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THE AMERICUS WEEKLY TIMES-RECORDER, FRIDAY JANUARY 16, 1903.
PART OF MONEY IS
READY TO BE PAID.
Creditors Bank of Americus
Got a Part.
ELEVEN PER CENT THE AMOUNT.
.Apportioned Those Creditors of Bank
Who Proved Their Claims Only a
Small Part of Their Losses is Tims
Made Good.
With the settlement of the old Bank
of Americus case a day or two ago,
mention of which was made by the
Times-llecorder at the time, those de
positors and other creditors who
proved their claims daring tho lone
years of litigation will now get a por
tion of their money.
Not a great amount it is trnc, but
they get something.
Tho money now in tho custody of
Eeceiver T. V' heatley is to be thus
disbursed under order of the court,
and creditors who proved their cluima
will get 11 tier cent of the same.
However, there is not a great number
of creditors of this class. Many, it
eeems, did not take tho precaution to
assert there claims, probably thinking
that the bank was hopelessly insolvent,
and these, of course, cannot share in
what there is left.
The three northern banks having
claims against tho Hank of Americus
got the greater portion of what tbero
Wfas in the way of assets. Tho trial of
their claims was only recently conclud
ed, and this renders tho settlement of
the case much easier.
Messrs Wallis and Maynard, to whom
is dne great credit for their presistent
fights in behalf of tho local creditors
get about $7,i;00 in fees ont of this cel
ebrated case, as has been stated.
And thns the ton years litigation is
drawing to a close.
The recent decree ot the court settles
another important point of interest to
many in Americas, and perhaps in
other portions of the state.
The old Hank of Americns, at tho
time of its collapse, owned considera
ble realty, including its hanking house
and other property. Thie was after
wards sold to various parties, hat pend
ing litigation probably caused some of
them to feel nneasy as to title,
Tbe recent decree, it is understood,
confirms all sales of real estato that
have beon made.
If there is any farther litigation it
Will bo in proceedings against former
stockholders of the old bank under tho
personal liability clause, the old back
charter making them liable to deposi
tors, Whether or not such proceedings
will he pushed remains to ho seen.
But at all events the long litigation
begun in 18911, ten years ago, has about
drawn to a close.
SWEAR IN NEW POLICE BOARD.
Newly Elected Commissioners Take
Oath of Office.
BOUGHT A DRINK OF WHISKEY.
Monkey Took Swig of Boozo and
Paid For It.
Whether man imitateB tbe monkey
or tbe monk tbe man, it ib true that
both will take a drink. An organ
grinder here yesterday went into a
Cotton Avenno bar and called for a
“short" whon, to tbe surprise of tho
bartender, the organ grinder’s monkey
mounted tho bar and, looking wistful
ly at the artiBt behind tho white apron,
began to chatter. “Giva him a drink,
too” said the son of ennny Italy. A
stiff one was ponred oat and set before
the very thirsty monkey. Picking it np
carefully he drained th6 glass and
then, to the ,'sstoniBhment of the on
lookers, the little, monk reached into
hia pocket, planked over a nickel and
lamped to the floor. Ho had done it a
hundred times before, the dago said.
VALUABLE LAND IS PURCHASED.
Tract of Seventeen Acres In Southern
Suburb Sold.
Mr. A. W. Smith has jnst made a
urebasoof city really which, in time,
ill net him handsomely. Immedinte-
. in the rear of his large lot on Loo
;reet is n level tract of seventeen
jres, which he has just purchased
w Mr. C, M. Wheatley. For the
resent Mr. Smith will continne to
tilize it for farming and gardeuiug,
at the extension of Hancock avenue,
arroid avenue and Dodson street, in
me, tbreugh this tract will enhance
s valne tenfold in affording nurner-
as available bnilding lots in that du
rable portion of Americus,
Tbe newly elected board of police
commissioners have formally been in
stalled in office by taking the prescrib
ed oath, and are now ready to assume
the duties of their cilice under the pro
visions of tho charter as amended.
