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Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-01-12
LIVESTOCK SALES
IN AMERICUS
ARE LARGE
Already The Total Reaches
Great Sum.
Five Hundred Mules Sold Here Al
ready This Season at Excellent
Prices and the Demand Not Yet
Supplied.

One hundred and forty thousand
dollars in round figures represents
the large sum paid for mules by the
farmers of Sumter and nefshboring
counties already this season, and the
buying period is just at its height,
with the prospect that this goodly
amount will be wellnigh doubled ere
the demand is supplied.
Americus stock dealers report bust
ness excellent, and good mules con-
stantly in demand at good prices.
A local dealer yesterday, in reply
to a query regarding the sale Of
mules to date, stated that probably
twenty-five car loads had been sold
already, to say nothing Of the num-
Der of mules brought in from farms
and saw mills and sold here.
Five hundred head is fair estimate
of the number of new mules from the
markets of Kentucky and Missouri
sold in Americus recently, and at al
average price of $275 each. This
would bring the total sum thus paid
out to $137,5O0, while mules bought
recently for the county will add 3d.,
500 more.
A grand total of $141 900 paid for
mules already-and the buying sea
son yet at it's height
Farmers of a dozen counties Of
South Georgia buy their stock here,
and four large sales stables do an
excellent business in supplying the
demand
The influx of many farmers to Sum-
ter county this year and last has in
creased the demand for good farm
mules. AS evidence of this fact three
South Carolina farmers located near
tAmericus have placed orders here re-
Gently for sixty additional mules
which will cost in the aggregate about
$45,6OO
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-01-12
PROF. COLLUM AGAIN
NORMAL SCHOOL TRUSTEE
One of the Most Efficient
Members of Board.

A we'll deserved compliment was re
Gently paid to Supt j. M Collum, OF
the Third District Agricultural Col
lege, by Gov Brown in his appoint
ment as a member of the Board Oh
Trustees for the State Normal Scho
from this congressional district.
One trustee is appointed from each
of the eleven districts, This ap-
pointment by Gov. Brown is a reap
pointment that is we'll deserved Prof
Collum was first appointed by Gov
ernor Terrell for a term of six years
The present appointment will carry
Prof Columns tenure over a period Of
twelve years.
Prof Collum is at present chairman
of the Teachers committee of the
Normal School, which is in reality a
teachers training school Nearly fom
hundred pupils attend the school and
there are forty members of the fac
ulty.
The Normal School is to be congrat-
ulated on having the experience OF
Prof Collum retained in its service
through this appointment
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-01-12
TRIPLE TRAGEDY
RESULTS FROM
FREE Fight
Parties Killed Are Known in
AmGFiCuS.
Matt Wilson, James Nixon and Noah
White We're Killed, and N. P. vii.
son Badly Cut in a Free Fight at
AbbGVille.

James Wilson, Noah White and
James Nixon, the three men killed in
the terrible triangular fight at Able
vile, the details of which reached
Americus yesterday, were all known
here where they oftimes came upon
business, while Wilson has relatives
residing near Americus.
The three above named We're shot to
death in the deadly duel resulting,
While N. P. Wilson is badly cut up
and may die.
1t seems that Mr. White had been
working Tor n. p. Wilson, who runs
saw mill three miles west of Abbe-
vile, and they disagreed over set
tlement, and that White and Wilson
engaged in fight and Wilson was
cut in three different places.
After curling Wilson, White went 10
his home. Matt Wilson, who is a son
OF n, P Wilson, on hearing of the
trouble, met Nixon and went to Mr..
Wine house cguard him until they
could send to Abbeville and get the
sheriff.
When White saw them coming he
met them at the front gate and
opened fire on them with a double
barreled shotgun.
They returned the fire, and after g
changing several shots Wilson. Mix,
on and White fell dead.
~ F. Wilson and his son, Matt Will
son, are very prominent people and
are well-to-do farmers and mill
men. White has only been in South
Georgia about six weeks, having come
from Jackson county. The killing
caused great excitement about town,
where they are well known.
Some of the witnesses seem to be-
lieve that Whites wife might have
killed the Mixons, Some seem to be
sure that White and Wilson did not
fire but one time each.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-01-12
HOUSES
And MORE
HOUSES
That is the Crying Need Of
AmeFiCuS.
Fifteen Applicants Poured in on Man
Whose Ad. Read Wrong. People
Seeking Homes Unable to Get AC-
COmmOdatiOnS.

