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Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1912-02-13
For Tax COIlpciOr

l announce my candidacy for re,
election as tax collector of Sumta-
5ounty, subject to the action OF tbs
Democratic primary, and respectfully
ask the support of the voters of tht
county. |. B. SMALL.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1912-02-13

The New York World thinks Wilson
is selling his birthright of independ-
ence OF thought for a Bryan mess OF
pottage
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1912-02-13

Any Democrat who does not agree
with Bryan as to methods is necessar-
lily corrupt and a hireling of the in
terests.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1912-02-13

Plumbing is said TO be four thous-
and years old. No wonder the plum
bers are such adopts in running up
bills Now how old is the gas bust
ness?
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1912-02-13
For Solicitor of CITY Court,

| hereby announce myself a candi
late for solicitor of the City Court
subject to the Democratic. primary
March 81. E. A. NISBET.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1912-02-13

Taft is now said to regard himself
as invincible. This is good enough
to spring on April first
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1912-02-13
JOHN T. HOWELL.
For County Commissioner.

| hereby announce my candidacy
for the position of County Commits
sioner, subject to the Democratic
primary to be held March Fl.
d. M. BORUM.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1912-02-13

A homely woman must be smart in
order to prevent the world from dis
covering her lack of beauty.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1912-02-13

Gov Brown will cut his cotton acre
age twenty-five per cent. All the 9th
er politicians are signing up, too
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1912-02-13

Roosevelt will get the noise and
Taft will get the delegates, That is
the way the Wilmington Star puts it.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1912-02-13

1t takes lots of people a lifetime tC
make up their mind to speak the
truth.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1912-02-13

A man can feel so blue over losing
bank note that it won't worry him a
bit to lose his reputation.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1912-02-13

Bryan will not play in anybody's
back yard unless he is allowed to
have his own way.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1912-02-13

There probably never was a man So
wise that some woman couldn't teach
him few things
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1912-02-13

De Hitt-And is old Misery so very
close in his. dealings?
De Witt-Close? Why, he wanted
to pay less for desk calendar for the
month of February because it did not
contain as many days as the other
months.
The Colorado statesman., 1912-01-13
THE IDLE NEGRO.

LAST WEEK had something
the cooed American Perhaps other classes
necessary
The difficulties
When the things
find others employ
minaton and untrng the
the times and of the people
we
before them important
humanity Looking Immediately
while
realize disabling
the world
intelligence
knowledge and modern
ambition and the hob
evey
the der gambler hiess
be
nothing
demnaton will bring Negroes realization
The Colorado statesman., 1912-01-13
IDEAL SOCIALISM.

practical proposition
application
political
ordinary individuals Socialist
der the glare of phta light and delivered supeca educated
the simple Uopa which
had detained them his audience The capac
the idle
ldeined
amazed auditor from these foottofoot talks"
Socialist argumentave individual with large
owmen
in
conditions relations all
possible
development calls for the
the
realize the depths
which political Socialist
Cripple
calism will hardly his farhaing when
II believe all
political Socialism
do find Socialists
obta citcsm.
Socialism
palpable truth. active Socialist"
The Colorado statesman., 1912-01-13
o. (O0QQl1QElQlpQlQQQ 80
Three Straight Games
TOOOODO0E50OO000O0OOI
(copyright. 1911. by Associated Literary Pre.s)
By MICHAEL J. PORTER

