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Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1908-01-16
MOONSHINE ON RIVER A
PICTURE IN SUMTER
Old Booze May be StiIIed
There.

While Americus is dry and the
county as well, there may be other
localities hereabout where the prohi-
bition drought may not prove as op-
pressive and depressing when summer
days shine hotful and the reserve
stock is all exhausted
For some people outside of Ken
lucky know how to make it, and these
may live near Americus
In fact, it is said that there is a
fine old copper still somewhere in the
river swamp, but whether it manu-
features spirits of wine or spirits of
turpentine one is not supposed to
know
And this big still, it is said, is
anchored on the river bottom
An interesting story in this con-
nection was told some time recently;
a story of two squirrel hunters who
unwittingly stumbled near its safe
hiding place in the dense swamp. They
never for a moment dreamed that a
still was located there.
In fact, their first intimation of
danger was when one of the hum
ters received two loads of shot, fired
point blank at him from ambush
The identity of the man behind the
gun was never found out Even the
man thus shot had no curiosity.
But the affair created something Of
a scare, no doubt, and soon theraf-
ter, big copper still with long chain
attached, sank to the bottom of the
river Probably ere this it has been
safely landed again and is turning
out good spirits of "turpentine.'
The story has been told here open
ly, and is given for what it is
worth
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1908-01-16
THREE COUNTIES
NOT REPRESENTED
List of Students at Agri-
cultural College.

Three counties in the Third District
have not yet sent pupils to the Agri-
cultural school, though two of these
counties registered pupils to enter
the school previous to the opening
These counties may yet be repre-
sented Three counties out of the
district have pupils at the school
Cobb county has two, Marion two
and Terrell three. One young lady
from Bibb has just asked to be adj
mitted in the school,
The classes have been organized as
follows: In preparatory work, %;
First Years Work, So; Second Years
Work, %; total SO. Sumter furnish
ed more pupils than any other coun-
ty with Schley second. Sumter fur
mis- IS nearly one third of the en-
tire number.
The pupils attending the school by
classes are found below:
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1908-01-16
AMERICUS is STILL IN
VAIN SEARCH JF TIGER
Nothing Doing in Contra
band Goods.

If there are any blind tigers do
ing business in Americus they are
either underground or so cleverly
hidden away from the sight of the
ordinary person as not to be no.
ticeable. Yesterday was a cold day
with a biting wind that brought de-
sires for hot Scotches and hot Tom
and ferries but there was none to
be found The police authorities have
been stretching tight rein and the
first tiger has to be dug up. The
supply of liquors laid away before
the first of the year is rapidly dim
inishing and next month vii find
more in search OF malt and alcoholic
stimulant than at present
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1908-01-16
FLAMES ON THE ROOF
STARTED BY A SPARK
FiremeO Again Do Splendid
Service.

Sparks from an energetic dinner
stove fell upon the roof of Mr.. Henry
{ B. Everett's residence on College
street just at noon yesterday and
started a brisk blaze that for a few
moments threatened it's destruction
But the fire department sprinted there
and in a remarkably short time the
fire was out, the firemen working like
veterans and doing splendid service
Chief Macarthur estimated the total
damage to the roof, consisting of q
small hole in the shingles, and to fur
niture as we'll, at probably $25. The
house is nearly three-fourths of q
mile from the city, a fact which en-
phasizes the splendid work of the
firemen.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1908-01-16
STUDENTS GUESTS
FIRST BAPTIST

Students of the Third District Ag-
ricultural College will be entertained
tomorrow night by the members of
the First Baptist church at the church
building. Special music has been
prepared Addresses will be made by
Rev. o. P. Gilbert, the pastor, Pres.
Collum and others. Refreshments
will be served.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1908-01-16
Attention Veterans.

Members of Camp Sumter 642
U. G. " are requested to meet at
the courthouse at 10:30 o'clock Sat
urday morning next, 18th, for the pur-
pose of attending the exercises com
memorative of the birthday anniver-
sary of the South's illustrious chief
tain, General Robert Edward Lee. By
order of H. T. DAVENPORT,
Commander
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1908-01-16

Now on hand, a complete assort-
ment of NEW CROP GARDEN
SEED. ALI varieties. Come, send or
phone SO or 20, and be served prom
pity. ELDRIDGE DRUG co.
1-15-4t
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1908-01-16
Ladies Tailor Made Suits
Almost Thrown AWAY.

