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THE AMERICUS WEEKLY TIMES-RECORDER. THURSDAY. MAY 19.1910.
THE TIMES-RECORDER.
DAILY AND WEEKLY.
THE AMERICUS RECORDER,
Established 1879.
THE AMERICUS TIMES,
i, Established 1890.
Consolidated April 1891.
Entered at the postofflce at Ameri
cas as second-class mall matter.
THE ENDURING POWERS OF OUR
CIVILIZATION.
tTHOS. GAMBLE, Editor and Manager
i W. PURLOW City Editor
W. L. DUPREE, Asst. Business Dept.
Official organ of the City of Amerlcua
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., May 19, 1910.
BAPTISTS WILL PROBABLY
PEAL TO CONGRESS.
As is well known, there Is a wide
spread feeling In church circles In
the South, and to a less degree In
other sections, that the federal gov
ernment makes itself a party to viola
tions of state statutes against liquor
selling by the issuing of retailers’ li
censes in prohibition territory. Minor
protests have been made, but to no
purpose, Congress having, either from
the pressure of the liquor interests,
or because it was not be.icvod that
publ!" sentiment was not v it strong
cnon : in that direction,.failed to take
any s teps to limit the license-grant
ing | ,wer3 of the internal revenue
servi
Th; Baptists of the South are, as a
gene u rule, in favor of the probibi
to y laws enacted In this section. They
»re accordingly desirous that the na
tlona government co-operate with the
state governments in establishing con
ditions favorable to their enforce
ment. As a means to that cud the
Southern Baptist Convention,
meeting in Baltimore, wlll^,; robably
memo ialize Congress to take Bteps to
prevent any federal acts that seem to
connive at the violation of the V.ate
laws and, if possible, to prevent the
shipment of liquors into dry states,
Referring to the probable actio a of
tbe convention along these lines, the
Baltimore Sun. in Its report, says:
From what can he learned, tire re
port will be unanimously adopted by
the convention. Mr. Levering when
asked what the attitude of the con-
TfDiI.m would be, said: \
“I cannot speak for the other breth
ren, hut I do know that there is t
strong resentment against the course
which Congress has taken In refusing
ta cb' iige the interstate commerce act,
because, wk'lle nearly all of the Souh-
era ftates have prohibition, they are
wna/b e to prevent liquor being ship
ped Into the state. The interstate
comn erce act allows it. This amounts
virtually to taking away from the
state 'is rights and giving thdm to
the central government by the power
to circumvent the enforcement of laws
demanded by the people of the state.'
Tt' s stand of President Levering
is pr ic:ic3lly a summary of what
nearly ail of the Southern Baptists
have said since they have been hce,
with tile exception of some, who have
said that Congress should have been
commended for passing the laws com
veiling tiie shipments of liquor to be
labeled as such 1 .
— This law is now in operation, but it
does no: suit the Southern Baptists
as a whole. This Is exemplified in
the temperance committee’s report. It
recommends that the Curtis bill, now
before Congress, be passed.
At present the states are powerless
to st >.i the sripments and Congress
has c ly passed the law which makes
It mandatory that all liquor shipments
he stamped with; the name of the corf-
tents.
It was also advocated by the com
mittee to advocate the passage of the
GaJlIugher-Bennett hill, which will
regulate the sale of liquor in the Dis
trict of Columbia, and also the one
providing similar regulations for the
sale of liquor to Indians.
Congress is also asked to incorpo
rate in the statehood bill providing
Sbr the admission of Arizona and New
Mexico into the union a section which'
will permit the people of these terri
tories to vote upon the prohibition
issue and Incorporate it in their state
constitution, as wase done in the case
ef Oklahoma, which has a prohibition
statu e hi its constitution.
Gaynor and Hearst are having a
ploy time of It now. But the show
will be closed.
One of tbe most Interesting discus
sions that learned men at times in
dulge In is that relative to the pres
ent civilization and its powers of
endurance compared with those of the
ancient civilizations that In their day
were regarded as established forces,
but which, from a multiplicity of
cau es, decayed and were finally sub
merged and destroyed, leaving, in some
Instances, only a few shattered ruins
to tell of their grandeur, and In others,
as In tbe case of Greece, works of art
and l terature that are still the marvel
and the envy of cultured mankind.
