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Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-07-30
TAUGHT SCHOOL SEVENTY YEARS
philadelphia Public Ledger

philadelphia Public Ledger.)
When Zephaniah Hopper, who died
a few days ago, began to teach school
in Philadelphia nobody had ever seen
an electric light. The first message
had not been sent by Morse over the
first telegraph line. Bell hadn't even
begun to dream of the telephone.
Webster and Clay were husky safes
men of 60, Jackson was still telling
the Democratic party what to do We
lington and Peel were notable figures
in English politics and Victoria was
then girl queen. Napoleon the Third
hadn't emerged from prison not 10
speak of his occupancy of the throne
of France. Lincoln was young law
yer in Illinois unknown outside of his
own neighborhood, and Grant was a
West Point cadet. The Mexican war
had not been fought, and it was doz-
en- years before the Crimea with it's
Sebastopol and Balaklava, it's horrors
and it's Florence Nightingale.
When Zephaniah Hopper heard his
first class in Philadelphia nobody here.
had ever seen an elevator Even horse
was still in a score of fragments ami
Germantown, Manayunk, Northern
Liberties, frankfort, West Philadel-
phia and many other boroughs were
independent towns. The first railroad
here was then a youngster of about a
dozen years. Any man who used
match was given to unusual luxuries.
Baseball hadn't been, invented. The
word football was scarcely in the die
tionary, let alone a fact upon the grid
iron
So this gentle old teacher who help
ed make mayors and governors and
nation-famous lawyers and doctors
stuck to his job for over three-score
and ten years, through wars and pan
les and peace. other things changed
but he didn't and he never appeared
70 desire it.
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Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-07-30
NEW SEABOARD EQUIPMENT
Modern in Every Respect and Equip.
ped With the Very Best.

The Seaboard Air Line has placed
IN service on all through trains the
handsomest diners ever built. The
cars are inducive to cool travelling as
we'll as to safety. Paddle fans really
cool the passengers without buzzing
The tile floor is cool, sanitary anil
does not contrain odors as carpets do
The sunken electric lights give sufIi-
cient light without being glazing, and
the ventilation of these modern cars
removes the sting of summer. The
service is la carte, offering the best
the market affords.
In addition to this, they have alsl
put in service new steel coaches
deliberately finished which makes
them the pioneers in solid steeltrains
operating in the South.
For full information relative Sea-
board schedules, etc., write G. w
SMALL, division Passenger agent, sa-
vannah, Ga. adv.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-07-30
ADVANCE AGENT OF CALAMITY
Providence Journal.)

Senator Henry F. Lippit, of Rhod
Island, who has been a constant guest
at Uncle Sans soup kitchen for sew
eral years past when the infant indus
try pap as been handed out, as wasted
no time in beginning to beat the TOM
toms and sound the mournful wall +
universal hunger and the death Of in
dustry. Mr.. Lippitt, standing in his
seat in the Senate on Friday, made the
statement that the proposed tariff
bill even at this very moment is stop
ping the industries of my state"
We would like to ask Mr.. Lippitt
what he means by this statement,
what industries OF his state have been
stopped by the proposed tariff bill and
whether he has not yet learned the
lesson that the day has gone by when
men can stand up and deliberately
fool the country when the facts are
at hand for anybody to ascertain.
All through the last national cam
paign Mr. Lippitt and few other
benefciaries of vicious and indefen-
sible tariff spent thousands of dollars
in this state in advertising the almost
immediate coming of soup kitchens
and black distress. He is at the same
game today in the Senate. 1t is as
tonishing that Mr.. Lippett should in
agine his words on this subject can
possibly have any weight either with
the Henate or with the country at
large, when every man who can read
knows exactly what his connections
has been with the protected indus
tries, with Nelson w. Aldrich and
with the framing of the existing tariff
schedules.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-07-30
TRAGEDIES OF THE STAGE
(From a Foreign Exchange.)


