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farms. Will loan one half of value
of land.
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JEWELERS
Atlanta, Ga.
AMERICUS TIMES-RECORDER
PREPARING FOR WORK
ON MUGUENIN FARM
Claims Great Wealth is
Being Missed.
The Janes Co. of Tifton that re
cently bought the privilege of cutting !
timber on the Huguenin place for five'
years for, it is reported, $75,000, is |
now pushing the work of erecting its
plant, right alongside of the track of
the Seaboard, and getting things in
readiness for saw milling this fine
tract of timber. Within thirty days,
in all likelihood, the trees will begin
to fall and the lumber to roll Savan
nahward to the markets of the world.
Much surprise is expressed that the
timber tract in question is not to be
turpentined. Experienced turi>entine
men figure out that there would be
more money in turpentining it than in
lumbering it alone.
“Twenty crops of boxes could be
put in on this tract," said a naval
stores operator yesterday, “and it
could be worked to the very best ad
vantage, the timber being in a com
pact mass and the railroad bisecting
it. The hauls of the crude gum would
not be long and they would be easy,
the shipping of the products would
also be easy as a siding could be run
in for that purpose.
“Judging from what I have seen of
the timber, an experienced naval
stores man, with a three years’ lease
on the timber, would in that time get
about 2,500 casks of turpentine off
the place, say worth on an average
S3O a cask, with the market as it is
apt to range for the next three years '
of prosperity, or about $75,000.
“Then in addition,” continued the
naval stores man, “an operator would
get about 8,000 barrels of rosin off
the place, worth on an average say
SB, which would add another $64,000,
making the total naval stores produc
tion of the place about $140,000.
“It makes me, as a naval stores
man, feel badly to see this fine timber
going down without the turps and .
rosin being first secured. The timber
is no more valuable without being
turpentined than it is if it were tur
pentined. The government has con- :
clufilvaiy. shown that turpentining ,
timber doesn’t affect its strength or (
durability in the least. As a naval ,
stores man, I would certainly like to .
have got hold of such a fine body of (
timber before the lumberman went to
work on it. I suppose there is money (
in it from the lumberman’s stand- ,
point, but just think what it would (
have been if turpentined for three
years and then turned over to the ,
saw mills for two or three years.” (
The terms of the agreement under ,
which the timber tract, in question (
was sold is not known, but it is ru
mored that it is to be cut over ape- (
riod of five years. By the end of ,
that time the saw mill will have
swallowed up all of the merchantable .
timber on the place, in all likelihood. ,
NOTICE OF SALE. ‘
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Notice is hereby given that no bids '
made for the purpose of buying the ]
Windsor Hotel property at private <
sale will be received after twelve
o’clock M., on 11th day of October,
1909, and on that date all bids will ]
be opened and submitted to the Court ;
for confirmation. All bids must be sub- ]
mitted In writing, sealed and accompa- i
nied by a certified check for one thous- 1
and dollars for a full and faithful com
pliance with the bid that may be ac
cepted, after such bid is confirmed by
the Court, said sum to be forfeited as
liquidated damages if the bidder
whose bid has been accepted and
confirmed by th# Court fails to com
ply therewith.
CRAWFORD WHEATLEY,
9-30-llt Receiver.
INTRODUCING A FINE LINE
OF STRONG OVERALLS.
Mr. W. P. Brunson of the Riverside
Overall Company of Danville, Va.,
one of the best known concerns in
that line in the South, is in the city
introducing these goods to the local
trade. This is Mr. Brunson’s first
visit to this section. Naturally he
has been much impressed with the
evidences of prosperity throughout
South Georgia and reports an excel
lent business offering in his line, as
well as in others, at this time. He
will remain today meeting local deal
ers.
It is in time of sudden mishap or ac
cident that Chamberlain's Liniment
can be relied upon to take the place
of the family doctor, who cannot al
ways be found at the moment. Then
it is that Chamberlain’s I/niment is
never found wanting. In cases of
sprains, cuts, wounds and bruises
Chamberlain’s Liniment takes out the
soreness and drives away the pain.
Sold by all dealers.
MILLINERY
We have shown to the Public by an opening
that we have the very latest styles in high grade
goods. Now we want them to know that we
will also give speem ' **°ntion to medium price
goods. Call ans I cotcun & I
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AMERICUS, GEORGIA. THURSDAY MORNING. OCTOBER 7. 1909.
tMr. Dresser
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CLOTHIERS AND FURNISHERS.
JOHN WESLEY S CIPHER
NOW MADE CLEAR
Great Methodist’s Diary In
Cryptogram Translated.
London, Oct. 6.—Publication of the
results of Prof. Wallace’s Shakespear
ean research overshadowed the inter
esting announcement of one of the
most remarkable achievements of re
cent literary research, which has just
been completed. This is the transla
tion of a large number of John Wes
ley’s original diaries and manuscripts
which have been carefully collected iu
America and England. These docu
ments, the existence of which had
grown mythical, were traced. Their
contents were written in a curiously
and elaborately abbreviated longhand,
in obsolete shorthand, and in a highly
complex and keyless cipher.
The Rev. Nehemiah Curnock, with
the assistance of expert students,
spent four years in the work of de
ciphering the cipher used chiefly in
an Oxford diary, and relating to re
ligious beliefs. The cipher for a long
time baffled Mr. Curnock, but a mis
sing letter at last came to him in a
dream.
The documents throw a new and
strange light on the development of
Wesley’s character, on his literary,
political, and social activity in Amer
ica, on the part he played in the cre
ation of a new church hymnology,
and on his early life at Oxford. New
versions of early Journals have come
to light, including a beautiful account
of the famous Georgian love affair.
The discoveries will necessitate the
rewriting of the great religious teach
er's life.
The pleasant purgative effect expe
rienced by all who use Chamberlain's
Stomach and Liver Tablets and the
healthy condition of the body and
mind which they create, makes one
feel joyful. Sold by all dealers.
FLIES ASTRIDE A BARREL.
Connecticut Man's Air (raft Meets
Disaster on First Trip.
Winsted, Conn., Oct. 6.—Joseph
Shanda, aged 23, who owns a farm in
Orange, came to grief and narrowly
escaped serious injury while attempt
ing an aerial voyage in a machine of
his own construction.
The airship consists of a barrel
with projecting rigid wings. The
barrel contains a small gasoline en
gine that drives a propeller project
ing from the rear. The operator’s
position, when the craft is in motion,
is astride the barrel.
In the presence of his wife and a
few friends, Shanda tried to tune up
his craft. Astride the barrel, with
motor buzzing, he started from the
roof of a barn, but the heavier than
air machine refused to soar, and
landed a wreck.
Mrs. Shanda fainted before learning
that her husband had escaped unin
jured. Shanda said:
“I had been dreaming of flying
things for some time. I will build a
new model.”
BANCROFT OATS.
I have placed at the warehouse of
Mr. J. L. Chambliss a lot of fl&e, clean
Bancroft oats for sale, clewr of all
grass and weed seed.
W. B. HAYS,
9-29-1 mo-d&w Americus.
Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy has
become famous for its cures of coughs,
colds, croup and influenza. Try it
when in need. Jt contains no harmful
substance and always gives prompt
relief. Sold by all dealers.
CHRISTIAN IS ELECTED
SUPT. OE ROADS
Commission Had Meeting
on Monday.
The Board of Commissioners of
Roads and Revenues of Sumter Coun
ty met in regular monthly meeting on
October 4, 1909. Present: Frank
Sheffield, chairman; J. F. Bolton, sec
retary; A. F. Hodges, H. .1. Webb and
T. B. Hooks.
Minutes of last meeting read and
adopted with exception of instruction
to County’s Superintendent, which
should have been as follows:
“Motion made and carried that the
County’s Superintendent is hereby au
thorized to purchase one Miracle col
lapsical steel culvert form, if in his
judgment same should subserve the
interest of the county’s roads.”
Motion made and carried that W.
H. Feagin, sheriff, is hereby author
ized to have the necessary repairs
made on the court house, and to pre
sent bills for same at next regular
meeting of the Board.
Motion made and carried that Dick
Lundy (colored) be allowed $1.50 per
month towards his support. ,
Motion made and carried that R.
G. Christian be elected Superintend
ent of Roads.
Messrs. A. F. Hodges and T. B.
Hooks, a committee appointed to
draft resolution on the death of our
former Superintendent, submitted the
following: (
“Whereas, It did please the Al
mighty God to remove from our ,
midst, by sudden death, on September
6th, 1909, Captain Robert Christian,
the Superintendent of Roads of our
County;
Be it Resolved, That in the death of
Captain Christian Sumter County
loses a thoroughly competent and effi
cient officer, and a worthy and highly 1
esteemed citizen.
Resolved, That we deplore the death
of this valued public servant as a very
great public loss, if not a calamity to
our county, and that we also mourn his
death as a personal bereavement to
ourselves.
Resolved, That these resolutions be
spread upon the minutes of this
Board as a perpetual memorial of our
esteem.
This October 4th, 1909.
T. B. HOOKS,
A. F. HODGES,
Committee.
Motion made and carried that same
be spread upon the minutes of the
Board and that a copy be furnished
the family of deceased.
Bids for supplies for month of Oc
tober were received, opened and read,
and after carefully comparing prices
and qualities submitted, J. H. Poole
& Sons’ bid was accepted.
There being no other business to
come before the Board, after passing
on and approving bills against the
county to the amount of $5,125.89, the
same adjourned until its regular
meeting, to-wit, the first Monday in
November, 1909.
J. T. BOLTON,
Secretary of the Board.
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hacking and tearing the delicate
membranes of your throat if you want
to be annoyed. But if you want re
lief, want to be cured, take Chamber
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dealers.
Wedding Gifts.
Just received a handsome line
of Silver, Cut Glass and China suit.
-Mo tnr Weriding Presents.
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importer, “but 1
humorists won’t have any cause to.
complaint."
FOimHONEMUt
itojwthe cotttfb andhrabltta^c
STORY Os MAN WHO
FORGED DAVIS’ IRONS
Blacksmith Tells Tale of
Confederacy’s President
Wilkesbarre, Pa., Oct. 6.—Claiming
that he made the shackles with which
President Jefferson Davis, of the
Confederacy, was ironed while a pris
oner in Fort Monroe, Henry Charles
Arnold, the village blacksmith of
Granville Center, near here, this week
told a newspaper man the interesting
story. He was a blacksmith then, and
has followed his trade ever since, and
he vividly remembers his experience
with the noted prisoner.
He contradicts the story that Davis
submitted to the irons meekly, and
tells how force had to be used to get
them on. Said he:
“I am the son of William Arnold,
and was born in New London county,
Conn., on July 4 ta singular date), in
the year 1840. When the war broke
out 1 did not hesitate in responding
to the call to arms, and I became
stationed at Fort Monroe, where I
worked as a blacksmith. Well, I re
member toward the close of 1865,
when President Johnson issued a
statement, In which he offered a re
ward of SIOO,OOO for the capture of
Jefferson Davis, president of the
Confederate States, and it was cer
tainly enjoyable news to the occu
pants of the fort when it was an
nounced that Mr. Davis had been cap
tured by Col. Pritchard, of the Fourth
Michigan cavalry, at Mitchelville, Ga.,
Michigan cavalry, at Mitchelville. Ga.
Tells the D hole Story.
Leading up to the arrival of Mr.
Davis at Fort Monroe, the blacksmith
said: “Gen. Nelson Miles was then in
charge in Washington, and it was he
who issued the orders that shackles
should be placed about the ankles of
the Confederate president, and it was
Capt. Tidlaw who ordered me to make
them. Capt. Tidlaw was of the Third
Pennsylvania heavy artillery, which
never took part in an active battle.
“As the captain and myself entered
the room where Mr. Davis was con
fined the latter was lying upon an
iron bed. He was reading an Episco
pal prayer book. Seeing the shackles
in my hand, Mr. Davis said:
“ My God, you’re not going to iron
me?’ To which Capt. Tidlaw replied:
‘Yes; it is the orders from Washing
ton.’
“Mr. Davis said: ‘Such is unneces- t
sary, for you have everything guard
ed, even the windows.’
“But the captain replied that such
were the orders from Washington.
Mr. Davis got up from his bed. He
spoke of the disgrace he would expe
rience if the irons were placed on !
him.
“ ‘Telegraph to Washington and see
if the orders are not a mistake,’ said
Mr. Davis. 1
“Capt. Tidlaw, turning to me, said:
“Go on with your work.’
“I got down on my knees and start
ed to place the shackles, but Mr. Davis;
resisted. Several moments passed,
during which the president said that
it was unlawful to place a man in
irons. 1 told him to lie down on the
floor, and he turned to me and re
marked : ‘Who made you spokes
man?’ At that instant several men
were passing on the outside, and I
told the captain to call them in, which
’he did, and in a few minutes Mr.
Davis was lying on his back on the
floor, while I fastened the shackles
about his ankles.
Would as Soon Be Shot.
“Mr. Davis said: ‘You might as well
shoot me as to put on those irons,’
but nevertheless they were soon on.
“About one week later Mr. Davis
complained of feeling sick. Several
physicians were called to attend him,
but he declined the services of all
with the exception of Dr. Craven of
Now York, and the latter ordered the
irons taken off, which was done by
me. After the shackles had been re
moved Mr. Davis was transferred
to another building, where he was
strongly guarded.”
One of the men who often took Mr.
Davis out for his daily exercise was
Loren Leonard, now dead, husband of
Sophia Leonard, who corroborated
the story. Mr. Arnold said that at the
close of the war he accompanied Mr.
Leonard to Granville Center, where
he has lived as the village black
smith ever since.
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Fall colds are quickly cured by Fo
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Weather forecast for today: Fair.
iONE WAS KILLED AND
IHIRTY-fIVE INJURED
In Collision on Illinois Cen
tral Railroad.
(Special to Times-Recorder.)
Springfield. IU., Oct. 6.—One pas
senger killed and thirty-five others
were injured, four probably fatally,
In a collision at 9:40 o’clock last
night, between the state fair special,
taking home several hundred excur
sionists! who had been attending the
state fair in this city, and the regu
lar passenger train on the Illinois
Central at Parnell, three miles south
of Farmer Qtty.
SHOT MALE COMPANION
WHILE HE SLEPT.
And Then Fired BuUet Into Her Own
Brain.
(Special to Times-Recorder.)
Memphis, Tenn., Oct. 6.—While her
male companion slept on a couch in
her apartment Mrs. Fannie Waters, a
fashionable dressmaker at 144 South
Main street, directly across from the
Hotel Gayoso, shot him to death and
then going to her bed, sent a bullet
plunging into her brain some time last
night
22,8*4 PERSONS ARE KILLED
B1 WILD BEASTS IN INDIA.
New York, Oct. 6.—A dispatch to
the Times shows that wild animals
are still a scourge in India, despite its
long occupation by the English. A
blue book issued last week in Lon
don gives the number of people and
cattle killed and of wild animals and
snakes destroyed during 1907-08:
Killed by— Persons. Cattle
Tigers 793 29,903
Leopards 292 43,977
Wolves 277 9,664
Hyenas 2,085
Other wild animals .... 604 3,206
Snakes . 21,418 9,839
Total 22,384 98,674
Wild animals destroyed, 15,711;
snakes destroyed, 61,598; total, 77,-
309.
The head of the serpent, the tradi
tional enemy of mankind, Is bruised
but Ineffectually in India. The health
of its people is the worst of which
record is made. The average dura
tion of life there is but 23 years for
males and 24 years for females.
Clearly, to rid it of its wild beasts
would be only a beginning in civlliz- ! I
ing India.
Your water rent is now due. Come
and settle up and save time and trou- |
ble, as we will begin shutting off on
the morning of the 11th. 10-6-3 t
AMERICUS WATER WORKS.
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