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Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1916-09-05

Hugh Dorsey's arraignment of poll
ticians who have formed conspiracy
and raised 'slush" fund for his de-
feat, the details of which he related in
his speech at valdosta yesterday, was
the spicest contribution Of the week
to Georgia politics. The effect, per-
haps in several directions, will be
watched for with no little Interest,"
Albany Herald.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1916-09-05
The Royal Cafe
For Ladies and Gentlemen.

For Ladies and Gentlemen.
Just opened. Gives excellent service
The menu consists of the best the mar
ket affords and you get what you want,
II it is not on menu call for it, and If it
is in the market you get it. Everything
new and up-to-date.
S. BANIACAS, Propr.
3. D. RAMOS, Manager.
O7 Lamar St. Telephone s23.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1916-09-05

are already piping the shell! All the
more so as the Independent has been
ir the habit of printing expressions Of
dissent from its cozy-corner collegiate
readers as they happen to arise; but
thus far no one has taken len in hand
to dissent from it's opinions upon the
course Of the Republican candidate
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1916-09-05

Office and said
I'D rather have my right arm cut
off than have my name go in the pa
per-"
He meant it, too. Petty crime would
increase a hundredfold were it not for
the horror Of publicity.
Whether or not it is better to leave
such items out or to print them is a
problem for each individual editor TIC
decide. There are good arguments on
both sides. But nevertheless the edi-
tor is the greatest preventive for
crime that any town has.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1916-09-05

Entered as second class matter at
BOsADfAee at Americas Ga, under act
@s March 3, 1879.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1916-09-05
ESTABLISHED 1879.

Published every Suneag morning and
aysrg afternoon, except Saturday, and
Weekly, by the Times-Recorder Co,
S1ne0rpor sted.)
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1916-09-05
ON BARBED WIRE.

Zones, he pays the freight"-that's
what the Macon Telegraph says
Americas Times Recorder.
The Macon Telegraph merely repeat
ed, Jones is the fellow who paid the
freight on barbed wire fences forty
years ago.-Griffin News and Sun.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1916-09-05
A PROCLAMATION

Submitting a proposed amendment to
the Constitution of Georgia, to be voted
on at the general election to be held
on Tuesday November Z, 1915, said
amendment to amend Article II. Section
/, Paragraph 2, of the Constitution of
this State, in reference to the amend
ment creating the County of Bacon.
BY his Excellency,
NAT e. HARRIS, Governor.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1916-09-16
HUGHES FOR ARBITRATION.
He Would Be First to Accord to Labor
All Rights Found just After
Consideration.

In his Maine speeches Mr.. Hughes
made !. plain that he was not attack
ing labor or the equity OF the pro-
posed increase OF wages for the rail-
road men. He was simply contending
for the all important principle of arbi-
tration as the right means of settle
ment of such questions. Speaking at
different places in Maine. Mr.. Hughes
dwelt upon this question, saying:
Il deeply deplore, In the name OF
labor, In the name of justice, In the
name of American ideals, the surren-
der of the Executive and of Congress
to force, instead of permitting reason
to reign.
"The measure to which l have allud-
ed was not, properly speaking, an
eight-hour measure. It was a wage
measure. It was a plain proposition
for a change In the wage scale. / do
not speak OF the equity of that. That
Is a matter to be fairly considered. I
a what Is just and right with re-
spect to wages. I am for the arbitra-
ton and the peaceful settlement Of
these Industrial controversies. We
can settle everything In this country
II we approach those matters with a
fair and open mind and an examina-
ton of the facts.
This particular measure shows on
its face that it was legislation In ad-
Of the investigation, instead
of investigation In advance of legisla-
ton. 1t Is said that there was In Its
favor the judgment of society. The
judgment of. society In this country
has never been passed In favor Of leg
islation without knowledge Of the equi-
ty and regardless of the facts Of the
case. There was nc judgment Of So
ciety In favor Of the roads which were
excepted from Its provisions. II there
was a judgment Of society, why not ap-
ply the rule to electric or other kinds
OF roads or roads less than 100 miles
In length? l say, away with such pre-
tensel 1t was a surrender to force in
stead OF a clear, candid, faithful
framed examination of the facts, and
then action In accordance with Ameri-
can principles.
~"Autocracy represents force; tyran-
ny represents force. Democracy rep
resents the rule Of the common judg-
ment after discussion, after an oppor-
tunfty to know the facts"
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1916-09-16
FAMILIES SPLIT
ON CAMPAIGN
Wives of Wilson Supporters
viii Take Stump For
Gov. Hughes.
DIVERTENG CAMPAIGN PHASE

