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THE AMERICUS WEEKLY TIMES-RECGRDER. FRIDAY. AUGUST 9, 1907
CONDUCTOR W. B. GRAY
KILLED ON SEABOARD
Americus Man is Victim of
Accident
«, WJH mm sml BOUND, but in death
AS RESULT OF PASSAGE OF DRY
MEASURE
KNOCKED FROM A FREIGHT TRAIN
Supposed to Have Struck
Timber and Knocked OFF Car-
Remains May Be Sent
Here.
Remarkable Death of Godwin Brothers Thursday
Prominent CItl/en and Large Prop-1 Mnrninrt
erty Owner Takes an Optimis 1 y *
tic View of the Situation. I Apparently in the Best oF Health They Arc Stricken With Apploxy, Both
Mr. W. B. (Dell) Gray of Amerl
cus, a conductor on the Seaboard
board Railway, was kited yesterday
morning In the discharge of duty
while his train was running between
Savannah and Jacksonville.
Only brief particulars of the fatal
accident were received here.
Conductor Gray, it was said, was
knocked from his train while it was
In motion and, besides, fell beneath
the wheel of a car.
The train was passing over
bridge, where a gang of employes
■were working, and It Is supposed that
a projecting timber or beam struck
him, knocking him from the train
and beneath the wheels.
He was carried on to Savannah,
where he died in three or four hours
after, the accident.
Conductor Gray was reared ln Am
ericus. He is the eldest son of Mr.
W. C. Gray of this city, and brother
Of Mrs. S. R. Sims, and Mr. Hugh
Gray. His friends here were greatly
distressed over the fatality.
His father and sister left for Sav
annah last night, and the remains
will probably be brought to Ameri
cas for Interment
Mr. Aruthur Rylander, one of the I
leading merchants of Amertcus and I
among the largest property owners I
Dying Almost Together.
Rarely has Americus ever received
in the city and county, is prominent I such a shock as that of the death of
among those who insist that Amerl-1 the Godwin brothers, Arnold and
cus and Sumter County will alike I Bram Godwin, two of Sumter’s most
be vastly benefltted under prohlbl-1 prominent and highly esteemed edi
tion. "The effect of the law will be I sens, the end coming to both with
that people who used to spend their awful suddenness almost at the same
earnings on liquor will invest It In moment.
homes. Naturally, if there will be I Devoted to each other and insep-
more money among the people and I arable in life they are still united,
fewer chances of squandering It, I though in death, the demise of one
there will be a greater Investment !u I causing that of the other,
real property, and those who now I The tragedy was a remarkable one,
have some property, but used to I and causes universal sadness through'
indulge more or less, will add some I out Sumter county,
to their holdings. The pessimism in I The story of the dual death of the
regard to the situation has been pro- | two brothers is thus told,
voked by the people immediately af-
Funeral In Americus.
SAVANNAH, Aug 2.—W. B. Gray,
Seaboard Conductor, killed by strik
ing bridge when train passed over
Savannah river. He has a wife and
child here. Remains will be carried
to Americus, his former home, and
Where he has many relatives.
VOTING LIST NOT LARGE
fected by the new law; but the situa-1
tion is not half as serious.”
Urntb of llruni Godwin.
CLEAN SHEETS FOR THE DRUMMERS
Mr. R. B. Godwin resided upon
his beautiful farm three miles west
of Americus, while a mile beyond
is the handsome plantation home of
utiv I Arnold Godwin, the lands adjoining.
Hotel Keepers Must Change the Bed-1 Here they had spent their lives, use
ful and honored citizens of the
county.
As told in the Times-Recorder s I Mr - R - a Godwin had a wife and
dispatches yesterday morning, the I tWo chll dren, while the other bro-
dlng Sometimes.
house of representatives on Thurs-1 ther had ncver married,
day passed a bill by Mr. McMIcheal I Early Wednesday morning Bram
of Marlon, which has long been de- I Godwin left his house to superintend
manded by the commercial travelers work ln h,s corn fl eld. He was ap-
of the state, requiring hotels and I f iarent| V *n the best of health, leav-
boarding houses which take tranBl-1 *‘ ,g Ills ' devoted family with his us-
ent gueBts at a charge of $2 or more
per day to change the bed linen and | the fleId '
towels of a room used by one guest
before assigning or attempting to
assign another guest to a room pre
viously occupied by another person.
