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committee. The seeding delega- tions siezed their banners and marched out from the convention ball en ndsse.
 Going to the Santa Rita Hotel the bolting delegations were given the use of the spacious dining room for convention hall, and the new convention was in session shortly doing business. Roll call showed that twelve of the thirteen counties of Arizona were represented by citizens duly accredited to the Re- publican territorial convention.
 The convention selected two del egates to the national convention and two alternates. They are: R k. Sloan of Yavapai, and Hoval A Smith of Cochise, delegates; Con O'Keefe of Santa Cruz, and J. E Perry of Mohave, alternates. The convention instructed it's delegates to demand that Arizona be giver six delegates and six alternates, as in former years; and provisional i delegates and alternates were elected to fill the other fonr place: in each class, in case the national convention accedes to the demand as follows: Ben Hen .3i .<oima Dell NJ. Potter cfvu. am, J. L Hubbell of Apache, ana j w. Dor rington of YI4na, provisional dele. gates; JnF. Crowley of Cochise, c T. Martin of iila, A. 0. SicDoth o. Pinal, and H c. Lockett of Coco lnino, provisional alternates. @ Captain George Christy.of Mari copag was selected as the choice O. the convention for national com. mitteeman. ,.e, Following is the platform adopted by the convention, which, as inti mated hereinbefore,.. wasofprepared to be presented as majority re. port had the convention not split upon the report of the committee on credentials: -.e,.l.
 We, the Republican Party of Arizona in Territorial Convention assembled a Tncson this 18th day of April, present this following declaration of principles
 We commend and endorse the wis, and beneficent policies or President Theodore Roosevelt and the Nationa Republican Administration.
 We commend and endorse the capable and efficient Territorial Administration of Governor Kibbey.
 We ask of Congress and the Nationa Republican Administration that State hood for Arizona, as it is, be granted speedily.
 We thank those friends in and out O Congress who aided in the defeat o 1 ioint-statehood with New Mexico, anC particularly Senator Foraker.
 1 We urge that the policy of home ful, | be observed in the territories.
 | Relieving in the eminent fitness anC ability of William H. Taft, we, this con vention, favor his nomination as tn, | Republican candidate for President.
 The regular convention, with tn three seated contesting delegations had 129 delegates, and it elected al delegates to the national conven ton R. g. Sloan of Yavapai, ane L. w. Powell of Cochise; alternates William Griffith of Pima, and F s. Breem of Coconino. Judg, Kirkpatrick was the selection 0 that convention for national com mitteeman.
 The platform adopted by tha convention is quite long, abound ing in we'll turned rhetoric, anC declaring for very much the same points as the shorter and more | concise one of the other convention
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order of business. The committee on credentials wrestled with the contests until s o'clock in the even ing, when ma jority and minority reports were presented to the con vention. By vote of six to four the majority report recon mended seating the three delegations that were favorable to instructions for the nomination of Judge Taft. The minority report favored seat ing the anti-Taft delegations from Gila and Cochise, and both Mari copa delegations with half vote each. The committee on resolu- tions divided at the rate of eight to two, but in the report as prepared there was no recommendation for instructions. That was to be sprung upon the floor later. The resolu
 tions presented hereinafter, except the last one, were to constitute the ma jority report. But the eight members supporting them never got chance to present their re- port in the undivided convention. Division came too quickly, and later the same eight mem mbers, with some additions, presented the same resolutions in the bolting conven- tion, where they were adopted.
 When the committee on creden- tials presented it's two reports the majority report was accompanied by motion for adoption. That was antagonized by. a motion on behalf of the minority report, mak- ing it a substitute for the other. The vote upon the substitute was left to the uncontested delegations. The division was 59 for the sub stitute, to 46 for the majority re- port. The Pima delegation cast 2z votes solidly for the substitute. A demand to poll the delegation was made, but refused by the chair on the ground that the unit rule had been adopted in that. delegation. A protest was made against that ruling. based upon the claim that the unit rule cannot be enforced except 1t emanates from a primary election, and there was cited the ruling of the national Republican convention of 1880, in the West Virginia contests. The chair rule l the protest out of order. { It is here stated, en paSSam that the claim is made that had the unit rule been broken. sufficient number of the Pima delegation to have carried it would have voted for the majority report of the credentials committee. But the report is given for what it is worth, and not by authority). When the chair announced that the substitute had carried, Governor Kibbey, who headed the regular delegation from Maricopa, an nounced that the delegation had nothing to compromise, would not accept the half vote given it, and withdrew from the convention. The Maricopa delegation was fol- lowed by the entire delegations from Apache, Graham, Pinal, Mo- have, Santa Cruz, and Yuma coun- ties, with a part of the delegations from Navajo, Coconino, and Pima, with the unseated delegations from Cochise and Gila. The only dele gation remaining entire was that from Yavapai county, with the three contesting delegations from Maricopa, Cochise, and Gila, that { Al
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A SPLIT CONVENTION.
The Republican Convention at Tue son Divided, and Sends Two Dell egstions to Chicago.

