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DAILY AND WEEILI.
Entered at the postoffice at Amsrl-
second-class mail matUr.
PHE AMERICUS recorder,
Established 1879.
,-HE AMERICUS TIME!,
Established 1890.
CeMoltdated AprU 1891.
VTI03. -GAMBLE, Editor and Manager
p/. FURLOW City Editor
b. UUPREE, Asst. Business Dipt
«Official organ of the City of Amerlcus.
'Official organ of Sumter County.
Official organ of Webster County,
r '.racial orgaH of Railroad Commis
sion of Georgia for Third Congres-
’3iox r aS District.
rofficial organ U. 8. Court, Southern
District of Georgia.
Editorial Room, Telephone W.
Amerlcus, (in., August t, 1910.
This Is August again.
The "wireless” Is once wore in the
. spot-light.
Some suggest a corn exhibit. Veg-
,\al>le or animal?
.Hoke Smith will be sicker still after
.a>« twenty-third.
A shark was caught Monday orf Stat
en Island. But New York Is still full
of them.
August should certainly be called
' blessed," because it marks the end of,
lie .legislature.
Rockefeller presented a group of re-
•sorters with cnpies of his book. How's
•leu for subsiding the press?
-Rube" Arnold didn’t use his famous
jura fool” epithet in his first cam-
-ralgn speech. "Rube" knows better
aow.
- A Crisp county chicken has been
. reported with only one wing. That's
the kind that Is never served In board-
Jit houses.
THE GUBERNATORIAL OUTLOOK.
With the primary less than a score
of days away, the consideration of
what the results will be when the bal
lots are counted is one that interests
every voter in Georgia.
Present indications are so strong,
however, as to be practically unmis
takably in favor of the return of Jos
eph M. Brown to the gubernatorial
chair for another term. Even the most
partisan organs of the Hoke Smith can
didacy can find but few and faint ex
cuses’to make for the weakness that Is
being shown by their candidate.
One of the most significant things of
the entire campaign is the fact that the
Smith managers have changed the tac
tics that were pursued by them in the
previous campaign. There is much less
of the bombast and fustian, which
made the former Smith campaign no
torious.
The greatest tribute that the Sml.h
forces could give to Governor Brown
is to endeavor to manage their own
campaign with the thorough good bus
iness sense and conservatism that
marked the last campaign of Governor
Brown and which has been so notable
during ithe present campaign. Gov
ernor Brown had the good sense in the
first campaign to see that the people
of the state were thoroughly tired of
all the ranting and spread-eagle ef
fects Chat were brought into play by
the Smith forces. His signal triumph
in the last election is to be repeated on
the twenty-third of the month, for his
campaign has been conducted, in the
j same clean and clear-cut manner a3
before, with no attempt to bring in
vague and nebulous issues but -with
firm reliance on the achievements of
his administration.
With manifest discomfiture to thorn
selves the Smith forces have attempted
to bring into the campaign such is
sues as the Durham mine affair and
others in order to break down the
gylid phalanx of support that the pres
emt administration has been receiving
from the people of Georgia and which
it will receive at the primary this
month, but no success has greeted thl3
kind of work. The people of the stats
are looking at the gubernatorial situa
lion in a manner that is sane and <Jom-
mendablo. Governor Brown’s admin
istration has appealed to them, and
they iwill vote their approval of it on
August 23.
In this strenuous season of base
ball operations, when the hame team
; ,nd the team in the big leagues are
battling for supremacy, attention bas
been called to the fact that baseball is
the great American game.
The history of the game shows this
most conclusively. It requires the
physical agility and active tempera
ment of the American to play '-be
game, and it also requires a crowd o,
American fans to enjoy the game prop
erly Every attempt to popularise tae
game across the Atlantic has failed, so
that the game may most truthfully be
called the national game of this caun-
tr> On!y recently Canada has taken up
baseball, but sufficient time has not yet
elapsed for one to tell with what re
sults. Canada being nearer the United
States—our next door neighbor, as ,i
were may succeed in making some
thing out of the game, but one may feel
safe in predicting that the Canadians
will hardly be able to rival success
fully their American cousins, even
after a long course of training.
