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AMERICUS. GEORGIA. (WEEKLY) TIMES-RECORDER. THURSDAY. SEPTEMBER 22. 1910 THE TIMES-REGORDER DAILY AND WEEKLY. Entered at the postofflce at Amert- mmm u aecond-claii tnall matter. THE AMERIOU9 RECORDER Established 1879 THE VmERICHS TIME* Established 1890 , Consolidated Anril 18*3 Official organ ot the City of Amerlcua Official organ of Sumter County. Official organ of WebBter County. Official organ of Railroad Commla- atoa of Georgia for Third Congres sional District. Official organ 0. S. Court. Souther* District of Georgia. THUS. GAMBLE, Editor and Manager J. W. FURLOW City Editor W. h. DUPREE, Asst. Business Dept. Editorial Boom, Telephone W. Amerlcus, Gn„ September 23, 1910. A vote for more sewers will be a vote for the Greater Amerlcus we are all hoping for. Planks merely to catch votes will be outlawed In the next Democratic Na tional Convention. DEMOCRATS AND PROGRESSIVES K'ORMOIS CORN IX WILL CONTROL NEXT SENATE. SUITER COUNTY. If the hext Senate of the United States is not democratic there Is ev- Ll .y ilheidhood that it will be con trolled by a combination of democrats and "progressive” or “insurgent" re publicans. As at present constituted, the 'republicans have a majority of 26. but of these sevtn are classed as ‘In surgents,” reducing the actual major ity "that the G. 0. P. can rely on to 19. A change of ten would accord ingly put the Senate out of the con trol of the regular organization ot r e- publicans. Maine sends a democrat, reducing the necessary additional changes to nine. A progressive has The corn contest in Sumter county, the returns from which are published in' the Times-Recorder this morning, developes gome astonishing results. No one a year ago would have ven tured to predict that on a single acre of Sumter county of 133 bushels of corn would be produced. Yet with careful measurement ot the land and careful measuring of the corn, it is found that the successful contestant for the first prize has attained that astounding result. Such a crop, even under the most careful cultivation and heavy fertilization, 1 3 remarkable. A number of those who entered the OPPOSED TO COMPULSORY EDU CATION IS GEORGIA. been nominated In North Dakota, Mis- contest failed to send in the results. sour.1 will return a democrat in place! It is known that in a number or unre- Even If the Sherman men do control l he New York state convention Roose velt will do most of the talking. There Should be no difference of opinion about more adequate sewer age. It is one of the great forward steps Amerlcus must take. “Uncle „Joe” is going to be mighty lonesome in the next House. He will be only prominent survision progressive flood. of the Public health Is the first considera tion in a growing town. And public health depends in a large measure on a proper sanitary sewerage system. They are still discussing whether wife murderer Charlton is Insane. Ho will die from old age before the ‘ex perts” reach a conclusion. There is a farmer in Screven county whose corn crop this year will amount to as much as 60^00 bushels. Georgia Is rapidly moving towards diversified farming. Senator Lorimer has got another throw down. The directors of the Hamilton club have accepted his resig nation and sustained Its president in withdrawing Lorlmer’s Invitation to the Roosevelt dinner. of Warner, regular republican, and Nebraska will also be represented by new blood of the progressive type. Thts further reduces the changes nec essary for control to six. That more than that number of democrats and progressives will succeed the “reac tionary” or “stand-pat' republicans seems beyond question. As the Phila delphia Record puts it: To judge by the direction in which the wind is steadily blowing the leg islatures of New York. New Jersey and Connecticut will be likely to re move the reactionary Senators, Chaun- cey M. Depew, John Kean and Morgan G. Bulkeley, and pflt liberal republi cans or democrats in their seats. In Ohio, Charles Dick, extreme reaction ary, is doubtfully looking for a re-elec tion amt’, the tide that is rlsug aganst him. Nathtan B. Scott, a re actonary of West Virginia, has about, as much chance of re-election as nis politioal relation, Clarence D. Clark, in Wyoming. Here in Pennsylvania factional divisions of the opposition to machine rule alone can save George T. Oliver, the faolle tool of the steei trust, from defeat. To make the posi tion of the regulars in the Senate more precarious, Gamble and Crawford, of South' Dakota, and Smith, of Michigan w:ho