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Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-03-18
Citation.
GEORGIA-sumter County.

The appraisers appointed to set aside
a years support out Of the estate OF
Howell B. Simmons, late of said Coua-
~, deceased, to Mrs. Josie =. Simmons
and her three minor children, having
filed their return in this office. This
is to notify all persons interested TO
file objections, if any they have, on OF
before the first Monday in April, or
else said return will be made the ludg-
ment of this Court. 9-4t-pd
This 9Th day of March, 1911.
JOHN A. COBB. Ordinary.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-03-18

Morton L. Hill, Of Lebanon, Ind,
says: "My wife had Inhammatory
Rheumatism in every muscle and
her body and face we're swollen al
most beyond recognition; had been in
bed for six weeks and had eight ply
sicians, but received no benefit until
she tried DIR. DETCHON'S RELIEF
FOR RHEUMATISM. 1t gave immed-
late relief and she was able to walk
about in three days. 7 am sure it saved
her life" Sold by Eldridge Drug Co
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-03-18

Also at the same time and place will
be sold the following property, to-wit:
One acre of land with the improve
ments thereon bounded as follows, on
the east by lands of D. G. Patterson,
west by lands of B. F. Barge and j. F.
Sims, north by lands of Mrs. billiard
and on the south by the lands of B. F.
Barge. said lands lying and being in
the 18th District of said county Levy
made by ]. NJ. Bowling and returned
to me. Tenants in possession notified
in terms Of the law. Terms, cash.
This the 7th day of March, 1911.
c. NJ. CHRISTIAN, Sheriff
9-4t
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-03-18
THE BRIDGE IN FLAMES
BUT FIRE Is CHECKED

Railway Bridge is Endangered For a
Time.
Parties coming to Americas yester-
day from Montezuma stated that the
bridge of the Atlanta, Birmingham
and Atlantic railroad spanning the
Flint river between Montezuma and
Oglethorpe caught fire in the early
morning. The flames were extinguish-
ed, however, before any material dam
age had been sustained.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-03-18
For Leave to Sell Real Estate.

GEORGIA-Sumter County.
Notice is hereby given that applica-
ton will be made to the Ordinary OF
aid County at the April term of said
Court, for leave to sell the real estate
of Charles A. Cattledge, deceased, To-
Gated in Sumter County, Georgia.
This the 9Th March, 1911
.9-4t FLORENCE DAVIS,
Administrative of c. NJ. Cattledge, De-
ceased.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-03-18
ELBRIDGE HEIGHTS LOTS
TO BE SOLD AT AUCTION
Brass Band and Prizes VIII Add to the
Interest.

The auction sale of residence lots
in the new northern suburb, Eldridge
Heights this afternoon will attract
prospective buyers Penny Brothers,
the twin auctioneers, will conduct the
sale with their speed record of one
lot sold per minute. A band of music
will be on hand to epliven the sitia-
ton, while cash prizes will be given
away as a further incentive.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-03-18

You are probably aware that pneu-
monia always results from a cold
but you never heard of a cold result
ing in pneumonia when Chamberlain
Cough Remedy was used Why take
the risk. when this remedy may be
had for a trifle? For sale by all
dealers.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-03-18
COLDS
BREED
CAT RRH
Her Terrible Experience Shows
How Peruna Should Be in Every
Nome to Prevent Colds.

Mrs. G. S.
Sage RS e +,
1911 Wood
land Ave-,
X q n S a S
City, Mo-,
writes:
Il feel it
q duty to
you and to
others that
may be af-
hicted like
myself, to
speak f o Y
Peruna.
MY trou-
Bile fl r S t
came after
la gr ippe
e / 8 h t or
nine years
ago, a gath
ering in my
head a n d
neuralgia. I
su # e r g d
most all the
t i m e. My
nose, ears
and g Y @ s
We're badly
-
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-03-18

the last two years. I think from your
description of internal catarrh that I
must have had that also. / suffered
very severely.
Nothing ever relieved me like Pc
runa. 1t keeps me from taking cold.
"With the exception of some deaf
ness 1 am feeling perfectly cured. I
am forty-siX years old.
Il feel that words are inadequate to
express my praise for Peruna.''
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-03-18
GEoRGIA-sumter County.

