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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-04-07

On one side the beans are mushy and
broken. because you have baked in dry
heat.
The other beans are baked in live
They are all baked aike-baked
until they are mealy. Yet they are
nutty because they are whole.
On one side the beans are heavy and
hard to digest, for you lack sufficient
heat. They ferment and form gas.
Van Camps are baked at PAS degrees.
That fierce heat separates the particles
SO the digestive juices can get to them.
Then we bake the beans, the tomato
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-04-07
AVENUE PROPERTY REPORT
LAID BEFORE TIE SENATE

The Commissioners report in response
to a Senate resolution, requiring them
TO ascertain the lowest cost Of acuuir-
ing the property south Of Pennsylvania
avenue. covered by the Hepburn BILL.
has been laid before the Senate.
1t has been made public by the Com
miSsioners. It estimates the cost of the
land and improvements, with allow
anCes for damages to property. at Sl9,-
800 O00
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-04-07
PLACE GRANT MEMORIAL
IN GARDEN, SAYS HOUSE

The site for the Grant memorial win
be unchanged, and the statue Will be
placed in the Botanic Garden. as
originally planned, according to the &C
ton of the House late yesterday after
noon.
The vote on putting the memorial on
the White Lot was very close, but the
friends of the original site proved them
selves strong enough TO carry the DAY.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-04-07
Which Shall It Be?
Home-baked Beans or Van Camps?

sauce and the pork all together. and
get our delicious blend.
On one side is the bother of soaking.
boiling and baking. The other beans are
all ready. Heat the can in hot water
then open. The dish is as fresh and as
savory as when it was freshly baked.
Let your people decide which they
want.
Serve both your beans and Van
Camps, and see which they ask for next
And be glad of their choice. For twill
save you the bother of baking beans
and let our chef cook for you.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-04-07
POSTAL RECEIPTS $4,000
IN MONTH OF MARCH

The report Of Postmaster Barnes for
March places the receipts of the Wash
ington city Postoffce at $40. $3.50 divid-
cd as follows:
sale Of stamped paper. SIG. 20. So; sec
ond-cIass postage, S3.991-54: third-Class
POSTAGE paid in money, S55-46; box rent,
S1O574: sale OF waste material, Sl9OG;
surplus derived from: sale of STAMPED
paper in fractional lots, $3l65.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-04-07
Hipple Lost sz,OOO,O0O.

Five big losses through speculation are
referred TO for 1906 including the ~
COO. 900 loss Of Frank X. Nipple, president
Of the Real Estate Trust Company or
Philadelphia
The past year, 1907, comes TO the front
with nine examples, including The Well
remembered cases Of Pres enJ CnaIles
Couonauy OF New York; =. Augustus
Heinze. Charles w Morse. and Wilnam
r. Walker. treasurer Of the New Britain
Conn, Savings Bank, who lost Sv51VU.
All these enormous losses were the
direct result OF gambling in stocks and
commodities as defined in this bill, not
in the legitimate purchase Of any raj
read or Industrial stocks, grain, or cot
ton. or produce of any character, says
Mr.. Campbell.
He points out that the bill for the
District is modelled after the Massa-
chUSetts statue on the same subject
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-04-07
URGENT CASE.

DIR. Rush Cto bicycle policeman)-You
mustn't arrest me for speeding; I'm in
a hurry to see a sick man"
bicycle policeman-Come back with
me and see the sick man your auto just
ran over.-Smart Set.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-04-07
JUDGE KINBALL
SMILED ON BENCH!
Sergeant CollinC. c. Flathey
by Subtle Innuendo Dis
countenanceS Mercy.
- - 9. Kimban smiled.

