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THE MACON DAILY TELEGRAPH i
SUNDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 11, 1908
Police (JJoupt
i Tha Star Boarder.
Jim Haalett waa * lUr boarder at
W Udo Holtaclaws ration ranch. From
all account*, ho la a hard-working no*
#nx>, but ho lovea hta morning dram, u
habit acquired when wblhky waa eoay
to got. Ho kept a bottle of corn In
M* trunk, and every morning when
tie got out of bad he took a drink, and
that waa the only drink during the;
«Jay. For a week or ao he had been -
noticing a leak in the bottle, and yet ;
he could not believe that hie landlady '
would allow any one In hla room, and
beside* ho had the key to the trunk
in h;» rocket. Nevertheless tha whla- i
ky was disappearing faster than It'
should. He made marks on tha bottle ;
v hen be took a drink and A noted how
much the whisky had /alien ihext :
morning. It finally dawned on hlrn !
that th*re must'be another key to th<
trunk and ho then took a day off from
his work to find who was helping him
fcr I rid of the Whisky. He told Millie
of his trouble.
"Wofftr yer comes tor me bout yer
" • ■ - no gits hit?
iddout stay*
room sot tin' up wotchln*
who buss op’n yer trunk ter git dst
Hiker. How I knew yer got an.v
ticker? Tor alnt never nx me ter have
rr dram atiner drsm go fine dese col’
maw nln's. dey sho do."
‘•I* yer seed Bill er any uv dam
fellers gwlne in mcr room? he a*k-
•Doan mx me any ring 'bout Bill.
?>at nigger Jlss loafer roun* all da
lime. wot dat nigger do I dunno. Ho
5»nye do bode money an' wot he do
Hint nunner my blanise, but I olnt seed
Mm gwlne ’roun' yer room. I say dst
much fur him."
‘ f- nsbody gwlne in dat trunk sn
rtilin' mcr flcker aho. Wetter wanter
knrv who It am. I hss ter sen ter
« ..atternoogy far dat licker.
ter gwlncter funnlsh da
nut the next morning the marks on
the bottle showed that it had not
t.reii touched. He knew, however, that
this was because ho stayed around all
•isv »nd he now believed that ha had
found th« thief. That morning he
put a dlme'r worth of quinine In the
hot tin nnd shook It up well. Then
wont to Ms work.
That night a! the supper table Jim
fold the crowd boa' he had boon rob-
bad of his licker. but that he was sat-
tflfted because be had put slow poison
In the bottle that morning, and as the
,-r,o n who took a drink during his
absence would be d*nd by breakfast,
l... gussied ha whuld then find out.
Millie was pouring out a cup of
coffee for Bill, but on hearing this,
.‘up, saucer, pot and all dropped to the
f- -r and she gasped rind collapsed.
Of course there was a commotion,
V. i'ling hands laid hold of Millie, but
Millie weighed nearly three hundred
trounds and willing hnnda however
v. Utng were not sufficient to lift her
front the floor.
• Doan lemma die. good Marster. doan
letnme die leer p»»’ sinner, nnner alnt
had time ter wash do spots out'n mer
rtfbe ei* rl-chusnlss. leer weekld oo-
mmi or Marster. anner alnt fillin' ter
dto Jlss die mlnnlt. Glmms time, Jls-
aer 11*1' mo* time ter gits d* houss
clean up fur ol* Marsa Gabul.
Lnwdy." . . J ,
•Tell de ol' marster 'bout .dat co'n
llcktr. Millie," said Jim.
