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THE AMERICUS TIMEJ^RECORDER
V.tXDEBLIP’S rlAX.
BWtasbcd every Sunday morning and
vay stternoon except Saturday, and
■Miy, by the Tlmea-Recorder Co.
[bur Wright were looked upon at the|today, after more than three year* of Empire!” But he let tlie cat out any-
_____ ' "Dayton Dreamers" a few years ago,'tremendous warfare, against practical- how, and now upon the testimony of a
Many of the world's greatest think- but today, and chiefly through their jly all of the world, and still uncon-pery high official, we have another evi-
ers, when they first propounded their studies and experiments, air navigationjquered! ;dence, one of a thousand, that ail this
theories were regarded as Idle dream- is an accomplished fact. Another factj Self-sufficiency, individual efficiency talk about j war of defense is unmit-
ors, and Washington B. Vanderlip, of which makes Vanderlip's theory at and vocational education tell the whole igated p.tric.
Washington, may be a dreamer, but least worthy of consideration is that'story!—Atlanta Constitution, j Hie Vcrwaerts that most perspica-
in seeking a solution of the submarine trying It out would cost but little, com- j — clous journal) realized the serious na
problem, his suggestion has at least paratively speaking, and certainly noj A POSSIBLE .SOLl'TIOX. | t!ire ,he ?enera1 ’ 8 break: - H,s
the virtue of complete originality. He barm could come of making the whole j j words," the editor sAdly said, “may
would five up the whole of the 'At- of the Mediterranean safe for merchant | The petition filed by the Seaboard prolong the war until Germany has
lantic ocean to the submarine, by the ships of every class. jAir Line railroad with the State Rail - boon so 1 adly beaten that even the
simple expedient of directing all ocean i road commission asking for permis-.Pan-Uermaus cannot even think of an-
traffle via other routes. Writing to the! , , „ , , . . ... ,J»Ion to discontinue two passenger other struggle."
i And Georgia is being called upon to. I . . _ . , _
Scientific American. Mr. Vanderlip ,, trains now serving Amerlcus, has And so, indeed, it may, for it Is a
answer another charge of being dlsor-1 i , , „»
-xplains bis scheme for combatting . , , aroused much discussion and threat full and even (clearer recognition or
derly. ■ An out-of-the-state newspaper, I , , , , . „ ...
the menace as follows: I , , „ . 'ens to precipitate a more or less se-the sinister purpose of Germany that
*»-- -tom-tom" racket being I - .
of the Associated Press
d as second class matter at
i at Amerlcus, Qa„ under act
i 3. 1879.
G. IL ELLIS,
President.
EDWIN H. BRADLEY.
Managing Editor.
THOMAS M. MERRITT, JR..
Business Manager.
Block the Strait of Gibraltar with c
The distance Is 10 miles.
"Block the Strait of Otranto, the heel
of Italy. The distance is 40 miles. |
charges the
mndo by Tom Hardwck and Thomson
rlous situation, unless measures aro wiil nerve the Allies for their mighty
tom is disturbing the community.
taken to arrive at an agreement which task. Through all the clouds of false-
well, it can’t be helped yet awhile in
will find favor with both parties
"Block the Dardanelles. By doing
the case of one of the toms, but you
the controversy.
to hood rnd chicanery with which the
! Germane have shrouded the issues of
[this we will make the Mediterranean
won’t hear a great deal from Thomson
The Seaboard proposes to discon- this war. their deadly dream of a
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OFFICIAL ORGAN FOR:
City of Amerlcus.
Sumter County.
Webster County.
Commission of Georgia For
Third Congressional DustrlcL
XT. 8. Court, Southern District of
Georgia.
.Ynsadeus, Gm, August 30, 1917.
Herbert Hoover’s advice is now be-
izk liberally quoted as the latest anti-
fcffie lor Indigestion.
Rn a fair question, we’d like to
h If "grape cider” is to be taxed
cat "light wine” under the new war
stain measure?
tom hereafter.
as safe as Lake Michigan.
"Turn every pound of freight west
ward to the Pacific coast. Send all
allied ships through the canal to the
ports of San Diego, Los Angeles, San
Francisco. Oakland, Portland, Tacoma,
Seattle and Vancouver.
“Put the railroads in shape to han
dle the traffic.
“Stop the building of useless wood- j , .
.value to
en ships. Put some of that appropria
tion Into freight cars and locomotives.
