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f MORE PRAISE IS GIVEN THE ROADS Of SUMTER No County In South Geor gia Doing So Much. Sumter i& Praised by the Georgia [Press for Her Substa itial Work. Sumter count ^ good road* continue to evoke the a [miration of everyone, and the preai c the State joint In tho’ peane of Praia* accorded the iplendld highway* leading out of Ameiicu* every portion of the county. Such commendation is indeed gratifying The Atlanta Constitution of Mon- day conttlncd the following good roads story aa a leading editorial, based up on a news story sent by its Amerlcus correspcndent relative to the new Plains road. Here la the editorial In its entirety: "With the dawn of the new year it is time for the counties which are Inter esting themselves to the extent of spending their money, effort and con vict labor upon road Improvement to cast about and ascertain If they are achieving substantial and lasting suits—results commensurate with that combined expenditure. Sumter county announces the com pletion of a twelve-mile graded and paved road to the enterprising town of Plains, Including a steel bridge, at an approximate cost of 230,000, and will proceed at once to the construction of a similar road to the town of Ander- sonvllle, at a cost of about 120,000. "There is a record of substantial achievement Those roads are built to stay. They are worth something, both in the reduced cost of transportation and the increased value of the farm lands nbutting on them. "What other Georgia counties ara making real and definite progress of this sort? "What other Georgia counties are making their convict labor count? "We know of a few, assuredly, such as Chatham, Richmond, Pulton, De- Kalb, Dougherty, Muscogee, Floyd, Pu laski and some others; but there are 106 Georgia counties working both fel ony and misdemeanor convicts upon their public roads. "Are ail of these making every dol lar of labor and material tell Its story of enduring substance? RIGHT ON THE CLOSE Bomb Bursts in Bull Ranks •Yesterday. COULD BE ASKED. Amerlcus cotton plungers felt a dis tinct shock at 2 o’clock yesterday aft ernoon when, just at the close of the day ’* session the cotton market ex ploded and fell In fragments 60 points down. The crash came with awful suddenness well calculated to unnerve the little bull calves here, who usually Play the market on a flfty-polnt mar- Bradstreet’s Man on Busi ness Prospect. Found Everything Her< abouts Decidedly En couraging-Develop ments Elsewhere. Mr. Linton S. Lewis, superintendent biMkM '? W ° lWtn t0T BradMree ‘' a tor southwestern knocked out of the ring entirely. Tho' Georgia, was in the city yesterday cotton market bad been so uniformly looking into business conditions dec™, rh^ 0 ^* P T’ t0 ! Dg up b H AlDerlcu » aad Sumter county. What c * ,f - cont,n ; ont dld be «*• what he heard, and what he But their it m *° #ny ° ther way ' a,ready knew * “*»• him wear a smile But their thought* were given a re-! of satisfaction In discussing the state vision and a rude Jolt as well in the' of affairs In this city and vicinity, unexpected collapse that come yester-, “Amerlcus Is certainly In magnlfi- day In the ’bear” squeeze. Amerlcus cent shape,” said he. “The banka cotton men think the market will have a plethora of cash in hand, the quickly recover today, and that Its farmers and merchants have paid off condition will be stronger and health- their liabilities generally, the people ler arter the shaking-out process yes-' generally have more money than in terday. One or two fifty-bale lots several years and owe less, the mer- were In Amerlcus yesterday an hour or chants have reduced their stocks ma- two before the drop of a half cent terially and are In One condition to came about, and at good prices. Fine get in seasonable goods as the necea- cotton will still bring 15 cents In the slty for them arises. In fact the hack- Amcrlcus market today, and easily. neyed phrase, ‘first-class,’ has to be OUNDATIONS DOWN FOR THEGOUNTRYGLUB. lFrom Our Regular Correspondent) 28th District Jan. 6.