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8 THE AMERICUS WEEKLY TIMES-RECORDER. FRIDAY. SEPTEMBER 13. 1907 URIAH 6. HARROLO IS DEAD SMITH DENIES INJUSTICE PIONEER CITIZEN OE AMERICUS HAS PASSED AWAY 60VERN0R CLAIMS RAILROADS ARE FAIRLY TREATED FUNERAL ON FRIDAY AT CALVARY CHURCH ■mss of But Three D*ys Resnlts fatafty, Though Not Strong to Some Ta ||< s t0 j|, e f armers „ f „ ^ Adj Ttae-ffis Useful Career as a Citizen Here. „ „ J Counties The announcement at 1 o'clock Tuesday noon of the death of Mr. Ur- lah B. Harrold was heard with un feigned sorrow throughout the city to which fifty years of his useful life had ben passed, and to the up building of which he had contributed' i so much. It was a shock indeed to those friends near and dear and who, only an hour before, were told his condi tion was much Improved from his Illness of the day before. To his family as well the end came with awful suddenness. Yesterday morning he seemed con siderably improved and at 11:30 re ceived two or three friends in his room where he had been ill since Friday last So much better did he appear that a matter of business was to be attended to at 3 o'clock. Within a few minutes a change came. The patient rapidly grew weaker, and within an hour,—the end. Several months ago, Mr. Harrold submitted to a severe surgical opera tion but from this he had apparently recovered, and dally applied himself to business in his offlce. His recent illness might hare resulted from his former sever trouble. But the end has come; a giant oak has been riven by death, and a golden heart is stilled forever. Throughout the near seventy years of his useful career, his kindly acts and generous deeds were manifold. Ha was s true and tried friend under any and all circumstances, and more particularly when friendship was put to the test. A man devoted to his family and in turn beloved, it was in home circles that his noble traits of character shone resplendent At an early age he married Miss Mary Fogle, of Col umbus, and theirs was indeed a long and happy life together. This union was blessed by five sons and three daughters, Messrs. Thomas, Edward, William, Frank and Charles Harrold; Mrs. 8. 8. Shipps and Misses Anna and Elizabeth Harrold. Hand in hand, each leaning affec tionately upon the other in happiness and in sorrow, they made life's pil grimage tqgether until she was call ed to a bright reward a few years ago. Today they are once more uni ted. Than Mr. Harrold, no other has done more toward; the substantial building up of Americus. A man of ample fortune he builded well, and many of the handsomest structures In the city, and industrial plants as well, were reared hy him. Mr. Harrold never sought' or de sired public offlce, preferring rather to devote his time to business and in commercial pursuits. He was a member of the Episcopal church, and most generously contri buted of his means to that cause. Twenty years ago he was tendered a position as director of the Central of Georgia Railway, and during that period has ably assisted, in guiding the destinies of that great corporation. There, as elsewhere, he devoted his best energies to his duty. For a like period, or perhaps long er, he has served faithfully as a mem ber of the Americus Board of Edu cation, and as president of that Believes Congress Should Help to Make State Prohibition Effective-Claims Railroads Have No Right to Earn Dividends on Watered Portion of rheir Securilies-By End of Present Term Hopes to Make All His Pledges Good. (Special to The Times-Recorder.) the states. “It Is not proposed to treat these corporations harshly or with injus tice. but it is intended that they shall not burden the people of Georgia by taxing them with excessive charges to meet Interest on watered stock and ucational rally incident to the estab- nd8 ’ and “ 18 ‘ n ‘f ded t0 re * u,re ttese creatures of the state to meet SPARTA, GA., Sept 10.