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Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1909-11-12

Picture frames made to order. Large
line Touliings to select from Hol-
liday Book Store
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1909-11-12
Times Recorder

Supplies the home news fully
day by day. To keep abreast with
the local happenings, with the cur
rent events of Americas, with the
movements for it's upbuilding, for
the story of it's development in any
and every line you must take
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1909-11-12
CENTRAL GEORGIA
RAILWAY
Current Schedules Corrected to Date.
Departures.
Arrivals.

Americas GaCena of
Railway Passenger
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1909-11-12

Two carnival companies have shap-
ed their course towards Americas, and
the riotous confetti game will soon
add zest to the situation.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1909-11-12

City Engineer Stallings is doing
the initial work required for the paw
ing of Lee and Lamar streets, where
they cross at the artesian we'll.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1909-11-12

Clerks Allen and Heys are still busy
recording that $125,OO0,0O0 Seaboard
mortga booklet of more than / 10
printeG pages.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1909-11-12

Anyway, Sumter took the prize for
the best stretch of good roads from
the Florida line to Atlanta, an honor
that should be appreciated
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1909-11-12

Every train on the Central coming
this way from Atlanta is filled with re-
turning auto show attendants. and all
glad to get home again.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1909-11-12
TALES OF THE Town
TOLD IN FEN LINES
Pencil S,u6S Picked Up At
hndOm.

iNG,tlUilts
Picture frames made to order. Large
line rouliings to select from Hol-
liday Book Store
The chicken coop will be an ark of
safety tonight for the lone domineckes.
No negro would go after chickens with
the bursting stars above him.
A holdup good and strong, is the
unanimous verdict of those returning
from Atlanta. But twas ever thus.
and will ever continue to be.
The Coburn Minstrels come as the
next attraction, and popular one. as
usual. A minstrel troupe always fills
the theatre here
Ten dollars each for rooms or s.
per night for a cot in hallway, is
the tariff paid by Americas visitors
at the Atlanta jamfest
Two carnival companies have shap-
| ed their course towards Americas, and
the riotous confetti game will soon
add zest to the situation.
Clerks Allen and Heys are still busy
recording that $125,000,OO0 Seaboard
mortga booklet of more than 40
printel pages.
City Engineer Stallings is doing
the initial work required for the paw
ing of Lee and Lamar streets, where
they cross at the artesian we'll.
Every train on the Central coming
this way from Atlanta is filled with re-
turning auto show attendants. and all
glad to get home again
Anyway, Sumter took the prize for
the best stretch of good roads from
the Florida line to Atlanta, an honor
that should be appreciated
Distance lends enchantment to in
comes. The further away man mar
ries or accepts a job, the larger his
wife's fortune and his salary.
Young couples here will embrace
the opportunity of sitting up tonight
to see the shooting mateors Thay ca,,
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1909-11-12

Remember the name-Doan's-a
axe no other.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1909-07-19

w of this report, now in course of
preparation, will deal with this
further. 1t is sufficient TO say now
that rail competition is a most i'm
portant factor in water traffic. and
that some cooperation between rail-
ways and waterways seems absolute
ly necessary to insure a reasonable
use of our rivers. Ii is a public evil
that our entire transportation sys-
TEN should be, as now. at odds with
itself, wasting its strength in de-
structive internal warfare while the
transportation needs of the public
suffer.
Part /, already issued, considered
the physical conditions OF the water
ways. Equally important are traffic
conditions-what traffic is available,
and how can it be secured?
Traffic is an absolute essential
for the development of the water
ways system. One of the most prac-
teal methods of improving water
ways, and especially terminals, is to
secure for them a fair amount of
business. thus insuring their higher
development by private interests.
This is shown by the ore and coal
business on the lakes. At present
our river and canal system. hamper
ed by its natural defects, in unre-
stricted competition with the unified,
standardized rail system, is helpless
to secure for itself a reasonable
share of the freight. II therefore
can not afford to provide transport
tation facilities worthy of its great
possibilities. Whatever may be the
limitations of the waterways system,
it is clear that certain easily made
improvements in channels, port ter
minals. and especially in the regula-
ton of the relation of railroads and
waterways, can secure for the water
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1909-07-19
NEW.FORECASTS
I'D FOR THE WEEK
STRIKE SITUATION IN PENNsYL-
WANNA.
The Tariff Question Claims Its Share
of Interest-Persian Change of
Rulers-Peru-BOliyi
DISPUTE FEATURES OF NEWS.

