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THE AMERICUS WEEKLY TIMES-RECORDER NOVEMBER 24. 1910
AXEKICl'S TlMES-KEtOBDEB MERCER'S REMOVAL TO ATLANTA. THE HERITAGE OF DLSHONOR.
THE LESSON OF LAURENS.
THE THREE BEST THINGS.
Dally, per annum, ..
Weekly, per annum,
*3.00 i Atlanta will get Mercer University,} ... , . . . 1 The status of future real estate deals
f 1.00' Atlanta gets everything it goes after) ... ‘ e38e3, j’ 3 anC ' e ’-for the immlg-.ut: - who continue to
and it want, to add Mercer to the T 5 ** fc flelh or »;’ !r 3 helr «»• 'f come to Sumter county presents an
igalaay of instituUoqg. that are rapid- c ^tv a'nd'diSmUe^r : AM^n'thta’rej anomalo-is situation. Worthy Smtui-
!ly making it the educational centre *' ‘ ’) grants are constantly coating to
of the South. f rd * 0 * f^« u ‘ , MS»erlcu. ani Sumter county, attract-
Macon may fret and fume and work ro ‘ u * narrow- gotr;, to w tc. the^ th>? t j, oroU gi, 3nd widespread
itself up into an agony bat tie thing f °' C , r 30 teD a!>p le en ’i publicity that has een g.ven this sec-
Us practically as good as settled. At- s n er 5 8 6 0ry ^ 8?ence tion. hut upon their arrival are faced
‘ ianta will raise the quarter million, ' ° ew rn0 8 SBee ess an {by their inability to secure small farms
THOS. GAMBLE, Editor and Manager. ; 0r whatever else may be require: j * ! except at prices that some of them
l just as it did in the case of Agnes ,n fr ‘, e 3 ° nes 5 ’ ec are a ! consider too high. In fact, there is a
! . - nrisoner Wien nrraieneS recenttv in n !
cl snnli farms at any price.
(Rev. Henry Van Dyke, D. D.)
Work.
my work from day
THE AMERICUS RECORDER
Established 1879.
THE AMERICUS TIME3
Established 1S90.
Consolidated April 1S91.
J. W. FURLOW City Editor,
W. L DUPREE, Asst, Business Dept. Scott. and the Baptist school will be SHttnwc trt.cn arraigned recently in a
added to the many others that adorn f* Tannlh coart Inder many circum- ■ '
stances the above plea would imme-
Let me but do
day, V ‘tf.
In field or forest, at the desk or
loom.
In roaring market-place Or tranquil
room.
Let me but find it in my heart to say.
When vagrant wishes beckon me
astray:
“This is my work; my blessing, not
my doom:
Of ail who live, I am the one by
whom
this regard the remarkable show-!™* emit best he done, in the
right way;
OSclal organ of the City of Americus. the Capital City. ! dUtely'suggest to evTn theTovl7e“ln !ng made ' accor ' ling t0 ,he , rec f, t ,
Official Organ of Sumter County. Tae Baptists are wise in t«eir de- „• , lnn . „ . ... . . t ,, census, by Laurens county, of w:.1chjThen slvaH I see It, not too great, nor
Official organ o! Webster County. termination to remove their chief) * K - Dublin Is the county seat, may have aj small.
Official organ of Railroad Commission **«* Atlanta. Atlanta is growing ^ meaa cr , * ng efr<m M O',; lesson of value for Sumter ani other. To suit my spirit and to prove my
of Georgia for Third Congressional, rapld -?\ Te “ f®*” fro “ .I s WlU svmpathv in hvpocfitical manner. Yet couatie ' 3 ' According to a recent census Then shall , ebeer fully greet the
District j have between 200,000 and 2oO,000 peo- undouhtedlv times -when b “ 1;etiu die population of Laurens s laboring hours.
