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thirty-second year.
HOW DO THEY DO IT!
BAILEY’S
Great Suit Sale
Has Created More Clothes
Falk Th a n Any Cu t Price
Cale Ever Held in
Th s Section.
The people of Americus know
that when this firm advertises a cut
price the reductions will be found
just as advertised, and this is why
our sales are always a success from
a business standpoint.
We still have about three hun
dred of these suits on hand of
HART SCHAFFNER & MAP.
and other makes, that originally
sold for $15.00. $18.50, $20.00,
and $25 00, which we are going to
close out at
14.00. $5.00 AND $6.00
-. Per Suit -
Ask your neighbor about these;
get the amount, and come to our
store at once and get the best suit
you ever saw for the price.
Don't wait, but come now; they
are going fast.
THE W. D. BAILEY CO.
AMERICUS, GEORGIA.
- ■ - •. - ■ §{ ||ipi|i w IIIf THTirilinYirr
Should be given first consideration
pi when about to buy a Diamond. Buy
11 Ijll Bam pja i By only an absolute perfect gem. The
-H figv^*'**® 4 ** j£ standing of a firm should be such that
/ IffevjfPjSsgi when they say a Diamond is perfect,
you can feel confident that it is per-
Nj! f feet. We guarantee our Diamonds to
M be exactly as represented, have a
beautiful line and the prices are right.
James Fricker & Bio/
Jewelers and Opticians.
<* AMERICUS, GEORGIA.
r You will be driving your money Ui
VCthe right direction if it goes for our
candy. We take great care in always
J C j\.'- having our confections fresh an<l
€ l\- -V/rY- —
/ \ / .A1 toothsome. How well we are succeed-
V iCr \V ) H ing C an be told by the wonderful in-
1 , ! A// a ,
V W M ff crease in our candy sales.
CARL HAWKINS,
Windsor Hotel Block.
AMERICUS TIMES-RECORDER
FLOOD IS PASSING,
NOW COMES DISEASE.
Grim Shadow of Pestilence
Hangs Over Paris.
(Special Times-Recorder.)
Paris, Jan. 31.—The flooded waters
of the Seine began to fall more quick
ly today as a result of a sharp frost
that set in early this morning. Tile
day is bright and clear and the whole
city is rejoicing over its deliverance
from the flood terror, though the grim
shadow of pestilence hangs over the
city and is causing the authorities as
much alarm as the flood itself, if not
more.
ATLANTA TO ERECT STATUE
OF SPENDER AT TERMINAL
Handsome Shaft to Dead President of
Southern Railway.
Atlanta, Jan. 31.—Preparations are
now under way in front of the Atlanta
Terminal Station preliminary to the
erection of the bronze statue of for
mer President Samuel Spencer of the
Southern Railway, who was killed in
a wreck in Virginia more than three
years ago.
The excavations and other prep
arations for setting the statue upon
the esplanade in front of the station
will cost approximately SIO,OOO.
The statue itself, now nearing com
pletion, has been constructed at a
cost of $40,000, the entire expense of
which was met by the employes of
the Southern Railway.
For a specified time each one, from
office boy up to president, contributed
from his weekly or monthly pay en
velope, until the entire amount was
raised.
The statue will he a handsome ad
dition to that section of the city. It
will he unveiled with formal ceremo
nies on May 14, a date which will also
commemorate the fourth anniversary
of the opening of the new station in
the building of which President Spen
cer was largely instrumental.
SPOONING MUST STOP AT
MOVING PICTURE SHOWS.
Hand Holding, etc., Will be flopped
By Mayor of Indianapolis.
Inidanapolis, Ind., Jan. 31.—An an
ti-spooning ordinance, affecting the
moving picture show patrons, may he
drafted at the request of Mayor Shar k
unless the proprietors of the places
agree to turn on the light, “frequent
ly and unexpectedly,’’ The Mayor has
been informed that the moving pic
ture theaters are being used by amo
rous young men and women for
“spooning’’ purposes while the lights
are out.
He is going to suggest to the pro
prietors that they might improve the
moral atmosphere by turning on the
lights unexpectedly and frightening
;he giddy young things who slip into
the darkened rooms to make love.
