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Money Saved Here!
NECESSITY knows no law,” and necessity
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Bailey's Clothing Sale.
Our always-strictly-adhered-to policy of “car
rying over as few goods as possible from one
season to the next,” makes it imperative for us
to hasten the departure of present stock before
the arrival of Spring goods.
“But it’s too late to buy Winter Clothing,”-you
sa v. Not a bit of it—providing the inducements
are great enough. Winter is not ox er, by any
means. W e can expect plenty of cold weather
—more than likely, the coldest of the year. Then,
too. the foresighted. man will need no urging to
provide now for next Winter’s needs.
Now, When He Can Save 20
to SO Per Cent!
But we might talk for weeks and in the end
say nothing more convincing than is shown by a
mere statement of the facts and figures in the
case. Come and see for yourself.
W. D. BAILEY,
Outfitter for Men and Boys.
Laxacold
Hits the Spot
every time. Cures
colds, coughs, grippe,
headache and neural
gia. A laxative tablet.
25c per box.
RPMBERT’S drug store
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MOORES 1 BABYS CROUP a
SHOULD KEEP IT IN THE HOUSE
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OPPOSITE WINDSOR HOTEL.
AMERICUS TIMES-RECORDER
MONUMENT QUESTION
BEFORE DAUGHTERS
To Consider Site and In
scription Today.
There will be a meeting of the
Daughters of the Confederacy at the
home of the President, Mrs. J. E. Ma
this, at 3:30 o'clock this afternoon.
Ail of the members are requested to
attend and to be prepared to fully
express their opinions as to the ap
propriateness of the proposed in
scription for the Wirz monument, and
also as to whether the site shall be
changed from Andersonville to Am
ericus.
On Thursday there will be a meet
ing at Atlanta of the general com
mittee on inscription. Miss Alice
Baxter, State President of the Daugh
ters of the Confederacy, has request
ed an expression of opinion as to the
inscription that has been prepared
and tomorrow there will be a discus
sion as to the public sentiment in
this connection. It is highly probable
that it will be decided to adhere to
the inscription already announced in
the press.
The committee on inscription has
nothing to do with the question of a
change of site. The site was deter
mined on at the genera! meeting of
the Daughters and can only be chang
de at the next general meeting at
Savannah in October. If it is appar
ent, though, that there has been a
change of sentiment in this connec
tion the erection and unveiling of the
monument can be deferred in order to
afford an opportunity for reconsider
ation of this important question.
If a change is to be made in the
site it would undoubtedly be to Am
ericus. There were some suggestions
in favor of Atlanta, but they never
received any general support. Ameri
cus was originally selected, but at the
last meeting Andersonville was finally
determined upon.
It had been intended to have the
monument in position and ready for
unveiling on June 3. The cutting of
the inscriptions will not begin for
sixty days yet. The monument is
rapidly taking shape at Clark’s Moun
mental Works.
Yesterday Mrs. J. E. Mathis and
Mrs. James Taylor, the site commit
tee of the Daughters, brought the re
quest of the State President for an
expression of opinion before Camp
Sumter, of Confederate Veterans.
There was about twenty-five vets
present. An animated discussion re
sulted, and it was unanimously de
cided that the inscription should
stand. A resolution was also unani
mously adopted urging that the loca
tion of the monument be changed to
Americus. Similar expressions of
opinion will doubtless come from
Camps throughout the state and it
would not be at all surprising if
Americus, after all, secured the monu
ment.
It has been suggested that if the
monument is erected here it be plac
ed in the centre of Jackson and
Lamar streets, where it would " be
seen by more people than if placed at
any other point in the city. All guests
of the hotel would necessarily notice
it, and there is no point in Americus
where there is a greater traffic.
INSPECTING THIRD
DISTRICT COLLEGE
Representative Citizens
Pleased With Progress.
The Third District Agricultural
College was inspected yesterday af
ternoon by a committee of citizens,
including Aldermen Childers, Poole,
Morgan and Allen, Representative
Taylor, Dr. Crockett, Mr. Crawford
Wheatley and Mr. Frank Lanier.
The gentlemen were met at th e col
lege by Superintendent Collum and
show over the grounds and buildings.
In the field near by plowing was in
progress. Near the main building a
number of boys were engaged in
clearing up the ground, gathering the
rubbish- up preparatory for its des
truction or use. The old brickbats
will Fie broken up and used for con
crete walks about the buildings.
in the work shop some of the boys
were found engaged in carpentering
and iron work.
