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THE ELLIJAY' COURIER.
VOL XXVII
TAFT AND DIAZ MEET
Presidents of Two Republics
Visit Each Other.
TRAGEDY MARS MEETING
Pre»ident Taft is Lavishly Entertained
at Banquet and Eats From Dishes
of Emperor Maximilian.
El Paso, Texas.—The long expect¬
ed meeting beeween President Taft
and President Diaz of the Republic
of Mexico, took place here. Outwam
ly it xvas attended with a display
of soldiery, a flare of trumpets, a
boom of cannon and a pomp of cere¬
mony suggestive of supreme author¬
ity;’but in the actual handclaps in the of
the two executives and ex¬
change of courtesies words whicn
passed from lip to lip there was sim¬
ple but cordial informality.
President Diaz was the first to
speak. He assured President Taft
of his warm personal regard and his
high esteem of the man wao had
eomplished so much in the Philip
pines, in Cuba ana elsewhere, and
who had now the honor to be ihe
chief executive of so great a nation
as the United States. President Taft,
in simple American fashion,
he was glad to meet President
He was glad to know the
of such a great nation;
'gijd to know the present president,
who ht.d made the nation great.
Doth presidents dwelt upon the
di.llity of the relations existing be¬
tween the United States and Mexico.
President Taft declared that the nrcet
ir,g was not necessary to make the
bonds of friendship stronger—it mere¬
ly typified the strength of the bonds
as they already exist.
There we:e less than a score of
sons permitted to witness the
ing of the two executives.
these were excluded later when
idem Taft and President Diaz with
drew into an inner room of the Cham
ber of Commerce building, where the
historic meeting took place, and vv.ere
only attended by Governor Creel of
the state of Chihuahua, former am
bassadcr to the United States, who
Mle U T4r«can:^_ ^'ceremonies shift- V
across
shallow, waiider'ng Rio Grande river
to the typical little Mexican settle¬
ment of Ciudad Juarez.
In the customs house ther Presi¬
dent Diaz received a return call from
in all Itff surroundings of lavish dec¬
orations Lf brilliancy in color, of the
wealth of silver plate, handed down
from the time of Emeperor Maximil¬
ian, and if. every carefully considered
detail was probably the most notable
feast ever served on the American
continent
It was at this banquet that ifie
more formal and public expressions
of regard between the two executives
as the representatives of the people of
the United States and Mexico, were
unchanged.
The day was marred by but one un¬
toward incident. A lad of fifteen years
was stabbed to death by a school com¬
panion just as President Taft was
stepping from his special train upon
its arrival in the center of the city.
COMMITTED SUICIDE IN NIAGARA.
For First Time in History of River the
Body Was Recovered.
Niagara Falls, N. Y.—Within half
an hour after he had gone over the
American cataract, two guides at the
Cave of the Winds—William Barnett
and George Wright—recovered the
body of George Maero (or Mavrocor
dato) of Milwaukee, a man about 40
years old.
Never before in the history of the
river, under normal conditions, has a
body been recovered from the rampart
of rocks that fronts the rocks.
Maero was seen to enter the water
from the north shore of Lune Island
by Joseph Lennox, a liackman, a
young bridal couple, friends of his,
and an officer,""Alexander.
Maero did not lose his footing in the
current, the water at that point being
very shallow. He sat down in the
stream and then, bumping along on
the rocky bottom for about forty feet,
he plunged over the crest into the
abyss.
Alexander ran to the Cave of the
Winds house and informed Barnett
and Wright of the suicide. ’
In less than five minutes Macro’s
.body appeared, bobbing on the churn¬
ing water. By an odd turn of fate it
was washed upon a flat rock and held
there. Wright and Barnett, with
ropes about their waists, clambered
down, aqd, securing the body with
difficulty in the blinding spray, car
CHINA STIR RED AGAI NST JAPAN.
Feeling is Fomented by Circulars of
Chinese Association.
Tokio, Japan.—Copies of circulars
issued in China by a body of Chinese
calling themselves the “Popular As¬
sociation of Three Eastern Provinces,”
and spread broadcast, created a sen¬
sation upon their receipt in Japan.
The circulars contain inflammatory
statements against the Japanese.
They bear upon what is called the
weakness of poor China and the "in¬
sulting aggression of Japan.”
Efforts are being made to prevent
the spreading of their contents among
Japanese of the ignorant class, be¬
cause of the danger of arousing feel¬
ing at this time.
WILL SELL RED CROSS STAMPS.
50,000,000 Stamps Will Be Placed on
Sale November First.
Washington, D. C.—Officials of the
American Red Cross Society have
completed their plans for placing on
the market for holiday shoppers the
Red Cross stamp, which was so pop¬
ular daring the Christmas season last
year.
To meet the- demand 50,000,000
stamps have been let and in the near
future a contract for 30,000,000 more
will be made.
STOLEN CHILDREN FOUND.
Tomasco and Grace Viviano Were Kid¬
naped in St. Louis Last August.
Chicago, 111.—Tomaso and Grace
Viviano, the children kidnaped last
August, from their home, at St. Louis,
and recovered here, while wandering,
cold and hungry, about the streets,
spent a quiet night at the Passavant
Hospital. The girl, at first believed
to be suffeiing from pneumonia,
brought on by exposure to the cold,
was said to be suffering from nothing
more serious than a severe cold.
The children talked scarcely at all
after awakening, .but Tie warm food
given them and the solicitous care of
the nurses were indicated in bright¬
er eyes and the return of blood to
their cheeks. i
garding Little could the kidnapin^TlTae be gainefljfrom them re¬
boy spoke
of being in a wagon drawn by two
horses, and declared that the driver
was a fine man who had given Grace
a chain. Subsequently they were ta¬
ken a board a train ‘and the whistle
tooted.”
The children were returned to their
father, who declared that no ransom
had been paid. The children are be¬
lieved ____ to ^ have _____ been treated brutally
j , Q force them into silence under any
, lnjr an( j a jj conditions and to be still
un( j^ r th e fear of punishment,
“We were with ‘Sain’ and ‘mama,’”
j. aid the boy to his father. “We lived
j n (> j- ]0 basement of a wooden house,
t -ybey would never let us go to play,
,j» ama , us OU f on f s t ree t the
oilier night and left us by ourselves.”
The .-g am ’» mentioned is believed
t0 p e g amue i Turisi, employed by the
j vivianos, and for whom the police
i have been searching.
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GIRL SUES m hoi HER.
Margaret O’Mara Refrained From
Marrying at Mother’s Request.*
Giaiul Rapids, Mich.—Because she
stayed home and cared for her pa-
11 ents for nineteen years when she
might have married and made a home
herself, Margaret O'Mara was
$2,11-1 by a jury in circuit
court in a suit brought against her
j S mother, It developed Catherine that O’Mara. the mother
[ ised the prom
| to pay daughter regular
wages if she would stay at the old
j farm in Ada township.
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j Remarkable Mode Of SlllCide.
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an Asheville sanitarium, jumped head
long beneath the wheels of a 15-ton
steam roller and his head was crush¬
ed out of shape by the ponderous
wheels of the machine.
j Maxim Believes in Airships.
j New York City.—Declaring Napo¬
leon’s dictum that God fights on the
tide with the heaviest artillery entire¬
ly out of date, Hudson Maxim, the in¬
ventor of explosives and engines of
war, predicted in a public address
here that God hereafter would fight
on the side with the strongest flying
machines and the most of them. He
added that aeroplanes with explosives
could do little harm.
Homes Without Bibles.
Nashville, -Tenn.—Rev. William
Thorne, moderator of the synod ot
Tennessee, Presbyterian church, Unit¬
ed States, made the startling an¬
nouncement to that body, which is in
session here, that there are forty-one
civil districts in this state which have
no church of any kind, and that there
are hundreds of families in which
there is no Bible.-—■
N. U. Farmer Killed Dy Son.
Charlotte, N. C.—Colonel Robert L.
Abernethy, one of the largest owners
of farm land in Mecklenburg county,
was shot and killed by his son, Reu¬
ben Abernethy, at the home of the
father at River Bend, the son claim¬
ing self-defense. There is said to
have been trouble between father and
son for some time. The son made no
effort to escape.
CitTMOOlearsOld.
Paris, France. — The expedition
which has been excavating on the
site of the Shusan qf Bible times has
uncovered the remains of three an¬
cient cities, one above the other, and
the lowest dating about 4000 B. C.
In a monument was unearthed the fig¬
ures of two men and records of the
Chaldean era, which will throw new
light on the Old Testament.
Insane Farmer Kilt? Aged Man.
Charlotte, N. C.—W. S. Wise, a
wealthy farmer of Lincoln county,
while insane, cut off the head of his
father-in-law, Joseph Hallman, with
an ax, then barred the door of his
home, set fire to the furniture and
was cremated.
First Killing Frosts.
Nashville, Tenn.—There was a kill¬
ing frost throughout this section. Be¬
cause of the lateness of the season
the damage will .be small. Thin if
is reported. T
Huntsville. Ala.—The first killing
frost of the season fell here. The
late cotton crop is believed to be
damaged to a considerable extent.
Charlotte, N. C.—Killing frost and
the lowest temperature of the fall
was recorded in the cotton belt, ac¬
cording to the weather bureau here.
Considerable damage has been done
to cotton but to what extent yet is
a matter of speculation. Young corn
was ruined but the pea crop general¬
ly is saved.
Suicide Epidemic in Russia.
St. Petersburg, Russia.—The acting
prefect of police for St. Petersburg
has r-'i~i'«d to the ministry of the in
te-- v p-rtnissicn lo apply restric
l - n: c-aulk-i-r v measures to
t! "• oi-iaiu d-t’g- on account
of ’■yment for
pn.. i ! d ; ‘’traction,
SO 0, : *he era
of demoi.,.. ■ ; evolu
tion. has bc„_. ... Pe¬
tersourg, as mo,., nates in
ohe day occurring frcV -.tly.
DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF ELLIJAY AND GILMER COUNTY.
ELLIJAY. GA THURSDAY, OCTOBER 21 . 1909 .
46 KILLED IN STORM
Towns in Georgia, Alabama and
Tennessee are Total Wrecks.
IMMENSE PROPERTY DAMAGE
60 Deaths Reported, But Unconfirmed.
Crops in Sections of Three States
Are Ruined.
Memphis Aiempnis, Tenn Tenn —Th» The tntii total death deat.i
aeata list of the destructive wind
storm was increased by the detailed
repcits of foi ty-six, eleven more dead
being discovered. The storm swept
Tennessee, Alabama and Georgia vvnu
a fury seldom, if ever, equaled in
this section of the country vaV’ious
If rumors of death at
ing points are to be believed, sixty
eight people were killed by the storm,
These reports have not been confirm
od, as they come from distant sec
tions of the storm area, and it will be
6ome time before they can be veri¬
fied.
Rumors have been received telling
of the death of 15 people on Second
Creek, Wayne county, but no names
are given. This report has not been
confirmed.
Three persons are reported killed at
Russellville, Ala., aud four at Wooii
ville, Ala. Both are unconfirmed.
Every indication now -points that
the damage done by the storm to prop¬
erty and crops will go far above the
first estimates.
From all sections of the storm area
came reports of heavy property dam¬
age and destruction to crops. Cotton
in particular suffered great damage,
and whole fields were laid in waste
by the terrific downpour of rain and
hailstones.
The storm was probably the worst
that this section of the country has
ever known, and it will be days before
any correct estimate can be given ot
the actual damage it did.
ATLANTA’S GREATTWO-MII-E
AUTOMOBILE SPEEDWAY
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pleted, The great and the $300,000 first two-mile auto mobile speedway at ifllnta is com¬
race meet will be held November 9-13, ]y09, at which
time all of the world's greatest drivers will be seen in the world's fast¬
est racing cars.
This marvelous course has been constructed by the business men and
sportsmen of Atlanta, and not a dol'ar's worth of stock is owned by any
one in any way connected with the automobile industry. Every possible
precaution has been taken to project spectators and drivers against
possible accident. The home stretch,-which' is 1»0 )»''V located
in a cut 15 feet deep, and should a car run wild, it would be absolute¬
ly impossible for It to come in .contact with spectators, as the grand¬
stand and bleachers are located on the hanks of this cut. The grand¬
stand and bleachers are 1,800' feet long, aud have a seating capacity of
40.000. J
The cash prizes offered for these races are the largest ever offered
in an automobile event; the trophies and cash prizes amounting io
over $60,000.
Information regarding the detailsof this great meet can be had by
addressing the Atlanta Automobile Association, 720-721 Candler Build¬
LONG BALLOON FLIGHT.
Balloon Traveled From St. Louis, Mo.,
to Charleston, S. C.
Charleston. S. C.—Breaking all the
speed records for long distance flights
the balloon St. Louis No. 3 landed
near Ridgeville, 31 miles west of
Charleston, after a trip from St. Lou¬
is, Mo.
The distance from the place of land¬
ing to St. Louis in a direct line is ap¬
proximately 600 miles. The highest
altitude reached was 122,400 feet. The
average rate of speed was 44 miles an
hour.
The distance falls short by 46 miles
of the distance covered by A. Holland
Forbes and Max C. Flesichmann, who
early last week broke the world's bal¬
loon speed record and took the Lahm
cup from Captain Chandler in a
flight from St. Louis to Richmond, Va.'
LHAMPHl Ys OF TH E WORLD.
Pittsburg Baseball Team Defeats
Detroit.
Detroit, Mich.—Pittsburg won the
world’s baseball championship at Ben¬
nett Park by defeating Detroit by the
overwhelming score of 8 to 0 in the
seventh and decisive game of one of
the greatest battles ever fought for
the world's title. This gives the Na¬
tional League champions the victory
by the count of four games to three.
To Charles Adams, the phenomenal
young pitcher, belongs the lion's share
of the credit for the victory, although
Wagner, Clark and Leach helped
The total attendance for the seven
games was 145,444 and the total re¬
ceipts $188,302.50.
MONEY OUTLOOK CLOUDED.
But the Pressure on Stock Market is
Relieved.
New Y'ork City.—The banking posi¬
tion was adjusted so far last week as
to relieve the pressure on the stock
market from the recall of credits on
stock collateral and open the way for
a vigorous rebound in pr ices of stocks.
Except for tse clouded money
the industrial prospect was
as being so strong as to offer clear
promise of future enhancement of
values.
ALL EUROPE ABUSED.
Spain Shoots Ferrer, Alleged Revolu
Barcelona!" S°,nr*LSS^ s‘pY“-“^i. C o Fee
£' ”be£” P '»Sf
shot in Montjuich prison in execution
of the death sentence imposed upon
him.
Professor Ferrer, revolutionist, Swtish educator
and convicted faced the
firing squad without STnching, and
fall dead at the first volley.
The executioh was in the face of
the protests of. Pope Pius and King
Emmanuel of Italy.
His execution is looked upon as the
spark that wiU get oft the rev0 lution
ary magazine and the life of King
Alfonso is in danger. “Alfonso will
, bay^ Ferrer” with, that his•_life thc^fi.eat foaLlhi^ fleg the ^ i of
was rev
; oiutionaries held over .he Spanish
government—and Ferrer is deaa.
AU Spain is aroused to the danger
acd ihe crisls Is. rap-dly spreading
throughout Europe. Protesting dem
| °hstrations were held all over
i ' ol!e and * n Kpain an uprising
The larger cities oii Alfonso’s do¬
main are under a seinmauce of mar¬
tial law and every available trooper
is held in readiness.^- Extra guards
sunounded the palaces and the mili¬
tary holds Barcelona with a firm
hand. There the firiit outbreak is
expected.
The death of the Barcelona school
master, who was arrested on Septem¬
ber 1, in a town not far £rom Bai'Cg
iona, when he carried nodiing more
ueaaly than a camera .iud a notebook,
has sent a tremor throughout the
continent.
Italy is aroused alnwst to the same
extent as Spain. Thruighout the pe¬
ninsula mas s meetin A t . to prot est
against the action of have been
held. In many points if France sim¬
ilar action has been v.ken.
The cry of the radii als is that Fer¬
rer was condemned, rut because he
was a revolutionist, Uit because he
tcunded a modern schoc 1 whose teach¬
ings schools wore fostered .opposed by *'^gj| tHjahose aiiish of the
i gov¬
ernment.
To Divide Nicaragua.
Washington, D. C.-Official advices
received at the state department indi¬
cate that the Nicarauguan revolution¬
ists if successful are to separate the
country into two republics, one to
consist of the Caribbean states, and
the other of the Pacific coast states.
Newsy Paragraphs.
Among the more important features
of the aggressive program adopted by
the recent Chh^go Cinvention of the
National voSreirs'^rraties Union
league were: State pensions for work¬
ing mothers during sickness or dis¬
ability, the eight-hour day for women
workers and the elimination of night
work, protected machinery, sanitary
workshops, separate » toilets, more
women as factory inspectors and a
minimum wage scale.
The Illinois food dcnTmission start¬
ed a crusade against! dealers deceiv¬
ing the public with^nificially colored
and smoked fish hams, bacon, sau¬
sage and other edibles. Examination
showed that most of the “salmon”
in the market was earn from the Fox
river and other near-by streams. They
were first given a bath of pink and
then subjected to treatment in “li¬
quid smoke.”
Ruth Bryan LeavitWias announced
her candidacy First Colora
do district on ocratic ticket.
As club, president^oj she hopes Jefferson
mand the sup.
port of the women vo| rs, as well as
many of the men. It. .-aid that the
republicans intend nominate a
woman in the same strict.
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Another revolution Uroke out in
Nicaragua and Juan J. Estrada has
been elected the provisional president
of Nicaragua. The revolutionists had
evidently long been preparing for the
blow that was struck against Presi¬
dent Zelays.
Bishop Hartzell, missionary bishop
of Africa of the Methodise Episcopa’l
church announces that $200,000 of
$300,000 which the church is try
to raise for missions to
celebta^e the seventy-yv anniversary
of its entrance into tLat leld has al
ready been raised.
KEY WEST NEEDS HELP
Immediate Assistance Appealed
For By Mayor Fogarty.
STORM VIGTIMT SUFFERING
Hundreds Are On the Point of Starva¬
tion On the Island acd Great Dis
'" tress is Reported.
Key West, Fla.—Mayor Fogarty of
Key West, in announcing that the
city was forced to suspend work be¬
cause of the lack of funds, 6aid that
immediate assistance trom- the out¬
side world is necessary lo carry on
the work of cleaning up the city and
caring for the victims of the ’hum
cane which left more than half of
Key West in total ruins.
Sewers are broken and clogged
throughout the town and unless tijey
can be repaired shortly it is feared
an epidemic of sickness will result.
Great distress and suffering already
is reported among the employes of the
large tobacco factories, which suffer¬
ed • heavly by the storm. Hundreds
are out of employment. Many facets
have been left impassible, filled with
the wreckage of houses and uprooted
trees.
The loss of life on the tug Sybil
includes, besides Captain Parker, En¬
gineer Fox, Pilot WUitmere, Tngineer
Peterson and seven decy hands.
The loss of life on the Florida East
Coast extension is limited to the
crew of the tug Sybil and Timekeeper
Brown at Marathon, a total of twelve
persons.
CKANt'S HcSjGNATTON ACCEPTED.
President Taft Eacks Knox in the
Crane Case.
Washington, D. C.—At the white
house Secretary Carpenter made the
following telegram public, which he
had just received from President
Taft;
‘Convey to Mr. Crane the following
communication; ‘I concur in the let¬
ter of date of October 12, which the
secretary of state has addressed to
you, and I greatly regret that the cir¬
cumstances found to exist by him
makes it necessary for me to accept
your resignation.’
“(Signed.) TAFT.”
This message was immediately con¬
veyed to Mr. Crane.
At the state department when in¬
quiry was made soon after the receipt
of Mr. Taft’s telegram became known
it was said that the name of Charles
R. Crane had^beeu as .United States minister
to China dropped from the
rolls. _ i
Den lading that he __ was* liumtliafeiT
by his treatment and consequent re¬
sults of his dealings with the state
department, Cl aries R. Crane, former
minister to China, issued a statement
following President Taft’s acceptance
of his resignation.
STUDENTS AHEjmSPELLERS.
Appalling Showing is Made by Fresh¬
men at Notrhwestern.
Chicago, 111.—Freshmen at North¬
western University were called upon,
after having been divided into eleven
sections, to spell words in common
use, each section having 100 words.
Here are some of the words pro¬
pounded, with the spellings given :
Irregular—Eargular, iregeler, iregea
lor. Accessible—Excessable, assessa¬
ble, axsessable. Counterfeit—Coun
terfit, conterfite, counterpheet. Ap¬
prentice—Apperentace, aprentis. Chiv¬
alry—Shivalrey, shivelery, chifalery.
Magazine — Magazeen, magazean,
magizene. Plumage—Plumnage, plu
meage, plun^aeg. Anthracite—Au
thresite, anthrisight. Adage—Addage,
Municipal — munisipple, municipie.
Glacier—Glassear, glashier. Intelli¬
gence—Enteligance, intelagence.
Professor J. Scott Clark, head of
the department of English, said after
the test that the present mode of
education in grammar and high
schools are responsible.
SCHOLARSHIP FOR A GIRL.
Women’s Clubs Will Educate One
Girl in England.
New York City.—The General Fed¬
eration of Women’s Clubs has offered
an English scholarship, valued at $1,-
500, to an American woman who shall
successfully pass the examinations.
The scholarship is for Oxford, Cam¬
bridge or London university for next
year. The examinations are to be in
mathematics, Latin and Greek and
will be held In every state in the
United States on the 19th and 20th of
this month. Candidates must be un¬
der twenty-five years of age and un¬
married.
The examination papers will be
read and rated at Oxford and return¬
ed to the National Federation chair¬
man. In a final decision the state
contributing to the scholarship will
receive preference over one from a
ycn-contributing state.
RUNAWAY COUPLE U SED AUTO.
Georgia Couple Used Up-to-Date
Methods for Elopement.
Augusta, Ga.—John Drewery Comer
of Savannah and Miss Maude Hunter
Gamble of Louisville were married in
North Augusta by Rev. E. M. Light
foot, a Methodist minister.
Mr. Comer ieft Savannah in his au¬
tomobile and went to Louisville and
took Miss Gamble and made their
way to Augusta and were married.
The marriage was a Gretna Green af¬
fair, and quite a little romance is
connected with the runaway.
Miss Gamble is a daughter of Judge
Gamble, who was for years a superior
court judge in this state.
EGGS $2 A DO ZEN.
Cuba is Without Eggs, as Result of
the Storm.
Tampa, Fla.—Two solid car loads
*f eggs sent from here to Cuba were
Stopped at Knight's Key at .the time
of the big blow, and being blocked
from shipment were confiscated by
the railroad authorities and turned
over to the several thousand work¬
men who had lost all of their sup¬
plies. Eggs are now selling at $2 per
dozen in Cuba, according to local
commission mea. ,
REMEDIAL MEASURER
FOR SAii JISE SCALE
By E. L. Worsham, State
Entomologist.
Atlanta, Ga.—The Georgia State
Board of Entomology has ■ recently
concluded a series of experiments
with various oils acd lime and sul¬
phur compounds as remedial meas¬
ures for San Jose scale. The results
of these experiments, soon to be
sent cut from the department in -bul¬
letin form, are sure to be of value
to fruit growers and orchardists of
Georgia. ’•
The purpose of the experiments was
to test the efficiency of soluble oil
compounds as compared with the
standard homo-madd— preparation of
lime aud sulphur, and the mare re¬
cently introduced manufactured com¬
pounds of lime and sulphur. Six dif¬
ferent oils were included in the test,
as follows: Target Brand Emulsion,
Scalecide, San-U-Zay. Soluble Petro¬
leum, Kil-O-Scale, Schnarr’s Scale
Compound No. 1, Schnarr’s Scale
Compound No. 2. Two brands of
prepared lime and sulphur were used
alongside of the oil. One plat of
trees was sprayed with the standard
boiled mixture of lime and sulphur,
prepared cu the grounds.
Several of the soluble oils in the
above list have been known in Georgia
for a number of years. They have
been used in different sections of the
state with varying degrees of success.
