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The Times-Recorder is the
al Organ of the City of Americus,
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Official Organ of Webster County.
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AM’H’tICIIS GA., OCT. 2, 1907.
HEARST’S PARTY WILL (IT A
FIGURE.
William Randol])h Hearst has no
love for either of the old parties.
He is opposed to the Republican
party on account of the tariff and the
monopolies, he says. Then the De
mocratic party stole the mayoralty of
New York from him, he believes, and
probably the belief is well based. So
he encourages the formation of the
third party, the National Indepen
dence League, as a protest against
both of the old organizations.
Hearst is naturally a freebooter in
politics, anyway, and there is no
doubt with the extensive circulation
of his eight daily papers north and
west, and the other influences he will
be able to rally around him, that the
League will be an element to reck
on with next year.
There is a tremendous discontent
throughout the country, and the third
party may successfully attract to it
self the more rampant of those who
Savor reforms and find the old par
ties going too slowly toward national
ownership an. ether doubtful reme
dies.
it is not unlikely that the Democra
> tic party will be the chief sufferer
‘ Tom the new national party.
1 'flbae Republican forces are kept
better in hand, the masses of tne
party are almost idolators at the
shrine of Roosevelt, and the election
returns will probably show, as con
'ditions now are, that Hears! s party
has cut deep into democracy's ;
strength and inflated the returns of
the republican party in comparison !
■with its old time opponent.
‘‘Henry James is the only man who j
really writes the English language”
says an admiring critic. The man
who is to interpret James English
has not “yet arrived.”
“FREE THE PHILIPPINES.”
Rev. Charles H. Parkhurst, the no- j
ted New York divine, has returned
from an extensive foreign trip, dur
ing which he studied American prob
lems at first hand in the Philippines,
and received and weighed impressions
as to Americans and their methods
from European students and critics
“Free the Philippines” was one
cry that Dr. Parkhurst brought home
with him. He declared that the Filip
inos would be brought into a more !
conciliatory frame of mind toward the j
United States if it were announced
that they would he given their inde- ;
pendcr.ce within 10 or 20 years. Just
now he says, they look upon this
country as holding the islands mere
ly far commercial exploitation. Con
i nwuently, the natives are in a sul
n mood and affairs in the Philip
pi vs are in a bad way.
For President Roosevelt the It
Mr. Parkhurst returned with great
praises. The President’s utterances
were widely read and discussed
a' u’d, iie said. Outside of Wall
r wt, the Rev. Mr. Parkhurst de
• 1 übci the people were with him in
lit against dishonest corpora-
The. trouble in Wall street,
no :.■(], was that, although it was
w. gto have Rockefeller and the
c d Oil made the scapegoat, it
w.ivTd hands kept off of other cor
• o v.lions, crooked though they might
be
llie Rev. Mr. Parkhurst declared
ag.'ost Taft, because he regarded
Pr aident Roosevelt’s efforts to se
em : the Secretary’s nomination as a
me "j i nding toward monarchiai rule
no . because the Secretary is not in
. evor of immediate revision of the
car if!.
wVVong Aotu%- hi 'eonliued u> no
s 'wltas, said the President in his
uicgy of McKinley. Here in Ceor
; a reme people seem to think all
of the wrong doing is confined to
the railroads.
THE AMERICUS DAILY TIMES-RECORDER, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 2, 1907.
THE FIXING OF PROFITS.
“The state must determine just
j what would be a reasonable profit
on actual investments and just what
profits the corporations are mak
ing,” says the Georgian in a long edi
! torial.
Is one hundred per cent, a year,
| the profits of the Atlanta Stove Works,
j a “reasonable profit” to take from the
j public, and why should the State
j allow such exorbitant profits, any
way?
And if the state fixes the profits of
! railroads say at eight per cent a year,
I and the railroad fails to earn it one
i year, or two years, will the state
make it up to the stockholders be
cause it prevented them from making
10 or 12 per cent, during the good
| times.
