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fHfc. AMERICUS TIMES-RECORDER
THURSDAY, Aid
THE TIMES-RECORDER
ESTABLISHED 1879.
THE COM MON SENSE OF MARKET Much amazed that the men should tako;ir.g the example aet hy Augusta.
DO, Uiceptlons to their plea for the tn-| The condition which will be thrust
f-rcemcnt of a state law already on u| on the South after the completion
The extended discussion of market- [i 10 salutes. |cf the vast government's project, could
ng facilities to be provided for the^ All of this means that for a time the not have occurred at better time from
handling of the Immense crops pro- people of Quitman will be pretty Ihor-'the fcneral viewpoint of those who
“aid and
duced In the South this year opens up o ighly Inconvenienced and that in a have studied the question, because it is
many phases of tho question, hut short time the town will drop back ( safe to say that never before In the
among the most Important is that of |„to its old habits, with a very general history of the South will such activity
^proper preparation of the raw product desire on tho part of everybody to be experienced In all lines of endeavor
hy the producer himself.
•forget It."—Savannah Press.
The price of any given commodity Is (
established according to the law of
supply and demand, but common sense I
GEORGIA'S TIMELY CHOPS.
. „ I- .-a teaches us that the different grades of!
Published every Sunday morning and, “ ° |
afternoon except Saturday, and the same product bear relative money
It should be hugely gratifying to all
jv^y afternoon except Saturday, and the same product bear relative money Ceorg|ans _ part , cu , arly th o sc immed-
Weekly, by the Timea-Recorder LO* va j ueg \v e i 1 selected, carefully grad .. •
{Incorporated.) . | ,. lately responsible for the fine achieve-,
ed corn brings a considerable bette**
that has been care*
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ment, to know that 1917 is yielding the
Entered as tecond class matter at
gestafflce at Americus, Ga.. under act
St March 3. 1879.
G. n. ELLIS,
President.
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OFFICIAL ORGAN FOR:
City of Americus.
Sumter County.
Webster County.
Gallraad Commission of Georgia For
Third Congressional DustrlcL
C. 8. Court, Southern District of
Georgia.
Americas, Ga* August 23, 1017.
Market conditions today require'that
the farmer, if he desires to obtain the
best prices for his products, must
realize the necessity of preparing them
with systematic precision and care.
The farmers of the middle West hava
come to learn that it pays to grade
their products In accordance with the
established standards and to offer them
foi sale grade by grade, so that the
buyer incurs less expense In prepar
ing the commodities for the final dis
tribution.
The farmer who brings in a quantity
heaviest crops of foodstuffs in the his
tory of the state, present indications,
pointing to an increase range of
thirty to thirty-three per cent., with
the latter figure almost certain of
attainment. This means materially
more money for the farmers; it means
that thousands will not pay tribute to'
the west, and above all else it means
that the agricultural interests are
awakening to the fact that the one*
crop idea is a myth and burden-build
er, and that intelligent diversification
is the foundation stone of soil inde*j
pendence. It is good for the state and
the people that this single idea in
crustation finally is broken.
as that which will be recorded in the
next tew months.
The enormous large crops that are
being grown in the South, and the uni
versally splendid prices prevailing for
all products are bound to bring un
precedented business activity, and
this will be reflected in numerous
buildings of commercial character be
ing constructed in every city and com
munity in the South; and, besides this,
there will be an enormous increase in
the number of dwellings and other im
provement work will be noted gener
ally in every locality.
There is some opposition to building
undor present conditions, and it is be
ing voiced in mapy communities, own
ers of property, who have planned to
build, declaring tht> will not do so
under present conditions. But they
pi*gM as well adapt themselves fa
rew ccndit.'ons because the South is
just getting in a plane with the rest of
the country, and for many years to
of corn, entirely ungraded, the full, * . . I come we will not have cheaper ma-
I While crop totals are not now ob- , , . . ,, . ,
perfect ears mixed up with the “nub-' tcrial, to say the least of it, and cheap-
bins,” nad expects to receive the pric'
tainable, leading agriculturists acting
paid for first class corn, is doomed to
in harmony with the state board
disappointment and in many cases h?
agricultural have , made a thorough
refuses to accept any explanation
census of acreage, crops already harv-
er labor is practically an imopssibility.
