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Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1914-02-19
Are You a COWARD ?

Anne Bryan Mccall, writing in the
March Woman's Home Companion un-
der the title The Gift of Courage, "
says that in reading the many letters
which she receives in her capacity as
the editor of department in a wom-
ans publication, she is often struck
by the shrinking from responsibility
and lack Of poise and courage and
daring which so many seem to exhibit
She goes on to say:
Again and again comes the phrase
How shall | endure or, l cannot
endure this or that burden, or condi-
ton; or I cannot bear this or that
trial. And if you examine into the trial
and weigh the burden, you find them
by no means so heavy as by the bitter
complaint and timorous shrinking
from them you might have supposed
One girl writes me:
land now (alluding to conditions
brought about by her married sisters
DEATH shall have to leave the city
and go to live in the country for a
year at least. do not know how
shall endure it, for | have never lived
anywhere but in Chicago. The farm
house has not even running water in
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1914-02-19

out We venture the statement that
very few farms of the middle west
under similar cultivation would show
better. results than these test farms do.
We feel certain that the land in Can
ada that is attracting so many Amer
lean farmers doesn't show the profit
that these test farms do.
And it is well to remember that the
climate of the section of country that
is tributary to the Central of Georgia,
in fact of the entire South, is vastly
better than that of Canada There is
real joy in living in the climate Of
this section while in Canada at least
six months of the year the ground is
frozen and cattle have to be kept un-
der cover and fed from crops gather
ed in the open season.
Il these middle west farmers and the
farmers of the east once get a clear
understanding of the climatic condi-
tons here, the cheapness of the land
and the profit there is in farming they
will not seek Canada to better their
material condition, They will come to
the South They will come to Georgia.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1914-02-19
MISS DAWSON THE BRIDE
OF Mr.. JOHN BASS
We're Married Last Evening
at Parsonage

OF interest to the many friends Of
the bride and groom was the marriaga
last night at $50 o'clock of Miss Lou
eva Dawson and Mr.. John Bass, both
residing near Americus. The young
couple, attended By Miss Dawson, her
sister, and Miss McElhenney; Messrs.
Mcdonald and Chappell, drove to the
home of Rev. J. A. Thomas, where tn
interesting ceremony was performed
and congratulations extended the new
ly welded couple.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1914-02-19
THE CENTRALS TEST FARMS

A practical, and what promises to be
q most successful plan to induce home
seekers to settle in Georgia and other
sections along the line of the Central
of Georgia, has been inaugurated by
Vics-President Winburn, OF that pop
ular railroad, and already satisfactory
results are in evidence On the sub
ject, the Savannah News says that in
1912 ten Of these test farms were OPP
Grated and in 1913 eleven This year
there will be twenty-five, perhaps
more.
In 1918 the size of the farms varied
from Is to 80 acres, the total acreage
of the eleven farms being 1865 acres,
and the net profit from them was ST.
3354S Isn't that doing pretty well?
Is there any other part of the country
where, from approximately that acre
ag=, there was so large net profit
last year? One of the farms was at
Toomsboro Wilkinson county. Thirty
ceres were cultivated. Three years ago
this land was purchased at S. per
acre, but as a test farm is valued at
$40 per acre. At that valuation the
net profit last ytar from its cultivation
was $76172, which was $25.39 per
acre. or 254 per cent. on its value. Sew
eral Of the other farms made a profit
OF considerable over 100 per cent in
re value of the land.
When facts like th-se are brought
to the attention Of farmers in the mi i
die west who are thinking of seeking
new homes-of sel'iTg their arms ut
their high valuations and seeking
homes where land can be had at yes t.
ly lower prices they win think twice
before going to Canada, where -
many middle west farmers have sought
homes in the last few years.
The Central Of Georgia has put the
results of its test farms into pamph-
lets and proposes to distribute them
throughout the east and middle west.
The result is, if we are not mistaken,
will be an immigration to this section
Of the South, especially to lands along
the lines OF the Central of Georgia,
such as hasn't yet been known.
The lands Of these test farms of the
Central isn't specially selected. 1t is
Just the average land that is offered
by its owners for the purpose of maxi
ing tests under intelligent cultivation
such cultivation as any farmer of the
Iwest would give it year in and year
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1914-02-19
Advertising Rates Reasonable.
Promptly Furnished on Request.

