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THE AMERICU* WEEKLY TIMES-RECORDER. FRIDAY APRIL 26, 1907.
HAVE (YOU SEEN THEM?
Those beautiful
“Hand Embroid
ered” Lingerie
Waists.
The most beau
tiful designs, ex
quisite workman
ship. Every seam
with fine swiss
“entre deaux”
Made of the fin
est and sheerest
French mull and
cotton chiffons,
$3 to $15. each.
We show other
values in white
waist at 50c, 75c,
$1. $1.25, $1.50,
$2. and $2.50
each. You can
not buy the mate
rial in some of
those at the price
we ask for the
made garment.
Plain tucked,
lace trimmed,
plaited linens and
plain linen “shirt”
EARLY DAYS Of AMERClM WEATHER
Interesting Story of Village Life is Told By Mr. G.
A. Fricker.
Wlieu I landed in Amerlcus, thirty i profit days In Amorlcus, "continued
seven years ago It was a little butlMr. Pricker. “Tho omnibus charge
lively county seat," said Mr. Charles I from tho depot to the hotel was 60 cents.
Fricker yesterday. In talking over old IA glass of beer 10 cents a whisky
times in Amerlcus. / I straight:.’.) cents, a game of h'lliards
"I remember our leaving Macon at I was also 85 cents, tho cheapest cigar
0 o'clock at night and getting here at I sold was 10 cents, and the general de-
3 In the morning. It was a full sixlmand was for; a better quality. We
hours run. In those days, over the old Iliad not reached theiera of lower values
Southwestern road, provided the train!that came in subsequent years. And
was on time, for even then they had II don’t know that the people eom-
a habit on the railroads of breaking I plained any more then about prices
schedules into fragments. The road I tham they do; now In fact, not so much,
then went on|to Kufaula, and there I “Amerlcus then bad about 3,000
was considerable travel oyer It. I population, but it was a brisk trading
'Amerlcus was even In that day ono I point, and a good place in which to
of Its most Important stopping points, I make money, as many an old business
furnishing considerable freight and I man hore will testify. Merchants did
passenger business. The train was e.lnot feel the necessity of keeping open
mixed one, largely cf freight cars, |late. Not a store pretended to have its
with one or two little old coaches in I doors open after sundown,
which the passengers rode. I ‘'Frequently the merchants knocked
"They had more ways of killing tho I off early to play croquet, a favorite
passengers In those days than limy I pastime then. A part of Col. Thornton
have now, and one was especially un-1 Wheatley’s front yard was a famous
ique. Occasionally a rail would lly I croquet ground. If you could not find
Will doubtless soon arrive and
in your preparation for it you
will find it a saving of time and
good money to visit the
MEY STORES
Before buying.
NOTE—below a few of this
week’s good things. We have
others.
up through tho bottom of the car
We show the most complete line of Muslin Underwear in
this section. Not a lot of trash picked up here and there, but
each garment is from the famous Queen Under-Muslin Line.
Every garment made in a clean modern factory with strict
sanitary regulations. This is worth considering, If you knew
where and how some Muslin Underwear was made, you
would not wear it if given to you.
We will save you money on anything you buy in ReadyS
for-wear. Investigate our assertions.
PINKSTON
entph
jnerchant in bis place of business
you wore quite apt to locato him thore,
knocking the wooden balls around
with as much plensure as tho billiard
expert finds now In that game. There
wero many cruck checker plavora, too,
and it was not nn Infrequent thing to
find a merchant in hls store with a
chnm studying tho checker hoard and
not worrying ns to whotber cotton
futures went up or down. They were
nono tho worso oil for it financially
and doubtless lived longer and linpplor
because they had such recreations.
“Thoy were keen buslmss men,
though,"continued Mr. Fricker. .“They
had many advantages In Amerlcus,
and thoy knew it.
'There was no isllrcal nearer than
Alban.v to the south, Columbus to the
west, Macon on the north, and Hawk-
insvillo to the east, except tho South
western which connected Amerlcus
with the great world.
"Thoro was a tremendous country to
draw irado from. Cotton in those days
[ came hore from far distant counties by
wagons, often tho wagoners eampod
PONGEE FLOSS NOVELTY SILKS.
Plain thin soft mull effsets, NOT TISSUES but NEW
STUFFS. All popular light colors for evening wear,
27 inches wide, price 39 c
PONGEE EANGY FLOSS SILKS.
A soft thin silky effect ill all the popular light shades.
27 inches wide, price per yard 59c
PONGEE SILKS.
You know what they ;are. We have them in all
popular colors. 30 inches wide, price 50c
JAP SILKS.
S. H. and W, Guaranteed Silk Petticoats, Altman Voile
Skirts.
I
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K. Q. MATHE50N. A. H.. LL. D.. President, Atlanta, Qa.
■i* Aiianifl, via. *
1. W. SHEFFIELD, President. FRANK SHEFFIELD-’ Vlce-Prei
F. T. (SHEFFIELD. Cashier.
Bank of Commerce,
MERICUS, (JEOVUlr
A general banking business transacted and all consistent conrtesie.-
extended*)*) patrons. Certificates of deposit issued bearing interest.
poor traveller unaware, and out at night on the way to Amerlcus.
sond him out of tills world as unexpec-1 Sometimes <a planter drove in ahead,
todly and as quckly as they do now I letting his negroes bnng the cotton to
in a collision of express trains. I town.
