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Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1908-05-01
POPULATION OF
CITY is lI,272
Nearest Guess Gets Daily
TimeS-ReCOrder.
Official census figures for Ameri.
cus-1I,272.

Census Enumerator w. P. Persons
concluded his count yesterday and
gave the figures to the Times-Record-
er.
Guesses made in the Times Record
er contest will be opened and counted
today and tomorrow, the winner be-
ing announced in Sundays Times-Re-
corder The one guessing nearest to
the figures given will be entitled to
the daily Times-RecOrder for one
year.
Mr.. w. p Persons, the census TAX
er, has done his work in a most care
full and painstaking manner, and his
count can be thoroughly relied upon.
Families moving from one ward to an
other were kept tab on, so that there
have been no duplicates. If any
error is made it will be in failing to
count few "fOaters."
The city directory will not be pub
lished until the later part of June,
and in the meantime Mr. Persons will
count the newcomers. 1t is practi-
cally certain that another 500 will be
added in this manner.
The new canning factory will bring
half that number, while the increase
in the number of men employed on the
street railway enterprise and other
industries will more than make good
the estimated number While some OF
these may be only transient the
steady influx of citizens from this and
other counties will hold up the total
While the figures are a little below
| the estimates of the more sanguine
their size is generally up to expecta-
tiOns. The census figures in 1900
were 1874, an increase of nearly so
per cent being made in seven years.
These figures-11, ,272-will be used
in the July issue Of the commercial
| directories, giving Americus her
rightful standing in size. Other cities
with more recent counts have been
able to make a better showing in
| these books but such will not be the
| case for the future.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1908-05-01
His Career as a Citizen.

In August 1866 Mr. Wheatley mar
ried Miss Julia Kendrick, only daugh-
ter of Judge J. A. Kendrick, the mar
riage occurring in Poultney, N. Y.
where the young lady was visiting
relatives. Their married life was al
ideally happy one.
Associated with his father-in-law
a man of wealth, Mr.. WheatIey was
for long number of years engaged
in the mercantile business here under
the firm name of Kendrick & Wheat
ley. In later years he and Mr.. G. l.
Ansley were associated together
His business career, throughout
was a most successful one.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1908-05-01
Aided in Building City.

During his long residence in Am
ericus he was identified with every en-
terprise, and gave largely of his
means in promoting the city's com
mercial, educational and religious in
terests. He was a consistent mem
Der of the Baptist church.
A man Of broad mind; liberal, gen
erous to fault; genial and approach
able always, he made and retained
warm friendships. Since the death OF
his beloved wife in 1892 he has resid.
ed quietly in his beautiful home
awaiting the call to join her.
A princely man has fallen, anC
Americus' deplores her loss.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1908-05-01

When but a Id of fifteen years
Israel Thornton Wheatley left his
boyhoOd home in the little town of
Northumberland, Penn, and came
South to seek his fortune. His desti-
nation was Americus, then but a viii
lage remote from railroads.
Most of the long journey here was
made by stagecoach.
His purpose was to join here his
elder brother, Mr.. John w. Wheat
ley, who with their cousin, Kent Nc
Kay, conducted the village drugstore
where the water tower now stands.
1t was in a little wooden building, a
portion of the old structure still
standing.
Here young Thornton Wheatley be-
gan his business career as clerk; a
career which eventually made him
one of the leading business men of
this city and of the state. While thus
employed he occupied rooms in the
old building now standing at the
corner.
At that time the now battered old
building was one of the very few
houses in the village, and preten-
tiOus one, as old residents remember.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1908-05-01
HUMORIST AT
ARMORY TONIGHT
Prof. Lane to Help AgriC.
College.

Prof. Chas Lane, the humorist, will
deliver a lecture at the Guards Ar
mory tonight under the auspices of
!. the Agricultural College. The lecture
is for the benefit of the chemical lab
oratory of the school. Quite num-
ber of tickets were sold yesterday by
personal canvass. All who attend are
promised a good time and will also
contribute towards the department of
the College which is in perhaps the
greatest need. Lacking a laboratory,
the school is much hampered in it's
scientific experiments on the soiI
Press notices of Prof Lane are
most favorable. The Atlanta Journal
says: THE man that Prof. Lane
don't make laugh may as we'll buy a
cemetery lot. He is a dead-shot on
blues and torpid liver. Hear him and
you will get new lease on life"
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1908-05-01
ALL PROTECTION
is GONE TODAY
Mayor Proclamation in
Favor of Tag Day.

