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Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1909-10-20
CHAMP CLARK IN
FIELD FOR SPEAKER.
Believes the Democrats Will
Control Next House.

Washington, Oct. 19.-Representa-
tive Champ Clark of Missouri has an
nounced his intention to become a
candidate for speaker of the next
house of representatives, and inciden-
tally delivered a broadside of condem-
nation at the "Payne-Aldrich-S moot"
tariff bill
Every time President Taft opens
his mouth he aids the Democratic par
ty,' asserts Mr.. Clark
Continuing, Mr.. Clark says: "Since
congress adjourned | have been pretty
well over four or five states, and have
passed through six more, and every
where there is intense prejudice
against and disgust for the Payne-Al-
drich-Smoot tariff bill Even a large
majority of Republicans are not enam-
ored of it,
President Taft's speeches, particu-
larly his Winona speech, will help
the Democrats win the next house.
The influence of the Aldrich- Cannon
standpatters over the president seems
to be increasing.
TN the short statement which he
gave out when he signed the bill he
claimed only that it was partial full
fllment of Republican promises, but
in his Winona speech he positively as
serted that it is the best tariff bill
ever put on the statute books. AS
the average rate in the Payne-Aldrich-
Smoot bill is about per cent higher
than the average of the Dingley bill,
President Taft's Winona statement is
absolutely preposterous, unless he has
come to believe that the higher the
tariff the better the bill
His Winona speech has been hailed
| as an epoch-maker. Perhaps it is,
the epoch being that in which the Re-
publican party got squarely on the to-
boggan. Besides the tariff question,
personal friends among the Republic
ans will help us to a large extent.
The Cannon-Fowler feud and the
Cannon-Parsons feud are only symp-
toms of the disease now affecting the
| Republicans.
while there is nothing certain in
| this world but death and taxes, be-
lieve that the next house will be Dem
ocratic expect to be a candidate
for speaker if / am a member of that
house. At any rate, it will be a good
thing for the country to have Demo-
| cratic house once more"
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1909-10-20
ROthsChiId Mercantile Co.,
For Sale
Howard Place, Miles South OF Ameri.
ems. Sumter COnnfY. Ga.


749 acres-550 acres in cultivation,
200 acres in woods and swamp, one
seYen-room frame dwelling house.
eleven tenant houses, four of which
have four rooms and the others two
rooms each; two good barns with sta
bles and other out-buildings; IL head
of fine mules, % head of hogs, 1900
bushels of corn, $4,000 bundles of
fodder and large quantity of hay;
% tons of cotton seed, three 2-horse,
one 4-horse and one 1-horse wagons;
three moving machines and one grain
drill; one 15-horse Frick engine and
boiler one 70-saw Loomis gin and con-
denser All other farming material,
consisting of plows, pillow and wagon
gear, hoes, ETC., etc.
Call or write me at Windsor Hotel,
Americas, Ga.
TERMS EASY.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1909-10-20

For Macon. Atlanta, Angus
ia and Savannah 4;25 m
For Albany, Dothan, Lock-
hart, Troy and Mont'ery $50 m
For Albany, Dothan, Lock-
hart, Troy and Montery 2:05 m
For Macon and Atlanta .. las p m
For Macon, Atlanta, saw
annah and Augusta :. .*10:40 m
For columbus 80. -. 3:45 p m
FOR columbus -. = 800 p m
For Columbus, Birming-
ham and Chicago :. :. 1925 a an
For Albany and Jackson
Vile e.. :. 1920 m
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1909-10-20
Whitley Place, Total COZ Acres.


432 acres in cultivation, 175 acres in
woods and timber. There are two set
Elements on the farm, one of Asst acres
and one of $50 acres. Each have good
dwellings and tenant houses, as well
as all necessary out-buildings, such
as barns, stables and cotton houses.
All houses in good condition. Stu
ated one mile from Leslie and one
fourth of a mile from Parker's Cross
ing on the Seaboard r. r., about
eleven miles from Americas. Land
comparatively level and dark pebble
with clay subsoil. Perhaps the best
farming section in Sumter county.
For prices and terms call or write
me at Windsor Hotel.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1909-10-20

From Savannah, Augusta,
Atlanta and Macon *10:30 p m
From Lockhart, Dothan, AL
bany, Troy and Mon'ery "10:40 p m
From Lockhart, Dothan, Al
bany, Troy and Mont'ery 1:45 m
From Atlanta and Macon *2:05 p M
From Augusta, Savannah,
Atlanta and Macon - $50 m
From Columbus and inter-
mediate points 1920 a m
From Columbus and inter-
meediat points !!11:30 a m
From Columbus and inter-
mediate points !11:45 a m
From Albany and Jackson
vile :. .. - 1925 a m
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1909-10-20
The May pInee, Webster County. Ga.

