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THE AMERICUS WEEKLY TIMES-RECORDER: FRIDAY, JULY 24, 1891. Shoes for Young! Shoes for Old! Shoes for Rich! Shoes for Poor! SORER ALWAYS LEADS look AT YOUR the SUMTER COUNTY TEACHERS INSTITUTE AN EXAMPLE Which Other Georgia Countln Can Follow With Profit—They Are Paid For Attend- '"'"The Plret Se»lon a Grand Succen- other Meetings Arranged. SHOES I Croat American Eagle’ SHOE STORE, 110 Forsyth St. Has just what you want. A Sweeping Reduction nill bo madejon all Foot-Wear purchased of up in the Next 30 Days 1 In this Sweeping Sacrifice Sale unpreceeilouted bargains will be offered on all LOW CUT SUM MER SHOES, andjwe expect that the announcement of this sale will “Sweep the Town!” Wo are not after room as most merchants would say—but are AF TER MONEY —room wo liavo enough—but are SHORT ON MONEY. • It you want to know what wo moan by a SWEEPING Reduc tion, come to this Day 30 Clean Sweep Sale, and you uill find the Largest and most varied stock of shoes ever oftored in Americus and at lower prices than are obtainable else where. the NAME— 1BU Aim H SHOE STORE. THE PLACE:— 119 ForsythSt., americus, ga. N. B.—No goods charged at these cut prices, but will be charg- ®d at our regular prices. JOHN D. SHAW. Sumter lias set an example which It will be well for the other counties of tlio state to follow. Sumter always leads. She has organized a teachers Institute and pays the teachers for every day tlioy attend It. An Important step toward securing better and more effective teach ings in the county schools was taken at the initial session of the Sumter County Teachers Institute, which was held at the Jackson-street school house Satur day morning at 10 o’clock. In the absence of County School Com missioner Moore, Supt. Bizicn of the city schools called the mcotlng to order. It took the teachers hut a short while to settle down to work. About twenty-five teachers and many visitors wero present. All were interested in tho work. The lirst exercise was the reading of paper by Miss Lannie Adatnas on tho subject of teaching spelling. The paper was well prepared and was on tho right line, judging from the discussion that followed in which several of tho teachers took part. The next question was “tho right manner of teaching reading to young classes/' Prof. L. II. Carter, by appoint ment, handled tho subject right skill fully, advocating strongly tho word method combined with the alphabetic, Although Mr. Carter had hut little say of the scutence method, it appeal'd that the better way was a happy combi nation of all the methods, taking what best in all. “How to teach geography in the first, second and third year of that study, 1 was the burden of an claborato paper by- Mrs. Emma L. Guthrie. Tho paper was such as to cause tho teachers that heard it to follow the correct plan—suggested by her. Prof. J. P. Nelson, who is tlip price! pal of the school at Andcrsonville, was iuvlted by the chairman to give the class ids views as to the]best manner of ocono mizing time in tho organization and teaching of ungraded schools, stated that ho had not collected any thoughts on that subject, but was, however, will ing to do his best under the clrcura stances. Then Prof. Bizicn, for half an hour or so, by asking question after question, succeeded in gotting from Mr. Nelson a vast deal of information which, if heeded by teachers, will do them a great help in the future. After a short recess the work was rc sumed and those present enlisted ns members of the Institution. Tho follow ing teachers were present. Misses Lannie Adams, Annie Ansley, Lizzie Lassoter, Anna Perry, Minnie Phillips, Carrie Shropshire, Norma Stewart, Ida Stallings, Susie Taylor. Mcsdamcs S. E. Mask, D. T. Wilson, E.I, Guthrie. Prof. L. II. Carter,|Mr. Warren Culpepper,Prof. W. B. Merritt,Messrs. S, S. McMahon, K..E. Mann, J. P. Nelson, George Winkler, J. L. Wilkinson, C. C. Shepherd, Prof. A. J. M. Bizlen. Prof. Goorgo J. Winkler’s task to-wlt: "IIow to Teach Notation and Enumera tion,” icccivcd duo attention and tho discussion having drifted toward tho merits or demerits of tho decimal system quite a skirmish took place among tho educators. The last subject was “How to Teach English.” Prof. W. B. Merritt spoke at length on that subject, every one of his remarks being practical and well point ed, and if all teachers who were present will follow tho instructions received from him there is no doubt that all tho schools of Sumter county will bo benc- littcd. All in all the lirst meeting of tho In stitute was a grand success. Tho pres- sonce of so many tachois at this first meeting promises a largo attendance at the next meeting, which Is to take placo in the samo school liouso on August 13, 14 and 15. All teachers should bo pres ent at these meetings, which cannot but bo beneficial to them. Till s is especial ly true since the county hoard has agreed to pay them for tho tiino they are at tending tho institute. The patrons of those schools which are now In session should he willing for the teachers to at tend the school. A DANGEROUS POLICY. Is to buy spectacles at your residence from iicddlers, as many of thorn are Im postors. I will pay a llboral reward for information leading to tho arrest of all such men who claim to bo my represent atives. I positively employ no peddlers and do not sell them my glasses. The genuine Hawkes’ spectacles liavo tho name “Hawkes” stamped on the bow. A. K. Hawick*. All eyes fitted and tho lit guaranteed at drug store of E. J. Eldridgc. AMERICUS THE PLACE Where the Clerks end Sheriffs Will Meet Next Year. The next annual convention of tho clerks and sheriffs of Georgia will be called to order in Americus on tho sec ond Wednesday of July, 1802. Friday Sheriffs Dan Davis of Web ster, L. B. Forrest of Sumter, Troy Holder of Stewart and J. F. Woods of Schley arrived in Americus on their way home from Gainesville, where they at tended the convention just ended. They report tho convention a most decided success in every way. These officers were elected for the next term: President—Sheriff Jake C. Moore of Fljyd. Vico President—Sheriff L. B. Forrest of Sumter. Secretary and Treasurer—Clerk A. R. Smith of Hall. Assistant Secretary and Treasurer- Deputy Clerk Frank Moyers of Fulton. On their way home Messrs. Davis, Forrest, Holder and Woods stopped In Atlanta, where they wero shown the jail and points of interest, including Ozburn and tho gallons on w liicli he will prob ably ho hung next Friday. Those gentle men arc the men who secured tlio con vention for Americus and the people are proud of their work. * There cannot bo found a cleverer set of men than tlio clerks and sheriffs or Georgia, and they will no doubt accom plish all that they work for in their con vention . Americus will royally welcome tllcro. THE s: A & M. SCOOPS THE FIRST BALE OF COTTON OF THE NEW SEASON. Which It Danis From Albany to Ssvsnnsh —What tho First Uals nod tho Attrndant Events Moan—Details About tho Early Bap—II Is Significant. Crops Hotter Than Reported. Tlio crops in somo portions of Georgia are probably not so had as recent reports have made them out to bo. A gentle man who lives on tlio Savannah, Amcri- cus & Montgomery road, and who is familiar witli the country along that line, said yesterday that the crops are very good this yeab Tho crops in Montgomery and Laurens counties are very fine, much better than last year in fact, the corn crop being especially good. In these two counties and about all the other counties on the Savannah, Americus & Montgomery road a great deal more corn than cotton is raised. • A gentleman who returned lost night from a trip to Valdosta, Tliomasville, Montlccilo, Fla., and through Southwest Georgia said the crops in that section are very fine and are generally said to be better than last year’s. Everybody ap pears to have a good crop, and there is little complaint of poor crops. The gen tleman said tho people generally seem very well pleased with their prospects. In Southwest Georgia, as fn Middle Georgia, tho corn crop is said to be large. Good Look*. Good looks are more than skin deep, depending upon a healthy condition of all the vital organs. If the liver be inact ive j'ou have a bilious look, if your atom ach bo disordered you have a dyspetic look, and if your kldpeys bo affected ou have a pinched look. Secure good calth and you will have good looks. Electric Bitters is tho groat alterative and tonic, acts directly on those vital organs. Cures pi mplcs, blotches, bolls, and gives a good complexion. Sold at J. Eldrldge’s drug store, 50 cents per bottle. 