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THE TIMES-RECORDER
DAILY AND WEEKLY
Tho Amcrlcua Recorder, Established
1879.
The Americas Times. Established 1890
Consolidated April, 1891.
THE AMERICUS WEEKLY TIMES-RECORDER, FRIDAY DECEMBER 27. 1907
RECENT MINE HORRORS
THOMAS GAMBLE, JR.,
Editor and Manager.
C. W. CORNFORTH.
Associate Editor and Assistant
Manager.
J. W. FURLOW, city Editor.
W. L. DUPREE.
Assistant Business Dept.
Editorial Room Telephone 99.
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Official Organ of the City of Americus
Official Organ of Sumter County.
Official Organ of Webster County.
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sion of Georgia for the 3rd Congres
sional District
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Americas, Hu., Dee. 27, 1907.
Smoking 300 cigarettes a day drove
a New York man to suicide. The
cigarette route was a trifle too slow.
The powder trust has been brought
Into court by the government. There's
liable tq be on explosion if the trust
is smached.
Oklahoma's blind Senator was un
lucky enough to draw the short term
in a match with his colleague. That
sounds like taking pennies from
-blind man.
With a grain crop worth over a half
billion dollars to be added to a cotton
crop worth a hundred million more
Uncle Sam ought to have some pock
et change.
Emperor Francis Joseph has grant
ed permission to two officials to
light a duel. The ardor of the com-
•batants has already cooled very per-
'ceptlbly. ,
A man named Crook has secured
authority from a New York court to
add a final “e" to his name. There’s
nothing crooked about such a re
quest as that.
N 'ew Orleans was again treated to
A Blue Sunday two days ago. Mrs.
Carrie Nation Is credited with hav
ing exerted an Influence by her
presence In that city.
Mark Twain has just lost 332,000
by the bankruptcy of a company with
■which he was offldslly conected. This
will be one time when he won't be
-able to see the joke.
Since Secretary Taft hobnobbed
with the Czar It la reported that the
Jewish vote of the larger cities has
become inimical to the candidacy of
the Ohioan. A candidate cannot be
too careful whom be meets.
Four the fourth time within three
weeks explosions in coal mines
have caused large loss of life in the
bituminous region. The last one
came Thursday in Western Pennsyl
vania when more than 200 miners
were entombed and all have prob
ably perished.- The disaster In West
Virginia a few days before In which
pearly 400 miners lost their lives, and
even more recently a smaller loss of
life at Fayette City, Penn., and the
explosion Monday in the Yolande,
Alabama, mine In which sixty-
two met death completes the
list of catastrophes which have
made the month of December the
record holder In this most undesira
ble Held. The total for the month's
casualties will be over 600 lives.
In each case the explosion of
“11,re damp*' in the mines has caused
the terrible loss of life which has
stunned the whole country on account
of the enormity of the human toll.
That the last accident did not have
a longer list of victims is due to the
fact that the members of the Greek
church were observing a feast day
and did not go into the mines on
the fatal day,
Such terrible tragedies are well
calculated to awaken the people to
the exceedingly hazardous manner in
which the coal mines of the country
are operated.
On the same day that the newspa
pers published an account of the last
disaster, appeared a summary of the
figures gathered by the department
of the interior on the subject of the
loss of life in coal mines In the Uni
ted States. From this Investigation
it is shown that three times as many
men are killed In coal mines in this
country per thousand employed than
in most European countries. For the
last six years the fatalities In min,
horrors were double those for the
twelve years preceedlng, showing an
alarming growth.
There must be a reason for this.
If the mine owners are criminally
negligent—and they would seem the
most at fault—steps should be taken
at once to force the taking of every
precaution in the way of ventilation
and security of passages In which
the miners must work. Penitentiary
sentences should be provided and
Inflicted without fear or favor upon
offending mine owners. The work is
hazardous enough at best, and should
not be rendered many times more
dangerous by the efforts of the
mine owners to Increase their pro
fits by taking long chances on the
lives of their employes.