It is 3ald that even Great Britain is
getting interested in tbe great Amer
ican game. Baseball is winning more
admirers in England to-day than ever
before. The prediction is being made
that baseball has gained a foothold
with the British athletes and that Eng
land will evolve some great ball play
ers. But at the same time, it seems a
safe prediction that the United States
will easily maintain its supremacy in
the baseball world.
Imagine our staid British cousins
rooting” at a baseball game in the
manner of the native American. They
may be able to do it. but it will take
long training. Where in all the woild
can one find baseball games written
up as the majority of American papers
handle them? Baseball slang is a
tongue to itself. There is nothing like
it in all the dope that is dealt out on
the sporting pages of the daily papers,
because more people see basebail
CONVICT QUESTION
Gives His Views on This
Important Issue.
To the Voters of Sumter County: ^
In closing my last card I stated that
it mas my intention to discuss the
.tuestion of working the convicts on
the city streets. My reason for doing
tais was that a bill has been intro
duced in the legislature making it the
special duty of the County Commis
sioners to have the convicts of our
countv work the streets of Americus
and keep them in first class condition.
I am against this bill under the exist
ing conditions and for this reason
wished to discuss the question with
the voters.
I believe that Sumter county is just
now entering upon the mo3t pros
perous era of her 'life. New families
are coming in from other counties and
states. Farm lands are rapidly ad
vancing in price. We are being wide
ly advertised as the county having the
best roads in this section of the
country. And I -believe that there is
no doubt but that this prosperity is
entirely due to the untiring efforts of
our county commissioners in improv
ing our country roads and bringing
tiem up to their present high standard.
But this work ts Just now beginning,
far only a small percentage of o-ir
highways are in first class condition
and it will be some time .yet before
they wlU be perfected. Now is cer
tainly not the time that we shou.d
cripple the county commissioners in
their work -by requiring them to dis
continue at least a part of their wort
oa our country roads, so that they
couid come into Americus to -work the
city -streets. I believe that the omy
true theory of government In suen
cases is to do the greatest good for
the greatest number. In working the
OFORGIA—Sumter County.
m Annie' Harris, late Bf said Canty,
this is to cite all and ^agnlar ^
creditors and next of km of Ann ?
Harris to be and appear at
within the time allowed mw. and
show cause, If any t)aey rau, why !>e
mauent administration swuld not b
granted to Andrew Burton on Annie
11 Witness my hand and official signa
ture, this 1st day-of August, 1910.
4~lt JOHN A. COBB, Ordinary.
i'etltion For Charts/
GEORGIA, Sumter Countv
To the Superior Court ,,
County: <
The petition of R. g. on,..,
Oliver. W. II. Hu;n 0:r , \v r
van, J. E.- Boole, J, r i.!'
Henry Lanier and Frank w ’
of Sumter county, Georgia '
ly show the following far-’.'
First. ''
Petitioners show that they,,,
associates and successors s,
become Incorporated under th*
and style of The Enipirt Guar! 1
pany with head office at 4 t
Georgia, and with power to
branch offices In any other p'.w
may be deemed expedient '
GEORGIA—Sumtor County.
To All Whom It Maf Concern.
G D Richards hoping, in proper
form, applied to me for permanent
Liters of Administration on the es
tate of .Tames E. Richards, late of
said County, this is to cite a.l and
singular the creditors and next of kin
of Janies E. Richards to be and appear
at my office witlaln the time allowed by
law, and si.»-w cause, if any they can,
why permanent administration should
not he granted to G. D. Richards on
James E. Richards' estate.
Witness my hand and official signa
ture, this 1st day of August. 1910.
4-4t JOHN A. COBB, Ordinary.
For Letters of Dismission.
may be deemed expedient.
Second.
The object of said corporsti.
pecuniary gain to Itself and h.,
holders.
Third.
The business to be carriei,
said corporation is the main
and sale of fertilizers, the erects
fertilizer factories and minings
warehouses for the sale and •
of the same, the erection, main:*
and operating of guano factorieii
ing plants and acid plants, ml
ing. selling, manufacturing ay*
ing in all kinds of fertilizer! i
gredients that go to make uni
Fourth.
Tbe capital stock of said ™
tion shall be Twenty ThouitJ
lars ($20,000.00) with the prirJ
increasing same to any amoia
exceeding One Hundred Thoussj
lars, the said stock to be did
shares of One Hundred
($100.00) each.
Fifth.
Petitioners desire the rights
and be sued, to plead and U
GEORGIA—Sumter County.
Whereas, Mrs. Josephine Johnson
Administratrix of Henry R- Johnson,
represents to the Court in 'her petition,
duly filed and entered on record, that
ofcia has fully administered Henry It.
Johnson's estate: i3 i'l^^Treli ed, to have and use a common
cite ail persons concerned, kindred makfl a „ „ ecessary by .; aWj ^
and credi-.ors,' to show causa.*n> ulat;on9> and to do ail other
they can, -why said Administrat e I tba t may be ne cesary for the *
should not be discharged from her ad- ^ carry | n g oil of said busln-
ministration, and receive letters OI | eluding the right to bay, ho
dismission on the first Monday in Sep- 1 ge j.j reac ] estate and p?rso
tember, 1910. I™
4-4t JOHN A. COBB, Ordinary.
sell read es:ate and personal j
ty suitable to the purposes ’
corporation, and to execute n
bonds as evidence of indebtei
curred, or which may be it:.,
the conduct of tbe affairs ol (
GEORGIA—Sumter County.
Whereas John W. L. Daniel, Admin . ^— — — -
Istrator of Mrs. Bessie E. Kleekley. poraiion and to secure the
represents to the Court in his petition, mortgage, security—deed,
duly filed and entered on record, that form of lien, under the exisi
Ulll.v uitsi auu vuvv'i
he has fully administered Mrs. Bessie |
E. Kleckley's estate: This is therefor.*
Sixth.
They desire for said Incoq
E. KtecKiey 9 esuue: mu nun™.,
to cite all persons concerned, kindred J the power and author s to «|
umi creditors to show .cause, If any and accept amendments to is
games during a given year than see b ty roads every citizen of
c 'No warm wave this week,” accord
ing to Weather Chief Moore. Yes—in-
*: deed—just a bit frosty with the local
..sports.
SEED SELECTION FOB FARMERS.
Of all the valuable bulletins issued
by the United States Department of
One of the umpires in the American 1 Agriculture that comparatively recent
' .Vague this season is named Chill. It*one on “The Selection of Cotton and
. . . it m % m D...SI.CVismia" 4a nnA
-i is ivubl. however, that Ms “umps"
v strictly a-very warm proposition.
** " i nspector Deiw nabs Dr. Crlppen
u«nd the Le Neve girl on ship," runs a
Itaud-Hne. That was a blighting Dew
JJitit. fell on this couple.
-On the advice of his physician Oil
■Xing Rockefeller is taking “whiskey
•A»at)iie,”* My, what a dreadful waste of
itilj' iiast 'good liquor!
M In Rockville, Md., a couple was mar-
-ried recently. Beginning as they
Love lneSockville, It is l»>ped that the
-way will not -be any rockier.
} VAorado cloudbursts are reported
ua mdangertng the lives of many tour
' :b$i. Thoy must be tame tourists ti
•et little things like cloudbursts worry
' m.
Mot o than five hundred dogs and cats
will bg guests at the marriage of a
•couple J pi* New York, if the two start
Skt*- . „ x'e dog and cat combination
"^rcrapping. - v
wrill be complete.
Dr D. •fitanlAY «»
1 Clark University, says that
I~i s must flirt- Now, dear doctor.
M put that into thejr beads, for
i-they flirt enough already.
Tlit iretll butchers are contemplating
J«U£ the beef trust. This means
Got there may be some more | jutce ’'"
:ng—not done by the butcher s them-
■ x selves.
Milking to umsic is an innovation of
, he dav in Boston, where it has been
Za with fine results. That may da
.to, th* classic cows of the Hub. but it
«1B likely fail when tried elsewhere.
•• Those Texas race Hots are certainly
^wann -.propositions. There is alwayft
ji small number of whites against au j
army of negroes, but the coons are
aalanglhtered in remarkable fashion
Corn Seed for Southern Farms” is one
that every farmer in the state should
have.
The bullitln is only eight pages in
length and ’contains six illustrations,
but within this brief compass is in
cluded information that should be of
the greatest interest and value to
every farmer. The department has en
deavored to get the bulletin before the
fanners of the Southern states in ord
er that as much good as possible may
-be reaped from the careful experiments
that have been performed by the staff
of government experts who have com
plied the work and that the general in
formation contained in it may result
in practical good
In -the Introductory section of the
bulletin is given the reason for seed
selection,- and the declaration is made
that for the amount of labor involved
no work upon the farm pays better
than seed selection. Then the Improve
ment of cotton seed and corn seed by
selection is taken up and carefully
discussed In a manner that is brief
and clear. As these are the two great
crops with which 1 the Southern farmer
is most closely concerned, it will b'
seen that the bulletin is one of ex
cellent practical value.
It Is too eften true of the farmer
that -he is not willing to take the
trouble to read an agricultural bul
letin or article that might prove of
great value to Urn. His environment
naturally makes him a conservative
but no progress is ever accomplished
without innovation and the spirit of
aggressiveness and inquiry. It is not
necessary for the farmer to adopt every
"new-fangled” innovation, hut he
should apply common sense in investl-
any other single sport—possibly more
than see a majority of the other sports.
It has required tfe pea of a cltlzea
of the United States ti produce that
immortal veres, "Casey at the Bar..’
which every loyal fan knows. It re
quired another of our citizens to pro
duce those Inimitable pen sketches.
Two Strikes and the Bases Full" and
•Struck Out." which' form illustrations
for the -baseball epics that our sport
ing writers produce. If there is any
ether nation that can prodube the play
ers to inspire such work, or writers
who can record suoh achievements, it
will be the revelation of the century.
Great is baseball! Great 13 America
UNNECESSARY LEGISLATION.
The house of representatives has de
feated the bill to exempt farm products
from taxation.
The farmers of Georgia are not
likely to shied many tears at the re
sults of the vote in the house, which
practically ends title existence of this
piece of legislation. It it isn’t class
•legislation, then it Is legislation that
is not necessary for the men who till
this soil.
The farmer doesn't care to be the ob
ject Its behalf of whom class legisla
tion Is foisted upon the public. It
isn't this that the farmer wants. It
ttie laws that are already on the
statute -books of Georgia are enforced,
the farmers of tbe state will be satis
fied at tffie outcome.
If there Is one <Jia3S of citizens It
the state w-ho are, or ought to be inde
pendent-asking only for the enforce
ment of the common principles of jus
tice—the farmers of the state are that
class. The farmer has less to come
under the head of those products that
can be exempt from taxation than any
of our citizens.
The high! taxes are paid by the deal
ers and merchants of the city. The
farmer caa escape the heavy taxation
•month in aad month out, which falls
upon ttie head of the man in the city.
Like all citizens the farmer must pay
taxes upon hiz land and his property,
but no one has yet reached that rev
olutionary stage where be preaches
the revocation of the taxes on land and
county and City is benefltted, because
they are used probably as much by
the citizens of Americus as by those
living in the country. This is not true
of our city streets, because the greater
part of the traffic over them is that of
the people of Americus. If we im
prove the country roads we help every
person in the county; if we improve
the city streets we only help the
people of the city.
Now, I believe that when we have
done the initial work of grading our
county roads and have them in good
condition we should use a part of our
convict labor on the city streets. Even
at such a time, though, I would not
favor a bill like the one introduced
for it only provides that the streets
of Americus should he worked, not
providing for the other towns through
out the county.
Besides this I would favor a bill re
pealing that part of our city charter
which provides that the sum of Three
Dollars shall be collected from each
male citizen of Americus as street tax,
when we begin to work our streets
-with convict labor, for there would be
no necessity for our street department
after tbe county had taken over the
working of our streets.
I believe the great majority of the
citizens of Americus and Sumtt
county are well satisfied with the
present wav we are employing our
conviot labor and I am In favor of
completing the work we have already
begun before we start another.
Respectfully yours,
JEFF TAYLOR.
and creditors, to stiow .cause, if an;
they can. why said Administrator of either form or u b
should not be discharged from his ad- ^ tl 5 m “ f They
minis':ration, and receive letters of —g “^the Ume.^They
dismiscsion on the first Monday in| a . .
