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Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1906-10-17
Musqrave Verdict Returned

Memphis, Tenn, Oct. ia spe-
cial to the News-Scimitar from Hell
ena, Ark, says that the jury in the
damage suit against the wealthy far
mer, Musgrave, of Mississippi coun-
ty, Arkansas, brought by Miss Witt
and Miss Emmons, both Of st. Louis,
returned a verdict Tuesday. Damages
were assessed in favor of Miss Witt
for 1925, and in favor of Miss En-
mons for 81, 900. Counsel for Mus
grave say he will pay these amounts
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1906-10-17
Do You Open Your Mouth

Like a young bird and gulp down what
ever food or medicine may be offered you?
Or, do you want to know something of the
composition and character of that which
you take into your stomach whether as
food or medicine?
Most intelligent and sensible people
nowadays insist on knowing what they
employ whether as food or as medicine.
DR.. Pierce believes they have perfect
right to insist upon such knowledge. Sohe
publishes, broadcast and on each bottle
wrapper, what his medicines are made of
and verifes it under oath. This he feels
he can we'll afford to do because the more
the ingredients of which his medicines
are made are studied and understood the
more will their superior curative virtues
be appreciated.
For the cure of woman's peculiar weak
nesses, Irregularities and arrangements,
giving rise to frequent headaches, back
ache, dragging down pain or distress in
lower abdominal or pelvice region, accom-
panied, ofttimes, with a debilitating,
pelvic, catarrhal drain and kindred symp-
toms of weakness, DR.. Pierce's Fayorite
Prescription is a most efficient remedy.
It is equally effective IN curing painful
periods, in giving strength to nursing
mothers and in preparing the system OF
the expectant mother for baby's coming,
thus rendering childbirth safe and COM
paratiVely painless. The aFavorlte Pre-
scriDtion% Is most potent, strengthening
tonic to the general system and to the
organs distinctly feminine in particular
1t is also soothing and invigorating
neryfne and cures nervous exhaustion,
nervous Drostration, neuralgia, hysteria,
spasms, chorea or st. Vitus's dance, and
other distressing nervous symptoms at
tendant upon functional and organic dis
eases of the distinctly feminine organs.
A host of medical authorities of all the
several schools of practice, recommend
each of the several ingredients Of which
sFaYorite Prescription Is made for the
To be cure. You may read what they
saw for yourself by sending postal card
request for free booklets OF extracts = from N
Pierce. TnYalids' Hotel and Surgical In
stitute, Buffalo, N. Y, and it will come to
you by return post.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1906-10-17
Rundrick VIII Hann

Atlanta, Oct. 16.-After declining
to reopen the case of G. w. Bun
drick of Crisp county, who is SEN
fenced to hang next Friday and whose
application for commutation has been
adversely reported, Governor Terrell
Monday morning approved 10 recon-
mendations of the prison commission,
which were forwarded to him by
Chairman Joseph Sidney Turner.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1906-10-17

Boston, Mass, Oct. 16.-An-
nouncement was made Tuesday that
the blooded stock at Thomas Law
sons extensive farm, known as
Dreamwold, located in the little town
of Egypt, few miles south of Bos-
ton, would be sold at the "Old Glory
ssla at NaH XaEk Raxt manth-
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1906-10-17
Yellow Eeuer at Havana

Havana, Oct. 16.-Two more cases
of yellow fever were reported in Ha-
vana Monday morning, making a to-
tai of eight, against the largest pre-
vious total six. No more new cases
have been reported throughout the
rest of the island, and there is no
special anxiety regarding the situa-
ton.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1906-10-17
Deep Waterway urged.

