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Americus Populatiou
12.000.
Sumter County
35.000.
TWENTY-NINTH YEAR.
llfci BECAUSE
know w^at
r 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, Q
always dependable, always
IMPERIAL
Soft Hats
here, that for
want of better de- ''
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
price never grows. It’s always $3.00
IMPERIAL $3.00 HATS
AND
KNOX $5.00 HATS
SOLD BY
W. D. BAILEY.
Outfitter for Men and Boys
Forsyth St. and Cotton Ave. Americus Cia
pureT
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Oilr Drugs Are Pure
The
Finest
Quality
Our Methofls arel Good
The
Most
Approved
We Invite lour Trade.
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... DRUG STORE
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L\ |ll3 FORBYTMIST,
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# 1 JUST JEWELS
* J| Emt between our kind of jewelry
an l the other sort there's a
I’jl’j vast ileal of differeuc?, a dis-
S ference you will appreciate only
'//Sjf ii&iik 1 when you have looked over our
Kjr /yyy i assoituunt thoiouglily with au
."a (( (t Ytm • eye to lieauty, novelty and real
4 - <sJL ; y \ worth Cheap jewelry we don’t
mollis**'\ - -J han He but genuine gems,gold and
silver-ware, cheap for the money
we ask, is to be found here alway .
Eugene V. Haynes Co.
37 Whitehall St Atlanta Qa.
AMERICUS TIMES-RECOtTDER)
I SERVICES AT TENT
AND AT CHURCHES
| Meetings Daily Will Be Contin
ued Through Week.
The double daily services carried
on so successfully during the past
i week will be continued through the
I next week as well, with preaching af
ternoon and night at the tent.
’ Rev. Allen Fort, in all probability,
will remain here and conduct the
meetings, ably assisted by Rev. Na
than Thompson of Griffin.
\ Mr. Fort had not fully determined
yesterday upon this course, but so
, great was the pressure upon him to
forego his vacation and remain here
that he will scarcely refuse.
1 His sermons daily for a week have
had a powerful influence for good
in Americas.
Many hero who are not church at
tendants have heard him, and are
now among the most interested list
eners daily at the tent.
Mr. Fort feels that if his work is
‘ really such a potential factor for good
that he cannot afford to refuse the
earnest request of his good friends
to remain another week here.
Mr. Thompson, who will assist with
the meetings, is also an able and elo
quent minister,
This afternoon at 4 o'clock Mr.
Fort will preach upon the theme “Con
fessing Christ” while tonight at the
8 o'clock service his theme will he
“Compromises of the Devil.”
Rev. J. L. Irwin will preach at the
Presbyterian church this morning up
on “The Pathway of the Just.” No
service there tonight.
At FurlowLawn Baptist, the pastor
i Rev. R. L. Bivins, will preach this
morning upon ‘The Personal God.”
Tonight at 8 o’clock his theme will
be “The Empire of Christ.”
There will be baptism following
evening service.
In the absence of Rev. O. P. Gil
bert, Rev. Allen Fort will preach at
the First Baptist this morning.
At Calvary Episcopal church there
will be holp communion at 7 a. m.
morning prayer and sermon at 11
o'clock, and evening prayer at 8, by
the rector, Rev. James B- Lawrence.
Rev. J. P. Wardlaw will filll his
pulpit at First Methodist this morn
ing, and will make announcement as
to the evening service, if any.
The subject of Christian Science
sermon this morning is “Soul.”
Golden Text: "Bless the Lord, O
my Sou!. O Lord, my God, thou art
very great; thou art clothed with hon
or and majesty.”—Psalm 104:1
SENATOR WHYTE
IS NOW 83.
“Grand Old Man” Spent* His
Birthday at Work, As Usual.
BALTIMORE, August 10.—Senator
William Pinkney Whyte, S 3 years old
yesterday, spent the day at his office,
as usual.
“1 am working day and night, and
have been doing it all summer,” Sen
ator Whyte said. “I do a good deal
of work every night.”
Senator Whyte spends his sum
mers at his country place, in the
Green Spring Valley, and goes out
to his home every evening on the
5:30 train.
“I am feeling fine,” he said yester
day. “I would have gone away for a
few days’ rest about this time if it
had not been for the Democrtic con
vention.
If the next Legislature is Democra
tic it is assured that Senator Whyte
who is now serving in Senator Gor
man's term by appointment of Gov
ernor Warfield, will he elected to
serve out the term, which expires
March 4, 1909.
SHOE BARGAINS AT DUNCAN’S
Ladies Vici and Patent Leather Ox
fords worth $2.00 to $3.50 at 95c. Chil
dren's Vici and Patent Leather “Bluch
ers” and Sandals, worth from $1.25 to
$2 for 50c.