On the very day of the latest explo
sion a bill was Introduced In Con
gress providing for a bureau of mines
In connection with the Department of
COTTON AS CURRENCY BASIS
Congressman Hobson U still clam
oring for a larger navy. In his ly-
ceum addresses he asserts that Ja
pan Is willing to go to war with this
country • on the slghtest pretext.
-Hobson sticks to his text
The United States got a bargain in
the Philippine Islands. At the
time of the purchase Spanish charts
showed about 1200 islands. With
the count not finished, 2,600 have been
-found by the Government survey.
Rumors of the resignation of Sec
retary of the Treasury Cortelyou per
sist In spite of the denial by the pres-
•ent Incumbent. Postmaster General
Meyer has already been picked for
bis successor by the political pro
phets. Treachery of Cortelyou to the
Taft I loom is said to be the cause of
the threatened resignation.
Commerce and Labor to Investigate
all coal mine accidents and ascertain
their cause. This bill will receive a
new Impulse by the tragedy of Thurs
day,
Too often state mine Inspectors are
Incompetent, being political creations
without regard to their knowledge of
mines and mining conditions. The
national bureau would be made up
of experts and would not be subject
to the change of political control
which occurs so often in states.
The time to act is now, when the
ndnds of the people have been arous
ed hiy the series of catastophes which
have left the nation aghast at their
magnitude. It Is not impossible un
der present state laws to send offen
ders to prison, and nothing less than
a rigid examination into the recent
explosions with a view to finding out
their cause and where the culpability
lies, will be anything like satisfac
tory.
Senator McLaurin, of Mississippi,
has introduced a bill which provides,
among other things for the deposit of
cotton In Government warehouses and
the issuance thereon of treasury
notes to the amount of 70 per cent
of Its value.
In casting about for a means to
relieve the recent financial -strin
gency the Treasury department
searched for securities against which
lawful money might be Issued Dlf
ferent classes of bonds were ad
mitted, but cotton was entirely ignor
ed until forced upon the attention by
the loud protests of Southern con
gressmen and business men. Even
then nothing practicable was done.
Yet cotton is the great staple of
..the United States upon which the
country depends for its favorable
trade balance with foreign nations.
Stocks and bonds can be raised in
every country, but cotton Is almost
exclusively the product of the Sou
thern States and is In demand the
world over at all times.
Its superiority over any form of
security for banking or basis cur
rency, except Government bonds
ought to be evident. Not only is cot
ton salable in this country all the
year, but as already stated, forelg-
enrs are also waiting and anxious to
put up gold In exchange for the
fleecy staple. It would not be an ex
aggeration to say that cotton is the
foundation of the nation's prosperity.
In the sense that it tarns an unfav
orable balance into a favorable one
and draws money to this country,
Instead of leaving debts to be paid
abroad.
During the civil war cotton was
exchangable for gold abroad, which
was more than could be said of any
paper security. The world's consump
tion has increased enormously since
that time and cotton is still the
alchemist who Is liable to extract
gold from an otherwise possibly bar
ren market
No form of security could be
found which would be so surely ex
changeable for gold, and that with
out much delay. The ability of the
farmer to draw 70 per cent'of the
value of his cotton would tend to
make him more Independent, and
would enable him to receive a more
equitable price. This would in turn
Increase the amount of gold to
brought to this country when the
cotton was marketed.
There is no element of speculation
in advancing treasury notes on de
posits of cotton. The money' would
be turned into circulation Instead of
being hoarded by banks, as Is c£>ne
when the Government places Its sur
plus money on deposit with Wall
street and allied institutions. Its
time for a new deal, and one
which the mass of the people would
benefit -instead of the money. chang
ers. The Issuance of notes based on
cotton as becurlty offers a most
favorable opportunity for beginning
a new regime In the handling of Gov
ernment funds. Senator McLaurin
Is on the right track.
WORTHLESS NOTES AS ASSETS
In the findings of the Atlanta Clear
ing House -Association in the case of
the Neal State Bank, which was'or-
dered closed yesterday, occurs the
following significant words “...and
an Inventory of bad notes, conceded
to be collectible, but still carried
for years as assets.’”
