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THEAMERICUS WEEKLY TIMES-RECORDER. THURSDAY. FEBRUARY II. 1909.
STOLE AN ENGINE AND
TRIED TO RUN AWAY
Daring Act of Negro Near
Americus.
When the brother in black steals
a chicken or a hog there is no sur
prise and only grief at his shortcom
ing. but when he rises to the dignity
of stealing a locomotive, and at
tempts to run away with it. then it
is time to sit up and take notice.
A wcllnight successful attempt at
engine lifting was made Friday,
and the capture of this modern An
drews was due to the presence of an
Americus man. who was upon the
eceno.
An Americus man, mind you; not
an Atlantan in sight, to connect with
the story.
The bold dash at stealing the big
locomotive was made in the freight
yard at Smithviile yesterday morn
ing. and for a mile the sprint had all
the t rill of the famous chase after
the General" only there was no
Jync !ng in this instance.
Negro ('rani* Oil Engine
(\i.: i ill Hail way freight train No.
33. xKithbound from Americus, was
waiting orders on a siding. The en-
gln- r was away from the locomotive
temporarily, while the fireman was
beneath the engine making some
( very slight repairs.
It was a clear Held for Mr. Nigger,
the bold buccaneer.
Seized with a spirit of deviltry, he
mounted the locomotive and pulled
the throttle, utterly regardless of
the presence of the lireman under
neath the boiler head.
As the engine began moving, the
fireman Instinctively scrambled to
get out of the way, as he realized Ids
perilous position. It was too late to
crawl out in front of the driving
wheels, as the space is limited and
they were turning fast.
ZEBRAS ARE RIDING IN
CARS IN AMERICUS
He was carried to the town lockup,
and later transferred to the county
Jail to await trial.
Engine Put Under Control
As quickly as possible the fireman
In the cab stopped the locomotive on
Its wild clash toward.' Dawson and
brought It back to the Smtthvllle de
pot. Quite naturally the affair creat
ed a very lively sensation III that
busy little town. Americus people who cling to tile
The fireman had the closest call In hope that they will yet live to ride In
all Ills railway experience, and only electric cars, little expected to see the
his cool head saved him from being chalngang brigade thus favored
ground to death beneath the loco- advance of bankers and plumbers and
motive.
Electric Cars Rebuilt for
Convicts.
STIR WAS CREATED BY
FINDING OF BILLS
GalnKviUe, Ga., Feb. 5.—The action
of the grand jury here in finding true
bills against three former members of
the l>oard of county commissioners is
still the sensation here. The ex-com
missioners are charged with mal
practice In office and various specific
charges are made. The first true bill
returned was for a misdemeanor
charging th» commissioners with hav
ing let contracts for three bridges In
Clinchem district without advertising
for bids. The other bill of indictment
is on seven counts. Count No. 1
charges the commissioner with hav
ing sold a pair of mules to the county
while a member of the board, which
was illegal; count two, I. F. Duncan
Is alleged to have sold supplies and
lumber to the road gang while it was
at work near his home. Another
count is that a commissioner boarded
his horse at a livery stable and charg
ed the bill to the county. The various
charges of malpractice make up a
sensational case for Investigation at
the next term of court.
CONFEDERATE IIIIX
CHERISHED AS MEMENTO
Escape of the Fireman
Mr. D. F. Davenport was presented
with a Confederate $100 bill a few
days ago by a friend, and is keeping
it as a souvenir. It provides, as did
Seizing upon one of the parallel oil of the Confederate script, that it
rods connecting the ponderous driv-,"lll paid six months after peace is
ing wheels, the thoroughly frightened ratified between the Confederacy
but nervy fireman pulled himself up and the United States, with Interest
from the ground and by almost super- J In the meantime at the rate of two
human effort reached the running cents per day. It was issued in 1862.
hoard. (and has three endorsements of inter-
other folks who have money and
eager to take a ride.
But, amazing grace, such is the
trlped fact.
For the county commissioners have
equipped a car line in advance of the
other fellows, and the zebra brigade
will thus go awheel over the roads of
Sumter.
