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Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1912-11-22

DO you think a woman should get
a mans wages?' asked the deliver into
social problems. my wife gets mine.r
replied Henpeck, sadly.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1912-11-22
OF GEORGIA
RAILWAY.
Current Schedules Corrected to Date
Trains Arrive.


from Savannah, Augusta,
Atlanta and Macon 49, 1880 p 10
From Columbus and in
termediate points al ':45 p 70
from LocLlart, Dothan,
Albany, Troy and Mont
gomery "10:35 p IN
Frcm Lockhart, DothaR
Albany, Troy and Mont
gomery ................F z'Oo p m
from Atlanta and Macon - z:15 p m
from Augusta, Savannah,
Atlanta and Macon 49, $50 N
From Columbus and in
termediate points ......! 7:1O p In
From Columbus and n
termediate points ......*10:OO q N
From Albany and Jack
sonville ...............F 500 II
From Albany .........f GAO a M
Trains Depart.
For Macon, Augusta and
Savannah ........-.....T GAO N
For Albany, Dothan,
Lockhart, Troy and
Montgomery .........' $50 a m
For Albany, Dothan,
Lockhart, Troy and
Montgomery ...........~ 1:l5 n
For Macon and Atlanta - 2:05 p IN
For Macon, Atlanta, Saw
&nnah and Augusta. 800" 10:35 p m
For Columbus ..........+ BIAS p m
For Columbus ..........! 500 IN
For Columbus, Birming-
ham and Chicago .....* 3:55 m
For Albany .............* 1880 p 10
For Albany ard Jackson
Vile ................"11:45 p m
*Dany. Except Sunday.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-10-03
Moisture In Roads.

Stone is perhaps the ideal road ma
terial, but it is usually out of the ques-
ton. Earth roads can be made.
The keynote to success in making
them is controlling the moisture When
there is too much of it the earth be-
comes mud; when too little the result
is dust. There is a happy medium
between these two extremes. when
the soil packs hard. In most soils, ex-
cepting clayey ones. it is not difficult
to maintain this favorable moisture
content Keep the center of the road
higher. so that water cannot remain
there. When it does the result is ruts
in wet weather and in dry weather
the sides of the road are ground up
into dust.
Drainage bitches should be provided
along the road. If water stands there
it will soak under the roadbed and
soften it. Another important factor
is to keep a space of fifteen to eight
cen feet free from grass and weeds
which, If allowed to grow on the road,
take up so much moisture that the soil
grinds up into dust
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-10-03
Too Useful to Lose.

A woman in one Of the wards in the
Rhode Island hospital was informed
she had appendicitis and would have
to be. operated on at once. Much
frightened, she reluctantly consented
and was conveyed to the operating
room. One Of the doctors had COM
menced 10 administer the ether and
her eyes were closing languidly when
he discovered he had forgotten to in
quire II she had false teeth. He
quickly removed the rubber cap. and,
shaking her slightly he said, Have
you anything loose in your mouthf
Then. as he made move to put his
hand in her mouth she opened her
eyes wildly and exclaimed:
Nothing but my tongue, doctor, and
for heavens sake don't cut that Out
toor-National Magazine.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-10-03
Socialism Not Riaht Way.

The longer ] stayed the more
Disguised ! became with the delu-
sion and inconsistency of socialism,
as | beheld it. | resolved TO follow
my conscience and get out of this
deluded rut, and to do so at once
lest | might get so filed with the
dope and become, like an opium
fiend unable to leave its dreamy
atmosphere of self-hynotism, max
ing oneself believe the impossible
and impracticable. Not unlike the
opium fiend raying for dope are
some of the wild clamorings. abu-
siye language, wholesale denounce-
ment of everything except what
they want, and they are willing in
some cases, to sacrifice all to get
it."
There are the words of Ben S.
Henry, right hand man of the so
cialist mayor OF Schenectady. They
serve pretty we'll to express the
feeling of many men who are filled
with the desire to do what they can
TO help their fellows. but who re-
fuse to blind themselves to the
truths which surround them. Many
men can honestly say that they
agree with many OF the planks in
the socialist party platform, men
Cf character anC worth, but these
same men refuse to cast their lot
with theorists and dreamers, who
are so intent with arriving at what
they consider the goal of complete
accomplishment that they overlook
the pitfalls which block the path,
These men want to right the
wrongs the socialists complain of,
but they don't want to administer
doubtful medicine that may prove
to be worse than the disease.-St Al
bans Messenger
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-10-03
FRANK e. HOWE. Editor and Pub
BENNINGTON, VT, OCT. 3, 1912
Vermont Ways

