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lONDON'S new lord
MAYOR ELECTED
Metropolis Sees Repetition
of Ancient Ceremony.
*TIS NOW BUI AM EMPTY fORM
Sir John Charles Bell Now at the
Head of “the Clty”--The Method
Pursued in His Election Has
Been Preserved Through
Centuries.
LONDON, Sept. 28. — (Special.)
‘All ye that are not liverymen de
part this hall on pain of imprison
ment.”
With this crop of the middle ages
the solemn mace bearer opened the
quaint proceeding of the Guildhall
today which resulted in the election
of Sir. John Charles Bell as the next
Lord Mayor of London.
This empty ceremony of electing
the chief magistrate of the greatest
city of the world is held on St. Mi
chaelmas Day each year and is one
of the most quaint and striking sur
vivals of the middle ages. Unlike all
other great municipalities London’s
Lord Mayor is not the choice of the
common council or a political cli
que. He must needs have been elec
ted alderman of his ward by the rate
payers many years before being eligi
gible for the mayoralty. He must
have served as sheriff by the election
of eight thousand liverymen, repres
enting the wealthiest and most influ
ential citizens. As sheriff he must
have had the approval of the king,
and to become Lord Mayor he must
appear again before the liverymen
and the king, and on Lord Mayor’s
Day he must visit the Law Courts
and before the judges the recorder
of the city recites his past history.
On the day of the election the mem
bers of the ancient cit ycompanies |
or “liveries” assemble in the Guild
hall. All but the liverymen are ex
cluded from the building, even the re
tiring Lord Mayor and all his col
leagues must withdraw at the word
of the town crier on pain of impris
onment.
The stately procession walks from
the adjoining church of Old Jewry,
where service has preceded the elec
tion, and from the Guildhall hust
ings the common sergeant reads
the names of the candidates for the
mayoralty, and the name of the one j
upon whom the assembled liverymen
inave already agreed is greeted with
cheers, whereupon the aldermen are
called to make the final decision, and in
a few minutes the Lord Mayor-elect is
called to give his consent to take the
office.
The guilds or livery companies, to
whom is confided the voting power
and the election of Lord Mayor, date
back to Saxon days. The law which
exacted sureties from every freeman
above fourteen led to the establish
ment of these associations, some ec
clestical, som esecular. The oldest is
the Knight’s Guilds, possessed of
privileges granted to King Edward,
for services in war.
The steel yard and ship yard mer
chants of London then formed a
guild. Later came the Saddlers. Then
came the Goldsmiths, whose charter
came from Edward I.
A Humane Appeal.
A humane citizen of Richmond, Ind.,
Mr. U. D. Williams, 107 West Main St.,
Says: “I appeal to all persons with
weak lungs to take Dr. King’s New
Discovery, the only remedy that has
helped mo and fully comes up to the
proprietor’s recommendation.” It
saves more lives than all other throat
and lung remedies put together. Used
as a cough and cold cure the world
over. . Cures asthma, bronchitis,
croup. I whooping cough, quinsy,
hoarseless, and phthisic, stops hem
orrhagic of the lungs and builds them
up. Guaranteed at Elddridge Drug Co.
50c. anj SI.OO. Trial bottles free.
LllTTtfJ TO MISS ALICE STAL
LINGS,
Americas, Georgia.
Dear Mkdam: AVill you give your
Arithmetic class—and Algebra class—
this problem?
If average paint is worth $1.60 a
gallon, and goes two-thirds as far as
Devoe, and Wears half as long, what
is Devoe worth put on, painters’ wag
es being $.1.50 a day and a day’s work
a gallon of paint.
The answer is $ll.BO a gallon, but
don’t tell ’em that.
Yours truly,
l F. W. DEVOE & CO.
I Amerlcus Construction Co., sell our
paint.
AVhy bti.f a cat in a sack? At our
exhibit next week w T e will show you
a Majestic in actual operation. Shef
l fleld-Huntington Co. 9-29-ts.
OPENING DISPLAY
OF MILLINERY
Fall and Winter Millinery Dis
play Tuesday.
On next Tuesday, Oct. Ist, I will,
j if the weather permits, have my Fall
| opening of Millinery and Fancy Goods.
J I will then display for public inspec
j tion some of the most beautiful and
| stylish v specimens of millinery art
i and skill ever brought to this mark
j et. If the weather is too inclement
on Tuesday, the Opening will be the
! first fair day thereafter.
M. T. ELAM.
i
A FACT PROVEN.