Mayor Hawkins will today issue a
proclamation turning over the keys
of the city for tomorrow to the ladies
who have Tag Day" in charge. Hence
it will be lawful to "hol dup" any and
every citizen on the street or in Of
flee building who looks prosperous
enough to have coin concealed about
his person.
From the wording of the proclama-
ton it would seem that even pocket
picking will be in order, for the priv
ilege given extends to people and
purse"
Hence it will be useless to appeal
to a policeman for help when money
is demanded. The bluecoat will look
the other way, or pass by on the
other side,
The following is the proclamation to
be issued today:
ITO Ye Good People of Ye City of
Americus:
Know ye, That the most noble and
SOOuly INSTITUTION, 1e City EOSplJal,
is in need of a likely sum of money,
and
That, The gentle ladies hereabouts
on ye coming Saturday, same being the
second day of ye month of May, will
celebrate, to the great benefit of
said institution, one Tag Day"
''Now Therefore, Remembering all
We your manifold blessings and bene-
fits, with generosity and gladness, give
sympathy and aid, and
Know Ye, That for the Saturday
aforesaid, the custody of the keys
and the freedom of ye City is given
over unto ye womenfolks, to assume
and exercise, over streets and side
walks, parks, people and purses,
without restraint, such might, privi-
lege or right, as they may, can and
will.
This proclamation made and dat
ed, signed, sealed and delivered, this
the first day of ye month of May,
of ye day of ye week Friday
E. A. HAWKINS, Mayor"
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1908-05-01
Glass No. 8.

C. A. Ames, F. B. Arthur, A. w
Allison, d. R. Andrews.
G. w. Bacot, R. S. Broadhurst, L
]. Blalock, Edward Bell, DR.. P. F
Bahnsen.
c. R. Cristy, DR.. E. K. Crockett
G. M. Council, John A. Cobb, Zacl
Childers, DR.. J. w. Chambliss, J. M
Collum
J. A. Davenport, ]. c. Dixon, w
A Dodson, c. P. Davis H. C. Davis
w w Dykes.
H. P Everett, G. R. Ellis, NJ. N
Edwards, w. Il English, G. M. Ed
ridge.
7, NJ. Furlow, Hollis Fort, j. A
Fort
Georgia Cotton Co.,
o. M. Hansford, Thomas Harold
G. c. Hail. L. NJ. Hansford, E. A Haw
kins, Frank A Hooper, Allen Hill
J. A. Hixon, T.. B. Hooks.
OFT G. Johnson, K. w. Jones.
Frank Lamar, Z. A Littlejohn, r
E. Lee, B. H. Legg, w. T. Lane, L
D. Lockhart, J, NJ. 1emley.
Ben MlZe, }. b. Mathis, +. +. Nit
chell, S. H. Mckee, E. T. Mathis, A
G. Miller, Harry Morgan, DR.. d. 3
Mayes, Thomas M. Mitchell, H. 3
Mashburn.
E. A. Nisbet.
F. G. Oliver, Nose Oliver.
DR.. w. S. Prather, Henry PARA
more, J. Roscoe Parker, c. P Payne
c. W. Raymond, Joseph Roney.
|. B. Small, Howell Simmons, r
A. Shy
H. P. Trimble, J. T. Taylor.
]. VIM Walker, c. R. Winchester
James r. Williams, G. L. Williams
w. P. Wallis, w. E. Wood, P E
Williford, w. B. Worthy.
Total TO-
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1908-05-01

People who try to use their friends
wear them out.-N. Y. Press.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1908-05-01
Will Keep on Working Until Three Hundred Can be
Secured.
RECENT list OF MEMBERS IN THREE CLASSES
IT IS THE DUTY OF EVERY CITIZEN TO ASSIST THE WORK OF
BUILDING UP AMERICLS = COSTS BUT LITTLE. WHILE
THE BENEFITS ARE GREAT
Glass No. 3.

Americus Printing Co., Americus
Undertaking Co
Borum & Pruitt, Thomas L. Bell
w. d. Bailey, John T. Bragg, Neor
Buchanan, G. NJ Bragg, H. J. Bag
ley, w o. Barnett
c. A. Chambliss, L. G. Council, w
c. Carter, J. P Cato, Clark's Monu.
mental Works, Aaron Cohen.
Glen Dodson, S. A. Daniels, Dan.
iels Shoe Store, w. H. C. Dudley
Jr, Duncan Mercantile Co., w. w
Dews,
Estes & Yearwood, Eldridge Drug
Co.
James Fricker & Bro.
Gatewood Grocery.
c. c. Hawkins, M. S. Holiday, J
W. Harris, Harold Bros, John R
Hudson, B. c. Hodges, w. J. Josey
w A Joyner
j. F. Kelly & Sons,
U. S. Lockett & Sons,
Mclaughlin & Co.,
Geo. Oliver.
Perry & Brown, E. c. Parker, J
H. Poole & Sons, Pinkston Co., D
Pearlman.
Rylander Shoe Co.
P. H. Sanford, w. H. Sawyer &
Sons, Sparks Grocery Co., A w
Smith Furniture Co., Southern Bel
Telephone Co., Southern Printers.
Turpin Bros, The Recorder
E. B. Wooten, w. P Warlick, Geo. D
Wheatley
Total 55.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1908-05-01
Served in Southern Army.

