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Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1909-08-22
EIGHT BALES IN WAGON
DRAWN BY TWO MULES
Pulled on GOOd Roads of
Sumter.
Argument in Favor of
Good Roads in Sum-
ter. Weight 4,416.

Sumters campaign for good roads
was given forcible argument yester.
! day morning when a wagon loaded
with eight big bales of cotton and
drawn by two mules trotted up Jack.
son street from the plantation of Mr.
G. Morgan Eldridge, four miles south
on the Lee street road
1t was spectacle never before
seen in southern Georgia-two mules
drawing a wagon containing eight
heavy bales of cotton.
Before the days of good roads in
Sumter the usual load was seven
bales, and it required six good stout
mules to pull it here from any farm
in the county, the round trip requir-
ing the entire day.
Over smooth, level. hard clay road
to the Eldridge plantation, the trip
yesterday required one hour-to the
city and back home.
The eight bales of cotton weighed
together 4,116 pounds, or an average
OF 515 pounds per bale, and in addi-
ton thereto the colored driver and
his assistant were on the wagon,
Their weight of at least 800 pounds,
added to weight of the cotton, made
a combined weight of 4,416 pounds.
And two mules pulled the load to
Amerlcus in forty minutes, and with
out the least effort.
Is any more forcible argument in
favor of good roads required? Sure
ly the farmers of Sumter are favored
as are those of few other counties.
While the eight-bale load yesterday
was the best test yet made, Mr.. Ell
bridge, on the afternoon previous,
hauled two loads of six bales each
to Americus. He can easily bring
thirty-two bales a day here from his
plantation, could he gin and load that
number in one day.
The eight-bale load yesterday at
tracted the attention and favorable
comment of hundreds here.
The Times-Recorder had Artist
Stephenson to take a photo of the
cotton team, and at an early date will
present it to the public as a forcible
argument in favor of good roads
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1909-08-22
MISS CAMERON Is HOSTESS
TO PARTY OF VISITORS

Miss Ella Cameron entertained a
small number of friends on Wednes-
day evening. Her out-of-town guests
were Miss Florrie Lawson of Kissim-
NEE, Fla, Mr.. Daniel Barton of Will
liston, Fla, and Miss Fannie Barton
of Macon
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1909-08-22
FUNERAL OF MRS. A. Il. COKER
HELD FROM HER HOME,
EStimable and Beloved Woman Passes
Away,

The funeral services of Mrs A. E
Coker who passed away at late
hour Friday night, were conducted
from her late residence on Church
street yesterday afternoon by Rev
Bascom Anthony of First Methodist
church. The long illness of Mrs
Coker, extending over period OF
many months, had prepared loved
ones for the end they knew to be
inevitable. She was the widow OF
Mr.. John NJ. Coker, a pioneer citizen
and was esteemed among many
friends who loved her for her noble
qualities of mind and heart Mrs
Coker is survived by her three daugh-
ters, Mrs. A. S. Thompson of Los An
geles, Mrs. Harry Bradford of Mem
phis, and Mrs. Alice Poole of this
city.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1909-08-22
NO MILLS IN AMFRlCUS:
GRIFFIN HAS SEVEN
Contrast is Painful One
for Us.
City of Spindles Has 7
Big Mills and VIII
Build Others Still.

Americus does not boast seven i'm
mense cotton factories; in fact, the
boot is upon the other foot and the
boast" if any at all, is that she has
not even one, but hopes that possibly
foregn investors may decide to locate
cotton factory here at some future
date-perhaps.
Americus has been indulging in
that same hope" for a half century,
but thus far the kind-hearted foreign
investors have not materialized 20
any extent.
All efforts to enthuse local capital
in investing in a mill have proven
utterly futile.
The money is here, all right, but
as long as it's owners can get four
per cent for it in loans they do not
care to invest in cotton mills that
probably will pay dividends of ten 10
fifteen per cent
There is deep logic in this conclu-
sion, they think.
But Griffin, Ga, very strangely to
Americus capitalists, keeps on build
ing cotton mills, the city growing as
these important local industrial
plants grow.
The following special" appeared
yesterday in an Atlanta paper:
Griffin Ga, Aug. 2O.-Grffin has her
seventh cotton mill completed, which
will manufacture blankets on a large
scale, and will give employment to a
large number of hands.
The Spalding, already a very large
mill, will increase it's output by 60
per cent, negotiations now going on
for it's enlargement, but just what it
will be has not been fully determined,
but it is stated that it will be between
so and 100 per cent
Griffin is 20 larger than Americus
while the ,cotton growing territo1E
surrounding the town is no better
than the lands of Sumter county But
the spirit of progressiveness among
her citizens is decidedly more in evil
dehce, and they are investing their
money in industrial enterprises
Will Americus ever wake up to the
Importance of doing likewise?
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1909-08-22
TURNS DOWN AN OFFER
TO TOSS FOR SALLY
Wilson Will Decline Such
Offer.

Il love my Champs, but, oh, you
Sally" was the thought accredited
to Doc" Wilson of the Americus
team, when yesterday he announced
that he would not accept a f1attering
offer wired him to play ball in the
South Atlantic League
Not only one, but the second press
ing offer came to Mr.. Wilson, and
both were declined
He loves ball for the pure. whole
some, manly sport the game affords,
but professional ball, the league ar
ticle, is not to his liking.
Mr. Talmadge Wilson, or Doc" as
his friends of the diamond call him,
is student of Stone Mountain Insti-
tute, and he will return to his stud
les there at the opening of the fall
term a few weeks hence
During the baseball season he has
gone up against the finest talent in
Georgia, in and out of the league
class, and that he has made a record
as the best amateur twirler in the
state is we'll known.
Before coming to Americus, as a
member of the Atlanta Athletics, af-
forwards linking his fortunes with
the Champs, Mr.. Wilson had played
against the very best teams in anna
tom, ,o1l io CoOroio
These included the University of
Georgia, The Tech Auburn, Georgia
Railway and Electric, Gordon, Mar
lists, Decatur, Olympians, Iroquois.
Augusta, Graniteyille, S. c., States
boro Doug1asville and a dozen other
high-class teams.
And the record shows that he was
equal to the task.
During this season Mr.. Wilson has
pitched thirty-six games to date. Of
these he won twenty-nine, tied four,
and lost only three He has struck
cut 436 men, and has given up tn1s
season only 11O hits A splendid rec
ord for college boy.
This is an average of about twelve
men struck out in each game he has
pitched with an average of three hits
to the game
Mr.. Wilson liked Americus from the
first day here, and Americus likes
him, and when a position with the
Americus Railway and Light Compa-
ny was rendered he accepted it, and
is in every sense an Americus man
and member of the local ball team.
And when the next term at Stone
Mountain Institute closes, he will
again don the uniform of the Champs
and aid them in winning new laurels
on the diamond.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1909-08-22
MRS. JENNISON OF ATLANTA
FILES SUIT FOR DIVORCE

Atlanta, Ca, Aug. 21.-Mrs. Irene
Jennison has filed suit for divorce
against her husband, Walter R. Jenni-
son, a well-known business man Of
the city. The papers were filed, and,
after being entered on the docket of
the clerk of the superior court, were
taken away by the attorneys, Ander-
son, Fielder, Rountree & Wilson. For
this reason, the allegations on which
the suit is based could not be obtain
ed, as the attorneys declined to dis
cuss the matter.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1909-08-22
Four Mules Pull Ten Bales.

The good roads demonstration made
by Mr. Eldridge was well-nigh equal
ed in the afternoon when his equally
enterprising neighbor, Mr.. T. B.
Hooks, sent in wagon drawn by four
mules and carrying ten 5OO-pound
bales. This wagon came over the
greater portion of the same road, and
the trip was made with greatest ease
in less than one hour Mr.. Hooks is
one of the most enthusiastic advo-
Gates of good roads in Sumter and, as
county commissioner, he is helping to
build more of them.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1909-08-22
ENGINE HITS A HAND.CAR:
ONE KILLED. TWO INJURED.

Brunswick, Ga, Aug. 21.-Daniel
Hayes was killed and Misses Addie
and Ola Porcher were injured near
this city when a freight train on the
Atlanta, Birmingham & Atlantic rail-
way collided with a hand-car on
which the young women were bound
for their fathers saw mill. D. T.
O'Neal, also a passenger on the hand
car, was badly cut in the collision.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1909-08-22
SERVICES AT YOUNG
MEMS CHRISTIAN ASSN
Rev. J. Logan Irwin viii Speak on
'The Cure For Sim"

The mems service at the Young
Mems Christian Association will be
conducted by the Rev. ]. Logan r.
vim, pastor of the Presbyterian
church. Subject, The Cure For Sin. .
Good music is feature of these SER
vices. All men cordially invited
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1909-08-22
FOUR HUNDRED AND SEVENTY
BALES OF COTTON HERE
Receipts in Americas Saturday Are
Excellent.

