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Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-06-10
syoBBIsHyEss IN SOCIAL LIFE.

Without regard to political or relig-
.ous Affiliations there mas been moth
ing apparent but commentator 'n
the press OF the country for the stern
rebuke recently administered by Pres
idenr Tat TO Col Garrard for his
snob5ish utterances relative TO the
Jews, growing out OF the desire noC
10 permit a young Jewish soldier TO
stand an examination for promotion
on the ground that his presence in the
corps Of officers would be offensive 70
the social suscepJibilities OF other OF
fcers.
This incident, EQUIPPED with the re-
cent insult to young lady al AnnaD-
Oils, where her escort was requested
to remove her from the dance room oil
the ground that she was a goyerness
and therefore not socially" admissible
to such q select affair, would seem 10.
indicate that the army and navy are.
permeated, TO some extent at least, by
the rotenest spirit that can be found
anywhere-the spirit. of snobbishness
on the part of men and women, the
greater part OF whom sprang from thu
loins Of the ordinary people, who have
been educated at the expense Of the
public, and have TO thank the people
as a whole for such social and official
standing as they enjoy.
1t has been asserted by European
visitors that snobbishness exists to a
greater degree in American social life
than in that of any other land Allow
ing for the natural prejudices such Wis
itors entertain, there is, it is to be
feared, too much ground for their dc
cusation. The woman whose grand
father was a laborer, and whose hUs-
bands father perhaps dug bitches,
struts and swells like the descendant
OF royalty, asserting claims to social
superiority that are disgusting TO a
sensible person. Men and women OF
genuine culture and refinement fad
efforts to exclude and ostracise them
on the part Of people who, possessing
recently acquired wealth, are at the
same time unquestionably their IN
feriors in everything that tends to
make a society that is really accom-
plished and desirable. Parvenues and
Upstairs. are generally more snobbisn
than persons of long social standing,
but unfortunately it is too often appar-
ent that the same spirit secures
strangle grasp upon those who should
have a greater breadth of mind and
keener appreciation of the folly N
such pretensions in country where
the ups and downs Of fortune are so
marked as in this.
While in private social life such
snobbishness may go unofficially re
buked-and even there President Taft
recently delivered a singing rebuke
10 few sap headed members of a So
cial club in the capital-when it in
yades the army and navy to the extent
that these two incidents have demon
strated it is time the forces of public
opinion were aroused The insult to
the young lady at Annapolis and the
gross injustice done to the young Jew
ish soldier, the direct manifestations
Of snobbishness, ought to draw down
the fire of every decent, honorable
mind in the country. And they seem
to be doing it pretty effectively, judg-
ing from the range of current COM
ment
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-06-10

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CnnIdn,- Manaee II.

The doctor had looked at the pa
TENTS tongue, says the Chicago News.
taken his temperature, felt his pulse
and was at the point Of leaving the
room when he paused 10 say to the
sick mans wife:
Madam. in addition to your giving
the medicine I have subscribed, /
wish you would see that every morn
ing your husband gets a shower bath "
The woman looked worried. But
Doctor" she propounded anxioUsly,
what am l going to do the mornings
We don't have no showers"
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-06-10
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(Oliver HEREFORD, in the Century,
Beside Primrose broidere'd Rill
Sat Phyllis Lee in Silken Dress
Whilst Lucius limn'd with loving skill
Her Likeness, as Shepherdess
Yet tho he strove with loving skill
His brush refused to work his VIII.
Dear Maid, unless you close your
eyes
I cannot paint today" he said;
Their Brightness shames the very
Skies
And turns their Turquois into
Lead"
Quoth Phyllis, then, "to save the Skies
And Speed your Brush, I'll shut ny
Eyes.
Now when her Eyes were closed, the
Dear,
Not dreaming of such Treachery,
Felt a Soft Whisper in her Ear,
Without the Light, how can one
See
"If you are sure that none can see
I'll keep them shut" said Phyllis Lee
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-06-10

