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The chronicle=news., 1913-07-19

A Worcester. Mass. man weary of
life. committed suicide. He left a
note to his sister directing that $3a
be given to his divorced wife with
which to buy a mourning gown and
that she be asked to be chief mourn
er at his funeral.
The chronicle=news., 1913-07-19

ers 4 FRIEND.
1t IL more eloquent
In its action than all
the health rules eyer
laid down for I h G
guidance Of cxIrctant
mothers. 1t Is az
external application
that spreads its intlu-
cncc upon all tn o
cortiu muscles. llGn.
The chronicle=news., 1913-07-19
A WISE BIRD

\ wise old owl lived In an oak.
The more he heard the less he
spoke
The less he spoke the more he
heard.
Why aren't We all more like tha,
bird?
The chronicle=news., 1913-07-19
me LATEST FAsnlOu nOTE

aays: at 10 . w!sc precanlioo Against getting
ho,rs In delicate hosicry 70 powder tAs sesss
before putting them on" Many psop,s spsiskis
the famoas antis-ptic powder, Al1cns Foot. .kass.
p,o the shoe-, and ind that II saves its eoss ten
,.nes over In keeping hoics from hosiery - wsu
"a Lc, ,.cning friction and consequent snsrtisg
NIL ,.htpv of the feet.
The chronicle=news., 1913-07-19
The Peri Perfect = r., +. f.,,,.
4 Simple Net Cd That Has . Wonderful
Influence upon The Future Infant

Too much cannot be said for wonderful
remedy, familiar to mnny women as Moth
The chronicle=news., 1913-07-19

chronlcls-News soc . month.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1913-03-20
She Wanted Some Currents

Talking about electricity, that
just reminds me of little incident
that occurred not many miles from
St. Paul. A woman walked into a
grocery store and asked the grocer
what caused the electric lights to
keep lit?" WELL" said he, i
guess it's series of currents" ("
We'll, you can just give me four
pounds OF those currents; we're
burning a lamp at our house, and
I'm sure your light beats it. The
Baron.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1913-03-20
TERMS: 8 Months a4Ua Fifty its Cts.
The Parole Law And
It's Breaker
Apache.
Apache.

Pager Read Before the ChautduQ,la Circle
Last year about this time, l de-
livered an argument before this body,
in which l made known my views
on the parole law" Since that
time / have applied twice to the
Parole Board for consideration
and was refused both times. Still,
today, l am as staunch a supporter
of the parole law" as / was one
year ago. My sincerity can hardly
be questioned, as / have no ak to
grind, for the parole law means
nothing to me-or to my kind.
But it does mean something to you
to you who have been in prison
for the first time, and because it
takes in you / call it a great institu-
ton.
/ uphold the parole law because |
realize that great and powerful
state has allowed bit of sentiment
to creep into its dealings with you,
as a first timer" The state has been
brought to realize that your great
need is just to haye some one that
believes in you, some one that will
help you do the things that will be
beneficial to you in the end.
In the last few years thinking
humanity has been engrossed in one
of life's real problems, the problem
iof defending the discarded, of re-
claiming the great waste of lives,
the problem of regeneration, the
economy of human souls. From
and throughthis new thought" has
come the Minnesota parole lava
law that frowns upon the old systems
that lead men low, and in their
place puts system that leads men
bigh, to self-realization.
No one has watched the new sys-
tenn as closely and taken more inter-
est in it than myself. / have seen
men 60 out on parole" utterly ignor-
ant of the great blessing bestowed
on them. They have gone out the
gate with no thought of the morrow
they lived but for the day, the
hour that brought them-what they
believed to be-freedom. Th e y
cared nothing for their obligations
to the State, much less for the hopes
of others they left behind, those
who prayed that the departing one
would make good SO that others
might also be given the opportunity
to go out and do likewise. l have
l yet to see one parole breaker who
confesses that he alone is to blame
= for his forced return. I have seen
l many with a smile and sneer and
a look that spoke of how they glor-
led in putting it over on the State
u The trouble with most of us lies
in the fact that we are not CONVEX
, SAINT with the true aim of the pa.
role law" we do not realize just
what Importance is attached to the
fact that the state allows a man to
make new start. We go out with
It the expectations of having kid.
It glove position handed to us. we look
n for sympathy and expect the world
a to receive US with open arms. wheI
II in reality it is up to us TO show the
o world we want nothing but what we
| earn the right to have. We expec1
: life to be easy and imagine we arr
If entitled to just little the best o.
e everything because we are on pa
d role" If our pilgrimage should
'e take us, even step, through th.
Il =
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1913-03-20
Vol. XXVI.-No. 33
Washin$t0n--The
Quadrennidl
Mecca
H. A. E..
H. A. E..

