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THEAMERICUS WEEKLY TIMES-KECORDER. THURSDAY. APRIL28. 1910
THE TIMES-RECORDER.
DULY AND WEEKLY.
THE AMERICUS RECORDER,
Established 1879.
THE AMERICUS TIMES,
Established 1890
C onsolidated April 1**1.
Entered at the postofflce at Ameri
cas as second-class mall matter.
THOS. GAMBLE. Editor and Manager
J. W. FURLOW City Editor
W. L DUPREE, Asst. Business Dept.
Official organ of the City of Amerlcue.
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 88.
Americas, Gil, April 28, 1910.
AS HUMBLE HERO IS KHAKI.
Tbe hero in the ranks Is seldom
heard of except In a general way. It
is only occasionally that a specific
case of bravery comes before the pub
lic to win its encomiums. Such cases
.generally concern some especial feat
In battle that appeals to the Imagina
tion in a dramatic way, that stirs the
soul by its reckless disregard of con
sequences to self, by its very Invita
tion to death.
But there is a case of a different
character entirely now before Con
gress that appeals even more force
fully to the thinking mind. It Is that
of a modest hero who risked life, not
1n the charge on the field of battle, not
in the performance of some valorous
deed of arms, but in tho quietness of
the camp hospital where death wat
claim ng a far greater host of victims
than on the fields swept by rifles and
gatlirg guns.
John R. Kissinger is the hero in
khaki whose name is now before con
gress for tho extraordinary pension
of $125 a month. Usually a private
receives a pittance. But in Kissin
ger's ease exceptional sacrifice seems
to entitle him to exceptional consid
eration.
When fever was raving the army
in Cuba Kissinger offered himsolf as
a living sacrifice that tests migh't be
made to discover the cause and rem
edy. He became a living experiment
in the hands of the army surgeons.
He emerged from tho experiments a
man wrecked in health, hut with the
proud consciousness that he had been
a material factor in securing tbemost
value ble information for the sur
geons. He has never recovered from
the effects of the experiments, his
condition precluded his remaining in
the army, his wife has supported him
by her dally labors, and congress at
last promises to give tardy recogni
tion of his services.
There 's alwppr ft man ready for
any sacrifice that is required for hu
man! y. That is one of the lessons
that the case of this modest hero
among Uncle Sam's boys demon
strates. It qlso establishes that while
congress is willing to unlock the
national treasury to the extent of mil
lions for all sorts of schemes, some
of very doubtful utility, It Is provok
ing!}- slow when It comes :o doleing
-out a pension to the man who has
given his health, made life a dally
angu 3h to himself, In order that oth
ers might be saved from untimely
graves.
“TRUCULENT SYCOPHANTS HEAT
THE HARVEST.
Representative Fowler of New Jer
sey will never forgive Cannon for
removing him from the speakership
of the committee on currency and cut
ting h'm out from any prominent par-,
tlcipation In tile shaping of financial
legislation at this time.
Cannon squelched Fowler’s reform
measure aud in every way assumed
an aniagonist’c attitude to the New
Jersey man. As a result one of the
bitterest advocates of a change In
House methods is Fowler. It was he
who moved to take from the speaker
any authority in the matter of com
mittee appointments. Discussing this
proposit'on Fowler gave expression
to the following views, which have
attracted .considerable attention by
the intensity of feeling contained in
them and the applause with which a
number of republicans greeted them:
"The House of '■Representatives
should now take the final step to In
sure its freedom. The centralization
in the speaker of the right to ap
point committees and to control leg
islation through the committee on
rules and the jmwer of recognition
made him the most pervasive and au
tocratic inflifence in American pub
lic life. To say that the consequence
of these powers had made the office
a gigantic machine of political hlack-
mail is only to state that which
everybody now admhs.
