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Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-08-04
THIRD BALE OF COTTON
COMES TO AMERICAS
Fifteen Cents Was Melted the
Owner

Another new cotton bale, the thi ID
one received in Americas within the
week, arrived yesterday to swell the
feecy tide flowing in this direction.
This third bale was grown by Mr.. S.
J. Powell, of Lee county and shipped
to Harold Bros warehouse. 1t weigh
ed $50 pounds and classed good mid
ding, being one Of the prettiest new
bales handled here. 1t was sold %
Colonel Marshall Martin at IS cents,
the top price paid for new bales, and
will be shipped to Augusta. Americas
is ahead of any Georgia market in
the number of new bales cotton al
ready received, and will show up more
than a hundred other new ones ere
another ten days elapse.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-08-04
Birds of n Feather,

To Jacob Hope, Philadelphia IA
nous bird and animal expert, an odd
adventure happened the other day.
Mr.. Hope was strolling out Walnut
street when a bird fakir accosted him.
The fakir drew from his pocket the
usually painted sparrow-a gorgeous
thing of blues and Colds and green's
and, evidently taking Mr.. Hope for one
of the millionaires Of Rittenhouse
Square, he said:
4 jest nabbed this bird off that
there walnut tree. Can't l sell her 10
We cheap? Look at her-ain't she a
beauty? l never seen nothin' like her
before. What kind of a bird is she,
do you know?"
Young man." said Mr.. Hope, ''if it's
true that birds of a feather flock to-
gether, then I should say that, I'M
doubtedly, she is a jail-bird Min
neapolis Journal.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-08-04

= STORIES
y WORTH READING.
Summer GiriS-and Boys.

"A seashore summer would be ideal
if all the engagements really ended
in marriage
The speaker, Admiral Schley, storl
on the beach a. Atlantic City. VIII
smile he lesumed:
A jowelry salesman once entered
seaside jewelers.
- must sell you he said, "a con-
5ignmcut of wedding rings. Loo3,
your stock Of them is down to three
or fc' While here you have a whole
Zig trayful of engagement rings
Young man, said the jeweler, IF
you had tcen a little longer in he
business you'd know that it al~&!s
takes at least one trayful of engage
'nent rings tc work off three wedding
rings"
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-08-04
What the Babies Can Do.

Benton Mcmillan, who was in con-
gress twenty years. tried to be elected
to the United States senate from Ten
nessee last winter, but Luke Lea, a
youth of thirty-one, beat him out. A
few days ago Mcmillan saw Lea in L
hotel in Memphis, and remarked:
That fellow beat me for the SEN
ate, and he was born the fist year
that went to congress. The Twice
a-MOnth Popular.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-08-04

The Mobile Register insists on pre-
senting Underwood, of Alabama, for
consideration as a presidential candi-
date. 1t says: How long is party eX-
pediency to dominate what must be re-
garded as the right of the South to
recognition in national affairs?" The
Register oyerlooks the fact that the
South is very much in evidence in ma
tional affairs these days Its leaders
are admired throughout thte country
and are doing magnificent work at
Washington.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-08-04

= SOME
= MORNING SMILES.

At Sea.
Break, break, break
On the sides of our boat, oh, sea!
And I would that my throat could
swallow
The things that arise in me.
Oh, well for the chambermaid
That she is able to walk in the hall!
Oh, well for the second mate
That he never gets sick at all!
And the stately ship goes on,
For all that We are all so i'll;
But, oh, for a sight of the vanished
shore,
For an inch of ground that is still!
Break, break, break,
At the foot of our keel, oh, sea!
But the tender love of the sea that l
viii never come back to me.
John w. Douglas, in Judge.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-08-04
killing ChinkS.