In his valedictory, Editor Frank
lin FISHER of the Burlington Clip
per who has finished his work on
that paper makes the following com
ment
Vermont is like big family.
It's interests are not so large that
every voter, however humble his
position, cannot have a correct I'M
derstanding of them and take an
active part in managing them. And
that Is just what the voters as a rule
do They can run the state and they
do run it, It's public men are from
the people and close to them. And
they are clean men, high minded men,
men who have the highest and best
interests of the state at heart and
who are doing efficient and patriotic
work. There will always be talk of
graft but there is practically none of
it in Vermont, Vermont will always
be safe If her citizens will take
sufficient interest in public affairs
to attend caucuses and vote on
election day. The greatest danger
lies in the growing Indifference to
these duties. When Vermont voters
really interest themselves in a pub
lie question they can be depended
upon to settle it right"
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-10-03

do. | find so many cases and duties
pressing on me that with the weight
of years, feel Obliged to decline any
invitation that takes me over a days
journey from home" Out of this the
recipients, in consultation assembled,
made 81 have wondered all along
whether any squirt had denied the
scandal about the President meeting
Jane in the woods on Saturday.
have hominy carrots and r, r. ties
more than could move with eight
steer If cells are blighted, dig them
early Any insinuation that brick
ovens are dangerous to hams gives
me the horrors"
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-10-03
BOTH WELL INFORMED.
An interchange of Compliments Be-
tween Grant and Lee.

tween Grant and Lee.
Toward the end of the war between
the states the value of well organized
ciated by the leaders of both armies.
Perhaps no commanders of modern
times We're better served in this re
spect than General Grant and General
Lee Both were kept informed daily as
to nearly everything that went on with
In the enemy's lines.
General Gordon related that one
morning toward the end of the long
conflict, when the Confederates, officers
and men alike. were reduced to UNI
pleasant straits for food, captain from
the Union headquarters went, under a
flag of truce. with n communication t.
General Lee concerning the exchange
Of prisoners.
General Lee" said the captain, with
a smile. after delivering his message,
General Grant sends you his personal
compliments and bids me assure you
that he knows exactly what you had
for breakfast this morning"
General Grant must be misinformed
as TO this" replied General Lee, sur
veying the message bearer with d sad
smile General Grant is a generous
man. and If he had known with what
q breakfast / had to content myself
he would certainly have sent me half
of his But give him my commitments. /"
he continued. with a sudden twinkle,
"and say that although l do not know
as to his breakfast have full partic-
ulars concerning his dinner last night"
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-10-03
A Puzzle 70 Pat.

An freshman entered a ticket Office
one day and inquired what the fare
was to Chicago.
"Ten dollars" said the clerk. "But.
he added. I'VE are making a special
rate. BY buying a round trip ticket
you can get II for SIS"
The Irishman looked puzzled. "a
round trip"
yes" said the clerk. "a round trip
to Chicago and back"
"well," said Pat, what do I want
to come back for when / am already
hereT'-Everybody's Magazine.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-10-03
Horace ereeley's Writing.

Horace Greeley used to write a
miserable scrawl One day he sent
the following to the Iowa Press AS
sociation: Il have waited till longer
waiting would seem discourteous, and
now decide that | cannot attend your
Press meeting next June, as ! would
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-10-03
II You Do Your Own.

insurance, your widow will do her
own work. National Life lns. Co, or
VT (MutuaD Earle S. Kinsley. Gen
eral Agent, Mead Building, Rutland.
VT.
Bisbee daily review., 1912-12-31
TAXING MORTGAGES.