"How often have we seen men
rolling in the dust of expectation be
fore this throne of political dispensa
tion or groveling in the mire of cow
ardice and contemptlbiiity before this
juggernaut of brutal despotism! What
convictions have not been suffocated
by a sense of gratitude, what opin
ions have not been suppressed by an
overwhelming - hope, what impulses
have not been poisoned by a debas
ing fear! We have seen truculent syc-
o phants reap the rich harvest of
their subserviency while hohest and
brave men Dave been put to the po
litical sword. Tho House w'ng of the
capitol was built as the fortress of
the American people, as the sanctu
ary of public opinion, but it has been
converted Info a charnel house of
character Itself.
"The dissolution of these powers, so
arrogantly used by the speaker, was
absolutely essential to the res
toration of free representative gov
ernment. We have already eliminated
tho speaker from the committee on
rule3. It is now time to strip him
of hl3 official power to appoint com-
m’ttees and limit his functions to the
single duty of presiding over tho de
liberations of tho House.
"The resolution introduced by me to
day will establish tho principle of
just representation from tbo stand
points of popuittt’on, geography and
the peculiar lju3lness interests ' of
every section, and will secure to both
the majority and the minority the
right to select its membership on the
respective committees.”
Roosovelf., the cables say, stood 'n
silence at the tomb of Napoleon. It
might be a good idea to move the tomb
to America and chain Teddy some
where in the ne'ghborhood.
MID FERNS AND ROSES
THE VOWS ARE 6IVEN.
The policeman who patrolled the
White House block Is going to marry
the President’s cook. Did ho court
her In the White House kitchen or on
the back stoop? \
No more Republican senators have
announced their Intention of not being
candidates for re-election. A number
of them would not be missed except
by tl}e trusts and corporate Interests
they specifically represent.
Pretty Marriage at First
Baptist Church.
The marriage on last Thursday
morning at 11 o'clock of Miss Ruth Ar
rington aud Mr. Ernest W. Tullis as
sembled at the First Baptist chare'
a large number of wedding guests to
w’tness the pretty and impress’ve
ceremony which united these two ve r y
popular young people of Americus.
And amid a bower of ferns and roses,
as sunbeams danced and nature was
at its brightest, tbe vows that bound
together for all time were given the
pastor, Dr. Lansing Burrows.
A prettier church marriage, or one
consummated under happier auspices,
has rarely been witnessed in Arnerl-
ctis.
Just before the arrival of the weJ-
ding pa.ty Miss Buchanan sang su
perbly Illgenfritz's serefiade, “Sweet
heart, I Wait Thee Here,” her rich
voice filling with sweetest melody the
large sanctuary.
Miss Niles rendered Mendelssohn’s
wedding march upon tho pipe organ a:
the bridal party entered.
Miss Kate Page with Mr. Garnet Ar
rington came first and stood by the
altar, which was handsomely adorn
ed with stately ferns and Paul Neron
roses, blending In very striking effect
Preceding the bride and groom Miss
Susie Belle Payne, maid of honor, en
tered with Mr. lit A. Jamason, best
man, and stood with the others, Miss
Arrington and Mr. Tullis coming next
and completed the handsome wedding
circle. •
The bride wore a becoming coat suit
of dark blue chiffon with hat'of like
hue, and carried a handsome bouquet
of bride roses and lilliesot the val
ley. Miss Payne and Miss Page wore
white lingerie and picture tats, and
carried bouquets of pink carnations.
Tho bridal party was driven from
the churrh to the Seaboard depot, Mr
and Mrs. Tullis leaving for Jackson
ville, where they will remain unt.l
Monday.
Upon returning to Americus the.v
will he "at home” at the residence
of ,V nd Mrs. W. M. Tullis, on
Church street.
Tbo marriage of Miss Arrington and
Mr. Tullis was an occasion pleasantly
anticipated in social circles in Ameri
cus, where the two have grown up
from childhood and are deservedly
popular among all.
The bride is one of the most at
tractive and charming-young women,
her beauty being enhanced by a bright
and bappy disposition, which endears
her to all. Mr. Tullis is a well known
young business man, occupying an en
viable pos'tion in social and commer
cial circles.
A magnificent array of wedding
gifts attested the esteem and love in
which the handsome young couple is
held among a host of friends.
