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Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1918-09-07
STILL ARGUING WITH DRY LIPS

Grievance and Malice are two ugly
attributes in human character, but
are found imbedded in goodly mum
Der OF the people Of this world. 1t
Is always best for tho individual to
rid himself of these hindrances before
the Judge Of nll the earth takes tho
case In hand. Enough for that, There
Is certain man In our village who
has grievance against the preachers
because Of their aid in turning wet
Virginia into an arid desert land,
where not oven an oasis Is allowed
to exist for the shaking OF tho thirst
OF poor. weaty toddy-Sast~n. Hs
Asvec ioses 8h 6ppcrtuEfty 70 vefH
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1918-09-07
FULTON NOTES.

Sir w. e. Brown and Madame paid
Il flying trip to New York. Their
stay was very enjoyable and they
returned clatcd over the trip. While
in New York Sir Brown preached to
Il largo congregation from Acts 81
Rev. II. w. Williams, ID. ID. was in
the city this week on business for Il
short whilo.
a goodly number OF our friends
came visiting their families and
friends. Among them were Sirs l..
Il. Lightner, Ed. Pitmon, Rev. j. ii.
Brown, William Morton, Samuel
Marrow, Albert cambridge, Lessie
Pcttis, II. l.. Whiting, 2Sth Construc-
ton, q. s. \. Eek. Force, Langley
Field, Newport News. Va. and many
others whom we failed to get.
a. Il. White, Jr., of Camp Lee, sol
Denny street was over this week.
We have received letters from our
boys cover There They all state
about tho same and ask for our
prayers. They have not forgotten
Home, Church, Sunday School and
friends.
Mrs. Margaret Kounch, OF S12
Denny street is very i'll at tho time
Of going to press.
Mrs. Olivia Orange and daughter,
Inetta left for Baltimore.
Rising Mt. Zion S. S. gave their
scholars a reception in the lecture
room Of tho Church on last Monday
6 =. NJ.
Mrs. Martha Edwards, 500 State
street, received n letter from her son
Johnnie Edwards, at Camp Upton,
stating that he is we'll and getting
along fine, with love to all. Arthur
is in the Navy, in New York. Ho is
we'll and sends love.
Percy, in Franco, writes his moth
or ho is we'll and getting along fine.
He has met with many Of his boy
friends in France. Ernest, in Camp
Lee Is we'll. He is expecting to leave
Camp for France at any time. All
send love and ask for prayers.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1918-09-07
GEORGIA GOVERNOR HAS TAKEN
NO ACTION ON LINCHING
EVIDENCE.

The National Association for tho
Advancement OF Colorcd People
makes public 4 telegram addressed
TO Governor Hugh NJ. Dorsey of
Georgia. inquiring of him what ac-
ton has been taken, If any, In
bringing to justice the members OF
the mobs some OF whose names were
furnished to him on July 10 by a
special Investigator Of the Associa-
ton. who during the month of May
lynchod eleven, perhaps more, Ne
GrooS, one OF them n woman.
1t Will be remembered that on
July 10 the investigator placed in
tn" hands of the Governor Il mem
orandum giving the facts discovered
by him during four days spent in the
section where the lynching occurred,
Il copy OF the same memorandum
later being sent to President Wilson.
Six weeks havO elapsed since that
time and the Association pointcLly
asks tho Governor, "What can we
tell America concerning Georgia'S
governors cooperation with our
President in helping to stamp out
mob violcnrc?"
The reply Of tho Governor will be
awaited with considerable interest,
and more particularly his action
taken on tho evidence regarding the
lynching3 now in his hands. Gcor-
1ia's record OF lynching twenty-five
Negroes since America entered the
war is an uncnviablc one and tho
world is waiting to see whether she
really wants to stop lynching.
The Associations telegram fol
lows:
august 81, 1918.
"1Ion. Hugh NJ. Dorsey, Governor,
'Atlanta, Ga.
'Will you inform us OF action
taken, If any, on memorandum sub
mittcd to you July 10 on Brooks and
Lowndes Counties lynchings? All
or patriotic America awaits with in
terest your action in seeing that the
perpetrators of these most barbaric
lynchings are brought to Justice.
What can we tell America concern
ing Gcorgia's governors cooperation
with our President in helping to
stamp out mob violence?
"John r. Shillady Secretary,
National Association for the Al
vancement Of Colored People"
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1918-09-07
MOB BURNS COIORIID
VILLAGE FOR REVENGE.
Appeal Made to Governor to USc All
Means to Punish 'IIcathcns.

