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THE AMERICUS WEEKLY TIMES-RECORDER. THURSDAY. MAY !9.1910. W Paints and Finishes for Every Home Use uses. Remember—if it’s a surface to be painted, enameled, l stained, varnished or finished in any way, there's an \ Acme Quality Kind to fit the purpose. We ccn / \ tell you what to use, how much to use and f \ the cost. Ask us. SEE OUR WINDOW DISPLAY LITTLE CHILD KILLED DY ATLANTA STREET CAR (Special to TImei-Recorder.) Atlanta, Oa., May 18.—Uttle Mar garita Anderson, 7 years old, while going (or a loaf of bread to the grocery ■tore, a block from her home, was Ullsd by an Inman Park car on Geor gia arenue at the corner ot garden street this morning. The father of the unfortunate child Is manager ot the hat department ot Daniel Bros.' clothing Co. here. The Are was discovered only after It had made much headway and the guards who were attracted to the sceoe bad all they could do to aare some of the men wtto were locked In the cells. Behind Every Box of Gandies bearing the. name “NunnallyV’stands a business famous in the South for 25 years—a guarantee of the purest, most wholesome candies. THE ROAD ALONE WAS WORTH LAND VALUE. South Carolinian Carried Away By Country. bonbons and choc olates come to us by fast express almost every day, which explains to you the delicious freshness that accentuates their goodness. |W. A. REMBERT. I PLANI IN PECANS PLACE Of COTTON There are no visitors to Sumter i county who appreciate the fine lands ■ and the tine roads more than do tho | numereua South Caroiirlans whose at- j tentlon has been drawn this wry I and who are now frequent arrivals and Investigators. One day this week Mr. Lee Alloa had a couple of gentlemen from the • Palmetto State" In town. He took them out to Plains to show them that j section of tho county, j The visitors were delighted as they | sped along in Mr. Allen's auto, cov. - ering many miles of good roads and I viewing some of the most profitable . Helds In the state. | “This Is a great country," Anally , said one of the visitors. "What Is the lvalue of lands In this sjctlon?" "About thirty to forty dollars (acre for a good block," said Mr. Al- ' len. | The South Carolinians looked hint with wide-open eyes. • | "Thirty to forty dollars," said one of them finally. "Why, it’s worth that much an acre to live on a road like 1 this .not to mention the land at all.’ m Here Thinks Invest ment Good One. Pryor Has Grow- lg Now Seventeen Hundred Trees. HOKE SMITH AGAIN SAVS NO TO FRIENDS. Reasons for Decision Not Removable. Robert S'. Pryor is one of the (Special to Times-Recorder.) practical and successful farm-, Atlanta. Ga., May 18—Formcr-Gov |ere who believes there is more erBor Hoke Smlth today gave QUt the to be made in diversifled crops j following statement: stock-raising than In an "all- j "i have received during the past crop, and long ago turned j , w0 days many letters and telegrams itontion to this plan, with re- from different parts of the state urg- |highly gratifying In a financial. | ng me t0 reconsider the.announce- in others. - j ment that I could not be a candidate only Is he most successful in, f 0P governor. I am deeply grateful all the fine mules and horses f or the kind expressions of my friends, on his big plantation near his, but turns his attention to features as well. but before making ttw statement last Saturday I gave the subject, aerlous thought The reasona which caused now—In fact for several years j ma to decline to ontor the race aro r. Pryor has been giving atten- BUCh that I cannot alter the decision pecan growing. I then made. If my friend* fully urn Is fine farm a few miles south derstood these reasons they would not brlcus, Mr. Pryor has seventeen Id budded pecan trees In vlg- rrowth. These 1,700 trees In- crltlclse my action, and I sincerely hope they will attach no blame >o my course, as It distresses me very J1 of tho finer varieties as es- much t0 know I cannot do as they rare was exercised In the se- All are budded trees, most i grafted upon seedlings. j | are about 160 acres of the, ^ |ty fLAMFS ■arm thus planted in pecans, ■trees to the acre, thus afford- lndant room for the trees to pd spread. yor was In Amerlcus yester hn business and talked Inter- ] about bis pecan orchard and nations therefrom, bears ago be planted his first ] of five hundred trees. These 1 in the pink of condition, and LOGKID IN STOCKADE. Alabama Pen Burned and Gonvicts Perish. |of the trees producing season. Ithat time Mr. Pryor lias pwelve hundred other trees, i i orchard wealth now being ptated. Ho gives them the care and attention, cultl- Krotind between the long frees, pip his orchards In a few lany amount, and is as safe fnment bond.” , Centerville, Ala.. May 17.—Thlrty- , . , , five convicts were burned to death at : Tne « the Red Feattur Coal Company, lo cated in Bibb county, flfteen miles north of here. The men wers cre mated while making desperate efforts to escape from a burning stockade which they were confined. The stockade was fired by n con- „ .. vict In attempting to escape, and ho, He expects golden met death ln the flameg . Guards orchards In a few ^ )]v crles of ftngul . h ... from the men. but the stockade burn- 1 Mr p ^ nUt, . W . ed so rapidly UWr efforts to save Id- 1 M . Pryor yesterday "the ^ futlle . put me on Easy street, cooped from the stock- bpat a ,lfe lnSUranJC ade, in which 100 were confined, at tempted to escape custody, result'ng In one being shot to death. After the fire the stockade site presented a oses of-666" will cure any Mome scene the ground being cov- is and Fever. Price 2oc. BU ered with bodies. Twenty-six men were burned to death in the stockade and twenty- one, a number of whom Have slnco • died, were serleusly burned. Three I white convicts were confined at the camp, but It la not known whether _ these men death. Several guards were b'slightly burned while attempting t o 11 wU j rescue the convicts. The stockade was fired from the In side, a plan having been formulated to make a general escape. The fire burned more rspldly ttttn tee man who set firs to the building expected, and instead of famishing maenf ot escape the men succumbed to tho THINK OF Mexican Mustang Liniment AND WHAT IT MEANS TO YOU. Relief from pain that might otherwise cause you hours of agony. Tired out muscles eased up and made ready for another day’s work. Lameness in the back and shoulders promptly cured and stiff joints limbered up. Bums, Scalds, Cuts and Mashes ren- N dered painless and quickly healed. Rheumatism, Lumbago and Sciatica robbed of their anguish and banished /forever. Ulcers, Old Sores and Open Wounds healed promptly and permanently. The first application of Mexican Mus tang Liniment subdues the pain but it continues its work until every quivering) nerve is soothed and quieted. The great penetrating power of this famous remedy .enables it to do this quickly and positively. In all cases of Sprains, Bruises or Lame ness. Mexican Mustang Liniment should be rubbed in persistently. The antiseptic qualities of this old relia ble household remedy make it safe and sure. Prices 25c., 50c., $1.00 per bottle. F.ukw.niw*. LYON MFG. CO. 41 to 45 So. 5th St, BROOKLYN, N.Y. TOO MANY MURDERS. TOO MUCH "MERCY - Says Judge T. A. Parker In Ware County. Waycross, Ga., Slay 17.—Judge T. A. Parker in his charge to the Ware county grand Jury yesterday spoke if a general condition throughout the United States that shows an almost ut ter disregard for life. “Take the imag inary line that divides the United States and Canada," said he, “cross that line, and as soon as you are in Canada you will find a greater per centage of convictions In murder cases, and a lesser percentage of murders. For such a condition there Is but ono answer. It comes through tbo fact thtat we are not enforcing our laws.. “The trouble comes through laxity of enforcement and too many technl entitles. There Is too much delay, and too much building up of maudlin sea timent nbouo mercy, allowing crimin als to go free.” With reference to the enforcement of the state prohibition law Judge Parker said that the grand Jury should remember ln Its Investigations that anything ttttt brings a drunk comes under this law. "I don't care whether It la bitters, or a stomach medicine, or what kind or ola or ale," said he, "If It makes drunk come It should not be sold." Pistol "toting” came ln for a share of the remarks. In this connection be said that tlfe law ihonld apply more strictly to men of prominence than to the outcast and others who had not the advantage of knowing between right and wrong. This, he explained, was contrary to what many thought ought to be the case. He spoke of gambling, and said the term applied with equal force to poker playing t>y so-called prominent citizens as well as to the negroes who play "skin games” on the creek banks and In pine thick ets with a 10-cent limit Ho deplored tho operating of Sun day excursions by railroads, saying that In his opinion it was a wholesale desecration ot the Sabbath day. He said that while the roads did not op erate spec’al excursions they applied rates to regular trains that practl cally mado excursions, saving -Is This is the time to freshen up the home by doing the odd jobs of painting you have been planning. For the buggy, the furniture, for the floors and woodwork, for every paint purpose, we have thd right Finish." ACME QUALITY PAINTS, ENAMELS, STAINS and VARNISHES i are each and every one scientifically prepared for specific TELEGRAPH SERVICE IS BADLY DISTURBED pierleus tans will trek arrow morning to see Hoc 1 1 F 1 the ball In .the first 8i| .v game. Halley's Comet Interfering With the Operation of Lines. he from overwork, but bnces are Its from an In- liver — k well conducted LIVER In do mountains of Ichor pt fatigue. i a hundred per cent to tuning capacity, kept In healthful action A only by (Special to Times-Recorder.) New York. May 18.—Electrical dis turbances, attributed to the approach of Halley'a comet to Its point nearest the earth, today resulted In a con fusion of the telegraph service. Wires appeared to be badly affected. Re port* from a wide area told the tame story ot trouble and considerable de lay was caused. JNO. W. SHIVER, Agent, Americus, Ga. METHODIST CHURCH ELECTS 4 BISHOPS At General Conference in Session at Ashville. Asheville, N. C.. May 17.—Rev. W. R. Igunbetb, of Tennessee, Rev. I). Muse, Rer. E. D. Mouson and Rev. R. G. Wnlterhouse, of Virginia, were elected bishops of the Methodist Epis copal Church, South, on tbs fourth ballot at the general conference now In session here today, according to an announcement mads shortly after the opening of the. conference. Thos previously elected were Revs. Dr. W. a Murrain Dr. Collins Denny and Dr. Kilgo. INSURGENT DEMOCRATS HOLD A MEETING. Repudiate the Primary Con trolled By Ring. Nashville, Tenn., May 18.—Pursuant to a, call signed by more than ten thousands "Insurgent" democrats rep resenting every county In the ntnto, five thousand delegatee assembled here today In convention to endorse the Action of tho candidate* for places on tho Supremo bench and the Court ot Civil Appeals, who have taken tha ■tend that they-wHl have nothing to do wlttt tho primary arranged by the regular democratic organization, al leged to have been packed and con trolled absoultely by Governor Pat terson. Col. Duncan Cooper and others said to be allied with the liquor in terests. MORSE UP AGAINST IT AS WRIT IS REFUSED.. Looks Bad For Banker in Atlanta Prison. (Special to Times-Recorder.) Washington, 0. C, Hay 16.—That Supreme Court ot the United 8tates> today refuted to Issue a writ of ha beas corpus lu bethlf of Charles W. Morse, now serving a 15-year sen tence In the Atlanta penitentiary for violating the federal banking laws. Morse was represented by Martin W. Littleton, ot New York, who gained fame as one ot Harry Thaw’s attor neys during the trial ot the famous White-Thaw murder case. Ex-Gov ernor Hoke Smith, of Georgia, waa- alao asoclst* counsel In the ctae, hah. did not appear before the court