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fvventy-Seventh Year.
When Men Talk
OF
Nice £ool Shirts and other Furnishings for
Summer wear, and the best place to buy
them, our store is sure to be first men
tioned.
Scarcely a day that new }goods are not
received. We are always ahead with the
new ideas and swell things.
New neckwear just arrived. A little the
most gorgeous yet shown, 25c, jOc and 75c.
New colored shirts, new minglings of colors,
in stripes and neat figures, SOC, sl, to $1.50.
Thin summer underwear at 25c and 50 per
garment. Whatever is the best and newest
is always here.
W. D. BAILEY
We will begin closing at 6 o’clock on May 15th.
Arrow*Brand Collars in Quarter Sizes
Forsyth St. and Cotton Ave. Americus, Qa.
IT’S A DAISY
That's what they all say
about our
BOUQUET TOILET SOAP
10c 3 Ca*es. to Box 25c,
They all agree that our
Violet Talcum Powder is a
“Daisy” quality,
15c and 25c.
REMBERT’S
DRUG STORE,
Next P. O.
WARE & LELAND
Americus, Georgia.
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Chicago Board of Trade.
Chicago Stock Exchange,
New York Coffee Exchange,
St. Louis Merchants Exchange.
Milwaukee Chamber of Commerce,
Private wires to principal points.
Local office 104 Forsyth street, next door to
Cotton Wenue, Phone 21,
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THE AMERICUS TIMES-RECORDER.
EXPOSITION OF 1910
PRACTICALLY ASSURED
Immense Sum Realized at Mass
Meeting.
SUBSCRIPTIONS CAME IN FAST
Great Throng Packed Grand Opera
House—Eloquent Speeches Were
Made, Which Were Enthusiastically
Cheered by the Audience.
Atlanta, May 9.—With a magnifi
cent outburst of the old-fashioned At
lanta spirit, the 2,000 Atlantans who
packed the Grand opera house Tues
day night, went into their packets for
the splendid sum of more than $52,000,
put at rest forever the thought of in
difference to the exposition of 1910,
and sent out to the world the glad
tidings that Atlanta, following in the
footsteps of Chicago, Buffalo, St. Louis
and Portland, will open her gates in
1910 with the biggest exposition the
south has ever seen.
The splendid meeting of Tuesday
night proved the wisdom of its organ
izers. The people, the real people of
the city they all love so well, swarmed
the big auditorium, and every seat on
the ground floor held an interested lis
tener to the patriotic speeches. The
corridors behind the rear seats were
filled and many were forced to go
into the galleries. A number of la
dies added brilliancy to the imposing
spectacle, and as each speaker would i
make a catching point the applause
which swept the audience actually
shook the rafters of the massive build
ing.
The crowd represented all phases of
Atlanta’s life. The capitalists and
the carpenter, the lawyer and the
printer, the doctor, the preacher, the
manufacturer, the merchant and the
man from every and station
clasped hands in the determination to
make the movement a success.
And the contributions came from all
classes of people and in all amounts.
Ten thousand dollars was the largest
sum contributed, and this came from
the Southern Bell Telephone compa
ny. Five dollars was the smallest,
and Joe Stewart, an employe of tb
opera house was the giver. The small
contribution was received with ap
plause as generous as the large one,
as it represented an offering made in
keeping with the ability of the donor.
The result of the splendid meeting
Tuesday night seems to insure the
success of the exposition. It was
thought by some of the committee of
25 that the slowness with which con
tributions had been recently coming
in, might possibly indicate that the
people of Atlanta did not w'ant the ex
position. This thought was the mo
tive for calling the mass meeting. It
was to see if the people did, or did
not, want the exposition. Some of
the committee have always contended
that the question had only to be
brought to the people in a direct man
ner and that they would show in no
uncertain. w r ay their approval of the
movement. Others sincerely believed
that in the midst of the prevailing
general prosperity, the masses of the
people were indifferent, and that the
movement had best be dropped at this
time. The gentlemen who took the
latter view were in no sense decrying
the exposition, but interpreted the
apparent lack of interest as direct op
position. The movement lagged for a
time. Then the suggestion to submit
the matter to the people was made
and adopted. The result of the refer
endum has been told above. All
doubt seeins to have been removed
by the enthusiastic revival of the old
Atlanta spirit, and it is now believed
that the exposition is a certainty. Sev
eral members of the committee of 25
expressed themselves after the meet
ing as being certain that the people of
Atlanta wanted the exposition, and
stated that they would at once bend
every energy to complete the guaran
tee fund, which they believe can be
done in a short time.