Observation-Disclosures are being d.
vided by the present political issues.
Here are a few examples. ]. A. III.
Hopkins of New Jersey is treasurer
of the Progressive ~(genuine) national
committee, and has announced that
he personally favOrs the reelection of
Wilson. Mrs. Hopkins Is a member
Of the Woman's party and will take
the stump and do all she can to
prevent the election of Wilson.
Clifford Pinchot is for Hughes and
all the militarism Hughes and his
backing can secure. Amos Pinchot.
his brother, Is a member Of the
American Union Against Militarism
and will support Wilson as the lesser
of two evils. Rep. William Kent of
California is a wild-eyed enthusiast
for Wilson and Is heading a Wilson
non-partisan league, while Mrs. Kent
is a member of the Woman's party
and will stump for the defeat of Will
son.
George Middleton has allied himself
with the group of writer's who have
announced themselves for Wilson,
while his wife, Fola La Toilette, Is one
of the members of the Congressional
union who will hold Wilson respon-
sible for the defeat of the Susan B.
Anthony amendment. Meredith Mich
olson is a Wilson supporter, but Mrs.
Nicholson will write and stump
against Wilson on account of his at
titude toward the federal suffrage
amendment. Mrs. Louis F. Post Is a
member of the WOman's Peace party
and an ardent Tolstoyan pacifst.
Louis F. Post, assistant secretary Of
labor, is for the Administrations
reasonable" program of prepared
ness,
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1916-09-16
DR.. HARVEY w. WILEY
TO VOTE FOR HUGHES.
He Says Wilson Has Failed to Enforce
Pure Food Law.

II favor the election of Mr.. Hughes
to the Presidency for entirely differ
ent aso than those held by most
Of his supporters. 1t is not because
of the Mexican policy nor the foreign
policy of the Administration nor by
reason Of its domestic policies. It Is
because OF the apparent Indifference
of the Administration Of President
Wilson to the cause Of pure food and
drugs. Practically all of the abuses
which were injected into the Pure
Food Law by the preceding Admins
trations are still In force. Benzoate
Of soda Is still %regnant. The fumes
of burning sulphur are marching along
u~ndisturbed. There Is evidently a lull
In the activities of the Administration
Of the law. A well-known beverage, de-
clared by the Supreme Court misbrand-
ed and amenable to the Food Law has
not been molested. No attempt has been
made to enforce the law In regard to
the bleaching of -four. The repeal of
the mixed flour law, that splendid
safeguard to the purity of our bread,
nus pSSh SoNAtiy upPfONSu W the
Treasury Department.
"Mr. Hughes In his activities on
the Supreme Court has stood like a
stone wall for the proper Administra-
ton Of the Food Law. l believe his
election would see a radical change
In the attitude of the government
towards pure food and pure drugs, so
vital to the welfare Of our people.
For this reason, l sincerely hope that
Mr.. Hughes may be chosen as our
next President.
81 should expect Mr.. Hughes as
President to have the same attitude
toward the pure food and drug law
that he had as a Judge on the bench
and to appoint a secretary of agri
culture with subordinate officers who
would be enthusiastic and earnest In
the enforcement of the pure food law
for the benefit of the physical, men.
tai and moral welfare of our people,"
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1916-09-16
DO 1T BEFORE WINTER.

