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THE TIMES RECORDER
DAILY AND WEEKLY
The Americus Recorder, Established
1879.
The Americua Times, Established 1890
Consolidated April, 1891.
Entered at the postoffice at Ameri
cus as second-class mail matter.
THOMAS GAMBLE, JR.,
Editor and Manager.
C. W. CORNFORTH,
Associate Editor and Assistant
Manager.
J. W. FURLOW 7 , City Editor.
W. L. DUPREE,
Assistant Business Dept.
Editorial Room Telephone 99.
The Times-Becorder is the
Official Organ of the City of Americus
Official Organ of Sumter County.
Official Organ of Webster County.
Official Organ of Railroad Commis
sion of Georgia for the 3rd Congres
sional District.
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Weekly, one year SI.OO
Weekly, six months 60c
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THE TIMES-RECORDER,
Americus, Ga
Americus, Ga. March 7th, 190$.
A seventh husband is unlucky. A
man who attained this distinction in
Norfolk has just been shot by his
step-son.
Five United States Senators have
died in less than a year. Yet there
are men in Georgia who are willing
to take chances if only they could get
the opportunity.
The Rome Tribune-Herald says:
“The Americus Times-Recorder writes
of the ‘value of discreet silence.’ If
everybody recognized it where would
the newspapers be?”
Senator Smoot, of Utah, suggests
as a cure for financial ills that peo
ple live within their income. This
is a hard saying for his Mormon fol
lowers who have to support a super
abundance of wives.
Railroads with lines all in one
state are of course not amenable to
the nine-hour law recently put into
effect. In Mississippi, a road con
sidered a branch of the Southern, re
fuses to put the arrangement into ef
fect.
Along with the coming of leap year,
efforts are being made in various sec
tions of the country to cut out expen
sive weddings and wedding presents.
This is probably designed to further
encourage the young men who are
inclined to be shy.
Will Hon. Joseph M. Brown make
the race for Governor? That is the
livest question in state politics just
now. Should he decide to do so the
people will be given an expose of the
present administration which will
shock the “reform” leaders.
The Senate objects to confirming
the nomination of Rooseveltos wife’s
cousin as marshal in Oklahoma. Char
ges of immorality and misconduct
have been made against him. Kin
ship will hardly be strong enough to
force the nominee on the Senate.
Promoters of an electric line be
tween Chicago and New York which
was to make the trip in ten hours,
have come to grief, such part of the
line as has been built is in the hands
of a receiver and the 15,000 stock
holders over the country are badly
disappointed.
Opponents of Congressman Ed
wards, of the First district, claim that
he made a solemn promise, when
elected the first time, not to run
again. The wine of success evident
ly went to Edwards’ head and he for
got all else in the desire to again
sit in national halls.
Japan is reported to be forcing a
fight on China. The later country
presents an easy mark as a source
of recuperating Japan’s treasury by
plundering. The integrity of China
should be preserved by other na
tions, thus effectually blocking the
ambitions of the lfltle brown men.
Watson is now pitching into Gov.
Smith, with considerable frequency
and always with a sharp pen point.
In the last issue of Watson’s paper
he wails that “the big, brave man
whom we elected to undo all these
illegal alliances and to redeem Geor
gia from Wall street exploitation has
fallen from grace.” If Watson want
ed Gov. Smith to cripple the railroads
further than he has, it is lucky for
the people that the former has lost
his grip.
Congressman Hitchcock, of Nebras
ka, told his fellow legislators the
other day some of the facts about the
paper trust. He showed that the men
who urged the tariff on paper had,
as soon as the Dinglev_bill passed,
formed the International Paper Com
pany. The tariff is the mother of
trusts. A most effective weapon in
breaking up the trusts is to remove
the tariff from their products. That
will strike a most vulnerable point.
But as long as the Republicans stay
in i>ower it is almost hopeless to ex
pect a change.
With great zeal the Atlanta Journal
is endeavoring to prevent Hon. Jos
eph M. Brown from making the race
against that paper’s favorite. But
when the paper charged that the
A. B. & A., road has anything to do
with the matter, it is exposed in
fine style. The man the Journal had
picked out as agent for the road had
no connection with it at any t ime,
to have been agreed to as
in a condemnation
HHdings. The Journal must be
to desperate straits to bolster
■Hs candidate.
