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[HE TIMES-RECORDER
DAILY AND WEEKLY.
Entered at the poatofflee at Amsrl-
u second-class mail matter.
THE AMERICUS RECORDER,
Established 1879.
{"HE AMERICUS TIME*,
Established 1890.
Cc -aolldated April 1891.
CAN A POOR MAN RUN FOR GOV
ERNOR?
It looks very, very much aa though
a real poor man would have a pour
chance in a race for governor of Geor
gia.
PRO' 7 G'.MBLE, Editor and Manager
3. Vv FU tbOW City Editor
igj, t. DUPREE. Asst. Busineaa Dept.
ITSc! I or an of the City of Americaa.
JUSlOiri o tan of Sumter County,
ftjffleiai orian of Webster County.
uOfficial organ of Railroad Commls-
r'r nr Georgia for Third Congrei-
ciona! District
^Official or,;an U. S. Court, 8outherm
District of Georgia.
Editorial Boom, Telephone W.
Americas, Gu„ September 15, 1910.
Tile publication of the expense ac
count will be responsible for tine di.-;-
appearance of a lot of gubernatorial
bees in Georgia.
Only forty Americus auto owners
'have applied at Atianta for numbers
and licenses. Where are the other-
ninety and nine?
The North Georgia Citizen refers
Roosevelt to Torn Watson as a sa.l
-instance of what ironies from talking
too much.
A candy manufacturer is running
for recorder of Atlanta, it is stated.
The poor man doesn't know that fe
male suffrage has not yet arrived.
The few Democrats over in Vermont
can stiffen up Vheir backbones now.
There is still hope that some day their
faithfulness will be rewarded with a
victory.
The Macon News dhvotes two col
umns to a history of the currency.
The average man could condense,his
currency into three words—worked,
paid, spent. •
Taft i3 lo he invited to a "vindica
tion” dinner to Senator I.orimer, in
- Chicago. The president’s "previous
- engagements” will ynfortunately pru-
' vent his acceptance.
Not that money is ever used in this
state in a gubernatorial race for im
proper purposes. Perish the thought.
Georgia is not in the Mass of states
where corruption of voters has become
a commonplace, its state 'politics are
singujariy free from such a taint.
Governor Campbell has also signal
a new Jaw placing lire insurance coti'
trol in tile hands of a commission. Tins
law becomes effective ninety days
al.er adjournment, the present law re
maining in force until that time.
But the actual expenses involved in I jj a , e
The above is an extract from a news
dispatch telling of laws that have
been enacted by the legislature of the
great state pf Texas, which have re
ceived the approval of the governor,
and go into effect at some near!)
making a race for the governorship are
such as to preclude a poor man from
entering the field.
Hoke Smith's statement showed that
in the campaign just ended he erpend-
od $10,500 out of his own purse. In
tile previous two campaigns his pers
onal expense account was unquestion-
ably larger than this: The three cam
paigns have doubtless cost him be
tween $40,900 and $50,000.
Then his friends expended $7,000 in
the main expenses of the campaign
from the Atlanta headquarters, not to
mention the various amounts expended
by them in their respective counties.
TMs is all entirely legitimate. There
is no harsh criticism to be made on
this account. But it simply demon
strates a condition that has arisen ‘n
present day politics that seems to de
mand a cure, if a cure is passible.
IIow many men of eminent worth are
there in Georgia to-day who would
honor the office of Governor and yet
whose total wealth would not aggre
gate the amounts Mr. Smith has paid
out of his private purse in the past
three campaigns?
There is Senator Bacon for instance
His total wealth a matter of a year or
two ago was placed at $25,000.
Then there is Congressman Brantley.
He is not included amang the pluto
crats of the state by any means.
And there are many others wfcose
names suggest themselves on reflec
tion, whose fortune and incomes could
not possibly stand such a strain.
It is legftimate, there is nothing im
proper about it. yet one cannot help
thinking that it should be otherwise,
that It ought not to be necessary t.i
expend such large sums of money in
a canvass*for the office of governor oi
Georgia.
But how js the amount expended to
be limited, and how are absolutely
legitimate expenses to be held down t.>
smaller figures? Can this problem b>
solved?
There surely ought to be some way
in which a man could conduct a suc
cessful campaign without impoverish
ing himself, or drawing heavily on his
friends.
The Griffin News says that one sel-
•- dom hears of the father and mother
-I of a large family rushing to the di-
' vnree courts for a separation. Juct
X io the exwnt that children are avold-
• <?d the trend to divorce increases.
Woodward wants the mud eliminat
ed from the coming Atlanta campaign.
The Macon News cynically remarks
(that Jim knows where a good deal of
sSe mud would stick.
A former Chicago pastor and his
< 'wife have gone on the stage, the lat-
r ter ’wearing tights. The wife says
that tights and a full stomach arc
1 preferable to worn-out dresses and an
-"aching void.
If Roosevelt would only tel! the
’ truth his expression over the Maine
■Mention returns would be the o!J
' "dee-dighted". Republican defeats like
that strengthen Roosevelt In his ef-
- Forts to secure control of his party.