The former, we know, we can build by
the mile from green timber. Then we
A LENSOX FROM THE GERMANS.
tfnue trains number 13 and 14, arriv-j world empire shines in the baleful
lug in Amerlcus from Savannah at light. The eye that does not see it
11:40 p. m. and departing at 2:30 a.jhas lost Its optic nerve. That there
m. respectively. j should be so many people in America
It Is also proposed to discontinue in capable of piercing this thin veil of
Events and achievements at one’s , he -- 3 h 00 -fly” service west of Amer. sham is a miracle, indeed. If any-
very doorstep always are more im- j cug tbl)g i eav ] ng on | y one tra | n dai _ thing In human affairs was ever plain
iprcssive than thin?s at a distance. j| y ea8t and west | K , tween Americus as a pike-staff, this is it. The German
And oftentimes wo can learn from alid Columbus. I people, as a whole, entered upon this
“the enemy” lessons which if applied ^ In ordcr to compo8e tbe difficulties war with purposes as definite as those
dispassionately, might prove of Infinite and t0 prov | de an amicable and prof-j'vhich the soldiers of Alexander cher-
itable arrangement of the whole mat ished when they marched to the Orl-
For instance, we of Atlanta have ter it bas becn gug E C8ted t h a t j n8 t ead 'eot. or those pf the Persians when
right at our gates, in the stockade at ot d | 8Con tinuing' entirely the “shoo-' they embarked for Greece, or those of
Fort McPherson, where are interned fly .. Bcrr | ce wegt of Amercus, the the Mohammedans when they crossed
can go ahead 1 wlth'the sensible project I k UDdred * ° f German sailors , hrough run from Helena to Colum-jUie Straits of Gibraltar, or the owner
of steel ships - | and a Cn enemle8 ’ an ob J ect leasou bus cut in two at this point, one lo- o' a slave shin when he landed in an
. ,, l of thrlft ’ industry and skill which a , traIn operatIng between Amerlcus'African bay, nr a burglar when he
a e prov s on or coa ngat Naga- should prove to all American observ. ! and He)ena and ano ther between Jimmies a window In a house,
saki, Singapore, Colombo and Aden cr8 a8 ln8plraUonal as lt mU8t be lm»j Amerlcug and some int wegt The cat has heen let out of the bag
Yes, the distance is longer, but the u- , ,, .
presstve. iLumpkln, on the main line between before, but this time it Is so big and
oat has proven to us that the longest Not only America, but every one of Amerlcus and Montgomery. ' ~ |*' transparent and so slow of foot that
way around Is the shortest way home our a i lles , wc u might emulate the! The 8chcdule of the “ 8hoo . fly - b ' a blind man ought to be able to see It
i th<> I' 61 ! 111 ’ En? 'i meth0<l3 by whlch those mllltary prls * tween Amerlcus and Helena could be in the middle of the nilbf.
and W, Object but not I she reasons oners have been taught t0 be 8 elf-rw aIl0wed t0 remaln unchanged , w
this method will save her from possible llanti re80urceful and a - ble t0 adapt ^ , oca] between Amer|cus and
hunger and defeat.
"Japan will naturally furnish
tbemselves to conditions and make the
her best of a bad plight. And what those
great merchant marine, and with no interned men are doing out there fa
future losses our steel plants can turn the groundwork of a study that shoul
may be a few conscientious
but as ye scribe views the
, nearly all ot them are Just
kickers.
months ago Berlin promised
German people to end the war
three months. Just another
of paper,” we suppose.
r Biblical passage about the first
! be last and the last first, seems
t to be fulfilled. Sorghum syrup
w Belling at two-bits a quart in
leek of the woods.
U a fellow makes big profits out of
bn war, then it's all right to tax such
heavily, in the opinion of the
. Chronicle. To which we add
aa bumble "so mote it be.”
their attention to munitions and guns.
"Freight can be landed in France and
trans-shipped across the country to
Calais, thence to Dover.
“Is it not wiser to be absolutely sure
that you are going to deliver food to
sink deeply into the mind ot every onj
of us.
point west of Lumpkin could be ar
rangpd so as to provide convenient
transportation facilities for the resi
dents of Plains, Preston, Richland,
Lumpkin and other communities
along the line to come to this city on
“We .must possess the Flanders
coast, a colonial empire and maritime
bases!” Ah!—Cincinnati Enquirer.
GEORGIA’S COMBINATION OF TOMS
The postmaster general, in response
to a resolution ot inquiry presented in
In the first place every man out shopping missions, returning in the the senate by Senator Hardwick, con-
there is doing something. None is afternoon. Jcerning the reasons for throwing The
idle; none is morose and grumbling Under the present schedule, the Jeffersonian, Thomas E. Watson'.i
against things which he is powerles„, westbound “shoo-fly” leaves Amerlcus'magazine, out of the mails, has been
England in 90 days than to have it]*' 1 remedy; nono is "sulking in fils|at 10 a. m., while the eastbound ar-|very explicit in h's letter to the post-
sunk?
“Don’t let the Influence of eastern ] Rolsei- has got him into.
L G. COUNCIL, Pres’t.
