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Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1912-11-19
COTTON MARKET In
ANERlCUS YESTERDAY
Receipts at the Various Ware.
houses

A sharp rally marked the cotton flu
lures market yesterday, giving
strength and steadiness to spot cotton
in the local market. Good middling
readily brought II cents to II is
yesterday, with corresponding good
prices for the lower grades. The Jan
uary option stood at 1877 cents at
the close.
Warehouse receipts here were 165
bales The local market was quoted
as follows:
1912 1911
Good Middling .......l2
Middling ..,........1 3-S
Receipts in Americas.
1912 1911 1910
Reed Yesterday 165 245 800.
Total Receipts .24,065 35.64O 21,575
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1912-11-19

Stc+e ohio CITY N Toledo. Lucas County, -
Fr.ne L Cheney makes oath that b. II senlor
rs,tI.r of tpss H. IA " p J. Cheney Co. 90
- business in the City Of Toledo. County ana
state Aforesaid and that said urn VIII pay
tbe .uu5 ~ ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS Tor
oir,h aui every ease II Catarrh that cannot De-
,gtred ~ fha use ~ Halls catarrh Cure q
: FRANK J. CHENEY.
Sworn n before me and subscribed in my
-ri scrire. this Csh DAY Of December. A. D. 1850.
sal 4. ". GLEASON.
Notary Public.
HAIRS Catsrrh Cure Il taken internally and
acts directly ueou the bleed and mucous sur
fg..s .. the system. Send for testimonials
r. J. CHENEY Co, Toledo. 0.
sold b. az Druggists, &c.
rase haIs Family Pills fo- conssipat'on-
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1912-11-19

Hoax wonder where this moving
picture craze will stop.
Joax-Give it up Even an art gal
lery can't seek new quarters without
moving pictures.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1912-11-19

Women are more apt to look on the
bright side than men, especially if it
happens to be a mirror.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1912-11-19

Many young fellow sows his wild
oats in vain hope that there is going
10 be crop failure
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1912-11-19

Muggins-What / tell my wife goes.
uggins-Yes. especially if you tell
1t as a secret
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1912-11-19

before beginning to stamp out an
evil the reformer shouldn't forget to
wipe his feet
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1912-11-19

From the point of view of the chron-
ic borrower, alls well that lends well
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1912-11-19

A man ought to feel satisfied with
himself when he thinks everyone else
Is.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1912-03-21
REDUCING THE SALOONS
INCREASES CONSUMPTION

To the Editor OF THE TIMES:
| read with a great deal of interest the
accounts Of the work of the Vaughn
class in one of our leading churches
That body is doing noble work. and
note that one of the speakers referred
especially to the effect the proposed
the decrease in consumption of liquor
by reducing the humber of saloons from
800 TO 100. Now, sad to say, that part of
the bill will have little or no effect what
ever in that respect. I can remember
when there were nearly 1000 saloons
here, and when the number was finally
reduced to some 500 statistics in the In
ternal Revenue Bureau showed that the
consumption of whisky, especially, had
increased out of all proportion to tho
population. one might as well expect
that by reducing the number of bakeries
from 500 to 100 there would be decrease
in the consumption of bread.
There is a demand for whisky. as
there Is a demand for bread, and Il four
tifths of the saloons OF bakeries, as the
case may he, are closed, the remaining
NTH viii supply the demand.
In addition to this, any man who has
% cents Gin some cases Is CentSI in his
pocket can get pocket flask of whisky
In any one of some 900 groceries, and
the proposed legislation does not affect
this trade. Some of the most respect
liquor. They are not classed as rum
sellers, nor are they taOooed by the
church, they are merchants.
The prohibition of the Mann feature
importation, sale. or gift, or the posses
sion of liquors. with heavy penalties Of
both fine and Imprisonment. appears Il
RECHABITE.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1912-03-21
RoosEvELTs CARNEGIE HALL SPEECH.