If the theater proprietors refuse to
turn on the lights, the mayor is going
to have an anti-spooning law, which
the police will be instructed to en
force.
HE OFFERED TO SHOOT
“JUDGE RRILES" FOR $.50
Rut Young Atlanta Man Goes to
Chaingang.
Atlanta, Jan. 31.—Joe Goins, a
young white man, boasted loudly in a
saloon that for just SSO he would go
and shoot Recorder Nash Broyles and
called for volunteers to raise the
fund. He also exhibited the pistol
with which he proposed to do the
work. In police court he had no rec
ollection of having made the threat,
but for his conduct he drew' sixty
days on the chaingang and will then
have to answer to the state court for
carrying concealed weapons.
“An uply girl.” This is a hand col
ored picture and it is a Pathe. Opera
House to night.
CHASING THE ELUSIVE COMET
NOW VISIBLE AT SUNSET.
Many Here Have Caught a Glimpse
of Monster.
Americus star gazers, the sober and
staid ones as wel las the courting con
tingent, go comet hunting every even
ing now in dilligent search of the
fiery stranger racing along in the low
western sky and which lingers for a
few minutes only just above Magno
lia Dell —apparently.
The excitement caused by the new
comet is pronounced in some quarters,
but astronomers who watch the heav
ens closely have known all about the
newcomer for some time.
It is very near the sun and for that
reason it is hard to distinguish. It
can only be seen about sundown when
the sun’s rays are dying out. Just
as soon as it rushes by the sun and
begins to recede the comet ought to
leave a brilliant track and take on a
fiery tail.
If this is true we shall have some
spectacular sights in teh west in the
spring twilight. ,
A few minutes delay in treating
some cases of croup, even the length
of time it takes to go for a doctor of
ten proves dangerous. The safest
way is to keep Chamberlain’s Cough
Remedy in the house, and at first in
dication of croup give the child . a
dose. Pleasing to take and always
cures. Sold by all dealers.
A graveyard is the last measure a
man resorts to.
AMERICUS. GEORGIA. TUESDAY MORNING. February 1, 1910.
MILLS IN AMERICUS AT
HEIGH L OE SEASON
Plants Here Rushed With
Orders.
Americus fertilizer plants—and
there are five large ones here—are at
the height of a very busy season just
now and all are rushed with orders
for cottonseed meal or commercial
fertilizers. For the demand this
year is going to be considerable
even though the accreage planted in
cotton is not increased to great ex
tent.
Many farm wagons loaded- with
cotton seed were upon the streets
here yesterday, the seed being ex
changed for cotton seed meal at the
mills.
This meal is very extensively used
as a fertilizer for both corn and cot
ton, and with fine results.
Predictions at Col. Tom Hudson’s
department of agriculture indicate a
consumption of about 800,000 tons of
commercial fertilizers during the cur
rent season, which is somewhere
round about what Georgia used last
year.
This means an expenditure of ap
proximately $16,00,000 by Georgia's
planters alone for fertilizers.
Year by year planters who have
learned a thing or two, are putting
more of it under corn and other pro
ducts and proportionately less under
cotton. In other words, they are li
versifying the crops and a large per
centage of the annual consumption of
fertilizers is going under other crops
than cotton.
There are about 10,000,000 acres of
ground in Georgia under cultivation
for all products.
GETS TWO DALES OF
COTTON TO THE PLOW
Carolina Man Tells How the
Trick Was Done,
Gaffney, S. C„ Jan. 31.—Mr. J. W.
Smith, who raised and gathered 929
pounds of lint cotton from one acre
of land near Gaffney this last season,
tells about it as fallows: “The soil
used was gray, gravely with gray sub
soil. It was cultivated in corn on the
Williamson plan in the year 1908.
Sown in peas when corn was laid
by. Yield of corn in 1908, 87 bushels.
In November, 1908, land was turned
with a two-horse plough, turning un
der peavines. In March, 1909, broad
casted ten two-horse loads of stable
manure, afterwards used a disc har
row twice; in March used a two-horse
plough, turning land again; then used
smoothing harrow twice.
On April 22 laid out rows 4 1-2 feet
apart, and planted cotton on level,
using 200 pounds of guano to the acre.
First. Ran a weeder over twice.
•Second 1 !* Ea,. a little Joe harrow
over. —,
Third. Ran a ten-inch shovel
plough in middle.
Fourth. Ran around cotton with
side harrow.
Fifth. Chopped out cotton May 20.
Sixth. Ploughing used twister
plough with 14-inch sweep, using bar
to cotton.
Seventh. May 29 ploughed with
bull-tongue plough, with 20-inch
sweep, one furrow to row.
Eighth. June 13 ran around with
plough and used 300 pounds of guano.
Ninth. June 23 ran around the oth
er side, using 300 pounds guano.
Tenth. Ran around cotton two fur
rows to row, July 3.
Eleventh. July 15 ran around with
16-inch sweep, using seventy-five
pounds nitrate soda.
Twelfth. July 28 put two furrows
to row with 20-inch sweep.
Distance of cotton in drill 24 inches.
Yield of prize acre, 2,918 pounds
seed.
Pickings—Oct. 3, 474 pounds; Oct.
29, 1,174 pounds; Nov. 18, 767 pounds,
and Dec. 17, 503 pounds.
For business reasons we will con
tinue our great cut price sale till
about Feb. 15th.
WARLICKS STORE.
WILL ASSUME NEW DUTIES
TOMORROW AT LIBRARY.
Successor to Librarian, Miss Holmes,
Arrived Yesterday.
Miss Lieze Holmes, who will suc
ceed Miss Palmer here as librarian at
the Carnegie Library, arrived yester
day and will assume her new duties
there tomorrow. Miss Holmes is a
graduate librarian and experienced in
the work she will enter upon here.
Miss Palmer leaves tomorrow for
Charlotte to assume charge of the
very handsome and fully equipped
Carnegie library of the Carolina me
tropolis.
DECLARED THE CANINE MAD;
SENDS HEAD TO PASTEUR.
The dog that bit Glasgow Harvey,
son of Mr. Henry Harvey, at his home
near Americus two days ago was evi
dently affected with rabies. The
head of the annimal was sent at once
to Atlanta for examination, and a re
port to this effect was received here
yesterday. The boy bitten by the
dog is getting along very well and no
serious consequences are anticipated.
The Auxetophone at the Opera
House sings songs better than the
average singer that has appeared at
the Opera House lately.
TO PROVIDE FOR
HIGH-PRIGE INQUIRY
Payne and Clark lo Draft
the Methods.
(Special Times-Recorder.)
Washington, Jan. 31.—Foreshadow
ing the investigation by Congress of
the high cost of living the House Ways
and Means committee today author
ized Chairman Payne and Represen
tative Clark, majority and minority
leaders in the House, to collaborate
in preparation of a resolution pro
viding for such an inquiry and defin
ing the form of the procedure.
FINDS OUR CULTURE
IN WOMEN'S HANDS
Men Do Nothing But Make
the Dollars.
New York, Jan. 31.—Prof. Hugo
Munsterberg, of Harvard, has a pooy
opinion of the culture of the aver
American man. He told the iwC irs
of the Boost Club of New York that
the women of this country practically
controlled the culture here; that the
men were too busy making dollars to
pay much attention to it, and that
they also make a grave mistake in
failing to realize their vocations.
“Your joyful, optimistic and boost
ing attitude is hardly commendable if
it means only a flabby, lazy opti
mism," he said. “It is hardly com
mendable unless it means that it real
ly cares whether the other fellow is
doing his best. The average business
man is too little interested in any
hing outside of his business, and
there is great room here in this coun
try for spreading the spirit of op
timism in its best and truest sense. |
“The women of this country con
trol the culture, unfortunately. The
higher ideals are in the care of the
women here. The higher culture has
been left by the busy business man
to the women. This is unfortunate
indeed. I do not mean by that that 1
anything should he taken from the
women, but that the men, the busi
ness men, should hear their share of
tha culture, too. When the business
man here finishes his day’s work he
thinks he cannot enjoy himself unless
he goes to a comic opera. Even in his
vocation he takes a wrong attitude
He takes too selfish an interest in
himself and his business.
