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rwenty-Eighth Year.} SNAPPY. YVhenwetold you that Our Young Men’s Clothes for spri°g 1906 would be the smartest and snappiest styled line ever designed exclusively for young men, it wasn’t brag. It was just ourfrank, plain-spoken opinion aroused by the striking swaggerness of the clothes themselves, When we tell you now that our words of praise couldn’t have done full justice to the betterment of these, our Young Hen’s Clothes, over other so called young men’s lines, it isn’t HERE CLAIM, but the circumstantial evidence in the case. That our Young Men’s Clothes are really the right garb for the knowing >oung men’s trade, is evident by the heavy sales we have had on them this season. If we havent heard from you, we figure that you have not heard from us, at any rate if you wa nt immediate action, come to us W. D. BAILEY Arrow Brand Collars in Quarter Sizes Forsyth St. and Cotton Ave. Americus, Qa. “There's No Chance of Missing It.” Satisfaction is a cer tainty when you buy colognes, toilet powders, drugs or medicines here. We aim at all times to have the best quality in stock and hit the mark of quality. REM BERT’S DRUG STORE, Next P. O WARE & LELAND Americus, Georgia. New York, New Orleans. Chicago. MEMBERS New York Cotton Exchange, New Orleans Cotton Exchange, Liverpool Cotton Association. Chicago Board of Trade. Chicago Stock Exchange, New York Coffe Exchange, St. Louis Merchants Exchange. Milwaukee Chamber of Commerce, Private wires to principal points. Local office 104 Forsyth street, next door to Cotton Avenue, Phone 21, W. C. WIMBISH, Mgr. SO APS. We Have Nice Assortment. Try our specially prepared Soap lor Artesian water. 3 Cakes 25c. ELDRIDGE DRUG COMPANY. PHONES :—Jackson Street 33. Lamar Street <O. THE AMERICUS TIMES-RECORDER. 3,000 PERSONS ARE RENDERED HOMELESS Fearful Desolation Wrought Bj Michigaa Forest Fires. x MANY SUFFERERS WITHOUT FOOD So Far but Few Lives Are Reported Lost—Some Stories of Human Inter est in Connection with the Great Fire. Milwaukee, Wis., May 21.—A stall correspondent of the Sentinel, who Sunday made a tour of the district in the upper peninsula of Michigan, cov ered by the forest tires in a special train, telegraphed to his paper that the fire appears to be practically out in ail of the district. The fires raged for a distance of 64 miles along the line of the Escanaba and Lake Supe riur railroad, and for 30 miles beyond Channing, the western terminus of the road. It seems certain now that two thousand persons are homeless in that district, and that 1,000 are left deso late at Quinnesec. The Quinnesec fire, however, was ol different origin from tne Escanaba fire, having started in a field where men were pulling stumps and burning debris. This fire spread into the city, wiped out all the buildings, except three residences, and the paper mills Then the fire spread into the timbei and running north for 40 miles, final ly Joined the flames sweeping east on Escanaba. It has also been learned that Wood lawn and Kingsley, on the Escanaba and Lake Superior line, were destroy ed, and Perkins, on the Northwestern. The strip burned along the Escana ba and Lake Superior ro£3 appears to be 30 miles wide, and the alarming nature of the earlier reports of the fire seem to be thoroughly verified by the trip. Stories of heroic battles against the flames are numerous. Dozens of the towns were saved only by the most desperate battles with the flames. Northland, a town of 1,000 Inhabitants, was three times threatened. Many Freaks were seen. One man, who carried the coffin with the corpse of his dead baby 30 miles to Escana ba on escaping from the fire, went back on the special train and found his home gone, but the picket fence surrounding the house was untouched The ashes of his house had been blown away by the gale, and the fence was the only evidence of human habi tation. The rest of the town had also been swept away. A remarkable feat ure of the fire is the fact that nearly all the refugees are-uiot disheartened but are determined to return and be gin anew. They have only the cloth Ing on their backs as possessions. Murdered Girl to Hide Her Disgrace. Akron, 0., May 21. —The finding of the dead body of Minnie Brandt, a young woman of this city, early Sun day in a hay mow led to the arrest ol Leo Dybel, aged about 26 years. Ac cording to the police, Dybel has con fessed that he killed the girl. Dybel, the police say, told them that he kept the girl secreted in the hay mow foi four days, endeavoring to hit upon some plan to avoid disgrace to both her and himself, and that he wanted to marry her, but hia mother opposed It. He says he finally shot the girl. To Be Deported. Seattle, Wash., May 21.