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Will Re-Locate University.
Nashville, May 9. —The American
Baptist Home Missionary Society of
New York city, which owns and con
trols about 11 institutions In the Unit
ed States, devoted to the higher edu
cation of the negro, has decided to
re-locate Roger university in Nash
ville. The splendid school property
burned here in the early part of 1905.
A new site of 20 acres has been pur
chased on the Granny White Pike, and
college buildings valued at SIOO,OOO or
more will be erected at once. .
Wounds
♦
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any kind of accident, cuts, bums,
scalds, bruises, sprains, etc., are
best treated by the immediate ap
plication of
HAMLINS
WIZARD OIL
This great, soothing, curative
remedy relieves pain, reduces
swelling and inflammation, and
heals up all open wounds and
sores. It is the one perfect, mod
ern dressing, or treatment, for a
wound. Its quick use will posi
tively prevent blood poisoning.
Always keep it at hand.
Says Mrs. Jessie Farris, of Eflfr,
abeth, Ky.: “My little boy was \
badly burned on both legs, which
were so drawn out of shape that 3
he could not even crawl. I tried ]
many remedies without relief, but j
finally Hamlins Wizard Oil madej
a perfect cure, and he can now,
walk and run. We thought wei
should have to amputate both his I
legs, and feel that Hamlins Wizard i
Oil saved his life. ’ ’ Price 50c and 1
SX.OO.
IHld and recommended by j
All Druggists.)
AMERICUS, QA., THURSDAY MORNING, MAY 10. 1906.
DID RICH MAN
END OWN LIFE?
Mystery Surrounds Death ol
Standard Oil M*.n.
CANT FIND TRACE OF BURGLAR
Spier Recently Secured $75,000 Worth
of Insurance, Payable in Case of Sui
cide—Wife Thinks He Was Mur
dered.
New York, May 9. —Plans were
made to have the funeral Wednesday
of Charles L. Spier, the Staten Island
business man who was shot in so mys
terious a manner, that the authorities
cannot determine whether he was mur
dered or committed suicide.
The authorities desisted from an at
tempt to find the fatal bullet because
Mrs. Spier objected to the mutilation
of her husband’s body. As the au
thorities differed as to whether the
bullet came from Mr. Spier’s own re
volver, it was reported that District
Attorney Kenney, of Staten Island,
would refuse to allow the funeral to
proceed until a complete autopsy had
been made. Mr. Kenney said the bul
let that killed Mr. Spier should be
found in order to determine whether
or not he was killed by his own re
volver. Mrs. Spier, widow of the
dead man, said:
“I do not see any good of an au
topsy to find the bullet that killed
him. To get it would require a great
deal of mutilation. Dr. Patterson,
Coroner Cahill and the assistant dis
trict attorney thought that it would
not be necessary. What would it
prove even if the bullet proved to be
a 32-caliber, and Mr. Spier’s revolver?
I am told that is a very common size
and most men carry them.
“No matter what they say, I know
my husband was murdered. I know
nothing of the $75,000 insurance poli
cy he is said to have taken recently.”
A report was published today that
there was a scene at a prominent Stat
en Island club recently which resulted
in a request that Mr. Spier leave the
club. The cause of It is unknown.
Will Build New Battleship.
Washington, May 9. —The constitu
tion bureau of the navy is willing to
undertake to build the Leviathan 20,-
000-ton battleship provided for in the
pending naval appropriation bill and
on the basis of the experience ac
quired in the construction of the bat
tleship Connecticut at the Nejv York
navy yard, the constructers feel sure
that they can execute this task with
reasonable dispatch at a minimum of
cost. A careful estimate limits the
time allowed for construction to 48
months, and the cost to $10,000,000.
The New York navy yard is found to
be the only place available and suit
able for this work.
Laborers Turned Back. ,
Washington, May 9. —As an indica
tion of the effective steps being tak
en by the government to prevent the
landing in the country of contract la
borers, Commissioner General Sargent,
of the bureau of Immigration, Tues
day gave out a statement showing that
during the month of April 481 such la
borers were denied admission at the
port of New York, and for the first
five days of May 178 were turned back
or a total of 659. The men were near
ly all Greeks or Bulgarians.
Discuss Boundary Dispute.
Constantinople, itayl 9. —An official
of the office Wednesday had a long in
terview with the British ambassador
in connection with the Egyptian boun
dary dispute, but tip to the present
time there is no Indication of -phat
course the Porte will decide to pur
sue. The general opinion, is, how
ever, that the Turkish troops will
evacuate Tabah before the British ul
timatum expires.
