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The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1918-06-03
Women Will Take
Part in W. s. s. Drive

The participation OF Marion county
women in the War Savings Stamp
campaign has been solicited by State
Director Of W. s. S. Robert L. Archer.
Mrs. Jas. A. Meredith has been named
as the county chairman and Mrs. L.
n. Yost as city chairman and plans OF
the organization will follow closely
that OF the Liberty loan drive organi
zation.
A meeting Of women Of the county
will probably be called for a date later
in the week at which the organization
will be rounded up for action, and
every woman in the county who can
assist IN the work Of the campaign will
be requested to attend this meeting
and become a part Of Its organization.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-09-22

in the distorted minds Of Berlin could
if be supposed for moment that
such an offer would be accepted by
heroic people who have suffered ev-
erything for a cause with unbroken
spirit. That there is a threat behind
such an offer is clear. Tie Allies can
do Belgium no better service at this
time than to say in the plainest words
that if such a threat is executed, if
Belgium has to add to her heavy
griefs the destruction of Antwerp and
Brussels, the sternest reprisals will
be made upon German cities. Put
ting fear into the hearts of your enc
mics is a game two can play at. 1t
is high time to impress that fact upon
the German barbarians.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-09-22
G. S. & F. RY.

Eff9ctlYR Nay 18th 1918.
Trains IeaVG Cordele:
300 P M.-For Jacksonville anG
'slatka, via Valdosta.
6:35 P. M-Local for Tiftcp.
1903 A. M.-Jacksonville and Palat
ka, via Valdosta or Triton.
1850 A. M.-For Jacksonville, Wis
Triton, connecting at Triton for Val
dosta
2:10 P. M.-For Macon. conpectinl
for points North.
$3.50 A. M.--Local for Macon. con
meeting for points North.
1928 A .M--For Macon and points
North. Dixie Flyer"
2:OS A M,-For Macon and point.
North, THE Southland"
Schedule shown as Information to
the public; not guaranteed.
W. JAMESON, G. 3. RHODES,
Agt., =. T. D. Macon. Ca. G.PA
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-09-22
AN INSULT TO BELGIUM.

1t is amazing and it would be
amusing in less tragic circumstances
that Germany should have the pre-
sumption to address to Belgium peace
proposals so fantastic that the first
impulse is to refuse to believe that
they are seriously meant. No nation,
except Serbia, has suffered more hor-
rible cruelties. Looted, taxed beyond
endurance, her towns devastated or
destroyed, her able-bodied inhabitants
condemned to industrial slavery, her
old men and children murdered, her
women abused and ravished, Belgium
is now asked to take the hand of her
conuueror in friendship, forgetting
wrongs SO deep and deadly that any
thing like real reparation for them
is impossible Germany does not
even hint at attempting to undo these
wrongs. She would wipe the slate
clean and renew friendly relations
as if nothing had happened. She
would restore Belgiums political
and economic independence, which
she ruined in the first place by a
breach of faith beyond all pardon
upon conditions which would mean
a breach of faith by Belgium herself
Germany will withdraw her armies
from Belgium .now-in advance of the
day when the Allies will compel heT
20 do so-if Belgium promises neu-
trality, revives old commercial trea-
ties and uses her good Office to OBJ
tain the return of the German colo
MES after the war. That is to say
the Allies must find Belgian soil bar
red to them in their advance to Ger
man soil; Belgium must put the in
0ustries which Germany has endeaY-
cred to blot out at the service o.
Germany; she must become an ally
of Germany in the endeavor to gel
! easy peace terms for Germany. Only
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-09-22
THE WAR AND POLITICS.

