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City of Amerlcus.
Sumter County.
Webster County.
Railroad Commission of Georgia For
Third Congressional Dustrlct.
C. S. Court, Southern District of
Georgia.
AnicHctis, Go* .Way 31, 1917
Th 0 Italians are developing the best
little tail twisters that have ever got a
hand hold on the caudal appendage nf
their arch enemy Austria.
A negro over in Columbus rescued a
little white girl from the clutches of
a would-he assailant a night or two
ago. If more of this spirit were shown
there would be fewer occasions for
drastic action by outraged citizens of
the South.
The Amerlcus naval recrultlqg offic
er has been complimented by the de-
l«rtment on the excellent class of meu
sent from this station. Sumter county
has measured up to the best standards
of tradition In furnishing her quota for
the defense of the nation.
Judging front the enthusiasm pr
■vailing among the housewives of Amo
leus over the canning school that is :o
be opened here within the next few
days, the ladies are preparing to take
ut wallop at old h. c. of 1. that will
znako him take the full count.
The necessity for a greater know
edge ol languages other than our own
native tongue is being recognized mor
fully by those educators who appreci
aite the value of the opportunity now
offered America to take the foremost
part In moulding the destinies of the
stations of the earth.
and steel interests of those countries
t, the time when they spread the
Whil • the rest'ot the world looks on forces westward and became the dom-
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rr r —P" -~
1 * t qs | ( ,»,i n « they have gone pn until they
drives against the last defense of Tri-chine. tne> na»c * r
1 i n.« on the hovc probably made defeat, except by
c°te. the Austrian naval base on in t. i ..
Adriatic sea. Starting their operations the lulled States, an ImpoMlbl U,
U „ otter having be-» I England and France and Italy and
zzs^;rLre,..|ne,gi .... .,0. —
hold .heir positions along the Julian j life blood In the most heroic contcit
front, the Italian generals have made known In the worlds > s or>.
„,ore progress In less than a moat u fight has been our salt a ion rhe
than had been recorded In more than a navies have been the shield which has
1 | saved us from destruction by our en-
>ar j>re\ ioiib. . . tl J emy . Behind their navies we have
Whether the successes scored b> uk . , ,
, inn unipiv to the!" lived In safety, and but for their navie*,
Italian forces are due solelj to uiei.
..creased efficiency and improved mor. j the vandals who have wrecked and
,e or whether the Austrian defenders ruined and outraged so much of hu-
i. 'r.me would have firmly planted their
of the Julian line are growing, fain.- rope ‘
hearted at the prospect of eventual de- feet on American soil. Our salvation
„d the probable dismemberment Is in fighting them on Europe s battle
of ihe Austro-Hungarian nation, can Wd. If we would not be overcome
only be conjectured In Mew of the lack Ur have for years on own shores sue.,
o, reliable Information from the Inside, ruthless, frightful horrors us have
Certain I. is that Austria is Just at marked the work of Germany and Us
the middle of as bad a fix j unholy Turkish ally in Europe, Ger-
ever kept a nati n on the anxious '"™)' must be defeated In France and
at for which the fall of Trieste, her that heroic country and prostrate Bei-
al operations in the Mediterranean slum must be saved.
must necessarily dwindle to the point j U Is well that President Wilson hi.
„ ....... I moved with all the celerity he could
negligibility. |
It is equally certain that Italy's mil-^ommand in a democracy such as ours,
,-ary economic systems have been j hampered as any administration must
thoroughly overhauled within the past Uu by the smalless of many petty pol-
few months. Commissions comprised ‘“clan. are in office, and Is pro-
... the ablest economists and organizers P«r"'g to send abroad the first eontln-
have been sent to Italy by the Allies In Kent of an American army,
the hope of bolstering up her son, - American soldiers will go to hold the
hat inefficient fighting machine. ' torch HAU the world to human
That this task has been satisfae- liberty,
torily accomplished is evidenced by the They will go in a holler cause tha.i
newed energy displayed by Vlcto-lthat of the Crusadors of old.
Immanuel's forces In the field and the j They will battle for the world's civ-
ilization. ,
They will light against the power of
-BrsixKss as rsrAL."
Wealth under organized tariff disap
peared from the South., So great was
The great conflagration which visited |
- . this flow of our wealth to the Norm an
Atlanta last week, wiping out four.
. » -x,Jso vast our revenues to the go\ern-
score blocks of business structures, .. ...