1 WELCOME INVESTIGATION
Introduced by Congressman Wil
liams of Mississippi, a resolution has
passed the House directing an inves
tigation of the treatment of immi
grants in the cotton fields and in
the turpentine and lumber camps. j
The investigation will be made by '
the Committee on Immigration.
I
In his argument for the resolution, i
Mr. Williams declared that false stor- j
ies of ill treatment had been circu- j
lated in Europe to divert immigration
from the South. The object of the
resolution is to have an official in
vestigation made so that if false an
official denial of the allegations can
be used in behalf of the South in
countries from which it is desired to
attract immigrants.
Florida has been especially the
object of attack. One Mrs. Quacken
bos, a special agent of the Depart
ment of Justice, made a trip through |
that state and brought back some
sensational accounts. Congressman
Clark, during the debate on the Wil
liams resolution, scored the evidence
collected by Mrs. Quackenbos.
It is a good thing for the South
that the investigation has been de
cided on. There is no doubt that
agents for other sections of the coun
try, which have long had a monoply
of foreign immigrants, have been try
ing to counteract the tendency to
come South by circulating stories ot
alleged ill treatment of those who
have come to this favored section.’
It may be possible that some
cases may be found where the immi
grants have room for a kick. These
should be ferreted out. But almost
unanimously it will be found, we
believe, that the newcomers have
been kindly treated and given full op
portunity to make double or treble
what they ever earned before in
their lives, with all the advantages
in the way of climate which the
South affords.
Whether or not the South needs
these immigrants, it is highly desir
able that slanders be refuted. A
man’s good name is worth some
thing even though he may not have
to borrow' money from a bank.
Heretofore it has been the custom
for these seekers after harrowing
stories in the camps, fields and mills
of the South to be able to see only
one side. Almost any story is a
good one until the other side is
heard. The Saturday Evening Post
had a representative of this kind
who investigated the cotton mills
of the South and turned out highly
flavored articles, at so much per.
The more sensational, the better sel
lers.
Such isolated cases of ill treat
ment of foreign laborers as appear
will be corrected by the proposed in
vestigation, while an official stamp
will be placed on falsehoods circula
ted with the intent to injure this sec
tion.
TAFT AX EASY MARK?
If the editorials of the New York
Sun are to be fully trusted, either
Bryan or Hearst has a good chance to
be elected President this fall. The
Sun invariably takes a jaundiced view
of Roosevelt and his policies and on
the question of the nomination of
Taft that paper just boils over.
But as the Sun declares that such
a contingency as the nomination of
Taft has been provided against—
though in what way it does not say—
its prediction of the possibilities of
Bryan or Hearst will not largely in
crease the odds on either of the two
men named.
But fortunately the Democratic par
ty does not have to look to the Sun
for guidance in making its nomina
tions. Present indications—the Sun
to the contrary notwithstanding—are
that Taft will be the Republican can
didate, and that moreover if Bryan
is put up to oppose him, that Taft
will bowl him over in short order.
Os course in politics there is always
a chance for a revolution of some
kind. But should the election be
held today, with Taft and Bryan as
the opposing candidates, the task
of picking the winner would not be
a very arduous one.
If Roosevelt should be unable by
any possibility, to land his candidate,
then the Democrats would have a
fighting chance. By putting the lid
on Bryan, that chance w'ould be vast
ly increased. Hearst is of course im
possible, except as a red flag for the
Sun to flaunt.
Energy is well-nourished muscles
plus well-nourished nerves.
Uneeda Biscuit
are the greatest energy-makers
of all the wheat foods.
/« dust tight,
moisture proof packages.
Never sold in hulk.
NATIONAL BISCUIT COMPANY
DEPORTING ANARCHISTS
At last the Government is waking
up to the necessity of breaking up
the nests of anarchists who have
found this countiy a haven of re
fuge, where they could carry on their
diabolical plans with little hindrance.
More recent outrages by anarchists
have includsd the killing of a priest
in Denver and the wounding of Chief
of Police Shippy and son, of Chi
cago. Numerous instances of Black
Hand outrages have occurred lately
and the receipt of these letter;* has
become common.
