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Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-06-26

authority of a decree Of the superior
Court of Sumter County rende ed al
the May Term, 1918, in the ca lse OF
Guaranty Trust Company of New York
VS., Americas Gas & Electric Com
pany, Equitable Petition to fore close
mortgage for Receiver, Decree, e.r,
and subject to confirmation OF thu
Court.
Said sale will be for cash or III
bonds of the Americas Gas & Electric
company, which said bonds shall be
receivable only as cash for the amount
of cash which would be payable on
such bonds and coupons out of the
proceeds of said sale.
Not less than 100000 in cash
must be paid to the Receiver on the
day of sale, which said sum of S1O,-
10000 will be applied upon the puf-
chaFe price of said properties, should
said sale be confirmed. Should said
sale not be confirmed, the said $40,
100000 will be returned to the prrchas-
er.
This, the 10th day of June, 1913.
C. M. COUNCIL, Receiver.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-06-26

nervous l could not sleep, then would
be so tired mornings that could scarcely
get around. 1t seemed almost impossi-
BILE to move or do bit of work and
thought | never would be any better I'M
til / submitted to an operation. / com
menced taking Lydia E. Pinkham's Veg
etable Compound and soon felt like a
new woman. ] had no pains, slept well,
had good appetite and was fat and
could do almost all my own work for a
family of four. / shall always feel
that owe my good health to your med
icine. Mrs. HAYWARD Sewers, Cary,
Maine.
If you are i'll do not drag along until
an operation is necessary, but at once
take Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound.
If you have the slightest doubt
that Lydia Il. Pinkham's Vegeta-
BILE Compound will help you, write
to Lydia E.Pinkham Medicine Co.
(cOnfidentiaD Lynn, Mass, for adj
vice. Your letter will be opened,
read and answered by a woman
and held in strict confidence.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-06-26
RECEIVERS SALE.
GEoRGIA-sumter County

GEORGIA-Sumter County
Will be sold on the first Tuesday in
August, 1913, before the Court House
door of said County between TIL, usual
hours of Sheriff's sales to the highest
and best bidder all of the properties.
rights and franchises of the Americas
Gas & Electric Company, more par
ticularly described as follows, to-wit:
All of that parcel of certain lot If
land lying near the Central of Georgia
Railway Company and the Sims Ice
Factory in the City of Americas, Coun-
ty of Sumter, State of Georgia, and be-
ing situated on the North side of Plum
Street; bounded on the north by
Americas Compress Companys land
and plant; ON the East, by lands deed
ed to said Compress Company by the
heirs of the estate of George NJ. and
Catherine Dudley; on the South, by
Plum Street and on the West by the
Railway Company; The Eastern boun-
dairy being the continuation of Dudley
Street; two chains and 81 links to an
iron stake. The Northwestern boun-
dairy being a line from said stake to
the right of way CT the Southwestern
Railway Company, which is the inter
section of said Railway, and Old
Bruce, now Harold, Johnson & Com
pany's land. The property above de-
scribed containing one aud three quar-
tiers acres of land, more or less
Also all it's leasehold rights to that
certain tract of land upon which its
so-called new power house is located
Said tract of land being Immediately
north of the pumping station of the
Mayor and City Council of the City Of
Americas and east of the tracks of the
Central of Georgia Railway Co. A
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-06-26
PORTER STILLMAN WEDDING
OCCURRED IN ATLANTA
Young Couple Arrived Here
Yesterday

The marriage Tuesday in Atlanta OF
Miss Margaret Porter and DR.. Lowe
Stipman was an occasion of interes.
to friends here, as we'll as in that
city. Immediately after the marriage
DR.. and Mrs. Stillman, accompanied
by Misses Lois and Leona Stillmar,
daughter and niece respectively of DR..
Stillman, left Atlanta upon an auto
mobile wedding tour, with Americas
as their objective point. Here they
were met yesterday by Mr.. and Mrs
King Stillman, of Preston, and carried
to their residence near Preston, where
several days will be spent very pleas.
antly.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-06-26
Big PROFIT In CREAMERY
MADE IN EATONTON
Dividend Of 100 Percent to
Stockholders

Eatonton, Ca, June 25.-The Eaton
ton creamery cleared dividend of 100
per cent for the month Of June, which
is double the amount cleared June q
year ago. The creamery paid out &c
its members 81 500. Its success is a fine
example Of what cooperation of farm
ers car do. The officers of the com
pany are encouraging its members II
planting alfalfa and clover and will
handle these seeds for the benefit o
its members. The Eatonton creamery
is prepared to handle the output of l..
600 cows.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-06-26
EORGIA. Sumter County.

