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THE AMERICUS WEEKLY T1MES-REC0RDER NOVEMBER 24. 1910
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QRAND JURY IS GOING MRS. LOGAN
TO MEET ON MONDAY jjjrjjj j||g
n
AMERICUS
STANDS FOR
CHANGE Sesslon °* SuperiorJ ' 0,lrt 10
Convene.
Believed It for Best Interest
of City.
Bard of Trade Resolution Endorsing
Comptroller General Bars
! rent session of Sumter Superior court;
j will assemble on Monday morning
; next. A strong and representative! ■— t
i»odv of men win thus serve at this j mer j CUS Beneficiary ol Policy Pro
Out .Southern Life.
, session, and their duties during the
CentralSched- tiV0 or tjree weeks of the ,erm v -' : "
i result to the material advantage of
nle Stands—Why It Would Be Ben- the county at large.
Besides the prisoners in jail, the
cases of others not yet under arrest
... be investigate! by the grind
The petition of Americus to the j a ,y an( j indictments found.
eOcial to Business Interests.
tected By Giving Her Some ol the
Deposit Held by the Slate-Com
pany Put Out of Business.
TRE PRICE IN AMERICUS FORMER CITIZEN
THE SAME AS BEFORE ftp
No Difference in the Cost of
Living.
Death of William M."
The Americus cit. who goetr.' fort.n
with the ten plunk willie to buy the,
family feed gets a cold jar at the!
corner grocer’s when he find that .
abdominal ammunition, including Reared In Americus He Was Esteemed
is Deplored.
hams and alPother eats. wU'tcost the
same round price demanded a mont.'. 1
The only difference in the price is
iu the story as he reads it in the
newspapers, and there’s little stomach
comfort for the poor man there.
The Thanks, etc., turkey is here
In the Highest Among All Citizens.
His Death Follows a Brief Illness
With Pneumonia.
.letttion to tbe commission.
Hie proposed change, it Is •'believed, I z , er T j MoI%an> w u Thomas, A
s ill be of assistance to the business D Oatew0 od, C. S. Glover. W. O. Eas-
□terest* of Americus and a consider- terlln j ^ walker, G. W. Montgom-
uble convenience to many people who ery j T Ferguson, A. A. Pressley,
•are business connections here and c ^ pricker, J. P. Dickerson, J. W.
who prefer to trade in Americus and y urray
would naturally do so with a ached-, |( but llttle clvll business for
u!e operated on reasonable hours. trlal at thls term of court, and the
n« at »».*», 1*1 ot tum- "«'•>»» «“••■■■ . dLilrna ■“«»*”
- - - '-rt to pull him down. bis wide circle of friends here who,
pany, of Dawson, Terrell county, Ga„ The people for ten years have smart- wMe aware that his recent brief III-
R, Mashburn. df . he concern from writ- er under tbe sraduaI bjt BUre ne9s wa « of serlous n3ture - '5' ere no1
- - ” ing at more Insurance fu the state of la *• co6 ‘ ™ £ pr « S * ltev *L'f
' 11}} have food products gone to the gu j t fatally, as on Friday afternoon.
e ° rg a ' „ „ limit, but clothing has taken similar Tiie bodv wa3 brought yesterday
o7/r7oTl~ Maynard, of Americas. ‘-"“J*- ** the wpearance ot b:,t corning ,o the family trims here
stock to the vaiue of ,5,000 which of ^ „ reiHy t0 b , '
ZlliZ7Te state “to protect 0 it’s 11 wll > bring 6uch Mr. Hawkes was reared In Americus,
1)08 j great content in the entire country and ]t wag here the greater portion of
that prosperity will readily be
the ...
