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THE AMERICUS WEEKLY T1MES-REC0RDER. FRIDAY. JULY 3. 1908-
Duncan’s Store.
The "Cost or Below” Sale Continues
OUR INVOICE BOOKS ARE OPEN TOS EVERY
BODY. Come and Jake Anything in Ou^Store
* AtthVActual Invoice^ Cost,_No Freight,^No
Ext^TNothing But the Plain N. Y. Cost, a V
GEORGIA LEGISLATURE.
Our sale is a great success, during the past week we have disj
nosed of more goods than we ever sold in one week’s time. All
the reserve stock has been drawn upon and will be brought to the
front for this week’s selling.
One lot of Beige cloths, muslins, fancy ginghams and printed lawns, regularly sold from 7 Me
“ to 10c, now at yard
One hundred lace baby caps, great variety of pretty patterns. Sold by most stotes for 25^
here at each " ' .
Men’s handkerchiefs made of sheer whitelawn and hemstitched, regular 10c, herenowat^c
One thousand Men’s nil mire linen, turn down and standing. _They_are the grade that
Mii’lm r h P re m the Cost sale at^ch^ --• : •
... .... * lie, 16c, 21c, 33c
MeTS ‘suspenTers 3 white, black, imd a great^
Ladies’ ribbed vests, very elastic, tape neck and shoulders, all sizes, Cost
Flood of Now Bills Introduced »t Flrot
Day's Session.
Atlanta, June 25.—The Georgia leg
islature .assembled at the capltol at
10 o’clock Wednesday morning and
began the work of another session.
The session was a brief one, but.
during the time over fifty new bills'
were sent to the speaker's desk to
swell the quantity of uncompleted leg
islation from the. previous session.
They were many and varied, though
there were four on the subject of pay
ing pensions In lump sums, and an
equal number to exempt from taxation
agricultural products In the hands of
the planters, and the others were as
diversified as the crops wished ex
empted from taxaUon.
The first was to prohibit betting on
state elections, county elections, mu
nicipal elections or primaries, and
prescribing that the offenders should
ho prosecuted as for misdemeanors.
r. Tuggle, of Troup, Introduced
the bills which would cause the most
radical departure. They were four In
number. They applied to the office
of governor, commissioner of educa
tion, commissioner of agriculture and
county officers ,and called for four
year terras each, Instead of two years.
Mr. Edwards,' of Habersham, off
ered a measure which seeks to pro
vide an Increasing scale of pensions
for veterans as they grow older, be
ginning with seventy years. For each
five years afterwards up to elghty-
flve $3 a year Is to be added. After
eighty-five they are to bo $100 a. yc-rr.
In the senate Hon. J. J. Flynt, of
the twenty-sixth senatorial district,
was unanimously elected president to
till the unexpired term of Hon. John
W. Akin, deceased.
Appropriate resolutions rotative to
the death pf ex-Pres'.dent Grover
Cleveland were adopted.
Resolutions also relative to the death
of former Senator Akin were adopted,
and out of regard to his memory the
senate at 11:45 o’clock adjouried for
the remainder of the day.
7c
Seven i thousand yards val. laces, beautiful nanenrs edgln*, and inserting; march
at-
Twenty dozen ladies’ wash belts, white and fancy designs, all sizes, Cost
•8c
One thousand yards soft finish bleaching, yard wide. The grade that y°“ have been
10c for, here now at Cost yard
DUNCAN MERCANTILE CO.
115 and 117 Forsyth St John R. Shaw’s Old Stand.
, sire that said corporation berevived
THE QUOTATIONS I tb Tsame ~i™e '<» originally
AMFRICUS chartered, with all the rights, prlvl-
AMLKU/Uo nowers of the former char-
IN
Cotton Market as Reported Daily
by L. G. Council.
Americas, Qs.i July 1.—We quote
the local cotton market dull, as
follows:
“L
Good Middling
Middling 11
NEW YORK FUTURES.
Hew York, July. 1—Future* dosed
steady
Open Cloie
9.80 9.80
" 9.82 9.38
9.18 9.22
TO ADVERTISE
SCHULZ PIANO
leges and powers
ter, as provided by law.
4 Petitioners further show that
New^k^mt^tVgWe^to saW A s a means of Introducing the
Association, upon certain conditions, g^i, piano more thoroughly to the
the sum of ($20,000,) T v*“W Thou- mu8(c ]overg of Sumter, a big ex
sand Dollars, and In recognition oi hlblt of tb | g pi ano an d a n introduc-
1 his beneficence Petitioners desire to tcry ga]e w , n be beId next week by
_ , change the name of said Association M[> j j Chambliss, the well known
Today Y »t day I (rom - Amer i cua Library Association cott(Jn merc hant The new building
Fnlly Good Middling.. 11J n * to ‘‘Carnegie ^rary Association. ad j acent t0 the warehouse of Mr.
Ill Ilf j WHEREFORE Petitioners Pray. Chambliss on Lamar street will be
(a) That,the former charter of tne occupled by tbe exhibit; Every night
Americus Library Association be re- durIng next wcek Mr. Victor J. Men-
vived, and 1 zel, the celebrated Chicago pianist,
(b) That the name of the Amerl-l m g(ve rec | ta i s . These recitals will
cus Library Association be^changed l be (ree and i overs 0 f music will no
to ''Carnegie Library Association, I dQubt take advan t a ge of this oppor-
and that said association, under tne u... ,i.vi.utn. nrtutii
name of "Carnegie Library Associa
tion” do have and enjoy all the rights,
privileges, powers and Immunities of
Its charter heretofore granted by this
honorable Court. -
And Petitioners will ever pray, etc.,
E. A. HAWKINS,
E. A. NISBET,
. Petitioners’ Attorneys.
Original filed In office June 25, 1908.
H. E. ALLEN, Clk. S. C.
GEORGIA—Sumter County:
I hereby certify that the above
and foregoing charter Is a true ex
tract from the Minutes of Sumter
Superior Court aud the Charter Rec-
ord of Sumter County.
Given under my hand and seal this,
the 26th day of June, 1908.
H. E. AI-LEN, Clk. S. C.
July
Oct.
Dec.
APPLICATION FOB CHARTER
GEORGIA—Sumter County:
To the Superior Court of Said Count).
The petition of the Americus Li
brary Association, a corporation of
said County, duly ehartered. organlz^
cd and exisittng under the laws of
Georgia, and Crawford Wheatley.
President, Thomas Harrold, vice
President, G. M. Eldrtdge, Secretary.
AV H. C. Dudley. Treasurer. C. i*
Ausltv. John A. Cobb, E. A. Hawkins,
* . n t Doeru Prnnk Shei-
eTaT Nlsblt, rT J. Perry. Frank Shef
field and J.A. Davenport, Directors
A. C. Bivins. M. B. Council Frank
Harrold. George Oliver, J. 'V Shef
field, John Sheffield and A. W. Smith,
members of said Americus Library
Assoeiatlou, respectfully Jf h0 " s '
1. That the above Jiaihed persons
constitute the entire membership or
the Americus Library Association,
that certain other persons, _upon
payment of quarterly dues, are en
titled to reading privileges of said
Association, but are not members
thereof. „ . _
2. That ■ the Americus Library As
sociation was duly chartered by this
honorable Court on the 13th day of
October; 1879, for a period of 20
years, with the privilege of renewal,
and was Immediately thereafter or
ganized under sab) charter, with Its
principal office In Americus, Georgia,
and haa ever since existed as such,
exercising all the rights, privileges
and powers of a Library corporation.
3. Petitioners show that they de-
A BUNCH OF SPEAKERS
TO EALK TO FARMERS
Ten representatives of the Farmers’
Union will this morning begin lectur
ing tours of Georgia, visiting each of
the 135 counties In which the union is
organized. The speakers will discuss
mrtters pertaining to the farm. It be
ing the purpose of the union to edu
cate the farmers of Georgia. The
speakers will be: State President R.
F. Duckworth, State Organizer J. L.
Lee, State Secretary and Treasurer J
T. McDaniel,, Director AV. V. Martin
W. M. Coker, AV. C. Wooten, J. P
Campbell, General Phillips, T. L
Hawkins, J. J. Stephenson and E
Gentry.
louse Monday when that body passed
the bill by Mr. Adams of Chatham,
making It a dlsdemeanor for any per
son or corporation to charge more
than 5 per cent a month for tbe loan
of money. .
If this bill is passed by the senate
and signed by the governor, It will ef
fectually end, for, good and all, the
practice of extortion so common In
all of the cities of the country.
