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thirtieth year.
AMERICUS. GEORGIA.—(WEEKLY)-FRIDAY. FEBRUARY 28. 1908;
To Men’s --Clothes Wearers
You are offered daily, all kinds
of clothes to wear; some good, some
bad, some dishonest.
The dishonest clothes are those
made of fabrics adulterated with
“mercerized cotton;” made to look
like all-wool and sure to wear like
part cotton.
The dishonesty is in the looks
that deceive you; not in the fabric,
or in the dealer. There’s nothing dis
honest in a “mercerized cotton” fab
ric if you know what it is; some deal
ers don’t know.
The country is full of this stuff—
clothes that cheat; they look honest
and they cost honest; but they’re a
fraud; and you’ll find it when you
wear them.
Hart Shaffner & Marx’s clothes
stand for all-wool, and no “mercer
ized” cotton; if you find their label
that’s what you get.
W: D. BAILEY,
MEN AND BOYS OUTFITTER.
Agent for Carhart’s Overalls.
PLENTY Of MONEY. BUT
BEG FOR A LIVING
The presence in Amerlcus yester-
lia .v of several well-dressed beggars
<d (he professional class was the sub-
m of eomment as they went from
Store to store, and, with brazen ef
frontery, begged money. This class
f° cattle should be run out of town
'he moment they reach the depot,
'hey are not objects of charity by any
means yet easily gull and victimize
html-hearted people. The cashier of
,m ^tmeicus bank remarked yester-
<l, ‘ > ’ as '"t watched a strapping, lazy
U ll0 " w °rklng” the town, that they
frequently called upon him when
l,a,ly to leave the city and exchange
r* han.lful of silver for bills of larger
T nomination. One of these pests can
Irwjr ParU t0 * 10 a day ’ aDd
** tw een suns.
c M!e have
GEORGIA IS DOING HER
A full scon of such
worked Americas within
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®onth and thus added largely, no
Some Amerlcus people perhaps do
not know that many of the greatest
inventions of the age 1 are the work
of' Georgians, who led the way In
many events of historical note.
The first American prize captured
in the Revolutionary war was by
Georgians July 10, 1775, at Tybee, and
part of the powder was used at the
battle of Bunker Hill.
The first boat to move by steam
was invented by William Ixmggtreet
and made her trial trip In 1790, and
carried twenty persons.
The first steamship to cross the At
lantic was the Savannah, owned by
Savannah merchants, and sailed from
Savannah In 1819. I ,
The discoverer of anaesthetics was
Dr. Crawford Long.
When the railroad from Augusta to
Charleston was built it was the long
est railroad In the world.
It was a Georgia Indian, Seguoyah,
or George Guess, who made the Chero
kee alphabet, the one. great Indian
achievement that has been of lasting
good. ,
The first cotton gin was made by
Eli Whitney, and Mrs. Green on her
Georgia plantation on the Savannah
river, In 1791. There are 5,000 In the
COMMITTEE IS SURE OF
PLENTY OF MONEY
For Expenses of Election
in April.
Reduction in Salaries is
Likely.
The grand army of candidates In
Sumter Insures to the county exe
cutive committee an ample fund for
the primary expenses “and a leetle bit
more,” as the assessment put upon
these patriotic citizens will raise i
fund of probably $500, or more.
Each candidate must pay a pres
crlbed amount for the expenses to be
incurred in holding the primary, coun
ty and state, and the aggregate sum
will be ample.
The amounts assessed the candi
dates are as follows:
Sheriff, $30 each; clerk of court $30;
tax collector $301 judge of city
court $30; solicitor city court $30
each; tax receiver $20 each; treas
urer $20 each; ordinary $20 each;
representatives $10 each; commis
sioners $5 each, surveyor $5, coroner
$2.50.
And the number of runners Insures
a goodly sum total.
Those who have announced al
ready will pay in for election expen
ses $415; and as there will probably
be several others to announce, the
total may be estimated at $600.
But all of this amount will not be
required for the expense of holding
the primary of April 15th.
The balance remaining on hand af
ter that election will be applied to
the expenses of the State primary,
and even then the amount may not
be sufficient. Under new conditions
candidates for county office are as
sessed for both primaries, state and
county.
The state makes no provision for
this expense, and it must be borne by
the candidates for county as well as
the state offices.
Amerlcus employes of the Seaboard
System are doubtless anticipating re
ductions of salaries and pay in some
departments, In view of recent state
ments sent out from Portsmouth to
that end. Officials as well as em
ploye will be affected by the proposed
wage reduction.
