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THE AMERICUS WEEKLY TIMES-RECORDER. FRIDAY, APRIL 12, 1907
EIGHT OF NINETEEN IN
TRPE ONE i
Convicts Beina Captured
Right Along.
TWO OTHERS FOUND THURSDAY
WICKED SON WITH GUN
HAD FATHER ON RUN
Of Nineteen Who Escaped Recently
Eight Are Back in the Chain
Gang with Years of Time
Added.
Nearly half the number of negro
conviets, who at divert times recently
jumped the ehaingang here nnd escap
ed, havo been recaptured and are back
in Irons once more with several years
of time added to their orlgnal sen.
fences.
Of nineteen thus escaping, eight
havo been captured already.
It cost the county a sum of money to
thus hunt down the zebras and pay re
wards, but their labor is probably well
worth it.
’ Zebra number S was gigged yesterday
in Savannah. This was Press Harris,
a precious bundle of midnight, and the
reward of $ 100 ottered for Ids hide and
bonea goes to his captor. This makes
two convicts caught In Savannah.
Bill Frazier, a black and itan,
picked up there last week.
Gus Nelson, the zebra claimed by
the State as an escaped fifteen year
man, was caught Wednesday in Mont,
gomery, Sheriff Bell goingover at once
| after him.
Sumter county wants Nelson als >,
and is holding him.
The eight atriped zebras thus put
back in the pen are Tom Adams, an old
offender; George Harris, Bill Frazier,
Clove Westbrook, Gene Wallace, Seab
Brown, Gus Nelson and Fress Harris,
the two latter new arrivals.
Wallace is the twelve Angered freak
who has escaped three times from the
chaingaqg. And he may still acid oth
er laurela to those so easily won al
ready.
But while there have been eight
"plck-npa" Sumter is still shy eleven
escaped zebras. The hunt for these
will continue, and it la quito likely that
aeveral of them will he canght for the
$100 reward offered by the county.
As the county commissioners have
broken up the "trusty” business and
possum hunting, escapes will be less
numerous hereafter, in all probability.
Bored One Brother and
Tried Another
THEN BOUNCED INTO BASTILLE
Lather Corrals His Unfilial Son and
Lands Him in Jail—One Broth
er Is Winged By
a Bullet.
DEPOSITS IN THE CITY BANKS
Some Interesting Figures Showing the Remarkable In
crease of Money Laid By.
AMERICUS IS STILL ON
SKATES IN A WHIRL.
Bank
Southwestern Georgia
Commerce,
Planters,
\mericuH National.
1907
$281,572 3!)
215.392.3Q
332,414.40
05,235.00
1906
$267,946.97
215,152.31
304.41S.4S
1905
*2.38,197 SO
163,8S3 68
277 004.86
Amcric.us T-ust and Savings, 1<>,466 64
FUNERAL OF WILLIAM R. ALLEN.
Conducted Thursday From First Meth
odist Church.
After a lingering illness of uoarly
three months, resulting from typhoid
feyer, Mr. William R. .<llon passed
away shortly before one o’clock Thurs
day morning at the homo of bis moth
er, Mrs. Thomas E. Alien on Brannon
Avenue.
The death of Mr.Allen, in the prime
of vigorous manhood, is peculiarly
sad apd deplored among a wide circle
of friends here.
He was a native of this city, and
nearly all of his life had been spent
here with the exception of short period
where engaged In business In Atlanta.
Mr. Allen was in his fortieth year and
was a young man of genial and affa
ble disposition, and of excellent busi
ness qualities as Well.
The funeral services were conduct
ed at 3:30 o’clock yesterday afternoon
from First Methodist church by the
paster, Dr. J. P. Wardlaw.
Tbe pallbearers were his personal
friends of many years. Messrs C. L.
Ansley, Neon Buchanan, K. D. Shef
field, A. D. Gatewood, T. M. Furlow
and Charles It. Crisp. Many sorrow
ing Mends attended the services at the
church and at the cemetery as well.
The floral tributes were very beauti
ful and In greatest profusion.
An unusual scene was presented at
the courthouse yesterday when Jerry
Lucas, .an ante-bellum negro, walked
into theollice of .Sheriff Bell and deliv
<1 a prisoner who was none other
than his infillal son, Alex Lucas.
