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Duncan’s Store.
Sensational Sale Os Fifty Ladies
Swell $25 to $35 Suits to Be
Sold at Nineteen Dollars.
By far the best suits that you ever
saw offered in Americus at such a
pr'ce. The models are the popular
manish semi-fitted coats, \iued with
guaranteed silk and satin, pleated
skirts.
The materials are as good as you
ever saw used in a suit selling from
$25 to $35. All colors and sizes. This
lot of fifty will be placed on sale here
Monday, October 28th, with a special
price for your choice at, per suit,
Blankets at 69c Pair.
Monday morning we will place on
sale two cases full size cotton blank
ets at the lowest price ever known
for real good cotton blankets. Red
and blue borders, never before known
to sell for less than sl. Here Mon
day and Tuesday at per pair, .. 69c.
75c, 85c and $1 Silks at 50c Yd.
Monday morning, Oct. 28th, we
will place on sale a lot of about
three hundred yards waist silks, at
an average of about half price, some
of the prettiest patterns we have
shown are in this collection. They
are mostly in short lengths from
4 to 16 yards. Here for Monday and
Tuesday at per yard 50c.
75c to $1 All Over Nets at 59c.
On Monday Oct. 28th, we will place
on sale a great purchase of 45-inch
waist nets at the lowest price ever
quoted for same quality, white, cream,
pink and blue. Beautiful designs,
DUNCAN MERCANTILE CO.
115 and 117 Forsyth St. John R. Shaw’s Old Stand.
COTTON CONTRACTS
GENERALLY GAINED
Business Slack in Local
Spot Market.
In the cotton contract market
yesterday prices made small net losses
at New York and larger net gains at
New Orleans. Liverpool w r ent to
pieces both in the future and spot
market and this influenced the Ameri
can markets in the early part of the
session. Conditions in the money mar
ket were still acute and forbade any
bullish sentiment from finding ex
pression. Mr. Price was out with a
bearish circular predicting very, very
low prices for cotton before the sea
son was over, and this did the mar
ket on good, though Mr. Price as a
prophet does not rank very high with
the producers. Receipts at the ports
were the largest for a single day for
the season, the increase at New Or
leans and Galveston apparently mean
ing a softening of the holding ten
dency of the Texas farmers.
The opening at New York was 8
points lower for December and Janu
ary and 14 points off for March and
May. Prices in the two first named
positions dipped further before the
upturn. The market fluctuated nar
rowly until late in the session when
prices firmed up materially. The
close was at losses of 2 points for
January and March and gains of 2 and
8 points for May and December as
compared with the close for Mon
day. Spot prices were unchanged at
10.80 for middling. New Orleans open
ed 4 to 12 points down but soon work
ed upward. Values advanced by
jumps towards the close, which was
4 to 7 points net higher for the ses
sion. Spot quotations were reduced
3-lGc. Liverpool was 22 points lower
for spots with sales of 8,000 bales at
the decline. Futures in the English
market closed 12 to 19 points below
the final for Monday, the near posi
tions being the heaviest losers.
Receipts at the leading ports were:
Savanah 23,922; Galveston 22,653;
New;, Orleans 16,623
Trading in the Americus spot mar
ket was sluggish yesterday. Quota
tions are reduced 1-4 of a cent. Some
transactions in the morning were
made on the basis of 10 cents for good
middling, but late in the day buyers
were bidding 1-8 of a cent lower.
Producers were not inclined to accept
THE VMERICI'S DAILY TIMES-RECORDER, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 30, 1907.
regularly sold for 75c to sl. Here
Monday and Tuesday at per yard»9c.
50c Embroidery at 29c.
One thousand yards embroidery
edgings. Measure full length 18
inches wide, great variety of pretty
patterns; also corset cover edgings,
18 inches wide. Not a piece in the
lote worth less than 50c. Here for
Monday and Tuesday at per yard 29c
$4 Lace Curtains at $2.50.
Scotch lace curtains in beautiful
floral designs 3 1-2 yards long, full
width. Imported to sell for $4, and
worth -event cent of that price, too.
Just for a flyer we will offer this
lot here Monday and Tuesday at per
pair $2.50
Soiled Center Pieces Half Price
One table filled with cut work lace
and drawn work center pieces, slight
ly soiled from display. The laundry
will cure all hurts. Reguarly sold
for 25c, 35c, and 50c. Here for Mon
day and Tuesday you may pick this
lot at each 12 l-2c.
Ladies Emb. H’kfs. at 12 l-2c
Sample dozen, from one of the larg
est importers in New York. They
were made to retail for 19c and 25c,
perfectly fresh and clean. Great as
sortment of pretty patterns, regular
19c and 25c handkerchiefs. Here
Monday and Tuesday at each 12 l-2c.
the reductions and were generally
holding for the storm to blow over.
The extreme difficulty in placing for
eign exchange was as great a detri
ment to exporters as on the previous
day, and buyers were satisfied to
await developments. The receipts for
the day were 209 bales.
THE QUOTATIONS
IN AMERICUS
Cotton Market as Reported Daily
by L. G. Council.
Americus, Ga., Oct. 29. —We quote
the local cotton market quiet, as fol
lows: Day
esterday Before
Good'Middl ng 10 lot
Middling 9* 10
Low Middling 9, 9'.
NEW YORK FUTURES.
New York,Oct. 2!',—Spots: Middling
at 10.80.
Open Close
Dee 10.00 10.16
Jan 9.81 9.87
March 9.82 9.94
savannah.
Savannah,Ga.Oct. 29,— Steady. Spots
middling 10 5-16 cents.
NEW ORLEANS.
New Orleans. La. Oct. 29. —Spots;
middling 10 5-16 cents.
LIVERPOOL.
Liverpool, Oct. 29. —The cotton mar
ket closed barely steady. Spots:
Middling uplands 0.8 l
WAREHOUSE RECEIPTS.
Received yesterday by wagon 209
Received previously by wagon 21,781
Total to date 21,990
( LARK A CO.’S COTTON LETTER.
NEw York, October 29.—(Special)
Liverpol once more cut the heart
strings of the bulliShly inclined and
closed 14 down on futures and so
many down on spots that w r e were
unable to count them up to the time
of publication. Our opening was a
“killer” also, January selling down
' 9.72 on opening call. With the banks
i all over the country postively refus
ing to let customers have their real
money, and the spot basis for good
middling selling below 10 cents in the
Fine Taffeta Silk at sl.
Monday morning, we will place on
sale a real $1.50 grade of black taffe
ta silk at sl. Every yard is fuly
guaranteed. Please remember that
the price is for Monday and Tuesday
only, at per yard SI.OO
Corsets at sl.
Some people appear to believe that
we lose money on every pair of Nadia
Corsets we sell. On the contrary,
there’s a fair profit—not large, of
course, for prabably no other cor
sets have ever been sold at so little
over actual worth of material and
work. They are made for us by the
best corsetiers in this country, and
come direct to this store. It doesn’t
cost the maker a penny to place them
on the market, nor can any one dic
tate our retail prices.
At sl, worth $1.50, of Coutil or
Baiste. Three models—one for young
girls or slender women; one high
bust model for long waisted fig
ures; one for the average figure, deep
hip style. All are trimmed with lace
and have hose supporters.
NOTE—If you cannot come we will
send corsets for your inspection. We
want every woman to know that these
are the very best popular priced cor
sets.
interior, call money being loaned as
high as 75 per cent, the bull pit full
of dead steers, a man who can muster
up enough courage to buy cotton in
the face of this should be examined
right now by a lunatic board or else
banished to the army for life. The
talk of Europe exporting gold to this
country to be loaned at enormous
rates blew up this morning, when the
Bank of England announced otherwise
and they too will raise their rate
Thursday. The market is a veritable
bear “house party” and their chief
diet is tenderloin steaks cut from the
choicest of bulls. The big fellow who
is giving this party announced today
that cotton would sell so low by the
end of the year that the banks would
not loan over four cents per pound.
We think January will sell for 9.50
by the end of the week.
CLARK & CO.
A SURVEY IS BEING
MADE OF BIG FARM
Messrs. Arthur Rylander and
Frank Sheffield, who purchased re
cently the big DeSoto Plantation of
5,300 acres, went down to DeSoto
yesterday with the corps of survey
ors from Atlanta, who will make an
accurate survey of the huge farm. As
stated already, it is the purpose of the
recent purchasers to subdivide the
5,300 acres into small farms of any
desired size from ten or twenty acres
to one hundred, or even more, offer
ing it for sale later, together with a.
limited number of the valuable town
lots in DeSoto, included in their pur
chase of $60,000.