Violations of the provisions of the
•jal cheery good-bye as he started to
In the meantime neighbors and
friends had arrived and a telephone
message had summoned Dr. R. E.
Cato to the scene. But the devoted
KING COTTON RIDING
IN THE CLOUDS
Bureau Report Is Bollis
AMERICUS MEN WANT 12 1-2 CTS
aid.
brothers were beyong human
United through long life, they were
still united ,tho’ now in death.
It Is supposed that both succumb
ed to apoplexy.
.Scene a Distressing One.
As the bereaved wife and little
ones wept over the dead bodies
husband and uncle, snatched from
them with such awful suddenness
the scene was heart-rending in the
extreme.
To this was added the sorrow
friends assembled and the frenzied
grief of faithful servants, many
whom had been with the Godwin
brothers nearly all of their lives.
The scene was pathetic In the
treme und one. fortunately, rarely
witnessed here.'
The story of the dual death
these prominent and esteemed cltl
zens quickly spread over the coun
try and many messages of sympathy
were received.
of
Their Home Life Ideal.
Stroke Came Swiftly.
As he approached the squad of
negroes at work he suddenly reeled
bill constitute a misdemeanor. The and “H. Very much alarmed - they
ran to the residence to inform Mrs.
Godwin. A wagon was hastily pro
bill is a good one and should become
a law, but the Times-Recorder, upon
behalf of the hotel bunch, fair play | C T d and “!' returned to the fleld
nnd hvr-innn ..in i„.i.,. «... ...l I and conveyed an Inanimate .form
and hygiene, still Insists that the
bill of Col. McMich&el should contain
a clause requiring the occupant of
the aforesaid clean bed to take
to the house.
Mr. Arnold Godwin, in the mean
time, had been advised of Ills bro-
bath before crawling between the I t C o ° nd ' t,0 “ and ca “ e wRh a "
Immaculate sheet*, It we are go- ha8te t0 hl8 home ’ arrlvlng Juat aa
in. «... «... i . , | the body was conveyed Into the
iin«.. , J? .I. ..I h0U8 « and placed “Pon the bed In
llness, look after the hog as well I h | g room
as the wallow.
Nowhere In southern Georgia were
there two happier homes than those
of "the Godwin boys” as they were
affectionately called by their friends,
Their handsome country residences,
surrounded by broad, fertile planta
tions, was a picture of true content
ment.
Here they had spent their lives,
honored and esteemed among all, and
here, too, both answered the final
summons. Mr. Arnold Godwin, the
senior, was fifty-nine years of age,
while Mr. R. B. Godwin was about
fifty-two, both of them in the prime
of life.
Of splendid physique, strong and
healthy, both brothers had the prom
ise of a ripe old age. The reseni'
blame between them was remark'
able.
The Funeral In Americas.
Both Brothers In Death.
PROBABLY 1.500 REGISTERED FOR
BOND ELECTION
Few Names Will Be Thrown Out and
This Number Will be Qualified
to Vote.
Probably 1,500 citizens of Ameri
cas and Sumter county, white and
colored, will be eligible to vote ln
the bond election on 15th Inst. Tax
Collector Small stated yesterday
that, while he had not counted the
names upon the list, he thought an
estimate of 1,500 would probably
cover the total. The registrars are
now going over the list of names to.
the end of seeing that all who have
thus registered are entitled to do
so, but their work will change the
total but very little, If any at all.
Of the 1,500 thus registered, probab
ly 1,000, or 1,200 will vote In the
bond election and determine the Is
sue of $100,000 of bonds for public
Improvement. The forthcoming elec
tion is still a subject of Interesting
discussion, and citizens generally
hope that bonds will carry n large
majority.
RESIGNS AFTER A LONG SERVICE
Mr. John J. Hardy to Make Change
of Base.
The many friends of Mr. John J.
’Hardy will be Interested In the fact
that he Is to make a change of busi
ness, If not one from bachelorhood to
the ranks bonodlctlne. Yesterday the
resigned hie position at Mr. C. L.
Ansley's store, where he has been
employed continuously lor seventeen
years, and after a month's vacation
-will accept a position on Scptmber 1st,
In the big department store of the
Pinkston Company here. Than Mr.
