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Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1910-07-19
NEW COTTON PICKER
HAS BEEN INVENTED

Washington, July 18.-Patents were
issued today to Crawford Elliott, the
inventor of the book typewriter, on
cotton picker or harvester which he
has perfected as the result Of nearly
seven years constant effort The basic
patent granted covers forty different
claims. The machine has been tested
for two years in the cotton fields, and
with it one man and a team of mules
viii do the work of forty hand pickers
Only the ripe cotton is picked, and this
is done without injury to the green
cotton or the flowers. The successful
cotton picker has at last arrived and
viii enable the planters to greatly in
crease the present acreage under cul-
tivation.
The principle of the machine is a
double row of bristle brushes about
one and one-Ealf inches diameter and
fourteen inches long, spinning rapidly
in such a manner that the revolving
brushes are introduced into the plants
close to the ground and drawn up in
vertical line through the plants, the
brushes penetrating the bushes from
both sides of the row. The ripe cotton
adheres to the brushes while the rest
.Of the plant is not in any way effected,
the brushes travelling to a receptacle
whore they are stripped of the cotton
and the operation is repeated.
It has been thoroughly tested and
demonstrated that it will do the work
at a quarter of the cost of hand labor,
which means a saving of $150,0O0,000
year to the cotton growers.
The invention which, has been purch-
ased by the National Cotton Harvester
Company of Chicago. H., means much
to the growth and expansion of the
cotton industry, and it will undoubt-
eddy add immensely to the annual
wealth of all the cotton-growing
states.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1910-07-19
BUilpE6 PEACH CROP
GROWN In GE0RGIA
Good Prices Result From Wise Dis
tributiOn of Cars.

Atlanta, Ga, July 18.-"Georgia is
now marketing a bumper peach crop,
but despite this fact the growers who
are marketing through the exchange
are receiving top prices for their ship
ments, was the statement made by
Manager Fleming, of the Georgia Fruit
Exchange, in discussing market con-
ditions. To date the number of cars
handled from Georgia is ahead of the
1903 high record by 600 cars, but the
cod spell damaged the North Georgia
late crop so that the full complement
viii fail behind the 1908 total. BIT
even with this it is expected the mar
ket will show 5000 cars shipped ont
of Georgia.
Inc daily bulletin issued by the ex-
change giving the days sales and the
prices paid for fruit shows the level
to be unusually high, despite the
bumper crop, as a result there is
nothing but satisfaction and praise
for the exchange on all sides.
The shipping is just at its height
now, and Manager Fleming and his
force is working all day and half the
night to keep the crop moving and to
prevent congestion. by having the
shipments properly distributed. 1t is
only by systematic distribution, sucn
as the exchange is making, that the
record prices are being secured.
Manager Fleming has in his files a
copy of a telegram which the rail-
roads in Georgia had him send to
the Armour Car Lines, in 1908, when
Mr. Fleming was working for that
company and'before the exchange was
organized, urging the Armous Csr
Line Company to agree to handle and
distribute the crop for the peach
growers in 1908. This request was
made after the growers had appealed
to the railroads Auditing that the
bumper crop of 1908 was swamping
them and that Independent shipments
into the markets 80 per cent. of tne
crop going to the three markets, New
York, Boston and Philadelphia, with
consequential prices that did not pay
freight charges. The Armour Car
Line Company declined to take the
distribution, and the exchange was
organized to do this work. 1t is a
pleasant commentary to note that this
year with a similar crop, the heaviest
shipments of the season have found
the exchange sending only 50 per
cent. of the shipments to the big
markets. AS a result of this distribu-
ton. high prices for peaches have
been secured there an din other mar
kets.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1910-07-19
KNOXVILLE TO HAVE
BIG AEROPLANE SHOW
First Exposition to Have Big Aera-
plane Display.

