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MR. LEWIS TO ASSIST
IN WORK TOR SUMTER I u(i
Men Who Are
Takes Up Subject of Soilj Our City Trade.
Map
f-HKLV PKIOAV. AkaV 24, |yu7
SKETCH OF MR. A. G. DUNCAN.
•IWILL ORGANIZE IN AMERIOJS
[itlzens Demand Lower Insurance Rates and Will Se
cure Them.
GREAT BENEFIT TO THE COUNTY
Congressman lewis Will Have the| Nineteen Years of Age, Removing
Department of Agriculture at
Washington Prepare Soil
Map of Sumter County.
Congressman j.;. J!. Lewis 1ms called I
on i the Agricultural Department at I
Washington to have a soil survey |
Shall AmericuS have a home Are
Entered Business at Buena Vista When | X u h r M C T mpan H J ,
1 That is the question that Is vfery apt
to bo put straight up to the business
men in the near future.
Since the discussion of the matter at
the meeting of the Board of Trade on
Tuesday night, there has boen much
talk about the organization of such
company.
Two plans have been suggested:
one is the organization of a purely
mutual company, based on the plan of
the Athens companies, probably the
Soon to Americus to Secure a
Broader Field—A Man of Gen
ial Qualities, Ambition, En
ergy and Progres
siveness.
Mr. A. G. Duncan, one of the pro..
mado of Sumter county, such as was | B ressive and prominent retail merchants [J 1 , 0at k “™ n ° f * ba ‘ gIas8 ln this * ec '
prepared of Ware county, showing thelof Americus, is also one of its youngest,
different soils of the county, their looa-| IIe was born in Macon county, Geor-
.. , .. . . |fifln, on November 11, 1877, and is now
tion, and the best uses they can be I .... * .
. , I in his tbiitieth year. Despite this he.
put to, as well as what they may need h „ been „ merchant for ne8rIy eleven stock company which shall be, at the
for their upbuilding. I years, having begun his career inthe| sam0 ,ime ' to somo extent a co-oper-
With his usual promptness to act on I world of business when but nineteen | ativ0 company, dividing its profits to
any matters brought to his attention I yearsofage, preferring to acton bisf*^ 0 ”* 1 0 *J^j 0 ^ xtep * witb tlln P* tr ” n8
which may be of benefit to his eonstI- °" n responsibility and devote his
I energies and abilities to his own ad-
tuents, Congressman Lewis, as soon as vancetne „ t ruthBrthan to rernaln ln tUe
the matter was placed before him, got I employ of others.
in communication with the proper | Mr. Duncan's father, llev. YY r . D.
officials at the national capital
While there is always more or **** I nan ^ e ' was Miss N. A. Foster, a member I “ ible UPd er the State law :t is said
redtape about official matters there is ofa we „ known Buena vlata famlly .l This company could operate under
probably less of this'in the Agricultural I His father died when the subject 0 fj tl,eplan 8 °mowh a t like this:
Department than in any other. It Is I this sketch was an infant, and be and I Twent 5 , - f ' v0 P or cent, of the net prof.
accordingly qulto probable that prompt| tbre0 other children were reared by | tb _ **! tonUKraent
I their mother. tb ® 8tren 8 h °t the company,
attention will-be given to Congress- ^ M , con county family Then a ten per cent, dividend to be
man Lewis’s representations and that I ,p 0 y ed t 0 Tazewell and thence to Buena| pai<1 to ,he stockholders.
-within a few months a soil survey wll 1 1 Vista, at both of which places George I Tbe balanc ® ot 0,1 earnings to be re-
be under way that will embrace all of
I tion of the country.
A Stock Co.operative Company.
The other is the organization of a
I of the company, those carrying in
(suranco with it.
The latter proposition seems to
| meet with considerable favor.
It is suggested that a company be
Duncan, was a well known Baptist I or,fanized with a capita! stock of *100,-
rl l clergyman. His mother’s maidenl 00 . 0 .’ ,h “? beln * the smallest permis-
Sumter county.
The following letter will be of inter
ns! in this connection,
Montezuma, Ga., May 111, 1907.
