Newspaper Page Text
THE AMERICUS WEEKLY TlMES-RECORDER. FRIDAY. AUGUST 16, 1907,
TOLD IN TEW LINES'
Rev. Christie and Part of Mem-
Pencll Stubs Picked Up At, withdraw.
PERSONAL AND SOCIAL LIFE
Brevities That
Random
j Americus Baptists are greatly In-
| terested In the news coming from Val-
dosta concerning a recent spilt In the
DAY’S HAPPfNlNGS IN AMERICUS 1 ranks of the First Baptist church jNetSS IfetllS Of City
j there, and the withdrawal of the pas-
' tor. Rev. L. R. Christie, with a large
Tell of Movements
Folk sand Friends.
of Americus
life
Too Short for a Head and
That Aru
Reeders.
Chronicled
THOROUGHBRED ~
M. P. Would Have Deal With! AND THE SCRUB
National Problem,. God HOS No USO fOF U
Man Without Zeal
Together -Tour Lines Culled
Here and There in the
City.
Large elegant assortment pound
and box paj>ers and tablets to select
your stationery from at Holliday's
Book Store.
Mr. Theodore Bunting will be In Am
ericus during the forthcoming cotton
season, buying and exporting the
fleecy staple.
The polls will be open at the court
house today from 7 o'clock until 6
p. m. Be sure that you rote early, and
for bonds as well.
Americus will get several other new
bales by the en^ of the week. Many
farmers are picking, and the sunshine
will further this end.
.Americus is dry today in a dustful
double sense. The thirst parlors are
closed on account of the election,
while It is dry besides.
The "soft” drink dispenser will have
the call today on the highball com
pounder, and ita nit unless one has
a prohibition jug handy.
The weather kicker bad no cause for
kicking yesterday. It was blaring
hot, It rained not, and the cotton crop
prospect grew brighter.
Keep in mind the fact that cream
and cake will be served at the libra
ry this afternoon after 4 o'clock. Help
in this very worthy cause.
^ That suggested railway connection
with the A. B. & A. Railway strikes
Americus business men as a good
thing, and they will push It
Property owners will never feel
the tax resulting from 1 a bond lssuo,
but direct taxation at the highest rito
possible will prove a burden.
The tedious work of taking down
the Allen House balcony is progress
ing, and the appearance of the build
ing will be changed therein. '
i Vote today for the best interests of
Americus and Sumter county. A
bond issue is far cheaper and pre
ferable to high direct taxation.
vr —
Prof, lb D. Lockhart leave* today
.for Buffalo and Newcastle, Ind.,wlth
a side trip into Canada, and will buy
a line line of Krcll pianos while away.
^ Many of the "antis" here are lm
mensely tlckletW>vcr the passage of
the Seab Wright bill which legalises
clubs under a tax of only $300.
Mr. Wallis Carter has *taken a
position at the Harris Hardware
Co., as bookkeeper and acconntant,
and will enter upon his duties thero
on the 15th.
* Americus will gel her own electric
street railway, even If hostile legisla
tion has throttled the building of the
Macon and Albany line.
Idle at the courthouse seems a per
petual holiday. There's nothing do
ing at the temple now beyond the
dally checkerboard exercise.
the avowed purpose of establishing a
second church there
Mr. Christie is well known and high
ly esteeriled in Americus, where he
spent several weeks recently assist
Ing Rev. R. L. Bivins with n great
meeting at Furlow Lawn church.
Mr. Christie, with about fifty of bis
members, have withdrawn from the
| Valdosta church for the purpose of
starting a new church on Tabernacle
lines. The movement was a surprise
to many of the members of the church,
though others had been put on no
tice and were expecting it. The move
ment has been quietly worked up
during the past week or so.
The old crowd—those who remain
ed in the First church—met to per
fect their organization again and to
discuss the matter of calling » pas
tor. The church Is one of the richest
In the state and It pays a salary of
$2,500 a year.
The new church Is to begin work
at once and services will be held next
Sabbath, Rev. L. R. Chritle having
preached his last sermon as pastor
for the old church. It is understood
that he will be called to the new
church, or rather he will be the lead
ing spirit In organizing the taberna
cle. ' •
It Is said there has been friction In
the church for some time, due to dis
cipline. The pastor has made some
enemies and at the same time has
made some strong friends. While the
separation has been In a friendly
spirit there are plenty of people who
have been looking for something of
the sort and many Baptists have
worked to keep It down
Both factions agree that It will re
sult In good to the church, as both
congregations will work more In
unison.
