Newspaper Page Text
TH& AMERICUS WEEKLY TIMES-RECORDER. THURSDAY. JULY 21, 1910
* -
THE TIMES-RECORDER
daily and weekly.
INTEREST IX FARMING.
Sintered at the poatofflce at Amerl-
San aa lecond-claso mall matter. ’
the americus recorder,
I EatablUhed 1879. •
* the americus times,
i Established 1890.
Consolidated April 1891.
rHOS. GAMBLE, Edlto^ and Manager
3. W. FURLOW I. - City Editor
SY. L. DUPREE, Asst. Business Dept.
Official organ of thtf City of Americus.
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 Boom, Telephone 99.
Americus, (la., July 21, 1910.
Here's for good roads!
The organized efforts that are be
ing made by the farmers of Georgia
to arouse renewed interest in agri
culture and to diSBefciinate- all pos
sible instructive data concerning
tilings agricultural, shows a revival
tf Interest in this particular.
The one great thing that has ^been
lacking for so long among the farmers
of the state is their carelessness in
eutering into an organization . that
.,’ou!d have as its sole object the per
petuating of interest In agriculture 9"
a broad and lasting campaign of edu
cation. The many'farmers’ organiza
tions in the state that have sprung up
f r a time and then failed, may have
been -begun with the primary objeet of
nromotiug agriculture, but almost fa-
.ariably th'ay have go.ten lost in the
mazes'of political chicanery.
The recent annual convention of the
Georgia division of the Farmers’ Co-
oi>eratlve Educational union that was
held at Union City seems to be blazing
the way for some effective and per
manent work in behalf of encouiaging
■and promoting co-operatipn among the
farmers of the state. Though the
Georgia division is only about a year
old, it has shown a most encouragin
THE GOOD-BOADS CABAYAN.
It was' a pleasure for Americus -;a
t^uck farming in geobgia.
Truck farming In Georgia iVrgcelv-
iwe'.come yesterday the path-finding [ | Ilg nlore [tun passing attention among
car of the big good-roads movemeny the peop]e an a the press of the state,
that has been inaugurated by three of, A 8tate w lth such broad and genera!
the largest dally news tapers of the
state. The movement Is one whijJb-
cannot fail to result In widespread
good to every section of Georgia.
Sumter county showed to the tour
ists some of the best roads that can be
possibilities in point of varied soilj
conditions, as Georgia affords cannoj
but offer rare opportunities for the
work of the, truck farmer. The farm
ers of the, state, ■ however, are only
btginnlng to realize the possibilities
lONt Star swu has.
616 CENSUS INCREASE
Gain of 200 Per Cent. Mr
Some Counties,
I Si. 3 auiuc wi wc _ uigiiuuus * c »**«.« ——
found In the state. Those‘in the path- i of fields In this particular,
finding party have,- lisd-excellent- op- The as8U rance-ls given In a recent
portunlties to observe roads In all j issUft the semi-weekly Atlanta Jour-
sections of the state, but their unapi- j al that the state i 8 at last becoming
mous opinion is that the roads of this de fl n [ te iy Interested In truck farming,
county are unsurpassed, Th'is is an - —
Washington, D. C„ July 20.—Cen
sus officials are astonished at tlje
allowing thus far made by the returns
from the state of Texas, which' al
ready has gained one member of con-
'gress on ther" present basis of repre
sentation. with- less than one-sevehtu
of the probable population of the state
accounted for. If the astonishing, av
erage gain in population thus far re
ported should be kept up all over the
in stats. Texas would be entitledfto an
A-HAPPY
HOME
Is one where health
With Impure blood thTl
be good he-iitk
not be good heilth.
^ Withe disordered LlV
* cannot be good blood,
revivify thetorpid LIVER a
lie natural action.
Pure blood means heaii
Health moans happio,,
Take no Substitute. All I
.... . , ( The recent meeting of the State GlN
eloquent but just tribute to the enter-1 (!en | tlg 'Association is cited as an in
prise ajfid aggressiveness of thei 5tance of . the /growing Interest li
county, commissioners who have dons i truck-growing.
their work so well On .the local roads. Referring to Georgia’s tardiness in stats. Texas wuiuu ue euuuww. —
The present tour is a pioneer move- taking up this work, the Journal says’ increase of'four or five members of
ment In order to encourage and broad-j^. 1; llas required a long time for J the house under the .new nppbrtion-
en the interest in go:d roads In Geor-j t , ip peop i e 0 f q;„ state to take up ment that jwlll be based on the present
gia. jfhis is the age of good roads j peach-grjwing, which In its import- ’ census returns.
. , >A h..-h.a. t ance h , as cQale ln a ghort time to chal- At present Texas has sixteen mem-
1 |len«- the supremaev'of cotton. The |bers In the house. The 37 counties —
pre lotion Js made that within a de- of the stale tor which census feme “ f ,
more'helpful in-stimulating interest
good roads than the automobile. Wlth-
A ,healthy LIVER mo
blood.
ANNOlNGfMEi
; Si FOR BEPIlEsEXTiiJ
No roads In the state surpass Sum
ter’s.
gooa roaus u-au pre |-tion JB mate wuiuu a
in the past deqade—one may almost ca( j e hence tbe vegetable crop will
say the past five years—automobiles j haV(j done i lkew le e .
have cime more and more Into use in, [t is undoubtedly true that the com-
Georgia,-and a prime necessity for] lng yearg
growth and progress. The Georgia or- j comfortable travel In an automobile is
line vears will witness wonderful census oi iuuo. mere «w *e* ■- .
; g raw : h of the truck-farming Idea. The!|ties. to i^sar . from, including those 23rd. Should I be nonoreij
In this way the increase I th src i lon 0 f the state about Sa- whkfh contain the large cities. Sdlne nomina.ion for RepreseJ
'vannah and other places Is fast forg- of the Texas counties so far reported pledgamy ben efforts „
ing to the front in encouraging ami show gains In population of more than progres ve up ui mg of o
supporting truck farming. There is' 200 per cent. '- / 1 ,
no reason why, with proper irrigation, Many persons are puzzled -because nounced subject to the
•be coast section of the state should the census figures so tar made public ( Democratic Primary
n:t equal the achievements of Charles- j have come mainly from rural counties , *
ton and Beaufort. S. C., in growing in Texas and -Other Southwestern, FAH THE IFfiKIi
! truck products for the Northern mar-| states. This has been due mainly to ••
Ikets. Every city of any size, in thoj t h|e fact that members of congress I hereby announce myaj
have been given out show an aggre--' At the solicitation of at
gate of 561,066 inhabitants, a gain of the good people of Sumter]
”02 312. of 56 2-5 per cent, over'the have decided to enter the rj
census’of 1900. There are 211 court- Legislature in the primary
. - w ,j ovnnM I h*
ganization Is to be congratulated on a good road.
■the work It has done during the pa3t in the use of automobiles has got.
Uncle Joe Cannon Is in the race
again. Can he come back?
Think of it! Atlanta hasn't claimed
tba; Johnson ever lived there.
That Kansas heat is about the only
thing that has knocESd Uncle Joe Can
non out. .
Walter Wellman doesn't fail to go
his part of the publicity, all right, all
right.
Social leaders should feel glatifl-'d
row that aeroplanes make flying visits
«asy.
year.
The elements of co-operation ana
education, which: have been incorpor
ated into the fabrics of-the new organ
ization as fundamental bases of action,
shows that the business men o{ the
state are thoroughly Ip sympathy with
the ncj- movement. Tire business men
. -alize what progressive and success
ful agriculture means for the success
of» nU business. As trite as is the
maxim, "The farmer provides for all,”
It nevertheless contains a vital triph,
whic^i the business men of Georgia
cannot fail to recognize. Success to
this-modern and comprehensive move
ment in'behalf of a broader and better
system ot agriculture.
