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TT-H7 AMF.R1CUS WEEKLY —
A3IEIUCUS TUIES-RECORDER
Daily, per annum
■Weekly, per annum, .. .. •• •• * 1 -uj
THE AMEBICUS RECORDER
Established 1879.
THE A1IERICUS TIMES
Established 1890.
Consolidated April 1891.
Official organ of the City of Americas.
Official Organ of Sumter County.
Official organ of Webster County.
Official organ of Railroad Commission
of Georgia for Third Congressional
District.
Official organ U. S. Court. Southern
District of Georgia.
THOS. GAMBLE. Editor and Manager.
J. W. FURLOW . , v . .. City Editor
W. L. DUPREE, Asst, Business Dept
,, Editorial Boom, Telephone 99.
A morions tin., October 29* 1919.
CAROLINIANS MOVING TO SOUTH
GEORGIA. ’
JiOBODY KNOWS BUT MOTHER.
(Maine Fanner.)
Nobody knows the Work it takes
To keep the home together;
Nobodv knows the steps it takes,
Nobody knows—but mother.
Nobodv listens to cilifdlsh woes,
Which kisses only mother;,
Nobody’s pained by naughty blows,
Nobody—only mother.
Nobody knows of the sleepless care f
Bestowed on baby brother;
Nobody knows of the tender prayer,
Nobody—only mother.
Nobody knows of the lessons taught
Of loving one another;
Nobody knows of the patience sought,
Nobddy—only mother.
Nobody knows of the anxious faars
Lest dar..ng may not weather
The storm cf life in after years.
Nobody knows—but mother.
Nobodv kneels at tide-throne above
To thank the heavenly Father
For the sweetest gift—a mother's love;
Nobody can but mother.
The census bureau Is on the trail of
a number of cities that padded the re
turns. We sincerely trust t'-.'U Is not
making Atlanta o.nakc In its boots.
The advanced value of farm 'and*
In South Carolina and North Laroima
la forcine many ijen of anororai-
means to seek locations elsewhere,
and us a consequence numbers of them
have been attracted by the reasonable
price of lands m South Georgia. With
in tide past three mouths a huge n jm-
her of Carolina farmers have been
prospecting dlong the line of the Geor
gia & t..oiiva Railway, which has
opened u-:> a new and rich territory,
and over 8,000 acres have been sold m
small tracts in the vicinity of Denton
and Garrant alone, while many ot.uers
have bought at other points. Not a
day passes which does not see a party
of prospectors going through Augusta
on the way to South Georgia.—Indus
trial Index.
)
Tl.<e general exodus of farmers into
Georgia is one of the most striking
features of Southern devciopement at
thUVitr.3. The Whole country has sud-
vlertly awakened to the fact, it would
seem, that the most Inviting of all
Southern flelda is Georgia, that here
; the lands are still cheap, the climate
most attractive, and the general con
ditions the most satisfactory of al.
Southern states. It is Inevitable that
there should be a tremendous in
pouring of farm settlers wlthit» the
next few years.
While this Influx will reach all parts
of the .state. soutJ and southwest Geor
gia are naturally the sections that will
receive Che most home seekers. And
the counties that are meat active ta
presenting their claims for consider
ation, that, to use a commercial
-phrase, get their wares to the aSteu
tion of the possible customers, wili
be the ones that mill quickest find
their lands being taken up by the m'Oi*‘
desirable class of incomers.
There is but one way to reap th-
full benefits of the -movement that has
begun, and that is byadvertising, by
keeping the opportunities and advant
ages that a coun‘y presents before Che
public continuously. Sumter countv.
especially gifted, offering opportunities
that no other Georgia county excels,
should not cease to herald its claims
during the next year. The Board *>t
Trade is on tide right track In devoting
its attention to this great field. It Is
the most promising avenue in which it
can expend its money and its energies,
the one that promises the quickest and
most abundant results.
knockers who only knock.
