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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.