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JHE EIMES-RECORUEP
DAILY AND WEEKLY,
Entered at the poetofflce at Amerl-
j’jaa aa second-clasa mall matter.
THE AMERICUS RECORDER.
, Established 1879.
THE AMERICUS TIMES,
i Established 1890.
Consolidated April 1891.
ITHOB. GAMBLE, Editor and Manager
:i. W. FURLOW City Editor
w. L. DUPREE, Asst. Business Dept.
Official orgau of the City of Amerlcus.
Official organ of Sumter County.
(Official organ of Webster County.
(Official organ of Railroad Commle-
.oIob of Georgia for Third Congres
sional District.
Official organ U. S. Court, Southerm
.District of Georgia.
Editorial Hoorn, Telephone 99,
Amerlcus, (in* July 14, Ml®.
THE INCOME TAX.
The passage throughout the coun
try by ail of the cities of Importance
of ordinances for the purpose of safe
guarding their milk and butter sup
plies and at the same time to increase
and foster interest in the larger and
better production of these household
necessities, shows the general inter
est that Is being taken in the dairying
industry.
The importance of liberal and
wholesome dairy supplies to any ci y
can hardly be over-estimated. It is
for this reason that competitive tes-s
in exhibits of butter, cream and milk
have been inaugurated by many cities
in order to further stimulate interest
in the supplying- of pure dairy pro
ducts. Not only Is there room for the
improvement of tide health of any com
munity by the improvement of its
milk supply, but also it is true tha.
more money will be realized by those
who engage in dairying.
The encouragement of dairying on
the part of the farmers of Sumter can
not fail to give them a broader field cf
industry and at the same time secure
for the citizens of Amerlcus dairy sup
plies that are unexcelled and adequate
on all occaslohs. The information
By the passage of tide income tax given in the last year book of the
. amendment Mil, which has been | United States Department cf Agricul-
warmly discussed in both houses of ture is of the greatest interest to too
the general assembly far some time, j farmers of this section in this regard,
the legislature has set itself rigid; and) The number of milch cows In the
has ratified in this particular the work United States, according to this source
r>t Congress. of information, is 21,720,000, the value
There was nothing else for the Geor- of which is estimated at $702,945,000.
,, ia lawmakers to do. To have re- The value of tide annual products "t
jtoted the bill would have been to fly these cows is estimated at about $ 1,-
in the face of all careful and approved ! 000,000,000.00. From this estimated
precedent. In ratifying tide work of worth of the nation's dairy product
the national law-makers the general It is claimed that there is no other
assembly has preserved sound Dem;- branch of diversified agriculture so
cratic policies, for the passage of the important to the progress of a corn-
bill simply means that the people of munity. It is the realization of the
Georgia, through tktelr legislators, truth, of this statement-which will do
give their assent for the passage of more to encourage the farmers of this
■-■the income tax if the people want it. section to take up dairying work than
The principle involved is one for almost any other Inducement,
which the Democratic party has stood ( The perpetuity of the country's
always. It is strange that tide mem- greatness depends upon increasing the
teres of the legislature hesitated so production of farm products from year
long to take the step. The legislature to year, a result which not only furn-
has never been called on to say ishes our people with food but main,
whether the income tax shall become tains the prosperity of our farming
n law. They were called upon to say communities increase in production
simply whether the United States ' can only come through improved metb-
eball have the power to pass an ln-‘ods of agriculture and soil improve-
oorne tax if the people want it. The j ment and farming prosperity, tier
legislature has dimply voted that the importance is best understood, and In
people shall have the power to ex-' terest in her should not be confined to
- press their will on the subject. Noth- ( her owner. She is an Important fac
ing un-Democratic about that. 'tor In the development and prosper!:.'
The tariff and the Internal revenue of our country,
taxes are the only ways in which the
general government can raise funds
for its support. The funds derived
from the revenue tax is said to be in
considerable, while the tariff has
AC RE VOIR, EDITORS.
-- — { The weekly editors of Georgia have
grown more and more oppressive. The left Amerlcus with happy hearts, for
logical intent and purpose of the in- they had a jolly good time while they
come tax Is to tax wealth and not pov- were here. Never has the reputation
,ertj- With the growth of Immense 0 f 0 ur city for lavish hospitality been
private fortunes in tbi3 country, there more splendidly upheld,
is no more rational plan of taxation i it was with regret that our citizens
than the income tax, which can be do-j told the members of tha Georgia
n-dsefl. There is na other way in which, weekly Press Association goodbye,
: the millionaires can be called upon to f or it was’the most representative as-
pay their just part of the expenses of sembly of Georgia editors that has
the national government. The Income CV er come together at an annual con-
lax should reach them more effective- vention.