Official organ U. S. Court Southern : > le - Ic 1* recognised as one of the a ■ 33.501. as opposed to 23.90S ten years And cheerful turn,
DUtrict of Georgia. , *>“«* «*" ‘ rea£ '« <***»• •«* "(hot and human ap^‘a‘ { ag0 - »r an Increase of 9.3S3. This gives A£ p
TTZ ,r ' The Strongawliled man In looking C0UI 'ty an Increase in pop,-
spools, either d.rectly in the city or , weaker brohher who makes iat! ™ <* ««>" thja 37 « nt ' dur -
In the suburbs. The Georgia Tecu.lJ^ „ „,„a ' ing the past decade, which is an ex-
Editorial Boom, Telephone 99.
Americus, Ga„ Notemljer 24, 1910.
Down with autrn
Kow for winter with a vim.
Whet your Thanksgiving appetite.
The census i3 tie big government
baby.
There is no "closed season" on kill
ing people.
Teddy isn't the first
"nothing to say."
Agnes Scott, Cox’s College. StoneI and m , Iltant , vor(i3 of wu . ceptionally good showing.
ill be noted that in 1890 Laurens
county was the fifty-second county in
population In the state, but forged rap
idly in the following ten years to four
teenth place. The people of Laurens
beileve that their county Is now in
This Is one time the Colonel can’t w«il
*ay “Dee-lighted 1”
Mountain, the Georgia Military Acad-L. _
. _ , liam Ernest Henley’s “Invictus :
emy. and a score of smaller one3, .. , . . . .. .
u a. . _ ... . I thank whatever gods there be
all attest the prominent position cf. For mv unco nquerah!e soul."
the city in an educational way. or Teny50n - S
Atlanta offers more advantages) -p 0 r'man Is man, and master of hi
than any other city in the state, and fate.”
as many as any other city in the ( But is the man brought up in the tie sixth place in population in the en-
Scuth, to the boy or the girl wiro is very depths of sin and degradation as tire state and that this population will
to to sent away from home for an ed-jmuch a master of his will and soul as > entitle them to three representatives
ucaticn. It offers advantages that no the man who has been more favorably jin the legislature. Allowing for dis-
other Georgia city can offer. These!nurtured? . jcrepancies that may have occurred on
advantages weigh heavily in the bil-l Modern science has undoubtedly-account of the enthusiasm of the citl-
ance and must tell strongly In favor. demonstrated the marked influence; zens of Laurens, it still remains mani-
of the removal of Mercer, now that: which heredity may have on the ha- fostly true that the county has made
the matter ha3 received the sanction man organism. Generation after gen- marked progress in the settlement of
of so many of the leading clergymen > eratlon the father defiles and vitiates Immigrants within its borders,
of the Baptist church and such a vastj the cells of his brain with tfae evil im- It Is to tiue vigorous manner in which
army of the alumni. , pulses of drink or Immorality, and the the county has encouraged Immigra-
when the long
shadows fall
At eventide, to play and love and rest.
Life.
Let me but live my life from year
year,
With forward face and unrelenting
soul.
Not hastening to, nor turning from
the goal;
Not mourning for the things that dis
appear
In the dim past, nor holding back .‘u
fear
From what the future veils; but
with i whole
And happy heart, that puvs its toll
To Youth and Age. and travels ou
with cheer:
let the way wind up the hill or
down.
Though rough or smooth, the Jour
ney will be Joy;
Still seeking what I sought whea
but a boy,
New friendship, high adventure, and a
crown,
I shall grow old, tut never lose llfe’a
zest.
It is probably best that the greut son becomes a victim ot alcohiUsm or itlon that Its marked progress has Because the road’s last turn will be
educational Institution* of the state moral leproay. It was a vivid figure
should be centered in Atlanta. The that the ancient writer used when he
None of the invading Mexicans seem generous rivalry thus created will said that the fathers have eaten sour
mean much* for their future endow- grapes and the children’s teeth are on
ment and advancement. The Baptists edge. *
to have reached Texas yeL
The football hero weeps because will not permit any other college
there are no new worlds to conquer. ; Atlanta to surpass their school, and
eventually, when the Methodists re-
It tikes a long foresight to see a move Emory to the same city, or es-
THE DrCHESS-TO-BE.
war with Japan on the way now.