The -Atlanta Journal thinks the Hi
• tub! Iran party is about ready to drop
!£o pieee3 and be carried to the Junk
.pile. That is too optimistic a view to
take of the future. It Is a sale pre
diction that the two existing parties
will be fighting each other a genera-
ion hence, both probably purified and
- unproved for the public service.
Tbe Macon New3 wants Joe Cannon
‘"to ‘rip the lion's skin off Roosevcit
and expose the ass's ears.” It thinks
«nch a skinning process might fi t
something to rehabilitate “Uncle Joe”
with tine public. We doubt it. The
- ' American Ephraim Is wedded to
t .mACtoosevelt Idol just now.
TIME FOR SOUTH GEORGIA TO AC1
The "Atlanta Journal lias an editorl il
v. an ; ‘0T<i Thine Singings.” They arc
- -jot obsolete in this section of t.state
'■ by uny means. Fre quentlv the eor-
VfCBpondeuM- of the TinuuRecorder
-give notice: of an "all-day singing" at
sosne church or school house. As
She Journal well says. "If ever rotter-
sally rocked with me'.puy it is oa
sntia. occasions.''
There is every reason why all Sou;h
Georgia, without regard to past fac
tional lines, should unite in supporting
a South Georgia man for president, of
the Senate, and none, that we are
aware of, why it should fail to do so.
To begin with, the prize belongs to
this section. North Georgia will have
the governor and the speaker of the
House. That should satisfy it.
Then North Georgia has had the past
two presidents of the Senate. Another
reason why it should stand aside this
time.
■ Then tbe candidate offering from
South Georgia is a thoroughly compe
tent man, well qualified, for the posi
tion, a man of high character, one who
would make an ideal presiding officer.
In addition, there is every likelihood
that the next president of the Senate
will be cilled upon to act as gov
ernor, for sixty days at least. There
is every reason to believe that Senator
Clay will be out of the running, prob
ably resigning when the next legisla
ture convened and that Gov. Smith will
resign and become United States Sen
ator in his place. 1
The governorship would then de
volve on the president of the Senate
for the ad interim period preceding an
election of a new governor.
Co!. J. E. Sheppard, of Sumter eon.i-
ty, would ornament the office of gov
ernor fully as well as that of presi
dent of the Senate. South Georgia, if
it stands true to its candidate, wouij
then have the double honor of the pres
idency of the Senate and the ad interim
term in the gubernatorial office. And
probably it would get the successor to
Gov. Smith, as well.
This is tile time for South Georgia
to act with resolution, to demonstrai
that It does not propose to be the po
This especial law is .the very sort of
a Jaw that the state of Georgia needs
Governor-to-be Smith might as well
send for a copy of it. study its condi
tions, have one drafted along similar
lines, and use his influence to push it
through the next legislature.
Georgia, in common with 1 many otliei
Southern states, lies absolutely de
fenceless before the greatest trust of
the day, the Southeastern TJariff As
sociation. This association is a close
corporation, a combination of all tin
fire insurance companies doing lius.-
ness in this territory for the purpose
cf fixing prices and establishing regu
lations. If there ever was a combina
tion that annulled competition, that
destroyed anything approaching com
petition, it is this Southeastern Tariff
Association. Why it should he perm't-
ted to operate in restraint of competi
tion while laws are enacted and en
forced against other combinations not
half so iniquituous. not ha’f so Inim
ical to the public interests, it ia diffi
cult to see.
Texas has determined ti nt trusts of
this character have no more rights
than other similar combinations, that
fire Insurance companies, affecting the
business interests of every citizen of
the state, are just as much subject ;o
state regulation and supervision as
railroad corporations. Texas/is right.
It has set the.pace and Geohg'a and
other states should follow suit. OI
course there will be a fight against
such supervision on the part of the
lobbyists of tlie assoMstion in ques
tion, threats of withdrawing from the
state, etc., but Georgia is too good a
field to be abandoned, and if the state
insists on a measure of protection for
its citizens against extortion it will
win in the fight. .
Gov. Smith can do no single act that
will more strengthen him from one
end of the state to the other than !,j
secure a proper measure of supervis
ion of fire insurance in Georgia. Ev
ery farmer, every mechanic, every pro
fessional man. every business ma:.,
carries fire insurance. More people
are interested in this reform than ?'1ii
any other reform that can possibly be
suggested. Iait Gov. Smith take hold
of this reform with vigor and? he
will Immeasurably advance the esteem
in which he will be held by the pub
lic at large.
THE MERCHANT WHO SELES
CHEAPEST.
It Is always found by buyers that the
man who sells goods cheapest is tbe
mun who advertises.—Moultrie Ob
server.
There is a world of truth In this con
crete statement from the observing
editor of the Observer.
Tie man who advertises can affor l
to sell his goods at a less profit than
the merchant who refuse! to advertise.
Why do you ask? The a»3wer Is
simple and easily understood.
Advertising cuts a very small par:
in the general expense .account of a
store of any magnitude, I. e„ compare,!
to the gross volume of sa’cs.