The National Association for the
Advancement Of Colorcd People yes
tcrday addressed Il telegram to Hon.
r. l.. Williams, Governor OF Oklaho-
ma, protesting against the shooting
Of n. Widow, Negro barber, OF
Dewey, Okla, who was accused OF
shooting and killing Chief OF Police
Null and seriously wounding City
Clerk George De Young.
After the Negro was shot by tho
mob, he was taken in charge by Of
ficcrs from the shorinl's Office. The
mob, enragcd at being thus cheated
OF its victim, went to a suburb OF
Dewey known as "Little Africa" and
burned this community, destroying
two hundred colored homes, two
churches and schoolhouse. Mono
of the Negroes thus robbed Of their
homes was even remotely connected
with the crime.
The Association protested not only
against this grave injustice to these
people but also against the material
damage done to the nation at this
critical period Of it's history, thus
unsettling labor in that community
with its attendant lcssening Of the
food supply SO greatly needed by the
Allied powers.
The Associations telegram fol-
lows:
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Agent For Planet.

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nearby cities for Atlantic City, ON
vacation or for work, this Spring and
Sammer, may obtain the very latest
news of their homes in The Planet,
At Arthur A. Williams, Agent. Se1
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august 81, 1913.
"Hon. r. l.. Williams, Governor,
"Oklahoma City, Okla.

"IIon. r. l.. Williams, Governor,
"Oklahoma City, Okla.
'Press accounts Of August 13 state
that N. Widow, colored barber Of
Dewey, Okla, was shot by mob but
later taken from mob by officers from
shcriff's Office. Later homes OF two
hundred Negroes, two churches and
Ischoolhouso In colored settlement
near Dewey burned by mob enraged
at loss Of victim. Not only grave
Injustice done these people in thus
robbing them OF perhaps accumula-
lions Of lifetime, but also disturbing
OF morale OF community with attend
ant lesscning Of food supply and
labor so much needed at this critical
period In our nations history,
causes National Association for Ad-
vancement OF Colored People to urge
that you use every power at your
command to see that members Of
mob are punished and that safety be
assured innocent Negroes. We do
not ask that guilty persons go un-
punished; only that those accused be
given fair trial and that innocent be
protected
"Is Oklahoma with the President
In condemning mob law?
John r. Shillady, Secretary,
National Association for Advance
ment Of Colored People,"
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-02-19
UNJUST.

A man has just been tried in New
York on a charge involving treason.
Af.er a hard fought trial he was ac-
Quilted. and his acquittal was grant
cd upon the recommendation of the
prosecuting attorney and with the
sanction of the Judge by a jury which
required only one minute to frame
its verdict of mot guilty"
The evidence absolutely failed to
sustain the accusation. Indeed, it was
dearly demonstrated that the mans
arrest and prosecution were tremen-
dously unfair and unwarranted.
Yet this man languished in Jail for
days before his trial. His name was
paraded in the papers and his family
were Inundated beyond measure. He
lost a responsible, lucrative position.
He mortgaged his home to employ
counsel, He was disgraced and inn
poverished.
But he was acquitted and restored
to his liberty. But was his good name
entirely restored to him Was his po-
sition given back? Was his expense
reimbursed? Was he put back on the
same footing he occupied before his
trial?
Of course, he was not. This man has
Suffered bitterly He was wrecked,
probably in spirit, certainly in finances,
undoubtedly in other awys. And the
government which did all this does
nothing to repair the injury.
There is surely a defect, most Sc
rious flaw, in the system which makes
such as this possible.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-02-19
THE OLD-TIMER.

Conntrib writes in to ask what has
become of the old timer that used to
write those three volume treatises on
How to Avoid Overproductfon. . Well,
last heard from he had been down to
the grocery store ten times after a
pound of sugar Americas Times
Recorder. The last time we heard of
him he had gone to join the fellow who
used to declare that it was mot over
production that was running the coun-
try, but underconsumption Columbus
Hnquirer-Sun.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-02-19
A COLUMN OF CLIPPINGS
THE MODERN PARENT.

The supreme court of Georgia has
held that school may, without ex'
ceeding reasonable authority, formu'
late rules for school children when
they are not at school. Commenting
on this decision the Americas Times
Recorder says: Under this decision,
the parent surrenders much of his au-
thority over his own child when he
sends that child to a public school. -
The average citizen exercises no con-
troll over his children and perhaps the
courts are under the impression that
somebody should prevent them from
running wild -Covington News.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-02-19
CORN BREAD.

The Americas Times-Recorder says:
eff the people of the north and
west could get one taste of Aunt Di-
nahs corn pone, there would be no
further difficulty about the conser-
walton of the country's wheat supply,
but we hate to contemplate what
would happen to the price of corn.
This moves us to say that the Aunt
Dinahs who know how to make corn
bread are getting to be all too scarce
right here in the corn bread coun-
try. The trouble with most cooks who
try to make corn bread is that they
use too many ingredients that do not
properly belong in corn bread, and
pay too little attention to the baking
process. Soda Or eggs, for instance,
spoil the natural flavor of corn meal
Eggs may be used in making a light,
fluffy pan baked corn cake that looks
more like cake than bread, and that
may be eaten with relish by those who
can't get anything better, but the
more one puts into corn dough to fla
vor it or make it RISE" the worse
one makes it.-Albany Herald.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-02-19
HE DIDN'T READ THE T.-R.

Editor Shope, of the Dalton Citizen,
says Murphey Gamblers stock is go
ing up as fast as William ]. Harris
stock is going down. Judging from
which we are led to believe Mr..
Shope did not read the Americas
Times-Recorder some weeks ago, IN
which a poll of the newspapers OF
the state was given, showing that prac-
tically all the Georgia newspapers are
for Harris and believe he win run
a winning race--Grif1n News and Sun
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-02-19
STOP AND THINK!

Have you thought of the sacrifices
those fine young Americans over in
France, or even those in the camps
at home, are making?
And yet you growl because the gov,
eminent asks you to do without wheat
breads seven times a week!
Has it ever occurred to you that
these young men, perhaps some Of
them from your neighborhood, maybe
some of them your own kin, are dedf-
eating their lives as well as fortunes
to the hottest war in which mankind
has ever engaged
They have given up home, loved
ones, their futures, and are undergo
ing privations that doubly test beth
their manhood and their fortitude-
they are doing this for your sakes,
that you and your children may live
to enjoy the blessings of a secure
democracy.
And yet you demur if the country
asks you to give up meat several times
a week!
You think it a terrible hardship if
you are forced to cut down your al
Iowance of sugar!
You feel like you are suffering an
imposition if more taxes are required
of yout
You want to avoid the unselfish men
and women who are giving up their
own valuable time to interest you in
behalf of the Red Cross, the Army
Y. M. C. A, or the Thrift stamp
funds
Do you ever stop TO think that to-
day there are half million young
men in France many of them wading
deep in ice and snow and mud, fac
| ing death every minute, and gladly if
need be giving their lives in your, de-
Tense?
Have you stopped to consider the
sacrifices these boys are making?
No true American, appreciative of
what these splendid young soldiers
are doing every day, every hour, can
fail or falter at any exaction of the
| government, levied in their behalf.
When you think of the ordea1s of that
fine body of young men you ought to
be glad that there is something you
can do, something that will contribute
to their comfort, something that will
safeguard them and make their ire
mendous burden just a little lighter
something that will let them know
the folks back home occasionally think
Of them.
1t is a sorry man or woman who
complains at any sacrifice the nation
might ask.
There are only few of that caliber
in Americas, and, thank heavens, their
number is growing smaller, day by
day!
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-02-19
The Most Valuable.

The Times-Recorder editor is said
to be the short-skirt expert of the
Georgia photographers. He has always
told us that the eyes are the most
Variable of all the five senses
Greensboro Record-Herald.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-02-19
WE OWE THIS APOLOGY.

Recently in enumerating the list of
Georgia eaiiies that are supporting
Hon. w. J. Harris for the United
States Senate, The Times-Recorder
inadvertently omitted the Valdosta
Times and the Griffin News & Sun,
both staunch and progressive papers,
each with a commanding influence in
its respective community
By not even referring to them, The
Times-Recorder somewhat gave the
impression that they were neither
fish nor fowl, nor good red meat. On
the contrary, they are esteemed in
their own home towns, as well as by
The ,Times-Recorder, and we sincere
II regret the omission, which was
indeed more of the head and hand
than of the heart
The Valdosta Times speaks its mind
seldom, but when it does it knows
what it watns to say, and says it The
Griffin News and Sun is always
prompt to declare itself on any issue
Both have unreservedly expressed
themselves as favuring the candidacy
of Mr.. Harris, and it were a serious
injustice to them an to him to leave
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-02-19
OVER THE 'PHONE.

We would hike to inquire il it is pos
s;ble for people to get closely aeqHaint-
ed over the Observation-Disclosures
Times-Recorder 1t may be possible
but yoa are likely to forget them
while waiting for central to give you
a number Dalton Citizen.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-02-19
Fight on Ice.

