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Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1908-02-11

The city council should have gone
in a body to the Central depot yes
terday to see passengers taking a
mud bath at that vile crossing.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1908-02-11

FOR RENT

FOR RENT-Front room furnished.
MRS. M. E. RAINES, Church street
9-1t-pd
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1908-02-11

FOR RENT-Five-roo dwelling on
Church street; comparatively new
and in first class condition Apply to
G. j. SCHNEIDER, Windsor Hotel.
2-tf
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1908-02-11

There is a vast deal of work at the
Americas shops of the Seaboard, and
employees there hope for an early re-
turn to 9 hour schedule.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1908-02-11

FOR RENT-Three three-roomed
houses. Glessner street Apply to
w. l.. ENGLISH.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1908-02-11


from Atlanta reported sleet and snow
falling in that town of hot air and
very frequent freezes.
Americas continues to wrestle with
grippe and pneumonia. Scores of peo-
pie are thus Frustrated and doctors
here are kept very busy.
There is a vast deal of work at the
Americas shops of the Seaboard, and
employees there hope for an early re
turn to hour schedule.
Americas needs a modern and lar
ger theatre. This long-exisitinz fact
was demonstrated in the vast audience
filling the house last night.
Theatre tickets and carriage did
more damage to a ten dollar bill last
night than q weeks hard work could
repair, 1t was very sad.
Jeff Taylor, who sells stacks of to-
bacco for the Americas Tobacco Co.,
came to town yesterday and reports
business rapidly improving.
Two tourists stopping in Americas
expressed satisfaction even with yes
terday's brand of weather. They must
have blown in from Iceland.
There will be no dearth of legis1a-
tive candidates after all. Rumor has
it that at least three fast trotters will
get on the track this week.
Yesterdays session of police court,
with it's list of DRINKS and disorder
lies, reminded one of days when a
drink could be brought here.
The city council should have gone
in a body to the Central depot yes
terday to see passengers taking a
mud bath at that vile crossing.
The three negroes brought here
from Plains Saturday, two of them
caught robbing store there, have not
yet been given a committal trial.
Il
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1908-02-11

HOUSE FOR RENT-Desirable new
four room dwelling with large gar
den, Apply to w. H. Feagin or Law
son Stapleton. 5-tf
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1908-02-11

Arrive in Americas from
Richland, Columbus, At 1857
Ianta, Birmingham, II urts- o.oo ~
boro, Montgomery and
points west and northwest STOP N
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1908-02-11

Americas needs a modern and lar
ger theatre. This long-exisitinz fact
was demonstrated in the vast audience
filling the house last night.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1908-02-11

Yesterdays session of police court,
with it's list of DRINKS and disorder
lies, reminded one of days when a
drink could be brought here.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1908-02-11

Arrive in 4mericus from
Cordele, Rochelle, Able 8:43 {
Vile, Helena, Lyons, Col
Inns, Savannah, Colum bia, 12:45 {
Richmond, Portsmouth
and points east. 1903
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1908-02-11

Theatre tickets and a carriage did
more damage to a ten dollar bill last
night than q weeks hard work could
repair 1t was very sad.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1908-02-11

Leave Americas for Rich
land, Columbus, Atlanta, o:43
Birmingham, Hurtsboro, 1o.as
Montgomery and points
west and northwest 300
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1908-02-11

Jeff Taylor, who sells stacks of to-
bacco for the Americas Tobacco Co.,
came to town yesterday and reports
business rapidly improving.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1908-02-11

To 10 ? III
10 40 p m
n 81 y IN
Y OF p m
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1908-11-18
WhistIing in Church.

Harry P. Bosom, of Reading,
as his friends in Worcester say,
whistled in church while attend
ing divine worship in that city re.
Gently. When asked about it Mr..
Bosom said he was not asleep and
explained his action by telling the
following story: "The minister
said just before the contribution
that any one who put 80 ceuts OF
more into the contribution box
was entitled and expected to
whistle. As the collectors were
on their way the whistling came
from all parts of the room and was
not far from universal. When il
came to me it was up to me to dig
do WI and content myself with g
WHISTLE"
This is the latest way of raising
money for churches. -Bostor
Herald.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1908-11-18
Only -Four Years-apd Then.

On this beautiful, sunkissed
Sabbath morni G when the Lord
and all His angels are with us in
Heavenly Houston-the city of
Anthems-it is a sweetly solemn
thought that in four brief years
the whirlig,g of time may bring to
us a bunch Of sweet revenges in
the way of a mangled Republican,
ism that will make the postofices
and other places of emo1ument
seem all the sweeter and juic er
for the painful delays which re-
cent events have inflicted upon us,
and may the Christening processes
of the Lord be humbly endured to
the end that in the day OF final
victory we. or our descendants,
may he prepared to receive the
blessings which reward all sanity
patriots who keep their faith IN.
sullied aud their eyes on the gun.
Houston, Tex, Post.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1908-11-18
A Warm and Eloquent Tribute.

1.-The South is a land that has
known sorrow; it is a land that
has broken the ashen crust and
moistened it with its tears; a land
scared and riven by the p]ow-
share of war and beloved with
the graves of her dead ; but a land
of legend, a land Of song, a land
of hallowed and heroic memories.
To that land every drop of my
blood, every fiber of my beiLg,
every %pulsation of my heart is
consecrated form.
I was born of her womb; I was
nurtured at her breast, and when
my last honr shall come, l pray
God that I may be pillowed upon
her bosom and rocked in sleep
within her tender and encircling
arms."-From the late ex-Sena-
tor Garmack.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1908-11-18
READ ALL THIS.
You Never Know the Moment When This
Information May Prove Of Infinite Value.

1t is worth considerable to any citi
zen of Salisbury to know how to be
cured of painful, annoying and itching
piles. Know then that Doan,s Oint-
ment is a positive remedy for all itch
Eess of the skin, for piles, eczema, etc.
One application relieves and soothes.
Read this testimony of merit:
Mrs. J. M. Litteu. 2O2 E. Bank St.,
Salisbury, N. O., Several years ago I
suffered a great deal from a skin erup-
tiol. This appeared all over my body
but was especially noticeable on my
hands. The itching was almost I'M
bearable and at night [ was unable to
obtain my proper rest. l tried salves
and ointments but obtained only slight
relief and had about %despaired of even
being cured. Finally Doan's Ointment
was brought to my attention and after
procuring a box from the Salisbury
Drug Company, 7 started it's use. The
itching ceased at orce and soon every
trace of the trouble disappeared. ]
know Doan's Ointment to be a wonder
full pref aration for any troubles of this
kind and will never fail to recommend
it,"
For sale by all dealers, Price so
cents. Milburn Co., Buffalo,
New York, sole agents for the United
States.
Remember the name-Doan's-and
take no other.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1908-11-18

dressing, is a familiar sight, 1t
is his duty to inspect daily his
section. On detecting a low spot
where water might collect (the
genesis of the American "chuch-
hole"), he makes immediate re.
pairs.
Here, in the United States, we
know little or nothing Of such
road maintenance as this. No
sooDer is a stretch of new road &C.
copied and paid for, than it is left
to the tender mercies Of the traffic
and the weather. Incipient ruts
aud hollows, instead of receiving
the immediate care Of the road
member, are allowed to remain
full of the standing water of the
last rainstorm, and are quickly
deepened and widened by The wear
of the passing traffic. When the
work of destruction has proceeded
unhindered to a certain stage of
ruin the road is given a whole
sale repair (sic) by dumping upon
it a few hundred tons Of Top dress
ing, which is left to be crushed
down into the irregular and rag.
ged surface beneath by such hap
hazard rolling as may b. given by
passing traffic.
In the present campaign of
good roads" education, more az
5ention should be paid to the vital
function of road maintenance.
Oar present practice of building
a frst-class road and then letting
it go to ruin as fast as wind,
weather, and traffic can wreck it.
is the height of folly and extrava-
gance.-Scientifc American.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1908-11-18
How Is Your Digestion.

Mrs. Mary Bowling, of No. 22S
9Th Ave-, San Francisco, recon-
mends a remedy for stomach trou-
BILE. She says: ''Gratitude for
the wonderful effect of Electric
Bitters III a case of acute indiges-
ton, prompts the testimonial. 1
am fully convinced that for stom-
ach and liver troubles Electric
Bitters is the best remedy on the
market today" This great tonic
and Alternative medicine invigo-
rates the system, purifies the
blood and is especially helpful in
all forms of female weakness
SOC at all drug stores.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1908-11-18
ReeItoot FisherfoIk,

Those Reelfoot fishermen who
have been brought into the public
eye Ivy the brutal murder of Cap
tain Rankin are a type of mon
about which the common run of
people know absolutely nothing
They come as near being cliff
jewellers as any men now on the
American continent, unless mem
bers Of the old stock are to be
found. They live in cIevlces, or
assures in the banks Of the lake.
They have nc other homes on God
Almighty's earth, and want no
other. They have their women
and children with them; come of
them keep a COW and horse: and
whip their wives just like their
stock. At points The banks of the
lake + several feet high, and the
abiding places Of the fishermen are
under these banks, or else in small
caves, in some Of the surrounding
hills. A piece OF ground thirty
feet high is called a hill in the
lake country.
These men are native stock for
the most part, but foreign and In
dian blood is occasionally seen
among them. They are said to be
utterly unconscious of any law
save that Of night, but they are
rar~iy concerned about anything
except taking fish from the lake.
Probably 5000 a year is al average
income of one of these fishermen.
On this he supports himself and
family. If let alone he is harm
less; but when aroused he IS a
dangerous man. He will shoot Cd
the slightest provocation, and his
aim is deadly. How Colonel Tay.
lor escaped is one of the marvellous
circumstances Of the whole di.
a b olical affair.-Chatanooga
News.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1908-11-18
The Preachers Know Better.

In recent address at Omaha
the mayor of Atlanta took occa.
sion to bewail Oh occount of what
he is pleased to represent as the
deplorable effects of prohibition
lii that city. In reply to the
mayor the Minister'S Alliance of
Atlanta has issued a statement
showing that crimes requiring the
attention Of the recorders court
have decreased forty per cent. and
that drunkenness had decreased
sixty per cent. during the nine
months in which it has been in
operation. Moreover, they show
that, notwithstanding financial
stringency, the amount of build
ing as shown by the city record
of permits exceeds that of
the same period of last year.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1908-11-18

dollars to the income of the farm
ers, and partially reduce the drain
on the forests of the country, be.
sides furnishing an equally good
and a much cheaper paper than
can now be manufactured from
wood pulp.-Scientic American.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1908-11-18
Our Macadamized Road FiasCO.

Uul MQUQuQluikGu i1UGu ! IQOUVI
The magnificent macadamized
roads of Europe are the admira-
ton of all Americans who have
an opportunity to make use of
them. Scientifically constructed
and most diligently repaired and
maintained, they provide to-day,
as they have provided in many
cases for centuries, a smooth,
hard, and well-drained surface,
which never varies in its excel
lence from season to season, or
from year to year.
Here in the United States the
art of macadamized roadbuilding,
at least en- a scale of any magni-
tude, is of comparatively recent
date. Such roads as we have con-
structed have been built, as a
rule, under experienced engineers
and according to those principles
which have been thoroughly test.
ed in Europe. Generally, our
new roads, on their completion,
are of excellent quality. The
work is we'll dune that there is NJ
reason why, with proper mainten-
ance, they should not show the
same wearing qualities as similar
roads abroad.
As a matter of fact, III the ma
jority of the cases, our roads, after
a single seasons wear, begin to
show signs of going to pieces, and
frequently, after two or three
seasons wear, have lapsed into a
condition that is better that of a
common country dirt road, If
the top dressing has not disap-
peared entirely, it will be found
in the shape of a deep roadway;
the stripped surface will be worn
moro or deeply into ruts, or ham,
mered into hollows; and not in
frequently the underlying courses
of large broken stone and rock
will be clearly discernible.
Why do American macadam
roads go to pieces 50 swiftly.
while those in Europe maintain
their fine surface indefinitely?
The answer is to be found 10 the
fact that Europe they have a care
full system of road maintenance,
and in the United States we have
none, or practically none. Euro
pean roadbuilding and supervi-
sors, or whatever they may be
called, clearly understand that
there is mo engineering work
that depends more absolutely
for integrity for its integrity
and permanence upon careful
attention and upkeep than does a
macadamized highway They un-
derstand, moreover, that there is
no work of the kind ID which the
old adage, "a stitch in time saves
nine" Is more true than in this:
and consequently, their system of
road maintenance involves a con-
slant and careful inspection, and
the immediate rapair of any spot
in the road, however small, that
shows inclpient signs of breaking
down. Hence the work of keep
ing up the European roads is be-
ing done all the time; in many
places; and by a large army of in
dividual laborers. The solitary
road repairer. with his wheelbar-
row, pick and shovel, and little
pile of broken stone and top
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1908-11-18
Manufacturing Paper From CornstaIk.

WuuuIuVtuilH6 ! uFGI fiVM ovi"e'uih'
The chemists of the United
States Department Of Agriculture
have at last solved the problem
of how to turn the millions of
tons of co1nstalks wasted annual
ly. After years of experiment,
the department. now reports that
the vast quantity of material
heretofore considered valueless
and destroyed every year by the
farmers of the country be utilized,
thus saving much of the remain
ing wood reserve of the United
States, and bringing about the
manufacture of paper from an
annual crop.
The first practical samples of
this new paper we're manufacture
ed in Washington, and consist CT
five grades in five colors. One
grade, is dark gray, thick and
heavy, resembling parchment.
There is a lighter grade of the
same character, two shades of yell
low and one of white. The latter
- ,o~,foo+,r oJ froYo +bo borJ
outside part of the corr stalk, and
the former from the interior or
the pith. The yellow grades have
much longer fiber. and resemble
paper made from cotton rags or
linen, being to the touch and
pliable, and appearing to have
been made from material of en-
tirely different character from
that used in the gray product.
In the process of the expert
merits which resulted SO SUCCESS
fully, the "soda-cooked" method
was employed. This process
many manufactu rel of paper
have found to be the best treat
ment for the finer grades of wood
pulp paper. The constalk pulp
can be cooked in from two to two
and one-half hours, as against
twelve to fourteen hours needed
in treating wood. It is claimed
that ever at the present primitive
stage of experimentation, corn
stalk paper can be made almost
as cheaply as wood pulp paper,
though the latter industry has
been developing for the past halt
century. The belief is freely
expressed by the scientists who
have been conducting these ex-
periments, that when proper ma
chinery is brought out, and the
farmers grow corlstalk in locali-
ties where they can be moved
cheaply to the ill, the cost will
be fully fifty per cent less than
paper now manufactured from
wood. At the present period,
with wood at So a cord, it costs
$13 a to manufacture a ton of
wood-pulp. With cornstalks at
s. at ton, and adding the cost of
bringing the stalks from the nea
by farms to the laboratory of the
Department. of Agriculture at
Washington, pulp can be manu-
featured at $14 a ton. These
figures looked upon as prophetic
of the future, no new product eT er
having been produced in the past
at anything near the price reach
ed subsequently, with commercial
develorment.
No special growth Of corn Is re-
quired, as the experiments have
shown that any kind will answer
purpose of manufacture, The kind
up, however, was the common
Virginia and Maryland field corn,
but that grown anywhere will
do as we'll. The discovery is I'M
doubtedly one of the most 1mpor-
tant of its kind made in recent
years, as it will add millions of
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1908-11-18
HydauIic Rams are Cheapest
and Most Satisfactory.

Probably the cheapest and best
method of obtaining a constant
and abundant supply Of good
water for the household, stock,
yard, garden and fire purposes,
and at the same time that which
needs the least attention is the
hydraulic ram. You can have
your water delivered right to your
house from any nearby spring or
branch without no further atten-
tion after the installation of a
ram. The best r m on the mar
ket is sold and installed by 7. A.
P. RosEMAN, Route 8, Salisbury
N. G. Write for particulars.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-12-09
ADOPTS
CUSTOMS
.OF WHITE:
BROTHER

