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Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1908-05-03
A PERIOD OF REST NEEDED

One of the most interesting adj
dresses that has been delivered in a
long time dealing with the existing
business conditions, their causes and
the remedy, was that of Mr. B. F
Yoakum, chairman of the executive
committee of the Rock Island railroad
system, before the traffic officers OF
thirteen great railroads, a few days
ago.
Mr.. Yoakum sounded the key note
of what is in the minds of business
men and others throughout the coun-
try at this time 1t was Let us
alone" AS he pointed out, there
has been so much radical, so much
Ill-digested legislation, so much aim
ed at corporations, punitive and regu-
atiye, in the past year or two, that
the country has had a surfeit What
is needed now is a period Of rest,
to permit the enforcement Of the
laws and a reasonable study of their
effects. If the agitation is to con-
tinue, if there are to be further ad-
IitiOns to the code aimed at corpOr-
ate wealth, and especially public util-
tiles, there can be no permanent re-
vival of enterprise, no restoration of
confidence, no healthful stimulus to
the vast business interests of the
country generally.
Referring to railroads particularly
Mr.. YOakum said:
The country should now rest from
further regulative or restrictive laws
until the railroads can adjust them
selves to a compliance with those
which have been enacted This car
be done through cooperation of the
railroads with the Interstate Com
merce Commission, and effectually es-
tablishing working arrangements with
the Government so as to give the
laws fair, practical test in order tC
demonstrate their efficiency If they
are found to be inadequate it will
be comparatively easy to change OF
| modify them to fit the emergency
with fairness both to the railroads
| and the public, and thus the creates
| measure of good will be achieved.
What the people and the railroads
now need is a definite and fixed gov.
ernmental policy that can be relied
upon, which will facilitate the pro
curement of money by the railroads
with which they may re-instate theil
| Improvement work, as well as fnisf
the new lines under construction
which have been temporarily aban
doned
THE wages of the railroad employ
| ees have not been reduced from the
standard which was adopted one
| year ago. / hope they will not be
as good wages with plenty of worE
| make better times for all and
stronger feeling of cooperation be
tween the railroads and their work,
ing partners.
Il do not intend to burden you
with figures, but this year the gross
earnings of the railroads of the coun-
try are showing approximately IL
per cent. decrease as compared with
last year. If this continues the bal
ance of the year the decrease will
be approximately 100000, 900. There
fore, if the war is kept up on the
railroads at coming sessions of our
law makers, they may force reduction
of wages and thereby further Grip
pie every business of the county.
"Of the Is per cent. decrease in
earnings, / find that 8 per cent, is
due to legislative acts or orders of
Railroad Commissions reducing freight
and passenger and express rates"
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1908-05-03
BECOME A WORKER FOR AMER.
ICUS.

The greatest factor we have in
Americas for the building up of the
business and industrial life of the
city is the Board of Trade There
can be no more potent an instrument
for the development of any com
munity than a live organization of
its citizens intent on one purpose
only, the infusion of new life into
every channel of activity. Such a
body has possibilities for good that
are immeasurable Every day its eff
forts tell for the improvement of
the city Advertising its facilities for
business, the opportunities it offers for
manufactures, its advantages as a
place of homes, it is a continuous
reacher out for new citizens and for
new means of employment.
Such being the case it is strange
how any citizen, and especially any
business man or property owner, Vi
tally interested in the growth of the
city. can refuse to unite with the
Board of Trade and become a partner
in its activities Practically put, the
man who is not for the Board of
Trade is against it, and as the
organization stands for progress the
man who opposes it, or is Indifferent
to its claims, is opposed to progress.
This may seem a harsh way Of put
ting it, but it really expresses the
fact. In city as small as this, where
the assistance of every citizen counts
in any public enterprise, the man who
declines to give his small share Of
effort to work for the public good
is recreant to his public duty, he is
willing to share in the benefits that
accrue from the labors Of others
while refusing to contribute his own
share. This is a species of selfish
ness that is far from commendabIe
1t is to be hoped that Americas has
but few business men, or citizens, Of
this type. The Board Of Trade has
undertaken a great work, no less a
NOIh IIldH Iut pushing III " al u VI
Americas to a greater position among
the cities of Georgia 1t needs the
valuable help of every citizen to ac-
complish this. 1t now has but $50
members. Five hundred would be a
small number for a city the size of
this. At least three hundred should
be enrolled within the next thirty
days If not already a member do
your duty now, place your name on
its membership list, becomes a work
er for Americas.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1908-05-03
ALL EYES ON FULTON