Chicago, Oct. 16.-The control of
the commerce of the Panama canal
and of the whole Mississippi valley
is the incentive for the creating of a
deep waterway which Congressman
Joseph E. Ransdell of Louisiana pro-
posed to Chicago business interests
in an address at the Press club. In
cidentally the congressman expressed
the hope that the Niagara Falls COM
mission, which meets here, will take
no action tending to interfere with
the waterway project.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1906-10-17
LONG SENTENCE
is GIVEN NEGRO
Branham Twice Convicted in
Fulton County for
ATTEMPTED CRIMINAL ASSAULT
Was Given Twenty Years for Attempt
on Miss Mabel Lawrence, and Same
Number of Years For Attempt on
Her Aunt.

Atlanta, Oct. 16-Twice tried and
convicted Of attempted criminal as
sault by separate juries in separate
cases in one day, Robert Branham
alias Bud Branham, a negro, was SEN
fenced Monday in the superior court
by Judge Roam to 40 years impris-
onment in the penitentiary-a 20year
term for the attempted assault upon
Miss Mabel Lawrence, ard the same
term for the same crime attempted
upon her aunt, Miss Etnel Lawrence.
The court appointed Alonzo Brand
and w D. Ellis, Jr., to defend the
negro, and he was given the benefit
of fair and impartial trial, his coun-
sci and the court protecting every
right assured him by the law.
Branham is % years old, of aver
age height and weight, and is of a
distinctly African type, with receding
forehead and chin and thick, protrud-
ing lips. His glance roved about the
floor during the greater portion of the
two trials, and he evinced little or no
emotion when the verdicts of guilty
were rendered in the two cases, nor
did he show a trace of emotion when
sentence was pronounced upon him.
He mumbled rather than spoke his
statement, which was that in no
shape, form or fashion was he con-
cerned in the crime charged against
him, and when asked by Judge Roam
what he had to say before sentence
was pronounced, the negro said:
I'm sorry that it happened like it
did, but it can't be hoped"
Judge Roam then imposed the max
imum sentence OF the law-20 years in
each case, remarking al the time that
he felt that the law should punish at
tempts to commit rape by death
The negro was tried under two in
diCtmfnts. one for the attempted as
saul, upon Miss Mabel Lawrence, the
other for the attempted assault upon
Miss Ethei Lawrence, daughter and
sister, respectively, Of w. c.. Law
renee OF Copenhill.
The case for the attempted assault
upon Miss Mabel Lawrence was tried
first. That young lady, who is but
IA years old, and possessed of a re-
markable degree of intelligence, told
the details of the attempted assault,
and without the least hesitation iden-
titled Branham as her assailant from
among the II other negro men who
were brought into the courtroom with
him.
The negro made no defense except
a denial of any connection with the
crime, every statement made by him
to his lawyers as to persons who
could establish an alibi for him hav-
ing been run down and found untrue
On his way to the Jail Branham sta
ted that he was captured by T. w
Hunter, in Gwinnett county. 1t is
understood that the rewards offered
by the county, state and a local pa
per aggregate something over 81, 900
for the capture and conviction of the
assailant of the Misses Lawrence.
Solicitor General Charles D. Hill
did not argue the cases, before the
two juries, simply commenting on the
language used by the negro before he
made the attack, and arguing that it
clearly showed his criminal intent.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1906-10-17
Killed bv EXPLOSION

Raleigh, N. c., Oct. 16-A spe-
cial from Salisbury, N. c., to the
Evening Times says Burgess Fox and
William Frazier, white men, employ
ed in the Gold Hill miue, Is miles
from here, were killed Monday night
by an explosion, both bodies being
badly mutilated.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1906-10-17
Four Injured In Auto Accident

Cleveland, o., Oct. 16.-An au-
tomobile, while running at high
rate OF speed on Detroit avenue,
northwest, struck trolley pole at
KeRilworth avenue, in Lakewood, a
suburb, early Tuesday, and exploded.
Every one of the four occupants of
the car was injured and two may die.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1906-10-17
Express company oraanized

Augusta. Me-. Oct. 16.-The North
American Express company has been
organized here for the purpose OF
conducting a general express business
with an authorized capitalization OF
$25, 900 900. J. Berry of this city is
named as president.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1906-10-17
CRISIS OF GIRLHOOD
A TIME OF PAIN AND PERIL
Miss Emma Cole Says that Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound has
Saved Her Life and Made Her Well.

