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tho representations will be made in
their behalf.
The canal bill Is now In the Senate
Committee with prospect OF .being re-
ported very soon and will then go to
conference with the House. Congress
men at both ends OF the Capitol feel
that II any Panama legislation Is to be
had II must be at this session OF Con-
gress. The cxgencies which have arisen
by the necessary reductions OF force as
the canal approaches completion make
legislation necessary II a permanent Or
ganization Is to be set up on the Canal
Zone TO the best advantage. 1t was said
to-day that members OF both houses
were not agreeable TO much delay now.
Senator Brandegee has replied to the
State Department that the legislation
proposed Is regarded as extremely urgent
and that the Senate Committee had
planned to report the canal bill to the
full Senate some time next week. That
reply has been communicated by wire to
Mr.. Times and will probably have ;he
effect to hasten tho delivery OF the
British note.
One of the provisions OF the bill ms
Il now stands would make It impossl5 lo
for Canadian railroad ships to pass
through the canal II they engaged In
coastwise trade. Then the question OF
| free tolls to certain classes OF American
ships involves the old question OF the
Hay treaty. 1t Is believed
that the British Government will holt
that ships of all nations must be on az
equal basis. The opinion among manl
American statesmen Is that to grant FREE
tolls to American ships II not a violation
OF tho terms Of the Hay-Pauncefot'
treaty.
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time and all the time. The Gilbert Jes-
sop OF America should call him. But
why doesn't he get new pair OF
breeks? That's a matter for discussion
at the first meeting Of Congress. I reck-
on. 1t could appropriately be debated
when Supplies are being fixed UP.
But there was one chap In particular
In that New York versus Detroit match
to-day who tickled my fancy-Hugh
Jennings. What his particular mission
In life Is know not. But II It IL TO
create a hullabaloo. kick up racket OF
annoy the Tigers. then In Hugh We have
got the right man for the job. In Scot
land he would very promptly be era bbed
by the back OF the neck by . policeman
and run out OF the sports ground. and
then run IN" II he persisted IN his wild
vapornrs and eXhortations.
What he was shouting about all the
time l know not. but Il seemed TO me
that he was threatening the batsmah
much pain and many penalties II he
did not do Just exactly what Hugh
desired. IL you don't do what tell
YOU rl-yes. i will" That's Jen-
nings. The next minute he seemed to
mo to be saying: Come on boys, we
have got them whacked to the world
That's tho other Jennings. Supposins
l turn the tables on him for change
What the deuce, sir, do you mean
BY eating SO mu-n of the grass al
American League Park? ] didn't see
YOU mast!cate the two odd acres, II
is true, but there was strong circum'
stantiai evidence that you disposed OF
more than was good for your lit,lG
Mary Somebody told me It was a par
Of your code. ] hope so. Better tina
than part of your daily diet strike tn
grass out OF your menu, dear boy. sa!
ads are all right this weather. but draw
the line at grass Have some cons!d
Grafton for the four-footed tribe. SET
what I mean''
Yes. Jennings was an entertainment
In himself, ana Instead Of being a IL!
up turn he should have been at the TOT
OF ,Aa BIZ
Tut f. coach outf!eld really neces'
sary: AZ simple Johnny Raw ! pu
tre uue5t' n. Not that ! would like
lirrh 10 he done ont Of his job remcm
rcr. hut should have thought that nler
ol' T. 90 foot and quick Of eye would
lave required the ne istanre OF no out
side party. 1t seemed, according To my
nnstrurish IDEAS OF tho fitness o.
tNlrqs. that by his advice, SC. Sc.
'e robbed tho players ~ n personalit
which they might otherwise have pos
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BY CharIes Milne "Uno.

"HERE was a strange face In the
press box at American League
Park yesterday. and a jealous
guardian of the exclusive rights and
privileges of hts profession, q none
too pleasant looking journalist. In
Qulred of q colleague "who l was"
"Bulger brought him here" was the
retort. "A journalist from Scot
land" In the Scottish vernacular. I
took that TO mean simple Johnny
Raw, that's me.
had heard about basehalla little'
I mad read about It. and between yon
and me and that 6 cents worn OF what
you call beer, now that l have seen II
like 1t. baseball ] mean. nos beer.
Compared with cr!cket-hrst class
cricket too. mind you-basehal Is some
where in the region OF 8j7ii streets
ahead OF It. Compared with association
football. THE game which grips the
people OF Br.ta!n-wcll. how will I put
Il? Just this way-this at the risk OF
being thrown out OF the press box at
American League Park when l so there
the next time-it Is the nearest ap'
proach to soccer In point Of !nteres
that I've seen. You see, association
football is our favorite sport. and
beaten as we are all ends up at Stock
holm, am slipping In this little blt
here Just to keep the old flag flying
Soccer just beats baseball by a short
head, and In saying that. remember.
am saying great deal.
SOMEBODY has struck UP Land o, Ny
Fathers" Very Well. II you want lnu
sic you'n get IT, Fierce, don't IKE
the rig-out Of Your players, II nay
be mighty com'ogta Bile. bar by ih1
powers It's not picturesque.
when Ty Cobb came out 10 ba;, Dul
ger turned TO mo and Grlnned, gilnned
too. This with the belief that II was
quite the correct thing to do. l after
ward learned he meant TO convey tc
me Now youll see something" but the
something which caused my merrlmenl
was "Ty's" brecks. Awfully baggy al
the knees. aren't they? I know It's all
right for me to sit and grin al him here
But yon funny, wee, wee cap and the
trousers and all that are so queer.
'Ty" is a player after an English
mans heart. He's out to swipe every
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ton all reference to the President.
After the resolution was adopted
asked ~ no purposely had omitted that
part OF the resolution dictated to me.
"T purposely omitted st. he said.
Mrs Taft occupied n box and | de-
sired to do nothing which would sub
ject her TO humiliation
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By Vic

manl,arian ring. while Corner Cup
bOatd' Suggests coslness and 5000
cheer "Flrc Engine" and Forge Ham
mcr" are anything but alluring. but
Happy Return II felicitous. II has
gloomy and depressing antitheeas In
"Tro,ible House." surely one of the most
forb.ddlng names ever attached to .
hostelry.
The evening world., 1912-07-11

From tho London Chronie'cl
Some qiecrly named inns sim survive
In rural England. 4 correspondent OF
Notes and Queries gives few he came
across In Giouccstershlre. Live and Let
Lave" has a fraternal and broadly hui
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Quite OhviO us.

From tho Newark News.)
At the Art Museum the sign Hands
on was consplcuously displayed before
the statue Venus de Milo.
a small child looked from the sign to
the statue.
Anybody could see that" she said.
dryiy
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Floating Body May lie Guests.

ATLANTIC CITY. July IA body
which TALES exactly with the descr!p-
lion Of Walter Guest was found ycster-
day afternoon in the sea of South Br!-
gantine. a half mile east Of the scene o,
the destruction of the d'rlgible Akron.
Al the clothing on the body HAD been
tAfn away. Quest was one OF the live
oss who were killed when the Akron
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A NEW MAN

George 8. Scslly VI No. 10 Nassau st.. New
York, says: FOR years I have been troubled with
rheulns nm and dyspepsia and l came TO the
CONCLUSION to try Railways Tills. J. Immediately
found great relief iron their use. ] feel like
new man since ] commenced taxing them, and
would not now be without them. The iGv~S.
sleclw feeling I tred to have hA snttrcly disar.
nsar,.i. the dysp1sia has left me and my rheu-
mst!an has gone entirely. am satisfied II any
me 80 afflicted will give nadway's Pills trial
hsy will surely cure them"
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1912-06-30

