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THE AMERICUS TIMfcS-RECORDER,
THURSDAY, DECEMue b ^ (
Th£ TIMES-KECORDF.R
ESTABLISHED 1873.
XU£ T1MKS-RECORDER COMPANY,
(Incorporated.)
Publisher.,
PcblUbod every atternoon, eicept
Saturday, every Sunday morning, and
a* » Weekly (every Thursday).
Entered as second class matter at
oitoffice at Amerlcus. Ga., under act
'f March 3. 1379.
FRANC MANOUM.
Editor and .Manager
L. H. KIMBROUGH.
Assistant Business Manager
Suhscrlpllou Kales.
Dally and Sunday. Five Dollars a
■Year tin advance).
Weekly. One Dollar a year (in ad-
TSf.Ce ).
Mr. W. Thomas Lone, Jr., circulation
manager, Is the only authorized travel-
tig representative o' The Tlnies-
Reoorder.
FOOLISH LITTLE LADIES.
THE COTTON OUTLOOK.
A COLUMN OF CLIPPINGS
“Remember the Editor."* j
The Amerlcus Times-Uecorder
as focllsh performance refuses to oat means the whole wide world,
when she is confined In Jail. "hen the figure was published—10,-
.1 ust how this practise of self-star- M9 ’ 000 bales—it was not a surprise
ration can oxcmpllfy any of tho prln- 1,1 tl " > “'crage cotton merchant. But
it became evident soon afterwards that
From time to time some foolish The annual cotton crop estimate of
llttl© lady who is arrested for picket- the Agricultural Bureau Is an institu-!
ing, or too publicly making a demon- t* on • which Is awaited anxiously by ^
strative display of some other equally everybody interested In cotton, a* 1 *! writes a splendid editorial on the
"beautiful custom of remembering the
editor/' saying In part, "This custom
is really a delighful one at all seasons
but strikingly so when the quail Is
cipjes of suffragism we have never ,l otcume ermeui soou mierwaruB inm^ , a b!oonif when the syrup pot3 ar0
been able to understand. Just how ’ 8*”cat many reop ! o expected a muclr boj jj ng wben i, og uillin^ time is with
us once again, when peaches ripen on
the limb, when turkeys strut their
most, when sweet potatoes are ready
for plucking, the chitterllng crop Is
u its height and when the strawberry
blushes on the vine.’* If the editor^
i'-n’t loaded down with Christmas re-^
r.iombrances, all wo gotta say he Isn’t
on appreciated editor.—Griffin News’
and Sun.
thl3 "martyr" Ilk*? performance of de
priving one's internals of tho food
larger estimate, and among those were
ners of mills, who have sold theiri
can assist the suffragette > ,rodurt far ahead an<1 have bcen
holding off from buying the raw mate-
lovemcnt is also a puzzle to us
However, hunger strikes are not
rial, iu the expectation or hope that
original with the militant* who .seek U '° government estimate might
tho ballot. They arc of an ancient !ruch larf!, r or that thc Euro P ean ">
custom, and history records that they " ,lsht caU3 ° “ decllno ’ When
were employed in England many year, : ' oth thes0 ho,,C3 tal!cd ' J“ m P ed
ago. To bo exact, they were first
adopted in Ireland by creditors. Hav-
LVniber of The Associated Frets.
The Associated Press Is exclusively j i n g exhausted all legal resources to
titled to the use for republicatlon of- f orre payment from rich debtors, tho
m\i nows credited to It or “ ot °* her j!**j creditor would resort to this final and
etHit.d in this paper, and also the lo-j
e*} news published herein.
OFFICIAL ORGAN FOR:
City of Amerlcus
Sumter County
Webster County
Railroad Commission of Georgia For
Third Congressional District.
V. 8. Court, Southern District of
Georgia.
Amorims, Georgia, December 20, 1317
PARAGf APHICALLV SPEAK'NG
in to buy and carried price? practically
-« rent a pound above the early morn
ing levcl #
Such fluctuations arc oniy a one-day
sensation.