Houses are sadly, badly, needed in
Americus.
If it were announced tomorrow that
fifteen or twenty comfortable homes,
of the bungalow pattern, for in
stance, We're about to be erected that
would rent at 500 to $25 a month, the
demand would probably exhaust the
supply before the foundations had
been laid.
People are living in rooms who
want houses. People are boarding
who want houses. People are putting
off getting married who want houses.
People are staying away from Ameri-
Gus who are anxious to locate here
who want houses.
Houses, houses, houses, that is the
crying, the growing, the persistent
and never ceasing daily want OF
Americus.
People have been advertising for
and seeking houses for two months
past and have been unable to find
them
People have come to the city seek
ing homes and have gone away be
cause there was none to be had.
People are looking this way now
who want houses and cannot find a
place to live in if they decide to
come
Last Saturday there appeared an
advertisement in the Tines Recorder
stating that a seven-room house was
for rent. 1t was an error The ad-
vertisement should have read rooms
instead of a house.
The advertiser was deluged with
applicants for the seven room house
he was supposed to have for rent
Fifteen inquiries came to him be-
fore ten O'Clock in the morning.
Tuesday, by one of those mistakes
that sometimes occur, the advertis
ment remained in the Times-Recor-
der.
Tuesday the man was bothered to
death by people who wanted thai
he didn't have
What is to be done about it. Here
is city without a vacant house that
is worthy of the name of desirable
residence. Here is a city where many
families are seeking houses. Here is
a city where a dozen families want
to locate and cannot do so because
there is not a house to be had
Is the progress, and prosperity OF
the city to be hampered in this fash
ion?
Is there no relief to come from any
source?
What is the matter with the men
of property, the owners of lands, and
the owners of money?
Homes, homes, homes, more and
more homes, that is what Americus
wants, and it wants them right now.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-01-12
BOUGHT TRAIN LOAD
OF fine MULES
Battle Bros. Of Albany Offer.
ing Fine Stock.

As will be seen from their adver-
tisement elsewhere, Battle Bros, the
leading dealers in live stock in AL
bany, are offering farmers and the
public generally an enormous stock of
high grade mules just bought by their
representative and shipped to Albany
to meet the requirements of their
ever increasing trade.
This train load of mules is said to
be the largest single shipment of
stock ever made into Southwest Geor-
gia. 1t enables any one looking for
fine stock to have a large assortment
from which to select the animals de-
sired
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-01-12
COLUMBUS SHOWS
MODERATE GROWTH
But Many Thousands Live
Around City Limits.

Washington, d. c., January IL
The population of Columbus, Ga, by
the census of 1910 is 2O,054, against
1854 in 1900, and 1854 in 1900.
The comparatively small growth IN
this important mill town is due to
the fact that many of the operatives
in its mills reside in Girard and
Phoenix iCty and in the country
round about the city The Immediate
section surrounding Columbus, IN
Georgia and Alabama, will show a
large percentage of increase over
the previous census.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-01-12

Mrs. r. S. Broadhurst, of Ameri-
Gus, who has been visiting Miss Leila
Ham and other friends in this city
FIR week, leaves for her home to-
day. -Valdosta Times.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-01-12

Read TOO Much Gold" by Thos.
A. Edison. This weeks Saturday Ev-
ening Post. 12-3t
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-01-12

Clearance Sale OF Ladies' Suits and
Goats. See ad on back page. Chas. J.,
AnsIey,
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-01-12

One-third of on all silk petticOats.
Chas. l.. Ansley.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-01-12

NJ skirts 33 1-3 per cent. discount.
ChaS. l.. Ansley.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-01-12

FOR SALE; Mission taboretts
Phone No AIS, lO-lw
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-01-12
HUGHES CALLED ON
In CENSUS Matter
AmGriCuS Can Give Names Of
$500 Residents.
The following telegram was SCI
last night to Congressman Dudley N
Hughes:
Americus, Ga, January II, 1911.
Hon. Dudley NJ. Hughes,
House of Representatives,
washington. u a.

