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>-lgr .£, 1 .Jl vWB.NTf-EIGHTH SKAK AMERICUS, GEORGIA. FKIDAY MORNING. APRIL 6, U»07. NUMBER 49 RECEIPTS OF AMERICUS OFFICE ON INCREASE Business of Postoffice Is Growing. RATE IS MORE THAN $700 A YEAR TENTS WILL BE SPREAD IN OASIS ON MONDAY Shriners on a Pilgrimage Going. FEZ WEARERS FROM AMERICUS Official Figures Indicate a Substantia Growth of Business Here-- What Was Done in First Quarter. Copyright 1907 by Hart Schaffner (s Marx EASY - TO ■ WEAR You’Ll find our Hart Schaffner & Marx Varsity suit not only good to look at and easy to pay for, but easy to wear. We’ll fit you perfectly in it; and you’ll think so yourself. All-wool qualities here. Come to this store for your Men’s Toegery. Our selec tions are very comprehensive and include everything from your Hats to your Shoes. W. D. BAILEY. Outfitters for Men and Boys. Forsyth St. and Cutt>»n Ave Americus. (ia For the MU.rter ending March 31, the cash receipt* of the Americua postolllce were $4,351.08. For the year ending March 1 they were $16,488.70. Thorn is a graducl Increase in the business done at thia office, not a sud den expansion but a slow, ateady growth. When Postinaater Mitchell asaumed -harge the caaii receipta of the office aggregated about 31.1,000. The rate of Increase has been at the rate of about $700 a year. Athens reports that it has entered the list of first class post offices, its total receipts for the year being over $10,000. Wlilla Americua re|>orls an Increase every year It will be a long lime, ap parently, before tills city Is entered un der the first class heading. A few manufacturing establishments would do considerable tn swell tho volume of postal business of the city. Going Upon a Pilgrimage to Columbus On Monday where Unclean and Unregenerate Sons Await Them, Bitten by a Spider. Through bloood polsning caused by a spider bite, John Washington of Bos- queville, Tex., would have lost his leg which became a mass of running sores, bail he nntibeen'persuaded to try Buck, ten’s'Arnica Salve. He writes: "The first application relieved, and four box es healed all the sores." Heals every sore. 25g at Kldrldgo Drug f’n. WAS RtADY 10 DINE ON TUBERS When Blir/ard Came and Killed the Vines. Americua 8hrlners, Nobles of Also Temple, haye received a royal ukase from Potentate Cntti of Savannah or dering the Faithful to gather at the oasla of Columbus on Monday next, where the mystic shrine will be set np and the camel herd corraled. For It Is told that there awaits many unregenerate and unwashed who fain would enter the temple and partake of camel’e milk and manna along with the ffiltbfulof Alee. And these will walk the hot sands and ride the sacred elephant in due form of inquisitorial decree, as admin istered by the nobles. ! The ukase received here, couched in choice Arabic reada thualy: “K« Salamu Alclkum ceremonial ses sion, Alee Temple, A. A. O. N. M. S. oasis of Columbus, Desert of Georgia, ltamadan, 8th Month of the Hegira 1324, Kratwhlle called Monday, 8th, of April, 1807." The potentate sets toftli the'glitter ing fact that:— “Alas! alas! Man is never satisfied and In tins day truly this saying is verified. Shriners have a goodioyal time and give flreely of their bounty to the poor, cheer the sorrowful and wear that glad nine Inch smile; but they are after allvmly mui." The potentate then goes on to recite the fact that the Shriners have recently visited Valdosta and Cordele. giving tho glad hand to the unregenerates and where if-iny novices were admitted to thh rankfnf Alee. Don’t Fail to See Our Tailored Spring Suits for Men of Discriminating /< S,:*o I W* A Lagging Liver can work all sorts of harm to the human system. Stomach disorders, headaches, despond ency, lack of energy, constipa tion are generally results of a sluggish aver. Rembert’s Red Liver Pills have a mild but stimulating ef fect on the liver and quickly restore normal action. When you dtm’t feel quite right take a dose. , Dose one pill—25c a bottle. REMBERT’S DRUG STORE 113 FORSYTH ST, Mr. Itobert S. l’ryor 1. regretting the loss of a fine crop of potatoes at his plantation home below Americus. Marly In January he "took chances and planted a large field in Irish pota toes, and when tho blizzard struck them a days or two sines the vintt were in bloom aud tho young potatoes as largo as hens eggs. He will prob ably harvest his crop, now ready, and plant again, as in this genial clime of ours one can easily raise two or three potato crops annually on the same land. The most cursory inspection will convince you* that the styles are absolutely correct, that the tai- loring is of the highest order and that the fabrics are of undoubted quality And to try on the garments of your size will satisfy you that a tailor cou»d not fit you any better—if as well. In men’s Sack Suits at $25.00 you will find every new model in the fashionable srav and brown effects—hand tailored throughout. Matchless values in Sack Suits at $15*00 to $22.50. Doing Business Again. Snappy cuts and patterns in Suits at $30.00 to $37.50 The Price of Health. "The price of health In a malarious district ia just 25 cents; the coat of* box of I)r. King's New Life Pills," writes Kiln Slayton, of Noland, Ark.. New I.lfe Pilig cleanse gently alia impart new life and vigor to the system. Satisfaction guaranteed at Kblridge Drug Co. • b bon my friends thought I was about to take leave of Ibis world. account of indigeetion; nervousness and general debility.” wrltee A. A. Cbls- holm. Treadwell, N. Y., “and wbenit looked aa If there was no hope left, I was persuaded to try Klectrlc Bitters, and I rgfolce to aay that they are curing me. I am now doing buineaa again aa of old, and am still gaining dally.” Boas tonic medicine on earth. Guaran teed by Kldrldgo nAg Co. Soc. Hawes $3.00 Guaranteed Hats in approved shapes and shades for Spring New Easter Patterns in Neck- wear received by yesterday’s express 50 and 75 cents. The Eclipse $1.00 and $1.50 Shirts in all the neW styles and patterns, received Friday fast. COTTON'FIEIOS ARE NOT HARMED “The Blood Ls The Life.” Science has never gone beyond the above simple statement of scripture. But it has illuminated that statement and given it a meaning ever broadening with the increasing breadth of knowledge. When the blood is "bad" or impure it is not alone the body which suffers through disease. Tho brain is also clouded; the mind and Judgement are effected, ami many an evil deed nr impure thought may be directly traced to the Impurity of the blood. Foul, Impure blood can be made pure by the uso of Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery. It enriches and purities tho blood thereby curing, pimples, blotches, eruptions and other cutaneous affections, as eczema, tetter, or sait-rheum, hives and other manifestations of Impure blood. ® ® • * « k la the cure of scrofulous swellings, en larged glands, open eating ulcers, or old sores, tbo-GoldenMedlcal Discovery "has performed the most marvelous cures. In cases of old sores, or open eating ulcers, It Is well to apply to the open sores Dr. Pierce’s AH-IIcaling Salve, which pos sesses wonderful healing potency when used aa an application to the sores In con- jauction with tho use of • Golden Medical Discovery * as a blood cleansing consti tutional treatment If your druggist don’t happen to have tho "AU-Heallng Salve* In stock, yon can easily procure It by Inclosing fifty-fonr cents In postage sumps to Dr. B. V. Pierce. COJ Main St, Buffalo, N. Y., and It will come to you by return poet Most druggists keep it as well as the "Golden Medical Discovery.* • • A 9 % You can't afford to accept any medicine of unknown composition as a substitute for *Golden>McdlcaI Discovery,* which fs a medfclno or known composition, having a compleU list of IngredlenU In plain English on its bottle-wrapper, the same being attested as correct under oath. Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Plants Have Well Withstood Recent Gold Snap. Farmer, of Sumter and adjoining counties coming to Americus yester day brought more reassuring reports regarding the efiTect of the recent cold weather upon the young eotton and trult crops. For a lime it was feared the cotton crop had sustained serious injury but the reluming warm weather yesterday revived the drooping plant and/dt seems to have withstood the fteeze all right. The pencil crop is still on the cafe side, and nt all danger of lato freezes passed w'.th the March full moon we are now reasonably assured an abundant yiold of delicious peaches. Dr. Pierce's Pleasant PelleU regulate sad lavlgerate stoaash. lira* and bewtte Pneumonia's Deadly Work had so seriously all'ected my right lung," writes Mro. Fannlo Connor, of Rural I tonic l. Georgetown, Tenn . that 1 coughed continously night and day and thenelghbora' prediction—con sumption—seemed Inevitable, until my husband brought home a bottle of Dr. King's New Diacovery, which in my case proved to be the only RKAI. cough curorand restorer ofweak.aorelunga.' When all other remedies utterly fisll, you may still win the battle against lnng and throat troubles with New Disoovery, tho RKAI, cure. tJuamn teed by Kldridge Drug Co. 50c. and $1.00. Trial betUe free. Chas. L. Ansley Successor to WHEATLEY & ANSLEY. (See Ad on Fonrth Page.) THE BAPTISTS TO CONVENE. Friendship Association Meets With Pleasant Grove Church. DO NOT TAKE CALOMEL Uvertone Has All of the Good Virtues ' and None of the Bad. I.lvertone does not make you sick and causes no restriction of habit or diet, but at same time ia eflTcctiyo and a guaranteed perfect substitute for calomel. Uvertone It for sale only by Dodson's Pharmacy'and they will refund the purchase price to any who at a hot perfectly satisfied. • The Sunday School convention of the Sunday School io the Public V riendsbip Association will bo held at school." by W. W. Mabry and H I Pleasant Grove Baptist Chureh, eight! Crnmbley: 8 p. m., “Prayer and Priiisc miles (Torn Americua and one mllo service" by J. T.Uore; 2:30 p m . from Huntington on the W. A. L.. be- "The Helation of the Sunday School to. ginning Tuesday. April 30. Rev. A. B. I the art of teaching.” by Hugh Oliver Hawses Is pastor of the PieasanU.'rove and J. N. Knowlos; 3:30 p. m„ "Oppor- church The program in full is as tunltv and Responsibility of Sunday follows: Tuesday, April 30: lu m m„ prayer and praise service. ledbyS.J. Har grove; 10:30 a. m., organization; 11 o’clock sermon, theme, “Scriptural basis for Sunday Schools,” by R, Bivins; 2 p, m., "A view of the Sun* day School work In the Friendship Asssoclation," J. H. Daniel and C, D. Carter; 2:30 p. m., “The value of the Sunday school to the homes and society,” by O. P/ Gilbert and J. A Ivey; 3:30 p. m., "The best methods of Sunday School work,’* by T. F. Gate wood and W. T. Lane. Wednesday, May 1:8:80a. m. Prayer and Praise service, by W. K. Kenmoro; "Reverence in the Sunday school," by S. A. McMahean and H. A. Morgan; 10 a. m. "The Relation of School Superintendent.'' by A. .. Wellons end .1. R. Pilcher. Thursday,May 2: 8:30 a. in., "Prayer and Praise Service." by Marlon Green: »a. m. N “The Sunday School in. His tory.” by A. D. Campbell. D, D,, ami Jno, F. Kden; 10 a. m., “TheSundav School and Great Commission," by W- W. Arnold and N. B. O'Kelly; II a. in. Preaching. l5*ch topic Will bo open tor discus sion. Sunday Schools in Association are urged to send messengers. The public is Invited. Committee will meet trains at Hunt-- ington Tuesday and Wednesday. A. B. IUwkks, Pastor. Alcohol m 11 cine fee thin, impure \not needed^sss^v Ayer’s Sarsaparilla ia not a strong drink. Aa now made, there i* not a drop of alcohol In it. It is a non-alcoholic tonic and alterative. Ask your own doctor about your taking this medi cine for thin, Impure blood. Follow hla ad- knows. Tract him.' jagg aaras: