Newspaper Page Text
THE AMERICAS WEEKLY TIMES-RECORDER: FRIDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1902.
THE RUSH IN XMAS
TRADEJSNOW ON
JLmericus is The Mecca
Purchasers.
CHRISTMAS TRADE IS BOOMING.
Already Goods Representing Thous
ands of Oollare In Value Have Been
Sold—Trade Will Bo the Best
Several Years.
Americas is the Mecca of the holt
day shopper, aud while it is yet a doz
on days ere Kris Ktingle is billed to
arrive here the stores are nwo crowded
with purchasers every day and goods
of every description are being bought
and put aside,.
-Already the amount of business done
is that of an ordinary Christmas.
But really it is just getting in fnll
awing, and another ten days will mark
the best Christmas trade of recent
years and merchants, in consequence,
are happy.
The shrewd purchaser will make bis
or her selections now, rather than
wait until stocks are pioked over and
the best goods gone. Then, too, it
can be done more satisfactorily now
than when stores are literally jammed
and clerks bnty.
It is thought there will be no did
onlty in handling*,the enormons trade
that is already began. Extra elerks
have been added to the foroes in all
the stores, and the business is going
to b6 handled in a most satisfactory
manner. However, merchants insist
that the people make their pnrohaees
without delay and thos avoid any in'
convenience occasioned by the holiday
week rush.
The wholesale grooery and frnlt
merchants also are having the moBt
satisfactory bnsiness at this season
they bare ever known. While the
country merchants have been a little
baokward about putting in Christmas
orders they are ponring in now at a
wonderful rate, and extra night foroes
have been added in order to keep up
With shipments,
'Without an exception Amerious
dealers in Xmas trlx declare they an*
tioipatea big inorease in the trade
Over that of last year. More people
are eoming here to bnyand. trade is
far [hotter,
A WORSE BLOW IS GIVEN HILL.
Clalmanta'of Money Declare Him
Counterfeiter.
And now a story comes oat [of the
West to tbe effect that Charles Hill,
tho former Americas mtn wlio died in
Los Angeles, Cal. leaving a fortune of
$142,000 to be fought over by 1,700
be:rr, more or less, was a rank coun
terfeiter and eftover of “the queer’
out there.
Of coarse ibe yarn is nutrne, bat it
is told, nevertheless.
This latest news comes in a press
special from Los Angeles, {and states
that a Mrs. Driggs has tiled in const an
alleged will made by Hill, giving all
bis wealth to her daughter.
Tbe alleged “will" is written in
ponoil on a scrap of draper and bears
the signatures of George Manning, a
noted connterfeiter, now deal, and N.
Driggs, once the woman’s husband.
It is claimed that Hill, Manning? and
Driggs were counterfeiters, and 'that
Hill thus made his money.
This is only one of {manyXimproba*
bio stories regarding the Hill money.
There have at times been hundreds
of claimants to the fortune of the d(-
ceased Charles Hill, among them rela
tives in Americas who, through Judge
James A. Hixon, of this oity, have or-
tablished the best claim of all others
Jndge Hixon is confident of winning
tbe caso.
The 8143.009 is still in tbe Jhands of
tbe pnblio administrator, [of Los
Angeles, and the question of title will
by finally settled m March next
R. HIXON IS GIVEN
OVATION AT CLUB.
Member From Sumter is Thus
Honored.
HIS VICTORY MOST COMPLETE.
Entertained at Capital City Club After
Passage of Bill—Measure Goes
Through Senate and Is Now Before
Governor For Signature.
FEW VETERANS GET PENSIONS
AITimely Suggestion.
This is the season,’of the year when
tbe prudent and earefnl bonsewlfe re*
plenlsbes her supply of Chamberlain’s
Cough Remedy. It Is certain to be
needed before tbe winter Is over, and re
sults are muob more prompt and satis-
factory whan it Is kept at hand and
given as soon as the oold is contracted
and before it has beoome settled in the
■ystem. In almost every Instauee a
aevere oold may be warded off by taking
this remedy freely sa soon as the first
Indication of the oold appears. There
no danger In giving It to ohildren for
It containi no harmful substance. It Is
pleasant to take—botb adults and ohil
dren take it. Bay it and yon will get
the best. I; always cures. For sale by
all druggists.
KEROSENE OIL IS BALLOONING
Saved at Grave’s Brink.
“I know I would long ago have been
In my grave," writes Mrs. S. H. New.
som,of Deoatnr, Ala., "if it had not
been for Eleotiio Bitters. For three
years I suffered untold agony from the
worst forma of Indigestion,Waterbraab,
stomach and Bowel Dyspepsia, bnt this
excellent medicine did me a world of
good. Slnoe using it I can eat bearUly
and have gained 83 pounds.’’ For Indl
■ gsstlon, [Lois of Appetttf, Stomach,
■ Liver and (Kidney troubles Eleotrte
Bitters are a positive [cure. Only SOo.
at E. J. Eldrldge’s drag store.