The chief basis upon which men
today build their hopes of the pel
maneney of our present civilization
is that it is more and more restiu
on the great underlying principle of
the Christ an faith, brotherly love, that
the recognition of the duties of fra
ternity grow stronger with every gen
eration, -*nd that nations are being
slowly hut surely welded together
through the unifying power of the
Christian faith. No one can dispute
that religion of a pure type, suca
Christianity is, can do more than all
other agencies to sustain a civiliza
tion. Intellect and it3 wonderful
fruits have no such restraining, up
lifting and solidifying Influence
the creed taught by the Nazarene and
now pushing its way into every corner
of the globe,
Every teacher today recognizes the
need of a high religious spirit' In i
people if It is to survive. Even Roose
velt, apostle of the strenuous, lays
stress upon this. The things for
which he pleads are after all but the
outgrowth of the personal application
to tbe Individual life of the teachings
of Christ. In this connection the les
son he drew from hi3 study of an
cient civilizations, in his recent ad
dress on “The Progress of Man," is
of interest. Said he before the Uni
versity of Berlin.
Personally, I do not believe that our
civilization will fall. I think that on
the whole we have grown better
and not worse. I think that on the
whole the future holds more for us
than even the great past has held.
But assuredly the dreams of golden
glory in the future will not come true
unless, high In heart and strong of
hand, by our own mighty deeds we
make then come true. We cannot af
ford to develop any one set of quail-
You Can Have a Model Kitchen
as cool and white as a dairy. No smell, no smoke,
no heat, no dust. No ojd-fashioned contrivances. The
HE COMES TO SUMTER
! ’ TO ESTABLISH HOME.
N&W Per/Sction
—igrgigw 'iryraraBSM
Oil Cook-stove
The next millionaire bride will have
her list of wedding gifts fashioned out
-•f radium.
Americus will maintain the Carnegie
Elbrary—some way. Of that fact there
is no doubt.
Tl/e forward pass in football is unre
stricted. Keep It In cold storage until
the season opens.
Governor Hughes will doubtless
jftidly welcome King George V. as
a worthy recruit to the bewhiskered
brigade.
ties, any one set of activities at the
cost of seeing otters equally necessary
atrophied. Neither the military effi
ciency of the, Mongol, the extraordi
nary business ability of the Phoeni
cian, nor the subtle and polished In
tellect of the Greek availed to avert
destruction.
We, the men of today and of the
future, need many qualities if we are
to do our work well. We need first ot
all and most Important of all the
qualities which stand at the base of
Individual family life, the fundamental
and essential qualities—the homely,
every-day, all-important virtues. If the
average man will not work, If he has
not In him the w'H and the power to
be a good husband and father; If the
average woman Is not a good house
wife. a good mother of many healthy
children, then the state will topple,
will go down, no matter what may be
its brilliance of artistic development
or material achievement. But these
homely qualities are not enough. There
must in addition be that power of or
ganization. that power of working in
common for a common end which Iho
German people have shown In such
signal fashion during the last half a
century. Moreover, the things of the
spirit are even more lmnortant than
the things of the body. We can well
do w thout the hard Intolerance and
a’ld intellectual barrenness of what
was worst in the theological systems
of the past, but there has never been
greater need of a high and fine relig
ious spirit than at the present time.
So, while we can laugh good humor-
eill.v at some of the pretensions of
modern philosophy in its various
branches It would be worse than folly-
on our part to ignore our need of
Intellectual leadership.
• * * • «
It is no impossible dream to build
up a civilization ini which moralltv.
e’hieal development ar.d a true feeljng
of brotherhood shall all alike be di
vorced from false sont'mentality and
from the rancorous and evil passionp
which! curiously enough So often ac
company professions of sentimental at
tachment to the rights of man, in
which a high material development
In the things of the body shall be
achieved without subordination ot the
th ngs Of. the soul, in which there
shall he a genuine desire for peace
and justice without loss of those vir
ile qualities without which no love of
neace or Justice shall avail any race
In which the fullest development of
scientific research, the great d’stln-
guishing feature of our present elvll-
'zatlon shall yet not Imply a belief
'it intellect can ever take the place
of character—for, friom the stand
point of the nation as of the individual
it is character that is the one vital
possession.
is the latest practical, scientific cook-stove. It will cook the mo3t
elaborate dinner without heating the kitchen.
Boils, bakes, or roasts better than any range. Ready in a second.
Extinguished in a second. Fitted with Cabinet Top, with collapsible
rests, towel rack, and every up-to-date
feature imaginable. You want it, be
cause it will cook any dinner and not
heat the room. No heat, no smell,
no smoke, no coal to bring in, no ashes
to carry out. It does away with the
drudgery of cooking, and makes it a
pleasure. Women with the light touch
for pastry especially appreciate it, be
cause they can immediately have a
quick fire, simply by turning a handle.
