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THE AMERICUS WEEKLY TIMES-RECORDER. THURSDAY. APRIL 7.1910
TO BUY MOTOR CAR
TOR SUPERIN FENDENT.
The County Will Save Much
Valuable Time,
A SHOWER OE BALLOTS
FALLS IN CONTEST.
That Trip to Now Vork is
Interesting.
An automobile Is to be bought^by
-tbo county commissioners for the use
of the superintendent In his work on
the roads. At the last meeting of
the Board a commute composed of
'Messrs. Hodges, Webb and Bolton was
appointed to make the purchase. I
This Is an Investment that will all
Mrs. Bessie Harris.......
1,600
Miss Ella Mnuk
875
1 -Miss Onn McAf'.-c.
720
1 Miss Fannie Tarver
214
Miss Mamie Brown
100
Miss Jennie Harrison
130
MEETING Of BOARD IS
HELD ON MONDAY
County Commissioners in
Session April 4th.
VOTING LIST IS LARGE
IN SUM.ER TOR 1910
Number of Voters Regis
tered 1,500. *
This is the way the balloting went
once commend Itself to the good sense forward yesterday with a half dozen
of the entire county. It is a'step in' fob - . contestants workfpg like busy
the way of an economizing-of the time ] boes t0 w!n the coveted round-trif
of the county superintendent and will tlcket > Amerieus to New York, which
snore than pay for itself In the saving 016 Times-Recorder Is going to give
of his time and the ability to better J tbe fortunate one.
handle the convicts in their road An excellent lead over last Sunday's
erork. I count is thus shown.
As it is now tho superintendent fre-| Mrs - Bessie Harris who looms among
quently loses a half day’s time in go- 1 the leaders today, has but recently
ing from one camp of convicts to the entered the contest and the figures
other. The convicts at the present opposite her name indicate her
time, for Instance, are working in two worker.
gangs ten or twelve miles apart. To j Of course none of the leaders in the
-drive this long distance takes a great contest have voted all their coupons
.leal of the valuable time of the sup- j Probably preferring to hold back a
orintendent and prevents him from batch for next Sunday, and those who
keeping that constant sunervision over! ore not in the first rank this morning
this work of both bodies of convicts will perhaps reach that coveted goal
The Board of ^Commissioners of Fifteen hundred voters are registor-
Roads and Revenues of Sumter County Amer:cus and Sumter county for
met in regular monthly session on s * a * e and legislative primaries this
'year, according to official figures given
out yesterday .by Tax Collector Small,
the registration list having closed fl-
April 4, 1910. Present Frank Sheffield,
chairman; J. F. Bolton, secretary; T.
B. Hooks, J. H. Webb and A. F. Hodges.
M’nutea of last meeting read and
adopted.
Motion carried that CIck Horn, Lu
cinda Williams and Walter Homer be
allowed $2; $1.50; $3 respectively per.
month towards their support
Upon motion Frank Cleveland was
ordered sent to the .poor farm.
R. G. Christian, superintendent, is
authorized to purchase one car of cor-
naliy the night previous.
Of the number about 1,225 are white
voters and 275 colored. Not a few of
the latter may be thrown out for cause
when the lists are revised later.
The registration in Sumter last year
was 1,800, showing a decrease of 300
votes this year. This decrease is due
to tbe unusually early closing of the
TWO MS TRIP TO
This ballot fo? the two weeks trip
to New York, offered by the Amerieus
Times-Recorder, isjeast ,in favor o
~
I
Contest Closes May 31. Each Ballot Counts One
(hat is essential to the best results.
When the auto is secured the super
intendent will be able to get from one
Ibody of convicts to another Id a very
short time. Just now, for Instance,
tho run could he made inside of a
half hour where a horse would take
two hours or more.
Tho commissioners thoroughly dis-
on next count.
The best plain to pursue Is to work,
work, work, unceasingly, and the net
result at the close of the contest May
31st will tell tbe story.
