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Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1912-06-05
Statement of the Condition of
The COMMERCIAL CITY BANK,
Located at Americas, Ga, at the Close
of Business May 81, 1912.
RESOURCES.

Demand Loans -. g.. g. 47943.3o
Time Loans 239,73O.92
Overdrafts secured -. 5,68O.O1
Overdrafts, unsecured .. 5,SS4.Jz
Ranking House 16,695.Jl
Furniture and Fixtures =. 1,O19.50
Other Real Estate =. =. 12,327.37
Due from Banks and Bank
ers in this State j.. 23,57123
Due from Banks and Bank
ers in other States =. =. 15,446.10
Currency e.. ..$12,953.OO
Silver. Nickles, etc 2,476,33
Cash Items. e.. "o35'4z 14'oo4'oo
Clearing House. =. 1921
w. E. Mitchell Bldg Act. lo'o9o'Sl
Total -. -. .$4O9, 1905
LIABILITIES.
Capital stock Paid in e. IS 5OOOO'o0
Surplus Fund o.. e. -. 49, lV'VoV'VV
Undivided Profits, less Cur
I pais A'> 2,346.4o
Due 20 tbi o" state S,O96.O6
lilul' i C,a,, 1S4,O97 .02
no, 70 O Tertificates =. 6O,24O57
Bills Payable, including
llme T Rorrowed Money 100000
ro.o, .$4O9, 1905
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1912-06-05
lENERAL EXAMINATION
FOR COUNTY TEACHERS
Made By the
Commissioner

Inc general examination of appli-
cants for licenses as teachers will be
~ I'll friday and Saturday, June IA
|1nd 10 The white applicants will be
'A'lllned at the office of the county
'"Ool commissioner at the courthouse
'Du Inc colored teachers will meet at
'' Mccoy school house.
1t is necessary that every one who
DeS 10 teach should appear and try
'"e license. The examination will
O'Seo upon the following books:
,'V''''aI Methods for Georgia Teach
r's Hodge; Study of Nature and
~ y 'eeley;" History of Education. .
[,' examination will begin at $3.50
''Och in the morning, promptly.
w. S. MOORE,
county School Commissioner.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1912-06-05
Mr.. Jones SLOWLY
GROWING BETTER
His Condition is Reported as
Improving

Mr.. George D. Jones, who has been
seriously i'll for some time at his home
near DeSoto, suffering from infiama-
ton of the spinal cord, is now i'm
proving, and hope of early recovery is
entertained. The partial paralysis
which affected his lower limbs is dis
appearing, and gradually these mem
bers are again becoming of use to
him.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1912-06-05
CENTRAL OF GEORGIA
RAIL WAY.
Current Schedules Corrected to Date
Trains Arrive. =.

Current Schedules Corrected to Date
Trains Arrive.
From Savannah, Augusta
Atlanta and Macon .....*7:30 p m
From Columbus and in
termediate points ..*11:45 p m
From Lockhart, Dothan.
Albany, Troy and Monty *1O:35 p m
From Lockhart, Dothan,
Albany, Troy and Monty 2:05 m
From Atlanta and Macon :" 2:15 p N
From Augusta. Savannah
Atlanta and Macon ...." $50 a m
from Columbus and in
termediate points .....!7:10 p HI
From Columbus and in
termediate points ......* 1000 m
From Albany and Jack
sonville ..............." 1855 a m
From Albany E. =. e. =. $40 a. m,
Trains Depart.
For Macon, Augusta and
Savannah :. E. .." $40 a. m
or Albany. Dothan Lock-
hart, Troy and Mont
gomery .........." $3.50 10
For Albany, Dothan, Lock-
hart, Troy and Mont
gomery ................" 2:15 p NJ
For Macon and Atlanta - 2:05 m
For Macon, Atlanta, Saw
annah and Augusta -. ."1O:35 m
For Columbus .......% 3.45 m
For Columbus ..........! 500 a m
For Columbus, Birming-
ham and Chicago 49," 1855 a nj
For Albany .............." 1880 p "a
For Albany and Jackson
vile ..................."11:45 p m
*Daily.
Except Sunday.
!iSunday only.
Sleeping cars between Americas and
Atlanta on trains leaving Americas
1926 p. M, arriving Americas $50 a
n. Connects at Macon with sleeping
cars to and from Savannah. Pullman
sleeping cars between Chicago, st.
Louis and Jacksonville on Seminole
Limited" which leaves Americas for
Jacksonville at 11:45 p. m. Leaves
Americas for st. Louis and Chicago
via Columbus and Birmingham, at
1855 a. m. For further information
apply to S. B. Ellis, Ticket Agent.
Americus,, John W. Blount, District
Passenger Agent, Macon. Ga.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1912-06-05
flEIRO GOES HOME
WITH $4,000 MADE BY
HIS ORGAN AND MONK