Paint up your house, repair the
leaks in the roof, put the caves
troughs in proper condition, and make
any other necessary repairs. 1t IS
your castle, the place where your
happiest moments are spent, n a
winter of pleasure will be assured IL
YOU attend to these things now. Your
wife wants you to do it, whether she
tells you so or not.
Perhaps you need a walk or two
around the house, or leading to the
front gate, or elsewhere. Build 1t.
Women should not be compelled to
spend five or ten minutes scraplng
mud off their feet every time they
step out of doors, for it is an uncom-
Portable job in cold winter months.
Inspect your fences and make nee
/ essary repairs. 1t is more pleasant
to do it now than to freeze your I'm
yers in the dead of winter. You
know it from experience.
Make up your mind to go to church
occasionally this winter. Make up
your mind now and live up to the
make. 1t won't hurt the church and
it will do you a world of good.
Do lot of other things now that
when winter comes you will wish you
had done in the summer months.
Don't leave anything until tomor-
row, for tomorrow you may be dead
and then you will not get the credit
of doing things that others leave I'M
done.
If you can't stay on this earth for
ever, at least leave a record for
something behind you.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1916-09-16

I'D The Commerce Court was ac-
ually abolished during the Taft Ad-
ministration, although it has not been
demonstrated that its abolition was a
wise step.
ANY statement hereafter emanating
from Mr.. Mccormick will be subjected
to the closest scrutiny. The errors
In his first effort are inexcusable and
can only arouse resentment among
labor men and social workers. No
class is more instant than labor to
condemn and punish those who with
out foundation lay claim to It's graft
tude.
"Will Mr.. Mccormick explain his
padding of the Record?"
(Signed) JOHN WILLIAMS,
Ex-C Commissioner Of Labor, New York
State.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1916-09-16
MOULDING THEM INTO MEN

Have you ever watched wood turn
ers take up a rough piece of wood,
run it through first one lathe and
then another, and have it come out a
polished and perfect piece of furni-
ture or other article Of daily use?
That is exactly what the officers of
the Army are doing with the young
men of the National Guard now OF the
Mexican border. I
Doctors and thinking men generally
admit that military training is the.
greatest possible aid to intellectual
physical and moral development. The
daily exercise gradually works the
raw and awkward youth into a physi-
cally perfect and self reliant man;
discipline implants in his mind the
necessity and the dosirability of re-
spect for his superiors and for his
fellow men; the intelligence and the
high standard of morality maintained
by his preceptors elevates him to a
higher and more honorable plane of
manhood; as the months go by he bel-
comes more and more a mar among
men.
Young men who went to the border
with their regiments will come home
with higher purposes in life, with a
greater determination to meet and ov-
ercome the numerous obstacles in the
pathway to success, and radlatlng to
others their own newly acquired pol
ish, self reliance, forcefulness and the
will to accomplish that which they
undertake.
If you have a relative or friend on
the border, rest easily on his account.
He will return a better man than
when he marched away.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1916-09-16
NO ONE WAS AFRAID OF
HAITI.

Haiti did not behave as badly
to us as Mexico behaved; but
Mr.. Wilson interviewed. fought
the Haitiens, shedding their
blood and the blood Of our
troops, took possession and now
has our armed forces In control
of Haiti and directing its gov
eminent. His course Of action
in Haiti can be defended only
II his course of action In Next
co is unQualif1edly condemned;
for such action was far more
needed In Mexico than In Hal
ii. But there was a difference
in the two cases; and to Mr..
Wilson 1t was a vital difference.
Haiti was weaker than Mexico.
No one was afraid Of Haiti
From the speech Of Colonel
Roosevelt delivered at Lewis
ton, Maine, In behalf of Charles
e. Hughes.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1916-09-16
UNITED STATES HONOR.
Hughes Criticism Of Foreign Policy
Approved In West.
portland, Ore, Telegram.)

portland, Ore, Telegram.)
The Republican party has selected
a standard-bearer whose utterances
from day to day justify the people
who chose him. Not only does he
bring before the country the short
comings of the Administration that
owes its existence to a divided Re-
publicanism, but his criticism is every
where constructive.
He tells what must be done and
will be lone by the party he repre-
sents to prevent w~astefulness and
extravaganza In the governmental
expenditures and to put a stop to the
vacillating policy that has caused
other nations to believe that the
United States has no intention of
backing up its demands made In the
interests of justice and humanity.
Most vulnerable of all points in the
Democratic armor is It's foreign pol
icy. Primarily this is because of the
spoils system by which men trained
in the consular and diplomatic serv-
ice through long years, have been
displaced to make room for poll
ticians and friends of politicians,
whose sole claim to preferment was
their service to the Democratic party.
"If / am elected president of the
United States" said Mr.. Hughes last
night, II propose that every man 1
put in charge of an important depart
ment shall be a man eminently fit to dis
charge the duties of that department"
The d%enuding Of the diplomatic serv-
Ice of men of experience in order
to supply political Jobs, as has been
done by Mr.. Wilson, or with his n
sent, Mr.. Hughes denounces as "a
capital DEMONSTRATING In the good
nnme of the United States and dam
aging Its honor" Nobody" he adds,
has a right to pay political debts
with the good name and honor of the
United States"
Which is clear proof that Mr..
Hughes has not been unmindful Of
the high principles of government
which must be maintained In order
that this republic shall maintain Its
place as a shining example to all "a
lions.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1916-09-16
THE INcoNSIDERATE BEHAVIOR
OF A CANDIDATE.