rouse OIL representatives
Washington, d. C.
On the very days the census Of
Americus was taken by the cover =
ment enumerators, special enumera-
tors in the service of the Americus
Board of Trade went behind them
covering the entire city, and pre-
pared census for that organization
This Board of Trade census shows
that Americus has been unjustly de
priyed of over four hundred of her
legitimate population You know the
development of the city sufficiently to
realize that its growth has been COR
siderably in excess of that reported
by the census bureau The city nat
urally suffers in a business way from
this injustice Is there no way this
erroneous census can be corrected
The error is a glaring one to any one
acquainted with the progress of the
city and county. We can furnish tho
name and addresses to prove our
claim. JOHN w SHlVER,
President, Board of Trade
The Board of Trade books contain
names and residences of S,5j5 people
inside the city limits.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-01-12
Removal Notice

Miss Hay will re-
move shortly to
the store now OC-
cupied by Mrs. M.
T. Elam. Miss Hay
will close out her
entire stock of hats
at cost, prior to re-
mOval.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1911-04-17
"S[XIY:THREE mile"
BALL LEAGUE ORGANIZED
ORGANIZATION OF EASTERN $40 BASEBALL
FEcTEo At Meeting At MAN DAN SUNDAY
FOR BISMARCK, MANDAN, GLEN uLLN REP
Neutrality-suspicious. ADoP TED-FlRsT GAMES

Sunday afternoon representatives
of the baseball teams of Bismarck,
Mandan, New Salem and Glen Ullin
gathered at Mandan and perfected the
organization OF the 'Sixty.three Mile"
league. Thus the lovers of the nation
al game are assured the opportunity
to see some fast exhibitions of the
Great American Sport during the sum-
mer months.
There were present at the meeting
Manager F. P. McQuillan of the Man
dan team, Manager C. J. kurtz of the
Glen Ulin team, Manager George NJ.
Kramer OF the New Salem team, and
James Brethoyed. representing Man.
ager T. B. Cayou of the Bismarck az
gregation. Officers of the new baseball
association were elected as follows:
President-F. P. McQuillan of Man.
dan.
Secretary.treasurer- II G. J. kurtz Of
Glen Ulin.
The executive committee shall con-
sist of all the managers.
Articles of agreement to be signed
by all Of the managers comprise the
following essential points:
|. Five per cent of the gross re.
reipts or each game are to be set aside
for the general fund to defray all ex-
penses incurred by the general asso-
citation.
2. Each visiting team shall be paid
the sum of $26.45 for each game play
ed away from home. This rule applies
to all of the games. The balance of
the receipts shall 90 to the home
team.
3. Postponed games shall De played
at the end of the season.
4. Each team is limited to only two
nonresident players.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1911-04-17
lOWAN WILL Use BEST
SCIENTIFIC farming
r. L. BARRETT STUDENT At AME$
AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE,
BUYS SECTION.
Will Farm Land Near City by Most
Improved Methods and viii Break
500 Acres this Year.

r. l.. Barrett, a senior student at
Ames Qowa) Agricultural college, was
a recent arrival in the city and has
purchased a section of land, just west
of the Schwabe place, east of the state
penitentiary. He was induced to come
to Burleigh county by Frank J. Fox,
of the Fox Land Company.
Mr.. Barrett was accompanied by
two other Ames students who VIII as
sist him in getting started with his
farming of the section. He brought
with him one OF the best gasoline
breaking outfits that was obtainable
and plans on breaking at least 800
acres of the farm this spring. He pur-
poses to put in a large crop of flax,
and will make big alfalfa field out OF
the bottom lands. Later on he intends
to employ diversified methods and
raise cattle, hogs, and corn, and get
away from the sin-le crop proposition.
In the fall Nj. Barrett contemplates
erecting a set of new farm buildings.
These Will adjoin the main road ruin
ming east of Bismarck. Mr.. Barrett
will return to Ames in June and grad
uate with his class and will. then re-
turn to Bismarck and make his perm
anent home here. Bismarck and Bur
leigh county are always glad to wei
come new arrivals of his calibre and
wish him unbounded success in his
new venture.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1911-04-17
the DOCTORS QUESTION.
Much Sickness Due to sows, Disorder