GOING TO JOIN THE
AMERICUS COLONY
Mr. William R. Drane left this
morning for Amsterdam, Decatur
county, to join the “Americus colony”
engaged in tobacco culture there, Mr.
Drane will be superintendent of a
large tobacco plantation, carrying
with him to his new field of endeavor
an experience of many years as a
successful farmer here. Others have
gone to the tobacco region from Am
ericus and vicinity and there is al
ready quite a colony of Sumter coun
ty farmers employed there by the
big tobacco growers.
Cabbage Plants For Sale
Hundred thousand selected plants
for fall planting, 10 cts hundred.
10-29-4 t. C. R. WHITLEY.
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accounts with Times-Recorder.
FOR SALE.
I OFFER for sale my dairy inter
ests in Americus, with large patron
age. Sale includes eleven cows, sep
arators, wagon, mules, etc., if pur
chaser desires, or will sell separately.
Address Mrs. E. B. Everett. 10-30-st.
FOR SALE—Fine chrysanthemums
for sale at Mrs. J. E. Mathis, SI.OO per
dozen. 520 Lee St., Phone 13.
Fri. Sun. Tues. Thur.
FOR SALE—Between one thousand
and eleven hundred acres fine farm
land on new A. B. & A. trunk line
railroad, one mile of station. Large
dwelling, nine good tenant houses,
water power gin and mill that brings
good returns. Soil fine for regular
farming but is particularly adapted
to peach raising. Power and timber
for crate factory at hand. All cattle,
hogs, mules, wagons, farm imple
ments and crops (except cotton) in
cluded. Entire property $13,000. Ap
ply or write G. L. WILLIAMS, Am
ericus, Ga. e. o. d. & w.-ts.
FOR SALE—One hundred tons of
choice pea vine and crab grass hay
in bales at $17.50 per ton, cash. Or
ders left at Rylander Shoe Co., will
receive prompt attention. ARTHUR
RYLANDER. Tues. Thur. Sun.
FOUR Hundred acres of land, for
sale x>r rent, near Plains, Ga., Apply
at once. T. J. BLACK, Plains, Ga.
d & w to Nov. 28.
FOR SALE—Two nice young cows
and calves. GEO. OLIVER. 10-27-2 w
FOR SALE—We offer for sale, the
residence of our father, the late Ur
iah B. Harrold, corner College and
Lee street. This property is to be
sold for purpose of division among
the heirs, and is an excellent oppor
tunity to secure at a bargain one of
the most desirable homes in the city.
If interested call on or address Thom
as or Frank P. Harrold.
TEN Thousand winter cabbage
plants for sale. Now is the time to
put them out. Twenty-five cents a
hundred. E. J. McGEHEE. 24-6 t.
FOR RENT
FOR RENT —2 rooms furnished or
unfurnished for light housekeeping.
Phone 141, or call at 515 Hampton
street. 24-lw
FOR RENT —Five room house with
city water. Corner Bell an! Harrold
Avenue. A. W. SMITH.
I will rent my Ramsey plantation
3% miles northwest of Americus. I
will also rent my home place 1%
miles north of Americus. Both places
in fine farming shape. ts d & w.
E. C. SPEER.
WANT ED
LADY CLERK WANTED—S4.OO a
week to start with. Address Box 95,
city. 10-30-3 t.-pd.
WANTED—Work ox, to weigh about
eleven hundred pounds. Also pair of
mules. WALLIS BROS., Americus,
Georgia. 29-31-2-& ltw
WANTED —Roofs to repair, make
tight and paint. Phone 315. C. P.
PAYNE.
LOST.
LOST—Lady's ring, tourquoise and
diamonds. Finder liberally rewarded
by return to this office. 10-29-3 t.
Reward.
Liberal reward will be paid for re
turn, or information about small black
pocketbook, containing three S2O bills,
and two $lO bills, lost by Mr. Wm.
Dupree, between my farm and resi
dence. Call on or address Mitt Ed
wards.
Rarbccue Today.
