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Bradford County telegraph. (Starke, Fla.) 1888-current, 1910-09-02
DUEL TO DEATH.
Fatal ARRAY on Market Street at Chat.
tanoooa, Tenn.

tanooaa, Tenn.
Boyd Thompson, a prominent young
court reporter, was shot and fatally
wounded at Chattanooga. and William
Snyder, the other participant in the
duel, probably will die, as a result
Of his injuries.
The shooting occurred on Market
street, the main business thorough
fare Of the city, while It was crowded.
Charles Hensley. a lawyer Of Dayton,
who was across the street, received a
slight wound by stray bullet.
The trouble is the result of an old
grudSe. Ten days ago Thompson
Ared three shots at Snyder within a
block OF the scene Of the late tragedy.
All the shots went Wild.
The two men have been anticipat.
ing further trouble since that time.
In the ARRAY ten shots were fired
and panic ensued among the crowd
on the street. After Snyder had
emptted his pistol at Thompson the
latter staggered to a drug store a
hundred yards away. Snyder follow.
ed, reloading his pistol as he ran.
Thompson fell TO the sidewalk. when
Snyder leveled his gun at the pros
trate form. Bystanders interfered and
wrested the pistol from Snyder's
hand.
All three Of the wounded men were
hurried to a hospital for treatment.
but there is no hope for the recovery
OF either Snyder or Thompson. The
former received three bullets and the
latter four.
Bradford County telegraph. (Starke, Fla.) 1888-current, 1910-09-02
HIGH COST OF LIVING.

Over 100000 Extra Spent in Caring
for New York's Poor.
The high cost Of living is blamed
by the New York City department OF
charities for an increase of more than
q million dollars, OF nearly so per
cent, In the estimated cost of caring
for the city's poor during the year Of
1911. The estimate for the 1911 bud
get is S1,24O,1O3 over the allowance
for this Year, and shows a total of
estimated expense for 1911 of So
922,71517.
The department cares daily for
more than ten thousand sick or other
wise dependent persons, equivalent to
S,65O,OOO persons per year. The ex-
pense, therefore. is about a dollar per
person.
Bradford County telegraph. (Starke, Fla.) 1888-current, 1910-09-02

Every shade Of disapproval is
Eoiced from mild regret to mOckery
81 the alleged absolutIst pretensions
Of the emperor.
The inquiry Is everywhere raised,
whether the imperial chancellor, DR..
Won BethmannHoilweg, knew In ad,
vance Of the emperor's purpose to de-
liver q speech Of such a nature. The
chancellor maintains unbroken 81.
lenee- The press generally comments
also on the necessity of the German
parliament's taking some action on
the subject when 1t meets.
The emperor reviewed an army
corps at Danzig and was cheered by
enormous crowds there.
Bradford County telegraph. (Starke, Fla.) 1888-current, 1910-09-02
HAUNTED HOUSE MYSTERY.
Police Trying to Solve Queer Doinq.
In New Jersey Home.


In New Jersey Home.
A haunted house mystery is occupy
ing the attention Of Sheriff Harris
and his deputies at Newton. n. J.
George Dunlap, wealthy farmer, re-
ported that for two months his big
colonial farm house has been haunted
and that he and his wife have been
driven almost frantic by rapp.ngs anf
other wierd noises and by similar
acts OF vandalism. He said some
pieces Of clothing had been cut in
pieces a Bible had been slashed.
canned goods had been spilled and
his rubber boots. which he left in the
kitchen. had been thrown into a els
tern.
On four occasions articles had been
thrown downstairs when no one was
on the upper floor, and later three
fires were started in the house.
Mr.. Dunlap's stories Of the strange
happenings In the old mansion are
corroborated by a score Of neighbors.
The sheriff, after q preliminary fn-
vestigation, arrested 4 female relative
OF Dunlap's, but she denied any knowI
edge Of the reason for the Ehostlv
eoings, and a further Investigation is
being made.
Bradford County telegraph. (Starke, Fla.) 1888-current, 1910-09-02
FELL 800 FEET,