It was stated by Mr. Adams In his
remarks on the - subject that at the
present time there Is no law to pun
ish and matte it a criminal offense to
charge a usurious rate of Interest, but
that his bill will do so.
The bill by Mr. Dykes of Sumter,
to penalize telegraph companies $50
for failure to deliver promptly all mes
sages received, was placed on Its pass
age, but wag tabled In order to have
it printed.
Several other minor hills were read
for a third time, but quickly tabled
for various reasons, the chief tlEne
of the house being consumed in de
bate on the Adams bill.
The first “convict” bill wsa offered
by Mr. Perry of Hall. . It provides
that the prison commission Is to re
lease these convicts for another term
of five years—1909 to 1914. This. Is
to cover all convicts sentenced to five
years or over. Those under this
sentence are to be worked on the high
ways. The rental Is to go for the
support of the public schools of the
state. ■
It was referred to the committee on
penitentiary and penitentiary matters.
There were many minor bills Intro
duced In the senate.
BIG INCREASE IS W
IN CITY AND-COUP
As Shown by the
of Property.
Returns
That Americus and Sumter
each several hundred thousand
lars richer at this time than a, ;
ago will be shown by the returns of
iroperty for taxation. Tax receiver
,V. R. Speer and City Clerk T. N.
Hawkes closed their tax books Tuesday
night, and, while exact figures will
not be available for several days, yet
It la known that a very substantial ■*
increase in property values will be
shown. Last year the tax returns in
Sumter exceeded those of the year
previous by more than a quarter mil
lion dollars, the greater portion of
the increased values being In city
property. This year the record will
probably be quite as good, and when
the accounts are made up the county
will be credited with a big Increase
In values over the return of 1907.
The man who does things is sel
dom heralded by an advance agent
and a brass band.—Chicago News.
wEGAL ADVERTISEMENTS
To Whom it May Concern :Jg
Atlanta, June 26.—Half of the time
of the house Thursday was taken Up
In the reading of the governor’s mes
sage, recelvWl by that body on AVed-
nesday, after which the house ad
journed out of respect to the memory
of the late President John AV. Akin, of
the senate.
There was a lethargy pervading the
house throughout the morning, and
no effort to transact any business was
attempted.
AVhen the gates wero thrown open
for the Introduction of new business
there was another rush to get bills
upon the clerk’s desk In- order that
they might, earlier, get upon the al
ready crowded house calendar,
fit Two more bills to have the pen
sions of veterans paid annually, in
stead of quarterly, were introduced.
The first by Mr. Shaw, of Clay, who
also asks that the pensions (laid to
Indigent veterans be Increased to $100
Instead of $60 as is now the case. The
other bill was by Messrs. Orr and
Couch, of Ooweta.
Mr. McIntyre, of Thomas, offered a
bill to provide for an Income and
Inheritance tax and Joined with Mr.
Shaw, of Clay, to limit the appeal
cases to the supreme court of appeals,
so that the superior court would be
the court of last resort for suips of
less than $300.
In the Senate.
At the session of the senate Thurs
day the two bills relative to Increas
lng the salaries of the Judges of the
supreme court and cqurt of appeals
from $4,000 to $5,000 were both de
feated by large majorities.
Three new bills were Introduced and
several others were read for the third
time and placed upon the table.
The senate adjourned at 12 o'clock.
tunlty to hear the visiting artiste.
At this special sale high grade
pianos will be sold at big cute from
usual prices, factory values obtain
ing. A solid car load of the Schulz
Pianos will be Included In the sale.
An iuvltatlon is extended to the pub
lic to attend the musical.
Just. Exactly Right
1 have used Dr. King's New Life
Pills for several years, and find them
Just exactly right,” says Mr. A. A.
Felton, of Harrisvllle, N. Y. New
Lire Pills relieve without the least
discomfort. Best remedy for consti
pation, biliousness and malaria. 25c
at Eldridge Drug Co.
Try a Whiskey of Guaran
teed Purity and Gxceltenc
from Jno. E. Fitzgerald Distill
ery, Frankfort, Ky.
An Old Fashioned Hand
Made Pot Still Whiskey
Bottled in Bond, 4 Bottles for
$5-00, Express Prepaid. TE>
Write for free Booklet de
scribing our Method of Distill
ing.
S. C. HERBST IMPORTING
CO., Controllers,
Milwaukee, Wis.
