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AMERICUS TIMES-RECORDER THIRTIETH year. AMERICUS. GEORGIA —(WEEKLY)—FRIDAY. FEBRUARY 21. 1908. NUMBER 81 3 time you wear an Imperial you will realize how much room there was to improve $3.00 hat values. Every day the same fact is brought home to you. No other hat has the Imperial goodness of making--'- the fitness and the rightness of style. Spring styles just re ceived. W.D. BAILEY MEN’S OUTFITTER. BOLD ATTEMPT TO WRECK CEN1RAL TRAIN AT MUCKALEE BRIDGE Chief Feagin Gets Special Engine and Captures Negro Near Scene-Had Recently Been Discharged. PERUNA EDp^RIAL NO. I % The wrecking of a Central passen ger train which, had it been success ful, would have proved disastrous and accompanied with loss of life, was made at Muckalee creek trestle, two miles below Amerlcus Monday af ternoon. The very boldness of the train wrecker, working at high noon as he did, makes the attempt the more auda cious. The crew and passengers were given a shock, but nothing more severe. Central passenger train No. 6, due in Amerlcus at 1:56 from Montgom ery, swept around the sharp curve just beyond the trestle over Muckalee creek, running at usual speed. As he approached the trestle the engi neer saw a tie on the bridge. Tie Struck by Engine ' The train was too close upon It to be stopped although It struck the crosstie under slackened speed. The engine pilot was smashed, and the tie, an unsound one, was broken and thrown to one side. N’6 damage was done the train. Investigation disclosed the fact that i the crosstie had been fixed with the evident intent of hurling the passen ger trijin, with scores of people on board, into the creek. As the train came to a halt after striking the obstruction members of the crew saw a negro running away through the creek swamp. Special Engine for Officers Upon reaching Amerlcus and warn ing No. !>, the west bound train, the attempted train wrecking was report ed to Agent Hightower and to Chief of Police Feagin who was at the depot. They secured the yard en gine and hurried to the trestle. As the engine and party of pursuers reached the trestle a negro was found sitting beside the track. Immediately where the tie bad been placed. Chief Feagin jumped from the en gine and caught him. Negro Arrested the negro, John Hodges, made no attempt to escape. He explained his presence there by saying he was Waiting for all the trains to pass be fore crossing the bridge, though about forty minutes elapsed between the arrival of the two trains at the trestle. \ When asked about the crosstie, he declared he had not put It on the track, though he confessed to Chief Feagin that he say the tie on the trestle long before the train struck it. Hodges worked for the Central section hand until last Saturday, when he was discharged. It Is the opinion of those of the pursuing posse that the negro might have put the tie there to wreck the train In a spirit of re venge for having been discharged. Conflicting Stories When asked about the negro who ran nway from the trestle when the engine struck the tie, Hodges de clared no one but himself bad been about the scene during the past hour. Conductor Smith, the engineer and others stated to Chief Feagin that they plainly saw a negro run away. This does not tally with Hodges story, be declaring no one had been about the trestle as he could easily have seen them, having been there so long. This conflicting statement, his lolt ering so long, at the bridge, and the fact of his recent discharge, points suspicion strongly towards him. it was a close call for the passen ger train and good work upon the part of Chief Feagin. who suggested pursuit with the yard engine. RAGE FOR SHERIFF FIRST ENTRY IS MADE HELD FOR SHERIFF IS NOT GROWDED AS YET Feagin and Fuller Will Others May Enter Gontest Make Race. T he Hr.st entry In the sheriff's race **'1“ this morning with the name “I Wi Wam ll. Feagin nailed at the masthead and followed by that of present Deputy Sheriff Q. W. Fuller, Later. Sherlffetlcally. the sltuatlonln Sum ter atlll commands greatest Interest by virtue of the announcement by Sheriff K. I. Bell two days ago that 'tud the ticket looks good to the voter he would not again be a candidate, knows these faithful and efficient after having thus well served the officers. And is there one In Sumter county -no doe a not? Hie head of the ticket; genial, brave pm liomnar •Bill" Feagin. la regard- 1,, 7? on<! , of the moat efficient officers y,, ar ' f orsla ' with experience of many than twenty-five years he PartnuoH co ? nec ted with the police de- w M of AniericuB, and never ' ‘hat time has there been one ■Inu. dereHeiien of duty. At hlB he I,'.,. ^ a , ni1 "teht, year In and put. obJ?"'