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THE NEWS AND FARMER.
J. W. WHITE, Editor and Proprie* r.
VOLUME XXVIJ.
SOUTHERNMILLS LEAD
The North Outstripped in the
Matter of Cotton Consumed.
COTTON CENTER IS MOVING
Consumption of American Cotton the
Largest on Record---Visible Supply
3,052,000 Bales.
New Orleans, La. —For the second
consecutive year Southern mills have
Consumed more cotton than the
Northern mills, according to Secretary
Hester’s report on the consumption
of American cotton, made public on
the floor of New Orleans Cotton Ex
change. Southern mills, up to close of
the commercial year ending .August
31, 1909, consumed 2,5ti0,000 bales,
against 2,500,000 bales consumed
in the North.
When the Hester report a year ago
showed that the Southern mills had
for the first time gone ahead of those
of the North by a narrow margin,
it was generally attributed to unfavor
able commercial conditions having had
a more serious effect on the New
England mills than on those of the
South.
The figures created considerable stir
among cotton men, for such results
were hardly expected, although it had
been reported for some time that
Southern mills were increasing their
spindles at faster rate than Norhern
mills, and that the expansion of cot
ton manufacturing in the South was
on a scale seldom known in any in
dustry. For years the bulls here have
been claiming that the centre of the
cotton manufacturing industry of the
world was fast moving from Lanca
shire to the United States, and that
eventually the centre would be estab
lished in the South. Secretary Hester’s
statement was taken as confirmation
by the bulls of their predictions.
The toial consumption of American
cotton by the world was put as 13,116,
000 bales, the largest on record,
larger by 1,004,000 bales than last
year and larger by 505,000 bales than
the larger consumption ever known
(before, which was two years ago.
The total consumption of American
cotton last year was 12,112,000 bales,
while two years ago it was 12,611,000
The total visible supply of cotton
was put at 3,052,000 bales, against
2,412,000 a year ago, and 2,932,000 two
years ago. Mill stocks in the United
States were’ estimipeu at 480,000
bales, against 300,000 al, ear ago, and
foreign mills stocks wu. estimated
at 1,160,000 bales againstX, 123,000 a
year ago.
The spot cotton trade was' treated
to anew way of quoting the market,
in accordance with a decision reached
several months ago by the Cotton Ex
change authorities of the country'. In
addition to the grades, which have
been quoted day by day' for many
years past, there were posted prices
for strict ordinary, strict low
middling, strict middling, strict goed
middling and middling fair to fair.
There were quoted in addition to
the standard grades, off colored, spot
ted, light tinged, tinged, light stained
and stained grades and many others.
Ail these new grades, ninety-one in
number, made the spot, board a com
plicated looking sheet of statistics in
place of simple little columns of spot
prices which have been posted every
trading day for the last quarter of a
century.
The'new method of quoting spots is
In line with the effort to make the
market more valuable to both buyers
and sellers, and also in order to make
it conform to the national standards
adopted some time ago by the gov
ernment.
BIBLE NOT ORIGINAL WITH COPMILERS
Story of Creation Older Than Bible,
Says Professor Smith.
Chicago, 111. —The Bible is not orig
inal with its supposed compilers, ac
cording to the opinions expressed by
Professor Gerald B. Smith, of the fac
ulty of the divinity department of
the University of Chicago. "The story
of creation and the deluge appeared
long before the Bible was written,”
the speaker declared. “Both of these
stories were traditional in the early
literature of the Babylonians.
“The theologian of today is ac
quainted, as the theologians of form
er days were not, with the realty and
vitality of non-Christian religion, and
in the investigation of the Old Testa
ment religion it has been found that
many of its elements were derived
from Israel's contact with Babylon.
The history of Christianity reveals
the fact that Christian beliefs have
grown and changed as Christianity
has met with the secular forces of its
history. There are elements in every
pagan religion which every Christian
is compelled to recognize as truth.”
TO TUHTUKE PRETENDER.
El Roghi to Wear Wooden Shirt
Studded With Nails.
Tangier, Morocco. —For the purpose
of torturing El Roghi, tho rebel lead
er aiid pretender to the Moroccan
throne, until he tells where his wealth
is hidden, the sultan has ordered
made a wooden shirt studded with nails.
