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Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1912-12-03
congress NET YESTERDAY FOR
SHORT Term WITH USUAL Ceremonies
Senator A. o. Bacon is Presiding Over Senate While
Speaker Clarke Occupies Chair in the House

Washington, d. c., Dec. 2.-Con-
gress met promptly at noon today fol
the short session that will terminate
with the incoming of the democratic
administration.
Great crowds in the galleries lookca
down on the animated scene.
Speaker Clark in the house ald
Senator Bacon, presiding in the sea
ate, raped the respective bodies u
order at the stroke of IL.
Plans for the first days session in
lhe house had been laid out by Speal-
er Clark early in the day. They oro-
vided for the call of the roll by
stltes as soon as the chaplain Re-.
Chas. N .Couden, had offered prayer.
Resolutions had been prepared in
each house for the appointment of The
joint committee to notify President
aft that congress had convened and
was ready to receive any message,
Further resolutions provided for COM
mittees from each house to notify the
other that a quorum had been secured
Great animation was shown at both
ends of the capitol as the hour for
convening drew near. Speaker Clark
was besieged by returning members
and held a number of informal mem
bers and held a number of informal
conferences, some of them with sena-
tors who came to discuss plans for CO.
operation between the bodies.
Chairman Underwood was also a
center of attention, and with other
members of the ways and means com
mittee, held short conference with
the speaker. Representative Payne
and the minority republicans OF tie
ways and means committee also paid
visits in compliment to the speaker.
The senate end of the capital was
rather less animated but senator's be-
gan gathering early to discuss plans
for the session.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1912-12-03
BALKAN WAR
. MAY BE At
= end SOON
IF THE ALLIES Can AGREE
Terms Favorable Offered to
the Turks

AZ London, Dec. 2.-The work OF
! gharting new map of what hitherto
las been European Turkey will begIn
u MAmmediately after the signing of the
= armistice by plenipotentiarie of
turkey and the Balkan allies tomor-
low. If the allies are able to agre
aIn0ng themselves as to the portions
ofthe spoils they are to receive, there
seems no probability of a resumption
of ihostilities.
THE comparatively favorable terms
which seem to have been offered to
Turkey are SO different from the orig
inal proposals that they suggest the
idea that the governments of the Bal
kan league realize that with winter
gripping the country, Turkey has
gained an ally which will prove more
fatal to the armies fronting Adriano-
ple Scutari and Tchatalja than have
been the Ottoman cannon.
No adjustment of the Austro- Serv-
ian dispute is yet Visible. Vienna
continues to show pessimism and the
newspapers there maintain their
threatening attitude; but in spite of
this, official relations between st. Pet
ersburg and Vienna seem to have be-
come somewhat more cordial and it
is thought in diplomatic quarters that
eventually Servia will secure a small
mercantile port on the Adriatic sea,
connecting with Servia by railroad.
In the meantime, however, Servia has
trod on Italy's toes by quartering {.
regiment of the troops which recently
occupied the port of Durazzio in the
Italian school buildings there. An
energetic request to have the troops
removed has been made by the Italian
consul.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1912-12-03

board of education closed the debate
the amendment to strike out that por-
ton wherein secondary institutions be
not allowed to grant degrees was lost
by a vote of 96 to 80. And as it now
stands these secondary institutions
will continue to grant degrees in
keeping with the announced course oe
study
Rev. J. NJ. Bass, of Macon, and Re i.
Arthur Moore, of Waycross, were APP
pointed conference evangelists; Res.
Francis Radcliffe, missionary evan
gelist to the valdosta district, and
Francis Ratcliffe, missionary evan
gelist to McRae district; Rev. W. II.
Budd, missionary secretary to the
mission board,
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1912-12-03
FEAST OF SOLDIER BOYS
SPREAD AT ARMORY
Light Infantry Enjoys Pos
sum Supper

The Light Infantry, which recently
has enjoyed several oyster suppers at
the armory, switched to 'possums last
night and enjoyed to fullest extent a
feast in which this seasonable delica-
cy constituted the piece de resistance.
Remarkable to relate, the roll call dis
closed not an absentee, rank or file.
and to the list of diners was added
several former officers and good
friends of the soldier boys, who are
ccnnoisseurs of 'possum suppers Is.
we'll as of oyster feasts.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1912-12-03
MRS. PRATHER WILL
ENTERTAIN W. c. T.U'
From 3 to 5 O'clock This
Afternoon