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of Respect, Obituary Notices, etc.
other than those which the paper may
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ter. will be charged for at the rate OF
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Of day prior to date of issue in order
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umns should be submitted not later
than 6 o'clock of the day, two days
prior to date of issue.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1914-02-19

it-so you can imagine what hard
ship it will be for me. Then, too, to be
mother to three little children! l do
not know, l am sure, how l can take
up such a burden as that
"One is lonely:
Perhaps you will think it little
thing, but it is not a little thing to me-
1t 81 ems to me sometimes l would
rather be dead than not to be liked by
my companions And l am not liked
by them. Don't tell me to fight this
thing and to stop thinking of myself
for l cannot do it. The loneliness is
fearful
Here is another:
1--WE used to have plenty of money
had everything h art could wish.
wonder if you know what it means t.
have to adjust yourself to an entirely
Lew life. 1t seems to me l cannot dc
it, | am employed in an Office now
and each day seems to me as long as
seven. have a dread of meeting my
old friends, the ones who used to know
me in the old plentiful days l don't
want them to know how poor and how
unhappy | am Maybe you will think
this is all very cowardly. But l cannot
help it, really | cannot.
"And here is still another:
81 get so fearfully Discouraged.
What is the use of trying to get ahead
when you don't get any thanks even
for the best you do? Even mother en-
tirely misunderstands me and says
such sharp things
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1914-02-19
RIGHTS

The custom of a woman doing the
house work came about when practi-
cally all men were. engaged in agri-
cultural pursuits. After dinner the
wife and daughters cleared off the ia
5le and washed the dishes, while hus-
band, father, brother and son rested A
few minutes before returning to the
pillow. This was reasonable, and the
woman exercised the right to make 4
man take care of himself.
Division Of labor has reyolutionized
the world. Woman has, through choice
or necessity, crowded man out of &c =
tain trades and professions. She r.
tains, however, the right to preside
over her own kitchen and dining room.
A man had no business interfering
with the dish-washing, unless there be
sickness in the home, the servant away
or something unusual the matter. 1t
is true that a man immensely enjoys
dish-washing-after it is over-but a
woman has the right to deny him even
this pleasure. Sometimes a man ought
to be ashamed for not helping to wash
the dishes, but most of us would rather
be ashamed than to have to wash the
dishes.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1914-02-19

MANY a man in Georgia has looked
at himself in the mirror within the
last few days, puffed out his chest, AMI
informed his reflection that slaton
xyonld not make a mistake if he We're
vo wire him to know if he wuld con
slider seat in the senate. Uncle San
would have to build large annex tc
the capitol to accommodate them all
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1914-02-19

An Illinois mayor refuses to work
because his salary has been cut. Shall
the strike become a political instru-
ment as we'll as a business remedy
and a personal relief?
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1914-02-19
WOMANS

Rev. Nathan Thompson, known to
Georgia Methodists as Uncle Nath, -
gives his Notions" occasionally 10
the readers of the Wesleyan Christian
Advocate. In a.recent article he says:
"Scme of my theories are much cas-
Iier to preach than to practice. For in
stance, l believe man ought to be more
domesticated ana woman more athletic.
ITO see a big crowd of strapping
men eat a good dinner, withdraw 70
the sitting room, light their cigars,
lean back, tell jokes and enjoy life,
while a little tired woman clears off
the table and washes the dishes,
doesn't seem to me to be a square deal
We men live much in the open air
sometimes go camping together-but
our wives and daughters are encour-
aged to crochet"
If this whole picture were changed
DOUBTLESS Uncle Nath' would still say
the deal is not square. Suppose
crowd Of dainty little women eat a good
dinner withdraw to the sitting room,
light their cigarettes-or get their
knitting back tell jokes and en-
joy life, while a big tired man clears
off the table and washes the dishes?
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1914-02-19

Alphonse Bertilion dead is hailed as
tine terror of criminals" Since Grim
inals multiplied so successfully despite
his system we suppose none OF them
wers scared to death.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1914-02-19

These cold breezes we are having
now will bring a blush to the cheeks
Of Miss Elberta later on that will be
worth dollars and cents to Sumter
county.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1914-02-19

The young men o. Valdosta are ask
ing the citizens for a modern y. NJ C
A. building. Valdosta men will change
our opinion Of that hustling little city
if they fail to provide for their young
men
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1914-02-19

That congressman who thought (
sergeant ought to know him though he
refused to tell who he was must have
thought a sergeant had a lot more
sense than a congressman.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1914-02-19
Sons ann Get sa.0n0. 0O0 Eaeh

Chicago, Feb. 18.-The estate of
William Deering, real and personal
property was valued at $15,O00.OOO, ac-
cording to the inventory filed today.
The property was left to two sons and
I've grandchildren. Each of the sons,
Charles and James. receives $1,000
0l).
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1914-02-19

If league directors possess any OF
the attributes of prophets six different
teams are going to win the pennant in
the Georgia State League this sum-
mer
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1914-02-19

The Colonel is reported to have
picked up a cobra in South America
Evidently beth were visitors as cohras
are not native of South America.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1914-02-19

An exchange asks What has be-
come OF all the good cooks?' We
answer as a suggestion that they are
all married
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1914-02-19
MARKETS
New Orleans Cotton.

