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AMERICUS. GEORGIA. (WEEKLY)- TIMES-RECORDER. THURSDAY. OCTOBER 6.1910
BIG FORCE fS WORKING
ON MUCKALEE HILL.
County Gang \o Reduce it
to Grade.
Old "Muckalee HU1,” which for a
century has stood as impregnable as
Gibraltar to the feeble attacks made
upon It by the city's street force, is
now crumbling .before the Irresistible
onslaught of the county convict!, gang
and efe long will be reduced to an
even grade.
Supt. Christian now ■ has a large
force of zebras tearing up the red
dirt there, and the desired work will
be quickly accomplished.
This steep hill, which for so long
has been an insurmountable obstacle
for Amerlcus, located as It Is one and
a quarter miles from the city, now
belongs outside the limits by
cent act of the Legislature.
For fifty years or more the old' bill
was on the county rather than within
the city limits, but once, in a spasm of
enthusiasm, the city limits were ex,
tended and Americas swallowed the
hill. It was a drastic dose, and pre:-
ty nearly strangled the patient ere
a remedy was sought
The bill is an Important part of
Sumter's highways, being the approach
to the Plains and SmfihvUle roads
alike.
It will require but a short tlme'fv
the county forces to grade the hill
almost to a level, thus insuring a
good road of the uniform width of thir
ty feet to Muckalee bridge. This Im
provement .will be of Immeasurable
benefit to people seeking Amerlcus os
a market
Just now it is almost impossible fot
teams to get over this hill with a
heavy load, and the grading of It will
prove a public blessing to the who.e
county.
LIGHT VOTE IS POLLED
YESTERDAY IN SUMTER
General
Small Interest in
Election.
IMPORTANT ANNOUNCED
While an unusually light vote was
polled In Amerlcus and In the coun‘,y
yesterday In the general election for 1 g
governor, statehouse and county offl- W IrClVi
cers, the result did not indicate lac*
of Interest among the staunch friends
of the many candidates offerjfig.
Tide result had been determined in
the primary of August 13th, and the
regular election' yesterday was on-v
confirmative of that result.
The full ticket went through hero
without trouble.
Only 243 votes were polled at the
Amerlcus precinct, the lightest in
number of years. In the county, out
side of Amerlcus a corresponding v
light vote was cast at the two or three
precincts at which the polls were open
ed. «
These results were not sent In' last
nigfct. f
Less than a dozen votes were polleJ
against Gov.-Elect Smith—about seven
It was stated at the voting booth.
The several constitutional amend
meats went through here beyond all
doubt, while all of the county officers
from Clerk Allen and Sheriff Feagln
down to Coroner Jenkins recelwd the
full vote cast. The election throigh
out the day aroused little Interest.
The returns from the county pre
cincts will be received' and consolidat
ed this morning.
A BUNCH OF SUNBEAMS
IS TAKEN EOR EIRE
FUNERAL OF BENTON LARKIN
MILS HELD YESTERDAY
Former Resident of Americas Died on
Monday.
The funeral of Mr. B. G Larkin,
who died Monday In Atlanta, was
held at Oakgrove cemetery here yes
terday upon the arrival of the train
from, that city and attended by many
friends here. "Mr. Larkin was 70
years of age, and a Confederate vet
eran. He enlisted in 1861, and was
member of Company 8, 10th Norm
Carolina Artillery. He was in the
campaign in Virginia, and surren
dered with General Lee at Appomal-
"tox In 1863. Mr. Larkin is survived
by his wife apd by a stepdaughter,
Mrs. Warllck, of Amerlcus. 1
\
EATS THIRTY-SIX EGGS
AND STILL IS HUNGRY
Americas Negro Devours Hen Frnlt
Wholesale.
Thirty-six raw eggs swallowed at
one sitting was th e feat accomplished
yesterday by an old negro here, and It
lost an Amerlcus policeman $1.05 to
see him do It. The old darkey was
looking hungrily at a case of ''em
balmed'’ or cold storage eggs as Offi
cer Tinsley passed by. the old negro
-<r£tnarking that be would so much Ilka
to have "about three dozen of ’em
raw." Never,dreaming that cuff could
do It. the officer offered to pay the
freight If the eggs were nested und:i
the ragged old vest. The old nest-
wrecker lumped at the offer, and In
side of five minutes the three dozen
raw eggs were Inside of him. Tingle”
promptly paid the costs at 35 cents
-per dozen.
HEAPS OF CRANBERRY
SAUCE FOR THIS WINTER
Growers Can’t Get Help Enough
Gather Damper Crop.
'Toms River, N. J., September 30.—
The cranberry harvest Is more than
half over; the frosts are du. any day
and tfe growers are hustling to get
tl.c lierries off the vines. It will he
the biggest harvest ever made !u
South Jersey, and, what' is un tsua
with a big crop, the fruit Is large,
handsomely colored and finely flavor
ed. Two reasons are given to* the
big yield. One is that spraying regu
larly and generally has eliminated the
scald- The other Is the vast increase
in acreaage that has come Into bear
ing In the last few years.
Th'e crop is so big that the grower*
are hampered In gathering it. The
small growers depend on their neigh-
'hors to pick the berries, and the
larger ones have been going to Phil
adelphia after foreign pickers, but
not enough of either can be found to
/pick all the berries before cold weather
sets In.
firemen Run to Extinguish
Old Sol.
lAmeficus' fire edpartment his fre
quently been: called out by nervous
people who mistook the rising moon
for a fire, but not, until yesterday
were they ever called upon to put
out the sun and arrived on the scene
to find frightened people already busy
on the job.
This last alarm was sent In from
the Wheeler residence on Jackson
street, near th e Seaboard depot.
When the firemen arrived a lar?
crown of neighbors were already upon
the scene and the usual excitement
prevailed.
One woman had unlimbered tin
garden hose and was playing a small
stream of water upon the roof of the
kitchen. Chief McArthur was assured
by the fair volunteer In hobble skirt
that the), blaze was .inside the new
kitchen anid burning briskly.
Chief McATthur entered the- biscuit
■works and found—a handfiul of- earlv
morning sunbeams playing upon the
bright tinware on the walls. Noth
ing more.
WHERE DO ALL
THE PENNIES GO TO!
Millions ol Them Disappear, ButTlicy
Cost U. S. Only 13c a 100.
Washington, D. C., September 30.—
Although the Philadelphia mint co'ned
146,000.000 pennies last year and n.any
other millions in years before, the
mystery of where the little u.-ppere
;;c i£ still unsolved, an'd D1 recto.- ol
the Mint George E. Roberts est mates
the tug plant will make another 100,-
fOOCOO this year.
■ •pnnles, more than any other sort
of coin, disappear from circulation
mysteriously. The government docs
not mind coining them, for It v'clds
a fine profit. A pound of copper cost
ing about 13 cents will makj $1.00
In pennies.
HANDSOME HOME IN MACON
IS SOLD FOR $21,000
(Special to Times-Recorder.)
Macon, Oa., September 30.—11.
Horne, a prominent real estate deal
er, today bought of Mrs. Wallace Mc-
Caw the Edward Comer place r„i
Orange street, formerly the hom e of
W. Jordan Massee. The price pitd
was $21,000.
We hope to move Into our new building on
corner of Jackson and Forsyth streets now in af,
and prior to removal we have a good m a
things we want, to close out entirely and others!
quantities of which we wish to reduce greatly before!
moval., In order to do this we are going to offer sj
inducements in the following lines to move at
FOR THE CASH ONLY.
Ladies’ Muslin,
Muslin Drawers
Underwear.
35c Ladies' Drawers, now .. ..
. 23c
40c Ladles’ Drawers, now
..25e
Entirely too much
of
50c Ladles' Drawers, now ....
. 89c
this and we make the
75c Ladles’ Drawers, now
..59c
following prices to make
$1.00 Ladles’ Drawers, now .. .
. 75c
it go rapidly.
•
Muslin Gowns
Corset Covers
50c Ladles’ Gowns, now
. 89c
25c and 85c Corst Covers, now ..
23c
75c Ladles’ Gowns, now
. 69c
50c Corset Covers, now
30c
$1.00 Ladles’ Gowns, now
. 75c
75c Corset Covers, now
59e
$1.50 Ladles’ Gowns, now ... ...
$1.15
$1.00 Corset Covers, now
75c
$2.00 Ladles’ Gowns, now .. ..
$1.39
$1325 Corset Covers, now
05c
—
Petticoats
75c Ladles’ Petticoats, now ..
$1.00 Ladles' Pettlcoatts, now .
$1.50 Ladies’ Petticoat*, notv
$2.00 Ladles' Pettlcoatts, now
.1 50c
.. 75c
. $1.15
. $U9
House Furnishings
big
Entire stock of Art Squares at
redactions..
Every rag In the house at big redac*
tlons.
Every pair Lace Cartalns at
dnctlons.
big re-
Every pair Blankets In the house
big redncUons.
Every Trunk In tthe bouse at big re*
d notion.
There,are too many of these to par*
tlcularlzc on them aK, bnt If yon will
come with the coin
prices that will do
Cotton Fa
We hare entirely toe ■
ettes and we want to cletraj
we will not have spate hj
other store, therefore vet
lowing*
All 10c Flanelettce for.
All 12 1.2c Flannelette, t
New style 12 1.2e Fill [J
hams lor
New Style 15c Fall Dntl
Specially low price, radl
Sea Island. Sheetiipl
Cheviots, Madras, m|
Flannels, Etc, Eit.
LADIES’READY-TO-WEAR. GARMENTS.
The stock in this Department this season is larger and better I
>eps
we have ever shown. We are going to make it to the interest off
woman in Americus and surrounding country to buy her Real
Wear Garments here as well as all other good merchandise and if)
will come you will find that we will show you the best va
everything that is kept in a first class department and at lower
than it is possible for you to obtain elesewhere.
Chas. L, Ansld
DOZEN IN THE BAS1ILE
STILL WAIT A 1RI4L
Busiest Term in Years in
Webster.
IV.
U. LONG DIES
AT LEE COUNTY HOM!.
Judge Littlejohn and members ot
the Americus bar attending Webstar
court at Preston this week came horn-
yesterday. for the day, as an adjourn
ment was ordered on account of the
state election. The session will le
resumed promptly this morning, Judse
Littlejohn -presiding.
While there was comparatively lit
tle clvjl business at this tern, the
misdemeanor docket Is a heavy on a.
and Solicitor Williams Is the busy
man on the job.
Already there are fourteen negro
prisoners InWebBter jail awaiting trial
hpon charges of selling liquor, gam
bling and the various other pqtty pleas
antries to which the black brother
Is (addicted and from which he will
not be divorced.
As it will be impossible -to try all of
hie cases set for this term. Judge Lit
tlejohn has announced another we-k
for Webster, beginning with Monday,
October 24th. This is an off week up
on the judicial fcalondar, and can eai-
the
lly be devoted to clearing up
docket over there.
Sumter’s taxpayers are not rallying
tc any extent at the temple. With the
present scarcity of coin they will side-
step the tax colleotor nvw.
Mr. Willift/m H. Long, a highly r ■-
spected and prominent farmer residing I
near.Leesburg, died Sunday about 13J
o'clock from malarial rheumatism. Th'j
deceased was about 60 years old, an ij
leaves a wife and several children. Hu |
was a brother of City’ Court Judge H. (
L. Long, of Leesburg.
- This la an unusual condition of a’-
•Mrs in Webster w.ur< one week a •
■i tjc suffices f-;r t'uo rlsposal of all
court business. „
The game season Is open ao-d lots ot
people are shooting craps.
The State Fair will "open at Macon
October 26 and continue to November
5. It will be the biggest fair yet pull
ed off in Macon.
STUART’S
BOCNU AND JUNIPER COMPOUND
FOR KIDNEY TROUBLES
BO Years on the Market
WALKER LOT SOLD AT
THE AMOUNT Of CLAIM
Fhirty- Three Acres Bring
HI 60.45.
At sheriff's sale yesterday In front
of the courthouse the tract of thirty-
three acres in the southern suburbs,
near Lee street, -was sold as the proo,
erty -_f A. X. Walker., to satisfy
claim of the Commercial City -Bank.
The property was bid in by Mr. R. 8.
Brcaahurst for $4,160.45, the amount
of the bank's claim. The property is
well located out on the southelde qii
In time will rapidly enhance In value.
THE BIBLE CAN NOW BE
HAD IN NAVAUOA.SE
Genesis and St. Mark Translated for
Benefit ol Indians.
New York, Oct. 4.—The American
Bible Society announces that -It has
just added to Us Interesting list of
versions of the Scripture in the lan
guages of the North American Indian 1 ',
a translation ot tk« Book ot Genes's
and the Gospel of Mark Into the lan
guage of the Navahoes.
This ds the first publication ot'ths
translation of the Scriptures Into the
tongue ot these people. The version
has been prepared by Rev. Leonard P.
Brink, of Tohatchl, Now Mexico. There
are -about 25,000 Navahoes In the Unit
ed States.
CASTOR IA
For Infants and Children.
Thu Kind You Have Always Bought
ot
Bears the
Signature
TO OFFER MORE PRIZES
IN GROWING OF CORN
Three Prizes ef $40 Wil
Be Given.
The great Interest. aroused among
the corn growers of Sumter 4n th
recently conducted corn contest, where
in handsome cash -prizes were given
those making the largest yield per
acre, is creating renewed Interest her .
and another contest upon a smaller
scale, Is notf* being arranged by Prof.
Cunningham of the Agricultural Col
lege. This contest is open to the fann
ers of Sumter, and full details will be
^published as soon as arranged a few
days fence. It Is proposed to give a
prize of $25 for the best ten ears
of corn exhibited; $15 for the second
best ten ears, and $10 as third -prize
for the best ten ears. Commissioner
of Agriculture T. G. Hudson and
Congressman Dudley M. Hughes are
already among the contributors to th!
prize fund. '
SCHOOL HAS F)NE OPENING
WITH A HUNDRED ENROLLED
First Day’s ^ Work' at the Americas
Institute.
The Amerlcus Institute, the high
grade colored school here, opened yes
terday for the fall term with an even
one hundred pupils enrolled This Is
the largest first day’s attendance In
the history of the institute, as the
greatest attendance cornea at a lot -r
date. Lapt sesafcm Itiho attendance
at the opening was about -fifty pupils,
vyhile probably the total attendanci
at the session was near tbs 140 mark
fmEYSKMTCOKE
*akes Kidneys and Bladder Right
TO REBUIIDOU
J ON HIM
Lee County WH
OM Rb'I
Captain J. S.
county's best cItlK*»*j
her board of couotjj
was in Americm jn
while talking goo 1 NJl
the fact that the cowj
about determined to
road running betwee*ra
Leesburg rather
ly new highway, « n
sired. The old roilM
east side of the
is a longer and
would be the propo^l
which would be upon I
the railway and par-- 1
tral the entire rout**
crook or bend 1,1 * j
to Leesburg a dlst *J
fourteen or fifteen f
WATER SUFPWtMA
AS
Cotton Crop Is
of U*J
Leesburg, Cs.
are beginning to
ly about the dro«t»
Bitated many |
to keep up j
supply. ^ J
to this locality 1! J
season of
ing entered u| *\ 1
/usually dry
are that there J
ditlons to cont , (J|
crop year •* °“
Ise to be out J
the late
dry weather
maturely Inw-V
per cent of a *