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Duncan’s Store.
Children’s Hose “Seck
ond at Half price.”
It would be a pity to brand these
splendid stockings “seckonds,” if do
ing so did not get you two pairs for
the price of one, for the wearing
qualities are not the least affected by
the slight defects otherwise we would
not sell them at any price, they are
of fast black cotton spliced heels
and toes double knee occasionaly a
drop stitch nothing more serious,
but small sizes in this lot the regular
goods sell for 10 and 12%c the price
for this lot of “seckonds” pair sc.
Then here aie regular perfect
goods from our stock Misses and
children’s heavy ribbed hose high
spliced heels and toes, double knee
all sizes, regularly sold for 12%c
here for this sale at per pair Bc.
Heavy ribbed hose for boy’s sizes 7
to 10 extra heavy spliced heels and
toes double knee, equal to any 20c
hose on the market, very special
here sale price pair 12%c.
Ladies black seameless hose high
spliced heels and toes all sizes, a
grade never before offered for less
than 12 y 2 c here sale price pair 10c,
Ladies black hose, white feet, reg
ular and extra sizes, no charge for
the extra sizes, regular 25c values,
here sale price pair 15c.
Men’s fast black and tan half hose
high spliced heels and toes, equal in
every way to grades selling here for
15c, here for this sale at pair 10c.
Men’s fine mercerized finish half
hose, extra high spliced heels and
toes, all sizes, the regular 25c grade,
here for this sale at per pair 19c.
DUNCAN MERCANTILE CO.
115 and 117 Forsyth St. John R. Shaw’s Old Stand.
SMALL NET LOSSES j
IN COTTON MARKET
Some Producers Unwilling j
to Accept Decline. 1
At the opening cotton jumped sev
eral points yesterday as compared
with the close for Thursday, the
strength being due to a better Liver
pool than due at the time the Ameri
can markets began operations. The
large offerings of cotton soon broke
the market and values dipped 10 to
15 points below the early prices for
the session. At 10 o’clock the census
report giving the amount of cotton
ginned to October 18, the
figures being 4,089,336, as against 4,-
900,000 at the same time last season.
The general expectation had been
some 200,000 bales more, but the re
port was incomplete, 69 counties
failing to report. Prices rallied a
little on the report, but sagged again
in the afternoon equal to the depres
sion of the morning. Covering by
shorts in the latter part of the session
steadied prices and the close was at
net losses of 2 to 7 points at New York
and 1 to 3 points at New Orleans.
Spots in the former market were quo
ted 15 points lower and in the latter
1-8 of a cent below the previous day.
Liverpool' spots were quoted 5 points
higher with sales of 7,000 bales. Fu
tures closed 4 to 7 points lower for
the day. The receipts at Savannah
were 13,915 bales and at Galveston
7,210. The estimate for all ports to
day is 53,000 against 65,959 the same
day last year.
Prices in the local spot market are
reduced 1-4 of a cent, with transac
tions at this price and a little higher.
The demand was fair at the decline,
but nearly half of the day’s supplies
were carried over by factors under
orders to await an improvement in
price. The wagon receipts for the day
were 584 bales.
THE QUOTATIONS
IN AMERICUS
Cotton Market as Reported Daily
by L. G. Council.
Americus, Ga., Oct. 25. —We quote
the local cotton market quiet, as fol
lows: Day
Yesterday 11 fore
Good Middling 10} lOj
Middling 10 D'T
Low Middling 9} 9}
THE \MERICt S DAILY TIMES-RECORDER, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 26, 1907.
Underwear.
Men’s ribbed undershirts, winter
weight, all sizes from 34 to 44, very
elastic. They are the same grade
used by some stores for a 39c lead
er, here in this sale per garment 25c.
Men’s heavy fleeced lined shirts
and drawers, extra heavy weight, al
so medium weight shirts and drawers
to match. Well worth 75c per gar
ment, here for this sale at per gar
ment 48c.
Men’s union ribbed undershirts,
very elastic, several colors, all sizes,
34 to 42. Never before known to sell
for less than 50c, very special here
at per garment 39c.
Misses fleeced white undervests,
bleached, white silk tape neck, all
sizes, regular selling prices 25c to
50c, here in this sale price 15c to 35c.
Ladies’ fleeced ribbed winter vest
and pants, just this case to be sold at
this price. The manufacturers want
more than our retail price for this
grade, as long as this lot lasts we
will sell at per garment 25c.
Ladies’ bleached winter underwear,
shirts and pants to match, medium
and heavy weights, silk tape neck,
very elastic, regular and extra sizes,
very special here for this sale at per
garment 48c.
An Opportunity Unpar
alleled-Lace Curtains
One-Third Off.
There is always some room in the
house that requires effective yet in
expensive curtains. Our stock is the
largest we have ever shown, we were
fortunate in securing a couple hun-
NEW YORK FUTURES.
New York,Oct. 25,—Spots: Middling
at 10.95. Contracts opened steady
and closed quiet.
Open Close
Dec 10.60 10.43
Jan 10 40 10.18
March 10.38 10.24
savannah.
Savannah,Ga.Oct. 25,— Steady. Spots
middling 10.56} cents.
NEW ORLEANS.
New Orleans, La. Oct. 25. —Spots;
middling 10| cents.
LIVERPOOL.
Liverpool, Oct. 25. —The cotton mar
kit opened firm and closed steady
Spots: Middling uplands 6.19
WAREHOUSE RECEIPTS.
Received yesterday by wagon 584
Received previously by wagon 20,269
Total to date 20,853
CLARK & CO S COTTON LETTER
•
NEW YORK, October 25.—Influen
ced by buying orders from this side
by operators who were trying to se
cure a good basis on which to put
out a fresh line of short cotton, Liver
pool showed on
the opening. The advance there was
reflected in our opening bid of forty
for January, but an avalanche of sell
ing orders sent this option to 28 on
the call. On its face the ginners
might be called bullish, but every med
al has its reverse, and the fact that
more than 200 ginners failed to re
port is conclusive evidence there has
been ginned to date as much cotton
as last year. Lured to their financial
destruction by officers of cotton asso
ciations who promised great things
and did nothing, the Texas planter
is now desperate and will throw his
I crop on the market regardless of
! price. Spot cotton is losing its prem
ium at a rapid rate, and not now, but
soon, spots will sell below futures.
The seductive influences of the money
market have played sad havoc with
cotton, and there is no earthly chance
of bulling cotton on a record break
. ing crop. Sell it.
CLARK & CO.
The attention of the automobile
world will center during the week on
the big motor car shows in New
York city. The exhibition which has
held forth in the Grand Central Pal
ace for one week will continue until
Thursday and two days later, on Sat
urday, will come the opening of the
big annual automobile show in Mad
ison Square Garden.
dred pairs from a New York Import
er retiring from business, and have
made the prices for this sale as fol
lows :
SI.OO Values Pr 67c.
$1.25 Values Pr 83c.
$1.50 Values Pr sl-00
$1.75 Values Pr. $1.17
$2.00 Values Pr. $1.33
$2.50 Values Pr. $1.67
$3.00 Values Pr. $2.00
$3.50 Values Pr. $2.44
$4.00 Values Pr. $2.67
$5.00 Values Pr. $3.34
Torchon Lace 5c Yard.
Twenty-five hundred yards ma
chine made torchon lace in very
wide widths, beautiful patterns, edg
ings and insertings to match, some
of the patterns are fine 10c values,
now at per yard sc.
Ladie’s Belts at 15c.
They are the samples of one of the
largest belt manufacturers, every
style and width will be found in this
lot. The cheapest one was made to
sell for 25c and others were made to
retail at sl, the entire lot is placed on
center table and offered your choice
for this sale at 15c.
Shawls and Fascinators,
Because these were bought over
eight months ago before the advance
they are worth about thirty per cent
more now. We have not changed our
prices a cent, but have reduced many
numbers at below their actual worth.
Prices range from 15c to 75c.
NEGRO WAS LINED LOR
HAVING THE PISTOL
Doing an Errand Caused
Him Trouble.
In the city court yesterday John
Walker, an industrious negro living
in the Fifteenth district, was fined SSO
for carrying a pistol. The trial grew
out of a highly sensational case occur
ring there recently, wherein Walker
was sent at night by his employer to
a rural mailbox to bring back a let
ter for him, supposed to be in the box.
When the old negro approached the
box he was fired upon by men lying in
ambush and who expected the com
ing of some one for the letter. Old
Walker was captured and a pistol,
which he stated then was handed him
a minute before by the man who sent
him to the box, found in his posses
sion. Walker declared that he only
held the pistol in his hand, but the
evidence was against him and a fine
of SSO was imposed upon the old man,
who seems to have been made the goat
in the recent affair.
