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THIRTIETH year,
331-3 Per Cent
Discount On
25 To 50 PER CENT
Discount On
Mens Suits
Boy’s
33 1-3 PER CENT
*
Discount On
and Children’s Suits
People have confidence in this
store, and know that when we
offer reductions we jjive them as
advertised. , ,
Your money should not lie idle
in your pocket now with this
opportunity staring you in the face.
W. D. BAILEY,
Outfitter for Men and Boys.
HOW BOOZE IS BOUGHT
1 EASY 4T THE CAPITOL
Lightning Trick is Turned
There.
Amerlcus has been obeying the pro,
bt law strictly since the drought set
tled upon us and not a "tiger” haB
growled In this good town since booze
ceased to flow on January 1st But
other towns are not as good, and the
oil of joy is accessible.
The "Lightning Express' Is the new
name for the blind tiger Li Atlanta,
or at least for a system which ans
wers essential purposes.
, There are said to be runners for
the “lightning express” who have no
difficulty In finding customers.
The way It is worked Is some
what after this fashion. \ number of
packages of liquor are shipped to
various persons, knowu as Bill Sykes,
Tom Jones, Sam Williams and others,
whose names may not be In the di
rectory.
An Atlantan goes out in search
for a drink.
-He ruhs upon a "runner” for the
lightning express whose mfsslon it
is to supply refreshment -for the
thirsty. There Is, It Is said, an
change of cash for an order on the
express company to deliver to bear
er one package addressed to Sykes,
and the trade Is consummated.
" The owner of the order goes to the
office, gets his package and is happy
as long as It lasts.
Since there Is nothing In the Iqw
to prevent the company from keep
ing on hand packages consigned to
any person to whom th«y mav bo ad
dressed it Is easy to send several such
packages when, they are retained un
til disposed ot t; the rmmirs,
If anybody, it Is th< runner who
vie! t-v the is . case of sale
could be made out against him, pro
vided he Is caught.
FAMILY IS STILL CONFIXED
TO HOME BY ILLNESS
Mr. N. A. Ray and nearly' all the
members Of his family sre still con
fined to their home by Illness. Mr.
Ray has bad pneumonia for a week,
but his condition has .Improved con
siderably 'within that time. Mrs.
Ray and lOthers of the family are
quite ill with la grippe.
TO SfLL THE SALVAGE
HERE ON MONDAY
THE SAUSAGE IS GIVEN
A SQUINT BY OFFICERS
Americus Links Inspected
as Well.
MEMORIAL DAY WILL BE
OBSERVED ON SUNDAY
Comlstloner Hudson's sausage de
partment of the Pure Food inspection
has finished with that wonderful
mystery, the sausage, and the ver-
filst is written. Sausage for inspec-
tton was ordered from Amerlcus and
01 her points and an inquest duly held
*° determine whether foreign imb
alances wen- used In-their construc-
lio » The Amerlcus product seems to
lu ' e I,a8s ed muster all right, but
several Atlanta founderies where
Hie mysterious' 1 Is made were Jack
ed up and given a roast. Eleven of
e samples sold ns pure pork sau
sage were found to be mixed sausage,
" licf i is a distinct violation of the
pure food law, and offending parties
1 re not ified that they will In future be
Prosecuted. A number of other sam-
"ere found to contain various
Wes
chemical ..
hlblted by
tention
preservatives which are pro-
the pure food law, and at-
was directed to several spe-
0 instances where sulphite of soda
* s " sei1 - Commissioner Hudson's
er warns all dealers using such
,hf, ervatlv * 8 they are violating
/nit aw ’ aad tfctt prosecutions will
unless such violations are dls-
continue,].
Many Cities to Adhere to
That Date.
While In Americus the subject of
Memorial Day exercises may not have
been entirely disposed of by the Mem
orial Society and II. D. C. respecting
Uie exact date of observance, other
cttles ’ have already determined upon
April 26th, the dap always thus hon
ored, despite the fact that it falls
upon Sunday this year. This point
will be disposed of very Soon. as
will the complete arrangement of
Memorial Day program. Quite a num
ber of veterans, believe that Memorial
Day can be as appropriately observed
on Sunday as any other day, and that
In fact. Surfday Is really the best day
for the exercises commemorating the
death of those men who gave up their
lives for the Confederate gray.