He's won over everybody around
here" :,
I'm beat him in my sleepi" g.,
"But / don't want you to-
"Why% .
Because I want to beat him my
self. | want to beat MIN at checkers
and then mary him."
"Shoo! l never heard the like. Q
thought women married for love-"
ITS sometimes just as we'll to love
! after marriage. When l was girl at
home l played a pretty good game OF
che cckers, didn't II"
"Um-m-m-m. Yes, remember"
But not good enough?"
mot good enough to beat county
champion"
Now listen. You are not to Iet
! on here in Hillsdale that you ever
played game. You are to devote six
hours day to instructing me. You
have got to teach me all the tricks IN
the business
And then what?"
"Ill play against this man and beat
him and marry him!"
81 don't see how beating a man as
checkers is going"
You never mind that Teach me
to beat him and Ill take care OF the
rest"
Work was begun the next day. and
1t was thirty days and one more for
good measure when the father said:
That's enough, Mary. | can't
teach you another darned trick. Say,
but hn
propose after ALL"
Then mawbe you've got a mush-
room for daughter!"
The game of checkers that was;
brought about between the widow and
widower will be remembered in Hills
dale until long after the children OF
that day are married off. 1t was
brought about through badinage on
the part OF the widow-a little badi-
mage and a little boasting The nov
city of playing checkers with wo-
man rather appealed to Mr.. Narmore.
The struggle came off in the town,
hall, where the hundreds of specta-
tors could see. On that day, an hour
before the game began, the widow
Dakin, the widow Stevens and the.
"iuoW everett tainted away ana naU
to have the doctor. They realized
that they were out of the running.
There were predictions that the
struggle, which was to be for the
best three games out of five. would
last a week. A whole day was the
most conservative prediction, and
many spectators brought noon lunch
con. But things went like cyclone
after a rabbit. In two hours 1t was
begun and ended The widow Harper
wor three straight games, and the
widower Narmore never had chance.
There were cheers and shouts and
yells, and the victor was draped in.
Old Glory.
Daughter, what was Narmore say
ing to you after the gamer" asked
the father after the two had reached.
home.
Why, he was asking me to be his.
wife"
by thunder!"
But doesn't man want wife that
he can brag of and that everybody
else will brag of? Thanks, daddy.
You can go back home now II you,
are lonesome for mother!"
The Colorado statesman., 1912-01-13

. The people who are kicking against mo-
nopolies are mostly those who think they
are not in them. Nearly everybody except
the tramp, probably 80 per cent of the en-
tire population, men, women and children,
are to some degree, directly or indirectly,
interested in big business, corporations or
trusts.
Anyone having as much as single dol
lar deposited in open account in national
bank is indirectly interested in the success,
stability and profits of big business of some
kind.
Bankers cannot afford to paw rent and
The Colorado statesman., 1912-01-13
Turkey Thoughts.

H. o. Blaisdell, the worlds cham
pion typewriter, was talking to New
York reporter at the Madison Square.
garden about speed.
You acquire speed" he said, only
by keeping your mind on it all the
time. Your thoughts throughout the
year must bear on that one thing as
the little boys thoughts bore on one.
thing in December.
"The little boys teacher was giving
him lesson in anatomy. She said:
"'Now. suppose we took the head
and the trunk from body, what
would be left
"The boy. his thoughts concentrated
on tho Christmas dinner that was ap-
preaching, answered:
""The giblets, ma'am.'"
The Colorado statesman., 1912-01-13
Momentous Business.

DR.. George B. Chopin of Church
road. North st. Louis, recently had
patient who for five years had worked
eight hours day, performing the
Same task of putting pieces of wood
against buzz saw and turning out
lengths for wagon spokes. But his
hand came into contact with the saw
teeth one day and damaged three I'm
gers.
That is how Doctor Chopin came
into his life. Every day he watched
the physician dress his wounds, un-
winding the old bandage and putting
on the new. At last he could contain
himself no longer, and exclaimed:
Gee. doctor, your business must
be monotonous!"
The Colorado statesman., 1912-01-13
All
People
Are
Interested
In Trusts
BY E.H. WELLS, Glen Moore. NJ.

