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29 rH YEAR AMERICUS. GEORGIA, FRIDAY MORNING, MAY 24, 1907. YOU TAKE NO CHANCES OR Run any risk when you buy a your Clothes of us. Every garment in our stock Is of absolute cor rectness 1n fctjfe, fabric and finish—of the v< rj highest character — and without exception the greatest value obtainable at our moderate paices — nHWtVi oiuu JJUIkOJ HII1UUK We stand ready to bock 1,16 chatn|tan,rcoilvlcts ’ ,olnducet,I8,n J not to run away. up this assertion with large and splendid selec tion of the noted EEF-EFF” Fashionable Suits For *and Spring just in from the hands of the makers, and conse- qnentiy expressive of all that Is new and good in the realm of swell tailordom. The range of fabrics consists of the fashionable gray, brown and olive worsteds and cashmeres In plaids, stripes and checks, fancy cheviots; ilso black w rsteds, thibrts and blue serges—snappy single and double breasted styles that a good tailor would charge from $25 to $50 for, here for your choosing at $10 to $35. STORY IS TOLD IN A PEW LINES THESE LITTLE TALES CUT SHORT Penciled Paragraphs Picked in Re* portersPeregrlnatlons and Boiled Down To Four Lines. For quality and right prices soe Bt’l!, be Jeweler. , The Furlow Lawn Sunday school has arranged to have Its annual picnic on Friday of nest week, 31at, going to Holly Springs. The county authorities should intro duce bridge w hist or stud poker among away. Thousands of Amerlcus people visited Prospect Park Sunday and enjoyed an hour or two In this prettr and popular breathing place. The grand Jury Is coming to town next week, which Is the equivalent of saying that some of the brethren are going out of town. It is but three weeks now until the city schools close, and the "tired” and overworked school boy will find solnoe Summer ln dearold Mttckalee. The only business that breaks the stillness at the courthouse these days is the transcript of the mule and crop mortgago, as usual Tbe,new Spanish baby, christened yesterday, will have the title of Prince ot Asturia. This is probably Spanish for Prince of Castoria. PUBLIC WANTS MONTHLY REPORTS Showing Operations and Cost of the County Gang And Those Who Went Away-Read the list and See if Your Name or Your friends Is There. THIS IS DONE IN OTHER COUNTIES Smart Spring Ttousers at $3 to $8. The i907 Straw Hats for men await your in spection. Every new block It Sennit, *Split and Mackinaw straws are now ready for your inspection and try-on. Every hat a HAT ( F QUALITY, well worth a third more than we ask. $1.50 to $3.50. Chas. L. Ansley Successor to WHEATLEY & ANSLEY. (See Ad on Fourth Page.) 1 v •«! JSTO'W is your time to get a brush, if you are going to need one this season we have all prices—Tooth Brushes, Hair Brushes, Flesh Brushes, Nail Brushes and all kinds of Brushes. The goods are new The prices are right REMBERT’S DRUGSTORE 113 FORSYTH ST, ‘Every time I come to town I see new buildings going up," said a Fif teenth district farmer here yesterday And he is exactly correct. Mr. Ed Htailings is ill at his home here with fever which, it is feared, may develop into typhoid. He has been quite 111 for two days. The many friends of Col. J. R. Wil llama greeted 1 him cordially upon the streets yesterday after a very severe illness pf six or eight weeks. The Razor Brigade laments the fset that it can not go to "dear old Yan nersonville" next week to carve a way to glory via the courthouse. An Amerlcus business man return ing here from.a buggy drive through out this section declares the cotton crop prospect the poorest in years. Col. Littleton has established head quarters at the mill, connecting with a blackberry patch, and Is wreaking havoc among the ‘cats' and turtles. The business men of Amerlcus are i unit on one proposition—cheaper ln ■urance rates. Amerlcus is paying in premiums the losses of othor towns It 1* said that the price of Hour has been advancod $1 per barrel as the result of the Hurry iu wheat. But the corn-dodger crop here Is )>romislng. ENJOYED DAY AT MYRTLE SPRING Baptist Sunday School Went There Yesterday. A half dozen open wagons and as many private carriages conveyed the T'lrst Baptist .Sunday school to Myrtle Springs yesterday upon its annual picnic. The day was an Ideal one, and the little tolks and larger one as well greatly enjoyed the occasion at this popular resort. COLLEGE BOYS RETURNING HOME Should Give Full Details as to the Working of the Convicts on Public Improvements So People Can Judge Whether Expenditures Are Justified By the Results Accomplished. Following Is the list of the Grand Jury of the Superior Court which begins Its session on Monday of next week, and which, Ills currently believed, will investigate the numerous escapes from the county chain gang, and the general management of the road system of the county of Snmter. ! J. A. Davenport, G. D. Jones, G. W. Montgomery, W. T. Mims, G. A. Harper, Caleh Griffin, E. A. Stephens, A. D. Gatewood, W. A. Wilson, E. C. wjbb, C. S. Hogg, W. T. McMath, A. B. Perry, M. B. Connell, W. E. Brown, A.jRylander, W. C, Carter, E. R. Stewart, Leonard Parker, W. R. Dorn, W. M.J Jones, W. R. Battle, G. A. Perry, J. W. Timmerman, J. B.