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AMERICUS TIMES-
THIRTIETH year.
AMERICUS. GEORGIA,—(WEEKLY)—FRIDAY. MARCH 6. 1908,
New Spring Models.
T HIS season we’re strong on the
new models in sack suits. If
Copyright 1908 by
Hart Schaffner & Marx
you want to see
some of the most
swagger styles
ever made in
men’s clothes just
come in here
some day and see
one of our
Hart Schaffner
& Marx
Varsity models;
there are half
dozen or more styles in the Varsity
line, some one of them will*be sure
to suit you. 1
Spring Suits, $20, $22.50, $25 and $30.
This store is the home of
Hart Schaffner & Marx clothes.
W. D. BAILEY,
^ ' / ,
Outfitter for Men and Boys.
ROADS COMPLY WI1H
i NINE-HOUR LAW
Seaboard Gloses Up Small
Offices on Division.
The new nine-hour-a-day law for
railroad telegraph operators and dta
patchers went into effect Wednesday
The only change in Amerlcus was the
addition of an operator by the Cen
tral of Georgia, making three m$n to
coyer the 24 hours, where two were
employed heretofore. Mr. M. B. Jones,
of Fort Valley, formerly In the local
office of the road, wnt placed on the
third trick.
Amerlcus being the division head
quarters for the Seaboard, eight-hour
tricks are of course, already in force.
The following stations In the Ameri-
cus division added a third man yes
terday; Montgomery, Richland, Abbe
ville, Vldalia, Cordele, Helena, Mel-
drlm and Collins.
The last four are junction point,
and the additional expense Will be
shared between the participating
roads.
All other stations between Mont
gomery and Savannah will be closed
up. Passengers getting on the trains
at these stops will pay fare to con
ductors, who will also check baggage.
The Central estimates that the
compliance with the new law will
cost *200,000 a year for them. By
closing up the smaller offices, the
Seaboard will not very greatly In
crease expenses on this division. No
estimate Is at hand as Ito the addi
tional expense qver the entire sys
tem.
Notices are posted up the the
various stations warning the tele
graph operators agalrist working over
time. Should they persist in doing
so, it will be at risk of the employes.
WANTS PROHIBITION
IN CONSTITUTION
EDUCATIONAL TRAIN
COMES TOMORROW
Many Farmers Will Greet
it at Central Depot.
Today is the day set for the , ar
rlv al o£ the Educational Train. The
hour of l p. m . has been fixed for
lts coming over the Central of Geor
gia trucks. it will stand on a siding
near the Central station while the
lecturers are being given. Gov. Smith
has been with the train this week,
bnt it i a not known definitely that he
* ll | he here Friday.
l wo Amerlcus men will be with
Hie train. President Collum, of the
Agricultural College, and Mr. S. T.
( utter, of the Amerlcus Oil Company
anil will make short talks.
Keports
sent out by newspaper cor-
respondents with/ the train to the el-
>«■( i hat large crowds are greeting
e i'orty and that much enthusiasm is
7" B worked up. Gov. Smith has
*° proved quite a drawing card
hlk “ with the train.
As already stated In these columns
, e is under the direction of
'■ Slate College of Agriculture,
rt ‘». Soule being in direct charge.
• Medals for exhibit purposes are
" a baggage car used by the lec-
iirers. Two passenger coaches are
" as lecture rooms, but where the
crowds are large the speakers Btand
on the rear platform of the train.
No doubt a large number of Sum
ter county farmers will avail them-
'selves of the opportunity to bear the
lectures. It is planned to give four
lectures of a half-hour each. Among
the themes to be discussed will be;
Seed selection, mixing and applying
I fertilizers; handling live stock; care
| of orchards, gardens and truck pat
ches, Insects and fungi attacking cot
ton and other farm crops, with the
best, methods of combatting them;
I better methods of handling cotton
seed and cotton Beed by-products;
[management of farm lands.
Included in the exhibits will be
I samples of short and long staple
cotton, different kinds of cotton Beed.
cotton seed by-products, varieties of
corn best adapted to each section of
Georgia, spraying outfits for or
chards and gardens, diseased fruit
trees, equipment needed for u small
dairy, rations suitable for different
kinds of live stock and a display of
farm and garden seeds.
, The lectures will bp printed and
distributed bo that none of the les
sons need be lost by a failure to ire-
member just what was said.
From Amerlcus the train goes to
Ellavllle, Buena Vista and Hamilton
before the day’s work is concluded.
A Columbia student has been accus
ed of being a mollycoddle because he
lunched on his huckleberry pie and
charlotte ruse. And yet a good many
strong men would quail before a diet
like that—Washington Post.
T~-
60 Years
Sixty years <4 experience with Ayer’s Cherry
Pectoral make us have, great confidence in
ft for coughs, colds on the chest, bronchitis,
hoarseness, weak throats, weak lungs. Ask
pl^uzhlut'h'.cinourr'm'Ju,. your doctor to tell you bis‘ fP« ie " ce ig*
f' Kant you to b'lUc' in th<m. too. » satisfactory, then you will certainly
ym Id V our doctor deeije. have every confidence in it.
Anti-Saloon League Agitat
ing to That End.
Agitation In favor of constitutional
prohibition has been begun’ by the
Georgia Anti-Saloon League. It la
the belief of many prohibitionists that
statutory prohibition is of too un
certain tenure, the relaxation of vigi
lance for even one election giving the
liquor men a chance to repeal the
law.
A ietter being sent over the state
by the Anti-Saloon League says in
part:
“The legal conduct of the liquor traf
fic has ceased in Georgia. The gov
ernor, the courts, the pulpit and the
press all stand for the enforcement
of the law. Quite a number of the
etates are moving towards state
wide prohibition, though Georgia Is
leading the movement.
"We believe that the passage of a
prohibition law and Its enforcement
Is largely contributing to the mater
ial prosperity, the intellectual dev
elopment, the moral Improvement, the
domestic happiness and spiritual
growth of the people of Georgia.
"Apathy upon the part of a great
many of the friends of prohibition,
and a greatly Increased energy upon
the part of Us enemies, renders It
extremely hazardous to slacken the
warfare for a moment.
"The liquor people and those will
ing to apologize for their existence,
together with the "Model License
Law,” aggregation, are endeavoring
to move heaven and earth against the
great prohibition wave that 1b sweep
ing over this country, and It be
hooves us to do all in our power to
move all (he righteous forces of the
state up to the question of a consti
tutional amendment, thue making pro
hibition a part of our organic law.
“Our league workers are pressing
the organization over the state for
the purpose of helping In the enforce
ment of existing laws, and the en
actment of such other laws as will
make prohibition most effective, and
at the tune time working for the
election of men In the legislature who
will definitely commit themselves to
support the present enactment, and
also for a constitutional prohibition
amendment. - '
“This is the Plan of the cam
paign, and we guarantee to make it
a very aggressive movement. Every
man announcing for the legislature
will be asked to define lils position
Clearly on this OIK! question. ami
those who refuse, or dodge the is
sue,‘will be considered as »<
H
PRIZES FOR EVENTS
IN FIDDLERS* CONTEST
Display is Made in Holli
day’s Window.
Prizes for the Old Fiddlers’ Con
test on tonight, are on ex
hibition In the window of Holliday’s
book store. Tbe first prize Is Ten
dollars, for the best fiddler, as ad
judged by the committee,
The following- prizes will be
awarded: $5 Meerschaum pipe, second
best fiddler, donated by Joe Brown;
Waterman fountain pen to fiddler
playing “Devil’s Dream” most
ceptably, donated by M. S. Holliday;
box fine candy for best rendition of
Dixie, donated by Nahoum Bros.; bot
tle perfume for best rendition of
"Farewell to Whiskey,” from Eld-
ridge Drug Co., beautiful statue to
fiddler playing "Leather Breeches”
beet, donated by Allison Furniture
Gompany; 2-pound can fine coffee to
fiddler playing “Cotton Eyed Joe”
most acceptably, donated by Neon
Buchanan; handsome necktie for best
rendition of “Katie Hill”, donated by
W. J. Josey; pair baby shoes for
best playing of "Nancy Rowlin,” do
nated by J. P. Cato; package oyster
crackers to fiddler playing best "Ar
kansas Traveler,” donated by J. T.
Bragg.
It is expected that one of tbe larg
est crowds of the season will witness
the contest tonight,' as more
than half of the seats have already
been reserved.
DISTRICTS MAY LEVY A
TAX RATE FOR SCHOOL
Means Many Advantages
i for Pupils.
The Teachers Institute for the
white teachers of Sumter County will
beheld at the office of Supt. W. S.
ore, in the court house, on the fol
lowing Saturdays, March 14; 28, April
11, 25, May 9. The entire teaching
corps of the county Is expected to at
tend these Institutes, which do
good work In promoting the efficiency
of the county public school system.
The work will begin promptly at
10 o’clock In the morning on the
Saturdays mentioned.
Supt. Moore Is continuing his tour
of Inspection of the schools of the
county. He has visited to this time
about one-thifd of them, and j-eports
.them In satisfactory shape, the teach
ers manifesting an Intelligent Inter
est In their work, and the children
seeming to make excellent progress
in the studies on which they are en-
gaged.
None of the school districts of Sum
ter has yet levied a. special supple
mentary school tax, such as is now
permissible under the Georgia -law.
The Sumter City district voted re
cently in favor of such a tax apd it Is
probable that It will be levied for
next year, so that the district can
have a nine months schooling in
1909.
The experiment In Sumter City
District will be watched with much
Interest throughout the county.,
If the results are as favorable as
expected it Is not Improbable that
other districts will eventually follow
its example and the school term be
lengthened all over the county. Un
der this system a higher grade of
teachers is generally obtained, the
children have tbe benefit of more time
in school, and parents are saved the
annoyance of a monthly personal levy
on them to supplement the regular
a-irbprlatlin for teaching, as is now
so'often the case. .
against
A girl calls It making love to her
when she/ sees .you go past her
house In a street car.—N. Y. Press.
FORCE OF POLICE WILL
f CONTINUE ON DUTY
Same Officers Are Chosen
Again.
The Police Commission has just
held its meeting for- the election of
officers and the transaction of other
important business, with the result
that all of,the present efficient force
arq retained for another term of
two years. Chief W. H. Feagin, Lieut.
W. C. Barrow, Officers Johnson, Ross
and; Redmond, were all re-elected,
unanimously, of course,.and without
opposition from any source. As stat
ed these officers are again chosen
for a term of two years, dating from
April 1st next. Tho Amerlcus pollco
force Is the peer of that of any city
in tlie country of her size, or even
larglr, and: the' general public 'feels
safe and satisfied when they know
that the "Old Guard” arc still at
tln>. front.
OTHER REMARKABLE CURES.
Mr. Jacob L. Davis,Galens, Stone county, Mo., writes: ‘‘I have been In bad
health for thlrty-reven years, and after taking twelve bottles of yonr Peruna I,
am cured.” Mr. A’. E. Kidd, well-known architect, 5477 Jefferson Avo., Chicago
IU., writes: “I hare hod catarrh over half of my life. I tried nearly every catarrF
remedy advertised, beside a groat many physicians^ treatments, all of which
failed.. I had heard and read of Fernna and decided to try it, I have taken Seven . ,
bottles of It and weigh 172 pounds.” _
A SINCERE RECOMMENDATION.
Mr. D.O. Prosier,R. F. D. No. 2, Shelby; OccanaCo.t^Ieh.JWtlte.: “Twoyears
ago 1 was badly afflicted with catarrh of tho stomach. I had hod a ran of typhoid
fever, was very depleted. 1 could find nothing I could eat without causing dls- ■ •
tress and sour stomach. Finally I came to the conclusion that I had catarrh of.!
the stomach and seeing Parana advertised, began to take it. Jt helped mo soon*.
and after taking tnree or four bottlea I was entirely cured of stomach trouble./,
and can now eat anything.”
MONEY OF AMERICUS IN
TIMES OF DIREST NEED
Her People Are Equal to
1 Occasion.
The retirement of the Issue of clear-
ey and opened the ’Sans Soucl Bank”.
In a little frame house where the
handsome Allison building now-
stands.