The Atlanta Stove Works will
plead, if the State tried to stop it
from making one hundred per cent,
another year, that it does not always
do it, and that next year it might lose
money. Does not the same argument
apply to railroads.
Really the question of fixing the
rate of profits for co porations is a
serious one. If profits are to be fix
ed for railroads, why not so rthe At
lanta Stove Works, which is a joint
stock company, or a wholesale groc- j
ery house which may also be a stock j
company, or a cotton mill, many of
which make twenty, thirty or forty ;
per cent, a year for their stcckhold- |
ers.
They, one and all, railroads, stove !
works, jobbers, and cotton mills,
make their profits out of the general j
public.
If we are going to fix profits lets j
do the thing right, fix them on all lines j
of business, guarantee them in bad j
years, and restrict them in good ones. ;
That is really the only just way of j
doing the thing.
There is no more reason why the
stockholders of the Georgian and the
Journal should receive dividends of
fifteen or twenty per cent, a year than j
those of the Central railroad.
Os course the Georgian will argue
that the railroads enjoy Special priv
ileges from the public, and all that,
but the real meat of the thing is that
they are claimed to be making too i
much money out of the public. And !
yet their stockholders never dreamed j
of a 100 per cent, net profit in one |
year, like those of the Atlanta Stove
Works received, or 20 to 40 per cent, j
like those paid the stockholders of >
many cotton mills.
i
Senator Tom Platt says Governor
Hughes is building up a machine along
new lines that will be powerful and
effective. It does look as though !
this country could not get rid of ma- !
chines to save its life. One machine j
i 3 hardly bursted before another takes j
its place.
01 R NEW SISTER STATE.
Oklahoma is a brilliant addition
to the sisterhood of States. It exceeds
many of the older states in popula
tion, wealth, enterprise and its fu
ture is surpassed by that of few.
The new State will be the wealth
iest and most poulous admitted to the
Union since the annexation of Texas.
With a territory of 70,230 square
miles, as large as that of Ohio and
Indiana combined, and a population
of about a million and a half, it will
probably take rank as the twenty
sixth of the 46 states. Since it was
opened to settlement in 1889, settlers
have poured into Oklahoma, and its
development has ben wonderfully
rapid. In ten years it became the
most important of our Territorities.
This has been due to no temporary
mining boom or timber-cutting, but
j to an agricultural and industrial d>
j velopment that is as solid and sub
; stanial as that of lowa and Illinois,
j The population has been drawn
almost entirely from the older States,
and includes few foreigners. In fact,
about 98 per cent, of the peopi are
American born. Though the ./bites
j hav > not had full rights in th. Indian
I Territory section, that part of th new
: State as long ago as 1900 inclv. '■ / -
j fcortling to the last census, .v:
whites, 52,500 Indians and 36,853 n£-
gro< a. Since that time the propor
tion of whites has largely increased.
The eastern, or Oklahoma, section is
almost entirely white, so that the
whites will lie largely in the majority
in the State.
The taxable property is valued at
more than $800,000,000. As evidence
of stabie conditions is the $38,000,000
of bank deposits—a remarkable show
ing for a new country.
Ample provision for schools has
been made. More than 1,400,000 acres
of land, valued at $57,000,000 has
been set aside for this purpose, and
to this the Federal Government adds
$5,C00,000 to provide for the schools
in the Indian Territory section.
In the State are 5,000 miles of rail
roads giving access to the large out
side markets arid' the de
posits ”o* coal, granit% lead and
zinc and the rich oil and wells.
From its coal beds more tliaS ,2,000,-
COO tons a year are now being nVined.
All in all, the States will have good
reason to be proud of their new sis
ter.
ROOSEVELT’S CORING SPEECH.