And the cars are the real goods,
once propelled by electric current but
now workde with a mule as the trol
ley and a striped coon on the plat
form to apply the •current," while
the shot-gunned conductor stands
in the rear.
It was a lucky stroke for the coun
ty board which will thus equip a fly
ing squadron of convicts
When the electric line operated in
Americus in 1890 was strangled
death, several of the cars were stor-
away in a barn here. Four of
these vehicles that once speeded
proudly along the streets of Americus
were purchased yesterday by the
commissioners.
The four cars are well-built and as
durable as ever, and the whole lot
ere liought for $50.
The flanged wheels which once
showered electric sparks from the
steel rails have been removed. and
the cars, entirely rebuilt, will be
mounted upon broad-wheeled trucks
The seats have been taken out and
the sides of the cars all walled in.
One car will be used as a commis
sary, one as a dining car and the
others as sleeping apartments. Thus
equipped, there are accommodations
for about twenty convicts.
Another specially built car. lattic
ed with steel rods and equipped with
bunks for the convicts has been
dered and will arrive shortly.
It is the purpose of the commission
ers in thus fitting out these wagons
to have a movable camp that can be
removed quickly from one part of the
ON OGEAN IN PULLMAN
ONE RIDES IN SALEIY
Americus Peopled Flagler
Railway.
Front this place of safety he could cat payments on the back, the last county to another, thus saving great
see that the engineer was out of reaching to Jan. 1, 18G3. While the | joss of time, as now necessitated, in
the cab atld a strange black face bill is nearly a half century out of taking down and packing tents.
Several Americus people who have
recently been in eastern Florida have
taken short trips upon the Flagler
railway, the completion of which
before another year will be the great
est engineering feat of recent years
and costing millions of dollars in its
accomplishment.
Straight out into the Atlantic ocean
this remarkable railway is built, mak
ing its way from island to island in
direction of Key West.
Mr. Frank Ifarrohf was tiiere last
veek and took a look at the Flagler
ail road.
It is planned to have trains run
ning through to Key West in time
for Mr. Flagler to ride over the line
on his 80th birthday in January, 1910.
ferry takes the train across
the Florida straits to Havana it is
estimated the time between New York
and the capital of the island repub
lic will be fifty hours.
Fart of the road yet to be construe
ted between Knight’s Key Dock anc
Key West will cost more per inllc
than any railroad heretofore built
Spans longer than any yet used <>t
this unique railroad, running as i
does for many miles over tlie water,
will be required.
In addition to the men alread,
work along the line, thousands of
laborers are being rushed south by
both rail and boat in order to com
plete the extension during the pres
ent year.
Towns are springing up on the
keys along the line, the latest one
being "Marathon,” in which term!
nal yards of the extension have been
temporarily located. New families
are arriving each week. It is the
I headquarters of the construction and
[operating department.
* The construction work has been
divided up into sections and engi
neers are trying to outdo each other
in accomplishing results.
Ninety miles of water lie between
Key West and Havana, but after leav
ing the mainland at the southern ex
tremity of Florida trains will run
over the water on long concrete via
duct bridges stretching from key to
key for an even greater distance to
Key AVest.
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENTS
holding (Into, it Is an Interesting hit of paper.
I
-there instead, a black hand
the throttle.
By this time the engine had run
the distance of a half mile and was i
picking up a lively sprint In the dl-j It seemed to .1. .A. Stone, a civil war
rection of Dawson. The fireman was veteran, of Benin, Tex., that a plot
Soldier Balks Beatli Hoi
The entire equipment will be Inex
pensive, and will prove of greatest ad
vantage in the rapid working < f
roads in the county. In thus being
equipped, a wheeled Jail, eating and
sleeping quarters can lie pill in nio-
..... , , .between a desperate lung trouble | , , . ,
alive to the emergency and made a an( , thc grave t0 causc hIg death -i.tlon and moved very quickly.
dash towards thc cab. expecting to contracted n stubborn cold." he The remodeled street ears nttrnrt-
meet a maniac. writes, "that developed a cough that r ( | no Rule attention and good-nat
Por surelv he thought, only a crazy “ ,uek t0 me - ' n sp * t ® of al1 Remedies, ured badinage here yesterday.
— would do such a thing. (ft
Aegro la-aped From Engine I^d'my heaUh^mpletel“““i'now CAUGHT THE BOOZE IN
. weigh 178 pounds." For severe colds. VrtUUIII MIL UUUEL 111
Realizing that his ride was about to obstinate coughs, hemorrhages, asth-
end abruptly, and probably fearing the mn. and to prevent pneumonia, unriv-
flrenian would kill him on the spot, aled. f>0c and $1.00. Trial bottle
the black engine stealer rcleaaed the Guaranteed by Eldrldgc Drug
.. . . . . .— Company. w-lmo
throttle and made a Jump for the
COSTLY EIRE IN MACON
SWEPT OUT 26 HOUSES
PETITION EOII CHARTER
GEORGIA—Sumter County:
To the Superior Court of said
county: . ,
The petition of T. I’. Bell. 1 hos D.
Bell and T. .1. Harden. all of said
state and county, respectfully show:
FIRST
That they desire for themselves,
their associates, successors and tis-
signs to become Incorporated under
the name and style of the Anderson-
ville Telephone Company.
SECOND
The term for which petitioners ask
to he Incorporated is twenty years,
with privilege of renewal at end of
that lime.
THIRD
The capital stock of the corporation
is to be one thousand dollars, divided
Into shares of twenty-five dollars each,
petitioners however, ask the privilege
of increasing said capital stock from
time to time, to three thousand dol
lars.
KOL'RTI 1
Petitioners would show that ten
percent of the capital stock lias been
paid in.
FIFTH
The object of the proposed corpora
tion Is pecuniary profit and gain to
its stockholders, petitioners propose
to equip and maintain telephone
lines, with all necessary apparatus,
and furnish telephone service to ils
patrons lo such stations and towns
in said state as they may lie able to
establish connections with. They de
sire the usual corporate iiowers, to
sue and lit- sued, to plead and be ini
and Preston Public Road, on north
and west by property of W. H. King,
east by H. F. Barge, said lot being in
the 19th district of Webster county,
Georgia. All the above described
property ownfd by the said C. A. C.
Reddick at the time of execution of
said Deed.
Said sale is to he made and the
title conveyed under said deed- for
the purpose mentioned therein, and
the proceeds of said sale to be ap
plied as therein provided, thc said C.
A C. Reddick, having defaulted in
the payment of two Interest notes ot
$240.99 each, the principal amount for
which said deed was given being
$3,000.00. B. F. BARGE.
M. .1. YEOMANS,
Atty. at Law fir 11. F. Barge.
GEORGIA—Webster County:
Whereas S. Bell, Administrator ot
the estate of Della C. Bell, having ap
plied to the Court of Ordinary of said
County for leave to sell the real es
tate of said lx-ila C. Bell, deceased.
All persons concerned arc re
quired to show cause In
said Court by the First Mon
day In March next, if any they can,
why said application should not be
granted.
This February 1st, 1909.
W. H. COSBY, Ordinary.
ADMINISTRATOH’S SALE
GEORGIA:—I-ec County:
Will he sold in said county oil the
Kith day of February, 1909. between
(he hours of 10 o'clock a. m.
and 4 o'clock p. m„ at pub
lic outcry at the store of Mrs A. H.
Bass, in the town of Smithvllle, to
the highest bidder for cash, all of the
stock of goods of Miss M. K. Chappell,
deceased, consisting of millinery and
notions; also at same time and place
store fixtures, consisting of show
eases and display stands.
Slock, show cases and fixtures to
, he offered both together, and also
pleaded, to loan and borrow money, i separately. Most advantageous bid
and to lake and gi
tty therefor, lo buy, sell and
such real and personal property as
may he necessary or beneficial to
their business. To have and use n
common seal and generally to do all
things necessary to carry on its said
business.
