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THE AMERICUS WEEKLY TIMES-RECORDER.
GATHERING CORN IN
THE BIG CONTEST
Neighbors to Superintend
Work on Farms.
And Make Up Signed
Statement of What
the Results Were
the Acre.
BACK TO SUMIER
FROM OLD KENTUCKY
This Place for Ambitious
Young Farmer.
PLAN BIG INDUSTRY IN
CANNING OF POTATOES
TO REMOVE TO NEW 1 RATTLER ON fOAST IS
STORE IN OCTOBER EEAST FOR LAWYERS.
10M
ON THE COTTON i
HUDSON'S ijjjjl
Here Now.
on
The corn on twenty-two acres on as
many plantations, is to be weight'd in
the next few days in order that the
Mr. Young Will Once New Enterprise to Be
More Engage in Rais- Profitable and Furn
ish Market for Surplus
ing Stock
County.
m
This
Mr. S. H. Young has returned to
Americas from Kentucky, is looking
for a farming location, and will once
Six Carloads to Be Canned Fresh Stock to Be Sold At Americus Negro Prepares “Only Two thirds of
a Savory Feast. Crop of last Year;
Was Damaged By J
cessive Rains j, J
Opinion of C 0n
sioner Hudson.
Crop.
prizes offered to the growers of the more establish himself In Sumter coun-
lie8t yield to the acre may he award-1 ty, this time to stay permanently,
td on September 20. Mr. Young came to Sumter from
It is impossible to have a single Kentucky some three or four years
committee of two or three citizens-ago and bought a farm out on the Lee
make the round of the county, going .'street road from Mr. LigUley. There
from plantation to plantation, mea&-jhe engaged in the stock business, the
luring an acre wherever designated I raising of cattie and hogs. He found
and watching the gathering of tho it a satisfactory and profitable buei-
corn and its weighing or measurement.' ness, was well pleased with the re-
£o it has been decided that the best , suits, but as is often the case, a !itt:e
way. to get the exact facts relative! feeling of home-sickness and a spies-
to the yield on the acre selected uy j dSi offer from Mr. Tim Furiow fo:
each contestant is to have two or three ' the place lead him to sell,
neighbors, who must he land-owners, J Mr. Young returned to Wilmr.re,
measure off the acre, superintend tha!Kentucky., for a time before decid
Two hundred and fifty thousaur.
pounds sweet potatoes are to be can
ned at once at the plant of tire Ware-
j Progress Co., in Amerlcus. Arrange
jments to this end have been perfected,
j and the process of canning will be
gin just as soon as the company can
contract for all the potatoes require).
■ This is. a brand-new enterprise in
Amerlcus and will not only prove re-
I m-jnera'tve to the company, but sup-
ready market for
Tempting Prices.
Charles L. Ansley Of- Lawyers Are Asked to
fers Public New Fall ’ Dine Upon Stewed,
Goods at Special In-' Fried or Broiled Snake
ducements.
On the first of ^October we hope to
be able to move to/iur now store, now
on Toast.
10 lt * cot b
( - - - ... the eurpiu
potato crop. , etc., etc.
The process of. cannng is quite situ-} Having just returned from a trip to
p.e, and canned potatoes sell readily L
in any market. , j the " orl;! * ,rn a ""i eastern markets,
in fact, the canned sweet potatops I where bought one of the most at-
An Invitation has been extended a ‘'Expert opinions
number of Amer'cus attorneys to at- notwithstanding ( ;eor ■
. , .... . i tend and partake of what is probably this vear u-in i.’ , £lasc wioj.
e ng ciec e a t..e corner of Jackson j tiie m0l3t nove | aD4 j unusual feast ever thirds of what th "° tt ° re
and Fors.vth streets. | spread here, the piece de resistance Such is the eniphat^ 1 '' * as io H
Prior to that time we shall offer i being diamond back nattlesnake, the by Commlsslone/ o'f stateni Mt|
ost extraordinary inducements to' home-raised product served up id'Hudson. ° 8rlcuit «re
1 cash buyers for any and everything! styIe ]llost nppetlaing. I Mr. Hudaon takes is s ,»
. ,, , , , , ,. . Ratiler on toast, broiled snake, plain' who vn vp I—,,,.. .
