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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. *• * * •*• • \ I YOU NEED SOAPS | Os Fine Quality I REMBERT’S Is the Place to Get FINE SOAPS, CHEAP SOAPS, DAINTY SOAPS, j The Best SOAPS. •* * * ** * • 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- 111 .;■■ - I W O^%SA TLANT •:'■■'l ~ jfjY ’" ; ? r '•' ' > ! , . r . » • , . ’ ; i:-' 4 • *> -■■. '•. ; '- ! . iff’;*' I, ’ q -";••••• 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