Those in position to speak with
some authority state that in the
speeches the President is to make in
his forthcoming tour of the Mississ
ippi valley he will not only reiterate
his policy in regard to the trusts
and show his intention to follow it
to the end but will also sound a note
of warning as to the condition of the
| country. He will refer to the history
| of Rome and show that a close par
j a 1 lei may be drawn between its econ
i omic situation in its later days and
the state of affairs in the United
j States at the present moment.
The President will apply the les
; sons of history especially to the power
j wielded by the railroads. He will
j argue that they are already a men
! ace to the republic and must be res
trained. He will declare that the
j only solution of the difficulty he
j thinks possible is Federal control,
| and he will strongly recommend this
should be applied.
He will advocate much the same
kind of control of railroads from
Washington as is already exercised by
i the Federal authorities over the nat-
I ional banks. By this means he will
! suggest the companies be held in
check and prevented from exerting
i their power to the detriment of the
country as a whole.
Even Flagler feels the pinch. He
is reducing the expenses in Florida
and wil stop railroad building until !
money eases up. That will not he
until the war on corporations has
ended and business has been allowed
to get on a stable basis again, with r
freedom from the attacks of every j
man with a mouth who aspires to be i
a statesman or hold a fat job.
“The industries of the State cannot ,
much longer stand the strain of un
certainty which has so long existed” j
says the Atlanta Constitution. The
Constitution has done its full share
in bringing about this condition. It
is a pleasure to believe that its fever j
against corporations is subsiding.
The Macon Telegraph thinks Sena
tor Bacon possesses eminent qualifi
cations to lead the hosts of Democra
cy to glory or the grave. Probably
the latter. Whoever would think of
Senator Bacon enthusing the peo
ple.
GETTING READY
FOR WAR
Japan Said to Be Straining Ev
ery Nerve.
WASHINGTON, D. C., October I.
(Special)—Reports received here from
Japan are to the effect that the Jap
anese government, while maintaining
an appearance of peaceful intentions
towards the United States, is secretly
straining every nerve in
for war.
Sect. Taft in an interview at Tokio
is quoted as saying that war between
the two countries is too absurd to be
considered.
SPENDING TAX
PAYERS MONEY
ATLANTA, October I. (Special)
Work began today on painting the
dome of the capitol and in making
repairs to the governor’s mansion.
The improvements have been sadly
needed for some time.
POSTMASTERS MEET
AT ATLANTA
ATLANTA, Octob r I.—(Special)
The second and third class postmas
ters of Georgia will meet here on Sat
urday and perfect an organization.
TEL YGPAPHERS WORK
EIGHT HOURS
AVHINGTON. D. C G tober I.
1> u. th i 4 ht hour law
| for railroad telegraphers went into
i effect in nine states.
CHINA GETS
MORE LIBERTY
NEW YORK, October 1. —(Special)
—Specials from Pekin state that the
Empress has issued an edict under
which the Chinese empire will become
a constitutional monarchy.
Marriage Yesterday.
! -Mr. E. 11. Cordell and Miss Nannie
! Chambliss were united in marriage
i yesterday afternoon at 4 o'clock by
Rev. R. L. Bivins. The couple drove
: alone to the home of Mr. Bivins, where
| the nuptial knot was tied, and best
; wishes extended the exuberantly
happy couple.
CjOme and see the great cooking
wonder at our store all next week.
See advertisement in this paper. Shef
field-Huutmgton Co. 9-29-ts.
OPERATORS ARE
GRANTED INCREASE
No Strike Will Result on The
Seaboard.
The demands of the Seaboard’s tele- j
graph operators have been granted j
| by the management of the company,
| and there will be no strike of this
| force of the road. The demands were J
that they be paid the same salaries
| as paid by competing lines, notably j
the Southern, the Atlantic Coast Line
and the Central.
The matter of increasing the pay
of the men was gone into thorough- j
ly by the management, and after care
ful consideration it was deemed to
the best interest of the line to grant
their request.
The pay of the men will be ad- j
vanced in some instances as much as I
| 25 per cent, and the average will be !
above 15 per cent. The new rates j
will be effective just as soon as the
new r scale can be promulgated, which
will probably make the. advance ef
fective today.
