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THE AMERICUS WEEKLY TIMES-RECORDER, ' FRIDAY. JULY 10. 1908
CURES.
.OLD SORES
No old sore can heal until the cause which produces it has been removed.
External applications of salves, washes, lotions, etc., may reduce the inflam
mation and assist in keeping the place clean, but cannot cure the trouble
because they do not reach irs source. Old sores exist because the blood is
infected with impurities and poisons which are constantly being discharged
into the place. The nerves, tissues and fibres of the flesh are kept in a state
of irritation and disease by being daily fed with the germ-laden matter
through the circulation, making it impossible for the sore to heal. S. S. S.
cures chronic sores by its purifying action on the blood. It goes down into
the circulation, and removes the poison-producing germs, impurities and
morbid matters which are responsible for the failure of the place to heal.
S. S. S. makes the blood pure, fresh and healthy; then as new, rich blood is
carried to the spot the healing process begins, all discharge ceases, the
inflammation leaves, new tissue begins to form, the place fills in with firm,
healthy flesh, and soon the sore is permanently cured. S. S. S. is purely
vegetable, the safest and best blood purifier for young or old. Book on
Sores and Ulcers and any medical advice free to all who write.
THE SWIFT SPECIFIC CO., ATLANTA, GA.
GEO. D. WHEATLEY
Suits
for Men and Youths,
Boys and Children at
Great Reductions—Not
a Suit Reserved.
Men’s and Youths’ Suits 25 percent
Discount.
$30 Suits at 14 off now $22.50.
25.00 Suits at 14 off now 18.75.
20.00 Suits at >4 off now 15.00.
15.00 Suits at Vt off now 11.25.
12.50 Suits at 14 off now 9.37.
10.00 Suits at 14 off now 7.50.
<■- 8-50 Suits at >4 off now C.37.
Men’s Pants at 25 per ct. Discount.
Hens pants, were $7.50. at 14 off $5.65
Men’s panto, were 6.50, at 14 off 4.83
Men's pants, were 5.00, at 14 off 3.75
Men's pants, were 4.00, at 14 off 3.00
Men's pants, were 3.00, at 14 off 2.25
Boys’ and Children’s Suits at 25 per
cent Discount.
Boy's $8.50 Suits 14 off, now $6.35.
Boy's 7.50 Suits 14 off, now 5.65.
Boy's 6.50 Suits 14 off, now 4.85.
Boys 5.00 Suits 14 off, now 3.75.
Boy's 4.00 Suits 14 off. now 3.00.
Boy's 3.00 Suits 14 off, now 2.25.
Boys 2.50 Suits 14 off, now 1.88.
Men’s Negligee Shirts.
65c Men’s Negligee Shirts at 49c.
$1 Men’s Negligee Shirts at ^75c.
Men’s Socks.
Just received one case of Sixty
Dozen Men's Fine Gauze Socks in
Black, Blue, Brown and Gray, Six
pairs In Box and sold under a guar
antee at .. .. , $1.50 Box.
Men’s Underwear.
Men's Balbriggan Undershirts at 25c
Mens Check Nainsook Undershirts
and Drawers at 45c.
Men's Night Shirts at 50c.
Men's Check Nainsook Night Shirts
at , 75c.
Men's Pajamas at $1.00.
Men’s Elastic Seam Drawers at 45c
Men's Scriven Drawers at .. 75c.
A SNAPSHOT IS TAKEN
AT AFFAIRS OF CITY
REPORTS OF WATER. POLICE AND EIRE DEPARTMENTS BRIEFLY SUM-
MARIZED—WHAT IT COSTS TO MAINTAIN A GREAT AND GROW
ING CITY SUCH AS AMERICUS-—SOME FIGURES OF INTEREST
TO THE TAXPAYERS.
Bathing Suits.
For Men and Boys, all sizes, plain
blue. Others with red woven around
bottom, especially priced at 50c, $1,
$2„ 2.50 and $3.50.
Children’s Wash Suits.
65c Childrens* Rompers now .. 50c
$1 Childrens’ Rompers now .. 79c
60c Boy’s Waists now 45c
60c Boy's Blouses now 45c
25c Boy's Caps now 19c
Boy's Wash Pants .. .25c and 35c
6Dc Boy's Knee Pants now .. 50c
85c Boy's Knee Pants now .. 76c.