—Several thousand farmers, representing the best elements of the agricultural life of Hancock and adjacent counties, greeted Gov. Hoke Smith today when he arose to address them at the Ed- ty and highest sense of honor, he commanded the respect of all in the commercial world. • Mr. Harrold was born in Macon, Ga., in February 1839, and the greater part of his boyhood days was spent there. Later he removed to Fort Talley where he started the business career which proved so successful. A man of strictest business integri-, body was still laboring for the cause of education. Americus - will miss Mr. Harrold, who occupied a sphere peculiarly his own and one that none other will fill. His life was one of usefulness and at sear three score aqd ten he lays down the burden and sinks at last to peaceful, fitful sleep. The funeral arrangements will be He came to Americus prior to the completed today and announcement Civil war. made tomorrow morning. WHY SO WEAK? Kidney Troubles May be Sapping 4 , Your Life Away. ' ' When a healthy man or woman be gins to run down without apparent cause, becomes weak, languid, de pressed, suffers backache, headache, dizzy spells and urinary disorders, look to the kidneys for the cause of it all. Keep the kidneys well and they will keep you well. Doan’s Kidney Pills cure sick kidneys and keep them well. J. C. Culpepper, of State street, a a corpenter and one of the best known residents of Albany, Ga., has tested Doan's Kidney Pills to his en tire satisfaction and speaks of them as follows: “Yes, they certainly did me a lot of good. I used them for backache and urinary troubles from which I had been suffering for years. I had a constant dull pain across my loins, so very severe at times as to completely lay me up. It was very bad a tnlght I could not rest well in any position. I would wake up at night and fell as though my back was coming apart I was hardly able to turn over In bed. The kidney secre tions were very dark and contained a sediment The action of the kidneys was altogether too free and passages were accompanied with a scalding sensation. This bothered me a great deal during the day and often at night I was called out of bed several times, but until I obtained a box of Doan’s Kidney. Pills I found nothing that helped me much. They did the work quickly and since using them I have not had the backache. The urine has regained the natural color and con tains no sediment I feel first rate.' Plenty more letters like this from Americus people. Call at Dodson’s Pharmacy and ask what Americus customers report. For sale by all dealers. Price 60 cents. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, New York, sole agents for the United States. Remember the name—Doan's and take no other. HOUSES STRUCK BY BOLTS OF LIGHTNING During Storm on Sunday Morning HIGHTOWER HOME WAS IN FLAMES Bell Clapper Is Wrenched; Off and Windows Shattered on Hawkins Place-Nearly four Inches of Rain Palls. It Isn't necessary to put up an um brella when silence reigns. One of the worst features of kidney trouble is that it Is an insidious dis ease and before the victim realizes his danger he may have a fatal malady. Take Foley’s Kidney Cure at the first sign of trouble as it corrects irregu larities and prevents Bright’s disease and diabetes. Sold by all Jirugglsts. Ho knows not tho value of flowers who studied botany. During the tremendous rain in Am ericus on Sunday nearly four inches of rain was recorded here, while the whole country hereabout was del uged. The rain was the most severe of the year and did considerable dam age to the cotton crop. Open cotton was beaten from the boll, and not a small portion of the crop will thus be lost. Damaged and stained bales will be the result as well. House in City Struck. During the storm Sunday morning lightning struck the Hightower-resi dence on McGarrah street near the Central depot. The bolt shattered a part of the roof and descended Into the bathroom, where a lot of clothing stored away was set aflame. Nail heads in the wall were burn ed out as the fiery bolt descended rapidly to the floor. The fire department made a sprint to the scene through the driving Btorm but ere the trucks arrived Mr. High tower, with the assistance of neigh' bors, bad extinguished the flames. The damage to the house was not very considerable. Strnck on Hawkln's Farm. On Mr. C. C. Hawkins farm, near the city, another bolt struck the large farm bell used to call the laborers to work. Remarkable to relate, the bell clapper was wrenched off, while fly ing splinters from the framework broke a dozen window glasses. The electrical storm was the most severe witnessed here In years, and that more houses were not struck by lightning seems remarkable. People were badly frightened, and many ariose from their' beds and dressed, fearing a cyclone was coming. The rain, both in the early morn ing and at night, fell In blinding sheets for more than an hour. llshment of the District Agricultural College. The Governor's speech was followed throughout with the-most Intense Interest and there was con siderable applause as he made' his main points. At the close the Gover nor shook bands with hundreds of those who had assembled to greet him. Speaking of the meeting