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Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1912-01-09
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Jon GETTING READY
TO CARE FOR VETERANS
!, To Spend 100000 to Enter,
tain Them

Macon is making great preparation
for the coming reunion to be held on
May 1873, 1912. Colonel Walter A.
Harris, who is colonel of the Georgia
general chairman, and is assisted by
an able corps of busy, business men
who are untiring in their efforts to
make this the greatest reunion ever
held in Dixie.
The Sons of the Confederacy will
have a very prominent part in the
coming reunion, for Commandant
J. Marion Dunwody, of the. Thomas
Hardiman Camp No. IS, is doing some
great stunts for the sons in the COM
mgr euniOn. Mrs. Walter D. Lamar
head of the U. D. C's of Georgia, as
chairman of the Womans Auxiliary
is untiring in her efforts for the en-
tertainment of the daughters, and all
those who know Mrs. Lamar, say this
is guarantee that Macon will do her
share in showing honors to the
daughters.
The Confederate reunion of 1912
will be the greatest ever held III
any city in the South. Thousands and
thousands of dollars are pouring into
the treasury of the general reunion
committee and every citizen of Macon
is doing his share to make the event
a success. When the veterans go to
Macon they will be extended a well
come of the kind that they will re-
member until they answer the last
sounds of taps Macon will b etheirs.
DO with it what they will Macons
people will extend the right hand Of
fellowship to the men who battled for
Dixie. Everything that she possesses
win be turned over to them while they
are her guests.
A committee of representative bust
ness men, headed by Jno ]. Mckay is
In charge of the campaign for funds.
Unlimited money is at the command
of the committee and every dollar will
DE spent to give the veterans the time
of their lives. 1t is estimated by f.
III. Hyman, secretary of the executive
committee, that one hundred thousand
dollars will be used by Macon in en-
pertaining her guests.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1912-01-09

found the way to the isolated log
camp and Bill made haste to throw
on his great fur coat and step out OF
doors.
In the distance, picking their way
slowly between the bows that marked
the trail across the frozen lake, came
two horses drawing a sled. The road
was well marked by the green
branches Old Bill himself had helped
to place in the ice, but a heavy snow
of the night before had made sleigh
ing heavy. Old Bill closed the cabin
door and walked through the narrow
footpath to the foot Of the lake. He
had few friends in the village, six
miles away, but he little thought OF
their coming on day like this.
Hello Bill" came across the cold
air to him.
Bill waved his great hand. AS yet
he could see nothing but the sled
and some muffed creatures within.
We've got a surprise for you, Old
Bill" said one of the men as the
sled drew up.
You sure have" replied the guide,
helping to hold the horses while four
persons crawled out from beneath the
fur rugs and stepped into the deep
snow. you sure have! l haven't
seen a living soul for three weeks
nor used my voice for as long. Put
the horses up in the shed and blanket
them well. Have you got feed?'
Frank Allen, for it was he, attend
ed to the animals and then made his
way with the others to the warm
little cook shanty of the camp.
Now, Old BILL he began, putting
his arm on little figure all wrapped
In great coat, fur cap, veil and nit
tens, here is the surprised" He took
off the heavy garments and lovely
girl stood before him This, Old
Bill, is your granddaughter, Isabel
Rogers-from Omaha, Nebraska"
Old Bill rubbed his eyes-he did
not wear glasses. Not-not my
daughter Bellies girl?" he cried, look
ing closely at her
The girl nodded. Yes, grand.
father, you daughter Belle was my
mother" she said.
The old man put out a hand that
trembled. q have not heard from
her for years-not since she married
that ranchman Rogers and went out
west to live" he said
The others had stepped aside. see
ing the old mans emotion.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1912-01-09
MOST HEN PICKED MAN
Is FOUND AT LAST

Memphis, Jan. 8.-"Your Honor,
said p J. Osborne to City Judge Har-
ry Bacon, 81 am the most henpecked
man in the world. My wife has had
me arrested thirty-six times. l am
not permitted to leave home of evening
] must wash the dishes, put the ba-
bies to sleep and even help with the
family washing"
Under the circumstances you are
discharged" replied the judge. GO
home and help get dinner"
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1912-01-09