Editor Times-Recorder,
Amencus, Ga.,
Dear Sir:
Tours ol the 14th Inst, containing
clipping from your paper relative to
examination of soils received. I am
glad to hear from you relative to this
matter and to know that you and your
people are taking such an active inter
est ln a question which I consider of|
such great importance.
"I am today taking the matter up
with the Agricultural Department at
Washington and trust to have somef
thing done soon for Sumter county.
Very sincerely,
E. B. Lewis,
I turned to the insurers as a dividend to
I them, reducing the cost of insurance
I in prosperous years to a very consider-
I able degree.
. Could Be A 'Brilliant Success.
I scattered and no great risks taken on
I any single building or stock, and no
| accumulation of risks in any one
mall locality, there is hardly a doubt
but that a company organized and
operated on such a plan would be
made a brilliant and financial success.
There is ample money ln Americus
that is earning little or nothing.
There Is plenty of ability among its
business men to handle suth a propo
sition successfully.
Tbrodgh such a medium there would
be some element of com pe titlon intro
duced
What is needed ln Georgia, more
than anything else, is a large number
WANTS TO DEDICATE
M. E, CHURCH
Pastor Wardlaw Will Get to
Work to That End
CAMPAIGN Wilt BEGIN At ONCE
CLOSE ARE LEADERS IN
RACE TOR TICKET
Change in the Fioures To-
' day
MISS - GREENE IS AGAIN IN LEAO
To Gollect in the Promised Money | Though By a Margin of 19 Voles
Only-Two More Weeks of the
Building Before the South I Contest for Tlmes-Re-
Georgia Conference | corder Ticket.
Meets In June.
I Again this morning there comes a
, , , j Yes, I am going to have theAmeri-1 chanee opposition among the leaders
which could nna c ® COI " pan «*■ I cua Methodist church building dedicat- * n tbe T |mes -Recorder’s Jamestown.-
l t r . !!■ p '°- Ud before I leave this city, if V is in obtest. Mis. Green, leading this time
tectlngthe Cate from extortionate In-1 anyw „ e polllble ...
surance charges.
by 19 votes.
The standing of the four today is as
.. , „ . . . I This was the\ statement made to a Sunday Miss Bivins led in , the
If every small city in Georgia had a Tlmes.Recorder'representative by Rev. raCe by 110 vote *’
home insurance company, say twenty I j p Wardlaw yelI terday. The voting yesterday was light for
we 1 nrofct .h” 6 i State ’ ^7 " I ba ™ worked zealously vo that end sU the cont< ’* Um ‘«. M « 88 recelv-
■ U pr °l ect ag , flr ® for four years,’’continued the minister. lnB 713 ’ V, " Bi '' ,na58i ’ Miss Stevens
sr srrarsrsr -“h «—• <■—-«- K m, “ ”■
* I season, to leave the church, free from |
Home Companies Needed. I debt.
Tho great losses are in the largo I
cities. The small cities are footing the work,ofmyl,fe ’ 1 w111 b ® a greatly
bills. A campaign for home companies I tBsapp0 * ntet * man 7 leave Americus,
Is needed. at 'he end of my pastorate, without,
Americus might well take the lead havlnB seen th,s bulldin * dedicated to . Tbe con,eat '* goln * to b611 ve| y dur-
Waycross, Sparta,Gammon, “d^s™, “ What ,8 th ® finanel '* 1 nowT” I cllp COUp ° na and vote.
Cutbbert, Griffin, Milledgeville, Haw- Mr ’ Wardlaw was asked.
Insvllle, Forsyth and other towns “When we made our grand rally for
with plenty of money and ability, I ^ un< * 8 we a b° ul $0,000 debt on the I
would each organize a home company, I Since then the collections I
follows:
Miss Loulio Greene
......4,591
Miss Mattie Bivins
4,672
Mias Mary Stevens
2.371
Miss Mabel Sawyer
1,436
LETTER TO JNO. A. COBB.
Ameriout, Ca.
