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Newspaper Page Textk'r'f , 23. 1910. TIMES-RECORUER trvvVI.T. ME - DAILY and weekly. the legislators SHOULD DB01* factional fighting. the AMERICAS RECORDER, Established 1879. the amebicus TIMES. Established 1890. Consolidated April 1891. Entered at the postofflce at Amort , ;3U3 wi second-class mall matter. The Cnthbert Leader says-1 would he retributive justice tor somet m*» » d-_ feat Governor B . r ®* f " r ^“Jond'term. cer^l'patSotfr^auV^I-uWc vvel- County Citizen. THEY CAME, THEY SAW. MAY VhEY WERE CHARMED SUMTER COUNTY Worth Citizens Take Spin Over Roads. The Macon County Citizen undo..!.:- I ... ii into vs the rise's. ^T>irit» Geoi.?-® vaos. GAMBLE, Editor »dI Manager; ed.. ^ ^ tbla rit of j. W. FURLOW t ’ revenge, from this desire to "set even, W K DUPREE, Aset. Buelneee Dept. , _ ^^ o]d gcoreg ana secure some i political advantage, regardless of the true interests of the people as a waol - Went Back Home De termined to Work for Fine Highways. Floridians Have Eyes 0n| Good lands Horn. “CANADIAN CLUB” WHISKY {Dualled and Bottled in Bond by Hiram Wzlker k So*, Halted) Official organ of the City of America.. .Official organ of Sautter County. . .ntfo'v organ of Webster County. organ of Railroad Commie- tv*-, of Georgia for Third Congr..- ,icnal Dhtrlct. Q 0Urt southern Official organ U. 8- couri, o District of Georgia. The legislature meets to-day. A readv there are signs of a continu ance of tire spirit that marked the las legislature, that of committing that body to the pursuit of partisan ends rather than the accomplishment • purposes that will tell for the fata « benefit of Georg a. . The time has certainly come when legislators should drop the «“*«“** of the past, when, instead of being smithltes and Brownlies they should 7 > remember tte-lr oath of office and the V1ST0L TOTERS A DISGRACE 10 i hlgh i character of the duties they are GEORGIA. Icalled upon to perform and woik ■ Editorial Boom, Telephone »». Americas, Oa, dime -•!. im •ork ua- Kfcviw" 1 ' I called upuu id i ,v ** * , 1 uedlv to the end that the future l»ros- The Atlanta Constltufon P“ w ***®? 1 perily and progress and welfare of t m fist of fifty-seven counties with gener ally may he promo ted as number of indictments in each for P --] & result ot their leg slatlve efforts. 7 toting 1» «' e :i7 t,lere “ re | Trie re is ample opportunity for the n llL 809 eases of this character. « , „ do work that will be ef- •much as the average would probabo , factional differences will « t sustained, it not Increased, were for fifty days at least. lKmetu- ■ he figures at hand for the entire state nrM that are proposed w 11 he conslt- if l3 approximately correct to say that, ^ not trom the gtandpdnt a* Ao . the 117 counties comprising Georgia ( whe[her thelr passage wlJJsbe to 2 persons are under Indictment l v, , )eneflt o{ Governor Brown or of ‘he Illegal carrying of concerned arms. ^ SmIth( but - solely from that of th This Is a terrific Indictment against t pubUcgood . Georgia, especially when we reflect ( There are ab le men in „ The Sylvester party strufk Amer c,.is lust in time. They had only com pleted a half hour run around sonic c.f the county roads add reacted ins oarage when the big rain storm set in v - sterday afternoon. As it was, too} ■ • a ta«te of Sumter’s good roads atm vearned for more. But they yearned even there for the introduction ot | similar highways in their home couury. Worth. „ , Iu tt*e party were. County Comnil sioners Chapman. Thornhill, Young, 1 mines and Clerk Grubb, aud some fif teen or more other leading oil zens o, that enterprising Southwest Georgia town. - . . The party traveled in a half dozen autos and came for the specific pur- Cnmior'a much- Some Quincy. Florida, tobacco grow- ei-s may soon transfer their allegiance to Sumter county and become cotton, corn and oats growers in this \icin-l lt5 ji r _ e. B. Shelter, of that FhJrlda town, is in Amerlcus now, visiting his cous n, Mrs. A. J. Worthy. Mr. Shelf has been interested for some years in the tobacco business at Quincj. Bn. the tobacco growing Industry in tha. .action fcas suffered from some heavy reverses of late and the pathway of] the raisers lias not been one of roses bv any means. . , i • Mr. Sh’elfer, it is understood, .wh-e here will tpke a careful survey of the county with a view of. locating a fine I tract of land on which' his brothe-. now at Quincy, can estahl sli