J LONDON, August 14.—Methodists j
811 over the world will be interested i
Briefly for Busy ,n the IateEt p*«o of Mr. r. w. perks,
M. P„ to bind them in one unlve:sal TOO MANY SCRUBS IN r.HIIBru
j brotherhood. Interviewed concern- OWIUD3 111 CHURCH
Ing his churcbly scheme, he said: . *
Every ten years the Methodism | Natliail Thompson 31) ExCCCdlnn-
d an international non..... O • - . _ _ . "u
Ever-Ready” the best $.100 razor Call up Loving’s Stables', phone 81,1 h old an international congress. Our
made. See them at Bell s, the Jewel- for baggage transfer. tf. ne *t congress takes place three years
hence at Washington. By that time It
, J. L. Parrott of McRae waa among I *• my food belief that my scheme will
Mr*. E. N. Clark of Albany passed other business men coming to Am- ® lre ady be accomplished. It will be
through the city yesterday via
Central, going to Atlanta
the
.Miss Kate Long of Macon Is the
guest of Mrs. W. C. Wright, at her
residence on Church street.
erlcus yesterday.
a great day for Methodism, I predict,
for in the same year our great hall
Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Barden have
come from Marstiallville and will
make their home in Americus.
■Mr. Fred B. Arthur returned yester
day from a stay of several days at
White Sulphur Springs and Pablo
Beach.
Little Miss Laura Feagin left yes
terday for Columbus, where she will
be a charming visitor for a week
the guest of friends.
i — — uur great nail
Mr. H. J. Patterson of Griflln, was at Westminister, built upon the site
in Americus yesterday morning, com-1 of *he old aquarium, will be opened
ing here upon business. as the world’s headquarters of the
I Methodist church.
Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Gulley of Lex- proposition calls for the estab-
lngton, Ky., are in the city, guests *l»bment of what might be called a
of the Windsor, while here. I vast Freemasonry of Methodism, at
—— I least, so far as the universal brother-
Miss Fannie May and Amzle Willi- hood features are concerned. And>
ford are spending a week pleasantly Practically I propose that the church
with friends In Lumpkin. * —’■* "•
ly Entertaining Talker-Drives
Home Truth By Homely
But Forceful Stories.
Mr. D. C. N. Burkhalter and family
are now at home In their pretty new
residence on Jackson street, next
the former Burkhalter place.
Mrs. H. E. Allen returned home yes
terday from a pleasant visit of a
month in Boston and at Orange, Mass.,
the guest of her sister, Mrs. Priest.
Mr. Henry T. Bartow, a well known |
insurance representative of Savan
nah, was in the city yesterday.
should deal with emigration prob
lems, the crisis of un-employment, and
the encouragement of thrift by a
world-wide Methodist organization.
Many of the things that I have sug-
. Rested have been received with grave
Mr. and Mrs. John Wooten of Shell-1 8,1,1 well-considered approbation by
man are guests of Col. and Mrs. W. th ® leaders of our church. Our
T. Lane at their home on Lee street. | brethren In America are enthusiastic.
Before next year It Is my intention
Mr. and Mrs. T. F. Gatewood and | Personally consult the views and
.. . umwwuvu uu j i — ^'■uuouii uic views ana
family have returned to their home the wishes of Methodists throughout
in the city after spending a month at the entire world. I know that It Is a
their place In the country.
9100 REWARD, 8100.
The readers of this paper will be
pleased to learn that there Is at least
one dreaded disease that science has
been able to cure in all its stages, and
that la* Catarrh. Hall's Catarrh Cure
Is the only positive cure now known
to the medicinal fraternity. Catarrh
being a constitutional disease, re-
requlres a constitutional treatment
Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken Internal
ly, acting directly upon the blood and
mucous surfaces of the system, there
by destroying the foundation of the
disease and giving the patent
strength by building up the constltu
tlon and assisting nature in doing Its
work. The proprietors have eamnch
faith In its curative powers that they
offer One Hundred Dollars for any
case that It fails to cure. Send for
list of testimonials. Address:
F. J. CHENEY ft CO., Toledo, O.
Sold by druggists, 75c. lm.
Mr. Thomas Gulce of Montgomery,
Is spending a day or two in Ameri
cus, his former home.
