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Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1908-10-06
We MEAN BUSINESS.
SAYS PRES. WALKER
Head of the New Railway and Light Company Here to
Spend the Winter
SAYS THE WORD FROM NOW ON is PUSH"
Until Everything DOnenntOn Always Has Been TO Fully Garry Out
The DOdSOn Contract in Every DETAIL

the properties we will be interested in
and we expect to merit and enjoy the
confidence and good will and sup
sort of the entire people of Americas
by giving them as thoroughly an eff
cfent service, street railway and
lighting and pumping, as it is possible
to do with new and thoroughly up
to-date plant in each department"
Street Railway to be a Go
What steps have been taken tow
ard instituting work on the street
railway?' was asked of Col Walker,
who has been long enough in Geor-
gia now to enjoy the title that be-
longs to any Georgian who is push
ing a good thing along.
Work actually began last Satur-
day in the making out of several sug-
gestive routes for the four or five
miles of tracks we propose putting
down" said Col Walker. 1--WE wish
to select the route of the railway
with the utmost care, having in
mind the giving the best possible ser
vice to the largest number of our
people. We want the tracks laid to
cover the largest extent of territory
possible, so that it will serve to in
duce people to build homes and broa-
den out the home occupied territory
of the city We will now go over
the several tentative routes and finally
select the one that seems the most
available, that is the one that will
best promote the interests of the
people of Americus as well as the
future of he company itself, for
both are SO interwined that they can
not be separated
AN expert is expected here this
week, who will so over the proposed
routes with us, make the measure
ments for rails of all kinds, etc and
give us the fullest information as to
the exact supplies that will be need
ed in the construction of the railway
We hope to be in position to place the
order for the rails and other supplies
inside of ten days We do not antic-
ipate that there will be any great de-
lay on the part of the manufacturers
in supplying our needs, but as all
such work is subject to delays, ana
provisions for them are made in the
contracts with the mills, it is impos-
sible to ever state positively when
actual work of laying rails will begin,
or when a railway, even a small one,
can be completed 1t is our intention,
however to push things as rapidly as
conditions will permit. There will
be no delays except such as cannot be
overcome in advance or that arise
from circumstances that are unseen
in the beginning
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1908-10-06
CAMP SUMTER TO MEET
TODAY IN SESSION

Camp Sumter 642, e. c. V. will
meet this morning at the courthouse,
this being the date of regular month
ly session of the camp. Arrangements
will be completed for attendance OF
the State Reunion on 22nd inst, and
quite large party will go from Am
ericus, occupying a special coach
rendered by the Central Railway
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1908-10-06
FINISH OF HOLIDAYS Is
MADE BY HEBREWS

Americus' Hebrew citizens observed
yesterday one of their principal holi-
days, Yom Kippur, or. the Jewish
Day of Atonement, before which one
must make amends for sins past and
repent and SO be written down in
the Book of Life for the year follow
ing. For this year of the Jewish
Calendar, 56S9, the day of atone
ment, Oct. 5. After the Day of
Atonement comes the Feast of Sue
Goth, on Oct 10 and II. 16 and II,
and then the holiday season is at
an end.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1908-10-06
NEE TING OF UNION AT
ALBANY HAS CLOSED

The Americus representatives at
tending the state convention of the
w. c. T. q. at Albany returned here
yesterday, much enthused over the
great success attending the meeting.
The ladies thus representing Ameri-
Gus were Mrs. ]. n Kiker, Mrs |. N.
Mott, Mrs. H. C, Tarver, Mrs John
Ross.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1908-10-06
Goods Can Be Sold There

While contributions may be made
to the display, and daily appreciated
contributors may deposit such arti-
cles as they desire and remove same
at will Or they may be sold there
through the management, at very
slight cost.
Any article MADE in Americus" or
produced in Sumter county will be
gladly received.
Articles of handiwork, fine sewing,
etc, may be exhibited there and sold,
as may fine breads, cakes, candy, etc.
In fact the display room is intended
as a peoples exchange" for home
made products, for sale or for ex-
hibit.
And every citizen of town and
county is urged to lend assistance
towards making of it the success an
ticipated
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1908-10-06

The face of Col. w. A. Dodson, pro-
moter, was wreathed with smiles ali
day yesterday The colonel arose
at the abnormally early hour of a.
m.., promptly met the Atlanta train,
and was dee-lighted to greet Presi-
dent A. n Walker, of the Americus
Railway and Light Company, as that
gentleman stepped from the train,
accompanied by Mrs Walker, his lit
tie daughter and Miss Helen Walker,
a cousin. The party drove to Col.
Dodson's home.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1908-10-06
Prayer Services to Begin.

The Womans Home Mission Auxil-
iary will hold week of prayer, be-
ginning today. services to be held
every afternoon through Friday at
$3.50 at First Methodist church.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1908-10-06
Railway An Important Factor

THE street railway is just as es-
sential a part of our plans as the
new electric lighting plant. OF
course we realize that the street
car system will not be any big money
maker for some years to come, but
we do expect that it will pay operat-
ing expenses and fair interst
on the actual Investment, But the
important part it is to play in our
plans is in its developing power for
the entire city We realize that as
Americus grows our lighting and
pumping business will grow. We
know that the street railway will be
a great factor in bringing about this
development, leading to the building
of more homes to be supplied with
gas or electricity to the opening OF
new streets to be lighted by the city,
and to the pumping of more water to
meet the needs of additional con-
sumers. So that, while the street
railway will not yield big returns IN
the very beginning it will be from
the start an aid to our other plants
assisting in increasing their business
and in making them money makers.
And the street railway itself will be
an improving property financially from
the start Our experience in other
cities shows that the riding habit
grows. that the people soon begin to
use the street car to much greater
extent than was at first supposed
would be the case, and that there is
a continual increase in the number OF
passengers carried We regard the
outlook as bright for every one OF
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1908-10-06
EXHIBITS IN PLACE AT
BOARD OF TRADE HALL
Continuous Fair of Sum-
ter Products.

Already exhibits of articles oi
Sumter county manufacture or pro-
duction are being sent to the Board
of Trades headquarters, the COM
modious storeroom adjoining Neon
Buchanan's grocery store, and a
fine exhibit it will prove, eventually
Mrs. E. l.. Bunnell, who will be
manager in charge of the headquar-
ters, is much enthused over the ex-
hibits already assured and the sue
cess of the undertaking.
For it will prove a splendid exhibit
of Sumter's resources, and particular
ly that of Americus
Farmers will send in exhibits OF
corn peas, cotton, cane, potatoes,
vegetables and all other products of
the farm, while products of the dairy,
and apiary, exhibits of needlework,
preserves. pickles, etc, will gladly be
given ample space.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1908-10-06
Busy on the Plans

During the day President Walker
was busily engaged going over the
plans of the company A hasty visit
of inspection was made to the power
house, and orders given to expedite
work on it as quickly as possible, in
order that it may be in readiness for
the installation of the machinery.
The roof will be on inside of 4 week
or ten days, completing the exterior
of the big building, and by that time
machinists will be busily employed in
the interior placing the. great boil
ers in position and otherwise putting
the plant as it arrives in readiness
for operation From now, President
Walker says, the word is push" and
it is the intention to shove the plans
of the company through to compile
tion as rapidly as can possibly be
done.
Il do not know how the impression
got abroad that we did not intend to
build the street railway, that we in
tended to renig on that part of the
proposition said President Walker
to Times-Recorder representative.
"Such an idea never crossed our
minds. The contract is to be carried
out in detail throughout That was
the original purpose and we have
never deviated from our intention to
comply with every one of the condi-
tions entered into with the people of
Americus in the Dodson contract.
Various things have combined to
delay us in putting the work through
within the time we had hoped, but
none of the delay has been due to any
desire or intention on our part to
avoid a full compliance with the con-
tract
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1908-10-06
Bids for Building Bridge.