All roads once led to Rome, and
by the same token it may with JUS
tice be said, in so far as it concerns |
the victorious democratic hosts-all
roads lead to Washington. Here,
though, the parallel ends, for al
though the proud citizen of the
Empire eagerly trudged the long
distance as best he might, that he
should arrive in time to drink to the
full the glories of the pageant ac-
claiming fresh triumph, and par
take in the distribution of the laurels
to the returning victorious legions,
your present day democrat digs
deep in his jeans for his railroad
fare and sees that he arrives in time
to ask for the opportunity of demon
strating how much better than his
republican opponent he is able to
handle the Job. After the big noise
is over, when things begin to shape
into their normal state once again,
countless hundreds will still pound
the pavements of Pennsylvania Ave-
nue. and adjacent streets, where de-
partments are quarted, in determin-
ed efforts to obtain what they seek.
Gradually and after repeated disap-
pointments, some will become sober,
ed to the extent Of counting the re-
mainder of their fast disappearing
coin and sensibly make straight
line for the Terminal and insist on a
return ticket. Some, again, after
computing there cash balance and
ascertaining they are minus the nec-
essary amount will frantically wire
home or friends for the needful,
while the persistent others are COM
PEELED to make a virtue out of a
necessity and simply stay and hope.
This, in brief, is a resumer IF the
main attracting incident occurring at
a change of political administration
in the affairs of the nations govern
ment, i'll so far as it interests the pa.
triot who aspires easy work and
some liberal pay.
However, to the disinterested cit
izen, the student of history and the
times, Washington, at this period
is pregnant of interest, and biaseC
indeed must be he, who, watching
the smoothness and uninterrupted
manner in which the stupendou
and complicated wheels Of our gov
ernment machinery moves along
despite these periodical and com
plete upheavels, fails to wonder an
feel proud of being an American.
No more liberal and comprehen
sive education as to the working sys
tenn of our nations government ca
be gained than that afforded by tn
person whose expert work make
him fixture in that system and wh
is thus enabled to consider himse
beyond the possibility of removs
as long as his work and compor
ment are within the prescribed pre-
cepts. To such person, Washing
ton is indeed desirable locatio
and school from where he shoul
matriculate much wiser man tina
when he first entered. The write
for several years serving in the II
porting corps of both branches
the nations law-making bodies,
we'll as in the enerossing and tram
lating departments of the State D
partment, enjoyed excellent oppo
tunities in observing the modus o.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1913-03-20

