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SEVEN MILLIONS GAINED DAILY By Progressive Dixie Land in Her Material Wealth. ‘flips SPLENDID RECORD jjfy Industry Throughout the South V Boomed During 1906--Agriculture Kept Abreast of Manufactures. “‘The south is now in the midst of si prosperity that every day is adding to its wealth $7,280,000, and which has brought that wealth close to $20,- 000,000,” says the Manufacturers' Rec* ord (Baltimore) in its current issue. Continuing it says: “Consideration of increasing wealth in the south must add to the $2,000,- 000,000 worth of farm products now raised each year, $2,225,000,000 worth of manufactured products and $260,- 000,000 worth of mineral products. “Such annual productivity, now ag gregating about $4,455,000, accounts for an increase of nearly $50,000,000 in the deposits in national, state, sav ings and private banks and loan and savings companies in that section, and the general progress has an ex pression in and is immediately con tributed to by railroad construction. “In 1906, 3,065 miles were added to the south’s mileage, 26.7 per cent of the total addition since 1900, and bringing the total to 64,035 miles. That is more than double the rail road mileage of the whole country in aß'6& and within less than 30,000 of the total mileage of the country in 1880. “Texas alone has 3,600 miles more railroad than the whole country had in 1850, and during the past year it led in increase in the south, 810 miles, the state nearest to it in new con struction having been Louisiana, with 472 miles. Arkansas ranked third in new mileage, the promise of an enormous advance in the farther south, but it is almost equally sig nificant to note 162 new mileage in J Virginia, 192 in North Carolina and 236 in West Virginia, showing mine .and timber development in those states. I “In six years, with an increase in kthe population of about 2,400,000, or something more than 10 per cent, the south has increased the value of its farm products by $728,000,000, or 57 per cent, and the value of its manufac tures $761,000,000, or 52 per cent. It has added 3,493,000 spindles to its cot ton mill output, an increase of 55 per cent, and its mills used in 1906 about 2,375,000 bales of American cotton, or 48 per cent more than in 1900. “In the six years the south’s an nual pig iron production has in creased by 873,000 tons, or 34 per cent; its coal production by 34,202,- 000 tons, of 69 per cent; the value of exports at its ports $177,000,000, or 38 per cent. “With all this money-making going on, it is not surprising that the south Is spending millions of money for im provements of many kinds. Counties are building better roads, better bridges and better school houses. Mu nicipalities are erecting modern pub lic buildings, installing water works •and sewerage systems, and using up to date methods and materials in im proving streets. “Railroads are double-tracking their old lines, and extending new' ■ones, are building handsome passen ger stations, increasing terminal fa cilities and adding to rolling stock. In dividuals are devoting their earnings to improving their homes in town or country, or in building new ones; in ■enlarging barns, in buying stock, farm implements and machinery in install ing fencing and in adding to the ma chinery for manufacturing. “These investments are likely to Increase during the coming year and to keep pace with the increasing earn ing capacity of the south.’’ STEAMER POVCE t>HOWS UP. Was Disabled and Drifting When Picked Up l?y German Vessel The eleven days overdue steam ship Ponce, which left Porto Rico on k "December 26th for New York, was owed into harbor at Hamilton, Ber muda, Ectday, by the German steam earners, which picked her up disabled. ’ On the afternoon of Decenlier 00, the tail end of the shaft of the Ponce broke and she drifted at the mercy of the wind and current until tn c night of January 7, when she was sighted by the German steamer. JAP ELEEI WON’T COMt. Proposed Visit to Pacif'c Coast Can celed Because of Aoii-Japancse Ag.tation in That Quarter. According to a dispatch from To kio, the Japanese government has de cided that on account of anti-Japan ese agitation on the Pacific coast, the training squadron will not vis it the Pacific coast, but will go as far as Honolulu only. Members of the California delega tion in congress,in discussing Thurs day night the decision of the Jap anese government, expressed tlie opinion that San Francisco would have extended a welcome to the fleet. Representative Kahn suggested the action of the Tokio government may have been on advice of the Japanese consul general at San Francisco. “I think,” said Mr. Kahn, “that I know the people of California well enough to say that the great masses of population would resent any harm that might be done the mikado's seamen should they visit San Francis, co. While the people of California are opposed to the wholesale importation of Japanese coolies, we respect the rights of the Japanese who are now here, and the training squadron would certainly be as safe in the bay of San Fraucisco as in a home port.” Massano Hanihara, second secretary