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THE AMERICUS WEEKLY TIMES RECORDER. TH URSDAY. MORNING SEPTEMBER 15. 1910
SUMTLRIS LEADING IN
GROWING OP PECANS.
Several Pine Orchards in
County.
CONVICTS USED IN
SOME CITIES
Among the visitors in Americue yes
terday was fJr, Edward J. Willing
bam, one of..Macon's representative
■business men, who made the.trip here
aboard his handsome touring ear anJ
I .spent the day inspecting a portion ox
Sumter's line roads and the several
1 pecan groves in this vicinity.
I Mr. Wiliingham is an enthusiastic
hortlciilturaiist and found muc.i here
that interesled him in pecans, as iu
I diversified farming.
The fact that so much attention Is
I given pecans in Sumter surprised
f 'Willingham, who rather expected t >
I see the industry developed to greater
1 extent around Albany and Bacontoa,
j -where he goes todaj\
Among the particularly fine groves
I visited yesterday was that of Mr
I Hobert S. Pryor, who has seventeen
f hundred trees on his fine plantation
[ below America/ and Mr. H. W Smith
[. 'wick's splendid orchard of probab’i
I 1,500 trees in the surhurbs of th;
city.
Mr. Smitbwick is president of the
National Nut Growers’ Association,
which, by the way, meets in Americas
next July in annual session, and there
Js no better authority upon the pecan
than he, or a more successful grower.
Mr. Willingham was quite enthus-
, iastlc over both-the Pryor and Smitli-
-wkdc groves, which promise enormous
Tcturns to their owners ere long.
On the Phyor place he was shown
lan-dsome trees of budded pecans, lit-
I craliy loaded down with ciusterd o'
magnificent nuts of the '‘.Mobile" va
riety. This is esteemed as one of
the choicest nuts and readily brings
from 75 cents to $1 per pound among
the fine confectioners of the North.
■Several trees seen by him yesterday
■will yield from forty to fifty pounds
each, it Is estimated.
Mr. Pryor has many trees four to
eight years oid, that are in hearing,
while twelve hundred trees planted
test fall will yield a rich harvest ai
five years of age.
With these gentlemen and others
here engaged in pecan culture Mr.
iWJUingham exchanged experiences up
on the best methods of planting and
cultivating the trees. He has six
hundred trees on his farms In Macon
county and in Bibb, and proposes to
plant an additional thousand trees
there this fall.
' Mr. Willingham believes there Is a
r great future for the pecan industry
•and see* no possibility of It being
! overdone,' as there will always be a
demand for this gVeat nut crop. He is
'©viiffc It careful and thorough Btudy.
and expect to realize handsomely from
bis Investments fn that direction.
Today he will visit the Wlare-Prog
mbs Orchard -here and the Webb
farms, where hundreds of treeB are
■being planted', going thence to see the
pecan groves of Dougherty county.
Atlanta Derives Much Good
From Their Work.
AMERICUS IS STILL IN
LIST OF GIESSERS
On
Figures the Bureau
’ Will Give Out.
ANOTHER PRE1IY HOME
OUT 0N*LEE STREET
Mr. Tom Bell Buys Large
Lot There.
L L L F0R the liveJ
BbB Ban BHB The Vegetable Substitute F ,
And
who took this directory census
11.270 people were here.
Whatever tie population may he :h»
announced ior they want to b
right on the matter. »
JULIUS BROWN WAS
SHOT YESTERDAY.
Albany Youth May Lose Arm
as Result.
1ATTRACTIVE DISPLA Y OF
j POMPEIAN ART WARE
i 'Allison Fnrnitnre Company Receives
Large Consignment.
I One of the large display windows of
I the Allison Furniture Company on
I Knunar street, is filled with an attrae-
I tlve display .of Pompeian art ware
that la attracting much attention. The
I bouse has just received a large cor.-
L eignment of these goads and alreal-
■ a considerable demand Is reported for
them.
New furniture of the latest patterns
I to meet every household requirement.
Is constantly being received by the
Allison Furniture Company. This
I house keeps Its stock up to a high
standard at all times and the increase
In Its trade Is very gratifying.
ISAAC N. MCRPIIY DIES
AT HOME NEAR AMERICUS
Former Resident of City Passes Awaj
Monday.