JOHN ". BIOUNT.
istrict Passenger Agent. Macon, Ga.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1912-01-09
In Old Bills
Camp
By Marjorie ". Merit
Copyright, 1911, by Associated Literar,
Press)

Copyright, 1911, by Associated Literary
Press)
Old Bills camp nestled down on the
edge of a lake in the heart of the
Maine woods. 1t was built of logs
and had been, originally, a lumber
mems camp After all the desirable
timber had been cut and the camp
abandoned, Old Bill had found it and
made application to its owners for it.
Being granted permission to live in it,
he had taken up his solitary abode
in the woods, and for FIVE years,
winter and summer, he had lived
within the small log house.
Old Bill was a guide and in his
younger days no guide Of the Maine
woods had been more popular. He
was full six feet in height and he
knew the woods and trails, the lakes
and mountains like a book. Then
there had come a time when he could
no longer tramp from morning till
night with young, enthusiastic fisher
men or hunters, and carry their packs
and cook their meals. But when thai
time came he found that he could not
leave the woods. He loved them
every foot Of them-whether they
were strewn with fragrant pine
needles or carpeted with the SHOWS Of
| winter.
The old guide had small pension
! from the United States. He had
served his time in the civil war and
this monthly sum- small though it
was, was sufficient for his wants, to-
gether with what he was able to find
| for his table in the woods and lakes.
In summer he lived off fish and the
berries that grew wild all about his
camp. In winter, he Jared well; vent-
son and game were plentiful
It was December-early December
but the winter was well under way
in the north of Maine Old Bill sat
by the stove in his cook house, read
ing a six months old magazine, when
he heard the unfamiliar jungle of
sleighbells on the crisp air.
He took his feet from the stove and
stood upright, listening The jingling
sounds came closer. Some one had
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1912-01-09
MCGARRAH STREET IS
NOW Being IMPROVED
Advantageous For Residents
Of That Section

The greatest improvement yet made
upon McGarrah street is now in pro-
gress, the street department being
now engaged in filling in the bottonl
just west of the Central Railway sta
ton near Prospect Park, at the same
time making the street several feet
wider at that point. This street leads
out to two of Sumters fine highways,
tee Ellayile and Goodwin roads, and
the street improvement will be appra-
ciated by residents of Brooklyn
Heights as well as by the many mo-
florists who ride in that direction
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1912-01-09
OF GEORGIA
RAILWAY.
Current Schedules Corrected to Date
Trains Arrive.

FrC m Savannah, Augusta,
Atlanta and Macon =. .."700:p N
From Lockhart, Dothan, AL
bany, Troy and Montgy $10:35 p IN
from Lockhart, Dothan, AL
bany, Troy and Montgy 205 p IN
From Atlanta and Macon ..*2:15 p N
From Augusta, Savannah
Atlanta and Macon. $3.50 a m
From Columbus and inter
! mediate points .*11:45 p N
rom Columbus and inter-
| mediate points 3. ..!!l1:30 a N
From Columbus and inter-
mediate points ........!12:O1 p m
ON Albany and Jackson
vile e. e. :. :. E. e. ,.%3 90 a. m.
| From Albany $40 M
Trains Depart
For Macon, Augusta and
| savannah ...............,o. ~ III
For Albany, Dothan, Lock
hart, Troy and Mont'erv $3.50 m
or Albany, Dothan, Lock
hart Troy and Mont'ery *2:15 p m
For Macon and Atlanta .. *2:05 p m
For Macon, Atlanta, Saw
vannah and Augusta. 49, 10:35 p m
For Columbus ........... !2:45 m
For Columbus E. ...... 1890 No
For Columbus Birming-
ham and Chicago e.. E. $3.50 a. m.
For Albany. 3. =. -. .,..*7:OO p m
For Albany and Jackson
vile ...................~ 40 p ID
*Daily.
Except Sunday.
!ISunday only.
Sleeping cars between Americas and
Atlanta on trains leaving Americas
1926 p. M; arriving Americas $50 a.
IN. Connects at Macon with sleeping
cars to and from Savannah. Pullman
Sleeping Cars between Chicago, St.
outs and Jacksonville on Seminole
7 United which leaves Americas for
Jacksonville at 11:45 p. m. Leaves
Americus for st. Louis and Chicago
via Columbus and Birmingham, at
1855 a. m. For further information
apply to ]. E. HIGETOWER, Agent
Americus, Ga.
JOHN w. BLOUNT.
istrict Passenger Agent. Macon, Ga.
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= = y y \ y y y y y = ,
= THOUGHTS FOR THE DAY. =
\ \ \ y y = y y y = \ y =
like the man who faces what he
must
With a step triumphant and heart
of cheer,
Who fights his daily battles with
ont fear;
Sees his hopes rise and fall, yet
keeps unfaltering trust
That God is God, and somehow, true
and just
His plans work out.
He alone is great
Who by life heroic conquers fate.
Sarah X. Bolton.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1912-01-09