Secretary Straus, ol the Depart
ment of Commerce and Labor, has
issued a sweeping orde* to all com
missioners and kispectors to co-oper
ate with the ponce officer* with a
view of ridding the country of alien
anarchists. As practically all of
the anarchists in this country are
aliens, it will be seen how great a
part their deportation would do in
stamping out the hyra-headed rep
tile.
A few' years ago on the Havmarkct
in Chicago, a number of policemen
were killed by the explosion of a
bomb hurled by anarchists. Seven
anarchists paid the penalty, either
by their own hand or by law. for this
crime. For a long time the anarchy
business w'as quiet, hut in the past
year or two they have become much
more active]. A repetition of the Chi
cago horror would not he unexpected,
unless prompt steps are taken. A
female anarchist named Goldman
should be one of the first to be ship
ped out.
By the order of Secretary Straus
the record of every alien anarchist
or criminal is to be looked up. If he
has come over within the past three
years he is to be arrested and de
ported.
It was a big mistake to admit these
criminal and anarchists, and the next
best thing is to shvp them back at
once. Their presence is a constant
menace. The state would perhaps be
justified in hanging them, on the
theory of self defense, which permits
a man to shoot down one who is men
acing his life. But deportation will
be the better wav.
ENDORSING A CANDIDATE
The Hazlehupst News feels that It
has a duty to perform to the public
by passing on the merits of candi
dates who advertise in its columns.
No doubt the honores of the following
extract from the News would just as
soon have failed to receive any kind
of a notice other than the c ard for
which he paid:
The News says:
“Elsewhere in this issue appears
the announcement of Mr.
for clerk of superior court and ve
desere to discharge, as wr* deem it,
a painful duty to our readers, and
express without malice tow'ards
i\lr. . and as gently as we
may, our opinion, that he is in
capacitated to properly discharge
the duties of this office, and that his
election thereto would be a misfor
tune to himself and a calamity to the
courtv
“SVe like to pass on the personal
phase of Mr He is a
man of evident integrity, self-made,
energetic, successful, free of speech,
of hearty nature, and w r ith an appear
ance of ingeniousness. Full of nealth
handsome as a Greek god, possessing
no small amount of this world’s
goods, and withal blessed with a de
lightful famiiy, he is a man to be
envied. In some situations, also, lie
might make a model officer. Our
contention is merely that his attain
ments do not qualify him for the sup
erior court clerkship.
Death to Anarchists.
(Washington Post.)
But even if there is no probability
that the anarchists will be able to
work havoc on a large scale, it is
imperative that the nests of these
obscure and evil birds should be brok
en up. The States should co-operate
with the government in making the
country too hot to hold them. There
should not be a nook or corner in this
republic where three anarchists could
gather together habitually. The law's
of the States should be amended so
that secret gatherings, unless their
purpose is known to be lawful, could
be dispersed at a moment’s notice.
The anarchists try to disguise them
selves as Socialists, but there is lit
tle difficulty in identifying true anar
chists. When so identified, and upon
proof that they have sworn to execute
any plan looking to the destruction
of law and order, they should be put
to death. They are always alien
born, and very few of them are nat
uralized; but whether aliens or
not, they should not be deported,
since this action would merely pro
mote the gatherings of anarchists
elsewhere.
Stoessel’s Sentence
(Baltimore Sun.)
The sentence of death imposed by
court martial on Lieutenant-General
Stossel for surrendering Port Arthur
January 3, 1905, when, as was alleg
ed, he might have held out for several
weeks longer, is justified in Russia by
considerations of public policy, al
though it is repulsive to humane sen
timent and will be universally con
demned.
Japanese officers testify that Gen
eral Stoessel continued to resist to
the last moment. It has been estab
lished that the defense actually made
at Port Arthur was a persistent and
heroic one, costing the Japanese 60,-
000 lives lives and entailing great
hardships upon the defenders. The
fortress was indeed held with "ex
emplary obstinacy, but valor and pat
ience can seldom hold out success
fully against fanatical eagerness for
death such as inspired the assailants.
