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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-10-11
IeED ORGAN IS TUNED BY YANKS

,.,4,l 10 Tho star by \. r. ~
.,cfs ogt ii-in little
..n village. two privates ~ the
.-,,..n engineering corps have
s.,,rd a cathedral organ more
. 100 wears old tina, had been
-, fcr n years,
- worked after O'Clock
-, afternoon after a hard days
They cleaned 5000 pipes,
-. 20 feet high and foot in
..,er nsssns 90 ancient bird
-. were removed. together with
s,..,sr and other debris Then tho
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-10-11

Probably the oldest officer Of his
rank on the active list In any army is
First Lieut., Richard Peters. of Wash.
hston. ID, G.. who Is "a years old and
now with tho American forces over.
seas.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-10-11

pipes were secured with sulphurlc
acid.
one day they gave concert Of
American love songs on the old
eathedrais organ. To the delight
and astonishment Of the village.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-10-11
Instead Of flowers and chocolates,

young men In Petrograd. In these
days % near famine. are said TO car.
~ presents OF butter and eggs to the
young women they are counting"
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-10-11

A NYONE who is undecided
- about where to go for den
tai work is invited right now to
call on Or. Jeff Halford for free
examination and estimate.
You will find that Or. Halford
is very careful in his work. and
that the assurance of absolutely
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1918-10-01

Every acre of land that you farm grows
more than the crops you harvest. 81
1t grows actual dollars and cents which
represent big guns and high explo-
sives, swords and rifles, machine guns
and bombs, food and clothing, every
thing that our brave soldiers and sailors
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-02-08
WHERE THANKS ARE DUE.

Possibly the aviation camp would
have been located here if the gentle
men named in yesterdays Times-Re-
corder had not subscribed the amount
necessary for the purchase Of the
Aries plantation site, but we serious
ly doubt it.
The committee negotiating for the
camp had to have site to offer. The
Aries place was the one most desired
by the government. But it could ont
be leased, Mr. Grace, the owner, re-
fusing to consider the idea. 1t had to
be bought. 1t had to be purchased
right now. And so the members of
the committee went down in their
pockets and bought it. They paid for
ii spot cash, raising $40,250 among
themselves in quick time.
1t does not matter that their sub
scriptions may be classed as invest
ments. They did not have to subscribe,
Besides, under the terms with the gov
eminent, they stand to lose one-fifth
OF what they have subscribed. Ulti-
mately they may make a few dollars,
but the chances are even that they
will not. So what they have done is
genuine public spiritedness. And
Americas owes them debt of ever
lasting gratitude, and we sincerely
feel that the Times Recorder is only
expressing public sentiment in assur-
ing them that the general public APP
preciates what they have done. The
names Of these gentlemen ought to be
known They are: Frank Lanier, Lee
G.. Council, the Sheffields, the Har-
olds, Carr Glover. the Rylanders, the
Hooks, G. R. Ellis.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-02-08
CALLING ON THE EARMER.

The government feels that the farm
er as class has not proportionately
borne his share of the financial bur
dens of the times.
This is true of the farmers in all
parts of the country, the South not
being alone in that respect.
For that reason, the next bond is
sue, which will be announced within
the next thirty dayss will be directed
chiefly at the farmer.
OF the billions subscribed to the
Liberty Loans, the overwhelming ma
jority has been taken by the bankers.
But for the banks, the last loan would
not have been a success. Not only
have the bankers themselves sub
scribed heavily as individuals, but
their Institutions have not hesitated to
invest in the bonds. Furthermore, by
making loans, they have assisted thou
sands of others to become Liberty
Bond holders.
1t is stated that less than three
rer cent of the farmers of Sumter
county have manifested any substan-
tial interest in the Liberty Loans
Some of the county's wealthiest plant
ers do not hold even a dollars worth
of bonds. Now, however, they are 60
ing to be asked to change their poll
cy. 1t will be put squarely up to them
that as matter of necessity, as we'll
as patriotism, they must come to the
: assistance Of the government.
The amount of the next Liberty
Loan is not stated, but it is more than
likely to be at least as large as the
preceding one, probably larger. If five
billion is the figure, it is expected that
fully two-thirds of that sum will be
subscribed by the farmers. For the
organization of the campaign is to be
&C ncentrated on the farmer class, and
no me ans will be spared to reach and
convert them.
Already the government is appealing
to the newspapers to disseminate this
information, that the farmer and the
public may know that he is expected
to contribute more generously than
he has done to the financial underwrit-
ing of the war. This is notice, then,
to the farmers who are readers of The
Times Recorder, and they may govern
themselves accordingly.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-02-08
The Daylight Saving Bill.