Tek dls key out’n mar pocket. Cal
line, an* th'ow hit down da well; dosn
Veer whsr yar th’ow hit. I knowed
Mimp'n wut da matter wld dat licker
rfr.uns hit git In mer google. «•>
didn’t tss'e lak hit used ter. Ter
»**r he ewhamer yarsa'f, Jim Haalett,
ifr do er pn* wldder ooman datter
And Millie groaned In agony. Rhe
had tasted the oiilnlns In tha whisky
and »ho gUspeeied that there was some
thing wrong with It. hut she hsd to
keep her suspicions to herself,
when Jim said II was poison, a slow
poison at thnt. she Just knew she was
dying, fleeing her agony, Jim soften
ed and told her what tha stuff was,
Hhe iorambled to her feet and she
gave .Tim such a llrkln* that h* waa
obliged to go for tha pollca. The csss
of disorderly conduct against Millie
was dismissed, with a lecture to nev-
or do so again. And it is not llksly
»h# will.
THl LVRIcVnIW BILL.
Manager Bandy hat proeursfl for this
wffV an aggregation of hlgh-rlats per-
tenners. They have been tried out In
ti.e Criterion theater In flavsnnsh and
Mg business was accorded thara all the
week, closing flat unlay ntght to an at
tendance equal to the capacity of the
boose. Miss Addison and Mr IJvtng-
Bti.n. who appear In a chapter of comedy
ah to tho good, had played the Savannah
limits earlier In the season, and this
last appearance was In reapohsa to ra-
quests that they be brought tack.
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MONDAY $1.48 DAV
To Make Quick Work of the
UINION SHOE STORE STOCK
Wc have cut things loose for Monday and will sell you shoes worth $5.00 for $1.48, shoes worth $4.00
for $1.48, and shoes worth $3.00 and $2.50 for $1.48, for .men, women, girls and boys. The best one’s can’t last long.
Store Will Not Open Until 9:00 A. M.====Take the Tip ===Be on Band at that Titne====9:C0 A. M.
One big lot Men’* Sample Shoes and all Low Cat Shoes
on tbo rucks, no matter what the former price, some are
worth $5.00, somo loss, all sizes in some kinds ..
$1A8
All Ladies' Oxfords on tho racks, no matter what the
marked price; values from $3.00 to $5.00, a big lot high
Shoes, worth $2.50 and $3.00, Monday at 9 a.m.
$1A8
All $2.00 and $3.00 Boys’ and Girls' Shoes, from the
Union Shoe Store’s stock ■ >
at
$1A8
CO
mSBBBM
A prize with every pair Monday—Candy, Go-Carts and School Bags for the Girls; Knives, Bags. Horns and Candy for the Boys.
EVERY PAIR MUST AND WILL GO AT ON OE—GET YOURS FIRST.
LOOK FOR THE RED SION MONDAY MORNING
B. HARRIS & CO.’S OLD STAND
Third and Cherry Streets
Ira A. Watson & Co., Adjusters
..... t^h* dancing man. haa ..
that he unwind* to an uproar
. Hla dancing ta noval and
•'aver, and ha never fans to tuaka good
sits evary audience. .
Sterling Brother*, la a Homan rlnt
ict. u a novel!v new to Maecn, and
ihout.t bacema popular at onco. Qau-
Pont s motto* plcturea, always good.
•U-»* th« r vr.
Kelt Friday nl*ht tha amataura will
void forth In addition to tha regular bill
r vrf#(*t orde* will he preserved and tha
imateuri win be treated with tha name
tnt tha professional seta. Matinee*
1.10 to «:M; night, 7:39 to 10.80.
€i
77
99
Humphreys’ Seventy-Seven
breaks up Grip and
COLDS
Even tn stringent times, when money
la tight, a quarter of a Dollar la not
mucj of a risk to assure your health.
Tho usa of a tingle vial of “Seventy-
e»\ n" may keep you free from Colda
through the Fkll srd Winter.
A small vial of pleasant pellet* fits
tha vest pocket.
All Druggists gall, moat Druggists
recommend "77."
Humphreys' Borneo MVdlelno Ctx.
Cor. WUllsm and Ann Streets, New
York.
HARVARD MER WILL AGAIN
SEEK SPANISH TREASURE
utos to secure from a coml reef off
tho coast of Jamaica several millions
of dollars In gold bullion proved n
failure through tho wrack of tha yacht
Mayflower, another such venturo will
b<* iittfinptrd within a few weeks. Tho
young eoidlcrp of fortune who wore
rescued In the Caribbean aoa will make
another attempt to win tha sunken
Irouaur*. Tho adventurers wore: G.