Primarily they were intended ■. to fill
the demand for an insecticide other
than the home-made lime and sulphur,
with which there was considerable
dissatisfaction because of the trouble
involved in malting end applying it.
To a large extent they displace lime
and sulphur. Reports on the results
obtained from oils have not always
been satisfactory. It has been the
experience of many trull growers
that they were unreliable, and there
has been much complaint from vari¬
ous sources that they, as scale de¬
stroyers, were not entirely satisfac¬
tory.
Within the past two years prepared
concentrated lime and sulphur has
made its appearance i)i the field. This
compound is a reddish liquid, strained
and perfectly free of solid matter.
Two years ago it was tried in an ex¬
perimental way by the department,and
promised well as a scale insecticide.
Last winter it was used extensively
in the commercial orchards of the
state, and in every case where it was
well applied the tesuits were of every
high order. Although not showing on
the trees as plainly as the home-made
material, it leaves them a dull gray
in color, suciently so to determine the
quality of the spraying. Beside the
.boivta-tnado prod uni* inf Ah* i lime, and
sulphur wash, the nlanufactured arti¬
cle compares most favorably. When
manufactured by a reliable company
the latter is really more uniform ill
composition than the former.
The following is a summary of our
report on preparations used in our
experiments:
“It will be soon in the preceding
pages that all the oils included in the
test, particularly those whose reputa¬
tion is well established, gave excel¬
lent results in controlling the scale.
They may be depended upon to give
satisfaction, as a rule, when properly
and thoroughly mixed and applied.
Too great emphasis cannot be placed
on the necessity of doing the actual
field work thoroughly. An inch of
badly infested limb or twig left un¬
touched by the .spray is capable of
largely reinfesting practically the en¬
tire tree the following summer.
“While each oil was applied as a
spring treatment and as a fall treat¬
ment, it was found in every case that
the l'ali treatment was of superior ef¬
fectiveness. This is a rule: The earlier
the spray can be applied after the
leaves have fallen, the better will be
the net results.
“The mechanical appliances cf ap¬
plication are extremely important, es¬
pecially with soluble oils. A good pump
developing a high pressure and a noz¬
zle throwing a direct, forceful spray,
are very necessary to obtain good
results.
“The concentrated liras and sulphur
solutions, being free of all solid mat¬
ter, offer no more sorious obstacles to
easy spray than the oils. They are
much more caustic in nature, however,
and it is well to bo protected from
continuous physical contact with
them. Under well regulated conditions
they spray as easily as water might,
and no more harmful to the person,
compared to the scluable oil com¬
pounds for efficiency; they yield quite
as good results as the best oils, even
when the latter are used at a greater
strength than recommended by the
manufacturers. A tree well sprayed
with lime and sulphur always offers a
cleaner, brighter and healthier appear¬
ance than a tree equally well sprayed
with an oil. Besides, its strictly in¬
secticidal value, lime and suplhur pos¬
sesses fungicidal properties to a much
greater degree than it is possible to
incorporate in a soluble oil.”
No Right to Cause Disease.
Atlanta, Ga.—A water power com¬
pany may not construct a darn which
will cause a backwater, stagnant, and
breeding mosquitoes:. At least, if it
does, it will be liable in damages
to the parties living along the banks
of the stream. So the court of ap¬
peals has decided in an opinion hand¬
ed clown. The title of the case was
the Towaliga Falls Power Company
against George Sims, which came up
from the city court of Forsyth.
Sims claimed that the company’s
dam had caused a pond lo form, of
stagnant water, and that it had be¬
come a breeding place for anopheles
mosquitoes, whereby his family had
contracted malaria and bad been oth¬
erwise greatly inconvenienced.
Chairman Hutchens of the prison
commission and Hon. Gus Woodliff of
Flowery Branch, representative from
Hall county, debated at some length
the weighty question ao to whet'
the state should sell or hold the
ton raised this year on the pi
farm. There arc now 1,000 baler i
cotton at the state farm. The
Is selling around 13 l-2c. Whether i
sell now or hold for a rise, is the
question the prison commission is en¬
deavoring to decide. If the state sells
now it will get the interest on the
$65,000 or $70,000 which the cotton is
NO. 1772.