The attacks made on the commls-
eary by the boys at Ct'ickamauga must
be terrible.
TAK1XG A VAOATIOX.
Think,of the Abernathy hoys riding
back in an quto after that great horse
back ride from the West.
Are the Americanrpeople to -becom
experts Jn^he art of taking vacations?
That Missouri cow that has Just
beaten the world’s record is “show
ing” her neighbors.
“Every man to his own candidate,”
say4 an exchange. Are there suffleien
candidates to go around
Despite the lack bf cars and other
difficulties, the Georgia peach has coqpe
out on'top.
■"Why is a cold storage egg like the
problem about Ann,” an Exchange
asks. Nobody knows how old It Is.
The aeroplane lunatic Is the latest
patient to register in the sanitariums
(or the Insane.
There arc more men than one who
have wishes to go on a polar explora
tion during the hot weather. , •'
What If al! the negro ptfhters who
are refused tips in the Pullman sleep-
cr3 turn into Jack Johfnsons?
Is it'true that the gubernatorial
campaign of 1908 also delivered a
knocH-out blow to frenzied politics la
Georgia?
It has cbme" to that point with)
great many people Ahat they think It
absolutely necessary for them—wheth
er they are adile or not—to go away
from home in summer for a time. Jt
•is all well and good to get away from
work,.if one can afford it, hut there
are many instances where the vaca
tion takers of today waste both money
and energy on their trips.
One of the first things to be taken
into consideration Is whether one is
able to spend the monsy for a trip to
the sea-shore, the mountains-or to
some other resort. It seems never to
have occurred to some people that it
is possible to spend a vacation at
home. That is. tile best place, for
one whs isn’t able to supply tli5 where*:
withal for a trip,' to spend a vacation
peri p d.
It saves both money and energy, for
it requires an enormous amount,of en
ergy to keep one’s self In -a frame of
mind to have a good time with a friend
wWn one Is worn out by a year’s
work. U la a practical certainty that
one will come home from such a trip
much more exhausted physically than
at the beginning of a supposed rest,
if one would be sensible rather tha.i
fashionable, the vacation at home
would often yield far better results.
hand in hand with the development of
more roads and better roads. The roads
to-day are a-reve’.ation whan compared
with those of ten years ago.
1A is estimated that more than four
thousand convicts are working on the
public roads of Georgia :o-day. This
is a veritable army of laborers who
are doing effective work in civic- Im
provement. Instead of the hap-hazarj
work formerly done under tba guise
of road working, the work of to-day on
our public high-ways id done under
skilled supervisors and in accordance,
with the principles of scientific road-
building. Every day in the year when
weather conditions will permit see3
the conduct of road work,
In viewing the marked Improvement
that has been made under tbe new sys
tem ln a short time it Is easy to, sso
hat every year will bring greater im
provements, until the day of bad roads
in Georgia—even in the smaller coun
ties/—will be an unknown thing. The
farmers ot the state should rejoice in
th$se road activities, for no class -of
people reap more genuine good' from
first class roads than do tbe farmers.
Good road3 make light loads, th^-ejfy
saving stock and time. But every cit
izen of the state will reap broa? and
lasting benefits from the aid’ to the
good roads movement that has engaged
the attention of the entire state.
KetS. rsvery cny ui auj i t , , . . . ...
state where truck can he grown—and from these sections have made urgent date for representative,
-.are are many of them-can find a | appeals to the director of the census the. democratic primary.
local market for much more of tbeso
prdducts than are now grown.
