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THE AMERICUS WEEKLY TIME5-RECORDER, FRIDAY. JANUARY 23. 1907
furniture! Furniture!!
AND
HousefumjsbinfrGoods
We have just opened up a new
and up-to-date linejof goods and
more coming. We would be glad
for you to come,Jand see what we
have. If you do notjneed anything
in our line that’s alright. ' *
Come and bring your friends.
If they should need anything they
will thank you for it. Mr. L. S
Tower and Walter Maynard will be
glad to show you at any and al
times.
Let us serve you once and you
will come again.-
Try us and see if what we tell
you isn’t right. f- : J - -
700 PEOPLE KILLED
IN KINGSTON, JAMAICA
Over Four Hundred Bodies Have
Been Buried.
DAVIS IS SCORES
(BING SAiiXES
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The Maynard Furniture Co.
’PHONE 426 WIFDSGR BLOCK JACKSON ST.
Special fSale'of Watches
I can make it interesting if you are in the
market for any style of a watch. Call and
see my line and be convinced that I can
save you money on good goods.
Thos. L Bell,
The Leading Jeweler.
For Jewelry and Right Prices.
(Suooatmor to Counoll, PatksrfSc Co.,
I will continue the Cotton Warehouse business at
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the same old stand and solicit the patronage ot the far- 5
mere of Sumter and surrounding counties, promising the 5
same courteous treatment as heretofore. T
Very Respectfully 5
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E. C. PARKER.
Staple andlFancy Groceries
The Best in Town Can}Be Found at
J. L. SPARKS’.
The Pure Food Law .trike us Just Eight, as We Handle only
the Beat Line, of (iroeerles, Canned Hoods, Candle, and. in fart,
everything that goea on the table. Eing us for prleca and give
til a trial.
REMAINING BODIES CREMATED
Five Hundred Parsons Are Still Under
Treatment in the Hoapltal.—Several
Shock! of Earthquake Felt Friday
NlQht—Work of Clearing the Thor
oughfarea of Debris Is Being Puah
ed Forward.—Water 8upply la Im
proved, but Food la Scarce and the
Price Exorbitant—Battleship Over
awe. Convict.—Many Person. Ren
dered In.ane by the Diaa.tev—Port
Royal Again Sinks and Geyaera Are
Springing up Tn the Streets
Kingston, Jamaica. Jan. 19.—The
niled Elates warships Indiana ami
Missouri arrived Saturday morning
Guantanamo, bringing large
quantlllca of medicine and food. The
torpedo destroyer Whipple arrived
during the night with a boatload of
medicine which was sent ashore In
charge of Surgeon McDonald. The
cruiser Yankton la expected to ar
rive here soon. Many of the Anterl
calm who were In Kingston at the
time of the disaster have been taken
hoard the warship. They Intended
to take passage for ;he United 8tates
on hoard the Hamburg-American
stenmer Prlnx Eltel Frelderlch, but
that vessel ran ashore hear the wreck
of the steamer Prlnxeaaln Lttlse last
night. ' The Plum Point light hou
was smashed by ■>.•< earthquake and
vessels arriving at night hi.
lights to steer by. The strainer
Prlnx Waldo Is also hard ashore. The 1
wrecker Premier has gone to the aid
of the stranded vessel.
Several shocks of earthquake were
felt Friday night. Pour hundred and
t wen. y dead were bulled up to KYI
day night. The remaining bodies are
being cremated. *
The list of dead. It is now believed
will be about 700. '
Tne work of clearing the streets of
debris U being pushed. Dynamite
Is being used to blow some of the
ruins to pieces. Tbe people bore
greatly appreciate (he action of the'
American government In sending war
ships and supplies. The water sup.
ply bus been Improved, but food'Is
very scarce, and the price therefor
exorbitant.
A remarkable Incident of the earth
quake has Just come to light. An
English clerk In a store was bnried
under the fallen walls following the
earthquake wf Monday and over this,
for ninny .hours, great tires swept
Wednesday the clerk was dug out
alive. His Injuries ate not severe.
Five hundred persons arc still un
der treatment in the hospitals. No
Americans lost their lives lb the dls
aster.
TROUBLE BREW8 IN VENEZUELA
Order of Vice President Defied by an
Army Officer.'