I)o You Open Your Mouth
Like a young bird and gulp down what-1
everfoodor medicine may be offoredyou?
Or, do you want to know something of the
composition and character of that which j
you take into your stomach whether as
food or medicine ?
Most intelligent and sensible people
now-a-days insist on knowing what they'
employ whether as food * r as medicine.!
Dr. Pierce believes-they have a perfect
right to insist upon such knowledge. So he,
publishes,'-broadcast and on each bottle
wrapper, whatjTrTnedieines are made of
anavNjfiesJyriiilTT-eaali) This lie feeig
be can wNUilford tqdo because tin: more
tHy_ lngrodients~of which bis medicines
aremade are studied'and ccderstood the
more mil ttu ir superior esc.itive virtues
For the cure of woman’s peculiar weak
nesses. Irregularities and derangements,
giving rise to frequent headaches, back
ache. dragging-down pain <»r distress in
lower abdominal*tir pelvic region, accom
panied, ofttimes, with a debilitating,
pelvic, catarrhal drain and k'm’red symp
toms of weaknes . Ur. la. ,w'« Favorite
Prescription i- a most r ••nt remedy. *
It is equally ofi. live ■ i < ving painful
r period-, in vivo - sir *" nursing |
mothers and in pr* par the system of ,
’ the expectant no ■ ■■ r l aM ’s coming,
thus rendering childi and com
paratively panli-s. * 1 orite I're-
T scription" i-a ,t p . ..ciigthei. eg
tonic to the g, . coil > o mid to the
r organs distinctly 'mi «i i particular.
It is also a soot! ng i-i .;i\ .'--•■rating
1 nervine and c m »•:- to. istlon,
I nervous pro : • n, n : ip a. uysteria,
spasms. St. :s's danco, and
fc other cli t ren symptoms at
. tondunt non -ion • (]';. ;.mc <ns-
I eases of the d. tly id* 'leormnt.
„1 A host of il a * lies of all the
t several sche \ of p f • recommend
1 cacli or the,, '--ral I: •. at* of which
"Favorite V | • i»t; made for the
cure of the *i it •••if* n *it isclaimed
to be a cur. _,V u r >d v hat they
say .for i/n w*. ltd y ■■ '■ost_card
request' f irjXy frc< e:...acts
from the hyfving i i.t ' • Dr. 1,. \ .
Pierce, Ini|il ills’ I 1 -.uvg., .*1 in
stitute, li^Tfalo,: V . ui;d U ‘ dfeouae to
you by ref rn po^L
AMERICUS GEORGIA. SUNDAY MORNIN G, AUGUST 11. 1907.
TWO MILLION OF DOLLARS
REPRESENTS THE INCREASE OE VALLES IN SUMTER
Covering a Period of Ten Years From 1898 Up to
the Present Year.
Five Consecutive Years Showed Increase of More Than a Quarter Million
Dollars Increase in Tax Values.
An increase of two million dollars or fifty per cent., in ten years. That
is what the tax returns of the county of Sumter show.
Not one time in ten years Has this county failed to come up with an
increase on its tax returns.
Five times in ten years the increase has exceeded a quarter of a
million dollars.
In 1900, 1901, and 1902 there was a period of depression Xvhsn the
increase was small but even in those years there was an increase.
The last four years, 1904-07, show' the largest increase probably in the
history of the county, a total increase in that time of nearly one million,
four hundred thousand dollars.
The increase in the returns in the past four years has been almost
three times as great as for the previous six years.
While a few other counties show larger increases, it iS doubtful if any
show anything like the proportion of increase that Sumter has done in
these four years.
Below we give the figures In detail for ten years. They are one of the
*
evidences that show* how Sumter County is progressing in prosperity:
Year. Tax Returns. Increase.
1898 $4,238,252
4899 4,614,446 $ 370,194
1900 4,703,318 88,872
1901 4,707,883 4,565
1902 4,742,326 31,443
1903 4,879,847 137,521
1904 5,336,952 457,105
1905 . 5,654,751 317,799
1906 5,939,937 .. .. 285,180
1907 6,235,522 295,585
Total increase in ten years $1,997,270
In round figures, two million dollars increase in ten years. A mafinificent
showing indeed for Sumter county.
VOTING LIST A LARGE ONE
In Election for Issue of County Bonds On Thursday
Next, 15th.
Sixteen hundred and six voters of
Sumter county are regstered and duly
qualified to vote in the bond election
next Thursday, the lath, wherein it
is proposed to issue county ponds to
the amount of SIOO,OOO for much need
ed public improvements.
