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4 THE HftiES-RECORDER DAfLY AND WEEKIY, The MKRicva Rboordbb, Established IW9 The ‘ meiuucsTimbs, Established 1890. 0 ' t coated, April. t; ASCRIPTION RATES: DA LY, line year $6.00 !}AILY, one month T WEEKLY, one year 51,00 WEEKLY, six month* ™ tairsss all letters and snake remittances lavable to THK TiaEB'BBOOKDSKI America*, 6-. THOMAS GAMBLE, JS.J Editor and Proprietor. C. W, CORNFORTH, Associate Editor. ,4. W. FL'RLOW, City Editor. Editorial Room Telephone 99. 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. ■ *■ 1 ■ "" 1,1 —■ 111 ""'*—** AMIRICUS. GA., OCT. 25 1907 e-r 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. . f 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.