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COCHRAN, GEORGIA
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Airship records seem very fragile.
What else can a person do but bob
ble In a bobble skirt.
A race of queeless Chinamen Is a
.'possibility In the near future.
Don’t anybody say a word about the
breather. Might break the spell.
, Aviating continues to be dangerous
enough to make it very Interesting.
Looks as though this fall was going
'to be one grand aeroplane automobile
feast
The woman who took an oath and
swooned apparently realized Its re
sponsibility.
Fall football practise begins with a
'fresh supply of collar bones all ready
to be broken.
You are not compelled to weep when
you read of an accident to the wearer
of a hobble skirt.
Esperanto has no cuss words. It’s
necessary to explain this because it
sounds so peculiar.
The fact that the champagne vint
age Is a failure will not affect the
business of the rathskeller.
Science has received a remarkable
Impetus. An African professor has
learned to talk the ape language.
News that the alfalfa crop Is doing
( well may or may not please the man
who eats prepared breakfast foods.
Aviators are flying high, but the
morning stars will continue to sing
together without fear of interruption.
The headline suggestion that "A ro
mance ends nt altar" is hardly com
plimentary, although many of them do.
’ A baby has been born on Fifth
avenue, New York. The very latest
jfashion In babies is understood to be
(pink.
■ If it takes $6,000 to make a good
dresser, many a would-be fashion plate
may as well throw up his hands in
failure.
Wo Buspect that the pantaloon trust
Is behind that movement urging young
fxnen to get on their knees when pro
posing.
Somebody has found how to convert
copper into iron. This may help to re
duce the immense piles of copper that
are scattered around.
Another sad blow to the English.
An American In a FYench machine
achieved the world’s record for alti
tude, and light on English soli, too.
The crown prince of Germany has
been made a rector niagniflcentlssi
inus. If he doesn’t break under that
■weight he’s the prince of burden bear
ers.
f
l It is reported that there Is a scarcity
of chorus girls in New York. This be
ing tho ease, there must also be a
of Pittsburg millionaires In
York.
most powerful battleship,
which has Just been
can do everything except
may lie foiled by some frail
cannot do anytblng else.
lias authorized its park
to spank mashers. The fact
are also empowered to tlrst
■b them Into a receptive mood makes
Innovation all the more pleasing.
you have noticed Hie sin
habit a brass band has of flnlsh-
Hs selection and stopping Its
at the exact moment when
interested and begin to
y n
Ha couple by a crowd
H the York and were
iceived at the city hall by
»he actp' mayor, their claim to this
distkfictSon and popular curiosity be
tg that they had walked from Kansas
Ity. But in these days of motor
>atlng, automobillng. aviation and
sneral trolley-riding the man or
oman who walks from choice is a
irlosity.
Diplomats in Washington being im
tine from arrest, the capital is now
irn up over a question whether the
>cal authorities can compel a foreign
ttache to muzzle his dog. Fancy an
iternattonal complication arising from
he fact that a lowly poundmaster laid
mholy hands on a poodle, not be
ause of any brutality to the animal,
.ut because the mutt belonged to the
bird assistant secretary attached to
the legation of the Kazoo of Kazazza.
A man bathing on Long Island
stepped on a S2OO diamond pin, lost
by a Brooklyn woman who had been
[bathing. Pearl divers may yet be suc
ceeded by diamond divers. But it is
not everybody who uses safety pins
i that are so expensive.
& A couple who were arrested in
KvaAston, 111., for violating the speed
Kws told the justice they were
reloping, and the mean man put them
[to the test by marrying them right
Khen and there. Not many joyriders
Aould dare to go as far as that.
IMMIGRANTS ARE COMING
TO THE SOUTHLAND
Few Foreipers Have Located in
the South So Far.
STATES’ COOPERATION NEEDED
industrial Experts Predict That the Movement
o! Immigrants to the Southern States
Will Begin About October.
Washington.—The next act in the
Drama of the nation s events will be
a flood of immigration into the South
not only from the North and Middle
West, but from countries of Europe,
especially those bordering on the
Baltic and North seas, inquiry at the
legations of Norway, Sweden and
Denmark elicits the fact that the rep
resentatives of these countries are
making special efforts to head their
immigrating citizens into the country
south of the Ohio and Potomac ami
east of the Mississippi. These for- j
eign ministers have gotten busy on ;
the matter and are seeking all infor- ,
mation regarding special advantages
offered immigrants in the different lo
calities of the South, especially in the
states along the South Atlantic sea
board.
