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Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1905-03-04

Earth quake assures are ground rents
that cannot be collected.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1905-03-04

The tombstone engraYer doesn't OBJ
ject to his work, though it seems to be
hard lines.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1905-03-04
Linen Lawns.

We will offer ten pieces linen
lawn the full regular width and we
Guarantee every yard to be pure linen
the regular soc grade here rIOnday
and Tuesday only at per yard. 25c
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1905-03-04

A cold wave is one thing we cannot
warm up tc.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1905-03-04

g a. s. T % ~ r a.
Bears the q The Kind You flaYa Always BOugF
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Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1905-03-04
For Ordinary.

the office of Ordinary of Sumter County 10
fill the uneXpired term of my father. /
earnestly solicit the support of all voters of
ta1nance of my widowed mother and sister,
and If elected pledge myself to faithfully
discharge the duties of the office Very
Respectfully, W. r, ALLEN.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1905-03-04
Heavy Bath Towels at II I-2C.

SnOW-White abs0rbant bath tow
els made of the best quality size 2Ox
40 inches, a grade that is usually sold
at 20C here for this sale Monday and
Tuesday at each t2bC
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1905-03-04
ZINE IMPORTED WASH GOODS SPRING 9O5

On Monday, Feb. 28th we will make the first dis
NAV of new imported wash fabrcs these are styles that
ron will not this side of Atlanta Great variety of
new patterns displayed here for the first time Monday
and priced at per yard soc
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1905-03-04

Themsw grippe and cold cure, 25c.
REMBERT's DRUGSTORE.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1905-03-04
Brown Linen.

Twenty pieces brown linen the
full regular width and the grade that
vou have always paid a2oc for here
Monday and Tuesday only at per
ward. .................. lZAC
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1905-03-04

Some women think marriage GER
tlficate is license which gives them
the right to rule the roost.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1905-03-04

Some broken sets of Christy, Fisher
HUT and Gibson pastels will be sold
at 700. Holidays Book Store.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1905-03-04

Fall line of Buist's fresh garden
seeds, just received at Hudson's Drug
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-10-26
NEED FOR GOOD MEN.

That there is always need for able
men, men who are careful and accur-
ate, faithful to their employers,
and not nervous always lest they
spend too much time at work. Such
men are always in demand Some
way there never seems to be too many
of them and the reflection is or should
be comfortable one for young men
who are wondering what line will be
the most profitable one for them to
devote their lives to. DR.. E. D. Durand,
special examiner for the United States
bureau of corporations, made some in
teresting statements Friday at Trbana,
Ill, in the course of all address to stu
dents of the Illinois State university
upon the work in the governmen de-
partments. First, he said that there is
much carelessness among the statis-
ticians who make up the government
reports and that the figures which are
supposed to be absolutely correct
sometimes contain grievous errors.
The economic work of the government
is growing rapidly, he assured his
hearers, and the government needs
and will need large numbers of able
men, In addition he said:
The commerce and labor depart
ment offers the broadcast field. The
agricultural, vital statistics, mining
interstate commerce, and railroad bu-
reaus ought also to demand especial
economic training of their employees.
"The diplomatic service, also, would
be improved by such men. The con-
sular employees are not under the civil
service rules. and appointments have
been made without much regard for
fitness, but change is in sight.
:. THAT the government pays too
much to clerks and too little to men
In responsible positions is well known
fact. Field work in the corporation
bureau especially demands high grade
men. The facts are highly difficult to
get at som etimes.
"The training which this university
is planning to give in business methods
ought to be an adequate preparative
for government service. A broad foun-
dalton is necessary"
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-10-26
ANCESTOR WORSHIP.

Lincoln Journal.-Admiral Togo,
consistently with his declaration after
the battle of the sea of Japan that it
was the ancestral spirits of the Japs
that won the battle, has worshiped the
spirits of his ancestors at IZo temple
and given a fresh stimulus to the ma
tional religion of Japan 1t needs to
be explained, perhaps that occden-
tails who have given Shintoism nom
partisan examination inform as that
our expression ancestor Worship" is
highly. misleading; that what Togo
does is to worship the way of divine
ancestry" a very different thing from
ancestry worship. President Jordan,
of Stanford, has defined this religion
phenomenon as 'the spirit of living so
that ancestors will not be ashamed Of
their descendants But even grant
ing that there is some literalness in
Admiral Togo's ancestor worship 1t
fore turning up our noses. A story
a foreign visitor to Boston, who re-
marked upon the activity observable
in the cemeteries of the city. He was
informed that the people he saw there
We're hunters, not for game or gold.
but for ancestors Besides, what shall
we say of the Sons of the Revolution,
Daughters of the Revolution, Society
of Mayflower Descendants. Huguenct
Society of America, Daughter of 1912,
Sons of Veterans, Settlers and De-
tenders of America ?--all splendid pa
triotic influences, and all looking back
10 ancestry In manner that might
| easily be an unfriendly or unintelli-
gent critic be called ancestor worship
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-10-26
THE SOLUTION.