—Elder & A. I McMahen Oiled his regular appoint-1 ment at Bethel Saturday and Sunday. I with good attendance. Miss Ida Brown returned home Wed nesday from TatesvUle, where she has I Pale-Faced Women companled by her cousin. Miss Cora Brown. Miss Olive Do*ter left Monday for Cuthbert, where she will enter again at Andrew College. Mr. and Mrs. George Loper, of Byromvllle, spent a few days last week with their parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. N. Griffin. Mr. Reuben Cannon and sister, Eula, spent a few days last week near Daw son with their brother, Mr. J, O. Can non, and sister, Mrs. Ethel Cannon. Mr. Arthur Tomlinson, from near Huntington, was In our vicinity Sun day. Mr. Perry Cannon and sister, Euls, were guests of Misses Olive and Lottie Doster Sunday. Several from around here attended the pound party at Miss Zelda John- son's last Tuesday night All reports delightful time. Elder 8. A. McMahen and daughter, Mattie Ruth, spent Saturday night with Mr. and Mrs. John Green. Mia* Annie Forte Woodruff will open school at the Gemmate rtarfrX&Ti ad cs !r who have .P dl e feces, sallow complexions, under eyes * - drawn features and tired, worn- out expressions, you need a tonic, uie ♦h1 < L y0 » u 4 n ^ d i* s fee woman's tonic ■ nr# ?, e „ best women, because its ingredients I y ada Pted for women’s needs. They act on 1 ,£ anS a » d he,p f ,° §? ve needed strength and vitality to the worn-out womanly frame. i L vcg ? tab . Ie medicine. It contains no min- J i potassium, no lime, no glycerin, no dan- less and safe, for young and old to use. * -I --- J ****** v/sva to UOU CARDUI The Woman’s Tonic writes XttJmd done all he said he could for me," irt. ji HHard, of Mountainburg,Ark,,"ItookCar- n the advice Of a frtonri anrl if * tout that v Som 5 of fee b «t advice in your book that I ever saw. ’ Your druggist seils CarduL Tiy it f DcqL, Chittinoon Medkine fin.. ^ Tkul* school used to describe the happy state of hou *® Monda)r “orning. We are In finances around here.” | bope l bat here achool will be larger than It was before Xmaa. Misa Orin Griffin waa the gueat of Alias Gladys Roach Sunday. Allas Ima Clements waa the guest of nuances around here. Taking a broader Held for his ob servations, Mr. Lewi* stated that In the various counties under his super- | vialon lu this part of the state, em- INSURGENTS ARE WILD AT BEING SPANKED. WATSON SCOOPS IN COTTON JOURNAL vision in this part of the state, em- Ima clement * was the gueat of rrilitprt Vicitc firnnn/lc nn l bracln * Probably one-flfth of Georgia. Mla “ a " , ' eand Ida Brown Sunday, vllllubl Vial 15 UrOUnuS Oil the preient state of business waa all Mra ’ J ’ D- Lana *P* nt Monday after- Inspection Tour ,hat could ** de,lred and the outlook ^ noon 41 Mr- a “■ clamanu ’ Claim They Mand Only For Party Pledges. Clements. Mr. I. 8. Brown to reported quite that could be deelred and the outlook waa unquestionably very bright. Oat I — — — "•—» — niuriio quite of 4,600 business concerns in this ter-1 alck but bla Triendr are In hope that Architect Lockwood of Columbus r,,ory tbere were but seven minor I be w111 aoon ruuoror . ... fnlln roa In tw a *. _ (Special to Tlmes-Recorder.) Washington, Jan. 6.—With nmazo- luvuuwi uucawooa or Columbus *-cio uul seven minori ■ ment, in some cases bordering op an- waa In the city yesterday and while falluret In December. Everywhere he Mr * and Mra - J - D. Lane spent 8un- «er, the Insurgent Republican mem bers Inspected the work so far done baa found a spirit of optimism abroad. I dajr afternoon at Mra. Emma Parker's. I bera of the house today read the pub- on the Country Club. j 0,d deb t* to the extent of hundreds of I Mr - and Mra. O. J. Canon made a I llah ®d report that they were to be sla- The brick foundations for the club thousands of dollars have been liqui-1 business trip to Amerlcus Monday. out by the administration for house are now almoet completed. Five j dated ' farmers have put in stock and I Mlaa Mottle Ruth McMahen returned I punishment for their "rebellious eon- thousand more brick are need to tin- j bnplementa, Improved their properties, I home Friday, after spending a few I duc t-” uuuso arc now a i most completed, rive ' i»ui in block anal —” ,v «vataucu