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Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-10-24
Another Forward Step viii Be Taken By Progressive
AmeriCus CityS Greatest Residence 1hOrOughfare
VIII Be Paved Entire LeDgthldrgG Majority If
Property Owners on Lee Petition City Council to
Authorize the Proposed improvements

committee, with Engineer J. B. Ans
ley, to confer with Lee street citizens
relative to tn paving proposition, de-
Gliding upon the quality and cost Of
paving material, and determining 9TH
er important details.
AS this will require time for con-
sideration, it is scarcely probable that
actual work of paving will be launch
ed until after the Christmas holidays,
or in the early spring. In the mean
time council will accord to any resi-
dents of Lee street the privilege of ap-
pearing before that body and being
heard, pro and con, upon the paving
question.
Lee street, paved, will be ene of the
finest boulevards in southern Georgia.
Not only will it add to the attractions
of the street, and the comfort of all
residents thereof by settling the dust
problem, but it will enhance property
values as we'll Besides, this step
will result, in time, in the paving of
College, Church., Taylor and other i'm
portant streets in the residence sec
tions as we'll.
In all likelihood creosoted wood
blocks, similar to the material used in
paving the streets of the business sec
tions of Americus, will be selected for
the paving of Lee street,
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-10-24
WESLEYAN ART EXHIBIT
ATTRACTS ATTENTION

Macon, Ca, Oct. 23.-(Special. )-The
art department of Wesleyan Female
college is again we'll represented n the
woman's department of the state fair.
Many new pictures in oil, crayon ard
water colors are on display and some
Of them are considered masterpieces,
showing the highest class of art. ,
Practically all of the pictures shown,
representing still life, copied work, or
iginal work and statuary, is new and
this is the first time it has been shown
at the fair. The high coloring of the
beautiful landscape scenes has attract
ed much favorable comment and Miss
Rivers, director of the art department
of Wesleyan college, has been praised
for the work of her pupils.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-10-24
RESIDENTS Of
SOUTHSIDE ARE
FOR PAvEMENTS
JACKSON and HARR6LD AYES.
Should Be Paved Without
Further Delay

Residents of Jackson avenue, Har-
rold and Honcock avenues, are with
commendable civic pride, clamoring
for the improvement of these import
ant residence thoroughfares to the ex-
tent of putting down concrete pave
ments. No other streets in Americus,
of such population and Importance re-
main unpaved, and very naturally
these good citizens are looking for the
cat in the mealtub.
That these sidewalks should be
paved none will deny and more par
ticularly since the property owners.
who will defray the expense of paving
have asked it of the city council.
Several months ago we property
owners ON Jackson avenue carried to
council a, petition asking permission
to put down concrete walks. With the
exception of two men, whose names i
can give you, every property own er
on Jackson avenue from College =
Bell street signed the petition" said a
Jackson avenue resident yesterday, in
discussing the question.
Council, if | remember correctly
ordered the work done but that was
the end OF it, and we are still found
ering in mud and cutters where the
Ipaved walks should be. Think of it
only two property owners out of fifty
opposed paving and still we are re
fused this improvement.
Our streets, Jackson, Harold anC
Hancock are OF as much Importance n
(Americus, surely, as are the Streets ir
the colored residence section, where
concrete pavements have been laid
this year, even at the objections OF
many colored people who are unable
to pay the paving costs It. is ali
right to make the improvements, but
we want our share of Them" he said
! 1t is now proposed to hold mass
meeting of residents of these streets
and send large and representative
body of them to protest to cily coun-
Gil at the neglect and indifference :
shown them. The Southsiders, two,
are going to take more than usual in
terest in the aldermanic primary as an
effective means of securing the desired
improvements
Really, more consideration should
be shown these citizens, and no doubt
the city council will take this view Of
it and order the paving work inaugu-
rated
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-10-24
Program For Today

900 A Concerts by Concert Band
Mulberry
10000 through Principal Streets of City
1000 A NJ O Grounds, the public.
1870 A. NJ Merchants Merchants Building
2:00 NJ Vruoso Concert Banw
1870 P. M Midway Grand Free Exhibitions
100 F. M Lunch
l:SO P. NJ Stock Barns
200 p NJ Barnum Baleys Circus in nfed in Mile Track
400 BandC
Womans Building
500 F. NJ of Midway Supper
$50 P NJ Midway opens with Free Concerts
800 P Bailey Infeld in Mile Track
300 NJ Vrtuoso Concert Band
$3.50 P all Shows.
GAS P NJ Midway Venetian Reyes
flz:OO P NJ
See Auto every evening in Hippodrome
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-10-24