- m— M . . .. . .1 Dear Sir: The easiest way we 'know
an element of competition woilld be ° tbe amo “ P * B “ b,crlbed at * hat I of to make n little money Is—If your’o
introduced that would save eacu of ‘ ln « bav e pullod it down to probably I Boln({ to paint _ to palnt wlt ^ th6 palnt
them many thousands of dollars *| ' ... . that takes the least gallons,
year in insurance expenses, and prove ful1 amount has'been subscribed, Take a amall Job . Iay u takeg J0
highly profitable to the investors. bn * 11 re,nain,, ‘° collect it in. I shall long Dev06i two coatg . thatti an aver
The risk, of each company could be n0t eea,e working to that end and I ag6 houge when , h6 job is dose and
so scattered that the losses in a year expect to begin a very active ctmpaign the b ,u C ome aln , lt *50; tho paint,
would be held down to a minimum. for that purp'-e later on. etc., *17.50; the rest is tor labor and
Carefully managed, with Its risks If something is not done along this I VT My pastorate in Americus ends on cartato . the labor ,, flxln(f the surfac(l
10 Americus and other eltfe. „ f | November 27, when I attend the South 1 8 him nK la dders, scaffolds, pulleys and’
ropes, and bn*phing-on paint.
Take another job exactly like that!
try another paint; it takes 12 gallons.
Take another ex
line Americus and other cities of 12,-
000 and under will have to submit to
Ga. conference at Brunswick. Before
an enormous burden such as they have | theD 1 want^to get in the *7,000, pay
been carrying for years.
COLLEGE FARM IN DETAIL.
jCharacter of Soils There Show In Map Prepared By
Mr. W. T. Carter, Soil Expert.
every cent of debt and have the church
dedicated. I want to carry the news 1^' bill i. *10 more,
to tho Conference that the Americus
church, with one cf the finest edifices
In the State, owes not u penny. , „
r / ■■■ | There is only, one Devoe; there's a
dozen 12-gallon paints,and 100 that lake
actly the same; another paint; it takes.
20 gallons. The bill is *100.
There is only, one Devoe; there's
can get the debt settled to come and
| dedicate the cliurch for us. I think we
t. C. Duncan.
How’s This?
Yoeterday Mr. W. T. Carter, Jr., the
I soil expert from the Agricultural De-
Ipartment at Washington, completed
I his soil map of the District Agrt-
Duncan, as he Is always known, re- cultural College. The map shows tho
celved his oducation. It was at Buena agricultural coliege farm ln detail,
Vista that ho began his business career giving the outlines of the tract, the
In 1896, with a stock of general location of the proposed several build-
20 gallons to cover a 10-gallon Job.
... , ,. _ | The only difficulty Is in finding out
Can B ® 0 prom s ® 8 P a d up and have I j) evoe . After that you save work;
he Bishop here before Conference for there , a leg8 wotk , n 10 tban , 2 or ^
la P“ rp ° Be ’ gallons; less paint to buy and less to-
A. the Rev. J. P. Wardlaw is. to | brQth . on an<1 , ogg w »ga. to pay.
size to the first I referred to, is well 1 0 °H 0 ^ u,aI ®*P>ressioii of the day, If Devoe wo re only a little bettor
fldantnd for nnnr>h (nhmnn AtiU nM I ® hustler* lt is evident that tl ere will I ntlmm. thnrn'/t hn cnmn
Id ^" 0 “ e '““r d p r !f. B K 0l ( u” m « rchandls «' He rema * n ®d there for two ,ngs, the road, through the tlmbe;
ward for any ease of Catarrh that can
not be cared by Hall’a Catarrh Cure.
F. J. Chknky A Co., Toledo, O
adapted for peach and tobacco culture, |.
but will need more fertilizing, the soil | be ,om ® thln * doing later on.
having been robbed of its strength.
In fact the whole farm should be lm-1
proved by the turning under of rrganlc I
matter. This would greatly enrich lt, I
Wonderful tezema Cure.
than others, there'd be some difficulty
ln finding-out the difference. It goes
twice as far as half the paints; that
ought to be easy.
