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m TIMES-RECORDER 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*. . -su iccom?*"' —him to A man will hunt the world over for I enables him motley; he expects religion to find him. fluency. _.