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Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1909-12-10
meetings. OFF Until
AFItR HOLIDAYS
State Then Resumes Fight
on Black Root.

Editor Times-Recorder;
On account of urgent work in Of
ices of Department of Agriculture
and Department of Entomology, Mr.
Hudson and | have decided that 1t will
be best to postpone our meetings for
Americus. Preston, Lumpkin, Rich
land, Cusseta, Buena VISTA Ellaville,
Oglethorpe, Butler and Knoxville un-
til after the holidays.
We wish to thank you for the inter
est you have taken in these meetings,
and for assistance rendered in adyer-
tising same for us. AS soon as these
dates can be definitely arranged |
will notify you in order that you may
advertise same for us again.
1t is very gratifying to note the in
terest that has been manifested in
these meetings over the state. We
want to urge the cotton growers in
your section TO attend the meeting at
Americus when it is held, The work
we are doing for the eradication of
black root will mean millions of dol
lars saved to Georgia, if the farmers
will take advantage of it and give us
their cooperation. Respectfully,
E. L. WORSHAM,
State Entomologist.
Atlanta, Ga, December 5. 1909
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1909-12-10
Dissolution Of
PinkstOn Co.

PinkstOn Co. will dissolve the part
nership existing between j. A. PlnkstOn
and s. E. WarIick Immediately alter IN
VentOry early I'm January.
S. z. WarIFCk will retire from the firm
as a member, J. A. PinkstOn continuing
the business.
We will have to reduce the stock TO a
minimum in order to adjust Oui affairs,
therefore this greatest of all opportunities
is before you at the very time of season
that you need it.
We have about 100000 stock to sell
from, and propose to
Force the Sale With PRICES.
See our Circular distributed by hand
and through the mails, then see us.
Sale Begins Mon, Dec. 6.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1909-12-10
$4,000 Is PRICE PAID
FOR FARM IN SUMTER.
'RyIander Farm Bought BY
Company.

Fifty thousand dollars was the higl
| record price paid yesterday for
Sumter county plantation, the great
est amount ever paid for one body o.
| farming land here. The farm sold
vase the splendid Rylander place Of
about 2,50e acres in the Fifteenth dis
trict, near Cobb station.
The purchaser was Mr. D. "
Ebaugh of South Carolina, who. with
few associates now, own this mag
nificent plantation
The sale had been pending for sew
-eral days, Mr.. Ebaugh having pre-
viousiy gone over the farm and in
spected it carefully as an object of
investment. Yesterday the legal trans
fer of title was effected
Mr.. Ebaugh, as stated, represents,
with himself, two or three wealthy
planters in his section of the Pal
metto state, who propose to make
the old cotton plantation blossom as
a rose. They will develop it highly,
and propose establishing an oil mill
there at an early date.
Many Improvements about the place
are contemplated, and diversified
farming will doubtless be inaugu-
rated there,
Mr., Ebaugh expresses himself as
we'll pleased with his purchase. He,
like many South Carolinians, are
making substantial realty investments
in Sumter county. and will leave that
section in time to locate in the more
favorable and productive country
about Americus.
This $4,000 sale here was effected
through Mr.. G. H. Waddell, real es-
tate agent. and South Carolinian,
who is inducing many substantial
farmers of that state to come to Sum
ter county and make investments.
Mr.. Waddell has personally invested
more than $4,000 here this year in
farming property, and believes strong
ly in the splendid future of this sec
tion agriculturally. The fine lands,
superb climate and magnificent coun-
try roads, he says, are strong factors
in Sumter's favor.
Mr.. Waddel left yesterday for
South Carolina to put into effect
plan he has for bringing other pros
porous settlers to Sumter
AS an evidence of the rapid en-
hancement in farm land values near
Americus, it may be stated that the
farm sold yesterday by Mr.. Arthur
Rylander for $4,000 was purchased
by him a half dozen years ago as an
Investment, and at a price considera-
bly, under 100000.
1t is a splendid farm, the Seaboard
Railway running through it, and was
formerly one of the several Cobb
plantations
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1909-12-10
CONTEST IN BAKING.
OCCASION OF INTEREST
Twenty Five Entries and
FOUrPrizeS Awarded.