“The haphazard manner in which
men drift into their vocations is large
ly responisble for this. Each life
should be adjusted to a more ideal
view toward vocation. Every voca
tion should be looked on in a more
ideal way. Take, for instance, the
school teacher who looks upon her
vocation as a hardship and a drudge.
It should he looked upon in a far
different way—as an ideal vocation.
The business man w'ho simply sees
In his vocation a means of getting the
better of his fellow man destroys his
power to get satisfaction from any
thing, and until he begins to idealize
his vocation he will remain in that
condition. We must fill our lives with
idealism. Our children often go to
school never to learn that to do one's
duty one must idealize one’s life.’
( HAS. JL. AXSLEY'S.
Special Sale of Ladies Ready-to-Wear
Continued.
$1,3.00 to $17.50 suits and dresses $5.98
SIB.OO to $20.00 Suits ” 7.50
$22.50 to $25.00 Suits ” 9.75
$27.50 to $30.00 Suits " 12.50
$32.50 to $37.50 Suits ” 13.75
All other cut prices as advertised
will continue only during my absence
in New York as we begin taking stock
immediately upon my return. New
and up-to-date, many spring effects
in suits and dresses are here.
ALL PRICED ALIKE
Come Quick.
CHAS. L. ANSLEY.
GRAVES TO SUCCEED PINCHOT
TODAY AS CHIEF FORRESTER
Served Many Years as Assistant to
... Deposed Chief.
Washington, D. C., Jan. 31.—Henry
S. Graves will tomorrow take office as
United States Forester, succeeding
Gifford Pinchot, who was recently
removed by President Taft. The new
chief forester served as assistant to
Mr. Pinchot for several years. He is
regarded as one of the foremost Am
erican experts in forestry. He took a
forestry course in Germany and since
1900 has been one of the directors of
the Yale Forest School.
"•■ly /.) Lvyrciorant-a qaick relief
•• ’’n . H cslds and grippe. All
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TWO BURNED TO DEATH
OTHERS BADLY INURED.
(Special Times-Recorder.)
Wilkesbarre, Pa., Jan. 31.—Two per
sons were burned to death and six
severely injured, two probably fatally
when the home of John Sweeney, at
Minooka, was destroyed by fire early
this morning.
For business reasons we will con
tinue our great cut price sale till
about Feb. 15th.
WARLICKS STORE.
Flatter a man if you want him to
have implicit faith in your judgment.
ACREAGE IN COT ION IN
SUMIER IS IHE SAME
Farmers to Plant Little If
Any More.
Many farm wagons came to Ameri
cus yesterday to haul out fertilizer
for the next cotton crop, as recent
rains made other farm work impossi
ble. Sales of guano here are quite
as large as in any previous season,
undertating the planting of a full cot
ton crop.
But the farmers here, it is believed,
will plant no greater acreage in cot
ton than last year, despite the temp
tation to do so as the result of high
priced cotton. ,
The acreage in cotton will evident
ly be large, as shown from the stand
ing made by the fertilizer manufac
turers to date, and the exceedingly
broghe prospects for heavier ship
ments this season.
The prices that have been paid by
the farmers for their fertilizer have
been better this season and the de
mand is muchh more pronounced. The
indications .so;- this season show that
’““an increase in acreage
tender to make the cotton yield
much greater.
The Central railway and the Sea
board Air Line railway report that
they have handled more tons of man
ufactured fertilizers this year than
last.
All of the railroads report a largely
increased tonnage of kainit, nitrates
compared with the same period of
last year. All the roads report that
it is their understanding that the tbn
age will be much ahead of what it was
last year when the season is finally
terminated.
The movement when it does start in
force is bound under the circum
stances to tax the physical equipment
of the railways to the limit.
WOMEN 10 BLAME FOR
THE COSE OE LIVING
Archbishop Ireland Pnts
High Prices on Them.
St. Paul, Minn., Jan. 31.—Arch
bishop John Ireland issued a state
ment on the high price of meat and
the boycott in which he roundly
scored. “The dreadful waste and xe
travagance resulting from American
women’s ignorance of housekeeping,
and especially the almost totally neg
lected art of cooking,” and declared
that “ a social and economic revolu
tion would in a short time be
wrought out in America” if young
women were thoroughly taught on
both those subjects.