They're trying to pass daylight bill
which would advance time an hour a
day. Why not shove up the alarm
alarm clocks an hour and be done with
it?-Americus Times-Recorder That's
what it would amount to in the long
run, but the idea is to have everybody
do it, and then there will not be de-
lays on account of some fellow failing
TO shove his clock up. We are in ia
vor of saving everything that can be
saved, and daylight is very valuable
whether We SO regard it or not Co
lumbus Enquirer-Sun.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-02-08
AN EXPLANATION.

A vital part of the press of the
Times-Recorder broke yesterday af-
ternoon while the papers were being
printed, causing a delay of an hour or
so in the delivery.
This statement is made for the ben
eft of the subscribers who complained
- receiving their papers so late.
The Times Recorder also feels i'm
PEELED to publicly express its thanks
to The Southern Printers for their
kindness in permitting the use of their
yress. Without their assistance, The
Times-Recorder could not possibly
have appeared yesterday afternoon.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-02-08
A COLUMN or CLIPPINGS
A Straight Endorsement.
From the Quitman Free Press:

From the Qultman Free Press:
For United States Senate: William
j Harris, of Georgia A red-blooded
American who truly represents the
ideals of Democracy and liberty.
The Free Press has often reiterated
the fact that it is not in politics
The Free Press however, is for
William J. Harris, candidate to sue
coed the present junior senator,
Thomas W. Hardwiek.
We are for Mr.. Hardwick because we
believe he is the man who will defeat
Senator Hardwick. 1t is patriotism
rather than politics.
We believe the loyal people of Geor-
gia, some of them strangers to politics,
will solidly support Mr.. Harris in his
race.
We hope the citizens of Quitman and
Brooks county, in the immediate flu
ture as part of their contribution of
service to their country in peril, will
call a mass meeting and organize a
William ]. Harris club.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-02-08

The Columbus Ledger says,
President Wilson has gone on rec
ord as endorsing William J. Harris for
the Senate Replying to letter writ
ten by the Americas Times-Recorder
on the subject of Mr.. Harris candi-
dacy, the president says in part:
May not thank you for your let
ter of January twelfth with it's inter
esting enclosure? The poll of the
Georgia newspapers to which you re-
fer is certainly most interesting and
is certainly a very fine tribute to the
character and ability of Mr.. Harris.
81 am surprised and distressed to
learn that any question has ever
arisen as to Mr.. Harris relations with
the present national administration.
am sure that no doubt has ever en-
tered my mind, for he and l have al
ways maintained relations Of the most
delightful confidence, and he has al
ways accorded the administration the
most hearty and genuine support
whenever opportunity offered and in
whatever way that was possible and
compatible with his present official
duties"
The Ledger has referred to the fact
that Mr.. Harris was in hearty accord
with the present administration, and
that such an ardent supporter of Will
sen was needed at this time to offset
the mischief made by Senator Hard
wick in his anti-American fight on all
war measures put forward by the gov
eminent.
As we have said before, Harris is
the logical man to beat Hardwick, and
we believe that the people of Georgia
stand ready to side-track that pro
German with this able Georgian, who
is in perfect sympathy with the admin
istration and in line with leaders of
the country in the fight to put down
Prussian mihtarism and make the
world safe for Democracy and civili-
cation.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-02-08
FASTING AND FIGHTING.