El Roghi will .be fastened in this
contrivance and the nails will be
pressed into his body. The bandit
chief is known to have large sums
in foreign banks which he obtained
Irorn foreign companies. However,
he has persistently refused to give
up any part of his wealth unless the
powers would guarantee that he
would not he put to death.
RENOUNCED UUKtUUM EUR liIRL.
Heir Presumptive to Grand Duchy
Weds in London,
London, England.—Count Hermann
Oslheim, formerly heir presumptive
to the grand duchy of Saxe-Weimar,
who renounced his rights to the suc
cession, was married in London be
fore the registrar. The bride signed
her name as Wanda Paola Lottero,
and gave her age as 25 years. She
Is a daughter of a late captain in
the merchant service. The couple
have gone to Paris.
JOBS FOR 3,000 CLERKS.
Examinations for Census Positions to Be
Held October 23.
Washington, D. C. —The census bu
reau announces that 3,000 temporary
clerks will be appointed for the tlrir
.teenth decennial census, throughout
the country, the first examination be
ing held October 23 at the following
cities:
Alabama Birmingham, Mobile,
Montgomery.
Florida Gainesville, Jacksonville,
Key West, Miami, Pensacola, Tampa.
Georgia—Athens, Atlanta, Augusta,
Mac’bn, Savannah, ThomasviUe.
Louisiana Baton Rouge, Lake
Charles, Monroe, New Orleans, Shreve
port.
Mississippi Meridian, Vicksburg,
j ackson.
North Carolina Asheville, Char
lotte, Durham, Goldsboro, Greensboro,
Raleigh, Wilmington.
South Carolina—Charleston, Colum
bia, Greenville.
Tennessee Bristol, Chattanooga,
Knoxville, Memphis, Nashville.
Very tew appointments from the
October examination will be made be
fore January 1 next and not many
will be made until April, 1910. The
maximum force will be drawn about
August, next year.
These 3,000 appointees will be giv
en salaries of S6OO per annum at the
beginning, but promotions to S9OO per
annum, at least, will be reasonably
rapid for those who render satisfac
tory service. All appointments will
be on probation, subject to termina
tion at one month or any period if
the appointee does not come up to
the requirements.
In every case ihe appointments will
be temporary and subject to termina
tion as the exigencies of the service
may require. All expire by operation
of law on June 30, 1912. The average
tenure of office will probably be about
one year, but. the general duration
will range from six months to two
years. Not one of these clerks will
oe eligible for transfer into the clas
sified service.
TAFT TO litAVtl 13,0i10 MILES.
During Long Journey President Will
Be in Touch With White House.
Beverly, Mass. —During his long
swing through the west and south,
beginning September 15, President.
Tart will be in constant touch with
the white house by means of special
telegraph wires. These special wires
will be established in zones, and as
soon as the president’s train passes
irom one zone to another the loops
into the telegraph room at liie wane
house will be rearranged. At almost
any station along the route it will
be possible for the president to send
a message direct to the executive of
nces in Washington
The official itinerary of the presi
dent's trip shows the total mileage to
be 12,759, of which 1,165 miles will
be made on a steamboat down the
Mississippi river.
The highest point at which the pres
ident will stop for any length of time
is the rim of the Grand Canyon,which
is J 5,900 feet above the sea level. The
lowest point for a stop Is at New Or
leans, which is but 5 feet above the
level of the sea. Crossing the Rocky
mountains, however, the president's
train will attain an altitude of more
than lt),0U0 feet.
Newsy Paragraphs.
Mrs. Alice vVebb Duke, divorced
wife of llrodie L. Duke, was arrested
in Chicago and spent a night in a cell
at the Harrison street station. Mrs.
Duke was arrested upon the com
plaint of an automobile company be
cause of her inability to pay s4u rem
for a machine during the day.
Frank Williamson and Florence L.
Wood, of Brooklyn, N. Y„ were mar
ried in a Brooklyn hospital, where
they are recovering from bullet
wounds inflicted in a suicide pact.
Their nearly successful attempt at
death brought the young couple to
their senses and at the same time
won the consent of the girl’s parents
to their marriage. Both Mr. and Mrs.
Williamson are blind in one eye as
a result of the shooting.
Wilbur Glenn Voliva, the spiritual
successor of John Alexander Dowie,
and the deposed temporal potentate
of Zion City, went to the comity jail
of McHenry county, at Woodstock, 111.,
in default of the payment of a SIO,OOO
judgment rendered against him. He
declared he gave up his liberty to
"sustain an eternal principle.” The
trouble is the result of a suit brought
by Philip Mothersil, of the now tri
umphant faction in Zion City, who
charged the deposed leader with li
belling him in his papers.