The path of ambition leads to many
political graves.
Even in the darkest hour tire are
only 60 minutes.
Knowing what all experience goes to
show,
No mud can soil us but the mud we
throw Lowell.
Seek for good, but expect evil.
--Cervantes.
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The Situation Clear

This put an idea into Marigolds head.
Acting on II, he watched the strange
young man carefully in different man
ners and at different times-for the
young man came regularly now to the
carts about daybreak-but watched
him always from some hidden place
where he himself could not be seem
His surmises were correct - the
strange young man was deaf and
dumb
This discovery. as the doctor says,
turned me over" for he recollected
that In a part of the establishments
where he had placed Sophy to be edu-'
Gated young men similarly afflicted
many of them we'll off--were also edu-
Gated.
He saw it all; the strange young
man was one of these and he was in
love with Sophy-was following her
about the country.
"If she favors him." thought Mari
gold, "where am I and all that I have
worked and planned and dreamed forY
'Hoping-selfishly he confesses-that
Sophv did not favor" the youth, he
set himself to find out.
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An Unfailing Prescription

Their she cried bitterly and through
her tears reiterated that her mind was
made up.
The young man leaned Against tree
with a face full of sorrow, and Sophy
turned without another word to leave
him. She had reached her cart before
Doctor Marigold had sufficiently shaken
himself together TO krow what to do.
Then he came out from his hiding
and going up behind the young man.
tuched him on the back.
Looking up and seeing who 1t was that
touched him The young man said-in his
sign language, of course, DO not be
angry"
~ am not angry. my good boy" re-
piled Marigold, II am your friend.
Come with me-"
He took him to the library cart and.
leaving him at the steps. went In alone
to Sophy, who was drying her eyes.
What is the matter?" he asked.
"A headache father" replied Sophy.
"a heartache rather" returned Mari
gold. Here, take one OF Doctor Marigolds
prescriptions for 1t.
She took up the book OF prescriptions,
but Marigold said, 1T is not there
Where is it?"
Here, my dear"
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A Conversation overseen

At last the opportunity came Hiding
behind a hr tlee one day. he saw Sophy
and the strange young maa meet In
wooded glade He listened with his eyes
and understood as well as they did every
work that passed between them IN their
silent language
The young man tod her that he had
for a long time been trying to see her.
lie vas COINS out to China as clerk in
a merchant house going to take the
place which his father mad held before
him. He was in financial eircum-
stances which would enable him to sup
mort a wife and he asked Sophy to marry
him and go out with MIN TO that lar oh
land.
mo" replied sophy sadly, Il can
not GO"
lie plead with her, but she still said
No
DO you. then, not love me?' asked
the young man.
Yes" replied Sophy, IT love you
deeply, devotcdy; shall never love an
Other But my duty keeps me here.
My first duty Is not TO myself but to
my dear, generous, noble patron.
shall stay with him, though ii break
my heart to lose you"
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Very Little Difference

