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THE I'IMES HECORDEk.
ESTABLISHED 1879.
Published every Sunday morning and
every afternoon, except Saturday, and
Weekly, by the Times-Recorder Co.,
Entered as second class matter at
poatoffice at Americus, Ga., under act
Os March 3, 1879.
G. R. ELLIS,
” President.
CRANSTON WILLIAMS,
Editor and General Manager.
T. M. MERRITT, JR-,
Assistant in Business Department
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the Americus Times-Recorder.
OFFICIAL ORGAN FOR:
City of Americua
Sumter County.
Webster County.
Waßroad Commission of Georgia For
Third Congressional District.
U. S. Court Southern District of
■ Georgia.
Americus, Gm, January 16, IH7 i
The day of nation-wide prohibition is ,
rapidly coming. 1
In away we'd lost sight of the
Pershing expedition.
A coal famine in Chicago would be
as mad as cold in this part.
Georgia and Florida slipped through
the fingers of Mr. Cold Wave.
It has not been a pleasure for Amer
icus to be in the limelight, we don’t
reckon.
That Deutschland may be on the
front pages again soon. Welcome,
Captain Koenig.
Thq Kaiser is boasting of his cons
cience and his heart, both of which are
minus qualities since the late summer
of 1914.
Snow has covered all of the battle
front on the western scene, which
maybe is a welcome change for the
boys in the trenches.
The American-Mexican joint com
mission is up against it again. They
have referred their troubles to Presi
dent Wilson —who, of course, as you
know, it without any.
Americus drug, stores announce that
henceforth soft drinks will be five
cents straight; no more six for a gut
ter. Another illustration of the say
ing: "In union there is strength.”
The Supreme court has upheld the
Mann act, which affects white slavery.
Commercialized vice as well as personal
escapades are held by the court as
being within provisions of the law. 1
which is so construed as to cover all
violations.
The nation is sad because of the!
illness of Admiral George Dewey, the I
hero of Manilla Bay, and who has been j
very active in the nation's affairs up to
now. His greatness is reflected in his
victories and the era of his life follow
ing his successes.
Harlee Branch, the Atlanta newspa
per man. has delivered that Georgia
electoral vote to the national capitol
and there must be a sigh of relief that
Georgia has voted, and now the other,
forty-seven states have a perfect right
to have their say.
Senator Ogden Persons wants a
i
more stringent prohibition law, and
another extra session. It is charged
that more than $7,000,000 worth of
liquor is pouring into Georgia each
year. And while they are doing this,
make the sale of liquor a felony in
the state. Incidentally, so fasten down
the crime of selling jamaica liquor and
concoctions of that sort until capital
punishment is the onl yway to satisfy
the law. It is the people of Georgia
en masse who must assist in enforc
irg the laws.
THE PLAIN TALK.
Editor Jerger, of the Thomasville
i; Times-Enterprise, is known every
’ where and most of all because he is a
philosopher. There is a truth in his
1 writings, and one of peculiar force ap
pears in his paper, saynig:
If there was a dollar put in
full-blooded cattle and hogs for
every quart of liquor that has
come into Thomas county in the
past eight months, the boll weevil
would leave for want of something
to eat .
' Besides the liquor which has come
' into his county—and into Sumter
I county as well—there are concoctions
being sold worse than hell-fire itself.
The grand jury which adjourned last
week commented on the sale of these
drinks in Americus and the county,
and the good people deserve to assist
in every way to rid the community of
these viplng leeches who draw the last
blood of a strangling sot.
It has come to our attention that an
inquiry was made last week if the
grand jury had adjourned, the ques
tion coming from an interested country
merchant.
Georgia must save her citizenship
if she Intends to save herself. Liquor
is bad enough, but worse than any
, other hellish liquids are drinks being
j gathered at the police station in this<
city.
A COUNTY’S ERROR.