The series of matinees recently CIV
en- at the Court Theater in London,
mark the recovery of Victor Wiltshire
from a severe wound sustained dur
ing a stage duel at Southampton is j
reminder of Fates fondness for i'm
parting a spice of reality to theatrical
make-believe tragedies. 1t may be re
called that during THE Miracle" at
Olympia, there was an accident of the
sort that nearly proved fatal, the
dagger of the king &c. Kenneth) only
Just missing the eye of his masked
brother (R. de Raadt), and making
q very nasty cash on the latter's
cheek; and in Paris few years ago a
music hall assistant, whose business
it was to stand still while articles
were sent flying from his head by the
well-aimed bullets of a crack shot, y
was unfortunate enough to receive
one of the missiles in his eye, witt
Immediately fatal results.
At Dublin some years ago one OF
the tricks of clever young juggler
was to catch between his teeth a
harmless ball fired from a pistol;
but one evening loaded weapon was
handed by mistake to a member OF
the audience to fire, with the result
that a fatal bullet was lodged in the
conjurers head. Somewhat simil.'
/ but more tragic, was the incident al
Arnstadt, during a performance pa
ranized by royalty, when Nine Lins%y
was shot dead by one of party o.
stage soldiers. Before firing it wa:
their duty to bite off the bullets las
used to be done with the old rires'
bat en- the fateful evening oae u
them emitted I. do so.
At Kettering, in 1907, two actors
playing as brothers at deadly enmity
in play called THE Sledge Ham
mer," quarreled fiercely in the dress
ing room just as the curtain was
about to rise, and one was stabbed il
three or four places. There was ais.
ITO make believe in the stage due
with knives between the two actors
in the Chinese theatre at Yolo, Cal
in 1885. But the audience of miner
did not know this at first and cheer
ed frantically at the magnificence o
the acting" until the blood began t
soak the boards. The cause was .
love quarrel, and one of the actors
died of his wounds.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-07-30

4 = \ = = \ \ = \ \ \ \
= FOUR-LEAF CLOVER =
4 4 4 \ y \ 4 4 = = \ =
ella Higginson)
] know place where the sun is like
gold,
And the cherry blooms burst with
snow,
And down underneath is the loveliest
nook
Where the four-leaf clovers grow
One leaf is for hope, and one is for
faith,
And one is for love, you know,
But God put another in for luck
If you search you will find where they
grow.
But you must have hope, and you
must have faith,
You must love and be strong-and
If you work, if you wait, you will find
the place
Where the four-leaf clovers grow
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-07-30
WOMEN OF THE EAST
Washington Starr

Poets and romancers would have
us believe that the land of the East
has always been the land of mystery,
and that of all it's mysteries the one
that will ever defy solution is its
women. Memories of adolescent days
brings up fair visions of Zobeide and
Gulnare from the pages of the Arab
ian Nights, duly expurgated yet
clothed in a misty cloud of unnamabIe
charm. Bolder explorations led on to
the "Howadji in Syria, where even
the ice of New England culture thaw-
ed under melting glances thrown over
the upper edge of the protecting veil.
Then came the plunge-straight into
the chaos and welter of Lot and HearH
and the minimizing Burton-until the
absinthe dreams of the Beloved Vaga-
bond became solid ground and his
palace of dipsomania a retreat fol-
anchorites by comparison.
To back up all this wild deliriun',
the material Occident has been. re
called with the views of the Sheik-u]-
Islam, archrriest of the Mohammedian
faith regarding women. If his pur-
pose were to remove our illusions, the
venerable patriarch has done we'll
that is, if his is to be taken as the
word not needing season. 1t leaves
us however, divided between doubt
and disillusionment If he is right.
the others have been fooled. If their
Judgment is to stand, then the shelk
has buried the hoary poll of knowi-
edge in the sands of ignorance, or
else in a lax moment given himse'f
over to indulgence in the heady stuff
prescribed alike by the prophet AMI
Mr.. Bryan. For the sheik finds the
Eastern women something easily to b.
kept in control by shawl and veil. And
those are for mans protection against
too seductive charms. Marriage AMI
divorce are regulated by the Koran
for the benefit of men, He finds Il
all good, and is satisfied.
Poor old sheik! He has permitted
us nothing but glimpse into his own
vacuity. Yet that he is wiser than
we may not be too freely denied
What a man doesn't know about We
men will never hurt him. What 3
woman refrains from telling vii
hurt him less. Perhaps the men 81
the East and the women of the Eas'
both know best What, with our own
free contact, there is loss of illusion
in the more complete presentation Of
charms that rob Imagination of its
highest privilege. What with tbs
boosted dress reform of the unfetter
ed West, there is withdrawn the
overwhelming attraction of that which
beckons most when. it most retreats
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-07-30