Cincinnati, o., July 18.-The first
shipment of aeroplanes via the South
ern Railway from the West and what
is believed to be the first freight
movement of this character in the
South, will be the exhibit from the
Wright Brothers factory at Dayton
Ohio, which will be an attractive fea-
ture of the Appalachian Exposition TO
be held at Knoxville, Tenn, Septem-
Der - to October u.
The machines to be displayed at
Knoxville by the Wright Brothers will
move from this city to Knoxville over
the lines of the c., N. o. and T. P.
and the Southern Railway, and while
Southern traffic officials are not ex-
pecting a steady movement OF aero
planes in tie immediate future they
are taking pleasure in the fact that
they Will handle this car.
The Knoxville exposition will have
the distinction of being one of the
first to have a comprehensive display
of air riding craft.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1910-07-19
TO TIE PEOPLE OF GEORGIA.:

81 hereby announce my candidacy
for the Office of state treasurer, sub
iect TO the white democratic primary
of 1910, to be held on date to be
selected by the state democratic exec
utive committee
I'm making thj announcement / feel
that it is appropriate for me to say
that my service for seven years III
both branches of the Georgia legisla-
ture, during which time many of the
present laws relating to banks and
banking were enacted, and my service
1t the same ME on the house COM
mittee on banks and banking, by
which these laws were considered has
given me a clear insight into the Geor
gia laws concerning banking and fl
nance
I'm addition to the foregoing eXpe-
rience, | have been. for fifteen years,
president of the Elberton Loan and
Savings Bank, in which capacity | may
say l have gained wide political eX-
perience concerning the operation Of
these laws; and, as a result Of which
am in position to recommend certain
improvements in the present laws
which will better safeguard the inter-
ests of the depositors in Georgia's
state banks.
IF elected to this important pos
ton, l shall give my every effort to
the faithful discharge of its duties, to
assist me in whdch | shall secure the
services of trained, expert and capa-
BILE assistants.
81 respectfully request the favorable
cons Iteration of the democratic vot-
ers of the state.
'PEYTON M. HAYES.
"Elberton, Ga, May T, 1910"
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1910-07-19
TO FIGHT THE DIVORCE
EVIL. IN THE STATE
Minister Says it is Running
Our Homes.

Atlanta, Ga, July 1s.-Greatly per-
turbed over the remarkable increase
in the number of undefended divorce
cases brought before him, Judge w.
D. Ellis today announced that he will
go before the judiciary committee of
the legislature and make personal
appeal for a drastic law which will
check the divorce tendency.
Speaking in his court, he said of
divorce:
at is destroying the home, and when
you destroy the home you destroy the
city, the county, the state and tile ma
ton. Something should be done about
it. No divorce should be granted on
the uncorroborated statement of one
party. 1t has got so now a little quar-
rel between husband and wife results
in a row, the row a divorce, and the
divorce results in one or another of
the parties marrying again and get
ting a new victim.
The evil is growing. Every year
sees it increase. We talk about sup
preston of vice in the slums I can I
imagine anything worse than the di-
yorce evil. We expect vice in the
slums, but when virtuous young peo-
pie marry We expect them to make
homes and raise children"
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1910-07-19
IS lAKEYlEW GEYStR
CONTROLLED BY TIDE?
A Question That PuzzIOS
Many Scientists.

San Francisco, Ca, July ISIS the
flow of the great Lakeview geyser of
Central Salifornia controlled by the
tides of the Pacific? That is a ques-
rfon that is pulling engineers and
scientists since it was noticed recent
rv that the volume of oil discharged by
this world famous spouter at differ
emit times of the day.
Engineers believe they have found
a solution of the phenomenon in the
fact that the fluctuations in the flow
Of the great gusher are co-incident
with the ebb and flow of the tides in
the Pacific ocean-that the inlly fluid
sDouts in greater volume at high tide
and diminishes considerably at low
tide.
If this theory is correct, it strength
ems the contention of many scientists
that the vast deposits of petroleum. UNI
deriving California were once grea.
inland seas, and that there still is
connection between the Pacific ocean
and these subterranean seas of com
bustiblp fluid.
The Lakeyiew gusher is l 500 feet
below the level Of the Santa Barbara
channel and 60 miles distant Despite
this distance. engineers have discoT-
cred that the flow of the gusher is di-
rectly affected by the tides. The tor
rent of oil increases with high tide
and decreases with low tide, but just
what the ratio of increase and d4-
crease is has not been determined, al
though the difference is manifest.
According to biologists, the wash OF
the sea has Lad much to do with the
deposit of petroleum in the so-called
oil sands. it being found in zones as if
cast up by the tides. AS proof of this
contention. shell fish, star fish, mann
moth oyster shells and sharks teeth
have been found in the oil sands Of
many fields in this state.
The Lakeyiew gusher was tapped
on March 18th last, since which time
it has flowed from 100000 to $4,000 bar
rels daily. The we'll came in at a
depth of 1000 feet, but has long since
developed into an immense oil crater,
the extent of which no man can def
nitely tell.
What will happen if the Lakeview
continues to emit its tremendous tor
rent Of liquid fuel until the supply is
exhausted is a question that has caus-
ed alarm. among tomid folk living in
the region of the spouter who fear that
tile waters of the Pacific ocean may
break forth and flood the whole San
Joaquin valley oil fields.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1910-07-19
BEAUTIFUL GREENHURST
AT CHAUTAUQUA
The Best Place for a Royal Good
Time.