Hardy no young man in Americus Is
better known to the people and the
trade generally of southwestern Geor
gia, and the good wishes of many will
go with lilm to his new field of en
deavor.
I will mall ron free, to prove merit,
samples of my Dr. Shoop’s Restorative,
As he approached the bed upon
and my Book on either Dyspepsia, The " Wch i tbe , body oI bla brotber Iay
Heart or Kidneys. Troubles of the P Ir ’,^ rnold Godwln ’ overcome with
Stomach, Heart or Kidneys, are merely terrible ’ allent Brief, fell backward
symptoms of a doeper ailment. Don'tl upon anotber bed end quickly ex
make the common error of treating the plred ’ Wlthln the a P ac « of ten mtn-
result of your ailment, and- not tho I utes botb a * ron ® men bad Passed
cause. Weak Stomach nerves—mean I frora 1Rc '
Stomach weakness, always. And the Mra ’ Godwin had spoken to him
Heart, and Kidneys as well, have their I as he approached the bedside, ask-
controlllng or inside nerves. Weaken I *“ g lf be G.ought her husband dead,
these nerves, and you Inevitably have I But the Brief-stricken brother made
weak vital organs. Here Is where Dr. I no reply and dled » Imoat Instantly.
Shoop’s Restorative has made its fame.
The funeral serylces were held
at First Methodist church, and will
be conducted by Rev. J. P. Wardlaw,
assisted by Rev. .Mr. McMIchael of
the Methodist church at Plains. The
following named gentlemen acted
as pall-bearers for both:
Messrs. Thomas Harrold, T. B.
Westbrook, J. H. Daniel, G. W.
Glover, T. M. Merritt, C. A. Chamb
liss, J. A. Walker, R. H. Sillier. Hon
orary: A. W. Smith, E. L. Bell, H.
L. Mize, H. E.'Allen, W. M. Tullls,
E. C. Parker, J. S. McGarrah, J. F.
Daniel.
No other remedy even claims to treat | SHOES RIPPED BY THE UGHTINING
the “inside nerve*.” Also for bloat'
ing, biliousness, bad breath or com
plexion, use Dr, Shoop’s Restorative.
Write me Racine Wis. The Restora
tive Is sold by Davenport Drag Co.
Queer Stunts of the Bolts Out Near
Americus.
STARTING UPON A BUSINESS TRIP
Mr. Hamilton Will Buy Stock for New
Store.
Several freaks of ligbnlng have
been reported ln and about Americus
recently, including the stroke re
ceived by a woman here which came
near proving fatal. Up at Anderson-
vllle a day or two ngo during a heavy
thunder storm two large trees ln
front of the residence of Mr. Charles
Mr. W. E. Hamilton, accompanied I Wright, were struck by lightning and
by Mrs. Hamilton, leaves this morn- I Destroyed. The lightning entered
ing for Norfolk via the Seaboard, I 4be house, tearing a shoe off the foot
spending a day or two at the Expo-1 04 yR * s * Wright and cut a gash about
sltion. From Norfolk they go to 3 ’ 4 ot “ n lncb lu lcn K tb between the
New York and Baltimore, where Mr. I * ar8 ° and second toe. A shoe was
Hamilton will purchase a large stock I a * so *°_ rn 4r ° m tbo Loot of one of
of fall goods for his large depart-1 3 * r8, "rights daughters, doing her
meat store. He will take possession I no otbpr damage, however, except
RETURNS TR0M2AN EASTERN TRIP
Enjoyed Stay and Purchased Fine
Stock.
Mr. Thomas L. Bell, the well-
known Jeweler, returned yesterday
from a trip to New York and other
Eastern markets, where he purchased
a superb line of goods for bis fall
trade. Mr. Bell took in the James
town holdup while returning home
but was not much impressed with
it from the standpoint of merit. He
is glad to get back to Americus,
where it is cool and comfortable as
compared with the superheated Eas
tern cities.
of his spacious new building
I-amar street September 1st. Mr.
Eugene E. Elmore will he with the
Hamilton Company September 1st.
Mr. Elmore has long been Identified
badly frightening her. A physician
was procured as quickly as possible
and the injured foot of Mrs. Wright
| attended to.
It is considered marvelous that
with the trade here and Is an exper- 110 Ilves wcre lost or an >’ considerable
lenced and popular salesman. ’Mr. I damage done to the house. Mr.
