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AMERICUS TIMES-RECORDER.
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY S, 1920.
THE WEEKLY TIMES-RECORDER.
w. s. KIRKPATRICK, Editor; LOVELACE K\
'E, Business Manager
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THE BRIDGE IS COMING.
\ committee of leading Taylor county citizen, .pent most ofj
-nclav here attempting to interest Americu. business men in com-
the fund to begin the building at once of the federal aid
r/dge across the Flint river between Taylor and Upson counties.
■V-,uje of local conditions and the fact that Taylor is not a rich
Vinly. Taylor's share of the $83,000 which the bridge is to cost is
.a* omplete by $1,442. and the people of Taylor county have sub-
.bribed to the fund to the limit of their resources, the committee
reports.
Ellaville thought enough of the proposal to subscribe $500. It
x regrettable that the committee did not meet a better response in
Americus They were not begging; they did not ask donations It
■W..S a business proposition they were putting up to Americas; they
were giving the business men here an opportunity to make a small
investment in a bridge which would do so much to increase the com
mercial importance of Americus once it is built and in operation.
Perhaps some of us looked at the matter selfishly; perhaps we
d-cided that the fund was so nearly completed that it would be rais
ed anywav and the bridge built, and we would enjoy the'profits of it
jnat the same while the other fellow did the, paying. To such a.
viewed the proposal in the spirit it might be said that such a spirit
sever built a city and does not indicate a man entitled to the respec
■nf his fellow men. Perhaps some of us turned down the proposal
because we are satisfied with Ame-icus and frown upon any progress
ive movement that would make the town grow; perhaps we ve got all
we want of this world's goods for ourselves and. preferring to rest in
peace and quiet for the remainder of our days, resent any movement
that would accelerate the pulse of the community and remove the
peaceful lethargy in which they would have it continue. To such a.
viewed the proposal in that light it might be said that progress means
life; inertia means death; that a moss-covered town may be a good
place for moss-backs to live in, but for nobody else; that Americus
is by no means a moss-covered town and refuses to "live in the death
that some of its people would have it. . . . , .. !
The state highway engineer says that once this bridge is built
the Atlanta-Americus road will become the most heavily traveled
read in Georgia—that tourists spending the night in Atlanta will
d the next night in Americus on their way southward. Without
‘Let Georgians Say at Polls
Whom They Want For President’
thTbridg'e the highway cannot be realized, for the bridge is the miss-
; link.
But the Taylor-Upson bridge will lie built and some of the citi-
«n, of Americus are going to help build it. The committee could
not remain over here Friday, but'an effort is still being made to
complete the fund asked here. All citizens interred are asked to
mail or hand their checks to Walter Rylander of Americus, made
-payable to the Taylor county commissioners, for use in Flint river
nridge construction only. . .
Yes the bridge is coming, and all of the citizens of the town
Bill renp ' the profits from it, either directly or indirectly. And wo
won't see any of the Lct-George-Do It" citizens standing to one side
and refusing to take any of the dollars that will corns here because
of the coming of the bridge. You may wager safely on that.
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FIGHTING
W K’VE talked a Jot about the 1
Cost: no onnnrtnnities we’ve
proposed to young movie
Cost; no opportunities we’ve
lost to make a few remarks; we’ve
told how we have felt the pinch,
off husbands for themselves, the
male students of Cincinnati Univer-,
sitv started their “Apollo Defense |
League” for the purpose of “repel-
! ling the onslaughts of femininity.” !