“That the price of meat,” he says,
“as a result of the agitation and boy
cott will for some time fluctuate, to
day downward, to-morrow upward, we
may readily admit: but that meat will
fall back permin'r iL-t i-'i the low
prices of former years 1 am not dis
posed to believe.”
The Archbishop also discusses
changed conditions in the production
of meat in America, the passing of the
j)ig ranches and the increase in the
cost of feeding on the small farms, and
says that “the chsef cause of the rise
in prices lies with the producer, the
farmer.” “As his sympathies go out
to the farmer very warmly,’ the Arch
bishop adds, “he is not over sorry for
the conditions we are witnessing.’ He
declares that the salvation of Amer
ica, social, moral, political and eco
nomic, is the farm, and says the ef
forts of philanthropists and well wish
ers of their fellow men should all
tend to encourage agriculture.
“We eat too much meat,” Archbish
op Ireland declares, and strength
would be better served if we would
turn to other articles of food that are
much cheaper. “Certain housewives,’
he says, “whose deposits in the sav
ings banks are o fthe lightest kind,
if deposits at all they have, would
when marketing be ashamed to call
for any meat that would not demand
a high price, and then in the matter
of living among rich and poor there
is a dreadful waste and extravagance
resulting from ignorance of house
keeping, and especially the almost to
tally neglected art of cooking.
“Americans do not know how to
save in cooking, and what they do
cook they dont know how to prepare
in a mariner to make it palatable and
healthgiving.”
Itch Relieved at Once.
That terrible itch disappears with
the FIRST DROPS of a simple com
pound of oil of wintergreen, tymol
and glycerine mixed in D. D. D. Pre
scription. This soothing, healing lo
tion, used externally kills the ecze
ma germ instantly.
Heretofore the D. D. D. remedy has
been sold only in SI.OO bottles; but as
a special offer, any sufferer in this
town who has never tried D. D. D. can
now try this remedy in a special bot
tle at 25c. It cures the itch instantly.
We KNOW, this. Dodsons Pharma
cy, Americus, Ga.
How a rocky path does enjoy an en
counter with a tender foot!
Sore Lungs and Raw Lungs.
Most people know the feeling, and
the miserabsle state of ill health it
indicates. All people should know
that Foley’s Honey and Tar, the
greatest throat and lung remedy, will
quickly cure the soreness and cough
and restore a normal condition. Ask
for Foley’s Honey and Tar. Sold by
all druggists.
Weather forecast for today: FAIR AYITH FROST.
BAD STATE OE AFFAIRS
IN COLUMBIA COUNTY.
Gov. Brown Galls on Sheriff
for Information,
(Special Times-Recorder.)
Atlanta, Ga., Jan. 31.—Information
: having reached Governor Brown of
• recent happenings in Columbia couu
■ ty resulting, it is alleged, in several
, negroes being killed, beaten or wound
ed, and a situation prevailing akin to
“Night Riding” and further race trou
, hie feared, the chief executive deeid
■ ed this morning to communicate with
the sheriff for a statement of the real
condition of affairs.
NO SYMPATHY FROM
SENATOR BEN TILLMAN.
He Blames Hoycotters for not “Not
ing Right.”
Washington, Jan. 31—“ Any man
who pinches his own stomach because
he does not know how to vote has no
sympathy of mine,” says Senator B.
F. Tillman, of South Carolina. 1-Ie
had been asked for his views, sugges
tions and ideas upon the meat boy
cott and the agitation over the in
creased cost of living, and he was in
clined to give the answer a political
curl.
“There is so much fanfare of trump
ets,” he continued, “and they are
kicking up so much dust that it dis
gusts a man who knows that there is
remedy in the Elkins and Sherman
law's if they were only enforced.”
In the senate generally they show
little haste to pass the resolution of
fered by Senator Elkins, which calls
for an inquiry into high prices. It
sleeps peacefully in a pigeonhole and
there it is likely to stay unless the
West Virginia Senator calls it up, as
he has threatened to do, for a record
vote on bringing it to daylight again.
“THE MERCHANT OF VENICE”
TOMORROW AT MATINEE.