Mr. John E. French of Plains,
was In Americus yesterday, coming
over upon a business trip.
Mr. S. E. Warllck has returned from
a three weeks’ business trip to New
York and other Eastern markets.
Mr. D. R. Andrews returned yester
day from New York, where he bought
superb lines of fall goods for the
Rylander Shoe Co.
Mrs. A. c. Bell left yesterday for
Atlanta upon a visit at the home of
her daughter, Mrs. H. J. Fite.
MELONS ARE GIVEN TO
HUNGRY AT TEMPLE
Wagon Load of Good Ones Are
Thus Distributed.
A Lee county farmer here yesterday
said that bis cotton fields were whit
ening, and that picking would begin
on a large scale next week.
Citizens generally are feeling good
at the Increase of $300,000 in taxable
values this year. It Is certainly
very gratifying exhibit for Sumter
The building of the proposed side-
racks along Hampton street will add at
least $25,000 to the value of property,
almost useless now.
Torrential rains, regular down
pours, continue here, and the hither
to flattering cotton crop prospect will
soon be subject to revision.
Mr. E. A. Darley .formerly with the
Atlantic Coast Line, Is now with the
Seaboard in the capacity of conduc
tor, running out of Americus.
Next year will be leap year,
another chance for the calicoed
freaks, while the male element will
Rave "moonshine” In Georgia.
Two or three of the Americus
warehouses are looking for cotton
bales this week, and soon the eight
of new‘cotton will be common here.
Mr. John Williams, one If Sumter'
best farmers, Is not a candidate for
Congress or the Legislature, and when
be drove to the courthouse yesterday
and distributed a two-horse wagon
load of fine watermelons among the
unfed there, all knew the act was an
unselfish one and prompted only by
humane and generous motives. Each
"statesman” and country saver
the arcade of the temple selected _
huge melon, some of them several, and
piled them together for reference this
morning. The cutting act will take
place at 10:30 o'clock with Bud Allen
presiding at the knife handle as the
veteran representative of the court
house watermelon club.
The Limit of Life.
The most enlment medical sclen
tlsts are unanimous in the conclu<
slon that the generally accepted Urn'
Ration of the human life Is many
years below that attainment possible
with the advanced knowledge of
which the race Is now possessed. The
critical period, that determines its
duration, seems to be betwen 50
and 60; the proper care of the body
daring this decade cannot be too
strongly urged; carelessness then be
ing fatal to longevity. Nature's best
helper after 60'la Electric Bitters,
the scientific tonic medicine that revi
talizes every organ of the body. Guar
anteed by Eldrldge Drug Co. SOc.
lm.
Rouse For Rent
Four rooms, Brmnnan avenue,
Possessalon Aug. 15th. Apply to
ML CHAS. It. CRISP.
Miss McMath Is a petite and charm
ing little visitor at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. R. L. McMath.
Mrs. Floy Bolton returned home
yesterday from a visit of several
days to friends In Griflln.
Mr. and Mrs. John R. Hudson and
Miss Mary Hudson have gone to Oak j
Mountain, Harris county, where they|
wll spend some time pleasantly.
gigantic task, but the results will be
gigantic also.
Warning
If you have kidney and bladder
trouble and do not use Foley’s Kid'
ney Cure, you will have only your-
Miss Mattie Lee Burton of Smith-1 — . -— a... Jour -
ville, returned home yesterlay after a I 86,1 t0 blame for results, as It post-
visit to Miss Winnie Bell Jossey. U'ely cares all forms of kidney and
bladder diseases. Sold by all drug
gists.
Mrs. Florence D. Hollis and Miss
Elizabeth Hollis have gone to Pel
lm.
bam, upon a visit at the home of It/') ddcav DIDT
Mrs. Judson L. Hand. . I 1U Ortfc-AK. DIRT
Mrs. Henry M. Stokes leaveB to
morrow for the mountains of North;
Carolina to spend a month before go-1
ing to Savannah to reside.
ON A NEW STORE
Grocery Company to Begin Op
erations In a few Days.
Mrs. Arthur Rylander and Miss
Mattie Rylander leave tomorrow for L A beglnnlnB wUI made In a few
New York, visiting relatives up the I day ® upon 016 new bul,dlnR on Lwnar
Hudson river, for a month.
street, which will be erected by Mr.