himsmf as a cation and grain punter, joining the large number of Sumter coun.y farmers who are not waxing fat and I demonstrating that there is money tn «— •*-» ”■! “ “.s® m awarded • mrf.l tv the Ue.no S,„„ Government at the World s Pair, 1^93, for “fine afoma, very pleasant taste, thorough maturity, purity and absence of alien matter. That is to say, it was found to possess every excellence it is possible tor Whisky to have. , Four Bottles, express prepaid, $5.00 “The Epicure” Whisky From the same distillery, made entirely from malted barley possessing the “malty” characterat.es of the hues. Scotch Whiskies but without their smoky fiavor. Four Bottles, express prepaid, 56.00 Both Whiskies arg stored in wood for stlean fiv. years, U« ds« being guaranteed by the Canadian Government. the age being The Cellaret Supplies Company j JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA autos and came for the 3 l ,eclfio t raiut'’who'knows the way to get to lloS e of seeing what Sumter s ^ “1, 1 ^ ^ lt bold* praised roads are real's- like. They , aa • name after Sumter had l.ad ten days in store ol rain, with no opportunity to do any H ov an tv repair work oa the roads. They saw them after a severe test of bad weather and they pronounced them as fine as silk, the best ever, and everything tfirt could he asked for in the shape of a public highway. . Cha rman Frank Sheffield and other citizens met the visitors, who tfmyed just at dinner time. It was a quarter to three when the party, escorted by- several Amerlcus autos, l{ft Ryianl- « sa. ...... •>. i i. wVvzn thev REGISTRATION LAW SHOULD BE CHANGED AMERIGUS FRUIT BRINGS j Works Injustice to White HIGHEST NET PRICES] Voters of State. several auicuvuo — j „ ‘“Z " eanecially when we reflect are able men In the General ^ garage and it was 3:15 "Un thej .n..n army; equivalent to two ■ 8ufflclent of them to secure reaAed lt on the return, having jun S-»'. - .»• "«r *:.r- ™ «• Result of fine Quality and Careful Packing. _.„lments of the regular ■ tne passnse “ , aumtes hut a portion of those r»‘ lo , (or the good of the stale If they im.te are persistently v olatlng ‘ he iaW ! t he!r efforts to that end But . thei against this infamous practice of car-, on tact ional lines, show a S weapons with which to take l.f. |a . ltnlltWi jealous, narrow, perverted n a moment of passion. For every o« e lpoUtica i spirit, there is little to he ex- indleted there are doubtless several {rom tU em. .vht, have not been caught as yet Of-, Everybo dy knows now tot^ Amerlcus peaches hroug’4 record vi a —— _ fi _ -.rit*(*s in th© northern nnd Tyeste»n readied it on the return, having narkets yesterday, according to tele- over some fifteen or twenty miles of , a hlc reJ)orUl . Thisistheresultn.it good roads, making the belt around »— goon roaus. Barlow Council’s home and get.ing a taste of several highways In the near vicin'ty ot the city. The visitors were loud In their praises. With ope accord they wh» nave noi m™ ~— - 1 . Everyoouj — . .. deers of the law do not search peopl Brown ls t0 remain at the head of th tor weapons unless they are charged sUite {Qr two year3 . The gubernatorial •»ltb some other offense, or are l> lck '‘ a | succe sslon should have no bearing up for some misdemeanor, or are CQur3e of the leg |slators. -PropertF known to have a weapon on their pet- j u cannot have. * The senatorial race U son. About the safest vay to violate , a> . o „ tu future. For once 1 • be law In Georgia Is to carry • the Georgia leg Mature show ttat It U 7v ( ,r in tt« hip pocket. It is done a patr , otlc 1)0dy to the core and work daib- by thousands, in cities and towns other end than that of build ana m the open country, and as long fences , or thls or that aspfrant for as the Imposing of a fine, the usutl hlg . fl offlce nenattv, continues, the number who itisregard the law will continue to run praises. With ope accord they ex-. . f of the Raymond orchard pressed their pleasure and apprecla- 1 wa3 adv lsed that his peaches had tion of what Sumter Is doing in the here, w BQston market for the road line. It was felt that with a cal'- t pr(ce 0 , any f ru lt offered. The able superintendent aud proper s 1 t care , a taken at the Raymond port from the offlc a.s ana tfe PtH>U f hard ^ packing and crating peaches Worth county ought to. have just reaches the market nue roads as sum,er The parG- wen t3 Ior ,y hours CAUSING FOB . THE KEEPERS. HOUSE. Governor Brown Gives Strong Reasons in His Message. era tme «*»*'“*• * — . onlv of excellent quality, the Americas peach being Justly considered the fin est produced anywhere, but evidences as well tbe result of careful packin„ I and handling. Mr. C. W. Raymond. The General Assembly convened to dav Gov. Brown's annual message was read iu tHe House and Senate. Gov- Brown said: xhe thousands. Ihluch of the crime In Geaygia s due - Vfl ,his earning ot concealed weapons. 