Much Sickness Due to 6owsi Disorders.
A doctors first question when con.
suited by a patient Is, Are your bow
els regular?" He knows that SO per
cent of illness is attended with inac-
i've bowels and torpid liver, and that
this condition must be removed gently
and thoroughly before health can be
restored.
Rexall Orderlies are positive, pleas.
ant and safe remedy for constipation
and bowel disorders in general. We
are so certain Of their great curative
value that we promise to return the
purchasers money in every case when
they full to produce entire satisfaction.
Rexall OrderIies are eaten like can
dy, they act quietly. and have q suoth-
Ing, strengthening. healing influence
on the entire intestinal tract. They do
not purge, grippe, cause nausea, datu.
lence. excessive looseness, diarrhoea or
other annoying effect. They are espe-
cially good for children, weak persons
or old folks. Two sizes, 25c. and 10c.
Sold only at our store-The Rexall Store.
Lenhart Drug Store. Main st.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1911-04-17

.. Each manager shall have full
charge ct all passes and prices OF ad'
mission to the games at his home
town.
The following schedule OF games
was approved, each team to play nine
games away from home and nine ON
it's own diamond. 1t is noticeable that
neither Bismarck nor Mandan will
have a game scheduled on the same
day, nor will Glen Ulin or New Salem.
This will make it possible when there
is a game at Mandan for capital city
fans to go over and witness it and
when there is game at Bismarck. for
Mandanites to come over and see it.
The same rule applies to games at
Glen ullin and New Salem. The
schedule:
Bismarck at Mandan-May %, July
8, August 2.
Bismarck at New Salem-May Ia,
June q, August 6.
Bismarck at Glen Ullin-June II,
July %, September 3.
Mandan at Bismarck June 4, July l6,
August p.
Mandan at New Salem-June IS,
July 30, September 10.
Mandan at Glen Ullin-May2l, July
2, August IL.
New Salem at Bismarck 81,
July 2, August -.
New Salem at Mandan-June H.,
July %. September 3.
New Salem at Glen Ullin-May %,
July 9, August 20.
Glen Ullin at Bismarck-June IS.
July 80, September 10.
Glen Ullin at Mandan-May IA, June
Is, August 6.
Glen Ullin at New Salem-Tune 4,
July 16, August q.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1911-04-17
ODD COINCIDENCE WAS - :,
RELAIEDbY CAPT, Marsh
CAPT. ATKINS STORY OF STEAM BEING CAPTURED GuERL
LAS IN EARLY SIXTIES WAS oRRoeoRATEo BY CAPT. MARSH
WHOSE BOAT WAS ALSO CAP TURED POINT IN
ATKINS WILL TAN0 WATCH WITH CAPT. MARSH

who was mate on the "Marcella" ha4
slowed the soldiers away in the hold
of the boat where they would not be
sengers on the steamer informed the
guerillas that there were some federal
soldiers aboard and they were found
an dtaken ashore. One of them was a
mere boy, about Is years of age and
his home was in Lexington. So the
guerilla leader told him to get out of
sight and let him get away. How
.vcr the other three were lined up on
the bank and shot down by the band
its. The "Marcella" was then al.
lowed to proceed.
There is increased interest in this
occurrence when it is known that
Capt. Atkins met Capt. Marsh in st.
Lous in 1866. and has not seen him
since that time until Saturday even.
ing when Capt Marsh came down
from Washburn in reply to telephone
call to come and visit with an old
friend" When Capt. Atkins told of
his capture by guerillas and also of
the misfortune that occurred to the
second boat which was captured by
the guerillas the same day, Capt.
Marsh corroborated his story and
there was great zeal Of surprise
when it developed that he was mate
on the second boat. The guerillas who
were in the gang were some Of Guam
trilrs band, the organization to which
young Jesse James belonged. In the
party we're Mark Belt, Dave Pool, and
a man by the name of Martin who had
formerly been a clerk in the employ Of
Gillian and Mcdaniel, a Kansas City
firm who bought negro slaves and
shipped them south to New Orleans.
Capt. Atkins came to North Dakota
in 1884 and settled at Cando where he
has continued to make his home. He
probably more than any other man
can tell of the thrilling encounters
the old boatmen used to have with
warlike parties of the Sioux. He has
a bullet in his possession which was
fired by Sioux near the present To-
cation of Fort Rice and which struck
him in the right side. He will remain
in Bismarck for several days and it
is Captain Marsh's earnest wish that
he will be here long enough to stand
watch" with him on trip from
Bismarck to Fort Benton so that he
may see for himself the vast changes
that have taken place in the state
since those days of the early sixties.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1911-04-17