-Felder, D. S DeVrlck, Jno. W. Shiver, A, G, Kendrick, Jno. T. Daniel, G. R. Simpson. It Is generally felt by the public that the existing system Is capable of njch improvement, and that the business methods followed In many of the other leading counties of the State should be adopted ln Sumter, giving the public full reports as to the operations of the chain gang, the expenses and th< 1 results, so that It may determine for itssolf whether the results repay the ta payers for the expenses Incurred, In Fulton, Chatham, Bibb, Floyd, Muscogee, Burke and other counties w$ere the convicts are used, as they are in Sumter, on public works, such as roid building drainage etc.. It is customary for the County Commissioners to bajve monthly reports presented to them, which are published In the news papers. keeping the entire public posted as to whst Is being accomplished, anil h<^v much money Is being expended on the work that is being done. ' \ At the monthly meetings of the Commissioners, which are always public at which reporters for the papers are always present, these reports are Hammocks, Tennis goods, baso ball goods and Fishing Tackles, large line select from at Hollidays Book As a general rule it is always customary to show the number of convicts who have been at work during the month, the number of days work done, the projects on which they worked and the time on each work, and the total expenses incurrdd on each work. It is also customary to show the quantity of supplies bought during the month, the money paid for same, the cost par capita dally for oaripg for each convict and for each head of stock, the number of convicts sick and tho number i days lost, etc. Through such published reports as these the habile is kept thoroughly posted, as It unuoubtedly has the right to be, as to what the convicts are cost- lug the county, what amount of work they are doing and where they are doing It, and it is putiln position then to Judge intelligently as to whether the gang Is being operated to the best advantage and economically as possible. Such a system as this prevents criticism un|nstly. It awakens pnbllo Interest in the county alfalra, and it keeps he commissioners’closer ln tonch with their constituents, the public of the county. It is not a difficult matter to prepare a number of blank reports, to be filled ln daily, and from which the monthly reports can be tabulated and made public. By this method, which commends Itself to the publie wherever It has been adopted, and which has never been abandoned onde It has been introduced, the county affairs are brought down to a strictly business basis. This system does not seem to have ever been Introduced Into the connty af fairs of Sumter. Once it la done, though, the public will be better satisfied. The publie undoubtedly feels that it has a right to know at stated periods whst has been done with the gang In the way of county improvements, and what the cost has been. Missy osa McCrary of Macon was the guest yesterday of her cousin, Miss Carrie Speer. Mr. C. A. Adams, due of Webster’s prosperous farmers, was ln Amerlenc Saturday on business. Mrs. Potnam,of Leesburg, Is visiting her daughter, Mrs. Howell B. Sim mons, at her home here. „ Mr. John W. Forrester, ono of Lee’s prominent citlzons, came op to Amorl- cus yesterday on bnslness. Mr. and Mrs. J. G. Inman of Albany visited relatives in Americas yester, day, among others here, ■ Dr. Wade Chambliss is stillqutte 111 with fever at the Americas Hospital, where he has been carried. Misses Wardene and Jennie Holt, Of Macon, are guests of Miss Ethel Broad- field at her home here. Miss Jordan of Macon Is tho attrac tive guest of Mrs. W. C. Wright, at tier home on Church street. Judge/. A. Littlejohn Is spending this week ln Florida, returning to hit home ln Amerlcus Saturday. Miss Blanche Pryor, the fair guest of her aunt, Mrs. R. L. Maynard, re turned to Smlthvllle yesterday. Mr. and Mrs. K. >P. Pearson of Lumpkin, Ga„ are the gnest of Mr. and Mrs. P. B. Williford on Taylor street. Mrs. Henry Collier returned to At lanta yesterday after a visit of some length here to her father, Mr. J. W. Sheffield. The many friends of Mrs. cfoorgo Turpin Jr. will learn with much regret that she Is Ill with fever at hor home on Chureb street. Mr. George Blley