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AMERICUS TIMES-RECORDER
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1920
GN OF SPRING;
CIRCUS COMING
NEW CHAMBER PROGRAM
TO BE UP TO MEMBERS
WEBSTER VOTERS
TO POLLS APR. 20
— , A sign of Spring, as sure as the
robins, the Metropolitan Shows, a
-circus, is coming, and will open its
^bgagement in Americas for one
‘wees, heb. 23 to Feb. 28, on the
show grounds—the old ball park. The
Metropolitan Shows need no intro
duction to the show-going people of
8umter county, having wintered here
in the past. This year the Metropol
itan Shows oger the best line of at-
tration, it is said, that they have ever
E sented. Howard Benson’s Georgia
istrels with 20 people, featuring
- Roy Gibson, better known as ‘Tork
Chops;” the two Scotts, Lucile and
Joseph, the girl that signs the “blues”
away. Kid Carl and many others-
are with them. Also Ei Elliott and
his ten-piece jazz band. Ethel At
kinson’s society circus, the dog and
monkey hotel, over the Rapids and
4Cher big features. Prof. Gargani and
l* Us American Favorite Band. There
^ will be concerts every afternoon and
night free on the streets, at 2 and i
7 p. m. The Metropolitan Shows
extend a cordial invitation to every
one to come out to the Carnival
Grounds and make themselves at
borne.
■sted
•'What can the new Chamber of who are the nun mo.t
Commerce do? It can do anything j various matter!.. H> putting su-h
upon which the thought and energy men on special.romm Me. >.the d rec-
of the community have been center .tors insure careful study "' Ptoject
ed as needful to be done, said Gen- land t.ieir completion b> interested
oral Foster, director of the campaign. ; groups of citizen^ ^ inJividual
“What it^will do depends entirely j member the opportunity to work on
upon the membership. Every mem , the thing he is particularly anxious
County and State Dele
gate Primaries Set
For Same Day
her will have an equal vote in saying
what it should do and the doing of
those things will then become a mat
ter uniting the whole Chamber of
Commerce to that end.
“Putting the question another
way, suppose »t is asked. ‘Who is go
ing to say what the Chamber of Com-
rce shall do.’ The resident? No.
.* director.-? No. The committee
hat
i. mb
active
that the interest of th«
i>h«p i- kept alive and
Candidates To Suffer
At Thalean Sociable
Y es.
vhich the
No. The memte
“The manner
hers will do this
important featur..
Chamber of Commerce, a feature
which is based one of the chief up
peals for the support and cu-opera
tion of the business and professions
men of Americus. farme-« of Sumtei
county, and the- women of the com
munity
The recitations and box supper at
Thalean Academy, 6 miles west of
Americus, next Friday night at 7:30
V,Up mn>t 1 O'clock, promises to he an enjoyable
, ,h »• YDTndcd It is said that Miss Sarah
OI ‘ * Walters, the principal, will give a
number of her excellent interpreta
tions. Miss Walters greatly excels as
an elocutionist, and her selections for
this occashn promise t > give her aud
ience the best of entertainment. It
id that the auctioneer has many
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“, n , y * .. . is the reforendum. ! good jokes on the various candidates.
1,1 " r „ J n ho aVed of every Ifor office, and that there will be good
vo question Will be asked oi every * ■ . „„„„
SUMTER CITY i
SUMTER, Fob. }8.—Miss llai
caret McDonald has returned to
. - j’ f 1 --" 1 Tenn., to resume her school
duties.
• Mrs. Frank Alexand r. of Atlanta,,
la the'guest of her sister, Mrs. Rufus,
Webb.
Mrs. J. R. Ewing is spending some
time with relatives in Abbeville. Mr.
Ewing spent the week-end there also.
Mr and Mrs. Carl Fain, of Edison,
came Monday for a visit at the home
of Mrs. W. A. Webb. '
Miss Ethel Markette spent a few |
days in Americus, the guest of Miss!
Lubelle Speer.
--Miss Emma Wiggins entertained!
the pupils of her school Friday after-1
noon with a Valentine party.
J. A. McDonald, Jr., was in Daw
son on business Friday afternoon.
Angus Markette, of Dawson, was a
visitor here Tuesday.
J. A. McDonald, of Plains, was
looting after his farming interests
hi re Saturday. ' .
Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Worthy, of
Dawsyn, and his mother, Mrs. Emma
McNeil, of Carthage, N. C., visited
relatives here this week.
