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Americus Population
12.000.
Sumter County
35.000.
TWENTY-NINTH YEAR.
‘ ARER YOU’VE
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BUM YOUR jCLOTHES
here, and have worn them a
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while we want you to be just
as well satisfied with them as
when you first put them on.
If they’re not right in any
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way- -fit, tailoring, quality—we
want to know it
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Hart Schaffner & Marx
make the kind of clothes that
they’re willing to guarantee sat
isfaction on; and stand by it.
And we’re not afraid to back to
the limit any thing that carries
their label
THEY’RE THE KIND OF
CLOTHES YOU W ANT.
W. D. BAILEY.
Outfitter for Men and Boys
Forsyth L a nil Goto n Ave Amerlcus. Oa,
PURE
GOOD
Our Drugs Are Pure
The
Finest
Quality
Our Methods areL Good
The
Most
Approved
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We Invite Your Trade. *
HEM BERT’S
DRUG STORE
113, FORSYTH ST,
JUST JEWELS |
but Ixitweeu our kind of jewelry,
£ \lfllflfflfffi | an \ the other sort there’s a
n^PjIiPUNI [ IJ vvt de*l of difference, a dis-
XW*\ ference you will appreciate only
5 when you have looked over our
'// r f nuN | Sflßortmtnt thoroughly, with an
f-'(f S eye to beauty, novelty and real
Y ''kySmi t worth Cheap jewelry we don’t
| han le but geanine gems,gold and
% siUer-ware, cheap for the money
I x e a'k, is to be found here always.
Eugene V. Haynes Co.
37 Whitehall Sjt Atlanta Ga.
AMERICUS TTMRS-lU.tJOl' HP
MAY MAKE FIGHT
ON TARIFF FINES
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Taft for Revision, Knox
for Standing Pat.
LODGE CREATED LOTS OF TALK
Everybody Wondering if He Spoke
With Authority When He Declared
Question of Revision Would Be
Taken Ip By the Next Ad
ministration.
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WASHINGTON, August 15.—Poli
ticians in Washington have been
wondering whether Senator Henry
Cabot Lodge spoke for the adminis
tration when he declared, at the .out
ing of the Dorchester Young Men’s
Republican Club, that the tariff would
be revised after March 4, 1909.
It is well known that in the Senate
the Massachusetts statesman often
sets as the mouth piece of President
Roosevelt, and whenever he makes a
pronouncement of party policy it gen
erally is recognized as Roosevelt,
rather than Lodge, who is speaking.
If this holds true as to his Dorches
ter speech, it is one of the most im
portant contributions vet made to the
campaign now waging for next year's
Republican presidential nomination.
Tariff Had To Give Way.
For several years it has been well
understood that President Roosevelt
believed the tariff schedule should be
revised, but in order to get through
his railroad rate program and other
remedial legislation he consented to
forego insistency on his tariff policy.
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There have been rumors from time to
time that the President had been con
verted to standpatism, but these have
not been given credence in well-in
formed circles. When secretary of War
Taft came out in the open as candi
date for the presidency, one of his
first public utterances was a declara
tion in favor of revision of the tariff.
As Mr. Taft is regarded as the ad
ministration's candidate for the White
House succession, it was assumed that j
his tariff platform was the platform I
of the administration. As the presi
dent did npt speak through any -of
his usual channels, however, the mat
ter had to be taken on faith. If it be
true, as politicians are inclined to be
lieve, that Senator Lodge spoke with
the knowledge and consent of Presi
dent Roosevelt, it will help a lot to
clear the political atmosphere.
Too Critical a Time, Now.
There is a good deal of interested
speculation as to whether the presi
dential message next December will
contain any tariff utterance. Last
winter a movement was started to
bring about an agreement that there
should be no “monkeying” with the
tariff at the same time pledging the
Republican party to readjust the
Dingley schedules at an extraordinary
session of Congress to he called by
Mr. Roosevelt's successor immediate
ly following his inauguration. The
movement found favor in influential
quarters, but nothing tangible came
of it.
