'The Vienna Mattress aggregating 28. There are 36 teach-
Manufacturlng Co.” : crs> 20 "'bites and 16 colored. Enroll-
Among the Incorporators are the ment 5o7 whites. 916 colored, aggrega:-
followlng enterprising citizens; J. 13. t.ng_ 1,473. Average attendance 347
Walton. J. N. Collier, K. R. Lewis, .T. | whites, 4S0 co’ored, aggregating 827.
D. Hargrove, T. H. Gregory, Ed. I Finances. Balance on hand 190S,
Howell. $1,170.14. Reed from State Treasurer
The capital stock of ihe proposed. in A? 09 $7,251.20.*Received from con-
eorporation is $5,000, w'th the prlvll- Lvict nlre in-1999 $427 90. Received from
ege of increasing. other sources $S0.30. Paid out total
It required very little effort to se- fjt 04 ®', 34 ' Balance on hand 19 , 09 ?1 *
cure this enterprise, which speaks ® 1>9 - "■*. There are two vacancies on
well of the enterprising citizens be- the Board of Education. We recom
mend that G. A. Drew he appointed *.a
succeed h'mself on said Board and rec
ommend F. A. Bush be appointed to
.succeed himself on, said Board. We ap
point J. P. Walker and J. R. Stapleton
a3 finance committee to examine and
report on the condition of the county's
finances to the Grand Jury at April
term, 1911. and they be paid three dol
lars -per day for said services.
We extend th'e usual courtes'es to
At a meeting of the Board of Com- his Honor Z A. Littlejohn and also to
mlssloners of Roads and Revenues of Soliciior General J. R. Williams for
„„ ' kindness to us. We recommend the
Sumter county on Monday. April 4th Genera , Presentmentg be p UbI i shed ln
the following resolution was read and ' Americus Times-Recorder.
adopted and is now in force JAMES P. WALKER, Foreman.
WHEREAS, In the former years the AY. S. Bell, T. W. Cantrell, J. W.
collectors of the Commutation Tax for Fussell, i. B. Nowlen, R. E. Bridges, J.
the County of Sumter have had a good M Jones, H. O.Mcore, W. T. McGill, J.
deal»of trouble In thlo collection of B. Wilson, R. E. L. Reddick, J. W.
said tax. by reason of the fact that th'e 1 blglinm, W. Mlnick. T. M. I.o.vrey,
parties owing the same have put them C. L. Sapp, Eugene Pickett, J. T. Tyler,
off, and I F. M. McGill, H. E. Hawkins, S Id.
Whereas, such postponement in the Patten, L. L. Passmore, J. E. Dennard.
collection of taxes !s very expensive as j Received in open court and ordered
well as delay in the collection of the published as requested. April 8, 1910
revenue for the working and building Z. A. LITTLEJOHN, J. S. C.. S. W. C.
of roads In said County. | J. R. WILLIAMS Sol. Gen.
Therefore, be It resolved by the
Board of Commissioners of the Roads | rviiiniT u\ n
and Revenues of Sumter County, that! KAMI till A.
from this date, that said collectors af j Xo the Grand Jury ot Webster Su
sa d commutation tax shall make on y perlor Court April Term, 1910:
one demand for the paymtot of said | We the committee appointed at the
tax upon each of said parties due the | agt ^ ))r q term Q f 3aid court to ex-
. amine into the finances of the county,
i be « to s “' J, JJ 1 rdbiar j“‘ l Gd |^ report:
We find the books of this office kept
in their usual correct aud legible mau-
and
Road purposes, 2 per cent
Total taxes levied ..
Railroad, Telegraph, Tel
ephone and Ex. taxes col
lected ..
Total amount chargeable
! to Tax Collector H
Amount of above amount '
paid to county treasurer
a3 per vouchers
Bal due by collector, less
commission, errors on Ui-
ges: and Insolvent list ,.j|
jfhe amount which the shai
ports in his hands belonging!
bounty is included in tie I
chargeable to the collector, at]
lee-or and sheriff have notj
settlement as to tax fl fas.
The State tax levied on llui
property, $8S1,232, 5 per cemf
Professional taxes.
Number white polls on dig«|
Number of white -polls not on!
Number colored polls on dige
Number colored polls not on|
Total polls of the county,
Treasure rVOilice,
The books of this office i
and correctly kept and shoij
lows:
Cash on hand at last report
of this committee, April
1, 1909
Received since of collector
for 1908
Received since of collector
for insolvent taxes collectdl
Received since of collector
for property tax 1909 .. ..
Received since of collector
for R. R.. Tel. and Tel
Received since of collector
for road taxes for 1909.. ..
Received from Commutation
-tax
Received all other sources .
Total on hand and received f
is liable for said tax fail to pay the
same upon demand, it shall be the duty
of said collector to summons such
defaulting tax payer to work upon the ; .. „ ro „ e riv entered
roads as the law in sucD cases is made ‘ lfl ^ A.l.faetntv'honH.
and provided, unless such defaulting ^,. , ^S^! c,0 K. b SS!S!. “w* ?
party shall, between such demand and
Prayers .were offered In all the
churches of Pittsburg Sunday for the
regeneration of that city. If Pittsburg
Is reformed the efficacy of prayer will
be established beyond question. . No
severer lest cafee could be asked.
