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THE AMERICUS WEEKLY TIMES RECORDER. THURSDAY. MORNINGAUGUST 18, 1910
[HE TIMES-RcCORDER
daily and weekly.
Entered at the postofflce at Ameri
cas aa second-class mail matter.
XHE AMERICUS RECORDER,
Established 1879.
THE AMERICUS TIME!,
Established 1890.
Coeeolldated AprU 1891.
EHOS. GAMBLE, Editor and Manager
3. W. FURLOW city Editor
Official organ of the City of Amerlcus.
Official organ of Sumter County.
Officio! organ of Webster County.
Official organ of Railroad Commis
sion ef Georgia for Third Congres
sional District
Official organ U. S. Court, Southern
District of Georgia.
PROTECTING THE CHILD.
The matter of prevention of child
labor in Georgia, has gained an added
impetus in the victory at the recent
session of the legislature. When /.ie
bill was passed prohibiting ti-'e em
ploying of messenger boys at night, a
strong point was scored In favor* of
further prolilbition of child labor. The
general child labor law was passed in
1906.
This is only an entering wedge, as it
were, In the campaign in behalf of tic
betterment of the working children of
Georgia. The battle for the emanci
pation of the child is being waged vig
orously throughout tfJe state, the
V NEWPAPEB WITH A VISION.
Among the few northern newspapers
that seem to be able to approach and
discuss matters of a strict,y Southern
nature dispassionately stands out the
New Haven Register, whose recent as
sertion in regard to the preposition to
place a statue of Jefferson Davis in
the Hall of Fame at Washington that
no man has more truly honored the
state of Mississipl and the South, will
meet wl:h universal approval from the
people of*the Southern States.
Continuing Its discussion of the
question tine Register says: “Is It too
much to conclude not merely that t v.
North has forgiven Jeffers;n Daris.
FULL ELECTION RETURNS
ON NEXT TUESDAY
Times-Recorder Will Give
Complete Reports.
COL. SHEPPARD
TOURING COUNTRY
AN^UNGi^
FOR BEPREsEM lTIn
Friends Say is Makin
Magnificent Headway.
Editorial Boom, Telephone W.
Amerlcus, Gn., August 18,1910.
Vote for cooler weather.
i Stuff the box, if you wish.
' jysss than a week before the land
slides.
Aeroplane racing is blooicurdlingly
exciting.
The Southern eorn crop is said
Le a "whopper.”
The freak election bet3 won't
published this year.
The light against child labor in the
etate is still going on.
i The legislature is over. We get rid
Vt one evil at a time.
Those science believers who spurn
medical aid continue to die.
It will soon be too late to visit fho
Seashore to get a coat of tan.
It is a hard job to thoroughly choke
bff Uncle Joe Cannon’s grip.
That Chatham county Brown torch
light parade will be a corker.
It Is pleasing to learn that
IKlbUcome Riley will recover.
A New York girl saved the life of a
Canary, then took her own.
The people will heave a long sigh
at relief—after tine primary.
Many people are ready to vote for
the discontinuance of voting.
South and the entire natfon. The Na-jbut that at length It has come to tiu
tional Child Labor Committee, which! realization that its bitter hatred of him
has general charge of the nation-wide was without ground, and that here al-
movement, has its,offlces in New York j so was a man of honor, a man who
City, whence it gives general directUm fought and suffered—oh, re —uch—
and supervision to the efforts of those for his fidelity to an eternn. yr'nclpb. 1 .
who are working for the prohibition of, The North even y#t underst-od little
child labor throughout the entire conn- of the Southern vlewpo.nt, but the
try. light is dawning. And its failure to
The National committee has issued express heartier approval of the al
as its pamphlet No. 138 an illustrated ( vocacy of justice to Jefferson Dav:s
exposition of conditions in the cotton is due in part to shamefacedness at tiu
mills of Georgia, where most of the'error which has been nursed so long.’