VEHICLES NOW EILL UP
OLD OFFICE OF HOTEL
Landmark oF Americus Dis
appears.
In the renovation of the Allen
House property the large office rooms
on the Cotton avenue side are oblitera
ted, and the place wherein the visi
tor once inscribed his name upon the
register and for a quarter century was
given a welcome, is no more forever.
Since the lease of the Allen House
property to the Hotel Windsor man
agement the office has been closed,
and now is converted into another
mart of trade. A carriage repository
now marks the site of the old hotel
office, and rows of buggies take place
of the rows of guests. The great ar
cade overhead is likewise obliterated
and the entire aspect of the office
changed. The greater part of the
balcony, if not all of it, will like
wise be pulled down and other alter
ations made in the improvement of
the property.
Hard to see how the Rockefellers
make so much money out of the Stan
dard Oil Company when they know
so little about its business.
The Hague Peace Conference has
softly breathed its last.
SAVANNAH AFTER
CAR COMPANY PLANT
Fire at Waycross Leads to
Pulling.
SAVANNAH, GA„ October 25.
(Special)—Every effort will be made
by Savannah to have the Atlantic Car
and Manufacturing Company rebuild
on the ground it owns here rather
than at the old site in Waycross.
As a result of the fire Wednesday
night the plant was destroyed and it
will be necessary to rebuild. City
Council has plainly stated its position
in the matter by resolutions passed at
an extra session yesterday and the
Chamber of Commerce, the Board of
Trade and the Cotton Exchange are
expected to fall in line and work the
project.
Fire in Savannah
When the plant here burned about
a year ago instead of rebuilding, the
plant at Waycross was enlarged and
since then all of the business has
been done there. Now that plant is
in ashes and as the company has a
site here, and as the freight and labor
conditions in Savannah are far super
ior to those in Waycross, it appears
Savanah has a good chance to get the
concern back.
The Chamber of Commerce will co
operate with the city in the effort to
get the directors of the car works to
rebuild in Savanah. As soon as he
learned of the fire Maj. W. V/. Wil
liamson, president of the chamber,
wrote a letter to an official of com
pany inquiring whether a proposition
to come back here would be consider
ed.
CINDERELLA IS GIVEN
at Theatre
Juveline Americus went en massee
to the matinee yesterday to witness
the production of “Cinderella” in
moving pictures. Nearly every seat
in the parquet was taken, and a host
of little folks enjoyed the show. The
presentation of the pictures was
faultless, and Manager Lucas receiv
ed many compliments upon the suc
cess of the exhibition. While the au
dience at matinee was made up mostly
of ladies and children an audience of
adults, almost as large, saw “Cinder
ella” last night. Other views will be
presented this evening.
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accounts with Times-Recorder.
FOR SALE.
FOR SALE —Registered Berkshire
Pigs farrowed July Ist. 50 pounds.
(Sire) Selma’s Lee, of Belmont N0.96,-
459. (Dam) Holyrood’s Charmer No.
95,915, American Berkshire Records.
GEO. D. WHEATLEY. 2td-2t-w..
FOR SALE AT ONCE—2SO acres
of land, 7 miles of Americus, and 2
miles north east of Plains. Adjoining
lands of Bob Stewart, Dr. Wise, et al.
See C. J. O’HAGAN, Americus, Ga.
18-19-w-25-Nov. 1.
TEN Thousand winter cabbage
plants for sale. Now is the time to
put them out. Twenty-five cents a |
hundred. E. J. McGEHEE. 21-6 t. j
FOR RENT
FOR RENT —2 rooms furnished or |
unfurnished for light housekeeping, i
Phone 141, or cal! at 515 Hampton j
street. 24-1 w
FOR RENT—S room house, on Fe! !
der street. Apply to Mrs. I). M. Mayo,!
16 Felder street. 19-1 w. j
FOR RENT —Five room house with j
city water. Corner Beil ani Harrold j
A\emit. A. W. SMITH.
WAN I ED
WANTED— By a youhg couple two!
nice rooms for light housekeeping, j
Phone 247. It
CABBAGE PLANTS, First ship
ment expected Tuesday. Early Jersey
Wakefields. Drumheads and Success
ions, best varieties for fall planting.
Place orders now. MATT HART.
WANTED—Seasoned oak wood. Mrs.
F. A. HOOPER, College street. ts.
WANTED—Roofs to repair, make;
tight and paint. Phone 315. C. P. j
PAYNE.