A teacher told her pupils that pop
ulation of China was so great that ey-
cry time a person breathed two China
men died.
A few minutes later she noticed a
small boy breathing and putting at an
alarming rate.
What's the matter?" she asked.
killing Chinks," was the boys re-
ply. q don't like those foreigners"
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-08-04
Every Morning Except Monday

All Subscriptions Payable in Ad-
vance.
Advertising Rates promptly furnish
ed upon application,
Ali advertising copy requiring two
columns of space or less should be in
the business Office not later than noon
of dav prior to date of issue IN order
to insure its prompt insertion. All
copy for space Of more than two col
umns should be submitted not later
than 6 o'clock of the day, two days
prior to date Of issue,
Memorial Resolutions, Resolutions
of Respect, Obituary Notices, etc.
other than those which the paper may
deem proper to publish as news mat
ter, will be charged for at the rate OF
3 cents per line,
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-08-04
Realism in Art.

A local painter spent three months
on a painting. He spent a good deal
Of money on models, but the finished
product justified all his expenditures
and all his time. Everybody told him
so when his picture was exhibited.
Everybody but one. This lady, whose
opinion he valued most, was the one
he took to the exhibition with him.
Il can hardly wait" she dubbed.
Which is your picture?"
This one" he told her-and waited.
She studied it in detail.
What is it called?" she wanted to
know.
Wood Nymphs. "
How silly of me to ask. They're
so natural. Why, anybody would
think they We're really made of
wood!"-Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-08-04
?
A NORWEGIAN.
The BentztOwn Bard.)

His little hands are brown with sun,
AdOwn his cheeks the sweat drops run;
His golden locks are tangled quite
With breeZes tossing to the light
Their futtering strands; he heaves
away
With energy and zeal all day,
And through his pride We hear the
plan:
I am my muyVers working mani"
A thousand times his little feet
Have battered by in music sweet
AS through the yard he swings along
To whistled lifting of a song,
And always On the go, his eyes
Burn bright as stars within the skies,
While on his cheeks, indeed, we scan
The dirt streaks Of the working man.
He's dug a bed to hold her flowers,
And made a path and raked for hours
The leaves and sticks and stones in
piles,
And still upon his way he smiles,
His bare arms glimmering in the sun,
His wee legs always on the run,
Anu lhdICd AILh eIoe"A eIe II yOu Ca"
This earnest little working man!
So good, it scarcely seems that he
Could ever know a thing but glee
Of childhOod's sweetness; Off he goes
To cut the grass and turn the hose,
To pick the scraps up from the lawn,
This labor from the dewy dawn
Till twilight puts at last its ban
Ey'n on a muvvers working man!
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-08-04
HUSBAND NOT HELD AS
ACCESSORY TO MURDER
Robbins Goes Free, Mrs. Rob,
bins Is Prisoner

Waycross, Ga, August 3.-After
lengthy hearing, Carl Robbins was
given his liberty today by Judge ?
M. Wilson. Robbins was charged with
being an accessory to the murder of
Mrs. Belle Smith in July. His Wife
was bound over on the charge of muir
der in the same case. 1t is understood
that the state will present certain mat
tiers to the grand jury in regard to
Robbins.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-08-04

Senator William Alden Smith, of
Michigan, paid fine tribute to the
South and the Confederate soldiers the
other day, in the course of which he
uttered the sentiment of every right
thinking man North: Il would despise
a Southern man who would ever for
get the loyalty and the bravery and the
daring and the heroism and the sacri-
flee his people made in a cause they
believed to be right"
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-08-04

Reys. Russell H. Conwell and Meyer
are to be sent to Russia to secure per-
mission from the Car for the estab-
lishment of great Baptist college at
st. Petersburg. The Baptist faith
would spread rapidly, it is claimed, #
the Russian government gave it fair
play in that country.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-08-04

In Massachusetts the railroads are
required by law to furnish the indi-
vidual paper drinking cups, and also
to disinfect and keep the water tanks
Il the passenger coaches in a sanitary
VIII Georgia ever get up 70
the same high standard of decency in
the matter of drinking water on It's
roads?
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-08-04