To the resident in the city not engag-
ed in farming there is the pleasure
that is derived from the use of the
roads for automobiling. Such advant-
ages and direct financial benefits arc
more than a compensation for all ex-
penditures made along this line.
While the good road work has been
prosecuted so extensively and so Wig
orously, there has been no increase
in taxation, and, as stated, there has
been no borrowing of money in any
manner to meet the expenses. Pru-
dent management of the county's fl
nances have permitted of the work
without this. With a bond issue, it Is
true, a vastly greater mileage could
nave been constructed, and the feeling
in favor of such a bond issue is very
ong and growing. The near future
will probably see it, and then there
will be a more rapid extension of the
work than has yet been possible. Sum-
ter is in the peculiarly fortunate po-
sition of not having a single dollar
of Indebtedness of any kind, having
no bonds outstanding and no liabil-
tiles to banks or individuals, one of
the few counties of which such Il
statement can be made. Its bonds
would be eagerly snapped up at 4
good price.
The accompanying illustrations tell
the story of good roads in Sumter far
more forcefully than words could do.
They show cuts through hills, where
the grade has been lowered twenty to
thirty feet; they show the long
stretches of straightaway road
through the great level expanses that
make up the greater part of the coun-
ty, they convey some idea of the beau
tiful vistas that are found on some OF
these magnificent highways, They
convey some adequate idea of the re-
suits already obtained, and point to
what may yet be obtained through per-
sistence in the most valuable policy
ever adopted by a Board of Commits
sioners in Georgia county. The eX-
listing good roads are the pride of ev-
cry progressive citizen and one of the
great assets that draw to this favor
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1912-06-30
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y LAND VALUES RAPIDLY =
y MOVING UPWARD IN SUMTER y


Land values are increasing very
rapidly as the system of good roads
reaches into the different parts Of
Sumter county and all who are inter
ested should investigate and buy at
once. In many instances recent sales
have been made at an advance of 100
to 800 per cent. over the purchase
price few years ago. Lands can
now be had from $40 to 500 per acre,
according to location, desirability OF
the soil and so forth. The prices are
yet very cheap and the advance will
continue steadily in the years to come.
The average business man thinks he
has done we'll if he clears IL per
cent on his investment and a large
majority are willing to take less. Now
an up-to-date, intelligent and scien-
titic farmer, with energy, can make
Sumter county lands pay handsomely,
so as a business proposition it is ap-
parent that values must continue to.
advance.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1912-06-30

land values, indirectly through the
fertilizers, etc.
From the time this constructive plan
was determined upon there has never
3een any tagging in the building of
good roads, never any change of pol
cy, never any cessation of the work of
education for nearly 4 years a convict
force has been steadily at work, dav
fter day, week after week, month af-
er month, leveling hills, broadening
Dads, building up the highways in low
laces, draining and otherwise improv-
ng. Road after road has been re-
uilt under competent engineer super
tendency. Without the issuing of a
ingle dollar of bonds, without the in
urring of a single dollar of indebted
less, out of the ordinary revenues OF
he county, the great work of road inn
lrovement has gone on. Road after
Dad has been built, until to-day the
county has a system radiating in every
direction that compares favorably in
every respect with that of any agri-
cultural county in the South. In all.
$50 miles of highways, thirty
feet in width, we'll drained, leveled
have been built. And if the system in
vogue for these past few years is con-
tinued the time is not far distant when
it will be possible to reach any part of
the county over continuous road tina
will permit of the safe speeding of an
automobile to thirty or forty miles an
hour, if the law permitted, and that
will enable, and this is far more i'm
portant, the hauling of great weights
of cotton and other farm products to
the shipping points at minimum cost
to the farmers, the chief beneticiaries
of the good roads work
The results of this constructive
work have been what was expected
and values along the highways i'm
proved have jumped from fifty to one
hundred per cent. Progressive farm
ers of means have been induced by the
good roads to sell their holdings else
where and locate in Sumter county
The removal here of many farmers OF
the most enterprising type in the past
two Or three years has been directly
due to the good roads. They came.
they saw the good roads, passing
through one of the finest agricultural
districts of the South, and they re-
turned to their homes, sold their farms
and came to Sumter to live Never was
there better investment than these
good roads have proven for Sumter
county. Not only this, but the good
roads have proved an exceedingly eff
fective advertisement in other ways.
1t is probable that no other county in
Georgia has had more space given to
it by newspapers away from Americas
than has Sumter, advertising directly
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1912-06-30