Dainty Atomizers, fine[Go!ognes and
Bxtraots. Bembert’a Drug Store.
MISS WHEATLEY WAS HOSTESS
At a [Charming Party on Thuraday
Evening Last.
Among the delightful social tone-
tions of the week was Miss Martha
Wheatley’s card party on Thursday
evening at her beautiful home on Col
lege etreeL Nearly a half hundred of
Miss Wheatley’s friends were honored
guests upon this ooeasiou and entered
with mneb zest upon the game of the
evening, four banded enehre. The
gentlemen displayed greater skill
than did tbe yonng ladles in con
testing for the prizes, Messrs. John M.
Gonncil and Walter Page bearing off
both trophiis. Alter cards were leid
aside[dolieions refreabments were daint
ily served, and the oceasion goes upon
record as one of the very delightful
ones of the eeason in Americas.
Stiff Advanoo in the Prloo to Consu
mers Horo.
Amotions people who have always
banked on kerosene aa the safety valve
of high prioea from a light standpoint,
are now renigging on that proposition
and are making goo goo eyes at the
gas magnate. For the price ol kero
sene, like everything else one has to
bay, has gone ballooning. Amerlons
retailers now ask 20 cents per gallon
for oil that formerly sold at 18 to 15
oentr, and the price may go higher
still. The rise in the price of illumi
nstlog oil is attributed to tbe reeent
rise in the erudeoll market. Sinoe the
•nthraoite ooal strike and the conse
quent eoarolty of ooal, erode oil has
sprang into prominenee as a fuel in
faotories, railroads and furnaces of all
kinds as has tbe refined produot In
home nee in heaters and cook stoves;
these increased demands have eaneed
the crude market to soar in the last
three weeks. Just how far it will go
no one knows.
The Atlanta frieuda of Representa
tive James A. Hixon of Sumter signal
lzed bis pronounced and splendid vic
tory in tbe police commission bill fight
in the Honse recently by entertaining
him at tbe Capital City Olnb, ei'eud-
iog him an ovation.
Tbe Americas bill brooght on tbe
hottest local fight of the session.
No other measure before tbe leg's-
lstnre was attended by snch a hot
fight. It was a battle of giants, with
some of the big gnns of the bonae
lined np on either side of the fie
The bill, after its passage by the
honse, where the rea' fight was made,
went to the senate and was quickly
passed by that body. The bill is now
no to the Governor. It will reeeive
hie signature today and onr oity char
ter will thns be amended.
The new law becomes operative with
the Governor’s signatnre.
A New Bemedy,
Tbe oil friends of Chamberlain’s
Cough Bemedy will be pleased to know
that the mannfaotnrers .of that prepara
tion have gotten ont a new remedy oall
ed Chamberlain’s Stomaeh and L'ver
Tablets, and that It Is meeting with
mnoh snooess in tho treatment of com
stipation, biliousness, alok headsohe,
impaired digestion and Ilka disorders.
These Tablets are easier to take and
more pleasant In effeot than pille, then
they not only move tbe bowels, bnt lm
prove tbe appetite and correct any die
orders of tbe stomaoh and liver. For
sate by all druggists,
CLEMENCY IS SHOWN WALKER
How to Prevent Group.
It will be good news to the mothers of
email ohildren to learn that croup oan be
prevented. The first sign of croup Is
hoarseness. A day or two before the
attack tbe oblld becomes hoarse. This
Is soon followed by a peonl'ar rough
ooogh. Give Cbamberla'n’s Cough
Bemedy freely as eoon as the ohild be
comes hoarse, or even after the roogh
cough appears, and It will dispel all
symptoms of oronp. In this way all
danger and anxiety iray be avoided.
This remedy Is need by many thousands
of mothers and has never been known to
fall. It ie, in fie’, the only remedy that
oan always be depended upon and that
Is pleasant and safe to take. For sale
by all druggists.
Hla Valor In Helping Jailor Brown
Strong Point
Pomp Walker, who with Eli Jones
shot Holman in a three oornered pistol
cotillion some time ago, was sentenced
yesterday to a year in the gang or pay
a fine o( 8150. It waslldemonecrated
that Eli Jones fired the fatal shot that
cat short the oareer of Holman, while
the peppering given by Walker didn'
really amount to mnoh. In view of tbe
laot that Walker bore a good reputa
tion, and also that he assisted Jailor
Brown when that offloial was mhrder-
onsly asianlted by a half dozen jail
birds reoently, several of of tbe court
officers signed a petition asking that
misdemeanor eentenoe be imposed
upon Walker, with the above resnlt.
