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BITS OF NEWS TOO SHORT JR A HEAD Boiled Down to Four Lines and Bunched. hand mirror of events here Happenings in The City and Suburbs of Local Interest to Be Perused at Leisure While Your Coffee Is Slowly Cooling. All the latest creations in lino box ami pound papers, 2.1c, 3.1c, and 10c, at Holliday’*, opposite Windsor Hotel, Henry Mitchell plnckcd tho $20 overcoat at the Elks Store. It was in deed the luckiest ten cents investment irer made. If there has beeu one single, soli tary “kicker” on the fair he has staid in hie web-covered den where the peo ple cant And him, Drumright Whitfield, who was shot down by an assassin last Thursday night, is fast recovering and may be out again tomorrow. Mr. A. L. Dent and family have re moved to Americas to reside and are occupying the former Holt residence out on Taylor street. Judge Allen is kept Imsy these days issuing marriage licenses. Cupid's ar rows are flying, and the old maids are trying to get his range A Jackson street clerk declaros that every time he passes by the pawn shop on Forsyth street his watch stops. By- force of habit, no donbt. Both of the mayoralty candidates, Messrs. Felder and Hawkins, are con fident of success. And the voters are already picking the winner. It is just two weeks, less one day, until the city primary. In the mean while all of the twelve announced can didates are snre of election, Amerions Baptists are busily engaged preparing for the state convention, which assembles here soon. Six hun dred delegates are expected. Frequent inqn : ries are made for small farms near Americas. This is an investment as eafe as Government bonds and more remanerative. Capt. E. S. Fergnson sonds in a yam potato weighing live pounds, and as wrinkled as the brow of any hopelessly nnmated spinster in Americas. The police coart did scarcely enough business tho past week to pay the janitor his wages last night. Ameri- cus was on her good behavior. Two candidates for mayor, tl oo for city clerk and five for aldormanic hon ors make np the list to date. There’s plenty of room yet, gentlemen. The finishing touches are being added to the big plant of the Vi-ginia- Carolina Chemical Co. here. It is one of the largost plants in Georgia. Now that the fa'r is over with, Americus will wrestle with city poli tics until the five hundred preachers come to the big state convention. An Americas man was so charmed with the Frankfaerter ’ teaks sold by the corner fakir that he bought his outfit and will cook them himself. There was no apparent change yos- terday in the condition of Col. B. L. Oliver. He is still nnconsoions and has so remained Bince Sunday last. Those who prophesied dull days in Americas after tho carnival missed it yesterday. It was one of the bnsieet days of the season with the merchants. The Ferris wheel was a wheel of for tune to the owner, besides cariying some Amerions folks higher than they will go again unless dynamite is need. The Amerions Clnb will tender an elegant german Friday evening com plimentary to Mr. J. G. Dodson and bride, and others of the bridal party, A Macon man lost C2.0C) in bank - notes on the streets there a day or two ago. The news item did not state whether he sold coal, gas, or diamonds. Frof. L. D. Lockhart sold to Capt. C. C. Clay yesterday, a splendid $150 Krell piano, which goes to ornament his pretty country residence near Cobb. REV, IRVIN TO GOME AS CALL IS MADE, Accept the Pastorate This Church. Dodson’s Pharmacy '‘Meet Me at Dodson's EARLY response is expected. Formal Invitation Is Extended Rev. J Logan Irvin of Vancebnrg Ky. to the Pastorate of the Presbyterian Church of Americus The Americus Presbyterian; church may soon have a pastor in Rev. J. Lo gan Irvin, of Vanceburg, Ky. to whom a formal invitation has been extended, and tho hope is very genorally express ed that this eloquent divine will accept the call here. A reply from him is expected very soon—perhaps this wetk, Mr. Irwin spent two weeks in Ameri cus quite recently, filling the pulpit of the Presbyterian church during that time. He is a very eloquent and echo! arly yonng minister and made an excel lont impression here. The America* cbnrch has been with out a pastor for several months, the former pastor, Rev. Leroy G. Header son, having resigned this pastorate accept a call iu the Gridin church, and there is a very general desire that the vacancy bo tilled at an early date Mr. Irvin made many friends during his short but pleasant visit here, and is tho general wish that he moy accept the call extended. If you arc b’lllous and |seoklng r I vis- ers, TtYa D iWiit’i L’ttDEirl/ Rijors, Just before going to bed. You will find on the morrow, You are rid of your sorrow— That’s ail; just enough said. These famous pills do not gripe, but move the bowels gent'e and easily, cleaaslng the liver. Their tonic effeot gives strength to the glands, preventing a return of the disorder. W." V. Rem bert. He C -nld Hardly Get Up. I’. H. Duffy of Ashley, Ill,, writes, •'This la to certify that 1 have taken two bottlea of Foley's Kidney Guro and It has helped mo more than any other med icine, I tried many advertised remedies, but none of them gave me any rcllof. My druggist tecommonded Foley's Kid ney Care and it has cured me. Before commencing i*.v use I was in such a shape that I could h rdlygetup when once down.” John R, Hudson. FILED SUIT FOR A LARGE SUM. Negro Woman Wants Pay For Doath of Husband. Mary Add Walker filed suit inSnm ter superior court yesterday against the Seaboard Bailway, alleging that the death of her hnsband, Berry iVal ker, colored, who was accidentally killed at Do Soto several days ago, re- salted tbrongb the agency of the de fendant company. It is alleged that Walks', while standing on the depot platform, where he bad gone upon business, was struck by a pieoe of timber protruding from the car of t passing freight train, inflicting in juries wbieh she says caused bis death. She wants the company to pay her $20,COO for the death of her hus band. There is no oough medicine so popular as Foley’s Honey aDd Tar. It contains no opiates or poisons and never falls to oure. John B. Hudson. THEIR MARRIAGE IN DECEMBER. Nuptials ot Miss Johnson and Prof. N. C. Miller Announced. Mr. and Mrs. Henry It. Johnson announce the engagement of their daughter, Lilia Belle, to Mr. Norman Clarence Miller, the marriage to take place on December 10;h. Mies John son is one of Amerions’ most enltnrcd and eharming young women and the eontre of a wide circle of friends lo whom the announcement of her ap proaching marriage is of greatest in terest. Mr. Miller is a former resi dent of Amerions, and is highly es teemed. " Grove's Chronic Chill Cnro. enres the chills that other chill tonics don’t ears- Made ot the following fluid extracts: Peruvian Barb, Blaok Boot, Poplar Bark, Priokly Aeh Bark, Dog Wood Bark and Sarsaparilla. The beat general tonic. No core. No Pay. 50o. Fresh twice a week Nannally’s candy <K> cents pound. Bex jbrt’s Dbco Store. There is a fool at every feast.—Dutch proverb. LEASED A LARGE PLANTATION. Americus Man Will Try Farming Next Year. Mr. W. It. Dranc, who has been with Oliver A- L'hilders’for two seasons, has lessed one of the largo and vslnsble Cobb plantations near Americas for s term of flvo years, and nex year will go back to bis first love. Mr. Drane was reared on a farm, and no yonng men in the county undestands the business more thoroughly. The plan tation is a fine one end Will Drane will make it blossom like a rase next year. S’ot that Cough, A couglit is a little thing when it begins. This is the time to stop it. The longer you put it off the harder it is to cure. The longer it lasts the more severe it becomes. Let it run on and there is no no telling what the end will he. The worse case of corsumption was n little cough once. Dodson’s Ougli Balsam will stop any cough when it begins. It will stop almost all coughs af. 2r they get had. But the best way is to take it at the first sign of a cold. Dodson’s Cough Balsam is the best remedy *for coughs, colds, hoarse ness and all diseases of the throat anti lungs. Price 25c and 50c. 3<or 2/our Tlooth. CREME DENTRIFICE won’t re :* ire decayed teeth. It won’t stop the toothache. But it will make your teeth white and gums healthy. It will do this in casn where other preparations fail. Price 25c. IN RACE FOR OFFICE WEHAVER DOZEN. Many Would Be Members of Council. - POLITICS IS ALL DISCUSSION Candidates for Mayor, Aldermen and Clerk Are Interviewing The Boys Election Day Is Near at Hand and Interest Growing. S’br tho S3ath. VIOLET PERFUME is one of the most popu'ar in the world. It said tlrat fifty per cent of the most fastidious and exqusite wo men confine themselves to this odor. Our Violet Ammonia im parts this delightful odor to the bath and at thefine time has p'l the refreshing properties of am monia, without tho iritating prop erties of ordinary ammonia. Price 25c for full ten ounce bottie wi’h spunkle top. J^or SPough Skin, CARNATION TOILET CREAM an exqusito preparation. “Best thing out for chapped hands and any roughness of the skin” say those that use it. It is absorbed quickly, and does not soil gloves any labric when worn immedi ately after its application. It helps to make the skin soft and smooth, and is a fine addition to anybody’s t >i!ct. Price 25c. It is now jast a dozen days oro the people of Americus will know,', which of the dozen candidates for mayor,- al dermen and clerk will occupy scats about the council board daring the next two years, ’for, “while many arc called but few will be chosen.’’ And this seleotion ot five officials will be made on Tuesday 25tb. The question is a momentons one, and jast now it is ooonpying the front of the stage in the way of general dis enssion among the voters. The latest acquisition to the] ranks of aldermanio aspirants, as announced yesterday, Messrs. Elton O. Parker andJ. A. Pinkston, put the other five aldermanio aspirants to basiling at livlier rate than before. There are now jast seven in this class. Those arc: E. C. Parker, J. A. Pink ston, E. B. Everett, Lynn Fort, Hugh Mize, G. T. Sullivan and Elmo Poole. Bat tho list may not be olosed just yet. Beally, tbo aldermanio race] Booms uppermost in the public mind. Messrs. Felder and Hawkins, the mayoralty candidates, are doing quiet and effective work in their own (eorner of .the patch, and are allowing the otli- boys to do their hoeing. This is also true of tbe throe candidates for clerk, Messrs. MoMatb, McGarrnh and N. Hawkos. And in tbe meantime tbe voters are given the glad hand on all sides. Tbe campaign is one in which tho entire people of the city feel a keen in terest, and this will oontinne to tbe end. Quito a nnmbor ofvoters have registered .for the primary, and the list will swoll to 009 or perhaps TOO ere the date of tbeleleotion. Id tbe meanwhile a happy, confident, trnsting smile mantles tbe brow of tie hopeful candidate. Luck In Thirteen. By sending 13 miles Wm. Spirey, of Wallace Furnace, Vt,, got a box of Baoklen's Arnloa S'.lvo, that wholly oared a horrible Fever Sore on his leg. Nothing else cor’d. Positively cares Brulsos, Felons, Uloers, Eruptions,Bolls, Barns, Oorns and Piles. Only 25o, Guaranteed by the Bldridge Drag Stores THEY GOME IN CARS AND GOTHEIR WAY, People Who Camo or Went Away Yesterday AMERICUS A MECCA FOR MANY. Your Own Name or That of a Friend May Be Found Below In The Long Llat of Yeaterday’s Visitors Who Came Here. BETTER YIELD THAN EXPECTED. BROUGHT AN EXCELLENT PRICE A Small Farm In Sumtor la Sold Fcr $4000. Twenty dollars per aore for Snmlor oonnty farming land is an Indication of how it is appreciated by people who know abont it Yesterday Mr. B. 8 Oliver sold to Dr. B. T. Wise i little farm ot 2() acres near The Plains, tbe consideration being 84,000] or |20 per acre. The lands abont Plains are considered the finest In southwestern Georgia, and while this priee seems a ’rifle high it. was jast liko patting (4,000 in Government bends, and Dr. Wise knew it. The valne of land is rapidly enhancing, and never