Everywhere there were signs that
the institution had got down to work
and was being organized along the
lines it is to follow. In the s school
rooms were the evidences or the
morning’s work on the black boards.
The dining hall was visited. There
are accommodations at the tables for
seventy. Everything was found
clean and neat and the roTSust and
satisfied condition of the boys attest
ed that they were given ample sub
stantial food for their voracious appe
ties.
Much yet remains to be done be
fore the buildings and grounds can
be called complete. Berckman &
Sons’ of Augusta, the well known
horticulturalists, have had a design
made for the ground, which will give
an exceedingly pretty effect when
carried out.
It is proposed to have a main
highway leading directly up to the
entrance of the academic building,
leading in a straight line into Gless
ner street, a bridge being thrown
over the railroad. A portion of the
ground of the ground in front of the
building is to be eventually laid out
in ornamental beds with concrete
walks and the broad drive referred
to will be bordered by trees.
As was naturally to b e expected so
soon after opening, the college needs
considerable in the way of equip
ment. With the materials at hand
it will be doing very effective wor\*
this year, and with every year its
equipment will undoubtedly be im
proved.
The visitors were all pleased with
the evidences of progress so far
made. The feeling of all was that
the institution should continue to
have the hearty support of Americus
and of Sumter county and that ev
erything possible in a financial way
should, be done for its advancement.
There is no reason why the Third
District col-lege should not take front
rank among institutions of this char
acter.
CARRIED BOY ILL.
..Owing to the fact that the carrier
hoy who delivers the Times-Recorder
oil the East Americus route is ill, the
patrons may he inconvenienced for
a few days. .If you live on this route
and miss your paper, please telephone
promptly to the office. The trouble
will he adjusted In a day or two, but
in the meantime we ask our subscri
bers ou that route to bear with us.
AMERICUS, GEORGIA, WEDNESDAY MORNING,FEBRUARY 5, 1908.
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POWDER
Absolutely Pure
The bmkmgg powder
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Gre&m of Tartar
Ms Iteßj Is Lime Phosphate
LADIES TO HAVE STILL
ANOTHER SOCIAL CLUB
To Organize at Meeting
Next Week.
The “Ladies Social Club” is to be
the name of the latest organization
among th e ladies here and which, as
its name signifies, will be devoted
wholly to social pastime and enjoy
ment. Card playing will form no
part of the program of the fortnightly
meetings, which will be confined
/largely to social converse, reading
and similar enjoyment. A meeting
of many of the ladies interested was
held quite recently at the residence
of Mrs. C. C. Hawkins, on College
street ,and at the next meeting or
ganization will he effected, members
elected and the club rules hnd man
agement determined upon.
BALE COTTON WEIGHED
OVER 1,000 POUNDS
Mr. J. L. Chambliss Pot
Last of Lot in Package.
Perhaps the heaviest cotton bale
ginned in Georgia was brought in by
Mr. J. L. Chambliss yesterday. When
weighed at Chambliss’ warehouse, the
bale tipped the beam at 1,030 pounds.
After allowing for moisture, the huge
bale was weighed in at 990 pounds of
cotton.
In the bale was the last of Mr.
Chambliss’ crop for the season. When
he saw what was left he had it all
ginned into one bale, not realizing
perhaps that he had practically two
full bales.
Mr. Chambliss has a plantation on
the Flint river, some fourteen miles
east of Americus. Besides the big
bale, he brought in a number of bales
of regulation size.
REPORT 0E MEETING IS
NOT GIVEN BY BOARD
As Reguested by Grand
Jury.
The county commissioners have
just held their February meeting, but
like that of January, and all previous
meetings, nothing whatever relative
to the proceedings was given the pub.
lie. The affairs of this body*is known
only to thetnselves, although the pub
lic would doubtless like to know some
thing of what is done in the manage
ment of county affairs. Believing this
to be true, and that the taxpayers of
the county were entitled to this much
consideration, the grand jury at two
terms of the court has strongly rec
ommended that the county commis
sioners publish their monthly pro
ceedings, and also a financial state
ment at stated times. But the coun
ty commissioners, in their wisdom,
have not seen fit to regard any such
recommendation of the grand jury,
and nothing of the monthly proceed
ings of that body is given to the pub
lic. The people, the taxpayers, may
possibly be interested in the adminis
tration of their own affairs, but the
county commissioners evidently do not
think that right should be accorded
them in the manner suggested by the
grand jury.
