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,Hh AMEKICUS TIMt_>-KECORDER.
THURSDAY, MAT |,
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THE TIMES-RECORDER
ESTABLISHED 1879.
NATIONAL FOOD CONTROL.
8tlgator8 have found that the supply , tave.tlon. the burden Is going to become Ity to gain a practical Knowledge that.
s not so short as to Justify the en- decidedly irksome and the taxpayer Is | will prove Invaluable in the economic
Wi,h conditions staring us In the ormoux advance made by the paper | gulag to dig deeper Into bis Jeans to j administration of their domestic af-
face s„ serious as to be almost appall- mill owners ,a number of whom have .meet the demands upon him. | fairs, is evidenced by the growing In-
ing the question of an equitable dls- been Indicted on a charge of eonsplr-1 Good, permanent highways, built tercst manife.ted in the project. Tba
trlbution of food products over the en- acy to control prices. So far the warjvlth the proceeds of bonds and main-,the Americas Lighting Company will
tiro nation Is being attacked with de- has made possible an Increase In the tahed in repair by the funds received, serve a vital public need in furnishing
ho , lave newa print paper available here by J from direct taxation, the ordinary the moans of Instruction along this
output of the Newfound-j method, mean a reduction in taxes, for j line Is appreciated by every citizen
of I-ord Northcbild on this notwithstanding the levy necessary to alive to the full meaning of the warn-
termination by the experts w
made ^careful study of the situation keeping the
and who are in a position to put into land mil
effect such drastic measures as will side of the ocean because of lack of
insure an effectual remedy. , freight room.
The statement of Carl Vrooman. as-j
s.lstant secretary of agriculture, tends j CONGRESS WASTING TIME
to show the leaning of the federal au-
, , Forty days ngo the United States de-
rdblfcbi d every Sunday morning and thorltlcs In regard to the t | a rcd a state of war to obtain with
rDff c y .t nnii , wprxhiom of ffledinir more than .
afternoon except Saturday, and this vital problem of feeding more than , 0erman government. Since
Weekly. by the Times-Recorder LO.> e | luD( j rod millions of American
provide a sinking fund to retire the jngs now being sounded by those who
tone's, the direct taxation for raainte- ( are in direct touch with the food pro-
nance of roads decreases and the re-'duction situation.
suit Is a reduction in the amount each — ■-
taxpayer contributes annually to thej RACK RE-1 ■>SSTIllCTION.
civic treasury.
Rut the voters of Sumter county are
With millions of their best young
not going to approve any boif* issue
men maimed or killed and their your.g]
flacorpo rated.)
_ citizens, to say nothing of the hosts in
Kutired as second class matter a ! n r lta!n and in France who are now
I 1 . A ™ prlc " 3 ' Ca " Under * Ct looking to this country for as: Istancc.
that time two important measures have I ^ or p errn anent road and bridge im-
womcn forced to live and work under |
the
Of March 3, 1879.
(1. It. ELMS,
President.
EDWIN H. BRADLEY.
Managing Editor.
THOMAS M. MERRITT. JR..
nusiness Manager.
Advertising Rates Reasonable.
Promptlv Furnished on Request.
"The people will brook no delay,” said
Mr. Vrooman. “In the issue between
food control by tho government on the
been put through Congress, but
really vital things, the bills giving au
thority for the active prosecution of
the war, are still held in abeyance,
while prolonged debates are staged In
both houses
provement unless a definite program of, (
•conditions that are unnatural and In
highway construction Is announced by
ljurious, the nations of Europe are be-
tho county commissioners. Every
ginning f> consider the menace of ra-
section of the county must gets its
eJal retrogression. The menace is
share of the benefits to be derived from
i undeniably very real and very present
.i _ u,,lu such a bond Issue; there must be no . « ,
ban audupeculalor ontbc otber ^ ^ ^ on tho part ^ ^ and ^ ^ toward it. removal until the war has
Little progress, however, can be made
Now, today, we have control by
speculators.”
the
the thinking people of the United I of „ ach dl8trlct must be assured! eI * ded ' by w,llc, “ tlm0 ’ ln th ° natUra ‘
L. G. COUNCIL, Prcs’t.
C. M. CbUNUL, Vlce Pres.
INC. 1891
H. S. ICIMH
f. BOLTON, Asst.