The May PIace, Webster County, Ga.
1920 acres land-S50 acres in cul-
tiyation, ITO acres in woods and tim
Der. Land moderately undulating and
fertile; situated six miles northeast
from Preston, Ga, and fourteen miles
northwest from Americas. Two A.
room dwellings, one new; Is tenant
houses, with from to 5 rooms each.
One large barn and stables. Alum
dance of good water from wells and
springs. Will sell cheap for cash.
Call at Windsor Hotel or write me
for prices and terms.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1909-10-20

The pleasant purgatiye effect expe-
rienced by all who use Chamberlain's
Stomach and Liver Tablets and the
healthy condition of the body and
mind which they create, makes one
feel joyful. Sold by all dealers.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1909-10-20

Daily: Except only.
lO0 arriving Americas Macon
sleeping cars to and from Savannah Pullman
leaves Americas
Aercus for Chicago Columbus For further
Information, apply to j. E. HlGHTOWER Anericus Ca
JOHN w BL0UNT District Passenger Agent Macon, Ga
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1909-10-20

A woman's notion of an artistic
photograph of herself is when it
makes her husband mad because it
isn't dressed enough.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1909-10-20
PILES CURED IN 6 to II DAYS

PAZO OINTMENT is guaranteed to
cure any case of Itching, Blind, Bleed
ing or Protruding Piles in to IA days
or Msney refunded. soc.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1909-10-20
STOP :! LOOK ]! READ !!

We are going to sell 5000 jugs of
Whiskey during the next thirty days
That's exactly what we are going to
do. We have been planning this sale
for some time and have just closed q
deal for several Special Grades of Rye
and Corn which we are offering at
Record Breaking Prices until the
goods are disposed Of
One gal jug Corn $320 Express paid
One gal jug Corn $3.50 Express paid
One gal jug Corn $375 Express paid
One gal jug Rye $3.50 Express paid
One gal jug Rye $500 Express paid
One gal jug Rye $3.50 Express paid
We are going to give you better
goods and more goods for the money
than you ever received before. 1t
stands to reason that we would not
take the risk of offering these goods
to our old time customers unless We
positively know the goods to be all
right, as we certainly could not afford
to lose their trade. The only differ
ence between these whiskies and our
regular goods is that they are not
quite as old, but otherwise are Of the
same full strength and purity. We
want you to know that these goods are
Straight Whiskies in every respect, re-
duced to the proper proof according
to the price Any dissatisfied custo-
mer shall have the privilege of return
ing the goods at our expense.
Remember these prices held good
only as long as the goods last.
ROthSChiId Mercantile Co.,
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1909-10-20

A boy can be more ashamed of the
neckties his father wears than of be-
ing expelled from college
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1909-10-20

If man had the sense to admit
when he is wrong he could learn to
be more often right.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1909-10-20
FARMERS COTTON OIL CO.
AMERICUS, GA.

Ann ounces to the. farmers it's prepared
ness to handle their seed cotton expedi-
tiouSly and to entire satisfaction.
Our new brick g1nnery is equipped with
the Improved Munger System-Eight New
Eighty Saw Gins, with capacity of One
Hundred Bales daily.
We give you clean, good sample. We
will gin your cotton at lowest price, and
supply bagging and ties when desired. No
waiting; no delay. Cotton ginned quickly
and satisfactorily.
We Pay Highest .MarketsPrice For
Cotton Seed
Our company will greatly appreciate
your patronage.
Q. w. RILEY. Sect and Manager.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1909-10-20
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Next to having money, the most
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A Banking Institution OF this kinc
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ance-but can also give you valuable
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Savings Department and enjoy 'n'
advantages that accrue.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1909-10-20
Arrivals.
Departures.

