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the AMERICUS WEEKLY TIMES-RECORDER: THURSDAY. ArCt '* T 2; - 1810 LING ON WELLS AS EAST AS POSSIBLE INTEREST IN GEORGIA IS GREAT IN PECANS. [fort to Prevent 3[ frees Are Being Put Out jrther trouble. in Lower Section. being shown ■ 1 ughdut Souta , ’>‘t U empha.lz.-i ction by the great suitable for the Ivin* 2J0 ieet of inner casing Valdosta, (iu.. A u S u„ 22,-Unu.u., six-inch tuoe of one of tij . and increased interest Is welts at the city reservoir j in peean culture expressed that the trouble, Georgij. This inte: Sting may be remedied, aud ! in this immediate s a flow of sparkling, clear j demand for lands take the place o£ toe sligat- j growing of pecans and between two u-U water now used. thousand and three thousand acres, r Ansley is now Sending ev. j around Valdosta, will probably be te« W the eud ot remedying out this year in Improved varieties se at the pumping station i. j The South Georgia Real Kstate and s possible. j Development Co., cf this city, reeeut- ueceaaary to order several j ly put on the market 500 live-acre bf pipe, and as quickly as | tracts ot pecan lands, and although l«* It will be driven into the the hrst advertisement of the propo se point wlnere the present sitlon appeared on June 2C last, sev. cated. j enty-three of the tracts have already It Is understood, affects been sold. Nine states are represent- weil olos» by, the dlscolor- |»eeplng into it and giving to well a muddy appearance, ts of both are perfectly pure ■same, and the only posslhlo | to Its use is in the slight [Ion. [thought Saturday that the been remedied and the almost clear again on that luch waa not the case. It prmanently remedied, bow- the inner caning la driven [ leak in well No. 1, which other well nearby, neantlme many citizens are pter home from the uptotv.i and others. (OIINE ON WIFE IN DIES IN AGONY in Bibb Count) for Crime. to Tintes-Recorder.) , August 22.—Mrs. Alma rears old, lies dead at en miles front here fear- hile her husband, Wli- 40 years old. Is In jail Vith pouring gasoline behind and touching u e in the klichen stove u tills morning. Accord* ce of .a negro woman a‘tond the dying victim ati;', the dying wonnti led up and cried, point* isband. that ‘Will did it [According to the neigh- soon as his wife burst bed out to get help, earning on the floor. ed In the purchasers and every mail brings inquiries from iteople through out the North, Hast and West, regard ing the lands. A majority of (he buy ers in distant states have purchased two and th-ee acre tracts and Intend to come in this section and settle dur ing the next whiter. The company has advertised its offer extensively and the instant favor with' which It has been received ieeds the officers of the company *o believe that they wilt set* tie at least one hundred families nose this city within the next year. The entire freedom cf title pecan tree from blight or disease of any kind, to gether with Us long llfg and the tanc.v price aj; vyblchi nuts of the Improved varieties sell make their culture espe cially attractive. After the trees be gin bearing no other crop approaches it In value per acre. About all the owner has lo do Is to sit In the shade lit the summer and gather his pecans dn the winter. •»• *. -*•• JERSEY WAN Ll'l'KY IN DODGING DEATH . 1— THINK.pP^.-r'- 4 Mexican Mustang" Liniment AND WHAT IT MEANS TO YOU. Relief from pain that might dtherwise cause j'ou hours of agony. Tired out muscles eased up and made ready for another day’s work. Lameness in the ba"tk and shoulders promptly cured and stiff joints limbered up. Burns, Scalds, Cuts and Mashes ren 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-^ubr jn>nw*uu. LYON MFG.. CO. 41 to 45 So. 5th St, BROOKLYN, N.Y. CONGRESSIONAL FIGHTS HOTLY CONLESTED. r 4 —* — * Tom Watson Completely |SAYES M> MOM (Jt'IOKSAND misted B) Strain. the Ter. Mrs. i !kj u* 1 *] a tiq ■r hi rtea • jnjitJ ih I ■l* ‘‘“l lines*! flu* jul ^ I A ic*> ’ uiua’l ■at- fl 22.—■With every strained to the Mary Barth of yesterday helped her arth, to wrench hlm- iek-sand that threa:- n. . ' is wife and slowly oy inch, working up ko her waist as she rotn the iKnigh of a ly managed to free 1 sand that wat suck But in doing so if hi of the brave ■ llttb |blted the strength of ting the strain. Sit" her husband (Inal 1 free. Veil known in Jam- bass soloist in St burch. He weighs ounds. His wife is hey live on West rth went berrying t>rrd that there i be h»d on a piece the shore of Ja- | not know that In there was a J [CATCHERS* CELEBRITY I.