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lAraericus Population 12,000 ! Increasing every day TWENTY-NINTH YEAR. SMART SIS BOMHnBMnHI FOR TOUNC MEW. The Young Man is the best judge of style. Ask a Young Fellow whether a S uit is cut right and made right, and > ou can dt pend on getting an answer ba td on a full kn wledge of stvtei and go.>d tailoring. Our lines < f Young Men’s suits are built to withstand every criti cism. The Extreme Style Features ire Carried Out. O at> just the right length, tong, v\ ide soft roll lapels-.-whole backs or center vents < welt pockets, single and double breasted styles. The new fabrics in stripes and ch cks, greys, b'u.s and bla ks sls, S2O, $25, to S3O. Purely not high prices for so much style and sweiln ss W. D. BAILEY. Outfitter for Men and Boys Forsyth St. and Cotton Ave. Am ricus Oa J 1 ; ,/t .A. ! « ’ 5 - ' - ’ P H p: ' iJM Jj * r •a * ST OW is yo tr tirci2 to get a brush. If >ou are going to need one this season we have all prices—Tooth brushes, Hair Brushes, Flesh Brushes, Nail Brushes and all kinds of Brushes The goods are new The prices are right REMBERT’S DRUG STORE 113 FORSYTH ST. I Baton HurlbutStationery The Standard of Quality at BELL’S, the Jeweler, Phone 318. For quality and right prices see TITOS. L. BELL. The Leading Jeweler.? / 7 « •: % AMERICUS TIMES-RECORDER OLD VETS LEAVE TUESDAY Will Swell the Great Army at the Old Capital START LIKE BOYS ON A LROLIC Age Cannot Quell the Enthusiasm of Old Wearers of Gray in Sumter County-Looking forward to Time of Their Lives. The time for the departure of the old \ ets lor the grand reunion at Rich mond is drawing near. Sumter Camp will leave on Tuesday, at 2 p. in. over the Central sh Atlanta and then via (he Southern to the old I capital of the Confederacy, there to join : in with the thousands of other boys in | trray, from every section of (he South, i in making the welkin ring with their “hi war time yells, and in visiting Hie scenes of their marches, camps, and battles. The Americus men go in a special car This will be a day coach. There will be a sleeper on the train, and berths can bo taken at Americus, if b desired. From Albany will come another special car full of the vets of that town and vicinity. From here on to Macon there will be amumber of the soldiers of 1861-65 picked up. At Macon two car loads will be in waiting, with probably a big batch from along tlie road to Savannah. It will be a great train of Georgia Vets that will move out of Atlanta that night. They will be old only in years, and very youthful in spirit. There never was a happier, lighter hearted, more companionable, more joyful bunch of men gatiiered together any where on this green earth than a few hundred okl soldiers 1 of this section e» route to one of the great reunions. It is probable that there will be a number of Americus folks outside of the Vets who will be visitors to Rich mond next week, and from the surrounding towns an l country. IINE YIELD Or OATS IN SLIMIER Tour Acre Patch Here Will Make 425 Bushels. Mr.J.IT. Poole of Americus does not lay claim to fame as a farmer, but lie has a field of oats near the city that will make the largest yield, perhaps, of any like area in Georgia. The field contains four acres, and citizens wl o have inspected it carefully say the yield will be at least 425 bushels. The crop will be cut next week with a mower and binder, and so rank is the growth that the cutter will charge double the usual price for such work. Mr. Poole planted selected Texas rust proof oats, sowing four bushels of seed per acre and putting 1.600 lbs. ferti lizer upon the four acre field, already a rich spot. This phenomenal oat yield, the largest ever known here, demon strates what our farmers can ac complish on the intensive system. Special Train to Richmond Via Sea* board Air Line Ry. On Tuesday May 28tha special train will leave Savannah at 9:00 P. M. con sisting of high back vestibuled dry coaches, Pullman sleepers and dningi car and will arrive at Richmond at 1:00 P. M. the 29th for accomodation of Veterans and their friends. Train leaves Americus 12:32 noon Rate sl3 00. Tickets good from Norfolk Exposition. Apply to Seaboard Air Line Hail way for tickets. Reserva t ons and detailed information. Bids Wanted. Sealed bids for the erection of Y. M. C. A. Building will be opened June 15th, 1907 at 11 o’clock a, m. at Bank of South West Ga. Plans and specifica tions may be seen at said Bank. We reserve the right to i reject any or all bids. Jno. W. Shiver. W. P. Wallis. G. M. Eldridoe. d. ts Committee. The Cause of Many Sudden Deaths rhere is a disease prevailing in thi country most dangerous because so deccp ~ 111 ] I jiiiij \’V\ tivc. Many suddci Pi pt | pi - deaths are caused b'. it heart disease. s&Pr pneumonia, hear! liLkJ Fm YCa/l/g failure or apoplexy J 'ivv pare often the result ~ */y\ yf! of kidney disease. ?i - I\\ VS L lowed to advance the lii xi bj Ba' kidney-poisoned blood will attack the .