To All Whom 1t May Concern: Mol
lie Peters having in proper form, ap-
piled to me for permanent letters Of
administration on the estate of Emil
Neil, late of said county, this is to cite
all and singular the creditors and Mex
of kin of Emily Neil t be and appear
at my office within the time allowed by
law, and show cause, if any they can
why permanent administration should
not be granted to Fl. E. Allen, clerk
superior court, on Emily Neil's estate
Witness my hand and official sigma.
ture. this End day of June, 1913.
JOHN A COBB, Ordinary.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-06-26
GEORGIA, Sumter County.

GEORGIA, Sumter County.
Whereas, H. E. Allen, administrator
of VIM. A. Wilson, represents to the
court in his petition duly filed and en-
tered on record, that heb as fully NJ
ministered VIM. A. Wilson's estate
This is, therefore, to cite all persons
concerned, kindred and creditors, =
show cause. if any they can, wlv
said administrator should not be dis.
charged from his administration, and
receive letters of dismission on the
first Monday in July, 1913.
This, June 4, 1918.
JOHN A. COBB, Ordinary.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-06-26
Original filed in office, June 9Th, 1919
H. E. ALLEN, Clerk, S. c.

GEORGIA, Sumter County.
!, H. e. Allen, clerk Superior court
In and for said county, do hereby GER
tify the above and foregoing is true
and correct copy Of application filed IN
my ONCE OF Grand Lodge of Georgia
Of the Bright Star OF the East, fol
charter.
Given under my hand and seal Of
said court this 9Th day, Of June. 1913.
II. Il. ALLEN, Clerk. s. Q.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-06-26
GEORGIA, Sumter County.

GEORGIA, Sumter County.
Will be sold before the courthouse
door between the leg hours of sale
on the first Tuesday in July, 1913, the
following described real estate, to-wit.
The north half of lot of land No. 60
containing 101 IA acres the southwes-
tern portion of lot No. So, containing
70 acres. Also rs acres on east side
of lot No. SO, and rs acres off of the
east side of lot No. IS, all of said lands
situated in the 9th district of Sum
ter county, Ca, and aggregating
362 IA acres, more or less, same be-
ing levied on as the property of Fred
erick Coleman, in favor of the British
and American Mortgage Co., Limited,
and tenant in possession notified ~
terms of the law.
This the 18th day of April, 1913.
@. w. FULLER, Sheriff.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-06-26

Sleeping cars between Americas and
Atlanta on trains leaving Americas
1926 p. M, arriving Americas $3.50
a. m Connects at Macon with sleep
ing cars to and from Savannah.
Pullman sleeping cars between Chi
cago, st, Louis and Jacksonville on
Seminole. Limited leaving Americas
for jacksonville 1890 a. m. Leaves
Americas for ST. Louis and Chicago.
via Columbus and Birmingham, at 1855
q. m.
For further information apply toS.
B. Ellis, Ticket Agent, Americas. or
John W. Blount, District Passenger
gent, Macon. Ga.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-06-26

Lydia E. Pinkham's
We G e ia Bile Com
pound did for me.
One year ago l found
myself a terrible suf-
ferer. | had pains
in b 9th sides and
such a soreness l
could sc arc e ly
str al gh tie n up at
times. M y b a c k
ached, l had no ap-
petite and was so
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-06-26

For further information apply to Ell.
p. Everett, Local Agent, Americas.
Ca; G. W. Small, Div. Pass Agt..
Savannah. Ca: c. B. Ryan. @. p. A.
Portsmouth. Va
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-06-26

Bess-Chollis is certainly peach.
but he won't give up an engagement
ring.
Perhaps he's clingstone.--
Boston Post.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-06-26
GEORGIA, Sumter County.

Notice is hereby given that T. M.
Furlow, administrator Of the estate Of
Mrs. Julia Gatewood, deceased, has
applied for leave to sell the real es-
tate OF said deceased, located in said
county.
The same will be heard at the July
term, 1918, of my court.
June "a. 1918.
rDIIN conn
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-06-26
GEORGIA, Sumter County.

UEUhVIIA, sumter county.
Notice is hereby given that w. E
Parker, administrator of the estate Of
Mrs R. ]. Parker, deceased, has ap.
piled for leave to sell the real estate
belonging to said tate and located ir
said county.
The same will be heard at the July
term, 1913 of my court.
June End, 1918.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-06-26
rs he rich?"

rs he rich?"
II should say he is. Why four of his
neighbors have turned socialists ON his
account. Detroit Free Press.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-06-26
WOMAN ESCAPES
OPERATION
By Timely Use of Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound.
Here is her own statement.