What effect will good war record
have on the chances of a candidate
for office is a question being care
fully considered by the politicians.
viii the fact that a man has made a
brilliant war record, that he has won
honor and especial mention" Or dis
tipguished service, count before the
roters; and to what extent will 1t
count? The record of the Civil war
showed the voters of that era were
eager to acknowledge their indebt-
eGness to the men who fought for
their cause A great majority of
those elected to high Office in both
South and North after the war"
we're veterans from the two armies
in gray or blue. The South's repre-
sentation in Congress became known
as the Confederate brigadiers," for
the Southern people sent to Wash>
ington to defend their cause in Con-
gress the men who had fought for
them on the field of battle in Vir-
GINA Or Tennessee.
Will the same rule work today with
the heroes of the great world war
we are now fighting? the politicians
are asking somewhat seriously, and
the general belief is that it will that
the people are willing to honor and
trust a man who has shown himself
so devoted to their cause and that OF
the country The question has been
discussed in the press; and the sug-
gestion of one of the editors that the
war would turn out many leading
candidates has been generally indors-
ed and approved Heretofore the
question as to candidate has been:
lie he loyal to the country and to be
trusted under all conditions? And the
experience in the cases Of vardaman,
Hardwick, Thompson, Of Chicago, and
other such disloyal paciast and doubt
flu, candidates has set these questions
at rest.
1t is a fact that each of our armies
has elected a president, Roosevelt
being the product of the Spanish
American conflict. Even today, too
the veterans of the War Between the
States are conspicuous in office, and
until ten or fifteen years ago were
IN the majority among office holders
Certain it is, therefore, that whe1
this war is over the dominating in
fuence in politics the country over
will be those boys in khaki who viii
have returned from the fighting il
| France,
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-09-22
A PROFIT-MAKING PRICE SHOULD
BE FIXED on COTTON.

Price-fxing for cotton seems
tain. The chief object of those in
terested then, is to see to it that a
price fair to the farmer is esta5-
lished.
The concensus of opinion is I'M
doubtedly in favor of minimum OF
thirty-fiye cents. Indeed, it is prob
able that this price would give gen
e1aI satisfaction. Anything less than
that would evoke complaint from
many quarters. A price below thirty
cents in truth, would be disastrous
When the price OF sugar was fixed,
it was placed above the prevailing
market quotation When cotton seed
was fixed at 81 a ton, the market was
bringing SEA. When wheat was sta
bilized it was placed way above
the highest market quotation Why,
then. should cotton be standardized at
a price below the average market.
Not in many months has cotton
sold below thirty cents, and as gen
eral proposition, until the present ag-
itation began, it was approximately
around thirty-four cents. 1t would
seem. therefore. that fair and
equitable price would be thirty-tive
cents at least
That it costs almost thirty cents to |
produce and market cotton there is no
question. Even at thirty cents not all
of the farmers would make any
profit There are some who, because
of unusual conditions and circum-
Stances, have expended more than
.!.irtv cents pound raising the sta
pie.
Then there is another side of the
question. The nation is on the eve
Of a great Liberty Bond flotation. A
large share of these bonds should be
bought N the south--it is expected
OF the South But the South will be
financially ln.atle t. absorb it's pro-
portionate share of the bonds unless
1t has the money to do so, and the
money for that purpose must come
come from the cotton crop. 1t must
be realized from the profits on the
cotton crop And if the profits are
reduced by low price-fXing, the
cctton-grOwing states will be unable
to Ego over the top" with Liberty
Bonds.
President Wilson is fair-minded
man, entirely we'll informed, and
sympathetically disposed toward the
South The es-Recorder has
abundant faith that he will do the
right thing,
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-09-22

gratifying. Since the merchant ma
rine is controlled by the Government,
it is as truly national enterprise
as any other part of the Government
service. The new recruits will thus
be doing great service to their coun-
try, under conditions much mere IA
yorable than any that were dreamed
of when Dana wrote.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-09-22
PROUD AS ANYBODY.

No longer shall she bow her head
in shame at the mention of one of
her srcKesmen.
No longer shall she bear the bur
Gen of the outrageous Islander from
the unfaithful Senator
Georgia stands today IN the column
with the loyal states of the Union.
1t is with great deal of pleasure
that the papers of the State are an
nouncing to their patrons that Geor-
gia. The Empire StateFof the South, .
stands amidst its sister States as a
loxaI supporter of the Administration.
Fitzgerald Herald.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-09-22

A man will work like old rip to
get a wife and then he will work
ten times harder to make living for
her.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-09-22
OUR NEW MARINERS.