child labor Is employed. This pam-j Coming as this does from a repre-
phlet is being sent out through Dr. A. sentative New England newspaper, it
J. McKelway, secretary for the South- is like a heart-to-heart talk with the
eru states, of the National Child Labor people of the South. It U spoken In a
committee. The initial statement of spirit of breadth and sanity that s
the pamphlet is that Georgia was the genuinely refreshing. This spirit is
ast of the manufacturing states in what will do more toward removing
the Union to pass a child labor law. the remaining traces of bitterness be-
Other things of which Georgia cannot tween the sections than any 'thing
well feel proud as regards Its child else. The Register shows further its
labor record are also summarized. good sense by admitting that a “seriou*
Among these Is the fact there are attempt to place the likeness of Jeffer-
only two states in the Union now, son Davis in one of Mississippi's nicit-
Georgia and North Carolina, in whicn es would cause a tremendous storm,
children are allowed to work sixty-six blit It would clear the air.” One of the
hours a week; that Georgia occupies most valuable lessons that such men
the bad eminence of allowing children' as Senator Heyburn, who vainly op-
under thirteen years of age to be em- posed the placing of Lee's statue in
ployed for a slxty-six-hour week, or a the Hall and who has still more re-
twelve-tour day; that Georgia permits cently 1 ’ made himself notorious by ob
its ten-year-old children to labor for Jecting to the strains cf “Dixie,” could
sixty-six hours a week, or twelve hours learn has been taught him by the ac»
a day. Defective as It is, the great ‘lion of Attorney General \\ Ickershaci
fault'that is found with the Georgia and President Taft In approving the
law is that it is constantly violated admission of tht statue of the famou:
and with impunity. Southern generals. Such storms serve
Statistics Live been collected by admirably , to clarify (tie situation,
these who compiled the pamphlet and The occurrence.serves to show rai-
these statistics leave little doubt about ica’s like Heyburn that there Is
the fact that the law is being constant- broader spirit of tolerance in the Nort a
ly disregarded with reference to the than he has ever been ab’e to conceive,
age limit and othor provisions concern- { There are but fen like Heyburn in
ing the hours of work. There are fact, and when they endeavor in their
copious Illustrations, which of them. * rabid way to defeat the more rational
selves show more graphically the dead- sentiment of their section and of til
ly and pernicious effects If child labor nation, defeat Is sure to meet then:
than anything else could. TJie pic- The New Haven Register deserves the
tures are fraught with the pathos of thanks of the nation in Its endeavor to
lives blasted physically and morally.' , broaden the thinking of these intole'-.
It seems from the foregoing facts ant haters,
th^t the greatest need today Is the 1
enforcement of the laws that already THE REMNANTS OF THE GREAT,
exist, without which further prohibit, | *
Election returns will be received by
the Times-Recorder In full on next
Tuesday.
Two years ago the Times-Recorder
gave a complete and thoroughly accu
rate service.
T.-'is year the service will be as ac
curate ae It Is possible to make it.
During the day whatever developes
throughout the.state will be wired to
the Times-Recorder office and posted
on Its bulletin boards.
At.night the returns from the va
rious cities and counties will be re
ceived and posted as quickly as they
are returned.
As soon as It is definitely determin
ed from the drift of the returns as to
which of the gubernatorial candidates
has won, the Times-Recorder will ac.
quaint the Amerlcus public with the
fact.
It is quite probable that by nine or
ten o’clock sufficient returns will be
in to determine whether the next
governor is to be Brown or Smith,
unless the election should be reman
able for Its closeness, wh'lch Is hard
ily probable. Whichever candidate
wins will doubtless do 30 with a sub
stantial majority and the early re
turns will doubtless pretty well indi
cate the drift.
In any event the Times-Recorder
will keep the public here posted
throughout the day and night.
EVERY MAIL BRINGS
CALLS FOR PAMPHLETS
Col. J. E. Sheppard Is losing no time
in pushing his candidacy In the coun
try districts of Sumter. Since his re
turn to the city from title legislature
he has been steadily in the field and
his friends report that he is thorough
ly satisfied with tire outlook.
On .Monday Col. Sheppard met a
number of the citizens of Plains and
that vicinity and laid before them his
position on public questions. Yester
day he was in the Seventeenth district
making, a personal canvass, and to
day he will be at Leslie. By contin
uing Iris work in the section of the
county outside of Amerlcus until the
eve of the election Col. Sheppard hopes
to meet the great majority of the cit
izens engaged In farming and to have
heart-to-heart talks with tlrem.
“Col. Sheppard Is explaining h'is po
sition with regard to the convicts, the
public roads and every other question
that Iris arisen In the campaign,”
said one cf his staunch supporters yes
terday, “and he is making magnificent
headway In tearing down the misrr,
presentations that have been clrci;
lated about his attitude toward the
country. We feel tiroroughly confi
dent that he will win In this fight and
make this district one of the best sena
tors it has ever had.”