A number of Terrell county citizens
have called a meeting for June 10th o
petition their representative and sem
ator to advocate laws permitting local
option or dispensaries. las this call
went out about the time of closing of
the drinkeries in that county, it looks
as though the droughth is being felt
cuthbert Leader.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-06-10

The secretary of the National Wool
Growers Association must be a YER
liable know it all" He has issued a
circular letter to the wool growers
telling them there will be no tariff
legislation affecting wool this year and
10 hold their output for fancy prices
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-06-10

Several South Georgia newspapers
notably the Fitzgerald Enterprise,
favor dividing Georgia into two states.
The arguments so far advanced IN
favor of the division are not, in our
opinion based upon any stronger
foundation than sectional sentiment
Perry Home Journal
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-06-10

They are working now for new
county, to be named Bleckley. OF the
making Of new counties, and the con-
sequent creation of new Offices, there
seems to be no end Georgia after
while will have as many counties as
some states have townships if this sub
division business keeps on
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-06-10

The world is always suspicious Of
the good deeds, of the trust magnates
when they are of a business turn. It
may have prevented a panic to absorb
the Tennessee Coal and Iron Company,
but the saviors enlarged their bank
accounts by the act.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-06-10

Accustom yourself to unreasonable
ness and injustice. Abide in peace in
the presence of God, who sees all
these evils more clearly than you do,
and who permits them. Be content
with doing with calmness the little
which depends upon yourself, and let
all else be to you as if it were not
Francois de 10 Mothe Fenelon.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-06-10

Another political dream has been
dlssipated. Roosevelt has not prom
Used to support Taft But maybe Taft
can get along without Teddys support.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-06-10
Fine School.

Your daughter should attend my
school of elocution.'
She shan't! She's attended one and
she's positively"
'Ah, but teach a new system
When my pupils are asked to recite
they are trained to refuse. Toledo
Blade
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-06-10
A Fresh Air Crank.

The mule, being in a temper, kicked
"a few boards out Of the side Of the
barn.
One of those fresh-air cranks, com
mented the horse to itself-Bufalo
Express.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-06-10

Madero wants genuine democracy toI
dominate the continent. But once Ma
dero gets the presidency he will doubt
less display a wonderful inclination TO
retain power.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-06-10
The Brute.

John, I listened to you for half an
hour last night while you were talking
in your sleep"
Thanks, dear, for your self-re-
straint. Chicago Record-Herald.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-06-10

VIII the Georgia legislature, soon 70
assemble, disturb or seek to disturb
the existing prohibition status? Seri-
ously, we doubt it-Rome Tribune
Herald.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-06-10

Going to have a new bathing suit
this year?"
NO, the one l wore last year is just
as good as new You know l didn't get
it wet once Detroit Free Press.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-06-10

These things I have spoken unto yoa
that in me We might have peace. IN
the world We shall have tribulation,
but be of good cheer; l have over
come the world.-John xvi, 80.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-06-10
Deaths Shining Mark.

Crawford-Who was the man killed
inthe wreck?
Crabshaw-I don't know, but he'll be
t1e fellow the coroner's jury will put
the blame on.-Life.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-06-10
CONDENSATION.
George qII snfffed.

George III snfffed
''Let 'em go!" he cried We'll get
more money by having EN- come over
to our coronation"
Calmly he watched America with
draW.-New York Sun.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-06-10
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(Shamas O'Sheel, in the Papyrus)

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(Shamas O'Sheel, in the Papyrus)
For all the glare of the lights
That seem to leave nothing bidder
The ancient luminous shadows
Come here, even here, unbidden.
The music is overload,
And the laughter is like to cries,
But the old significant silences
Sometimes conquer and rise.
/ sense in these futile revels
The desire Of the race,
And on an unattainuable beauty
On each weary or wanton face.
Here where all folly is loud,
And is spread for all to see,
am ever surely aware
OF wisdom and mystery.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-06-10
Reason Enough.