No half-hour preparation. It not only
is less trouble than coal, but it costs
less. Absolutely no smell, no smoke;
and it doesn’t heat the kitchen. -
The nickel finish, with the turquoise
blue of the enameled chimneys, makes
the stove ornamental and attractive.
Made with 1, 2 and 3 burners; the 2
and 3-burner stoves can be had with
or without Cabinet.
Every dealer everywhere: if not ot yours,
write for L'escriptive Circular to tho nearest
agency ofthe^
Carolinian Will Have Farm
^lear City.
Standard Oil Company
(Incorporated)
WESTERN MAN IS TO
STUDY SUMTER COUNTY
Spend To=Day Looking Over
Farm Lands.
eiatons to South Carolina by any
means, but Is now In communication
with several Westerners who have
heard of Americus and Sumter county
and the opportunities offered here.
One of the South Carolinians who
visited Americus and inspected Sum
ter county a few days ago will be
come a resident of the county this
winter and will be included among Its
farmers at the planting of the crops
next spring. J •
Mr. Herring, of Seneca, S. C., was
so delighted with the conditions pre
vailing in Sumter county, and with
the ample evidences of progress and
prosperity on. all sides, that he prac
tically completed negotiations for a
fine faim here. His plantation will
be one of good size and affording a
chance to show what up-to-date farm
ing can accomplish hereabouts.
Mr. Herring will dispose of his South
Carolina farm, which will bring prob
ably 75 dollars an acre, and re-lnvest
the greater part of It in Sumter dirt.
TDe South Carolinian was so carried
away by what he saw In this vicinity
that be expessed regret that ho had
to return to South Carolina. "I would
just like to sell my farm by telegram
and wire my family to come at once, ’
said he before leaving. “But anyway
we will be down here In a home of
our own before many months, and that
knowledge will make the summer pass
pleasantly and swiftly.”
Do You Get Up
Witli a Lame
Kldnej Trouble Makes You ^
Swamp-Root.Thega'aTu^f
iy=«i
bia.Mer'tttaS
i able
!■_. Root fulfil],
wish i,
il i co ! ni Pk’ then,
ihPam nithe ba.
ti neys, !i ver .
NjJ and every rmt
urinary pass*
k°l<l water and scaldjn "pain in ^
A prominent Ohio farmer arrives in
the city today, direct from that state,
and will begin an investigation as ro
what Sumter county offers to the en
terprislng, progressive agricuralists of
his home section wt'o may contemplate
a change of base to the South.
Mr. Waddell, of the Southern Land
Company, who has been In communi
cation with the Ohioan, will meet him
and devote the day, and longer. If
necessary, to showing, him over the
county, visiting various plantations,
and giving them every obportunlty to
get a thorough Insight into the soil,
the crops and the prospects of Sum
ter county generally.
The Ohio man who is understood to
be, in addition to a successful farmer,
himself, connected with the depart
ment of agriculture of that state, may
be the forerunners of a movement Into
this section from Ohio. It is under
stood that if he is pleased with the
conditions here and the outlook, op
tions may be secured upon a large
piece of land with the view to locating
number of white Western families
on It next year, or late this year.
Mr. Waddell is not confining his op-
f
METEOR SMASHED
THROUGH SKYLIGHT.
Insurance Go. Has a Celes
tial Visitor.
(Special to Tlmes-Recorder.)
Topeka, Kans., May is.—A meteor
w-elgblng about a pound fell through
the skylight of the Shawnee building
here into the office of the Shawnee
Fire Insurance Company today, splin
tering the desk of Clerk Harry Mor
gan, within ten feet of J. W. Going,
secretary and general many~er of tho
company. There were about fifty
persons In tbe room at the time.
County Tax Books to Close.
Make your returns of state and
county taxes. Books must be closed
June 20th sure. Please give this your
attention at once.
W. R. SPEER, Tax Rec.
Americus may get the threatened
jolt today from tbe comet, but then
Atlanta must not outclass the state
In this whirl of the world.
Do farmers eat the proper
sort of food?
or bad effects folIowinguseofS
or bear, and overcomes that uiS
necessity of being compelled
through the day, ami t„ „ ct f
times during (lie night. “
Swarap-Rqot is not rec-omae*
everything but if you have kidf 1
or bladder trouble, it will be f
the remedy you need. It has u
oughly tested in private practice!
proved so successful that a si
rangement lias been made byC
readers of this paper, who hats
ready tried it, may have a sarapl
sent free by mail, also a bool
more about Swamp-Root,
find out if yon have kid
ney or bladder trouble.