piatno loFk' June 4.-For fifty years
ola nonelli has turned the handle
l'ni,os 'ee' organ in every city in the
He ~ States Canada and England.
with e, o"o' sailed for his native Italy
the efO,OO" cash, after disposing Of
eogDt monkey and organ to a fellow
'On'Fyman for s25
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1912-06-05

GEORGIA-SumterC County.
BEFORE me came r. E. McNuity'
Cashier of Commercial City Bank, who'
being duly sworn, says that the above
and foregoing statement is true
condition of said Bank as shown by
the books of file in said Bank
r. E. McNULTY, Cashier.
Sworn to and subscribed before me-
this 4tb day of June, 1912.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1912-06-05

Mr.. ]. E. McRae came up yesterday
from AbbsEille, spending the day in
Americas.
The Meeker herald., 1912-08-10
Shoot him. cried tlunen7ann

The next night we met in the same
back room and Cluffer said: I'VE will
hold you up at ten o'clock tonight up
by the Jersey Boat Clubs slips. It's
for hold-up. I've told Hunemann I'd
a dark, lonesome place, an ideal place
laid for victims there before. and he
agreed to go along and help. He'd do
anything for me-"
That night was one of the shivery
times Of my life. / kept my appoint
ment promptly. Cluffer had described
the locality properly; it was an ideal
spot for a hold-up. was strolling
along. apparently at ease. when sud
denly Cluffer, with a handkerchief
over his eyes, stepped out from be-
hind = building. showed a revolver
into my face, and Kissed: Hands
up!" Hunemann was behind him.
had a good look at the latters face,
and now I saw that the apparently
soft.hearted German was in reality OF
a vicious criminal type. Engaged, as
he thought. in an actual crime. his
face had taken on a malevolent ex-
preston. He was ready to kill. and
right.
Hands up nothing" I cried. and
struck at Clufer.
"Cut that out or I'll plug you" he
said. followed him.
SHOOT him!" cried Hunemann. his
face contorted in q frenzy. Shoot
him like . dog"
Bang! went Cutters revolver. He
was 30 close that l felt the wad OF
the blank cartridge whixz past my
head. staggered, but kept after
him. Bang! went the second shot.
stopped, stood up stiff. and collapsed.
C1n6sr said Afterwards that I did 1t
The Meeker herald., 1912-08-10

navia-American piers at any even
ing. I'll make connections with you.
Clutter"
I blessed Clutter for his ability to
make people trust him. and took the
FIRST train for Jersey City.
Grogans saloon was a typical wa
ter front place for the entertainment
of sailors and longshoremen. stroll
ed in promptly at six. and called for a
glass of beer. Looking in the mirror
saw Cluffer enter, and without more
than look at me pass behind me
into back room. drank my beer
slowly and followed him.
I've got him trusting me to the
limit" he said. when we were alone;
but I'll be darned II I believe he's
our man. I've played the crook and
Dragged about the Jobs I've done and
30 on. but he hasn't said a word about
the Bauder kid"
WELL" said !. well find out soon
enough II he's guilty. Are you strong
with him."
"Strong?" laughed Cluffer "Say.
he thinks I'm the only friend he's got
in the world. He's broke, you know"
"Then he must have hidden the
bank" l interrupted.
Hes broke" continued Clutter.
land I'm his meal ticket. He wouldn't
leave me for a farm"
Good! We've got to fake a muir
der by you. Here it is: You fix 1t to
hold me up. You have to shoot me,
because resist. Then lou hurry
away. After that you get afraid Of
Hunemann. You tell him that you're
afraid to stay with him because he
knows you're guilty of this crime and
may give you away. Then, II you are
strong with him, and he wants to
stay with you, hell"
TELL me he's as bad as l nm." said
Clufrer. "Right-O. Meet ME here to-
morrow night at the same time"
The Meeker herald., 1912-08-10