watch politics pretty closely, are not to be depended upon by their brethren when it comes to lining up the opposing forces on the supremo isue of tariff revision. On the other hand, the democratic seats that are to ■be refilled next year may be regarded as secure. With! the democrats overwhelmingly controlling the House and the coal! Won of democrats and progressives controlling the Senate, the next Con gress will probably bring some revl sion downward, and other legislation that will meet the country’s demand for reform In various directions. Prer, ident Taft is hardly the man to veto such measures, and the outlook Is ac cordingly bright for a general legis lative forward movement that, If not permitted to run to excess, will move many of the evils of which the people have complained In the past to little purpose. Chairman Barnes, of New York, says “my policies" were stolen from Bryan, Bryan has often accused Roosevelt of stealing his thunder. Now the “Old Guard” ia endorsing the charge. Bryan announces that the remainder of his political life will be In effect a w ar on the liquor interests. He' in tends to fight tWSave our turfy from the odium of being the representative of the liquor interests." In England a can can not have ac quired a pistol at all without hav ing run a long and dangerous scru tiny, There the man who sells pis tols must have a license that costs much, and he dare not sell a deadly weapon to any customer who has net permission from Scotland Yard to carry \t. Even in that event, his namo is printed In the adertlsing col umns of the newspapers, thus pro claiming him armed to kill. When will Georgia shake off Its lethargy and take a similar forward step In ciiliza- tlon? ported instances the crop ranged from 60 to 76 bushels to the acre. When lt< Is remembered that in past years 20 to 30 bushels of corn to the acre has been considered a high pro duction, and the average for the county is said by well informed men to be hardly over 12 to 15 bushels to the acre, the results obtained in the poli test loom up with even greater signifi cance and assume an even greater inv portance. While it is true that in tttese con tests considerable expense was under gone by farmers In fertilizing the land, it is to be remembered that all of the' benefits-from this heavy use ot fertil izers have not been obtained this year, that the land In question is tire richer for the outlay and work of this season, and that for seasons to come the land devoted to corn culture this year by these contestants will yield finer crops than would otherwise have been the case. There is no doubt that from the lands of Sumter county the' results ob tained In all lines are away below what could be had under a more thorough system of cultivation. I* may be years in coming, but eventually the time will come when our lands wil! average a bale of cotton to the acre, 60 bushels or more of born to the acre, and as many or more bushels of oats, with other crops in equally In creased proportion. It may take an other decade, but It will hardly be longer than that before Sumter county will have cultivating its soli a small army of intelligent white farmers, liv ing on their places, owning 100 to 300 or 400 acres, and getting results from the soil that will make us, all ashamed, in looking -backward, at the compara- tiely meagre results qf the present system of agriculture. It has come In other sections, It will come here. And contests along the line of that of this year will help, to bring it about. Wlhen that time comes Sumter county will take rank with Lancaster county, Pennsylvania, and some of the famous counties of Ohio, Indiana and Illi nois, for the wealth annually produc ed from its soil and for the general prosperity of Its farming population All the thoughtful men in Georgia are not in favor of compulsory educa tional legislation by-.any means. Many regard the enactment of such a law as a serious menace, rather than as benefit, to the future of the state. The arguments they make, are not to b lightly waved aside, either, but are such as to deserve serious consider*' lion from the public generally. Conditions in Georgia and other Southern states are far different from w'l.at they are in .Massachusetts, Penn, ayylvania and other Northern states with compulsory educational laws, What may be a blessing in one state, under radically different conditions, 13 not necessarily one in this state, where the people face different problems of daily existence. Hon. Thomas Hardeman, president of the Board of Education