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r / . . ■■ .«< , • THE AMERICUS WEEKLY TIMES-RECORDhR. FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 13. 1907. ANNOUNCEMENT. On September 1st, we expect to move to our New Home on Lamar street. We ask our friends to be a little lenient with us until then, when we will be in position to show the most superb line of Dry Goods and Ladies Ready- to-Wear ever shown in this section. We will have to establish ourselves more or less in the new place, and propose to do this with “Prices.” We think this the most forcible way, and it is certainly the best for you. We earnestly solicit a call from you and will prove this assertion to your utter satisfac tion! Remember the place, Half Way Be tween the Old Davenport Corner and Oliver’s Warehouse. Look for The Sign On Up per Story, PINKSTON CO. For You. About School Books. Wo have a large stock of School books and supplies and can dll your lists completely. Onr books are sold at pnbli hers prices. We have sen'nd handbooks instock and wi'l take your old schi ol books, now in use in t v e “i hools, in exchange. If; on buy your books early you will get the pick of any second hand c ipies on hand. THE NEW BOOK STORE Opposite Post Office, ' Established 1899. SEE OUR NEW LINE Of BRACELETS, The largest and handsomest as sortment ever shown in Americus. AU the latest styles. JAMES FRICKER & BR< 409 jackson st. Jewelers. EXPORTERS DROP BELOW MARKET QUOTATIONS Having Filled Pressing Orders for Cotton Shipments, Exporters Shy Away From Market Expecting to See a Decline.' With hundreds of cotton bales pour- to sit down (or a siege and see how Ing Into Americus warehouses yes- long the farmer will hold hla bales terdny, and prosperity and high prices before surrendering. They think It In full swing here, there came a will pay to wait, sudden change with the announcement | They do not want cotton at 13(4 that exporters had “dropped out” at cents, the price paid Friday. If they the present range of values. . can get It for 12% cents, and prob- hey wanted no more cotton at 13(4 ably for even less, cents, or even at 13 ceqts, and put I There was little change In the fu their limits down to 12% refits, and' tures market yesterday, and with that 12% cents here Instead. j as a basts of value prices here should And this created consternation In, have been 13(4 cents. Later In the cotton circles. I day, when exporters found their little The exlsltlng boom in prices col- j bluff didn't go a little bit, they put lapsed, and a painful stillness pervad- limits up again, ed the hitherto busy marts. Under But the business portion of the day 13 cents the farmers were out_gf it, had passed by that time, and while and as the exporters would not long- ■ cotton receipts were heavy, sales in er pay that figure, there was but comparison were light and trade suf fered In consequence. Farmers had little doing here. It was a game of “freeze” that could not last long. It is the opinion that exporters, having filled pressing orders for Im mediate shipment abroad, are going the cotton, but they were not operat ing a free gift distribution. When the spinners and exporters find out that such tactics do not work they will pay the price. SCHOOLS WILLBE CROWDED Already the 500 Mark in Enrollment of Pupils is Passed. With S12 pupils already enrolled at Furlow School, and this a whole week before the session opens, everything points to a record breaking attend ance when the doors are opened next Monday, as many others will reglste- thls week. In fact, the buildings will be taxed beyond their capacity. 1 There Is room for only 680 pupils In the white schools, Furlow and Rees Park, and already It is clearly evident that the number applying to register will exceed that figure. At the spring session this year 725 white pupils applied for admission, but for lack of room in the schools many of These were turned away, would seem,, from present Indications, that the turning away process, will have to be repeated soon. At the colored schools less than 300 pupils have yet registered, but this number will Increase to the usual fig ure, about 600. The Board of Education has decld ed to put Prof. Ralph Newton, recent ly elected to the chair of history and science, In the place of Prof. Duncan resigned, as principal of' Furlow School, electing some other to Prof. Newton's position. The city schools will open for the session on Monday, 16th. POSTAL 0PENSJN AMERICUS hat Office. Like the Western Union is Now Ready for Business. The Postal Telegraph Co. opened Its offlee In Americus again yesterday and after a lapse of several weeks, as the result of the telegraphers strike, Is again ready to handle all business tendered by the public. The oOUm here will be under the management of Mr. W. G. Hart, an experienced oper ator of many years service with the company. The Postal offlee has re cently been entirely overhauled, and is now in excellent Condition for ex pediting business. With both the Postal and Western Union offices open again for business, as Is now the case, "the recent unfortunate situation here, resulting from the strike, Is ended and, so far as Americus is con cerned, the strike Is ancient history. And this seems the condition now quite generally over the atate. LAYING THE CORNER STONE Imposing Exercises to Take Place on Wednesday Afternoon. The Impressive exercises of laying | B. Stubbs, of Savannah, an orator the corner stone of the massive and, of great ability and one great- handsome V. M. C. A. building In Iy lntereated ,n Y - M - c - A - work - u . , .... I was at first proposed to have the Americus will take place on Wednes- ' . _ .corner stone exercises at night, but day afternoon next at 1 o clock. A | the program, to this extent, has been very Interesting program has been changed and the occasion will take arranged for the occasion, including place in, the afternoon instead. It addresses 'and a specially prepared. will be an event of greatest Interest song service. The address of the oc-|ln Americus and a vast throng will caslon will be delivered by Hon. W. I witness the imposing exercises. FORTUNE IN JVHNERAL HERE. Vast Deposits of Fuller’s Earth Near Americus for An Important realty deal was clos ed here yesterday whereby Messrs. Robinson and Lorenzo Davis, of Mont gomery, purchased from J. L. Cham bliss a tract of land eight miles north of Americus upon which are valua ble deposits of fuller's earth. 1 - This, as Is well known. Is a valua ble substance and largely used foi many commercial uses. ™ :hase Includes ,J land, _ Mr, Chamb the compa: organised for ita development Fuller’s earth, worth In Ita crude state |20-per ton, Is found upon this land In vast quantity. It will be used largely for refining cottonseed “ “ taken - already .- this tra r cessfuL Pro, once i in and thus ano- ry will be • e3- rlcus. m -j Cooyrieht TOO-* V>y ta nH . M an Clothes to Fit. You want your clothes to fit; we won’t sell them to you if they don’t. Hart Schaffner & Marx clothes are made to fit; and they’re the best clothes made; all-wool, and tailored right. Fall styles now ready. ' W. D. BAILEY. Outfitter for Men and Boys. Forsyth St. and Cotton Aye. Americus, Oa gig 5 Half SicK People. Just aick enough to feel heavy heady,lazy, and listless; to have no. appetite, to sleep badly, to have what you eat like lead in your ttonuch. Not sick enough to take to bed orcall a doctor, but just sick euough not to know what to do. Take a Tonic That’s what you ought to do, a good sensible tonic that will sharp en your appetite and put]“go” in your nerves and muscles. Come today and begin-taking it right away. You’ll find just what your system needs right here. REMBERT’S DRUG STORE 113 FORSYTH ST.