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AMERICUS TIMES-RECORDER
iIRTIETH YEAR.
h-’OR the dignified man of busi
ly ness, at home or away, we
Snrfot offer a better clothes
suggestion than to
wear one of our
Varsity suits; not the
s tyles we show for
[ young, faddish men,
though some of the
7 older men like them;
mm but the quieter styles]
S which have still a dis
jmm | tinction and smart-
Jr* /jr £ neSS not f° unc * * n any
I jk ,i * other make of cloth
copyright 1908 by ing. Made for us by
I Y-.t Schaffner & Marx
I Hart Schaffner & Marx
L Young men and old, ought to
I' the clothes we’re showing; the
Ist clothes made today.
Suits $20.00 to $30.00.
This store is the home of
Hart Schaffner & Marx clothes-
Full Line of Men’s Furnishings Always
to Select From.
V. D. BAILEY,
fL Outfitter for Men and Boys.
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YOU
NEED
SOAPS
| Os Fine Quality
I REMBERT’S
Is the Place
to Get
FINE SOAPS,
CHEAP SOAPS,
DAINTY SOAPS, j
The Best SOAPS.
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l /WBERT’S DRUG STORE
113 Forsyth Street.
NEXT TO POSTOFFICE.
Get Ready For Fly Time
By having John W. Shiver Wire Screen your dwelling.
. Ast comfort at slightest cost.
IF READY TO BUILD A HOUSE
7*o" f° r Everything needed, from Foundation
c"; -f. Full stock of cement, lime, plaster,
tagles andaJDu* -’s supplies. Paints, in car load lots.
G. C. HALL
CONTRACTOR AND BUILDER
BRICK WORK A SPECIALTY
Contract work solicited in Americust and surrounding towns
li Work Guaranteed. Bu|sisess Phone No. 418
Rctsi4ence Phone No. 416.
MR. MURRAY 15 NAMED
SENATOR OE THE I3TH
By Convention in Americus
Friday.
Hon William D. Murray of ScMey,
was formally nominated senator for
the Thirteenth district in the next
General Assembly by the convention
assembled in Americus yesterday and
attended by delegates representing
Schley, Macon and Sumter.
The proceedings of the convention
were harmonious throughout and the
occasion a pleasnt one withal.
The meeting was called to order at
12 in the main parlors of the Hotel
Windsor. Hon. J. M. Collum, the re
tiring chairman, presided at the open
ing of the session.
Mr. S. C. Collins of Schley, was
elected secretary.
Upon his yielding the gavel to Hon.
J. E. Sheppard, who will be the dis
trict chairman for the next two
years, nominations were called for
and Hon. C. R. McCrory, of Schley, in
an eloquent address, presented the
name of Hon William D. Murray.
Hon. L. W. Gardner of Macon coun
ty, and Hon. F. W. Griffin of Sum
ter, seconded the nomination in brief
and well chosen remarks.
Mr. Murray is Presented
A committee of three members, ap
pointed by Chairman Sheppard, es
corted Mr. Murray into the hall.
The new senator-elect" thanked the
convention for the honor conferred,
and expressed gratitude especially to
his own county, whose choice he was,
and pledged his best and earnest ef
forts in behalf of the entire district
while thus serving it.
This feature of the convention dis
posed of, the selection of the new
executive committee was next in order
and brought about considerable dis
cussion upon the floor.
It Provoked a Discussion
A motion by Mr. Gardner of Macon
was to the effect that Schley and
Macon counties each be given one
member upon the committee and Sum
ter two members, this county having
two representatives in the legislature
while the others had one each.
This propsition met with immediate
opposition upon the part of Mr. J.
M. Collum of Schley.
The speaker expressed fear that
Sumter, with two delegates, might at
some time in the future he given an
advantage over the two other counties
should the present procedure of el
ecting senator by rotation system be
changed.
Sumter might desire two terms
in the selection of the senatorial can
didate. The speaker showed how,
with the committeman from Macon
or Schley in the chair, Sumter with,
two votes might control against the
one vote of the other county
Mr. McCrory of Schley also opposed
any change in the committee giving
Sumter more than one vote, he same
as accorded the others.
The Motion Is Lost
Mr. Gardner stated that he sup
posed. in the beginning, Sumter had
two places in the committee already,
and in the interest of harmony he
would withdraw his motion. Objec
tion to this was made by Messrs. J
H. Daniel and R. .T. Perry of Sumter.
A vote upon the original motion
was called, and stood decidedly
against the proposed change.
The new' committee was then sel
ected to serve for the next two years.
Mr. Sheppard represnting Sumter as
chairman. Mr. C. R. McCrory for
»Schley, and Mr. L. W. Gardner for
Macon. This concluded the meeting.
• The Delegates Are Dined
From the parlors the convention
delegates and a dozen Invited guests
of Hon. W. D. Murray repaired to the
private dining room of the Windsor,
where a sumptuous dinner was served
as a happy finale to the work of the
Thirteenth district convention.
YOUNG LAD IS KILLED
IN HANDLING A GUN
Sad Fatality Near Americus
Friday.
Boss Pilcher, the young twelve
year old son of Mr. Eugene Pilcher,
living near Americus, w r as almost in
stantly killed yesterday morning by
the accidental discharge of a gun
with which he was playing. In some
manner the gun exploded almost in
the face of the little boy, mangling it
badly. The family reside in the Shi
loh district, some distance from the
city or a physician, and ere the latter
could reach the scene of accident the
lad had died from the severe w-ounds
inflicted. The accident occurred about
noon yesterday and is deplored by the
many friends of the greatly bereaved
parents.
NEW BANK APPLIES
FOR A CHARTER
To Start Off With Good
■ List of Depositors.
The Commercial City Bank—which
is the name of the new banking insti
tution for Americus —has applied for
a charter, and publication of the
same has already been ordered. It is
expected that the new bank will be
ready for operations shortly after the
middle of July.
The following are the incorpora-
Itors: J. W. Wheatley, Crawford
Wheatley, R. E. McNulty, J. E. D.
Shipp, J. E Sheppard.
The capital stock of the bank will
be $50,000, and its place of business
on Cotton avenue. Those interested
in the new institution, in addition to
• those named as incorporators, are
f men of means and that the bank will
v, start off with a good list of deposits,
j is already assured.
Does riot dolor the Hair
D estroys Dandruff
AYER’S HAIR VIGOR
AMERICUS. GEORGIA. SATURDAY MORNING, IUNE 27. 1908.
THE CITY HAS DECIDED
TO BUY A COMPRESSOR
Council Has So Decided
the Matter.
The city will make addition to its
present waterworks equipment at
once in the purchase of a new air
compressor at a post of $2,550, the
city to be re-imbursed therefor when
its contract with the Americus Rail
way and Light Co., shall begin.
Such was the action of the City
Council at a special mee’ting called
yesterday morning
Contract for the new air compressor
has been made with the Ingersoll
Rand Co., through its representative
here, and it will be installed within
ten to fifteen days.
This action upon the part of the
City Council provides against any
emergency, and Insures an abun
dant water supply. At the same time
the city gets the use of the new air
compressor for indefinite time, and
at pi'actically no cost.
While the city makes the purchase,
when the machine is sold, after the
installation of the new wtaerworks
system the company pays to the city
the amount of difference in the cost
and sale price.
The city, therefore, will be at little
if any expense whatever in the pur
chase of the machine.
The new compressor is an absolute
and immediate necessity, as the old
one now used in pumping the city's
water supply may fail at any hour.
The council took this fact into consid
eration in making the new purchase
yesterday.
Should the old machine fail today
the situation would be most serious,
but it is hoped that it will work for a
while longer.
At ..least until the new machine is
installed.
With the new machine the water
supply will again be sufficient for all
purposes, and when the Railway and
Light Co., installs its new electric
system a few months hence the com
pressor just purchased can still be
sold for a good price.
And the difference will be made
£ood to the city by the company hav
ing the water pumping contract.
COMPANY HAS MADE A
CHANGE IN ITS HEAD
S. C. Parrott to Succeed
Pres. Hanson.
It was known in Americus several
days ago that Mr. Sam C. Parrott had
succeeded President C. C. Hanson of
the Atlantic Compress Co., hut not
until yesterday was the announce
ment made from Atlanta, headquar
ters of the company.
President Hanson was recently ap
pointed receiver for the Gulf Com
press Co., and this fact may have had
something to do with his retirement
from the Atlantic Co
The latter company operates the
Americus compress, under lease, and
its affairs are of interest in local
cotton circles.
The Atlantic company is one of the
best known organizations of its kind
in the south. It operates through
Geoi’gia and Alabama. Mr. Hanson
had been president of it since its
formation which occurred in 1902.
The change by which Mr. Parrott
succeeded Mr. Hanson became effec
tive June 23. The forixier is now in
fuUl charge of the company.
Few southern men are better
known than Mr. Parrott- He has al
ways taken a prominent part in de
velopment of every sort. He, togeth
er with his brother, Geo. S. Parrott,
and Governor Hoke Smith, built the
Piedmont hotel.
THE COUNCIL IS GOING
TO TACKLE THE BEER
Will Impose a License Tax
Thereupon.
“Near beer" in Americus, regard
less of distance or the range of in
toxication, is going to pay a special
license tax to the city and the places
where It is sold will be under regu
lations just as were the saloons of ye
olden time. The subject was brought
up at a special meeting of the city
council yesterday and referred to
the ordinance committee for report
at next meeting. It is not known yet
what amount of special license tax
will be put upon the hop juice, but it
will be sufficiently large to reduce the
number of prohibition bars consider
ably. At present there is but a nomi
nal tax on the soft drinkery, and
the result is that these places have
sprung up all over the city and are
run wide open until midnight or la
ter. Some of them are fitted up with
all the paraphernalia of a barroom,
and a glass of foaming “near” drawn
from a keg has all the appearance of
the article that made Milwaukee fa
mous, and the effect also.
MELON CLUB IS READY
TO EAT AT TEMPLE
The Sumter County Melon Club,
the membership of which is made up
of county officials and hahiteurs of the
courthouse, enjoyftd its first melon
cutting yesterday. A rotund figure
and proverbial fondness for water
melon has secured for Captain Cobh
a position 6f prominence in th eclub,
while Capt. Pat Williams, Col. Bla
lock. and others of equal storage
capacity are among the shining lights
of the melon brigade. The “costs in
the case’’ are always imposed upon
the newly-elected member, and as a
fresh victim is thus gold-bricked at
each daily session the veterans have
a cinch while the melon season lasts.
ALBANY IS SMITTEN BY
CHAMPS IN BIG GAME
Again Her Knee Bends to
Americus.
In the best game played here this
season Albany was again smitten hip
and thigh by Americus yesterday and
for the second time went down in de
feat before her ever victorious ad
versory, but not without putting up a
game fight.
lii fact, the teams seemed nearly
evenly balanced, and both put up an
excellent game.
An audience of 500 or 000 enthusi
astic fans saw the game and yelled
themselves hoarse when Americus
caught up at the third post and won
on the home stretch.
At the first Americus put in a
very gloomy hour. Through the sixth
inning not a score had she made. The
Albanians then had six, and for once
it seemed that Americus would dine l(
on crow.
An Albany was going to furnish the
bird —a rank one.
But then it was that Anslev, the
old war horse, fell upon them like
Samson upon the Phillistines and
snatched victory from defeat. Ansley
was at the bat, the tide turned, Amer
icus stock rose and Albany went up
in the air.
In the 7th Ansley hit a three bag
ger, and the smashing of hats in the
grandstand was really fierce.
Albany scored first in the fourth
and one in the fifth. In the seventh
she piled up four more runs, the
score standing 6 to 0 in her favor.
Then it was that Americus was chew
ing gall and wormwood.
Tough diet, and it gagged her, hut
the rally was great, ■
Following is the official score of*
the game: •
ALBANY: * AB R H E
McKnight, 3B 5 0 2 0
Crews, C. l 5 1 0 0
Brown, 2B ~.4 0 1 0
Ventulett, IB 4 0 1 2
Melton, S. S 4 0 0 4
Rawlins, C. F 4 2 1 0
Weston, L. F 4 1 0 0
Patterson, P, 4 11 0
lxxckett, R. F 4 0 0 0
Total 38 6 6 6
AMERICUS: AB R H E
Kiker, S. S 5 0 I) 0
Hooks, 2 B 5 1 2 1
Rylander, 3 B 5 l 1, 2
Bostic, C 5 1 0 0
Wheatley, 1B 5 1 0 0
Shipley, R. F 5 1 4 0
Ansley, P 4 1 3 0
McClesky, L. F 4 0 3 1
Watkins, C. F 4 11 0
Total 42 7 14 4
By Innings:
Albany 00011040 o—6
Americus .. .. 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 3—7
Summary—Struck out by Ansley
13, by Patterson 3; base on balls An
sley 2, Patterson 0; 3 base hits An
sley; hits off Ansley 6, Patterson 14.
In the 7th Americus made four
runs and In the 9th added two more
stars to her coronet, thus snatching
victory from defeat and winning by
score of 7 to 6.
Ansley for Americus struck out
thirteen men. while Patterson for Al-
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LANE, MAYNARD & HOO?ER,
Attorneys At Law.
AMERICUS, GA., Feb. 28th, 1907.
Empire Life Insurance Company,
Atlanta, Ga.,
Gentlemen:
We have watched the growth of your Company with much
pleasure. Having perfect confidence in the character and ability of
its management, each of us have a $5,000 policy with the Com
pany.
A Southern Company, managed by Southern men and for the
protection of Southern women, it should receive our hearty co
operation. Wishing you continued success, we are
Sincerely yours,
W. T. LANE,
R. L.\ MAYNARD,
F. A. HOOPER.
SCHOOLS TO CLOSE IE
SEALE WILL NOT HELP
But Funds Will Likely be
Provided.
I
Will the agricultural college in
Americus, as well as the ten other
district agricultural schools, receive
state aid from the legislature, as
promised and expected, otherwise
closing for lack of assistance. Al
ready a kick has been registered in
the senate against helping the agri
cultural colleges and a fight may be
waged to secure the financial assist
ance needed. It is squarely up to
the legislature to provide funds for
the support and maintenance of the
eleven district agricultural schools
otherwise the institutions will not
open this fall and many creditors of
the various schools will go with their
claims unpaid. At the last session of
the legislature an effort was made
to provide funds for the support of
the institutions by increasing the fer
tilizer tag tax. A hill, having this
purpose in view, was introduced, hut
was never acted upon. The measure
proposes to increase the tag tax from
10 to 25 cents per sack, the money—
all of it—to go to the support of the
schools. There are, however, many
legislators who do not believe the
district schools should be a charge
upon the state, and they insist that
the state is neither legally nor moral
ly bound to provide for them.
bany struck out three. Shipley led
with four hits out of five times up,
while Ansley and Lucius McClesky
made three hits each out of four times
up.
Several automobile parties came
up from Albany to witness the game
and doubtless enjoyed it. Surely the
playing was good enough.
Truth and
Quality
appeal to the Well-Informed in every
walk of life and are essential to permanent
success and creditable standing. Accor
ingly, it is not claimed that Syrup of Figs
and Elixir of Senna is the only remedy of
known value, but one of many reasons
why it is the best of personal and family
laxatives is the fact that it cleanses,
sweetens and relieves the internal organs
on which it acts without any debilitating
after effects and without having to increase
the quantity from time t > time.
It acts pleasantly and naturally and
truly as a laxative, and its component
parts are known to and approved by
physicians, as it is free from all objection
able substances. To get its beneficial
effects always purchase the genuine—
manufactured by the California Fig Syrup
Co., only, and for sale by all leading drug
gists.
TO CLOTHING BUYERS.
There are many, many men who have not
as yet bought them a spring and summer suit of
clothes but are still sweating out that last winter’s
suit. Now that is the poorest economy for you.
If you do not feel inclined to buy one of those
SUITS—S2S.OO to $35.00.
why simply let us show you some of those
broken lots of odd suits, made by the same high
class tailors, same grades fine wool fabrics, same
linings, in fact same everyway except price—
which is exactly half —for the suits which were
SIO.OO to $25.00 are now:--
$5.00 to $12.50.
We will “show you”:~
The Best line Sicilian and Alpaca Coats.
The largest line and swellest styles
of PARAGON TROUSERS.
The most beautifully made MENS LINEN SUITS
of America’s most famous makers for whom
wejare sole agents in Americus.
The greatest line ‘‘Eclipse” negligee shirts— sl and $1.50.
Largest line Scriven’s nainsook and drill underwear.
Best 50c Balbriggan and check nainsook shirts and drawers in
America.
Unmatchable line lislen sox, blacks and colors, 25c and 50c.
Nightrobes, Pajamas, Neckwear, Suspenders, Collars, etc.
We are head-quarters in these lines and it will repay you
to see us.
CHAS. L. ANBLEY.
NUMBER 153