LET THE PEOPLE INSTRUCT. I These young men are inexpericnc-
The State Democratic Executive committee will meet on Friday 0( j jn t ^ e w ji es 0 f women. If they i
of this week to arrange for the statewide primary at which delegates k nuw more they’d know there’s only j
to the national convention in San Francisco are to be chosen. At one way to escape the matrimonial j
Aiw time the committee will decide either for or against a presidential s hackles. That is the method tried j
©reference expression at the polls, the result of which shall instruct nnd te8tet j by the late Robinson I
Ae delegates from this state in the national convention. I Crusoe
, began telling girls how to grab j and called for hempen ropes to
lynch the profiteering sharks. Now
comes the gentle spring again,
when earnest, sane and thoughtful
men will cease to rend their duds,
quit yawping by the village pound,
and spade up fourteen roods of
ground, and plant a lot of spuds. A
garden full of useful greens, of
pnrrowgrass and Lima beans, is
much to he desired; a garden where
the squashes thieve and beets are
seen in blocks of five, will make the
H. C. L.
Cost look tired. A bed of onions
by the fence is better evidence of
sense than many frenzied yawps;
and nothing finer is in sight than is
the gardener’s delight, when har
vesting his crops. The country’s
full of fertile earth; all kinds of
soil, of sterling worth, is strewn
around our shacks; and in that soil
let’s plant some peas and Brussels
sprouts and things like these, and
thus get down to tacks. When to
the gardens men repair, and gather
luscious pumpkins there, and car
rots red and fine, and turnips full
of wholesome juice, and cabbage-
heads that heat the deuce, the
E IGHT years ago the Democratic
National Committee, responding
to public sentiment throughout the
country, passed formal resolutions
making it illegal and improper to
send delegates to Democratic Nation
al Conventions, or to choose national
committeemen without preferential
primaries throughout the several
states. At that time there were ac
tive candidates for the Democratic
nomination in the persons of Wood-
row Wilson, Oscar Underwood,
Champ Clark and others.
Four years later the National
Committee, in view of the fact that
President Wilson was seeking re-
nomination without opnosition, per
mitted its own rule to lapse without
formal action, and preferential pri
maries were not held.
Nevertheless, it is the established
rule of the Democratic party, and
the correct rule, that National Com
mitteemen, who voice the sentiment
of their respective states for four
rs, should be selected by popular
• of their constituents, and that
the expression of the party choice
for presidential nomination should be
obtained through preferential pri
maries. The rule in most Democrat
ic states is about as follows: Men
seeking ^he position of National Com
mitteeman announce themselves, or
their friends announce them, as can
didates. Their names are placed
upon the ballot, the voter indicates
his preference by striking out those
for whom he does not wish to vote.
Democratic delegates to the Nation
al Convention are selected about as
.follows: Wherever from one to five
J hundred registered voters present the
name of a candidate for the Demo
cratic nomination, and pay the en
trance fee required by the State Ex
ecutive Committee, the name thus
presented is placed on the ballot.
Early primaries are being held in
New Hampshire and Michigan. In
those states the method of choosing
the delegates is this. In each city,
county or unit in which the state may
divide delegates are selected from
among the friends of the candidate
carrying the political division or unit;
these in turn go to the state conven
tion and vote for delegates favoring
the cai.didate who carried their re
spective units.
It is undeniably the right of every
Democratic voter in Georgia to par
ticipate in the selection of the i.ext
It is unlikely that the state executive committee will do other
wise than order such a vote in connection with the election of dele
gates. Georgia delegations in the past have been instructed in that,
manner. However, four years ago such was not the case, and it may
be important lor the people ol Georgia to let the members of ihe
committee know in advance of their meeting Friday that they wish so
Co express themselves this year.
That the demand for a presidential preference vote is sound—
and far safest this year—is beyond debate; it is letting the people
eay. J. H. Mills, president of the Georgia Farmers' Union, presents
ibe case clearly in another column of this page today.
The Atlanta Journal also discusses the matter soundly. Now
that we are coming,to another great decision point in the party s af-1
fairs, and the highways, if not the woods themselves, show signs of
a full season of candidates." it says, “it is the obvious duty of the
Georgia State Democratic Executive Committee to follow the just
precedent of 1912 and arrange for the holding of a Presidential Mllble wil , not tako th( _. priz ,
primary before the nominating convention meets at ban Francisco any beauty show;
aext June At any time it would be unwise arbitrarily to deny the She hasn't grace, she hasn't
people their now established right to a voice in the selection of their For brains I answer-no!
party's Presidential nominee. But it would be especially unwise and
altogether indefensible in a year so fraught with high consequence to 0 i y<
party and country alike. The future of Democracy is at stake. The For rv.
