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THE AMERICUS WEEKLY TIMES..RECORDhR.' FRIDAY, flAY 24. 1907.
negro is caught on
CHARGE OF ASSULT
Is Covered By Sheriff With
Gun.
NEGRO HAD PISTOL IN POCKET
But Sheriff Got the Drop on Him and
v Landed the Prisoner—Lassiter
Had. Threatened to Shoot
His Employer.
Brown Lassiter, a negro farm hand
employed on the Westbrook plantation
font miles west of the city, Is in Jail for
carrying concealed weapons and also
threatening to pull a pistol on Mr.
Thos. Westbrook, his employer, on
Monday last.
Lassiter had acquired the pistol
carrying habit, and when reprimanded
for this by Mr. Westbrook, attempted
to pull bis gun, saying be was carry
ing It for him only.
Such was the statement made here to
JSboriff Bell.
Mr. Westbrook went to the house for
his own gun, whereupon Lassiter got
his mule and rode to town. Sheriff
Bell and Deputy Puller were on the
watch for him and soon located the
mounted pistol lugger near the Metho
dist church.
As Sheriff Bell made a dash tor him
Lassiter attempted to ride his tnule
over the officer, at the same time reach,
ing for his pistol.
But Sheriff Bell had him covered
anpnstant’anft would have let a few air
holes ipto him had he not dropped from
tho mule and surrendered. In Lassl
tor’s pocket was found the pistol which
he did net have time to pull out.
He was jailed upon a double charge
for the grand Jury next week.
A LEADER IS WANTED
HERE IN SUMTER
To Solve the Problem o >
Filling Waste Lands.
HANGOGK SHOWS THE WAY CLEAR
Gets Large Tract of Good Land. Di
vide Into Small Desirable Farms,and
Sell too New Comers on Easi
est Terms Posslble-The
Way to Build Up
Sumter.
TOR STOMACH SUFFERERS.
Mi-o-na is the one remedy for stomach
troubles that publishes its formula:
chemically pure bismnth subgallate,
to allay any inflammation of the
stomach and bowels; cerium oxalate,
to strengthen the stomach nerves;
sodium bl-carbonate, to neutralize ithe
poisonous acids that are present in
stomach troubles; and nux vomica,
which restores vigor to the digestive
organs and tones up the whole nervous
system. . ? i _
This combination of valuable rent,
«tiles is found only In Ml-o-na stomach
tablets, and it so rarely fails
strengthen the digestion system, and
cures 'Sven the worst form of stomach
trouble, tbat Dodsons Drug Store sells
the remedy under guarantee to refund
the money unless it enres.
MRS. H. A. TERRELL DIED TUESDAY
former Amerlcus Lady Dies'at Seale,
Ala.
Mrs. H. A. Terrell, who is so well
remembered in Amerlcus as Miss
Bessie Chappell, died last evening at
her horns in Seale Ala. the end follow
ing a briof Illness and before the arrl
val pf her father, Dr. T. A. Chappoll,
who was en route there.
The announcement of the death
of this beantlful and lovable young
woman, a wife of scarcely a year, will
cause deepest sorrow among her many
friends in Amencus. -
Arrangements for the funeral were
not announced last night.
Dr. thappell and daughter, Miss
I.ucile Chappell, left Amerlcus yester
day for Seale In response to a telegram
announcing the critical illness of Mrs.
Terrell. Up to that time her condition
was not considered serious, so far as
herfrlends here know.
Less than a year ago Mias Bessie
Chappell and Prof. Terrell were mar-
rtod and went to reside at Seale. Their
married life was an ideally happy one.
A bright,charming and lovable yonng
woman, her death in tho prime (of life
is sad indeed.
The remains will doubtless be
brought to Amerlcus for interment, al
though no announcement to that effect
has been made.
How many thousands of acres of
idle lands are there in Sumter county?
How many thousands of acres are
there under poor cultivation?
How manv thousands of acres are
there rented out to necroes who are
impovlshing the soil, letting the build
ings go to wreck,deteriorating values in
general.
Kverybody knows that there are too
many thousands of acres of land in
Sumter under each of these headings,
too many for either the present good or
the future prosperity of the country.
Why Not Sell the Surplus?
The Greensboro Home JouVnal has
very sensible article on the thousands
of Idle acres of lying in tbat county.
It asks the farmers why they do not
sell this surplus land to people on easy
terms? In this way they would get
their land improved and realize tbelr
money out of it.
They would make a citizen of some
poor man and the county would be
filled with homes and land owners.
The Home Journal thinks that too
many men in Greene county are land
poor. There are men there who hold
from one to three thousand acres and
do not cultivate a foot of it themselves,
These people permit groat tracts of
fertile land to remain idle.