E. G. English of Macon will also be "'risbt, his wife and three daughters
a valued addition to the clerical force I were seated In the room watching
of the Hamilton Company this fall.
the storm through an ' open door
when the lightning struck.
Ten Years in Bed.
"For ten years I was confined to
my bed with disease of my kidneys,
writes R. A. Gray, J. P. of Oakville,
Ind. "It was so severe that I could
not move part of the time. I con
sulted tho very best medical skill
available, but could get no relief un
til Foley's Kidney Cure was rccom
mended to me. It has been n God
send to me.” Sold by nil drug.jlsts.
lm,
Piles! Piles! Piles!
Dr. Shoop Fzmiiy Medicine
Racine Wis.
Piles get quick and certain rollct
from Dr. Shoop’s Magic Ointment.
Please note It is made alone for piles,
and its action is positive and certain.
Itching, painful, protruding or blind
piles disappear like magic by Its use.
Large nicklo-eapped glass jars 50 cents
Sold by Davenport Drut^lCo..
Notice,
From now on any person or per
sons who fish, hunt, or in any way
trespass ou the land formerly known
| as the Durham Lewis place, without
written pcrmlsslou from me, C. J.
O'Hagan, will bo prosecuted therefor.
This August 1, 1907.
w-2t, C. J. O’HAGAN.
Cures Backache
Corrects
Irregularities
Do not risk having
cure any case of Kidney or Bladder Disease not Bright’s Disease
beyond the reach of medicine. No medicine can do more.
SOLD BY ALL DRUGGISTS,
' - * ‘ v \/J :; A; .•* A/ v -• \ •, - a -As? ■
or Diabetes
William’s Indian Pile.Ointment will
cure Illind, Weeding and Itching Piles
It absorbs tho tumors, allays itching at
once, acts as a poultice, gives Instant
relief. William’s Indian Pile Oint
ment Is prepared for Piles and itching
of tho private parts. Sold by druggls ts
mail 50c and ?1.00, Williams’ M'fg
Co., Props., Cleveland, O.
Sold by W. A. Rcmbert.
Orlno Laxative Fruit Syrup Is sold
under a positive guarantee to cure
constipation, sick headache, stomach
trouble, or any form of indigestion.
If it falls, the manufacturers refund
your money. What more can any one
do. Sold by all druggists.
lm.
Figures Yesterday Showed Condition
of Only 75 Percent of a Crop-
Very Bullish and the Mar
ket Soared.
When Americus warehousemen and
cotton buyers read yesterday the
figures Issued by the Bureau they
Immediately saw visions of 12%
cents for the next crop and felicitate
accordingly. For the report
decidedly bullish.
In fact crop conditions were even
poorer than expected.
The Government report, Issued yea
terday morning, was only 75 ' per
cent, which Is low indeed. These
figures were the same as given in
the National Glnner's report.
A crop condition of 75 per cent,
when at least 78 or 80 was expected,
means higher prices, Americus cot
ton men think. In fact, 12% cents
for the bulk of the crop seems cheap
to them, and the range of values may
be higher.
While crop conditions In this lo
cality are as favorable as could be
desired, barring the boll weevil, they
are less promising in other section
and the crop, as a whole, does not
look good to the man behind the
bureau report
A condition of only 75 per cent
in July surely means higher prices
for cotton and good times. And Am
ericus will get her share of the re
sulting prosperity.
Panama Canal—Erie Canal.
Machinery is digging the Panama
Canal a thousand times quicker than
the shovel dug tke Erie.
Machinery produces the L. &. M.
Paint at 50 times less cost for labor,
than If made by hand.
The L. & M. gives the best job ln
tbe world, because L. & M. Zinc
hardens L. & M. White Lead and
makes X* & M. Paint wear like Iron
for 10 to 15 years.
It only requires 3 gallons of this
celebrated paint and 3 gallons of
Linseed Oil at 60 cents per gallon, to
paint a moderate sized house.
If any defect exists ln L. & M. Paint,
will repaint house for nothing.
Sold by George Oliver, Americus,
Ga. . i
HUNDREDS ATTEND
FUNERAL EXERCISES.
Obsequies Held at Metho
dist Church.
AND INTERMENT AT OAKGROVE.
