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AmericuoPopulatioa
12.000.
Sumter County
35.000.
TWENTY-NINTH YEAR.
You May Hoi Think 01 It,
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But it Does
make a big difference to you who makes the clothes you
wear; especially if the maker is willing to tell you what
he makes them of; and how.
That’s one thing we like about Hart Schaffner &
Marx clothes; they are made of strictly all-wool fabrics
and the makers seem to want everybody to know it.
They advertise the fact extensively; it’s the most impor
tant tact about any clothes.
They are plenty of good looking clothes for sale that
are not all-wool, the makers don’t claim that they are;
they don’t say much about it.
We like to sell clothes that our customers can be
positive about; goods that you don’t have to take any
body’s word for; clothes you know are good. It’s easy
to sell such clothes; and the’re a satisfaction to
everybody.
It isn’t simply that we sell Hart Schaffner & Marx
clothes that you find it worth while to buy your things
here.
That’s a pretty good reason; but there are others.
We’ve a lot of things that men wear, that are worth
having too. If you havn’t found out that this store is
the headquarters for quality stuff, you’ve got something
coming to you.
W. D. BAILEY.
Outfitter for Men and Roys
Forsyth *t. and Cotton Ave. Amt ricus. Ga.
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DRUG STOREiO
113 FORSYTH
Indsomest as
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A MERIOUB TIMES-RECORDER!
LOSS IN BUSINESS IS
GOING TO BE HEAVY
I
Companies Will Cancel All
Policies
!IN SEVERAL CITIES IN THE STATE
Amerlcus Not Affected, as No Poli
* cies Are Expiring Here-Loss in
Value of Fixtures Will Be
Consiberablc.
In Americus, as already stated in
the Times-Recorder, not an insurance
policy will be cancelled upon any sa
loon business, but after the prohibi
tion law goes into effect the compa
nies cannot write insuranc on saloons
and barroom fixtures, except at their
own risk and this they seem unwil
ling to do.
In case of a fire then they would
have to appear in court and reveal
that they insured a company to do an
illegal business and this would place
them in an embarrassing position, one
they do not want to occupy.
in many Georgia cities the insur
ance companies are cancelling pol
icies in force, and renewing none.
So far the policies that have been
cancelled and those that have been re
fused to be renewed, apply only to the
retail dealers, but wholesale dealers
may have to suffer in the same way
and operate their business.
The insurance men feel the loss
that this will cause their business.
The companies will feel the loss, too,
but they are giving up a profitable
business and good income to be on
the safe side of the law.
All of the cities where there are
saloons the saloon men are having
trouble in having their insurance pol
icies renewed. This is true of Al
bany, Augusta, Macon, Atlanta and
all of the other wet cities of Georgia.
No figures are available to show the
loss that will be entailed by the in
surance companies and their agents,
yet the loss will be a heavy one, and
in case of a fire will be still heavier'
on the saloon keepers who are com- [
pelled to operate from now on with
out protection.
The furniture and fixtures in the
saloons will be practically worthless
after the prohibition law goes into ef
fect and for this reason no more poli
cies are being taken out, either on the
fixtures or on the saloons.
In a number of cases thesaloon men
will have to conduct their business
from now until the first of the year
at their own risk.
NOTICE TO THE
GENERAL PUBLIC
If rimes-Recorder Not Received
Telephone The Office.
Owing to the illness of the carrier
who has ben covering Lee street and
other streets in southeastern section
of the city, some difficulty has been
experienced the past few days in fur
nishing patters promptly to subscri
bers in that territory.
If subscribers who fail to receive the
Times-Recorder will please telephone
their names and addresses to the of
fice the paper will he sent to them
as quickly as possible.
LOWELL MILLS
CLOSE DOWN
15,000 Workers Take Holiday
For Two Weeks.
LOWELL, MASS., August 23.—When
the clatter of the loom ceases in Ixjw
ell tonight it will not be heard again
for nearly two weeks. The shut-down
is for the sole purpose of giving the
15,000 mill workers an opportunity to
enjoy a real vacation. It is the first
time in the history of Lowell that
the big mills have closed their gates
during a period of great business ac
tivity.
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“The Blood is The Life.”
Science has never gone beyond thg
above simple statemt nt of scripture. Rut
it has illuminated that statement and
given it a meaning ever broadening with
the increasing breadth of knowledge.
When the blood is "bad” or impure it
is not alone the body which suffers
through disease. The brain is also
clouded, Sim mind and judgement are
effected, amThumy an evil deed or impure
ctly traced to the
impuwtyof the Foul, imnurp blood
can lx> made nure by the use, of
Fierce's Golden Medical Discovery, ■ It
enriches anil purities the blood thereby
curing, pimples, blotches, eruptions and
other cutaneous affections, as eczema,
tetter, or salt-rheum, hives and other
manifestations of impure blood.