Americus warehouses received 47O
bales cotton yesterday, receipts com
ing fully up to expectations. The
market held firm at II ga cents and
probably the entire days receipts
were sold. At the average price of
$50 per bale nearly 100000 was thus
put in circulation in Americus, to the
great JOY of bankers and merchants.
About 1000 bales of the new crop
have been received here to date, and
August receipts will total 5000 bales.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1909-08-22
AT SCHOOL Is
GOING TO BE LARGE

Athens, Ga, Aug, 21.-The State
Normal school will open its regular
session August 81, and the indica-
tions point to the largest attendance
in the history of the institution.
Teachers from all over the state and
from other states have been writing
for months concerning the opening.
and it is practically cartain that hun
dreds will have to be turned away
during the coming session.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1909-08-22
ATTENTION, X. OF P.

The members of George F. Cooper
Lodge are requested to assemble at
Castle Hall this afternoon at
o'clock sharp for the purpose of at
tending funeral of our deceased
Brother, ]. W. Guerry. By order OF
z. S. CHILDERS, C. G.
E. n. ARGO, K. of r. & S.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1909-08-22
COLUMBUS IS OPPOSED TO
BONDS FOR HOSPITAL

Columbus, Ca, Aug. 21.-At an
election held to determine whether
this city should issue $4,000 in bonds
to build new hospital, out of 645
votes registered, 200 were cast so
for bonds and $50 against bonds
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1909-08-22
Fancy Dressmaking.

Call at 606 Lee street Mrs. D. H.
Milhouse. Phone ATS.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1909-08-22

An innocent girl is too innocent to
know it.-New York Press.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1909-08-22
Osnaburg for Cotton Sacks.

If you want Osnaburgs for cotton
sacks see Wood & Apperson. 22-3t
Times-promoter., 1909-01-28
REALLY HAD NO KICK COMMA
According to Expert Opinion, Play
wright Had Got of Easy.

That Beerbohm Tree, the player.
has a caustic wit Is evidenced by an
incident wherein he and an unknown
playwright figured.
The writer had obtained permission
to read his offering to Tree. The actor
evinced no great degree Of enthus-
isam, either during or after the read
ing; but he did take the manuscript,
upon which he scribbled hastily few
suggestions for its betterment
"See here. Mr.. Tree" was the indig-
nant ejaculation of the ambitious play
wright, "it's hardly fair of you to dis
pose of my work in this summary and
nonchalant fashion. I'd have you
know that this play cost me years
hard labori"
"So?" queried Tree. my dear fell
low, any impartial judge would givs
you at least five!"-Harper's Weekly.
Times-promoter., 1909-01-28
Alcohol School Opened by Government

about it. Agricultural experts from
the experiment stations In every one
of the states are to go to Washington,
examine the a1cohol-malSing outfit, see
how 1t works and listen to a course Of
lectures explaining its management.
1t will be their business when they go
home to teach the farmers how to put
up and how to operate plants of this
character.
Inasmuch as such plant could not
be erected for less than $2,5O0 1t Is
obvious that the ordinary farmer
would not be able to afford to con-
struct one of the kind. But-and here
Is the point--a group Of farmers rep.
resenting small neighborhood might
do SO.
In France there are $1,000 farmer
cistillers who make alcohol for In.
dustrial purposes from molasses and
sugar beets 1t is high time that this
idea was turned to profitable account
In the United States. Rotten apples,
frost-bitten potatoes, stale water
melons, cornstalks and cobs and
every other kind OF vegetable refuse
are available for the purpose.
Times-promoter., 1909-01-28

fXTASHINGTON.-The navy depart
w ment experts figure that the
United States navy will be. the first in
rank in the world when. the four new
battleships proposed by Secretary
Newberry have been completed.
The approximate time of the COM
.pletion of these ships is the close OF
the year 1911. By that date there
will have been completed these. four;
The Delaware and Dakota and the
Florida and Utah.
The specific points made by the ex-
perts, however, is that the four new
ships which have been suggested are
to be of 25,000-tons displacement each
and will carry eight 14-inch guns.
Such a squadron of battleships will
be unlike and superior to anything in
naval history, both as to displacement
and to main battery.
The astounding but absolutely true
statement is made by the navy ex
perts that the 14-inch guns will be
effective at ten miles. 1t is also stated
by these experts that Great Britain
after the appropriation by congress
for the four proposed battleships, viii
Times-promoter., 1909-01-28
Hearty Welcome for Joe" Blackburn

