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AMERICUS TIMES-
THIRTIETH year.
AMERICUS. GEORGIA.—(WEEKLY)-FRIDAY. JANUARY 31. 1908.
An Honest Doctor
Advised Peruna.
KIDNAPPED WIFE OF
LIQUOR DETECTIVE
Girard, Ala., WroHght Up
Over Blind Tigers.
Girard, Ala., Just across the river
from Columbus, Is tremendously work
ed up over the alleged kidnapping of
the wife of the detective, W. B. Wal
ker, who worked up the cases against
blind tigers in that town. The wo
man disappeared for several hours,
and when she returned claimed that
one Seab Jones, clerk In a Phoenix' reliable than under former conditions.
M"
Robust Health Ruined.
R, SYLVESTER E. SMITH,Room
218, Granite Block, Rt-Louis, Mo n
writes: “Fcruua is the best friend
sick min can have,
“A few moil I In mro I came hero in
wretched erudition. Exposure and
dampness had ruined wy once robust
health. I-''had e«-
T It c Sick
Man's Friend.
tnrrlval affections of
the bronchial tubes,
and fOT a time there
was a doubt as to mv recovery.
‘•My pood honest old doctor advided
me to take Peruna, which I did and in
a short ti mo tny health began to inv
provo very rapidly, the bronchial
trouble gradually disappeared, and lc
three months my health was fully ro
stered.
“Accept a prateful man’s thanks foi
bis restoration to perfect health,"
PRIMARY FOR StMtO
BE HELD IN JUNE
This seems Quite Probable
Now.
The Sumter county primary ' for
the nomination of county ofllcers, leg
islative members, county commission
ers. city court Judge and solicitor,
still a subject of 'Interesting -discus
sion here In Amerlcus and over the
county, and the general desire Is for
the naming of an early date When the
executive committee meets here
Saturday, February 8th.
The impression la gaining -ground
that the state primary will be held
early In June, and that one primary
"111 be made to suffice lor the selec
tion of delegates to the state con
vention which will name delegates
to Denver and for nominating state
house officers.
No one recalls that two primaries
wore ever held for this purpose, and
no reason can exist for it being done
this year, although efforts have Been
made to create Impression that two
"111 be held.
in this connection It may be stated
anthoratlvely that fhege will be no
extra session of thd legislature. It
'» also generally believed now that
Governor Smith will not enter the
race for the senate, but will again
i'e a candidate for the governorship.
SIMS PLACE ON CHURCH
SEELS AT GOOD PRICE
Pretty Home Bought by
Dr. Rembert.
“f- Sa m R. Sims has sold to Dr.
" • A. Rembert his desirable residence
on Church street, corner of Hampton,
and Dr. Rembert will occupy it as a
nome after some changes and repairs
npon the property have been made.
Hie consideration was said to have
been $5,000, which Is a very conBld-
;. r “ b *e advance over the price paid for
jj by Mr. simg 0 f ew years ago. Mrs.
pirns Is now In Western Texas for
"?r health, and Mr. 81ms will prob
ably join her there at an early date,
hence the sale of their home here.-
City saloon, had induced her to get
Into his buggy and had then refused
to let her get out, driving aimlessly
over the town for several hours. A
warrant was Issued for Jones, and lie
was placed under a small bond of $100
on a charge of assault
Mrs. Walker accompanied her
husband to the train on Monday morn
ing, Mr. Walker being on his way to
a nearby town. As she returned to
her boarding house she says that a
man followed her and asked her how
long she had known her husband, and
was Informed, among other things
that it was none of his business. The
man then claimed to be a detective.
She then proceeded on her way
the boanllng house, where she was
soon called to the telephone and told
to come to the depot at once. She
tvent, accompanied by the
boarding bouse keeper. No one was
there. Another telephone call and
another trip. Same result.