This was one of the reasons why
the other Atlanta banks would not
come to the aid of the distressed bank.
Who is responsible for allowing
the bank to carry these bad notes
as assets? What were the state bank
examiners doing all these years?
What are the examiners for except
to hold the banks to a rigid accoum-
Ing for the character of its securl
ties?
The disclosures in regard to the
suspended bank are of vital Interest
to all citizens of Georgia. Unless
a bank statement Is a true one, the
^depositors are deceived. Only those
securities should be counted as assets
which are collectible. Had the knife
been applied to the assets of the Neal
Admiral 'Dewey has just celebrated
his seventieth birthday. Though the
Admiral Is living quietly, he need have
no fear for his place in history and
in the esteem of hip countrymen
Dewey and Manila Bay will be In
separable for evermore.
Eenforcement of the Sunday law
against all kinds of lal>or Is becoming
widespread. The need of a day of
re^t is being seen by the labor or
ganizations as well as by the courts.
At the fast pace which the American
people go, one day’s rest in seven
is not only desirable from a religious
but from a material stand point
■well.
Practical jokers have a lesslon in
the case of a Pennsylvania man
who shot a pretended burglar. The
court discharged the defendant on
the ground that a practical joker must
be prepared to take his medicine. Good
law and good sense.
Some “man at the DeSo(p" got
himself Interviewed in the Savannah
News on the theme of forming a new
state out of Chatham and adjoining
counties along the coast which "want
ed thelr'n wet.” This must be a hit
of dry humor.
Goldfield residents are making
frantic appeals to President Roose
velt to retain the troops In the Col
orodo town. A few days ago the
President Issued an order to the ef
feet that the troops should be with
drawn on Dec. 30, giving as the ten
sion that no Insurrection had occured
and that except In dangers of this
kind federal troops canot be lawfully
employed to do duty for state troops.
It Is the claim of the cltlsens that
trouble will be sure to break out with
the departure of the regulars.
Editor Stead, of the Review ■ of
Reviews, writing from his tripod in
I-ondon, criticises the visit of the
United States fleet to the Pacific as
"venturing her head into the jaws of
the Japanese lion.” From being
threat towards Japan, according to
the writer's logic, the visit of the
fleet puts this country more at the
mercy of the Japanese. Perhaps
after all the movement is neither in
tended as a monace to Japan nor as
a thrusting Into the lion's mouth, but
Just a valuable experience for the
battleships and their crews.
The daily papers recently have
'contained numerous stories of the
xaurder of girls by disappointed lov
ers.' It seems to bs getting quite
popular among certain classes for
the man to shoot the woman who re
fuses to marVy him. Sometimes he
•Iso shoots himself. No objection
would be raised If the disappointed
ones limited the UHing to themselves,
but the girls ought to be protected.
Gus Rlngling, the head of the clr
cus which controls all of the larger
shows, is dead. He was never so
near to the people as P. T. Barnum,
who did not hesitate to say that the
people liked to be humbugged.
In view of the decrease in earn
ings of the railroads the Texas rail
road commission has held up the 2
cent fare Investigation. Returning
sanity seems to be the rule.
Secretary Taft on bis return was
asked by an Interviewer who was his
choice for President On the ground
that the answer might incriminate
himself be declined to ear.
Greene and Goynor who have
struggled valiantly against their ver
dict of fine and imprisonment passed
by Judge Speer at Savannah a year
ago last April, must pay the penalties
Inflicted. The Supreme Court has
declined to Interfere. Their senten
ces were each four years imprison
ment and a fine of 3575,749.90. Tho
defendants had many friends who
sympathized with them in their
fight, but it seems if there Is no hope
to avoid serving the sentences.
TO LITTLE ONES GIVES
WITH GENEROUS HAND
Baptists Send to Orphans
Home.