II. HeulI, '88- Hayden Richardson. *oi;
8. 8. Hoylaton, ’05; H. II. Noyes, ’08,
Mlid It. A. Darby. '01.
Tho Arm of Leayoraft 4k Co., of No.
120 Boar! street, was t!>e financial
bnckor of tho enterprise. On a reef
off tho const of Jamaica during the
last part of the ssvanteenth century n
Hpnnlsh galleon transporting gold from
Houth America to Spain went tn pieces
nnd sank. A diver at Kingston. Ja
maica, lost winter come across some
of the gold nnd knaw the exact location
of the vessel. Native divers ©ceanlon-
ally wont down after n storm and
brought up pieces of coral In which
gold wan embedded. The natives Jeal
oualy guarded the sunken wreck and
had driven off nil treasure seekers.
It was for this reason that the crew
wma especially colected. Threo-lnch
cannons were put on board, and there
were fifty repeating Hfle* and one hun
dred revolvers. . Themen who made
up the party kndw hoflt to use them
and had proven lu Other atcapsdea that
they feared nothing. The crew wm
as carefully ohosen, too. none but
Americana belnf hired. Three tons of
dynamite and a dosen diving outfits
were part of the equipment. It waa
planned to blow up the oortl reef and
then have divers go down and bring
up the treasure.
Derby, when saen at the Harvard
Club yesterday afternoon, etld that he
had an experience that he Wouldn’t
mind got ifjf through again.
••You never taw auch a crew,” he
sold. They weren’t tha least bit afraid
or panic stricken. They wane grand.
But then, yon vkflhw, \hey were all
Americans, nnd (fiat’s what Americans
"How did it feel to be eo near death?”
he was asked.
Oh. you only have to croak once,”
was hla reply. "8o what difference
docs It mako whether you are drowned
at «cu or killed by nn automobile?”
Where Bullets Flew.
David Parker, of Fayette, N. Y., a
vetci. ,i of the civil war, who lost a
foot at Gettysburg, says: "The good Wll .. u .. r ..,
Electric Bitters have done la worth mugt COVO r
more than five hundred dollar* to. me. volume of bonds than existed In 1*7.
tha extent of the hurt to stockholders
can be underatood.
But now, hulf way on In the latter
volved. Not a single railroad pf any! six months of the year; for August I picture films will be furnished of the
alac showed an Increase In 1903 In the decrease was only 18 57 per cent, notifications* and conventions. Post
gross earnings, and only two showed and for the first v/etk ot September . .howlmr Mr rarvan ’his nl-
Increases !n net. The falling off In twenty-flve roads, which should come I cards snow ing Mr. Bn an ir. his ai
net earnings waa oven larger than tho near showing tho average of the whole falfa field and Mr. Taft on “
decrease In growth, coming apparently made a falling off of only 10.42 per
to more than 21 per cent. When It cent.—American Review of Review*.
la considered that these net earnings' ■ —■— 7
Interest on a larger! •.. Tha Aeoeeaory in Politics.
spent much money doctoring for a
had case of stomach trouble, to little
purpose. I then tried Electric Hitters,
and they cured me. I now take them
as a tonic, and they kc*p ms strong
and well." 50c at all drug stores.
six months of 1908. things aro looking
better. Several months ago, in May
and June, the railrpads showed some
jpoaslble ■■■
soino accuracy the effect oil tha rail
road Industry of last yoar*» panic and
Its consequent depression, The reports
before us, leaving only about one
sixth of the mileage to be estimated.
