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THE AMERICUS TIMES-RECORDER.
THURSDAY, OCTOBER ,
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SSTABUSHED 1879.
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THE QUICK OR THE DEAD.
Our relations with France In this
war, and the presence of so many
young Americans on French soil, min
gling with a people whose tongue they
hint to deliver addresses In the state
which raised him and elected him to
efflee, and the passing of denunciatory
resolutions by a grand Jury composed
of sterling, patriotic men, and the
outspoken criticism of nearly all of
must perforce absorb or acquire to'the newspapers of Georgia, and t he
some extent, have promoted a greater resentment of an outraged people as
interest in the study of the French] reflected In scores of ways-tl.ese are
not merely scattering Instances. They
reflect the spirit of the people of Geor-
language.
Spanish has long since become a
language of utility In this country, be
cause of our more neighborly attitude
toward Mexico, and the necessity of
gla, and they Bbow that Senator Hard
wick is a 8 persona non grata In this
state, as a choice for political prefer-
knowlng Spanish for the conduct of
OFFICIAL ORGAN FOR:
City of Amerlcus
Sumter County
Webster County
qwiu Commission of Ccorgia For
Third Congressional District. _
■C. S. Court. Southern District of
Georgia.
Interims, Gm, October 11. 191".
our business affairs with the I.atln-
Araerican countres.
In consequence, boards of education
throughout both North and South are
proposing to substitute these more
modern languages for the decadent
Greek and Latin in the curriculums of
the schools.
It is really a problem to understand
why Greek and Latin should be neces
sarily included In the curriculums of
the schools of the present day. One
may surely acquire a classical educa
tion without years of efTort In studying
the languages of old Greece and
Rome.
So long ago as 1795, the clear-sighted
Thomas Paine, In his "Age of Reason,"
said: "As there Is now nothing new to
bo learned from the dead languages—
all the useful books being already
1 FABftGPAPHlCftllV SPEAKING
tbot n woman in
Old you say that a woman in a
skirt was all dressed up?
tat liquid Ure the Germans are
S may be some of this moonshine
or they're Belling In Georgia.
■. Hoover urges us to cat more
We’re perfectly willing, but,
don't think it’s possible.
ment, as the Kaiser himself would be.
Time was when Hardwick could
have mustered some strength, when he
would have triumphed in an election;
but that was months ago. That was
before the^mass of the people clearly
perceived the real reasons for the war.
That was when Tom Watson’s damni-
ble doctrines were being disseminated
without restraint, and hardly without
denial. But now there is an aroused
Intelligence, a quickened perception, a
stimulated patriotic ardor, a higher ap
preciation of actual conditions.
The Times-Recorder does not cen
sure Mr. Hardwick for not coming
back to Georgia at this time. If we
were in his place, we never would re
turn!
There are a great many things
this world that we are not sure of, but
translated—the languages arc becom- there > 8 ° ne thln S wc ma >' be 9Urc of
ing useless, and the time expended In
teaching and learning them is wasted.
A youth wilt learn more ol a living
language in one year than of a dead
language in seven."
Thomas Henry Huxley and other
more recent scholars, have urged the
abandonment of Greek and Latin in
favor of living languages.
It is all rot that the classic writings
of Homor and Caesar and Virgil arc
better appreciated If read In tho orlg-
W1I7 somebody please lend us a )na | That may apply to bulbous-brow-
_ giving "First Lessons On How
Behave With A Swagger Stick."
. Valdosta man arrested tor having
i wives Is said to be "playing
The fact that ho married
i might be taken ns proof that he
r^mOj is crazy.
ocn Peru has severed relations
i Germany. We don't know how
Kaiser feels about It, but if Peru
atop speaking to ua our feel-
would be badly hurt.
making of eating more hash re-
la ua that Thanksgiving will soon
icrc and that we’U have tho an-
1 contest of trying to Eee how long
can make one turkey last.
We’ve alwaye hoped somebody would
-MMtt a device tor scratching that
.pact of your back that you cannot
icach with your bands, and we be-
Ma.ro the BWagger stick solves the
^eblem.
Columbue-Enquirer-Sun cora-
about the high cost ot whisky,
ij -„bat only the rich can afford
d toi mat reason the prohibition
la class legislation against the
man. So! Tho legislature had
Ing against the newspaper men
Massing that act!
ed linguists with an exactness for nice
ties, but It certainly doos not cover the
general student. "Arma vlrumquo
cano,’ begins the “Eneld,” and "Arms,
and the man I sing,” translates Dryden.
Which Is better and more easily appre
ciated by the young student to whom
English Is the mother tongue?
