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THE TINIES-RECORDER
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The Tlmes-Recorder is the
Ofl -ial Organ of the City of Amerlcua.
G*S *al Organ of Sumter County.
Olfii'lal Organ of Webster County.
On-la! Organ of Railroad Commission of
O corgi a for. the 8d Congressional District.
4!VISJ?iCUS. GA., OCT. 29 1907.
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Somebody wants to keep the Nor
folk Exposition open another season.
Uncle Sam’s name does not appear on
he petition.
Learned judges will be called on to
give a legal definition of what whis
key is. Most any laymen could give
some kind of an answer.
Italy is having all kinds of earth
quakes, hut the matter is being slight
ed by the daily papers. New York
is having earthquakes which are near
er home.
Secretary Taft is being guarded on
his trip to the Philippine Island from
possible attack. The Filipinos do not
understand how precious is our huge
Secretary.
Count Okuma, of Japan, does not
approve of the sending of the fleet
to the Pacific. “Anything but good
diplomacy,” he says. The count's
opinion was recived too late and the
squadron will have to proceed.
Bryan's brother-in-law has declar
' ad that'the Nebraskan will be a candi
date for the Presidential nomination.
William Jennings has repudiated the
nomination. He doubtless wants to
make a more spectacular announce
ment
.Recently a Nashville, Tenn., preach
er -delivered q sermon in verse and
now an Ohio magistrate has turned
mis marriage ritual into a poetical
ditty. What next?
Another candidate for the place as
one of the Three Wise Men of Go
tham. A Pittsburg carpenter working
,on a high bridge sawed off the end
of the plank upon which he was sit
ting. He was quite jarred.
Thieves took advantage of the ab
sence from home of some of those who
lined up in a run on the New York
hanks last week and looted their
diomes. A knowledge of human nature
is a fine thing even for the thieves.
Missing a cat which he took aim, a
Long Island policeman sot an editor in
the back as the latter was entering his
office. Poor marksmen should keep
in mind that the cat has nine lives
md the editor only one and sometimes
a very uncertain hold on that.
To the mind of the interstate com
mrece commission there is no injus
tice in allowing the Eastern cotton
mills a lower rate to Pacific ports than
o Southern cotton mills, several hun
dreds of miles nearer. It may he pos
sible to holster up eastern cotton
nills for awhile by such discrimina
tions, but the trend Southward of
mills is likely to continue the same.
Ward heelers and political pimps
in New York are having mighty slim
nicking just now. Contributions to
campaign funds have been made so
difficult by the recent law signed by
Gov. Hughes that the big corporations
will refuse to be “fried.” Detailed ac
counts must be kept of all receipts
kad of all expenditures over $5. No
drinks or refreshments of any kind
can he provided except for the travel
ing expenses of candidates or agents.
Before the fires for the Lusitania's
naiden voyage have hardly been bank
ed, it is announced that the Cunard
line has another new ship, larger and
speedier than the Lusitania. The
public will he expected to sit back
an i applaud as the wireless messages
come in when the “very newest”
makes the maiden trip. First voya
ges are getting so common that the
newspapers will have to cut down
''•pace.
WILL COTTON GO LOWER!
While it is a delicate matter to offer
advice to producers and holders of
cotton as to what course they should
pursue at any given time, it will not
he out of place to sound a note of
warning.
Do not rush to sell your cotton.
In the present mix-up in Wall street
—due in part to the speculators who
have hammered cotton values in the
past—efforts will be made to stam
pede the cotton producers and mer
chants into letting loose their cotton I
under the impression that later in the j
season prices for spot cotton will be j
even lower.
The farmer, by discouraging specu
lation, has taken upon himself the
task of financing the cotton crop, and
there is only one way to do that suc
cessfullj', and that is to feed the
crop into the market slowly. The
spinners and their agents will of
course, cry out that the very know
ledge that a part of the crop is being
held hack will work against prices.
But not this the mills are not going
to stop. Its their stocks which are a
far more effective club over prices
than any holding on the part of the
farmers.
To anybody who will put his “think
factory” to work for a single min
ute, it will be evident that a short
ness of stocks at the mills is the
greatest incentive possible to better j
prices for cotton in the hands of the
farmers. The mills are in most in
stances sold far ahead, more than a
year in some instances.
Can the mills afford to pay higher
prices for their supplies? Well, we
rather think so.
Ellison & Co., an eminent English
authority, says in speaking of the
season ending August 31, 1907: “The
past season has been one of cease
less activity among mills. That it
has been profitable is shown by pay
ment of dividends of from 10 to 40
per cent, and in addition bonuses of
20 to 50 per eent of normal share
value.”
Last season's crop was over thir
teen and a half million hales, yet
prices continued to advance to the
very close of the season, the mills ab
sorbing practically all except the very
low grades.
This season’s crop will probably be
a million hales less, while according
to the same English authority, there
will he 6,000,000 additional spindles
and 40,000 new looms.
Should prices he higher or lower
this season as compared with last?
They may he lower if farmers lose
their nerve and try to market all of
their cotton at once.
Now is the crucical test. A surren
der on the part of the farmers would
be a victory for the speculator, who
would say that he was the only salva
tion of the cotton grow r er, and would
also make subsequent holding trebly
difficulty. A victory this season is
worth twice the energy expended in
subsequent seasons.
Sit steady in the boat.
COTTON BIDS LIKELY
TO RULE LOWER
Exchange Commanding Too
High a Premium.
For the next few days it is quite
iikely that the demand for spot cotton
in the Americas- market will not he so
insistent, and prices bid will
he so low that the buyers themselves
will hardly expect tlie producers to
acept. In other words cotton will
only be in demand at bargain prices.
This condition is due almost entire
ly to the unsettled condition of the
foreign exchange market. At the pres
ent time the rates for foreign ex
change are out of all proportion to
what they normally are. Banks are
not caring to handle large foreign
hills of exchange in the present de
moralized state of the exchange mar
ket and in the urgent need for cash
for business on this side of the wa
ter.
‘ The sharp decline in cotton futures
today,” said a local cotton dealer yes
terday, “are due in a great measure to
the inability of exporters to place
hills of exchange except at ruinous
rates. Under these circumstances the
exporter naturally does not care to
load up with cotton. In fact, he can
not afford to do so unless provided
with large sums of ready cash.
“All things considered, the decline
is not a mystery and until the ex
change rates are adjusted and things
get hack to the normal in New York
the. same conditions will probably pre
vail. This will likely take only a very
short time.”
Cabbage Plants For Sale
Hundred thousand selected plants
for fall planting, 10 cts hundred.
10-29-4 t. C. R. WHITLEY.
THE AMERICUS DAILY TIMES-RECORDER, TUESDAY. OCTOBER 29. 1907.
SUEING FOR $lO.-
000.00 DAMAGES
Americus Man In Breach
of Promise Case.
The mock trial under the auspices
of the Daughters of Rebeka will
draw a large audience to Odd Fel
lows’ Hall tonight.
The hearing will begin promptly at
8 o'clock. Mr. Hollis Fort will pre
side as judge. Mr. Macon Dudley,
who is accused of trifling with a lady’s
affection! and who probably stands
an excellent chance of being mulcted
to the tune of SU,OOO, will be de
fended by W. W. Dykes, Esq. The fair
plaintiff, whose affections have been
spurned by the gay lothario, will be
represented by E. A. Nisbet, Esq. Mrs.
John P. Butt will be the plaintiff in
the case.
The devotion of the plaintiff's at
torney to the fair sex, and his well
known chivalric interest in everything
that will affect their welfare, en
sures some outbursts of eloquence
that will alone be worth the price of
admission.
Through a violation of the confi
dence it can be stated that Mr. Nis
bet has sedulously studied the case
at issue for several days, and has
committed to memory some very apro
pos bits of verse that will find a pro
per place in his appeal to the jury,
His friends, especially among the gen
tler portion of the community, look
forward to a great display of forensic
ability.
Americus juries are prone to lean
with partiality toward the woman in
all litigation. The interests of the
defendant, however, will be well look
ed after by Attorney Dykes, and there
will be some lively sparring between
him and his brother at the bar. At
torney Nisbet will probably endeavor
to sweep the jury off their feet by
the power of his eloquence, while
Attorney Dykes will appeal to their
sense of equity and justice in a less
impassioned manner.
Mrs. T. A. Cole and Mrs. W. W.
Roberts are a committee of ladies
in charge of the entertainment. The
proceeds will be for the benefit of the
lodge. This mock trial gives prom
ise of being one of the most amusing
and laughable entertainments of the
season in Americus.
BRYAN DOES NOT
BLAME ROOSEVELT
NEW YORK, October 28. (Special)
—That the present financial distur
bances are not one to the work of
President Roosevelt is the tribute paid
by Bryan, his most conspicious oppo
nent in the Democratic side of the
house.
“It would be unfair to hold Presi
dent Roosevelt wholly responsible for
the situation,” said Mr. Bryan. “He
should not be criticised for attacking
manifest evils, but I do not mean to
say that he has been wise in all that
he has said and done.”
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j begins with September It X
and ends with April.
