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Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1919-05-30

The foregoing concentration of high powered English
is from the pen of Francis j. Oppenheimer, one of
Americas great thinkers Already you prob
ably have made up your mind that he has expressed
your sentiments than you would
have expressed them but similarly in thought Full of
burning satire and verbal violence it conveys pic
ture of the unregenerate German soul that could the
Hun himself see it. might make vince his sordid being
How clearly demonstrated the truth of the
ture of the arrogant Hun in his reply to the Allies
of peace The murderer the devastater the archcrmi
nal in the history of nations standing before the of
the world telling his conquerors that he must be
treated as their equal, must have hand in shaping
course of the world must himself be paid indemnity
the damage wrought him by the Allied blockade must
be admitted to the league nations, and, member
administer the colonies taken from him in the which
he himself started in the hope of grinding the whole
world under his heel.
Was there ever greater arrogance? Was there ever
people less deserving of any consideration whatever at
hands of right-loving Godfearing humanity? 1t
has said thousands of times since November II that
tie Allied great mistake when they stopped
short of Berlin when the Allies content to leave
vestge of the old Germany Today see the truth of
this an unrepentan criminal attempting dictate to his
victims who hold him in their power what his
punishment shall not be.
there be not the change of letter in the Allies
erms And the doesn't them, let the order
be given, ION to Berlin!"
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1919-05-30
RIPPING RHYMES
By Walt Mason.
NOT PERFECT.
Copyrighted for The Times-Recorder


AT o man is perfect meath the sky; there is flaw
Y in every guy. We could not long endure the man
constructed on so rare plan that all our search
ing would not find bemsh in his heart mind
This most astonishing of gents would make look
like fourteen cents Since you have blemshes burn
why roast your neighbor to a turn? Why jump on
Jnks for swiping coal, if you have pinched an or
phan's roll? While you roast neighbors one or two
be sure that some ones roasting you have lot of
loathsome faults; my gall is fierce, my conscience
halts; sometimes l drop my Tyre and pen, to take
sack and steal hen 1 talk too much and bore my
friends; my list of faings never ends. And you
roasting me I know, you go waddling to and fro,
and pointing out the things lack make me like
winner stack. My faults, know defy all cures but
they smoother faults than yours wouldn't swap
you poor galoo unless you gave your watch to
While you are roasting me it's true that am busy
roasting you and neither has any right to roast
the other msfit wight. That man who has no fault
OR flaw alone has right to ply his jaw
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1919-05-30
STUCK PIGS,

Fritz is as arrogantly minded today as when in the
name of God and Kutur tried to blacken the stars
and hope the heart of man. Even defeat on the
field has not helped mental waywardness And vico-
ry according to his perverted PHILOSOPHERS (Which
do away with the inner world of consciousness and its
clams) the great arber and aw-giver OF everything
By hypnotizng himself with barbarous metaphysical
phrases he keeps himself in state of sturdy unrepent-
ance an old German trick This is Frtz's great blunder
and suber form of cowardce than his going through
Belgium Bad enough to grind Prussian heel on the
neck of your brother To grind into own soul is
punishment great for the Boche Only Belgium
life was threatened lost the knowledge of right
and wrong Its soul shone like above the dark
tiers of trial Fritz doesn't begin to do some
straight regular thinking he'll lose the little moral
perception his philosophers have left him When this
goes all chance for national salvation with it. for
where there is no vision people perish For fifty
years Fritz has been foong himself with the crude
uents of his soldier for outside the
home-loving peace-loving Vaerand, secured any
thing more than amusement from the writings of these
eaber changing adenoids We agreed with you Fritz
that might is right and to because we valued
one thing more than peace And are becoming bit
bored now that you yelling like stuck pig because
English of peace treaty is little too violent
for your small pink ears What you want soft music
and incense?
Be good sport Fritz, for in your life You hit
before we had our hands up You hit low You know
you did We put up good scrap the saying is because
we like civilization And if you have doubt of the fact
that we beat you to your knees stop suking in your
dressing room and the sound of the gong But
in the meantime let us indulge in little verbal vio
lence' Let us be mad you for few paragraphs LIE
us employ verbs that will dynamite you out of your
psychic apathy and phrases that will thunder your dul
about you in diplomatic language of course Let us,
other words, indulge our souls in peace of violence
phrase coined by your own sick brain We never de
stroyed your cathedras-we sunk your Lustania
we never bombarded your open towns-we never muir
dered any Miss Caves. In fact never even took
pair of carpet slippers from you, or barrel of you
sauerkraut 1t your violence Boche in fact not word
against the True the Good that force
us to unsheah sword And protecting the light
tried to snuff out, we played your damned game lk
gentlemen Be honest about this Fritz pays and 20
Gro thrifty understand things We let you wallo
in your brutal docy for generations while your blac
heart was nventing ways to kill brother lie
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1919-05-30
HOW ABOUT THAT CELEBRATION?

