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Hit (iRIAI I Kill I
IS NOW BEGUN
loti? Johnson is Nominated
tor fourth lime
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IS A LUCKY MAN IN I’OWICS
ItluN Been Mayor of Cleveland Since
1901 Is lull ol Original Ideas
tiid Unique Methods - lias the
light ol Ills life on Hand Now.
CLEVELAND, <>.. Sept. 1!' (Sptv
an 11 rum Johnson receives Ills
fourth nomlinition for mayor of
Carveland ut the Uemoeratie city eon
mention today, and from now until the
fem-uibtT election there will he way
the most exciting campaign in the
poll lie ul history of this city, not ex
jtHj'fing the contest of several years
■vm m which the late Senator tlanna
•a- the central figure, t'he Keputill
a-aus have picked upon Congressman
Theodore E Burton to make the race
aisainst Mayor Johnson and their se
4'eiiou is admittedly the strongest
ii!i< .hat could have been made.
The indorsement of Mr. Burtons
aaudidacy by I’residont Roosevelt anil
SSiviefary Taft, it is said, may lie fol
lowed by speeches here by both later
one in the campaign. It this rumor
ftnncs correct it is probable that
TVdli im J. Bryan and other promi
*eut Bemocratic leaders will be heard
Un-tv in behalf of Mayor Johnson. In
am* event the campaign is bound to
attract the attention of the entire
iuwuniry. \ victory for Mr Burton
'Would naturally add to his reputa
tion and would probably prove a
.stepping stone to the l nited States
Senate.
Fight to the Finish.
i
Cleveland is regarded as a nor
mally Republican city by from T,OOP to
It?,000 majority in national elections.
suiO tip to the advent of Mayor John
son si\ years ago the Republicans
luk) ruled the city and county for
.years with the exception of isolated
cases. In selecting Mr. Burton to
uavpose Mayor Johnson ihe Demo
cratic leaders admit that the Repub
licans have put forward their*strong
est man, while they claim Johnson
mill win, they concede that the race
• rtf be close It was Burton who
defeated Johnson after the latter had
served two terms in Congress, hav
ing beeu previously elected as a
democrat in a district which was
largely Republican. Since that cam
Hatgtt Mr. Burton has continued to
w-pivsent the district la Congress,
aundt has been returned without
apposition in his own party and
(either unopposed by the Den toe rats
me with only perfunctory opposition
sent Tom l- Johnson, as has often
fee a said, is as lucky in politics as
its money making, and he has risen
fnoui poverty to the millionaire class
We possesses in a superlative degree
Ihst picturesque quality which
ad-fugs him out aw tuner in a political
Oycht when apparently a large stc
t’.v.ii of the people is o o-..\! to him
•and the public press dead set agai: s:
hit It is the same uudetiuahie
pildy that won repeated success s
tv .to iat ,\l ; • 1 1 - •"
daes mayor of Chicago, and 11..; •*
ft Ctngroe. mayor of Detroit
Hr, Johusou's Flat until.
Mr Johnson was first elected ut...
•r of Cleveland in ’.'Ot. His .ufo - :
* that contest was b’te: Equitabh
tevUiou. J-oettt fares o . the s:rv :
oaitways' aud persona', ate r.ton :o
fc's- office he made VatutYs While
dv.ursug that the single tax a 'at -
*tc -a! ow aershtn would remedy a
-- slat | -
re. lit ak- as or men'. so! -
julu a; ;u as v. -• ex.-.ole 1 V.
tgtset he assert...-, that t:-. wo.'.;
Tpend uo mono', a .1 u ake no pie -
m to secure h'.s elect As
his oh-.0.tl e ties admit, these
hfcs'ge-s were religiously kept.
During 'Ms campaign he was
ctt&’ged with failure to ay V> - x s
e*«B on his bom • w , 1 4
«oclittotis upon v, aich he claimed
ffeuv I sc rights i.
at’vet vailw-ay>. v... * T sorts
trickery in p-oi .-et eg - radar cu'er
prises iu other cities. D.’.h iavisa -
mi s ouey in -s co - s>:ona! car: -
pa-H - and as -u v w■> e
mm to show to *.t osv.l
•do .ting simda taetics at the etev
*ttch hour in his mayor. fight
BU' Hade tie wind Democratic.
