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THE AMERICUS WEEKLY TIMES-RECORDER. FRIDAY. SEPTEMBER 27, |V»7
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AMefflCUS. GA„ SEPT. 27, 1907.
Here's to fifteen cent cotton! May
A soon arrive.
The Georgian holds that Chanler
5s second only to Hearst. It does not
take much to enthuse the Georgian.
The governors of twenty-three wes
tern states will act os an escort to
the president on his trip down the
Mississippi.
So the Standard is to become a
“good’’ trust. Which reminds us that
When the devil was sick the devil a
saint would be.
As ships are constantly growing
larger U is said that Panama Canal,
as planned, will not be wide enough.
This is easy. Make the canal wider.
If the United States navy consumes
all of the surplus coal in the coun
try It will have a fight on Its hands
that will be worse than a bread riot.
Candidate Chanler has been cari
catured with dollar marks all over
his clothes. This may largely in
crease his following. “It’s very sug
gestive.
’ The Mississippi plan for dealing
with the refactory railroad companies
is to hit them in such a way that the
lawyers will be unable to dig up any
precedents.
The Pullman porters up in Penn
sylvania are in sore distress. The
recent order prohibiting the dusting
of passengers has resalted in a decid
ed decrease of tips.
The Washington Post thinks that
we have no more right to sell the
Philippines than we had to buy them.
The Filipinos are apt to continue our
harden for many years.
Tbs Hew York World says Scct-
Cortelyon is aging rapidly. Recent
exposures as to his “fat frying" are
not calculated to make the wrin
kles any less numerous.
Cortelyon persists In his refusal to
dlscnss the 126,000,000 Harriman-
rmlsed campaign fund. Cortelyou pro
bably realizes that he Is In the posi
tion where the least said the better.
One New York paper demands that
the Philippines be sold, and another
calls for the resignation of Secretary
Oortclyou. The weather Is growing
cooler, and the end of the silly Beason
may be expected soon.
Hoke Smith continues to make
speeches Intended to advance his
senatorial aspirations. How long will
Tom Watson permit this? Has he
not intimated that the campaign must
not start until all pledges are re
deemed?
Bishop Candler Is right. There Is
no use In these, or any other days,
for a natnby, pamby, religion. A re
ligion without virility enough to stir
the ^conscience of the people and
awaken them to a new life Is a reli
gion of no value.
Nick I.ongworth denies the Inter
view purported to be with him sent
oat from Honolulu to the effect that
If the people practically unanimously
aalled on him Roosevelt would run
again. This gets Nick In the lime
light a second time.
SUCII FU.Y,
"Yon know,” began the sentimental
xoang man, “they say 'all the world
loves a lover.’ ”
"Yea,” sneered the cynic, “but not
a.mneb a« it loves to hear the lov
er's letters read ont In court."
Let everyone look to himself and
30 one will be lost
According to a report just Issued by
the United States Department of La
bor It is shown that while the cost of
many items of living has increased,
wages have advanced at a greater
ratio, wdille hours of labor have been
reduced. A great mass of facts and
figures accompany the report and
the deductions can be tested by any
who may be skeptical. On the aver-
age labor, for fewer hours. Is earn-
Ing more, with a larger margin of
wages over the advanced cost of liv
ing.
Employment was never more abun
dant and Idlers are few.
The comparison is for the year of
1906 with the average of the ten
years covered by the last census. An
advance In wages Is shown of 24.2
per cent, an increase In the number
of employes of 44.9 per cent, with a
reduction in hours of labor of 4.6
per cent. By the same comparison
the retail price of the chief articles
of food have advanced 15.7 per cent.
For an hour's labor a working man
gets 7.3 per cent more food supplies
than In the previous decade.
Practical analysis like this dis
poses of the assertion frequently heard
that for the masses the cost of liv
ing has outstripped Income.
Often the many articles that cost
either the same or less are over
looked. Flour and sugar are no high
er than in the last census ten years.
Railroad transportat'on is lower. The
National Department of Labor goes
over the subject Item by item and lo
cality by locality, and Its conclusions
are reached with unerring exactness.
This has been a perverse season In
vegetables and fruit, but the Just av
erage of prices can not be ascertain
ed from a few exceptional articles.
When the whole field of the Income
and outgo of a home Is covered, as In
this careful, unbiased report, the sit
uation Is to be favorable.
WHITE HOUSE AGAIN
IS SHINING BRIGHT
Mansion Was Renovated In
side and Out.
FOR ROOSEVELT’S RETURN
Exterior Spick and Span in New Coat
of Paint*-furniture All Cleaned and
Upholstering Replaced—Roof
Over the East Wing
Reconstructed.
THE PATIENCE OF NIMROD.
Mr. Roosevelt Is said to be eagerly
awaiting his release from office, after
which he will go to Africa on the
hunt of his life. Elks’ teeth adorn
his belt and bear skins of some of
his most finely marked wolves grin
at him from window recesses,. and
deer and buffalo horns, the trophies
of hts own hands, grace tile walls of
his dining rooms. ; Every beast of
the chase to be encountered In the
temperate zone had contributed to his
collection before he moved Into the
White House, and since his advent
there the hides of beasts no hunter be
fore him ever dared to meet have been
hung on the fence to dry, and now-
only await stretching and dressing.