He capitalized his "bank” at $20,-
000 and Issued that amount of Sans
Soucl scrip in denominations of 5c,
10c, 25c, 50c, and dollar bills. Citi
zens accepted It as they would gold
bonds. Sans Soucl scrip served Its
purpose and was redeemed in ' real
currency.
This was about 1862. when the need
of money was sorely felt.
In 1863 the cotton warehouse firm
tng bouse certificates, Issued by the of John V. Price, located where
. „ > Parkers warehouse now Is, put out
Amerlcus banks several months ago a lino ot ]ocaI currency- This. too,
when the entire country was sorely
In need of circulating medium, recalls
to the minds of many here other
periods of distress when money was;'
needed.
This was during the reconstruction
period following the Qlvil War, when
and there was little money circuit
ing.
Confederate money was worthless,
and there was little of any other
kind to be had.
But" In every Instance Amerlcus
arose equal to the occasion, as dur
ing the recent stringency.
In the olden days we did not Issue
clearing house certificates, but MON
EY, the real article, and It was as
good as Uncle Sam’s gold, or anyone
else's. And It was made right here
In Amerlcus. \
Individuals issued money; the In
ferior Court of Sumter county. Is
sued money; the City Council of Am
erlcus Issued thousands of dollars of
real money, and It was alt as good
gold, and finally, redeemed in
coin or greenbacks, dollar for dol
lar.
The occasion demanded it, and the
ah# was forthcoming.
Four months ago the Amerlcus
banks, as did those of every Georgia
city, Issued clearing house certifi
cates, to meet the demand for a cir
culating medlutn. Only $24,000 was
thus issued In Amerlcus, and this
amount has all been redeemed.
This "Amerlcus money” circulated
like gold bills, while the need for
the "substitute” existed.
In 1893 another period of financial
stringency existed, and again "scrip”
was issued, and for, two or three
months "Amerlcus money” was again
In - circulation.
During the Civil War of the sixties,
and for some time thereafter, the
need of a circulating medium was
sorely felt,, and again Amerlcus met
the emergency. Tbero was not a
bank In tho town, aqd money of any
description was scarce.
About , that time John A. McEIroy,
afterwards a well known citizen,
came here in a North Carolina tobac
co wagon. Ho decided to open t
"bank,", though ho had no capital.
lint lie conceived a plan, and car
ried It to success.
Mr. McEIroy printed Ills own mon-
wns as good as gold.
People here accepted It readily,
and eventually tho entire Price Is
sue was redeemed.
About 1867 the City Council of
Amerlcus put out an issue of $30,000
In paper money. It was printed here,,,
ami. In bold red letters that could not
be mistaken. It was "Amerlcus mon- -
’ey” and passed In Amerlcus like gold,
certificates pass now.
The* Council Money was Issued un
der the administration of Mayor T,
M. Furlow and Mayor A. S. Cutts, and
for many years and the principal
circulating medium.
The "money” was in quarters, hal
ves; one, two and five dollar bills.
For nearly ten years the "city coun
cil money” circulated, ; and even now
an occasional bill, still as good as
gold, shows up among some one’s re- -
lies. Greenbacks were very scarce,
while silver coin was rarely seen, .
and brought a premium.
One would readily pay 60 cents or
75 cents for a silver half dollar, which
was exhibited with considerable pride
by the lucky owner.
Another Issue of money, well re- \
membered here, were tho bills of theS.
old Brunswick & Albany Railroad, ,
and thoso of the Planters Bank of ’
Savannah. Both Issues finally be
came worthless, and many people sut- -
fered loss therefrom In holding It.
But "Amerlcus money” was always «
good, nnd was redeemed in gold or:-
greenbacks, dollar for dollar.
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PURSE AND MONEY ARE
' FOUND BY A BOY.
It Is reported here that a negro boy *
living a few miles out of the city Is
in possession of a lady’s purse, or
handbag, .which when found contain
ed a gold watch, a gold ring and $25
In money. A gentleman heard the
story of th 0 '"find” yesterday and re
ported It to the Times-Recorder. No
such loss has been advertised,
tho loser can learn more of the L_
log of the bag bj^communlcatl
with the Tlmes-Recorder, or the ■
lice department
