Newspaper Page Text
THE AMERICUS WEEKLY TJMES-RECORDER. FRIDAY. JULY 31, 1908.
BUY HERE AND NOW!
Special Sale at
Duncan’s “Cost or Below Sale.”
It Has Been the Event of the Season. Though Sales Have Been
Large, the Big Stock Has Made It possible to Keep Lines in Most In
stances Full.
Our Idea is to Sell Out Our Present Stock, ajid if Low Prices Will
Accomplish It, We are Going to Do It.
The Bargains We are Offering are so Plain That the Most Inexpe
rienced Buyer Can Recognize Them. Everything’s “Cost or Below.’.
YOU’LL BE SORRY IF YOU DON’T LAY IN A SUPPLY OF
DRYGOODS BEFORE THIS SALE IS OVER.
GEORGIA LEGISLATURE.
. and at 1 o’clock went Into exeoutlve
i session, after which it adjourned un-
■ til Monday afternoon at 3 o'clock.
Con- T), e somber story ran the gamut of
human misery from divorce to death;
Fruit Loom Bleaching, yard wide, 7 7-8c yard.
#1, $2, and #2.50 White Parasols at 75c
Monday morning promptly at eight
o'clock we will place on sale almost
the entire balance of our white para
sols at an average of 30c on the dol
lar all the new styles will be shown
in the assortment, and every one Is
offered for sale at each '. • -75c.
Ten thousand yards ....— nne niaca buk neiis, m- en tasks beyond tneir pnysicai pow- [ ... , j , oo _The house spent
Laces, the prettiest lot we have j cIud | ng extra s i zeSj a grade that we'ers of endurance, and whipped when j Qf lMo ' nday . g " session In debate on
shown; edgings and insertions to have been selling for 75c, here now: they sank under tlfe strain of tho Holder substitute regarding the
match. They range in value froml atcach 49c.; ordeal. Here also a man was whip-j conT , ct Uage t ' em- A rote will bo
One thousand yards silk mallnes In
black, white and every staple shade,
regularly sold for 40c. Here now at
yard .. .. ■ - 79c.
10c, 12 1.2c, 15c and 20c Wash Goods
nt 5c Yard
Monday morning promptly at eight
o'clock we will place on sale the
balance, of our stock of printed wash
goods for 5c yard. In this lot will be
found all the new designs shown this
season, and not a yard that ever sold
for less than 10c; others worth up to
25c. Here for this sale at per yd 5c.
Ladles' 5c Ilnndkcrclilcfs nt 2 1.2c.
One thousand ladies white handker
chiefs made of sheer white lawns, ev
ery one hemstitched. Regularly sold
for 5c; here at each 2 l-2c.
15c Huckaback Towels nt 8c '
One case huckaback towels size 18
x 36 inches; the grade that you have
always paid 15c for. Here for this
sale at. each 8c.
Very line French White Lawns,
sheer and beautiful, the grade that
has been selling for 25c, here at per
yard 16c.
Twenty dozen ladles' Wash Belts,
all sizes, with good looking buckles,
regular 25c, here at each 8c. 1
I
Valenceinno
Ladles’ Silvered Belts In white and
colors, pretty buckles, regularly sold
for $1, here at each 49c.
Ladies' fine black Silk Belts, In-
Much Debate Hat Been Given
vlct Lease Question. |
Atlanta, July 24—The Investigation f rom sickness and cruel persecution
of the treatment of the conviots in j to brolten bodle* and final forgetful-
the camps of the state by the legists- ness ln tbe grav6i ,
ttve Investigating committee has de-i Man wbo bad suffered torturSa at
veloped some very startling sensations, 1 the bandg flf CJ . ue , conv | ct bosses and
Truly Deplorable. 1 guards, told of the cruelty visited upon
Many witnesses have testified on \ them and upon others. They told,
oath of cruelty and unfeeling treat- of the supine Indifference of men whom
ment which is truly deplorable. I the state paid to guard and protect
Three cases of death, following se- them. They told of th'ese men being
vero Hoggings, were developed at aubsidlzed by convict leasees, and of
the Investigation on Thursday. , i being forced to work beyond their
The most revolting tragedy rehears- strength under the fear of tho lash,
ed during the day was the beating of a j Measures which, If passed, will
sixteen-year-old white boy wfth a 6-; save the State Agricultural oollege at
pound leather strap from the effects of Athens, and the eleven district agrt-
whlch punishment he died, this story' cultural colleges over file state, were
being told by R. A. Keith. ' Introduced In the house Saturday
The offense for which this boy was | morning and will be rushed through
punished Is said to have been of a. with the utmost speed,
minor character. An ex-convlct The first of these was by Mr. Chan-
sentenced for life, and atflerwards ler, of DeKalb, chairman of the house
pardoned, told, under oath, a narra- appropriation committee, Mr. Martin,
tire of cruelty that has probably nev-' of Elbert, and others, making a dl-
er been surpassed In a court room In' rect appropriation of $25,000 for the
this country. j State Agricultural college at Athens,
This man was J. A. Cochran, now' for the year 1908 and $6(7,000 for the
a contractor, living in the city of, year 1909.