Why not dispose of it to men who
are willing and eager to make a living
on it?
Many of these land owners rent their
land out to negroes, who allow It to
become impoverished, and the county
itself isthe sufferer. Wbitd people will
not live lh the country with negro ten
ants and croppers as neighbors,
the white family moves off to town.
GRAND JURY
MAY JNVESTIGATE
The Entire Management nf Sumter’s]
Convict System
DO RESULTS PAY FOR EXPENSES?!
12 CENTS WAS PAID
FOR LAST OF CROP.
Cotton Yard is Clear of
Bales,
NO TIDINGS ARE SENT
BY ZEBRAS ON SPRI
Still in the Woods
Safety ,
m
FOR FIRST TIME IN ITS HISTORY-J PROBABLY WAITING UPON REFORMS
Dozen Bales Soldat Oliver Warehouse last Bunch'to Get Away Are SHii Far
Away-Uttle Prospect of Getting
Back That $5,000 Worth
of Good Labor.
For 12 Gents and Not a Ba
Remains-Same Condition
Elsewhere.
“For the first time during the long
y I years I have been in the cotton busl-
Intimated That County Could Better *Rent Out lts| maining in my warehouse" said Mr.
George Oliver, the warehouseman,
Convicts and Do Road Improvement Work By the
Contract System-People Want the Exact
Facts.
yesterday, as lie sold for 12 cents a
pound the last dozen bales on hand.
For the buyer of those twelve bales
made a clean sweep.
It was a good price for. the staple,
and Mr. Oliver not only felicitated at
It is intimated that the Grand Jury will institute an Investigation 0 f |h e I *be sale thus effected but at the un.
government of the county chalngang system at Its approaching session, and I “ I *““ l g“”p UI °“ br0U|tllt “ b0Ut by tbe
that the investigation will be of a broad scope. '
It Is reported that the investigation will not only cover the treatment of the J^years ago at ITcentsa pound, during
convicts, and the matter of numerous escapes, but tha^.the financial side of tho I the Sul ld boom, a few of Mr. Oliver's
question will be gone into, with a view of determining what the county is J ol,st ^“ lers held °“ 20 cents. The
really getting lor its expenditures, and whether the results Justify the ex-
penditures.
This matter is one in which every citizen who is a taxpayer is interested.
consequence was tbat these bales were
carried over, as the market took
| hard tumble.
All the Amerlcus warehouses have
If the county is paying out large sums and getting an inadequate return for I ®* >out ,0 *d out their last remaining
the taxpayers money, then the taxpayers have a right to know it through the
report of a grand Jury committee.
It is claimed that the road work actually done by the convicts of Sumter
county could be done cheaper by letting the work out by contract, and renting] A DEEP MYSTERY SOLVED.
the convicts, as is done in some other counties. .
An able bodied convict will bring the county in rent anywhere frAtt <300 to
<450 a year. , . ^
Convicts are in demand these days, and the bidding for them by large em
ployers is very active. ,
bales, since the recent boom in prices
set in,
Women Blinded by Science.
The Doctor writes his prescription In
Latin and the patlont shuts her eyes to
what she Is swallowing. Sho takes that
much On faith. If It should cure her she
doesn’t know what cured her. If the
I
Not if as Rich as Rockefeller.
If you had all the wealth of Rocke
feller, the standard oil magnate, you
could not buy a better medicine for
bowel complaints than Chamberlain's
Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy.
The most eminent physician can not
prescribe a better preparation for colic
and diarrhoea, both ,lor chlldren’and
adults. The uniform success of this
remedy has shown it to be superior
to all others. It never falls, and when
reduced with water and sweetened, is
pleasant to take, Every family should
be supplied'with it. Bold by Eldrldge
Drug Co., Amadeus, Co.
p on Sals. Five year old work
“lie. Apply to S. H. Yonng out Lee
str *et. 6-22 d2L wit.
Immigration Association Needed.
The Hancock county scheme com
mends Itself to Sumter county.
It ip what Is needed here.
A large tract of land should be
secured, cut un into desirable small
firms, sold to immigrants on easy
terms, and a forward tendency given to
the countv.
Who will load In such a work? All
that Is needed is leaders.
TutfsPills
After eating, persons of n bilions habit
will derive great benefit by taldngone
of these plus. It you have been
DRINKING TOO MUCH,
they will promptly relieve the nausea,
SICK HEADACHE —■
and nervousness which foiiows,restore
the appetite and remove gloomy feel*
lags. Elegantly sugar coated.
Take No Substitute.
At times. It is currently gossiped, as a result of the escapes, that Ithere are ^^ r ^dThe n fij^ be,1 The d phy8iclaS 0 S
•e mules in the epunty service than there are convicts. I experimenting with'different preserfi -
The constant escapes from the gang, the reported mistreatment of the con- dna^s Vc^fuUn^lre'caae'but ofton
s. the feeling that the county 1. not getting value tor the expenditures tbat “ripM^
are made under the existing system of working its own convicts on Ethe roads Wind the patient. Ono physician of wide
, . . • , ' cxporlenco and national reputation does
seems to have put the matter straight up to the grand Jury. I not bellevo In mystifying tho public, nor
Unless current reports are not well based it Is more than likely that that | that Nature'provIdMth^hlch l8°noco>
body will take a hand in the matter within the next few days and tbat there “fthe” thYwomaidv Systern'lsTrangad
will be an independent investigation from that source,in addition to the one the !*T ond **»• where it will* responc
, , , to sunshine, good air, cheerfulness anc
county commissioners will make themselves as to the recent escapes. I proper rest; when tho balance of health
, Another matter that is likely to engage the attention of the grand Jury, it Is tU^'Na’ture^iM^ ‘
exported, is the keeping*! county commissioner records at Plains, instead of ip oS?Am“rian^oiSt?«o miny^lanto
Amerlcus. - I whleb correct and cure thoso distressing
. ... ■ ailments which causo womon to suffer
that these records should all be kept at the office of the County I with backache, bcarlng-down pains, pain
<*,. I In the back or front of the head, nervous-
s in (he court house here. ness on( j i aM |tudo. Most all Women who
As it 1. now, if any one wants access to the records referred,to for any leg. firno^ another
purpose, or otherwise, it Is necessary to go to Plains for that purpose. Ead ^ Sll* 8 kjjaullful ^ blossom of the
Altogether, it would seem, theoomlng session of the grand jury la to be of I only^a beautiful j>ut a very usofu^ptant
The root of this plant when treatod
properly with glycerlno to extract its
decidedly more tbsn ordinary Interest.
No county in the State, in Ml probability, has eetsbll|hed so bad a record ”, ne^U‘ r ore“tiQtTor lrr"tablll^
as Sumter for wholesale escapes of convicts. >ays Prof. John M. Scudder, M. D. An-
othor authority, Prof. F. Elllngwood,
With the system managed as It Is, it Is an open question as to whether tho M. D., sava of this plant; -Exerdsos
road Improvements are not costing far more than In other counties where the
convicts are retained In the service and worked to the best advantage.
The Home Journal demands tbat the
tenant add something io the land, and
this can only be done by leaving It in
the bands of competent, painstaking
white people.
And these people must come from
other parts of Georgia, of the country
or possibly from remote parts of the
world.
Settle Immigrants on Land.
The Home Journal continues:
Already the labor question has be
come a problem. Tbe labor snpnly le
gradually becoming short. Farm wage
prices are already so extortionate and
competition over the laborer so sharp
that It is almost Impossible for the
farmer to make both ends meet nnder
the present system of farming.
The solution of this would seem to be
immigration. Tbe lands need cultiva
tlon and need workers. Land owners
Americus Capitalists Are Willing to Farm Homelnsur-
who do not Improve tbe neighborhood
and who do not add to thetand.
In last wook's issue of the Sparta
Isbmaellte it stated there arrived four
stalwart, aturdy German farmers who
lmmediatly settled down to- build
homes for themselves on the Ogeechee
farm in Hancock county.
Mr. Walker has a contract with a
German immigration agent to tarnish
fifty families before Jan. 1st, 1908,
The expenses of these people is in
getting settled In. permanent homes
and getting a year's start will be con,
siderable, but there Is no reason in the
world why they cannot make a success
and repay the money advanced.
Met
ORGANIZE A HOME COMPANY
ance Company
plant
upon nervous conditions
Ing upon disorders of tho female
organs." Another plant which Is fre
quently found In our Amorican forests Is
Qelonlos, or Unicorn root. Tho Aueiu-
cast DisPBXSATonr says of this plant,
that It -possesses a decidedly beneficial
lnfluonco In an onfooblcd condition, of
tho general systom, with woakness or
dnll pain In the renal, or lumbosacral
(smau of the back) region. In dis
eases of tho womanly organs, It Is ono of
our mqst valuable agents, acting as a
uterlno tonic, and gradually removing
abnormal conditions, wbilo at tho samo
time It Imparts tone and vigor to the
, organs." Ilonco. it Is much used In ca
tarrhal, pelvic drains, Irregularities and
[ painful periods. Prof. King further says.