Outside of the general result, the
greatest interest in the gubernatorial
primary on June 4 will be centered
on Fulton county, the home of Gov.
Smith. That county is now claimed
by the Brown people by tremendous
majority, some claiming that the
Governor will be defeated at home by
5000 votes. That the governor real
ICES the strength of the feeling against
him and his administrations course
is shown in the efforts that are be-
ing put forth to stem the Brown tide
and bring back Fulton to its moor
ings of two years ago. 1t is now
stated that the Governor will make
five or six speeches more in Fulton
before June 4, not at general meet
fngs but at meeting primarily designed
to reach the voters of the various
sections of the city.
Nowhere has the evidence of the
awakened sentiment against the adj
ministration been so plain as in Full
ton. The Governor is quoted as hay
ing said he would almost as soon
lose the State as lose his home coun-
ty. To have Fulton turn its back on
him would have a moral effect that
would be hard to overcome.
1t would be a unique thing in Geor-
gia politics if a county that Smith
carried two years ago should reverse
its verdict of that time and give an
overwhelming majority to his oppo-
nent. Such a thing now looks pro-
bable.
If Brown can get all of the votes
cast against Smith two years ago it
is claimed that a change Of $4,000
other votes will give him the state,
if Fulton county furnished 5000 of
the changed votes, as it is claimed
will be the case, it's Importance in
the fight becomes apparent at once.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1908-05-03
BANKRUPTCY SALE

BY order Of the Hon Alexander
Proudft, Referee in Bankruptcy, l
will receive sealed bids up to 9Th
day May, 1908, in Americas, Ga, for
the following stock of goods of H. J.
Bagley Bankrupt:
Five Surveys and nineteen buggies
all new; 1 good new dump cart; 2 sets
goat harness; l set pony harness;
baseball bats and baseball goods;
saddles, brides, harness and mer-
chandise; / corn shelter, 1 fine har-
ness case; wise; 2 sets types and
dies; 1 lathe; [ forge; l engine, /
air compressor; 1 power hack saw;
| air pump; 1 lot axle grease and
gun oil; 1 lot Of trace chains; 1 lot
of tie reins Il fine writing desk; /
pair scales, type writer, and a lot of
other things.
Bids must be in writing and ac-
companied by a deposit of 10 per
cent Of the amount Of the bid and if
bid not accepted by Referee the de-
post will be returned without de-
duction. Referee reserving right to
reject any and all bids, which will
be submitted to the Referee.
Goods can be inspected on notice
J. A. ANSLEY,
29-5t Trustee in Bankruptcy
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1908-05-03

a terrible position. What was his
duty? The question was so difficult
that Phillips consulted privately one
Of most eminent Judges of England
who, by q happy chance, was sitting
as mere spectator and not taking
any part with the trial Judge in the
rulings. This Judge advised Phillips
that it was his duty to stand by his
client, who would be positively help
less if his own counsel deserted him
at a critical moment, and that it
was not only permissible but neces-
sary for Phillips to use all fair argu-
ments in behalf Of his client arising
naturally out of the evidence.
Phillips made a. speech Of wonder
full elOQuence and skill considering the
difficult position in which he had
been placed He declared that it was
not his object to throw suspicion upon
other members of the household, and
he abstained scrupulOusly from offer
ing any personal opinion on the sub
ject, but he did argue that there
.was no clear fact in the evidence
that showed the position of suspicion
which COuryOisier was placed from
the position of the other inmates of
the house.
This remarkable case was the
the subject of the most violent de-
bate for years in England when the
fact eventually leaked out There
was a sharp division of sentiment,
because the case involves, outside of
the mere lawyers relations with his
client, a question of moral cOmprO-
mise. The most eminent lawyers and
Judges of England came to the con-
clusion however, that Phillips acted
like a gentleman and an honorable
lawyer The case would have been
even more difficult if the jury should
have taken the notion to hang an
nnOment person. but happily that
danger was avoided.
The judgment Of the students of
casuistry and of jurisprudence is that
the first duty of an advocate is to his
client; that it is of vital Importance
that this relation Of trust and conf
dence should be maintained unsullied,
and that the most infamous form OF
treachery would be that of a lawyer
who should not prove utter fidelity to
his client
This idea of fidelity finds recogni-
ton in countless ways in the laws.
The communications between priest
and penitent, physician and patient,
lawyer and client are strictly privi-
legged and sharply protected by the
law The saying that it is an i'll
bird that befouls its own nest finds
expression in a concrete way in the
common law, and is recognized in the
statutory laws regulating the rela-
tons of husband and wife and their
competence as witnesses, the one
against the other, in the courts
The ordinary citizen who has not
given much thought to the legal as
poets of the matter yet has a pretty
clear notion of the vast importance
of cuItiyating and Strengthening in
every conceivable way confidence and
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1908-05-03
Relations of Lawyers and Client
philadelphia Ledger.)