of Jefferson county, is one of the men ot promin ence who are opposed to legislation along this line. In a carefully prepar ed article In the Augusta Chronicle lie expresses his views at length. In h argument against the proposed law he gives voice to the sentiments enter tained by many Georgians who ^ see obstacles in the way of the law’s en forcement that are not apparent to the enthusiasts who are seeking to compel such legislation. These on- ponenta of the measure object to the enactment of any more Hws that are not to be enforced but lie dead letters on the statue books. Mr Hardeman For Letters of Administration, GEORGIA—Sumter County. To All Whom it May Concern: W. T. Stewart having in. proper form, applied to me for permanent Letters of Administration on the estate' of Mrs. Mary T. Ste-wart, late of said County, this-is to cite all and singular the creditors and next of kin of Mrs. Mary T Stewart to be and appear at my office within the) time alloweu oy law, and show cause, if any they can win* permanent administration should not he granted to W. T. Stewart on Mrs. Mary T. Stewart's estate. Witness my hand and official sign?, ture. this 5th day of Sept., 1910. 8-4t JOHN. A. Cobb, Ordinary. For Letters of Administration. GEORG rA—Sumter County. To All Whom It May Concern: Mrs. G. H. Seig and Mrs. J; W. Holmes haying, in proper form, appl .- ed to me for permanent Letters of Administration cum testaments annex, on the estate of F. F. Seig, late of said County. F. L. Seig, surviving executor, having resigned, this is to cite and singular the creditors and next of km of F. F. Seig to be and appear at my office within the time allowed by law, and show cause. If any they can, whv permanent administration cum testa- menta annex, should not be granted to Mrs. G. H. Seig and Mrs. J. W Holmes on F. F. Seig' estate, and why the resignation of F. L. Seig from tin trust of executor should not be accept ed. Witness my hand and official sig nature, this 7th day of September, 1910. 8 * tt ' JOHN. A. Cobb. Ordinary. Answering a Macon minister’s at tack on women who follow the fash ions. the Augusta Chronicle says. “Style” will never any more be a sign of wickedness than “dowdiness” is a testimonial of righteousness. •New Jersey’s Republican “stand patters” were defeated in their resis tance to the conferring of the rate- making power on the state. The “stand patters” once more proved : their allegiance to the corporations. The Savannah Press well says that "the time has passed to repair and patch up platforms in the Interest of safety or availability. The people will not have confidence In such man lpuiatlon and will not follow mere shifty leadership.” Bryan puts principal above party. He has bolted the Democratic guber natorial candidate 'In Nebraska be cause he believes In city and not in count? option with regard to the sale of liquor. Party allegiance will si lightly on many shoulders this year. Chanler is reported to have $ald that he would have signed away his so il for Cavalierl’s kiss. The Savannah •Morning News’ comment Is that he wasn't the first man of that kind, nor will be the last. Old Adam started In with' that sort of thing, and It has been going on ever since. They have discovered one weakness of many negroes out West. Chief En gineer Baldwin, of the Illinois Central railroad, says: “The more pay the negro gets the less efficient he <s from our standpoint." When we say that down here they say we are prej udiced and unfair. Hero is the beautiful prospect a fashion writer holdB up for fair fem- ninity this month: "Walking with the infantile totter or trippingly, in its most perilous sense, is heralded as the invitahle feature of this season’s parade of pain. Pinned about the knees by the ever-narrowing Bkirts, woman will neither be able to walk nor sit. Hobbling or standing is the only alternative presented to her, no matter for what freedom of mind and -limbs she may yearn." The Macon Telegraph says the At lanta Constitution has just found out that thie tactics pursued at the recent State Democratic Convention were disgrace to Georgia. The Constitution ilnsists that such methods lead to the conditions now prevailing ‘n Tenne ssee. .London society, It Is Bald, was quite chilly to Cavalier!. It recognized her voice and her -beauty but the grossness of her private life was too much for It Now York society received her quite warmly. Decency doesn't seem to have a premium attached to it la some metropolitan high circles. The Macon News thinks that Mr. Bryan's nomination, or