.oK.’.r i m mi-iint.lV after the week cheer in them even for every appli
of intensive campaign They are:, cant for office. The box supper will
•What as a citizen, do you think is form an iomprtant feature. The la- (
the thing of first importance for th' dies of ’lhalenn district are all good ,
Chamber of Commerce to undertake ! cooks and most of them have taken .
for the good of the community? 1 and | lessons in domestic economy. Mrs. j
•What in your opinion is the first I Olin Williams, the teacher of domes--
thing that should be undertaken by: tic economy for Sumter county
the chamber to improve the condi- schools, says that her classes tn this
PRESTON. Feb. 17.—The Webster
county primary for the nomination
of county officers will be held Tues
day, April 20, coincident with the
statewide primary for the naming of
delegates to the Democratic national
convention in San Francisco. The
date was named at a meeting here of
the county executive committee Sat
urday, at which fees for the various
officers to be voted upon and other
details of the election were fixed.
The following resolution, passed by
the committee, details its action:
“We, the Democratic Executive
j Committee for Webster cuonty, Ga.,
now in session on th's the 14th day
of February, 1020, do hereby adopt
i the following rules and regulations,
governing the primary election for
the purpose of nominating county
officers.
“That the primary election be held
on Tuesday, April 20, 1920, and that
every r egistered and qualified white
man twenty-one years of age or who
will be twenty-one years of age by
the date of the general election in
November and who will have lived ir.
Webster county six months and in
the state of Georgia twelve months
by the date of said general election in
November, be allowed to participate
in said primary. . A . .
“That any voter living in a district
in which there is not an incorporated
town, be allowed to vote at the coun
ty site, Preston. Ga., if he or they
~o desire.
“That each candidate for the of
fice of sheriff, ordinary, clerk of
court, superintendent of schools, tax
receiver and tax collector be assess
ed $10.00 each. And that each can
didate for surveyor, coroner and
commissioner of roads and revenue
be assessed $2.50 each, and that they
be required to pay to the secretary
of the executive committee, N. F.
Bulloch at the Bank of Preston on or
before noon April 1, 1920. Any can
didate or person who refuses to pay
his assessment by April 1 noon can
not be voted for in said primary and
his or their names will not appear on
the ticket. Said assessment to be
used for paying expenses of holding
the election and all other legitimate
expenses in connection therewith.
The returns to be consolidated the
day after the election at 12 o’clock
at the court house in Preston, Ga.
“C. C. TRACY, Chairman.
“N. E. Bulloch, Secretary.”
BUYS CARLOAD
OF BEES HERE
More Than 200 Hives Go
i To Marchant, Bee
King
buying bees in this locality, through
T. G. Pelham, himself an experienc
ed bee handler, and a carload has
been obtained in various parts of the
county. A truck has been sent here
end Will begin at once gathering up
the hives and loading them. Mr.
Marchant is expected here in person
to supervise the undertaking.
Ellaville Basketeers
Defeat Butler 26-2
What is said to be the largest ship
ment of bees ever made from Sum
ter county will be made this week,
iccording to plans now being com
pleted, when A. B. Marchant, of Jes
sup, the American Bee King, loads a
-olid freight car load of bees in hives
which have been bought in this vicini
ty, and starts them for Jessup. The
car will contain approximately 220
hives.
Mr. Marchant is said to be by far
the largest bee owner and breeder
n America. He hns bee colonics all
hrough Florida, Georgia and other
Southern states, his holdings extend
ing even to Iowa, and he is continu
ally increasing his colonies. He is &
scientific breeder of bees and his
queens arc known all over the world
and frequently exported. The sale of
queens being his primary business,
honey is a by-product, although he
annually sells many carloads of it.
Recently Mr. Marchant has been
See the Point?
Sulil I he observing feller. "Newspa
pers cannot he guilty of prevarication
as long «S they get proof of everything
they say.*'—Indinnapoll. Star.
lions and opportunities in your line
of business
“In securing answers to these qu
tions, reliance will not be placed
wholly on mail replica. Group meet
ings will be held, discussion, .nvited,
and other methods followed, all in
tended to obtain from every mem
ber a candid and earnest exnression
district have always been enthusiasm
tic. It is said that \vhoever fails to,
attend this entertainment will miss,
one of he best of the season. There
will be plenty of feasting for bodyj
and mind and fun for the candidates..
