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TriE AMKH1CUS WLliX !■" i uvuu-iuxunuun. m i i
WELL FITTED FOR
HIS HIGH DUTIES
HOW MR. FRICKER
GOT HIS RINGS BACK.
Commissioner Gray a Man Fortune Recovered When
oF Fine Calibre.
All Hope Lost.
Equipped By Experience Finder Had Never Even
and Study to Handle
Live Railroad Sub
jects.
The Railroad Commission of Geor-
gia is one of the ino«t important busi- called at his store yesterday to
Taken Sales Tickets
Off of the Fourteen
Circlets.
Many friendj
j Mr. Charles
A.
ness organizations of the state. Tho
satisfactory discharge of its duties re
quires peculiar qualifications—high' in
telligence, capacity for research am
great honesty of purpose. As long as
the railroad commissioners are elec
tive, therefore, it is the duty of tne
people to regard fitness as the chief p
candidate f
a peep h: the pocket care and tac
fourteen diamond rings that were lorn
on June 13 and recovered, almost mk-
racuiougly, at Macon two days ago.
The rings, of the value of $100 ’.a
$100 each, and aggregating over $$,-
000, rest in the case exactly as when
lipped out of Mr. Fricker's pocket
test to be applied to a candidate for somewhere between Cordele and Fitt-
the commission. I gerald two months ago, as he slept
Mr. Joseph F. Gray, of Savannah, j n a car on the A., B. and A. railroad,
candidate to succeed himself for the attached .'to them are tlhe original
unexpired term of Mr. Me Lend in tickets. The only difference in
■measures squarely up to all necessary the package as it was when it le t
requirements. the store and when it was returned
He went on (he commission with t o Mr. Fricker was the attempted ru -
twenty-one years' of transportation pj n g ou t of the name of James Frick-/
experience gained in all branches of & jjro. on the inside of the stilt lin-
railroading. He has served on the ing, where it had been stamped twenty
commission now one year and has be-
CQTT'ON SEtD OPENS
IP AT TOP FIGURES
DR. HOWELL IS OWNER
Of DAVENPORT STORE
Prices Higher Than Highest Purchases Drug Business
of last Tear.
in Americus.
for Cotton and the
Seed Ail of the Ap
proaching Season.
m Americus
Passed Undeer
Contrcl.
The cotton seed market gives prom
ise of being higher this year than has
even been known before. This is the.
natural result of the short crap of j
seed las. year, to be followed, in all j
probability, by
iion tms year.
come familiar with tile intricacies of
the many problems which come be
fore the commission for determina
tion. From a purely business stand
point, therefore, the interests of th;
state will be promoted by electing
Mr. Gray to the office which he seeks
and which he now so ably and accept
ably fills.
Mr. Gray is a gentleman of high
character, and enjoys the esteem not
years ago.
Mr. Fric',
gerald to show the rings td a custom
there who wished to buy a ring. He
carried it in hi3 hip pocket, but owing
to its bulkiness the pocket would not
button over it. Mr. Fricker took ex
tra precautions to prevent its being
lost or stolen and after leaving Co"-
dele and taking his seat on the A.. B.
and A. car felt It in his pocket and
then dozed off to sleep. Between that
a large circle of friends throughou
the state.
Mr. Gray's announcement of his can
didacy was not of a politician, but of
a straight-forward, earnest business
man dealing with a business proposi
tion of large importance. v In brief,
his platform is his oath of office, which
means no more and no less than that
aid his sudden arising doubtless droj-
ped it to the plush seat where It re
mained. When he discovered his loss
some minutes later telegrams were
sent to the conductor, who made a very
thorough search of the train without
success. - "
At the advice of detectives, the mat-
he will discharge the duties of the ter " as kept « l,let - but a dlI:Be!lt
office in accordance with the laws and "' atch ‘ a “any cities for
the principles of equity and justice. any party se!IinB rinBS answering the
He could not do less and no right dtscrlptlon furnished the detectives.
thinking voter would expect him to, Mr ' Fricker hal about B ‘ ven a11 hop,J!
do more of ever seeing the lost treasure when
Mr. Gray's strong announcement' :ast Sunday nlght Mr ' 0scar Glover ' a:1
and his recognized fitness for the po- expr<?93 “Wenger out of Macon, call-
eitlon of railroad commissioner, to- ed at th « Wlndsor and asked hlm U
gather with his character, as a mar. be had lost any dlamonds ' This
are considerations that appeal ford- br0UBht out ^ fact that a ca3e con -
bly to the sane-thinking voters of the ta,nlns 9up P asedly 3tpl « n dlamw “ !
state regardless of what may be the'r Tiug3 was ’ belnB he!d at the expre,i
attitude In the gubernatorial' race. offlce ln Macon - and that 11 was stamp *
On the whole, In the person of Mr. ed wlth Mr - Frlcker ' 9 firm name - V° a -
Gray, years of traffic experience, one' day Mr - Frlcker was ln Macon where
year’s service on the commission and * be f den '-fHcation of the property was
sterling worth and integrity combine conc A us i ve - Four of the rings were
to make an ideal railroad coramls- mhslnB at that tlme ' valued at *
cents
'f.,1.3 is live cents higher than the
! highest price that was paid last sea-
1 con. Last season when the cott..j
! se.d had aimos. all been disposed o..
fifty cents a bushel was paid. BjI
about this time of the year in 190$ toe
price current was 25 to 30 cents.
If the opening price for the season
Is any criterion as to what may bo
expected as the season developes it
is quite apparent, that the fortunate
owners of cotton seed will be sorely
tempted to part with it all. But t..e %
wise larmers will take good care to
protect themselves against the possi-
ble^demands of the nex: planting sea
son and not be caught facing such a
crisis asAeemed to threaten them this
year when it was feared a general
replanting might be necessary and the
report was general that there could
not be found seed enough to go arouud
for that purjrose.
With' perhaps 14 to 13 cent cotton
and 53 cents a bushel cotton seed in
store for them, farmers would seem
to be going up against a good season,
despite the shortage in production.
Ail in all the outlook cannot be said
to have a gloomy tinge to il now, and
the phantoms of despair that were
coming up over tbe horizon but a few
weeks ago now see mto have been laid
In their graves for good.
shows What a home
COMPANY WILL DO
eioner.
KBAL ESTATE MARKET
Detective Bunch was called into ser
vice and ln a short time the party Who
had sought to express the rings was
in ills custody and the other four rings
GOOD FOB THE WEEK‘ were re3tored ' Mr ' Fricker, with
some salutary advice to the man, re-
_ , fused to prosocute and allowed him to
Two Bareness and Three Stores g0 accept|ng as the t ? uth the st0 . y
Change Hands.
told by him.
,, , . ... From the man’s story It appeared
Considerable activity was manifested ^ be wag on the traln wlth iV .
in the real estate field during tbe Frleker an; , paM , Qg by the 8tat iMI ...
week, two sales of Importance being t|me aftw Fitzgera!(I wai lm3Beil , saw
recorded. These sales involve the
Illustration oF Value of
Southern Insurance.
The late Kyle \V. Smith, of Plains,
one of the well known citizens of that
section of the county, had taken out
an Insurance policy for but forty dajs
before death came. The policy was in
tbe Southern States Life insurance
Company, whose head offlce is in At
lanta. Although the ink, figurative
ly' speaking, was hardly dry on the
policy when the injured man passed
away, the SoutJern States was the
first company to pay the administra
tor the value of ths policy. This is a
strong recommendation for this firm
ly esiablished Southern company
offered. He was going to Brunswick, j South, such as the Southern State's,
to work, and argfied to himsef that if, has the satisfaction of knowing tba.
, the case on the seat. He opened .. ...
tnmsfer of two residences and three d |aw the . rlngs . The thougbt aj .j testing ;he fact teat t :., 3 man who in-
* 5 'curred to him that a reward would be 1 sures in a strong company In | th-
The three brick stores on Cotton
avenue, north .of the Parker Ware
house, were sold by Mr. C. S. S. Horne
to Mr. W. E. Mitchell, Arthur and
Westbrook having charge of the trans
fer. This property, which is very
valuable, brought a §ood round sum.
Tile two residences were sold
through Mr. P. B. Williford, One Oil
Felder street to Mr. J. T. Cottrell
and the other on Dodson street to Mr.
M. Jones, both sales totalling about
$3,000.
he turned it over to the conductor that
official would receive the reward and
he would get nothing. He according!/
kept tbe case and day after day stud
ied the newspapers for the reward ad
vertisement. Time passing and no
advertisement appearing he was at a
tl/ere will be no delay in the event of
his death, but ta: the benc&ciaries of
his policy will get the money prompt,
ly and in full.
Mr. J. H. Baker, of Americus, the
agent here for the Southern Staley
Company, wrote tbe policy on Mr
A MACON, HA* LADY TELLS
trunk. After two months had almost
passed he decided that the- parties
losing it were not seeking for it and
How Dodson’s Teething Powders he woaId •«» 90m » 0( ^ rings. Put-
Cured Her Children. i tlnB /our them In his pocket, with
j the sales tickets still attached.
loss what to do. Going to Macon to Kyle W. Smith. He has written in-
work, he took the case with him, ca •-j strance for a number of well known
rying it about with him most of the Sumter countyites, who were quick to
time or carefully locking it'In his appreciate the advantages of insur
ing in the Southern States Company
5 or 6 doses "GGfl"
case of Chills and TV
will cure any
er. Price 25c.
AVli^tl:
Her or i ct it ‘s Iilegr to it’’ 1
Xo performance is oftener postpon
ed than that of rising as cne man.
I have used Dodson's Teething packed the case wilh th « « t!l » r ,(> ‘ 1 a >°t of grape or blackberry wine, not' up A ■•T-'iS
r« with mv chi'dren and they rln « 3 In 11 wlth three paper ba.-k a few Sumterians are going to risk It
Powders with my children, and they
have always cured all bowel affections "o^ 18 and 9a »8 :it express the pack- U>ls summer,
and ether disorders of teething. TLey aBe bc> b ‘ 3 oiotber in Alabama. P d-!
check the bowels, cool the fever, and * :ng a value on the package of $9b
Boothe the child. 1 never feel safe aad ca iH n S it books, first attracted
without them in tl’.'e house."—MRS. W. attention at the express office. When
C. KEMP, 115 Garden stveet, Macor, asked for an explanation he declared
that he had a gold watch in tins
Dodron’s Pharmacy guarantees D id- package with the books and that he
son's Teething Powders to give satis- w-m'(I take it out. Returning with
the package he put its value at $3
| and insisted that it was nothing but
j books. As appearances did not indi
cate that he would ow’n rare or val
uable books, so immediately after he
| had left the office an Investigation of
Jin Kind You Have Always Bcughl| ^ T.
Bears the (Glover's acquaintance in Americus be-
Blgnatutc of ✓ /rivV./,. | ing known, he was asked for iuformH-
factiou. Try them at their risk.
CASTOR IA
lor Infants and Children.
. Most engagements keep as well
hot as in c:Jd weather. ,
decipherable name appeared inside the
case.
Mr. Frleker felt assured that the
man, a hard working mechanic, to'd
the entire truth and that hU Ignorance
and desire to secure any rew.ard that
might bo offered actuated him in his'
retention of the diamond rings.
"1 am satisfied," eald Mr. Fricker,
yesterday, "that hb will never "again
make a mistake that will bring him
so close to the prison doors. I 'be
lieve ho will be a better man as a re
sult of the experience, and I have no
tion as to the parties whose hardly desire to punish him.”
INSURANCE
The man who Insures his lire is
wise for his family.
The man who insures his health
Is wise both for bis family and
himself.
You may Insure heaitli by guard*
Ing It. It la worth guarding.
At t h e first attack of disease,
which generally approaches
through the LIVHR and mani
fests itself in Innumerable ways
TAKE —
TutfsPills
And saverour health.
ILL «* T HE LI,
■HOI IBB HBBB The Vegetable Suhjti( u ( e
LAMAR’S LEMON LAXATIVE (known as L L L t
acknowledged by leading physicians as Nature’s Great iff*-**84
disorders of the Liver, Stomach and Bowels. Acts eentiv-P^' i*a,
on these organs, instantly relieving apd permanently curin' t * ae ®»3
Biliousness, Indigestion, Constipation and Dizziness. 2
Ask your druggist—he sells it.
Looks Like Fine Prices House Long Established
Has
New
I,
The purchase by Dr. S. F. Ho\ve:l
of the^ drug business of Dr. D. T.
Davenport, anti which has been pend*
ing during several days, \va3 con
summated yesterday, and Dr. Howel;
i shortage in produc- j Bas already assumed control of this
The world’s demands; 0 ^ established drug house, so long
tor tlee products of cotton seed are ex* j identified wit.:' Americus.
pending with every year, they have »v. Davenport retires therefrom
become among the necessities of mod-| and will devote himself to o-her lines
ern conditions, and it is but lnevita- j a -tho'Jgh. his plans are/not fully an-
b e that a decreased production for j nounced as yet.
two seasons in succession should Dr. Howell wi.l retain his interest,
bring abflu; a tremendous jump iu in the recently organized howel!-
t ie market value. I Pother Drug Co.> and in the conduct
Yesterday it was stated that 531 of Us more recent purchase, the
bushel was offered for seed, j Davenport store, will have the very
VI
!@
— V——
No ginning outfit'is so :
economical and efficient as
... ~ nrm—mnmi mi ■■ 1
best and most capable assistants.
Full details of the u<*w business will
be announced in a few days.
The Davenport store, opposite the
new Council hotel property, in the
commercial beau of the city, is an ex-
ce.lent stand, and its' former popu
larity will bat be increased under the
new management. TLe store will be
entirely renovated, and many desired,
additions made. \
It Wl!l’b«ir the name of the Howell
'Drug Store for the present, at least,
and will rank among the leading busi
ness houses of Americus and of South
western Georgia.
12 CASES OF TYPHOID
IS TOTAL FOR SUMMER
The efficiency of a emner’s
llant is what brings him his
ousiness—its economy in opera-
;ion is what gives him his profit.
No ginning outfit turns out
such a perfect sample as the
Munger System—nor does any
other gin cost so little to operate
or require so little repairs.
The Munger System uses a
smallerfan thananyothersystem
of equal capacity and this one
fan both elevates the cotton and
blows the seed. The continu
ous suction gives a steady load
to the power instead of the
jerky load of other outfits.
The Munger System will
handle cotton perfectly under all
conditions, having a greater
cleaning and drying capacity
than any other gin. Having a
cleaner section in the Lint Ffue
System Ou
it also cleans the cotton after it i» 3r .
Our double drive distributor makesj
to successfully run six gins in a t
' only one' condenser and press l
time one or more of the gins may i
without -stopping the others.
We have prepared and copyrHy.
didly-illustrated book which givesMl
the Munger System in its different ca
It has cost us considerable lo prodaa
but we will be pleased to sendafrst
- who are interested in cotion ginning.
Continental Gin Company
Atlanta, Gs. Birmingham, Ala. Dallas, Texas. Memphis, Tenn.
Record in Americus Quite
Favorable.
r
Americus hi.s had a total of only
twelve cases of typhoid fever during
•the entire summer season to date, ac
cording to official records in the
Health Department, backed by th?
statement of City Physician Chambliss.
An excellent showing indeed'for a city
as large as Americus. ^
This total includes all cases among
white and cilored citizens alike, in
populatiin of 10,000, or about one case
to every one thousand of population.
Of this number,' eight cases orig
inated during May, June and July, and
four since August 1st.
It Is a fact worthy of deep consider
ation that the greater number of these
fever cases are In those sections of the
city removed from the sanitary sewer
age system—the ratio being about four
to one. This is a very strong argu
ment in favor of the needed extension
of the sewerage system In Americus.
City Physician Chamblisa reports
health conditiins here as very excel
lent at this season.
NORTH GEORGIA
AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE!
Dep’t of the University of Georgia.
DAHLONEGA
All the regular college courses, including Agrira
Mining Engineering, Languages, Music, Business, Da
Science and Art, Physical Culture and many other stm
Military Corp3 in charge of a captain of the United^
Army. Boys younger than 15 years not admitted. Boa
per month. Very healthful climate. Term opens Sq
All expenses for the year can be covered by l
For catalog, write to
G. R. GLENN,'LL. D., Pres’f, Dsidonefel
Warlick Bros.
LAMAR STREET.
SPANIARD CROSSES) THE
CHANNEL IN AIR SHIP
I’ur.’s to Calais Trip Successful! Pulled
off liy Mo ssunt.
(Special ta Tlmes-RecorJer.)
Deal, Eng., August IT.—With every
p'rospect of completion in the-coniplv-
tion of the aerial trip from Paris
London, which since the crossing af
the English channel by Bieriot and
oihers Das been the great aim of the
bird-men, Moissant, a young Spanish
aviator, descended near here today,
having accomplished the fight from
Parh3 to Calais and the Journey across
the channel to Dpal with an-ease an l
brilliancy rarely surpassed.
Flattery is a fault that is quickest
cured "by marriage.
Listen
Until September 1st we will sell l
Idwing garments:—White Skirts, all |
Dresses, and all Wash Suits at exactly
HALF PRIG
These are Great Barjj
Warlick Bros.
SUCCESSORS TO PINKSTON CO.
ar Motto—Toor Money Back II Ion Want It—But j
AMERICUS UNDERTaS
Undertakers and Ends
F. 0. MOORE, Funeral
Day Phones 88 and 231. Night Phonos