After the largest business In our history in
the LADIES' READY-TO-WEAR DEPART
MENI, and desiring to clear out quickly eyerv
suit and coat in the stock in order that we NAV
have every garment new next season, we make
the following unparalleled offers, commencing to-
day. Jan. II 1th at $3.50 A. M as we now begin
the grentest Before Stock Taking" Sale we ever
held in all departments.
Our entire line of this SWEETEST Suits ranging in
price from $1,000 to $780, $1,000
Entire stock of this seasons Suits ranging price from
$500 to 1850, for 50
Lot of Suits carried from season. among the finest
gooos we nave ever carried styles good this season.
$500 to 25.OO now. .............. - $5 90
Some splendid Misses Suits in this lot
Anotherot OF Suits carried formerly $1,000 5OO
to give for......... ....... ar %
Some splendid Misses Suits in this lot
The choice this seasons Broadcoth Cheviot and Ker
sey Coats we're $3.50 to 1880 $3.50
Assorted Kersey Covert Cheviot and Fancy Mixtures in
ladies' Coats, were $1,000 to 1900, now....... $500
Small lot of fine fitted Coats carried from season. were
@lOOV 70 L ~, noW............... .$29S
Entire stock Chldrens Long Coats formerly 75O
The remainder of Childrens Long Coats $1OO and $5O
Lot of accumulated Skirts odds and ends were $3.50 to
@OoO noW.......... SlOO and $1 so each.
While this is special Coat Sale we will offer big
discounts on skirts, petticoats waists. ETC.
Dontyou think for moment these goods are going to
nger here these prices for you will be disappointed We
decided to take losses quickly placed prices on the
merchandise that like giving away Better come quick
and bring the coin
CHAS. |. ANSLEY.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1908-01-16

Seattle's Exposition has been de-
nounced as unfair but it goes right
on planning to be the biggest fair ev-
er-Philadelphia Press.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1908-01-16
Preparatory

Victor, Autry. Willie Burke, Russell
Boon, J. r. Carter, Minnie Lou Car
ter. E. W. Outright, David Fussell
Berner Green, Tom Edd Gresham, Ed
ward Harmon, Harry Harmon, Kellett
Hayes, Robert Hayes. N. H. Laws
L. D. Laws, T. A. Littlejohn, Jr, Frank
Mayo, Robert Mcleod, Howell Nc
Math, c. c. Nichols, T. W. Paschal
Roy Raines, Henry Reese, M. j
Stevens, r. D. Stewart, Charlie Yeats
H G. Wilson, Jesse Westbrook
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1908-01-16
Clearing Sale


There are many good reasons for Special
Sales. A merchant may have too many goods,
or more than he requires of one kind, or he may
have numerous small lots in which the assort-
ment of sizes is broken and therefore, be willing
to sacrifice profit in order to clean up. We shall
now commence a Special Clearance Sale---it will
be bona-fide.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1908-01-16
First Year

+ IESt lear
w F. Andrews, Glenn Boland, Leon
Brooks, E. C. Childers, j. A. Chappell
kes, Devane Arthur, Cary Daniel, Eu-
gene Daniel, j. A Dupree, Howell
Eason, T. w Farmer, AttabeI Gres-
ham, Ashley Glover, Cecil Harver,
George Hutchings, Carl Hawkins,
Judson Hill, Joseph King, R. H.
Laing, Fred Markett, Esthon Miller
T. w Merritt, Fleeta McMath, Roy
Moran, J. H. McLendon, Homer
France, r. H. Pitcher, Carlton Rod
gers, Howell Pantone, H. w. Rainey
Ricard Stevens, J. D. Spires, j. w
Spires, George Taylor, Bell Williams.
Second Year
Murray Cook, Cecil Collum, Frank
Ferguson, Furlow Gatewood, Jasper
Hardison, Colin Hall, r. L. Heath, T
B. Hooks, Willie Kent, Raphael Ken
yon, Emmett Mile, Hugh Page, j. l.
Pool, r. S. Pryor, Earl Statham, j
r. Usry, George Wicker, Charles
Wall Nell Whorton.
Prof. France is arranging temper
airy quarters for the farm blacksmith
shop. The wood work will be done
for the present, after the grounds
have been cleared of the rubbish left
by the builders, in one of the class
rooms that will be later converted
into a physical laboratory.
The yards for the poultry are now
being built and already the poultry
are free in two of the ranges.
The Faculty of the Agricultural and
Mechanical School as composed at
present, is as follows:
J. NJ Collum, Principal, r. E. White
Chair of English and History, ]. NJ
France, Chair of Mathematics and
Director of Shops, G. V. Cunningham
Chair of Agriculture and Allied
Sciences.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-03-29