With “As You Like It” For Evening
Attraction.
Mr. William Owen and excellent
company appear in Americus tomor
row in two of Shakespeare's most
pleasing comedies, “The Merchant of
Venice” as a matinee attraction and
“As You Like It’ for the evening hill
at the opera house.
This is the first opportunity Amer
icus play goers have had in some
time of enjoying such high class
plays, and large audiences will doubt
less attend both.
Mr. Owen has long been considered
one of the best exponents of the char
acters of the higher drama. In pre
senting him as “Orlando’ in “As You
Like It,” the management does so with
the assurance that his reputation does
not suffer.
He brings to this trying role, the
physical qualifications that make him
particularly adapted to the part—an
expressive voice, a handsome hearing,
a fine face, and a knowledge of the
art of acting, gained by a long and
exacting experience.
Mr. Owen has surrounding him this
season, a company of players, which
is considered to be one of the strong
est acting organizations in America.
Among those who will be seen here
with Mr. Owen are: Margaret Mor
rison, Clayton Anderson, W. 11. Nie
meyer, Marie Van Borenveldt, Leo
pold Lane, Elwyn Eaton, and others
with Metropolitan reputations.
The scenery that has been provided
keeping with each and every scene
of the play, and the time in which
the play is laid. It is beautiful, and
complete.
“A trap for Santa Claus” is a fine
picture th be shown at the Opera
House tonight. It’s a biograph.
OLD ROOKERY AGAIN BLAZED.
BUT FIRE IS EXTINGUISHED.
Crowd Watched The Department Get
Busy There.
The old wooden rookery next the
watertower came into the limelight
yesterday with a light on its shingle
roof, but it was “the light that failed”
as usual. As usual, the blaze was
put out and the old shack remains.
Time and again it has caught fire, but
in every instance nothing happens to
prevent the fire department doing its
duty and the old landmark stands.
Doubtless hundreds would have re
joiced yesterday to see t burn, hut it
didn’t.
Masonic Notice.
Wells Chapter, R. A. M. will meat
tonight at Masonic Temple for work.
S. A. SULLIVAN,
Secretary.
MR. WARLICK HAS RETURNED
FROM HIS TRIP NORTH.
Mr. Sam E. Warlick has returned
here from a business trip to New
York and Baltimore, where he has
been for two weeks past. Mr. Warlick’s
many friends will be very glad to
. learn that he will continue business in
Americus, his plans to this end being
definitely anounced to the trade to
. morrow.
Pecan Trees for Sale.
If you want pecan trees that w*\l
bear large paper shell pecans, treiM
[ that grow fast and bear early, and lo
’ guess work about what they will I iar,
, call on 11. W. Smithwick, at Gun
Store, Americus, Ga. Sun &Y7ed-tf
i
Marriage is either a success, a
failure, or a compromise.
Mackinette
Automobile
Coats
JUST RECEIVED
NEW LOT OF
“WATERPROOF”
MACKINETTE
AND LINEN
AUTOMOBILE COATS
Prices From $3.50 to $6.50.
Rylander Shoe Company,
CLOTHIERS AND FURNISHERS.
PUPILS OF SUMiER TO
EMTtR IKE CONTEST
Prizes for Best Essays on
Civil War.
The Americus public schools as
well as many of the county schools
will have contestants for the prizes
to be awarded by the U. D. C. of the
State for the best essays on some
subject connected with the Civil War
—the war between the States. '
The purpose of the Georgia IT. D. C.
division in offering the medal Is to
stimulate among the young people of
the state an interest in the study of
history, especially the history of the
Civil War.
The regulations of the contest es
tablished by the Georgia division are
as follows:
For Contestants—First. Subject,
Battle of Gettysburg.
Second. The contest is open to ad
the white children of Georgia under
the age of eighteen.
Third. The length of the essay to
be from 1,000 to 1,500 words. The pa
pers to be typewritten, if possible
though that is not essential.
Fourth. Preparation for the essays
may be made at home or elsewhere
with full use of all references.
Fifth. Each essay shall be sent
in a sealed envelope addressed with
same fictitious name, but containing
real name and address of writer and
name of school.
