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the AMERICUS WEEKLY TIMES-RECORDER: FRIDAY JUNE 11, 1897,
danger in soda.
Serious Results Sometimes Follow Its
Excessive Use.
Common soda is all right in its place
and indispensable in the kitchen and
for cooking and washing purposes, but
it wn ne ver intended for a medicine,
nml people who use it as such will some
day regret it.
We refer to the common use of soda
to relieve heartburn or sour stomach,
a habit which thousands of people
practice almost daily, and one which is
fraught with danger; moreover tho coda
only gives temporary relief and in tho
stomach trouble gets worse and worse,
The soda acts as a mechanical irritant
to the walls of the stomach and bowels
and cases are on record where it ac
cumulated in the intestines, causing
death by inflammation or peritonitis.
Ur. Hnrlandson recommends ns the
safest and surest cure for sour stomach
.acid dyspepsia) an excellent prepara
tion sold by druggists under the name
of Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets. These
tablets are lurge 20 grains lozenges,
very pleasant to taste and contain the
natural acids, peptones nnd digestive
elements esseutinl to good digestion
and when taken after meals they digest
the food perfectly and promptly before
it has time to ferment, sour and i>oison
the blood and nervous system.
Dr. Wucrth states that he invariably
uses Stuart's Dyspepsia Tnblets in all
cases of stomach derangements nnd
tinds them a certain cure not only for
stomach, but by promptly digesting
the food they create n healthy appetite,
increase flesh and strengthen the action
of the heart and liver. They are not n
cathartic, but intended only for atom
ach diseases and weaknesses nnd will
be found reliable in any stomach
trouble except cancer of the stomach.
All druggists sell Stuart’s Dyspepsia
Tnblets at 50 cts. per package.
A little book describing a!! forms of
stomach weakness aud their cure mail
ed free by addressing the Stuart Co. of
Marshall, Mich.
BRAGG GETS A VERDICT
In Suit Brought Against Accident
Insurance Co.
The morning session of superior
court was taken up yesterday in the
trial of the case of John T. Bragg ver
sus the Atlanta Accident Association,
complaint. Mr. Bragg was severely
injured some time since, and the suit
was to recover a balance claimed to be
due him by the company.
The jury found in favor of the plain-
till' in the sum of $385 72, besides other
amounts for damages and attorney
fees. Several other cases were dis
posed of at the afternoon session.
The criminal docket will be taken
up tomorrow morning, and the daily
proceedings will perhaps be of more
interest dming the remainder of the
session. A few additions are made
daily to the contingent of boarders at
the county jail, though a majority of
them are held upon misdemeanor
charges, there being less than a dozen
felony cases.
The remainder of this week and all
of next will be taken Up in disposing of
criminal business.
HONOR IS PAID THE GRAND
OLD HERO
BY DEVOTED PEOPLE OF SUMTER
A Large Crowd Heard His Lecture
Monday Night on Last Days of Con
federacy-Words of Fiery El
oquence Arouse Applause.
If strength is whnt you want, you
should study whnt causes your weak
ness.
It is practically lack of food.
But you ent three meals a day, and
all you can eat at a time.
Yes, but do you digest it?
Food undigested, is not food. It is
uot nourishment.
It doesn’t create strength.
To digest your food take Shaker Di
gestive Cordial at meals. After a while
you will digest your food without it.
Then you will got well, a id strong and
healthy.
Shaker Digestive Cordial cures indi
gestion nnd all its symptoms, such as
nausea, headache, eructations, pain in
the stomach, giddiness, loss of nppe
tite, etc. It makes your food nourish
you, and make you strong aud fat and
hearty.
Druggists sell it. Trial bottle 10c.
BROKERS QUIT THE BASTILE.
Jenkins and Mitchell Released on
Bond Sunday.
As stated in Sunday’s Times-Recob-
1,1:11 Col. C. C. Thomas, of counsel
for Messrs. Jenkins and Mitchell, the
two produce brokers jailed here upon
the charge of larceny after trust, dele
gated, returned to his home at Way-
<"oss, where he succeeded in making
boud for the men in the sum of $500
each. This information was wired the
otHcials here and Sunday afternoon the
men were released, leaving thAt night
for Waycross. The case may come up
in the criminal court this week.
It Will Surprise You.
In order to prove the great merit of
1-ly’s Cream Balm, the most effective
cure for Catarrh and Cold in Head,
your druggist will supply a generous
lo cent trial size or we will mail for 10
oents. Full size 50 cents,
•ELY BROS. 56 Warren St. N. Y. city.
Ely’s Cream Balm has completely
cured me of catarrh when everything
else failed. Many acquaintances have
>med it with excellent results.— Alfred
W. Stevens, Caldwell, Ohio.
Americus has been favored with ad
dresses by numerous distinguished
speakers, statesmen of national repu
tation, unquestioned ability and great
eloquence, but it was left to John B.
Gordon, the grand old Roman, tho
strong right arm of the immortal Lee,
to thrill her people last night as never
before in one of the finest efforts of his
career as a lecturer.
The last days of the Confederacy!
who could talk upon this subject as
does the matchless Gordon, “tho man
of the 12th of May” who figured so
prominently in the history of those
dark days and achieved a fame that is
imperishable.
Long before the hour appointed for
the speaker to begin the opera house
was comfortably filled. Not only did
the people of Americus nnd Sumter
county honor themselves in thus hon
oring the grand old chieftain, but rep
resentatives from n dozen other towns
and counties came as well. It was an
appreciative audience, and not a word
that fell from the lips of the eloquent
speaker was lost or misinterpreted.
Seated upon the stage with the gifted
speaker were Commander J. B. Pils-
bury, of Camp Sumter, Rev. Dr. John
B. Turpin, Judge Allen Fort, Hon.
Thornton Wheatley, Col. C. W. Han
cock, Mr. N. G. Prince, Prof. William
Harper nnd Mrs. Marie Louise Myrick,
to whom had been accorded the honor
of introducing the speaker.
It was the first time within the state’s
history, perhaps, that the pleasaut duty
of presenting so distinguished a speak
er has devolved upon a woman, but
Mrs. Myrick was equal to the occasion
and her address of ten minutes, replete
with eloquence and delivered in a
clear, strong voice, wns received with
liberal applause. Mrs. Myrick said:
Ladies and gentlemen, my friends
of Americus, Sumter and surrouud-
ing counties:—
Believe me, I would utter no trea
son in this august presence, and fur
ther still am I from preferring any
barges against the eloquent ora
tor who will address you tonight,
for he has won his spurs in a hundred
battles and his name is emblazoned on
the scroll of fame as the most fearless
fighter who ever charged and com
manded an intrepid army. Charges
therefore against such arcuowned hero
would melt as do the morning dew-
drops under the mystic rays of tho ris
ing sun. Y’et with all his magnetism,
chivalry and patriotism, it is you, my
friends, who have a just grievance
against him, for he is directly
responsible for my being a citizen of
Georgia aud my presence before you
tonight. As I look upon him, the
greatest living soldier of this decade,
now a distinguished civilian who all
Georgia and the South loves to do
honor and bid him welcome to our
beautiful city, a flood of the sweetest
but saddest memories crowd upon me.
It is now even twenty-six yeaisthis
lovely month of Juue since I first
looked into his face, caught the inspi
ration of his eagle eye and was charm
ed by the eloquence of his gifted
tongue which has since thrilled the
hearts of a million Christian freemen
throughout the length and breadth of
this continent, kindling in their souls
that spirit fraternnl which has over
thrown the bigotry of political parties
nud vanquished the narrowness of all
sectionalism. Now with malice to
wards none, with charity for all, he is
still proclaiming the glories of a united
brotherhood, which in its earthly tig
nificance aud granduer of purpose is
second only to that spirit which God
teaches us reigus supreme in the eter
nal city.
It was the year 1871; I recall the oc
casion as vividly as if it was a happen
ing of yesterday. I was a student of
the institute—a famous seat of educa
tion in the lovely city of Columbia,
Tennessee, the most favored si>ot in
the beantiful Cumberland valley—a
land of blue grass flowing with milk
and honey, noted everywhere for its
Jersey cows, home raised mules seven
teen hands high without flaw or blem
ish, And last but not least, women true
and men brave. Ah, to my thinking
that was an earthly paradise. It was
there I slept for four years, dreaming
and enjoying life’s beauties without
the rude awakening to any of its stern
duties.
My friends, do you wonder that I love
those green fields and hold sacred to my
heart every happening of that glorious
past It was there as I have stated that
I first saw this great Southerner who
will electrify you this evening with a
story wonderful in historic truths,
teeming with facts and incidents
which no man knoweth or can tell who
lives save our distinguished friend.
I ever met. He was in Tennessee the
guest of his noble brother-in-arms,
Gen. Richard S. Ewell, who has long
since passed under the great shad
ows, and gone to his reward. God
bless him, for in the language of
Gen. Dick Taylor “a grander, manlier
man has never lived.” Gen. Ewe'!, al
ways a most genial host, and desirous
of giving his Georgia friend the best in
the state, brought him a welcome visi
tor to the Columbia Institute, and at
the earnest request of our worthy
president the famous Georgian favored
the students with au address. My
friends as that illustrious general,
fresh from the gory fields of tho most
terrible conflict that the world had
ever witnessed since the sun of Na
poleon went down at Waterloo, mount
ed that rostrum, mortal seemed to have
put on immortality.
The suffering and anguish endured
at Seven Tines, tho Wilderness, Win
chester, Chancellorsville and a hun
dred other hard fought battles
throughout the valley of Virginia, was
written in a dozen blood qtained scars
upon our hero's face, telling a tale of
bravery and courage never yet equal
led, never yet surpassed.
He spoke in that supreme hour no
warlike utterances, but as a messenger
of faith, hope and charity he festooned
the rainbow of peace as it canopied
the stormy skies which hung low over
our Southland, nnd told in beautiful
flowers of rhetoric of an era of sun
shine and happiness which would
sooner or later dawn upon those
of us who proved true to ourselves, our
country and our God. He pictured
the brilliant future which awaited the
lovely young maidens who surrounded
him, eager with tear-lit eyes to catch
every inspiration which fell from his
patriotic tongue. His final admoni
tion was thnt we, as daughters of the
South, must ever prove true to the
Lost Cause, and above all things must
never marry a yankee, declaring with
the word of promise which had the
ring of truth in its entirety, that if the
gallant Tennesseeans did not do their
duty he would send the Georgia boys
to our rescue.
My friends, I heeded the advice of
the great patriot and married the most
chivalrous Georgian who ever after
wards set foot on Tennessee soil. Now
is there one among you who will longer
doubt the truth of my assertion that
your grievance must be put on the
broad shoulders of him who will smile
on you tonight, and convince you per
haps against your will that he intend
ed to do you a service, for ever since
he surrendered his valiant sword at
Appomattox he has been a talisman
of joy and glad tidings, and because
of his glorious achievements in times
of war and his noble deeds in times of
peace the people of this great common
wealth have justly crowned him with
more honors than it has ever been the
good fortune of mortal man to wear.
You all know full well how he has
stood in the forum and wielded his
magnetic influence for old Georgia and
tho entire South, this, too, at a time
when her down-trodden people needed
a Moses to lead them out of a blacken
ed wilderness shackeled in the man
acles of all the horrors of reconstruc
tion, and for your happy issue out of all
these afflictions I claim your recogni
tion of the services of a patriot whose
consecration to his country has mani
fested itself in all conditions.
True to every trust as soldier,
statesman, Christian and gentleman,
and although he has devoted a half
century to tho services of his people,
his patriotism has not grown less zeal
ous nor he less active, but he lays aside
the toga of that senate which has
grown to love the music of his voice
and the magic of his presence to don
the snowy mantle of brotherly love,
and adds the brightest star to the dia
dem that adorns his brow by preaching
the gospel of peace that this great re
public may endure forever.
Now my friends it devolves upon me
to perform a duty that is not justified
by necessity and is only tolerated by
custom. An introduction of the dis
tinguished gentleman we have assem
bled here to honor this evening can be
but a mere formality, but I have es
teemed it an honor and a privilege to
pay him just tribute, and it is now my
pleasure to announce that Gen. John
B. Gordon will address you.
Even a synopsis of the masterly ad
dress which followed would be impos
sible, for no pen can picture the elo
quence, the pathos, the sublime flights
of oratory in which were portrayed the
last days of the Confederacy and the
heroes who made the history of that
period.
General Gordon did not^devote him
self to a detailed description of the
great battles of the war, leaving that
task to the historian, bnt rather to the
heroism of the women of the South,
the valor of the private soldier, and
the many stirring incidents that
marked that most eventful period,
while his tributes to Lee and Jackson
were the finest gems of oratory ever
listened to by an Americus audience.
Throughout the address was a master
ly one, and the regret is that everyone
in Americas could not hear it
The honor thus accorded our city b
PETERSON PULLS A PISTOL
AND FUMES TWO PELLETS INTO
GUSTUS HODGES.
A Sunday Crap Game Result* in the
Usual Way—One Negro 8hoots
Another Over Cards and
Makes His Escape.
Parties here yesterday from Ander
sonville gave the particulars of a very
lively shooting affray occurring there
Sunday afternoon, the result of a row
among negroes over a game of craps,
Among those participating in this
fascinating sport were Sam Peterson
and Gus Hodges. A dispute arose be
tweeu them, aud instautly a pair of
pistols were flourished. The men
stood near together as each emptied
his revolver at the carcass of the other.
Ten snots were fired in rapid sue
cession nnd with deadly effect.
Gus Hodges caught two balls ou the
fly, one boring into his thinkworks
and lodging in the neck, while the
other penetrated the abdomen. Ei
thcr would have proved fatal, and
while the negro wns still nlivo Sunday-
night little hope was entertained for
his recovery.
Peterson was not hurt so far ns
known, ami quietly ambled away in
the darkness to avoid a more intimate
acquaintance with the sheriff.
DATE SELECTED FOR REUNION.
Veterans of Sumter Will Assemble
Here July 21st.
At the regular meeting of Camp
Sumter 642 U. C. V. yesterday, tho
date for the grand annual reunion of
the camp was determined, and other
matters incident to the occasion dis
cussed at length.
July 21st, the anniversary of the first
battle of Manassas, was the date se
lected, and Magnolia dell, in Ameri-
cus, the place for the annual reunion
and picnic.
A great barbecue and basket dinner
will bo spread beneath the great mag
nolia trees, and the old soldiers, their
families and friends will enjoy the oc
cision to the utmost.
Advertised Letters.
A—Akens, Elmj ra.
B—Bayslou, Mr. T. J.; Bell Mrs.
Elizabeth.
C—Cannon, And; Cotney, W. S.
E—Elsun, Liner.
G—Green, J. G.
H—Hall, B. W.; Hollis, H. M.
I—Irby. Mrs. Annie.
J-Juke. Miss Cnsaner.
L—Lambeth, E. M.
M—Massey, Miss Ella; May, J. H.;
Mervin, Ella; Megee, Mr. Nathen.
N—Nelson, Miss Lula.
P-Pritchett, Mr. J. L.; Phaliss,
Mrs. J.
S—Solomon, Mr. George; Stoveall,
CORNER STONE OF HEALTH.
Effect of Paine’s Celery Compound Upon
the Blood and Nerves.
Now Is the season to lay the founda
tion for future health and strength.
The oorner stones of good health are
comploto digestion, sound sleep, pure
blood and a perfeot’y nourished nervous
system,
The wonderful success of Paine’s
celery compound in making people well
sud keeping them so. has always been
eicountsl for by pbysioians by its ex
traordinary power of nourishing and
regr og all of these free on.
It is not s< -anire that so many unscien
tific remed’es uo no > .rmanoot good
wbent.- yd' -ebarded ib's close Inde
pendence of'he nerves and the organs
of d'geaiion and olrcr'atli j, and attend
to bnt one deranged patt at the expense
of all the rest.
The only possible way tbat’a real last
ing gr'n in strength snd vitality can
oome Is thioogh purer blood, better
nourished ne. /es and tissues, more re
freshing r’eep and an eoonomy in the
expenditure of nerve foroe.
These are the objective points aimed
at and attained by Paine's celery com
pound !
This remarkable remedy permanently
cures every form of nervous debility,
neuralgia, sleeplessness, melancholy,
hysteria, headaches, dyspepsia and heart
palpitation. Primarily the nerves, and
then every organ governed by them la
induced to work In a normal and order
ly manner.
Mothers rhould give their children
Paine’s celery oompound now It is
spilng, Ir steal of some hearsay blood
purifier that ran have no power of wa
sting an impure stats of the blood or
rf^.-la ng so complicated parts pf the
be ly as the brain and nerves. Debi'l y
and dlseai s are cured by Paine’s oele. v
compound. It Is not in the power of any
other remedy to make people so pei -
manently and so completely well as tbls
astonishing nerve and brain strengthen-
er and restorer and blood purifier,
Paine’s celery compound. One needs
simply to give It a trial to be satisfied.
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Another lot of pretty hats just in, and at
prices that will make them go. A full line of
Baby Caps, the prettiest ever shown here, be
sides flowers and other novelties.
I cordially invite the ladies to come and in
spect these good.
MRS. M. T. ELAM.
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LEE COUNTY IS STILL DRY.
The License of <1,000 to Retail Whis
key Finds No Takers.
Leesburg, Jane 8.—One thousand
dollars whiskey license has so far
found no takers, and tbe swallows will
probably have to forego the pleasure
tbe summer’s company.
Several visitors to town Sunday,
among them Messrs, George Powell,
Bird Odom aud Miss Mabel Hilsman,
Lucius; Sykes’, J. T. ; Smith,Mrs! Ella.’ | of Albany.
T—Thomas, Mr. W. C.
J. N. Scarborough, P. M.
Her Condition Very Critical.
Mr. Samuel McGarraU left yesterday
for Troy, Ala in response to a tele
gram aunounriug tbe very critical ill
ness of bis daughter, Mrs. Boss, from
typhoid fever. It was feared that the
sufferer could survive but s few hours,
and she may have passed away ere her
father reached her bedside. Mrs. Ross
was reared iu Americus, and many
friends here will learn with deepest
sorrow of her very critical illness.
'Our" “Soda”,Lemonade, the best
drink ever sold for 5 cents.
Misis & Hudson.
BOUNCING OUT DEMOCRATS.
Tne nonor tuus accorded oar city by
the greatest living Confederate 'chief
tain was fatly appreciated by all who
heard him laat night, and tbe hope ia
expressed that he may again favor ns
By the way, he is the first Georgian in this way at no distant date.
One Hundred and Fifty-three Post
masters Appointed.
Washington, Juue 7.—The effect of
tbe recent ruling of the postoffice de
partment to consider as vacant all
offices which are due to expire betweeu
now and July 15, was apparent today,
when 153 fourth-class postmasters were
api>oiuted. Seventy-two of the vacau
eies were created by removal.
Sudden Death at Calhoun.
Mr. John N. Kiker, superior court
stenographer, received a telegram yes
terday announcing tbe death of bis
aged father at Calhoun. The sad mes
sage was quite unexpected, as the de
ceased had uot been ill a great while.
Mr. Kiker has gone to Calhoun to at
tend the funeral services today.
Notice to Reformers.
All friends of reform are requested
to meet at courthouse in Americus at
10 o'clock Saturday June 10th to elect
delegates to state convention to be
held in Atlanta June 22nd.
J. H, Walker, Chairman.
G. H. Sieo, Secretary.
Ill Tempered Babies
are not desirable in any home. Insuf-
flcict nourishment produces ill temper.
Gnard against fretful children by feed
ing nutritions and digestible food. The
Gail Borden Eagle Brand Condensed
Milk is tbe most ^successful of all in
fant foods.
Nnnnally's ia the beet becanse it is
made one day and on sale at Bembert’a
the next
Miss Estelle Freyer, who has been
visiting friends and relatives in this
locality, returned home Tuesday last
Blackberries and red bngs are muob
in evidence and kerosene is in demand
to serve writs of ejectment on the pre
cions bits of red.