and forget as he is to fight, and once
the hatchet is buried, It is never
resurrected.
1t was with regret that Mr.. Black
burn left the senate, but he has been
almost as happy in his new field as on
his old stamping ground and in the
short year and a half of his service
as one of the commissioners of the
asthmian canal he has become as
popular in Panama as he was in
Washington, and the style of life in
the old Spanish city is especially
pleasing to the siiver-tongued Ken
tuckian. As everybody knows the
United States government houses the
public servants in Panama in mag,
nificent stylo. The state in which
they live, indeed, approaches that
formerly enjoyed by the Spanish
grandees in that part of the world, and
the role of Spanish grandee admir-.
ably suits the former senator from
the Bluegrass state, who is so adjust.
able and so versatile that he. is al
ways at home no matter what his sur
roundings and so much at home is he
In Panama that his friends both here
and there hope he will be allowed to
remain during good behavior"
Times-promoter., 1909-01-28

1T is pleasant to have Senator Black
i burn back in our midst again, to see
his great, stalwart form swinging
through the streets, to meet his semi
cynical, semi-humorous smile and to
feel his hearty hand clasp, but it is
difficult to think of him in any en-
vironment save that of the senate
chamber where he passed so many
years. There has never been a mem
Der of that distinguished body more
frankly, more genuinely and generally
popular than Joe" Blackburn. No
matter how widely one differed with
him in politics, it was impossible not
to like him, for there is nothing about
him to dislike. He is a prince of good
fellows, a generous friend and mag
unanimous foe. When the battle is on
he fights with all the fight there Is
in him, but he Is as quick to forgive
Times-promoter., 1909-01-28
Mint Makes Money for Your UncleSam

The original deposits of gold bullion
in the mints and assay Offices during
the fiscal year amounted to $207 ,415,-
984 and uncurrent United States gold
coin of the face value of $4,020,66S
was received for recoinage.
Silver bullion purchased for sub
sidiary silver coinage during the year
aggregated 18,S19,279 standard ounces,
and mutilated and uncurrent United
States silver coin Of the face value
of $1,162,9S2 was recoined.
The coinage executed by the mints
during the fiscal year 1908 amounted
to $197, ,238,377 in gold, of which $106,-
fS2, 2,420 were in double eagles, and $4,-
$4,000 in eagles of the designs pre-
pared by the American sulptor, the
late Augustus Sain Gaudens.
The amount of subsidiary silver
coin executed was $16,530,477.
Times-promoter., 1909-01-28
10Y WORK
And the Other Kind.

Did you ever stand on prominent
corner at an early morning hour and
watch the throngs of people on their
way to work? Noting the number who
were forcing themselves along be-
cause it meant their daily bread, and
the others cheerfully and eagerly pur-
suing their way because OF love or
their work
It is fact that ones food has much
to do with it. AS an example:
If an engine has poor oil, or boiler
is fred with poor coal, a bad result Is
certain, isn't it?
Treating your stomach right is the
keystone that sustains the arch Of
health's temple and you will find
"Grape-Nuts'' as daily food Is the
most nourishing and beneficial you can
use.
We have thousands of testimonials.
real genuine little heart throbs, from
people who simply tried Grape-Nuts
,ut Of curiosityas ais last resort-with
the result that prompted the testimo-
| nial
If you have never tried Grape-Nuts
it's worth while to give 1t a fair impair
tiai trial. Remember there are mil
lions eating Grape-Nuts every day
they know, and we know il you will
use Grape-Nuts every morning your
work is more likely to be joy-work be-
cause you can keep well, and with the
brain well nourished work Is e JOY.
| Read the "Road to Wellville' In every
/ package--"There's q Reason"
Times-promoter., 1909-01-28
Early Winter Work.