CLASSIFIED,
bei a canum ami ,
of opinion or suggestion. I FOR SALE—I have for sole 500
‘‘It has been experienced in other | bughels Cleveland Big Boll and
•- •— ----- —r- .. . | bushels of Cleveland Big Boll and
-ities that the answers to these two 5Q0 bushe?s of Ring’s Extra Early
questions, coming from Chamber oi . IrnprovC( j co tton seed for sale, put up
Commerce members, classify them- even we j r ».^ printed bags of 100
selves under a comparatively few ira-| poun( j 8 bag, and crown under the
portant headings. Jt . I supervision of the King Cotton Seed
“These subjects thus broadly de- ■ * near Grcenv ni e , North Carolina,
fined represent the planks in tne tbat | am 0 ff cr j n g a t the low price of
platform of work of the expanded j 2 .25 per bushel in lots of 10 bush-
Chamber. els or more. These varieties stand
“It is clearly seen here that to the . in weevil infected ten
program of work as thus developed
Removing Tta SUIna.
• The spouts of ch! r »n teapots becomo
very much discolored In time. A wing
feather of a chicken or turkey makes
• good brush to remove them. When
well soai*ed and drawn In and out of
■ th* 1 spout It cl-- '•
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the whole membership is pledged, and
it is the dut” of the cfficers and
directors, and of the special commit
tees, when appointed, to concen
trate their whole effort to carrying
this program through. The program
■ will cover a period of at least three
! years of activity.
I “Having learned the interests of
the individual members it is possible
I for the directors to call into commit
tee service the men who are interest
ed in certain projects. The signed
answers to the questions will disclose
at top in me weevu imcucu
tory, by the agricultural experiment j
stations, and any farmer knows that
cotton seed from North Carolina will
fruit and produce cotton two Weelo
earlier than the Georgia raised seed.
Seed shipped from Americus. Clem
P. Davis, Box 466, Americus, Ga.—
17-tf
Great Man’* Tribute to Mother.
A wise mother and good books en
abled me to succeed In life.—Henry
Clay.
METROPOLITAN SHOWS
ALL NEXT WEEK AMERICUS FEB’RY 23-28
16- Big Feature Attractions -1G
BIG GEORGIA MINSTRELS SOCIETY
Circus, Dog and Monkey Hotel, Gant Ferris Wheel, Jumping
Horse Carousel, Over the Rapids and Other Features.
TWO
BANDS
TWO
FREE CONCERTS
ON STREETS
Every Afternoon and Night 2 and 7 o clock
TWO
BANDS
TWO
ANNOUNCEMENT
Knowing the rapid growth of Americus and Sumter County, firmly believing in the future
possibilities of the city^and county, we have opened and are now ready with a completely
new stock of
UCW DlvWa VI
Hardware, Farm Implements
Paints, Builders’ Supplies, Automobile Tires and Tubes
Buggies, Wagons, Sporting Goods
In buying our large stock, we have constant
ly kept in mind that it is the best, the most
dependable, the most serviceable that always
is the best investment for the customer.
Therefore we have purchased goods from
Volrath Enamel Ware Anthony Wire Fencing. Mfg. by American Wire Co
Mirror Aluminum Ware Pruden Buggies
Cof^Hot^Blaat Rangea'and^Heatera. bS*£? Planter., Plow. and Implement..
only those manufacturers who by long ser
vice have secured for themselves such a repu
tation. '
Following is a list of some of the goods we
shall carry:
Winchester Guns and Ammunition
Winchester Cutlery, Tools and Sporting Goods.
Lowe Bros. Paints and Varnishes
Federal Automobile Tires and Tubes.
ELLAVILLE, Feb. 18.—In a match
game of basket ball between Ellaville
and Butler last Friday aftemoon at
Butler, Ellaville was victorious with
a score of 26 to 2. The players for
the Ellaville team were as follows:
Henry Wall, Jr., R. F. Snyder, Jim
Cook, Sollie Hart, Raymond Johnson.
Prof. S. E. Denton has been coach-
ing the team, and their splendid
playing and fine physique proved too
much for the Butler boys* Those go
ing to Butler were much pleased at
the splendid manner in which they
were entertained. They were shows
every courtesy and came home highly
delighted with their pleasant trip.
We solicit a share of your business and in return promise complete satisfaction for bur
goods' courteous treaCent on the part of our sales force and the best service ,t is wtth-
in our power to render.
Gatewood-Cogdell Hardware Company
108-110 Cotton Ave.
T. F. Gatewood
AMERICUS, GA.
A. D. Gatewood
Telephone No.5164
Alton Cogdell
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