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U. BPAT, * 1812
[HIS WOMAN
A GENUINE
HEROINE
II ORLEANS HONORS HER
I Cripple and Invalid She
Did Great Work
Vew Orleans, June 14.—The only
rbjeCion to liaulin S a * irls ’ hish
. , !„ \ e w Orleans for Sophie
gcnooi * , , .
\Vright ha* been removed by her
h if there are good reasons
ngainst naming schools for persons
Ibose accounts for this world are not
ret made up, there is no longer any
reason why New Orleans should not,
ve a g o phie Wright High School for !
3irls.
She was often referred to as “New
Orleans’ foremost citizen.” Yet she
*as not a banker, or a merchant, or a
statesman; she was not a leader of
’octal reform or social revolution.
Whatever disabilities there are in her
;e x she had; from the time she was
hree years old she was racked with
, ain an d disease, and she was not eli
ded with fortune; she had to earn
aer own living. Yet the people were
dad to raise SIO,OOO to remove the
mortgage from her home, many thous
snds were collected for the works she
nas interested in, and The New Or
leans Picayune, in the presence of i
vast crowd in a public park, present
id her with a loving cup because in *
the preceding year she had done
more for the city than any other
j.erson.
At fourteen she opened a day school
lor girls and supported herself by
teaching in a normal school in the
afternoon. When she was eighteen a
south came to her for help because
be was ashamed of his ignorance and
({ould not get into public schools.
Thereupon she began to do something
tor the boys, also. She borrowed
(10,000 at 8 per cent., hired a build
ing and started a night school. When
the yellow fever closed her schools
she devoted herself to succoring tho
Uctims of disease. A banker took
up her mortgage and let her have the
SIO,OOO at low interest. Soon she had
: thousand pupils in her night school.
Youths from the factories went there
as soon as their work was done. The
young hoodlums went there and learn- '
h1 to become good citizens. Then New
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opportunity. The man who does things is the man who attains success. Read the following list. Go
at once to see the property, buy and make money. Ihe investors and home-seekers are \v atching this
country as closely as the hawk watches his prey. If you ever expect to buy, now is the time, We have
some of the best business property in Americus; several choice residences. Do you want one? Several
acreage tracts in and adjacent to city limits. 1 here is big money in these.
300 acres, two and one-half miles of Plains, one new residence and barn, plenty of tenan t houses
This is known as part of R. R. Stewart place, also known to be an excellent farm. We can take a smal
farm as part payment. Straight sale $27,000.
400 acres, three and one-half miles of Plains, about two miles of Croxton’s store. This is first
class land and in one of the best sections of Sumter county. 150 acres in original woods. Small cash
payment and good terms.
One dandy new bungalow on Jackson street, just completed. A beautiful home. 6 rooms. Bath,
Electric Lights and Instantaneous Heater.
430 acres about 1-4-mile of city limits of Americus, a beautiful place for a nice country home, an
excellent place for stock, poultry and dairy farm. A nice profit can be made on this place in a short time.
Americus is growing, so are values in and around Americus. Price per acre $22.50.
128 acres one and one-fourth miles of Parker’s crossing, one and one-half miles of Huntington
One three-room,’one two room house. From fifty to sixty thousand feet of pine umber. Near auto road
front Americus to Leslie. Price $3,750.
100 acres about one mile of Huntington, two four-room houses, one of dressed lumber. Dark
pebbly land. If you want a small farm this is your opportunity. Owner will rent for two years for set
-6n bales per year. Price $3,500.
950 acres four miles west of Americus, five residences, plenty of tenant houses, barns, cotton
houses, etc, Can sell whole or in six different farms. These are all gray gravelly lands and well
an evaded roads. We have
are fine. ’We also have Well’s Mil. and lighting plant. If no,
sold in next few days will organize stock company to buy same. I his property will pay about $3,000 an
nually.
W. S. & G. W. ANDREWS
Commercial City Bank Building.
N IS FORECAST EOK
THE COMING WEEK
Tersely Told For Our Busy
Readers
Washington, D. C., June 14.—The
convention to name a republican can
didate for president of the United
States will furnish the big news of the
week. The gathering in Chicago
made up of representatives from every
state, as well as the territorial and
insular possessions—will be called to
order Tuesday noon by Harry S. New,
chairman of the national committee.
will introduce Senator Elihu Root
of New York as temporary chairman.
In assuming the gavel during the tem
porary period of the convention’s exist
ence, Senator Root will make an ex
tended speech, designed to embody the
keynote of the coming notable cam
paign, and to proclaim the principles
and achievements of the republican
party during its many years of exist
ence. When his speech has been con
cluded Senator Root will announce the
important committees, including that
on credentials, and the convention will
adjourn until such time as the latter
committee is ready to report. There is
considerable discussion as to the
length of the convention, some of the
leaders predicting that a week or ten
days will be’necessary to conclude all
the work to come before the delegates,
and others more optimistic declaring
that five days should see the end of
all deliberations and the departure of
the convention representatives for
their homes.
