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Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1912-04-24
THE BOSSES STOOD FOR TEDDY

Politicians and newspaper editors
have long memories The latter also
have the advantage of the old files OF
their papers for reference. From
them they can dig facts that frequen,-
ly destroy claims and discredit asser-
tons of even such immaculate lead
ers as Roosevelt
Here is the latest instance of this
sort. Speaking at Lincoln, Neb. the
irrepressible 81" declared that he had
consulted with Republican leaders in
former years but had always been
against them when there was a line
up between them and the people" The
Philadelphia Record emphatically de-
MES this 1t points out that
1T is notorious that the late Sena-
tor Quay led both Mckinley ami
Roosevelt around by their noses, if
one may use such common expression
as applied to such august personages
| For those who were battling for hon
est government in this state there wac
no more discouraging feature than the
complete subserVience of the Federal
| powers at Washington to athe two Sen
ators from this Commonwealth. Down
| to the hour of his death Quay had only
to express a preference for the APP
| pOintment of some henchman to po-
sition, and straightWay, no matter how
disreputable the choice might be OF
how vigorous the protests of decent
citizens, the nomination was made"
In the interest of historical accur-
acy The New York World has also TAX
en- the Colonel to task upon another
Nebraska statement of his. Speaking
at Omaha he said;
Remember that the bosses were
against me in 1908 and 1912, and in
| 1904 they were against me until all
opposition to me collapsed, so that
no longer made the slightest differ
ence whether they were against me OF
not
The same thing was true when
was nominated for Vice President;
and the bosses were forced reluctant
| ly to follow the people when, fourteen
years ago, | was nominated for Gov
ernor
The real facts in the case, as stated
very concisely by The World, follow:
Mr.. Roosevelt was nominated for
Governor of New York in 1898 by
Boss Plat and Lemuel Eli Quigg, the
boss faithful lieutenant, because OF
his picturesqueness as leader of the
Rough Riders With his military glory
| fresh upon him Mr.. Roosevelt was ell
ected by a plurality of only 1909 out
of total vote of 1,34l ,966. Two
years before, the state had given Nc
Kinley 268, 469 plurality.
Mr.. Roosevelt was nominated for
Vice President at the Republican Ma
tional Convention at Philadelphia in
| 1900 by Boss Plat, of New York, and
! Boss Quay. of Pennsylvania.
| In 1904, as the national boss of the
Republican party, Mr.. Roosevelt nom
! mated himself. In 1908. as the ma
! tional boss of his party, he nominated
Mr.. Taft, after threatening that III
/ they don't take Taft they'll get me. y
Mr.. Roosevelt's statements of facts
on the stump on the subject of bosses
may be very gratifying to him, but
they are most untrustworthy sources
of history
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1912-04-24
DIET AND HEALTH
HINTS
BY DR.. T. j. ALLEN
Food Specialist
FURTHER WARNING ABOUT
FASTING.

The editor of Good Health
warns against fasting without
the advice of a physician. He
says that whether one eats or
not ne must consume a certain
amount of matter to supply heat
and energy and that the faster is
in reality gnawing his own
bones and that the kidneys are
congested with an excess of
waste which they fail to eIiml-
nate. He would advise special
diets rather than fasting, though
admitting that short fasts are
beneficial In certain cases. DR..
5assler, a stomach specialist. in
the CycIopedia and Bulletin of
Medicine, aims to show that Up
ton Sinclair's advice on fasting
is bad, mentioning case In
which serious injury resulted.
Or. Robinson, editor OF the Critic
and Guide, has also pointed out
some dangers of fasting. Fast
ing, like every other remedy,
has its limitations and its dan
gers, and no two cases require
the same treatment. Sinclair
and other advocates of fasting
have advised supervision by a
physician in all cases. Several
cases of serious injury from pro-
ionsed fasting have come under
my observation, suggesting the
ACCESSIBILITY Of the same caution
that Is requisite In the appIlca-
tion Of any other remedy.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1912-04-24
UNCLE sam MAY
YET BUTT IN
Mexican Outlook is CettiDo
GIOOmiGr Daily