The big problem ahead I* what nex t
year’s supply may me, and in this con
nection tho question of price-fixing
conies forward prominently.
Will the government fix a maximum
price on cotton? After mature deliber
ation, we believe it will not, and here
are our reasons:
Ever since the supply of foreign pot
ash was cut off, crops have been
shorter and there Is no probability of
an Increased production per acre. La
bor lias left the fields, attracted by the
01 <’ ersuadln e **• heaUlen kln «’ ***- higher wage, paid by Industrial estab-
impairing effort, that of standing be
fore tho debtor’s door and denying
themselves food until tho money was
paid. If tho debtor permitted his
eredifor to perish, he was compelled
by the courts to pay damages to the
family of the deeeasod as well as to
cancel tho original debt.
Irishmen have traced tho custom of
hunger-striking to their favorite saint,
Patricius of Kilpatrick. It Is tra
ditional that ho fasted as a method
Wo Say So, Too.
If there is a large quail crop this
year somebody has received more
than their share.—Moultrie Observer.
/Je;
A nog-lcss Christmas will bo the or- alre. to embrace tho Christian religion. Hahments, especially munition, factor-
!r ot tUo day! l ndor thn prevalUn « CU3tom ' tha klne les, but that wa, voluntary. Since the
and his family had to do tho same last crop was planted the first draft of
Well, anyway, you can*t make egg
nog without sugar!
“The Shah of Fersla has 500 cooks’*
now we know where they've all gone
via
Man la declared to be “the head Of
the family,” but the title Is an empty
Is thq divorced woman with three
catujbaiuls in tho army entitled to a
Jierrtce flag?
A Right to lie.
The Time3-Recordcr editor is crazy
about that old-fashioned custom of
"remembering the editor,” and he
ought to be, with a mess of country]
sausage and chitterlings Cor his Sun-!
day dinner.—Thomasvllle Times-En-'
terpriee. !
Order your
Groceries
whereprices
are right,
where
prompt de
livery is
made,
where your
trade will be
appreciated.
Where you
can get what
you want.
FLETCHER’S
GROCERY
Ring 305
and give us an order and
be convinced.
We Certainly Can.
“So far as wo can soo, thoe is noth
ing In short skirts to cause any com
plaint,” says Tho Amerlcus Times-
. . .. Recorder. Well, we suppose you can
rng, an t us the performance be- nearly 700,000 men has been called,! see as far a3 you ought to see.—Co-
cam, and endurance test, which th. and the most efficient labor, men be- Iambus Enquirer-Sun.
.taint won. j tween 21 and 31 years of ago, havoI
East India creditors indulged In gone away. And remembor that those
hunger strikes in the same manner 'who went Into tho army wore the most
ns Irishmen to force payment of fit, while tho unfit woro left behind. It
dobts. Hindoos or tho lower caste is not necessary to lay stress on tho
would employ Brahmins to do tho difference in tho quality of labor now
fasting for thorn, and if the Brahmin available.
died tho Hindoo could collect cx- Another crop must he raised next
cmplary damages from .the debtor. I year. A now draft has already been
'he dear, foolish little ladies may' projected, which will take placo be-
pun'tih themselves this way if they fore planting Ume. and another draft
choose, but wo respectfully Insist that | will be called before picking time To
A lot of men would subscribe a groat “ ls carr > ln K the theory of food ( pick a crop requires more labor than
LI more readily and genorously to conaorvat ' on enUrcly too far. It Is tr. plant and cultivate It.
z*oll stocking fund. I more potulnn.-., picayunish, than pa-j Theso aro somo of the physical dim-
_____ . I trlotle, and accomplishes absolutely, culties which the cotton trade must
AH we've got to aay is, tho first nothing. When tho ladles do eat—* face. But there are others. The far-
ib3ti who ever ate an oyster raw had 1111 d eat they must, finally—they are 1 :n, ’ r in tho Carolines who has mode
| J. LEWIS ELLIS
Attorney at Law
Planter's Bank Building
Americus, Ga.
Yes, We Know It
“Every timo you soo a well filled
stocking on tho stroct, Just think of
an empty one somewhere, else," says
Tho Amerlcus Tlmcs-Recorder. But,
man, you can’t do it, and you know
it —Columbus Enquirer-Sun.
Probably So,
“If they make ’em any higher and
shorter, wo want to soo Van,” says
Tho Tlmos-Rccorder editor. And if
they do, we’ll bet you do soo ’om.—
Columbus Enquirer-Sun.
F. G. OLVER
LOL’KBMliH,
Sewing msenmes and Supplies; Ue)
■md Lock Fitting, Umbrella, Repolreo
>nd Covered. PnoBe 123.
Lee STREET. NEAR WELL
C. P. DAVIS
Dental burgeon.
Orthodontia, Pyorrhea.
Residence Phono 316. Office Phone 118,
Allison Bldg.
.his nerve with him!
.Somo people havo an oar for music
|rwho haven’t any voice, but the trouble
thoy don’t know It.
Some men are not worth their salt,
J—bow we know whero they’ve all gone
Ills valuablo man, indeed.
right whore Uioy set out from.
If It ls true that Nicholas Romanoff
core money In tobacco on a three 1
months’ crop than he could possibly!
We Hnve Surrendered.
The Timos-Recorder odit/or has ca
pitulated. Tho ladles started tho
mss BESSIE WINDSOR,
Usannre,
Beads.
Ilftlco Forsyth SL Phene *S4
PLENTY OF MONEY TO LEND
On both City and Farm Property at
6 fit Interest No Wultlng;
DAN CHAPPELL,
Attorney-at-law.
SUMTER’S FARM RECORD.
..sugar,
Tt Is Bald that a man who won’t
hrt -wont fight Well, a man who
dirts ought to bo prepared to fight,
U tho lady has u husband.
fled ub that he Is sending us a batch crop diversification. Thoy planted kl!,lnc wa * ln progress, and he was
AMERIUUS CAMP, 202, WOODMEN
OP THE WORLD.
— „„ „„ . ,. . , Meets every Wednesday night la
make on cotton In ten months, ls not I ° ’ n ° 8 8an ’ a “ d 1 * B | Fratcra * 1 Hall, Lamar street All vls-
oaved ln instanter. — Thomasvlllo King Sovereigns Invited to meet with
■us. C. 3. WILLIAMS. C. C.
I NAT LeMASTER. Clerk.
acreage to tobacco. Peanuts have bcen
very high and very profitable, so
there Is nnother outlet there, ir the
government should put an upset price! ,„„„ , . i
has escaped from Siberia, then the ,"' 6 ' 5 '*° ^“"t “Hon. and hi. neigh-' TlnM ,. Enterprtoe .
American vaudeville stage la In for t0 °’ W " dlver * som8 of thelr
another brief season of popularity.
They Decree llnd Weather. i
Aha! Have you scon the nows, Mr.
and Mrs. 1-atoshoppir? The weather
and A. n.
AMERICAS LODOJI
F. & a. M., meots ev-
cry second and
tt Prl fl 1 1 man HaJ H ’ dl0re * 8 K °l n g 1° he some
Speaking of the eternal triangle, we Sumter ranked seventh among the- Frlc ^ dx,n|rw00 * d ,#em to | very dlsagreable weather during the
Ihe eggs and ovon possess somo! vountios of Georgia ln cotton produc- j '' N "' 1 comr ’ c,lt on cx, ltl, | few remaining days of thc holiday
’, but tho third point Is missing. li on. but It ls significant that tho six Z,°, W ° ° no< ’ eB! ' l,y ,fl mn3t shopping season. You’ve “put off, nnd ■ , ,, R „„„ „ .
leading counties show a largely in-' “T ‘° #nC ° Urag0 “ ,nCr °“ # " put it off" up till now, but it remains * ,a FaRKER, 8^c*y.
' I (’nllflfl DPdHiiaMaD InntnnA i
fourth Friday night
r at 7 o’clock.
