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Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1907-06-12
School Commissioner:

We find the books neatly and correct
| ly kept, and all vouchers properly
taken, and filed in their respective
places. We also find that the present
capable and efficient officer, one who
realizes the great responsibility which
has been entrusted to him, and we
believe he is doing ali in his power to
advance the educational interests Of
our county.
We also find that we have sixty
schools in the county, twenty four fol-
whites, and twenty six for coIored
Vhe county towns twenty four school
buildings, and all of these are comfort
ably fitted with desks and black
boards.
By referring to the County Commits
sioner's report we find that our schools,
by the aid of the convict fund have
been kept in operation an average OF
seven and one-half months per year,
which is one to two month longer than
any county in the State. 1t seem to us
that sixty schools locate in the different
parts of the county ought to afford an
opportunity for every boy and girl in
the county to attend school, but we re-
greet to say that we find ten to twelve
per cent of the white children do not
attend school, and that thirty per cent
of the white pupils enrolled do not at
tend regularly. We regret to see the
seeming Indifference upon the part OF
parents to give their children the
advantage of, at least a common school
education, and trust they mayireaIize
Importance of educating their children
and have them attend school more
regular another year.
Public Buildings and Pauper Farm:
| We find the courthouse in fine con-
dition. We respectfully ask the Com
missIoners to replace the closet neal
the grand-jury room, for their con.
venience.
We Ealso find the jail in fine con-
dition, newly renovated, freshly amt.
ed, neatly and clearly kept, which
speaks well for our efficient sheriff.
| We find that the poor farm has been
leased to Mr.. F. w. Griffin, who is
under contract to care for md look
after the three inmates.
Justice OF the Peace and Coroner:
| We find the Coroner's books proper
| ly kept. Have examined the books O.
different Justices of the Peace, and find
all kept according to law, and correct
except the books of J. II. Harden, and
A. w. Buchanan; those books have mo-
been turned over to us.
We find few cases where the dates
are not put down, or what disposition
of cases, or an itemized statement O
costs. We would suggest that this bt
done in every case.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1907-06-12
For Rent.

Nine room house newly renovated
Apply to j. G. Roney. 26tf.
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NEVER BEFORE SUCH WONDERFUL VALUES AS THFSF


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Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1907-06-12

We thank commissioners for their
past earnest efforts in discharging their
duties, and feel that we now have
first-class chan-gang system.
TIM ATTENr oh m
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duties, and feel that we now have
first-class changing system.
LEE ALLEN chm.
Tax Collector and Receiver.
We find their books kept lin a neat,
accurate and business like manner.
We find that there was returned for
the year 1906, 3O4, 43O acres of land at a
valuation of about 1915 per acre. The
valution is low, but we think it IN pro-
portion to other values.
Personal property to nearly the
amount of $4,000, 100000 is returned,
which with the returns of corporations
and stocks of merchandise,
amounts to a grand total of $5,-
926, 925.OO. OF this amount the whites
return So, ,O66.OO and the colored
$462, $500.
We find only $4,000 defaulted by the
whites and $12, 742.0O by the colored.
We find special taxes to the amons:1s
of SIS, 1886. 90 as having been collected.
We find stock of merchandise as be-
ing returned for about so cents on the
dollar, which we consider about on a
parity with farming lands, and taken
as a whole the returns seems to be on
an equitable basis.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1907-06-12

mems u -lC HdndkeEChIefS at 85C Dozen
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Tremendous Purchase of Kim0nas


