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Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-07-13
18th DISTRICT

Seventeenth District, July 12.-Elde1
R. II. Jennings, of Dawson, preached
to a large and attentive congregation
at Friendship church Sunday after
noon. He will fill an appointment
here once a month.
Misses Willie Askew and Annie Lee
Williams and Mr.. Clarence William:
left today to visit relatives IN Doerun
Mr.. e. R, Ward, of Iron City, spen
two days in this vicinity this week.
Misses Emma and Ella Virgins are
spending several days with the Misse!
Sawyer at Graves.
Mr.. and Mrs. Spence Taylor left fol
their home in Doerun Wednesday, af.
ter spending several days with rela.
tives here.
Quite a crowd of the younger set at
tended the singing in Terrell Sunday
afternoon.
Misses Virgins and Israel spent last
week with their brother, Mr.. Henry
Wigigns, at Myrtle Springs.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-07-13

be provided in the bylaws, rules and
regulations of said order.
3rd. With the privilege to make con-
stitution, bylaws, rules and regula-
tons consistent with the existing laws
of the state for the government of all
under it's authority, for the manage
ment Of it's properties, due and order
ly conduct of its affairs
4th Said order desires to make pro-
vision for the payment of benefits in
case of death, sickness, partial or per-
manent physical disability, either AZ
a result of disease or accident. They
desire the privilege of accommodating,
maintaining, applying or disbursing
among its benefit members a reserve,
emergency or other funds as may 0e
provided in the constitution and laws
of the order.
9Th. The funds from which the pay
ment of benefits shall be made, and
the funds from which expenses shall
be betrayed shall be derived from the
assessments, dues, or other payments
collected from its members, as may be
provided by the constitution or by
laws of such order or association.
9th. 1t is desired that the assess
ments dues, or other payments to be
collected from it's members shall lie
collected only monthly quarterly,
semi-annually or annually, as may be
provided by the constitution and by
laws, rules and regulations of said or
der
7th. To divide among its benefit
members, in good standing. at the eX-
piration of fixed periods of six years
each, such amount of the funds Oh
hand as may be prescribed or proyid
ed by the constitution, bylaws, rule:
and regulations of the order from
time to time
Sth. The privilege of contracting
and being contracted with; to have
and use a common seal, and do al
other things as may be meet anC
proper in the premises and permitted
by the laws of the state, United State
or of the order.
Wherefore, petitioners pray to b
incorporated under said name an
style aforesaid with the powers, priv
ileges and immunities set forth here
in, and as are now, or may hereafte
be allowed corporations of simila
character under the laws OF the stat
OF Georgia.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-07-13
MADDEN LEANS TO TROTTERS

Noted Thoroughbred Horse Owner
Branching Out as Breeder of Trotters.
That John E. Madden is determined
to give his young stallion Siliko, win
ner Of the Kentucky Futurity i'll 1906
and later a champion in Europe, TAX
ing a record in that country of 2:0S4,
every chance to make good in the stud
was shown recently when the master
of Hamburg Place leased the entire
band of brood mares belonging to the
Hickorywood stud of W. L. Spears i'll
Lexington, Ky, for the purpose Of
mating them to the young son of Molio
and Silicon. The mares secured by
Madden are some of the best in the
country.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-07-13
INDOOR BASEBALL
RECAININC FAVOR
Game Almost Same as Played
Outdoors Has Aroused Fans,
LEAGUE MAY Be FORMED

Promoters Plan to Place Clubs In Sew.
sraI Big Cities-~sig Major League
Ball Tossers Have Taken Up Care
WaddeIl Establishes Strikeout Record
While winter holds sway in many
cities and the air is tinged with Jack
Frostican twang, making the outdoor
game impossible, the game Of indoor
baseball has been so perfected that
minus the grass, the fence ads. and the
bleachers, it is one and the same thing.
Interest in this perfectly fine game
Is picking up in nearly every big city,
and every one who has seen it played
Is rs enthusiastic about it as they are
about the real thing. In fact, the game
has become so popular that the pro-
moters In several large cities are about
to form a big circuit, with many Of tina
major league stars as players. In New
York Andy C0akley, formerly star
pitcher of the Chicago Nationals, Is
one of the most active promoters of the
|
for the game. Coakley says that he in
tends to do all In his power to organ
lie the circuit
Among the major league stars who
have taken up the indoor game are
Hans Wagner, Tommy Leach, Chris
ty Mathewson, Heinie Zimmerman,
George Browne, RUDE Waddell, George
Wiltse Sherwood Magee and a mum.
Der Of others. These men are pleased
with the game and believe it splen'
did way to condition themselves for
the coming season. In the different
cities where these players have ap-
peared the games have been largely
attended and the fans are enthusiastic.
Recently in Rochester, N. Y, Rube
Waddell established a new StrikeOuV
record. In a battle against John Gan
zels team he famed twenty-five men
In nine innings.
Indoor baseball of today is not the
game witnessed several years ago
where a big soft ball was used and 6
sawed off broom handle was brought
into play for a bat and where the run
ner was hit with the ball to be retired
instead of throwing the sphere to the
baseman-not like that at all.
All the rules and all the plays which
have made baseball the national pas
time of this country and are forcing
it into all lands where a real sport il
sought are in vogue, with but one mod
ification-when a batter is hit by I
pitched ball he cannot take his base
A ball an inch larger in circumference
than the outdoor ball is used, and it y
but little softer. Regulation outdoor
bats are used, and the diamond is JUS
as large as that demanded on the big
circuits. Ninety feet base lines arr
marked off.
The ball can be curved not only {
little bit, but wide shoots and bends
are put on the ball, and the catcher
necessarily must use the chest pro
tector, the mask and the big mitt. Th'
felders wear gloves.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-07-13
Observing the PrOprieties,