Arrivals departures GaCenra of Georgia
Merida Time
The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1909-08-12
for the asking.

Mr.. CHI. Ripple of Potts Camp,
Miss. writes as follows: "Will you
please tell US if ribbon cane can
be grown in North Mississippi and
if so where can seed cane be secur-
ed and at what pricea" Louisiana
sugar cane can be grown in every
county in this state. Seed can be
secured from growers in South
Mississippi at about one cent per
stalk. An average stalk of cane is
about FIVE feet long. From 5000
to 5000 average stalks plant an
acre. / advise you to buy about one
hundred stalks and raise your seed
for future crops. If you. and 9TH
ers are sufficiently interested in the
growing of cane, l will be pleased
to write an article on the prepara-
ton of the land, the method of
planting, fertilization, cultivation,
etc.
The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1909-08-12

The Louisiana State Crop Pest
Commission has made the an.
nouncement of the final outcome
of the boil weevil Information ex~
periments made last winter. Six
teen large wire cloth cages were
constructed especially for securing
information as to the percentage
of boil weevils surviving the win
ter in that latitude, the rate at
which they left hiherating quarters
in the spring, and other valuable
information.
A total of 1921 live, healthy
boil weeyils were placed in the
sixteen cages at different times last
fall, each cage containing a pile of
moss, trash, leaves, ETC., in which
the weevils could seek protection
from cold during the winter just
as they do outdoors. Out of these
I6, 2SI weevils $500, or 2o.63 per
cent. lived through the winter and
came out from the trash IN the
spring and summer. They began
to. come out on the 18th OF Febru-
ary and continued to come out
till June 2oth. They emerged
from winter quarters for I29 days
or more than four months. Bulle'
tin may be obtained from State
Crop Pest Commission, Baton
Rouge, La.
The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1909-08-12
clrduit Judgeship..

While Judge Bush has strong
endorsement from the bar of his
district, especially from that of his
home town of Vicksburg, there are
other applicants for the position.
and he is not going to have any
walkover. Mr.. Henry Mounger of
Port Gibson. is believed to be the
most formidable candidate for the
place, but Theodore Mcknight, Col.
E. N. Scudder and "Spense" Hudr
son are also said to have their eye
on the judship. In the event that
Hudson is an applicant the balance
of the ''boys" would do well to
keep their eye on him. He has
been there before, and he has
friends at court. -Vicksburg Amer,
ican. 9th.
The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1909-08-12
Now is the time to begin making
preparations for the 1910 crop.
Let us begin to plan, fence, etc.
News Letter.

The farmers of the Reganton
district had heart to heart talk
and a typical New England town
meeting at Reganton last week to.
discuss wheat growing. It was
fully attended by farmers for q ra-
dius of eight miles, and they agreed
to plant wheat this fall. Five hun .
dred acres have been pledged.
There is no reason why they should
not succeed. 1t was raised on the.
Homewood plantation Of Thomas
Brown, and when General U. ST.
Grant invaded Claiborne county
during the Civil War, seeing Mr..
Browns wheat field, he said:
'.That is as fine wheat as / have
seen in Illinois.
William Brock, on his Rocky
Springs plantation, and William
McDonogh, on Belvidere planta-
ton, raised wheat. The house.
keepers that made bread from their
wheat pronounced.it sweet and de-
licious. Perhaps some of our Con-
federate veterans still in the land
of living can recall the essay of
many Missouri soldiers that Fe-
NAMED after the Civil War in the
cultivation of small grain crops.
Those who have determined to try
wheat agree to put up mill at
Reganton before harvest arrives.
SIX different kinds of insects were
sent to the state entomologist to
determine, as each seems to have
particular liking for the cotton
boil at different periods of the
growth. One planter watched them
carefully and they caused twenty
FIVE bolls to drop off the cotton
stalk. They are as damaging as the
boil weevil. Let us hope our Mis-
sissippi eatonologists will issue
some day a bulletin, "Cotton IN
sects of Mississippi"
A cereal that is NOT extensively
grown in the South is rye, yet rye
influences the price of wheat, and
1t may be laid down as a self-evi.
dent economic principle: "One
larticle influences another article II
The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1909-08-12
THE MEXICAN FLEA.
A Bug Resembling the lightning
Bug Said TO be Damaging
Cotton.