The historical tendency of reform
ers'' is the cause of their undoing. The
people prefer to follow level headed
men, even if they do move more slowly
than the ranting critics would have
them.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-08-04

They formed a soap trust in England
some years ago. The consumers boy
cotted the products, foreign soap man
ufacturers flooded the country and
the trust was soon dissolved to save
the trade. There is a suggestion here
for American folks. The idea Of put
ting all trust controlled goods on the
free list is not a bad one.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-08-04

Seattle the other day burned an
effigy Of the "knocker" with 10000 cit
liens hurrahing for the town. TIL;
hint has been sufficient The knock
ers" have all been converted into
boosters" or have sought new pas
lures.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-08-04

A disappointed Office seeker out West
has written the president informing
him that he has lost a vote. This re-
minds one of the angry subscriber who
stops his paper.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-08-04

The pictures of Nat Goodwin's four
wives and the prospective fifth makes
one think that the actor is trying to
corner everything that is prettiest in
the matrimonial market.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-08-04

Anent recent Alaskan development
they are REPEATING the statement of the
late Senator Dolloyer, that President
Taft is "A good man surrounded by
people who know exactly what they
want"
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-08-04

If a man cares for his friends, as
much as they care for him, believe
him; but when he thinks they care
more for him, he's only fooling him
self.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-08-04

They call them CHECK book sena-
tors" out West, that is, the fellows
who buy their seats in the L. S. Sen
ate Thank heaven the South has no
CHECK book members of the upper
house.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-08-04

Author-Why, what's the matter
with the story?
Reader-Oh, nothing much, only this
in Chapter II. you have your hero
lose both his arms under train and
in Chapter XIV you have him Selling
a runaway team by the brides.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-08-04

If schedule X was "indefensible." as
Taft stated. then his course in yetoing
its revision would be likewise indie
fensible
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-08-04

In Germany Consular reports state,
women and children have to work TO
help support the family. German pros
perity is not Of the kind we enjoy in
this country. AS rule the man of the
house is able to provide for the family
here.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-08-04

There is nothing inherently i'm
modest in the girls wearing trousers,
but as an exchange remarks, ii is just
as we'll for them to know in advance
that it is mighty hard to keep them
from bagging at the knees.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-08-04

To-day is the best day you will ever
have to start doing something for
somebody else. Just keep in mind
George Eltot's saying What do We
live for if not to make life less difficult
for each Other?'
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-08-04

The Democrats are the only cohes-
i've party force in the Senate to-day.
Democracy is standing the test well
this year.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-08-04

The farmer remarks: Il am plan
ming
To go to the city tomorrow,
'Tis quiet | need and the country
is noisy, I've learned to my sor-
For the city all goes to the country
To shoot where the shooting is law
full;
And that's why the the city is quiet,
And the noise in the country is aw-
full.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-08-04

Health is like any inheritance-you
can spend the interest in work, but
you mustn't spend the principal.
George H. LOrimer.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-08-04

Here is the Baltimore Suns motto
for the remainder Of the summer. Take
it to heart go and do likewise;
Let US then be up and swatting.
With a heart for any fate,
Still the derned old flies pursuing,
Learn to swat and do not wait"
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-08-04

Of all sad things that sadden us
In summers sultry spell,
The saddest is the cake of soap
We find at a summer hotel.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-08-04

Two soles that beat as one is sue
cessful dancing, where two hearts
might beat it and be thankful.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-08-04
Overheard on the Stairs.

A Washington man Inadvertently
overheard some tender exchanges be-
tween a recently betrothed couple
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-08-04
A Fox at Bay.

l wish to notify all relatives and
neighbors that l want them t. keep
their noses out of my family affairs,
if you please. John FoX.-Feru QndD
Chronicle.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-08-04
Americas, Ga, August 4, 1911.

