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THE TIMES BECORDER
DAILY AND WEEKLY
The Americus Recorder, Established
1879.
The Americus Times, Established 1890
Consolidated April, 1891.
THOMAS GAMBLE, JR.,
Editor and Manager.
C. W. CORNFORTH,
Associate Editor and Assistant
Manager.
J. W. FURLOW, City Editor.
W. L. DUPREE,
Assistant Business Dept.
Editorial Room Telephone 99.
The Tinies-Recorder is the
Official Organ of the City of Americus
Official Organ of Sumter County.
Official Organ of Webster County.
Official Organ of Railroad Commis
sion of Georgia for the 3rd Congres
sional District.
SUBSCRIPTION RATES:
Daily,, one. year $6.00
Daily, one month 50c
Weekly, one year SI.OO
Weekly, six months 50c
Address all letters and make remit
tance payable to
THE TIMES-RECORDER,
Americus, Ga
Americas, Ga., February 4, 1908.
WILL REBUILD AT ONCE
In the burning of the plant operated
by the Americus Compress Company
on Sunday night, Americus has suf
fered a loss. But there is much con
solation in th e thought that it might
have come at a much more inoppor
tune time, if there could be such a
thing as an opportune time for such
a misfortune. Anyhow, the great bulk
of the cotton has been compressed for
the season.
But much better than that, is the
announcement that the plant will be
rebuilt at once. Within the next teu
days the Messrs. Council and the
Messrs. Harrold, the owners, will be
gin the work of clearing away the
debris. The insurance adjusters are
already at work on the loss and the
settlement will no doubt be promptly
made.
The new compress will be enlarged
and equipped with the most modern
machinery. This will result in Am
ericus having perhaps the best com
press in the state, outside of three
larger cities. This will attract cot
ton here next season and for suc
ceeding seasons. Out of her present
loss, Americus will get future gains.
The owners of the compress kept
the plant fully insured, so that the
weight of the loss falls on the insur
ance companies. But the owners will
not wait for the insurance money to
get busy on rebuilding. Long before
the first bale of the new crop has
been picked, the compress will be
ready to handle all offerings in the
most economical and best „iyle.
PORTUGAL'S KING SLAIN
King Carlos, of Portugal, and
Crown Prince Luiz Philippe, were as
sassinated Saturday in Lisbon. As
the king and Crown Prince, accom
panied by the Queen and her son,
Prince Manuel, were being driven
from the railroad station to the pal
ace under guard, a group of men,
waiting at a corner sprang out, and
pulling carbines from under their
coats, fired into the carriage, with the
result stated. Three of the attack
ing party were killed by the guards.
Great excitement prevails, both in
Portugal and in Spain, over the regi
cide. A rigid press censorship prob
ably prevents the real facts from be
ing known to the world.
The primary cause for the murder
ous attack on the King was the in
tolerable domination of Premier Joao
Franco, who had gotten a strong hold
on the King and was carrying on the
Government in utter disregard of the
rights and wishes of the people. Act
ing under Franco's advice, the King
dissolved the Chambers last May. This
was declared to be an unconstitution
al step. A dictatorship was establish
ed, Franco ruling with an iron hand
since that time.
For the past few months the rev
olutionists have been exceedingly
busy. Numerous uprisings were sup
pressed by the police, but the move
ment grew' daily. On Jan. 23 the po
lice discovered a widespread plot to
kill Franco. A number of arrests
w r er e made and bombs and ammuni
tion seized. It w-as evidently consid
ered the more effective scheme to kill
the King, and thus strike terror to
Franco, whose pet he w r as.
Some weeks ago Franco had pub
lished a laudatory notice of himself
and his alleged devotion to the peo
ple, w'hich w'as copied in this coun
try. But recently a more accurate
estimate, it would appear, has been
published of the man from the pen
of a leader of the Portugese Radicals.
This writer says:
"The whole of his (Franco’s) ad
ministration is saturated with deceit
and falsehood. His liberal program—
a lie; his administrative program—a
lie. He has set a yoke upon the neck
of Portugal which the country can
never shake off except by revolution.
This man cries out against corrup
tion. Portugal has never had a min
ister so corrupt. He has begun, more
over, to corrupt the King and has
completely corrupted the upper
classes, w'hose help he felt he need
ed. What is the political aim of this
liberal who is a traitor to freedom,
this ruler who declares that he is
a strong in his rectitude, but is still
as thoroughly corrupt as the others?
He has no aim. He is an adventurer,
who seeks adventures, at any cost,
tragic or bloody, or what not.”
Premier Franco has proclaimed
Prince Manuel as King, and given
out an official statement of the kill
ing. The revolutionists have seemed
awed by the magnitude of their first
outburst, and quiet prevails, but it
is likely only the calm before a fur
ther outbreak.