Last year an attempt was made to Lave the legislature of Arizona pass law providing for the taxation of all mortgages in the state. This question is as old as government it. self. The Review believes that everg citizen of the state should be taxed on all the money and property he owns and that this is not the case with tine money lender and mortfagC holder.
 + man has ten thousand in cash it is liable for taxes, as it should be, but a glimpse Of the tax roll will dis close very little in the cash on hand" column and taxation of mort. gages and securities is the only way to get revenue from the iich who confines his wealth to cash and de- bends on interest and coupons for his income.
 If A lends B s1e.0O0 taking a mortgage on real estate or other prop erty as security for it's return and that interest will be paid or it A thus discIoses that amount og his wealth which under our revenue laws are taxable.
 B, the borrower, should not be compelled to bear double burden by paying the tax on his land and .ts improvements when has sI0,. GO0 interest represented by his mortgage on which his income is of ten more than the borrowers in come amounts to-
 Whether the amount of the mort gage should be deducted from the value O. the property pledged in the mortgage is question for discussion, but to our mind there sbeqldf be question ahoss compelling the hoidA to pay taxes on all mortgages and securities.
 The follow ing Is an editorial pub lished on this question last spring inI the Graham Guardian. It was wris-
Bisbee daily review., 1912-12-31
FoReMosr NATloNhL IssUE.

Ranking reform has ,orr become an issue ct foremost l.ai.ai al importance. O.ca- ". ruaer, Jas, democratic Hoor leader iu uo I2use, says it is reooud only to tariff revision, and that the democrats mast take it up immediately. President Taft, leader cl the other great party, dweit on it at length in his recent message to congress. and sgid that it would ben eft most yitaIly the farmer and the wage-carner Colone! Roosevelt again discussed it at the recent bull s-cSse conference in Chicago. giving it 8 conspicuous place in his address.
 President-sleet Wilson apparently regards this issue as equal in urgen- ev to the tariff. Senator o'Cormau Of Kew York says remedial legislation should come at the earliest practie- able moment. Carter Glass or Vir- ginia. chairman Of the banking and curreney committee of the honse, has made an exhaustive study of the sub feet preparatory tc framing i,i'I. e6seressinAn- gsarleson of Texas and smaager sherley of Kentucky have demanded. prompt action. The senti- ment that a sound banking system must replace our present vornout system is widespread. and must re sul; fin quick action in congress.
Bisbee daily review., 1912-12-31
RAILROAD DEVELOPMENT DURING YEAR, tet2.

The statistics compiled from off, cial sources and published in the Railway Age Gazette in its issue of December 2S show that one has to 50 back for E years, namely to 1Ss7, to find a year Tn which as small a .5ltlroad mileage was built as in 1912 and one has to go back six years, namely. to 1906, to find a year in which as large a number of locomo- uves and as large number of freight cars were ordered. The marked in crease in activity along industrial lines during the last part of 1912 is shown by the fact that between two and three tines as many freight cars were actually built in 1912 as in 1911. and third more locomotives were actually built in 1912 than in 1911.
 The official figures compiled by the Railway Age Gazette for the number of railroad receiverships, the number oi railroad foreclosure sales and the amount of block signal mileage, all give indications of the same condi tions that are illustrated by the ex- traordinarily small amount of new railroad mileage built and the very heavy orders for new equipment namely, that capital is refusing to go into new railroad enterprises and thaJ the prosperity of the last half of 1912 is taxing existing railroad facilities heavily.
 Notwithstanding the fact that 1911 was considered very unsatisfactory year for railroad building, there was 5.066 miles of new first track built i- 1911, while in 1912 there was only s,sg7 miles built The 2.s97 miles built in 1912 was built in 4l states. no new mileage at all being built in Alaska or five states. The largest mileage was built in North Dakota, ia which state 347 miles of first track built. with Texas second, in which G36 in:Ies was built. A detailed list of the mileage built in 1912 by states iE as follows:
Bisbee daily review., 1912-12-31
( c . . . . . . : . . C . ! Q EDITORIAL COMMENT q . . . z : . ( . . . . . . |
 GREAT eoDl READ THIS.
Arizona Gazetie.l