. , . Jmont that when the question of letting
and residences, has failed to create a, „ ,
in -i, the “wayward sisters go in peace, was
condition of things that will work to . ... „ Vo
, tusuggested. Mr. Lincoln said.
the permanent disadvantage of the cap
ital city of Georgia. On the contrary
i*. becomes apparent that decided ad
vantages will accrue as the result of
he destruction of property and the de\-
astation of so large a portion of the
city’s area.
The burned district is to be rebuilt
alon? lines much more in accord with
present day ideas of community build
ing. The “City Beautiful plan of con
st ruction is to be followed and active
do, from whence shall wc obtain
revenue?” The South felt how
Northern legislation had devised all
the tariffs to the South’s injury, creat
ing an abiding sense of injustice to us
One had hoped this war—this awfu
war—would destroy sectionalism, but
Lepresentative Moore, of Peansylcania,
is yet a hot republican sectionalism
I After the war the tariff was known
the “high protective tariff” and tin.
, I Northern legislation robbed the South
treasures are being taken to make pos-i
, , m I o deeply and so systematically that tl
slble a far more attractive end efficient
. , ,i* (republican tariff was called by all hon-
sclieme of things in the rebuilt sec-,
i st people “the robber tariff.
tion.
0. COUNCIL, Pres’t. INC. 1891 H. S. „
C. M. COUNCIL, Vlce-Pres. T. L BOLTON, Assl. [
Planters Bank of Americui
CAPITAL. SURPLUS & PR0FITS1$225.000.00
Resources Over One Million Dollars
ccitiin
With a quarter ol a Wl
pcrlence lo successful
and WHO our large resourca
UIUUU (JOIUUIIUI UlinilllUil |(
Interest, consistent w’tb
banking we solicit your
Interest allowed on tine
flcates and la our depa
savings.
Prompt, Conservative, Accommodating
We tVant Your Business
No Account Too Large and None Too
Smi
One might naturally expect to fln,l,a|
There are millions of cotton tax
much improved economic conditions
prevailing throughout the nation.
Italy's part In the world war prom-
Ibos to be of greater Importance thar
has been conceded by even the mo-.t
ze.ngulne observers, for which will,
cry victory gained overTier ancient
,,emy. Austria, the threatened disrup
tion of the Austro-Gorman alliance :s
brought nearer, for Austria cannot
long withstand a scries of sledge-ham
mer blows directed at her very vitals
Let us hope that the flower garden
: the corner of Church and Lee
streets Is not going to be allowed to
degenerate into a weed garden after
the excellent beginning made thus far
beautify the plot.
,'K SHALL SACRIFICE MUCH. Ill’
\YK SHALL SERVE MORE.
Evil that it may not forever continue
to master that which is Good.
Tlielr struggle is not simply to save
human liberty and democracy to man
kind, but It is to save all that makes
life endurable and existence worth
while.
Their fight will be to save this coun
try and protect the women and the
children here and save them from the
awful, the unspeakable horrors of
the conquered portions of Belgium and
Fiance, and from the depravity whlcii
has mado the streams of Armenia run
red with the blood of Christians, whose
lives have been given to sacrifice be
cause they were Christians and be
cause Mohammedanism is an eternal
light against the gospel of Christ.
I Allied with Turkey In the effort U
call forth u so-called "holy war," that
II ft9 ,|it J'he Moslem world might overrun tin
iar upon chri8tlan * orl<1 ' Germany has, throng!
The flnl-«J ,ts "' holt ' course in tills war. wrltte.
. . , ~ J money in the treasury of the bnited
or less chaotic state of affairs.
, ,, . „ I States, collected illeRally after the war
existing in any city v’sited by such a. . .
. but the North has been too sectional
disaster as that which swept Atlanta
• , ... *ir to make a proper adjustment although
cn Monday last, but it is with gratifi- ^ .
. .., _Jits own supreme court decided the tax
cation that we find the citizens or 4 ,
., nn i was lllegar and the money not right-
Cieorgias capital viewing the situation;
. ... It f ... ! fully belonging to the l nited States,
rationally and with boundless faith in.
Hon. Charles It. Crisp by his alart-
their own powers of recuperation. , . .
, . . ! .i,ess as a parliamentarian nad this
“Business us usual.” is the slogan.
J42.50 tax on a bale of cotton ruled out.
raised by Atlanta business men and.