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In the cure of scrofulous swellings, en*
larged glands, open eating ulcers, or old
sores, the "Golden Medical Discovery "has
performed the mast marvelous cures. In
cases of okl sores, or open eating ulcers,
it is well to apply to the open sores Dr.
Pierce’s All-Healing Salve, which pos
sesses wonderful healing potency when
used as an application to the sores in con
junction with the use of “Golden Medical
Discovery ” as a blood cleansing consti
tutional treatment. If your druggist
don't happen to have the "All-Healing
Salve ” in stock, you can easily procure It
by inclosing fifty-four cents in postage
I stamps t° Itr. R. V. Pierce, 603 Main St.,
I Buffalo, N. Y., and It will come to you by
return post. Most druggists keep it as I
well as the "Golden Medical Discovery."
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You can't afford to accept any medicine
, of unknown composition as a substitute
for Hiukleii Medical Discovery." which is
a medicine of known composition,
having a complete list of ingredients in
plain English on its bottle-wrapper, the
same being attested as correct under oath.
Dr. Pierce’s Pleasant Pellets regulate
lud invigorate stomach, liver and bowels.
AMERICUS GEORGIA. SATURDAY MORNING, AUGUST 24. 1907.
NO CHANGE IN THE STRIKE
Americus is Still in a Bottled Up Condition
Colton Men Protest At Inability to Get Market Reports-Americus Has Had
Two Weeks of the Strike.
With today ends the second week
of the telegraphers' strike, and in Am
ericus the situation remains the same
as in the beginning. No messages are
handlei#here at all, and the only “tel
egrams” received are those coming by
mail from outside points.
Important cablegrams sent from
Liverpool to Americus cotton houses
are taken off the wires at. Savannah
and sent here by mail under a red
two cent stap.
And people in other lines of busi
ness get the same treatment.
Americus warehousemen get the on
ly market quotations sent here over
the long distance telephone lines from
Albany. In that city is a commercial
telegraph office which is doing busi
ness and is *not affected “by the big
strike.
Would that Americus was progres
sive enough to have one like it.
The country generally is rapidly re
suming business telegraphically, and
only small interior towns, like ours,
are bottled up.
It is said that the Western Union
is taking a very firm grip upon the
situation, even in the smaller towns
of the state, and where operators re- f
fuse to resume work they are fired
and the offices closed, if there are not
others to handle them.
It is said that every telegraph oper
ator who went on strike two weeks ago
must make individual application for
re-instatement before he will be taken
back.
This policy of the companies, not
only means that there will be no
ROADS ASK A COMPROMISE
Desire a Elat 2 I*2 Cent Rate in the State
If Compromise, as Proposed, is Accepted By the Railroad Commission
There Will Be No Fight Made.
According to representatives of im
portant interests very close to the rail
roads, the lines of this state will make
no fight against the order of the State
Railroad Commission making passen
ger rates effective Sept. 2, but will
offer a compromise proposition in
stead, asking for the establishment of
a flat 2 1-2 cent a mile basis on the
larger railroads, if not upon all the
lines.
This proposition is said to have been
studiously considered by practically
all the executive officers of the differ
ent roads operating in this state. A
meeting behind closed doors has been
In progress for the past three days
in Atlanta.
The suggestion that the new com
mission, which will be organized by
MANY LEAGUERS AT MEETING
FIRST SESSION HERE VERY LARGELY ATTENDED
Interesting Address Upon Korea is Delivered by Dr. Gerdine—Another Busi
ness Session This Morning.
The Epworth League Convention of
the Americus district, M, E. Church,
held its first business session at the
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Methodist church yesterday morning.
There was a very large attendance,
and the proceedings throughout were
most Interesting.
Both visiting Leaguers and members
of the order here filled the church and
took part in the exercises.
The program as published in the
Times-Recorder yesterday was fully
carried out at both the business ses
sions, morning and afternoon, thus
consuming several hours.
At the morning service, Rev. J. L.
Gerdine, a returned missionary from
Korea, delivered a most interesting
address upon that far away land,- the
“Hermit Kingdom,” telling of the
TO BE LAID ON SEPTEMBER 4
Interesling Program Arranged By Y. M. C. A. for
Corner Stone Laying,
The corner stone of the Americus
Young Men's Christian Association
building will be laid with appropriate
services on Wednesday, September
4th.
