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Americus times-recorder., 1918-04-25
THE POSTOFFICE SERVICE.

The complaint against the postal
service is neither local nor sectional,
but general In all parts of the coun-
try, there is much dissatisfaction with
the way the postoffice department is
being operated. Whether the postmas-
ter general himself is to blame for
these conditions-and he has been Sc
verely criticized in some quarters
uncertain, but there is no uncertainty
about the fact that the people are
not receiving the service they natur-
ally expect of government institu-
ton.
The postal troubles are mainly due
to two things-first, an unprecedented
increase in postal business, and, Sec
ond, the undertaking to make of the
postal department through penurious
management money-makng busr,
ness.
Every dollar paid into the depart
ment should be expended to maintain,
enlarge and improve the service. More
and better-paid men should be used, for
in proportion to the work they do, pos
tai employees as a class are the poor
est paid in government service The
people want service from the depart
ment not profit
It appears to be Postmaster General
Bqrleson's policy to make money for
the government, as though balance
il dollars at the end of the year would
overcome the deficiencies in service.
President Wilson has enough to worry
him without being annoyed by postal
proposition such as this. Congress,
too, has enough before it to keep it
busy on the calendar; and no doubt a
congressional investigation of the
postoffice department would only result
in partisan, political controversy.
But something should be done and
done at once. There's something
wrong somewhere, and it ought to be
located.
Americus times-recorder., 1918-04-25
MEMORIAL DAY.

Tomorrow is a day hallowed in
Southern memory. 1t is the Memo
rial Day commemorating the sacri-
fee made by the thousands of brave
men who gave their lives for the Con-
federacy. It is day which makes a
peculiar appeal to all Southerners, be-
cause it revives memories so tender
ly associated with their fathers and
mothers and grandfathers and grand
mothers.
While this sentiment is not as strong.
now as it used to be, largely because
the number of Confederate survivors
has dwindled until there are now COM
paratively few left to keep the fires Of
memory burning, the heroes of the Six
ties are by no means forgotten. Nor
will they ever be, as long as the South
itself endures. The memories of the
days of the Confederacy will be tradi-
tional, always inspiring, fondlycherish-
ed; even though Southerners are
Americans first of all
Today, of course, the spirit of Amer
icanism is paramount, supplantng all
else in patriotic feeling; and S there
fore quite appropriate that the Liebrty
Bond Day celebration. asked by Presi-
dent Wilson in a recent proclamation
should be combined with the Memorial
Day exercises.
In Americus this will taks the form
of a procession, in which the United
States soldiers will march in the same
parade with the gallant old fellows
who carried muskets more than fifty
years dSO. II 1S UOlI6fOu IlidI Inc pa
rade will be one of the most interest
ing, as we'll as decidedly the most
unique Americus has ever known.
Due homage and reverence would be
paid the living and the dead, anyhow
because the South is steadfastly true
to it's Confederate soldiers, but the fact
that tomorrow is dap specially set
apart also for stimulating greater in
terest in the Liberty Bond campaign s
another reason why all of the people
should lay aside their business for
the time and enter heartily mot the
dual spirit of the occasion.
Americus has every reason to antici-
pate a Memorial Day observance that
will be notable in the annals of the
city.
Americus times-recorder., 1918-04-25

riotism of their president and not to
the puerile and spineless attitude of
their junior senator.
And now, when Harris has touched
the chords that tell the story of how
Georgians feel, when Harris has un-
covered the weakness and the shame
of the junior senator, when Harris has
revealed to the world that the junior
senator's claims of strength and sup
port were false and malicious refiec-
tions on the intelligence and patriot
ism of Georgia, when Harris has strip
ped the tom-tit senator of his bluff and
bluster and exposed him to the de-
served contempt of the people, some
who shrank from the conflict in it's ini-
tial stages and covered before the al
legged popularity of the junior SEN
ator are eager to divert support from
Harris to themselves. At the eleventh
hour they become champions of
cause they feard to espouse when the
issue seemed in doubt.
Georgians are amply able to size UP
the situation, to appreciate where the
honor belongs. Many in Israel could
kick the body of the PROSTATE Co
Hath, but it was David who accepted
the challenge and brought the brag-
gart to the ground. Those who enter
ed the field after Harris had cleared
the way showed their political brav-
cry after the battle had been won
Savannah Press.
Americus times-recorder., 1918-04-25
HARRIS, THE PATHFINDER.

