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The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-11-01
EpWtN r. WEEks co.

The Edwin Il. Weeks Co. will be
the FIRST feature of the newly arrang-
ed lyceum course. The company is to
appear at the Knights of Columbus
Hall Wednesday night
Edwin r. Weeks, at the head of his
fine company Is the most humorous
entertainer available for yceum work.
Mr.. Weeks has the prestige OF a Euro
pean tour, was the first entertainer
selected by the International commit
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-11-01
A BROKEN BACK.

That pain in your back caused by
Iunfbago, stiff muscles Or strain is
an easy thing 10 get rid of. Billiards.
Snow Imminent cures rheumatism,
Iumbago, sore and stiff muscles,
strains. sprains, cuts, burns, bruises,
scalds and all aches and pains. You
need bottle in your house.
Sold and recommended by W. A
D'Alemberte, druggist and apothecary,
'121 South Palafcx street Pensacola.
E1o
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-11-01
There are Little Soldiers
I'm Your Blood

They are the white corpuscIes, and there are
millions Of them.
It is their duty to defend you against disease,
by protecting the red corpuscles and the bodily
tissues from disease germs = those dangerous
micro organisms Of which 50 much IS now known
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-11-01
PILES CURED At HOME BY new
ABSORPTION METHOD.

If you suffer from bleeding, itching
blind protruding Piles. send me your
address. and / will tell you how to cure
yourself at home by the new absorption
treatment: and will also send some of
this home treatment free for trial, with
references from your own locality if re-
quested. mediate relief and permanent
cure assured. Send no money, but tell
NJ. Summers. Box p. South Bend, Ind.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-11-01
Political Announcements.
EnR SAEpTEE

FOR SHERIFF..
At the request OF many friends in both
city and county, hereby announce myself
as candidate for the office of Sheriff of
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1908-06-17

the number of cases has largely in
creased and they all require consider
alton by the courts whether impOr-
tant or not.
AS matters are at present we do
not think the number of judicial cir
cults and superior court judges eX-
cessive. They all have as much bust
ness as they can conveniently handle
and if a large number of the city
courts are abolished as should be
done of course it would increase the
business of these courts
There are some other features in
Judge Fite's recommendation that
are good and worthy Of consideration
such as making the superior courts
courts of last resort in certiOraris, eX-
cept where constitutional questions
are involved. This is a wise recon-
mendation and should be adopted.
AS to abolishing the court of APP
peals, that would depend upon the
amount of business, after the other
reform were carried out. 1t would
be a question for determination then
If it should appear that the business
before the appellate courts had large
ly decreased by the adjustment OF
the small city courts, the court OF
appeals might be done away with, and
the supreme court enlarged by the
addition of one or two more iudg-
es. Then that court might be able to
conveniently transact all the business
Some of Judge F'ite's ideas are well
worth considering, in others we think
he is incorrect
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1908-06-17
Why Should Savannah BE Independent
(WaycrOss JOurnalD