Atlanta. He told of a negro being I The other, by Mr. Candler, of De-
beaten to death at the state farm at Kalb, Martin, of Elbert, nnd repre-
Mllledgeville for no offense in tho sentatlves from each county ln which
world, except that he was sick and an agricultural school Is located, of-
could not work : feted a measuro to appropriate for the
Man Whipped to -Death. | “*® ot l , h f 8e OI^Ict BCaoo!. tb8
. „ , , fees arising from the sale of rerun*
At the Chattahoochee Brick oompa- ^ ^ food Ug , and lnspe0 .
ny's camp, on tne.Chattahoochee riv- ^ except' the actual expenses of
er, near Atlanta, he said men were j ng - ec y on
treated with unmerciful severity; glv- 1
on tasks beyond their physical pow-
8c to 20c—take your pick of this
great, lot now at per yard .. .. 4 3-4c
Ten pieces Brown Linen, full regu
lar width, good quality, a grade that
usually sells for 25c here now at per
yard 12V&C.
Lace Curtains, full length and
width, beautiful patterns; they are
as good as you ever saw for $1.50;
per pair 93c.
Very fine 3G-tnch Dress Linen ln
the following colors; Copenhagen,
Nile green, light blue, brown laven
der and pink, regularly sold for 50c,
here now at yard .. .. 42c.
Four thousand yards of fine Rib
bons at an average of 50c on the dol
lar. They are fresh and perfect in
cluding every staple shade shown;
also black and white. Some of the
widths run up to 200, worth all the
way from 25c to 65c, here in the
yard 19c.
One hundred twilled Silk Umbrellas
with steel rods and Paragon frames,
ladies’ and men’s handles, never be
fore known to selj for less than $1.25;
at each i • • 77c.
Ladles’ -large shell Back Combs ln
several new and pretty patterns; they
look as good as most any 25c comb.
Here at each 10c.
Ladies’ Embroidered Collars, beau
tiful patterns, worth regularly 25c;
here at each 9c.
: convict lease system.
ped to death. j taken on the measure probably In a
Evidence Is Corroborated. j few dayg and that It will be pawed.
This evidence as to the prison farm with but fow amendment*, seems quite
and the Chattahoochee Brick compa-' certain.
Fine striped Sicilian 38 Inches wide, n y was corroborated by other witness- j Alexander’s Bill,
and all wool. If this Is worth a es. They told of tho heat, the cruel- j Abolition of the convict lease aye-
cent it Is as good as you ever bought' ty and vleiousnees of the guards, tho tam a ; tar Oocombor U, 19U, by
for 50c. Here at yard 35c. exhaustive labors and the sovere flog- constitutional amendment, with a pro-
t .. , „ . . .. n ... glngs. They testified that free labor vli0 f or con vlct farms on which to
snllced hee^and to“ k tuU regain couM not haTe been 9Ccured f ° r the , work tho convicts of the state not
length Itelularly 12’ l-?c, Mde sam ® work under tbe “ me olreum -1 worked on the highway*, will be
price 7C. stances at any price. 1 facing the house after the Holder
„ -, _ , , TT „ „ .. The Nowell measure, providing for meagure la adopted.
Mens Fast BlMk Half Hose, spile- tbe incorporation of all mutual aid,. At a brief meeting of the committee
g llfe ln,urance companies was on con.ututlonal amendments Monday
to sell for less than loc, .. c fayorab|y reportod by the corporation the bm by Mr Alexander of DeKalb
Ten pieces Linen Lawn, 36 Inches' committee or the house at a brief ses- to tb i, effect was given a unanimously
wide, regularly worth 39c, here for sion Thursday afternoon. I favorable report.
the price per yard 20c. j At a me »tlng of the general agrlcul-, It , g Relieved that both measures,
Men's Guyot Suspenders In a great tural committee that body reconsider- aa tbay do no t conflict, may pass,
variety of new patterns, perfect goods, • ed Its action ln reporting to the bouse 0ff solution
nothing wrong with them, but the "unfavorably" the Burkhalter bill In “
price regularly 39c to 50c, here now regard redress In cases of fertll-; Mr - Wright of Richmond, who set-
at per pair 19c -|lzers not coming up to requirements. 1 tied the debate on the Alexander meat.