All over the city and county the
scissors are kept busy clipping cou
pons from the dally and weekly edi
tions of the Times-Recorder, for the
cussed the matter from every stand- contest is open to any lady residing
point, and were unanimously of the in the county, and It is expected that
opinion that the best Interests of the j there will be other entries yet to fol-
taxpayers would be served by an In-, low.
vestment In an auto tl be used exclu-l Plains will doubtless back up some
Naively for county purposes. The of, Its many charming ladies, while
committee will make its selection in j DeSoto, Leslie Huntington and Ander-
rugated metal culverts, assorted sizes,
to be used on the roads; steel eye
beams for five bridges, and four new
two-horse and one one-horse wagons
to be used on roads.
registration books, under tbe new stale
law, this year, whicb will result ln |
many voters of Sumter county being 1
disfranchised. j
The new law Is entirely needless*
and works a hardship, In that it re-1
SPECIAL COUPONS.
Special coupons will be given at the Times-Recorder office as follows;
/ Messrs. J. F. Bolton «nd Frank Quires all voters to register this year t
Sheffield were appointed a committee by April 6th, six months prior to tho
to obtain quotations on coal and to state primary,
For every new cash subscription to the dally tor one month, coupo,
for 25 votes.
• /ew days and Sumter county will
(ben get even better results than In the
past from the operations of the 75 or
more convicts It has at work building
op the flneset system of roads in all
Georgia.
sonville will get Into the game as well.
SOUTHERN OPERATORS
VOTE TO STRIKE.
for Twenty Per Cent In
crease in Wages.
(Special to TImes-Recbrder.)
Washington, D. C. April 6.—Ninety-
*vo per cent of 2,107 telegraph opera
tors of the Southern Railway have
, [V proted to strike for a 20 per cent wage
intrease, and only the intervention of
labor Clmmissloner Nell and Chair
man Knapp, of the Interstate Com
merce Commission, can avert a walk
out Attempts at mediation were be.
gun today.
Fire Per Cent Increase Offered.
At the offices of the Southern Rall-
■way In Atlanta It is stated that tbe
report exaggerates tbe number of men
■who favor the strike, and an Increase
of 5 per cent bas been offered tbe op
erators.
Everybody understands the rules of
the contest, published every day, and
can act accordingly. If you are not a
subscriber, repent of the sin and be.
come one at once.
On May 31st the Times-Recorder
will give to the lady winning it a de
lightful steamer trip to New York
with all expenses paid.
The trip from Amerieus to Savannah
can be made over either the Seaboard
Airline or the Central, as the fair win
ner may select, while the round trip.
Savannah to New York will be made
aboard one of tbe palatlan steamers of
the Ocean Steamship Co.
It will be a glorious summer outing,
and the winner will be deemed fortun
ate Indeed.
THE VETS 0E SUMTER
TO MARGH ON MOBILE
Meeting of Gamp Sumter
Yesterday.
Twenty-five Confederate veterans of
old Camp Sumter will march upon
Mobile to the inspiring strains of
' • “Dixie” on Monday, 26th. Such was
the information given but at the reg
ular monthly meeting of the camp,
held yesterday and the old soldiers are
ready for the tr'p. For the Amerieus
party of veterans, their wives and
daughters, sons of veterans and
friends, a special through coach will
he provided, to leave over the Central
Railway at 5:30 o’clock Monday morn
ing, April 25, arriving at Mobile at 4
o’clock In the afternoon. The round
trip rate from Amerieus, open to the
general public, Is $6.60. The Mobtlians
are going to open the gates of that
dear old city, and will open some other
things as well, like champagne and
California wine—but no booze. The
Amerieus party are looking forward
to u most delightful trip.
THE STORES TO CLOSE
HERE ON APRIL I5FH
Movement Will Be Launch
ed for Summer.
report at next meeting.
Messrs. J. H. Webb, A. F. Hodges, T.
B. Hooks and J. 9. Bolton were ap
pointed a committee to Inspect the
route of the proposed new road lead
ing from thle Rouse .place to Anderson-
vllle. / ,
Motion made and carried that the
county appropriate thirty-seven ($37)
dollars quarterly towards the payment
of armory rent of the Amerieus Light
Infantry, from January 1, 1910.
Upon motion Messrs. Hodges, Webb
and Bolton were appointed a commit
tee to purchase an automobile to be
used by the warden solely for the
county's interest.
Upon motion the following parties
were elected road overseers to collect
the commutation tax:
Albert Brady, overseer for Old 16th
District
H. W. Wlgtns, overseer for New 16th
District.
