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C. W, CORNFORTH.
Associate Editor.
■J. W. FL'RLOW, City Editor.
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The Times-Recorder is the
Ufflcial Organ of the City of Americas,
Official Organ of Sumter County.
Offlclal Organ of Webster County.
Official Organ of Railroad Commission o! j
Georgia for the Sd Congressional District, j
AMERICUS. GA., OCT. 26, 1907
■■ i l ——"f—**.
It does seem a little awkward to
refer to the departing battleships as j
the “pacific squadron.”
Watson’s Weekly is howling “Wux-1
tra, wuxtra” at Gov. Smith much like |
a metropolitan newsboy.
Chattanooga is making arrange
ments to supply the Georgia thirst
after Jan. 1, with “non-intoxicating j
nectarine.” The name sounds nice,!
but is it?
On a funeral pyre consisting of
fourteen sticks of dynamite a j
West Virginia man touched off |
the fuse which blew r him into bits, j
He must have thought he had four- j
teen or more lives.
As was to be expected the Presi
dent was “delighted” with his trip j
.South. He is back at his office in
jime to see the little boys making!
?aces at each other in Wall street, j
The German government is prepar- j
Ing to establish an imperial brandy j
monopoly and to raise the price. Just j
so the beer schooner is left unchang- j
sd in size and price there will be no J
■riot in the Fatherland.
Mrs. Nicholas Longworth has as
pirations for a diplomatic career
for her husband. It is said that the
Berlin Embassy looks good, the ob
jection being the great cost of main
taining an establishment. Its a great
::trial to be poor.
John D. Rockefeller “lent a hand”
in the crisis Thursday by placing a
big sum with a New York bank. He
also gave out an interview calculated
to reassure the timid. The head of
the Standard is “loosening up” in
more ways than one.
Germany and France had a close
race for the balloon long distance
championship, the former winning by j
some six miles. The best that Amer- |
ica could do was to cover third and \
fourth places. Hot air is in such ;
demand in this country for other pur- j
poses that there was not enough to I
go around.
In an intense fit of disgust Col.
Watterton, editor of the Courier Jour- j
nal, has “chucked” both political par- j
ties to the scrap heap. In fact things j
political have gone to the bow-wows,
according to the Kentucky Colonel. A;
bromo-seltzer and a good night's rest
ought to help him,
1
Some of the Atlanta papers are;
exed over a change of schedule of
five minutes in one of the Central's j
suburban trains. No notice had been j
published that the train would leave
five minutes earlier and somebody got
left. Atlanta's hospitality should over- j
look a little thing like that.
No necessity exists for widening
the Panama canal beyond the 100-foot j
project, is the opinion of Maj. Har-!
Tod, a former member of the com
mission. He says that the largest j
vessels have a beam of only 8S
feet. A margin of twelve feet would J
seem to be good enough for a genera-*
tion or two.
‘The sun is still shining,” says an
interview in the New York Times.
“When Wall street is depressed we
must remember that the sun has !
shone past the critical period in the
corn crop and well into the period of
the cotton crop.” After all, what is
here of alarm, except as the result
of frenzied financiers In New York?
Crops are good and prosperity reigns
except in spots where the control of
New York men is in evidence. Yes,
the sun is still shining and there’s
nothing to be alarmed about.
PURGING THE CORPORATIONS,
Events of the past few days in
j Wall street have revealed conditions
at which the world of finance stands
aghast. Heroic measures were taken
by the New York Clearing House to
cut out the well known “high finan
ciers” in their number, to the end
that their business might be render
ed more secure.
When Thomas W. Lawson began
his attacks on “the system” in Every
body’s Magazine two years ago his
disclosures were derided and looted
it. Stupendous as were his dis
closures of loot and robbery in high
finance, both in the insurance com
panies and in industrial combina
tions, his articles would be mild read
ing now if placed side by side with
later developments. It was another
case where not more than half had
been told.
President Roosevelt has also push
ed the war int othe camps of the loot
ers of railroads and added still fur
ther to the disclosures.
Turning on the light was the thing
most needed, and this has been done
so thoroughly that every one who
reads the papers is informed of the
movements of financial enterprises, |
which formerly acted so secretively
that their doings were a sealed book
to the general public. This was just
what the managers desired and left
them free to carry on their schemes
unhindered.
But out of it all will come good.
Government supervision of corpora
tions will render such juggling as
marked the Chicago & Alton deal an
impossibility. Securities of semi-pub- j
lie corporations will in the end be j
more attractive to the small* inves- j
tor, who wall be protected against j
manipulators whose favorite scheme
was to “freeze out” the small inves
tors and eat the whole pudding.