years. A few years back it was i'm
possible to haul more than two bales
of cotton weighing a thousand pounds,
to market with pair of heavy, strong
mules. To-day the same mules can
haul six to ten bales of cotton to mar
ket, over the same roads-but now i'm
proved-in half, or less than half, 81
the time consumed. The saving to the
farmers in time, in wear and tear on
stock and wagons, is consequently en-
ormous Continuance of the road i'm
provements on the same scale, and
With the same fixed results, will mean
hat in very few years it will be pos
sible for every farmer in Sumter
county to haul his fertilizers and other
supplies to the farm, and his cotton
and other products to the market or
shipping point, under the most favor
able of conditions What the saving
will be, to the mass of farmers of the
county, it is impossible to estimate
Calculated in dollars and cents it will
unquestionably be a tremendous per-
centage every year on the countys in
vestment for good roads.
Outside of this immediate material
benefit to the farmers there are many
other benefits that accrue to the resi-
dents of the country and to those If
the city and the smaller towns. Many
farmers now own their, own automo-
biles. Others have fast horses. They
and their families now find it a pleas
ure to ride to town at any time. The
with which schools are reached, the
entire family in the ease with which
the trip is made to church or to neigh
bors, or to the shopping centres of the
county. In cases of necessity physi-
clans can reach the country homes in
a few minutes, every physician, prac-
tically, having his automobile, and
the great majority of the country
homes being supplied with telephone
service Many farmers, too, living
in the city or the towns of the county
with their families and having their
; farms several miles out, can now
make the trips thereto in few min
utes at any hour of the day or night.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1912-06-30

Four years ago Sumter county did
not have a really good road within its
borders. There was the usual mileage
of country roads, some passable, some
hardly more than ruts, some fairly
good in dry weather, but none that
had been leveled, drained. made of UNI
form width and otherwise brought Il
conform with the modern conceptiol
of a good highway in a country dis
trict.
Up to that time Sumter may be said
TO have been content like its sistel
counties of Georgia. with such con
ditions. Then came the change 0.
sentiment that speedily wrought
revolution. The good roads propagan
da began. the education of the peoplc
to desire and work for better things
With the education came the opportun-
ity. Georgia changed its laws dealing
with convicts. Instead of the old sys-
tenn of leasing them to work in Goa
mines, at saw mills, or on turpentine
farms, the legislature enacted one OF
the best laws that a Southern law
making body has ever put on the sta
tute books. The lease system was de-
stroyed and provision was made that
all convicts should be worked on the
public roads, each county being given
its quota according to population This
was in reality the beginning of goo1
roads. as a system, in Georgia.
Sumter county took to the PROPOSE
ton with avidity. Its proportion Of
convicts has ranged from IS to 80 at a
time. This furnished the County Com
missioners, in charge of road work,
with an adequate force to do definite
constructive work with. Prior to that
time the force available had been no
more than adequate for patch work
as it were, for keeping the main high
ways in state permitting of their use
for the hauling of freights to and from
the farm. Year after year large sums
had been expended in this work, with
out any material betterment in the
condition of the road system. With
the increase of the working force
through the new law came the de-
termination on the part of a progress
siVe Board of County Commissioners
to use them in the carrying through of
some definite plan of improvement that
would really give Sumter county Il
system of fine highways, roads that
would not only be passable at all
times, but that would be an effective
advertisement of the progressive spirit
of the~county, roads that would make
life in the country districts more de-
Sirable, roads that would be the means
of drawing home seekers to city and
country, roads that would directly and
indirectly enhance the value of farm
ing lands throughout the county, dir
ectly through a material increase in
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y AN IDEAL SECTION =
= TO FARM IN
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The Times-Fecorder, Americas, Ga,
Gentlemen: / have been living in
Americas for the last four years, mov-
ing to this place from Bishopville, S.
G. Americas is a beautiful town and
a desirable place to live in, as the So
cial conditions here are above the
average city's.
Americas is surrounded by one If
the richest farming sections in Geo.
gia. The land here is mostly Level
with a clay sub-soil, which is very pro-
ductive By an intensive system CT
farming and by using the proper
amount of guano lot of our land here
will produce over a bale of cotton per
acre. | consider this an ideal section
to farm in, as the seasons here are
much longer than other sections of the
country. Our land here is also very
easy to cultivate, and We have plenty
OF cheap labor.
Americas and Sumter county de-
serve a lot of praise for the public
roads, which ale considered by ev-
erybody to be the finest in the state.
Good farming land can be bought
here at $40 to $40 per acre, and this
same grade of land in South Carolina
is selling at 500 to $3.50 per acre. I
consider man very fortunate, indeed,
to he an owner of Sumter county
fam, for as soon as people in Other
secti0 S ealize what YOU have here
you will see land advance very rapid
ly.
| am delighted to say that am
we'll pleased with Americas and Sum-
ter county. Yours truly,
JOHN F. KELLY.
P. o.. Americas, Ga.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1912-06-30