President RooseveltS address, deliv-
cred today at the Tuskegee institution,
is worthy of careful reading by every
one, regardless of color place of resi-
dence or inclinations upon the much
discussed question of the races. Presi-
dent Roosevelt, while he says that the
white people have duty to perform
in. the south declares that that duty is
being well discharged at Tuskegee in
as far as those interested there are
concerned, and he impresses it upon
the negroes that it is their duty to
take. advantage of the teachings and
the opportunities given them to obtain
education and training in Industrial
lines There is always room for well
educated and well trained colored man,
just as there is for the capable white
man. The negroes are given good adj
vantages in Tuskegee and the other in
situations of similar nature which are
scattered about the country and 1t is
their duty to take every advantage of
these opportunities that are extended
to them, partly by reason of the tire
less work of men of their own race,
like Booker Washington, and partly by
white men like President Roosevelt
When conditions are as they are in
the south there is little excuse for de-
claring that the prejudice among the
whites against the colored race south
of the Mason and Dixon line is not
tempered with justice. When the ne
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-10-26
MISS ALICE in THE EAST.

Kansas City Times.-Private letters
from the Philippines show that most
Of the natives who saw Miss Alice
Roosevelt on her visit to the islands
We're disappointed In her appearance.
Many Of them, more especially the
lower classes, expected to see her gor-
geous in r-yal robes and Respondent
in crown and jewels. But Miss Roose-
welt was simply dressed on all occa-
sions when she was In view of the
public, and SO far as her dress was
concerned could not be distinguished
from the other women Of the Taft
party. A clergyman who has charge
of mission in the Philippines has
written that he regards this visit OF
Miss Roosevelt as the best thing that
could have been done to illustrate to
the natives what Is meant by American
democracy. and to this end believes
that her advent among the natives was
a blessing to the wards of the nation
And this is doubtless true. To those
accustomed to the pomp and display
of oriental ROYALTY and aristocracy the
simplicity of democracy can scarcely
be understood except in forceful illus
tration.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-10-26
BUNKER HILL
0eoeooooo 0ooooooooo

A small hill in Charleston, now a
part Of Boston, Mass. 1t Is about 100
feet high and connected by a ridge
with another smaller hill called
Breeds Hill.
These hills are famous in American
history as the ground where the Bat
tie of Bunker Hill was fought be-
tween the British and American
troops June IL, 1775.
The British had possession Of Bos.
ton, and a large body of troops under
Generals Howe, Clinton and Burgoyne
had just. arrived from England.
The American militia and volun.
teers were encamped at Cambridge,
three miles from Boston. The Amer.
leans received word that the British
we're planning to fortify Dorchester
Heights and to prevent this Colonel
William Prescott, with 1000 men, on
the night Of June 16, occupied Bunker
Hill. Here he was joined by General
Putnam and Major Brooks and after
consultation it was decided to throw
up breastworks on Breeds Hill as ii
was closer to Boston than Bunker
Hill.
In the morning the British began fir.
ing on them from the ships in the bay
Prescott increased the Notifications
by filling up the space between two
Icld rail fences with hay. This forti
fication was used by Col. Stark who
arrived in the afternoon with 500 men
Shortly after noon the British forces
Under General Howe, came over from
Boston in boats and about 3 O'Clock
the first charge was made.
Prescott ordered his men not to fire
Until they could see the whites in the
Britishers' eyes, and when they dit
open fire the English retreated in con
fusion,
Meanwhile Charleston had been Sc
on fire by the British and under covel
of the dense smoke, Howe ordered an
other attack. They were again driv
en- back
reinforcements and the third assault
was made. At this time the Ameri
cans ran out Of ammunition and after
firing their last shot, dubbed theil
guns, but were slowly driven back
The British pursued theA only shor
distance.
The loss to the British vas abou
1000, and the Americans, 20, among
them, General Warren.
| In the center of the old Fertilization
at Breeds Hill, now stands granite
monument 221 feet high. The corner
stone was laid by Lafayette in 1926
at the fiftieth anniversary of the bat
tie. It was at this event that Web
| ster made one Of his preatest oratfone
This monument was completed in 1874,
and dedicated in 1843, Webster ono,
more being the orator Of the day.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-10-26
HIS MANY SIDES.

