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COUNTY BOARD HIS
MUCH BUSINESS TO
MIIIJIE£SESSION
Prominent in the business of the ’
county commissioners is the fact that!
they will hire forty-five convicts •
from Floyd county to work on the
Sumter county roads. Floyd county
recently suspended work with con
victs, and a long wrangle among the
commissioners of that section has
been prominent.
The Board of Commissioners of
Roads and Revenues met in regular
session. Present: A. Ry lander, chair
man; R. S. Oliver, T. B. Hooks, S. E.
Statham and N. A. Ray, Minutes of
last regular meeting read and con
firmed.
The following resolution introduced
by the Southern Bridge Co.:
‘GEORGIA, Sumter County:
"Whereas, the building of a bridge
across Flint river by the Southern
Bridge Company, of Birmingham, Ala
bama, has been delayed on account
of securing from the War Department
of the United States its consent for
the construction of said bridge, and;
“Whereas, information of the ap
proval of the plans for the construc
tion of said bridge was received by
the Southern Bridge Co., on February
20th, 1917.
“Therefore, be it resolved by the
Board of Commissioners of Roads and ■
Revenues of Sumter County, Georgia/
that the time intervening between the
11th day of December, 1916, and the
raid 20th day of February, 1917, shall
not be counted against said Southern
Bridge Co., under the terms of the]
contract, said delay being without
fault on its part.”
The matter of fixfhg commutation’
taxes taken up. On motion, the com
mutation taxes assessed at $3.00 per
capita.
. The following collectors elected: A.
G. Jones, 15th district; T. J. Bowden.
27th district; H. A. Pressley, 28th dis
trict; T. J. Firden, 29th district; Al
bert Brady. Old 16th district; H. A.
Countryman, New 16th district; B. S.
Williams, 17th district; J. S. McGar-|
rah. 26th district; J. F. Daniel, New ■
26th district. Said collectors shall re
ceive 7% on collections. Time limit'
for payment May Ist.
Bob Clayton donated $1.50 per
month. Mrs. Vainie Wallace allowed
$1.50 per month.
The following resolutions passed by
unanimous vote:
“STATE OF GEORGIA. The County
of Sumter:
“Whereas, there is a casual and tem.
porary deficiency in the public funds
in the Treasury of the County of Sum
ter, and whereas, there is a casual and
temporary need of money to meet the
current expenses of the county gov
ernment, therefore, be it resolved:
“Ist. That to cover said casual and
temporary deficiency in order to meet
the current expenses of the county
government, we hereby authorize and
empower the Treasurer and Chairman,
of the Board of Commissioners to
negotiate a temporary loan for the sum
of Thirty Thousand Dollars for the]
County of Sumter, upon the best rate,
of interest possible. Said loan to be :
made with any bank, bankers, trust:
company or individual, and we hereby.
empower said Treasurer and Chairman >
to execute and deliver notes in the;
name of the County of Sumter for said,
loan of money. Said notes to be pay-;
able thirty-first day of December, 1917?
“2nd. That this resolution be spread,
upon the Minutes of the Board. Pass
ed in regular session held the fifth day
of March. 1917.
“I hereby certify that the above and
foregoing is a copy of a resolution
this day passed by the Board of Com
missioners of Sumter County, Geor
gia, at regular meeting, held fifth day
of March, 1917, and entered on Min
utes. R. S. OLIVER, Clerk.
Commissioners of Sumter Co. Georgia.
(Seal.) ,
“GEORGIA, Sumter County.
“Be It resolved by the Board of
Commissioners of Roads and Reven
ues of Sumter County, that Arthur Ry
lander, chairman of said Board, he and
he is hereby authorized to make con
tract with the Commissioners of Floyd
County, Georgia, for the hire of forty
five convicts now allotted to Floyd
county, said convicts to be hired io
work on the public roads of Sumter
County, Georgia.”
J. A. PINKSTON, Secretary.
March sth, 1917.
NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC.
All parties having accounts against
Sumter county are requested to pre
sent same five days prior to Ist of each
mcr'h, othe-wise same will have to be
carried until succeeding month.