of the Japanese embassy at Washing ton, said tljat Viscount Aoka, the Japanese ambassador to the United States, has not been officially notified of the Tokio decision not to allow the training squadron to proceed to San Francisco. “The visit of a Japanese fleet to ihe pacific coast at this time,” said Mr. Hanihara, “might occasion a re newal of the controversy, and as the Japanese government is desirous of maintaining the present cordial rela tions with this government, it has been considering for several weeks the advisability of postponing the vis it of the fleet to the Pacific coast.” Mr. Hanihara stated most positive ly that the question of the fleet or the Japanese seamen being in danger at .San Francisco had not been consid ered, or even suggested. HIGHiK LOIIJI SlOP* IKUL. Sensational Turn Taken in Hargis Case at Jackson, Kentucky. The trial of Judge James Hargis on the charge of participating in the assassination of Dr. B. D. Cox in Jack son. Ky., three years ago, was post poned there Thursday as the result of prohibition issued by the court of appeals of Kentucky. This writ was granted upon the application of Attor ney General N. B. Hays and James R. Adams, commonwealth’s attorney for the second judicial district. The petitioners allege that special Judge William Carnes of Wiiliams town, who was appointed by Gover nor Beckham to try the case of Judge Hargis and others charged with the assassination of Dr. Cox, is conduct ing the trial in an arbitrary manner and is cverstepping the bounds of the law. The principal objection to Judge Carnes is his ruling that temporarily suspended Sheriff Brook Crawford and the naming of Robin Burton as as elisor. The petitioners allege that Judge Carnes has directed the elisor to summon bystanders for the jury, which is in violation of a statute passed at the last session of the leg islature. Judge Carnes said that he thought the writ would be dismissed on a de murrer which he would file when he reached Frankfort. bENAIOiiS 5i.V AI aAUKY KAiSf. t Members oi tipper thamber Cecide Buch Legislation SeU.nqs to House. The senate finance committee re fused to take any action upon the question of an increase of 50 per cent in congressional salaries. The measure # was brought up and discuss ed at some length. It was stated that this class of legislation belonged ex clusively to the house. NO LIMIT TO WORK HOURS. Such is Development in Investigation of Friqhtfu! Railroad Wreck. Investigation by the interstate com merce commission Monday at Wash ington into the block signal system in use on the Baltimore and Ohio rail road showed that men engaged in the operation of trains work an excessive number of hours without a sufficient period of rest intervening it. It was developed that no restrictions are placed upon the hours trainmen shall work, and that they take advantage of fered. to labor for many hours in order to increase their compensation. Georgia Cullings Curtailed Items of Interest Gathered at Random. Dean of Agricultural School. Dr. Andrew M Soule, of Blacksburg, Va., has been elected to the position of dean Of the agricultural school at Athens. The salary paid to ’lie head of the college is $5,000 per annum, which is SI,OOO more per year than Dr. Soule is now receiving. * * * Albany’s Latest Census. The new census of the city of Al bany shows a population of 10,136. The last federal census only gave Albany a population of 4,606, and the increase is, therefore, little short of remarkable. Tne census shows that there are 3,363 whites and 6,773 col ored. * * Postmaster Gets Light Sentence. J_ F. Wilson, postmaster of Poulan, and one of the most prominent men of that place, was fined $225 and sen tenced to serve one year and one day in the Atlanta penitentiary by Judge Emory Speer. Mr. Wilson was indicted for making improper use of the postal funds. He pleaded guilty to the technical charge, but urged that he did no intentional wrong. In im posing sentence, Judge Speer said that it was the shortest penitentiary sen tence he had ever imposed. * * * Postoffice Sites Inspected. Major Brackett, who has been in Georgia inspecting postoifice sites, has returned to Washington, and will sub mit his report to the treasury de partment in a day or two. They will be referred to the secretary, and no tice will be issued that for thirty days suggestions and recommenda tions will be received from the citi zens of the localities affected. At the end of that time the lots will be purchased tor the ei'eetion of public buildings. •* * * Prohibition Election for Terrell. Ihe requisite of names having been signed to a petition asking the ordi nary to order an election in Terrell county on the question of abolishing the dispensaries. This petition was recently filed with that official and Ordinary Cheatham has designated Thursday, February 7, as the day on which an election will be held at the various precincts m the county to de termine the question as to whether or not the dispensary system which has been in operation since 1898 will be discontinued. * * • Silver Service for the Georgia. The battleship Georgia will not be sent to Savannah for the presentation