Theodore Roosevelt, in remarkable speech at
Carnegie Hall last night, set forth With rare force
and clearness the issue that is foremost before
the American people And because it is the great
issue before the American people, it is the great is
sue before the Republican party if that party hopes
to continue to exist and TO dominate the Government
AS stated by Mr.. Roosevelt the issue is this:
Are the American people fit to govern them
selves, to rule themselves, to control themseVes?"
Mr.. Roosevelt says they are. Mr.. Roosevelts
enemies, the men who are today fighting his nom-
nation, say they are not.
Whether Theodore Roosevelt shall be the next
President of the United States is question of small
import compared with the fact that he has had the
courage to speak out, in assault upon all men who
subscribe he says, to the DID, old doctrine that
the people not fit to rule, doctrine applauded
by every upholder and beneficiary of crooked priv
lege."
1t is hard to conceive of anything that could more
directly strike to the heart of the situation that is now
burdening the American people than this.
have scant patience with this talk of the tyranny
of the majority Whenever there Is tyranny of the
jority shall protest against it with all my heart and
soul But today suffering from the tyranny of
mnorites. 1t is small minority that is grabbing our
coal deposits water powers and harbor fronts
small minority is fatening the sale Of adulterated
foods and drugs 1t is small minority that lies be-
hind monopolies and trusts. 1t is small minority
want the sweashops and the whole calendar of social
and industrial injustice 1t is small minority that is
today using convention system to defeat the will OF
majority of the people in the choice Of delegates to
the Chicago convention The only tyrannes from which
men, women and children suffering in real life
the tyrannies of minorities
Whatever whirwind of bitterness Roosevelt may
reap for the vocing of such doctrine far as the
present goes will be more than compensated in the
great fact that the progress of American history, and
probably its progress within the next several years
will justify the truth Of his utterances.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1912-03-21

who does not give you his own dreams as
the word of God For the bottomless pit
seems to have been set open, from whence
smoke has risen which has obscured the
heavens and the stars, and locusts are come
out with stings-a numerous race OF sectarics
and heretice, who have renewed all the old
heresies and Invented monstrous opinions of
their own. These filled our cities, villages,
camps, houses-nay, our churches and pull
pits, too. and lead the poor deluded people
with them to the pit OF perdition.
Now, the present day conditions are
the same as described above, and the
only conclusion that can be derived
from the same is that the correct solu-
ton of interpreting the Bible has not
yet been found, or all difference would
cease. 1t is apparent to all that the
present Interpretation of the Bible fails
to fill that want for which the human
race-nay, all creation-is longing
Romans vii:l9-2D.
Therefore, all agitation is profitable
The Bible is the only guide to eternal
life; from its pages only can we learn
to regain that state which was lost by
the fall of Adam. Christ said IT have
come to save (restore) that which is
lost" Thanks be to The Times for pub
fishing these opinions; good only can
result therefrom.
ALBERT s. PIERCE.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1912-03-21
WHERE ARE WE AT"
ON ECONOMICS OF DRESS

To the Editor Of THE TIMES
While the inquiry Is by no means
original with me, / should be glad to
have some one answer the question,
Where are we at"
In her talk w sdnesday afternoon
Mrs. Florence Kelley, one of the closest
students CT labor conditions that this
country now knows, scored the extrava-
game of American women who, through
their extravagant tastes, have made it
ne cessaTy for the women and girls in
tailoring establishments to wreck their
health producing useless fincry.
Or the other hand, we have the
friends of labor complaining that those
who would work have nothing to do
they do not care whether thrse work.
less persons find employment catering
to the useless extravaganza of women
or building skSsCrapcrs. What they
demand for their charges Is work whic h
will create revenue TO meet living ex-
penscs.
At the same time wealthy woTan
defended herself for her extrava gsnce
in dress, because she said she was Civ
ing employment and putting money into
Giro ulatiOn when she humored herself
in this manner. She considered herself
public benefactor rather tran a
sinner.
Surely some must be right and some
wrong. If remunerative work is a good
thing II makes little difference to the
worker whether he IS creating q luxury
or a necessity. II II is an evi! thing,
then we were all cursed in Adams fall
and should get up mob and hang him
in cfigy.
But II experts cannot agree on this
important noint, how are the great rank
and file OF us who know nothing about
F. y. ORION.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1912-03-21
THE COMING HORSE SHOW.

