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Aecnrieus held the record crowd of the year yesterday when a vast as semblage crowded the streets to see the circus. Not In years, perhaps, has there been such a host here from the surrounding towns and countryside, and there seemed but one incentive, and that was to see tie cowboy show. The special trains came in from Cordelo at an early hour, and soon the driving park and race track was a scene of unusual animation. And while the show people put things in readiness down at the grounds the expectant curbstone aa- dfenco awaited uptown the coming ot ' the free street pageant and lanapoonei i the dimes wherewith) to buy tickets. I The street parade sms novel andi' unique throughout. There was notice-;' able absence of the stereotyped circus features—the elephant aad the line of 1 shut-up cages, while in .place of these ' came cowboys on bucking ponies, pret- ' ty cowgirls, Indians, Mexican vacque- ros and others. The parade was a mile In length and every 8ection ot It contained Interest ing features entirely new to the on lookers here. Before 2 o'clook In the afternoon th multitude was moving upon the show grounds, and the big arena was (well I filled When the novel performance be-j gan a half'hour later. I Thoroughly characteristic of ranclv ; life la Oklahoma, the home of the' show, the length)/ performance was replete throughout with wonderful | stunts In during riding, lassoing, trick riding, etc., by cowboys, cowgirls, In-j dlnns and Mexicans, Every featurei was new, startling and highly enter-. Mr. i agent < part of into th county corned, si ruble- section Taken From Asylum an Infant By Dr. Hooper-Served In Spanisb-Amerl- can War-Man of Undoubted In tegrity and Character. BAKING POWDER makes the Perfect HOT BISCUIT Also Rolls and Muffins Crusts and Cakes . (Special to Ttmes-Recorder.) Xashvll.e, Tenn., November 9.—The election of Capt Ben W. Hooper, re publican, as governor, through tho coalition of the repuhneans and the anitiPatterson Democrats brings i prominently in the public view a man of decided strength of character, un- l questioned integrity, much mental ability, and with a fihvor of romance in h.'s career tttat brings strongly to mlud the early days of the latp Gov. J >hnson, of Minnesota. Oov.-Eleot Hooper's birth is un known. Hij earliest year* are envel oped in obscurity. • (Prior to his selection as fusion can didate Captain Hooper was little heard ol outside of East Tennessee, where he was known as a forceful ' young lawyer who had served n term as assistant United States district at- ' | tornvy and had represented the county 1 of Cocke in the state legtslaure as a 1 republican reveral yean back. That ! be bad been fortunate In business of- . | fairs, having nciumulatad a fair for- ! tune as (he result of land transactions f la Oklahoma, and that he had made a J I conditional donation of 110,000 to an , 'orphan asylum were also known in , I Uls own country. Found In n Fondling Asylum. ? Sketches of his life immediately af ter hla nomination stated ^hat be was ’ at the age of four placed in a found- asylum at Knoxville and at nine had J, been adopted by Dr. Ben Hooper, of u Newport, who reared him. In tlmo s intimations of some further mystery . heyord-the first named period of hlsi ^ early life being beard, he issued a , statement corroborating to facts as w stated above, and declaring that if U any dared go back further into the ; story of bis origin they could do so [and he world be elected governor by SI 100,000 votes. The previous comparative obseur- farms i ess ary plentlfu •in o tinned t arfe mos as the have no The .boy than th. and sot 135 William St New York single test of the progress Spanish-Ameriran war, worked strong ly) toward his ultimate nomination over the old-time republicans in the state. It is a matter ot common taow- . ledge that his nomination was agreed upon, if not insisted upon, by lead ers among MnrmdepenJents, both skies being desirous ot obtaining same na tive born young mm without identi fication Trith any obnoxious traditions > or connections that hare hung to the republican party in the 8outhi since , the cfvn war. The pie brigade and , Woody shirt element were pushed , Into the background and every effort ( was ct.je to take advantage of .the i unusual opportunity offered of ac complishing the two great alms of the allied interests—the winning of tho state for the republicans and the 1 complete oblKeitatlon ot HP ... Governor Patterson and his regime from Ten nessee politics, end the maintenance of the prohibition and election lows. Blue and Gray Suportcd Him. As best lHastratlng sentiment during the final acts hi the dramatic climax in Tenbeesee politic! 