The soup season
W begins with January and ends
M with December. Therefore m
I Oysterettes \
are in season every day in every
month of every year.
1 Oysterettes—oyster crackers with a
» a taste that improves the flavor J?
« of oysters, soup and chowder. $$
% Always fresh in moisture M
% dust proof packages Jf Ms
TALES OF THE TOWN
TOLD IN LEW LINES
Pencil Stubs Picked lip Al
Random
Waterman’s Ideal automatic self
filling Fountain Pens, with points tc
suit all who write. M. S. HOLLIDAY.
Americus merchants did not com
plain of any marked dullness in busi
ness cicrcles yesterday as the effect of
declining cotton values.
For the first time in just a year the
cotton market broke under ten cents
yesterday, when contracts, fell to 9.88.
And it may go even lower.
The atmosphere yesterday felt de
cidedly chilly to those who took
the advice to hold cotton for 15 cents,
and are still holding it.
Wagon loads of cotton pickers
again hiked for the white fields of
Sumter yesterday, and more of the
staple will be picked this week.
X
Even if cotton has dropped to ten
cents our farmers have already sold
21,500 bales here at prices ranging
from 10 1-4 to 13 1-2 cents.
Overcoats were visible in Americus
yesterday, although not a necessity
by any means —at least for the fellow
who hasn't redeemed his.
Rev. Allen Fort will arrive today
from Dublin to officiate tomorrow
evening at the Simmons-Statham mar
riage here.
i A corps of surveyors arrived here
yesterday to survey the DeSoto plan
tation, recently by Messrs.
Sheffield and Rylander7
Much interest was manifested by
Americus prohibitionists yesterday in
the result of the whiskey election in
Birmingham.
T. M. Furlow, Jr., is the name of a
brand new Americus citizen who
came yesterday, a welcomed addition
to a happy home here.
Matzoni will be the attraction here
today, breaking out of jail and shed
ding the handcuffs as easily as he
would his coat.
Chief McAruthur is taking a brief
holiday, and goes to Macon this morn
ing to spend two days attending the
State Masonic conclave.
If there is not a nipping frost this
morning old Jack F. will miss a fine
opportunity. Goodbye to the flowers
and vegetables.
Two small boys have already been
severely burned here by carrying
boxes of pistol caps in their pockets.
Better suppress it now.
Up to this time farmers have sold
in Americus cotton to the value of
nearly one and a quarter million dol
lars. Panics will not scare them.
Atlanta papers are working the
loud pedal in their efforts to get the
1909 meeting of the G. A. R. Even
a red hot stove is not safe when At
lanta is around.
WARLICK’S STORE,
PLANTERS BANK BUILDING.
Read TEiis List of
Goods at Low Prices.
Good outing sc. yard; sea island 5 cents yard, bleaching 5c yard
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- so
you get the benefit.
W arlick’s Store,
THE STORE THAT SELLS THE SAME 6000 S LOR LESS MONEY
“Bearsfoot”
For ail Blood Taints.
PRICES! 8113 FI $2.50
Made only by
Davenport Drug Co.
Americus, Ga.
NEGRC UNDESIRABLE
IN BALTIMORE
BALTIMORE, MD„ October 23
(Special)—ln the hope of stemming
the tide of negroes who are settling
in Northwest Baltimore, the Neigh
borhood Improvement Association
proposes to hold a general convention '
of the improvement associations of
the city in the near future.
At a meeting Recently Col. Winfield
Porter, who welcomed the association
on behalf of the McCulloch Street Im
provement association declared that
a negro was a “negro” and not “a
colored gentleman.”
“All the way to Roosevelt,” Colonel
Peters declared, "there is a tendency
to give the negro power over white
men. This society, which you resi
dents have formed has started on its
work quietly, hut growing like the
grain of mustary seed, will become
a powerful factor in the city.”
OKLAHOMA FORGOOT
THE TOOTH POWDER
NEW YORK, Oct. 28.—(Special)
A Washington dispatch says:
“Robert L. Owen, the Senator-to-be
from the new state of Oklahoma, came
to Washington and made the Presi
dent’s acquaintance.
“ ‘Mr. Owen,’ said the President, ‘I ?
have only one criticism to make on the
new constitution you have adopted in
your state. It fails to prescribe the
kind of tooth powder a true Oklaho
man must use. Why this omission,
when it regulated everything else un
der the sun?”
“ ‘lt was an oversight, Mr. Presi
dent,’ said Owen, apologetically, ‘but
we reckon on fixing that by statute.’ ”
Rates on Mexican railways . have
just been advanced 12 per cent after
a conference between the railroad
commission and the railroad officials.
That’s not the Georgia way.