The Canadian government has fol
lowed ex-Persident Roosevelt’s sug
gestion by appointing a commission
for the conservation of natural re
serves. It is made up of representa
tives of the federal and provincial
governments, the universities and
men particularly skilled in minerals,
timber and other natural resources.
Through the state department at
Washington, Acting Secretary of the
Navy Winthrop has received $14,000
from the Panama government, paid by
it as money reparation in the case in
volving the mistreatment of Ameri
can naval officers and seamen at the
hands of the police of that republic.
Of this amount $5,000 is indemnity in
what is known as the cruiser Colum
bia incident, when several officials
in uniform were arrested, locked up
and roughly handled in Colon on June
1,190 G. Indemnity of SB,OOO will be
paid to the lelatives of Charles Rand,
a boatswain’s mate on the cruiser
Buffalo, who'Was killed in Panama in
September, 1908, and SI,OOO will bo
given to Joseph Cieslik, a sailor of
the same vessel, who was -stabbed at
the time Rand was killed.
Another big art deal 'is announced
in the purchase by well known art
dealers of a portion of the famous
M'aurice Kann collection of paintings.
The price paid was $2,500,000. The
paintings include four Rembrandts,
three portraits of Frans Hals, two of
the works of Jacob Van Rysdael,
one by Albert Caijp, one by Reynolds
and eight Doucher panels, painted for
Mme. Pompadour.
Ten have died from cholera in Rot
terdam since the disease made its
appearance. There are seventeen
cases In the hospital and seventy-four
suspected cases under observation.
;A WEEKLY NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE MATERIAL AND INTELLECTUAL ADVANCEMENT OF THE COUNTY.
LOUISVILLE, GA., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 1). EMIT
WORTH POLE IS REACHES
Dr. Fred Cook, of Brooktyn, Reaches Goal Long Sought
By Explorers of the Frozen North—Stars and Stripes
Are Planted on Top of the World.
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A A
A DR. COCK AT POLE A
A ON APRIL 21, ISOS. A
A A
A Brussels, Belgium.—The ob- zi
A servatory here received ihe fol- a
A lowing telegram, dated Lerwick, a
A Shetland Islands, A
A "Reached north pole April 21, *
A 1908. Discovered land far north. A
A Return to Copenhagen by steam- A
A or Hans Egede. A
A FREDERICK COOK.” m.
A The American officials at the A
A observatory state the dispatch is A
A surely authentic, and tnat the A
A north pole has been reached for A
A the first time by an American. A
A A
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Paris, France.- —The Paris edition i
of The New York Herald publishes
a signed statement from Dr. Freder
ick A. Cock, which is dated "Hans
Egede, Lerwick,” cij his experienue
in the arctic regions.
’’After a prolonged light with fam
ine and frost,” says nr. Coo.;, "wo
have at last succeeded in reaching
the north pole. Anew highway, with
an interesting strip or animated na
ture has been explored, and big game
haunts located, wnicli wul dengn.
sportsmen and extend the Eskimo
horizon.
"Land has been discovered on
which test the earth’s northernmo.
locks. A triangle of 30,000 square
miles has been cut out of the terres
trial unknown,
"Tile expedition was the outcome
a summer cruise in the arctic seas
on the schooner Bradley, which ar
rived at the limits of navigation in
Smith sound late in August, 1907.
Here conditions were found to launch
a venture to the pole.
“J. R. Bradley liberaly supplied
from his vessel suitable provisions for
local use. My own equipment for
emergencies served well for every
purpose in artcie travel.
“The campaign opened with a few
scouting parties being sent over the
American shores to explore the way
and seek the game haunts. Their
mission was only partly successful be
cause of the storm.
“At sunrise cf 190S (February 19)
the main expedition embarked on its
voyage to the pole. It consisted of
eleven men and 103 dogs, drawing
eleven heavily laden sledges. The ex
pedition left the Greenland shore and
pushed westward over the troubled
ice of Smith Sound.
“\Ye forced through Nansen Sound
to Lands End. In this march we se
cured 101 musk oxen, seven bears
and 335 hares.