Boy's Undershirts at 25c
Boy's Union Suits at 50c
The annual report submitted to the
city council at its recent meeting re
flected fully the condition of affairs
municipal covered therein, and If
printed In full would afford the tax
payers an opportunity of learning
more of the city's affairs and status.
But in the wisdom of the council
the reports are never published, be
ing merely accepted and filed.
The annual report, as well as last
quarterly report of Clerk and Treas
urer Hawkes was published yester
day, and from those of the police, fire
and water department a few extracts
of interest are here given.
Report of City Engineer.
From the voluminous but explicit
report of City Engineer Poe. covering
both the streets and water depart-
department, is given a clear insight
into that very Important part of the
city's main utilities, more especially
that of the water department.
Something like $12,000 was expend
ed during the past twelve months In
street Improvement, and the result is
that Amerlcus has fine streets and
well paved walks.
During the year there was a total
of 215,588,471 gallons of water pump
ed for the city at a cost of .377 cts
per thousand gallons.
The expenditures in the water de
partment total $17,324. Cash collect
ed from consumers totaled $13,285,
while free water for the city, for
churches and charities, is charged to
expense at $7,225. The total credit to
the department is $23,899.
The net amount thus credited is
$6,565.
Of water consumers 231 have met
ers while 672 have a flat rate; a to
tal of 903 consumers. The use of
meters Is recommended In all Instanc
es where motors are in service for
supplying power, etc.
The expense account herein given
Includes the cost of boring the last
artesian well—$6,609. This well has
a depth of 960 feet and a flow of 250
gallons per mlniute, or 360,000 gal
lons dally. The city owns four fine
artesian wells.
The report of the water department
covers In detail every matter of Im
portance .connected therewith.
Report of Police Chief.
■ For the police department Chief
W. H. Fcagin made a flattering re
port. Unusual good order has been
maintained, as evidenced by the mark
ed decrease in the number of arrests
—785 this year against 1.056 last year,
a decrease of 271 in number.
It cannot be gainsaid, the report
states, that this decrease is obviously
due to the closing of saloons and pro
hibition generally. Since January
1st, this year, only 180 arrests have
been made by the police, against 459
to July 1st last year.
Comment Is unnecessary; the flg-
Men’s Odd Summer Coats at 25 per
cent Discount.
Navy, Blue and Black Serge, Black
Alpaca and Sicilian Coats at 25 per
cent Discount.
Men's Handkerchiefs at 5c and 10c.
Men’s Suspenders at 25c and 50c.
Ladles’ Umbrellas at 98c and $1.50
Men’s Collars, best quality, 10c.
Men's Four-in-hand ties at 25c, 50c.
R. & G. Corsets, $1 quality at 79c.
Indies' Summer Knit Drawers 25c.
Indies’ Summer Long Sleeve Vests
at 25c.
Indies' Knit Corset Covers at 25c
and 60c.
Ladles' Hose Supporters 25c and 50c
Ladies' Sleeveless Vests at 9c.
Ladies’ White Wash Skirts at 95c.
Ladles' Brown and Black Silk
Lisle Gauze Hose at 25c.
LadieqJ 16-Button white and Gray
Lisle Tlfread Gloves at 75c.
50c Fancy'Ribbon at 25c.
Men's and Ladies’ Suit Cases at
$1.50 up.
. D. WHEATLEY.
Americus, Ga.
A. W. Smith, Pre*.
G. M. Eldrldgc, V. P.
N. M. Dodley, Cashier
Bank of South-Western Ga.,
Americus Ga.
Security, Liberality and Courtesy Accorded Its Patrons.
DIRECTORS:
ures speak for themselves.
The force consists of Chief, lieu
tenant and three patrolemen and the
cost for maintainance for the fiscal
year just ended was $5,154. To this
is added incidental expenses.
Of the arrests made 785 were city
and 67 state cases, including many
burglaries, all of which were prose
cuted and many of them convicted and
sentenced to terms in the pen or
chaingang.
White males arrested 136; white
females 11; negro men arrested 668;
negro women 155. The fines Imposed
in police court aggregated $3,979.50
during the year.
Of the arrests, Chief Feagin made
138, Lieutenant Barrow'104, Officer
Johnson 110, Officer Redmond 80,
Officer Ross 67. Special policemen
made other arrests. The police de
partment recovered stolen property
valued at $785 and restored same to
the persons from whom taken.
During the year the police on night
duty found 72 stores left carelessly
unlocked by the owners. Response
was made to 141 quick telephone calls
by the police during the year.
