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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.