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Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1907-05-04

Big railroad men of the North
are calling on the president again.
Is Teddy keeping his eye on the
next campaign fund?
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1907-05-04

"YOung man, make up your
mind to, be reliable" says the
Albany Herald. Ifnot, make up
your mind to be a failure.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1907-05-04
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ForM aeon. atlanta. Augusta and

ForMacon. Atlanta, Augusta apd
SaySnnah. 49,. ............. - 40 a Id
For Albany, Dothan and LOCkhart - 81 a
Albany, Dothan and Lookhart q "a 2
Macon and Atlanta. - Oh IN
Macon, Atlanta, Savannah and
:, Augusta ...:."..............'l 40 40 pm
For Columbus Roanoke and
Blrmir CHAM .......................t6 80 a
For Colum bus, Newman ard in
termediate points. =. ....-....... "3OO .
For Columbus, Biz mingham, via
Fort Valley .....-.... go. $50 90
For Albany and Intern e0iate pts S1G 40 D
Euf2ul2, Montgomery and
IIOY ............ ....ss...... ...... vs. 81 a m
For Eufaula. Montgomery, Troy, % on D m
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1907-05-04
AMERIcUs. Ga, MAY ), 1907.

Great Democratic leaders are
as scarce as jay birds on Friday,
says the Macon Telegraph.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1907-05-04

The Times-ReCOrder is the
Ondcial Organ of the City of Americas,
Ondcial Organ of Sumter County.
Omc1al Organ of Webster County.
Omcial Organ of Railroad Commission OF
Georgia for the Sd Congressional District.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1907-05-04
TO THE PUBLIC.

W. B, " illiams is now building
Mr.. Whitley's ffne house on Tay-
lor street. A competent and one
ofthe best workmen in South West
Ga. Call al d see him. Fine work
a speciality.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1907-05-04

HERE'S GOLDEN ADVICE
to every business man ard woman
bank every dollar and pay all
bills by check. 1t simp ifies book
keeping and increases Your fnan-
ial standing by putting at your
back the strength of the institu
ton you bank with by limiting to
the world that your every dollar
is plus two. For the shortest road
to this financial credit, try the
Of
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-04
LE|SURELY RUN
 DOWN THE RIVER Presidents FIotiI|a Journeys
 Toward Memphis RACE BETWEEN TWO BOATS New Madrid Was Point of Great h. terest to the President Because
 His Great Uncle Had Once
 Stopped There.
RACE BETWEEN TWO BOATS

New Madrid, Mo-, October 3.-rhe Pres ident spent the entire afternoon in a leisurely run down the Mississippi from Cairo to New Madrid. His boat, the Mississippi slowed up at New Madrid, but the stay was brief
 New Madrid Is an historical town and not the least interesting feature of it's history Is found in the associadng with it the name of Nicholas Roosevelt, great uncle of the President, who stopped here in 1911, when he brought down the first steamboat that ever ran on the waters of either the Mississippi or Ohio rivers. It was here that Nicholas Roose- welt turned up the Mississippi instead of down. It Is related that his change was influenced by the great New Madrid earthquake which occurred at that time. These facts have beeR recited many times to the President since he began his tour manifest interest in thenL
 The Presidents boat did not land, owing to his desire not to vary his programme. The run down the river was devoid of interest for the most part, the only en- llNtIllHB lHClutuL DtlHS II DIltI Idcc De- tween the Alton and the Fred Hartweg, a fast Ohio boat with delegation from Pittsburg on board, which joined the presidential fleet at Cairo. which was a drawn battle. The President lunched aboard the Colonel Mackenzie with the in- land waterways commission.
 The low river were at places fringed with people, but they were generally too far removed from the boats to permit any demonstration except the waving of handkerchiefs. At once place in Ken lucky the bluff was decorated with bunt- ing and the President expressed pleasure over the tribute.
 The fact that there have been several efforts by congressman. governors and others to discuss the third term question with the President since the beginning of the tour became known today, but the President has discouraged all such at tempts He was told of at least two delegates who would be instructed for him, regardless of his attitude.
 During the afternoon the report gained currency that the Columbia, which started from Keokuk as an escort to Memphis, had gone aground on a sand bar, but there was no confirmation of the rumor except the absence of the vessel.
 Just before coming into New Madrid the Alton and the Hartweg drew up alongside of the Presidents boat with the last named in the middle and all ran abreast for some distance, making a very effective grouping. These as well as the other vessels of the fleet. were elaborately decorated with the national colors, and the river at this point is broad and deep enough to permit such bunch ing as had not been permissible here tofore. The fleet consisted of IS vessels.
 The President and delegation to the deep waterways convention accompanying are scheduled to arrive at Memphis to- morrow afternoon about 1 o'clock. and the President will make the final speech of his trip at this place.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-04
Arrest In Powers Case.

