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Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1910-05-28
ATONEING FOR MISSPENT YEARS

That is a strange story that comes
from Chicago, the story of the atone
men of Albert ]. Smell in his later
years for youth of RIGHTEOUSNESS and
|debauchery.
Smell was the son of the million
aire of that name whose sensational
murder is recalled by the death of this
son amid surroundings of abject pow
erty.
All of SHELLS earlier manhood was
given up to sinful living, not to
sins of mild type, but to life of
vice with scarcely a redeeming fea"
ture. AS years passed on a change
came over the mans character What
the circumstances were that wrought
the reformation no one knows. There
is no record of any sudden CONVEX
sion Of the man. He never told of any
wonderful transformation that came
in the twinkling of an eye. A miracle
was undoubtedly wrought, but Smell
was not one of the type of men who
proclaim the fact from the house
tops and become spectacular figures
in the public eye Simply, unostenta-
tiously, without word to living
soul, he changed the tenor of his life,
took on himself the role of work.
ing. penitent, and from then until his
death became the companion Of the
poor, the abandoned, the wrecks and
dregs of mankind, their companion
but not as a partner in their sinful
ness. Living among them, accustonl-
Ing himself to their manner of exis-
tence, sharing their lodgings and th9ii
food, their hard luck and their mea-
gre share of good fortune, he became
a social worker without the halo OF
glory that so many of that class sur
round themselves with. He never fig
ured in the newspapers, he never
wrote for the magazines, he never
sought funds from wealthy philaa-
-hropists. In his own way he served
the outcasts among whom he wend-!
ed his way, and when death came It |
was in the haunts of poverty. Then, |
and then only, was it learned that
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1910-05-28

Then, by some holy mystery,
She fed us from her sacred breast
Soothed rs with little birdlike words
To rest-to rest-to rest-to rest;
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1910-05-28

call comes for help, They sponge their
share of the benefits every time. but
they let the others carry the burdens
and do the work.
The human sponge, what an exeres-
cence on the great beautiful world
hat Cod created for the children he
has placed upon it to enjoy! What
a pitiful spirit to display. what an
exhibition of narrowness, of misera-
Bile Instrumentation of ignoring Of
the bonds of fellowship and mutual
relations that should mark mankindi
WHIT cramping Of life, what a naz-
rowing CT its usefulness, what a petty
view of it's purpose!
Are you possessed of such a spirit ?
Every man might well ask himself
the question. Are you dominated by
the spirit of take all and give moth
ing? Are you literally sponging on
what others are doing for the upbuild-
ing of the city, trying to absorb bene-
fits from their efforts when you are
making no effort yourself?
Don't be a clam. Don't shut your
self up in little dark, narrow cell.
Don't be a sponge, sucking vitality
from the life of the town and return
Ing nothing in payment therefor. If
you have been such a man go down to
the revival meeting and get the evan
gelist to pray that your nature may be
changed. You need a reformation jdst
about as much as the sinner along
other lines.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1910-05-28

Next to wanting to fiirt with man
there's nothing can max ca girl do
it quicker than for somebody to want
her not to.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1910-05-28

She bore us in her dreaming womb,
And laughed into the face of Death !;
She laughed in her strange agony
To give he" little baby breath.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1910-05-28
ARE YOU A HUMAN sPONGEg