The good results come from the
encouragement of truck-growing are
manifold. Many farmers ,may un
doubtedly diverslfp their crops in
growing truck where the local market
affords sufficient inducements. In
this way lands now out of cultivation
could be utilized and made productive,
thereby lowering the cost of living and
aiding the farmer generally. Tbe mat
ter Is well worthy of the consideration
of the farmers of the state.
to give t>em„early returns because of to be held on the
the approach of local and other elec- August, 1910,
tions. Th.e director ha3 sought to,
cbm ply with tbesd requests, as far as
practicable. ~ '
The census bureau expects shortly
to , have out of the way the figures for
FOR RKI’RKSKmJ
A REVERSAL OF COXDITIOXS.
GOVEBXMEXT AIDS ?
COAL JIIXIXG METHODS
From the dawn of history it lyas
proved true that the people that are
best commingled are the most ag
gressive and progressive.
This is not a re-statement of the
well recognized fact that the com
posite nations are tbe greatest na
tions of the earth. It Is almost axiom
atic to say that the races that are
made up of several races are for su
perior to those where such intermingl
ing does not occur. ^
But it also . seems tnle that the
-- - I am a candidate fori
counties and cities vthieh have Jiesn from Sumter county, s-ibjj
requested by congressmen on account, primary of August 23d, i J
of local and state election laws, and predate your support 1
then the,census of the larger cities will, J. El
be announced. First will com4 New,
York and ttlen San Francisco,-aftor FOR Sf.XATOlj
which it Is expected that, there will voters ot Sumter
a dally flood of returns until all cities j hereb y announce
of more than 50,000 population have ^ ^ be gt a 't e sena-.e, as
been disposed of. when the returns by f(jr the Th | rteent ;, Sen*,,
precincts, counties and states-will be au y,j* c t to the action oI
given. - ' ’ - ’ — 1
IX MIDSUMMER.
(New York World.)
cratlc primary on Augu-'.l
JEfil
FOR THE S0i|
Tp the Voters of Sumterl
1 hereby announce that!
Well favored la that nation which In r __.
midsummer endures only the natural didale for the State Se
afflictions of dog days. Small His Thirteenth Senatorial
look formidable when Sirius rules, ject to tbe Democratic
Days are long and exhausting. Nights held on August 23,1914
The United States government test- g rea . nation which keeps up a normal
ing station” at Pittsburg is , intermingling among tbe people with-| n».y.- ***’“"" " '.7 “ only V
itself to be a valuable aid in impruv- r 8 own borders is much more likeiy J>us and Irritab.e is o .. PEOPLE OF
: , J nl-l.nn, , h 1 fOIIl mtUl t MU 1^30^ t. lO 0«
are short and wearisome. Afinnoy-,
ances which at other seasons are (
harijly noticed bulk large. To be nerv-
J. E. i
SPANISH WAR. MEMENTOES. 1
■ It looks as it the prize fight must
eurely go, for Colonel Roosevelt after
jdue deliberation has said so.
’. Nobody has yet explained why those
Florida alligators in Philadelphia man
ifested such a fondness for blocks of
ice.
Colonel Roosevelt will be in the
spot-Ught and the real hero-wben he
has kissed all of those Rome babies
next fall.
Tom Watson Is taking up a great
deal 'of newspaper space In addition to
tbut which he monopolizes In the , two
••Jeffs.”
That IS-cent price on cotton last
Friday was enough' to cause a growler
to make a noise tike a hoop and roll
away.
Now come sthe matter’of the con
demnation by tf.'c national government
of four of the ships "used in the Span-
ish-American War, which has aroused
a storm of protest.
The four ships that have been doom
ed by the government for sale as Junk
to tbe highest bidder are the Boston,
the Concord, the Winslow and the De
troit. The government views the sit
uation from a business standpoint and
advertises the ship for sale as so muen
junk. This Is undoubtedly true, if one
looks at it from the government’s view
point, but will the people of the coun
try stand for this action?