* 11 r *mord of which any Ills ,h,H ht 1,0 l ,rOU<1 - niniv , ulle « ns chief of police for Wriene» a i rs , has * lve “ *>lm clerical ex- Vku? e ®, ? keeping books and records Hi. „L ii!. prove Invaluable to one In in h 7 9 8 offlce - '•oiim r , fr °" ,ls ln town and In the will ,7 ar '‘ Klad of the fact that he m Offer for the offlce. and will sup port his Sum1„.9- w - Fuller, for two year's a III rim* efficient deputy sheriff, as hk n i 0D the t,cket wlth Mr- Feagin ho„„u'®£. ut . Jr '. He <» » faithful and frip n 7 and 0 Who Wit!" 7® coun ‘y and city alike “7-*m‘d^doX"e e nT. t,Cket the ' r the Y^e 1 " 1 — d F U,,er " lg “ t,ckct w,Ul county for twelve years. This announcement created wide spread surprise, as Sheriff Bell had no opposition whatever, and his re- election was generally conceded throughout the county. Hia withdrawal front the race was the signal for other tickets, real and prospective, to be discussed. Police Chief Feagin was first to enter, and thus for has the field all to hlntself, with Mr. Q. H. Fuller as deputy. It Is a strong ticket, and If there Is to be any opposition thereto it has not developed nt this hour, and no other is discussed. , But there Is yet time, and others may take the track later. For a time there seemed a strong probability of Mr. W. R. Paschal of fering for sheriff. In 'fact, he gave the subject some consideration, but yesterday morning he authorized the Timea-Recorder to Btate that he was not a candidate for the place. Mr. Jarrett J. Wilson has also been seriously considering the matter of offering for sheriff. He was In the CONGRESSMAN LEWIS ASKS RFELEGTION Announces Retirement Af ter One More Term. Congressman E. B. I-ewis, of the Amerlcus district, lias formally an nounced his candidacy for re-election. Coupled with the announcement of hla candidacy is the statement that If elected this time, he will not be a candidate for re-election. His platform Is tariff revision and cur rency reform. Reference la also made to the fact that Representative I-ewls has been honored with a seat In the halls of national legislation for the sixth con secutive time. At the present session Congressman Lewis Is the ranking Democratic member of banking, and currency committee, which Is Just now one of the most important. In the event of a Democratic victory, he would no doubt be made chairman of fhe committee. The following Is Congressman Lewis’ card In full: To the voters of the third congres- HINTS OF DYNAMITE IN .I. REGARD TO SHAFT South Haters Are Fierce in Criticism. I1B a laitmui ana city yesterday, dlapusslng the subject fpiL.j r . 0| Hclal and has a host of /among his friends, but evidently he ring of success about It. reachid no conclusion t as yet. not having announced. These are the only names that have been suggested for the offlce, and but lone announcement. fy —- It would be very Interesting to I H \1* I , l/v L n how nuny > cars v° ur ,ami| y p h > s i Of Vi OHCltl ? has prescribed Ayer’s Cherry Pei ** "7 * for coughs, colds, and ail forms of „ know physician y Pectoral — j——' for coughs, colds, and all forms of lung to 0,k you, dodo, about troubles. Ask him the next time you see It it a regular mrdi- him. Weknowphysicianswhoh.veused t^4£™*mtJidnt^adocia, 'i medicine, it for over half a century. slonal district: After very thought ful consideration I now announce my candidacy for the sixty-first con gress. In doing so I am prompted by the following reasons: I have very great confidence that in the coming election the democrats will be success ful In electing the president, and a democratic house of representatives. "The tariff Is the most Important of any legislation that Is to be consider ed, and the country la looking to the As the Tlmes-Recorder has pointed out already, there will not be left one atone upon another of the Wira monu ment, In all likelihood, If the Daugh ters of the Confederacy make the fa tal mistake of patting It at Ander- sonvllle. So Intense is the feeling engendered in the north, at the suggestion of such blunder, that the shaft could never stand. Happily for Georgia the matter of location Is to be further discussed at the U. D. C. convention to be held ln October next, and at that time it la hoped a better location for the shaft will be selected. The monument, as yet unfinished, Is In a marble yard in Amerlcus. The following clipping from a north ern newspaper expresses the general feeling ln that section regarding the proposition to put the monument at Andersonvllle: "The determination of Southern women to erect a monument to the scoundrel, Wlrx, has brought forth a storm of Indignation at the north. . "The proposed Inscription on the Wlrx tablet Is so outrageous and so palpably false that Is la no wonder that loyal people reBent the whole thing. Wlrz was legally tried and le gally executed and even then his punishment was too mild. ‘The assertion that he was offered Hr, Hartman ii now offering’ Ferona to 0- * as a regular pharmacea- 'icai product It is just as ethical os any &, ut np for the medical rejection. Eo r raining of medical ethics can <mlt with it THE .SINCIPAI /.C.'IVE INGREDIENTS are promt. .