When Albert was about Z his collie
that had grown up with him, and TO
which he was devotedly attached died.
Albert's father trying his best to con-
sole the boy suggested getting a new
dog a puppy which as he said, would
soon take the place of the former pet
This was too much for Albert. Papa,
said he, sitting his sobs for the mo-
ment, do you think it would be right
for me to have another doggie so soon
after Jacks leaving us?'-Harper's
Magazine.
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l. y. MOTT,
w. P. WALLIS,
Petitioners Attorneys.

Original filed in office July 18th
1911. H. Z. ALLEN,
Clerk S. c.
STATE OF GEORGIA, SUMTER
COUNTY,
I, H. E Allen, clerk of the supe-
rior court in and for the county ii
Sumter, state of Georgia, hereby GER
tify that the foregoing petition for
charter is this day filed in the clerks
office of Sumter Superior Court, and
recorded in book of charters kept IN
said office, as provided by law in
such cases, book ,, page 1914
Given under my hand and officia
signature, this 18th day of July, 1911
H. f. ALLEN,
Clerk S. c. S. c.. Ga.
13-4t
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-07-13
GEORGIA. SUMTER COUNTY.

To All Whom 1t May Concern:
J. A. Grant having, in proper form
applied to me for permanent letters
of administration on the estate of T
J. Grant, late of said county this is &C
cite all and singular the creditors and
next of kin of T. j. Grant to be and
appear at my office within. the time
allowed by law, and show cause, II
any they can why permanent admins
tration should not be granted to j. A.
Grant, on T. J. Grant estate.
Witness my hand and official sig
nature, this 18th day of July, 1911.
JOHN A. COBB,
l3-4t Ordinary
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-07-13

intercollegiate Soccer Season On.
The eastern intercollegiate soccer sea
son is on The elevens in the league
are Yale, Harvard. Cornell, Columbia
Haverford and Pennsylvania. The
series will end early in the spring.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-07-13

A suspicious man will always find
what he's looking for if he looks long
enough.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-07-13

The average man would want to be
president of a railroad before he could
tell an airbrake from locomotive.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-07-13

You can't tell what is going to come
out until the investigating committee
gets through.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-07-13

The honeymoon vs. on the wane when
the bride stops telling things and be-
gins to ask questions
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-07-13

They desire for themselves, their
associates, successors to be incorpOr>
ated as a fraternal beneficiary order
under the name and style of the "MU-
TUAL BURDEN BEARERS
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-07-13

The stars wait until the night falls
before they begin to shoot.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-07-13

It's hard work for some people to gel
sufsci9nt rest.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-07-13

If you want to make good there
no time like the present.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-07-13

A man who will brag about how
much money he has rarely ever has It
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-07-13

STATE OF GEORGIA, SUMTER
COUNTY.
To the Superior Court of Said
County:
The petition of J. w. Huguley, o.
C. Green, NJ B. Phillips, D. E. Bar
mum and R. T. Schell, all of said
state and county aforesaid, respect
fully shows:
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-07-13

The term for which petitioners ask
to be incorporated is twenty years,
with the privilege of renewal at the
end of that time.
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GEORGIA, SUMTER
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-07-13

The principal office and place Of
business shall be in the city OF
A4IERICUS, Sumter County, Geor-
gia.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-07-13
DOGS PAY MORE.