WHIPPING IS GIVEN A
NURSE BY CITIZEN
For Beating a Child Without;
Cause.
There is one nurse in Americus who
will be careful when next she beats,
without cause, the little child she is
expected to care for. A day or two
ago a citizen here, sitting upon his
veranda, saw T a colored nurse severely
whip a little child that cried from pain
when smoke from a passing engine
got in her eyes. Indignant at such
treatment to a child, he seized a!
whalebone buggy whip and, rushing !
into the street, administered a heating l
that nurse will remember to her dy- i
ing day. After thrashing the wo
man severely he reported the affair
at the child’s residence. Many little
children here, sent out in care of
negro nurses, are oftimes badly
treated, but it is a debatable ques
tion whether or not the parents care, I
in all cases, if the nurse will only j
keep the- job.
REMOVES “DO IT
* NOW” CARDS
London Merchants Took Advice
Too Literally.
There is at least one Englishman
who has concluded, after trial, that
he does not like American ideas.
He is a London dry goods: merchant
who returned from a visit to the
United States with notions about
procrastination being the thief of time
remarkably developed. He brought
with him a number of cards bearing
the excellent mixim, “Do It Now,”
and hung these up in his office and
about the store.
Within a fortnight of the advent of
the cards the chief cashier departed
with the sum of £2,000 pounds, three
clerks and deputations from two de
partments waited on the proprietor
with requests for increased salaries,
and his best lady typewriter eloped
with a very business-like and good
looking shop walker.
BOAR RIPS A MULE
AND A FINE HORSE
Vicious Beast Badly Injures An
imals.
Mr. W. B. Heys came near losing
a valuable mule yesterday on his farm
near Americus from the vicious at
tack of a boar penned in the pas
ture. -The hog was considered harm
less, but in a sudden fit of anger it
attacked the horse with its razor-like
tusks and soon cut him fiat to the
ground. Farm hands rushed to the
rescue and drove off the boar ere he
ripped open the prostrate horse. The
infuriated animal then attacked a fine
mule and with one sweep of his tusks
ripped a hole a foot long in its side.
The horse may die from loss of
blood, although prompt work saved
the life of the mule.
BEAUTIFUL CURTAINS
OFFERED TODAY
Superb Lines at Reduced Price
At Duncan’s.
One hundred and ninety pairs
handsome lace curtains await care
ful buyers on the centre counter at
the Duncan Mercantile Go’s today.
These curtains were bought from a
retiring manufacturer, and really are
beauties, three and a half yards long
and very wide.| In value they range
from $1.50 to $3 pair, and there are
four to ten pairs of each variety. To
day, as a very special offer, they are
priced at $1.38 per pair—the curtain
bargain of the season.
TUMORS COHQUERED
Overwhelming Proof that Lydia E. Pinkham’s
Vegetable Compound Succeeds.
One of the g-reatest triumphs of
Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Com
pound is the conquering of woman’s
dread enemy Tumor,
The growth of a tumor is so in
sidious that frequently its presence
is wholly unsuspected until it is well
advanced.
So called “wandering pains” may
come from its early stages or the
presence of danger may be made
manifest by excessive monthly periods
accompanied by unusual pain,, from
the abdomen through the groin and
thigh.
If you have mysterious pains, if
there are indications of inflammation
or displacements, secure a bottle of
Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Com
pound, made from native roots and
herbs, right away and begin its use.
The following letters should con
vince every suffering woman of its
virtue, and that it actually does
conquer tumors.
Mrs. May Fry, of 836 W. Oolfax
Ave , South Bend, Ind., writes :
Dear Mrs. Pinkham :
“I take great pleasure in writ
ing to thank you for what Lydia E.