Unless some tangible agreement is
reached before the adjournment of the
Sixtietli Congress, tariff revision is
going to cut ,a big figure in the fight
for the Republican nomination next
yera. Already the forces are lin
ing up for such a struggle. Day by
day it is 'becoming more evident that
the contest is going to be between
Secretary Taft and Senator Knox of
Pennsylvania, with tariff revisionists
supporting Taft and the standpatters
back of Knox. There is a good deal,
of apprehension as to the effect such
a conflict would have on the party’s
fortunes in the November elections
of next year, and the peace makers of
the party are going to make a mighty
effort next winter to eliminate the
tariff as a factor between the con
tending forces within the-Republican
ranks.
Women Who Wear Well.
It is astonishing how great a change a
few years of mairied life often make in
the appearance and disposition of many
women. The freshness, the charm, the
brilliance vanish like the bloom from a
peach which is rudely handled. The
matron is only a dim shadow, a faint echo
of the charming maiden. There are two
reasons fur this change, Ignorance and
neglect. Few young womon appreciate
the shock to the system through tho
change which comes with marriage and
motherhood. Many neglect to deal with
the unpleasant pelvic drains and weak
nesses which too often come with mar
riage and motherhood,"not understanding
that this secret drain is robbing the cheek
of its freshness and the form of its
fairness.
As surely as the general health suffers
when there is of the health
of the delicate So surely
organs areNjgtablishcd in
healXh tlieStme witness
totheYSctinVDW JcomcTthessi Nearly
n million wonen have found health and
happiness in tin- use of Dr. Pierce's Fa
vorite Proscription.. It makes weak worn
' en strong and sick women well- Ingredi
ents on label—contains no alcohol or
harmful habit - forming drugs. Made
wholly of those native. American, medic
inal roots most highly recommended by
leading medical au'horities of all the sev
eral schools of pr tetice for the cure of
woman’s peculiar ailments.
For nursing motl.i rs.or for those broken
down in health by too frequent bearing of
children, also fn*jl:o expectant mothers,
to prepare the svAcm for the coming of
baby and making its advent easy and
almost painle: s, there is no medicine quite
so good as "Favorite Prescription.” it
can do no harm in any condition of tho
system. It Is a most potent invigorating
tonic and strengthening nervine nieelj
i adapted to woman's delicate system by a
, physician of largo experience in the tre«t
. mentof woman’s peculiar ailments.
IDr. Pierce mav be consulted by letter
free of charge. Address Dr. R. V. Pierce,
Invalids' Hotel and Surgical Institute,
Buffalo, N. Y. .
AMERICUS GEORGIA. FRIDAY MORNING, AUGUST !6. 1907.
BOND ISSUE WAS DEFEATED
CONSIDERABLY LESS THAN HALL REQUIRED VOLES
Polled in the County Ipon the Most Important Issue in Years—Defeat
Greater than Expected.
The fact that overwhelming defeat
at the poils yesterday was the fate of
the proposed county bond issu? was
due almost entirely to indifference
upon the part of the voters; and es
pecially those here in the city, rather
than opposition to the measure.
Lack of interest in the election, as
evidenced by the ridiculously small
vote, tells the tale tersely.
In the city of total of
only 388 votes were cast, when, had
interest been aroused to the proper
degree, a thousand voters could have
been gotten to the polls easily.
Indifference ?ather than direct op
position lost the election.
The fact that a vote not cast at all
was in reality a vote against the bond
issue accounts in a measure for the
light vote, not a few who opposed'
bonds remaining away from the polls
and in this way, really, casting a vote
against it.
Others still, known to favor the is
sue, did nos come to the polls.
There was a total registered vote
of 160 G, and a two thirds vote was
required to carry the measure. Thus it
was necessary that 1075 votes should
be cast for the bonds.
NOTHING DOING AT OTTICES
Americus, Telegraphically, is Still Remote From the
Outer World.