Aith tue high line through the Box canyon of the Gila river in disrepute with the southern Pacific railroad, and with a constitutional provision now permitting the state to engage in industrial pursuits. Arizona might utilize this canyon by building a road and lease it to such trunk lines as might wish to use it. The fact that the high line is condemned by the above company is rot conclusive evl- dence that it is not feasible for q railroad to be built there, or that it would not be possible to make it pay Railroads, built by private corpora iiOns. are not constructed solely vita view of making them yield a profit through their operation. The most Of them, or rather their securities, such as stock and bonds on the stock eX- change.
 The building Of road there would no doubt be expensive. Its operation would be equally expensive The eN- ploitatiun of securities under such conditions is not so easy a matter as it is where the original cost is lo8 and the cost of operation is propor ;ionately low.
 The first thing to do in railroad building, after it's competitor, as 1t has been carried on for years. is to issue stock for an amount twice, or nearly twice, the cost of construction and equipment, and then to issue bonds for an equal amount of the stock. After this is done, traffic rates , nave to be fixed at a sum which will cover expense Of operation, which in cludes high salaries for all officials, and to pay dividends on the stock and interest on the bonds.
 It will thus be seen how diGsult it naturally would be to exploit these securities, where the cost of construc tion and cost of operation are above normal. The ordinary traffic.
 Were the state to engage in tho construction Of a railroad. it natur- ally would not be expected tC fol. low in the same line Of rnanciag thaJ the ordinary corporations follow The stock and bonds issued above the actual construction cost are what arc known as water in railroad and other securities. and go to the promoters Of such enterprises as pursue tha. financial policy This feature of such a road would not be required by the state. and if eliminated. a road through the Box canyon could be made a profitable investment.
Bisbee daily review., 1912-12-31

The Santa Cruz PatasoHiaa, the Iew paper at Patagonia. has reached
 The Re esiow' and it is a clean
 gyelledited and we'll patronized paper CT four paees. the size of the largest paper printed in Arizona twenty-five years ago. The paper vas launched by Price and Waddel, both practical printers. who know we'll the news larer game. The Patagonian is flied with information about the Patagonia district and is an all around good booster. That this spir- it is appreciated in Patagonia is at tested by the fact that the first ccpy or the press sold for s1OO and the second and third copies for $50 each.
Bisbee daily review., 1912-12-31
FROM THE HICKEY
 WILLIE cLARloh

Grandpa IHbbins went to church In the rain last Saturday and is noa al home sufferiH from inglammatory religion.
 Mrs. Hi Higgins has taken in wash.n' by the day or week so long that Hi has been able to save up enough soap wrappers to get good Coubie-jointed bamboo fishin' rod.
 Last week we inserted an adv. in our lost and found columns to the effect that the galoot who stole an umbrella at the meeting house Ice. tGre 10 night before had better bring t to the Clarion office or be prose cuted. Fifteen cords of umbrellas have been throwed into our back yard since that time, and they are stsn comin.
 H1Tk Tumms Is gettin' to be quite a successful author He has had two recommendations for CuremaI and three for Bink.s Tonic accepted within month. Hank says the road to literary fame is some arduOus. buy he expects to remain on top as long as folks continue .to make patent medicine,
Bisbee daily review., 1912-12-31
a ON.THE .SPVRlg kY O.THEMOMENT. AR 0y Roy k. Moulten- 9

Elmer Jones is gettin' quite well ac. quainted down to the city. He can call three bartenders by their first name. He asked a policeman where the Battery was the other day. and the policeman told him it was out 10 the ball ground.
 Hod Peters fell down stairs last "Wednesday and broke three ribs ana seven commandments.
 A drummer from New York was m our midst the other day. sellin' goods. We haven't heard whethar he is bass or snare drummer Mix, Amy Pr.ngle. our milliner. says every drummer is delusion and a snare.
 Them foreign noblemen must be A tough lot. We see that an indictment mas been issued down to New York that has got twenty counts in it.
Bisbee daily review., 1912-12-31
Mir. Pettlerew's Snake.

Mir Elias rettigrew, tha eminent
 faunal naturalist and snakeologist,
 has pet blaCksGake which is the
 wonder Of the neighborhood. The
 snake is up to all sorts of cute little
 tricks and is about 20 feet long. +
 it were any longer no doubt Mir.
 PettigTew would say so. Some time ago 8 culprit entered the otherwise peaceful farmyard of Mir. Pettigrew under the cover of darkness and stole the rope of the dinner bell which hangs at the top of the long poIa Eear the kitchen door. This was very embarrassing inasmuch as Mrs. Petit grew was no longer able to ring tho dinner bell and call her hungry spouse from the west 80. The intelli. gent blacksnake noticed the lady's and. climbing the pole he took the bell handle in his mouth and allowed his body to hang straight down until his tail almost touched the ground. Mrs. Pettigrew crasped the pet snake Oy the tail and was thus able to ring the dinner bell Every noon now the snake climbs the pole without being told His idea of time is something very remarkable as he is never more than two min Ctes too early and never a minute late.
Bisbee daily review., 1912-12-31