Even Milton, In hts "Tractate on Ed
ucation,” wherein he advocates the
study of Greek, Latin, Syrian and
Chaldean, In addition to English and
possibly Italian, declares that the lan
guages "are but the means of an end,"
and should bo learned solely In order
that the groat literary works in each,
then untranslated, might he explored.
Now that these works, as well as tho
writings ot nearly all ages and nations,
are obtainable In English, there re
mains no Justification for the perpet
uation of “dead" languages.
French Is a happy medium almost
the world over. It Is spoken generally
in Russia and in Greece, and until tho
outbreak of the war It was taught In
all of the German schools. Tho war
has had'the effect of moro widely In
creasing the common use ot English,
which more closely approaches a unt
vcrsal speech than any other but It also
Is true It Is going to be Incombent upon
us to know more French and moro
Spanish. And the place to begin Is In
the schools.
Tho Atlanta Georgian has dlseon-
exchanglng with us because
k expressed our opinion of Its poll-
■ and Journalistic methods. If tho
an will stop Bending a paper to|
off of tta Sumter subscribers who have
**m ome opinion that we have, its
iptatage bill for this territory wilt
mot exceed three cents a year.
With Girard just across the river
and the bridge open at both ends, both
night and day. and on Sunday, too, we
cannot understand why anybody tn
Columbus should be heard to com
plain about tho prohibition law.
MR. IIAUDWICK IS PEEVED.
-Hbke Smith has sent us a photo-
gjaph showing the “Senators Who
Knotted A n Honor Of The Young
BEea Called To The Colors.” It must
tae a puzzle picture, and It ought to
Be called “Find Tom Hardwick". We've
at the picture from all angles,
«e can't locate him!
■The TImes-Recorder Is asked to
uafcn an appeal for funds in behalf
**The Families of Talented Violinists
i Hav,e Gone To War." We are
interested, however. In raising
for the families of talented
aper men who haven't gone to
war. Besides, If the families ot these
talented violinists have gone to war,
-wa should think the said L v.'s could
> a living for -themselves.
Mr. Hardwick Is peeved because In
vitations for him to speak In Georgia
were cancelled, and he Is not coming
back to his own state during the in
terim before Congress re-convenes.
We suspect that Mr. Hardwick will
be even more peeved this time next
year.
Then he will either be practising law
In Sandcrsville or drawing a salary
from the Hearst papers. We certain
ly think that the Hearst papers, think
ing as highly of him as they do, ought
to put him on the payroll. At any
rate, be will not be drawing a salary
from the government whose policies he
la now trying to obstruct, nor wilt he
be representing the citizenry of a
state that he now misrepresents.
Be sure your sins will find you
out."—Unadilla Rustler. And If your
sins don't, the neighbors will—so what
chance has a man got?
“SEDITIOUS.”
The most unpatriotic policy ot the
Hearst syndicate of newspapers ts
their persistent propaganda for
peace—a premature peace, as they
well know, but one that would be sat
isfactory and consoling to Germany,
Mr. Hearst ha s been striving, ever
since the war began, to gain eminence
as a peace advocate, he who has ever
been so belligerent and whose rabid
outbreak of yellow journallam was ono
of the disgraceful episodes of t he
Spanish-Amorican war.
In Washington yesterday there was
u conference of a large number of dis
tinguished men of the nation, held for
the purpose of organizing a league to
disseminate actual truths about the
war and our relation to it. This con
ference had the personal approval of
President WllBon, who In an address
declared that talk of peace now was
unwise and unpatriotic. In line with
his views, and striking directly at the
Hearst papers, ts this expression from
the statement subsequently Issued by
the conference:
"In this crisis tho unity of the
American people must not be Im
paired by the voices of dlsension
or sedition.
"Agitation for a premature
peace ts seditious when its object
Is to weaken the determination of
America to see the war through
to a conclusive vindication of the
principles for which we have
taken up arms.
"The war we are waging Is a
war against war and Its sacri
fices must not be nullified by any
truce or armistice that means no
more than a breathing spell for
the enemy.”
"Agitation for a premature peace is
seditious”—and the Hearst papers
have been scuttertng sedition broad
cast through the land. Even In the
Atlanta Georgian's editorial endorse
ment of Hardwick the conspicuous
note was tho discordant peace sug
gestion. It was not necessary for the
owner of the Hearst papers to be an
lntlmato dinner guest of a German
spy—his newspaper policies had al
ready stamped him as lacking In the
higher Instincts of loyalty and na
tional pride.
As Collier’s Weekly so well said.
"We have observed that It Is tho
Hearst papers who prove their loyalty
by printing little rows ot flags at the
head of their editorial columns."
RAISING OUR OWN BREAD.
The week beginning Monday, Oct.