Years ago, when the bulk of our
population lived along the Atlantic
seahoard, every red-blooded boy at
some teriod Of his life yearned to be
a sailor and the more adventurous
looked to the career of pirate as
the true ideal Dana's Two Years
Before the Mast" was a record of
experiences which many of his con-
temporaries shared. But we lost, or
forgot, our love of the sea with the
disappearance of the clipper ships
and left the romance of the age of
steam to the British The war, with
the great shipbuilding that accompa-
MES ii, seems to be bringing back our
youth to their old allegiance. The
demand which these new ships make
for men is So great that many have
feared it could never be met It is
highly encouraging, therefore, to hear
of the rush co enlist in the merchant
marine. The navy would be the first
choice OF most Of the recruits, per
haps. but volunteers are no longer
wanted there. The merchant service
is not less useful or honorable. That
Is why the present enrolment is so
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-09-22

These women who have been wear
ing fur pieces all the summer should
now, as a matter of consistency, put
on low-neck, see-thru'em almost
knee high skirts
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-09-22

One thing Americas should be
proud Of is that jazz band has not
been organized within the city limits
as yet.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-09-22

a post card received today asks:
How can you write about the same
things day after day and yet say
something different each timer" The
answer IS easy: We don't!
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-09-22

If they turn aloose all Of those col
lege boys on the Germans, maybe we
Will scare the Huns to death with
cur outrageous college yells.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-09-22

Steaks used to be rare when you
ordered them that way, but, because
of the price, all steaks are rare these
days.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-09-22

When a man says he has a new
talking machine, do not think that he
has bought a photograph He may
have gotten a new wife.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-09-22
Trains Depart.

SGabOard Air Line.
Leave Americas for Savannah and
intermediate stations and points east
1881 p. IN. 1:2O q. m.
Leave Americas for Helena and Ia
termediate points
5:&s pm
Leave Amecrius for Colu abua.
Montgomery and points West
S:0S p IA.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-09-22
GEOGRAPHICALLY SPEAKING

The Germans had a bad run on
the Marine bank" Would you call
that a financial item
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-09-22

Duz.ng this preserving season some
women preserved almost everything
except their sweet dispositions.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-09-22

l. you see a jOy-rider today holler
lacker' at him-prOvided, Of
purse, you are not riding yourself!
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-09-22

Love may be blind, all right, but
its eye trouble Is more general be-
fore marriage than afterwards.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-09-22

One thing about prohibition is that
you see fewer red-nosed prohibition
lists than you used to
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-09-22

4 woman Is well satisfied il her
husband permits her 70 make pres
cnts to herself in his mama
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-09-22
RAILROAD SCHEDULES.

Arrival and departure of passenger
trains, Americas, Ga.
Central of Georgia Railway.
Trains Arrive.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1918-10-22
Flies Disturbed His Church Nap
From the Dallas (Ga.) New Era.

We wish some arrangement could be
made to feed the flies that remain in church
buildings during the week. It is annoying
to have to sit there all during the service
and fight flies During the Sunday service
many flies are attracted to the church. pos
sibly by the bald heads of the nodding ell
ders, or the sweet singers in the choir Then
at the close of the service, when the JAM
tor hurriedly closes the edifice, many of the
flies are left in the church, to remain pris-
oners for week without rations. By the
following Sunday they are too weak to get
out of the church, and consequently attack
the congregation with all the vigor their
weakened condition will permit. Something
should be done to feed them, and we are
willing to contribute a reasonable amount
to such fund. Last Sunday we sat there
and fought flies all during the service, and
were thus robbed of much needed nap.
Perhaps some will object to feeding them,
in the interest of the conservation of food ;
but something should be done If we can't
feed them the church should draw on the
collection fund and purchase a lot of fly
swatters and have the ushers deliver one
to each member of the congregation. Per-
haps if the sermon was punctuated by few
vigorous swats it would stir things up bit
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1918-10-22
THE MOST BEAUTIFUL WOMAN.

