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AMERICUS LEADS
THEM ALL
Big Georgia Cities Not In It
With This City
THE KINDERGARTEN CLOSES
Review of the First Year’s Operations of School in
Americus.
OUR FIRE LOSS IS THE SMALLEST
Figures That Tell the
Destruction by Flames In Cities
of the State-Show More
Than Ever How This City
is Being Gouged By In*
surance Companies.
The Americus Kindergarten Assocl- j do not sond a child to the school and
ation has closed Its first year's work. $2.00 to those who do. In addition
It has been a very successful initial there is a monthly tuition feo of $1.50.
StOry Ot I season. In the face of much misunder- j The actual working expenses of the
standing of the work done by a kinder- school are about $95 a month. Thirty
garten; without funds, and with much children were accommodated during
up hill work to do, the ladies inter- the term Just closed, this being the
ested in the movement have persevered j limit under the conditions surround-
chcorfully and determinedly and bavejlfk the work. During the summer
the sa'isfactlon of finishing the five! iti is hoped to arrange for a small
months work with all expenses paid, ! cottage, the partitions of which can be
with a small sum In the treasury, | removed, leaving one large room or make your O d age Comfortable!
with a far better public appreciation of where a greater number of children
The annual report of the committee the lntent and vttIue ol ,he work ' and'can be accommodated, where they can
statistics of the National Board of “ very brl * ht outlook for *he ensuing march and t*ork to better advantage
than in the cramped quarters that have
been In use the past term-.
| fall term.
Thirty Children Enrolled
Fire Underwriters shows plainly bow
Americus stands in comparison with
other cities of Georgia, and brings, ,
more forcefully to the front the onerous Thirty cMldren wero onrolIed durlD E
"tax that is put upon this city through ‘ be tcrm Just ended ' Under tho » kilful „
the present excessively high rates. ^ ,lss Br ® ban ' assisted by | sufficiently to have the school on an
The statistics published are only fori ss ‘ ath as pianist, rapid progress entirely free basis within a yoar or two-
Want to Maks It Fr e.
It is hoped to awaken public lutorest
cities of 20,000 population. In Georgia
five cities are given. They aro as be.
low, the figures for Americus being
inserted to show how rich a field this
has been fJr the insurance companies:
1906 Fire Losses.
Atlanta, $314,759
Savannah 119,721
Augusta 51,588
Macon 330,821
Columbus 43,490
Americus 1,207
was made by all of them. The intelli
gence of'the children was quickly
awakened by the work. Kindergarten
work nims particularly at the develop
ment ot tho mind through concentra
tion of the cbilds’s thoughts on visible
objects, the nature of wnlch is ex
plained in such'a way that it can
comprehend their construction and the
purposes for which they are used. A
child's mind, under this instruction,
becomes speedily moro alert, its inter
est Is aroused in the dally life and
surroundings about jt, and its store of
The population of Atlanta is given as I exact knowledge Is greatly Increased
110,000, Savannah 70,000, Augusta 42,- | without any sense on its part of study
090, Macon 30,000, Columbus 72,500.
Americus we will estimate at 11,000.
Fire Loss Per Capita.
Atlanta $2.83
If a room could be had in a public
school building, relieving tl.o assocl.
ation of rent, a decided step forward
would be taken. The tondency every
where is to gradually incorporate the
kindergarten system into that of the
public schools, so that all will feel
themselves free to take advantage of it.
The officers of the association are:
President, Mrs. A. G. Miller;
Vice-president, Mrs. G. W. Bacot;
Secretary. Mrs. Ruble Hoyle;
Treasurer, Mrs. J. E. Hightower.
Want 250 Members.
An effort will be made between now
HAVE YOU
ENOUGH
tP pity jour way
should the salary atop!
To go iuEo business, buy a home
If not, your duty it, plain. Start
an account with Our Savings De.
partm»nt at once, nave and deposit
every dollar you can—and have
money on liar d when needid.
4 percent iut rest will bo added
to your money here.
The Planters Bankof Americus
Savannah...
1.71
Augusta
1.28
Macon
11.02
Columbus..