For Committees—Sixth. Manuscript
to be graded upon subject, matter and
style.
Seventh. The medal will be award
ed at closing exercises of school at
or near which it is won. It will be
presented by the president of the lo
cal chapter of the Daughters of the
Confederacy.
Essays are to be sent to local
(county) committee before Feb. 22.
The best essays from each county
must be sent by the county commit
tee to the members of the state com
mittee on or before March 8.
DUNCAN WITH THE PEOPLE
INREDUCINGTHECOST
High-priced provisions cannot be
helped, but the Duncan Mercantile Co.
is standing with the people by cutting
the prices of drygoods to a point that
offsets the high prices of hams and
flour. Read his ad today and dress up,
even if hungry.
SSOO FOR PRIZE TURKEY.
Woman Sells Largest Gobbler in the
United States.
Belvidere, 111., Jan. 31.—At the
Northern Illinois Poultry Show being |
held here, it was anounced that the
famous Porter turkey lias been sold
by Mrs. Walter Porter, of this c*ty to
E. 11. Burns, of O rient, S. D., for SSOO.
The gobbler has taken first prize
and sweekstakes at New York, Balti
more and Hagerstown, Md., and other
cities where national poultry shows'
have been held. His weight is 52
pounds and he is said to be the largest
turkey in the United States.
MONEY AT EIGHT PER CENT
I have several thousand dollars of
clients’ money to lend on real estate
at 8 per cent per annum.
d2t&wlt R. E. MAYNARD.
--Watches--
If you are in the market for a
Watch I can save you money.
Come in and get my prices.
THOS. L. BELL.
The Leading Jeweler.
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NUMBER 27.
BUSY TIMES IN VOTING
THIS YEAR IN SUMIER
Americus Will See Plenty
Elections.
Americus voters will soon hear the
merrimental hoot of the able candi
date who will swoop here from the
mountains of Atlanta and the back
districts as well in the hunt for of
fice. For it is “election year” in
Georgia, and every place from gover
nor to coroner must be fill.A again.
The entire batch; governor, con
gressman, legislators and county of
ficers—all must be elected again dur
ing the good year 1910.
And the able voter of Sumter will
be on the watchtower.
The election of members of the
legislature and county officers will
command the greatest attention here,
and if an early primary is called by
the executive committee the boys who
want the jobs will soon be around
hand-shaking the voters, jollying the
mothers and kissing the babies.
Already several counties are .ar
ranging for early primaries—many-as
early as April and May, and Sumter
will get into the game soon along
with the others.
Tax Collector I. B. Small calls at
tention to the fact that many voters
here are not yet registered. He is
anxious that voters qualify them
selves to take part in the elections
which will be held during 1910, and
they cannot do so if they neglect to
register before the books close a few
weeks hence.
Under the new registration law the
lists close to voters six months before
an election instead of twenty days as
heretofore.
Long before the campaign opens
an cl interest in the candidates stimu
lates the voters must attend u
will be closed, ; plte constantly acmf
does not put hL Qr headaches, diz*
through a stern ar i n g. dowll pains; they mu:
will be deprived oi wden s toop means to
cising his franchise nmcst walk and bei
hile suffering fro
SEVERAL OASES OF VA. Kidneys cau:
AMONG THE NEGROES llr/Jlher org:
Care Should Be Taken in Contact with
Them.
As flsual at this season, during the
past several years, a number of cas s
of varioloid have appeared among ne
groes in various portions of the city,
there being probably a dozen known
cases here at this time. The malady,
as heretofore, is in very mild form
and no danger Is anticipated where
necessary precautions are taken.
STOLE DARKEY’S CHICKENS.
j Colored Owner Then Asks Lenient j
For White Man.
Pasadena, Cal., Jan. 81.—-Stephens
Wilson, a negro, pleaded for leniency
on behalf of George Wi etts, a white
man, arrested for stealing the dar
key’s chickens, in court.
. “Judge, if you will allow me I will
ask that you be just as easy as pos
sible with this white man. aid Wil
son. “I just want him out of the
way, so he will not steal any more of
my chickens.”
The court sentenced Willetts to
twenty days in the county jail.
Wedding checks and stage money
are very impressive while acting.