Butte Montana. has new admins
tration which is Investigating the
mysteries Of government and the mi
Duties Of taxation. AS result of the
inquiry, this rather unusual announce
ment is made
we find that dogs have been pay
ing more taxes than bankers"
This is not nattering, of course. to
the bankers. 1t may he that Butte
has many dogs and high dog tax.
II may be that Butte bankers canno.
afford TO pay taxes. or it may be tina,
they GO not live within the city limits.
Their personal property may be con.
cealed where no city assessor could
find it.
There are many counties in which
dogs are paying much more of their
share than some people are.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-07-13

by the state Insurance Commissioner,
and is to be managed along the lines
OF regular mutual life insurance COM
panies. but at minimum expense not
to exceed Sc per $1,000 insurance
Premiums are to be calculated ac-
cording to the American monetary
tables. Annuities are to range from
sioo to $4,000 and life Insurance
policies from $500 to $4,000
This Is W!sconsin's scheme to make
life insurance and annuity so cheap
as TO bring them within reach of any
body with salary or other earnings
large enough to save a few dollars
each year and thus protect themselves
from want in old age or disability from
any cause.
] This law is part of the fruit Of the
Strong Socialist vote In Milwaukee and
some other Wisconsin cities and the
aggressive propaganda of SOCIALIST
principles which has been carried on
from Milwaukee for many years. 1t
Is part of popular insurance move
ment that has gathered much force in
Germany and England.
1t is asserted that Wisconsin can
furnish annuities and life insurance
for one-third the sum charged by the
regular insurance companies There
are no commissions to agents. no high
rents for costly Offices, no salaries to
high priced officials. Most careful cal
culations have been made from NOR
tuary tables, and it is insisted that
with integrity and economy in man
aeement the practicability of the inno-
walton will he proved. With that, it
is claimed, universal life insurance will
be feasible as we'll as small annuities
among working men and women that
Will make them independent of charity
when disability overtakes them. The
experiment will be watched with much
interest by other States, not 10 men
ton the insurance companies
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-07-13
REACHES INTO TuE sEyATE.

In speaking of the commission form
of government. Senator Robert L.
owen, of Oklahoma. said the other
day;
The commission form of govern
ment has national value and a direct
bearing upon the integrity of the
election of Senators, because it is an
important agency in overthrowins
corrupt machine politics in municipali
ties and cities"
This suggests n consideration that
is often lost sight of in the enumer-
alton of the dement's which flow from
the new form of municipal government.
In fact, not only the elections of Sem
ators, but of Representatives and the
President are bound up with this re-
form. All occupants of elective Offices
are touched by the principle about
which the commission form of govern
ment is centred.
Why? Because the commission plan
tends to suppress truculent politics
and to put into the hands of the in
dividual citizen an increased interest
government. which raises the character
and Importance of his citizenship. No
one can deny that the tendency Of
commission government is to empha-
size the duty of the individual voter
ana TO make HIS vote OF greater weight
than under the older methods. Under
present political. systems, the char
acteristic attitude OF the voter is
apathetic. He feels thar the govern
ment is far removed from him. that he
could play no part in IL if he desired
10 do SO. When he knows that "the
man higher up in the city government
has lost some of his power and an
thority' he feels that he himself has
made corresponding gain
The average man is interested in the
commission form of government He
may not understand its workings. he
may not realize its principle, hut he
knows that there is such a thing. and
that II is good thing. Were this NOT
true the newspapers in every State of
the Union would not take so much in
terest in the new form of city admin
istration or devote so much space to il.
Half the batteries of the onnositio,
nave been taken when the attention
and interest of the people have been
aroused. The more the average man
thinks about government. the better
Will his government become.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-07-13

this matter very clearly. The Sun
uses the actual remarks of man
asked for q statement on the public
school situation there. Hero It Isl
Don't talk to me about no Van Sickle.
The scholars In tho schools to-day
don't learn half what they used to
learn. When l went to school things
were different. To-day they waste
their time on knittin'. mud pies an
such damn monkey business. 1 heerd
tho other day that they don't learn
the children spelling at all no more.
I'm in favor of cuttin' out all that
fancy stun an givin' 'em somethin
thatll stick to the ribs. Have cigar?
Say something good an strong. Tell
EN- I'm against 1t.
The interview appeared in the paper
next day, worked over into English by
the reporter. as follows:
No one can deny that the present
imbroglio is disorsanizing the schools
and diminishing the efficiency Of the
teachers Reports have received from
parents convince me that the expert
ments attempted by Mr.. Van Sickle
have failed to improve the system or
to benefit the pupils. Whatever the
dement's of the old curriculum. 1t at
least laid a firm foundation and gave
the pupil a working knowledge of the
fundamental branches. The new cur
riculum does not accomplish this
believe a change In the office of super
intendent would be TO the ADVANTAGE
of the schools.
1t is very excellent thing for many
prominent citizens" that English as
she is spoke" is not the language en-
nloved nv the Dress
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-07-13