Report of Fire Chief.
The report of Fire Chief W. P.
McArthur, his sixth In that capacity,
evidenced its efficiency In every de
tail. and especially In coping with
fires.
During the year the department re
sponded to 53 alarms, of which 45
were by telephone. Three brick
buildings and 50 frame buildings
were thus endangered.
The value of property endangered
was $278,945; the damage to same
amounted te 99,478, while the insur
ance on same totaled $182,900. The
unusual loss this year was occasioned
by the big compress fire occurring on
February 2.
This building, unprotected by fire
walls, was lost, together with about
1,300 bales cotton.
Comparative losses for the five pro
ceeding years are as follows: 1903,
losses $378; 1904, losses $1,697; 1905,
losses $1,249; 1906, losses $1,207; 1907,
losses 3,065.
The department has thus made an
enviable record. In the compress fire,
which no power on earth could have
stayed, about 500 bales cotton were
saved through the work of the de
partment.
The total cost of maintainance for
the year was $6,074.
Of this total $4,635 Is for salary ac
count, while the remainder, $1,439, in
cludes the keep and care of horses,
wagons, trucks and other eqqulpment,
consisting of fire engine, two hose
trucks, ladder truck and the chemical
apparatus.
The department consists of Chief
McArthur, Assistant J. F. Morris;
Firemen Stafford Smith. W. J. Tins
ley, Harrison Finch. R. D. Powell, R.
E. Price.
W. A. Dodson,
IT. M. Dudley
G. M. Eldrldgc,
Thos. Harrold,
B. J. Perry
A. W. Smith,
H. B. Johnson.
L. A. LOYYREY, President.
CRAWFORD WHEATLEY, Vice. Pres.
M. H. LOWREY, Cashier.
B. E. McSCLTY, Asst. Cashier
AMERICUS NATIONAL RANK
The Only National Bank in This Section.
CAPITAL $100,000.00. U. S. BONDS $100,000.00.
Under the snperrlslon of the
UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT.
Accounts of Arms, Individuals and coporatlons Invited. Certificates of
deposit Issued hearing Interest. . ...... -AAAI
Alabama's Convict System.
(Montgomery Journal.)
Georgia Is having trouble about the
care of convicts, and Is seriously con
sidering the abolishment of the lease
system, some of the convicts having
been mistreated. Alabama has had
the same trouble, but our neighbor
would do well to send over a commit
tee from the legislature and Investi
gate the present system. The convicts
arc worked under the supervision of
the state, and mismanagement and
mistreatment are impossible, the
highest price being obtained by the
state for their services.
In the early stages of the convict
system in this state there was a great
deal of trouble about the treatment
of convicts, the lessees abusing them
terribly, In some instances. But all
that was exposed, and stopped, and at
present the Alabama system Is as
near perfect as It Is thought possible
to make it. Our neighbor can p.roflt
by our experience and an investiga
tion will be of great aid to them in
reaching a satisfactory conclusion of
the question. The convicts should
always be made a source of Income to
the state.
Convicts should be worked. There
can be no question about employing
them at the same kinds of labor that
free labor Is doing every day, hut that
there should be safeguards and re
strictions, not only humanity, but the
laws demand. Convict labor has been
found to he most profitable,it Is re
liable, that Is. the required amount of
work can be obtained daily, and they!
are always on hand, ready for work,!
meeting In that regard the great dlf-!
Acuity experienced with free labor.!
The sentiment about working the con-1
victs in the state and making a profit
out of them Is all very silly, and has I
long since been dissipated by sensible 1
people. Was there ever any good;
reason why a convict, in the custody
of the state, should not under guard
ami certain restrictions, be required!
to do the same work that he did every |
di.v before he was convicted? Certain
ly there can not be, and that is the
situation In a nutshell. They should
not he kept In Idleness and the state
should make a fair profit out of their
labor. That Is common sense, and'
the business end of the question.
SUIGIDED THRICE
.FOR 3 SWEETHEARTS
Best the World Affords
HAZELHURST, MISS., July 4.—
(Special)—Unable to decide which of
three women he fieally wanted to mar
ry, Ell Hood, 17 years old, a boarder
at the farmhouse of Ell Graves, eight
miles from Hazelhurst, decided that
the best way out of the difficulty was
to commit suicide In such a way that
each of the women would know he had
killed himself for her.
