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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. QUICK DELIVERY TELEPHONE 77* 216 West Forsyth Street Commercial City Bank AMERICUS, GA General Banking business INTEREST PAID ON TIME DEPOSITS 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.