There hasn't been audible echo to the suggestion
made recently in this paper that Sumter county have
Glorious Fourth July celebration this year. making it
a great Welcome Home for the boys in khaki or who
have dotted the khaki But Cordele to be the
Job and the idea has taken there Here is para
graph from the Cordee Dispatch which tells something
of how they are going about it;
IF some asks you about the home coming Fourth
of July barbecue the returning soldier boys,
everybody will have welcome Those who have it in
charge would choose to every person feel he has
a welcome at the sacrifice of other things You
Well that's the knl they going to give the boys in
Cordele July Fourth"
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1919-05-30

that pass And you have one but yourself to blame
the upholstery of your reacherous domescity has
threadbare But if suits your plight agree
with that might is not right please don't make an
accusation out of your conversion.
The Parisian. (Paris, Tenn.) 1907-1962, 1919-07-04

the Allied and associated powers to
place him on trial instead of the for
mer Emperor. The former Chan
cellor says that he assumes RESPONSE
bility for the acts of Germany during
his period of office, and places him
self at the disposal of the Allies.
The request of the former chan
cellor was made on June 18th in a
communication to Premier Clemen-
ceau, president of the conference.
DR. Won Bethmann-H ollweg, it is
said, desired to take this step on May
goth, but refrained at that time on
the expressed wish of the German
government. The communication
asked Premier Clemenceau to bring
the following document to the knowl-
edge of the Allies and the associated
powers:
"In article 227 of the peace terms,
the Allied and associated powers pub
licly arraign His Majesty, William IL
Of Hohenzollern, former German EN-
peror, for that supreme offense a.
gainst international morality and the
sancity of treaties. At the same
time they announced their resolve to
address request to the government
of The Netherlands for the surrender
of the former Emperor for the pur-
pose of trial.
with reference thereto | take the
liberty of addressing a request to the
powers to let the projected proceed
ings against His Majesty, the Emper-
or, be taken against me. For this
object / hereby place myself at the
disposal of the Allied and associated
powers.
"As former German Imperial Chan
cellor / bear for my period of office
sole responsibility, as regulated in
the German constitution, for the po-
litical acts of the Empire. | believe
| may deduce therefrom the claim
that the reckoning whichthe Allied
and associated powers desire to de-
mand for these acts shall be solely
demanded of me.
Being convinced that the Allied
and associated powers will not deny
international respect to the legal po-
sition fixed by public constitutional
law, may express the hope that they
will be inclined to yield to my urgent
request.
(signed.)
"Von Bethmann-Ho llweg."
The Parisian. (Paris, Tenn.) 1907-1962, 1919-07-04
:! ? :?
-


Daou know County paid less than SO cents month
child for education?
Did you know than that feed dog
Were the teachers school children deser
we'd last year?
Did know the Oklahoma for school
times much e
Do you think this $ giving ourc children a deal?
Did you know average than $225OO year paid
country teachers in country schools last year?
Did that tim sum paid a
Did you know that Henry County lost of than
paid
where?
Do realize that teachers salary will buy half
did four years ago?
Do think reasonable these
with school will in
Do know with little enough
teachers better horse of clothes better anything till
enough to get it?
Do hnk at all likely that amy Henry Counan knowing
the the
Of
The Parisian. (Paris, Tenn.) 1907-1962, 1919-07-04
LIVE FARM FACTS
FOR TENNESEANS

