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Americus Population
12.000.
Sumter County
35.000.
TWENTY-NINTH YEAR.
# BECAUSE
We know what
goes into
Imperial Hats
we are willing to warrant the wear
you’ll get out of ’em. As many
styles as there are types of faces—
therefore a certain shape sure to be
come you Always smart QQ
always dependable, always
We’ve a Number of
IMPERIAL
Soft Hats OEM,
mmm, i m ~ »wnfwtr uni ~i Trriir-TnrMMrrniTrT
here. that for .
want of hi tier tie- *
scription we call
Collegy. a dash and a hint of aban
don about them that is characteristic
of a certain type of swagger dresers.
Meant for young chaps, and chaps
who don’t want to grow old. The
t
price never grows. It’s always $3.00
IMPERIAL $3.00 HATS
ANu 1
KNOX $5.00 HATS
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W. D. BAILEY.
Outfitter for Men and Boys
Foray! h St. and Cotton Ave. Americus Ga,
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The
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Quality
Our Methods are Good 1
The
Most
Approved
We Invite Your Trade.
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“ DRUG STORE
"“*ll3 FORSYTH ST. »Joac_ ||
« JUST JEWELS
, but between onr kind of jewelry
1 1 the other sort there’s a
vvt de d of difference, a dis--
1 ferenoe you will appreciate only
Jfij* IWHi | when you have looked over our
B/ __ //. , ,v'~*\ujLn,, 1 nssortm nt thoroughly with an
W_ A i --t-A (j ft. j] eye to l eauty, novelty and real
l i )£} I worth Cheap jewelry we don’t
\ *,l han le but genuine gems, gold and
sib. er- ware, cheap for the money
we is to be found here always.
EugenQsV. Haynes Co.
37 Whitehall St Atlanta Ga.
AMERICUS TIMES-RECORBHR
CORTELYOU ANGERS
[AFT’S MANAGERS
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As Result May Be Forced
Out of Cabinet Soon
BIG ROW OYER THE PRESIDENCY
Ohio Man’s Friends Believe Others of
Rooevelt’s Advisers Should Keep
Dark-Cortelyou Has Elements
of Strength.
WASHINGTON, D. C., August B.
George B. Cortelyou, Secretary of the
Treasury, may cease to be a member
of the President’s Cabinet within the
next two months. Such is the inti
mation that has reached Washington
from several separate sources in the
last few days, one of the sources be
ing so high that the rumor cannot he
ignored, despite the smile that /may
greet the report.
The reason for his retirement, if he
should lay down the portfolio, would
he his candidacy for the Republican
nomination for the Presidency in
1908 against the wishes of Mr. Roose
velt.
The story that is circulated here
is that the President is already im
patient at the talk about Mr. Cortel
you in connection with the Presi
dency. He is reported as feeling that
Mr. Cortelyou should not permit gos
sip of this kind to go unchecked when
the country knows that the Adminis
tration's candidate for the nomination
is Secretary of War William H.
Taft. The latter is understood to
hold that it weakens his position be
fore the country to Te known ps the
President’s favorite. His friends con
tend that the President has no pa
tience with the situation as it now
exists ami that unless Mr. Cortelyou
promptl> and emphatically lets it be
known that he discourages any talk
of himself for President there
will be a breach between him and
his chief that will result ir the Sec
retary's retirement.
It is only fair to say the report of
the pros] ective retirement of Mr.
Cortelyou is looked upon with suspi
cion by the best informed politicians.
They understand that the constant
outcropping of his name in connec
tion with the nomination may not be
altogether to the liking of the Taft
people, but they cannot conceive that
he is letting the gossip go on without
a thorough understanding with the
President. It is also admitted that
Mr. Cortelyou has elements of strength
outside of any support he might re
ceive from the White House, if he
determined to make an independent
fight for the nomination. He would
have the backing of a substantial pro
portion of the old followers of Mc-
Kinley and Hanna. In addition he
was the chairman of the National
Committee that had charge of the
campaign resulting in the election of
Mr. Roosevelt to the Presidency.
LIVELY IN DAWSON
Politics in the Second Like the
Weather.