after its conclusion, one of those who accom panied the Governor said: “This gathering of farmers has demon strated effectually that Gov. Smith has lost none of his hold on the people, and that his general course towards the corporations and the negroes still meets with popular ap proval.” The Governor was manifestly pleased both with the size and char acter of hts audience and the evi dencea of approval of bis policy he enunciated It. He was warmly congratulated at the close of his speech by many of those present Stands for Striet Prohibition. Governor Smith said In part: "The legislature passed few bills of general Importance, but there were four which will stand preemi nent In the history of our state. They were the prohibition bill, the anti narcotic bill, the proposed amend ment to the constitution, called the disfranchisement bill, and the bill enlarging the powers of the rail road commission. “The Macon convention neither de clared for or against the state pro hibition. It was silent noon the sub- .ect. But events happening after the convention caused the people to de mand It. I shall do all In my power to enforce it “If we can by the aid of stat e pro hibition to a great extent prevent the use of liquors in Georgia, the law will remain forever on our statue books. "To make the benefits from state prohibition sure, national legislation Is necessary. Congress controls in terstate trade. We must demand from congress the passage of a law which will make It illegal to ship liquor Into a state where the sale is prohibited. Urges Parc Elections. “The preservation of a pure ballot, if we are to derive a legitimate bene fit from popular government, Is In dispensable. The presence In the state of two hundred and twenty-five thousand negroes, a very large num ber of whom have no conception of government and who would only be Influenced to exercise the ballot by the use of money in the hands of evil designing whites, is a constant me- nance to good government. "It Is true that by our white prim aries, and by an almost undivided sentiment, among the white people, we are at the present protected from this danger. “We cannot forget, however, that time and again by the division of the whites the negro has been brought to the ballot box to settle our disputes and to be himself Injured by the use made of him In connection with elec tions. “We must also remember that in over sixty counties of our state, If the negro saw fit to assert himself, every county officer could bo elected by the black vote. "I believe this constitutional amend ment will be overwhelmingly approv ed by the people at the next general election, and woe betide the man who would seek to prevent Its approval. Railroad Commission.,Bill. “No more Important piece of legis lation has ever been passed In the history-of this state than the bill increasing the number and adding to the powers of the railroad commis sion. “The power has beep given to the railroad commission to, exercise voice In behalf of the people at ev ery point where one of these corpora tions touches the interest of the pub lic. “Our new law is upon the line of similar legislation which has been passed in New York state, In Wiscon sin, In Ohio and In many other of the wants of the public by furnishing safe and adequate accommodations for the use of the public. Effort at Intimidation. “I am aware of the fact that the emlsarles of these corporations are already engaged In an effort to intimi date the public by threats that rail road building and improvements are to cease and, that the development of the state Is to be retarded because of unfriendly legislation. ‘This is no new cry. “Every time a just demand has been made upon the railroad compan ies in Georgia the same threat and the same effort to Intimidate the pub lic has taken place. “For years the railroad companies paid no taxes. "When the first effort was made to require them to pay taxes as the private citizens pay taxes we were told railroad building would stop and the state would cease to prosper. “Again, when we required the railroad companies to pay county tax es the same old cry was made. “Again, when wo sought to make them pay upon the real value of their property and required that the value of their franchise as well as their tangible property should be consid ered In determining the value "of their property, we were told- that we had ruined the state, and that no more money would be invested here. “Despite these cries we have seen railroad building continue to increase, we have seen factory after factory ■built; and banks