If the many ins and outs of a court-
j tabllsh another great university there, ship may be taken as prima facie evi-
bhe competition between the two will dence that case in question Is true
been due. Immigrants from Northern the ^ est ’ £ 0Te
Georgia and South Carolina have es- ^ me bat love m”iove without (lis
ped ally sought homes in Laurens. The guise,
former large and unwieldy planta- Nor wear a mask of fashion old or
tions of the county have been divided) .. n ,
„„ . , Nor wait to speak till I can hear a
up into smaller farms, so that a% large c j aei
a number of -worthy and industrious \or piay a part to shina in other's
immigrants as possible might be o> eyes.
tained. It is said that these immt- Xor b0 ."' P 15 ' knees t0 what m >' teart
grants Still continue to come to I.aa-
denies:
But, what I am, to that let me be I
rens as fast as farms can be obtained. true, j
It is upon this very class of immi- And let me worship where my lovaj
is due,
Have thronged our slj
during the first few days
this astounding
BARGAIN EVEN
that is destined to go doj
in history as the most
sational and most satis
ing merchantable display
Real Price Slashing even
tempted in this or any oO
er county.
NEVER AGAIN
Will such an opportunity as this for Real Values be pro
Mayfbe the price3 of foodstuffs are redound enormously to their mutual dove, then the Duke of the Aibruzzl
teaming the ar: of aviation. benefit. T-e Presbyterians, too, will a “d his American sweetheart, iIis3 grants that the future growth of no->- ls Ilue - I i . ,1 i r
! sooner or later have a great school at Katherine Elkins, must be truly and ulatlon , n Sumter eou ® j d „. And so through love and worship let ' ve have put them before the public.
Fanny how the Outlook figures out the capital. Ail in all, then, the prac- desperately in love with each other. ; penda The county is well advertised, “e rise: I
Its assistant editor as victor. tical determination to remove Mercer For years the vicissitudes of this a3 the num , >er of Inqu j rle3 djat ke ., p F or love Is but the heart's Immortal If you have not been among those present you will ntvsj
— to Atlanta Is a wise one, commending international love affair have filled the camIng ln cons:aat ’ y shows clearlv thirst
Butterflies have fluttered right Into itself to the Baptists generally as a p-aipers with* cuts and special articles But imm i gr ants come here and find T ° T c , omp!e ' ely kno *' n and a11
new feminine fashion,. change gure t0 lnfu5e neB . llfe lBt0 of varied nature concerning what had tlm , and , g 8Q h , gh and 3ma „ farra3 30u , 3 that come ;0
.rZ 7 ! tbat venerable institution. Removed already happened with reference to gQ hard (Q 0 , );aln at an} . prlce , hat Heaven:
Pi.y if the trees some chaps plant to Atlanta, with a complete new plant, which there has been at times consid- gQ to Lee and a( jj 0 j n i n g cou nties So take me * love * and understand my
with the pride of the church) stimulat- erable dispute—and with enuiesa , ‘ d . t0 , 1U rchase fa-ms at mo-e . . "°, rst ', . ,
ed to an unprecedented degree, it is "dope" as to the possibilities of the; . prlc« Manytstance, of ^ ^ ^
a pretty safe assertion that inside of outcome of the affair. In public print, such Mcurrencea can b8 verlfled _ xh , 3 And let me find In thee, my love, my
grow up to ba as crooked as they are.
Aiigusta's indignation at the census
becomes that staid old city.
Taft may find the old G. O. P. ele
phant extremely restive now.
; lesson of Laurens county may prove
a decade Mercer will have doubled these two unusual lovers have been
its attendance and will have assured married and un-marrled oftener than; va5ual) ] e ln tbIs particul
a position of prominence in the South- the averega Individual can recall.
ern educational field never heretofore) Now comes another campaign of;
dreamed of. It is a progressive step, ( publicity in the press, which claims to)
and while it Is probably shocking to be more authoritative than any here-'
-The Outlook.
just what you have missed until too late.
Don’t attempt to picture in your mind that this Salti|
compared to any others ever attempted here. You will onlykj
ing yourself and doing us an injustice.
KHID-CHANNEL.”
AFTER THE PLAY.