Even the dictionaries admit that
there are human sponges. Common
parlance recognizes their existence,
too. Frequently one overhears the
remark, He's a sponge" Generally
a sheer accompanies the words. The
sponge that is taken out of the sea,
cleansed and converted into a com
mercial commodity, is a useful and fire.
quently necessary article. No one
turns up the nose up at it. 1t serves a
highly proper purpose. But the hu-
man sponge is a CRATER whose graft.
ing is not dishonest, is net punishable
by law, but is almost as extensively
Objectionable as if it were.
Every community has specimens Of
the family referred to. Even Ameri-
Gus may have some of them. Their
friends and associates recognize them
as such, have mentally classified
them accordingly, and even though
there may be no public placarding of
the fact it is generally understood
that they are of the family that alb
sorb all they can and give out as
little as possible Their pores are
very large to take in but excee4-
ingly infnitesimal when it comes 20
giving out that which ,hey have Sc
cured. The sponge, 5oa see, has
many Of the qualities of the miser as
wel.
1t is always a pity that men cannot
see themselves as Others see them. II
is more particularly a pity that the
human sponge cannot have the mirror
held up to his nature before the tri-
bunal of his own thoughts. Oscar
Wilde in one of his stories tells of the
man who hanged himself when he
saw himself as he really was. Really
a cemetery lot is not a bad place for
the sponge. But such men never Iei
go of life any easier than they let
go of anything else that comes within
reach of their clutch. They sometimes
live long, but they always do vastly
less than men of nobler disposition.
And such a life!
Yes, there are human sponges in
every community. Go where one will |
they are to be found. They may en-
joy a nominal respect, but it is not
a respect that flows from the souls of
their neighbors. They are willing,
even eager, to benefit by everything
that the enterprising men of their
community debut they never join
hands with them nthe doing. They
are quick to absorb as much as pos
sible of the advantages that flow
from the labors of others for the pro-
motion of the interests of a town, but
they are reluctant to give Of their
time or means toward the desired end
They are gratified when others put
their shoulders to the wheel and push
the machine along, they are. quick to
Jump the values of their own holdings
as a result Of the efforts of their
fellow citizens, but they are away off
IN the shadowy background when the
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1910-05-28
THE HIGHEST SPIRIT OF ALTRU
ISM.

The census of religious bodies for
1896, soon to be issued by the gov
ernment shows that the average sal
airy paid to ministers IN thu United
States is but 1868, a trife over $55
a month.
Il comm5n laborer III the cities to-
day secures from $3.50 to 50 a day
and frequently works hut nine hours.
His pay is about equal to that Of
the average minister.
1t is highly creditable to the clergy
that, in the face of such an appalling
low average of pay, they give the best
that their lives hold to the church
and to humanity. 1t is entirely dis
creditable to the church and the
world at large that it permits them
to make this sacrifice, that it requires
of them that they shall deprive them
selves, in many instances, of comforts
and necessities, that it reduces them
to the level Of common laborer in
the way of compensation
If there was any single fact need
ed to exemplify to the public that the
highest pitch of altruism is repre-
sented by the clergy, that they are
still an army of self-sacrif1cing men
putting all thought of worldly wealth
and luxury behind them, giving their
souls and bodies to the work to which
| they are called, it is in this official
statement of the United States govern
ment that in this rich, prosperous,
energetic land, where opportunities
abound for the man of education and
integrity to make his way in business
and industrial life, the ministers Of
religion are paid but $50 month the
average.
1t is we'll that the spirit of self
sacrifice should actuate the clergy, that
they should give up much that the
world holds dear and worthy of the
ambitions of men. 1t is this very
spirit of conservation that gives them
their influence and power. Becoming
grasping, avaricious, seeking money
and position through their calling,
they would speedily be deprived of all
power to reach and touch the souls o.
men. But while this is true it is new
ertheless a reflection upon the public,
waxing fat through the gracious benef-
licences of Providence, that untold
thousands of these devout, unceas-
ing Iaborers for the spiritual uplift
of the nation, should receive such a
pittance for the support of themselves
and family. The altruism Of the clet-
gy does not excuse the niggardliness
of the laity.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1910-05-28

She bore us in her dreaming womb,
And laughed into the face of Death;
She laughed in her strange agony
To give he" little baby breath.
Then, by some holy mystery,
She fed us from her sacred breast
Soothed rs with little birdlike words
To rest-to rest-to rest-to rest;
Yea, softly fed us with her life
Her bosom like the work. in May:
Can it be true that men, thus fed,
Feed women-as I hear them say?
Long ere we grew to girl and boy,
She sewed the little things we wore,
And smiles unto herself for joy
Mysterious Fortress of the Door.
Shall she who bore the son of God,
And made the rose of Sappho's song,
She who saved France, and beat the
drum
Of freedom, bear this vulgar wrong?
I wonder if such men as these
Had once a sister with blue eyes,
KIDD as the soothing hand of God,
And as the quiet heaven wise.
| wonder if thew ever saw
A soldier lying on a bed
On some lone battlefield and watched
Some holy woman bind his head.
J wonder if they ever walked
IAEf in bTaoIy
And suddenly a flower came
And took them softly by the hand
I wonder if they ever heard
The silver scream, in some gray
morn.
High in lit and listening tower,
Because a man-child then was born
7 wonder if they ever saw
A woman's hair, or in her eye
Read the eternal mystery
Or ever saw a woman die.
| wonder, when all friends had gone
The gay companions, the brave
men
If in some fragile girl they found
Their only stay and comrade then
She who thus went through fam
ing hell
To make us, put into our clay
All that there is of heaven, shall
She
Mother and sister, wife and fay
Have no part in the world she made
Serf Of the rainbow, vassal flower
Save knitting in the afternoon
And rocking cradles, hour by hour
Dedicated to the suffragette move
ment.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1910-05-28