salaries and accept and deposits their books
guard and be responsible honor and keep of
checks they lend for profit the money
people doing big business. 80 '..~
The banks with funds not loaned the bonds
of corporations and trusts In the savings banks and deposit
companies where small interest allowed depositors the necessity
these institutions loanng investing the surplus still
greater. -.a sfsr34 ii*-,,~.
So interested big
directly indirectly to the amount of
savings and deposits, be it less
If savings small interested in big business indirectly
through the banks where deposit.
If large buy the stocks and bonds of the big
poaons outright So that all in the boat and there
question of morals involved
If kick and hammer big business kicking and hammen
ourselves.
The Colorado statesman., 1912-01-13
Making
Friends
With
Various
Animals
BY H. J. HILL

the oo seemingly unconcerne hardly had his announced
the whining and
crawling behind the skirts of the hunters wife,
The had all she could do to comfort the badly frightened
animal.
intelligence of animals the
value of their affection
make friends dogs birds, they always
friends They study and know better than know hem
regret disappointed in having bestowed your
kindness these friends.
The Colorado statesman., 1912-01-13

he promotion OF education the mind of the
who inauguraed the general
in Massachusetts, and formed the basis of his appeal
encouragement In 1889 Horace Mann devoted the
this
free town libraries in Massachusetts, and that few books them
educational value He deprecated the evils of reading
insisted school libraries which should Cultivate the germs nte
gence, benevoence and truth"
Through his influence the general court passed of
which eliminated in the act of 1851 granting city
the commonwealth authority establish
the interest of public education.
What the state understands by public education appears pre-
mbe and statutes of Massachusetts relating thereto The
ute May 1912, declared that Foasmuc the good education chill
dren of singular behoo commonwealth the
town shall that children taught perfectly English
tongue
Before 1880 the of Massachusetts, had expanded that the
lowing article inserted in the state constitutions "Wsdom
edge well virtue dued generally among the body of people,
being for the preservation of their rights and liberties
shall be the duty of Legislatures and magistrates all periods
this commonwealth cherish the interests of literature the
to encourage private and public institutions for the promo
The Colorado statesman., 1912-01-13
Always Backward.

A couple Of women. well seated on a
crowded street car. were loudly en-
gagged In a conversation regarding
woman suffrage. to the delight Of their
fellow passengers. The two were
somewhat startled when the car pass
ed the corner at which they wished
to alight. They hustled through the
standing crowd. continuing their con-
yersation meanwhile Well" re-
marked a man to the conductor.
there's nothing backward about
women nowadays" Watch 'em get
or" said the official They got on
backward!
The Colorado statesman., 1912-01-13

I believe that many of our household
animals can understand our conversation,
and comprehend much of the daily talk be-
who is great hunter of foxes and rabbits,
and when 1 visited him some time ago
found him in the act of cleaning his hunt
ing gun.
1 said to him, care you getting ready
to go hunting?"
NO." he replied, 81 am going to shoot
Bob here. The dog is getting too old and
stiff for hunting"
The dog until then had been lying on
The Colorado statesman., 1912-01-13
Public
Library
How Attitude
Toward Fiction
May be Fixed

HE attitude of public libraries toward fiction be deter
mined by the purpose for which they have been established and
maintained This purpose recorded in their deeds of gift
in the charters under whose authority they act and the
published reports of their trustees public education The
charter of typical Massachusetts library gives the purpose
of its Incorporation 'he diffusion of knowledge promo
ton of intellectual Improvement Trustees uniformly base
appeals for public support upon the educational value of their
libraries.
The Colorado statesman., 1912-01-13

ton of agriculture arts, sciences trades manufactures
and natural history of the country; to countenance
and incucate the principles of humanity and general
benevoence, charity, industry and frugality honesty
and puncuality sincerity good hurhor and all social
affections, and generous sentiments among the people,.
So long, therefore, this conception of the scope
of public education prevails and long the promo
on of such education is recognized their legitimate
purpose, the ideal attitude of our public libraries
toward all fiction which tends to accomplish this great
des gn must be of friendliness and welcome
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1912-11-21
Fliuht Of a Honey Bee.

