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THE TIMES-RECORDER
ESTABLISHED 1879. i
THK TIMES-RECORDER COMPANY,
(Incorporated.)
Publisher.
’ _ p^.l7shed - evcry arternoon. except!
’ y. every Sunday morning, and
*4 p Wtei-ly (every Thursday).
as second class matter at
o-itoF.ce at Americus, Ga. under act.
March 3,18. d.
FRANC MANGUM,
Editor and Manager.
E. 11. KIMBROUGH.
Ataut Business Manager.
>i!hscr)|>tit>n Rates.
l-jrty and Sunday, Five Dollars a,
* 4- iin advance). v .
... ;y. one Dollar a yeas (in ad-
— i
' v r . Thomas sane. Jr., circulation
i-’-aoe-er. is-tbv? only authorised truvei
>.g representative of Toe Times-
H ecord Jr.
'"ember of The Associated Press.
The Associated Press is exclusively
entitled to the use for republication of
* news credited to it or not otherwise
el l.!P-d in this paper, and also the lo
c.l news published herein.
OFFi'TAL ORGAN FOR:
City of Americus
Sumter County
Webster County
wa lroad Commissi m of Georgia tor
Third Congre-siotial District.
U S. Court, Sect hern District of
Georgia.
Americus? Georgia, December 16, 1917.
I FAHRS ‘APttlCAllY fPEIK'NG~
•T. I ’. "-7 •
We certainly wish Congress would
elect a weather administrator.
They’ve abolished belts and cuffs on
men’s clothes. Why not hip-pockets,
too?
You get in bad, sure, if you wait till
the day after Christmas to send a
present.
A lot of people arrive at the age
of discretion, but the trouble is they
don’t stay there.
• •
If she has cold feet every night dur
ing the winter, and you still occupy
the same bod—that’s love!
The government ought to buy some
pacifiers and distribute ’em among
a few members of Congress.
The reason why some men can’t
sit still is not their conscience at ail
-it’s their new woolen underwear.
A man never kicks if the saleslady
who makes a mistake in his change
is really very pretty and attractive.
What has become of the old-fashion
ed subscriber who presented the
editor with a turkey every Christmas?,
Equal suffrage will boos this value
—the ladies will have to make up their
minds definitely once every two years
anyway.
After walking through a cemetery,
you can believe that the prophet told
the truth when he said that "All mon !
are liars."
Unless they hurry up. the war will
end two or three years from now be
fore some of the ladies finish knitting!
their first sweaters.
Os course, we’re going to lick Ger
many. and all of that, but at the same
time v.e wish the Allies had not left
ho much work for us to do.
The Dublin Courier-Herald has an
editorial on "Red Cross Christmas
Cheer, which reminds ub that this
will be about the only kind of Christ
mas cheer we’ll have this year. • j
Americus is making an effort to
get an army aviation camp, and we
wish her mighty well in the under
taking, Our neighbor was always
something of a high filer.—Dawson
s News.
Man Is just naturally one of those
earthly creatures who will turn their
.-..tention from oratory, poetry or
u>ic the ■ orient somebody unveils
pot of smoked bacon and string
|L ana v.fthin smelling distance.-'
J'., .- Free Pre-.s
THE COTTON OUTLOOK.
The annual cotton crop estimate of
the Agricultural Bureau is an institu
tion which is awaited anxiously by,
• everybody interested in cotton, and!
• that means the whole wide world.
; When the figure was published—lo,-'
' 915,000 bales—it was not a surprise
'ta the average cotton merchant. But!
it b came evident soon afterwards that
a gr eat many people expected a much
Ir.rger esthnate. and among these were
owners of mills, who have sold their,
product far ahead and have been;
! holding off from buying the raw mate-
• rial, in the expectation or hope that
, the government estimate might be
i much larger or that the European war
i news might cause a decline. When
Loth these hopes failed, they jumped
in to buy and carried prices practically
a cent a pound above the early morn
, ing levt 1.
! Such fluctuations are only a one-day
‘ sensation.
I Th? big problem ahead i? what next
I
year’s supply mav mo, and in this con
; noetic n the question of price-fixing
; comes forward prominently.