MEMBERSHIP IN SUMTER COUNTY OF
American Cotton Association
Following is a list of the members of the American Cotton As
sociation in Sumter county, and to this list will be added from
day to day such additional names as are secured during the in
tensive membership drive which is to be continued through the
week of January 26-31, by A. F. Hodges, county chairman, as
sisted by Messrs. Mattox, Nolan and Frost, from the office of
Major D. F. McClatchey, state organizer.
Quite a large number of those listed below have taken charter
merberships.
T. J. Stephenson
N. J. Williamson, C
F. F. Timmerman,
man, L. D. Wise, M. M. Jennings,
F. W. Hogsed, I.. J. Crawford, E.
Cook, Plains Mer. Co., G. W. Hart
Montgo
i E,
H. T. Johnson, R. B. Clifton, T, H. Williams, J. D
^A. Williamson, Cook, E. P. Anderson, R. A. Deriso,
.V' Leslie Gro. Co., H. L. Speer, E. R
Bolton, F. W. & K. H. Hines, B. T.
H. Hines, Jr., F. H. Hines.
Farmer.’ Union.
. Democratic candidates for president
The war is over, the censorship is re-
1 moved, and the freest ar.-l fullest ex-
I pression of all the people is most di
sirable.
j "In view of the fact that President
Wilson hus not yet announced wheth.
ler lie will be a candidate for a third
I term, there is a hesitancy on the part
j of candidates and their friends to
I formally announce themselves. There
are but two announced candidates at
i the present writing. These are James
W. Girard, former Ambassadur to
j Germany, and Governor Edwards of
I New Jersey. There are numbers who
[think that if the President's health is
restored he will he a candidate, and
if his name is presented by the re
quisite number of voters it must be
voted upon. Others mentioned hi
connection with the Democratic nom
ination are Wiliam Jennings Bryan,
Attorney General Palmer, who has s
large backing among federal office-
holders; cx-Secretary William G. Mc-
Adoo, who is believed to have the
hacking to a very large extent of the
railroad and labor organizations-
Governor Cox, of Ohio, who has tw.J
carriT-d a Republican state, and Her
bert Hoover, who has been brought
forward by the New York World and
other newspapers, and whose name
will go on the ballot in the Democrat
ic primaries in New Hampshire and
Massachusetts.
In many respects the coming pres
idential election will be the most im
portant in the history of the United
States. Issues and problems of tre
mendous magnitude will confront our
President in the next four years.
The choice of a candidate to carry
the standard of the Democratic party
is too important tp be derided by a
caucus. The Dempcrats of Georgia
are entirely capable of making their
own choice among the candidates for
the nomination, and they have not
authorized anybody else to make it
for them, Georgia’s delegates ought
to go to San Francisco with definiti
instructions from the Democrats oj
Georgia concerning their candidate
for the Democratic nomination am
concerning their spokesman on th.
Democratic National Committee
Georgia's representative on the Na
tional Committee speaks for th
Democrats of his state on issues o
national importance, and'his com
mission ought to come direct frot
those he represents.
L. G. COUNCIL, President T. E. BOLTON, Asst. Cashier
C. M. COUNCIL, (Incorporated) JOE M. BRYAN,
Vice Prcs’t. & Cashier Asst. Cathlar.
THE Planters Bank of Americus
Resources Over $1,500,000.00
Success begins with industry,
conservative spending, and
consistent saving. Wa will
gladly welcome you into our
banking family, and halp
your savings grow by adding
4% compound interest.
We invite your account, com
mercial or savings.
Prompt Conservative Accommodating.
No Account Too Large; None Too Small
yoi!
ry move that Mable makes
irs, ‘Tome hither, boys!”