The New York World says: IN a
land where food has always been
abundant and always been wasted, it
is no easy matter to bring home to all
the people a sudden realization of the
necessity for saving or devise effect
i've measures of economy.
High prices have already had their
inevitable effect upon the tables of
the poor. 1t is not in this direction
that the President is looking when in
his proclamation he calls upon his fell
low countrymen to deny themselves
in the interest of our associates in the
war. He addresses only the we'll fed
and over fed, who are very numer-
Gus.
If these elements can be made to url-
derstand the situation the problem
will not be difficult of solution. Most
people even now do not grasp the
fact that there is only one way to
provide western Europe with food,
and that is by restricted consumption
in this country. 1t is not a question
of money nor of price, 1t is ques-
ton of supply. There is not nough
food in the world, and until the new
crops appeatr, the best that can be
done is to piece out existing stocks.
Aside from the regulation of bak-
ers and public houses, what the Pres
ident and Mr.. Hoover ask is a great
voluntary limitation of diet, the re-
lection of unnecessary articles, the
stringent outstanding of wheat flour,
meats and sugar, and, in particular,
the prevention of all waste. If these
suggestions were enforceable by law,
no one would suffer anything more
than trifing inconvenience. Depend
ing as they do upon the generosity
and patriotism of the pc ople, and sub
ject in most cases to personal ragula-
ton, they entail no hardship and, we
believe. will be cheerfully obeyed
Millions of people can do nothing
more than this to win the war. They
cannot fight, and yet they may have
the spirit of service as we'll developed
as those who bear arms. They can
not hope to stand shoulder to Shout
Ger with the allied democracies of
Europe but they can share their food
with them and SO as truly support
them. If they can do no more they
certainly should do no less.
This emergency is not to be met by
any present act of Congress or by an
appropriation. 1t must be faced by
the family council and sthe individual
conscience. Food saved IS food earn
ed for the gallant armies of Great
Britain France and Italy. They are
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-02-08
"FIGHTING FOR LIBERTY"

1t is national trait of Americans to
be cheerful at all times. AS a race
we are optimistic. We take every
thing nonchalantly. We do even the
most serious things in a manner that
impresses people of other nations as
being light-hearted AMI fippant.
But withal, no American, however
lightly and smilingly he is going about
his business, can but appreciate the
fact that we are now up to our necks
in the greatest struggle in which this
country has ever engaged. In one of
his recent speeches, President Wilson
declared that it was an even greater
struggle for freedom, for our national
life and freedom than was made by
the heroic men of the Revolution.
More striking still is this statement
from a subsequent address by the
president;
We are fighting as truly for the
liberty and f-government of the
United States as if the war of our
own revolution had to be fought
> over again, and every man in ev-
cry business in the United States
must know by this time that his
whole fortune lies in the balance.
Our national life and our whole q
economic development will come
under the sinister influences of
foreign control, if we do not win.
That it is up to the United States
to win this war no one will dispute.
Only the timely entrance of this
country into the mighty conflict stem
med the tide and saved the Allies and
civilization.
Yet here today we read that Gen
eral Hindenburg is Dragging that by
April he will be sending his German
people food from Paris.
That is all bluff and buster, of
course. 1t is fed to the Germans to
take the place of the food they are
not getting, and to bolster their weak
ening faith. But it shows the type
of the people We are at war with.
Let US stay in a good humor, be
as cheerful as we can; meet the in
creasing privations pleasantly, but let
us not forget for single second how
vitality concerned we are in this war.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-02-08

holding the battle lines for freedom
and civilization until we are able to
join forces with them a million or two
millions strong All that is required
of non-combatant Americans is that
they hold their appetites.
In the word Of Mr. Hoover those
who have most should save most
Failure in this respect will shame us
forever at home and abroad.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-02-08

Notwithstanding spring f. -
yet by twenty-four pounds of flour and
a couple O. pecks o. meal, The Times
Recorder literary editor has received
eighteen poems dedicated to the corn
pope. All Of them will be saved and
are expected to come in useful during
the fuel stringeney next winter.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-02-08
A First Class Job.