Teddy should get everything
from a lemon to a white ele- M acon - a local feelings, It is hardly apt tofore—claims which have been made
phsot
. .. . , ,, . (Burton Egbert Stevenson.)
Among the many vital problems of M!d . „ tawdrv pJrple and tinsel
(aiacuus .uv« *««-«., .v « -pv| r T17 n '; present day 1 ife th at modern d cam a has bright,
to be deterred by any opposition there, j strenuously c-tch time b } enterprising da])f „., Ih „„„„ m „ fo lm .„, lln J with a mimic crown bowing low at
Headlines de - !t with none is more interesting
The next step of the Republicans
will be to block the Democrats all they
can.
THE SOUTH AS A CORN CENTER.
It's a pity that the 17-centa the cot-
con growers are expecting won’t come
tin after Xmas.
Savannah won't know the Ogle
thorpe monument has been unveiled af
ter that big football scrap.
The candidate for governor of Wis-
eonaln who said he’d get married
elected was a corking campaigner. He
won the ladies' votes.
{
The Democratic donkey, long used
•ptho way* of the "Peerless One", has
'a new rider In sight.
If light were let Into the hearts of
many men, it would be found that their
divinities were all feminine.
—
Now that be’s quietly engaged ln
Panama, President Taft may think it
over leisurely.
If, as Mrs. Martha Crow, of New
York, says, divorce la a rebuke to tbe
Bible, then tbe Bible le being -very
badly rebuked.
It fs an old and trite thing to ssy
-Cotton la King." but the cotton seed
seems to bo a more consistent king
than tbs staple.
Those Texaa cowboys are spoiling
for a light It Win be a pity If the
Mexican, fall to show up in time.
\
It took Democratic success to twist
around that "woifid-wlde tendency" ao
that prices began to start down the
) soapy chute again.
“■Jpnder tbe new order of things, tbe
local (Western Union operators will
have to transform themselves into
night owls.
The local races may not be
thrilling as the Grand Prize races
ware, bat the horses will get there
■with both feet alt the sains.
A turkey with- a genuine hobble has
been presented to President Taft. Does
that mean that the hobble baa secured
official recognition? -.i-fifo? H
M A Pittsburg pastor permitted the
use of the church building for the
receipt of election news at the recent
’eteetton. Is this a “tainted election"
dodge?.
In no department of farm operations
has tbe effectiveness of the work of the
Farmers’ Co-Operative Demonstration
campaign ot the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture been better shown
than in the South's increased harvests
of corn.
The figures obtained by the federal
Department of Agriculture are espe
cially eloquent in t!\is particular. They
show that the nine Southern states,
Virginia, North Carolina. Georgia, Ala
bama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Arkan
sas and Texas, have an increase
158,294,000 bushels of corn, which ls
45 per cent, of the total increase for
the year throughout the entire United
States.
In each of the foregoing states the
Farmers' Co-Operative Demonstration
work has been conducted ln tbe man
ner which has been outlined by the
government'experts. The increased
yield of corn | 3 an eloquent tribute to
the superiority of modern scientific
methods over the old "hit-or-miss”
plan. Even a novice oan see that it
this field tbe aid of the federal gov
eminent to the South has been of very
great value.
The awakening of interest In corn
culture ln Sumter county has been
greatly facilitated by the prize con
test which was held here during the
past season. The quickening of in
terest among the fanners here has not
been greater than ln many other sec
tions of this state and other neighbor
ing states, especially South Cirolina,
which now holds the record yield for
the entire world.
Improved farm machinery, the dy
namiting of land to be given over to
corn culture, the investigation of new
and Improved methods of agriculture,
(have ail been brought to the atten
tion of Southern farmers, and hare
contributed their share toward adding
to this section's prosperity not only
in tbe culture of corn, but also In the
growing of cotton and other crops.
Sumter has already achieved a success
of which it may well be proud, but
the re-awakening is Just beginning.