-orporated in the 1 .hoi on the bottc, that the people may know that the, ms made for Feruna !mvo a true jestu'cation. The only de; arture we shall moke from medical ethics in the conduct of Ftrma affairs iz the future, is the fact that we shall continuo to advertise and tell our product0 THE PEOPLE. If we would agfee to sell to doctors only, to advertise for doctors only, then the medical fraternity would be obliged to recognize Ferona as being entirely within t \eir approval. BUT WE S' ALL NOT DO THIS. We shall cc tinuo to offer Perona to the people. We shall continue to convey to the p; pie our claims for Perona as a household remedy. We shall continue to sup p t the people with free literature, teaching them how to use our medicine, \ thing’ them how to avoid disease, teaching them many things of benefit to tL home. We shall continue to do this, whether the medical profession liiraor nob We are pro- sing from this time on to take the pnblic into our confidence, Notwithstsrlr that some imitators and sutstjtutors will be attempting to K i someth:', which they consider just as good as Perona, we are going to aside the il of seorecy and allow any one who chcoses to know exactly OF WHAT EX JNA JB COMPOSED. Thisorghtt disarm all honest criticism. We expect, however, that crit icism will c:atlu. On some pretext or other those who are envious of the success of Peruna will continue to find People VY o Object to Liquid r Now Heines Can tire Peruna fault. But we ore determined to give such people no just complaint PERONA IS A GREAT MEDICINE. It has become a household word in. millions of homes. Onr faith in the*S| remedy is stronger than ever. Every-' year we expect to establish new plants in foreign lsr.V ntil the people of all the world are supplied with this valu able houschcl' anedy. WECLA1" >ERUNA TO BE A CATARRH REMEDY. Buy a bottle and: try it. If it’./ a you, bo honest and acknowledge that it has helped you. If you war a to we will publish your statement exactly as you furnish it tons. We wi- Id no words, take away no words. If you wish ns to we will publish your p« rait in connection with it Wo will not do this without your, written requert vithout your entire consent Peruna hr 4 ired thousands of people of chronic catarrh, in many phase* ' and locations, t least that is what the people say to us, throngh unsolicited testimonials. * *nna will cure many thousand more, in spite of fabricated slanders to the - ntrary. WE QUA !: NTEE EVERY BOTTLE OF PERUNA TO CONTAIN THE INGREBIElii: PRINTED ON THE LABEL. We gaarar. e that every testimonial we use is absolutely true-in the exact langnc 1 '--* f the testifier. We gauaul e that every photograph published is the photograph of the - son whoso ii. le it bears, that every word of every testimonial was author- 1 by the that signed it. ^ -'.i. We are dct. mined to heat onr opponents by being fairer than they are, iealing sous ir than they dare to. We are determined 'to meet falsehood with troth, dnp, sity with candor, insincerity with sincerity. We know t’ (the users of Perona will appreciate onr stand. We believe that tile dealer! n Peruna will applaud our conrse. We expect even our op ponents will be ibliged to acknowledge finally that Peruna is not only an honest and usefr remedy, but one of the GREATEST HOUSEHOLD MEDI CINES ON TH1 CONTINENT. SHERIFF BELL IS NOT | SAFES WERE BLOWN IN AGAIN A CANDIDATE Has Enough of Office and Will Retire. ,, Sheriff E. L. Bell will not be a can didate to succeed himself In that Im portant office. This announcement will come aa a surprise to the people of Amerlcus, of the county and the public generally, as be was regarded not only aa a can- TOWN OF BUENA VISTA Burglars Busy There Mon day Morning. A telephone message to Sheriff Bell and Police Chief Feagin early Monday morning requested that dogs be sent to Beuna Vista to trail bur glars who had done the dynamlto act there the night before. The message was transmitted badly, and Chlof Feagin could not ascertain whose sate had been blown open, or the amount didate but an easy winner, as he has I of loss sustained. The track dogs no opposition In the race. ihero are the personal property- of This tact renders hls retirement all ®"£' the more surprising. Sheriff Bell has been in that office, either ss sheriff or deputy, for twelve years, and no county In Georgia ’has Immunity If he would testify against | a more efficient officer. Jeff Davla Is false In every partlcu-1 Genial and straight-forward. lar. most capable and conscientious offle-j gang, and are now at the camps In a distant section of the county. For this reason It was impossible to com ply with thb request to send dogA to the scene. Passengers on the In- ! coming afternoon train from Columbus I beard nothing of the burglary while passlng through Beunn Vista. Our government wasn't doing bus! .... , „ , . negs In that way. It had plenty of I the people of Sumter have always evidence against Qavls as a rebel, but | delighted to honor him, and would the fact Js Davis could not be tried for treason and Wlrx was convicted of plain brutal murder. “I have an Idea that the tablet, if erected, will not remain long democratic party as the only party: a --v .