Il think Roosevelt made an ass of
himself" says Senator Tillman. But,
Senator, you must admit that he did
right good job. Times
Recorder. And you will also admit
that he had considerable time to work
en- the job Columbus Enquirer-Sun
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-02-08

Those Americas girls who are now
stirred by the purring of an eight
cylinder auto will soon be moved to
attention more quickly by the buzz
OF a twelve-cylinder aeroplane.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-02-08

The German government also did
some striking on its own account,
striking the strikers over the head
with the announcement that if they
didn't return to work they'd be shot
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-02-08

We used to think in the days when
We read poetry, that brooks were the
only things that purled, but now we
know better.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-02-08

It's none of our business, of course,
but we just want to say that the gen
tIeman who wrote the resolutions
the aviation camp mass meeting
adopted the other day had his Scrip
tural references slightly scrambled
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-02-08

We wonder if that Iowa lady who has
seven husbands buried side by side
il her front yard sits on the front or
back porch with her eighth husband?
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-02-08

Young women marry old men for
their money, but you never hear of
old men marrying young women for
theirs.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-02-08

1t is said that there will be mar
rying in heaven, probably to give the
old maids a chance.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-02-08

The Columbus Enquirer-Sun editor
recovered from the grippe mighty
quick. What did he use?
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-02-08

New York is half pagan, says a
western clergyman. And we thought
it was entirely SO!
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-02-08

We don't know which is the more
interesting, a short woman in long
skirt. or tall woman in short
skirt.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-02-08

You can tell when some couples
are married just by the way they call
each other sweetheart.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-02-08

A man never notices his own wife's
skirts long enough to know whether
they are short or not.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-02-08

Married men ought to be thankful.
Suppose their wives tall shoes also
buttoned up the back
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-02-08

Not all of the Bolsheviki are in Rus
STA. Some are in this country, and
they call themselves Americans.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-02-08
GEOGRAPHICALLY SPEAKING

Each man has his row to hoe, and
a woman hers to knit.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-02-08

There is lot of difference between
market value and feod value.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-02-08

Americas, Georgia, February s, 1915
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-02-08
SnbseriDti0n Rates

OFFICIAL ORGAN FOR:
City of Americas
Sumter County
Webster County
Railroad Commission OF Georgia For
Third Congressional District.
q. s. Court, Southern District OF
Georgia.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-10-11
UsHERINC OUT AN EMPEROR

DROBABLY there is no one in the civil
l. lied world or in Germany who hasn't
wondered at some time recently about
what is to be done ultimately with the
German Emperor. Hatchng schemes for
the fitting disposal of the First Hun has
come to be one of the most fashionable of
indoor sports.
Strangely enough, Wilhelm himself has
introduced to the world an appalling va.
riety of tortures. Having pract ced kultur,
he will go to his grave without ever know
ing how kultur feels when you meet it in
the dark. That is one of ;he ironies OF
the war. If the Allies were to apply to
the Kaiser some of his own methods civil.
lied opinion would be outraged, of course,
and yet the law of compensation would
but follow its normal course.
Thus VIII elm, instead of being eXiled,
might be put in a trench, wounded and
gassed to death. He might be stood UP
before a squad of famethrowers.. He
might be mutilated. like the children Of
Belgium. or crucified on a barn door as
Canadian soldiers were crucfied by his
men, lie might be shot and left to die
Of fever in the open. q
Even these methods of torture seem
relatively humane when considered with
other barbarities devised with Wilhelm's
consent. The German Government warned
the British early in the war that the hunt
ing Of submarines by warsEips masked as
tramps would not be tolerated. The hunt
went on. Finally submarine caught a
small gunboat that had had the look of a
helpless coaster before she unmasked sud-
denly and opened fire Most os the crew
were chained TO the submarines deck rails.
covered with paraffine and set on fire. As
they burned the U'boat circled around
lifeboat in which five of the crew were
left alive. The survivors were instructed
10 row home and tell their Government
what had happened.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-10-11
Little Studies in Words
HUMANITARIAN