A bug, resembling very much
the lightning bug. though not quite
SO broad, and diagnosed as the
Mexican flea, is said to be doing
great damage to the cotton in this
county.
For the past three weeks reports
of this kind have been coming tothe
Reveille office, but we have all
along thought that the damage
was more imaginary than real.
The 6rst complaint came from near
Grand Gulf, when a substantial
colored man named D. M. Huff and
two OF three of his neighbors
brought bottle of the bugs to this
Office. Now, the complaints, are
becoming rather general, and speci-
mems of the bugs have been sent to
the state entomologist for idehtif-
cation. -! i'i's
It Is claimed that the insect feeds
on pollen of the blossom, thereby
damaging the uniformed boll.9
Farmers are convinced that this
bug Is now doing more damage
than the boil weevil. Mr.. J. B.
Allen insists that the bug. has al
ways been here and, So for.as be
knows, does no damage. This
opinion is also shared by Mr.. B.
H. Shaifer. W
The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1909-08-12
diving Sharp ReprOOfs.

Sharp reproofs are being admins
tered by home and foreign mission
boards to members of the various
Protestant congregations in Mis-
sissippi for their slowness in making
contributions to the mission funds.
Rev. M M. Black, secretary of
the board of missions Of the Mis-.
sissippi conference of the Meth
odist church. has issued an address
to the laity showing that contri'
buttons are far below the figures
forthe same period last year,and he
administers a gentle lecture to
members who somehow find plenty
of money for assessments and sum-
mer vacation trips, and fail to meet
their church obligations.
MANY of our domestic mission
aries are serving hard appointments,
which pay them very little until
late in the year, and unless the
mission board helps they aresure to
be In sore straits" says Secretary
Black. Some of our most faith
full and efficient men are seriously
embarrassed because of inability to
meet current expenses. Over one
half of the year is gone, and yet,
as conference, we have raised
only about one-sixth of our mis-
sionary assessmens."
Complaint of similar nature is
made by DR.. A. v. Rowe, secretary
of the Baptist home mission board,
who has just issued an address to
the members of that faith urging
them to come forward with their
assessments. jackson News.
The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1909-08-12
lad a Narrow EscRpe.

His many Jackson friends will
be interested to learn Of the narrow
escape from death of Col. Henry
&c, Myers. Of Memphis, former
secretary of of Mississippi and
we'll and favorably known in this
city, where he is frequent visitor,
which occurred on the Peedee riv-
er in North Carolina last Tuesday.
The accident occurred near Char
lotte, and within a few miles of
where Col. Myers learned to swim
when little lad, and it was this
knowledge of how to swim that
saved his life.
Col. Myers had been to New
York and Washington on business,
returning home stopped off at his
birth place to visit relatives. In
company with his nephew, Repre-
sentative Alb Little, of Richmond
county, N. c.. he was in ferry
boat at Andrews Ferry, near
Wadesboro. ~
Suddenly the cable of the ferry
boat broke and precipitated all the
passengers into the swollen stream
The ferryman was swept under
Ethe boat and instantly drowned as
were two other occupants Of the
vessel.
It was at this point that the old
time swimming lessons Of Col. My
ers, in the same river, where he
now found himself unexpectedly
Feast, came to his relief. Represen-
tative Little was an expert swimmer
also, and the two successfully bat
tiled with the waves for a swift two
miles journey down the Peedee.
Fat length they were rushed beneath
the spreading branches of giant
willow tree, and reaching out
Igrasped the limbs that drew them
to safety jackson News.
The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1909-08-12