Col. Sheppard returned to the city
late yesterday afternoon, tired out
but thoroughly pleased with tbe re
sults of his campaign. “Everywhere
I have been." said he, “I have had
numerous assurances of support, and
the outlook is brighter than ever.
I am a candidate for -
from Sumter County, ,„-J^
primary of August i‘3rd* S y 11
pidciaie your support’ ’
J - T - FERi
FOR BEl'RESEMiuj]
To the Voters of Sumter i
At the solicitation of a t
the good people of Sumter t
have decided to enter the ra-
Legislature in the primary 0 ;|
23rd. Should I be honor;] J
nomination for Represe,J
pledge my best efforts. t„
progressive upbuilding of
City and State. My candidi
nounced subject to the
Democratic primary.
CALVIN’ (
Good Work of IJoard Trade
Goes Right On.
ory laws will be useless. It Is neces-
(Savannah Press.)
A. youth stumped a barber by asking
for his hair to be dyed gray.
New York gets Into the llrae-llght
Wth‘ the first hobble-skirt race.
Certain large drug companies
merging. A deadly combination.
The campaign’ dopesters have “fit,”
bled and died many times already.
The New York automobile^ seem to
be leading in deadly effectiveness.
pary to awakefl in the parents of many' The Atlanta Journal of a recent date
of the children a more vital sense of had a splendid editorial upon “The
their responsibility. The owners of Thirty Surviving Generals" of the
the mills can be brought into a broad- Confederacy. It was a fine tribute to
er sympathy with the movement, as It the leaders of the Lost Cause and to
is shown that in some of the North the intrepid army which followed and
Carolina mills that with the factory faltered not. ,
schools and other Improvements that As each year goes by an age set-
have ibeen Inaugurated that the moun- ties upon some and death clones on
tain children ate far better off at the others, we pause In the Hurry of our
factories than in their former homes, dally routine and note the event with
Factory labor for the child Is not all sadness. So many of the men, wo-
bad, and It should not be proceeded men and children of the South to-
agalnst In any such light. Sanity and day have been born and reared since
thoughtfulness must be employed here the war that the realization of that
as In other reforms.
'■Sunday lid at Coney stops a snake
Gance.” Evidently a case of T. D’s.
FARMERS, TAKE NOTICE.
How long will It require for the aer
oplanes and autos to exterminate the
people?
awful period comes but infrequently
to them. We are of a different time, a
different pepple in a measure, but with
a mutual aim. However far we may
drift from conditions which surround
ed the men of secession, we cannot cs-
\ Tbe Carnegie Hero Fund has made
a report. Now we may know who the
bezo.es are.
Since Ahe Blakely affair Georgia
mayors have been trembling violently
In their boots.
Attauta and New Orleans are having
a battle royal for the pennant In th
Southern league.
“Spain and the Vatican both stand
firm.”—News Item. That is, as firm
os each can Btand.
English labor unions are advocating
(be abolition of war. That doesn't In
clude strikes, of course.
'■ The campaign organs have two edi
torials prepared. One to ibe used ii
they win, the other If they lose.
The last session or Congress appro
priated a billion dollars. Gee, that's
spending the people's money.
A tiring Island man has a pig that
will climb a tree. That pig Is versa
tile enough to be a campaign speaker,
i
Tbe druggists of the country are up
In arms against the soothing syrups.
They are the cause of most of the dope
fiends. It Is said.
Standard Oil Company In Chicago
baa asked to have its taxes raised. Mr.
(Macon Telegraph.) ' v ■>
The Hoke Smith primary law denies
to the farmers the right to come \o' ca P® tbe thou 8 :, t of them. We glance
town on primary election day and voce kack uVott the immortal memories of
at the court house, while doing a little Jackson and Albert Sidney Johu-
shopping, as has been their right from s t° Il I upon Forrest, Ashby and Hamp-
the beginning in Georgia. ; ton; upon Cleburne, Cobb and Beaure-
Each' man will hqve to vote in his « ard - and thc ro11 I*-hardly begun,
own district precinct, or not at ail. ' | Thirty generals left. The very sound
It has been the custom and the prlv- of these word3 makes one respect the
Hege of the farmers In Georgia ever rava * oa of time. One lieutenant, four
since there was a state of Georgia, ma Jors and a quarter of a hundred
to kill two birds with one stone by brigadier generals constitute tlx sur-
making election day their trading day I vlv3rs — 1111 'bowed with jago and revoiv-
in town. But now they will have to' ,nf? ln theIr mlnda the eventful past.
