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Editor and Proprietor.
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The Times-Recorder is the
JRdalOrgan ot tie City of Americas,
OCciil O.-yan of Sumter County.
Oman Or ran of Webster County,
emcla] Organ of Railroad Commission ol
■eorgla for the Id Congressional District.
AMERICUS. GA., SEPT. 6. 1907.
A DAILY
^THOUGHT.
The dawn is not far distant,
iSor is the night starless;
Love is eternal. *
God is still God, and
His faith shall not fall us;
Christ is eternal.
—Longfellow.
r "Ti; South made history, but It left it to the North to write if
Th.s was Champ Clark's explanation some time ago as to why certain 1
I tv:..i events in American history were allowed to fail Into obscurity, while
other minor events were lauded to the skies and their participants magnified
J into heroes of the firft magnitude.
Paul Reveres ride was a pretty tame performance beside the ride
the mountaineers of Carolina who came swooping down on the British and
annihilated them at King's Mountain, the turning point in the Revolutionary
war. Yet every child, through the magic of Longfellow's pen, has heard of
Revere's ride, while many have forgotten that there ever was a battle
Kings Mountain, and that the men who fought there on the American side
had been In the saddle for two or three days coming from their homes at the
alarm.
Paul Revere loped along several hours and then went home to breakfast
and to bed. The men of Carolina were in the saddle for days, fought
bloody and triumphant battle and then rode back through the wilds to their
homes. Yet Revere, who probably never saw a battle, is the hero and the
others are unknown.
If Nancy Hart had been a New England woman monuments would dot
the country to her memory, novels and poems without number would have
her for centrul figure, her name wOuid be a household word aud her heroic
deeds the heritage of every child. How many people outside of Georgia
know anything of Nancy Hart, and how many people in Georgia can tell any-
thing about her life and career?
We are reminded of such facts as these by the recent celebration of the
centennial of Fulton’s first steamer's voyage on the Hudson. Every boy in
-Ur. Grundy has been aDpointed
•Social secretary” for the Jamestown
exposition. What a target his name
will be for Irreverent newspaper pun
sters!
“What do we really get out of .
when Mr. Ryan or Mr. Belmont chis
•Is a great fortune from one of our
labile utilities?" asks the New York
American.
Carrie Nation proposes to reform
Pittsburg or die in the attempt
her own little hatchet has been lost
she might borrow Hoke 8mith’s and
Seep it from getting rusty.
A‘ New England doctor has died as
a-result of exqprimenting on himself.
86 record is kept of those outside of
tte profession who die as a result of
being, experimented on by doctors.
Judge Roddenberry has begun his
•ampalgn for Jim Griggs' seat
Congress. The boys say that before
the Judge Is through Griggs will
know that there has been a fight, on
tn his vicinity.
The public is gradually learning a
great deal about its railroad mag
nates. Stuyvcsnnt Fish says J, T,
Harahan is a "Jiar and a skunk/’ A
nod many people think Fish
■.first-class snob.
Sect Taft is getting more rampant
as the desire for the presidency grows
•pon him. He Is now ardehtly advo
cating imprisonment rather than
Anes for violators' of the anti-trust
laws. Taft tries hard to plant his
feet in Roosevelt's tracks.
Hearst announces that the Indepen
dence League will put a full ticket in
fee field in New York. The League Is
evidently going to do its best to pre
vent the old-line Democracy frfim
winning in that or any other State
where the League has a foothold.
Speaker Cannon says he will not
allow tariff revision at the next ses
sion of Congress. Hearst’s papers de
■ounce Joe as "a type of the most Bin
frier tools of special interests." Every
fihdy thought Joe was an innocent
bucolic granger who loved hard
aider and a bandana handkerchief.
Searst has shattered another idol.
The opinion In Savannah Is that if
the Atlanta Journal does not know
anymore about the status of the se
aurities of other railroads than it has
shown Itself to know of those of the
Central of Georgia It had better re
tire from its assumed position as
chief official endorser and agitator for
the Smith administration.