«vital organs or the kidneys themselves break down and waste away cell by cell. Bladder troubles most always result from a derangement of the kidneys and a cure is obtained quickest by a proper treatment of the kidneys. If you are feeling badly you j can make no mistake by taking Dr. Kilmer’s , Sc _.n-Root, the great kidney, liver and 'dadd emedy. ’.t c . -,cts inability io hold urine and scald ig pain in passing it, and overcomes that unpleasant necessity of being compelled to go often during the day, and to get up many times during the night. The mild and th extraordinary effect of Swamp-Root is soo. realized. It stands the highest for its won derful cures of the most distressing cases. Swamp-Root is pleasant to take and sold by all druggists in fifty-cent and one-dollar sized bottles. You may I have a sample bottle of this wonderful new dis- BELwHife iH&jiffiSu oovery and a book that tells all about it, both Home of Swamp-Root, cent free by mail. Address Dr. Kilmer & Co. Binghamton, N. Y. When writing mention •eading this generous offer in this paper. P_n't make any mistake, but remember the name, Swamp-Root, Dr. Kilmer s | Swamp-Root, and the address, Binghamton, N. Y. on every bottle. I AMERICUS GEORGIA, SATURDAY MORNING, MAY 25. 1907. COMMISSIONERS - HAVE REPORTS ; But Have Never Thought of Pub -1 lishing Them HAVE COUNTY INTERESTS AT HEART 1 j Commissioner Thomas Sees No Reason Why Detailed ; Reports Should Not Be Given Out if the Public ! | Desires the Information on County Works. I* I , 4 “I can personally see no reason wity reports should not lie given to the I public, keeping the tax payers of the county thoroughly advised as to what I work is being done, and the cost of maintaining the county chaingaug sys -1 torn.’, said Commissioner \V. L. Thomas, in discussing county matters with a ) Times-Recorder representative. | “I am but one member of the Board and T have not discussed that phase of the matter with the others,” continued Commissioner Thomas, ‘‘but I can see . no reason why reports shoo'd not be published. i ’ “We are kept informed as to what is being done, the extent ot the work i that is done, and the expenses involved. It does not seem to have ever been thought necessary to publish these details of tne management of the countv r aliairs. If the public desires them, though, they are at hand. ) “It might not bo possible to give a statement that would accurately tell the amount of work done, but sufficient could be given to let the public ap -1 predate the extent of the improvements made during a month, or any other stated period. j “Our reports give us this information. With our new superintendent we could probably arrange for more detailed reports if the Board deemed it ad -1 visable or requisite. ‘‘As I have said, the matter of published reports lias not been considered. Board will bo willing to give that or any other matter presented to it a most t careful consideration. I' “The Board of County Commissioners has the interests of the county at heart. It wishes to serve the citizens of Sumter to the best advantage, and its records are public, open to the public and show its business completely.” DIGGING FOR BURIED MONEY Atlantans Come to Americus and Tear Up the Cotton Patch. Avery remarkable story of credulity and cupidity combined was told in Americas yesterday of a strange search instituted here the day before by two Atlantans in digging for buried gold and silver which, less strange to relate, they failed to unearth. Two well dressed white men and a negro preacher made up the party, who evidently thought they had located the wealth of Captain Kidd, The scene of their strange oper tions was upon the banks of Flint River, on the Huguenin plantation. The searchers for the buried treasure gave their names as Rev. Thomas Li. Bryant, of Atlanta, and Mr. Leaw bridge, a reputed banker of that city but recently of Michigan, a fact which probably explains liis belief of the wonderful story told by the negro. The black brother who came from At lanta with the banker and the parson engineering this special brand of collec tion, had worked as a farm hand on the Huguenin place for the special purpose of locating the wealth. So sincere were the men in their intentions that they stopped over at Macon and secured from Mr. R. W. Johnston, who owns the Huguenin plantation, permission to dig for the coin. Presenting themselves to Mr. G. 1). Jones, superintendent of theiplantation, and the overseer, Mr. A. C. Cole, they secured grubbing lioes and spades and SESSION A GREAT SUCCESS Americus