“A local newspaper la absolutely
necessary to any commuffity. lt may
b* t.at the daily papers, -with their
large news service and quicker facil
ities. may have overrun the sma.,
weeklies but the -weeklies continue
to lill a place that the dailies will
never hi!- If they keep the peop.e of
a community in touch with each ouaer
bv giving them the news of their town
and countv, for that alone they are o,
vaiu * and are worth far moqp than tue
dollar a '-ear Utn is paid ter it. If
they merely chronicle the progress of
the community and keep the local pride
and progress spirit aroused they are
worta suit more.—Montgomery, Ala..
Journal.
'Little interest is shown in the -bord
election of next month. Yet the ques
tion of water and sewerage is some
thing not to be lightly set aside.
Amrrictis moves onward, desp't:
the failure of some of its citizens to
put their hands to the wheel and push.
Same of these people later on wili be
telling how they brought about the
. city's progress.
Turn out today and help make the
first day Of field events a great sue
cess. Americus Is bocomdng mo-e
metropolitan every ye a r. and it should
ho’d its own in clean sports as It docs
In business and other ways.
l l SE PECANS AS SHADE TREES.
Verv few people iwlll ever go Inio
the pecan growing Industry exclusive
ly. because it takes too long to get -the
first return on the investment. But
people everywhere are .planting cf.-ade
and ornaimenta! trees every year. Most
of the trees they plant are 'worth'less
tor anything except shade and orna
ment. ’ Why not plant a few pecan
tree, tl.bt will serve the purpose o!
shade and ornament and at the same
time help pay tbe grocery bill and the
tax levy?—Pensacola Journal.
The cry among many New York R ■-
publicand now- is said to be "Give
Sttmson the.ax and down with Roose
velt for 1012.* It's hard on Sttmson,
but that’s what he get’s for being
Roosevelt's man Friday.
New homes -and improvement of old
homes tell th» story of the onwr.d
march of the ctity. One thing we can
all say proudly and truthfully, there
Is no other city of the size of Americas
in Georgia, and probably nowhere else
t ln the South, that ha 3 -a prettier or
more highly developed residence sec
tion.
The High School authorities a-c
right in encouraging good clean sports
among the boys. Athletics -will do
much to elevate the tone of school life
• provided they are held subordinate to
the studies of the school. And tha
authorities here arc not apt to let
thfem run to Excess.
"Woodrow Wilson denied absolutely
• thlat the-e was any truth In a story
told by Alfred N. Dalrymple, chairman
of the Essex County Republican Com
mittee, that he had made a deal by
which he was to get the Democratic
nomination for President in 1912, If ae
would consent to be the candidate of
that party for governor of New Jersey
this year.
It has 'been decided that deposed
King Manuel shall lead a quiet life un
til his health Is fully restored and that
meanwhile his friends in Portugal un-
dOrtake a vigorous political campaign
In Which the supporters of Duke
Michael of Braganza. the Pretender,
will co-operate, to return as many
Monarchist candidates as is possible
at the elections.
Def i- g Republican factions Wool-
raw V son told a New Jenaey audi
ence that “A standpa:’*? Is one who
stando s ill and can’t ' a started; a
progioacive is one who is started and
can’t ha stopped. Tl'e ctindpatter has
come tv believe that there is some
necessary connection lotween himself
and public office. He is plainly un
balanced.”
There is a good suggestion in the
above for property owners and muni
cipalities.
The pecan treo Is one of teia moat
beautiful of’shade trees. Giving ample
space in which to develop it grows
Into a tali, well proportioned, magni
ficent specimen, casting an ample
Shade in the summer aT.d dropping Its
leaves In time for the genial ray3 of
the winter sunshine to be appreciated.