Yea, softly fed us with her life
Her bosom like the work. n May:
Can 1t be true that men, thus fed,
Feed women-as I hear them say?
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1910-05-28
WILL 1T BE ROOSEVELT VERSUS
HARMON!

The feeling grows stronger through
out the country that President TAFT
will not be candidate for a re-nom-
nation, and that even if he is the
honor will doubtless be denied to him.
The Taft administration up to this
time has not been a satisfactory one
to the public. Every one recognizes
the genial, honorable traits of the
president, but it is felt that he lacks
certain qualities that are needed for
a genuinely strong and satisfactory
administration. The discredit brought
through the Ballinger incident, the
presidents wobbly attitude on the
tariff, the failure to reconcile the
insurgents, the apparent widening of
the gulf between the western repub-
licans and the stand-pat element, these
and other agencies combine to create
the belief that Taft would be defeated
at the. polls in 1912. The G. o. p.
naturally is not running ca1s1idates
for the mere pleasure of having them
defe
With the impression growing that
Taft will be out of the cunning, anotH-
er sentiment is daily increasing in
strength, and that is that ex-Presi-
| dent Roosevelt will be the nominee.
He is beyond question the most pop
| ular man in the country today. If
| this sentiment toward him does not
change it will be merely necessary
| for him to intimate, two years hence,
that he will accept to have the nomi-
[ nation ensured him. Corporate inter
ests East might buck, but they could
not check the swelling tide that has
set in toward the irrepressible Oyster
Bay statesman.
On the Democratic side two figures
loom up more and more prominent
ly, Gaynor, of New York, and Harmon,
of Ohio The latter, if reelected,
strikes the mere ordinary observer of
political observers as the more likely
to become the standard-bearer. Bryan
is not apt to enthuse over Gaynor,
and Bryan is still sufficiently strong
to prevent the nomination of a man
who is Objectionable to him.
Looking over the field as it now
seems, the Washington Post makes
| these comments:
On the other side of the hedge there
| is but one announced Democratic can
| didate-Folk, a former governor of
| Missouri. David Francis, of that state,
| is a receptive candidate, and SO is
| Champ Clark. The fate of the last
named depends upon the political COM
| pleXion of the sixty-second congress,
and the degree in which he shall
| make good" as speaker of that body,
| if it should expectantly turn up dem
ocratic.
But to be perfectly frank, if Har-
mon is reelected governor of Ohio
this fall competition will flee from
him. His may be the one and only
| name presented. In this connection
should not be forgotten that Ohio
is the mother of some states and Of
| SeVeFdl preSlueHIS. ana Unere Is some
thing in that.
Marshall, of Indiana, is formida-
BILE man; and should the Democrats
name Gaynor for governor of New
York, and the result should trans
fer him from the city hall of the
metropolis to the mansion house of
the Empire State, then look out for a
tremendous contest in the Democratic
national convention of 1912.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1910-05-28
LAND
BARGAINS
Snider land Sold.
Little Land Sold.
Come quick for others or
say Il Am Sorry"

l25 acres miles of Plains, adjoin-
ing Jno. A. Mcdonald old home place
Dwelling, tenant house and crib.
liz acres 3 miles Sumter, adjoining
Chapel, Rogers and Countryman
Good land and good improvements.
Lots of land 223 and 224 in 18th dis
trict OF Lee Co., adjoining Sumter &C
line, and touching lands which sci
for $50 to $40 per acre. Ample build
ings put up years ago.
Bank Of Southwestern Georgia
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1910-05-28
HOW's This?