Though Of Northern birth and rear
ing young Thornton Wheatley had
cast his lot with the people among
whom he had come to reside, and
when the tocsin of war called the
sons of the South to arms in her de-
fense, he responded with the first.
AS a private of the gallant Sumter
Light Guards, in the famous d. H
Hills Division, he followed the glori-
Gus Stars and Bars from Fort Sum-
ter's first gun to Appomattox
He was in the seven days battle
around Richmond, fighting as a pri-
vate, as in other battles of the Civil
War. After the bloody battle of NAL
vern Hill, where the South lost so
heavily, Private Wheatley was sent to
the quartermaster's department.
When the war ended he went to
his old Northern home upon a visit,
where his friends, so incensed at him
for fighting in the Southern army, al
most mobbed him.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1908-05-01
For Sale or Exchange

Our shoe business, for a desirable
farm or city property. Manager
wants to engage in other business.
DANIELS SHOE STORE.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1908-05-01
SUMMARY

This was the revised membership
of the Americus Board of Trade up to
yesterday. 1t is just about one fifth
of the membership of the Business
Mems League of Albany. Americus
must and will do better. There is
no doubt of this. Within the next
thirty days there should be at least
300 members.
The total income from the present
membership would be $500 a year.
This is by no means adequate for
the work that is before the Board of
Trade as publicity medium for Am
ericus and Sumter county. Nothing
less than $4,000 to $4,000 will suf-
fee for the first years campaign. At
ter the first year the work that has
been done will probably be Os con-
vincing that the future will take care
of itself.
The comittee on membership will
continue it's work until the names
enrolled reach at least 800 The
committee on headquarters will prob
ably have a permanent home for the
organization by the time the next
meeting, on Tuesday, May II, and it
is probable that the committee on
exhibits will also then be in position
to announce considerable progress in
the important work entrusted to it.
The feeling among those busily en-
gagged in pushing the Board of Trade
and that means pushing Americas
is that the time is now ripe to go
forward. This was shown at the
meeting Wednesday night when it
was decided to empower the special
committee to secure a home for the
Board. The sentiment was that no
time was to be lost but from now on a
determined progressive policy must
rule the Board of Trade in all of
it's business.
Below We give the revised list of
members up to yesterday. If your
name is not enrolled it should be. 1t
is undoubtedly the duty of every
citizen to do his share toward push
ing Americus on to greater things.
You can easily afford 10 cents a week
to assist in building up the city where
you live:
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1908-05-01

Talk with your doctor about Ayers nom
alcoholic Sarsaparilla. Ask him if he pre-
scribes it for pale, delicate children. Ask
him il he recommends it when the blood
is shin and impure, and when the nerves are
weak and unsteady. Ask him if it aids nature
in buidingupthe general health. &c; =. Aver Co.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1908-05-01
Very Sudden the Summons.

Two days ago he became slightly
indispOsed, but loved ones about him
little dreamed that it was the last
attack and would take him from
them.
So gently did his life ebb yesterday
that he was thought to be sleeping.
He slept indeed; the ftful, restful,
peaceful sleep.
The end came at $40 o'clock in
the afternoon
AS yet the funeral arrangements
have not been completed, and will not
be until his eldest son, Walter K.
Wheatley, arrives from New York.
His other son, John c. Wheatley, was
in Atlanta at the time, arriving this
morning.
His two daughters, Miss Alice
Wheatley and Mrs. Charlesworth
Hunter, are at the family home.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1908-05-01
Class No. /.

Americus Grocery Co.,
Charles L. Ansley,
Americus Construction Co.,
Lee Allen.
Bank, of Commerce,
Farmers Cotton Oil Co.,
Glover Grocery, Co.,
G. S. Gardner,
w. A Mcdonald,
Planters Bank.
John w. SILVER,
Tennessee Chemical Co.,
Virginia-Carolina Chemical Co.
Total 13.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-11-01

Quoting as a business what many other
women nave long made a makeshift of is
shown by the success met by a certain
wdgon drivers widow who is visiting every
young bachelor business man she hears Of
with the offer to wash, iron, and sew on
buttons on all his clothing for the sum Of
81 a week.
From the day, relates the New York
Times, she gets a mans business she
washes his soiled clothes so Immediately,
knits up the rents so neatly, sews on the
buttons so firmly, and brings each weeks
consignment back so promptly that her
many customers now look on their SLOW
emily public laundry days as a nightmare.
The woman began soon after her hus-
bands death with only one customer, and
struggled on for a long time with only a
few. Then she got the entire into one OF
the big Young Mems Christian association
buildings, and by doing perfect work came
out victorious in a competition with the
as agent for an unusually vicious laundry
in the neighborhood.
Now the widows son is busy all day
making collections and deliveries, her
neighbours eldest daughter is employed as
her assistant, the family's income is about
twice as large as when the womah's hus-
band was alive, and the woman herself
devotes her energies to getting new busi-
ness in other Young Mems Christian asso-
Citations and bachelor apartments and
boarding houses.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-11-01

while on the middle front Just inside the
lace frill was posed a garland of tiny
pink roses and foliage. This same model
we have seen in rose pink taffeta and in
a delicate lilac taffeta.
A hood of this tpye should surely not be
a difficult problem for clever brains and
fingers, and for that matter a majority
of the models are not particularly compli-
Gated in construction. requiring taste and
ingenuity rather than expert workmanship.
A wide puff Of cream net bordered o n
each side by a line of tiny roses or rose
buds and a single or double frill Of lace
make a good finish for one OF the volum-
nous hoods of taffeta or liberty. Some
times the frills are Of silk mousseline or
chiffon rather than Of lace. and perhaps
the OUTER fril matches the hood In color
while the frill next the hair and face Is
white.
Narrow black lace and knots OF black
velvet trim one hood of straw colored silk,
and velvet loops and bows finish the front
Of another silk model which has only a
Omaha daily bee., 1908-11-01
woman builds Houae.

Working far into the night, side by side
with three Italian laborers, Mrs. Charles
Rice, well known in social circles in We
roma, near Montclair, N. j., has finished
building a handsome four-story concrete
residence, into which she has just moved
with her invalid husband and three chill
dren. AS a self-taught mason Mrs. Rice
not only supervised the work, but did
much OF it with her own hands, and ahe
declares, besides, that she has discovered
two new methods Of concrete building
which she hopes will ultimately add to her
fortune. Mrs. Rice began the construction
Of the building last March, and her friends
were astonished when they saw her, clad
in a nondescript costume OF her own de-
sign, atop Of a ladder, handling huge blocks
OF concrete or mixing mortar. She not
only did work Of that kind, but she built
the molds into which the substance was
poured, and, on the whole, labored as hard
and Is her coworkers.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-11-01
MOTOR BONNETS
AND EVENING
HOODS.

and have trimming Of ribbon and wells, for
these are designed for purposes more
practical than those fulfilled by the dainty
evening hood.
They are less ~intrinsically charming and
becoming than the latter. too, yet they
have their old-time charm and they are
things much lighter and more comfortable
than their prototypes OF our grandmothers'
days. The genuine calash, corded, run
with reeds or wires and slipping over a
small hat or directly over the c~oiffure.
was experimental with last year and APP
pears again, but does not play an impor-
tant part in the hood or bonnet scheme.
Two wells, one falling In front and one
behind, are adjusted to most of the poke
and coal scuttle motor bonnets. and the
neutral and medium tints are usually
chosen, the fashionable smoke and taupe
grays being especially popular. Other
small. close fitting bonnets have wells
drsped round them and falling at the back
in two long scarfs which may be adjusted
and manipulated as the wearer chooses.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-11-01

back around IT, border TO show the soft
corded lining Of delicate rose pink.
Yes, they have an old world French
flavor. these evening hoods. Let us hope
they will not prove demoralizing to our
latter day maids and matrons; but It would
be difficult not to take on a touch OF
frivolity with one Of the airy trifles.
Taffeta is used more often than any
other material for the making of the mod
ish evening hood, very soft taffeta of
course. without crispness, though with a
certain body which the big hood needs.
Liberty satin, too. is used for lovely models.
and occasionally one sees a model of
transparent moussehne or net or lace over
a silken foundation.
SILK yelling, too, is a hood material. and
one Of the prettiest models sketched for
this page was in wolfe de sole ciel. with a
little putting bordered by cords Of cell
taffeta and a frill Of lace framing the face.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-11-01
HOW | MADE
My HAIR GROW
Woman with MarvelOusIy beautiful
Hair Gives Simple Home Prescrip-
tiOn which She Used with Most
Remarkable Results.