Washington, July 19.-The tariff
situation will be a matter of absorb
Ing interest at home this week, while
the new ruler in Persia and the dis
pute between Peru and Bolivia will
be the features of the foreign fields.
The naval court to endeavor to de-
termine the cause of the death of
Lieut.. sutton. of the marine corps,
will meet at Annapolis Monday.
Monday promises to be a day of
anxiety at McKee's Rock, Pa, when
II is expected an effort will be made
TO resume work In the Scheenville
plant of the Pressed Steel Car COM
pany. The trouble, which has already
caused much bloodshed and several
fatalities, does not yield readily to
adjustment. Riotlng at the plant of
the Standard Steel Car company at
Lyndora, 1t is feared, will tend to en-
courage further disorder at MeKee's
Rocks.
The two tunnels Of the Hudson and
Manhattan Railroad company, which
will connect lower New York and
Jersey City. will be opened Monday.
The National Editorial association
open their convention at Seattle Mon
day. The National Travellers asso-
citation begins their meeting at Chi
cago Thursday.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1909-07-19

boats. The old packet system has
largely changed to barges by tow
boats. There has been a slight in
crease in traffic on ine Tennessee
river; and in the last six years be-
tween Memphis and Vicksburg.
1.-THE regular floating equipment
of the Mississippi proper is not
adapted for deep-sea use. Thus, of
the great quantities of coal which
travel 1000 miles by river to New
Orleans, none is sent beyond on
river craft to points on the gulf,
however, near New Orleans. There
is a marked deterioration in termin-
ais. The frequent extreme changes
in water level make the terminal
question a difficult one.
"The upper Mississippi, so called,
from st. Paul to st. Louis. has
about Az feet depth at low water,
and there is little through traffic
principally in logs. Even more is
this true of the upper tributaries,
including the Missouri.
Conclusions.
"The situation in the Mississippi
valley is significant and serious.
There is a vast aud growing amount
of freight in that valley to be moved
both north and south; there has
been, and doubtless will be again,
extreme traffic congestion there.
Even during the severest congestion
the Mississippi river got very small
and a decreasing share OF the traffic.
This condition is highly unsatisfac-
tory.
There are two basic causes:
First, the physical conditions, varia-
lions in water level and the enorm-
Gus deposit of sediment; second, the
destructive competition by the par
allel railroads, in general refusing to
share the traffic with the river. Part
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1909-07-19
GREAT ENGINEER
DIES SUDDENLY AT HASTINGS
ON-THE.HuDSON.
Iefrcrts l.. Buck, Well Known I'm
This C.ty--Wife Ina
Michigan.

Leneris l.. Buck. ~ years old one
OF the best known civil engineers In
the country, died suddenly at his
home at Hastings-on-the-H n.
Y. saturday with stroke of apo
plexy. At the time Of his death Mrs.
Buck was in Michigan. where she Is
spending the summer with relatives
from Paducah The death of Mr.,
Buck will be received with surprise,
as despite the fact of his advanced
age he was unusually active.
He was well known In Paducah, as
he married Miss Mira Gould, and fire.
quently visited Paducah. His last
visit was when the Lincoln centenary
was celebrated at Hodgenyille. Mrs.
Mary Palmer and Miss Fannie Gould
are sisters Of Mrs Buck and MIR. Will
liam Gould. of New York, is broth
or. Mrs. Buck with Miss Fannie
Gould, are spending the summer al
Carp Lake, Mich.
Mr.. Buck was a leading engineer
of the country, and gained distinc-
tion by his work. He was engineer
of the Brooklyn bridge, and designed
the cantilever bridge over Niagara
Fills.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1909-07-19
Dorothy Rottgering.

Little Miss Dorothy Fredrika Rott-
gering, the only daughter OF Mr.. and
Mrs. II. w. Rottgering. Jr., Of the
Cairo road, died this morning She
was a granddaughter Of Mr.. and Mrs.
Fred Hummell; Mr.. H. w. Rottger-
ing. Sr.. and great-granddaughter of
Mrs Dora Kolb. The funeral will be
held at 10 o'clock tomorrow morning
at the residence, the Rev William
Grother officiating. The body will be
buried In Oak Grove cemetery. The
palbearers are Willie Neuman, Carl
Neuman, Harold Hummell and Willie
IMcCutcheon.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1909-07-19
Ballard County wedding.

Miss Annie Rothrock and DR.. Harry
Melton, prominent young people of
Wickliffe. were married Saturday by
the Rev. NJ. Z. Dodd, After the GER
emory the couple left for Dawson
Springs and Louisville on a ten days
bridal trip. The bride is a pretty
young woman. while the groom is a
rising young physician in Ballard
county. The couple was accompanied
by Misses Zelma Edwards and Bertha
Melton and Mr., Ed Dunn.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1909-07-19
Miss Ida Belle Nelson.

Miss Ida Belle Nelson. of 1918
Broadway. died at 11:40 o'clock Sat
urday morning at the age OF al years
from cancer. She had been confined
to her bed for several months. She
was a daughter of the late Il. T. Mel
son and was born and reared in Pa
ducah. She Is the last Of the children
and her mother survives her. The
funeral was held this afternoon at
the residence. the Rev. G. I. sullivan,
pastor of the Broadway Methodist
church, officiating. The burial was
in Oak Grove.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1909-07-19
Australian Railways.

Three principal gauges of line are
used on the various railways in the
of Australia. The
most common gauge, Sls feet, is used
on about 1000 miles of line. scat
tered over five of the states. The 5
feet and S-inch gauge is second in
Importance. and the 4 feet So inch
gauge, used only in New South
Wales, third. with 3.472 miles OF line
There are also SO miles of az feet
gauge and three miles of 2 feet
gauge. Standardization has been pro-
posed, but no action has been taken.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1909-07-19
Paducah, KY, July 3, 1909.
.srs- HAYS & Miller Rrns-.

Messrs. Hays AZ Miller Bros:
Gentlemen:-I am delighted to say
to you tina. the sample bottle Of
Hays Specific l used from you has
done even more than you recon-
mended or than | anticipated. l can
truly and with confidence assure any
one who uses it that 1t will not dis
appoint them in any case of Rheuma-
tism or Torpid Liver. Further than
this, have not tried it. hence this
deponent sayeth no further.
This July 3, 1909. Geo. w. Lam
dram, attorney at law and master
commissioner Of Livingston circuit
court, Smithland, Ky.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1909-07-19

Leprosy is a singularly undemons'
trative disease. Out of hundreds only
a few have startling, not to say hon
rible, appearance. Il is very mildly
contagious. and nurses and attend
ants have spent ten, twenty, fifty
years In leper colonies without catch
ing II.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1909-07-19
Paducah, KY, July 3, 1909.

ioNu~n5 N.Y. SuAs o. ASVS'
For the information of any one
suffering with Eczema, / will say l
had what was called Eczema for
number of years. | could find no re-
ief from any source, till | took Hays
Specific. 1t cured me and can con-
scientiously recommend 1t to any one
suffering with Eczema. Try 1t and
be convinced. My Office is at the
wharfboat, my phone No. 40.
ID. M. STREET.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1909-07-19
DEFENDS TAX
WILL NOT INJURE SOUND COM
PANIES.
Attorney General Points out That
Returns Car BE Made As Amend
mcnt Requires.

Washington, July 19.-Declaring
that any corporation which keeps
just and true books OF account" can
make up the return required by the
proposed corporation tax law, and
meeting other attacks on that meas
ure. Attorney General Wickersham
today made public letter he has writ
ten TO a Wall street firm of account
ants who challenged some provisions
OF the proposed law as absolutely
impossible OF application" and others
as violatiye of all the accepted prin-
ciples Of sound accounting.
The firm addressed is Deloitte.
Plender, Grifhths & Co. of New York.
Mr. Wickersham advises them that
their statement that the. law as franz
ed was impossible Of application sur
prises him: that the objections they
make are entirely insufficient to sup
port such a conclusion as they ex-
press.
Attorney General Wickersham.
who framed the corporation tax
amendment to embody the admins
tration's views. meets the objections
OF the accountants in detail.
Defends Report Clause.
tie points out that the proposed
law does not impose a tax on profits -
but on "the entire net income over
and above $4,000 received by the cor
poration, joint stock company or as
ISOLATION. or insurance company sub
ject to the law from all sources dur
ing such year"
ut has been the uniform practice
of the government In framing up rev.
enue bills" he added, ito require the
tax to be paid on a fixed date and so
far as / have been able TO ascertain
In every instance the tax is imposed
for the calendar year ending Deem
Der 81 Such was the income tax
law of 1S49. II may be inconvenient,
but II Is certainly not impossible for
any corporation which keeps just and
true books of account to make up a
return such as that required by the
proposed law, particularly as the re-
turn requires statements of actual re
ceipts and payments and not, as you
recommend in your communication,
of expenses incurred interest 'ac-
crued' and losses 'ascertained.' ."
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1909-07-19