“We pushed out into the Polar sea
from the southern point of Herbert
Island on March 18. Six Eskimos re
turned from here. With four men and
foriy-six dogs moving supplies for SO
days, the crossing of the Circum-poiar
pack was begun. Three days later
the other Eskimos, forming the last
supporting party, returned, and the
trials had now been reduced by the
survival of the fittest. The two best
men and 26 dogs were picked for the
final effort.
“There before us, in an unknown
line of 460 miles, lay our goal. The
first days provided long marches, and
we made encouraging progress. A big
lead, which separated the land from
the ice of the central pack, was
crossed with little delay. The low
temperature was persistent and the
winds made life a torture. But cooped
up in our snow houses, eating dried
beef tallow and drinking hot tea,
there were some animal comforts oc
casionally to be gained.
“For several days after the sight of
known land was lost, the overcast sky
prevented an accurate determination
of our positions. On March 30th the
horizon was partly cleared, and new
land was discovered. Our observa
tions gave our position as latitude
84.47. longitude 86.36. There was urg
ent need of rapid advances. Our main
mission did not permit a detour for
the purpose of exploring the coast.
Here were seen the last signs of solid
earth; beyond there was nothing sta
ble to be seen.
“We advanced steadily over the mo
notony of moving sea ice and now we
found ourselves beyond the range of
all life —neither footprints of bears
nor the blow holes of seals were de
tected. Even the microscopic crea
tures of the deep were no longer un
der us.
“The maddening influence of the
shifting desert of frost became almost
unendurable in the daily routine. The
surface of the pack offered less and
less trouble, and the weather unprov
ed, hut there still remained the life-
FIENDS WRECK TRAIN.
4 Killed and 35 Injured, Result o?
Train Wreckers’ Work.
Pittsburg, Pa.—Four persons were
killed and thirty-five others injured,
several perhaps fatally, when train
No. 5, westbound, on the Baltimore
and Ohio Railroad, known as the
Royal Blue, running between New
York and Chicago, was wrecked near
Chewton, Pa., 48 miles from this city.
Ihe railroad officials claim the
wreck was caused by fiends who re
moved two fishplates, moved the
north rail inside and removed the
spikes for a rail’s length. An inves
tigation after the wreck showed that
the fish plates and spikes were miss
ing.
$20,000,000 POSTAL DEFICIT.
Increasing Shortage in P. O. Depart
ment is Worrying Officials.
Beverly, Mass. —Postmaster Gener
al Hitchcock had an important oon
ference with President Taft regard
ing the plans he had formulated for
cutting down expense in the postal
establishment.
He told the president that, accord
ing to the latest estimates, the post
office department will show a deficit
for the fiscal year, ended June 30 last,
of more than $20,000,000.
sapping wind, which drove and. spair to
its lowest r.ecoss.
"The extreme cold competed physi
cal action. Thus day after day our
weary legs spread over big distances,
incidents and positions were record
ed, but adventure was promptly for
gotten in the next day’s efforts.
"The night of April 7 was made
notable by the swinging of the sun at
midnight over the northern ice. Sun
burns and frost-bites were not record
ed on the same day, but the double
day’s glitter infused quite an incen
tive into one’s life of shivers.
“Our on April 6 placed
the camp in latitude 56.36, longitude
94.2. In spite of what seemed long
marches, we advanced but little over
a hundred miles. Much of our work
was last in circuitous twists, arouna
troublesome pressure lines and high
irregular fields. Avery old ice drift,
too, was driving eastward with suf
ficient force to give some anxiety.
"Although still equal to about'fifty
miles daily, tiie extended marches and
the long hours fpr traveling with
which fortune favpfed us earlier were
no longer possible. We were now
about 200 miles from Ihe pole, and
sledge loads were Seduced.
“One dog after knottier went into
the stomachs of the hungry survivors
until the teams were considerably di
minished in number, but, there seem
ed to remain a sufficient balance for
man and brute to push along into the
heart of the mystery to which we
had set out to reach.
"On April 21 we had reached 89 de
grees 59 minutes 46 seconds. The pole
was in sight. We covered the remain
ing fourteen seconds and made a few
final observations. i told Etuishok
and Ahwelsh, the accompanying Es
kimos, that we had reached the
"Great Nail.” Everywhere we turn
ed was south. With a single step wc
could pass from one side of the earth
to the other; from midday to mid
night.
"At last the flag floated to the
breeze at the Pole. It was April 21,
1908. The temperature was minus 3<
,cniigraue, barometer 29.38, latitude
91); as for longitude it was nothing,
as it was but a word.
“Although crazy with joy our spir
its began to undergo a feeling of wea
riness. Next day, after taking all our
observations, a sentiment of intense
solitude penetrated us while we look
ed at the horizon. Was it possible
that this desolate region, without a
patch of eaith, had aroused the ambi
tion of so many men for so many cen
turies? There .vas liC ground, only
an immensity of dazzling white snow,
no living being, no point lo break the
frightful monotony.
"On April 23 we started on our re
turn.” 1
New York City.—“ Successful, well.
Address Copenhagen. FRED.”
Full of meaning, if ‘successful” be
interpreted to indicate that he has
reached the North Pole, the foregoing
cable message was received in New
York from Dr. Frederick A. Cook, the
American explorer, whom the latest
cable advices credit with having ac
complished what no man has ever
done.
The message was sent, not to any
scientific society, nor to any of his
associates interested in his expedi
tion from a scientific viewpoint, but
to his wife, who has been counting
the days and the hours and praying
for his safety since his departure
from this city on July 4, 1907.
Copenhagen, Denmark.—-A brief
message received here that Dr. Fred
erick A. Cock, the American explorer,
reached the North Pole in his expe
dition, which has just ended, is given
ful credence here, although details
are lacking of the interpid clash
The message was received at the
colonial office here via Lerwick, Shet
land Islands, announcing that Dr.
Cook had reached the pole April 21,
1908. This dispatch was sent by a
Greenland official on board the Danish
government steamer Hans Egodc,
which passed Lerwick at noon cn
route for Denmark, and read as fol
lows:
“We have on board the American
traveler, Dr. Cook, who reached the
North Pole April 21, 1908. Dr. Cook
arrived at Upernavik in May of 1908.
The Eskimos of Cape York confirm
Dr. Cook’s story of his journey.”
Beverly, Mass. —The announcement
that Dr. Cook had reached the North
Polo was conveyed to President Taf'..
“Who discovered it?" asked the
president, immediately interested. The
meager details at hand were read to
him.
‘That is very, very interesting and
highly important, if true,” said the
president. “I shall await the details
with great interest.”
Officials Caught in Raid.
Eeesburg, Ga-.—The city was thrown
into a fever of excitement when it
was learned that officers had made
a raid and broken up what is claim
ed to be a play joint, coming into con
tact with two prominent officials.
Meteor Seen at Asheville, N. C.
Asheville, X. C. Blazing with
amazing splendor, a large meteor
formed a briliant spectacle of the
skies for late pedestrians on the
streets. The meteor passed over the
town, and midway in it3 flight it be
came a glowing ball of fire about 12
inches in diameter to the naked eye.
A shower of falling sparks followed
its disappearance.
Rejected Suitor lions on Rampage.
Fort Worth, Texas. Forcing the
driver of a taxicab at a point of a re
volver to take him to the home of his
victim, J. C. Woodall, 28 years old,
shot and killed S. D. Williams, truck
farmer.
Woodall turned his revolver on him
self, firing a bullet through his head
that caused instant death.
Williams’ objection to Woodall's at
tentions to Miss Dovey Williams, the
farmer's 16-year-old daughter, pro
coked the tragedy, it is alleged.
GEORGIA NEWS IN PARAGRAPHS.
Secret service sleuths from the de
partment of justice in Washington
are now investigating the truth about
the peonage charges against Colonel
James 11. Smith, the millionaire plan
ter of Oglethorpe county. It is known
that negroes who made the charges
against Colonel Smith to ihe federal
authorities have been interviewed by
these sleuths and that a full report
on Ihe case is being secured, it L
quite probable a visit will he paid Col
onel Smith’s plantation and possibly
the sleuths will cull on Hie colonel
himself. Whether or not any action
against the Oglethorpe planter is tak
en will depend entirely on what the
men from Washington find out. Their
report will be made to the depart
ment of justice and if the facts ascer
tained warrant prosecution , orders
will be passed down the lino to the
Atlanta office.
Governor Brown is in receipt of
another gourd. This time he has been
favored by liis friends m Habersiiam
county, and on the handle of the
gourd is inscribed, “Habersham coun
ty. 1909.” One of the governor s visi
tors a day or so ago told him that
Ihe guvorunor’s gouid had made that
old-fashioned drinking utensil- the
thing in this county. He said that
the market for gourds was brisk and
that they had become quite the tiling,
as a drinking vessel m the fashion
able society of his community.