4 Fora pleasant shave go to-Dr.El, drldge’s and buy one of those celobrrted Tower R«zora which are guaranteed to please. Important Notice. From this date on until further ooUoe I have reduced my prices on clothing made to order from 15 to 20 per cent, for cash. . . I also offer a certain lot of goods, In- eluding patterns for whole suits and pants only, of which I will sell yon the cloth and trimmings at coat In order to make room for the fall trade. . Carl J. Schneider, 318 Lamar street, Americus, Ga. jul 12-sun wed a sun Cut Him ami Ran. Two negro boys who live on tho Hold place, In tho twenty-sixth district, had a fight yostorday during the courso of which one gave the other a terrible cut the loft side and ran immediately afterward. The hoy who was cut was cd Porter,the one who did tho cutting Charlio Hays. THE FIRST SYMPTOMS OF DEATH. Tired feeling, dull hoadacho, pains in arious parts of the body, sinking at the pit of tlie stomach, loss of appotito, feverishness, pimples or sores, aro all positivo evidcnco of poisoned blood. No matter lion’ it becanio poisoned it must ho purified to avoid dentil. Dr. Acker’s English Ultbd Elixir lias never failed to remove scrofulous or syphilitic poison. Sold under positivo guarantee. For salo Fleetwood A Russell, Americus, Ga. . 4 The first shipment of bricks for the new court liouso at Dan-son has been de livered on the ground and the work will soon begin. OUR VERY BEST PEOPLE Confirm our statement when we say that ; Acker’s English Remedy is In every way superior to any and all other pre- arations for the Throat and Lungs. In /hooping Cough and Croup, it is magic and relievea at once. We offer you a sample bottlo free. Remember, this remedy is sold on a positive guarantee. For sale by Fleetwood A Russell, Ameri cus, Ga. 3 Fort Valley issued bonds for water works some time ago, but they have never been placed, owing to the stringen cy in tlio monoy market. To live or not to live is a question which annually confronts the residents of our low grounds and swampy districts. Take Cheatham’s Tasteless Chill Tonle and live to die a nobler death than by n commonplace chill. 7-10-w4t 1 Daring an oil boom in Vanceburg, Ky., 700 acres of land sold for $10,000. The earns tract was sold the other day for $400. The first bale of cotton of the crop of ’01-’92 has gone forward. Amoricus’ own road, the Savannah, Americas A Montgomery, hurried It on to its destination. The bale waa marketed in Albany, which has been the first bale town for many years and although Col. Primus Jones, the “first bale man,” is dead, the reputation of Albany is maintained. Last season’s first bale was marketed on the Fourth of July. Tills year it was marketed July 17—thirteen days late. This is the first bale of the season. Considerable eclat attaches to the rail road that handles the halo. That tho S., A. A M. should got it Is significant. It argues that the advantages of the route arc known and that of _the crop of the coming season that road will handlo its full quota. A hurrah for the 8., A. A M. and the first bale might not bo amiss, oven If it is Sunday. Mr. E. N. Clark, the S., A. A M. so liciting agent at Albany secured the shipment. This telograui from him tells tho whole story: Albany, Gn„ July IS —E. 8. Goodman, o. F. a., Americus—The first hule of cotton for tlie season of Hi-m was brought to tills mar ket by H. If. Ravage yesterday. It sold at miction tills morning to Carter A Woolfolk for 9 1-2 cents. Will be shipped to Robert Moore A Co., New York, via tlio 8., A. AM. route. Have promised to get It ofi on Mon day’s steamer Irom Savannah. Please see that It gets to Snvannnh In time. Will go on No. 12 this afternoon. E. N. Clahk. All possible dispatch was given tlio hale, which was moved from Albany to Cordele on the A., F. A N., which was recently leased by the S., A. A M thence over the $. A. M. routo to Savan nah. By tho tlmo this is in print tho bale will bo in Savannah. It will bo im. mediately transferred to the steamer, which is to carry it to New York, and when that vessel steams out of Savannah it will have aboard the first of cotton of the new season. Tho S. A. A M. mado splendid time with tho bale to Savannah, the vory ongine seeming to snort and liven up ita speed, inspired by the freight which It was pulling. Cotton season means the money sea son In this country and It Is of things that aro pleasant that the first bale Is a harbinger. Mutely but in tones that aro clearly understood it tells of a season of bustle and business, and tho first hale is always heartily welcomed. Getting to haul the bale was quite victory for tbo S., A. A M. and the wish of all in Americus will be that It may haul thousands upon thousands more, which It undoubtedly will. JAS. I. COTNEY, JEWELER. DIAMONDS and WATCHES JUV CLUBS. 