Judge Ivory q. kimbSll smiled
Famed fer his stole countenance, his
immobTe stare. and icy glances. Judge
KimbaU. VINO has never been known 10
hand out a sentence that did not send
cold chills down the back Of the pris-
oner before the bar, actually thawed
out this morning-and smiled.
1t does not follow that his honor
never INDUCES in laugh. He has a
keen sense of humor, is q good story
teller. and when talking with friends
viii often break out with a bis, hearty
laugh that Is contagious. and those
with whom he is talking simply have TO
laugh Bat it is not on record that the
judge ever laughed on the bench before.
The dignity Of the court must be main
tanned.
Sergr. Collin c. C. Father.
Sergt. Collin c. c. FIather, formerly
a detective at headquarters. and at
present pounding bricks in the Second
precinct. was responsible for the smile.
It wasn't intentional. But Sergeant
Father IS not given to doing the OK
pected. He is the surprise party Of the
department
Flather and Policeman Boyle arrest
ed Annie Jackson, COloTCd, for keeping
q djsorderly house in Madison street.
Aunie pleaded suilty because her col
ored attorney wanted to see if he
couldn't get a little mercy from the
court" He didn't, though, even if the
court did smile
Judge" began the attorney, Il
thought perhaps the sergeant wanted
the lady TO move away from the neigh
bOrhood, and that would settle the
case"
when She Gets Out"
let her move when she gets out"
replied the sergeant
1t really wasn't so very funny, but It
struck the court in the right spot
Slowly the rigid lines about Judge KIM
balls mouth began to relax. y moment
later he smiled. 1t was almost a laugh.
Even his heavy beard couldn't hide the
smile. Tho court attendants saw it
ard marvcled.
Z Annie had expected mercy il was
TOO late after the smile. II the case
had been dismissed Sergeant Fathers
Joke would have gone for naught. It
would have been a shame 20 spoil a
good JOKE. Annie got three months.
Sergeant Flathsr is thinking OF TAX
ing a long journey this summer. He
mas something he wants to whisper into
the ear Of the Sphinx
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-04-07
Van Camps pork and beans
baked with tomato sauce

You don't know how good beans can
be until you once try Van Camps.
We pay $2.1O per bushel to get the
choicest Michigan beans. We could buy
beans for 80 cents. But ours are picked
out by hand to give US only the whit
est, the plumpest, the very cream of
the crop.
We could buy tomato sauce ready
made for exactly one-fifth what we spend
to make ours. But it would lack the
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-04-07

There are . good many
house renters IN this city. a
hundred OF these would make
goos tenants fer that mouse OF
yoE-s-tsn OF this hundred ara
reading The TO Rent" Gdz
Gvery day nov.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-04-07

Representative Campbell OF Kansas,
of the House District of Columbia Com
mittee. in making a favorable report
to-the House Of the bill TO prohibit
gambling on the prices Of stocks, Sc
curities and commodities in the Dis
trict of Columbia, has fortified his sup
port of the measure by aPpending a
list Of horrible examples
He estimates that within the last
twenty-five years, S2,5OO,OOO.OOO have
been lost in the country in this form
of gambling by those who could not
afford TO lose.
'Embezzlement, imprisonment. ruin,
suicide, and panic have been the re-
suits" says Mr.. Campbell.
at is thought wise TO prohibit this
species of gambling in bucket shops
by betting on the differences in prices
Of stocks and commodities. Thousands
have thought they could win in stock
and commodity gambling, and have
gone 70 their ruin. They have started
in the bucket shop on a small scale,
settling the differences between prices.
and ended in ruin, the penitentiary, or
the grave of d suicide"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-04-07
Names the Victims.

Mr.. Campbell then names some Of the
principal victims. beginning in 1884.
They include:
1884. The Marine National Bank of
New York city was looted by two of its
directors, who. in Wall Street specula-
tions on margins. lost 100000.
The Second National Bank. through
the Wall Street speculations OF John
c. Emo, its president, lost 100000.
1891. John T. Hill, president Of the
Ninth National Bank Of New York city,
specialized away 10000.
1894. Frederick Baker, a depositor,
and Samuel e. Seely, bOOkkeeper in the
National Shoe and Leather Bank Of
New York city, lost S354,O0O.
1895 Frank c. Marvin. lawyer, Brook
lyn. $4,000.
1885 John S. Hopkins, cashier of Peo-
pies Bank, Philadelphia. lost the bank $
funds in speculation. 10000. and killed
himself
The Chemical National OF New York
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-04-07

richness, the sparkling zest, which we
get from vine-ripened tomatoes.
We believe that the best beans, bakec
with the best sauce, are cheap enough
And millions of people agree with us
For beans are Natures choicest food
when they are rightly cooked. They
are like meat in their food value, and
not like it in cost. Try serving such
beans as your people want often, and
see what you save on meat.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1908-02-01
CONNECTS MAY.
TILL TOBACCO

FRANKFORT, KY, Jan. 31-(Spe-
eial) -Settlement of the tobacco tru-
bles in Kentucky may be effected by
using the convicts in the State peni-
tentiaries and the inmates of the
School of Reform in the manufacture
of plug and twist tobacco, under a
plan which has been proposed Ny
Senator ]. w. Newman, Senator New
man having offered resolution in
the Senate providing for the appoint
ment of joint committee of the
House and Senate to investigate the
tobacco troubles and bring an end to
the difficulties which now present
themselves. The committee will try
to recommend such action as will in
sure a square deal to the producer
and seller of tobacco.
1t will also investigate and report
whether or not the convicts at the
penitentiaries and the inmates of the
House of Reform can be used in the
manufacture of plug and twist to-
bacco, and If so whether such course
is admirable and practical.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1908-02-01