MILLS IN AMERICUS TO
FURNISH SEED NEEDED
In Replanting Any Portion
Colton Crop.
While the Americus oil mills stamp
ready and willing to supply tfcfelr far
mer friends with any quantity of cot
ton seed required in the replanting
cf crops damaged by cold this week,
it is not likely that the demand will
bo made upon the mills for such as
sistance.
The crop here is not nearly so bad
ly damaged as first supposed, and a
few days of warm weather and sun
shine will soon resuscitate if.
While from 25 to 35 per cent, of
cotton in Georgia will have to be re
planted, farmers have on hand very
little cotton seed. High prices last
fall caused them to sell seed in greater
quantities than they have ever sold
before.
W. M. Hu'chinson, of the Cotton
Seed Crushers' Association, announc
ed that oil mills will resell this seed
to tbe farmers at practically the Bamc
price at which it was bought from
thev ,
It takes about 60,000 tons of seed
to plant the Georgia cotlon crop. If
from 25 to 35 per cent, must he re
planted, over 15,000 tons of seed will
be required.
The mills announce they will sell
no seed to speculators and will ship
none out of Che state to speculators.
The seriousness of this situation is
clearly shown In the fact that most
of the mills now running will stop
crushing.
Most of the mills will shut down and
crush no more until the farmers have
been supplied.
Starvation and not Invasion is the
real danger of England in the event of
war, It Is pointed out. According to
the best judges there are never more
than seven or eight weeks food sup
plies In the Island.
Tom Taggart announces that he will
be a candidate for senator from In-
, , dlana. We can easily pick out one
. Thr A r_ e , r - iC , an . P !° P ' e .“:\ W l ! alleged Democrat who is In for a good
and well deserved trouncing. Tho
country doesn't need any Senator Tag
gart.
not u imindful of such acts as that ac
credited to Kissinger. A pension to
Wm will receive full oublic a»pro-
, val. And It Is well to remember, as
we thiink over this case, that all
over the country there ire others of
equally herloc mould, that, despite the th'ouRHt.
clamor about the love of tho mate'
rial having banished hlgier osplra
Texas Is a greater state than we
Here is what Congressman
Sheppard says of It: “If all the mules
' raised in Texas were rolled Into one
tions, the willingness ia uo for oth- th « anImal coul < 1 drink the Gull
■era, even unto death, nas not depart- j 3tr6am dry In fifteen minutes." tt
c1 from the breast of man!/ men and a11 the Kentucky colonels were turned
noble women. The flower of self-sac-j 1°°*® in one distillery the result would
rlfice still blooms In the hearts of -doubtless be the same.
humanity, and God will never cease ;
to p'•’ft* tv seeds of a bountiful crop,
with each generation.
The Governor of Virginia has Issued
' instructions that at all social function;
the unmarried members of his staff
Senator Bailey, of Texas, announces! aro t0 be accompanied by young la-
that “one of the greatest curses of dlea - Tho Kovernor believes in matrH
American politics is the effort to leg. mony - There s a hint here for Gav-
Jslate bv means of party platforms." ernor Brown. A Georgia colonel in
Down in Texas there is a large ele- , fuI1 unlform oukht to be aosofutely ir
inent that believes the greatest curse t re3til, ' e to the fair sex.
Is the attempt to legislate in the in-
terest of Standard Oil. But Bailey Tlle «* la delpb!a Press, organ of
doesn’t seem to sec it that way-orH he Stalwarts, is whistling to keep up
didn't.
Bryan says his real fight is against
the dominance of the liquor Interests
in politics. He objects to their writing
legislation on the liquor question just
as he opposes the trusts and com
bines writing legislation In matters af
fecting them.
Its courage. It says It took "two
Democratic victories In New York and
Massachusetts to let the Republicans
know that an election was going
They will get a move on and have
different tale to tell next November.”
The Pi ess'is mistaken It will simply
be another and much larger edition of
the same story.