endorsement of Georgia's nomination of Hoke Smith for president of the United States makes Governor Smith thie ideal candi date of the democracy for that exalted station in 1912. “When a man or woman have sense enough to get married, they ought to- ibave sense enough to stay married,” says the Thomasville Enterprise. Some cynics prefer to believe that love Is simply a species of emotional insanity. Governor Brown's reasons for par doning Cashier Orr, of the Exchange Bank of Macon, may be all right, but It Is to bo hoped that It Is not to be considered as establishing a precedent If bank officials found guilty of em bezzlement are to be , pardoned be cause, after detection, thay made good the edfalcatlon public confidence in the administration of Justice will suf fer a seere shock. By the way, have any of the Waycross bank officials ever done time yet? The legacy of $100,000 to the Geory gla Tech from the estate ot the late JIullus Brown comes at a peculiarly opportune time. The Tech Is one ot the South’s greatest institutions. The good work It has done In the past In dicates plainly whiat It may accom plish In the future with greater means at Its command. Brown’s legacy may induce other Georgians to show their pride in this institution and their de sire to advance the state’s Interests by providing for It In their wills. A Methodist preacher In Kentucky has been declared “unfit” because,he played baseball with theboys. What a pity that church members should be so narrow and misguided as this. The clergyman In question was closer to the -boys and able to reach them far better than It hie had been a “willy- nilly” with no red corpuscles in his blood, and no muscles in his arms. Roosevelt Is as proud of his “new nationalism” as the average papa is of blB first son. He trots It out for public Inspection on every possible oc casion. Before the infant can cut Its first teeth, though. It may be number ed among those who died good and young. say3: If only a small per cent of wa tt children' should be added to our schools by operation of this bill, anl these children equally distributed among all the schools, no one building will become crowded and no one teaca- cr burdened by this small increased attendance, and consequently, no ca.. for any adldtional expense in salary of teacher or buildings. But what about the colored chi- dren, The law that compels the white child to go to school would compel tbs colored child also, and rightly too. X suppose the friends of this bill contem plate its enforcement. Boards of edu cation act under oath. There were 1,- 114 colored children in Jefferson coun ty out of school last year. Had the Littleton bill become the law there would be mord*than 1,000 colored chil dren forced into the school buildings county. The present school buildings could not accommodate them. New buildings would have to be erected, or these we now have enlarged. Where would the money come from to do this building? But admit these thousand and more children could be crowded into our present school rooms, and al lowing one teacher for every 50 pupils, It would become necessary to employ twenty additional teachers, as the pres- (nt force of teachers already have as many a3 they can manage. Where would the money come from to pay these extra teachers? The Littleton bill makes no provision for It. 'Are toe people of Jefferson county willing for their representative in the legisla ture to pass a local bill levying , ar ad-valorem tax to raise the money to pay these additional colored teachers? Either this, or the board of education must cut the salary of every teacher in the county, already too small, , In order to pay additional teachers from the public school fund appropriated to this county. Are the teachers willing to this? But another question might arise Just here. Would it be wise an-l good policy to take_one thousand more hands from the farms in the rural d's- tricts and put them in th schools three months? My observation is that most of those out of school are boys auJ girls about 15 years of age. Let us take an example: On my farm is a negro woman without a husband, but with seven children. Three of these ate under Bix years and four between 6 and 18. Three of these, of school age, go to school, one to the field to mako a living and bread for his family of eight. Compel this one boy to go to school and there will be no bread no crop for that family. What Is true ot this family Is true of hundreds of fam ilies In this county, and what Is true of Jefferson county I assume to be true ;n many