Once the patient has recovered from
his illness and honesty in the man-!
agement of corporations become the j
rule, a recovery in the prices of meri- 1
torious securities can be looked for. j
The field of safe investment will be j
thus broadened and the whole coun- J
try will get the benefit.
The day of stealing and loot in j
high executive positions of great cor- j
porations would seem to be over. So
let it be!
REPORT EDSA L FOE
CENTRAL SfOCK DENIED
President Hanson Hears
From Oakley Thorne.
Grave doubt has already been cast
upon the authenticity of the repqrt
from New York that Oakley Thorne
has disposed of his holdings of
the Central of Georgia stock. The
story was sent out by a news agency
connected with the New York Sun.
President Hanson, of Macon, on
Thursday received a message from
Mr. Thorne which says:
“Absoutely no change in situation.”
In discussing the report Maj. Han
son said: “I have no recent informa
tion about a sale of the controlling
interest of stock in the Central ex
cept what I have seen in a local pa
per.
Canges of Troubles
“The financial conditions are at
| tributable to some extent to money
| stringency throughout the world. In
| addition to this, the war on corpora
| tions in general and railroads spec
j ifically, has paralyzed the credit of
! all the railroads in the country. This
j had resulted in an almost unprece
dented decline in railroad securities
I and has caused a general suspension
in railroad development. This has
reacted upon the industrial establish
* merits of the country by reason of the
i loss of the demand from the railroads
for supplies of eevry character. The
reduction of forces and the curtail
ment of output in many cases, and
I the closing of osme estab
-1 lishuients and the bankruptcy of
others, has created a want of con
i fidence and even a general feeling of
| alarm with reference to the
| general depression and even
stagnation in all branches of business
i that is sure to come unless a change
takes place through which confidence
| will be restored in railroad and indus
; trial securities.
Abie to Avert Crash
“The men in charge of the situa
tion in New York will probably be
' able to avert a general crash at this
| time, but it is sure to come later on
| unless political demagogues and agi
tators are silenced.
“There have been no crop failures
or other disasters to produce a pan
ic, and outside of the influences nam
ed, there is no reason why in a sea
son of the greatest prosperity the
country has ever known that confi
dence in all of its enterprises should
be destroyed.”
Another Rumor
A dispatch from Richmond says
THE AMERICUS DAILY TIMES-RECORDER, SATURDAY. OCTOBER 26. 1907.
that the Central has been sold to the
Norfolk & Southern, which owns a
network of lines in eastern North Car
olina, with Norfolk as the main port.
Railroad men consulted in Rich
mond did not seem able to compre
hend the report at first or to explain
the reason why the Norfolk and Sou
thern should acquire possession of a
system with which it had no con
necting link. From Raleigh, N. C., to
which point the line has just been
opened, there are projected roads to
Augusta, Ga., and Charleston, S. C.,
the ownership of which has been
somewhat in dispute. The general
idea among them is that the Norfolk
and Southern will get control of the
road from the capital of North Caro
lina to Augusta, there to connect with
the Central of Georgia, if there is any
truth in the report of the sale to the
Norfolk & Southern.
KENTUCKY PASSING
TO PROHIBITION
Rev. J. L. Irvin Back From
Visit to Old Home.
Rev. J. L. Irvin returned Thursday
night from a visit to his old home at
Clay City, Ky., where his parents re
side. This w r as his annual visit to
the Blue Grass state.
“Kentucky is getting into the ranks
of the prohibition states,” said Mr.
Irvin yesterday.” Out of the 124
counties in the state 100 are dry.
Counties in which the larger cities are
located are still “wet,” but a town
under 10,000 inhabitants where the
sale of whiskey is legalized is rare.
“In the present campaign the Demo
cratic candidate for Governor, Mr.
Hagar, is making prohibition the is
sue. He favors the movement to abol
ish the saloons. The Republican can
didate is said to be dodging the issue
with the hope of landing the liquor
men, though he also is after the anti
saloon voters.
“The great majority of the people
of Kentucky are in hearty favor of
prohibition. I think it will come coun
ty by county until the legislature fin
ally passes a state prohibition law as
Georgia has done.
“As to the motives for the crusade
against liquor in the home of Bourbon
whiskey, they are largely the same as
here, except that the feuds among the
mountaineers cut something of a
figure. The negroes and laborers are
to be protected against liquor, both on
account of the homicides and on ac
count of the injury to labor. I should
also mention the growth of Christian
sentiment, which looks on the traffic
with an increasing horror.
“Kentucky seems to be headed tow
ards being a dry state, strange as it
will sound to those who know of the
state's reputation in the past as the
home of famous brands of drinks.”
Senator Platt isn't saying a word
about Postmaster-General Meyer’s
parcels-post proposition. He realizes
that a word in the Senate when he
gets back there will be worth a doz
en speeches now.—Philadelphia In
quirer.
"Families Supplied With Oysters,”
Says the Oysterman.
"Families Supplied With Oysterettes,”
Says the Grocerman.
And thus they join hands on
the good things of life.
Oysterettes
'9gslr
The oyster cracker with a taste
to it, always crisp and fresh,
in moisture-proof packages.
NATIONAL BISCUIT COMPANY
A SHOWER OF GIFTS
FALLS AT A PARTY
Unique and Pleasant Occa
sion Here.
Quite an unique affair was that of
yesterday afternoon, when the ladies
of the Presbyterian church entertain
ed with a “kitchen shower” at the res
idence of Mr. and Mrs. Becot, on Col
lege street. The occasion was in hon
or of the beloved pastor and his wife,
Rev. and Mrs. J. L. Irvin, who, after
the first of November will be “at
home” to their friends in their pretty
new home on Jackson avenue, the
handsome gift of Mrs. C. A. D. Haw
kins.
Mrs. Becot was assisted in receiv
ing by Mrs. Crawford Wheatley and
Miss Alice Wheatley.
Each article of kitchen furniture
was accompanied by a card bearing
the name of the donor, and a verse ex
tolling the beauty and usefulness of
the gift. The Muse stalked abroad
with majestic mein, and quite a num
ber of unsuspected poetess’ were un
earthed, much to their own surprise,
as well as that of their friends.
Russian tea and a delicious salad
course was served during the after
noon, and all present were unanimous
in pronouncing the occasion one of
the pleasantest of the passing year.
WAGON WAS STRUCK BY
A TRAIN ON CENTRAL
Narrow Escape at Ameri
cus Depot.
An accident which came near cost
ing the life of an old negro and his
two mules occurred yesterday at the
Cotton avenue crossing in the Cen
tral Railway yards here, the result
of a collision between a freight train
and a country wagon. The train had
come to a stop, with the caboose near
the crossing, when the old darkey
driving, two mules to an empty cot
ton wagon, started to cross the tracks.
At the same moment it is said, the
freight train backed upon him. The
wagon and driver were upset and, to
gether with the mules, dragged sever
al feet ere the signal to stop the
train could be given. The old negro,
who lives on the Sim Allen place, was
bruised but not seriously hurt, though
the mules were injured to some ex
tent. That all were not killed cut
right seems almost a miracle. The
old negro svas carrying home a bunch
of “darkey’s delight,” and his first
query when set upon his pegs was
“whar’s dem mullet fish.”
Mr. Fish’s victories over Mr. Har
riman seem to be somewhat on the
order of those sad but glorious vic
tories of Spain during the war with j
Uncle Sam. I
The New York financial market is
suffering more than anything else
from a scarcity of lambs.
A soft answer may turn away
wrath, but it takes more than that to
turn a fellow down.
WARLICK’S STORE,
PLANTERS BANK BUILDING.
Read Tliis List of
Goods at Low Prices. 1 ,
Good outing sc. yard; sea island 5 cents yard, bleaching scyard
Wool cashmere in all colors at 25c a yard. Better grades of
cashmere in colors and plaids at 35c and 50c a yard.
Yard wide taffeta silk in black and colors, SI.OO a yard, good
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, up-
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’
you get the benefit. ,<
Warlick’s Store,
THE STORE THAT SELLS THE SAME GOODS FOR LESS MONEY
“Bearsfoot”
For ail Blood Taints.
PRICESIIR 3FHR $2.50
Made only by
Davenport Drug Co.
Americas, Ga.
COAST LINE SHOPS
SHUT AT MONTGOMERY
Probably Reopen Nov. I
With Smaller Force.
MONTGOMERY, AHA., October 25.
—(Special)—Following closely on
the reduction of force at the Western
shops, came a complete shut-down
yesterday morning of the shops of the
Atlantic Coast Line in West End. The
closing of the shops was caused by
a lack of appropriation. That was
the cause directly, but the cause of
that was the drastic legislation and
great reduction in passenger and
freight tariffs in Georgia, Alabama
and North Carolina.
Under normal conditions, the force
employed at the Coast Line shops
numbers something over 300 men, and
Master Mechanic Persall says that the
average monthly pay-roll was $16,000.
“For some time past, however,”
continued Mr. Pearsall, “we have
been gradually reducing the force at
the shops, the monthly pay-roll be
ing reduced $6,000. Now we are or
dered to close the shops entirely, and
from today until* November 1, they will
be shut down, with the exception of
a small force to carry on the actual
operating necessities.
“November Ist, I suppose, the
shops will be opened again, though I
have no idea that there will be the
customary force.”
A Pittsburg exchange claims that
the people there have more money per
capita than the people of any other
city in America. No mention is made
of the wickedness per capita, hut
that is doubtless as great as the fin
ancial showing.—Washington Post.