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AMERICUS TIMES-RECORDER
_ ESTABLISHED 1879.
Published By
THE TIMES-RECORDER CO. (Inc.)
Arthur Lucas, President; Lovelace .Eve, Secretary;
W. S. Kirkpatrick, Treasurer.
Published every afternoon, except Saturday; every Sun
lay morning and as a weekly (every Thursday.)
*M. S. KIRKPATRICK, Editor; LOVELACE EVE,
Business Manager.
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OFFICIAL ORGAN FOR
City of Americ. s.
Sumter County.
Railroad Commission of Georgia For Third Congressional
District
U. S. Court, Sot them District of Georgia.
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CLEAR THE DECKS.
Our war with Germany ended nearly a year
ago and it is high time that we disposed of the
Pea' e Treaty and took up our peace tasks.
The language of the treaty may not alto
gether suit us but the document means an end of
this war, and perhaps of all wars, and the thing
to do is to sign it without any more quibbling and
give the plan it offers a fair trial.
Perhaps Great Britain, with her six votes in the
League Assembly, will try to run the League to
suit herself; perhaps Japan after promising to re
turn Shantung to China, will break her word and i
try to keep it; perhaps the League Government '
will ignore the Monroe Doctrine and undertake to
dictate affairs in Central and South America, or
will endeavor to manage our domestic affairs for j
us, or will, as some gentlemen seem to fear, try ]
to force us, against our will, into the sending of i
large numbers of our soldiers abroad to ‘‘preserve 1
us against external aggression,” etc. Perhaps any't
or all of these things may take place against our '
will, and perhaps the whole world will go up in’i
smoke before the end of the year, but we are in-']
dined to think that at this time next year and the (
following year, notwithstanding the League of Na- j
tions, the United States will be jogging along just ’
about as it is now, managing its own affairs, keep- (
ing an eye on the Monroe Doctrine, and playing i
its part in the affairs of the world in, its good old 1
American way.
If, after we join the League, we don't like ■
the arrangement, we can get out on short notice ■
and fight our battles alone just as we would have ;
to do if we failed to join; and meanwhile, if the ;
other members of the League commit us to a course
of action which we do not approve, it will be our ;
own fault, because our representative will always
be there to block it with his veto power if we ;
want him to.
In any event there has been ample time for
consideration of the Treaty and it should be dis
posed of without further delay, and the decks
cleared for action on our many and great domestic
peace tasks.
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ROUTING THE TOURISTS.
The committee appointed to fix the route for the
Florida Short Route Highway between Columbus and 1
Albany has chose n the Dawson road in preference to a '
route via Americus, after an inspection trip. As a re
sult tourist automobile travel between the Central West!
and Florida will be advised to travel the Dawson road
instead of via Americus way.
Which choice by the committee exposes one of the
absurdities of highway route picking. The men who
< hose this route should know that Andersonville prison'
site and cemetery is one of the greatest relics of the'
Civil war and has a most appealing interest—amount- 1
ing almost to sacredness—in the North, and that no'
Northern tourist who has any desire whatever to visit
the old war prison will be bound or influenced by any
highway route that a committee of men may select
if it does notitake them where they want to go. Capt.'
Chas. J. Glidden, one of the greatest of world tourists,'
when he was stationed at Souther Field a few months
ago, speaking from the standpoint of the traveler, stat-'
ed that tourist highways must have attractions to offer if
they were to be patronized, and he mentioned Ander-'
sonville as one of the foremost tourist attractions in'
jhe South—an attraction to the North too little realiz- '
id by the peopl eof this community and section.
Another consideration for tourists is hotel accom-'
modations and automobile supply facilities. In these 1
Americus is unequalled on the route chosen and un- 1
surpassed by any city on the entire highway.
ON THE OTHER FOOT.
There are police unions and police unionssome
bound by oath and some by mere principle. In con- j
trast to the movement which has been experienced by
Macon and other American cities recently is the news
from Charlotte. N. C., to the effect that the entire po
lice force of that city will walk out of office in the event'
that the recall of the present three city commissioners
" is successful.
L RipplingßhqmQS?
A Walt Mason
HALCYON DAYS.
'J'HE happy days of war are gone, and peace’s
frightfulness is here, when we assemble on
the lawn, and cuss the ding-donged profiteer. In
war w.> struck for noble things, to undermine the
tyrant’s sway, to overturn the thrones of kings, and
now we str'kc- for higher pay. In war w< loathed the
so eign foe, and chased him on his cheap John shore,
and now, alas, as all men know, we loathe the man
who lives next door. In war we all united were, we had
one purpose and one end; but now we fill the air with
fur. the fur of neighbor and of friend. I look back
on the days of war, that bitter war of four long
years, and wonder what we stopped it for, to usher
in the profiteers. Far better on the field to die, with
fame and glory as your bed, than starve for lack of
coin to buy your share of angel cake and bread. Far
better meet a stalwart foe and perish where your ban
ner flies, than have a hoarder, lay you low, with
tricks a soldier would despise. We clamored for the
boon of peace throughout the long and bloody fray,
and now we yell for the police to take the blamed
old boon away.
The recall movement is in the hands of labor lead
ers who assert that the administration was hostile to
them in the recent street car men’s strike and was re
sponsible for the shooting of a number of laboring peo
ple at the car barn riots during the strike. The entire
force of forty men have announced that they will not
serve if the labor ticket is successful.
[ What Other Editors Say
SMITHVILLE DINNERS.
Announcement is made that the famous chicken
pie hotel at Smithville has been sold. It has been bought
by Mr. J. B. Fite, we are advised, and he is going to
make a number of changes in it. When the hotel was
kept by the McAfees it established a reputation for two
things. if served chicken pie for dinner 'every day.
Three hundred and sixty-five times every year a certain
number of chickens were sacrificed to prepare this de
lightful dish. Transients who stopped at the hotel for
dinner looked for the delicacy and regular boarders
never tired of it. Smithville is a railroad dinner point. I
Travelers on the Southwestern railroad and other lines
converging there always had timei to get a bite to eat
at Smithville. And in the good old chicken pie days
these dinners were worth waiting for.
There was another charm about the dinners at the
McAfee house twenty-five years ago. Scuppernong wine
was served at all dinners. It went well with chicken
pie. Guests poured it out in goblets from decanters
and drank their fill. It was served with remarkable
prodigality. It took the place of water and ice tea as
a beverage. There must have been an almost inex
haustible supply of it somewhere, for it was served with
1
a freedom that today would cause the proprietors to
be placed under arrest.
These two things made the McAfee house known
all over the state. It was worth a trip to Smithville
just to get one of these midday meals. Wa guess, how
ever, the chicken pie has been outlawed by the high
1 cost of living and the scarcity of chickens, and we
| know the scuppernong wine supply has long since been
J outlawed.
The price of these sumptuous meals? They were
pretty expensive those days, neighbor. You couldn’t
, get one, by heck, without separating yourself from more
than fo’ bits.—Savannah Press.
I
! AN EXCELLENT APPOINTMENT.
In naming Richard A. Denny, of Rome, to be At
(torney General in succession to Clifford Walker, who
Fill resign to beco me a candidate for Governor, Gov-
I ernor Dorsey has chosen both happily and well. He is to
. be congratulated most sincerely upon the undoubted ex
, cellence of this appointment.
There isn't a better qualified man in the entire
state than Mr. Denny for this high and honorable posi
tion. He is a lawyer of undoubted standing, a gen
tleman of engaging and pleasing personality, and withal
' a man loyally and patriotically devoted to the best in
terests of his state.
Governor Dorsey, has distinctly added to his pres
tige as a far-seeing executive in naming Mr. Denny to
be Attorney General. It was a wise and deserved ap
, pointment. Mr. Denny has served several times in the
House and Senate of Georgia and as a member of tho
1 present Legislative Tax Commission he has given fur-!
‘ lher evidence of h is marked ability and full seriousness
■of purpose when engaged upon the public business.
. Atlanta Georgian.
A HUNK OF TRUTH.
The trouble with most people is that they do not;
know when they are well off. The business man envies
the farmer, the farmer envies the business man, the
laboring man envi es his employer. Neither would prob- I
ably be a success if they exchanged positions. The hap-I
piest man on earih is the fellow with a clear conscience
and a healthy family. He may have little left when his
grocery bill is paid, but when he lies down at night he'
has nothing on his mind to prevent sound, refreshing!
| sleep.- Dawson News.
AMERICUS TIMES-RECORDER.
Strange A’'ims’ls.
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Vorth Man>-h'>rhi. :’>oro live strange
inimals called “Qirn-nanhan-kau."
Flier are larc'-r than ordinary apes
•nd die snacimtq <-av< rns on the rocky
sides of the hills. During the spring
md summer they store up sufficient
’ood for the winter.
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L. G. COUNCIL, President. T. E. BOLTON Asst r«.-k-
C. M. COUNCIL, V.-P. 4 Cashier J. M BRYAN,’A,t £££’
; INCORPORATED 1891.
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Oct. 13, 1891.
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