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<► •• come back of making it rain Ik than that of niak- IRfis an author's privilege to be in- IHRrate," says a noted writer. Privi |^K;e T It's a habit. After the surgeons take a man and' (make him over they regard him as ‘worth talking about. Ohio man killed while on his way to Ireturn a borrowed umbrella. Prob ably Insane, anyhow. The feminine airship has material ized. It may be depended upon to , A woman doctor advises polygamy as a cure for our social evils. Is the lady married, may we ask? Paris will have to train its river to, (stay out in the country if it insists; ion acting so foolishly in town. According to a Harvard professor, it is not a cat's nature to kill a j mouse. Unnatural brutes, cats! The sky pilot is no longer a theory, ibut a visible fact; visible, at least, until he vanishes In the blue dome. A Chicago young man has spent over $300,000 in two years. This high-flying Tocord, however, was made without a .■barograph. As Illustrating the dangers of get ting up too early In the morning, a Tiew York man was run over by a milk wagon. ft is true that a man has flown the deck of a ship to the shore, but.: the day of the aeroplane lifeboat is »ot yet in sight. I The horse may have to go in order (to satisfy a school of prophets, but the’ fcay and oats crop are still large and | (In good demand. Aviators, like other experimenters,, (are learning by their mistakes, but in their case the trouble is the mistakes are such costly ones. t ■ Chicagoans are threatened with a, coal shortage. Not to be able to buy Juel will bo a highly unsatisfactory jway of saving money. Columbus did after all bring upon (this once happy country the peach-’ {basket hat. He led up to it He made it possible here. I A sea-going ship went to the rescue of an airship, and it is now the turn of an airship to repay the efTort. (Turn about is fair play, i An Austrian specialist has found a. (form of idiocy that is infectious. You : may have noticed yourself how infec tious Is the pun-making habit. I The typewriting championship has (Just been decided in New York again. (This is the first time it has been de cided since day before yesterday. I Silly to get an Injunction to keep a, woman from going to a ball. Keeping; her dress from getting home In time would be Infinitely more effective. The prophets were right. Two, (months ago they predicted that the' hobble skirt would not hold favor in (the shape It had then. It is now grow- Jng worse. That an insane asylum inmate who*, won a prize for magazine poetryi should not occasion surprise or even; (amusement, considering most maga zine poetry. The aviation fashions will probably Boon appear. The public may be de rvoutly thankful if feminine admirers (Of the bird men do not take to wear-) \ ting biplanes and Antoinettes for head-1 \moar. \ A New York husband has asked the; ,supreme Court to affirm the binding: nature of the wife’s marriage promise! (to “obey." This is a dangerous prece-i dent, for a wife may retaliate by ask-j dng a legal enforcement of the hus band's promise to “endow with all his ■worldly goods.” Stealing a red-hot stove has long; figured as “the limit” of predatory daring. If not an Impossible feat But, something closely akin to It is report ed from Hoboken, N. J„ where a man is under arrest charged with having (carried off a stove in which a fire was burning. And to make the affair seem bolder the stove was taken from a police station. In discussing the relative merits of new style and old style cooking those who cling to the latter should remember that they formed their opinion of it when they were blessed (with old-style appetites. A New York minister declares that drinking is decreasing among men, but Increasing among women. This latter charge periodically breaks out, but Its injustice to women as a gen eral thing has too firm a hold on the (public mind for the charge to be se riouejy entertained. .... SECRETARY BALLINGER EXONERATED IN REPORT AFTER ELEVEN MONTHS INVESTI GATION COMMITTEE MAKES IS FINAL REPORT. G. 0. P. REPORT IS ADOPTED Republican Members of Prooing Com mittee Say Cabinet Officer Has Been Persecuted. Washington.—The Ballinger-Pinchot Investigating committee, after eleven months of work, made its final re tort to both houses of congress. In the opinion of seven Republican mem bers, a majority of the committee, Secretary Ballinger “honestly and laithfully performed the duties of his liigh office with an eye single to the public interest.’’ In the opinion of the four Demo crats Mr. Ballinger “has not been true to the trust reposed in him as secre tary of the interior and should be re quested by the proper authorities to resign his office.” Both reports, together with the in dependent report of Representative Madison (Rep.), also adverse to Mr. Ballinger, were offered in the senate RICHARD A. BALLINGER B*cretary of the Interior. by Senator Nelson and in the house by Representative McCall. Their pre sentation followed r meeting of the full committee. The reports were accepted in both houses without comment. The plan of action to he followed by the Demo crats has not been determined upon, but it is understood a resolution will be presented to carry out the recom mendation made for the secretary's removal. After stating that the evidence pre sented related in the main to charges of various kinds against Mr. Ballinger, and that these came chiefly from two sources —L. R. Glavis and Gifford IPinchot the majority announced the following conclusion: “The evidence has wholly failed to make out a case. Neither any fact proved nor all the facts put together exhibit Mr. Ballinger as being any thing but a competent and honorable gentleman, honestly and faithfully performing the duties of his high office with an eye single to the public interest.” COST OF RECENT CAMPAIGN. Democrats Spent Less Money Than the Republicans. Washington.—The _ Republican con gressional committee received $77,461 ■and disbursed $74,373, while the Dem ocratic congressional committee re ceived $27,790 and disbursed $27,771 during the recent campaign, accord ing to reports filed with the clerk of the house of representatives, i These reports were made in accord ance with the act of June 25, 1910, pro viding for publicity of contributions. The Republican report shows many large expenditures in comparison with jDemocratic disbursements. The print fog bills were far larger and the same was true of items for rent, telegraph and telephone service and salaries. In twelve districts the Republicans (expended $l,OOO cash, losing six dis tricts and winning six. •SHOT} •oniojd jo saues snonmjnoo ano sba\ pjoaaj sit) am Jajjv U-MD aqj ojui pa3un)d Xjeißipaunni pun 0981 jo ssbjo aqj iuojj paimipnaS sb.v\ AH SSBI m sioniiif tnoaj Xmapnoe .iJßjinui aqj oj pajmoddß sbw pus ‘9BBl ‘9l ounf qaoA AiaN ui uaoq sum jjjaaajV XajsaAl qnna siq jo sjouoq X.nnnun aqj qjiw jqSiidnnq Xq oaaq paunq saw ‘Xmapnon Xjbjiihu sajejs pajinn aqj jo juapnajnuadns jsjp -XjuaMj ‘pajtjaj “Y s 'fl ‘UU-OK -s»a\ -nao 'Sug—A N 'mtoa jsa.\\ •ji)6i|dujeq Xq paung jjiJjaiM More Hookworm Expert*. Mobile, Ala. —It is announced that January 1 two more field workers will be placed in Alabama by the Rockefeller commission to combat the bookworm. The workers already in the field are meeting with success. Alabama Masons Issue Bonds. Montgomery, Ala.—A bond issue of $50,000 was authorized by the Ala bama Masonic Grand Lodge to sup plement $60,000 in hand for the erec tion of a home in Montgomery for Masonic widows and orphans. NEW SENATORS SWORN IN. Terrell of Georgia, Swanson of Vir> ginia and Young of lowa Take Oath. Washington.—Joseph M. Terrell took the oath to support the consti tution and is now a full-fledged sena tor of the United States. Of the three new senators sworn in he was probably the most composed. The credentials of Senator Terrell) were presented by Senator Bacon and read to the senate. This was follow-' ed by the announcement that Mr. Ter rell was present and ready to take the oath. Similar procedure was had in the case o£ the two other new members. Then with Claude A. Swanson of Virginia, on the arm of Senator Mar-; tin of Virginia, Joseph M. Terrell on the arm of Senator Bacon of Georgia,, and LaFayette Young accompanied by Senator Cummins of lowa, the little procession moved to the desk of the! vice president, and, holding up tneir, right hands, agreed to execute thei Constitution of the United States. Because the name of Senator Ter-j rell was spelled James instead of Jo seph in one place in the Congression-’ al Record, containing the account of the opening day’s proceedings of con gress, the whole edition wa3 called in. Senator Terrell was selected by the Democratic steering committee of the senate for membership on the import ant postoffices and postroads com mittee, coast defenses, coast surveys, manufacturers and universities of the United States. This insures a -busy winter for the new senator in Wash ington, whether or not he ever raises his voice on the floor in debate. Mr. Terrell gets all of Mr. Clay's commit tee places except that on appropria tions. Baton Rouge, La.—Judge John R. Thornton of Alexandria was elected United States senator by the Louisia na general assembly, sitting in sepa rate bodies, to succeed the late Sam uel D. McEnery. Judge Thornton re ceived a total vote of 32 in the sen ate and 74 in the hofise. Jeff Davis’ Granciaughter Marries. Colorado Springs, Colo. —Miss Lucy White Hayes, granddaughter of Jef ferson Davis, president of the Confed eracy, and who, following her moth er’s death two years ago, became the Daughter of the Confederacy, was married in St. Stephen’s Episcopal church to Beorge Bowyer Young of Placerville, Colo. Harvey Young, an artist. Following the ceremony, Mr. and Mrs. Young went direct to their new home in Pla cerville. Would Make Tobacco Pure. Washington.—Senator Taylor of Tennessee introduced a bill to extend the provisions and regulations of the national pure food law to tobacco in whatever form it may be offered for sale. His bill is designed to prevent the mislabeling or branding of domes tic tobaccos; to prevent the adultera tion of tobacco with any other sub stance; the treatment of tobacco with any poisonous substance, or the offering of packages upon which the weight is not correctly stamped. Liquor Rate Advance Suspended. Washington.—The interstate com merce commission has ordered a sus pension of the thirty per cent increase in rates on express shipments of liquor into dry territory, notice of which was filed several weeks ago by all the ex press companies of the United States. The liquor interests strongly opposed the increase, one Southern distiller estimating that, if allowed, it would net the Southern Express company over one million dollars a year addi tional revenue. Decision Against Mileage Books. Charlotte, N. C. —The supreme court dealt a knock-out blow to the legula tion which requires holders o, mile age books to exchange mileage for tickets when it handed down an opin ion sustaining the lower court in the case of Harvey vs. the Atlantic Coast Line. Harvey was unable to exchange his mileage and the conductor refused his mileage, putting him off at the next station. He sued for $2,500 and a superior court jury gave him the full amount. U. C. V. Reunion Dates. New Orleans. —George W. Gordon announces that the dates of the next annual reunion of United Confeder ate Veterans, which will be held in Little Rock, Ark., have been fixed for May 16, 17 and 18, 1911. 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The combine is-commonly known as the “bath tub trust.” The criminal proceedings grew out of a civil suit to dissolve the alleged combination. JAILER REPULSED MOB ATTACK ON JAIL AT COLUMBUS, GA. SUCCESSFULLY RESISTED BY JAILER. MEMBER OF MOB IS KILLED Mob Wanted to Lyncb a Negro Who Was Accused of Heinous Crime. Several Wounded. Columbus, Ga.—An Alabamian, Ir vin Kent, dead, and Jailer A A. Phelts dangerously wounded, but with a good chance for recovery, me the results of the assault made on the Muscogee county jail, when a mob tried to get Henry Taylor, a negro, arrested two or three days ago on the charge of criminally assaulting a young girl. Kent was 22 years old, a mill operative and unmarried. In firing on the mob, Jailer Phelts used only a 38-caliber pistol, and it is a rather peculiar fact that the piece of lead which ploughed through Irvin Kent from hip to hip causmg his death was apparently a large bullet or rifle ball. The examining surgeon is unable to state the caliber of the ball. It is possible that the bullet was fired by some member of the mob. Jailer Phelts was just in tne act of reaching for his rifle when struck by a bullet with such force that he was knocked down. The bul let entered his chest, in the region of the lung, but apparently not strik ing the lung. Mr. Phelts is 53 years old and has been jailer of Muscogee county la years. This is the second mob lie has faced, although hitherto no resorl to firearms was made. Six or eight men w’ere arrested charged with being members ot the mob and five of them are still in jail HOOKWORM IN ALABAMA. Appalling Statistics Presented in Re port of Rockefeller Doctor. 