B., 4. (He entitled to the thanks of the
they are finding that with this opt!-
. .. .. I South. He performed a great and
mistic frame of mind pervading the,
. . .. (timely service. He knew full well that
ommunity, the march toward a better,, , . .
I the South had never received her shar.*
bigger, more prosperous Atlanta makesexpenditurs. "From 1789 „
more rapid progress. 1 1845 ~ sa ys Miss Mildred Rutherford.
The stamina of any given community.
! "appropriations for roads, harbors and
or section is measured by its recupera-j
. , . (rivers in Northern states were five
tive power in the face of trying circum-j
, , . ..... times greater than in Southern states.
stances and this principle which is be-
, . . . . From 1834 to 1845 the North received
ing so thoroughly demonstrated In A*-
. ! for internal improvements ten times as
lanta. holds true for the most unas-
., , _. ... much in appropriations as the South.
Burning individual. The courage that.
. . 4 . From 1850 to 1857 there were eighteen
dominates the citizenry of the capital
MONEY 5H
0
MONEY LOANED interest and borrowers have
ilege of paying part or all of principal at any i;
period, stopping interest on amounts paid. We an
have best rates and easiest terms and give quickest
vice. Save money by seeing us.
inten
G. R. ELLIS or G. C. WEB
city of the state will shortly brlns
about an era of unprecedented pros
perity and municipal growth.
There are. of course, in every
mtinity n few chronic pessimists ,who
The world's future, as
country, hangs upon the
hlch we have entered.
, ,, , - uuon the pages of human history the
.ind cannot vrasp the full meaning of "P 0 "
, „ I I v . blackest career the world 1ms »»*<■
this situation. We ate moved b> forces |
beyond our power to comprehend, hut known
Collier's Weekly can't overlook any
■opportunity to launch a thrust at the
South, no matter what slight -provoca
tion appears. This week Senator Var-
daman and "Cyclone” Davis or Txcas
come In for a harpooning at the hands
of this publication whose breadth of
cpinion might he measured by the e/e
of milady's embroidery needle.
custom houses in the North, and not
one In the South. In 1833 there w
a surptus revenue of many millions In
the public treasury which was distrlb
uted among the Northern states to he
w ill tell you that business Is going to
the bow-wows, no matter If every other
business man in tbwn Is getting round-
shouldered toting his deposits to the
hank. But let us thank our lucky
stars that there are also plenty of solid,
substantial folks who take hold of a
tough proposition with both hands an.l
can say In the face of possibly
unpromising circumstances that "husl-
i Is as usual."
used for local public improvements.
And yet It was by a shrewd parlia
mentary move, executed by an expert
parliamentarian, that the South was
not taxed 2.’,0 per bale on raw cot
ton.—James Callaway In Macon Tele
graph.
THE COTTON TAX.
Americus Undertaking Compai
Funeral Directors and Embolmers
MR. NAT LeMASTER, Manager
Agents for Rosemont Gardens
Day Phones 88 and 231 Night 661
It Is hinted In the official announce
ments from European capitals II,at
Germany Is preparing to spring some
surprises In the way of deadly con
trivances to destroy the armies of the
Allies. Something along the line of
the poison gas shells, perhaps, or
something conforming equally well to
the recognized rules of civilized
fare.
know that the most desperate bar
barism which lias cursed civilization
since mankind emerged from the Da"!:
Ages, when the lluns of old drank
from the skulls of their murdered car-
Itives, makes it Impossible for the hu
man mind to conceive anything equal
to the situation which we are con
fronting.
Let us not minimize the situation.
Let us not for a moment Imagine th u
the task upon which we have entered
will not he vast enough to cal, fortn
cry latent power of the nation.
\Ve must produce in foodstuffs and
manufactures, we must transport by
rati and river, we must finance, we
must fight, beyond all that has ever
entered Into the heart of man to con
ceive . "pon our doing this depends
not alone our existence as a nation, but
the future of the whole world. In Ihi3
mighty contest all the forces of civili
zation of every country on earth arc
involved, and we fight against the
rower of Evil which finds expression
.. In a mighty fighting machine, the out-
| come not alone of 30 years of special
| preparation.
but a century or more of
preliminary work which was the pro
ducer of the last half year of spec ill:
ar-machlne-creating activities.
It would be a vain decision to imag
ine that our enemies cannot continue
the contest. They are relatively strong
er today to meet the situation than
they were a year ago to meet the bat
tles they were then fighting. Steadll
If all the hlaekness and all the hn"-
rors of wurfnrc In days of barbarism,
before the dawn of civilization and of
Christianity; If nil the blackness of
the horrors of the world, savage war
fare of tile Indians of early days could
combined Into one page of human
history. It would he spotless white as
compared with the blackness of Ger
many's warfare of the last two and ;i
half years.