made long
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-11-10

Y
 into the humiliating service of go- ing around the corner with a tin pail to be filled with water.
 Large numbers of plumbers can pc seen excavating to get at the blocked
 water pipes and Riverside Drive Tn
 spots resembles a mining caIFp. To go down twenty or thirty feet Into the
 ground to the pipes, ana then begin
 bunting for Mr. Eel. who to add to the trouble Is generally very, very dead, is an expensive process. which up to date has averaged about $40 per eel, Apartment dwellers, living in sight of n whole river full of water.
 drop, and when instructions are clear ed away are not over enthusiastic over
 the eel tainted supply.
 The city has been called upon to
 keep all cells out of the mains. but
 after vain attempt to do so has ta-
 ken the position that 1t has no ut-
 risdiction over cells. anyhow
 That nearly every child attending public school in~New York is suffer- ing Nom defective teeth Is the surprfs~ ing conclusion from statistics contained in the Srst report of the dental clinic
 of the childrens Aid Society Investigations carried on by the New York Juvenile Asylum. where physical well being is made the basis of child reform having revealed the fact that bad teeth are chief cause in juvenile
 delinquency, a free dental clinic was formed in this city to treat this cause of trouble.
 While the clinic has been in oper-
 atios only short time. 3s4 children have been examined with the surpris- | ing result that not one revealed set | of tseth not in need of repairs.sN Just 1.2e4 cavities were found in the teeth l of the 394. and 214 teeth had to be | extracted.
 Figured on this basis there ought 10 he about 2. GOO GOO cavities in the teeth | of All Nek York's school children. and l s5o GOO molars which ought to be pulled. It is stated that the standard of health in the schools where dental | supervision Is fin force has already shown a marked improvement.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-11-10
chest never eraced the Americah stage

chest never graced the Americah stage before.
 "Mr. Mansfield insisted on good hg- ures. He would not permit his players to get too fat or too thin. Some he made diet, some he made exercise. And, to show the figure's importance. he used to tell them al story about Henry Irving-a story told him by Irving himself.
 Irving, when h1 was y0uiiss, : very skeleton. He once had chance in the provinces to play Hamlet The salary was good--for the provinces--I think Mir. Mansfield said it was SS a week--and If the actor got on well the first night. hiss fortune would be made.
 But. when Irving made his first nights appearance in the black tights of the Danish Prince, one gallery god shouted across to another:
 Is that him. BiIIT
 No Bill roared back. Them's only the young feller's clothes. They'll shove him out latr on."
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-11-10
AN AuTunrNAL TONIC.

 What mystery is it? The morning as As the Indian summer may bring. A tang In the frost and spice n tHe air
 That no city poet can sing! The crimson and amber and gold of the leaves. As they loosen and fiutter and fall Tn the path of the park, as 1t rustlinG- ly weaves It's way through the naples and under the caves Of the sparrows that chatter and call. what hint of delight is 1t tingles me drought What vague, indefinable Joy1 What yearning for something divine that I knew when a wayward and wood-roviag boy? Ah-ha! and O-hoi but I have it, I sag~-- Oh, the mystery brightens at iast.- 'Tis the longing and zest of the far far away, For a bountiful, old-fashioned dinnef With the hale harvest hands of ths
 By Jamsb whitcomb Riley.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-11-10
GOOD STORIES TOLD
 OF PERSONS YOUKNOW
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A ,r,ona .no,.e ,,r ana aaid.

"A friend spoke up and said:
 "Look here. do you want to know how to get the better of the gas com panyr
 ":Gee, I just dor, exclaimed the man.
 ""Then, said the friend, blow down the meter. Every night, before you turn in, blow down the meter. The meter, you see, is full of little wheels. all turning, piling up big bills against you time you light the gas. But just blow down the pipe and
 "The friend gave loud laugh at the delightful thought.
 "Just blow down the pipe .and-ha, \ ha, ha-all the~1ittle wheels will turn the other way
 "The man thanked his friend for this good and valuable advice, e,~went straight home, and blew a long and powerful before retiring. He did this every night. Not once did he forget, the last thing before going to bed, to blow down the meter with terrific force.
 Well, in due course, at the months end. the inspector came,
 "The man welcomed the inspector a trIfle nervously, and hung. about the cellar door to hear what the fellow would have to say after his inspection,
 "'The Inspector emerged from the cellar studying column of figures with a puzzled frown. He looked up at the master of the house and said in a. strange voice:
 well, MT. Smith, don't know what the dickens has been happening to your meter, but the company owes you mirty-fou dollars and / seventeen cents.'
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-11-10
He Got tha Ioh.