DAWSON, GA., August B.—The con
gressional campaign has opened with
the announcement of Hon. Anderson
Roddenberry, of Thomasville, that
he will be in the race in opposition
to Judge James M. Griggs, of this
place, who will stand for re-election.
It is currently rumored and comment
ed oh by some of the papers in the
Pataula circuit, that Judge J. A.
Lang, solicitor general of the cir
cuit, will be opposed for re-election by
Judge B. T. Castellow, of Cuthbert.
House For Rent.
Four rooms, Brannan avenue,
PossesSSion Aug. 15th. Apply to
4-ts. ' ‘ CIiAS. R. CRISP.
See that new line of gold Shell
bracelets at Bell’s, the Jeweler.
Verdict for Dr. Pierce
AGAINST THE
Ladies’ Home Journal.
Sending truth aftei* a lie. It is an old
maxim that "a lie will travel seven
leagues while truth is getting Its boots
on,” and no doubt hundreds of thousands
of good people read the unwarranted and
malicious attack upon Dr. 11. V. Pierce
and his "Favorite Prescription ” published
in the May (1904) number of the Ladies’
Home Journal, with its great black dis- |
play headings, who never saw the hum
ble, groveling retraction, with Its Incon- I
spicuous heading, published two months
later. It was boldly charged in the sland
erous and libelous article that Dr. Pierce's
Favorite Prescription, for the cure of
woman’s weaknesses and ailments, con
tained alcohol and other harmful ingredi
ents. Dr. Pierce promptly brought suit
against the publishers of the Ladies’
Home Journal, for 1200,000,00 damages.
Dr. Pierce alleged that Mr. Hok, the
editor, maliciously published the article
containing such false and defamatory
matter wit/ the intent of Injuring his
busineaspfurthermoro, that no alcohol,or
other hjjurious. or habit-forming, drugs
are, oryter ivere, contained in his ”Fa-
Ivorite Cycsgriptioir'; that said medicine
is mady fpoin native medicinal roots and
contayWno harmful Ingredients what
ev< r/ii/u that Mr. Bok’s mal'dous state
nterft/ivere wholly and ahsol tcly false.
ljCimnDjXi^tioiUtl-ilH'.'ith'-: it! .UOiLtUli
they wei:tli.'XcedliiiLgiaii»AVkili. .2 . a'-Hley
had otitainco ninth <cs of_"Fa.. o. :e Pro
sen ; 1 1oin." fion.-'i uunci''. chic
wTioih ccrtitiedthTt it llidnot. mnita tjOJ
rTiTioTor any of tlii-aileg. d liar, fill dnig-T
These facts'weie also inwtn lo I lie nul or
the action In the Supreme Court. I'.ut the
business of 1 >r. Pierce was greatly Injured by
the publication of the Ids lot s article with
its great display headier-, while hundreds of
thousands who read the vie!,< lily (If f. matory
article never saw the humble grove'T“g re
traction, set In small type and made - .ucon
spicuous as possible, t lie matter w - bow-
I ever brought before a jury iti tie- supt'cme
! Court of New York State w!,:-Ji. -promptly
(rendered a verdict in the I'e.'b s favor.
Titus his traducers came to grief and tlietr
base slanders were refuted. -
AMERICUS GEORGIA. FRIDAY MORNING, AUGUST 9. 1907.
ELECTRIC LINE KILLED OLE
j HOSTILE LEGISLATION IN GEORGIA EHROTTLES IT
Investors Refuse to Enter Field Where Enterprise is
* Fought.
Cheap Politicians and Demagogues Drive the Proposed Interurban Electric
Railway From the State of Georgia.
The expected has happened in the
seeming collapse of the interurban
- electric railway enterprise in Georgia,
3 the projectors of that great line hav
r ing ordered work held up on ac
-3 count’ of the hostile attitude of the
- Legislature against railroad enter
-1 prises.
; With knives drawn, ready to attack
■ railroads at any point, seemingly, the
■ Legislature will drive this twenty
• million dollar enterprise from the
State of Georgia.