price" When wheat is high, rye
is cheap, and vice versa. Rye is
the staff of life in many European
countries. Europe produces 49
per cent of rye and 81 per cent of
wheat and the European produc-
ton of these two grains form CO.'S
per cent of the worlds production
of these two cereals. Rye grows
and yields very we'll in the South,
and we Southern people should
become rye bread eaters, and learn
to substitute it for -four among
food stuffs. 1t does we'll in Clai-
borne county, and rye batter-cakes
from Claiborne county rye were
common on the tables of David
McCaleb and Edwin H. McCaleb
of Cold Springs plantation. Rye
bread is the favorite among our
German population and their de-
scendants. We are the creatures
of habits and it would not take US
long to habituate ourselves to rye
bread. The average price of wheat
lis one dollar per bushel, and the
average price of rye, seventy cents
per hundred. Were the produc-
ton of wheat and rye evenly bal
fanced there would not be failure
of bread crops5tFor short wheat
crop might be accompanied by a.
good rye crop. The average price
of Southern rye is Sra per bush
ell, and Northern rye, II cents per
bushel. Quite difference.
Many cotton growers are thank
full that they picked and burned
their infected squares to diminish
the ravages Of the boil weevll.
Next year we should abolish the
burning process of fighting the lit
tie devil with fire. We should
erect wire cages to imprison boil
weevils and throw punctured
squares in, for it will give the bac-
terias, parasites and ants chance
to escape and continue their work
on the weevils The solution of
the boil weevil problem is to give
it an epidemic disease {
/. F. M
The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1909-08-12
compIaInIng Of Auton1oblIes.

People residing In the country are
still complaining of the automobil-
es that have recently made their
appearance in this county They
say that the ladies are afroid to
ride upon the public highways lest
their horses take fright and ran.
One gentleman objects on the
ground that the country residents
pay the S. Communication tax to
keep the roads in proper condition,
therefore they should not be COM
PEELED to run the risks of having
their vehicles broken and their
lives endangered.
On the other hand, owners of aut o.
mobiles are entitled to rights which,
of course, have to be considered.
This new method OF travel has
come to stay. and 1t Is believed that
horses will soon get accustomed tc
the horseless carriage.
However. there should be speed
restriction. IF automobile driver:
were forced to travel at moderate
The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1909-08-12

The function of the highway IN
the progress of civilization IS fun
damental and far reaching. The
more one studies the question the
more he becomes convinced of the
truth of the saying of Charles Sum
uer, Massachusetts great senator,
who forty years ago gave utteranoe
IN a public address to his belief
that "the two most potent factors
in the advancement of civilization
are the school master and good
roads" =
1t has been in the observation OF
travellers throughout the world that,
with the single exception of Amer
ica the condition of the highways
was fairly good index of the So
cial, moral, and intellectual stan
dard of the people of any country.
Germany, Great Britain and Italy
lead the world in art, literature,
and science, and here are to be
found roads highly improved and
maintained in the best possible
condition.
The Country Life Commission,
appointed by our late great presi-
dent found the paramount need Of
the rural folk was for better schools
and good roads. 1t might better
be. said good roads and better
schools for with good roads the
better schools:are sure to follow.
The school teacher has done a
splendid work, but how vastly
greater would it have been if he
had the influence of splendid kept
highways: With these. consolidat.
ed township SCHOOLS are easily pos.
sible, and that means the country
boy and girl will be able to get a
high school education while living
upon the farm. The township
schoolwiIl bethe social center and
Its influence upon the community
life will be one hundred fold
more potent than the "little
red school house of blessed mem.
ory and little usefulness that dots
the landscape DER. Breeders Gaz-
cite.
The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1909-08-12
G. X. AFFORD. County COMMISSIONER OF AoRIeULTv

Faith without works is dead.
Theory without practice is useless.
Tie above sentences being true,
our agricultural college ought to
lay fully as much stress on the
practical as on the scientific part
of the work. Every boy taking
the agricultural course at an agrl-
cultural college ought to be taught
the use of improved farm imple-
ments in the field; the circllng
of land in the field with farm lev
ell; the use of churns, separators,
etc., in the creamery; the use OF i'm
cubators, brooders, ETC., in the
poultry yard; the feeding of stock
in the barns and SC on.
Agricultural high schools are
being established in many counties
in this state. OF course, theory is
the basis of a broad education.
Without the teaching of the science
of agriculture which underlies the
practice, the teaching will be
in vain. No we'll posted man oP-
poses the teaching of the theory of
agriculture. but all claim that e.
nough of the application of that
theory ought to be provided in our.
agricultural schools.