And if this is done successfully, it
is necessary that 1070 votes are cast
in favor of bonds; two-thirds of the
entire registration.
Will that number of votes be cast
in favor of bonds?
A careful count of the registration
lists yesterday disclosed the fact
that 1606 citizens had thus qualified,
of whom 303 are colored voters. Many
of these latter had simply registered
as they paid their taxes during the
fall last year.
They are ignorant of the fact that
a bond issue is to be held, and those
who do not vote at all really stand
against the measure, as do the white
voters.
Every vote of the 1606 if not cast
for bonds will be counted as a vote
against the measure.
BIG STRIKE NOW SPREADING
Operators Quit the Keys Yesterday in Many of the
Larger Cities.
ATLANTA, August 10.—The gen
eral strike of telegraphers spread
today to considerable extent and
twenty-two of the large cities of the
country are now affected. There
seems to be little, if any hope of a
SESSION WAS A SHORT ONE
Saturdays Business Was Disposed of In Short
Order.
ATLANTA, August 10.—Today, for
the first time during the session, both
House and Senate kept busy for a
time, although few* bills of importance
were passed in either branch of the
General Assembly, or other weigthy
matters considered at length.
!The House adopted the general ap
propriation bill with a few unimpor
tant changes, and this meSkure, now
in shape lor passage, will be put
through early next week.
. The Steed drug hill, the contents
of which are very generally under
stood, passed the Senate today^
Senate Now Reads Bill.
* in the Senate this morning the
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\* I '< ~ p Since May, 1900, Ayer’s Sarsaparilla lias been
* si entirely free from alcohol. If you are in poor
I JL / I I \Ji fl health, #’eak, pale, nervous, ask your doctor
l 5 f abouttaking this non-alcoholic tonic and altera*
! a * 11 tivc. he has a bet,er medicine, take his.
£& Ss* s-\ Iri B Get the best, Mways. This is our advice.
1 1 a El kit II ll Wfi have no secret#! We publish J. C Ayer Co.,
The law requires that two thirds
of the entire registration vote be cast
in favor of such proposition ere it
can win, and in this case it will be
necessary to have 1,970 votes in the
ballot box in favor of the bond is
sue, else the proposition is lost.
Will 1,070 voters of the county cast
their ballots that way?
The election is a most important
one, and it behooves every citizen fav
oring progress, schools and good
roads to vote for the bonds and use
his good influence to the end of in
ducing his neighbors to do likewise—
Sumter must be progressive.
The proposition as well known, is
to expend half the amount of the bond
issue, $50,000, upon the roa%s of the
county while the other half goes to
defray the cost of the agricultural
college, a debt that has already been
contracted by the county.
A bond issue is less expensive and
far better than increased direct taxa
tion, and the election on Thursday
next should be largely in favor of the
bond issue. ,»
compromise between the companies
and employes, and it is expected that
by Monday the strike will have as
sumed large proportions, thus crip
pling business throughout the coun
try.
general tax act, the provisions of
which has created such wide discus
sion and practically kept the solons
busy the greater part of the past
week, was read for the first time and
may go through without change.
Back to tiie Platform.
Next week, the final one of the
session, will witness a stampede back
• towards the Macon platform. It is
expected that the pet measures of
1 the Geovernor, as embraced in the
platform, will be passed in some form
or other by the Legislature.
The greater part of the last week
will be taken up in looking after the
* various planks of the platform.
i
, DUTY ALWAYS
BEFORE POLITICS
■ So Taft Says Hs Will Co to
the Philippines
REGARDLESS Os THE PRESIDENCY
But While he is Away Roosevelt and
Other friends Will See That His
Chances for Nomination Are Not
Impaired By Absence.
MURRAY BAY, CANADA, August
10.—Since he has been Sec re tar j,7of
War, William H. Taft has traveled
150,000 miles in the interest of the
government.
About to become a possible candi
date for the presidency, he is delib
erately setting off on a 'new trip—
the longest he has ever taken —a trip
around the world. On September 10
he will steam away from Vancouver,
B. C., straight into the setting sun,
headed for insular possessions off the
coast of China.
One would suppose that this trip
is very impolitic at the present time.
A candidate can’t do much running on
an island the far Pacific. He would
do much better if he were talking to
constituents in little Ohio towns.
‘ There’s work over there that has
to be don?,” says Taft. ‘‘Anyway, I
am not any good as a politician.”
Thai's the Explanation.
‘ But what is the reason for this
long and tedious trip?” was ask
ed.