WIFE SAVED
SOUSA’S CASH
NEW YORK, Feb. 4.—(Special)—
Many stories are traveling up and
down Broadway regarding money left
too long in she New Amsterdam Nat
ional Bank and money withdrawn in
the nick of time. John Philip Sousa
had all the funds of his band on de
posit there. The manager of the or
ganization reached New York on
Wednesday evening fr<sm Nashville,
where Sousa and his band were play
ing that night, and, hearing of the
closing of the New Amsterdam Bank,
telegraphed the news to the conduc
tor, adding:
“We had $29,570 on deposit.”
Sousa telegraphed this reply:
“Sorry it isn’t an even $30,000; eas
ier to remember.”
The manager hurried to break the
news to Mrs. Sousa, who knows all
her husband’s business' affairs and
has his power of attorneys. She told
the manager that she had heard ru
mors of the new Amsterdam’s trou
bles and had withdraw all but a few
dollars of th e Sousa band money at
2:50 that afternoon.
-rc— Hard colds, hard coughs, severe broifFhitis,
Tj LJ weak throats, weak lungs. We wish ypu would
yJJ f* ask your doctor if he knows of anything better
lb*. V for the ;e troubles than Ayer’s Cherry Pecto-
Do not trust 100 much to your own judg- ral • it is the best medicine you
meat in medical mailers. Consult your Coll!d I 0 take. But ask your doctor, and
doctor frequently . He knows best, thus be .u. r io r.i ake no mistake. iY>wem C Ma»:
LOSSES AT PRESS TO
SOON BE ADJUSTED
Agents of Companies Are
Here Now.
The losses sustained by the insur
ance companies in the recent fire here,
exceeding SIOO,OOO very considerably,
will soon be adjusted, and upon a
satisfactory basis. This was the
opinion expressed yesterday by sev
eral here among the losers by the
fire.
Representatives of all companies
carrying risks upon the compress or
cotton were here yesterday.
Under the rules of insurance the
companies are entitled to sixty days
wherein to effect settlements, but it
was said yesterday that this privilege
would not be invoked.
All claims, it is believed, will be
settled very quickly.
While a new and modern compress
will be erected upon the site of the
one destroyed, it cannot, of course be
completed in time to handle another
bale of this cotton crop, as it will be
some time in July or August ere it
could be made ready.
This fact will cut Americus’ cotton
receipts probably 10,000 bales.
This amount of cotton is held in the
smaller towns in this section and
would have come here for compres
sion. Under the circumstances it
will go to the Cordele press.
There are still some 3,000 or 4,000
bales in the Americus warehouses, and
probably 1,000 bales still on planta
tions here and yet to be marketed.
This, of course, will come to the ware
houses here, and will be shipped
“flat” to some other press.
It is said that no portion of the
old machinery burned Sunday night
will be used in the erection of the
new press. The machinery there has
already been through one or two
fires, it is said, and an entirely new
equipment will now be purchased.
Within a week the erection of the
new press will be under way.
WATER IS YET POURED
ON EIRE AT PRESS
Bales Blaze Many Hours
After Eire.
Yesterday morning, nearly two
days after the compress burned, the
firemen were still pouring water upon
the lot of three hundred bales which
were only partially burned Sunday
night. Apparently extinguished, the
fire really had eaten its way far
into the heart of the cotton bales, and
when the firemen would relax their
vigilance for a few hours the flames
would break out afresh. It will be
days yet before the last spark is
extinguished, as it is almost impos
sible to put out fire in cotton except
by great effort. A bale may be sub
merged in running water, thrown into
a creek; yet if the fire is well inside
it will continue to burn for a time.
The burned bales here, or all of the
30b. worth saving, will be shipped
away to a cotton pickery, the best of
it saved and utilized in some way. As
soon as the burned timbers and de
bris can be removed workmen will
begin e'earing the ground and mak
ing ready to build the new and mod
ern compress which will take the
place of the old one destroyed Sun
day nightl
MEETING 0E CAMP WAS
ONE OF INTEREST
Speeches Made by Several
Veterans.
Camp Sumter 642, United Confed
erate Veterans, held its monthly
meeting yesterday. There was a very
large attendance of the veterans, and
th proceedings throughout were of
more than usual interest. After dis
posing of routine business represen
tatives of the U. D. C. were welcomed
to the assembly hall, and the subject
of the Wirz monument and proposed
inscriptions thereupon was taken up.