other cotton producing coun ties In this state. But it Is suggested the rural schools open in December so as to avoid the difficulty. Admit It; it would then be in March before the three months could be completed Christmas holidays intervening. Every farmer knows his plows must start in January, and It is a rush to be ready to plant corn In March. Is there a bank er or merchant or landlord who wouid advance to this woman with the knowl edge that her farm Is not to start be fore time to plant and no previous preparation? Let those who have had farming experience answer. It is also suggested that the public schools run two months in summer, July and Aug ust, and three months in winter, Do member, January and February, the two hottest and the three coldest months in the year. That is to Bay, disorganize all the schools to accom modate these colored and handful of white children. And where could teachers be had that are worth having, who would consent to teach two month's In the summer, dismiss three months, and resums again in winter? For Year’s Support. GEORGIA—Sumter County. The appraisers appointed to set aside a year's support out of the estate of Wm. A. Wilson, late of said county, deceased, to Mrs. Ann R. Wilson, his widow, having filed their return in this office. This is therefore to notify all persons interested to file objec tions, if an j - they have, on or before the first Monday in October, 1910, or else said retarn will be made the judg ment of this Court. 8-4t-pd JOHN. A. Cobb, Ordinary. Executor’s Sale. GEORGIA—Sumter County. By virtue of an order of the Court of Ordinary of said county, heretofore granted, wdll be sold at public outcry on the first Tuesday In October, 1910, at the Court House in safd county, be tween the usual hours of sale, the following real estate In Sumter coun ty, to-wlt: Qne farm consisting of 100 acres ot land off the east sifle of lot of land No. 186, also one fartn In a body consisting of 125 acres, more or less, off of lot of land No. 204, lying on the west side of Muchaloochee Creek, and forty > acres of land off ot the north side of lot of land No. 182, said farm consisting ot 165 acres, more or less, and known as thie C. C. Feagln place, and all of said ends lying In the 17th District of Sum ter County, Ga.. - 8-4t This August ,29th, 1910. MRS. LIZZIE LAW. Executrix, CHARLIE M. LAW, Executor John W. Law. Sheriffs Sales, OrtaT" GEORGIA—Sumter Will be sold on the . October, next, before .uk 1 ''* door of said County hours of sale, to the the t-""—* * wit: Lee Street, in "the' JSJ Sumter County, (JeorL pa;-t of land lot No. (1861 «„*** m Eighty-Six, in the i 8 * said County of Sumter- ws, froutiug on Lee Street'id's dred and Ten Feet, mortal running back, in uniform i-r* Four Hundred and Twe Mt T or less; bounded as folio,./" north by property 0 [ a , eastrby Lee Street; south b, formerly owned by CrawfoM and west by property of L herein, and being the trac herein conveyed. Also a certain tract or land situated, lying and bein? 27th D,stric.t of Sumter S gla, and within the Incornarx of the City of America?? containing (29) Twenty'Xi,, more or less, and -being 0 ’ffs southwest corner of land lot L One Hundred and Eighty-Sir J scribed In -previous conveyai being bounded: East by a ueirs of Mrs. M. I,. Burke iL dence of J. L. Ross; north bra C. M. Wheatley and Ed littlil by lands of A. C. Bell and C £| iey; south by lands of J is E. F. Seig. ' Levied uno nand to he soldi property of A. X. Walker hr J tl fa issuing out of the City ft Amerlcus in favor of the c«i City Bank against said A. x.l This Sept. 7, 1910 1 W.IU Sheriff, Sifmter Cot GEORGIA—Sumter County. Ail persons having chi, Mrs. N. E. O'Hearn, late of si are hereby notified to prej properly attested to me vh. prescribed by law, or they* be considered in settlement | estate. And ail persons ini saiif deceased are hereby r make immediate settlement ] September 2nd, 1910. H. E. ALLEN, Ada: Guardian’s Sale. GEORGIA—Sumter County. •Under and by virtue of an order the Court of Ordinary of said county, there will ibe sold before the court house door In tine County of Webster, town of Preston, state aforesaid, on the first Tuesday In October, 1910, be tween tbe legal bours ot sale, to the highest bidder, a three-fifths undivided interest In the following described property, to-wlt: Lots of land Nos. 131 and 159 con taining 202 1-2 acres each, more less; also the north half of lot No. 162 containing 101 1-4 acres, and ten acres off the east end of the north half of lot No. 163, In the shape of a paralelo gram, extending entirely across tho east end of said north half. All In the 25th District of Webster County, Oa, and aggregating 515 1-4 acres, more or less. Said property being the property of the minor children, Jeanett and Earl Carter and Lula Carter Fleming, minor children ot W. A. Carter, deceased, to ibe sola for tbe purpose of maintenance and support and education of said minor children, tbe Income therefrom not being sufficient therefor. Terms of sale cash. 1 8-4t W. A. CARTER, Guardian for Jeanett. and Earl Carter and Lula Carter Flem ing, minor children ot W. A. Carter, deceased. If the people want him for a second term Taft will not sidestep the job. That is about all be has to say on that line. A judge In Richmond has deeded that the word “liar” IB the first blow in a fight. It is generally tbe second blow that tells, though. For Leave to Sell Real Estate. GEORGIA—Webster County. Geo. E. Thornton, Administrator ot the estate of Mrs. K.'M. Blakey, de ceased, having applied to the Court of Ordinary of said County for leave to sell the teal estate of said Mrs. K. M. Blakey, deceased. All persons are re quired to show cause in said Court by 'the First Monday In October next. If any they can, why said application should not be granted. This Septem ber 5th, 1910. 8-4t' W. H. COSBY, Ordinary. Notice to Debtors and Creditors. Woodrow Wilsln Is right. A candf- dat for governor should run on state Issues. The tariff Is a national Issue. What the state and cities need Is the elimination of party linos In the In terest of honesty and economy in the administration ot their affairs. Taft told Teddy he would sympathize with hint in bis efforts to dominate the New York convention but feally It ■would not he becoming In the presi dent to Interfere. Rather cold conso lation that. State of Georgia, Sumter County. All persons havfng demands against C. M. Wheatley, late of said count), are hereby notified to present them, properly attested, to me, within tho time prescribed by law, or they will not be settled. And all persons In debted to said deceased, are hereb) required to make Immediate payment. J. REED CURRY, Executor. August 15th, 4910. 16-oaw-St For Leave to Sell Real Estate. GEORGIA—Sumtor County. Mrs. M. E. Raines, Admlnstratrix of tbe estate of Mrs. Lizzie M. Johnson, deceased, having applied for leave to sell the real estate of said deceased In Sumter County, notice Is hereby, given tkiat said petition will be heard In my Court on the first Monday In October, next. 8-4t JOHN. A. Cobb, Ordinary. GEORGIA, Sumter Count). To the Superior Court | County. Tbe petition of S. F. 1 Allen Chappell, both ol i ot Sumter, shows tbe folioij 1. That they desire fori their associates and succti Incorporated and made i b: under the name and itr l i| ell’s Pharmacy" for tin ? Twenty (20) Years. 2. The principal office til pany shall be hi. the city off said county, but petlth the ‘ right to establish 1 within this state or elieil ever the holder sot a i stock may determine. The object of said ej is pecuniary gain to it*' shareholders. 4. The business to ben said corporation Is to l and wholesale in all I' and medicines; manufi compounding same; Mh|| tlons; operating a sodi lr ing toilet articles, tot* seed of all kinds, and ill oles usually handled is > j drug store. 5. The capital stock S -poratlon shall be Wj ($5,000.00) Dollars with 1 of Increasing the same til and ($10,000.00) DolUnJ lty vote of the slot stock to be divided inta* Hundred ($100.00) Doil*s| of said capital stock 1 in In actual cash. 6. Petitioners desire * sue and be sued, to pl<F pleaded, to have and to* seal, to make all and regulations, and til things that may be succsful carrying on Including the right toir sell real estate and p«> suitable to the purpo»J poratlon, and to eiej^I bonds as evidence ot curred or which na in the conduct ot the corporation, and to by mortgage security form .of lien ' inller f J 7. They desire for “ the power and s utll5 j and accept amendin' ■ ter, either of form or 1 a vote of a majority *! standing at the tun , authority to w-tnd 1 qnldate and dlscontin- j any time It mu) so by a vote of t*»®J stock outstanding* J 8. They desire as provided by the j that It have such AJ privileges and dent to l |ke . c0 ,.*! stole under the 1 Wherefore, Pet‘<%■ (Incorporated und A sssrtfs-J Filed In offi ce GEORGIA. ftrtjSj I, S. R- HSVSj Superior Court of Sumter.-do above and fe«* ; *■ a true » n J ®t . tlon for chart” ^J now of file m officbjf Witness nl >, Mii*! the 20tU day of Dept 5 ! ■tops***