With nearly six months of trial of
the state prohibition law to judge
from, the rest of the state is still
wondering why the city of Savannah
should be the spoiled child of our
commonwealth and should pay little
OF no attention to the laws passed on
this subject by the last general as
sembly, simply because she does
not want to" obey them.
1t is a matter Of record that in
April in a spasm of virtue, Savannah
notified the public that she was going
to ferret out and punish those blind
tigers who were making the city
notorious by their fragrant violations
Of the law. The police made a raid,
the tigers we're brought to the bar
of justice, the cases Of the state
against the parties were $50 far as
an outsider can judge fully and
clearly proved. And yet the juries
brought in VerdictS of mot guilty"
1t is a matter Of common comment
that intOXicantS are now sold openly
in and about Savannah and that no
attempt is made to stop this viola
] ton of law. The offenders pursue
their trade as secure from justice as
IL
in existence and authorities seem TO
find no cause for diligence in their
part in this open resistance of law.
1t would appear that Savannah
takes the ground that the state pro-
hibitiOn law was a violation of her
rights and privileges and that as she
did not approve of its passage, she
may be excused from Obeying it. The
same sort of reasoning that makes a
moonshiner think he has a perfect
right to keep his still" going The
same sort of reasoning that leads peo-
pie to indulge their little fancy fol
smuggling, and other acts contrary
to the law-they simply don't want to
obey the law it is in their opinion a
bad law therefore they will ignore
r. it.
! But is the reasoning sound? Is
Savannah's position in line with
? the Republican form of government
which makes the will of the majority
the rule of the people? Since the
Z great majority of the people of Geor-
gia want prohibition and have had
! their will enacted into law, is it not
Savannah's duty to at least make a
respectable effort to enforce the law
within her limits? AS matters stand
| at present, Savannah's position can
| not be justified by any course of reas-
| oning. That her situation as a large
| seaport would make the enforcement
of this law more difficult in Savan-
nah than in any other part of Geor-
gia was to have been expected But
hat she should calmly ignore the law
and content herself with it's open VIC
| IatiOn. puts her out of harmony with
| the law abiding people of the rest
! of Georgia and makes her position
one for which the rest of the state
| can render no excuse.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1908-06-17
GeOrgia's judicial System
(Rome Tribune-TIerald.)

In an interview in the last issue
of the Gainesville News, Judge A.
w Fite, judge of the Cherokee Cir
cult, discusses GeOrgia's judicial sys-
tenn. We agree with Judge Fite in
part, in his views and disagree with
him in part. Judge Fite thinks our
system is expensive and cumbersome,
that there are too many city courts,
and too many courts of appeal He
also thinks that the jurisdiction of
the justice courts should be enlarged.
We have always thought that the
act of the Legislature providing fOT
the establishment of city courts in
any county upon recommendation Of
the grand jury of the county was
wrong. In a great many small cOun-
ties there is absolutely no necessity
for a city court About the only
thing it accOmplishes is to give a
job to some of the two or three law
yers that reside at the county seat,
and haven't much to do Under the
act, appeals from these city courts
can be made direct to the appellate
courts Of all kinds of trivial cases.
In consequence the dOckets of our
supreme court were crowded beyond
all reason. 1t was impossible for
that court to properly dispose of the
business before it. The situation was
well known to the Georgia bar. 1t
was an absolutely unbearable one,
and Judge Fite doubtless knew it as
any other lawyer or judge in Geor-
gia. This necessitated the establish
ment of the court Of appeals.
1t would not be a bad idea at all
to abolish about nine-tenths of these
city courts, leaving only few in the
largest cities of the state where the
dOckets of the superior courts are
congested. This a matter that should
receive early consideration by the
legislature and should be attended
to without delay We do not be
lieve in increasing the jurisdiction of
the justice courts as recommended
by Judge Fite. There are many OBJ
vious reasons why this should not be
done, and no real necessity for it
that we know Of The judge is mis-
taken in saying that there is but
little more litigation in Georgia than
there was twenty-five years ago 1t
may not be important litigation, but
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1908-06-17
SAVANNAH UNDER A COMMISSION

pointed editorial from the Waycross
Journal
nah
papers,
public failure the
far
prominent prohibition worker the president
county Antaon
support
prohibit
tory lie
quietly
another presumably
o
in liquor.
mightprobaby wouldb
elins a
seriously
the
possibilities evil
any feeling that of utter disapprobaton
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1908-06-17
No Crime to Hug
(MilledgeVille News. }