The feat was hard of accomplishment
but tho old man got there and landed
his boy in jail, where he is held pend
ing an investigation for assault with
intent to murder,
The charge wus made by the father,
old Jerry Lucas.
Tho unfilial son, it was stated, had
tried his gun upon Sunday members of
the Lucas household and with fine ef
fect, one load from Ins light artillery
winging a younger brother w'ho was
seriously wounded at close quarters
The next Hhot was fired at the old
man, it Is said, but be dodged it and
covered the gunner like a duck upon i
chinchbug.
iThe bellicose black brother was hurri
ed off to jail forthwith, while the mine-
turo In the wounded Lucas was looked
after. It is not known what ‘prompted
the luckless Lucas with the gun to
thus go upon the warpath suddenly.
The grand Jury will take a pot shot
at him shortly,
Beware of Ointments for Catarrh that
Contains Mercury.
as mercury will surely destroy the
sense of smell and completely derange
tho wholo system when entering It
through tho mucous surfaces. Much
articles should never be used except on
prescriptions from reputable phvslcians
and the damage they will do is ten fold
to tho good you can possibly derive
from them. Hall's Catarrh Cure, man
ufactured by F. J. Cheney & Co., To
ledo, O., contains no mercury, nnd Is
taken Internally, acting directly upon
the blood and mucous surface of tho
system. In buying Hall’s Catarrh Cure
bo suretyou got the genuine. It is
taken internally and mado in Toledo,
Ohio, by F. J. Cheney A Co. Testi
monials free.
Sold by Druggists. Price, 75. per bot
tle.
Take HaH'ijFamlly Pills for consti
pation.
Total Deposits $935,080.73 $787,517.76 $679,091.34
Increase in two years, $255,989.39, or 38 per cent.
How the Deposits are Divided.
Subject to check
1 907— S088.859.67
1906— 488,566 56
1905— 430,242 10
Demand Certificates
*13,676.66
38,508 44
41,728.2S
Time Certificates
*312,544.40
270,452.76
207,120.96
The Malady is Spreading
A CYCLONE OF BALLOTS
IN VOTING LAST NIGHT
WHILE CITY IS GOING ON SKATES
Little Folks and Old Folks are Alike
Awheet-Even the Matrimonially
Inclined are Addicted and
Weddings Likely.
Arc Americas and Sumter cminty
prosperous?
Look at the above statements and
decide for yrurself.
An increase of thirty-eight per cent,
in actual cash deposits in the local
banks over the same time two years
ago tells the story of the prosperity of
this city and section under eleven centi
cotton and with a spirit of push and
determination in the breasts of its
people.
If the figures for the batiks at Plains
and Leslie were added the showing
rould be even better for Sumter
county as a whole.
Hut these bank deposits do not tell
the whole story of the thriving state of
this community and section.
While the deposits have increased by
over a quarter of a million dollars there
have been heavy investments in real
estate and in business. Merchants are
carrying larger and more costly stocks
and are in Ivetter shape all around. In
vestments have been made on a large
scale in securities. Many thousands of (
dollars have been placed in invest
mentr of this nature that would other-
wise be in the banks on deposit.
The showing'!* one that speaks well
for Americuf. It is one of those big
straws tbnt tells how the wind
blowing.
In twelve months from now, with
another good crop year and prices on
remunerative basis, the deposits in the
banks of Amerlcus will probably con
siderably pass the million dollar mark
You simply cannot keep Americas
and Sumter county back.
EXTRA SESSION IS OPPOSED
Dr. Wardlaw States Why General Conference Need
Not Be Called.
TO FOLLOW MOTHER TO ASYLUM
CrazyiNegro to Go when Place there
Is Ready.
Hob ttmitli, a nutty negro from tho
country, was pluced in jail here yester
day until a jury in tho court of ordinary
passes upon his case which, under the
law, caunotjbe done within two weeks.
In the meantime Smith, evidently u
maniac, {must be kept confined here
under red tape methods of the state.
Ills mother is in the asylum already,
and the son will join her there in due
time. Another negress here, old
Charity Sea, a barefoot old character
often seen about the streets, has like
wise been committed and will join the
Americusiblaek‘[colony at the funny
works ere long.
ANOTHER DONATION TO HOSPITAL
Five Hundred Dollars Thus Contrib
uted By Council.
Tbo city coucil last niglit voted an
other appropriation of $50(1 to tho
Americui Hospital tor the continued
maintenance of that worthy institu
tion.
The Price of health.
"Tbe price of health in a malarious
district is just 25 cents; the cost ofs la>x
of Dr. King’s New I.lfe Fills,” w rites
KUn Hlsyton, of Noland, Ark., New
Life Pills cleanse gently abd Impart
new life and vigor to tbe system. 25c,
Satisfaction guaranteed at Kldridge
Stugco,
Bittenjiy a Spider.
Through bloood (totalling caused by
spider bite, John Washington of Hos-
queville, Tex., would have lost his leg,
which became a mass of running sores,
hail he notibeen persuaded to try Buck-
Ion’s Arnica Salve, lie writes: “The
first application relieved, and four box
es healed all the sores.’’QHeals every
sore. ‘J5c at Kldridgo Dnig Co.
MISS COLLINSWORTH DIED FRIDAY.
The rocent death of Hishop Gran-
bury, of the Methodist Episcopal
Church South, has revived the aglta*
tlon for an extra session of the General
Conference of that church for the spec
ial purpose of electing successors to the
three bishops who have died recently.
From some source or other comes a de
termined movement in that direction,
but it seems to meet with but little re
sponse from the clergy and laity of the
church.
“I am -decldely opposed totalling
the General Conference together for
any such purpose,” said Kev. J. P.
Wardla>v, pastor of the Amerlcus
church yesterday. ‘‘The General Con
ference is a very expensive body. Not
only does It entail a heavy expense on
the church, but it meets at p. consider
able sacrifice of time on the part of the
many influential laymen who are dele
gates to It.
“It should not be called in extra sea.
slon except tinder the greatest and
most pressing circumstances.
“The church can go along without
Its work being at all seriously inter-
ferod*with through tho deaths of the
three bishops. Bishops Granbtiry and
Smith were superannuated bishops.
The only active bishop who has died
was Bishop Tigert, who was a fine
specimen of robust manhood, one who
would have been a power for good to
the Church if he had not been called
away.
“It is not imposing too ponderous
task on the other bishops of the Church
to require them to subdivide the extra
work among themselves.
“None of the bishopsihave complain
ed, so far as I know, of the«work being
too arduous. 1 have not tho slightest
idea that there will be any extraordl
narv session of the tieneral Conference
unless Providence should call so many
Bishops away from earth as to stri
ously cripple the supervising work
done by thorn, and that is hardly apt
to happen.
“The tieneral Conference does not
meet for three years,” concluded Mr.
Wardlaw, “and I do not anticipate that
any conditions will arise Itefore then
that will require it to he called togeth
WESTERN & GULF RAILWAY
Directors Will Hold an Important Meeting at Unadilia
Tuesday.
An important meeting of the board j interested in the construction of thin
of directors of the Weatern *V llulf: proposed railway, all'ording her diroe
ltailway will t>e hold Tuesday morning | conneetson with Hnwkinsvllle and
at I'nndilln, and both Amorlciis and ’ river transportation to the sea, nnd our
Hnwktnsvillo will he well reptesented ! people will hail with pleasure the day
there. .lust w hnt steps tho directors j when dirt is broken and the actual
w ill take relative to the early beginning j eonstruetion of the line is started. And
of eonstruetion work is not known as it call be said in nil truth that tbe pros-
yet, but doubtless this will prove nu j pcet ot success Is most flattering: more
important feature of this conlbrenco'of an at this time than since the building
the road’s ofllcials. Anierieus is deeply • of the line was first suggested.-
Amcricus Lady Passes Away While
in Florida.
Telegrams received in Amerlcus yes
terday conveyed information of
sudden death Oof [Miss Mattie Col*
lingsworth of this city, at Loyd’s Fla.
where she went recently upon a visit
to relatives. The remains were brought
A CYCLONE JNEAR LUMPKIN
Does Considerable Damage to Persons and Property
There.
Passengers arriving in Amcricus by
the Seaboard train yesterday reported
considerable damage resulting from a
storm ot cyclone proportions which
swept across Stewurt county, between
Hichland and L'vnpkln, during the
early hours of morning. The storm
here last night and the funeral services j did not strike either town but spent its
will take place this afternoon at Be* fury in the rural districts traversed,
nevolenee C'epietery, west of the city, * Small houses were leveled with the
the cortege leaviuglfrom the undertak- 1 ground, trees laid waste and fences
ing parlors. carried away. It is reported that many
people were hurt to grea ter or less ex
tent by falling houses or Hying timb
ers, although, so far as could be ascer
tained, there was no loss of life result
ing from the terrible windstorm. Peo-
jde upon the streets of Amencus at
that hour knew that a storm was pre
vailing to the west, as the dull roar
could be heard here distinc tly. Fur
ther reports from the region thus swept
may develop greater injury and loss
than at first rej>orted.
To Cure a Cold in One Day
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. £
Sevca MUlion boxes sold b past 12 months. This Signature, ®
Cores Crip
to Two Days.
on every
box. 25c.
Chamberlain's Sal\e is good for any
disease of the skfn. rt allays the itch-
A gentle roar that reminds one of the
distant freight train, or low rolling
thunder, can be heard all over'the bus
iness district at night. It is the tintin
abulations of the metallic roller skates
on the tloor of the sky parlor of the
Windsor Hotel.
Seventy-five feet above old mother
eartli tlioso who have been infected
with the germ move in graceful
circles, when they are not hit
ting the tloor with a “dull and sicken
ing thud.**
Boys and girls, fathers and mothers,
grandfathers and grandmothers—and
let us not forget, lovers and their sweet
hearts—gather there by tho hundreds
from all parts of the city every night to
indulge In the old, but recently reviv
ed sport.
Amerlcus is decidedly on wheels.
Those who haven’t got wheels in their
heads have got wheels on their feet.
The hardware stores are doing a
land office business in skates. The
doctors have telegraphed for additional
supplies of splints, anaesthetics, and
sanitary linens. The hospital has sev
eral additional nurses in view. Already
several victims are walking proudly
about with their arms in slings..
If you cannot skate you are decidedly
not in It.
Several engagements are reported to
have been broken off because of the in
ability of one of the parties to learn to
skate. Duels may yet be fought be
ause young men of {surpassing grace
upon skates have cut wide swaths into
the hearts of young ladies who had al
teady plighted their troth.
Several old maids, who were sup
posed to be somewhat stiffin the joints,
have limbered up remarkably and are
surprising the public with their re
markable stunt8on wheels.
Even tlie.old bachelors have forgot
ten their age and stiffness of limb and
are cutting figures of surprising in
tricacy.
Every morning a wheel barrow o;
silver is sent, under guard, to the bank
—the receipts of the previous night’s
skating revelry.
Where it wfll end no one can tell
Elopments on skates are in sight.
It is even rumored that a Lee street
couple are seriously thinKing of intro
ducing a novelty in Americus high
life by l>eing married while on skates,
with the attending clergyman and all
of the bridesmaids gliding gracefully
around them on skateswhile the bans
are being pronounced.
And the old bum who has been ac-
ustomed to a sentence of or ten
days every time he got on a skate
rubbing his eyes and talking about the
favoritism shown the new skaters.
Here’s to Ameripus on wheels. May
the craze be symbolic of the new speed
that is being infused into the old town.
Hundreds of Coupons Were
Sent In.
SOME CHANGES IN THE TOTALS
Miss Bivins Leads Jhis Week Although.
Miss Green a Close Second-In
terest in the Contest In
creases.
Hundreds of ballots in the Times
Recorder’® contest were sent in yester
day, with the result that the to
tals of each of the four fair con
testants are materially changed today.
Last Sunday Miss Loulio tireen led
tho list by ten votes.
Today Miss Mattie Hlvins goes again
te the head of the column with a lead
over the other contestants, though all
have a good total.
The list last night, after the balloting
closed stood thusly.
Miss Mattie Bivins 758
Miss Loulie Greene 738
Miss Mabel Sawyer A 5lf»
Miss Mary Stevens .484
The margin of difference between the
two contestants leading today is but
twenty votes.
Greatest Interest is manifested all
over the City in the Times Recorder’s
contest, and, as a rule, I the coupon is
clipped from the paper the first thing,
even before it is read.
Hut it will be several weeks yet ere
the-con test closes,
And during this time the several
contestants and their friends are going
to keep busy. Many changes can come
about in seven weeks, and there may be
several in this contest.
In the meantime help to send some
pretty girl to the Kxiiosition as the
guest of the Times Recorder. Getbusy-
Clip coupons. Vote.
LETTER TO A. G MILLER
Amerlcus, Ca.
Dear I Sir: We should like to set your
boys and girls at work on this ques
tion in uritnietic and chemistry.
A fanner is fattening three hogs in
three small pens; they have equal room
and straw and care, and are f*d in theie
three ways: first hog, on a certain pro
portion of milk and common!: second
hog, on the same, naif water; third hog,
on the same, half water and sawdust
How long will it take, how imich will
they weigh, how much will they cost?
and what’ll the profit be on the three?J
And a similar question in pigmentry.
That same farmer is going to paint
three barns same size; and lie says to
three painters: “what’ll you take to
paint that bam?”
First painter scratches his head a few
minutes and says: “I’ll do it for $50.
Second painter: ”$75”
Third painter: *‘$»7.78.”
will they each get a barn to paint, or
one get two, or one all three, or uobody
any; and what’ll they make on the job?
That's about how painting goes some
times. \
But there is u way to reckon; $5 a gal
lon. The difficulty is in knowing how
many gallons to buy. There’s a vay
out of that.
Huy tho ienst-gullons paint, Devoe.
o matter how much one buys; he re
turns wliat’s left; <*osts nothing.
Yours truly
F W Devoe A Co
S.—Americus Construction Co.
sells our paint.
Pneumonia’s Deadly Work
liad so seriou.lv nllei-tcd my right
lung,” writes Mrs. Fannie Connor, of
Kural ltoute 1. Georgetown, Tonn.,
“that I coughed conttnously night and
day and the neighbors' prediction—eon-'
gumption—seemed Inevitable, until m,v
husband brought home a bottle of Dr.
King’s New DIscovory,. which In my
case proved to he thoonly KKAI. cough
curer and restorer ofwoak, sorelungs.”
When all other remedies utterly fall,
you may still win the battle ugalnst
lung and throat troubles with New
Discovery, the KKAI. cure. Guaran
teed by Kldrtdge Drug Co. 50c. nnd
$1.00. Trial bottle free.
BAPTISTS WILL PURCHASE ORGAN
Engines.
If you need any power buy
Ing and burning sensation intantly.' ternational Harvester CO. Gasoline
For sale by Kldridgc Drug Co. Amcrl-Jl-ngine. Write or see me I will take
cos. Ga. j your order and see you have no
J trouble, K. C. Speer. (
Movement to That End is Already
Well Under Way.
The First Baptist church is to have a
handsome pipe organ, and a movement
to that vrcatly desired end has been
launched already. The congregation
desires to purchase a first-class instru
ment, costing at least $2,500 and mod
ern in all appointments. Already sev
eral voluntary subscriptions to the
organ fund have been received and it is
hoped to have the. handsome instru*
ment installed in the church by Sep
tember 1st. if not at earlier date.
Doing Business Again.
“When my friends thought 1 wav
about to take leave of this world, on
account of indigestion, nervousness and
general debility.” writes A. A. Chis
holm, Treadwell, N. Y., “and when it
looked as if there was no hope left, I
was ]>erstiaded to try Electric Ritters,
and. I rojoice to say that they are curing-
me. 1 am, now doing buiness again as
of old, and am still gaining dally.”
Bess tonic medicine on earth, Guaran-
eed by Eld ridge Drug Co. 50c.
GOVERNOR SMITH SAILS TUESDAY.
Leaves With Parly of Friends for
Europe on Vacation.
Governor-elect Hoke Smith, Mrs..
Smith. President G. Gunby Jordan of
the state immigration association and
President W. W. Williamson, of the
Savannah Chamber of Commence, left
Atlanta yesterday from New York City.
The party will sail for Europe Tuesday
next, where a study of the Immigration
problems and question will be made.
It is the intention of the party to visit
London, Paris, Berlin, Vienna and
Otfllr European points. '
Rhuematic Pains Relieved.
The quick relief from rheumatic-
pains afforded by Chamberlain’s Pain
Ualm has surprised and delighted
thousands oftuirerers. It makes rest
and sleep possible. A great many
have been permanently cured of rheu
matism by the use of this liniment.
For sale by Kldridge Drug Co. A mer
lons, Ga,