Yesterday, the fourth day since the
telegraphers’ strike began, brought
no change in the situation so far as
Americus was concerned. Both of
fices bore remain bottled up by the
strike, and while the doors remain
open there is nothing-doing on the
inside.
The forces remain on duty both at
f the Western Union and Postal offices,
but there is no business.
Up to noon yesterday Manager
Clark of the Western Union stated
that he had received but one message.
Evidently the public is doing without
the service be resorting to the tele
phone.
The mails, in the meantime, are go
ing increased business.
Americus merchants again receiv
ed scores of business letters yester
day inclosed in the little yellow en
velopes of the telegraph company.
Many of these letters are from., the
north and west, coming as far as pos
sible by wire and then by the mails.
The press dispatches yesterday in
dicated further improvement in the
situation at main centres, and the be
lief is expressed that the service will
soon be restored.
In Atlanta the officials of both the
Western Union and Postal Telegraph .
companies stated yesterday that ]
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SAYS RAILWAY A CERTAINTY
Capitalists Interested in Interurbian Line Sanguine of
Success.
The building of the Macon, Am
ericus & Albany Interurban Railway
has not ben abandoned, by any means,
is the opinion of Albany capitalists
interested in the enterprise. Mr.
Joseph Davis and Mr. Cruger West
brook, two of the officials of the com
pany and largely interested therein,
were in Americus yesterday upon
matters pertaining to the proposed
electric railway. While hostile leg
islation, which threatens to strangle
and kill all railway Building in Geor-
DOVES ARE SAFE FOR
A FEW DAYS YET
Qtnnot Be Kille Until September
First.-
Americus gunners who labor under
the delusion that the closed season
for shooting doves expires today had
best not try it, as those birds are pro
tected until September 1. Since the
Williams game law went into effect
the date is set at the first of Sep
tember, or fifteen days later than'
was previously the case. The favor
ite shooting in this section is ‘for
partridges, and here another error
was made. The closed season for
this bird extends until the first .of
November and not October, as was
stated. Attention is called to these
corrections at the instance of sev
eral true sportsmen who fear that
erroneous reports will tend to vio
lations and slaughter of. the birds at
a time when their propagation is not
completed.
FOR REST.
Nice, new, 5 room house; also 2 front
rooms up stairs, in my building on
Lamar street. LEE ALLEN.
g Ayer’s Cherry Pectoral is ;i rci.uiiir lou. ji n,
j/j M cine > a strong medicine, a doctor’s r. |
,/ 11. sj 1/J ll ft Good for easy coughs, hard coughs, cl • ',c :-f
coughs. If your doctor fully endorr • 't f rfi
w ysr g your case, then take it. If not, then don’t r:
A/! >*• Never R° contrary to his advice.
/ | ft PftlC/ 7/ r We havo no neoreta IWe puhlteU
JL fA.vWC■yf ma- Ks the fomin linof ,11 pur pr*»;>«r,'tlQi.a. Ug.LtlilluOlgLLji
And yet probably li/s than 500
votes were cast in the county.
Plains, in proportion to population,
made an excellent showing, of a total
of G 2 votes, only six or eight were
against Blonds. v
The vote here in the city was divi
ded as follows. For road bonds 351;
against road bonds 31. For college
bonds 367; against college bonds 16.
Thus, a few more favored the col
lege bonds than favored the issue of
$50,000 of bonds for the public roads.
The official vote of the count}' will
be consolidated today, but the result
will not he changed.
At, Leslie, it is said, the vote was
nearly equally divided for and against
bonds. At the two or three other
precincts the vote was light.
The defeat of the bond proposition
is to be deeply regretted. It means
not only the loss of road improvement,
but compels the immediate payment
of $50,000 indebtedness upon the col
lege building by direct taxation, rath
er than by the easier measure.