C. N. COUNCIL, VIce-Pres.
INC. 1891
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Day Phones 88 and 231 Night 661
(tent” because of the fix hla autocratic r i ve8 a t 5:10 p. m„ so that the only [office committee.
means of access to Americus for res- Postmaster General Buries oa says
ldents of communities west of this that from information coming to him
city is the through train operating be-[from ail sections ot the country
tween Montgomery and Savannah ar- finds an organized propaganda to de
riving here at 12:30 p. m„ The west- credit and handicap In every way tho
bound through train on the same run government in the prosecution, of this
All sorts of things little things, leaves at 3:08 p. m., thus allowing war with the clear and unmistakable
^baubles and toys and trinkets, for the only two and one-half hours for shop-'purpose of defeating the objects for
owners of docking and lighterage in-1 Transversely, everybody is busy:
terests stand in the way of this plan. l hlB mlnd 18 80 Pra-occupled wim use-
"Discount the wild reports of Ger-J ,ul thln * 8 that be ba8a '‘ ‘Ime-had he
man submarines capable of operating I disposition to do otherwise than
In the Indian ocean. ,^ e * 8 doin K-
"Sixty miles of net, which can
placed In 90 days will win the war.
On paper, the suggestion of My. Van*, m08 * D ar *’ ever y one °f ca ®h value p ers to transact ihefr business here. | which the government is spending
derlip sounds well, and to one not are made by the sailors, with; if the suigcstion as outlined above millions of dollars, and will-probably
versed in navigation, it appears entire* hands, assisted by the meager were to be adopted by the Seaboard be called upon to sacrifice thousands
1,. practical. If, as he says, the points 8U PP 1 3 r °* t0 ° l8 their command. ^ on <j better transportation facilities af- of lives.
named could be blocked, the Med-! ® ne 8ft Bor, as an illustration, has forded shoppers from west of Amerl- ! The Jeffersonian and The Masses are
iterranean would then be made safe, made a complete motion picture ma- C us, it Is thought that there would be'edited by men who are leaders in this
and safety at this time Is one of the ch| Po~ aa d it "works”, too—from the little opposition to the effort now be- movement, and while these publica-
things mbst to be desired. That it P* ece8 an old automobile and a bl-.jng made by the railroad to dlscon- tions so guard their utterances as to
would require more time to send what- c *’ cle whlch were found aboard one of ^tii ue the night trains, numbers 13 and Wke their editors feel safe from a
ever is Jo be sent to Europe by the *^ 8 vessels prize ships! Various and 14, between this city and Savannah, jsentence to jail, "they are neverthe-
route suggested than across the At* manner of children's toys; sundry
lantic. is not denied, but as Vanderlip articles of everyday use, such as
suggests, "the u-boat has proven to us cigar and cigarette cases, pin trays,
.that the longest way 'round is tho, Bttle trinkets for use in homes, etc,
ly tried to say the president
the country a "coal” deal when ^
ade mine-owners and operators I Bhortegt way home,” and just at thls ( are be!n S made ’ and 8old to visitors,
down prices, thus enabling^ t|me the A ni e8 heaviest losses are ln| fie prisoners reserving from such sales
to keep warm at less cost this fclp8 ond cargoe8 8cnt t0 tb „ bottom ‘only a small percentage for their own
| less,” Bays the postmaster general's
LETTING THE CAT OCT OF THE letter, “united in publishing the same
BAG. 1
class of matter whether it be true or
V- half true or wholly false, and are
in many arts the Germans are profl- da||y accomplt8h , ng results clcarly ln
clent. In one they are supreme. It vlolatlon of the c8p , onage „ w- „
Commercial City Ban
AMERICUS, GA.
General Banking business
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A. D. WILLIAM
FUNERAL DIRECTOR AND EMBALMER
Allison Undertaking Co.
Day Phone 253 Night Phones 730-106
is ln that of “letting the cat out ofi
■ snips and cargoes sent to the bottom iue,r own - — — ”‘j We trust the evil energies which are
|b> u-boqts. If Germany can continue p,n mone y. and donating the rest of lhe ba &- No matter bow seriously at worb | n this matter may be brought
~ I to Inflict such staggering losses at sea, * be Proceeds to the Red Cross.
they determine to keep their secrets
to naught ln the quickest and quietest
Jcfmny Spencer elucidates a home |whatever successes the Allies may wlnl other8 of the Interned men have tbe E cannot !eem to prevent their es-' manner It , 8 an j n tense mortification
Ijftrath when refer ng to et 88 ou land cannot make their eventual turned their attention to agriculture; cape ' Sometimes It is through a holo' to palr i ot | P Georgians that this Tom-
M ,hnf Vim newAimners do not do, . , .... _ .. .h„ , . 1
K as the present postal regulations
e in force."
