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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-08-29
Think President Is Sincere.

While it is true that during recent
years there has been marked i'm
provement in the social conditions OF
farmers and their families, the farm
erS of South Dakota recognize that
there is room for further Improvement
Such of them as have read the outline
Of President Roosevelt's plan for i'm
proving their social condition by the
commission method and by suggesting
legislative action express the belief
that the president is absolutely sincere
In his effort to improve the social con-
ditions Of the farmers of the country,
but that it is a matter which cannot
be adjusted by the president or con-
gress. The true solution, they declare.
Of the desired improvement lies with
the farmers and their families, each
for themselves, and that no two farm
ers might agree as to what was an i'm
provement of their social conditions.
One farmer says: "Betterment of
conditions is up to farmers themselves.
No commission can materially help the
farmer. Material prosperity as evil
denced by the high price of Iowa land
is enabling farmers to have nearly all
modern conveniences of the city in their
homes, making them financially able TO
own an automobile, have telephone
service and make home and surround
ings more attractive to the rising gen.
Grafton, stemming the tide cityward."
Another says: Il am well pleased
with Roosevelts interest in the welfare
of the farmer The appointment of
Henry Wallace Of Des Moines to the
commission Is an excellent choice"
It's a Good Idea.
Since President Roosevelts sugges-
ton for the betterment of conditions
on American farms has become better
understood 1t has received more seri-
Gus consideration from the farmers in
the vicinity of Ell Reno. Okla, although
there are those who think the sugges-
ton looks too much like paternalism
and an Invasion OF individual and fam
lily rights.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1908-06-14
TRIBUTE TO THE PEACH

Americas has reason to be exceed
ingly proud of its debut as a peach
raising center While it is true that
last year a number of cars of peaches
were shipped, yet the present season
really marks the entrance OF Americas
into the very front rank of the peach
producing sections OF Georgia. and
that means of the whole country.
Many cars of luscious fruit have
already been shipped 10 the northern
and eastern markets. 10 the delight OF
the fortunate purchaser at that end
of the line. and to the profit of the
growers in Sumter. In a few days
more the shipments will be in full
ride.and jingle of coin will be heard
in the pockets of the orchard-owners
and of workers as we'll.
As a direct result of the great
stride made by Americas as the cen
ter of a big peach raising territory
large canning factory has just been
started. and is now giving employment
to considerably more than hundred
hands. This corps of workers viii
be increased as the supply of peaches
rendered becomes more vOluminous
The money paid in wages will find its
way largely into the tiIls of the mer-
chants, to be disseminated by then
in turn into a hundred channels.
Hundreds of thousands of dollars
will be turned loose in this immediate
section this year by the peach crop
which would otherwise not have come
lere. or in fact gone anywhere. Anc
he thousands who will this season
find enjoyment in devOuring Sum
er county's juicy and most tempting
beach would have gone unsatisfied. BY
making two peaches grow where one
grew before, Sumter county has con
ferred a distinct blessing on mankind
not to be measured in the mould Of
dollars and cents.
And one beauty of the situation is
that next year bids fair to surpas:
| this season very materially, new
trees coming into bearing, while
practically all of the present tree:
will be at work. Marketed at sea
son of the year when general bust
ness is quiet, the value of the re
turns are enhanced.
Sumter county is most fortunate il
having landed heavily this peacl
season. Here's to her prosperity a
all seasons. whether it be the tim
of cotton, fruits, melons, garden
truck" or whatever it may be
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1908-06-14
Signs of Better Times in Georgia
Savannah Morning NewsD