The Inter-State Commerce Commls
sion fears that the car shortage the
titt eight months will be worse than
•ver before. If better relations are
aot established between the railroads
and the State governments this con
dition Is likely to become more acute.
As things now are corporations must
®>d it exceedingly difficult to either
make or borrow money.
The Savannah papers insist so
strenuously and so persistently that
tfeeir city is not going to be damag-
•4» oeriously by prohibition, but is
gplng speedily forward to Increasing
prosperity, that one is forced {o the
that Savannah is still
h afraid that the public took
school is taught that Fulton was the inventor of the steam boat Yet it has
been shown time after time that Fulton was not such, that two people, at
least, had demonstrated that a boatoperated by steam power was practicable'
long before Fulton began his work. Up In Trenton they are preparing now
to honor the memory of a citizen there who some years before the Clermont
floated on the Hudson had successfully operated a steamboat on the Dela
ware. Down here in Georgia we have an equal opportunity to do honor to
a Georgian, who likewise anticipated by many years the work done by Ful
ton. New Jersey will probably push her celebration to a success. A monu-
uentwillnodoubtgo up to her son sou his claims will contest those of Ful
ton. But the Georgian, who was unfortunate in the selection of his home so
far as fame Is concerned, will soon again be forgotten.
William Longstreet Invented a steamboat in Georgia seventeen years
before Fulton operated the Clermont, and a few years before it is claimed
the Trenton man brought his invention to a head. Longstreet is said to
have operated his boat on the Savannah river near Augusta in 1790 suffleent
ly to demonstrate Its success. Lack of funds and public support lead to
the abandonment of the invention. But tardy justice should be done to his
memory. In the school histories of Georgia and of the South, at least, when
children read of the Clermont a foot note should tell them that seventeen
years before its trial on the Hudson a Georgia man had Invented and
operated a similar boat. '
It would be interesting to know how many such great events in the history
of the South have been forgotten while the North has been permitted to lay
claim to similar events of later date aud magnify them into occurrences of
national importance. It has only been recently that the world has been
forced to acknowledge a Georgian’s right to the fame of first using anes
thetics in surgery. The North still la loath to surrender its claim in that
direction. Why does not some enthusiastic son of Dixie investigate and give
the South a full meed of credit for all that,it has done for which it has not
been credited, and rescue from oblivion the names and the deeds ot Its sons
who were gredt but have been overlooked through the failure of Southerners
to preserve records and write history.
Piece Goods Sale Extraordinary.
Dress goods, white goods, silks laces, embroideries, damasks, sheeting
pillow casing every fabric you buy by the yard Involved in this undfr-’
not nnlv i a « _ .. . VI
Ing. This event not only provides splendid economies, but presents the new
ff ? nd J"® 81 attractive things In fabrics designed for Fall and Winter. Aaver"
tised detolls of the event are limited chiefly to underprice offerings
Imported^ b’ack Voil 50 Inches wide, firm wiry weave deep tIck black regular
Ladle, cloth.SOInchMw'de and all wool block and all tho loading shares
Ne * ^tarSof’s^e nCl " S " llte everj ' stnple shade beautiful newgoo'ds
^ * •••••*•••»» # * 29c
Chiff °sale atl8te S ° ,nCheS WWe Crlspv ’ ,Ubtr0U8 and very durable value 98c
59c
TWe,V : i h r r tg U lV r ^ c e ^^^" , “r e a <,el "^ and ln5 ' rUng ! Up t0 ,lve '"‘"g
Shrer Persian Lawn 32 inches wide very smoothe perfect weave regular i5c
;
Sale of Lace Curtains. •
Lace curtains 3 yards long extra wide great variety of the new pretty Dat
terns regular $1.50 to $1.75 sale per pair . . P „ P ?o
98c
Sampte lace curtolns^not more than six pair of a kind they were used on the
OUR DUMB ANIMALS.
