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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.