reiuruca i thousand more brick are need to On-i bnplemento, Improved their properties, I home Friday, after spending a few I duc t-” lah this part of the work. Aa soon aa. and * anan ‘ M l r ®>t In shape for a sea- daya very Pleasantly in Amerlcus Several of them vfere unsparing In received they will be laid and the *° n of P u, hli>B and progressive opera- wlUl relative* I their denunciation of ‘ lleve it, we fear there are some, many perhaps, which are, through either carelessness or Ignorance, wasting their patrimony upon temporary sub terfuge of excuse for good road*. “Either they are too easily satisfied with a little smoothing of surface and filling or holes, work which la undone by the first big rain, or they are lack ing In that expert and Intelligent di rection of their forces and efforts which mean substantial accomplish ment. "There is soon to be a new dealing of the convict cards, the annual stale apportionment of the road-working forces, upon which the prison commit' slou will act in February. "The proepect is that qot only will every county now using convicts make requisition for them, but others which have seen the good work done here and there will want to get their share. "This convict labor Is a valuable as set, equivalent to so much cash. “That is the estimate put upon It by the state of Virginia, which requires that each county shall bear the major portion of the burden. "When a Virginia county raises money for road Improvements, the state gives the county 40 per cent of the fund so raised In convict labor. A county raise* (100,000 by bonds for roadt; the state adds 140,000 lu con I T| Ct labor to It. r "Georgia j* far more liberal, furnish- mg the Mnvicta without other , qulrenieqta than their maintenance. “It li up to Georgia counties to real ize the value 0 j the opportunity and make th* tnoet of It “It Is their duty to build road* of permanent value, not only to them- but to the state. ITn this they must build by co- „ L..T ,on * 0Be eoeotJ with another, inkiiw up their road systems, and so fating that tbtse highway* shall ' . ~ **>• as well ae local u*e. ' >’ muat not only do this, but f “uat build well, constructing , r roa «la according to scientific PHnc»i„ wWch wU , B oka them boih \ and lasting. This cannot ao»e without intelligent direction.! ’ '>r which no county should be ibu mis iwn oi worx. as soon as. ouajie ior a sea received they will be laid and the ,on of pu,hln 8 and progressive opera-1 work on the superstructure will then i t,ona “bead. White farmers are mov- Mr - w - E - Roach came out to begin. | toff Into this district In large num-1 farra yesterday fn his auto. Lumber and shingles for the club bera ’ Ev ®ry county is receiving some I Miss Lily Jones la spendlni house are already on the grpund and! ot them. The drift has plainly set in w ** k w lth her sister, Mrs. other suppllei are expected In daily. I * b * a way and Mr. Lawls believes that | Chambliss. The outleok is that the club house, 11 wl11 Increase and that within five will be completed and In readiness for y® ar e wonderful changes will have >!•> * ..-li i May i i| tho latest been made In the entire country with- for the opening of ln a hundred miles of Amerlcus. Thu ...» Is M« cotton nnr! rnrn nn.1 ftlliaw esnnn this Lulu De SOTO. use by April 1. ‘As much os we would like to be- POMlble date set for the opening of, “ “““area mues ot Amerlcus. Tho I — the club house, and It will doubtlesi cotton and corn and other crops of (From Our Regular Correspondent.) be some time In April that the doors 1 tbls territory will be greatly increaa- De Soto, Ga., Jan 6 —Mra Louis* h ... . , ed during that tlm« h. hnttn- I — ’ U D **■ the policy which sought to punish a man for freedom and Independence of thought and ac tion, aa they expreaesd It. Not a few were loath to believe President Taft would lend his aid to an effort to administer castigation to them for their support of the very principles and policies for which, they clalmod, tho party Itself stood pledged. uo some time in April mai tne poors — ..... e.cui./ mcreas- do Soto, Ga., Jan. 6.