The next telephone call was answer
ed by the boarding house keeper. The,
man at the other end of the line said'
that It was necessary that Mrs. Wal
ker come (it once and alone to the
:statlon, and that if she did net he
would send the sheriff for her. Mrp.
Walker went to the station again, and
was met by Seab Jones, the man who
had accosted her earlier in the day.
Jones stated that Mr. Walker was
under arrest on a charge of bigamy
and that he would drive 'her to 'the
house where the other woman was.
Mrs. Walker Anally got Into the buggy,
though' much mystified by the whole
affair. It soon became evident that
the man had no particular destina
tion. and when she Insisted on get
ting out of the buggy, he prevented
her. After some four hours of driv
ing Mrs. Walker stated that she
was going to jump out of the buggy
anyhow. He finally drovevuptown xnd
permitted Mrs. Wrflker to alight.
Iu Urn meantime Mr. Walker had
returned and was searching every
where for Ms wife. He happened to
be standing not tar away when his
wife alighted from the buggy and soon
overtook her. As soon as he 'heard
the story a warrant was sworn out
for Jones, who was later arrested at
Pheenlx City.
Just what the exact object of the
bartender is not fully known, unless
it was to Intimidate Detective Walker,
who had worked up Strang evidence
In a number of cases of alleged Ole-
gal sale of whiskey.
Only a tew days before three bombs
were exploded In front of the resi
dences of prominent la tv and order
workers of Girard by the whiskey
men. The prohibitionists have ’be
come more determined than ever In
their elTorta to stamp out the joints.
BUILDING OF NEW BANK
SOON TO BE FINISHED
landsome Home of Ameri*
* cus National
With the placing In postfinn yes-
THE LABOR ON FARMS
HERE IS MUGH BETTER
As Result of State Prohi-
" bitlon.
Amerlcus people not only see the
beneficient effect of prohibition upon
the negro labor here In town, but
the greater effect Is evidenced in the
country, where Is is most needed.
Farmers are finding no difficulty this
year In getting all the labor needed,
and it la of better quality and more
Hon. T. G. Hudson, commissioner
of agriculture and who has extensive
farming interests near Amerlcus, has
decided views upon this l>olnt. In
an interview yesterday he said:
“I expect to see throughout Geor
gia a wonderful change for the better
this year,” said Commissioner Hud
son. "On my own farms In South
Georgia, I have observed changes tor
the better, and wherever I go plan
ters tell me that they are having
much better success lu securing la
bor under satisfactonr terms.
“Prohibition Is driving hundreds
of negroes from the cities to the
farms, and I expect to see good labor
plentiful. Some people have the theory
that negro labor can not he handled
without whiskey, but 1 do not sub
scribe to it at all.
“I have been a farmer all of my
life And I have employed and studied
negro labor closely.
“When there Is a town or city with
in reach, where liquor can be obtain
ed, a negro farm hand will go and
hang around until he has spent all of
his money on carousing. He will
name back then In no shape to do
good work for -several days.
“But If no liquor can be (Attained
he will go to town, attend to hts
business and go back to hts work.
"No negroes .'are leavlnfe this
state, except the natural shifting
the Irresponsible element that fol
lows public wortes, and upon Whose
movements the liquor question has
no effect. We will have plenty 'of
labor this year, and it win he better
and more desirable In every way than
we have known for years.'”
TIRADE OF ABUSE WAS
ABOUT AS EXPECTED
ANSii
Wirz Shaft Has Stirred
South Haters.
DR. BOZEMAN IS DEAD;
0NGE A CITIZEN HERE
Passed Away at Forsyte
Tuesday.
Telegrams to relatives in ‘Amerlcus
yesterday -conveyed Information
the death Id Forsyth of Dr. >1. K.
Bozeman, the end following an Illness
of some length. For a long 'nnmber
of years Dr. Bozeman was -a pi
Input and-esteemed citizen-of Sumter
county, residing near Friendship, but
more recently he had made his home
with relatives In Forsyth. His only
immediate -relatives left here are Mr.