1 , the Confederate soldier vote was undoubtedly (pHt 'n twain. - - contained lit and to the I . splcuoitvly ii HON. JAMES M. DOHOl'GH IS DEAD AT CORDELK _ Both platforms were equally solicit]ous of the welfhre of the grizzled hero and tJ! great concourse of orators on both sides that made the we’kfa reverberate aO over the state bid for his patronage and support The speaking platforms everywhera Sunday. WEEKLY TIMES- THE AMERICUS WEEKLY TIMES-RECORDER NOVLMBEk 10. 1910 lounty News Items ■s CAPITAL SENDS BUDGET OF NEWS. DDIONT BUDGET OF NEWS FROM PLAINS. iville Correspondenfs Interesting Items From Our Weekly Letter. Correspondent. Regular Correspondent.) Ga., Novapiber* 8.—Cltl.v rened here tits morning, Hart presidUg. Quite a cases are toUe tried and ■es; is niantfedyrj in the of the court.. A number anorneys are present. Collins enter,ained the of the Confedehry this ; her lovely hom< on Col- An interesting program out. it ivras decided by to unveil the handsome recently erected on tie Everybody is invite! to \ . Shiver, of Amerlcus, was ok on business. Hill Is spending a week in Macon with her ais- Mrs. Clarence Mies, ot itoed to our city the past f on business, nie Eason, of Amerlcus reek-end with his friend, here. of Rome, Ga„ is litre at- t this week. Munroe, of Buena Vista, (re> k attending court, toods left .yesterday for daughter, Mrs. Cork feheile. Bev has gone for a visit to relatives at Bain- i Royal, who has charge kg music class at , Glen Huntington [the week-end wit:. 1 her Stewart spent Weines- shopplng. , Royal, who Is teaching risited her parents here unday. Cheney has returned 111 trip to the U. D. Athens. |1 nude a business trip veek. Cheney and Mrs. Cliff Americas recently, fcople of our town are (-grindings at this sea going out frequently ■mills. (Jones left Sunday to [ a school at Fidelity In (From Our Regular Correspondent.) (IS MAKES THE PERFECT Plains, Ga„ Nov. 9.—S.turday after noon Miss May Bell Anderson enter tained the Embroidery Club. recently organized, in a most charming manner at the pretty residence of -Mra. J. w. Johns. After an hour or so pleas antly spent embroidering, chocolate with delicious wafers was served. Rev. J. M. M. Ruafttn filled his pulpit at the Baptist church Sunday, w.'are he preached morning and evening soul Inspiring sermons. Mrs. M. M. Jennings returned Tues day from a pleaJtnt visit ta relatives In Cordele. Mr. J. W. Tltntneraian returned on Thursday from a stay in VtdaMa. Mra. W. Ii Thomas and Miss Carrie Walters were shoppers in Amerlcus Thursdsin Dr. HoVrrd Deitrick, of Oglethorpe, spent Thdraday here, the guest of Mrs. D.l. Hite. Mr. ajrd Mra. I.ee Jones retumet Saturday frim a visit of several weeks to relatives'^1 Quitman. Mrs. Bob Cato, of Amerlcus, spent n MrfLTotr here ' lhe ^ ' Suit Filed in Macon Charges Mrs. Willie iStewan, af ier a week’s ri3it to her toffber, Mrs. Otla Evans, returned to her home in Atlanta Wei-! * nesday. | Macon, Ga., November 9.—Tjut tho Miss Flora Marked* spent &mday| Ma=on and Birmingham railroad, op- pleasantly with her parents .ft Sumter. , ' ra,tInK this city and I.a- Mr. and Mrs. 6 f T. Lawson and Miss ( * rlnf;e *» >the lFOperty of the South- Eva Stevens wert guests of friends ab em Rall *' J >'. which has concea.ej Its ownership fo rthe last 44 years, id the Mesdanwa E. aid J. W. Timmerman! charse made ln a " Intervention filed spent Tuesday iultmerlcus. ln Su l*' rlor cou,t by Mra. Florence B. Among others 'were .Mr. and Mrs. W.i l ' a “ c ' H. Cnawfond spending Tuesday .■> I T "° >' ears a K° Mrs - •’sane secured a SAYS SOUTHERN IS OWNER OF M. & B, ROAI Ownership. Amerlcus. \ Rev. and Mrs. P. b. Barkley return ed Frida,/ from a stay of some length! Subsequently to company was pl'an in Birmingham, Ala. judgment for (5.S00 against the Macon death rate. Of the countries of Eu- Ithaca, N. Y., November —The av erage duration of life 1b increasing tion” In Amerlcus in a dozen years, two years every decade,” eald Presl- and thousands enjoyed It at both per cent Prpf. Walter F. Wilcox ln a lec-' forma trees, the attendance In the af- ture at Cornell. He said that London ternoon being especially satlsfastor Is tip* healthiest big city ln the world. ; New