glance. I did not hear sound for a
moment but the beating of my own
heart. A thousand dreams rushed out
of the dim past; visions of my youth
aspirations, hopes, desires. All that I
had forgotten, or longed to forget. sud-
denly came into the present. mo
throne" 1 answered her presently,
only"
I don't know how long I stood there
before that gap. But suddenly the past
slipped away again and l heard the
boom of the surf on Sisal, the rush of
the wind; saw the shimmering sea be-
yond the lacy vines, felt the -scorching
sun of the tropics. turned and went
away.
1 spent the night walking on the
beach as far from Miss jenkins and
Spriggs as I could get. There was no
sleep for me-only dreams The next
morning 1 curled up in the warehouse
and dozed in its torrid darkness.
In the afternoon I was reused by
Spriggs. He seemed on the point of
despair. See here he cried, tumbling
his hair with his clumsy hands, what
shall I do?"
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-03-29
MISTRESS AND SERVANT.

When staying in the Sandwich Is
lands I had an amusing experience
with my Hawaiian servant Now these
servants insist on calling you by your
first name. Ours was always saving
to my husband, Yes, john" and to
me, Very well, Mary etc., etc. So
when we got a new cook 1 told my
husband to avoid calling me MARY"
as then, not knowing my name, he'd
have to say 'tA1issus' to me. So John
always called me sweetheart" or
"dearie," never Mary" but the new
cook, a watehful fellow, gave me no
title at all.
One day we had some officers to din
ner, and, while awaiting the repast,
told them of the ruse I had adopted,
and added, by this servant, at least,
You won't hear me called Mary
Just then the new cook entered the
room. He bowed, and said to me:
Sweetheart, dinner is served
'What?" I stammered, aghast at his
familiarity
Dinner is served, dearie," answered
the new cook.-London Tit-Bids.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-03-29
CHICAGO UNIVERSITY SALARIES

An increase of nearly % per cent in
the salaries of the University of Chi
cago teaching staff was voted recent,.
by the university board of trustees
thus adding $4,000 to the salary bud-
get. The new scale will go into effect
July l. This increase was suggested
by John d. Rockefeller, and the addi-
tlonal expense will be met with a mart
or the oil kings latest gift to his
school. Mr.. Rockefeller's contribution
Oh securities bearing an annual fncon,u
of $4,000, made on January 2. was in
tended partly for this purpose.
Inc salaries of the full professors
$4,000 at present, will be increased 70
S3'50O on July 1, while the associate
professors will get $4,000 instead Of 80
9oo, and the assistant professors win
get $500 instead of $4,000. AS soon az
the universfty's funds permit the COL
airy OF heads of departments will he In
creased from $4,000 to $4,000 and tho
salary of full professors to s4.5ON Tbo
assistant professors will receive the
increase at their next reappointnoen+
thelr terms lasting for four years. The
teachers with the rank of instructor
VINO now are paid 1920, s., 400 ana 81
oVo Tor their first three years. will he.
PAID $500 the fourth year. The sa1~
ares OF the deans will remain nm
changed for the present.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-03-29
SC a. nnissionarv. I crowded

''See the missionary" I growled.
"She wont see me-" he complained.
'She passes me by"
Write her letter. I said.
"What shall I say?" he persisted.
Tell her that you are FOOL
He pondered this quite while. Then
he said, But I want to marry her.
Then tell her so,'' 1 cried. only
don't worry me with your love affairs.
1 need Sleep"
Pm afraid she'll misunderstood me-
he continued. You see she is so inno-
cent. Like as not, she never got a
proposal of marriage before"
only yesterday it was / answered,
that I proposed to her"
Spriggs evinced signs of tremendous
agitation. He strobe back and forth
in the warehouse. Juggling at his rebel
lious hair, swinging his arms, giving
every symptom of arrangement. Sud-
denly he stopped and shook his fist at
me: What did I pay you for? You
cheated met"
'She won't marry me, assured him.
offer her. I hadn't"
Kingdom he stammered.
'.She understands that you're king
of this island,'' 1 answered. Naturally
she prefers you. A throne is always
attractive, You know
A singing blow in the face was
.Spriggs's response. Don't SANDER
herr he yelled. IF you say another
word like that, I'll kill youi"
(To be continued next Sunday.)
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-03-29
A Missionary to
Kings
Continued from Page Eleven }