Georgia Railroad Commission in favor _ _
cf the proposed change in the ached- ^ ~ ^ and 'jury o! proha- “f^the'^uttern Lifi’Insuran'ce’co"m- . d ° W “',
ule of that road ^.11 stand. A cop.' |vventy*four will toe made up:
4 the resolution adopted at the last* R jj. Morrell, J. R. Mash!
regular meeting will go forward to prank Lanier, Jno. W. Shiver, T,
tie commission today as expressive of Everetti jj l Dell, J. B. Hannon,
the sentiments of the business men g A Danlelj E c Wdbb, W. J. Josey,
f Americas, the majority of whom,; H u MUe> w A. Seals, J. X. John-
I* understood, signed the original )gon T Met hvin, F. H. Hines, W. L.
; English,
L. Hudson, T. J. Fra-
policy holders.
The stock was delivered by the 1 ""; V ad ; hla life was passed prior to his
treasurer on the strength of a court ™ ,t ed ; W « e8 , and “ *1” n h ‘r,v o m ° V3 ' tf> A, ' anta flKeeD ^
order appointing Mr. Maynard receiv- their increase also but not nearly ^ c'les there.
er of the insurance company, and the aa * xp * n “» ^ an eoull' ° f genial dl9p05,ti0n and pl6aSinS
There must eventually be an equal- pre8ence; a ff a tole, cordial and sincere
ization, and If the turn ia to toe i^ade ' alwayg _ he eaflily made and retained
money derived from the sale of the
stock will toe paid to Mrs. Nora Lang-
The petition for change affects trains 8esa)on wj „ pro b ab le be finished long f . . an f ' daughter of then the better. In any event rtrong friendships. An able lawyer by
Hoc. 7 and 8. If It ic put through before the holidays begin. w T yvilson deceased who held tl *' e ® u 8htest saving will be keenly p ro f es9 i on a nd greatly gifted In ora-
by the commission train No. 8 will | "• T ' appreciated and taken advuntage -
.ave Albany not later than 8:30 in j • com P y ’ .toy everyone.
IN MINE EXPLOSION.
White
Two Negroes and i
Man Perish.
morning, arriving In Americus TUDrC 1DC KIII F(1
. < w t 7:30, making a very desirable lllllLL Hilt I1ILLLU
sin ior early shoppers south of here
eslrlng to come to this city. From
ere the train will ran to Macon, ar-
dvlng there about 10:30. making It
•- very convenient train for any one
-siring to visit that city or Interven
ing points.
Returning ai train No. 7, the train
will leave Macon not later than 7:30
t night Americus shout 8:30 and ar-
•ivlng at Albany about 9:30. Visitors
v Americus from points between here
*-nd Albany would then arrive here,
is stated, about 7:30 a. m„ and would
nve the option of returning home on
he train leaving here at 2:07 In the
'terncon or the one leaving at 8:30
four policies In the company for 31,-
000 each.
If the stock, which Is said to be
worth par, does not satisfy the claim,
then the additional stock on deposit
with the state will be taken to pay
the policies. Altogether, the company
had ,20,000 in stock of the Dawson
Consodlidated Grocery company on
deposit with 1 the state, as required by
law.
Insurance Commissioner Wright re
voked the license of the company be-
tory, he ranked high in his profession
at tbe bar.
Several times he represented Sum-
terter county and his district in legis
lative halls, both as member of the
NEGRO LYNCHED
NFAR PFNSArni A h0U5 e and in tbe state senate, and al-
lILHIl rLlloHuuLfi wayi w[th distinguished ability.
—— In recent years he has served
Black Brute Committed The
M Primp the service required In looking
Ulllllw. tue legal points in cases before that
— tribunal. Xmong the Judges of the
Pensacola, Fla., Nov. 22.—In the SU p relne court, as among hundreds
The chief objection raised was that
. change would cut Americus off
,'m one connection with Atlanta.
:1a would not he so. The morning
iln now leaves here at 4:20 a. m.
_ *t th eScmtnole Limited, leaving at
- 30, could be take*n for Atlanta, via
■'ilumbui and Newnan and the trav-|
• -r would arrive in Atlanta twenty]
• Inutes earlier than on the present
fthedule.