Anarchists Are Arrested.
London, May 9.—A dispatch to the
Central News from Berlin says that
five anarchists charged with high trea
son have been arrested at Urville,
near Metz. The men had explosives
in their possession, and a quantity of
dynamite when found near the impe
rial palace, where Emperor William is
expected to arrive tomorrow.
Sarah Bernhardt at Seattle.
Seattle, Wash., May 9. —Sarah Bern
hardt played to 1,500 people in the
Leschi Pavfllion in Leschi park, locat
ed 3 miles out of the city, Tuesday
night. She will give two more per
formances in Seattle. The first ten
rows of seats were chairs and the re
mainder benches.
Prominent Passenger Arrives.
New York, May 9. —Among the pas
sengers who, arrived Tuesday night on
the steamer Alliancia from Colon,
were Manuel Coraloz, Chilean minis
ter to Cuba and T. Maltby, division
engineer of the canal works at Pana
ma.
One Killed; Four Injured.
San Jose, Calif., May 9.—The
Southern Pacific Overland train due
here at 7:35 a. m., was ditched at
Edenvale, 7 miles south of this city.
One man was killed and thre'e or four
injured.
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Snow Falls in Kentucky.
Lexington, Ky., May 9.—There wail
a light fall of snow in the blue grass!
region, but it quickly disappeared, and
did no damage to the growing crops.
There was ice on pools Wednesday,
Trust Company Closes Doors.
Pittsburg, Pa., May 9.— ’The Colum*
bia Savings and Trust coanpeny of
this city, closed its doors Wednes
day by order of the commissioner of J
banking. ; I
p. Ordered to Build Depot.
Raleigh, N. C., May 9. —The corpo
ration comission, orders the Atlantia
Coast Line, Southern and Atilantia
and North Carolina railways to build
a unipa ipaggotiger station at; Golds
-1 taMnPVfo thirtydajg
SCHOONER ALGERIA SINKS.
Storm at Cleveland Menace to Ship
ping Outside of Harbor.
Cleveland, 0., May 9. —The schoon
er Algeria sank about 2 miles off the
harbor of Cleveland Wednesday morn
ing and possibly three men lost their
lives.
The schooner Iron Queen is in a
sinking condition outside the break
water, and the crew T of eight men was
taken off by the members of the life
saving crew.
The storm Tuesday night and early
Wednesday morning, with the heavy
sea it kicked up, was" a menace to
shipping outside the harbor.
The big steamers that had been tied
up there by the strike came inside the
breakwater, hut the small schooners
could not get in.
Signals of distress came to the life
saving station, and Captain Mottley,
of the life saving crew, w r ent out to
the Iron Queen, rescuing the eight
members of the crew with difficulty.
The life saving crew could not reach
the Algeria, which went down about
10 miles out.
Captain Mottley thinks there were
at least three men on the Algeria,
but does not know whether that is
the actual number.
Roberts Heads Red Men.
Brunswick, Ga., May 9. —The twen
ty-seventh annual convention of the
Georgia Red Men met in this city
Tuesday. After preliminary exercises
at the Grand opera house the first
meeting was held the following officers
were elected: Great sachem, Orrin
Roberts, Monroe; great senior saga
more, L. H. Chappel, Columbus; great
junior sagamore, C. L. Elliott, Bruns
wick; great prophet, James L. Mayson,
Atlanta; great chief of records, M. 3.
Daniel, Griffin; great keeper of wam
pum, G. E. Johnson, Atlanta; represen
tatives to great council of the United
States, Thomas H. Jeffries, Atlanta; J.
F. Kellam, Atlanta;; C. S. Brown, Co
lumbus. Athens won out over Colum
bus for the next annual meeting.
Barksdale Not Indicted.
Columbus, Ga., May 9. —The feder
al grand jury returned a no-bill in the
case of Hiram W. Barksdale, a prom-*
inent planter of Box Springs, Talbot
county, who was charged with ob
structing a rural mail marrier. Much
interest was felt in the case in Talbot
county, as civil proceedings have been
brought there to condemn for public
uses the road through Barksdale’s
land, which is the cause of the trouble.
Barksdale forbade the government
from using the road, saying it was a
private road, and when E. L. Nelson,
a rural mail carrier, attempted to use
it he met him with a shotgun. Barks
dale had previously tried to keep the
public out of the road by piling brush
in it.
Photograph Ruins from Balloon.
San Francisco, May 9. —The signal
corps of the United States army is
photographing San Francisco’s ruins
from balloons. A series of pictures
Is being taken to be kept on file by
the war department in Washington.