Will the government fix a maximum
price on cot’on? After mature deliber
i p.tion, we believe it will not, and here
• are our reasons:
• Ever '■•’nee the supply of foreign pot
; li was cut off, crops have been
: horter and there is no probability of
an increase! production per acre. La-
■ bor has left the fields, attracted by the
I higher wages paid by industrial estab-
I lishments, especially munitions factor
ies, but that was voluntary. Since the
J last crop was iplante l the first draft of
nearly 700,000 men has been called,
I and the most efficient labor, men be
, tween 21 and 31 years of age, have
■ gone away. And remember that those
' who went into the army were the most
fit, while the unfit were left behind. It
: is not necessary to lay stress on the
' difference in the quality of labor now
i available.
Another crop must be raised next
year. A new draft has already been
projected, which will take place be
fore planting time, and ano’her draft
will be called before picking time To
pick a crop requires more labor than
to plant and cultivate it.
These are some of the physical diffi
culties which the cotton trade must
face. But there are others. The far
mer in the Carolinas who has made
more money in tobacco on a three
, months’ crop than he could possibly
j make on cotton in ten months, is not
, likely to plant cotton, and his neigh-.
'hors, too. will divert some of their
■ acreage to tobacco. Peanuts have been'
’ very high and very, profitable, so
j there is another outlet there, if the
j government should put an upset price
;on cotton. Price-fixing would seem to
fall flat when such competition exists
, at a time when the necessity is most
I apparent to encourage an increase in
cotton production, instead of discour
aging it by any regulations or limita
tions.
NO PARTY LINES HERE.
....
I
■ The Now York World sharply takes
i to task an inquirer who wanted to
■ know if General Pershing Is a. Denjo
-1 crat or a Republican.
! The World concludes by saying that
I he is an American—something that
I every citizen of the United States
i ought to be aj this particular time,
whole-heartedly, unreservedly, unmls
•l taka'oly.
i Os course, there will always be po
| litical differences—there will always
|be three or four parties. There will
always be the "ins" and the “outs, ’
'j who really constitute the two great
controlling parties.
I But at this particular period poli-
I tics should be laid aside. There
I
i should be an end of the partisanship,
jof political prejudice. Until this war
is ended we should be like the
Romans in the days of Herat lira:
Then none wag for a party.
Then all were for the state
We imagine that that is the way
General Pershing feels about the east
ior the west. He is not commissioned
; by either the Democratic or the Ra-j
•publican party. He is representing
‘ thn United States—America—solely
j and all the time'
INDEFENSIBLE.
It is characteristic of the Hearst
papers to print little rows of flags
on their editorial pages, and to give
ven* to great editorial whoops about
their patriotism and intense loyalty;
while, at the same time, in their news
columns they ade sowing seeds of dis
content and publishing sneers at gov
ernmental functions and officials.
For instance, witness this paragraph,
culled from the special corrcspond-
■
nee of C- F. Bertelli, the Paris cor
pondent of the New York Amcri
i can i
"WANTED—A General Sher
man Excellent opening for a mil
itary man possessed of the strate
gic genius of Caesar, of the lion
heart of King Richard, and of the
patience of Cincinnatus. Don’t
wait. Nowt is the time. Cable
immediately to seat of war—Paris,
I France.”
That is an insult to General Persh-
! ing.
It. is an affront to our government.
It is downright disloyal.
Pershing is our leading soldier. He
lias been selected by those whose duty
it is to select to exercise supreme
command over our troops in France,
lie is a military man of lond and va
ried experience. He has a splendid
I record, and above all, he has the con
fidance of the American people and of
• the highest officials of the nation.
What sense, therefore, is there in
‘rying to discredit this man? Why this
' slur on a brave general who is doing
j an important work, so far as the world
: knows, earnestly and efficiently?
Is it any wonder that the Atlanta
Georgian—a Hearst-owned paper—has
1 ad. and is having, a terrible time try
: ing to popularize itself in Georgia
SI NITER’S FARM RECORD.
Sumter ranked seventh among the
counties of Georgia in cotton prcduc-
I tion, but it is significant that the six
leading counties show a largely in
creased acreage, while this county
raised considerably below its annual
average.
That is attributable to the fact that
the farmers of Sumter county turned
this year, more than ever before, to
crop diversification. They planted
more corn, more oats, more peanuts,
more small crops—and less cotton.
Comparative figures are interesting.
Here is the cotton crop showing for
tb.e seven leading counties:
Counties 1917 1916
Burke 55,180 48,614
Laurens 44,064 33,600
Emanuel 31,374 14.274
| Jefferson #.......28,724 23.613
I Screven 28,657 23,634
| Bullock 25,216 24,242
Sumter 22.839 29,979
The most remarkable gain in cotton
production is sb own by Emanuel coun
ty, with an increase of about 125 per
cent., and that, too, in spite of a sea
son of boll weevil.