York his a bigger death rat.. fJEnDCIA ADD) CC Tfl than any other great city, except To- ULUllUl/1 nil LLu II) klo. Of the cities of the United States New Orleans has the largest & Birmingham. : ed in the bonds of a receiver upon tba Mrs. Wa ter Parked after a pleasant i conl P lalnt of the ou Color1 ”' Tnl8t 0,1 largest. Georgia Has a Great tion of Norway, while Russia has the visit to her sister, Mrs. George Jen nings, ireturned Tuesday to her fJnme at Shiloh. \ Mrs. Berta Ho’.ienb 'ik, of Thomas-,., . ,, ,, . , [ higher lien tr.an the mortgage, vide, iwa3 the guest cf relalives hero .. . ., . . .. this week 1 j th»t the latter he annajled for th, . * , t. , . i 'sou that the Stock of itlie railroad anil Miss Amzfe Daniel whs the pretty I,. . , . , ... ,Y . , * | that the 'Southern Is also the actual guest ot Miss Emmie Rite Andrews L ., . . M . _ . T : bolder of the mortgage bonds. ' 1 She charges through her attorneys, of Boston, the supposed bondholder, and since that time Mrs. Lane has been unable to co.lect the money. She asks thait hers be considered a 'and that the latter he annajled for the rea- Mrs. Olln Smith of Fpriith. the ad- Mcssri Hal , and RoborU , ^ tho ■ntred great of Mrs. E. V ,Ea,< ' rra -"' Southern purchased the stock of the Jr returned to her home Saturday. ! JIacon ^ Blrailn(5ham and secured -'! U3 , COT,1drel ’' o^Oolumhus, cont rol of the mortgage monds In order ewart attended the fair arrived Friday upon a visit’ seek. | Matthews, of Ft. Val of relatives here this Jth Drane, of Buena Vls- |er sister, Mrs. E. A. Jor- pretty home on Broad )r Carden, of Amerlcus, • the past week of Mrs, ty. of Thomaiville, -Mrs. E. M. Duncan, art, of Buena Vista, on legal business iSONVILLE. length' to Mrs. M. M. Jenni Mrs. H. R. McGee and Mks Alice Ruth Timmerman spent a fgw hours in Amerlcus Saturday. Rev. C. A. Phillips has re'tunkJ from Brunswick, where he attende* the Lutheran Synod. Mcsdemes. W. L. Thomas, Barkley, H R. .McGee and MI3S Iparrio Waiters went Tuesday to Daw attend a Missicnany Conference ill ses sion there. Mr. J. E. Chappell was looking after matters of business ln Americas MeJ- r.e».lay. Rev. and Mra. C. A. PhIHIpa wirit Weitf.nv?day to Oglethorpe for a <5iy let correspondent.! ii. \ov. 9.—Miss » liens, spent Sun- ‘1 r, Mrs. J. L Blck- m i. Duice, of Nieh- ls rt Lis parents, Mr. iih, cf Doertui, Ga., ' Leather, Mrs. Jull Systems Affected Are Those Near Chicago. Chicago. November 9.—A strike vote will be taken among engineers of 01 railroads west, south and north of ca’led there on account of tie serious|Ca.cago, Including the Illinois Cen- itineas of Rev. Elmore. teal, following the termination be- Messrs. L. B. Cannon. Joo HUlcr tween the railroads and grand offl- and U D. "Wise were among the mra- cere of the Brotherhood ot teco> !be r from Plains In Amerlcus Wedns tive Engineers, which has been on. to control it so as to defeat and lessen competition. ENGINEERS OF 61 ROADS TO VOTE ON STRIKING of the human race is the prolonga, Atlanta. Ga.. November 7.—Now that iVu .1“' tion of human life. At tee time of the Ice has been broken look out for d U ,tJt f durl “« tllc the Roman control of Egypt, the av- investments ln Ceorsla apple erege length of life was 22 years, and chards. it is only 23 ln India today. In Swe- Results obtained tj-.es season Indl- den it Is about 50.9, while In Ruasie cate that In North Georgia, af 1 leas'.. It Is 26.31. In Massachusetts the av- rival that of peach growing, erago duration of life Is <4.5, almost Apple orchard, owners In North double the duration of life In India. Georgia can produce as fine. If not The duration of human life has In- finer fruit than the famous plpins creased 20 years in 20 centuries, but of Virginia or the luscious red and neat of this Increase has been ln the'golden apples of the far nothwest. li st HO years. in fact the Georgia apple men ; have exhibited some of the most per- TH1S HAN* GAVE HIS ' Vvult possible to grow. It Is I fruit whose taste bears out Its magnl- WIFE THE SILENT TREATMENT , Scent appearance. It is not the bright red or mottled beauty whose skin Refused to Hpeak to Her For Forty- conceals a dry, mealy meat, but when Two Months. one blte s Into one of them the Juice streams down the face. An average of |300 per acre is what the apple men figure as their re turns from the fruit which sells all the way. from (3.50 to (5.50 per bar rel and more for the extra fine varie ties. Phladelphla, Pa., November 