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THE AMERICUS WEEKLY TIMES-RECORDER. THURSDAY. JUNE 9, 1910. For Letters of Gi-SORG V A—Sumter To All Whom It M , Naomi Catleii^ form applied to aie ters of Admlnutra of Charles A. Ca ;> Count}-, th « Is to c the creditors and Charles A Catledg, at my office, Witb.n the law, and show cause if „ why permanent adminUtB not be granted to x aom i Charles A. Catledge estltl Witness my hand and o ture. this 6th day of j une JOHN' A. COBB’ GEORGIA—Sumter Coari'v' To All Whom It May cSj -The Planters Bank barn er form, applied to me , or * Letters of Administration o tate of J. C. Roney, late of u this Is to cite all and sinn creditors and next of kin j Roney to be and appear at within tire time allowed bv show cause, if any they cat mauent adm nistration ahonl granted to H. E. Allen, CG perlor Court, on .1. c. Ron* Witness my hand and oji ture,'this 6th day of June i Citation, Letters Admiti GEORGIA—Sumter County: To Whom It May Concern Dr. Henry T. Simpsoaj proper form applied to m nent Letters of Admlnlihj estate of Roan Smith, )M County, deceased. This H and singular the creditoiil kin to be and appear at I July term, 1910, and shM any they have, why iq should not be granted :el T. Simpson on said eml my official signature. Jial 9-41 JOHN A. COBEl GEORGIA—Sumter Couifij By virtue of an order i of Ordinary of said Cos at regular May term, 1910, public outcry on the firs Jply, next, before the j door of said County betsj hours of salt the follon real estate to-wit: A house and lot situa of America on an allejl syth and Jefferson ittq by Fannie Congleton si her death. I Sold as the proper;}! of Fannie Congleton la] of itaylng the debts ol d division among the bed 7th, 1910. I 6 or 6 doses ‘'666" will cure any case of Chills and .Fever. Price 25c. - Administrator nie Congleton. The reason men don't understand woman is because no woman, ever tries to make herself plain. For Letters of .14 GEORGIA—Webster Cl To All Whom It May 0 J. T. L. Blakey la form, applied to me I Letters of Adniinlstriij tote of Xlrs. K. H. Bill sa'd County, this ii| singular the creditor* I kin of said Mrs. K. H.I and appear at my office time allowed by law, n If any they can. why fj ministration should Ml sa d J. T. L. Blakey « Dinkey's estate. I Witness my hand s nature, tUs 6th day ofj 9-4t W. II. COSI For Letter- el •’"d GEORGIA—Webster Coui King Stillman hit'** ■ Court of Ordinary « “ Utters of Guardianship and property of Emmeu persons concerned are show cause in said «“ r Motaday In July neat. 11 why said application granted. t J This June 0:h. 9-4t W. II. t 0 * Admltil-ffi Under and by granted by the Court Terrell County, WJJ before the court son, said County highest bidder wit" I of public sale on July next one hua®5 south Bide of lot ° also eight acres ouj corner of the 237, and all of lot»J the public road (containing ffiteenj less. Alt of said «»] In the Tsrenty-F°a Webster County. (£1 In all 123 acres.®""j the property ol 1 deceased, for the -*j creditors. Tcrn lS j7| This Juno «th; i; | J. J. ASKb"'1 de hons u Dn , j J MET?® tor alttUf" SUMTER, THE BANNER GRAIN COUNTY OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA. An automobile trip, of a hundred miles about Americus, a trip easily made In half a day, is of the great est Interest just now and one cal culated to make the onlooker think that he is traversing the great grain regions of the West, rather than coursing through the cotton fields of Georgia. But all the fields here are no lon ger cotton fields; hence this story. The farmers of Sumter are now thoroughly wedded to the theory of di versified crops, and right at tbi» time they are In the midst of the greatest grain harvest ever known In the history of this section of Geor gia. The oat crop—the finest ever pro duced here—Is being gathered, and the method of doing tbis Is so entirely different from the old time reaphook process as to cause many to mar- OEEICIAL PROCEEDINGS OF COMMISSIONERS. vel at the progress made. The days of the reap hook have passed away. Big Engines in Fields. Now, on nearly every large farm in Sumter, the big motor engine pull ing the latest Improved reapers and binders across the fields of waving grain do more and better work in a day than could a half hundred negro laborers applying the old method of cradle and reaphook. And only one man Is required to do all the work. These huge engines, driven by gas oline power, are very generally used now on the farms of Sumter county, and with a reaper cutting In its wake from fifteen to eighteen acres of oats or wheat are cut and bound in a day. The work,Is done perfectly; so well, In fact, that a chicken following the binder to pick up the waste grain would actually starve. The grain Is cut, tied tightly in bun dles and piled neatly; all the work of the machine. Acreage Is Largest Ever. Owlpg to this improved method of harvesting grain the acreage planted in oats in Sumter is vastly Increased —ten fold, In fact, and fields of 25 to 100 acres