Before completing your vacation
plans, let us give you full inform2
ton about Greenhurst Hotel and Cot
tages, situated on the southern end
of Lake Chautauqua, only six miles
from Jamestown, in the most pictur-
esque part of western New York.
Here you can enjoy life, find amuse-
ment and recreation or complete rest,
as nowhere else in this country. #
you love boating, fishing, golfing, ten,
mis-, automobiling, or to ramble through
the deep woods, Greenhurst Hotel and
Cottages is the very place for you.
Greenhurst is just across the lake
from Celeron, the Coney Island Of
Western New York, and but an hours
boat-ride from Chautauqua, the most
famous summer meeting place of the
most noted talent in science, litera-
ture, music and education. Every pos
sible diversion is Offered at Green
hurst.
At very reasonable cost you can en-
joy the comfort and pleasures of a
beautifully furnished cottage for the
entire family or live at the Hotel, with
every convenience at your command.
Both the hotel and cottages are
splendidly furnshed-the linen, sill
yer, table service and all furnishings
throughout are of the very best. Ev-
erything that will add to the comfort
and convenience of guests and give
"home" air to this matchless resort
has been thought of. The mere fact
that George r. Hurlbert, of the James
town Sherman House and New York
City Grand Hotel fame is now mana
ger of Greenhurst is ample assurance
that the welfare and pleasure of every
guest will be carefully provided for.
Greenhurst-on-Chau is in ey-
cry way the ideal place for old and
young, for weary business men, pro-
fessional people and every one wig
wants every means for rest, recreaz
ton and full enjoyment of life ct
moderate cost
Furnished cottages may be rented by
the week, month or season, or you
may live in ease and comfort at the
modern hotel.
Don't decide on your vacation place
before finding out full particulars
about this magnificent summer resort.
Write to George F. .Hurlbert, James,
town, N. Y, or Grand Hotel, New
City, for rates and information yon
wish.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1910-07-19
UNIFORM LAW FOR
SALE OF FOODSTUFFS
Food and Drug Experts to Frame New
Law.

Atlanta, Ca, July Estate Chem
list R. r. Stallings and Commissioner
of Agriculture T. c. Hudson, repre-
senting tie feed and dairy department
of Georgia, have accepted invitations
to attend the annual convention of the
Association of State and National
Food and Dairy Department Officials
which will meet in New Orleans dur
ing the week Of November %. At this
time, too, the association of Food Con-
troll Officials VIII gather in the Cre5
cent City and at the time endorse 4
measure, which it Will be endeavOred
to have every state in the union adopt,
giving a uniform law governing the
sale of feed stuffs
DR.. Stalings a nd Commissioner
Hudson are we'll posted on the sub
jec. Of feed stuffs through the en-
forcement Of the Georgia pure food
law, whicL has done 50 much to regu-
late and control the sale of feed stuffs
in this state.
These officials have been asked to
assist in drafting the measure which
is to be endorsed at this meeting.
Prior to the enactment of the pure
food law in this state the state chem
lists reports SHOW that Georgia was
the dumping ground for misbranded
and adulterated feed s;urrs. Since the
enactment, though, Georgia has been
ridded largely of these impositions,
and cotton seed meal, a Georgia pro-
duct, has come fully into its own. Now
more than ever cotton seed meal is
looked upon as the leading dairymen
and cattle raisers, but is being gener-
ally fed by work stock owners, sup
planting corn and oats in the daily
feed. When the uniform law is adopt
ed the country over it is expected this
feed will become even more generally
used.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1910-07-19
WIFE WANTS A DECISION
BETWEEN SELF AND AIRSHIP
Divorce May Follow ii Husband Is Still
Obdurate.