I was greatly troubled with dandruff ana
falling hair. ] tried many advertised hair
preparations and various prescriptions, but
they all signally failed; many Of them
made my hair greasy 30 y was impossible
to comb It or do It up properly. I think
that many of the things 1 tried were posi-
lively injurious and from my own exper-
fence / cannot too strongly caution you
against uCing preparations containing wood
alcohol and other poisonous substances, /
believe they injure the roots Of the hair.
After my long list Of failures ! finally
found a simple prescription which / used
with most remarkable results Inc I can
unhesitatingly state that 1t is beyond doubt
the most wonderful thing for tho hair I
have ever seen, Many of my friends have
also used u and obtained wonderful effects
therefrom. 1t not only lie . powerful stim-
ulant to the growth of the hair and for re-
storing gray hair to it's natural color, but II
Is equally good for removing dandruff, Civ.
ing the hair life and brilliancy, etc.. n
for the purpose OF keeping the scalp in
first-class condition. 1t also makes
the lair much easier to comb and arrange
in nice form. 1 have q friend who used It
two months and during that time It not
only stopped the falling of his hair and
wonderfully increased its growth, but II
practically restored all Of his gray hair to
it's natural color. You can obtain the in
gradients for making this wonderful prep
aration from almost any druggist. Ths
prescription is as follows;
Bay rum, 6 OIL Menthol crystal, one
half drachm; Lavona de Compose, 2 OF.
To-Kalon perfume, 1 to 2 teaspoonfuls.
Apply night and morning: rub thor
oughly into the scalp.
Go to your druggist and ask for the
sight-ounce bottle containing six ounces OF
Bay Run also one-hRf drachm of MenthoI
crystal, and for a two-ounce bottle Of La.
vona de Compose. Mix the ingredients
yourself at your own home. Add the Men.
thol crystal to the Bay Rum and then pour
To-Kalon perfume. Let II stand for one.
} half hour and It n ready to use
Omaha daily bee., 1908-11-01

Lady Laurier, wife Of the premier of
Canada is greatly interested in the future
of the country and the part women play
In It. She says of them;
From the earliest time, the influence Of
women has been potent in Canadian affairs,
and few topics offer more profitable study
than TO trace this trend Of affairs. But the
study of women differs materially from the
usual course, for the Canadian women up
to the present, at least, are not so oocu-
pied with the careers. as the term goes in
other parts Of the world. For instance,
though women are freely admitted to the
colleges and professional courses. but one
woman figures on the list of practicing at
torneys. There are few practicing medi-
cine, 'and the custom which prevailed
among some denominations in the United
States of calling women to the pulpit has
never been followed in Canada. The civil
service is open to women and many hold
subordinate positions.
The great teaching force in the element
airy schools, at least, is composed of good,
faithful women who are the pride and the
dependence Of their country. Recently
women have been gaining recognition in
the higher walks OF learning, and are filling
posts In the high schools as aoceptably as
they have In the lower grades. There is at
least one woman lecturer In MeGm uni
versity in Montreal. and many in the Royal
Victoria college for women. In the medical
college for women, and in the conservatory
and art schools.
Canada Is especially proud Of the farm
ers. Last year over 1900 ~women-large
number OF resource women-made a sue
cess Of farming, and among these there
were mapy examples of young girls still
at school making a fair living from apple
orehards-many doing all the work, even
the picking and packing Of the fruit with
their own hands. There are all kinds o.
movements for the betterment OF women
for their uplifting in the poorer districts
and to bring all that the modern distress
Omaha daily bee., 1908-11-01

nary for oriental languages in Berlin ShI
obtained a diploma with honorable men>
ton for her knowledge OF oriental Ian
guages A short time before she was per<
mitted to pass the examination in Russian
language and literature and was pro-
nounced one OF the most thorough scholars.
She will probably obtain a lectureship Ia
one of the universities.
Two sisters, Harriet S. and Pauline F.
Devereux, upon the completion Of their
course at Mount Holyoke college, in the
class of 1900, established the DevereuS
company as a oopartnership and started
in the coal and wood trade at Castine, Nc.
As a result OF their energy and attention
to business two years later they were able
to establish a branch at Bucksport. Dur
ing the last year they have more than
doubled the capacity of both yards.