(Augusta Chronicle.)
But if you want still another right
good reason why Gov. Brown didn t
grab those 87 acres of "bottom" land
for the state of Georgia is this:
He was able to secure -an option
on a far better terminal site, confin
ing 234 acres for $58,500, or $ljLo00
less tlian was asked for the 87 acres.
Why. this saving alone Itj more than
enough to pay the "commission" on
the sale of that Chattanooga 1^’--
tom—if so be there was a "commis
sion" involved in the transaction.
Inasmuch, therefore, as the state of
Georgia Is engaged in owning a rail
road and buying lands, etc., let's be
fair enough to look further into toe
matter, In a common sense, business
like way, and see whether or not the
Legislature was about to make a bad
trade for us and whether or not Gov.
Brown hasn't found us a beter prop
osition. Here is what a railroad ex
pert and civil engineer says about the
234 acres, which we can buy for $10.-
500 less than we would have had 'o
pay for the S7 acres:
"I have the honor to report that I
have carefully examined the Evans
tract of land lying along and on the
Western and Atlantic railroad, begin
ning at a point 4,500 feet east or
south of the depot at Boyce's Station,
and extending along said W. & A. rail
road and on both sides thereof, for
a distance of one and one-quarter
miles. Said tract contains 234 1-2 acres
according to the survey. (Here fol
lows a detailed description of th*
property and suggestions as to - -ie
comparatively light ant) inexpensive
work necessary to convert it into a
terminal.) I beg to say that In my
.judgment that this tract is by far
the best that has been offered, and
is well adapted to the uses Intended.
In fact, I do not know of any other
tract that is nearly so desirable, and
in my opinion the state will make r.o
mistake in acquiring the property.”
Not only “the best that has been
offered"—but more of it, and far
cheaper. Just 147 acres more terminal
for $10,500 less money. Well, It looks
to us like Governor Brown ha3 been
doing some pretty go;d "trading” for
the state; first. In refusing to close
that other trade, and, then, in securing
for us an option on better property
and more of it for less money.
Surely, the legislature will not fall
to give him a vote of thanks for hl3
foresight and wisdom in this matter.
What a good thing for the state of
Georgia that sfie had a governor who
happened to know more about this
particular transaction than a legisla
tive committee and a lot of legislators
who knew nothing about it.
B^t, we suppose, the railroad “ex
perts” In the legislature, and scat
tered throughout tho state—some of
whom have never seen Chattanooga
and wouldn't know a railroad terminal
from a coupling pin—will continue to
give it as their view that a serious
mistake was made when Gov. Brown
refused to let the state of Georgia fall
into this trap.
(rfenry Gearge, Jr., New York Korid
On Sugar
Go Into a retail grocers' and ask the
price of sugar and he will tell you
perhaps 5 1-2 cents for granulated.
Ask him how much profit he is mak
ing and he will tell you little or none.
And that is the truth In New A'ork.
The retail grocer makes a sort of “bar
gain counter" attraction of his sugar
to draw customers. At any rate ae
gets little or nothing out of it.
But that Is not to say -that the beet-
sugar and cane-sugar combinations
which control the growing and refin
ing cf sugar in this country sell to
him at cost. They do nothing of the
kind. They seli at a tremendous profl..
indeed, the beet-sugar people :<ive
publicly accuse; tlk? cane-sugar com
bination of getting $3G,000,000 a year
ear profit out of the American public,
and the cane-sugar people have ac
cused the beet-sugar combination of
getting a similar prof): out of the Am
erican public, and when the trusts go
to fighting each other the truth) be
gins to shine out. All the circum-
stnees go to show that the people of
the United States probably pay to the
two big sugar combinations every year
in the high P»*c of sugar about $70,-
000 000 that it would not have to pay
if the trusts were not protected
For the best raw 'sugar can be
bought in the tropics, wholesale, for
two gents a pound orAess. It can be
refined here for a third of a cent and
distributed over this country for one-
tenth to one-halt a cent. Certainly if
New York retail grocers were to sell
their sugar at the wholesale price, as
now, the housewife here would b? pay
ing only two and a half to three cents
a pound instead of double that prico.
And this is not the only exaction
the American people must pay to the
sugar lords. Look at the price in rot
ten politics! Have not tha sugar lords
h uaE yv haqo
ruled Congress for many years and
ruled It against the manifest demands
of the public? When the popular man
date was for lower sugar duties, did
not Congress keep the duties up and
even put them higher? Or when the
House put sugar down, as in the Wil
son bill, did not the'Senate keep It
up? At whose behe3t? Plainly not at
the public's, but In defiance of its ex
plicit demands. It has been a game of
robbery and it hias bred lobbies
corruptioh funds.