again will farm lands in Bnmter be as cheap as at present. A Thanksgiving Dinner. Heavy eating Is usually tbe first cause of Indigestion. Bepeated Silaekr] in flame the mucous membranes llniog tbs stomaeb, producing awaiting after eat ing, heartburn, htadaohe, sour risings and floally catarrh of the •tumaeb, Kodol relieves the iofitmmatlon, pro- toots the nerves and outer ’’>o catarrh. Kodol enrea indigestion, dyspepsia, ah stomach troubles by cleansing and sweet ing the glands of tbe stomaeb. W. A. ltcmbort. Dodson’s Pharmacv, "Meet Me ai_Dodson's." Estrayed. One light red Jersey boar. Beward for recovery. Lovlno’s Liveby Stables. Many a rich man’s reputation for wisdom vanisbee with the loss of his wealib. H. T. McIntyre, St Panl, Minn,,who has'been troubled with a disordered stomaob, ssya, “CU- nberlaln’s Stom ach, and Liver Tablets done me more good than anything I have ever taken.” For eale by all druggist*. ’Phone Hudson's drag store yonr wonts. Ws deliver promptly sny- tbere inebw oily. Phono Nnmbor ,J8. Miss Minnie Johnson, of Anderson- villc, is a fair visitor bore this week, coming down yesterday. Miss Ruby Bay Is tbe gnost this week of Miss Leila vVatson, at her home on Tavlor s'reet. Miss Star Bespass, one of Georgia' fairest young womeD, is visiting hrr sister, Mrs. P. L. Holt, Mr. end Mrs. James Bodgers of Snmter were among tbe hundreds who took in tbe fair yestorday. QMrs. J. T. Ktllen, ofMaoou, Is here upon a visit to her parents, Col. and Mrs. Eugene A. Hawkins. Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Ferguson, of Lee, are guoats of Mr. and Mrs. T. M. Cobb on Forsyth street. Mrs. John D. Pope, of Albany, Is visiting her father Mr. G. M. Hay, and sister, Miss Lola Hay, hero. Mr. H. H. Perry, of Dawson, and Mr. F. H. Perry, of Arlington, are among the visitors here today. . Mr. William Littleton, {of Terrell oonnty, is here upon a visit lo his par ents, Mr. and Mrs. Ed Littleton. Miss Yonah Buchanan left yesterday for De Boto, and will spend the^winter season with Mrs, B. H. fJossoy] there. Miss Annie Montgomery, a pretty and popular yonng' lady of Thomas- Top Crop of Cotton Will Turn Out Vory Well. Fat mere about America j will again be busy this week pioking cotton, as ia favored seotions the top crop is opening and s good yield is oxpectsd. Many farmers will thna add materially to thoir first estimates, some ot them getting 25 per cant more than ones ex pected. These, however, are exceptional csss*, snd only in favored seotions do sneh conditions obtain. Borne of the fields in Bamter are still white with open cotton and will stand, a very good picking. In other locali ties, however, the ptoklng is all finish ed and tbe fields ere bare. Tbo Timcs-Booordor was told yes terday of one of Samter’s most sac- cessfal farmers who baa yet a hundred bales of cotton to gather. Ha figured upon a crop of 800 bales some time rgo, bnt tbe fine seasons lately hm added a hundred to bis estimate. The reeent rains, followed by several weeks of warm weather, have matured tbe top crop to considerable extent and there la still something doing on tbo old plantation. And a big grain crop is being pat in where ootton picking is finished. It is said that more oats, wheat and rye are being planted this fall than in sev eral seaeons past. This has been made possible by favorable raina, and for mers seized upon tbe opportunity. If the prioe of cotton was only at a fair figure the farmer* wonld be in it. I LES! PILES! PILES L Dr. William*’ Indian Pile Ointment Is pre pared to cure Pllee and DOES IT In snort order.. Buy to apply, every box auarantecd tOc. and ll.oa Alt druggists or by mall. WILLIAMS M’F’G oo„ Cleveland, Onto. Sold by Eldrldge drugstores. GEORGIA -SCMTIR COCXTT. • To tbe Superior Court of laid county: Tbe petition of A. W. Smith J. E. Gyles ana MdL V. Andrews, all of said Stats and county, respectfully shows the following: * 1st That they for themselrea, associate*. villa, la the guest of Mime. Or. and Ira Parry here, ( laws ofsaid State, under the corporate