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Others claim that a great deal de-
ponds on the effect of Tom Watson s
letters in the country" But / found
only one man who didn't think that
these letters have had the effect of
turning thousands of farmers against
Smith.
1t is admitted, too that the "im-
migration business" has hurt Smith
[ don't think it ought to, because
immigration is good thing fol-
Georgia, and I was glad that Gov
Smith entered so heartily-as he
always does with everything that he
tackles-into the immigration move
ment. | considered it a shame that
he let them scare him off so soon.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1908-05-30
OTEAEzETY
AAIEBICUS MAID
THE VERY HIGHEST QUALITY

IHE VERY HIUHEST QUALITI
of tobacco accounts for the fine flaw
or of our cigars. Try few and com
pare them with the cigars for which
you have paid a much higher price
than we ask.
FORGET THE PRICE OF OUR
CIGARS
while you are smoking them. Judge
them by the flavor, the fragrance, the
free smoking quality. You will be
forced to admit they afford as fine a
smoke as you ever enjoyed. They are
cigars whose price doesn't Indicate
their quality by a good deal
AMERICUS CIGAR co.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1908-05-30

The Americas Recorder, Established
1879.
The Americas Times, Established 1890
Consolidated April, 1891.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1908-05-30

I wouldn't like to swear that Joe
Brown is going to be elected COVER
nor but | am willing to swear that
scores of the best-posted politicians
in Georgia believe it.
Frankly. / was amazed at the
extremely confident nature of the re-
ports There is not the slightest
room for the belief that these reports
are for effect" because they are
inside reports, and many of them
come from the enemy.
One of the best-posted politicians
in the state, himself for Hoke Smith,
says there is absolutely no question
of Browns election, as things now
stand
Another says it is just the rever-
sal of the tidal wave that swept Hoke
in
1t is admitted that those infamous
equality dinner" circulars have
changed thousands of votes to Mr..
Brown.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1908-05-30

But, the worst of all is Fulton
The Smith men are actually claiming
Fulton for outside consumption ,
But they are really telling themsel-
yes that Fulton is doubtful AS q
matter of fact, they know Fulton is
absolutely sure for Brown, that Smith
hasn't the slightest chance of carry
ing the cOunty-and the Brown men
appear to be entirely confident OF
carrying the county by over 1900
majority.
| had read in the Hoke Smith or.
gans that the laboring people of Full
ton are for Hoke. I talked to some
of the best-pOsted ones in Atlanta
and was assured that the labor vote
particularly the union labor vote, il
almost sOlidly" against Smith. En-
forced idleness has had a telling eff
feet. There is hardly any doubt 0
the fact that the wage earners 0
Fulton are overwhelmingly agains
Hoke Smith.
| had read that the published lis
of the Joe Brown club was a fake:
that the Atlanta Journal had com
pletely riddled it."
In Atlanta that sort of talk is re
/ garded as great joke. Naturally
it was possible to pick a few flaw
in the list-just as can always b.
/ done even with a registration list
| but there is not the slightest doub
nat Joe Brown has more than 500
| bona ffde voters pledged to him il
Fulton county.
AS a matter of fact, you can't nov
| get Hoke Smith man to bet on Full
ton county at any sort of odds, ever
for appearance sake"
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The Tfmes.Record Is the

Official Organ Of the City Of Americas
Official Organ of Sumter County.
Official Organ of Webster County.
official Organ of Railroad Commits
sion of Georgia for the 3rd Congress
siOnal District
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FISH TALES are often exaggeraUoDs but
We nave no need OF stretching the truth in
our business as FISH DEALERS Fresh
ness is an absolutely indispensable quality
in unsalted or unSmOked fish and we handle
none about which there may be the slightest
doubt. We keep every kind in season from
the Ramely trout to solid mullet. And we
don't try to make 3 fortune en- every pound
of FISH we sell either. SHF RLOCK. & co.
Phone NC32
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THOMAS GAMBLE, JR.,
Editor and Manager.
G. W. CORNFORTH,
Associate Editor and Assistant
Manager.
] W, FURLOW, City Editor.
w. l.. DUPREE,
Assistant Business Dept.
Editorial Room Telephone 80.
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Truth and
Quality

appeal to the Informed in every
walk of life and are essential to permanent
success and credHable standing. Accor-
ingly, it is not claimed that Syrup of Figs
and Elixir of SIENNA is the only remedy of
known value, but one of many reasons
why it is the best of personal and family
laxatives is the fact that it cleanses,
sweetens and relieves the internal organs
on which it acts without any facilitating
after effects and without having to increase
the quantity from time to time.
1t acts pleasantly and naturally and
truly as laxative, and it's component
parts are known to and approved by
physicians, as it is free from all objection
able substances. To get its beneficial
effects always purchase the genuine
manufactured by the California Fig Syrup
Co., only, and for sale by all leading drug
gists.
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THE OUTLOOK AS
SEEN AT ATLANTA

editor Tom Loyless in Augusta Chronice.)
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Entered at the postofice at Ameri-
Gus as second-class mail matter.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-07-04
y LIFE:RS MAY
Get PARDON
1T GOVERNOR IS GIVEN ABSO-
LUTS POWER MANY MEN
MAY GAIN FREEDOM.

Des Moines, July 8. - The decision
of Attorney General Byers directly
affects twenty-five life convicts who
petitioned the last legislature for
pardons. Under the law the governor
must submit these applications to the
assembly. Under the decision, that
having been done, the governor has
power to pardon or not, without re-
gard to the recommendation of the
assembly.
Following are those whose petitions
went before the legislature in 1907,
the age at which they were convicted
of the murders and given life SEN
fences being given:
John Penny, Emmett, Nov. 20, 1889,
age 25.
William Toole, Sac, Feb. 2, 1895,
age 33.
Frank Rainsbarger, Marshall. Mar.
Is, 1887, age 27.
Nathan Rainsbarger, Marshall, Dec.
10, 1887, age 33.
Thomas w. Watson, Mills, March
IA, 1884, age 35.
George Weems, Polk, Aug. 1, 1894,
age %.
w. P. Glyndon, Hardin, April -,
1873. age SO.
Betsy Smith, Polk, July 2, 1894,
age AZ.
j. B. Taylor, Clinton, Nov, "a, 1879,
age 35.
James Burns, Polk, April 80, 1903,
age 40.
jasper Mason, Dallas, Oct. 27, 1876,
age "a.
John G. Steel, Monroe, Sept 81,
1897, age So.
G. A, Williams, Union, April 10
1900, age so.
NJ, B. Foster, Taylor, Dec "a, 1890,
aged 80.
Elmer Warren, Tama, Mar. 5, 1891,
age 26.
A. D. Storms, Louisa, Sept. 80, 1898,
age %.
orman Mcpherson, Louisa. March
25, 1897, age 4S.
L. w, Haley. Dubuque, Feb. &c.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-07-04

crossing a high bridge the steeple and
ornamental part of the building top
pied from the wagon and fell to the
railway tracks twentv feet below.
Traffic on the road was delayed sew
eral hours until the steeple could be
removed. 1t was again loaded into
wagons and taken to Hooking.
The Methodists occupied the build
ing for a few years and the congrega-
ton dwindled and then 1t was used
as a meeting place for all the good
people of Hooking regardless of affil-
iation. Then came the fire and ex-
plosion and every building in. the lit
tie town except the church was PAL :
TALLY destroyed. The church, how
ever, was not injured in the least and
the managers of the Supply company
fell upon 1t as the most available and
in fact, the only available and whoie:
and safe building in the town where
they could resume their operations.
From the pulpit where for so many
years the gospel of Christ was preacll-
ed the miners of Hooking now secure
their daily supply of meat. At the
mourner's bench there is profuslon
of vegetables. In the amen corner is
an office where the miners check their
accounts, with the bookkeeper who
tells them of their worldly account
with the company store.
The motto God is Love" has given
way to- Strictly Cash. Love Thy
Brother" is displaced bv "All Ac-
counts must be paid bv the TIL
And there the church stands with no
steeple-possibly the only one in tine
state of Iowa where coal company
has conf1scated it for worldly use
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-07-04

out went the gang One man who
had been holding the chicken was just
little delayed and got to the opening
just as the door swung down. 1t hit
him on top of the head and knocked
him three or four sommersaults, but
he happened to fall on the outside and
rolled over and over till he got on
end and those who saw it say he did
not lose step, and they way he went
across the field made him look only
foot high. In the crowd watching
the first fight was an old gentleman
who said that that was the first morn
ing that he had been away from his
home for nearly a year on account Of
a long siege of sickness The "boys-
sympathized with the old man and
gave him front seat so he could see
the main. When the alarm was sound
ed and the gang got outside the build
ing, and got down to running right, it
was noticed that the old man was lead
ing the race. He was not headed off
till colored man got in his stride
and then all records were broken.
They say this black boy went across
the meadow like paying out a kite
string, and that when he got on the
railroad track, he went SO fast that
he made whistling sound in the air.
The officer said it was the funniest
sight he ever saw. He said some OF
the fat men did about SO yards and
then shut up like two-foot rule and
collapsed, falling over on the ground
One young man, well known about
town, got out on the side of the build
ing next to the official, but he did
not look where he was going, he just
wanted to run. Just as he went by
the officer, he run over a rabbit that
was In the grass and giving it a kick
he told it to "get out of the way and
give a real runner chance" The
officer recognized this man and called
to him to wait minute and just as he
called another fellow reached a high
fence on one side of the lot He
though the officer was trying to stop
him but he just let out a couple
notches more and went over the fence
like grey hound.
A big fat man tried to get out of a
window and got stuck. He could get
neither way and yelled for help. That
scared those who had fallen down and
they raised up and looked around and
saw the officer and away they broke
again, making it a kind of a general
relay race.
Finally, about a dozen of the gang,
who were too fat to climb over the
fence, and had just been running
around and around in the enclosure,
bumped up against the official and he
told them he was not after them and
did not know they were there and then
they all wanted to fight each other,
but were too much out of wind to
even raise a fuss. Some of those who
attended have not yet got back their
coats and hats and shoes that they
threw off while they were running.
G. P. G.
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Abba, July Sit is not in every
community the church gives way to
traffic in the almighty dollar And
IL is not every community in the state
OF Iowa where a church building that
mas served as an attractive place for
the worshipers of Christ for two
denominations can, in a night, be
turned into a place of business. AT
tipcking, in Monroe countv recent
hire destroyed the large company stors.
OF the Hooking Supply Co. In con-
nectlon with the fire a car of dynamite
which was standing on siding of the
Iowa Central railway and near the
building, exploded and what was no,
burned of the store building was
blown to the seven kinds of heaven
The next morning the building which
had been used for years and years,
was turned into an up to-date and
fully equipped business house. No
sooner had the store building been
leyeled to the ground than the mama
gers literally took tn echurch ediflce
and converted it to their secular
uses.
The church building has had ca
reer in Monroe county. For twenty
five years it served as place of wor-
ship for the Cody Christians of Abba
and vicinity. Then that congregation
grew more prosperous and when they
decided to build a new and moro
costly building they sold the old
structure to the Methodist who had
organized a small congregation at
Hooking. The building was tore down
piece by piece and while being re-
moved to the new location and when
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SEYMOUR.

Seymour.-G. Walter Armstrong and
family have moved to Spokane Wash,
where he will engage in business.
union meeting of the Young Peo.
pies societies will be held at the
Christian church next Sunday evening
at z p. m.
Mrs J. J. Adams Sunday school
class will sell home made bread at the
Library Friday afternoon. Benefit
for new church
Marie Hays is home from Des
Moines and will spend her summer va
cation at the home Of her parents
Mr.. and Mrs. Chas Hays.
G. M. Rathburn and little son Of
Guyrnore, Okla, who have been visit
Ing in this vicinity returned home Tues
day.
Mrs. Frank Eason Of New Franklin,
Mo-, is visiting the Mrs. M. l.. and
Will True families.
%. G. Glover Of Delaware, Okla, Is
visiting his brother j f. Glover.
ID. H. Kerry is visiting points of in
terest In Colorado and will attend the
National Democratic convention at
Denver.
Rev. P. e. Nelson of Hampton. Ia.
will preach at, the Baptist church Mon.
day evening July 6.
Benton Pettegrew of Kansas City is
visiting his parents Mr.. and Mrs d.
w. Pettegrew.
t. Thomas and wife returned
10 their home in Chillicothe Thursday
afternoon after an extended visit with
relatives n this vicinity.
Misses Marcia Bumgarner and &C.
neya Trogdon have gone to Billings,
Mont, for an extended visit.
X. N. Davis is home again after Wis
ising for some weeks with relatives in
Kansas and Oklahoma.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-07-04
GREEN-BUCANAN AND
WILLIAMS-SHA WEDDINGS

Agency.-Orvil Buchanan and Miss
Ida Green were united in marriage
Tuesday evening, June 80, at O'CLOCK,
at the residence of the BRIDES parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. James Green, who reside
II miles south of town. Rev. o. i.
circuit officiated.
Only the relatives of the bride and
groom were present. After the cere-
mony an elegant two course supper
was served. They received many
beautiful and useful presents. Their
many friends wish them happy voy-
age through life.
Williams-Shaw Wedding.
The wedding of Miss Neva L. will
liams, daughter of Rev. and Mrs. H
H. Williams, of Lisbon, Iowa, to Will
liam D. Shaw, of Batavia, Iowa, oc-
CURED Wednesday evening July l., at
the home of f. o. Williams, brother
OF the bride, one and half miles
southeast of Agency
There were about forty guests,
both relatives and friends present. At
O'clock Miss Edith Foster sang"Oh,
Promise Me-" then while Miss Carrie
Able played the wedding march the
bride and groom took their places be-
for the officiating clergymen. Rev. @
G.. Rrcutt, of Agency, and the words
We're said and promises made which
uliiIcu LIS lWD lives. w HllG MISS F'OS-
ter again sung Il Love You Truly
congratulations We're said, following
which a beautiful two course supper
was served.
1t is noteworthy to mention that the
brides father and uncle. who Were al
so present, are both United Brethren
ministers
The bride and groom will make
their home near Batavia.
Other AGENCY News.
Mrs. Lucy Dunbar left Wednesday
for Mystic for a visit.
Mrs. s. r. Foster and son Carl, of
Ames, are visiting friends here.
Miss Fannie Nye left Wednesday
for Plainview, Neb., for visit.
DR. McElderey left Thursday FOR
Fairfield.
Farmers have began their hay har-
vest.
Fred Bell is building a fine barn or
his farm east of town.
Mrs 2. D. Woodford and daughters,
Mamie of Blakesburg, are here visiting
relatives and friends.
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SIDELIGHTS

Did you ever attend a chicken
fight?
Ottumwa has quite bunch Of good
chickens and quite bunch of good
fellows who love to see battle royal
between the birds
Not long ago a couple Of rival
fanciers got into a discussion about
the merits of their respective game
ROSTERS, and finally it was arranged
that they would have little match.
Details were agreed upon and the
birds Immediately put into training
and reports were quietly carried from
one side to the other TIL the circle OF
chicken fighters were worked to a
fever heat
At last the date of the match drew
near, and one night a few friends of
each side were put wise to what was
going to happen next morning. These
few friends put a few of their friends
next to what was coming, and the
next morning there were about rs on
hand to witness the "go.'' They
gathered in building Just outside the
city After the usual preliminary ar
rangements that prevail just before
the starting of any sporting event, it
was agreed that there should be two
fights. The birds were prepared and
the first battle was pulled off. 1t was
a good one and excitement ran high.
Finally the first battle was over and
while the chickens were being pre-
pared for the second scrimmage, the
gang amused themselves with a big
crap game.
It happened that one of our local
officers had some official business in
that netghborhood that morning and
he drove out that way, and as he
went across the field towards the
building where the sports were hilar-
iously engaged in putting spurs on the
ROSTERS and trying to make their
point before "seven" turned up, one
of them, a colored gentleman, looked
out through crack in the side of the
barn and recognized the official. He
let out whoop and exclaimed, "Heah
comes the law!"
That was enough-the crowd broke
every one Immediately began to
gallop-there was not trotter in the
bunch-they were all runners. Just
as they were getting under Roadway,
some one yelled to Get that crap
table out of sight" That did settle
1t. Every man in the building
bumped against the other one and that
started each one to moving at the
highest speed he could develop in
such close quarters. Inside of the
building, everything was a kind of
blurr and every opening was i'm
mediately occupied
At one end OF the building was big
door hung on hinges from the top. 1t
opened out, but was now fastened by
having a couple of two by four tim
bers nailed across it from the inside
About half of the crowd went against
the door and the timbers snapped In
two like matches, the door flew up and
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-07-04
BLooMFIELD.

Bloomfield- county clerks an
nual report to the state board of
health gives 124 marriages in the
county during the year ending June
80, 1908, and but seven divorces for
the same period For the year end
ing Dec. 81, 1907, 800 births are re-
ported, 1874 boys and 149 girls. Union
township leads with "a. During the
year 1907 there occurred in the coun-
ty, ia deaths.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Wilkinson of
Ottumwa came today to visit until
after the Fourth.
Mrs. Homer Ashton and Miss Leila
Durflinger are visiting friends in Pu-
laski.
Miss Eta Ritz, VINO has been teach
Ing at Kemmerer, Wyo., Is visiting at
the j. A. Wilkinson home on her way
to Chequest where she will spend va
cation with her parents.
Miss Grace Thatcher, who has been
visiting in Kansas City for the past
two months arrived home today.
G. H. Altheide arrived home We'd
nesday after an absence of two
months during which he assisted
Evangelist
Glenn Heady returned Wednesday
from weeks visit with his sister,
Mrs. James Dunn at Abba.
Miss Ruth Greenleaf is once more
behind the counter at Herr's after a
months vacation.
Misses Olive and Iowa Wray were
shopping in Ottumwa Wednesday.
Miss Jennie McVey returned We'd
nesday from a three months visit at
Ottawa, Kas.
Mrs. James Milligan is spending
this week with relatives at Pulaski.
Mr.. and Mrs. John w. Cecil, Jr.,
leave today for the west, where they
expect to make their home. Mrs.
Cecil will visit relatives in Sterling
and Pueblo, Colo, until Mr.. Cecil is
permanently located at some point in
Oregon.
J. W. Lockhart in meeting at
Hoopeston, ILL.,, in which 337 persons
protested conversion and took part
in meeting in New Berlin, Ohio and
assisted in the dedication of a $4,000
church at the latter place.
Miss Vera Mills returned Wednes-
day from Trenton, Mo-, where she has
been visiting her sister, Mrs. Fouts.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-07-04
EDDYViLLE.

Eddyville.-Rev.W Wilkins of Pella,
who was holding protracted meet
ings at the Baptist church this week
was called to Pella Thursday morn
ing, by the illness of his little son.
Mr.. and Mrs Murphy of st. Louis,
Mo-, are visiting with John Shea and
family this week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Potion of Os-
kaloosa came down Thursday morn
ing for a few days visit with her faith
er, Greenberry True.
The little children of Mr. and Mrs.
Phil Scott are sick this week with a
severe attack of the humps.
Mrs. Davis returned from Des
Moines Thursday morning after visit
ng with her niece Mrs. Dick, for about
two weeks
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-07-04
kEOSAUQUA.

Keosauqua Van Auken and
Mrs Mary Roush were united in mar
riage Tuesday evening at the Chris
tian parsonage Rev. Moody perform
ed the ceremony. They will reside here
for the present time
The members of the Junior Endeay-
or OF the Christian church enjoyed q
picnic Wednesday in the McGratn
grove.
Miss Dane Beer of Keokuk is visit
ine at the home Of her grandparents
Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel Minnick.
Mrs. H. e. Reese was an OttumWa
visitor Tuesday.
J. l.. Therme returned Tuesday from
California where he has been for sew
eral months
Miss Avo HENDERSON is spending
the week with friends at Washington,
Iowa.
Rev. Perkins and wife departed
Wednesday morning for their new
home at Blissfield, Mich
r. S. Overman spent Wednesday in
Ottumwa
Thos. McManns arrived home We'd
nesday called here by the serious Ill
ness of his mother.
Mark Whitney, who has been at the
Ottumwa hospital the past two weeks,
was able to come home Wednesday.
Mrs. Joshua Johnson and children
departed Wednesday for a visit with
relatives at Mt. Pleasant.
Mrs. Eta Branson, of Shenandoah,
Iowa, Mrs. Sherman, Mrs. Baird ana
Mrs. Boightlander of Bonaparte, were
guests of Mrs. j. P. Martin Tuesday
and Wednesday.
Mrs. Lynn Lyle and daughter Of
Wahoo, Neb.. returned home Thurs
day after a weeks visit at the G. C.
Duffield home, near Pttsburg.
This place is without electric lights
on account of the engine being repair
ed.
Prof. David Williams is in Des
Moinse on business.
Howard Root of Ottumwa, is bus
mess visitor here this week.
Mrs VIM. Davidson and Miss Fan
ME Bonner were Bonaparte visitors
Wednesday.
Miss Ethel Honke. of Valley juno
ton, is visiting her sister. Mrs. Thos.
Campbell
Mr.. and Mrs. George Freed of
Pennington, arrived here Thursday
morning and will make this place
their home. Mr.. Freed has purchased
the w. Leuckel cigar factory.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. o. Whitney of
Keokuk, are spending the week at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. G. P. Whitney.
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Milwaukee shopmen Back.

Dubuque, July 3.-Following on tho
heeis OF the announcement few days
ago or the Illinois Central road that
some 5000 men on the various divi-'
sions would be put back to work, 400
employees of the Milwaukee road, par
tculary men laid off in the shops, wers
yesterday put back on ten hour a
day scedule and six days a week
These changes are looked upon here
as one Of the real evidences of re-
turn OF prosperity. They mean that
the crop outlook over the country, des-
pite the storm areas, is frst-class