Vicksburg, during our Civil War, was
well defended , but Port Ar
thur's defense was carried to greater
lengths of loss and suffering. At his
trial, in fact, General Stoessel wore
the cordon of the military order of
St. George, which was conferred upon
hint by the Czar during the siege in
recognition of his heroism. Had there
been less animosity tow'ard him on
the part of his officers and had they
been more capable, it is not impossi
ble that the accuseu could have done
much better than he did. However,
the court which sentences General
Stoessel to death recommends a com
mutation of the sentence to 10 years’
imprisonment and dismissal from the
service. The Czar may see his way
clear to lighten even this penalty.
Paving the Way.
“I have no words to express to you
my feelings for your daughter,” said
the young man; “I—”
“Well,” interrupted the old man,
“I’ve got to run down and fix the
furnace. You may study the diction
ary while I’m gone.”
Anyway, there are no frozen water
pipes in Hell.—N. Y. Press.
YOUNG
WM*EN
Young women are often great
sufferers for want of proper advice
at just the right time.
Mrs. Pinkham, at Lynn, Mass., has
always issued to young girls a spec
ial invitation to write to her about
their sickness. She is a mother
and fully understands.
In nine chances out of ten youi
case will be just the same as those qJ
the young ladies whose letters follow
LYDIA E. PIN KH AM’S
VEGETABLE COMPOUND
ia what you need to restore health
Miss Abby F. Barrows, of Nelson
ville, Ohio, writes to Mrs. Pinkham
“When I wrote to you I was very
nervous, had dull headaches, backache,
and was very irregular. Doctors did m«
no good. Lydia E. Piukham’s Vegetable
Compound hud your advice made me
regular, well and strong. lam now in
better health than ever before.”
Miss Elsie L. Hook, of Chelsea
Vt., writes to Mrs. Pinkham:
“ I am only sixteen years old, but
Lydia E. Pinkliam’s Vegetable Com
pound and your advice have cured me
of sideaehe, periodic pains, and a ner
vous, irritable condition after every
thing else had failed.”
FACTS FOR SICK WOMEN,
For thirty years Lydia E. Pink
ham’s Vegetable Compound, made
from roots and herbs, has been the
standard remedy for female ills
and has positively cured thousands oi
women who have been troubled with
displacements, inflammation, ulcera
tion, fibroid tumors, irregularities
periodic pains, backache, that bear
ing-down feeling, flatulency, indiges
tion,dizziness,ornervous prostration,
Why don’t you try it ? '
SI OCK GAMBLING
Pll ON THE BLINK
By Bill Introduced by
Hepburn.
WASHINGTON, D. C., March 6.
(Special)—“Uncle Pete’’ Hepburn,
author of the Rate bill, fired his first
gun at the “stock gamblers” by in
troducing in the House his bill pro
viding a tax on all transfers of
stock. The bill is avowedly aimed at
checking margin transactions, and it
is craftly drawn to accomplish that
result.
It provides for a flat tax of 50
cents a share —of the par value o f
$lO0 —and is so worded as to cover
every sort of transaction where any
kind of stock is transferred. This
specific tax is the means by which
Col. Hepburn hits the margin deal
ers. On a transaction, where the
purchase price is paid in full, this
tax is only, one-half of 1 per cent.
But on a margin transaction, where
the purchaser puts up only 10 ponts,
the tax becomes in fact 5 per cent.
Thus a man buying i,OOO shares of
stock selling at 100 would pay SIOO,-
000 for the stock and SSOO tax, or
one-half of 1 per cent. If he bought
on margin, however, lie would put up
only SIO,OOO purchase money, but the
tax would still be S3OO, or straight
5 per cent.
My Lady Nicotine.
(Washington Post.
Who is smoking all the cigarettes?
During the whole of last year these
slender specimens of surcease com
bated a legion of anti-cigarette cru
sades in several States and fought
legislative enactment against their
sale and consumption; yet there were
930,061,509 more cigarettes sold than
during the preceding year. It is a
striking record for the little so-called
“dude-killers” to make.
The total tobacco figures for the
year 1907 go far toward proving that
man will have his smoke, whatever be
the state of his purse or the disturb
ances of his mind. It seems we smok
ed up about 8,500,000,000 of cigars,
something more than a billion little
cigars, or cigarros, and about 300,
000,000 pounds of pipe tobacco dur
ing the fweK’emonth. And this *in a
year accused of being “hard times.”
