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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1911-07-05
Harmless

A district visitor was paying calia ea the folk in a row of cottages and wa: shocked by the conduct of shahbtl, dressed old gentleman who passed from door to door in a great rage aul threatened the occupants with all maL ger of dire penalties.
 Dear me. what a peculiar old rl.I. she exclaimed to one of the tenants "Why do you permit him to abuse yoi tn that fashion?''
 "Oh. Va don't mind in the ea ma'am." answered tue tenant With ? twinkle in his eyes. Were quite hS.. to his little ways by now. He's beas. harmless luuatic for ten or e!ey,- years
 "You don't say so! Poor old fellow What particular form does his u,ad ness take?"
 Optimism. ma'am. He comes fcx the rent every Monday and actually allows himself to fancy that he'll Cas Hr'--t.cDdon Answers.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1911-07-05
w. l.. DEWOODY & co.
lie Stucfrr.L,..

Fl. Rider Haggatf1 tr ".s -ilnt-' ITi grimage" teriS liilS ane ti"tt.
 When 1 Mas soaring iilinan tny my father ;t.ek me uF tae Rhine ov boat with the hope and expectation that my mind would be improved ty contemplating its lovely and historic banks. Wearytns os lis feast very soon. slipped diwn 10 the cabin rt enjoy one more coLsenial. that os Rob inson Crusoe' But snne family traj. tor betrayed me. and. protesting even with tears that hated Views. was dragged to the deck again. I have paid thaIers.' shouted my justly in dignant paren, as he hauled ine up the steamer stairs. for you to study the Rhine scenery. and whether you like it. or not. young man. study 1t yox Shall'"
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1911-07-05
SMALL DUTIES.

True. we e. ac.sF he al peace ill We have TT ~isr,~d h highest duty Of al We tey4 arisen and eona to e. "a .a, t,ne per- forraanca ot ss.5s- tl. ses--ycs, even ci ne .,1.... zs..-ss.. | f.o noe to q fe u5 temporary fsfo c, w.A act r-.ore ss hea .1tt', 1t',l! anoe''...fs, iha.' he .;reatcs, }oys tila! can come 70 Us ffon a..y Q Ter q2a. ter. .---G'. Alacoona..1-.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1911-07-05
{: SCRATCHED FOR 40 YEARS.
Used D. D. D. Six MOnths-AH Itch.
 ing Gone!

This is the actual experience ot Annie Croman, Santa Rosa, Cal with the wonderful D. D. ID. Prescription. ID. D. D. is the proven Eczema cure, the mild wash that gives instant re- lief in all forms of skin trouble.
 Cleanses the skin of all impurities washes away blotches and pimples, leaving the skin as smooth and healthy as that of a child.
 Get 25c trial bottle of this won 4derful Eczema, cure today and keep it fin the house
 We know that D. D. D. will do all thht is claimed for 1t.
 W. l.. Dewoody & Go.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1911-07-05
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Elenina Eoc Old Yaar

~Of all ~uuit,i> of all haIis most s3. ann and touching Is the peal whicb srtngs out tie old year" wrote Charles Lamb "I never hear Il without gathering up of my mind to q concen- tration of all the images that have diff fused over the past twelvemonth. all l have done or suffered, performed or neglected, in that regretted time { begin to know its worth as whom Q person dies
 LongfeIlow. too, looks II the so.anr side of the o.d year. for n.. says, la nIs Midnight Mass For the pyiue Year Through the woods and nosntain passes The winds like ~lnthens ron They are chanting soletar. a4ssas
 Singing Pray for thts sot.i
 Pray pray
 TeDnyson's Death of aa Old Year. 4owever. looks more to the New Ypai and voices the sentiment of tht. kin. as dead. long live the king It Is cn, 7 well to dwell upon the mist lses of .,,. past
 He was full Of Joke ard lest
 But all his merry quips are OCT 7 10 see him die across the waste .s1is son and heir doth ride posthaste But he'll be dead before " one for his own.
 night is stormy and cold my fri-r1
 <y ne New Year. blithe and hoo. 1T.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1911-07-05
Sca.t fso iS'. sF; ,ls.ry-i0fy

%.j{ !. J Nu
 ei'ta,rd rt Of ;e "a l., T. EU = $lsin'. - . fan.o:, cal. .t. A!o. er@ aai .#taa. College Gots'.ss .tC-y v Jz1rei Southwest. tlae rom ., .te , ! t,t ,st Maintains an'-et! r,n relltot, Y l'ta es + lesley and Z Coe 4tt t 1ea >.tss si3.s- s0o 00 hte-p oof build u.. ko,n .i2.l ..1r Altitude 2,09o feet. 1xcei'eEt ena.e. pH : water Literary Music. .irt, Exptessioi, Donr,.,, Scienc. Commercial Branches For Cata!o.,!a aif., RisCEs;r CoL.EGs x CONSERVATORY, epae,- meni ". Eureka Springs. tkansas.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-12-30
SLEEPING WHALE
SURPRISES HUNTERS
Mammal Lashes Out Tail When 4
Saucy Launch Bumps 1t.

