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Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1907-07-28
LOSS OF DIVIDEND
CAUSE OF ALARM
Holders Of Central SeCu-
rites
TAKE ACTION FOR SELF PROTECTION
Fearful That Earnings viii Be Divert
ed for Improvements Rather
Than Payment Of Div
idendS.
TAKE ACTION FOR SELF PROTECTION

ATLANTA, July 27.-Certain bond
holders of the Central of Georgia
Railway are considerably alarmed by
notice sent out by the new manage
ment of the Central that no interest
would be paid to the holders of in
come bearing bonds issued by the
road on the second Monday in Aug
ust, when the next installment of
interest is due, but that the income
of the road would be used to improve
the road and in the purchase of equip
ment.
For this, a bill giving bondholders
the same voice in the management of
the road as the holders of common
stock has just been introduced in
the senate by Senators Overstreet and
Born.
The bill in question is designed to
protect holders of corporate sureties
where the income is pledged to Sc
cure the same and is intended to
prevent the freezing out" of the
small holders of income bearing
bonds of the Central railway.
OF $15,OOO,OOO in per cent bonds
issued by the Central it is conserva-
lively estimated that fully $3,000,000
worth of bonds are held by people in
Georgia. citizens of Savannah hold.
ing over $l,OQ0,OOO of these securities,
while at least half a million are held
in Atlanta.
Already the income bearing bonds
of the Central, formerly quoted at
80, have fallen to co. 1t is pointed
out that the only security the holders
of bonds have is the income of the
road. and if this is used to improve
the road and buy other properties the
bonds will become almost worth
less.
AS the law now stands the hold
ers of $15,00O,OOO in bonds are abso-
lutely at the mercy of the holders of
$5,O00,000 of common stock
The past year has seen a large
amount of income bearing bonds by
the Central railway purchased by
Georgia citizens as an investment and
by Atlanta people.
All have become greatly aroused at
what they believe is an effort on the
part of the management of the road
to depress the value of their securi-
ties by Withholding the income, al
though it is pledged to pay interest
Of the bonds.
Should the bill introduced by SEN
ators Overstreet and Bond become a
law, it will not only afford a protec-
tion to the holders of the Central
railway bonds, but will also give pro-
lection on all securities issued by
companies transacting business in or
under franchise of the state.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1907-07-28

up to the specifications as filed by
the manufacturers with the Depart
ment of Agriculture will come under
the arm of the law and be liable tc
prosecution.
In explaining this law Capt
Wright, Assistant Commissioner OF
Agriculture, said:
Instead of selling tags for inspec-
ton of food stuffs, as is now the
case with fertilizers and cotton seed
meal, sold in the State, we are is
suing inspection stamps, at the rate
of twenty cents a ton to be placed on
all food stuffs sold in Georgia.
The price on fertilizer inspections
is ten cents a ton, at present. We
are going out to see that all food
stuffs shipped into Georgia are as
pure as the specifications filed with
us claim.
Under this head oils used as
condiments will be tested. The large
quantity of olive oil, sold and used as
a condiment, is nothing but our own
pure cotton seed oil under a French
brand. We contend that cotton seed
oil its purer and better from a 7ege-,
table standpoint than olive oil, and
this inspection viii make each oil
stand on its own merits.
This department has all along
stood for cotton seed oil as the pur-
est oil known and State Chemist Nc
Candless is on record to this eff
feet"
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1907-07-28
DOCTORS MISTAKES