Despite all the accuse.:.on of tats
eho’-acter. hew .w . M: Joh 1 is
aiected by a flu raid o ;• ore than
the largest, w i one txceo
mrn. that any mayor .i received t
Cleveland for yea: s. the last
two campaigns My-." • c - -
needed ia increas g
which he gained :;i his it s', election
and in his last race, which was two
years ago, he piled up a plui.ii: . of
.fceariy 12JKW. iu sax years t.me the
THE AMERICUS DAILY TIMES-KECORDER, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1907
county as well as the city adminis
Ist rat lon lias, ns a result of the
Johnson leadership, become nearly
solidly Democratic.
But It is generally admitted that
.Mayor Johnson now has the tight of
bis life on IBs hands. Mr. Burton Is
a native Buckeye and his record both
personally and politically is clean.
He is an expert on finance, and in the
last Congress was at the head of the
House committee on rivers and har
bors. He is a strong supporter of
Secretary Taft for the presidential
nomination, end before it became
known that In’ was favored by tlit*
mlmiulstration people for the speak
ership of the next congress, in pre
ference to Mr Cannon of Illinois.
\\ I DOW IS GIVEN A
CLIANCE TO KISS DEAD
Site Declared I liat Man 1 lad
Been Poisoned.
BALTIMORE, Sept I'J A Wilming
ton (Del.) special to the Sun says;
Tlie first case on record where the
authorities exhumed a body for the
purpose of giving a grief-stricken
w idow an opportunity to kiss the dead
face was announced here today.
Dr. J. W. Bastain. coroner's ph> -
sielan for New Castle county, made a
statement lo this effect iu explaining
that an analysis of the stomach of
Michael Naughton failed to show any
traces of poison.
Naughton died recently in Wil
mington. and the physicians gave a
certificate of death from heart dis
ease Mrs. Annie Naughton. the wi
dow. h;UI been separated from }mr
husband for years Bln- did not learn
of his death until after the burial.
Her grief over not having been
with him iu his last hours was ex
treme. “He lias been poisoned,” she
declared. "1 am sure of it and l
demand that bis body be exhumed "
The state authorities ordered Cor
oner Callaway to disinter the body.
W hen it was brought to the surface
and the coffin opened, after being
buried several days, the widow threw
her arms about the body and hugged
and kissed it.
"He lias been poisoned by his ene
mies.'' she shrieked.
Dr. Bastain knew better, but he
removed the stomach and sent it to
the state laboratory . A searching an
alysis failed to find any signs of
poison. When Mrs Naughton was
told this she was satisfied, for she
had had a farewell kiss.
In describing the affair today the
coroner's physician said: "It cost the
county something to exhume the body
so that the widow could have her
last kiss, but it had to be done."
INTEREST IS KEEN IN
THE NEW CUNARDER
Great Crowds 1 dang About the
Dock of Lusitania.
NEW YORK Sept. I new
Cunarder. the Lusitauia. continues to
be an object of great interest. Al
though the public is not admitted on
board her. an enormous and constant
ly changing crowd keeps the open
space where she lies, thronged from
early morning uutil dusk. Only a
few persons who were fortunate
enough to have passes were permitted
to go uix'u the steamship.
V hundred policemen were requir
ed but they had little to do for the
v.ght-seers were most orderly
Fruit and lemonade haw kers made
, ; occasion a profitable one. but the
most rushing business was the sale of
souvenir Tags of the ship. Every
ob; vt on her was subjected to such
sc: uo the police Hues wo i per
mit and comment and guesses as to
tb dimensions were var; -J and oft -a
amusing.
Vernon It. Brown, general tuana
ag at yf the C Stew
ship Company in this country. issued
a statement iu reply to cable dis
patches from Hamburg quotum si
ping men there that the result of
isitauias passage was disappoint
g Mr Brown said that the Cuuard
; considered that the l.usitania
had developed all the speed she w is
called upon to do.
He added: 'The hasty adverse
e-uicism of our German friends might
-a susmeior that the wish was
father to the thought "
Health .a the canal dune.
I'm high wages paid make it a
. .-pity cemptatioa to our young arti
sans to join the force of skilled
workmen needed to construct the
Pau.tma Car.si. Many are restrained
however by the fear of fevers and
malaria. It is the knowing—those
who have used Electric Bitters, who
go ".hire w ithout this fear, well know
ing they are safe from malarious in
fluence wkh Electric Bitters on
hand. Cures blood poison too. bil
•oos:iess. weakness and all stomach.
Imer and kidney troubles. Guaranteed
by Eldriige Drug Co. see.
Dixie DOOMtD
10 BE DRY
So Soy Prohis Now Meeting
ot Norfolk.
mwmMNCE DAY AT LXPOSIIION
White Ribbon Hosts Gathered at
Jamestown Today to Wind Up Their
Great Annual Gathetinq—South
Leads Country in Temper
ance Legislation.