1.58
Americus
11
Miss Braban Is an experienced
teacher, having taught for seven years and fall to greatly Increase the mem
In Chicago. She has gone North for, 8, >lP and add sufficiently to the Income
the summer and the next four months 1° broaden the scope of the association'*
will be spent by her In ylsiting similar work. It Is thought that there are at
I schools elsewhere and In taking a
special course of study in Chicago.
She Is devoted to her work and keeps
throughly abreast with Its expansion
olsewhere.
Has 150 Members.
The fire loss per capita at
Americus in 19Q6 was eleven I The Kindergarten Association now
Cents, but ten per cent of that I has one hundred and fifty members,
at AugUSta, which had the I T be * nn >i*l dues are $1.00 to those who j tirely wiped out
lowest fire loss of the cities
given in the report.
Taking the past five years
the fire loss at Americus has
averaged about fourteen cents
per capita.
And yet Americus pavs
about the highest rates of any
city in the State with a paid
fire department.
least two hundred and fifty people in
Americus willing to pay the small
annual dues to assist in so important
'an undertaking.
In private Kindergartens the tuition
fees are generally about $5 a month.
If the Kindergarten Association hero Is
properly encouraged the fees can be
gradually redueed and eventually en-
STREET PAVING ‘ I looking brighter for bundkigk
WE CAN DO
Gan Put Down 64,000 Sq.
Yds. of Brick,
SHOULD JOIN THE POUCE FORCE |
Georgian Asleep In Kansas City I
VITRIFIED BRICK BEST MATERIAL
An Estimate Based on the Recent
Paving Done In the Town of
Waycross**Would Show Up
T. W. Webster who was taken ftom | yy e || |„ Bus | ness D | s , r|ct>
an east bound train on April 2, un
conscious, removed to the hospital
at Kansas City has slept constantly I roeont paving with vitrified
for 40 days, and is still asleep. I brick In Waycross cost $1,57 a square
Physicians say he Is suffering from I yard.
acute melancholia. Webster was TW> wU , , ve „ . bas „ on whIch to
traveling from Horseshoe Bend, Idaho,
to Gainsville, Ga. He aroused suffici eaUmate how much P avin * we can do
ontly to take nourishment, but at no * n Americus.
time has he been brought awake. | As a general proposition it can be
stated that a city pays forty per cent,
and tho pfoporty owners sixty percent.
With the proceeds of the $40,000 Issue
Will
COUNTY COMMISSION HAD MEETING
For Purpose of Providing funds for of paving bonds as the city’s share
CollC^C | Americas should do about $100,000 of
I paving.
At i$1.57
square yard this would
-The county commissioners mot In
called session yesterday for the pur
pose of providing funds for the work mean about 04,000 square yards In all.
upon the district college buildings, and This would make'an excellent show-
thb money thus required will bo forth
coming as needed. Work upon the in R ln the business district, to which it
bnlldlngs Is progressing rapidly and ; a proposed to confine the paving,
alreadv the academic building and 1
boyS'dormitory are assuming handsome |
proportions, being completed to
point above the second lluor.
BABY CURED
A FACT
ABOUT THE “BLUES”
What Is known ns the ••Blues’*
Is seldom occasioned by actual exist*
lag external conditions, but In the
great majority of coses by b dis
ordered UVER ms*.
THIS IS A FACT
which may be demonitra*
ted by trying a course of
TotfsPills
"They controlsnd regulate the LIVER.
Tbeybriogbopeandbouyancy to the
mind. They bring health and elastic*
Sty to the body.
JTAKE NO SUBSTITUTE. .
HELP 13 OFFERED
TO WORTHY YOUNG PEOPLE
Wo earnestly request all young* persons, no matter
bow limited their metw or education, who wish to
Of All Bowel Affections By Dodson’s
Teething Powders.
At same time they give strength and
vigor lo tho entire system and makes
teething easy. Be certain to got Dod
son's which are for sale only by Dod
on’s Pharmacy.
Little Thought That Murderer
Ever Hang.