President Roosevelt has been char
acterized as many sided man. In
fact he has so many different sides
that one would almost liken his nature
TO globular body but for the fact that
however you view him he is square"
and fair His square deal finds no
more thorough going and always con-
sistent exponent than himself. Fair
ness is his guiding star in every move
he makes And that's why everyone,
though they view him from many diff
ferent sides, finds him always con the
square,"
It is not to be wondered at, then, that
such man would be universally pop
ular though at first glance one can
hardly understand his ability to make
himself at home wherever he is. When
he made the trip through the northern
and western ssates he was greeted
with warmth wherever he went. In
Ottumwa. it will be remembered by
those of the multitude that heard him
that he spoke of Iowa's men in the
cabinet and of Congressman Lacey's
work in Washington No doubt
wherever he made addresses he had
something to say that was of local
or nearly local interest. Now he is
in the south, the land of the seces-
sionists Of old, and he is welding more
firmly the bonds of union that were
broken once at Mason and Dixon's line.
And how? Simply by being perfectly
Square in showing his interest in af-
fairs that concern the south and in
showing that south that he has that
interest. All in all, Mr.. Roosevelt Is
an American. Whether he is in the
south, in the north, the east or the
west, whether he is speaking from the
pulpit or the stump. whether his topic
is of political, religious or purely i'm
personal nature, he remembers always
that he is talking to Americans and
remembers also that they are his peo-
pie. He is big enough to find real
interest in every nook and Granny of
the country. It is all America to him
and he is an American to all it's PEG.
pie.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-10-26

groes conduct themselves in an hon
orable way they are entitled to respect
and they receive it. Else the success
enjoyed by the Tuskegee institute
could never have been attained. AS
the President points out in his speech
today, there has never been any trou.
BILE between the two races at Tuske.
gee, fact that is high recommends.
ton for the members of both races
and at the same time high recon-.
mendation for the system of education
and enlightenment that Booker Wash
ington started and to which he has de.
voted his life
1t is, briefly, up to" the negroes OF
the country to work out the salvation
of their own race. 1t is time for more
Booker Washingtons, more Paul Dun
bars, to spring UP from the ranks OF
the colored people, AS President
Roosevelt said to the students at Tus
kegee today, the duty is with the
young colored man and woman who
are being educated at schools like tina,
at Tuskegee. 1t is likewise the duty ID
every colored man, who like those d
the north has had the advantages of q
COlu!uOA sSAOol SuuCdliOU 10 dlu IL
this great work and to help in the
uplifting of the race, both by precept
and example. The advice the President
gave at Tuskegee can well be taker
to heart by colored people all over the
country. He said:
"You young colored men and women
educated at Tuskegee, must by pre-
cept and example lead your fellows
toward sober, Industrious, law abiding
lives. You are in honor bound to joir
hands IN favor OF law and order anc
against crime by men of your owl
race; for the heaviest wrong done by
the criminal is the wrong to his owl
race. You must teach the people O.
your race that they must scrupulously
observe any contract into which they
in good faith enter, no matter whether
1t is hard to keep or not. If you save
money, secure homes and lead clean
decent, modest lives, you will win thu
respect of your neighbors Of boil
races
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-10-26
TARIFF AND WAGES.

One thing is certain in all this talk
of tariff revision and standpatism.
This Is that too much cannot be said
about SO important question, wheth-
or 1t be on the one side or the other.
In other words the people cannot
know too much about 1t, for, after all
1t comes down to the people to de-
eide the governments policy on cues.
tions Of this kind. This is true no
matter what pessimistic critics of the
country may say and, every patriotic
American hopes, will always be true.
And SO it is that this paper like all
that want to be fair and to give the
people an opportunity to learn all
sides OF the tariff and all other cues.
lions of public interest. would call at
tent1on to an argument presented by
an editorial in the American Econo-
mist
A single statement will suffice to
make clear the certainty that with
lower tariff schedules must come low
or wages: BY SO much as we reduce
the tariff on competitive products we
invite larger Importation of such
products. One of two things must ne
cessarily follow. Either we shall dis
place and diminish the present huge
volume of domestic production and
with 1t reduce the volume of employ
ment and of wages paid to domestic
labor, or else the domestic production
cost, the labor cost, must be reduced
In order to hold the market against
the competition of cheaper products of
foreign labor. If the, tariff Of today
is SO per cent, ad valorem upon any
given article, and the tariff of tomor-
row upon that article be reduced 20
per cent, being now 40 per cent ad va
loren, the selling price must suffer a
net reduction of 10 per cent in order
to keep the foreign article out. Prac-
t1cally the whole of that 10 per cent
reduction must come out of the wages
of labor. If the present tariff is high
er than SO per cent, as it is on many
articles, then the net reduction in sell
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-10-26

