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miter?.***' THE AMERICUS WEEKLY TIMES-RECORDER pECEMBER 15. 1910 DEATH CLAIMS MRS. EUGENE A. Ad .Comes to a Noble Wo man. Stricken By Illness Only a Few Hours Previous One ot the Most Loved Sway. Her Death a Sad Blow. The death of Mrs. Eugene A. Haw- hln* yesterday morning was a severe shock to the people of Americus, a.. K-hfle it has been known that she had been seriously indisposed for a day or two. no one of her family or wide circle cf friends dreamed for a mo ment that the end was really near. The announcement, therefore, of her demise cam wish crushing elfe t upon every one here and a whole city tows in silent sorrow at the passing of this noble woman. .In all Americus there was not one more generally beloved tor her noble traits of character, her 'genial, charra- ing personality and winsome nature, while her deeds o fcharity and kind ness endeared her to all. Mrs. Hawkins'had been HI for a few days but not until Monday, when she suffered a slight accident, did it a3 same serious form. The end came peacefully at 10:30 o'clock Wednesday morning. Mrs. Hawkins was about 60 years of age and was formerly Miss Mary. Mc- Gleskey, of Athens, where she be- catu“ the bride of Col. Hawkins near ly fOrty-one years ago. Their married life was an Ideally happy one, and In all the Southland there was no blighter, more charming home than theirs. Open-banded hos- pitgikT' ever abounded there, and furrjundtl u/ ,on - and daughters and grandchildren life within * Wr <:»!{!« j ot love was bright. Indeed. For the first time the death ^ngel has .ever entered there. tu dhedj O'charity this good woman touud 'a w id e field of usefulness, and --ATung the poor and unfortunate of ASnericus she carried love and hope and sunshine. v . A grand and noble life Is ended; her good work ceases here, and she iocs to a full reward on high. Besides a wide family connection ■he U snrvlvedl by her husband and eleven sons and daughters. Of these there are Mrs. W. E. Hawkins, Mrs. 1. T. Klllen, Mrs. John Sheffield. Mrs. C. J. White; Messrs. E. A. Wawkins, Jr, Joseph, Robert. Willis A., Sion Ben Hollis and Harry Hankins. Mr. Eugene Ilawktns resides Houston, Texas, and Messrs. Joseph and Robert Hawkins in Seattle. The former will come tonight to attend the funeral. The funeral will be 'held from the residence at 3 o'clock Friday after noon. SUMTER IS AMONG THE BIG TEN Georgia Counties. SHOPPERS ARE WORKING FULL TIME NOW Stands Tenth in List of Americus the Mecca of Busy Population ot District for THIRD MADE A FINE Ten Years Ago It Was the Twelfth- Twenty-Five Counties Are Accred ited With Having Over Twenty-Five Thousand Population. Buyers. Crowds Fill the Stores and Busines Is at Flood Tide-Sensible Ones Are Buying Ere Stocks Are Broken and Selections the Better Made. Sumter county Is now the tenth county In Georgia from the standpoint ot population. Tea years ago It was the twelfth In population in Georgia. In the past decade it has moved up two places. It is now one of the "big ten” of the Empire State of the South. Two or three other counties will press it for this position in the next ten yeats, but there Is no reason why Sumter shoudl not retain this proud position with the push that now marks -• al > d the l'roapeeta open before It approach of the festive season and the With returning sunshine the hollday buyer got busy yesterday and In every store In Americus where seasonable goods are displayed there was a host of eager, pushing shoppers. In clothing, Jewtf-ry, furniture, fan cy goods—In fact—In all lines there was a rush of business highly satis factory to the merchants. The merchants anticipate that the Christmas rush will begin in reality this wedk. The presence of unusual ly large* crowds In the stores yeater- 1910 and 1900 Census Shows a Gain in District o Nearly 33,000-Population of the Various Counties for Years 1900 and 1910. For the ten years, 1900 to 1910, the Third congressional district shows