Down in Savannah they're having a
fight on the price of ice. Evidently
trying to fool themselves into believ
ing that summer has comet-Ameri
Gus Times-Recorder." Not at all. We
are trying down here to keep our
selves from being fooled when sum
mer does come
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-02-19

There are said to be 100000 knit
ters in the United States, and all but
one have learned to talk while they
knit She is deaf.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-02-19

AT the present rate, when summer
comes we win have on hand 81 boxes
of oatmeal, IA packages of buckwheat,
six bushels of Irish potatoes, eleven
bushels of sweet potatoes, a half bar
rel of rice, sack Of grits, three hogs
heads Of meal, and not over one pound
sof -four.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-02-19

Having bought at a church food
sale for 80 cents a cake that took
so cents worth of material and Is
cents worth of labor, many people
feel proud at their generosity.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-02-19

Persons leaving Mexico for the
United States are assessed eight dol
lars by Carranza's government. How
ever, we doubt not that they consider
it a bargain price.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-02-19

Is there a single Georgia citizen of
prominence who has not been "sug-
gested" for the United States Senate?
If so please let him step forward, and
we will see that his name gets in the
Atlanta newspapers.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-02-19
"SPEAK 1T MOTT"

The Columbus Enquirer-Sun sug
gests the silent treatment" as pan
acea for one of Georgia's present po'
litical ills
The idea, no doubt, is based on IT.
vim Cobh's remarkable story in The
Saturday Evening Post, piece of fic-
ton which illustrates how the pail OF
silence was the most effective means
of absolutely defeating, eliminating
and obliterating an unsatisfactory and
unsayory politician.
The s-Recorder probably 9th
e; newspapers as well-has long
thought that the application of deadly
silence would be the very best method
of removing the present excresence
on Georgia's body polite.
For itself. the Times-Recorder is
|
resolved on that policy.
Never again, until he has been re-
tired from public office, will this news
paper mention directly the name of
Georgian who has DETAINED his native
state, dishonored his constituents, and
disgraced himself.
Georgians can best show their con-
tempt for this obnoxious office holder
by refusing to permit his name to
pass their lips.
His name should be anathema for
evermore.
Young men, just coming into the
right of voting, should learn from
this dreadful lesson that disloyalty
is "a deadly blight" punishable by
death when it is treason to ones coun-
try, and by oblivion and ostracism
when a political crime!
The present generation will be
taught that Georgians honor fidelity
as one of the greatest of virtues, and
that the men they elect to office must
keep themselves away above the breath
of suspicion.
The lesson will be emphatically
driven home, for all the world to read
as it runs, that Georgians despise
that man who, in the hour of his ma
tions's greatest peril, does not meas
ure squarely to every acid test, and
that for those who obstruct, or lag
behind, or even half heartedly, per-
form their duties, in such a crisis,
the contumely and the righteous in
dignation of an outraged people are
maze manifest in a manner both GER
tain and convincing.
Let what Browning described as
"the thunders Of white silence" be the
awful fate of that man who has soiled
the escutcheon of Georgia's record in
the House of Congress.
Let not single patriotic Georgian
ever again breathe his name, as
though to speak it would wither the
lips and palsy the tongue.
Let not single loyal newspaper
in this state print in headlines or ed
itoriaIs the name which is deservedly
the object of scorn.
Let that name be as though it were
not. Let the very fact Of its constant
omission from speech or writing be
daily notification that Georgia is met
ing out just punishment to one who
has dragged in the mir ethe state and
the people who had honored him.
If that were done, there could be no
possible doubt of the result of the next
senatorial election.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-02-19

Congressman Brand says he is COM
ing home and tell DR.. Soul e''face to
face what I think of him." 1t might
also be to his advantage to learn wha;
DR.. Soule thinks back.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-02-19

''Women's tailors," says the New
York World, are planning a return sea
scr Of short skirts" Indeed, and
where have the short skirts been all
this time?
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-02-19

Government control so far has
shown that the railroads were pretty
we'll run up in stock and run down
in rolling stock.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-02-19

The result Of the meeting of the Re-
publican national committee indicates
that the tail still continues to wag
the elephant.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-02-19

1t is no proof that person has lost
all ambition in life just because they
marry.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-02-19

The difference, as we see it, is this
you used to order what you wanted
to eat; now you order what they'll
let you have.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-02-19

What profit it a man if he plants
a war garden and loses it all through
the Industrious scratching of a neigh
bor's chickens?
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-02-19

Garden seed are not so high, but
they are entirely too high to feed to
the neighbor's chickens.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-02-19

Speaking of getting rich in the oil
business, many boy makes a quarter
by taking a dose of castor oil.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-02-19

"Shall We Eat Snails? ?" asks the
Savannah Press. The answer is easy.
We shall not!
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-02-19

In their fight for cheaper ice we
would admonish the Savannah people
to keep cool
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-02-19

Rooster salad tastes just like chick
en- salad always did.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-02-19

What he would say today: MY king
dom, my kingdom for a sack of four!"
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-02-19

them out of the list Of Georgia dailies
favorable to him.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-02-19
GEOGRAPHICALLY SPEAKING

Fight the Kaiser in your garden!
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-02-19

OFFICIAL ORGAN FOR:
City of Americas
Sumter County
Webster County
Ratlroad Commission of Georgia FOL
Third Congressional District.
q. s. Court, Southern District OF
Georgia.
Americas, Ca, February 10, 1918.