George S. Demuth, now with the
United States department of agrcul.
ture, but until recently at the head
of the apiary department in the ONCE
of the state entomoogist, tells in the
Forthcoming annual report of the
apiary department, of proof he has of
the great speed attained by honey
bees IN their fight. Mr.. Demuth was
shipping some bees from Terre Haute
TO indianapolis In special traction
car, when few of the bees escaped
from the boxes in which they were be.
ing transported.
when the bees escaped" said Mr..
Demuth. II watched their behavior
and vas surprised to find they had no
difficulty In flying out at the open car
door and flying ahead OF the moving
car. The car was going at the rate OF
35 or 40 miles an hour. In my opln-
ION, the flight Of Il honey bee must
exceed the speed of the average rail-
way train"
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1912-11-21

grams with the nervousness which
the sight of them always caused her.
20 nothing, my dear; nothing" Mr..
BontiDe gave laugh that was a little
forced. only another little kickup-
erin India. Quite small affair,
really!"
A small affair! And there, staring
him in the face, were those loaded
headlines: Trouble in the Northwest
Frontier. Hurried Dispatch of Troops.
Russian Complications Feared. Cabi-
net Council Summoned.
OF course! Those Internal tele-
grams could mean nothing else. One
was for Blake, Bobby Blake, who was
to marry Pearl (the pearl these fond
parents set above price, in October;
the other for Spencer Lathom, who
was to him as an elder son-Blake
the soldier, who no doubt had to re-
port Immediately for foreign service;
Spencer the war correspondent, who
would have, with all the risk and none
Of the glory, to go out to those pitt
less mountain passes, perhaps to be
sniped or knitted by Afridis.
Silently young Blake read his wire,
then handed it to his host, who, read
ing it, laid a sympathetic hand over
his eldest girls as she sat down be-
side him.
Pearl did not need to be told. She
was deathly pale, but carried herself
finely.
well" calculated Mr.. Bontine, ats
d.. HIM, beg pardon, my dear. It's
hard lines, Robert. But duty calls,
my boy, Ell? And yours, Spencer?
Same job, | suppose--what"
Eyes, sir" was the reply, as the
war correspondent scented battle.
And Pm off to Peshawur on Friday"
AS matter Of fact, Miss Stuyve-
SAINT had no secrets from herself, and
she was quite convinced that II she
had to go through life without Mr..
Spencer Lathom IA close proximity 1t
was not going 10 be her fault
She had been spending the London
season at Clar1dges with an efiace-
able chaperon, and having, year or
two earlier, been Pearls bosom friend
at Neuchatel pension. had gladly
.pent August with her family by to-
sea.
rs for him. he had been as a son
TO the Bontines ever since he could
remember.
They got through the meal perfume
torily and when 1t was over the two
younger men went off arm in arm to
the telegraph office, while Pearl went
TO have a good cry in her mothers
room.
Dolores Stuyvesant walked a little
apart. Her grief was deep also; but,
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1912-11-21
HOME CIRCLE COLUMN
HOW TO MAKE MISCHIEF.

Keep your eyes on your neighbors.
Take care OF them. Do not let them
stir without watching. They may do
something wrong if you do. To be sure
you never knew them to do anything
bad, but it may be on your account
they have not. Perhaps if it had not
been for your kind care they might
have disgraced themselves long time
ago. Therefore do not relax any effort
to keep them where they ought to be.
Never mind your own business-that
will take care of itself. There is a
man passing along-he is looking over
the fence--be suspicious of him; per-
haps he contemplates stealing, some
of these dark nights; there is no know
ing what queer fancies he may have
got into his head.
1t you find any symptoms of any one
passing out of the path of duty, tell
every one else what you see, and be
particular and see great many 1t is
a good way to circulate such things,
it roay not benefit yourself or any one
else particularly. Do keep something
going-silence is dreadful thing;
though it is said there was silence in
heaven for the space of half an hour
do not let such thing occur on earth;
it would be too much for this mundane
sphere.
If, after all your watchful care you
cannot see that they have done any
thing bad, throw out hints that they
are no better than they should be
that you should not wonder if the peo-
pie found out what they were after a
while, then they may not carry their
heads SO high. Keep it going, and
some one may take the hint and begin
and help it along after whle-then
there will be music, and everything
will work like charm.
Follow the above directions and you
will be pretty sure to make plenty of
mischief.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1912-11-21
The Courageous
Miss Stuyvesant
By F. G. AFLALO

