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OCTOBER 13. 1910
AMERICUS TUIES-BECORDEB
Daily, per annum, ..
Weekly, per annum.
.. $5.00
.. $1.00
THE AMERICUS RECORDER
Established 1879.
THE AMERICUS TIMES
Established 1890. m
Consolidated April 1S91.
Oilleial orgtn of the City of Americus.
Official Organ of Sumter County.
Official organ of Webster County.
Official organ of Railroad Commission
nf Georgia for Third Congressional
District.
Official organ U. S. Court, Southern
District of Georgia.
j. W. FURLOW City Editor
W. L. DUPREE, Asst, Business Dept.
THOS. GAMBLE. Editor and Manager.
Editorial Boom, Telephone 99.
Americas i'S October Iff, 1910,
T1IE MAMA FOlt SELF-DESTRUC
TION.
The number of suicides taking place
annually in this country is increasing
steadily. In one year it has Increas'd
from 1C.2 ]>er cent to 18.5 per cent, if
every 100,000 persons. The Census
Bureau has given out statistics on th-s
point for about one-half the popula
tion of the United States for tbe per
iod from 1901 until 1908. The figures
show 4.912 suicides in 1904; in 190.,
5,438; In 1906, 5.853; In 1907, 6,745; in
1908, 8,332.
It will be seen that the rate of In
crease is appalling. In a decade the
number of suicidos had almost doubl
ed. Tea yeans ago the proportion of
suicides per 10,000 of population was
only 11.5. 1“ 1908 it rose to 18.5, 00
per cent, greater. That is to say, tint
though in 1900. out ol 10.000 peoplj,
one person a year committed suicide,
in 1908 almost two, on the averag.,
attempted suicide. If the rate com y
ues to increase at this pace there w‘il
be one suicide for every 5.000 person
In 1912.
Fifty yeans ago our country had the
smallest .proportion of suicides'/ bit
now it bids fair to outstrip other na
tions in this respect. Nowadays a
suicide is a common occurrence, and
occupies lavs space In the newspapers
than it used to.
What Is the cause of suicide? Why
docs it increase?
It is not poverty. An investigator
has found that few of those who taka
their own lives are in want. Most o.
them are healthy.
The reasons, in moat of ‘the cases,
appear to be subjective. Suicide arises
frern an abnormal mental condition,
brought about Ur Immaterial causes,
generally speaking. Grief, dtssp
pointr.nent, failure, romantic reverse.)
these are some of the causes. A
•very large percentage of such deaths
U cate to the fact tha. the deceased
believed that they had lived 1!1‘ to
the full, that it coivu.lned nothing
more of pleasure—people who be
came world-weary. The “What’s tho
■use?" of the cynic la the reason which
has sent many a man to p r ematurc
doom, stricken by his own hand
D. A. R. HAVE THEIR
ANNUALMEETI1.
Officers Elected to Serve
Ensuing Year.
Will S38k to Co-Operate;With City in
Converting Rees Park •Into Model
Ploy-Ground Far the Children of
Americus.
The second annual meeting-of Coun
cil of Safety Cha-ptor, Daughters of
the American Revolution, was he.d
at the home of Mrs. M. M. Lowe-y
on Tuesday.
Ti'Je -annual reports were presented
and officers were elected as follows;
Mrs. M. M. Iaowery, Regent.
Mrs. W. K. Bell, Vice-Regent.
M13S Constance Holt, Recording
Secretary.
Miss Willie Rutherford, Correspond
Ing Secretary.
Mrs. D. R. Andrews, Treasurer.
Mrs. C. A. Frlcker, Historian.
Mrs. Macon Dudley, Registrar.
Mrs. Z. A. Littlejohn, Chaplain.
Mrs. W. (A. Dodson, Mra. C. M. Corn
ell, Mrs. W. D. Bailey, with the above
officers, compose the Advisory Boar,!.
Mrs. ,M. M. Lowery and Mrs. W. It.
