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THE AMERICUS WEEKLYV TIMESTOCORPER. THURSDAY. jfjlT ft IM» 1 IfflE TIMES-RtCORDEP daily ud weekly. Entered at the poatofflce at Amarl- «Ma ai eecond-claaa mail matter. THE AMERICUS RECORDER,. Eatabllahed 1879. XTHE AMERICUS TIMES, 'S EatablUhed 1890. 'Ctmiolldated April 1811. EHOS. GAMBLE, Editor and Manager j. W. ‘FURLOW City Editor JW. fc. DUPREE, Aast. Bualneia Dept Official organ of the City of Amerlcua. (Official organ of Sumter County. 'Official organ of Webater County. /Official organ of Railroad Commla- r^aloE of Georgia for Third Congree- ’'ilonal District. r Official organ U. S. Court, Southern “iMetrlct of Georgia. Editorial Boom, Telephone 99. Americas, Ua., July 1910. WHERE SOME OPPOSITION BROWN COMES FROM. The Smith people are claiming Bul- loch county on the assertions of Ed itor Jim Miller, of the Statesboro News. Miller was an ardent supporter of Brown two years ago, whooping the woods up to heat the baud. "Little Joe” had not got in the full returns of the election before Miller ■was on deck as a candidate for the job of naval stores Inspector or some thing else. Miller has so far failed to connect up with any job and now he is the most ardent Smith) man In that end of the Btate. Bown has lost some supporters dur ing the past year, men whom he cou.'il not supply with state Jobs. Of course, they are all sincere In their opposition ; .to Brown at this time. We do not question that fact. But many a man’3 sincerity rests on a disgruntled frame of mind that rests on a disappointed . ambition to told a soft Job. Even Gov. Smith found It Impossible ■ 'to supply his adherents three years ago with jobs and saw some of them . flocking over to the Brown camp as .:._a result. THE STATE’S FINANCES AN ISSUE v - AGAIN. ' - When experts fall out what Is the public to do? Here we are again up against the condition of the Georgia state treas ury. . Wednesday Gov. Brown sent a brief message to the legislature directing at tention to the fact that on January 1, 1911, tbe state Is threatened with a deficit of 959,164.18. At that time there will be unpaid balances on ap propriations of $550,000. and but $490,845.82 cash In hand to meet them with. Of course there will be the usual hot denials from the opposition. One of the contentions of the Smith fac tion has been that the treasury is simply overflowing with money and that the state has anything from a half million to several millions of dollars to the good. Tbe condition of the trfasury threats ens to be another issue to be fought out in the present campaign. Its condition appears to depend entirely on the way you look at It. If you simply consider the assets and pay no attention to the liabilities created by the legislature in the shape of ap propriations the treasury waxe3 fat and taxes ought to be reduced. If you take a yard stick and measure off tbe appropriations against the guar anteed Income and cash on hand ther, doesn’t seem to he enough cash to go around, as Gov. Brown points ou It all depends on how you look at the case. Gov. Smith credits up taxes that are not due for some months and proudly points to a great balance Gov. Brown charges up appropriations against actual available assets under rxistlng laws and sadly pints to the deficiency. , t And the more they scrap over it the less the public will apparently know as to where the state’s finances really stand. -LOVELY LITTLE THINGS” IN THE PULPIT. Weak men in the pulpit Is given as one of the main reasons for the spread of material lam. Too much “namby- pambyism’’ on the part of tbe clergy of the land Is attrlbuted-the failure of men. In an ever Increasing number. It is claimed, to attend church or display an active Interest in religious affairs. Women’.are more and more running the churches, so the critics say, and the sort of preacher that the women want does not appeal with any pe culiar force to a man. Stronger men must be put Into the ministry, men of power, men with plenty 1 of iron, in their blood and grit in their craws it is held, if the conditions over which there is so much wailing are to be changed. ' Speaking of this necessity for a dif ferent type of men in the ministry than many of them are now said to be, the Washington Post writes as follows: Prof. Arthur Holmes is not far wrong in saying tivat the “lovely lit- tie things" that women of the church HAVE BROWN’S RECORD BEFOJU5 THEM. "Jt’s truly put by the Charlesjpnt Post: The last time ‘Little Joe’ ran up against the vanquished Hoke «e was a’guess, whereas now he is a reality.’ In otijsr words, the Joe Brown record as governor of Georgia is a part of the public records of the state, and It is up to the voters of Georgia after a scrutiny and compari son of the records of the two candi dates to Indicate which particular kind they want for the future welfare of tbe state and Us people. "Now figure It out and make your selection, gentlemen.”—Augusta Her- | Apathy continues to mark the pres ent sta:e campaign. Whatever work the candidates and their advisers are doing is being done in a quiet way. So far there have been no political speechmaking, no cards and no hur rah. If there is to be any excitement at all it will be in the last stages of the game. Every day makes more noticeable the fact that tbe people are not inclin ed to allow themselves to be unduly stirred up. They have had a surfeit of doJT^rt ! political excitement the past four years needed to roll back the wave of ma- t nnd t h e natural reaction Is now on. It ■terialism which the professor tells us , g doubtfli | if anything in the shape of is sweeping over the country. Just ^ enuine turmoil could be aroused vs «'■*»«" ing the drift away from the church; spellbinders were to take to the does not appear, but as a member of s t U mp. The average farmer just now the faculty of the University of Penn-! woul( j rat her be out in the fields sylvanla. it must be conceded that he j - , than listening to the s*£&nr ».r,2sr d!u*». «- SHERIFF’S SALES. GEORGIA. Sumter Count# Will be aoJd'before-the courthouse door in the city of Americus, Sumter county, Georgia, between the ‘usual hours of sale, on the first Tuesday ln‘ August next, the following- de scribed property, to-wit: Two-flfths undivided interest in the north).half of lot of land No. 24, in the Twenty-sev enth district of Sumter county. Geor gia, containing one hundred, one and one-fourth acres,’ more or less. Bound ed north by the' land of 81m Alleu, south and east by lands of J. R. Duckworth, west by land of Tom Hud son. Levied on as the property of Steve Marshal, to satisfy an execution issued from the City Oourt of Ameri cus In favor of H. R. Johnson and IT. B. Harrold, surviving partners, and transferred to H.R. Johnson,Jr., versus S:eve Marshal. Levy made by E. L. Bell, then sheriff, September 3, 1907, and returned to me this 6th day of July, 1910. W. H. FEAGIN, Sheriff. year he sees the university send out numbers of young men who are fur ther on the road to materialism than when theyilbok up the course ot stu dy. This Is true of all the large insti tutions of learning, except divinity schools, whence the preachers emerge be made. And if, the good Ix>rd gives biro sunshine for the next thirty days he is more than apt to concentrate his energies in that direction. As the Augusta Herald, a Smith organ says, the people now have Joe SCwOOIS, Wueuue uic yi cauuci» cuici fee Uigou an.)D, ~ who ten years later have been molly- Brown's record before them. The more coddled by the women of the church - - • - - --- SETTING A GOOD EXAMPLE FOB GEORGIA. * SEEKING CLASS LEGISLATION AT ATLANTA. .Hon. Joe Hill Hall Is right in the s'-stand he has taken against the prop c osition that agricultural products shall be untaxed for one year. As he says, cthis Is class legislation. The country , has suffered too much from class leg islation In the past and It is now + seeking to undo the evil effects and force the national government away ■ team the methods by whlchi class leg* - islntion has been secured In the past. -..The revolt against the tariff, a revolt i that the Democratic party Is seeking \ to encourage and strengthen, is noth ing but a revolt against class legis lation. It comes, then, with very poor grace for a Democratic state to go oft • on another tangent and seek to intro- , duce class legislation in taxation, such - as is proposed in the bill Mr. Hall is :j fighting. All citizens In this country should stand on the