Ben Worthy and sisters, Mr. Worthy
going to Forsyth to attend the funer
al exercises today. .*
IS BRINGING INHALES
OF CROP OF 1907
This Faraier in no Hurry
* ' to SelL
Mr. W. P.-lowers, one of the sub-
terday of the huge granite column ' gtantlal farmers of old Webster, has
supporting the corner of the Alien
House at Cotton avenue and Forsyth
street, the work of completing the
new headquarters of the Amerlcus
National Bank will mow be pushed
rapidly.
And within a brief time new this
bank will occupy quarters as hand
some as that of any other In this sec
tion of the State.
The building has been entirely re
modeled to that end, and the Ameri
cus National, with a long lease of
years, will occupy within sixty days
its elegant new quarters.
The bank building will be upon the
corner, and most advantageously lo
cated. The great vault has been com
pleted some time since, and the or
namental steel celling finished at
well, yet much other work still re
mains to be done. ' .
The tiled marble floor Is to be laid
and the bank fixtures put In place.
All of these will fie of mahogady and
plate glass, the greater portion of
which has already arrived from the
manufacturer and awaits being put
position In the bank.
The new bank building will be one
of the handsomest and most com
plete of any In the State.
Senator Foraker says he sees no
hope of harmony in Ohio, and the sus
picion Is quite general that he does
not want to see any.—Philadelphia
Press.
1 f your doctor fully endorses your
taking Ayer’s Cherry Pectoral for
}Q your hard cough, then buy It and
-- . W uselt. Ilhedoesnot.thendonot
lvl cTprou/onht. ' 1 Vbout*thli?Ipfe n d'id^medic°ine
■oth[nx fa **“ forcoughs and colds.
just bagun Id market hita 1907 -crop
of cotton and is shipping It to Amerl
cus qs fast as it Is ginned. ' It is
one of Mr. .towers' peculiarities never
to rush a cotton crop to market, hut
rather to hold It for a year to two
nntll the price gets right, os he rare
ly needs the money. Last year he aokl
here in midsummer 300 hales, repres
enting two entire crops made pty-
vlously, and Just dow is ginning up
"the 160 or 160 bales he made loat
year. The cotton is packed away In
his gin house and storage nooms and
ginned and marketed as fancy suits
the owner. While he Is sending 150
bales to Amerlcus Just now, he may
declde to hold It for six months or
a year before selling. It Other farm
ers here bad the ability to hold cot
ton for better prices, as has Mr| low
ers, the New York cotton gamblers
would have to go ont of their nefar
ious business and seek work of some
kind. .
GUT IN EMBROIDERY IS
MADE AT DUNCAN S
Many Amerlcus people who read In
the press dispatches Monday the
ttradp of abuAe hurled at the dead
Major Wlrz by G. A. R. veterans
the North, only smiled at the calumny
thus heaped upon him. The outburst
was quite expected, In view of tjieir
hatred of the dead officer, but is none
the less regretted here.
In the meanwhile, work upon the
Wlrz monument Is being pushed
the Clark marble works here In Am
ericas, and It will be completed upon
contract time.
And the Inscriptions, as appeared
In Sunday's Times-Recorder, will
placed upon It.
In view of the storm of Indignation,
real or assumed, kicked up In the
north by- the more fanatical element
of south haters, regret is expressed
that the monument Is not to be erect
ed here in Amerlcus, as was suggest
ed last summer.
Erected here. It wonld serve every
purpose and, besides, wonld be
In
sured against possible desecration.
Erected at Andersonville, some overt
act, may occur which would still
further estrange the two sections,
even though -U did not bring ot
more serious clash there.
Amerlcus tendered the U. D. C.
monument site, and would have con
tributed even more liberally had'the
shaft been erected here.