If Vardaman goes to the Senate the
South can play him against Hepburn
of Idaho.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-08-04

Believe me, thousand friends suffice
thee not
In single enemy thou hast more than
enough.
Ali Ben Abb Taleb.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-08-04

No one questions President Taft's
desire to do right but he has got an
awful bunch to watch all the time.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-08-04

The man who@ turns up his nose at
slang doesn't realize that his nose is
s!angy at the moment.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-08-04

To stare facts in the face is neces-
sary if impolite.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-08-04
Forced.

The Mother-Whateyer is the mat
ter with baby?
Nurse-DunnO, ma am. ! was only
tryin' to make i'm smile with glove
stretchers.-The Sketch.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-08-04

The tractable girl pals on man,
somehow.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-08-04

Cleverness is the best kind of tonic
for all Affections save that of the heart
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-08-04

The end must justify the means.
Prior.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-08-04

The tight wad gets no reduction in
heaven for entering sideways.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-08-04

How proud we are of the things we
intend to do!
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-08-04

Men who smile rarely have too much
self-esteem to let them forget their
dignity.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-08-04
Do You Want q Farm?

Wecmho vyoa otan H place y o p Som O.
~ 90 farms
up odph b bg t M
WewH be to snowy uayd these nms ay Il you o
% r soil
aoemu madna lcenofsu aed k barn a small b gm we
we Of
0
O. p;on ngedv dmg two large barns On gimme 1 deep
nl anil dpup; pp eH AM
in tmpatof Ceoga This has about ca
There pp
tor dhcoudt at Ig Their
25Oare,oe eoahoad tOnSe farm
d M o.
nanu
pnt something &C Of
onyo water MILL boz * ON L OIL
adjacent tod Huehld frh per y
ehsvIb due demDN spafH eprpaymh
72ausC 0mt ton woods One OF tn houses five mi oft;
ucn1O au d a SOIL clay u On road per
O.
rice
8arsnS rOb,Hr don sof acres m;k urumd
tt h arr from g level free a
dga
OF
it gd Ia locality nd good
h some nsmS aronyD ntNta y buy farm rpnea ah
n IRE ldyf Ne have d il sue farms these
l M are 90
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-08-04

When fellow finds fault about ev-
erybody, where is the fellow who does
not find fault with him?
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-08-04

When two women talk, it's a dia-
logue; when woman and her hus-
band converse, it's a monologue.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-08-04

The girl who says she wouldn't wear
solitaire if she were engaged gen.
orally elopes for the wedding ring.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-08-04

Some girls are like plotting paper;
they absorb everything, and can be
easily read upside down in glass.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-08-04

\ \ y \ y 4 \ \ \ y \ y 4 y y \
\ THOUGHTS FOR THE DAY y
4 \ \ 4 \ = \ \ \ ~ y \
No man can do nothing, and no man
can do everything
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-08-04
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR

Breakers of hearts are generally
busted
1t takes a brave barber to beard q
lion in his den.
Things we want seldom please us
after We get them.
A good bluff may be more effective
than the real thing.
AS a matter of fact few persons re-
side on Easy street.
Satan takes day off when a woman
marries the wrong man.
If a girl tells you she can't sing be
wise and let it go at that
When a fellow finds fault about ev-
erybody, where is the fellow who does
not find fault with him?
The tight wad gets no reduction in
heaven for entering sideways.
Cleverness is the best kind of tonic
for all Affections save that of the heart
Men who smile rarely have too much
self-esteem to let them forget their
dignity.
When two women talk, it's a dia-
logue; when woman and her hus-
band converse, it's a monologue.
The girl who says she wouldn't wear
a solitaire if she were engaged, gen
orally elopes for the wedding ring.
Some girls are like plotting paper;
they absorb everything, and can be
easily read upside down in a glass.
A small part of the population is al
ways fussing about the constitution,
and the rest of it about the standing
of the baseball teams.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-08-04
OFFICIAL ORGAN:
City of Americas.
Sumter County.
Wnhetnr CnnnfV-