Why does Mr.. Hughes insist upon
talking about that old-fashioned, not
to say ubiquitous" doctrine, the pro-
tective tariff? For nearly the whole
period of it's industrial existence, the
United States struggled along under
protection. The Democratic party In
1918 came to the relief of ar afflicted
and burdened people.
The Republican Administration mot
on account of the tariff, 1t Is true)
was overthrow. Before taking over
the reins of government, and for many
years prior to that time, countless
Democratic statesmen had vainly tried
to persuade the American people that
the protective tariff was an iniquity,
a veritable co~ntrivance of devils. 1t
fostered the trusts, and 1t was an ele-
vator of prices even to the ~thirty-sev-
enth story and the tower. They prom
Used relief. The poor should be no
longer oppressed the cost OF living
should be reduced-must be, as the
sure result of a tariff for revenue
protective only In spots, such as the
Louisiana sugar mills and the Carolina
cotton factories.
Doesn't Mr.. Hughes know what the
Administration did which he is now
attacking? He ought to know. The
Democrats, under the leadership of
Mr.. Wilson and Mr.. Underwood, re-
pealed that %iniquity and abomination,
@h1 Dor-,a A lIrjoh farlff lnuy thoA Foe
ter mother of trusts and high prices
and enacted In its place the present
law. Mr.. Hughes knows, of course,
as every head of a family in America
knows, hat the trusts have not yet
been dissolved and that the cost of
living Is higher than ever,-that the
price of everything has reached an I'M
heard-of height-but what Of it?
What of it, indeed? While 1t Is
true that a protective tariff never fail
ed, under any circumstances, to pro-
tect American industry and American
labor, it Is to be considered that the
war in Europe has upset the plans of
the present low-tariff administration
considerably. Also 1t forms an excel
lent foundation for an alibi. 1t Is a
very unusual condition.
Now, the obvious thing for Mr..
Hughes to do is to give the Demo
Gratis a chance to get their tariff on
straight. Never mind the patient; let
the doctor experiment. That time
won't come, of course, until the war
is over-according to the Democratic
version. In other words the tariff
~for-revenue doctrine doesn't At the
conditions; the conditions must be
made to fit the tariff. So why this
disturbance, Mr.. Hughes?
Besides, when you discuss a little
thing like the tariff, do you not know
that Son-in-Law McAdoo and the other
statesmen of the Democratic family
are likely to repeat their accusation
that you are NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
ton, w. Va, Mail.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1916-09-16

ORGANIZED Labor Resents This Decep-
ton and Running True to Form VIII
In November as at Many Previous
Elections Indignantly Smile Those
Who Without Justice Lay Claim to
Its Gratitude-Even the Much-Tou
ed Federal Reserve Law is Based
Entirely on the Statistical Research
of a Republican Administration.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1916-09-16

The man who buys and reads his
home paper demonstrates both his pa
triotism and his intelligence by the
act. Pleasantville is made up of two
classes of people-those who DO and
those who DON'T. Don't be a "don't."
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1916-09-16

Don't blame the editor if the news
you would like to see printed in this
column does not appear. We are
only human, and unless you tell US
what's what we cannot spread the
rood word. Send or bring in your
news items. We will appreciate it,
and so will the readers of The Pleas
antville Press.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1916-09-16
POPULAR HUGHES CAMPAIGN
FUND.