One of the leading cases in the
English-speaking world on the rela-
tions of lawyer and client is that
involved in the trial of Courvosier
the Swiss valet who murdered his
master, Lord William RUSSELL in
1910. There is no legal decision in
this particular matter;' in fact, it
never came formally before the
court. COuryOisier was on trial for
his life, and his counsel or advocate,
Phillips, in sitting the evidence, show
ed that the murder must have sheen
committed by one of the three per-
sons who were in the house at the
time of the crime-Courvoisier, the
cook and the housemaid, who discov-
cred the murder and made it known.
On the first day of the trial Courvois-
ier's counsel subjected the housemaid
in a severe cross examination, with
the object of throwing suspicion upon
her. After the first days session
Courvoisier confessed his guilt to
Phillips, but adjured him to do every
thing in his power to save him.
Phillips. who was highly honorable
man, with the most delicate regard
for his duties to himself, to the court
and to his client, was thus placed in
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1908-05-03

Stung again, for the Atlanta Jour
nal That paper almost shed scalding
tears at the base ingratitude of the
forty-one employees tout of total OF
forty-two), of the w. & A. shops who
signed a Joe Brown petition. Ac-
cording to the Journal 1T was Hoke
and his railroad commission which
stopped a proposed 10 per cent re-
duction in wages, and that to oppose
the administration was to commit a
base sin In their answer to the
Journal, the employees of the shops
show that the Railroad Commission
had nothing at all to do with the de-
termination of the management to
maintain wages. Chairman McLendon
did try to butt in" but this was af
ter the matter had already been set
tied.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1908-05-03

In a recent speech, Governor John
son, of Minnesota, Bryan's chief OPP
ponent for the presidential nomina-
ton, declared that tariff revision
should be the paramount issue in the
next national campaign, and the plat
form of the Democratic convention
should be built around it. Trusts
cannot be annihilated or destroyed by
statute Certain groups of corpora
tions have risen to power through
special laws passed in their interest
The growth of monopolies has been
largely due to the tariff. l would
change those special laws and crush
monopolies, but | would not destroy
corporation enterprise"
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1908-05-03

1t would be interesting to know
what Ambassador Whitelaw Reid
thinks of Presidents Roosevelt's
statement in his message last week
that many rich Americans have fools
for sons and foreign princesses for
daughters. Reid's daughter is about
to. marry into the English nobility, He
doubtless feels we'll repaid for his
enormous expenditures as American
Ambassador at London.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1908-05-03

trust, and of establishing firmly as
an everyday working basis for all
mankind the ideas of fidelity and 10y
atty, and so strong is this feeling that
in life and in novels, in poetry and in
drama, in history and in philosophy
the people who excite admiration are
those VINO are faithful and loyal.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1908-05-03

"A million dollars will be spent
by the liquor interests for Joe Brown"
says Mr. Monkey, of Wadley. Mr..
Monkey must think the people are as
foolish as he is to be caught by
such rot First it was Motley knock
ing Joe, and when he was discredited
it is Moxley. There is something sug-
gestive in that last syllable
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1908-05-03

The successful issue of $4O,0O0,O0O
of railway bonds by the Pennsylvania
is a most encouraging sign of return
ing confidence. And the fact that the
issue was subscribed twenty times over
makes the event that much more i'm
pOrtant.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1908-05-03

A Washington Dispatch says that
Rear Admiral Winfield Scott Schley,
retired, will be offered the Secretary
ship of the Navy in case William ].
Bryan is elected President 1t is
certainly to be regretted that such
a probability seems so remote.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1908-05-03

Judge Speer seems to be an ex-
ceedingly good friend of the Georgia
prohibition law While he does not
punish for violating the State law
offenders who have not taken out
the Federal license get an especially
heavy sentence At Albany the other
day he gave a year in the pen and a
fine to two offenders against the in
ternal revenue law, who had also
broken the state law.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1908-05-03
The Song OF Toll.
(Chicag go POst.)