NORFOLK, VA., Sept. 19— (Spec
ial.) Dixie is to go dry, and thus set
an example that will soon be follow
ed by the rest of the country.
This is the dictum of the distin
guished temperance exponents who
will celebrate National Temperance
day at the Jamestown Exposition to
morrow, following the convention of
the National Anti-Saloon league,
which has been in session here during
t lie week.
The great exposition auditorium
will be tilled with the prohibition
hosts when the meeting is called to
order, and the milk white flag much
in evidence.
A 'call of states" is to be the fea
ture of the day, delegates from all
sections telling of their victories over
the rum demon.
The greatest enthusiasm will be
manifested as speaker after speaker
tells briefly of battles fought and
won in the cause of temperance. Ap
parently the southern states are now
leading in the movement, and it will
be freely predicted that in the course
of a few years there will be a new
"solid south” —solid for the absolute
prohibition of the manufacture or
sale of any kind of alcoholic bever
ages.
Has Vu Economic Basis.
On the face of it this change in
southern sentiment is one of the most
amazing ethical movements ever wit
nessed. but thoughtful adherents of
the cause admit that it is not alto
gether due to the agitation of tem
perance people, but has a sound
economic basis.
The labor of negroes is necessary
to the prosperity of the South, aud it
has been proveu to the satisfaction
of the Southern people that liquor is
largely responsible for the shiftless
uess. laziness and crime of the black
race. The race riots in Atlanta, or
iginating in the low groggeries. did
much to bring about the passage of
the Georgia prohibition law. which
becomes effective on January i next.
Am L my brother’s keeper ’" has
been answered with an affirmative by
the white citizens of many southern
state*. »"f|l
in other commonwealths of Dixie
the temperance hosts are iu the as
cendant. Kentucky, once the strong
hold ot' the liquor business, is rapid
ly being reformed More than SO
per ceut. of Texas is said to be cov
ered by prohibition laws. Liquor has
been driven from every part of Ten
nessee except the big cities. Most
sections of Mississippi are dry as a
v.i hud■ a iv liketo soon |
dtio ■ inks. Nor: Caro
s ax: legislature will consider
a prohibition law. Scores of Virgin
ia counties and towns have voted
out rum. South Carolina, after much
experiment iu the regulation of the
sale of liquor, is said to be ripe for
the prohibitionists' picking. Liquor
has beeu driven from all but the
urban districts of Missouri.
Delegates from the West and
North, w hile not able to report so
much progress, are exceeding", hope
ful. and declare that within a decade
the death knelt of the tiquv- busi
ness will e sounded throughout the
land
jPos/t/o n s
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COFGEJmGi
N. !:!. — .;t>(> sts tor tel eg ".r hers
B”w r e< : . men or w 'men. salaries
#• v to #D) per month.
LOANS.
Farm loans and loans on city
real estate negotiated at low
rates and on easy terms,
G. R. ELLIS, Americus, Ga.
Robert H, Miller,
Tin Work oi All kinds.
Repair work a specialty, Shops
Windsor avenue. Let me make
you estimate on work.
WHEN YOU
BUY A ■
WHITNEY ifgtf
Go-Cait
WFSd You Get the Best vfcP'SS!'
Best Material-Best Workmanship-Best Price
a New Line kjf
From Which rTmJI
to Make Your
Selection. *
A.W. Smith Furniture Co.
Cor. Jackson and Forsyth Sts, Americus, Ga.
Fancy Cattle
supply all the beef we haudle That
is why our beef is so much choicer
than the ordiuary. We follow the
same practice with
All Our Meats.
Our lamb, wuttou. veal. pork,
etc . come from tue stock of the
highest grade. So if you trade
here you get the bes* the market
adonis It’s just as easy, too.
Our pvrices are no higher than
mu h poor meat is sold for.
SHERLOCK & CO.
PHONE No S 3
Dr. W. H. Bowdoin
OSTEOPATH.
Offices over Dodson’s
Drugstore. All diseases
treated without use of
drugs. Chronic diseases
a specialty. Cmsultation
tree. Office phone 416-
Residence phone 133-
JOHNSON £ HARROLD.
Cotton Warehouse
and Commission Vlerchants
AND DEALER" IN'
Heavy <; reveries and# Fertilizers,
Plantation --uppv.es Furnished
on Reasonable Terms.
Allen House
First Class Boarding House;
excellent table. % Rates by day.
week or month. Transient
patronage solicited. 9-b-lm
Mrs. M. E. SCRUTCHENS.
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