New York, July 1S.-Clifford B. Har-
mon must choose between his airship
and his wife-that is, Mrs. Harmon
says she ''hppes my husband is sat-
isfied with his flying efforts in the past
and will stop them now" Mr.. Har-
mon, who has five French machinists
that he keeps busy tinkering with his
airships, is trying to convince his wife
that he is not going to be killed. In
the meantime he is resting from his
attack on a tree, the tree still being in
position, while Mr.. Harmon is nurs-
Ing number of bruises. Mr.. Harmon
is one of the wealthiest real estate
men in New York. Riding in the air is
his hobby. He wants to enter some
of the races between New York and
Chicago, but Mrs Harmon says no,
and in the long distance contest Il
looks as though Mrs. Harmon would
win.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1910-07-19
Denartures.
/, Atlanta, Angus

For Macon, Atlanta, Angus
ia and Savannah APPS a m
For Albany, Dothan, Lock
hart. Troy and Mont'ery $3.50 a m
For Albany, Dothan, Lock-
hart, Troy and Mont'ery 2:O7 D M
For Macon and Atlanta. !. "1:45 m
For Macon, Atlanta, saw
annah and Augusta !. .#10:40 m
For Columbus .......... 3:45 m
For Columbus J! 800 p m
For Columbus, Birming-
ham and Chicago ....... 1896 a m
For Albany and Jackson
vills ..................s12:1O q m
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1910-07-19
Rules of Webster County Democratic
Executive Committee.

GEORGIA-Webster County
Webster County emocratic Executive
Committee met at the court house in
Preston according to call of the Chair
man, this July 18th, 1910.
The County Democratic Executive
Committee in regular meeting as
sembled hereby call primary elec-
ton to be held in the several precincrs
of Webster county, on Tuesday the
23rd day of August, 1910 on the same
day as ordered by the State Democrat
lie Executive Committee for the State
primary, for the purpose of nominal
ing the following officers, to-wit:
For Congressman of the Bird Con-
gressiOnal District, Representative for
Webster county, Clerk of the Superior
Court, Sheriff, Tax Collector, Treas
urer, County School Commissioner,
Coroner and County Surveyor, and al
so to elect new Democratic Execu-
tive Committee for said county.
the various precincts of the county,
under the same rules and regulations
as adopted by the State Democratic
Executive Committee for the state
primary.
We hereby assess the following
amounts against each of the candi-
dates for the purpose of paying the
expenses of said primary, etc, to-wit:
Candidates for Congress the sum of
$4,000
Candidates for Representative the
sum of $500.
Candidates for Clerk Superior Court
the sum of $500.
Candidates for Sheriff, Tax Collec-
tor, Tax Receiver, Treasurer and
County School Commissioner, each the
sum of $500.
The name of no candidate shall APP
pear on the official ballot who fails to
pay the assessment required of him
on or before the first day of Aug, 1910.
All assessments to be paid to the
secretary of this committee.
Respectfully,
JAMES P. WALKER,
Chairman,
GEO E THORNTON,
Secretary,
JAMES P. WALKER,
Proxy for c. c. Tracey.
S. l.. PEARSON,
Proxy for G. C. Pearson,
JOHN MCDANIEL,
Appointer.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1910-07-19
PACIFIC COAST 10
FURNISH OIL SUPPLY
win be Depended Upon to Furnish the
Nations Oil.

Stn Francisco, Cal, July 18.--Caii-
fornia undoubtedly will, within few
years, be called upon to supply not
only the United States, but practically
the whole North American continent
with Illuminating, lubricating and fuel
oils.
A study of the petroleum industry
of the United States show THAT the
California oil fields are practically in
their infancy, with production increas-
ing by leaps and bounds, while the
proven oil bearing area is being aug
mented daily. The oil fields of other
sections of the country have reached
their maximum production and are on
THE decline, leaving California in a
class by itself as a producer of the
inflammable fluid
The total proven petroleum terri>
tory of California, according to the
United States Geological Survey, is
$50 square miles, or total of slight
ly more than 100000 acres. Shis area
would accommodate something like
100000 wells, allowing one we'll to
each 1-2 acres.
Large as this territory may seem it
is less than helf the area proved to
be productive in Pennsylvania, THAT
state having nearly 1000 square miles
of oil lands. But the thickness of the
oil bearing stratum in California far
exceeds that of other fields of the
United States, there being, by actual
measurement, over 500 feet of oil sands
in several different sections of the
state, whereas in many localities IN
the eastern fields the oil bearing stra-
tum is only few feet thick On ac-
count of these dense sands California
will be producing oil when eastern
fields are only a memory.
The Pennsylvania oil fields, which
are the oldest in the United States,
reachel their maximum productive
ness many years ago and have steadily
declined, until now they are yielding
about one-tEfrd of the amount pro-
duced at the height of their develop,
ment. Biologists estimate that only
about two billion barrels remain in the
ground in that state, while in the
proven fields of California, government
biologists estimate the supply in the
ground at eight and one-Elalf billion
barrels, without taking into account
new fields that undoubtedly will be dis
covered in this state
The OhiO-Indiana fields which rank
next in Importance to Pennsylvania.
have an area of 2,O40 square miles and
the supply in the ground is placed at
three billion barrels. In Texas and
Louisiana the fields have an area of
not more than $50 square miles, only
a small proportion of which now are
to be considered highly productive.
Taking these facts into considera-
ton, it will be readily seen that Cal
ifornia will, a comparatively few yeas
hence, be depended upon to supply the
United States withl Illuminating, lubri-
eating and fuel oils.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1910-07-19
SCHOOLS AT DAWSON NAME
TEACHERS FOR FALL TERM
L. z. MOsely, of ROckmart, is Principal
of the High School. !.