HALF OF YOUNG COT FON
GONE1HROUGHOUF BELT
Is What New Orleans Re
ports Show.
(Special to Times-Recorder.)
Now Orleans, La., April 27.—That
fully bait the young cotton through
out the entire cotton belt has been
killed by frost since Sunday night Is
conclusive from reports received In
New Orleans. Ineastern and northern
part of the cotton belt the early crop
has been completely ruined.
BRITTON GOING TO COUNTRY
TO FINISH THE CENSUS
Will Complete Work Started In
Old 16tb.
The
Mr. Jack R. Britton has been em
ployed by Supt. Rickey, of the Third
district, to complete the census count
In the old 16th district of Sumter coun
ty, below Americus. Two enumera
tors working In the old 16th have
abandoned tbe job, and Mr. Britton
goes to complete it this week. He is
well experienced in the work, having
just completed his portion of the
federal census of the city. All of the
enumerators working in Sumter are
hustling now, as only a short time
remains for doing the nose counting.
CASTOR IA
For Infants and Children.
The Kind You Have Always Bough!
Bears the,
Signature of
The pessimistic New York Sun takes
th's shot at Bryan us the probaljJ^
forerunner of another Democratic de
feat two years hence:
A Democratic victory this >V!ar will
be an injury to the Democratic cause.
It w 11 arrest and sober tbe Republi
can contestants and regain the party
m>on the signal of danger: and if the
Democrats, Intoxicated by misunder
stood' success and feeling sure of
further triumphs because of rainbows
iu the sky or tho smoke which so
gracefully curls or any other immate
rial and evasive thing, should take
victory in 1912 for granted and return
to their old love with his barren
plat tudes and prophecies, his man
ifold croaks and his misleading ad
monitions, Republican feuds will be
called in and independence of action
eliminated In the presence of a com
mon menace.
FOR AMENDMENT OF CHARTER.
GEORGIA—Sumter County.
To the Superior Court of Said County:
The petition of the Southern Land
Co., a corporation duly chartered un
der the laws of the State of Georgia
located, doing business and having Its
principal office in the city of Americus,
said county, respectfully shows the
following facts, to-wit,
I. That on the 12th day of February,
1910, tbe said Company was duly In
corporated and a certificate of charter
granted by the Hon. Z. A. Littlejohn,
Judge of the Superior Courts of tho
South Western Circuit, at a Bpeelal
term of Sumter Superior Court called
on said date for the purpose of grant
ing charters.
II. That on the 8th day of April,
1910, a meeting of the Board of Dlcec-
iors of the Southern Land Co. was
held In their office. In the city of Am
ericus, and the following resolutlou
adopted:
"Resolved that notice having been
brought to the attention of the officers
of the Company, that another corpora
tion existed In the City of Atlanta,
State of Georgia of the same name as
this Company of p lor date In organ
ization of charter, our attorney, W. W.
Dykes, be, and he is hereby Instructed
to Institute the necessary proceedings
to change the name of our company,
by adding at btae end of its present
name, the words, 'OF AMERICUS,' so
when amended tbe name of the com
pany will be the 'SOUTHERN I AND
COMPANY OF AMERICUS.’ ”
Wherefore petitioner prays, that an
Order be granted by the Honorable Su
perior Court of Sumter County, Geor
gia, granting an amendment to Us
original charter, changing Its flame
Which now reads: SOUTHERN LAND
COMPANY, so as to make It read,
SOUTHERN I AND COMPANY OF
AMERICUS, with all rights, privilege!,
terms and conditions granted In the
original charter of the Southern Land
Co., as above stated. •
SOUTHERN I AND COMPANY.
By W. W. DYKES. Attorney.
The Value of a Gurnet # 0
a Community is Measured]
by the Quality of His ~~
Any gin/nay turn out a,fairly pood SM , I
under favorable ^conditions. The JiliiiI
System turns out a good sample regards,j
of conditions. Its perfect work in improv® I
and handling dirty or wet cotton in a storm!
picking season shuts down every other oijl
within hauling distance. Aginner with ourl
equipment gives growers a sample that brim!
a top-notcK price. He can do it every <j JT |
from one end of the season to the ether. TbtJ
is built with the fact in view that a ginner must make his year's earn.
i»gs in ninety days. No good market is overlooked for material for
, use in tho manufactured output of our six factories. Continental
machinery is quality construction, produces quality product for
growers and quantity profit for ginners.