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GILMER COUWTY DlffECT T TP7~
Gilmer Superior Court meets third
Monday in M&y and second Monday
in October. Hon. N. A. Morris, judge
Blue Ridge Circuit; Hon. J. P. Brooke,
solicitor general.
Court of ordinary meets first Mon¬
day in each month.
County Board of Education meets
first Tuesday in each month. S. F.
Pettit, president Board of Education.
W. H. Allen, County School Commis¬
sioner.
COUNTY OFFICERS.
T. H, Tabor, Ordinary.
T. W. Craigo, Clerk Superior Court
R. L. Milton, Sheriff.
Milton Belt, Tax Collector.
L. R. Chastain, Tax Receiver.
It. P. Faiks, Treasurer.
M. S. Clayton, Surveyor.
W. J. Plumley, Coroner.
TOWN OF ELLIJAY.
•T. H. Elliott, Mayor.
W. II. Allen, W.. A. Cox. A. 11.
Burtz, V. A. Trammell, Councilnen.
IV. H. Allen, Secretary and Treas¬
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THE ROADS OF MOROCCO.
Tribes Plough Them Up Now and
Then and Sow Grain on Them.
Th-'ii' nt- ;«•-> tavle ’’xauj.^rAtitap',.,
to Fez, the one pass ng through Al¬
cazar and the other following the
seashore via Larache. The former
is the more direct and except during
the rainy season is usually chosen by
the traveller, but the beach road to
Larache possesses many attractions
and you are able to spend a i:'r at
the old Portuguese settler,’':' < f A .r
zila, which is a model of f’ ■ for¬
tresses of two centuries ago.
No one has ever yet measured ac¬
curately the exact, distance Which
separates Tangier fiom Fez, and I
hope the next person to mak“ the
journey will take a, bicycle wheel
with a, cyclometer attached to settle
the vexed question once and for all.
Roughly I put the distance at 185 to
100 miles, and it is usual to take
from six 'to e’ght days on Ihe road,
thus limiting the daily march to twen¬
ty-five miles, which is quite sufficient
if yon want to shoot on arriving in
camp.
The journey can he done comfort¬
ably in six days if your animal.: are
not too heavily loaded, and I have
ridden from Fez to Larache in three
days during t.bo heat of Avgust, but
it is an experiment not to he Recom¬
mended.
Except during the months of July,
August and September the climate of
■Morocco is temperate and pleasant.
The early spring is, however, the
best season for a journey, as the
tropical rains which are likely to
overwhelm you in the late autumn
and early winter have ceased. The
rivers are serious obstacles during
the rainy season, as there are no
bridges and no ferries except close
to the coast, and consequently if the
fords are impracticable you are like¬
ly to be hung up on the banks of a
river for a very considerable time.
The rivers are wide and shallow. Slit
are liable to rise and fall six to
eight feet in twenty-four hours. Your
baggage must be carried on mules or
horses.
There are no regular roads in Mo¬
rocco and the tracks are often very
difficult to trace and vary constantly
because the tribes have the curious
custom of ploughing right over them
and sowing their grain thereon. Thus
in the summer when the corn is ripe
the old road has sometimes entirely
disappeared and it is necessary to
strike a new trail. As there are no
roads carts are unknown in the in¬
terior. The only wheeled vehicles
which ever found their way to Fez
were brought there by the late Sul¬
tan Abdul Aziz, who succeeded in add¬
ing considerably to his unpopularity
by the innovation.—National Review.
California clubwomen are celebrat¬
ing the saving of the redwoods, a
desirable consummation for which
they seem inclined to give much
credit to a representative of theirs
•who went to Washington, D. C., and
s'evr-d until, it is said, she had seen
n-r-. senator and representative,
yr- won a more aggressive lobby
" “■> a t the capital, avers Tha
T’ 1 —Tv-vnc-ript. but it is due to
- prorde ♦- i' 1 that the
r‘ ■ Int the - ■ and rep
,w '—r. were n” not sub
cepub' r* *h-> inferp- i;i n which
might be upon i’ u some cen¬
tres of legislation. v i,j