Bell are the delegates to the state
convention at Savannah in November,
with) Mrs. C. A. Pricker and Miss Wil
lie Rutherford as alternates.
The chapter has twenty-six mem
bers, four being admitted at the
meeting Tuesday, ail four being resi
dents of other -places than Americus.
It enters on it3 third year with ev
ery prospect of an increased membe -
ship during the coming twelve month s
and the execution of some work tor
the public good. In tills connection
it is quite probable that the chapter
will take up with the municipal gov
ernment the conversion of Rees Park
into a model modern playground fo.
tide children.
PHHJJfifl *LP»
Qen. A. F. Hawley, of Washing'
ton, D. C.. writes: "I have usedPe-
runa and find it very beneficial
for kidney trouble, and especially
good for
coughs, colds
and catarrh•
I troub•
Gen. A. F. 1
Hawley.
Kidncv Trouble for Nearly Thirty Years
W,.l..m Bailey^ast Col. Enc No. 69. UsUm
inently Identified with many of the groat U- P , t associations
present healthy’condition is attributed t<> ‘*‘® Ya r kidney and liver
excellent physical condition. or livnorbolo, appears
This brief statement of facts, without cxtiC authorised to use, if
to tell tho whole story, which the Pcruna ""‘I ((e for t)lo general
bellcving.^il do^tbat^yo ^ ^ p WaslUnglon.JLC-
what good roads would sate
farmers.
Ccmtinantal Portugal Is a country of
34,254 sque-re miles, an area a litt o
less than that of the abate of Indiana.
Its length from north to south Is ap
proximately 360 miles, and its avov-
age width is a little less than 190
miles. Its population Is about 5,009.
000. Farms, pastures and vineyards
■are tils ,direct source of maintenance
for about two-thirds of the poop’-’.
Mechanical Industries of various kinds
afford occupation for about one-llfMi.
About 40 per cant, of the total area of
the country Is u-vcd for farms, lias-
♦tires, ovyhiards and vineyards, ’alco.it
17 sjcr cent, is indicated a* “was-e
land” although much) of this is sus
ceptible of fairly profitable cultiva
tion.
Wagon rial transportation is now
the least economically efficient form of
transportation that we -have. Figures
compiled by tho Office of Public Roads
show that tne cost of carrying one to
one mile on the country roads of the
United Scatc-3, good and bad, averag.-;
from 19 cents to 27 cents, while for thi
bad roads along the average to prob
ably something over 30 cents per ton
per mile. As'Hon. !-■ IV. Page, Diiea
tor of the United States Office'of Pub
lie Roads, has said: “It -Is costing us
about thirty-five times as much to haul
our prodlcts over the wagon roadu a
it is to haul tide same tonnase on the
railroad." How It affects the market
ing of specific crops may be Illustrate,
by stating some figures compiled b
the Office of Public Roads based on tho
crop ysar 1905 and 1906. The30 fi.,
ures show that toe average length o
haul of ttie wheat crop of that year
over the wagon roads was 9.4 miles,
and that the average cost per ton pe
mile was 19 cents. The average leng;
of haul of the corn crop of that 'year
was 7.4 miles, and the average cost psr
ton per mile was 19 cents. The a-vei
age length of haul of the cotton cru,)
of that year was 11.8 miles and the av
erage cost per ton per mile was
cents. I,t Is estimated that the average
co3t per ton per mile of hauling ear -
ot these crops to a market town
shipping station over good hard roals
would have been 10 cents, and that
good roads would have meant a saving
of $10,156,058 in the cost of marketing
the wheat crop of that yeaj; $12,709
♦7S in the cost of markertfig the com
crop of that year, and $3,076,183 In the
coat of marketing the cotton arop of
that year.
Kidneys Affected—Back Weak.
Mr.' M. Broderick, Secretary and
Treasurer Local Uulon No. 4lxi. Inter
national Brotherhood of Teamsters,
writes from 435 E. 46th St., Chicago, Ill.,
**‘M > 'haT0 booa suffering from a weak
bank and kidney trouble for some time,
and have been able to fiml relief only
through tho use of Peruna.