for that price, receiving s5.O0o down ,all that B is wor;h), and takes a mortgage for the other s5.OOO; inter- est. per cent year; lends the s5,- COG cash to C and taxes a mortgage on C's ranch. with interest at I2 per cent, and in pops the assessor. He assesses the whole ol the first farm 10 B, the second to c, while A. who still has some kind Of interest in tho property that nets him si00 per uonth, does not contribute a cent 10 tho keeping rp of roads (if he's co, schools or courts, and without the latter, how could he enforce payment or the loan?
 It seems too clear for argument that A still owns property wortE SIO,. coo and gets more out of it than when be owned the ranch FIe is. therefore, just as able to pay for necessary ex. penses of government aa he was be- fore. Is it not disereditable to both him and his neishbors that he is not paying his share of the necessary pub lie expendItures?'
Bisbee daily review., 1912-12-31
WHY AoTEL cLERks oo cRAzY.


 Please send up a hammer and a chisel so l can break off some of this soap"
 -wbat time does the 2.27 train leaye?"
 Do you know man in this town by the name of Jones'"
 Where can have my lap dog manicured?"
 Cant you make that old gink in the next room stop snoring?
 T lost my handbag when | changed ears down to the junction to come here. Cant you get it lor me!"
 "I want you to find out for me at once the quickest way to get % Peavey Junction, Mass.
 T tried to eat in your dining room and everything was cold but the ice water. What kind of a dump are you running here?'
Bisbee daily review., 1912-12-31
SAVAGE OR CIVILIZED

The people Of the United States
 have had the kiadliest feeling for the people Of Mexico. There IS no seDti, menr anywhere existing that tends to-
 ward Interfering with their affairs and Americans all wish well for the Mexican people. but lately there have
 things occurred which make many doubt whether the Mexican people should De ranked as savage or civil izcd. Nearly every leader Of every faction or party there has al some time or another announced that it this government should in any way iaserfere for the protection of Ameri- can citizens. every American m Mex icn would be killed OrOzcO and mea high in tkc Madero mo. ement have made the statement and there is no reason to doubt that the mass of the
 people sanctioned such statemenis. Civilized people do not murder non oOmbatants TOT GO their leaders make such threats It is below the level oi barbarism to slay peaeeabie private citizens living in a foreign country no matter what difference may arise between the two governments.
 Mexican citizens, no matter what rank they hold who make such threats do not talk like civilized men. but like Apache warriors. Such threats do not iniure the United $ States sand it IS Hot :beueYs ed that such a course would be pursued but in the event that it was it would be- very bad for Mexico. However. there is nc probability of any interference by this government in Mexican af- fairs. IT such a thing were proposed there would be an almost universal protest against it.
Bisbee daily review., 1912-12-31

last part of 1912, 10th for the move. ment Of extraordinarily heavy crops and for the general business result. ing from greater industrial activity. The new equpmeht ordered in 1912 as compared with 1911 is as follows:
 1912. 1911. Freight cars .. .. 2gs.l95 3.1iT Passenger cars ... S.623 2.62s Locomotives ... .. 4,i24 2,S5N In no year since 1906 has there been such large number of freight cars ordered; in 1soG the total was Sio,S15. In no year since 1906 have there been as many locomotives or dered; in 1906 the total was 5.s42.
 The. records for new equipment ae. il'aily built during the year does nc, rake quite such good showing Compared with 1911 it is as follows. Freight cars . .l..14S.S57 SO.93I Passenger cars .. 2,S22 4,246 Locomotives . 4,4OG 3,5S0
 Twelve railroads with a total mile age of S,7s2 miles, went into the hands of receivers during 1912. These roads had total funded debt Of  sfO6,964,S54 and outstanding stock amounting to s74,493,643. The three Important raoads placed in the hands CT receivers were the Pere Marquette. Ihe Denver, Northwestern X Pacific tthe Moffat road) and the Kansas City, Mexico & Orient, both of which i:ter were independent companies that had attemuted to raise capital through appealing to private inves tors.
 No important roads were sold un. der foreclosure in 1912. There were i@ Unimportant roads sold, with a total mileage of 661 and a total fund. ed debt of s7,995,30O, with 1925. .69O stock outstanding.