Several hundred pictures have already
been taken of the different buildings,
and a panoramic picture of the pic
tures will be made.
Well Known Editor Dead.
St. Paul, Minn., May 9. —Joseph
H. W T heelock, editor-in-chief of the
Pioneer Press died at his home here
Wednesday. Mr. Wheelock had been
in ill-health for several years, and
had returnd but two days ago from
California, where he had spent the
winter. Mr. Wheelock was born in
Nova Scotia in 1831.
Cigarmakers Crushed.
Havana, May 9. —The pillars sup
porting the second floor and roof of
the rear part of a large Hew cigarette
factory belonging to Jose Genar, col
lapsed and 40 men and women work
ing in that part of the factory were
caught in the falling stone, brick and
timber debris. Six were taken out
dead and a dozen more were injured.
Amir Will Visit India.
Lahore, Ind., May 9. —Mohamme-
dans of high rank residing here have
been notified that the Amir of Afghan
istan, Habidullah Khan, will visit In
' dia next winter. In view of the po
litical importance of the amir’s jour
, ney, steps are already being taken to
give him a fitting welcome.
Murdered Woman, Then Suicided.
Denver, May 9.—A man believed to
be William Jacob, a Swede, entered
1 a house in the tenderloin district early
Wednesday, killed Leona Flamment,
35 years of age, and ended his own
life by shooting himself. It is said
1 the woman had been living in fear
of Jacob with whom she had been
friendly.
Tied Officer, Lynched Negro.
Jackson, Miss., May 9. —Sam Sims,
a negro, was lynched by a mob six
miles from Jackson. Resisting arrest
Sunday, he killed a horse under Con
stable Hendricks, and friends of Hen
dricks captured the negro and lynched
him, first tying the constable to a tree
to prevent his Interference.
Atlanta Dentist Accidentally Shot.
Evansville, Ind., May 9. —Harry
Connors, a dentist of Atlanta, Ga.,
who accidentally shot himself Tuesday,
while preparing to take a bath, is in
a critical condition. The hall enter
efl his head and grazed the brain.
I Bishop Lane Presides.
Memphis, May 9.— Bishop Lane pre
sided over Wednesday’s session of the
Negro Methodist conference. The day
was taken up with the consideration
of report*. _
I Work Is Resumed.
Buffalo, N. Y., May 9. -Work on
the coal docks which have been idle
since°the strike began, W as resumed
J at the Lehigh and Erie docks Wed
nesday.
w■y y y W So many persons have weak hair,
f—-# -i ,‘j, JLi (J i lifeless hair, hair that falls out, splits
X. X C /// JL JL if LJ at the ends, keeps rough and uneven.
X Such hair needs help. The roots
need feeding with a good hair-food —Ayer’s Hair Vigor. The hair becomes
stronger, grows faster, stops falling out, keeps soft and smooth. Just feed
your hair and you will be satisfied with_it.
$60,000 INDEMNITY
PAIO T 9 AMERICA
China Makes Amends for Her
Wrongdoing.
MON"Y GIVEN TO MISSIONS
Indemnify is Result cf Destruction of
Property Duiing Rioting at Lien
chow L?.et October r.t Which Time
Five Americans Were Murdered.
Hong Kong, May 9. —The viceroy
of ('anton has paid to the American
consul, Julius G. Lay, the sum of $60,-
000 as indemnity for the mission build
ings, the personal property of the
missionaries and the of con
verts as a result of the destruction
of property during the rioting at
Licnchow in October last. The money
will be transferred to the Presbyteri
an mission settlement at Lienchow.
Five Americans belonging to the
Presbyterian mission at Lienchow in
the western part of the province of
Kwang Tung were murdered October
28th, and the mission buildings de
stroyed as the result of a dispute be
tween the missionaries and natives
over an apparently trivial incident at
a Chinese festival. The persons who
lost their lives were Mrs. E. C. Machle
and her daughter Amy, the Rev. and
Mrs. John Rogers Peale, and Dr. El
eanor Chestnut. Dr. Machle and Miss
Ella G. Patterson, also of the American
mission, succeeded in escaping.
Soon after the occurrence the
American minister at Pekin cabled to
Washington that he had been request
ed by the Chinese minister for for
eign affairs, to inform the United
States government that China was pro
foundly humiliated and distressed over
the affairs at Lienchow, and had prom
ised that prompt, and vigorous action
would be taken to punish the ones re
sponsible for the disturbance, and to
prevent a repetition of such outrages
at Lienchow, or elsewhere. Later,
the three actual murderers were de
capitated, four men were imprisoned
for five years, two for three years, two
for one year and one for six months.