And Yet Daring Aviator Lives to Tell
the Tale.
j. c. Mars. the daring western avi-
ator, who deals in thrills while you
wait. plunged 800 feet through space
and landed IN Ambrose channel, at
the foot Of New York bay, while max
ing an aeroplane fight to Fort Wads-
worth, Staten Island. from Sleeps
head Bay. The 50-horse power motor
on the flying machine went wrong.
Mars was fished out 0f the water
unhurt by tug boat, and his Curtiss
eight-cylinier flyer was picked up a
wreck.
Bradford County telegraph. (Starke, Fla.) 1888-current, 1910-09-02
KAISER IS RAPED
BY GERMAN EDITORS
Bitter Criticism of Press on
"GIVine Right" Speech.
An kLL-kBS0RBIkG TOPIC

Every Shade Of DisapprovsI Is Voiced
By Press, From Mild Regret to
noeke~y Of the Emperors Alleged
Ahaoiutist Pretsnslons.
Tue now famous speech Of Emperor
William at Koenigsberg, with its
oDenlyeXpressed belief in the divine
right Of the Prussisn king and his
choice, not by peoples assemblies, but
By God. continues to be the theme OF
the most excited discussion in the
nevspapers- The monarchIst organs
are divided In their views Of the EN-.
peror's utterances, some Of them TAX.
ing q stand in opposition to his view,
20 that quite four-fifths of the German
press are united in criticism Of the
sovereign.
Bradford County telegraph. (Starke, Fla.) 1888-current, 1910-09-02
100000 PIECES MAIL MATTER.
ATLANTA Pestotice Was Kept Busy
During Late Campaign.

-NS ~S"afot6A
About 100000 pieces Of political lit
erature pa1sed daily through the At
lanta postonice during the last sf1
weeks Of the state and county cam
psign. In all, over 1000, 900 letters.
postcards, and other sorts Of mail
were sent out from the headquarters
Of the various candidates.
AS the day for the election drew
near, the clerks and CARRIERS at the
postoffce were almost overwhelmed
with work. Especially was the vol
ume Of mail on Saturday enormous.
MANY candidates had waited until EAo
fast minute to man some Of their most
persuasive literature, and this mail
pied up Saturday until Il was only by
4he most unremitting effort that II
Was handlsA. ~ Saturday night al
Df It had been delivered. The past
Eeek At the postofnce was rsnaindful
~ Christmas week.
Bradford County telegraph. (Starke, Fla.) 1888-current, 1910-09-02
FATAL BOILER EXPLOSION.

Two Men Killed and Two Injured
Near Pensacola.
Jonn Mullen and Joe Shelly, the
former engineer and the latter fire.
man. were instantly killed and John
HinTe. one Of the owners, and a ne
gro helper, named NARROW. were bad.
ly injured, when the boiler in the
Nicholas mill at Messy Head, near
Pensacola, Fla, exploded. both ends
blowing out and almost wrecking the
mill plant
The workmen had just left the
plant, or else a dozen or more woril
have been killed. The injured men
were brought to Pensacola for treat.
ment.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1910-08-04
HALF MILLION IN GAINS
Is SHOWN IN SUMTER
Values Are Given a Boost
This Year.
Returns of Property to
Tax Receiver Shows
a Total Exceeding
$7,OOO.OOO.