It Is against such an enemy as this
that this nation has gone forth to war.
It would he unspeakable folly for us
not to recognize that into millions of
homes there will come sorrow, that
sacrifices such as we have never known
before Is to be ours; hut that service
such as no nation has ever before rend
ereil unto civilization Is to be the priv
ilege vouchsafed by the AlmLhty to
America.
We may sacrifice much, but we shall
serve more. We may tread the thorny
road of the path of duty, but the beac
on light loads the nation on to the ful
Ailment of Heaven's call.
Cnto General John J. Pershing and
the men who go with him has been
conferred the highest honor that lies
t been given to any American sol
diers. Others have laid down thel •
lives for this nation's welfare. but
these men go forth as saviors net
alone of our own country, hut of tha
orld; not alone for democracy, but
for God and man.
All of us should stand mentally and
The tax books of the city of Amerl
cus will be opened at the office of the
undersigned on April 1st to July 1st,
and all property owners are requested
to make their returns. The matter la
important. E. J. ELDRIDGE,
The business men of Amerlcus real
ize the educational value of the Cha"-
rsiuqua as well as its utility as a source
of entertainment and their response to
the appeal of the Hospital Association
to bear the financial responsibility In
blgnlng the contract for the 1918 pro
gram. means that this city Is becom- ^ ^ steadll*' -
ing more and more trnbued with the llLS lhel . K and Spiritually with uncovered heads es order of finance remain. It Is appar
Chautauqua aplrlt of community wel- fmm daJ 1,11 > °' Lr ™ u " these men go forth, bidding them gol-cnt In these war times what an achieve-
It Is said Hon. Charles R. Crisp had
much to do with ruling out the propo
sition to put a tax of 2.SU per hale on
raw cotton.
This cotton tax feature originated
with Representative Moore, or Penn
sylvania. a republican. The debate
showed sectional lines. The South
has been the victim of burdens for
more than seventy years. The unjust
tariff taxes, favoring the North and
discriminating against the South, were
great Irritants to the Southern people
and played a big part In preparing our
people for withdrawal from the union
Cotton was tile only crop singled out
to he taxed—It being a strictly South-
n crop.
In 1915. when cotton had no market
and grain had a ready market, the cot
ton states desired a loan from the gov
ernment, placing, cotton as security, un
til business became normal. All the
members of congress from the non
cotton states flew In a rage about it
and showed their sectional teeth. T! e
sectional spirit there developed against
the South was a surprise to the South
ern people, who themselves felt s<
loyal to the country. The farmers only
asked for an emergency loan, cotton
placed as security. The new banking
sy stem of this administration was not
prevailing then and the old system ha
us by the throat. One of the greatest
achievements of modern limes was the
■erthrow of the Wall street hanking
system.
No wonder they fitted out a "Golden
Special" with brilliant feminist ora
tors. to appeal to the men. that the old
you match for drinks at the soda
fountains in Moultrie, the arm of the
will put your shoulders to the mat
Several well known business ipcn of
the Colquitt county capital have beet
haled Into court charged with gambling
on account of participation in this
time-honored pastime. I
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I'UGED TO TAKE JiOTE
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You.
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HIGH GRADE FERTM
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Clerk and Treasurer.
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ed and mixed.
Our customers are pleased. Can we offer bette
ences?
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SALES AGENTS:
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Americus, Ga. AmeM
A. S. Johnson E. C. WcW
DeSoto, Ga.
All work we undertake for you In
this tin and Sheet Metal line will be
completed quickly and be done prop
erly. Warm atr furnace and auto rad
iator work
AMEHirrs SHEET METAL WORKS
Rhone 73*. B. H. Allen, Mgr.
MISS BESSIE WIKDSOB,
Insurance,
Bonds.
Office Forsyth SL Phone *84
C. P. DAVIS
Dental Surgeon.
Orthodontia, Pyorrhea.
Residence Phone 316. Office Phone 818.
The quiet grandeur of the funerals C ° n< ty c e _ e
organization appeal to thoughtful people who e p
worth and dignity in a funeral without any un
tentatious display. *
ALLISON UNDERTAKING COMP^
L R. Eden, Director
Day Phone 253-Night 657,106,3&
tare.