I've got the sack" said Spofins.
What have you been doing?' in
CURED Brown.
Nothing" replied lSpofins.
mo wonder you got discharged,
then" replied Brown.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-06-10
Most Desirable,

Mrs Grant-Didn't you feel terrible
when Oracle married the aeroplane
man?
Mrs. Wi1lers-No; he's a man she
can look up to--Chicago News.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-06-10
Explained.

Stella-What causes her insomnia :?
Bella-She takes so many beauty
exercises before retiring that it is
morning when she finishes.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-06-10

Helm afraid you are cold. Shall
| take of my coat and put it around
you?
She-You may put your coat round
me, but why take it off?-Life.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-06-10

Mrs. Mould-John, dear, do you re-
member old Mr.. Miserskin?
Mr.. Mound (the undertaker) Don t
II, Plain oak and brass fittings,
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-06-10
Americas, Ga, June %, '911.

4+% y y y y \ = y y y = =
y JUNE, WITH ROSES IN HER "
HAIR.
~ y ~ y y y y y y y !
June. with roses in her hair,
Climbs the mornings silver stair.
June, with cherries on her lips,
Through the gates Of goodness trips
Singing to her zithern fine
OF the honeyed eglantine;
June, the beautiful, the sweet,
Flashing on her giTlish feet.
June. with visions in her eyes,
Down the ladder of the skies
Steps on roses, rung by rung,
Virginia. as love, and yc2ng
With the laughter that she brings
On her harp of magic things;
June, the blushing maid OF morn,
Dancing 10 the fairy horn.
Winter, vanish and away!
Speed the heralds Of the day
To salute her, where she comes,
With the banners and the drums
or the woodland and the field
And the ripping rivers shield;
June, the laughing and the wild,
With the heart Of little child.
Hume. with lilies on her brow,
Comeskfn morns of music now,
Eafries in her silver car
B4eet her, and the golden star
Chants seraphic anthems there
Where her pinions 5-as the air;
June, the undiminished CLEAN
Of loves immemorial dream.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-06-10

IT looks like great crops ahead fo-
Sumter and surrounding counties.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-06-10

Bryan has been unnaturally quiet
since the Democratic caucus sat upon
him.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-06-10

'Iove makes the world go round
quoted the Wise Guy. yes" assentsu
the Simple Mug, provided you has9
enough rocks for ballast"
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-06-10
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Crank l.. Stanton, in the Atlanl
Constitution)
This here weather's hard to beat,
Country lane, or city street;
Cotton's got an early start.
Plant that melon!
Hot sun, with perspiring face;
ScOrchin' time in every place;
But we've got amazin grace
Thump that melon
What's the use o'feelin' blue,
When a west winds fannin you
Cut the red ripe heart in two
Slice that melon!
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-06-10

Fine crops mean fine business. Fall
looms up ahead magnificently.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-06-10

SOME
MORNING SMILES.

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Love is Blind.
A man may lead
A wrerched life,
Because he has
A Jealous wife,
Who somehow does
Not seem 70 see
Her spouse is plain
As plain can be-
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-06-10

Defer not till tomorrow to be wise;
Tomorrow's sun to thee may never
rise.-Congreve
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-06-10

Every man has some good habits
that are never found out.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-06-10

When will the paving commence?
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-06-10

Even the weather prophet is entitled
to his opinion.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-06-10
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Out with it boldly, truth loves open
dealing.-King Henry VIII
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-06-10
OFFICIAL ORGAN:
Titv af AmaricuS

City Of Americus.
Sumter County.
Webster County
Railroad Commission of Georgia For
Third Congressional District.
U. S. Court Southern District Of
Georgia.
The Holbrook news., 1911-07-14
SO SMOKE WHILE YOU MAY
.GN FIFTEEN YEARS PUFFS IN PUBLIC
 WILL BE OBSOLETE"
Doctor Wiley, the Government Chemist, objects to Involuntary Whifs of To- baccO He'd Have Smokers Retire
 to Worship Havana in Private.