With the knowledge of this will come
the doom of the divided skirt. For
down in their hearts the daughters OF
Eve are everywhere equally wise, and
back of their heritage from the first
mother lies something of the cunning
of Lilith in the mall.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-07-30

New customs duties on foreign an
tirues will greatly increase the cost OF
heirlooms among our best families
Washington Post.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-07-30

1t is possible that the cheese sent to
the Carnegie Foundation recently was
almost as effective as the bomb which
T. was supposed to be.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-07-30
what do you call your dog?"

STOCK Market" ,.
What peculiar name, Any par
ticular reason?'
Il should say so. Most unreliable
dog you ever saw. You can never tell
what he is going to do next."--Life.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-07-30

In spite of the fact that they did
not seek the distinction, number oil
statesmen have been placed in the
MuIhall of fame" remarks the New
Orleans States.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-07-30

There are sef-made men and ais
there are men who make fools ..
shemseIyes over women.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-07-30

Two places not popular as summt r
resorts-Mexico and the Balkan
mountains.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-07-30

When the farmer who gets the first
bale of cotton gets the last one, too,
he is going some.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-07-30
~

Ambassador Henry Lane Wilsol
seems to wish to dictate the admins
tration's policy in Mexico.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-07-30

The Missouri woman who traded her
husband for a mule probably did not
get disappointed.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-07-30

Secretary Bryan's lecture tour shows
what a versatile man is in charge OF
the state department.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-07-30

Dog-days have gotten under way
now, so let come what may.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-07-30

People who sing their own praises
seldom appear in a duet
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-07-30

Few men are color blind when il
comes to the long green.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-07-30
OFFICIAL ORGAN

Webster County.
MaiIroad Commission OF Georgia For
Third Congressional District.
u. q. Court, Southern District of
Georgia.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-07-30

Americus, Ga, July 30, 1913
Evening journal., 1913-06-24
TUESDAY. JUNE %, 1918.
OUR CITY AND THE PENINSULA.

rT>HROUGH its reception and dinner In honor OF the
i editors on our Peninsula, the Chamber OF Com
merce of Wilmington has performed for the people OF
city and the Maryland Virginia PENN
sula of the most important services It perform
ed since IL organized succeed the old Board Of
Trade and the Manufacturers Association Through
graceful social courtesy the editors II has reduced
practical, and, It is hoped a lasting and compre-
hensive basis that feeling OF mutual helpfulness which,
while latent always has existed between our city and
the large and rich rural district lying the
bays.
While there was much OF a practical nature UNDER
lying the reception dinner the editors night
there nothing OF selfish nature init The spirit
OF reciprocity and mutuaty in social and commercial
matters permeated the whole function. II epresenteJ
widespread desire the part OF the people OF VIII
mngton and those OF the Peninsula large become
better acquainted and obtain greater benefit from the
volume Of trade that originates in our city and
in the rural districts from the twevemiie circle down
to Cape Charles
To the people OF Wilmington II sgnihes "The PEN
insula-Our Feld" To the people on the Peninsula
it symbolzes: "wlmingtou-our Metropolisl"
We congratulate the Chamber Of Commerce upon the
happy pracscal thought that prompted It to ex-
o,end to the Peninsula editors the invitation to come
nlsn a the guests Of our people We fecitate the
ssss,..-.s-ppon the hearty spirit with which they ac-
cepted the invitation. The exchange Of thought and
sentiment az the dinner last evening will revolution
ize we believe the trade and social relations between
the urban ara the suburban districts between the Del
aware an9>the Chesapeake bays
IherS' was not disoordant note during the recep-
Hon the dinner Friendliness. neighborliness and
intelligent conception of the great end in view char
acterzed the men from all sections
Evening journal., 1913-06-24
sAuLsBuRY,s BROKEN PRoMIsFs.