of the unnecessary, and to the lay
mind would appear waste of labor
and material, there is a commanding
reason underlying it all, and the do
ing of it in its perfected details as
tonishes the uninitiated.
Too, after all, it matters really but
little which party enters into power,
and what countless hundreds of the
victors flock to Washington and sue
ceed in establishing their claims for
the spoils. The important parts of
the machinery remain, secure in.
their knowledge that it is upon them
that the success of the system de-
pends.
No lesson to be learned through
protracted residence in official
Washington can best serve and in
struct one as that afforded through
the observation and study of the
new type of members elected to
both branches of Congress, in par
ticular those of the lower house, and
this interest becomes all the greater
when ones experiences spans sever
Il Of cfo
slider that within very few years,
in keeping with the tremendous
strides of our population, the mem
bership of the lower House has
more than doubled. In fact, the in
hux of added members has compell-
ed complete change in the seating
arrangements of the chamber and
the old timer will have cause for
comment and comparison when, up
on the opening day, he will behold
circular rows of benches facing the
speakers rostrum in lieu of the old
familiar individual desks. But, the
plays the thing" and the knowing
ones will be keen to the situations
sure to arise out of this new infusion
of young blood into the law giving
body of tie government. 1t is in
conceivable that this large number
of novices are to be easily cajoleC
into submission. 1t can be safely
assumed that each and every one O
them comes to the Capital with {
greater or less degree of conviction
that they are the bearers of the rem
edy for every evil that exists, an,
, they will brook no interference il
their determination to frame then
into action. All this will be YER
|. fine, but how long, do you imagine
will it take that master whip
, Oscar Underwood and that grea
Missourlan who will again rule owe
the destiny of their deliberations, t
make them tractable and reasonable
Now, in old times, in the days G
the old guard, such refractory exhi
: bitions would pass no further tha
: the floor and the hour. Imagin
4 one of them daring to enter the list
e and bringing upon themselves th
s retort of Sunset Cox, Daniels,
o Proctor or Conkling? But othe
f methods are now employed and
il place of the crushing rebuke brougl
: home with all the force of traine
: oratory, sarcasm and ridicule, the
r apply the persuasive weapons
n caucus and committees which rare
d fail to bring the desired result. Ar
n yet, there is a tinge Of regret at tt
r, passing away of that old school
: orators who, through their spec,
If and personalities, ruled house aft
IS house with absolute sway. What
3 magnet of attraction they alwa
e. proved whenever the occasion ca
r. ed forth their best efforts! Galleri
D. filled as if by magic whenever Of
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1913-03-20

It, and has enjoyed afresh it's master

it, and has enjoyed afresh its master
mirth.
But all this is now becoming of
the past. Not alone new tempera-
ments but new methods have come
into vogue. A cut and dried busi-
ness brand of solons now over-runs
the capital and there is very little
patience or encouragement for those
who show inclinations of rhetorical
display. 7embora nantankur, ct nos
Mutan,uy IN ills.
In direct contrast to the facility
with which our popular branch of
the nations legislature can change
its personnel and methods to fit the
times. we have the premier depart
ment of the executive branch of the
government which never changes
the Department of State. Tradition
and precedent reign supreme in ev-
cry nook and corner of 1t, and.
passing into its precincts the very
air pervading acts upon one in de-
terring manner, especially after the
rush and democracy observed in the
other departments. Here, nothing
is done in hurry and every act is
controlled with traditional form and
ceremony. To be sure you will
find the usual army of minor clerks
incidental to a department where
an enormous lot of.statistical data is
handled. but in its inermost recesses
where at times momentous ques-
tions of state are weighed and
shaped into form, one begins to re-
alize in full the solemnity and Sc
crecy hedging the conduct of affairs.
Here the majority of the staff is of
long service, tried and dependable,
and drilled to keep a secret, and the
very nature of their work has i'm
parted to them an air of reserve
which serves as badge of distinc-
ton from the rest. In the engross-
ing and translating bureau of the
department, where all state docu.
ments addressed to foreign govern.
ments through the usual diplomatic
channels are first translated into
French, the medium of communica.
tions of that nature. and then en-.
crossed on parchment, the reader
can readily understand why it il
most important that no leakage
should occur whereby advance in
formation should reach the public
and it is here that the utmost watch
fulness is exercised and as few al
possible are allowed to become &C
quainted with the subject of th.
work on hand.
So. presidents may come ant
presidents may 60. The victor
may assume control TO again lose j
, four years afterwards, but the olt
guard, the important cogs of th
wheel, always remain, and therein
lies the explanation of the perpetua
, smooth working of the system, n,
matter what political upheavels ma,
9 bring to the surface.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-08-21
HARRISON GOES
TO PHILIPPINES
New Governor General Sc.
IeCted By President