W. E. Mitchell for the grocery com
pany In which he will be interested
The company, It Is understood, will
Misses Jennie and Elizabeth Sis-. .....
son of Chattanooga are guests of ™ ' onlpany ' 11 18 understood, will
Mrs. Vernon Shipley at her home on ^, f cbart , ered ’ 8 “d wU1 have a cap-
Lee street ' I ta 8toc k of probably $50,000. Sev
era! well known business men here
Mrs. Victoria Salter Is reported ! 7"' 1 * ,nterest ® d w “h Mr. Mitchell
quite 111 with typho-malarial fever n *T 1 /" terp . rl8 h e ' Tho 1 ' arge
1 building will bo of brick, with
DECISION IN BROWN
CASE AFFIRMED
Judge Littlejohn’s Decision Af
firmed by Supreme Court.
at her country residence out west of WH,be ot brlck ' wUh «
Americus. I frontage on Lamar street and am
pie depth, extending back more than
one hundred feet. It is proposed
to run the extension of the Cen
tral Railway sidetracks along Hamp-
LANIER’S BIRTHPLACE
SOLD FOR $9,000.00 ton alreet *° th| e property, If It can
i be done, thus affording trackage
The Supreme Court has just handed
down the decision In the cose of
Brown versus McBride, which went
to that tribunal from Lee county.
This case represents the matter of
litigation between the heirs of Mrs.
W. W. Hooks, deceased, and W. R.
Brown of Albany.
The heirs contended that a certain
plantation formely owned by Virgil
Clegg, of Lee county, ought to be
recovered by them.
This case establishes the will of
Virgil Clegg .who in that document,
bequeathed It to these heirs, who
arc his grand-children. The will had
heretofore been declared of no force,
but this latest decision reverses all
this.
The plantation at Issue comprises
over 1500 acres of very fine farming
land In Lee county, near Americus.
The heirs, who will thus inherit these
lands are children of Mr. Walter W.
Hooks, whose first wife was the
daughter of Virgil Clegg.
Soon after Mr. Clegg's death the
will was set aside and this land was
sold to Mr. W. R. Brown of Albany,
who huH since held it, nnd who Is the
losing party In this suit. |
The attorneys representing W. R.
Brown are Fort & Son and Col. E. A.
Hawkins. Those representing the
Hooks children arc W. G. Martin of
Lecsbyrg, Jas. Taylor, Shipp ft Shep
pard of Americus.
—I RUWIUIU6 liat'hHgt
Old House on High Street Has M 86 ' 1111 * 8 to the grocery company,
I the stables adjoining, and otb»'
business houses In that locality.
Been Macon’s Landmark.
The home of Sidney Lanier, author j ljai i nil I ic rvc a r-»
of "The Song of the Chattahoochee" DhAD
and "The Marshes of Glynn" sold to ' If It I trv IM CFMATI?
Mrs. W. C. Stevens for $9,000 by' MU-.E.LJ 1IN OblNA 1 fc.
Misses Madge R. Blair and Gertrude m , n _ .
Anderson. j Not Considered Drastic Enough
It Is not yet known what will be
done with the property, but there is
still probability of the landmark be
ing destroyed. The place is Macon’s
most interesting historical point hav
ing been the birth place of the South’s
most graceful, writer and one of the
truest poets the world has known.
The Science of English Verse,” writ
ten by the poet a few years before his
death is the standard text book of
versIflcaUon used In the universities
of America. His other works are so
well known that mention of them Is
unnecessary.
by Extremists.
MAKE A GREAT KICK
ABOUT THE BILL
Negro Members of Societies En
ter a Protest.
ATLANTA, August 14.—The Senate
Railroad Committee killed the Hall
anti-pass bill which recently went
through the House with 108 votes to
Its cerdlt. The vote against the bill
in the committee was almost unani
mous.
Instead of the Hall bill, for which
the administration will not stand, the
committee reported favorably as a
substitute the Born anti-pass bill,
provisions than the Felder bill al
ready pdssed by the Senate, and
which Is now over in the House.
This Is the one pleco of reform leg
islation on which there promises to
be a serious hitch between the Senate
and the House.
There was not • large attendance at
the tent meeting yesterday afternoon,
but every one present thoroughly en
joyed the talk of Rev. Nathan Thomp
son, on the "Thoroughbred and the
8crub In Religion.”
