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* m. THE AMERICUS WEEKLY HMES-RECORDhR. FRIDaV. DhC CiBER 20. 1^07 INDUSTRIOUS NEGRO ROBBED IN ATLANTA Flim-Flammed Out oF $150 of His Roll. G. C. Crlttendon, an industrious ne gro, whose home Is at Leslie, was In Amerlcus yesterday on his turn from a disastrous trip to At lanta wbero he was robbed of $295 by two negroes. By prompt action he caught one of the negroes and forced him to give up 9145, but the negro* with the remainder of the coin he could not wing. Crlttendon went to Atlanta Tues day to see about special rat -s to Cal ifornia, as he contemplated Journey ing westward With hig family. Short ly after his arrival he fell In with some of the Darktown population to whom he confided that he was from Leslie and had some to see about getting a rate to California. Two negro men claimed to be going to the same place and volunteered to give him full Information. A little later while in the railroad yards the negroes asked Crlttendon to change two *100 bills. Crlttendon "bit and was counting out his money with two large bills lying at his band. vAs he finished the count the two negroes grabbed all the money and ran. He followed, and caught one of the negroes. He wrested $145 from this one, but In the meantime the othor one escaped and Crlttendon was forced to return with, less than half of his cash. Preparatory to his trip Crlttendon, who Is also a preacher, got a letter of recommendation signed by a num ber of the.leading citizens of Leslie, but this did not prevent him from being an easy mark for his Atlanta brethern. He will undertake the Journey on the remainder of his cash. RAGE TROUBLE IN •' TOKENS CO.. ALA. Editor Psters Shows Ru mors in Error. WEDDING ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATED HERE Crystal Wedding On Tues day Evening. MR. KINARD WAS KILLED BY TRAIN IN ATLANTA When the Stomach .Heart, or Kid ney nerves gtt weak, then those or gans always fall. Don’t drug the Stomach, nor stimulate the Heart or Kidneys. That Is simply a makeshift. Get a prescription known to druggist everywhere as Dr. Shoop’s Restora tive. The Restorative is prepared es pecially for these weak Inside nerves, build them up with Dr. Shoop’s Re storative-tablets or liquid—and see how quickly help will come. Free sample test sent on request by Dr. Shoop, Racine, Wls. Your health is surely worth this simple test. Davenport Drug Co. HEPTASOPHS LODGE NAME NEW OFFICERS Amerlcus lodge of Hcptasophs, at 1 recent meeting, elected officers for the next year as folfows: E. A. Lockett, archon, J. T. Bragg, prov ost; George M. Bragg, secretary; George Argo, prelate: W. W. Rigsby, Inspector; J. B. Mathis, past archon; A. Pantone, treasurer. The Amerlcus lodge of Heptasophs Is in a very flourishing condition. It has a large list of members, who appreciate the work and benefits of this long-es tablished and successful order, and new acquisitions to the ranks of the local lodge are rapidly being made. GORDO, ALA., Dec. 12.—(Special) —Editor, Peters, of the Gordo Mes senger has sent out a full statement as to the trouble between negroes and whites In Pickens county. He shows that the reports were vastly ex aggerated and that the rumored wholesale slaughter of whites and blacks was entirely In error. He says: ‘ -Last Friday night negroes went to the cotton house of Early I .owe and stole nearly a thousand pounds of seed cotton.. So many farmers have lost so much cotton that Mr. Lowe cut up small particles of paper and put In the cotton so It could be Identi fied. He went Saturday morning, af ter missing the cotton, to a gin own- ed and operated by negroes, and found his cotton. Later It was told him who carried the cotton there. A warrant was sworn out for a negro named Will Lowe, and put in the hands of R. v. Lowe and Robert Price to serve. They went and ar rested a negro and Btarted with him to Jaih When the prisoner began to call out loudly, ‘Mandolin,’ up rushed a hundred negroes, some with guns, and began shooting at Mr. Lowe, who had hold of the negro. He held to “ Prisoner until the negro was killed by thosa of his relatives and mends, who were shooting at the ofljeer. Three balls went Into the 4 n . e * ro - J? 1 * Mr- l«we sa>'s the bullet that killed the negro was fired by the negro's brother. “Several small shot hit Mr. Lowe in the face and legs, but not sufficient to cause much pain. •'When the negroes discovered that they had killed one of their own number, they ran off. “This occurred Sunday afternoon near sun down. Monday morning, about 500 men, with the sheriff, went Into lx>we Town, where only negroes live, and where the negro was killed, and be gan a thorough search' of the plaee for the criminals. About thirty have been arrested and put In Jail at Car rollton. “No one was killed except the negro prisoner. “For many years Lowe Town hdk been obnoxious to