has gono to tho convention of the Cotton Seed Crushers ■ Association at Jamestown,representing the Planters Oil Co hero. Mr. C. M. Wfaeatleyand Miss Martha Wheatley have gone to Jamestown, leaving yesterday and spending some time at ihlo fair. Mr. and Mrs. C. J. O’Hogan left this morning for the Jamestown Exposition and returning will spend some time in North Carolina. AN INCREASE IN JUDICIAL SALARY Local Will Be Passed to That Effect. Sciatica Cured Atter Twenty Year of Torture. It Is Dangerous to Neglect a Cold. For more than 20 years Mr. J. J. B. Massey, of 3322 Clinton St., Minnea polis, Minn., was tortured by sciatica. The pain and suffering which be on. dured during this time la beyond cent' How often do q-e hoar It remarked “It's only scold," and a few days later learn that the man Is on his back with pneumonia. This is of such common occurence that a cold, however; slight' should not be disregarded. Chamber lain's Cough Remedy counteracts Several of Amerlcus Representatives Are Here. The colleges of the State are closing for the summer vacation, and soon the young collegians in nil the splendor of uniforms will be coming home for need' ed rest and relaxation. Among the first arriving are Keys McMath, from the Georgia Military Institute, and James Pinkston Jr. from Donald Fraser Col lege, while others will como this week well. prenensiou, coining gave mm any j any tendency ol a cold to permanent relief until he used Cham- suit ln pneumonia, and has gained berlain’s Pain Balm. One application 1 Its great popularity and exten- of that liniment relieved the pain and j slve sale by its prompt cures of made sleep possible, and less than one this most common ailment. It always bottle has effected a permanent cure, Mr. Massey relates his experience for the benefit of others who may be sim ilar! v afflicted. If troubled with scia tica or rheumatism why not try a 23c bottle of Pain Balm and see for your self liow quickly it relieves the palu For sale by Eld ridge Drug Co., Ameri- cus, Ga. cures and is pleasant to take. For sale Idgo Drag Co., Amerlcus, Ga, bs and by Eld rid Among the local bills to be intrpduc- ed at’ the forthcoming session of the General Assembly ln June is one look ing to ao Increase In the salary or tho Judge of the City Court of Amerlcus from 11,200 to 82,000. This action has the Indorsement of a former grand Jury which recognizes the Justice of an ln. crease In salary ln view of the vory large Increase in the volume of business of this court since Its establishment n few years ago. At present tho salary paid Is but little more than ono-third that of a superior court Judge, while th- volume of bits'nons Iu the number of cases tried is very much gtoater. In Albany, Cordele and other cities much smaller than Amerlcus the sult!ry of the city court Judge is in excess of 82,000, the formertcity paying 82,100. Tho pro posed bill for the City Court of Amerl cus will have the endorsement of cit izens here generally. Stomach Troubles. Mrs. Sue Martin, an'old and highly respected resident of Fatsonla, Miss., was tick with stomach trouble for more than six months. Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets cured her. She says: “1 can now eat anything I want and am the proudest woman ln the world to find tnch a good medi cine.” For sale by Eld ridge Drug Co., Amerlcus, Ga. Samples free.. See Bagley’s buggies bdforoyou buy. Special price to cash customers or will sell on terms to snlt customer. * . .:. ■ - Hbb _ Tyir —Siam ROGERS' UVERWORT Tar and Canchalagua For the complete cure of Coughs, Colds, Asthms and Bronchitis and al Luug c tmplainls tending to Consump' tion, Liverwort, Tat and Wild Cherry, have for ages meintalned an established reputation as a standard Cough Remedy. It contains no opium or barmfuldrugs;can be given with safety to children. Price 81-00. Sold by druggists. Williams’ M'fg, Co, Props., Cleve land, O. Sold by W. A. Rembart. MbZLEY’S ' LEMON ELIXIR The Ideal Laxative. Than are bo unpleasant effects from Mozlbvs Lemon Elixir, but | its action is thoroughly effective. It regulates the Liver, Stomach, Bowels and Kidneys, cleanses the system of all impurities, hut does not gripe or produce the least un pleasantness. Mozley'k Union Elixir, unlike other laxatives, lias n most pleasing taste, children even beg for it. 50 $1.00 per bottle. AT ALL DRUG PURCHASED THE CRISP PROPERTY Handsome Home in Amerlcus Sold Yesterday. Judgo Charles R, Crisp, as oxocutor, sold yesterday his father’s former homo on Taylor street, ono of tho hand somest residences in Amerlcus and t slrablh withol. Mrs. .Mary B. was tho purchaser, and will ot . as a home shortly. Tho F .... not announced but is conside ••sting the HONK 117. for barrel of sanitar nts. Jno.