Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1920-11-28

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NEWS Columbus during the week the effect that Judge
Humphr of Atlanta presiding oyer the Muscogee superior
court in place Judge Howard threw the moonshne
by exercising the only known of breaking the liquor raf
hc namely sending offenders the changing without the al
tentative of fine said of them
stricken they forfeited cash bonds of considerable size rather
appear what they knew they had coming to them
Opinions differ regarding the liquor traffic but we have laws
against majority has been repeatedly demon
for prohibition 1t then behooves judge the
conscientious performance OF his duties to do his best to actually
break up
THAT judge powerful violations of the Ii
quor proved here last spring when Judge Llejohn,
the Superior following crime adopted
the policy OF passing Jail changing sentences without the alter
of fines With dozen such imposed
liquor making and liquor selling Immediately lost its popularity in
this vicinity for time and has not to this time entirely
covered.
rHANCANG sentences have entirely
Fines have been assessed repeatedly in other and
than the offender has been caught back his
old mischief almost Immediately Fines has been demonstrated
little than license violate the
hon law Changing jail sentences which cannot be satisfied
with the earnings from the nefaous traffic prove the penalty that
sny mprees the offender and does than other thing
to discourage a continuance of the practice
The criminal docket in the Sumter Superior court will be
called this week 1t be hoped that Judge Eejohn he is
presiding Judge Graham if he continues the bench will fol-
the precedent by Judge Lejohn last spring and forget
that the law allows the application of fine the of
liquor offender guilty unless there is unusual mitigating
circumstance connected with the
When fines replaced regularly with Jail changing
all courts in Sumter county will be free nearly of
the liquor traffic Until then il will be with US
THE League calls for guard Lihuana pebcte and
Senator Borah starts up and cries Hal har
There will be good ahas the of League OPP
ponens and prof. eaguers may as well face them
1t has always been hard admit that boys be
duty the behest of other nations what other
there of policing the world?
Did Senator Borah cry Anal sent two million boys
behes
the behes of the wholly crazed Potsdam auocrat prefer?
We few thousand Lithuanian.
of the world join the League than wanted
million to France.
imagined that the representatives of fifty seventy
FIVE nations will send troops somewhere readily
individual nations vote to send Austria them
Serva and so embroi the world?
WITH all the nations together reasonable sup
pose that the quota of soldiers be always
a small regular army, enlisted voluntarily?
But if continue stay of the League how shall
cape large standing and hateful conscrphon2 We
ready entered huge which ou
have appalled, few and which will still apPal
before reduce present Indebtedness
What other there from world embodiment except
world association and enter association whatever
not take our share of the responsibilities?
SHOPS already show shmmeng line of Christmas toys Deal
vie with another in their desire get part of the 500
100000 that will be for them this holiday season An inter
sng thing connection with the oyswo interesting things-ar
that the center of the industry has moved Germany her
tor years held full possession and that America line
toys along educational lines being manufactured
Dolls by the million, kddie by the thousand erectos
many kinds and OF varying merit ready for the
delivery by Santa Claus the night Christmas
Perhaps took American Robert Peary to discover Santa
works at the North Pole on the top of the earth but
repaid America housandfoId for what American crit am
bravery the trick by establishing branch factories in bur
dred humming American cities where for his people bav
been working double time for those great DAYS now
ing. - -
For toyand is already aglow with tnsel and tbou
and varieties OF toys that only educate
nothing but the of Christmas old Santa bms
to make the picture complete ~
S< thousand cotton mill workers Dane Na voted to reduc
their wages Is cent This done after the corporation
ecuves had argued their inability high war WAGES a. II
low selling price of cloth. " "
he vote resorted under the policy of industrial deo
adopted Is months ago.
follows without saying that better under scheme Of II
dusa democracy for employees decrease their own WAGES %
under scheme of