DETER J. FORD. one Of the disappointed applicants
for the Wilmington postmastership, is indignant
Unlike some of the others who have been nouted by
Senator Salisbury for the sake of James j. English,
Mr.. Ford takes pains TO conceal his Indignation
Neither he hesitate to accuse Salisbury of rank
duplicy in relation to the matter. II what he says
be true, think that persons who know the
two men would accept Mr.. Fords word in preference
to that Of Salisbury the junior Senator from Della
has been guilty OF outrageous toward Mr.
Ford. who says he promised him. not merely once but
thrice that he should have the postmastership Not
withstanding those promises Salisbury threw Mr. Ford
ino the discards with Thomas N. stayton Martin f.
Fairy and Or. Thomas Cooper, and all for the sake
OF James J. English, who never had done as much
for Salisbury any OF the four aspirants cast
aside for his benefit
Let It be forgotten that when Peter ] Ford ran
for Governor years he knitted to death by
Democrats. many Of who friendly 10 Salisbury
Let 1t not be forgotten that when Thomas NJ Mon
oshan ran for Governor last November he, too, was
knitted to death by Democrats who supported the rest
of the Salisbury State ticket and elected IT,
Let it not be forgotten that in the city cleo
ton while friends of Monaghan saughtering DIR.
Willard Springer, by the grace Of Salisbury the Dem
ocrac candidate for Mayor. the friends of Springer
and Salisbury slaughterng the friends Of Mon
aghan and Ford, who were on that same ticket
And now have Senator Salisbury passing Mon
sshan by and not only hagranty and unbushingy
dsregardng the repeated postmastership promises
made to Ford but actually calling Fords veracity into
question in the public prints
Mr.. Ford. Mr.. Monaghan. Mr. stayton. Mr.. FAIRY Dr.
Cooper and certain other Democrats have the satis-
faction of knowing however. that they will have an
opportunity in few years settle their scores with
Senator Salisbury. The next time he stands for the
senatorshir he will cave to depend upon the popular
vote and not upon machinemade primaries and Iegis-
lat'e manipulation. When that time comes ample op-
po-tunity will be supplied to all Democrats who may
be so inclined to take their in welding the knife
and it is altogether likely that Salisbury will be one
Of the worst-defeated candidates known in this
State.
Evening journal., 1913-06-24
CHARLT0N NAV COME BACK.

Sr~HERE has been another sensational turn in the
Il case Of Porter Charlton, Of Judge Charlton,
who killed his American wife in italy threw her body
into Lake Como and then fed to this country. That
three years ago. Since then big legal fight has
been in progress to determine whether he should be
extradicted to italy for trial and punishment From
court TO court the contest carried until finally
June 10 last the United States Supreme Court ordered
that Charlton be delivered the italian officials for
extradiuon.
Now comes the news from Rome that after Charlton
arrives in italy he will be examined to his sanity
n Il be shown that be is insane the Italian Govern
may to his return to this country to be
placed in asylum. That unquestionaby would be
pleasing 10 Charltons relatives. They never have
wavered in their loyalty TO him, Notwithstanding he
has confessed that he slew his wife and threw her
body into the lake. II only is fair to young Charlton
to say. however, that there many mitigating cir
cumsances in the which, while they did not JUS
tfy the killing gained for him sympathy which he
otherwise would not have had He member Of
good family who made the mistake OF marrying a
whose conduct drove him to do things he per-
haps would not have done had he married someone
deserving.
Evening journal., 1913-06-24