In considering the race for the sem
atorship, one fact must not be lost
iasight of, and that is that William J..
Harris is the man, who, at a time
when other would-be aspirants were
hanging back afraid to enter the field
against the junior senator, boldly as
sailed him as the enemy of true
Americanism and announced his nten-
ton of opposing him before the pa
trotic people of Georgia as man
unfit and unworthy to represent this
great state at Washington.
When Mr.. Harris entered the field
there was a widespread impression
that Hardwick could not be beaten.
His friends and associates had poison
ed the public mind with the idea that
the country people were behind him
to a man and that the man who ran
against him was doomed to an over
whelmng defeat. We all know how alb
surd and false such statements were
No people in America are more in
tensely patriotic than the great mass
of the farmers of Georgia. But the
weakened aspirants for senatorial
honors shivered as they heard such
gossip and drew into their holes,
afraid to challenge the man who had
disgraced their state on the floor of
the senate and called its patriotism
into question throughout the land.
It was under such circumstances
that Mr. Harris entered the field, laid
down one of the most tempting posi-
tions in the gift of the president, that
of chairman of the great federal trade
commission, and proceeded to prick
the bombastic junior senator's balloon
of specious claims and arrogant pre-
tensions, Harris became the path
finder, clearing away the underbrush
of doubt and anxiety, sweeping away
the miasmatic fog of pro-Germanism
and underhanded treachery that OBJ
scured the vision. and exposing the
Hardwick citadel for what it really
was, a chimera of cowardly fancies
and egotistic vaporings. Harris ao-
pealed to the heart of Georgia and
proved that it was soundly American
tc the core, and that the soul of the
people vibrated to. the intense pa
Americus times-recorder., 1918-04-25
KEEP THE PREMISES CLEAN.

Now is the time to keep the premises
clean Garbage should not be al
lowed to stay longer than a day. Germ
carrying flies and mosquitoes must not
be given chance to breed and scatter
their poison
Eat little, if you can. Boil your
drinking water, if you will. Swat
the flies, if you please. But keep the
premises clean.
Americus times-recorder., 1918-04-25

That Alabama man who married. his
mother-in-law some time ago has just
voluntarily enlisted in the army He
probably preferred to face death in
the trenches to living hell on eartn
Americus times-recorder., 1918-04-25

We are thankful somebody is inter-
ested in the paragraphers health. ET-
cry mail brings a patent mediciue
circular of some sort.
Americus times-recorder., 1918-04-25
Special Notfre.

There will be a called communica-
ton of NJ. B. Council Lodge, No. 95,
Thursday evening, April 25th, at 8
m. for the purpose Of comforting
the NJ. NJ. degree on two candidates
who have been called to the colors.
Visiting brethren are invited to at
tend. R. H. HORTON, S. w.
NAT LIE MASTER, Secretary.
Americus times-recorder., 1918-04-25

When the junior senator referred to
'plain, common, ordinary liars" he
probably had in mind those married
couples who say they have lived to-
gether so many years without ever
having a quarrel!
Americus times-recorder., 1918-04-25

An anonymous letter writer has sent
the paragrafist the name of spring
tonic that is strongly recommended.
If we thought the medicine could
produce more paragrafs we'd try it.
Americus times-recorder., 1918-04-25

Nat Goodwin, who is being sued for
divorce by his fifth wife, doesn't un-
derstand it at all. Eve were getting
along fine" he says. 81 was living in
New York and she in Greenwich, thirty
miles away"
Americus times-recorder., 1918-04-25

No man who exacts the last penny
for every service he performs during
wartime can be classed as super
patriot, in our opinion.
Americus times-recorder., 1918-04-25

'If we wea= short skirts, it is none
of your business" writes in an anony-
nous subscriber. Of course, of course!
But what was it Little Red Riding
Hood said: what are my eyes for
Grandma %
Americus times-recorder., 1918-04-25