FRANK J. PAYI.E, W. 1L
■otton production, Instead of discour
aging It by any reoulatfons or limits
lions.
A member of Congress has noti-
creasod acreage, whilo this county 1
raised considerably below its annual
uvorngo. I
That Is attributable to tho fact that
the farmers of Sumter county turood |
this year, more than ever before, to! hla farms the other day when hog- not til after CUrlotmas.
to bp seen whether you will be able
to put it off until tho aklos smile
again, the streets aro nice anddry
and the crowds In tho stores thin out. ■
Col. W. A. ivudson was out to one of j Those things will come to pass, but
aid.
•f need. We sincerely trust there are
wild oats in the consignment
K i the percentage of alcohol ln
has been reduced fifty per cent
we understand from a friend who has
from a trip to tho north
that here Is Just as much foam ns
The Jacksonville Tlmee-Unlon dts-
■the danger of kissing.” Tho
ganger Is t}sually not In the menace ot
entagion, but the possibility of the
irrlval of father, or brother, or—
•abend!
more corn, more oats, more peanuts,
more small crops—and lees cotton.
Comparative figures are interos’ing.
Horo ls tho cotton crop Bhowing for
tho sovon loading counties:
Counties I9t7
Burko 55,180
Laurens 14,064
Emanuel *1.374
Jefforson *3,724
Screven
1916
48,614
33,600
14.274
23.613
Bullock 25,216 21.242
Sumter 22,83# 29,973
The most remarkable gain in cotton
production is shown by Emanuel coun
ty, with an Increase of about 125 per
cent,, and that, too. In spite of a sea-
| son of boll weevil.
Billy Sunday s advUIn* Atlanta ne-I ^ weo?M# undoubtedly reduced tho
groes to “turn up** the blind tlyers.J crop In Sumter county to an apprecta-
d we suppose if thoy don't do it ho bio extent, but It Is also true that tho
«dll get mad and rant around liko ho j formers in many instances cut down
when the white people of Atlanta ^ their acreage and planted qther crops,
lull coining out to bis vaudeville in consequence, tho farmer* of Sum-
ihovr recently. ter county aro really ahead of the
farmers of the ether six leaulng cot
ton growing counties ln point of agri
cultural progress and development.
Sumtor has ever)- reason to be proud
of Us cotton and farm records for the
season.
particularly struck by the expression
on Ihe countenance of one of the dying
porkers. “As I interpreted It, that
look the hog gave me seemed to soy,
brat. ‘I want to be made Into fine, aav-
ory Hausagifl, and,second. 1 won’t rest
happy In pig hoaven unless some of mo
is sent to the editor'.” Fo Col. Dod-
sen did both—ho made sausages that
33,721 23.613! . ..
28 657 "3 634 * r * °° SOOd '“ 6y cnn bo need for des
sert, and he also “remembered tho edi
tor.” in consequcnco he Is satisfied
that one particular pig Is entirely hap
py In tho place where all good pigs
gc aftor they die.
M. B. COUNCIL
LODGE F. and A. M.
meets every First and
Third Friday nights.
Visiting brothers sre
invited to sttead.
Albany Her- DR. J. R. STATHAM. W. U.
NAT LoMASTKR. Secretary.
’Hah For BHIess Day.
Storckcepors In nrltlsh cities
urged to reduce tholr number of hills,
to save paper. 'Rah for a billess day
once or week, or oftener!—Columbus
I-edgor
>0nr Tuesdays are meatless, and our
Wednesdays are wheatle3B, and our
Mfls are sheetleas, and our home arej
listless, and onr coffee Is sweet!
tod onr stockings are feetless, and
ads dsy ws eat less—and, we don't
r where we’re going, but we’re
d onr wsy!
Love has bcen defined as the state
ot being miserably happy.
Why Juries Get Tired.