TALES OF THE TOWN
TOLD IN FEW LINES
Pencil Stubs Picked Up At
Random.
Our line of Blank Books, Office
and Typewriter supplies complete.
M. S. HOLIDAY.
Judge Griggs' friends believe his !
appointment on the ways and means
committee has settled his reelection |
in the Second.
Americas ball-tossers strongly fav-
or the four city league suggested, and
Americas will see some good ball in
the event it is done.
AhAAAh vi h5AI1uS ID SAlppC Will SOAO ]
water on such a day of rain and cold
as yesterday. No wonder the Gene
terry record increases.
The trains ran late yesterday, as
they usually do in bad weather. The |
southbound Central. No. 5, came in
nearly one hour late.
Candidates had little else to do yes
terday than stay in doors and eject |
themselves to office. And everyone |
figured himself winner.
Dating from this morning, Americas
old maids have only eleven months
wherein to make landing. Good men
are getting scarcer daily.
The bill collectors will chase their
game" to a finish today, rain or no
rain. The weather never deters the
real robust bill collector.
Mothers friend and. paregoric are
about the only fluids thirsty man can
now buy at the drug store without
stepping upon the statoots.
Something in the nature of a poll
teal surprise is limited at about theI
courthouse, yet nothing tangible has
yet developed in the rumor.
On account of the fierce weather
yesterday, which kept people away,
the special prices offered on all lines
at Duncan's hold good today.
President Walker, of the Americas
Railway & Light Co., has not yet re-
turned here, although his coming has
been expected for several days.
A Lee street couple celebrated their
silver wedding next week, yet they
have nothing running around the
house except the picket fence
Next Saturday is the date of meet
ing of the county executive committee
here, which will name the date for |
the election of all county offers.
To judge by the number of travel |
ing men, scores and dozens of them
coming to Americus> daily, business
conditions really must be better.
If you want nice new hack and7
prompt service ring Tom Royen at
Rylander Shoe Co. Phone g. 3-2t.
Passengers at the Central depot
swore roundly yesterday, as they
struggled ankle deep through mud
in an effort to reach the building.
Calls answered promptly. Phone 81
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1908-02-01
FOR SALE.

5-room house, close in with garden.
Rent $1,000 mo. Price 100000.
Groom house, close in. Rent $3.50.
Price $3.50
S-room house, large lot, nice home,
or safe investment, 100000.
Groom house on graded street, large
lot, $250000.
265 acres, miles of Americas. A.
room house, 8 tenant houses. 80
acres in original forest, running wa
ter. One mile of church and school.
Pure drinking water, no malaria. Nice
home. $500 acre.
1876 acres, miles of railroad. Rent
4 bales cotton. Price $500 acre.
$50 acres, miles of railroad.
room house. Lands lay well. Only
$500 acre. 1-3 cash.
If you want home, or investment
in city or farm property, come to see
me. / have some good bargains not
mentioned above. Our motto is that
an ounce of satisfaction is worth a
ton of talk, and if you will let us
we will try our best to deliver full
and ample satisfaction to you in every
thing. We are in business to stay
and we know that in order to stay
we. must give satisfaction to our
patrons.
p. B. WILLIFORD,
Office Phone IS
Residence Phone 1923
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1908-02-01
COTTON MARKETS
BULGE WAS LOST
StagnatiOn Pervaded Local
Spot Situation.

After opening at losses, the cotton
contract market yesterday advanced
several points around the middle of
the session, only to ease off again
III the late trading, leaving the last
ngures at net losses of Z to 13 points
as compared with the previous close.
The generally unsettled condition in
the stock and cereal markets and in
financial circles was a great hindranco
TO any sustained improvement and thu
market was a sort of scalping affair.
The cotton market was nervous at
times, while at intervals tho trading
was stagnant and prices held at the
same figures for a considerable spacet
Firmness of spot holders and an i'm
proved demand from spinners en-
Unused the market for a brief period
put the gains melted away when Of
ferings became free.
The New York market opened 2 to
points lower. Early in the session
the price movement oscillated but
after the first hour the market grew
firmer At the noon hour a reaction
was on, which did not stop until
prices were several points below the
opening. The close was a few points
1UONG Tie 1OWSSI, St6duy, I 10 y points
net lower for the day. Spot prices
were marked down 10 points. New
Orleans opened to points off, but
soon rallied to a level around the
close for the day before The market
weakened as the session drew to an
end, the close being mar the bottom,
steady, II to IS points below the
close for Thursday. Middling spot
quotations were reduced Lice.
Liverpool opened points lower to
l point higher, which was little
better than due. The close was
barely steady, 8 to points net lower
for the day The market is due 2 to
3 points down this morning. Spot
prices were reduced 4 points, the
sales being 5000 bales.
The local spot market had a Sc
we're case Of ennui yesterday. De-
mand and offerings were each near
zero and trading was about as could
be imagined from such conditions.
The quotations are unchanged from
Thursday.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1908-02-01