The list of prizes for the annual horse show
to be held here during the first week in May has
been made public Aggregatng $4,000, these prizes
promise to bring out larger number of entries than
Washington has seen before and everything
indicates that the event will be the successful
ever held outside of New York
There is no good reason why the Washington
horse show should not be far and away the most
celebrated in the entire country We are surround
ed by people who additionally take pride in fine
horses, and give large part Of their attention to
the breeding of them. This is brought home to us
in detail by the succession of and horse shows
on a minor scale which are incident to the various
county fairs held in Maryland and Virginia during
the fall months The interest in them is always alb
sorbing and the raising of fine horses is assiduousy
encouraged
The social feature, which has come to be a char
acteristc of every great horse show has an excep-
ttonal opportunity to express itself in the National
Capital and would have it otherwise.
Only forty days remain in which to make en-
tries for the horse show, and now that the prizes
have been published and matters have taken definite
shape it is hoped that there will be no delay in the
matter of making entries.
Let's all get together and make the horse show
of 1912 national event.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1912-03-21
NEGRO REALIZES THAT
THE FITTEST SURVIVE

To the Editor of THE TIMES
Apropos of Mr.. "Sojourner's" letter
indorsing the letters of Mr.. "B. c." Of
March 8, regarding separate cars for
negroes in the District, l beg to call
his attention to few little affairs
where his philosophy might be used
to a better advantage.
The negro, like all races, have their
good and bad, some very bad I'll admit.
However, we have not reached the acme
of laWleSsness wherein we feel justified
In blowing UP a few bridges or fac
tory full of workingmen, assassinate a
king, shoot up a court from judge on
down, or create a disturbance In a fac
tory causing thousands to suffer from
being forced to strike. ,
The negro Is too conscientious to take
part in such small affairs In order to
crafty his impaired Imagination of in
justice. He has learned that this is
an age of the survival of the fittest, and
Is too busy trying to fit himself for
what might come his way. We envy
no mans wealth or position. All we
want Is fair exchange for the service
we give, and the privilege of enjoying
a few. of the blessings that civilization
has given us.
We are not ashamed of our race II
unlike most races, our ignorant are
If Mr. "sojourner" will read the
papers seriously ! am sure he will find
more to disturb his equanimity, and
Is coming to. And should 1t come tc
what the majority fear he will find the
negro where they have always found
| him-gun on his shoulder; obey the
| commands; marching fearlessly on
only Country he knows.
A NEGRO PASSING THROUGH.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1912-03-21
WHY is THE SOUTH
ALWAYS SHOWED ASIDE?

To the Editor OF THE TIMES:
There is one thing l would like to
know and thst is why the South is al
ways showed aside when 1t comes to
naming a candidate for the Democratic
Presidential nomination? Is 1t because
the South has no men sufficiently quail
fed to fill the office of President. |
cannot believe the South has a derth of
Presidential candidates. The Demo-
cratic party depends entirely upon the
South for her strength and support, and
yet in every instance she Is passed by
when the party is looking for a Presi-
dental candidate. There certainly must
be some reason for utterly ignoring her
and the want of appreciation of past
services rendered the Democratic party
by the good people of the Southland, I
have thought a great deal about this
matter, but SO far have been unable to
learn the cause. The South has pro.
duced in times past greater number of
great men thar any other section of our
country. Today she has equally as great
men as she had before the war. Every
state can produce a favorite son whose
brilliant attachments and noble qualities
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1912-03-21
EXPRESSES HIS PITY
FOR "DISGUSTED" TYPE

