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Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1908-01-25
SMALL COTTON CROP.

AS the cotton season grows older
and the crop can be more accurately
gagged, it becomes evident that it will
be small as compared to last season
The ginners' figures, as compiled by
the Government up to Jan. 16, were
10, 337,607 bales, compared with 12,-
176,1 bales ginned to the same date
last year Assuming that the same
amount will be ginned for the re-
mainder of the season as for the same
period of last year, the total crop
will be around Il, 100000 bales.
Had it not been for the financial de-
preston in the closing months of
1907, cotton would no doubt be selling
a full cent a pound higher Basing
the prediction on this disturbance,
which was largely confined to this
country, it is claimed by the bear
party that the consumption of cotton
goods will fall off The difficulty of
entirely disproving such a statement
has left a little uncertainty over the
outcome.
But even granting that there is to
be a reduction in consumption to
believe, which appears little warrant
the needs of spinners will be but
little reduced from last season, when
a crop of thirteen and half million
bales was taken, at advancing prices
as the season drew to a close.
It may be taken as a surety that
the mills are not going to shut down
their spin5les to hammer the cotton
market The owners of the lis
are business men and they know that
at present prices for cotton and the
cloth there is left wide margin of
profit
The farmers who still nave Gotten
are justified by the situation in de-
handing better prices than now pre-
vail 1t seems to be only question
of ability to hold out until the mills
are bare of supplies. Then they must
buy cotton at the farmers price
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1908-01-25
THE PENSION ROLL.

For the year 1907, the report of
Commissioner of Pensions Lindsey
shows that in the twelve months there
were added to the list of Confederate
pensioners 1,415 names, while death
claimed ,0O6.
In reference to frauds, the Commits
sioner says that the grand juries
are paying little or no attention to
the charges of the judges on this
point, intimating that it is easy for
fraudulent claimants to get on the
roll As a remedy for this he sug-
gests that an inspector for each
district be named, whose duty will
be to investigate the claims of every
pensioner
The repeal of the poverty clause in
the application is urged, so that all
ACKNOWLEDGMENT who desire will be
eligible for the roll. Patriotism such
as was exhibited by the Confederate
soldiers says the report, should
not be reduced to pauperism before
he can receive recognition at the
hands of the state"
The suggestion of the Commission
seems to be entitled to weight. Frauds
should certainly be ferreted out and
names placed on the pension roll
without due warrant, should be re-
moved. Then the poverty clause
is very repugnant one to the old
soldiers, who will suffer much before
admitting their dependent condition.
| Their pride should be saved. Those
who apply for pensions will surely
be in need of them, for their patriot
ism would forbid any man able to
support himself properly from apply
ing to the state for aid
In a year or two, as the report
points out, the list will begin to
dwindIe. The hand of death is mark
ing for its own the comparatively few
| survivors Of the Lost Cause. 1t be-
| hooves the state to be as generous as
| possible with the survivors whose
ranks are so rapidly thinning.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1908-01-25
TAT1OOED DESERTER
AGAIN CAPTURED
HOTrigdn Charged With
Thirteen LapSeS.

NEW YORK, Jan. -(SpeciaD -
'Horrigan has been captured" was
the news received on Governors Is
land yesterday Horrigan is an in
veterate deserter, and although every
conceivable decoration is tattooed on
him, he has managed to fool the re-
cruiting officers of the army for fiji
teen years, in which time he has
enlisted thirteen times in the army,
each time under q different name, but
always with the telltale tattoo pic
lures on his body
The description of the deserter,
which was sent to every army post
from New York to Preside and from
Gulf to Jackson Barracks in New
Orleans, was the most complete ever
sent out by the Adjutant Generals De-
partment of the army
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1908-01-25
MANY NAVAL
OFFICERS TO RETIRE

WASHINGTON, D. c., Jan. "a
(SpeciaD With the retirement of
Rear Admiral Robert NJ Berry, the
navy suffers the loss of the first
of many distinguished officers who
will reach the age limit for active
service during the present year Ad-
miral Berry is a Kentuckian At the
age of 20 he graduated from the nav
al academy, shortly after the close
of the civil war, and has commanded
several vessels, as well as serving as
the commandant of navy yards at
Charleston, S. c., Pensacola, Fla, and
Norfolk, Va.
The number of we'll known naval
officers who will be retired during
the year breaks all previous records.
Fighting Bob" Evans, commander
in-chief of the Pacific fleet, will be
62 years of age on August Is and
will go on the retired list that day.
In all, twenty-three famous commits
stoned officers will leave the service
during 1908, naddition to Admiral
Berry.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1908-01-25
FINLEY SEES NEW
ERA IN LEGISLATION
Railroads Have Rights to
be Respected.

WASHINGTON, d. c., Jan. "a
(SpeciaD believe that we are
entering upon a new era in which
propositions for railway legislation
which profoundly affect all the bust
ness interests of the country will be
considered as business questions to
be adjusted in conformity with econ
omic principles" said w w. Finley,
president of the Southern Railway
Company, in an address last night.
Public opinion is all powerful in
our country, and as result of the
better understanding of the economic
relations between the public and the
railroads, and Of some practical in
furious affects Of radical action, an
enlightened public opinion is being
created which will result in future
regulative policies being framed with
a clearer understanding of their
effects upon those who use the rail-
roads, as well as upon those who
operate them"
Mr. Finley stated that the govern
mental regulation Of railways within
certain limits is economically wise,
which grows out of the fact that the
railroad company performs a quasi
public function Of providing and main
tanning a public highway.
But the railways, as we'll as those
who buy transportation, have rights
in which they are entitled to protec-
ton by the laws 1t is the right of
railway company to receive reason
able compensation for its services and
it is entitled to earn from its opera
lions as a whole proper margin over
the cost of operation said Mr. Fin
lev
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1908-01-25
REPLY TO CRITIC OF
NAVAL CONSTRUCTION
Admiral CaOpS Answers
Magazine Writer.

WASHINGTON, d. c., Jan "a
(Special) exhaustive analysis OF
recent criticisms of methods of battle
ship construction and replies to them
by Rear Admiral Capps, chief of the
Bureau of Construction, we're made
before the House COMMITTEE on Naval
Affairs yesterday An hour was spent
by members in sitting each paragraph
of a recent magazine article on the
subject
Admiral Caps replied in detail.
While he showed no feeling in his re-
plies, his attitude was that these
criticisms are attacks on a highly tech
nical subject by writer's devoid OF
technical learning" The gist of Adj
miral Caps statements was that the
methods of construction employed in
they navy are correct in principle and
highly successful in their results.
ArmOr Plate and Free board
The two main subjects were armor
belt and freeboard. Charges that the
six-to- six-and-one-half foot armOr belt
width in use is, in it's placement, in
sufficient to protect the vital parts of
a battleship from high explosive
shells, was taken up in detail and
denied in all points by Admiral Capps,
who said the Bureau Of Construction
contemplateS 10 changes in this re-
gard either as a result of published
criticisms or professional experience.
Coincidentally he remarked that the
perfection of mountaineering pro-
cesses in the last twelve years has
enabled the reduction of armOr belts
from the nineteen inches used on the
Indiana 20 the ten inches Of present
day construction
Discussing accidents in turrets dur
ing practice fire, he said tAat the eyo-
luton Of rapid fire as instanced in
modern gun construction has given
opportunity for the keenest rivalry be-
tween ships crews to make the great
est number of hits per minute This
he considered mainly responsible for
accidents resulting from the dropping
of powder from breeches to lower
decks. To eprevent this the bureau
has under consideration new style
of ammunition hoist
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1908-01-25
HOST OF LITTLE FOLKS
ENJOY THE PICTURES
Performance is Finest of
Season.