GEORGIA-Sumter County.
To All Whom 1t May Concern:
Notice is hereby given, that applica-
tion will be made to the Court OF Or
binary of said County, at the April
term, 1911, of said Court, to sell the
real estate of James Z. Richards, late
of said county, deceased, located II
Lee and Sumter Counties, Georgia.
This 9Th March. 1911. 9-4t-pd.
H. E. ALLEN,
Administrator of James =. Richards
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-03-18

The most common cause of insom-
MIA is disorders of stomach. Use Cham
berlain's Liniment and you will get
quick relief. 1t costs but a quarter.
Why suffer? For sale by all dealers.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-03-18

The only man who can afford to be
a sluggard is the one who has rich
aunt to go to.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-03-18

The language of flowers is not re-
stricted entirely to society buds.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-03-18

A man surprises a widow, not by
kissing her, but by the way he does it..
The Washington herald., 1911-12-31

auction for $780, and an Old Testament,
bound with a New Testament in 1863,
has brought 81, 80 For reading purposes,
however, a 16-Cent Bible is just as good.
In 1915 Samuel John Mills. father of
foreign mission work in Christian Amer
lea unsuccessfully tried to buy a Bible
in New Orleans. He obtained a supply
of English and French Bibles and dis
tributed them gratutOusly in that city.
He found that there were $1,000 families
in Louisiana and the Southwest who
were without the Scriptures. The Ameri-
can Bible Society, national Organiza-
ton, was formed in May. 1916, largely
through his influence. The Pennsylvania
Bible Society had then been at work,
however, in Philadelphia and elsewhere
in the State for eight years. The New
y FORK Society. of which DIR. Carter is gen.
eral secretary, was founded in December,
lsO9. Last year 151,O0O Bibles, Testaments,
and parts of the Scriptures, printed in
forty languages, were given away. The
Yiddish Bibles were bought in England;
the Spanish in Los Angeles, Cal.
There are 10000 Spaniards in New
York City" DR.. Carter said in speaking
of the polyglot character of the largest
in America. Also. there are
The Washington herald., 1911-12-31

1900 Japanese. 1890 Greeks, and 5000
Russians; more Germans than in Ham
burg, more Italians than in Rome, three
times as many Irish as in Dublin, and
ten times as many Jews as in Palestine.
We gave 5000 volumes of the Scriptures
tC immigrants alone during the year 1911.
New York's Floating Population.
sailors coming annually into the har-
Lor of New York outnumber the inhabi-
tants of Vermont, New Hampshire, and
Rhode Island. We distributed Bibles
among them, our agents boarding 800 YES
sells each month. During an average day
in normal times, 100000 persons are stop
ping at or living in New York hotels.
Many of them can read our Bibles if
they are so inclined. All the hotel mana
gers whom we have seen have been glad
to accept our offer of free books. Some
of them, however, have wanted the
Bibles bound in leather and have paid
the difference.
persons stopping at the hotels write
us grateful letters. Almost any man,
on being shown to his room by a bell
boy feels a little better when he sees
a Bible on his table or dresser-it brings
up memories of home or his mother.
The Washington herald., 1911-12-31
Chimney sweepers Wear Top Hats.

From the Wide World Magazine.
There are some strange things to be
seen in Switzerland. but nothing stranger
than the chomney sweeps, who, curIously
enough, are the only people in the country
who wear top hats. The silk hat-Usually
Of respectable antiquity-is, for some IN
cxpliCable reason, the recognized head
gear of the chimney cleaner in Switzer-
land, and he would probably feel as I'M
professional without it as a policeman
without his helmet or a muffin man with
out his fiat cap.
The Washington herald., 1911-12-31

visit to his old home, coming in the
steerage. Again he was offered a Bible
by Mr.. Jackson. He looked at Jackson
for an instant and exclaimed: You gave
me a New Testament twenty-six years
ago. 1 read IL and became a Christian.
For the last twenty years I have been
preacher in Colorado In no case"
Dr. Carter continued. do We attempt
to argue with a man about his soul.
We meet an immigrant and offer him
Bible in his own language. Michael
Lodson. one of our agents, who can
converse in eleven different tongues, may
speak to an immigrant briefly, but no
EFFORT Is made to preach to him or to
warn MIN that he is on the wrong road.
Recently a young Russian of education
went back TO his own country as a mis-
sionary. He had never so much as seen
a Bible until given copy by our society
on his arrival at Ellis Island. A pros
Porous citizen in Nebraska sends US s45
every year. He received Bible when he
passed through Castle Garden, a poor
and friendless young man, and he wants
ether strangers coming TO America 20 be
welcomed in the same way. could give
you many Instances showing the good the
Bible has done among immigrants and
the poor in our own land ] heard OF a
young carpenter the other day who was
The Washington herald., 1911-12-31
4 Raft of Cocoanuts.