Wc find ttat after ten years of al
most uninterrupted Increases In gross
enrnlngs. Increases ns enormous as
they ware regular, the railroads of
the country earned nearly a quarter
of a billion dollars less In tho first
half of 1908 than In tho correaptnd*
Ing half of 1907. What this men"*
ts best shown by comparison with the
figures of 1904, a year of gSnrp trndo
depression. In the first half of that
year the decrease from the earnings
of the corresponding month* of 1903
waa leas than I20.000.o00. So that
the year 1908, to July 1, finds the rail
roads reporting decreases twelve times
as large ns the falling off in the only
other period In the last doesdo that
did not show Increases. This for
midable evidence of the deprosalon
we have passed through la qualified,
In the opinion of some authorities, by
the very fact of the great at vidua In
earnings taken by the railroad* In ro-
cent year*. They point out that we
d«v not have to go ao far back—In
deed, only to 1901—to find gross earn
ings even less than tho fifreasod flg-
urea of 1908. But It must be to-
tnembered that the cost of wages and
material nai Increased enormous'y
alnce 1908, and that there have bean
huge new capital Issues to provide
facilities for an exnected further ad
vance In traffic. Theae factor* ran-
der a comparison of gross earnings
In 1903 with gross enrnlngs In 1905
very cheeriest. The widespread char
acter of the -falling off w\s an u *“-
l-ieastve at the large amounts In-
No voter will have excuse for Ignor
ance of the voice, appearance and
dally life of tho candidates. Thous
ands of rolls havo been prepared from
the originnl cylinders Into which Mr.
Bryan nnd Mr. Taft talked. Moving
Panama
■team shovel have been printed by
the million. The nlckelodoons
take part In a presidential campaign
for the first time, and the mcls jyJU be
used more than ever. In one sense
politics is progressing.—New York
World.
P.nlo M...ur.d In R.l'w.y Trslflo. In ^. a »°"*. °1 il?”?”
It 1* now luimslhlo t.i vmim wltb problem of reducing expenses to cor
u is now •PossiDia 10 gauge witn rcgpond wlth tho 8ma Uer volumo of;
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traffic. In tho face of continuing high
prices for steel nnd other material, and
of the Impossibility of reducing wages
this was no eas/ task, B.ut at the
height of the falling off In traffic, which
esmo In May, net earnings began to
look a little better proportionately,
and this work of decreasing expenses
has gone on prograa*!vely until.w 0 find
the Union Pacific In July reporting an
aotual Increase In net In the face of
tho falling off ef nearly $500,000 In
gross, and the Southern PacHlo report
ing practically the same net earnings
an In the corresponding month of last
year. Of course, such results can only
bo obtained on roads thnt have been
kept In tho best physical condition, and
not on all of these. Mr. Hsrrlmsn
satd. on hla return to the east In mid
September, that he had apent $180,000,-
000 In Improving the Southern and
Union Pacific between 1900 and 1905,
and It la well known that correspond
ingly large .sum* have gone Into theso
properties since 1905. 'But In spite of
the better showing*of others. It la
evidently true that the drastic econo
mics now In force muit be at somo ex
pense to the physical condition of our
groat transportation line*, and a Cru-
tlny of the aums currently expended
on mantenance of way and equipment,
as reported to the Interctnte commerce
commission, shows specifically that
tho properties are not being "kept up”
as they were before gros* earnings
fell off. So that it la much more sub
stantial cause of congratulation thnt
gross earnings themselves are now
alowly rising. The decrease for July
on the large body of roads reporting
was I« 57 p*r cent, as against an aver
age of nearly 20 per cent for the first
FOR WEDDING AND ANNIVERSARY GIFTS,
FOR DECORATING THE HOME,
FOR SOMETHING OF PERMANENT VALUE,
Sterling Silver, Rich Cut Glass and Fine China ■ Have
Always Been and Always Will be the Recognized
Standard.
THE PLACE TO GET IT IS
L. 0. STEVENS JEWELRY STORE
366 Second Street.
bankrupt bale, .
r the TV strict Court ef the United States
1-1 end ftr tha fleuthtrn District of
9 t Ida. in Bxnkrtu tor. In re South
ern Marble & flume Company, ltaak-
r r ter and by virtue of an order granted
, n Fe : *Vy of fepirmh-r, A. D. 1901,
, T tii# Hon. w. A. Hsllneree, Jr., refer**
n bankruptcy. In and for said district.