Caracas. Venezuela, Jan. 20.—(Via
Willemstad. Curacao, Jan. 22.)—
During the night of Jan. 1C, Second
Vice President domes and Minister of
War AranJJo. having reason to be
lieve that an outbeak was Impend
ing, attempted to change tbe offleers
nt the Trinidad barracks hero anti to
place In that building 200 of their own
soldiers. Commandant Baza, a dis
tant relative of President Castro, who
was In command at The barracks, re
fused to allow nhe changes to be
made, declaring he wonld shoot the
first man who tried to enter.
Not desirous of bribgolng about
crisis at the present moment, Gomez
stationed troops to guard all the
points of egress frpm the barracks nnd
prevent' the removal of war muni
tions, which It was suspected Com
mandant Raza contemplated sendiug
to General Alcantara, the administra
tion candidate for dictator.
The situation is. now quiet, Baza
remaining undisturbed at the barracks
hut an outbreak Is believed to be pos
sible at any moment.
Bailey Wins in lexas.
Austin, Tex., Jan. 2J.--United
States Senator Joseph W. Bailey,
has been re-elected. United States
senator from this state 1 by a vote In
the two branches of the state legis
lature or lfts to IS. In the state
senai•* the vote Was 19 In favor of
Senator Bailey, nnd 10 against him,
and In tile lower house Senator Hal
ley received *9 votes and S3 were t ;ist
■guln-t him.
Tchula. Ala., Visited by Fire.
Jackson, Miss., Jan. 2.1.—A spe
cial to the News from Tchula. says
that the business portion of that town
baa been wiped out by Are. The
Are started at S o'clock Wednesday
morning. Tho lots will be about
616,000, with Insurance to cover about
halt this amount. ■ The fire was
gotten under control after a long. vlg.
orous fight.
Perlman Wins Race.
Ormond, Fla., Jan. 13.—In the au
tomobile races here Wcdenesdsy tho
twenty mile touring car event was
won by L. H. Pcrlmen In a 6t-borse
power gasoline car IS (2 minutes and
32 1-6 seconds. r '
Governor of Jamaica Objected
to American Marines.
IN WORK OF CLEANING STREETS
The Governor's Action Is Wholly Die
approved by the Community—Much
Suffering Will Result from Rear Ad
miral Davis’ Departure.
STOCK TAKING
New York. Jan. 21.—A special dts.
patch to Tne Times from Kingston
Jamaica, says that Governor Swet
tenhsm In addition to refusing aid
from Hear Admiral Davis, hag tie
cllned an offer sent by the war de
partment of tbe United States to ex
tend Immediately to Kingston 10,000
rations which were Intended for the
troops lit Cuba and would have been
dfverted here.
The governor's action, the Times'
correspondent says, la wholly disap
proved by The community, which
highly appreciates the kindness of the
Americans. As soon as It became
known what had been done by Gov
ernor Swectenhani and that the
American ships. In consequence, were
to leave, an emergency meeting of
the city council was called.
The dlicusslon showed that the
governor’s attitude towards the
Americans did not meet with the ap
proval of these officials and a letter
to Admiral Davis was drafted and
adopted In which tho action of Sir
Alexander Swetlenham was wholly
disapproved and the American gov
ernment and officers were warmly
Thanketl for the Ihoughtful. effective
nnd ilmely aid they bail -riven In the
emergency. Tills letter was linnir
dlately dispatched.
Aifiulral Davis was also asked to re
main in Bpite of fbe unfortunate ln-
eldem. The request was dispatched
to hint and nr made a reply In which
lie said that there was no misunder
standing with the Jamaican authori
ties, hut he aimed significantly in re
ply to the request to remain.
As a foreign naval officer, 1 am
uund to respect the wishes of the
constituted mithmlty of Jamaica, he
said.
Up to the time of Admiral Davis’
departure The situation was Improv
ing but tbe work has been niuoh re
tarded by the action of the governor
In declining further assistance by the
■Americana. Much suffering will re
sult from their departure ami the re
fusal of supplies.
Rear Admiral Charles H. Davis,
whose offer of assistance for the
earthquake sufferers was refused by
Governor James Alexander Swollen-
hum, of Kingston, Is tbs man who re.
celved the surrender of the Port of
Ponce when he was In command of
tbe Dixie. H1b record In the Amer
ican navy is a continuous succession
diplomatic triumph. He U sec
ond In command of the North Atlan
tic squadron.
His title as "grand commander of
tbe Order of Isabella" wan conferred
by Spain In recognition of hla ser
vices as personal conductor, as a
representative of this government, of
the Infanta Kulalie when she visited
this country In 1893 os Spain's rep
resentative, to the Columbian exposi
tion.
Admiral Davis is a brother-in-law
Seuator Lodge and after a friend
the president wlio Informed this ac
quaintance while Roosevelt was a
member ot tho civil service commis
sion and living In Washington.
Hear Admiral Davis was selected
the American member of the In
ternational comm.’sffion which met In
Paris two years ugo to Inquire luto
e tiring by Russia s battle fleet in
the British firing .Tawlers, Davis
served ss superintendent of the naval
observatory ar Washibgton for five
years and has been on many ships
the navy through his s various
grades.
Sir James Alexander Swettcnham,
C. M. G., captain general and
governor in chief of Jamalac, has
boon In the colonial service of Groat
Brltalb for forty years. lid Ik 61
years old. the son of J. O. Swot
teriSam. of Kelpher Lodge, Derby.
After graduating at Cambridge he cu
tered the Ceylon civil service In 1868
hrifi remained In various grades of
Ceylon service rlTr 15 years. He wgs
auditor general of the Island of Cy
prus front 1881 to 1S91 and auditor
neral of Ceylon frum 1891 to 1893.
On he was made colonial secretary
Singapore, and rrom ISIS to 19ftn
*as acting governor of the Straits
Settlements. Then he wont To Brit
ish Guiana as governor and com-
NEXT IN ORDER
General Cleaning
and Clearing out
up
Time.
Though the weather has been
warm we have been very busy for
the past two weeks and of course a
great many remnants and odds and
ends in all departments have accum
ulated. We do not want to take
these up in our inventory and will
make very interesting prices now
to move them out in preference.
We will offer extra inducements al
so on almost everything in the stock/
veryone knows we have so far
had very little real cold weather but
it is sure to come and you had bet
ter prepare for it now. Lots of items
to interest you throughout the en
tire stock.
Trolley Car Kills Woman.
Augusta. On., Jan. 19.—Mrs. So
phia Jones was run over and killed
by a trolley car on tbe outskirts of
the city. Accompanied by her daugh
ter she was on her way to witness
the production of “Parsifal.' which
began earlier than usual here on ac
count of tbe length of the perform
ance. Fearing that she would be
late, she attempted to cross In front
of a moving ear and was run down
before the motorman could stop the
ear. The body was dragged some
distance, the skull was crushed, a
leg and an arm broken and Interna!
Injuries sustained.
Corsets, odds and ends, formerly $1.00 to $2.00, now 39c.
All Shirt Waists will be offered for about half price, s IT*
Entire stock of Furs to be closed from half price and up
wards.
Big lot of Woolen Dress Goods remnants at reduced prices.
Lot of Waist and Dress Silks thrown out cheap.
Black Goods remnants and Dress Lengths on bargain table.
Special values in Cotton Dress Goods thrown out to close.
Fine White Goods remnants in Dimities, Nainsooks, and
Lawns sacrificed.
Splendid lot 8 l-2c Outings to be closed at 5c yard.
Fine lot of 10c and 12 l-2c Outings will be closed at 7 l-2c.
Beautiful Flannelettes in Kinrona designs, 12 l-2c grade at
8 l-2c.
Case Staple Checked Ginghams, the 7 l-2c grade at 5c yard.
New Spring Ginghams, the 121-2c grade, splendid styles,
10c yard. '
Entire stock black and colored Woolen Dress Goods great
ly reduced.
Money-Bak Silk, 36 inch, Chiffon finish, just received.
36 inch black Taffeta made by the Money Bak Co„ $1.25
grade, 98c yard.
- There can be no stronger guarantee on Silk >lmn your
money back if you want it, and remember we are sole agents
for the sale in Americus.
Housefurnishings.
CL We want to dear out every Carpet, Rug, Curtain, Window
Shade and Art Square and will make extraordinary low prices
in order to accomplish this. There are too many to itemize
and go into details but you if need any see what your dollars
will do during the next few days right here. Splendid lot of
Mattings will be sold at great reductions also.
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Chas.L.Ansley,
Successor to Wheatley & Ansley