Savannah Morning NewsD
Signs are cropping out here and
there which indicate returning conf
dence in the business and industrial
world. In a dispatch yesterday in
the Morning News from Tifton-one
of the lumber centers-it was stated
that. taken as a whole, the lumber
situation is encouraging, and that the
lumbermen are elated. While the
market for dressed lumber is still
far from good, inquiries are more
plentiful and prices show a slight
advance No doubt there will be &
steady increase in the demand, and
with an increase in the demand, will
come an increase in prices.
We stated the other day that the
Central of Georgia Railway had de
cided to resume work on its new
shops at Macon. Therefore, at thai
point there is insured a considerable
amount of employment for quite I
large number of men who are now
idle. and consequently there will bt
more money in circulation in tina
city. That means better times fol
| the retail merchants there.
1t is announced that the Southern
Railway will soon take up the worl
of mountaineering its system where
it left off when the panic came.
is fair to assume also that some o
the men who were laid off because o
lack of business will be put to worl
again. 1t is probable that the SOutl
ern will not employ a great force
Immediately on the Misunderstanding
work because business will not justif,
it yet in doing so, but the number o
men will be gradually increased a!
business increases.
In many parts of the state there
are indications that the belief is be
'ng acted upon that within a few
months the listlessness that has pre-
vailed in business and the industrie!
since the early part of last winter
will be a thing of the past. There
will be an awakening all along the
inc and employers and employees vii
feel that another period of prosperity
has begun.
Here in this city business men arr
feeling better from a business poin
If view and they are more ready t
talk Of new enterprises. Those who
were thinking of building homes wher
he panic came and abandoned theil
purposes for the time being, are
now consulting architects and inquir
ing about prices of materials These
Il signs mean something, and those who
are patient and understand that il
will take time to get the wheels Of
business and industry moving freely
| again will not be disappointed. There
VIII, OF course, be some who vii
complain that they see little i'm.
| provement, but they are pessimistS
who never see the bright side. They
will still be complaining when pros
perity is at the flood
What is needed now more than any
thing else is confidence. Business
men must believe that better times
are at hand and work in accordance
with that belief.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1908-06-14
Mr.. Bryan and the Nomination.
Savannah Morning News.l

As the date Of the Denver conven-
ton approaches the interest in the
question as to whether or not Mr.,
Bryan will succeed in getting the
two thirds majority necessary To give
him the nomination on the first bal
lot increases. 1t looks very much as
If he would get that majority, lie
has considerably more than a ma1ori-
ay of the delegates instructed for
him and many of those who are uus
instructed are known to be favorable
to him Besides, the states Yet 10
act are almost certain TO send ma
iority Of their delegates either favor
able to him or actually instructed for
him.
OF the / COS delegates who will
compose the convention a49 have been
instructed for him. Ii is necessary
therefore, that he shall get 1893 more
Here in the South there is Eood
deal of anti-Bryan sentiment not
because of personal hostility 10 him
but because OF the belief that he can
not be elecJed-ar least that there
are other candidates who would make
a better race. Dispatches from Ashc-
vile, n. c., for instance. state that
there is a very pronounced movement
in that state to send an uninstructed
delegation 1t is true that the last
Democratic state convention passed a
resolution that the delegation when
chosen should be instructed for Mr.
Bryan, but it is being claimed
now that a convention two years age
had no authority to instruct the CON
vention that will select the dele
IT ,,nRDrcrNNJ ,h.t hnfh ,t
the United States senators from North
Carolina are against instructions, and
they WELD a powerful influence The
North Carolina convention meets the
day after the convention of this
state, and doubtless will be influenc.
| ed greatly by the action taken by the
| Georgia delegation.
What the Georgia delegation vii
do is, of course. problematical. L
will undoubtedly study the situation
| closely. If it finds that Mr. Bryan al
| ready has twO-thirds of the delegate:
| the chances are it viii instruct FOL
| him, because it would serve no gOOC
| purpose TO do otherwise, but if i
| is apparent that he hasn't a two
| thirds majority and that there il
| really a chance for deliberation a
| Denver. then the probabilities ar
that no instructions will be given.
| The Democrats shouldn't permi
| their judgments TO be warped by thei
| admiration for any candidate. The
| should endeavor to nominate tn
/ candidate that stands the best chanc
of winning Some of the shTewdes
of the Democratic leaders are conf
dent that Gov. Johnson would be
stronger candidate than Mr.. Bryan
i That is why they are endeavOring t
get 337 delegates uninstructed VIII
| would hold out against Mr.. Brya
, under any and all circumstances
that would insist to the last on tn
= nomination of Gov. Johnson or som
, candidate other than Mr. Bryan.
We assume that the delegates froI
this county will favor an uninstructe
2 delegation Even if composed c
) Bryan men it is better that the Den
yer delegation should be free to d
as they think best since the Governor
| elect hasn't sought to have a Den
5 yer delegation chosen that fayOrs
| particular candidate.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1908-06-14
The Judiciary in Politics
philadelphia Record.)