T.' J. Bowden, overseer for 27th DIs.
J. O. Janes, overseer for 15th Dis.
Will Daniel, ovenseer Old 26tbl Dis.
Drew Murray, overseer 17th District.
James Reaves, overseer New 26th
District
A. W. Parker, overseer 28th District.
Motion made and carried that tbe
Commutation Tax tor the year 1910 be
fixed at three ($3) dollars per head.
Upon motion the following resolu
tion was adopted:
ANOTHER GOOD THOUSAND
I
IS COMING TO SCHOOL HEBE
Agricultural College Is Expecting An
other Check.
Amerieus starts tbe 6 o’clock early
closing movement on April 15th, and
already the merchants here are In
full accord to that end. This date la
a little earlier than any previous clos
ing, but this will make no difference,
and the movement begins on 15tb.
The closing agreement was circulat
ed yesterday and signed by the foliow-
lnfi well-known firms::
T. F.* Gatewood, Thos.-L. Bell, Chas,
I* Ansley, Qlover Grocery Co., Neon
Buchanan, Sparks Gro. Co., Ryiander
Shoe Co., Jas. Frlcker & Bro., A. W.
Smith Furniture Co., Amerieus Under
taking Co., Sheffield-Huntlngton Co.,
W. D. Bailey Co., W. E. Brown, W. fc.
Wood, O. S. Gardner, The IJcw Book
Store Co., C. M. Williams & Co., W. A.
Joyner, J. W. Harris, Chambliss Ware
house Co., D. Pearlman, Warllck Bros.
Co., Lamar street, 9- L. Sills, W. H. C.
Dudley, Jr., W. J. Joscy, Allison Fur
niture Co.,Duncan Mercantile Co., Geo.
Oliver, Geo. D. Wheatley, M. S. Holli
day, Hamilton & Co.. W. P. Warllck, S
A. Daniels.
Tbe movement begins next Friday,
WHEREAS, In the former years the
collectors of the Commutation Tax for
the County of Sumter have had a good
deal of trouble In thle collection of
said tax, by reason of the fact that the
parties owing the same have put them
off, and <
-Whereas, such postponement In the
collection of taxes is very expensive as
well as delay in the collection of the
revenue for the working and building
of roiuii in said County.
Therefore, be it resolved by ' the
Board of Commissioners of the Roads
and Revenues of Sumter County, that
from this date, that said collectors of
said commutatiolf tax shall make only
one demand for the payment of said
tax upon each of said parties due the
tax.
Should any oik of such .parties who
is liable for said tax fail to pay the
same upon demand, It shall be the duty
of said collector to summons such
defaulting tax payer to work upon tbe
roads as the law in sucll cuae. is made
and provided, unless such defaulting
party shall, between such demand apd
the date fixed for such service upon
the road, pay eald commutation tax to
said collector, or to such person au
thorized by law to receive the same.
Bids for supplies for the month of
May were received, opened and read,
prices and qualities carefully com
pared. Upon motion J. H. Poole &
Sons' bid was accepted.
There being no other business
come before the Board after approving
bills-to,ttb amount of $5,610.25 the
Board adjourned until its regulrr
monthly meeting, to-wit: First Monday.
In May. J. F. BOLTON,
Secretary of the Board.
The Agricultural College in Amerl-
cus will soon hear the footfall of the
"ghost” which comes often with the
currency, this time bringing $1,000.
With the receipt of $9,800 in fees from
fertilizer inspection which was turned
in by the Agricultural Department
yesterday afternoon, the state treasury
now bas on hand a fund sufficient to
make a payment of $1,000 to each of
the eleven district agricultural schools.
The warrants for the amounts will
probably be drawn by Gov. Brown
within tbe next few days.
For every new cash subscription to the dally for three months, coupoa
for 100 votes.
For every new cash subscrtptl on to the dally for six months, coup,*
for 225 votes.
For every new cash'Subscription to the dally for one -year, coupoi
for 600 votes.
For every new cash subscription to the weekly for six months, coupci|
for 30 votes.
For every new cash subscription to the weekly for one year, coupoi |
for 75 votes.
TAFT IS OPPOSED TO
BOYCOTT PRINCIPLE.