While the republican battle is wag
ing in Chicago the democrats will be
marching their forces towards Balti
more, where the party’s presidential
nominating convention will be called to
order just one week after the gavel
Orleans woke up to the fact that in
an invalid and crippled young woman
it had a genius in education and phil
anthropy, Honors came to her, and
money was provided for her enter
prises.
When a baby she fell and hurt her
back and hips so that for six years
she was strapped to a chair. For sev
eral years she suffered from asthma
to such an extent that she hardly
spent two hours a night in bed. And
now she is dead. But she died in the
general estimate of the people of New
Orleans their foremost citizen.
CHICAGO MERCHANT
MAKES STATEMENT.
After Spending Thousands of Dollars
(and Consulting the Most Eminent
Physicians, He Was Desperate.
CHICAGO. ILLS.—Mr. J. G.
Becker, of 134 Van Buren St., a
well-known wholesale dry goods
dealer, states as follows:
“I have had catarrh for more
than thirty years. Have tried
everything on earth and spent
thousands of dollars for other
medicines and with physicians,
without getting any lasting re
lief, and can say to you that I
have found Peruna the only rem
edy that has cured me per
manently.
“Peruna has also cured my
wife of catarrh. She always keeps
it in the house for an attack of
cold, which it invariably cures in
a very short time.”
falls in Chicago. The democratic na
tional committee will be in session the
entire week lookjpg after the prelimin
aries of the convention, and at the end
of the week the advance guard of del
egates and visitors will arrive in Bal
timore.
Maine will hold her first state-wide
primaries Monday for the selection of
candidates for United States senator,
representatives in congress, governor
and other state officers. Chief interest
< enters in the contests for the republi
can nominations for governor and for
United States senator. On the demo
cratic side there is no opposition to
the renomination of Governor Plais
ted and Senator Gardner.
Vermont democrats will meet in con
vention in Montpelier Tuesday to name !
candidates for state officers and dele
gates to the national convention at
- Baltimore.
1 Yale, Harvard and a host of other
• colleges and universities, both big and
1 little, will hold their commencement
i exercises during the week. President
l Taft has accepted an invitation to at
tend the graduation exercises and cen
tennial celebration of Hamilton Col
i lege, at Clinton, N. Y.
i Important conventions of the week
- include the annual meeting of the
1 National Association of Credit Men, at
- Boston; the ..ational Association of
Real Estate Exchanges, at Louisville,
’ and the national conference of civil
s I service commissioners, at Seattle.
Also of interest will be the Ascot
i races and the opening of the interna
• tional horse &how in England, the gen
-1 oral elections in New Brunswick, the
3 Yale-Harvard boat races at New Lon
' don, and the hearing in the Thaw
case at White Plains, N. Y.
THE AMERICUS DAILY TIMES-RECORDER,
(FEW PRISONERS
: NOW REMAIN IN
SUMTER’S JAIL
SINCE CONVENING OF COURT
Many Recruits to the Chain
gang Now Working
The session of Sumter superior
court now drawing to a close has been
prolific in results as regards clearing
the jail and recruiting the chaingang.
The number of prisoners now held in
jail is the smallest in a long time,
and several of these will go to serve
I long sentences as soon as the prison
commission designates places for them.
Major Reynolds, a Sumter county ne
gro given a life sentence for murder,,
and another negro who goes up for
ten years, are the only felony prison
ers now held in jail. Supt. Christian
of the county chaingang gets a half
dozen black recruits for road work,
among them Ed Bivinsfi the burglar,
who has a nine years sentence to
serve.
Inflammatory Rheumatism Quickly
Relieved.
Morton L. Hill, of Lebanon, Ind.,
says; “My wife had Inflammatory
Rheumatism in every muscle and
oint; her suffering was terrible and
her body and face were swollen al
most beyond recognition; had been in
led for six weeks and had eight phy
sicians. but received no benefit until
she tried Dr. Detchon’s Relief for
Rheumatism. It gave immediate relief
nd she was able to walk about in
hree days. lam sure it saved her
ife. Sold by Eldridge Drug Co.
BAY STATE TOWN
IS 150 YEARS OLD
Athol, Mass., June 15. —A week's
celebration of the 150th anniversary of
the founding of the town of Athol will
be ushered in tomorrow morning with
anniversary services in all the
churches. Parades, band concerts, ath
letic contests and historical exercises
will fill out the week.
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Times-Recorder’s
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Complex
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In a low rocker before the fire sat
the doctor’s wife darning stockings.
Somewhere back in the room sat the
doctor, reading his newspaper.
The doctor’s wife addressed the
fire, but the doctor answered. He
knew It was useless to try to read
when his wife had something on her
mind.
“I wonder what’s going to become
of us,” said the doctor's wife.
“Os whom?" asked the doctor.
“Os us Americans.”
“What’s the matter now?” ques
tioned the doctor.
“I’m wondering where our Ameri
can housekeepers are coming from.
This afternoon, just as 1 passed a big
office building, three girls came out
and walked ahead of me. You should
have seen how they were dressed and
how they acted.”
“Young girls?”
“Os course.”
“Well, how were they dressed?”
“You know, it was the usual way—
hair puffed out, short skirts, low
necks. I don’t object to all of that.
You don’t want them to dress like
back numbers. But you should have
seen their shoes and stockings."