But the will of the people is su
preme. And that they didn't want a
bond issue is a fact as clear as the
noonday sun.
there had been some improvement in
(he strike situation since Tuesday af
ternoon. E
The companies, they said, were
gradually evolving system of the
.chaos attendant upon the operators
walkout and the movement -of busi
ness, (hey declared, was much freer
than it had been at -any time since
the strike was called. *
L. Levin, general superintendent of
the Western Union for the southern
division, stated on yesterday thaf
the Atlauta office of his company was
practically, up with all trunk line
business.
"We cleared up everything by 9:30
Tuesday night,” said Mr. Levin, “and
we have every reason to believe that
we will be able to keep up with fu
ture business.
“Os course, we are still experiencing
trouble with the way station offices
and messages for these, as well as
all other points, ,are acepted subject
to delay. Reports received by me
show that a number of the strikers
have Returned to work.
“Although none of the men who
walked out of our Atlanta office have
come hack we have during the past
24 hours added four additional men
to our operating force and now have
| 34 operators at work.’,’
gia, is a menace to the electric in
terurban line, Mr. Davis expressed
the opinion while here yesterday, that
the enterprise would yet be put
through. The projected line means
too much for the development , of
southern Georgia, and particularly the
territory contingent to Albany and
Americus, and tho energetic busi
ness men behind the movement will
not abandon it, despite the hostile at
titude of demagogues and cheap poli
ticians in authority.
WAITING FOR THE
SILL STONES
Reason Work Stopped On Y.
M. C. A. Building.
There has been many inquiries as
to why work was -stopped on the Y.
M. C. A. building and -when it would
probably be resumed.®
Yesterday Secretary Lemly stated
that the delay was caused by tits
non-arrival of stone for the window
sills of the basement. This stone lias
been shipped from Indiana and is
expected daily.
“As soon as it arrives," said Mr.
Lemly, "the work will be pushed vig
orously. The contractors are under
heavy bond to finish the buildijng iit
December, and there will be no waste
of time -.when the material is on
hand."
“Everybody Should Know”
says C. G. Hays, a prominent busi
ness man of Bluff, Mo., that Bucklen's
Arnica Salve is the quickest and sur
est healing salve ever applied to a
so/ef burn or wound, or to a case
of piles. I've used it and know what
I'm talking about.” Guaranteed by
Eldridge Drug Co., 25c. lm.
HAS DONE MUCH
IN KANSAS CITI
Proh bition in That Largt
Town
HAS IMPROVED GENERAL STATE
Letter to Rev. Bacon Anthony Gives
Details of Effects of Dryness in
Western Metropolis-Business
Men Favor its Continuance.
Rev. Bascom Anthony, the well
known pastor of Trinity Methodist
church in Savannah, has been investi
gating the conditions brought about
bv prohibition in Kansas Oil?, and
as a result published in the Savannah
Press the following loiter from the
assistant atornoy-geneval of Kansas.
Facts From Kansas.
“I am in receipt of your request for
a statement with reference to the
closing of the joints in this city aud
♦the effect thereof. In reply I give the
following facts:
. “This city is the metropolis of
Kansas, with a population of about
100,000. The" inhabitants are largely
wage-earners and represent every
nationality. This city ranks fifth in
the list of manufacturing cities of the
United States.
“One year ago there were 256 sa
loons in this county, 200 gambling
dens and about 60 houses of social
evil. Today there is not a saloon, no
open gambling dens, nor a disorderly
house. It is the largest city in tile
world without these dens of vicTT, and
as we have now existed about 12
months without them, it affords a
living' example of the fact that a
large city can grow and prosper with
out such evils.
“At the comenceibent of tho con
test a large number of our people
thought it would ruin business and
destroy our prosperity, but it has
stimulated business in all lines. Our
■population has increased at a greater
rate than ever before. The deposists
of the bpnks have gained by one and
and one half million dollars. The
merchants upon our streets have had
to employ additional clerks. The at
tendance in our public schools has in
creased largely and we have had to
employ IS additional teachers. The
teachers inform us that this increase
is largely boys and girls from 12 , to
10 years of age, who prior to the
closing of the saloons were compelled
to assist in supporting the family, by
reason of the father spending his
wages for drink.