Lexington, October S.-Mrs. Julia Gentry was arrested here today on bench war rant from Franklin circuit court. charged subordnation of witnesses in the Caleb Powers case. Bond was fixed at 5000, which the prisoner was unable to furnish. and she will probably be taken to Frank fort and committed to jail to await the examining trial. Mrs, Gentry is highly connected and her arrest on the charge named has caused sensation here.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-04
of for Memphis.

Chicago, October 3.-More than POO busi- ness and professional men left on special trains tonight for the Memphis deep waterways convention. A delegation from the Association of Commerce and one ap- pointed by Mayor Busse left over the Illinois Central at 6 oelock A second special, carrying members of the Illinois Manufacturers association, of the Iroquos club and of the Illinois congressional dele gation, left over the same road at 6:10. The regular 6:30 train was also crowded with Memphis bound delegates.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-04
ERADICATION OF THE B0LL WEEV|L Important Bulletin Is Issued At
 Washington PLANT MUST BE DESTROYED New Story About George Washington Has Been Started Which Tends To Show That He Was Not So
 veraeious as Reported.
PLANT MUST BE DESTROYED

Washington. October S.-(Special.)- The department of agriculture today issued what it regards as a highly im- portant bulletin on the cotton boil weevil It states that the most ad- vanced step in controlling the weevil is the removal of the plants from the field as early as practica ble this fall. The department holds that from it's experiments the destruction of the plant has proved beyond doubt the most practicable method of weevil control and gives instances where this treatment of the fields has resulted in an advantage to the farmers. accord ing to current prices of cotton. of near ly, if not fully $20 an acre. The proper time for the destruction of the plants in the fall Is whenever the weevils have become so numerous that there is no prospect that any more cotton will be made.
 Superintendent Chancellor of the local public school system opposes separate board for the negro schools of the city. He says neither the whites nor the negroes would find it desirable. The report that I am an anti-negro agitator Is news to me-" says MT. Chancellor. "I have always been con sidered pro-nesro; l married into the Beecher family and that means some thing. I am pro-negro and always have been. but I am not of the extreme type. I try to be fair-just as fair to the colored people as the white" 
 George Washington, whose regard for veracity from boyhood has been made historical by the hatch and cherry-tree story, is now accused of lying. It is declared that in the Fair fax county Virginia, court house there has been found documentary evidence of this charge. According to the re- cords at the May term of the Fairfax county court in I~SO Washington was publicly "presented" for swearing to a false list of his taxable property. The discovery has been made by Editor Donahoe of the Fairfax Herald, who ran across the charge while seeking data for the history of Virginia county.
 The indictment. which also contains the names of fifteen others, Is in this form: We present George Washington for (not) entering their wheeled car riages agreeabIy to law, as appears to us by the list delivered to the clerk of the county" There is one defect. The word not was omitted by the clerk, who penned the court record. A mot" was interlined, whether at the time it is impossible to say. The volume, among others, was acquired by Union soldiers during the war and was returned by a Pennsylvania soldier about ten years ago. There is no re- cord of what further action was taken in the case. w. 5.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-04
nade hx American manufacturers to cap-

made by American manufacturers to cap- ture a larger portion of that commerce.
 The establishment of a department of manufactures, at the head of which should be man conversant with the special requirements and interests of the manufacturers, was urged by F. B. Ma cey of New Bedford, Mass.
 The convention adjourned until tonight. the delegates spending the afternoon sightseeing.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-04
Revolution In Argentina.