I'VE offer One Hundred Dollars re-
Wa-'d for any case of catarrh that
cannot be cured by Halls Catarrh
Cure. F. ]. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, o.
We, the undersigned, have known F.
]. Cheney for the last Is years and
believe him perfectly honorable in all
bsiness transactions, and financially
able to carry out any obligations made
by his firm.
WALDING, KINNAN & MARVIN,
Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, D.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken inter-
nally, acting directly upon the blood
and mucuous surfaces of the system.
Testimonials free. Price, 75c per
bottle. Sold by all druggists.
Take Halls Family Pills for consti-
patton.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1910-05-28
HOW 1T STARTED.

Eve had given Adam the apple. 1
suppose" she unused as she construct
ed the fig-leaf suit, "after this I'll
always have to feed him to get new
Dress"
Subsequent developments confirm
ed her fears.---New York Sun.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1910-05-28
For Sale by
DUDLEY.
FOR SALE !!

u have for sale the two Gardner
farms, each containing 1000 acres, or
Q total OF S,24O acres, situated eight
miles east of Leesburg, and sixteen
miles south of Americas, both well inn
proved and in good state of cultiva-
ton. Also the farm known as the Tom
Jordan place, situated two miles west
of Leesburg, Ga, and containing 3,400
acres. These lands are practically lev
81 and of fin equality-recognized as
equal to the best lands in South
West Georgia. For further particulars
write or cay on me at the Windsor
Hotel.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1910-05-28
SHAKE INTO YOUR SHOES

Aliens Foot-Ease, a powder. 1t cures
painful, swollen, smarting, nervous
feet and instantly takes the sting
out of corns and bunions and makes
walking easy. Try it today. Sold ev-
erywhere. Sample FREE. Address
Allen S. Olmstead, LIE Roy, N. Y.
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Editorial Room, Telephone 90.
Americas, Ga, May 28, 1919.
A BALLAD OF WOMAN.

BY Richard LIE Gall:ene
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1910-11-08
Baked by d Woman.

when william e. Chandler was sec
rotary Of the navy he issued an order
that officers should not permit tnelr
wives to reside at the foreign stations
TO which their husbands were az
tached. The order was promptly re-
scinded upon the receipt BY the secre-
tary Of the following from Commodore
Fyffe. in command Of the Asiauc
squadron: "Tt becomes my painful DUTY
to report that my wife. Eliza fyHe.
has in disobedience to MY orders and
in the face of regulations Of the de-
partment taken up her residence on
the station and refuses to leave
A. Modest Request.
Sheriff Foley of Chicago once re-
ceiyed a letter from an old constituent
who wanted aid in distress. 1t con-
tanned a carefully prepared list OF
troubles. after which ii concluded,
eff you don't receive this letter let me
know and I'll send you duplicate.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1910-11-08
Citation for Hearing on Petition for
Administration.
fEstate Of Edwin o. Chapman

oTATE OF MINNESOTA, COUNTY OF
- Redwood, in Probate Court.
In the matter of the estate of Edwin Y.
Chapman. decedent.
The state of Minnesota to all persons IN
terested in the granting of administration
of the estate OF said decedent: The petition
of Charles r. Chapman having been filed IN
this court, representing that Edwin Q. Chap
man then resident of the county OF Red-
wood state of Minnesota, died intestate on
the 2Sth day of October. 1910, and praying
that letters of administration OF his estate
be granted to Elizabeth ID. Chapman; ana
the court having fixed the time and place TOT
hearing said petition:
Therefore. you, and each Of you are mere
by cited and required to show cause, II any
YOU have. before this court. at the PROBATE
court rooms in the court house, in the CITY
of Redwood. Falls, county of Redwood state
of Minnesota on the 9Th day Of December,
1910 at O'Clock p. m why said petition
should not be granted.
Witness, the Judge of said court. and the
seal of said court, this 3lst day of October
1910.
14-3t. Probate Judge.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1910-11-08

ran hear him kick to the superintend-
ant four blocks away. Man is the hard
est proposition woman has to go up
against. He's low grade one. and
she has to work overtime to make him
paw. Two times out of five she's salt
ed. she can't put in crushers and cost
II machinery. He'd notice EN- and be
on TO the game They have 70 pan out
what they get. and 1t hurts their ten
der hands. Some Of 'em are natural
sluice troughs and can carry out $1,000
70 the ton. The dry eyed ones have to
depend on signed letters, false hair
sympathy, the kangaroo walk, COW.
hide whips. ability to cook, sentiment
kal iuries. conversational powers, SILK
mndersxirts, ancestry, rouge, anony-
NOUS letters, violet sachet powders,
witnesses, revolvers, pneumatic FORMS
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1910-11-08