South Norwalk, Conn, December ~.
L. Louis Price and William H. Nc
Hugh. two local duck hunters ran
souarely into the side of monstrous
whale asleep ON the surface of Long
Island Sound, in the dim light of early
dawn today and nearly paid for their
rashness with their lives. The whale
gave a plunge, his tail lashing the
water and causing the frail launch OF
the hunters to bob like a cork. The
craft was half swamped in the sea,
in addition to being almost sucked un-
der when the mammal disappeared.
Y hen the men first encountered the
whale they thought it's black hulk
was steamers hull
Back her! Back her!" yelled Nc
Hugh, as ne abandoned the wheel and
ian aft. The motor was reversed, but
it VS. too late, and the launch crash
ed into the side of the whale.
The duckers saw another whale
through the fog and say that the mann
NAL protruded at least twenty feet
above the surface of the water.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-12-30
HIGH LICENSE
TO BE PLACED
ON Cigarettes
DEALER MUST PAY $500 TAX
Will Almost Bar Sale Of
Coffin TaCks" Here

A ban has been placed upon cigar
cites by the city council in that by
a recent action of the board of alder
men decided to double the local tax
now levied upon the baneful coffin
tacks"
With the coming year, the tax upon
cigarettes is to be raised from S1O0
to $500, in accordance with the scale
of licenses as designated in the license
ordinance, which has just been COM
pleted and ratified by the action Of
the board of aldermen.
1t will be seen from this that it
will cost something to sell cigarettes
legally in Americus next year. for the
tax of $100 has been considered very
high one, while the new tax will ex-
actly double that of the old schedule.
In the passage of the recent license
ordinance the opposition of the mem
bers of the city council to the sale OF
cigarettes has been made still more
pronounced.
1t is said that under the new tax
there will likely not be more than one
or two places in the city where Gig
arettes can be obtained, as the tax is
so high as to make the sale of cigar
cites improbable. The estimated pro-
fit on each package of cigarettes is on
ly one cent, so that to pay the IL
cense alone very large number OF
packages must be sold before any pro-
fit is realized There is the reason
given for the statement that there will
likely be only one place here that
will sell cigarettes under the new Ii
cense.
The consideration of the matter of
raising the tax upon cigarettes arous-
ed vigorous discussion among the
members of the board of aldermen,
who were practically unanimous in
their opposition to the use Of tobacco
in this form. A scathing denunciation
was handed to the deadly cigarette by
several of the aldermen, who availed
themselves of the opportunity for
the bringing up of this matter to
make public their reasons for advoeat-
ing the increase in the cigarette Ii
cense
In the main the ordinance fixed the
same taxation on the various branches
of business as was fixed by the ordi-
nance of last year. Notable among
the licenses that remained unchanged
is that for the sale of near beer, which
is still fixed at $500 per year.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-12-30
REYES SPENDS FIRST
night In mex. PRISON
His Nephew Is One of the
Early Callers

Mexico City, Mex, December 20
His first night in the military prison
here did not appear to depress General
Bernardo Reyes very much, He slept
in the room of the sub-director of the
Santiago prison and he was granted
all that was necessary for his COM
fort.
On rising this morning he ate a
good breakfast chatting in the mean
time with Col. Manuel Suarez, the
director of the prison, who came early
to pay his respects
Among the other early callers was
ignacio Reyes his nephew who brought
a supply of clothing, having prev
iously secured permission from Pres
ident Madero to do so.
Gen. Reyes will be formally put at
the disposition of the military judges
tomorrow, although it will be several
weeks before the actual trial begins.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-12-30
IN MANS GARB THIS
WOMAN SEEKS EMPLOYMENT
Husband Ill and Children Destitute,
She Sets Out to Be Farmer.

Chicago, December 29.-Mrs. Anna
Godfried, mother of four young child
rem, driven to desperation by penury,
starvation and the illness of her hus-
band, cut her hair short, donned her
husbands clothing and left her home
yesterday evening, hoping to obtain
work as a man on a truck farm.
Last Saturday talked with my
husband and we both decided that
something would have to be done, y
Mrs. Godfried told the police. Il had
heard that there were truck farms
near Rodgers Park. My husband
thought it would be too hard for me
but | told him | was used to hard work
in the factories. and that | could not
work much harder than ! had been
working, and could earn better wages.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-12-30
new CURRENT
FOR The CITY
IN new YEAR
new PLANT is NOW READY
Should Supply Current For
Heavier Demands

The 35O-kilowatt turbine that is 70
supply the power for the lighting of
the streets of Americus and for other
lighting and power purposes, has
been tried out, found to work beauti-
fully, and there is every reason now
to believe that the opening of the year
will be signalized by the turning on
of the current from the new plant in
the big power house down on the Cen
trail railroad.
There was much qualification among
those engaged in the work of INSTALL
ing the plant when the machinery was
tried and found to work perfectly
There did not appear to be a single
slip. Everything moved off as smooth
ly as though the plant had been long
in operation.
All of the plant is not yet installed,
it is true, but this will not interfere
with the turning on of the power The
second turbine, of equal capacity, has
arrived, and is on the cars alongside
the power house, ready to be removed
into the building. This will give the
plant capacity vastly beyond all pos
sible needs of city the size of Ameri-
Gus, the plant being projected to pro-
vide for a much larger city, with va
ried manufacturing needs.
The big red brick building is now a
mass of machinery. Where a few
months ago there were only the boil
ers, there is now complete plant,
ready for all the work that it may be
called upon to do. Inasmuch as Amer
icus has suffered in the past from the
absence of an up-to-date plant of this
character, there is reason for congrat-
ulation that at last the machinery is
installed and the long Waii
at an end.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-12-30
CAN'T MAKE CANDIDATES
TELL Their EXPENSES
Law Omitted Fixing Penalty
Tor This

Atlanta, Dec. 29.-It appears, con-
trary to the general impression, that
there is no way to compel defeated
candidates in Georgia to tell how
much money they spent on their cam
paigns. The winning candidate s
compelled to file his affidavit, because
the law expressly says he shall not
be declared the nominee unless he
does file it. But for the defeated can
didates, it simply says they too shall
file expense lists. But it doesn't pro-
vide any way to enforce the law, and
it doesn't provide any penalty for its
violation.
These facts have come out in con-
nection with the filing of figures COW
ering the expenses of the recent CUB
ernatorial candidates, and the candi-
dates for commissioners of labor. With
in the twenty day limit, Joe Brown
filed his, amounting to $4,13l; Judge
Russell filed his, amounting to ST.
O69 90, and H. NJ. Stanley, successful
candidate for commissioner Of labor
filed his. amounting to $2,773.5O. Bur
assuming that the twenty days haC
elapsed yesterday morning, Pop
Brown and Joe Mccarthy failed t
send theirs In in time. They simpl'
forgot. Pope Brown filed his-$9'OO
later yesterday afternoon, and Nc
Carthy will probably file his.
What can be done oforee a can
didate to file list?" somebody aske
General Wright.
why II would be misdemeanol
and he could be- sent TO the chaingan
or fined, said General Wright Let
look at the law" He did look at IN
: law. and found 10 his surprise, that l
penalty for violation Of the la~ WI
lproylded.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-12-30

Vidalia, Ga, December 29.-Accord-
ing to reports received here. Miss
Newsome was shot down Monday night
in the road near her home. The men
under arrest, it is said, had been
drinking at country store and sent
for Miss Newsome to come to the store
to play the piano for them.
The girl refused and later the men
are said to have left the store for
the Newsome home. A man named
Spivey, who owned the place, fearing
trouble, followed them
Spivey had not gone far up the road,
it is reported, until he heard a shot
and moment later Miss Newsome
ran down the road and fell dead at his
feet. Examination showed that she
had been shot through the body.
Excitement Is high throughout that
section of the country.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-12-30
pend HONEYMOON
STUDYING DAIRYING
(roOg's Wife Thinks She Should
Know Husbands Business.

Ithaca, N. Y, December 29-"My
Wife thinks that a true wife should
now as much about her husband 5
4nsiness as he does, therefore she
anne to Cornell with me to study dali
sking," said John Kroog, of Hoboken,
#ho is here with his bride to take a
ahort winter course in scientific dairy
EAg at the New York State College of
agriculture at Cornell University.
10Th of the new "short horns" as the
hort term students are termed, are
s1nder thirty. Mr.. Kroog said:
I'VE were married yesterday and
oame to Ithaca this morning to study
Carrying in the winter course at Cor
aell. have a large dairy establish
ment at Hoboken. have been in the
Business for some time and distribute
milk over quite large territory Even
Before we were married Mrs. Kroog
was interested in the business and
familiarized herself with it. When we
decided to marry she suggested to me
that it would be a good idea for me to
eome to Cornell and familiarize myself
with the scientific side of the dairy
business. AS my wife, she thought
she should know something about it
TOO, so that she should be competent
to manage the business. So we have
come up here to spend our honey
moon studying dairying.'
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-12-30
any WIFE WON'T LET Me-"
PLEA OF A MILLIONAIRE
Acknowledges Debt, But Says Better
Half Won't Let Him Pay Up.

Pittsburg, Pa, December 29.-An in
teresting suit was filed in court here
TODAY by John Ross, small contrac-
tor against Joseph c. Trees, million
aire oil operator, for the recovery OF
1912. which he alleges he loaned Trees
in 1896 when the present millionaire
was poor and had just been married..
In his bill of complaint Ross says
that after repeated attempts to collect
the debt he met Trees on the street re-
Gently and that Trees made the follow
ing statment:
Il know / owe you the money and |
would pay you, John because you o3-
friended me when hadn't anything;
would pay you, hut Claude, my wlfe'
won't let me"
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-12-30
KILLING OF YOUNG GIRL
is STILL A MYSTERY
Party Of Men at Lyons Held
For Murder

Lyons, Ca, December 29.-Charg-
ed with knowledge of the murder of
19-year-old Maggie Newsome at Eng
lish Eddy, on the Altamaha river in
this county, last Monday night, five
white men are held in the Toombs
county Jail here.
Mystery surrounds the killing and
the motive for it. Each of the five
men states he is innocent of shooting
the girl and states he does not know
who killed her.
The five men in Jail are "Bub' Eason,
John Toole and his son, James Mason,
Jr., and man named Falter. They
were arrested shortly after the killing.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-12-30


New Orleans, Dec. 29.-Arrest of at
least one prominent labor leader is
soon as the result of yester-
days visit of Detective William J.
Burns to investigate an explosion
which year ago partly wrecked a
lding being constructed by non
IL on labor. Efforts to connect this
v'losion with circumstances sur
rnun4'ng the one at the Llewellyn
Iron Works in Los Angeles last year
ic being made. John J. Mcnamara Is
serving a 15-year sentence for the
latter plot. Commenting on the at
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-12-30
MERGERS Win AGAIN in
The GAME AT DAWSON
College Bunch ViCtOrS By
Score Of 10 to II

Dawson, Ga, December s9.-The
Dawson basket ball aggregation sur
fered defeat tonight at the hands of
The Mercer University team, the Wis
ifors carrying off the honors by the
acore Of l6 to IL,
A large audience enjoyed the game,
Spirited and well played throughout.
The Mercer lineup was James and
Doyle, centre; Westmoreland, for
ward, Cook and Irwin, guards. For
Dawson. Christie Center, Black and
Mathis forward, Dozier Ingram and
Hart. guards.
Christie and Black starred for tbs
homo team, which made an exeellen
Aaht against their well-traIned am
bore weighty opponents.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-12-30
$4,000 The BEER TAX
IN CITY OF GRIFFIN
Raise is Made From $1,000
Tax This Year

Griffin, Ca, December 29.-The city
has fixed an annual license of $4,000
for near beer dealers. an increase OF
$4,000 over the license for the pres
ent year. Only one firm took out IL
cense this year. and it is believed the
additional cost will deter it from con-
tinuing in the business and Grifin
will be one of the few larger towns
of the state that will not have the
near beer traffic.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-12-30
THIFTY TIGER IN ATLANTA
SELLS CARLOAD IN WEEK
"Kjng of The Tigers" In MeSheS OF
The Law There.

Atlanta, Dec. 29.--When arrested to-
day Dan Shaw, known as the KING
of Blind Tigers" in Atlanta, attempt
ed to throw away a lot Of papers he
had I'm his pockets. The detectives
secured them, went through them,
went 10 the depot, where they pre-
scented bills OF lading made out To
Shaw and secured ten cases and two
barrels of whiskey An associate OF
Shaw confessed today that be had re-
celpted for 3,7OO gallons Of whiskey
for him. Shaw is said TO have sold
carload Of whiskey dnrinC the holt
days,
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-12-30
WIND BARES PRETTY
YOUNG GIRL IN BARREL
Canvas Over Objectionable Sign Slip
ped on BY Breeze.

Winsted, Conn, December 29'--old
Ioroas simply won't permit an adye"-
tisement showing pretty girl in q
barrel which covers her from chest to
knees nrG bearing a sign, Clothes
pressed vhile you wait" to stay GOV
cred Gr
Objection was taken 10 the sign on
Maia street by admirers Of Anthony
Constock principles and heavy canvas
WIS spread over the picture aud MALE
20 down. But every time a stroni
wlnd comes along Il rips and tears the
canvas until the pretty girl In the bar
rel Is able 10 get a good peek at U
Main street traffic.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-12-30
Detective Burns Defies
Leaders of Labor World

titude of Samuel Gompers toward the
current investigation of an alleged
dynamiting conspiracy, Burns referred
to Gompers' conference with labor
lecTers in Indianapolis soon after the
Mcnamara arrests.
why doesn't he ten the people
what took place at that conference
asked Burns. Il have asked him the
question repeatedly, and he has re-
fused to answer it. say that organ
lied labor should force him to reply
so that suspicion would be removed
from the rank and file of union
men"
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-12-30

the conc lusion that monopolies are
essential to the complex civilization OF
today, and that it is necessary that
such monopolies be well regulated. X
the South, through the diffusion OF
economic intelligence, can wisely aud
reasonably regulate the monopoly OF
cotton production that II enjoys, SO
that we shall have neither extremely
high prices nor yet unprohtably low
prices, Il win have provided an object
lesson which will prove most uaeilaa.
and IN the long run Il VIII, In 70 dos
ing best consult iis own selt-lnterealal
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-12-30
Want BONDS ISSUED TO BUILD
A MUNICIPAL LIGHTING PLANT
SUCH WAS SENTIMENT At RECENT MEETING OF BOARD OF ALDERMEN VOTE
ON MATTER STOOD TO g. INSTALLATION OF WATER METERS ALSO
ASKED FOR IN THE RESOLUTION THAT WAS PASSED.

Voicing the sentiment of a majority
Of members of the board of aldermen
a resolution was passed at the recent
meeting of council to instruct the or
dinance committee to call as soon as
possible a bond election for the pur-
pose of voting upon an issue of $780,
600 OF bonds to be used to construct
municipal electrical lighting plant,
and for the installation of water me-
ters throughout the city.
When the matter of adopting the
resolutions came up the vote stood
three for and three against its adop-
ton, thereby making a tie vote. Mayo
Mathis broke the tie by casting his
vote in favor of the resolution, so that
it was finally adopted by the vote of
4 to 8. Those who voted for the res
olution were Aldermen Allen Bolton
and Poole and aMyor Mathis. Alder
men Council, White and Riley oppos-
ed the resolution.
It was in this manner that munich
pal ownership or non-municipal own
ership was once more brought beofre
the people of Americus through ther
representatives in the city council
Tho rocoI,,tioD oc o5oD+od ooI1od for
immediate action with regard to the
drafting of an ordinance to authorize
the issuance of a call for bond cleo
ton.
In the regular routine of business,
according to the procedure of council,
the action of the last meeting of that
body with regard to passing of the
ordinance must be ratified when the
minutes of the preceding meeting are
read. The matter will then be finally
settled as regards action upon this
particular point. so that the ordinance
committee will then be officially in
structed to draft the call for the elec-
tion
The members of the ordinance COM
mittee whose duty it will be to draft
an ordinance authorizing the calling
of the bond election are as follows:
Messrs. Clarence J. Write, chairman;
G. w. Riley, J. E. Poole. This COM
mittee will not meet, of course, until
after the ratification of the resolution
at the adjourned meeting of council
to be held tonight
A majority of two-thirds of the reg
istered voters of the city must vote in
favor of bond election in order to
make it valid. 1t is taken for granted
that the resolution will be ratified at
tonight's meeting of council by the
same vote as at the last meeting,
which will pave the way for the call
ing of the election
The time for the holding of the cleo
ton will be fixed by the call to be
Issued by the committee. If this is
fixed in harmony with the spirit of
the resolution, the election will be
called for the earliest date possible.
This will cause the election to be held
very early in the new year, so that it
may not be very long before the peo-
Die of the city will have an oppor-
tunity to decide whether they are in
favor of municipality owned and
operated electrical lighting plant or
not.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-12-30
= = = : \ = = \ \ = =
UNION TREASURER BEGINS
SENTENCE ON ROADS.

y Waycross, Ga, Dec. 29.-L. C.
' Brown, former treasurer of the 4
y local painters union here, who
= recently was convicted of en- 4
= tezzling funds Of the organiza- 4
= ton, began serving his sentence =
y Of seven years on the roads to- =
y day. =
= Mrs. R. L. Robbins, who plead '
= ed guilty to voluntary mans =
y laughter at the last term of Su- =
= perior court here, was taken to ,
= Milledgeville to begin serving =
y her sentence of twenty years. y
y 4 y y \ y y \ y y \ !