New Orleans Feb 18.-Cotton fu-
lures closed barely steady at a de-
cline of to II points.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1914-02-19
Americas, Ca, February 19, 1914

Wonder if the animals could recos-
nize the dances named after them?
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1914-02-19

A SCIENTIFIC scalp and facial
massage given at ladies residences:
shampooing, singing, manicuring;
faded hair restored to its natural
color. 221 Cotton avenue. Phone
260. Jessie Gillem. 2-15-1m
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1914-02-19

Necessity is not only the mother OF
Invention, but also of elbow grease.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1914-02-19

FOR SALE Eggs for Matching;
Cook strain orpingtoR; selected; $500
setting; Young strain white leghorns;
selected; $1.0o setting; orders filled
promptly J. NJ Pennington, corner
Furlow and Forrest SITS.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1914-02-19

HAVE FOR SALE 100 bushels
choice seed sweet potatoes, Triumph"
and Morton Yam" varieties; large
yielders and fine table potatoes. Phone
2431. ]. L. Glawson, Americas. 1S-1w
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1914-02-19
By Carrier:

OFFICIAL ORGAN FOR:
City of Americas,
Sumter County,
Webster County,
Railroad Commission of Georgia For
Third Congressional District,
~ S. Court, Southern District of
Georgia.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1914-02-19

FOR SALE-All the time you want +,
or 5 small houses and lots, with
sewerage. Write P. 0. Box 1856. If
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1914-02-19
THE TIMES-RECORDER
(IncorpOrated3
Established 1879.

Published Every Morning, Except
sFondays, by Times Recorder Co.
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FOR SALE-F'ine black horse in
good condition. See W. R. Mack, over
D. Pearlman's, Lamar st. 1876
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1914-02-19

1.-The sweetness of lou price
seldom equals the bitterness o,
poor quality"
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1914-02-19

support better teams. would walk
away with the race and the smaller
less fortunate clubs would lose all
chance of making a showing because
OF their inability to produce the lone
green A league with the blue dome
as the limit would last about as Ions
as Sir Patrick stayed in the army.
1t has been generally conceded
that few if any teams in the Empire
State League last season stayed with
il the limit For this reason the limit
was raised from $1,000 to 81 200 a
month at the meeting in Cordele last
October
President Kalmon has warned the
different clubs that he will do all with
in his power to make the clubs stay
within the limit and that any team
that tries to slip one over" will Be
delt with summarily.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1914-10-16


|fng the actual cost Of labor the on!y
extra cost.
The ellyiew Impro yement Com
pan has also promised the city off
Gals to pay half the cost ofsthe con-
Fstruction Of the road.
Aiessrs. Cheney and Armstrong,
county engineers, have made an es-
innate, saying that the new road
will cost in the neighborhood OF So
500, including the paving and as
the paving of the old road will cost
about $500 this will bring the cost
OF the additional labor at $4,000.
The work will be done by the coun-
ty under the supervision OF the road
engineers.
The new road will be 22 feet in
width running along the side Of the
street car track.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1914-10-16
CITY HEALTH NOTICE.

The examination of the water sup:
ply of Fafrmont this month revealed
that there is no contamination what
ever in the water by the time it
reaches the consumer.
The state hygienic laboratory at
Morgantown Which examines the
specimens sent each month by the
city physician reports that the water
is safe for use without boiling.
The exceedingly small number Of
cases Of typhoid fever in the city at
present is thus explained.
BY the regular monthly examina-
tion of the water supply which is be-
ing carried on, the department of
health hopes to forestall any epidem'
ic of typhoid. If the water supply be-
comes contaminated a bulletin will
be issued: promptly and advice given
as to protective measures.
c. M. RAMAGE,
City Physician.
Fairmont, Oct. IS, 1914.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1914-10-16
Arrested
For Shooting
N. B. CAMPBELL TAKEN INTO
: CUSTODY ON TWO CHARG-
ES.

n. B. Campbell, of near Worth
ington, was arrested today by Con-
stable Riggs upon two charges.
Campbell is said to have fired a
gun at two girls who were in the
road near his house and is also
charged with selling hard cider and
which has made several OF his
neighbors drunk.
The two girls at whom he is al
legged to have fired a gun are about
nine and sixteen years of age. They
say that they were passing Camp
bells farm and stopped at chest
nut tree, the, boughs of which extend
over the fence. into the road. and
picked up a5few chestnuts. It Is
claimed that Campbell saw them
there and opened fire. Campbell de-
aies this charge.
The constable left his prisoner at
Worthington, where he will have a
hearing upon the charge OF shooting
lis gun, after which he will be
brought to this city to answer the
charge of violating the prohibitio
law x
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1914-10-16
Nelv Road To
Be Constructed
Within City
THoRoUGHFARE TO EVANSVILLE
TO BE PUT ON DIFFERENT
GRADE.
CHANGE EFFECTED WILL MAKE
TRAVELLING BETTER AND
EASIER.