name Mr. Vel Oliver,{one of,Te..oll coun ty’s substantial farmers, ia flitting rel atives in this oity, {bis old home, and seeing tbe fair. Miss Lena Parramore and fair gnest, Miss Maude Pittman, left yesterday for Camilla and will spend a week with friends there. Mr. aed Mrs. Harry; H. Bteele, of Hiwkinsvllle, are at The Allan, inm- moned here by tbe very citieal illness of Col. a L. Oliver. Mist Ora Benjamin, tbe falr'Zgneat of Mrs. E. A, Hawkina£tor {several days, left yesterday to visit Mrs. Al ma C. HiU at Bronwood. Miesea Dora Belle Laramore and Berniee Hines, of Leesburg, are the pretty guests of Mias Opal Hinas and r-o enjoying carnival week. Mr. and Mr*. B. B. Jossey and fami ly left yesterday for their pretty plan tation home, near De Soto, where they will spend the winter season. Mr. and Mrs. O. W. Collins, former ly of Amerions bnt now residents of Tifton, are.’gnests of Mr. and Mra. J. L Page here for several days, Phyucuuts Prescribe It. Many broad minded pbyalc'ana pre scribe Foley’s Hooey [and Ta’ t as they have never foqnd so safe and reliable a remedy for thro it and long troubles as this great medielne. John B. Hudson. Tbe bride fails to observo {her hus band's cloven foot nstU she gets a . whiff of his eloven breath. Application for Charter. and style ot “The A. W. HmltS°Fanil tore Company.” tnd. That the term for which taey desire to be Incorporated le for twenty yean and at the end of that time with the privilege of renewal If so desired. 3rd. That the amount of capital xtock of said corporation Is to be the sum of Blaht Thousand (SK.0U0) Dollars, divided Into ehareeot llOUeach with the right and privi lege of said corporation to Increase Ita catg ut atock when eo desired to Twenty ThouL- and (BW.000) Dollars. 7 stb. That alt of eald capital atock of H.<*n haa already subscribed and actually paid In. 5th. That the principal office i buslneee of eatiT corporation la city of americus. Os. said county, wfl right and privilege to establish and tain a branch office wherever deatred snd deemed to the beetlntercet of eald corpor ation. eth. That the object of eald desired cor- K ration Is for pecuniary gain and proBt fir* i shareholders. Tth. That the principal business to be car ried on Is to conduct a general furniture, crockery, glassware. cut-glass, sllrerwara end undenaklne business: to bay and tell furniture, crockery, glassware, cut-elasw- tllrirware of every description and charac ter. and to carry on a general undertaking business; to carry on, buy. sell and deal In every article bought, sold and kept anil earned lo a general etore of said character and description aa aforesaid. To borrow money ana secure same by deed or mort gage; to buy. own and Belt real estate and personal property of ell kinds and character Incident lo their said business, and to enjoy all tbe rights, privileges and Immunl 'e* necessary for carrying on the aald business of tbeco.poratlon; and to enjoy all property, real and personal or mixed that mar be nc- ecssary or convenient for tbe purpose of carrying on or tranaac'lgg their said bad ness as aforesaid accordihg to law. To point officers and agents for the m ment and carrying on their eald ness; to have ana to use a common seal: to - -* opt whatever by laws that are necessary ■ r the cariying on of their corporation; lo ■ue and be sued, and to have and to eojo; all righ’s, privileges and Immnnltles aa are by tbe laws of this state conferred upon cor porations of like character. Wherefore petitioners pray that they be made a body politic under the laws ol sal.l late with the name and privileges atorc- enttoned, and that they may be entitled to all the rights, privileges and Immunities conferred by law upon similar corporations and be subject to the liabilities as tixe.l by law. This the isth day ot October. 1X3. Pe tut oners*A Xtonie j. I certify that the foregoing is a true ex tract from the minutes of Sumter Superior Court. - This the tsth day of October. ISO-.*. _ T. P. GATEWOOD, -« Deputy Clerk of Superior Court, s. c.