wire she was waiting, all decollete
and dressed up. for me and Vaucross
TO take her to dinner in one OF these
New York feminine apartment houses
where man can't get in unless ne
plays bezique and smokes depilatory
powder cigarettes.
".She's Il sumner. says Xaucross
when he saw her. They'll give her
two column cut sure
This was the scheme the three OF
us concocted. 1t was business straight
through. Vaucross was to rush Miss
Blye with all the style and display
and emotion he could for a month
OF course that amounted to nothing
as far as his ambitions were con-
cerned. The sight of man in a
white tie and patent leather pumps
pouring greenbacks through the large
end of a cornucopia to purchase nutri-
ment and -heartsease for tall. willowy
blends in New York is as common a
sight as blue turtles in delirium ire
mems. But he was to write her love
letters-the worst kind of love letters,
such as your wife publishes after you
are dead-every day. At the end OF
the month he was to drop her and
she would bring suit for 100000 for
breach of promise.
Miss Artemisia was to get $lO,0O0
If she won the suit that was all, an6
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1910-11-08

If she lost she was to get it anyhow.
There was signed contract to that eff
feet.
Sometimes they had me out witt
'em, but not often. l couldn't keep UP
to their style. She used TO pull ont
his notes and criticise them like bills
of lading.
Say, YOU she'd say, what do you
call this-letter to a hardware mer-
chant from his nephew OIL learning
that his aunt has nettlerash! You
eastern buffers know as much about
writing love letters as Kansas grass,
hopper does about tugboats My
dear Miss Blyev Would that put
pink icing and little red sugar bird
on your bridal cake? How long dc
you expectto hold an audience in a
courtroom with that kind of stuff:
You want to get down. to business and
call me '"Tweedlums Babe" and
"Honeysuckle" and sign yourself
Mammals Own Big Bad PIGGY Wug-
gy Boy" if you want any limelight
to concentrate upon your sparse gray
hairs. Get sappy.'
After that Vaucross dipped his pen
in. the indelible tabasco His notes
read like something or other in the
original. ] could see a jury sitting
up and women tearing one another's
hats to hear 'em read And | could
see piling up for Mr.. Vaucross as
much righteousness as Archbishop
Cranmer or the Brooklyn bridge or
cheese on salad ever enjoyed He
seemed mighty pleased at the pros
poets.
They agreed on night, and stood
on Fifth avenue outside solemn res.
taurant and watched 'em. A process
server walked in and handed Vaucross
the papers at his table. Everybody
looked at EN-. and he looked as proud
as Cicero. | went back to my room
and lit a five cent cigar for | knew
| the $4,000 was as good as ours
about two hours later somebody
knocked at my door. There stood
Vaucross and Miss Artemisia, and she
was clinging- yes. sir. clinging-to his
arm. And they tells me they'd been
out and got married. And they artic-
ulated some trivial cadences about
love and such. And they laid down a
bundle on the table and said Good
night and left.
"And that's what / say" concluded
Ferguson Pogue. that woman is too
busy occupied with her natural voca
ton and instinct of graft such as is
given her for self preservation and
amusement to make any great sue
cess in special lines"
what was in the bundle that they
left?' | asked, with my usual curiosi
ty.
why" said Ferguson. there was G
scalper's railroad ticket as far as Kan
sas City and two pairs of Mr. Vau
cross old pants"
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1910-11-08

copyright, 1870 by American Press Assoc
ciation.l
IN the past the 81 per cent Of the
rural boys and girls who never
jill attended college have scarcely
received their share of attention.
The college has been developing lead
ers, but the rank and file have been
neglected. Only recently has the need
of Industrial education for the great
mass of the people been recognized.
Now that the necessity is seen steps
are being taken to meet it. 1t was
thought at first that the country boy
could obtain all the education he need
ed in a city high school. That idea is
fast being outgrown. The city high
school was not created to meet the
needs of the country boy, and it con-
tains little that appeals to him. High
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1910-11-08
BACK TO
THE FARM
XII. Rural Education-Sec-
ondary Schools.
By C. v. GREGORY.

copyright, 1910, by American Press Asso-
ciation.l