To the Editor Of THE TIMES:
| have been a resident of Washington
but two weeks. and what first attracted
me to Your paper was the Mail Bag"
where people of all faiths-political, re-
ligious etc.-and where those who were
not burdened with any faith, but had
little real knowledge, might hold
open forum. l speak as l do of faith
because, while IL occasionally Is founded
upon knowledge, 1t is generally top
heavy and unstable supGrstructHre
built upon the sands of ignorance,
credullty, and superstition.
] was prompted to write this letter
after reading the little wall of one DIG
gUsted," who so fears free speech that
he saws he Is going to stop The Times.
After reading that, ], too, would have
overshadowed with pity for the little
man. He, like all other living things,
is a product of heredtY ard environ
ment, and his mental processes are de-
other-the physical condition of his
body. Condemnation should not be
heaped upon this class of men and
women, for all that 1t is the ma
terial OF which inquisitions, blue-laN
legislatures. and Pre- ss-eenSorinE off
fortunate in choosing mis- parents His
environment has been such that he has
looked at life through a crack In the
wall, and, necessarily, must have a
narrow view, and in all probability you
would find him to be a shallow breather
| and a S '1ercr from periodical indiges-
ton.
The Mail Bag" is a place for the
| free dissemination of ideas. 1t Will fGr.
nish mental stimulation for many who
full reader of the Mail Bag" can
| testify. RILEY y. MOORE.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1912-03-21
THAT SHINING PATE.

A thorough sterilization of combs and brushes
would reduce the number of bald heads; but Dr.
Charles J. White, the veteran dermatologst, ques-
tons whether such sterilization is practicable
than once week. So he advises the of individ
ual combs and brushes. Something surely will have
to be done if this age of badness is to come to
an end. The pictures of our famous men, young
and old, are startling testimony in support of the
theory that the denudedpate is becoming altogether
too common.
The hazards of the barber shop do not account
for this completely. Kings apt to be as bald
headed as commoners. There is something in the
air. perhaps the night air more particularly, that
makes shining mark of men who may be described
being not by any means indifferent to their per-
sonal appearance Men that indifferent strangely
escape this denudaton rule
Dr. White has started train of thought Let
us hope it won't be derailed before 1t gets some
where.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1912-03-21
FACTS CAN STAND ALONE
ON SALOON QUESTION

To the Editor Of THE TIMES:
The fact Is on record in the District
OF Columbia that 30 per cent of all pris-
oners committed to the District Jail get
there through drink.
This fact is not for one day, but for
all days; this fact is evidence that drink
incites to crime, and arouses evil pas
sions.
This fact shows continuous lesson
OF vital Importance, through the daily
effects of saloon traffic, Wherever the
saloon exists.
This paralyzing influence goes unchal-
lenged by the District government
however much 1t may be opposed and
is opposed by the people.
ANY city or part of city will not
redeem itself that knowingly allows bad
conditions to continue
The Capital City of the greatest nation
on earth invites a destruction like that
of Sodom and Gomorrah.
ANY city of $4,000 persons that will
maliciously sell itself to 513 saloons, en-
gagged in unnecessary, uncalled for. UNI
cody business Of greatest degradation
Tor special personal profit, under the
| conditions which feed the delight and
encourage the acts OF many saloon
keepers In Washington, has much room
| for Improvement.
Those people reed not please them
| selves with the thought that they can
| bring the level OF the people of Wash
ington to saloon estimates, and all liv-
ing under the sound OF the same town
| clock.
The only wise conception of prudence
| for the future is that the saloon must
go" and give place for better conditions
| which the world demands, even to the
isles of the sea-" by removing the
A. NJ. BROWN.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1912-03-21
MINISTER THREW NO
LIGHT ON REAL ISSUE
To the Editor of THE TINES:

To the Editor of THE TINES:
When ! turned TO the Mail Bag on
March ! was pleased to note Iette-
from a minister of the gospel, and
read 1t eagerly, expecting to find some
thing therein which would throw some
satisfactory light on the several Bible
narratives which have been under dis
Cussion so long, as well as the subject
of he'll and eternal torment. l was very
sorely disappointed. however. Not one
ray of light on any subject or any doc
trine that is causing men who think to
question the authority of the Bible as
being the Divine Word of God. Person
ally, | think any minister or other per-
son VINO believes in hell and teaches
such a doctrine, plasphemes Almign m
God. But while this is my own view
and belief, yet all men have a right to
their own honest belief, and should be
governed thereby. We have no right,
as the Rev. MIR. King has seen fit to
do, to attack individuals or various de-
nominations who cannot harmonic a
burning hell with an Almighty God.
and revolt at such gross errors. God is
Truth, and He Is leading man onward
step by step TO know the truth, and
believe II the Bible is truly of God,
the absurdities will finally be weeded
out and the truth" of II will stand for
ever, but, If the whole work is an inn
position, God will certainly bring man
20 see IT so and it will but have to fail
at last. I belong to none of the de-
nominations the reverend gentleman
refers to. but believe each is honestly
trying to serve God according to his
respective understanding of the Bible
and therefore, have no right to be
attacked in the manner they have In
this letter, nor have individuals. Let
us be true to our convictions and our
own comprehension OF a just and AL
mighty God. Be charitable to all
A NJ. Z,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1912-03-21
THE ANNUAL FRUIT FAILURE.

Recent enumeratons have overlooked one of
the most certain and inevitable signs of spring The
average man would have very uncomfortable sort
of feeling if he were to find himself facing jocund
April without the annual assurance that the peach
crop is a failure
There is a sort of rivalry between South Georgia
on the one hand, and Pennsylvania and New Jersey
the other, as to which will reach the public first
with the springtide lamentation. Of course it would
never be wise to put out the story while the snow
drifts were banked up against the garden fence and
cices hung from the dairy, for no one would be-
eve that the fruit trees had yet begun to bourgeon
and burst into bloom. There would be nothing for
the weather to kill And yet the delay of few days
frequently loses the precedence to one section or
the other The effort to hit the exact moment has,
therefore, become almost much serious study
as the raising of peaches and things.
The prize this year goes to York, Pennsylvania
The melancholy announcement sent out from that
center of the fruit belt this week began: The crop
will be nearly complete failure" The details were
nothing short of narrowing. We are led to infer that
the crop this year will be harvested in butterfly
net packed in sahn-lined caskes and sold by weight
Then when everybody has begun to feel about
as miserable possible, the news begins to perco
late into the outside world that there has been q
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1912-03-21
ASKS TO PREACH
IN MINISTER'S PULPIT
To the Editor of THE TIMES:

To the Editor of THE TIMES:
Your Free Methodist" preachers
communication recalls an incident in
New Testament times. Certain persons
of Samaria, exercising their God-given
liberty, refused to follow the disciples
of the Author of Liberty which so in
censed these disciples that they
requested the privilege of calling
fire from heaven which would
devour the Samaritans. deserved re-
buke followed the requas Has my
Free Methodist friend never read how
the tears streamed down the face of
Him of whom he processes to be an am
bassador as he contemplated the com
ing doom of Jerusalem? Evidently he
has not, else he would not wish to he
in the Amen corner of a Free Meth
odIst church when a lost soul returns
to tell of his experience in the Free
Methodist hell, which is the hell, not
of Christianity, but of paganism. Moth
ing would afford me greater pleasure
than to stand in the pulpit OF your
Free Methodist contributor and with
open Bible proclaim to his COngregd-
ton the truth as IL is in Christ. | am
willing so to du-will he consent? The
truth reccired means freedom not
merely in name, but in reality. ! await
yCvr contributors pleasure.
JOHN n. QUINN.
Takona Park. D. C.