H is felt that the disarrangement
■ f the present connections with Ath;
Of and some other points are jutabr
■utters compared with the benefits
bat would accrue from the proposed
• change.
General Manager >to!ie of the Cen-
• al has put the Matter entirely
•» the raQroad commission. His
•■ands are oS., hs ssvs, and whatever
the commission directs will be done.
The ygeneral opinion among busi
ness mpn here is favorable to the
thangl as beneficial to the Intdrests
f -Vmerlcus. So much is this the
-o/e that there was no response to
.•■'be movement against the change at
*'e meeting of the Board of Trade
-.tiled tor yesterday, and the matter
•i, allowed to stand where It was
•at at the regular meeting.
(Special to TimesR-ecorder.)
Birmingham, Ala., November 23.— cause it was made to appear that it -
An explosion occurred in the Pra.t had’failed to promptly pay a claim. Presence of horrified passengers and others, he was esteemei in the highest,
consolidated Coal Company a mines H e had no alternative under the law. crew of the train ' ® ob *' a Mr - Hawkes was the eldest Son of
near here todav, in which convicts T he Southern Life Insurance com- ne *r°. charged with assaulting Mrs. Mra . M . T. Elam of Americus. whose
are worked, and three men were kill- pany operates on an assessment basis. E - Snowden, near Penssacoia, several 5trong rIght arnl he ba(] eve r been and
ed, two negroes and a white man. Re- and h a s written very cheap insurance, months ago, was taken from a train it wh03e love and tenderness, each for
porta reached here th’at one hundred confining Itself to a few counties ln ' Gu11 Polnt by 40 masked men tai3 . tie other, was indeed heautifui.
morning and lynched by the side of B( , 3 | d c 3 the stricken mother are his
the railroad track. ‘ brothers, Messrs. Theron N. Hawkes.
Re t. A. B. Hawkes. WiK E. and Howell
... ........... ... .. ,o •..■■mi 1 nnrrn Eiam. The deceased was sixty-one
AMERICUS IS SHORT IN
An slew’s
Store Nevj
terncon or the one lea • * n jj- d b e?3 kB'ed, but this was de- southwest Georgia, notaKv Terrell.
. . night. This would undoubtedly bej^ a pr “ ffi ” y .Randolph, Sumter, Schley, Lee and,
great pulblic 4onvenienc4. ^ • others. It is not known how many,
RECEIPT OF COTTON.
Seven Thousand Bales Be
hind Last Season.
policies are out-standing, but it ifl liiliri! 1 CUPPD , .
not believed that any of the policy WHlN A OllLLr years of age, and unmarried. His life
holders will sufTer heavy losses. The work ia ended, and an entire commun-
company Is officered by J. M. Bell.; COST BUT TEN lENlO lty bows in keene3t sorrow at hU
president, and N. C. Loyless, secretary, . death.
It is understood there are a num-i , , The funeral services were held from
ber of policy holders In Americus and QqQj] Q||j |)gyg \yf]QfQ [(J^ the family residence on Sunday after-
Sumter county and one or more death i rf J
claims here unsettled.
Tices Ruled.
WELVE ARE KILLED
IN FIGHT ON BOAT
: jay Others Are Seriously
Injnred.
(Special to Tlmes-Recorder.)
New York, November 23.—One min
fataHy wounded and twelve others sc-
roisiy etxhbed in a fight between the
-embers of the crew of the British
.-eight steamer Manx Isle at the Havc-
■eyer augsr docks In Wllliamburg to
'.tr taB* th® story at a Moody riot
The trouble wss atirted by taunting
-marks made .by one of the men
.bout *a woman. James Rose, who
us instrumental in starting the fight,
,«am ashore fiom the ship and
coped before the police arrived.
PRIMARY IS ASHED IN
RACE FOR SENATE.
Terrell Wants the People
to Decide.
