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THE AMERICUS DAILY TIMES-RECORDER: WEDNESDAY, APRIL 8, 1891.
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A NOVEL WATCH NIGHT.
THE PROCEEDINGS AT AN AFRICAN
(CHURCH IN NEW JERSEY.
A Cloc^.iat Bid Been Tampered with
Would Not Strike the Witching Hour.
The Story of the Prodigal Son In Mod-
am
The annas! watch moating of the mem
bers of the African Baptist church at
Timbuctoo, N. J:, a year or two ago was
in many respects a novel one.
For many years the sable residents'of
the little settlement in the woods near
Burlington have b«n. in ■ the habit of
holding a watch meeting on New Year's
eve. These meetings are always well
attended by old and yonng, and have
often developed a great revival of re
ligion in that section.
A year ago the watch meeting was a
failure because the preacher's watch
stopped at half past 11 o’clock, and the
fact was not discovered until daylight.
To prevent a recurrence of that mistake
it was decided last year to have a big
eight day clock, owned by “King” Lewis
Armstrong, who has long enjoyed the
honor of ruling the destinies of Timbuc-
■ too, repaired in proper shape and taken
to the church to mark the passage of
time. This was done, and the clock was
put in the church just back of the pul
pit where every one could see it. And,
to keep the clock in time, Elder Jordan
and Elder Congo . were instructed to
have their watches wound up and Bet
by railroad time to avoid any jiossibility
of a mistake. This they agreed to do.
Promptly at 8 o'clock the services be
gan and the church was filled. “King"
Lewirt Armstrong sat in the pulpit with
Preacher Quann, and occasionally de
voted a few minutes to keeping the stove
red hot.
“Dis yer watch meeting," said Preach
er Quann, “will begin xvid a hymn,
‘l'me goin’ over Jerding by and by.'
You all knows de tune; hit's bin sung
yer a good "many years—and hit means
jus’ us much now as hit ever did. And
when yon am a singin' it, brethering,
doan forgit to think what de words
mean. De tune alone won’t save yer
souls. Dar am .plenty of good singers
dat ain't got no more 'ligion than a
skunk. Singin’ am like prayin’. You
has got to mean de words you is usin’ or
you ain't no good.”
The choir, which was stationed just
back of the stove, thereupon raised the
tune. After two or three verses hod
been sung the entire congregation began
to enter into the spirit of the occasion,
swaying their bodies to and fro in time
with the music and keeping a peculiar
sort of double time with their feet on
the floor. As the verses were exhausted
the preacher would yell, “Swing de tune
ag’in! swing her ag’in!” This always
had the desired effect. Finally they be
came weary and a halt was ordered.
“King” Lewis Armstrong next Baid a
few words, in which he strongly advised
the young men of Timbuctoo to change
their ways before it was too late.
“Dar ain't no better time 'n now,” he
said. “Dis present time you orter quit
yer ornery ways, forsake de exampul of
de wicked Herod and get into de ark of
glory, wot am lighted wid electric light
and full of groceries for de winter. We
am jee' about gettin’ into another year,
and all of us orter to make up our mines
to do better. Oit away from do sins dat
has IdVered you up, and if you die next
year you will be comfortabnl in Aber-
ham’s buzz urn. What J'me fellin' you is
facts. Taint no guess work. Ef you
do&n believe it look at dat prodigal sou
what de good book tells us about
“Dar was n man dat was mitey well
fixed. He had a good job on his fod
der's farm, had a hoes and wagon to use
whenever he wanted it and no Sunday
milkin’ to do. But his heart wasn’t sat :
tailed. He thought de old man wasn't
farmin’ de place right He 'lowed be
could ton heap better a wukkin for hls-
self, corite ole man was behind de times.
De prodcrigul he had been rcadin’ de
'ttaements in de papers 'bout men want
ed to take big jobs and uuthin* much to
da' So he says: 'Guess I'll quit,’ ole
man. - Gimme what's cornin’ tome, an'
I’ll try my luck sommer else.' De
old man .tuk him at his word, guv
hfln the money and chased him out But
he didn't make no money. He jes' fool
it away on farm mergiges out west and
boss racin' in the east till he blowed it
all in. Den he come back on de farm,
and do olu man tuk pity on him, furguv
him what he done and give him a home
ag’in. And dot’s what de Lord 11 do for
you ef you doan put it off too long.”
The effect of this on the congregation
was marked, and soon there were many
sinners on the monrners’ bench. From
that time until midnight there was sing
ing and prnyer until “King" Lewis’
eight day clock struck 8 instead of 13.
This raised a commotion and tko clock
was soundly denounced. “King” Lewis
said:
“Hit doan mako no difference whut
de dock strikes; look at de linn's and
deyll tell you de time. Fact is, 1 bleeve
dat ar yonng willyuin, Lord Garrison,
has been monkeyin’ wid de striking
tools in dat clock anyhow.”
