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Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1903-09-17
East Lake, Ala, Dec. sth, 1902.


Mr.. A. B. Girardeau, Savannah, Ca
Dear Sir:-This is::to certify that on Au-
gust 1st went to Verbena, Ala, to hold
series of meetings. Was at that time, and
had been for six weeks prior, so feeble was
scarcely able to preach Mr.. F. A. GulIedge,
of Verbena, with whosesfamiIy was stop
ping, kindly offered me three bottles of
JohnsOn's Chill and Fever Tonic, gratis.
accepted, and began the use of the Tonic at
once. Within three weeks was was much
better. In three weeks | had taken the
three bottles of Tonic and was fully well.
Took no other medicine then nor since, and
am in better health and heavier than. for
the past fifteen years.
j. M. McCORD,
Pastor Verbena Baptist Church.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1903-09-17
Killed by Failing Tree.

Mobile, Ala, Sept. ia special
from Jackson Ala, says J. Frapkitn
Moore, secretary and treasurer of the
@. W. Zimmerman Manufacturing com
pany, was killed by failing tree. Mr..
Moore was 40 years old and a promt
nent Mason.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1903-09-17
I. Wenty-Fifth Year. !
Two Secrets of Success

AWOA AJS&AS S@S IN 1u@S~oS
The success of The Mutual
Life Insurance Company of New
York is due:
FIRST To its selection of risks:
It writes no insurance in unhealthful
regions or on vicious or sub-standard lives.
SECOND To the investment of
It's funds:
Send for f'Bankers .WilI,'' which tells how
the greatest accumulation of trust funds in
the world is Invested.
Good health and good invest
ments will go long way toward
making anyone rich.
This companyranks
FIRsT-Tn Assets.
First-In Amount Paid Policy-holders
First--In age,
TBE MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE
COMPANY OF New YORK,
RichardaA. Mccurdy, President
R. F. sHEDDEN, Manager, Atlanta.
ARTHUR 8 EVERETT,
Resident Agents,
4MERIoUs, GEORGIA.
Z
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1903-09-17
Pedestrians Have Marrow Escane

New York, Sept ia huge block
of stone coping fell from the upper
part of the 20-story Flat Iron building
Twenty-third street, Broadway and
Fifth avenue, today. A large hole
was torn in the pavement and frag
ments of the stone flew in all direc
tons One of the pieces struck John
Ripple, bartender, as he was pass
ing along the avenue half block away
and~broke his leg. A Broadway car
comfortably filed with passengers.
bound down town, was also damaged
by the shower of small stones and
several passengers were slightly in
jured. No cause for the loosening oI
the stone could be ascertained.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1903-09-17
WAR ON WHiTEcAPs.
Wifebeater in North Carolina Ordered
to Leave Country.


to Leave Country.
Raleigh, N. c., Sept. 16.-Whitecap
pers went to the house of prominend
farmer, Charles Whiteley, near Clay
ton, Johnston county, seized him
and tied him and then carried him tc
the wood and nearly beat him to death
with horsewhips.
They told him he must leave thai
community or they would return and
kill him, but instead of departing he
has gathered a band of his friends
All have armed themselves and are
awaiting the return of the whitecap
pers, who have not yet shown up.
More trouble is expected. Whitley
and his wife had domestic trouble and
it is charged by her that he had beat
en- her unmercifully.,
She fled to her relatives and exhib
tied marks of the whipping.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1903-09-17
Warehouse Company Formed.

New York, Sept. 16.-According td
Baltimore dispatches, the National Fl
deity Warehouse company, which has
been incorporated in Virginia, with q
capital of $1,000,000, will build numer
Gus cotton warehouses in the south
and will issue receipts guaranteed by
Maryland company, thereby furnish,
ing wide market for the warehouse
receipts. Should the plan work out
successfully, cotton producers will nc
longer be Obliged to sell in four months
crop that is in demand all the yea1
round by spinpers.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1903-09-17
Stockholders Meetlnc.

Indianapolis, Sept 16.-The stock
holders annual meeting of the Chica.
go, Indianapolis and louisville rail
way company was held here this morn
ing. The officers announced that the
road had just completed the most pros
porous year IN its history. The an,
nual report showed the gross earnings
to be s5,Oee,1s compared with 4,6st..
lH7 tha urevioue year
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1903-09-17
Congressman BereIHn Dead.