 Washington, July 2. The tobacco trust, which went down for the count in a recent bare knuckle encounter with the su. preme court, is now called upon to step into the ring as the oppo- nents of one of the most scienti- fic opponents of the manly art of doing the other fellow before he does you. Dr. Harvey w. Wiley, head of the bureau of chemistry and famous as the originator of the poison squad" has joined crusade against the use of tobacco.
The Holbrook news., 1911-07-14

At the tap of the gong Doctor Wiley steps nimbly to the center of the ring and before his bulky antagonist can get his guard up leads off with this swing to the jaw:
 'I predict that within fifteen years smoking and tobacco chew ing in public will have become obsolete. ]"
 THE BAN ON SECOND HAND SMOKE
 Escaping a right: swing in re- turn by clever footwork the doctor jabbed in with this one:
 A man has perfect right to drink. chew or dip snuff in his private apartments. but he has not the shadow of right to in- fict unwholesome smoke on the community at large"
 As the round closed Doctor Wiley strengthened the trust up with this: There should be law, strictly enforced by the authorities, prohibiting smoking and chewing in public places or on the cars, where other persons are obliged to be-"
 NOT THAT IT'S HARMFUL.
 In brief, Doctor Wiley has joined the Nonsmokers of America, an organization which intends, in all faith, to start a crusade against the 'nefarious" practice. Doctor Wiley has thrown himself canvas suit and all, into the fight. which will be waged to the death against My Lady Nicotine.
 Doctor Wiley admits that a person, even of the gentle sex, may drink a tablespoonfulful of mellow rye" or puff a cigar or cigarette of pure ray without harm to the insides, but that is not excuse for the publicity of the deeds. In fact, Doctor Wiley stands for tobaccoless and drink less nation until eternity.
 Ladies fine writing paper, tablets, and scratch pads at the NEWS office.
The Holbrook news., 1911-07-14

Ladies fine writing paper, tablets, and scratch pads at the NEWS office.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-12-15

cadi's chamber at Meshed All "a
head was poked in the door a few
hours after our y arrival---so quickly
does news fly about, an Eastern town
and voice with q quaint accent
said: "Howdy do? You Americans?
So am l." Inasmuch as, no Christian
Is permitted to live In one of these
holy cities, it was rather startling to
be acclaimed by a fellow countryman.
The man then went on to say that he
was a Moslem. born in Canada, had
lived most OF his life In the United
States, and had wandered East in
pursuit of his trade as q machtnist,
and was now running a grist mill and
shades of the prophet-an ice-mak-
ing machine in the city. He was
glad to talk the speech of the lands
that he loved best, and his comments
upon his fellow Moslems were marked
by all the freedom of the West. But
he was making good money" and
would remain, as the advance guard
of western civilization.
And the West is coming even this
far East. This very tide Of pilgrims
is a factor In the awaking of the
world that might not occur to one who
had not seen its proportions or Its
character. People come from all over
the Orient to these shrine cities. They
meet and fraternize at the wayside
inns, as we'll as in the cities which
are their goals. Travellers in the East
talk together more than In the West.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-12-15

OF these tribes, and has become an
assistant sheikh, or adviser to the
tribe. His name is williamson. but
he refuses to. talk very much about
himself to the few foreigners who
have met him. He is an educated man,
and says that his one regret at liv-
ing among the Arabs-for he dresses
and lives exactly as other members
of the tribe-is the lack OF books. He
made periodical visits to the Ameri-
can missionaries in Bosra to secure
literature, but they have not seen him
now for a considerable time. and they
fear he has persisted in one of the af-
trays of which he told them such in
teresting tales. A man would have
to be ronder of the simple life than
most of us. and thirstiera for ,adven-
ture, to cast in his lot with r these
poor. dirty and lazy Arabs. -,
Treasures Dug Up by the Arabs.
AS near as the average Arab ever
comes to work In this part Of the
world is when he sets to digging for
"antikas," as the antiquities which he
unearths from the sand are called.
The advent of archaeologists has
meant a new era for Bedouin. The
University of Pennsylvania expedition
at Niffur found a pot Of gold, and as
the Arabs avarice overmasters his
laziness he is forever seeking for the
hidden treasures of the ancient Baby.
lonian civilization which flourished
here. Even the statues and bronzes
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-12-15