an Increase In population of 32,898, eighteen per cent. The figures for the fifteen counties comprising the district for 1910 and 1900 are given below. Ben Hill and Crisp counties are now counties, creat ed after 1900. The withdrawal of their territory explain the decrease In some of the other counties of the district .notably Dooly, which suf fered in the creation of Crisp. COLLEGE CLOSES FRIDAY FOR THE HOLIDAYS 120 Pupils Going Home for Christmas. Americus School Is Upon a I Plane and Its Future Will Be Great -Term Just Ending Most Success ful Since School Was Established of a steady influx of desirable popula tion from other states. While Sumter has not as much avail able area as some other counties tor development, It still has a great area capable of a high degree of agricul tural development, large areas that could be, and eventually will be, di vided Into smaller farms. Able judges say that a population of 50,000 to 60,000 could easily be carried In this county In an agricul tural way, even without Industrial de velopment to draw large numbers to Americus. The next coming ten years should see a great stride made in the way of smaller farms, more white fanners fine weather. their .prophesy upon the early generally. living on their places, and a stead? chase of their winter apparel rushing .their dressmakers for belated garments and hats. Merchants anticipate a larger vol ume of business this season than former years. They claim that a more general Interest Is being taken and that early purchases are more gener ous In their expenditures. All arc Influx of progressive farmers owning and operating small places. There are twenty-five counties In ‘’torgia accreAiteJ With Ovdf SJ.000 population in the census report Just issued. As stated, Sumter stands tenth in the list, which U a* follows: County , 1910 1900 MRS. C. S. GLOVER IS ASLEEP IN DEATH Beautiful Young Life Closed Last Night. Mrs. Carr >3. Glover passed away at 8 o'clock Monday night. The end oame after an Illness of lew than one week with pneumonia, and the an nouncement Tuesday of the passing of this gentle and loved woman brough: kicucot sorrow' to the hearts of hum dreds here. fiV-Cle li was known Monday that her condition waa extremely critical, the tact that she had passed .tbraugJ the preceding night lent hope to those who watched so long and so eagerly rot-her bedside. As tine day passed, however, an un favorable change resulted and the sweet sphft winged its fllglut to realms on high. The death of Mrs. Cover Is Inex- prexdbly sad, and hundreds who knew rad loved the bright, genial, charming young woman can scarcely realize tin*. She is no more here upon aivtl week ago the picture of health and tepptaeaa, today she is laid away In pathetic dust. Hit Glover was about thirty-two of age. She waa the youngest g'Jtcr of tie lamented Charles V and possessed the genial no- of that princely man. Besides her stricken husband, whose cup of sorrow seemed brimming In death of Ms fathfcr scarcely ten aigo, Mrs. Glover Is survived by little children; her brother, Judge R. Crisp, and sister. Mrs. D. Davenport, to all of-whom deep is extended. mend services were ccoductej afternoon at 3 o'clock from residence on Taylor afreet. HARLEY IS HITTER; OX ROAD TO RECOVER! 1 Fulton ...177,733 117363 2 Chatham ... 79,690 71,239 3 Richmond ... ... .58.886 53,735 4 Bibb ... 36,646 50,473 5 Floyd ... 36,736 36,113 6 Muscogee .... .. 36,227 20,836 7 Laurens ... 35 501 25,908 8 Carroll 26,576 9 Jackson ... 30,169 24.039 10 Sumter ... 29,092 26,212 11 Thoma»3 ....29,071 31,076 12 Decatur ... 29,045 29,434 13 Gwinnett ... 28,824 25/585 14 Coweta ... 28 800 24,980 15 Cobb ... 28,397 24,664 16 Washington .. ... 28,174 28.227 17 DeKalb .... 27,881 21,125 18 Burke .... 27,268 30,163 19 Bullock ....26,464 21.377 20 Troup .... 26,228 24,002 21 Hall ... 23,730 20,752 22 Walton .... 25,393 20,942 23 Bartow ...... 23,388 20,823 24 Meriwether .. .... 25,180 33,339 25 Emanuel .... .... 