Cary, Maine. =" l feel it duty owe
to all suffering women to tell what
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-06-26
Leave Americas for Richland, Attain
ia, Birmingham, Hurtsboro, Mont
emery and points West and Northwest
1859 q. N.
1913 p. m.

Leave Americas for Richland, Co
i-mbus, Dawson, Albany and interne-
diate points
1905 a. N.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-06-26

JOHN A. COBB,
Ordinary, Sumter County, Ga.
5-12-19-26.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-06-26
C.ofGa.Ry
Current Schedules Corrected to Date
Central Time.
TRAINS ARRIVE.

TRAINS ARRIVE.
From Savannah, Augusta,
Atlanta and Macon ...." 1880 p m
From Columbus and in
termediate points 10000. 1880 n
From Lockhart, Dothan,
Albany, Troy and Mont
gomery ."1O:35 D On
From Lockhart, Dothan,
Albany, Troy apd Mont
gomery ................" 1905 p m
From Atlanta and Macon :" 2:15 m
From Augusta, Savannah,
Atlanta and Macon 1855" $50 q m
from Columbus and In
termediate points .......! ITO p N
f. ON Columbus and in
termediate points .......s10:00 a m
From Albany and Jack
sonVllle $500 q
Vrom Albany ............" GAO m
TRAINS DEPART.
For Macon, Augusta and
Savannah ..............e $40 m
Tor Albany, Dothan
Lockhart, Troy and
Montgomery -. ......." $3.50 q m
FOR Albany, Dothan,
Lockhart, Troy and
Montgomery ..........." 2:15 , m
For Macon and Atlanta -" 2:05 p m
for Macon, Atlanta, saw
annah and Augusta -. ."10:3h D m
For Columbus ..........* 3:45 m
For Columbus ............i 800 m
For Columbus, Birming-
ham and Chicago ......" 1855 q a
For Albany ..............s 1880 D m
For Albany and Jackson
vile 1890 a m
'Daily. Except Sunday.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-06-26
SeabOard Air Line
The Progressive Railway Of The South

Leave Americas for Cordele, Abbes
Vile, Helena and intermediate points
$50 pm
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-06-26

JOHN A, COBB.
Ordinary, Sumter County. Ga.
The San Francisco call., 1913-09-08
ON FANCY WINGS

sweet young thing In white flut-
tered toward the aeroplane mechanic
and resolutely took possession of him.
asking all those usual senseless ques-
tions that now have become the COM.
mon lot of aviator and their assist
ants.
But this particular assistant-and
who can. wonder, was not the sweet
young thing in white a damsel quite
adorable ?-strove bravely to satisfy
the curiosity of his fair inquirer. and
explained with remarkable clearness
the working of a monoplane.
Still. there is limit even to the
patience shown by susceptible man
toward charming maid
Tell me. inquired the sweet young
thing in white, what happens when
your engine stops in the air? Can't
you come DOWN."
That's just the trouble sighed the
mechanic, mastered by his sense of
the ridiculous. "D'you know, there
are a dozen or so airmen now strand
ed. above France. Their engines have
stopped. they can't get down and they
are starving to deathr
Later she learned the truth. So ended
what might have been romance.
The San Francisco call., 1913-09-08
The i
Head Waitress
<<xuyHERE'S NIr. Flakes2" asked
A The Steady Customer Of the
By HANK

<kxu yHERE'S Mr.. Flakes2" asked
M The Steady Customer Of the
W Head waitress in the Cafe
d'Enfant as he noticed the absence
of the genial manager
Hes on his vacation" she replied
Pretty soft for some guys. You just
come back from yours. didn't your
Yes. Louise" said The Steady Gus
toner. For one beautiful week 1
travelled on the water in a motor
boat with my friend Jimmy"
did 1t always mote?' asked the
Head Waitress.
Most always" replied the Steady
Customer. You see we had a good
engineer on board. You needn't ask
who he was. Modesty would prevent
my replying"
sure. you always did hate your
SELF said the Head Waitress Il
was in a motor boat once myself
The engine behaved as If 1t had
chronic presumption. and hesitated
every now and then like you do when
you're figuring on whether you can
afford ereamed chicken on toast or
Drowned hash. But. say, ali Joking
aside, you want to stop writing about
Mr.. Flakes in the paper. one Of the
Bosses was speaking 10 him about it
the other day and said il looked as
# he was getting too familiar with
the customers"
That's too bad" said the Steady
Customer. ..if they had more mana
gers like Mr.. Flakes they'd have to
turn away the crowds. There's moth
ing that cheers any one up like walk
ing into place like this and seeing
somebody wearing genial express
sion Why, I often take an extra
piece Of pie just to be able to ex-
change a few more cheerful words
with him Who's the new manager?''
That's Mr.. Governor" said the
head waitress He's very nice
man. too. There's one thing I like
about Mrs. d 'Enfant, she always picks
opt real gents for managers. That's
what .eall having perspiccatity-"
That's too much for me-" groaned
the Steady Customer. Il suppose you
.mean perspicaeity. but give me my
cbeck quick, I feel faint
Louise is getting too high brow
for me. said the Steady Customer to
Marie, the cashier. she tried to say
o. persptcseity just now and even the
beans turned cold
Perspicacity in Indiana, where I
come from. is a very ordinary word, ?
replied Marie loftily Very ordinary.
I'm surprised at you. This way out"
The San Francisco call., 1913-09-08
DAYSEY MAYME
AND HER FOLKS
By FRANCES L. GARSIDE