London, Ky, Sept. 16.-6Ougtessmau
Vincent Boreing died se his home here
today of pneumonis. He was the only
Republican in the Kentucky delegation.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1903-09-17
BRoUeHToN RECEIVES CALL. /
Big Boston Church Wants Well knowr
Atlanta Pastor

Atlanta, Sept. 16.--Rey. Lem e.
Broughton, pastor Of the Baptist Tab
ernacle in this place, has been called
TO the pastorate of the Clarendon Bap.
tist church in Boston.
This is one of the most prominent
churches in New England. Rev. e.
Q. Broushton's reply has not yet been
made known
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1903-09-17
Wild Steer Created afnmnade

Augusta, Ga, Sept. 1s.A wild steer
which came across the river brtdaa
from Carolina created panic al
Broad street by Charging after people,
on the streets. He was shot rep
edly by the police and stirred up ratpf
a sensation before the seventh snds
let laid him low. se oJ
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1903-09-17
Graceful WOIls

Desire tor Perfect Figure Is insepara
from Loys OF the Beautiful.
The scent of the violet or rose is
precious as the lovely flowers whoy
breath they are, and while the lives tY
flowers are brief and we can only enjoys
them for day, the beautiful woman givee
of beautiful woman suggests purity
health and elegance; she is the refinement
of civilization; an index always of good
taste and an unerring badge of gentilittvA
Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-08-10

for the present city administration.
1t shows that the finances of the city
have been handled in a careful man
ner. In a certain sense, it puts Perth
Amboy in an independent position.
We sell our bonds whether Wall street
saws so or not.
1t was hardly to be expected that
bidding would be very lively with the
none market in the condition it has
been for the past week or two. The
Board of Aldermen were not surprised
when no bidders appeared and they
were prepared to see that the bonds
did not GO begging. The bonds peal
four per cent. interest and this will
now be paid into the city treasury.
AS long as Perth Amboy can care for
its own bonds in this manner the city
need have little tear for the future.
1t is an enviable position.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-08-10

A Bayonne preacher says the n
thing that contributes to ungodliness
is the reading of Sunday newspapers.
If that is true then the public morals
are improving. 1t used to be liquor
that raised old Nick with the people
on Sunday. If they have tapered
down to Sunday newspapers, the dissi-
patton will not hurt them, even if
they do buy a good many worthless
Sunday newspapers. Jersey City
Journal.
The state officials who fixed the
license fee at 81 for a.perpetual permit,
while in other states it costs from So
to $40 annually, feel like kicking them
selves now that they realize that the
auto car has come to stay. Fully
1900 New Workers hold New Jersey
licenses, obtained for 81 each.-Cam-
den Post-Telegram.
Report comes from Trenton that the
revenue obtained from trusts incor-
porated by the State is sadly on the
decrease. If this be so the State will
be driven to honesty. -Plainfield
Press.
People of this city have reason to
give thanks for the efficiency of its
health department just at this time
when typhoid is raging elsewhere.
Impure milk is alleged to be the cause
of the existence of the disease in other
places. -Plainfield Press.
Strangers are frequently tempted to
go in swimming in the Hackersack
river and many are drowned there
every summer. There is NJ more
dangerous place to swim in anywhere
near New York. The inuumerable
creeks which flow like nil races form
mud bank and eddes, and the bottom
is a soft, sticky clay that is too slip
perry to stand on when it is stable
enough to bear a PERSONS weight, and
too soft as a rule. 1t clings so that
an attempt to walk on it in the shall
lows is futile, and jonce the mud gets
a hold on a swin>her he is pinned to
the bottom. --Jafsey City Journal.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-08-10
HUMOROUS.