> Capitalists and railroad builders
1 prefer a welcome rather than a fight
1 in building roads.
1 The interurban line has been sur
■ veyed from Atlanta to Macon and
thence to Americus and Albany, and
> rights-of-way secured. A beginning
-of active operations was expected in
■ a short while when hostilities were
■ opened in Atlanta.
: So fierce has been the fight upon
railroads in the way of hostile legis
-1 lation that the men who proposed to
■ supply the money for building the
1 interurban line halted.
Not only did they halt, very sensi
-1 bly, but called off their forces and
abandoned the enterprise until the
' war clouds vanish.
The company’s representative in
Macon lias just addressed a letter to
Gov. Smith, saying that should legis
lation he enacted that will impose ad-
TO TRANSFER PIANT SEPT. I
New Company Will Then Take Over ihe Electric and
Gas Works.
On September 1 the present lighting
plant of Americus illuminating and
Power Company will pass into the
hands of the Americus Railway and
Light Company.
This was the statement made by
Col. W. A. I)o<teot\ yesterday when he
returned froth Atlanta where he had
been looking after some legal mat
ters.
The Americus Railway and Light
Company, which is the title of the
company that is to put in a new
light plant and build a street railway
here, will have its charter now in a
few days.- Its application has been
advertised the necessary four weeks,
and there are only a few additional
preliminaries to secure the document
from the Secretary of State at At
lanta.
All of these preliminaries are ex
pected to be concluded before the
close of the present month, and trans
EXTRA SESSION NOW LIKELY
General Assembly Will Be Unable to Complete Work
Before It.
ATLANTA, August B.—Talk of an
extra session of the Legislature is
heard upon all sides today and it
really seems that Gov. Smith will
have to call the solons together again
if all of his proposed measures are
acted upon, and lie declares that this
shall he done.
important matters still re
main to be taktjfLJiP- an( l i' le
pledges of the Macon''-i>! a ss° rm are
carried out, as the Goverif(RL.. ins * sts
shall be done, there must b@--._ an
extra session.
Income Hill Is Debated.
The entire time in the House to
day was consumed in debate upon
the income tax bill. Seat) Wright
expresses dissatisfaction with the
anti-lobbying bill as passed, holding
that the measure is too badly hut
SUMTER'S FIRST BALE IN
Mr. G. Morgan Eldridge Marketed It on Yesterday-
Had First Bale Last Year.
f The first bale of cotton of the
Sumter county crop of 1907, was
| received late yesterday at the ware
house of Mr. George Oliver, from the
1
plantation of Mr. G. Morgan Eldridge.
The bale weighed 402 pounds, and
L it was classed as good middling and
; was sold to Strauss & Co., of Sav
: an 11 ah, at fifteen cents a pound, j
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; v -*f w / Falling hair is caused by germs at the
I roots of the hair. Dandruff is caused by
Y JL rX U/ t? germs on the scalp. Your doctor knows
why Ayer’s Hair Vigor, new improved
y y y** formula, quickly destroys these germs.
M I j n f XWMWWW/-N Makes the scalp clean and healthy.
f /ill || * 'KT gWWm Wo publish the formulas J. C. Ayer Co.,
JL A i M KM of mil our preparations. Lowell, Mm.
ditional burdens upon electric rail
ways, etc., his company will be com
pelled to withdraw from the field.
in his letter to tlie Governor, he
says in part:
"Citizens of Atlanta, Macon, Al
bany, and other cities in Georgia,
with these new enterprises,
have already expended over a quar
ter of a million of dollars in pre
paring these enterprises for develop
ment.
“Should the financial interests feel
compelled to withdraw their support,
an irreparable hardship and an ir
retrievable loss will be inflicted upon
these citizens of Georgia, and the
State will forego additional trauspor
tational facilities so sorely needed.
“I feel it incumbent upon me to
solicit your attention to these facts
and it is sincerely to be hoped that
the withdrawal of capital will not
be occasioned by the enactment of
such radical measures as are at
present being proposed at the State
capital.”
Americus and the people of south
western Georgia expected to derive
vast benefits from the building of this
electric railway, and it will be a
source of geuine regret and a public
calamity if hostile legislation com
pels its entire abandonment.