SIXTH
Tile principal office and place of
business of this proposed corporation j
will he in tile town of Andersonvllle, |
said state and county.
Wherefore petitioners pray
made a body cor|>orate under the
name and style aforesaid, entitled to
the rights, privileges and Immunities
and subject to the liabilities fixed by
law. This Feb. 3rd, 1909.
I. N. MOTT.
Attorney for Petitioners.
Filed in office, Feb. 4th. 1909.
S. R. 1IEYS. Dept. Clerk. S. C.
liens and seeur-1 or bids to be accepted. Sale will con
tinue from day to day until com
pleted. J. MAX CAWOOD.
Administrator of Estate of Miss M. E.
Chappell.
COST OE HIS SERMON
LAY IN THE “PIPING*
GEORGIA—Sumter county:
I hereby certify that the above Is
a true copy of the charter or Ander
sonvllle Telephone go., now of file,
ill my office. Witness illy official sig
nature. Mils Fell. 4th. 1909.
S. H. HEYS, Dept. Clerk, S. C.
THE EXPRESSWFICE
| Atluntn, Feb. S.—Following the
j arrest of A. C. Osburn and W. G.
; Straddley, charged with violating the
AND THEN RAN AWAY city code forbidding possession of li
quor for the purpose of sale, the
detectives moved on the Southern Ex
ground. He landed running nt a very taao cnl/'UT it 11ITA
Brisk speed. IUUK NtlUm Al AUIU
By this time the town was aroused.
«nd citizens came running to the res
cue, expecting to find someone killed.
And un American man, O. T. John-
■011, ran with them. I Taking fright at an approaching press Company office and secured six- troyedi
The crowd pursued the fleeing ne- automobile, a horse ran away at the teen cases or whiskey, and one barrel.-
gro, Johnson leading the host, and Shelfield-IIuntington corner yester- which It is alleged were held for
after a chase of a few hundred yards, day, doing some Blight damage to the Straddley. The officers say that the, Chicago News.
the coon was captured. The negro was vehicle. A young boy seated in the Atlanta "Dlghtnlng Express" has ta-j A man thinks he should he proud
terribly frightened, evidently expect- buggy attempted to Jump out us the ken Ils Inst trip. Many prominent At- of something, even If it is only the
Macon. Ga., Fell. 8.—Fire original
ing hi u cottage on Wilder street In
South Macon Sunday driven by
stiff wind rapidly spread to adjoining
dwellings, resulting hi the ilcstruc
tlon of twenty-six residences. the
loss on buildings and personal pro
1 perty amounting to $40,000.
The houses were substantial
cottages situated on Pebble and AVI1
dcr streets, and were occupied by
white residents.
Because the tire was outside the
city it was some time before
engines could reach thc scene.
For tw-o hours the fire burned
checked Approximately $14,000
worth of personal property was des
Ing bodily harm, or a sound thrashing horse ran and sustained some painrul lantans have been summoned ns wlt-
■t the least. . bruises lull not seriously hurt. nesses.
hanging of his great-grandfather for
horse-stealing.
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Ask your dealer
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Americus,
Georgia
J. S. Betts Company, vs. Americus
I .urn tier Co.
Complaint in City Court of Ameri
cus. returnable to March Term.
1909, Georgia. Sumter County.
Thc defendant, Americus Dumber
Company, Is hereby required person
ally or by attorney to he mid uppear
at the City Court of Americus, to be
held in and for said County of Sumter,
on 3rd Monday In March, next, then
and there to answer the petitioner’s
complaint, or in default thereof thc
court will proceed as to Justice shall
appertain.
Witness the Honorable Charles R.
Crisp, Judge of said Court this Feb
ruary 2nd, 1909.
H. E„ ADDEN,
Clerk, City Court of Americus.
ADMINISTRATORS' SALE
GEORGIA—Sumter County:
By virtue of an order from the
Court of Ordinary of Sumter County.