T he immigration into the South from
Europe has of late years been most
meager. While the foreign settlers
for the ten months ending May, 19J0,
were in N'ew Jersey 51,000, and near
ly 25,000 in little Connecticut, there
came into Georgia from tills source
less than 500; North Carolina got a
scant 300, and South Carolina but
156. Tennessee got just one ovei
500, while Virginia absorbed only 1,-
300. Maryland, with one-fifth the
area of Virginia, got 5,000 of them.
The small District of Columbia, a
scant five by ten miles in area, re
ceived as many immigrants practi
cally as the combined states of North
Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia and
Tennessee.
Industrial experts predict that the
movement into the South will begin
about October 1. Large tracts of land
are being figured on in Georgia and
Florida by several promoting compa
nies as homes for the expected immi- j
gration, and in the Southern states
farther north there are movements of
like character taking place.
RANK OF COUNTRY’S BIG CITIES.
According to figures furnished by the census bureau for 1910, the
eight leading cities of the country are shown below.
1. N'ew York 4,766,881
2. Chicago 2,185,283
3. Philadelphia 1,549,008
4. St, Louis 687.029
5. Boston 670,585
6. Cleveland 560,663
7. Baltimore .. •• * 558,485
8. Pittsburg .. 533,905
NO SOUDAN MISSIONS.
Decided Stand Taken By the Baptist
Foreign Mission Board.
Boston, Mass. —A recommendation
that no missions be established in the
Sudan, but tnat the missionaries on
ttie Congo be reinforced and the work
extended, is made in the report of
the American Baptist Foreign Mis- j
sion society of the special commission ;
sent by the society to investigate con- j
ditions in those regions. It finds that
owing to the policy of the Bitish gov- !
eminent the establishment of Chris-1
tian missions in the Mohammedan cen-
ters of northern Nigeria is iniposiblc
at the present time, bet that the op- •
portunities of expansion in the Congo
Free State are great.
Newspapers Publishers Warned.
Jackson, Miss.-—Vituperation must
stop in the Mississippi campaign. Un
cle Sam has just issued an order that
newspapers containing articles that
are liable to result in a conflict will
be barred from the mails duing this
campaign. This order was issued by
the postoffice department at Washing
ton and the newspaper managers were
immediately notified by the postoffice
inspector here to be more temperate
In their language in future.
Night Riders Busy.
Kuttawa, Ky.—Night riders are
again at work in the dark tobacco dis
trict and about 25 letters have been
received by tobacco growers warning
the planters to pool their crops or
suffer the consequences. The notices
are printed on book paper and look
as if the work had been done on a
handpress. The notices are as fol
lows:
-By our blood, you are hereby noti
lied not to dump your tobacco this
year, as we intend to keep all inde
pendent buyers out. U. B. N'. G.”
Farmers Fight Duel.
Pelham, Ga.—John L. Marchant of
Colquitt county and Charles H. Tate
of Mitchell county, prominent young
farmers and brothers-in-law, are dead
as the result of a pistol battle at close
range. The double tragedy, took place
in the public road, eight miles south
east of this place. Mrs. Tate and
Mrs. John Wilkes, a sister of March
ant. witnessed the fatal shooting af
fray. '
The tragedy, according to report,
was the result of a family feud of
long standing.
ENGLISH BROKERS FIRM.
English Cotton Men Insist That Cotton Bill:
Be Guaranteed.
London, England.—The European
bankers interested in preventing
fraudulent bills of lading in the ship
' ment of American cotton, decided not
to recede from their position, and en
dorsed the action of the recent gen
eral banking conference in demanding
guarantees from the American bank
ing houses.
The committee took this action af
ter considering the reply of the Amer
ican bankers to the European pro
posal and the offer of validation cer
tificates from the railroad. In accord
ance with this action American banks
will be expected to guarantee cotton
bills of lading after October 31.
THREE RAILWAY WRECKS.