Men’s Balbriggan Underwear, very, The hill was amended by the commit- uro e *ten<l th® *•**8 roa commla*-
elastic shirts and drawers to match tee and favorably reported. **“• >>> th « appointment of a “““
the beat lot of underwear you ever! - — ! »l°n to Investigate and report upon
saw Jor the money, regularly 35c, ‘ Atlanta July 25—The horror of the the bill next year, has offered a similar
“r ”1 “ "I "T?;; ;rr ■ •”
One thousand yards imitation Tor- j eglg ]ative committee Investigating new gectlon t0 the Holder substi-
DUNCAN MERCANTILE CO.
to°ma^ch, e worth^lMhe 8 v?ay n ?rom D fc Georgia’s convict lease system was tute, which does not prevent the pass-
to 7 l-2c, here now at yard .. 2 l-2c.' increased Friday as further revolting age of the Holder bill, with all of lta
—- j Uet.n. were developed by men who j porvislons. but,
I . ... 1 for the creation of a commission to
; had formerly served the state as r- j , aT#at)gatb tbe convict question during
I dens, guards and couvlca bosses. | receig and reporl wIth a bm ge ttlln«
Incidents of barbaric cruelty related the question at tbe next session of tho
115 and 117 Forsyth St. John R. Shaw’s Old Stand.
TRACK IS READY FOR
RACE IN TWO WEEKS
Driving Club is Getting it
Finished.
With such vigor has work been
pushed rorward upon the grounds of
the driving club that already the half
mile trotting track is nearly finished,
and now the Association Is ready to
begin work upon the grandstand and
other buildings.
Within two weeks, or by August
15th, the new track will be finished
and ready for use.
And it will be one of the best und
fastest ln the South.
An experienced track builder, one
who built several of the best trotting
courses in Georgia, among them the
mile track In the Macon park, is build
ing the track here.
Greatest care has been exercised in
its construction, and horsemen from
it
good racing is promised. •
A great colt show in the early fall
Is likewise contemplated.
At a meeting yesterday of those
Interested in the park, organization
was effected and officers elected. Mr.
S. L. Sills will be president, and Mr.
L. M. Hawkins secretary and treas
urer. A charter will be granted the
association by the superior court..
A governing board consisting of
Messrs. Walter Maynard, E. A. Lock
ett, W. G. Turpin, J. J. Haynesly and
J. F. Kelly was elected.
BIG CROP Of TOBACCO
IS GROWN IN STAH
Sumter Will Produce More
Next Year.
The TimeB-Recorder’s story yes
terday of the growth of ten acres
other cities who have inspected
declare the America, course, one ». , n and the lndlcat , 0 „ s are
the finest they have ever seen. And^Jf ^ ^ w(n be more exten
o( of tobacco near Americus was read
LEAGUE BALL IS QUITE
TWO BALES OF COTTON
COME TO AMERICUS
First Bale 11 Days,Ahead
Last Season. .
Just eleven days In' advance of
the first bale of tbe crop of 1907,
Americus’ first bale of the new crop
was received Wednesday at the cotton
warehouse of Harrold Bros, and was
followed several hourk thereafter by
tho second bale of the season here.
The arrival of two bales "July cot
ton” upon the same date, created con
siderable interest In cotton circles, as
might have been expected.
They were the first bales marketed
in July in several years, the first one
usually coming about August 8th to
10th, but the crop this season is two
weeks earlier than that of last year.
The first bale arriving yesterday
morning came to Harrold Bros, as
stated, at 8 o'clock, and_was shipped
from Lee county by S. J. Powell of
Leesburg.. The hale was grown fipon
the farm of J. B. Jcakson. It classed
fully middling and weighed 348 lbs.
Later ln the day the bale was sold
by Harrold Bros, to Salinas & Do
Vaughn, of Augusta, the transaction
being made by wire upon representa
tion of the grade.
The bale was shipped later to Au
gusta, where it arrives today. Salinas
& De Vaughn wired they would pay
16 cents or better for it
Eleven Bays In Advnnce v
Aa stated above, this bale arriving -■
yesterday morning was eleven days in
advance of the first bale ot last
season's crop, which was marketed at
Oliver’s Warehouse on August 8th. It
was raised by Mr. G. M. Eldridgo, and
sold at fifteen cents.
Mr. Eldridge likewise marketed the
first bale of the crop of 1906, both
bales being grown upon his plantation
near the city.
