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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. - sggj 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