Like a sunburst of pearls in a set
ting Of even more surprising beauty
was the scene presented yesterday af-
ternoon at the store of the Pinkston
Co. in the display of twenty-five beau
tiful cakes of snowy whiteness, sur
rounded by a hundred charming wo-
men interested in the award of the
prizes.
The occasion was under direction
of the N. K. Fairbanks CO., manufac-
turers of Cottolene. which offered
raw substantial prizes for the four
finest ScS3skkes- cooked with this article
Mr. Thompson of Atlanta, represent
ing the company, had general super
vision over the contest.
Upon long table on &the second
floor the beautiful cakes,s twenty-five
in number were displayed and greatly
admired by the throng of ladies in at
tendance. A committee of three la
dies. who know more about cakes
than they do about AZ passed upon
the splendid display and awarded the
prizes.
The first prize was awarded to Mrs.
E. L. Bell
The second prize was awarded 10
Mrs. G. H. Rittenberry,
The third prize was awarded TO
Mrs. R. L. McMath.
The fourth prize was awarded to
Mrs, p, R. McNeill.
The committee of judges consisted
of Mrs Emmett l.. Murray, Mrs. ]. f.
| Mathis and Mrs. Arthur Rylander
| Each cake bore number, and the
award of prizes was made by numbers
| the judges not knowing the contest
ants. Later, the prize cakes were cut
up and served to the many spectators
| The contest aroused friendly rival
ry among many of Americus' excel
| lent housekeepers, and all were fully
satisfied with the award. The recipe
for making the ''first prize" cake will
be published tomorrow, Mrs. Bell, a
the request of many of the ladies
having kindly agreed to thus furnish
it.
| 1t deserves handsome frame an(
place of honor in every household ir
| Americus,
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1909-12-10
DEATH OF MRS. CHRISTIAN
FOLLOWS LONG ILLNESS.

Mrs. r. T. Christian passed away
last night at her residence on Brown
street, the end following an illness
of some length. The announcement Of
the death of this most estimable lady
will cause deep sorrow among her
large number of friends here. The
death of her husband a few months
since was blow which, no doubt,
hastened the sad end in her case rs
we'll. She was we'll advanced in years
and is survived by her two sons,
Messrs. Robert and Henry Christian.
and three daughters. The funeral
will be conducted at o'clock this af-
ternoon from the residence by the
Rev Bascom Anthony.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1909-12-10
LADIES OPERA CLOAKS
CUT DOWN TO $3.50.
Original Prices We're $500 to $1,000
Each.

Probably the most remarkable offer
ever made in Americus is that of the
Duncan Mercantile Company.
A dozen handsome ladies evening
coats, swell wraps for the opera or
any evening occasion, the customary
prices which are s25 to $40. are TO
be sold at the one price-$7.50.
If you doubt this, call and examine
the cloaks. Twelve ladies will secure
the twelve greatest bargains ever Of
fered in Americas.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1909-12-10

ter county will have the fifteen good
roads the grand jury refers to built,
reaching every part of the county,
and vastly improving the conditions
under which all of our farmers will
travel or haul their farm outputs.
Then the work of improving the minor
avenues can be taken up.
The Interests of All the People.
1T is unquestionably to the best
interests of the county as whole
that this system of road improvement
be adhered to. 1t is the only sensible
way to use our convicts and our mon
ey BY this we get practical and per-
manent results. OF course the other
roads will not be ignored, but kept
in fair condition until the time comes
when they can all be put on a higher
physical basis. In the road improve
ments my idea is to take the roads
according to their relative import
ance, according to the number of cit
liens they serve, and to select them
so that new sections will be developed
with the Improvement of each high
way There is no favoritism in such
policy and the board will not allow
anything but the interests of the peo-
| pie as whole to govern them in their
| future operations along this line"
4
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1909-12-10

Buy your 0VercOats and raincOats
mems and boys, at Ansley's.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1909-12-10
SENATOR MONEY LEADS
THE MINORITY IN SENATE
lsnecial to rimes-Recorder.

Especial to -Recorder.)
Washington, Dee. 9-Senator Money
was unanimously elected minority
leader of the senate at a caucus Of
Democrats this afternoon. Senator
Bacon this morning declined to allow
his name to be presented to caucus.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1909-12-10
Considered Complaints.

The grand jury took under consid-
Grafton the complaints that were made
and in referring to them took occa-
sion to commend most highly the
of using~xmer1osse ss a central point
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1909-12-10
ONE MILLION DOLLAR FIRE
IN KALAMAZOO, MICH.

Kalamazoo, Mich, Dec. 9.-One life
probably was lost, many fremen over
come by smoke and 300 hotel guests
were driven, scantily clad, into the icy
streets, and property valued at ap-
proximately s1,O00,OO0 was destroyed
by a fire which started here at 10
o'clock last night, and was only extin-
guished after an all-night struggle.
Engraving free at Bell's, the Jeweler
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1909-12-10
THE COLDEST SPOT IN
THE UNITED STATES.
Especial to Times-Recorder.

st. Paul, Mimi, Dec 9.-The cold
est spot in the United States today
was Devils Lake, N. D., where the
mercury registered % degrees below
zero, according to the weather Office
reports.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1909-12-10
ZELAYAS RESIGNATION
NOT DEMANDED BY q. S.
Special to Times-Recorder.l }

I0ptCIdI 10 IIII6o-h0OUI U0IJ
Washington, Dec. AT the state
department this morning it was Off
cially denied that the United States
has demanded the resignation of Pres
ident Zelaya of Nicaragua.
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1909-12-23
l.onn. Weary pay.

In shortening the hours Of labor no
cue tries TO shorten the hours for
somen 10 the household.
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1909-12-23
THE COMMERCIAL CLUB.
CONTINUED from Page 50

Continued from Page 50
trustees to place the question of
bonds being voted for the purpose
of raising revenue 10 construct sew
erage, particularly before scourge
comes over the town.
Our club joined the Southern Ida
no League Clubs last spring. which
puts us in close touch with every
town that is member. and what
they are doing We are receiving
great deal of advertising from this
source, and we hope at at early date to
be in a position to spread our litera
ture broadcast and bring in desirable
new settlers. We have held back
from doing this until such time
as the many suits now pending in
our district court were settled and
get the canals and reservoirs owner
ship disposed Of
have no reason to feel otherwise
than happy over the future.
In conversation with the officials
of the Southern Idaho Reclamation
Company few days ago, their flu
ture plan Of work for Mountain
Home and vicinity was carefully out
lined to me, showing the maps filed
with the State Engineer. dedicating
several thousand second feet of wa
ter from the South Boise river to be
brought here to irrigate the lands
adjacent to the town-and this is
not in connection with the Sunny
side Carey Act project, granted to
the same company last month.
What Mountain Home needs is
water-not mass meetings with no
practical results. The sooner our
citizens pull together and encourage
the company that can deliver water
to our lands the better results for
all will be had Now is our time
Let every member of the Commercial
Club act as a committee of one and
J talk up united action, and we shall
? soon see the day of our dreams il
/ the many past years be realized anC
, make Mountain Home the larges
} town on the Oregon Short Line rail
road Those future valuable con
r siderations can only be obtaine,
: through the united efforts of GU
Commercial Club.
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1909-12-23

Miss Belle Chamberlain, state SUI
perintendent of public instruction. in
paper read before the newly formed
state geographical society at Boise.
Idaho throws new light on the
origin of Idaho" She says:
There is considerable conjuncture
as to the origin Of the name Idaho
1t is an Indian word meaning sun
rise We learn that Indian children
among all tribes west Of the Rocky
mountains use the term to signify the
place where the sun comes from, and
this place is held by them with some
thing of a feeling Of reverence. They
did not spell it as we do, but, E-dah-
hoe. with the accent on the second
syllable. The E-dah-hoe was sort
of mecca in the skies. to which every
Indian lifted his face involuntarily
on arising from his rest While this
act may not have been any special
religious significance, it certainly
savored of the mystic. The warpath,
the hunt. the journey, the daily pur-
suits Of the Indian. We're his only
cares and the first thing he thought
Of was E-dah-hoe, the rising sun. was
the day to open favorably for him.
Every Indian had his Mount --dah'-
hoe his hope for success during the
iday"
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1909-12-23

Standard Opera House IL is new
bright, spacious and a good place to
Worship But the financial condition.
of the church is improving rapidly
and it is very probable that the
church viii very soon begin large
and handsome church building upon
the beautiful site which it has all
ready secured The great church at
large stands back of This local or
ganzation of Mountain Home. It is
ready to help build and establish
a church home for its members in
this town. as il has ina most all the
towns of this fair state of ours.
The Methodist Episcopal Church
leads all others i'm the state, having
membership Of 5S37 in the South
ern Idaho Conference alone and
total membership of 3.112.44S,
which is l.05S,147 more members
than any other Protestant church ina
the world. 1t is building churches
at the rate of one every three hours
and ten minutes. With these lacts
before us. who would think for one
moment that the local church Of
Mountain Home could fail? We be-
lieve in the good people Of Noun
tain Home, and with the hearty CO.
operation of our friends, we expect.
we pray for. a great day for not
only the Methodist church, but all
the churches Of Mountain Home. The,
present pastor has been here only
FIVE months and has realized great
advancement in the work, and there
is no reason why he should not ex-
pect the good work to continue UNI
iii he shall realize the ideal OF his
dream-a beautiful church with it's
spire glittering in the golden sum
light Of Heaven, reckoning all to
come and be saved.
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1909-12-23

lishments, the Helfrich Mercantile
company has been in business al
most from the beginning of the his
tory of the town. staring as Hell
frige & Miller about 1855 The firm
of Montgomery & Bunk was started
about 1898 under the name of G..
W. Fletcher Mercantile company,
which was afterwards cahnged to
the present name All the other mer-
camille establishments are of much
later date
w. j. Turner was Mountain Homes
first hotel keeper, his hotel building
being the building now occupied by
Wilson barber shop and Past Time
billiard hall and places in between
those two on Alturas street, and was
one of the first buildings in the
town.
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1909-12-23

piled is fayorably situated for a high
water duty Abundant water is
found at depth of ~ to Is feet
below the surface Therefore a res
ervoir system should give much
higher duty of water than a running
stream, which must flow whether the
water covers the land or not.
In reservoir system, the water
can be closely dealt out to meet the
demands of irrigation without
waste. 1t can be held until late in
the season. while the spring rains
are falling and can be put off to a
great extent during the hay harvest
and after the grain is ripe. AS the
above estimate Of the amount Of
water available for absolute applica-
ton to the land has made allowance
for loss in conducting water to the
reservoir. for loss while stored in the
reservoir and for loss in being con-
Quoted from the reservoir to the
ranch, a duty Of u acre feet per
acre of land should, in my opinion,
be ample On this basis, the AL
$50 acre feet found as available foI
application will irrigate $4,000 acres
of land"
That in itself is a large area, but
the engineer could easily revise his
figures in the light Of dams raised
higher than was contemplated earl
in the history Of the project. In fact
! IN his report. he says very larg'
additional supply of water could b.
secured By raising the height Of tn
lams. But. accepting the origina
agures. and we have a lusty empir
when it shall all be cultivated
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1909-12-23