Castleberry’s cafe* will serve taday
genuine barbecue, cooked in the pit.
Go there for a lunch. Sat & Wed.
TALES OF THE TOWN
TOLD IN FEW LINES
Pencil Stubs Picked Up At
Random
Waterman’s Ideal automatic self
filling Fountain Pens, with points to
suit all who write. M. S. HOLLIDAY.
While there was a heavy frost here
yesterday morning, tender vegetation
about the city was not damaged to
any extent.
The burning of the Horne glnhouse
yesterday, with heavy loss, is the first
ginhouse fire occurring near Americus
in a long while.
A $60,000 realty deal one week and
a $200,000 deal the next. Verily, Amer
icus doeth things upon a big scale in
realty matters.
Americus cotton men think the bot
tom of the decline has been reached,
and that a healthy reaction in values
will now set in.
Americus play-goers missed the pic
tures and the grapliophone last night,
but the pictures will be given tonight
as usal ditto prapho.
Matzoni broke out of the Hotel
Bilfeagin yesterday, but “Mat" was
the only one who has ever accom
plished the feat, or ever will.
Tax Collector Brown Small waits
upon a few settlers at the courthouse
every day, but the majority will hold
off until the very last hour.
Americus gardens are gorgeous just
now with their wealth of magnificent
chrysanthemums and fall roses, the
finest of the year.
No one expected to see cotton sell
in Americus this season for less than
10 cents, as it did yesterday. And a
long ways yet from 15 cents.
The Seaboard shops in Americus
have an abundance of repair work on
hand and the plant is a busy hive of
industry just now.
Labor is so scarce in Americus that
one of the gangs of street hands is
made up of two lone negroes, watched
over by an overseer.
Americus loses two popular physi
cians and gains one in return. Doc
toretically the figures are somewhat
against us.
Our T ext —
“TROUBLE”
We are here to x 4
sell you things to / Oil Y
wear. We want l wi . \ J
to do it, and we N / \ ip
have the things,
timed to the min- 1 f M
ute—topnotchers. L.
Some men hesi- J|
tate to “shop”— 1 I
[THIS LABEL STANDS FOB 55 YtAltsl
======= OF KNOWING HOW=»*
think they must ppSCT
buy or they are
“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.
MATZONI BREAKS OUT
0E CELL QUICKLY
Bound With Ropes and Door
Double Locked.
Iron bars, bolts, ropes—all com
bined were not able to hold Matzoni
in a cell at police headquarters yes
terday afternoon. In less than five
minutes from the time he was locked
in a cell bound and tied to the iron
bars, he rapped on the outer door
and when this was opened he was
standing in the corridor. The pos
tage stamp over the padlock was
unbroken.
How he got out was the great mys
tery to several hundred people who
waited outside in the corridor, as
well as to the dozen or more persons
who inspected the cell to see that it
was securely looked.
It was announced that 2:30 o’clock
in the afternoon would be the hour
when Chief Feagin would lock a will
ing prisoner in a cell, the prisoner be
lieving that he could break jail as he
had done before. As the hour drew
near the crowd in front of the police
barracks grew. It was a little after
the appointed hour when Matzoni, the
jail breaker, appeared, walking with
an easy swing as if it was an every
day affair for him to break out of Jaih
Chief Feagin was in his office when
the wizard entered, and the arrange
ments were quickly made, a number
of witnesses being admitted. The cell
was examined by a committee. Tak
ing off his coat, Matzoni permitted
himself to be bound with a rope, his
arms being pinioned and tied together.
In this condition he was tied inside a
cell to the iron bars with his back to
the door.
The door of the cell was then
double locked by Chief Feagin, follow
ing which the committee walked past
the door and tried the lock. The pad
lock and spring lock were both fas
tened tight. The committee then
retired into the Chief’s room and wait
ed.
In a few minutes a knock was
heard on the door leading into the
corridor and the door being opened
Matzoni was standing free in the cor
ridor with the cell door shut and
the lock sealed just as it had been
left by the committee a few minutes
before.
The committee could only stare at
the jail breaker, for there was not the
slightest clue as to how he had es
caped. It seemed that if his trick
were known, to a prisoner, he could
easily escape from the cell in spite
of locks and handcuffs.
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