limitations are thrown out in the
Republican newspaper press that the
proposed platform resolution to af
firm public confidence in the integrity
of the judiciary will be trump card
against the Democratic party in the
coming campaign. 1t is a question
whether there is any necessity for
such resolution inasmuch as the
attacks upon the Courts of law and
eqCity have done little to undermine
public confidence in their integrity
Resolutions i'm a national platform
are properly assumed to relate to
some vital issue, the promotion of re-
forms or the extirpation OF abuses
Why, then, it is asked, raise an issue
over the judiciary when no ground for
such issue exists?
But it is a most miscellaneous per
vcnsion Of political ideas to attempt
to play off the judiciary aB Il pawn
in the game Of politics What could
be more shabby than TO ring this res
olution upon the Chicago platform on
the assumption that the Republican
party alone Is to be intruRted with
the guardianship of the integrity Of
the judiciary of the United States? II
is only as general proposition of
the widest acceptance by the Ameri-
can people that such n resolution as
this can have its justification in a
party platform But partisan cant
and hypocrisy could not go to great
er length than in the impudcnt claim
for the Republican party Of a mono
poly Of virtuous regard for the in
tegrity of the judiciary. When did
the party earn this title? Was It when
all the Walls of partisan Vitu-
peration were poured upon the devoted
heads Of the venerable justices of
the Supreme Court of the United
States for their decision in the bred
| Scott case? Or was it more recently,
when the Republican party gave it's
silent approval to the repeated attacks
of it's lord and master in the White
House upon the Federal Judges be-
cause they refused to obey his impe-
rial DEGREES?
An attempt to use this resolution as
a means of dragging the judiciary into
party conflict cannot fail in the end to
recOil upon all concerned in it. The
American people will never counter
| ance such a maneuyer When made
| they will be sure to recall the fact that
| the dictator of the Republican party,
! who is nominating it's candidates at
| Chicago and constructing its plat
| form, is the first in long line of
| Presidents to attempt to bring the iu-
| dietary of the United States into re-
| prOach. If there are others who have
| also reckleSsly assaulted the Courts
| their evil influence in this regard has
been trivial in comparison with his
own. On the whole this judiciary res
| olution might as we'll be omitted.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1908-06-14
"Stampeded" Conventions Rare
Julius Chambers in Brooklyn
Eagle.)


Much has been said in the pas
few months about national conven
lions being 'stampeded" to a candi
date not thought to have any prospec
of attaining nomination. Most o
such talk is nonsense when applied
to national gatherings; besides, it i,
historically inaccurate. In State con
ventiOns the incident is not unusual
There is more cohension in such as
semblages; the delegates, sometimes
as numerous as those that will ga
Their at Chicago or Denver, come
from one State and have commercial
social and political relations in com
mon.
A locally popular man, personally
known to nine-tenths of the dele.
gates and possessed of magic speech
may upset the best laid plans, now
and then-that is, only occasionally
Several men have been nominated tc
high office against their wills. The
most notable instance | recall was
David B. Hills sudden choice tC
head the gubernatorial ticket in
Saratoga, about 1892, by a body over
which he was presiding. But in
most cases, 'stampedes" are mere
coups de theatre. planned and pre-
arranged
When the true history of the nat
ional Democratic convention of 1896
comes to be written there will be a
cessation of talk about William Jen-
nlngs Bryan's cross of gold and
crown of thorns" speech securing his
nomination. That philippe made ev-
cry delegate in the hall think he
had known Bryant
This was due to the magic of his
voice, quality in his vocal chords
10 which mention has been made in
the column on other occasions. But
as a matter OF historical accuracy.
Mr.. Bryan had been settled upon by
senators Jones and Daniel as second
choice at conference held the night
before the alleged landslide" There
fore, when Bland, Boise and others
were seen to be irreconcilable and
impossible Bryan's name was trotted
out, as per program. Nobody who
heard his speech ever can forget it.
or ever will belittle it's effectiveness;
but it only creased the ways for a
possible eventually which subsequent
ly became opportune.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1908-06-14

The Merchants Association of New
York and Philadelphia is appealing to
Sect. Taft to declare in favor of a
currency system based on the wealth
of the country instead of on it's debt.
The organization pledges itself to a
platform, one section of which reads
as follows I'VE pledge ourselves to
establish a true credit currency sys-
TEN which will enable the farmer, the
producer the manufacturer and the
merchant to convert, through the
agency of the banks, their commodit-
les into currency redeemable by the
banks in gold coin" Without discuss
ing the merits of the proposition it
can be pointed out that this is pretty
near to stealing an old populist doc
trine that the republicans once
howled down as the incarnation of
everything that was wild. The world
certainly do move
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1908-06-14
The Prohibition Movement.
Washington POST

There is a disposition in some
quarters to regard the prohibition
movement as one of a temporary ma
ture, and one that like many others
that have entered into the political
arena, will be of short duration in
its influence and effect.
1t may not always display the re-
markable intensity shown in recent
months in widely separated portions
OF the country, but it promises to be
an active, prevailing force The advo-
Gates of prohibition are imbued with
all the fervor, zeal, and optimism OF
the early advocates of the abolition OF
slavery They worked and hoped fol
years without much realization OF
results. They voted for decades know.
ing they faced defeat in each cam.
paign, but confident of ultimate vic
tory. That the seed they sOwed die
not fall upon barren ground is at
tested by the increased public senti
ment in their favor
1t is folly for their opponents t
assert that the establishment of pro
hibitiOn increases consumption of Ii
quOr. If that assertion were correct
those who manufacture and sell liquO
| would undoubtedly favor prohibition
The future of prohibition is certainl,
| more promising of ultimate success
| than was the prospect of the anti
| slavery movement in the 40's AM
sos of the last century.
No constitutional provision stand
| in the way No political party, as
party, dares oppose. All the great re
Iigious bodies are distinctly more fay
orable than they were to abolition 0
human slavery. The recent action O
| railway companies demanding elimi
| nation of employees addicted to the u.s.
of alcoholic stimulants. the rulings o
similar nature by important CONNER
cial and manufacturing firms ant
corporations, the firmly fixed opinions
| of managers and directors of financial
| and fiduciary institutions as to the de
| STABILITY of sober clerks and assist
ants-all these are powerful allies il
the prohibition movement
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1908-06-14
GRAFTERS WHO AFFLICT
CAMPAIGN HEADQUARTERS
(Harper's Weekly)

When the grafters begin to arrive
at the headquarters Of either OF the
great parties in a Presidential cam
paign the most detested of all, but
the one who must, nevertheless, be
handled with care. is the man who
claims to control the vote of a nat
ionality or class But this is meant
he who says he has the negro, Ger
man, Italian Hebrew, or labor vote
in his vest pocket. and goes from
one party to the other, quite willing
to sell it to the highest bidder.
This CRATER appears at headquar-
tiers in campaign after campaign. He
is the only one of whom the party
managers are, in a sense, afraid. For
in some instances he may control a
vote. though it be not as large as he
claims, and this vote the party wants
if the figures for obtaining it are not
too high The total vote in some
cases may not be large enough to do
more than sway a district; in others
it may only be a few hundred To
take care of the man and prevent
him from holding up the commit
for too much money is the problem to
be solved.
In national and State Campaigns the
managers rely upon the local party
leaders to inform them who's who
and what's what among these graf
ters, and they only deal with those
accredited as it were. But in many
instances these grafters are an
army in themselves Each controls
his coterie of voters, hence a foreign
vote, as an example, is sometimes OBJ
tanned from half a dozen leading
citizens" of the nationality in ques-
ton rather than from a single indi-
yidual
1t sometimes happens that these
grafters sell to both parties For
instances, in the campaign of 1904
it is charged that a labor leader sold
the vote Of his organization to both
parties, the Democrats alone paying
something like $4,000 for it. Both
parties found out this double dealing,
but, of course, could do nothing.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1908-06-14
A Surprise in Store
augusta Chronicle.)