|
:, How and under what conditions did
me word Bronx River or Bronx Park
IN New York originate? w. w.
Inc story. as told by Joseph I. Ber-
New York. is an interesting one:
The Bronx derives its name from
the TACT that the first white man Who
settled In this territory was Jonas
Bionck. man OF note and substunco.
VINO. having obtained letters patent
rom the Dutch West India Company.
OF the Haarlaem River. sailed from
Amsterdam with his family and goods
He located his Bouerie and erectsd his
dwelling between the north banks of
the kills and the mouth of the river
! year 1889 '"'
He prllaeated the Indian tribe oecu-
from Chiefs Ranachaua and Tacka-
muck 500 acres. 1t is said that lie was
not a native Hollander. but was Of
| however. that he married Antonia
Slagboom in Amsterdam.
rms pioneer was soon followed by
others: who gave their names to The
localities in which they settled
Unless destroyed by the recent fire
II, ,bat the !. Capitol Building at Albany,
1arY or State an old Tracing of
81 oncks Land" locating the house of
Jonas Broncks.' which is described
and connected with barn, tobacco
house and two barracks Bronck. who
was evidently religious man. called
MS estate Emmaus.'
The next mention of Bronck is in a
recital of Cornelius van Tienhoven
secretary to Director-General Kiaft IN
ms account of the peace treaty made
With the Indians. between whom and
| inc settlers who followed Bronck into
this territory trouble had arisen. This
treaty was made in the year 1913 at
Inc dwelling of Jonas Bronx. as Van
ilenhoven wrote the name II is evl-
dent that Bronck's fair dealings with
inc indians made him respected ana
| trusted by them and enabled him to
end the serious uprising which re-
suited from the murder of one Of the
tribe who went to Nieu Amsterdam to
trade some beaver pelts. Bronck died
| shortly after his treaty was concluded
The spelling Bronx is also no,ed in
recitals in other patents relating to
adjacent lands and in the patent OIL
tanned from the English Governor Nj
Coils by Samuel Edsall. a beavermalser
and an Indian interpreter, who subse-
quently became purchaser of Bronck's
estate.
There is also an inventory Of the
estate left by Jonas Bronck. which
was compiled by the celebrated nomi
| ME Evardus Bogar8us. the husband
OF Anneke Jams. The inventory svi-
dences the fact that Bronck was a
man OF considerable wealth and cut
tIre and an intimate friend of Dominic
Boeardus.
"Bronck left widow and son
named Peter. The widow married Aren't
Van Corlaer the sheriff of Rcnssel-
laerswick. and moved to Fort Orange.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-07-13
SPOKEN VS.. pnINrEn

Little does the world know of the
extent Ia which many eminent peonle
are indebted TO the reporters who in
'"rView them on live issues In such
cases the newspaper man often inter
preis what the man tried to saw into
Ineligible and grammatical English
II every paper printed the exact IAN
suage used by public men. these men
would in majority of instances. af.
ford much amusement By their crude
expressions and ragged thought. The
slaughter of reporters for writing the
truth would be awful
When reporter secures an infer.
view he does not always write gu, what
was told him in the exact words used
ne poiishes M the statement and gives
to newspaper readers what the inter
viewed man meant to say. but couldn't.
Many epoch making speech has been
written by newspaper men. especially
In tie case Of legislative assemblies
Many "A poor speaker is made eloquent
by some member Of the Fourth Estate.
The Baltimore Evening sun presents
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-07-13
SABETflA.

What may he done in small town
through cooperation is shown In the
case of Sabetha. Kansas. which has
been discovered by Norman Hapgood.
This town has $500 population. 1t is
not the county seat. 1t is forty miles
from the nearest city. 1t depends
almost wholly upon the neighboring
farms for its prosperity. In looks this
town is very much like a thousand
others of its size, except that its three
garages seem unusual and its lawns
and houses are neater and trimmer.
The press of the county newspaper
is run by an electric motor The power
and light plant belongs to the town
and pays revenue of $500 a month
plant for the downtown stores is like
wise owned by the people. 1t utilities
the steam from the power plant ana
cuts the merchants fuel bills in half.
The son of a country doctor. who in
this small town is now completing
$4,000 hospital for general practice,
has suggested that the steam be con-
nected with the water system so that
If the water pipes ever become infected
they may be sterilized with steam. To
the municipal light. water and heating
plant is attached a private ice fac
tory. which sells pure ice made from
stcrilized water at i5 cents the hum
dred pounds. a wholesale ice-cream
factory-buyins real country cream to
sell again for so cents the gallon
uses the cold salt water from the Ice
plant
There is helpful cooperation in
other fields Uncle John Mowder. a
farmer. is now very rich He uses
his fortunes as a private remedial loan
fund for townspeople who wish TO own
home So. the woman who makes
quilts for the town. the boy who runs
the peanut stand, clerks, timers
helpers-all these are respected and
respectable property owners. The town
boasts that every laborer who has
lived there five years owns a home.
and that Uncle John has never lost
a dollar on many risky securities.
At one end of the town there is an
ample public playground. which in
winter is flooded for skating rink.
SO it goes. Public spirit and coop
Grafton everywhere That's all it takes
to make a small town live one