As the weather is geneially uncom
fortably warm in the afternoon, at
that season, it has been decided to
conduct the services at night, and
the laying of the corner stone will be
under the glare of electric lights, a
somewhat unique performance, some
thing that has probably never before
been done in Georgia. It is in keep
ing with the spirit of Americus, that
refuses to follow iu old beaten tracks
and reaches out for something new
and progressive.
Capt. C. P. Hammond, president of
the Association, will be chairman of
the proceedings.
The services will begin with a hymn
by a special choir under the direction
of Prof. McNeil, followed by prayer
by one of she local clergy.
W. P. Wallis, Esq., will then deliver
union recognition, but that even a
committee from the ranks of the
strikers will not be treated with. The
Postal has prepared a form of con
tract which every applicant will be
required to sign before given employ
ment.
The Western Union lias not adopted
any form of contract but is requiring
each operator to make application for
work as an individual. The contract
of the Postal reads as follows:
“I hereby agree, if given employ
ment by the Postal Telegraph Co.,
to render full and faithful service at
all times, refraining from all agitation
and interference with the company’s
business, and I further agree that I
will work carefully and well with ev
ery operator, union or non-union.”
The statement of Superintendent J.
Levin of the Western Union Tele
graph Company that former Atlanta
operators were leaving the city to re
new their work with the company in
other cities vehemently denied by
the representatives of , the dissatisfied
telegraphers.
The telegraphers say further that
they have established an employers'
bureau tor the striking operator? and
j that places are being found as fast as
applications are made.
The commercial telegraph compan
ies claim that business is being ha'id
led as rapidly as received. The Pos
tal Telegraph Company said that the
strike was over so far as they were
concerned and that they were doing
almost their normal business.
“There has been no decrease in our
force,” the officials said.
the last of the week, revoke the pro
posed graduated rates ordered by the
present commission and establish in
stead a flat 2 1-2 cent a mile scale has
been made.
This scale is to be effective upon
all the larger railroads, including the
Central of Georgia, the Southern Rail
way, the Western and Atlantic, the
Atlantic and West Point, the Atlantic
Coast Line Railroad, the Seaboard Air
Line, the Georgia Railroad, • the Geor
gia Southern and Florida, the Char
leston and Western Carolina, the
Ijouisville and Nashville and the Ma
con, Dublin and Savannah.
The principal reason that is said to
govern the roads is the alleged dis
criminations that the rates made when
two parallel lines are placed in dif
ferent classes.
work acomplished in carrying the
Gospel to its teeming millions.
As Korea is very much in the public
eye at . present, due to the more recent
invasion of the Japanese, Mr. Ger
dine’s discourse upon the people, their
habits and customs was all the more
interesting to his large audience.
The afternoon session was wholly
devoted to League business.
Upon adjournment at 4 o'clock the
Leaguers came down to the Gospel
tent and joined heartily In the meet
ing there, conducted by Rev. J. L.
Irvin. The sermon was an able one
and held the close attention of the
congregation to the finish.
At the night service, at 8 o'clock, an
other large and interested audience
filled the big tent. Services today at
the usual hours.
greetings from the Americus Associa
tion.
He will he followed by Mr. J. B.
Read, State Secretary of the Y. M.
C. A., who will extend the greetings
of the Associations throughout Geor
gia to the Americus Association, the
latest an most lusty baby in Associa
tion circles.
Another hymn will be sung, and
then the corner stone will be laid, fol
lowed by an address by W. B. Stubbs,
Esq., a well known attorney of Sav
annah, and a Christian speaker of
, much forcefulness,
i Music and the benediction will con
clude the ceremonies, which in every
way will be worthy of the occasion.
Secretary Lemly is still vigorously
! prosecuting the work of collecting in
in subscriptions and is meeting with
i excellent success. He has made an
i Indefatigable secretary and is probably
• destined to place the Americus Asso
ciation on a very high plane of effi
• cient usefulness.
J NEW BALES ARE COMING
AND PRICE IS HIGH.
Americus Gets Several Ad
tional Ones.
STAPLE STILL BRINGS 12 1-2 CTS,
Only Tronble is the Wire Market-
Several Bales Brought in Yestes
day, and White Tide Will
Roll Today.
As expected, the new cotton bales
rolled into Americus yesterday at
quite a lively rate. The first big load
was six hales from the plantation of
Mr. T. B. Hooks,* and this was follow
ed later by wagons bringing from one
to three and four hales.
And cotton money was soon much
in evidence here, delighted the wist
ful gaze of the merchant.
Yesterday, it might be said, ushered
in the new cotton season, although It
willl be a week yet before the bales
begin to come at the rate of 500 to
800 daily, as will be the case.