. J. M. Buchanan, J. G.; Sr., D. B. Slappey, C. A. Slappy W
T. Large, O. T. Bagwell, E. Thomasson, J. D. Pennington, J.
ants and men she j A. E. Vincent, E. J. Salter, J. M. Du- W. Carter, L. E. Holloway, Jo«
Ipree, J. \V. Shirley, J. R. Logan, The 1 Rooks, Easterlin Bros., T. J. Suggs,
Oliver-McDonald Co., Chas. L. Ans- B. B. Mills, D. T. Mills, G. W. Is-
; ley, W. L. McNeal, J. C. Carter, N. rael, Jr., C. L. Israel, W. A. Jones.
-uu v» w..ww A. Ray, G. W. Nunn, W. S. Morgan, J- J- Dozier, G. W. Thomas, W. P.
3 TnfluencedVy the Presidential nomination. ( P- A. Bencham, Mrs. F. L. Bennett, Thomas, T. R McLendon, L. A. Mc-
••Withtmt “ candidate whoee " re »^ "Boy! See if you can find the ! 'Webb. “T Webb. Nicholson, j. A. McCrea, RL^Thom-
oxably above the mere politician s. the Democratic party cann t h pe g#nt who said th{ . rc was nol h,ng new j p. M. Bivins, Geo. C. McDonald, R. [ as. G. W. Wiggins, Jr., J. I. Jenning-
ta win. What is vastly more important, without a 1 resident who is , undcr th( , sun Hp may bp , n lhe ! G . Webb, J. W. Ewing, J. C. Webb, ton.
every inch a statesman the country cannot hope for clear and proa- dinj rooIn .” j E. R. Chappell, M. H. Guest, J. E. Jno. D. Williams, Oscar McLen-
guidance. Thinking men realize that rarely before have the “International Swindlers,” says a ; Harris. den, Jos. W. Love, J. A. Mills, Jr., R.
duties of American citizenship been so weighty as now, or the re- news dispatch, “sold blocks of lead II. C. Friddy, R. B. Gaston, H. B.-C. Andrews, C. D. Brinkley, E. Tin.-
nnnlhilitir of the individual both to his State and to his Nation, so for platinum in Geneva." ; Countryman, J. T. Webb, Hale Bros., merman, Sr., A. F. Hodges, R. P.
•ponsi it y | L L 1 . ,u_ Q f .u- ,: me9 I Mind the days when gold brick ped-! H. J. Webb, E. C. Webb, S. A. Rog- Stackhouse, I-. A. Thomas, J. F. Plex-
ergent. Every citizen, unless he be asleep to the signs ot he times du , rs bad t0 wuar protective color-, erS| j. T Wiggins, J. R. Mashburn, ico, Dr. H. Lee Bogs, Hill & Thomas,
wants a part in determining what sort of leadership we shall have in , n(: t keep fron , selling their wares : R c Markct s E Mitchell, B. L. G. F. Sutton. S. E. Statham. I. G.
the troublous days ahead; and assuredly every citizen has this right ( u each other in the good old USA? Bothwcll, W. C. Herring, W. H. Sum- Council, E. L. Bell, Americus Oil
Tm 90 far as Georgia is concerned, there is but one way by which the 1 merford, H. N. West, Jesse L. Davis, Company, Commercial Warehouse,
tank and file of Democrats can exercise free judgment and real influ- Kach y ,. ar the sales of horseshoe G. W. Bagiey, A. S. Johnson, E. M. Dudley Bonded Warehouse T. B.