Ifjthe movement begun by the B. &
O. railroad to hire no more women
against, rather than for, the candi- j spreads there will be nothing left for
dates endorsed by the corporation par-1 the girls to do hut marry. This may
ty. Indeed, it is very easy to imag-|b e an effective, even If Indirect, way
Col. Keren, of Missouri, the new
American ambassador to Austria, has
arrived in that country. Kerens can al-
irays he relied on to open his barrel
for the good of his party—hence the
ambassadorship. —'
lne all candidates vehemently resist
ing and publicly declining the support
of the corporation party. The men who
attacked It most vociferously would
doubtless be the ones assured of elec
tion.
The country Is not likely to take
kindly to Major Hanson's suggestion.
While corporations doubtless have
Just grievances, there arc none sd
burdensome, so intolerable, that It Is
necessary for them to organlzo a po-
Ilt'cal party as a weapon with which
.j secure redress. While the policy ol
governmental supervision of'their af
fairs may be objectionable to the cor.
poratlons It Is not one-tenth
so objectionable as would be to tbe
country at large the Idea of national
control by a political party avowedly
of solving
problem.
the alleged race suicide
A big French colony Is to b B istab
llshed ln Mexico. The French had a
big colony there during the civil war.
Every one recalls the fate of Maxim 11-
Uan. The new colony, though, Is.to be
cast on different lines.
the date fixed for such service upon
the road, pay said commutat’on $ax to
said collector, or to such person au
thorized -by law to receive the same.
Bids for supplies for the month of
May were received, opened and read,
prices and qualities carefully com
pared. Upon motion J. H. Poole &
Sons’ bid was accepted.
There being no other business
come before the Board after approving
bills to this amount of $5,610.25 the
Board adjourned until Its regulir
monthly meeting, to-wlt: First Monday
In May. J. F. BOLTON.
Secretary of the Board.
TWO HUNDRED WERE
ENTRAPPED IXNMIXE
But Were Ilesuced With Tremendous
» Difficulty.
Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver
Tablets assist nature In driving all
Imnurltles out of the system, insuring
a free and regular condition and re
storing the organs of the body to
health and strength. Sold by all
Dealers.
The nice thing about friends Is how
you don't have to xlslt them unless you
want to, the way you do relatives.
(Special to Times-Recorder.)
Washington, Penn., April 13.—Two
hundred miners were entombed In the
Manifold mine No. 1, of the Alleghany
and Ohio Coal Company, two miles
porth of here, today,- / when an explo
sion, suddenly occurred. Ten men
were badly burned. The two hundred
trapped in mine were rescued with tre
mendous difficulty. j
A man starts out expecting to get
rich, and ends up thinking he is lucky
to keep out of the poorbouse.
the law requires. His Honor W. H.
Cosby, Sr., the iucumbent, will report
to your Honors If he lias any funds on
hand belonging to the public.*
(Sheriff's Office.
The books of tills office appear to be
kept In accordance with the usual cuss
tom and it appears that th'e Incumbent
uses dllllgence ln the performance of
the dut'es required of him. He has
some funds on hand in the way ot
taxes, tax fl fas, etc., whl^b be will re
port to your body.
Clerk’s Office.
The hooka of this office need no
commendation at our hands as they
speak for tUemjelves, being exception
ally neat and correct and so Indexed
as to be of easy reference lu every par
ticular.
Tax Collector’s Office.
The books of this office are legibly
Paid out as per pro
vouchers .. .
Commission on amount recil
Commission on Amt. Paid oi:|
Making two reports .. .
Balance cash on hand .. .
Amount Outstanding Ordeil
The convict warden report
commute that it has cost si
term of office to feed muloi.
clothe convicts, pay guarJi,|
and medical bills $376.45 per
County School Cominisi
The books of this office
neatly and correctly kept,
much credit on the effa
cumbent; they show money i
last report of this commitw
Received since, all sourci
Total
Paid out on order of coun
board of education as i>
proper vouchers on file -
Leaving balance on hani
The commissioners’ repoaj
body will show number
wh"te and colored, also pupih
and the average attendance.
Respectfully submitted,
J. R. STAPU
W. T. WISE,
Helping the YVidgM.
“I see that San Franclkoj
was paid $100 a pound
“Well, from what I
San Francisco lawyers 1 ’
surprised to learn that
cobblestone In the bundle."
Plain Dealer.
/ot«i
kno»|
How She Did Ik
Mrs. Newlywed—Notice
all my bills are, dear?
-Mr. Newlywed—Indeed
How do you manage?
Mrs. Newlywed—I buy
a lot of different stores,
Shipped to «
from the factory I
by fast Expre** r
Use as much care selecting candies «
selecting food. When you buy NunnallP>
you know it is unequalled in purity and quality' j
W. A. REMBERT.