She-What is the motive power OF
Mr.. Murphy's new automobile?
He-Gasoline going out and sui
phur and mule power coming back.
st. Louis Times.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1909-07-19

ways far greater proportion of
business and lead to a great i'm
provement in their condition"
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1909-07-19

OF the eighty-eight millions of pop
ulation of the United States. one
third speaking in round numbers, are
found in the thirteen original states.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1909-07-19
WATERssTRANS-
sss'., 4 iPOR1AlION
Continued from Page one.)

er volume moves northward. Little
coal goes south by water. There is
also an important movement of gem
eral merchandise There is some use
of Gulf rivers as feeders, bringing
bulk freight to central ports.
Pacific coast-On the Pacific
coast the principal bulk freight con-
sists of lumber moving south and
oil north there is also considerable
merchandise freight There is a
large trade with Alaska. The river
traffic is relatively of much less i'm
portance.
"The Great LaKes-More than so
per cent of this trade is bulk, with
very advanced terminal development
and very low transportation costs
This is due to an extraordinary COM
bination of concentrated supplies of
raw material at each end and a cor
responding demand at the opposite
end. Eighty per cent of the ship
ments and receipts Of ore. coal, and
grain are handled at a dozen ports.
Three-fourths of the total Lake
movement is eastward and south
ward-iron ore $4,000, 900 net tons
shipped in 1900, grain and flour
$500. 900 tons(. and lumber (2,70O,-
00O). The total westward and
northward traffic in 1906. was 49,
100000 tons, of which almost H.
100000 tons was coal, almost the
only item of back load for the ore
freighters. Not over per cent of
the traffic of the Lakes moves out of
them by water into United States
territory. Domestic shipments of
lumber and grain are declining (al-
though the Canadian grain traffic is
increasingly. General merchandise
freight is about 10 per cent of the
lake traffic.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1909-07-19
CHEAP WOOD.

Best ana cheapest wood In the city
20 cents per load at MILL. Third and
Elizabeth streets.
FERGUSON PALMER 90.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1909-07-19
Rivers and Canals.

This is the third branch of our
transportation system. It's traffic,
in general. is declining, especially on
the Mississippi river system and in
land canals. Up to 1855 on the
New York canals, including the Erie,
was more than twice that of the rail-
roads crossing New York state; in
1872 it was one-third, and now it is
less than per cent. The total traf-
fic of all state and private canals has
declined from 100000 tons in
1850 to about 100000 tons in
1906.
The Mississippi river system pre-
sents our greatest waterway prob
lem. Its traffic has greatly declined
since the building of parallel rail-
roads. Excluding harbor and raft
traffic, it was about 100000 tons
in 1906, mainly coal, lumber, rail-
road ties, sand, gravel, oil, cotton,
sugar, rice, and farm products. But
the cotto traffic is surprisingly
small, considering the nearness of
cotton plantations and cotton mar
kets. The only prosperous exception
of Importance is the coal traffic
downstream. This constitutes about
Sc per cent of the entire vessel traf-
fic on the Mississippi system. 1t is
a highly developed long-distance
bulk traffic, with the coal produced
in enormous quantities directly on
the river bank, near the Pittsburgh
district. 1t is, however. practically
confined to markets Immediately
along the banks.
otherwise, the river traffic is in
a discouraging state. The great
through business of earlier times no
longer exists. The traffic history of
st. Louis well illustrates this situa-
ton. River shipments there in 1890
were over 100000 tons; in 1906,
5000 tons. Rail shipments, on the
other hand. in 1890 were about 81
100000 tons; in 1905, 100000
tons.
There are some small increases.
Small gasoline boats doing a local
business have increased, especially in
a feeder traffic on tributary streams.
In 1906 there were $50 of such
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-12-24