The reading of the inscriptions sug
gested for the shaft elicited enthu
siasm, and without a dissenting voice
the veterans, many of whom had
known Major Wirz personally, en
dorsed the sentiments expressed to
the fullest extent. They though each
GROWERS OF FRUIT IN
SUMTER FORM A UNION
Large Interests in Orchards
Here.
Five hundred and thirty thousand
peach trees, 350 acres of canteloupes
and 100 acres of watermelons were
represented by owners attending the
meeting at city hall here yesterday
afternoon, when a society of the
fruit growers of Sumter was organ
ized.
Other large interests of like kind
will be added when growers not pres
ent yesterday join the society.
For the fruit-growing interests of
Sumter county are assuming large
proportions, and this section will ere
long rival any other in Georgia in
th e production of fruits.
The meeting yesterday was the first
held, and much interest was manifest
ed among the fruit men in attend
ance. Organization was effected and
Mr. W. J. Josey elected president, Mr.
Elton C. Parker treasurer, and Mr.
William P. Wallis secretary.
A dozen names were enrolled, while
other prominent fruit growers un
able to attend this meeting are pre
pared to join later.
By the date of next meeting the
membership will number a score.
The object of the organization is to
foster the fruit growing interests
here and interchange ideas among
the members. The financial interests
in fruit growing here represents hun
dreds of thousands of dollars capi
tal, and will be given every attention.
Within four miles of Americus are
orchards containing more than six
hundred thousand selected peach
trees, all of which will be in* full
bearing this year. Such a crop, if a
full one, means probably a million
dollars to the fruit growers here.
It is not surprising, therefore, that
these men are solicitous regarding
the weather conditions, upon which
the safety of the crop depends.
A full peach crop will mean a great
deal here this year.
Canteloupes are being given more
attention than heretofore, 350 acres
being reported at the meeting yester
day. Mr. Elton Parker will plant one
hundred acres in the fruit, always in
demand, and expects excellent re
turns therefrom.
The society organized will look
well to the marketing of this pro
duct, and will study carefully their
interests generally.
MRS. ANSLEY TC CCLO.
TO SPEND SOME TIME
Mrs. Charles L. Ansley left on
Monday last for Colorado where she
goes to visit her son, Charles, who has
been there for the past seven months
and to be with him on his 21st birth
day, February 14th. Charles’ friends
will be glad to know that he has
entirely regained his health but in
all probability will remain in the
west for a number of years yet.
THREE CAME TO APPLY
FOR PLACE OF SUPT.
And Stand the Examina
tion.
Supt. W. S. Moore, the present in
cumbent, Prof. J. T. Price and Mr.
Frank W. Forth are all applicants for
the position of county school com
missioner, and the decision of the
county board of education in the mat
ter is awaited with interest. Yes
terday was the date of examination
<rf applicants before the school board,
and the thre e gentlemen seeking the
position thus applied' Messrs. K. M.
McDonald, J. I. Hiller, J. C. Carter
and T. J. Wade, of the county board
of education, were present, Dr. Logan
being absent. The examination of
the three applicants consumed sev
eral hours, and the papers submitted
by each are now in the hands of the
school board for examination. The
announcement of the successful ap
plicant will probably be made next
Tuesday, it was stated yesterday. The
county superintendent of schools has
control of the sixty public schools in
Sumter and the position is one of
much importance and responsibility.
PLEADS FOR A TICKET
BACK TO AMERICUS
This Negro is Weary of the
West.
Homesick, heartsick, disgusted with
the strange country to which he was
enticed by false promises and misrep
resentation, N. L. Lamar, one of many
Americus negroes, who went to Cali
fornia a few months ago, is eager and
anxious to come home, and at once.
A letter received from his yester
day makes a pathetic appeal for mon
ey to pay his passage home.
Lamar is an honest, hard-working
negro, who was lured by fake stories
of a life of ease in California, and the
experience has been a bitter one for
him, as for many others.
The gentleman to whom the letter
is addressed will send Lamar the
money with which to come home, and
the story he will tell upon his arri
val in Americus will be well worth
the price in deterring other ignorant
negroes from making a similar bad
mistake.
Lamar writes that many other ne
groes who left Americus for this
neyv land of Canaan are just as sick
of it, and disgusted like himself, and
would come back here, if they could.
Several months ago a perfect craze
to go to California seized many ne
groes here, and not a few sold their
little homes and belongings and went
to a strange land, of which they knew
nothing. The experience has been a
bitter and expensive one for all.
Georgia—and Americus in particu
lar—is the best place for a home rais
ed negro, and Lamar knows it now,
to his sorrow.
inscription highly appropriate, a fact
expressed vehemently in the several
short addresses following their read
ing. The veterans did not "suggest
a single change and were free in
their expression of hearty approval.
Their only dissent is in the location
of the Wirz monument, the veterans
still insisting that a prominent place
in the business centre of Americus is
far preferable to a site at Anderson
ville.
HONEY RAISING SALE
Os
G. S. GARDNER, 207 Forsyth St.
es, that’s what it is. I have a large stock of goods and
am going to convert a large block of them into cash.
My profits have been made from goods already sold, and I
am going to cut the price of my present stock so deeply that
you will know I am in earnest.
1 have the goods, YOU have the money. It’s an invest
ment sale- Even if you can’t wear all the goods you purchase
in the next few weeks, they’ll keep, and save you big interest.
Prices and reductions are just as advertised. My entire
stock of SB,OOO worth of Clothing, Dry Goods, Shoes, Hats,
Etc-, is included
I ask that you come and see for yourself, and if the bar
gains are not as represented, I DON’T WANT YOU TO BUY*
A dissatisfied customer is an advertisement I DON’T WANT-
Here Are A Few Os The Bargains:
Men’s Suits
$20.00 Suits at sl2 98
18.00 Suits at 10.98
10.00 Suits at 4.79
6.00 Suits at 3.29
Boy’s Suits
SB.OO Suits $5.49
6.00 Suits 3.49
1.50 Suits * .98
1.25 Suits 73
Men’s Pants
$5.00 Pants $3.98
4.00 Pants 3.23
3.00 Pants 2.24
1.50 Pants 98
Men’s Furnishings
Men’s $ I dress shirts 89c
Men’s 50c dress shirts 39c
Men’s 15c supporters 9c
Men’s 35c suspenders 23c
Men’s 25c sox 19c
Men’s 10c sox... 8c
Dress Goods
25c worsteds.. 19c
50c worsteds 39c
75c worsteds 59c
$1.25 worsteds :.. .98c
G. S. Gardner.
We Buy and Sell
Real Estate # Negotiate Loans.
List you property with us if you want to
buy or sell.
THE ALLISON REALTY CO.
R. E. Allison, Pres. & Treas.
Office in rear of the Allison Furniture Co., Store
Allison Building/Americus, Ga.
** Phone 253.
— i -™j!" "t: .t" ..in r.™
BICYCLES & SUPPLIES
BUGGIES & HARNESS
PLOW GOODS & ETC.
If in need of any of the above it will be to
your interest to see me before you buy.
H. J. BAGLEY.
Lumber, Sash, Doors, Blinds,
FINE CABINET MANTLES A SPECIALTY,
Full stocks of cement, lime, plaster, shingles
and all builders supplies. Paints, in car load lots.
Grates, medium to the finest.
-i . 1, - ■"■ - - " 11 J lll 1 —I ■'■»«—hi
aheavyload
- 'jy o£ wilolesome groceries is always
~ worth bending over, especially if
l y m 1^ Zj’ JmnS! you’re to land them at your own
i M' rlOWif ’ door '
\ \j/ jggfif f FINJJ GROCERIES
rrA' are alwa y s welcome, fragrant coffee,
X -xT'Vv I JpJePhKK choicest tea, prime butter, bottled
goodness in so long a list that we’d
if mmmfc '' ' im: | be swamped in printer’s ink if list
/fliMffl _ _ I ing them. Come in and examine the
pill finest assortment of GROCERIES in
• / V 1 I town, barring none. NOTE THE
11 * " prices
SPARKS-MASHBURN CO.
NUMBER 31-
Underwear
Men’s $1 Wright’s Health gar. 73c
Men’s 60c sanitary fleeced —39 c
Ladies’ 50c underwear 39c
1 Ladles’ 25c stockings 19c
Ladies’ lOc stockings 8c
| Staples
All calicoes... 5c
6c check homespun 4c
Bed Spreads, Blankets
; $2.50 bed spreads $1.73
1 2.00 bed spreads 1.23
1.50 bedspreads 98
; 1.00 quilts 89
Cotton Goods
15c, 20c and 25c est. broidery 10c
10c best plaids 8c
10c 3yd sheeting 8c
10c outing 8c
10c dress gingham 8c
Shawls and Furs
; 50c grade at 33c
$3.50 furs at. $1.98
1.00 furs at 73