Couldn't Forget It.-'That's a beau
tiful piece the orchestra is playing"
"Ah! it is one that will always haunt
me-" "Why?" at is the only one my
daughter knows."-Stray Stories.
Not Guilty.-Mrs. Feedum-"Were
you ever charged with intoXication"'
Tagged Ferguson (sadly)-"No, mum;
never could git de barkeep ter charge
even one drink. kansas City Jour
nal.
His Diagnosis.-She-"I have got
four new wrinkles in my face since l
married you" He-"Too bad! pre-
sumo it comes from worryingovermll-
liners bills which l can't pay."-N. Y.
Weekly.
The Streets.-Excited Woman-"Mr.
Policeman, could you tell me if the
streets have been swept since L
dropped my purse?" Policeman
What time last year did you drop it,
ma'am?"-Baltimore American.
He Wasn't Sure,-"Stand up, McNut-
ty," said the police magistrate. "Are
you guilty or not guilty?" Faith, an
it's mesilf as can't tell thot till Oh
hear tn ividence," replied McNutty.-
Chicago Daily News.
Defective.-The Patron-"Your pic
ture isn't bad, but the drawings a bit
off, isn't it?" The Artist-'How's
that?" The Patron-"Why, the clock
says ten past ten, and the right time
now is a quarter to four."-Pick-Me-
Up.
MY new play is sure to make a
hit" said the eminent actress. "It
gives me an opportunity to show 20 SUI
perb gowns" "Gracious! how many
scenes do you appear IMP" "Only five,
but one of them's a scene at the dress
maker's."-Philadelphia Press.
His Idea of Generosity.-"Did You
turn that needy friend of yours emp
ty-handed from your door?" no."
answered Mr.. Kermudge. 81 didn't let
him go away empty-handed, I made
out a statement of what he owes me
and told him how much interest he'd
save by payin' cash."-Washington
Star.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-08-10
HUMOROUS.

The Height of Daring.-Willie Lit
tleboy-"What's a hero, anyhow"
Bob Thickneck-'A hero is a teller
that dast to tie a can to a bulldogs
tail ."-Smart Set.
Retaliation.-"I got even with that
pan who shores SO LOUD in the next
room" ''In what way?" why, I
paid a boy to toot my automobile
horn all night. Chicago Daily News.
B. Lunder-"Funny! 1 always get
demiiohn' and 'demagogue' mixed
up" Z. Newitt-"Well, there isn't
anything strange about that. The
contents are usually the same
Philadelphia Record.
Envy.-"Yes," said the nervous man,
1T have a habit of talking in my
sleep" And the eminent citizen who
Is expected to respond to an ovation
In every town that the train goes
through murmured: "What a valua-
BILE accomplishment" - Washington
Star.
The Thorn and the Rose. - First
Married Man.-"Women are frightful
gossipers, aren't they" Second Mar
ried Man-"Yes; but just think what
a lot of entertaining information one
would miss concerning the neighbors
were they otherwise Chicago Daily
News.
Towne-"I didn't see you at Mrs.
| Hansom's tea this afternoon. She
was superb; the most beautiful wom-
an there" Brown-"O, she's the
reigning belle, you know" Towne-
"Well, on this occasion she not only
reigned but she poured" Philadel-
phia Press.
Harry-"I wish somebody would
| give me a hundred thousand dollars!"
Uncle George-"Don't you think it
rather stupid to be wasting your
time in vain wishes?" Harry-"Guess
you are right, Uncle George. I might
Just as we'll have wished for a mil
lon."-Boston Transcript.
Not in That Class.-Teacher-"O,
yes, Tommy, if you have a dog you
are the owner of a ~quadruped, aren't
vou?" Tommy-"No'm." Teacher
81 explained to you yesterday that
any animal with four legs was a
quadruped." Tommy "Yes'm, u
Rover lost one O his'n fghtin' a troll
lev car."-Catholic Standard.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-08-10
Engiish ideas of Cnnndn.

Curious accounts come to hand of
the colonists who went to western
Canada. A proportion of them. as
might have been expected. enter
tanned extraordinary notions of what
life in the Wild west would be, and
the majority of them seem to have
armed themselves with as MANY guns
as they would have needed to fight
Indians twice a week. Unfortunate
ly some of these warlike individuals
had not taken the preliminary step
of learning to shoot, and the air
seems to have echoed with the dis
charge Of their guns let off in pure
wantonness, so that the police had
to interfere to check their enthus-
iasm. Those of them who were
sportsmen were genuinely disap-
pointed, as the buffalo has entirely
disappeared, and as to the redskin
of Fenimore Cooper's novel. he exists
nc more, since the Indian of to-da V
saturates himself with gin, wears the
same clothing as the white man, and
goes to church regularly.-London
Sketch.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-08-10
RINGS MEANT AUTHORITY.
Origin of h Custom OF wearing
Finger CircIets Is Los In
Antiquity.