And the larger corruption has bred
the smaller tribe of corrupt dealings,
as witness the systematic cheating of
the Government for years in the
weighing of raw sugar that the Cane
Sugar Trust has been importing
through the port of New York.
Let these things be remembered
with every lump of sugar.
religious tyranny cannot
prevail.
In the end Spain will win Its' fight
with the Vatican and a greater meas
ure of religious liberty will be estab
lished in that country. The time has
passed when such a contention as that
of the Bishop - of- Madrid l that the
church must control, and that the laws
of the church are the laws'of the
state, will prevail. Humanity has set
its face steadfastly toward freedom of
thought, and no church, in no country,
can forever stem the tide of humanity’s
onward march.
Spain's condition shows the danger
ally country is in in permitting an alli
ance between the church and the state.
Eventually the church will domAate,
seek to effectually utilize the state for
-Its own advancement, and a check will
be put on public speech and individual
thought. That Is one lesson abpve all
that history teaches.
In Spain to-day, controlled by the
Catholic church, there Is practlca.Iy
no such thing as religious liberty.
Dissenters from that church are for
bidden to display any notice on^ the
places where they meet that they are
houses of worship and every possible
barrier Is thrown in their way. It has
not been many years since worsh'ip
outside of the Catholic church was
prohibited except in the embassies and
a few other places where foreigners
might meet for that purpose. It can
not be denied that where in control
tha Catholic church has assumed this
attitude. But the greater measure of
freedom in Italy, the course of events
In France, and the awakening against
restrictions of this character in Aus
tria, all indicate that the time is at
hand when In no country will relig
ious freedom be shackled.
In some respects Spain has condi
tions that approach those at -the
time of the great reformation. The
merchants complain that the religious
orders are monopolizing various lines
of business, escaping taxation and
competing with them under the enjoy
ment of many great advantages. The
liberal elements In polftlcs .assert that
the country Is overrun with 1 the vari
ous orders, doing nothing for the up
building of the land, but drawing
heavily on Its sustenance, that the
church is absorbing the wealth of the
ARTIST TO P4|nj
primitive m
Only One Tribe
Remaining. |
New York, Juyl 13._ To ■
Ize ttie last tribe of unta °'
Itive Indians who fl ed (ro n
some authority 0 f the vh; , 1
1862, Edwin W. Doming, t l ( |
artist who has just ootr,Pioiie
of decorations for the Harrl.
slon at Arden is preparing
for the northern woods of ( "
yond the fart isos
izatlon.
M. Deming will he t j, e j
of Dr. Charles A. Eastman,
man, who himself is an iJ
famous etymologist who
his life to the preservatlJ
traditions of the red man.
lag has spent thi ■ greater j
last fort., years living wl*b|
ing various tribes of Amerin
from the borders of Med
Hudson bay country. He I
ed as a tribal member l
ting Bull and other famonil
Iwhom he has immortalize! j
and painting.
North of IVin'nlp
Some time ago Dr. Basa
through Indian relatives i
branqh of the Sioux livij
itive Btyle on the borders n
Saskatchewan far to thj
Winnipeg. This tribe, ]
was informed, consists oiij
dred Sioux, descendants i
'fled across the border :
sacre at New Ulm, Minn,
soldiers were unable to (
and it had always been i
they perished.
According to Dr. En
vices, they made their wil
ttarmost reaches of Prl:f
land. There they
thelr native pursuits oil
trapping and have cornel
with the paleface only oi|
trips to some lonely tn
the great Hudson Bay eg
bartering their furs in r
forest.
<ly than any other system of taxation.
A LIVE MESSAGE.
That was an Inspiring and enthus-
Mastic message that was delivered to
It is a source of genuine satisfaction
to the pedple of Amerlcus that the
largest and moot representative at
tendance ever known in the history of
the association was present at tha re
cent convention. It was a genuine in
ispiration to see the brilliant assembly
the members of the Georgia Weekl) , wa3 g0 charmingly entertained
Press Association a; Tuesday night ",; bj . tbe j^a d | e3 Hospital Association at
banquet by Hon. Samuel C. Dunlap, TueS( j a} . evening’s banquet.