Odd fellows and Rebekahs Return from Columbus. . I Representatives of Sumter Hodge of Odd Fellows and of Vasbti Lodge, llebekahs, who attended the annual convention of these orders in Columbus this week, returned to Americus yesterday, all delighted with the success of the convention and the charming entertainment extended the hundreds of visitors. The grand lodge acted adversely on the pioposition to establish an orphans’ home, but decided to continue to dis pense relief to widows and orphans, according to the same plan employed last year. As recommended by the re tiring grand master, $2,000 was set aside for ibis purpose. The grand master was authorized to extend to the Georgia Industrial home, at Macon, such aid as in his opinion is proper. One year the grand lodge appropriated SSOO to that home, and it is said that the Odd Fellows have given the institution more substantial assist ance than any other fraternal order. < tne motion was made to appropriate SI,OOO to the Lome, and it was amendod by motions to make the amount SSOO iVf Httk:" it an y , a co-1 hoi these davs. They prefer strong tonics | XV (J Li/ %JLb fj and alteratives. This is all in keeping v/ith | f i a 1 $ if modern medical science. It explains why | OJL i Ayer’s Sarsaparilla is now made entirely! / yp./(-4 /* free from alcohol. Ask your doctor. M We have no secrets I We publish J. C. Ayer Co., 1 JF the formulas of all our preparations. Lowell, Maau. j set out to find tho money, Mr. Cole out ofcuriosity going with them. Spring Creek, at a point where it reached the river, was the spot to which the negro preacher guided them. The white men were provided with needles and other aparatus used by gold hunters in locating hidden ores, and with these the three Atlantans set to work. Rocks were overturned and the little cotton knocked about as they sweates and dug lor the money. A half day was thus spent, and in this way a considerable portion of the Huguenin cotton crop was dug around and cultivated in away. But towards sunset the visions of wealth inestimable began to fall in huge chunks from the top story ot their brain works, and the Atlantans reached the conclusion that “Mr. Cutfee of Sumter” had gold bricked instead of gold rewarded them. There were plenty of “rocks” at hand, but none of them had a srolden tinge. They were plain Sumter county rocks. The Atlantans did not explain to Mr. Jones who in prehistoric times had buried the gold on the Huguenin place. T mir search, evidently, was mad s' , wholly upon the representations of the negro preacher, who induced them to 1 come 200 miles to dig for it. The laugh is thus on the Atlantans, who went home yesterday much wiser J if not much richer than when they came to dig for spook dollais. and $250, and the final result of the dis cussion was to leave the matter in the ! hands of the grand master. | Despite the recommendation ot the , grand master that it be abolished, the club plan of admitting groups of ten into the order at half the regular initia tion fee, will continue: i Grand Master J. H. Dozier, of Athens, i I and other newly elected grand officers, were installed with impressive cere monies. The following appointments of officers were announced: Grand chaplain, Rev. J. D. v ell, of Athens; grand marshal, T. M. Haynes, of Savannah; grand conductor, L. E. Clarke, of Atlanta. ! The state assembly of the Rebekahs closed its session, adjourning to meet in Macon next May. i The following officers were appointed in addition to the offices filled by the Rebekahs by election: Chaplain Mrs. L. Helen Lobr, of Augusta; marshal, i Mi-s Mamie Herndon, of vlaeon; con ductor, Miss Bessie McNair, of Bain (bridge; inside guardian, Mrs. Lizzie j Thomas, of Athens; outside guardian, j Mrs. S. L. Fullerton, of Tallapoosa. BUT A WEEK REMAINS IN WHICH TO VOTE Interest in Contest Is Great Now CANDIDATES ARE WORKING HARD Large Vote Will Be Polled Today, While With Next Week the Con* test Gloses and the Winner * Will Get the Ticket. Which of the lour young ladies ec n testing for the Times-Recorder ticket to the Jamestown Exposition will win the coveted prize? For two months the contest has been warmly waged and the winner is drawing very near the long coveted goal. Which of the four will go to the Exposition as the'guest of the Times- Reeorder, with all expenses paid? Since the contest began nearly 15.000 coupons clipped from the Times Re corder have been voted} while other thousands still will be sent in during the next and last week for voting. Every coupon is clipped from a paper, or they are not o bo had other wise. There will doubtless be a large vote polled this afternoon, for the count appearing tomorrow, and all of the four contestants will make a good showing. Friends of all of them