same basis so far as tax- ... ation is concerned. Once the lever of discrimination is introduced, as this . bill proposes to introduce It, there U no telling to what extent differences ■ would be created In favor of this class -■ or. the other class. No one can legit- . imately claim that cotton carried in a warehouse for a year should _ not be ; , taxed while tbe stock of goods man- • ufactured from ^pottou and carried on the shelves of the merchant are tax- ed, • If tbe farmer Is to have the prlv- x liege of carrying cotton for a year un- • taxed, then unquestionably the me;-- • chant carrying cotton goods should have the same right. It will be a very unwise step for Georgia to start on legislation of this sort One law of this kind will breed . other laws-of tbe same character. All - - citizens should and must stand on the Bame level when It tomes to the ex - - erclse ot the taxing power of tbe gov ernment. Tbe ritate should stand j, AQuarely against' special exemptions ■t alt any sort, should seek to bring as i aessments up to a uniform basis, and • then at will be in position to greatly i reduce Abe tax rate, to carry on Its ad- f ministration effectively at all times, v- and Its people will have the satlsfac- r C tUonmt knowing that exact equity pre : -walls In the collection of revenues. ‘“Is Life Worth Saving!” Mrs. Moll I e McRancy, Prentiss, Miss., writes that she bad a severe case of kidney and bladder trouble, and that four battles of Foley's Kidney Remedy cured ber sound and well. .. She closes ber letter by saying: “I I bdsrtily recommend Foley% ■ Kidney 'Remedy to any sufferer of kidney dls- ——* — ■**-** **-- *-*- Out In Kansas they have taken hold of the vagrant proposition In a way that should commend Itself to Geor gla. In'this state there Is sad need of labor at 'this time. For the next two months farmers, especially, will be unable to meet the demands for able bodied men to get the grass out of the fields and put the crop In position to do something. -Then the picking season will be on and further use will be had for them. But the supply In all likelihood, will be behind the d maud and the business interests of every county In the state will suffer as a result. While this condition prevails throughout Georgia there will ne thousands, even tens of thousands, of able bodied negroes loafing around the railroad stations or the streets of the towns and cities, hardly lifting hand to support themselves. There Is ample law to reach them but a mighty lot of ineffective, law enforcing. Out In Kansas one Judge has taken hold of the situation In a, way that gives promise of remedying the evil somewhat so far as the territory reach ed by his court is concerned. In Kansas City the judge of the Munlcl pal Court has announced that hereaft' he will sentence all vagrants to the Kansas wheat fields while tire harvest season is on. If they refuse to go and are caught Altering It Is hard work for six months for them. The police were directed to arrest all vagrants within the jurisdiction limits of the court. If the police and Judges ttTougtaout Georgia would cooperate there wou'd speedily be no dearth of labor. If the officers rounded up the loafers and the Judges gave them the alternative of six months making good roads br hiking to the cotton fields where they can get good pay It Is probable that the cotton fields would have the big gest supply of labor they have known in years. It is a disgrace to the administra tion ot law In Georgia that thousands of husky negro men are loafing while the crops are threatened with a seri ous loss because of the lack of work ingmen. Why the police and consta bles throughout the state don't get busy it Is hard to see. Perhaps if a head bounty were put on tbe vagrants, say $5 paid to the of fleer for every idler arrested and made to work, either for the public or for a private employer, relief would quickly be furnished. There Isn’t any money or much glory to be had In arresting vagrants as things are, and It might be that if the legislature add ed a fee to the existing law, to go >o the Impounding officer, a decided ac tivity would be manifested In police circles throughout the state. 