—Mr*. Louise H ■ are thrown open to the members and^ durlnK tha t time by better manage- Simmons baa returned to Chokes af- 11 ** eaaler ,or » filrl to persuade o their friends. I ment . the Introduction of lihprovod ter speudlug several days nlcasantlv yoan ® nan to Eall In lovo with hor The opening night will be made a method* of culture, and the aubstltu- here with relatives * tban 14 *• *° k *°P him In that condition. **“ ' to tboao who havo tho dough. The opening night will be made a method* of culture, and the aubstltu-1 here with relatives, memorable one. It Is proposed to give ‘ tlon of efllclent white manage- Mr. Geo. Bagley. Jr la visiting rel. a reception and a dance, to have the ment of much land that is now being I n tivcs In Leary this week, rooms beautifully decorated to have. work * d by negroes. M d M JoieDh o taw , r , - 1 zz: May^ Change Monthly to Watson’s Magazine. (Special to Tlmes-Recorder.) Atlanta, Ga., Jan. 5.—Thomas E. Watson has foreclosed a mortgage on the Southern Cotton Journal, of which Harris Jordan was editor and Richard Cheatham business manager, nod which suspended publication last No vember. The stockholders, who aro farmers all over the Southern states, have nothing to show for their money. Watson, whoso Jeffersonian was pub lished by tbe Cotton Journal, nssumoH certain outstanding obligations. Tho plant Is valued at 218,000. It Is inti mated that Watson Intends changing tho name of tho Jeffersonian to Wat son's Magazlno. HEALTH AND VITALITY, Mott's Ncrverlne nils. Tho great Iron and tonlo restorative •for men and women, prbduccs strength and vitality, builds up tho system and renews tho normal vigor. For saio by druggists or by mall, 2100 por box, 0 boxes for 25-00. Sold by W. A. Rombert, Amerlcus. a floe orcheatra, a luncheon that will I *—— . „ Bru lno be remembered and otherwise maJcej tbat every one is sanguine, as ln ley stowart Sunday the occasion one of tbe most delight- Amerlcus, and looking forward to an I jj_ A p nnnnlnsh.m .< ful social events Amerlcus has known exceptionally good year. The cotton I N c ‘ h . h " _ *? J' In years I (here I* being pushed and I* ex- . " , retu ™ed ho “ e - ■«*«• *Pend- Tbe Country Qnb promisee to be an P* ted “> be In readiness for opera- “ e w,th her dau * h ter, Mrs. exceedingly popular Institution. The ^ May. I .. __ * membership give* promise of being | "America, should certainly get «L^ ™ large and once the building and ““w or boalery mill, or some add*- t?! ’w < ? cl grounds are opened tbere ta every tlonal Industrie*.” said Mr. Lewis, “it I d k Charlea Wommack, of would help the city to grow and would I Ch okee. «re among the many new res- Improve business conditions especially ,denta of 06 8o, °' ' In the rammer time. I don’t know ot I Mada™** Jarret Wilson and William any town that offer* more delightful w,llett * of Iralle, were the gueeta advantages for a home than Amerlcus. I r ** at * Te * her# Monday. prospect of a rush to aecur* admis sion. JUDGE .MAYNARD IS NOW COUNTY ATTORNEY, advantages for a homo tban Americas., dge R. L. Maynard is now the 1 * have watched Its development for I Mr. Liston K. Bagley made a bual- county attorney, succeeding J. A.j w year «. and I can truthfully say tr| P Americu* Monday. Hlxon* Esq., who resigned from the ^ ^ or ***• •olldlty of Its business* I M,#s Ma, 7 Ferguson has returned office several weeks ago. Justice ' th * General prosperity of Its people, borne after making a pleasant visit to Maynard waa elected at the meeting of aBd th e charm* of life In It, it has no Wend* In Albany the county commissioner* on Monday, j auperiora among the small cities of 1 Mr He was sworn In and assumed his •b® South." new dutlc’ nt once as tbe legal ad-! vlaer of the commissioners. | There is more to a Fertilizer than Analyses COL. GRIFFIN HAS PURCHASED ', MODEL * ACTOJOBUJ!.j The lecture delivered here Wednes- Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Ftrguson, of Chokee, were the gueeta of their moth er, Mr*. John L. Ferguson, Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. George Jones have re turned home after paying a plaaaant NORTH GEORGIANS MOVING INTO BROOKS COUNTY. Another Handsome Car Added to the Tbe leetnrA de " y ered her* Wednee- ~ „ day br Dr. Wm. Edwin Hall, of New A party of seventy-eight white peo- -tamper Mere. York, waa largely attended. pie, farmer* and their families, arrlv- „ w _ . . . Contractor Marion Sims, ot Lesllo, - - 1 Hon ' Fieteber W. Griffin has Joined „ r , p , dly buna,,,, the new M#thod!lt LB ranks of Amnrlcna mntnpfsfa nnrl I . . . - ™ CUUU17 BIIUUIU uw Whom-., factor which tbe state can *•** aiforj^p sunpiy. Proviston bus already been made In . JJ* ’a* for road supervisor*, experts s *“° •ball give direction to county ef- / fort. ~Wby not provide that on* member of the Prison commission shall be an eapert road engineer? Do that and the Problem is solved practically without* eoRar of additional cost to t^e state. "And with that eolation there will com ® to Georgia. In eperatlre mad building, eatlnubie value and ed last week it Plnetta. and will aet- 1 ^®^*of ALericus" mot** r * P,d,r bU " dlnB ,h# Baw Mathod, a t tie on the McIntyre farm. They came;^ ^ d churc b here, and whan flntahad will from near Flower, Branch In Hall Cr#dlt on tb * COntraCtOT aad county, and rapreaenta the beat type j vari j a 0 # e um * or n.i oriffln*B ir I ^ own * of the thrifty* hustling North Georgia j the „ 1910 Mod# | Q h * d h „ Mr * AuaUn Kemp, of Leslie, was f4 T*K o 0 m‘S2 ,p##dy machtoa ' «■ burn’ rather for ** m * ny Tta,tora ,B towB party hav# bought 2,100 acres of land comfort tbla for rtcIn . aIlhon , h I T “* aday - on the McIntyre plantation from Mr. J. 8 „ mter -, |H| reDteaentatlve In the Cora Cocke apant Sunday with W. Span, and will cut this up In small' Ho use would scarcely allow anything r *' atl¥ ^! aad ,rlend, ,n farms to suit th* individual purchaser. ^ ^ cl#§# to a , roun “ Mr. Freeland Scarbrough, of Cho- —Quitman Free Press. htm 0 n tbe Plains road while be holds ^ w “ * moBg tha TUItora bore on ■ tho laver. Th* handsome car baa been I „ na * d,5r ' Tb* average friendship ends In thU: I olttored and c-i Griffin will The f * nn ,anda to *b* »«elnlty of De m.w-h t dlrl for him: how llttla ha ' .. wu * 1 " ‘ • aa« a* ——— orucrcu aircauy, anu col. Orlmn will I ^ How much I did for him; how little he ^ u anTy of hto (rJendg who 8010 are etlll In good demand. Mr. did for me. | walk as his auto glides sylph-ilke °* or * e Ba« ,a y bas recently purchased . 1 along Amarlcus' smooth streets 1 0B * ot *b* Shefiield-Rylander farms In It takes a wife man to sit stIU and 1 ran a farm. Nitrate ot Soda nnrete gold m Ortgtaal Sags NITRATE AGENCIE8 CO. l-.fif.riWM SISttanaWnh-UsAamb* Cmrtiu * ■ ronooT or sirDEBis co , „„„ „ , B«M t. BTOJE MBraiEU.C.'^.'^J the limits of town. Mr. Bagley already has an extensive farming Interest In this district, but he appreciates th* J Susa Stmt. Nor Y«di _cto«s4»«*sBMs..r -- .. JUOriMlI Block. & Trash BUI. Ta The Amerlcus bunch of “Stone I 14r. and Mr*. W. C. Gray will leave Mountain boys" after th* holiday* Sunday next tor El Paso, where Mr. spent at home, have gone back four-1 Gray has In ta rests and wham they teen strong to that excellent inatito-1 will spend five or six months at th* tlon of learning. In tha merry throng home of hto daughter, Mra. 8. U. , d aParUns yesterday, a Jolly lot of Sims of Americas, who, with her I f *-°T*’ w * n “°b. Yon Tommy” brother, Hugh Gray, hat been re,i.lln K jlloota, Griffith Eldridge, Doctor El-1 there for a year oi 1 lonp r Mr. Orny dridge. McCord Prather, Ben Hill j to in the retail grocery buslnrs. thrro Hawkins, Hugh Beaaett’Itarry Clover, and succeeding well. Mr. and Mr* John Wheatley, Ro, Black. “Trot” I Gray will greatly enjoy their KUy !• ardVartn* L * nl * r ' ,Bdaon Hn1, tjtoo- j the West, returning to Amerlctu :-i of The mere mixing materials to obtain analy sis requires no special knowledge. The value of a fertilizer lies in the source from which the plant food is obtained. Each ingredient in Royster goods is selected with a view of supplying the plant from sprouting until harvest. The plant is not overfed at one time and starved at an other. Twenty-five years experience goes with every bag. TRADE MARK Sold by reliable dealers throughout the South. F. S. Royster Guano Co NORFOLK. VA. . _