This country will no longer have an
unusual supply of emigrant labor to
augment the local contingent, and it
from the wholesaler or Jobber. Ha, '" is safe to say that the workers of
still to be gathered. The estimate ot . , , . . _
fails to realize the necessity for mod- America, who have tasted of prosperity
thirty to thirty-three per cent increase _ . . . , , , , .
ern business methods in handling ag-, land high prices for their labor, will
over any previous year is said to bo . , , . _ . , , ,
ricultural products. not be induced to work for less for
ested and the condition of those crops
Velvet beans and in fact, every otli-;
cr farm product should be handled by
South Georgia, particularly those sec
any time during the next deecade; be
the farmer in accordance with the
tlons ridden by the boll weevil, close
sides this, there is bound to be an
With the sweet potato on the army
ration Hat, the Georgia boys will have commodities,
at least some gustatorial consolation
when they get into the trenches many
thousand miles from the old “Empire
.State ot the South.”
attention has been given to increased
present day methods of marketing. Ini |
• corn acreage as well as far heavier i
no other w ay can he expect to receive j ! D
, . _ . (planting of peanuts, velvet beans and
the most satisfactory prices for his . . . . j*
legumes, these last intended for cattle •
enormous demand for labor every-
Nkk Romanoff and his folks are not
going to have such a terribly uncom
fortable time ot it in Tobolsk, Siberia,
after all ;they took along 50 servants
and enough paraphernalia to fit up
.their new residence all shipshape.
There are several million people who
ire right anxious for some sort of an
’and live stock. In some sections pea-
peach growing industry in this state on 1
a basis w hich bids fair to put peach j
growers in the millionaire class.
where, and even Europe may make a
great draft on the labor resources of
| this country after order is restore 1
out of the chaos now existing in that
The campaign of education along'"*"* “ *7 *'"“ i war-ridden country.
.... . . . touts were enteircly experimental anl 4 „ _ .. A . . .. .
this line carried on by the Georgia ' J | It naturally follows, therefore, that
„ IA „ . . . I therefore approached with great tim- . .
Fruit Exchange has served to put tho’ the South, indeed the whole country,
idity. In substantially every instance
the certainty of bumper crops have re
warded the hopes ot the planters.
.. , , , . Georgia will be blessed this year
combining scientific product prepara- 1
with an enormous yeild of sweet pota
toes, black-eyed and field peas, in
creased output of hays and splendid
corn yield. Wheat and oats alreadr
have been harvested, and though tho
figures are not obtainable at this punc-
. , . A . . ture eminently satisfactory yields are
peach industry holds good for every
, 1A . . , reported. In connection with the im-
agricultural product and the sooner,
announcement regarding the progressjour farmers come to a realization of * )0r * an * "heat farmers through !montlily for farm labor, according to
made by Edison on his invention this fact, the sooner will they knowi° Ut the 8 * ate are be * ng strongly urgel|^ e per j 0( j employment and the ca-
. iA , . . . ... ... .. I , Ai . . . , , . . to increase their acreage wherever,
which it Is claimed will put the ever .the satisfaction of having received the pacity of the worker.
possible. This is sensible advice for
many will recognize as an
comfort" to her.
This is a time when the American
must either serve America or Germany.
There is no middle ground. He either
is for America or he is for Germany.
If he is for Germany he is a traitor in
his thoughts at least, and if he ex
presses those thoughts he is a traitor
woh can be easily recognized. Why
should Americans here at home have
careful regard for the feelings of such
spouters when sons and brothers are
in the lists of dead and wounded?
When an un-American United States
senator rears up in the senate and
speaks words that are sweet music to
the Kaiser’s ear he may, for all he
know, be actually speaking the death
warrant of many American boys, for it
s such sweet music that will tend to
prolong German resistance—which
means the lengthening of casualty list3.
Georgia has not been without her!*,
share of men who, let us hope, are
actuated more by their own lack of j
wisdom than by any desire to make’
the war more costly in American lives.!
Can they not see that the war must go 1
an till the military power to the pres-j
ent German government is beaten ir,
then, they cause the delay of that muchj
?desired consummation they are but
helping the Germans to kill Americans,!
because they are doing something to^
encourage the Germans to continue
fighting. And what they say is magni-J
fled for German ears. What Senator
LaFollette says in the senate that
pleaes the Kaiser is pased on the Ger.:
man people as if Senator LaFollette;
really amounted to something and had
the respect of Americans. Anti-draft
meetings of a little handful of persons
are magnified for the benefit of the 1
German people into great riots where
the president is condemned and the.
chances of raising a great army to fight
the Germans laughed at. Let it be hop-!
eJ that ignorance rather than treason J
is behind these anti-American doings,
in this country, but whether it be g-
norance of treason, the time has come
INC. 1891
„ H - S ' WliKluJ
T. E. COLTON, .Asst.
I G. IClWiL, Pres’t.
C. H. COUNCIL, VIce-Pres.
Planters Bank of Americus
CAPITAL. SURPLUS & PROFITS.$225-000.00
Resources Over One Million Dollars]
Did ytu Delptoover-substri
Liberty Loan Bond issue? n
war coMlnuts, another fe.
these bonds Is Inevitable.
Department for Savings a;|
prepared to help your tonsin
helplng'yourself. 1
Prompt, Conservative, Accommodating
We Want Your Business
No Account Too Large and None Too Small
tlon with modern methods of dlstrlbu
tlon. tho desired results have been ob-l
tained and the peach Prowers fully j
realize the wisdom of carefully pre
paring their fruit for market.
The principle that applies In the
must simply face the situation as it
confronts them, and not try to dodge
the Issue, tor It Is one of the inevitable
results that accrues to any section
when there is an unusual movement
for development.
Not only is this true of the com
mercial and Industrial world, but the
farming elements of the South Is going
to be placed on the same basis as the
farm workers of the middle west,
where salaries of $25 to $75 are paid
MONEY 5i
Of
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MONEY LOANED
on farm lands at 5 1-2 per i
interest and borrowers have;
ilege of paying part or all of principal at any inte
period, stopping inferest on amounts paid. We altt
have best rates and easiest terms and give quickest
vice. Save money by seeing us.
G. R. ELLIS or G. C. WEBB
Americus Undertaking Compai
Funeral Directors and Embolmers
MR. NAT LeMASTER. Manager
to put an end to them.—Savaunah Day Phones 88 and 231
Morning News.
Agents for Rosemont Gardens
Night 661 ani
A party of South Carolinians who
visited Sumter county a day or two
ago to investigate boll weevil condi-*1
tions, were first made pessimistic by j
being shown cotton badly damaged by
the pest, and were then caused to view
the situation in a more cheerful lighl
by being shown farms where a success •
ful fight has been made against the de>
structive insect. Their conversion to
the scientific methods of weevil cam
paigning was a tribute to the effective-
Commercial City Bank
AMERICUS, GA.
General Banking business
INTEREST PAID ON TIME DEPOSITS
ness of the fight made by the progress- '
ive farmers in this section. ,
Listing quietus on the submarine men-
Hov long will it be before the fol
lowers of the "Sage of McDuffie” re
attze that he incites them to entangle
best market prices for the products of
their fields.
the reason that during the war period'
Ql’ITMAN IN DOG DAYS.
After all this means that the South
, .is simply going in for prosperity and
.there is a reasonable posibility that the! .
* i progress on a permanent basis, and
South will be unable to get all the west- i . A „ ...
, .when we once get adapted to thenew
ern bread needed, and It is up to the
The thriving little city of Quitman
farmers to produce at least a portion
conditions nobody will suffer thereby.
or thier flour. Present indications are: ro „ AMEltK’A-OH GERMANY.
h 0 _, iiUt , ,h„ of federal lj having a lot of fun these dog days
twelves In the meshes “deral,^^ ^ ^ ^ ^ tb.t the 1918 wheat crop of Georg!a.
punitive law, while he himself skirts - - and the same may be said of corn and I Fully come is the time for Americans
th. net with a facility not possessed Tl:e womCQ of the clt Y hav succeeded ... I
by Us less cunning satellites.
In Inducing the authorities to Issue a
oats, will greatly exceed the current, to shut down on men in this country
declaration that tho town on Sundays
who give aid and comfort to the enemy.
_ , .. , — w must be shut up tight. An now It Is ,
Between the I. W. W agitators, tha( a number of Qullman foodstuffs is measurably due to the the comfort merely of the printed page.
I Georgia's Increased output of general whether the aid be merely verbal and
proGerman propagandists and the
agents of the Teuton militarists.
men are In a state of open rebellion earl >' BppeaU of Wa,hlngton t0 th =° r these things be expressed by strikes,
against the enforcement of the Sunday
farmers of the state and South to anti-draft meetings, "Kaiser Wilson"
Cncle Samuel finds plenty to occupy |,. blue „ , aws pet , tloned for by the Wo . l> Unt every possible acre. Our people banners in the hands of foolish suffra-
bla attention, to say nothing t> chr , 8t , an Temperance Uulon > re ,0 b0 congratulated that the farm-; gettes. organizations which claim to
preparations for helping out the Allies, ^ ^ a petmon to c „ v era of the state have responded so be American but which are anything
with men, money, ships and supplies, ^ ^ cnforcemcnt or splendidly to the wise policy urged by eIse In spirit, and the activities of cer
open and hitter warfare mutual -1 Sunday closing laws and announcing,^ ^ aa * 1» p artments of urn senators in Washington. The great
ly declared hy the Navy League and’that they themselves would take out a Culture. Both have given Invaiu-^ass ot the American people Is for
icretary Daniels may result In some-1 warrant against violators if the police ab,e a,d t0 the p,anters ' and lheir eon -, Americans know that It must be
thing akin to tie finale of the Denman- were not Instructed to strictly enforce , s,ant hammering of ,he importance of , ught to a finish, and that the prepara-
***** 'tho i aw diversification will prove of incalucul- tlon of the blow that will end it must
Coethals ruction, which demonstrated law- ' ab „ future benefit ,o all -Atlanta'not be hampered by enemy paid, or
T. Wilhelm Hardwick has been agaijj
“misquoted,” according to the latest
announcement from that well advertls-j
cd gentleman. The trouble seems to be,!