(Special to Tlmes-Recorder.)
Nov. 17.—Sinator Joseph M. Terrell
ctstad today that he desired a primar,
for tab nomination of a candidate for
senator to succeed to the remaining
portion of Senator Clay’s u| expired
•rm, after that for which he was ap-
•rtnted expiree. He called attention
■ j tht fact that both the Mxcon plat-
-nn and the AtlanU platform, adopt-
■ 1 Sept. 1, last, W effect calls for
■rimary nomination of United States
■natora along with other public of-
.ici&ifl*
HttroHONn^TAR
WIFE GETS
Seven thousand 'calea cotton short o!
receipts at this date last year is the
warehouse situation in Amerius, and,
the disparity will rapidly grow larger j
each day now* as the cotton ia all out;
of the fields and taht still held on
plantations here can-he counted. At,
this date last season 28.890 bales had |
been weighed at the Americus ware
houses, wfrereas receipts up to jester- j . , on D
day morning totaled only 21.833 bales ^ wlfe nece9sa rily
noon at 3 o’clock, conducted fty Dr.
Lansing Burrows. The palltoearera
will be Messrs. E. A. Hawkins, C. R.
Crisp, G. M. Eldrldge, W. A. Dodson,
James A. Davenport and E. A. Nis^et.
(Watson’s Story If France.)
M HTQIIDAlirr I Good work and toonest dealings
iNuUliAiluLa j were exacted toy‘each guild of its
______ ; members, and their laws against adul
BI n n r . . teration and the like were almost sav-
U. Si Supreme LOlirt to l3SS age in their severity, m the year 1546
two grocers were burnt In Nnrem- ■ — -
spices. A similar Instance occurred Herald Says Only Thing Lack
C.. November 21 ~ ^er^who* did'not 'property bake
SAVANNAH TO GET 1911
GRAND PRIZE RACE
there was con.lderaMe cotton .till ^ e "gb t . In M. itte in.urancc. 4ba **»" a p00 ‘
the flelda, but such ia not tbe caae now. * as many Hmes as were thought nec-
At this date last aeason. as .how.. by ^ “ j one of the knotty pro b, e m8 essary to "f ™ and make ' b *. tter
the Timea-Recorder files, good mlddl- Ju8tlMI of the supreme court tradc ' n,e " °' tbem '
lngcotton8oUatl4D4«nUin.Am- [of ^ Sta(es ma> . be thlnk . *”
Ing about during their Thanksgiving
vacation. In the meantime Annie
Snyder, of Chattanooga, Tenn., the
divorced wife of Charles G. Snyder,
ericus, against 14 cents for the same
grade yesterday.
FIFTY DOLLARS AN ACRE
PAID FOR FARM HERE. her sult for ,he ,3#00 lnsurince 00
Page Place Near City Is Sold
Monday.
Wages, Judged by what the many
would buy. were good In the flftesnth
century. In south Germany the aver
age price of beef was aibout half a cent
per pound, wh’ile the daily wages of
, , , •; carpenter's and masons, in addition to
is hoping for au early termination of^ ^ amounte „ t0 about g cent ,
„ . a d ay. In Saxony the same workmen
Synder’s life and ‘he directors of a earne(J bealieg (helr keep , cents per
fraternal order are hesitating -about ^ , n add , tlon (0 th „ the woltonan
paying it to her, lest Ida M. Sujder. wa> ^ a cerlain aum eaci week t0
of Brooklyn. N. Y„ the second Mra.
Synder, and Snyder’s legal wife at
the time of Lis death, may sue for
pay for the expense of washing him
self. This wholesome gratuity was
. , . I known as washing money. In every
the insurance. Just before the y *c*« | towB there were the needfui .mnge- Th „ ,
Fifty dollar, per acre was the round of the Supreme court began the at- (of ^ Mh ln wlnter and The application for the race has al-
ing Is Definite Sanction.