Lee street, the principal boulevard
of Americus and one of the handsom-
est residence thoroughfares in any
Georgia city, is to be paved it's entire
length from the artesian we'll in the
business district to the southern lin
it's, the distance of one and a half
miles. The city council, acting upon
the petition of Lee street property
owners, has authorized the proposed
improvement.
This was done at the request of
more than sixty percent of the prop
erty owners ON Lee street, as shown
by the petition presented council. Ia
fact, the desire expressed for the paw
ing of Lee street is said to be very
general
Under a recently enacted law, coun-
Gil has the authority to order the
paving of any street by the property
owners thereof, upon the petition Vt
sixty percent of their number. The
expense of such improvement is to ae
borne entirely by the property own
ers, under direction of the city en-
gineer, the municipality being believed
of any attendant cost of said improve
ment
The desire for the paving of Lee
street has long been manifest, and e
that end a committee of citizens re
Gently circulated a petition among
Lee street residents requesting sucr
authority from the city council. This
petition bears the signature of scores
of Lee streeters, and the end so long
desired will sooon be realized 1t W. !
be an important step in the city's pro
gress.
Council has instructed the street
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-10-24
CHICAGO PARTY IS HERE
PLEASED WITH AMERICIIS
Visited Many Pecan Groves
Near the City

Under escort of Mayor NJ M. LowreT,
a party of eight Chicagoans spent the
morning hours yesterday inspecting the
fine pecan groves near Americus, in
which profitable business several of
the party wish to engage Among the
visitors are Mr.. and Mrs. G. E. Marks,
Mrs. r. o. Ettinger, Miss E. Wallace,
Messrs. w. A. Hamilton, John E. Lar
sen, J. A. Leonard and Lockland Hen
derson. The Chicagoans are delighted
with Americus, the splendid roads of
Sumter and beautiful and productivs
country surrounding.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-10-24
HIS EXCELLENCY DECLARES 1T
THE BEST FAIR EVER AND
CONGRATULATES THE OFF,
GALS. u
ESCORTED TO GROUNDS
BY SPECIAL COMMITTEE
Mrs. SlatOn Declares 1t "Perfectly
Dandy" and Wants to Stay Longer
In Macon.

Macon, Ca, Oct. 23.-(Special.)- -
''The best agricultural showing have
sver seen at any fair in the SOUTH
This was the comment of Governor
Jack Slaton after he had made tour
of agricultural hall at the state fair
this morning.
Its perfectly dandy, and l would
like to stay here longer" declared
Mrs. Slaton, the governors charming
wife.
"Fine!" Great" Wonderful!
These were some of the expressions
from members of the governors staff.
Governor Slaton arrived at Il
O'Clock, and was met at the depot b.
special committee from the fair
association, headed by Dr. Frank
Jones, as chairman, and by the Ma
con militia. AS he alighted from the
train, Saracina's band played Here
Comes Daddy" The governor and
his aides, among whom were Messrs.
Wheeler, Thomas, Whitman, Fowler
and others, of Macon, were ushered
to automobiles, and taken for a brief
ride through the city before going to
the fair grounds
The party arrived at the fair
grounds at 10 o'clock and alighted in
front of agricultural hall. Here the
moving picture man made his appeal
ance and took 40 or so feet of film uf
the party, featuring the governor and
his staff. Mrs. Slaton, surrounded
by bevy of Macon ladies, was also
photoed, and the militia passed in re-
view before the governor on one side
and the camera on the other.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-10-24
WITH LAST COIN
SHE PURCHASES DEATH

Chelsea, Mass, Oct 29.-Despondent
from disease and hunger, Mrs. F. j.
Johnson, wife of printer, dropped her
last 25 cent piece into the gas meter
at her home here and opening five gas
Jets died with her two children. Her
husband isd ying of tuberculosis at a
sanatorium
Neighbors who forced an entrance
to the house found the bodies of the
children lying on the floor. The moth
er was sitting in q chair with her head
bowed over a volume of Browning
poems.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-10-24

Volturno arrived in Holland with 800
Russian immigrants who had been
turned away from the United States
as undesirables. Then in March, 1912,
she was quarantined here because of
an outbreak of smallpox in her steer
age.
The one bright spot in her history
was the rescue of the crew of twenty
eight of the French fishing schooner
Champagne in a gale off the Grand
Banks, in March, 1907. She was com,
mended for this by the French gov
ernment. Captain James Harrison
then her commander, received a
diamond medal.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-10-24