State Commissioner of Industries and ^he fact that Amerlcus entertained
"immigration. The gist of it was that| tbe conveat | on 0 f tha Georgia Weekly
Georgia needs to advertise, and that 13 jp re93 Association that broke all ree
ls sound admonition. | or( i s attendance, will mean much
In develofiing tha trend of thought (o th<j c[ty , n the ,, ra ctlcal results
relative to the njoesslty that Georgia a . wl)] bg obta | ne( i from what the
has for Its country newspapers, Mr.' ekIy e q; t0 rs will have to say when
Dunlap made reference to the rlch | thp y return to their homes. No better
tiatural resources of the state. He | advertisement could be given to Am-
emphasized the fact that Georgia is| er j Cua a nd Sumter county than to en-
Bxoepti-onaliy well endowed by nature te[ ,. aln th | g i arge a ud representative
body of newspaper men.
Every / feature of. the entertainment
of the visiting editors was carried out
with care and success. It is a tri
umph for our citizens to have enter
tained their guests with such) admir
able hospitality throughout their stay
here no less than it will prove one of
the most aggressive movements ever
instituted by the city In the helpful
publicity and advertising that will re
sult from the visit to Amerlcus of the
members of the Georgia Weekly Press
Association.
but that the main need of tha state
now Is to let those without her bord-
- ers know what she has to Interest
them.
That is the great secret of progress
in general, and, of course. It applies
aptly to tha Empire State of the South.
' The weekly press of the state has a
vital work to do in this particular, and
It can accomplish this work for the
Htate as no other power can. The mes-
; sage of the Commissioner of Indus
tries and Immigration did not fall on
vdeaf ears, for he hald closely the a:-
•tention of those who heard him.
Let the members of the Georgia
t Press Association remember the wise
-words spoken to them by Mr. Dunlap,
vocho knows how muchi Georgia has
uoeen advertised and how much adver
tising the state still needs.
HIS REVENGE.
little Boy—“I want a dose of cas
tor oil."
Druggist.—“Do you want the kind
.you can’t taste?”
Little Boy (anxious to get even)—
Ho; it’s for mother."—San Jese Cltl-
s*en.
Where She Found Comfort
* (Upplncott’a.)
At a prayer meeting held In the
backwoods of Rhode Island testimon
ies were requested, and a very o'd
woman tottered to her feet.
“I want ter tell this blessed com
pany,” her voice quavered, “that I
have rheumatiz In my back, and rheu-
matiz In my shoulders, and rheumatix
in my legs, and rheumatix in my arm3,
but I hev been upheld and comforted
by the beautiful Bible verse, ‘Grin and
bear it.’ "
THE AGGRESSIVE SCHOOLMA’M.
The aggressive schoolma’ms at their
recent session of the National Educa
tional Association at Boston stole a
march on the mere men present at
that meeting, If the news reports are
true.
For tho first time in the history of
tha organization a woman was elected
to the position of president. That or
Itself is not so startling, but the man
ner in which it ws done furnishes the
amusing elements.
Mrs. Ella F. Young was not the only
candidate for the position, be it un
derstood, for one Zachariah Snyder, of
the male persuasion, was an opposi
tion candidate to tha woman, who
was recently elected superintendent of
the schools of Chicago before she
was made president of the National
Education Association.
Having packed the convention full
of schoolma’ms, who were given exact
orders as to how to vote, the feminine
leaders raised the sex Issue against
Zachariah) Snyder and knocked his
aspirations for tho presidency Into a
cocked hat. How’s that for subtlety
and shrowdnoss on the part of the
feminine element. It seems that
the men were beaten at their own
game.
The number of school teachars In
the United States Is given as 496,612,
of which only 104,673 are men and
391,939 women. The wonder Is that
the schoolma’ms haven't revolted long
ago! With a majority of about 300,-
000 women teachers to draw from,
they should make things exceedingly
interesting for the masculine division.
It is laughable to consider the fact
that there were two women" for every
man at the convention when the sex
issue against poor Snyder was raised.
That was a master stroke of political
aggressiveness to bring out so large a
majority of women and then to stir up
the sex Issue to keep them all togethar
when'they voted. It was a case of
where the schoolmasters were cleverly
mastered. .
A COMMENDABLE ENTERPRISE.
The methods adopted by the South
ern Railway of/unnlng agricultural
trains over Its lines in some of the
states that are penetrated by the lines
of the company, furnishes an excellent
example of commendable enterprise.
The recent tours made by these
trains through) sections of Virginia and
Western Tennessee have been attend
ed with marked enthusiasm' on* the
part of the farmers in these states
aud have been the cause Of much im
provement in agricultural mthods. In
Virginia, the train was in charge of
Hon.' G. W. Koiner, commissioner of
agriculture for Virginia, with whom
were associated a corps of experts.