New York, November 22.—The Her
ald says that while there has been
no decision by the Automobile Club
of America with regard to the loco,
tlon of the next grand prize race.
It ia a virtual certainty that the big
contest will be given to Savannah.
This is the belief of a prominent mem
ber of the lA. C. A. Contest Board
who was concerned ln the running
o.' the recent race.
•'We are quite convinced that there
is tio place in America able and wili
ng to do as well far the grand prize
race aa Savannah 1 ," said this gentle
man. ‘The contestants feel tbe same
about It, as they enjoyed a perfectly
clear course that was in the greatest
degiee suitable for high speed work.
price paid yesterday in the sale of the torneys for the first Mrs. Synder a8k ' 3ummer; and lt wa9 a customary thing
•William P. Page place of 175 acres ei the court to dismiss an appeal;^ ^ gul]d5 to demand tor their
and bought by Mr. C. W. Westbrook by the fraternal order from the d ®- |workmta a ho!lday once ln a fort .
as a home for himself. The sale wasjciston of the Tennessee courts favor-
effected through Arthur & Weatbrook, able to Mrs. Annie Synfler. The an-
real estate dealers here, and reflects swer of the court is expected w-<en
the advancing values of Sumter coun
ty farming lands. This snug little
home farm is located on th* Lee street
roid, three miles south of Americus.
Mr. Page has lease! it for the next
year and will make It his home dur
ing that time.
JUDGE NIUS BROTHER-.
IN-LAW NEAR CORDELE
Tried to Get Him to Leave
Plantation.
(Special to Timea-Recorder.)
Cordele, Ga., Nov. 19.—Judge J. A.
Collin, shot and Instantly killed C. 4.
Johnstone, his brother-UMnw late
yesterday afternpon at Livtonia, seven
miles east of Cordele, bn the Seaboard
railroad. The trouble la aaid to have
grown oat of effort! of Judge Collins
to get bis brotber-In-Iaw! to leave
his plantation acd go borne.
When a girl gets so along In yeir,
aha h— to cut down her age the
strongest believer ln figures is
mother.
her
IT.
likely thinks ’The New
i” « corking Jopab.
it reconvenes.
The first Mrs. Snyder claims the !n-
nigit, and sometimes oftener, for the
purpose of bathing.
At the beginning of the sixteenth
century a day laborer coiild earn, be
sides his keep, 22 cents. A pair
surance because the policy was made ^ ^ ^ a , b( . ep
cents; a fat hen about 1 1-2 cents; 25
codfish. 10 cents; a wagon loa! cf
firewood, delivered, 12 cents; and all
of the best homespun cloth, 12 cents;
a bushel of rye about 15 centa.
out to her as beneficiary and for years
both before and after her divorce from
Snyder she pal! the assessments. Dur
ing the ’atter years the assessments
were paid, ehe asserts, on an under
standing with tbe bead of the frater>
nal order that abe probably would »:e
entitled to the insurance if she con- nill rnilllTY FARMFH
tinued payment of the assessments. IlALL uUUlll I IttlllTILIl
The order contends that under its
contfitutlon and by-laws the flrat
Mrs. Snyder ceased to have an inter
est in the policy when she was di
vorced and the inadvertence and mis
take of its officer could not have af
fected the contract However, the Su
preme court of Tennessee held that
in the circumstances the order was
estopped from denying the claim.
10
KILLS HIMSELF.
‘FATHER OF AEROPLANE-
DIED YESTERDAY IN CHICAGO
Octave Chnnnte Succumbed After Long
lilnes,.
Chicago, November 23.—Octave Cha-
nnte, ’’the father of the aeroplane,”
died here today after an Illness of
•everal weeks.
Good Inck Ilka* to visit people who
are not expecting It
Had Been Subpoenaed to
Court to Testify.
(Special to Timea-Recorder.)