Calls For Aid Falls Off.
“The charitable,institulions report
a reduction of more than two-thirds
in the demand for aid. The juvenile
court, which has had the care of de
pendent children, had but two appli
cations in the past eight months;
whiie prior to the closing of the joints,
we sent from fifteen to twenty-five
young men to the reformatory every
year. In the twelve months since the
closing of the saloons, we have sent
but two. The expenses of prosecut
ing criminals have been reduced $25,-
000 per annum. The expenses for
the police force has been reduced as
much more.
“For the first time in twenty-five
years the court of common ideas of
this its term of court
tlie'first Monday, in May without a
criminal case. The city courts, cre
ated for the express purpose purpose
of trying petty suits‘for the collection
of rents and grocery bills, "formerly
crowded with a black docket every
day, have now practically no business,
for the reason that people are paying
their bills instead of being sued for
them.
“A year ago this city was trying to
devise ways and means to spare the
money to build additions to 'Our city
jails. Today the doors of the' city
jails swing idly open upon their hing
es, and we have no use for those we
have.
Real Estate Advancing.
"One year ago,' not to exceed two
Business .men on the principal thor
oughfares of this city would favor the
closing of the saloons; today then
are not two who would favor opening
them up, showing a wonderful revo
lution in public sentiment. Twice
since the saloons wer closed we have
held city elections, at which th is
sue, was presented the people, end at
each (flection th'- people have indo)v<i'
present conditions. Every banker is
loud in praise of the present situa
tion; the city is clean; crime i.s at a
n.lniTßh,^!; nu r'-.ii n . pro-p- in :.-!
estate advancing.
_ J'his city is the experimental .ta
tion of the world! if Kauris City,
Kansas, can close its and
keep them closed, and if the ctasin|S
of them produces prosperity, happi
ness and contentment; it is rea
. souaßle to presume that such"result)!
Will flow from a like policy in other
large cities.”
GEORGIA IS RICHER;
SHOWN BY RETURNS
Returns to Date Show Increase
of $34,600,000.
Out of T3l counties making tax re
turns for 1907, 114 show an aggn -Jti
gain of $35,781,465 oyer last year
Seventeen show au aggregate lost
of $1?100.907, leaving the net incr -ast
to date of $34,071,558. Eighteen jiij£(
counties remain to make returns. r.n<
they will probably send the galii o
1907 over 1906 to $40,000,000 f
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Americus, Ga.
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MMfIKAL-SALE.
We will move to our handsome
new tore in the Holliday building
on u - r street opposite Windsor
Hotel about August 15th Our buy
; ers eave for the eastern market July
31s Jus . three more weeks to close
; out our present stock. Everything
goes;nothing reserved,
Spc- in embi i >i"s ?3.00 Queen Quality ox
ai U Laces, 10c v;. < faces fords at 2-50
at 5c yd. $3 50 Queen Quality ox
-8 in broidery edging fords 2.65
at .... 10c yd. One counter of children’s
hie w ! « '■«* ernbroid- slippers all one price
er at. 20cyd, per pair.-. 50c
1 50 c shirt waist s t:....30c 40c mattln 2 b y the roll
-C rk ; ~ v ■ . \’d ....• •■ ■ - 22J^C
2 c matfingUtrfrb^^oll
, SI.OO shirt waist at,. .78c yd v lsCv
i-] ',‘s shirt i1 a ...05c $7 50 large tapestry hall
>2 0 birt \v lit at.. 1. 0 portieres, red and green
$2.50 shirt waist a 1.. 1.95 per pair 4/9S
$3.00 shirt, waist . .i. !5 sOc figured muslin per
$4 00 shirt waist at.. ,9s yd jfac
$7.50 shirt waist at..4.9s Good yd wide bleaching
£0 I. ies’ oxfords. .1.95 per yd.. 10c
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roprietor&.
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