Americus times-recorder. (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, February 26, 1908, Image 1

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Newspaper Page Text■hirtieth \ear. To Men’s - Clothes Wearers You are offered daily, all kinds of clothes to wear; some good, some bad, some dishonest. The dishonest clothes are those made of fabrics adulterated with “mercerized cotton;” made to look like all-wool and sure to wear like part cotton. The dishonesty is in the looks that deceive you; not in the fabric, or in the dealer. There’s nothing dis honest in a ‘‘mercerized cotton” fab ric if you know what it is; some deal ers don’t know. The country is full of this stuff— clothes that cheat; they look honest and they cost honest; * but they’re a fraud; and you’ll find it when you wear them. Hart Shaffner & Marx’s clothes stand for all-wool, and no “mercer ized” cotton; if you find their label that’s what you get. W. D. BAILEY, MEN AND BOYS OUTFITTER. Agent for Carhart’s Overalls. You Want Fresh . Garden and Flower Seed. Rembert’s Drug Store is the place, for all kinds of new crop seedj REMBERT’S/DRUQ STORE NfrXT Til POSTOFFICE. IEATEST BLESSING EVER SENT AN INFANT! IDS FRENCH CROUPSUEt URES BABYS GROUP a* JTHERS SHOULD KEEP IT IN THE HOUSE DMMENDED BY PHYSICIANS. ANUFACTURED ONLY BY i R MENARD Macon Ga. pSUET'REGISTERED.U.S. PATENT OFFICE WASHINGTON ,p By W.A. REINSERT, Druggist. G. C. HALL CONTRACTOR AND BUILDER BRICK WORK A SPECIALTY Contract work solicited in Americus and surrounding towns A! Work Guaranteed. Office B. C. Hodges Store Forsyth St. Phone No. 418. G. M. Bragg’s Market ’PHONE No. 94. Choice Beef and Pork, Brains, Ribs and Back Bones, rresh Shad Fish and Oysters. Pork Sausage a Specialty. Mutton for Saturday and Sunday. AMERICUS TIMES-RECORDER SHAFT TO MAJOR WIRZ THORN TO THE NORTH Camps of Veterans Are Ip in Arms. Amerieus people, probably more than others# are interested in the erection of the monument to Major Henry Wirz, either in this city or at Andersonville, and particularly at this time when the Union veterans and press of the north are denouncing the proposition with such intense vigor. Thp following article from a Wash ington paper is expressive of the gen eral feeling up there: “No monument to the memory of Capt. Henry Wirz,- who commanded Andersonville, Ga., prison during the civil war, will be erected, if the Union Veteran Legion can prevent it. “Since the desire of the Daughters of the Confederacy to memoralize Capt. Wirz, whose treatment of pris oners has been severely condemned by contemporary historians, became pub lic, several societies composed of Un , ion veterans have openly opposed the idea. “Considerable feeling has developed, and now the agitation threatens to break out afresh, owing to the action of Encampment No. 111, of the Union Veteran Legion, in passing resolutions condemning the proposed Wirz monu ment. “The resolution, which was adopted at a recent meeting __ of the encamp ment follows: *► "Whereas it is reported that there is a movement on the part of the So ciety of the Daughters of the Southern Confederacy to erect a monument in honor of Capt. Henry Wirz, C. S. A., said monument to be placed near the main entrance to a park formerly the site of the Andersonville prison, now owned by the Women’s Relief Corps. "Whereas, the consummation of this contempla ed slur upon the martyred dead is a disregard of the truth of his tory, which records crime unparallel ed upon the helpless captives at the mercy of this fiend whose name it is intended to exalt: therefore, be it “Resolved by Encampment No. 11l that this insult to the honored dead of the Union should be stopped, if by no higher authority then by the consci ence, of the Southern women, who would as violently denounce any simi lar desecration of the memory of their own justly honored heroes. Resolved, further, That the. erection of this monument be condemned on the ground that it will seem an effort to make treason famous and loyalty to the Union a crime, reviving between the sections the embei’s of a bitterness which all patriots have long hoped to see completely extinguished. “Resolved, finally, That these reso lutions be spread upon the minutes of Encampment No. 11l and a copy of the same be sent to the national command er of the Union Veterans Legion, with the request that he make some effort to secure tin-' views of the national body on this subject for publication." * Representative Kahn is quoted as saying to the House Judiciary Com mittee that the Germans drink beer from the cradle. We have always been under the impression that the ordinary stein was big enough for any thirsty German. —Washington Post. HAMILTON &CO. Lamar Street, Opposite Windsor Hotel Special S ale of NE vV SPRING WAISTS ****##¥**#***#* New all-ipver net waist made over good silk. Comes in white and Ecrue. Worth $7-50; sale Monday . . .- $5.50 White Taffeta Silk Waist worth $5 00. Monday sale $3.50 White Silk Waist worth $4.00, Monday sale $2.98 White Silk Waist worth $3.50, Monday sale $2.50 ¥¥*¥#*#**¥¥¥*#* EXTRA SPECIALS 0 Peperal 10-4 Sheeting, worth 35c. Monday 28c vd. Fruit of the Loom Bleeching; Monday 10c yd. yyy y ¥ • A. C. A. Feather Ticking; Monday . . ..* . . ..15c yard. yyy.yyyyyyyyyyyy i $5.00 Moquette Velvet Rugs [Monday $2.98. \ ? \ } 40-inch Sea Island, worth 10c; Monday 6c yd. s YYYYYYYYYYYYYYY Hamilton, Sells It For Less. AMERICUS, GEORGIA, WEDNESDAY MORNING.FEBRUARY 26. 1908. READY TO ADJUST THE LOSS ON COMPRESS Building New Plant Will Then Begin. Representatives of the insurance companies carrying risks upon the cotton compress here, recently des troyed by fire, are in Amerieus for the purpose of adjusting the losses with the owners of the property, the Messrs. Harrold and Council. A meeting to that end was held yesterdays and a conclusion regard ing the amount of loss will probably be arrived at today. The press destroyed was fully cov ered by insurance. Si Just so soon as the adjustment is reached the owners of the property will begin immediately the work of rebuilding, and the new and more modern compress will be completed in ample time to handle the next season’s business. Building operations will be pushed as rajjjdly as possible, as the owners of the property sustain a considerable rental loss until the plant is fully restored. » Before August Ist, in all prob ability, the press will be entirely re built. It has not yet been fully determin ed whether any portion of the old machinery will be used in the erec tion of the new compress. It has been burned in two or three fires, but may still he deemed valuable. Otherwise new machinery will be bought and in stalled. The sheds and platforms of the new compress will be greatly en larged as the need of additional space is imperative. HEAD OF GA. EAGLES HERE TOMORROW President Walker's Coming Arouses Enthusiasm. Deputy Grand President Jos. S. Walker of .the Fraternal Order of Eagles, will be in Amerieus tomor row. for the purpose of instilling fresh life into the local Aerie. An nouncement of his coming has been received with joy by Amerieus Eag les and it is proposed to bring out a big crowd tomorrow night to greet the head of the Order in Georgia. Secretary W. H. Estes of Ameri cas Aerie, No. 57, has received an of ficial communication from Deputy Grand President Walker, and a num ber of members have been written to with a view to working up the enthusiasm to igyer heat. New members will also be initiated tomorrow night, a list having al ready' been worked up. The pres ence of the high official of the Order will make the event especially note worthy. It is hoped that there will be a large attendance of Eagles of the local Aerie. In other cities of Geor gia the order is making rapid pro gress. in Savannah in the past six months 300 new members have \>een received, making a total of nearly 800, the membership being from among the substantial men .of that city'. The order provides sick and burial bene fits, along with its social features. 11 -y ORGAN 15 BEING BUILT IN PLACE AT CHURCH Instrument a Very Beauti= ful One. The handsome Sstey pipe organ purchased by the First Baptist church of Amerieus and costing $2, 500, is now being built into the re ceptacle arranged for it. An expert organ builder has come from Brattle boro, Vt., to put up the organ and see -to it. that the instrument is in prime condition It will require at least a week to fully complete the work in hand. When the organ has been duly installed a recital will be given at the church wherein the pub lic will be entertained with a select program, rendered by an artist. BODY OF LITTLE ONE COMES TO AMERICUS Thomas Merritt Boone, the infant son of Mr. and Mrs. T. Harrold Boone and aged seven months, died yester day afternoon at their home in Ma con. The little body will be brought by the bereaved parents to Amerieus today for interment in Oakgrove Cem etery, the funeral being held at 3:30 o’clock this afternoon from Calvary Episcopal church. Friends of the family are invited to attend. SLOSH TO THE RESCUE TO DAMPEN THE DUST Boreas rode into Amerieus yes terday with a March dating and, con sequently, a week ahead of schedule, kicking up a dust in his wake. Great clouds of pulverized red clay were hurled through the streets, to the distress of the natives and the abst>> lute horror of the merchant with dry goods displayed. After several pul verized plantations had thus been dis tributed among the ribbons and lingerie decking the bargain counters Old Slosh, the usually late but relia ble street sprinkler, got busy and made real mud of it. One of last week's showers would have been ap appreciated while the dust storm rag ed. You could not please us better than to ask your jfjk m doctor about Ayer’s Cherry Pectoral for coughs, §MrT C* / JT Q colds,croup,bronchitis. Thousandsof families 'KS w 4. V B «J always keep it in the house. The approval of a . r> t • j . • their physician and the experience of many r.» Have given them grea, confidences it. Use it or not,as your doctor sau*. this cough medicine. COMMITTEE IS SURE OF PLENTY OF MONEY For Expenses of Election in April. / The grand army of candidates in Sumter insures to the county exe cutive committee an ample fund for the primary expenses “and a leetle bit more,” as the assessment put upon these patriotic citizens will raise a fund of probably SSOO, or more. Each candidate must pay a pres cribed amount for the expenses to be incurred in holding the primary, coun ty and state, and the aggregate sum will be ample. -The amounts assessed the candi dates are as follows: Sheriff, S3O each; clerk of court S3O; tax collector S3O; judge of city court S3O; solicitor city court S3O each; tax receiver S2O each; treas urer S2O each; ordinary S2O each; representatives $lO each; commis sioners $5 each, surveyor $5, coroner $2.50. And the number of runners insures a goodly sum total. Those who have announced al ready will pay in for election expen ses $415; and as there will probably, be several others to announce, the total may be estimated at SSOO. But all of this amount, will not be required •for the expense of holding the primary of April 15th. The balance remaining on hand af ter that election will be applied to the expenses of the State primary, and even then the amount may not be sufficient. Under new conditions candidates for county office are as sessed for both primaries, state and county. The sta'te makes no provision for this expense, and it must be borne by the candidates for county as well as the state offices. TEN OFFER FOR PLACE FILLED BY BUT FIVE Spirited Race for County Commissioners. Ten candidates for an office is an unusual number, even in Sumter coun ty, where candidates are born, not made, and this seeming superfluity in the commissioners race is the sub ject of much good-natured comment. There are five seats upon the county board and ten candidates to fill them, the result being that half that num ber of patriotic citizens are already doomed to disappointment. This is an important office, perhaps the most important in the long array of coun ty offices, and with ten names from which to make selections the voter should surely be able to make up a ticket capable of rendering the coun ty good service. The ten candidates, in the order of their announcements, are Messrs. John A. McDonald, Frank Sheffield, George Oliver, J. H. Daniel, J. L. Chambliss, T. B. Hooks, Henry J. Webb, A. F. Hodges, J. F. Bolton, John T. Ferguson. Surely from such an array of good citizens an excellent board of county commissioners should easily he selected. CHANGE OF SCHEDULE CENTRAL OF GEORGIA Between Amerieus and Col umbus Feb. 27. Train No. 5, daily, will leave Am ericus at 3 p. m., and arrive Colum bus at 5:30 p. m. Train No. 6, daily, will leave Col umbus at 9 a. m., and arrive Ameri cus at 11:30 a. m. Train No. 19, except Sunday, wfill arrive Columbus at 11:55 a. m., in stead of 11:58 a. m. Train No. 20, except Sunday, will leave Columbus at 2:20 p. m., and arrive Amerieus at 7 p. m. For further information appl> v to J. E. Hightower, Ticket Agent, Am ericus, Ga. 26-5 t FLAMES IN DRY GRASS GAVE TRUCKS A RUN The fire department was called out at noon yesterday by the burning of a grass field in the western portion of the city. As three large oil mills are located in that neighborhood some uneasiness was felt, for a moment, but the fire burned itself out without in flicting any damage beyond giving the trucks a needless run of a half mile. BOUGHT A MODEL FARM WEST OF CITY LIMITS Dr. P. F. Bahnsen purchased yes terday from Messrs. Luther Haw kins and W. W. Dykes through Mr. Will English, real estate agent, a model little farm of one hundred acres just west of the city and near New Point, on the Seaboard Railway. The farm is about half cleared, the re mainder being original woods, and is considered one of the most desirable of its size in the country. Dr| Bahn sen will improve it greatly and make it a model Jarm indeed. The New York man who said the world is divided into two classes — the caught and the suspected—might safely have added that many are sus pected, but few are caught in New York.—Washington Post. A DECISION IN JOINER'S CASE IS EXPECTED Supreme Court May Rem der Same Today. A decision from the supreme court is looked for today in the case of L. C. Joiner, the white man convicted here in November last upon the charge of forgery and sentenced by Judge Z. A. Littlejohn to a term of five years in the state pen. Motion for new trial was over ruled and the case was then appeal ed to the supreme court, where a de cision is now awaited. Joiner's case throughout has been an interesting one. Since his conviction and sentence to the penitentiary he has been tried for lunacy and adjudged insane. The authorities at the asylum how'ever, refused to receive him. The criminally insane are not ad mitted there, and the only alterna tive, except that of remaining in jail here, is to send him to the prison farm at Milledgeville where the criminally insane are given admis sion. But this would mean the donning of prison stripes, a fact entirely dis tasteful to the erstwhile debounaire insurance agent. Despite the fact that Joiner appears nutty at times, not a few here doubt the story of his onsanity. It is said that he was committed to the asy lum once, before, from Lowndes coun ty, but remained an inmate for a short while only. In the event the supreme court den ies a new trial some other recourse will doubtless he’ adopted to save Joiner from the prison pen. The case of Bill Clements, the ne gro convicted of burglary and sen tenced to five years in the state pen, was also appealed, and will be heard before tfte supreme court on March 10th. Clements was twice convicted herg'this same offense. Mr. John Shiver is on Clements bond for SBOO, and he is still enjoy ing the sweets of liberty, ABLE EXPOUNDER OP CHRISTIAN SCIENCE Mr. Bickweli Young Will Lecture Saturday Mr. Bickweli Young, of Chicago, who will lecture here next Saturday evening, is considered one of the ob lest exponents of Christian Science among its Board of Lectureship. Mr. Young has drawn immense au diences wherever he has appeared. In London, England, he lectured to an audience of ten thousand people in Albert Memorial Hall. !£. was a record breaking occurrence, such . a vast concourse of people attending a lecture. It aroused much comment everywhere. In bringing out these lectures it is not the purpose of the Christian Science Church to proselyte but to present a clear, correct statement of its teachings. It has suffered such misrepresentation and falsehood, been so villified and misunderstood it is desired that the people receive an exposition of its truths from men who from experience and culture are prepared to give it. This Science is arousing univer sal interest and is occasioning more discussion than perhaps any subject before the world today. All are cordially invited to attend this lecture next Saturday evening at 8 o’clock at Miss Bell’s studio. The lecture is free, no cards of admission required. . 26-2 t DONNELLY & HATLIELD MATINEE AND NIGHT Today’s Attractions at Glover’s Opera House. At the opera house this afternoon and tonight the attr. ition will be the Donnelly and Hatfield Minstrels. The matinee has been secured so that the ladies and children may have an op portunity to attend a day-time per formance. This season Donnelly and Hatfield have an unusually fine assortment of attractions combined under the name of minstrels. All the substantial of a first class minstrel show are pre served, while the specialties are ex ceedingly clever. The Roman battle axe jugglers are exclusive to this pro duction. Heavy axes are handled with ease, though a false move at any time might let fall one of the glittering blades on the head or body of the per former. The keen edge would per haps cleave the skull or rive the body at a single blow. •.. . . . ' ~ri TOMMY DONNELLY, One of the big features in the pro duction is “The Onators,” a political “Play-within-a-play.” Tommy Donnel ly as Judge Taft-P-Candy is the chief orator. Other members of the cast are also well chosen. The band mus ic is also a great feature, the company carrying a brass band of twenty-five members. A street parade will be giv en before the matinee. I In the wealth of comedians and so loists, the troupe is most fortunate. Darky dances, executed by the Brock away Brothers, include tanglefoot and buck and wing dancing. The gorg eous costumes of the company and the superb stage setting also contrib ute much to the attractiveness of the entertainment. /twyaiN / Baking Powder i f The only Baking Powder made jgg||||§j| Creanijtf Tartar LOCKER CLUBS TAKE DOWN APPLICATIONS Savannah Organizations on Anxious Seat. SAVANNAH, GA., Feb. 25.—(Spe cial)—It is apparent from the action of several locker clubs that recent agitation of the subject hasn’t had a very salutary effect upon their pros pects in Savannah. Five of the would-be clubs have cancelled their registration with the Ordinary, thus going on record as having changed their mind about un dertaking this sort of business under conditions that exist. Interest in the locker club situation was excited by a visit to the county court house during the day by United Stat es Marshal White and one of the deputies. They visited the Ordinary’s office and obtained a list of the so cial clubs which have registered there, twenty-four in number. The names and addresses of these organizations were taken, and then the officers crossed the hall to the office of the Superior Court clerk, where the inquiry was prosecuted in to the charter records. There the clubs which have been granted char ters were noted, and a memorandum was made of those which have char ter applications pending. It was learned that this informa tion is to be used by the federal au thorities in considering what revenue is due the government for the excise tax from the clubs and their mem bers. Under a ruling recently made Have You Been to See The Allison Furniture Co’s. BIG SHOW WINDOW SALE. Everything marked in plain figures. Cost has not been considered in this sale. We need the money. ALLISON FURNIIURE COMPANY OPPOSITE WINDSOR HOTEL. OPERA HOUSE To-Day Matinee at 3 p. m. Night 8:30 p. m. Donnelly & Hatfield’s Magnificent instrels “The Best of The Good Ones” WATCH FOR THE BIG STREET PARADE AT 12 O’CLOCK PRICES* Night 50, 75c and SI.OO Matinee 25 and 50 cents NUMBER 49 by Commissioner Capers in Washing ton only the officers of the charter ed clubs sign Form 11 in order to secure the revenue tax receipt, while each member of the unchartered clubs are liable for this tax. An attache of the United States court who has a penchant for fig ures, has been making some calcula tions, and he says members of un chartered locker clubs may have to pay the government $18.75 each. This is explained as being $12.50 for a tax for six months and 50 per cent, of that amount as a penalty for failure to pay it before beginning business as a liquor dealer. METHODIST CHURCH STARTED AT DeSOTTO DeSOTO, Fel). 25.—A meeting of great interest has just closed at De- Soto, under the auspices of the Me thodist church. Rev. N. H. Olm stead, pastor of the Mount Zion and Leslie circuit, assisted by Rev. J. S. Hudson, one of the conference evan gelists, conducted the meeting for one week. Great interest was evin ced from the beginning and the work resulted in the organization of a Methodist church, with a small, but enthusiastic membership and the reli gious outlook for the community much brighter than ever before. Steps are to be taken at once toward the erec tion of a house of worship. DeSoto is the home of a fine body of citizens; they will see to it that the results of the meeting are con served. The country’s poverty stricken rich still seem disposed to laugh at Hetty Green’s prediction that the wolf will soon be howling at their doors. —Washington Post.

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Americus times-recorder. (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, February 26, 1908, Image 1