It was quite a lot of money to be puf
fed away in smoke. Will some’sta
tistic-loving brother—o r sister —of
the anti-tobaceonites please tell us
how many town lots we could have
bought with it? i
STOP AT THE
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WHEN AT
ATLANTIC CITY
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South Carolina Ave., 200 feet from
Beach.
The Princess Hotel is newly furni -
shed throughout with rare taste, and
possesses all modern requisites . for
convenience and comfort of the
guests. Golf privileges and privilege
of the Atlantic City Yacht Club ex
tended to the guests.
American and European Plan.
A BOOKLET will be gladly furnished
Upon Application.
Rates, Running from $12.50 to S3O
per week, according to location of the
rooms.
For further information address
( ROWELL & COLLIER,
THE PRINCESS HOTEL,
Atlantic City, N. J.
Tues. & Fri.
HOTEL
RICHMOND
17th and H Streets,
WASHINGTON, D. C.
100 Rooms, 60 Private Baths, Amer
ican Plan, $3 Per Day, Upwards;
With Hath, $1 Additional.
European Plan, $1.60 Per Day, Up
wards; With Hath $1 Additional.
-- W -
A high-class hotel, conducted for
your comfort. Remodeled, refurnished
throughout. Directly on car line. Un
ion Station, 20 minutes. Capitol, 20
minutes. Shops and theatres, 10 min
utes . Two blocks to White House
and Executive Buildings. Opposite
Metropolitan Club.
Summer Season July to October.
W’ayside Inn and Cottage Lake
Luzerne, N. Y., in the Adirondacks.
Switzerland of America. 45 minutes
from Saratoga. Send for booklet.
CLIFFORD M. LEWIS, Proprietor.
/
If you want good home made Har
ness buv from
W. O. BARNETT,
Manufacturer of all kinds of Harness.
* “*X NATTINj^H
Nothing adds so much to
the attractiveness of a pretty j||- J
home as does pretty matting, ; :| 1 p IBm •! I
and the season approaches 111 j| |jj||| *j j'J
parlor and sleeping rooms as Ay \l*
well should be given their JU
new spring dressing. From 1
the standpoint of attractive
ness and sanitation, nothing
equals matting as a floor cov
ering.
The A. W. Smith Furniture Co.
Makes a Speciality of the Finest Imported Mattings and can please
the most exactingjand fastidious buyer.
Beautiful lines of JAPANESE and CHINA MATTINGS, imported
for this house have recently been opened and now await your inspection.
If you contemplate purchasing matting do not fail to inspect this superb
stock and get prices.
DURABILITY AND QUALITY ARE ESSENTIAL FEATURES IN
OUR GOODS.
A. W. SMITH FURNITURE CO.
Next to having money, the most
important thing is how to take care
of it —how beet to invest it.
A Banking Institution of this kind
cannot only care for your financial
interests in a careful, conservative
way—giving you abundant banking
facilities in every department of fin
ance—but can also give you valuable
aid and advice about investments and
securities. Open an account with
the Bank of South Western Georgia’s
Savings Department and enjoy the
advantages that accrue.
DOY CURES
nUA QUICK
These Sweet I.ittle Chocolate Coated Tablets
cure private diseases quickly and permanently
when Capsules, Copaiba, and other remedies fail.
Complete treatment SI.OO The only safe,sure cure
Rembert’s Drug Store, Americus, Ga.
Shoes Repaired.
I pick the stitches and preserve the
welts. I also repair shoes according tc
the standard rule. I use nothing but
the best of sole leather on the market.
Special attention given to ladies and
childrens shoes. All Work Hand
stitched or tacked if desired.
JOSEPH M, DUDLEY.
312 Jackson Street,
JOHNSON & HARROLD.
Cotton Warehouse
and Commission Merchants
IN
Heavy Groceries ard Fertilizer*
Plantation Supplies Furnished
on Reasonable Terms.
IT’S PERFECTLY CLEAR
to our patrons wh y they entrust their
plumbing work to us. It will be as
clear to you just as soon as we have
completed a single job for you. The
materials we supply, to begin with,
are the very highest grade you are
willing to pay for, and our work just
the same for a small job as for a large
one. Ask for estimates.