Planters Bank of Americus
CAPITAL. SURPLUS & PROFITS $225-000.00
Resources Over One Million Dollars
With a quarter ut a cuntun
perience In successful tiai
and with our large resources
close personal attention to ei
Interest, consistent w!th
banking we sullclt pur patron
Interest allowed on time
flcates and In our departmen
savings.
Prompt, Conservative, Accommodating
We vVant Your Business
No Account Too Large and None Too Small
States to have Congress railroad , bcyond lhe Bhadow „ f „ doubt that ^‘course of events. It will have become.
The question is coming to be more r l>u,,u u ‘ “ threatening
„„ nv.ih.r -he through any legislation of vital inter ,bonds ar0 voted for tho purpose of
lcarly defined as to whether the
American people are to be bound hand
and foot to the chariot wheels of the
Subscription Rule*.
B» Mall «n II. S. and Mexico.
I Payable Strictly in Advance.) ^
£>*11 j. one Year $5.00 gamblers In tho necessities of life or
J’rJJ whct j ier t j le j r interests are to be safe-
Datty. Three Months l—»
Daily. One Month 50 guarded by the federal government.
Waefcly, One Year Tho debate yesterday In the senate.
Weekly. Six Months °®i , .
; when Senator Overton characterized
est to the nation, but In 40 days making permanent road Improvements,
would appear that all phases of tho thc moncy w m be equitably appor
vastly Important measures might be
thoroughly reviewed and discussed.
It is evident that thc administration
h determined to exhaust every effort to
Mr. Lf If. Kimbrough is the only
mwtbomed
t ravel In ^“representative of ”>• ■Pwulaton as “pirates”
and
&ha Americus Times-Recorder.
OFFICIAL ORGAN FOR:
City of Americus.
Sumter County.
Webster County.
StallTnad Commission of Georgia For
Third Congressional Dustrlct
fj. 8. Court, Southern District of
Georgia.
Americus, (In., Mny 17* 1'J17
tinned.
There can be no question but that
\ liile Sumter county has enjoyed and
is enjoying the benefits of good roads,
include in the army bill a provision | ex |sts much dissatisfaction in
for press censorship and it is just as L ;rtain 8CC tlons. the residents of which
evident that there Is sufficient "enti- ^ and JugUy g0( that thcy have
ment in both houses to prevent ^ cen accorded the consideration
passage of such a measure. With j c j |;e t j U m in the matter of road con.
such a situation prevailing, the con 'j structlon<
tinued debate tends to materially j q.j iere j g no ugc jn -beating around
hamper the preparations for active I ^ bush „ |n the dI ^ u8; ., on of thIg mat .
piosecution of the war. | ter. The voters in the rural districts
The same condition obtains ln regard I ovcrghadow the cIty vote when it
to various other projects connected comea to balloting on a bond issue and
l,ly for with tilc ever increasing prices wUh th ° mllUary plan3 ’ !«'« rural districts are going to sec to
on all foodstuffs, there Is bound to be ,li '’ vinB brcn ta0kCd ° n ° jit that they are given satisfactory as-
prlme measures, with the result that of a „ e d , str lbution of
robbers,” advocating lamp post hang
ings as a remedy In extreme cases, will
undoubtedly have a tendency to still
further inflame public opinion against
Ibis class of operators.
Food control by the federal govern-
ivnt Is practically certain to be put
Into effect and In tho very near future
unless conditions Improve consldera-
Knfacr Bill, now referred to as
"Tlflflveg'H prisoner,” must be doing
, right herty thinking along about sucl1 tt da™"' - 'or government dlstrl- anta gonlsm has been aroused I . . '
button of food products that thc law- urtola an “ B I road funds beforo they will line up
In Congress and thc entire program of for any bond |sauc Qf (hia character .
i limo.