It Is understood fthat the Spanish
War veterans have already aroused
themselves to action with the indention
ing the methods of operation in soft
coal mines. The object of tba, station
is educational. It Is seeking to pro
mote, ln tho bituminous districts' cf
the country, the practice of the pre
cautions which are already enforced
in the most modern mines, Including
the hard coal mines ot northeastern
Pennsylvania. Its ability » do this
will be increased as a result of tbe
new federal law creating a Bureau of
Mines.
Though the conditions ln anthracite
and hltuminous mines are quite dlfter-
ent, there are in all mines certain fun
damental requirements tor -safety—
such as regular and careful Inspec
tion, proper support wherever the
’’roof” may be weak, thorough ventila
tion, and rigid discipline for employes.
And It Is often a neglect of one of
these fundamental requirements that
Isyrespohslble for a great mine disas
ter.
It was a series of calamities in bit
uminous coal mines that led to the
government’s activity in establishing
the ‘testing station.” In these mines
the accidents were caused by fire or
the explosion of gas; and In some
cases the mine workers were penned
to preserve it3 aggressive and militant
spirit, It is this which was hinted at
by Hon. Richard H. Edmonds In his re-
cenj address' before the students of the
Georgia School of Technology at At
lanta. ' ...
Mr. Edmonds spoke of th? Influx or
Northerners Into the South during ro-,
cent-years, referring to the fapt that
conditions were exactly reversed from
those which existed from 1865 to 1900,
when manySnore Southerners *en!
North than Northerners came Sooth.
The reason for tbe exodus of yours
Southerners from-the South during the
period from 1865 to 1900 was that the
South on account cf the devastation
and poverty of'the Civil War offered
hut little Inducement to. keep Its
young men at home.
The very fact that the reverse of
these, conditions is true now Is en
couraging. Northerners evidently find
promising business possibilities here,
otherwise they would not attempt to
come to this section. The South has
grown commercially—li fact. In every
way—and offers exceptional Induce
ments to the young men .of other sec-
tidns. Aside from commercial hene-
the common temperament. To
eccentric, rash, violent, Is to be more *n hereby announce:
than ordinarily under the weather. for the office of stater
In midsummer people who are too• J|°^‘held on l
much In earnest or who suppose that aele p ted by tfce s:a;e del
otters are make a mistake. Men say u R V ' e CO mmlitP'-.
and do strange things at th'is, time “i n making tbs annofl
which these conditions Is still normal that It ir appropiiatsi h
SSt-A art"? “3
earth, and ln the city it is super-heat. t ure V(iurIng which bmL
If herd and there one afflicted *with' a present laws relating t»J
delusion of egotism or a mania of banking were enacted, «■
&»' . ~~ <• <aa »*»." -
turb the reposeful sepses of millions whlch these lawl were ft
of the humdrum and the drowsy, let it nj e a clear
pass. The horrora and calamities of gia laws concernin*
midsummer all disappear with the tone*. t0 ' tM ,|
season. * wn. ro
■I J 111 OUUlux/.. — |
’ rtenco, I have been, wrj
Neither war nor pestilence nor fam- prea ( da nt of the EIMJ1
c— — - presiuuu * .ui
Ine is'ln sight. Our liberties are so- Savings Bank, in
cure at least until autumn, for no- say I tawg* &
body las energy enough to take them gJJwfoTS-sw
away. If there are complaints about ( am , n to
business, let it, be remembered that Improvements 1° ^
our swelterlsji forefathers heard them which will better ^
also in July. The great wrongs,’ the ests Of the
also in July, me great 71 k
pressing reforms, the emiHeat revolu- • 9 j e cted ‘o 1^ .
thus, the glorious triumphs—all these. j. shai i give *■',
IX It. _ a.sl..Ui. M-n» rntnrrtt tk. Fr.lft.fn1 diSChn’F
tl^ne, uie siurwuo Uiumimo |. g.idii - ,
must await the activity that returns the faithful
with the ozone and- the frost. _ | ***}?' c ™ e 0 )" tr iined.'
cases the mine workers were penned flu ^ g00(1 resu!u thu8 achieved in > Midsummer presents an opportunity Me a , sl6tan ts. „
In because the only opening to the br;a(lenlng and increasing national for a great northern siesta. While w, “I rospectfoP- ^ *
- “ , doze, the harvest ripens, the fruits eo ns’deratlon oi
sentiment are invaluah . Krow red and me llow and the invlgor- ers of the
Miff
surface was blocked by fire.
In the anthracite fields of Pennsly-
vanla the precautions for safety nave
been brought nearer to perfection
New York will have its hands full If
of saving the ships as' patriotic me- t h an i n any of. the other mining seq^ the fight films, are displayed,
mentocs. it is even rumored that as tions of the country; the federal end
a Ing breezes gather force. With the ( rt(| „ oa.. 5!:!
September awak^ing the vapors will . ^
have vanished, and those excitable,per- < ^xXOl'M 1
If Uncle Jae Cannon could get his
bands on the muckrakerS these da>-3
when he is hot, there would be a great
scrap.
lusty protes’. j.vl.1 be raised as was state reports show that now practlc-
manifest a few years ago when the a ii y a n the accidents are caused' by
Pin rtnnaMtution waB about the victims’ disregard of rules which
Xt the farm hands would adopt th
“Back-to-the-farm" slogan of the oth
er has-been what a warm time the
grass would have.
Jack Johnson’s hnrvest of dollars at
Reno was equal to the blackberries
appropriated by the average member
of his race.
good old ship Constitution was about
to he thrown upon the scrap heap and
assigned to oblivion.
There are two vital points to be
taken into consideration ln viewing the
question. One of these is that the gov
ernment will have an expensive pile
of junk to maintain it all this ships
that have been engaged ln successful
war struggles are preserved, while the
other is that the wish of the people
“ha regards saving these historical rel
ics Is worth something. Which is the
stronger of the conflicting motives?
A news item stresses the importance
of aerial navies in the future. Another
way of blowing money Into thin air.
. , . . ANS0P"
sons who now disturb our peace wl,, To the People of 0* 5
be remembered only as creatures of , flm a candWit®
an ugly dre^jn
For some reason there are a great
many people who can’t get It out of
their Leads that Toddy Is headed
towards another fat job.
Soon It will be the chief topic among
the bride - and her friends of “What
kind of aeroplane have you chosen for
your honeymoon trip?’”
were made up for their safety. ,Th'e
operators have always acted In co
operation with both United State* and
Pennslyvania state officials in Investi
gating and Installing every ubw safe
ty device that promised to aolp 'cut
down the list of fatalities.
There are thirty thousand feet of
the Jeffries-Johnson flgtlt pictures, hut
the Black Hand over-shadowi It all.
The peach season Is about ended.
The lemons will not be gathered, how-*
ever, until August 23.
The air-ships are having much in
fluence at Atlantic City. The bathing:
suits are said to be very much higher
than ever before.
Now that the motion picture has
come into Its own a candidate' can
make one speech and show It to every
constituent.
Alas, the Pittsburg man who lived f. eaS yre. co>c
I am a ■
tiler, subject to (
i
UB ^g and ^
on 65 cents a week oouldn’t last to tell
the story.
years
If anyone objects to saying that this
Is hot weather just let him mention tbe
warm welcome we’re giving the worli}.
wltW ut (
from any sourc * 9 ,]| c r|
wh ,ch my canJi r l
this, record I De ‘
people-
A news Item says that the White-
field county Jail h»s not a single pris
oner ln It. That Dalton 'Jaljer will
have a lonely, time.
It will be a question of only a short
i.ime as to which Is the cause of tbe
more fatalities, football or the aero-) gjgnatnre of
plane. •
CASTOR IA
For Infants and Children.
The Kind You Haw Always Bought w ^u bur
This Is ’-be day
rlftf'l
events that m .
joe Brown and » |
ernorT