When the short skirts get too old for
street wear, they may then be used as
bathing skirts, for bathing suits,
Americus times-recorder., 1918-04-25

This is the season when the fisher
men tell their greatest yarns, and
other liars are also in their glory
Americus times-recorder., 1918-04-25

The Kaiser has promised to destroy
no more Belgian church bells. but he
has said nothing about Belgian babies.
Americus times-recorder., 1918-04-25

The junior senator may change his
line of talk now, but it is too late for
hm to change public opinion of him.
Americus times-recorder., 1918-04-25

Savannah has had "speechless din
ner" Must have been very dry af-
fair!
Americus times-recorder., 1918-04-25

It's easy enough for husband and
wife to start quarrel, but it Is
mighty difficult sometimes to stop one.
Americus times-recorder., 1918-04-25

Americans should give thanks early
every morning that Roosevelt is not
president.
Americus times-recorder., 1918-04-25

We would like to hear one more
speech without any reference to the
war in it.
Americus times-recorder., 1918-04-25

do you really eat onions?" some
body asks. No, indeed; onions are
only something to write about.
Americus times-recorder., 1918-04-25

We feel satisfied about Amiens, now
that the city is being defended by
American soldiers
Americus times-recorder., 1918-04-25
GEOGRAPHICALLY SPEAKING

Rock the baby to sleep with Lib
erty Bond.
Americus times-recorder., 1918-04-25

1t isn't a question of how much
cloth a woman puts into her skirt, but
how much she leaves out.
The Washington times., 1918-09-14

o-I have a 1917 Maxwell on which the
carburetor gives me trouble. especially
Through the hoat valve leaking. had
used four carburetors but each leaked.
What kind Of carburetor would you sug-
gest as am deterTnined to put on a new
and different make. Would you advise
buying a kerosene burning carburetor? Is
the carburetor made by the Kerosene Burn
ing Carburetor Company, OF Chicago, good?
H. S.
Airy either a Zenith or Strom-
berg carburetor. Some kerosene
carburetors- are good, but II you are
particular about car performance 1
advise you not to install one ON this
car ! have not tested the carburetor
you mention, and cannot tell you its
value.
The Washington times., 1918-09-14
NEED GOOD ROADS
FOR WAR FREIGHT

There is no question about it-goods
supplies, materials of every descrip.
tion will have to be moved by motor
trucks this winter. II will soon be a
question as to whether they will be
moved fast or slow-at a high expense
or low cost-on a definite or an in
definite schedule.
And the determining factors as to
which, how. when and how much ar.
. the roads over which they must pass
Put your roads in order" has be,
come the slogan in every part OF the
country. Fill up the mud holes, Level
the grades before the snow flies. Bad
roads slow up Industrial transporta-
tiOn just as much as the burning OF
bridges retards the progress OF al
army.
IF every road in the country was a
Lincoln highway, our transportation
problems would be the least OF our
Worries" says a prominent automobile
dealer. "Never have we produced "a
now, but it is my opinion that II w
DO not use the same calibcr of action
in the matter of quick transportation
as in quick production, we are going
to fall down on our job. The motor
truck has been called the railroad :
competitor as well as its ally. To my
mind. IL is every community's protec-
tor against famine"
The Washington times., 1918-09-14
INVESTMENT IN CAR
NOW IS ADVISABLE

"The man who needs an automobile
will never see the time when he can
invest in one to better advantage than
right now" says a local auto dealer.
Certainty OF a greatly reduced pro
duction gives an additional money
value to every good car in existence.
will risk the prediction that those
who buy cara this fall can, providing
the war goes or. sell them next spring
for every dollar Of the cost This
goes for closed cars as well as open
ones.
"The majority OF peoplA who drive
cars simply have to have them in
order to keep ZIP with the work They
are called upon to do. This VIII be
increasingly true with the inevitable
congestion of means of Transports
tion due to automobile curtailment.
at has been conservatively esti-
mated that a million new cars a year
are necessary to replace those that
annually are made useless through
age and wear. The answer In the face
OF a curtailed production is plain
enough. The public will have to pay
a high price for cars or go without
ard going without is to limit eff
cheney. Hence the investment now in
a good. fairly priced car is a gilt
edged proposition"
The Washington times., 1918-09-14
FARMERS ESCHEW
PLEASURE DRIVING