r-HE two pillow cushions which.
with the Hon. Lysander -John
! Appleton, kin commissioner gen
eral of the United States, compose the
Pillow Cushion club, sat stiff upright
and guBbending in their corners, wait
ing. FOR the meeting to begin.
1t was a JOY for the speaker of the
evening to look at them. So well
stuffed. so self-satished. so blank OF
2 expression; they looked like women
whose sole ambition in life is to keep
their figures. and who place all their
hope in a straight front corset.
Lysander John gave them an en-
couraging smile. MY wife and daugh-
ter" ne said, who spend most Of
their time from home reading papers
on How to Make Home Life Beauti-
ful, never had audiences more intel
ngent and appreciative than mine.
. Ladies. I thank you.
i have delved into Emerson. / have
wandered through Carlisle. and have
failed to ind any problems more
serious than those I viii submit to-
night. As members of the Pillow
Cushion club we must grapple with
these questions We must never again
shirk .our share Of the burden of the
worlds progress.
i doubt my dear audience, if my
wife and daughter at any Of their
various clubs in the last month have
wrestled with more vital questions
than those I viii lay before you this
evening.
First. how soon after an article is
sborrowed is it proper to 90 over with
an excuse demanding its return?
IF friend buys an automobile.
can it be construed as a gentle hint
If you buy yourself an automobile
coat?
when mans family consists of
himself and wife. and he buys a four
passenger car, does that indicate a
glnd. generous disposition. or de-
sire to escape being bored to death
BY riding alone with his wife?
sIf either must be sighted in a
meal, the soup or the pudding, which
should it be? In other words. is It
wiser 10 smooth down the bristIes of
temperamental man by starting him
feeling good at a meal, or to finish
him feeling satisfied?
rs it economical and proper these
hard times to bury a woman's false
haar with her, when, with a little
change In the color, her husbands
next wife might wear it,
MY next problem he concluded.
"is one which viii not permit Of our
2 Speedy adjournment IL we attempt to
solve it. It IS this. How many diff
ferent ways are there for a man to
act the fooi2r
The San Francisco call., 1913-09-08
Marrying for a Home
What Are You Going to Give Him tor His
Plenty of Money and Good Care?
By BEATRICE FAIRFAX

He wants a wife, a home, some one
to love him, some one to think he IS
a great man, a good man. a clever
man: he wants love, appreciation,
gratitude, rest, peace; are you ready
to give him all these things In eT-
change for his plenty of money and
his good care?
I don't suppose there Is anything
so wonderful about you that the man
would be willing to take three peo-
pie to support just to look at you,
is there?
I'VE seen your sort before. dear
woman. many, many times. and I've
wondered and wondered about them
a dozen times.
Is MARRIAGE BUSINESsr
Always looking for some man to
take care OF them, never willing 10
work and take care of themselves.
and when they get the man, nine
times out OF ten they make him per-
fectIy miserable and wish they had
never seen him. What do you think
marriage is. anyhow. your poor fool
ish woman you. a business proposi-
tion?
Are you for sale to the highest bid
der. you who have held little help
less babies in your arms and ought to
know what love means-love in all its
joy and all its misery?
If you are, then those little girls
of yours are in the wrong keeping.
Some one ought to take them away
from you and put them in an asylum
somewhere where they might havs
some chance to grow UP modest. low
ing. sincere women, who are willing
TO take care of themselves, even IL
they have to work to do it, till the
right man comes along to take care
of them.
GO TO WORK
Plenty of money and will take care
of you" never say that again. little
widow, to any one you want to have
respect you. Better make a fool Of
yourself over some man who isn't
worth the price of a wedding ring
than to sell yourself and tell people
about It right before these little
girls of yours. Go to work. lit
tie widow, goto work; get a job
somewhere, anywhere; sew, mend,
economize, cook your own little din
ners on your own little gas plate;
keep your own little girls with you.
love them. make them happy. Forget
all about the man who says he will
take such good care of you" unless
you fall in love with him and have
something TO give him in exchange for
what you expect.
That's my advice; think it over.
The San Francisco call., 1913-09-08
Do You KnoaU That