0yer , n Buena Vista a small can ’ A drink or two to inflame the brain, a n ng fact;)ry announces that it is lire . njp.ht difficulty, and then the 1 1)ared 0 n two days of the week to -aady pistol gets In HP work. Without, canu!ng {or the public. the pistol there would, at the worst, TWg ls a new departure in an in- i mve 1 been only a bruised face. As dustr lal way and onA that bousekee. . -nneral proposition the p'stol tbter, erg wlIKdoU btless welcome, would be very slow in picking a quav-i Every commU nlty of any size mig.,t xel but for his pistol. He is not gen- „ B[tord a canning establishment IS ot the type that are noted for where , during the summer months, •heir physical courage. Rum and tJe , housekeepers could take their • revolver give them, as a rule, what *l and vegetables and have them cann ” .ever measure of pugnacity they flos'iat a moderate cost by an experienced fine roaas us back'home thoroughly enthused and determined to work harder than ever before for a system of fine highways in the country 'round about Sylies- e svlvester lies about twenty miles southeast of Albany. The visitors all -told the same story of too much rain of grass ridden fields and of'an out- . . » srnrll t.1 thirty-six to forty hours later . prime condltlqn. The Raymond Or chard Co. has shipped sxteen carloads of peaches to date, and the season ■« not yet at Us best. The other chards here are equally busy and probably 250 to 330 carloads of fru t wiU be shipped from Amerlcus. - are excellent, the peaches of of grass ridden fields and of an oai- readlly bringing from 32.23 to look for the hardest sort of work to 1 l . te , n the marke ts of the redeem the crops from comparatlv.| ( eagt , and every shipment failure, once the rains cease. La 1 . ga i e there. - down there, as everywhere In tho; nnu southern part of Georgia, are steadily . i mitinnu southern part of Georgia, are steadily | soos T0 COLORADO advancing in value and the outlook J EXTENDED.YISlT Tvoi^hr for the future 1 lv auvancmg .« — ’ , _ . was regarded as bright for the future development of the county. _j, egg 1 processor. • . Th^re U one way in which this habit 1 Take Ame r cu3s for Instance. .can be effectually broken up, and t hat gmaU cannery. whlciJ could be oper ■ ,'s by the removal of the fine. At lj , n one or two rooms', at home, present the great majority of pistol ^ man , gho uld find no dlfflcuUj toting case, are settled by the • » a v-1 ■* make “ THAT DELUGE IX AMERH l S IS WITHOUT A 'FINISH Injurious Rains Continue All Over the County. I atea m one ui — ■ - , a skilled man, should find no difficult} i by the • l> a '- , n gecur i nfc enough work to make menTof fines, which go to the cour ‘°f‘ profitable to the owner. Berries, fruits aclals and do the public no good. This! d vegeta bles of all kinds could M alternative should be removed by the f(jr the local housekeepers, ma S3SS1 The offense should be elther belng . up p„ed from lifted into the felony class aud a > ear I thelr gardens or bought by them from in the gang should be the I the growers. imposed for Its Infraction. To be sure! c aned good s obtained In th s waj Z would result, it enforced, in thel , d CQgt far legg than the similar uld'tlon ot a number of white co "* goodg that are bought through t. Wets to the number now helping ‘ol , mo nths. that have been packed bui'ld the good roads system ot the I the North . In quality, oo toy ^tate But the white murderer ls n° L. ould p ro bably be far superior to the . better than the negro murderer. am M 1Ilipor t ed canned goods. -he white Pisto'toter.is not one wdut There lg r oally an opening in this more wortlly of consideration than 1Sn e r i ght here for a capable man. 1 ,Ue negro pistol toter. There may H does not CC st much to install a smrnl dmes when men. working a partlcul-1 n , ng p , ant> A competent processor .rlv bad class ot negroes, as on a would doubtless be turn shed uLU • urnentine farm, may feel compelledl nglderable canning for private par- * v a weapon. Imf in such event »t 1^ and , n hlg of( dayg could ca- jaa be'carr ed where It is visible and l dg for the Ioea i market generally, the law not offended. The man who The Buena Vista man has started a •arries a gun because his business new | nduatry , i n a small way. that may . ' to him In a posltloii^rt'ere he may be gi)read tQ aU Georg i a counties. It L da nger constitutes so small a P ro * , ookg n ke a good thing and certainly .portion of the army ot pistol toters as ghou , d be enC0 uraged. The houso- to be an almost negligible factor '“Ikeepers of that town and vicinity are the consideration ot the matter. B”t fortunate m having such an accessory lor the thousands who carry pistols *n I Q thelr guI b m er work. Relieved of the a spirit of bravado, that, they mayj worlc themselves tfey will probably nwagger and feel themselves at an a “-| latge l> avail tbemselvea of thl* oppor- v vantage over tfelr law abiding n « l « u '| tun ity to lay In a liberal supply of '•tors there ls but one proper place.L^ cogt canned g00 ds for the months afid’tbat Is working on the roads un-1 hen {res h fruits and vegetables arc Her the surveillance of a guard armed | not t0 be had. ■ with a shot gun. They deserve no .mercy, just as they show none with A Failure, their ever ready pistol when they arej „ Have you completed your gradua Another downpour yesterday added to the damage already done here to crops by continued rain. Grass s getting a firm hold upon the situation, which even now begins to look om- nious. The weather man ' s contrary and refuses to promise a boquet of sunbeams. Amerlcus l’urt} Leaving For the West Early Next Week. A very congenial party of ladiec Mrs. C. V. Huntington. Mrs. Dourles ! Anslev, Miss Sarah WDee.er and M ss Laura Ansley will leave Amerlcus on Monday next for . Colorado Spring*, where they will spend the summer sea son delightfully with Amerlcus friends there. Mr. C. U Ansley. Jr., who has been there for two or three years, nas entirely regained his health, and has been tendered a very desirable por tion in Atlanta, which He has under consideration for the early fall. Why Is u Wilderness. (Atlanta Constitution.) "The reason there Is a wilderness at all.” says a Georgia philosopher. “Is because the lazy chaps get out of It in a hurry, being-afraid ttat they might be putJo sawing wood. You even can. Induce a candidate to chop wood when he has to take to the woods. Women are like babies; they have to cry for nearly everything toy want. 'UICM * ' * . : crossed in thelr wishes or whims. tion essay?” "No.” replied Mildred. “I read lt over to father and he understood every sentence. I’ve got to rewrite It- MR. ELLIS NO CANDIDATE taken,;., c—. whhto la g FOB HOUSE IN BIRD ous municipalities In the State Proves ma & tt ,c sugg« “ , that It directly and flagrantly , d ‘ , *Ul*criminaton 1» .1 criminates against the residents of ihel favor 0 f rather ( Macon. Ga., June 22.—Hon. Ro,and j country districts and In favor of the voters; that 1'^ fills for years a representative from reg | d cnts"of the cities aud towns. I restrctlons • , b , ’ „ V to the legislature, both ir .... *. * .* * nnlv cities alone » s4 Eili.H) iur ,- Bibb county to the legislature, both .r the lower Douse and the senate, an nounces that he will not be a candidate for re-election at the coming primary. Minter Wimberly, the well known lawyer, will succeed him on the ticket, runn ng with Hon.„Joe Hill Hall and Hamp Evans. JUST ONE . WORD that word U It rater, to Dr. Tutt’s Liver PIIU and MEANS HEALTH. Sick headache* VlrtlgoT Blgou.7 ffii;&rs%n p ol 0 t , E.“u«T yothe ” June 22, 1910. To the General Assembly: Through the blessings of a benefit, ent Providence the past twelve panths have been replete with prosperity tor our people. The husbandman has re- OUr a eraffylng reward for the rece.ved a grai * . thG fruits of his toil; the .aborer In the city has found emp.oyment at remun. erative wages, aud those in other ca fons have reaped mjre than the av erage allowance of the enjoyments MS n Is especially gratifying tot the asoerlties which had marred the re- lationsh pa with each other of many of i # i., no have been softened or en* t'velv allayed and that peaceful pleas- ures a?e now the t»Pl>y lot of the gen ; eralitv of Georgians . It is to te sincere.y hoped that th » rest from political agitation wil lon= continue and that our people will co operate In friendly accord n all en deavors to build up