It wears longer too. You'll wait
years, and in 1898 removed to Americus I i BO d, swamp land, drains, etc., and
tosecuro the advantage of a i broader I each type of soil is designated by the!
ww I an dra°™ P^Kfessive field of operetions. uae of different colors, which are 1
J ^hene^oMh^ fast Vv^M anTh^’ Here he opened up with a limited numbered and explained by.ide -I
J. Cheney for the last 15 years, and be- capIta j bnt an abundance of determi- references. *
“ tabll,hln|{ blm «® Ir QIn the report which will accompany
able to cam out MV 1 under the Wlnd *° r HOte1, then r ® m ’ ,v ’ the map the nature of these various
bv hUfl oblig.tions ma de| ln g to the corner of Jackson and .oil. will be discussed and tho crop.
I Forsyth streets to larger quarters. that can be raised to tne best advan-
Whol™le^ru*t?.£ Toledo o Th “ 6 pr0VIDB ‘"^equate and In ta ge upon them. Steps for the Im-
H.1P. rT™ u.Tu « I oa P abl ® °L ‘ b ® improvements demand- provoment of the quality of each soil
o J! J ed by b “ re<iul r ements, Mr. I.unean will also be considered,
nally, acting directly upon tho blood about four years ago secured Ids pres-
and mucous surfaces of the system. ent very commodious and handsome
Testimonial, sent free. Price, 75c, per quartera on Por ,vth stcot, where he ha.
bottle. Sold by all Druggists.
“Our little boy had eczema for five I good while, If you wait to flnd-ont how
and serve as a demonstration of soil I y® ars >" writes N. A. Adams, Henrietta, long it wears; there are thousands of
improvement for this section. This I Pa ’ “Two of our home doctors said tho I People who know that the least-gallona
refers, of course, to the land that has cas ® waB bo P®le» 8 . b *» lungs being palnt wears lon,{er Y ours trulv
been under cultivation heretofore. I a ®® c i®d. Wo then employed other I 33 F W Devoo it Co
Renre.enOo - doctors but no benefit resulted. By P. 8.—Americus Construction Co.
p enta a La ge Territory. I c h» nce we read about Electric Bitters; *®H» our paint.
One thing I was gratified to find,” bought a bottle and soon noticed im-
conttnued Mr. Carter, “and that wai I provement. Wo continued this modi-1 RICHEIP ATKIMC pprempe
that this college farm so well repre-1 ol11 ® until several bottles were used, DlollUr AIHII10 rUColllLo
sent, the soil conditions of an extensive I when our boy was completely cured."
territory in southwest Georgia. Best of all blood medicines and body Will Bfi dt the SOlltll GCOnjifl Gon-
“The experiments carried on here, I building health tonics. Guaranted at |
and the lessons that are learned, will I Eldridge Drug Co. 50.
accordingly apply to a great acreage I
Thousands of farmers will accordingly CONSTANT FIGHTING OF RAILROADS |
be benefited by the experiments andl
stipation.
!n a t t f»rl domonstrallon8 °" thU dl *‘| Brings Injury in the Stoppage of New J*™* Atkins win preside over th»
" ' " lines Sooth Georgia Conference, meeting at
UneS . Brunswick, November 27.
if there will he »nv r«. m ,i ,1 C»pl‘al Is timid, vety timid. And BUhop Seth Ward will preside over
__ ",. y _. f f ” 1 “ ^®orgln, , he Rev i e w of Reviews, March number, th ® North (1 ® or » ta conference, meetjhg
co * I tells us an unpleasant story of the om-1November 20, /
^ n . . ... #l . # barrassment of .Southern roads which | BUhop Candler has been placed in
Advene,. ^,'TT. workfor ‘he I W a nt ed to Improve their systems, and char «® ® f ‘ b ® Texaa Conference and
ad anctment of agriculture. The con-J bu|Id dollbIe trackg to m t the the Cuban mission work,
dition. as a whole are very favorable „ ilieg of bugineg , so wonderl „l,y has the
here, nnd I do not doubt that eventu- L .. , ’ “ 1
. I South grown in tne past decade,
ally great benefits will accruo to agrl* I
tnct farm.
"The farm la well adapted for all
kind* of truck, too. In fact I doubt
U
carried on in conjunction with
lege, that will be In better natural
culture in this section,
Ceo gla Leads the Country.