'One thing is certain, It Is an outrage that farmers and other employers of labor Should be hard put to it to get men when one can hardly look Jn any di rection In city or county without eee- ing loafers amply able to do a good day’s work but living off of thq com munity at large without givtqg any re in to "lovely little things,” quite use less for militant defense ot their faith'. A liberal education and the asso ciations of university life fend to deaden, if not destroy, the element of mysticism which so powerfully-con duces to an abiding faith in things spiritual. Then, too, the divinity schools are gradually broadening their scope, with) the result that some of the graduates, and- especially tbe stronger minded ones, whose absence from the pulpit Prof. Holmes deplores, wander into other walks of life than that to which they have been point ed. There Is no counter movement- no drift from the non-sectarian body of collegians toward the pulpit—to off set the defection. Indeed, the defec tion Is reinforced from the ranks of heresy. Doubts raised at school later become convictions, with consequences demoralizing to the integrity of the church. These things, being of every, day Experience, and hence undeniably -true, It behooves those who would fill the pulpits with men energized to cope with the forces of materialism to go to the root of the trouble.. By so doing, Prof. Holmes and others of his class seek to recognize the necessity of first strengthening the laity by weakening the recruiting power of materialism. This can be done only by fostering through the formative stage of man’s mind the In born attributes of religious faith, the prizing of which when he leaves school to enter upon real life would stop him from being engulfed in the dread wave of materialism. The “lovely little things" the Post refers to are few and faY- between In tire South. Occasionally one of this type may be found, but he is lost In the general shuffle. If the*Northern churches are served by such a type It Is no wonder that they are said to be losing ground year after year. thley study It the more apt they are to be satisfied with It, and -to show their satisfaction with their support on primary election day. Brown has given a safe, conservative, law forcing, sensible administration of the affairs of the state. He has not sought -to wield a big stick, to make lawmakers bow x to his will, or to co erce business under his domination of the legislature. The state has en joyed peace, a necessary condition for prosperity, and progress and prosper ity have marked the year. He has won the respect of the vast mass of his former, opponents and Is -today stronger with the public at large by far than he was two years ago. Getting behind the scenes at Atlan ta, th'e concensus of opinion In the leg islative halls Is said to be that Brown Is 25 000 votes stronger than he wi3 two years ago, that the trend Is his way, and that while the general vote may fall off considerably, compared with the last election, Brown's pro portion of It will be much' greater. It is regarded by Brown’s chief advisers as a foregone conclusion that he will remain in the office for two years after the one on which he has Just entered. Also at the same time and place will be sold one black horse mule, nine or ten years old. one ice wagon, No. 2, and harness, levied on as the property of S. R. Sims to satisfy one state and county tax 11 fa for the year 1909. Tenant In possession notified In the terms of the law. Also at the same time and place will he sold one house and lot No. 215 Furlow street, bound north by an alley, south by Furlow street, east by P«ge property, and we3t by Olin Dix on’s property. Levied on as the prop erty of D. K. Brinson, guardian, to satlsfv,two state and county tax fl fas for the year 1908 and 1b09. Tenant in possession notified in the terms of the Also at the same time and place will be sold one houBe and lot, No. 3t4 McCoy street, bounded on the north by (McCoy street, south by J. H. Mor- ham property, east by Jim Bright and west by Munroe Spencer. Levied on as the property of th'e Standard Gro cery Co. to satlsy two state and county tax fl fas for the years 1908 and 1909. Tenant in possession notified * n t* 1 * terms ot the 'aw. 7-4t W. H. FEAGIN. Sheriff. For Letters of Dlsq OEORGrA—Webster Co M , Whereas. Emma York a tor of Abell Daniel, reprtCl Court In his petition, L, .