me in a way l had not seen him look
before.
"why did you ask me that?' he
demanded.
Because don't want to get wet
mackintosh?"
"Who told you had q macintosh p
he persisted.
Nobody" replied. But have
you got one?"
NO" he said. II haven't. l never
had one"
well. that's all right. then" said
II Just asked you. You needn't get
sore"
But 1t was obvious that Hunenanu
was sore. After that he began TO
treat me with suspicion. He refused
to be drawn into conversation with
me; refused to be with me at all.
Clutter" said that night when
we met to confer II want you to keep
an eye ON Hunemann. He's getting
restless and I'm afraid he's going to
duck out. II he does, you follow him
and wire mo where you go. He hasn't
seen you around here. 20 you can get
In right with him"
Ny fears were justified and my
directions to Clu6er were Just In
time. Next morning Hunemann had
disappeared. So had Cluffer. went
on with my work in the flower houses
as II nothing had happened. impatient
~ waiting word from my partner.
had to wait ten days. Then came
this message from Jersey City: THE
bird and are living in the same cage.
Got In with him in Phiiadslphia and
bsat Il up here with hin. We are pals.
Made him believe ! was . crook. Come
70 0rogAn's sajooa near the 8candi.
The Meeker herald., 1912-08-10

II was four days later that we had
our 1rst reward. 1t was about eleven
ct night dark, moonless night
when Clutter and were lying hidden
in hedge. that man. clothed in =
long macintosh and wearing a cap
well down over his eyes. came sneak
ing Sat on the lawn. looking hurriedly
around the spot where the boy had
been found. and hurried away into the
darkness before Clutter or could
make . move.
I looked at Clutter and Clutter look
ed at me. Without word my part
ner began to roll a cigarette.
WELL" he said. at last. II guess
you win. Now the problem is to find
who that guy was who Just inspected
tho scene OF the murder"
Luck favored US the next morning.
for In the soft walks of the lawn we
found the imprint of peculiar,
sQuare-toed shoe. By night l had that
pair Of shoes spotted and they were
on the feet of young German. named
Hunemann. employed with me in Bau-
der's flower houses!
1t was a shock. Hunemann had been
the little Bauder boys best friend.
Among all the employees he had been
the one to whom the little fellow had
taken the biggest liking, and 1t was
with Hunemann that he was most
often to be found. And Hunemann
had grieved constantly over the little
fellows fate. Was 1t possible-or had
the poor fellow only gone to the
scene of murder to grieve in silence.
~ ono might go to beloved ones
grave?
A few days later 1t rained.
'Hunemann." l said to my work
fellow. "I've got to go down town.
Do you happen to have a macintosh
you could let me wear for an hour or
so?"
Hunsmann started and looked at
The Meeker herald., 1912-08-10

Jobs. and there were . new hand in
the flower houses. learning the dor.
lists trade. Bauder put u both to
work upon our request. and We had
the run OF both house and flower
houses and intercourse with the SER
wants and employees without being un-
der suspicion a. detectives. Then.
having decided whittier our theory
pointed. Cluffer and began our task
Of clearing up the Popham Center my
stery.
All the circumstances attendant on
the case suggested to my mind that
the guilty party was someone who
was extremely familiar with the Baud.
err household, and with the Bauder
boy. The more I dwelt on the odd
feature of the case-the staying OF
the boy on the lawn and the disap-
pearing of the bank in the house-the
more became convinced that no out
slider had done this crime. 1t looked
more and more like the work of some
one who had been friendly with the
boy. told Cluffer to work in the
house with view to finding the SER
want or servants who were most In.
innate with the child, and in the Bau-
der florist establishment I bent my eff
forts along the same line.
Three days Of this work and We saw
that our task was to be more compli-
Gated even than we had feared. Prac-
tically every one of the five servants
in the house. and all the six employees
in the flower houses. had been
chummy with the little fellow. He
was strange child and had sought
his playmates, not among other chill
dren of his own years in the village,
but among the men and women EN-
ployed in various capacities by his
father. Seldom If ever did he stray
away from the florists or servants. II
he was not to be found in the home.
q search Of the flower houses would
The Meeker herald., 1912-08-10