Let the farmers of this section strive
for new laurels during the coming year
in the widespread and peace-giving
struggle for agricultural independence,
which is making the Southland the
most progressive section of tbe na
tion.
newspaper correspondents, neaonnes . - — ; his feet,
blazon forth the unusual secrecy, in-! n le 111383 °° 0 rac *( su *■ e an in crown and scepter of gold bedigat
cognitoa etc., with which the prepara- dh ' orce ' which forms the theme of And a robe falling in fold and pleat, [
tions for the marriage of the duke and Arthur plnero ' 8 recent drama ' “ M “>- H « atalks “>« a ' a * e a “ d ‘ ak «
. ... t_i„ hointr (Channel." This is the second season 1 seat,
the American £lrl are certalnlj Delng. *u Ah well let him nrosner while
* a .. v the jlramas appearance on the »uue
consummated, but the a\ era ge reader .. .... 1 may;
smiles a smile and .reads other “news” Amorlcan stage, though the first sea- T jj e curtain's soon down for the hours
unperturbed. For the most part the 1 80 f_°^ ! are fl8et '
public ls "from Missouri." It will
There is no comparison, fQri
Festival of Bargains stands |
in a class alone
he
have to be “shown."
(Omaha Bee.)
The bkchelor sits all adone in Kb den,
Which is tidy as tidy can be
(So the bachelor thinks, but I greatly
fear
Twouldn't look so to you or to me);
The daylight fades and be lights
'Pipe.
And content he indulges his whllm,
And counts in the wreath of blue
amoke as it curls
All the girls who couldn't get him.
The night outside Is dtsmal and dark,
The rain rattles loud on the pane.
But inside the (bachelor darneth his
socks,
And laughs at the storm in disdain:
His ears are intent on the tempest
-without,
On the rain that comes down with a
‘ vim, >,
For the raindrops he Lears are the in
cessant tear!
Of the girls who couldn’t gqt him.
Tbe tempest grows wild and wilder
still.
It sends a great gust down the flue,
But the com'fy old bach' gives the fire
u good poke
•And takes out a clinker or two;
The roar of the tempest is pleasant to
hear
lbs he sits In the twilight dim,
For it sounds like the Bhrleks and the
sobs and tbe sighs
Of the girls iwbo couldn't get him.
The storm is over, the hour is late,
The bachelor sits In his chair:
In his hand something shines, in his
forehead are lines
That one does not always see there:
For that small, shiny thing in his band
is a ring.
And his dull eyes are solemn and
wet
For tire times he was s-purned and the
-ring was returned
By the girls whom he couldn't get.
"Tin fight has just begun."—Roose
velt. But “Teddy" has already a plen
ty of It. -« ,
Now that T. Roosevelt has been un-
c,-n::> biffed from this pedestal of
popularity, will tbe circulation of The
OuU'-'k I k- :i slump equal to that of
the Republicans? «; t ;j EH
Evidence of how thoroughly Ameri
cas ls advertised become manifest ev
ery dsy. •
High-flying ought to come natural
to many of the feminine kind.
Not much difference ln tbe price of
fall bonnets add Easter ones. ^
The New York reporter who whip
ped five Pinkerton detectives may be
the "hope of tbe white race."
In this drama by an English play
wright there is a vital germ of truth
for Americans of today. Briefly told,
the story is that of a husband and wife
who sacrifice everything in their strag
gle for wealth and position. They
cared nothing for children in the first
fourteen years of their married life,
which marked their pursuit after Mam
mon and tbe elusive nothingness of
social power.
Then came tbe rude awakening.
They had accomplished what they had
struggled for financially and socially,
but it was as dust and bitterness on
their lips. Then they yearned for that
which ln tfaelr hardness of heart they
had shunned in former years. There is
nothing to bind them together, and
they tame to Dae realization of the
fact that they were not even friends.
"If there had only been a child,
everything would have been different"
is the pathetic and heart-rending cry
of the wife after each had drifted
apart from tj'ne other and had fallen
into sin. She sought reconciliation.
The husband told of bis dark life sines
leaving (her and was forgiven. Then
be wrung from her the story of her
sins, but manlike ho did not forgive.
The curtain fails on the wife’s self-
destruction. Tragic, Indeed, but with
an element of vital truth!