Atlanta, June 27.—The same lethar
gy which has pervaded the house from
the first was apparent Friday. The
greatest debate of the day was tn re
gard to a $60 back pension resolution,
which was killed. ,
When the time came to 'introduce
new bills, a score rolled up to the
clerk's desk, and were quickly read.
One of the most Important of these
was that by Mr. Shaw, of Clay,
which provides for the election of the
commissioner of pensions by a direct
vote of the people instead of appoint
ment by the governor. Along this
line Mr. AVilllams, of Dodge, offered
a bill to provide for a state board
of pension examiners to decide who
should and who Bbould not have pen-
sions.
The first of the new county bills to
be Introduced In the house was that
Introduced by Meisrs. Tyson, of
Emanuel county and Flanders, of the
county of Johnson, calling for the cre
ation of a county of "Mliledge” to be
carved from the larger counties of
Emanuel, Johnson, lAurens and Mont
gomery.
Mr. Ryals, of Bibb, introduced the
first “Increase salary” bill. It pro
vides for the Increase In the salary of
the state treasurer from that of $2,000
to $5,000 per annum, and to allow
$700 per aenume for clerical expen.
ses.
The house followed by passing those
bills by Mr. Hines, of Baldwin, which
will perfect the law governing mort
gages, and will protect tbe holdera of
such from fraud. These bills were
among the first introduced last year.
•Atlanta. July 1—'‘Near-legislation"
wag the name given the proceedings
of the house on Tuesday, for more
measures were read, debated a'while
and “tab'ed” than were passed.
The entire session was consumed In
short delates, when the bills would
become a trended to death, the legisla
tors undecided as to the contents, and
some one would move to table, and
have the bills and amendments printed
for distribution among the members.
This proceedure continued up to
12:45 o’clock, when the house adjourn,
cd to meet at 10 o'clock the following
day.
The bill to extend the state road to
the sea was read for Its passage and
was tabled, to come up as A special
order next week.
The bill by Mr. Dykes, of Sumter,
and M. Slater, of Bryan, to prevent
the forfeiture of policies on life in
surance for nonpayment of premiums
at maturity, was read and tabled.
ThU bill by Mr. Adams, of Chatham,
to establish children's <$ourts, was
read and tabled.
Tax Automobiles.
State relgstration for automobiles,
locomobiles, electric machines and the
like will be the law, In a short while,
if the bill which Representative Joseph
©. Boyd, of Spalding, will Introduce
In the house becomes a law.
His measure provides that every
owner of a machine propelled by
other than animal motive power, shall
write to the secretary of state, giving
his name and address, the make, anJ,
If possible, number of the machine
which he operates, and secure from
him a tag which shall be attached to
the rear of his machine in Arabic let
ters at least three inches high, fol
towed by the letters “Ga."
For this tag and accompanying cer
tificate, a copy of which Is attached to
the measure, the owner of the ma
chine Is to pay $2.
In the Senate.
The senate of Georgia went on rec
ord Tuesday as being opposed to the
present convict lease system, when, by
a vote of 32 to 4, it passed the bill In.
traduced by Senator Crittenden, which
prohibits the ordinary, county com
missioner, Judge of any city court,
sheriff or solicitor of any court from
hiring or turning over to any private
person of corporation or any chain-
gang operated by private persons, any
person or persons who may be con.
vtcted and sentenced for a misde
meanor In any court. The bill la a
strong one. and provides that the of
ficer who shall be found guilty of
breaking ahe law shall vacate his of
fice and In the discretion of the court
be sentenced from one to three year*
To Change the 8chool Term.
The bill by Senator Williford rela
tive to the change of the school year
so as to begin September 1 and to end
August 31 was passed by a vote of
25 to 4.
One of tbe most Important new bills
Introduced was that by Senators Hard
man and Deen, which defines and
regulates the treatment and control
of dependent and delinquent children
and to establish “Juvenile courts” and
to prof lde for the- punishment of per
sons responsible for such children.
The partnership of the Americus
Cigar Company being composed of
E. J. McGehee and W., T. Edwards
having been dissolved by the death of
E. J. McGehco, an agreement be-
between Mrs. Courtney E. McGehee,
Administratrix of the estate of E. J.
