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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. _ 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. . — J 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 i v 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.