, The weevil, undoubtedly reduced the
crop in Sumter county to an apprecia
ble extent, but it is also true that the
farmers in many instances cut down
their acreage and planted other crops.
In consequence, the farmers of Sum
ter county are really ahead of the
farmers of the other six leading cot
ton growing counties in point of agri
cultural progress and development.
Sumter has every reason to be proud
of its cotton and farm records for the
season.
Some of Each.
We will say to the Americus Times-
Ricordt r, which asked a few days ago
whether women’s skirts are short or
just high, that when we went to the
door to look we forgot to toll him w’hen
wo returned to our desk. We saw a
number of them, and as it appeared
to us some of ’em were the one and
some of ’em were the other. But the
general effect is the same.—Columbus
Enquirer-Sun.
Gone to War
From almost every homo and near
ly every business firm one or more
has left to join the fighting forces.
Every home or house of business
should display a Service Flag. It’s a
patriotic duty. One will be a part of
, the Atlanta Sunday American Decem
■ her 16. Mail your subscription di
rect to The Georgian office or order in
advance from your ago tnor carrie.
Finch Petes, agent, Church street,
Americus, Ga adv
IHt AMERICUS CORDER
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• A COLUMN PF
There Are a Lot of ’Em
The most excusable fool in the
world is the one who is a fool about
a woman.—Thomasville Times-Enter
prise.
Probably More So.
A snake in the grass is just as dan
gerous now as he was when Eve fell
for bis blandishments.—Thomasville
Times-Enterprise.
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Cheap Glory.
i "The First Shot Has Been Fired By
; An American Against the Austrians,”
j a news dispatch t I'.s us. A New Eng-'
! land congressman who is touring in
Italy tilled the string and fired the
! hot. There is too much of this cheap
i stuff being pulled off by patriots of
• this country. Beginning war against
. a great nation is not a mere halj-holl
j day (wn, such as opening the La. e
i ball season. We ne 1 more pep and
■ ash and less advertising and sky
j rocketing.—Moultrie Observer.
j
Do They Ever Admit It J
: When an old maid gets old enough
; to admt* it, then she has reached the
age when she would make some bache-'
lor a good wife.—Thomasville Times-'
, Enterprise,
We Got Good Start.
I . i
Quite a number of newspapers are
: uprooting Hon. Wm. J. Harris for
United St: tes Senator, but the Ameri-
I eus Times-Recorder se ms to bo the
, most enthusiastic and optimistic one
!in the whole bunch.—Hawkinsville
■ News and Dispatch.
The Hog Question.
, The Americus city council is having
i a hard time over the hog question.'
j The city ha.g an ordinance prohibit-'
ing hogs within the citv limits, and'
I
i it seems that the city' limits reach out
i for such distances that several largo,
I tracts are included, and the owners
I of same Insist Ihat the hogs on these
' tracts do not interfere with the peace,
happiness and health of the citizens
of Americus. We would advise the
city fathers to communicate with
; Editor Allen, of the Moultrie Observ-’
er, who recently contributed a
! lengthy discourse upon "hogs.”Way-'
i cross Journal.
Every Few Minutes.
"One of the greatest disappoint
ments in life,’’ gays the Bainbridge
Post-Searchlight, "is to follow' a short
skirt six blocks, and then find tlmFthe*
wearer if it is at least fifty years old.’’
Yes, it's sad but true—you can't tell
their ages by just observing from the
I ankle to the skirt.—Americus Times
i Recorder. Say, fellows, for the love'
l of Mike, don't take the matter so
I seriously. In the firs - place, why
should you run after a woman at all,
when you ought to know by this tlme !
that another one will b ealong in a’
few minutes?—Columbus Enquirer-.
Sun.
Try. Try Again.
The Columbus Enquirer-Sun wants;
to know “if you ever hugged a girl!
ias much as you wanted to." Well,!
we may have been satisfied, but what *
about her? —Americus Times-Record-!
j er. If at first you don’t succeed, try!
again —Columbus Enquirer-Sun
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Troubles of An Editor.
The editor of the Americus Times-'
Recorder is experiencing the troublse
of editor and publisher. His carrier
boys are quitting because it is too
cold to work.—Savannah Press.
Both Short and High.