A case of pellagra, the victim of
which claims never to have eaten
corn bread or any' corn products, has
been discovered in Atlanta, Mrs. Kate
Barto is the patient, and she is in
the last stages of the disease. Dr.
Frank Eskridge, who claims to have
treated many cases of the disease,
says he doubled his own diagnosis
and thought she might be a victim of
“sprue,” a disease known lo the trop
ics, with symptoms resembling those
of pellegra. He called in a physician
who lias had years of in
the tropics and found that his orig
inal diagnosis was correct. “I am
convinced now," he said, “that the di
sease does not come from musty corn
products.”
The second flight at Athens of the
aeroplane of Ben Epps and Zuinp
Huff was not as successful as the
first. Tiie first attempt at flight the
machine left the ground about one
foot for a distance of fifty yeards, hut
at the second trial the aeroplane fail
ed to leave the ground. The attempt
at flight was witnessed by fully a
thousand people. The failure of the
machine to fly is attributed to the
roughness of the ground and tne poor
start received. Instead of having a
trackway prepared along which the
machine could glide to its start, the
young men chose to make the start
on the plain hillside which had more
or less unevenness. The result was
the machine got no start and there
was much lost motion. The twisting
of the machine over the uneven
ground caused one of the wheels to
spread and the machine was brought
to a sudden stop. The young men will
have a trackway constructed at once
and will enlarge the propeller blades
of the machine. They were not in
the least daunted by tneir failure and
will try again in a few days.
William H, Mitchell of ThomasviUe
must serve twelve months on the
chaingang. Governor Brown reached
a. conclusion cn the famous case, and
announced that he would allow the
sentence of the court to stand undis
turbed, thus ignoring the recommen
dation of the prison commission to
change the sentence of twelve months
cn the chaingang to a like period on
the state prison farm at Milledgeville.
Atlanta’s postoffice receipts for
August, 1909, are $70,691.02, an in
crease of $2,474.36 over the receipts
for the same period last year. This
means that unless something phenom
enal has happened in the Louisville
or New Orleans offices, Atlanta has
more than retained her proud position
which the July, 1909, figures gave her,
at the head of all the postofflees in
the south. The figures for July, 1909,
were $70,345.55, and represented an
increase of $4,510.28 over the receipts
for the same period in *9OB.
Fire swept three stores on Broad
street in Rome causing a total dam
age of SBO,OOO, fully covered by insur
ance. The same section was visited
by a $150,000 fire last January.
That Major J. F. Hansen, president
of the Central of Georgia railroad,
will file an answer to the suit for di
vorce instituted by his wife, was pos
itively indicated. ‘ "I -will file my an
swer to the petition for divorce with
the courts," said Major Hanson, after
saying that, lie did not care to discuss
the matter. He had just been called
upon for a statement t'er publication.
Major Hanson returned to Atlanta,
after a month’s vacation spent in the
west, it was during his absence that
Mrs. Hanson filed suit for total di
vorce.
Because no one in Albany can open
its doors, the big manganese safe of
the Citizen’s First National bank,
with a cash reserve of $50,009 in gold
and legal tender notes, is being ship
ped by fast express to Cincinnati so
that the manufacturers can open the
big vault. The screw door of the safe
refused to move when the usual meth
ods of opening the safe were tried on
it. Experts from the Cincinnati fac
tory were hurried to Albany and
worked on the safe unsuccessfully for
three or four days. Anew safe was
hurriedly shipped from the factory,
and the one in which the bank’s cash
is locked was expressed to Cincinnati,
where the door will be ground through
with emery wheels and the cash tak
en out. One of the officials of the
bank went with the safe to Cincinnati
and to he present when it is opened.
It is announced that if* the Pitts
burg Club should win the pennant in
the National League, Manager Fred
Clarke of the Pittsburg team will be
made an offer to lead two baseball
teams into the Orient this coming
fall. He will choose the teams from
American and National League play
ers, and a well known theatrical man
of New York will father the whole
scheme,
Houston won the 3009 pennant of
the Texas League of Baseball Clubs.
Oklahoma City is leading for second
place, but Dallas and San Antonio
are such close contenders that the
place position will not be known till
the close of the season.