McGehee and 1W. T. Edwards. No
tice is given hereby that AV. T. Ed
wards will succeed to the business
carried on by the Americus Cigar
Company assuming all liabilities of
the said Americus Cigar Company
and retaining all accounts In indebt
edness due said Americus Cigar Com
pany.
AV. T. EDAVARDS,
MRS. COURTNEY E. McGEHEE,
Administratrix of said E. J.
McGehee, lato of said County.
GEORGIA—Sumter County:
After four weeks notice pursuant,
to Section No. 2546 of the Civil Code,
petition of which a true and cor
rect copy Is subjoined will be pres
ented to the Honorable Z. A. Little
john, Judge of the Superior Court of
said County at the Court house
said County on July 30, i908. __
R.. J. PERRY.
Of
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Atlanta, Ga., June ,30.—War
j 'money sharks” was begun la the
Ecuadoreans Celebrate Event.
Quito, Ecuador, July 1.—The luau-
guration of the railroad connecting
Guayaquil, the principal port of EJcua.
dor % with Quito, the capital of the re
public, took place on June 25tb. The
road was completed oa June ISth
The bells in all the churches through
out tbe republic rang out and the war-
ships In the port fired salutes.
GEORGIA—Sumter County:
To the Honorable Z. A. Littlejohn,
Judge of the Superior Court of said
County. '
The petition of R. J. perry shows:
FIRST—That under the terms of
Item Fifth of the last Will and Testa
ment of A. S. Perry, of Sumter coun
ty, deceased, petitioner was appoint
ed Guardian of the persons and pro-
oerty of the minor children of A. 8.
Perry, to-wit: Virginia Perry, now
about six years old and Mary Lizzie
Perry, now about twenty years old,
which sail Will has been duly probat
ed as required by law.
SECOND—That under the terms of
Item Three of said Will, Mrs. Mattie
Perry and the said Virginia and
Mary Lizzie Perry were bequeathed
Jointly the following real property,
to-wit: Twelve and one half acres
of land In the Twenty-seventh Dis
trict of Sumter County, Georgia, and
known as a part of the Old Albert
Jones place; also all of the East
half of lot of land No. 160 in
Twenty-seventh, District of Sumter
County, Georgia, except Five acres
In the Southeast corner thereof,
which composed the plantation upon
which the said A. S. Perry resided r
the date of his death, as well as
the date of the execution of his --
""THIRD—'That all the debts of
said deceased have been paid and!
said estate administered as dlrecti
In said Will, that petitioner as Gr-
dlan for said Virginia and Mary
zlo and the said Mrs. Mattie ”
are In possession of said dei
property by virtue of the assent oft
Executors of Bald Will, the said ,
Mattie Perry being the mother
step-mother of said Virginia
Mary Lizzie, wards of petitioner.
FOURTH—That petitioner
Guardian and the said Mrs. Mi
Perry In her own right has been -
fered a fair price for said prop*'
and the said Mrs. Mattie Perry
poses to sell at said price her
divided one-third Interest In
lands, that said lands are not
yielding to petitioner, as Guard
anything like a fair and roasona
Income on the price that has b(
offered for the two-thirds Interest
said lands owned by said minors, tr
the same Is Incapable of division
kind and to partition said land
reason of Its location, etc., w -
make each parcel much less valu
thtfn Its portion of the purchase pr
of the whole would amount to.
FIFTH—Petitioner desires
prays leave to sell the said
thirds Interest In said real
so belonging to each of said
at private, sale and to re-invest
proceeds of said sale In Bank
of the Bank of Southwestern G
at par, or otherwise as may be
Bested or directed by this Honor
Court; and that notice of this,
intention to make application,
been published once a week for I
weeks in the Americus AVeekly Ti'
Recorder. a newspaper, being
newspaper In which the County
vertlsements for said County
now published os required by
(Signed) J. A. HIXON,
Petitioner.
Dividends Are Declared.
Covington, Ga., July 1.—The Bank
of Covington has declared a semi-an
nual dividend of 4 per cent to be
sent out July 1, and In addition pass.
GEORGIA—Sumter County:
I, R. J. Perry, do swear
facts set forth in the above,
going are true as therein
It. J.
ed 3 per cent to the reserve fund.! Sworn to and subscrll
This bank Increased 1U capital stock me this 30th day of Jun
on January 1 from $35,000 to *100.-} EAR % c - SPEER, N. P.
000.
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