WHAT IS CATARRH.
Catarrh Is an lnflamatlon of the mu
cous mombrauo of tho nose, throat and
lungs, with manv annoying symp
toms. In this climate there are few
who do not suffer (Tom tjils disagree
able. disease, ofton In chronic and
dangerous state.
Tho ono scientific and commonsonse
troatmont is Hyomel, a combination of
healing and germ-killing balsams
which is breathed through a special in
haler that comes with every outfit,
A complete Hyomel outfit costs but
.00, and Dodsons Drug Store gives
porsonal guarantee with every pack
age that money will be refundod ■ un
less tho treatment cures.
of Unicorn root: "A particular phnso
, removed by It Is tho Irritability and
penses would be amall, doing, aa pro- despondency that often attends thoso
posed, large,y a leo., territory bust-
ness, its risks being scattered over the | adapted to those cases ln^ which pelvic
“I would be pleased to unite with
ten, fifteen or twenty other business
men In organizing a local lnsnrande
company” said Mr. Frank Sheffield,
president of the Board of Trade yes
terday, In discussing insurance matters
with a Timos-ltocordor representative.
“I believe a well capitalized and
well handled Amerlcus company, con
fining its bnslnets to south west Geor
gia would be a profitable concern,
profitable not only to lta investors, but I time on short notice, with],its entire I almost Invari'abiy’curo “those
tg,tlio public insuring with It.
Make Fine Investment
“Sech a company conld - be made
profitable permanent investment to ite
shareholders. Of that :I have
doubt. At the same time, by means
of policy dividends, ft could be made
the means of lessening Insurance costs
for those carrying insurance with it.
“The shareholders of the company
could have a preferred stock, > drawing
dividends not to exceed ten per cent
per annum. A liberal percentage of
the net earnings could be set aside for
a reserve fund every year, and tbe
remainder of tbe (earnings could be
distributed among the policy holders
as ■ dividend to them. Theyjwould
be Interested in tbe success (of the
company’s bthiness to that extent, and
their coet of Insurance would be re
duced to tbe extent tbat they received
dividends.
> Expeniesata Mlnlmun.
“A company, I believe, could be or
ganized here with a capital of any
where from <100,000 to <200,000 Its ex-
affairs kopt undor their personal
supervision throughout the year, such
a company should easily pay 10 per
vent on its preferred stock, i T carry a
liberal suplus to its reserve ’fund, and,.,—
meke. liberal return to it. po.icy |
holders year alter year.
towns within a radius of say thirty |
miles of Amerlcus. It would need no
expensive corps of special agents, no I
expensive offices no officials with |
large salaries. Its expense ac
count would be down to fa minimum, i iw BIIU WIW vuiwjBU
With good business men a* directors, roots when extracted by the use of pure,
ell of whom conld be reeded! ®t. any | ( t ^'ieT,r^& 0f oreh% C , D ^| t |
fullness, and tho aching, bearing-down
organ, feel at If then would /aU out of
the hodu."
Dr. Plaree. chief consulting physician
to the Invalids’ Hotel and Surgical Insti
tute of Buffalo, N. Y„ says, that a com
bination of the active principles of theso
two native plants together with Golden
Seal root, BEaek Cohosh and Blue Cohosh
r .jullar
weaknesses and' maladies incident to
women. That Is why Dr. Pierce, nearly
forty years ago, decided to put up In a
Sem -CooperatiVe in Nalqre.
•
“Risks could be so placed tbat the
company would hardly be in any great
danger of suffering heavy losses. It
should affiliate with tbe Southeastern
rty years ago, decided to put up li
•adr - to-use form, i ■ Prescriptlu.
hlcn be had found so useful in his
largo practlco.
Dr. Pierce is frank and open about
* * —'Iclne, calf *
. , [toHpo—L __
lust what Is contained In it—he says
| It Is not s cure-all, os It serves only a
singleness o! purpose, being for women’r
peculiar weaknesses and maladies, the
only medicine put up for sale through
druggists for tbe cure of such maladies,
all the Ingredients of which havo tbe en
dorsement of leading medical practl-
best known remedies for the
Tariff As.sol.tion, maintain tbe tariff! Xll'^lWlS l^ro2f to
charges, and only differ from other full satisfaction by perusing a booklet of
companies to the extent of being semi- ***•**•, co fi. pl, S4 p,er 5® Z™! 1
, , , ..... . I standard authorities of tho sevoral schools
mutual, semi cooperative, In Its nature, 0 f practlco. and which wtil be sent free
as indicated. . to any address on request for same,
„ . . .. „ I mailed to Dr. R. V. Pierce, Huffalo, N. Y.
As soon as Sect. Pruitt baa the fig- « stands alone. Dr. Pierce’s Favorite
urns and facts from other towps, for Prescription is tho only medicine for
.hi. — I woman's Mcullar wpakness_aml affec
tions, all the Ingredients of which are
which he has sent, this matter can bo
agitated again, and I believe success
fully. There is room here tor such a
company, there it ample ^capital here,
and there is certainly infficlent ability
to carry on each a company success
fully."
I Boaudfbs Wanted; table and lodg
ing, at 'Callaway residence, Jackson
{street. Terms v^ry reasonable apply to
{Mrs. J. H. Beard. 9-218L
For Rent.
Nine room house newly renovated
Apply to J. C. Roney. 28 tf.
English, so that all who take It may
know exactly what they are using.
A further reason for tho unprecedented
popularity of the "Favorite Prescription”
pf Dr. Pierce for tho special uso of women
Is to be found in the fact that it contains
not a drop of alcohol * He docs not bo-
llovo that an alcoholic compound Is beno-
Dclal for thoso affections peculiar to
women because tho after-effect of spiritu
ous wines or alcoholic medicines Is harm-
ful for weak, invalid, nervous womon.
What "Favorite Prescription» has done
for others It will no doubt, no Ton too, if
fair uuftaUhftdtrUL I0U glT ® u * *°od«
That <5,000 worth of good convict 1
bor lost to Sumter county in tho«
of Jim Boll, Gas Nelson, Bill Frazier
and George Harris, who disarmed their
guards Sunday and walkod off with the
guns, sooms to bo total, and tho county
must stand it.)
Nothing was heard yesterday, of tho
escaping convicts who probably ere
this are “happy on the way.”
All of thoni had escaped before and
boon recaptured nnd returned to the
gang, and aftor getting tho dose that
awaited them thoro, all will bo careful
not to bo caught again.
Thoyiwill especially avoid writing a
lottor homo, as this always results dis
astrously, by that moans thoir hiding:
places boing found out.
Just how many convicts arc now at
largo It Is difficult to state, but prob
ably ascoro are stlllat largo, and while
some of thoso may bo captured, tho loss
to Sumtor county ropresontod In tho
sorvlcos of tho othor runaways roaches
Jilgh In tho thousands.
But for tills monetary loss to the
county, already heavily taxed to keep
up the chalnfrang, the numerous es
capes would hppea? ludicrous.
In fact, Sumters’s chalngang system
doubtloss causes many smilos oyer the
stnto anyway.
It costs about <14,000 to <15,000 a
year to maintain the systom, and it
should bo woll worth the amount In
tho lmprovomont of the roads. The
commissioners aro going to reorganize
tho gang, they say, and conditions will
doubtlossibo Improved.
The commissioners will meet Thurs
day for this purpose, and Sumtec
awaits tho result with interest.
LESLIE HIGH SCHOOL HAS CLOSED
Exercises Were of Most Interesting
Nature.
The LesIIo High School, under the
very able management of Prof. G. M.
Sparks and one of the largest and
most successfully conducted < public
schools in tbe countv 4 has Just ended 9
its spring session. The closing exer-
clsos on Monday were of a nature
highly Interesting and entertaining,
tho spacious building being thronged
with parents and frlonds of tho scores
of pupils. Tho program of essays and
recltAtlons was punctuated with ad
dresses by Mr. W. A. Wilson, whose
thomo was "Succoss in Life” while
Mr. E. A. Nlsbijt of Amorictis deliver-
a boautlful and eloquent address,
charming tho audience as tills gifted
young orator does always. The ses
sion Just endeU was ono of the most
successful in the history of Leslie
school.
The Judge Uses Forceful Language.
Judgo W. B. Simmons of Fincastle,
Va.,tokl tho reporter that L. A M. Paint
was used on his residence in 1882, and
held its color well for 21 years; he
furthermore satd thatSyears ago he waa
induced to use another paint and is
sorry he uid, because the other paint
didn't make good. The Judgo wlllnow
always use L. A M., because he knows
If any defect exists In L. A M. Paint
tho houso will be painted for nothing.
Tho L. A M. V.too hardens the L. A
M. White Lead and makes L.' A M.
Paint wear llkodron for 10 to 15 yean.
Actual cost of L. A M. about <1.20
por gallon.
Donations of L. A M. made to
chnrohM.
Sdld by George Oliver, AmeHcus Ga.
Koha Spring*” Whiskey.—Our lead
er <1.00 per quart. Also other high
grade wines and whiskeys. Orden
given prompt attention.
19 e. o. d.tf W. B. Humox. .