The Volturno was twin screw steel
steamship of 1000 gross tonnage with
accommodations for twenty-four first
cabin and 1900 steerage passengers.
She had two decks and shelter deck.
Her length wis $40 feet, her beam Az
feet, and her depth 20 feet inches.
She was built in 1906 by the Fairfield
Company, Limited of Glasgow, for
the Canadian Northern Steamship
Company. Lloyd's rated her "A-1."
Her engines were capable of driving
her eleven knots an hour Her aver
age voyage from Rotterdam to Hall
fax took fourteen days.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-10-24
SEABOARD AIR LINE
-~-.,,., TO PAY A DIVIDEND

Baltimore, Md, Oct. 23.-The board
of directors of the Seaboard Air Line
railway at a meeting here today, de-
clared an initial dividend of one per
cent. on the preferred stock, without
specifying for any period.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-10-24
TWO HUNDRED ENTOMED
BY MINE EXPLOSION

Trinidad, Colo, Oct. 23-Two hun
dred miners are reported entombed Is
the result of an explosion that occur
red this afternoon at the Stag Canon
mine, at Dawson, ~ M, according TO
reports received here late today. The
mine is owned by the eIps-Dodge
company, of New York.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-10-24

She became an independent immi-
grant and transatlantic packet in 1903
when the New York and Continents,
Line, then doing only freight busi-
ness, went into competition with other
senger-carrying lines. Her career
has been an eventful one. In May
1909, she was in peril from ice foes 70,
twenty-four hours and was carried
far out of her course, all the time in
danger of being crushed. In 1911
after she had been taken over by tha
Uranium Line, the Dutch manager 0f
the company, Rudolf w. Tuisley, was
banished from Holland because the
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1913-05-01
Feel Right
All the Time
Don't Let Periodical Spells of
Lazy Liver KUHN Your
Temper and Spoil
Nour W9ri..

# your liver losent behave da5
all the dme-it sometimes stops
working and you become bilious ana
"beadochy don't take calomeI, bu.
try Dodson's Liver Tone.
You are sale in taking Dodson S
Liver Tone. lis a harmless, pleasant
vegetable remedy that starts the liver
without stirru 9 up your whole system
as calomeI often does 1t is especial,
j. good for children who need a liver
tone once in a While, but who should
not be dosed with strong drugs.
Dodsons Liver Tone IS sold by
Bearden & King. This store guar
anrees it v'h a clean open and shut
guarantee your money back with a
smile if il fails 10 satisfy you, Price
50 cents a bottle, and your money is
as safe as if you had it in your pocket
# you need the medicine you
need it badIy-If it dosen't satisfy
you your morey back. Buy a bottle
from Bearden & King today under
this guarantee. adv.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1913-05-01
HOME TALENT PLAY

The program for the Il nalor,
Corners at the Opera House NJ uda,
night given for the br. eGt %.
Lanier CID coIarsbr ,Jwli
Of interest to all. Lots Of .uo. H.,
q good laugh.
Consists Of the best home talent
Songs and readings. Miss CIem
Miller gives a reading. A recitation
by Miss Lucille Neu5.rl. Songs by
Misses Chandler A. .,.l Julia
Chandler and RosensteiI.
Song bn .,r. Jo., Stanford also MIR.
,arna Kay.
Be sure and see Caroline Pry also
the negro and tramp.
THIS play is given for a worthy
cause 10 help some poor ambitious
girl through college.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1913-05-01

are mosquitoes. As hey sting they
put deadly malaria germs in The blood.
Then follow the icy cbiIIs and the
fires Of fever. The appetite Gjes and
the Strength fails; also. malaria often
paves the way for deadly typhoid.
But Electric Bitters kill and cast out
the malaria germs from the blood;
give you a fine appetite and renew
your strength. Alter long suffering"
wrote Vim. F%retweII, OF Lucama, N. c
three bottles drove all the malaria
from my system, and I've had good
health ever since" Best for all
stomach, liver and kidney ills. so els
at r. II. Lyons. adv.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1913-05-01
TRUSTEES SALE

!, r. L Bransford, substituted trus-
Zee, under the provision Of and by
.vutoc Ct authority conferred upon me
p bsiituted trustee in a deed Of trust
mace by D L. CuIburn and Matte
l. Colburn to Genie Logan on the
2lst day Of January, 1908 to secure a
certain indie btedness and w1icb said
deed Of trust is recorded in Deed
Book SO. page 203 in the Charcery
Clerks Office at Houston, Cbickasaw
County, Mississippi. | will, on The
26rb day Of May, 1918, sell at public
auction for cash to the highest bidder
in front Of the Court House door IN
OkoIona. during legal hours the
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1913-05-01