Washington, D. c., April 23.-Tba,
the committee on foreign affairs -
the senate and of the house, while do
ploring the possibility of war, will ~,
hold the hands of President Taft if b.
becomes convinced that interventjon
in Mexico is absolutely necessary in
order to protect American lives and
property is disclosed by Statements
made by members of the committes
of the two branches of congress.
For the first slime since the ARM
modified on the border last summer
the fear that Intervention NAV h.
necessary is permeating congress. The
action of Madero in ignoring the de-
mands of the United States and the de-.
tiance of the Orozco rebels, who have
kept two Americans prisoners without
trial or without explanation as to the
harges, have created a situation which
in the minds of members of congress
must lead to reprisals by this gov.
eminent.
1t is quietly admitted in administra-
ton circles that the present policy of
pacification has not been followed by
the results expected. The idea seems
to be spreading among the Mexican
rebels and the Mexican government Of
ficials that the United States will not
act unless openly insulted That the
! action of both the rebels and the Mex
lean government has approached close
to insult is generally admitted.
Following the news that the admins.
tration is seriously considering tie
sending of a warship to Mexican wa
tiers, it is learned that President Tat
| this week will consult with members
of the foreign affairs committees Of
the senate and the house, with a view
to ascertaining the feeling of congress
J with reference to the possibility Of in
. PREVENTION.
The president is reluctant to take
any steps that will lead to hostilities,
but intends to place all the informa-
ton at the disposal of the state de-
partment in the hands of the foreign
! affairs committees of the two branches
of congress, and it is likely that h.
will be guided to large extent by the
advice of the members of those bod
les
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1912-04-24
pensacola, Fla, News.)

Here are six reasons for not liking
Woodrow Wilson's history of the
United States:
~ In his History he gave one
line to John Paul Jones-the great
Southern sea captain-and a dozen
pages to that street riot in Boston, led
by the Mulatto Attacks.
a. In his History he slurred over
the heroic deeds of Southern men,
while he exaggerated everything done
by New England.
49, He did not mention the mag
nificent volunteer movement of the
Southern men, led by Gen. John Sc
yier of Tennessee, which annihiliated
the British at Kings Monument, and
thus paved the way to the surrender
of CORVALLIS at Yorktown.
a. He made no mention of the
glorious service of John Laurens, Of
South Carolina, who went to France
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1912-04-24

The Souths coming prosperity will
be based on a more general sub-divis-
ion of the lands. The Newman Her
aid says that in that county, Coweta,
"as few as ten men own at least one
eighth of the tillable area in the coun-
ty, and at least one-tenth of the coun>
tvs total area This condition OF
necessity demands negro tenants Il
till the soil. Taking the figures mar
cd above, 1t will be seen that at least
10000 acres of the county's tillable
land is owned by ten men. If half of
this amount were cut into farms of 80
acres each, it would provide 250 farms
of that size, and if these farms were
owned and operated by white farmers,
would add at least 1000 to our popula-
ton, as well as making a great in
crease in the business of the county.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1912-04-24
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MANS IMPOTENCE.
New York Tribune.)

: New York Tribune.)
, Man boasts: AT last | feel my
= might;
Earth, sea and air | tame;
; Out of the dark ! called for light,
= And out of the dark light
came;
: Air tides which sweep from north
and south
: Change at my stern command;
, Lightning takes words from out
my mouth
: And bears them DER the land.
: With man-made wings | fly in
air;
King of the birds am |;
: find the oceans depths, and
there
, My monarch's scepter ply;
: Birds, beasts and fish are mine to
sway;
My kingdom all | see;
: am the lord of night and day,
= And all must bow to me"
= So man! But came a sudden note
: Which carried warning dire:
= An Unseen Hand stayed mere
. mans gloat
And shattered his desire;
= The night! The sea! An iceberg
grim,
. And death! Upon the wall
= The wordless message sent from
= Him
= "Ye are Gods creatures. all!"
+ A. w. Ttting.
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Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1912-04-24

Gov Wilson asks: why should
you discuss the tariff until you know
whose Judgments are going to settl
the tariff question p" And we can
not but reiterate the question of the
Jacksonville Tines Union, I'VE ask
what is the use of discussing the tar
if after the men whose judgment will
settle it have already been elected? p
After they are elected they can do as
they please and no discussion can
change the result.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1912-04-24
WOODROW WILSON'S HISTORY OF AMERICAN
PEOPLE COMPLETE IGNORED The south

when George Washington was almost
in despair, and got the money and the
ships which gave Washington the
GROWING triumph of the Revolution.
airy War.
(5.) In that so-called, History of
the American People, Woodrow Will
son does not mention the heroic SER
vice of such Southern heroes as Gen
efal David b. Twiggs, in honor of
whom two golden swords were order
ed-one by the state of Louisianaand
the other by the Congress of the
United States.
(6.) He makes no adequate men
ton of such Southern soldiers and
statesmen as Elijah Clark, Colonel
Waddell, George Rogers Clark, Marion
and Sumter, John Sewer, Edward
Lacy, George McDuffie, Robert
Toombs, Alexander H. stephens, Benz
H. Hill, Andrew J. Miller and George
Mason
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1912-04-24
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Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1912-04-24

Congressman Gardner, of Mas
sachusetts, actually has the temerity
TO call into question some features of
the official life Of Roosevelt. Doesn't
Gardner know that Roosevelt is the
super-m n, above and beyond ciit-
icism9
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1912-04-24

Referring to Roosevelt's declaration
that Taft is receiver of stolen goods,
the Jacksonville Times Union makes
the cutting comment that Perhaps
Roosevelt is talking about four years
ago when he delivered the goods to
Taft"
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1912-04-24

Wilson may we'll be dubbed The
Man Without a Remedy" He offers
none for any evil that afflicts the pub
lie. He even waves the tariff aside
with I'VE will not discuss the tar
iff" Why not?
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1912-04-24

The result of Wilson's visit to Jack
sonville has been the organization OF
a tremendous Underwood Club. A.
Savannah the net result has been the
stimulating of the Underwood move
ment, with two great mass meetings
In sight.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1912-04-24

The prisoners in the Minnesota
penitentiary have each $1,000 to $500
to their credit in bank. What a har-
vest for some get-rich-quick schemer
If he could only land in that prison.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1912-04-24

A tone of dependency seems to be
creeping into the editorial columns of
the Georgia Wilson papers. 1t will
be more apparent as May first draws
closer and closer.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1912-04-24

Copyright, 1911. by Joseph b. Bowles.
The Caucasian., 1912-04-11
AN EXPRESSION
OF Appreciation by Promoters OF the
Cedar Grove Factory Addition.

Shreveport, La, April 10, 1872
The undersigned promoters OF the
Cedar Grove Factory Addition to
the City of Shreveport desire to
thank the voters and citizens of the
city for the signal victory which
was achieved at the polls yesterday
in voting the franchise for a street
railway to the said addition.
We assumed large obligations for
the purpose of establishing factories
in Cedar Grove. The building of the
street car line will mean splendid
success of the enterprise and the
location of several thousand people
in this suburb of Shreveport will
mean a material increase in the
wholesale and retail trade and a
large distribution of money to all
classes of labor in the way of addi-
tional buildings and improvements.
Now that the voters of the city
have given their approval to make
this a greater and better city and
have relieved us in measure in
our efforts to make it success, we
desire to thank them sincerely for
their unanimous support in their
efforts in our behalf and to assure
them that we shall make of this
addition splendid success, one that
will be both a pride to the citizens
of Shreveport and one of the great
est financial assistance to its retail
and wholesale trade that has ever
been proposed heretofore.
We are pleased to state the Trac-
ton Company has already begun
delivering its material for the con-
struction of the work in question
and we hope that before the sum
mer months are over to afford the
citizens of Shreveport, as we'll as
those of Cedar Grove addition am
pie means of passage between tht
two places, and we likewise hope te
have in full operation by that time
a number of factories employing
possibly one thousand men, which
will mean the greatest thing to tn,
City of Shreveport that has eve
happened since the advent of tn
Kansas City Southern Railway. Re
spectfully submitted,
| N. C. BLANCHARD.
i H. H. WIRELESS.
| J. B. ATKINS.
i j. ID. WILKINSON.
il L. E. THOMAS.
/ S. H. BOLINGER.
| WHELOCK, CALL & CALI
The Caucasian., 1912-04-11
Opposition to a Proposed School