have been unusually active during the past week canvassing for coupons. Tickets sent in today must be put up neatly in packages and sent in before 7 o’clock this evening. RETURNED FROM THE EXPOSITION Americus Pastor Greatly Enjoyed Vis g it There. Rev. R. L. Bivins of Furlow Lawn chureli, who with Rev. O. P. Gilbert attended the great Southern Baptist Convention at Richmond this week, returned home yesterday. v r. Gil bert is in Augusta with Mrs. Gilbert, visiting relatives, and will probably 1 return today. v r. Bivins greatly enjoyed his trip and talks very interestingly thereupon, more especially the second meeting of Baptists at Norfolk. Tho Northern Baptist Convention had just closed its session at Washing ton as the Southern Baptists closed theirs at Richmond, and botli bodies met at Jamestown a day or two there after. The two bodies thus combined formed the American Baptist Conven tion, and tliis was the second meeting of that great national bod 3'. Upon one occasion during the session more than fi , e thousand Baptists filled the hall, many others being turned away. The exposition grounds aro entirely surrounded by water and, therefore, an ideal meeting place for the Baptists. Mr. Bivins enjoyed this great meeting more than any other, perhaps, though both were exceedingly pleasant. Dont go to the Exposition yet awhile' is the advice of Mr. Bivins. The great show is yet far from com plete, and anyone going now to study the exhibits will be disappointed. Even “The Warpath” is not ready for the visitor to be properly scalped, and this is a feature of the ishow. Not for a month yet will it be completed. Mr. Bivins greatly enjoyed his trip but is glad, nevertheless, to be back in dear old Americus again. IS HOSTESS Ar A FISHING PARTY Young People Enjoy Outing at the Mill. / Miss Ethel Loving, the pretty young daughter of Mr. and Mrs. G. O. Lov | ing, entertained a score of young ( friends delightfully last evening at a fishing party at Wells’ Mill, tho you g I folks going down lon the noon train I yesterday and returning todaxy/ L iviiig and Mrs. W. J. Matthews chaperoned the party, while Mr. Lov ing and Mr. Rylander supplied an 1 abundance of fine fish. Among the guests of the pretty ho tess were Misses Nobie Clay, Georgia Bena Dodson, Mattie Pope Hagerty, Sarah Tower, j Frances Loving; Ben Hawkins, Hollis Lanier, H. B. Shipp, Harry Matthews, “Doc” Eldridge, Harry Glover. i THIS WEEVIL SCARE DISPELLED j Strange Bug Chews the Cotton in , Bulloch. Atlanta, May 24. —J. R. Miller 'of Statesboro brought to Atlanta to-day samples of a bug which has been rav aging the cotton fields of Bulloch coun ty. He stated that this bug had entirely eaten up a six-acre field of sea island cotton. State Entomologist R. I. Smith stated from a casual examination that the bug was not the boll weevil, and would not spread like that insect. ' Straw Hats must be sold. $3.50 Hats at $2.80 300 2.40 2.50 2.00 2.00 1.60 1.50 1.20 1.25 ' 1.00 1.00 80 75 60 50 40 25 20 Daniels Shoe Store. Magazines bound by Bos worth, Strictly first class, at Southern Prin ters. lm. pum“ t ~ nm-v minim Are the perfection of the tailors art, skill, ingenuity. There are few tailors in this part of the country who can produce trousers their equal. We are the SOLE AGENTS in Americus For these WORLD FAMOUS TROUSERS and if you will take the time and trouble to simply call in and allow us to u l show you through you will find the greatest stock of the \ finest, ready-to-wear trousers \ . that you ever saw here or any- , where else in your life. Prices Range from _ fil \| j $5 to sls Pair. I • f. \Y,Y, Understand however w e \ have the best lines of lower k'x ) priced trousers you will he able to find anywhere. JmrP $1.50 to 55 Pair. _ *'* OUTING MODEL Negligee Shirts—Famous Eclipse Make, $1.50 and $2.00. Garland and Princely Negligees, 50cents and 75 cents each. Pioneer Suspenders, Brighton Garters Fowler Collars. Unmatchable values in Elastic Seam Nainsook Drawers 50c. Nainsook Undershirts, Long and Short Sleeves, extra 50c Immense Line Lisle Hose, Unmatchable at 25c and 50c pair. TOURIST’S SUPPLIES. LARGEST LINE IN AMERICUS. TRUNKS, SATCHELS, TRAVELLING BAGS. When arranging for your trip come here, see the line and prices. Chets Anslcy Successor to WHEATLEY & ANSLEY. (See Ad on Fourth Pane.) ff?W YORK RTF P^THRP ilixuA i ululuii PLANTERS SANK BUILDING Americus, Ga. Ladies ack Voile Skirts We purchased the well known ; a bee a Lino t f sample Voile Skirts ir fcil size eu. lengths. The retail price of these skirts ange from sl2 go to sls oo and $17.50 they will be on sal oday and continue till close o t. Price S9JO and SIO.OO. tme Quick. HAMILTON & CO. 1 « / •“S’I*****:. 1 *****:. 4---» Ml—M——ar The Heart of the South’s Finest Country. NUMBER 22.