Five hundred thousand dollars
round half million simoleons-repra-
sent the gain in property values this
year in Sumter county as compared
with tax returns made last year. The
figures are all in, and the result will
be gratifying, rejecting our great
prosperity.
Tax Receiver w. R. Speer gave out
tie figures yesterday and while, un.
official as yet, they are ,approximatey
correct.
A gain Of cool half million dollars
in taxable values in year puts Sum
ter in the forefront of Georgia cour
ties of her class and indicates her
progress along material Lines.
Properly values in Sumter now ex-
oeed $7,000000 total, against "a little
less than $6,5OO0 00O last year. us shown
by the tax returns made Receiver
Speer stated yesterday that tie gain
this year might even exceed half a mil
lion dollars when foo5ings are made.
This, he states, will be done today
and the actual gain ascertained to a
penny 1t is more likely to excee
titan to go under the half mnIio-.
mark.
The principal gain, as might be ex-
pected, is in farm land values, as the
result of good roads in Sumter COUNT
No other agency could have increased
values of farm property here as the
building of good roads ws hin the
past two or three years has done
Lands, generally, are returned fo,
taxes at an average of about $40 pc.
acre although the cheapest acre in
Sumter county would bring that price.
a fair valuation being from $25 to Sc
per acre
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1910-08-04
AMf RICUS IS AHEAD IN
GAMf 5 ON DIAMOND
Champs Have d Record of
half Hundred.

Fifty games played, thirty-fve won
seven games tied and only eight games
lost. Sucn was the splendid record OF
the Americus ball team up to Monday
last, August 1st, and it is one which
every member of the team and every
lover of good, clean sport here is JUS
ly proud of No other team in anna
teur ball in Georgia mas played nearly
SO many games as has the Americas
ouncl, and that the Champs sustainac
their cd time prestige is shown b.
the record. Since the team took tile
field in May it mas tackled the best
clubs in Georgia in the semi-profes-
sional class, including the teams OF
Macon, Savannah. Quitman, Ocilla.
Albany, Cuthbert, Columbus and other
cities and Always with credit to its
players. The three games here this
week are not included in the above
statement, Which shows the record to
the first of August only. With the
close of the season near at hand.
Americas will have a record of play
ing surpassed by no other team ana
equalled by few others.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1910-08-04
STATE WATERS
TO BE RE-STOCKED WITH FISU

Spokane, Wash, August 3.-Spo-
kane Fish Protective association has
completed arrangements to eiberate
between 100000 and 6000,000 Gus
throat and rainbow trout and crappie
f'y in the lakes and rivers of the In.
land Empire before the close of 191t.
the first being placed in Liberty and
Newman lakes in Eastern WASHINGTON
next October.
s. S. Drew, superintendent of tde
Spokane Elatcheries, who has $50 Goa
trout fry on hand says that more than
1000 600 will be hatched during 1910
and that the capacity of the plant will
be increased to 100000 Ga year in
1911, which, is believed to be sufficient
fry to restock the waters in this part
Of the Northwest The crappie viii
came from the governments hatch
cries
Efforts have been made by various
organizations during the last three
years to obtain crappie fry, but were
unsuccessful. officers of the associa-
ton report that the government will
cooperate with the local men in re.
stocking the streams with' these east
ern fish. The association will assist
in enforcing the state fish laws.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1910-08-04
EVEN BEST OF THEM
DROP IT SOME TIME
ly Cobb 'SiBig Bunch Play
Bum Ball.

Iy Cobb Of the Detroit Tigers, Who
Won the American League pennant
last year and the year before, admits
chat DetrJit won't win it this year.
Cobb picks the Philadelphia Athletics
10 cop the flag. While Cobb believes
lhat De-roit has the best bali team in
The American League, he says that the
psychology of baseball will not allow
.the Tigers to come out first again this
year
Fate" Says Ty, seems to have de-
creed that no team shall win four pen
nants in o row. Things are not braek-
ing for US as they should. Our mis-
fortunes started when Tom Jones hal
ais nose broken in ST Louis. That ac-
ciednt cost us several games. Then
WilIett, who was pitching great bau,
was taken ilI and he did not come East
With us If we had him on this trip
several more games would have been
won.
@AL AZ l2 IdtC W dy IIlHSS DI6dh IOf
us in the games that convince me that
we are not to repeat.
When we make an error it costs Us
the game, and when any of us meets
the ball fairly with men on the bases
it usually goes right at some one or
one of the opposing felders makes
circus catch of it. Any time that
,eam wins a pennant it must have the
breaks beside playing consistent ball,
and we have not had any this year
Now it may be that better things
are coming for us and that the Atl-
letics will get a slump and we a win
ming streak, but we are shouldering an
immense handicap already, and it viii
be hard to get back top, though Of
course there is still a chance"
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1910-08-04
AUTOS MAY SPEtD ON
THE ROADS OF STATE
No Prospect of Automobile
Law Now.
Especial to Times-Recorder.)