•ace in the election of a president, and that ia by their votes in a pref- nails grow larger, though each census Jackson, B. L. Dell, G. W. Waters, Hooks, Senior; C. C Hawkins, W.
rotial primary Deprive them of the opportunity to name delegates -hows fewer horses m America. J. J. Wilson, G. R. Simpson, J. M. S. Roach, T. M. Merritt, E. C. Parker
vatiai primary, u j ikev have no more actual nower in Now - wlth prohibition supposedly Y'atson, T. F. Graham, A. B. Con- & Co., Rylander Shoe Co., L. G.
to the nominating coinention. and they have no more a tu l p ' .reducing the demand; manufacturers ncrSi w A Wils0l)i p H , Scar- Council, Harrold Bros., H. L. Mize,
saying who shall be the Chief Magistrate of their nation than in de- o1 hip pocket . asks are operating boroughi L L Wiggins Leslie Hdw. Farmers Cotton Oil Co., Americas
tramming who shall ho Emperor of Japan. No genuine Americans overtime to supply purchasers. I& Fur Cq q r p crgU50n j H Automobile Co., Bank of Commerce,
wnnt to be treated as political wards in a time when issues of vast | unn>, i>n 1 Statham. Sheffield (’ompany, Gyles-Andrews
corvaequence to their country are to he decided. Nor will sagacious J. |. Kaylor, J. T. Bolton, F. A. Furniture Co., Pinkston Company,
neuty managers hear to any scheme that remotely resembles such "Wellesley College girls clip eye- 1 Wilson, R. J. Sims, J. C. Hoffman, G. E. Buchanan.
•M-ifmani n>rt»inlv not in rlf»mnrratir Georcia.” j lashes close, Mis. T. Duff informed — —— ■ ^■
husband, who thought it "anoth- ' ' :
lad rush for pulchritude.”
treatment-
certainly not in democratic Georgia.
It would seem that there ran be no doubt about how the Exec
utive committee will act in this important matter.
ARROW COLLARS
LAUNDERED OR SOFT
THE BEST THAT YOU
CAN BUY AT THE
PRICE YOU PAY
C'-'ifit. Pt'tfxxiv Co.. Inc.. Trov. It. T.
©
I "Bargains in matrimony ’
I fried by the marrying squ
; Peoria, Ill. No fee charged
bridegroom admits, so all the
i may know, that he had nothing
ail to do with the proposing beyond
merely replying in the affirmative.
SOLVE THE RENT QUESTION B?
BUYING A HOME
re of- Borrow the Money at 6 per cent UU
es of Pay >t back in monthly installments
f the Call 849 and let me go over ths pre
world position with you.
GORDON HOWELL, AlU.oa, BU*
I The Leap Year husband always can
intake use of this handy retort:
‘ “Well, why didn’t yerti propose to
him, if he was such a fine bird?”
BRADI.EY HOGG
Attorney At Law
Income Tax Specialist.
Office Over Williaras-NHea Co.
Phono 185
Rub-My-TUm it a powerful anti
septic; it kills the poison caused from
injected cuts, cures old sores, tetter,
etc.— (adv.)—(S)
Commercial City Bank
AMERICUS, GA.
In addition to the convenience afforded to the depositors
of a MODERN BANK in making possible the transfer of money
by the use of checks, the WEALTH entrusted to the BANK doea
not remain idle, but T constantly employed in commerce and in
dustry for the r»od and up-building of the community.
THE COMMERCIAL CITY BANK has done much for the
development of Americus in the past, and expects to do a great
deal more during 1920.
Open a checking account with us and watch your town
grow.
CRAWFORD WHEATLEY
President.
SAMUEL HARRISON
Cashier.
Maimie E. Cassady D. C.
Marcia C. Ramsey, D. C.
Palmer Graduates.
Cassady and Ramsey
CHIROPRACTORS
Hours 9:30-12 a.m. 2-5 n.
Phone 195. BeU Build! -
. Americus, Ga.
The policy of this bank is moulded to provide liberally for
the individual requirements of each depositor without jeopard
izing the interests of the many. Safety always and assistance
whenever good business judgment permits it.
Deposits here are safeguarded by a strong directorate, con
servative but progressive management, banking experience
and ample resources.
Bank of Commerce
,J. W. Sheffield
Frank Sheffield
OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS:
Lee Hudson,
Cashier
John Sheffield
C. R. Crisp