An avenue of pecan trees would be
Bard to excel iu attractiveness. ’ ^
The man twho is building a home, or
the man Who already has a 'horn.'
might we'.l put out a pecan tree or
two in front of it, or several of them
on tbo grounds, not with the purposs
of securing 'a financial return, but
for the dual purpose of affording shade
and securing an ample supply of a
very nutritious and palatable nut far
his family and 'his friends.
A street lined with pecan trees in
ten or fifteen years would be. an cspec
ially inviting thoroughfbre. The tree
Is far superior to the sycamore In ev
ery respect, preferable In many ways
to tbe elm, and the only objection that
can be urged Is eh'at bad boys might
throw sticks into It to get the nuts
And inasmuch as all men were once
boys that slight objection should nvt
prevail against the many advantages
such trees offer for tbe adornment of
the public streets and private lots.
The man who marries a woman for
her money, ami the woman who mar
ries a man to reform him are Just
about paired.
The fellow who marries his tailor's
daughter may be merely proving that
there can be no perfect love without
trust
Frequently some hypercritical per
son, who has no sense of perspective,
criticises -the papers published in small
towns and institute*? unfavorable com
parison with those In larger commun
ities. One might as well compare the
unpaved st'eets of the country tc,wn
with the asiUa't boulevards of Wash
ington or the one 6tory brick village
business house with* the latest Broad
way house of trade, or the little cross
loads bauk with its *10,000 capitll
with tlhe Standard Oil’s National City
Bank of the metropolis.
As a matter of fact the newspapers
are generally fully on a parity wltr
the towns in which they -are published.
Given a town where the .people are
working a unit, are progressive in
spirit, ambitious, pushing, determined,
eager to promote every enterprise in
tended to develop, and full of that
public spirit that does things, and one
is sure to find a newspaper vibrant
with the same spirit, eager to push
ahead, expending more of Its means
and its energies thin the conditions'
actually -warrant.
Where conditions are reversed t.ie
newspaper is more than apt to soon
reflect the town spirjt. In a larger de
gree than most'people are willing to
acknowledge the newspaper is real y
tbe mirror of the community life and
split. •
The local newspaper is of far great
er vahle to the community than any
piper, no matter how pretentious, Cio.v
large, and how enterprising that is
published elsewhere. The trouble too
often is that tbe people wbo “knock ’
the local newspaper spend more mon
ey on out of town papers than they do
on the home paper and then wonder
why it does mot flourish like tbe prov
erbial green bay tree. The same peo
ple, as a general rule, *re found
knocking every public project that
comes up. They get saturated with
the knocking spirit and simply can
not help exercising it at the expense
of tthe place In which they live.
The Georgia newspapers as a whole
are full of push and energy, are de
voted to their state, their counties anil
their tc-wns. No agencies are working
harder for home development, for Im
proved local. and general conditions,
for the betterment of .business and the
upbuilding of city and country, than
the men who runs the papers of the
state.
All too frequently thee- work cgaln?t
discouragement, override, captious
criticism, Ignore discordant elements
that war against progress, plead and
work for -unity and give more time and
more money for the cultivation of
public spirit than any dozen of thOBe
•who, instead of pulling and pushin
with tbe paper. Joining forces with
in promoting the public welfare, -pur
sue the dog in tlhe manger policy cf
doing nothing themselves and snap
ping at those wbo are seeking to do
something.
All credit is due to the newspapers
of Georgia, daily and .weekly, for the
•part they are playing In the state’s
onward march. The praise that is
given them is frequently all too scant
for the work they are doing. A lit
tle encouragement now and then and
less carping criticism is in order.
No, Alonzo, the key to succos isn’t
a night key.
DEATH OF A YOUNG GIRL
AT HOME NEAR PLAINS
TitfsPills
stimulate the TORPID LIVER,
strengthen tbe digestive organs,
regulate the bowels, and are un-
equaled as an
ANTI-BILIOUS MEDICINE,
la malarial districts their virtues
■re wldelyrecognlzcdissthey pot-
scss peculiar properties la freeing
the system from that poison. Ele
gantly sugar coated.