Gainesville, Ga.. November 23.—Hav
re;- Adam,, who reside* In Qullllan
district, Hall county, near Concord
Academy, committed suicide at his
home today by discharging the con
tents of a single barrelled shotgun
Into bis body. He had been sub
poenaed aa a wltnea, to attend tbe
present seaalon of Hall City court, and
was not present this morning when
he was called In the court room.
When the Dew woman take, a drink
It probaHy-makee her feel like a new
ready been made-by the Savannah Au
tomobile club, and a favorable an
swer will probably be given in the
near future.”
THIS HUSBAND DID
NUT KISS HER ENOUGH
So Young
Wife Enters Suit
Divorce.
Atlanta, Ga., Nov. 23.—Whether or
not Atlanta girls like more kisses than
other girls, or whether Edward Victor
Gambler of New York, who married
pretty Miss Edith Russell, a local so
ciety debutante, was an unusually cold
and undemonstrative Northerner, does
not quite appear in the divorce suit
now in progress, but one of the prin
cipal complaints the wife has made,
through her attorney, U tint Gambler
did not kiss her enough during the
honeymoon. Gambler was fearfully
denounced by the attorney as a ’’cad'
and a "paltroon.” "Why, tats man,'
said he, "aas such a picayune that he
hardly kissed his wife more than once
or twice; she was warm-hearted ai
any woman, but he spent the honey
moon ln discussion,.’’
A woman is so anxious to relite the
bad dream she had that the can hardly
wait until ber husband gets through
saying grac« at tbe breakfast table.
—c
PILES CUBED LN 6 TO 14 DAYS.
PAZO OINTMENT 1* guaranteed ti
cure any caae of Itching, Blind or
Protruding piles In 6 to 1* days or
money refunded. 10c. * -
Belts
PERSIAN SILK large gilt buckle
PERSIAN ELASTIC belts, can ../j
buckles
VELVET BELTS large veKet'eo'vcrM j
navy und brown ........ *—j
BLACK ELASTIC Belts,’ cuu'mHal J
"‘ 9 ^
PATENT LEATHER belts Io r ladles' .Jl
black, red und white -
Neckwear
PERSIAN TIES and Jabots, the latest stjlqj
SOFT COLLARS, (he new style! tor IiUh]
embroidered, white tan, lavender and bine i
LACE COLLARS, Jabots and stocks. A D3 ]
shipment .. .
Hand Bags, Barrettes!
Hat Pins
DAVENPORT guaranteed hand bays tie ■
shapes j
“HERIOULES CLUTCH” unbreakable kind
ferent stjles (a new one given for eteryonekJ
FANCY HAT PINS pioanted with rhino!s{
ored stones, exceptional mines ..
STERLING SILVER hat pins, bcantllilr
Hosiery Special!
OUR Sac “Wear Well” medium
ladles’ black hose, white feet
OUR “WEAR WELL” ladles’ blsek lbk|
grade ..
OUR “WEAR WELL” brilliant lisle spttM
this week, S pairs for ‘j
THE BEST black silk hose In Amerlmlf
OUR THREAD SILK ladles fnll-fashl
grade, all colors
Gloves
LADIES “LONDON" tan cape wstthtln
heavy English glove, Just received
OUR “CLEMENTINA” kid giovf*."I
satisfactorily, all colors
Silks and
Dress Triminii
PERSIAN and tanry sUhs In all tj***!
............ ... ... sDk. b ’
the new raw
-MOBILO,"
solid colors. , -j,
YOKING MATERIALS, with lun ”
lor trimming the new silks. Some pw J ”
Underwear
CHILDREN’S medium weight ***** ^
drawers, onr 33c number, we m
LADIES fleece lined shirts and 1>
uts, per garment, •; ' . pi; -|
LADIES French ribbed shirts an |
soft quality, per garment
LADIES “Mentor” brand union
A
Kimonas
SHORT KIMONAS, ol ffirtUW’J"] U (Wf *l
LONG KIMONAS, of wlta* **
nicely trimmed
Chas. L. Ana