Crowded almost to its fullest seat
ing capacity was the theatre yester-
day afternoon, the occasion being the
Kindergarten benefit for the children.
Every seat was taken long before the
first picture was flashed, while many
stood throughout the performance of
nearly an hour and a half, Manager
Lucas, who kindly rendered the per-
Torrance, presented three of his fin
est films, while dozen other views
besides pictures of many Americas lit
tie ones, were flashed upon the
screen. The hundreds of children,
and many grown persons, who attend
ed the picture show enjoyed it i'm
mensely. The pretty doll was drawn
by Miss Louise Williford, while Mas
ter Evan Mathis drew the boys prize,
a punching bag.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1908-01-25
DIAMOND FORMULA
LOCKED UP IN SAFE
LemOine TriCkSter or In
ventOr the Question.

PARIS, Jan. 24-(SpeciaD The
ramifications of the case of Lemoine,
"the diamond maker whom Sir
Julius Warnher, of the DuBeers Min
ing Co, is prosecuting for swind-
ling him out of $4,000, is attracting
much attention, not only in France,
but in England and throughout Eu-
rope generally. The case is one parti-
cular bears a resemblance to all the
recent great swindles, such as the
Humbert safe mystery, in France,
the Chadwick affair in America, and
the bruce case in England namely,
its solution depends upon a secret be-
yond the reach of investigators.
Lemoine's formula for the manu-
facture of diamonds is securely lock-
ed up in a bank in London, the Off
Gals of which, upon Lemoine's de-
mand refuse to deliver it to the
French court, which desires to make
trial of its efficacy in the presence
OF experts who are now examining
specimens of diamonds Lemoine
claims to have manufactured
Meanwhile Lemoine, who, a few
kears ago, was a canvasser for an
advertising finn, but he since began
his present operations has lived lux
uriously in a magnificent house in
the Rue Pigalle, languishes in Jail,
offering if released to repeat his ex-
periments and prove the legitimacy
of his invention
Lord Armstrong, who witnessed the
experiments, publicly avows his alb
solute faith in Lemoine's method Dia-
mond merchants, although skeptical
are greatly interested in the outcome
of the case.
A strange feature of the case is
that M. Wernher, although he char
ges that he was duped, offered Lee
moline $4,000 additional last week
for his formula.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1908-01-25
SHE SWAN RIVERS
TO LOCATE CLAIMS
Partners Asked Accounting
for Shares Sold.

NEW YORK, Jan 24-(SpeciaD -
Argument on a motion before Justice
Newburger, in the Supreme Court,
yesterday disclosed tina a woman
promoter is Secretary and Treasurer
of mining company, and is hard
at work disposing of shares of cop
per stock. The woman herself, Julia
h. BigelOw, a member of the firm
OF Hooper and Bigelow of 100 Broad
way, said that she had prospected in
divided skirts with men in countries
where she had to swim rivers on
horseback, and had once run a min
ing camp without other female aid.
Two men, Gardner and Macy, al
legged that certain mining properties
owned by all of the parties in the
Cebalos Mountain of New Mexico had
ben transferred to the Victoria Chief
Copper Mining and Smelling Company,
and that they had been unable to OBJ
tain an accounting from Miss Bigelow
and Hopper as to the number of
shares of stock sold
Miss Bigelow, an active, muscular.
sturdy woman of upward of thirty,
said yesterday:
Il spent two months alone with
those men prospecting down in New
Mexico. They located some claims,
and l advanced the money to hold
them. | myself located some claims
which turned out to be the only ones
worth developing. These latter were
the claims which were sold to the
Victoria Chief Company. I had to
swim a river on horseback to get to
them
Il was sorry for those two miners,
and so ! let them go in with me on
my claims 1t was none of their
business how the promoters stock
was disposed Of The trouble was
caused by men who found out that
We had a valuable property down
there and are USING these men"
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1908-01-25
COMPOSERS FIGHT
MUSIC TRUST

NEW YORK, Jan. 24.-(SpeciaD -
With Victor Herbert as president,
John Philip Sousa as treasurer and
Reginald de Koven as secretary and
with 5000 of the leading musical
composers and authors of the coun-
try composing the rank and file, the
Authors and Composers Copyright
League of America has been formally
launched for the purpose of carrying
on the fight in congress against the
canned music" trust. The object of
the new league is to secure the pas
sage of laws requiring manufacturers
of records, discs and perforated rolls
for mechanical music machines to pay
royalties to the composers. Bills
the demands of the league
have already been introduced into
Congress by Senators Kittredge and
BarchfieId and the musical au-
thors are hopeful that they will be
speedily passed.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1908-01-25

AS if the Government was not al
ready stuck" for a million in the
jamestown Exposition, the company
is making desperate efforts to I'M
load the grounds on Uncle Sam for
two and a half millions. The nerve
of the promoters of the scheme must
be something frightful
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1908-01-25

BY unanimous consent the blue rib
bon is awarded New York for the old
est applicant for a marriage license
or for prevarication. 1t is arrested that
negro man giving his age at 138
years, got a license recently and was
married in that city. Joe Mulhattan
must have a job in the clerks office:
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1908-01-25

The brownsville Times-E Enterprise
deals a merited rebuks to an attempt
made at the recent city election there
to override the work of the white
primary. The primary plan has work
ed most admirably and no reasonable
man would want to return to the old
system of general elections, except to
sacrifice the common welfare for his
own selfish ends.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1908-01-25

Having seen a sign in Rome which
said underwear one-third off, the
editor of the Tribune-Herald de-
clares that if the weather prevailing
at that time kept up" the people will
have to take it all off and put on
lighter" ithout information as to
what Tighter" is as a kind of gar
ment, if Rome had yesterday the
brand of weather Americas had, it
would be better to restore even the
zone third of !"
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1908-01-25

Bryan has compared his Accent sill
yer dollars with the eagerness to get
clearing house certificates manifested
by capitalists recently. w. j. B. should
not push the parallel too far lest he
both about his silver dollars and the
certificates.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1908-01-25

You may nominate Bryan in July
but we will elect Cannon in Novem-
ber," was a sentiment expressed by
congressman Bontell i nthe House
a few days ago Applause followed
from the Republican side. The dem
onstration might lead the Speaker
to believe that his boom was not dead,
as was generally reported.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1908-01-25

The banks of England and France
have reduced their discount rate in
the last few days The likelihood of
a return of gold from America was
one of the considerations in the re-
duction Producing a large share
of the gold of the world, this country
ought to be able to get along without
foreign gold, except in extreme stress.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1908-01-25

Objection has been made by the
Pennsylvania State Editorial Asso-
citation to the order of the pOstofice
department relative to cutting off
subscribers who are in a years ar
rearage in subscription. The resolu-
ton adopted stated that the order was
issued without consultation with the
publishers. so
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1908-01-25

Gov. Hughes of New York, who has
been playing the Sphynx in regard to
his race for the Republican Presiden-
tial nomination, has opened his face
far enough to intimate that he is in
the hands of the people. The distin-
guished Nebraskan is in the same
boat in regard to the Democratic nom
ination, but he is rowing like fury to
make the landing.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1908-01-25

Georgia fire and life insurance COM
panies are increasing in number as
the days go by. The idea of keeping
the money in the state is an excel
lent one, and with proper safeguards
such as the Insurance Department
throws around these companies, their
growth in numbers is a gratifying
sign.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1908-01-25
Gayly TattOOed

The description said that Horrigon
had the gayest chest of any man in
the army. There were pictures of
flowers and animals all over his chest
The centre picture represented a
prizefight,, the picture showing the
pugilists hammering away at each
other, and the roped arena, the only
thing missing to make the picture
complete being the spectators and
seconds of the fighters
Horrigan's right arm, according to
the Ainsworth circular, is even gaud-
Ter than his chest On this arm there
is the picture of a heart, a knife,
a wreath of flowers, a Maltese cross,
and a girl swinging from a trapese.
The left arm is decorated with two
clasped hands, reproduction of the
aurora borealis, a star, and a shield.
On the back of the left hand is
star.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1908-01-25

Between the railroad commission
and the postoff1ce department, some
of the Georgia weeklies will have a
hard time With "Old Subscriber
stricke nfrom the list on account of
a delinquency of more than year,
and with the painful absence of rail-
road passes, many of the delights of
weekly journalism will be gone
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1908-01-25

Bryan and Harmon are visiting var
ious cities in the South. At Bir-
mingham the latter was introduced
as the next Vice President" Won
der who was referred to as our next
President"
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1908-01-25

Judge Parker in an interview a day
or two ago got back at Bryan for the
later's alleged treachery to Parker's
candidacy in 1904 It's a bad time to
stir up an internal fight in the Demo-
cratic party.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1908-01-25

Dr. Detchons Relief for Rheuma-
tism and Neuralgia radically cures in
l TO days. Its action upon the sys-
tenn is remarkable and mysterious
1t removes at once the cause
and the disease imme-
diately disappears. The first dose
greatly benefits 75c and ST. Sold by
Eldridge Drug Co. Salts
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1908-01-25
Americas, Ca, January %, 1908.

Since Rhode Island has elected Sen
ator Wetmore, it viii be impossible
for the Senate to go dry" any
more
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1908-01-25

Next to having money, the most
important thing is how to take care
Of it-how best to invest it.
A Banking Institution of this kind
cannot only care for your financial
interests in careful, conservative
way-g giving you abundant banking
facilities in every department of fin
ance-bUt can also give you valuable
aid and advice about investments and
securities. Open an account with
the Bank of South Western Georgia's
Savings Department and enjoy the
advantages that accrue.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1908-01-25

sort of way, but steadily
week by week and you'll soon be in
position to live in your own home,
go into business or lose all dread of
hard times
Saving dollars is not for the rich
alone, but for all who would be rich.
Secure your Dollars by depositing
them at our Savings Department today
and start them earning per cent
INTEREST,"
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-06-05

Though possessing a British ladyship for a
randmother and being otherwise well con-
nected, the hero of the narrative, Frank Softly,
who tells the story Of his life, is early. cast
upon his own resources. His rowing and al
venturous disposition prevents his following, N
the footsteps of his father as a respectable, put
not well paid. medical practitioner, and he tries
his hand at drawing caricatures Of society peo-
pie for a living. When It is discovered tnat
features of Lady Malkinshaw. his grandmother.
his family turns him out of doors. Being cast
into prison for debt, Frank secures his release
by working upon the fact that a legacy ~hien
is to deyolve upon his sister Is dependent upon
his own life and good health. Upon quitting
the 1ail, he comes suddenly upon a vision OF
feminine beauty and modest grace, whose
Identity he tries. without success, to discover
He shortly after then takes the prosalc posi-
ton of secretary of a scientific and literary
association, which leads, however, 70 the most
thrilling adventures In his career. These begin
when he comes upon the lady, Alicia Dulciter,
whose charms nave captured his fancy, living
in a strange secluslon with her father, whose
occupation. apparently of a chemical nature Is
shrouded in mystery. When the doctor and MS
fair daughter remove to Birmingham. Frank
resigns his secretaryshlp to follow them, Ther
house is In a lonely spot a mile from the town,
with all its upper windows strongly barred ana
shut off from the public gaze. Frank tries IN
vain to obtain from Alicia the secret OF her
fathers occupation, so decides to investigate FOR
himself one dark night by climbing to the
second-story window His curiosity is re-
warded, though nearly at the cost of his life,
by the discovery that the doctor is the head OF
a gang of counterfeiters whom. at the pistol
point he Is forced To join.