WHEATLEY HOME IS LEASED
FOR TERM OF ONE YEAH
go to the district precinct to vote.! A natl on's glory In her past makes
Thiey cannot vote at the court house. the '"tegrlty of her future the greater.
This is one of the “reforms” which' " 1ic “ the Soutb begins to forget her
will make It Inconvenient for many. I immortals we are ready for oblivion.
As long as we keep fresh their mem-
The railroads of the nation are plan- orles we wln he a great people. The
nlng to Increase their rates. Turn the more we teach our youth our history
interstate commerce commission loose * be better prepared are we to maintain
on them! , the Ideals of our forefathers, and
whether conditions arc changed and
There are few men as discontented ' be kray chieftains gradually refj^ond
as the man who doesnit own an auto- Adsum,' we are yet to refrain ths
mobile but envies that owned by his 8am ® loyal race, whoso first principle
more fortunate neighbor. i® loyalty to tradltlonn. The book is
NEW BANK IS STARTED
IN TOWN OF ELLAVILLK
not yet closed, though' nearly com
pleted. We have the last few pages
left us to linger over a while. When
the covers are finally shut the South
J. H. Stevens Is President; W. J. Mank, wlu WPe P with) sorrow and put away
Cashier. | “P° n th ® shelf of Immortality the rec
ollections of an era pregnant with
Amerlcus little neighbor, Ellavllie.' herioslm and devotion.
MH. THORNTON MILL Bl’ILD
NEW DWELLING ON COLLEGE
Is to have another bank in addition to
the one long established there by the
The story will bp told next Tuesday,
Bank of South Western Georgia, of’and hen will the disappointed candl-
thls city. The new bank will open'dates ln Sumter proceed to figure up-
about September lOtki with J. H. Stev 'on tbe list of liars here.
ens as president and W. J. Mauk, as]*
It wHj be one of tU Wit a am I Experience Just makes love
READY 10 LEAVE
OLD GAROLINA
Hardly a mall comes to Amerlcus
that does not bring requests for cop
ies of the recently Issued Board of
Trade pamphlet and the addresses ot
real estate agents and parties desir
ous of selling farm land^. These
inquiries come from all over the South
and abundantly bear testimony to the
results" of the advertising done by the
Board of Trade. They are also a suf
ficient proof of what could be accom
plished if tbe organization in question
were ln position to continue this ad
vertising propaganda and expand Its
scope. t
Mr. J. R. Britton, who was ln charge
of the work of making the soil map of
Sumter, is now engaged in a similar
work ln Arkansas. But he has not lost
his interest In Amerlcus and Sumter
county and has forwarded a list of
people to whom pamphlets are to be
sent, farmers who ere likely to feel ai
Interest In the opportunities offered
here. Other former citizens of Ameri-
cus have afso shown their devotion
to the city and county by similarly
sending names of parties whom they
have found Interested in Georgia and
considering a ohange of location.
During the summer months the
Board of Trade, like all other ibodlei.
Is resting a little on Its oars, so far
as meetings go, but the work of ad
vertising still goes on, and with the
advent of cooler weather and the re
turn of all tbe business men to th;
city, a determined effort will be made
to swell the membership, awaken *
greater interest and put the Board in
posAlon to broaden V,; advertising
and accomplish more tor Amerlcus and
Sumter.
RYLANDER LED HOOKS
IN BOTH AUTO RAGES.
Snipes Outdistanced King
in Motorcycle Race.
Handsome Home on College Street Is
Disposed Of.
The residence of the late Col.
Charles M. Wteatley on College street,
has been leased to Mrs. M. G. Boyd
of this city for one year, and at the
expiration of that period It will prob
able be again occupied by members of
the Wheatley family, shouid they de
cide to return to Amerlcus to reside.
Mrs. George W. Bacot and little daugh
ters will go to North Carolina today
to remain for gome time before return
ing to their hoipe In Charleston, while
Mr. and Mrs. J. Reed Curry return to
Charlotte.
Another handsome and comfortable
residence on College street is fully as
sured ln the purchase yesterday by
Mr. W. J. Thornton of the vacant lot
next .the residence of Mr. Henry H.
Johnson, being sixty feet front-off the
property of Mrs. E. P. Morgan. The
lot Is a very desirable one, and Mr.