J. A. PINKSTON, Secretary.
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] • Local News Items •
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A beautiful line Silver and Cut
• lass just received. S. A. Daniels.
The many friends of Mr. J. R. Cul
pepper will be interested in knowing
’he has returned to Americus, after
! visiting relatives and friends In Ala
' bama and Georgia for several
months.
March RECORDS are now on sale at
WINDSOR PHARMACY. Phone
us. your order at 161. 4-3 t I
Miss Ida McMath will arrive todav
from Columbus to visit Miss Maggie
McMath. |
You are cordially invited to attend i
our Spring Millinery Opening next'
Thursday and Friday. Churchwell’s}
Department Store. 6-lt |
Mrs. Julia A. Moran, who has been
spending the winter in Florida, is ex
pected here this week, to be the guest
of Mrs. R. C. Moran for a visit before i
returning to her home in Alabama.
Craig’s Cakes 10c. Horace Lowe’s.
5-2 t
Mrs. H. D. Watts is visiting Mrs.
Willis Glover, in Jacksonville, Fla.,
for a few days.
Church well’s Millinery Opening
] next Thursday and Friday. You are
invited. 6-lt
Mrs. G. L. McLeod, of Abbeville,
is the guest of Mrs. Laura McLeod, on
Brown street.
I Country Hams, Shoulders and Sides,
sparks Grocery Co. Phones 43 and
•279. 5-ts
L. W. Keith, -traveling passenger
agent of the Central of Georgia rail
way, with headquarters at Almany,
was in the city today on business.
Over two hundred Pattern Hats from
the leading style centers of the world
j will be on display at Churchwell’s
' next Thursday. 6-lt
' Dr. A. S. Boyette, of Dranesville,
was in Americus Tuesday.
I
Some Good
Values for
The Ladies
FOB LADIES’ UNDERWEAR
We have a mighty pretty
selection:
Cotton crepes, pink and
blue, yd. . . 10c
White and flesh batiste
j yd. . . . 25c
i
Cambric and lonsdale
yard . . 12 l-2cto 18c
I WAIST GOODS
White voiles, 36 and 40 in.,
j solid or colors,
yard . . 15c to 35c
Cotton crepe de chines,
36 in., all colors, yd. 50c
Embroidered voile, 27 in.,
for, yd. . .12 l-2c
Silk voile, 40 in., an ex-
cellent quality, yd. . 50c
Organdy, 40 in., a nice
sheer quality, yd. . 35c
Flaxon, 27 in., a 25c value
for, yd. . . 15c
il LONGCLOTHS & PAJAMA CHECKS
, English longcloths, 36 in.
yd. . 12 l-2c to 29c
I 3
I Pajama checks, 27 & 36 in.
’! yd. . 12 l-2c to 15c
Silk pongees, 36 in., stripes
and solid colors, the wear
of the coming season, yd. 75c
Another quality, 27 in. for
shirt and dress wear, yd. 35c
II J. D. MAEFETT
, “The Bargain Givei”
1 Americus, ■ Georgia
Have your eyes examined aud glasses
j fitted by Thus. L. Bell. Optician.
J. C. Mason, representing the Sein
sheimer Paper Company, of Cincinnati,
and with headquarters in Cuthbert,
was a business visitor in Americus
today, where he comes frequently,
and has lots of friends.
Don’t fofget your candy ticket with
each purchase at Windsor Pharmacy.
4-3 t
J A McDonald, of the Oliver-Mc-
Donaid Company at Plains, was in the
.city Tuesday.
Special display of new Spring Suits
and Dresses at Churchweli’s next
Thursday. 6-lt !
i
Dr. Bowman Wise came over from j
Plains Tuesday, spending the after- 1
noon here.
Bring up your automobile work;
we have a first class mechanic. G. A.
I AW. G. Turpin. 5-ts
J. E. Ranew. of Leslie, was in Amer
icus Tuesday.
Meet your friends at Churchweli’s
Millinery Department next Thursday,
b-lt
T. B. W’oolridge represented Friend-,
ship community in Americus Tues
day.