“I entered on record, that 7 administered W. a. Adam»>! Is therefore to cite all cerned, kindred and creJitojTI cause, if any they can, ,£1 ministrator should not h. J from her Administration ,J letters of dismission, on theS day In August, 19110. " W. H. COSBY, ( For Letters of AdmlnLi GEORGIA—Sumter Countv 1 To All Whom It May Cone* Mrs. Bessie Allen McDou in proper form, applied 'oi manent letters of Admiol* the estate of Kenneth Mu* Donald, late of said County! cite all and singular the cn’* next of kin of said Kenntt McDonald to be and appea office within the time ailoii and show cause, if any thn permanent administration > be granted to Mrs. Bessie) Donald on Kenneth Murdi aid estate. ’ Witness my hand and i ture, this 7th day of July] 7-4t JOHN’ A. COBB I Administrator’s Sale. GEORGIA, Sumter County. By virtue of an order of the Court of Ordinary of Wilcox county, G»„ will be sold at public outcry at De- Soto, Ga„ (under Section 3452 of the Code of the State of Georgia of 1895), on the first Tuesday In August, 1910. between the legal hours of sale, tha following real estate in DeSoto, Sum ter county, Ga., to-wit: The east half of lot No. 2. in Block No. 6, In the Town of DeSoto, Sumter county, Ga„ wlith a sandstone building thereon. Terms, cash. This, July 1st, 1910. E. S. HAMILTON. Admr. of the Estate of W. C. Hamilton. ■Dec’d. l)'7-4t A SUITOR REMISS. JUDGE HART’S TRIBUTE TO GOV. BROWN. In the severing of my relations with you, permit me, my dear sir, to say that your courage, integrity and devo tion toduty as tbs chief executive of this state challenges my highest resflect and admiration. It was thus that Attorney General Hart spoke of Governor Brown In his brief letter resigning from the office he has so acceptably filled’for the pas,; eight years. His official relations with Go'. Brown permitted the attorney gen eral to g-*t*an Ir.iirhl into bis char acter and 'bis underlying principles and motives. 1 ' Tbe fact that, although in opposi tion to him as a candidate for hlga office, he can attest in his letter of resignation that Governor Brown'* "courage. Integrity and demotion, to duty as the'chdet executive challenges respect and admiration,” tells the story ot the Brown administration In a few effective words. )' Judge Hart’s words ate not fulsome flattery, not a mere Idle compliment, but a candid expression ot truth from an honorable man. As such they must make a decided Impression upon "the public mind. The man whose courage, integrity and devotion to duty challenge respect and admiration is tbie very type of man Georgia shoud retain In tbe of fice of governor for another term. - Foley's Kidney Remedy' will cure any case of kidney and bladder trouble not beyond the reach ot m A/Mrs I n a No ARV1 do (Washington Post.F A man who becomes engaged to be married must keep up his courting. Success in winning the assent of the fair one and even In persuading her to name -the happy day is no reason for remissness in attention. Such is the lesson of stfern British' law, illustrated in the melancholy case of one George Donaghy, a shopkeeper of Londonderry, who brought suit for breach of promise of marriage against Miss Elizabeth McCloskey, ot Dun- given. It appears that after one nights courtship—prolonged, however, undar due chaperonage from dewy eve to early morn—the coy lass uttered the magic yes. Thereupon the date and the church were agreed upon. But when the bridegroom, arrayed In hia best, appeared, thiere was no bride, and the clergyman announced that sae had changed ber mind. The, testimony brought out some strange facts about the remiss con duct ot the swain. It was shown that after bis success in wooing his ardor cooled. Although he made the necea, aary arrangements for the ceremony, during the interval he never wrote to hie fiance, he sent her no flowers, he gave her no engagement ring, and, In fact, he did nothing at all but present his unpreclous self at the appointed hour and place, But there were no wedding bells for him. It Is Immaterial where this incW dent occurred. The moral Is Interna tional. Its lesson knows no geogra phical boundaries. It does not need to be put into words. The specta cle of this lone and lorn lover is enough. If be goes a-woolng again, he may know enough to kep on go ing. There U no such word as cer tainty In such affairs until the priest has said his words of union. A POINT TO BE CONSIDERED. (From tbe Washington 8tar.) Before Introducing hippopotami to afford a meat supply It should be as certained whether a htppotamus trust Is any harder to form than a beef GEORGIA, Sumter County. The appraisers appointed to 3Bt asile a year’s suport out of the estate of Wm. A. Wilson. late of said countv, deceased, to Mrs. Ann R. Wilson have filed their return In this office. This Is, therefore, to no tify all parties interested to file ob jections. if any they haver on or be fore the first Monday in August. 1910, or else the return will then be made the Judgment of this court. JOHN A. COBB. Ordinary, Sumter County, Ga. J)’7-4t GEORGIA, Sumier County. Alton Carter, Guardian, of Janette and Earl Carter and Lula Carter Fleming, minor children of W. A. Carter, deceased, having filed bis pe tition praying an order to sell cer tain realty belonging to said minors for their support and maintenance, all perosns interested are hereby cited to appear and file objections, if any they have, why said order should not be granted at the August term of thU court. JOHN A. COBB, Ordinary, Sumter County, Oa. Jy7-4t. Notice of Loral Legislation. Notice Is hereby given that 4 bill with the following title will be Intro duced Into the 1910 session of the Gen eral Assembly of Georgia: An Act to Incorporate the town of Weston, in the county of Webster: to define its limits; to provide for a mayor, councllmen and other officers of Bald town: to prescribe their pow ers and .duties, to provide tor making all laws, rules, regulations and ordi nances for the proper government and control of said town, and the enforce ment of Its ordinances. This, Jnue 29th, 1910. - JyT-it ' Application, Letters of Discharge. GEORGIA, Sumter County. ■Whereas, J. J. Hogue, administra tor of the estate of Miss R. L. Hogue, represents to the court In his petition duly filed and ehtered ot record, that he has fully administered said estate. This Is therefore.(m cite all persons concerned, kindred and creditors, to show cause. If any they can. why said administrator should not be discharged from hie administration and receive letters of dismission fin the first Mon day In Augufct, 1910. JOHN A. COBB, Ordinary. Jr-7-4t ■ ■ GEORGIA. Sumter County. To All Whom It May Concern. 'Lena Turner having, In proper form applied to me for permanent let ters of Administration on tbe estate of Ella Hawkins, late of said county,’this Is to cite all and singular the credi tors and next of kin of Ella Hawkins to be and appear at my office within the time allowed by law, and show cause. If any they can, why perma nent administration should not be granted to Lena Turner 01T Ella Hawk ins' estate. Witness my hand and official signa ture, tUe Bth day of July, 1910- For Si 300 acres, 7 room cribs, etc, 100 acres open.! and school. R. F. D. anil Only $10.00 an acre—one || 280 acres, 18 miles ot j miles of R. R. station, lu 100 acres open, 100 acrei^ est, 20 acres in creek las Would rent lor 8 bales oil 000 feet pine saw-timber. [ 200 acres, 6 miles ot J acres open. 5 room bales cotton. Running i acre. 600 acres, 8 miles ot 1 miles R. R. station. 5 r acres original forest, gray. $12.50 acre. 600 acres, 8 1-2 miles i room house, 6 tennant b 3 miles of station. Reitl cotton. Nice home or I 420 acres, one mile of I| low, laysWell and prod* bales cotton. This I farm. FORRH 5 room house, large I good condition. $12M 1 5 room house, large t good condition. $11001 5 room bouse, large lotf bath, $15.00 month. If you want to buy.j come to see me. I bare) farms and city proper: P. B.WILI 528 COTTON 1* Under Allfi I The Union Cej Liielnsi Comp* Organized IS*" Earns the Htzbezt Io!, j ItllMi Haa Extreme'? Pays the bsrtei* I loy holders, and 1 enrance at the Let me show I 04, Lee Me Room 1 Planters I have for **"' farm*, each . < ?.‘?',cd a total of mile* east of ^ proved and i» *£] tlon. A! eo the Jordan P 1 ***’ 4J || acre*. Th *' e JZm el'and of.«» jj equal to ^e Wert Qoorff*- fWJ write or 08 I Hotel. .1