Tie thought by some that at the final
day
At God's tribunal, when man's
wrongs are told,
The silence ,of the dumb shall fall
away ,
And they shall toil their sufferings
ages old. y
Office of Commissioners of Ronds and
Revenues of Snmter County, Ga.
But, whether this be true or but n
dream, |
Oh, let tby voice to-day for them
arise!
Be champion of those whose oniy
speech
Is the imploring language of tne
eyes.
Haste on the day when evciy heart
shall be
By pity's voice to deeds ol mercy
stirred!
Till kindness' law Bhall rule human
ity,
And cruelty shall be ah .mknown
word.
—Alice Jean Cleator in Ohio Farmer.
Tho Moultrie Observer says that
with three members of the railroad
commission eminent lawyers, and the
State enjoying the services of an at
torney general, the appointment of
Hines to the Commission. simply ad
ded an unnecessary expense on the
tax payers of Georgia. But it paid a
political debt, no doubt.
Clark Howell says the disfran
chisement law will simply stimulate
the negroes to educate their children
so that they may become voters, and
the negro will soon be In politics
more vigorously than ever before. It
only takes a few years for the negro
boys now growing up and being edu
cated to become adults and voters.
1 Amerlcus, Ga., Sept. 2, 1907.
It is ordered that a Tpx of Nine and
fifty-one hundreths mills (the same
being nine dollars and fifty cents on
the thousand dollars including two
dollars for road purposes)’ be assesed
and levied on the taxable property of
Sumter County, for County purposes
for the_ fiscal year 1907, and the Tax
Collector is Instructed to collect said
tax.
It is fqrther ordered that the
amount of tax so raised shall be pro
rated at the following rates, for the
following purposes to-wit:
Fund No. 1 Legal Indebtness 10
Fund No. 2 Court House. Jail
and bridges 3.75
Fund No. 3 Officers Fees .. .. 1.25
Fund No. 4 Coroner Fees 02
Fund No. 5 Fuel, Stationery and
Servants hire ...13
Fund No. 6 Jury Fees .. . . .. 1.00
Fund No. 7. Poor 1.25
Fund No S Roads, Special .. ..2.00
Ladies and Misses Shoes.
Ladies ( pw cut shoes In small.izes only from 2 to4 nothing larger if your size
is In this lot you can get the brst bargain ever offered in this state in a
pair of shoes the entire lot is from one of the best makers in the who'e
° f ,ad * e ® fine &hoe f n( t a pair Is worth a cent less than $3.00
now you can take your pick of the lot at per pair 9 SC
Misses low cut shoes in every new toe shown this season patent leather, vici
kid, half heels and spring heels not a pair in the lot that Is worth a cent
less than $1.00 and more th«n one half of the lot ore $150 and $2.00
grades take your pick of this I t as long as they last at per pair .... 50c
Men’s Four-in-Hand Ties.
Men’s Four-ln-Hand Ties made of heavy silks beautiful assortment of light
sale
ancKDark colors equal In every way to the grades offered here for 50c
.25c
OUNCAN MERCANTILE CO.
• •5 and **7 Forsyth Street John k. Shaw’s Old Stano.
JOYNER’S REMOVAL SALE.
For ten days we are going to ofter tremendous values in mer
chandise.' Wa must move to oar new place about Sept. 10th Our
S'ook is the largest we have ever had and we must greatly reduce it
, to tea days Some things we are doling out at halt what they cost;
others at one-fourth below; and sc »res at cost. You cannot «ni«» this
great sale co ning in these times of high prices,Tts a saving opportun
ity. Will you mis i it or not? Bee circular for more prices.
Sale Begins Saturday August 13th.
o Every Man or Woman
Total $9.50
Witness our hands and official seals,
tills second day of Sept., 1907. -
A. T. JOHNSON,
N. A. RAY,,
J. L. CHAMBLISS,
R. M. ANDREWS,
W. L. THOMAS,
County Commissioners.
The Roosevelt boys have inherited
their father's highly developed In
stinct for keeping in the public eye.