"The automobile used as q pleasure
car has disappeared from the farm" :"
writes the proprietor OF large stock
farm and feed yards to Clifford A.
Williams. director OF sales ot the
Kissel Motor Car Company.
"The automobile has become a ne
cessity. and particularly so under war
conditions. The average car owner
who lives in the country is using his
car very little for pleasure. Instead
he is using 1t quite extensively in his
business
MY own car has been driven some-
thing over 5000 miles. and consider
ably less than 1000 miles have been
used in anything but what could be
called for pleasure purposes. Any
thing that will increase the cost OF
operating cars, tractors, or other gas
machinery on the farm Is going to be
that much Of detriment to the far
mer In producing his crop, particular
ly so at this time when the farmer
has been called upon to produce away
In excess OF any previous efforts.
Man power Is becoming less and
less, and the farmer is using machin-
cry more to take the place. as much
as possible. OF the loss that he Is
suffering for the lack OF help. The
automobile does much to make up for
the present scarcity of available
labor"
The Washington times., 1918-09-14
ORDERS 10000
CARS FOR ARMY

PITTSBURGH, Sept. 1.-THE direc-
tor Of steel supply is seeking larger
supplies of steel for the war pro-
gram. With James B. Bonner. the
American. iron and steel institutes
representative in distribution of steel
orders. he met menohere this week
engaged in the actual carrying out
OF the Governments orders.
He met the special subcommittee
OF the American Iron and Steel In
stitute at Washington, and on We'd
nesday there Is to be general
meeting of the iron and steel trade
in New York.
While means are sought for con-
filming the steel supplies still more
closely to the direct war program,
the chief aim is to increase produc-
tion. While the iron and steel out
put is satisfactory by comparison
with conditions last winter and
practically throughout 1917, 1t is not
equal to the rated capacity, being In
pig iron at between 90 and 95 pei
cent, AID in steel ingots at not more
than 90 per cent. Actual tonnage
outputs are running heavier than in
1916 because there is more capacity,
the 1916 production having been
fully equal to the existing capacity.
The subcommittee. on Scrap Iron
and Steel OF the American Iron and
Steel Institute has addressed a letter
to all makers of open-hearth, crucible
electrical steel, declaring that there
is a fragrant abuse % paragraph
20 of the scrap regulations. which
covers certain descriptions of low
PHOSPHORUS scrap, not altogether
low enough in PHOSPHORUS to be
guaranteed as .04 per cent, or under,
which is the guarantee with PA and
2-B. The material is priced at S34.
Much material had been traded in
at S34 when II was properly heavy
melting steel, which is priced at 500.
Drastic action" against violators is
threatened II the practice is not stop
ped. The American Board of Scrap
Iron Dealers has addressed a similar
letter to its members, also referring
to drastic action" This is the first
notable case of violation of the gen
eral program of iron, and steel price
fixing.
The Washington times., 1918-09-14
OIL REPLACES CROPS

NEWTON. Kan, Sept H-As get
rich-quick instrument, an oil well easily
leads. A year ago c. W. Meslander, OF
Newton abandoned his farm of 16O acres
sixteen miles east of town and took a
Job in the Newton Mill In order to make
living Crop failures had discouraged
him.
Lately in consideration for the signing
of two leases. one on each eiEhty-acres
his farm, to the Tidal Oil Company
OF Tulsa, and the Carter Oil Company.
he received two checks totaling an even
$4,000. and still retains a one-efght In
terest in any oil that may be discovered
beneath the land.
The Washington times., 1918-09-14
BY BARNEY OLDFIELD.