Are said often to be buried six feet under
ground. But many times women call on
their family physicians, suffering, as they
imagine, one from dyspepsia, another from
heart disease. another from liver or kid
ney disease, another from nervous pros
tration, another with pain here and there,
and in this way they present alike TO
themselves and their eaSy-going or over"
busy doctor, separate diseases, for which
he. assuming them to be such, preScnDeS
his pills and potions. In reality, they are
all only symptoms caused by some uterine
disease. The physician, ignorant OF the
cause of suffering, RSeps up MS treatment
until large bills are m&de. ,l%e suffering
patient gets no betteA tfS-JfeaScp- 0S the
wrong treatment, but probably worse. "A
proper medicine Like DR.. -Pieree,S EaYnrita
Prescription. directed to the c1lSe- Would
have GntITeIY removed The disease, there
by diSpeIIIng all those distressing symp-
toms, and inStitutng comfort instead OF
prolonged misery. 1t has been well said,
that "a disease known is half cured"
DR.. Pierce's Favorite Prescription IS a
scientific medicine, carefully devised by
an experienced and Skillful physician,
and adapted to woman's delicate system.
1t is made OF native American medicinal
roots and Is perfectly harmless IN It's
effects IN IlllL COR llll -tLLG-tell1Lg
sustCll.
As Il Powerful invigorating tonic aFa-
vorite Prescription imparts strength to
the whole system and to the organs dis
tinctly feminine in particular For over
worked, "worn-out,D rundown" debili-
tated teachers, milliners, dressmakers,
seamstresseS, "shop-girls," houA keepers,
nursing mothers, and feeble Women gem
orally, Dr. Pierce's Fayorite Prescription
is the greatest earthly boon, being un-
equaled as an appetizing cordial and re-
storative tonic.
AS a soothing and strengthening perv-
inc UFavorite Prescription is unequaled
and is invaluable in allaying aid sub
DUNG nervous eXcitability, irritability,
nervous exhaustion, nervous prostration,
neuralgia. hysteria, spasms, st. Vitus's
dance, and other distressing, nervous
symptoms commonly attendant upon
functional and organic disease OF the
uterus. 1t induces rcfrd1hing sleep and
relieves mental anxiety afd dependency.
Or. Plerce's Pleasant Sllets fnvigorate
the stomach, liver andS bowels. One to
three dose. Easy to gake as candy.i
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1907-07-28

Y During prohibition days eighty-fiye
ericus, and other vicious animals
fiourished as we'll, but the record was
broken yesterday when Mr.. John M.
Renew killed huge black bear in
the city's suburbs.
The bear was 'whopper, and when
brought in during the afternoon hum
dreds of citizens viewed the carcass
on Forsyth street.
Bear hunting in Americus is some
thing out of the ordinary.
The presence of this particular
bruin in the dense recesses of Mucka-
lee swamp has been known for
three weeks, and within that time
several hunting expeditions have set
forth upon his trail.
The footprints of old bruin have
been plainly seen on the creek banks
and in fields of corn, where he fat
tened upon the tender roasting ears
and topped off a good meal with a
few of Feagin's big watermelon's and
fine cantaloupes,
Yesterday John Renew, whose
| prowess as a hnuter is widely known
went after the bear in earnest.
Assisted by two negroes and a
pack of hounds Mr.. Renew struck
1
bruins trail at o'clock and follow
ed it until noon, when the old corn
thief was cornered in the road neaI
the Sheppard place,
Then ensued a fight which would
have put Joe Hillius and Seal
Wrighteous and the entire Legislative
bunch to the bad.
The bear was a scrapper, and box.
ed the jaws of the hounds as they
rushed him in their innocence o.
bruinic tactics The fight was mo-
according to Queensbury rules bu
rather on catch-as-catch-can basis
with the bear on top.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1907-07-28
BELLS WILL SOUND KNELL
When Prohibition Bill is Passed By House Tues
day.
day.


ATLANTA, July 27.-It has been
arranged to have all the church bells
in Atlanta ring out next Tuesday af-
ternoon at o'clock when the State
prohibition bill is passed in the
House, thus proclaiming the end of
the legal sale of liquor in Georgia.
Negroes Register.
In anticipation OF the passage of
the negro Acknowledgement bill next
week, more than a thousand Atlanta
negroes, thronged the courthouse to-
day to register.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1907-07-28
POSITION WITH PINKSTON COMPANY
Brown MCLendOn viii Make Change
of Base.

Mr.. Brown McLendon leaves to-
day for New Yory City, where for a
week he will assist Mr.. S. e. War
lick of the Pinkston Company in Sc
lecting stock for that well-known
house. Mr. McLendon has recently
accepted a position with the Pinks-
ton Company and will assist Miss
West in the management of the lad
les ready-to-wea department, line
in which he has had several years ex-
perience. Mr.. McLendon, upon leav-
ing New York, will spend a week
at Spartanburg, in the North Caro-
lima mountains, where he will be
joined by his sisters, Misses Mamie
Lizzie, and Rose McLendon early in
August.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1907-07-28
LEAVING TO ATTEND EXPOSITION
Fair Winner in Contest to Attend the
Fair.