Buenos Ayres, October 3--A revolution has broken out in the province of Cor rientes, in the Argentine republic. The insurgents already have seized several positions and in the fighting with the government, troops many men on both eiAes were either killed or wounded.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-04

CONTINUED ON PAGE l0.)
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-04
Clark steen Suicides.

New Orleans, October 3.-The body of Clark Steen. secretary of the New Or leans port commission, who disappeared several days ago, and whose clothes werc found in an empty skiff in Lake Pont- chartrain yesterday, was found floating in the lake today. Steen was formerly exalted ruler of the local lodge of Elks. and members of the order have taken charge of the body. A message found in the skin indicates that Steen sriclded
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1907-07-29
When the Wire Tires.

Messages" said a telegraph opera
tor, always slide over the wires bet
ter on Monday than on any other day.
The wires, you see. have profited by
their Sunday rest. 1t is fact that in
animate as well as animate things get
tired and need vacation occasionally.
You know how true this is of razors, of
automobiles. of locomotives, and it is
just as true of telegraph wires. A wire
after its Sunday rest gives quicker. a
fuller and a more delicate transmits
sion. 1t is like piano that has just
been tuned
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1907-07-29
A DAM BUILT ON END.
How a Clever Engineer Conquered .
Mechanical Difficulty.

mechanical DiTiCUlLy.
Almost every boy has built dozens
OF dams In various ways, constructing
them across the bed of the channel
wide or narrow, to be damned. But
did any boy ever think of building a
dam on end and then tipping it over:
An inventive American engineer, Isham
Randolph, who became famous by his
work on the Chicago drainage canal,
has tried this idea on the Niagara river
200 yards above the Horseshoe fall and
made q remarkable success of it.
OF course an ordinary dam could not
easily be built in the fiercely racing
currents of Niagara hurrying to plunge
over the fall So Mr. Randolph decided
edge of the river Ii was not meant to
do more than raise the water level a
few inches, so as to prevent water
scarcity in winter for the Canadian
town of Niagara Falls when the ice
jam comes on. A dam seven feet or SO
high was enough and fifty feet long.
Turned on end, this meant a column
fifty feet high and seven feet four
inches square. The clever engineer
used concrete as the cheapest, easiest
and least corrosive material. But any
column of any material was certain to
break In the shock of falling. How
was that to be provided for?
Easily enough, the inventive builder
argued. Up the middle of the concrete
column like huge backbo he ran
strong iron chain weighing about 800
pounds. The whole column weighed
some 200 tons. At intervals eight feet
apart all the way up it along the land
ward face wooden wedges were insert
ed, so that in breaking it would follow
these lines and break into regular
blocks, held together by the chain. The
plan was aldacious, but entirely prac-
tical-a true Yankee notion" On Nov.
8, 1905, the finished dam was sent fly
ing over by three hydraulic jacks.
Amid the breathless interest of a large
crowd of spectators the concrete col
umn FELL splashed and settled. When
splash and spray subsidized there it
stretched. broken at the destined
points. tilted n trifle irregularly in the
middle, where the river bed was high
er, but quite effectual. The depth of
water increased ten inches at once.
The "obelisk dam was a success
William Rittenhouse in Forward.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1907-07-29
Registered i'm u. S.
Patent Office

Pride of Richmond has for long
time stood as one of the best brands
of flour in the United States.
Recently, however, it has become so
popular and widely known that the
company has been compelled to pro-
tect their rights by having the brand
registered in the United States Patent
office. This PAGES Pride of Richmond
on the list with the leading and best
brands of flour in the world. This pro-
tects the company against limitations
being put out under this famous
brand, and is also a guarantee TO the
public that any flour branded Pride of
Richmond is genuine and of the very
best quality and worthy of confidence.
----- 22-7t.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1907-07-29
ROBUST DOUGH ROLLERS.
Work In q Pie Factory IL on the
Scale OF Athletics.


