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THE HftiES-RECORDER
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,4. W. FL'RLOW, City Editor.
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The Times-Recorder is the
Official Organ of tte City of Americas*,
V3flic!al Organ of Sumter County
Official Organ of Webster County.
'Official Organ of Railroad Commission of
Georgia for the Sd Congressional District.
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AMIRICUS. GA., OCT. 25 1907
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Two aged admirals of the United
States Navy have just started on a
honeymoon. The salt of the sea had j
not fully encrusted their hearts.
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Hon. Seab Wright got Mayor Mad
,'o:v, of Rome, to deny what the Con
stitution quoted him as saying. But
what Mayor Maddox admits he said
is bad enough.
Specific instructions have been sent
‘*out by Adjutant General to the mili
tary companies as to their conduct in
time of riot. It is to be hoped that
this part of the regulations may
never be required to be used.
Following the advice of a “con
jurer” an Italian woman of Camden,
JV. J., rubbed her husband's chest
with carbolic acid In the belief that
she could thus win his love. A ten
der feeling was produced all right.
Wall street is laying on President
Roosevelt the blame for the present I
panicky conditions. As if a physician
who points out the evidence of dis
ease were responsible for the illness
i itself. Wall street has another guess
rooming.
Ringling Bros, have fallen heir to
' ibe mantle of the great Barnum in
the show business, having taken over
the Barnum & Bailey shows. This
leaves Ringling Bros, without a com
petitor in the circus field, “the whole
iihow.”
Land in Georgia is steadily en
hancing in price, according to the
Georgia and Alabama Industrial In
dex. “In many sections the price of
iarm lands has more than doubled in
a few years,” says the Index. South
Georgia is the coming section of the
■•-. country.
Druggists and doctors are engaged
in a wordy war at Augusta over the
tendency of the former to prescribe
over the counter for various ailments.
So far the druggists are “standing
pat” and refusing to be dictated to
by the doctors. The consuming pub
lic Is naturally inclined to want to
save doctors’ fees and their sympa
thies are probably with the druggists.
Senator Bailey, of Texas, who
claimed in an after dinner speech to
be so well informed on the affairs of
the Standard as to be able to recog
nize alleged misstatements, will get
an opportunity t<* be one of the
state’s witnesses in a suit soon to be
filed in Texas against the Standard.
Maybe the Senator will develop a
very treacherous memory, like a
\umber of the Standard’s officers.
in their protest over the provisions
of the Dick bill, the Savannah Volun
teer Guards have pulled up short
against the proposition that they must
zither conform to the requirements
of the national law* or disband. No
military organization can exist with
out governmental or state sanction.
It seems probable that the Guards
will make an effort to meet the law
rather than go to pieces after a hun
dred years of honorable history.
General Supt. Hix, of the
Seaboard, has issued a circular to
employes of the operating department
urging that the utmost courtesy be
shown the public at all times by the
representatives of the company. It
is this policy of courtesy on the part
of the Seaboard which has made the
oad one of the most popular in the
»untry. Seaboard employes have a
yell-earned reputation for polite
ness, which makes it a pleasure for
•hippers and travelers to do business
with that road. The advice of Mr.
Mix is already the creed of Sea
ward men.
FA RMI \ G OPPORTI \ ITIE S.
Os great import to the prosperity
of the agricultural interests of Sum
ter county was the announcement in
yesterday’s Times-Recorder that
Messrs. Frank Sheffield and Arthur
Rylander, of Americas, had taken
over the landed interests of the DeSoto
Plantation Company. The deal is
the largest ever consummated in
Sumter coutity realty.
Along w'ith the announcement of
the sale the gentlemen named stated
that the land would he divided into
convenient tracts to suit, the desires
of prospective purchasers. Either
a good-sized farm or a few acres for
truck farming can -be secured and at
reasonable prices.
Litle need he said of the farming
possibilities of the section to be put
on the market. Cotton, corn, cane
and vegetables can be grown in
abundance. Two thriving towns, Les
lie and DeSoto, are near the proper
ty, w'hile Amerieus is only fourteen
miles. Railroad facilities are ample
for shipping to markets which can
easily absorb all products and at
good prices.
It would seem that exceptional op
portunities have been offered for the
encouragement of small farmers. Re
turns from intensive farming in re
cent years have been most satisfac
tory, many around Amerieus mak
ing net incomes of one to three thous
and dollars a year on a moderate in
vestment.
