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Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-06-13
TOURNAMENT PLANNED
FOR JULY THE FOURTH
Gun Club Has Important Event
in View.

Arrangements are already being
gotten under way to hold a tourna-
ment at the grounds of the Americas
Gun Club on July 4th and 9th. Many
crack shots from other sections of the
state Will be invited to participate in
the tournament in case all the ar
rangements for the occasion are sue
cessfully carried out.
There seems no doubt but that the
tournament will be successfully ar
ranged and carried out, as enthusiasm
runs high as regards the holding of the
shoot. The members of the gun CLUB,
though it has been organized only a
short time, are highly in favor of pro-
noting every event of this kind that
can be successfully carried through.
In the coming tournament there will
be number of prizes offered for the
highest scores. This in itself will be
a special inducement for local shots to
be on their mettle as they will be in
competition with some of the best shots
in the state The fact that the shoot
will extend through two days is an
indication of the fact that it will be
an event of unusual Importance in the
local world of sport
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-06-13
FEARFUL SQUEEZE IN LEMONS;
NOW EIGHT DOLLARS A BON
That Necessity a Luxury in Americas
Just Now.

The man who hands you a lemon
just at present is friend indeed, for
Americas is we'll night lemonades, and
the yellow acid bombs are worth their
weight in silver. Eight dollars per
box is the wholesale price, which
would probably mean SO or $40 at re-
tail By the dozen they cost one forty
cents, but Americus dealers are prac-
tically out of lemons just now. AT
this season lemons are a luxury, and
with the fruit and ice alike scarce and
dear the heat smitten cit. is up against
it and his lamentations are heard in
the land.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-06-13
THAT EXCURSION TO TYBEE
LEAVES AT NOON TO-DAY

The Seaboard's 81 excursion, Amer
icus to Savannah and return with ann
pie time for numerous dips in the
ocean, leaves at 1890 noon today.
While very low excursion rates are al
lowed, all passengers will go by the
regular passenger train at noon, 40
special excursion train being operated
as heretofore. Many Americas people
will make this pleasant trip to the
ocean, as tickets are good six days
returning.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-06-13
COTTON MARKETS

New Orleans, June 12.-Cotton fu-
lures opened steady at an advance of
to 5 points on the old crop months,
and an advance of Is to 16 points on
the new crops. Continued dry wealth
err over Sunday in the cotton belt was
the reason for the advance. On the
call, commission house had a good
volume of outside buying orders TO
fill for long account; shorts were also
heavy buyers and prices rose quickly
as offerings were limited.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-06-13

New York, June 1.-THE cotton
market opened firm at an advance If
6 points on August and from 10 TO
16 points on other months on covering
for sellers of late last night and fresh
buying 'or long account. Realizing was
very heavy on the initial advance,
which carried prices in to new high
ground for new crop months.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-06-13
RECIPROCITY WILL
PASS SAYS LODGE
Massachusetts Senator Conf
dent Of Its Passage

Washington, June 12.-"Reciprocity
will go through the senate all right,
said Senator Lodge, of Massachusetts
at the white house today. Whether
the Root amendment goes through is
not so material. Even if it does not,
the agreement will be just as effec1-
i've"
Senator Lodge said he had abandon
ed his idea of Offering an amendment
for the protection of fishermen in his
state.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-06-13
CRAY HAIR MAKES YOU LOOK OLD;
DANISH YOUR CRAY HAIR

effective for this purpose than these two
tme-honored remedies, but Wyeth. a
modern chemist, has combined the two
win other Ingredients which makes a
delightful dressing for the hair, and
which not only .lmOves every trace of
dandruff but promotes the growth of the
halr. 1t also stops the hair from falling
out and makes it beautiful.
All druggists are authorized to refund
the money. if it fails to do exactly as
represented.
This preparation is offered to the
public at fifty cents a bottle, and is
recommended and sold by all druggists,
Dodson's Pharmacy, Americas, Ga.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-06-13
By Using a Harmless Remedy
Made from Common
Garden Sage,

Gray hair is a mark of age, and moth
ing that can be said as to its beauty will
,ffact the disadvantages of this mark of
ace set upon your brow.
Wveth's Sage and Sulphur Hair Rem
oJy darkens the hair and restores it to
#. Youthful beauty. Our grandmothers
and their grandmothers before them used
Soce and sulphur for darkening their
hair. Nothing has ever been found more
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-06-13
CLOSED TAKING STOCK.