Dawosn, Ca, July 1S.-The Board
Of teachers for the Dawson public
schools for the next scholastic year
by the election of e. p Mosly, of Rock
mart, as principal of the high school,
and Miss Jessie Gober, Of Dallas. as
teacher of the Fifth grade in lieu of
Miss Alba Harrington, who has been
promoted to the seventh grade. The
board has also elected Miss eJnnie
Belle Jackson, of Thomaston, as teach
err OF expression and physical culture
training.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1910-07-19
ANNOUNCEMENT.
To the People of Georgia:

q LH6 GUpIt OF NGUI SID.
1 am a candidate for State Treas
uier. subject to the action of the DEM
ocratic party at the approaching pri-
nary for the selection of state house
CfIi3crs
Long and faithful service in that
office as treasurer and as assistant
treasured cove,ng a period of twenty
years without censure of complaint
from any sources is the platform upon
which my candidacy is based. On
this record | beg the support Of the
people. Respectfully.
w. J. SPEER.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1910-07-19
ANNOUNCEMENTS.
FOR REPRESENTATIVE.

To the Voters of Sumter County:
At the solicitation of a number of
the good people of Sumter county,
have decided to enter the race for the
Legislature in the primary of August
23rd. Should l be honored with the
nomination for Representative, l
pledge my best efforts toward the
progressive upbuilding of our County,
City and State. My candidacy is an
nounced subject to the rules of the
Democratic primary.
CALVIN CARTER
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1910-07-19
FIGHT ON TUBERCULOSIS
BEFORE LEGISLATURE.

Atlanta, Ca, July 1S.-A strenuous
fight is being made before the Geor-
gia legislature for a sufficient appro-
priation to establish a sanitarium to
aid in stamping out tuberculosis.
DR.. George Brown, the well known
tuberculosis expert, wkq is oaa Of the
representatives in the legislature from
Fulton county, is heading the move
ment 1t is believed the lawmakers
will see the necessity of providing
for the unfortunates.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1910-07-19
Arrivals.

From Savannah, Augusta,
Atlanta and Macon ~10:30 m
From Lockhart, Dothan, AL
bany, Troy and Mon cry +l0:40 M
From Lockhart, Dothan, AL
bany, Troy and Mont'ery 1:45 m
From Atlanta and Macon 1907 p III
From Augusta. Savannah.
Atlanta and Macon - $50 a m
From Columbus and inter-
mediate points ........*12:1O N
From Columbus and inter-
meediat points !!11:30 a m
From Columbus and inter-
mediate points HAS a IA
From Albany and Jackson
vile ......t........... 1856 m
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1910-07-19
FOR SENATOR.

To the Voters of Sumter County:
I hereby announce my candidacy
for the State senate, as representative
for the Thirteenth Senatorial District
subject to the action of the Demo-
cratic primary on August 23rd, 1910.
JEFF TAYLOR.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1910-07-19
For THE SENATE.

To the Voters of Sumter County:
l hereby announce that I am a can
didate for the State Senate, from the
Thirteenth Senatorial District, sub
iect to the Democratic primary to be
held on August %, 1910.
Respectfully,
J. e. SHEPPARD.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1910-07-19

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