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thirtieth year. !*. . i . 'V 'i /' f The first time you wear an Imperial you will realize how much room there was to improve $3.00 hat values. Every day the same fact is brought home to you. No other hat has the Imperial goodness of making— the fitness and the rightness of style. Spring styles just re ceived. W. D. BAILEY MEN’S OUTFIT TER. Laxacold Hits the Spot - every time. Cures colds, coughs, grippe, headache and neural gia. A laxative tablet. 25c per box. REMBERT’S DRUG STORE NEXT TO POSTOFFICE. > . GREATEST BLESSING EVE I? SENT AN INFANT' ■RD’S FRENCH CROUP SUET URESBABYSCROUP m Pother's should keep it in the house^^JßC^ ZOMMENDED BY PHYSICIANS. IANUFACTURED ONLY BY mm, KON. R MENARD Macon Ga. • ’CrOUPSuET REGISTERED U. 5. PATENT OFFICE WASKINCTON Pop Sale By W.A. REMBERT, Druggist. OUR STOCK Is Unsurpassed Latest Designs, . I Greatest Variety, Lowest Prices. “EVERYTHING. IN FURNITURE LINE.” Furnish Your Home At Least Cost By Buying From ALLISON FURNITURE COMPANY OPPOSITE WINDSOR HOTEL. AMERICUS TIMEB-RECORDER LITTLE ONES FOUND IN HUNGER AND POVERTY Mother Dead and Deserted by Father. Ragged and unkempt, hungry pen niless, alone and deserted, four little children were found here yesterday in direct want and distress. Accord ing to report made by Police Chief Feagjn, who investigated the case, the mother of the little waifs is dead, and their father has seemingly aban doned them and gone to parts un known. The oldest child, a girl of twelve years, >Yas doing the part of a penniless little mother to her three baby brothers, all as ragged, unkempt and hungry as herself. The picture of the cheerless and abandoned room j.i? which they were found, cold and all aVme, was a most pathetic one. ! Jt is proposed to send the four moth erless little ones to the Orphans Home in Macon by the noon train today if a collection sufficient to pro vide clothing and pay railroad fare can be had this morning. Surely the good women of Americus and citi zen» generally will come to their re lief instantly. Contributions of cash can be handed this morning to either judge Charles R. Crisp, Sheriff Bell or Chief Feagin, who will look after these poor little abandoned, mother less babes, AMERICUS TO HAVE BUT FEW MORE BIG SHOWS High Rates is the Cause of Trouble. AmeiMeus, in common with other Georgia cities, lias had fewer thea trical attraction ibis season than in any other for twenty years past. Scarcely a half dozen good attractions have come this way, and bookings at this time do not indicate that many others are on the way. And the same may be said of other towns. Albany lias had more attrac tions, perhaps, than Americus, or other lovyns of our class. “There is only one reason that can l»e assigned for the trouble. Since the passage of an act by the Railroad Commission, prohibiting the issuance of a reduced rate to anyone the thea trical companies playing South, have had their transportation expenses doubled. No matter how large the show the rate remains the same. The managers of the South have organized a protective association for the purpose pf obtaining some relief from the present stringent state of af fairs, and a joint meeting was held on February fith. in Atlanta, Southern roads, the effect of which will he learned later. Americus is known among the managers as a good smow-town. The decrease of patronage due to the present dullness of the money market and particularly the action of the railroads is alone responsible for the small number o f attractions seen here this season. COM. HUDSON EN TOUR AND MAKES A SPEECH Is Touring With Agricultur al Train. Hon. T. G. Hudson of Americus, state comissioner of agriculture, is touring the state with the agricultural train, and at Douglasville a day or two since made his first speech en tour, addressing the farmers upon the subject of pure stock feed and other feedstuff coming under the provisions of the pure food laws. Colonel Hudson, speaking as an expert in matters of pure food legis lation, evplainred the law recently en acted for the protection of consum ers of foodstuff. The purposes of the law were summed up by the commis sioner, who made them clear to his listeners. Colonel Hudson showed how, under the present regulations, a manufac turer is required to register with his department whatever food or stock feed he may offer for sale. The mater ials composing the feed must be shown, so that no adulteration may be imposed upon the farmer and harm less ingredients may he removed. The commissioner showed that in a recent case a brand of stock food was refused registration because its manufacturers objected to