25,140 21,279 ANSLEY STOCK TO BE SOLD AT AUCTION Beginning Thursday Morning, Three Sales Daily. Owing to the extraordinarily heavy slock of merchandise we have hand In a'i lines .which was bougnt by us with the Idea and expectation that we would be able to occupy our new sto-p as far back as last Septem ber and In which we have been ana. voldab'y delayed and furthermore to the short crop conditions which have prevailed in this entire section, and still fuither to the fact that we pro pose tc discontinue a number of lines In oi: ■ new store to which wo arc just mov'ng, we have decided to offer 'ergi rortlon of our stock of general dry goods, clothing, ladles' ready-to- wcai garments, etc., etc., at public auction for what they will bring to th" highest bidder. Sale will begin Thursday mornlug, December 15th at 10 o'clock. There will be three soles dally, morning, afternoon and nlghr, conducted by one of the be3t auction eera In America. Ample accommodations will be pro vided for the comfort of every one, and we most cordially Invite all to attend these dally sales. It will oe the g.eatcst opjiortunlty for buying the every day necessities of life ever offered the people of Americus. CHAS. L. ANSLEY. ENTERED PLEA OE GI'ILTY making preparations to take care of increasingly large crowds »)| of this week. Tbfre were hundreds of women shoppers On tme streets yesterday with an occasional man, who Cooked IS if he felt out of place tn hii Stirro-jnd- ings. The bargain KuiiVef* Were Im partial in their liisj&Cll&ns, taking In all classes of kftffea. County 1910 1900 Ben Hill 11,863 Crawford 8,310 30,368 Crisp ....* 16,423 20.554 26,367 Houston .23.609 22,611 Lee • 11,679 19,343 Macon 15,016 14,093 Pula3kl 22,835 18,489 Scihiley 5,213 5,499 Stewart 13,437 15,856 Sumter 29,092 26212 Taylor 10,839 9,846 Twiggs 10,736 8.716 Webster 6,151 6.618 Wilcox 13,486 11,097 j Totals 219.243 186,345 j Increase 32 89S DEATH OF FRANK HALL MRS. CHARLES T. FURLOW DIES IN CLARKSVILLE Funeral Will Take Place Here •Following an Illness of several weeks, Mrs. Charles T. Furiow passed sway .Sunday afternoon at the family residence 2a Clarksville, iwhero she Lad removed only recently from At lanta, their homo for more than twem tv years. Telegrams announcing Mia. Fnrk-w's death, were received here Tuesday morning. The death of this estimable and much ibelovjed womvn, brings aidncss many friends in Americus, among whom she resided for so many years, and was generally beloved. Mrs. Furleuv was about 62 years of age, and -was formerly Mias Meri wether. a member of th* well known Georgia family of that name. The family resided here mixuy years .prior to removal to Atlanta, where 'her hus band was assistant treasurer until ill- health caused his retirement a short time ago. Recently he load erected a handsome heme In the Blue Ridge mountains, near Clarksville, land there It was that fatal Illness seized her. Besides her busbadi, Mr. C. T. Fur. low, the deceased Is survived by four sons and a daughter, Miss Joane Fur- low. She was also a sister of the late Mrs. L. H. Carter, of Americas, and tire venerable Father Meriwether, of the Catholic church tat Macon., be sides other relatives In this city and victn4ty. MR. N. G. PRINCE DIES AT MACON Funeral in Americus This Afternoon at 3 O’clock. •Mr. N. G. Prince died yesterday at 6 o’clock at the residence of his son. In-law, Mr. E. D. Ansley, in Macon aged 75 years. The remains will be .brought to Americus on the noon train today.,The funeral will take place from the jSrei byterlan church this afternoon at 3 o'clock. Rev. Dr. Douglas, df Macon, I officiating. All of the friends pf the The Third. District Agricultural and Mechanical School will close for the holidays, Frida ymorning thus ending the most successful term in the histo ry of the school. The pupils will be leaving the school for their homes all over Georgia on the Gate trains this evening, and by Saturday night all except a few who will remain look after the dairy herd and keep and take