law-abiding cltl sens. Thieving, and robbery occur (rcquently and when the negroes once get back to Lowe Town they are safe. One negro who had no crop, had sold thirteen bales of cotton and, of course, It wns stolen. "They nil belong to secret- socie ties, and the word ‘mandolin’ was their pass word of. distress. Their lodge was burned and a com plete rout of the negroes effected. The whltp people are detrmlned not to let them again build up Lowe Town .Everything Is quiet here.” Mr. and Mrs. William Park Wallis have sent out handsomely engraved Invitations to their crystal wedding, which happy occasion will be cele brated on Friday evening, 20th, at eight o'clock, at their residence Forrest street The event is pleas antly anticipated by the many friends of Col. and Mrs. Wallis who will as semble at their hospitable home And extend congratulations upon their fifteenth marriage anniversary, and wish for them the pleasure of cele brating the golden and diamond an niversaries as well. ATTENTION FARMERS! , Y °u can get the genuine old fash- !? ne< LJ' , V F . n ’? 01 80,4 a* Buchanan’s Use this kind qnd save yonr meat. 12-6 to 13—wlS-20. DR. GREGORY COMING HERE TO RESIDE The Amerlcus friends of Dr. F. B Gregory, now of Macon and a mem ber of thq. well known Stewart coun ty family of that name, are pleased to know that he has decided to re- <move to Amerlcus to engage in the practice of his profession. Dr. Gre gory and family will coins here next week, or the week thereafter. He Is well known In the medical pro fession. having been a practicing phy sician for nearly twenty years, and a very successful one. He graduated from Mercer University lu 1882, af terwards completing bis medical course at Tulane University, New Orleans. former Citizen of Sumter Killed There. Relatives In and near Amerlcus have been Informed of the tragic death of Mr. J. Barney Klnard ben eath the wheels Of an engine In one of the yards In Atlanta where he had resided for a year or two past. Few details of the tragedy arc known here beyond the fact that Mr. Klnard was run down and killed by a train. Mr. Klnard formerly lived In Sum ter. near Amerlcus and Is well known here. He was a nephew of Mr. J. F. Daniel and Mr. I.-B. Dupree, of Sum ter, and son of Mr. W. L. Klnard, of g iranesvllle. His wife, who survives Im, was Miss Lula Harvey of Mar Ion county. Nearly Mile of Paving is Assured. MONEY OF AMERICUS • GOOD IN 4 STATES 1VHY SO WEAK! Trial catarrh treatments are being mailed out free, on request, by Dr.' Shoop, Rodlne, Wls. These tests are proving to the people—without a pen ny's cost—the great value of this scientific prescription known to druggists everywhere us Dr. -Shoop’s Catarrh Remedy. Sold by Davenport Drug Co. AMERICUS TTO DRINK SOFTLY IN cDRY DAYS As In former prohibition days Amerlcus will take hers ’softly” that Is, her liquids will be of the soft variety that cool and cheer, but do not cause an unsteady gait when more than one coollqg bottle is wrapped undor a vest. Amerlcus has several manufactur ers of soft drinks, and all look for ward to increased business when the oil of joy vanishes. Local bottlers predict that with the passing of the saloon on January 1 the competition for the soft drink trade In Georgia will be keener than ever, and predict the establishment of many new bottling plants. Amerlcus manufacturers are pre paring to push business harder than ever next year, as they anticipate keener competition than ever before. Millions of bottles of Foley’s Honey and Tar have been sold without any person ever having experienced any other than beneficial results from Its use for coughs, colds and lung trou bles. This is because the genuine Foley’s Honey and Tar In the yellow package contains no opiates or other harmful drugs. Guard your health by refusing any but the genuine. Sold by all druggists. evod & w, maid in fount will ADORN TEA PARLOR Amerlcus lieople who may have wondered what would become of the Gal In the Fountain,’’ a statue made memorable In a recent very heated fmbefhatorlal campaign, when prohi bition comes on January first, has been solved. She will remain, but not as n bar goddess. She wll be the ehlef ornament of a tea and soft drink room which the Piedmont will open. Her chaplet of musicadines wlH be replaced with one of tea leaves. The mg hotels will, after the first, open Quarters, and are faring Prohibition with considerable appre hension of the reduction In revenue. ih.1 ““If. one of the leading hotels '?