her recent American tour. criticized American finance at q dinner in New York.
 T think. said the beautiful social ist. "that many of your financiers would rather be tremendously rich than tremendously shonest., TO my mind, 1t is q asbad thing to put wealth before honor befoFs kindnessE before uprightness. Sure1yA-H s Here the countess smiledl
 }. "Sprely it!Ewas one of your very Eworst and richest nnaneiers ts whom A little boy applied, with sucoess,N for . position the other day.
 @As the boy stood timidty. cap in hand before the financierf desk. the latter leaned back in his claip took his cigar from his mouth and said:
 {" So you want to be my office boy. do you? L M
 s sYes, sir said the lad in q trem- uloIis voice.
 'srhe fnancier blew cloud of sEnoAe
 q what qualifications have you" he said, for this pogtF aS
 Why. sir. said the boy, I can lie and steal q little
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-11-10
NEW YORK,S BALLOON FAD;
 BAGS SUCCEEDING AUTOS

f of work, of art. being constructed of real onyx and ornamented with bronze work and paintings imported from Italy.
 The capacity of the mammoth struc- ture calls foA the daily consumption of 5000 pounds\ of ice, $40 pounds of sugar, 30 pounds of chocolate. 40 gall Ions of crushed fruit. 20 lemons, 300 oranges 2,7of eggs. s6o quarts of milk. 240 quarts 0f cream, 80 pounds of wall nuts I2 gallons of cherries, 200 lines. GO gallons of fruit syrups. 25o gallons of Ice creamA and $50 gallons of plain soda.
 Altogether the list in many of it's items would keep a family supplied for a year; and when it is remembered how small a portion of each of the tn- /gredients goes into a glass of soda wa- ter, some idea may be gained of the extent to which soft drinks are con- sumedN here.
 In New York's exclusive Riverside Drive section, -eels are now costing abont forty dollars apiece, in spite of the scarcity of real. money. This figure, however, Is being paid, D,t to get them. but to got rid of them. for this locality Is literally suffering from a plague of cells such as>uever has been known before.
 InsignifcaRt little eight inch fei- lows have been coming from the river into the water. pipes. of many apart- ments, causing all sorts of local stop pages, while the big fellows. two feet long, unable to get that far. pick out the main inlet for whole building as desirable resting place. thus cut ting. off the entire water supply.
 One of the most exclusive apartments was without drop of water for two days and nights, owing to the eel blockade the bell boys being pressed
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-11-10
The Amateur [ Chauffeur.

William II. Hotchkiss, one of the di- rectors of the American Automobile As- sociation, said the other day in Buff falo:
 q believe that man, to love auto nnohiling thoroughly. must know all about his carlow to run it, how to iclean it. how to repair it. how to take 1t apart.
 "A friend of mine owns Q small car. He has no chauffeur, and every time he goes out a breakdown occurs. No wonder.
 "He said to me the other day: "'I took my runabout all apart yfs- terday,
 "'Did your said I; and, knowing his impracticability, I added seriously: well, when you do -ahat. you must al ways be careful not to lose any of the parts
 (" Not to lose any of them? said he No fear.t Why, when I put that ma chine together again yesterday. 1 had nearly two dozen pieces left over.'"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-11-10
A Knock.

That famous railroad man, the late Samuel Sloan," said New York bank CT, loved fast trains and hated slow ones They tell a story about a trick he once played on a railroad whose ser- vice was notoriously slow.
 Having, several times. to use this railroads s afternoon accommodation, he caused a sign to be painted. which he took from his pocket and hung in the
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-11-10
No Longer Wanted.

II David Belasco. the eminent play wright, was being congratulated on | the success of his new c. A. B. dra- ma.
 .writing plays Is perilous busi- ness," said Mir. BelaSco, thought<ul- ly. ~With every fresh play an author risks his all. Past triumphs don't Icount He who has written twenty superb pieces is just as likely to be damned on his stwenty-first piece as any tyro.
 "The public is critical and just before it is kind. I remember once" Mr, BeIasco laughed There was once a playwright" he resumed, "who has in the first row of stalls at the first night of every new piece of his. This piece failed. It failed dreadfully. In fact, in the mid- dIe Of the third act the entire compa- ny was hissed off the stage.
 "As the playwright sat. pale and sad. amid the uproar a lady behind him leaned forward and said: ] "'Excuse me, sir;t but knowing you to be the author of this play took the liberty. at the beginning of the performance, of shipping off a lock of your hair. Allow me to return it to
 Usefui Fat.
 A reporter was congratuIating Mir. Marconl, at Sydney,<N. S.. upon his success with trans-Atiantic wireless telegraphy. +
 S"But, sir." said the reporter, they tell me that you era working 50 hard that you only sleep four hours aYes.5 said the inventor. 'that is true"
 NO wonder you are getting thin" the reporter observed. You are grow ing famous to be sure, but at wisse price of flesh"
 II am not llike the Italian admiral Libertini. shen," said Mfr Marconi. . "Iibertini," he went on, "had won many battles and great renown, and at a ball given in his honor. one lady said to>another:
 aB1t how frightfuIly fat our dear admiral Is getting
 "sYes, said the second lady, Isn't it fortunate? Otherwise he wouldn't be able to wear all his medals"
 Too Much Blow.
 Captain Watt, of the record break ing Lusitania. was talking about ma chinery.
 S''Machinery is delicate stuff,P he said "and the amateur is wise to let 1t alone. You know about the men who blew down the gas .meter?"
 No"
 '.Wen, at the club one night. a cer- tain man complained bitterly about his gas bills.
 Hang it all,' he said my bills are something enormous. I'm sure don't burn all the gas. The company. con sarn 1t, is cheating me-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-11-10
eTOo Thin.

"Richard Mansfield" said theatri- cal manager took the greatest pains to keep his figure perfect. And indeed he succeeded well in this. Such shape- ly legs and arms, such a slim, supple waist, such a broad back and deep
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-11-10

front of one of the cars when nobody was looking. The sigp said: "sPassengers are r4nuested not to' pluck flowers while the train is in mos Non
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-11-10
pownfalI of neauty.

AbVWAAMA VI 0CMWtys
 The Downfall of Beauty" is ti1e title of an article by Marcel Provost which everybody is talking about on the boul- evards. in the cafes. and in fashion able resorts.f
 Paris being considered < the head quarters of Beauty. Parisians are as- tonishedA when M. Provost, the gifted novelist and essayist, teilst theIn that pure physicaa beauty unadorned no longer exists. In Parfs--or at least is not admired with the enthusiasm of other days.
 Classical beauty in effect, has been replaced by ''chic''s as women's chief weapon. Dress and adornment are the supreme aim of the parisienne, who does not. care whether she is plain or n<etty so long as she is elegant.
 There Is no longer that worship ,of beauty which existed hundred or even fifty years ago. No Mime. Recamier, no Lady Hamilton no Mime. de Castiglione receive the homage of the gaHants the dynasty of 0ueens of Beauty has died out. Elegance hnd intelligence are now the lures by which women attract their
 With the grezt advance ip the art of adbrnment and fn tfemtnism" woman no longer needs to be beautiful, says Marcel Provost because artificial ele- gafice wit and convefsatfonxare her at- fractions. It being easier to acquire the arts of conversation than classical beauty of face--df that can ever be at- tained even in the Beauty Institutes.
 The present disposition to award the palm to intelligent and attractive plain ness rather than to witless physical perfocation is emtnently suited to the great buIk of the Feminine world. With the advance of democracy in France women have become democratic fnttfeir charms. and the regime of despotfc, im- peria1 beauty Is over.
 Even the artists have joined in con .spiracy against beauty. At the Salon there is scafcel an example Of radiant foveitress in w6inen There is the fin teresting facesn but the Interesting face is very rarely pretty. Moreover modern corsets and costumes have destroyed the classical symmetry of line in the female figure
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-11-10
Woman JocIEey ArrIyes.

The French turf has been thrown ain- to consteTnation by the sudden arrival of the American woman jockey. Mss Mary Money, who has come over here to obtain jockeys license and try her luck on the French race course.
 There is nothing at all against this in-France, where women cabbies, wo- men barristers, women doctors, and sandwich women, are now common ob- 5ects.
 Miss Money, who has only just ar rived from America, has come to France
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-11-10
Proud of GrandchiId.