Makes Statement to Busi-
- ness Men. ,
(Special to Times-Recorder.)
Washingtn, D. C., April 6.—Presi
dent Taft today declared he Is "utterly
opposed to tbe principles of a boycott"
He made the statement to a delega
tion of fifty business and professional
men of Bethlehem, Pa. who called to
refute tbe charges made by the strik
ers in the plant of the Bethlehem Steel
Works that Inferior work Is being
turned out by the plant on government
iwork for the army and navy.
These special coupons will all be signed by the manager of the Tl
Recorder and will be given In person when subscriptions are received,
mailed If subscriptions come by mall. i ‘
Ladies’
Ready-to-We;
THIS MARRIAGE OF INTEREST
TO FRIENDS IN AMEBICUS
The marriage last evening, in Daw
son, of Mrs. Claire Dean and Mr. J. E.
Morris was an occasion of greatest
social Interest in that city and a very
beautiful church wedding. Both bride
and groom are well known In Amerl
cus, and numerous friends here will
^extend congratulations and 'best
wishes.
ROBBED STORE IN Sl'Bl'KIiS
A BOLD BIT OF THIEVING
H6Uer loud If you want to be great
Comet hunters were again busy at
dawn yesterday, and not a few- in
and will be continued through the! Amerieus claim to have located the
long summer, affording employers and j celestial vUitor.
employes the usual hour or two of rest
in the afternoon.
DENOUNCED THE ENCHAN.
' TRESS A MUBBERESS
Sensntiondl Trial In Which Italian
Nobility Is Mixed.
►
CASTOR IA
For Infants and Children.
The Kind You Have Always Bought
Bears tho
Signature of
(Special to Times-Recorder.)
Venice, Italy, April 5.—Countess Or-
loff, the aged mother of Count Kamn-
rowskl, today at the trial of his wife,
Countess Tarnowska, “the enchan
tress,” denounced! the prisoner and
her alleged accomplices as murderers
when she took tbe witness stand.
Countess Tarnowskl was near collape
under tbe attack.
RHEYSKIDHEYCDFE
■aksa Kidneys and Bladder Right
Why does Great Britian buy
its oatmeal of us?
A Certainly it seems like carrying
coals to Newcastle to speak of export
ing oatmdnl to Scotland and yet, every
year the Quaker Oats Company send*
hundreds of thousands of cases of
Quaker Oats to Great Britian and
Europe.
The reason Is simple; while (the
English and Scotch have for centuries
eaten oatmeal in quantities and with a
regularity that has made them the
most rugged physically, and active
mentally of all people, the American
has been eating oatmeal and trying all
the time to improve the methods of
manufacture so that he might get that
desirable foreign trade. m
How well be has succeeded would
be seen at a glance at the export re
ports on Quaker Oats. This brand is
without a rival; is packed In regular
packages, and in hermetically scaled
tins for hot climates. si
The storehouse of Dr. C. K. Chap
man, near his residence on Felder
street, was entered by thieves a night
or two ago and-goods to the-value of
$30 or $40 stolen. The articles taken
■were principally flour and groceries.
Th>ere is no clue to the burglar.
Just Say
“NunnallyV*
W«
E N you
want the
purest, highest
quality candies
made in all the
Southland, ask for
Do you know that we are sho>
ng the greatest line of Ladies’ Tai|
or-Made Spring Wool Suits, Si!
Suits of all descriptions, Linen Sui(|
in enormous variety of/ natural
well as fancy colors, also Rej)
Suits, Poplin Suits, Linene Suits,
sizes, styles, colors and prices.
Then we have the best line Skii
ever shown in Amerieus. Tb
greatest line Auto Coats, Silk Coat
and everything usually kept in
first: class department.
m
See our superb lines of Ginghaf
all grades, Percales, Madifl
Cloths, Poplins, Batistes, and ever]
thing imaginable in Wash Fabri(j
all in the neatest and most des’rat
designs.
bonbons and
chocolates. They’re
shipped to us by
fast express, hence
their delicious
freshness.
The Silks and Woolens for spfij
• • I
wear are here in beautiful vartf)
and at popular prices.
We want your business,
and see us.
Chas. L Ansle: