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The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1908-05-04
BERKELEY REAL ESTATE

WANTED-Good residence lot in Berkeley's best
district give exact location, size. price. terms,
ETC., In first letter G. III. CASTOR. Palo Alto.
FOR sale-$1, so0 cottage, 5 rooms; large lot.
54xI3o. Inquire 2445 9th St. West Berkeley.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1908-03-27
FOR WHOM DOES SMITH STAND

1t would be interesting to know who
is favored by Governor Smith for
the Democratic presidential nominal
ton.
AS we understand it, the present
state administration, if it wins in the
primary, will have the selection of
delegates to the Democratic national
convention entirely in it's hands.
This is one of the undemocratic me-
thods adopted by an administration
that was supposed to reform all the
evils that aff1ict the body polite @nd
return political power into the ha;lds
of the people instead of further ire
moving it from them.
In view of this fact it is of MORE
than passing interest to know whfre
Gov. Smith and his advisers stand as
to the party nominee for the pr@si-
Dental contest.
The democratic voters of Georgia
have a right to know whether Gov.
Smith favors Bryan, or Johnson, or
Gray, or whoever else may be in the
public mind as a possible candidate
for the nomination.
1t is not right or democratic, to
allow Gov. Smith and his cabinet, to
dictate the selection of delegates to
Denver in the event of their controll-
ing the state convention without the
voters knowing in advance as to whom
they favor
The vast mass of the Democratic
voters of the state may favor Bryan
they doubtless do. But who knows
where Gov. Smith stands? Why should
the democratic voters place unreserv-
eddy in the hands of the governor and
few of his political associates the
great power to decide for whom Geor-
gia's vote shall be cast at Denver?
Before the primary Gov. Smith
should publicly and without equivoca-
ton announce the candidate he favors
for the presidential nomination. He
owes it to the party as a whole in
Georgia and to the Democratic voters
individually
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1908-03-27
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Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1908-03-27
THAT SECOND TERN "PRECE.
DENT"

Indications are that the second term
precedent is not going to have much
weight in the present campaign. But
as it was intended to hold good only
where the incumbent made good,
there is no good reason for not set
ting it aside this time.-Hawkinsvill
Dispatch.
This is exactly the position taken
by the Times-Recorder and a num-
Der of other Georgia papers. The
idea that when a man is elected gov
ernor of Georgia for two years he
is entitled to another two years
by courtesy, no matter whether he
is satisfactory to the people or not,
is too absurd to seriously contem-
plate
A man in Office must be judged by
his works and the fruits thereof. If
the work and the fruits have been
such as to injure the interests of
the people, to assist in bringing Gala
nifty upon them, there is no earthly
reason why they should submit to
CHO years 11Ol Z VI SuCD d RUE DG-
cause of some intangible thing known
as precedent"
Governor Smith was very willing
to drop the second term and go to
| the United States senate until il
became clear that Clay was a stron-
ger man than the governor had sup
posed him to be, and that with Tom
| Watson opposed to Smith there was
at least a good chance of his losing
both the governorship and the sena-
| tOrship if he went into a fight against
| Clay. precedent" cut very little
ice with Gov. Smith until he found
that the senatorship was a prize that
he could not grasp. Then "prece-
dent" became very holy thing tC
him and his friends, something not
to be touched by the rough hands
of those who believed that his adj
| ministration had been instrumental
in doing the state much injury.
1 AS the Hawkinsville Dispatch says
/ there is no good reason for not
setting it aside this time" If Joe
Brown gets the support of all of the
I thousands who believe that the pres
ent administration has not made
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1908-03-27

AS corallary to the recent decis-
ion of the Supreme Court in the rail-
road cases, the Montgomery Journal
sees a sure harbinger of Democratic
success. The question involved in
the decision, says the Journal, is
whether railroads can be controlled
and regulated" If the belief in Dem
ocratic success is based on this err
roneous digest of the decision the
prophesy of the Journal is not worth
considering. The court never said
the railroads couldo not be controlled
and regulated, but merely said that
the roads could not be denied the right
to appeal Federal questions to the
Federal courts. Hereafter a railroad
in Alabama will have some rights
which Gov. Conner and the Journal
will be bound to respect.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1908-03-27
DIAMONDS NOT DECLINING IN
VALUE

The man who is holding off from
buying his engagement ring with the
expectation that the price of dia-
monds is going to decline seems DOOM
ed to disappointment The latest adj
vices are to the contrary This is
shown in letter received by Mr.. S.
A. Daniels, yesterday from large
New York diamond importers, in
which they said:
THE De Beers and Premier Min
ing Companies are not alone main
tanning prices, but they are also linn
iting the output Prices cannot fall,
for the De Beers Mining Company has
now reached a level of four thousand
feel below the surface, and as the
laborers can only remain a few hours
at a time in these hot mines, this
means that mining is more difficult
and expensive. The further down
the mine, the poorer the material
found; and the decrease of high grade
material tends to raise the price.
Had not the financial furry taken
place last fall, there would have
been rise of fully ten per cent on
all rough. This advance will take
place just as soon as a larger demand
| for diamonds justifies it, and accord
ing to the present outlook, We think
| that this increased demand will be
| felt between now and July LIST a
noticeable change for the better in
| financial affairs having taken place in
every part of the country
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1908-03-27
SUMTER FARMS OF THE FUTURE

One agency working for the up
building of Sumter county, and Of Am
CIRCUS, is the division of the large
holdings into small farms.
The sale a few months ago of the
Huguenin plantation and of the De
Soto plantation, with the subsequent
cutting up of the latter into num-
Der of small farms, was merely an
indication of the trend of agriculture
toward intensive cultivation, toward
the application of scientific princi-
pies in farming, the concentration OF
effort on smaller areas and the pro-
duction of much greater outputs to
the acre than under the old method
of half cultivating large sections OF
land.
1t is almost inevitable that the sub
| divisions of the plantations referred
to will be followed in the next few
years-perhaps sooner-by the divis-
ion of other large plantations into
farms of 100 to 500 acres. This will
mean an increase in the agricultural
population of the county, the crea-
ton of larger trading population
for Americas, and the increase of
the output of the county in cotton and
other products of the soil.
The division of large plantations
into small farms is the most prac-
teal way of developing this section.
If we go about it in the right way we
can induce settlers from the North
and West to take hold of these small
farms and make them profitable All
that is needed is to properly adj
yertise their advantages and the OPP
portunities Sumter offers to farm
orc
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1908-03-27
SPECIAL MESSAGE READ

In special message read to Con-
gress Wednesday, the President treat
ed number of important subjects,
but much more tersely than has been
his custom in previous messages.
Practically every point had already
been forecast as being about to be
treated in a special message. News
accounts say that the Democrats ap-
plauded right out in meeting when
the advisability of tariff revision was
urged, and also when it was proposed
to put wood pulp on the free list. The
Republicans managed to restrain their
enthusiasm until the reading was
concluded.
The measures which the President
urged for action included child-labor,
employers liability law, the use of
injunctions in labor disputes, amend
ing the antitrust law, and the tariff
In his argument for the employers
liability law, the President referred
to the fact that the Supreme court
had knocked out a similar law hut
that the objections could be avoided
in another statute which would serve
the same purpose. Another measure
urged was designed to meet the Gb-
jections of the Supreme Court to a
similar statute on the matter of rvs
tricting labor by means of the inju5c-
ton. The case before the court Tad
been over the publication of an En-
fair" list in a labor paper. :
More space was devoted to IN
amendment to the antitrust law tilnn
to any other topic The President
expressed the belief that railroads
should be permitted to make traffic
agreements, subject to approval by
the commission. 1t was also pointed
out that a strict Interpretation of the
law might affect combinations of la
Dor and farmers, if such combinations
had any tendency to restrict inter
state commerce. 1t was declared to
be imperative that combinations of
should be allowed.
THE time has come when we
should prepare for a revision of the
tariff says the message. While this
was putting the matter on an extreme
ly tentative basis it was taken by
the Democrats as hopeful sign.
hn OF
the present Congress might not want
to tackle the job-for obvious rea-
sons-he thought that the way should
be paved for work along this line by
the next congress, by directing the
collection of all necessary informa-
ton.
Lastly, the President favored put
ting wood pulp on the free list, a
proposition which meets with the
hearty endorsement of the newspa-
pers, which have been held up by
the paper trust numerically.
With few exceptions the recommen-
dations of the President will meet
with popular approval. On some OF
the questions a sharp division line
will be drawn, with the chances that
a count of noses would sustain the
President
However, there is little likelihood
that the Republicans will dare to en-
act any of the laws named on the
eve of national election. AS cam
paign thunder. the message can be
used or not, dependent on the section
of country being Influenced by the
| spellbinders.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1908-03-27

Tennessee Republicans in their
state convention on Wednesday re-
sembled lynching party more than
anything else. The state chairman
was choked into Inconsistencies, one
negro delegate drew a Ratchet and
a razor, and lst fight were so num-
eroas as to be worthy of little notice.
w. j. Oliver, who was sued in Geor-
gia by woman who claimed to be
his common law wife, was victorious,
gaining seat in the national commit
tee. The origin of the rough house
was the contest between Oliver and
Congressman Hale for the place on
the committee. Oliver is the con-
tractor who was an unsuccessful bid
der on Panama canal work.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1908-03-27

Germany has notified Washington
that DR.. d. J. Hill, who was named
as the successor to Ambassador Tow
er, is a persona non grata to the
Emperor. Official circles are wonder
ing why this Hill should have sudden
ly become insurmountable, as assur-
ances had previously been given that
his appointment would be agreeable.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1908-03-27

That cannery is going to fill a great
want. 1t could not be called a long
felt want for it is only within the
past two years that Americas has
achieved fame as a center for the
peach-raising industry. The Board
of Trade will have large feather in
its head-piece for interesting the
factory owners.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1908-03-27

The statement that the price of
diamonds was about to take a slump
is denied by large producing COM
pany. The question is however of
only academic interest to the majority
of mankind.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1908-03-27

Editor Mccartney, of the Rome
Tribune-Herald, is to get married at
last, and his jokes about the single
blessedness will have to be thrown in
the pi box.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1908-03-27

Georgia Republicans will have a
candidate for Governor. Gov. Smith
will have nearly as many candidates
to defeat as he did in 1906. And his
Populist allies will be in another
camp. Help me, Cassius.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1908-03-27

A high-class hotel, conducted for
your comfort Remodeled, refurnished
throughout. Directly on car line. I'm
ion Station, 20 minutes. Capitol, 20
minutes Shops and theatres, 10 min
utes Two blocks to White House
and Executive Buildings. Opposite
Metropolitan Club
Summer Season July to October.
Wayside Inn and Cottage Lake
Luzerne, N. Y, in the Adirondacks.
Switzerland of America. As minutes
from Saratoga. Send for booklet.
CLIFFORD M. LEWIS, Proprietor.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1908-03-27

Southwest Georgia doesn't take the
Black Hand scare seriously. Since
the prohibition law went into effect,
white and black hands are each more
plentiful.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1908-03-27

Houston, Texas, is still claiming to
be the original location of the Gar
den of Eden. The only two entries
we can consider are Americas and
Augusta. 1t surely was in Georgia.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1908-03-27

The Macon Telegraph harks back
to Biblical times when it says There
was a Little David once and a big
giant. The reader is supposed to
know the rest
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1908-03-27

Will Hearst wag Tom Watson or
will Watson wag Hearst? A new par
ty with each of these men as would
be leaders is destined to have trou-
bic.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1908-03-27
Services at Calvary Church.

Litany and penitential office u
noon. Evening pprayer at 1870 o'clock.
The subject of the lecture at the eve
ming service will be English Church
History. All are invited.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1908-03-27

That Italian count with a name that
sounds like an alarm clock escape
ment, is going to marry Miss Elkins,
the King of Italy having graciously
given his consent. He was not hard
to win over.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1908-03-27

THOMAS GAMBLE, JR.,
Editor and Manager
G. w. CORNFORTH,
Associate Editor and Assistant
Manager.
]. W. FURLOW, City Editor.
W. u. DUPREE,
Assistant Business Dept
Editorial Room Telephone SO.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1908-03-27

Judge Gray of Delaware, is about
to announce as a candidate for the
Democratic Presidential nomination.
He doesn't even say eff Bryan is
willin'.''
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1908-03-27

Dear delinquent, come across" is
the way the Cuthbert Leader con-
cludes a notice that all subscribers a
year in arrears must be cut off.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1908-03-27
Americas, Ga, March %, 1908.

Bryan says that neither Roosevelt,
Taft nor Hughes will fill the Presi-
Dental bill. Whom do you suspect,
Willie?
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1908-03-27

The Americas Recorder, Established
1879.
The Americas Times, Established 1890
Consolidated April, 1891.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1908-03-27

Official Organ of the City of Americas
Official Organ of Sumter County.
Official Organ of Webster County.
official Organ of Railroad Commits
sion of Georgia for the 3rd Congress
sional District.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1908-03-27

Entered at the postoff1ce at Ameri-
Gus as second-class mail matter.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1908-03-27

good" there will be a decidedly enliv-
ening campaign on in Georgia for the
next sixty days.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1908-03-27
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The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1908-04-02
STATE NEWS

stanly County Republicans held
their Convention last Saturday and
elected delegates 10 State and Con-
greszIopaI conventions aud noninA-
led candidates for the various county
officers.
John Tripleti, Q seventeen-year-
old boy, OF Hickory, committed
suicide Thursday afternoon BY shoot
ing himself la the breast with q
shotgun. No reason has been given
for The boys rash act.
Just 81 a negro named Judd va:
preparing 10 render an Grafton 81
Chestnut church, Lee county, Friday
night, Joe Thomas, another negro
shot him dead with pistol. Th'
church was crowded with coloree
folks and the shooting caused sen
sation.
Immediately after the shooting
Thomas took TO the woods the ne
groes at the church raised 800 tina
night for his capture.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1908-04-02
Craig and the Railroads.

From the Around-Town colu mn
of the Asheville Gazette-News we
CLEAN the following:
"Charles A. Webb, local counsel
of the Southern Railway Company,
has rendered his resignation to take
effect April ~
1t must have struck some people
as rather remarkable, this partial
concealment, by reason of the mod,
est maner In which it was handled,
of scoop of easily State wide i'm
portance. It is understood in some
quarters that the Craig gubernatorial
boom has been personally conducted
by Mr.. Webb, whose connection
with the Southern has frequently
risen up to plague the boomers. The
Kitchinites have directed the finger
of suspicion at Mr.. Webb, and have
charged that the Asheville lawyer
was using his Southern railway pass
to go about over the land, In order
to keep the Craig boom properly in.
Hated. The friends of the Ashe-
Vile candidate have, of course, been
prompt to deny that that the South
ern is at all interested in Mr.. Craig, or
his Immediate and most active SUD-
portcrs, but there has always been
this connection of Mr.. Webb with
the road, which has produced talk,
he1ce the resignation. And the
Craig folk doubtless feel that thew
have nailed another Kitchin arpu,
ment'-Industrial News.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1908-04-02

About the middle of March we
sent out statements to many of our
subscribers who were in arrears on
subscription While we have heard
from many in a substantial way,
there are over five hundred from
whom we have received no reply .
Please look up that statement and
let us hear from you. If you want
the paper continued but can't pay
now, just say SO and we will con-
tinue the paper. We trust THE
CAUCASIAN is a welcome visitor to
the home of each and every one of
our subscribers, but if it isn't and
you want the paper stopped just say
so, but please don't be 80 cruel as to
ask us to stop the paper without
paying US what you are due on back
subscription.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1908-04-02

Have you thought OF how many
white boys will be disfranchised
after this year? DO yoa remember
that the politicians, who are respon-
gible for the disfranchisement Of the
poor white boys, told the voters In
1900 that not q single white man
should be disfranchised Some OF
them swore, others made afAdavits
that no white boy would be dis
franchised, while others said they
would suffer their right arm TO De
cut Off If a single white man wa
disfranchised. Well, some Of thi:
same crowd are trying to fool the
voters again this year.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1908-04-02

Travelling men who make a prac-
tice of using..mileage books are COM
planning about the new system
which will 60 Into effect April 1 .
After that date persons holding
these books will be required to take
them to the ticket Office, where the
agent will issue ticket in exchange
for coupons for as many miles as
the proposed trip will include, The
travelling men say that such ruling
is an outrage, and it is said that T
P. A. will take the matter up with
a view of having the order rescin>
ded Wilmington Star.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1908-04-02
DEATH WAS ON HIS HEEL

Jesse p. Morris, sof Shippers, VI
nad Close call In the spring Of 1893
he says: Gan attack of pneumOr'
LETT me so weak and with such
fearful cough that my friends d.
clared consumption had me, 81
death was on my heels. Then | 81
persuaded to try DIR. Kings Ns'
discovery. 1t helped me immeS'
ateiy, and after taking two and
half bottles 1 was a we'll man agsI
L found out that New Discovery
the best remedy for coughs and lHa
disease in all the world.n Sold "
Ger guarantee at all druggist. ,"
and $1.O0. Trial bottle free.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1908-04-02
OF Interest to Republicans.

Mr.. EDITOR Many Republicans
in North Carolina who do not know
would like to hear when the first
Republican meeting in our State was
held. Hence / ask you to publish
this, and to aid me in finding the
proceedings of that meeting, or one
who with me was present on that
occasion in 1866, thirty-eight year.
ago. A few of US, twenty-five OF
thirty assembled in Raleigh in the
then Raleigh Standard office, paper
edited and published by the late W
W. Holden. These men were from
various sections of the State, me
for the purpose of organizing anC
giving life to the party in NORTH
Carolina. / was present from thi
County, Chatham, being the only
one from the County. l can now
remember only two others, to-wit
the late w. w. Holden and the lat
Judge Thomas Settle, though tn
late Judge W. B. Rodman, who
knew in the Constitutional Conven
ton Of 1868, may have been there
We met there voluntarily determ
ined to do that which we did. w
passed some resolutions which wer
published in pamphlet form an
then sent throughout the State.
had two Of them, which have los
or mislaid. 1t is possible that som
of your readers can locate one O
these pamphlets if so let then
send it to you, the editor of tn
Union Republican, the Ashevill
Register, the State Republican a
North Wiikesboro, or to me.
Then and there, Mr.. Editor, tn
Republican party was born in Mort
Carolina. Then it was small, bu
like magic 1t grew and spread owe
the "Old North State" and was 500
a giant Of no ordinary proportions
w. T. GUNTER,