An interesting coincidence was re-
lated to a representative of the Tri-
bune by Capt. Grant Marsh of Bis
marck and Capt. C. J. Atkins of Cando,
which will be Of great interest to the
readers of the Tribune.
Capt. Atkins was one of the early
pilots on the Missouri river. He made
his first trip past the present site OF
Bismarck in 1868 when he came up
on the Robert Campbell, Jr." from
St. Louis to Fort Benton. At that
time there was no sign of any habita'
ton where the capital city Is now TO-
Gated as that territory was all virgin
III airie, the home of the buffaio ana
the haunt of the Indian. Capt Atkins
told a Tribune reporter Friday even
ing that while the northern end or the
Missouri was dangerous on account OF
Indians that the southern END was
lust as dangerous on account OF guerll'
las, and he told of an experience ne
had had on the steamer Live OAK.
There was a tombstone aboard the
boat consigned to Berlin. Mo-, Mr.. At
kins who was pilot advised the cap
tain not to land. but the latter did not
anticipate any great danger. me
boat landed there and no sooner had
been made fast to shore than II was
boarded by guerillas who robbed all or
the passengers and then allowed the
boat to proceed uD stream. Captain
Atkins also said that while his boat
had been Above to 60. that another
boat had been held up that same day
by the guerillas and three men snot
to death. It has since developed that
the second boat was one on wnlch
Can't. Garsh was mate, and the latter
verified Capt. Atkins story and told
the story of the second capture by the
guerillas.
Cant, Marsh was mate on the Mar
celia and had put out from Waverly:
Mo-. a short time after the "Live Oak
on which Capt. Atkins was pilot. They
had proceeded but short distance
up stream however when they de-
cided to put in at Dovers Landing, a
little town only short distance south
of Berlin, Mo-, for coal, as there was
a small coal mite at that place. AS
the "Marcella". neared shore there
was seen to be several cords of wood
ranked up along the beach. This was
somewhat unusual, but no suspicion
was attached to the incident. How
ever, as soon as the boat was made
fast a gang of guerillas, under the
same men that had captured Capt.
Atkins boat earlier in the day. sprang
out from behind the wood pile where
they had been hiding, and with leveled
reyolyers and rifles compelled all to
surrender. They then proceeded to
rob the boat and the passengers.
Down south of there four passengers
had been shipped aboard the Mar
cella"-four federal soldiers who were
en- route home on furlough. 1t must
be remembered that this occurred
early in the stiles and that the Civil
was was at it's height. Mr.. Marsh,
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1911-04-17
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES WI
were NOT SUSPENDED
ADVISE THAT JUDGE
WINCHESTER Defer RUL.
ING>iN CASE.
Court Case Against Messrs vesper-
man and Davies Will Come up at
Regular May Term Of the District
Court.

Saturday afternoon Assistant Attorn.
ey General C. L. Young, appearing for
the state and Judge Edward Engerud
of Fargo, appearing for the county
commissioners Vesperman and Davies
appeared before Judge Winchester in
his rooms at the court house to argue
an interesting phase of the case
against thse two commissioners.
The case arose out of an action
which has been brought to GUST these
TWO men who have been appointed
to there places on the board from
Office The attorneys for the state
came before the Judge on an order
to show cause why Messrs Vesperman
and Davies should not be suspended
from the performance of their official
duties during the tendency of the
case against them in the district court
However, after they reached the court
chambers both Attorney General MIL
Ter and Assistant Attorneys General
Young concluded that In as much as
the case was to be brought up in regu-
lar order at the May term of court
that it would perhaps be better not
to have the ruling on this question
of suspension during the tendency
of the acton, but to allow the commits
sioners to continue in the perform
ance of their duties until the action
was finally decided at the regular
term.
In fact. Judge Winchester was ad-
vised by the attorneys for both sides
that it would be better not to rule
on this question. and consequently no
ruling was made and Commissioners
Vesperman and Davies will continue
in the performance of the duties I'M
til their case is decided In the district
court.
The reason for this action Oh the
part of the attorneys is that the court
would have been obliged to have de.
cided this interlocut0ry motion to re-
move the commissioners from office
during the tendency of their case in
the district court wholly upon the mer'
it's of the case, and this would have
meant that the case would have been
practically decided at this time before
the regular action had been brought.
Neither side was prepared to argue
the merits of the case and each
wanted more time before the case
would be heard on its merits. So
there will be nothing further done
until the action to remove them from
office comes up before the court in
regular order at the May term.