Should Convince Even the Most Skep
tical of Its Truth.
If there is the slightest doubt in the
minds of any that Dandruff germs do not
exist, their belief is compelled by the
fact that a rabbit innoculated with the
germs became bald in six weeks’ time.
It must be apparent to any person
therefore that the only prevention of
baldness is the destruction of the germ—
which act is successfully accomplished
in one hundred per cent, of cases by
the application of Newbro’s Herpicide.
Dandruff is caused by the same germ
which causes baldness and can be pre
vented with the same remedy—Newbro’s
Herpicide.
Accept no substitute. “Destroy the
cause you remove the effect.”
Sold by leading druggists. Send 10c. in
stamps for sample to The Herpicide Co,,
Detroit. Mich.
Two sizes—so cents and SI.OO.
Dodson’s Pharmacy, Special Agents.
SENATOR’S DAUGH
TER MARRIED
NASHVILLE, TENN, Sept. 28.
(Special.)—A number of guests
from out of town attended the wed
ding of Miss Loretta Hunter Taylor,
daughter of United States Senator
and Mrs. Robert L. Taylor, and Mr.
W. B. Campbell Pilcher. The wedding
ceremony took place this evening at
the First Presbyterian Church and
I was followed by a large reception.
Health .n the canal Zone.
The high wages paid make it a
mighty temptation to our young arti
i sans to join the force of skilled
workmen needed to construct the
Panama Canal. Many are restrained
however by the fear of fevers and
malaria. It is the knowing—those
wTio 'have used Electric Bitters, who
1 go there without this fear, well know
ing they are safe from malarious in
fluence with Electric Bitters on
hand. Cures blood poison too, bil
iousness, weakness and all stomach,
liver and kidney troubles. Guaranteed
by Eldridge Drug Co. soc.
VETERANS TO NAME
LIST OF DELEGATES
Camp Sumter 642, United Confeder
ate Veterans, will hold its monthly
meeting Tuesday morning at 10
o’clock, and a full attendance is re
quested. At this meeting the camp
will name delegates to the State re
union of veterans to be held in Au
gusta shortly.
How’s This?
We offer One Hundred Dollars Re
ward for any case of Catarrh thatean
i ot be cured by Hall’s Catarrh Cure.
. .F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, O.
We, the undersigned, have known
F. J. Cheney for the last 15 years, and
believe him perfectly honorable in all
business transactions and financially
able to carry out any obligation made
by his firm.
AValdin, Kinnan & Marvin,....
Wholesale Druggists, Toledo O.
Hall’s Catarrh Cure is taken in
ternally, acting directly upon the
blood and mucous surfaces of the
system. Testimonials sent free. Price
75c. per bottle. Sold by all druggists.
Take Hall’s Family Pills for consti
pation.
Fraternal Order of Eagles.
Notice, a special called meething
for three o’clock this Sunday, Sept.
29th. Important business.
W. H. ESTES, Sect.
We Sell
ytnbl
on the positive guarantee
that if it does not give satis
faction we will return the
entire amount of money paid
us for it. We mean this —
and ask all those who are
sick and need strength to try
it with this understanding.
Dodson’s Pharmacy.
Arrericus, Ga.
THE AMERICUS DAILY TIMES-RECORDER. SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 29. 1907.
A KINGDOM TO
i BE GIVEN AWAY
Nearly Three Million Acres
Free To Settlers.
UNCLE SWTS GENEROUS ClfT
Great Alaskan Tract Will Be Subject
To Settlement (Tomorrow -Thous
ands Will Be On Hand To Stake
Out Their Glaims.
— * " -
WASHINGTON, Sept. 28.. (Special)
! —About fifty miles south of the Arc-
I tic circle and the land of perpetual
snow and ice, in the Juneau land,
I'ucle Sam will open 2,980,000 acres
of: land for settlement on Monday.
This great Alaskan tract had been
held in reserve for a national forest
around Norton bay, but the demand
for entry on the land was so great
that the project was abandoned. By
the terms of the proclamation of the
secretary of the interior, the tract
becomes subject to settlement day
after tomorrow, and the entry one
month later. ,
Despite the meager accomodations
provided by the steamship companies,
and the fact that Alaska lias been
passing through the throes of a gen
eral strike and tieup, thousands of
prospective settlers have made their
way to the Northland, and reports
all of the big tract will be speedily
settled.
Agriculture in Alaska is proceed
ing hand in hand with the mining,
building and the road-making oper
stations have been established to de
termine what will grow which has
heretofore been exotic to the soil.