Still like the Macedonian, he sighs
for new worlds to conquer.
While politicians charge him with
deep designs upon another term In
the presidency, he is counting the
days until he can let go with both
barrels at the Numldlan lion In his
native lair, and lie in wait for the
Bengal tiger as he goes to drink. The
call of the wild is In his ear. He hears
the trumpeting of elephants and the
bellowing of of whales. He may even
be contemplating the making of
personal experiment to settle the vex
ed question of whether or not .m
shark turns upon hts back when bit
ing a man in the water.
But loud and persistent as Is the
cry of nature to her son, he will neg
lect no present opportunity for a shot
In Washington, where there is a strict
game law, but where big game will
be found this winter. The octopus
can not hope to escape bis aim be
cause of his eager longing for game
farther afield.
POLICEMEN BEGAN
SERVICE YESTERDAY
Officers Tinsley and Powell On
Duty.
Mayor Hawkins at noon yesterday
administered the oath ofofiiceto Offi
cers Tinsley and Powell, recently ap
pointed to the police force, and hath
are now full fledged members of “the
finest.” Officers Willis and West
brook, who resigned recently to go to
the big tobacco farms near Quincy,
Fla., left tbts morning for their
new field of duty. Both were excel
lent officers nnd citizens and Ame >
cus regretted to lose them.
TRUSTEES TO MEET
AGAIN IN OCTOBER
To Discuss Further, the Affairs
of College.
The trustees of the Third District
Agricultural College'who attended the
recent meeting in Americus left for
their homes yesterday morning. The
trustees will hold another business
meeting here on October 3d—one week
hence—when affairs of the college
will be still further discussed. By
that date it Is expected that the two
main buildings will be practically
completed.
WASHINGTON, D. C., Sept 25.—
(Special.)—When President Roose
velt and family returned to the cap!
tal today they found the White House
spick and span, glistening with
coat of new paint inside and out
And not even Mrs. Roosevelt, far
famed for her housewifely character
lstics and thrift, could find any ground
for displeasure at the condition of the
great white mansion which has been
her home for more than six years.
From the executive offices, In the
extreme western end of the west
wing, to the lobby and cloak room,
in the east wing, and from the great
hall on the ground floor to the top
most rooms, the entire building has
been subjected to a thorough cleaning
and renovating.
Since the day the President left
for his summer outing at Oysier Bay
an army of painters, upholsterers,
craftsmen, and sweeps has been
busily engaged In the work of reno
vation without and within, and now
only a few finishing touches are re
quired to put the place to the best
of condition for occupancy by the na
tion's chief.
Most of last year's appropriation
was expended In interior renovation
and improvements, and for that rea
son the appropriation for the work of
this character this year was applied
largely to exterior improvement and
to such interior repairs as were ur
gently needed.
Painters Put to Work.
Unlike the policy followed last
year, Col. Bromwell, Superintended
of Public Buildings and Grounds, was
not content to have the great white
sandstone building merely scrubbed,
but as soon as the White House was
vacated an army of painter3 was
taken there and the building proper,
wings, and executive offices were
given coats of paint
The most important wor|c accom
plished was the reconstruction of the
roof of the east wing. All of lact win
ter this roof gave trouble because of
leakage. During the summer it was
torn away and a substitute built
New Roof of Concrete.
The new roof Is of pebbled con.
Crete and is constructed on a slightly
different principle from the one it
replaced. To avoid the danger of
leaking, the new root Is raised In the
center so that the water may drain
from it. The old roof had no pitch at
all. Then to, the old drain pipes have
been replaced.
The Blue Room, the Red Room, and
the Green Room have been thoroughly
renovated. Every piece of furniture
the upholstery of which showed the
least sign of shabbiness was placed
on the sick list and sent to the up
holstery hospital' for treatment. New
shades ardorn the windows In all
these rooms, and the hangings have
been renovated or replaced, as their
condition warranted.
OLD SOLDIER IS FOUND
DEAD IN ATLANTA
Fought in German and American
Armies.
ATLANTA, Sept 25.—(Special.) —
Wiliam F. Schmitz, a German, aged
55 years, once a soldier In Emporer
William’s royal guard, was found
dead yesterday morning at 11 o'clock
in his upstairs room at 17 1-2 South
Broad street.
A bottle of strychnine on the table,
coupled with the knowlede that he
had been drinking heavily the past
few days and was despondent over
the fact that his wife had sued him
for a divorce, lead his friends to be
lieve that he committed suicide.
Schmitz, who settled In Atlanta
four years ago, was a man of educa
tion, and had Just been honorably dis
charged from the United States army
before he settled In Atlanta. In bts
youth he served In the German army,
and was one of the royal guards at the
late emperor's funeral.