over FIVE thousand visitors most Of
them practical farmers and their
wives from Delaware, Pennsylvania
Maryland and even New Jersey gath
cred on the college grounds and
spent the day there The various de-
partments of the Experiment station,
the work being done and thee innova-
tions being made along the line Of
scientific agriculture we're of course
the most interesting to the farmers
and it is safe to say that much valu-
able information was disseminated
among them.
The Experiment Station at Dela-
ware College has already gained a
national reputation for scientific,
practical and profitable agricultural
work. and the men at the head of il
stand high in their profession. Della
ware. and in fact the entire PENN
sula have felt the impulse of the
work inaugurated there and felt 1t TO
their profit. Farmers Day has come
to be recognized as a splendid means
of disseminating this information at
first hand, and all concerned are to
be congratulated on the fact that
this annual gathering has grown to
be a permanent feature.
Evening journal., 1913-06-24
A COSTLY MISTAKE.

TT \RvARD's victory Yale the Thames
Il so sweeping that its very magnitude took out Of
it much Of the sting that would have resulted from
close racing In fact. the main farcical Har-
wards varsity eight leading after the hrst mile and
crossing the line alone.
Yale had depended upon the short, sharp and ierly
English method Of rowing 10 carry it to victory It
failed, and there little likelihood that Old Eli
will repeat the blunder. The English stroke counted
nothing against the long and steady stroke Of the
Harvard There is question that if Yale had
adhered 10 American methods the humiliation Of drop
ping three straight Harvard would lave been
avoided Too late to do anything to avert the calamity
the boys in blue realized that it would have paid them
much better had they adhered to American methods. It
is fortunate for the standing OF Yale that the general
public attributes the defeat to method than to
men.
Evening journal., 1913-06-24

OF the company is in with the presi
dent of the Lewes Board Of Trade. Seemingly the
only thing that stands in the way OF such arrange
beine made is the bad condition Of the towns
pier. It would be splendid thing for Lewes were it
have such direct connection by water with the two
largest cities the Atlantic seaboard.
Would it not be we'll for Wilmington, which has
splendid water service with Philadelphia also to
have itself made port of call for this. New
York steamship line? All need to get such things
is a Delaware river waterfront II is useless 70 ex-
pect coastwise and deep-sea craft regular to
up the christiana river to take on either pos
sengers freight
Evening journal., 1913-06-24
THE GRADUATES.

From The Elkton Democrat.
The young men and women who
are stepping from the platforms with
their diplomas are emerging into
different field from that which spread
before their predecessors Of half a
century ago There are wider oppor-
tunities for every one, especially for
the young women. The college grad
uate is needed in business as we'll as
In the professions; and the fact that
"a man holds a degree from an insti-
tuition of higher learning does not
bar him-unless he bars himself-
from occupations which afford fair
remuneration and excellent prospects.
There IS no royal road to success
nowadays, any more than in the past,
and the college diploma is not I'm itself
the key to open the door that bars
the way. Yet the training Of the
years spent in study proves an as
set. There is more mental agility.
and there is a broader knowledge.
But is there a keener understanding
of humanity? That is a factor in any
ones career. and the youth who has
taken his degree in the school of ex-
perience. passing from the grades di-
rectly into occupation. may be better
equipped in this respect than the
holder Of a brightly sealed and rib
boned diploma. The young woman of
today can look 10 numerous chances
10 become self-sustaining. Matrimony
no longer appears as the only outlet
for completely dependent existence.
Medicine. law, art, science. business
all are open. Prejudice against the
woman in everyday affairs has dis
appeared so completely that no woman
has reason to feel conscious of her
sex if she undertakes any line of work