“I am going out there in the early
autumn. The first National Assembly
was elected on July 30. I shall be
present at its opening session in
October. I expect that most of the
members will demand immediate in
dependence, so they may set up a
government of their own. But it is
the policy of this government to go
more gradually granting additional
privileges and political liberties only
as the people demonstrate themsel
ves capable of receiving them.
“We believe that to turn the is
landers over to a government of na
tives at present without check or
restraint, would not be best for the
people themselves. There would be
too great danger of excesses and
chaos. The Filipinos are a suscep
tible and easily influenced people. A
man of some education and spirit
can quickly stir up a village or a
district and lead it into revolt.
“I regret that our army cannot be
withdrawn yet. It still is necesssary
to keep a considerable force there—
-12,000 men at present—to insure
peace and security.”
“How much of an advance tow
ard independence is this new Nat
ional Assembly?”
“It is but the beginning of repre
sentative national government. The
members—seventy in number —are to
be elected by the qualified voters of
the Christian provinces. They will
have the right of debate, of proposing
and passing laws. But there still j
remains above them the Philippine
Commission, appointed by the Presi
dent, which retains the right of veto
over any of the Assembly’s acts.
“The commission consisting of five
American and three native members,
constitutes practically an upper
house.”
“We desire to enlarge steadily the
powers of self-government in the
Phlippines. We want the islands to
develop, to enjoy prosperity and the
people to become able to conduct their
own affairs.”
Taft, the “Little Father.”
If anybody can face odds and gai
his way against the newly acquire
Americans, it is Secretary Taft. Hi
is practically the “little father” c
the Filipinos. The natives worshi
him, not only in his official positior
as “Extra Heavy Sitter-on-the Lid
but as a jovial, kind-hearted, clea
eyed friend and companion.
A look into his summer cottage on
the St. Lawrence river, Canada, will
convince any one of this fact. From
attic to front doorstep the place is
filled with living mementos and sou
venirs of the quaint brown islanders
—flags of “Mr. Taft, Presidente,” mat
tings, pictures, beads, saddles, knives,
guns, everything that their nimble
fingers contrive.
Returning to the states from far
away Mindanao, a school teacher
spoke feelingly of “the Governor,” as
Taft has long been called by the Fili
pinos.
"Rcosevelt did well in letting Taft
keep hold of the Pacific islands,” said
the man. “You have no idea how
those people worship him. It’s all
a matter of personality, too; they like
him because —well, because he’s the
likable kind.”
Silently about the Taft house movei
his one living souvenir of
try he hfs Filipi
no valet, a slim, chocolate-colored,
quietly mannered youth, dressed in
the strictest black. As a body-ser
■ vant, he is the Taft household.
,
Serving Eggs In Georgia.
>
1 An Americus passenger in tile din
ing car of a Georgia railroad had or
c dered fried eggs for breakfast.
“Can’t give yo’ fried aigs, boss,” the
negro waiter informed him, "lessen yo’
! want to wait till we stops.”
“Why, how is that?”
“Well, de cook he says de road's sc
rough dat ebery time he tries to fry
aigs dey
See that new line of lolji Shel
bracelets at Bell’s, the JfreWer.
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HAMILTOS COj
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PLANTERS BANK BUILDING
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Americus, Ga. \
REMOVAL SALE. "I
We will move to our handsome
i
new store in the Holliday building j
on Lamar street opposite Windsors
Hotel about August 15th. Our buy-1
ers leave for the eastern market July!
; 31st. Just three more weeks to close 1
out our present stock. Everything!
goes;nothing reserved.
Specials in embroideries
and iaces, 10c val laces
at 5c yd.
8 in err broidery edging
at 10c yd.
Fine wide swiss embroid
ery at ..20c yd,
50c shirt waist at 39c
78c shirt waist at 55c
SI.OO shirt waist at.. .78c
$125 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.. v. 95
$7.50 shirt waist at. .4.9 s
$7.50 ladies’ oxfords. .1.95
HAMT# IS
Proprietors.
BEST SMOKE ON EARTH!
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Made of Selected HAVANA 'IOBACCO. Hand Made and!
Quality Uusurpassed, Sold at All Americus Cigar Stands
A Prime Ten Cents Cigar for 5 Cents
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with Music, Painting V I Information Address |
and Elocution. 65thSes- I MC fT-fe I John W. Galne*, Pre«. I
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A general banking business transacted ai. J
extended to patrons. Certificates of deposit isbi
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. SHAW’S MALTA
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Is Characterized by a Flavor All Its Own. Hg§
Invigorating and Healthful. n
old by All Leading DealetClfl
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NUMBER 89
$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 by the roll i
vd
25c matting by the roIM
yd ~~ISC
$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 4