There were 9,026 girls clubs or
ganized by the home demonstration
agents in the Is southern states last
year.
There is an unusual outbreak Of
pearoot rot throughout Delaware
and Maryland.
The garden clubs of Des Moines,
Iowa, have an increased membership
of one thousand members over last
year.
The Rutherford county, Tennessee
contrasting association has just been
re-organized for the work of the Sec
ond year.
Tennessee is the first state in the
South to have a county having all
three of the following cooperative
dairy associations: cooperative cream
eryy cooperative cow-testing associa-
ton, and cooperative bull association.
When cabbage worms are active,
spray with mixture containing one
ounce of arsenate of lead to one gal
Ion of water, or one ounce of paris
green to ten gallons of water. These
spray mixtures will stick better if a
cubic inch of soap is dissolved and
added
Shear the sheep when the wool is
absolutely dry, never when there is
any moisture in the fleece.
The experiment station, in New
Jersey, is engaged in the experiment
tai work of killing live stumps by the
means of salt.
One little Davidson county, Ten
nesse girl set 45 Barred Plymouth
Rock Eggs in March. From these
eggs she Matched 38 chickens and
succeeded in raising 35 of them.
Twelve purebred Hereford bulls
have recently been brought into Bled-
soc county, Tennessee.
New Jersey has the first dairy COW
club in the country.
Franklin county, Tennessee, has re-
ported 10000 acres in crimson clover
this year.
One Gibson county Tennessee far
mer planted soy beans in the row
with early corn last spring. He gath
cred $3.50 worth of corn out of this
field and realized $492 from hogs that
had run in the field for 2 months,
making a total of $640 worth of pork
and corn from ten acres which was
planted.
The Parisian. (Paris, Tenn.) 1907-1962, 1919-07-04
OBITUARY
Thomas Leonard Griffin

Early Saturday morning June 21st,
1919, just before nature had awak-
ened from its quiet slumber, the sum-
moning angel entered the home of
T. w. Griffin, claiming for Gods own
the gem of the home, Thomas Leon
ard, aged Is years.
God had need of another blossom
to shed its sweetness OH the heavenly
air, so He called, and Leonard went.
Though he is dead, he lives. For ov-
er on the other shore is added anoth-
er flower, budded on earth but too
sweet and pure to last.
Leonard was kind, obedient son
and an affectionate brother. He was
a pleasure to his parents and was
loved by all who knew him. Leonard
bore his sufferings with patience and
always had smile and a kind word
for those attending at his bedside.
He is gone but not forgotten. He
leaves sweet memories FOR those who
mourn. God being our only helper,
let us strive to live so as to meet dear
Leonard in the Great Beyond
We had little treasure once,
He was our joy and pride;
We loved him, ah, perhaps too well,
For soon he slept, and died.
All is sad within our dwelling;
Lonely are our hearts today,
For the one we loved so dearly
Has forever passed away.
A Schoolmate,
Edna B. Nash,
pd. Springyille. Tenn.
The Parisian. (Paris, Tenn.) 1907-1962, 1919-07-04
CARD OF THANKS.

We wish to express our heartfelt
thanks to our many friends and
neighbors for the kindness shown us
in the illness and death of our sor
and brother, Leonard. May Gods
richest blessings be with each and
every one.
1tpd. T. W. Griffin and family.
The Parisian. (Paris, Tenn.) 1907-1962, 1919-07-04
HOLLWEG OFFERS
TO STAND TRIAL
INSTEAD KAISER
Former Chancellor Says That He
Assumes The Responsibility For
Acts of Germany.
PLACES HIMSELF AT THE
DISPOSAL OF THE ALLIES
Communication Is Sent To Premier
Clemenceau, President of The
Peace Conference.

An Associated Press dispatch from
Berlin Saturday says DR.. TheoDa q
Won Bethmann-Hollweg, former Ger
man Chancellor has formally asked
The Parisian. (Paris, Tenn.) 1907-1962, 1919-07-04

"Frictioning" is the process by
which rubber and fabric are
milled together. This extra test
insures, by nlicroReter meas
urenent, the exact thickness
and precise proportion OF rubber
to fabric,
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1919-09-18
CHAPTER XIV.
A Flight, a stone-c utter's Shed. and a
Voice Outside.

"Why have you come-up hereT She
came swiftly To his side.
THANK the Lord. I made IT," ne
whispered. breathlessly. ~ came up
because there was nowhere else to go.
1 thought heard volcSs-a man and
a woman speaking. They seemed To
be quite close TO me. Don't be
alarmed. Miss Cameron. l am conf
dent that I can-"
"And now that you are here trapped
as ! am, what do you purpose TO dOl
You cannot escape. Go back before Il
tx too late
as SprOuse-where Is hep
Gle is somewhere In the house.
was to walt until he-Oh. Mr. Barnes.
IL am terrified. You will never know
the"
Trust him. ne said. Gle is a mar
vel Wen be- safely out of here I'm II
little while, ana then II will all look
simple 10 you. You are ready TO go2
Good SIT down. dol II he doesn't
return in a minute or two. I'll take a
look about the house myself! / don't
intend to desert him. | know this floor
pretty well. and the lower one. The
stairs are"
"But the stairway Is closed at the
bottom by a solid steel curtain. II is
made to look like panel In the wall.
You are not 10 venture outside this
room. Mr. Barnes. forbid II. You"
GLOW did Sprouse get outi You said
your door was locked"
Gle had a Key. do not know
where he obtained"
skeleton key. such as burglars use.
by Joye. what "A wonderful burglar he
would makel Courage, Miss Cameron !
lie will be here soon. Then comes the
real adventure-my part Of II. | didn't
come here tonight TO get any flashy old
crown jewels. | came TO take you out
Of"
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1919-09-18

the builder, was reasonably sure to be
abandoned. In all probability some
sort of stone-cutter's shed would be
found nearby. II would provide shelter
from the fine rain that was falling and
from the chill night air. lie remem-
bered that Opowd. in discussing the
erection of Green Fancy the night be-
FORE had said that the stone came
from n pit two miles away, where n
fine quality Of granite had been found.
Two miles, according TO Barnes quick
calculations. would bring the pit close
10 the northern boundary Of the Curtis
property and almost directly on line
with the point where he and SprOuse
entered the meadow at the beginning
Of their advance upon Green Fancy.
That being the case, they were now
quite close 20 the stake and rider fence
separating the Curtis land from that
Of the farmer ON the north.
Good" he said. more to himself
than TO her. 81 begin to see light. Are
you afraid to remain here while / go
down there for look around? !
sha'n't be gone more than a couple Of
minutes"
"The way l feel at present" she
said, jerkily, 81 shall never, never from
this instant TIL the hour in which ]
die, let go of your coat-tails, Mr..
Barnes" Sulting the action TO the
word, her fingers resolutely fastened,
not upon the tail of his coat but upon
his sturdy arm. 81 wouldn't stay here
alone for anything in the world"
Heaven bless you" he exclaimed,
suddenly exalted. "And. since you put
II that way. | shall always contrive to
be within arms length"
And so, together, they ventured
along the edge of the pit until they
reached the wagon road Mt the bottom
As he had expected, there was a ram
shackle shed hard by. II was not
much OF a place. but II was deserted
and safe shelter for the moment.
A workman's bench lay on its side in
the middle Of the earthen floor. He
righted IL and drew Il over TO the
boarding. She laid her head
against his shoulder and sighed deeply
lie kept his eyes glued ON the
door and listened for the first ominous
sound outside. A long time afterward
she stirred. 49, -------------------
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1919-09-18
Pledges Made On
Economy Broken.

To the people Of Kentucky in support Of
their accusations and donunciations and
TO uphold and sustain them. / give the
figures and the facts
Pledged to the most rigid economy
in the management Of the public business
the present administration has not wiped
out a dollars OF the public debt. has not
saved a penny q the pulic funds but has
levied Increased taxes and assessments
and has increased expenditures in every
department OF the state
This administration has collected In
taxes and revenue. from the people,
more money than was ever gathered
by any ether admin stration. Its total
collected from all sources was s35,-
471.o00--an excess Ct st1 900 900 more
than the Wilson administration and
more than se,ooo,oOo than the Nc.
creary administration. Although
these enormous additional amounts
have been collected. the state inter-
est bearing dett has net been re-
dueed, but has grown steadily year by
year.
At the close Of the Wilson adminlstra.
ton the public interest bearing debt was
s560.0C0. At the close Of abe McCreary
administration this had increased to So.
sS4 900. On June 30 lal9.the Interest,"
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1919-09-18