Take No Substitute.
A death near Plains on October 3,
was that of Eusle Emmie Marshall,
the bright little daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. B. F. Marshall, who died,' after
an Illness of a few days, aged near
twelve years.
bhe was a kind and obedient child,
loved her schoolmate# and all
•vbn knew bet.
Time will heal the wounds that
bleed today, and In. her death the grief
slacken parents and loving frlmds
left behind will have, when the first
anguish has passed, the consolation
i.t knowing she has ibeen transplanted
to another realm to bloom again.
The funeral services were condnete-1
by Rev. C. A Phillips, who was once
her teacher.
TO CUBE A COLD IN ONE DAY
Take LAXATIVE BROMO Quinine
Tablets. DruggUta refund money if It
fails to cure. E. W. GROVE o signature
is on each bo*. 25c.
A man who comes home to dinner
on time every .nig', it may not he a good
husband, but his wife is sure ha is.
OHIO SEEMS TO LEAN
TOWARDS DEMOCRATS
Revision There Against
Republican Rule.
Columbus. O'.lib. Oct. 13- The pres-
ca t political ’"situation' Is complex
involved and —normal, for Ohio.
The state has two avowed candidates
tor the Presidency. The Democratic
State convention, which nominated
Judson Harmon for governor, also In
dorsed him for President In 1912. The
Republican State convention Indorsed
President Taft for nomination for
President two years lienee. Ti*se in
dorsements have a direct bearing on
tbe present campaign.
The members of the legislature who
will be elected In November will return
Charles Dick to the United States Sen
ate, or some other man in hie place.
TWLs Is a most potent factor in Influ
encing the minds of the voters as to
the ballots they will deposit In Novem
ber By common consent, both Lie
Republicans and the Democrats are
leaving two topics of pubHc and polit
ical concern severely alone. They ace
not saying anything about tbe Scn-
.atorship, and they are keeping the
liquor Issue suppressed. Two yeaia
a - 0 prohibition was a factor in bring
ing about the election of Harmon, b it
it is such an uncertain problem, and
so splits up the voters, that neither
■party is anxious to revive it.
By tacit agreement, the contest
over the SenaitorsWp has been defe--
rod until after election. There will be
half a score of candidates to succeed
Dick, whichever party wins and the
politicians are looking forward to a
contest before the legislature -whlcn
will be epochal In the politics of the
state.
United Behind llarmnn.
The Democrats have the present ad
vantage over the Republicans, so fai
as the state ticket Is concerned. They
are united behind Harmon, who has
! made an excellent record as governor
The party is better organized, one is
told, than ever before. For the ft ret
time In a great many years there w '1
be a Democratic organization In each
countv in the state. Nor arc funds
lacking to conduct the campaign. The
party vw as united upon the expediency
amt wisdom of renominating Harmon.
There wa3 no question about'it, an l
the governor is undeniably making rn
effective campaign for re-election. He
is speaking somewhere nearly every
day, and is confining himself to state
issues, {inly once or twice has he
referred, and then casually and
eidentally, to the new tariff law, which
is concededly a cause of Republican
disaffection In the state. <V>v. Harmon
has lalkcA about the Republican grait
which hH been exposed during his
administration in tlio slatehousc and
in some of the county offices. He is
pointing out where he his increased
the efficiency and raised the tSne oT
the state administration.
Nominated By n Fluke.
On tho other side, Warren G. Hart-
ing, the Republican candidate for gov
ernor, was nominated by a fluke. His
nomination was dictated by George B.
Cox, the Cincinnati bos3, as a pie-c
of personal revenge directed agate t
Senator Burton and tho progressive
element. The fact that he was nom- 1
inated through the efforts of Cox is
causing Mr. Harding no little emlba'-
r.assment. At the Republican state co l-
vention in 1904, in nominating Cox to j
be one of the delegates-at-large to the
Republican national convention, Har-
'ding said of the Cincinnati boss:
“He has elevated his head high
above the storm of calumny and abuse
and won his way to a trus'ted place in
the -party, and we yield deference and
devotion to George B. Cox, of Hamil
ton county.”