Miss Loulie Greene left yesterday
for jamestown to attend the Exposi-
ton, going as the fair guest of the
Times-Recorder. Miss Greene goes
by Savannah, where she will be join
ed by her brother, Mr.. Ben Greene,
who will accompany her. upon this
delightful outing. Miss Greene won
the prize in the Times-Recorder con-
test several weeks ago, emitting her
to a round trip and expenses while
seeing the sights of the Exposition,
and the ITimes-Recorder joins her
many friends in wishing for her a
very delightful trip.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1907-07-28
&c Per Yard.

We throw out this week nearly
all the wash goods we have on the
center counters and in order to
dumt them quick and give us room
we will sell Muslins, ,Ginghams, Cal
icoes, Chambrays, figure lawns
and various other wash stuffs which
formerly sold from 1Oc to 15c yard
for the ridiculous price of sc yard.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1907-07-28
Lime! Lime!

Why pay the Lime Trust $100 to
$1.20 per barriel when you can buy
best outside the Trust Lime, (our
guarantee as to quality at SOC to
I$1.00, according to quantity wanted.
Johnson & Harold.
7-25-1m.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1907-07-28
REMOVAL SALE.

We will move to our handsome
new store in the Holiday building
on Lamar street opposite Windsor
Hotel about August 18th. Our buy
ers leave for the eastern market July
3Ist. just three more weeks to close
out our present stock. Everything
gOes;n0tl1ing reserved
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1907-07-28
CLEARING out SALE.

We want to finish cleaning up
and clearing out lots of summer
stuffs and we shall make extraor-
binary reductions this week as we
leave in few days fer eF-2lew
York.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1907-07-28
Removed to New Quarters.

| am now located at my new shop,
Jackson street, next to steam laun-
dry, where / will do tinwork, plumb
ing, steam and gas fitting. All repairs
given prompt attention. Phone 315.
CHARLES p. PAYNE
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1907-07-28
Il PER YARD.

On this counter will find of the fabrics we
have in the house Nothing the country less about
Il c and from that to 15c and 2Oc yard but this in
order to clear them quickly say lie yard. -
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1907-07-28

This act may save their votes
through one more election.
Look After State Road.
The state legislative committee on
railroads spent today in Chattanoo-
ga, comforting in regard. to the pro-
posed extension of terminals of the
Western and Atlantic Railway to the
Tennessee river, a question which is
now before the legislature.
AS yet the Assembly has not pass
ed a single one of Governor Smiths
reform measures as set forth in the
Macon platform.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1907-07-28

Special attractions in prices this week Ladies wash
skirts as we want to sell every the house now while
the season Former prices will be criterion during
this weeks selling
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1907-07-28

SPLENDID VALUES IN LADIES SHIRT WAISTS
HOSIERY, LACES WHITE GOODS, UNDERVESTS, RIB
BONS. ETC ETC.
Arizona republican., 1907-01-13
-:- At the January Clearance Sale -:-
Notions

HOSE SUPPoRTERS-Klein gen. uine hook-on supportrs with satin pad. black. white, and all colors. worth soc
 and 75c pair. 00o Sale price ............. ......... .OoO HOSE sUPPoRTERS-25c and s5c qualities, made with belt. can be worn
 either with or without the corset. Black. white, and all colors. f0o During this sale ..... .IJC SIDE ElASTIcS-Made of futed elas- tic. in black. white. and colors, saftey pin top. A regular 25c nc quality. During this sale .... sVO HAIR BRUSHES-A big lot of 5Oc|and 65c hair brushes here. made with wood backs and pure bristles. This is one of the best bargains to be found l0c at this sale -........... -...... WASH CLOTHS-Red Cross sanitary wash cloths-knit. not wovefi-full size and made with loop to hang up by. Sold everywhere at SC each 1c Sale price ........-... ..........oO CUBE PINS-During this sale you can buy the large size cubes, either black, white, or colrs. A regular 10c cube, at the special low price Sc of ............. ...........
 PEARL UTTONS-Several styles and sizes, of 121ac pearl buttons here, that you can buy during this Sc eaIa at dofien . ... OO DOYLlES-Just twenty dozen Irish point doyIies here made on whi-e net. They're worth 25c each, but llc
The Washington herald., 1907-05-22
RIOTERS IDENTIFIED
Editor Testifies Before the
Brownsville Committee.
NO DOUBT As TO THEIR COLOR
Pauline PTcCiado Declares He saw
Negro Soldiers shoot Up Town.
only Few PAGES Away, I'm Light of
Three Lamps, when BarIseepcr
Frank Satous Was Killed.

Pauline Preciad0. for seventeen years
the publisher of EI Pr0vanir. Mexican
paper. at Brownsville. who appeared be-
fore the Senate Military Committee yes
terday positively identified as col1red
soldiers five or six of the men who "srar
up the town" last August. and the cord.-
tions he described were more favorable
for that purpose than any yer produced.
His story was also the most dramatic Of
the investigation He was seated In the
courtyard of Tillman's Ruby saloon when
the firing began over in tha direction of
the fort Tilmau. De said. left after the
first volley. but the proprietor of d saloon
across the street had yelled.
Close up; here come the niggars." and
the harEeeper Frank Natous. fastened up
the front Of the house. The shooting was
coming nearer, apparently down the alley
back OF the courtyard. when Nat0us
started across il to close the gate opening
on the alley, although warned that II was
dangerous. As he reached the middle cf
the court five or six OF the negro soldiers.
in uniform, rushed in from the alley and
fired a volley at Natous, who fell.
PTeciadO's Narrow Escape.
PreeLad0, who WAS back of Natous. but
inside the doorway between the saloon
and the court. was struck on the hand
and another bullet passed through his
coat and vest and some papers in his
pocket and broke pair OF spectacles,
without touching his body He then HaT
to cover. and did not come out until after
the shooting had ceased entirely. when he
found Natous dead, with a bullet through
his breast
Preciado was certain the shooters were
colored soldiers He could not be mis-
taken. he declared. for they were plainly
visible in the light from three lamps with
which the yard was illuminated. and he
was standing not more than ten or twelve
PAGES from them. inside the DOORWAY.
when they shot at him. The court was
about forty feet square.
Voices Those of Negroes.
Charles S. Kennedy, a graduate Of the
University Of North Carolina. and a news.
paper man. who occupied room on tho
third floor Of the Miller Hotel on the
night OF the shooting, told of going to tin,
gallery. on the second floor. and seeI7s.
the shooting of Lieut.. of Police Domils
guez and his horse. As they fel. Kennedr
said he heard one of the shooters ven.
We got him. and heard other c0nver-
sation which he could not distinguish.
The voices, however, were uuQuesti0uablv
those OF negroes.
While he could not positively identify
the clothing Of the shooters, he did know
they were all dressed alike, and that fact,
and the recognition Of their voices. cor
WINGED him they were colored soldiers.
The Washington herald., 1907-05-22
GEOGRAPHICAL IRREGULARITIES
OF THE UNITED STATES
BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN.

