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"VOTING IN CONTEST IS
ALREADY IN A SWING
fifties in Times-Recorder
~ Prize Race.
- With friends of half a dozen fair
contestants looking after their several
interests, the race for the prize enti
tling the fair winner to a round trip
to New York as the guest of the Times-
Recorder, with all expenses paid,
opens today in earnest, and will con
tinue spirited until the finish on May
31st.
No other contest of previous years
will eaqual this one, and tho winner
Trill be considered fortunate indeed .a
l»uc.i.ng such a prize.
For weeks past the contest has been
discussed with greatest interest
'throughout the city and county, and
chose who have been collecting cou
pons from the Times-Recorder have
impatiently awaited the names of the
contestants.
Several have been sent in by ardent
friends and supporters during the past
BANQUET TO SHRINERS
BEAUTIFUL AFFAIR
Artistic Decorations and a
Toothsome Menu.
The closing feature of the pil
grimage of Alee Temple to Amerlcus
was the most pleasing of all. It was
the banquet tendered the visitors by
the local Shrlners at the armory last
night. A menu of the most delicious
delicacies, served in profusion, amid
surroundings that were artistic In
every way, made a fitting climax to a
day that was without a flaw.
The armory hall was decorated
for the occasion In a most picturesque
style, converted into a bower of
beauty by the deft bands of the ladies
of Amerlcus Chapter of the Order ol
the Kastern Star, to whom had been
consigned the duty of preparing and
serving the dinner.
There were four long tables, with a
shorter table for tho officers and
speakers the latter extending along
the Forsyth street front, with the
WERE CARRIED AWAY BY
SUMTER’S GOOD ROADS
Shrlners Had Not Expected
Such Fine Highways.
week; and others still will follow. Tue othcrs runnlng Bt rlght angIea from , t
balloting up to last night stood as fol
lows:
Hiss Fannie Tarver 151 votes
Miss Helen Walker 116 votes
Hiss Mamie Brown 140 votes
Miss Ona McAfee 126 votes
Miss Jennie Harrison .,108 votes
Miss Ella Mauk 143 votes
With such a bevy of young ladies to
lend inspiration, the voters will get
hosier than ever before at any elec
tion, and will even make the recent
county primary look like a cheap af
fair, to be sure. But there will be
other entries, and interest will In
crease visibly as additional names are
announced. .
,i The contest is open to any lady,
married or unmarried, young or "un
young,” residing -In Sumter county,
and the other towns besides Amerlcus
will back their favorites.
It would not be surprising of a full
score of contestants were in the race
by next Sunday morning..
Additional names may be sent the
Times-Recorder at any time, together
with the coupons thus voted, and due
credit will be given by the Contest
Editor, as the names are received.
For the present the standing of the
several contestants will be announced
on each successive Sunday morning.
There Is always room at the top—
and at the bottom.
The trip to be awarded the winner
tty the Times-Recorder is one of the
most delightful that could be arranged.
It Includes a round trip to New York
from Amerlcus, going by steamer from
8mvannah, with every penny of ex
pense, including hotel bills and sight
seeing, paid by this paper.
-I- .One day will be allowed in Savan-
nab, which will Include an automo
bile drive over that beautiful city.
' In New York the limes-Recorder’s
guest will be entertained at one of the
finest hotels and every attention
.shown her. An allowance of $3 per
'Bay for sight-seeing in addition to the
hotel bill, will be given the fair win
ner. Nothing that will be conducive
to pleasure or comfort will be over
looked.
Surely the prospect of winning such
a prize should Inspire the friends of
the fair contestants to effort. Pick
your winner and set busy.
A wealth of flowers had been secured
On the speakers’ table were masses
of carnations In vases, and on the
other tables roses added their beauty
to the picture. The speakers’ table
was further ornaniented with glass
candidates holding red candles.
At every plate was a red paper fez,
a red japom.'ca, a Shrlners’ doylie, and
the menus, tho covers of which con
tained the symbols of the order, the
scimeter, crescent and star embossed
In white and gold, with a fez above
them.