Atlanta, Ga, August Sit looks very
much as if there would be no general
automobile law enacted by the general
assembly, despite all the talk about it.
The senate has passed one bill and the
house another, but there has been no
effont made on tie part of the two
houses to set together on it.
Since travel over the state in auto>
mobiles has become so general. a state
law for registration and regulation os
automobiles is considered a necessity.
The acts of o,her states have been
consulted and authors of bills endeav-
ored to get the best out Of all of them
for a Georgia law Differences Of
opinion have delayed action on tie
matter until the general assembly s
almost i'll the last week Of its session.
1t is possible some agreement NAV
be reached wacih VIII result in The en-
actmant Of an automo5ila law, but it
is going t. take some energy on the
part Of those Interested to bring this
about.
Some persons evidently are under
The impression tlat Georgia has al
ready such a law since Secretary Of
State Phbip Cook has received 400 or
500 letters from auto owners who want
to register, and in many instances
'ihey have inclosed the 81 fee. Two
of the writer's We're anxious to get No.
10, While one or two others wanted
"23."
Secretary Cook bad to return all
such remittances with the statement
that there is no such law on the statute
books as vet. He is of the belief that
the legislature viii enact such a law
at tLds session.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1910-08-04
FRUIT GROWING IN GEORGIA
DESCRIBED IN SOUTHERN FIELD
Especial to Times-Recorderl

Especial to Times-Recorder)
Washington, D. c., August "a
comprehensive picture of the advant-
ages to be found in the fruit growins
sections Of the southeastern states is
presented in the August issue of The
Southern Field, the official organ OF
he Land and Industrial department OF
1l'a Southern Railway and associated
ines, the circulation of which will be-
gin in few days. Ire leading article
II this issue is devoted to a discus
sion of fruit growing in Virginia, the
Jarolinas, Georgia, Alabama, Tennes-
see and Mississippi The story Of
the development of the growing of ap-
)les, peaches, berries and small fruits
n this territory is fully told and the
opportunities f,r future development
pointed out
The farmer interested in fruit grow
.ng who reads this issue cannot fail
to be impressed with the great oppor-
1unities which await him in the South
east. In addition to the articl con fruit
growing which is splendidly Illustrate
there are other interesting articles. Ed
tria's cal attention to the oppor-
tunities for profit in stock raising in
tle South, the value of the cotton crop
10 the country, and the increase ii
5ae value of Southern lands What
can be done in the East Tennessee
country is shown in an article On pork
raising, A Spartanburg Farmer" tells
Of results on farm in the Piedmont
section, and the success of Canadians
in Northeast Georgia is told in an in p
teresting manner.
Thousands of copies of this maga-
zine will be put in the hands of farm
ers in the North and Northwest who
are considered desirable settlers. Per
sons who are already in the South
who have friends living in other sec
tions of the cuntry whom they wish
to interest in this section can have
copies of The Southern Field sent to
them by a request addressed to NJ. V
Richards, Land and Industrial Agent
Southern Railway, Washington, d. G.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1910-08-04
The Day in the House.
STRIKE LEADER USES
CAKE AND LEMONADE
Has Il Great Influence Over Many OF
Her Followers.

New York, August 3.-"Haye som,
cake, my dear, and stand up for you.
rights"
Help yourself to the lemonade anl
never let~the foot OF Industrial tyralr
ny tread you down"
So, mingling invitations and advice
Mrs. Robert Tons moved among her
sixty guests on her lawn at Railway
N. j., yesterday
The sixty women, girls and men, had
struck half an hour before at tie
MiIIbury Atlantic Manufacturing Com
pany's plant, and Mrs Tons was the
cause of the strike.
She was 1orewoman and general
manager Of the pant, whose chief pro-
duct is bathing suits She was very
popular, ard Nj. Millbury, the pr
prietor, complained that she did not
get enough work out of the hands,
that the work hours were cut as short
IS the skirts Nof some of the bathing
suits. He discharged Mrs Tons and
installed in her place his wife, a grad
uate of Cornell University.
All the employees resented this and
determined to strike. SO they de-
manded a nine and 3 half hour work
day and a half holiday on Saturday
This seemed reasonable, but they de-
manded, too, that Mrs. Milbury be fired
and Mrs. Tons reinstated This, al
Jb-ugh the married men among them
had advised them that Millbury could
not possibly grant it.
He did not, of course So the sixey
struck and hurried to the pretty home
of the sympathetic Mrs Tons, where
she served cake and Labelled out lem
onade and encouragement.
Il shall remain in the establish
ment and organize a new force of or
eratives," said Mrs. NIiljbury in fine
Cornell English.
of coarse, she'll stick" echoed NJ.
Millbury.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1910-08-04
WHERE JOSEPH BEAT HOAXTS
IN COUNTY AND DISTRIt"g
Several Facts of Interest in Former
Campaign. 49,.

Atlanta. Ga, August 3-IIere ara
some facts worthy of remembran e
Which are Just being brought to the
attention of the Nters of this county;
In the primary of June, 1908, Joseph
u. Brown carried his own ward in
Marietta (Jhe Second; mis- own city.
Marietta; Lis own county, Cobb; his
own senatorial district, (the Thirty
dfJh) and his own congressional dis
.rict, (the Seventh).
But he went a way further.
Mr.. Brown also carried Hoke Smith $
ward in Atlanta (the SIXTH Hoke's
city, Atlanta; lis county, Fulton.
Hoke's senatorial district, (the Thir-
y-fftD and Hoke's Congressional dis
rict (the Fifth).
Never since Hoke Smith has been a
candidate for office has he been able to
carry his own ward. In the 1906 eiec-
tion, when Mr.. Smith swept the state
by such a great majority, the ward iii
which he lives was carried by CLARK
Howell.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1910-08-04
DeHCafelg
z orn7ed

and gently reared women will find in
all the seasons of thc4r lives, S maid
ems, wives and mothers, that the one
simple, wholesome laxative remedy.
which acts gently and pleasantly and
naturally and which may be taken at
any time, when the system needs a
laxative, with perfect safety and real
ly beneficial effects, is Syrup of Figs
and Elixir of SIENNA.
1t has that true delicacy of flavor
which is so refreshing to the taste,
that warming and grateful toning to
the stomach which responds so favor
ably to its action and the laxative eff
feet which is so beneficial to the sys-
tenn when, occasionally, its gentle
cleansing is required
The genuine, always bearing the
name of the California Fig Syrup Co..
may be purchased from all leading
druggists in original packages of one
size only, price fifty cents per bottle
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1910-08-04
MILKING BY MUSIC
A BOSTON INNOVATION
1t is Working Thus Far With Much
Success.