Tlie outlook at present is that the
enterprise has been fought to death.
; fer of the old plant will likewise be
1 effected during the next three weeks.
, The old plant will be operated for
several months by the new company.
1 It will be several weeks, in all prob
ability, before active work can be
• pushed on the new plant. Once it is
■ well under way it will be pushed as
I rapidly as possible.
As is generally known, it is not
required that the new corporation
shall begin work on the ertctric rail
■ way until toward the close of Dec
_ ember.
What is to be done with the pres
-1 ent electric lighting plant is not
1 known. It is understood it is to be
, removed to some smaller town in
[ Georgia, where it may be operated
: by the same capitalists as are in
- vesting in Americus.
The gas plant will be improved,
■ to meet the growing needs of the
: community, as occasion may re
■ quire. ’*'*»
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chered for recognition.
Railway Clerks are Barred.
The discovery was made today that
the Hall anti-pass bill has excluded
1 employes in the railway mail ser
s vice, and trouble may be expected
: unless under the provisions such
pass-holders are granted the privl
- leges heretofore extended to them.
‘ The Senate today refused to re
‘ consider the anti-lobbying bill.
Oeilla Wins Courthouse Fight.
1
The strenuous fight between Ocil
la- 2! ld Irwinville over the courthouse
site waV (fe.-'ded today by a Senate
- vote in favoroF OcwLL .™e
1 house is now located at IrwinvlttSf
t and the struggle over the county
3 seat has been hotly contested.
; The Senate passed seven— House
- bills during today's session.
This was the third bale to be mar
keted in Georgia, and the first hale
outside of Dougherty county, two
bales having been received at Al
bany.
Last year Mr. Eldridge also mark
eted the first hale of the Sumter crop.
His crop is in magnificent shape and
the outlook is fine for a large crop
of good quality.
■ LARGE CROWD AT
THE TENT MEETING
Many Business Men Heard
5 Yesterday’s Address
DID JESUS RISE FROM THE DEAD ?
Simple and Convincing Talk on This
Subject-Mr. Fort Gives Reasons
Why Men Have Accepted the
Scriptural Story oF the Res
urrection.
Another great audieftce assembled
in the tent by the Windsor Hotel 1
yesterday afternoon, business being
generally suspended for the hour.
All united with spirit in the sing
ing of well known hymns, the
firayers were brief, and the address
by Rev. Allen Fort was one of the
most interesting he has yet de
livered.
Mr. Fort’s topic was: “Did
Jesus rise from the dead?"
The evidence in favor of an af
firmative reply was presented suc
cinctly and forcefully. Stress was
laid on the conviction that came to
any unbiased mind from a study of
the scriptural testimony that the
witnesses who testified as to the
resurrection had told the truth.
There was an utter absence of
any proof of a conspiracy on their
part to perpetrate a fraud upon the
world, The internal evidence of
their statements all bore out the
fact that each, in his own way, had
told his own experience, what he
had himself seen as to the crucifix
ion of Christ and his appearance
among his friends three days after
his death.
The apostles had boldly, and at
the risk of their lives, preached the
resurrection of Christ. To do so
could bring them no pecuniary gain,
it meant persecution, suffering, and
death.
There was absolutely no earthly
profit that could come to them Worn
concocting and adhering to such a
story. They were men taken from the
ranks of the lowly, men who were
not scholars, men who could not
embelish their accounts, so they each
gave his version with a simple di
rectness that in itself stamps their
accounts as the whole truth. ,
The Christian faith, Mr. Fort de
clared, hinged on ■ethe resurrection.
If the resurrection of Christ did not
take place, then Christianity is a
deception, an illusion, and all of its
promises futile.
The crucifixion was of no avail
without the resurrection. On the
truthfulness of the resurrection the
whole grand structure of the Chris
tian faith has rested through all the
centuries.
The fact that great historians,
great investigators, great thinkers,
men who would not have hesitated
to express disbelief, had been con
vinced that the resurrection of
Christ w r as an established fact, es
tablished as firmly as other histori
cal facts, was referred to.