-
42 Killed in Indian Wreck; 16 Dead
as Result of Kansas Washout.
Fort Wayne, Ind.—Forty-two per
sons were killed and seven were se
riously injured in a head-on collision
between two traction cars on the
Fort Wayne-liluffton division of the
Fort Wayne and Wabash Valley line.
The wreck occurred one and a half
miles north of Kingsland, seven miles
north of Blufftoii, at a sharp curve.
The cars in collision were a north
bound local car, crowded to the
steps and a southbound ‘'extra" car
from Fort Wayne. They met while
both were running at high speed.
The collision is said to have been
caused by misunderstanding of or
ders in regard to the southbound "ex
tra" cars taking a switch near Kings
land, so that the northbound car could
pass it.
Clayton, Kans. —Sixteen persons lost
their lives and thirteen others suffer
■ed injuries in the wreck two miles
| west of this town of westbound Hock
Island passenger train No. 27, which
was running to Denver from Kansas
City. The wreck was the result of a
cloudburst, which carried out a steel
bridge over what is normally almost
a dry bed, turning the latter into a
torrent and washing out nearly a
thousand feet of track. The train,
running at full speed, plunged into the
gap, the engine and mail car going
down into 20 feet of water and tne
chair car almost telescoped the smok
er ahead of it. Many of the passen
gers in these two cars were killed al
most instantly.
Lima, Ohio. —Chicago and Erie rail
road fast train No. 4, eastbound, was
wrecked near Conant, nine miles west
of here, killing an aged woman and
more or less injuring twenty-five per
sons.
SAVANNAH S POPULATION.
Georgia's Second City Shows Popula
tion of 65,084 for 1910,
Washington.—Savannah, Ga., shows
a population of 65,084 for 1910, aceod
ing to figures given out by the census
bureau. The 1900 census showed a
population of 54,244, an increase of
19.9 per cent.
Savannah's population for 1910 is
339 less than that of Atlanta 20 years
ago.
This is a decline within this ten
venr period as against, the ten-year
period from IS9O to 1900. Then the
[city’s growth showed an increase of
15.6. Atlanta is far outstripping Sa
vannah or any other Georgia city in
growth. Atlanta's increase from 1900
to 1910 was 72.3 per cent.
$200,000 Fire in New Iberia.
New Orleans. —A fire which threat
ened the town of New Iberia destroy
ed a great section of the business dis
trict, doing damage which may reach
$200,000. Special police were sworn
in by Mayor Powers to prevent loot
ing, and orders were biven to shoot n
| sight. Fire apparatus was taken to
the scene by the Southern Pacific rail
road. The water supply proved un
equal to the occasion.
Lafayette Postoffice Robbed.
Chattanooga, Tens.—'The safe of
the postoffice at Lafayette, Ga., was
blown open with nitro-glycerine, and
50,000 two-cent stamps and SIOO stol
en. Bloodhounds were sent from the
city.
Nation's Death Rate.
Washington.—The death rate in the
United States in 1909 was fifteen to
each one according to a bul
letin, issued' by the census bureau.
This is the-fiokest average ever re
corded for this country.
Will Enterain Crooks.
Chicago.—Henry Neil, secretary of
the National Probation league, has
| evolved a novel emthod of attempting
: to convert crooks and thieves of all
j kinds to right living and thinking.
! Neil announced that from sunset to
j sunrise he will be pleased to receive
| "dips," "bunco-steerers,” "panhand
| lers," "thimble-riggers," "burglars,’’
j "porch climbers,” "strong-arm men,”
i "second-story men,” and crooks in hia
home. Sandwiches and coffee
! served and no policemen will
i mitted. >
30,000 ODD FELLOWS
MEET IN ATLANTA
Grand Lodge Choses John C.
Ccckrum for Grand Sire.
PARADE WAS BRILLIANT PAGEANT
Nearly 25,000 Men in Line in the Biggest
Parade Atlanta Has Ever Seen.
Rebekahs Entertained.
To Indianapolis goes the next
annual meeting of the Sovereign
Grand Lodge of the Independent
Order of Odd Fellows. The suc
cess of the Indiana city in se
curing fhe much coveted con
vention came as quite a surprise
to many of the members of the
Sovereign Gand Lodge, who be
lieved that either Toronto, Can
ada, or Buffalo, X. Y., would be
the successful city.