Brick ICE CREAM on short notice.
Phone 161, Windsor Pharmacy. ‘Your
order solicited. 4-3 t
H. A. Chadsey, of DeSoto, was a
visitor in Americus Tuesday.
if you Hke to see and try on pretty
Hats, come down to Churchweli’s Mil
linery Department next Thursday.
6-lt
Dr. M. S. Evans has returned from
Chicago, where he pursued a four
weeks post-graduate course at the
Northwestern University Dental Col
lege. He reports a successful as well
as enjoyable trip.
Butter-Nut Bread, -Gardner’s fam
ous Cakes; shipments dally. Sparks
Grocery Co. Phones 43 and 279. 5-ts
E. W. Acree and B. F .Bolton, ot
Camilla, w-ere in Americus Tuesday,
the guests of Rev. George M. Acree
while en route to Montezuma.
Churchweli’s Millinery Department
will offer better values than ever this
season. 6*ll
Scld Turner of the Seventeenth dis
trict, was in Americus Tuesday.
Bring up your automobile work;
we have a first class mechanic. G. A.
& W. G. Terpin. 5-ts
Mrs. C. C. Holliday and young ba
by, left Tuesday for Atlanta, where
they go to spend some time with Mrs.
Holliday’s father, W. A. Abbott.
Craig’s Honey, Rye and Graham
Breads. Phone 14. Horace Lowe. 5-2 t
Mrs. W. H. Cobb, who has been
spending some time with her sister,
Mrs. J. H. Bennett, In Atlanta, return
ed home Tuesday afternoon.
No desert like ICE CREAM. Get a
brick from Windsor Pharmacy. Phone
161. 4-3 t
Lewis Ellis left Tuesday afternoon
for a brief trip to Albany and Moul- 1
, trie.
I
J. D. Hooks left Tuesday afternoon '
.: for Macon, where he went to close a,
contract with Frank Block for thre»
Jeffrey car trucks. Mr. Hooks will I
. return home Wednesday in a new
Jeffrey car.
Mrs. W. R. Booker has returned I
home after a pleasant visit to relatives
in Smithville.
Miss Minnie Lee, who has been
teaching school at Doerun since the
' holidays, returned home Tuesday to
, spend a few days with home folks.
j Mrs. A. S. Ansley, of Smithville, ar-
: rived in the city Tuesday afternoon
and will be the guest of Mrs. R. G.
Ansley, on Glessner street, for several
•] days.
’ CIGARETTES M ARKED FOR
ABOLITION IN GEORGIA:
ATLANTA, Ga.. March 6.—Will the
Georgia legislature follow the lead o»
several other states and prohibit the
THE AMERICUS TIMES-RECORDER.
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False Fronts zTT/m
Here ’
In the South! Li
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2Vo Red Vest ~ No Horse Jiair Wig ~ No playing Possum-
No Sir —down South here we don’t care old-fashioned watch, and open-handed like
much for make-believes or make-ups. You an old-fashioned grandmother,
earn: have any reason to hide, unless That is my way, friends. lam telling
you re a possum. y OU s j m pi e truth when I say —I am
A man came to our front gate one day S °7 ER^ I ? N ’ dgar ® tte ° f good blo ° d
wearing a red vest and horse-hair wig. g ° od breedmg made of fine sweet,
I don’t know what he wanted —but he smooth, mellow Virginia and Carolina
didn't get it! tobacco, —the very best stock on earth.
I am an aristocrat of the South, —bom and
A Southern gentleman doesn’t need dis- bred and raised in a white, clean, health
guise ;he should be open-faced like an ful home. And I know—
You Folks of the South KNOW good blood•
You Folks of the South KNOW good tobacco!
So, when I say to you—test me, believe in me, you understand what I mean. I don’t
wear any whiskers to deceive you! Let us always be together like real friends. And,
take note of this: —
I am guaranteed by —Buy me.
If you don’t like me return me to your dealer and get
your money back. I have said it. A Southern gentleman is known
the world over for keeping his word, and I have given you mine.