Announcement was made yesterday
that Mrs. w. S. Prather kill enter
tain the members of the Woman s
Christian Temperance union this af-
ternoon from to 5 o'clock at her res
idence on Lee street. Mrs. Prather Is
a charming hostess, and the afternoon
entertainment will be delightful one
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1912-12-03
PROPOSE TO
MAKE PERKINS
THE GOAT
TO CINE HIM GRAND BOUNCE
If Teddy Will Shut His Eyes
to the Trick

Washington, D. c., Dec. 2.-Unless
| Theodore Roosevelt's unsparing hand
crushes it in embyro, a determined eff
fort to unload George W. Perkins as
one of the leaders of the party will be
made at the general progressive con-
ference to be held in Chicago early in
the present month. This fact leaked
out from Progressive sources here to-
day, and there is little doubt the anti
Perkins movement has behind it some
of the most active and reputable of
the men who were conspicuous in the
late campaign for the election Of
Roosevelt to a third term.
1t is believed that Clifford Pinchot
and James A. Garfield are in sympa-
thy with the plan to get rid of Per-
kins, whom they are said to regard as
an incubus on the progressive cause
because of his corporation affiliations.
Moreover the specific charge is made
here that it was by Perkins express
orders that the antitrust plank that so
Imysteriously disappeared from the pro-
gressive platform was stricken out
after it hal been adopted with practi-
cal unanimity.
1t is also said that Perkins sought
to have incorporated in the platform a
plank dealing with the insurance ques-
ton that was calculated to advance
his own interests as an insurance
magnate. But the progressives re-
belled against the adoption of this
plank and Perkins dropped the mat
ter, not venturing to go the length of
inserting in the platform a declara1,
ton which his associates expressly
and emphatically turned down. But
he did venture to suppress the dis
tasteful antitrust plank that attempt
ed to define the attitude of the Bull
Moosers on this burning question.
The sincere progressive element in
the party believe that the prominence
of Perkins in both the pre-convention
and election campaign did an immense
amount of harm to the cause and they
are convinced that he will continue
to handicap it in the future is steps
be not taken to unload him or at
least to relegate him to back seat.
One of the most interesting and sig
nificant features of the story current
here is that the proposition to can"
Perkins was submitted to Colonel
Roosevelt, but did not seem to make 4
hit with that practical gentleman. This
is not surprising, considering the fact
that, had it not been for Perkins Law
ish contributions to the pre-conven-
ton fund, the whole thing would have
proved flash in the pan, and there
would not have been any second Chi
cago convention. Perkins total con-
| tributions to the cause during the pre-
convention campaign and later, have
been officially stated at $122,500, but it
is believed he gave far larger sum
first and last.
The belief is general here that the
officers of the Progressive national
committee suffered seriously from a
lapse of memory when it came to
making up their expense account.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1912-12-03
new RAILROAD
SURVEY NOW
IN IN PROGRESS
SURVEYING FROM BOTH WAYS
Estimates of Cost Should Soon
Be Available

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Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1912-12-03
Women Of Harem Escane From Turk,

Women Of Harem Escape From Turks.
Paris, Dec. 2.-Turkish harems have
been considerably depleted since the
ottoman capital has been threatened
by the Bulgarian army. Many of the
EDUCATED women belonging to the es.
'aohshments of Turkish personages
OF nigh rank have taken advantage 81
unsettled conditions in Constantine.
PIE to escape from the harems and
proceed to Western Europe. A few
nave come to Paris, and these show
e'iuehce Of having departed in grea
haste. They possess very little money
Du' nave brought with them muc,
splendid iewelry and some fine silks.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1912-12-03
MISSIONARY WORKERS
WILL BE ENTERTAINED
At the Home Of Mrs. Kelly
This Evening

Mrs John Kelly will entertain this
evening from until IL o'clock for the
members of the Young Peoples Mis-
sionary society of the First Methodist
church. An occasion of unusual en-
joyment is expected by the young peo-
pie who will share the hospitality Of
Mrs, Kelly.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1912-12-03
To Resume Work ON Roads.