The walls were almost covered with
draperies of smllax, in the windows
were potted flowering plants and
ferns, while the platform on which
Outtenberg’s orchestra was seated was
banked off with great palms and
ferns.
In the center of the celling was a
mass of smllax, with red and yellow
streamers extending In all directions.
Beneath was a table, on which was the
great punchbowl, within a bed of
violets and an artistic arrangement
of the glasses about It. The entire ef
fect was pretty In the extreme. When
the dash of additional color that the
red fezzes of the Shrlners was added
It was a picture not easily to be for
gotten.
The menu was one that tempted the
most exacting of epicures, everything
prepared In the daintiest manner, and
supplied In an over-abundance. It
Included oyster cocktails, sliced to
matoes, Spanish olives, roast turkey
with cranberry sauce, broiled spring
chicken hot rolls, beaten ibis-
cult* French peas mixed pickles,
chicken salad en mayonnaise, cheese
wafers, strawberries, Ice cream, angel
cake fruit coffee.
One hundred and fifty sat down *.o
the dinner. It was an unqualified
success In every way.
DEMOLAY SIR KNIGHTS
ELEGT NEW OFFICERS
The good roads of Sumter county
were the surprise and the toast of the
visitors yesterday.
During the auto ride, and after it,
the fine highways that have been con
structed In this county during the
past two years, were the subject of
exceedingly favorable comment.
Nothing like such roads was appar
ently expected by the visitors, and
when they learned that they had not
gone over one-fourth of the distance
that can be traveled on equally as
Dno roadways, their surprise was even
greater.
"Chatham county started the move
ment for good roads In Georgia by
constructing its fine shell and gravel
highways,” said Noble Theus, of Sa
vannah, “and It Is a gratification to
see that Sumter and other counties are
catching up with It, and even threaten
ing to go ahead of Chatham. These
are grand highways you have here,
and 1 can readily see that they must
be great developing agencies for
Americus end the entire country
roundabout.”
Other visiting Shriners -expressed
themselves In similar terms. Nothing
that they saw seemed to please them
more than the magnificent system of
Improved highways that Is stretching
out In all directions from the city.
The good roads of Sumter will be
talked of wherever the Nobles of Alee
Temple go. That Is certain. And they
are certainly one of the finest adver
tisements Amerlcus or Sumter county
could desire.
NURSE FXPtRIMtNT
PROVES SUCCESSFUL.
Hospital Well Pleased With
Results.
COUPON
j rooms trip to iwm
This ballot for the two weeks tri
to New York, offered by the Americi
Times-Recorder, is cast in favor
Contest Closes May 31. Eachf Ballot Counts
SUMTER GETS A BIG
BATCH OF CONVICTS.
The venture that was made by he
Amerlcus Hospital Asoclatton in In
creasing the number of its trained
nurses to four has proven an emi
nently successful one thus far, and
there Is every reason to believe that
It will remain so.
The Idea, it will be recalled, was
to add two trained nurses to tho reg
ular staff, these latter two to b|
available for outside work, going out
to serve on calis made to the hospital.
Although It is probably not yet gen
erally known throughout thl3 section
that the nurses are available for this]
purpose, there have already been sev
eral calls for them, and the financial i
results have been, It Is understood, in j
every way satisfactory to the hos- j
pital. , 1
Inasmuch as there is no hospital!
nearer to Americus than Columbus,' For every new cash subscription bo the dally for one monti,
and no trained nurses available at : tor 25 votes,
other nearby points, It is probable that i
from now on there will be frequent] ^* or ev ery new cash subscription to the daily for three montiuj
SPECIAL COUPONS.
Special coupons will be given at the Times-Recorder office as fod
sam .
For every new cash subscxlptl on to the daily for six mon
for 225 totes. j
For every new cash subscription to the dally for one yet
for 600 votes.
calls upon the hospital for tho serv-; for 100 votes.
ice3 of some of its staff. If the ne
cessity arises, or there are indications
that the experiment is so successful
as to justify the widening of Its scope,
another trained nurse may be add 'd
to the staff, making five In all.