Mr. Thompson took the well known
story of the band of Gideon, the three
hundred sifted out from the army of
30,000, whose hearts were hot with
xeal In the work that was set before
them. Using them as a background.
Mr. Thompson l&tpresed on his hear-
ers the need for zeal In the service
or God.
Many were the speaker’s Illustra
tions, all homely, drawn from the oc
currences of every day life, but power
ful In driving the lessons he tf as
trying to impress on those present
Just as we admire the throughbred
horse, the thoroughbred dog, or the
thoroughbred In anything In life, so
God loves the thoroughbred In his
service, the man or the woman whose
whole heart is in the work, whose en-
tuslasm Is awakened, whose energies
are tireless, who is determined to do
something or die In the attempt.
The characteristics of the thorough
bred and the scrub in the animal
world were dtfelt upon and applied to
the same classes In the religious life.
The stories that were told of each
class were right to the point and
heartily enjoyed by all, even those
who may have felt a personal appli-
cation In them.
Mr. Thompson has an Inexhaustible
fund of pertinent Illustrations to pep
per his addresses with. No one can
hear him without enjoyment as well
as profit
The meetings will be continued,
afternoon and nights, throughout tho
week.
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 the very best medical skill
available, but could get no relief un
til Foley’s Kidney Cure was recom
mended to me. It has been a God
send to me.” Sold by all druggists.
lm.
COMES TO OLD HOME
ALONE FROM MEXICO
To Americus From Sonora Mex.
Young Lad Came Alone.
After a journey consuming the bet
ter part of a half week young Davis
Lane, reached Americus yesterday
from Sonora, Mexico. He Is a mere
lad of twelve years and made the
long journey of 2,000 miles entirely
alone, a feat rather remarkable for
one of his tender years. His parents
Mr. and Mrs. Davis Lane, areformer
residents of Americus and the boy
comes upon a visit to bis uncle, Mr.
Arthur Rylander, and other relatives
here. Though only a dozen years of
age he holds a Job as engineer of a
stationary engine at $90 per month,
Mexican coin, and thus earned the
money to defray his expenses here
and a good surplus In the bank at
home.
which Is even more stringent In its TENT AND CHURCHES
STRUCK BY STORM
A CARD OF THANKS.
I desire to expri^s herein! my
grateful thanks to our many kind
friends for expressions of sympathy
and assistance durlug my recent be
reavement, the death of my husband,
Mr. R. B. Godwin. Respectfully,
SIRS. MARY E. GODWIN
Nice, new, 5 rtom house; also 2 front
rooms up stairs, in my building, on
Lamar street LEE ALLEN.
In Americus as elsewhere the mem
bers of the several dozen negro socie
ties, fraternal and otherwise are very
much exercised over the McSIlcbacl
bill, wblcb seeks to Impose a heavy
tax upon these orders. They argue
that the negroes of the state are
vefy greatly helped and benefittedby
these orders, that they are made
morally better by being members of
them, and that they encourage the
members to work when they are able
to do so, and that they do not coun
tenance Idleness or thriftless ness.
They say the order* do all they can
for the moral npllft and general wel
fare of their members.
PROHIBITION IS SURE
TO HELP IN LABOR
Com. Hudson Thinks Conditions
Will Improve.
See that new Una of gold Shall
bracelets at BeU’s, the Jeweler.
* ATLANTA. August 14.—Commis
sioner of Agriculture T. G. Hudson
In an Interview today stated that In
his opinion the State prohibition law
wUl go far towards clearing np the
labor scarcity In the State.
"In my opinion,” said Mr. Hud
son, "the law will tend to keep many
of the negroes out of the cities and
on the farms, and the result wUl be
the farmers throughout the country
will find the labor situation much
easier, very aoon after the law goes
Into effect” JL
Religious Edifices in Lightning's
Line This Time.
The storm which wrecked tho tab
ernacle tent In Amorlcus several days
ago seemed to bo in the l're of reli
gious edifices. Almost at the same
hour the storm raged here lightning
struck the First Baptist church stee
ple at Eufaula, burning tho hand
some church to the ground. The
steeple of the Methodist church there
was struck by another bolt a tew
minute* later, but this firs was ex
tinguished. Each steeple contained*
bell and the lightning waa doubtless
attracted by the metal.
LOANS.
Farm loans and loans on city
real estate negotiated at low
rates and on easy terms,
G. R. ELLIS, Americus, Ga~