Selma, Ala, Dec. 2.-Work has been
resumed on the construction Of roads
here after a suspension of several
weeks on account of bad weather. The
roads are being built by contract.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1912-12-03

York, Ala, Dec. 2.-The recent light
snowfall here, it is estimated, damag-
ed truck farms to the ex tent of $4,000.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1912-05-03
the DEAF :. and MOVING PICTURES

:. "a. .Hf7 d
There is no class of people to
whom the moving picture is as much
of boon as to the deaf and dumb,
says the Stroller in Seattle Argus
Especially is this true if they are
lip readers.
Many persons who have never
had any experience do not put any
stock in lip reading. But after one
has talked with a person who is
stone deaf, but sees and understands
every word that you say, one cannot
help realizing that it is a wonderful
thing.
The Stroller saw party of deal
mutes at one of the moving picture
houses recently. One in the party
was evidently a lip reader, and every
little while he would say something
with his hands, during a very seri-
Gus part Of the picture, and the
whole party would laugh as hearth
ly as their vocal limitations would
permit.
The stroller was interested and
after many efforts managed to get
in touch with lip reader who is
deaf, but not dumb.
THE characters in a moving
picture" said the lip reader, have
certain lines to say, just as they do
in a play on the stage. Many OF
these l can follow. But DON think
for a moment that the characters
adhere strictly to the text prepared
for them.
mot very long ago I went to a
First avenue picture house. One OF
the films was decidedly melodra.
matte. The heroine had been de-
Tending herself with a knife, which
i she held in her hand. The hero
! rushed upon the stage.
Thank God,' said he, Ihave
found you at last
THE heroine, still holding he1
tragic pose, replied, For the love
of Mike, Billy, don't come any
nearer. I can smell your breath
clear across the room.'
] AT another time a young man
/ and young girl were making love
very prettily when he broke in with
Say, Madge, I won twenty to one
shot this afternoon, and they con-
tinued talking about that until the
end of their scene, acting like lov-
ers all the time.
"Of course some Of the converse
ton is in French, or some other
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1912-05-03
BARNES BIG SHOWS

Tucked away somewhere deeply
in the inner most consciousness OF
every human being is the remember
ance of the first circus ever at
tended. Time has wrought many
changes but the circus has not gone
backwards. In the onward progress
the AL G. Barnes Big Three Ring
Wild Animal Circus has forged to
the front until now it is the largest
exhibition of its kind in the world.
This big show will give two full and
complete performances, Kennewick
on Monday, May 10.
The AL G.. Barnes Circus is the
one show that's different. 1t IS in
class by itself. The feats per-
formed by the man eating forest
bred animals have never before been
duplicated in any exhibition. No
better tribute could be paid to Mr..
Barnes than that by one of Ameri-
cas- foremost college presidents who,
after witnessing a performance re-
ferred to it in a personal letter to
the owner as, "a college for the
higher education of dumb beasts. y
With the show is carried $50 ed
ucated and trained animals. Among
them are twenty African forest-bred
lions, herd of elephants, caravan
of camels, including a baby ship
of the desert,' leopards, Bengal
tigers, pumas bears, jaguars, hyenas,
zebras, monkeys of every known
species, dogs and ponies. Every
animal carried with the show is a
performer.
Some idea of the magnitude OF
the show may be obtained when one
takes into consideration that it re-
quires twenty-eight specially con-
structed railroad cars to transport
this geological paradise. Three hun
dred employees are required to op-
crate it. ~"'
A gorgeous, glittering, maston-
donic street parade, one mile in
length, headed by two trumpeting
military bands, will leave the show
grounds at 1920 O'Clock on the
day of the exhibition. Two per-
formances will be given in the water
proof tents at 2 and s p. m.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1912-05-03
IT'S DRY