however, that the misquotation, if there J
were any, fails to alter the status ofi
the junior senator as regards his ex-|
pressed sentiments in opposition
America’s preparation for war.
.4. D. WILLIAMS
FUNERAL DIRECTOR AND EMBALMER
Allison Undertaking Co.
Day Phone 253
Night Phones 730 -106
the fact that President Wilson can
j the official axe with efficiency
I dispatch.
The men have circulated a petition
asking council to pass an ordinance
(orbidlng cooks from cooking on Sun
day., saying they know the women
'journal.
SOUTHERN LABOR CONDITIONS
foolish, or mouthy persons In this
country.
j The time Is not far distant when cas
ualty lists will begin to come hack from
« that If he has any desire to re- order to maintain Sabbath peace, thatj The disorganized condition, which IJ France. There will be stories of efforts
the good will of the folks down'the telephone exchange be closed, the I-able to exist In labor circles in tho, o: American soldiers, on a battlefield
way. he had better ease up on tho'sale of Ice forbidden, no automobiles | South, owing to the abnormal coudi-^Uve with bursting shells and machine
airline nnerattons and let us get'h" allowed to run In the city limits ek-tions brought about by the vast con- «ttn bullets to drag down the great
If the I. W. W. agitators are well
supplied with German money, as Is
charged by government investigators,
the threatened strike in the West may
develop Into a serious situation, but
the prompt and decisive action of the
federal authorities in arresting the
I taders of the disturbing element should
Lave a salutary effect.
With .he opening or school only a
few weeks distant, the scholars-to-be
f oil It difficult to believe that last
commencement time Is further In tho
l,u'»t than two or three weeks.
PHOTOGRAPHS
Of yourself in your favorite nook, of baby,or your pai?
in or out doors.
Let us demonstrate for you.
L. A. McPheeters Forsyth Street
The British are proving to Kaiser
Bill that their “contemptible little
army" has the rlfht to be regarded as
something more than an excuse.
sprinkling operations and let us get ,
our cotton out of the way before Mr. hy permission of the chief of po- structlon projects, demands that some ( OT ™f ot democracy, and there will be
Bolt Weevil comes along and relieves lice, who shall be satisfied that the au-'serlous consideration be given to thia s «> rle » of m<,n who died heroically, and
„„ gf that p r i V || e g e I to Is not on a mission of pleasure. The Important subject before there is any °( others who were wounded In the
'men's petition proposed a state of af- cessation In building activities out of discharge of their duty. These things
l^iless the Georgia Railway and fairs that falls only a little ahort of the ordinary line. I must come to pass, but, perhaps, It
■ Company relents and agrees to'the Puritan laws which forbade a man The movement which has been will require the actual receipt of cas
ing hi a double track line from Atianu 'kissing his wife on Sunday. launched In Augusta to acquaint the “tty llst * ,0 roa ke some persons un-
camp Gordon, the business men of! The W. C. T. U. went before the general public with the situation, is derstand that this is real war, and not
t£efCapltal City" are going to be council on account of drug stores sell- one which is bound to be productive “ time for silly men who love the
taMj disappointed In the volume of Irg soft drinks and cigara and garages o splendidly beneficial local results, mund of their own voices above all else
trade accruing from the presence of'remaining open and Blmllar violations ard its value will also be extended to c *" meetings of a few mlsgulde-1
i soldiers within 3 miles of town, ot the Sunday closing law. They were other cities, many of which are follow. Persona and spout language which Ger-
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HOGS! HOGS!! HOGS!!
Attention Farmers:—The Government Experts say
will win the war:” It is the duty of 6ur Georgia
to raise all the hogs tor market he possibly can.
write me when you have fat hogs for sale.
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Phone 374'
JAMES C. COWAN
P. O. Box 288, Americus, Ga.