Continued from Page Eleven)
porch. She stared at me, but 1 had
on my shoes and was dressed up. So
managed to keep my face, as the
Chinese say. There was something
else / wanted to tell YOU 1 said to her
stony silence. Possibly it may help
TO explain things to you. 1 am in love
with You myself. I have loved you
since you left the schooner that day
You came I just thought I would tell
You about it, for it seemed to me that
you didn't understand that part of it"
1 saw little flush mount into her
soft cheeks. But her voice was like
spring water. "Sisal offers such a
large choice of husbands to a woman"
she said, clearly. Have you a throne
TO offer me, too?'
stood there under the scorn of her
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-03-29
ELLEN BEACH YAw BACK.

Ellen Beach Yaw, now Mrs. We're
Goldthwaite, has just returned from
Europe and will soon begin a long
concert tour of the South and West.
She is with her husband in Boston,
She has been studying abroad for two
years. Her voice has a wonderful
range, in fact, is the most remarka BILE
voice yet developed. She sings full
seven notes higher than Tetrazinni.
Tera1nni sings E fat in altissino. or
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-03-29

above the scale, .levelly and with a.
pure though somewhat heady tone.
Ellen Beach Yaw takes r. sharn in
altlssimo with as little effort as the
same note on the treble clef, and she
can run up the scale from the altissimo
r. sharp to the C higher than the So
called high c.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-03-29
BUYING AN AUTO.

us it hill-climber?
You bet. This machine will get
'em unless they take to trees
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-03-29
The Yarn of the Nancy Bell

/ he arm OF the NANCY Deli
Boys and Girls Classic.
Twas on the shores that round Our coast,
From Deal to Ramsgate span
That found alone on piece OF stone,
An elderly naval man.
His hair was weedy his beard was long,
And weedy and long he,
And heard this wight the shore reeite,
In singular minor key:
"Oh I am cook and captain bold,
And the mate of the Nancy brig,
And bo'sun tight and midshpmite
And the OF the captains gig
And he shook his fists and he tore his hair
Till I really felt afraid,
For couldn't help thinking the had been drinking,
And SO simply said:
80 elderly man. it's little know
OF the duties of of the sea,
AndIIl eat my hand if understand
How you can possibly be
"At once a cook and a captain bold
And the mate of the Nancy brig
And bosun tight, and midshipmite,
And the crew of the captains gig!
Then he gave hitch to his trousers, which
Is trick all seamen learn,
And having got rid of humping guild
He spun this painful yarn:
"'Twas in the good ship Nancy Bell
That sailed to the Indian sea-
And there reef we to grief
Which has often occurred to
And pretty nigh all o the drowned
There seventy-seven o sou)
And only ten of the Nancy's
Said Here to the muster roll
There me- and the cook, and the captain bold
And the mate of the Nancy brig,
And bosun tight, and midshipmte,
And the crew of the captains gig.
For month we'd neither whites nor drink
Till hungry did feel
So we drawed a lot, and accordn' shot
The captain for meal.
"The next lot fell to the Nancy's mate
And delicate dish he made;
Then appetite with the mdshipmte
We seven survivors stayed.
"And then we murdered the bo'sun tight.
And he much resembed a pig;
Then wtled free, did the cook and me,
On the crew of the captains gig.
"Then only the cook and me was left
And the delicate question, Which
OF us two goes to the kettle? arose
And we argued it SIGH
For loved that cook as brother I did
And the cook he worshiped me;
But we'd both be blowed if we'd either be slowed
In the other chaps hold, you
"'I1l be eat if you dimes off me- saws Tom.
Yes, that says l. you'll be-
I'm boiled if die, my FRIEND quoth I;
And Exactly So quoth he.
Says he: Dear James, to murder me
Were foolish thing to do
For don't you see that you can't cook me-
While | can-and Wilcox you?
so he bols the water and takes the salt
And the pepper in portions
(Which he never forgot, and some chopped shalot,
And some sage and parsley too.
Come here says he with proper pride,
Which his smiling features tell;
Twill soothing be if let you see
How extremely nice you'll smell.
And he stirred it round and round and round
And he shifted at the foaming froth
When up with his heels and smohers his soueaIs
In the scum of the boiling broth
And +La
And as eating be
The last of his chops, why almost drops
For vessel in sight | see
and never arf, and smile,
And never lark play;
But sit and croak, and single Joke
have-which is to say:
ooh, am cook and a captain bold
And the mate of the Nancy brig,
And bosun tight, and a midshpmite
And the crew of the captains gigt'
w. S. GILBERT.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-03-29
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The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-03-29