Railroad Commission of Georgia For
Third Congressional District.
q. S. Court Southern District OF
Georgia.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-08-04

For brain flag, avoid vacations.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-08-04

A small part of the population is al
ways fussing about the constitution,
and the rest of it about the standing
of the baseball teams.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-08-04

If girl tells you she can't sing be
wise and let it go at that.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-08-04

Breakers of hearts are generally
busted.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-08-04

Satan takes day off when a woman
the wrong man.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-08-04

1t takes brave barber to beard
lion in his den.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-08-04

Things we want seldom please us
after we get them.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-08-04

AS a matter of fact few persons re-
side on Easy street.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-10-02
Prosecution NAV
Follow Disaster
OF Bursting Dan:
(By United Press Leased Wire.

OBy United Press Leased Wire.)
AUSTIN, Pa, Oct. 2.-Thirty-
six corpses, mostly identified, is
the total today recovered from
the ruins caused by the bursting
of the Bayliss dam in the Sinne-
nah oning valley, which wrecked
this town and the village of Costel-
10 Saturday. The state authori-
ties are supervising the rescue
work, and now estimate the dead
at between 100 and 200. The ma
jority of the bodies recovered are
those of women and children.
Cries from the burning debris,
which were frequent yesterday,
have ceased today. Rain him
dered the rescuers yesterday, and
also swelled the river at Free
mans run, where it is undammed.
Thousands are watching the res
cuers from the hillsides.
Criminal prosecution may fol-
low the catastrophe, according to
the district attorney of Potter
county and John Birkendine, q
SIdtt WdttI " liO
are investigating the calamity.
r. Chalkley Mallon, designer of
the dam, declares that if its own
ers had accepted his recommends
tions in regard to it's construc-
tion the disaster would have been
prevented w. Everett Van Vert,
manager of the Emporium Lum-
ber company and part owner of
the dam, admits that the COM
pany knew the dam was weak
years ago.
G. F. Hamlin, superintendent of
the Bayliss mill, is in a critical
condition here as a result of ner-
vous prostration.
The property loss is now esti-
mated at $3,000,000.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-10-02
Dump Liquor Into Creek.

DUMP Liquor INTO tFeek.
Only a cement walk, two blocks
long, remains of the town of Aus
tin today.
All liquor has been dumped into
the creek to keep it from drink
ers who might start to loot the
ruins.
A man of 40 is dead today as
a result of the mental strain he
underwent. He arrived yesterday,
found that all his family were
dead, wandered aimlessly for some
time, and then took his life.
Woman and Child Die.
Mrs. r. A. Mansuy lost her life
today while attempting to rescue
her flve-year-old son who became
entangled while playing near a
barbed wire fence. The resi-
dence of M. McCloskey, under
mined by the flood, toppled over,
making three complete turns, and
taking Mrs. Mansuy and her boy
in it's wake. None of the oecu-
pants of the house was hurt.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-10-02
BA TILE IS
EXPECTED

(Ry United Press Leased Wire
CONSTANTINOPLE, Oct. q
The Turkish garrison at Prevesa,
which was evacuated when 1000
Italian troops landed from the
Duke of Abruzzi's fleet, has re-
ceived reinforeements from Janina
and is returning to engage the In
vaders.
News of a battle is momentarily
expected.
Nothing is known here regard
ing the damage inflicted by the
italian bombardment at Rescha-
die.
LONDON, Oct. 2.-Whether
the Turkish fleet, battered by
Italian guns lies in ruins at the
western entrance of the Darda-
nellcs or is safe in the harbor of
Constantinople is today the big
gest mystery of the gigantic strug-
gle between the Turk and the
Latin.
Dispatches from correspondents
at Rome persist in the report that
the Ottoman armada was practi-
cally destroyed in an engagement