Sovereign Cigarettes
FOR THE GENTLEMAN OF THE SOUTH
of Wlvm* OC£ "
sale or keeping on band for sala >f
cigarettes?
Nov.’ that liquor has been abolished
mere effectively than ever before, and
bids fair to be still more effectively
abolished if the governor calls an ex- ]
tra session of the legislature to pass a
} bone dry lay, prohibiting the shipment i
i cf intoxicants in any quantity into the '
state, the enemies of the cigarette are I
, turning their attention to a bill to put
it cut of business.
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W HOLESALE INDICTMENTS AS
RESULT OF INVESTIGATION
! NEW YORK, March 6.—The federal
grand jury here today indicted one
hundred and eight corporations and
fifty-five individuals as a result of an
investigation Into prevailing high
prices of foodstuffs. All are charged
I with violating anti-trust laws.
I Ten corporations and sixteen indt- ■
! vifiuals were indicted for violating ■
the same statute, in connection with
an alleged coal trust operating here.
Everything Due to Effort.
In all human affairs there are es
. forts, and there are results, and the
' strength of the effort Is the measure
iof the result. Chance is not, "Gifts," i
powers; material, Intellectual, and
' spiritual possessions are the fruits of
effort; they are thoughts completed,
objects accomplished, visions real
ized.—James Allen.
‘•FATHER AND SON DINNER” 1
PANNED BY ATLANTA DADS
ATLANTA, Ga., March 6.—ls fath
ers were better acquainted with their
j sons, and sons were better acquainted
' with their fathers, fewer boys would
I give their daddies trouble. This may
; or may not be true, but five hundred
! prominent tlanta citizens believe it is ]
true, and are planning to hold in the
Atlanta auditorium a monster “Father
and Son” dinner, which will have for
its object the promotion of a closer
relation between Atlanta youths and
their daddies. Every citizen who at
tends the dinner will take his son, and
will pledge himself to get better ac
quainted with his son and let him
know that he’s not a person of dread
ful authority to be shunned and ca
joled, as the case may be, but a gen
uine pal with whom the boy can have!
a jolly good time and be on terms ot]
I close and confidential Intimacy.
! NEW USE FOUND FOR
TELEPHONE LINES’
ATLANTA, Ga., March 6.—The en-!
terprising South has suggested to the ’
world a new use for telephones. Re
cently Pablo Casals, the famous vio
linist, and Ernest Schelling, the equal
ly famous piano virtuoso, arrived on a
stormy day in a small southern city
where they were to give a joint con- ;
cert that night, and put up at different ,
COUPON
Cut out, fill out and mail immediately to W. O. W. CONVENTION
COMMITTEE HEADQUARTERS, Chamber o£ Commerce, Americus.
If you have any accommodations that can be placed at the dis
posal of visitors March 13, 14 and 15th, fill out this coupon:
INFORMATION’ NEEDED.
1. Name
2. Address
3. Telephone Number,
4. Rooms. How many?..
5. Rate for room
6. Means —Breakfast, Lunch Dinner. Specify which, or all
• ••••••••••••••a • • •
7. Rate per person•
8. How many persons can be accommodated?
9. Remarks:
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hotels, widely separated by distance.
Neither wanted to go to the hoel of
j :he ether, and yet it was necessary that
I they ‘‘get together” on the interpreta- :
| tion of the duets they were to play.
So they used the telephone. One
played, and then the other played, l
with alternate ears to the receiver, and
the concert was as much a success as
if they had practiced together in the
same room.
The experiment has attracted the in
terest and attention of Southern Bell
officials here, as it seems to open up n
«
TUESDAY. MARCH 6, IM7.
new avenue tor the enjoyment and
tra.ismlssion of the beautiful art of
music.
- ...I a. V i MVBW*
VALUABLE MULE KILLED
BY LIGHTNING DURING SUNDAY
I
George Williams, a negro living oa
the place of W. E. Mitchell, near
Smithville, had a mule killed by light
ning Sunday afternoon. The mulewM
in the lot with three other mules, all
these escaping the bolt. No other
damage was reported.