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THE AMERICUS WEEKLY TIMES-RECORDER. THURSDAY. FEBRUARY W*. 1910.
RHEUMATISM
Rheumatism is In reality an internal inflammation; a diseased condi
tion of the blood colls which supply the nourishment and strength necessary
to sustain our bodies. The disease is caused by on excess of uric acid in
the blood, which comas from indigestion. we r.k kidneys, constipation, and
other irregularities of the system. This uric acid produces an inflamed
and acrid condition of the blood, and the circulation, instead of nourishing
the different portions of the body, continually deposits into the muscles,
nerves. Joints and bones, the irritating and pain-producing acid with which
it is filled. Then follow the painful and torturing symptoms of Rheumatism.
\Ve do not claim for S. S. S. that it is anything mors than a first class blood
purifier, and that is Just what i3 needed to cure Rheumatism. S. S. 8. goes
into the circulation, and by neutralising the uric aci 1 and driving it from
the blood, effectually and surely removes the cause of Rheumatism. 8.S.S.
strengthens and invigorates the blood so that instead of a weak, sour
stream, causing pain and agony throughout tlio system, it becomes an
invigorating, nourishing fluid, furnisaing health and vigor to every portion
of the body, and permanently relieving the suffering caused by Rhoumutism.
S.S.S. is purely vegetable and will no: injure the most delicate system.
Book on Rheumatism and any medical advice free to all who write.
THE SWIFT SPECIFIC CO.. ATLAHTA. GA
STOCK PERISH IN FIRE
STARTED BY FIREBUG.
Torch Is Applied to Carter
Barn Here.
Ten Mules and Horses
Die in Flames and
Feedstuff Lost.
CONVICT WAS SHOT AS
HE TRIED 10 ESCAPE
Load Buckshot Hit fugitive
Zebra Here.
Eight fine mules and two horses, six
hundred bushels corn, besides hay,. , ,
oats and other feedstuff, together with Ree " S b ? t . “ ‘ ,UnCtUre<1 hl *
Simon Humphrey, a negro convict,
was shot down yesterday morning by
one of the guards as he attempted
to escape from the chaingang. The
gang was at work when Humphrey
was seized with a sudden desire for
freedom and Jumped the game. Only
one buckshot, it was said, struck the
the commodious barn on Mr. J. C
Carter's home place near Amerlcus,
were consumed by lire at an early
hour yesterday morning. The fire
was discovered shortly before mid
night. and was too far advanced to
permit of the release of the mules and
horses, whose cries of pain and agony
could be heard above the roar of the
flames. The barn was n large and well
built one, and beside the livestock |
contained about six hundred bushels
corn, besides hay, fodder and other
feedstuff sufficient for the year’s
work. Tlie property loss is between
$1,000 and $.".000, quite likely, and is
complete, as it is understood that Mr.
Carter had no insurance upon It. This
is the third barn burned near Amerl-
cus by incendiaries recently, all of
them Involving great loss of live
stock and property and not one of
them Insured. -
neck and stopped him very effective
ly. The exact nature of the wounJs
Is not known, and there is a possi
bility that the negro may recover.
Humphrey was doing a term of one
year on the Sumter county gang for
forgery. The wounded zebra was
brought back to the city for medic il
attention.
EAT YEAR COMING
ON GEORGIA FARMS
Cold Weather a Boon to
Agriculturists.
oiirrr.uiY of chabi.es t.
BltOADFIELD OF SUMTER.
I Atlanta, February 16.—Around tho
I edpartment of agriculture there Is
department of agriculture there
abundant optimism regarding tho
on the state has had in years.
Not only is every Indication so far
I favorable for a record-breaking fruit
crop, but in every other respect,
agriculturally, it Is foretold that this
is going to be one of Georgia's fat
test years.
Hopes are based almost entirely on
BROADFIELD— Charles Thomas
liroadfleld, Jr., was born in Sumter (
county, Georgia, November 23rd, 1883, 1
and was killed in the great wreck on
tho Southern railway, near Greens-
boro. N. C„ December 15th, 1910, and ,ho 8 f er “>' and continuity of
*'a. burled In Amerlcus. Ga„ from tho ‘ :oU * h,ch effectual
ly kept back the sap and buds, un
, til now even should warm weather
' woo them forth. It would carry them
First Methodist church, December
17th.