Put half pint of carbolic acid In
the whitewash for the poultry house
and apply 1t before the cold weather
sets In.
Don't fail to put in a barrel or two
Of road dust for the hens winter
dust bath.
Sell off all the old ewes.
Tf the shed for the sheep leaks at
tend to it at once. A wet sheep be-
comes a sickly one.
It is a temptation to stuff new corn
into any animal on the farm. Too
much is worse than too little.
How the manure pile does grow
unless it is distributed on the fields
at least once a week.
One days work will clean vi, the
yard and garden. How untidy neg
lected place looks when the sorw
goes off In the spring.
Pack sweet potatoes in dry sand
and keep in a warm and perfectly
dry place.
Now the rats begin to leave the
farm for more comfortable quarters
In the cellar. Stop every place where
they can enter.
Have the children been supplied
with rubber shoes? Rubber boots
are bad If worn for longer than an
our or two at q time.
Times-promoter., 1909-01-28

THE government has now opened its
i alcohol school in the city Of Wash
ington for the instruction Of the peo-
pie of the United States in proper
methods of making and using the de-
natured product.
For this purpose q model still has
been erected close by the department
of agriculture which is big enough to
work up rs bushels Of corn day, con-
verting that quantity Of grain into rs
gallons Of 95 per cent alcohol-that
is to say, 95 per cent. pure. The plant
represents the smallest outfit that can
be conducted profitably on CONNER
cial scale.
The farmers cannot very we'll see It
for themselves, SO arrangements have
been made by which they may learn
Times-promoter., 1909-01-28
At His own Risk.

Caller ION crutches and with band
age over one eye)-I have come, sir,
to make application for the amount
due on my accident insurance policy.
I fell down a long flight of stairs the
other evening and sustained damages
that will disable me for month to
come.
Manager of CompanyYou man,
have taken the trouble to investigate
your case, and find you are not en-
titled to anything 1t could not be
called an accident You certainly
knew the young lady's father was at
home. STRAY Stories.
Times-promoter., 1909-01-28
New Ships to Make Our Navy Lead All

never be able to regain its lead in
modern battleships over the United
States. England's greatest proposed
battleship, the Fondroyant, is, accord
ing to the details in the United States
naval bureau of intelligence, inferior
to the Florida or the Utah.
The report that Great Britain was
building 1876 gun has been run down
by the naval authorities here and they
state that 1t is not true. 1t Is also
stated that there Is no foundation
whatever for the report that Germany
is building, or projecting even, five
battleships, each of which is to carry
IL 12-inch guns.
It Is admitted now that the United
States stands second on the list o1
naval powers, and this is largely be
cause the United States naval relative
power depends on modern ships
against which twenty or more of the
British so-called battleships do moi
count and are not to be taken into
count, because not one of them coule
approach within five miles of any o.
the United States battleships even o'
the Alabama class. Above that clas;
in the United States are the Soutf
Carolina, Michigan and, of course, tht
American Dreadnaughts are all above
that class. In other words, the
United States has ship for ship
built and building, better and more
| powerful ships than Great Britain has
built and Is building for the mex
| three years.
Times-promoter., 1909-01-28

HE director of the mint has made
I money" for the United States in
more ways than one. He Is rejoicing
because the government made a profit
during the fiscal year ended June 30,
1908, of $10,541,371 on the coinage of
silver, nickel and one-cent bronze
pieces.
This represents The difference be-
tween the price paid by the govern
ment for the metals and their coinage
value.
Times-promoter., 1909-01-28
Editorial Verdict.

From a serious-minded jester the
editor received this note, together
with consignment of humor that was
heavy enough to go by freight:
Dear Sir: ! read all these jokes to
my wife, and she laughed heartily.
Now, / have it on good authority that
when mans wife will laugh at his
jokes they are bou1d to be very good
--or she is. Yours, etc"
The editor slipped them into the re-
turn envelope with the letter, after
writing on the margin: "She is."
Times-promoter., 1909-01-28

Professor Munyon has just issued a
most beautiful, useful and complete Al
manac; it contains not only all the scien-
tific information concerning the moons
phases, in all the latitudes, but has IL
lustrated articles ON how to read char
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birth month. 1t also tells all about
card reading, birth stones and their
meaning, and gives the Interpretation
of dreams. 1t teaches beauty culture.
manicuring, gives weights and meas
ures, and antidotes for poison. Intact,
1t is Magazine Almanac, that not
only gives valuable information, but
will afford much amusement for every
member of the family, especially for
parties and evening entertainments.
Farmers and people In the rural dis
tricts will find this Almanac almost
invaluable.
1t will be sent to anyone absolutely
free on application to the MUNYON
REMEDY COMPANY, PHILADEL
PHIA.