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m ■ THE AMERICUS WEEKLY T1MES-REC0RDER NOVEMBER 24. 1910 fcr 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