MINE persons out OF ten who wish to
l. speak of the work of the hospitals
and of the Red Cross Society and of gen.
eral relief enterprises will refer to them
as humanitarian instead of philanthroplc.
Why they should prefer "a word that comes
from the Latin to one that comes from the
Greek it would be foolish to speculate
There probably is no conscious reason, but
simply an instinct for variety.
But humanitarian does not really mean
philanthropic. The word for centuries had
a peculiar ecclesiastical meaning and de-
scribed the doctrine of the humanity CT
Christ and the negatlon of His divinity
1t dates back to the second century, when
Theodotus of Byzantlum, sometimes callel
the Tanner was excluded from the
church by Victor. the Roman pontiff, be-
cause after denying Christ in a time of
persecution he defended himself by saying
that "he had denied not God but man."
He was historically the first humanitarian.
The word is also applied to the disciples Of
Saint Simon and to those who believe in
the perfectibility of human nature without
divine help.
Some loose thinker in the latter third Of
tHe ldSl century, DeleNlnS lliat WOrkS OF
humanity could be described by the ad.
jective humanitarian, word whose mean
ing he had rever looked into, used it in
this bastard sense. 1t began to creep into
books and newspapers in this sense, until
F'itzedward Hall in his Modern English"
published in 1873 indorsed it as a word Of
wider scope than philanthropic" and
pregnant with deeper significance" Hall
was born in Troy, n. V, in 1926. and went
to Harvard, but before he had finished his
course he sailed for India TO find a run
away brother. He studied Sanskrt there
Later he went to London, where he be-
came examiner in Sanskrit N the civil
service, and it was in London that this
American published his book indorsing the
secular use of a word which was originally
confined to theological discussions.
Language. however, grows in this way.
Obnoxious, fer example, means exactly t.e
opposite today from what it meant when
Milton used it. An obnoxious man or an
obnoxious act nowadays is one which is
offensive or repulsive. whereas in M.lton's
time an obnoxious man was one who was
exposed to that which was offensive or
repulsive. The word really means exposed
or liable to HARM and not harmful.
G.. W D.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-10-11
Ne,U York's Sufragists
=, and Human Nature

GIT is better to travel than to arrive"
said Stevenson. The women of New
York. whose indifference about registering
for the first election in which they may
exercise their new franchise privilege has
refuted all recent political dope" seem to
agree with him.
Certainly the struggle for the ballot was
inspirting Suffrage campaigners enthu.
siastic propagandsts, feminist chieftain.
esses, dauntless committees and subcom-
mittees, mistresses of the arduous art of
eXhortation and ingenious press agents
swept through the Empire State with the
pride and courage of Zenobia. Thrills and
glory were in the uphill impetus On the
crest, debile hands leave the laurels of
victory unplucked, Ballots are to be had
by all New York adults this autumn for
the asking. At the present rate of regis
tration many women will leave them un-
claimed
1t is most humanity possible that if
Ponce de Leon had ever really found the
fountain of youth he would have said he
wasn't thirsty.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-10-11
GOING AND COMING
By BART HALEY

fell to the earth in flames! Could anything
be more-SecmlyP"
The idea of music in the airplanes had
never occurred to Emmal1e before. But
now the idea has taken hold of her with an
iron grip. She has done lot of telephon-
ing. She is organizing her friends at the
rate of ten day into a new soldier upift
organization. She has evolved a great
slogan with which to appeal to the world
at large in order that one of the best
branches of the service shall not longer be
neglected by those who wish to make the
lives OF soldiers easier. The slogan is to
be put on posters and spread broadcast.
1t will read like this: