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AMERICUS TIMES-
THIRTIETH year.
AMERICUS. GEORGIA.—(WEEKLY)—FRIDAY. APRIL 3. 1908.
NUMBER 14.
Get
Clothes-Satisfaction.
Y OU are entitled in buying Hart Schaffner
& Marx clothes, to a most positive assur
ance of your satisfaction. Every dealer in our
clothes is authorized to say this to you:
Every garment made by, and bearing the
label of Hart Schaffner & Marx is guaranteed
to be of all-wool or wool-and-silk fabrics, with no
“mercerized” or other cotton added; thoroughly
shrunk before cutting; seams sewed with pure
silk thread; tailored in clean, sanitary shops; and
free from every defect of material or work
manship.
More than that: The dealer is authorized
to say that if the clothes are not right, or not
satisfactory, your money will be refunded.
Hart Schaffner & Marx.
H ere’s the way Hart /Schaffner
& Marx put it. . You can see
the original of this at our store.
W. D. BAILEY,
Outfitter for Men and Boys.
We Sell Carhartt Overalls.
JOE BROWN CLUB
FOR AMERICUS
Petition Will Be Circulated
for Signatures. *
Steps have been taken towards the
organization of a Joe Brown Club in
Americus. A petition will be in cir
culation today for the signature of
those who favor such an organization.
tn Americus the anti-Smith sentl-
me **t is strong, and is practically un
animous for Joe Brown. It is not
though that there will be any diffl-
euity in getting a large number to
enroll. Details of the club and its
Plans will bo worked out later.
After the club is organized, a strong
effort win be made to get Mr. Brown
10 tisit Americus, and of course make
an address either to the club or to
'he voters generally.
NEGRESS IN PRISON TO
SERVE LIFE SENTENCE
Sophia Catchlngs, the negro wo-
[f 3 ! 1 'millned In the Americus jail
uniier ||f e sen tence for murder, will
30 to the penitentiary today or to
morrow, quite likely, to work out
"IT remaining days upon earth. 80-
!' lla Catchlngs killed ia negro man
r 3 a year ago, and was sent up
"T llfe for the crime. Appeal to the
"“preme court was made but wlth-
oiawn later, and now the woman'goes
<> a life of servitude in one of the
i" nal camps of the State.
COMPANY IS ASKED TO
PUT BACK EMPLOYES
RUNNERS IN SUMTER IN
SI6HI0E THE POST
V
Two. Weeks of Campaign
ing Remain.
-A--
Two weeks more Sand It will all
be over except the shouting. For the
county campaign In Sumter, started
two months ago, now nears a finish
and only two weeks remain wherein
the vigilant candidate can hunt the
elusive voter. ... , ,
One week from next Wednesday Is
the date of the election.
Thirty-three candidates are In the
race, the biggest and finest bunch
that ever went down the pike, and
every mother’s son of them Is sure
to be elected.
For do they not say so, after hav
ing corraled the voter and had assur
ance from his own lips.
This wedk Is a very busy one In
deed. Many of the candidates are
hunting the,dodgeful voter out in
the tall and uncut forest, and~* the
county Is thus infested. Upon every,
country* road the hustling, tireless
candidate Is to be found.
But the goal Is In sight, the race Is
nearly won, and every man Is elect
ed (now) where 33 are called and a
dozen are needed.
Hone Shoeing.
\
For scientific Horse Shoeing and
general repair work go to Carey &
Langford's shop, entrance next door
to Me Math’s stables and rear ot-Har-
rls hardware. AH* work guaranteed
or money refunded. lt-d & w jpd
easily tired, thin,
our Jaebr , bolic Sarsaparilla. No alcohol, no stimuli-
‘ion. a blood purifier. a n^c «omc • strtmg
? tenet, then take that, alterative, an aid to digcstion^tgmkwM^
Board of Trade Takes Up
Matter.
The discharge of quite a number of
skilled employes at the Americus
shops of the Seaboard Railway Co.,
a day or two since, all of them val
ued citizens, has been the subject of
considerable criticism and comment
In business circles here generally.
In order that feeling may be fairly
reflected, President Allen of the
Board of Trade has addressed a let
ter to officials of the railway com
pany, asking if possible, that these
employes be reinstated.
President Allen’s letter, a copy of
which was kindly given the Tlmes-
RecordeK Is Itself explanatory. This
letter, in full, Is as follows.
Americus, Ga., April 1st, 1908.
Mr. W. A. Garrett, Chief Executive for
\ the Receiver of S. A. L. R. R.,
Portsmouth, ya.