Bids will be received until noon
October 18th for building bridge over
Muckalee creek, with the right reser-
we'd to reject any or all bids. Plan
and specifications can be seen at
city engineers Office.
GEO. M. RODGERS.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1908-03-12
Continued from last issue

Rev. Geo. Redowl, who has
been sick with structure for the
last two weeks, left for St. Bar
nabas hospital, Minneapolis. this
a. m. in company with Rev. Ashley.
Parker Gage and family had an
exciting time last week on their
way home returning from Forest
City. They were going back over
the same track, without thinking
of the ice being softer, and when
near Lafferiy's island the whole
outfit dropped thru in about eight
feet Of. water. The horses
managed to jump out, and Mr..
Gage rescued his family but that
kept him so busy that he lost all
of his stock Of groceries beside a
valise containing $50 in cash.
This shows that crossing on the
river is getting dangerous again
for heavy loads.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1908-03-12
MINOR MENTION.

Whitney Traversic was in town
from Sunday to Tuesday.
The Gates House served ice
cream to its patrons last Friday.
John Smith and Whitney
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. Otto we're the
guests Of G. Douglas and family
Monday.
A birthday surprise party was
given 70 Miss Hazel Congdon last
Saturday.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1908-03-12
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Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1908-03-12
NOTICES FOR PUBLICATION
department Of DIE Interior. Land oaiee

department OF the interior. Land Office
ut Huron >. ID. iseo. i. 13Uo
NOTICE is hereby given that Robert
p. Lockwood OF llales. $. -. las
filed notice Of his intention to make
final communication proof in support
OF his claim. viz: Homestead lEn-
try No. 1881 made Dec. 3. 1905. for the
Nial4 section L, township lao range ~ and
that said proof will be made, before Regis
ter and Receiver ut Huron $. ID. on March
IA. 1908. He frames the following Wit
liesscs TO prove his continuous residence
upon and cultivation Of the land. VIZ:
Elmer Westberg. Joseph Titus. Matt
Halverscn. Gilbert johnson. ali Of Eales
s. ID. c. A. BLAKE. Register
First pub'd Feb 6
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1908-03-12
H,oPE FIBER
GRoW7'I..N c. G;

Pays 800 M acre net. st5,oao,eoo worth
used annually in the U. $. Demand
greater than supply. Now is thNt to
begin the cultivation OF this fibre plant.
lfyon could plant i'm inch 81 string and
grow 4 foot ofrope yen would just begin
to realize how the fibre m~iiIionaires have
from wEich rope is made. Il is the safest
ana most profitable crop.
Write Tor sample. OF fibre aud Informs
ton regarding method Of beginning its
culture.
WEST COAST FIBRE CO.,
Care Editor.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1908-03-12

The Press is in receipt of a copy
of the first issue of the So. Dakota
State Review just started at Pierre
by Will III. Bruno. 1t is an s
page 4 col. weekly and a hustler
for the state. with land booming
apparently as its chief political
creed.
All government supplies for the
Cheyenne Agency will be routed
thru here to LeBeau after May l..
-Tolstoi Leader.
The above is u case of counting
chickens s'beforc they arc hatch
cd as it we're. 1t is to he added
that the only way the Mast l. Ry.
can compete with C&NW for
Agency freight will he to put on a
good boat. Lack of this is the
great mistake the latter road
made years ago. But we bet our
hat there is abundant business on
the river between Pierre and
Mobridgc for all Corners.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1908-03-12
TO CHRISTIAN AND TAMPEg-
ANCE ORGANIZATIONS.

ANCE ORGANIZATIONS.
One hundred years have pass
ed since. IN a little hamlet nea
Saratoga Springs, \. T.. DR..
Billy j. Clark set in motion in
hucnces which resulted in the
formation of the First Temperance
Society in Modern History. The
great advance that the Cause has
made during the century is APP
parent to all thinking persons,
and can but cheer the hearts OF all
lovers of Righteousness and those
who seek to upbuild the Kingdom
of Jesus Christ in the earth.
To celebrate this great evcNt.
and to do honor to the memory OF
this truly good man, a great
Worlds Temperance Centennial
Congress is to be held ut SARATOGA
Springs, N. y. beginning juno
n, 1903, AND continuing through
the remainder of the month, IN
which all Churches, Young
Peoples Societies, Sunday Schools
and temperance Organizations
are invited to participate. An
official invitation has also BEEN
sent out 10y the United States
Government to all the nations of
the Old World, to send represen-
%tatives to the Congress-. The
Government of the various states
have been asked to appoint dele
gates, and many have already re-
sponded.
One of the interesting features
of the Congress will be an cxcur-
sion to the old home OF DR.. Billy
j. Clark, and the unwilling of a
Tablet, with appropriate ceremon-
les, to mark the spot where the
First Temperance Society was
founded.
The Committee having this
Congress i'm charge invite all
Churches. Young Peoples Societ-
les, Sunday Schools and Temper
ance Organizations to observe the
first Sunday in April. 1908, or as
near that time as convenient. as a
Billy j. Clark Memorial DAY,
calling attention to his life and
work, and reviewing the progress
of Temperance during the past
one hundred years. The proposed
Tablet will cost $500. and the cost
of theCongress will increase the
expenses many hundred more.
The Committee therefore invite
those observing the Memorial
Day to take an offering for the
work, If they feel so disposed; but
in any event, it is hoped that suita-
nle recognition of the day will be
made.
All contributing to the work. or
desiring additional information.
should address
Rev. j. III. Durkee,
so Triangle Bldg..
Rochester. N. Y.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1908-03-12
A correspondent sends us the

A correspondent sends us the
following:
Mrs. III. A. Patterson, wife of
the editor of the Nowlin Tribune,
is recovering rapidly at the Fort
Pierre Hospital from a very diff
cult surgical operation performed
Tuesday Of last week by Drs.
Lavery & Walsh. We cannot
speak too highly of these surgeons
and also Of Mrs. N. A. Douglass,
the superintendent of the hospital,
and Miss Minnie ID. Rhodes, SUI
perintendent of nurses, for the
excellent manner in which they
care for their patients. The Fort
Pierre Hospital is a new institu-
ton and deserves the patronage
of everybody in this part of the
state. Mrs. p. formerly lived i'm
Snlly Go. near Laurel and is a
daughter of David Killing.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1908-03-12

luc Is from the Lee
Beau Phenix. Our information
is that this money is to be paid
only to the Sisseton Sioux, and
none of it is to go to Cheyenne
River Sioux. From another fund,
by the Pierre treaty, the Indians
Of this reserve are to get pro rata
share Of SO, OOO, 900, which will
give each person some $40. 1t
Is this latter that, as we under
stand it, the Sioux are holding
out for.
One Of the objections of the In
dians on the Cheyenne reservation
to having their surplus lands
thrown open to settlement has
been that u large amount of money
due them under a former treaty.
had been withheld for many years
by the government, and that they
did not desire to enter into any
more stipulations with Uncle Sam
until the old treaty considerations
had been complied with. This
objection has been overcome by a
recent decision of the u. S. Su-
preme court awarding the Sioux
Indians of South Dakota $788,971.
This removes one Of the greatest
obstacles toa speedy opening of
the reservation lands west Of the
river.
In an opinion by Justice Holmes.
the United States supreme court
today decided the case Of the Sioux
Indians VS.. the United States
favorably to the Indians. The
Indians claimed large sum Of
money growing out Of q treaty
with them ia 1851 under which
the government agreed to pay
them for fifty years an annuity Of
$4,000, IN addition to 1905, 900
cash paid atsthe time. The pay
ments we're regularly made until
theSi0nx outbreak ia 1851, when,
oNin9 w the many atrocities conn
Mlsitfsd the payments were sus-
le19ed The court Of claims
4ssSs1%fE@3&Et
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1908-03-12

held that the government was still
indebted to the Indians for SISS,-
?11, which was today affirmed.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1908-03-12

Entered as second class mater at the Postofice
at Forest City, S. -.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-07-03