Boston, Mass, August 3.-John Mum
ro Longyear Brooklyn's greatest nit
lionaire, is milking this celebrated
Jersey COWS to tie accompaniment ct
phonograph containing the latest
popular musical selections. A daily
record is kept of the quantity produc-
ed at each milking.
One evening the milking was in
progress during the playing of the
phonograph. The mixers noticed that
some of the more irritable cows were
quiet, and some one suggested that
they enjoyed hearing the music.
The next night one of the milkers
brought out a phonograph and put o.
number of such records as he BE-
lieyed would pro1uce a soothing ef-
feet. There was the same increase in
the milk yield as on the night OF the
barn party
ince that time the pronograph has
been an established fixture in thu
Longyear dairy, and the mixers say
that ttey will not be without it, The
COWS, as well as the milk, they aav
show marked Improvement.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1910-08-04
FALSE TETH NIP RATHER
AT A NEW JERSEY RESORT

COttager Lost Them in Ocean When
She Sneezed.
Wildwood, N. j., August 3 3-Howar3
L Strickler, manager of the Wildwood
Crest Office of Baker Brothers, the
founders of this resort had a peculisr
experience While bathing in the surf.
He felt something biting his foot whic]A
he believed to be crab, but upon in
vestigating found imbedded in his
foot pair of false teeth that had
been lost by a lady cobrager who had
sneezed while bathing in the ocean.
The teeth were later returned to their
owner
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1910-08-04
BIG EXCURSION TO SAVANNAH
Nsss
AND TYBEE VIA SEABOARO
Special Train Leaves Americus Aug.
End. Rate $3.50.

Don't forget the excursion to sa-
vannah and Tybee on August End. The
rate viii be $3.50 for the round trip
from Americus.
Tickets will be limited for return
five days in addition to date Of sa,e
which will allow five days to be
spent OF the seashore. Full informa-
ton from any Seaboard agent.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1910-08-04
FOR RENT.

The premises No. POS Forsyth street
now occupied by the Times Recorder
from September 15. Call on or ad.
dress n. NJ. DUDLEY, Bank of South
Western Georgia.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1910-08-04
CHANGES OF ADVERTISEMENT.

Changes Of advertisements for Suu.
day must be in Times Recorder az.
lice by & p. m. Friday afternoon, 9th.
erwise 1t is Impossible to make the
change.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1910-08-04
IN HOUSE AND SENATE
BILLS ARE PASSED.
Many Measures of Interest
Adopted.
Especial to Times-Recorder. J

NNI'N~AtAi W AAiilNlo -IbNNOI dCi }
Atlanta, Ga, August 3.-In the SER
ate today a bill was passed prohibit
ing shooting at or into dwellings. and
the resolution providing for fall sas,
sions of the legislature was defeated
The Persons bill to levy special taxes
for high school purposes was killed
and a motion to reconsider the bill
giving $4,000 to the Georgia Normal
and Industrial College at Milledge-
vile was defeated. The action in de-
feating the appropriation for the Nortl
Georgia Agricultural College was re-
considered.
The Day in the House. 80.
In the house it was voted to stop af-.
terno0n sessions, beginning Thursday.
bill was passed increasing the
maximum penalty for embezzlement
and the measure seeking to prohibit
the use of abusive language in news
papers was defeated. The bifI abolish
ing tie office of county treasurers. was
lost
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1910-08-04
EXCURSION TO TYBEE
TUESDAY, AUGUST 9TH, VIA
CENTRAL OR GEORGIA RAILWAY
$3.50 Round Tickets Good For
Five Days.

On Tuesday, August 9th, the Cen
tral of Georgia railroad will operate
an excursion from Americus and other
points to Tybee. Tickets will be sold
for 10: 40 p. m. train which will carry q
through sleeping car to Savannah
Rate for round trip $3.50, ana tickets
will be limited FIR five days, For fun
information, call on J. e Hightower,
Agent. 26-td
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1910-08-04

Anyway a stranger in a town never
has to hire a small boy to point out
the saloons.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1910-08-04

Too much strategy can tangle itself
more than it can fool others.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1910-08-04

Most poi iticians claim the silent
vote so long as it keeps silent.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1910-08-04

Generally when there's reason
enough for suspicion there's reason