To properly describe the processes Of
baking pumpkin pies would require one
skilled in the technicalities of the art.
This is the way it looks to mere man:
First, the coarse yellow rind is remov-
ed, and then the pumpkin is cut open
and the seeds taken out. after which
the two halves are thoroughly washed.
Then a husky lad takes sort of cleay-
er and cuts the pumpkin into large
pieces, which are fed into steam
chopping machine and reduced to small
fragments. These are placed in a huge
copper boiler capable of holding per-
haps twenty-five gallons. After the
boiling has been completed pasty
mixture of eggs. milk, sugar. cinnamon
and other spices and condiments is
added and well stirred in. and then the
yellow mass is ready to be filed into
the skeleton pies. The crust is pre-
pared in another department, where
the dough is mixed. rolled and placed
in the pans ready to receive the fill
ing. If any one thinks that piemaking
Is an easy and effeminate employment
he should visit pie bakery and in
spect the muscles developed on the
arms of expert pie crust mixers and
rollers. They would be creditable to
trained athlete and would put many
mill worker and blacksmith to the
blush. Finally the pies are placed on
racks and showed into huge ovens that
resemble nothing else so much as the
TIL
kilns are constructed in any size de-
sired, with capacity of anywhere
from fifty up to several hundred at
time while they can be reflled every
half hour or Iess.-Pacific Monthly.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1907-07-29
WEDDING SUPERSTITIONS.

A bride who finds a spider on her
wedding dress may consider herseli
blessed
The bride who dreams of fairies the
night before her marriage will be
thrice blessed.
If the bridegroom carries a miniature
horseshoe in his pocket he will always
have good luck.
No bride or bridegroom should be
given a telegram on the way to church
1t Is positively a sign of evil.
If the wedding ring is dropped dur
ing the ceremony the bride may as well
wish herself unborn, for she will al
ways have i'll luck.
Kiss bride right after the ceremony
and before the newly made husband
has a chance to do so. and you will
have excellent luck throughout the
year.
Should & bride perchance see a cofin
while being driven to the railway sta
ton prior TO departure upon her wed
ding tour she should order the driver
TO turn back and start over again. o.
else she will surely meet with bad luck.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1907-07-29
PECULIAR EYES.
The Organs of Sight of the Spider
and the Snail.

The Organs of Sight of the Spider
and the Snail.
The next time you catch a spider try
to find the eight shiny little eyes at the
anterior end. some above and some put
under the edge Of what we may imag-
Inc to be it's forehead. To examine
these parts to the best advantage hold
the spider in tweezers. or it may be
better to use spider killed by being
dropped into bottle of diluted alcohol.
These eight eyes vary in arrangement
and In relative size in various species
of spiders-in some they may be ar
ranged in two rows. In other in three;
some may be very small and others
large and prominent, and so on-but
there they are, rather poor eyes, near
sighted. looking in several directions at
once, and the spider, which can never
shut any OF them, Is sure to see every
thing that approaches unless ii is
asleep, in which case the sight is dead.
For some purposes it may be conven-
lent to have eyes that roll up and dis
appear at the approach of danger. And
these are exactly what the snail has,
situated at the end of two long and
sensitive palpi, or feeers. When all is
quiet their owner extends these organs.
and you can see at their tips small
round knobs upon which the eyes are
placed. But if you touch one of the
palpi or even jar the snail little the
eyes begin to back into these feelers
as the tip of glove finger may be
turned in. and they no longer see any
danger that may be lurking at hand.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1907-07-29
Dangers of the Revenue Service.

The officers of the internal revenue
service make little fuss over their ac-
complishments. The world scarcely
hears of them unless they have had a
desperate hand to hand fight with
mountain desperadoes which has re-
suited in the death of several of their
number. But day after day and night
after night they go about their work
calmly, quietly, in constant danger of
death from shot from some ambush
ed moonshiner or blockader. Yet these
men are an absolute necessity for the
safeguarding of the country's interests.
and they deserve much credit for their
hard task. scarcely appreciated by the
great mass of the people.-David A.
Gates in Metropolitan Magazine.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1907-07-29
DOGFiSH OUTLET.
Said to Be as Good as the Best Lob
ster Ever Eaten.