All OF the old tribal Gust ms among
the Indian tribes of Oklahoma are now
rapidly dying out before the encroach.
ments Of the white mans way, and
viii soon be matte- only for the
ethLo! gist and the historian. The
Picturesque marriage ceremonie.
vhicl gave one OF the strongest bits
Of color to the o.d-jime Indian cus.
toms are going with The rest Present
day Indian marriages in oklahoma are
largely otrippei of the picturesque and
rmGntic feriures which formerly ac
companied them but have not rs yet
attained to the different sort of splen
dor Which characterizes the nuptlals
OF their white nelg 1b1rs In conse
quence they are usually dun and pro
sale to the highest degree. periormc
probably by probate Judge rr JUS
9ce of the peace. but sometime en-.
nyened by a touch Of the older time
in the feast which is served by rela.
dives after the ceremony.
The putting on of the wlite mans
way did not come without a struggle
As far back as 1897 the territorial leg
islatnre + Oklahoma passed law re-
quiring Indians to take out licenses
and marry according to the white
mans laws Most OF them resisted
and would not admit that their old
tribal customs were insufficient. and
several prosecutions under the new
law were necessary to bring them in
to line
Wcts'd Not Comply.
One Of the notable cases of this gcrt
was where Ashley Hoag, an educated
Arapaho Indian and a prominent mem
Der of his tribe. took to himself 4
wife in tho person of Mabel Gun. also
an educated Arapah and refused 10
comply with the legal formalities re-
auired in such cases. II was only un.
der duress that he consented to sub
NIT to A legal marriage. which was per
formed with great ceremony by Judge
w. II. Bowdre in front of the old court
house at Wat nga, with typical from
Her audienco OF both whites and In
dians An interpreter translated the
proceedings into tho Arapa tongue
for the benefit or the Indian specta-
tors, including the father and mother
OF the groom, Rn were ranged on
either side Ct the principals
Among all of tho Indian tribes Of
Oklahoma the principal feature of the
marriage ceremony was the virtual
purchase OF the bride by tle groom
from her father. which was ften the
occasion OF large amount of dick
ering' In the course of which the
groom would grudgingly add one after
anotfpr IN Tho npaD arfiplna which
constituted the purchase price until
the father would grunt his satisfaction
with the amount offered. One white
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-12-09
IDEA Of
NEW STATE:


An interesting feature of the annual
report OF c. L. Daugherty. state com.
missioner of labor. is that giving q
partial amount of supplies AMI pro-
ducts shipped from points in Oklaho-
ma during 1907. and while the infor-
nation is only approximately half
complete, a. Is presented as giving
fair idea of the vast resources OF the
new state. The information was oh.
tained from the railroads an1 express
companies, none of them. however, be-
ing complete. The grand total OF val
ue OF the materials returned to the de.
partment Is SS5.S51. .2SS.90. divided as
follows: Poultry $2,429.944 SS. live
stock Sl0.2S9, ,0g0, mill products S4.
255,4S212, forest products 1898 063,
cider and vinegar $1,000 farm prod
ucts s6,229,956.2O. cotton products
s52,1S5,SG1.3S, packing house products
$l09, ,52S.67, vegetables s193 1881,
frSits of all kinds 1913. 1880. miscel.
laneous products sS.479,S16A5.
1ae reports snow there were near.
ly 12000,000 pounis OF I've aud dress
el poultry shipped during the year.
and there were over 100000 dozen
eggs. There We're 152S,430 pounds
of butter, 229 400 gallons Of milk and
cream and 35,515 pounds OF cheese
that went to other states or TO points
within the safe The value of he cat
tie haniled. the report says, was ST.,
059 $50, and there were hogs valued at
S2,T23,760 frcm the districts heard
from
IN flour there were shipped i7S,274.
800 pounds, valued at over s3,000,000.
Hc~ wood comes IN for 1900. 900 feet
soft lumber for 1,4S0,0O0 feet, walnut
rJRs l.4UU.u0U feet. renee and mine
posts 1,23S,S00, and 5,24Q barrels OF
tar. the latter representing value "a
s2O,960.
The wine presses produced 10000
gallons OF cider and 10G,970 gallons
OF vinegar, According to shipments
made. There were shipped 7,159,G0O
Dusnels OF corn. 3.997 ,668 bushels of
wheat 423, 100 bushels OF oats, 43,7SO
tons Of hay 10000 pounds of clover,
600 900 pounds of millet seed 10000
pounds of cane seed, 1870 tons OF
broom corn and G5,500 pounds OF to-
baceo. tho latte. valued at 1880.
There iSare shipped cotton In bales
Cal .SSS2. 25l pounds. valued at $5l,
350, ,6SO.0S: cotton seed it0.720, $50
pounds, 1850 900 pounds OF seed cot
ton ~ 100000 pounds OF cotton seed
meal aLd 1lS.SSS gallons OF cotton
seed oil.
There were shipped f.270,ii7 pounds
Of garden truck. 997 800 molons, LAS.
9997 pounds OF canned goods 1850 600
ons OF coal. valued at 81 7S9e,000;
$23,3S0 worth of brick, $51.42S25 In
molassas, 33.49i .S45 pounis of lee. 3d.,
100000 pounds OF cement. $l0.022
worta OF honey. Sl23S.00 worth of
nuts and 100000 bushels of apples.
Agreeing with the report that this
is approximately half Of the products
ami supplies shipped during the year
the true value OF the shipments wOuli
be $l7l ,702. .177S0.