Sing me the song of the hammer blow
AS it clangs on the iron beam;
Sing me the song of the forges' glow
And the White-hot rivet's CLEAN;
Chant me the strain of the trudging
feet
In the deep drumbeat of toll,
For the song is sweet in the busy
street
And across the upturned soil,
Sing me the song of the brawny hands
And the shoulders ridged and wide,
Where the muscles rise like to cable
strands
With the might of strong mans
pride;
Voice me the chant of the fingers
skilled
And the rising dome and wall
For the Lord hath Willed that the
men who build
Shall be honored over ALL
Ye that have sung us the songs of
war
And cOying songs of love,
Know We what labor was given for
And the grace It's fashioned of?
Know We the song of the ancient years
Of the rule and plane and plow-
The chant that cheers every one that
hears
AS it echoes to US now?
1t echoes on through the centuries
In the rip of swinging saws,
And it shakes the souls of the men
Of ease
Till it gives their dreamings pause
1t has surged its way DER the desert
sands
And through cities long forgot
For the strength that stands in a
strong mans hands
Is strength that falters not.
Sing me the song of the changing
sledge
And the form that does not bow,
For | know that deep in the hearts
Of men
Is the song they hear at length;
1t shall rise again as it pealed forth
then
In the might OF lusty strength.
The butcher should be careful how
he steaks his reputation.-Ch Chicago
News.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1908-05-03

An active lobby working for the
steel trust is credited with having
converted more senators to the four
battleship program than all the pull
ing and hauling of President ROose-
welt. With only two battleships the
steel trusts prospective pickings will
be cut by one half.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1908-05-03

The New York World points out that
among the dozen or more measures
urged by Mr.. Roosevelt in his last
message none related to publicity of
campaign funds. He avoided the sub
ject in his special message of March
%. He omitted it from his special
message of January 81. The nearer
the national election approaches the
denser his silence
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1908-05-03
Americas, Ga, May 3, 1905.

Senator Jeff Davis of Arkansas, has
roasted the newspapers again. Most
of them will be able to get along some
way even under the weight of the
Senator's disapprOval.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1908-05-03

Why an increase in the freight rate
of 60 cents a ton should justify an
increase in the cost of paper of $12
a ton, is one of the problems before
the congressional committee investi-
eating the paper trust.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1908-05-03

The world says only good things
about men who are dead-but not
about those who are dead broke
Chicago News.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1908-05-03

1t is not a fact clearly established
that Mr.. Brown is no friend to the
prohibition law?-COleman News
Reason says no. The Atlanta Jour
nal says yes. We prefer to accept the
formers decision
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1908-05-03
DR.. F. B. GREGORY,
PHYSICIAN and SURGEON.
Diseases of Children a SnpCiaItv

Tenders his professional services
to the citizens of Americas and sur
rounding country. Office over Dod-
sons Pharmacy. Residence phone,
No. 316. Calls left at Dodson's Phar-
macy will receive prompt attention.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1908-05-03
s.. 80 FAMOUS DORIS OxFORDs AT
$1.9S PER PAIR

These are the genuine Doris Slip
pers. All solid, swell shapes and
styles. They come in Chocolate,
Bright Brown, kid and patent.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1908-05-03
1t Matters About
the

Nothing adds so much to
the attractiveness of a pretty
home as does pretty mating,
and the season approaches
when the sitting room, the
parlor and sleeping rooms as
well should be given their
new spring dressing. From
the standpoint of attractive
ness and sanitation, nothing
equals mating as a floor COW
ering.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1908-05-03

The Americas Recorder, Established
1879.
The Americas Times, Established 1890
Consolidated April, 1891.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1908-05-03

THOMAS GAMBLE, JR.,
Editor and Manager
G. W. CORNFORTH,
Associate Editor and Assistant
Manager.
J. w. FURLOW, City Editor.
W. L. DUPREE,
Assistant Business Dept.
Editorial Room Telephone SO.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1908-05-03

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Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1908-05-03

Entered at the postofice at Ameri-
Gus as second-class mail matter.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1908-05-03

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
sionaI District.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1908-05-03

Do your duty and let the other
fellow do the Chicago
News.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1908-05-03
$500 MEMS OXFORDs s2.35.

A genuine $500 Oxford for only
$235 in fashionable button tan, lace
tan, buckle tan and full patent leather
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1908-05-03

Made of nice .Vici KID Patent tip
and Solid Leather. Beautiful tan
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Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1908-05-03

An honest man could be in politics,
but he wOuldnt.-N Y. Press.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1908-05-03
400 MEMS OXFORDs $3.50

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DRS. e. <. 8 =. l. CATO,
Physicians and Surneons.

Tender their professional services to the
good people OF Americus. Ga, and sur
rounding country. Generel C1Yndecolc-
jical and Abdominal Surgery Special
ties. Calls left for Il. E Cato at Eldridge
Drug Co. Phone 80 and 20, and calls left
for r. l.. Cato, at Davenport Drug Co.
Phone Is, VIII re ceive prompt and care
full atteL ton.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1908-05-03

The butcher should be careful how
he steaks his eputatiOn.-C Chicago
News.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1908-05-03
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