How many lives of beautiful young
girls have been sacrificed just as they
were ripening into womanhood How
many Irregularities or displacements
have been developed at this important
period, resulting in years of suffering
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1906-10-17
Rridne superintendents Meet

Boston, Mass. Oct. 16. Members
of the Association of Railway Super
intendents of Bridges and Buildings
assembled here Tuesday for the four
teenth annual meeting of their organ
ization.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1906-10-17
DEATH OF MRS. DAVIS
is NOT FAR OFF
Takes Sudden Change For the
Worst.
ONLY A QUESTION OF HOURS
Physician Who Has Been In Constant
Attendance In the Sick Room Said
That the End Was Momentarly Ex-
pected-RapidIy Sinkino.
pected-Rapidly Sinking.


New York, Oct. 16.-Mrs. Jeffer-
son Davis, who has been i'll of pneu-
monia at the Hotel Majestic, was still
alive early Tuesday, but her death,
1t is said, was not far off
Mrs. Davis took sudden change
for the worse Monday night, and her
physicians said the end was only a
question of hours. Her only surviv-
ing daughter, Mrs ] Addison Hayes,
and other relatives remained near her
bedside throughout the night.
Mrs. Davis is 80 years old
clergyman who was hurriedly
summoned to Mrs. Davis room re-
manned with her a short, time, and as
he left the hotel he said she was un-
conscious and sinking rapidly.
DR.. Webb, who has been in con-
stant attendance in the sick room
since late Monday night, said that
the end was momentarily expected.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1906-10-17

Four Horses Burned to B.9ath.
Lafayette, Ca, Oct. 16.-Fire has
destroyed R. L. Wardlaws livery
stable. Four horses were burned to
death. The loss is about 81, 500; no
insurance.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1906-10-17
Revs. George Stuart, Walter Hol-
comb, j. A. Bowen, French e.
oliver, Geo. DuvaII and other Min
isters Viii Conduct Services.

Stevenson, Ala, Oct. ia spe-
cial train will arrive in Cartersville
with the remains at l p m. Tuesday
and funeral services of the late Rev.
Sam P. Jones will be conducted at
the Gainesville Tabernacle Wednes-
day at p. m.
Revs. George Stuart, Walter Hol-
comb, J. A. Bowen, French E. Oil
yer, George Duvall and other minis
ters will assist.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1906-04-10
orixin os Hoh.on,. Choie..

The familiar proverb originated with
Thomas Hobson, a famous carrier Of
Cam bridge, who was born about 1914
and lived to his eighty nth year. He
Travelled regularly for long period be.
tween his home In the university town
and the Bull, Bishopsgate, carrying
passengers as well as packages. It d
said that he was the hrst person in
England who let horses for hire, and
1t was out Of the regularity of his mode
Of dealing with the animals that the
proverbial remark arose Every horse
was sent out in its turn, and II from
any cause customer objected or wish
ed a change made old Hobson would
CURLY decide, This or none;" hence
the saying, "Hobson's choice-this or
none" BY steady attention to business
the Cambridge carrier became rich and
among other gifts he is known to have
made was the site for the Spinning
house, used by the university authori-
ties for the Incarceration Of disreputa-
BILE women. During the plague Hob
sons Journeys between Cambridge and
the metropolis were stopped, and his
death came soon after, on Jan. /, 1890.
Milton honored him by writing two
epitaphs, quantity noting in one that
death would never have hit him had
he continued lodging 1t backward and
forward between Cambridge and tho
Bull.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1906-04-10
. - 80 --
C0mUmrfaOnR.