a
A well-known film playwright is seeking
the most beautiful woman of America to
star in a new scenario. Every community
in the country is invited to share in the
search. But his quest for the most beau
tiful woman is likely to prove as fruitless
as Diogenes' search for truth. Beauty, espe-
cially feminine beauty, is comparative-and
elusive.
There is no positive standard by which
it can be judged. Painters who seek the
most beautiful women they can ind as mod
els for their pictures are not always in agree
ment as to the most perfect types. A nota-
bic instance of this is seen in the many pict-
ures of the Madonna, a favorite subject of
the masters in the middle ages. No two of
the paintings of the beautiful Mary are
alike.
There have been many community con-
tests to find the most beautiful women, but
the results are usually disappointing. Where
one person can see beauty in female face
others see only plainness or mediocracy. The
fact is, beauty in women is largely a mat
ter of preference. And rarely two persons
will choose the same subject. To illustrate,
some years ago famous English beauty
dazzled London society for a time. The
newspapers raved over her, published col
Umns about her wonderful complexion, her
perfect form and her azure eyes That is
while she was in England under the pro
lection Of His Majesty, King Edward the
VII. Later, she came to New York, and
great was the curiosity to see her. But what
one actually saw was rather stout athletic
looking woman of good features and fresh
complexion. Her counterpart could have been
found in nearly every country hamlet in
America.
The enterprising playwright will perhaps,
fail to find the "most beautiful woman in
America but he may have whole colony
of beauties thrust upon him. For every wo-
man is beautiful to some person. And if the
playwright will offer prize for his Ameri-
can beauty, to be won in a competitive con
test. he may gather whole boquet Of them.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1918-10-22
Wealth For The South.
Timmonsville, S. c., Has a Tobacco
Record of Value Prosperity Great.

If a ban were to be placed on the rails
ing of tobacco we would cease to hear the
glories of Timmonsville S. c., which are
now sung throughout the entire south. The
prevailing conditions, however, warrant that
the immense output will be only increased
as the demands grow for this product. THE
farmers often receive 70 to 80 cents q
pound for hundreds of pounds of tobacco.
and it is common sight to see a check for
$4,000 handed to one man for his DAYS sale.
Nearly every man is the richer by hundreds
of dollars for every days load that is sold
on this market, and one fact that impresses
the visitor Is that there are no turned tags.
Every one IS more than thoroughly pleased
with the prices received.
The town itself is booming from so much
money. Everybody has it in plenty. the
banks have enormous deposits and the mer-
chants are doing a wonderful business. The
negroes are simply buying anything that
take their fancy, from silk shirts up, and
seldom asking the price; simply pulling out
Wad OF bills in payment. The BUYERS have
been instructed by all the big concerns to
give sky-high prices for all concerned. The
merchants are growing rich as debts are be-
ing daily cancelled and new supplies BOUGHT.
Everybody is full of pep" ana the praise
belongs entirely to King Tobacco instead of
King Cotton
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1918-10-22
TAXING RICH NEW WORKERS.

War taxes are catching many rich New
Workers in their tolls who have hitherto es-
capped payment on much personal property.
This has been done to such an extent as al
most t6 become a national scandal Certain
wealthy families in New York have been
called. upon every year to list their personal
property holdings, but the lists they would
turn in represented but small notifies Of
what they were reputed to own They were
threatened with law suits by the assessors.
the newspapers would publish their names
with lists of securities they were supposed
to have in their strong boxes, but to no
avail. On various pretexts they would go
free. But things are different now The
income tax with its drastic penalties for
misrepresentation was the first to catch
these old offenders. Then the city had its
opportunitv. Concealment under general
ties was no longer possible. The federal
tax lsJs made it possible for city tax as
SCISSORS to get after rich delinquents, and
they were not slow in taking advantage of
it,
The result is that John D. Rockefeller
who never paid tax on more than $5,00O,00
of his enormous wealth in New York city, is
now paying on double that amount And
the same thing is true Of many others of the
wealthy men of the city.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1918-10-22
TERRELL'S GOOD WORK.

The people of Terrell county are to be
congratulated on the splendid manner in
which they showed their patriotism and 10y
atty in the purchase of liberty bonds. 1t
was magnificent demonstration of the
Terrell county spirit. It indicated the spirit
Of the people in the war, and their readi-
ness to meet their obligations in the fullest
The committees, men and women, deserve
commentator for the efforts they made
The full assessment of S349, 1857 was not
only raised, but was exceeded by several
thousand dollars. But the fact that more
than 1900 persons were purchasers of the
bonds is more so. The number Of purchasers
doubles that of any other liberty loan
showing that the people of the county are
backing the military forces of the nation in
the field to the last requirement.
The democracy of the sale, including the
people in every walk of life-the working
woman and her employer; the laborer and
the capitalist; the professional man and
the artisans an illustration of the unity
of the people in the one common cause to
which the nation is committed.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1918-10-22
A WESTERN Wall

AS an unprecedented example of igno
'ance, meanness, selfshness and prelude
The News submits for the consideration 0
IS readers the following from an Iowa news
PAPER on the question of fixing a price TO
he South's cotton:
President Wilson bearded the lion
in his den when he decided to fix the
price of cotton. He is defying the pow
er of that part of the country in which
his political party is all-powerful by
right of Inheritance. When he places
the limitations on the price he will more
emphatically defy the political powers
that make democratic presidents posi-
BILE. But the president is right in his
course. The cotton growers of the
South are among the country's great
est profteers.
A member of the New York cotton
exchange has had an expert investiga-
ton made of the cost of producing cot
ton. The investigation included more
than 1000 cotton growing counties. 1t
took into consideration the rent of the
land, cost of fertilizer and seed. break
ing and preparing the land, planting,
cultivating, picking, ginning and mark
citing the crop, labor, mules, horses, ma
chinery, bagging and other supplies,
even including corn meal and bacon,
which many Of the planters furnish
their negro laborers. These estimates
were based on the cost of the commOd-
tiles in 1917-18, the period of last
years cotton crop They showed that
the cost of producing pound of cot
ton, outside the planters profit, was
11.28 cents. This crop was sold at an
average price of 27.5 cents, allowing
the planters a profit of approximately
145 per cent.
The South wants 35 cents pound
for its present crop. Even allowing for
the increase in the cost of production
over that of last year this price per-
mits profteering that borders on pub
lie robbery. The president proposes to
check this extortion by fixing the
price The cotton planters are
entitled to a fair profit on their crop,
just as an Iowa farmer is entitled to 2
fair profit on his corn or hogs or cat
tie But the cotton planters are not
entitled to a profit one and a half times
the original cost of production of the
commodity. No trust, not even Stand
ard Oil, ever took such a toll from the
helpless public
This wall out of the west is absurdly ride
llous, and comes with poor grace from
section of the country where the principe
-wheat-has almost been thribble
n price by the government, not for the pur
pose of guaranteeing a fair return for tn
labor in producing it, but TO encourag
greater production The South's cotton. a
its present price, likes great deal being a
high as wheat, comparatively, and the frs
time in the history of the country is, unde
the law Of supply and demand and not b
favor, yielding the growers
small profit.
The jackassical bray from Iowa Shout
have no weight with well-informed and fan
minded people.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1918-10-22
PLAIN ENOUGH.

Now you have it, Mister Kaiser,
IN concrete, simple word;
If no better you are wiser
Since you Wilson's message heard,
And you'd now better get busy
Moving off of stolen land,
Or the whirl will make you dizzy
Which the allied world has planned.
Nothing short of full surrender,
With world-safetv guaranteed,
and complete, victorious splendor
VIII our progress now impede
And you'll keep up this dust-biting
Till your hellish crimes shall cease,
For we're going to keep on fighting
Till the world has lasting peace.
Dawson, Ga W. P. HORNADY
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1918-10-22
not READY 10 MOVE

Bainbridge Searchlight: A fellow wanted
to know why we did not publish the truth
about everything that transpired here. We
would were it not for the fact that we would
have to leave town and three-fourths Of
the other folks would, too Why depopulate
the town to give somebody something to
gossip about?