foot s1s inches, and the average
height of the worlds peoples is 5
feet 5M inches.
Deaths in England and Wales due
to consumption have decreased in
number during the last half century
by nearly 60 per cent.
Spiders prefer Ivy to any other
abode. Their eggs are hidden safely
during winter behind the thick leaves.
The average strength of a woman,
compared with a man, is as 81 to 100.
Wine is sometimes made from pota-
toes.
The San Francisco call., 1913-09-08
CERTAINLY NOT

DEAR MISS FAIRFAX.
l am II, and in love with a young
man of 20. He has asked me to go out
with him, but / refused, because my
mother said she wanted to see the
young man first. He wants me to meet
him on the corner of eur street. Do
you think he has any respect for me
If he Will not call for me at my home i?
JOHANNA
Your mother is right, and his re-
fusal to comply doesn't indicate any
great amount of self-respect or re-
spect for you.
The San Francisco call., 1913-09-08

A sharks egg is one of the oldest
looking things imaginable. 1t is un-
provided with shell, but the contents
are protected by a thick leathery
covering. almost as elastic as india
rubber The average size is two
inches by two and three-quarters
inches. and 1t is almost jet black
oysters can not live IN the Baltic
sea. The reason is that It is not salt
enough, They can only live in water
that contains at least 81 parts of salt
in every 1000 parts of water.
Heads Of colleges in British univer-
stiles are variously known as war
dens." masters" principals" rec
tors" "provosts," presidents. .
deans and "censors."
Hundreds of seabirds killed by the
concussion produced by the firing of
big guns on warships during practice
have recently been washed up on the
shores of Argyll.
The difference between the tallest
The San Francisco call., 1913-09-08
MAKE NO SUCH EFFORT
DEAR MISS FAIRFAX:

am seventeen and deeply in
love with man three years my
senior. VIII YOU please let me
know how l can gain his love?
r. M. n.
am concerned with your happiness
when 1 insist that girl of seventeen
is too young for love.
And though you were older. I would
give the same answer to your Ques-
tion: Mans love Is won without ef-
fort. The girl who tries to win a
man is seldom so skillful- she conceals
her purpose. The man who sees he
Is pursued is both battered and dis
gusted. And seldom captured!
The San Francisco call., 1913-09-08
Just About the Men
BY FRANCES L. .GARSIDE

start all over at the beginning.
II a man sits In the same room with
a baby that is sound asleep in it's
crib. he thinks he should have credit
for taking care OF 1t.
Pay man over so a compliment
and when he walks away he carries
himself as II he were 10 years
younger.
Along about noon every day a man
puts Off TIL next day that wonderful
thing he intends to do that will make
him famous.
All that being prominent gets a
man is the certainty that all the book
agents will call on him.
mans idea of religious liberty Is
the privilege of staying home from
church.
The San Francisco call., 1913-09-08
SURE HE IS

How is your friend doing out
west27
soh he's carrying everything be-
fore him
What business is he IMP"
>. >sHe's e. waiter ia a restaurant"
The San Francisco call., 1913-09-08
BEFORE HER TIME

Little Alice came in the house at
luncheon time with pair OF very
dirty hands. Her mother looked at
the little girls hand and said:
& you never saw my hands as dirty
as yours"
NO. mother replied the child, but
did"
The San Francisco call., 1913-09-08

~ HOULD a man announce that here
after he intends TO make a
grsater EFFORT to behave. one man
in ten rejoices and the remainder re-
gard him with suspicion.
The San Francisco call., 1913-09-08
FOR HIS PAINS

Yes, At took me three months to
learn all about this motorcycle
And what have you got for your
painsi"
LininlDnt."
The San Francisco call., 1913-09-08
CERTAINLY NOT
)EAR MISS FAfRFAX.

DEAR MISS FAIRFAX:
am young man nineteen
years of age, and in love with a
girl three years my junior. She
wants me TO elope with her. and
The San Francisco call., 1913-09-08

thand S Far h-o
of
her gold in pond nand
there the mockng
dand all of those had
chest.
The land girls pride falls When she has done the mermaid circles
triumphantand speaks
"Io maiden showing dayshowng
a the What do that stands beside all th In
is
The and dives The flicker her gold
0 he
The land girls cheeks hot with
weea she