When I sm inclined to grumble "The wsg.n yards were a great in
now at delays and dust and the other L„ution. No cotton was allowed to be
discomforts and annoyance. incident L, d ttfter , undown . w .g 0n . coming
to travel, I sometimes think of whatL, late would drlven t0 ono of tUo ,e
,Tj n * T <Uy . 8an ? I,m yards, the tesm. unhitched, and tho
inclined rather lobe grate than to men wouId , leep , n room . provided in
n, ”™, r ' . I the stables. The accommodations were
. W 0 . hada ,m ‘° oId ' voodcn bo * f °r rough, but the majority were satisfied,
a depot before and some time after the Tho , torM opencd „ t d , yl|(fht to meet
war, standing down near where the the demand, of this .trade.
“in I ‘ at rved “ a many “Before the cotton buyer, were ready
yesrs and will be well remembered by tao countrymen would make the
old clltsons. We dldn Inspire to much rounds of the stores Inspecting goods.
The best number in the city for the money asked for
them. They are here in all the popular shades. 27
inches wide, price 50c
BLACK TAFFETA SILK $1.00 YD,
Broiled Ham For Breakfast
Or Prepared Otherwise for the three
meals is a Delicious Dish. ; ;
SPARKS-MASHBURN CO.
Sells the Choicest Hams in Americus. The “Smithfield” is a
“dry cure” ham of superior quality, while the *‘F. F. V.”ris
one of the finest of country cured Virginia hams.
Try us on Hams and Groceries. Phone 43 and 279.
then.
‘There wore few brick buildings In
town, tho sidewalks were uneven and
unpaved, and but dimly lighted by a
few scattered oil lamps, but the people
where prospelous. happy, contented
and wldo awake, enjoying iifo perhaps
more than they do now. Business
conditions were not so streduous, com
petition was not so keen, trusts and
comblnea were unknown, the margin
of prollu was broader, and tbo mer
chant's life was a far ekiser and less
anxious ono than It is now.
l"My brother, James Fricker, who
came .South from New York Jn 1848,
worked at the jewelry trade In Colum
bus. then served in the Confederate
armv. after engaging in business in
Atlanta, removed here In 1867 because
of limited capital. Here he was at
first in partnership with Dr. Lcttncr.
Soon after my I brother bought out hls
partner and continued business under
hls own name until 1883 when I was
admitted and tho Arm name changed
to James Fricker A Bro., which it has
slnco remained, although James died
in 1890.
“For forty years this business house
has carriod on Its attain on the same
spot, with Mrs. Klam on ono side of It
and tho Hldridge Drug Company on tho
other. It is doubtful If anywhere else
In Georgia can there be found today
throo mercantile establishments that
have been cheek by Jowl as these three
have beon for four decades, with a fair
irospcct of closing up a half century of
Hislnexs existence In the same posl-
lions In which they began.
“We were at first in th« old Barlow
Housebuilding. It was a noted hos
telry, ulthough It bad but tw enty four
rooms, an adequate number for the
travel requirements then. This was
burned In 18M, and the Barlow block
succeeded It, and we three returned to
onr old locations at onco.
“Those were high price and high
The people have found out that our“Green and Red'
Selvage silk made by tM ‘‘Moneybak’’ mills is the
best yard wide silk in the city for the price. If You
have not inspected this silk do so, and will prove all
we have said about it Yard wide, price per yd. $l.#t
sometimes leaving an order, and
generally departing with the popular
expreasion: 'I'll bd back when I sell
my cotton.'
“Americas had a number of cotton
buyers, men of experience and Urge
connections, old Col. CatU was the
king boo of them all, the grand mogul
of the cotton world hereabouts, and
probaly the largest handler of cotton
Amerlcua has overiknown.
“The cotton was often sampled and
sold on tho itreets. It was frequently
the case that a farmer driving Into
town would meet a buyer on tha street
and sell bln cotton then and there. It
waa a common accurrenco to seo a buy
er dickering with a planter on the
etreoU and completing the transaction
a few minutes after the wagon had
entered the town. We got cotton m
those days from away over noar
Columbus. Tho planters preferred to
drvie <0 or 60 to miles to Americus
rather than 30 or 30 to Columbus, own
ing to the hill country nearer that
city.
'It was not necessary in those days
for a merchant to keep the varied
stock of goods that he Is compelled,
by the requirement of hls customers,to
carry now. He had a more sUble
line of goods, and ona not so subject
to the fluctuations of fashion and style.
There was a smaller volume of bual-
ness, 'but there was not the same
shaving of prollu as at present. The
building of railroads, that rut up the
territory tributary to Americus and
developed competitive trading polnu
all amend us, changed these condi
tions.
A incricus has grown noverlcss, and
1U future seems bright, yet at times
one must look backward with fond
eyes to the past and think, as men will
doubtless always think, that the old
limes were the good times, the old
ways the best ways
BLACK VOILES.
Two numbers that we show are the perfection of the
Voile Family. 44 and 46 inches. We ha ve colored
Voiles also. Price per yard $1 and %2
All Kinds of Woolens Found Here.
30 INCH llffll DE SOIE SILKS.
The are in white and light colored grounds with
spots and rings. A distinctive fabric and designs.
They are soft and silky. See them. Price yd. 50c
MANY OTHER THIN FIGURED SILKS
Wash Chiffon and Muslins.
They are here in dainty rings and dots and figures as
well as the larger spots and rings. Thin and sheer
P ef y ard , 10c to 25c
'JUST AS GOOD” IS NOT' THE BEST.
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Buy Only the Genuine SHAW'S PURE MALT, sold by
4 *
Leading; Dealers,
UNLIMITED LINE OF THIN FIGURED SHIFTS,
French Lawn Specials.
This week we will distance competition on these
two numbers. Proof at the counter.
45 Inch very Sheer 25c worth 35c.
45 Inch very Sheer 20c worth 30c.
We have others also 10c to 75c per yard.
Chas. L. Ansley,
Successor to Wheatley ft Ansley
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