Washington, D. c., August 20
Representative Francis Burton Har.
rison, of New York, has been selected
for governor general of the Philip
pines by President Wilson.
Mr.. Harrison was selected alter
months of personal consideration by
President Wilson in which many ap.
plicants were eliminated.
The new governor general is q
democrat, a native of New York city
a lawyer by profession and has been
"a representative in five congresses
his first service being in the 5Sth
He enlisted as a private In the
Spanish war in the volunteers AM
was a candidate for lieutenant-goy
ernor of New York in the campaign Of
1904. He was educated at Yale Uni
versity and the New York Law school
In connection with the announce.
ment that the white house had no
comment to make on Mr.. Harrison's
attitude toward the Philippines be-
yond the remark that he would carry
out democratic party pledges.
A reorganization of the Philippine
commission, however is to be effect
ed, and some commissioners will be
named within few days.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-08-21
WIRE SLATON TO
sign HOME BILL
Following RumOred Veto Way.
ward Girls Home Bill

Atlanta, Aug. 20.-A stream of tel
egraph messenger boys, some bearing
half a dozen messages, besieged tho
state capitol today, their errand end
ing ng at a the the desk Of the the governors sec
retary. A stack of kilograms which
would have fillee a bushel basket We:
piled on the desk before noon. And
all were addressed to Governor Slator
and all of the same general tenor;
Sign the wayward girls home bill
and save the young women"
The telegrams came from all over
the state, from organizations and in
diyiduals, from men and women, min
listers and laymen, from clubs and
churches. They followed a persistent
rumor to the effect that the governoc
intended vetoing the bill for the rea-
son that it calls for a $4,000 appro-
priation instead of $4,000, which
he had agreed to support 1t is said
that the bill was about to go through
with the $4,000 appropriation when
some supporter, with the best of in
tentions perhaps, succeeded in getting
the larger sum inserted 1t is also
said that certain opponents of the
measure consented quietly to the in
Isertion of the larger amount in the
hope that this would bring about q
veto of the measure. Governor Slatoh
said tonight that he will sign the bin.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-08-21
CHANGES MADE
AMONG FORCES
At The HOSPITAL
DEPARTURE OF MISS HOPKINS
Much Regretted; Miss AmmGn
Goes Shortly

The departure yesterday of Miss
Hopki S. of the orps of nurses at n:
Amer:cus f'J al, and the departure
next week 4; Mss Ammen, neces l.
tates several Oh: nges in the corps
{ ere. while tsI eral regret is ey
pressed at the less the hospital has
sustained in the resignation of these
very efficient and capable young la
dies.
AS announced quite recently, both
Miss Hopkins and Miss Ammen have
received appointments to positions in
the United States naval nurse corps
and in that capacity will be stationed
in Washington.
Miss Hopkins has gone to her for
mer home in Virginia, where she will
spend a brief vacation before assum
ing her new duties in Washington
Miss Ammen will leave Americus the
latter part of next week to join Miss
Hopkins in their new and broader
field of usefulness.
Miss Breeder, who is a valued and
capable attache of the hospital, will
upon the departure of Miss Ammen
succeed to the position of superintend
ent of that institution, a merited and
appreciated promotion. Miss Morgan
has been selected as the worthy sue
cessor of Miss Hopkins.
The young ladies who thus leave
Americus after an extended and de-
lightful residence here, were compli-
mented with an enjoyable reception on
Tuesday evening last, rendered them
by the graduate nurses of the hospital
and attended by many invited guests.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-08-21
COTTON firms
PREPARING FOR
FALL BUSINESS
SEVERAL HOUSES In TRADE
AmeriCus Market is COnSid.
cred One of Best

The cotton season in Americus IS
opening in fine form and with the
usual complement of domestic and for,
eign houses represented here by buy
ers eager to secure their part of the
fieecy staple. Every firm thus repre-
sented is of prominence and reliabil-
| ity, thus insuring the best prices TO
cotton, and liberal dealing in al!
phases of the business.
Among the newly arrived buyers are
E. c. Mayo, representing the Espy
Cotton Co., of Savannah, and buye"
here during several seasons.
Brown Wimberly, representing the
Taylor Cotton Co., of Macon, and a
buyer here last season. Mr.. w. A
Cleveland, of Americus, will be with
this house
R. L. Lipscomb, representing We'll
Bros, of Columbus, and buyer here
during several seasons.
E. C. Webb, representing the BrowG-
Kramer Cotton Co., of Albany.
In the local field will be ]. I. Kal-
mon & Co., Messrs. W. K. Bell and c.
]. White, with probably others well
known to the trade here.
All of the new firms have secured
offices in the warehouse district and
are ready to begin the seasons busi.
ness when cotton comes in in sufi-
cient quantity
Local warehousemen expect goodly
receipts at the weekend, as the
weather has been very hot and dry
during several days and farmers have
gone after the rapidly opening cotton
In fact, receipts by the close of Satur-
day should easily aggregate 400 t1
500 bales.
The market assumed a very bullish
attitude yesterday, and advanced THU
/ ty points, which with the advance of
twenty points On Tuesday made a gain
of more than a half cent in the price
OF cotton within two days. At the close
yesterday the October option had
reached 1157 cents, the highest point
of the new season.
Intensely hot weather in the cotton
belt and absence of needed rain was
the cause attributed to the rapid ad-
vance in cotton prices.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-08-21
MRS. GODBEE DIES
FROM Her INJURIES
She Was Second Victim Of
Mrs. Edna Perkins GOdbee