I From the always well-informed Tis-
■ ton Gazette we gain information in the
following editorial mention:
When the newly elected com
missioners of Coffee county met in
their first session this year, one
of their initial acts was to decide
not to appropriate any sum toward
keeping a farm demonstrator in
that county this year. Their action
in this instance drew forth a
storm of protest from the farmers,
business men and educators in the
county that the commissioners
called a special meeting at which
was heard the verbal protests of (
the people interested, and so ,
strong was the matter put before j
them that they very wisely decid- 1
ed that it would be best tc recon
sider their original action and ap
propriate the sum of S6OO.
, It wqs.a great error for Coffee coun
ty to take such action as rescinding
the appropriation for a county, dem
onstration agent. Rather than a sal
ary of S6OO. it should have been in
creased. i
The county commissioners of Sumter
county have given their money and
co-operation to the work being car
ried on by Messrs. Oliver and Boyett.
K is money well spent.
THE SOUTH’S SUFFERING
(Macon Telegraph.)
The New York World has this to say
, alxiut the South s suffering:
I “No people in Europe, except the
Boles and the Serbians, have yet suf-
: sered one-half the physical hardships
, ard privations that the people of the
! South endured in the War Between the
| States. Nor has any part of Europe,
i except Poland and Serbia been devast-
I ated as Sheridan devastated the Shen
andoah Valley, as Sherman devastated
the broad zone through which he
marched from Atlanta to the sea. Eu
rope has wasted blood and treasure on
a scale never before approached, but
none of the principal beligerents has
experienced war as the South knew It
in the last year of the Confederacy.
Nor has any country made such sacri
fices as the South made before it yield
ed to ruthless necessity.”
i Mississippi and Alabama were like
i wise devastated. But The World makes
no reference to "Reconstruction" and
1
the "Plunder of the Eleven Southern
States” after the war. A crown of
: thorns was pressed upon the brow of
i every Southern home under the rule of
, 'the freedman's bureau, the carpetbag
i
i. ger and the military.
i' May a merciful Providence save
1 Belgium, Serbia. Rumania and the
I Poles from the destruction and humili-
■ ation meted out to the Southern States.
. when not an armed foe was in exist
ence from the Potomac to the Rio
(Grande. We were simply the victims
of a fanaticism run wild with savage
hatred.
3 Reconstruction is the foulest stain
" on America's escutcheon. The South
fl ad accepted the surrender in good
’ faith.
IRRESPONSIBLE TALK
(From the New York World.)
All the lose and Responsible talk
that is going on in congress over tho !
alleged “leak” in regard to the presi
dent’s note to the belligerents is in it
self an aggravated scandal. Charges
that are not supported by sworn evi
dence are worse than worthless. Tes-|
timony that is not given under oath
is either idle or malicious. A con
gressional investigation would at least
have the merit of dignity and author
ity. What is going on in Washington
is an exhibition of cheap politics that
would discredit an ordinary board of
aldermen.
Lawson is talking, fast and quick.'
Now be names McAdoo, the president's'
I
son-in-law; Tumulty, the president’s
secretary; Von Bernstorff. the Ger
man ambassador, and many other well
known names. If there was a "leak”j
the truth should be ascertained with-!
out all of these chargee and counter'
(■charges, with denials and the whip of
the "lie.” j
I
j
I
MINIMUM SCHOOL
TERM QUESTION
Forty-four states have established
by law a minimum term of from 60 to
ISO days term of school for each org-\
anized district, according to a bulle
tin just issued by the Department of
the Interior through its Bureau of Ed
ucation. J. C. Muerman, who compiled
the bulletin, points out that four'
states, Louisiana, Alabama, Rhode Is
land and Georgia, have no minimum I
requirement laws, but that one of
these, Rhode Island, has for over 10'
years maintained the longest average
term in the United States. While the
minimum number of days required is
! almost invariably much less than the
' actual average number of days in the
1 school ter for the state, a majority of
1 the states still report many schools un
! able to meet even the low minimum
' requirements. Within the past three
' years, 12 states—Arizona, Colorado,
Idaho, Kansas, Maine, Nebrasko, Ne
vada. New York, North Carolina,
North Dakota, Vermont, and Wyoming
—have added from 10 to 60 days to the
legal requirements of a minimum
schol term.
| Some of the factions that have oper
ated in favor of a longer school term.'
aside from the general awakening of
public sentiment, are the phenomenal
growth of the public schools, the de
velopment of state financial aid for
weak districts, equalization funds, and
penalities for not maintaining a min
imum term required by law.
j The growth of the public high
schools has tended to lengthen the
term in the elementary schools by set
ting up standards of admission by cer
tificate of examination which can ord
inary be met by grade schools with a
term of at least eight months.
"Lack of provision for adequate funds
is perhaps the greatest hindrance to a j
longer school term,” declares Mr. 1
Muerman. “A majority of the states
have fully realized the necessity for
more state financial assistance and j
have enacted laws giving state aid ,
to weak districts to enable them to,
maintain a minimum school term. A,
wise provision in most of these laws ;
makes the levy of a specific minimum
rate of local taxation necessary and
provides for a certain specified stand
ard of school before aid becomes avail
able. These laws are, as a rule, in
tended to help only those who first
help themselves. The necessity of|
greater cooperation and aid is urged;
in the 1912 report of the state super
intendent of public instruction for j
Georgia. This report calls attention ;
to a tendency to lean too heavily upon
Hate aid. and cites the laws of an
other state which requires a county,
levy of not less than 3 and not more
than 7 mills before state aid can be
secured.”
In answer to an inquiry from the
[ the Commissioner of Education, over
one-half of all the state superintend
ents have expressed a wilingness to
cooperate in securing a uniform 160
days’ term for all schools, including
! rural schools. This would represent
considerable improvement over the
present average of 137.7 days.
itar people whose aonrttsenieaU
t< n n*o in this paper are <>a the le» 1 1
They’re not afraid nt loetr goods.
fHE AMERICUS TIMES-RECORDER.
Not a Bite of
Breakfast Until
You Drink Water
Says a glass of hot water and
phosphate prevents illness
and keeps us fit.
J
I Just as coal, when it burns, leaves
behind a certain amount of incombus
tible material in the form of ashes, so
the food and drink taken day after day
leaves in the alimentary canal a cer
tain amount of indigestible material,
I which if not completely eliminated
'from the system each day, becomes
food for the millions of bacteria which
infest the bowels., From this mass of
left-over waste, toxins and ptomain
like poisons are formed and sucked
into the blood.
Men and women who can't get feel
ing right must begin to take inside
baths. Before eating breakfast each
morning drink a glass of real hot
water with a teaspoonful of limestone
phate in it to wash out of the thirty
feet of bowels the previous day's ac
cumulation of poisons and toxins ana
to keep the entire alimentary canal
clean, pure and fresh.
Those who are subject to sick
beadache, colds, billiousness, consti
pation, others who wake up with bad
taste foul breath, backache, rheumatic
stiffness, or have a sour, gassy stom
ach after meals, are urged to get a
quarter pound of limestone phosphate
from the drug store, and begin prac
ticing internal sanitation. This will
cost very little, but is sufficient to
make anyone an enthusiast on the
subject.
Remember inside bathing is more
important than outside bathing, be
cause the skin pores do not absorb
impurities into the blood, causing poor
health, while the bowel pores do. Just
as soap and hot water cleanses, sweet
ens and freshens the skin, so hot wa
ter and limestone phosphate act on
the stomach, liver, kidneys and bow.
els. advt.
NOTICE TO PUBLIC.
Notice is hereby given to all per
sons whomsoever that 1 the Svea Fire
6 Life Insurance Company, of Goth
enburg, Sweden, will not be responsi-,
ble or liable in any manner whatever
for loss or damage to property insur- |
ed under policies No. 737,692, 737,605
and 737,649 of said company;
the same having been issued
without its lawful authority; and per
sons holding the same are asked to
deliver them to the undersigned for
cancellation.
(Signed.)
RHETT, O’BEIRNE & LOCHRIDGE,
General Agents, Hurt Building, At
lanta, Ga. 10-12 t
j MISS BESSIE WINDSOR
, . Insurance . .
fire, Accident and Bends, Of
fice Forsvth St. Thcnu 280
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CHAS. AYASH
Fresh Groceries
Your Business Appreciated
Phone 708, Cotton Ave.
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SMITH
PRESSING
CLUB
PHONE 216
208 Jackson Street
Let us do your pressing for
SI.OO per month.
We specialize in making al
terations.
Suits called for and delivered
promptly on same day when
requested.
Your business appreciated.
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| LIFE IS SHORT li
111 I
Why not spend the short while
you have to sleep here on earth i
I ou a comfortable MATTRESS.
We make no other kind but |
comfortable and serviceable (
. MATTRESSES.
II ■ Let us make you one.
POPE MATTRESS CO,’ ll
Pbone 120.
FERTILIZERS
I Can make you
prices on fertilizers
that will save you
money.
I. J, MLMON
F. G. OLVER
LOCKSMITH.
Sewing Machines and Supplies; Key
and Lock Fitting Umbrellas Repaired
and Covered. Phone 420.
LEE STREET. NEAR WELL.
IMERICLB CAMP, 302 WOODMEN
OF THE WORLD.
Meets every Wednesday night tn the
Wheatley Bldg., Windsor Ave. All vis
iting Sovereigns invited to meet with
as. J M. TOBIN, <3. C.
NAT LeMASTER, Clerk.
C. P. DAVIS,
Dental Snrgoon.
Orthodentin, Pjorrtea.
Residence Phone 316. Office Phone 818,
Allison Bldg.
F. and A. M.
* AMERICUS LODGk
F. A A. M.. meets sv*
A ery second and fourth
at & ht *t 7
r X o'clock.
S. L. HAMMOND, W. M.
CLOYD BUCHANAN, SoCy.
i i»i - - —.Uh— i ■ i in ii
> M. B. COUNCIL
LODGE, F. and A. M„
meet « every First and
Third Friday nights.
r x. Visiting brothers are
invited to attend.
H. B. MASHBURN, W. M.
NAT LeMASTER. Secretary.
WASHINGTON CAMP,
NO 14. P. 0. 8. OF A.
Meets every first and third Monday
nights in P. 0. S. of A. Hall, No. 319
I-amar St All members in good stand
ng invited to attend. Beneficiary certi
ficates from $250.00 to $2,000.00 issr.ed
to members Os this camp.
8. A. JENNINGS, Pres’t
O. D. REESE, Recd’g Sec’y.
CofGaKy
“The Right Way”
Trains Arrive
From Chicago, via
Columbus » l;00 a m
From Columbus *10:00 a n
From Columbus I 7:15 p n
From Atlanta and Macon . . • 5:29 a ■
From Macon * 2:11 p m
Krom Macon • 7:85 p m
From Albany * 6:40 a m
From Montgomery and
Albany *2:11 p ■
, From Montgomery and
Albany • 10:39 p »
. From Jacksonville, via
' Albany • 8:40 a m
Trains Depart
For Chicago, via Columbus * »:«d a m
For Columbus I 8:00 a m
For Columbus • 8:00 p m
For Macon * 6:40 a a>
' For Macon and Atlanta * 2:11 p m
Fo. Macon and Atlanta ...*.10:89 p m
For Montgomery and
Albany * 5:29 a s
For Montgomery and
Albany *2 11 p m
For Albany • 7:85 p m
For Jacksonville, via
Albany • 1:05 a in
•Daily. lExcept Sunday.
advt J. E. HIGHTOWER, AgenL
Seaboard Air Line
rhe Progressive Railway of the Shall
.. -... I —.