Encouraged by these successes the !
demand for the small farms has in
creased, and it is to meet this that the
Amerieus gentlemen decided to pur
chase the big plantation and cut it
up into smaller tracts.
Several hundred families will be
brought to Sumter county by the
attractive opportunities W'hich this j
deal will make possible. If the scheme
works out successfully—and there is
every reason to believe that it will—
other large plantations will no doubt
he put on the market in a similar
manner, to the great advantage of
Sumter county and her material well
being.
NEEDS RELIGION
MORE THAN CITY
Cleveland Preacher Thinks
Country Tull of Evil.
CLEVELAND, 0, October 24.
(Special)—Not even the cities with
all their immorality are in such cry
ing need of religious quickening as
the rural districts of the United
States, according to the Rev. Frank
N. White, of Chicago, who spoke at
the meeting of the Congregation
church Building Society in Pilgrim
Church.
Referring to the need of the coun
try for more religion, the Rev. Mr.
White said:
“There is only one place where it
is needed more than in the city
is in the country. The country has
its glories, its touch with mother
earth; its unobstructed vision of far
horizon, of sky, of cloud, of stars,
of sunrise and of sunset; its breezes
blowing pure, its murmur of forests
and tumbling brooks; its wholesome
labor in God’s out of doors; but
for all obvious perils of the city they
are transcended by the perils of the
country, for in the country it is that
men grow sodden, heartenish, pagan
beyond any of our human kind.
Elevating Tilings Lacking
“In ancient times the pagan was
the countryman; the urban dweller
spoke thus with contempt of his bro
ther of the fields. That it was not
wholly without occasion and excuse
| our modern day can furnish evi
dence in profusion. Make what we
will of the vices of the city, who, that
knows the life of the country, is not
cognizant of the fact that for vacui
ty, obscenity, brutishness, callousness
to everything high and noble and true,
absence of every trait that glories and
enables our human kind, there is no
parallel to be .found in the city slnm
for conditions exisiting in neglected
rural communities and is isolated hov
els.
“Vital as the Church is to the life
and the very existence of the city,
it bears, if anything, a still more in
dispensable ministry to the man far
removed from his fellows. Great
as are the dangers of the crowd,
greater still are the dangers of being
away from the crowd.”
COAST LINE REDUCES
FORCE AT SHOPS
SAVANNAH, GA, October 24.
j (Special)—More than a score of men
j employed in the Atlantic Coast Line
S shops were laid off yesterday.
This is the second batch of men
locked out in the Coast Line Shops
this month and the number idle is
reported as about fifty. It was stat
ed that the company hopes to be able
to re-employ the men about Nov. 1, al
though the officials were not very
communicative.
THE AMERICUS DAILY TIMES-RECORDER, FRIDAY. OCTOBER 25, 1907.
ASKS GOVERNOR TO
RESCIND EXTRA CALL
Pres. Smith of L. & N.
Fires Parting Shot.
MONTGOMERY, ALA., October 24
(Special)—ln an open letter to
Governor B. B. Comer, w’hich is no
less than an appeal to the Gov
ernor's sense of justice than it is to
the fairness of the people of Ala
bama, President Milton H. Smith,, of
the Louisville and Nashville, begs
him to rescind the call for an extra
session, quiet apprehension and re
store confidence which is so badly
impaired.
The letter and the departure of
Mr. Smith makes the -assurance of
the extra session and its railroad
fight doubly sure.
Mr. Smith outlines the policy of
the road which has been followed
steadily through the years, a policy
w'hich contemplated, not the con
struction of one central trunk line
only, hut the construction of branch
es as well which should develop the*
State and serve as feeders for the
freight business of the road—a pol
icy which w'ould open and develop
the State and at the same time fur
nish the traffic for the road.
Mr. Smith emphasized the fact that
since this great investment made
since 1882, by which 900 miles of
branch roads w r ere either bought or
constructed at a cost of $3,000,000,
w'as made upon his advice and rec
ommendations and for the investors
he feels a personal responsibility.
Investments Induced
He takes upon himself all respon
sibility for the development policy
w'hich has called for such a heavy
investment now menaced and threat
ened by the warfare made by the
State administration upon the road.
In such a circumstance, Mr. Smith
says, he is “discouraged and disheart
ened, not to say overwhelmed.”