The Atlanta Journal sizes uY> the
last “money for title” marriage by
saying: “Gladys is now r a countess
and Sneezi a counter.”
Soda Crackers that crackle as good Soda <uj>
Crackers should [gf
I Uneeda Biscuit |
With meals —for meals —between meals )w
In dust tight,
moisture proof packages.
Never sold in bulk. R
M NATIONAL BISCUIT COMPANY sj|
Thomas W. Lawson offers to wager
SIOO,OOO to $70,000 that Roosevelt gets
a third term. We might take thirty
cents of a pool on the short end of the
proposition.
The Griffin News proposes a contest
between Clay and Watson to see if
Georgia is actually Democratic or
Populist. 'Sh. Watson is a Hoke
Smith Democrat now.
As the facts are developed in re
gard to the Neal bank of Atlanta, the
more criticism State Treasurer Park
gets for not examining that institu
tion as he should have done.
The son of Gen. Forrest, the or
ganizer of the Ku Klux, is to appear
in the play of “The Clansman.” It
costs a thousand per week, according
to the press agent, to secure the star.
In round figures it is estimated that
the two trials of Thaw for killing
Sanford White have cost both sides
about a million dollars. The defend
ant's family have wasted away a large
part of their fortune in the case.
In the course of a missionary con
ference in San Francisco, a promin
ent prelate gave utterance to the
statement that city life tended to
make better citizens than country life.
Most people will be from Missouri
on the gentleman’s proposition.
As the birthday of the blind tiger
gets further away, it is to be expect
ed that the animal will gather
strength gradually. Unless some
good prohibitionists is on hand with
a club to slay the cub, some parts of
Georgia may harbor the beast.
The president’s message, when he
touches on the employers’ liability
law, which was recently declared un
constitutional, shows that he has his
heart set on some such measure. He
wants the railroads especially to be
liable for injuries to employes. He
seeks to make such a law constitu
tional by having it apply to inter
state railroads.
Notwithstanding the rapidly in
creasing use of perfected system of
fireproof buildings, the report of the
geological survey is to the effect that
the use of lumber has not decreased.
The increase in the use of cement as
a material for buildings has not cut
into the use of lumber, either, the
number of houses built of wood be
ing 59 per cent of the total.
Hon. Joseph M. Brown is out with
a letter in which h e defends the
Georgia Railroad Commission for
declining to consider the question of
giving Atlanta a port rate. Mr.
Brown cites Supreme Court decisions
to show that the commission has not
the power to cater to Atlanta’s in
stent demand, even though Candidate
Smith haq made that one of his cam
paign promises. Chairman McLendon
will hardly publicly thank Mr. Brown
for his defense, sound though it is.
COURT DECIDED
IN HIS FAVOR
Cooper Fought to Retain Formula Which Has
Made a Fortune.
L. T. Cooper, the roan who believes
that 90 per cent of all ill health of
this generation is caused by stomach
trouble, is fast winning a national
faith in his theory. His claim is now
admitted by a surprising number of
people throughout the country, and he
is gaining new adherents every day
While speaking of his success in a
recent interview, Mr. Cooper said: “I
believed ten years ago that any one
who could produce a formula that
would thoroughly regulate the stom
ach would have a fortune. When I
got hold of this formula I knew with
in six months that I was right, and
that my fortune was made. I called
the medicine Cooper’s New Discovery
although I did not get up the formula.
I hev e owned it however, for over
three years. I have had one lawsuit
over it, which I won in the courts,
When it was settled the Cooper Medi
cine Company became the only firm in
the world that can prepare the medi
cine. The preparation has sold like i
wildfire wherever introduced. As I
have said before, it is successful sim
ply because it Puts the stomach in
perfect shape, then nature does the
rest. There are any number of com
plaints never before associated with
stomach trouble that the medicine has
alleviated in thousands of' cases.”
Among statements obtained recently
Some druggists in other parts of
the state are waking up to the fact
that they must have agovernment li
cense o sell alcohol even on prescrip
tion. Americus druggists have been
“wise” all the while.
The Rome Tribune-Herald says of a
recent editorial in the Times-Recor
der: “Editor Gamble of Americus,
voices a complaint because the ladies
down there play cards and don’t in
vite the men. If Judge Fite moves
down there and indicts the ladies
Gamble will be glad that this was
thus.”
HELPFUL
You won’t tell your family doctor
the whole story about your private
illness you are too modest. You
need not he afraid to tell Mrs. Pink
ham, at Lynn, Mass., the things you
could not explain to the doctor. Your
letter will he held in the strictest con
fidence. From her vast correspond
ence with sick women during the
past thirty years she may have
gained the very knowiedge that will
help your case. Such letters as the fol
lowing, from grateful women, es
tablish beyond a doubt the power of
LYDIA E. PIN KH AM’S
VEGETABLE COMPOUND
to conquer all female diseases.