- f t,nder«1cned. as trustee of the estate
>f tho aforenainrd bankrupt, will put ut»
1 nubile sale la Mncon As. at 1A o'«*l«vk
urn. October 14th. IfS, the following |
statin.
.... ... .. - :c
the said bankrupt
4 l.too cubic feet
engine. hoUen, d*r-
About l,
machinery, apnll-
truck*, and mt*crlls.
, Terms of eale rash,
further Information, and itemised
article* to be ooM. apply to \V p
iniopR JnckOonville. Fla. unill
‘after that dste to (.nidi
and gtva further Inform silon.
W. P. KEt.t.ET.
We Invite Your Account.
Macon's New National Bank
Under United States Supervision.
Managed by largo board directors,
:omposed of sixteen successful repre
sentative business men.
Commercial National Bank
E. Y. Mallary, Pres.; Cecil Morgan, V. Pres.; J. J. Oobb,
V. P.; W. P. Wheeler, Asst, to Pres.; E. N, Lewis, Cashier.
Afraid to go Home in the Dark
Yon wouldn’t be if you could
leave your porch light burning
to welcome you.
It takes away that chilly,
fearsome look that makes many
a woman dread to enter her
home after dark. Electric?
"Well, it’s the only thing for a
porch light.
Macon Railway & Light Co
Shewmake Brothers Co.
Dublin, Ga.
:DEALERS IN:
Rough and Dressed Lumber
Cypress and Pine Shingles
Laths, Etc.
All Inquiries Answered Promptly
SEND YOUR ORDERS TO
Sam Weichselbaum & Mack
P. O. Box 163 Jacksonville, Fla.
. The Mack Boys will give them prompt and careful
attention. Note the following. All express prepaid:
XXX Superior Rye. $2-60 gall. Jug. 4 quarts
Six year old Corn. I3.D0 gall. Jug, 4 quarts
Moilnt Vernon Rye. $4.00 gall. Jug, 4 quarts
Our Choice Rye, $5.00 gall. Jug. 4 quarts
Anderson Co. Bourbon, four quarjs
White Mill-, bottled in bond, four quarts
Lewis’ 46, four quart*? t ...:
Black Label, four quarts
8 year old Corn, foul quarts....
$8.00
$8.50
$4.50
86.50
$4.00
.... 24.60
85.00
$6.60
....$4.00
. These aro only a few of our many good things. Send
us a trial order. All the standard brands of BEER at
lowest prices. Write for price list.
SAM WEICHSELBAUM & MACK,
Jacksonville, Fla.
to Teddy! "Suppose you quit tins horse play and saw wood a litt!;."
Oyster Season
Now Open
We are headquarters for Oysters, Fish and Fresh
Meats. Oysters all the time.
Your orders solicited. ; ‘ A Jt*
Photos- 242—951.
W. L. Henry Co.
Out cf town erders receive prompt attention.
Oldest Whisky House in South
ESTABLISHED 1881
OLD 8HARPE WILLIAMS.
Furs fins old Rya. by tha
gallon $|.0f
Pure Pennsylvania ...
rich and mellow, by the
gallon *
full quarts
Express prepaid.
COLEMAN.
Rya.
he
..$2.75
ANVIL RYE.
OLD POINTER CLUB CORN.
Rich and mellow, by the
$2.50
quarts $2.90
Ex
gallon
4 full quarts
express prepaid.
OLD GEORGIA CORN
Direct From Bonded Warehouse* and Old.
Ry the gallon 83.75
Four full quarts $3.75
Express prepaid.
price list and catalogue. Mailed free.
THE ALTMAYER ft FLATAU LIQUOR CO.
720, 722, 724, 726 West Bay Street
JACKSONVILLE, - - - FLORIDA