care of the buildings, etc. will 'be at their homes 0 ron th. way. The one hundred and twenty-one boys and girls in attendance o the school have come from all over the states and some from three other states. While some few may not be able to return after .Christmas, the greater number will return again to take up the work. The known vacancies are being rap idly taken, and It would not be a sur prise to the management should the number that will have to 'be turned away for want of room January 2 be greater than even the number that had to be turned away the past term. J1.097 Many of those who could not be ad mitted during the fall made appllca- OCCURS ON SUNDAY Citizen Well Known Here Passes Away. tance January 1st. Quite a number of such applications are now on file out at the school. The year Just closing has been a 'great one for the school. It has wit , nessed the perfection of a system em- ! bracing every department, not to be | excelled anywhere In the state. I A large new shop has been erected | and In addition to the splendid equip, ment already in place, a small electric ; plant and several machines are to be .. „ put In early In January. New class The death of Mr. Frank Hall on Sun- roonl3 and la!)0rator> . e(luiI)ment have day morning at Ms home hers. *•>»« been added and more and better farm not at all unexpected in view of his re-! machlner ha3 been , mr , ha3ed . The cent long illness, was uoae the less teachlng f(Jrce hls been lncreagedt and deplored by hls wide clrc.e of friends la Americus and throughout Sumter county, where he was reared and had so long resided.-Mr. Hall was stricken with brain congestion on Tlianksjiv- overy student now wears a uniform. Shipments arc being received dally from the 1'qlted Statos arsenals of the government equipment for the cadets. , Tim f it ..re of the school is bright. The ing Day and has grown: constantly „ mit t0 lt3 >I>OMn , mtl€9 the weaker until death resulted on Sunday , lmlt of lu aocommod , 3tIons . last. M . Hall was employed In the mail service ana waa very generally ' - r , rllrlrP n e„teemed by all. He was forty-two 11| (jLllNll 1U LLtlYltN lt)j years of age. and is survived by hls wife, a young daughter and two small children. The funeral svas held Mon day morning at New Point, six miles jrSJKXSSSjyS Terror Got Away on followed by the ritual of the Wood men of the Work], of which order he was a member. TWO DAYS TO AMERICUS WAS TRIP OF FLANDERS Alabama Mud Delays Party Greatly. 8a.pt. Tullls and Chief J. H. Clark cf the Americus telephone exchange, came In yesterday on nn auto trip fr at Montgomery, Ala., having cover ed the circuitous route of nearly 175 miles In two days. They returned aboard the Bell Co.'s toll line repali car, "Flanders Twenty," and made very good time except In the black mud belt below Montgomery, where a whole day waa consumed In covering forty miles of space. While there are many auto lines out of Americus, In all directions, this Is .probably the first trip made from Montgomery here. CONVICT QUARTERS ARE BURNED AT LEESDURG Probably Sorry Re Told lire Judge About It. who tail been very u, week with pneu- of Mr. N. A. Ray Mr. Begley came a visit here and time occasioned sj- AXD SOAKED FOR $140 deceased are Invited. Air. Prince a member of the Americus camp of Confederate Veterans, the members of which will attend the services. Mr. Prince was for thirty years a resident of Americas, removing :o Macon some four or five years ago. He was universally esteemed In this community and the sympathy of a'l goes out to hia wife and two aaugh- ters, Mrs. E. D. Ansley. of Macon, and Mrs. William Black, of Montgomery. There’s onr man In Americas who, should he cur sit behind a royal flush larain, he will let the Jury decide whether or not he is guilty of gam ing. Yesterday he Insisted upon plead ing guP'y to such an Indictment, aud Judge Liiiltjobn fined him $100 ad costs, cr a total dose of $140. And now he's probably sorry that be spoke. Fun takes money