Circuit Court convened here Mon.
day morning with all the officers on
hand ready to take their respective
places and attend to their ~severa.
duties. Judge Mahon began with
dispatch to organize Tie session for
the business and by the noon hour
every thing was in working order.
The charge to the grand jury was
strong especially with respect 10 the
sale Of Intoxicating liquors. Among
other features Of this the Court paid
his respects to hat class Of church
member who soak booze and p%atronize
blind tigers.
So far most of the cases to come to
rial were Of minor importance. The
Carter case which was of most con.
cern to the public has not been set
Tor trial because of the absence of
Mr.. c. c. Jolly. the States most i'm.
portaot witness. Compulsory process
was issued for him but it is under
stood hat he is out Of the state and
therefore. not within the Jurisdiction of
this court.
We will give an account Of the
proceedings alter adjournment.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1913-05-01

The Field Day at TupeIo on the
18th. is reported to have been e u c
cess and a very enjoyable meet. In
tie contests Okolona made a good
showing, better than for several years
past. winning first place in music,
second in girls tennis and second In
the relay race. while we lost out in
elocution the work Of Miss Sadie
Alice Davis was so excellent that she.
has received many compliments and
The training shown was the means OF
bringing 10 her teacher, Mrs. Tonquin
Sloga'l. a papiI from another town.
Ms, Mabel Lagrone is being conera,-
ulared on every hand for her excellent
rende'ioo Of tie selection she played.
among the many words Of commenda.
lion which have come to her is a let.
ter congraiulative from the Kreoqer
school Of Music, of ST. Louis. 10 Mrs.
Siovall on the success Of her pupil,
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1913-05-01

In reporting the proceedings Of the
first session of the Woman Suffrage
Convention which met in jackson on,
April 18th, the Claron-Ledger makes
the following personal mention Of Mrs.
Fannie Clark, Of this city, who re-
sporded on behalf Of the State Asso,
citation to the address Of welcome:
The speaker is a mId.mannered
lady Of soft voice and pleasing man,
ner, but she deceived her even t, m
pered appearance, for hidden be-
meath is a brain as acute, a brain as
sharp as was ever given to any master
tI ceUa'e md a tongue that IS espcci-
ay A.,.ei 70 giving venom 10 the
keenests shafts OF sarcasm rs was the
case when she told Of a Methodist
preacher who decried woman sufr-
age. Said the speaker: This was a
good man and yet | heard hun say,
with his hand on the back Of the
Bible, 50 help me God, if my wife
ever votes | will quit her This de
vout government Of the people for the
people and by The people and rba
= omen are peop'e.'
The meetings Of the association
were held in The senate cbambe
which was well filed at each session.
The magnitude Of the meeting was
surprise to many who had not kent
touch with the movement in this stalt
The President reported that the mem
bership had more than doubled in the
last year, Among the membership
we're to be found representatives. from
almost every nook and corner Of tn,
state and several from other states.
1t was decided 70 try to sec ure the
passage Of a resolution at the next.
meeting Of the Legislature to subm0
amendment to our constitution
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1913-05-01

It would surprise you to know OF
the great good that is being done by
Chamberlain Tablets. Darius
Downey, of Ne~berg Junction, N. B.
writes, MY vile has been using
Chamberlain Tablets and finds them
very eaectuoI and doing her lots Of
good If YOU b4v" any trouble wi,b
your sto narb or 10 yeI, gIlr tbam a
trial, For sac b, Al DcaIers. adv
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1913-05-01
ESCAPES AN AWFUL FATE

A thousand tongues could not ex.
press the gratitude of Mrs. j. E. Cox.
Of Joliet, ILL.,, for her wonderful diIev-
erance from an awful fate. "Typhoid
pneumonia had left me with a dread
full cough" she writes. Sometimes |
had such awful coughing spells Thought
| would die. | could get no help from
doctors treatment or other medicines
till | used DR.. King New Discovery.
But | owe my life to this wonderful
remedy for | scarcely cough at all.
now" Quick and safe, its the most
reliable of all throat and lung medi
cines. Every bottle guaranteed. SOC
and $l.00. Trial bottle free at R. H.
LiEons. adv.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1913-05-01

There are persons who continue to
insist that they would rather have
their teeth pulled than sit before a
camera; but they are generally the
ones who are most impatient to sea
the proofs.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1913-05-01
How Life Is Made Interesting.