Mrs. Norman 11. liarndt, of Allen
town, Pa., writes:
, “ Ever since I was sixteen years of
age I had suffered from an organic de
rangement and female weakness; in
consequence I had dreadful headaches
and was extremely nervous. My physi
cian said I must go through an opera
tion to get well. A friend told me
about Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable
Compound, and I took it and wrote you
for advice, following your directions
carefully, and thanks to you I am to
day a well woman, and I am telling
all my friends of my experience.”
FACTS FOR SICK WOMEN.
For thirty years Lydia E. Pink
ham’s Vegetable Compound, made
from roots and herbs, has been the
standard remedy for female, ills,
and has positively cured thousandsoi
women who have been troubled with
displacements, inflammation, ulcera
tion, fibroid tumors, irregularities,
periodic pains, backache, that bear
ing-down feeling, flat ulency, indiges
tion, dizziness, or nervous prostration.
from users of this medicine that is
arousing such universal discussion is
one from Mrs. Emma Stanley, living
in Chicago, at 713 Washington Boule
vard, w-ho said: ‘‘Perhaps I had the
most complicated case that Mr. Cooper
had to deal with. 1 was troubled for
years with my stomach. I consulted
with doctors and took many patent
medicine preparations without result.
My stomach was in such a wretched
condition that I could not enjoy a
meal that I ate.
‘‘l was very nervous, and could
hardly sleep; I had a roaring in my
ears and dancing spots before my
eyes. I felt bad and weak. Then there
was a very sore spot at the pit of my
stomach that nearly set me wild.
“I heard about the Cooper medicine
and decided to try it. 1 used four bot
tles, and the improvement in my case
has been really wonderful. My nerves
have been quieted ,and I am so much
improved that I feel like a new wo
man.
“I canot say too much for these
wonderful remedies, for they have
made me well.”
We sell the Cooper medicines and
consider them well worth a trial' by
any on e afflicted with chronic stom
ach trouble and its attendant dis
eases.—-Dodson's Pharmacy.
PAIL 5. DAVIS IS DEAD
AT HOME IN TEXAS
Former Citizen of Ameri
cus Passes Away.
Telegrams received by relatives in
Americus conveyed the sad tidings j
of the death of Paul S. Davis at his,
home in Georgetown, Texas, where
he has resided for several years with
his brother, William Davis. The
deceased was a native of Americus
and the youngest son of the late
Henry C. Davis of this city, and bro
ther of Messrs, H. C. and C. P. Davis,
and Mrs. William M. Jones. Many
friends here recall this genial, whole
souled young man and will sorrow
at his death.
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STICKING TO A CONTRACT
Is one of our good points. We do
not repudiate figures on estimates,
and we follow every detail closely.
We do only work of the very high
est class, and we charge only rea
sonable prices for first class work.
We find that this policy pays us.
\ r ou'll find that it will pay you to hav e
us do your work.
C. P. PAYNE.
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Next to having money, the most
important thing Is how to take care
of it—how beet to invest it.
A Banking Institution of this kind
cannot only care for your financial
interests in a careful, conservative
way—giving you abundant banking
facilities in every department of fin
ance—but can also give you valuable
aid and advice about investments and
securities. Open an account with
the Bank of South Western Georgia’s
Savings Department and enjoy the
advantages that accrue.
If you w'ant good home made Har
ness buv from
W. O. BARNETT,
Manufacturer of all kinds of Harness.
PISH T\LES are often rxapger atfons but
we nave no reed nt etretchir g the t*u»h til
ourbu>ln-?s as FR H PEELERS. Fre h
ness Is ari abso uie y Hulls-ensable qua'Uv
til unsaited or iiiiscr-oked fish »nd yve tiand'e
none about wtitch iher may hethesltghn st
doubt. We kte every kind in s. >k>< from
the came y trout to 'solid mull- 1. Andw'-j
d< n't try to make a torture on eve»v p und i
of fish w't se-l eithe r. ‘ ID R Os K & CO j
i haue ho. 32.
GROUNDHOG SAW
SHADOW SUNDAY
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Prognosticator Expects Six
Winter Weeks.
When the traditional groundhog I
emerged from his winter’s retirement
Sunday he had no difficulty in seeing
his shadow. By all the rules which
were in effect centuries before the
weather department was dreamed of
—or began to dream on its own ac
count—this means that Americus will
have forty more days of winter.