Atlanta.—The Odd Fellows stormed
the city, 25,000 strong; Atlanta gave
them almost undivided attention in
making them have the time of their
lives.
The monster parade, in which fully
25,000 marched, was a brilliant spec
tacle, and all Atlanta, to say nothing
of a good part of Georgia and neigh
boring states, were on hand to view
the pageant as it wound itself through
the city s streets, the greatest specta
cle of its kind the South has ever
seen.
There were close dn to 30,000 mem
bers of the I. O. O. F. in the city
when the grand street parade got in
motion.
The barbecue to the visiting Odd
Fellows at the Cold Spring ’cue
ground was one of tue distinctive fea
tures of the convention.
To a great majority of the guests
the barbecue was a novelty, and as
the dishes were served there were
few wiio did not taste daintily before
attempting to eat. But that taste cap
tivated all appetites.
Hundreds of Kebekahs gathered in
the Odd Fellows' hall to take part
in the meeting at which the Atlanta
lodges and the state Itebekah assem
bly gave welcome to the visiting del
egates from lodges scattered through
out the United States from Maine to
California.
John B. Cockrum of Indianapolis,
formerly deputy grand sire of the In
dependent Order of Odd Fellows, was
chosen grand sire of the organization
and is now at the head of the 2,000,-
000 Odd Fellows of the world.
C. J. Keller of San Antonio, Texas,
was at the same time elected deputy
grand sire over Judge Robert C. Dan
iel of Griffin, and Grand Representa
tive Hill Montague of Virginia. Mr.
Keller received more votes than both
of his opponents combined.
The office of deputy grand sire was
the only one which was filled at the
session of the sovereign grand ledge
over which there was any contest. In
electing Deputy Grand Sire Cockrum
to the place of grand sire the grand
lodge followed the precedent of ad
vancement of many years standing.
BRYAN BOLTS.
Nebraskan Refuses to Support Demo
cratic Nominee- for Governor.
Lincoln, Neb.—ln a statement in
which he declares that the crusade
which he feels impelled to wage
against the liquor interests of the
state and nation overshadows a per
sonal and political friendship of 20
years, William J. Bryan announced he
had bolted the head of the Democratic
state ticket in Nebraska and would
not support James C. Dalilman lor
governor.
Mr. Bryan says he regrets that he
is compelled to take the stand he
does —his first departure from politi
cal regularity—but says he feels it
his duty to do so —because of the po
sition taken by the Democratic nomi
nee on the liquor question.
The statement which, in a way, is
apologetic in tone, does not indicate
that Mr. Bryan will support tile candi
date of any other parvv.
Yellow Fever Signs.
Beaumont, Texas. —That a sailor re
moved from aboard the steamer By
land, which arrived at Sabine, Texas,
from Tampico, Mexico, 'lias shown the
symptoms of yellow fever, is declared
by State Health Officer Brumby, who
returned to Beaumont after conduct
ing an investigation at Sabine. Five
days must elapse, Doctor Brumby ex
plained, before a definite diagnosis
would be possible, and in the mean
time the vessel is being held in quar
antine. No other illness is aboard the
Byland.
Charbon Stamped Out.
Baton Rouge, La.—Charbon, which
has caused the death of hundreds of
cattle in southwestern Louisiana, has
been stamped out, according to an an
nouncement here by the sanitary life
stock board.
Robbed of $4,135.
Nashville, Tenn.—At the state fair
grounds here H. \V. Gardner, a rural
route'earrier, had his pocket picked of
■Gish, nc%s and papers valued at $4,-
Kt J No*elew to the chief has been
G. A. R. CONVENTION.
Action About Robert E. Lee Statue Indefinite
ly Postponed by Veterans.
Atlantic City, X. J —The hotels, tht
piers and board walks were crowded
with old soldiers and their families
who came to attend the G. A. R. en
campment.
Commander Van Sant and Hilary A
Herbert of Alabama, former Secretary
of the Navy and a general in the Con
federate army, were the principa.
speakers at a large gathering of vet
erans on the steeplechase pier. Aftei
a short address by the commander-in
caief, General Herbert eulogized the
members of the grand army and theii
commander. He told how the wearers
of the blue and the wearers of the
gray were being welded together for
the cause of the Union, and he urged
a join reunion of the Blue and Gray
veterans.