of the silver service. Both Captain Davenport and the navy department are unwilling to take the risk of an entrance to the channel, and a presen tation out at sea would be awkward and unsatisfactory. The plan has, therefore, been abandoned. The mayor of savannah has been ad vised from Washington that the pre sentation of a silver service to the battleship Georgia from the people of this state would take place at Hamp ton Reads, near the Jamestown expo sition, on June 10. * * * A Trans-State Railroad. Secretary of Sia’.e Phil Cook nas granted a charter to the Savannah, Augusta and Northern Railway Com pany. The charter extends for the period of 101 years, an) the principal office is in Statesboro. The capital stock of the new road is placed at $5,000,000, divided into $5,000,000' preferred and $3,000,000 common. If the road is completed it will be 402 miles in length, the longest direct line in the state, it will extend from Savannah to the state line, terminat ing at Rossville, Chattanooga being its objective point. * * * Soldier Boys Going to Exposition. The officers and men of the Fifth regiment infantry, Georgia State Troops, will attend Georgia day at the Jamestown exposition June 6, next, and the day to be made memorable by the visit of President Roosevelt to Ihe exposition and to Bulloch Hall. An officers’ meeting has decided that the regiment will go as a body, and several important committees were ap pointed to make arrangements to that end. It is understood that $5,000 will be needed to pay the expenses. A military fair and ball will be given and the Atlanta city council may make an appropriation. * * * Money Given Cotton Association, John D. Walker of Sparks, treasurer of the Georgia division of the Southern Cotton Association, has just issued his report showing the contributions to the association of the various coun ties in the state as well as those of individuals. Bartow county heads the list with $168.83, while Laurens coun ty comes second with $166.75. Th 6 total from counties amounts to $2,- £06.58. The individual contributors to the association from January I, 1906, to January 1, 1907, amounted to $1,947.45. total contributions to the association are $4,251.03. H‘ * * Baldwin County Goes Dry. ■One of the most remarkable prohibi tion elections ever held in this state occurred in Baldwin county the past week with the prohibitionists leading by 5 to 1. The county has 700 negroes who could vote, and yet not over ten vot ed at the Milledgeville precinct, and some of- those “against the sale.” Three hundred ol these negroes had registered for the election, but an appeal was made by some of the lead ing negroes of the community to their race not to be made ‘ oatspaws” of and be drawn into ths election, when the primary cut them out of all others. The result was that not filty negroes voted in the county. i'be antis had a petition of 400 names calling the election, but they did not get over one hundred and fifty votes in the county. Thus Bald win goes dry for four more years and to slay. * * >* Commission's Rates Sustained. Ihe demurrer filed, in the United States court by the Georgia railroad commission to the bill submitted to that court by the Southern Railroad Company, in which the railroad com pany sought to prevent the state rail road commission from putting in force circular 318, has been sustained by Judge Newman in the federal court at Atlanta. That the state railroad commission acted within its powers in changing the classification of the Southern Railway Company so as to reduce its local freight charges approximately 10 per cent, Is the effect of this de cision. * * * Rules for Agricultural Schools. At the meeting of the board of trus tees of the University of Georgia, held the past week at Athens, Governor Terrell offered a resolution prescribing the general plan under which the agri cultural schools of each congressional district shall be conducted, the act creating these schools providing that the general board of trustees of the university shall exercise such super vision of such schools as in their judgment may be necessary to secure unity of plan and efficiency. This resolution was unanimously adopted by the general board of trustees, and approved by the board of trustees of the agricultural college, the members of which were present u,t the meet ing. * * * Governor Offers Rewards. Governor Terrell lias offered a re ward of S2OO for the apprehension of an unknown negro, who, on January 6, shot and killed Town Marshal C. C. Carter of Richland. Mr. Carter thought the negro was an escaped convict and was attempting to arrest him when the negro shot him through the eye, killing him instantly. The murderer escaped and has not been heard of since. A reward of SIOO was als~. offered for the arrest of John Gober, who killed Cleveland Gailus, Christmas Eve, near Nicholson, Jackson county, while the two were engaged in a drunken Christmas frolic, Gober im mediately left the county and has not been heard from. NEW YO-.K MAN loWtal BIDDER. For Construction oi l ou-iddlion ot Atlanta’s Ai-w G<-vern diem uddinq. Supervising Architect Taylor of the treasury department at Washington opened the bids Thursday tor the con struction of the foundations of the new postofhee building and court house in Atlanta. There were eleven bids in all. The lowest bidder was Ambrose B. Stan narcl of New York city, who contracts io finish the work in the specified time (Sdii-cmber) at a cost of $44, 546. The deflui.'e award of the con tract will be made by Mr. Taylor in the next two or three days. / THREE LIVES LOisl IN HOIfL fIRf. Two Men and a Woman Caught in Flumes anfl < i emated. Three lives were lost Id a fire that destroyed the American hotel at Del hi, N. Y., early Sunday morning. The dead are; William Winter, druggist; Mrs. Mary Winter, his wife; John O'Connor, tailor, All were suffocated. They were per manent guests at the hotel. The fire was discovered in the apartments of Winter and his wife on the third fior. and by the time the firemen arrived the structure was a mas3 of flames. HIS SYSTEM. “Marla, what’s the use of your telM ing the girl to be sure and wakl you at G o'clock? She does it every morning, and you never get up. “John, I don’t want you to inter fere with my way of running th® house. I know just what I am do ing. When that girl calls me at 6 o'clock I know she’s up.”—Chicago Tribune. The three largest German cities are Berlin, with a population of over 2,- 040,000 Hamburg, with 803,000, and Munich, with about 540,0U0. Jp to Nature. “Thanks,” said the tragedian; “many thanks for your good opinion. I always study from nature, sir. In my acting you sea reflected natur® herself.” “Try this cigar,” said an admirer of nature reverently. "Now, where did you study that expression of In tense surprise that you assume in tli® second act?” “From nature, sir, from nature. To secure that expression I asked an intimate friend to lend me £5. H® refused. This caused me no surprise. I tried several more. Finally I asked one who was willing to oblige m®, and as he handed me the note I stud ied in a glass the expression of my own face. I saw there surprise, but it was not what I wanted. It waa alloyed with suspicion that the not® might be a had one. I was in des pair.” “Well?” said the other breathless ly. “Then an idea struck me. I resolv ed upon a desperate course. I re turned the £5 note to my friend the next day and on his astonished coun tenance I saw' the expression of which l was in search.” —Tit-Bits. Ship of Desert Fouls Anchor. Telegraphing across the Persian desert is subject to many interrup tions. “One day in Yezd,” says the author of “Five Years in a Persian Village,” “one of the European residents want ed to despatch a telegram and sent to the office to learn when the lino would be up. “The trouble Is not that the line la down,” came back the polite reply. “It is always down. Unfortunately a camel has stepped on it.’ ” —Youth’s Companion. . Ilow'n ThU? We offer One hundred Dollars Reward for any case ol Catarrh that canuot be cured b/l hail’s Catarrh Cure. 11.I 1 . J. Cheney & Cos., Toledo, O. We, the undersigned, have known F. J. Cheney lor the last 15 years, and believe him periectly uonorable in all business transac tions and financially able to carry out any obligations made by their firm. West A Tbuax, Wholesale Druggists, To ledo, O. Waldino, Kinnan A Marvin, Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, O. Hall’s CatarruCureis cakenlaternaUy.vti inpdireotly upon the blood and tnucuoua sar laces of the system. Testimonials sent free. Price, 75c. per bottle. Sold by all Druggist*. 'J like hall’s Family Fills lor constipation. If a man was not so prone to err there would be no credit in his being good. Tfeh cured in 30 minutes bv Woolford'a Sanitary Lotion; never fails. Sold by Drug gists. Mail orders promptly filled bv Dr. E. DetchonMed.Co.,Crawfordsville,lnd. sl. Of all men sailors suffer most from rheu matism. WORtP’S WONDER COTTON A now species; first sold last spring; was planted by 100 different farmers; has pro duced from 2 to Shales per acre; highly pro lific ; big boll, small seed, good staple; E. Humphreys, Godw in A Cos., Memphis,Tenn. Some regular preachers put people to sleep, but an evangelist wake# them up. To Cure a Cold in One Day j Take Laxative Bromo Oulniue Tablet® Druggists refund money ir it fails to cure. E. W. Grove’s signaturo is on each box. isc- Police of New York city arrest 121 persons each day for Intoxication. UTTERLY WORN OUT. Vitality Supped by Years of Sufferin'* With Kidney Trouble. Capt. J. W. Hogun, former post master of Indianola, now living at Austin, Texas, writes: “I was /t afflicted for years Kgb®kl* with pains across 2 v wJo the loins and in the hips and shoulders. I had hea d ac - ie als ° £- Ibi and neura.gla. ri Sht eye, qI / / ' <c ~ f rom pain, was of little use to me for y jrs. The constant flow of urine kept my sy stem depleted, caus ing nervous chills and night sweats. After trying seven different climates and using all kinds of medicine 1 had the good fortune to hear of Doan's Kidney Pills. This remedy has cured me. I am as well to-day as 1 was twenty yeai-3 ago, and my eyesight perfect.” . Sold by all dealers. 50 cents a box. Foster-Milburn Cos., Buffalo, N. Y.