register ing its component materials. Hhe showed the ingredients of this feed, as determined by the agricultural department. Colonel Hudson also touched upon the standards of wheat bran, showing the adulterants used in manufactur i ing this stock sped. He stated that [ manufacturers have been known to I use as much as 50 per cent rice hulls or peanut hulls in bran sold as j pure wheat bran prior to the enact s ment of the new law’. \ He related how the other day 20 [ car loads of purported wheat bran f were seized by the department. This bran was found to contain 7 1-2 per cent protein, instead of the 15 per cent required by law’. It w r as adulter ated with nut hulls, and w r as sold for $33 per ton as “mixed” food. In this manner unscrupulous manu facturers who have heretofore impos ed upon the farmer and stock-breeder are being brought up short by the agricultural department. AMERICUS, GEORGIA, FRIDAY MORNING. FEBRUARY 14. 1908 • DR. E. F. REESE IS NEW BISHOP GA. DIOCESE Placed in Nomination by Capt. John A Cobb. Dr. F. F. Reese, rector of Christ church, Nashville, Tenn., was yester day elected as Bishop of the Diocese of Georgia at the Episcopal conven tion in Augusta. Dr. Reese’s name was placed In nomination by Capt. John A. Cobb, of Americas. The new ly-elected Bishop is one of the fore most rectors in the Southern states, his charge at Nashville being one of the richest and largest of Episcopal churches in the South. He succeed ed Rev. J. R. Winchester, whose name was also favorably mentioned in connection with the bishopric. Seven months ago the Diocese of Georgia was divided into the Diocese of Atlanta and the Diocese of Geor gia, and since that time Bishop Nel son, who was in charge of- the o*igi nal Diocese of Georgia when it also included the Southern portion of the State, has continued in charge. The election of Dr. Reese as Bishop will relieve Bishop Nelson of the double duties which he has-been performing. It is not known where the new Bish op will make his home, MEETING OF LODGE NO. THIRTEEN THIS EVENING Regular Conclave of Amer= icus Lodge. There will be an important meeting tonight at Masonic Temple of Amer icus Lodge No. 18, F. and A. M. at 7 o'clock sharp. There will be work in the E A degree, and all Masons in food standing are cordiajy invited to attend the session. The meeting is ’ailed by L. J. Blalock, worshipful master of Americus lodge,. / 111 Interest of' School. Mrs. A. Stafford will give a free lecture at 7:80 o’clock tonight at the city hall in the interest of the Indus trial Bible School and Orphans Home, at Vega, Ga. Subscriptions to the work will be sought at the close of the address, MR. BLALOCK IN RACE SOLICITOR CITY COURT Asks Support in Democratic Primary. Mr. L. J. Blalock announces today his candidacy for the office of soli citor of the City Court of Americus at the democratic primary on April 15th. Mr. Blalock requires no intro duction to the voters of Sumter, among whom he has lived for so many years and who know well his qualifications as a lawyer. He is re garded one of the best attorneys at the Americus bar and is especially well versed in criminal law, a re quisite for the position he seeks. His friends will give his candidacy their hearty support in the primary. NOT LIKELY TO PLANT THE GARDEN TODAY Americus gardeners, according to tradition and the almanac, usually get busy in the garden upon this date. February 14th, and the tender bean and toothsome squash are given all attention. But there will be nothing doing in the planting line today, un less it be water lilies, as the ground is well soaked to a depth of twenty feet or more. Incessant, rain has de layed all farm work and the planting of gardens as well, and a late crop is’ now inevitable. The birds will go ahead mating today, and the old spins ters will send valentines, hoping to mate ere leap year crumbles beneath them, ,but the man of the house will sidestep the garden work all right enough. NAVY OFFICERS NOT FOR PINK TEAS WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 18.— (Special)—Vagrancy, mendicancy, in toxication and disorderly conduct or disturbance of the peace are hereafter to be dealt with severely by the offic ials of the Panama Canal Zone. This is made evident by the issuance of an addition to the penal code of the laws of a section authorized and signed by President Roosevelt. Persons charged with offenses of this character are to be held guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction are to be punished by a fine not to exceed $25 or by im prisonment not exceeding thirty days, or both. The world hates a pessimist as much as he hates himself.