They gather at nightfall about the
common fire and tales Of all the
earth are told. Because these men
cannot read does not mean that they
are fools; and as they discuss, literal
ly, the affairs of nations, there is Gre
ated that intangible thing called pub
lie opinion. The advantages of west
ern education, of western mechanical
appliances, of western justice, and Of
western conveniences, are all fully
thrashed out. We commonly speak OF
the newspaper, the telegraph and the
steam engine as great agencies OF CIV
1lizations; added to these must be
the wayside conversations Of the leis-
urely East.
Camel Farms on the Desert.
Further south on the Mesopotamian
desert than the shrine cities are vii
lagos of Arabs, who subsist largely by
raising camels. The crop of camels
is larger than one would think, for In
this region alone their number is le-
gion. Thousands Of female camels,
feeding on the camel-thorn which
seems At for nothing but fuel, and
thousands Of baby camels, feeding on
the mothers, are a sight like nothing
else in the world. The funny little
beasts, with most absurdly long legs,
are covered with a soft wool, white.
black, or fawn color, and they scam
per about the desert as If they had
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-12-15
OLD CHINESE ROLLS FOUND
Thousands Of Manuscripts on Silk d.
covered In Grottos by q
French Explorer.

Paul Pelliot, tho young French q.
plorer Of Chinese Turkestan, found In
caverns at Tuan-Huang silk rolls
which are Chinese manuscripts. some
Of them embroidered by artists who
seem to have stepped out Of "The
Arabian Nights" These rolls have
been immured In these grottos for
nine hundred years, and when de-
ciphered and translated will tell the
story of a civilization that hour1shed
over a thousand years ago and II
dead
The explorer brought back fve thou.
rand rolls; but as there are five hun
dred grottos, he believes many more
libraries will be found. ..-. E.
In the last few years archaeologists
at work In the Mediterranean island
Of Crete have unearthed ruins and pot
terry which prove that civilized people
inhabited Greece as far back ~ the
year 5000 B. C. The system Of drain
axe in the prehistoric city q 0nossus.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-12-15

Into the governors own pew Of the
old Boston church, one Sunday in 1882,
stalked gigantic 1ndian-causing as
much excitement and general commo-
ton as q hawk in dove cote. From
mouth to mouth was whispered the
news that the strange visitor was Mi
antonomoh, the famous sachem, who.
with his uncle, Canonicus, ruled the
mighty Narragansett nation"
He had come to Boston on mission
Of peace, and was the honored guest
Of Governor Winthrop. In fact, all
the authorities put themselves to vast
trouble to make the visit pleasant for
this grim, wise, silent young Indian.
For it was needful just then to court
the friendship Of the Narragansetts.
Miantonomoh, being only a savage,
believed in all the Puritans' protesta-
tons of friendship. To his uncorrupt-
ed Indian mind pledge Of friendship
was sacred, and friends should stick
together through good and evil for
tune alike.
A Trust That Was Betrayed.
Miantonomoh, when Canonicus died
in 1886, became sole ruler of the Mar
ragansetts, Rhode Island being his
headquarters, and his own palace
wigwam being perched on what is now
known as Tonomy hill, just north Of
Newport. When the gentle clergy
man, Roger Williams, was driven from
Massachusetts by the Puritans he was
warmly welcomed by Miantonomoh,
who gave him land and provisions.
In 1887, when the PeQuot war began,
Miantonomoh sent the governor of
Massachusetts the hand of a slain Pc
quot and 240 feet of wampum as an
evidence Of his own peoples friend
Illness. When the colonists that year
marched against the Pequots, Man.
tonomoh and his braves joined the
militia. This action made the Pequots
hate Miantonomoh. They sent him
word that If ever he should fall into
their hands they would punish his
treachery toward them and his friend
ship for the settlers by boiling him in
a caldron of oil.
Uncas, the Mohegan chief, was
looming up more and more important
in Indian politics. The Puritans saw
the urgent need Of securing the friend