In the[first trial of bis case in Jane last
Walker sot a life eentenoe,
Kodol Dyspepsia Cure-
Digests all olasses of food, tones and
strengthens the stomaoh and digestive
organs. Curse Dyspepsia, Indigestion,
stomaoh Troubles, and makes rlob red
blood, health and strength, Kodol
builds wornout tissues, purifies,
strengens end sweetens tbe stomaoh,
Gov. G. W. Atkinson, of W. Va. save
'I bav> nsed a number of bottles of
Kodol and have found It to be a very ef
fective aud, lodeed, a powerful remedy
for stomach ailment. I recommend It
to my friends.” W.;A. Rembert.
TO TWENTY EIGHT THOUSAND.
Fanoy Cuff, Collar, Handkerchief
and Glove boxes tor Christmas pres
ents. Bembert's Drag Store.
For Sale or Rent.
The plantation in Webster oonnty,
known aa J. D. Sheppard’s place, near
Preaton. With the place can be
bonght stock and implements on place.
Eight-horse farm. Possession given
alter Deo. let Apply to Bank of
Southwestern Georgia.
Amerious' Cotton Reoelpts Reach to
That Mark.
Twenty-eight thousand bales cotton
have been weighed at the Americas
warehouses tor the eeason np to last
night This, it mnst be understood, is
wagon cotton, and does not inelnde
shipments by rail. If eompresa re
oeipte are added tbe total reoeipts for
Americas to date wonld probably ex-
oeed 50,000 bales. More than 800 bales
earns in yesterday. This was “Christ
mis cotton” held in reserve, end about
cleans np holdings on plantations here.
The Old Standard
Grove’s Tasteless Chill Tonic
has stood the test 25 years. Average annual sales
over One and a Half Million bottles. Does this record
of merit appeal to you? No Core, No Pay. 50c.
A Dozen In Sumter Are Added to the
List.
Judge T. M. Alien, of tbe coart of
ordinsrv, received notice yesterday
from Pension Commissioner Lindsey
of tbe approval of olsims to pensions
of sixteen indigent veterans and poor
widows of Americas and Samter
oonnty.
Eleven names of veterans and five
of Confederate widows here will thns
go upon the rolls.
Bnt at tbe same time the claims of
two other veterans and one poor wo
man were disapproved, though all are
worthy sod are known among their
friends to bo poor and needy.
The one widow whose claim was
dissproved is poor and old, blind and
helpless, with an invalid dangbter to
car for as well as she can. They live
together in a little honse tendered
them, rent free.
The owner of the little cabin is him
self an old Confederate veteran; one
who knew the dead husband and father
to be a gallant soldier, and thus di
vides bis little all with his afflicted and
dependent ones.
Jndge Alien is going to make anoth
er effort to have the name of this poor
widow, who sorely needs the pension
denied her, placed upon the pension
roils, if it oan be done.
Thousands who draw pensions are
not half so needy as this one.
While tbe approval sheet with the
names of the additional sixteen pen
sioners here has been received, Jndge
Alien has not yet reoeived the neoes
sary blanks which will get for them
their small stipend.
These papers, however, wilt be sent
here in a few days for signatures.
The Pridejof Heroes.
Miny soldiers in the last [war wrote to
say that for Ssbratohes, Bruises. Cats,
wounds, Cjrns, Sore Feet [and Stiff
Joints, Buoklen’s Arnloa Salve is the
best In tbe world. Same fur Barns,
Saalds, Bills, Uloers, Skin Eruptions
and Piles. It onres or no pay. Only
25o. at E. J. Eldrldge’s drug store.
IS WORKING A THRIFTY GAME
Man Collects Dimes on Plea of Broken
Arm.
Amerions people, many of them, were
flioced again yesterday and gave np
their dimes and quarters to a shiftless
humbug who worked the “sore arm"
raoiet as old sb tbe hills. With arm
bonnd np this thrifty vag went from
honse to honse collecting money to
'defray his expenses to a hospital."
A physioian here took oooa9ion to ex
amine the “broken arm” the vag[not
knowing him to be a dootor, and of
oonrse he found ont the fraud. Not a
day passes but kindly disposed people
in Americas are caught by each frauds
as this one. The oase was reported to
the authorities, bnt nothing oame of it
and Mr. Yag Is probab'y still collecting
money here.
Mother Gray's Sweet Powders for Children,
Successfully nsed by Mother Gray,
nnrae in the ChlIdren’s[Home In New
York, Gore Feverishness, Bad Htom
aob, Teething Disorders, move and
regulate tbe Bowels and Destroy
Worms. Over 89,000 testimonials. They
never fail. A1I druggists, 25o. Sample
FREE. Address Allen S. Olmstead,
Le Boy, N. Y.