Mr. Isaac N. Murphy, a former resi
dent of Americus, died Monday morn
ing at his home in Sumter, east of the
city Mr. Murphy was about 40 yearn
of age and had been 111 some time. His
j wife survives him. He will be burled
| this morning at 10 o'clock at Salem
church, out east of Americus.
Anont the recent effort to secuie
legis.ation under which the coun'y
convict force of Sumter would work
public highways right up to the
court house, instead of stopping a;
the city limits, It will be of iptere.t
to reproduce facts brought out by the
Savannah city authorities who. con
templating a similar use of the con
victs of Chatuam wrote to other Geor
gia cities for information.
Of the four cities heard from thre
receive some assistance from the coun
ty, though as a rule but very little.
Atlanta appears to be the beyt off in
this regard.
The letter from Atlanta quotes t',;v
charter of the city which says: "Tie
commlslsoners of roads and revenues
of said county be, and are hereby in
vested with the exclusive control or
said convicts, and with the sole pow
see fit to direct that said canvic’s
without reference to proportion of pop
ulation between the city of Atlanta
and the county outside of said city;
provided, that whenever the said com
missioners of roads and revenues shall
see fit to Idrect that said convicts
shall work on the streets of the city
of Atlanta, that the grade, style and
Character of the work shall be de
termined by the city aqthorities,-but
the particular locality or streets upon
which the work is to be done, shall
be decided by a qjajority vote between
the members composing the board or
commissions of roads and revenues
and commissioners of streets and set -
era ot» the siad city, or in the
event of the abolishment of the
said hoar of commissioners of
streets and sewers, the street commit
tee of the city council of said city.”
The letter says: "You will see from
the above that the county can ar.d
does do work In the city of Atlanta
and is supposed when doing work to
work in conjunction with the Street
and Sewer Committee of council, j^s
a matter of fact, the county does con
siderable work within the city, b:t
does not work through co-operation,
especially with the street committee
"Most of the work of paving street,
in the city done by the county is done
on petition or request of a number ot
citizens from the locality in which the
work Is desired, who appear before the
county commissioners, and they cam!.
!y pass upon the work witbont consul
tation with the street committee. The
street committee of council makes no
objection to this manner, because It
Js Just that much work done that the
city is saved from doing. not explain it hlmseif
“The finance committee cf council
frequently appears before the county
commissioners and asks for help for
certain work to be done within the
city or % for the benefit of the city,
which Is sometimes granted and some,
tlmes not. Just at present the county
Is under promise and will soon beglj
furnishing 150 able-bodied men to
do the heavy grading and excavating
In connection with the work on our
sewer system and waterworks plant
recently voted under a 13,000,000 bond
issue. ,
"This gives you about the situation
in Atlanta The county does consider
able work In the city and for the city
on Its streets, and excavrtinff for sew
ers, etc., but in most cases uses its
own discretion about when and where
they shall work and the street and
sewer committee of council counts
themselves 'just so much in,’ and do*i
not quarrel with them because they
do not confer with them about the mat
ter.’’
Rome, according to the letter recei v
ed in response to the one sent from Sa
vannah at Alderman Wilson's request,
receives assistance from the county.
The letter in part says: “It has beep
customary for several years past fo-
the obalngang while In winter quar-
Americus people are still impatient- Another beautiful new home is
'■y awaiting the announcement Iron'promised early in the coming'year, in
tile Census Bureau relative to her'
the rapidly Improving section out on
population, and while the figures may Lee street extended,
he in a manner disappointing "hope This section of Americus', one of t'.:o
deferred makoth the heart sick." anl most promising of ail the territory
t./ey want to know just what it is. surrounding tie old and sa.idlv built
The guesses as ta the population portion of the city, gives promise oi
vary considerably and it Is feared by becoming the home place of many
many that w.ien' the population is an- business men and others who are nut
nounced that It will be somewhat of averse to being some distance from the
a disappointment. heart of the city.
At all events we want to know ami Mr. Tnomas L Bell, the Jeweler, is
have It over with. s the latest to buy land in that section
That the federal census will give us with a view to establishing a pretty
a population around 9,000 is generally home there in the near future,
admitted, although there are fully 32,- Yesterday Mr. Bell completed the n
000 people here when tjose living In gotlations for the purchase of a lo*
the suburbs. Just Without the city with a frontage of 75 feet on La.:
limits are counted. But Uncle Sam street and a depth of 450 feet. Th?
did not count these outsiders as i ot ;j es j ust beyoDd Hill street, be-
'those of us.” tween tie properties of M&irs. *
The school census, taken .two years Walker and Edward Everett, on the
ago, "are a population of 11,270, and eastern side of the street. The lot
ther- was the name of every one of was bought from Mr. Walker at a
then, in the directory published at price that showed the'substantia! a.I-
that time, to say nothing of many who I zance values in that section in re-
were ove^ooked by the enumerators cent years
Important School
OUTFITTING SALE
Bargain prices on every day. Schon
needs for boys and girls. Everythin
in our store will be sold at bawli
prices during this sale
Mr. Bell will have designs made for
an attractive residence that will have
every modern convenience. It will ba
?eop,e of the city would like to,see it erected next spring, and will be occu
*-:t
Passengers coming to Americus last
night on the ten-forty train from Al
bany brought Information of a serious
accident which befel young . Julius
Brown, the 14-year-old-son of Mr. and
Mrs. R. B. Brown, of that city, while
out hunting yesterday afternoon.
Young Brown was alone at the time
of the accident, and a goqd deal of
mystery surrounds the affair. His in
juries were evidently caused by the
discharge' of his own gun, but the
manner In which this was brought
about Is unknown. The gentleman
who found the unfortunate youth :n
pied by him and bis family.
It is quite probable that other new
homes will at that time add to the
colony already In that section.
x 7—t —
A large variety of school bags. Prices package 5c.
ranging from 5 to 10c.
asrvlctalble and convenient lunch
boxes at 19c.
Tablets of 111 tirades.
Pencil tablets, 1, 3 and 5 ceau,
: Ink Tablets, 3, 5 and lit
High grade lead pencils at 3, 2, 3 and eWt
Composition books, 3,5 an( j jj
5 cents.
Pencil sharpeners—last a lifetime—at
03 ch lc.
GIN PLANTS ARELGOING
NOW AF FULL[SPEED
Several in Sumter Running
Full lime.
Pincil boxes at 5 and 10 cents.
Wax marking and drawing craybns, at
Examination book, u sheets
Rrade finish, at 5 cents.
Fountain Pens at any price i,
up to the best.
Good serviceable book straj
each.
W.A. J0YNEE.
The several cotton ginning plants in
Americus, especially those of the Far-,
mers Oil Co., and the Americus Oil
Co., the Plains, Andersonvllle, Sumter
and Leslie plants,- are all running ot^
full time. On account cf the high
price of the green seed mo>t of tho
farmers are selling at the gins. Thirty
dollars a ton Is the price they are re
ceiving for the seed, and at this price
>st of them are not keeping the
green seed far stock fertilizer or -reed
ing. TMs is about |7 to $8
- . —. — .- IU «o a tou
the woods and brought him to Albany higher than was the case at the first of
could not tell anything abot.t the acci- the ginning season last year, when th»
dent and the youthful victim is so seed brought from about 120 to $25 a
weak from loss of blood tLat he can- ton-
Wedding Gifts
Just received new line of Hal
Painted China suitable forWj
ding Gifts. Also full line of Silf
and Cut Glass. See me befi
His left forearm-ls terriUy shatter
ed, having received tbe full discharge
of the gun and the doctors vyno are
'attending him fear that amputation
may be necessary.. The condition of
the unfortunate youth Is considered
dangerous, and fjie accident may y-*t
result fatally.
MURRAY DUNN 60ING
SOON TO MONTGOMERY
TWO MONSTER BIG SHOWS
ARE COMING TO AMERICUS
Haec-n«eck-Wallace and tbe Robinson
Circuses.
As Assistant to Physical
Director.
Murray -Dunn ll to leave Amerlcu
on October 1st for Montgomery,
where he has been tendered the posi
tion of assistant physical director ot
the Montgomery Young Men’s Cbrtat
tan Association, In which te feels
keenest-interest. During tbe past
year Mr. Dunn has been connected
with the Americus Y. M. C. A. In that
capacity, and has recently complet'd
the prescribed physical course at the
Silver Bay, N. Y„ Training SchoV,
ters near the city to do some work I W “* re , h " f f d °* en prizes tor * enera
on the streets, and crush rock for th'lr ,f y ' D ath ' €tlCB were awards
«it„ i. -..t v .v- IT 1 *®- Mr. Dunn is one of Americus
city to use through the year. The
city does not get what It thinks It 's
entiCed to, but just what the coun'y
authorities arq disposed to give. T:i >
city, not having’any legislation on the
subject. Is not in a position to denran 1
anything in a legal way."
The letter from Columbus says.
"Our city has no arrangement with th
best and most popular young men and
his hundreds of friends here congrat
ulate him upon the responsible posi
tion tendered him In Montgomery. '
Americas will welcome the elephant
in a dou'ule-header of hilarious mirth
In Octobertime, as ^otb the Wallace
Hagenbeek circus and the reliable
John Robinson show is treaded this
way. Both tented attractions are ai
ready bilking Atlanta, and the South
Georgia Capital.- Americus, Is. on the
list of towns to be visited as well.
buying.
THOS. L. BE
THE LEADING JEWELER.
Bristle Hair Brush
AMERICUS PARTY RETURNS
HERE FROM COLORADO
Mrs. Pugh and Daughters Are at Home
Again.
Mrs. R. M. Pugb, with daughters,
Miss Louise and Miss Lily Brown .
returned Sunday night from Colorado
Springs, Col., where they have be >u
all summer, stopping over a week In
Chicago en rout^.
FARMERS WANT LABOR TO
PICK OUT THE COTTOX
A loose brick- on the sidewalk fre
qucntly trips the light fantastic toe.
I A man whio Is always figuring th.
j Interest on his money Isn’t necessarl!;
L* man of principle.
ft
CASTORIA
For Infanta and Children.
Fftfl Kind You Have Always Bough!
Bears the
Signature of
county authorities to do any work In- r w J „
side the citv limit. Occasionally, 31c88 ”’ Edgnr C * ***• and J * T.
though very rarely, the county will
give us the use of Its chalngang for a
day or two when some unusual wck
!a to be done on the streets.”
The letter from Augusta shows that
there Is no arrangement In that citv
with the county authorities to have
the coanty work in the city limits.
LATHAM, ALEXANDER’S
DAILY MARKET REPORT
Demand Is Great AVblle Weather Re-
mains Good.
All around Americus the fields are
whitening wifh what there Is of the
cotton crop, and farmers are getting
It picked out as rapidly as poseblie.
All available help on the farms Is
pressed Into service, while the town
darkey la hauled out and put to
work as well, although he Is n-n
FOR HOIWF iv riti i- wni’u ' W ° rth ^ 8feat d * al ln ^ cotto »
IOR HOUSE IN COLUMBUS or elsewhere. This demand for extra
labor take* the colored cook and th
unbleached laundress who wreaks th
family linen at hier washtub, and the
housekeeper here In town la now up
against the help proposition for
time.
OTHER BUYERS IN AMERICUS
The very thing to give your hair glo
vigor one of those solid 'back Bristle
Brurhes. We can please ycu with qua
pnee.
REMBERT’S DRUG STM
AMERICUS UNDERTAKK!
t 1
Undertakers and Embalm*
F. 0. MOORE, Funpral Director
Day Phones 88 and 231, Night Ffinnes
fifii
Special Barg*
W'aUs Here.
Two additions to the force of Ameri
cas cotton buyers are Messrs. J. T.
Watts and Edgar C. Mayo, represent
ing the weKknown firm of J. B,.Hols.
& Co., of Columbus, both' of whom will
be here for some time. Mr. Edwarl
auto Was damaged by
COLLISION WITH TREE
Porter, who has represented Hoist * Accident Orenrs Yesterday on The
New York, September 14.—Thecot-
ton market waa lifeless today, fluc
tuations ranging within a few points.
Spot sales seventy-five - hundred
aaleg at ten points decline.
Co. here since the cotton season Open
ed, will go to Athens next week
the representative there.
Plains Road.
The Bsiiek car of Mr. Henry Lanier
was considerably, damaged yesterday
afternoon In being driven accidentally
Americus will never become a real against a tree out on the Plains road.
progressive city until Its business The ear wre boipg driven by Henrv
streets are paved. Such I* the com-1 Lanier. Jr., and tbe damages sustain-
4. ® ent ot rtiltors hers. , l l u flcai ed can be repaired hers, ... ,t ,,1,^
in Land for the next ten
days offered by the Les*
lie Realty Co.
LESLIE REALTY C<
LESLIE, GEORGIA.
Mos'[
NATIONAL LIFE INSURAN
One of America's Strongest and.
servative Companies.
Henry J. Bagley, geneR* 1
Planters Bank Bldg., .America