But the TT. T>. C. at the Augusta
meeting last October, determined
place the Wlrz monument at Ander-
sonvllle, the scene of the operations
as commander of the Federal prison
pen in 1864, and it will be erected
there In June next
The exact site for. the shaft has
not yet been selected.
Ot course, It cannot' be reared any
where near the National Cemetery, or
Prison Park, or npon any land be
longing 'to the Government, and
some site near the depot in the lit
tle town will be selected.
The fact thht this has not been done
already ’may possibly give the U. D.
have ever knowrt. The prices quoted during the past few
C. some -trouble, as effort may now ,i,,.^ vp-ill remnIn nn for -.mnflier week
be made by opponents of the move- aa y s W1U remain on ior anotner weeK.
meat to prevent the purchase of an
eligible location. Such a one has
been decided urou In a way; but
deed to it has wet been secured.
The'spokeswoman for the Relief
Corps, nn auxiliary to the G. A
threatens In retaliation for the Wlrz
monument to replace In Prison Park
the infamous inscription once there
depleting the "horrors” of Anderson-
dlle, but which were token down
a year or two ago and destroyed.
The Wlrz monument has stirred up
a tempest. Ot that fact there is not
the allghest doubt
A Maine man who violated the pro
hibition law has been fined $1,000
and (sent to Jail for seventeen months.
The next party who tells him that
prohibition doesn't prohibit will hear
a few emphatic remarks.—Washing
ton Tost.
PROHIBITIONISTS TO
QUERY LEGISLATORS
Preparing to Goantor Ef
forts of Whiskey Men.
A very special offering at Duncan's
this morning is a lot ot 2,000 yards
of handsome embroideries, which
enmo In yesterday. This superb lot
Includes Swiss and nainsook goods in
matched sets; flounclngs up to 22
Inches wido and valued regularly at
25 cents to 75 cents per yard. This
morning the entire lot Is placed on
front counter and tho price cut to 19
cents per yard for choice. Today
only.
Georgia temperance advocates are
preparing to take a hand In the com
ing -primary for the election of candi
dates for the state legislature. While
ter county hag not yet become
warm enough on the political ques
tion trf justify an attempt to Interview
all possible candidates It Is under
stood that the movement Is to cover
this as well as other counties.
Many of the prohibitionists have
been expecting k movement looking
towards the selection of candidates
for the general assembly who would
favor a repeal of the salient features
ot the new law, and have prepared a
counter campaign. The slightest sign
of activity on the part of the saloon
element will, it Is predicted, result
In a marshaling of the temperance
hosts with even greater vigor than
heretofore. At the last election the
prohibitionists were not organized, and
the victory was in the nature of a
mild surprise to many. Hence their
legislative artillery will be a new de
partment.
Along the line of the selection of
candidates satisfactory to the tern-
perance people. Associate Superinten
dent J. B. Illphards, of the Antl-Sa-
loon League, says:
"Our hardest work la yet to be
done- We do not want It to be In
Georgia as It has been In other states,
and by that I mean the annulment of
tho prohibition laws by another legis
lature. After every great public move
ment has succeeded people begin to
find flaws, to scoff at tho go'od It has
accomplished, and to cry for a re
turn of the old order of things. Then
the liquor Interests get busy. They
endeavor, by various meanR, to in
fluence the public mind and create an
adverse sentiment. They make moun
tains out of mole-hills. Even now
these Interests are hard at work, and
It behooves us to also get busy. Our
only hopo Is to elect a prohibition leg
islature.”
Clothing Sale
Never since the first yard of suit
ings from the primitive spinning
wheel, was clothing sold so cheap.
Never before did such exquisitely
made clothes stoop to such diminu
tive prices.
In a few days, now we take our
annual inventory and we want to
clear out every garment possible
rather than invoice them.
YOUR COLD CASH NOW WILL
WORK WONDERS IN BUYING
HERE.
If this is not the real overcoat
weather what would you call it?