All papers in the East, West and
North do not understand what was
the true situation in Georgia-the
situation that resolved itself into the
endorsement of Joseph M. Brown and
the defeat of Governor Hoke Smith.
Outside-of-the-state papers have
drawn their differences and conclu-
sions as to the situation from cam
paign publications and speeches and
have been led into error. Many OF
them will be surprised to know
that liquor" was not an issue; that
"distranchisement" was not an is
sue; that corporations" and "brew-
ers" were not the actual active forces
behind Mr. Brown
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1908-06-14
CONFIRMED PROOF
Residents Of Americas Cannot Doubt
What Has Been Twice Proved

In gratitude for complete relief
from aches and pains of bad backs
from distressing kidney ills-thou-
sands have publicly recommended
Doan's Kidney Pills Residents Of
Americas who so testified years ago,
now say their cures were permanent.
This testimony dOubly proves the
worth of Doan's Kidney Pills to Am
CIRCUS sufferers:
J. NJ Oliver living two and one
half miles south east of Americus,
Ga, says: q can recommend Doan's
Kidney Pills as an excellent remedy
as they did for me what other rene
dies failed to do. 1 had suffered from
dull pain through the small of my
back which bothered be day and night
The secretions from my kidneys
were very unnatural in appearance
and were irregular in action. | tried
all kinds of remedies and also rubbed
my back with liniments, but the pains
still remained. 1t was finally my
good fortune to learn of Doans Kid
ney Pills and l procured them at
Dodson's Pharmacy They helped me
from the first, and in a short time
cured me" From statement given
July %, 1903)
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1908-06-14
C0rtelyOu! Imp OSsibIe!
New York WORLDLY

What political madness is it thai
suggests the nomination of George
b. CortelyOu for Vice-President a.
Chicago?
1t was COrtelyou who stepped out
OF the Department of Commerce and
Labor, after starting the Bureau OF
Corporations, in operation, to become
Mr.. Roosevelt's campaign manager in
1903. 1t was he who handled the in
surance funds and the Hartman
funds and all the rest of the secret
political contributions that year.
his retention in the Cabinet has
been a standing scandal ever since
First Mr.. Roosevelt deliberately af-
fronted public decency by making the
Chairman of the National Committee
Observation-Disclosures where he was
brought into business relations with
the railroads, and then promoted him
to be Secretary of the Treasury.
where he has been in a position to
command the daily gratitude of Wall
street. Officially Mr. CorteIyou has
been kept in contact for four years
with the very interests which heIped
so generously to finance the Presiden-
tlal campaign he managed for Mr..
Roosevelt.
There is no popular demand for Mr..
Cortelyou's nomination for Vice-Pres-
ident. No political element of impor-
lance cares fig for him as a candf-
date. Is the mysterious revival of
his claims due solely to the activity
OF the men who secretly supplied him
with campaign funds in 1904 and have
become convinced of his peculiar fit
ness for the kind of official service
they desire?
Surely William H. Taft would never
to George B. Cortelyous NOM
nation for Vice-President
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1908-06-14

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1t can always be depended upon,
even in the more severe attacks Of
cramp collie and cholera morbus.
1t is equally successful for summer
diarrhea and cholera infantum in
children, and is the means Of saving
the lives of many children each year
When reduced with water and
sweetened it is pleasant to take.
Every man of q family should keep
this remedy in his home. Buy it now
PRICE, csc. LARGE SIZE, SOC.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1908-06-14
HEALTH. CLEANLINESS.
COMFORT, LUXURY,

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