Others of those implicated were sen
tenced to minor punishments.
SLOT MACHINES.
They Were Used Daring the Time
and Reign of ItnmeseK.
A correspondent of the Boston Her
ald writes: “It is true there are few
things new under the sun. ‘Air beds,’ oy
what we call pneumatic beds, wore
used by the Romans before the Chris
tian era. The most remarkable duplica
tion of an old invention is the niekel
in-the-slot machine. This was first
used during the time and reign of Rain
eses, iu the eighteenth dynasty of
Egypt, for the purpose of supplying
holy water, that which had been bless
ed by the priests, to the people who
desired it. The machine was urn shap
ed, with a small cylinder inside,
through which ran a rod connecting a
valve at the bottom of the cylinder
with one at the top. These were oper
ated by a lever, which closed the bot
tom valve while opening that at tin
top, when the cylinder would fill with a
fixed amount of water. To obtain the
water a cup was placed at the outlet; a
coin of three drachmae, equal to about
75 cents of our money, was dropped
Into the ‘slot’ on to a scale pan in the
end of the lever. This opened the cyl
inder at the top and closed the lower
valve, allowing the coin to slide off, the
weight of water closing the top valve,
opening the lower one and allowing the
water to run into the cup. This is the
basis of all patented slot machines of
the present time and dates back to
nearly 3,000 B. C.”
Hr"; !:e\ ergo Sighted.
New York, May 0. — Indies ir.g an
early breaking up of the northern ice
fields, huge icebergs were seen by of
fleers of the freight steamer (lowan
burn, of the Burn Line, when docked
Tuesday. The ship came from Car
diff, England, over a route about L7t
miles north of the mail boat track
generally taken at this season. Cap
tain. R. W. Forbes said: “At noon
May 3rd I saw a huge iceberg about
8 miles off our port side. It looked
to be about 130 feet high, and about
80 yards long. We had no sooner
passed the iceberg than another was
seen about 5 miles west. We were at
44 degrees and 45 minutes north lati
tude, and 48 degrees and 4 minutes
west longitude.
Congressman Moon Renominated.
Chattanooga, Tenn., May 9’. —Con-
gressman J. A. Moon was renominat
ed by acclamation Wednesday morn
ing by the Democrats of this, the third
Tennessee district. This is the sixth
successive nomination that has been
given him. He was not here, but in
his seat in the house of representa
tives.
21 Warships at Pieraeus.
Athens, May 9.—The British fleet,
consisting of 21 warships, is lying at
Pieraeus, with steam up, and were
further augmented Wednesday by the
arrival of the second cruiser squad
ron commanded by Rear Admiral
Price Louis, of Battenberg, who, in
November last, was in American wa
ters.
Will Discuss Raising of Rates.
Boston, May 9. —The Boston board
of fire underwriters and the New Eng
land Insurance exchange appointed
committees Tuesday to discuss the
question of raising the rates on fire
Insurance policies in connection with
the San Francisco catastrophe. The
committee will visit New York and
other places.
Keep clean, keep well and dress well.
Cleanliness and health are attractive.
The world Is a great respecter of good
clothes.
“If you want to know what smartly dressed men will wear
this season, ask to see Fechheimer-Fishel Smart Clothes.’*
IT’S ONLY A
Matter of Money
whether you buy expensive custom-tailor-made
garments or
“EFF-EFF”
FALHIONABLE CLOTHES
FOR SPRING AND SUMMER.
If you can’t afford it, but wait garments just as correct in
style. just as graceful in cut—as carefully tailored; made of as
fine quality fabrics and faultless in fit —come and look at our
splendid assortment of Smart Styles for Men and young men
SIO.OO to $25,00.
Light Weight Coats,
also Coats and Vests, for this hot weather are to be found here
in great prolusion at prices sure to please.
Odd Trousers in Enormous
variety $1 TO to $7 50.
“Eclipse” Negligee Shirts,
the greatest shirts today in America. Immense line now in and
ready for your your inspection —sl.oo and SL.SO each.
Summer Underwear.
We are headqua ters in Americus for til's line merchandise.
The best values in Naitsook and Balbriggau shirts and draw
ers, with elastic sean, at 50c per pair ever shown in Americus.
Other grades as we l.
Travel ling Bags.
We opened onThur day last the best line travelling bags,
all styles, we have shown in many moons. They are marked at
extra low prices—were bought to sell—you will buy if in need ot
one after after a loek.
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