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The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1912-06-13

ministers of Louis the XVI notably
Maurepas and Turgot. tried every
constitutional method in attempting
to remedy the condition of the peas
antry. Loans were piled on loans
and while money was plentiful
around the Tuilleries the people
starved. None of their efforts were
of the slightest use as they were un-
able to touch the real seat of the evil.
i. e., the concentration of privilege
in few hands. 1t remained for the
Man on Horseback to bring about a
smiling happy France and restore
financial as well as social equilib-
rum.
The Man on Horseback will al
ways come when the conditions de-
mand him. Patchwork legislation
will only aggravate the evils that
exist and bring the man that much
sooner. Happy is the nation that
can see it's faults in time and that
possesses the courage to cut deep
into the cankered mass of privilege.
because only in that way can it avoid
the Man on Horseback, with all
that he implies.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1912-06-13
Samson.

A story is told of small circus
which had become financially strand
ed in acountry d town. The mana
ger had endeavored unsuccessfully
to borrow money to move on and
was in desperation when some one
told him Of benevolent and relig-
ious old lady who would probably
help him if he could persuade her
that he was willing to become a for
eign missionary.
by way of enlightenlng his igno-
rance of religious subjects the story
of Samson and his slaughter Of the
Philistines with the jawbone of an
ass was read to him and it was sug-
gested that he tell the old lady that
he had been inspired thereby to at
tempt latter day conquest of the
heather for the church.
Seeking her out he made his ap-
peal, stating that his study of one of
the great biblical characters had inn
bued him with desire to become
missionary.
Hef found her responsive, but she
asked, What character has awaken
ed this noble aspiration in you?
Simpson, answered he. Simpson,
said she, l recall no such name in
the Bible Why, yes, madam
said he, surely you recollect he was
freak with jaw like an ass who
licked the stuffing out of bunch of
Philadelphians.' '"--The Tradesman.
L
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1912-06-13
TO BE GREAT
j. A. S.


Some men are born great, others
achieve greatness, and some have
greatness thrust upon them"
The above quotation has held a
prominent place in my thoughts
since my sojurn began in these parts,
and, coming as it does out of gram
mer school memories deserves to be
put on the scales and weighed, pro
and con.
How. precisely correct is the first
Iine-''some men are born great"
Kings are born great, but of the her
lditary variety of greatness, and we
of the common clay" especially
American clay), are prone to think
of royalty as being great, merely be-
cause it rules by right Of birth.
But as royalty is certainly great in
the eyes of it's subjects, it's greatness
cannot be questioned.
The really great Men are those
who have struggled up from the
bottom of the ladder, overcoming
difficulties, trials and tribulations
and have achieved that greatness
that only comes from perseverance,
confidence and sterling faith in their
own ability to do things.
What greater example of achieved
greatness can history give us, than
that attained by our immortal Line
oln? When our greatest of great
men stood by his mothers grave,
ragged and miserable; when n his
sweetheart died and when, in the be-
ginning of his public career, he was
beaten by Douglas, those were days
when he was being chastened into
greatness.
How truly great are such shining
lights in the literary world as Shake
speare, Thackery, Dickens,and Chau.
Ger and altho they were n d o W q
with superior minds to begin the
battle of life, they are nevertheless
beautiful examples of achieved great
ness. as also were such writer's of ;
later date as Longfellow, White
and Samuel Clemme (Marl
Twain; all truly great in their por
trayal of nature.
We cannot all hope to attain sucl
magnificent greatness as Presidents
Generals and Masters of men, bu
we are all born great; if for no othe
reason than being born in the like
ness and image of our Creator.
Carlvle saws: When the clocl
of time strikes, the man and the hou
appear, and when that clock strike
we, who are paying debt to soc
ETY., must stand up and boldly an
swer present and go forth an
achieve greatness by becoming ust
full members of society and helpin
suffering humanity. Then we al
truly great.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1912-06-13
"What is BehaiSm?'