Savannah, Ca, August 20. - Mrs
Florence B. Godbee, who was sho
and severely wounded in the Miller
Ca, postofice by her husband:
divorced wife, Mrs. Edna Perkins
Godbee, died there at 1885 O'Clock
last night.
The funeral of Judge Walter S
Godbee, who was shot and killed al
the same time his wife was wounded
took place yesterday afternoon al
Waynesboro, Ca, with Masonic cere-
monies.
Judge Godbee was a native OF
Burke county and lived at Waynes
boro many years, later removing tu
Millen. He was married three times
and is survived by the following
children. A daughter, Miss Mar
garet Godbee, by his first wife; two
sons, King and Frank, and a
daughter, Miss Sarah Godbee, by his
second wife, who killed him.
Mrs. Edna Perkins Godbee is con-
fined in the Jenkins county Jail at
Millen. She will be tried at the
superior court of jenkins county
which convenes next month.
Her attorneys stated today that she
will waive preliminary hearing and
will make no attempt to secure bail.
1t was at first thought the case
would be tried in the federal courts,
as the shooting occurred in the post
office, but the building in which the
postoffice is located is only leased,
not owned by the government, hence
the federal courts have no jurisdic-
ton.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-08-21
REPORTS 6F OFFICIALS
NO LONGER REQUIRED
County Officers No Longer
Make Reports

Sumter county officials as we'll as
those of other counties who receive
their compensation in fees instead Of
receiving a salary, will not have to
make any further quarterly reports to
the comptroller general. The la"
passed by the general assembly of
1912, simply provided for these re-
ports for the first two quarters of
1913, or up until the meeting of this
years legislature.
The object of the law was to afford
the legislature of this year data upor.
which it could frame a general law
substituting a statewide salary system
for the fee system now in vogue.
Comptroller General VIM. A. Wright
compiled the statistics and filed them
with the clerk of the house, but the
general assembly never called for the
information.
Comptroller General Wright states
that he did not make any especial an
alysis of the reports, as the law did
not provide for that, but he arrived a;
the conclusion that under the fee sys-
tenn the county officers in the CITY
counties were we'll, if not overpaid,
and the officials in the country coun.
ties were insufflciently paid.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-08-21
LESLIE FARMER HAS
PRIZE CORN PATCH

]. ]. Wilson, a prosperous farmer
of Leslie, has a prize patch of corn
that bids fair to break all records for
Sumter county. Yesterday morning he
brought several stalks of the corn
into Americus and a crowd of his
friends inspected them.
The stalks were fully ten feet high
and had as many as eight ears on
each. An interesting feature about it
is that it was planted as late as Jun ,
25, and yet at this early stage it has
well developed roasting-ears on it.
Mr.. Wilson has twenty-five acres o.
this corn and is counting on 65 BUSH
els to the acre. He attributes the ra-
pid development of the corn to deep
plowing and intense cultivation. The
stalks are covered with leaves and the
fodder crop will be valuable in itself.
The Wilson plantation is one of the
garden spots of the county. Mr.. Will
son is known as a practical farmer
and he is always in the lead in every
movement pertaining to the good of
the farming class. He believes in d.
versifcation of crops and does no.
depend on cotton for his living. He
has several acres in pecan trees that
are already bearing.