Further, the literature goes on to
say that nearly 1000 Iowans die an
nually of the disease, that nearly g.
900 people in the state now are in it's
grip. The accepted idea of tubercu-
losis is that it is contagious and that
each victim dying infects four other
persons, one fatally and thus keeps up
an endless chain of tuberculosis. One
out of every seven deaths in the world
is due to the white plague, doctors
say. Five hundred students and teach
ers in Iowa schools this same author
ity says, have tuberculosis, 5000 wage
carriers or people of wage earning age
are afflicted. Two thousand Of these
5000 are men and women between the
ages of 20 and 80 years. And yet,
Iowa need not be Stunned because Of
this record, for the state association
declares that there are forty-three
states in the union with worse rec
ords.
The association has studied the sub
iect from many sides and goes on to
say:
ITO men of affairs the economic
waste of letting this disease go on I'M
checked may be easily demonstrated.
The judicial value of human life in
this state having been estimated at
$4,000, the actual loss from the two
thousand deaths would be $4,000, 900;
but this is only portion of the loss.
Five thousand who are now afflicted
are at the wage-earning age. The larg-
er proportion Of victims die just as
wage-earning capacity is reached, or
in the very prime Of life or earning
ability The duration of the disease
in the patient, as averages go, is three
years. The first year he may earn the
larger part of his salary; the second
year his earning capacity is cut in
two or ceases entirely; the third year
his earning ability has not only ceas-
cd, but he requires the constant atten-
ton of some member Of his family and
a part of the time two or more per.
sons.
"The people do not know that tuber-
culosis is a preventable disease. They
have SO long accepted the idea that it
is hereditary that it seems we'll nigh
impossible for them to believe that 1t
is directly infectious and that it runs
in families because of close contact
OF exposure to infection rather than
because of heredity The people do
not know that poor ventilation is as
bad as poor food They do not know
the early signs of the disease.
They do not know that loss of
weight, that daily variations of tenn.
perature, that continued tired feeling,
or that any cough which resists ordi.
nary remedies for a few weeks is sus-
picious and should lead to careful ex.
animation by competent physician.
They do not know that the right
cara ~ amy climate gives bettay "a.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-10-26

ing price and the reductiol- in labor
cost lis increased In proportion. For
example, upon an article bearing 100
per cent duty a reduction of 20 per
cent in the tariff rate would involve a
reduction of 20 per cent in the sell
ing price and in the labor cost. Pro-
duction cost and labor cost are nearly
equivalent terms.
$50 the question of tariff revision
downward. coupled with the PROPOSE
tion to facilitate foreign competition
by special tariff reductions, carries
with it the question of wage reduction.
In the exact proportion that the tariff
shall be reduced wages must be re-
duced. In the exact proportion that
wages are reduced prosperity must be
diminished. More than all other units
combined the American wage rate is
the basis and foundation of American
prosperity. 1t is the high wage rate,
the immense aggregate of wages paid
and spent, the enormous purchasing
power of the wage earners the vast
sum Of money distributed through all
the channels of trade and activity
this is what makes our country the
richest and best country on earth for
everybody to live in"
While this is from the most pro.
nounced protectionist organ in the
country and is followed in that paper
i'by remarks neither highly compliment
tary to revisionists nor close to the
point, it is in itself good logic and wor
thy of careful consideration. The ques
ton of reduction of the tariff is q
serious one one that must not be de
cided by prejudice or snap Judgment
1t is well that all the light possible
be shed upon it.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-10-26
EDDYvILLE.

Eddyville, Oct. 2s.-Born, Thursday
evening. October 10, to Mr.. and Mrs.
Samuel Houston. Of South Iowa juno
ton, son.
Mrs. Nora Reese, Of Winfield, Ill.,,
returned home Saturday after a short
visit with her aunt, Mrs. w. F. Meeker.
Mrs. j. B. Waugaman returned Sat
urday from a months visit with her
parents and with Mr.. and Mrs. G. B.
McDole at Lewiston, Idaho. Her
mother, Mrs. c. A. Coryell came home
with her for visit.
Word has been received here of the
death on October 10, of Alice, the in
'fant daughter Of MIR. and Mrs, w, S.