Godwln Brothers are Laid Away To
gether-Exercises at Church and
at Cemetery are Deeply
Two hearses drove at the front ot
one of the largest funeral proces
sions Friday witnessed here ln a
long while as the Godwin brothers.
Arnold and R. B. Godwin, were car
ried to their last resting place in
Oakgrove cemetery.
Hundreds of sorrowing friends
thus united In this sad tribute.
The funeral cortege arrived In the
city from the Godwin home three
miles distant and went direct to
First Methodist church, where the
Impressive service was held.
The deep-toned organ sounded a
requiem as the caskets, covered over
with a profusion of floral emblems,
was borne to the chancel. Tho ser
vices were conducted by the pas
tor, Rev. J. P. Wardlaw, and Rev.
McMIchael of Plains.
Hundreds of people filled the au
ditorium and listened to the deeply
Impressive exercises.
At Oakgrove Cemetery the obse
quies were concluded and the cask
ets lowered Into the new made graves.
The attendant circumstances ln the
death of these brothers rendered the
funeral one of more than usual sad
ness.
And an entire community mourns
the loss of these worthy and repre
sentative citizens.
Get a free sample of Di. Shoop’s
Health Coffee” at our store. If'real
coffee disturbs your stomach, your
Heart or Kidneys, then try this clever
imitation. Dr. Shoop has closely
matched Old Java and Mocha Coffee in
flavor and taste, yet it has not a single
grain of real coffee ln it. Dr. Shoop’s
Health Coffee Imitation Is made from
pure toasted grains or cereals, with
Malt, Nats, etc., Made ln a minute.
No tedious wait. Yon will surely like
It. Sold by Sparks-Mashbum Co.
HUNDREDS ENJOYED THE OGGASION j
I
a Fete i
Barbecue at Myrtle Springs
day.
Probably a thousand people of
town and county attended the “com
munity barbecue" at Myrtle Springs,
yesterday. From every section of
Sumter, and from over the lines Into
Macon and Schley counties as well,
they came to partake of the big
dinner and enjoy the day mingling
with friends. A sumptuous basket
dinner and 'cue wes served and the
community picnic ot 1907 voted a
big success.
A Cordial Invitation
b extended
ALL SOUTHERNERS
to visit
The JELL-0 Booth
at the
Jamestown Exposition
Located in Food Products Building at en
trance to Horticultural Court.
We liavo provided a spacious Rest Room
especially for your convonionoe, where you
may meet friends, write letters, read your
favorite magazine, etc., etc.
Our demonstrators will be glad to serve
von with JEI.L-O, tbe dainty dessert, end
Ico Cream made from Jzu.0 ICE CREAM
Powder, free, and explain how easily they
can bo prepared for the table.
The Genesee Pure Food Co., Le Roy, N. Y.
Men Fast Sixty In Danger. |
More than half of mankind over
sixty years of age suffer from kidney
and bladder disorders, usually en
largement of prostrate glands. This
both painful and dangerous, and
Foley's Kidney Cure should bo taken
the first sign of danger, as It cor- 1
reels Irregularities and has cured
many old men of this disease. Mr. '
Rodney Burnett, Rockport, Mo., says: :
Buffered with enlarged prostrate .
gland and kidney trouble for years :
and nfter taking two bottles of Fol- '
’s Kidney Cure I feel better than 1
have for twenty years, although I
am now 91 years old.” Sold by all
druggists. lm.
TOBACCO
I S a delicious chew,,
made from the best
Rheumatism
I have found a tried i
" Kota
limbs o
I euro for Rhro.
tnatisxn I Hot a remedy tlmT will straighten tho
of chronic * *
■rrowtfis back to flesh again. §hal is impossible.
But I cap now surely kill tho pains and pangs of
this deplorable disease. „
“ any—with a Chemist In the City of
..—I found too last Ingredient with
*. flboop's Rheumatic Remedy was xnodo
* v ‘ ,blo prescription. Without
In <
Dr. Shoop’s
Rheumatic Remedy
DAVENPORT DRUG CO.
North Carolina leaf;
a leaf that has a spec- j
ial texture, a special;
flavor and which!
makes RED EYE a
specially fine and satis-1 ..
fyingchevvingtobacco. pi
Most people prefer it j T
to tobacco costing cr$e R