—The appalni- Wesley Miller Borough of , where eve” has a dr- much tu ner. with a bit one of Itempted to orough res- jfr sentlmen: chaae of a Missed tt Three Times In One Sitting Iteeentlj. Glen Ridge. N. J.. August ".—Three times within u minute Edward J. Pay- soil was threatened with death todav and three times he escaped with only a scratch. Payson was driving down Clark street when a bl* branch of a tree fell, across Ills horso's back. Just missing Payson. His horse, frantic with palnfl raced down the street aud swerved suddenly, and thie careening carriage smashed ln:o tbe stone abu'- menf of tlio Lackawanna railroad trei tie. Payson was hurled high and land ed across the single track trestlu It feet above the road. Stunned for only a second, Pay- son arose and was about to congrat ulate himself on bis second escape, when he saw a train thundering to ward him. He managed to hobble to the end cf the trestle just Ir. time to avoid being cut to pieces. THE LATEST GREAT ISSUE OF THE SMITH CAMPAIGN give a as alts Atlanta. Ga.. Aug. In speaking of the fuss tbat-Uis been raised over justice commissions, Mr. Smith at fie Brown headquarters said: "Well, it seems that they bare founl an Issue at last. They have been try ing for more than a year and at las: they hit upon the clerical error of an overworked secretary In drawing a notary public's commission, an error that might have been corrected in much less time than It took to make a plate of the commission for reproduc tion in a newspaper, and they made » great issue of it. "Where are all the great 'prlncipka' of 1905 and 1900, 'my principles.' when they are forced to make their main Is sue out ot the Illness of one secretary (Special to Times-Rccorder.) Atlanta. Ga.. August 23.—The con gressional fights In the First, Tenth and Flf.ii districts were ,of special In terest and hotly waged. . - Indications are th'at Howard carried the Fifth, or Atlanta district, over Livingston; Edwards, the First, 'Savannah district, over Giles, and Hardwick, the Tenth, or Augusta dis trict, over Evans and Ee. Congress man Hughes, of the Third, had no opposition, of course. Felder, It seems, won out handily over Hall for attorney general. Re ports indicate a'ao that Gray won out easily over Hornady for railroad com missioner. Incomplete returns seem to Indicate the nomination of Stevens over Verry for railroad commissioner. MILES qtE IDLE; RAII.HOADS ARE SU FFERING New England ll<‘|Nirls Idle More Thau 50.U0U Operatives. GAIN IS THE GREATEST IN HISTORY Of STATE < Z jr - Property Values in Georgia Increase MilliQns. Atlanta, A*ig. 23.—Complete tax re turns from Georgia's 146 counties nho'.v total net gains over 1909 of 837,947,437.' ■which' la unprecedented In tbe blstor.* of tbe state. Four counties' only, show decrease.i. j Decatur, Lumpkin, Muscogee atm I Clay. . - - x . . ■„ ,~T»x I In the foregoing total, two counties* avhose tax receivers are behlndun ao-l fount of sickness,' are estimated. I Total returns allow, 169,598 dogs which' must pay 81 per head. j The estimated Increase In corpora tion tax returns mide to the Controll er General, ia 83,000,000, which mutt be added to increase tihe. county re turns to give the grand total of more than 840,000,000. r EXPENSE IS GREAT IN OPERATION OF RAILWAY Boston, Mass.. August 24.—Millions of spindles In the cotton mills of the country will be idle for periods vary ing from one week to sixteen days dur ing tbe last part of this month and the firs; half of September. Mills in New England employing 50,000 oper atives have a'ready posted notices ha- nouaclng a further curtailment and It Is understood similar action will be taken by many other concerns. In this Southern states more than 3,000,000 spindles will be idle oa« week In September. In New England a number of mills shut down tonight until September 6th next. Tbe two Cbace mills In Burlington, Vt.. have closed for an Indefinite pe riod, and the Queen City r#Ils, Bur lington, are running half time. A short time policy among num- eraus other cotton plants in New En- glad will be cotlnued during Septem ber. according to the present out look. Railroad freight business through out Massachusetts has suffered a per ceptlb'e decrease in volume. Some railroad officials in Boston affirm thn decrease has amounted to 7/ or 15 Central of Georgia-Pays Vast Sums. NORTHGEORGIA AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE Dep't ot the University of Georgia. 