Considering the number of speak
ing attorneys on both sides, tho wearl-
rnas of tho Jury lu the Means case
did not appear surprising. And not
only was there a groat string of ad
dresses. but the addresses were ro-
__ ^ markably long; five hours for ono
With tho prevailing sugar famine in “ “ ”' UnpI# - 11 U ^
nmazing bow much argument and elo
cution must bo massed for tho attack
WASHINGTON CAMP, 50. II,
P. O. 8. OF A.
Meets every first and third Monday
nights !a P. O. S. ot A. Hall, No. *1»
Lamar rit. All members ln good stand
ing Invited to attend. Beneficiary certi
ficates from *256.00 to *2,000.00 blood
to members ot this camp.
T. a CASTLEBERRY, President
O. D. ROME. Recd’g. Sec’y.
I G. COUNCIL, Prcs’t. ING. 1891
C. H. COUNCIL, Vlce-Pres. and Gasbler
■ Asst.
T. L BOLTON.
J. M. Bryan. Asst’ i
Planters Bank of Ameri C u s
CAPITAL. SURPLUS &EPR0F1TS $225-000.00
Resources Over One Million Dollars ‘
A NATION CAN THfiiVt Mil I
THROOLH THE THRIFT 0 f „
PEOPLE
it Is your patriotic duty „
our Govommont. Wh,
an Interest-bearing szviaj,
and be prepared to Invest |
next Government Liberty
3ond issue?
Prompt, Conservative, Accommodating
We Want Your Business
No Account Too Large and None Too Small
MONEY 51
i
<0
MdfJFY I flANFil l,n ” '* n<ls “ 5 '-2!p« m j
Ivalll ils 1 LU/ll"Lu interest and borrowers have priy.
ilege of paying part or all of principal at any interest I
period, stopping interest on amounts paid. We alv/ayi
have best rates and easiest terms and give quickest ser
vice. Save money by seeing us.
G. R. ELLIS or G. C. WEBB
CHRISTMAS GIFTS
That Are Useful Are
Always Appreciated
We Have Them Lor Girls, Boys, Men and Women
LET US SHOW YOU
iiliasns-Niles Co.
Hardware
Phone 706
Americus Undertaking Company
Funeral Directors and' Em bn!mars
Nat LeMaster, Manager
Day Phones 88 ana 231 Night 661 and &
lyntmutymtiymitm
B. F.. WHITE
Attorney-At-Law
Office In Bell Building
AMERICUS, GEORGIA.
not that their memories are
®o KO’Td. but because drink* are *o
scarce.
AMERICUS
Fish & Oyste/
Market
WHOLESALE and RETAIL
John Nltn A Co, Proprietors.
Fresh Spanish Mackerel, Fresh
.Vater and Salt Water Trout. Red Snap
pers, Red Base, Sheep-bead and all
| locato Kerensky for tho amiable pur- hinds of Bottom Fish. Shrimps, Crabs
pose of venting their sDlto on him thoy UDd and Rolls,
Americas, It Is about time some of
tLo hardened bachelors hero gathering
... , _ on tho minds of men who havo heard
unto thomnelves some of thc Bwoot neara
... »u * u ■ • . every Item of evidence and who aro
'ihlngs that abound hereabouts. r
supposed to ho fully capable of form-
There are lots of fellows who can la * lntoIII,rf ’m conclusions.—Savannah
remember when they had tbelr last
drlr.k- ___ ...
Bolshevlkl Methods Exposed.
Ono may gather a fair Idea of tho
gentlehood of tho Bolshcvlkl leaders
Why is It that great big men gencr-! fr0m lho now3 roport that fa,|ln K to
ally marry Ilttlc-bllty wives
■ [ pose Of venting their spite on him thoy
A liar will toll a lie on you, and ar ® Persecuting his wife.—Macon
tlmn hate you for doing it. Telegraph.
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AMERICUS, GA
General Banking business
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It will be a pleasure
To show you through our Refrigerating plant.
It will be a treat to you to see how we keep what
what we furnish you in fresh meats to eat.
We give you the best for the least money.
Call and see us now.
BRAGG’S MARKET PHONE 181.