‘ One of the most encouraging feat
ures of the movement is the number of
letters of Inquiry that have been sent
to the railroad's land and industrial
department by farmers who are Inter
ested In the work of tha agricultural
trains and asked that Information be
sent them. Names of all who could
be obtained were also taken along th
tours by those in charge of the trains,
so that in this way the influence of
the trains will be made permanent.
Soli Improvement, crop diversifica
tion, more attention to live stock, and
Improved methods of culture were
stressed by the experts and will un
doubtedly produce especially good
results as regards these importanj el
ements in modern successful farming.
.— -wherewithal to supply
nation and contributing little to tha necessities, they plunge
expenses of government that weigh -
so hea\lly upon the people. Condi
tions like these cannot continue In
definitely. It may take almost a civil
war to reform them, but there Is no
question that before many years con
ditions more in accordance with the
times in which' we live will be estab
lished in Spain and Portugal. Church
domination of civil government is
out of keeping with modern times, the
shackling of thought is a survival of
the fourteeuth century, and tha re
striction of religious and intellectual
freedom must give Way t,o a broader
comprehension of • man's inherent
rights.
RURAL FREE Dill
RECEIVES HI
Claims it the
Service!
HACK TO FIRST PRINCIPLES.
Raleigh, N. C., July lj
lu great detail the lefA
attending the develops!
ral free delivery gertletj
try. P. V. DeGraw.
postmaster general,
ly that "from the vlevpo
that service was far in a
otiie^ - of the clvi! serri
PISCATORIAL.
(New York World.)
With'in two or three days just pass- . -- -
ed, Mayor Gaynor has spoken and i statistics to she"
written thase words among others: I of 41.900 carrier*
Ours is a government of laws and dismissed for cause
not of men. Mr DeGraw s ad
I am not the czar of New York, and b'Fore the North
I can only enforce the laws as they I ven'.Ui’ of rural ca
exist.
A’ou may he absolutely certain that
I shall not take the law into my own
hands.
The growing exercise of arbitrary
power l» this country by those put In
office would be far more dangerous
and Is far more to be dreaded than
certain other vices that we all wish
to minimize or get rl<T of.
Golden words, and spoken at a time
wljen government has become one of
the most lawless Institutions In Amer
ica. Of all the admirable things that
Mayor Gaynor hat done, none is more
admirable than his rugged Insistence! . ..^.lectio)*-i
that arbitrary power has no place In ■ Bldate for ^
a republic, and that personal govern- ®"® r ( r ‘ n , 0( . ra ic P ri ®p
ment must not he substituted for a to thl , .irtinn
government of laws, however great | ponrcelat" ^
the Immediate advantages may sepm. th* P ast 31 \„ i
No other high public official Is doing
so much to bring the country back to
first principles.
here. He appeared ud
live of the postnmsMf
“There are np» '
throughout the L
rural routes, served *|
curriers," he said,
ed the tuesl
Un'led Slai'S r«vel
a year It sc««w inc P |
beyond 111 fl -
FOR
I tnreby anb«M£*
Webster
the future. «
self to the hone* J
charge of the dui J
When the split bamboo Is vanished
and 'the fly hook's filled with files.
When the east winds have quit blow
ing and no clouds arc lu the skies,
When the rubber boots are mended
and there’s something In tta flask.
In the language of Ike Walton, what
what remains for man to ask?
When the troutlet In the streamlet
sees the booklet floating by.
And the manlet'a nose is blistered
the hot sun mounts on Nigh,
When the lunches o'er a cllfflct quite
by accident la loit,
Think ye not that hopes of triumph
are behind tbe angler tossed?
Still those hopes will spring trium
phant neath the fisher’s rain-
soaked vest,
Tltongh he turns home empty-handed
whan the sun dies In the west,
Still he decorates the hushes with
his choicest brand,lf files.
For th# fishing ifllcrobe'* in him, and It
bides there till be dies.
LATHAM, ALEXANDER’S
DAILY MARKET LETTER
New York, July 13.—Urgent cover
ing of July was tta feature of the cot
ton market today and carried prices
up generally. Weather reports were
slightly unfavorable. Spot sales one
hundred bales at thirty points advance
over yesterday. . ■ v .
Latham, Alexander & Co.
CASTOR IA
Tor Infants nnd OUUtob*
Tin Kind You Have Always Bought
Bears the
Signature o'f I
(Special
to Tl®
Atlanta, Ga.
July j
today voted « ^
of Tuesday ln P ,j|
•tor Morn 3 /;**,
tus of bank <*<*'
the future,
and
voted to abide* ,
ion of the spec* L
tee In regard ' a
the constitut e J
Jorlty
creasing the »»
justices and t
compensation 0 ,
abolishing tW
the state.