September 1910.
l-4t JOHN A. COBB, Ordinary.
wind up its affairs, liquidates
continue Its business at any a
may determine to do so by sj
two-thirds (2-3) of Its stocks
ing at the time.
Seventh.
Ti.iey desire for -aid In col
the right of renewal when atij
ini vided by the laws of Georgian
For Letters of Administration.
GEORGIA—Sumter County.
To All Whom It May Concern:
Miss Sallie S. Johnson having, — , vaueu i.**c
proper form, applied to me for perm- lt have all such other righu
anent Letters of Administration on the privileges and immunities u
estate of Elam R. Johnson, late of said cident to like 1 " corp “ r !, f ,
Sunty this is to cite all and singular '"‘^^etorefV^ftloners PW
the creditors and next of kin of ' , ncorI ^ rat ed under the names
R. Johnson to be and appear at nv I a r ore said, with the powers, t
office iwihhln the time al '° wed by , Lnd immunities herein «e: !«
and show cause, If-any they can, wny I are novy or may hereafM
permanent administration should not I low ed a corporation of simile
be granted to Miss Sallie Johnson oa I nn( j er {he laws of Georl
Elam R. Johnson's esate. I tnr i nerlod of Twenty leai
■Witness my hand and official signa
ture, this 1st day of August. 1910.
4-4t JOHN A. COBB. Ordinary.
for a period of Twenty Iwri
SHIPP & SHEPP1
Petitioners Atv
Filed In this office this, tl"
Ofjuiy.mo.. Dep S.H- { ;
Administrator’s Sale.
GEORGIA—Sumter County. GEORGIA. Sumter County:
Under and by virtue of an order j g R Heya , Deputy C«
granted by the Court of Ordinary >-r g uper | or Court of said ci
Sumter County. Ga„ wlR be sold before hereby cen ify that the !«•'*-
the court house door in Americus. Ga, I , aQ( { correct copy o*.
to the highest bidder, wl-'-hln the .egal | Mon for c i, a rter of The
hours of sale on the fit st Tuesday in I Q 0m , )a ny, as the same ad’
TL'TSS. » *, 1-2
No 2 9 1 191 l-l acres, more or less,
In the New 26th District. Kno *' n ,. a3 1 n , uulv cl( . r k Superior 'w
the W. T. McMath Place, near Shiloh Deputy ti
S. R 1
“PROGRESSIVE DEMOCRACY.”
(Macon Telegraph.)
church. In Sumter, County. Sold as the
property of the Estate of W. T. Me-
Math. deceased. To be sold for distri-1
but Ion among the heirs. 4-4t-pd
E. J. McMATH,
Administrator of W. T. McMath J
Deceased.
For Letters of Administration.
GEORGIA—Webster County. . ant-rm **. °"T, *' Bt lroary.
Whereas J. M. Holloman having ing dem°=ra.lc rt-“ t
[ Ordinary of to the action th«*“
Coanty. , , . ,,i
This, the 8th day of w 1
FOR SHERIFF <>*'
COUNTY.
I hereby announce to Wj
Webster county ths 1 »• (
dlda-e for i-e-electlo a ^ (
Sheriff of said county at a -
property.
_ There may be some farmers
should apply common sense in Investl-I^ be benefltted by the passage of
gating the new plans and theories "M BUCb alaw . There may be some
agriculture and have the courage to farmerg wb0 actually r
adopt new methods where his g=od
sense tells him that such methods are
better than the ones which' he has
- Texas Is the latest state to declare
behalf of prohibition, lt is rumored
that Brother Bryan is going to take up
1 nis residence in the tone Star State,
riizsco Nebraska is so unfriendly.
Ttie gist of the matter In the Crip-
si rase seems to depend very largely
what Miss I.eneve -will tell about It.