This was denied byth accused, and
it was finally decided to refer the matter
of the time to Elders Jordan and Conga
There was just two minute* difference
in their watches, so a compromise was
struck by Congo setting' his watch a
minute fast. Then, ns both watches
pointed to the hour of 13, the preacher
blew a longblaftoha tin. horn, the wor
shipers shouted and sang and the new
year was started on its way.—New York
Herald.
No Medium Hke the Newspaper.
The advertising man of a well known
New York clothing ‘house says: “We
were the first to use the sails of ves
sels as an advertising medium. Then
we jfot up the ‘alphabet pnzzle,’ and
gave away 600,000 puzzles while the
craze lasted. Afterward we invented
the Waterbnry watch idea. We had to
do something, because three of our prin
cipal competitors had failed, and their
stocks were being sold for next to
nothing by assignees; so we decided to
give a Waterbnry watch with every
twelve dollars' worth of goods pur
chased. We advertised the watches
‘wound and set.’ To wind them fast
enough we had to rig npa little machine
worked like a sewing machine that
would do the winding, and we kept
several boys at work winding and setting
them. Before we quit we hod given
nway 40,000 of the watches.
“But nothing ever pays its like the or
dinary newspaper advertising. The fact
is there h:is come to bo in this city a
class of advertisement readers just os
there is of news readers. They read the
advertisements every day, and of course
the man who wants to attract them has
to get up an advertisement that will do
it The day of standing advertisements
in the paper, 'Go to So-and-So’s for cloth
ing,' or ‘Go to This-and-Tnat’s for shoes,'
has passed, just as the day for painting
signs on rocks and fences or on the sails
of boats has passed. You' must Uavo
something interesting and fresl- ip every
advertisement, and it will be read.
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CENTUM RAILROAD OF GEORGIA
BoutHwestern
Correct Schedule, No, 22, In Effect Feb. 22th. 1«» I
Division.
A Place fop Talent,
In nearly all regulated lines of indus
try at present the advertising man is one
of the mast important adjuncts of a
business. And on the the other hand
the advertising department of a first
class newspHjier is not what it used to
be, but is instead fast becoming an in
teresting feature of all enterprising jour
nals. Formerly the prevailing idea
•inong the uninitiated was that the
talented, the best, most versatile and
most ingenious writers and artists were
all employed in the news department.
How nearly correct this idea may have
been need not be stated, but that such is
not tho case now may be seen by a
perusal of the “ads” of any flourishing
paper. 'The competitions between the
merchants and between the papers’
agents have become so great that the
great wholesale and retail houses of the
large cities employ talented men at big
salaries to attend to their advertising
alone, and the men who want the bes^
positions in the counting rooms of news
papers must combine fine business quali
fications with the latent that wins suc
cess in the editorial chair.—Yeuowine's
News.
Advertising Necessary to Success.
The merchant or manufacturer who
does not advertise his goods cannot sue
ceed. Of late newspaper advertising has
become a distinct trade in itself, and all
over tbe country leading*concerns pay
fabulous prices for men who are skillful
in writing catchy advertisements. In
many largo cities there are men earning
from $3,000 to $10,000 a yearto write ad
vertisements. This fact in itself shows
advertising pays.
If people interested in this subject
will investigate it for themselves they
will find that the leading advertisers in
The Plain Dealer are the merchants who
have the best stores, the best assort
ments of goods and who sell at the most
reasonable prices. Such merchants do a
much larger business than merchants
who do not advertise; consequently they
turn their goods over more quickly and
can afford to give better prices. Close
buyers appreciate this. What is the
moral? He who advertises the -most
judiciously succeeds the best, and the
buyers who seek the best bargains
patronize such merchants.—Cleveland
Plain Dealer. ,
Bold Jack Co Joe: *Td Rive a dime
To know what your evolving
Within your mind; they mint be prime
Beeolves you’re getting up thin time”
Bald Joe t> Jack: •*Tlio fact in Pro
Besoived to quit resolving.”
The Annul Pent.
Of all tbe ills the new year breed*
More than the little note that read*
‘•Sir, wfll you plasse remit J"
- ' ■ - - — ' . . -Ftostt*
Never Bo Commonplace.
“Bring your feet with yon and have
them fitted to a pair of oar common
sense shoes,” is the way a Pittsburg
dealer advertises. It is a good phrase
and one which attracts attention. The
man w|A> succeeds in advertising in snch
a way *hat people read his ai ■-jrtise-
ment is the one who draws trade to his
store os sure as a magnet draws a needle
to itself. Study up quaint, pithy or
witty phrases to head your advertise
ments, and be not too modest in the
space they occupy.—Brockton Shoe.
for Infants and Children.