Lea ve Americus for Cordele, Ro
chelle, Abbeville, Helena, Lyons, Col-:
lins, Savannah, Columbia, Richmond,;
Portsmouth and points East and South i
12:31 p m
2:30 a m
Leave Americus for Cordele, Abbe
ville, Helena and intermediate points
5:11 p m
Leave Americus for Richland, At
lanta, Birmingham, Hurtsboro, Mont
gomery and points West and Northwest
A 3:08 p m
Leave Americus for Richland, Col
umbus, Dawson, Albany and interme
diate points
19:00 a ■>
Seaboard Buffet Parlor-Bleeping Car
on Trains 13 and 14 arriving Americus
from Savannah 11:25 p. m.. and leav
ing Americus for Savannah 2:30 a. m.
Sleeping ear leaving for Savannah at
2:30 a. m., will be open for passengers
i at 11:40 p. m.
' I For further information apply to H.
'I P. Everett, Local Agent, Americua,
. Ga.; C. W. Small. Div, Pass. Agent.
! Savannah, Ga.; C. B ’•n. -3. p. A,
I Norfolk. Va.
L. G. COUNCIL, Pres’t lie. 1891 H. 8. COUNCIL, Cashier.
11 C. M. COUNCIL, Vlee-Pree. T. E. BOLTON, Asst Cashier.
i Planters’ Bank of Americus I
CAPITAI. SURPI IIS AND PROFITS $225,000.00 I
TOTAL DEPOSITS (Dee. 12, 1916) $913,304.73.
11 With a quarter ol a century ex
perforce In successful banking
' Wil and w,,h our ,ar 9 fi resources and
a-ffl Bti close personal attention to every
Interest, consistent with sound
I TO kft ? BmP banking we solicit your patronage
i Interest allowed on time cer-
i SSJST " * depiir,M ’'
Prompt, Conservative, Accommodating.
We want your Business. I
No Account Poo Large and None Too Small
’ Member of Americus Chamber of Commerce.
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MONEY 54 %
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MfIMF Y I RANFI) on {arm an<^B at 512 per cent
111 ll 11 LI LU/iIILU interest and borrowers have priv
ilege of paying part or all of principal at any interest
period, stopping interest on amounts paid. We always
have best rates and easiest terms and give quickest ser
vice. Save money by seeing us.
G. R. ELLIS or G. C. WEBB
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The dragging weight of »n iineonftne.l bust so stretches the
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» M > (IWftt W Put the bust back where It be §
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WJI flesh of the shoulder giving a £
Jwrtvv gsaceful line to the entire upper body.
They are the daintiest and most serviceable garments imngi- K
'A nable—come in all materials and styles: Cross Back, Hook E
A Front, Surplice. Bandeau, etc. Boned with " Walohn." the S
: rustless boning—permitting washing without removal.
: Wave your dealer show you Bien Jolie Brassieres, if not stock ■
* "“‘J 5 ed, we.will gladly send him, prepaid, samples to show you. H
BENJAMIN & JOHNES, 51 Warren Street. Newark. N. .1. §
Commercial City Bank
AMERICUS, GA
General Banking Business
INTEREST PAID ON TIME DEPOSITS
Americus Undertaking Company
Funeral Directors and Embalmers
MR. NAT LeMASTER, Manager
Agents for Rosemont Gardens
Day Phones 88 and 231 Night 661 and 136
HIGH GRADE
FERTILIZERS
AMERICUS i
HOME MIXTURE GUANO CO.
Manufactured of best unadulterated material, skillfully prepar
ed and mixed.
Our customers are pleased. Can we offer better refer
ences?
SALES AGENTS:
Harrold Bros. L. G. Council
Americus, Ga. Americus, Ga.
A. S. Johnson E. C. Webb
DeSoto, Ga. Sumter, Ga.
H THE ROYAL CAFE . ,
FOR LADIES AND GENTLEMEN l i
We give excellent service at ail tknee.
Onr Menu -consists of the beat the market affords, and you get what
i yon call for. if it is on the market.
We conduct the most up-to-date Caf. in this section. We de bust- '
] ness because we send our customers away pleased. Telephone 328 '
i i for your order.
REMEMBER, we are absolutely SANITARY and cook your food I
II to please. ,
] 8. BANIACAS, Propr. g. D . RAMOS, M»r ,
TUESDAY, JANUARY !«, M .