The Caucasian would join the
Guardian Journal, published in Ho-
mer, Claiborne Parish, in its Opposl-
ton to the law suggested by Super
intendent Harris. 1t provides, says
the Guardian Journal, several new
offices. He proposes to create po-
sition for an expert to look after
the public school lands. The parish
superintendent can attend to this
without extra compensation.
He also wants the office of state
medical inspector of public schools.
If such an office was created it
would soon become political and we
see no need of a place of the kind.
We are opposed to his PROPOSE
ton of putting all the different edu-
cational institutions of the State I'M
der one board of supervisors. This
would centralize the authority il
one board and as the Superintend-
ent is to be the head master gives
him the exclusive control of all the
educational institutions of the
State.
And this plan suggested would OPP
crate against the common school:
of the country in favor of the high
er schools. The common schools are
already too much neglected, they
need more money, and better paiC
teachers. The masses of the child
rem attend the rural schools anC
this class of schools is being dis
eriminated against.
We have read the suggestions OF
Mr.. Harris very carefully and do not
believe any suggestion that ht
makes should be adopted by the
Legislature.
The school laws have been tam
pered with too much already, anC
but few amendments passed during
recent years have improved the ex
listing laws.
The Caucasian., 1912-04-11
4 PLEASANT INCIDENT.
4 Confederate Memorial Calendar
Exhibited in Boston.

As indicated by the letter follow
ing, the Confederate Memorial Cal
endar of the Commercial NatlOna
Bank of Shreveport was the med
ium of reviving the military spirit
Of a recent gathering in Boston.
The letter is refreshing and is die
tated in The kernest and most ap
preciatiVe Of the feeling of good fel
lOwship:
Public Latin School. Boston. April
6. 19l2.-Mr. A. T. Kahn, Cashier OF
Commercial National Bank. ShreVc
port. La: Dear Sir-I am taking the
liberty Of writing to you to see II
by any chance. | can procure from
you one Of the Confederate Memo
rial Calendars which your natiOna
bank has authorized for diStrihu
ton, I presume, to its bank custom
erS.
If YOUR hank is as substantial as
the calendar that represents it, l
must be a mighty place in which tC
open an account.
happened to be one of the speak
ers in Boston on the 22nd Of Febru
ary at reunion banquet of th'
Forty-third Massachusetts Regimen
and in the course o fthe festivities
the calendar which you sent t'
Charles X. Marst0n of the ShaWmul
National Bank, Boston. was passed
around and most interestedly in
spected 1t was much appreciated
by the veterans who recalled, in {
very vivid way, how gallantly the
cause it represents was fought for
Should you send it. it would be {
bit of historic insignia for the fam
Gus collection of our old BOstOr
Latin School. If you have such
| calendar to send, please send it ad
dressed to Stacy B. SOuthWOrth
| Public Latin School, Boston, Mass.
and Immediately on receipt | will
send a check to cover the postage
| charges and value of the calendar
| Very truly yours.
| STACY B. SOUTHWORTH.
The Caucasian., 1912-04-11
THE ROBY CASE.
The Jury's Verdict for Damages Is
Sustained and Increased.

Among the cases affirmed by the
Supreme Court of Louisiana and re-
ported from New Orleans a few
days since, is the suit for damages
by S. G. Roby ct ais VS.. Kansas City
Southern Railway Company.
1t was during the week of the
State Fair of 1910 that the Roby's
were the victims of an accident at
the crossing in West Shreveport.
The Roby's were being conveyed to
the Fair in an automobile in charge
of William Lowe.
In the trial of the suit by jury
the Roby's were represented by J.
NJ. Foster, F. J. Looney and w. r,
Percy of Minden, and, the company
by Alexander & Wilkinson.
In this accident S. G. Roby, who
lives at Mira, La, was awarded
$4,000 by the jury for loss of leg
and three fingers of one hand
which the Supreme Court has af
firmed.
In the case of Mrs. A. M. Roby the
Supreme Court increased the award
by the jury of $1,000 to 5000 for
broken collar bone and shoulde
and injuries to the head.
In the case of A. G. Roby and wife
who live at Cotton Valley. Webste
Parish, the jury's verdict was TO
$500, which the Supreme Court in
| creased to $1,000. The suit by thes'
plaintiffs was for the death of thei
| child. Virgil, boy aged about 1
years, who was in the autOmObil
with his parents.
The total of the judgments by tn
| trial jury aggregated Sfi 500, whic
| the Supreme Court has raised I
$4,000, being an increase OF $3.50
The Caucasian., 1912-04-11
Accidentally Killed.