our commonwealth and to perpetuate mutual toleratlo a "d,good wllL t t comroend t0 you tt’e kindred hope that in our conduct ot tho people’s gavermental affairs we may told ever in mind that the hum- 1,1 est Is entitled to the same consider ation as the highest, that equal t> -s the standard by which we must meas ure all and that fair Play Is the free man's right. , Registration Law. With' the desire to protect, there fore, the rights ot the people of Geor gia. I respectfully call your attention to the serious defects and umiecessars which U base. a - barriers in the registration law passed , a w shouM N * by vour mmedlate predecessor, “t d l , n al and not at t^ repeat the recommendation made in I not fair to ill* M ". ff mv first message jegarding the pro- L 00d citizens la orde vision which closes the books *1* venal voter. months before elections. ' lt will, l be ‘‘ e "^f In addi.ion to to reasons I ad . those voters, exc*. , vnneed in that message, I wl,ladd whom str « others that have been demonstrated to w , n be foun * 1 ®^ c , he valid, together with data that ha '* cities. .Not tj* L 0 f been collected. The operation of tb 1 mun | 0 !palUW ^ above provision of this 1 owing to the thK (J( taken n connection wkh the eWls may ^ l# ror5 l. ;hf voters' integrity, In I that lie s no “venal vole: no “immigrant.” but a f In no other State o! h™, such multiplied impedlmet upon the exercise ol the i right of the free e tizen. -Finally, as proving registration law has in the white electorate ot I is truly appaling in i s _ call attention to the fact t Federal census of 1900, at; the non-natural zed foreig were In the State 271.73, , 21 years of age and upvvari If during tie past deci‘ latloiv ha3 increased - as rapidly as it d;d tl ious one, viz: 20 per ce the present number of t voting age In Georgia at The reports ot the regi the State under the pr»- published In the daily that there are now regia ■>12 090 white voters. ’ Hence, by the opcratioij In effect, even after r- 1 " lowance for those n—. ineligible by the ConstM pears that upwards of citizens are debarred (re vote Id the elections oft restr'ctlons placed in»“ tion Constitution of IS many thousands so re of suffrage to the wan Georgia. It ls superfluous to a are not. 100.000 "vena boes." "ward-heelers, t Jectlonables among the 1 of Georgia, as those »Si existing restrict ons ence Intimate. In >«■ where the effect has, In depriving white cltl stltutlonal right to v( ficlent in number to e balance of power in c division of the whites t I hold that the s'"”' Georgia Is honest. 1 sponsible, and that eat should have ava lahle t protect his rights weapon, the ballot. i; therefore, recoil limit between the cl" 1 tion books and the t reduced to thirty da The ends ot good mand that the person « use of the frsncbW' the privilege of voting Is per se a voter which to base a toted There is no prob lem oi increased cost of food if you eat more Quaker Oats An ideal food; delicious; appetizing; strengthening. Compared with other foods Quaker Oats costs almost nothing and yet it builds the best. e M advance of Ihe election and In ^ tion. the voter must, l " for the conic" 1 Rf| ter six months before the Lfciould be . j Texas one specific act only to !**"* .’ provided t° r J* ,b« ond lt mav be performed by friends.I tax-collec' 0 r neighbor or agent of tide voter, except the^ person ' n cities of more than HI,000 |K>pulk' m ilit a (listr! , b efon tion. where It nruit be In paraoa. tsrUUa I .ertUed day* ^ f#r In Georgia two' specific act* an e ral election qhlred and one of these must, wlt *V f ord lng each '^J out exception, be performed by the | out extreme thS V °|"is "a ^Constitutional I per # that all taxes must be paid ■U {his Sta>’- r ' ton ol befoie the election 'n ordo. thu. llarge proi 10 , non* voter may be qualified to «erc,'*e the »W ^ co urt franchise. U not the a sufflclentl drastic requirement, is It not In luelt an adequate Aate-guard agalnst pal ding" without the additional p«tt qulslte that the voter must go lu P«r eon to the tax- collector ■ “ mce ’ , “- leaet six montha before the elect.on. and sign the voters list, without ie course*In case sickness, business n * cesslty, absence from tbe State or e.e excusable negligence prevents Mm from so doing? Stoald not tlw WJ mont nf taxes six months In Eavsnco of the elect’on In Itself be Indlpatlvo of Bear® the Blgnotor*° f

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