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THE AMERICUS WEEKLY TIMES-RECORDER. FRIDAY. SEPTEMBER 27, |V»7 THE TIMES-RECORDER DAILY AND WEEKLY. ■an AHMuam Kaooaosa, ICUbUshee 1W» iMAUMonTnu, K.uoiuted atm. UA COST OF LIVING A.\D LABOR. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: A.Y. one year S6.CX1 SAtl.Y, one month SO WUB4CL.Y, one year $1,00 tflSiiiLY. aix month* 50 ..ga—w a!i l«tt*rs aai: make remittance* to rax TIMM-BCOOUDEBi Americas* Gi THOMAS GAMBLE, JS. CCiUr «t(td Proprietor. 4. W. FURLOW, City Editor. Editorial Boom Teleohore 9*. The Times-Recorder Is the OB -Ul Organ of tte City •( Amerlcu?. 3a.li/ Organ of Snmter County. Official Organ of Webster County ■ Official Organ of Railroad Commission of □On i.-gla for tie Id Congressional District. 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. PRICE $10113 FOR $2.50 Made only by Davenport Drug Co. Americus, Ga.