With fine aptitude the playwright
has chosen as his title the allegorical
theme Introduced Into the play with
reference to a reef where marriage is
wrecked In mid-channel. It was four
teen years before husband and wife
came to grief, but at the close ot the
piay one sees with vivid clearness how
fragile was the bond of financial and
social avarice which held them to
gether during that period and how
quickly they drifted apart when they
realized that they really had nothing
in common. The iplay is a rather som
ber but powerful plea for sanity and
poise to reign in the marriage of to
day.
after
And the king's but a beggar
the play.
jin his borrowed plumage, poor shal
low cheat,
He struts the stage with a strange
conceit;
But let him prosper while he may
Tbe king's -but a beggar after
play.
LURE O’ DREAMS.
“YVhere do you keep your dream--, my
boy ”
Your face Is lit, and for very Joy
Y’our feet are swift In the va.e and
lea—
Tell me, pray, where your dreams may
be."
be
the
hid
"They are wonderful dreams,"
made reply,
"And I share them not with
passer-by.
Here in my heart I have them
deep;
They bless my waking and thread my
sleep
With golden strands—but I must not
tell—
They are wonderful! dreams and serve
me well!”
"Where are your dreams ” his face
was tense
With the toll of years, and the wage-
man's pence
Was hung Where the weary day grew
dim;
“Where are your dreams?" I asked
of him.
The Colonel should "now get the
oblivion be so richly deserves.
Appropriately named, this winter's
girl would be called “Queen of the
Furs.”
"You can't -always tell by tbe noise
they make."—T. Roosevelt'.
He raised his face In the late sun's
glare
And took bis cap from the graying
hair.
“They afie wonderful dreams," he
made reply,
'And I share them not with the pas
serby.
Here ln my heart 1 hide them deep
As men hide rubles, but, oh, the
steep,
Rough way and the hunger keen.
And the dry brook bed where tbe wil
lows lean
Their dead trunks vainly!”
He drove his spade
Deep where the line of the trench was
laid.
And from the swamp across the hill
Came the sad, far cry of the whip-poor-
will.
—Richard Wlghtman, ln Success.
Remember that you still have several days left in tvhki^
alvantage of this sale.
We still have thousands of dollars worth of Clean. S
Merchandise displayed for yotjr approval, and at price toj
lously low to bring forth one word of dissent from the i
perienced and closes buyer.
Put forth our hill list of goods and prices to the7890M
Did Democracy bring about that tum
ble ln the price of meats
Won't the hill collectors get to using
aeroplanes pretty soon?
The revised version will soon read:
"When you are in doubt, go aeroplan-
:v.*
Tbe football hero will be ln tbe lime
light for some time now.
And now th« women deny that the
cigarette habit' la growing
(hem.
“It Beats AIL”
We will not go into details here. We have pre
forth our full list of goods and prices to the thousands off
and in the surrounding country.
Suffice to say that you will be amply repaid by»'
before the curtain is rung down o nthe Biggest Bargain.
. O'i
it has ever been your good fortune to attend.
We carry here as Big an assortment of SHOES as f
ever wish for. and now at these Sale prices they arc (
tractive.
: ; I
Everything that you could possibly need in all that B 11
In CLOTHING. FURNISHINGS. DRY GO
TIONS, in fact anything'that you could possibly exp* 0 *"J
any first class store, and all in Good, Clean Merchandise
We positively have no old relics or«
adorning our shelves. REMEMBER
night on the 26th of October occurs the
this Big Sale. You have until then to
vantage of these sale prices.
This L quoted fiom a letter of M
Stockwell, Hannibal, Mo. "I recently
dute FV.ey’e Honey, and Tar for the
first time. To say I am pleased does
not half express my feelings. It beats
all the remedies I ever used. I con
traded a bad cold and was threatened
with pneumonia. The flrat doses gave
great relief and one bottle completely
oared me.” It contains no opiates.
Mm R. Hudson.
It is said that two can play »f any
game, bit as a matter of fact one of
them is merely tbinUng that he can. j
' . . ■
IT’S UP TO YOU-
LOOK FOR THE GREEN SIG*
W. E.W<*
213 FORSYTH STREET.