Commander-in-Chief Van Sant and
Gen. Daniel E. Sickels both declared
they would work for the proposition
A remarkable scene occurred with
the entrance of General Sickels into
the auditorium. As he swung dowr
the aisle with a pinned-up trouser leg
giving mute evidence of his heroism
the veterans arose as one man, and
four of his command lifted him, chair
and all, and placed him on the plat
form, while the commander-in-chief’s
band played "Dixie" and the crowd
cheered.
Perhaps the largest host from a
distance to attend the encampment is
the St. Cloud, Fla., veterans, whv
came with their own band. The com
mander is G. D. Degraw.
John E. Gillman of Boston for com
mander-in-chief, and Rochester, X'. Y.,
for the next place of meeting, was the
winning combination in the national
encampment of the G. A. R.
After a warm debate of more than
three hours, the national encampment
of the Grand Army of the Republic,
at its final session, indefinitely post
poned action of the whole matter in
relation to the controversy over the
placing of the statue of Robert E.
Lee in statuary hall of the capitol
at Washington.
FUND TO FIGHT WEEVIL.
Alabama Cotton Men Plan Campaign
Against Cotton Pest.
Mobile, Ala. —J. A. Waters, presi
dent of the cotton exchange at Mo
bile announced that a meeting of cot
ton men would be called soon for the
purpose of raising funds with which
to carry on an educational campaign
against the boll weevil, which has in
vaded Mobile county. Every cotton
grower in the southern counties of
Alabama is to be mailed a copy ot
an article to be prepared by Dr. VV. E.
Hinds, entomologist to the experiment
station of the Alabama Polytechnic in
stitute at Auburn, explaining the ex
act course farmers must pursue in
order to be successful in the fight on
the weevil. Mr. Waters stated the
cotton exchange would spend any
amount of money necessary to carry
on the campaign.
CRANK AT WHITE HOUSE.
Venerable Hebrew Say* He Was
Robbed of $40,000,00 and Wife.
Washington.—The first crank of the
season showed up at the white house.
He was Benjamin Snyder, an aged
Hebrew, who said his home was in
Philadelphia. He told a rambling
story to the white house attendants of
having been robbed of $40,000,000 and
his wife by a man named Ilennessy.
He called at the white house, he said,
to ask President Taft to get back his
money, but he did not want Mr. Taft
to bother himself about locating his
wife.'
Snyder was regarded as harmless by
the secret service officers and turned
over to the local police. He is being
held until word is received from the
Philadelphia authorities.
DIAZ PICKS SUCCESSOR.
Former Minister to United States To
Be Next Mexican Ruler.
Washington.—That Enrique Creel,
former Mexican minister to the Unit
ed States, will be the next president
of Mexico, to succeed Porfirio Diaz,
and that the honor will not go to Vice"
President Corral, is the story in cir
culation among diplomats in Wash
ington.
According to the story, Diaz has let
it be known that Creel is to succed
him, and the plans are in readiness
for one of the military elections held
in that country whenever it is neces
sary to put a man in office over the
protests of the enemies of Diaz.
To Probe Milk Cost.
Washington.—lt is believed that the
investigation in progress by the De
partment of Justice and United States
attorney of the District of Columbia
into conditions under which the price
of milk is regulated in Washington,
marks the opening of a national probe
of a simultaneous increase in the cost
of that staple in nearly every large
city in the East. The Department of
Justice, besides having a special
agent at work in the District of Co
lumbia, is gathering information re
garding conditions in other cities.
Baseball-Playing Preacher Fired.
Louisville, Ky.—Because he played
baseball and indulged in other ath
letic sports which were distasteful to
the members of his congregation, the
Rev. Arthur Brooks, pastor of the
Methodist church at Crestwood, was
voted unfit to have charge of the par
ish by a majority of his flock and he
announced to his congregation that
he was addressing them for the last
time. The only thing against the
preacher \*as that he was a member
of the Crestwood baseball team and a
first class player.
DARING MAN-BIRD
CROSSES THE ALPS
George Chavez Wins Honor of
the Greatest Flight.