Had the sun remained in hiding this
old-time prognosticator would have
come to the conclusion that spring {
was about to burst into full bloom, !
and remained outside. And here was 1
less difficulty in believing that the |
groundhog was a true prophet for
the day was cool and yesterday w r as
colder.
After having ascertained for him- j
self the state of the weather for the
next forty days, the experienced fore- ;
caster, Mr. Groundhog, crawled back !
into his burrow' to take another
“snooze” lasting well into March.
Many who have to get up on the
cold mornings which are scheduled |
will doubtless envy the groundhog his j
long nap.
PRESSURE AT FIRE IS
DUE TO THE MAINS
Some criticism was made yesterday
relative to the water pressure at the
compress fire. The trouble was with
th e water mains and not at the pump- !
ing station. The water mains leading
to the compress are rather small, only |
four inches, and with a double stream '
pouring from each of the two hy
drants the pressure necessarily was :
none too great. The water tower was i
full to overflowing, showung no lack :
of supply at that source.
Red hair would blaze as fiercely by
any other name.—N. Y. Press.
Have a Bank Account
igSpr Patentees and Mfrs., Chicago w WITH THE
PPPS**!?- I||il Agiericut Tm&t 4 Sv’gs Bank
T- .MMUrrs T.:r>T , Anyone eau make money,
and SAVINGS BANK but ,ttak <3* wise one to
save it. Begin with ?1 and
; f get a Home Bank free. Cali
Y • • ' • * ~ i and ask about our plan. 4 per
interest paid on Savings I»e
--* posits Compounded. Office in
j&M Americus National Bank
Building, Cotton Avenue.
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T. W. BBEFFIELB, Prebident, FLANK SHE’ FIEI D Viee-lies.
E. D. SHEFFIKI D t Cashier.
Americus, Ga.
A general banking business transacted and all consistent
courtesies extended patrons. Certificates of deposit issued
earning interest.
G. C. HALL
CONTRACTOR AND BUILDER
BRICK WORK A SPECIALTY
Contract work solicited in Americus and surrounding towns
j All Work Guaranteed. Bell Street, Americus, Ga.
|| ST/INMRD OF SUPERLATIVE S/mSMCTION
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I! €J As good as butter,—yes, better than butter, be
| cause it’s vegetable and more digestible. For cake,
| pastry, and bread, and other things, you use butter in
the making, just add a little salt to the batter when
using Snowdrift, Don’t forget that Snowdrift coats
a great deal less than butter and less than hog lard;—
and there’s no comparison between Snowdrift qual
ity and purity and that of hog lard. €f Snowdrift’s the
most economical frying and cooking fat, not only be
cause it is better than hog lard, but because it costs
less per pound and less of it needs, to be used.
THE SOUTHERN COTTON OIL COg^g'*
NEW YORK-SAVANNAH -NEW ORLEANS ATLANTA- CHICAGO 1
WHAT TO DO WITH THE HOUDAYBOOKS!
Just now this is a leading question in many thousand
American homes. WfejM&L*-
How can all the new books, with their attractive bindings
be displayed to the best advantage, arranged and classified
so as to always be accessible* * •
Now is the most propitious moment of the entire year to settle
this question for all time to come, by procuring
"Elastic" Book Cases which are graded as to height to fit the
books of any library, and in lengths to fit most any room.
- Made in dull and polish finish, quartered oak and mahogany
—-with plain, leaded and plate glass doors —controlled by the
only patent equalizer that absolutely prevents binding.
Three different. styles are described in the catalogue —
Standard, Mission and Ideal —each one a distinctive type.
We carry the goods in stock and sell at catalogue prices.
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A. W. Smith Furniture Co.
i L.. G. Council Prest. R. J. Pebbv, Tiu-Tml, (. ]N <*i>< 11 Cai-lm r.
INCORPORATED 1891.
,he Planters Bank
BHRltllill °f Americus
8H Ilii! S ' '1 otal Resources, - $500,000
1 re». unen. a; d rverv alt. • u
ffilE “Department for Savings.” j
A. W. Smith, Pres. G. M. Eldridge, V. I'. X. JI. Dudley, (fishier
Bank of South-Western Ga,
Americus Ga.
Security, Liberality and Courtesy Accorded Its Patrons.
DIRECTORS:
C. L. Ansley, G. 3F. I’ld ridge, R. J. Perry
TV. A. Dodson, Thos. Harrold, A. TV. Smith,
A. 31. Dudley, 11. R. Johnson.
can Serve You With the Best.
Good meats always on hand
Fresh Fish and Oysters every day
Pork Sausage a specialty
How about a Roast of Mutton, or Chops, Saturday or
Sunday?
Phone No. 94, G. M. BRAGG’S MARKET, under opera ! use
Fancy price paid for best cattle.
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