In the way of dry goods, ladies ready-1 ,. . , . _ . . j 110 ^ a ' e issued optimistic
i or with omelette; diamond-back fri?:l, regarding the off* , f . uc
to-nvear garment.' of ail descriptions,| und rattlesnake stewed, is the appe-[i n enhancing the ^ ^
men’s, boy's and children's clothing. | tizing menu. crop and increasi-t U ? ° f tbe
. . <u » us output j
gathering and measuring or weighing as to his future course. Lands oi't
of the corn from it. and sign the j there sei! any where from flfid fa Slide
statement as to tne exact results to be. an acre. Roads are fine out there, tne
forwarded to Mr. Joel W. Hightower 'country Js well developed and a goa l
In Amerlcus. !fam rents by the year for a sum a).
The corn must be slip shucked berj.most sufficient to buy a farm in G?;r-
fore being weighted or measured, analgia.
the statement must be prepared and! The more Mr. Young thought over
signed up ae soon as the^ weighing it the situation the more he felt cm.
completed and forward to Mr. High- vincetf that there was no place for an
enterprising, progressive, ambitious
young farmer like Georgia, and that in
.. Georgia there was no place like Sum-
their test acre will yield 100 or more ter county, with its rapidly developing
(bushels of corn. .Vo one can spent system of fine roads, its glorious c'i-
■with any definiten&ss, thought until the 'mate and its varied products. So back
actual gathering and weighing or to Sumter county he decided to come
measuring has .heci done v,...„
I trade n
not fir.)
tower.
Great interest is felt in the results,
Jt Is claimed by several growers that
Measuring has been done.
Those who are successful in winniu
the prizes offered in the cante
And here he is.
Mr. Young will look around and se
cure himself a farm of 150 to 200
_. . , . ‘i ““"•'u “ 'aim ui row to UOO
which will be awarded as soon as the acres, well VatcrOj, and there he will
returns are in, will be requested to once more engage in the raising oi
wake known the system under which stock.
they worked in growing the corn, the) “The results In stock raising here
fertilizers used, the quantity to the are very satisfactory,” said he yes-
acre etc., so that all of the farmr-s terilay. “jjlock can be raised cheaper
of the county may have the benefit of here by far than it can be in Ken-
tbeir experience and profit thereby. j tucky and many other states, there is
It is probable that the returns will up trouble in disposing of It, and I be-
all be in within the next week or ten lieve it is an industry that will grow
days and the list of winners compiled to considerable proportions fn Sumter
and announced to the public. county. Vow that I am back here, 1
. - - ^ anxious to got to work once nioro
ESCAPED THE ROPt lu ^ZiSitOTOr
•will throw off my coat and got to
are as staple as granulated sugar ;i:! tractivi
! =aa he found today upon the shelv, , 'ried.
, l every retail giccery store in Amet-
.cus. which buy them from Georgia
canneries.
Now, however, a tome plant| will
supply tile commodity.
Plant Prepared For Business.
The Ware-Progress Co. canned and
shipped from Americas in July last
probably twenty carloads canned
peaches, put up at its plant here. The
plant is adapted to the "canning of
other products as well, and the com
pany will now look after the pleblu.i
potato.
Small potatoes, those about the sizi
of walnuts, are best for canning, and
these potatoes the company will j
Pay goodiprices. j ----- .—
These small tubers are peeled, bo>l-l m F ts ° E aearI 5’ all these lines rather
I in . .... .n . . . .
The invitation was extended
:ra! members of the local bar yeste
'V, declares that the showers aS
'r- late to be of any material valjl
.r.v In position to offer the
u inducements that they will
'sewhere.
There are a good many lines which
we are contemplating discontinuing
altogether and we are particularly de
sirous of closing these out to avoid the
trouble of moving.
We had hoped when we began build
ing that our new store would be ready
■ i '7*y »•« « vi auy material vai
Jay by Moses Henderson, a well known | “The cotton crop or ji„ ar , 1
negro here, who proposes to provide it* maturity by September 1"
t^he rattlers and serve them at a cafe ( dared Mr. Hudson. “After t
or not tnjjjft
■ave ever yet car- i here one night next week.
it is either made
. .v wiuci ujaue 0
Henderson Is an ante-bellum negro, nothing can retard or aj-.1
and his fondness for rattlesnakes 1.. general rain 'of a few' dnTlS
proverbial, He declares there is noth- .tio-nr—.i ‘•' S2 P|
ing sc juicy and tooth'some as a well
cooked rattlesnake, and he insists up
on his white friends enjoying til's
savory dish' which he will gladly pro
vide.
- Henderson already has two hugh dia
mond-hacked rattlesnakes In a coop and. the rain was of no ben.s.
at his home over on Mullet street herej -The cotton was given a serk
and will keep them fat for the com-' hack by the continuous ra'-
slight good in north Georgia wj.
cotton crop i a late, hut the- w
the result will not bo appreciatid,
.situation in South GeoreJ
"In south Georgia a large po-j
the cotton is dead and that rtit ,
lived ir.id advanced as far as h j
CCDI/C iait criurncr I orr “ y Cost ani] - ol tj
OI LIVL LUNG oENIFNC’E Work wlth a v,m - Sumter county suits
• • me, and here I propose to stay with
my family." '
Negro Gels Dozen Years! —
for Rape. j SMALL FARM SELLS AT
A VERY FAIR PRICE.
Two Hundred Acres Brings
$6,200.
George Reese, a Sumter counl y
black brute, Will serve twelve years
in the penitentiary, and may thank bis
•lucky star to escape the halter. Recto
■was convicted of rape in the Superior
court yesterday, his two victims be
ing littlfi negro girls, aged seven and
nine years respectively. Tie evidence
■was very revolting and the brutal ne
gro was # tried upon one case only, tin;
other still being held in abeyance.
Judge Littlejohn sentenced him : >
■twelve years in the pen.
SPECIAL UMIEIMYE.Ut
SALE AT TVARLIIK BEOS. CO.
\
ladles W ill Appreciate These Bargains ;
In Underwear.
AVarlick Bros. Co., succe-raors to)
Pinkston, are to put on a rema li
able sale in muslin underwear, be
ginning on next Monday and running
all through the week. Tree goods are
the output >>r factories that make a
epecialtv tn these lines and Warlick
Bros. Co. offej the most tempting bar
gains possible of them for
friends.
The sale yesterday 1 of 200 acres of
land for the round sum of $6,200 con
stituted the land sales In front of #.e
temple, it being legal .sales day. The
farm thus disposed of Is known as the
Kirven Place, and is located a few
miles west of Amerlcus. It was sold
at executor's sale and bought In v
Mr. William Andrews at near $20 per
acre.
STOMACH FEELS FIXE.
ed in a caldron of hot water, husbe..
of them at a time, and then put up ir. I
2-!b. cans, hermetically sealed. V.J
-sugar :s require^ in the ginning pro-1
ceTs; only the potatoes, and these a.i I
ready to he served by the housekeepei
at a moment's notice.
The process Is easy and Inexpensive
:r.d a savory -dish can be prepared for
dinner at the cost of a dime.
Fine Markets Afforded.
The canning 0 f potatoes will furaLh
market here for the surplus stoci.
and especially the small potatoes fo.-
h-'ch there is really little tleman'.*.
.Oftlmcs t’is local market is over
stocked with potatoes, and in suth
event they can he sold to the cannet .■
at good prices.
The 5-lb, can sells for 10 cents and
those sold in Amcr:eu= at present
are pat up in Darien, Ga.
The Ware-l’rogress Co. will can
about three thousand bushels as Its
first attempt in this direction, and ns
business increases will
for us by September first hut unavoid- j lag feast. I . latter part of May M(| J;ja ~"
able delays prevented, therefore wc! shouId ibe guests dispose of the To (he damage done l.y i ae stu
have be--n ohiiged to allow our stock! a:l t0 ° can go Into dampness was added th- daaa»
shipped as ready.' but rather than re-11 ° f Mucka,ee creek ' j" st . b >' '»e drougth of several Ji
......... ' : beyond bis home and kill a half dozen followed and w 'ch
move a this additional stock .we otter rattlers while the hungry guests genera, rains of'a 1 •
she! offer the trade special induce-1 wait | excessive rains of the period
Rattlers swarm over there, and ed filled the cotton with gras.
^Mraes has killed hundreds of big fel-1 drouth following ctnniej
trouble of moving them, j,
r'
than have „
We cordially invite every one int.r- in ,b * Parker woods ' - I Hope of recovery
f ; .. ' . c It is a fact well known that many Prom a carefir st i lv nf th#
T ,U , C8J a3 t V ee " hat "" Wi " esteem the rat- Hon of .ho Zon Z ,n7
for you during the next few weeks. | tlesnake a 3 an article of diet, and have of Georgia, I am convinced
As you well know it is cot custom- j « at *B tbe m for a generation. The ms.it I crop this year will not tie i
... - lie white, juicy and savory, they s iy, two-tidrds of the crop of las
and even more delicate than fish' or j Mr. Hudson s opinion is is
chicken. Many negroes, in Amerlcus ' contrast to the opinion reres
have eaten rattlesnakes. | pressed by Ed Inman, of Inn
The guests Invited by Moses Hender.; ft )aman , cotton brokers, anj
son to the snakefest next Tuesday the effect that the rains of a*
mg.it still have the subject under con- had tremendously advanced tit
sideration. j j, 0Ct3 of the cot;on cr0I) for
j and that the state of Gnrfi
PULLED GUN ON NEGRO
ary to offer reductions right at th;
ibeginning of the season but the fac:
that wq are obligated to move makes
us do so at this time.
CHAS. L. ANSLEY
WHITE MEN CAUGHT ON
CHARGE OE LARCENY.
Theft of Watch and Jew
elry Charge I. Stole Gum Register From
Bolton’s Store.
BUT FAILED TO FIRE. COMPANY IS READlj
BEGIN ON MR I
T..’ree white men were captured yes
terday by Sheriff Feagin, near Sumter
it output during the winter and” utriri I tk ? Chargc ot !arc ^ y and a-
• e petch canning season begins
July next
REV. BIVINS WAS AGAIN
CALLED BY CHURCH
Enters On His Fourteenth
Year.
I now held In Jail here pending Invest!-,
gation. It is charged that the men en-i
tered a dwelling some distance below j
‘Amerlcus yesterday and stole then-1
from two watches an dother jewelry '
One of the watches was found upon tl.c
person of one of the ■ suspects. The
trio are young men under 21, seeniine-
ly, and claim Tampa as t..- .r. home
port.
Two Mi-o-na Tablets Drive Away Di,-
tress From Stoniacb.
their
The "Grilling of the Coon" was the
thrilling' drama enacted at the court
Mouse yesterday, a sfory told in many
chapters.
HEALTH
INSURANCE
The man who Insures his life Is
wlsefor his family. s
The man who insures his health
Is wise botlj for bis family and
himself.
You may Insure health by guard
ing It. It is worth guarding/
At t h e first attack of disease,
which generally approaches
through the LIVER and manl-
l Test* itself in Innumerable ways
Itake.
And save your health.
Get a 60-crfht box of MI-O-VA tab-
!et$ at Dodsou's Pharmacy today a.v!
learn for yourself how easy it is 11
put your out of order stomach in per
fect condition.
MI-O-NA stomach tablets give la
slant, relief—and do more.
They- build up the stomach so quick
ly that in a few days belching, sou ■
ne*3. heartburn, heaviness, biliousnes-,
' headache and dizziness will disappear.
| MI-O-VA stomach tablets are guar
anteed by Dodson’s Pharmacy to cure
indigestion and all stomach HU, or
1 money back.
1 "1 have had trouble with my stom
ach for two year". I tried everything
I heard of. MI-O-VA stomach tablets
did me more than $25 worth of good.
Trey are the best In the world."—
Dennis Stephen. Conderspqrt, Pa., Feb
1st
i i fty cents for a large box of Mi-C-
VA at Dodson's Pharmacy, and drug
gists everywhere.
HY0MEI
■ I (fum/ao wch o mo B
Cores catarrh or money back. Just
breathe it in. Complete outfit, including
inhaler fl. Extra bottles 50a Druggista
Concluding b:s thirteenth successive
year of service as pvstor of Furiow
Lawn Baptist church, Rev. Robert I..
Bivins enters this week upon his four
teenth' year of labor, provided he de
cides to accept again the call of his
congregation, made unanimously on
Sunday morning.
I’AIB EXCHANGE.
Hugging to his breast a chewln£
gum register anj sprinting for h:s
( Cife. a country negro made a Mar.t-
! thon race course of the Lamar street
j pavement weat of Bolton BroC. 'yes,
| tp fday. And right in the waks of the
. fleeing gum snatcher came Alderman
I Bolton ,In high gear, brandishing ;
1 revolver of the vintage of 112 and call-
j .ng uiion the black delegate to ha’t
j and deliver the goods. Down 'tit-5
j street the pair of sprinters speeded,
j !m: at l “ e alley near the Howell drug
j store the frightened darkey dropped
his burden of chewing gam and few
stray r.ickeiu and kicitej out of sight
Sixth Factory In An
-Starts Short!).I
The stockholders of the
formed fertilizer company p
charter under the name 0! th
State Guano Co., and the sii
prise of this kind in An* 1 *
yesterday and perfeetei orp
Mr. Frank Lanier was (MS
dent, Messrs. George Oliver d
Oliver vice presidents; uJj
llanAl. Humber, seceriar?^
urer. The company
$20,000, and wi i do an Hi'
nes.3 in mixing and
commercial fertilize
i Xt w Back For an Old One—Hon h
Is Done in Amerlcus. ., . -- “•»", vyuMHBiwai * t .
_ ____ j 11 1,0 r, ' ar °i '-he bindings there. Il-i! j has already begun the • ■-
The back aches at times wl'a a dull 1>1 * t ° , 1 be '' n of th ® brew of re <tent large plant at the font ef9
ndescrlbable 'll* * ^ w . 9 » ‘hat cuf-s cm the lines of .he t> ' J
IfcJow-
Indescribable feellug, making you tire would have sustained
weary and restless; piercing padns, out, with gunerai trimmings.
•hoot across the region of the kidneys !
and again tha loins ate so lame to AX'OTHER FARM SELLS AT
•toop is agony. Vo use to rub or ap- j THE PRICE OF $26,000
*-■ • • — mu or ap-
That he will do this is the beartfe!-. I P‘J' a plaster to the back in this con-
wish, not only of every member of th,.
church body, but of the people of
Americas.
Mr. Bivins, may make hi3 intention,:
known on Sunday next.
V/.v-n the subject was taken up on
Sunday last, at the conclusion of th;-
morning service, the love borne the
pastor by his congregation was abur-
dantly evidenced. Vo other name- was
considered, or even suggested, an!
by unanimous and rising vote he was
again called as pastor.
This church has known no other
pastor, than Mr. Bivins. Widen It I
was organized thirteen years ago he
ontered upon his ministerial duties
there. It was his first church, and he
its first pastor, and together they have
waxed strong In the cause of right
eousness and in the love of an entire
community.
Mr. Bivins has received many flat
tering and advantageous calls from
other Churches during this period, bill
the unity here has ever remained un
broken, and the fervent wish of ail i»
that it may so continue.
‘ V' */**viv tidia EUU- - ■
ditlon. You cannot rsacb the cause Sumter LamN An- Still Greatly lu Be.
Exchange the bad back for a new and I niand.
stronger one. Follow the example of !
th 3 Amerlcus citizen. I The sa'e yesterday of another fine
J. W» Hodges, 312 Rets Park, Arner- Su31tcr cari,nt >’ farm for the round
leus, G.', says' "I am only tco glad' ‘ ,r!ce of Is reported, but fo:
to recommend Doan's Kidney Pills ot>vlo,u r<!,snna "’■> •-
Not only is marriage a gamble, but
it's on a very slim margin.
are a valuable remesy. 1 suffe-ed foi
a ,ong tone from dull pains through
tbe small of my back and I also had
trouble with the kidney secretions. The
passages of the secretions were irreg*
uiar and broke my rest at night, Read
ing of Doan’s Kidney Pills, I decided
to try them and procured a box. Their
use quickly rel'eved the pain aud
corrected the kidney weakness."
For sale by all dealers. Price ft)
cents. 'Foster-Milburn Co.. Buffalo. fOHBECTIOX IX RE PART
obvious reasons the parties to th*
deal did not wish to give out at this
time ail the information thereupon.
The purchaser will take possession
shortly, and will then disclose any
thing of general Interest bearing up
on the transaction. Tho sale was
made through Arthur & Wosbrook. real
estate agents. The deman'd for farm
ing land here Is aa great as ever at
any time recently, and all offerings
are^quickly absorbed at good prices.
V. Y., solo
States.
Remember tbe
lake no other.
agents for
name—Doan’s—and
A perspiring populace here will en
dure about two weeks more of dog
days, then the equinox and the frost
of Indian summer.
the United OF OOUXTY COJIMISSIOXEUS
In the report of the meeting of the
Sumter county commissioners of Sep
tember 5, the amount of ‘bills approv
ed for payment should have been $6-
0S5.65.
Watch Americus grow.
Next to a lecture advice I* about the
moyt useless thing.
board railways and will
guano in time for tie tall
GREAT SALE ITT OX
AT IV.
Prices Based <»n Fisc* I*
teen (flits (nil'
Mr. XV. P. Warlick, in
the Planters’ Bank la
this morning a phenoa
Ive sale in dry goods,
etc. A large stock, wa fL
ufacturero' cost, has **
Vho regular large stoc«
and the whole is t' 1 ™ 3
ers on a basis of 25 cfl
lar. Tlie bargains
seen to he appreciated ‘
of customers I 3 l,n “' : ...
to bo great. A lars e
capable assistants has
handle the sale and t e
disposed of quickly.
ter goods to go so
ning of a season Is *
the prices are lo w -
CAST0
For Infant! a»
Hie Kind You Haw