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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