But it is for the interest of those'
investments, for the future welfare
of the State, that -the issues raised
by the Governor should be finally de
termined by a judicial decree. Until
this was done, there would be no more
railroad building, no more invest
ments in railroads in Alabama, and
for that reason the final adjudica
tion of the question vitally affected
the welfare of Alabama. To secure
is speedy adjudication Mr. Smith
invited the Governor to rescind his
call and join in the efforts made to
get an early settlement.
Southern’s Agreement
President Smith does not think
highly of the agreement effected be
tween the Governor and the Southern
Railwmy. He calls the agreement “il
legal, ineffective and non-enforce
able.” He says to the Governor also,
“in execution of the agreement
with the Southern and allied lines
you assumed or attempted to usurp,
the duties necessarily developing upon
the Railroad Commission, the Legisla
ture and the courts.”
Winsdsor Skating liink will open
for the season tonight. Hereafter
the rink wii he ready for nse from 8
to 10 p. in. Admission to the rink 10
cents. Admission with use of skates
25 cents. Parties bringing their own
skates, admission 15 cents.
GOING TO ORGANIZE
CLUB IN AMERICUS
A movement looking to the organi
zation of a gentleihan’s driving club
has been launched, and Americus will
soon possess such a social organiza
tion. Gentlemen interested in the
movement will call today upon horse
“owners to discuss plans of organiza
tion. A fine speedway will be built,
and Americus horses given an oppor
■ tunity of exhibiting their merits on
the track.
Windsor Skating Rink will open
tonight for the season. Hereafter
the rink will he ready for use from 8
to 10 p. m. Admission to the rink 10
cents. Admission with use of skates
25 cents. Parties bringing their own
skates, admission 15 cents.
GERMAN BALLOON
WON LONG RACE
; ST. LOUIS, MO., October 24.
| (Special)—The German balloon Pom
! mern has probably won the Bennett
cup in the international race. The
! balloon landed yesterday at As
bury Park, N. J., 800 miles from the
; starting point. The Isle de France
| was' second and only five miles be
hind, landing at Herbertsville, N. J.
| The America is fourth with a record
of 730 miles.
“The Pillars of Society” is the title
of a flew Isben play. If its like his
previous efforts the pillars are likely
to fall.
EXPENSE OF LIVING
IN GREENWICH
Rise In Prices Greater
Than Wages.
NEW YORK, October 24.—(Spec
ial) —An investigator of the highest
degree of acumen has made an elabor
ate test of the cost of living for the
average poor family in a part of the
metropolis, which perhaps in the ob
ject character of the population bears a
character of the population bears a
closer resemblance to Philadelphia as
a whole than any other. This is “Old
Greenwich Village,” as all old New
Yorkers with a penchant for anti
quarism love to style it.
The population today is chiefly Am
erican with a strong admixture of the
Irish and the Teutonic. Meagreness
of livelihood may be said to be about
general, but rarely has been regarded
as an excellent representative field
for a test of the actual cost of liv
ing.
A typical food budget for a family
of seven In Greenwich Village for a
week is giveh as follows: Saturday,
$3.19; Sunday, 20 cents; Monday,
$1.24; Tuesday, $2.11; Wednesday,
$1.19; Thursday, $1.64, Friday 92
cents. Total $10.49. The aggregate
for a year for this family was $624,
with a wage income of $1500; five of
its members working for cash re
muneration. It has been calculated
that the rise in the cost of food since
these observations were made is 43
per cent., so that the cost of food for
this family at present w'ould be $892
a year. Taking its other expenses in
to account this would mean an an
nual deficit of $268. The total income
per family in this neighborhood ran
ges from $250 a year to $2500. Wages
have advanced in tw'o or three years
only between 15 and 20 per cent, as
compared with nearly 50 per cent, ad
vance in the general cost of the nec
essities of life.
chancellor; day
STILL “RED HEADED”.
Constitution Beat to Fraz
zle by Roosevelt.
NEW YORK, October 24.—(Special)
—“For many months we have been
under a monarchy in everything but
the name. How long will the coun
try continue to be so absorbed in its
selfish indifference that having eyes,
it will not see? The change of the
presidential prerogatives is going
on. How much farther could it go and
retain a semblance of what the Con
stitution provided it should be?”
This is the statement that Chan
cellor James R. Day, of Syracuse Un
versity, makes in the course of a very
scathing criticism of President Roose
velt’s politics.