Georgia, will be sold nt public out
cry on the first Tuesday in March,
1909, before thc Court House In
Americus, Ga., between the legal
hours of sale, the following tracts of
land on the estate of P. J. Wise, de
ceased. viz: 137 1-2 acres of land lot
No. 10; 187 1-2 acres of land lot No.
23; 10 acres west Choenhostic creek,
off of lot No. 42, 23 acres off of N. E
corner lot No. 43. All In 26th District
or Sumter county. Georgia, contain
ing 428 acres more or less. Terms of
sale cash.
D. D. WISE,
GEORGE W. JENNINGS,
Administrators.
2-4-4t
IVKIfciTEIt COUNTY SALES.
Notice of Sale.
GEORG IA—Webster Con nty:
B. F. Barge will during the legal
hours of sale on the first Tuesday In
March, 1909, before the Court House
door tn Webster County, under and by
virtue of power and authority grant
ed by C. A. C. Reddick, of said
county In a deed executed by him on
the 24th day of December. 1900, to
said B. F. Barge, recorded In hook
I of deeds folio 149 to 150 In the
Clerk's office of Superior Court of
said County oil the 20th day of March !
1907, which deed Is now referred to
and by virtue of power and authority
granted therein sell, at public outcry
ror cash, to the highest bidder the
following property to-wlt:
One farm, the same being 140 acres
, . ». nd ® n ot the Southern part of
v 1 i 91, 43 acreR °f land off of
North side of lot of land No. 100 57
acres of land ff the south Bide of
lot o fland No. 150, 3 miles East of
staining |„ the aggregate
or le8a - aml In the
19th district of said County. Also a
whh^a m ln ‘Si® town of AYoston
with dwelling thereon, fronting 35
w rd . 8 °n P u *>Hc road leading from
Weston, Ga., to Preston, Ga., and run-
nlng back of equal width 138 2-7
| Sards and containing one acre, bound
ed as follows: On front by Weston
The colored parson had just con
cluded a powerful sermon on "Salva
tion Am Free," and was announcing
that a collection would be taken
for the benefit of the parson aud his
family. Up jumped an acutely brun
ette brother in the hack of the
church.
"Ijook a-year, pahson," he inter
rupted, "yo's ain't no sooner done
tollin' us dat salvation am free don
yo’ go askin' us fo’ money.
If salvation am free, what’s de use
in payin’ for It? Dat’s what I want
to know. An’ I tell yo’ p'intedly dat
I ain't goin’ to gib yo’ nothing until
I find out. Now—’’
"Patience, brudder, patience," said
the parson. "I'll lucidate: S’poso yo’
was thirsty an* come to a river. Yo’
could kneel down an’ drink yo’ fill,
couldn’t yo.? An’ It wouldn't cost
yo’ nothing, would It?"
"Ob cou’so not. Dat’s jest what
I—’’
"Dat water would be free,” con
tinued the parson. “But s'posin' yo’
was to had dat water piped to yo’
house? Yo’d have to pay. wouldn't
yo’?"
"Yas, suh, but—"
“iWal, brudder, so it is wld salva
tion. De salvation am free, but it’s
de havin’ It piped to yo’ dat you got
to pay fo.’ Pass de hat, deacon, pass
de hat." .
Attention, tamp Sumter
An order from headquarters, U. C.
V., at New Orleans, requires the ad
jutant of each camp to forward a full
roster of all members who have paid
their dues of 25c for the year 1909;
and are thereby in good standing.
Our adjutant is required to leave off
names of all who have not paid their
dues, or had them paid. Pay your
dues, 25c for 1909, to Mujor P. H.
Williams at once, that your name
may be included in the report of our
adjutant. By order of
II. T. DAVENPORT*
Cotnd’r Camp 6t2, V. C. V.
D. H. CARTER, Adjt.
He Can’t Coniinre Poultney
(Pittsburg C.azette-Tiines.)
No matter what Mr. Taft has to
say after his trip to Panama, Poultncy
Bigelow will reserve the privilege to
he a shrieking skeptic.
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a Dig jolt in it. DON’T MISS IT.
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feature, a big, fine Evhteodt’*
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