“It may not bo generally known, I
but lt is a fact," concluded Mr. Car-1
Five Types ol So l.
Mr. Carterfound five types of soil
J since remained. Since then his bust-1 on the farm and five other phases of
Ta o Hall a Family Pills for con-1 ncgg bag bee n Incorporated as The I tlteso types, caused by local variations,
Duncgn Mercantile Company, under! making ten soils designated on tho
which title it ia now conducted by Mr. I map und considered in the written
PATHETIC STORY OF RUINED LIFE I Duncan. accompanying report.
In his new establishment Mr. Duncan Twenty samples of earth were taken
T„|J it _ til has developed Ills trade along the lines and forwarded to Washington for
Told Officers Here By a Wretched of high grade dry goods, ladles dress ansly.i,.
Mother. 1 U ood "> and gentlemen's furnishing “The Third District Agricultural
establishment. Possessing excellent I College farm compared very favorably
Lifting a face still beautiful, despite I taste and judgirent ns a buyer ho has I with tho other four that I have sur-
the traces of dissipation, and holding I adapted his stocks to the needs of his I veyed in Georgia, and ln fact with any
tightly in well chiseled arms her eight I growing patronago in each of tbesolotber ngricultnral college farms that
months old babe, a young woman I departments. 11 linvo examined anywhere” said Mr,
claiming Montgomery as her home I In 1904 Mr. Duncan was married to I Carter to a Times-ltecordcr represon-
told apathetic story of a wrecked and I Miss Flora Hamit, daughter of Mr. A. I taflve.
rained life to the police here yesterday. I J. Hamll, a retired merchant of Amerl- “Tho whole farm is good general
Her presence boro with the babebe-lcus. farming Inud, suitable for all the crops
came known to the authorities, who! Mr. Duncan is a man of very genial generally raised in this section. The
sought her out for the purpose o| I qualities and has a host of friends. He most extensive type ot soil I found in j cultural colleges are being established I ® 8top P®d by th® fear capitalists cuter-
taking the child from her and sending I is a member of the Elks, Red Men, my survey of the farm is eminently In every congressional district. tained of public feeling aroused Ijy
lt to an orphanage. Tearfully she told I Knights of Pythias, and Is also a Mason fitted for peaches and tobacco. ' “The eyes of tho entire country aro I p °litl c al orator* against corporations,
the story 01 her marrage, and recently I He Is a member of the Methodht I found it about the same soil as fas a result, on Georgia In this matter! ® 8p ® elal, y aI1 railroad corporations,
of the separation from her husband I church. Strong and vigorous, am- that on which the very finest peaches If the program being carried out hero I And other noted surveys had been
who, she said, oven refused to support I bilious and pushing, his future bust-1 ate raised at Fort Valley,
tbeirbabe; her desperation and—the I ness career should bo marked with “Justasfino peaches can bo pro-
finale here. Tearfully she begged the much success. duced on this farm as anywhere in
ofllcors not to take her baby, promts- (In tho Tlmes-Roconler of next Sun- Georgia. It also Is of the same type '
lslng that she would go her self and day will be published a sketch of the as the soil on which fine tobacco wrap-
place It ln an orphanage where It I life and business career of Mr. G. YV. I pers are raised.
( would be cared for. And this she has I Glover, President of the Glover Grocery I "Another type ot soil I found Is
done, despite the heartbreaking it I Co., ono of the leading wholesale I designed especially for the raising of
caused to give;tbo little one up. The |houses of Southwest Georgia.) | celery. I'nder proper cultivation a
fine quality of celery could ho .grown.
“Another largo area, almost equal In
ference of Methodist Ghurch.
The College of Bishops of the*
Methodist Church, South, has mauo
Its assignments for the next year.*
From this it is soon that Bishop-
My Best Friend.
But when a popular clamor runs Into
hysteria, capital, sensitive as the mi-
mo a plant, abuts itself up and with
draws from the market.