—W. O. Gen©, manager of the Washington company and one of the wealthiest merchants of the northwest, is to be deported. He made a trip to China recently to patch up trade relations, and did a great deal toward alleviating conditions caused by the boycott Wher he returned a few days ago he wao found to have trachoma, when the dreaded disease was placed in the quarantine detention station at Port Townsend. Funeral Jehus Out on Strike. New York, May 21.—A strike of the Funeral Drivers’ Association, Local No. 164, which involved the territory of Manhttan below One Hundred and Fortieth street, went into effect Sunday. The fact that twelve of the coach owners affected acceeded tc the demands of the strikers lessened the Inconvenience that might have otherwise resulted. As it was, aboui thirty funerals had to be postponed and those that were held were con ducted under difficulties. New Thought Convention. Washington, May 21. —The New Thought Metaphysical Alliance begar a tw'o days’ convention here under the auspices of the national new thought center with delegates present from i number of cities, mainly in the east The prince of the alliance as express ed by one of the speakers, is the Di vine Life within us,* “supported by the argument that of the soul be all right that the body will take care of itself.’ Will Erect Bronze Tablets. New York, May 21. —A company headed by Joseph E. Shoate, has beei formed to erect bronze tablets on tin buildings in this city In which Wil liam Lloyd Garrison and Henrj George died. The committee has lim lted the maximum amount of a sing’o subscription to $lO. Popc-’s Condition Improved. Rome, May 21. —When Dr. Lapponi visited the pope Monday morning bt found the pontiff had passed a go-j night, feeling that gouty pain in his knee had almost disappeared, and that his general condition had improved Although his temperature was again, him, although normal, the doctor al lowed the pope to get up for a few hours, but advised him not to resume his audiences until the end of the week and even then only if he con tinues to make satisfactory progress. Business Portion of Town Destroyed. Dothan, Ala., May 21. —Almost all of the business portion of Abbeville was destroyed by fire Sunday night. The little town, which Is S 3 miles from here, is the capital of Henry county and has a population of about ?.SQO, At this time the ajaqupt °* t&f s<• I« BJ{ LKfIWMUtt AMERICUS, OA., TUESDAY MORNING, MAY 22. 1906. TEXT OF RATE RILL AS PASSEOBY SENATE Act Points Out Common Car riers of Country. i ■ CITES DUTIES AND RESTRICTIONS Bill Now Awaits Only Concurrence of House on Senate. Amendments and Signature of President —Will Have a Far-Reaching Effect. Washington, May 21.—The railway rate bill, which has now passed both branches of congress and awaits only the concurrence of the house on the senate amendments and the signature of the president, will have a more far reaching effect than any law of recent years. The most important provision of the act confers on the interstate commerce commission the authority, on com plaint, to examine into any charge or practice of a carrier alleged to be un just, and when such allegation Is sus tained to prescribe what shall be a Just and reasonable maximum rate or charge, regulation or practice. The act defines as common carriers owners of pipe lines engaged in the transportation of oil or other commod ity, except water and natural or arti ficial gas; also sleeping car and express companies, and all forms of private cars, terminals, switches and spur tracks. The issuance of passes or free trans. portation in any form to all persons, except employees of carriers and their families and certain exempted classes, is forbidden, and a penalty of not less than SIOO nor more than $3,000 Is pro vided, not" only for the person issuing such free transportation, but also for the person applying for or accepting it. Common carriers are prohibited, on and after May 1, 1908, from transport ing across any state or territorial line any article or commodity other than timber and the manufactured products thereof, manufactured, mined or pro duced by it or under its authority. They are required to construct and op erate upon reasonable terms sidetracks and switch lines and to furnish cars for the movement of traffic without dis crimination and to furnish equally good accommodations to all persons paying the same fare. Carriers must print and post in con spicuous places all tariffs and charges, and such charges cannot be changed without thirty days’ notice to the pub 11c and to the interstate commerce com. mission, except where the commission waives such notice. They are required In time of war or threatened war, on demand of the president, to give pref erence and procedence to the transpor tation of troops and munitiesof war. Every person, company or corporation, whether carrier or shipper, is prohib ited from offering, granting, giving, so liclting, accepting or receiving any re bate, preference or discrimination. Heavy penalties, and in some in stances Imprisonment, are prescribed for violation of the provisions of the act, individuals and corporations