Dodson's Pharmacy will remain clos
ed today, taking stock. The store will
be opened for business Wednesday
by the new firm, Murray &
Pharmacy.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-06-13

If a man can't think of anything
more boresome to do to you he will try
to read you something funny out of a
clipping he carries around
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-06-13

See details of Grand Subscription
Contest on Page 6. Prizes: Diamond
Ring, Diamond Brooches, Gold
Watches, set with Diamonds.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-06-13

Don't thank because you close your
eyes to your faults that your neigh
bors will do likewise.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-06-13
New Orleans Futures.

New Orleans, La, June 12-Cotton
futures vlosed very steady at a net
advance Of S to 25 points.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-06-13

There are people so complex that
we may form many varied opinions
and still be correct.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-06-13

Some women are reader with false
sympathy than with false hair.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-06-13

New York, June 12.-Cotton futures
closed firm, steady.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-06-13
NOTICE.

Will be absent from my office till
Friday next S. II. MCKEE.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-06-13

THE COOLEST PLACE in town;
"Yearwood's Barber Shop. Even a fan
in the bath rooms. 11-1w
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-06-13

ALL BRANCHES of Mathematics
taught by B. L. DeBruyne, over
Sparks Hours S-12.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-06-13

IIEGHORN COCKEREus-For sale
cheap. Eugene Cato. It
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-06-13
Want Column
Observation-Disclosures

FOR ISAIIE-Few choice Barred
Plymouth Rock Chickens Apply to
J. NJ. Tobin, 442 Hampton St 11-3t
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-06-13

FOR RENT-Two nice connecting
rooms suitable for ighthousekeeping.
Address w. L. Dupree, P. o. Box 3S5.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1911-03-16
Blastat Powder Mills Wrecks
Many Plate Glass Windows
Property Damaged
FACTORIES HAVE SEVERE LOSS
Insurance Agents Hasten to Announce
That All Losses on Plate Glass VIII
Be Paid But Other Losses of EXplos-
ion in Balance

Kenosha with many other cities in a
radius of a hundred miles from the
powder plant was heavy loser as q
result of the explosives and everything
about the city showed the great
havoc wrought by the explosives. Tele-
phone y messages from Waukegan, Ra-
cine, Chicago and score of other cit
les report heavy damages as a result
Of the shock Of the earth following the
explosion and it was declared that in
the city of Chicago more than ffty-1ive
miles from the plant the damage done
to glass will be close to 100000. A
conservative estimate Of the loss OF
glass in Kenosha puts it at $4,000
while other damage by falling plaster
and from houses being shifted from
their foundations will bring the total
loss III Kenosha we'll above the 5000
mark. It would be impossible to tell
every place where loss occurred in Ken
osha for all day long every section of
the city was reporting more or less
heavy losses. The biggest losses in
Kenosha were at the big manufacturing
plants and all Of these had large
amounts of glass broken. No figures
are given out On these losses but most
of them are covered by insurance. The
heaviest losers among the factories
were the Badger Brass company and
the Chicago Brass company. In some
places machinery in the big plants was
dislodged by the force of the explosion
and the losses will pile into greater
figures as a result of these losses. On
Main street half a dozen big plate
glasses were broken including both of
the windows in the "Dave' store,
windows in the William F. Fisher build
ing, in the Kimball and Flanagan
buildings. In the down town districts
there were big losses along Market
Square and ON Church street. In the
outlying districts of Rowland avenue,
Crate and Elizabeth streets the damage
was more general than in the down
town districts.
Many Kenosha people were in the
different theatres when the first blast
came and the theatres rocked like era
dies and the people made a mad rush
for the doors. Wiser heads among the
number managed to steer the crowds
out in semblanee of order and there
were no people injured. At the Or
pheum the crowd was ordered TO go
to the lake front to avoid further dan
ger and hundreds Of people followed,
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1911-03-16

fearing other and more serious explcs-
ions.
People in buildings in the west part
of the city had narrow escapes from
falling glass but no reports of serious
injuries have been received. The
churches of the city suffered from the
blast and nearly all Of them had win
dows broken. 1t is claimed that the
loss at St. George church will be close
to $4,000. At this church five of the
big lead glass windows were shattered
and the plastering fell in different parts
of the church.
Stories of people being thrown from
their beds, Of broken china and glass
ware and falling plaster are heard from
all parts of the city. In some of the
buildings the sash of the windows was
rent and door flames torn out. Insur-
ance men started work in the morning
to adjust the losses in the city and the
agents of the big insurance companies
declared that every cent of the glass
loss would be paid as soon as possible
but the companies declined to pay any
loss not definitely covered in policies.
Several people made claims for falling
plaster and similar damage but these
losses were turned down. It is
possible that some Of the compan-
les will pay these losses later in the
month but for the present the compan-
les state that they can see no liability
under their policies. 1t is understood
that agents of the companies will act
las unit in settling these claims. There
is no doubt as to the liability for the
plate glass but there may be a cloud
over claims made for losses of other
nature. Little or no- insurance on the
houses in Pleasant Prairie was held in
Kenosha and it is probable that these
people will have total loss as none of
these houses was damaged by fire.
Hundreds of interesting and humor-
Gus incidents are told of the manner in
winch the explosion affected the people
of tie city and these will be told and
retold for months. All Kenosha was
talking Of the explosion for days and it
was the one thing Of interest in the
city. The Northwestern Railway COM
pany suffered heavy loss from break
age of car windows on a train running
between Kenosha and Waukegan at the
ed that no one on the train was SER
iously injured notwithstanding the fact
the windows. The Northwestern did
everything in its power to aid the
stricken village and special train
was sent out from Kenosha just after
nire O'Clock which brought many of
the homeless people of the village to
Kenosha for the night. This train
brought in Engineer Flynn who had
been injured
The train carried out large number
Iof Kenosha physicians and other peo-
pic who profered their services in seek
ing to restore order in the village but
there was nothing to be done and the
physicians after administering stimu-
lants to the people returned to Ken
osha.
Both Of the local ambulances were
sent out to the village but there was
no call for their use.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1911-03-16
NOTICE.

Persons having claims for damages
to property caused by the explosion at
the Pleasant Prairie works, March 9,
1911, are requested to present said
claims at the Office of Cavanagh &
Barnes, over the First National bank.
Kenosha, Wisconsin, for adjustment. Tt
is desired that all claims be presented
and adjusted at the earliest possible
moment.
Dated March Is, 1911.
f. L. DUPONT de NeMours Powder
Company. dwmlS
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1911-03-16
AUCTION SALE.

There will be big auction at the
II. B. Kellogg farm in Pleasant Prai-
RE on Monday, March 90 at 10 0 clock.
All horses, machinery, engine, tools,
etc, will be sold. Free lunch at
noon. WAC
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1911-03-16

K. P. Knudsen and Fred Larsen wei
known Kenosha contractors have been
named to appraise damages for the
Powder company as a result of the ex
plosion on Thursday night. The con
tractors have been ordered to make the
estimates at the rate they would charge
Tor replacing the buildings.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1911-03-16

EDWARD HILLARD-Assist-
ant glazier. Thrown many
feet and bruised,
JACK SUMMERT0N - Soda
handler. Slightly injured.
JOSEPH STEINBACH-F Form
er foreman of the plant.
Slightly bruised and cut.
JOHN CGOXLIS - Packer.
Slightly injured.
LOUIS KITKOWSKY-Pack.
er. Slightly injured.
MISS MATTE JENSEN--Do-
nestle. Caught in the col
lapse of the boarding house
and slightly hurt.
This is the list Of no.ssapie who were
working in the plant and in addition
to it there were scores Of people hv-
ing in the houses as Pleasant Prairie
and in the territory around it who
were thrown from their homes and
slightly injured. None of these people
was seriously injured but many of
them suffered terribly from the shock
of the explosion. They were thrown
to the floors of their homes and in some
cases buried under the debris of the
houses but by some strange miracle of
fate they escaped serious injury.
Come Without Warning.
Pleasant Prairie was just retiring
for the night when the explosion came
without any warning. During the day
five carloads of dynamite were shipped
into Pleasant Prairie and it stood on
siding near the shipping room of the
plant. On account OF the handling of
this and the large stock stored in the
magazines of the company a special
crew of men had been put on for the
night. The people in the little village
We're retiring for the night unmindful
of danger when without warning the
first explosion occurred in the glaze
mill. 1t was not any more serious than
the half dozen other explosions which
had occurred in the village in the last
few years but scarcely had the people
caught their breath from the first ex-
plosion when the cars of dynamite let
go and the wave began to spread over
the plant. Moving with force that
carried every thing before them the
flames swept over the entire plant and
within five minutes after the first ex-
plosion the great plant was one mass of
flames. BY this time the danger of fur
Their loss of life was over as the last
OF the powder had spent its force in
the explosion which hurled buildings
and machinery high into the air and
which dug hole into the earth large
enough to take in whole train of
cars.
The light buildings of the plant went
up like wildire and the great force of
the explosion picked up the heavy ma
chinery used for powder making and
twisted it into useless scrap iron and
in some cases hurled it thousands of
feet from the scene of the explosion.
People are Panic Stricken.
1t is impossible to tell the whole
story of the explosion as. felt by the
people Of Pleasant Prairie and the sur.
rounding territory. Working among
the houses of the village and on the
farms about it like q great tornado the
force of the explosion wrecked the
houses and after the explosion was ov-
er the little village was a picture of
desolation. Women carrying their chill
dren in their arms rushed out into the
streets clad only in their night clothes
while strong men sought safety in eel
lars. The people were panic strick ken
in both Bristol and Pleasant Prairie.
They feared to return to their ruined
homes thinking it possible that other
explosions would follow and as the
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1911-03-16

With q roar like the sound of q tor
nado and with a power which shook
the earth like an earthquake, millions
Of pounds of dynamite and giant pow
der exploded at the plant of the Latin,
Rand Powder company at Pleasant
Prairie just after eight o'clock Thurs
day evening and when the bright sun
rose Friday morning over the village of
Pleasant Prairie it revealed q scene of
ruin. Not only had the great plant of
The company covering hundreds of acres
been destroyed but people of the vii
Iage and the surrounding territory
found their homes and farms devasted
and tine awful earth shock which fol
lowed the letting go of the great mass
Of explosives was felt over territory
covering more than five hundred miles
from Kenosha.
When the FIVE distinct shocks were
heard just after eight o'clock Thursday
night and the people rushed into the
street to witness the brilliant illumin-
ations which followed the explosions it
was supposed that scores of people had
been killed but when the sun rose this
morning and the grimy powder makers
took courage enough to return to the
scene of the ruins of the explosion it
was found that but one man was miss
ing and while scores of people in Bris-
tol, Pleasant Prairie, Russell and in the
outlying territory surrounding these
villages were slightly injured it is not
thought that any other people have
been seriously injured. The one man
who is supposed to have met death in
the destruction of the plant was E. S.
Thompson, better known among the
powder workers and the people living
in the neighborhood of the big plant
as cold Man Thompson. -
Portions Of the remains of Thompson
were found Friday morning 200 feet
from the glaze mill aud brought to the
Rutledge morgue.
Only One Man Killed.
Thompson was working in the glaze
room at the plant. The ex-
plosion started in the glaze mill and
Thompson was the only man who could
have told the story of how it occurred.
The other men who were
in the big enclosure of the plant
at the time of the explosion had re.
markable escapes but they themselves
can not tell how they got out of the
burning plant. Crawling on their hands
and knees they found their way out be-
tween the burning buildings by the
blaze of light cast against the sky by
the recurring explosions.
These men were bruised and bleeding
and charred by the smoke and fire but
all of them came out of the burning
cauldron into which the big plant was
converted without serious injury. When
the grim roll call of the survivors was
called at the plant Friday morning all
of the men save Thompson answered to
the roll call and all save one of them
reported for duty.
List of the Injured.
The list of the men in the plant at
the time of the explosion included:
E. s. THOMPsoN-Glazier.
Blown to pieces.
CLARENCE BRADY Office
manager. Badly shaken up
but not seriously injured.
JOSEPH FLYNN - Engineer.
Suffered intensely from in
ternal injuries. He is now
at the hospital and will re-
cover.
FRANK BOWE-Night fire.
man. Caught in the collapse
of his building and slightly
cut and bruised
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1911-03-16
AUCTION SALE

On the Roberts farm one-fourth mile
west of Woodwork Station on Thurs
day, March %, 1911, Commencing at 10
0 clock.
Aug. zuchsdorf, Prop.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1911-03-16
Terrific Explosion at the Plant of the Latin, Rand
Co., Completely Wrecks Plant and Does Great
Damage in All Parts of the County
REMARKABLE ESCAPES FOR EMPLOYEES


With Villages
Ruined by the Force the Explosion and
vidng for the of Stricken Families in the
gn of Explosion Mystery Body of Thompson Found
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1911-03-16
Great Quantities Of Explosives.

1t is impossible even now to esti-
mate the damage done by the explos-
ions and the fires which followed. The
plant is a complete wreck and the loss
on the plant and from the great
amount of powder destroyed will be far
over a million dollars. In the town Of
Pleasant Prairie the people estimate
their loss at pretty close to $4,000 and
losses from other parts OF the county
will bring the grand total up to more
than half million more. Tt is a
grave question as to whether insurance
can be collected for these losses. I'll ere
is some dispute as to the amount of ex-
plosives in the plant at the time Of the
trouble but statement made by one
# the men Friday night was that there
was $4,000 kegs Of finished blasting
powder of twenty-five pounds each, 25.-
900 kegs of blasting powder in course
of making, five car loads of dynamite
and large amount of sporting" DOW
der. No dynamite was made at the
plant but this had been shipped in to
be distributed from the magazines of
the Pleasant Prairie plant.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1911-03-16

Assemblyman Nicholas Schmidt Of
Marathon county was the guest of
Mayor Scholey in Kenosha on Sunday.