Don’t forget that the Red Cross mem-
feenehip campaign on Friday affords
jwa an opportunity to help thc homo
fcojrs if they are sent across to France.
lira. Kellie Peters Black, a “plain
■r woman," as she calls herself,
trated yesterday that her
ition for old fashioned “horse
is by no means undeserved.
makers at Washington cannot
acquiesce in thc proposition.
but
The situation offers one encouraging
'aspect; it will inevitably lead to a
j saner and more earnest consideration
|cf social welfare, ln England, for in
stance, steps have already been taken
to provide “for the elimination of so
cial diseases, to safeguard the health j
of men and women workers and to!
protect children.” During the coming,
summer, it is said, hundreds of baby 1
i shows will be held in different parts
, of thc country, and slogan everywhere
'will be “better babies.” This means,
ot course, that the government and
other powerful agencies will come to
a clearer appreciation of the need of
better men and better women. The
prospect of facing the warld with a
peneration largely of incompetents
should be quite enough to awaken any
nations to the need of wiser social
I provisions.—Savannah Morning News.
IJnrmc; SIZE OF PAPERS.
(From the Nashville Banner.)
legislation is being held up.
The United States is unequivocally
committed to a course of action which
must be followed along lines which
have been outlined with sufficient clar-
Scarcity of nowa print paper Is re- Rv to bo understandable even to the
sensible for recent orders to cut most dense Intellect. There can he
The soundness of the theory of roadj German .papers aro attempting to
and bridge bonds has been demonstrat-1 1Lin . mlze thc effcct of the entrance of
ed too many times to make necessary thQ Unlted Slatcs lnto tho grcat war .
any further discussion along tills line. Somc t b | ng " gw ine drap" on those folk3
Many Georgia counties are coming to one of UlcaL , days
view tho situation in this light andj _
arc voting bond issues for this pur
MONEY 51 \
0
MONEY LOANED
on farm lands at 5 1-2 per era
interest and borrowers have pm
ilege of paying part or all of principal at any interi
period, stopping interest on amounts paid. We alwaj
have[best rates and easiest terms and give quickest
vice. Save money by seeing us.
G. R. ELLIS or G. C. WEBB
Americus Undertaking Compa
Funeml Directors and Ewbolmers
MR. NATLeMASTER, Manager
Agents for Rosemont Gardens
Day Phones 88 and 231 Night 661 and
... — - - - , „ , If we only cared to tell It. we could
down tho size of dally newspapers ln no retraction from the steps we “ v0 | pcse Florida counties have taken up' atart a sensation that would cause
acme of the Belligerent countries, ln- taken and there exists no desire for , (he | dca wUh a ¥engea ncc und in I’olk „, )m0 people to sit up end take notice,
ability to Import paper because of tho “ uch retraction in the hearts of the j e )U nty in the ''Land of Sunshine,” the 1 _M ac on County Citizen. Go ahead^
pressure for freight room for food and people of the nation. | voters put through a bond issue of a' and 8p in | t _ 0 ] d man; wo j uat dote on'
munitions has sfrectod newspapers; The unendlnK flHW of oralory ' to th ° | million and a half dollars not long ago B „ nsat | ons I
Tt-K B senators who yesterday In tho _
nourwc of a debate advocated that food 1 published by the entente Allies and on exclusion of decisive action, tends 1° |,, prov i de asphalt highways through-|
ajwcutilors be hanged to lamp posts, 1 me Teuton’s side the shortage or sup- create a condition which cannot but be
wm Bod that about everybody except p i } - i, a s made restrictions necessary-
inimical to thc best Interests of the
Paris one cent newspapers, effective nation and the sooner Congress real
ties week, Issue only two pages four ‘'>> a fact ’ ,bo aoo " cr wl " bC
days In the week and four pages the al,l ° *° successfully disprove the Ger
ThU one from the Macon Telegraph| romalnlng thrco daya . papers selling man chancellor’s Ironic statement that
speculators Is In full accord with
tSaai sentiment.
fi> too good to let slip: ’’A corros-l t a hlghcr pr | cej aU( . h aa , bc Te mps tl><’ “United States will talk until we
pondeut or tho Chicago Tribune re-1 d the ,,, garo muat iaau(! n two-page have starved ' Vt England and overrun
porta having run across this sign In pap „ r at lcaat once a week or twice, I raucc."