alike to be held guilty of misdemeanor for any violation, willfully committed, and the corporations and individuals are held responsble for the acts of any agent. Failure to publio tariffs entlls a fine of not less than SI,OOO and not more than $20,000. Granting or accepting of rebates or kindred discriminations entails a fine of not less than SI,OOO and not more than $20,000, and the individual guilty of such act is liable *to imprisonment for not more than two years in addi tion to the fine, in the discretion" ol the court. Any shipper who willfully accepts a rebate or discrimination must, In addi. tion to the above penalties, pay to the United States three times the value ol such rebate or discrimination, and the attorney general Is required to bring civil suit to recover this penalty when, ever he believes such, violation of law has occurred. The authority of the Interstate com merce commission to fix maximum rates refers not only to single, but joint rates, and applies where one of the parties to the joint rate is a water line. For failure to obey an order of the commission the carrier forfeits to the United States $5,000 for each offense, and each day of a continuing viola tion is deemed a separate offense. Where the interstate commerce com mission orders a refund to a shippei and the carrier fails to refund, the shipper may Institute civil suit to re cover; the finding of the commission constitutes prlma facie evidence of the facts, and the petitioner is not liable for the costs in the court or at any subsequent stage of the proceedings, and if the petitioner finally prevails a reasonable attorney fee is allowed him. The Interstate commerce commission or any person injured by a failure of a carrier to comply with an order of the commission, other than the payment ot money, may apply to the circuit court, and if the case is established the court shall issue a writ of injunction, man datory or otherwise, to restrain such carrier from further disobedience, and from such action appeal shall lie direct to the supreme court of the United States, where the case shall have pri ority of hearing and determination. The commission is authorized to re quire the most comprehensive statis tics from all common carriers regard ing their business under a penalty on the carriers of slofi for every day in default. | 11 ; * 1 Hunted Man Arrested. San Francisco, May 22—S. A. D. Pu ter, accused of complicity in the Ore Son land frauds and Who has been hunted for months by the federal an thorlties since he escaped from de tectives in Boston, has been arrested at Alameda by secret service men. Pu ter did not willingly submit to arrest, but attempted to draw a revolver. The detectives quickly covered him with their pistols but even then had much trouble in getting jtheir prisoner tc the police station. Decides Against Senator Burton. Washington, May 21.—The supreme court has decided against Senator Bur ton, of Kansas. If Senator Burton does not resign "at once,” as a prom inent senator puts it, a resolution wil! be Introduced to declare his seat va cant. SYSTEMS OF WRITING. The Famorni Method Ivuowu as the Boustrophedon. About tlie year 450 B. C. the lonians first introduced the system of writing from left to right. Previous to that time all scribes and penmen in general had been in the habit of beginning the line on the right hand side of the page and running it toward the left. The introduction of the left to right mode of writing caused considerable confu sion for a time, and from the mixed systems which prevailed during the fol lowing century sprang the famed meth od known as the boustrophedon. Those who used the system last mentioned would begin a line at the left margin of their parchments and run it through to the opposite margin and then drop a space below and run back to the op posite edge of the sheet again. In oth er words, the boustrophedon mode of writing was a system in which the lines ran alternately from left to right and from right to left. This system did not entirely disappear until about the time of Christ. The ancient Hebrew and Greek languages were written from right to left, but at about the time the lonians were reforming writing meth ods the Greek letters were changed in form from the uncial to the cursive, and the system of writing was changed In both cases so as to run from left to right. The following quotation from Franklin illustrates the mixed, or bous trophedon, system of writing: "When I see a merchant overpolite to a ekat ot meht gniggeb .sremotsuc sih little brandy and throwing his goods on na sah nam taht I skniht .retnuoc eht ax to grind.”