He left a will bequeathing an es
tate of $2,000 In Germany to his 6-
ycar-old daughter, who now lives with
her mother.
JAS. FLOYD WAS KILLED
BY CARTER AT D SOTO
STILL LEAPS DLL OTHERS.
Good Negro is Shot Dead
In Road.
The Favorite with all Smokers and
Growing Daily in Popularity.
EYE WITNESSES TO THE TRAGEDY
Not Known Why Garter Killed Him
—Floyd Was Unarmed - Garter
Said to Have Fled the
Scene.
From DeSoto yesterday came parti
culars of a Saturday night tragedy
wherein James Floyd, a colored fore
man on the Huguenln plantation' east
of Americus, was shot and instantly
killed by one Anthony Carter.
Floyd was killed In front of Carter's
house as he was getting out of his
buggy to talk to Carter, at the lat
ter's request.
This was the statement of two ne
groes, who were present and witness
ed the shooting.
Floyd had been in DeSoto during
the afternoon, and about sundown or
a little later had started home. As
he pAssed Cater’s house that Indivi
dual went to the roadside, and, It is
said, asked Floyd to get down.
He was in the cast of descending
from the buggy, when, it is said, Car
ter shot him dead and at once fled
from the scene. Floyd was unarmed,
and evidently anticipated no trouble
when he climed from the buggy.
If the man had trouble previously
the fact Is not known. It is said that
a reward will be offered for Carter’s
capture.
.V- . ,
Worth 10c, but Sells for a Nickel.
SHOES, HATS, UMBRELLAS,
WILL WED A LEE
TODAY AT NOON
Marriage of Lieut. Montgomery
At Richmond.
RICHMOND, VA., Sept 24.~ (Spec
ial)—Miss Virginia Lee, daughter of
General Fltzhugb Lee, will be mar-
rled tomorrow to Lieutenant John
Carter Montgomery, of the Seventh
Cavalry, U. S. A. The ceremony will
be performed in the old Christ church
at Alexandria, popularly known as
George Washington’s church.
There Is a peculiar romance be
tween the Lee family and the Seventh
Cavalry. This will be the third
daughter .of Fltzhugh Lee to marry
Into this regiment. In which there Is
already one son.
They are Ellen Lee Rhea, wife of
Captain Rhea, who Is now at Fort
Leavenworth, Kan.; Mrs. Ann Fltz
Hugh Lee Brown, wife of Lieutenant
Lewis Brown,, now at Fort Riley,
and Lietenant and Mrs. Ccojge Mason
Lee, also stationed at Fort Riley.
Mrs. Lee and Miss Virginia Lee,
the youngest of the daughters, went
out to the Philippines two years ago
to visit the various members of their
family who were going there with the
Seventh, and remained until the
Seventh was sent back again recently.
A COLONY OF JAPS
COMING TO GEORGIA
Will Work on Rich Farms Near
Brunswick.
BRUNSWICK, GA„ Sept. 23.—Ar
rangements have been perfected for
a Japanese colony which Is expected
to arrive In this city early In October
from New York. There wil be twen
ty to twenty-five men In the party,
and they will be put to work Imme
diately after arrival one one of the
rice plantations on the Altamaha.
The first year will be a test for the
principals behind the movement, and
If successful others will come in the
summer of 1908.
It is believed that the Japs will
make a success of rice culture In
this section since the system fol
lowed is more like that of their na
tive country than the system In vogue
In Texas and Louisiana, where all
the fields are irrigated.
Once it is demonstrated to the man
agers of the movement that the work
ers can do well here an abundant
supply of labor will be provided for
the rice fields of the Georgia coast.
and Hosiery all
the new Styles.
Prices to suit all.
Remember we are
in our new store
in the Granberry
building. Come
to see us.
DANIEL’S SHOE STORE.
OFFICE SUPPLIES.
Every In; for Ihe
Office,
Systems for insurance men: Prospects, Lists of insurance, Policy
records, Follow up.
Systems for Physicians: Case History, Accounts.
Systems for Attorneys: Collections; Follow up, Docket, etc.
Systems for Real Estate Men: Lists of Property, Rental Accounts.
Systems for Churches, Sunday Schools, Dentists, Lodges, Societies, etc.
Loose Leaf Memorandum Books, Ledgers, etc.
It you are having trouble with your office records we will be glad to talk
the matter over with you.
The New Book Store Company.
Opposite Postoffice
Established 1899
TOTAL OF 1521 CARS
OF FRUIT GO NORTH
It Is better to be beautiful than
to be good, but It Is better to be good
than to be ugly.
Shipments of Georgia Peaches
For Season.
A fruit bulletin Issued by the Cen
tral of Georgia Railway shows that
number of cars of peaches shipped
during the season just closed, accord
ing to the bulletin a total of 1532
cars left Georgia for the eastern mar
kets. This Is regarded as a splendid
showing In view of the cold weather
which damaged the fruit crop to a
great extent
“Bearsfoot”
For all Blood Taints.
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Davenport Drug Co.
Americus, Ga.