Quito a number of new enterprises
ter “th at Georgia Is leading * b « ®ntire|f“«- r 5‘ a were ‘^“-.^ there J ^ „ f |jlclplMlt
consumption for my son’s wife. The-
Alexander Benton, who lives on Ru
ral Route 1, Fort Edward, N. Y., says:
'Dr. King’s New Discovery is my
best earthly friend. It cured me of
asthma six yeai a ago. lt has also per-
country ln this matter. Georgia is tho conditions. Tho now road projected
only State in the Union in which agrl- from Hawkinsvtlle to Americus was
story of this beautiful girl wife iaone
oftlmes told in the shadpws, where
only the guardians of the law and
others as unfortunate as herself can
list to lt and see the tears that flow
from the eyes of|the woman—a woman
A NARROW ESCAPE.
proves tho success that is anticipated m8d ®' OD ® going to 8t. Andrew’s Ray,
It will not be many years before every but publlc demonstrations of 1906 so
State in the country will be establish- fil, ®d wlth “* arm tho money tenders who
ing similar district colleges for the back ralIroa d enterprises that these
advancement of agriculture. But the I enterpr * ,es *° B tbrou fi b E° tb ® detrl-
proud honor will belong to Georgia 11,6,11 ° rtb ® People,
of having blazed the way.’’ , W ® n6 ® d mor ® railroads, but tho
Mr. Carter will be here a few days clamor of lml 8ald t® the contrary;
longer, and will then leave for one of and the clamoroua and non-progressive
the other district farms in South | won ln tbo fi * bt ’
Georgia to continue hi, work.
first bottle ended the terrible cough,
and this accomplished, the other symp
toms loft ono by one, un’til she was
perfectly well. Dr. King's New Dis
covery’s power over coughs and colds
s simply marvelous.” No other rem-
ledy has ever equaled it. Fully guar
anteed by the Eldridge Drag Co. 50c
and (LOO. Trial bottle free.
BOUGHT A STORE ON THE AVENUE
C. YV. cloyd, a piercliant, of Plunk. I DON T PAY ALIMONY.
Mo., bud a narrow escajw four years to bo divorced from your appendix
drepito bermUfortune,’h“r fauTuandI”” * 1 h" lDt ° hl8 ' Pbere wl “ be noa “ a * lon for “ » Y®u
■ thumb. He says: The doctor want-1 keep your bowels f regular with Dr.
to amputate tt hut 1 would ndt consent. King’s New I-lfe pills. Their action Is
I bought a box of Bucklen’a Arnica »o gentle that the appendix never has
Gas Stovk Fob Salk prime cok-1 Salve and ' that cured the dangerous caus ® *° mak ® th® least complaint,
dition. Call on H. E. Allen. 2t. | wound.” 25c at Eldridge Drug Co. H“ 8r t “*^ed b T Kldridge Drug Co. 25c
frailties.
Deal In Really Thus Ef
fected.
A realty deal of Cotton avenue busi
ness property was the purchase yes
terday by Mr. Lee Allen of the brick.
A Certain Gure for Aching Feet.
Many Ghlldren are Sickly. I Shake Into your shoes A’len’t Foot-Ease. ii. .... w
1 I powder. It cures Tired, Aching Calluus, b “Hdlng, No 105, owned and occupied
Mo’h r Gray’s Sweet Powders for Chit. I Sweating. Swollen feet. At all Druggltta b Y Mr. George D. Wheatley aa a carpet
dren, used by Mother Gray, a nurse In Chit-1 and Shoe Store*, SSc t-am ole FREE. Ad-1 department. YVlth this purchaae Mr
dren a Horn.-, Mew York. Ilrrak up Colds In I dress. Allen S. Olmated. LeRoy, N. Y. , Allen mM for M, m-fi *
tl hours, cure Feverishness. Headache. I | Allen sold for Mr. Wheatley a small
Sp-macb Troubles, Teething Disorders, and I farm near Americus, the purchase
Destroy worms. A i all druggists, »c. Sam.I Fine harness carried ln stock or being Mr. T. F. Gatewood. Both aro
seVLeRoy N*Y AiAnu ' A11 * B 8 ° lm -Jmadeto order at Bagley’s, wholesale desirable properties, the doable trans-
’ Y and retail. action involving about (7.000.