'YStls is a case of where the woman cer-
<Lstelr bolus a key to the situation—
her talk. , ..
been using. '
Seed selection is based on funda
f mental principles of agriculture an I
biology. It is but common sense to
believe that better cotton and corn can
be grown from the seed of a well de
veloped plant than from one which is
defective or diseased. And yet how
many farmers really take the time to
obtain the bulletins from tbe state or
federal agricultural department in
order to investigate this and similar
questions that may mean much to them
in the way of vital progress? The
foregoing bulletin Is one that will well
re-pay carelul investigation.
farmers who actually need the pro
tection afforded by such a law. but
surely there are not many. The de
serving farmer has made a living in
the past -without this legislation, and
he Is Just as willing to continue to
make a living without It. There are
some farmers who haven’t succeeded
and who will never succeed, but
Isn’t on account of the lack of such a
•law as th« one under discussion. It
U because of the truth of that homely
observation made by Sidney Lanier,
•there's more in the man than there
Is the land”—and the taxes.
The Telegraph showed yesterday
.that the author of the alleged "Pro
gresslve Democracy" is now running n
third conseoutive time fir Governor on
his straw legs, and that on his Teal
legs he is running for another office
that of the United States Senator.
We showed yesterday that Ms first
lieutenant. H. H. Perry, who held
■Vtjhe flag” .while his leader halted, hiss
been a oandldate successively for
Judge, for governor, for congressman
'since the first of January this year
who j and [i,at meanwhile he ihas held anfcth
er—that of State Senator.
ipr^grdssi'ji Democracy, indeed!—
hot-fooced after ithe flesh pots.
In this connection it Is algnlflcant to
state the fact that they have a cand!
date in the field -for every state office
now filled by an appointee of Gbvcrno
Brown, and there is no candidate in
the field against Candler, of the Rail
way Commission, an appointee and
partisan of ex-Governor Hoke Smith.
"Progressive Democracy" means a
hot-scented chase for the pie counter.
applied to the Court of Ordinary of to the aci.on i»= ,
said County for letters of Admmis- ai>I>reolate the -^11^,1
tration with the Will Annexed on ths ta‘ P aat “ f n the pa*'J
estate of Mary G. Culpepper: All l‘ 9 '- tl ‘® ,ut hon est and ^
sons concerned are required to show *elf ^ ^ du les ol tM.
cause in said Court by tl V First Mo.i-I U- ^ ,
daiv In September next. If any they
can. 'why said application should not
ho granted. This Aug. 1, 1910.
d. This Aug. 1. 1910. ,. M1 s TRIP IS TO
W. H. COSBY, Ordinary. IMASUAGAi ^ sorT |l
| Uon,poser’s
When a woman ceases to love she
likes to show it; a tik <* 10
getaway. •-*' -
Administrator’s Sale.
GEORGIA—Stewart Count.
By •virtue ot an GTder of the Court or |
Ordinary of Stewart County. Oa.. will
be sold at public outcry, on the first Rome AllffU st ^
Tuesday in September, 1910, at the aa R lor tbf
Court House In Preston, Webster coun- ** iae the
ty, Ga., between the usual 'hours of soon to s pe ^fbfi
sale, ttv* following real estate, situated bis new opera ^
in Webster County, Ga., to-wit: 7j I Abbott Coml> * > .-.noiinc*
acres of land, more or less, of lan-d lot 1)bon y concerts, sn
No. (226) two hundred and twenty-six, h hlg North A» e
In 24th District of Webster Comsty.l « , . {or three
Ga., and bounded on the riort by lanHs I sot «* 1 th< , re al»e 1
of T. S. Chappell, on oast 'by lands of will remain ^ #
E. Nowell, deceased, on the aouth by then tour the yv
lands of D. W. Ntdholson, on the -weeti He Is res« r| imi* ,
by lands of M. M. Wilson, said lands gl(>n 0 { “Ysobel, «“ *
being generally known as the Bryant t^iicves a® .
farm. Sold for tMe purpose of dUtri- '•
he bel leVCS
. ...mniAntS ®
farm. Sold for to purpose of distri-1 '• .-tertainments «
button among the heirs. Terms cash, thf* 9 user’s * lfc ’
*“-• W. U POWELL, The comp 939 _
4-4t-pd
After •writing a letter of seventeen
pages a iwoman puts ail she bias
say in a three-line postscript.
-pd W. L. POWELL, tub „ gte , vv
Administrator of C. P. Powell, to the Un "T , rCO mP^
Deceased. I nleasant, wi“ ,^ji
to
What has become of the white horses
that used to follow auburn-'hslred wo
men around ___ _ t j*.
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