-. fal . ehood8 before the public united In an honest effort to secure a “LL, hp well to Sard the glar proper revision of the present exist-) ?" d ‘ .he dvn^rdter " „„ hi.h f.mi nmiM-tivA tariff The' ln fi He from the dynamiter. Ing high and protective tariff. The tariff Is and has ever been respon sible for favoritism, and many evils in SERVICE OX SUNDAY our Industrial affaire. “My constituents know that I have• AT PARKER CHIRIU at all times honestly espoused tariff I ■ revision. Banking and currency will! oivine services will be held next doubtless be the signal for a sprinted race among several candidates for this important office. continue to be a conspicuous propost-j 8 un day, 23rd, at Parker church, three tion, requiring corrective legislation. | m n es from Amerlcus on the road to Having given this much study and at jLa Crosse, conducted by Rev. Morrell the present being the ranking demo- Bostick, a very able and forceful cratlc member of that comlttee, am youn g minister. The general public justified in the belief that In a demo-l (g ln¥ | te d to come out and hear this ftn A| ll/CD Tlip nipCT cratlc house of representatives, I popular Voung minister. ULU. ULIYLII IIILI IlVO! would very naturally be the chairman - of banking and currency committee. I succeeded In passing through the dnty that I owe to my friends, as well last house a bill permitting the nation-1 ns myself, to announce my candidacy, al banka to loan money on real os- in making this announcement for the tate, and will continue to urge the'next congress I desire to heartily position that the good farm lands of thank the people of the district who the south and west are of the very; have always been so generous and ‘ to me and now take this occosl- j say that under no consideration ... I to a candidate after tho sixty- and first congress. I will then have givon j fourteen of tho very best years of best .security, and that should not he denied tho obtaining money at lo’ live rates of Interest fr every loaning Institution. “I am also much con curing the passage of .—.—_ m—, for appropriations for several public retire buildings in the district, also a sold- p: * ler's home to he located at Fitzgerald. Therefore. In the belief of eomlr - democratic supremacy, I feel It se- my life to the public service, and with ability, and with entiro ‘ regard hills 'will, at the expiration of that time, for the Interests of the taxpayers of expiration affairs, wl to my public dut- T- contlnue to do so. But he desires now, after long years of service, to retire from office and devote hls time to hls farming Inter- ects In this county. 8herlff Bell Monday night handed the Tfmcs-Recorder the following card for publication. "To the People of Sumter, who the offlce of sheriff. I desire to' MR.M’DONALDTOOffCR TOR COMMISSIONER Captain John A. McDonald offers for a place upon the board of county commissioners of _ Sumter, hls card turn sincere thanks for the implicit I appearing this morning In the column, trust Imposed, and to announce that °! announcements. Of this honored I am no longer a candidate for Theittod highly esteemed citizen words o' offlce ” Respectfully commendation would seem entirely E. L. BELT-! superfluous. Hls modest nnnounee- Sherlff Bell's announcement will ment J* sufficient to bring to hie TO ENTER THE RACE George Oliver fires this morning tho first gun in the campaign for county commissioner, and the echo will rever berate throughout tho confines of Sumter whoro ho is so well known. Mr. Oliver lioMesses excellent quali fications for this Important office and would discharge the onerous^ duties country and town alike. He Is popu lar among all, a genial gentleman and a man of affairs, and will be strongly supported for this Important posi tion. support hundreds of the voters- Sumter, and hls candidacy will.' re ceive their full consideration. Capt. McDonald Is a prominent merchant of Plains and a farmer as well; and the affairs of Sumter county could be placed In no better hands thau those • of this well known gentleman, who has ever been found most worthy of every trust Imposed. MR. HOWE A CANDIDATE AGAIN FOR SURVEYOR.'. Mr. Robert R. Howe, County Sur veyor, announces again for re-elec tion to that offlce. While the remu neration la very small the offlce is an Important one and should he filled by a capable surveyor, as is Mr. Howe, who has ever discharged hix dutoes accurately and falhfully. i jA e.jqak.'