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twenty-ninth year
AMERICUS, GEORGIA, FRIDAY MORNING AUGUST 2, 1907,
NUMBER 14.
25 Per
Cent Off
Here’s Your Chance
Men!
Men, you know that you have to wait a whole year to get 4
per cent, in a Savings Bank. We’re going to beat the Bank’s
time. We are going to give you an opportunity to malrc 25 per
cent in a single day.
You can do it by simply investing at our Clearance Sale.
All our Men’s, Boys’, and Children’s Suits, Trousers and
Clothing of all sorts we shall now offer for a short period
only at the tremendous discount of—
One Fourth Off the Regular Price
Our chief work now is getting ready for Fall and Winter
business and we’ll hammer away until everything is sold.
Come expecting great value. There’s no juggling with
the truth here.
The old price tickets are on the goods—take off one*fourth
—that’s all there is to it.
$30.00 SUITS NOW $22.50.
25.00 SUITS NOW 18.75.
22.50 SUITS NOW 16.90.
20.00 SUITS NOW 15.00.
12.50 SUITS NOW 9.40.
10.00 SUITS NOW 7.50.
ANTIS TELL THE TACTICS
Employed By the Plucky Minority in Conducting Lit
ibuster
Recognized Hopelessness of Effort But Preferred Defeat to a Knock'
down.
100 Suits at 50 Cents on the Dollar.
This includes all the Odds and Ends and broken sizes in
the store.
Don’t miss this greatest of all opportunities.
W. D. BAILEY.
Outfitter for Men and Boys.
Forsyth St. and Cotton Ave. Americus. Ga.
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The /
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Our Methods are Good
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We Invite Your Trade.
REM BERT’S
DRUGSTORE
113 FORSYTH ST,
The masterly manner In which
the recent filibuster In the House was
conducted aroused admiration even
among the opponents of the “hopeless
minority" and many have wondered
at the excellent display of general
ship. With little hope of success the
minority battled on, preferring bon.
orable defeat to a square out back
down and surrender.
One of the minority filibusters, who
Is well known in Americus, thus tells
of the tactics employed:
“Very little hope was entertained
that the .filibuster would be success
ful. Mr. Hall of Bibb, while admit
ting that there was nothing to be
lost by making the effort, predicted
that it would not last three hours.
But fo rthe fact that the filibuster wap
conducted with great skill by the ml
nority and was marked by very poor
management on the part of the pro
hibitionists, this would have been the
result
“The chief credit for the filibuster
belongs to Dunbar of Richmond, Hines
of Baldwin, Blackburn of Fulton,
Barrow and Adams of Chatham. Joe
Hill Hall of Bibb la ah opponent of
prohibition, but except when an effort
was made to depart from the rules or
overrule the speaker of the house
took no part In the filibuster.
Could Hove Held On.
Under the tactics adopted the fill-
buster could have lasted for weeks,
provided the one-fifth continued to
vote with us, and provided the house
abided by its rules.
But the prohibitionists, on the
theory that the end Justified thp
means, had determined to overrule
the speaker, which requires only
majority vote, and had determined to
then set aside all rules of the house
and vote Immediately on the bill. A
filibuster is only possible by theuSe
of dilatory tactics allowed under these
rules of the house, but when these
rules are set aside this sends the mat
ter.
It requires a three-fourths vote of
the house to set aside the rules and
could the antis have mustered forty-
i votes they could have prevented
3 being done.' But we were unable
do so; the ayes and naya would
'o been called and while we got as
many as forty-four votes on holding
hands, thirty-three was the larg
est number we obtained on gn aye
and nay vote.
The prohibitionists, having the nec
essary three-fourths vote to apt aside
( Bat One Coarse.
.“But with the rules set wide, the
only dilatory tactics left to the ml
nority was the Introduction of sev
eral hundred frivolous amendments to
the bill. But with the rules set
aside, the right of a member to ex
plain hia vote and the right to cay
for the ‘ayes and nays' on every qeus-
tlon were gone, and therefore a delay
of more than two days, and probably
not this long, was the most of the
minority could hope for. And by
the Candler resolution more time than
this was secured.
“In addition to this, where there
was no hope of defeating the bill'. It
was a serious question In the minds
of many of the minority whether, un
der their oaths aa legislators, for
the purpose of delay only, they had
the right to hold up important legis
lation and cause the state great ex
pense.
‘Among the main purposes of the
minority In going Into the filibuster
Were: To enter their protest in un
mistakable terms against the bill; to
secure a guarantee of a full and fair
hearing of the views of the minority;
to demonstrate that the majority
could not run over them rough shod,
as there was an evident purpose to
do.
To delay a vote until the majority
had “cooling time” and there was
some opportunity for sober second
thought to assert Itself, and to se
cure time to argue with the prohibi
tionists as to the desirability of
amending the bill In Important parti
culars. All of these results were
accomplished by the filibuster.