What are the chief doctrines of
Behalsm? First, that of the Divine
Unity, the Self Existent One; from
him both the worlds and humanity
emanate. a favorite by which the
Behais call themselves is The Uni
tarians." AS men cannot know the
Eternal Invisible Essence, there oc
cur from time to time manifestations
or mirrors of the Primal Will. All
the great prophets and sages and
their revelations were words of God.
Abraham, Moses, Jesus, and Mu-
hammad were each successfully
more full of grace and truth than
his predecessor. But each was an
incomplete Manifestation. Behal
fulfilled them with a higher and
fuller Revelation of the Divine Uni
ty not to be improved upon for
thousands of years.
In Behai's own religious writings
he speaks of himself in the most ex-
alted terms. Behal entities himself
now as The Existent Root OF
Things" The Lord of the Begin
ming and the End.' Now as The
Beloved One who quickened the
World and the Nations by the
Waves of Revelation; The Divine
Father whereof Israel gave you IL
dings and the Comforter whom the
Spirit promised should come after
him." "Whosoever faces unto him
hath faced unto God" All pre-
ceding manifestions were ended in
this manifestation"-i. e., Behai's
This is Divine Manlfestion the
like unto which shall manifest him.
self but once in five hundred thous
and years."
Closely connected with the doc
trine of Divine Manifestation is tht
doctrine of "The Return" The
common people understand it as {
doctrine of reincarnatlon of the sou
in second earthly life. But th'
Belai scholars and teachers say tina
this is an erYr.
The more subtle thinkers refine i
into mere identity in the arehetyp
al idea Of Goa or the Divine purpose
; As to the the survival of the spir
| it Behai seems to have belived in
universal resurrection; but Abba
teaches that for the great masses O
humanity there is no hereafter. hu
+. man consciousness does not surviv
| the dissolution of the Jane
s T. Bixby, in the June number Q
e The North American Review.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1912-06-13
Vol. XXV.-No 46.
For One Who Will Understand
1t.
By R. E. L.

And dreamed you loved me, darling
And the thought lay on my heart
AS hope lies in a maiden's breast
When, from the captious crowd apart.
She thinks of loving words ne said
When standing by her side
On the white sands of the sloping shore.
AS they watched the flowing tide.
And dreamed you loved me, darling
And the thought was as the sun
And the free air to the convicts heart
When his prison-race is run:
And the open door and the unmatched path
Cry God-speed and begone.
And his heart leaps up unshackled.
Like sprint newly born.
And dreamed you loved me, darling
And when 1 woke cried.
I could lie and sleep forever
In such dreaming to abide.
Still as moonlight is to sunlight
So the esdifference would prove
In the dreaming and the waking
To the knowledge of your love.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1912-06-13
DECISION OF.
CHARACTER
Editorial-Semi- Weekly Farm News.

Editorial Semi Weekly Farm News.
To one who thinks seriously of
the solemnity and dignity of human
life, of it's duties and it's possibilities,
of the rewards of righteousness and
the penalties of sin, 1t seems most
marvellous that any one should not be
inclined to at least make an earnest
and consistent effort to live the
life" the life that comedies with his
highest ideals of right. Taking it
from a purely selfish standpoint, it
would be the wisest ching to do, be-
cause it has been proved by the ex-
periences of all who have lived in
the past that the good life is the
healthiest life, that it is the happ;est
life; that indeed it is in the very
nature of things that we cannot be
really happy and do wrong. This is
the very basic principle Of ethics
happiness in righteousness and mis-
cry in wick kedness The Psalmist
recognized this truth when he said,
Blessed is the man that walketh not
in the counsel of the ungodly, nor
staadeth in the way of sinners, nor
sitteth in the seat Of the scornful."
The most important thing par
ent can do for child is to so teach
and lead him as to cause him as he
nears mans estate to decide what
sort of life he is to lead. what kind
of reputation he is to have, and to
set an example for him and inculcate
such precepts as will cause the child
to make the right decision. Here is
the key to his. happiness and that of
those who are dependent upon him
as we'll as all who love him. Brought
up under such influences, the young
man does not give occasion for the
question, why halt ye between
two opinions?" His decision comes
with his majority, or before. He
doesn't debate between right and
wrong, for he realizes that the ex-
preston, She who hesitates is lost, y
is just as applicable to men as to
women. He knows the truth utter
ed by the wise man who said: The
double-minded man is unstable in
all his wavs;'' and he is no less sure
of the fact that There is way that
seemeth right, unto a man, but the
end thereof are the ways Of death. .
Having determined upon the life OF
probity and virtue, he will make OF
every temtpation a time of triumph
of every battle with wrong an oc.
casion of victory.
This suggests a question that every
: one might with due propriety, i
not with profit to himself, ask An
I really and truly in position tt
commend myself to myself?' How
many men and women are what the!
would like to be, or what they would
have others believe them to be
Are they what their own families be
:, lieve them to be; or do they justif!
the good opinion their best friend
have of them? Is every man wh'
= feels that it would be an insult t.
tell him that he is not a gentleman
= really gentleman? OF course il
such case he might fly into a rag
" and want to fight about 1t; but is he
. A mans behavior reflects his char
IS acter. Goethe says: Behavior i
# mirror in which every one display
I his image and some one else puts
- concisely, if not truly, when he say
# that what a man is, always depend
upon what he thinks of God" an
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1912-06-13
THE MAN ON
HORSEBACK.
w. C. Van D.

