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Most Notable Array of Home Needs for the Fall Season. fi.'—:——-——_— I now have in stock the results of months of search and purchasing among the leading manufacturers of the country. | have brought to this market an assortment of Furniture, Rugs etc., which far exceeds any former display. You will find here reliable Merchandise--goods that are honest in make and name. Prices are fixed to suit the most economical of purchasers and my well known guarantee-==“No misrepresentation” shall prove an incentive in my maintaining your patronage. Bed Room Suits $15.00 to $67.50 Odd Dressers $6.00 to $20.00 Side Boards $ll.OO to 50.00 Dining Tables 4.50 to $20.00 Dining Chairs 75c to $2.00 Hall Racks $5.00 to $25. A large stock of New Home, Wheeler & Wilson and cheaper grade Sewing Machines, prices from $13.95 upward. REUBEN JORDAN. We Have The Proper Things SR SR BS S S We want you to come and see for yourself what we mean=‘proper’ Our stock of Dry Goods, Notions, Clothing, Hats and Shoes that have arrived, we venture to say that we have never bought a more serviceable and up-to-date line of goods, ever offered the good people of this section. Give us a call and be con vinced : : : : $ : : : : We handle a complete line of Staple Groceries and Farm Supplies. You have a standing invitation to call and inspect our G00d5..... ROBINSON, KELLY & (0. Macon & Birmingham R. R. “The LaGrange Route.” s THE BEST. L1NE............ Macon to Idontgomery, Hew “Orleans, Mokbile, Birmingkam and Jexas Soints, ~ . . . Cheap Excursion Tickets to Warm Springs, Ga., ARI tHe Summer. .. * For information write C. B. Rhodes, G. P. A. . v MACON, GEORGIA. R s L Ae] Q) O Y = \ ’k gl | N Mg (VEh v N (1] ’:\'i"’\“ -" "‘\ ‘]‘ NPAS "‘.\(, / 1 AR NNNCa RN L 95:"‘?’ 72K THIS MACHINE FOR $13.95 Book Cases $6.00 to $17.50 Oak & Willow Rockers SI.OO to 7.50 Center Tables 65¢ to $6.00 Rugs 35c to $7.00 Art Squares $4.00 to 15.00 Window Shades 25c to SI.OO Queen & Crescent Shortest, Quickest and Best Line to New Orleans, Viekshurg and Shreveport, and to all Texas, Mexico, Arizona and California points, cither through Merid. ian and New Orleans or Shreveport, Through Pullman Sleepers To New Orleans and Shreveport, ----.-DINING CAR 5...... For detailed information apply to any representatize of the Queen and Orescent Route, or the undersigned. JOHN W. WOOD, Travelling Pas senger Agent, Meridian, Migs, -~ GEO. I, SMI'TH, General Passen ger Agent, New Orleans, R. J. ANDERSON, Assistant Gen © eral Passenger Agent, Now Or leans, THE MONTICELLO NEWS. WAGES AND THE COST OF LIVIGN. President Roosevelt Deliberately Seeks to Deceive the Public. Of the many statements deliberately made by Mr. Roosevelt, in his letter of acceptance, which have aroused un favorable comment because of their in accuracy, none is destined to cause him more trouble and to result in greater harm to his canvass than that in which he alleges that wages have been increased during the last few years in greater proportion than the cost of living has increased. This state ment has called forth a storm of pro test, not only from the press, but among well-informed labor leaders and political economists, Nearly every independent journal has taken Mr. Roosevelt to task. One of these, the Philadelphia FPublic Ledger, published in the metropolis of the strongest protectionist State in the Union, devotes a column and a half of its space in refuting the Presldent’s! statement. Mr. Roosevelt, to quotai him precisely, says: “As conclusively shown by the bul letin of the Bureau of Labor, the pur chasing power of the average wage re ceived by the wage-worker has grown faster than the cost of living.” The Philadelphia Ledger regrets that it cannot confirm this statement. It says: “More raliah{e. because more disin terested, and more unprejudiced wit nesses than Mr. Roosevelt’s Commis sioner of Labor, have time and again declared it conspicuously inexact. Among the disinterested witnesses are both Bradstreet’s and Dun's carefully compiled reports, and among the un prejudiced ones are several prominent labor leaders, who have testified to the truth respecting the wage scale of the one part and the regular quotation of the prices of the necessities of life of the other part. And the precise testi mony given by these trustworthy wit nesses, is directly contrary to the Presi dent's statement. “The prices of domestic commodities have had an average increase from the lowest standard reached in 1896 of 37 per cent. No sensible and well-in formed man will seriously assert that since 1896 the average wage rate has in creased to that extent—more than one third. There is no workman in the land who can testify to the accuracy of this. The President’s contention is that the alleged greater proportionate increase of the average wage to the increased cost of living has been due to_th'e ‘beneticent protection afforded to labor ‘by the tariff. Here again the President’s position is contested by labor itself. It is true that the wages of artisans and their unskilled helpers have been materially increased since 1896, but while there have been slight increases at various times of the wages of the so-called protected workmen, the aggréga.te differences have not kept step with the increase of the cost of living, “At present the tendency all over the country is to reduce the wages of those employéd in protected industries. At Fall River, Mass., 25000 textile operators are out of work and de prived of wages because they would not consent to a flat wage reduction of 12 per cent. In Chicago the Meat Trust has crushed to death one of the most powerful labor organizations be cause it demanded a reasonable in crease of wages for the under-paid laborers. The Steel, Iron and Tin Trusts, interests protected by the tariff, bave been largely reducing their wage schedules, as has also the Glass Trust, The artisans, mechanics and all sorts of their unskilled helpers, to whom the tariff does not even pretend to give protection, receive high wages, and will continue to receive them so long as their unions remain intact. But what single tariff-protected industry pays its workmen the same generous reward for their labor that the un protected activities pag their em ployees for their labor.” It might be added that Commissioner Wright’'s remarkable statement and tabulation upon which President Roosevelt bases his remarks already quoted, was discredited long béfore the eandidate’s letter of acceptance wag made public, for Secretary Shaw in a gtump speech delivered several weels ago stated that tbhe Commissloner of Labor has prepared a bomb which would blow the Democratic party sky high, or words to that effect, He gaid, in 80 many words, that this “bomb” was In the nature of a carefully pre pared article showing that the Dem ocratic contention that the cost of living had been increased out of pro portion to the increase in wages was untrue, Commisgioner Wright's “bomb” has deceived no person of average intellls gence, It bears on its face the lme print of untruthfulness born of the desperate necessities of a losing umn' naign. ‘ ‘ FOR SALE-—A scholarship on the Georgia-Alabama Business College located in Macon, Ga, Any young lady or gentleman de. siring to take a course in this’ school will gave money by cu]ling' on us, DEPOT WAREHOUSE. To The Farmers of Jasper County: The cotton season is on again and we are in better position to handle your cotton than ever before, and will appreciate your business. : : : Correct Weights, Prompt and Courteous Atttention Given all. Money advanced on Cotton stored with us at low rate of interest. ; : } : : MARKET QUOTATIONS FURNISHED ON REQUEST. Thanking you for past favors and soliciting your patronage in the future we remain, Yours to Serve, A. H. BURNEY & CO. N RGENR YT R YT N YT S TSN Y™ e MCNEEL MARBLE (0., MARIETTA, GEORGIA. The largest and best equipped mill South. HANDLE ALL MARBLES AND GRANITES. <+ CEMETERY WORK EXCLUSIVELY. WRITE US FOR DESIGNS AND PRICES. ; o S ; NI ——7 BRING OR SEND YOUR COTTON Ao s The Planters Warehouse. ———-————_——_—_——_—_————————.—:____”_-—_-"_—____‘—_————__— The best warehouse in the best town, in the best county, in the best State in the Union 9% S 3 Y 9 3 m I want to handle your Cotton this season. With 15 years experience as warehouseman, and located as | am, | think it will be money in your pocket to bring your cotton to the «Old Reliable’”’ up town Warehouse. If not convenient to come to town, send me your cotton and 'Phone or write me your wishes and I will guarantee satisfaction, : Yours for business, W, R. Pepe, Shotographs . . Mot el e Le L Any size up to an Bxlo ranging in price from 25¢ to $5.00 per dozen. Photo Buttons, Rims, Pins etc. Pictures adjusted in watches and lockets. f}k‘ Copying and viewing, Developing and finishing for amateurs, 10x20 Crayons with Framos * .*‘ $2.98. Pastel and Seipa at similar Prices. Picture Frames made to order, any size from the smallest up, A comparison of our prices with that of others will con vince you that we are the people to save you money, P Respectfully, e t————————————————————— o F. B, Barnes. FRIDAY MORNINGs