In childhood he was remarkable ... ,
for kindness, gentleness, sunniness of forwar< > to that P" 1 ?' 1 ° r ,prlnB
disposition and obedience to parents.
wfie nthe danger practically will havo
Being of an ambitious order of mind. Passed,
ho left home when but fifteen year. Commissioner T. O. Hudson finds
ot ago to try hla fortunes In the ‘he fruit trees hold well back all
■worl.l. over tho state: the condition is
lie secured employment with the Practically the same In tho southern
Vlrglnia-Carolina Chemical Company ln the northern section,
and was still In their employ at the Not only Is the situation favorable
time or the fatal wreck. He soon for fruit, but the freezing weather
established with h’.s empowers a rep- has given the ground a mechanical
utation for truthfulness, energy, so- working over and breaking up better
hrlety and skillful work, and so he than could have resulted from any
rose rapidly in grade of employ- amount of plowing,
niont. Agriculturalists are expressing the
At his death though but twenty-six hope that the cold weather will con-
years old he was first-assistant chem- tlnuo Just a little longer now. and
1st for the company and aa such they will be ready for real «Pri»g
visited regularly all the plants of to come and do Its worst. Conditions
[the great corporation. up to date are *’* that can b ® hoped
Despite his prosperity and the for. presaging O orgla’s most pro-
duties of his office, he wag ductlve year.
I icver weaned away from home folks _
land the Christian country home, and DWELLIXG OX COLLEGE STBI.tr
whenever possible he visited It. and BOUGHT BY DU. IIOIYELL
in his absences sent many loving j ■
remembrances. T. I. Gate weed Ilesldcncc Is l’nr-
After his father’s death last spring eahsed Yesterdnjr.
he told his mother that he would ■■
gladly undertake the education of Mr f. F. Gatewood made a sale
[her Sister, giving her every advantage, y Cst crday of his former residence on
Indlng up with a course at Wesleyan c 0 n e g 0 street, next to the new parson-
ollege at Macon. To this he looked agc ot pi ra i Baptist church The
wward with Pleasant anticipation. , mreh aser la Dr. S. F. Howell, of
Cut off In a moment, he left no the Howell-Prather Drug Co., and
ly ng words, but letters from his who rcnM , V ed to Amerlcus recently
“Plover*, from officer* of the com- from i^-on*. The residence contain*
‘any at the different plants, from eIght an< l at the price—$3,250
omes | n various states where he _ (g # very desirable purchase.
^topped on his rounds! all testify j
to his integrity and uprightness, his niHYIilEK OF TAFT WILLIAMS
«weet spirit and kindness, and of IS DEAD IX JIOXKOE
Influence for good he left behind
*?• , , . 1 Another Yetrran of the Civil War
ro have imen cut off so early snd Paste* Away,
tragically | ( Indeed aad, but God;
I the
noweth beat and doeth all thing* i Capt p jj_ williams rsoelvsd
r * n - 1 commend the widowed mother [ telegram yesterday apprising him ot
»d the loving brothers and slater* to: .. dMtb of hlf brother, Beni
(‘Some
, the death of hla hrotner, Reuben Wll-
nnd the word of HI* grace: j ||f|m . at his hqjne In Monro* coun
day we'U understand/" • ^ ^ deceased was U year* -t
' J. W. WESTON. 1 ^ aQd #n# tour brother* who
'fought tor-the Confederacy, and ot
—
A bunch that wins la generally bad Capt wuilama, of Amerlcus,
• collecting. | akmg (urvtrea. Mr. Reuben Will lams
HONEY™!®: r'STOWBVE
’““tJBwsr
TRIANGULAR RAGE
SEEMS IN SIGHT.
Senatorial Scrap May Be a
Lively One
Three Favorite Sons of
Sumter May Enter *
Field.
Sumter county may have a decided
ly hot and interesting triangular sen
atorial scrap.
The entri-s In It. as the political
horoscope Is now read, will doubtless
be:
Jarreit Wilson.
Crawford Wheatley.
J. E. Sheppard.
Neither of these well known citi
zens has as yet announced himself
as a candidate In prospect, hut their
friends are eager for them to get
into the field in the near future, are
assuring them of their continued sup
port uutii the polls are counted, and
the outlook Is such ns to Justify the
belief that all three will shy their
castors In the ring and proceed to
give Sumter one of tho most exciting
political scraps she has bad ln many
years.
All three of the prospective candi
dates have had legislative experience
and each of them has made good in
that capacity. It is not often that a
county has a trio of Us former law
makers entered 1 na senatorial race.
In this instance each candidate is
popular ln addition to having an ex
cellent record and with their friends
enthusiastic and hard at work the fin
ish would be hard to predict
Some of Mr. Wilson's friends are
claiming that the senatorship is due
th country at this ttm. the last Sum
ter county man to fill it being a city
resident. There was a time when In
the election of the representatives, In
fact It still exists, by a tactlt under
standing one of the legislators sent to
Atlanta come from the city and one
from the country. This has never
been acknowledged as an established
rule with respect to the senatorship,
however. As Sir. Wilson has many
friends ln the city and will probably
get considerable support here, If he
runs, no stress will probably be laid
on this point.
Judging from the current gossip tho
legislative race this year will awaken
decidedly more Interest than aliy
have ln the past two elections. No
one is yet talked of for the house.
Farmer legislators do not seem much
Inclined to run again for the house.
Messrs. Taylor and Dykes deny that
they have nny hankerings for a sec
ond term. It Is probable that the
number of candidates will be quite
limited, and the house race will sink
Into Insignificance beside that for the
senate.
A STEADY DRAIX
Sick Kidneys Weaken the Whole Body
—Make Yon III, Lnngnld and
Depressed
Sick kidneys weaken the body
hi-ougb the continual drainage of life
'lvlng albumen from the blood Into
the urine, and the substitution of
xflsonous uric acid that goes broad
cast through the system, sowing the
ecds ot disease. Loss of albumen
causes weakness, langor, depression.
Eric poisoning causes rheumatic pain,
nervousness, nausea, cricks ln the
back, gravel and kidney stones. The
proper treatment Is a kidney treat
ment, and the best remedy Is Doan’s
Kfdney Pills. Great Amerlcua cures
rove It
A. A. Wlllet, of Amerlcus, Os., says:
Doan's Kidney Pills in my case lived
up to representations. I was a suf-
erer for some years from a dull pain
n the small or my back and at time*
fter sitting, I could hardly regain an
rect position. The kidney secretions
ontalned a sediment and were other
wise unnatural. I used a number
of remedies and also rubbed my book
slth liniments but did not receive nny
relief nntU I procured Doan's Kid
ney Pills at Dodson's Pharmacy. Since
using them my back la stronger and
ny kidneys are ln a normal condi-
lon. You are welcome to use my
ame aa an endorser of Doan's Kidney
'Ills’*
For sale by all dealers Price 5®
cents. FOster-Milbnrn Co., Buffalo,
dew York, sole agents for the United
lutes.
Remember the name—Doan's—snd
ake no other.
Bev. L W. Williams Testifies.
Ray. L W. William*. Huntington, W.
Va.. write* na as follow*: “ThI* la to
certify that I used Foley's Kidney
Remedy for nervous exhaustion
kidney trouble and am free to aay tnat
Foley’a Kidney Remedy will do all
that yon claim tor It” Sold by all
DrnggtsU.
There are almoat aa many ways for
* woman to us# up stale bread as
there are ways for a love affair to get
aide-tracked.
' ■*!.*< fti tesw * .i c: til
JOHNSON IS KILLDNEI
COLLISION OF TRAINS.
FIVE HURLED TO DEATH
IN GRASH 0E TRAINS
Americas Man a Victim of Trains Collide on Georgia
the Wreck.
An Amerlcus man, Elam John
son, was among the victims of the
terrible crash of passenger trains on
the Georgia Southern railway, going
to his death with many others, thus
hurled Into eternity without warning,
in one of the worst disasters of the
year.
Mr. Johnson was serving aa flag
man and quite probably aboard train
No. 5, the “shoofly,” from Macon to
Valdosta, as more were killed aboard
that train.
The news of the death of the young
man was wired his relatives here
9 o’clock yesterday morning.
Mr. Johnson was about 24 years
of age, unmarried, and for several
years had been ln the railway ser
vice as baggage master, flagman and
In other capacities. He was the eld
est son of Mr. Steve R. Johnson, ot
Amerlcus, and only a short time since
visited the family here.
MRS. TILLMAN GETS
HER GHILDREN
Supreme Gourt Returns
Them to Mother.
(Special to Times-Recorder. -
Columbia, S. C„ February 15.—
Mrs. Benjamin R Tillman has won the
contest for the custody of her child
ren. By a decision handed down by
the state supreme court this morn
ing, the children are taken from the
custody of United States Senator
Tillman, their grandfather, and re
turned to their mother.
LITTLE CUll'KEX FARM
IX HEART OF CITY
Faithful Hens Keep Busy Laying
Eggs For Mr. Carter.