One of the outstanding devel-
opments OF the past two years has
been the rapid popularity achieved
by the type of device generally
known as vaporiZers. Stripped of
compIicatioins this means simply
some form of equipment to inject
a certain quantity of water va
Dor or steam into every explosion
of the engine.
Every man who has driven a
car knows the sensation of added
power that he has with the en-
gine on a damp night, or just be-
fore or after a rain storm we
used to say a few years ago that
this was all imagination That
a little dampness in the atmo-
sphere could not make any differ
ence in the running of the engine.
Since that time, however. scien-
lists have found a way to make
us eat our words, for they have
proved that water does benefit
the engine, when lit is properly
INTRODUCED into the fuel charge.
At any rate the modern vapor-
izer has pretty well proved Its
value and my readers may be In
terested in hearing something
about how 1t works and the prin-
ciiples behind IL.
In the main the vaporiZer con-
sists of a water tank, connected
by means of piping to the inlet
manifold above the throttle. A
control is provided SO that tho
flow of water may be stopped
whenever the driver desires it. In
using the yaporizer, the water
must not be turned on until the
engine has had a chance to be-
come hot, so that the liquid may
be turned into steam, which easily
mixes with the charge. When the
water is turned on after the en-
gine has warmed up, IT will bo
noticed that there is q very
definite increase in power. II the
water is turned into the manifold
before the latter has become hot
enough to transform IL into steam,
1t will strangle the operation OF
the engine, and even stop it.
There is another type OF vapor-
izer, which connects with the rad
iator filler neck. This draws steam
from the water system into the
inlet manifold, instead OF depend
ing on a tank of its own How
ever, the types have the same end
in view.
Now to try to explain how the
Yaporizer actually performs a ben
eficial function in the operation of
the engine. 1t is a fact that heat
Is a form OF power. II the gaso-
lene engine could run twice as hot
as 1t does IL would have much
greater power. However. there is
a limit TO the amount Of heat that
can be allowed, because Of the
breaking down OF the oil film that
protects the moving parts when
the heat gets excessive. Now the
water that is present in the ex-
plosive charge absorbs certain
amount Of the heat generated in
combustion, which would usually
be passed on into the water of the
The Washington times., 1918-09-14
SHENANDOAH PIKE
TOLOSE TOLL GATES

Announcement has come from
headquarters of the American Auto
mobile Association that the Shenan-
doah Valley Pike, the historic boule-
ward road connecting Winchester and
S;sunton, Va. is to be freed from the
tol:-gate nuisance on and after Sep
tenher /.
Elimination of tolls on this pike Is
OF special interest to the motorists
of Washington and vicinity. as the
route serves as an excellent con-
finuaUiou of the tour from Washing
ton via Frederick. Harpers Ferry. and
Be- rvville. traversing the scenic
lands OF the most historic valley of
the Old Dominion.
At Winchester. the northern en-
trance. is where Washington received
his early military training, building
forts and block houses to protect Nir-
Finia against the Indians. One Of
these forts, as well as hrs headquar-
ters. still remains.
During the civil war winchester
changed hands seventy times, four
times in one day. The headquarter1
occupied by Generals Sheridan and
Stonewau Jackson still stand. Today
there is little evidence of the stormy
times through which the village has
passed as one drives down the wnn-
derful pike lined with apple trees,
which are especially beautiful early
in the spring. Sheridan made his IA
nous ride from Winchester and ral-
lied his troops at Cedar Creek, just
twenty miles below. At the first old
toll gate, about a mile below the
town. the general was stopped by the
old woman gatekeeper. and before he
was allowed to proceed it was neces-
sary for him to pay.
At Newmarket just fifty miles be-
low Winchester, a detour to the left
for fourteen miles brings one to the
caveTns Of Luray, which are con-
sidered the most wonderful in the
country. Turning left just beyond
Burketown. a fine macadam road may
be followed to the grottoes OF the
Shenandoah, discovered more than a
hundred years ago by hunter named
Weyer, one of the caves bearing his
name. Staunton, at the southern end
of the highway, is an important town
and was the home of President Will
son. From this point the tourist may
turn of toward Hot Springs and
White Sulphur.
The valley pike is ninety-four miles
long and is of limestone macadam,
which has received bituminous treat
ment Besides the culverts there are
approximately 100 steel and concrete
bridges, most of which have recently
been constructed, at a cost of about
100000. The total assets OF the com
pany are estimated at S633,0o0. di-
vided as follows: Ninety-four miles
of road at $1,000 per mile. 100000;
bridges, 800. 900: thirteen toll houses,
$4,000; road machinery, $1,000; cash
deposit in bank, $4,000.