established in al most every village. “It may be true-that for a few months there will be little develop ment In Georgia by corporatlbns of the character I am discussing, but this will not be due to legislation passed in our state. “It wili^be- equally true »il over the union. j Das been held by the Southern rail road. The Son them railroad claims to have recently sold this stock for *3,000,000. "If this stock, which ought not to _____ be worth more than the paper on r. ■ T ,, which it was primed, couid be sold on hnal Tribute to Honorfid the markets recently, in New York Wl for *3,000,000 it must be perfectly evident that the financial men there did not consider that railroad proper ties In Georgia have been treated harshly. “I only demand for the people of the state fair treatment by the cor porations. "I ask that our legislation protect the present and the future upon the simple Democratic doctrine of equal rights to all with special privileges to none. “I wish the practice established In Georgia of absolute Justice to the'calvary Episcopal Citizen. SERVICES AT 4:30 IN AFTERNOON Sons and Nephews of Deceased Will Bear His Body to the Grave- Board of Education as Hon* orary Pallbearers. The funeral services of Mr. Uriah B. Harrold will be conducted from transportation companies and abso lute justice to the people. Commission Now a Unit. "It is greatly to be desired that the railroad commission, which is now acting as a unit, conduct its work in perfect harmony with the corpora tions to which its Jurisdiction ap plies. "It is greatly to be regretted that the railroad companies have not free ly and fully put info effect the recent passenger rate order, and especially to it to be regretted that they have seen fit to carry this matter Into the courts. church at 4:3(1 o'clock Friday afternoon and the peo ple of Americus will unite in paying final tearful tribute to one who was so esteemed among ail. Friends of the family and the peo ple of Americus generally are res pectfully Invited to attend. Th obsequies thus deferred, pend ing the arrival of Mr. Edward Har rold from Mexico City, and who wired last night .that he was well upon the way here. Many relatives and warm personal friends of the deceased from other cities will attend the funeral. The active pallbearers will be the five sons of the deceased, Messrs. “I do not doubt that they will lose, Thomas, Edward. William, Charles and the litigation now pending. I . uuuiuo, uunaiu, nuuauji vaarjes ana Frank Harrold; his two nephews Har rold Davenport and Harrold Boone, — ■*“■»■«■ tuujujiBBion 10 enjoin it and Mr. Henry R. Johnson. Only Themselves to Blame. The fact Is these companies have Issued stocks and bonds In excess of their real value. “They have unloaded them upon the public until today their past mis* conduct has shaken their credit. “The railroad commission Just be fore my inauguration made a reduc tion in passenger rates. The reor ganized railroad, commission unani mously approved this reduction. “I accept for the reform movement with which your county and I were connected last year full responsibil ity for these reductions. “They are reasonable and Just “They will reduce the amount of money paid for passenger travel in Georgia one million of dollars a year if that travel Is not increased. My own opinion Is that before many months we will see that the reductions will not lessen one dollar the In comes of the railroads. “They will cause more people to travel. “The public will get the benefit of more travel with Its educational In fluences and other advantages, while the railroads will receive as much revenue as ever from their passenger service. But if it were otherwise, the suggestion that a great burden is being placed upon the railroads by this reduction is utterly unfounded, Dividends on YVater. “The railroad companies collected from the people of Georgia last year about forty millions of dollars. It could not place an extreme hardship to lessen this amount to thirty-nine millions of dollars. “The Southern rallraod paid this year *3,400,000 interest on its pre ferred stock. “This stock Is principally made out of water. “This money could well, have been placed In improvements and In bet terments. “The Central railroad paid *760,000 interest on its income bonds. ‘These bonds were Issued without regard to the real vatue of the pro perty. “The stock of the Central railroad, amounting to *6,000,000 par valne, when the railroad commission under the new law has nothing further to do with the matter. The attorney for the commission and the attorney gen