-—St. Louis Republie. AN OLD LEGEND. The Ancient Story of I.ilith, Adam’s First Helpmeet. The old Talmudists bad a queer leg end concerning the first pair created by the Almighty, According to the story, Lilith was Adam’s original “help meet” and Eve was the after considera tion. The Talmud says that Lilith was created just as Adam was—out of the dust of the earth. after the breath of life had been breathed Into her ears (you will remember that the Bible says “nostrils” in Adam’s case) her entire nature changed to such an extent that she became a veritable de mon. About this time the devil came along, and, recognizing in Adam’s wife all that was necessary to make a first class governess of the infernal regions, persuaded her to quit the first man and go with him into the “upper regions of the air.” To us this seems like a queer place for the location of hell, but that Is the direction the pair is said to have taken when they left Adam as the sole occupant of the garden. -At home with the king of the sulphurous domain, she became the mother of devils and then deserted Pluto and became a “specter of darkness.” After this transformation her sole de light appears to have been in the de struction of Innocent babes. It is even said that our word “lullaby” is a cor ruption of the oriental term, “lilla abi,” which means “avaunt,” or “begone, Lilith.” DIAMONDS. U Tom Want to Make Them, Here la the Process of Manufacture. Would you like to kuow how to man ufacture diamonds—real diamonds? The process is somewhat difficult, requiring time, patience and some odfTay of mon ey, but then consider the possible re sults! The diamond, we know, is sim ply carbon in a transparent crystalline form. It comes of humble parentage and Is brother to the lump of coal. Unlike easily crystalllzable bodies, carbon is insoluble iu all ordinary solv ents, but molten metals will combine with it. Let the diamond maker choose Iron for a solvent for charcoal, melting it In an electric furnace, allowing it to take up as much carbon as it can—in other words, saturate itself with car bon. The crucible containing the white hot metal should then be plunged into a bath of molten lead. The result will be that globules of Iron will rise to the surface of the lead and are quickly cooled on the outer surface. Inside the hard crust the iron remains for some time in a molten condition, and as iron expands in solidifying the contents of these little globules receive a pressure unattainable by any other means. "When the lead becomes solidified some bullets of Iron will be found bound up In the mass. Dissolve with some pow erful acid first the lead and then the Iron, and a residue of carbonaceous matter will be,found to contain tiny crystals—real diamonds. Any chemist with a well equipped laboratory can make diamonds In this way, but the largest of them will not be more than a fiftieth of an Inch In diameter. The Ordinaries to Organize^ Columbus, Ga„ May 21.—Judge Wil liam Redd, Jr., ordinary of Muscogee county, is sending out notices to the ordinaries of the state ta attend a meet. Ing at the Bibb court house ih Macon on May 29tti, at which time the ordi naries plan to reorganize their old as sociation. Over 50 per cent of the ordinaries of the state have expresssed a desire to have an organization of their own. They formerly had such an association, but later it was merg ed with the general association of county officers. The formation of an other association by the ordinaries does not necessarily mean that they will withdraw from the county offi cers’ association. “Suspension” Day In House. Washington, May 21. —Monday be ing “suspension” day, so-called, the house took up the consideration of the senate bill to “regulate enlistment and punishments in the United States rev enue cutter service.” Sailed Under Secret Orders. Philadelphia, May 21.—The cruisei Columbia sailed Monday under secret orders with 600 marines aboard. II is understood the vessel will go to Guantanamo and thence to Santo Do* mingo. Service for Confederate Dead. New York, May 21.—Services were held Sunday at Mount Hope cemetery, near Yonkers, by the confederate vet eran camp of New York, in memory of the confederate dead buried there. The daughters of the confederacy of New York assisted. Z# T Your lungs have all they can do. 7/71 rt MB PC/ They work night and day, and are 1* #l V* Xlv Ol* faithful to the end. Then use them well. If they are rasping and tear ing themselves by hard coughing, come to their relief. Give them Ayer’s Cherry Pectoral. It heals, soothes, quiets. Your doctor will explain itJ action to you. Ask him all about it. Wo have no secrets! We publish. J. C. Ayer Co., DOUMA CRISIS SEEMS PASSED Threatened Storm Appears to Have Blown Over. A RUPTURE MAY BE AVERTED The House Adopted a Resolution to Proceed with the Regular Order of Business and Discussed the Agra rian Question. St. Petersburg, May 21. —2:22 p. m. —The threatened storm over the em peror’s refusal to receive the delega tion from the lower house of parlia ment, appointed to present to him its reply to the speech from the throne, has been averted. The house Monday afternoon adopt ed a resolution to proceed with the regular order of business, and the dis cussion of the agrarian question. Count