TnKlo: T. Cockeye. Tailor, Respectable dcpondent on Ul0 B | z0 0 f tho sheet. In ‘
out the entire county. They are firm been some time since Atlantal
believers In road bonds ln Florida. (came through with a talo about hear-]
If the proposition Is put up to the j n g heavy firing, seeing hostile aero-]
voters of Sumter county in a sone, fair p| anG8 , foiling attempts to blow up!
and square manner, they will put It j th e capltol, capturing German spies,'
through, but no haphazard plan of op-' etc *phe folks up tl’at way are sleep-
orations will bring about tho success j Rg over th e i r rights,
t f the movement.
Commercial City Bank
AMERICUS, GA.
General Banking business
INTEREST PAID ON TIME DEPOSITS
Has Fits Upstairs.’”
ROOD ROAua AND RONDS.
At the last meeting of the Board
Hungary & decree was published last i
month forbidding morning papers toj
appear on Monday morning. The size I
permitted Is based on the annual sub- cl Commissioners of Hoads and llev-
scrlption rate in crowns, this coin be- of Sumter county, perhaps one
lag worth a little over 20 cents In of Important matters under
About 95 pfr cent of tho Americus
bachelors’ brigade is thinking serious.
of succir/zibing to attacks of lllnesu
daring the convention of the graduate
MTS.* in this city. Brown Small says m „ npy , t the normttl cx . consideration was that of devising
he has felt a bad spell coming on «°' lchangB ra , e I>apeI . a charglng less than ««' nmans whereby the highways of
Kveral weeks. eighteen crowns *3.50 a year are ltm- ‘»c county may bo maintained at thetr
' ited to six pages on week days and h-ghest standard of efficiency with the
Have you thought about subscrlbtug ^ The npIt gradc , the least flnancla. burden on tho tax-
wocr share to the big war loan? You ( ......
!charging up to twenty-four crowns, is
« he.p out the finances of your coun- laiiowod ciBht i)ttKe8 ^ wwk | Scrlou , conatd «ra«on wns given a
U,b, putting a few extra^donars into on Sunda> , and a0 1 . rorosltlou to put before the voters
tba (n wlth „ subscription for their approval, a bond Issue of
•ew government bonds, tho pro
•axis of which will be used to pro,e -j"" | " P 0 f thtriVnilght crown, or more. the proceeds of which would
cnb the war against Germany. \ ^ ^ doublc that on Sun- be used tn making permanent tm-
How is It that~when the folks up at 1 day. I proVcment " ,n thc ‘™na r .ortatlon factl
Washington made out the schedule for | The French limit impresses the aver-, ll,es for vehicular traffic. This means
tt. tour through the country of the'ago American, accustomed to thc large that the bond money would go Into thc
Prach and British commissioners, j papers of this country, as being very building of better roads, new roads,
Jkrj failed to Include in the Itinerary i 0 w. In this country a dally paper, better bridges, new bridges.
maj of the states south of tho Mason purporting to cover thc news of thc| Sumter county has long enjoyed tho
„i D1IO n line? I day, and consisting of only one sheet renutatlon as the ’’good road, county”
A JUUE Oi’l’OUTUNTTV.
Within a few weeks there will bo
Wo have with us today Mrs. Nellie
Peters Black, president of the State
Federation of Women’s Clubs. One of,
the strongest factors In tho develop-
opened In this city an Institution which ment of the work of Georgia club
should mean much to Americus house- sh e is ln a position to lend
Flimsy garages, barns and tke
flammable matter stored around ll*
make our Auto Fire Insurance >
tual necessity.
Better phone 186 now. Jl
safe companies.
Herbert Hawk
wives who are desirous of handling«ubotantlal aid la tho campaign tor,
food conservation now being waged.
And we understand that she Is tailing up
this task with a vengeance.
| would bo In tho nature of a Joke. It
of Georgia. Her highways have been
According to the latest news dl»-. , jld proylde only enougll rooal for the cynosure of all eyes and motoring
ox trom retrograd, it looks »*! an advertlll « m en t such as merchant. ,n j ‘-’“'I'ts from other state, have re-
OougQ xcihlng but the grace ot God, c( , un(ry not infrequently carry, marked upon thc high atandard of er-
•0* ffwent a terrific upheaval la tha]^ oat a bl , ahment of a maximum alze cnlenee maintained by Sumter county
tholr domestic problems with all pos-j
stblo efficiency. The unprecedented In
crease tn the price of food products
of all kinds has brought about a condi
tion which threatens serious conse
quences In tho way of abbreviated diet
-vnd tightening b«:t unless measures
are taken immediately to provide a
remedy.