TERMINAL DEAL OFF
State Cannot Buy Land in Chat
tanooga for W. & A. R. R.
NO MONEY IN TREASURY
Attorney General Hart Rules That
Treasury Funds Can Be Used Only
For School Purposes.
Atlanta, Ga.—Georgia will not pur
chase the 87 acres near Chattanooga
tor the Western and Atlantic termi
nals at this time, at any rate.
Under a decision rendered by Attor
ney General Hart at the request oi
Governor Brown, it is held that tht
money now in the state treasury can
not be used for this purpose, because
this money was raised by a special tax
levy for the support ot the common
schools.
Theicfore, unless the options on the
Chattanooga property can be ext 'tid
ed until the state has the money for
this purpose, tlie deal will he off and
the chance to acquire the land will
have passed. Governor Brown had
doubts about the mati-r, anil direct
ed a communication to the attorney
general. He stated specifically that
lie was anxious to v. mply with the
request of the legislature iii its reso
lution it it could lie doim now. Gov
ernor Brown says:
"The legislature cf 1907-08 appro
priated $2,500,000 for the common
schools of the state for the year 1909.
The state is short nearly $2,000,000 in
meeting this appropriation. Under this
statement of tact, would ! lie author
ized lo draw my warrant and would
the treasurer have the authority to
pay this $69,000 for the purchase of
this vacant land which we may pos- :
siibly need for railroad purposes ten j
years hence?”
After stating the facts in the case, ,
Attorney General Hart decided as fol- i
lows:
“The money now remaining in the 1
treasury ($160,000) was raised by a ;
special tax levy and for the support of j
tiie common schools of the state. The j
teachers of the state have performed '
the service upon the faith of that j
promise that it would be paid them for i
their services. The teachers have ex
ecuted their part of this contract and
the state now owes them the money
which it had pledged would be paid !
them. For a subsequent legislature to
divert the money and apply it to a dif
ferent purpose from that which it was
raised by taxation and pledged by
the state, amounts substantially to
the impairment of a contract, which
is fori , 1 institution
of this state and th failed Slav—
In view of these conditions, theie is
at present no money in the treasury
which could legally be used for the
purchase of the land in question.”
Under this ruling it would appear
that the state can not use the funds
now on hand for any purpose other
than that of the common schools, and
this means a serious money situation
in carrying, on the necessary work
of the land in question.”
Under this ruling it would appear
that tiie state cannot use the funds
now on hand for any purpose other
than that of the common schools, and
this means a serious money situation
in carrying on ihe necessary work of
the state.
A MURRAY hOLiVFY PHENOMENON.
S. Treadwells Face Weaves Itself In
to Marble That Covers His Tomb.
Spring Place, Ga.—Slowly, as if
painted by the hand of time itself,
and as surely, the stern, rugged line
aments of Smith Treadwell’s features
are being worked in the solid mar
ble that covers the tomb where for
years he has slept beneath the soil
of Murray county.
In the massive rectangle of Geor
gia marble—tiie world-famed "cre
ole,” of black and white—now appear
with a distinctness that grows more
striking with each passing year, the
strong, high and bearded features
of the Murray county pioneer.
It is not the stain of weather. It
is not the corrosion of time. To all
appearances, it is the gradual shifting
of the fadeless black crystals that
i streak the eternal marble.
The shifting has formed a face.
The face is that cf Smith Treadwell.
The gradual appearance of the face
has been noticed for the past five
years.
COLQUITT mm HEIR TO FORTUNE.
Mrs, Florence Horne Soon to Come
Into Possession of $75,000.
Moultrie, jla.—Mrs. Florence Horne,
wife of John Horne, a farm tenant of
Colquitt county, is to soon come into
possession to a fortune worth $73,-
000. The property is the estate of a
Mr. Wheeler of Emmanuel county,
and is now involved in the courts,
but attorneys for Mrs. Horne believe
they have the fight won.
Mrs. Horne was formerly a Miss
Wheeler. Her mother was a Miss
Florence Meadows. She married Mr.
Wheeler in Emmanuel county.
She was deserted three months af
ter her marriage. A child was horn
to her, and the deserted mother and
child were brought into this county
by the father of the former, and have
resided in Colquitt and Worth for 50
years.
The widowed mother secured a di
vorce and married a man named Am
mons, raising a large family. Flor
ence Wheeler grew to be a young
lady, married a. poor farmer boy and
has remained in very humble circum
stances for all these years.