The date upon which the first bale
was received last season Is about an
average, and not In several seasons
past has a bale been marketed here ln
July, as Is the case this season, due
to an early crop.
And the belief Is that cotton will
be coming rapidly to market within
the next two weeks.
1 /
Sumter’s First Cotton Bale.
, ■ 'WWl
Yesterday afternoon the first bale
of the crop grown ln Sumter county
was weighed at the L. G. Council
warehouse. It was from the farm
of Mr. Albert A. Forrest, four miles
east of the city, classed fully middling
tinge and weighed 352 lbs.
The bale was sold later at the
round price of 15 cents.
Mr. Forrest expected to market
thtB first Sumter bale on Tuesday,
having plenty open cotton, but pick
ing was delayed hy rain.
; by ex-convlcts the day before were re- general asembly.
' hearsed, and corroborating testimony j 8tate Road -Property.
I was piled up by men who, as officers | The Joint Western & Atlantic com-
‘ of the state, had seen the brutality mtttee of the house and senate return-
: practiced and were powerless to pro-' ed to the city from an Inspection of
• vent 1L | 1118 state’s property at Chattanooga,
i J .W. Roberts, formerly deputy war . Tenn. The committee made a thor-
' den at the'state farm, told of how ough Inspection of the property, which
IN FAVOR IT SFFMS the law was violated. Convicts were 1, located In the heart of the city, a
111 Ira” vl» 11 ULLlllu, empIoyed ln competition with free la- ! conservative value of same being plao-
bor In Mllledgovflle, when they could ' ed at $5,009,000. It was recommend-
Amarirtic Maw Fntor it With have been used on the * tat * farm ' He ' ed that th0 pr ° Der ‘ y be -* uird,d
AHlBnCUo lYldy Llllcl II f*III* recited astounding Irregularities In the . against encroachments.
• I management of convicts, the purchase | Recommendation that no further ac-
ftthfir Towns ! of suppllei, and the deposition of the tlou be taken on the message of Gov-
UIIIGI I UlYllo. I products from the farm. ! ernor Smith In suspending Hon. Jo-
\ j George Mayneri, who had worked. eeph M. Brown. “Little Joe.” from
Americus may "get Into the game a. guard at various convict camps , the . SS'SSS
“Twrr. vs isssyf!
ed league, to be made up of th, ^ ^ p agro to be rough. At the noon by a roSot 3$ to IS.
Georgia towns. Albany has 8tarted , Chattahoochee Brick company, he' He Monday session of the senate
the movement, and a special he had gWn flT , men Stripped we* a brief oqe. aad^ulte a few of
from that city would indicate that , and flogged. A negro from Athens the seaatore had not returned from
the suggestion is a popular one. I was wbtppad „ g ev» re ly he could not their homes to attend. Strictly roa-
Such a league would be managed | g)t down The reason he was whip- tine buelneii was adhered to.
differently from that of three sea-1 pgd wag that shackles put on him j ________
sons ago, which ended disastrously J when his ankle swelled, slipped off FIRED ON PROM AMBU8H.
under the management of people not when the swelling went down. 1
capable of running it. Other wltnessei were examined Night Riders Seek Revenge for A!
A new league would be organized 1 whose testimony showed a deplorable leged Betrayal of 8eereta
on a less pretentious plan that was state of affairs ln the convict camps Nashville^ Tenn., July 2I.-A Hop-
the former league, whose salary' of the state. klnsville, Ky.. dispatch says,
limit was too high and In the organi-1 f 8old Like 8laves.
zation'of which various other mls-j . L. Btrong, a merchant of Macon,
takes were made. A shorter season formerly a convict, testified that men
than was planned three years ago were lined up at the prison farm and
will probably be arranged. j sold IUte mules. Sick and Infirm men
There are plenty of small cities ln shipped ln one day from a convict les.
this section that would gladly enter!* 8 ®.™* shipped out the next day in
such a baseball league as Americus,
Columbus, WaycroBS, Brunswick,
R Thomasville, Cordele, Moultrie and
exchange to another lessee.
teams ln the field.
Most of these towns have main
tained semi-professional teams this
ble disclosures In regard to the con
vict lease ryetem, provided the Inves-1
ligation committee goes as deeply into !
some remarkably fine records will be
made there shortly.