'Pressure from Home.
CLEARING OUT SALE.
We want to finish cleaning up
and clearing out lots of summer
stuffs and we e<i make extraor
dinary reductions til ^eek as we
leave in a few days ./Jr New
York.
5c. Per Yard.
We throw out this week nearly
all the wash goods we have on the
center counters and in order to
dump them quick and give us room
we will sell Muslins,Ginghams,Cal
icoes, Chambrays, figured lawns
and various other wash stuffs which
ormeJly sold from 10c to lsc yard
for the ridiculous price of 5c yard.
’There are a large number of rep
resentatives who 'because of the
press lire brought to bear by their
constltutenta intend to vote for. the
bill, but who do not believe In Ha
wisdom. The filibuster decidedly
strengthened the minority with these
members.
They recognized the right of the
minority to make a reasonable pro
test and enjoyed the discomfort of
the prohibitionists. But a prolonged
filibuster, • defeating the passage of
measures, In which sucji members
were personally Interested, would have
so angered them as to .destroy all
hope of getting them to act with us
on any amendments. ,
“As Indicated above, there was ab
solutely nothing to bo gained by an
attempt to continue filibuster, and
7 l-2c PER YARD.
On this counter you will find some of the best fabrics w*
have in the house. Nothing on the counter less than about
12 l-2c and from that up to 15c and 20c yard but this week In
order to clear them quickly we say 7 l-2c yard.
SPLENDID VALUES IN LADIES SHIRT WAISTS,
HOSIERY, LACES, WHITE GOODS, UNDERVESTS, RIB
BONS. ETC ETC.
the rules, and having determined up- on the other hand tberd was every
substantial reason which demanded
tho courso pursued by the minority.”
on this course, the filibuster of
necessity came to an ond.
Special attractions in prices this week on Ladies wash
skirts as we want to sell every one in the house now, while
the season is on. Former prices will be no criterion during
this weeks selling.
Chas. L. Ansley
. Successor to WHEATLEY & ANSLEY.I
(See Ad on Fourth Page.)
OPEN BOLLS0FG0TT0N
FIRST OF NEW CROP ARE SEEN IN
AMERICUS.
Grown in a Dry Streak and Not a
Sample of the General Crop of
the County.
The first open cotton bolls seen iu
Americus this season were exhibited
yesterday by Bolton Bros, from their
farm In the Fifteenth district. Mr.
J. F. Bolton stated that the crop there
had suffered greatly from drouth and,
despite tho general rains elsewhere
over the country, his farm was still
dry, and had been so for weeks past.
These open bolls do not reflect crop
conditions here generally, and the
total number of August bales mark
eted In Americus can probably, be
counted upon the fingers of a one-
armed mao.
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ALABAMA TO QUIT BOOZE
WILL FOLLOW THE LEAD OF GEOR
GIA SHORTLY.
Legislature May Attempt to Pass a
Similar Law if Possible.
MONTGOMERY, ALA., July 31.—
Kumor Is rife hero today to th•> etfect
that prohibition members of tbe Ala
bama legislature, elated over the suc
cess of tbe state prohibition measure
In Georgia, will* attempt to put
through a similar bill. The present
session will end In a few days, and
while It Is poslific that nothing In
tho way of state prohibition can be
accomplished at this time It Is cer- I
fain to be an Issue In the next cam
paign and with every Indication of a
successful Issue.
ORDERS put up and
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isn’t half the story. We’ll just
bipt hereof flagrant, sonl satisfy
ing Coffees “tnl Teas, wholesome
Flour anti Cereals, delicious jsntk •
and • preserves, vegefttbVs that
spell “health” Jn every curve and
color.
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not "how cheap," but "how good,"
warranted to clip many a round dollar
off a square weekly bill. We might add
a apicy tale of Gataups, Fickle*, olives,
but wo refrain and await your ordo;
Inategd.
SPARKS-MASHBURN COMPANY,
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J. W. rfHEEVJELU, President. FRANK SHEFFITID Vlcs-Pret
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years below that attainment poastble
with tbs advanced knowledge of
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and 60; the proper care of the body
during this decade cannot be too
strongly urged; carelessness then be
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AMERICUS. GEORGIA.
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extended to patrons. Certificates of deposit .issued bearing l interest
A W. Smith, Prea. C. M. Eldrldge, V. P. N. M. Dudley, Cashtet.
Bank of South-Western Ga.
AMERICUS, GEORGIA.
SECURITY, LIBERALITY AND COURTESY ACCORDED ITS PATRONS.
DIRECTORS:.;
C.JL. Analey, Q. M. Eldrldge, R. J. Pen) —
W, A. Dodeon,, Thee. Harrold, A. W. Smith
N. M. Dudley. H. R, Johneen.