seer ever Eaten.
Dogfish ought to be good to eat, as il
is well known that they feed on soles
piaice and founders. The naturalist
hailing from the north Kent marshes
with whom l collaborated in various
books said that in his beyhood they
were much used by the fishing folk and
that they were excellent eating, mid
die outlet being considered by many
to be as good as the best lobster ever
eaten. AS boy he never tired of hear
ing the fishermen's yarns about how
the great savage creatures snapped
and fought when they were captured.
Lying in the bottom of the boats, they
dashed about and bit at the men and
at each other. The larger ones would
fix on the mems sea boots as they
moved about or hang on to their oil
skin fishing coats like bulldogs. A
bite from one was no joke.
Dogfish abounded st certain seasons
in some parts of the fishing grounds;
other parts they avoided. Sometimes
the men would go out only to catch
dogfish just to reduce their numbers q
little They caught great numbers of
them and sold them somewhe farther
down the coast, keeping back just a
few for themselves and their neigh
bors. You could get a monster for a
couple of shilings.
Couch, the naturalist, says he has
known 10000 of the picked dogfish to
be taken at one cast of the seine Rob
ert Chalmers quoted as follows from
the journal of Spalding, the town
clerk of Aberdeen: .1642 From the
beginning of this year up to June there
was scarcity of wbitefish along the
east coast TO the hurt and hunger of
the poor and beggaring of the fisher
men. 1t was reported that when the
fishers had laid. their lines and taken
fishes abundantly there came one
beast called the seadog TO the lines and
ate and destroyed the hail bodies and
left nothing on the lines but the heads
The like scarcity of fishes to continue
so long has scarcely been seen in Scot
land, while all other meats were also
very dear."-Pall Mall Gazette.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1907-07-29
New Works. First State Prison.

The first state prison in New York
state was built at the foot of West
Tenth street. in New York city. il
1897. Within seven years there Were
three mutinieS of prisoners. in which
keepers We're killed and the prison set
on fire. Nevertheless the institution
seems to have been considered an at
traction. as appears from the follow
ing advertisement OF the Greenwich
hotel. printed in the Columbian o.
Sept Is. 1911:
A few gentlemen may be accommodates
with board and lodging at this pleasant
and healthy situation. a few doors fro-.
the state prison. The Greenwich stage
passes from this to the federal hall anc
returns five times day.
The prisoners We're transferred Il
Sing Sing in 1928. and the property
was sold the next year.-New yor,
Press
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1907-07-29
A NauticSl EXPLANATION.

In front of the Theater Royal at Ok
ford are. or were, some gigantic stone
figures, the age and object of which
are buried in oblivion. Two sailors
were going by, and one Of them asked,
who are these fellows, Billg'
1.-THE twelve apostles" was the reply.
without a smile.
Twelve apostlesr' reared the in
credulous Jack How can that be?
There's only six of en-
well. " swab." replied the learned
Bill, Eyer wouldn't have 'em all on
deck at once, would yeT'-Ieeds Mer-
curry.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1907-07-29

The radical difference between the
hand of man and of the monkey lies in
the thumb. In the human hand the
thumb has the opposing power"
which means that the thumb can be
made to touch the tip of each or any
of the other fingers on the same hand.
The monkeys thumb is nonopposable.
--Pittsburg Dispatch.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1907-07-29

Say" queried old Wedderly, why
don't you get marriedT'
Because" replied young Singleton.
I'm too poor
"HuhI" rejoined the old man. when
j was your age | was so poor I had to
marry Chicago News.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1907-07-29
They Must Like II.

Does this powder really kill the
cockroaches asked the housekeeper
ut the grocery.
"Why. certainly notr' replied the gro
GER IF il did we wouldn't sell third
of the quantity"
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1907-07-29
ANNOUNCEMENTS.
TO OWNERS OF JERSEY COWS.

Highland Lad No. III fPolled),
grandson of the Richest Mixer in the
Pan American exposition. Dam took
first place, Ohio and New York state
fairs. will be found at my farm. 8
miles west of the city. o. E. Fulg-
hum. 11o
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1907-07-29

a1r. GTecti---.,5,. song to tel
Fou something. Ethel Do you know
hat last night at your party your sis
er promised to marry me? l hope
you'll forgive me for taking her away.
Little Ethel-Forgive you, Mr. Green E?
Of course l will, VIII. that's what
the Darty