15, has been designated by Dr. Andrew
M. Soule, federal food administrator
for Georgia, as Wheat Week, and It
will be observed by farmers all over
the state by the preparation of the
land or the planting on every farm of
at least enough wheat for home con
sumption. Dr. Soule says: "From
three to five acres sown In wheat
should supply the average family of
five persons with all the flour neces
sary.”
Tho program announced by the sec
retary of agriculture and state agri
cultural officials and state councils of
defense calls for the sowing of 47,33
000 acres of wheat tn the United States
In 1917-1918. To do its share Geor
gia must sow 786,000 acres, which Is
an Increase of 100 per cecnt. over its
acreage of last year.
Tho average yield of wheat for Geor
gia Is very low. In fact, the average
for the last ten years Is only 10.7
bushels per acre. At this rate Georgia
should produce next year with the in
creased acreage 8,410,200 buBhels of
wheat, which Is about one million less
than we normally consume.
The average consumption of wheat
per capita In the United States Is
about 5 1-4 busheels. While this fig
ure may be a little high in the South
ern states, where corn bread Is sub
stituted for wheat flour, still It will
serve as a basis for calculating the j
needs of the average family. I
While three to five acres will supply;
the average family, still It ts urged
that farmers In sections of the state
where wheat can be profitably grown,
sow larger areas. In recommending
this large Increase In the wheat acre
age. officials have taken Into account
the crop rotation on the farm, wheih
should be maintained-in the Interest of
spring-planted crops.
The Wheat Week movement will be
conducted In the counties by the coun
ty agents of the State College of Agrl-
culture who are In close touch with
the farmer and know something of
his problems.
Here in Sumter the wheat produc
tlon this year was double that ot the
preceding year, and tho indications are
that It will be even larger for the
coming crop. Planting is being done
ty the farmers who heretofore have
never eaten a loaf ot bread made
from home-grown wheat, and others
who have had a little acreage In this
food crop arc increasing It.
It will be many years, If ever, be
fore Georgia raises enough wheat for
Its own needs, but at any rate it is
making wonderful strides In that di
rection.
Sheppard resolution, proposing a na
tional dry amendment to the federal
constitution. It Is pending in the
house for action In December.
The house created a special commit
tee on woman suffrage, while the sen
ate favorably reported the Susan B.
Anthony amendment.
In times past complaint was gen
eral that congressmen Idled away
their time and did no harder work
than draw their salaries. But the
members of the present Congress have
worked, a 8 the record shows for it
self. Each man has been watched by
his constituents—votes have been pub
licly scrutinized as never before—and
this made it incumbent upon senatora
and representatives to study thorough
ly each matter pending for decision,
end to vote not only their convictions
but their Intelligent Judgment.
The recent extraordinary session
wilt undoubtedly survive In history as
tho most notable of all time.
L V G, COUNCIL, Pres’t.
C. M. COUNCIL, Vlce-Pres.
INC. 1891
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TBROUliH TOE THRIFT OF
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Not only must we save ton.
war, but we must save if»
to survive. '
TBe nest Government
Loan Bond Issue win beoita
sale during the month oi
We are always glad to serve
friends and customers.
A GREAT CONGRESS.
When a woman holds up a short
sktrt on a rainy day, we reach the
conclusion that she just naturally
wants to hold it up, and the rain
doesn’t make any difference.
The withdrawal of the Invitations for ticeabty.
Among the few English words that
contain the vowels in their reverse
order are uncomplimentary and unno-
The extraordinary session of Con
gress which ended Saturday after six
months of unceasing activity, was un
doubtedly the most Important In re
sults ever held since the formation of
the American system of government
No other Congress ever enacted such
a vast amount of far-reaching legisla
tion—none has ever had such momen
tous problems presented for Its con
sideration.
Among the measures passed were:
The army draft law, two war credits,
measures authorizing loans to the Al
lies and Bale of domestic bonds, the
war tax law, appropriation of $640,-
000,000 for airplanes, tho espionage
act, control of foods, fsods and fuel;
the trading with the enemy act, Includ
ing authority for tho president to em
bargo imports, the soldiers' and sail
ors’ Insurance act, and the war budget
bills.
The principal disputes of the session
were on the draft, food control and
war tax blits, with opposition center
ed in the senate. Cloture was twice
resorted to there—on the food and war
tax measures—but Its actual imposi
tion averted.
During the session six allied mis
sions appeared before Congress.
Congress also found time to take lm-
pertant action on two Important do
mestic matters—prohibition and wom
an suffrage.
Besides prohibiting manufacture or
Importation of distilled beverages and
authorizing the president in the food
control bill to atop or curtail that of
beer and wines, the senate passed the
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