TALES OF THE TOWN
TOLD IN FEW LINEi
Pencil Stubs Picked Up Al
Random
Waterman’s Ideal automatic self
filling Fountain Pens, with points to
suit all who write. M. S. HOLLIDAY.
It would seem necessary for the city
to keep a policeman at the Central de
pot to prevent fools from jumping on
rapidly moving trains.
Americus merchants are feeling but
little the decline in cotton prices. The
dry goods dealers reported a fine trade
yesterday.
The blackbirds were still plucked of
their plumage in the city court yester
day. The hoppers rattled on, with
Cuff between the rocks.
There was a large attendance last
night at the opening of the Windsor
skating rink, and the season awheel
promises to be excellent.
/ Americus financiers beleve the situ
‘ation in New York is fast clearing up.
The result will undoubtedly prove
highly beneficial. J
George Dudley is now feeding coal
into the capacious maw of a Seaboard
locomotive. As fireman he will keep
things red hot.
The recruits sent gangward from
the city court this week will crowd the
zebra corral up to near the seventy
five figure.
TWO ROBBERS SNATCH
GOVERNMENT MONEY
PHILADELPHIA, PA., October 25.
(Special)—Two men grabbed $9,000
in bills at the sub-treasury this morn
ing and ran. They were pursued by
clerks and in their flight threw the
money under a car. The robbers were
captured.
ATLANTA DISPROVES
CHANLER’S HOPES
ATLANTA, GA„ October 25.—(Spec
ial) —Lieut. Gov. Chanler of New
York, spoke to a great crowd at the
state fair at noon today. He was in
troduced by Senator Clay. He advo
cated tariff reforms and discussed
prosperity. At night he was enter
tained with a dinner at the Kimball.
The consensus of opinion here is that
he is not fit Presidential timber.
Our T ext —
“TROUBLE”
We are here to
sell you things to / i|JPL \
wear. We want l jjh ,\ J
to do it, and we N ■/ 1
\ ■ $ (\
have the things, U_. ft j
timed to the min- ] \j\
ute—topnotchers. 1.
(A ; i|*
Some men hesi
■ % is
tate to “shop”— I
I Til I*l LABEL STANDS FOB S3YF.ARS
=•===:OF KNOWING HOW rra
think they must |gg|
buy or they are l | *‘—
“troubling” us. They are not. To
show them what we have—to try
on our Stein-Bloch-made Fall Smart
Clothes, and fit them is no trouble
—it is a pleasure. Come in. You
are the man we want.
RYLANDER SHOE COMPANY.
HAS COMPULSORY
ARBITRATION FAILED?
New Zealand's Experiment
In Trouble.
AUK LAND, NEW ZEALAND, Octo
ber 25.—(Special)—Since the passag®
of New Zealand’s Industrial Concilia
tion and Arbitration act of 1904, mak
ing arbitration of labor disputes com
pulsory and giving a court power to
fix wages, strikes have naturally been
few and of brief duration.
But early in the present year, dur
ing the busy season slaughtermen of
two meat-freezing establishments near
Wellington “went-out” to enforce a
demand for an increase of 25 per
cent in wages. The employers offered
to refer the dispute to the Arbitration
Court, but this was refused, and
they had to compromise.
The success of the strike led to
srtikes in many places. The Govern
ment was powerless to prevent th®
strikes, but endeavored to enforce the
law which makes individuals who
strike subject to a fine of SSO. Ulti
mately a fine of $25 was imposed by
the Arbitration Court on each of the
strikers, the fine being collectible by
ordinary civil process—the first time
the penal provisions of the arbitra
tion act have been applied.
As the object of the act was to pre
vent strikes, the conclusion of the
general public in New Zealand is that
the arbitration act has practically
been broken down. The labor ele
ment, which formerly favored it and
applauded it now is dissatisfied with
it.
During its first years the decisions
of the court were chiefly in their fav
or, but the limit having been reached
and the decisions being recently in
favor largely of the employers, the
president of the court is denounced
and the demand is made that the office
he made elective—a proposal quite
contrary to British and colonial pre
cedent.
From the point of view of the em
ployers the act is valueless, lacking
machinery for keeping industry going.
It is impossible in a democratic coun
try to make a large number of voters
work when they are determined, not
to do so, just as it is impossible to
compel employers, though a minority,
to continue in business after it ceases
to be profitable.
New Zealand’s experiment has been
regarded hopefully and the visit has
been cherished that the present crisis
may be safely passed.
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