AS old age came upon them, Willum
Marigold and his wife both lost their
minds and Doctor Marigold took up the
Cheap Jack business and supported his
aged and insane parents.
Finally they died and were buried both
on the same day, and Doctor Marigold be-
gan an active campaign to MAKO and save
money by the aid of the old horse, the
old cart and his wares.
Now a Cheap Jack has to be good
talker-a ''spieler," an auctioneer man
of wit and subtiety. and the doctor pre-
pared himself for rise In his profession
by listening to all the public speakers
he could. Such" he says. "as mem
bers of parliament. platform orators. pull
pit speakers, counsel learned In the law;
and where found them good I took a
bit of Imagination from EN-, and where
/ found EN- bad let EN- alone.
Now why amt We Cheap Jacks
profession? Why amt we endowed with
privileges7 why are we forced to take
out hawkers' licenses when no such thing
Is expected of political hawkers?
where's the difference between us?
Except that we are Cheap Jacks ane
they are Dear Jacks. I don't see any
difference but what's In our favor
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-08-11
A CT A S SIC
IN A P A GE

This well known story of Dickens first
appeared as Doctor Marigolds Prescrip-
TONS" Later it has been known simply
as doctor Marigold"
It was a christmas story Dickens
was expected to write Christmas story
every year, and he made Doctor MARI
gold" a Christmas story by selecting
Christmas eve as the date of Sophy's re-
turn.
He was worn out with the labor OF IN
vention in writing Our Mutual Friend,
when the time came for him 10 begin on
his Christmas contribution. Choosing
CHEAP Jack" for his hero, he, as Foster
his biographer and friend, says, Let his
fancy loose in a narrower field, and
where it enjoyed its old lug my of en-
ployment." One can see by the reading
of 1t that Dickens really enjoyed the
writing of Doctor Marigeld."
II is a curious, 1t is a delightful, it is
a particularly "Dickensey' story. In his
public readings Dickens used to enjoy
reading it, and this enjoyment he COM
municated to his audiences.
The shrew wife of Marlgold has been
placed in good company in striking sem
tence of Andrew Langs: THE mind
broods hopelessly on this vast world prob
lem of the termagant from Sarah MARI
borough to Mrs. Doctor AIar!gold."
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Named in Gratitude

Doctor Marigold always declared that
his fathers name was fVjlium. Some
people insisted that it was william, put'
as Doctor Marigold says: III man is not
allowed to know his own name In free
country how much is he allowed to know
in a land of slavery And his father
said .Willum."
Now Dctor Marigold was not a doctor
of medicine. law or anything else. lie
was a "Cheap Jack. or itinerant. PED
dler, as his father was before him.
When he was ushered into the world
the medical man who did the usherlng
accepted as his fee tea tray or gor-
seous design, representing a very large
woman going along an up hill. serpen-
tine gravel walk, to attend a remarka-
bly, small church. Two swans had ike
wise come astray for the same purpose.
So, in gratitude for the doctors fore
going Of any other fee, the new Mari
gold was named for him-Doctor.
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The Detected Giant Again

SO every Item of the plan was car
ried out to success and they took their
way into the country again. Content
and Joy went with them as the wheels
of the two carts went round and
stopped with them when the two carts
stopped.
For months life was a constant Joy
to them and Marigold thought things
would go on this way forever.
But he had left something out of his
calculations--as the sequel will show.
They were down at Lancaster and
Marigold had done more than aver
age business for two nights In the
open square.
Minis travelling giant, otherwise
Pickleson. happened at the same time
to be exhibiting in town. MIN had
hired an auction room for his exhibit
ton purposes and thither went Mari
gold to renew his acquaintance with
the detected giant and to tell him how
deeply obliged he felt to him for dis
covering Sohpy.
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Something to Live For

This put an idea into Doctor Mari
Colds head, and when they reached the
town where MIN was exhibiting the
amiable giant he went to the Snowman
and made a bargain with him.
He gave Min half dozen pair of
the best braces he had in the cart and
the Snowman, glad to be rid of the
girl. turned her over to the Cheap Jack
Marigold had something to live for
now He called the girl Sophy, Of
course, and adopted her as his daugh-
ter.
The girl soon saw that the Cheap
Jack meant true and kind" toward
her and the two soon began to UNDER
stand each other. 1t was happy day
for bon when Sophy began to travel
in the cart.
Doctor Marigold says; I'm a little
time she was wonderfully fond of me.
You have no idea what 1t Is to have
anybody wonderfully fond of you un-
less you have been got down and rolled
upon by the lonely feelins."
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Lost in the Marshes

In the course of their wanderings they
came. in most unhealthy reason, TO the
marsh country and Sophy was taken down
with malarlal fever.
As she lay sick she would not have
her mother come near her If she could
helm IL when the woman tried TO touch
her hand sophy would say. mol no; no.
and turn away from her.
But always she wanted her father by
her side. And most she liked for him to
take her up In his arms and then she
would hide her face in his shoulder,
They got up out of the marsh country
but little Sophy died in her fathers arms
and was buried A the churchyard Oh tne
little village wltre they happened to be
at the time.
30. woman, woman, said Marigold to
his wife, you will never catch my little
sophy by the hair again. for she has
flown away from you"
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Dreary Life for a Prodigy

He found the giant alone-business
seemed to be poor in the giant line
and looking, as Doctor Marigold ex-
presses 1t. Like detected. long Ro-
man rushlight that couldn't. anyhow
get lighted"
The giant said that, after exhibiting
him as a Roman giant, Min had pro-
posed that he go in as converted In
dian giant: but as Picxleson failed to
be successful on memorizing his biog-
raphy and getting up" his spiritual
experiences in satisfactory manner
although MIN had given him THE
Dairyman's Daughter" very "seri-
ous' work, to read-they had cut off
his beer and in other ways made life
more dreary for him than It had been
before.
'Pickleson." said Marigold. lowing
my happiness to you, was intending
to put you down in my will for a five
pound note. But to save trouble here's
the money down II this suits your
views please to consider 1t transac-
ton"
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The Languid Giant

He was In this state when he be-
came acquainted with giant. The
giant had strolled out after dark7his
employers would ;, not let him out in
daylight for that would cheaper him
as an attraction-and Marigold was
walking beside his horse, going be-
tween two fairs.
The giant was a languid young man
which may have been attributable to
the distance between his extremties.
He had little head and less in 1T: he
had weak eyes and weak knees. and
altogether you could not look at him
without feeling that there was alto
gether too much of him both for his
joints and his mind.
His mother let him out and spent the
money He was called Rinaldo di
Velasco, his real name being Pickle
son.
He was an amiable though timid
giant and confded in Marigold that,
besides being a burden to himself, his
life was made a burden to him by the
cruelty of his master the Snowman
toward a stepdaughter, who was deaf
and dumb.
Her mother was dead and she had no
living soul to take care of her. He
believed that Mim--that was the name
of the showman-often tried to lose his
stepdaughter
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and point toward "the abode of roy
atty"
Another time he gave her C A r. t
and chalked the same upon the side of
their travelling home.
Another time he gave her Doctor Mari
gold and hung a similar inscription
around his waistcoat People they met
on the road might laugh and stare
bit. but what did Doctor Marigold care
If his pupil caught the idea.
She caught 1t at last, after long and
patient trouble, and then they got on
swimmingy.
At first she was a little inclined to
consider Marigold the Garland the
cart the abode of royalty But That
soon wore off. Then between them
they evolved a system of signs.
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King of Cheap Jacks

And the doctor goes on cleverly to IL
lustrate the similarity between the ap-
peals he made to his audiences from the
footboard of his cart in the market place
of a Saturday night and the appeals for
votes which political speaker makes
at election time.
And. indeed, the two speeches are very
similar.
Only change the names of the articles
DECENTRALIZATION of the poor rates. Ter
instance, in the politicians speech would
be, in Doctor Marigold's speech, "A fry
ing pan artificially favored with essence
of beefsteaks to that degree that you
hav comfy for the rest of your life got
to fry drippings and bread in 1t, and
there you are, replete with animal food. >
So Marigold prospered and became
known as 1.-THE King of the Cheap Jacks
and went all over the country in his
cart, busy and happy.