The editor of the Americus Times-j
Recorder is still worried about the
length of women’s skirts. The last
question that arises in the editor’s
mind is whether the skirts are "really
short, or just high.” This Is easy,'
Both—Waycross Herald.
An Offer of $3,700.
1 hav 0 an offer of $3,700 for the Dr.
Jordan place on the Ellaville road,
about five mile s from Americus. Place
tontain s 248 1--’. acres. Permission
will be asked of the department to sell
Further information see N. M. Dudley, i
Receive,. Amercius NeHonal Bank. i
7-10 t
Order your
Groceries
whereprices
i
are right,
where
prompt de
livery is
i made,
where your,
trade will be !
appreciated.
Where you
can get what
you want.
Fwrci-ffir
GROCERY
Ring 305
and give us an order and
be convinced.
J. LEWIS ELLIS
Attornei) at Law
Planter's Bank Building
i Americus, Ga.
fTgTolver -
LOCKSMITH.
tiewing machines and Eupplies; Key
; ano Dock Eitting, Umi.-iellaj Bepairao
• tad Covered, i’luoue jUfi.
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Orthodontia, Pyorrhea.
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Allison BicU.
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Insurance.
Bdflda.
ilffice Forsyth St Phoae tB4
PLENTY OF MONEY TO LEND
On both Cily and Farm Property at
6% Interest. No Waiting
i DAN CHAPPELL,
Attorney-at-Law.
AMERICUS CAMP, 202, WOODMEN
OF THE WORLD.
Meets every Wednesday night la
Fraternal Hall, Lamar street. All vis-
i titng Sovereigns invited to meet with i
us. C. J. WILLIAMS, C. C.
N/T f^MASTER. Clerk.
r, and A. M.
it AMERICUS LODGA
F. & A. M„ meeta ev-
, »» -vr * r y second and
■vfourth Friday nuht
at 7 o'clock.
FRANK J. PAYNE, W. M.
I BfiSCUE PARKER. Sec*y.
i ......
ft M. B. COUNCIL
LODGE F. and A. M.
meet* every First and !
Third Friday nl*hte. ‘
i ■ Visiting brothora are I
! invited to attend. j
DR. J. R. STATHAM, W. M.
! NAT LeMASTER. Secretary.
WASHINGTON CAMP, NO. 14,
P. O. S. OF A.
Meeta every first and third Monday
, nights in P. O. S. of A. Hall. No. 11»
! Larnar St. All members in good stand-!
j ing Invited to attend. Beneficiary cert’.- j
' ucatea from s2so.(fii to J 2.000.00 Issued I
; to membera of this camp. j
T. E. CASTLEBERRY, President
■ 0. D. REESE, Recd’g. Seel.
■
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! * Attemey.At-I.aw J ■
* Office In Bell Building * I
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Market ;
WHOLESALE and RETAIL
John Nita & C<m Proprietors.
Freeh Spanish Mackerel, Fresh I
A ater and Salt Water Trout. Red Snap- ! j
Pers, Red Bass. Sheep-head and all |
kinds of Bottom Fish. Shrimps, Crabs <
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•216 WeM Forsyth Strep*
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Planters Bank of Americus !
CAPITAL SURPLUS $225,000.00 j
Resources Over One Million Dollars
A TON LAN THRIVE CNLT
TBROUbH THE THRIFT CF ITS !
Iffl PF?)PLE
y {I wSSi UlB your l' atriotic duty t 0
?\.r' iU Interr t I a.-ing savings accou ,i
aad be prepared to inveat ia ’
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~ ** 3 0n( j issue?
Prompt, Conservative, Accommodating
We Want Your Business
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» lUHMFV I fiR'FO on farm,ands at 51 ' 2 ' ,per cent
i ibviiLl Lu/bIUjIi interest and borrowers have priv ;;
< ilege of paying part or all of principal at any inters*
period, stopping interest on amounts paid. We always ,
j have best rates and easiest terms and give quickest ser
c vice. Save money by seeing us.
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That Are Useful Are
Always Appreciated
We Have Them i nr fiiris, fays, Men anil Women
LET US SHOW YOU
Williams-Niles Co.
Hardware
| Phone 706
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Americus Undertaking Company
Funeral Directors and Embalmers
Nat LeMaster, Manager
Day Phones 88 ana 231 Night 661 and 13c
i Commercial City Bank i
AMERICUS, GA
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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.
i Cal! and see us now.
BRAGG’S MARKET PHONE 181.
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SUNDAY. DECEMBER 16, 1&17.