Picking has been going forward this
week at a good rate, and it is quite
within the bounds of probability that
a hundred bales will be marketed in
Americus today. This number would
increase the cash circulating medium
very considerably.
For the fleecy—the finest grades—is
worth 12 1-2 cents in Americus; and
a good bale nets about $65.
Buyers and warehousemen are ex
asperated at the wire situation, as
under present condition, resulting
from the strike, it is impossible for
them to secure market reports. About
the only cotton market news received
is phoned from Albany or Macon.
Cotton men hope, however, that
conditions here will soon be improved,
certainly before the rush of cotton
comes.
MEXICAN WAR
VETERANS MEET
Three Thousand Survivors Are
Still Living.
NORFOLK, VA., August 23.—What
is believed to be the last of the nat
ional reunions that will be held by
veterans of the Mexican war took
place today at the Jamestown ex
position. Os the 78,000 men who
composed the army that was sent to
Mexico slxtey years ago, about 3,000
are still living. The average age of
the survivors Is 86 years and on this
account only a handful of the veterans
were able to attend the annual re
union this year.’ The meeting was
held in Convention hall with Louis
F. Beoler of Baltimore, president of
the National Association of Mexican
War veterans, presiding. The associa
tion had no business to transact, and
the gathering was entirely in the
nature of a reunion. The aged veter
ans were the recipients of numerous
courtesies from the exposition man
agement and exhibitors.
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PLANT TO ENLARGE
BUSINESS IS GOOD
Other Cities Operate Mills at a
Profit.
The last time an effort was made
to establish a hosiery mill in Ameri
cus, and there have been several such
attempts, those who oppose cotton
mills and kindred industries killed it
off promptly with the cry that “it
wouldn’t pay.” Columbus has long
operated such a mill, and at great
profit to the company. It is reported
that the Topsy Hosiery Mill is pre
paring to make additions to its plant
that will give employment to 100 more
people. The mill is now receiving a
good deal of new machinery th lit IS I
being installed, completing the equip
ment of the original building.
FEW JOYS IN
OLD AGE
Lord Brampton, at 90, Does Not
Find Life Pleasant.
LONDON, August 23.—One of the
present silly newspaper topics, "How
to Live to Be a Hundred Years Old,"
has shown the popular idea is still
strong that it is a good idea to live
to a great age. This view is contro
verted by Lord Brampton, formerly
the famous criminal judge, Sir Henry
Hawkins. He is ninety, and having
retired from the bench on a pension,
nas the leisure to enjoy the evening of
his life. But he docs not find it parti
cularly enjoyable.
He said sadly to an interviewer:
“Old age has very few compensations.
Leisure is not pleasant. It fills me
with regret that I am no longer able
to take an active part In the life of
the world.”
HOUSE IS READY TO
WEIGH THE BALES
And Invites the Patronage of the
Farmers.
At the Parker Warehouse Mr.
Elton C. Parker will again greet his
farmer friends this season, and asks
at their hands a continuance of the
liberal patronage heretofore extended
him. Mr. Charles Sheppard-, one of
the best known young planters of
Sumter, will be with the Parker
Warehouse this season in the capac
ity of weigher.
HAMILTON CO.
PLANTERS BANK BUILDING
Americus, Ga.
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REMOVAL SALE.
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 v9T laces
at 5c yd.
8 in embroidery edging
at 10c yd.
Fine widj swiss embroid
ery at ~2ocyd.
50c shirt waist at. 39c
75c shirt waist at 55c
SI.OO shirt waist at.. .78c
$1 25 shirt waist at. 95c
$2 OO shirt waist at.. 1.50
s2*so shirt waist at. .1.95
$3.00 shirt waist at. .2.25
$4 00 shirt waist at.. sz.9 5
$7.50 shirt waist at . . 4.9 s
$> 50 ladies’ oxfords - .1 95
HAMILIfIILtO,
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
Ladies and Gentlemen: If it is cleaning
and pressing you want done remember
THE PRESSING CLUB.
H. O. UANIEL and J. L. MORE, Props.
Located in TIIE ARTESIAN BLOCK, next to Davenport's Drug Store
Ladies Skirts, etc., a specialty. ALL WORK GUARANTEED.
Ali work called for and delivered promptly. Leave all orders at Ihe Press
ing Club room, or Daniel's Shoe Store.
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$3.00 'Queen Quality ox
fords at 2*so
$3-50 Queen Quality ox
fords. 2.65
One counter of children’s
slippers ali one price
per pair SOC
40c matting by thg^roll
vd .22J£c
25c matting by the roll
yd 15c
$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