** wl» not be affected by Gie 2SSJ f rom wet to dry will be the ““ 0,d family hotel, that for ■ome reason has never had a bar. Kidney Troubles May bo Sapping Yonr 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, Gq., has tested Doan’s Kidney Pills to his en tire satisfaction and speaks of them as follows: “Yes, they certainly did me a lot 6f 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 tnlglit. I could not rest well In any position. I would wake up at aight 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 1 was called out of bed several times, but until 1 obtained a box of Doan's Kidney Pills I found nothing that helped me mueb. They <$id the work quickly and since using them I have not had the backache. The uHne has regained the natural color and con tains no sediment I feel first rate.’’ Plenty more letters like this from Amerlcus people. Call at Dodson’s Pharmacy and ask wbat Amerlcus customers report For sale by. all dealers. Price 50 cento. Foster'-MIlburn Co., Buffalo, New York, sole agents for the United A tickling cough, from any cause. Is quickly stopped by Dr. Shoop’s Cough Cure. And It is so thoroughly harmlesw and safe, that Dr. Shoop tells mothers everywhere to give without hesitation, even to very -young babies. The wholesome green leaves and tender stems of a lung healing mopntalnous shrub, furnish the curative properties to Dr. Shoop’s Cough Cure. It calms the cough, and heals the sore and sensatlve bron chial membranes!' No opium, chloroform, nothing -harsh used to Injure or suppress. Simply n resin ous plant extract, that helps to heal aching lungs. The Spaniards call this shrub which the Doctor uses "The Sacred Herb.” Always demand Dr. Shoop’s Cough Cure. Davenport Drug Co. SHEDS ON AVENUE STAY UNTIL JANUARY After wnnderlng around in four States of the Union an Amerlcus *5 bank certificate was received at one of the local stores yesterday from a customer. After having circulated In various Georgia towns, the Amerlcus •’willie" traveled In Florida, Alaba ma and Tennessee, then crossed the state line and worked Its wining way back to Amerlcus. Stamped upon the back of the, pure white certificate Is the rubber stamp marks of banks at Pensacola, Fla., Andalusia, Ala., and Chattanoogn. besides the personal endorsement of some business man who possibly, affixed his own signa ture In order to doubly assure some ‘Doubting .Thomas. The bank recelv Ing it here yesterday thought the little bill, Issued weeks ago to meet exlsiting conditions, bad done Its full duty and. therefore, laid It away. In fact, but' few certificates are seen In business circles In Amerlcus now as there Is an abundance of green backs and silver for all purposes Stop That Cold To check early colds or Grlppo with The line of wooden and metal sheds and awnings on Cotton avenue, which council several months ago ordered pulled down, are given a “respite” -until January, and after that date their cases may possibly be appealed to another tribunal. Some time ago an order was Issued to raze all sheds on. Cotton avenue from Lamar street to Parker's warehouse, but for some reason the-matter has since been over looked. Property owners 1 on the ave nue appeared before Council at the recent meeting and secured a tem porary stay of proceedings, thus keep ing the sheds up through Christmas. The finest coffee Substitute ever made, has recently been produced by Dr. Shoop of Racine, Wls. You .don’t have to boil It twenty or thirty min utes. “Made In a minute” says . the doctor. “Health Coffee" Is really the closest Coffee Imitation ever yet pro duced. Not a grain of real Coffee In It either. Health Coffee Imitation to made from pure toasted cereals or grains, with malt, nuts, etc. Realty It would fool an expert—were he to unknowingly drink It for Coffee. Sold by fiparks-Mashburn Co. GAGGED BY FUMES OF GAS IN JAIL Aroused by gas pouring from 1 broken pipe, a prisoner on the sec ond floor of the couqty Jail gave the alarm at an earlv hour .vMtonisv alarm at an early -hour yesterday morning and thereby probably saved himself and other Inmates from as phyxiation. It is said that the "break” was located In tbe cell occupied by L. C. Joiner, and some time was re quired in opening windows and freeing the building from escaping gas. In Joiner’s cage Is a small gas stove, connected with the pipes by a long rubber tube, which. In some way, became disconnected and thus al lowed the poisonous fluid to flood the upper coriidar. Had not the acci dent been discovered In time some of the prisoners might have succumbed to the deadly fumes. Preventics College street property owners, from Forest street to Barlow, a distance of a half mile, are required to ' put dow’n pavements of concrete tiling that entire distance, where such Improve ment has not been made already This was the order Issued by Coun cil at the recent meeting on Thurs day evening. A large portion of College street is thus well paved already, but there are sections unpaved In front of some residences, and it must all be made uniform. *• Council likewise ordered property owners on Lee street, where graded and curbed, to lay tiled pavements within a given time, while Brannon avenue, recently graded and granlto- curbed. Is to be tiled Its entire length. Miles of tiled pavements have beon *lald In Amerlcus within the past two or three years and the residence sec tion is the best paved of that of any city In the State. Tiling is also laid In a large part of the business sec tion. This tiling not only makes a Very handsome pavement, adding to too beauty of the city, but Its lasting qualities render it the most desirable material for paving. Accounts DEM. CONVENTION v AT DENVER JULY 7 WASHINGTON. D.’ C.. Dec. 12, . (Special)—The Democratic Natiohal Committee today selected Denver as tho place for the next Democratic na tional convention and the date as July 7. The decision was reached onNthc second ballot Denver offered *100,- 000 for the convention and got the prize. TotfsPills will save tlic dyspeptic from many days of misery, ami enuMc him to cat whatever ho wishes. They prevent SICK HEADACHE, cause tlic food to assimilate and nour ish the body, give keen appetite, DEVELOP FLESH and solid muscle. Elegantly sugar coated. - Take Bio Substitute. An ashore, and In our DAVENPORT DRUG CO. World. Service oflo„„^,„ rc , ullu our hdand possessions. Age 19 to 35 years. srtsvss. u. S.HARIvn CORPS RECRUITING OFFICE. are both desired by this bank which offers courtesy alike to all depositors: Every LARGE fortune had a SMALL beginning—for this reason we encourage small accounts In hopes that with favorable conditions and a wise determination to SAVE regularly. Small Accounts may bo- come large ones here. 4 per cent Interest paid on all Sav—- Ings at Our Savings Department. The Planters Bank of flmsricus Fish Tales ore often exaggerations, but we have no need of stretching the truth In our business as FISH DEALERS Freshness Is an absolutely, lndls- pensablo quality In unsalted or un- smoked fish and we handle none about which there may bo tho slightest doubt Wo keep every kind In sea son from tho gamely trout to solid mullet And wo don't try to make a fortune on every pound of fish mo sell either. FOR CATARRH Eli's Giean Dab I. quickly absorbed. “ I R»Iil! .1 ( Glrta RsIi’lI .1 Once. It cleanses, aoothee, heals and protects the diseased mem. brane resulting from Catarrh and drives away a Cold in the Head quickly. Restores tbe Sense* of Taste and Smelt Full size 50 eta. at Druggists or by mnll. Liquid Cream Balm for use in atomizers 75 cti. Elv Brothers, 56 Warren Street, New York. LOOSE-mTINO “B. V. D.' | j Don t suBer In aot wcathcr“B. V. D.' Y i Coat Cut Undenairts and Knee W Length Drawers best and coolest for w summer. Dellrered to any part of _<k, the Un'ted Stat-s upon receipt of price SCc 11.00 and It. to garment When. rderlsg give chest and waist measure la inch' i. Write for Illustrated booklet to Dept N«Cn.F. CROSBY FRY CO., ' Broadway, New York.X V. ■hair balsam CWfMFi But btvmAfiB tht halt. salaries for our jrrnduatcs. Kuo ana Anpamow. Pros. EARN THIS AIR RIFLE SHERLOCK & CO PHONE No. 32. , tPositio ns Cuaranteedfby a $5,000 BANK DEPOSIT 600 Board at Cost. R. R. Faro Paid. Notes taken Fra, Coursaa Write Quick. —umo lyiucK. GA-ALA.6I1SINESS COL'GE JacoD.Ga WHOLESALE SUPPY CO. P.O.Box 372, Valdosta, Ga. i • w.nov-22-4t N. B.—300 requests for tolegraphera now filed; mon or women. Salaries *50 to *70 ( por month. Money Loaned on Lands w, are prepared to lend you money, targe farm loans at 6 per cent Interest, smallor loans at Vfper cent. Loans on city property at 8 per cent Interest payable- in quarterly InsUllmonts Reasonable commission charged, tf Lane. Itaard S Dr. W. H. Bowdoin OSTEOPATH. Offices ov< r Dodson’s Drugstore. AH diseases trea ed without u*e of drugs. Chronic diseases a specialty. C onsultation free Ofiice phone 416 If. Residence phone 133* Curcn Backache • Corrects Irregularities «gr..i w— „ " . " * wivar Do not risk having," will cure any case of Kidney or Bladder Disease not Bright’s Disease beyond the reach of medicine. No medicine can do more* or Diabctca t sold;by all druggists Remember toe name—Doan’s and take no other. CHILD IS BETTER AFTER BAD BURNS Many friends In and about cus will bo glad to learn of Improvement of Lucille Pattu little four-year-old child of Mrs. J. G. Patton. Who was _ fully burned on the face and ten »«<>• The little child wan standing in front of an open grate. * It Builds Force , W^t is medicine for?. To .cure you, if sick, you say. 1 Q2* med S3S e 29 22* C F? - e Y er y kind of sickness,' because different ta4h ton l dffe \ l iP/i ltp ^. of j t4 ] e 0ne medicine goes to the liver, another to the spine. Wine of Cardui to the womanly organs. So that b why ine of Cardui >roven so efficacious in most cases of womanly disease. Try it.’ wlthotrtraljef"* suffered ,or y«" «M» female dlseasU and doctor* 7»S* My back and head would hurt me. and I suffered agdty with beartng-downnaina. Mi ItookWLneofCariulandnowl am In good health.’’ Sold everyXe. In $1.00 bott^ .-"JU 1 — Wr+H tmUr taritrm Coer of WuU. M-m* Btatnkd Beck hr Wo WRITE US A LETTER