p. B. WILLIFORD,
Office Phone IS.
Residence Phone 129,
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1908-02-01

WANTED-to sell one gentle fam
lily horse and one trapp. Will sell
reasonable. Apply Box 1874, City.
1-3t-Dd.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1908-02-01
Piles! Piles! Piles!

Williams Indian Pile Ointment will
cure, Blind, Bleeding and Itching Piles
1t absorbs the tumors, allays itching at
once, acts as poultice, gives instan.
relief. Williams Indian Pile Oint-
ment is prepared for Piles and itching
of the private parts. Sold by druggists
mail SOC and $1.OO, Williams Mfg
Co., Props, Cleveland, o.
Sold by w. A. Rembert.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1908-02-01

FOR RENT-One four-room house,
close in. Apply 80 Spring st. 31-6t
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1908-02-01
The Badge of Honesty

Is on every wrapper of Doctor Pierce's
Golden Medical Discovery because full
list of the ingredients composing it is
printed there in plain English. Forty
years of experience has proven its superior
worth as blood purifier and invigorat-
Ing tonic for the cure of stomach disorders
and all liver ills. 1t builds up the run
down system as no other tonic can in
which alcohol is used. The active medic
inal principles of native roots such as
Golden Seal and Queens root, Stone and
Mandrake root, Bloodroot and Black
Cherrybark are extracted and preserved
by the use of chemically pure, triple
refined glycerine. Send to DR.. r. V. Pierce
at Buffalo, n. Y, for free booklet which
quotes extracts from Well-recognized med.
cal authorities such as Drs: BarthoIow,
King, Scudder, Coe, Ellingwood and a
lost Of others, showing that these roots
can be dePended upon for their curative
aetion il. all weak states of the stomach,
.sscomp6nied by indigestion or dyspepsia
xs well Is irI4!l bilious or liver complaints
estd IN 2dL wasting diseases where there
T. 4osS<<f1iesh and gradual running down
ess tSeStrength nd system.
= Tho SCiolden Med cal Discovery makes
rich, Lure bloyd and so invigorates and
regulates the sf.nllen. ILYeE- and bowels,
and. through t,l1 .1he whole system.
Thus ali skin affections, blotcheS, pimpleS
and eruptions as Tell as scrofulous swell
lings and old c; /. running sores or ulcers
are cured and healed. In treating old
running sores, or ulcers, it is well to Inc
sure their healing to apply to them DR..
Pierce's All-Healing Salye. Ifyour drug.
gist don't happen to have this Salve in
stock, send fifty-four cents in postage
stamps to DR. r. V. Pierce, Invalids' Hotel
and Surgical Institute, Buffalo. N. Y, and
large box of the UAll-Healing SalYe
will reach you by return post.
You can't afford to accept a secret nos
trum as substitute for this mona alcoholic,
medicine OF KNOWN COMPOSITION, not
even though the urgent dealer may
thereby make little bigger profit.
DR.. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets regulate
and invigorate stomach, liver and bowels.
Sugar-coated. tiny granules, easy TO take
IS candy.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1908-02-01
WANTED

sr~~%N~~N-@N~~N~@SS-s~sS>~~<
GOOD PAY-Men wanted every
where to tack signs, distribute circu-
lars, samples, etc. No canvassing
National Dist. Bureau, Chicago, ILL.,
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1908-02-01

Monday morning promptly at 8
o'clock We will place on sale lot
of about three thousand of the very
hest standard calicoes and 3-4 per
Gales AT less than mill prices. In this
To+ will he found all the standard
brands mot shoddy goods. We will
not sell over one dress pattern to one
huvar Remember that the price is
for Monday and Tuesday only, at per
yard 3. e.. '-o0'
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1908-02-01

38-inch fancy plaid suitings in a
great variety of this seasons new
designs regularly sold by every store
for soc. Monday at Tuesday, at per
yard :. ..29c.
Ladies' odd sizes in corsets all
styles, some new styles in this lot,
worth from soc to 81, all in one lot.
Monday and Tuesday =. E. =. :. 25c.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1908-02-01
TWELVE HUNDRED YARD BUTCH
Frs LINEN FINISH AT 10 Lee
YARD.