1 Montgomery, Ala. —Appalling statis tics are presented in the informal report of Dr. H. G. Perry, one ol I the field workers of the hookworm [ commission, who says that about Gu per cent, of the pupils attending the public school at Dothan, in Houston county, are infected with hookworm, i Thy physician announces that exami nations made by him and by Dr. .1. ' K. Orr. another of the field workers ; in Alabama, are conclusive < f the ■ great need that is felt in the state for a thorough hookworm treatment ! in every district. In submitting an informal report to Dr. W. W. Dinsmore, Slate Su pervisor of the Rockefeller hookworm commission, Doctor Perry says that all of the counties around Houston are' more than probably as badly in | need of medical attention as the coun ty of Houston. Emaciated specimens of individuals j who are possessed of the hookworm are not common in the county, ac | cording to Doctor Perry, though he admits that several of the patients ! who are now undergoing treatment j were fast becoming debilitated as a ; result of the inroads made by the i disease 400 Lives Lost in Battle. Rio Janeiro, Brazil. —The govern* i ment troops are again in control of I the garrison on Cobra island, and the second mutiny of the naval forces has ended with a heavy casualty list, but in a way that probably will pre vent further uprisings for some time. The mutineers who composed a bat talion of the marine corps numbered ahout. six hundred men. Of these 2QU ; were either killed or wounded. Two hundred citizens were either killed oj- wounded while watching the bom ; bardment from the streets of the city. Postal Deficit Disappearing Washington. In the space of 12 \ months a reduction had been made in the deficit of the postoffice depart ment of $11,500,000, according to the annual report of Postmaster General Frank H. Hitchcock, which has just been made public. While a year ago the fiscal records of the postal serv ice disclosed a deficit of $17,500,000, the largest in the history of the coun try. the excess of expenditures over receipts for the year ended June 30 last, amounted to only $5,848,566. No Tariff Activity in Congress. Washington.—A single week of con gress has not cleared the atmosphere as to whether there will be any seri ous effort at the present session ta ward tariff tinkering. While many bills have been introduced in tha house for the repeal of duties on lum ber. food products, coal and many ot the raw materials, they have 'coma entirely from the Democratic minor ity, and are regarded as indicating the intention of individuals next ses sion, when the Democrats will be in the majority in the house. U. S. Second in Navy Strength. Washington.—The United States ! closes another year in second place 1 among the world’s naval powers. The | great navy-building race between Ger-- ! many and Great Britain has not yet brought the former country up to the United States in the number ot battleships afloat, but Germany is close to the United States. These facts are shown in the new navy year book prepared by Pittman Pulsifer, clerk to the senate committee on na val affairs. \l eergia pjews Rome. —Rome voted almost unani mously the $275,000 issue for improvement of the school system, ad ditional sewer and water mains and street paving. Out of a registration list of 1,000 there were 931 votes cast, dspie a severe snowstorm. The high est vote against any of the bond prop ositions was 56, and the vote against the sewer bonds was only 16. Augusta.