This Is not joke. 1t Is q brief dis
sertation on astronomy A variable
star is one whose brightness has been
observed to diminish or increase Tho
best known variable is In the constella-
ton Perseus. 1t was called by the
Arabians Algol, which means the de-
mon star. This shows that the Arab
ans knew q thing or two themselves.
Algol, which is larger than our sun, ID
partially eclipsed every 2 days 20 hours
40 minutes and 55.4 seconds by an In
visible body about the size OF our sun.
In observing this phenomenon 1t is nee
essary to have In mind the fraction Of q
second; otherwise you will be liable to
miss it. Algol Ia 80 far away from the
earth that we do not hear the rush Of
the wind as the two ponderous bodies
rush around each other. Compared with
the distance OF Algol, the diameter Of
the earth's orbit, which is about 1885,
100000 miles, shrinks into an invisible
point. When one reflects upon the
vastness OF such distances and the al
most unimaginable activity displayed
when two such tremendous bodies 70
volve around each other at a prodi-
gious speed without hitch or change
In the programme, the excitement
about the amount Of our gas bills
seems puny indeed.--Portland Orego-
MAN.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1906-04-10
sh. ceulan,. Sc. tn. n.rn

An old lady in New Hampshire de
cided to try matrimony for the second
time In extreme old age. Her children
and grandchildren and great-grandchil
dren expostuiated with her, but she 70
manned firm and declared she was 60
ing to marry the man, says the Boston
Herald.
why, you're too DID," said they
you are losing your faculties. You
can't see. II this man was on the othsi
side Of the street you couldn't tell him
from any one else"
The old lady said she was going to
marry him. '.Now, we'll put the mar
on top Of the barn, and you shall stand
in the kitchen door. II you can SEE
him on the barn you shall marry him. =
The prospective bridegroom sat or
the rtdgepole Of the barn, the old lady
came to the door, looked, shaded hel
eyes and looked again.
do you see him?" cried the family
"Oh, yes," was the reply. 81 can SEX
the man all right, but l can't see thu
BARN.
The nrst steamer on the Thames wa
the Mar1ory, In 1874. The Richmons
followed her a year later.
The basest and meanest Of all human
beings are generally tile post forward
10 desplss 0thsrs. -FislA.aG.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1906-04-10

Il don't mind folks borrowing" said
Miss Hodges plaintively to an old
friend who was paying her a visit,
but I've got an awful trying woman
for neighbor Just now. She borrows
such queer things I'm most out of pa
thence with her."
Shears and brooms and the -four
sitter and ironing board, s'pose," said
the guest, who had known life in a
country town.
Mercy me, l don't count such
thingsr said Miss Hodges Nor my
best umbrella nor my carving knife. l
can make shift to get on without them
for awhile any time. But when she
come over to borrow my diary the 9TH
or day SOS she could keep account of
the weather and her hens eggs and so
on till her husband came back from
California, she having given him hers
to put down his expenses and sights
In, SOS she could copy her record in
from my book in the right place-I de-
clare, called it the cap sheafP'-
Youths Companion.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1906-04-10

A formula often used to tan skins
with hair or fur on Is this: Wash the
skin and scrape of any nesh that may
be sticking to it. Then wash the hair
side with water and soap and rinse
well. Take one pound each Of salt and
puiverized alum, two ounces Of borax
dissolved in hot water, add enough rye
meal lcornmeal may answer as welD
to make thick paste and spread all
over flesh side. Then fold len4thwise,
with the hair side out Let remain two
weeks in an airy but shaded place;
then unfold. shake well and wash flesh
side with water and scrape with some
sort OF dull scrapeF. Pull and stretch
and work till dry The quantity OF In
gradients must be in the proportions
given. but the size Of the skin must do
termine the quantity used. The guam
titles named probably would be enough
for two or three sheepsklns.-St. Louis
Republic
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1906-04-10

The swedes are punctiliousiy honest
and truthful. When asking for places
at q theater, for Instance. the ticket
clerk never fails to inform the appli-
cant If. owing to the crowded state Of
the house, better poslt10R would be
secured with a cheaper ticket than the
one asked for. Again, when parcels
are taken out by steamers from Stock
holm to country places in tho neighboE-
hood. they are Just thrown on to the
quay, where they frequently remain
half the day without being claimed. It
never seems to occur to any one that
they could be possibly taken by any
one but their rightful owners. On q
canal trip Of any length little book
lies In the saloon Of the steamer in
which each passenger keeps his own
account Of the number of meals and
drinks that he has taken during the
journey.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1906-04-10

AS the horses trot down to the wire
In long, struggling line race official
bangs a bell and the whole field turns
and goes back to try again. A fresh
start is necessary. But it Is not only
on the race tracks that fresh starts are
essential to the achievement of results.
There are countless instances of bust
ness firms taking fresh starts after
visitations of misfortune. individuals
without number daily turn their backs
upon discouragements of the past and
take fresh start The man who fails
is he who is unwilling to do battle
over again. An individual suffers ever
lasting failure if, when confronted by
obstacles, he refuses to grid up his
loins and take fresh start. Fresh
starts are the foes Of sluggishness and
laziness and the guarantee of a brigh-
ter success than could be possible
without them.-Baltlmore Herald.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1906-04-10
THE ToucAN.


Queer South American Bird with an
Extremely Large BilI.
A queer kind Is the toucan. 1t seems
to have been made expressly to take
charge of its huge banana shaped
beak, which In some species is fully
seven inches In length and more than
two inches In width-entirely out Of
proportion to its comparatively small
body. This beak is the most brilliant
possession OF the toucan, being orange
and black, scarlet and yellow or green
and red, according to the species Of the
bird.
Its home is in the wild South Ameri-
can woods, where, mingled with the
screaming Of parrots, macaws and 9th
er tropical birds, Is heard its monoto-
nous cry, "Tucano, tucanor' from
which its name is probably derived. 1t
Ia fruit eater, and, climbing among
the branches, it gathers it's food with
Its long beak, whose strength no stem
can resist.
The toucan nests in trees, and it is
uncertain whether It excavates its bur
row or builds In a natural cavity.
Nothing more comical can be imagined
than the head Of this creature, with it's
sparkling eyes and enormous, gayly
colored beak, appearing from a hollow
In the trunk Of some forest monarch.
1t Ii said that the young birds are sub
ject to the attacks Of monkeys and
birds Of prey and that when the parent
bird is alarmed all she has to do is to
poke her head out of the aperture
leading to the nest. The assailant,
seeing SO huge bill, fancies an animal
OF corresponding size behind 1t and
leaves without bowling or saying fare
well.
Toucans are sociable birds and go In
large focks. They make common cause
against their enemies, such as owls
and falcons, which they surround and
mob, as the rocks do In England Hav-
ing thus no need for protection, they
are noisy and clamorous, like parrots
and monkeys.
The plumage Is generally black, but
the throat is white, tinged with yellow
and commonly edged beneath with red.
The tail Is nearly square or moderately
rounded, with the upper feathers red
and the lower scarlet Alterations Of
the brighter colors are displayed In the
feathers Of the throat, the breast and
the tail.
The bird is kept easily in confne-
ment. Some OF It's brilliant tints are
very ieeting. and they often leave lit
tie or no trace after death, SO that lit
tie idea Of It's beauty can be obtained
from a stuffed specimen.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1906-04-10

The worst case Of henpecked man
ever saw" said the travelling man,
ais up In my little native place among
the Berkshire hills The hen In thia
case is smart woman who runs q
farm and keeps everything shipshape
except her husband She is content q
let him get along in any old fashion
30 long as he does not interfere with
her work. One day he asked her apol
ogeticaily IL she wouldn't darn ut least
one pair Of his stockings, for every
pair he owned had holes
she gave him crushing glance and
said. II every pair has holes. wear two
pairs. and the good places In one will
cover the holes in the other And sht
made him do 1t too."-New York Press