R41iIIGuStNll6 news
An official ruling on the subject of
hugging, growing out of a case in
Kansas, has been handed down by
the pOstOfffca department at Washing
ton. 1t is that hugging, per Sc, even
if done without pulling down the
blinds, is no cause for dismissal from
the government service. 1t is de-
cided, however, and very properly so.
that the girl in the case must be a
true sweetheart and must consent to
be Rugged
William Bellman a rural free de-
livery carrier of the Sunflower State,
Rugged his sweetheart without TAX
ing the Drecdution to pull down the
blinds. An enviOus old maid in the
neighborhood happened along at that
time and saw the performance. She
was so greatly scandalized that sh
Deddled the story all over the small
town where they lived and the sur
rounding country as well. Not salts
fed with this, she filed a complaint
with the pOstoffice department and
demanded that Bellman be dismissed
from the service
His case was heard at Washington
and he was represented by counsel
in the persons of a couple of Kansas
congressman. They pointed out that
if every rural carrier was dismissed
because he Rugged girl-when she
wanted to be hugged-the department
would have to abolish the rural car
rier service entirely The department
took the same view of it, and dis
missed the charge against Bellman.
What else could it have done? Yes.
it might have worked in a back slap
at the old maid who caused all the
trouble
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1908-06-17
On the Eve of IA Great Revival.
philadelphia Ledger

GeCrgia's influential position as a
progressive Southern Commonwealth
gives enormous Importance to this
marked indications of returning san
ity. The needs of Georgia are es-
sentially those of every other State,
and as other States have opportunity
we shall find them vOicing the same
demand for a return to reason and to
the orderly process of law. Econom-
lists and sociologists may differ, as
do politicians, in their views of the
causes of the recent business paraly-
sis. It's association with the political
agitatiOns of the past three years
may be only a coincidence, but it is
not the less a fact. And now that
the country has passed through this
awful period of depression and is
ready to move forward again, it is
everywhere recognized that a sound
business revival is inseparably con-
ditioned upon political sanity and the
suppression of the demagogues and
charlatans who traffic upon popular
distress.
The country seems really upon the
eve of a great revival. There never
was period when the whole business
situation was on surer basis, so free
from encumbering loads of every
kind, and needing only the quiet
growth of confidence to quicken en-
terprise and lead on to unparalleled
prosperity Already, since the ad-
journment of Congress has removed
the fear of disturbing legislation,
there are many signs of revival, and
even the presidential election invoIv-
es scarcely enough of doubt to be felt
as a deterring danger At this juno
ture the triumph of conservatism in
Georgia comes as a fresh encourage
ment, another indication of the re-
turn to normal and healthy views of
the functions of government. Popular
opinion in America, however subject
to gusts of passion, will always come
back to right reason in time, enlight-
ened by the lessons of experience
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1908-06-17

1t is estimated that under the
new ruling of the postofice depart
ment requiring papers to have bona
fide and almost paid-up lists of sub
scribers that monthly publications
with a circulation of nearly 100000
copies have disappeared A number
of semi-advertising sheets have an
nounced bid reduction in circula-
ton. While some of the results are
good, the principle involved is to be
condemned The postof1ce depart
ment has gone at the matter in the
wrong way, somewhat like burning
the house to get the rats out
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1908-06-17
SWEETHEARTS IN YOUTH:
MARRIED At 50 YEARS

MADISON, WIS, June 1G.-(Spe-
cial)-RudoIph Ploetz, aged 70, q
wealthy widower of the village OF
Prairie due Gao, eloped yesterday with
Miss Ursula Hinges, aged so, his
sweetheart of childhood days.
Evading his six sons, who had bit
terly opposed his marriage, the aged
bridegroom and his bride came to
Madison and were married by JUS
tiCe Of the Peace, battling the system
of espionage on the old man estab-
lished by the sons. Ploetz and his
bride were sweethearts in youth and
had parted after a petty quarrel, Miss
Hun9es never had married, waiting G
lifetime for her first love
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1908-06-17

Some of the Georgia cities are set
ting their pegs high for the census
of 1910. in some instances a gain of
so to IS per cent being necessary in
the next two years to reach the mark
Numerous population claims will be
punctured when Uncle Sam gets
through with his count
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1908-06-17