of waving grain can be seen In every farm about Americus. J And the yield, as stated, will be] enormous. Already the crop here Is more than halt harvested, and the' yield will average 30 to 40 bushels per acre, it Is said, while on lands highly fertilized a yield of even one hundred bushels per acre is fully as sured the farmer. Ten thousand bushels of oats Is the estimate put upon the splendid crop of Mr. John W. Kelly here. He has nearly 200 acres In oats and compe tent Judges assert that the poorest of these will yield 35 bushels per acre, while 100 bushels will be cut In the rich bottoms. This great oat field was well fertil ized with Peruvian guano, and the yield in oats will be enormous. It Is probably the largest field in the coun ty and among the best, considering tho acreage. Sumter’s Crop Is Immense. Mr. Thomas B. Hooks has sixty ac-es in oats, Mr. E. C. Parker prob ably seventy-five, Mr. J. C. Carter, fifty, while scores of other farmers have- fields ranging from twenty to fifty acres. Forty bushels will be an average yield, while many fine fields will produce 100 bushels. The oat crop of Sumter county this year will probably reach the unusual figures of 260,000 bushels, and ,wlll not be surpassed by that of any county in the state., For Year’s Sapp GEORGIA—Sumter County! The appraisers appoint* apart a year's support outl tate of James Taylor, lat t | County, deceased, having! return, in this office. Th| fore to notify all persons J to file object ons, if any tiJ or Ibefo/e the first Month} 1 1910, or else said return i made the Judgement ot t CHARLES j Judge C. C. of Ameri / Pro Hoc Vice As Held At Regular Meet ing June 6th. The Board ot Commissioners ot Rope's and Revenues of Sumter County met in regular monthly session June 6ih, 1910. Present: Frank Sheffield, Chairman; J. F. Bolton, Clerk; A, F. Hodges, H. J. Webb and T. B. Hooks. Minutes of last meeting read and adopted. , Upon motion the following resolu tion was adopted: Whereas, There Is a casual defi ciency In the revenues In the county of Sumter for the year 1010, owing to the uncollected taxes and uufor- seen expense for ail purposes, Now, There’fore, in order to meet said casual deficiency in the revenues and to provide funds with which to pay the legal demands upon the rev enues ot said county for the year 1910, Be It resolved by the Board ot Com missioners of Roads and Revenues of said county of Sumter, in regular meeting assembled that Commission ers ot Roads and Revenues of said county, for and In the name ot Sum, ter county, to borrow, to supply such casual deficiency in the revenues of said' County the sum of Twelve Thous- and, Five Hundred Dollars ($12,500.- 00) at a rate of interest not exceed ing Seven (7) per cent, per anuuih. .That such sum may be borrowed such a manner and from such parties as will best subserve the Interest of said County of Sumter. That the Chairman and Secretary of this Board be, and they are hereby authorized, to execute to such parties a note, or ngtes, for such amounts as may be secured under this resolution In the name of the County of Sumter, to become due and payable on the first day of. January 1911, anrd to bear such rate of interest as may be agreed upon, not exceeding Seven (7) per cent, per annum. That certified copy ol this resolution shall be attached to each of said notes. • Motion made and carried that Mar tha Harvey (colored) be allowed $2.59 per month towards her support for the next four months. Motion made and carried that Wai ter Reid’s commutation tax be refund' ed. . Dr. J. F. McMath appeared before the Board, calling its attention to an error in his tax returns on hls^house and lot in the city, and asking for a reduction of same. After an investiga tion, motion was made and carried GRAND JURORS KNOW VALUE OF GOOD ROADS COUNTY TREASURER MAY DE ABOLISHED Call for Bond Issue and But Incumbent Would Serve Wide Tire Law. The grand Jury discharged on Tues* day looked with a favoring eye on the grand roads of Sumter county and uttered words of encouragement to the county commissioners and the offi cials under them who are doing such effective work in the construction ct the finest system ot highways in the entire state. y In Its presentments the grand Jury complimented them on the work they are doing. . Recognizing the need of funds more adequate for the work that the commissioners have undertaken the grand jurors also recommended an Issue of bonds, the proceeds, to be devoted to work on the county road3. It Is not known that it Is the pur pose of the county commissioners to act on this recommendation at this time. But It Is regarded as a fore gone concluslou that sooner or later a bond issuo must be had to provide the funds Jo push the work with and give a system that will reach every part of the county with' a fine thirty- foot wide, level and \vell-drained pub lic road. The grand jurors also recommended to Sumter's legislators that they vote for the wide-tire wagon bill, now pend ing in the House. ' This law would prevent the injury now done to the roads throughout the state by narrow tires that cut up the roads into ruts and nudo much of the work on which the taxpayers’ money has been ex pended. The purpose of the law is to limit the narrowness of a tire and to fix a date after which no tires un der a standard width' can be used on the public roads of Georgia. Tbe law Is one that Is badly needed and grand Jurors throughout the state are call ing on the legislators to get busy lu connection therewith. Out His Full Term. that bis return on said house and lot be reduced to $3,000.00. Bids tor supplies for chalngang for month of June received, opened, read and carefully compared as to quality and prices submitted. Upon motion J. H. Poole & Sons’ bid was accepted. There “being no other business to come before the Board, after passing upon and approving bills against the county to the amount of $6,8S5.16, the same adjourned until first Tuesday In July, 1910. J. F. BOLTON, Clerk of Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues of Sumter County. The grand jury that Just adjourned added Its recommendation to, the cer- increaslng volume of similar recom mendations from all parts of the state that the office of county treasurer be abolished, as an unnecessary expense to the county. It Is probable that at the coming session of the legislature every effort will be made to pass a bill providing that each county shall be given the right to decide by popular vote whether It desires to maintain the of fice of county treasurer or not. To do this it Is said .it may be nec essary to put a constitutional amend ment before the people, providing for such a change In the" existing system. The term for which thje present county treasurers throughout the state were elected cannot be cut down. All ot them will serve out the full term ot two years. But It Is clearly within the range of probabilities that by that time the state law will have been amended, and it will then be up to the various counties to decide for them selves as to whether they wish to continue such a county officer, and if so what rate of compensation they will give him. Conditions throughout the entire state have so changed in recent years. It is held, that the office Is now almost entirely a sinecure and one that could be filled by the comity with a minimum of expense to the tax payers. As will be seen from its present ments, the present grand jury believ ed the work should be done by tbe clerk of tbe county commissioners for a small compensation, lie giving the same bond that the county treasurer Is now required to give. This is the method that has been proposed In a number of counties. While, It may be deferred for sev eral years there is apparently no doubt that the office of county treasurer is doomed In Georgia, the sentiment against its continuance is growing In strength every year. The opposition of politicians who object to the abolishment ot any of fice may prevent the passage of the proposed legislation at the comine ses sion ot the General Assembly, but the rising tide of public opinion is apt to bring tbe desired result In the next legislature. The grand Jury alio recommended that the representatives from Sumter county in the next assembly support legislation providing for the abolish ment of the fee system and the plac ing of all county officers on a salary basis. This proposition In all likeli hood will have a harder fight against it than the one to abolish'the office of county treasurer. This change, too, requires a statewide enactment, and the opposition of the county officers throughout Georgia is a rather pow erful force to combat. It Is doubtful If the legislation along this Hue will be secured from the next legislature. (•II) Marshal Sales. GEORGIA.—Sumter County. Will be sold before the courthouse door In the City of Americus, Ga., on the first Tuesday in July, 1910, be tween the usual h'aurs of sale the fol lowing described realty situate;! in the City of Americus. Ga., to-w t: A four-fifths undivided interest m all that tract or parcel of land front ing on east side of Lee St., north of and adjoining the property formerly- owned by E. C. Speer, and now owned by M. M. Lowrey, said Speer property being bounded on the south by Head Alley, and on the west by Lee street, in said city, and beginning at the northwest corner ot said Speer’s lot, and running along the easterp margin of said Lee street In a northernly di rection eighty two two (82) feet to lands now owned by C. M. Council, tbence in an.easternly direct'on two hundred and fifty-five (255) feet to a stake, thence in a southernly direc tion two hundred and elghly-flve (285) feet to Head AUdy," thence along the north margin of Head Alley to the rear line of said E. C. Speer's lot sixty (60) feet, thence in a northernly di rection along the bouudarv of said Speer’s lot feet, thence In a western!}' d'reotion along the north margin of.said Spier’s lot feet to this point of beginning; said prop erty being in possession of Osceola Dismukes, as trustee . for Cecil DIs- mukee. Beechelf Stowe Dismukes, JoS H Dismukes, Jr., and Albert Thomas Dismukes, and being levied on as the property of Osceola D'smukes. as trustee for Cecil Dismukes, Beecher Stowe Dismukes. Joseph H. Dismukes, Jr., and Albert Thomas Dismukes, the defendant in sa'd tax II. fa. Levied on and to be sold under A fa Issued 'hy'the Mayor and City Council of Americus for city taxes for the year 1908. Property pointed out by plain- t'-ff, and tenant in possession notified in terms of law. This.June, 8, 1910. W C. BARROW, City Marshal. Application, Leave to Sell. GEORGIA—Sumter County. E. J. McMath, Administrator of W. T. McMath. deceased, having applied to me for leave to sell the real estate In Sumter County, Ga., ot said; de ceased, not-ce Is hereby given that If no objection Is filed said application will be granted at the July term, 1910 JOHN A. COBB, Ordinary. ■ 9-4t-pd THE TIMES-RECORDER DAILY AND WEEKLY. THE AMERICUS RECORDER, Established 1879. THE AMERICUS TIMES, i,V Established 1890. Consolidated April 18(1. Entered at the postofflee at Ameri- aua an second-class mall matter. TEOS. GAMBLE, Editor and Manager JL W. FURLOW City Editor w. L. DUPREE, Asst. Business Dept. Official organ of the City of Americus. Officii, organ of Sumter County. Official organ of Webster County. (Official organ of Railroad Commis sion of Georgia for Third Congres- blonal District Official organ U. 8.,Court, Southern District of Georgia. Editorial Boom, Telephone 99 liucrlcus, (Li., June Dili, 1910 WATSON'S CHARGES AGAINST CONGRESSMAN EDWARDS. Tom Watson has signalized his re turn to the Democratic party by an nouncing his determination to defeat two of the Georgia delegation at Wash ington—Hardwick of the Tenth and Edwards of the First How far his - return to tine Democratic fold was gov erned by -his Inordinate desire to de* •Teat these two men—and others—we ' cannot say. The general impression ‘Is that this was the governing mo- '•tlve. The fight against Hardwick, growing "out of personal feeling against that -former bosom friend of Watson, hi* ’been in progress for some time. That against Edwards Is of recent birth. Edwards declares that it Is the result • of a bargain between Watson and ‘ -Giles, chief opponent contesting with • "Edwards for fjie First district seat. I Edwards declares Giles has subsidized Watson by buying many thousands of copies of “The Jeffersonian,” con taining Watson's attack on Edwards. .No doubt Giles bought Watson’s pa per in large quantities for distribution «s a campaign document. But it is a tar (fetched conclusion that this con stitutes bribery ot Watson. Watson U ■hardly open to such an accusation as (Watson's charges against Con- igressman Edwards are partly silly -and partly serious. The silly part is ethe declaration that Edwards had tdaude Bennett, formerly a Georgia newspaper man, to compile data for ‘■‘Speeches for him and even to write one. If all congressmen were de tente j u-bo did such a thing as this Abe entire complexion of the House Colghi be changed. Edwards, too, is accused of printing a speech in the Congressional Record that he never •delivered, liberally bracketed with “ap plause.” Watson knows, and the -Whole country knows, that this is the rule and not the exception. Watson may have printed undelivered speeches tn the Record when in Congress. They •all do it. -Bui the other charge Is a nasty one, 'and Edwards cannot afford to treat It ■with contempt. Watson deliberately -''-Charges that Congressman Edwards r • eased his official position as a medium ■ 'for the betrayal of female virtue, that Ms office in the capital was a place o( prostitution. This is the first time a •charge of so flagrant a nature has 'over been publicly made against a -Georgia representative. It it Is true, 1 lEd'vards Is absolutely unfit to repre- -sent uny district In Georgia. If it is •false, then Watson and the others be- Jtalnd It deserve punishment for crim inal libel. There Is no middle ground -In a case like this. Edwards must "cither retire fropa the race for re-elec tion or seek the Indictment of Wat- r son. An honorable man could pursue’ r no other course, and Georgia wants i none but honorable men representing i -t at Washington. in any society where ordinary '..morality was required the Havemeye''s ' would long ago have been sent Coventry. O family enriched by ■wholesale corruption and fraud (a no ornament to either the business or the social world. If the courts can- not put stripes ou the sugar trust magnates decent society can at least E-blackbal tbe rascals. < LJernocratlc Leader Clark says if the -department of Justice did its duty the jails would be so full ot lumber trust magnates tha{ their arms and legs "would lie sticking out of the doors and "windows. Champ has evidently hdl ■to build an extension to his chicken ■coop and bas felt the .pinch of high prices. Roosevelt is quoted as saying: “To ^govern the world a man needs no ex traordinary or heroic qualities.” Is this Teddy's measure of himself? I