•‘During the wintor season I usually
ko<T> a bottls of your medicine in the
house, and by taking a dose at night I
am fooling fine the next morning.
“Some »f my friends assuro me that
Teruna to equally as good for their var
ious ailment* a« it U tor my complaint;
but I cl. know that for kidney trout.lo
and suffering from a weak back it has
bo L< l lia ^ o|d settled | n Kidneys.
Mr. Joseph Klee, 215 East 4th 8t.,
Topeka, Kas., writes: ,
Mv wife took Porunafor liver trouble
a ■ 11 .1 .. l„oLl,.l*t ! it
and a'run-down condition incident to
Suit W emitter ?
The Beriln conrcadondent of th >
New York Sun, diaoussir.® gener il
conditions in that country says:
“Germans are tired of their ruler
crowning himself with a htt-’.'o as 1.
were and practically giving the world
to umdeatand that their‘heaven a >-
"lio-nted destiny Is to be the perpetual
appanage of the bouse of Hohenzollovn.
Th* result of this arrogance Is to cre
ate a sentiment in favor of pallacivent-
government, and although toe ?£•i-
timent 1“ not yet strong enough or
deep enough to cause the people viol
ently to throw off a rule that savo s
or -absolutism, it 53 aJmkted on all
sides to be spreading and deepening."
Tftt rroseniaUan of the “united
erfering.” the triennial c'ft of the
Woman's Auxiliary to the General
Cbnventlcn of the Episcopal church
took place last Saturday, deck’,
| drafts, bank notes and coin being
heaped on the collection plates at
Christ Cfiurch by women front a'J
parts of the country. Nsver before
has there been so much < >1!«etoil at a
single service In Amerlc". The to- :.l
sum was $232,110.83. T.-ls is nearly
$20,000 -more titan was given thr e
years ago. ^ ‘ ' L
They tell vs that Wisl-'lngton Is anf
fering from a scarcity Of debutante
this season. The society writers pale
at tine thought, and call It a “famine.
They recall that last winter a dozen
maidens were launched at a cost
I $5,000 eacl'h, and -that In a few lnsbanc-
log the ceremonies and accampinyin
j expenses reached as much as $10,000
Pretty, sweet young girla are about
•the finest product of our fair land
'and they are worth all they cost. Bit
as the Baltimore Sun a" 1 .' 3 , some
the loveliest of them In tt.*e past hav
been successfully “launched” in
muslin drew and 17 yard3 ,of pinic
ribbon, with an armful of flowers as
?n added tribute; and they have bee-
just as popular 'and Just as mue
sought after as the $3,000 beauties
who do not feel dressel up un’c.t.'
they are trimmed In pearls.
M,. „smc. A few bottle, built up hex
health and strength.
“I took Peruns for a eold wlilah
tied in my kidneys, giving memu'-h
pain. In two week. I was much bettor,
and In a few months I was well.”
For Liver and Kidneys.
Mr. W. H. Armtatead, Cumberland,
C. H.,Va., writes:
“Yonr Peruna has cured me ofehronto
catarrh of long Manning I thank you
JO much for your advice. I think it is
a great medioino. it will do all that
you recommend It to do. Besides, I van
recommend It to enre all liver and kid-
n0J h °CljrenIc KWney Trouble.
Judge O. J. Park, U.F. D. 1, Buckhead,
Ga., writes: '
“Por a long time I was troubled tv ItU
oatarrh of the kidneys, and after taking
reruns I feel like a new man. I think
it the greatest catarrh medicinoof the
and twlinve it will euro any ease ol
catarrh on record.”
Nevertheless the buying is brisk.
The express man each day brings lots
of stuff for this new department.
The Suits and Dresses are from the fore
most American Manufacturers and you will
find copies of “Drecoult,” “Paquin and oth
er Parisian Designers.
The stock at present is very complete
and the pricing very reasonable.
COME IN, WILL BE GLAD TO SEE AND
SHOW YOU.
carry a complete stock of Trefousse
Gloves.