“Don’t I know? You needn't tell
me about the astonishing lack of
sense that some women display.”
"And men, too.”
“Oh, well, men, too, I suppose. But
you started the conversation about
girls.”
“Yes. I was going to tell you. Those
three girls were dressed as thin as
could be. Not one of them had on a
wrap, and you know how cold and
damp it’s been today. But that wasn’t
the worst. Two had on velvet shoes
and the other girl had on satin ones
that were all run down at the heels
and the satin torn. All of the three
had on such short skirts that you
could see their thin, flimsy silk stock
ings. In fact. 1 thought one had on
black and white stockings till 1 no
ticed that the white spots were places
where the stitches had given out.”
“Well, what about all that?”
“I walked back of them to the cor
ner of the next street. They crossed
the muddy, dirty pavement, and I
know they must have got their feet
wet. I watched them for a few min
utes and saw them go into a cheap
ice cream parlor, and then ”
“And then what ”
“Well, I’ve been thinking. How can
such girls keep house and have homes
that give a man a chance to make
something of himself?”
"They can’t.”
“Then what’s going to become of us
Americans?”
“Ask the university professors. I’m
only a doctor.”
“Oh, I know what the university
professors say. They tell you that
our hope lies in the immigrants, the
people from the country, and all that.
But, ten to one, these were daughters
of immigrants or country girls them
selves.”
“Do you know, madam, that I sat
down here to read my newspaper?”
“Yes, I know. But I’m thinking.
Anyway, I didn’t ask you to answer.
You don’t have to answer if you don't
want to. You see, I don’t believe in
darning and mending as much as my
mother did. We don’t have to. Times
are different and things don't have to
last so long; but girls should be
taught to take care of things to a rea
sonable extent.”
The man laid down his newspaper.
"I’m surprised at you,” he said.
“Why?”
“Don’t you know that the majority
of people are abnormal?”
"1 really never thought about that.
Maybe you’re right. People are kind
of crazy nowadays, 1 believe. It’s
very unstylish to dress warm and com
fortable when the weather's cold, and
women surely are crazy about their
hats and shoes —from their heads to
their feet.”
“I tell you it's a fact,” said the doc
tor. “I’m not joking. Don’t I see it in
my business every day?”
“I suppose you do. Doctors ought
to understand people, if anybody does.
But if we think most persons are ab
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normal, what are we’f
“Don’t know.”
“I think we’re normal.’’
“Maybe.”
"Then If everybody else la abnormal
and we are the only ones who are nor
mal, I suppose all the others think (
we’re crazy .” ~
“Maybe we are.” |'
“Well,” said the doctor’s wife, slow
ly. after thinking It over, “you may
he. but I know I’m not.” —Chicago
Daily News.
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Dangerous Reptiles. 1
Contrary to the belief of most peo
ple. only two native snakes, rattle
snakes and copperheads, are capable
of inflicting serious injury to mankind .
even if they would, and as the hab
itats of these two are rocky, moun
tainous woodlands, it is seldom that
there is the slightest danger of harm
from meeting any of our other native
snakes.
Young America.
“You may be president some day,
my boy,” said the patronizing old
gentleman.
“Great Scott!” replied the sadly
flippant youth; “you’re not trying to
pick dark horses that far ahead, are
you ?”
Announcements
lo the 1 -tiocrauc Voters or the Third
Congr*.j?lonal District:
I hereby formally announce my ean
lidacy for the office or congressman
tom said district to the 63rd Con
gress, subject to the democratic pri
mary to be held next summer. Ow
ing to my familiarity with conditions
in Washington (being the confld«n
ial clerk to the speaker of the House)
believe if the people will honor «ne
vith the great office that I can be of
jrvice to them and I will certairly
trive to faithfully and intelligently
epresent all the people or the dis
trict. Their interest and welfare shall
egulate, control and Influence my
very vote and act and at all times.
will be true to the masses of our
■eople. Before the primary I will an
lounee a formal platrorm of princi
les, address the voters on the public
uestions of the day, presenting my
lews fully to them and endeavor *o
ee as many of them In person aa
ossible. If you can give me your
ipport and influence I shall always
e fnost profoundly grateful.
Very respectfully,
CHARLES R. CRISP.
PAGE SEVEN
ASSOCNCEMEYT.
“To the voters of the Third Congres
sional District: I have the ambition to
represent, the Third district in con
gress. As to my fitness and worthi
ness, I propose to submit that to the
voters of this district, along with
other gentlemen who may aspire to
tne honor, in a democratic primary.
“I am a farmer, was born and rear
ed on a farm in this district, and han*
contributed all that I possibly could
to the advancement of the agricultu
ral interests of my section or the
country.
“As a member of congress I would
e controlled largely by the same de*
6ires and purposes that have actuated
me as a private citizens In advancing
the farming Interests of the state and
country, which ultimately is the luter
st of every person, whether merchant,,
lawyer, doctor, banker, mechanic or
citizen following other callings.
"I shall be glad to meet the voter*
ace to face In every county of the
(strict before the day of election. 4
“Sincerely, **< ,
“’JOHN R. MERCER.”
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