As wealth centers in fewer and
fewer hands and the great mass Of
the people begin to realize that un-
der existing conditions, nothing re.
mains for them or their descendants
but what might be termed Industrial
slavery; then the republican ideal OF
Liberty, Fraternity and Equality
begins to dim and the shadow of the
Man on Horseback looms large on
the social horizon.
The ancient Spartans tried to beat
back the spectre by using money
that had no intrinsic value; i. e.,
iron, and by forcing all citizens to
eat at a common table; also by put
ting a legislative ban on all luxuries,
whether of food or dress In fact
they carried their civic pride so far
as to declare that the state was every
thing and the individual nothing.
No one was allowed to do anything
at all, whether good or bad, that
would endanger in any possible way
the good of the whole, (that is, the
State). In fact men were ostra-
cised for being too good and conse-
quently too popular, as well as for
being too bad. They succeeded fair
ly we'll until after the foreign con-
quests of Alexander, when all Spar
ia, together with the rest of Greece
became partially orientalized and
the system broke down.
In Rome, just prior to the time
of Caesar, all the landed property of
the Republic had drifted into the
hands of less than two thousand
families and the senatorial party, by
acquired privileges, had under their
own control practically all the port
able wealth. Corruption was so
rampant in political matters as to be
almost matter of course and the
utmost that any man of the non
privileged set could hope for was to
become hanger on or satellite OF
some wealthy patrician. Spasmodic
efforts were made from time to time
to remedy the evils and to restore a
slight measure of equality; notably
during the dictatorship of Marius
but these attempts while successful
for a short time soon lapsed and the
senatorial grip was tightened. The
| last great figure Of the Republic
i. e., Pompeius Magnus, man Of
private integrity and some persona
charm, by his laundering efforts tt
right deep-seated wrongs with rose
water methods, only infuriated tht
, privileged senators and caused th'
. mob to look for leader who would
: dare more. Then Caesar crossed
a the Rubicon. In very short tim'
r he snatched the reigns of power AM
< although he declined the outward
: title, he became the master of tn
Roman world.
!, He was assasinated by a mike,
coterie Of republican fanatics an
senatorial grafters and the Empir
followed. Whether the people ben
). efitted or not by the change of mas
ters is matter for another story, bu
!, the causes that led to the coming c
r the Man on Eorse back are easily ur
9 derstood by any student of histor!
! and like conditions inanycountryw wi
l. always bring about a similar result
d In France, just prior to the cal
= ing of the first convention, the lane
o ed nobility had practicnl control (
e every avenue of livlihood. Time
were admittedly very bad and tt
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1912-06-13