"Well," the girl was saying, Il be.
lieve in asking for what you want. We
do that over in my country, anyway"
And the musical drawl no less than
the clear olive complexion and velvet
eyes, left little doubt as to what my
country" was, for she spoke and
looked the Californian, with dash of
Spanish blood.
"ksk, then, o fair! aud thou shalt
have even to the half of my king.
DOM"
No sooner had Spencer Lathom ut
tered the jesting words than he real
lied, with little bitterness, that his
Kingdom consisted of the pay he drew
as special correspondent, in peace or
war; Of the Morning News, comfort
able salary for any bachelor who
looks to Fleet street for his bread,
but no more than poverty by compar-
ison with Miss Stuyvesant's millions
they might be dollars, but even so
they made four hundred year seem
beggarly.
They had stayed little longer than
usual in the water, and were late for
breakfast. In the center of the room
stood a table larger than the rest and
laid for eight, and to this there came
an old gentleman, prosperous and ru,
bicund, with hair as white as his
waistcoat. On four Of the eight plates,
his own included, were little piles of
letters, two Of them surrounded by
kilograms.
Mr.. Richard Bontine gave only cas-.
ual attention to such correspondence
as followed him on his holiday. His
confidential clerk saw to it that he
was troubled as little as possible; and
moreover, one of the other partners
was in town. Then, by the way of
more interesting literature, he opened
his Daily Mail just as his wife passed
on TO her seat behind the tea and cot,
fee pots.
AS his eye roved from the paper to
those yellow envelopes, he emitted a
low whistle.
"What is it, Richard?" asked the
lady, who had also looked at the tele.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1912-11-21

Kenneth leave to-day for Crystal
Springs, Florida, where they will spend
the winter.
Mr.. Frank Hostak OF Cooperstown
was caller at the PILOT Office Tues
day,
Albert Koch, formerly of this city,
who was elected register of deeds of
Outagamie county, is here on a
visit
Miss Martha Pond left Tuesday for
Berlin, Wis, to attend a meeting Of
abe library association of the Fox
river valley.
Mr.. Chas. Helm of Reedsvile was q
caller at the PILOT Office last Thurs
day.
Mrs Frank Eggers left Tuesday for
Philadelphia to attend the national
meeting of the woman suffrage as
ISOLATION.
Mr.. Jos. f. SteA of Franklin was a
caller at the PILOT Office Wednes.
day.
Mrs. McCraley of Neenah who had
been visiting friends here left for Mil
waukee Monday to visit her daughter,
Mrs. Callahan.
Mr.. Frank Youra of Larrabee was in
the city "Wednesday and made call at
the PILOT office.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1912-11-21

There is one class of laborers who
never strike and seldom complain.
They get up at 5 O'Clock in the morn
ing and never get back to bed until
ten or eleven o'clock at night; they
work without ceasing the whole OF
that time, and receive no other emolu-
ment than food and the plainesL kind
Of clothing; they understand something
of every branch OF economy and labor,
from finance to cooking; though
harassed by a hundred responsibilities,
though driven and worried they never
revolt, and they cannot organize for
their own protection. Not even sick
ness releases them from their posts.
No sacrifice is deemed toe great for
them to make and no incompetency In
any branch of their work is excused.
No essays, books or poems are written
in tribute to their steadfastness. They
die in the harness and are supplanted
as quickly as may be. These are the
housekeeping wives OF the aboring
men.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1912-11-21
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