'PAHLONEGA, GA. All the regular college courses, including Agriculture, Mining Engineering, Languages, Music, Business, Domestic i Science and Art, Physical Culture and many other studies. Military Corps in charge of a captain of the United States Army. Boys younger than 15 years not admitted. Board $10 per month. Very healthful climate. Term opens Sept 7. AH expenses for the y^gr can be covered by $160. For catalog,, write to ^ V-JIR.CLE?;K,LL. D.i Preg't, Dahloncgi, Ga. / Warlick Biros. Co* LAMAR STREET: \ this? and the clerical error of another? Could any stronger lotion be cited j ^ showing has of their complete break down tuan h|U a0 tad e(fect on the Hr(ke , ... though It Is likely to have, If tha slump continues, as there In no way In which to reduce expenses except by curtailing tha service. Officials of the New York. N^ "Ha ven and Hartford .Boston and Albanr and Boston and Mains railroad* are at a loss to give any one definite reason for the trouble, except that condlUonn art generally bad. ONLY DEATH ENDED FAITHFUL DOCTOR’S LABORS lVrsie FreserlpHaa While He Was Dying. Philadelphia, Pa.. August 24.—Ur. Walter Franklin Atlee, one of the city's best known physicians, who died at No. 210 8outh Thirteenth (treat from congestion of the lungs yester day. to the hour of hi* death contin ued to receive patients. He waa eoml- cious .until a abort time before he passed away. When he waa told that a woman pa tient had called to see him bo di rected that she be' admitted to bis n. While propped up on pillow*, he wrote a prescription for her. and a* soon as she left the room he said goodbye to members of his family. Instructed tps wife aboiR his fun eral and lapsed Into uneonsdoisnc". Dr. Atlee was born In Lancaster l.i 1828, and was tbe son of John L. A> lee, also a surgeon ot wide reputation. ILLNESS OF GEO. M. HARPER IIAS BEEN QUITE SERIOUS Operation Performed on Tuesday Successful. The coat of maintaining and operat ing a great railway system is inter esting when the details of the expen ditures are studied from the annual reports. • The annual report of Uo Central railway contains these fea tures, and a perusal of the Is interesting to Americus people, at! to those elsewhere. Take, for instance, the cost of main tenance or way and structures; th e Includes the roadway, station houses, fences and yards. It costa 81.882,215 of tbe companj't income and was 8337,510.95 in ex cess of the previous year. For In stance, tbe cross ties are the largest Item, these costing 8367,095.26. Labor expended on the roadway cost 863),- 800.16. Tho superintendence cost 8128.580.17. In the maintenance of equipment tbs superintendence cost 879,105.09; re pairs to locomotives 8594,201.94; re pairs to passenger cars, 8106.806.74; while the freight car repair bill nn a trifle under 8700,000. Tbe cost of equipment was 83.93C- 096.46, which was 883.592.7f- less than the expenditure of the previous year for this same item. The transportation department Is where a vast sum went. It consumed of the gross earnings £u sum of 83.684,788.53. tbe Increase being 8252- 693.83 over the previous year. Fuel cost 8677,395—quite a nice coal bill, eh? In the matter of persons] Injuries 8230,689 was expended In alleviating those who were Injured or killed. Pas senger engineers drew 81*2,949, and freight engineer* 8235.545. while p*<- New arrivals will be noted practically every day from now on in all departments. Make us a call every time you are down town. SPECIAL FOR THIS WEEK. figures Pure Silk Hose, Lisle top, Heel and Toe, a wonderful value 50c. Per Pair. Warlick Bros. Co. SUCCESSORS TO PINKSTON CO. ar Holts—Toar Money Back if Ton Want It—Bit Ton Want Mr. George At. Harper, one of ter'a aged and esteemed citizens, 1# quite III at his home here. An op eration performed a day or two ago at tbe Americus Hospital, waa quite n successful, and entertained for hie hie weight of 68 years. Thing the Howard Watch Co. ever did was to bring out a 21 Jewel Railroad Movement. They have just been put on the market, and we have received the first one in a 25 year, gold filled senger conductors and baggage men case. Call and See what a handsome watch it is. Fricker & Bro. In-peclors, Filth DhLion, S. A. L. Railroad, Americas, ( received a trifle under 2375,000. MAKES TEETHING EAST. Pod<on'.s Teething Ponders Mill Cure Tour Baby. Dodson’s Teething Powders loctor children. slve3 FULEY5H0NEMAE Oorts Bel Js« Praraata Paeeiaeelt strength and makes teeth macy Powders to you, money If you are i Accident and Health Insun WRITTEN BY J. A. Davenport, Agent.