The new board was formally installed
in office last night.
The recently elected commissioners,
Messrs. A. C. Bivins, Lawson Staple
ton and □. L. Mize, assembled at the
law office of Mayor Hawkins, where
tbe oath was administered by Justice
J. H. Ausley.
Mayor Hawkins by virlue of his offioe
is ex-officio member of the new police
commission.
After subscribing to tho oath the
new commissioners met in business
session for an hour, disposing of sever
al matters of importance.
A. C. Bivins was elected chairman
Upon motion Mayor Hawkins wife re
quested to notify the council of the or
ganization of the new commission.
This will be done at tho earliest mo-
mont.
Notice will be given the chief of po
lice to report, with his men, to this
commission for orders on and after
Tuesday next, 13tb.
The new board will hold meetings
regularly on the first Tuesday in each
month, as prescribed.
Americas, Therefore, has two police
boards, the old one long in authority
and tho new hoard, constituted by act
of tho late legislature in the amend
ment of the city charter. Both boards
will claim jurisdiction.
Tho clash of authority will, in all
probability, bo settled in the courts, af
ter a long struggle.
A Good Recommendation.
“I havo noticed that the sale of Cham
berlain’s Stomach and Liver Tablets is
almost invariably to those who have
once used them,” says Mr. J. H, Weber,
a prominent druggist of Cat-cade, Iowa.
What better recommendation could auy
medicine have than for poople to call for
tt when again In need of such a remedy ?
Try them whon you feel dull after eat
ing, when you have a bad tasto in your
mouth, feel bitlious have oo appetito or
whon troubled with constipation, and
you are certain to bo delighted with the
prompt relief w‘tch they afford. For
sale by nil druggists.
CITY CLERK TO DOIT!
GETS A NEW PLACE,
Council in Special Meeting
Saturday.
CLERK M GARRAH HAS RESIGNED
To Accept More Lucrative Position
With the Americus Oil Co. Mr E.
J. McMatli is Named For Place
Until Election is Called.
AFFAIRS WILL BE READJUSTED
Hudson's Drugstore Remained Closed
Ycstorday.
Dr. John B. Hudson did not open
his drugstore yesterday morning and
his friends hero and elsewhere regret
his business embarassment, duo to
past obligations and difliculty ex
penenced in making collections. Dr.
Hudson has as yet made no statement
of his liabilities or affairs in connec
tion with his business, bat it is under
stood that involuntary bankruptcy pro
ceedings agniiiHt him have been in
stituted by a Macon draghonse, among
others. Dr. Hudson's friends hope
that his affairs may bo readjusted and
that ere long he may resume business
here. This is the first business trou
ble ho baa ever experienced, and the
first failure Amotions has known in a
long while.
Dislocated Her Shoulder.
Mrs. Johanna Soderholm, Fergus Falls,
Minn., fell and dislocated her shonldor.
She had a surgeon get it baok in place
as soon as possible, but it was quite
sore and pained her very m»oh. Her
non mentioned that he had seen Cham
berlain’s Pain Balm advertised for
sprains and soreness, and sho asked him
to buy her a bottle of It, which he did.
It quickly relieved her and ouablo her to
sleep which she had not dono for several
days. The son was so much pleased
with the relief it gavo his mother that
he has since recommended it toothers.
For sale by all druggists.
BROUGHT IN A PRIZE PIGLET.
Largest Two Year Old of the Season
Is Sold Here.
Mr, J. L. Face bronght in and sold
yesterday tho largest hog of tho sea
soo. It was a two year old ‘‘pig’’
raised on his farm near the city, and
broke the scales at 34ti lbs. net. The
piglot brought Mr. Page a neat sum in
cash.
TV*’ COM
City Clerk and Treasurer John M
MoGarrah tendered to the city council
at special meeting Saturday Ihh resig
nation, effective at once, and will ac
cept a more lucrative position as ac
countant for the Americus Oil Co. sue
ceedtng Air, H. C. Mitchell there.