DECISION OF COURT IS
AGAINST WALTER REESE
Walter Reese, the Amerlcus negro
sentenced to twenty months In the
chatngang, or healthy fine, Is up
against It,' the supreme court sus
taining the sentence Imposed In the
city court here a few weeks ago.
Reese, It will be ftmembered, did
some remarkable gunwork in a bar;
room here just before the dawn of
drouth, and tor the plstolorlo pleas
antry will do time in the gang under
sentence of tbe court
P » * — — A very delicate matter, to be sure, but do you
ii ti-Jj - / g g • think your husband ts as good looking as he
i ('ll) A A-Jill ought to be? Help him outl Offer to buy
|1 r* *** him a bottle of Ayer’s Hair Vigor if he will
]**vourJo*rir,l,' Khme ,, nil u ? n |y use Removes dandruff, keeps the
c 'yurious thing tn Aytr'$Hair Vigor. h * lr *ort and smooth, gives the proper
Ig'mihimhli.h'J ectwwhm. finish to the general mske-up.
Sealed Bids for Damaged
Gotton.
The partly burned and damaged cot
ton bales saved from the compress
fire here will be sold to the highest
and best bidder next Monday, 17th,
at the Americus yards of the com
press company, aud bidding upon this
valuable lot of cotton promises to
be sharp. In all there are probably
250 or 300 bales- in -the salvage, and
this will be sold for account of the
Insurance companies carrying risks.
The salvage cotton has been put la
merchantable shape, and under com
petitive bids wll doubtless bring a
fair price, thus reducing the grand
total of losses considerably. It Is
understood that buyers from Atlanta,
Savanah, Macon, Columbus, Montgom
ery and even from milling towns In
Texas will come to Amerlcus to sub
mit bids upon this valuable lot of
cotton when sold on*the J7th Inst.
DECISION IN FAVOR OP
VOGT VS. MITCHELL
Supreme Court Has Decided
Case.
The- Supreme court has just ren
dered a declsifin in the case of Mit
chell versus the Henry Vogt Ma.
chine Co., ,and vice versa, appealed
from tho City Court of Amerlcus and
hearing upon the plant, in whole or
part, of tho City Ico Co. The decis
ion of the higher court' affirms the
verdict of tho City Court of Amerl
cus, which found In favor of the Hen
ry Vogt Co., in considerable
and likewise awarded Mr.
a much smaller sum. The cast
been In tho courts, here for some
time, the amount involved being about
$8,000 or more. It Is not yet known
what further steps, If any, will be
taken in this litigation.
Samples of Examination
Questions.
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The Third District Agricultural and
Mechanical School has now been open
five weeks. Many changes have
come about since the opening. The
dining hall ha3 been completed and
■furnished and painted; water, sewer
age and lights have been put in the
building; the blacksmith shop has
just been completed and equipped; the
auditorium has been partially furn
ished with chairs and others are
ready to be put In the hall, that has
just been furnished with two large,
heaters.
The students are now making the
necessary furnltuTe for a library, that
It 1b hoped can be opened during the
next week. The school is greatly In
need of books and has not the funds
to buy them. Supt. Collum will ap
preciate any help In the way of books
standard magazines, or money, to help
equip the library. He will publicly
acknowledge any help that may be
given.
First Examinations
The first examinations have lust
taken -place, the. following questions
are taken T.rom the boards in the room
presided over by the teacher ot
Science and Agriculture: 1. Define
(a) soil; Hb) subsoil; (c) weathering;
(dj humss; (e) captlayity; (f) drain
age; (g) osmosis; <h) legumes; (I)
tubercles; (j) rotation of crops. 2,
Names of agents In forming soil.
S. Why should we plow deep? 4,
How can we help keep the soil moist
hi dry weather? 5. Why does a plant
wilt In dry weather? 6. State five
reasons for drainage? Name three
ways uf draining. Which la the best?