for the Republican nomination for the Presidency Arizona may be de- pended upon to send a bolting delegation to the national conven- ton. There are so many patriots who desire to pose in the limelight of successful achievement when the new administration shall survey the field for selection of those who shall represent the administration in territorial affairs, and so few places at the national convention, that there are naturally some very strenuous endeavors upon the part of the patriots aforesaid to get on to the convention, that contesting delegation from this territory is the most natural expectancy. In fact it would be remarkable were there not contesting delegation.
 Since the first nomination of Mckinley. in 1896, all the nomina- ting conventions had their work so plainly cut out in advance, that there was no use in getting up and making a bolt. There was nothing behind which ambitious aspirants for sea's s@a the national convention and the national committee could conceal their designs, and the places involved were permitted to go to the first in the field to get them without much of struggle. In 1900 it was so oplain that Maj jor Mckinley was to be renominated, |, that there was no hope for any one to put forward any one else as stalking horse behind which to reach the goal desired. In 1904, Colonel Roosevelt was so plainly slated to succeed himself that the situation was the same. But this year there are numerous aspira nts for the Republican nomination, and the legion of aspirants for places at the convention board and committee table find most excellent opportunities to get into the game, and struggle for the mastery. So the history of the scrap in 1896 is repeating itself quite closely.
 It will be recollected that in that year all the large counties sent dou- Die delegations to the territorial convention, and the latter was split also in the interest of Mir. McKin- ley The bolting Mckinley dele gatlon was seated at the national convention with half vote each, compelling their successful adver- Sarle8 to content themselves with 'he same representation. This year the tactics of 1896 have been repeated so far, and it seems a strong su probability that the bolting iait delegation from Arizona will rare as we'll, if not better than predecessors in 1896.
 1t IS not the intention here to give all the details of the conven- %oll m al Tucson week ago, but to sLve s simply the salient points of 'he Issues involved.
 1t was known in advance that o nefe were three delegations in the vD"y,eAtlon ,v",,,3 to which rival aspirants mouia demand seats, and these Ca iIe the delegations from Maricopa, oat; %'ta, and Cochise counties, aggre- s"g ssaNng Slxty-seven seats. In the 'Pofary organization these coun-
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1908-08-07
IN A DREAM GIRL
LOCATED HER MOTHER

Nashville, Ill, Aug. 6-(SpeciaD -
A most remarkable story of revela-
ton in a dream came to light today
through which Miss Irene Thracher
was reunited with her mother, after
a separation of thirteen years, Geo.
Thracher, brother of the girl, of
Griggsville, ILL.,, arrived here today to
take his sister home with him.
The story had its beginning in a
small village near Louisville, KY,
thirteen years ago, when the parents
of the young lady separated, after
marital troubles. Irene was sent to
the Christian Orphans Home in st.
Louis, where she was kept until she
was 8 years old, and was left to
drift for herself. She was employed
in various towns as a domestic, and
came to Nashville several months ago.
The longing to again see her mother,
from whom she had been separated
older, but all her efforts in this di-
rection seemed futile
Letters to cities where she resided,
either remained unanswered, or re-
suited in a negative reply Then came
the dream of last week, when he mo-
Their appeared as living in Griggsville,
ILL., She wrote to the postmaster at
that town, but still had some difficult
ty in locating her, owing to the fact
that her mother had since married
again. A systematic search however
was rewarded and in modest home
in Griggsville tonight there was a Joy
full reunion.
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CAN SEE ONLY WHEN
IN RECLINING ATTITUDE

New York, Aug. 6.-(SpeciaD On a
cot in the Manhattan Eye, Ear, and
Throat Hospital, under the particu-
lar care of DR.. Frank Van Fleet, a
specialist in the treatment of dis
eases of the eye, is a patient suffering
from an extraordinary form of blind
ness.
He is a young man, and in all
other respects is not only healthy and
vigorous, but trained athlete. While
he is standing totally blind, but while
lying recumbent he sees objects dis
tinctly and with his normal visual
powers. That has been his strange
condition for about six months, and
during that period he has remained
most of the time in recumbent pos
ition
In this cause as well as in its
effect this peculiar form of sightless-
ness is remarkable. The patient
whose name the hospital physicians
prefer not to reveal, was member
last winter of a well known team of
basketball players. in the course of
one of the match games the ball struck
him sharply in the eyes, causing a
brief suspension of play, but the blow
seemed neither serious nor painful
The young athlete made light of
his mishap, and for time appeared
to suffer no serious effects Later
his eyesight began to trouble him, and
then the peculiar condition developed
which made him sightless except
while lying down. To use a mechani-
cal illustration, his plight was one
that reversed the process noted in
the dolls which delight children by
closing their eyelids when they are
laid to slumber and by opening them
when they are lifted up, small weights
behind the eye sockets controlling the
action of the eyeballs automatically
by the force of gravity.
AS soon as he noted his falling sight
the young man consulted specialists,
and when the condition was decided
that the blow from the basketball had
so affected the retina and other parts
of the inner eye as to disturb the
delicate adjustment of those organs
and to cause the peculiar result noted,
the retina being thrown out of its
proper relation when the patient held
his head in certain positions.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1908-08-07
BABY WITHOUT BRAINS
PUZZLES SCIENTISTS

NEW YORK, Aug. 6.-(SpeciaD-
AS a ratification of the axiom that no
human being can live without a brain
the physicians of Bellevue Hospital
are citing the case of Marie Glacomo,
who died at the institution last night
at the age of 40 hours An autopsy
revealed the fact that she had come
into the world practically brainless.
The child when hours old was
taken to the hospital by her father.
He said he had brought the child for
treatment because there was some
thing wrong with its head, and he
wanted the doctors to remedy the de-
feet
When the child was unwrapped
from voluminous cloths it was most
startling sight. It's head and face re-
sembled nothing so much as a frog,
its head was almost fiat on top, and
its eyes stood out from their sockets.
1t was, however, breathing normally
and cried as an ordinary infant does
1t was thought at the hospital that
the shape of the childs head was a
malformation, and that possibly the
soft bones of the skull would respond
to slow molding process that would
restore the head to normal shape 1t
was not dreamed that the infant was
wholly without brain matter
DR.. Tweedell, who is British army
surgeon, has tended hundreds of
abnormal children among the natives
of India, was put in charge of the case.
AS the child was SO healthy in other
respects he had every hope of success.
Last night, however, the child died
while it was being fed There was
nothing to indicate approaching death,
and no struggle. Simply the infant
ceased to breathe
An autopsy revealed that beyond a
rudimentary cerebrum, that was
scarcely more than an indication, the
infant had absolutely no brain. The
doctors declare that there is not an
other case of a human being living
without brain known to science.
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DUNCAN MERCANTILE CO.
is and III Forsyth St. John K. Shaws Old Stan

Several of the men here went fish
ing Tuesday and caught many fish.
Mr.. G. r. Ferguson is visiting rel
atives at Coleman and attending a
camp meeting at Tyner Springs.
Mr.. Ben Manning, of Lee county,
made a business trip to Leslie We'd
nesday morning.
Miss Marilu Jenkins will spend
next week with friends and school
mates here.
Mr.. Adams of Macon, is visiting rel
atives here.
All are glad to see Mr.. J. L. Brad
ley up again after long illness.
Mrs Donna Perry left Tuesday for
her new home in Americas.
Mrs Eldridge, who is visiting Mrs.
F. A 'Wilso n,has been sick for a
few days, but is better now.
Miss Jessie Ranew left Monday
for White Springs, Fla. She will be
gone week or two.
The entertainment given at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. L. Harvey Fri
day night in honor of Miss Marilu
Jenkins attracted more than fifty
people Everybody reported a good
time
Three of the Americas ball team
boys, Messrs. Hooks, Fort and Gate
wood, were in Leslie last week.
Mr. H. A. Deriso has moved in the
house just vacated by Mrs. Donna
Perry.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1908-08-07

Ladies fine black Silk Belts, includ-
ing extra sizes, a grade that we
have been selling for 75c, here
now at each :. :. =. :. ;. 49c
Ladies Sivered Belts in white and
colors, pretty buckles, regularly
sold at 81, here in this sale 49c
Ladies large shell Back Combs in
several new and pretty patterns;
they look as good as most any
Zoe comb. Here in the Removal
Sale at each :. 10c
One hundred twilled Silk Umbrellas
with steel rods and Paragon
frames, ladies and Mems hand
les, never before known to sell
for less than $125, here in the
Removal Sale at each =. =. nc
Four thousand yards fine Ribbon at
an average of SOC on the dollar.
They are fresh and perfect in
Guiding every staple shade
shown; also black and white.
Some of the widths run up to 200.
worth all the way from Csc to Csc,
here in the Removal Sale at
HALF PRICE, 19c
Lace Curtains, full length and width,
beautiful patterns; they are as
good as you ever saw for $780,
here at the Removal Sale per
pair :. $50. :. :. 93c
Ten pieces of Brown Linen, full reg
ular width, good quality, a grade
that usually sells for Csc, here
now at per yard II lie
Ten thousand yards Valenceinne
Laces, the prettiest lot we have
ever shown; edgings and insert
ings to match. They range in
value from SC to 2Oc-take your
pick of this great lot now at per
yard -. >. :. E. 3-4c
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DeSOTO.

(From our Regular Correspondent
DeSoto, Ca, August 6-The build
ing boom has struck DeSoto Ry-
lander and Sheffield have in progress
sixteen new dwellings and in a few
weeks work on the new Methodist
church will be commenced.
Miss Willie Hayslip has gone to
GAINESVILLE for the summer.
Mr.. J. wv. Webb, of Sumter, is visit
ing his sister, Mrs. Roy Jones.
Mrs. N. B. Johnson, of Leary
is stopping with her mother, Mrs
Frances Simmons, en- route from In
dian Springs, where she was guest OF
a party of friends at the Wigwam.
Messrs Terrell Fort, Tom Hooks
and Furlow Gatewood of Americas,
were among the many visitors at the
ball game Friday afternoon. They
were entertained by George Bagley
Jr.
Mr.. Allen Johnson, of Leary, has
returned home after visiting relatives
here for a few days.
Mr.. George Bagley has returned
from Macon
Messrs. Forester, Gill and Hooks
of Leesburg, were participants in
Mrs. Eli Tucker has returned home
from Savannah, where she spent a
week pleasantly
Mr.. and Mrs. George Jones are
visiting relatives at Preston this
week
Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Hill of Cobb,
spent Sunday here the guest of rela-
tives
Mrs Louise Hollis Simmons has
returned from Americas.
Mrs Charles Wommack and child
rem are visiting at Banks, Ala.
Mrs. Conner Wills has returned
home after spending quite a while
in Knoxville, Tenn
Mr. d. c. Smith, of Oglethorpe, has
returned home after spending a week
with his brother, DR.. William ].
Smith.
Miss Annie Saddler of Americas,
has returned home after spending a
few days here, the guest of Miss
Cora Cooke.
Quite large party of young peo-
pie from Leslie witnessed the ball
game Friday afternoon.
Cotton is opening rapidly in this
section and in a few weeks numerous
bales of the fleecy staple will be
rolling into market
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1908-08-07
SMITHVILLE.
CFrom Our Regular Correspondent

(From Our Regular Correspondent
Smithville, August 6.-Mr T. S
Burton and his daughter, Miss Nettie
left Wednesday morning to WISH
relatives in South Carolina.
Miss Lucibel Bunkley of Leesburg
who has been spending some time
with Mrs. w. Fort McAfee, returned
home last Friday night, quite i'll.
Miss Susie Lunsford, left We0neS
day to visit in Plains and Ricnland.
Miss Elma Evans who has been at
tending the Normal School in Athens
returned home Thursday night.
Messrs. Pierce Brooks and Eugene
Kernaghan, of Macon spent Sunday
Mrs. NJ. D. Reybold, of Atlanta, is
spending awhile with her sister, Mrs
J. G. Pruett.
Mr.. d. L. Johnson, is spending
few days Buena Vista, MS former
home
Miss Trawick of Attapulgus, Ala.
spent Saturday with her brother, MI
o. E. Trawick.
Messrs. Dennis Moore, Frank and
5. H. Zimmerman, of Plains, were II
town Sunday.
Mr.. George Burton, of Butler, Is
at home on a visit to his parents.
Mr.. }. B. Brewton is spending
few DAYS at his home in Mt. Vernon.
Miss Annie Randall is visiting II
BTonw; cd.
Frotracted services at the Baptls
cnurch closed Sunday night, after
very successful week. There were
several additions to the church, an'
much good was accomplished 1nrins
the week.
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nth DISTRICT.
(From our Regular Correspondent.

From our Regular Correspondent
Protracted services at the Method
list church, conducted by Revs. Ohm
stead and Roberts, closed last Fri
day night. Five new members were
received into the church
The many friends of Mr.. T. G
Williams are delighted to know
that he is able to be out again.
Mr. Mande Childers of Adams Sta
ton, had business in this settlement
last Sunday afternoon.
Mrs. T. ]. Suggs and Miss Matte
Suggs spent Tuesday with Mrs. w
S. M. Edge, at Sumter.
Mr.. Tedder made his accustomed
visit to our community Sunday. Guess
he will quit coming now as he is
to take the attraction with him
next time
Misses Mamie Lee Perry and Rem
ma Mccoy spent Monday with little
Miss Bertha Israel.
Mr.. Henry Virgins has been quite
i'll for the last few days At this
writing he is much improved.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1908-08-07
s1eO Reward, 500.

The readers of this paper will be
pleased to learn that there is at
least one dreaded disease that science
has been able to cure in all it's
stages, and that is Catarrh.
Halls Catarrh Cure is the
only positive ucre now known to
the medical fraternity. Catarrh be-
ing a constitutional disease, requires
a constitutional treatment. Halls
Catarrh Cure is taken internally, act
ing directly upon he blood and mu-
cous surfaces of the system, thereby
destroying the foundation of the di-
sease, and giving the patient strength
by building up the constitution and
assisting nature in doing its work.
The proprietors have so much faith
in it's curative powers that they Of
fer One Hundred Dollars for any case
that it fails to cure. Send for list of
testimonials. Address
T. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, o.
Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Take Halls Family Pills for consti-
patton.
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JACKSONVILLE.

From our Regular Correspondent
Jacksonville. Ca, August 6.-Dr
D. A. BagIey has disposed of his
property here. Mrs. Pink Smith, of
Amsrcus. has purchased all the
property owner by DR. Bagley and
Wii move here in a few days.
Mr. English and family have moved
into town from their nearby farm
Mr. English is living in the house
just vacated by Mrs. MOllie Smith.
Work on the new warehouse will
begin next week and the structure
Will be completed in a short while.
Jacksonville has long been in need
Of good warehouse.
Our Uostmistress, Mrs. Gussie Join
en- is showing her friends some very
Inc sweet potatoes, weighing over
one pound each, gathered from her
garden. She has a splendid garden
and guests In her home are enjoying
many good things to eat.
Ars Farmer Park, of Low, is
Spending week with her mother,
Mrs. Gregory.
Rev E r. Moore, of Macon, is
coadgcting q series of meetings at
n4 Baptist church here. His ser
mons are quite interesting.
Mrs. Jessie ROsser who has been
VISITING here for the past two weeks,
,7it Wednesday for her home in At
,aLJa accompanied by Miss Adella
Bryant b. this place
Ar. and Mrs. b. F. Easterlin re-
4'nea home last Saturday night
amer very pleasant trip to Tullulah
Falls.
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one thousand yards 36-inch Cheese
Cloth, worth regularly sc, here in
the Removal Sale at, yard :. 3%c
Mems Balbriggan Underwear, very
elastic, shirts and drawers to
match. The best lot of underwear
you ever saw for the money, reg
ularly 35c, here now at per gar
ment =. :. BIC
Mems Guyot Suspenders in a great
variety of new patterns, perfect
goods, nothing wrong with them.
but the price. Regularly SOC to
soc, here now at per pair :. 19c
Ten pieces Linen Lawn, SO inches
wide, regularly worth 39c, here
for the Removal Sale, yard :. zoe
Mems Fast Black Hose, high spliced
heels and toes, never before
known to sell for less than 15c,
mere =. :. :. &c
Ladies' Fast Black Hose, high spliced
heels and toes full regular length
Regularly 121ac, sale price &c
About one thousand yards Japanese
silks, also waist and dress silks,
worth regularly 69c, here now
at, yard .. :. 35c
J. & P. Coats Spool Cotton Six Cord,
known everywhere, here now at
per spool :. :. :. :. ;. &c
Fine striped Sicilian, 80 inches wide
and all wool If this is worth a
cent it is as good as you ever
bought for soc. Here in the Re-
moval Sale at yard .. :. :. 35c
Ladies' Embroidered Collars, beauti-
full patterns, worth Regular Csc,
here in Removal Sale at each &c