''What of his sense Of humor?"
well. he has to see a joke twice
before he sees it once" :
June Lippincott's.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1912-10-31
LEAVING But LITTLE TO The IMAGINATION

civil zed man has always been remark
able for clothing his body all over, ex-
cept head and hands and he puts gloves
on his hands, and hat on his head
when he aims to be faultlessly attired
for the best society Our fashionable
women, those who have only a cover
ing on the lower part of the bust, and
next to nothing on the back, the neck,
shoulders, boscom and arms, would
feel insulted to be compared to the can
n'bal savage women who sport only a
breech-cloth and display the rest of the
body in it's nudity
Now that one can count the veins on
lady's legs and ankles, her stockings
are so transparent, and the waist only
covers part of the front and back, it
but leaves a triie of inauguration to
fill out the whole picture, especially as
her frock is so scant that the entire an
atomy can be suggested every time she
takes a step out in the open. AS rule
women do not go into transport over
seeing naked women, no matter how
wei shaped they may be, and the con-
viction is irresistible, that the woman'3
nude appearance is fixed to please the
men. Let the preachers keep up the
criticism ii it will do any good.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1912-10-31
18TH DISTRICT

Especial to Times Recorder)
Twenty Eighth District, Ga, Oct. 30
Rev Mr.. Daniel filled Rev. Marion
Greer's regular appointment at Bethel
Sunday, a large crowd being present.
Misses Dennie Griffin and sister,
Grin, and Cousin, Miss Gladys Roach
went to Amer.cus Saturday, shopping.
Miss Monte Parker had as her guests
Saturday Misses Maggie Braswell and
Ida Roach.
Mr. Glyson Roach, of Americas, was
the guest of his mother, Mrs. Lou
Roach, Sunday.
Mr.. Clyde Griffin and Mr. Barney
Griffin left Sunday for Warwick.
MIR. and Mrs. Ed Lane and family
were the guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Frank
Griffin Sunday.
Mrs. H. ], Morens was the guest of
Mrs j. H. Potter Saturday night and
Sunday.
Mr.. Gussie Lane ha sas his guests
Sunday Mr.. Clyde Braswell and Mr.
Elton Parker.
Miss Matte Braswell was the guest
of Miss Ellen Roach Saturday night
and Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. L. Griffin was the
guest of Mr.. and Mrs. NJ NJ. Parker
recently.
Mr.. Johnnie Griffin and sister, Mss
Bessie, were the guests of Misses
Della and Delma Parker Sunday.
Mr.. Gussie Lane and cousin, Mr.. Ell
ton Parker, were the guests of Mr.
NJ C. Veal recently.
Mr. and Mrs. ]. D. Lane were the
guests of the former mother, Mrs. B.
]. Lane, Sunday.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1912-10-31
(By Mrs. W. H. Felton,

The papers are telling us about some
sermons on this subject of woman
dress as being preached by the Cath
olic priests and other preachers. AS
rule, | do not believe in preachers
talking on such subjects, for they gen.
e~ally make bad matters worse by med
ding but II has always seemed strange
to me why and how modest woman
could make up their minds to bare
their naked backs and bosoms to be
fashionably attired for a ball or party.
Common sense should give better di-
rection to their tastes and their
thoughts, it seems to me.
remember over thirty years ago
hearing a group of women discussing
a very fashionable woman in Washing
ton soc ETY., noted for her low-necked
dressing and bare shou' ders.
At last an elderly lady said: MY
Cousin John "a congressman told me
that the men said they liked to fill her
up with champagne and then anybody
cou'd pinch her arms and she wouldn't
mind it." -.
The cannibal savage is remarkable
for this decollette dressing, but a
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1912-10-31
WHISTLE
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Whitsette, Ga, Oct 30-Mr. and
Mrs. C. o. Young were in Americas
shopping Monday.
Mr. j. L. Wilkerson attended court
at Leesburg Tuesday.
Mr.. Julian Suggs returned home Fri
day, after spending the week in Ma
con.
Mr.. Ransom Pope and Miss Annie
Mae Pope attended the sale of the
Ebaugh plantat on at DeSoto last
Friday
Miss Annie Mae Pope was shopping
in Amercus last Wednesday,
Mr.. ]. L. Wilkerson and daughter,
Miss Matte, We're weekend visitors at
Arab and Ashburn.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bob Maynard, of Am
CIRCUS, were visitors at the home Of
Mr.. and Mrs. r. S. Pryor Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edgar Dorman return
ed to their home at Cordele Sunday,
after a visit to Mr.. and Mrs. M. w,
Suggs.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Pope went to
Americas Tuesday.
Miss Rub'e Wi'kerson, who has been
i'll for the past six weeks, was able to
1,
Little Miss Vestella Young is on the
sick list this week
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1912-10-31
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Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1912-10-31
TWO GOLDEN DAYS that IBELONG TO GOD