Monday morning promptly at s
o'clock we will place on sale twelve
hundred yards butchers linen at
10 1-2c yard. Of course this is not
all linen, but it will wear as well
as the all-linen goods, and the finish
is just as good. White and all colors.
Not more than 20 yards will be sold
to one buyer at the price for Monday
and Tuesday only, at per yard 10 1-2c.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1908-02-01
Arrivals.
From Savannah, Augusta,
Atlanta and Macon, Biz

From Savannah, Augusta,
Atlanta and Macon, Bir-
mingham, Columbus and
Fort Valley .............. 40 4Op m
From Lockhart, Dothan, AL
bany, Troy and Mont'ery. 40 40p m
From Lockhart, Dothan, AL
bany, Troy and Mont'ery. N 81 p m
From Atlanta and Macon -. NJ OF p m
From Augusta, Savannah, At
lanta and Macon, Birming-
ham and Columbus and
Fort Valley ..........-...*5 80 m
From Columbus and interme-
date points. t645 m
From Columbus, Newman and
intermediate points .. Il % p m
From Albany and intermediate
points. "a 40 m
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1908-02-01
THE NEW RAJAH SILKS AT 49c YD.

Please remember that this is a sale
for Monday and Tuesday only. Mon
day morning promptly at o'clock
we will place on sale a lot of four
hundred yds. brand new Rajah silks at
49c yard. All the new shades will
be found in this assortment. Regu-
larly sold for 81. For Monday and
Tuesday only, at per yard :. =. .49c.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1908-02-01

Monday morning promptly at s
o'clock we will place on sale one
thousand yards best standard Man
chester chambray including all the
shades of blue, pink, brown and red:
Not more than 20 yards will be sold
to one buyer at the price for Monday
and Tuesday only, at per yard Z 3-4c.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1908-02-01
Simple Remedy for LaGrippe

La grippe coughs are dangerous
as they frequently develop into pneu-
monia. Foley's Honey and Tar not
only stops the cough but heals and
strengthens the lungs so that no
gerious results need be feared. The
genuine Foley's Honey and Tar con-
tafns no harmful drugs and is in a
yellow package. Refuse substitutes.
Sold by all druggists.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1908-02-01

DR.. Detchon's Relief for Rheuma-
tism and Neuralgia radically cures in
l to 8 days. It's action upon the sys-
tenn is remarkable and mysterious.
1t removes at once the cause
and the disease imme-
diately disappears. The first dose
greatly benefits .15c and ST.. Sold by
Eldridge Drug Co. Sats
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1908-02-01
,oo YARDS GOOD WEIGHT COTTON
FLANNEL AT 3 Use YARD.

Monday morning promptly at 8
O'Clock we will place on sale five
hundred yards good weight cotton
flannel: full width and grade that
never sold for less than 6 1-2c. Not
over 20 yards will be sold to one
buyer at the price for Monday and
Tuesday only, at per yard e. 3 7-8c.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1908-02-01
Departures.
For Macon, Atlanta, Augusta

For Macon, Atlanta, Augusta
and Savannah. .*4:4O g III
For Albany, Dothan. Lockhart,
Troy and Montgomery. 1882 n
&" Albany, Dothan, Lockhart,
Troy and Montgomery. -. 1907 p M
1" Macon and Atlanta .*1:57 M
" Macon, Atlanta, Savannah
and Augusta .*1O:40 p no
For Columbus. 1890 p M
For Columbus and Birming-
ham ................ t7:O0 M
For Columbus Birmingham,
via Fort Valley. ..........."1 O:40 p m
For Albany and Inter. points 1O:40 p m
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1908-02-01

The suggestion is made that Legis-
latures try to discourage women in
the habit of shooting men. How
ever, with juries maudlin with senti-
ment, and suffering hypnosis in the
presence of a dimple, what's the use?
Philadelphia Press.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1908-02-01
$1.75, 81, $3.50 and So LACE CUR
TAINS AT S1.3O.

Odd pairs, odd lots not more than
four pairs in one lot In all there are
abount sixty pairs. Some of these
are real fine curtains and not pair
in the lot is worth less than $1.75.
The best assortments are around 81
and $3.50. This lot will be offered
here for Monday and Tuesday. Your
choice, per pair :. =. $3.50