The following notice was sent out
from Norfolk yesterday.
Norfolk, Feb. 21.—W. A. Garrett,
chief executive officer for the re
ceivers of the Seaboard Air Line, to
day issued an order that, after Feb.
1, a 10 per cent cut will be made In
all salaries of more than $5,000 and
8 per cent In those between $3,000
and $5,000.
Mr. Garrett anouncefl that there
Is to be no change In the present
list of officials of the Seaboard.
All district presidents of carpen
ters’ and machinists' unions along
the Seaboard lines will meet officials
at Portsmouth, Va., tomorrow rela-
tite to contemplated salary reduc
tions among the general employees
of the system.
Employes and Officials Talk.
Mr. Otis M. Hansford, representing
certain departments of the Amerlcus
shops, is In Portsmouth,,where with
other employes of the Seaboard Sys
tem a conference was held Friday
with officials regarding the probabil
ity of wage reduction.
Last year a telegram was received
here from Mr. Hansford, which In
duced the belief that there would be
no reduction at present of the wage
scale of machinists, holler makers
and blacksmiths.
COMPLIMENTS NEW
POSTAL MANAGER
ABLE EXPOUNDER
Of CHRISTIAN SCIENCE
Supt. Payne Congratulates
Miss Billinas.
Mr. Guy E. Payne, assistant gen
eral superintendent of the Postal Tel
egraph Co., spent yesterday in Amerl
cus, coming down from Atlanta to In
spect the Amerlcus office.
Mr. Payne spent the day going over
the business and equipment of the
local office. He found that under the
efficient administration of Miss
Grace Edith Billings the business and
property of the company had been well
handled. Since Miss Billings took
charge of the office here several
months ago the business has consid
erably increased, the patrons of the
Postal have been well pleased with
the promptness and accuracy of tho
service rendered them, and there has
been a noticeable absence of com
plaints of any character.
Supt. Payne warmly congratulated
Miss Billings on her capable hand
ling of the company’s affairs. “You
are the best manager we have ever
PART IN WORLD WORK had In Amerlcus,” was his comment,
an encomium that those having busi
ness with the Postal at this point will
all endorse.
doubt
(o their bank accounts or real
,f ate hidings at home.
ar<
ter Urns
I '•-'-“Uiug D
ulnV'i* the counlr y and fleecing peo-
ho cannot withstand their “path-
--I'lH'als for cash—nothing but
Many of
k are doubtless quite wealthy, af-
spending several years In
cash.
state now.
The first sewing machine was made
by Rev. Frank Gouldlng, of South
Georgia.
The first female college in the
world to bestow degrees on women
is at Macon, and was chartered In
1836.
GHECKS ARE GIVEN TO
THE VETS IN SUMTER
Pension List Amounts Here
to $7,210.
It’s a poor cook who isn't able to
make good.—Chicago News.
It would be very interesting to know
how many years your family physician
has preserved Ayer’s Cherry Pectoral
for coughs, colds, and all forms of lung
troubles. Ask him the next time you see
^'•OtrrypicloTJl. JUiauguZrmcJi- him. Weknowphysicianswho have used
Captain John A. Cobb, of the court
of ordinary, has finished paying the
checks to Confederate veterans and
widows, covering the first quarterly
payment made by the State. The
amount of this first quarterly pay
ment was $1802.50, or a total of $7,-
210 for the current year. Hero in
Sumter, as elsewhere, many veterans
do not like the quarterly payment plan
preferring as heretofore, to receive
their pensions In a lump sum rather
than In quarterly lnstalimenui. The
amount necessary to pay the state
pension roll this year is less by at
least $12,000 than the sum distributed
in 1907. In the previous year, when
the entire amount was paid out in
one lump. It amounted to $935,685, an
Increase of more than $25,000 over
1905, and the laws for governing en
rollment have been practically the
same for the past Three years: This
year the total sum Is $915,044.
Hr. Bickwell Young Will
Lecture Saturday
Mri.Bickwell Young, of Chicago,
who will lecture here next Saturday
evening, Is considered one of the ob-
lest exponents of Christian Science
among its Board of Lectureship.
Mr. Youhg has drawn Immense au
diences wherever he has appeared.
In London, England, he lectured .to
an audience of ten thousand people ln
Albert Memorial Hall. It was
record breaking occurrence, such
vast concourse ol people attending a
lecture. It aroused much comment
everywhere.
In bringing ont these lectures it is
not the purpose of the Christian
Science Church to proselyte but to
present a clear, correct statement of
Its teachings. It has suffered such
misrepresentation and falsehood, has
been so vllMfled and misunderstood
It is desired that the people receive
an exposition of its truths from men
who from experience and culture are
prepared to give it.
This Science is arousing univer
sal Interest and Is occasioning more
discussion than perhaps any subject
before the world today.
All are cordially invited to attend
this lecture next Saturday evening at
8 o'qlock at Miss Bell’s studio. The
lecture is free, no cards of admission
required. 26-2t
The handsome country residence Of
Mr. Cullen 8.. Horne a few miles east
of - Amerlcus was burned Tuesday
night, together with hla smokehouse
and nearly all contents, very little be
ing saved from the disastrous blaze.
The fire started about 7 o’clock,
catching near the roof from the chim
ney,It Is thought.
The few people about the premises-
were able to save but little in the way
of furniture and effects, so rapidly did
the fire burn, and the house was soon!
a total loss. |
The flames were communicated to
the well filled smokehouse near by
and this, too, was totally destroyed.
The house was filled with meat and
lard, and a considerable portion of
this was Baved through the efforts of
the helpers.
The barn also caught from flying
sparks, but the blaze there was ex
tinguished without loss.
Mr. Horne has been very unfortun
ate In the matter of fires. Only a short
while ago his gtnhouse and twenty
bales cotton, besides cottonseed and
farm utensils, was burned, and now
comes the additional loss of his pretty
home.
The amount of Insurance carried, If
any at all, is not known.
0RGAN1S BEING BUILT
IN PLAGE AT GHURGH
Instrument a Very Beauti
ful One.
NO CHOICE IN SCHLEY
IS MADE FOR SENATE
That Gounty Will Select
And the Many Ailments
Resulting Therefrom.
Useful in Overcoming
Colds and Headaches
Requiring a
LAXATIVE
To Dispel Them. It Has
a Gentle Action on the
KIDNEYS, LIVER and BOWELS.
Tho^e who prefer can ob
tain Man-a-lin In tablet
form.
THE MAN-A-LIN CO.,
COLUMBUS,OHIO, U. S. A.
The handsome Sstey pipe organ
purchased by the First Baptist
church of Amerlcus and costing $2,
500, Is now being built Into the re
ceptacle arranged for It. An expert
organ builder has come from Brattle-
boro, Vt., to put up the organ and
see to it that the instrument Is in
prime condition It will require at
leaBt a week to fully complete the
wbrk In hand. When the organ has
been duly Installed a recital will be
given at the church wherein the pub
lic will be entertained with n select
program, rendered by nn artist.
Must Have Home Paper,,
Tlmqs-Recorder—Please change my
paper from Amsterdam, (la., to Quin
cy, Fla. Find enclosed money order
for another year,- as Tcannot’ do
without tin- old home paper.
Quincy, Fla. ■ ! 'F.‘ A. GRIFFIN.
No politician who declares that It
is impossible I.) make $1,000,000 hon
estly Is going to make friends among
those who have a million:—Washing
ton Post \
Ye
"Get Young Again.”
(Wait for*
Oldellpme
Representative.
This talk of La Follette for 1912 is
fair notice to Mr, Taft that he need
not expect more than one term in
tho White House.—Washington
Post
Here In Amerlcus, where local poli
tics occupy^ the centre of the stage,
Interest In felt In the selection of the
senatorial representative for this
district. The Thirteenth district Is
composed of Sumter, Schley and
Macon counties. To Schley is accord
ed the honor this time of naming the
state senator. Several well known
gentlemen there have been spoken
of in the way of senatorial timber,
but as yet they are not In the run
ning. Sumter is getting her bouse
political In shape, and while she does
not vote for senator until the state
primary in May the boys In the
trenches here are anxious to know
whose name , will go upon the ticket
as our senatoral representative. Sum
ter will name the senator two years
hence, and already the faithful here
are flirting with the coveted honor.
(It seems a pity that the
jury indicted Mr. Morse for
‘ ~~ VlM
grand
mere
grand larceny Vhen Mr. Bryan has
coined something more appropriate in
"glorious larceny.”—Washington Post
Fiddlers’Contest
All the Old Fiddlers in the
County Will Participate.
HEAR THE OLD TIME FIDDLERS PLAY
THE OLD TIME TUNES IN THE
OLD TIME WAY.
A RARE TREAT.
j
BENEFIT OF
Americus Fire Department.
Opera House. Friday, March 6
"Get Young Again.”
NOTE:
contest
21, Windsor Hotel.
OTE: All Fiddlers desiring to enter the
t please notify J. B. LAUGHLIN, Room