"Goodby. joe" she said.
Goodbye" he echoed, amazed. "Where
are you going?"
ITO mothers. Jimsy's coming back
for me-"
You didn't say anything to your
mother while she was here about this?''
"That was for your sake. Every one
doesn't need to know"
"What are you going to your moth
er's for? This is where you belong
your home. And what's Jimsy got to
do with it?'
IT said goodby."-
whats the reason you can't stay
hereT
"You couldn't expect me to live with
you after what happened tonight"
"Why not?"
There was CONSERVATION as well as
anger in his voice.
Because it is quite impossible. You
ought to realize that"
II don't see why 1t Is impossible
Everything is all right now unless y@l
have got some reason that makes II
impossible"
''Yes, think I've all the reason in
the world to make it impossible.
think it's time for you to realize It,"
ITO BE coNTIKuHnl
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-12-24
MEANING IN ORIENTAL RUGS.
Significance Among Eastern Nations
Of the Colore Used.

Significance Among Eastern Nations
Of the Colors Used.
Not only the designs but the colors
Of rugs woven in the Orient are full
Of significance.
They represent national or indivi.
dual traditions, they stand for virtues
and vices. social Importance or social
ostracism.
They are the result. says the Eclec.
tic Church Magazine, of the political
and religious histories of the coun.
tries in which they were made.
Tyrian purple is almost universally
regarded as royal.
Red was regarded by the Egyptians
as symbolic of fidelity.
Green has been chosen by the Turk
as his gala color, but he would not
approve its use in rugs where 1t would
be trodden by the feet.
Rose tints signify the highest wis
dom, black and indigo sorrow, with
the Persians. Preferences for duller
tone of color among the Persians give
to all their embroideries and other
products of the loom a certain rich.
ness and dignity.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-12-24
HOw's Your Stomach ?

Undue enlargement of the stomach I'M
dicates dangerous condition. 1t Is often
caused by overeating and drinking. The
muscles which propel the food to the intes.
tines become weak. The food accumulates.
is improperly digested, and the stomach Il
distended to enormous size. An inactive
liver is one of the causes, and constipation
and nerve trouble is sure to result. :.
Smiths Pineapple and Butternut Pills
give tone to the weak propelling muscles of
the stomach and intestines. They produce
natural movement of the bowels and avoid
the formation of gas, which, If retained,
produces symptoms of self-poisoning.
Smiths Pineapple and Butternut Pills
cure constipation as if by magic. They
regulate the functions of the liver. II your
eyes are clouded without cause, If YOU
have specks and floating objects before
your vision, use Smiths Pineapple and
Butternut Pills, and get the poisonous
elements out of your blood. Physicians
use and recommend. They form no habit.
You should always keep them on hand.
These little Vegetable Pills will ward off
many ills.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-12-24

Mrs. o. H. P. Belmont gave her
views as follows on the decrease in
marriages as asserted by Prof. Ed.
ward Henry Armstrong in a recent ad-
dress:
IF our universal education is the
cause of fewer marriages 1t proves
that men are now Influenced by judg.
ment, that the self-supporting woman
is self-reliant, that the union OF the
two is founded on the intelligent con-
sideration Of the question.
II believe this need in nowise alarm
the thinking part of our community.
mo educated woman or man Of the
twentieth century can agree that it Is
for the advancement of civilization or
the welfare Of the community for the
family to be larger than both or eth.
er parent may provide for.
'Tf motherhood is the highest duty
imposed upon woman she must raise
herself to its standard.
II cannot believe 1t right to create
O situation one cannot meet,
I'VE read that men like Prof. Arm
strong are still clamoring for large
families and are proclaiming the YER
dict of the Middle Ages, but, mark
you, only so far as it relates to won,
an.
I'VE wonder II women alone are to
profit by this higher education. II
would seem as If men like the profes
sor have failed to have grasped the
great significance of it."
Mrs. Helen B. Waterman, of Cleve
land, candidate for the Republican
nomination for member Of the Board
Of Education, discussing Prof. Arm
strong's declarations said: 1--WE must
all admit that women are not marry.
ing so readily as few years ago. Az
they become more educated, better
able to analyze conditions as they see
them, they hesitate to take the chance
of virtually throwing their lives away,
It is not infrequent that women who
Woman's. Dilemma. Which?