—The West Indian peach, scale threatens many of the shade trees that have for many years maae Augusta a beautiful city. Assistant Utate Entomologist W. W. Chase has made a thorough canvass of the city and finds that the pest that a few years ago was confined one river J-ank strip has now extended all over the city and into the suburbs. He says that unless strenuous action is taken by the city all the soft bark trees will soon he dead. Moultrie.—Ten thousand dollars’ worth of property was destroyed by fire at the little town of Hartsfield, ten miles west of here. The fire is thought to have been of incendiary or igin. Athens. —The announcement has just been made here that the Round-the- State Agricultural train, will make a trip early next year, probably in Feb ruary. President Soule of the State Agricultural ocllege, and Commission er Hudson are now working out plans for the tour. A well trained corps of lecturers and representatives of the United States department of ag riculture will accompany the train. i Carrollton. —The Gainesboro ’tele phone and Telegraph company of Car rollton Ga. has been cuartered by the secretary of state with $250,000 capi tal and the following incorporators: L. C. Mandeville, J. C. Bass, L. K. Smith, J. G. Cheney, E. M. Bass, J. U Guill, C. M. Tanner, all of Carroll ton; J. M. B. Hoxsey of Atlanta; \V. H. Trawick and W. K. Holmes of Cedartown, and R. D. Leonard of Dal las, Ga. Marietta. —A movement fox the erection of a monument to Senator Alexander Stephen Clay has been be gun in Marietta and will be pushed to success. A memorial association will be organized and take the work in charge. The city council, at & re cent meeting, appropriated $5OO to ward the movement. Senator Clay was greatly beloved by the people of Cobb county, and they will undoubt edly erect a suitable monument to his memory, which will be placed iD the public park at Marietta. Augusta.—Census Expert D. A. Skinner, who has been in Augusta .for more than two weeks investigating {the complaint of the city that Lie offi cial census was unjust to Augusta, has completed his work and left for Washington, where he will make his report to Census Director Durand. No information as to the result is given out by him, but the citizens are of e opinion that the correct figures will show Augusta to have a larger pop ulation than Macon, which now claims to be the tmrd largest city in the state. Valdosta. —Although practically all of the sea island cotton raised in this Section this year has been picked out and most of it ginned, a considerable proportion of the crop is being held by the farmers. No. 1 sea island is bringing 31 cents a pound in the lo cal market, but this price does not see mto tempt the man who is in po sition to hold his crop. The farmers believe sea island will go to 35 cents or higher. Swainsboro.—This fall has been one of the dryest that has been known here for years, and for this reason, it has been a hard fall for those who would sow small grain, for the rea son that the ground is so hard and dry that it is almost impossible to sow the grain. Water is lower in the Ogeechee and Ohoopee rivers than it bas been in a number of years, and the consequence is that the milling plants along these streams have been sorely taxed, and some of the rail roads are having trouble getting sup plies of water for their engines, and in some cases are hauling water to stations at which the water hah failed. Although this dry weather has been (helpful to the farmers in the way of gathering their crops, still there is much cotton in the fields yet, due to the fact that far mhelp is so scarce. Cordele.—What is thought to be an attempted assassination of Chief of {police L. M. Sumner of this city, oc curred at the home of the chief; a man appeared at the home of Chief Sumner and knocked on the door ; Mrs. Sumner responded and demand ed to know who it was. The intruder made no answer, and Chief Sumner arose and opened the door, and fired several shots at a fleeing form, but Iso far nothing has been heard of the intruder; and it is not known whether Chief Sumner’s aim was effective. Dawson.