Dear Sir:
"The Board of Trade’ attention has
been called to the fact that quite
recently a number of the empployes
of your road who work at your shops
here at Americus have been thrown
out of employment. Several years
ago the money to build the present
shops In Americus was given by the
citizens to the S. A. L, Railway, and
this property Is now worth perhaps
850,000.
“The city also agreed to give -free
water up to a certain quantity and
has ever lived up to her agreement.
“All this expenditure of money and
free water was solely for the purpose
of locating your shops here and re
taining for Americus an equal num
ber of her citizens whom you then
employed, thereby obtaining from
them the trade which would naturally
arise from their wages.
"We do not mention the above In
a spirit of bad feeling, but simply that
we may call your attention to the
fact that on account of the discharg
ing of so many of your employees, We
will lose some good citizens and
also a lot of good trade.
Americus has ever been the friend
of the S. A. L. Railroad and her
merchants and shippers give you a
large majority of their freight ship
ments.
We have felt that it would only he
necessary to call your attention to
these facts hnd ask you If possible to
reinstate these employees In their
respective places, that Americus may
not lose these desirable citizens, and
also suffer the loss in trade which will
Necessarily occur should they be
forced to move away.
Hoping you will appreciate the
spirit in which this letter Is written
and that your business may be such
as to warrant you In retaining the
men In our city, we are yours very
truly,
THE BOARD OF TRADE,
LEE ALLEN, President
JOE BROWN TO VISIT
SOUTH GEORGIA
A lderman geobge w. wkick,
H74 South Seventh street, Denver,
Varge enough to admit the passage Col., Alderman Eleventh Ward, writes.
- - • ' “I have used Teruna for catarrh of tho
stomach and it has helped me wonder
fully.” \
Chronic Stomach Trouble.
M R. SAMUEL A. SEAL, Route 2,
Treadway, Tenn., writes!
“It gives me great pleasure to testify
to tho grest good your medicine, Pcruna,
'has done for mo In a chronio case of
catarrh of the stomach. 1 was confined
to my bed for some time, and could not
stt up. T had trlfrt everything that I
coo-la find recommended for catarrh,
without; any heiKfit. I tried $ho bert
physicians In Hancock County, with
little or no benefit. 1 then tried two of
tho best physicians In Ilawklns Count",
and found they were doles mo no £cod,
I was graduate growing worse.
“Then a friend of mine, passing by,
handed mo one of your pamphlets, and
seeing limv Peruna was recommended
for catarrh,, I sent to "ogersvilie,
Tennessee, nest morning, a dlstanco of
about fifteen ir.iic3.#nd procured sonu
of your Poruna, and began taking same
according to directions, anil after taking
it a few days I began to got better.
“i continued using It until I was able
to go to work on the farm again, and
now I am In very good health and do
work on my farm.
of a man’s body qpslly, only ' the
outside layer of brick remaining to
be pushed out. The hole was stuffed
with rags on-the Inside In order to
conceal it from the jail, guards.
Joiner, It Is said, attacked Sheriff
Bell when the attempted escape was
discovered and he was thrust back
Into his cell.
Joiner had Jived here nearly a year
as the representative of a life in
surance company, and did a fine busi
ness until his forgeries were discov
ered. He also evinced a remarkable
’fondness for trotting horses, which
he exercised here.
Should be prove tractable while in
the pen, good behavior may . shorten
hts sentence there.
Americus May be included
in Itinerary.
Hon. Joseph M. Brown, candidate
for Governor before the June primar
ies, will make a short; canvass fn
South Georgia. His purpose Is to
son ally .... — r
Americus Is not Included In the rough
draft of the route, an effort will be
made to get him to come here, and It
is believed by his supporters that he
will come.
Excepting the mountain counties,
where the people have been devoted
to the Brown family since they gave
the elder Joe to the State the biggest
support to the opposition Is expected
from the wire grass region. The can
didate Is receiving many flattering
assurances from that section.
The trip will probably begin at
Macon and extend southward. He
will Include Brunswick In his trip
if convenient to do so, and he will
perhaps spend a couple of days tfi.
Savannah, coming back by way of
Sylvania, Statesboro and Augusta.
Mr. Brown Is at present preparlhg
an elaborate address to the people
tween now and Sunday.
1$ STRICKEN IN DEATH
WHILE IN FAIR HEALTH
Dr. S. H. McKee received a tele
gram late last night announcing the
very sudden death of his father. The
announcement was a severe shock to
Dr. McKee, as his father, while well
advanced in age, being about ,81
years old, was in excellent health,
seemingly. Dr. and Mrs.* McKee left
by the 10:40 Central train last night
for Waverly Hall, tho old family
home, to attend the funeral exercises.
A woman wants her husband to
hold public office so she can believe
he amounts to more than sjie knows
he does.—N. Y. Press.