! how far and how truly his genius ell
| abled him to divide the mode OF
| development of the universe
ut is improbable that Eureka had
| any Influence in preparing the way for
the reception Of evolutionary ideas,
little later; at the most such influ-
ence must have been of the slightest,
| for though his work was early trans
| lated into foreign languages, the failure
| to find fitting recognition Of it's true
| character, aud the general obscurity
in which it has lain, seems to preclude
| such a likelihood. It's interest lies
In the light it throws on its author
and in the honorable place it assigns
him in that long line of thinkers from
Thales to Darwin
The status, then, Of Edgar Allan
Poe, GO years after. is as follows:
Mr.. Edmund Clarence Stedman
finds that Poe 'fs read and held as
distinctive genius in France. Spain.
Germany, Italy, Russia, Scandinavia
that the spell Of his art is felt
wherever our own English speech goes
with the flogs OF its two great over
| lands"
Mr.. Maarten Martens declares that
Poe is "at the head of American lit
erature,' and that Europe is quite
agreed, as it has been from the first,
in recognizing the overshadowing
genius of Edgar Allan Poe"
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle looks upon
Poe las the worlds supreme short
story writer" whose nearest rival
was Maupassant."
Charles Frederic Stansbury pro-
nounces Poe "a brilliant genius to en-
ulate the work Of whom is the despair
of great minds and the confusion Of
little ones"
Mr.. Charles L. Moore tells US that
Poe was the least vulgar of mortals,"
and that the total effect of his work
is that of loftiness and nobility"
Miss Myrtle Reed says that Poo
fought bravely against cruel Odds"
Mr.. Rupert Taylor finds that Poe
was ION every occasion devoted and
model husband"
Mr.. Frederic Drew Bond points out
that Poe had provision of the doc
trine of evolution" and that "he ia
entitled to an honorable place in that
long line of thinkers from Thales to
Darwin"
This. then, is the testimony, on di.
rect examination, of the year 1907 in
the case of Edgar Allan Poe versus
those electors to the Hall Of Fame
who have. so far, withheld from him
their votes.
Gentlemen, the defense rests. %.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-07-03

Verse-its essence, origin creation,
present condition and destiny. Short
~ afterward his was published by
Putnam under the title "Eureka"
After quoting the paragraphs from
Eureka in which Poe sums mp his
theory of cosmic development Mr.
Bond says:
The statement Of Poe that 'hetero-
geneousness, brought about directly
through condensation, is proportional
with it forever appears to contain the
germ Of Herbert Spencer's developed
formula: Evolution is a change from
an indefinite, incoherent homogeneity
to a definite, coherent heterogeneity
through continuous differentiations
and integrations.' Noteworthy. also,
Is Poe's statement of the correlation
between mental development and
physical organization"
After thorough investigation and
consideration Of POe's theory Mr..
Bond concludes that:
In its important features. Eureka
is a perversion of the modern doctrine
of evolution. In the statements that
the universe is in a perpetual flux,
that it is now evolving and will in the
from a condition of homogeneity, and
that our own system sprang from a
nebula, Poe is in accord with the
Spencerian philosophy and very prob
ably with the actual facts; while in
the assertions that the earth has, dur
duced a highe: and higher organic life
characterized by an ascending devel-
opment of mind, hand in hand with an
increasing completely of the physical
organization, he is stating what are
now known to be simple scientific
facts Erroneous, of course, the de-
tails of his conceptions very frequent
ly are; but this is common to him
with the pioneers of every great idea
Only in the course of time does the
germ of truth attain its full growth
and reveal it's true character. To
criticise Eureka from a contempt
rary standpoint would be as beside
the mark as to treat the 'Naturphiloso-
phie' of Schelling or of Hegel in the
same way. It was remark of John
P. Kennedy, Poe's old friend, that the
latter wrote like an old Greek phil
osopher' and any one who reads the
fragments of the Greek thinkers be:
fore Aristotle can easily verify for
himself the truth and aptness of the
statement. The merits of Poe, in
common, more or less, with the other
pre-Spencerian evolutionists lie In