102 FOR8VTH STREET. DOLLARS AND SENSE! You can exorcise lots of Sense with a very few Dollars nowadays. We need Dollars and we don’t hesitate to say that we are after those dollars—if you need a Refrigerator—don’t you hesitate to come after one—a vory few dollars will buy a first-class modern refrigerator and you will get the good of those dollars in a hundred senses. BLACK-DRAUGHT Its cures Constipation. Camden, N. J., boasts of a blind bar ber who can shave as well as if he had perfect stghL He works overy day and makes regular wages. For Over Fifty Years Mrs. Winslow’s Soothing Syrup lias been used for children teething. It soothes tho child, softens the gums, allay* all pain, cures wind colic, and Is tbo best remedy for diarrhoea. Twenty-llvo cents a bottle. Sold by all drd&gists through, out tho world. A Texas lufidcl rode ninety miles to get religion under the auspices of Major l’ciin, an evangelist. He listened to two sermons, professed religion, nnd, mount ing his horse, started for home. Igjp WINE OF CARDUI, a Tonic for Women. When Baby was lick, we gave her Cast Orta. When the wss a Child, abe cried for Castoria. When the became Mias, aha dung to Caatoria. When she bad Children, she gave them Caatoria. There are some 12,475 soldiers’ graves at Jefferson Barrack’s, St. Louis, Mo. IIWIIWMMHM 5OOOTOR [ACKER’S 1 PURE j PINK [PILLS. nmaMMEma'ii: Pflls ar* * Positive Car* for lick! A $5.00 to $35.00. SUM BUSINESS FACT IS THIS—We are after money—our entire stock of Summer Specialties, Staple China, Crockery, Silverware, Lamps, etc. is here ready for the sacrifice—ready to bo "led like a lamb to the slaughter” to satisfy the economic necessities of the hoar and thus give to our goods what are “hard times” prices in dead earnest. Let your good Dollars and your good Sense bring you to the Artesian Comer always. Butler|& Berry, ARTESIAN CORNER, LEE * UMAR STREETS. W. H. R. SCHROEDER, Manufacturer J: of Tin, Copper and. Sheet Iron ffare, Galranized Iron Cornice, Tin and Iron Roofing, Hot Air Heatin' Etc, Iron Smoke Stacks. Exhaust Piping for Saw Mills a Specialty. Corner Jackson and Jefferson streets, AHERICUS, OA. Try BLACK-DRAUGHT tea tor Drsneinla. Flesh a mas* of disease, condition hopeleee. the system an entire wreck, nerves all unstrung, yet P. P. P. was taken and an entire cure made. Attend to diet and directions of P. P. P. and oil blood disease mast yield slowly bat surely. Medicinally pure wines, brandies and whiskies at Dr. Eldrldge’s Drag Store. Old Nick Whiskey is the best and is noted for its age and purity, having been mode on the same plantation over 133 years without a rival *• w0 constantly keep four year old RYE AND CORN on hand—ship any quantity, so write for prico-list. Old Nick Whiskey Co n Yaahan Co. yw PANTHEE CREEK, N. O. W. J. SLAPPEY, Formerly on Arteeisn Corner, has removed to More lately occupied by W. H. Scarborough UNDER OPERA HOUSE,’ Where ho will be glad to oee his friends. The Finest Stock of Whiskies, Tobacco and Groceries ic tlie eity. Sole Agent for Schuylkill Whiskey, Which Is offered at the low price of tUM. J. B. BROJniN’S PRIVATE STOCK, Ten years old, at 19.00 per gallon. TAT. j. Jun2dAwtf SLAFFEY. UNDER OPERA HOUSE. W. B. MAYO. O. WINKLES, i NEW FIRM! MAYO & WINKLER, BUTCHERS, Near Hart Building, SIS Forsyth Street, • Americus, Os. Having sold a hammered In my hnstneae to Mr. Winkler, we are now prepared to furnish WESTERN tad GEORGIA BEEF, Perk, Sausage ol «U kind*, Kid, Mutton, Etc. alwnys fresh and reliable. Mr. Winkler's reputation as a butcher Is well known in Amcr- lese-thera is none better in the eouto. Send u* your orders. Telephone 115. LUCIUS H. KIMBROUGH, fH Ac EXT FOB Uwrox Oexteal Live Ixscbaxcc Co. Aleo agent for New England Mutual Accident Association. Policies In these Companies nr.- the cheapest aud beat. I will also buy and aell Stock., Bond* end Reel Estate, OFFICE BOOM 4, BABLOW BLOCK, TJP STAIB8. AMERICUS, - GA..