So far, all the hardier vegetables
have been made to thrive, and suc
cessful experiments are now being
made in the interior valleys to grow
hay, grain and stock food capable of
maintaining work animals. It is be
lievd by those have investigated the
soil of Alaska that the territory will
in time become as rich agricultural
ly as it is now in mining industries.
In portions of the tract about to be
opened to settlement, the climate is
said to be comparitively mild, and
the soil will grow almost any crop
raised in temperate zones.
The rush of settlers to Alaska to
work its farms will result in a great
increase in the white population,
which is now in the neighborhood
of 40,000, and statehood is not impos
sible in the not remote future. The
yearly increase in Caucasian popu
lation has been about 4,000 in the
past, but this is now going up by
leaps and bounds. Cable, telegraph
and mail connections are being rapid
ly extended throughout the territory,
and already the popular conception of
Alaska as a barren, ice-bound and
almost uninhabitable section is explod
ed.
Most important to the growth and
prosperity is the development of ' its
railroad and steamship lines, and this
is being rapidly accomplished. The
Alaska Central Railway is already be
ing pushed northward from Seward
to Fairbanks, the Menatuska coal
fields and the Yukon, 400 miles to
the North. The Home & Arctic rail
way is pushing on toward Kougarok,
and the Alaska Short Line, with ter
minus at Illiamna bay, headed tow
ard Home. Most of the lines now be
ing built will eater the Kayak coal
fields, where coal is plentiful and of
a high grade.
Come and see the great cooking
wonder at our store all next week.
See advertisement in this paper. Shef
field-Huntington Co. 9-29-ts.
“Echo Springs” Whiskey.—Our
1 leader SI.OO per quart. Also other
] high grade wines and whiskeys. Or
! ders given prompt attention.
I 19 e. o. d. ts. \V. B. HUDSON.
The New Store.
We have just opened with a new and up-to
date line of dry goods, notions, shoes and hats
and clothing. And we are going to sell you the
Same Goods for Less Money.
Come in and look over our line before buying,
Hamilton’s old stand in Planters Bank Building,
W. P. Warlick.
The Modesty of Women
Naturally makes them shrink from tho
Indelicate questions, the obnoxious ex
aminations, and unpleasant local treat
ments, which some physieians consider
essential In the treatment of diseases of
women. Yet, if lndp can lie had, it is
better to submit to this ordeal than let
the disease grow and spread. The trouble
is that so often the woman undergoes all
the annoyance and shame for nothing.
ThonsandsNjf women who have been
cured !>v Dr. THerce’s Favorite Prescrip
tion writh in thqireciation of the cure
which disjMfc&kS»Nb the examinations
and local treatment?ATliere is no other
medicine SO -air- .and safe f,,r .j.-Ti.-qi.-
women as "Favorite Prescription." It
eures debii!la tin g"<]nuns, irregularity and
female weakness. It always helps. It
almost always cures. It is strictly non
alcoholic, non - secret, all its ingredients
being printed on its bottle-wrapper; con
tains no deleterious or habit-forming
drugs, and every native medicinal root
entering into its composition has the full
endorsement of those most eminent in the
several schools of medical practice. Some
of these numerous and strongest of pro
fessional endorsements of its ingredients,
will be found in a pamphlet wrapped
around the bottle, also in a booklet mailed
free on request, by Dr. R. V. Pierce, of
Buffalo, N. Y. These'professional en
dorsements should have far more weight
than any amount of the ordinary lay, or
non-professional testimonials.
The most intelligent women now-a-days
insist on knowing what they take as med
icine Instead of opening their mouths like
a lot of young birds and gulping down
whatever is offered them. "Favorite Pre
scription" Is of KNOWN COMPOSITION. It
makes weak women strong and sick
women well.
Dr. Pierce’s Medical Adviser is sent frea
on receipt of stamps to pav expense of
mailing only. Send to Dr. It. V. Pierce,
Buffalo, N. Y., 21 one-cent stamps for pa
per-covered, or 11 stamps for cloth-hound.
If sick consult the Doctor, free of charge
by letter. All such communications are
held sacredly confidential.
Dr. Pierce’s Pleasant Pellets invigorate
and regulate stomach, liver and bowels.
A p c ™ tive CATARRH
Ely’s Cream Balm KspwiM
is quickly absorbed. iD 1
Gives Relief at Once. m”EAO*
It cleanses, soothes
heals and protects EBr / V*
the diseased mem-
It cures Ca-
tarrh and drives
Head quickly. He-II A V rpY/FR
stores the Senses qf II “ 8 •fcewfcll
Taste and Smell. Full size 50 cts., at Drug
gists or by mail; Trial Size 10 cts. by mail.
