Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1919-01-07

brought suit solely to put final quie-
| tus upon such ISLANDERS.
In 1913, Roosevelt visited South
America to address certain universities
and learned societies, and while there
headed a scientific expedition into the
heart of Brazil, which explored (Feb-
I27-April 26, 1910 for several hundred
miles the upper waters of tributary
of the Madeira River, said to have been
| till then unknown to the geographers.
| The hardships he experienced in the
jungle brought on an illness which left
him for a time much reduced in vital
lily, and eventually led to his death,
but the expedition enriched the col
llections of the American Museum Of
Natural History by 1000 speciments
of mammals and 500 birds.
When he had been home but few
weeks he published an article accus
ing a small group of politicians in
the state of New York of corrupt
methods and affections, and was sued
/ by the State Republican Party lead
err, William Barnes, Jr., of Albany, for
libel. The trial, which took place in
Syracuse, N. Y, resulted in a verdict
for the defendant.
The personality of Theodore Roose-
welt was Searches striking than his
career. His frame was sturdy and well
poised, his temperament was nervous,
and his manner vivacious. His most
notable mental characteristics were an
extraordinary quickness of apprehen-
sion and keen interest in every sub
lject which has to do with human
progress, such as the solution of moral
and social problems. AS an executive
he was distinguished for his resource
fulness in devising, and his boldness
in attempting new methods of ac-
complishing results for which others
have struggled in vain over we'll
beaten paths and his tireless pursuit
of an end upon which he has once
fixed his purpose. The details he
left to his subOrdinates. He has
been honored with degree of LII. D.
from nearly every important uni
versity in the United States, and many
European universities. In 1912 he
was elected president of the American
Historical Association
Colonel Roosevelt at the time of his
death had only recently returned to
his home at Oyster Bay from New
York, where he had spent several
weeks in a hospital taking treatment
flor rheumatism He reached home in
thine to spend Christmas with his
family, and stated at that time, char
lacteristicaIly, that he felt bully" He
lhad been in ill-health a great deal of
the time since his trip into the
Amazon country of South America
few years ago, where he suffered an in
sect bite that gave him tropical fever,
from which he never fully recovered.
He had been a bitter critic of Pres
ldent Wilson and the whole admins
tratiOn since our entry into the war,
much of which criticism was laid by
Ibis opponents to personal jealousy or
politics.
He had three sons in the American
army in ,France-Major Theodore, Jr.,
Kermit and Archie. Another son,
lQuentin, who was in the air service
at the front, was killed within the Ger
man lines a few weeks before the end
Iof the war Colonel Roosevelt had
Expressed a determination to visit his
sons grave in France the coming
spring.
| Colonel Roosevelt was especially
fond of Georgia, which was the births
place and girlhood home of his
mother, whose maiden name was Bull
IloCh On his last visit to Atlanta, he
made a trip to Roswell, near Atlanta,
for a visit to his mothers old home
IThe Bulloch home, with furniture
which was used by his mother is still
standing there.