Crops bid fair to do well since the
recent rains and corn is splendid.
Ordinary’s court Monday, business
was light, however.
Dr. Thomas, of Americas, was a vis
itor to these parts this week. The
doctor has 1,200 acres of good Lee
connty land in a body, and is to some
extent a Lee connty man.
School closed last week for the sum
mer vacation.
Miss Casky, of Baker connty, and
Miss Green, of Albany, are visiting
Mrs. D. W. Hall this week.
Baptising Sunday last, Rev. Mr.
Cntts officiating.
Mr. Stocum, of Ohio, is here pros
pecting looking to buying a plantation.
No better place can be found on earth.
Mr. Lncins Kimbrough was in tewn
this week visiting friends and relatives.
Judge Long went to Dawson Tues
day.
Some of onr roads are in good fix
and some are a disgrace to a “zulu”
settlement. Portions of the road to
Albany have never been touched, and
also the road to Cbokee, but these are
good beside others. In some sections
it is a continnal bump over clods the
farmers plow into the roads. Oh, ye
road commissioners we need good
roads. The improvements are marked
in the last year, but we lack much yet.
Prof. Castellow is in attendance on
the Dawson teachers institute this
week.
The young people were given a pic
nic and barbecue Tuesday Professor
Lipsey.
FIRST CABLOAD OF MELONS.
Quitman Makes First .'Big Shipment
to Market
A special freight train passed Amer
icus, via tbe Central, early yestorday
morning, carrying among other ship
ments the first fall carload of Georgia
melons. The melons were raised by
J. A. Wilson, near Quitman, and aver
aged twenty-five pounds. Another
earload of melons was sold on the
track at Quitman yesterday, netting
tbe grower $150 cash. The trait will
now begin to go forward with a rash
and soon solid trains will be passing
Americas every day.
In the Pathway
of the Expectant
Mother danger* lurk,
and ahould bo avoided.
"Mother's
Friend"
so prepares the system '
for the change taking ’
place that the final 1
hour b robbed of ad|
danger. Itausa Insures'
safety to the life of both mother and
child, and makes child-birth easy and
recovery more rapid.
‘“Mother's Mend’ b tbe greatest
remedy ever pot on the market, and my
—*—’e prole* it highly."
KING t CC
W. H. I
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^'-& u -8&£8i&S&Wg5?
‘Dead Stock” for bags. Used by
U. S. government. A liquid insect
powder. Won’t stain.
To Delinquent Taxpayers.
All fifas against delinquent taxpay
ers who owe state and connty taxes for
1890, have been placed in the hands of
the sheriff for immediate collection.
Those interested should call at once
and thus avoid levy and sale of proper
ty. J. O. McAbthub, Sheriff.
CHARLES ST. JOHN DEAD.
Tbs British Comal >1 Now Orisons Sac-
■imbed to Stenlagltls.
New Orleans, Jnns 8.—Ohnrlss h
St John, consul of Great Britain, died
of meningitis, after an extremely brisi
Ulnsaa Mr. St John was taken ill on
Wednesday, and the beat physiolana
hare at once rsoogniasd that his case
was helpless.
Mr. 8t John was a scion of the home
of Bollngbroke. His grandfather was
the fifth vlaooent St John. His twiu
brother, Frederick Robert St John, her
majesty's present minister to Switzer
land, was minister to Venesuela when
diplomatic relatious were broken off.
The dead consul was 56 years of ago
and had been in the consular servica
•luce 1867. HU wife and son are now
In Puri*.
-*'■ Small Animals.
Abbeville, a a,. June 9.-A de
structive heil storm swept over tbe
Lowdeeville section, in this connty,
raining everything in its path. Pigs,
poultry and smaller animals were killed
outright
104 Gradnata From Vanar.
Poughkeepsie, n. Y., jane 9—The
elsss of 1897, comprising 1(M yonng
women, the largest in the history of tba
college, graduated from Vassar Wednea-
dv '
Be sore and go around to see Jim
Walker at Bine Bar Monday between I
10 and 12 o’clock.