From the Wide World Magazine
In the Philippine Islands one fire.
quently sees a raft of cocoanuts being
hoated down the river to market. The
buoyant nuts are closely packed into
circle. braccd acrossed with bamboos, and
tied with fiber; and the queer craft, with
its native paddler, is then ready for the
trip downstream, to a point where the
sold.
The Washington herald., 1911-12-31
Strange.


From Puck.
Mrs. Highupp-How was the charity
ball?
Mrs. Blase-All right; but it's a wonder
they made anything when you consider
the small amount they spent on it. Their
expenses were actually less than their
receipts.
The Washington herald., 1911-12-31
QUITE OFTEN.

Sunday School Teacher-WIlHe. do you
inow what becomes OF boys who use had
language when they're playing marbles?
Wlliie-Hes' miss They grow up and
piay goiL
The Washington herald., 1911-12-31

From IrIck.
Cub Reporter (excitedly)-Just picked
up a big story about an actress being
kidnapped half an hour ago. Shall I
cover it?
City Editor-Sure-six feet deep.
The Washington herald., 1911-12-31
COckhPrn Planned Raid.

History relates that Gen. Ross was In
favor of attacking Baltimore rather than
Washington, because of the larger loot
there to be obtained; but Cockburn
thought II would be more spectacular to
raid the Capital City. and his plan pre-
vailed-one notion of his being that II
would be a fine scheme to take the
President and his wife and exhibit them
as captives in England.
Cockburn had strong sense OF the
picturesque, and IL is related that on
the evening OF his arrival in Washington
he entered the Capitol. and. seating him.
self in the chair OF the Speaker Of the
House OF Representatives, put the ques-
ton. Shall this harbor OF Yankee demOc-
raey be burned?" The mock resolution
was carried unanimously, and thereupon
the furniture and whatever other COM
bustibles CHANGED to be at hand were
gathered in heaps, the torch being APP
The Washington herald., 1911-12-31
A Natural Rock Chimney.

Prom the January Wide World.
What is perhaps the most wonderful
rock chimney in the whole of America
stands near High Bridge, KY, itself one
OF the wonders Of the world. This nat
ural chimney is seventy-fve feet high
and only four feet by six at the base.
1t is so delicately nodded that It looks
as IL a push would send ID over, yet II
has successfully defied the storms of
unknown ages.
The Washington herald., 1911-12-31
Kind.

vIsitor-Are your children doing any
thing for you In this your last illness?
Old man-Yes; they're keeping up my
life Insurance.
The Washington herald., 1911-12-31
deferred wild oats.

From Puck
The boy he never did a thing
Which wasn't strictly lawful.
But the man that boy was father Of
Well, he was simply awful.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-09-19

gone over the ground are correct, the
construction of this drainage ditch
will convert Fox river bottom into
one of the richest agricultural and
farming districts in the state OF Iowa.
The soil is from six to twelve feet In
depth and is inexhaustable. 1t will
mean much to the taxable property OF
our county in the way Of increase Of
values OF the land drained and the pro.
lection of bridges and highways which
are subject to damage by heavy over
flows during the rainy seasons. The
district will be known as drainage dis
trict number one and believe Is the
beginning Of the campaign that will
result in the Strengthening of the Fox
river channel. Already the farmers
in Van Buren, county are circulating a
petition to begin at the east line Of
Davis county and straighten the chan.
nel Of Fox river across Van Buren,
county. Petit brothers, enterprising
farmers Of Mt Sterling, were in
Bloomfield few days ago and in.
formed me that their petition was be.
ing signed by all the leading farmers
along Fox river in Van Buren, county.
A civil engineer will be appointed by
the board Of supervisors in few days
and the survey completed at an early
date, after which the contract will be
let, and the farmers in the district
propose to invest many thousand dol.
lars in the Strengthening of Fox
river"
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-09-19
IOWA UNIVERSITY
ENR0LLS 2,40o
FRESHMEN oUTNUMBER LAST
YEARS CLASS 8 70 .2-eoW-
MAN NEW PRESIDENT.

iowa City, Sept, 1S.-The state uni.
Versity Of Iowa opened today in all
colleges, with prospects Of total en-.
follment OF 2,400, and the greatest in
crease OF entering students in the his
Tory of the university. The freshmen
putnumber last years entering class
almost to g. The increase Is esti
mated by the register as 40 per cent
The university also starts the yea,
with new president, John G. Bow
man, new law dean, Austin Scott
and IS other new members OF the fac
ulty. One OF the most noteworthy
changes is the promotion Of Arthur
G. Smith from professor of mechanics
in tho college to engineering, to prof
essor OF mathematics.
Classes started this morning at {
o'clock. and they wers we'll filled de
spite the fact that old students are
still rolling in. Registration will con
tinue heaty all of this week. s.
President Bowman will make his
6rst address to the. faculty and stu
dents OF tho university at fall con
vocation, which will be held Wednes
day morning. His address is awaited
with great deal of interest, as 1t will
Ia measure outline lis policy as ar
educator. Although President Bowman
has been ION the job" less than two
months. his influence Is f6it every
where, and he is certain Of great per
ponal popularity.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-09-19
MouLToN.