Instead of being silenced by the
attacks made upon him for his pub
lic defence of the Standard Oil
Company, the Syracuse educator re
turns to the field and i nthe course of
an article in Appleton’s magazine for
November, which he entitles “The
Raid on Prosperity,” he gives ut
terance to some statements quite as
vigorous as any that have been made
against him.
“This new doctrine that you can
legislate unsuccessful men into suc
cess by legislating successful men
out of success,” says Chancellor Day,
“is a piece of imbicility that does
injustice to our twentieth century. The
man who whines *cnat he has not a
fair chance because other men have
the trade, cannot be helped by law 7 .
Ground Down By Trusts
“The most gigantic piece of im
pertinence that ever has been thrust
into the faces of the American peo
ple, is the hourly and daily talk of
their being ground down by trusts and
robbed by capital and run over and
run down by railways and other so
called utilities.
“The men who are using the ma
chinery of government to regulate
competition, to tell what its rights
and proportions shall be and to ‘guard i
against the combined endeavors of j
American citizens whose genius has j
given our commerce its mighty and J
amazing proportions, will pass into j
history with the learned doctors of j
Nnremberg wffio declared profoundly
that a close fence should be placed be
tween the railroad track and the ped- j
estrians lest the speed of the train at |
fifteen miles an hour should give them
delirium furiosum!”
A writer in the current issue of a
magazine says that it is postively
vulgar for an editor to wear dia
monds. This is a little hard upon the
princes of the Fourth Estate in South
Georgia.—Columbus Enquirer-Sun.
Every time the price of meat goes
up a cent it costs the American con
sumer $168,0000,000. That’s eough
to drive a man to breakfast food.
WARUCK’S STORE,
PLANTERS BANK HUM,
Read This List of
Goods at Low Prices.
Good outing sc. yard; sea island 5 cents yard, bleaching 5 C yard
Wool cashmere in all colors at 25c a yard. Better grades If
cashmere in colors and plaids at 35c and 50c a yard.
Yard wide taffeta silk in black and colors, $ 1.00 a yard, g 00( J
value. Also a pretty line of solid colors and plaids at 50 cents and
upward in waist silks.
Wool underskirts at 50c and 75c each. Wool flannels in red
white and all colors at 20c. Trico Waist flannels at 20c yard. Good
heavy cotton flannel at 10c a yard.
Best sheeting made, 8c yard.
Good large comfortables SI.OO, $1.25, $1.50 each. Also
blankets and buggy robes.
Underwear of all kinds for men, women and children 25c,
Full line of tin ware, enamel ware, and glass ware, and* our
prices are not much more than half what you generally find on these
goods.
These goods were bought for much less than the regular price so
you get the benefit.
W arlick’s Store,*
THE STORE THAT SELLS THE SAME GOODS FOR LESS MONEY**
ORCHESTRA 10c BOX SEATS 15c BALCONY sc
First Class Pictures
AND ILLUSTRATED SONGS. EVERY DAY AT
Glovers Opera House
5 TO 6 and 7 to 10.
Our Amerieus friends are thoroughly pleased
with our daily performances, and have clearly de
monstrated that they love clean pictures and good
songs. Our shows will please you regardless of
the disposition that you might have.
Thursday
“For a Woman’s Sake.” “Amateur Detective.”
“Private Atkins Minds the Baby” and “In Seville.”
Friday
“CINDERELLA” “Views of Paris” and
“A Corsicians Daughter.”
Saturday
“Under the Sea” “Fairy of the Black Rock”
and “Who’ll Do the Washing.”
The Hub and Comedy Theatre Co., New York.
MR. HARRY K. LUCAS, Local Manager.
Windsor Skating Rink will open
tonight for the season. Hereafter
the rink will be ready for nsc from 8
to 10 p. m. Admission to the rink 10
cents. Admission with use of skates
25 cents. Parties bringing their own
skates, admission 15 cents.
Does the President’s daughter want
the Embassy of Germany as a sort of
“wooden wedding” gift?
“Bearsfoot”
For all Blood Taints.
PRICESIOR 3FIR 52.50
Made only by
Davenport Drug Co.
Amerieus, Ga.
PITTSBURG EXCHANGE
TO OPEN MONDAY
PITTSBURG, PA., October 24.
(Special)—While the local stock ex
change is closed again today it is
stated that it will probably open
Monday. Local financial conditions
are good. The $5,000,000 sent by the
Treasury department arrived for dis
tribution among the banks.