At about o'clock yesterday af-
ternoon J. w. Platt, ear inspector,
was killed when in the yard of the
Shreveport & Houston railway while
inspecting cars. A switch engine
backed on the cars he was inspect
ing, not knowing he was about.
He was aged about 80 years and
was unmarried. He is survived by
four sisters, who reside in Meridian,
Miss. He has a brother, DR.. d. S.
Platt, who has been an employe OF
the Texas & Pacific at Marshall,
Texas, for twenty years. The burial
will take place in the cemetery at
Marshall, Texas.
The Caucasian., 1912-04-11
Conservation Tax Declared UncOn
StitutiOnal.

In a lengthy and we'll prepared
opinion Judge E. w. Sutherlin OF
the District Court has declared the
conservation act unconstitutional
The suit which led to this opinion
has been pending since January IA
1911, when it was filed in the clerks
office. 1t is designated as recorded
and known as the Etchison Drilling
Company, a corporation, VS.. ex-Offi-
clio State Tax Collector, Sheriff ]. P
Flournoy.
While the act is declared by Judge
Sutherlin to be unconstitutional, at
torneys of prominence do not share
in this view, and believe that when
the test has been applied by the Su-
preme Court that the constitution
ality of the act will be sustained.
AS this is an important suit, il
possible it should be so placed or
the calendar, if necessary by agree
ment, so as to let the Supreme
Court pass upon it.
The Caucasian., 1912-04-11
A Silendid RECOGNITION.

The Police Jury today voted an
appropriation of $3.50 for the Con
federate Veterans who being limit
ed of means could not attend the
reunion at Macon, Ga, without
some financial assistance. The ap-
preparation is to be expended under
the authority and supervision OF
the General Leroy Stafford Camp
No. 8. Last year the Police Jury
voted an appropriation of $3.50 t6
assist the Veterans in going to the
reunion at Little Rock, Ark. This
money was well spent and the ap
preparation of today will be applied
as intended in doing the most goos
to the greatest number who can gt
to Macon, Ga.
The Caucasian., 1912-04-11
CEDAR GROVE EXTENSION.
A Sensible View Leads to a Practi-
cal Result.

AS anticipated, there was little
opposition manifested in the special
election held Tuesday, April 9.
The proposition was to grant to
the Shreveport Traction Company
the right to construct a line OF
street railway from the intersection
of Southern avenue and the Boule-
ward to the northern line OF the
Fairfield Heights subdivision, as set
forth in the resolution of the City
Council adopted March 5, of this
year.
If this proposition had been an is
sue unconnected with the Cedar
Grove factory addition it would
have been overwhelmed in defeat.
Among the citizens who voted for
the proposition are hundreds who
subordinated their opposition to the
Traction Company, for the reason
that, as progressive citizens, they
w..re indisposed to impede the pro-
gress of the Cedar Grove factory
ste
The returns as promulgated Off
rially by the Mayor by authority OF
the Council show that i,039 votes
were cast for, and Al votes against.
Had the proposition been defeated
there would. have followed delay
in the developing of the Cedar
Grove plant, besides involving the
promoters in greater expenditure
in money in securing railway con-
nection from and to their plant and
this city.
The construction of the extension
to- Cedar Grove is to be expedited as
rapidly as possible.
The Caucasian., 1912-04-11
Real Estate Transfers

Furnished by Caddo Abstract Co.,
Ltd, SIT Marshall Street.
Mrs. M. E. Bailey to J. w. Glass
cock, lots 10 and ii block 7 of Posey
Park addition; $500.
w, w. Jones ct al to Alex Viii
liams, lots IL and i3 of the Key sub
division; 1899.
Betsie Harris ct al to Miss Cecile
Kahn, 80 acres in southwest quar-
ter section 20, is, A; S444.
w. X. Henderson Jr. to w. K
Henderson Sr., lots in the Hender
son subdivision; 81 800.
Caddo Land Co. to Mary V. Grow
lots rs and rs Concordia Park; 5000
P. w. McKittrick to A E. Miller
lots q to 81 Paramount; s9,t50.
E. York Ames to H. B. ScOfield
part of lots II, Is, i6, block 8 Curri
subdivision; $1,000.
X. w. Railsback to Natalie Oil Co
east half of southeast quarter sec
tion IL, is, IL; 81 200.
j. s. Anderson to w. T. Caldwell
| northeast quarter of southeast qua
ter section 80, %, f6; $1,000.
Mrs. Sallie F. Horton to Fred A
Baker, lot in Greenwood, La, So, ,75t