Ely Brothers, 56 Warren Street, N3W York.
fa LOOSE-PITTING
jft “ B ‘ V- D.”
4 if I Don’t Suffer in H't Weather “B
\F n [ V. D. ’’ Coat Cut Undershirt and
Ljl J Knee Length Drawers best and
r~jM coolest for summer Delivered to
,/y j any part of the United States upon
rs IT receipt of price s\, Jl.tC, and ft 50
Os tw garment. When ordering give ches
IJ’ and waist measure in inches.
Write Iforaillustrated bioklet to
Dept. No, 10. P. CROSBY PRY CO
393 Broadway, New Yoik, N. Y.
RPi&krilSS HAIR BALSAM
f?lf»w.Tw«t anil beautifies the hair.
40 Promotes a luxuriant growth.
HBNever Fails to Restore Gray
Hair to its Youthful Color.
‘jSJuNdv✓/-I’* JPjPH Cures scalp diseased & hair lulling.
BfijSSgSl oPc.aud SI.OO at Druggists
!Po s it io n s
Guaranteed by a
<tc 000 BANK DEPOSIT
Aj/ Lr 9Lr\J V/ R. R. Fare’Paid.
■■HnHBHBMHi Notes taken
500 Free Courses
Board at Cost. Write Quick.
GA-ALA.BIISINESS COL’GE,Macon,Ga
N. B. —300 requests for telegraphers
now filed; men or women. Salaries
SSO to S7O per month.
Robert H. Miller.
Tin Work oi AH Kinds.
Bepair work a specialty Shops
Windsor avenue. Let me make
you estimate on work.
Shoes Repaired
I pick the stitches and preserve the
welts. I also repair shoes according to
the standard rule. I use nothing but
the best of sole leather on the market.
Special attention given to ladies and
childrens shoes. All Work Hand->
stitched or tacked if desired.
JOSEPH M. DUDLEY.
312 Jackson Street,
Hamilton & Co.
New Store,
Lamar|St. Opposite Windsor Hotel.
pecial Sale All Over the Store
Saturday and Monday.
Sea Island, yard, sc.
Serges, Panamas, Brilliantines
all wool, plaids, yard, 50c.
New Percales, Ginghams,
Flannelettes, Chambray, yard
10c-
New Silks in black and colors,
50c to $1.50 yard.
New underwear for all the
family from 10c to SI.OO gar
ment.
New line children’s misses,
and boys’ school and dress shoes,
50c to $2.00 pair.
Best line boys clothing and the
most resaonable price you will
find in Americus.
Hamilton & Co.
Sell it For Less.
STIEL LEADS AEL OTHERS.
Tlxe Favorite with all Smokers and
Growing Daily in Popularity.
tA.VtRICUS CIGAH Ob . „ /
Worth 10c, but Sells for a Nickel.
CLOSING OUT
On account of the lamented death of our late Manager, (J. W. C. Horne,)
and the desire of his family to convert their interest into cash, we ar®
compelled to close out this business.
This is no advertising scheme, but a plain statement of a plain fact.
Os course to sell the stock out quickly we know we will have to make a
great sacrifice, and we have decided to give our customers who have enabled
us to maintain the business, the benefit of the same, so if you want
the goods at any fair discount they are yours.
Most of our goods are worth more now than they cost at the factory or
could be bought at first hands, but we are going to cut everything, a3 w®
must get rid of the goods and close up the’ business. We invite country
merchants and others to get our prices, as we believe they can replenish!
their stocks cheaper than any where else.
We invite all, assuring them of fair and courteous treatment and th®
cheapest goods ever bought in this market. , . t
Sale Begins Wednesday, Sept. 25th,
and continues until stock [is sold out.
C. S. S. HORNE S CO.
SECOND FLOOR.
Engrain art squares, $2.98.
SPECIAL
8 x 12 Brussels art squares.
$15.00 value, as a leader, $10.50
36-inch wool Engrain carpet,
value 75c, a leader, yard 50c.
3 lbs feather pillows each 50c.
| 30 x6O Moquett velvet rugs.
$1.98.
Voiles, Panamas, Serges,
and Broad cloth skirts $1.98 to
$15.00.
40c Japanese matting in white
and carpet designs, yard 25c.
Window shades, 25c to $1 00.
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