new church had to encounter, it
began from the very beginning to
grow and prosper. and now has al
most thirteen times as many mem
bers as it had in its beginning. And
there are number more persons
who will join in the very near future.
In fact, the future locks very bright
at present The Mountain Home
Methodist Church maintains its
weekly prayer meetings. frstbecause
the church believes in prayer. Sec
ond. prayer is the handspring Of
any Christian church
The Sunday School is another do
minant ana important factor in the
establishing ana maintaining Of a
church. Hence The church has much
wealth in this very important ma
teriai. having now an enrolment of
more than IS, ana has a strong and
efficient corps of officers ami teach
ers to direct the molaing of Christian
character in the young who are soon
to be the citizens Of our country.
The Ladies Ala Of the church.
is strong. wen organized anl doing
good work IN fact, it is one Of the
important factors i'm any well or
ganized church This organization
has already become able to meet al
most an Of it's obligation for the en-.
tire year and have almost two-thirds
of the year ahead of them. Great
things viii be accomplished by this
agency.
More might be said Of the Bus,
Bees financial obligations than the
Ladies Aid They are now ready tc
meet more than their obligations e
the church and have most two-third'
of the year in which to work. II
this organization the children arr
trained among many lines most i'm
portant of which is sewing and doc
trine AMI relation TO the church.
It is just and right that we SHOULD
say that It is through the kindnes
of Mr.. O. r. Cannon that we at thi
time hold our services in tn
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1909-12-23

II is a surprising thing TO know that
New York city, although not known
as the American Venice. con
tains more Islands than any
c.-y but Venice, for within
its boundaries are 81 separate and
dis-.lct islands, most OF which. IN
circled by deep water. will afford IN.
limited shipping Accommodations and
dockage for the commerce Of future
years. to reach undreamed Of proper
ticns. judging from past and present
growth.-The Giant City New York"
National Magazine
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1909-12-23

different corporations. which took
over these works.
The building of the Rattle Snake
creek reservoir gave the town quite
an impetus and it very quickly
about doubled in population. when
this company failed. and that gave
the town another setback, and the
town grew very slowly. indeed. until
Garrett took hold of this property
and gave the town new life. since
then it has grown quite rapidly.
doubt if the town would have ex-
seeded a population of 700 in 1902.
The first church organization in the
town was the Episcopal. which built
small frame building where their
present church now stands. about
1883. and this wa sburned down. and
Immediately thereafter they built
their present church. The next was
the Congregational. which was or
ganized in 1892, the first few years
holding their service in what places
they could get. later building a small
frame building, which has since been
moved up on Alturas street and
changed into a residence, where DR..
Walters now lives, and later building
their present brick building The
next church organization was the
Baptist; and next the Catholic. and
next the Methodist The Odd Eel
lows were the first secret organiza-
tion to establish their lodge here
they having organized their present
lodge some time in the SOS The
Masonic lodge was organized about
the year 1890, and the X. p. soor
after that. The first bank was the
Gilmore County Bank, a partnership
affair, organized about 1894 Thi.
bank failed in the fall of 1896. caus
ing a great deal of financial dis
tress. There was no other banl
until a couple of attorneys by thu
name of Gray came up from Sal
Lake and stared the Citizens Bank
where the present Citizens Stat
Bank now is, about 1898, and the
ran the bank about a year. then
company was organized and too
over their property and opened u
the Citizens State Bank in the fal
of 1899. A couple of years late
the First National Bank was OF
ganized.
, Of the principal mercantile estat
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of gentlemen, named Jones and
Simons. coming along, whose prin-
cipal capital turned out to be hot
air, succeeded in convincing the
members of the company that they
could lead them out of all their
present difficulties and secure the
capital for them to finish this entei-
prise. So these two men organized
new corporation, known as the
Mountain Home Land and Canal
company, and took over all the hold
ings of the Gilmore County Irrigation
company, but this new company was
an entire failure and the old company
not having paid up quite all the bills
in connection with the construction
of the system, the creditors secured
judgments and issued executions,
and the property was bought in
by the creditors in the name of the
writer for himself and other credit
ors. The active management of the
system was then put in the hands
of F. p. AXE, who had charge of the
reservoir until the early spring of
1902. In the fall of 1901 John II.
Garrett and one Daniel Horton en-
tered into negotiations to purchase
this system. which were closed in
the early spring of 1902. and
Garrett buying Horton out, organized