Baby sets, Puff boxes, Pufis,(Travel
ing oases, Pooket Books, all make?ntoe
Christmas presents, Bembert’s Drug
Store.
GILBERT KEEPS THE SHEKELS
Charged With Larceny After Trust and
Jailed.
If Santa Claus pats anything in
Green Gilbert’s stocking on Christmas
he will have to anake down the jail
ehimney to locate the hosiery. For
Green ia right there, and liable to re'
main. It is alleged that Gilbert, who
operates a dray, was given 88 by a mer
ohant wherewith to pay freight obarges
on a lot of goods he was hired to hanl
from the depot. Instead, however, the
verdant Green rode geyiy away from
the oity, and when next heard of was
in Houston oonnty, Deputy Gatewood
went after Gilbert and he ie now in the
ooop with other black chickens await
ing to be picked.
CHRISTMAS GOODS
Arriving Daily at
Flicker's.
While in New York, and the East, recently, we carefully selected
the most beantifnl line of goods suitable for
CHRISTMAS PRESENTS
ever brought to Americas. We are opening them up rapidly, and by
December First will have a complete line of all the LATEST NOVEL
TIES in Jewelry, Sterling Silver, Brass and Iron Goods, Bric-a-Brac,
Art Goods, Cut Glass, Umbrellas, Purses, Pocket Books, Fine China,
and many other things too numerous to mention.
Of course our regular line of Diamonds, Watches, Clocks, Cutlery,
Scissors, Bazors, Fountain Pens, Spectacles, Eye-Glasses, and
SMALL MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS
of all kinds, is complete and up-to-date in every particular.
We most cordially invite a careful inspection of onr entire stock,
feeling sure we can please the most fastidious in Style, Quality and
Price, Mail orders filled day they are received. Goods we sell, enj
graved free of charge. Call, write or ’Phone
James Fricker & Bro.
TELEPHONE NO. 280.
409 JacksonjjSt. - Americus, Ga.
Choose Wisely
• • • •
the,
when you buy a SEWING MACHINE. You'll find ail sorts and kinds at
corresponding prices. But if you want a reputable serviceable Machine, then take
' WHITE.
25 years exprrivacc has crib’cd us to
logout a HANDSC’IE...
JCAL nr/ TI.L-FUr.T
J^-PIiCDUCT,
make-t-o all thr good
high graJa
found only cc the T,"
our TENSION 1NDJ c,.,
that shows the leciijt. c Lr,ce. E.i
this is net ail, we have others that appeal
to careful buyers.
8KJTTLB CTVuCS.
*—-Our Elegant H. T. Catalogues
give full.particulars, free•
'nt- cv.i non ! e A
j ien
’cr Instance. *
r: *
WhiteSewing Machine Co., cle ^^, nd '
Fpr Sale By F. G. OLVER, Ameiicus, Ga.
Better Than a Plaster.
A piece of flannel dampened with
Chamberlain’s Pain Balm and bound on
the affested parti, is batter than a plas
ter for a lame book and for pains in the
aide or cheat. Pain Balm has no superior
as a liniment for the relief of deep seated,
mnscnlar and rhenmatio pains. For
aile by all druggists.
Feminine instinot leads everyjwoman
to keep an extra supply of pins in stock.
Beantifnl Toilet Sets—Combs,Brash-
shaving sets, msnaenre sets. Rem-
hart’s Drag Store,
It takes the average man a lifetime to
oorrect his bad grammar.
.Jure Delight Rye...
Guaranteed 8 Years[01d.
Rich and Mellow
4 Full Quarts,
& Full Quarts,
12 Full Quarts,
Direct from Distillery
$3.25
$6.00
$8.50
Shipped In plain sealed boxes, with no marks to Indicate contents Same Whisker
sells in stores from N to M.IOper gallon. We a!ao have Whiskey In Juts for 8 and 12.60
per gallon. Corn Whisker a specialty. Also a fine line of Apple, Peach and Cognac Brandy
imported and Do meaUc Wines.
G. A. SCOTT & CO.,
315 Lamar St. ; : : : Americus, Ga
JOHN W. SHIVER,
Zrhe jCumbet Dealer
Offlce In
Bank of
Commerce
UptownlOfflce No 137.
Xowqh ana V)ra***d jCumbtr
jCat&t, \<Sh/nyi»i, <£Y«
Warehotue’.No.tllT. Residence; No.107
WANTED
THE LANIER SOUTHERN
Two hnndrcd young men and ladies
to qualify for paying positions. If
you are interested, write ns for our
handsome illustrated catalouge.
BUSINESS COLLEGE, Macon. Ga.