The stale fire marshal has been here
and as a result, some fifteen Of the
citizens were asked to appear before
the grand jury.
Superintendent Miller and wife were
called to Omaha, to attend the fatal
illness of Mrs Hebron, mother of Mrs.
Miller.
Mrs. Erlywine of Seattle is visiting
the August Post home.
conference at Fairfield.
Miss Edyth Powers and Rae Zook
have gona to Wesleyan college.
Comrade Hobart and wife and
daughter-in-law, Mrs. Ace Hobart,
have moved to Waterloo.
DR.. Harion Wood was in from Hut
Gibson, Kan. this week.
Hon. Emery Probasco and wife og
Vinita, Okla, are here on visit with
relatives.
DR.. A. e. Kepfo-d will be at the
farmers institute September 20, and
Hon. LATE Young on September 80.
Professor Holden also expects to b
present.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-09-19
FARMiNGToN.

Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Modine of St
Charles, Ill.,, are visiting Mrs. Modine's
sister, Mrs. Gus Noske
Mrs. w j. Kirkpatrick has gone "
Denver, Col, to visit her brother, E. J.
Folker, and wife.
Mrs. VIVA Simmons and family have
moved 70 Bonaparte where Mrs Sim :
mons has employment with the United
WOODEN Mills Co.
Mrs. G. F. McMann has returned
from visit with her parents, Mr.. aud
Mrs. J. L. Kerr, at Corydon. She was
accompanied home by her parents,
making the trip in Mr.. Kerrs automo-
bile.
A. w. Dixon and family were called
to Alexandria, Mo-. Monday by the
death of Mr.. Dixons sister-in-law.
Miss Dorothy Kelsey is attending
business college in Burlington
Mrs j. C. Gillaspie was happily sur
prised last Wednesday evening, when
number of her friends and neighbors
gathered at her home in honor of her
fifty first birthday anniversary. Re-
freshments were served and most de-
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-09-19
DRAINAGE WORK
|. IN DAVIS COUNTY
FORTY LEADING PROPERTY OWN.
Frs WANT FOX RIVER CHAM
MEL sTRAIGHTENED.

Bloomfield, Sept. 49, Especially. -
A petition has just been filed in the
auditors office of Davis county en-.
titled G.. G. Evans, B. B. ,Burchett, D.
L. Burchett, A. DeForest, I. B. Shu-
mate, ct al VS.. The Board Of Super
visors of Davis county, Iowa, asking
the establishment Of a drainage dis
trict along Fox river beginning at a
Bloomfield and then running in a
southeasterly direction to the Davis
county line, covering a distance OF
about fifteen miles. The petition had
been signed by amout forty Of the
leading land owners who will be bene-
fitted by the Strengthening Of the chan
mel of Fox river. In an interview this
morning E. Rominger. the attorney
for the petitioners said: THE petition
has been signed by nearly all Of the
leading land owners in the proposed
| drainage district and great many of
the small farmers have come In vol
unfairly and signed the petition. It
has taken several months of investi-
cation on the part of the petitioners
| to perfect the petition and bond AS I
| understand it the petitioners pro-
| posed to straighten the main chan
mel Of Fox river from the starting
| point to the Van Buren, county line
on the east. The connecting bitches to
be from twenty to twenty-four feet in
width and about ten feet in depth.
Several civil engineers who have had
experience in surveying drainage
districts claim that the fall of Fox
river is from five to eight feet per
| mile and a ditch something like
twenty-four feet in width and ten feet
| in depth will carry away the overflow
water in a few hours after heavy rain
fall and render the rich bottom lands
| fit for cultivation in wet as we'll as
dry seasons. II the views of rr>>tition-
,ers and the civil engineers who have
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-09-19

WELL KNOWN oTrUMWAN PASS.
Ed AW. Y At HOME TODAY;
RESIDED HERE MANY YEARS.