JOINER, THE PENMAN, IS
GOING TO THE PEN
Spring Suit of Stripes is
a Awaiting.
L. C. Joiner, star boarder at the
Hotel Fuller here for bIx months,,will
leave his comfortable quarters In a
day or two now for a trip to the peni
tentiary, where he will do a five years
Btunt for forgery, the crime of which
he stands convicted.
Judge Littlejohn .signed the remltl-
tur yesterday, and It Is all up with
the facile penman.
Joiner was convicted and sentenced
at the November term of Sumter Su
perior court and given five years, this
trial being upon one count of the
charges against him.
For five months a fight has been
made to save him from the stripes,
hut this has ended In failure, and the
pen,for the penman is the verdict, it
Is not yet known to which of the pen
itentiary camps Joiner will be trans
ferred.
During his stay In Jail Joiner has
given the jailers a peck of worry, and
once came very near escaping. It Is
said that he dug the brisks from the
wall of the corridor, where he was
allowed to exercise through the kind
ness of Sheriff Bell.
SENATOR W. D. MURRAY
WAS A VISITOR HERE
Senator-elect W. D. Murray of the
(Thirteenth district was a well known
(visitor In Americus yesterday, corn-
jug over from Schley upon business
lor the day. Senator Murray was
the recipient of many congratulations
from his friends ln-Amerlcus upon his
success at the polls recently, where
he was elected over his opponent, Mr.
Collum, by the narrow margin of
34 votes. Senator Murray has already
served the Thirteenth district In the
Senate and likewise his county, Sch
ley, In the lower house.
THE SIMS ICE FACTORY
WILL BE STARTED UP
Start Made at This’ (Plant
Yesterday.
The plant of the Americus Ice Co.,
operated by Mr. S. R. Sims, was start
ed up Tuesday, and with no unfore
seen mishaps will soon he turning out
the congealed product This plant.
down for several months.
And In the meanwhile Ice consum
ers in Americus, during the winter
season and past month of summer,
have bought ice In other cities, or
dons' without It altogether.
For the factories here are opqyatcd
only a few months of .the year.
With the starting up of the Ameri
cus Ice Co., the recent famine here
will probably be at an end; as the
plant can fairly well supply local de
mand and probably have an excess at
times as well.
But patrons will not get Ice, as
conveniently as heretofore, when
the ic e wagons made dally rounds and
delivered the cooling blocks /at your
door.. It is said that the wagon de
livery business will be cut out (alto
gether this summer.
Instead, ah Ice depot‘will probably
be established uptown, where one
concisely. It will he given out he without.
better than doing without.
HIGH PRICE FOR ST0GK
IS PAID BY DEALERS
An Americus batcher paid 145.20
yesterday for a very fine steer, bought
for slaughter, while a yoke of work
oxen, bought for plantation service,
brought the round price of $150, or
|75 per head. Cattle can be raised In
Sumter at comparatively littlo cost,
as cotton seed hulls aro cheap and
swamp pasturage abounds, yet little
attention Is given this great Industry
despito the high prices which cattle
of every kind now command..
There’s >a fair chance to get rich In
making up your mind not to waste
any time trying merely to earn It,
N. Y. Press.
CATARRH OF THE STOMACH
RELJJT 'ED.
J ‘ S Medicine in the World
Has 'd More Cases of
Catarrh .do Stomach Than
Pe-ru-na._ ^ *
The Symptoms of Stomach
Catarrh Are Heaviness After
Eating) Belching Gas ( Sourness
of the Stomach, Sluggtsh
BowelSi
>Alderman Geo.W.Weick.
in DENVER, COL.
jRih'-
■ HAVE U5ED PERUNA FOR
CATARRH OF THE 5T0MACH
AND 1THA5 HELPED ME.
WONDERFULLY", *
SOME* OTHER
STARTLING TESTIMONIALS.
“I do honestly bollevo yonr great
medicine, Poruna, saved my life, and 1
cheerfully recommend ittollko suffer
ers. You aro at liberty to publish my .
testimonial, and I truly hope It may be
a benefit to somo one.”
Catarrh of Head and Stomach.
Mr. Frank Richter, of 809 East Second
Street, Winona, Minn., writes: “As a
remedy for catarrh I take pleasuro In
recommending Poruna for catarrh of the
stomach. I know what it is to bo af-
lllcted with tills awful dlseaso, and con
sider it my duty to say a word in behalf
Of the remedy whtoh gave mo such relief.
“Pcruna cured mo, and 1 know It wilt
onto any one elso who suffers from this
disease. 11gives mo groatpl.easuro to tos-
Uly to tho curative effects of this modi-
clue,
“Pcruna is a well tested and fre
quently used remedy, and for catarrh .
of the stomach It is unsurpassed.
“My catarrh was principally located
In my head and stomach. I tried many
remedies without success. I tried sev
eral doctors, but they wero unable to
enrome. I read of Poruna In tho papors, ,
and flvo bottles cured me.”
Almost from tho first doso reruns i
will relievo symptoms of stomach ca
tarrh. reruns at onco sharpens tho»
appetite, Increases the digestive powors*.
and glvc’Vrcnowcd strength.
People who tfbject to Liquid Medicines Should Buy Peruna Tablets
COMPANY TO BUILD ITS
NEW PLANT AT ONCE
Still Delayed in Adjusting
Losses.
DOES BRYAN FAVOR
(PROHIBITION PLANK?
Messrs. L. G. Council, and Thom
as Harrold, representing the Ameri
cus Compress Co., will go to Atlanta
today for the purpose of consulting
with the Atlahtlo Compress Co., offi
cials regarding the situation here, and
especially as to the new compress.
The Atlantic Compress Co., is the
lesse pf the Americus plant, and thts
conference may bear upon the press
soon to be erected.
It Is expected now that work will be
started shortly.
Supt. Pollard of the Central Rail
way, came to Americus yesterday to
consult with the compress company
regarding additional ’sidetracks re
quired at the press, and this now
trackage will be put In long before
the new building Is completed.
Just what will be done about the
Insurance losses upon the burned plant
seems unsettled.
Although the plant here was burn
ed just two months affio, the insur-
anoe companies carrying risks upon
the building and machinery have not
yet adjusted the losses, and" there
seems no Immediate prospect of set
tlement of the claims.
Just what the inusranco companies
propose doing about It, no one here
appears to know. I
While the companies, under the
law, have sixty days in which to
pay claims, even this period of time
,has been exhausted, or will be by to
morrow night, the compress having
been destroyed on February 2nd.
Even after a lapse- of the sixty
days 'the losses are not adjusted.
The Americus Compress Co., anxious
to restore the property to its lease,
the Atlantic Compress Co., Is thus
delayed, two months In rebuilding.
In order to replace the press In time
for the next cotton crop, work most
be started without delay.
And the visit of Messrs. Council
and Harrold to Atlanta today, to
consult with President Hanson, will
hear upon tills point.
The new compress, which must ho
completed In August, will ho consid
erably larger than the ono burned
two months ago and better arranged
in . very way. A million feet of
lumber will he used In tho construc
tion of the new plant, it is said.
More sidetracks and more sheds
and platforms will bo provided In
the construction of tho new plant,
which will bo by far the largest one
In southern Georgia.
Democratic PoiiticianThinks
Its His Card.
WASHINGTON, D. C., March 30.—
(Special)—Does Bryan favor a pro
hibition plank In the Democratic plat
form? That view Is taken’ by many
of his friends. A prominent Demo
cratic politician is quoted on the ques
tion as follows:
“I have been told that William
'Jennings Bryan haa an unplayed card
up his sleeve on which he is depend
ing for'election, provided ho Is nomi
nated for the Presidency. I further
understand that tho final trick with
which Bryan hopes to win the Presi
dential game Is a strong prohibition
plank In the Democratic platform.
"I am Inclined to think that thcro
is something in tms story. Only those
who travel about tho country a good
deal and are close observers of the
trend of sentiment can appreciate tho
force of the great temperance wave
that Is sweeping over the nation. I
think without doubt It Is the greatest
moral movement of tho day.’ I can
easily understand how It might he
made the leading campaign issue—In
fact, the determining Issue—of tho
Presidential campaign.
Fitted for.Fight
"Mr. Bryan Is peculiarly well fitted
by reason of Ills well known temper
ate habits. , The sentiment against the-
unrestricted sale of Intoxicating li
quors Is spreading over the country
like a prairie, fire. V tp®
“I have heard It asserted by compe
tent authorities that Indiana, ,Ohto,
Illinois, and even Iowa, Kansas and
Nebraska could bo carried by Bryan
on a prohibition platform. This seems
like a queer reasoning to many per- .
sons who do not know of the tremen
dous feeling that has been developed
on this subject In these communi
ties. *
“It would not surprise me at all If
tlio Presidential campaign should bo
fought on the Issue of temperance.
There Is very little difference In the
announced principles of the two par-
tlves on the subject of the trust:
and both are for tariff revision,
view of this many Democrats bellevi
they could make a ten-strike by
adopting a strong prohibition plank
In their platform and depend upon
carrying certain Republican States
where this Bentiment Is strong, and
the solid South, thereby electing Bry-
|an.” ^JltaiiiaiHBiiaMtf
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