Why does soil “-wear out?” How can
It be kept fertile? Name three ele
ments necessary to plant life. If you
wanted to furnish all three of these
elements, what three commercial fer
tilizers would you buy and mix?
The questions In the room where
mathematics and mechanics are
taught, had been erased. Information
was given that all these referred to
the dairy .the shop and the farm.
The following are a few of the ques
lions found In the English History
room; "Some curiosities have recently
been 'found at the bottom of Lake
Geneva.” Point out verb. Is It trans
itive or intransitive, aettve or pas
sive? What was the object ot thb
Navigation Acts? The results? De
scribe the- Committee System In
State 'Legislation.
Some new students entered the
school the past week an others will
enter this week. There has been
established among the boys » fire
company that win he drilled to use
extinguishers.
REALTY OF EVERY KIND
IS STILL IN DEMAND
Vacant Lots for Building
Being Sold.
While the sale of residence proper
ty here In Amerlcus is of dally oc
currence the demand for vacant lots,
upon which new dwellings will go
up Immediately. Is Just as great Num
erous Bales of desirable vacant pro
perties are reported, while several of
the realty dealers here have other
orders filed for such Investments.
Quite recently the sale ot a desirable
tract 80 by 200 feet, corner Furlow
and Hancock streets, to Mr. S. L.
Sills for $1250 was reported, and upon
this lot lie will erect two pretty dwell
ings at once. Messrs. Allen & Crock
ett, realty agents, who
sold the Sills lot, sold another deelr-
abte vacant corner almost oposite to
Mr. L. A. Morgan, who will build a
residence there.
PIPE ORGAN TO ARRIVE
IN A FEW DAYS
Fine Instrument for first
Baptist.
The First Baptist church of Amer
lcus will Install its beautiful pipe
organ this week,
will be one of ipuch interest to the
church congregation and public gen
erally. Tho organ, ti very handsome
Estay,costing - $2,600 at ill-- factory,
was shipped from llrattleboro, Ver-
;; on the 7th Inst., and should ar
rive In Amerlcus today or tomorrow.
When the organ Is Installed a public
Time When This City Was
When fifty thousand Yankee pris
oners were held at Andersonvllle the
people of Amerlcus, ten miles away,
were In constant dread—a terror
which only the people who lived dur
ing those dreadful days of weeks and
months can fuller realize.
They believed that, should the pris
oners make a dash, and 'escape from
the stocknde, Amerlcus would be their
first point of attack, and the town
would be burned.
Fire, death and rapine would have
marked their march as it did that of
the fiend incarnate, the Inhuman De
vil—Sherman.
Amerlcus was a small town then;
the men were in the army, and tho
boys and old men, unable to perform
full military service, were' guarding
the horde of bluecoats shut up in
Andersonvllle.
It wbb then that Wlrz, to whop a
monument Is soon to be erected, was
in command of the prison.
Once, and once only, the horde of
50,000 desperate prisoners did come
very near escaping, and only the lack
of a determined leader prevented them
making a dash for liberty even to
wards the mouths of cannon trained
upon them. y
Mr. George W. Glover, then a youth
of 15 or 16 years, was one of the
guards at Andersonvllle at that time,
prior to joining the regular army.
A few days ago he visited the old
HON. LAI’S. I>. M’CORD.
H on. laps. d. mocord, i825 g st. r
Washington, D. O., Ex-Adjutant
General State of Tenno3sco, and State’s -
Attorney at Nashville, Is an ardent
friend of Poruna. Ho does not hesitate
to give publlo endorsement to this very-
excellent remedy.
As a tonic PerunS hae no superior.
But it is as a catarrh remedy It has -
achieved Its world-wide notoriety and:
success.
Any catarrh remedy to becomo per
manently effectual In the cure of ca
tarrh must contaln tonfo and invigorat
ing qualities with its anti-catarrlial
qualities. Catarrh Is always an expres
sion of nerve weakness, either focal
or general. It is, therefore, Important
that a catarrh remedy should possess
reliable invigorating qualities in order
to thoroughly rid tho system of catarrh- .