For Miss Carrie Nelson, IS years
old, he swallowed sixty grains of
morphine; for Mrs. Eva Spellman,
aged 35, he drank four ounces of laud
anum, and for Miss Henrietta Mc
Donald, aged 16, he put the muzzle of
a shotgun in his mouth and pulled the
trigger with Ills toe.
Beside his dead body was found ou
a table a paper wrapper that contain
ed the morphine. On It was scrawled:
“For Carrie.” The empty laudanum
bottle stood on a Blip ot paper on
which was written: "For Eva.” An
empty envelope, on which a picture of
a shotgun had been drawn, was In
scribed “Henrietta.”
Except that he had been acting
queerly and that he had become de
spondent, Graves said he saw nothing
In Hood's behavior that indicated that
he contemplated self destruction.
On one occasion Hood complained
of his Inability to get married, and
when Graves jokingly referred to his
three sweethearts he shook his head
sadly and said that was where , Ills
trouble was. “I can’t make up my
mind,” he said.
Hood owned a small piece of prop
erty near here which prevented the
necessity of his working for a living.
A year ago his older brother commit
ted suicide, and from him Hood Inher
ited another small piece of property.
No one of the young women would
admit that Hood had paid her special
attention, and none of them knew,
each said, that Hood wanted to marry
her or anyone else.
"if he was so much In love with us
he certainly concealed the fact well,
and It Is wonderful that he did not
show any partiality," Bald Mrs. Spell
man. "He never breathed a word of
love to me.”
Ask for Allen’s Foot-Ease
"It gives me unbounded pleasure to
recommend Bucklen's Arnica Salve,”
says J. W. Jenkins, of Chapel HUI,
N. C. ”1 am convinced Its the best
salve the world affords. It cured a,
felon on my thumb, and It never
falls to heal every sore, burn or
wound to which it Is applied. 25c.'
at Eldridge Draff Co. ^ , . I *fl
A powder for swollen, tired, hot,
smarting feet Sample FREE. Also
Free Sample of the Foot-Ease Sani
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dress Allen 8. Olmsted, Le Roy, N. Y.
An easy thing to understand is
what you don't understand about
“Last Fall,” writes Mrs. S. G. Bailey, of Tun-
nelton, W. Va., “1 was going down-by inches,
from female disease, with great pain. After tak
ing Cardui, Oh! My! Howl was benefited! 1
am not well yet, but am so much better that I will
keep on taking Wine of Cardui till I am perfectly
cured.”
Despite the envious attacks of jealous enemies
and rivals, Cardui still holds supreme position
today [as in the past 70 years] for the relief and
cure of female diseases. It stops pain, tones up
the organs, regulates
the functions, and aids
in the replacement of
a misplaced organ.
FREE ADVICE
Write us a letter describing alt
your symptoms, and we will send you
Free Advice, in plain sealed envelope.
Address: Ladies’Advisory Department,
The Chattanooga Medicine Co., Chatta
nooga, Tenn.
At Every Drug Store in $1.00 Bottles.
.WINE
OF
Big Reductions
on Clothing.
In order to reduce our clothing
stock to a lower point we offer in
ducements to clothing buyers
FOR THE SPOT CASH.
$15.00 suits, now
$10.75
17.50 suits, now
12.50
20.00 suits, now
14.50
22.50 suits, now
16.50
25.00 suits, now
18.50
27.50 suits, now
20.00
30.00 suits, now
22.00
pon Examination of
Fabrics,
Tailoring^
you will find that ours are simply unmatchable.
As to quantity of stock and variety to select from
you will find here the best, not only in Americus,
but in all South Georgia.
Panama Hats Sacrificed.
We want to close out our PANAMA HATS
IN STOCK and in order to do so we offer the
following extraordinary inducements:
$ 6.00 Panama Hats for $3.50
7.50 Panama Hats for 4.50
10.00 Panama Hats for 6.50
Best Shapes, Best Values,
Come Quick.
CMA8. L. AN8LEY.
L. G. COUNCIL, Pres.
R. J. PERRY, Vlee.Pres
Inc. 1881. C. M. COUNCIL, Cashier.
H. S. COUNCIL, Aset. Cashier.
The Planters Bank
of Americus
Total Resources, - • •
With well-established connec-
' tlons, our large resources, and ev
ery attention consistent with sound
banking, we solicit your patronage.
Interest allowed on time certu-
lcates and in our
“Department for Savings”