When writingmenticn
reading this generous
offer in this paper and
send your address to
Dr. Kilmer - & Co
Binghamton, N.Y. The ngni!”,
and one-dollar size bottles are
all druggists. Don’t nmkeaari
but remember the name, Sms
Dr. Kilmer’s Swamp-Root, aafi
dress, Binghamton, N. Y.,on
10 OPEN STATE B(
DOWN AT
The farmer of today buys a much
larger proportion of the food that goes
on the table than lie did ten years ago.
It’s a good thing that tills is so because
be has a great variety to select from.
He should, however, use great care
in selecting for the best results in
health and strength.
The widespread tendency in the cil/
to increase the amount of Quaker Oats
eaten is due very largely to the recent
demonstrations by scientific men that
the Quaker Oats fed man is the man
with greatest physical endurance and
greatest mental vigor.
Farmers should give this subject
careful thought and should increase
the quantity of Quaker Oats eaten by
themselves, their children and the
farm hands. j
Packed in regular size
and in hermetically sealed tins foAot
climates.
The commencement exercises of tho
Third District Agricultural College in
Americus will be the most novel and
interesting yet attempted by that
school, synopsis of the program hav
ing been given by the Tlmes-Recorder
on Sunday last. Amorfg the several
speakers on Monday will be Col. Jas.
M. Smith, Georgia’s big farmer, who
comes at the Invitation of Supt, Col-
lum to address the student body. Mr.
Smith is a staunch friend of educa
tion, and particularly of tho agricul
tural schools of Georgia, and no one
feels greater Interest In the success
and advancement of the youth of the
state than does he. His subject and
the exact hour of speaking will bo an
nounced later.
gfim-
m
THE SHOE OF '
SENSIBLE SERVICE
If the United States senate drops
Lorlmer tho earth' will tremble. He
Is nearly as big as President Taft and
has a lovely head of sorrel hair.
Expected that It
Flourishing Busin
Sumter county Is to had
state bank. One is lion
ized at DeSoto. It will bel
In the county, outside otj
and the ninth including thoj
city. With Plains and I
supplied with local fin ami
tlons the establishment of I
DeSoto about fills all poss
Ings In Sumter.
The new bank will have J
capital of $15,000 to $20,00«.|
corporators will Include
D. Jones, George W. Bagleyl
Ferguson & Son, of DeSoto, f
Hamil, of Americus, and o
A charter will be applii
once, a building ereetd j
ness started as quickly asp
Those organizing tbe I
Us success as assured,
side of Its lopal business,ij
tre of a fine agricultural/
developing section and I
•od by them that the biit|
steadily Increasing
business from the day I
doors to the public.
HAVE YOU BEEN Sil
Take Dodson’s Llvrr-Tom|
This Illsl.
The sensible shoe is the one th«it is
neat and dressy and comfortable, at the
same time giving absolutely satisfactory
service.
41 Years of Shoe Making,
CASTOR IA
For Infant! and Children.
to Kind You Have Always Bought
Bears the
tlgaature of
The HUB shoe is not an Over-night creation, but
for 41 years we have been training ourselves in the art
of shoe making. We made errors—who does not—but
they have been turned into assets—and how we offer you
in HUB shoes the results of FORTY ONE YlSARS of thought
and study on one question—THE SHOE QUESTION.
You can test the knowledge of 41 years with one pair. If
they are right—we are right! We feel that we harfe Your shoew-
the rest is with you.
Call on the HUB shoe merchant—have him fit you with a
pair of HUB shoes. Made in all Btyles for Men, Women and
Children. ' / (
You may have experia
tion; if not you have i
and know how bad it is.
Don’t you think it lot
the risk of being saliva:^
calomel, when you can I
cine that Is harmless, anil
medicinal virtues of calorf
Dodson’s IJver-Tonc 97
It's a liquid with a j'df
mild and gentle, causes w|
of habits or diet.
We know what DoiIjm'*!
will do, and ask that you
recommendation. P H ®‘
turn every penny paid us t QI l
Iclne, in every case vhtWi
reason, it does not satU*y
Dodson's Pharmacy.
WHEELER IS KlllWj
' EI6HT ATI
Another Killing!
From That Ti
Reports peached ,A»
day of still anoihe* f
In.Cordele the night pN
in Buck Wheeler, a *•
zen of the town, w>' |
gust . Meyers, llkemse 1
tailor by trade. Ft -
received here, It app® 41 *
was having some vom
the daughter of
latter Interfered In MM
struggle resulting
and Wheeler the l»t« r r
from a pair of tall* I
said, tbe blow re«nl |W |
almost Instantly.
JOS. ROSENHEIM SHOE CO. SAVANNAH* GA.
Makers of HUB Shoes