Wo have trained men to go to the assistance of the man who is
planning to install a ginnery, and expert engineers to prepare plans
and specifications without expense to the customer.
Manner System outfits permit choice of
Manger, Pratt. Wlnshlp, Smith or Eagle
Gins. Complete line ol cotton-working
machinery,Including Engines and Bolters.
Write our nearest office for our
new illustrated catalog. it gives
detail information in full and is
now ready to matt.
1 "
CONTINENTAL
GIN COMPANY,
Atlanta, Ga.
Birmingham, Memphis,
Ala. Te:
Charlotte, N.C.
COUPON
j TWO wans TRIP ID MEW 10
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favor 1
Contest Closes May 31. Each Ballot Counts I
fair wMwauat wmauHai« »'arc*:.* was a |
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MUST REPLANT ONE TWO MILLION ISA'
HALF 6E0R6IA CROP SCHOOLS 01®
GEORGIA—Sumter County.
I, G. H. Waddell, Secretary and
Treasurer of the Southern I.and Co.,
who being duly sworn, says that the
facts set out in the foregoing petition
are true. ‘ .
G. H. WADDELL.
Sworn to and subscribed before me
this 26th day of April, 1910.
H E. ALLEN, Clerk Superior Court.
■Filed In office 26th day of April, 1910
GEORGIA—Sumter County.
I, H. E. Allen, Clerk of the Superior
Court of said County, du hereby cer
tify that the foregoing Is a tfue and
correct copy of the application of the
Southern Land Co., for amendment of
Its charter as tbe same appears on file
In this office.
WV:n>ss my official s'gnature and
the seal of said court, this 26th day of
April, 1910. 28-tt
H. E. ALLEN,
Clerk Superior Court, Sumter
County, Georgia.
That is Opinion as to the
Gotton Outlook.
Atlanta, Ga., April 26.—Fully fifty
por cent, of the cotton crop of Geor
gia must be plowed up and planted
over, thereby causing the crop to be
a month late and number of bales pro
duced to be curtailed greatly. This
is the summing up of the damage by
cold weather and frosts Sunday and
Monday nights, as estimated by Com
missioner ot Agriculture T. Q. Hud
son.
iBoth Commissioner Hudson and
Weather Forecaster Von Herman be
lieve that the cold has not been se
vere enough to kill outright .cotton
that is already up, but It will Injure
and retard the growing plants and
will cause seed not already sprouted
to rot in tbe ground, resulting In the
necessity of general replanting. Both
the peach and vegetable crops were
practically unhurt.
It pays ot be funny. Having lost qne
fortune Mark Twain died leaving an
estate worth a million. People are al
ways willing to pay well for a hearty
laugh.
FOLEYSHWHET^TAR
itoMthecoughandhseblangi
Immense Sum
Education, j
Atlanta, Ga., April 25.-'
!n progress or has been
raising more than $2,000,
inent funds for educa
In Georgia..The total, to
Is $2,375,000.
The other projects s'*
cluslvely to this state,
nearly all of which
scribed.
For Agnes Scott
$350,000, all ot which
scribed and Is now
For Wesleyan Female
con, $250,000,
For Bessie Tift Colb
For the Martha
Rome, $100,000.
For the college at
000, which all has
For the Baptist colle*»
$50,000. ,
For the Georgia Sch ^
ogy, $75,000 for a Y. »
ing, of which $50,00*
by John D. Hoefce#**
upon tbe additional
by friends of'lhe
In addition to tbeie
funds are be'ng ralf*j
over the state for
purposes.
tior.;'-1
ColW
belsfl
Berrj 1
i been'
.1 $25.00*1
school-J
virion 1 1