“Caetoriali so well adapted tochfldren that
I recommend itaa superior to any prescription
known to me." H. A. Arrears, M. D.,
lit So. Oxford St, Brooklyn, N.Y.
“The nee of ‘Castoris'ls so universal and
Its merit, to well known that It' seems a *yk
of sapereracatlontoeiidonelt. Few are tho
Intelligent families who do not keep Ceatoria
within easy reach.”
Chios Maktyk. t>. D..
New York City.
Late Feetor Bloomlncdele Reformed Church.
Caaterla ernes Cotie, Oonsttpotton,
Sour Stomach, Diarrbota. Eructation,
NUU Worms, gins sleep, and promotes dt
Without injurious r
“ For several years I hare recommended
your Osstorla,’ and shell alweye continue to
do so aalt hu Invariably produced bancflrial
results.''
Enwur P. Pannes, H. D.,
“The Wtnthrop,"lMthStreet sod Tth Are.,
New York City.
To Csaraon Cowmmv, T7 Kossav Stecxt, New Yota.
E. P. HARRIS, Pros. BLOOM BROWN. Sec. a Trcaa. C. P. PAYNE, M’g'r.
Americus Supply Co.,
Successors to HABBIS & PAYNE,
Flumbers and Gas Fitters.
SAVANNAH it WESTERN DIVISION .
Schedule No. 19, tsklnx effect Dec. 7th. 1800. , jjgl
No. 6, Bctweca Savannah and Birmingham] No- A
Dally, ,vla Americus, Dally.
8 <5 am Leave,.., Savannah Arrive 100 p mt
1220 p m Lyon- ,. S35
055 Amerlcus 515am
SCO .../•■ .Buena Vista,
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785
..Col ambus, Leave 600 ,
No. S
Dally.
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No. A
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Fast Hail
EAST BOUND.
No. 8
Dally
Fast Mall
No. 7
Dally
Passenger
4 64 “
600 “
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666pm
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615am
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No. 6
• 1‘ally.
Fast Mail
110 p m
185 “
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WEST BOUND.
No. A
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Passenger
Lv. Americus Ar.
Ar. Smithvllle “
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“ Montgomery Lv.
231 pm
180 “
1106 a m
7 40 a m
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No. 5
Daily
TO FLORIDA.
No 6
Dally
288pm
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8 80am
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“ BinlthvlUe “
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" Jacksonville ••
SolidTrains with Sleeping Cars Between Mavannsh and Birmingham. ,
Fprfurther information relative to tickets, schedules, best routes ete. etc., apply to
T. MAXWELL, Agent, J. C. McKKNZIE, Hup’t, E.T. CHARLTON,Oeu. Pass, Ag»t*
Americas. Os. Bmtthvll'e, Oa. savannah.Ga. *
' D. H. BYTHEWOOD, Division Pass. Ag , t., Coiumbus f Ga.
D L. CURRAN, Hup’t, Columbus. Ga. J. C. AH AW Trav. Puss. Ag't., Savannah Ga.
Machinery Supplies.
We are now in our new building in Artesian Block,
and ready for business.
A Full Line of Cooking Stoves and Ranges.
Gas Fixtures and Sanitary Goods a Soecialty.
Globe, Angle and Check Valves,
Terra Cotta and Iron Pipings and Fittings.
Greneral R^T)air W ork
TELEPHONE No IS.
The Americus Construction Company,
Successors to C. M. Wheatley & Co.
■WORKS! JACKSON, BAY AND LEE STREETS.
Now complete and ready for work. A full stock of all kinds of
Dry L- TIMBER
ON HAND, BOTH ROUGH AND DRESSED.
FLOORING, CEILING, MOULDINGS, STAIR POSTS AND RAILS,
AT LOWEST u'aRKET PBICZ.
Sash, Doors, Blinds and Mantels.
Prompt .Attention to all Ordem.
-White fob Catalogue and Fbicis.
deoltf
julSltf
Blank Books.
School Books.
-BASE BALL BATS
NewsDaoera and! Periodic.I,.
105 AND 107
FORSYTH
SIREt'T.
J. R. HUDSON & CO.
-PROPRIETORS-
Americus-Bottling-
—BOTTLERS OF ALL KINDS. OF
Soda and Mineral Waters, Older and Oinger Ale
ORDERS BY MAIL PROMPTLY ATTENDED TO.
824 LEE STREET.
/ AMERICUS. GEORGIA.
R. L- MoMATII.
E.J. HoHATH.
B. H. McMATH
Americus Iron Works,
builders of
Engines, Boilers, Cotton Gins,
llcgiilar Publications Rest.
No one taki's up a regnl? r publication
without the expectation of finding some
thing of interest. The, simple act of
turning tho pages is as positive an ex
ample of expectation as is the opening
of a closet if one is in search of a coat.
Hence an announcement in a regular
publication has an advantage over any
other form of business solicitation—that
of meeting tho sought for eye at a time
that it is in a mood for such greeting.
A. C. Ladd.
Fulfill Every Promise.
The merchant who desires the confi
dence and enstom of intelligent people
should never make a promise that he
does not fulfill, or bold out, either by
express statement or inference, any in
ducements that are not folly substan
tiated by the facts. There is no endur
ing success where confidence is lacking
on tite part of customers. Any success
not founded on square and liberal deal
ing is rare to be short lived.
Use Common Reuse.
That people should use the same prac
tical common sense in advertising that
is Decenary to transact any other busi
ness would aeem to he an indisputable
proposition. Yet there are gentlemen
who are extremely good business men
In all other respects who will make
grievous errors in this direction.- -Knox
ville 8entineL
Host Have Genius.
The simplest advertisements some,
times require the most care and thought
In their construction. To write a colnmn
fa a matter of time, but to edit it down
into a sentenco is something more.—
Printer's Ink.
Presses, Feeders and Condensers, Saw and Grist Mills,
Shingle Machines, Pipe and Pipe Fittings, Boiler
Feeders, Valves, Jets. Etc. '*
Shaftings, Hangers, Boxes and Pulleys
#S“Specia1 attention given to repairing all kinds of
Machinery. Telephone 79. MJMm
EOTT & CO.,
MERCHANT * TAILORS.
;(Succes8orH to Mbs. 11KEMSTELLEK)
110 Lamar Street, over Peoples’ National Bank,
Americus, Greorgia.
McMATH BROTHERS,
-DEALERS IN-
Groceries, Provisions, Country Produce
BOOTS, SHOES, ETC.. ETO„
WHISKEYS, TOBACCO & CIGARS, SPECIALTIES.
207 FORSYTH STREET, AMERICUS, GEORGIA. ,
Wa solicit a Hhnro of the patronage of tbe trading public, guarantee! ng satisfaction - -
low prices, and good goods. We deliver goods anywhere in the city. Call and see us.
'McMATH BROTHERS.
BTJGGI
1 will sell you the best buggy In Georgia, price and quality considered. Repairing ol
all.klnds solicited and executed promptly and nr ..tly. All work warranted.
We are now opening a FIRST-CLASS TAILORING I
line 'of goods of LATEST STYLES AN1TF,
ESTABLISHMENT and will have a fine
ASHIONS la stock, and will
GUARANTEE PERFECT FITS.
Prices satisfactory. Come and see us before placing your orders and you will
be more than satisfied with our styles and prices.
Mr. Kott lived here four years ago, and w» with Mr. Bremsteller, and Is no
stranger to the people of Americus who wear good clothes. 3-3 lm.
IT. I>. WATTS
- Wholesale ZJtdJRctailJDcaler in
GROCERIES
Fine Tobacco, Cigars and Whisky a Specialty!
No. 80S Forsyth Mid 1004 Lee Streets, - • AMERICUS, GEORGIA
DUNLAP HATS.
THE LATEST STYLES AND SHAPES.
ARTHUR RYLANDER,
Corner Lamar and Jackson St
jSBltf
T. S. GREENE.
Cotton Avenue.,
• Opposite Prince’s Stables*
American, Georgia.
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REAL ESTATE BARGAINS-
- .. -•- -w- ,-n | 1 j * *“ Mifl
I offer for a few day* tbe following icslraole property eloee in at A bargain: /
Four houses and lota, housai Just co a pie ted; 4 large rooms each; lota 60xlC$each.
Perm a Eaay. __ - ■ /
One bouaeand lot on uoitege Hill, large lot 210x370, (routing two streets, l atVffgfr ■* - ~W| A
lest home fn Americas. ' - ft
One house and lot on Jackson street, fronting the College. Large lot, 6 rooms to the "■ . . - H
comparatively new house with cook room n “ “ "
v »aro on the place. Call for bargains.
HUGH
705 Jackson St, : :
Fifteen Share* Furniture Factor. Block for Bale
M. BROWN,
: Americus Ga.
Sans Souci
BAR AND RESTAURANT
W. T. RACAN, Proprietor.
Wo. 807 Zjamar 8tre«t.
Rum. Gin and Will Jtle
_ JIIKl' U" m.v Bar
•nylblngyou want to drink rmm a gnu. of Cold Milk or Beer to the Rheat unci only
WfiUkrbdour In Ac-erlcua. Mr Kcelanranl te .upplted with tbe bet themara.t
afiorda, and with lb. beet wok in the State, and a Mint good waiter*.-1 am s
an please th. nuwlQwtldkraa. jr m
W. 13. Haynes & Son.
REAL ESTATE, STOCK AND BONO £
BROKERS,
208 For3yth Street, . Americus,