A man who won lie about anything else,
Who sticks to the truth in most all that
he tells, - u
Will lie about climate-and lie, lie and
lie!
Nor any one yet has explained to me
why -n '''.~ ''f 5
He says: "Oh it goes hundred degrees
Sometimes in the summer; but such
days as these
You really don't notice the heat, If you
For it's dryv'
1t must be habit-inherited vice
That leads the home people to cling to
these lies.
Or else it seems traitorous if they de-
clare
The climates not always idyllic and
fair.
1.-The days may be hot, but the air does
not hold
The heat; and as soon as the shadows
unfold
At dusk, why, the nights will be cool,
even cold!-
For it's dry!'
1t seems to be granted, no matter what
height
Or depth of degree it may be, day or
night,
It's not to be noted how low or how
high .T<
The mercury goes, just so long as it's
dry. ~f 7-t* '*
And so they assure you hundred and
In the shade, or forty below now and
then,
Is nothing at all; you will crave it
again
IF it's dryv'
And I'm sure that the devil devil
there be
Will say to me sometime if he captures
me-: r-- =
"Oh, yes; it gets warm in our summers,
you see
But it's dry!' j. w. FOLEY
in Saturday Evening Post
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1912-05-03

language, and when I strike pic
ture like that I am all at sea, but
believe me, I get enough pleasure
out of watching the lip movements
in moving pictures to pay for the
time l have spent in studying the
subject
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1912-05-03

Any tomato grower interested in
the discovery of some method of the
control Of the yellow blight of the
tomato is given an opportunity to
cooperate with the Plant Patholo-
gist of the Experiment Station.
Much progress has already been
made in the direction of ascertain
ing the nature and the habits of the
causative organism, but many facts
are difficult to secure by one man
unless his observations cover a period
of many years. In order to shorten
this period, the Experiment Station
desires to collect mass Of data for
this coming season; and to secure
those data a list Of questions will be
sent to each grower who cares to
lend hand. It need hardly be
said that such assistance will meet
with the genuine appreciation of
the Plant Pathologist. Help your
self by helping him. Write let
ter today to H. B. Humphrey, Plant
Pathologist of the Experiment Sta
ton, Pullman, Washington.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1912-10-31
LETTERS FROM THE PEOPL T

working negroes all of nay manhood
days, and L have never found one
who proved to be reliable, longer
than to find what he considered an
opportunity to show his nature.
They are positively not reliable, and
not capable of being fully RESPONSE
bic. We drive no immortality into
the negro quarters. He invites such
immortality to his place. The negro
is so anxious to associate with the,
whites, that he gives honor and en-
couragement to the lowest grade of
whites, and is more than anxious to
indulge with him in his filth. We
require no physical test of the ne
gro. We are even afraid to trust
him in our fire companies, where
quick and strong action is needed
to protect the peoples property
We have no moral standing for him,
for he does not receive any back set
in his opportunities by telling his
employer a lie. 1t is only consid-
cred as a NEGRO" in it. He is not
put to any political test, for he
is expected to vote with the Repub-
licans, because they claim to have
set him free. and give him equality
with the whites
Every statement made by the
Literary Digest" in the article re-
ferred to above is wrong. Every
Northern writer is convinced of his
error, as soon as he has an oppor-
tunity to learn the truth about the
negro. The negro is not one of us,
and not like us. He should not be
compared to US.
J. d. AUSTIN.
Tampa, Fla.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1912-10-31

forced upon the Indians at the time
OF Columbus, says:
You also noted oppression did
not cease, but that the king, inf1u-
enced by the material interests and
the welfare Of his councillors, i. e.
those who engaged in the slavery
business, in other words the oppres-
sors of-the Indians, issued decree,
says Father Genin, declaring that
the servitude of the Indians was
warranted by the laws of God and
man, etc., and going so far as to.
affirm that the Indians could never
be civilized unless they were sub
jected to Spaniards.
Let us now leave off the word.
'enslaving the Indians and put in
it's stead SciYilizing the Indians
which is only a humbug, as it was
meant by the government of Spain.
The reading of this paragraph re-
called to my mind that at the time
of which the priest swrote the king.
of Spain was a most devout Catholic
and that he virtually took all his.
orders and issued all his DEGREES
through the Holy Father" in Rome
A STUDENT OF HISTORY.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1912-10-31
Z. r. HAS USED SOME OF POPU-
LISTS TEA CHfNGS.