Murderer George Brundrick Is
doubtless feeling bappy over the
wellnigh certain fact that he will now
escape the gallows altogether and prob
ably square the murder of John Shrou-
der with an easy job in the pen for a
few years, pending a complete pardon.
The Prison Commission, which once
declined a commutation for Bundrick
just before be flew away from the
Americus jail, is going to consider the
matter again on June 6th, and the
chances are thut Bundrick will dodge
the rope all right enough. June nth j b»« h are already coming “Holly
was the date fixed by Judge Littlejohn Springs” one mile lront city limits
for the execution of Shrouderis mur-1 on Suiithville road. Comfortable
derer but it Is quite safe to assert that
there will i be nothing doing for the
hangman on that day—or any other
with Bundriakins the central figure.
White men are no longer hanged in
Georgia.
WITH US
When Interest
Depo-its made in our Swings
Department, either on the 1-t. 2d,
3d, 4th,jof any mouth, rir-w in
terest from the fir.-t day ot th it
samemmth- This applies to money
that remains 'bree • alendar months
and to LARGE and 5wall de.
POSiTS ALIKE We will look
carefully after your banking , in
terests and treat you with every
courtesy an i consideration.
SAVINGS DEPARTMENT.
Bank oiSouthwestern Ceoivia.
NEW YORK
RACKETSTORK
PLANTERS BANK BUILDING
Americus, 6a.
Ladies Black Voile Skirts
We purchased the well known
Fabeoan Line of sample Voile Skirts
in all sizes and lengths. The retail
price of these skirts range from
$12 50 to $15 oo and $17.50 they will
be on sale today and continue till
close out.
rice $9.00 and $10.00.
Come Quick.
Fon Hunt—5 Room house 123 Finn
street. [9 d-tfj L. M. Hawkins.
Aoknts Make $25.00 a week and
more selling our household necessi
ties. Handsome sample 'caso free.
Men and women will find tho work
very profitable. Send for special offer.
The Kllnker Mfg. Co., 6300 Ktnaman
Rd., Cleveland O. d. 2t. w. 1 t.
Sore Nipples.
A cure mny be effected, by applying
Chamberlain's Salve as soon as the will reach you by return post,
child Is done nursing. Wipe It off with You can * afTord t0 *“cpt a
a soft cloth before allowing the child
: to nurse. Many trained nurses ns
| this salve with the best results. Price
Dd^pmdsMsaadpiababbfcctana I 25 cenU P® r box - Sold b F Kid ridge
- Don'tdstar. Wriutodsy. * Drug Co., Americus, Ga.
'Ik* C«..Ai». Bulatsi College, Macon. Ga.
The Badge of Honesty
Ii on every ^rapper of Doctor Plerca't
Golden Medical Discovery because a full
list of the ingredients composing It la
printed tboro In plain English. Forty
years of experience has proven its superior
worth as a blood purifier and Invigorat
ing tonic for tho cure of stomach d Isorders
and all liver Ills. It builds up tho run
down system as no other tonic can In
which alcohol Is used. Tho active medic
inal principles of natlvo roots such as
Golden Seal and Queen's root, Stone and
Mandrake root, Bloodroot and Black
Chcrrybark are extracted and preserved
by the use of chemically pure, triple-
refined glycerine. Send to Dr. R. V. Pierre
at Buffalo, N. V., for free booklet which
quotes extracts from wcll-rccognlzcd med
ical authorities such as Drs. Bartholow,
King, Scuddcr, Coe, Ellingwood and a
host of ethers, showing that theso roots
can be. depended upc»i for tholr curative
action In all weak states of tho stomach,
accompanied by Indigestion or dyspepsia
as well as In all bilious or liver complaint!
and In all 'wasting diseases* where there
fs loss of flesh and gradual running down
of tho strength and system.
Tho 'Golden Medical Discovery 'makes
rich, pure blood and so Invigorates and
regulates the stomach, liver and bowels,
and, through them, the whole system.
Thus all skin affections, blotches, pimples
and eruptions as well as scrofulous swel
lings and old open running sores or ulcers
are cured and healed. In treating old
running sores, or ulcers, It Is well to In
sure thoir healing to apply te them Dr.