—Chicago News. Old Coughs Keep in close touch with your family doctor. No medicine Was ever made that could take his place. Trust him at all times. AMERICUS HAS NO NEED LONGER FOR SCRIP No Certificates in Circula tion Here. - Americus banks have practically called in all of the clearing house certificates circulated here during the holidays, and one of these bills is rare -ly seen in trade circles now. A local j banker showed the Times-Recoi’der a : little bunch of six or eight of the well wprn certificates yesterday, stat ing that these were the pnly ones presented his hank in nearly a month and that practically the entire issue of $25,000 made by the Americus Clearing house had thus been re deemed. The bills, if any still cir culate, are just.as good as gold and have only to be presented to any bank here for redemption. Americus banks issued less than $25,000 of the certificates, finding this small amonnt, with the actual currency in their vaults, sufficient for all commercial needs. Occasionally an Albany, Ma con, pr Atlanta certificate shows up here, but the Americas note is prac tically “all in- down and out,” hav ing served well its purpose. BIG AUDIENCE IS GOING TO SEE THE PICTURES Best Attraction of Season Today. The big benefit performance at the theatre this evening will attract the record audience of the season. The Kindergarten Association reaps the proceeds today, and the hundreds of friends of these ladies will attend. The first performance begins at 5 o’clock and lasts two full hours; the second at 7 o'clock and tjie third at 9, each of two hours duration. The six handsome films to be put on today cost the producers more than SI,OOO, and are the best yet. shown by Mana ger Lucas of the theatre. As the length of performance is doubled today, mak ing it equal to a , ygular theatrical event, the prices of admission are: gal lery 10 cents, orchestra 20 cents. And the finest picture show during the season awaits the hundreds who will attend this evening, PRIEST FROM SYRIA IS HERE FOR A VISIT lhe Guest of Brother in Americus. The Rev. Paul Azar, a Syrian, and a priest of the Catholic church is a visitor in Americus, coming here to spend some time with his brother, E. Azar, who has been a resident here for two years. The visitor is a man of probably sixty years and very in telligent, although he speaks no Eng lish. The meeting of the brothers was a happy oile as they had been separated for a long time, E. Azar several months ago renounced alle giance to the “Sick man of the East,” the unspeakable Turk, and will soon become a full fledged American citi zen. CUT PRICES ON LACES TODAY AT DUNCAN’S Another wholesale cutting of values in laces today at Duncan’s. There will be placed on sale this morning, 8 o’clock, a lot of more than 10,000 yards “val” laces at an average of 40 cents to 50 cts on the dollar Edg ings and insertings to match, some very wide and showy patterns and at 5 cents per yard. The Duncan Mer cantile Co., has also just received a big shipment of Rajah and Suesine silks, offered at 49 cents and 59 cents the yard. WORE STRAW HAT AND AND STARTED RIOT PHILAADELPHIA, PA., Feb. 13. (Special)—A man wearing a straw hat on Broad street yesterday after noon caused so much excitement that a detail of police frory the Nineteenth district had to be called before the crow’d ' would disperse. No arrests were made, but the venturesome man with the out-of-season headgear was peremptorily ordered to get off the street. The man refused to give his name, but said that he had made a bet with a friend that he had the “nerve” to appear in a straw' hat on Broad street. He emerged from his board ing house on the w'est side of Broad street. The crowd began to gather and by the time he had reached Spruce street on the return trip over 100 people were jostling each other to get close to the straw-hat-man. Snow balls and pieces of ice began to fly in every direction, and the timely arriv al of the bluecoats probably averted serious accident. Oldcoughs, desperate coughs, rasping coughs, extremely perilous coughs, coughs that shake the whole body. It takes n strong medicine, a doctor’s medicine, to master such coughs. A great many people rely on Ayer’s Cherry Pectoral. CONGRESSMAN LEWIS ASKS REELECTION Announces Retirement Af ter One More Term. Congressman E. B. Lewis, of the Americus district, has formally an nounced his candidacy for re-election. Coupled with the announcement of his candidacy is the statement that if elected this time, he will npf he a candidate for re-election. His platform is tariff revision and ciir rency reform, Reference Is also made to the fact that Representative Lewis has been honored with a seat in the halls of national legislation for the sixth con secutive time. At the present session Congressman Lewis is the ranking Democratic member of banking and currency committee, which is just now one of the most important. In the event of a Democratic victory, he would no doubt be made chairman of the committep. The following L Congressman Lewis’ card in full: To the voters of the third congres sional district: After very thought ful consideration I now announce my candidacy for the sixty-first con gress. Ip doing so lam prompted by the following reasons: I have very great confidence that in the coming election the democrats will be success ful in electing the president, ancj, a democratic house of representatives. “The tariff is the most important of any legislation that is to be consider ed, and the country is looking to the democratic party as the only party united in an honest effort to secure a proper revision of the present exist ing high and protective tariff. The tariff is and lias ever been respon sible for favoritism, and many evils in our industrial affairs. “My constituents know that I have at all times honestly espoused tariff revision. Banking and currency will continue to be a conspicuous proposi tion, requiring corrective legislation. Having given this much study and at the present being the ranking demo cratic member of that comittee, am justified in the belief that, in a demo cratic house of representatives, 1 would very naturally be the chairman of banking and currency committee. “[ succeeded hi passing through the last house a bill permitting the nation al banks to loan money on real es tate, and will continue to urge the position that the good farm lands of the south and we'st are of the very best security, and that the farmer should not be denied the privilege of obtaining money, at lowest competi tive rates of interest from any and every loaning institution. “I am also much concerned in se curing the passage of pending bills for appropriations for several public buildings in the district, also a sold ier’s home to be located at Fitzgerald. Therefore, in the belief of coming democratic supremacy, I feel it a duty that I owe to my friends, as well as myself, to announce my candidacy. In making this announcement for the next congress I desire to heartily thank the people of the district who have always been so generdus and good to me and now take this occasi on to say that under no consideration will I be a candidate after the sixty first congress. I will then have given of the very best years of my life to the public service, and will, at the expiration of that time, retire and give my attention to my private business affairs, which have been subordinate to my public dut ies. Yours very respectfullv, “E. B. LEWIS.” TWO BATTLESHIPS INSTEAD OF FOUR House Committee Cuts Na vy’s Estimate. WASHINGTON, 6. C., Feb. 13. (Special)—Because of the knowledge that it would not receive favorable consideration at the hands of the House, the Committee on Naval Af fairs, has by a vote of thirteen to five rejected the President’s urgent recommendation that Congress at this session authorize the building of four battle ships at a total cost of $38,- 000,000. Representative Hobson announced after the committee meeting that he would submit a minority report, rec ommending an increase of the num ber to four. “But the authorization is not enough,” said he, “The bill should provide an actual appropria tion so that the work might begin im mediately. This country has no time to lose.” Allows Navy $101,000,000 The navy appropriation bill, as amended and agreed upon by the committee, carries a total appropria tion of $101,000,000 for the navy es tablishment for the next fiscal year, about $24,000,000 less than w'as ask ed for in the department estimates. Under the head of new authorizations, for whose fulfillment Congress is bound to appropriate money at the next session if the bill as recommend ed passes the House and Senate, the committee included two battle ships, to cost $19,000,000; ten destroyers, $8,500,000; eight sub-marine torpedo boats v $3,040,000; total $30,540,000 or $38,739,000 less than the total for new authorizations asked for by the Navy Department. The new authorization estimates re jected by the committee comprised the following; Two battle ships, $19,- 000,000; four scout cruisers, $10,000,- 000; one ammunition ship, $1,750,000; one repair ship, $2,000,000; two mine laying ships (cruisers to be convert ed), $500,000. The committee raised from four to eight the number of sub-marine topedo boats asked for. A horse is still a horse, even when turned into a pasture.—Chicago News. A New. Photograph Studio for Americus ~~r ■■ . LANGFORD'S STUDIO on the corner near the artesian well is now open ready for business. We have been delayed about thirty days owing to the delay of the skylight, but we are now ready. \ou are cordially invited to call and inspect our work. Why go to a larger city when you can get just as good work at home as you can anywhere in the state? Don t take our word for it, but come and see for yourself. \\ edo all kinds of photograph work. Amateur finishing. Penny pictures for the school children. View work of any kind- But high grade portraits a specialty. We are not transient, but have leased a place and located permanently. Make our Studio your headquarters. You will always find a hearty welcome. * LANGFORD’S STUDIO. Corner Lamar and Lee Streets. EAST SIDE SCHOOL CHILDREN ARE FED Two Men Vie in Serving Lunch. NEW YORK, Feb. 13. (Special) Fully 700 little children of the East Side had a new experience today— full stomachs at noon-time. Hundreds of them were fed at Public School No 114, at 73 Oliver street, as guests of Henry Balfe, while other hundreds ate table d’hote dinners with Adolph Lorber in his restaurant, on Grand street. The competition between Mr. Balfe and Mr. Lorber to feed these poor children, many of whom have all winter gone without anything to eat between breakfast and supper, was the happiest warfare ever known to them. Every little boy and girl who had passed Lorber’s today looked in won derment at this sign: “All school children are Invited to dinner.” Those who attend school at the big building down on Oliver street were in as great a quandary when they heard that at noon Henry Balfe would give each a sandwich. However, an empty stom ach reasons not, and the cause of all this generosity didn’t worry any one. At the noon hour each teacher, formed her young charges into single file and marched them off to the as sembly room. Every boy received a sandwich, one of cheese, or liam, or corned beef; every girl was given an apple and a glass of milk, and the lines filed on iJ * The Safest Regulator for Children Children require the very gentlest J and safest bowel regulator you can j give them. Violent purgatives r.re j <ra pa., likely to do more harm than good. | And moreover, they cause unnecessary } suffering from griping and nausea. is the strongest 9a /***• yf ever made. If liJk2hw!hi the£ * Crtlerlie * do not benefit Orderlies . are undoubtedly the best bowel-medicine for Ufied with them, children ever discovered. They assist Na- — bring back ture to renew her functions so quietly and the empty box naturally that there is r.o uu; bnsau’.ncss and we will whatever. They cure cei.st’paticn without promptly hand griping or nausea, and afford immediate and back your mon lasting relief. ey. The com* Rexall Orderlies are pA«sant tasting, piste formu• vanilla flavored tablets, .ad children take fa of these new them as eagerly as they would candy. laxatives given Large Bon. (36 tablets), upon re vest. Small Box (12 tablets), 10c. y DODSON PHARMACY All kinds of contracting for brick or frame buildings. Also house repairing. All work guaranteed. Let me bid on your work. W. A. DAVIS, 216 Jackson St., Americus, Ga. 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. out to the halls. / Lorber’s bounty spread over a wider territory and more food. By 12 o’clock Grand street in front of his place was jammed, and when the doors opened scores of little ones, some of whom had come from schools west of Broadway, rushed up stairs, where he had six tables, each of which could seat fifty children, laid out. A dozen or more waiters brought the food to the children, here was soup, a pot roast with carrots, here was peas, all kinds of vegetables, and lastly, a charlotte russee with a cup of coffee, tea, or milk. Lorber stood at the front door to say good-bye as they filed out to school. “1 am going to do this again,” he said, as lie beamed in satisfaction. “It made me happier than it made the children. ' My thermometer of joy has gone up seventy-four degrees in an hour.” IIAKI> OX ISTHMIAN LAW BREAKERS WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 13. (Special)—Officers of the United States Navy are not pampered pets of society, but real sailormen. So says Secretary Metcalf in a report sub mitted to the Senate. His communication was sent in re ply to sarcastic charges in the Senate Committee on Naval Affairs that “social pull” was the greatest lever age for promotion, and that soft berths ashore went to those who shone with most grace at afternoon teas. Secretary Metcalf shows that the promotion of officers on sea duty is increasing. NUMBER 39