Thornton proposes to erect a com
modious and attractive residence there
for Ms own occupancy. Work upon
the new home will soon be started,
FOB THE LEGISLlfi
I hereby announce myselli
date for representative,
the democratic primary, i
to be held on the 22ri|
August, 1910.
E. ii
FOR REPRESENTS
I am a candidate for rejj
from Sumter county, subja
primary of August 23d, ad
cremate your support.
J. El
Two Families Preparing to
Leave Anderson.
FOR SEXATOK, |
To the Voters of Sumter C
I hereby announce my 1
for the .State senate, as r;jj
for the Thirteenth Senato
subject to the action o! tj
cratlc primary on August!
JEFF*
‘ ■
FOB THE SEMI
To the Voters of Sumter 0
1 hereby announce that I|
didate for the State Send
Thirteenth Senatorial
Ject to the Democratic pfl
held on August 23, 1910.
— Resjs
j. e. sa
Mr. Claude Wilson, of Andrews, S.
C., arrived ln th.e city yesterday an!
Is arranging for the removal of his
family from that point to DeSoto. Mr.
Wilson wants to have himself and fam
ily aettled down in Sumter county ear
ly In October and ready to begin op
erations for the next season's crons.
He will handle the 1.200 acre3 pin
chased by his father from the old De-
Soto plantation and expects to consid
erably Improve It from an agricultu
ral standpoint.
Mr. R. G. Harper Is also preparing
to remove his family to Sumter coun
ty from Anderson. S. C. He has a 1,-
-100-acre place In the southern section
of the comity, and Is eager to become
settled on it with his folks and put in
some effective work ln Its betterment.
One or two other South Carolina
families who arc Interested In recer.t
purchases of land ln Sumter are e
pected to move ln during tbe coml.
fall or winter. | A if]
ANNOUNCES
To the People of Georgia: |
I am a candidate for!
urer, subject to the zclla^
ocratlc party at the appi
u'ary for the selection oiij
oUttera
Long and fai'.tful sen
office as treasurer and t
treasure. covc>mg a perlr
years without censure i
from any sources Is the p
which my candidacy It
this record I beg the i
people.
W.l
Walter Rylauder . In an E. M. F.
car, came out winner In each of thu
amateur automobile races held yes
terday afternoon on a stretch of the
Leslie road, winning by a fair mar
gin over J. D. Hooks, driving a Hudson
car, and the only competitor.
The first race uvas from, a runnlg
start, and In two heato. The time of
each contestant In each heat was as
follows: ■ ^
First Heat
Rylander—39 seconds.
Hooks—12 seconds.
Second Heat.
Rylander—12 2-5 seconds.
Hooks—12 Beconde.
The second race was from a stand
ing start, with the following results i
First Heat.
Rylander—18 seconds.
Hooke—51 2-5 seconds.
Second Heat
Rylander—18 1-5 seconds.
Hooka—50 4-6 seconds.
The motorcycle race between King
and Snipes over the same course re
sulted ln a victory for Snipes, who
made it in 57 seconds. King made it
In 59 seconds.
TO THE PEOPLE OF fi
”1 hereby announce r
for the office of state r
ject to the white deux
of 1910, to be held oa'
selected by the state
utlve commtltee.
“In making thi s annoi
that It is appropriate
that my service for
both branches ot the
ture, during which tia»l
present laws relating Ml
banking were enacted, t»l
at, the same t'me on n I
mittee on banks and
which these
given me a dear insist
gla laws concerning
nance ... ,<
“In addition to
rience, I have been.
president of the z- 1 *
Savings Bank, in " 6 ‘ ( ,
say I have K a ‘ a ® d
perience concerning
these laws; and, aa»
1 am in position to «
improvements In •
which will better safeP
osts of the depositor* j
state banks. ,
••If elected o
tion, 1 shall gue ■
the faithful dUcM'^J
assist me In "Men
services of trained,
ble assistants. „1
"I respectfull.' rM J
cons'deratlon I
era of the ‘^gytoSl
"Elberton. Ua-.
For
Nowi York, August 17.—Clear
weather ln Texas and Mississippi, and
Giles’ condition report of 73.2 at artel
che market on an upward tendency
again today. Priiy» advanced sharply
and remained firm all day.
-Spot sales none. Quoted twenty
The Best Farm* "
Adjoining ^
We have them »»•
and well located .
Be sure to see
you buy. .pit
Tracts from * &
1 promi
all
that p<
Opard e:
lent I
23 he wo
the vol
next kei
this dl
be elec;
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