An up-to-date chicken farm Is be
ing established right in the heart of
the buslnes district of Amerlcus. It
is small, to be sure, but It Is modern
in every respect, and perfect model
for those who may seek to engage
in the poultry business on a moro
extensive scale.
In the yard alongside his laundry
Mr. W. C. Carter has had built a
poultry house with three runs that
would be hard to beat as a model.
Wired completely, so that nothing
can get at the chickens, with ample
grounds for the runs, well sunned;
with accommodations as comforta
ble as even the most pedigreed hen
could ask for, the little yard presents
most attractive appearance to the
passer-by, especially to those who
are yearning for fresh eggs and line
fryers.-
Out of a total of 35 hens Mr. Car
ter is getting two dosen eggs a day
now, and the number la more than
apt to increase as spring comes on.
With current prices this makes the
venture very very profltable. And If
the market for eggs takes a tumble
theer Is satisfaction In gathering the
fruit from the nests every morning
thata Is well worth paying for If
the chickens fall to prove a remun
erative Investment.
This section Is said to be peculiar
ly adapted for the poultry business,
but no one has ventured to engage
In It in any extensive way. Perhaps
Mr. Carter's experiments may be pro
ductive or such result* as to lead
others to Imitate him on a much
a.Iarg^ scale.
MISS AGNES ELKINS
ATTEMPTS SUE.
Niece of Senator Elkins
Shoots Self.
(Special to Times-Recorder.)
Kansas ‘City, February 16.—Miss
Elkins, niece ot United States Sen
ator Elkins, of Wsst Virginia, shot
herself today In a room at a local
hotel. Physicians heller* she has a
chance for life. A not* found on a
table in the room wher* the deed
wan commuted, reed: "I am tired
of Ilf* and have no home or friends.'
CASTOR IA
For Infanta and Children.
Till Kind Yon Hail Always Bought
Bears the
Signature of
mm
Southern.
Many Killed and Others
Fatally Injured in
Headon Collision.
(8pecial to Times-Recorder.
Macon, Os., February 15.—Five per
sons were instantly killed, eight fo
rlornly injured and a score slightly
Injured when passenger trains Nos.
2 and 5 on the Georgia Southern and
Florida railroad met head on last
evening at 5 o'clock nineteen miles
below Macon, and near Bonlare.
The deaed:
XV. J. Yates. Macon, engineer
Jraln No. 5.
Flagman E. R. Johnson, Macon, for
merly of Amerlcus.
Conductor I. B. Ingalls, Macon
traveling as passenger.
Conductor Dupree, of Kathleen, Ga.,
traveling as passenger.
One unknown white man.
Seriously Injured.
Leroy Fuss, engineer train No. 2,
badly cut on head and chin.
Robert Williams, colored, mail
clerk, Macon, hurt in back.
William M. Elder, Worth, Ga.,
bruised In back.
W. L Wheeler, Wellston, bruised
about trunk.
J. F. Blount, Orangeburg, S. C.,
traveling saleaman, painfully hurt
about head.
George Bernhart, uagman, painfully
hurt on head.
W. H. Carson, newsboy, cut
head.
Loretta Putnam, colored, badly hurt
ln head and side.
Orders Were Misread.
Train No. 5 Is a local running be
tween Macon and Valdosta. No. 2 Is a
Jacksonvllle-Macon train and carried
a heavy passenger list.
It Is stated that the wreck was
caused,by tho crew ot train No. 2
misreading orders to meet train No.
5, the “shoofly," at Blnalre.
A wrecking train and n relief train
were sent out from Macon as soon
as the news of the disaster reached
the head office of the road. The re
lief train reached Macon at . 11
o'clock, bearing the bodies ot the
dead and injured.
M'om:in Aid Injnrcd.
Both engines, the mall and baggage
car and two day coachei were com
pletely demolished. The trains were
not running at a great rate of speed,
but they met on a curve and the en
gineers had little chance to prevnt
th accident.
The wreck occurred In a dismal
swamp and passengers describe the
cries of the wonnded and dying as
most pitiful and heartrending. Sev
eral hoars elapsed before medical aid
reached the scene. Many women pas
sengers bound the wounds of ths In
jured with bandages torn from the'r
clothing.
The body of Engineer Yates was
found burled beneath his engine. It
required some time to remove the de
bris so his body could be extricated.
The job of tax receiver ot Sumter
county show* up at the court house
with a magnitude equalling that ot
Halley’s comet, and already three
pairs of eager eyes are fixed upon
It with other \anxlous aspirants
out ln the dark, just waiting to he
urged to break into the race.'
Judge W. R. Speer, the present in
cumbent, Mr. J. P. Ralford, who for
merly filled that position, and Mr.
John T. Howell are the three as
pirants for the office.
And a lively three-cornered nice
it Is going to be.
Judge Speer has held 'the office
two terms very acceptably, as did
hla predecessor, Mr. Ralford, both
ot whom have a host of frlenda who
have already rallied to their sup
port for the office.
The places of tax receiver; school
commissioner‘and treasurer are tho
only ones In wbloh opposition has
developed.
Capt “Pat” Williams, for several
yean treasurer, la again a candi
date, to be sure, as Is Mr. Edwin
F. Bell, whose announcement ap
peared yesterday.
For county school commissioner-
there are two aspirants, Supt. W. Si.
Moore, who haa filled the office most
acceptably, and Mr. R. E. White, ot
the faculty ot the agricultural col
lege here.
For the other county offices, thoth
ot sheriff, clerk of court, tax col
lector and coroner, there Is no op
position as yet, nor Is there very-
likely to be any, It would seem. The I
primary at which officers are to be
nominated is Just one month off from
this date.
There Is yet time, of course, for
other candidates to get Into tho game,
and the race may yet assume a live
lier aspect.
$12,000 IS PRICE PAID
FOR FARM IN SUMTER
ENGINEERS BEGIN A
SURVEY ON FLINT.
To Be One of the Largest
Plants in South.
| Mr. H. S. Marshall In charge of
the corps of engineers and archltecta
of the D. G. Zelgler Company, ar
jrtved In Cordele Tuesday to begti
surveying the grounds on the Flint
Iriver near Warwick which Is located
about ten miles from Cordele, with
a view to building a dam acrosa the
Iriver for one of the largeet power
plant* In the southern states. The
plant Is Intended to furnish lights
and electricity for manufacturing
purposes to all ot the small town*
within a radius ot fifty miles of
Cordele. The total expenditure In es-
|tabllshtng this huge enterprise. If It
1e carried out. Will reach consider-1
lably above a million dollars. The
magnitude and Importance of this
proposed Industry Is commanding
more attention than any other like en
terprise In the loath.
Large manufacturing plants can be
established In the small towns reach
ed by the power from the plant and
their advantages will be tho same In
this respect as If they wero located
on tho river. It U the Intention ot
the promoters, they cay, to take over
the power plants now operated In
the towns with a view to better ser
vice and cheaper rates. It will re
quire about ten days for the sur-
y thelr work and
e cnotract for
y
BIGBUNGH OF ENTRIES
FOR PLACE AT TEMPLE
Three irt the Gontest for
Receiver.
Same Lands Cost $6,000
Six Years Ago.
Twelve thousand dollars was thot
round price paid by Mr. Charles Hogg
yesterday for a small farm of three
hundred acrea lying three or four
miles east of Amerlcus. Tho prop
erty was owned by Mr. E. L. Bell
and was formerly known ae a pari
of the Heys plantation.
Forty dollars per acre was the price
paid yesterday.
The farm lies well and Is In a.
fine state of cultivation, hence tho
price paid for It by the new pur
chaser Is not at all high.
But in Its sale Is reflected the rapid
appreciation In land values In Sum
ter county.
A few years ago Mr. Bell paid
$20 per acre for this same farm, or
$6,000. At that time—K was before-
the days of good roads fat Sumter-
county—the price was considered
rather steep, although the Invest
ment proved en excellent one for Ur.
Bell In more ways than one. |
It has netted, him a handsome
amount In rentals each year, and
in the sale yesterday he exactly dou
bled bia money.
Some time ago Mr. Bell purchased
the Arnold Godwin place of 400
acre* live miles west of Americas,
snd one of the most attractive homes
4n Sumter county. He will have tho
residence fitted up with all modern
conveniences, and will go there to re
side ere long.
Sumter county boasts many beauti
ful homes, and this one will be
among the moat attractive and com
plete In every way.
SENATOR TILLMAN IS
TAKEN SUDDENLY ILL.
Gondition Considered Very
Serious.
(Special to Tlmve-Recorder.)
Washington, D. C., February
Senator Tillman, of South
waa taken suddenly Ill
f the capital today ai
arried into a room
mployes. He was
his home, where he n
care of physicians,
considered serious.
Tbs re Is danger In
canght In a corner t