Royal grandmothers are no exception to the invariab1e human rule that all hufnan erandmothefs adore their grand children. The Queen Dowager of Spain mother of Alphonso XIII on her Journey 10 Vienna from Madrid, passed' through France, and during her presence on the soil of this country. was accompanied by the famous conductor of Royalties NJ. Paoli. n.
 The Sovereign was very gracious to the protector of Kings" who has often before watched over her safety when In France and who was on duty on the occasion of the Royal engagement at Biarritz. During the conversation M ,PaoM asked her Majesty the news of the Royal baby. s
 ooh exclaimed the Queen. emy grandson is a lovely eftlAZsuperb. would like you to see him. am sure that if he was sent to. a baby competi1 tion he would take tho first prize wttlf- out an influence atNall being exertedy And M. Paoli who is the quintessenee of all that he should be, said he was sure this was so. '
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-11-10
Will Take Princess Marie
 as Bride.
TIE MARRIAGE IN ATHENS
American Woman Jockey Interests
 the Parisians.
she elIs French Newspaper Men About Her Methods-PrSvost--
 Depiores the Doctorine of Fe- male Loveriness.
nY HENRI nunoIs.

Paris. Nov. 9.--The marriage " Prince George of Greece and Princess Marie Bonaparte, contrary to the usual custom of rdyal weddings, will take place in the country of the brigegroom that is. at Athens.
 The Crown Prince has been acting as regent during the KingsS<absence,. and it would only be possib1e for both hins and Grown Prince to~ attend the yea ding if it took place in Athens. ne date of the wedding is provisionally ' fixed somewhere between November zz and 2s.
 celebrated in the bridegrocm's country are provided by the marriages or the Prince of Wales lnow King Edward VID and Princess Alexandra of Dem mark, of the Duke and Duchess of Connaught and of the late Duke of All bany and Princess Helena, all these bridegrooms being sons of Queen Vic toria.
 ing religions of the bride and bride ~grooms, Princess Marie being Roman Catholic, and Prince Geoxge belonging to the Orthodox Greek Church.sIt has not been disclosed whether the bride will change her faith, but If she did not and the wedding took place Tn Paris, as at first suggested, three cere. monies would be necessary, First civil one before the "Maire'A of the brides district, then a Roman catholic ceremony, and lastly the ceremony at the Greek church In Paris, after Which the happy couple would De sure enough" married.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-11-10

for the first time. and has taken up her residence at Chantiiiy with one of her country women. Miss Burnham, who has a school for sirls1in the Avenue d Aumaie.
 . Miss Money is in her way abeauty. she is about thirty years old, and slight. though plump. with rosy cheeks lcaused by the sallops in the fresh air, clear blue eyes. dark brown hair and a bright clear little. laugh, and she look very attractive in her simple waist and short skirt.
 Miss Money asked to tell in her own words what sl1e is here for. said. " do not want to .be talked about. I am training for my own pleasure. My trainer was MT. Kebb. am very good at. jumping hedges and ditches, and in America took of twenty Sight prizes and fourteen silver. cups. My portrait ericah&s been in all the newspapers in America. On horseback am boy!
 q ride like a 'boy) Have you not seen me? Oh, it's fine. No don't photograph me don't like it/Do you think shall
 get my license over here? It would be very nice"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-11-10
Trusts in United states.

vicomte Jean d'Avenel, in the. GAu- lois. devotes long article to an exam ination of the trust question in the United States, when, after lucidly ex- plaining the causes of the present cris- is. he concludes as follows:
 "This is simply crisis of individual ism, America Is not thinking of de- throning her "kings''-neither her kings of steel or petrel nor those of railway. copper, wool. india-rupoer' or any of the other powerful princes of matter.
 The nation will not commit the mis- take of replacing their private councils by judicial councils but these absolute monarchies which governor accord- ing to delicate euphemism of thel New World "controf'--sone branch pr tns nation all production are being trans formed Into constitutional monarchies.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-11-10
Pfctureaque viaiter.

EEctufeeQue vfntfor.
 One of the most picturesque visitors to Paris at the present moment is Said Ali, <of the Grand Comora, that little island which seems lost on the broad breast of the Indian Ocean.
 Disinherited of all his rights he has come to. demand justice of the French Republic. and his magnificent mien, though modest, attracts attention wherever he Eoess even apart from his rich clothing and dazzling silk turban. He is always followed or surrounded by crowd of the most brilliant and picturesque lookine Orientals that have ever been seen ingParis. While waiting for the business which brought him here to be settle, Said Ali is doing the sights. He has been to see the deserted Palais re Justice, where only two va- cation courtsf were sitting. In one of them an interminable case of fraudu- lent Bankruptcy, was being examined. and sas he came out of this room Said Ali asked with the air of one smack ing his lips, At what hour tonight will they execute the/man?