AVIATOR LOSES RICH PRIZE
Plucky Hero Badly Injured After He Had
Completed the Most Hazardous
Portion of the Route.
Domodossola, ftalv.—The great feat
of crossing the snow-capped Alpine
barrier between Switzerland and Italy
in a heavier-than-air machine was ac
complished by George Chavez, the
young Peruvian aviator.
The plucky hero of the exploit,
however, lies in a local hospital badly
injured as the result of an accident
that occurred just as he had com
pleted the most arduous and nerve
racking portion of a task he had set
out to accomplish—a flight from Brig,
in Switzerland, across the Alps to Mi
lan, in Italy, in all a distance of about
75 miles.
Both his legs are broken, his left
thigh is fractured and his body is
badly contused, but the physicians in
attendance are of the opinion that
these hurts will not prove fatal and
that unless unlooked for complications
ensue Chavez will be about in tow
months.
The accident occurred as Chavez
was endeavoring to make a landing
here. Tile Alps liad been crossed suc
cessfully and the aviator was de
scending with the power of his ma
chine cut off.
When about 30 feet above the
ground a sudden gust of wind seemed
to catch the monoplane, which turned
over and fell, when the crowds that
had been watching the descent ran up
they found Chavez lying bleeding and
unconscious beneath the twisted
wreckage
Fifty miles away and over country
that has none of the hazards of the
Alps, lay Milan, the goal Chavez was
seeking in an endeavor to win a prize
of $20,000 offered by the Italian Avia
tion Society, Chavez had lost the
race.
OLDEST EPISCOPALIAN DEAD
Mrs. Frances Leonard Cleveland of
Marietta, Ga., Passes Away.
Marietta, Ga.—Mrs. Frances Leon
ard Cleveland, Marietta’s oldest citi
zen, died at the age of 94, at her home
on Cleveland Place.
In many respects Mrs. Cleveland
was a most interesting personage. SheJ
was one of the few "real daughters
of the American Revolution, beiiflj
both a daughter and granddaughter or
Revolutionary soldiers, and she was a
descendant of John and Priscilla Al
den, whose love story is told in Long
fellow's "Courtship of Miles Stan
dish."
She, also, had the distinction of be
ing the oldest communicant of the
Episcopal church in America. When
18 years of age she was confirmed in
St. Andrew’s church, Philadelphia, by
Bishop White of Pennsylvania, who
was the second bishop in point of con
secration in the American church.
Mrs. Cleveland was born at Bristol,
R. 1., September 17, 1816.
COTTON SEED WAR.
Georgia Mills Attempt to Drive Florida
Mills Out of Market.
Tifton, Ga.—Tifton is just now the
center of a cotton seed war between
the oil mill men of Florida and Geor
gia.
For some time the Florida mills
have been coming into Georgia terri
tory buying seed. This year the eGor
gia mills decided they needed these
seed themselves and fierce competi
tive bidding is the result.
Cotton seed on the local market are
bringing nearly twice as much as, they
did last year. A year ago they were
selling readily at 90 cents per hun
dred, while this year they are bring
ing easily $1.65. Part of this advance
is due to the advance in price of cot
ton seed oil, but the larger portion
is caused by competitive bidding.
While it lasts the farmer is getting
the benefit of the competition.
Fued Law Broken.
Albany, Ky.—The unwritten code of
the Kentucky mountaineers was brok
en when -Doc'' Moles, carrying his
baby in his arms, was shot through
the heart by a sharp shooting moun
tain assassin.
It has always been a point of chiv
alry, even among feudists, not to fire
upon a man when a woman or childi
might be endangered. To carry al
child in arms has heretofore been ail
invariable means of protection. “Doc”l
Moles had given information to the!
government revenue officers. M
Report on Raising Maine.
Washington.—Col. William 31. -BlScfll
United States amy, who heads the"
commission of army engineers in
charge of raising the battleship Maine,
in Havana harbor, in a preliminary
report made to the war department
sys the keel lies at a depth of from
eight to ten feet below the bottom of
the harbor.
Colonel Black adds that the Cuban
government has turned over to the
coirtmisison a convenient location on
•the wate front for a storage reserva
tion.