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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 /