The largest spring in the world is in
the Ozark region Of Southwest Missouri
on the line between Laclede and Dallas
counties. It flows many millions of gal
Ions Of pure cold water daily, and If il
were more advantageously situated would
supply cities like ST. Louis and Chicago
with water which would never need a
filter The spring wells up out Of the
ground about 100 yards from a protecting
clif. II is about s. feet in diameter. and
has been sounded to the depth Of 800 feet
without finding bottom. The water comes
up so swiftly that it is impossible for a
mans body TO sink in the spriug. The
water level maintains itself with exact
ness in all kinds Of weather. rain or
drought never making any change. It's
only variation is a sort Of tidal move
ment. which raises and lowers the level
about four inches from morning to even
ing.
The water flows from this spring
through a branch a mile long to the
Niangua River. The branch is 40 feet
wide. and in many places 30 70 20 feet
deep The water is 50 clear that the
smallest objects may be seen through
forty feet of it. In some places the
branch is choked with a peculiar water
weed which is not 20 be found anywhere
else in the United States Columbia River
salmon. placed there by the government,
thrive in the cold waters Of this remarka-
BILE stream. The spring is known as Ben
L L. H.
Lebanon. the nearest railroad station. on
account of its remote location. few tour
lists have seen il, and very few people
know Of its existence.
St John River New Brunswick. enjoys
the rare distraction Of having the only
reversible waterfall in the world. In the
morning there is a fall Of fifteen feet in
the river at the harbor Of st. John, but
in the afternoon, watchers on the suspen-
sion bridge over the gorge see the river
perform the unusual feat of turning back
ward to flow toward its source with a fall
Of water three feet the other way. This
is caused by the high tides in the Bay
of Fundy, which are the greatest known
anywhere. They rush I'D the river through
the gorge with a force sufficient 10 over
come the waters of a river 40 miles long.
sweep over ObstTuCuous. and when at
their height accomplish this phenome-
non Of making the falls flow backward
Expert statsticians in the employ Of the
government have recently established the
exact center of the population Of the
United States. Including the insular pos
sessions and Alaska. and taking into con-
sideration the rotundity OF the earth. the
center is G00 miles IN the interior of the
earth. directly under the city Of Nashville.
Tenn. This IS beneath the point where
the thirty-sixth parallel and eighty-sev-
enth meridian intersect Leaving out the
insular possessions and Alaska, the center
OF population is six miles southeast Of
Columbus, in Bartholomew County, Ind.
The exact geographical center, exclusive
OF Alaska. is said to be Cora township,
Smith County, Kans Including Alaska.
the center Of area is at Slave Butte, S
The Washington herald., 1907-05-22

since Wiuifred's disappearance he had
nUrsed 20 growing sense Of injury.
Tant fair" he complained. keeping
a fellow on the fence so. Her best years
have been spent for Dick. anyhow. and a
given me her address. I'd have settled iI
months ago"
Josiah went up the aisle 10 his own pew
Above the high back Of the minister's pew
there arose a white sailor hat, swathed
with an airy muslin scarf Beneath IT,
soft waves 0f curling hair rippled across
"a brow from which all traces of care had
been resrlutely smootHed away.
Josiah, watching with some curiosity
Until she turned her head slightly caught
The clear profile and noted the soft color
in her cheek. IL was Winifred, All at
once there dawned upon him the truth
thar immortal youth is not at the mercy
0f added years and that better than the
passing beauty of girlhood is that wom-
anIinsss which shah outlast the ages.
81 IN glad I didn't know where 90 write DO
though Josiah with a sense OF narrow
escape and a growing feeling of anxiety.
Winifred was unaware Of his presence
until she heard his voice i'm the closing
hymn As the last notes ceased. she
turned To him. smiling straight up into
his anxious face
We'll. Josiah. she said.
And Josiah wondered why ne had not
known before that raiment. whether IL
be the unhecoming gray of past years
or the crisp muslin that seemed TO give
back to him the love Of his early years.
was not worthy of d passing thought. It
was ths old Winifred who smiled uu at
him out of those clear eyes. Netus
Searles and the throng about them We're
alike forgotten. He only thought of the
woman before him-the only woman in
the world for him, and all Bloomviue
had its answer 10 a long winter Of spec
ulation and comment, as he stopped to
kiss her iu the crowded church Wini-
fred Lanes best years We're vet to come.
copyrighted. 1877. bv F. G., Parsellsl
The Washington herald., 1907-05-22

down the Missouri river. The waters wear
down the mountain rocks far above and
bring the sand down in "a great stream
Sometimes IL flows past Kansas City at a
depth of fifty feet. The sand flows slower
and slower, until it finally falls inert in
the bed Of the Mississippi River. where
the current is too sluggish 10 take il all
the way % the gulf.
The Washington herald., 1907-05-22
Largest Morning Circulation.

All advertising contracts made by
The Washington Herald are based
Upon its sworn circulation circula-
tion I'm Washington larger by thou
sands than was ever before attained
by any morning newspaper at the Cap
ltal It's books are open.