that the newspapers do not aoj^^ a> comple , e as „ ahouW be ln 'and many of them have as line little tba 8a ck, nnd sometimes through lts' Tom hag madc |tge , f gQ no|gy an(J Qb
i justice, he says they ast no as Qrder (Q | ngure tbe crU8 h| ng 0 f Prus |" war gordens” as one would care to wlde,y °P cn mouth. [Jectionable. It Is a lamentable com-
sianism forever. On the other hand, 8ee - Tbea e gardens are grown ln what Tbe otber day B t RAthnow, for exam- |blna(lon ^ bu( tbere lg (bg com(ort 0 |
Germany admits the u-boat is the last P r,or t0 ,be advent of the prisoners, |ile - General yon Liebert, In a public rea n z | ng t h a t the moat that Hard-
ttk Austria that wants*neace andi CBrd of ,ho CentI 5 al Powers; render v,,re red cla >’ galleys. The transfer- specch ’ dcclar « l: “ We can baTe no ’wick and Watson can accomplish Is
M, rtout to cry aloud for this blessed! lh “ menace lm > 10tent appre- 1 “> a ‘' 0 " wf ought by the gardeners’ In- " eace be(08e ^ P 08 »« 8 the Flanders a dialfa9tlng and Bnnoylng no , 8e _ Sa .
Ids hie losses and Germany will then genulty and application in converting coast - a colonial empire and maritime vannah Pregg
b-: compelled to accept such terms of tM " P atcn ot eyesore Into a spot of ba8e8 - Should we not realize this now.j
peace as the Allies may be inclined to proflt and beauty is remarkable. we must prepare ta work for it after
propo8e I Why Is this so? this war, in view of the next!" I Thla 8rape and bla ekberry ’cider"
Until the Allies are in either Vienna Because every German, from child- J t *» easy enough to imagine how “ ay be harm less as lemonade, but
or Berlin or both these cities, as the bbbd - taught that he must make *»« Kaiser and his war council must a ‘ the sam * Ume “ may be noled tba ‘
situation now appears, they will be b ‘mself useful in the world; that he have danced with chagrin at this naive 8 ce 1 * elayed shipments of the
must be able to do something with confession and how they must have stu(I wcrc Dna,1 J' turned over by tho
but the kaiser still holds
annexing about half of Europe
realizing how badly he is ai
rhipped.
ilppl may not be the greatest
in the union in any other line,
PHOTOGRAPHS
Of yourself in your favorite nook, of baby,or your
in or out doors.
Let us demonstrate for you.
L. A. McPheeters Forsyth
or all our commonwealths none «» ab l<> to Impose such peace term, on ®«t b8 ab >e “> do something with cun.ess.on ana now tney must nave - ---- - ’ ’
r supports to such antitheses i„ Germany as will be acceptable to the bla ba »ds; that, regardless ot hi. fi- ” ad Iy chased the flying cat. Why. 8 to the consignee, in this city,
United States senate a. Vardaman! democratic world, unies, the u-boat —ia, atatua. he must he eeif-reiiant that i. the very fact they wanted con-
is wiped out. and lt is going to and able to provide himself with the ceaied! For three long years they 1 f bb y ' k e ‘ ed ‘ndlvid
e Halted
S John Sharp Williams.
uinuiwu to nijJfu uui, nuu u » lu r —“ ' . . . $
take great miliUry prewure to carry thing 8 he needs and to adapt himself have solemnly denied that they had p ram ulatIn 8 around the streets
.' Atii^a a .in. • au « '—hi* hand* a* waII na hie hmin selfish ambitions, and sanctimonloualr 0Ur ^ a * r mun l c tP a Hty.
Che Columbus Enquirer-Sun opine* Allied troops into either of these cap!-— h * 8 hands as well as his brain—to seJfl ®h ambitions, and sanctimoniously {
t requires but the dropping of the'tat cities. And every day the war con- whatever conditions might beset him. declared they were fighting a war of j
m fjtfpr **%*• to convert the "shell- tlnues the cost mounts higher, having' There you have the lesson that can •olMefense! And here comet this The smashing drive of the Italians
tear of which we read In the war already attained • staggering total that l*trned out at Fort McPherson—at loud-mouthed* general (who ought on the Isonzo front has put the fear
Into another kind of hole, | will require years of heavy taxation to our rer y doorstep, and from “the en- to have left hie tent on tbe field of God Into the Austrian populace,
mm suspect if General Sherman liquidate. emy!" of battle) and gives away the whole hence the rejea'.tC mutterings In the
Dying today that is the name he| Vanderlip’s Idea may be a dream. If And there you have the secret of scheme! Or not, the “whole," for dual monarchy anent the establish*
*iv* theni. we remember rightly. Orville and Wil- *by and how Germany is standing out &e d * d not speak of the “MIttel Europt mw t of peace with the Allied powers.
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