An Americus store, for instance, :io-
Ing a total business of $30 000 a year,
and spending $200 a year in advertis
ing, i3 expending less than seven-
tenthi? of one. per cent, of its gross in
come in letting the public know that
it is In business and what it has 11
offer them. On u sale of $30 north rf
goods the actual advertising outlay of
tills bouse is but twenty rents.
Advertising has accordingly not in
creased the expense of the goods so'd
by this merchant to a sufficient extent
to be considered. No merchant would
add twenty cents on to a bill of goods
to the value of $30 to cover his adver
tising bill.
But by means of that advertising, by
means of the continued publicity hi3
store has had, by means of his ability
to pontlnualiy bring his goods to the
buying public's attention and draw
I custom to Ms,store he is enabled to
litica! scullion of Georgia, doing tiiijsell the goods more quickly, to do a
'.Tim Tillman, who, while Ueutcn-
^u.at-goverr.or of South Carolina, shot
: tnd Stilled Editor Gonzales, of the
■ Oelmrtbia State, is dying of tuliercu-
Aosls. In a measure his case reaem-
Med that in Nashville when Duncan
•Cooper killed ex-fcenator Carmack.
" 'Unsparing invective lashed both men
- on to the commission of a crime
iWfcich they bot'.i doubtless, suhsc-
tqjuwirtly deeply deplored.
hard work and getting none of the ti:
bits of political life. It has been the
hewer of wood and drawer of water
for North Georgia politicians for a
long time. Lot it a sou me a new rom
now and demand its full share of the
offices, and especially those of high
honor.
"You gay you are 23,” thundered the
attorney for the prosecution. "Mad
am, dn you know what perjury means?
Do you know what you are gbout?” "I
guess I'm about 40,” replied the wit
ness, meekly.
Most people think other people eat
too much.
larger vo'ume of business in a year.
As a result he has fresher stock to
orfer at all times than the merchant
who refuses to expend any money in
advertising, and, because of the larger
volume of business done, he Is able to
do profitable business on a smaller
margin of profits than the merchant
who draws his head into a shell and
declines to let the world know that he
is really living.
AVise buyers know Hint the merchant
who advertises lias fresher goods than
the merchant who does not advertise,
that he has later styles, and that, ns
the Observer says, HE IS THE
MERCHANT WHO SELLS CHEAP
EST.
THE SHOE A
SENSIBLE SEm
- The sensible shoe is the onj
neat and dressy and comfortable!
time giving absolutely ,
41 Years, of Shoe MakM
The HUB shoe is not an over-night ereatiJ
for 41 years we have been training ourselves'inT
of shoe malting. We made errors—who does qJ
they have been turned into assets—and now m
in HUB shoes the results of FORTY OXE YEARS of j
and study on one question—THE SHOE QUESTION.
You can test the knowledge of 41 years with ouej,
they are right—w.e are right! We feel that we have Yd
the rest is with you.
Call on the HUB shoe merchant—have him fit y.jq|
pair of HUB shoes. Made in all styles for Men, %
Children.
JOS. ROSENHEIM SHOE CO. SAVANNAH^
Makers of HUB Shoes
If it’s a surface to
be painted, enameled,
stained, varnished dr fin
ished in any way, there’s
an Acme Quality Kind
to fit the purpose.
Strong Reas<
for Fall Painti
1. The wood is thoroughlyi
Summer s sun has removed all mokI
2. Paint penetrates deeper
dry wood.
The deeper it goes the better it Ml
3. Fall weather is warm, dry|
dependable:
Little danger of cold, damp, 'rm
1which endanger the durability ofr.
4. Wet weather decays an
stroys unprotected surl
Lack of paint means unsightly i
valuable property.
s.
Fall painting keeps out?
moisture.
The greatest enemy to the lifesdA
all structures.
Ask us about ACME QUdhlTl
PAINT. It insures the greatest P rot ^.
beauty, at the least cost per year j
Questions cheerfully answered.
Jno. W. Shiver, AmericusJ
ODD FELLOWS GATHER
HERE IN OCTOBER
Seventh Division Holds
Meeting Next Month.
On Tuesday, October 18th, there will
lie a large gathering of Odd Fellow*
in Americus. Already the local mem
bers of the order are arranging for
their reception and entertainment and
preparing to make the event one ni
more than ordinary interest and en
joyment.
The gathering will be that of the
Seventh Division, I. O. O, F„ delegatus
coming here from the lodges In a num
ber of counties. At the meeting mat
ters of importance to the order In
this section of the state, will be con
sidered and passed upon. Probably
between fifty and seventy-five accred.
itel representatives will be on.hand,
together with other members of the
order attending as visitors or for th«
purpose of seeing Americus and meet
ing old friends and acquaintance
here.
The Americus lodge, Sumter, No.
264, one of the most progressive
branches of tbe order In South eGo”<
gla, Intends to give tbe visiting breth
ren a royal welcome. An entertain
ment will be proidod that will be thor
oughly enjoyable and the social ses
eion will be a feature of tbe day to
remembers,
PAVING 10P
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