—Terrell county now enjeys the distinction of being not only the banner county in producing more cot ton to the acre than any other in Geor gia, but also bas as a citizen the champion corn-raiser in H. T. Bridges, who has grown this year 1,544 bushels of corn on ten acres of land. In conse quence of this remarkable yield, Mr. bridges has won $2OO in prizes, $lOO given by Hon. John R. \lercer of bawson, for the largest Quantity of com raised on ten acres ii. this coun ty and SICO as first prize in the Al bany Herald’s recent cora contest. Rich and Costly Furs f'OSTLY FUSS ccsne from YOUR part of the COUNTRY. Ship them to tbe BEST FUR MARKET acxi RIGHT FUR HOUSE. By ihlppics DIRECT to us you receive far better PRICES than you have obtained else where, becauae we tell direct to manufac turers of HIGH GRADE FURS. A trial Shipment will CONVINCE you. A specially arranged price list for your Territory will be mailed upon request. We pay all expressage, charge no commis sions, and remit promptly. LEOPOLD GASSNER FUR CO. •4Ea*tlCtk St. Ciplu(. nc . M Sew York City tied a.t 5250,000. 00 [|ONEY"IMRPnfI ■ We toll yoc bow and * beat market price#, vyg# * 'YV' -JBM ■Wr.W fox referxucea ajxi rJs' price list. ■ M. SASEL A SONS, KSfl V NflfoJ MH.TBYILL&, kT I | I LJP ■ Dealer# is Fera, Hides, P 3 ■ ■ N ■ WeeL Katebtlaked lkift. | % TWO WORLD FAMED GRANNIES One of These Talented Women la Sarah Bernhardt and the Other Ellen Terry. Two famous grandmothers are dis tinguished visitors of this country. Re ferring to these talented ladies the Rochester Post Express says; “One of the grantynothers is Mme. Sarah Bern hardt; the other is Ellen Terry. Both actresses have reached an age when it Is permissible to retire from active life; but the French actress is said to be as energetic as a woman half her age, while Ellen Terry is declared to be as young as ever she was in the palmy days when she and Henry Irv ing ruled the theatrical world ot Eng land. Miss Terry has retired from the stage so far as acting is concerned, and has taken to lecturing on Shakes peare’s heroines. And who could do better than she who has played so many ot the womanly women of the great dramatist? Readers of her breezy biography know what she thinks of Portia, Beatrice, Voila, Rosa land and other famous women of the tragedies and comedies, but no print ed page could charm as does the won derfully expressive features and the velvet voice of the greatest living English-spteaking actress.” THE JOCULAR CLERK. Customer (In grocery store) —Are those eggs on that counter fresh? Clerk —Yes, ma'am. Customer —How long have they been laid? k Clerk —I laid them there myself,l ma'am, 20 minutes ago. Why Kick? Louis Wisna, the Newark artist, j wore a gloomy look on his usually I cheerful face. I “It has just struck me,” he said tol Charles Strasse, "that my shoes don’t cost me as much as my youngster’s.” “Then what are you complaining about?” asked Strasse. Which Is the Star? “We are thinking of putting an elec tric sign*over the church.”. “It might be a good idea.” “But there are factions. We can’t decide whether to feature the minister or the soprano of the choir.” EAGER TO WORK, Health Regained by Right Food. The average healthy man or woman Is usually eager to be busy at some useful task or employment. But let dyspepsia or indigestion get hold of one, and all endeavor becomes a burden. “A year ago, after recovering from an operation,” writes a Michigan lady, “my stomach and nerves began to give me much trouble. “At times my appetite was vora cious, but when Indulged, Indigestion followed. Other times I had no appe tite whatever. The food I took did not nourish me and I grew weaker tjEfed “I lost interest In wanted to be alone. I had good nerves, but now the merest*fiWel would upset me and bring on a violent headache. Walking across the room was an effort and prescribed exercise was out of the question. “I had seen Grape-Nuts advertised, but did not believe what I read at the time. At last when it seemed as if IJ was literally starving, I began to eat] Grape-Nuts. “I had not been able to work for year, but now after two months oifl Grape-Nuts T am eager to be at worm again. My stomach gives me no trouH ble now, my nerves are steady as ever* and interest in life and ambition hay® come back with the return to health.’# Read “The Road to Wellville,” In pkgs. "There’s a Reason.” Ever rend the above letter T A new one appears from time to time. They are genuine, true, and fall of human Interest.