Copyright Hart Schiffur Ic Ms|
Y OU make a greater profit in thj
you buy here than we do in selling yotl
the profit you get from wearing them; that!
should be in all fair merchandising. (
, Hart ScSaallner & Ma
clothing is made with this in mind. It’s j
your knowing, and the w?y to know tsinj
ing the clothes. J
You’ll find here an attractive selecfl
of choice fabrics, patterns snd ftyl
Suits $15 to $35. Overcoats S'l 8 to $j
THE W. D. BASLE! I
We are now located in ouj
New Sto
In the Windsor Hotel next|
THE NEW PCSTOFFICI
most cordially invite the pub’
call and inspect same.
James Fricker &
Watch Inspectors, Fifth Division. S. J.. L. Bnllroao.
PINKSTON COMPANY,
406 JACKSON STREET.
ysofl PROOF Wmiskey
bl EV EXPRESS PEEP/iI® 1
ONE
■ Ont-GtSilSon
BOTTLE
i ra f;.30F
$2.50
Gallons
rfe
BY EXPRESS PEEPASD
„'. r t-ollua. or $4.66 for two Ballons, osprets
IrowM' to ii.V oKivc Bonthorn Bsprovn Co. My
whisk-"/ Is v-vr, whole., iao a.nil ut-uwi V'-
| r-al v.-hiskry with tho right tlr.vr to It.
You-CAN'T got e. hot'or wMafcoy at any price.
Tl i-i B'-ilt'-’t 1C-") proof, BOV.TBUtttA under 1
Ka lo.il Pure ro4 Law. It In highly rocom-
Iti'-nri 'd for rredlcin-it puvposos on account o. I,s
purity ar.d ftt.l strength. „ 0 ,,
OLD f!0^r8’5MT , NTAL PYE n p-.- naitot
EXPRESS PAID ON AIL SHIPMENTS
tom coon-re iauuel yAurr,, ot.t r«m «w».
o-r K'.Iin: tt. cdii'i,, 3V.T5. It-nt «H ftotl VfliMW
Ill* f c« T t l* t; YCt*'». CllOTrn of r'»*i«r o'f*r» jntl
j. c. C00PSR, E. Bay Si.. JarAtgonvfflc, F?a. VJ
Suecemor <» J. n. WooUcy.
\ The votton market advanced another
j quarter of a cent yesterday. t ;e price
hare being 14 t-4. And 13 cents scents
terisin by Saturday.
i At Americas lady, eeeklnt rest an4
j r'-'t^se from arduous work, cnnouucss
1 that she will go to Macon for a month's
claep. Why overlook Albany?
mmBBkjr 3. €. CyOPSs, re E. Hay M.. jar-xsoaviue, rtu. m
Suecenaor «. J. If. Woolley. h
■aMBB—IMIIEBMB Bill—Ufa
FOR THE LIVER
inB laaBI loa Tbe Vejetable SabstUnte For Calomel
LAMAR’S LEMON LAXATIVE (known an L. T-, 1 -
nrknnwledffed bv lcadintr phyaician3 as Nature 8 Great Remedy for all
disorders o? the tiver, Stomach and Bowels. Acta gently, yet eftotWe^
STthrae organs, instantly relieving nnd permanently curing iuch ilia aa
Biliouancas, Indiccstion, Constipation anA D.zzmcss-
Ask your druggist—he tells it.
Watches
Complete stock of Watcj
very attractive prices. See
fore buying. .
THOS. L. BEH
THE LEADING JEWEl^(
Small Farms For
We offer 163 acr«s. 2 1-4 mtU s fr° :n B '
stomped. Two good 3-room houses.
950 acres, 3 miles from Albany. 130 aci ^ ^ , 1-
of improvements, at 20.00 per acre OS -•*
Albany, all cleared, 15.00 per *c re -
R. A. MALONE & SON, ^
For cheapest injerest,
easiest terras on farm loans,
WIN. E>YKs>