C. P. PAYNE.
FISH TALES are often exaggerations,but
we have no need ot stretching the truth in
our business as FISH DEALERS. .Fresh
ness is an absolutely indispensable quality
in unsalted or unsmoked fish and we handle
non» about which there mar be the slightest
dotbt. We keenevery kind in season from
the gamely trout to solid mullet. And we
don’t try to make a fortune on everv pound
of fishjwe sell either. Slit RLOCIv & CO.
Phone-No. 32
L. G. Council Prest. R. J. Pkekv, Vice-Prest. (’.ld. Co inch., Cashier.
INCORPORATED 1891.
ihe Planters Bank
wHffiMipi °* Americus
ffi gE-gl blb| yj.flj Total Resources, - $500,000
jgjgß;fp jgi JlHff jr jSS| i-'t.’ j With well-established connections, our
ihbUifc U .ft! OK ia j large resources, and every attention con
‘ J slstent with sound banklrg we solicit
WJ your patronage. Interest allowed on
TOmP|TOlllf ija Brj jjEf fflli-jml' time certificates and in our
“Department for Savings.**
A. W. Smith. Pres. G. 3L Eld ridge, Y. P. A. ts. Dudley, Cashier
Bank of Sooth-Western Ga.,
Americus Ga.
Security, Liberality and Courtesy Accorded Its Patrons.
DIRECTORS:
C. L. Ansley, G. AT. Eld ridge, R. J. Perry
W. A. Dodson, Thos. Harrold, A. AV. Smith,
X. M. Dudley, 11, R. Johnson.
J. W. SHEFFIELD, President, FLANK SHEFFIELD Vice-: ice.
E. D. SHEFFIELD, Cashier.
BANK OF COMMERCE,
Americus, Ga.
A general banking business transacted and all consistent
courtesies extended patrons. Certificates of deposit issued
earning interest.
L. A. LOWREY, President. X. M. LOW REV, Cashier.
CRAWFORD WHEATLEY, Yiee. Pres. R. E. McXULTY, Asst. Cashier.
AMERICUS NATIONAL BANK
The Only National Bank in This Section.
CAPITAL $100,000.00. U. S. BOXDS $100,000.00.
Under the supervision of the
UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT.
Accounts of firms, individuals and coporations invited. Certificates of
deposit issued bearing interest.
HIM II ——l—ll ■ ... .1 ■
CINTML® IjEOBGIA
. RAILWAY
Current Schedules Corrected to date.
Arrival and departure of trains at Americus Ga. —Central of Georgia Rail
wav Passenger Station. 90th Meridian Time.
Arrivals.
From Savannah, Augusta,
Atlanta and Macon, Bir
mingham, Columbus and
Fort Valley *lO 40 p m
From Lockhart, Dothan, Al
bany, Troy and Mont’ery *lO 40pm
From Lockhart, Dothan, Al
bany, Troy and Mont’ery. *1 57 p m
From Atlanta and Macon.... *2 07 p m
From Avgusta,Savannah,At
lanta and Macon, Birming
ham and Columbus and
Fort Valley .*5 32 a m
From Columbus and interme
diate points t7OO p m
From Columbus, and
intermediate points *ll 30 a m
From Albany and intermediate
points ‘4 40am
*Daily. tExcept Sunday. ttSunday Only. .
Sleeping ears between Americus and Atlanta on train leaving Amerieui
10 40 pm,, and arriving at Americus 5 32 a. m. Connects at Macon wit
■ leeperß to and from Savannah. For further information, apply to
J. E. HIGHTOWER, Agent, Americus, Ga. ,
SJOHN W.! BLOUNT, District Passenger Agent, Macon Ga.
Departures.
For Macon, Atlanta, Augusta
and Savannah *4:40 a ®
For Albany, Dothan. Lockhart,
Troy and Montgomery.... *5:32 a m
“ Albany, Dothan, Lockhart,
Troy and Montgomery.... *2:07 pm
“ Macon and Atlanta *1:57 p ®
“ Macon, Atlanta, Savannah
and Augusta *10:4!)pm
For Columbus • • • • * 3:0() P m
ForColumbus and Birming
ham 17:00 a m
For Columbus Birmingham,
via Fort Valley *10:40 p m
For Albany and Inter, points 10:40 pm