eral have also been made parties to the procedure. Neither of these offl clals has any duty to perform In con sequence of the order of the com mission under the act amending our railroad commission. ip to the Grand Juries. “The eleventh amendment to the constitution of the United States for bids any suits against the state. The bills filed against the commissioners and the attorney general and the counsel for the Commissioners are ef forts to evade the eleventh amend ment to the constitution and it will fail. “If the railroads violate the order of the commission, it is then a mat ter for the grand Juries of the res pective counties and for the governor of the state to take action. “With the failure of the railroad commission in the litigation they have precipitated, better relations between them and the commission will follow. The efforts of the railroad companies to annoy the public In passenger rates will cease. Then first will the benefits from the action of the com mission be fully realized.” Work SU11 Unfinished. The governor next took dp the other reform measures, and said: “I have no doubt that before the end of my present term as governor I will be able to say to the people of Georgia. ‘We hi^ve accomplished what we undertook when we made the fight in 1906.’ ’’ The Americus Board of Education of which Mr. Harrold was president and for twenty-five years an honored member, will attend the funeral as a body, acting as honorary pallbear ers, with the following gentlemen: Messrs. J. A. Ansley, John A. Cobb, John W. Wheatley, J. E. D. Shipp W. H. C. Dudley, J. B. Felder, William A. Dodson, L. G. Council, J. W. Fur- low. Rev. James B. Lawrence, rector of Calvary church of which the deceased was for so many years a member, wfll conduct the funeral services. Busi ness will be susperided to an extent, and Americus will pay merited and tearful tribute to the dead. The services will be concluded at Oakgrove Cemetery. Health In the Canal Cone. The high wages paid make It a mighty temptation to onr young arti sans to join the force of skilled workmen needed to construct the Panama Canal. Many are restrained however by the,fear of fevers and malaria. It Is the knowing—those who have used Electric Bitters, who go there without this fear, well know ing they are safe from malarious in fluence with Electric Bitters on hand. Cures blood poison too, bil iousness, weakness and all stomach, liver and kidney troubles. Guaranteed by Eldridge Drug Co. 6oc. A young girl is never quite sure whether it' Is her heart she has lost or merely her appetite. How to AtoM Appendicitis^ Most victims of appendicitis are those who are habitually constipated. Orino Laxative Fruit Syrup cures chronic .constipation by stimulating the liver and bowels, and restores the natural action of the bowels. Ori no Laxative Fruit Syrup does not nauseate or gripe and is mild and pleasant to take. Refuse substitutes. Sold by all druggists. JOYNER’S REMOVAL SALE, For ten days we are going to offer tremendous values in mer chandise. W" must move to our new place about Sept. 10th. Onr s’ook is the largest we have ever had and we must greatly rednee it to tea days Some things we are closing ont at half what they cost; otheiB at one-fourth below; and sc >res at cost. Yon cannot miss this great sain rouin' in these times of high prices, Its a saving opportun ity, vf ill you mis i it or not? See circular for m >re prices. Sale Begins Saturday August 13th* Dry Goods at Cut Prices 7c Good Calico, all colors per yd 6c 7c Good Ginglyun, now Y Be 8^o Good Gingham, now 7c lOo Best 28 inch percale 7Jc 12 Jo Best 32 inch percale 10c 10 Yds good 7o flowered lawn 39o 12Jo Flowered Organdies 8o 15c Beautiful dotted swiss 10c 12Jc 40 inch white lawn... 7Jo 20c 40 inch white lawn......... 14c 18c Heavy Sambeslc Cloth 10c 15c Nice whitolincno 10c 25o Brown Polo silk 10c 26o Fancy Milano silk 10c 25c Beantiinl Swiss Applique 19c 35c Swell new skirt goods...'... 25o 25c 8well new plaids ... 15c 15o Solid color wonted 10c Men’s and Boys Pants Reduced, $5.00 Men’s swell pants....‘.....$3,48 54.00 Men’s swell pants $2 98 $3.00 Men’s swell pants $1.98 $2.00 Men’s swell pants $1.39 $150 Men’s swell pants. 98c $1.00 Men’s washable pants... 75c 75c Men’s washable pants 60c 60c Men’s washable panls 39c 50c Boy’s knee pants 39c 40cBoyB knee pants 25c SLIPPERS AND SHOES. $3.50 Extra fine slippers $2.48 $3.00 Extra fine slippers ......$1'98 $2,50 Extra fine slippers $1.69 $2.00 Solid leather slippers...$1.48 $1.60 Solid leather slippers... 98o W. A. JOYNER. 628 Cotton Avenne. Americas, Ga,