Tho council was convened for the
purpose of acting upon the resignation
of City Clerk Mcfiarrsh and filling
the place temporarily.
The resignation of Mr. McGarrah
was not unexpected, in view of the re
cent reduction in the salary of that
oflieo. There were two names sugges
ted by members of council as his suc
cessor by appointment, tho majority
voto being in favor of Mr. E. J. Me-
Math for tho place,
Mr. MoMath will accept, assuming
his new dnties tomorrow.
Council has already called a special
city election for tho purpose of filling
the vacancy, Wednesday, Feb, 4th.
being named as the date therefor, and
in which the da y qualified aud regis
tered voters will cast their ballots.
Thoro are about 309 of such voters.
The required ten days published no
tice of this special election will appear
in duo time.
When this item was suggested yes
terday Alderman J. S. Bolton prompt
ly proposed that the publication of the
notice be given the Press, but was
quietly informed that the Press was
not tho oificinl organ of the city.
By action of council, tho notice will
appear in both pnpers.
As ih generally known, Mr. H. C.
Mitchell quite recently resigned the
position of chief accountant of tho
Americus Oil Cil Co. to become assis
tant postmaster of Americas, and this
vacancy is now tendered Mr. John
McGarrah,
lie is one of Amerions’ prominent
young business men, a thoroughly
competent accountant, and tho very
flattering majority vote which he re
ceived in tho rccont race for tho city
oloikshipbut evidenced ihe high es
teem in which he is held by the busi
ness men of Americus.
He goes with the Americus Oil Oo.
at a handsome increaso over the salary
of the office which he resigns, and hia
friends congratulate him upon his well
merited good fortune.
4 FACT
ABOUT THE ‘ BLUE:
What is known ns the “Bln
.5 seldom occasioned by actual cm
ng external conditions, but in <
rest, majority of cases by a disort
;d LIVER. —a.
THIS IS A FACT
which may be dcmotmi
ted by trying a coarse ,
They control and regulate the LlVi.li-;
They bring hope and bouyancy L. ta
mind. They bring health and elastic
ity to the body.
TAKE NO SUBSTITUTE.
CLERK BRITT GOING TO MACON,
E. A. Nisbet to Succeed Him as
Night Clerk Here.
Night Clerk W. L. Bmr, of the Ho-
t-l Windsor, after a stay of s.veral
months in Americus goes to Macon to
day ro take u similar position with the
Hotel Lanier,Mr. E.A. Nisbet istosuc
ceed Mr. Britt as clerk at Tho Windsor.
GINNING ON FRIDAY ONLY.
From this Date, during the remainder
of the season, the Americus Oil Co
Will operate its gins on Friday of each
week only. Farmers and the public
generally will tako duo notice.
If You Suffer From Kidney Troubles
Use Smith’s Sure Kidney C’nro, Noth
ing like it for diseased kidneys.Mo.
Ihe Old Standard
Grove’s Tasteless C
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 Cure, No Pay. 50c.
Enclosed wish every bottle is a Ten Cent Package of GROVE’S BLACK ROOT LIVER. PILLS.
PUBLIC SCHOOLS OF AMERICUS.
What They Havo Done and What
They Can Be Made
Times-Becordt-r:—We have put our
hands to the plow, let’s not look hack.
The suygestion made iu your editorial
of Deo. 24 mat with a inius: hearty re
spouse. Oue citizen, by no means a
capitalist, voluntarily said to the writ
er, “Th« Times Recorder iu its man
ual training suggestion for our schools
propseH the best thing yet for Americas
and I am Dow ready to give you one
hundred dollars for your new build
ing ” That’s the spirit that moves the
world.
Time used to be when the larger
part of the country regarded the com
mon school as an institution for the
education of the poor. Parents who
could possibly afford it sent thei
children to a private school.
Botli as a canse and as a result the
echt ols were of nn inferior kind. Tin
change came when the public mind
was converted to the idea that onl.t
the best education was good enough
for the poor. There wus a selfi-h
thought at the bottom of it. Society
wauted to be relieved of the burden of
tho illiterate, and higher demands
were made upon the schools.
What wonderful progress the com
mon school, for that is its rightful
name, has mado since its democratic
mis-uou has asserted itself. In sev
eral sections it has completely done
away with private instruction. Al
most everywhere it sets a standard of
efficiency; to it ail classes go and we
must keep it up to the demand of Up
times. We must aim at a system that
will prepare our children for an hon
orable and helpfnl citizenship, we
must bayo such a system. This sys
tern will ennoble labor, not only be
cause the currrieultim will involve
manual culture, but because the whole
spirit and inspiration of study will be
industrial.
We need a system, as was suggested
in vour editorial referred to, that will
adjust oach pupil to his individual
needs, or rather to that field in which
he shall lie able, not only to acquire
most, but in which he shall be able to
digest most, use most and apply most
for tbe beuefitof himself and of society.
With this broadening of pnblio oplu-
ion concerning education will como
the specific question “Do onr schools
educate the whole child? “What is a
practical education?” is answered bv
very few now, as it was once answered
by many.
Tho old answer had little in mind
beyond the idea of “figuring.”
Today the number is growing wbo
believe that the schools ought to serve
to develop not only skill in “figuring,”
but also all that goes to make a useful
member of the community. When we
come to understand tho folly of stuff
ing the biain with facts we will recog
nize the awfnl waste of time in onr
present school course and see where an
hour devoted each day to industrial
work will add to the power of the pnptl
aud detract nothing from the Btore of
nsefnl knowledge.
Tho public schools of Ameeious have
made tenfold return for the amount
already invested in it, and vindicated
alike the wisdom of its founders and
confidence of the oity government
Today it stands here and proves its
right to live.
By its work, its proseut condition of
aotivity, prosperity and promise, it
claims a right to grow. Tbe “survival
of the fittest" is transferred from a
dogma of science to a fact of life; aqd
we realize literally the principle that
“the battle is not to tbe strong, norths
race to the ewift, ” bat to the intelligent,
the alert, tbe skillful. To a trained and
applied mind belongs henceforth the
dominion of the world. Is the best too
good for our children ?
Thirty-six years of
success
Just think what that means. Thirty-six years in business, each year more successful
than the previous one. with never a backward movement, constantly frrowinz larger, ever
increasing in popular favor. How many concerns in this country have such a proud record?
How many that were doing business thirty-six years ago are even inexistence to-day? Very,
very few. Hut thirty-six years of continuous success and still growing larger. Think of ltt
How has it been accomplished? In just this way. By selling absolutely pure whiskey, di
rect from our own distillery to the consumer, with all its original richness and flavor, sav
ing him the enormous profits of the dealers, and by carrying out to the letter every state-
mentor offer that we make. thereby creating a confluence with our over a quarter of a
million satisfied customers that cannot be broken.
Direct f ream cur distillery to YOU
Saves Dealers’ Profits! Prevents Adulteration I
Mill
PURE SEVEN-YEAR-OLD RYE
4 FULL $£.20 EXPRESS
QUARTS 0“
PREPAID
We will send you FOUR FULL QUART BOTTLES of HAYNER’S SEVEN-
YEAR-OLD RYE for W.20. and we will pay the express charges. When you
receive the whiskey, try it and if you don’t find it all right and as good as you
ever drank or can buy from anybody else at any price, send It back at our
expense and your $3.20 will go back to you by the very next mail. How could
an offer be fairer? Just think it over. Shipment made in a plain sealed case,
with no marks or brands to indicate contents.
Prepaid or #6 Quarts for 816.00 by Freight Prepaid.
Write our nearest office and do it NOW.
THE HAYNER DISTILLING COMPANY
ATLANTA* CA. DAYTON, OHIO ST. LOUIS, MO. ST. PAUL, MINN.
152 DlSTtLLIBT, Tbot. O. Establish*!) 1858.
....CHRISTMAS WHISKIES....
GRANTHAM
is ready to fill >cur orders
giving the best good for
the leat money. Beginning next Monday, 22nd. I will
cut prices on mv line of WHISKIES through the holiday
season, or until Jhh. 1st. I have on hand
Seventeen Hundred Gallons of Liquors,
including all the popu’ar brands. This 1 am gofDg to sell
CHEAPER THAN ANYBODY during my cut Price
Holiday Sale Call on me < pposite the Allen House, or
send me your orders for Lqiuor
Jug trade a Specialty. Be;t goods served at my bar.
R. D. GRANTHAM,
AMERICUS, GEORGIA.
Don’t Worry.
This is easier said than dono, yet it
may be pome help to consider the mat
ter. If the caune is something ever
which you havo no control it is obvious
that, worrying will not help tbe matter
In the least. On Ihe other hand, if
within your control you have only to
act. When you have a cold and fear an
attack of pneumonia, bny a bottle of
Chumberlaina G»ugh Remedy and use
it judiciously and all cause for worry as
to the outcome will qn«ckly disappear.
There is no danger of pneumonia when
it is used. For sale by all druggists.
Choose Wisely....
when you buy a SEWING MACHINE. YouTl find all sorts and kinds at
corresponding prices. But if you want a reputable serviceable Machine, then take
WHITE,
years experience: cat enabled us to
brin*? cut a HANDSOME.. •
SYfiT&rriUCAL ar-.cl VELL-rUTLT
jt^PRODUCT, eom&iic? >a IA
make-up ill the good pchitJ cemme u ? >
found cr.ly on the. WHITE—foi inr
our TEli ZION INDiCATOlA a c.- vLc
that show* tbe tenaiOT* r..i r. glance. But
this is not all, we have ’hat
to careful buy ere. V1:5 _
TY.i *'TYLfe3.
mm Our Elegant 7\ Catalogues
give full particulars, free.
White Sewing Machine Co., CLE omo. ND '
For Sale By F. G. OLVER, Americus, Ga,
...Pure Delight Rye...
Guaranteed 8 Years Old.
Rich'.and Mellow
Direct from Distillery
GENERAL JACKSON IS TOUCHED
Paid a Tenner! for Fighting the
Copper.
When General Jackson got ont of
the city callaboose yesterday, with his
head bandaged in a section of gunny
sack, ho looked bb unlike a warrior bold
or hie illustrious namesake as one could
imagino. General Jackson lives in
Americns, and his ancestors genera
tions back were prominent in the eo-
coanut bustuess aloDg the Congo.
General made the mistake Friday of
resisting two policemen, as told in
yesterday’s Times-Becorder, and tho
bandage yesterday covered a soft and
sore spot on tho General’s think milt
Mayor Hawkins also hit General Jack
son—for a ten spot.
A man likes to hear a woman say she
has never been kissed, even if he don’t
beliove it.
4 Full Quarts,
8 Full Quarts,
12 Full Quarts,
$3-25
$6.oo
$8.50
Shipped in rlaln prated boxes, with no mark* to indicate contents. Same WbUkey
sells In stores firm *4 to ffl.Mrer pallor. We a To have V.Mskev in Jugs for $2 and lifO
per pallon. Corn Whiskey a specialty. Also a fine line of Apple, Peach and Cognac Brandy
JILT gill 1UII. '.''Ill *»
imported and Domestic Wines.
G. A. SCOTT & CO.,
3I5 Lamar St. ; : : : Americus, Qa
FARM LOANS NEGOTIATED
If you want money on your farm I have arrangements
with New York parties through whom I^can get it for you
at Lowest Possible Cost.
J. J. HANESLEY,
Room No. 5 Barlow Block, - - Americus, Ga,.