Pierce's AU-IIcnling Salvo. If yourdrug-
gist don't happen to hero this Salvo In
stock, aend fifty-four cents In postage
accept a secret nos
trum as asubstltute for this non-alcoholic,
mcdiclno or known composition, not
even though tho urgent dealer tnay
thereby make a little bigger profit.
Dr. Pierce’s Pleasant Pellets regnlate
and Invigorate stomach, liver and bowels.
“Holly Springs.”
Tho plunsanl memories, the "hap
py anticipations that are conjured
np by this name, only those who
have enjoyed the attractions at
“Holly” can realize.
Everything is now ready and the
people who want real pleasure, a
sure enough outiog and a swim in
the finest place this side of the
co tages for camping crowds.
HANSFORD BROS. Prop
Americas, Ga.
HAMILTON & CO.
L, A.i Lowrey, President.
Crawford Wheatley, Vlce*Prest,
M. M. Lowrey, Cashier,
R. E. McNulty, Asst. Cashier
FOR SALE.
6 room house, large Jot $1,300,
rents for $150,—Bargain.
6 room bouse, a ith sewerage and
bath close in.
8 room house, large lot Lee St
Nice home. Big Bargain.
500 acres, 3 miles of flanrithirg
B. B. town, 4 room hlfltse, running
water, only $4. aero.
100 acres, 6 miles R. R., 4 room
house, 100 pecan trees, $1,500.
If yon want a farm, house and
lot, or vacant lot, come to see ilc.
Bargains everyday.
P. B. Williford,
103 Cotton Ave.
Americus National Bank
THE ONLY NATIONAL BANK IN THIS SECTION-
CAPITAL $100000.00. U S. BONDS $100,000.00:
Under the supervision of the
. UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT.
• Accounts of firms, individuals and corporations [invited. Certi
ficates of deposit issued bearing interest.
HAVE A BANK ACCOUNT
With the—:
AMERICUS TRUST and SAVINGS BUNK
Anyone can make money, bat it takes
a wise one to save it. Benin with $1
and get a Home Bank free. Call and
ask about oar'plan. 4 per cent in
terest oaid on Sayings Deposits'Com
pounded. Oifice in Americas National
Bank Boildine. Cotton Avenue.
SEVERAL BARGAINS.
One 20 horse Atlas boiler and 15
horse Atlas engine, one Cooper 15
horse engine and boiler, one Lid
dell saw mill and bolts. Four hun
dred acres of fine hard wood tim
ber, (oak and hickorjr,) one mile
of side track. Two fine lots 50 by
140 Bees Park. Three small plan
tations. See P. L. HOLT.
Hides and Iron Wanted
I want to tuy five carloads crap
iron, I also bny copper, brass,
zlue and lead and pay highest
prices. I also bny hides of every
kind, beeswax and tallow.
tacandy^ 1 * 1 ’ **** *** BB ***’ IA a ron Cohen.
L. G. Council, Prest. R. J. Pkrry, Vlce-Pre*t. C. M. Council, Cashr.
INCORPORATED 1801.
The Planters Bank
of Amfericus
Total Resources, • 5500,000
With well-established connection,, our
large resources, and everv attention con
sistent with sound banking, we solicit
your patronage. Interest allowed on
time certificates and in bur -
‘Department for Savings.”
A. W. Smith, Prea. G. M. Eldrldge, V. P. N. M. Dudley, Cashier.
Bank of South-Western Ga.
AMERICUS, GEORGIA.
SECURITY, LIBERALITY AND COURTESY ACCORDED ITS PATRONS.
DIRECTORS:
C. L. Aneley, G. M, Eldrldge, R. J, Perry
W, A, Dodson, Thoe. Harrow, A. W. Smith
N. M. Dudley. H R. Johnson.
1. W. SHEFFIELD, President. FRANK SHEFFIELD Vice-Prea
E. D. SHEFFIELD, Cashier.
Bank of Commerce,
AMERICUS, dEORQlA.
A general banking business transacted and all consistent courtesies
extended to patrons. Certificates of deposit issued bearing interest, jg