Solzky, president of the upper house of parliament, has been notified in terms identical with the reply to President Marumtzff, of the lower house, that the address of the upper house should be presented to the em peror through Baron Fracricks, the minister of the imperial house. Stoessel Condemned to Death. St. Petersburg, May 21. —It is ru mored that the military court which has been investigating the surrender of Port Arthur and the battle of the Zao, Japan, has condemned to death Lieutenant General Stoessel, who com manded the Russian forces at Port Arthur, and Rear Admiral Nelsongal off, who commanded one of Admiral Rojestvensky’s squadron, who surren dered during the naval battle to the Japanese. Steamer Manolita Attacked. Mellila, Morocco, May 21.—The steamer Manolita, bound rrom Teluan, Morocco, for this port and flying the American flag, has been attacked by Moors, who took away some of her passengers. The Manolita’s machinery got out of order, she was being oblig ed to approach the coast. While ly ing off Penon de Velez about half way between Teluan and Melilla, a number of Moorish fishermen swam off from the shore and boarded the Manolita, compelling her crew to hand over to them a number of Moorlsn passengers belonging to the Beni Barraguel tribe. The marine registers available do not refer to a steamer named Manolta. Time Stated for Next Conference. Birmingham, Ala., May 21.—The sixteenth business day of the general conference of the Methodist Episcopal church, south, began with devotional services led by Rev. J. C. Reed, of Vir ginia, with Bishop E. R. Hendrix in the chair. Bishop J. J. Tigert, who was ordained yesterday, afterward pre sided. A motion fixing the first Wed nesday in May, 1910, as the time for holding the next conference prevailed. A discussion arose over the report of the church extension committee, which made several changes in the person nel of the board, but the report was adopted. Wounded by Bomb Explosion. Faykalisse, Russian Poland, May 21. —Count Keller, a colonel of the dra goons, was severely wounded by the explosion of a bomb which was thrown at the officer while he was returning from a review Monday. His horse was killed and his orderly was injur* ed. The would-be assassin, a young man escaped. Count Keller had been prominent in suppressing disturb ances here and in this vicinity. One Dead; Two Wounded. New York, May 21.—A special to the Times from Tarrytown, N. Y., says that there was a shooting affray Sunday night on John D. Rockefeller’s place at Potanko hills, as a result ol which John Content Is dead; Tony Dominick, who was shot In the head, and side, will probably die, and an other wounded man is said to have escaped. The opinion here is that the men quarreled over cards. 120 Bulgarians Are Butchered. Salonica, European Turkey, May 21, A detachment of Turks on Saturday annihilated a band of 120 Bulgarians at Lisolai, near Monastir, the scene of previous butcheries. The Turk ish government has submitted a bill asking the second chamber of parlia ment to approve a protocol, which Russia wishes the signatories of the convention of 1899 to sign on assem bling for the second peace conference, which declares that the powers not presented at the first conference, but which have been invited to attend the second shall by acceptance of the in' vitation become adherents to the con vention. Gomez Appoints New Cabinet. Caracas, Thursday, May 17, via Port of Spain, Island of Trinidad, May 21. —Acting President Gomez has appoint ed a new cabinet, as follows: Minister of the Interior, Dr. Leopold O. Bap tista; minister of foreign affairs, Jose de Jesus Paul; minister of finance, Francisco Sales Parez; minister ol war, General Diego Ferror; minister of public works, Dr. Luis Mata; minis ter of public instruction, Dr. Carlos Leon; general Alexander Yberra has been appointed governor of the fed eral district. Closes 74th Anniversary. Dayton, 0., May 21,—The Americai Baptist Home Mission Society closed its seventy-fourth anniversary Monday with the election of W. S. Shallenber ger, second assistant postmaster gen eral, as president. Mrs. Davis Greatly Improved. New York, May 21.—Mrs. Jefferson Davis was reported Monday as being greatly improved. I“Jf you want to know what smartly dressed men will wear this sea son, ask to see Fechheimer-Fishel Smart Clothes.** T IS NOT EXPENSIVE TO DRESS WELL if you know where and what make mm ' f garments to buy. The famons 1 W ' ‘ EFF-EFF” | fashionable Clothes arc satisfactory and not expensive. Mff .--iyT Many men make the mistake of rallpq paying too much for to-measure Sfr-ijT j/fWEkwm made clothes, and too little for ready-to-wear apparel. If you can afford to employ a custom f;l''or °f high reputation, all well and good; if not, don’t expect to fxct. CHEAP ready-made suits to i « qual line custom-tailor produc li<u, but bnv the “EFF-EFF” . 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