reveal him busily engaged In CONVEX.
sation with one Of the florists, and II
he was not with the florists he was
sure to be found with the servants.
Thus there were eleven people. s men
To eliminate the innocent ones, and
fasten upon the guilty one-if indeed
the guilty one were among them
was the task that lay before Cluffer
and myself.
At the end of two weeks work we
were exactly where We had started.
Not one Of the eleven people on the
Bauder poolroom had shown q sign
whereby he might suspect their con-
nection with the crime; not one Of
them but seemed heart-broken and
enraged over the fate Of their erst-
while playmate.
I'm afraid you had tho wrong
hunch," said Clutter at the end Of the
two weeks.
ut begins to look that way" said.
But I'm not willing to believe 30.
The more 90. over the ground the
more l am convinced that our quarry
Is one Of the eleven right ON this
place. Clutter. did you ever take
much stock in the theory that . muir
derer IL inclined to revisit the scene
Of his crimer
mot much" said Clutter. "But they
have been known to do It,"
Then to take no chances Of miss
ing anything, from now ON We are
going to keep . watch on the lawn
where the boys body was found.
We've got to play all chances. because
this looks like hard. long chase"
Clutter didn't have much faith In
this theory. but he good naturally
agreed to watch the lawn with me- sa
night
The Meeker herald., 1912-08-10
PULITzER's HOUR OF EASE
Whim Of Great Journalist Had to Be
scrupuiousiy Observed by His
Attendants.

After lunch the late Joseph Pulitzer
always retired to his cabin for sizes
ia. l use the word "siesta." but. as q
matter of fact, it is quite inadequate
to describe the peculiar function or
ceremony for which have chosen IL
as a label.
What took place on these occasions
was this: Mr.. Pulitzer lay down on his
bed. sometimes In pajamas. but moro
often with only his coat and his boots
removed, and one of his secretaries,
usually the German secretary, sat
down In an armchair at the bedside
with pile Of books at his elbow. AZ
word from Mr.. Pulitzer the secre-
tary began to read in clear. incisive
voice some historical work-Sueton-
fuss Lives" Green's History" Ma
caulay's "Essays"-or some German
play or novel.
After few minutes Mr.. Pulitzer
would say. softly" and the secre-
tary's voice was lowered until, though
1t was still perfectly audible. II as
sumed monotonous and soothing
quality. After while tho order came.
Quite softly" At this point the read
er ceased to form his words and COM
menced to murmur indistinctly. CIV
ing an effect such AZ might be pro-
duced by person reading aloud In an
adjoining room. but with the connect
ing door closed.
II. after ten minutes Of this muir
muring. Mr.. Pulitzer remained mo-
tionless, 1t was to be assumed that
he was asleep. and the secretary's
duty was to go on murmuring until
Mr.. Pulitzer awoke and told him to
stop or to commence actual reading
again. This murmuring might last for
two hours. and II was . very difficult
art to acquire. for At the slightest
change in the pitch Of the voice. At =
snesze or . cough. Mr.. Pulitzer would
wake with . start. and an unpleasant
quarter Of an hour followsd.-A0ss1-
can Maxine.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1912-07-04

In his first letter from Balti-
more, Introductory to the demo
cratic convention, Geo. Author,
the Minneapolis Tribune man,
wrote; ''It must be admitted
that only seeming carelessness
permitted the Colonel to be run
over by the steam roller at Chi
cago. He knows how to run one
himself, and!knows how it works.
He is familiar with the machin-
cry, knows the difference be-
tween a carbureter and a spark
plug, and can quote you the lat
est models" That's the first in
timationswe've had that a steam
roller possessed either carbure-
ter or spark plug. Possibly,
though, having passed through
several days of strenuous doings
in the Windy City, George is to
be pardoned for getting his met
aphors mixed. He's in luck if
he doesn't get mixed up on some
things besides metaphors.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1912-07-04
'DWCE TO EMBRYO POETS
20 Subjects That Would Test
Genius.

Far, far Is it from our wish or In
ention to hurt anybody's feelings, but
We do wish to state, very, very gently,
that one of the most difficult tasks a
zeal poet, experienced and skilled In
he practice of his art, could under
AXE, would be to write an adequ ate
and fitting poem on the loss OF the IT.
.anic. For anyone else to attempt it
is to invite inevitable failure, and fail
ure of kind that-well, Of kind
that it would be unkind, in the circum-
stances, to characterize.
To be deeply and sincerely moved
is one of the requisites for writing
noble verse about a tragic episode in
human history, but it is far from be-
ing the only requisite, and, with all
respect for their emotions and inten-
tons, we would suggest that those
who have only a desire to express
what they feel in regard to this calam-
itous event should do 1t otherwise than
In verse. At least they should not
try to get the verse printed, for by 80
doing they place upon the winnowers
Of metrical offerings the always pain
full duty to be cruelty kind.
Surely. surely, surely. first effort
to write poetry should not be on a
subject that would test all the powers
Of a long-tested genius.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1912-07-04
| VALUE OF THE SUNR00M
Wise Woman When experimenting
the Building of Her Home Will
Add This Apartment.