Fitzhenry Warren Field, aged 81
years, one of OttumWa's we'll known
citizens, passed away this morning al
tho family residence, 1901 North Wap
els street, at Ills o'clock. The Ill
ness that caused his death has been
of eight months duration, gradually
wearing away his health until the
ANGEL of death ended his sufferings
in peaceful sleep. Fer the past forty
six years Mr. Field had resided In Of
ttmwa and for twenty-eight years had
CT nducted a jewelry store In the city.
Last February he was seized with the
illness that caused his death and was
then forced to retire from active bust.
ness. Mr. Field was born in Burling-
ton, Ia, coming to Ottumwa when
about four years OF age.
He leaves to mourn his loss wife
and nine children, Mrs. Harry MILFORD,
r. Field, Miss Evelyn, Harper,
E. ne, Eleanor, Robert. Donald and
Eli abeth. Three brothers, J. B. Field
Of Chicago, Frank N, OF Burlington
and R. S., of Ottumwa, and one sister,
Mrs. Fannie Washburn. Burlington.
Arrangements for the funeral have
not as yet been made.
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DATE FIXED FOR !.
the INSTITUTE
INCREASE IN COST OF MEMBER
SHIP is ALSO DECIDED on
. PLACE UNSETTLED.

! December Z, and are the days
! named by the officers and directors
! at meeting Saturday afternoon in
holding Of the big Wapello County
Farmers institute. The place has not
as yet been decided upon but In all
probability 1t will be in some building
close to the business section of Of
tumwa The plans for the institute are
now being perfected and 1t is expected
that the final arrangements will be
made at the next meeting, which will
be September 30 at 1870 p. m. in the
Courier committee rooms. All per-
sons who have been appointed on com
,mittees are asked by Secretary w. 2.
Dexter to attend this meeting without
further notice.
The membership fee of the insti-
tute was raised from twenty-five cents
to fifty cents.
Those who desire to join the insti-
tute may do so by applying to Presi-
dent Frank Whitcomb or Secretary
Dexter 1t was also decided at the
meeting to limit the awarding of
prizes in the exhibits to members of
the institute. In former years it has
been customary to award the prizes
regardless of membership. The com
mittee In charge asks that all mer-
chants and business men who con-
template donating prizes for the var
ious contests and exhibits notify Presi- |
dent Whitcomb or Secretary Dexter
at tho earliest possible time that they
may make arrangements accordingly.
The ladies' department of the farm
er's institute will meet next Saturday
afternoon in the office Of County
Superintendent Elizabeth Burgess to
perfect its plans. All interested in this
are asked to be present.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-09-19
HEDRIcK.

Mrs. Roy Haines is in Middle Grove
Ill., visiting her parents.
Wade Kirkpatrick was in Oskaloosa
Wednesday.
Roy Patterson of Ollie was in He'd
rick Friday the guest Of friends
George Chapman was passenger for
Ottumwa Thursday.
DR.. R. v. Henry attended the Win
field fair Wednesday,
H. f. Alexander of Lincoln. Neb.
was calling on friends in Hedr1ciS
Friday between trains. being en-, route
to Sigourney to visit his mother.
Mrs. A. J. Anderson returned Tuesday
from Packwood, after spending several
days at that place with friends.
Max Lentner left Sunday for Kansas
City, where he will attend a vetinary
school.
Earl Van Buskirk returned to Selma
Monday after an over Sunday visit III
Hedrick.
John Kent of Richland was in He'd
rick Monday en- route to Sigourney to
attend court.
Sheriff Grimes was in Hedricl1 Fri
day.
Roy Haines made a. business trip tc
Seaton, ILL.,. Thursday.
Willard Downey Of Sigourney Wis.
tied friends in Hedrlck Thursday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Manuel Halferty Of
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-09-19
DYNAMlTERS
AT AlTEMAN

Hiteman, Sept. 18.-(SpeclaD.-A
futile attempt was made to blow w
the iHiten1an Co. store Saturday night
afohts1O:40l o'clock when a stick OF
dynamite was exploded beneath the
sill. OF che, 2f the cellar windows. The
eArlosi:n was terrific and although it
failed t. damage the buildings to any
great extent. the concussion shattered
, several, windows in adjoining build.
inus. Charles Lloyd who was
passing a short distance away was
struck by one the flying stones, heaved
UP by the explosion and sustained a
had cut On his face. 9
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-09-19

Ollie I We're in Hedrick Monday en-
route to Sigourney.
Mont Eeck had his hand seriously
crushed Friday, while engaged in fill
ing his silo.
Earl McMullen of What Cheer was In
Hedrick Friday the guest of friends.
w. c. Cozad and wife have located in
Blackfoot, Idaho, where Mr.. Cozad has
a position as telegraph operator.
Mr.. r. V. Henry is visiting in Win
field.