What the resurrection of Christ
meant to the individual was alluded
to briefly but with a forceful direct
ness that brought the truth home
to all hearers.
The meetngs will be continued this
afternoon at 4 o'clock, and tonight
at 8 o'clock. It is hoped by those
in charge that the business men will
again close their offices and stores
during the afternoon service.
Last night the tent was again well
filled.
FIFTEEN BIG MELONS
LOAD FOR HORSES
Finest Fruit of This Variety Ever
Produced Here.
Fifteen huge watermelons, the cel
ebrated “Feagin Grays” filled com
pletely a small wagon and made a
good load for the two horses pull
ing it here yesterday. Mr. Powell,
v/ho drove the team, said the largest
melon weighed sixty-six pounds, and
it looked it, easily. The entire fif
teen, while not weighed together,
would have tipped the scales at
eigTTf .hundred pounds easily. These
melons were - £ai se< i by Police Chief
Feagin on his farfii., I ,® the city hmits,
and are as fine as any" .produced > n
Georgia. Chief Feagin raise?* .
same kind ever yyear, and has a state
wide reputation for growing the best
of melons, both as to size and fine
quality.
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DRANK ICE WATER
WHILE TOO WARM
Negro Fireman On Seaboard
Thus Met Death.
Lee Cook, a negro fireman on the
. Seaboard Railway, died on the en
gine yesterday morning as the train
speeded -towards Americus from Mont
- gomery. The weather was exceed
ingly warm, and Cook drank freely
from a bucket of ice water. Soon as
-1 ter he was seized with paroxyms aud
> it is quite possible that death was
the result of drinking too much wa
ter while overheated. The body was
’ brought to Americus, where Cook re
sided.
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Cow Wanted.
Wanted fresh cow. Give breed
when fresh, quantity of milk. Ad
dress J. B„ Times-Recorder office.
■HAMILTON CO.
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PLANTERS BANK BUILDING
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Americus, Ga.
f REMOVAL SAIT.' ""
We will move to our handsome
new store in the Holliday building
on Lamar street opposite Windsor
Hotel about August 15th. Our buy
ers leave for the eastern market July
31st. Just three more weeks to close
out our present stock. Everything
goes;nothing reserved.
Specials in embroideries
and laces, 10c val laces
at 5c yd.
8 in embroidery edging
at 10c yd.
Fine wide swiss embroid
ery at ..20c yd.
50c shirt waist at 39c
75c shirt waist at, 55c
SI.OO shirt waist at.. .78c
$1 25 shirt waist at .95c
$2.00 shirt waist at. 1.50
$2.50 shirt waist at.. 1.95
$3.00 shirt waist at. .2.25
$4 00 shirt waist at.
$7 5O shirt waist at. .4.95
$7.50 ladies’ oxfords.. 195 J
HAMILTON CO.
Proprietors.
BEST SMOKE ON EARTH
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Made of Selected HAVANA TOBACCO. Hand Made and
Quality Uusurpassed. Sold at All Americus Cigar Stands
A Prime Ten Cents Cigar for 5 Cents
IS&dl College Courses 1I f°T C***!Wf& fuH 1
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J W. SHEFFIELD. President, FRANK &
1 P, D. BBEFFIELD,'Cashier.
: Bank of Commerce^
AMERICU^japORGIA.
A general hanking business transact and all consistent conrtesiel
extended to patrons. Certificates of deposit issued bearing l interest.
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POPULAR AND DELIGHTFUL
SHAW’S MALT
Is Characterised '■y a Flavor All Its Own. ' Mill
1 old by Ail
T The Heartof the
South’s Finest
j | Country.
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NUMBER 87
$3,00 Queen Quality ox
fords at 2.50
$3-50 Queen Quality ox
fords 2.65
One counter of children’s
slippers all one price
per pair SOC
40c matting tlj® roll
vd J. .S/iG’
25c matting by the roll
yd *. *. 15 C
$7 5O large tapestry hall
portieres, red and green
per pair 4.98
iOc figured muslin per
yd 7&c
Good yd wide bleaching
per yd ... 10c