The little orphans of the State
Baptist Orphans Home at Hapeville,
as well as the poor little waifs of the
Hepzibah Home at Macon will. haVe
their Christmas cheer heightened to
day by a generous gift-sent froiS the
First Baptist Sunday school of
Americas. This school had its
Christmas entertainment Monday
night at the church, and a delightful
occasion it proved for all. Each class
had arranged to bring certain arti
cles, and tbe sacks of flour, rice,
sugar, coffee, candy and other good
things made a pyramid In front of
tbe altar. . The Baraca' class, the
GIFTS IN PLENTY ARE
SENT TO THE POOR
Sweet Charity in Evidence'
last Night.
bank when these dead securities'were j of “ ock, 1 C0Dtrlbuted
first offered to the examiners ‘"enty-flve sack. fl ° Ur aIoM ' There
have Were contrlb >ltl°ns of money as well,
and a goodly sum. in cash, besides
provisions for the little ones, wUl be
first offered to the examiners
thrown out, the bank might
been saved.
Not only were Atlanta people
caught, But many other cities and
towns will suffer. Americus busjness
men have been caught, among others.
Every effort will no doubt be put
forth to save the depositors as far as
possible,'but at best It means a long
delay In the courts while the affairs
of the Institution are being liquidated.
Trial catarrh treatments are being
.mailed out free, on request, by 'Dr.
8hoop, Racine, WIs. These tests are
proving to the people—without a pen
ny’s cost—the great value of this
scientific prescription known to
druggists everywhere as Dr. Shoop’s
Catarrh Remedy. Sold by Davenport
Drug Co.
divided between the two homes. Sev
eral of the Americus Sunday schools
have thus given their Christmas of
ferings to the orphans homes and tbe
poor of Americus, while that splen
did organization, the Ladle) Benevo
lent Aid Society, has distributed
charity as well, as It has ever done at
this glad season.
First Methodist church was filled
with an assemblage of charitably dls-
iKised and kind-hearted. people last
night, the occasion being the annual
offering to the poor upon behalf of
the Sunday school. Each one at
tending was asked to bring a potato
as an "admission ticket” depositing
It In a barrel at the door, with the
result that a quantity of potatoes will
constitute one of the offerings to be
sent the poor today, along with wa
gon loads of other" contributions
brought last night by the Sunday
schpol classes and members of the
congregation. ! These gifts will be
generously distributed today by a*
committee among the deserving poor
of the city, and wlH constitute a noble
Christmas offering. A pretty song
service was rendered last night, and
the occasion at the church was one
of greatest Interest
Cortelyou In Atlanta
ATLANTA, OA. Dec 21.—(8peclal)
—Secretary of tbe Treasury George
B. Cortelyou has been Invited to
speak at the annual dinner of tbe At
lanta chamber of commerce . next
month.
GOOD DINNER IS GIVEN
. TODAY TO THE GANG
Zebras to Have Bountiful
Repast.
Fears of newspaper notoriety caus
ed the abandonment of tho "Honey
moon Special” which the Chicago ft
Northwestern was to run out of Chi
cago. The press agent of the railroad
had given too much prominence to
tho train and twenty blushing cou
ples who were to have'started on the
trip canceled their resenrationa and
the train was taken off. The road
lost a splendid advertisement by de-
Ing too previous In its announcement
While unfettered Americus is feast
ing today the fettered fifty, those un
fortunates who make up the county
chalngang, will be given a dlnter
as well. Supt. Paschal has prepared
a good Christmas dinner, and the
blackbirds will have a whole holiday
wherein to enjoy It Yesterday morn
ing two generous-hearted citizens
went to Supt. Paschal and offered to
provide a dinner for the convicts, not
knowing that he had done so already,
but he kindly thanked thhm. while
declining the offer to thus bring an
hour of Joy to the unfortunate. The
fifty convicts under Supt ^Paschal's
able administration are in excellent
physical condition, and during the
past six or eight months, of a hun
dred thus handled but one has at
tempted to escape.
I $2.70 Worth oi
For $1.00
ATTENTION FARMERS I
You can get the genuine old fash-
toned IATcrpoo! Halt nt Buchanan’s.
Use Ibis kind and savo your meat.
j your
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