The county court and the city
have recently made
an agreement by which new road
leading from Pike street to the
Evansville bridge over Buffalo creek.
will be constructed. This new road
will follow the street car track to
Evansville, making a much better
road to travel.
AS this piece of road. is included
in the paving to be done under the
special road bond election which
was held about year ago, It was
thought better to make the change
at the present time rather than to
improve the old thoroughfare.
The Consolidation Coal Company
has entered into an agreement with
the city commissioners to give the
right Of way for the new road, maxi
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1914-10-16
Buy BLANKETS NOW.

All the world Is demanding
blankets, and European govern
ments are coming to America TO
place orders for immense quanti-
ties.
That means busy-i-ness.
1t also means shorter stocks
and the possibility of higher
prices.
It emphasizes the fact that now
is the time to obey the buying
impulse and lay in supplies for
the cold days ahead.
The advertising columns OF
The West Virginian are a daily
index to the stores where the
blankets can be purchased with ,
certainty as to quality and assur-
ance OF fair prices.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1914-10-16
Crushed Stone Foundation,

The city commissioners and the 5.
& N. Railroad Company have reach.
ed an agreement in regard to the
paving OF Merchant street. Instead
OF solid concrete foundation, the
brick will be laid upon crushed
stone.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1914-10-16
No Police Court

No regular session OF police court
has been held for several days.
Since the shootings OF the first OF the
week, the city has been very quiet
and the police have had little to do.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1914-10-16
Erecting Speed Signs.

Erecting Speed Signs.
The city authorities are preparing
signs which will be erected at the
houndnry line on all roads leading
so tie city, Us q warning to automo-
bita drivers to slow up. The signs
WIN ieadEas follows: Getty limits.
f3lease respect our laws. Drive
slowly
Painting Resumed. Il
Slihe painting Of the Monongahela
river bridge has been delayed for
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1914-10-16
Store las new Show Case.

Tie Undersellihg Store mas re-
Gently installed handsome new
show case. 1t is one Of the best in
the city.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1914-10-16
5iiIty Briefs

some time because of the lack OF
paint. The paint has now arrived
and the work will be finished ct
once.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1914-07-24

ing in the streets OF st. Petersburg
between strikers and Cossacks. Three
police officers also are known to have
been seriously injured.
It is believed they concealed a num-
Der of their dead and wounded.
Official estimates Of the number OF
mon who have quit work give the to-
tai Of 100000 In the city itself. Men
carrying red flags spent the night
marching and singing revolutionary
songs in the outlying open spaces Of
the capital, while, In the Viborg dis
strict they cut down telegraph poles,
upset vans and constructed barri-
cades, from the shelter Of which they
stoned the police and Cossacks.
The strikers eventually dispersed
and the barricades were destroyed,
but only after the police and soldiers
had fired volleys from their rifles.
Strikers attempted to set fire to the
Samson bridge, leading across the
river to the Viborg district, and also
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1914-07-24

supreme court 5s'
The brief written by Mr.. Gregory
charges the New Haven with being an
unlawful monopoly, which controls
more than 80 per cent Of the rail.
roads and trolley traffic Of all New
England and mare than IS per cent
of the steamship transportation OF
that region. The court is asked to
restore competition by ordering the
separation of the New Haven from
the Boston and Maine railroad, from
It's sound and outside steamship
lines, and from its trolley system In
Rhode Island and Connecticut.
Suggests Naming Receiver.
The brief suggests that if the court
deems best it appoint a receiver to
take over the property and bring it
in harmony with the law, and asks
for the customary general relief if
the court finds it necessary. tx.
The. government alleges that the
| New Haven began it's march toward a
monopolization of the New England
transportation in 1893. and that its
domination over five states is now
almost uncontested. The brief car.
ries with it an exhibit purporting to
be a copy of an agreement between
representative of the New Haven
and the Boston and Maine railroad
made on March 6, 1898, by which
these roads divided New England be-
tween themselves. The agreement
purports to have been made at the
| home of the late J. P. Morgan at g
time when the two roads concerned
were entirely separate.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1914-07-24
Government Files Antitrust
Suit in New York.
EVIDENCE TO GRAND JURY
Attorney General Will Seek lndict:
ments Against Officers and Direc.
. tors Concerned in Upbui'ding Of
Alleqed Unlawful Combination. s.,

New York, July 24.-Civil suit to
force the separation Of the New Ha
ven railroad from it's subsidiary rail,
trolley and steamship lines under the
Sherman antitrust act was filed in
the federal court here by Attorney
General McReynolds.
The suit has no actual connection
with the criminal indictments. which