! that hold yesterday can hold tomorrow
shining with tender promise into the
heart of today. l have no possess on
in that unborn day of grace. All else
is in the keeping of the Infinite Love
that holds for me the treasure of yes
terday. The love that is higher than
the stars, wider than the skies, deeper
than the seas. Tomorrow is Gods
day. 1t will be mine.
There isl eft for myself, then, but
one day of the week-today Any man
can fight the battles of today. Any
woman can carry the burdens of just
one day. Any man can resist the temp
tat ons of today. o friends, it is only
when to the burdens and cares of to-
day carefully measured out to us by
the Infinite Wisdom and Might that
gives with them the promise, "As the
day, so shall thy strength be- we will
fully add the burdens of those two
awful eternities-y yesterday and to-
morrow-such burdens as only the
mighty God can sustain-that we break
down. 1t isn't the experience of today
that drives men mad. 1t is the remorse
for someth ng that happened yester-
day, the dread of what tomorrow may
disclose.
These are Gods DAYS, leave them
with Him.
| Therefore, I think, and l do, and |
Journey but one day at time. That
is the easy way. That is the mans
day-God's and mine And while faith
fully and dutifully | run my course
and work my appointed task on that
dav of ours, God the Almighty and ALI
loving takes care of yesterday and to-
morrow.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1912-10-31
BRONWOOO.
lspecial to Timeg-Recorder.)

Especial to Times-Recorder)
Bronwood, Ga, Oct. 3O-Cotton has
been about all picked around here.
Mrs. Temple Turner is spending the
week with Mrs. c. c. Turner.
Mrs. Tom Webb. of Sumter and
Mrs. Pleman Dodson, of Plains, are
visiting relatives in and near Rron-
wood.
! Mr.. and Mrs. c. T Davis and son,
Mr.. C. G. Davis, and Mr. and Mrs. c.
10. Turner spent Sunday with Mr.. and
Mrs. ]. c. Turner.
Mr.. George Parrish spent Monday in
Brentwood.
Rev. S. A. McMahen filled his last
appointment at Bronwood.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bob Andrews are en-
tertaining a girl at their house as a
permanent guest.
Mrs. Quilla Sapp is on the sick list;
also Mrs. Maggie Caldwell.
Messrs. Tom and Rufus Webb are
spending today with Mr.. CHI Webb.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1912-10-31
(By Robert J. Burdette)

There are two days of the week upon
which and about which l never worry.
Two care-free days, kept sacredly free
from fear and apprehension.
One of these days is yesterday. Yes
terday, with al it's cares and frets,
with all its pains and aches, all its
faults, its mistakes and its blunders,
has passed forever beyond the reach of
my recall. | cannot undo an act that
wrought; cannot unsay word that
| said on yesterday. All that it holds
of my life of wrongs, regret and sor-
row, is in the hands of the Mighty
Love that can bring honey out of the
rock, and sweet waters out Of the Bit
terest desert-the love that can make
the wrong thing right, that can turn
weeping into laughter, that can give
beauty for ashes, the garment of praise
for the sp rit of heaviness, joy of the
morning for the woe of the night.
Save for the beautiful memories,
sweet and tender, that lnger like the
perfume of roses in the heart of the
day that is gone, have nothing to do
with yesterday 1t was mine; it is
Gods
And the other day I do not worry
about is tomorrow Tomorrow with all
its possible adversities, its burdens, it's
perils. its large promise and poor per-
Torrance, its failures, and mistakes, is
as far beyond the reach of my mastery
as its dead sister, yesterday. 1t is a
| day of Gods. It's sun will rise in ros-
cate splendor, or behind a mask of
weeping clouds But it will rise. Un-
til then, the same love and patience
/
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