Anent the efforts of John Hays
Hammond, the wealth mine expert,
to capture the Republican vice-presi-
Dental nomination, the Washington
Post says: There is a well-defined
suspicion that John Hays Hammond's
leg is better for pulling than for run
ming purposes
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1908-06-17

Referring to the action of the united
brewers, the New York World says:
The brewers interests predict that
the spread of prohibition threatens to
plunge this country into dismal ruin
They prefer their own kind of re
form by denouncing the bad saloon
But it was not until seriously alarm
ed by the growth of prohibition senti-
aroused"
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1908-06-17

The Washington Post is of the
opinion that mere bread will not be
enough when Brown is Governor of
Georgia, saying: Brown ad Bread
was the slogan of the winners in
Georgia, but as soon as Brown goes
into office there will be a rush for the
pie counter"
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1908-06-17

In protecting the person of the
President the secret service men are
kept on the jump. Taft will be less
given to rapid travels, and will not
likely take any of those twenty mile
walks for an appetizer. If he is ell
ected it will be a relief when the
sIeuths get to watch a less peripatetic
individual
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1908-06-17

San Francisco's chief of police
has scheme for catching automo-
bilists exceeding the speed limit, and
it has the merit of being most effec-
tive. The plan is to have cowboys
with lariats ready to toss a loop
over the head of a flying autoist who
refuses to notice the wigwags. To
be yanked off the machine a few
times would chill the enthusiasm of
most any speed maniac.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1908-06-17

The larger cities will be deprived
OF a lot of good music this summer
by the refusal of the Navy department
to allow the Marine Band to make
its customary summer trip The
complaint has been made that the
Marine Band completes with civilian
bands The ruling will fall heavily
upon the members, as their small sal
aries will not permit the holding of
the high standard of the band
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1908-06-17

Capt. Wiley Williams expenses in
the campaign for prison commission
er were $500. AS the place pays on
ly $500 it is readily seen that pub
lie office is not a source of much
personal profit under the present
system The people of Georgia are
to be congratulated on Capt Will
liams success, but it is to be regret
ted that it entails such an expense to
run Tor office in Georgia.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1908-06-17
Americas, Ga. June 18th. 1908.

Car Nicholas and Roosevelt were
in the same boat when their program
of four battleships was turned down
by the Douma and Congress. The
two monarchs can sympathize with
each other.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1908-06-17
HEALTH, CLEANLINESS.
COMFORT, LUXURY.

all are combined in the modern bath
room, but without the modern system
OF sanitary plumbing the modern bath
room would be an impossibility.
Therefore when you desire to
equip your house with plumbing of
the right kind, go to the right kind
Of a plumber. G. P. Payne has a
reputation second to none, based on
practical experience and scientific in
telligence. For specifications and es-
Inmates for plumbing, electric wiring,
gas fixtures, roof paints, gutter and
tin work, see
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1908-06-17
SUBSCRIPTION RATES:

9JD0NINIL I IO.N INfA A4J'
Daily. one. year. =. =. $500
Daily, one month E. =. 49,. SOC
Weekly, one year E. .. .. e. ..$1.0(
Weekly, six months :. E. :. :. zoe
Address all letters and make remit
lance payable to
THE TINES RECORDER,
Americas, G.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1908-06-17
ON YOUR MONEY
Are your funds earning thi
9mOUnt2

If not, or if you live in town where
there is no bank, or where less than
4 per cent interest is paid on Savings,
start an account with our Savings
Department and get per cent inter
est.
Come here today, make a deposit of
a dollar or more, and get a pocket
Savings Bank to help save the small
amounts.
Total Doeo,,rooo esO0 nOn
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1908-06-17

An Atlanta man who was talking
to his sweetheart over a party tele-
phone line called a woman who but
ted into the conversation an old goat
For this he was heavily fined by the
Judge People who cut in on telephone
messages are liable to hear things
not very complimentary, though it
is not often that they are revenged
by the court.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1908-06-17
4 Toast to the "AIsO Rams"