The wise woman when superintend-
ing the building of her home will add
a sunroom to the house.
This is place where the children
can gain health.
Greenhouses are built to give sun
light to plant life, but the children
are allowed to grow in sunless rooms.
The sunroom is best when built
upon the second floor, facing east and
south.
The numerous windows should be
built close together and set in a slop-
ing roof.
This room should be arranged SO
that it is conveniently independent of
the rest of the house. in case Of ILL
ness.
Paint the walls cream, and have the
floor parquet. Carpets and rugs
should be eliminated from the sun
room. They harbor dust and germs.
Where the floor and wall join, a
curve should be made, as in the mod
ern hospitals.
The furniture should be of the sim
plest: comfortable chairs. settees and
cushions with washable covers should
be the rule
Here, during the spring months, the
children can study with particularly
good results. and spend all recreation
hours In this room.
This is an excellent reason why the
sensible woman should set this 'traT
to catch sunbeam"
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1912-07-04
DIDN'T SAVEY OWN LANGUAGE
Filipino Draws Down on His Head
Indignation of Amateur In
terpreter.

A party of tourists in a small Fill
pino village were trying to make the
native driver of bull cart under
stand that they wished their baggage
transferred from the bungalow to the
railway station at two o'clock in the
afternoon. But the native did not
seem to comprehend either their ges-
lures or their hybrid language.
Standing near the tourists was a re-
cruit of the United States army. who
had been in the Islands" just a
month and was extremely proud Of
the few words of Hog Spanish" that
he had learned So he offered his
services as interpreter.
"Say, hombre." said he impressively
to the Filipino, when the clock on
that steeple yonder strikes two. ding
ding. you get your bull cart, moo
moo and carry these trunks to the
station, 'toot-toot. Savey?"
"No sabe," solemnly replied the ma
tive.
"What-at!" roared the interpreter
do you mean to tell me that you
don't understand your own language?"
-Everybody's.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1912-07-04

The act of{Colonel Roosevelt
in declining the offer of a suffi-
Gent number of southern dele
gates to give him the nomina-
ton, so long as the men who
were fraudulently given seats in
the convention we're permitted
to retain those seats, is conclu-
sive answer to the charge of per-
sOnal ambition and is an in
spiratiOn to every man in public
life and to every young man
whose career in public life is yet
to be carved out. Cannon Falls
Beacon.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1912-07-04
QUEER FISHES OF THE SEA
Those That Live Down in the Deep
Are Grotesque and Chin
erical.

Cuba ends 20 the south in a huge
hammer of mountains 5000 feet high
and sleeping sheer into the sea. The
wall does not end there, but con-
tinues it's precipitOus descent into the
700-mile-long abyss called Bartlett's
deep. This gigantic submarine valley
is nearly four miles deep and 80 miles
vide.
At milo and a half, the pressure
OF the water is nearly two tons to the
square inch; the ooze that comes up
from such depth, though the equator
runs overhead. is cold as hoar frost;
1t is ten times certain that no vegeta
ton can grow there.
AS in our world none but the vege-
table, are able to make food, it ought
to follow that in the depths of the sea
there should be no animal life. AS
matter of fact, these glooms are in
habited by the most grotesQue and
chimerical of all fishes. 1t would seem
as though in the darkness life had
taken every imaginable license to be
ugly and bizarre. Cannibalism Is evil
IDENTIFY the only method of life, and its
equipment runs to every kind of ex-
travagance.
There are fish with teeth so long
that they cannot close their mouths,
fish that draw their stomach over
prey larger than themselves, fish with
no more mouth than leech, and get
ting their living as leeches, fish with
huge, myopic eyes, and fish frankly
blind. Probably none of them comes
from depths quite beyond the region of
light, though great many of them go
poking about their ghoulish business
furnished with lanterns of the glow,
worm type.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1912-07-04
On Boston Common.

Comparatively few people know that
there was once a spinning school,
on Boston Common Winsor's Memo
rial History of Boston" records tina
upon the arrival in Boston of som,
Irish spinners and weavers spinnin;
craze took possession of the towr
land the women, young and old, hig'
and low, rich and poor, f1ocked int.
the spinning school, which for want o
better quarters, was set up in the Com
mon, in the open air. Here the whir
Of their wheels was heard from morn
ing to night" Thirty-f1ve years late
the Society for Encouraging Industr.
and Employing the Poor again uset
the Common as a spinning school
about 800 young women appearing
there.