to get and tnedl- In? to set over. Loss Reported As $2,000 With Full Insurance. NEGRO STILL IN JAIL Trival Fine. Inventors are constantly adding im provements to the typewriter hut none of them have been able to tarn out a machine that will snell correctly. News was received yesterday after noon that the convict quarter,] of Lee county at Leesburg, had suffered con siderable damage from fire of an ac cidental origin. According to the .reports, the too! shc-d, with all Its contents, and the Iced barn, which was full or supplies for the winter, were both destroyed. The loss waa given as about $2,000, believed to be fully covered with In- si .ranee. Arrangements were made at once to secure more tools and to rebuild the burned structures. While Cliff Clements, the negro who for two months it Is believed, ter rorized Americus with attempted bur glaries the past summer received on ly a nominal fine under an alleged misrepresentation of hls case upon a plea of guilty entered a day or two ago, there are other charge] that will held him The trifling fine of $73 was Imposed, but Clements Is still In jail and will answer to other charges. When the case wa s called Judge Whipple was told that Clements bop a very excellent character, and this was probably the first serious charge against him. Not knowing the facts, Judge Whip ple accepted a plea of guilty and Im posed a fine of $75. But Clements Is still In the bastile and will doubt less get hls de3erts upon other charg&j even though he should get off practically free for an attempted bur glary. One Indictment pending against him is for tiie theft of a watch while raid ing a residence on Lee street dur ing the summer. Night after night, a few months ago residents here were terrorized by numerous burglary raids until Cle ments was shot while working at window of Mrs. W. W. Wheeler's resi dence, Immediately there avis a ces sation of the midnight raids which were generally charged to Clements. His brother Bill Clements, has twice been convicted of burglary here and a few years sentence In the peni tentiary bangs over him. Kirs and never tell; and It's thp same way about gambling If you lose. Excuses can't be cpnvtnclng, unle they are your own. It require* a keen sense of humor to know when not to be fonov. ONE DIE THE PRICE PUT UPON A LIFE Nrgro Shoots His Partner Over Game. Just for a 'dime a negro, Taylor by name, shot and killed Ed Robinson another black ■crop shooter, near here yesterday. Three coons were in the game when. Robinson, it is said, swip ed trie "pot", containing one lone dime and walked off. Ho didn't walk far ere Taylor punctured his tire and put him in shape for th* funeral today. Taylor hit it for the tail grass and NOW is the time toh ? n n8 !? aS 8ifts ’ the st f ul1 , the goods are cf fresh, the clerks have to show the goods andt select suitable gifts yourself have more time exactly what you want We suggest a numbet cles that will prove desirable gifts. use Furs for ladies at$l,5(i Muffs to match $2.50 to Fur Sets for childre to 7.50. ® Sweaters for ladies, all $1.25 to 8.50. Sweaters for children 2.00. Mufflers for ladies dren 50c to 2.00. Handkerchiefs of linen hemstitched 5c to 39c. Handkerchiefs of lire cambric, hemstitched an embroidered, the genuii fail work, 25c to 1.50. Hankerchief s of linen, ian handwork 1.00 to 1.5 Handkerchiefs with es 20c to 3.50. Initial Handkerchief stitched linen $1.00 and 1. of six. Hat Pins, all the styles, 25c to 2.50. Thimbles of Sterling Christmas boxes, 25c. Gloves, kid, mocha $1.C0 to 3.50. Jabots, all the newest 25c, 35c and 50c. Belt? in silk, velvet, and elastic, 15c to 1.50. Hosiery silk, lisle and 1 10c to 1.50 Scarfs and Veils, Si- gofl Handbags, the kind, 75c upward Linen drawn 25c to 10.00. thread Kimonas, long and sb° to 3.50. Shirt waists of ca®*> and *ilk, 1.25 to 12-50 clo Suits, dresses, skirts for ladies, Miss eS > dren, at special prices Rugs, art squares, tings, lace curtains shades, new curtain ne Chas. THE S1IW S'