The custom of wearing rings to
adorn the hand is of such remote date
that all attempts to trace its origin
are lost in the obscurity of antiquity;
but the primary intention OF this prac-
tice, in early ages of the world, APP
pears to have been as an emblem OF
authority and government; and this
was symbolically communicated by de-
ivering a ring to the person on whom
they were intended to be conferred,
says the Mirror.
In conformity to this ancient usage,
the Christian church employed the
ring in the ceremony of marriage
(Which was first adopted by the Greek
church) as a symbol of the authority
which the husband gave to his wife
over his household, and of the earthly
goods with which he thus endowed her.
Under the Roman consuls, rings
were at first manufactured OF iron,
and worn only by soldiers, mt that
upon the third finger of the left hand,
hence denominated the ring-fnger.
Increasing wealth soon superseded an
ornament of this inferior metal by in
PRODUCING rings of more costly mate
rails. and those made of gold were
afterward so very general, that it is
related after the celebrated battle of
Cannae Hannibal sent a whole bushel
of them to the senators at Carthage,
of which he had despoiled the slain
and prisoners!
Under the emperors, the common
soldiers, and even freedmen, wore gold
rings, although they were originally
prohibited unless personally given by
the emperor. The petitions soliciting
this privilege became, however, SC
numerous that Justinian was tired of
their importantly, and ultimately per-
mitted all who thought proper to be-
stow them.
Rings have very long taken a on
spicuous part as love tokens. Of all
the sorts of rings which have fire.
quently been dispatched as messen-
gers of love, that kind of double
hoped one (half of which was worn
by the lover, the other half by his
souls delight") called the gemmow,
or gimmal ring, stands prominent
Upward of 20 instances might be
quoted from Shakespeare mentioning
the use of this kind of ring.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-08-10
At the Breakfast Table.

The young matfon who never
brought her children to the table and
the old maid who always carried
range to her loom were discussing
the difficulties of housekeeping. The
bachelor who sat at the foot of the
table was making faces over the oat-
meal and trying to read the paper.
"Well you know I'd rather keep
house" said the young matron, "but
John says 1T is such a bother for me,
and you know he is away half of the
time"
81 know" said the old maid, "but I
think it would be SO hard to raise chill
dren in a hotel"
MOT if you use the elevator" re-
marked the bachelor:
And then the conversation took a
shift--N. Y, Times.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-08-10
FLEEING FROM FAMINE.
Irish Immigrants in New England
Fifty Years Ago Had Their
own Troubles.

When the Irish began to come to the
United States in large numbers, about
so years ago, New England was be-
ginning to branch out from IN agricul-
tural into the manufacturing and com
mercial center of the country, writes
Edward F. McSweeney, in Donahoe's.
The Yankee farmer was changing to
a business man; he needed labor. The
Germans pushed inward as far as their
means would allow. to take up holdings
for themselves when possible. If they
had any money at all they did not de-
sire to become laborers or farmhands.
The Irish we're fleeing from a famine.
With them it was not a question of
buying land; most of them had moth
inG but their hands and a sincere will
ingness to work at anything that was
offered. The h%ardsh1ps of the voyage
and the cost of transportation did not
permit any but the strongest to come.
The sufferings of the immigrants of
that early period have never been fully
told. The immigrant path across the
western p2ains in those days was
marked by the whitening bones of ami
mails, and the Pude crosses and head
stones of those who succumbed to the
hardships of the journey. If the ocean
path could be marked in like manner,
vessels would travel between a contin-
uous line of monuments forming an
avenue of death between here and Eu-
rope. Those who survived began at
the bottom; they entered every field
Of labor, and under the guiding Yankee
brain and enterprise made Massachu-
sets what she was from 1860 until
1890.
1t was not easy sailing. Religious
and racial p~rejudices were strong.
They have not wholly disappeared yet.
AS a result Of the coming of the Irish,
ACKNOWLEDGMENT" made itself felt in
the early fifties. The Irish peasants,
delighted with the liberty they found
here, attempted to assume all the du-
ties of citizenship; many Joined the
militia. AFKnow-nothing" governor.
in 1865, diSbanded the militia il order
to get rid of the Irish. Happily, when
the need came, in 1861, this temporary
insanity burned itself out, and the war
governor welcomed with a glad heart
the Irish volunteers, who literally
poured into every regiment sent to the
front. Two of the regiments were so
dis+inctivedy Irish that the state per
mitted them to carry the flag of their
mother country. Thus 1t was that
"the Sunburst" floated in companion
ship with the Stars and Stripes above
the bayonets of the famous Ninth
Massachusetts volunteers, and the
equally famous Twenty-eighth, the
"Faugh-a-Ballaughs."
Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-08-10
Motive i'm His Politeness,

Little Theodore-Shall l take your
hat, Miss Peake?
Miss Peake-No, thank you; but
you're a polite little man, all the anne.
Little Theodore-No; faint that. I
just wanted to get the hatpin to stick
into Tommy. Me an him's goin' to
have a fight in the hall.-Tit-Bits.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-08-10

X. OF . Hall, corne S1nd Rector
streets. G.. w. FItbfan, Chief Ranger
H. E. Pickersgill, SECRETARY, II Lewis st.
1. o. o. F. Lawrence Lodge. No. 62
Meets Odd Fellows Hall, Smith street
every Friday night. DIR. Frank Crowther,
N. G.; F. L. Harrington, Sec'y., Brighton
Ave.
Jr. o. U. A. M. Middlesex Council No.
g.. Meets every I'd and 4th Wednesday
in. City Hall. Charles Quincy, Counsellor,
G.. M. Adair, Recording Secretary 2o3
Madison Av.
X. of P. Algonquin Lodge, No. a..
Meets every Monday X. of P. Hall Smith
and High Streets. Harvey Stetson, c. c.;
Chris Meshrow, X. of r. and S.
X. of C. San Salvatore Council. Meets
every ed and 4th Wednesday in K. of c.
Hall, Smith land Rector Street. w A.
Growney, 6. K; Recording Sec'y.,
Richard A. Bolger, I24 Market Street.
1. O.. of F. Court Perth Amboy, No.
3o43. Meets X. OF P. Hall, High and
Smith Streets, every Ist and grid Tuesdays.
John K. Sheehy, c. r. Peter Poulsen, r.
s., I65 Elm Street
r. A. Middlesex Council No. 100.
Meets Odd Fellows Hall, Smith Street
every second and fourth Tuesday. Henry
Mccullough Regent, N. II. Moore, Secre-
tary, 60 Jefferson Street.
X. of G. E. Meets in Odd Fellows
Hall, Smith street, every Tuesday night.
George Bath, Noble Grand; Frank B. Reed,
Keeper OF Records, I2e Mechanic street.
P. o. S. OF A., Washington Camp, No.
70. Meets every second and fourth Thurs
day K. of P. Hall, cor. High and Smith
street Fred Waters, President; ]. M. Mills,
Secretary, 2Io Oak street.
w. o. W. Perth Amboy Camp No. Io,
meets at City Hall Ist and grid Wednesday.
Chris. Mathiasen e. c., DR.. H. K. Mason
Clerk, 63a Smith street.
Washington Literary Club meets in Un-
ion Hall Adelaide Building, on the Second
Sunday of Each Month at 8 o'clock P. m.
John Clark, President.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-08-10

While on your vacation Don't for
get to have The Evening News mailed
to YOU, and in this way keep in touch
with your. home '.doings. No extra
charge for mailing, and address
changed as often as desired.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-08-10
Her view of 1t.

"Pshaw!" she exclaimed, disgusted-
ly, as she came to the most interesting
part only to read, ito be continued, "E
don't see why they call these things
continued stories.'"
MOP" queried her husband, politely.
mo; they should be called 'discon-
tinued stories. philadelphia Press.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-08-10

There was an old lady named Hupboard
Who went one day to the cupboard
To loo for a bone,
But she found none,
And it made her so mad she cupboard.
~Chicago Daily News.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-08-10
Getting Acquainted.

Mr.. Stayout-Say, old boy they I
me you have given UP all of your clu
and that you neve so out at night a
more.
Mr.. Stayin-Yes; getting so well
quainted at home that my wife is begl
ming to call me by my first name.-N.
Times. :,
Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-08-10

According to the newspapers, the
Middlesex county Jail is not the only
one which is liable to let prisoners
escape if they are not closely watched.
Judging from the extraordinary pre-
cautions being taken at Freehold to
prevent two who are s.now confined
there from being rescued, a new jail
is badly needed. According to de-
scriptions, all that seems necessary is
for a crowd to walk up, knock in the
roof or door and watch the fellows
walk away. Middlesex could also
keep prisoners from escaping II a
special guard was placed over each
one,
Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-08-10

The fact that Perth Amboy, in a
time Of financial uncertainty when
Wall street is shy, is able to take care
Of some of its own bonds, speaks vi