Pe-ru-na foi\ Colds.
Hon. R. S. Ryan, now residing iff •
prison Bite and looked upon the spot! Nome, Alaska, was formerly a member
where the little band of probably 1,200 of the English Houso of Parliament
old men and boys like lilmself, held snd Secretary to the lato Irish patriot,
Charles Stewart Parnell. His Wash
ington address is, Now Willard Hotel,. ■
Washington, D. O. Ho writes:
“I havo used Reruns and can recom-
.mend your remedy as a very effective
’cure for colds and catarrhal com- _
plaints,"—B.S. Ryan,
at bay a furious horde.
Mr. Glover thus told the Interesting
story yesterday to a friend:
There had been a freshet, and early
in the afternoon a portion of , the
stockade collapsed and fell, leaving a
gap probably a hundred feet wide. The
desperate prisoners saw a chance for
escape and were eager to make the
dash for liberty.
Instantly the alarm was sounded, j
and every guard rushed to the defense
of the stockade.
And In the meantime the prisoners
were getting busy.
They pulled down tents, armed
themselves with tent poles for clubs,
and with whoops, cheers and curses
massed near the broken prison wall.
The Confederates were drawn up In
battle line, but would have been no
obstacle in the way of sitch a mob.
They could have fired but
The jlash for liberty was not made, .
tho broken wall was repaired before •
nightfall; the prisoners did not es- -
cape, nad Amerlcus was saved. .
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ARE NAMED ON STAFF
OF GEN. J. W. CLARK
In issuing Ills general order No. ,
General John W. Clark, commanding
the Georgia Division, United Confed-
one crate Veterans', dated Tuesday, lias
round from their old muzzle-loading ennounced the appointment of Hie
members of his staff for the yenr 1908. -
guns, and then all would have been Promlnent confederate veterans from
over at Andersonvllle. | various sections of tho State arc ap-
Llke a mad stampede of cattle the pointed to staff positions with the
prisoners would have dashed over; ^ aide-de-camp and lieutenant
tilts valiant little band and swarmed
the country. Amerlcus would have
been a bonfire that night, while a fate
worse than death would have been
that of very many here.
But the 50,000 desperate prisqners
lacked a leader.
There was a battery - of two or
three small guns mounted near the
prison wall, and these fired blank
cartridges over the heads of the pris
oners massed near the break. This
show of’strength, with 1,200 guards
confronting them, made them waver., ter county.
colonel, and Sumter county Is honor
ed In the appointment of Captain .loin,
A. Cobb nnd Mr. H. T. Dave.ip.rt-
Captain Cobb was formerly brigadier
general commanding the Western di
vision of Georgia, U. C. V., the posi
tion now held by Gen. Vaughn, of
Macon county, while Mr. Davenport
has for several years been the able
and efficient commander of Camp
Sumter, 642, U. C. V. Their old
comrades In arms and the people or
Sumter generally will appreciate this
recent compliment conferred by Gen
eral Clark, state commander, upon
these gallant old veterans of the
sixties nnil honored citizens of Sum-
A New Photograph
Studio for Americus
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recital will be arranged and a delight
ful musical program rendered. The
church Is to be congratulated upon
this very desirable acquisition, which
it has long sought to attain.
LANGFORD’S STUDIO on the corner near *
the artesian well is now open ready for business..
We have been, delayed about thirty days.,
owing to the delay of the .skylight, but we are
now ready.
You are cordially invited to call and inspect our work,
and the occasion Why go to a larger city when you can get just as good work
at home as you can anywhere in the state?
Don’t take our word for it, but come and see for yourself..
We do all kinds of photograph work. Amateur finishing.
Penny pictures for the school children. View work of any
kind- But high grade portraits a specialty.
We are not transient, but have leased a place and located
permanently. Make our Studio your headquarters. You will
always find a hearty welcome.
LANGFORD’S STUDIO.
Corner Lamar and Lee Streets.