Come and see the greatest line Overcoats and Raincoats.
that you ever saw in your life. See the ridiculously low price*
at which wc are willing to separate ourselves from them- for
the money.
yVe might talk to you q week about the superb advantages
to be given you here in the buying of your Winter suit and
then the half would not be told, so we want to urge, you sim
ply to come and see for yourself just what we will do.for you-
Some of the choicest of the season’s purchases are still with
us and they can be yours forthe smallest "wee’,’' prices you
If you haven’t bought your Winter Underwear.
———— —“
buy it now.
If you need a soft or derby hat, buy a Hawes now.
If you want some Winter sox, pajamas, night
robes, buy now.
If there is anything you want in thdclothingor furnishing
goods line do not wait longer but come at once. We “need
the money” and if you “need the goods”, we will be sure to
‘get together”.
CHAS. L ANSLEY.
LODGE OF THE EASTERN
STAR IS INSTALLED
Geremony at Masonic Hall
Last Night.
In the presence of a large assemb
lage of those taking the Initial de
gree the local lodge, .'Order of the
Eastern Star, was formally Instituted
Monday night at Masonic Temple; the
corps of officers recently elected were
duly Installed.
The installation ceremonies were
conducted by Hon. John P. Davis of
Rome, worthy grand patron; and
Mrs. Senle M. Hubbard of Macon,
worthy grand mntron of the State.
A very large number of candidates
took the degrees conferred.
Mr. Davis and Mrs. Hubbard ar
rived at noon yesterday and were met
by a comriiittee 3T ladles and gentle
men, members of the new lodge. Mr.
Dqvls was entertained nt the Wind
sor Hotel, while Mrs. Hubbard was
the guest of Mrs. John M. Goolsby.
The exercises of Installation began
at 6 o'clock last evening and continu
ed through several hours.
More than sixty ladies and gentle
men, Masons arid tho wives, daughters
and sisters of Masons, presented
thccmsclves for tho membership de
grees, and'the new lodge. Order of
tho Eastern-Star, Just Instituted .hern
begins its career under brightest aus
pice*.:
Mrs. H. E. Allen Is worthy mat
ron, Mrs. John M. Goolsby assistant
matron, and Mr. E. A, Nlsbot worthy
patron.
Upon the conclusion oj? the degree
work and the installation oeremonies
last evening a sumptuous repast was
very temptingly served by the com
mittee of ladles In charge.
TRAVEL IS LIGHT
ON RAILROAD
Mr. J. W. Hightower Talks
of Business Conditions.
lifiiigly
Mr. J. W. Hightower, traveling
rcsentatlve of tho Peters Cart
Co., lias Just returned from a
ness trip to Cincinnati, a trlj) he I
overy year about tills time.
"Travel continues exce
light,” said Mr. Hightower, in speak
ing of hie.Drip.
"Usually In going out of Atlanta foi
Cincinnati, or In returning. It Is nec
essary to get a berth a day or two be
fore to make suro of It. That has
been tlie rule In previous years ai
.this season. But this yeaf- it
not necessary. There were ample
berths to go round. Going west I
had six companions on the sleeper an<
coming back there were seven. The
railroads are certainly suffering tn
their passenger end. I am satisfied o'
that front what I have seen.”'
While business Is not very brisk
at tills time In the middle west. .Mr
Hightower found that tile public was
getting more sanguine and that, the
expectations were that os the year
developed business would assume nor
mal proportions and the gross results
of 1908 would be far better than was
anticipated sixty to ninety days ago.
FIRST BIG DOVE SHOOT
IS ONE OF SUCCESS
Twenty-five sportsmen participated
In the first big dove shoot of the sea-
A field on the farm of Mr
Wooten, near Cobh, was
son here.
John L.
halted, and the doves swarmed there
111 countless numbers. Probably 560
or 1,000 doves were thus slaughtered
yesterday. Mr. Turpin of Macon
led with fifty birds, followed by John
Sheffield with forty or more, white
others secured bags less weighty.
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