Honolulu has well gained the reputa-
ton of being clean city. The only
way we can maintain same Is by keep
ing at work.
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1908-10-10
JUDGE FRANK p.
N G RESIGNS

The Carson City News of Sunday
morning says: While in this city
yesterday Judge Frank p. Langan,
judge of the first judicial district of
Nevada, announced that he would re-
sign as Judge of the district on No
vember 18th, after election, in order
that the division planned by the last
legislature could become effective.
Owing to the great volume of court
work in the district, which is COM
posed of Esmeralda, 0rmsby, Doug
las, Storey and Lyon counties the last
Legislature passed an act providing
for the division of the district in two,
making Esmeralda . district alone
and the remaining counties consti-
tuting another district. The act was
to become effective whenever Judge
Langan, the incumbent, resigned or
retired from the place as Judge, but
that %jurist, lot caring to go through
another campaign this year, and hay-
ing been elected for a period of four
years, declined to resign until after
the present election. Now he an
nounces that he will resign on No
vember Is and that the separation of
the district may then occur.
In ase Judge Langan resigns he
will be appointed Judge for the new
district composed of Douglas, Storey,
Lyon and Ormsby counties. A Cold
field man will be appointed to the
district composed of Esmeralda coun-
ty. There are a number of applicants
for the Goldfield berth and at the
present time it is difficult to- give
even a snap on the outcome. Cover
nor Dickerson will have the a9poin-
tive power in the cases"
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1908-10-10
ASK RECEIVER FOR THE
M-oHAWK-JUMBO LEASE

Advices received from Gold6eld
yesterday are to the effect that grave
charges are embraced in an applica-
ton for a receiver for the Mohawk
Jumbo Lease company, filed Monday
in the district court by r. l.. Hub
bard, attorney for NJ. A. Diskin and
several other stockholders. The tar.
gets for the accusations are George
b. Holleran and ]. H. Macmillan.
The defendants are the Mohawk
Jumbo Lease company, the Mohawk
Red Top Leasing company and
Messrs. Holleran and Macmillan. The
charge is made that the Mohawk
Jumbo is incorporated under the laws
of South Dakota yet has never COM
piled with the regulations in Nevada,
by filing a certified copy of its incor-
poration, etc, hence has no authority
to transact business in this state. On
February 2 last, the Mohawk-Jumbo
tOhlpdh9 bOubhi ovBuVU ndIcS VI the
Mohawk Red Top Leasing company,
for Is cents a share, so the complaint
says, representing IN expense OF
$45 1000. The stock had no value al
all, says the complaint.
1t is claimed that some of the
stockholders wrote to the officers OF
the Mohawk-Jumbo for redress, but
secured no satisfaction. 1t is assert
ed that Macmillan and Holleran have
been and are wasting the funds OF
the Mohawk-Jumbo, not only in
spending $4,000 for worthless
stock, but in paying unreasonable
compensation to employees, sale OF
personal property at less than pne-
half its true value and suspending
operations at a time when operations
could have been conducted at large
profit.
The bill asks the defendants to re-
pay to the Mohawk-Jumbo treasury
the $4,000, and that a receiver for
the corporation be named.
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1908-10-10
DAVELER ENDORSED
FOR THE ASSEMBLY.

At the regular monthly meeting of
Typographical union No. GIG, held
Sunday, October 4, the following res
olutions were unanimously adopted.
Whereas, j. S. Daveler, for the
past two years an honored and efici-
ent member of the union, and for
many years active in our interna-
tional body, has been nominated by
one of the contending political par
ties for assemblyman from the coun-
ty of Nye, be it
Resolved, That the members of
Typographical union No. Gle, ire
spective of their political faith, heart
lily indorse Mr.. Daveler as a man of
fine attainments and great admins
trative ability, and one who, If elect
ed, will give good service to the
state, and ever be a ready and fear
less advocate of all measures intro
duced for the welfare of labor.
Resolved, That these resolutions
be spread upon the records of this
Union, and that a copy of same be
given to each of the Tonopah papers
for publication.