tIaceable TO the good roads and the
results achieved through them. Good
roads-runs around the state have
brought hundreds of tourists through
Sumter county, tourists who have gone
away to sing the praises of the leading
county of Southwest Georgia. The
good roads were not built to this end,
but it has been gratifying to realize
that the incidental and unexpected
benefits have been so great.
Farmers, as has been pointed out,
have been the chief beneficiaries of
the good road improvements of recent
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1912-06-30

BOYS CORN CLUBS ARE
AT WORK In SUMTER.

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The increase in the average pro-
duction of corn through means OF
Corn Clubs has been very marked IN
Sumter and the day is dawning when
the corn fields of the Northwest will
have to take off their hats to the corn
fields of Southwest Georgia and sur
render the crown.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1912-06-30
SUMTER PRE- EMINENT
FOR CONDITIONS OF HEAL

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From the standpoint of healthfui-
ness Sumter county holds a pre-em-
inent position, ranking among the
most desirable in the state, Fine free
stone water is found and an abuRdan.
supply of the purest and clearest ar
tesian water can be had by sinking
wells at a cost of 800 to $500.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1912-06-30

ed county the man who is seeking /
home in section where opportunities
abound and the drawbacks are least.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1912-02-22
Men S and Boys Clothing
Numerically Sacrificed

The greatest chance you had put up to you to pur,
chase that Spring Summer Suit at just right price,
Just Think offering you at this tme Suits, at in
most cases. for half their regular marked prices you can
be deceived in MATERIAL styles or workmanship as such
well know and reliable makers Of dependable clothes as
Hart Schafner 6 Marx, j. Caps s. Son and Mongom~
cry Clothing Co., all manufacturing clothes that are
absoute in every DETAIL represented in this
lot A chance to show you this is sufficient guarantee
Of sale, prices unresisabe- Don't put this off
too long, come in now while stock and sizes are complete
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1912-02-22
Shoes Going at Act
TALLY Below Cost

We need the money and shoes
are the real thing to sacrifice as
you will want them In fact the
present weather is demanding of
you to throw away those rub
bers and try shoes. We have
just what you want and lots of
them, dress or work shoes.
The largest line in town.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1912-04-12
WILL REPLACE WOODEN TIE
Railroads Quick to See Possibilities OF
New Concrete "Sleeper," Re-
Gently Devised.

A struggling Californian named
George Gates, who is 70 years OF age,
has sold to a syndicate OF eleven OF
the greatest railway systems OF the
United States, for three and half
millions sterling, the patent rights to
a concrete railway tie or sleeper, in
vented by him. The new concrete
sleeper Is considered the greatest rail
way invention since the airbrake. II
is composition of substances which
afford extraordinary residence and
durability A single machine can turn
them out at the rate of $500 day,
Gates is a veteran of the Civil war
and has had hard fight with poverty
during his career as an inventor.
He proposed to spend portion OF
the money now received in perfecting
and introducing another invention
styled by him a continuous rail" OF
the remainder the bulk will be placed
in trust for the benefit of his wife and
relatives generally. For the present
Gates lives in a modest cottage in San
Jose, Cal-Sunday Magazine.