The national commission which has
studied the situation os regards tho
shortage ot foods resulting from tho
war drain, have urged every housewife
to can every pound of fruit, vegetables,
etc., that can be secured during the
present season. But the average
housewife of today knows lit
tle or nothing of the art of preserving
these products for uso during the sea
sons when production Is Impossible.
Tho canning school soon to he open
ed In Americus through the- Instru
HIGH GRADE FERTU12EIS
AMERICUS
HOME MIXTURE GUANO CO
where Czars have ruled for cen-j
gLe** all tho papers a chance to sur
. in the care of her public roads.
turiex but where the proletariat now! ^ ^ iapor Bbortagei though t he| ^ut what of tho financial side of thc
fcolds full sway, with primeval pas
Truckman mu:
St be left with only a situation? Sumter couuty’s roads have
, apparently about to be loosed. l aMerhlg of tbe ncw9 o( tbe day . not teen built with money scoured by dl
the announcement' t0 mention the restrictions thrown Vet taxation and with the develop-
■ of advertising space, "lent of our agricultural resources and
And now comes
ttnt . final herculean to be to be more fortunate th. constantly Increasing demand for
r ^ T „ s——“ - -
Atffcaicd in thc senate
The American people
BR to gag rule and the powers that usc of wh,te paper 011
Reds.
The bed was originally designed as
a soft spot for the tired man to lie on.
Most hotels and some private houses
hav< utterly raised the idea. The aver
age hotel bed la either humpbacked,
jwav-baeked, suffers from lumps, or Is
otherwise deformed.
Next in atrociousness is the sanitary
conch It may be sanitary, but It
do#-*rt even possess the advantages
t u.at old-time Instrument of sudden
l.ath the folding-bed. The folding-
bed would occasionally serve to shut
a man’** wife upr when nothing else
mentality of the Americus Lighting’could, but the sanitary couch can’t
Company, offers an opportunity to the eTen do „
. .a au . u ,. I Then there’s the narrow, hau tied
housewives of this city that should ta- |room bed Th|s (ype ba9 |)Q atlcd
mediately command their attention. v |^ stirrups before you can climb
Manufactured of best unadulterated material, skillfully 1
ed and mixed.
Our customers are pleased. Can we offer better
ences?
SALES AGENTS:
Harrold Bros. L. G. Council
Americus, Ga. America
A. S. Johnson E. C. Webb
DeSoto, Ga. Sumte'
on Saturday I *1.1. country tbe publisher, have >’“u!ar traffic, new roads must be con-
11 never ,uh- *«en drastic steps to economize In the cted. while the old highways must
account of the ®l the same time be kept In good con-
til get a^udeVhoc'k'tf they'persist' fi'K 1 UD >P t!le ? rlc0 ot now " '’ rint ln C “"’ n ' If W ° arU “ conllnao 10 buUd That the housewives of Americus' luiporlant K . j. JXDKI1X1E,
i!,e last year and a half. Federal In- °’- r r °a' 1 ’ i a nder «>» syetem ofdlreci wm tat8 ad ventage of thU opportun ilt Clerk eud Treasurer.
There will be no charge for the In
struction; eveiythlng is absolutely
free. A model kitchen, fitted with all
necessary equipment Is to bo provided
and here the ladles who decide to take
tho course of instruction in the art of
canning will work under the direction
of competent Instructors.
on It.
PROPERTY ir.FSEUS ARE
URGED TO TAKE NOTE
The tax books or the city of Amerl
rus will be opened at the office of th«
.nciersigned on April 1st to July lai.
and all property owners are requested
to make their returna. The natter la
We have builded upon the rock-ribbed principles of honor *
fled undertaking business that stands well in the estimation 0
U How townsmen. The politenc-s* of our burial appointment n 8
tactful courtesy of our service have won distinction.
ALLISON UNDERTAKING COMPANY
L. R. Eden, Director'
Day Phone 253—Night 657, If/