"You-you know about the crown
! jewcls7' she murmured. Her body
seemed TO stlffcn. "Then you know
who | ann"
"No. You will tell me tomorrow"
"Ycs. yes--tomorrow." she whis-
pcrod.
For some time there was silence.
Both were listening lntcntly for sounds
In the hall. She leaned closer TO whis-
per In his ear Their shoulders
touched. lie wondered IL she expert
! enccd the same delightful thrill that
ran through his body. She told him Of
the man who watched across the hall
from the room supposed to be occupied
by Loeb the secretary. and Of
Sprouse's incomprchcnsibe daring.
"Where Is Mr.. Curtisi" he asked.
Her breath famed his cheek, her
lips were close to his ear. "There is
no Mr.. Curtis here. He died four
months ago In Florida"
81 suspected as much" He did not
press her for further revelations.
"Sprouse should be here by this time.
| must 60 out there and see If he re-
quires any"
She clutched his arm frantically.
"You shall do nothing Of the kind. You
shall not"
"Sh What do you take me for.
Miss Cameron lie may be sorely in
need of help. DO you think that I
would leave him to God knows what
sort Of fatey"
"But he said positively that was 10
go In case he did not return in-in fif-
teen minutes" she begged Gle may
have been cut of and was compelled
to escape from another"
"Just the same. I've got to see what
has become Of"
"No! Mo-" She arose with him.
dragging at his arm. "Do not be fool
hardy. You are not skilled at"
'Thcre Is only one way TO stop me.
Miss Cameron. If you will come with
me now"
"But I must know whether he Sc
cured the"
Then lei me 90. will find out
whether he has succeeded"
lie was rougher than he realized In
wrenching his arm free She uttered a
low moan and covered her face with
her hands. Undeterred. he crossed to
the door. His hand was on the knob
when a door slammed violently some
where In distant part of the house.
A hoarse shout Of alarm rang out,
and then the rush Of heavy feet over
thickly carpeted floors
Barnes acted with lightning swift
ness. He sprang TO the open window,
half-carrylng, half-dragging the girl
with him.
"Now for itr he whispered. "Not Q
second 20 lose. Climb upon my back.
quick. and hang on for dear life" He
hud scrambled through the window
and WIS lying fiat across the sill.
Hurry Don't be afraid. am strong
enough TO carry YOU If the vines do
their part"
With surprising alacrity and sure
ness she crnwled out beside him and
then over upon his hruad back. clasD-
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1919-09-18
Useless Jobs
Were Sustained.

This same administration upheld. in
dorsed and praised by my Democratic Op
ponents, made the following promise 10
the people Of Kentucky: I'VE favor the
immediate abolition Of all useless offices"
They promised 70 bohead the e-putters
out" 70 send the foresters back 10 the
farm and to "turn on the light." What
has been the fulhllment7. None absolute
ly none No abolition Ct useless Offices
no beheading OF nre marshals-no send
ing Of city foresters back to the farm.
Nay, Nay! "'rhe faithful" must be
fed, the dcliveIcrs of wards and precincts
must be taken care Of" and more gas
is turned into the official carburetor UNI
an the salary list exceeds the speed limit.
Since tine close OF Wilson adniinistra-
lion h,.e has been added to the salary
list los new positions in old departments
and 209 brand new jobs and positions
have peen created in new departments,
making a total OF 3lA new names ON the
salary roll al au increased monthly cost
Of $4,000 and am additional yearly outlay
of S526,0vO.
Verify, the faithful have been re-
wareeo; truly the public trough has
been thrown vide open-but the day
OF reek, ming is at nand and finds the
state treasury empty save for an
enormous hurdle Of interest bearing
warrants which evidence the states
unra.d obligations. 1.-The gang has
merrlly oapsred and cut the iIgFt fan
tastic on Capitol Square, but the
people must pay the fiddler.
This same administration promised a
Cuisines administration" ami to "rendar
full and adequate service In every depart
mont of the state government" l unhesi-
taungly charge that never has any adj
minisuGtion In any state shown suca in
competency gor such absolute negligence
In protecting ana safeguarding the pen-
pies interest IN matters OF the most tre-
mendous end vital Importance.