In fact they have a positive genius in
that direction. Teddy. Jr., is now
being featured as a hop picker up in
York state, earning $1.00 a day.
Tom Watson thinks it is tltne some
one besides Macon lawyers were
appointed arbitrators for the State.
Tom having spoken the Macon law
yers now know what to expect No
more Jobs for them unless Tom re
moves his veto.
Bonaparte intimates that the trusts
would like to see him resign. Really
what has Bonoparte so far done that
the trusts, should greatly fear him?
He has talked a good deal of late, but
to be about all up to date.
-
An exchange expresses the beliet
that Tom Watson supported Hoke
Smith for governor as the easiest and'
quickest way to smash the Demo
cratic party Into smithereens.
,Dlck Grubb, of Darien, holds that
‘‘even a half dozen legislatures
couldn’t kill prosperity In Georgia.”
No, but they could give It some pret
ty hard jars.
And now they are saying that the
majority of the members of the legis
lature are membera ot cluba and that
la the reason they voted for the locker
bill. Poor legislators. A bad motive ia
im (sited to everything they have done,
or arc likely to do.
who saves money! Is it com
log jour way? Is not. the fault
is yonis alone.
Yon earn, spend and can save if
yon will—why not make a begin
ning at Our Savings Department
today?
It means 4 per interest and pros
perity for you.
Dry Goods at Cot Pricos
FOR SALE.
4' Doom house, Cburcn at. 51,000
5 Room house, Church St.... 1,200 (
I Vacant lot. Fojsyth St;
300
7c Good. Calico, all colors per yd 5c
7c Good Qingham, now... 5c
8$o Good Glagham, n»w 7c
10c Best 28 inch percale 7Jo
12Jo Best 32 Inch percale 10e
10 Yds good 7« (lowered l«wn 39j
12J (Flowered Organ lies, 8u
15c Beautiful dotted swiss 10c
12Jc 40 inch white lawn..* 7$c
20c 40 inch white lawn lie
15c Heavy Sambesic Cloth 10c
15o Nice white linene 10c
25c Brown Polo silk i0c
25c Fancy Milano silk 19o
25c Beautiful Swiss Applique 19c
35c Swell new skirt goods 25c
25c 8vell new plaids 15c
15c Solid color worst®d 10c
2 Vacant lots for 500
2 Vacant lots through to
Hampton street 800
Apply to
S.R. JOHNSON, j
Men’s and Boys Pants
Reduced,
$5.00 Men’s swell pants 83.18
54.00 Men’s swell p»nts 82 OS
88.00 Men’s swell pants 81-98
82.00 Men’s swell pants 8130
8150 Men’s swell pants.. 98c
$1.00 Men’s washable pants... 75c
75c Men’s washable panto....
50c Men’s washable pants
30o Boy’s knee pants
40c Boys knee panto 25c
SLIPPERS AND SHOES.
$3.50 Extra fine slippers $3 4S
83.00 Extra fine slippers $108
82.60 Lx ra fine slippers 81 t>9
82.00 Solid leather slippers... 81.48
81.50 Solid leather slippers... 98c
. 60c
39c
39c
1
528,Cotton Avenue.
W. A. JOYNER.
Americas, Ga.
FOR RENT.
Two or three rooms for light
housekeeping.
MRS, S. R. JOHNSON.
123 Forrest Street
A W. Smith, Pres. G. M. Eldrfdge, V. P. N. M. Dudley, Cashier.
Fine harness earned In stock or
made to order at Baglay’s, wholesale
and retail.
— wi» mi iuy«| *ira ni mi mhuisji -•
Bank of South-Western Ga.
AMERICUS, GEORGIA.
SECURITY, LIBERALITY AND COURTESY ACCORDED ITS PATRONS.
DIRECTORS:
C.IL. Analog, G. M. Eldrldge, P.JJ, Fm
W, A. Dodson, Thee. Hanold A. W. Smith
N. M. Dudley, H. It, Johnson.P