This is -being contrasted with Mr.
Taft’s speech at Akron on October 21,
1905, when he said: ‘The government
under the Cox machine is constantly
described as a very corrupt one. Such
a government generally begets cor
ruption. The Importance of suppress
ing open and notorious graft In order
to prevent defeat at the polls la known
to the engineer of the machine, and
he has perhaps exercised his power to
suppress the Inevitable tendency In
sucki a machine. -
“The condition I* one of absolute
helplessness on the .part of aniy inde
pendent Republican seeking to take
part in politic# and to act independ
ently of the machine; and the distress
ing effect is now seen upon all the
young men, ambitious politically, as It
either drives them out of politics and
deprives the public of their iprobab’y
valuable service, or if they go into
politics, they must subordinate them
selves to the tyranny of the boss.”
. Mr. Harding Is being asked whether
he still yields “'deference and devo
turn” to the men thus castigated by
President Taft. Tbe Republican can
didate does not find It an easy ques
tion to answer.
A HOME OF PALIS ANDFLoj
Penina
Only
Medicine
, Hint IM
Ever
Entered
this
Heme
I Suffered with Kidney Trouble.
Mr Robert H. Norris, 566 East Uth Bt., East Oakland, C*l,\..
“We have nover had any other medicine but Pernna iaotrb
we have been married,
“I sufferod with kidney and bladder trouble, but two moathi>a
with Peruna made mo a well and strong man.
“My wlfs felt weak and was easily tired and was also troubled*
Imu pains, but since she took Rerun a she is well and strong.
«<VUe are both very grateful to you and gladly do we g/red
netted testimonial, feeling that It to tbe feast we can do la retonij
Peruna has done for us, ’*
Catarrh Entirely Relieved.
Mr. Ira Honney, Fairfield, Freestone
Oo*, Texas, writes:
**I am completely cured of aU aymp-
mbs of catarrh. .
•>] ca n truly »ay that Penina is tho
best medicine I ever saw. I will always
noommend Peruna to all my friends, tor
ertarrh.”
Catarrh of Heal |
Mr.C. Hnllock, Antvtrgd
“My daughter Allte, f
three bottles of your Penn
cured of catarrh of tbe I
years* standing. We r«
tuna to anybody tvbohua
Peruna is msnttfutani|
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CARRIAGE PAINT
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- and vehicles of all kinds a touch, dun»l
finish that will look welfand wear wtU.
finish for settees, flower stands, pore
garden took, and all surfaces; that
exposure and hard usage. Ready
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If It’s storface tob* pslntf d. eosmeted. stains'),
varnished, or finished In any wsy there ■•
aoAcme Quality Kind to lit the purpose
JNO. W. SHIVER.
/ But the pure food laws do not make
any provisions for love that Is adulter
ated with filthy lucre.
JULIUS L. MACK
Prea. and Mrg.
Established In 1878
Up to 19J8 In Macon, Ga.
Prea. and Mrg. up to —- .
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p * °* B yol*LL FIND US RELIABLE PEOPLE TO lrt;
$1-85 $1.85
WE WILL SELL VO®
RYE, GIN OR CORN W
At $1.85 tor one gallon, ow $3.25 for two goci *•*
You’ll find the goods all right—In some cases
for *2.59 per gallon. In Jug» only. procf« j
•We offer FULL 100 PROOF North Carol! red
*2.75 per gallon, or two gallons for *u,00, u
THB „
Best Corn. Whiskey on the
Wo carry a complete stock of e Ca’ 1
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t'on to our “ROCKLEDGE’’—5-year-old. MU' q( them. * ,
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delivered. Special .price on case of U L
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P. O. Box 163 • - Jr
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