The plan adopted by Cornelius N.
Bliss, Jr, treasurer of the Republican
National Committee, to raise money
for the campaign and Increase the
force of active workers for the cleo
ton of Charles Evans Hughes to the
presidency has peculiar merit. Mr..
Bliss asks every n who favors the
election of Mr.. Hughes and wishes him
to have the support of a Republican
Senate and House to contribute $40
and become a sustaining member of
the Republican party. All such will
receive a certificate of membership.
That the money will prove a good IN
vestment Is patent. 1t will help to Sc
cure for the country a more efficient
administration of our national affairs,
which is necessary If the prosperity
tinue.
There are at least 8,O00,0 900 Repub-
licans, but how many of them have
any evidence they are, beyond the con-
seriousness that they have voted or
will vote the Republican ticketf The
work is done by a few and the money
ordinarily is provided by fewer. Mr..
Bliss plan offers a cure for that con-
dition. Help the cause and get a GER
tificate of membership that will estab.
lish your party utilization. 1t Is not
expected that all the 100000 Repub.
licans will give $40 each, but II a
goodly number who can afford 1t do
III
able to give much more than $40 next
time because Republican success will
mean to the country In fullest measure
preparedness, protection and perma-
nent prosperity.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1916-09-16

The Pleasantville Press comes to
you as an old friend and neighbor,
telling you all the home news while
the large city dailies enter your house
as a stranger.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1916-09-16

Congress, representing 1O0,OoO,OO0
people. is not particularly dfgnifed In
passing a law at the crack Of the
railroad brotherhoods' whip.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1916-09-16

No person interested in Pleasant
vile can afford to be without The
-Pleasantville Press. Only One Dollar
q year.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1916-09-16
ATLANTIC CITY YEARS AGO.

sback IN my n days;
I've walked along its sea-washed
strand,
And on its hilltops played.
I've chased through many briary
paths,
And answered playmates' calls,
That's long before the town clock
licked
Up in the City Hall.
The first Mayor the City had
Was Uncle Chalkley Leeds;
A man whose name we cherish yet,
For square and upright deeds.
He was a man of Lincoln type,
Broad minded, square and true,
His greatest theme was, know the
right,
And then the right to do.
Take all the Mayors the City's had,
Their records and their deeds;
I never thought he had a peer,
This Uncle Chalkley Leeds.
The Council used to meet as now,
But in some shackey place,
1t did not take a palace then
To please the human race.
The Budget then the people raised
Would make our youngsters laugh;
They figured only for true bills,
And not a cent for graft.
Our railroad traffic, it was light,
Four trains run on the track;
Two to bring the people down,
And two to take them back.
They had no turning table then,
A "Y" laid on the ground;
They had to two miles or more,
To turn the engine round.
The cottages were small and few,
Mere specks between the hills;
The ~fartherest ones extended south,
Vas down by Diston's Mills.
Our streets were nothing to compare
With what they are to-day;
They had a coat of gravel on,
Well tempered up with clay.
We had no Boardwalk then to stroll,
We tramped through sand and dirt,
But now we have a place to go,
The sage, the fool and firt.
We used to have old coal oil lamps
To light our clavey streets;
You'd hardly know your finest girl
If her, you'd chance to meet.
Now, things have changed since l wa
young,
Yes, changed on every hand;
From the meadows mirey sloughs
Out to the ocean strand.
The railroads traffic, it is grand,
Three roads run into town;
With double tracks to make it safe,
To bring the people down.
The coal oil lamps, they took them
down,
And put them out of sight,
And now they're hung up in the street,
Those grand Electric Lights.
Those rugged hills we used to see,
Have all been leveled down;
1t opens up the road to wealth
And helps to build the town.
Our schools and churches, they are
grand,
We think them u%p-to-date;
It's hard to find finer ones,
Within our little State.
Our cottages are something fine,
Of them we love to boast,
No finer ones are built to-day,
Along the Jersey coast.
The Boardwalk, too, is just the thing,
1t brings the people here;
To watch the Ocean rolling by
The Grand Steel Pier.
&C. F. Collins,
Per A. B. E..
Sept. 3, 1916.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1916-09-16

Friends of Wilson are still trying
to explain what he meant by too
proud to fight" But car they tell us
what he meant by 'strict accountable
ity?"
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1916-09-16

Mr.. Hughes is seeing how big the
West is, and the West is seeing how
big Mr.. Hughes Is. 1t Is a happy ar
rangement.