Life, to be interesting must be a
series Of contrasts. There may be
discord today, but harmony tomorrow.
The balance of power comes through
not being too overwhelmed by sorrow,
nor too intoxicated by joy.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1913-05-01
|lNGROaING TOE NAILS

Promptly and permanently cured.
Don't suffer any longer. No cutting,
no pain. rite US today and end your
$ Offering for all time. By mail SOC
HALL DRUG co. Jackson, Miss
Get it at Bearden & King, Druggists.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1913-05-01
Unsatlsfvinu Comfort.

Struggling Author-'This world will
not recognize all I have done until
after my death" Friend (consolingly
well. I wouldn't worry. You'll be
beyond injury then."-Satire.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1913-05-01

World Has Little Use for Them.
The spirit Of the snob sends a vast
number of people to the place where
human rubbish is tipped.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1913-05-01

Constipation causes headache, in.
digestion. dizziness. drowsincss. For
a mild, opening medicine. use Doan's
Reguiers. 25c a box at all stores. adv.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1913-05-01

The life of the husbandman-a life
fed by the bounty Of earth and sweet
ened by the airs of heaven.-Douglas
Jerrold.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1913-05-01
Shorr EssaY on Lie.

Life" says Ali Bahia, lis the inter.
val between the time your teeth are
almost through and you are almost
through with your teeth"
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1913-05-01
cures Old Sores. Other Remedies Won't Cure.

The worst cases, no matter of how long standing.
are cured by the wonderful, old reliable DR.
Porter's Antiseptic Healing Oil. 1t %relievef
Pain and Heals at the same time. Csc, soc, SIC
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1913-05-01

following property: Two acres more
or less in Section 26, township IL.
range 4, East; running north from the
southwest corner Of said section los
yards, thence east 105 yards, the nee
south los yards, thence west los
yards TO the place Of beginning.
Also eighty acres Of land being the
east half Of the southeast fourth Of
section Il, township IL, range 4 EasHI
except three acres in the southeas,
corner Of the said eighty, all of said
lands lying in Cbickasaw County,
Mississippi April 28rh 1918. q
r. L. BRANSFORD.
Substituted G@ru,tee.
KERRSS;;s new LIFE PILLS
The Pills That DO Cure.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1913-05-01

Never a tell when You'll masl,
a finger or suffer a cut, bcuise. burn a
or seaId Be prepAted. Thousanis
rely on o., thomas e c &c Oh.
Y@r d'oasi.' i n rs I'D So
adv.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1913-05-01
CHANCEKY SUM MONS


To Rosa Lee Miller. DEPENDENT
whose PostoHice address is, Carlo.
Illinois.
You are commanded to appear be-
fore the Chancery Court of the End
District Of Chickasaw County in said
State, on the End day of June 1913.
at the town Of OkoIona, at the Court
House therein, to defend the suit Of
Johnnie Woodward and Willie Avery
Woodward, minors by their next
friend and Guardian, D W. Turner.
This the 23rd day of April 1918
H. E. BRANNON.
Clerk
By W. }, WILLIAMS, D. C.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1913-05-01
lei

He who is drunk in a carriage has
had a fit; he who is drunk in a trolley
car is drunk.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1913-05-01
Diplomat.

A diplomat Is 4 man who can call
YOU a liar and make you like it.-Cin.
cinnati Enquirer.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1913-05-01

VHDO bVV9 V11U BuALI15ITd
The 18th anniversary OfOur
company was celebrated b
erecting the most modern aS6
factory in the world. VIA
awake men who received our
special selling inducemenE,
rendered Unnecessary to double
our output, We are spending
many thousands Of dollars en-
larging our sales organization.
but to learn all particulars, Il
VIII cost you only the price cE
o postal card.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1913-05-01
A GREAT DISCOVERY
G, W. Eatman, of Grenada. Miss,
has discovered a wonderful liquid
medicine, greaseless, known.as
KulkenlslrS EGznmn Ramndr
ykeHjsII's Eczema Ken

1t is a never-faiIing'' remedy fol
Eczema. letter, Ring Worm, Poison
Oak, Itch. EFever BIisters. Frost Bites
Chicken Pox, PrickIey Heat. Neule.
rash and all skin affections. The
healing power of this remedy is Sc
great that it has cured old stubborn
sores thought to be cancer. On Sal,
al R. H. Lyon, Druggist. adv.