From To-day and Other Poems.'D
Ye have drunk, o my friends to the
Ye have toasted the valiant and
strong;
To the great of the earth We have
drunk in your mirth,
TO the wise We have lifted your
1t is well-they are worthy, my bro
AS aughU that the armament spans,
But | pledge you a health to the
A health to the "also rams"
To the men who went down in the
struggle,
TO the runners who finished un-
placed,
| To the weak and the young, the I'M
know, the unsung,
The depraved, the oppressed, the
disgraced,
Ye ares blooded, developed, completed;
They were bred without stamina,
class;
'Tis to them, the surpassed, the de-
feated,
bow as I drain my glass.
Who are We that dare reject them?
DO we know what the handicaps
weighed?
Did ye suffer the pain, run the race.
stand the strain,
That We scott at the pace tnar they
made?
1t may be that they ran overweighted
1t may be they were left at the
post
Far or near, tbs to them, the i'll fated,
L bow as drink my toast.
They have lost, they are III, they
are weary;
Ye have won, We are WELL We are
strong;
By the drops that they bled by the
tears that they shed,
by your mirth by your wine, by
your song,
BY all that has e'er helped to sweet
Your lives, by your hopes, by your
plans,
l pledge you the health of the beaten.
Inc health of the "also rams"
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1908-06-17
otal Resources S5OO.OOO.
The Planters Bank Of Americas

Next to having money, the most
important thing is how to take care
of it-hoW best to invest it.
A Banking Institution of this kind
cannot only care for your financial
interests in a careful, conservative
Way-giying you abundant banking
facilities in every department of fin
ance-bUt can also give you valuable
aid and advice about investments and
securities. Open an account with
the Bank of South Western Georgia's
Savings Department and enjoy the
advantages that accrue.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1908-06-17
The Times-Recorder Is the

Official Organ of the City of Americas
Official Organ of Sumter County.
Official Organ of Webster County.
official Organ of Railroad Commits
sion of Georgia for the 3rd Congress
siOnal District.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1908-06-17

A city is to sue a magazine for
ISLANDERS. Patterson, n. j., claims that
a write-up given that city in a New
York magazine in connection with its
anarchistic citizenship contained Ii
belons matter It is 10 be hoped that
Patterson will drive out its anarchists
and purge its good n8mc so that such
write-ups will be impossible
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1908-06-17

The Americas Recorder. Established
1879.
The Americas Times, Established 1890
Consolidated April, 1891.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1908-06-17

One of the most exacting things in
Woman's life is guessing who it
is when the telephone rings-N. Y,
Pess.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1908-06-17

THOMAS GAMBLE, JR,
Editor and Manager
c. W. CORNFORTH,
Associate Editor and Assistant
Manager.
J W. FURLOW, City Editor
W h. DUPREE,
Assistant Business Dept
Editorial Room Telephone 99
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1908-06-17

Entered at the postof1ce at Ameri-
Gus as second-class mail matter.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1908-06-17

FISH TALES are often exaggerations but
we have no need OF stretching the truth in
our business as FISH DEALERS. FRESH
ness is an absolutely indispensable quality
In unsalted or nnsmOked fish and we handle
none about which there NAV be the slightest
doubt. We keep every kind in season from
the gamely trout to solid mullet. And we
don't try to make fortune on every pound
81 dsh we seIl'eithers ~ SHERLOCK & co.
8A-@ a PhonesNo32.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1908-01-02
SUN ECLIPSE
ON JANUARY 3

An eclipse of the sun will occur
January 8, which will be partially
visible in The Southern states Of the
United States and the Western coast
OF North America. Although the
United states naval observatory IS
interested in the phenomenon no
official parties have been sent out
by the government. The eclipse
VIII b at Flint Island IN the Pacific
and will be observed by a party in
the Lick observatory, in charge of
Prof. ". W. Campbell. who has been
conveyed there from Tahiti, aboard
the United States ship Annapolis.
In the United States the eclipse
will be visible Just about Eunset and
Its duration Will be short,