The accommodations at the hospital
are somewhat limited, and it Is proba
ble that arrangements may have to be
made for sleeping quarters for some
of the nurses outside of the hospital
building. A small cottage adjoining]
the building may be rented for this
purpose. |
While nothing will probably bo done malIed lt subscriptions come by mail,
in that direction until next fall, it >s
For every new cash subscrlptio n to the weekly for six l
for 30 votes.
For every new cashi subscription to the weekly for one :
for 75 votes.
These special coupons will all be signed by tbe manager of t!
Recorder and will be given In person when subscriptions are t
Twenty-Seven Zebras Come
to Us.
The news comes from Atlanta that
in the distribution of the state prison
ers, jthe felony convicts, twenty-seven
have been awarded to Sumter as its
share.
This Is good news, ensuring a large
gang for work on the roads during
tbe coming year, as to them will be
added tbe large assortment of mis
demeanor convicts of tbe county.
This is as many state convicts as
the county had working for lt the
greater part of last year.
Sumter gets more state convicts
than any other county In this sec
tion, except It be Muscogee. In fact,
there are probably only two counties
In all South Georgia that receive more,
Chatham and Muscogee. Dougherty
only gets fourteen. The total number
distributed among the counties Is 1,1)91
THROAT MISERY.
THIS WOULD MAKE A
VERY STRONG TICKET.
Three Who May Represent
Sumter Next Time.
For Senator:
J. E. SHEPPARD.
For Representatives:
CRAWFORD WHEATLEY,
E. A. NESBIT..
This Is a ticket that Is being freely
discussed as a probable winner in
tbe approaching legislative primary.
None of the gentlemen In question
has as yet announced himself as posi
tively a candidate.
But their friends are chafing at the
bit and are eager for the words to
be spoken so they can begin active
campaign In their Interest.
Such a delegation would be one of
tbe strongest in the legislature. No
one questions that. It would bring
Sumter county right up to the front
of the procession and keep lt there.
The personal popularity of the three
men mentioned would seem to ensure
their being victorious at the polls,
their hosts of friends say. Indeed,
there are many who do not hesitate
to express tbe belief that If these
three will permit of their names be
ing used there will be no opposition
Knights Templar of Ameri
cus. in Meeting.
De Molay Commandery No. 5,
Knights Templar, held its annual el
ection on Friday night and named the
following officers to serve the com
mandery for the year:
A. B. Howard, Eminent Commander
W. E. Mitchell, Generalissimo.
J. S. lllover, Captain-General
J. A. McDonald, Prelate.
Hinkle McLendon, Senior Warden
J. E. Hightower, Junior Warden.
H. E. Allen, Treasurer.
A. G. Miller, Recorde-.
T. L. Granberry, Standard Bearer.
W. H. Bowers, Sword Bearer
H. C. Turner, Warder. -\
B. E. Turner, First Guard.
Jas Davenport, Second Guard.
C. E. Van Riper, Second Guard.
S. A. Jennings, Sentinel.
The above nam>d officers will srr\e
until Good Friday, 1911, the annual
date of election.
Rend How n Boston Man Got Bid of
Chronic Throat Tronble.
PAVILION AT MAGNOLLV BELL
IS DESTROYED BY FIRE
Loss Sustained to Pleasure Seekers
Here.
An accidental fire yesterday,thought
to have been started by a bunch cf
small boys, destroyed the large danc
ing pavilion at Magnolia Dell. The
pavilion was built by thw city, and ex
tensively used on picnic occasions.
“Hyomel 1 did me a world of good
when. I had chronic laryngitis; in
fact effected a cure after all the
best specialists had given me up as
a bad job.. I tried Hyomel, the same
as I had tried hundred s of other
things that people or doctors would
recommend. They all fadile except
Hyomel, and this effected a cure that
has been lasting. All my troubles
happened 12 years ago and I bad
ought to be ashamed not to have
written you belore. At first I waited
to see If the cure was permanent
or not, and when you realize that for
five winters before I used Hyomel
that I could not speak above a whis
per and sometimes not at all, you can
judge why I waited with a good deal
of anxiety for a time to see lt I was
really cured or not.”—E. A. Lind
sey, 145 South Street, Boston, Mass.,
April 1, 1909.
Breathe Hyomel In through the In
haler that comes with a $1.00 outfit
and this highly healing and antiseptic
vaporized air will promptly relieve
and permanently cure catarrh and all
ordinary diseases of the nose and
bronchial tubes. It gives relief to
consumptives. Sold by leading deal
ers everywhere, and In Amerlcus by
Dodson's Pharmacy.
not improbable that at that time the
foundations may be laid for a move
ment having for Its purpose the erec
tion of a larger and thoroughly modern
hospital building. It Is believed that'
If such a building were erected hero ]
6t would result in a nuihber of Ill per-
sons being brought here for treatment, I
that parties requiring surgical opera
tions would come here from a consid- j
erable extent of country roundabout,'
and that In every way such an In
vestment would prove of value to
Amerlcus. While the plan Is yet in'
embryo, lt Is recognized that the grow- (
lng needs of the city and the country
for fifty miles around justify the hope
that such a building can be erected In
the next year or two.
COTTON SUIT IS TNIED j
IN FAVOR OF BUYER
Defense in Contract Case
Withdrawn.
Summer Shoes
For Young Men
Perfect fit that means comfort
and coolness—custom style that
gives a smart, dressy effect.
You are sure of getting
both these features in your
summer footwear if you
come to us for a pair of
Thomasville, Ga., March 28.—A suit
In tbe City Court here of interest to
cotton men, was the case of J. K. Liv
ingstone of Cordele against E. P. Ford,'
growing out of the latter's failure to
deliver cotton bought by Livingston
from Ford to be delivered In October,
Ford claiming that It was a gambling
contract * j
In tbe evidence it developed that
the transaction was a bona fide one
and that Livingston had bought during
the summer 14,906 bales to be deliver
ed In the fall and had sold against
these purchases 14,900 bales and that
he had shipped and delivered the cot
ton sold.
As soon as tbe evidence was In
Judge Hammond was about to direct a
verdict In favor of Livingston when
the defendant, Mr. Ford, arose and
staled In open court that lt was clear
ly a valid contract for spot cotton
and withdrew his defense.
Mr. Livingston Is one of the several
shipper who this season bought cot
ton for fall delivery and suffered se-
Regal quarter-sizes insure you an exact fit, whatever;
may be—and the new Regal modeb are accurate reproduction <1
<uilom styles. Just let us show you the new Regal Oxfords—theytj
Fechheimer-Fisliel Fine 01
The season’s swellest and tn|
to-date styles, $ 15 to $3S
PARAGON TROUSEI
MI-ON A
FOR SALE—I bare at my farm at
Leslie, Ga., about 60 bushels of Hast-
;e Lifter Cottonseed, for
> Cures Indigestion
It relieves stomach misery, sour stom
ach, belching,and cures all stomarl, dis
ease or money bark. Larpo hex of tab
lets 60 cents. Druggists in zll ujyv.l .
The funeral dirge ground out la
spasms dally by the flying-jenny hand
Istly, Most every-
STsTiSrSTSTri’ America’s foremost rnanufl
$5.00 to $12.50 per pj
See our stock, our styles, oil
many cases of this kind to come up
In court it is of much Importance to
those Interested In these suits as well
as tbe future of the cotton business la
this state.
Several prominent cotton men from
other places were In attendance tc
hear the result of the case.
"Henpoque says his baby takes after
Its mother."
“In what way?”
“Seems to want to get bold of his
hair so much."
Chas. L. Anj
CASTOR IA
Vat Infants Children.
Tha Kind You Han Alwavt Rniiorht
t W« have some special bargains la City Propertf.
■Irable localities, and homes In different parte of the
buy or rent a home, or a lot to build on see.
SOUTHERN LAND