9—Mra. Blanche A. D. Woodland has secured a divorce from Henry L. Woodland oa a charge ot cruelty and barbar ous treatment, base! on one of the most unique causes ever advanced in the local courts. During nearly all of t-e three and a half years of their married life, she said, her husband had maintained an absolute silence. This silent treatment, she said, brought'* 0r “" lnm on a case of nervous prostration and rendered her married life a torture. Woodland is employed by a local Shot i» K'Oii -New ■ bent ove years old table In 'here,” said of Will* position i “Katehoo! Some 'is just return- Phlll trip to south Geor- fiao luck. English, who has been Some is very much I AndfersoonriHe t:l, ' n K in the State 1 a ' 1 "'-pert it the - ‘er. a wont to Ameri- P 1 *' afternoon. rj 111 miej his regular ap- l . " "'-tholist clijrch "‘■noun. Mr. a r.d Mrs. pnday with Mr. and day. NEW FRA. since September 26, Differences on a wa£e increase of approximately 7 per cent, and alter ation of-working conditions stood be tween the negotiators. I Grand Chief WUrren S. Stone, of tho New Bw, Nov. 9.—The f»rniem' jrot j lcr ti 0o j i w ] 10 has been leading L',i e around here are very busy now grind- ral | r9a d men in ti'elr demands, aaid ing cane. he believed the strike vote would be Mr. Jecse B. Griffin, of Atlanta, uml aimously ln favor of suspension spent Sundry and Monday Core mlth Qf wirfc ^ (hat -the engtnemen wouid bomefolks. ' have expressed their desire by Du- Mr. and Mrs. Tom Murphy apeat camWr loth. Sunday here, guests of their nelco, Mrs. R. P. Parker. Mr. J. C. Bray has returned to his holme near Huntington, after a very deJigbtftil visit to his daughters, Mesdamee W. A. and R. P. Parker. Mrs. A. J. Ledger spent Thursday with her sister, Mrs. D. C. Griffin. She was elccontpanleid Home by her oeicc, Miss Myrtle Griffin, The-most enjoyable event of. the past week was the party at the home of Mr. and Mra John Allen Frida; night. --uiiirh, ,»i 10 baa bp-j, ® ICl ''‘‘orgia for “dheme «nd will I soott'lug. Tonic in action, quiJ^J The use of Foley Kidney Pills. TiJ^ are upbuilding, strengthening .immediately thereafter, be said, last opportunity will be given the rail road? to meet the workers, and if they IgnoS that opportunity, within five tbc* every engine west of Chicago, on all branches of sendee, will be Ktiett the firm drawn CTd out of .the tousands of cabs will step every ■river on duty. Gemimi. Gemini, Ga.. Nov. 9.—Mr. J. L Pen- ntogton Is on the sick Urt thlj Wert. Qej, Mary Pennington lias gone to IF her slater, Mra. W. H. Ro6«e, • 4ay 8 . k hi3 command suftu. Sold by ail 1 tmst company and married tho libell ant on April 25, 1965. They bad been Tiring together but three weeks, ac cording to to testimony, when Wood land's curious course of conduct to ward his young wife began. ■ For fan cied affronts by Mrs. Woodland, he would show hia displeasure by not speaking to her for days, although alt- ting at the t&ble'and eating hlo meals with ter. "When this silence business first began," Mrs. Woodland said, “my bus- band would go a whole day without speaking to me. His speljs then got longer. They would last several days. Finally he went three, four, five and 'band would go a whole day without opening Mg mouth to me. His inter vala of speaking to me would noly last a day or two, and then he would start the silence again. We ate and room ed together, but It maile no difference —he would keep absolutely silent. He made me very nervous and I broke down. ' Even when he had com pany my husbanl wonid not answer vbeu I spoke to him. He utterly disregarded me. It was very lag. and I became a nervous t ■ Cordee. Ga.. November 8.—Hon Jaa. H. Dorougb, a prominent planter and former representative in the legisla ture from Dooly county, died at his home in Crisp count!/ Sunday, after a lingering Illness of several weeks, at the age of 68. He was a'public- spirited citizen and took an active in terest In all political and industrial affairs. He was a Confederate r. dler and served under Oeu. Lee In Virginia. He Is survived by a wife and several tfcildren. 28th District. (From Our Regular Correspondent) 28th-ii District, Nov. 9.—Miss Daisy- Young, from North Carolina, opened school at the Gammage school house Monday morning. Mr. Jesse Westbrook and sister, Miss Mary, of American, spent Sunday very pleasantly with Misses Olive .'and Lottie Hosier. Misses Ima Clements an t Eula Can non went to 'Amerlcus shopping Wed nesday.