The Association proposes having
a trotting event about
confined largely to horses 0 »u™ tobacco la now the principal money
I the gate receipts to be devoted to I and fortuneB are be | ng< , made
finishing the park. ... I from It. There the yield per acre
And this tract of a hundred level ( &[]d quaIlty ot tbe Bbaded tobacco Is i summer, and the support received
acres will be one of the attractionsi flne Jt , g eat i ma ted that a crop of has Justified the hope ot success when . .. _
of south Georgia. .15,000,000 pounds has been harvested| the work of getting a league started. Already there is pending
Work Is to be started next week > w , thln a rad | ug 0 f twenty-five miles, next summer Is taken up.
upon the grandstand and bleachers, . f ve „ tbig brand of 8umat ra
stables for trotting horses and other wrap ^ r brougbt from 75 cents tQ $1
necessary outbuildings and these and when lt lg rem embereu
will probably be completed and the (be producerB raige from a thou
new park made entirely presentable, tQ tweIve hundred to the
for the first series of events. | acre at a C0lt of from , 250 t0 $350
At a later date horsemen from Eome idea [ 3 obtained as to what
other cities will bring their steeds the crop means to Decatur and sur-
for a test upon the speedway, and' rounding counties.
As Waltsr Goodwin, who betrayed
night rider secrets ln Trigg county
was rstum|ng home Sunday night from
a neighbor's bouse, he vrss fired on
seven times by msn lying in ambush.
Ose bullet passed through his Jsw and
was extracted from under the ear.
HI* condition la critical.
-Goodwin, at the lait term of court,
told the names of seven men who.
with himself, composed the night rl-
slvely cultivated hereafter, since It! Thomasville, Cordele, Moultrie and | ^ta^lhe^leSUlatura ■”— -— „
I (a clearly demonstrated that lt can Valdosta are the towns usually " la>r be ne 1 . * . ,, der squad at Center Furnace. Until
“ se3 * tia .'rtlf i be !> roduced her0 Profitably. Down mentioned, though there are others ° investigation commit- , r8c * n,Iy be b#B * h *
, AU ®. !L in Decatur county, below Bainbridge, that would be found willing to put \ ‘ b ® now elutaacd ta unearthing horrl-! protec 0n of 4
!8 OW U » , . » n nnr ttin nrlnolnnl mnnPV fonnto In (hn flnlil * . . ' .• ■ *_ J 1 "
To Give Fleet Royal Welcome,
Ttokio, Jul 28.—In anticipation of
tho visit ot the American fleet to Jap-
the ramifications o, the teatimony. B.
the future, as it has in .the past. ; “ “ than ono port have alrcady tak .
. .. : cn Initial steps to extend to officers
house a resolution calling tor a tan-, ® a p characterisUcal-
I flay «****• #Bd unIe5S thls appI ? V ‘ rv JaoanMe welcome. N. MU.huha-
The moat changeable thing In the ta^be^eM “ “ * e, * ° n j gu. tho mayor of Yokohama, propose-
world Is a woman. The next Is an-j w “} “ av f t0 1,0 * . . * that a garden party be held to which
other woman. Chicago News. Tragedy of everyj « , gho bo , nvlteJ about 2>3()() A merf.
I sbade of e]0 ° m ; a . nd 1 can officers, the American ambassador
Sotfae men will do anything for the every degree of misery and for sev., about 2 0,000
sake of a little newspaper notoriety.- cral^-deaths, was the order of the day an l his "tan ana tnat aoout -o.vv
, at the hearing before the
An honest thing abdut a girl with ’ vcatigatlng committee on Sati
red hair is when it’s natural.—N. Y. The committee
NO PROFIT IN PEAGHES
ON ACCOUNT OF COST
Shipments Are Consumed
in Expenses.
Americus peach growers doubtless
made some money, above expenses, In
the shipments made to Eastern points,
but tho cash results are not nearly so
large as anticipated, or what they
really should have been, In all pri
ability. No fortunes were realtz
by growers here.
They had to accept the returns,
figured out at the other end ot
line, and swallow it in faith, wheth
or not it gagged.
The story ls % best told ln tho
of a Columbus shipper, which has par
allel cases In Americus:
A well known peach grower
Muscogee county has Just received 1
returns from a car load of peaches
that were shipped by him* through
tbe American Fruit Union, the]
es being sold at Duluth, Minnesota
There were 497 crates of pea
which sold at $445.27.
The freight on the peaches amoun
ed to $297.26, the cartage $8.25,
the commissions were $44.52, ma
the-total expenses $350.03, and le
(ng $95.24 for the grower.
The crates cost’sixteen cents wh
made expenses $79.52 more.
Nothing is allowed for packing i
postage and the time spent ln
Ing and loading the peaches In th
cars. When everything in the
of expense Is deducted It will
seen that the grower received
magnificent sum of $15.72 i
of the proceeds of 497 0
peaches.
He could easily have gotten
least fifty cents per crate
peaches ln Columbus, as
pie