Pmkham’s Vegetable Compound has
done for me. I also took the Blood
Purifier in alternate doses with the
Compound. Your medicine removed a
cyst tumor of four years' growth,
which three of the best physicians
declared I had. They had said that
only an operation could help me. I am
very thankful that I followed a friend’s
advice and took your medicine. It has
made me a strong and well woman and
I shall recommend it as long as I live.”
Mrs. E. F. Hayes, of 26 EugglesSt.,
Boston, Mass., writes :
Dear Mrs. Pinkham: —
“I have been under different doctors’
treatment for a long time without
relief. They told me I had a fibroid
tumor, my abdomen was swollen and
I suffered with great pain. I wrote
to you for advice, you replied and I
followed your directions carefully and
today lam a well women. Lydia E.
Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound ex
pelled the tumor and strengthened my
whole system.”
Mrs, Perry Byers, of Mt. Pleasant,
lowa, writes :
NEW PICTURES,
NEW SONGS.
Our first few days at Glover’s clearly demonstrate that we have im
mensely pleased the amusement lovers of Americus and vicinity and
we say this because the patronage has been most liberal. We give new
pictures and songs every day and we especially direct your attention a
tonight: ▼
THE HARLEQUIN STORY and
THE GIRL FROM MONTANA.
The last is intensely dramatic, while the first named is a fairy
story, beautifully told. In addition to these two we offer the following:
HIS CHEAP WATCH, THE WOODCHOPPERS DAUGHTER
2,000 MILES WITHOUT A DOI.IA.R COHEN’S BAD LUCK
STONECUTTER’S DAUGHTER COWBOYS & REDSKINS
NOCTURNAL FIRE WILLIE’S DREAM
CATCH THE KID
Cw beautiful illustrated songs made an immediate hit and for your _
particular benefit we offer the three latest New York successes:
My Virginia Philly Willie
It’s Great to be a Soldier Man
Each picture offered is a feature, each song a gem.. Don't miss any
of them.
The Hub & Comedy Theatre Co., New York,
MR. HARRY K. LUCAS, Local Manager. R#
Performance From 5 to 1U p. m., Daily.
“Bearsfoot”
For all Blood Taints.
Made only by
Davenport Drug Co.
Americus, Ga.
Dear Mrs. Pinkham : "
“I was told by my physician that I
had a fibroid tumor and that I would*
have to be operated upon, I wrote to
you for advice, which 1 followed care
fully and took Lydia E. Pinkham’s
Vegetable Compound. lam not only
cured of the tumor but other female
troubles and can do all my own work
after eigh years of suffering.”
Mrs. S. J. Barber, of Scott, N. Y.
writes :
Dear Mrs. Pinkham:—
“Sometime ago I wrote you for
advice about a tumor which the doctors
thought would have to be removed.
Instead I took Lydia E. Pinkham’s
Vegetable Compound and to-day am a
well woman.”
Mrs. M. M. Funk, Vandergrift, Pa.,
writes:
Dear Mrs. Pinkham :
“I had a tumor and Lydia E. Pink
ham’s Vegetable Compound removed
it for me after two doctors had given
me up. I was sick four years before I
began to take the Compound. I now
recommend Lydia E Piukham’s Veget
able Compound far and near.”
. Such testimony as above is con
vincing evidence that Lydia E. Pink
ham's Vegetable Compound stands
without a peer as a remedy for Tumor
Growths as well as other distressing
ills of women, and such symptoms as
Bearing-down Sensations, Displace
ments, Irregularities and Backache,
etc. Women should remember that it
is Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Com-
pound that is curing so many women
Don’t forget to insist upon it when
some druggist asks you to accept
something else which he calls “just
as good.”
Mrs. Pinkhttn’s Invitation to Women.
Women suffering from any form
of female weakness are invited to
write Mrs. Pinkham, Lynn, Mass.,
for advice. She is the Mrs. Pinkham
who has been advising sick women
free of charge for more than twenty
years, and before that she assisted
her mother-in-law, Lydia E. Pink*
ham in advising. Thus she is especially
well qualified to gu.de sick womor
back to health.