ATHENS RANKS SIXTH.
Cotton Receipts Very Large During
the Past Year.
Athens, Ga. —The receipts for the
pan cotton season have been maue
up nnd the total is considerably, in
excess of llie previous year.
On the present showing the city
holds the enviable distinction of be
ing the second in the state of Geor
gia and the sixth of the inland mar
kets of the world.
The total receipts for the season
of 1908-9 were 124,736 bales.
SUBSCRIPTION SI.OO IN ADVANCE.
N UMBEL 40.
We Offer An Interest
In 12 Proven Mines
We have acquired 12
Colorado mines on one
mountain which have
produced $2,000,000.00.
When former operators
reached water its acids
destroyed their pumps,
compelling operations to
cease. We shall drain
out water by tunnel and
have millions above. For
financial assistance in
driving our tunnel will
take persons in with us
who write immediately,
in subscriptions of $50.00
up to $1,000.00.
\V RITE
NATIONAL MINING & TUNNELCO
LYNCHBURG, VA,
TORRENT FROZE !N NIGHT.
The phenomenon was one tnat I
have never before experienced —a run
ning river frozen solid in a night.
When we arrived the waters cf this
stream, tumbling over the great bowld
ers and rushing through the tortuous
channels, made a deafening roar.
Gradually, but almost imperceptibly,
the tumult decreased, while, worn
out after a hard day, we fell asleep.
A few hours later, when we
awoke, a deathly silence prevailed,
and on locking out, to my intense
surprise, I found that the rushing tor
r , o' f he previous night had been
re'isfc ir.t 1 i> ;-Vd mass of ice.
this 3 n 'cra
* ir.'. l !',.d on other o ~ c -..^
torrents froze . ~ut new under sucu
startling conditions. Jr, looking
round we found that everything v.e
possessed was also frozen solid, in
cluding our saddle of mutton, which
was merely a block of ice. We were
ravenous, but w'.e got no satisfaction
from gnawing at lumps, of rock
which ought to have been a succulent
joint, and so, despite our hunger, we
had to content ourselves with a lit
tle tea—to make which we melted
ice—and a few biscuits. —J. Clau le
White, in Wide World.
If roses have thorns, man’s hand
in rough enough to heed not those,
but the marvelous loveliness of the
flower.
The deeds of a citizen are not to be
proclaimed with praise. Should duty
have a pianola attachment?
SENSE AHOUT FOOD
Facts About Food Worth Knowing.
It is a serious question sometimes
i to know just what to eat when a per
son's stomach is out of order, and
: most foods cause trouble.
Grape-Nuts food can be taken at
i any time with the certainty that it
j will digest. Actual experience of peo
ple is valuable to any one interested
t in foods.
A Terre Haute woman writes: “I
had suffered with indigestion for
about four years, ever since at attack
of typhoid fever, and at times could
j eat nothing but the very lightest food
and then suffer such agony with my
stomach I would wish I never had to
; eat anything.
“I was urged to try Grape-Nuts,
and since using it I do not have to
starve myself any more, but I can eat
it at any time and feel nourished and
satisfied; dyspepsia is a thing of tho
past, and I am now strong and well.
“Mv husband also had an exper
ience with Grape-Nuts. He was very
weak and sickly in the spring. Could
not attend to his work. He was nut
under the doctor's care, but meci ne
did not seem to do him anv good un
til he began to leave off ordinary food
and use Grape-Nuts. It was positive
ly surprising to see the change in
him. He grew better right off, and
naturally he has none but words of
praise for Grape-Nuts.
"Our boy thinks he cannot eat a
meal without Grape-Nuts, and ho.
learns so fast at school that his teach
er and other scholars comment on It.
I am satisfied that it is because of the
great nourishing elements in Grape-
Nuts.”
“There’s a Reason.”
It contains the phosphate of potash
from wheat and barley, which com
bines with albumen to make the gray
matter to daily refill the brain and
nerve centres.
It is a pity that people do not know l
what to feed their children. Thereare
many mothers who give their young
sters almost any kind of food, and
when they become sick begin to pour
the medicine down them. The real
way is to stick to proper food and he
healthy and get along without medi
cine and expense.
Ever read the above letter? Anew
one appears from time to time. They'
are genuine, true, and full of human
interest. *