Dear Sir: Many of your friends
here are going to vote for T. R.-his
attempted assassination has made
him more friends. He has taken a
great deal of the Populist teachings
of the ninety's, and some of the So
cialist teachings. Whittier are We
tending? / should not be much sur.
prised any day, to hear of some at,
tempt on the life of our president,
and should such a thing occur, then
should some demented or indamed
mind attempt to strike down Mr.
Wilson should not be surprised.
In such event it seems to me anar-.
chy would reign. How I long for
the South and West to unite and
control our government, as you
have labored and pleaded for these
long years, / trust the time is COM
ing. God bless, strengthen, and
guide you in your holy mission.
Sincerely yours,
T S. JOHNSON.
jefferson, Ga.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1912-10-31
INTERESTING NOTES FROM
STUDENT. OF HISTORY.

STUDENT OF HISTORY.
Dear Sir: After reading history
for twenty years, for it was my ia
Yofite pastime when child, I find
that for the majority of that time I
have been reading it with my eyes
shut. With a love for history of
America and the Aborigines, I had
come to look upon the work of the
early Jesuits as the most common
dable in the pages of the true record
OF the country. Only was my opin-
ion changed when / came into ner
sonal contact with these Jesuits as /
was searching for additional data
upon the early history of the order
among the Indians of the North
west.
The record of the Roman Catholic
church among the Dakota Sioux is
very much the history of one man.
rather Genln, whose writings are
multitudionous and which may be
easily obtained. To the person who
reads these letters and CONTEMPORARY
history with his eyes instead of with
his prejudices, they are full of the
most debasing efforts on the part
OF a paganistic teaching to eircun-
scribe intellectually. Also in these
letters stand out a gIaring condem-
nation for the church of Rene in it's
early attitude in connection with
the Indian, unwittingly Father &C.
min shows the spirit which PROMPTED
the priest to carry his gospel to
the Red man.
In the compilation of the North
dakota Historical society, (Vol. /.
beginning at page 1000 Mrs. Linda
W. Slaughter, a devout Catholic.
writes a sketch of the early mis-
slonaries of Rome. On page 254
she writes these words:
The Indians Of the Northwest did
not at first take kindly to Protestant
teachings. They were born pagans.
without definite ideas of the future
lie, but with great respect for all
tnat was mysterious. The ceremony
or the mass appealed strongly to the
mysticism of their untaught natures.
The black robe of the priest became
sacred to them, as the syraboI of
religion, and the cross was holy in
IN their eyes as representative of all
That was good and mysterious.
TO Catholicy, and listened eagerly to
the counsels of the good priests. p
1t is quite natural that a pagan
Indian should readily grasp the
teachings of pagan religion. even
though it carry the outward brand
OF Christianity. Having no definite
idea regarding the future, it is but
natural they should become easy
dupes for the priest and that the
ceremony of the mass should appeal
to them. And it is easy to believe
the writer's statement that being
born pagans they became readily
converts to Catholicy''
On page 262 of the. same volume
OF historical facts, Mrs. Slaughter
quotes from a letter written by
Father Genin to The Freeman s
Journal, Catholic publication. Tho
priest in referring to the slavery
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1912-10-31
HAS HEARD THE HOUNDS BARK
ING.
ING.

Dear Sir: am a subscriber to
all your valuable papers, could not
exist with any satisfaction without
them. Have been a great admirer
Of yours for at least twenty years,
have heard the hounds barking on
your track, but glory to God, they
have never freed you yet, they may
bring in new set of pups included,
but l am of the opinion that you are
made OF such metal that will with
stand them all. I was once an ad-
mirer of Hoke Smith and took the
Atlanta Journal a number Of years,
but have long since cut them out,
and would turn my back to any one
who would offer me a copy Of the
rotten lying paper.
/ was overjoyed when I read a let
ter IN The Jcffersonian signed G. Fl.
Cunyus, l am satisfied it is Greed,
we were class mates in school when
we were boys, and / would give
great deal more than peck of red
apples il | could see his dear old
face one more time. Brother Wat
son am glad to know that you are
using that wise head of yours so
full Of knowledge and wisdom for
the uplift of our proud civilization.
May God spare you to a ripe old age,
for it does seem to me that you,
above all others, are the one who
will expose the rottenness that now
exists nour lawmakers, and also
the highland of the Roman Catho-
lies.
J. M. SIMS.
Ashburn, Ga.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1912-10-31

Socialists and Socialism, by Thos.
&c Watson is an utterly unanswera-
bic argument against the Herr Bebel
brand of Socialism. Price, soc, post
paid. The JeffersOnian Publishing
Company, Thomson, Ga.