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B JOURNAL.
iblished Weekly.
lOCHRAN. GA.
CANDY SALES FALLING OFF.
"This feminine craze for being slen
der has knocked the bottom out of
•our business,” said the man in charge
jof a downtown branch of a big candy
concern. "Some men who were good
Jor at least $lO worth of candy each |
•week never come inside the door now,
«nd when I see them trudging past
!the store with a package of fruit I
jmade up my mind their wives and
'.daughters or sweethearts have taken
ja stand against candy. One man with
Jb wife and four daughters, who used
•to be a splendid customer, told me
.the other day that he'd as soon come
with a viper as with a 5-pound
box of candy, although a year ago he
used to buy two 5-pound boxes each
•week, says the New York Sun. Wo
(notice the same difference in small
-sales to women employed in offices.
;There's not half the number of calls
for half-pound boxes, though our sales
of sweet chocolate are always big,
as lots of business women nibble it
-Instead of taking a regular luncheon.
The continual running In of offico
Iboys to execute commissions for the
(stenographers and telephone operators
Us getting to be a thing of the past,
and lemon drops are about the only
sweets these business girls will eat.
Every mother's daughter seems to be
dead set ngalifst gaining an ounce of
flesh, and until it’s fashionable to be
plump again I suppose we’ll notice
this difference in sales.”
Prom Wisconsin has come a wail
iat the dense ignorance concerning
geography with which high and pre
paratory school graduates come up to
the university. Recent tests made
•by the department of geology in first
year physiography classes have de
veloped difference of opinion among
•the freshmen as to whether the
Rhine is in Asia or South America,
has developed an astounding lack of
information as to the location of such
pities as Vienna, Venice, Lisbon and
and in trying to tell the
of the Pyrenees, Can
llimnlnya and Sierra Nevada
and Mount McKinley, al
■fuli missed two or three out of
says the Chicago Evening
In fact, in the examination,
only such questions os
iulM-nw-,]
VV one-sixth of the 10” fr*-. li
were recorded as making
showing.
' ■ff-ng woman of Brooklyn broke
to tier fattier and tried to
the New York custom
seven dutiable gowns she had
abroad. Her very foolish
tho father about four
B° A hat tho gowns were worth and
joVEg woman was lucky to escape
severe l punishment for her action.
■"CollectSt Loeb, who has been making
.a most successful war on smuggling,
lias served notice on all, men and
women alike, that more severe penal
ties than fines will be imposed for
flagrant violations of the law. In
■spite of this warning women more
’than men are still taking a chance,
and probably will not stop until some
of them are compelled to go to
prison.
The departure of the United States
battleships which are to visit French
and English ports is a reminder of
ithe famous cruise around the world.
When the fleet is assembled at sea
St will consist of sixteen vessels, the
same number that made the earlier
•trip. There can be no doubt of the
Nvelcome that awaits the visitors. The
one regret in connection with the
proceedings is that this showing of
•superb American warships will accen
tuate the lack of an American user
icantile marine.
A thief who 6tole a gold spike used
to fasten the first rail of a new rail
road in Pennsylvania found it was
only gold plated. Such base decep
tion as this, resulting in painful mor
tification and disappointment to a man
acting in good faith, is plainly repre
hensible and comes under the same
;category as selling a goldbrick.
The difference of 33,000 between
-the first count of Tacoma’s population
:and the second is a measure of the
of too much enthusiasm in
•padding census returns. Had Taco
ima been satisfied with a modest ten
:or fifteen thousand inflation it might
•have succeeded, but this overdoing of
(things is generally disastrous.
1 The Washington chief of police be
lieves that wife-beaters should be
lashed. Theoretically, this punish
ment, which exactly fits the crime, Ist
Indorsed and recommended on all
(sides. Practically, it is ignored even
where the law has put it on the
statute books. Naturally, the wife
ibeatlng goes on.
When a man is his own janitor he
.wastes little time pounding on the
tplpes. *■'
64,080,000 PEOPLE
LIVE IN 28 STATES
ADVANCE ESTIMATE OF 100,000,
000 UNDER AMERICAN FLAG
SEVERAL MILLIONS HIGH.
COMPLETE FIGURES SOON
Total for All Possessions Should Bo
Approximately 95,000,000
Inhabitants.
Washington.—The population of the
United States and its possessions
unofficially estimated by the census
bureau to be 100,000,000 may fall
several millions short of these fig
ures.
The population of more than half
of the states has already been an
nounced and a computation based on
the percentage of increase in those
states, compared with the states
whose population has not yet been
announced, does not bear out the cen
sus bureau’s claim that this census
will show 100,000,000 persons under
the American flag.
The population of 28 states has
been announced, and the total for
these does not agree with the esti
mated population made by Director
of the Census Durand before the be
ginning of the enumeration. His es
timate was 90,000,000 in continental
United States and 10,000,000 in Porto
Rico, the Philippines and other insu
lar possessions.
The following states and their pop
ulations have been announced:
Rhode Island . . . 542,674
Michigan 2,810,173
New Mexico .... 327,396
Missouri 3,293,335
Delaware 202,322
Vermont ..... 355,956
Massachusetts . . . .3,366,416
Arizona 204,354
Maine 742,371
Connecticut . . . ,1,114,756
Indiaua 2,700,876
lowa .2,224,771
Florida . 751,139
Alabama . 2,138,09? 1
Ohio 1,690,949
Kansas 1,690,949
Ohio 4,767,121
New York 9,119,279
Illinois 5,635,591
Maryland 1,294,450
Nebraska 1,191,214
Oklahoma 1,657,155
Minnesota 2,075,708
Minnesota 2,075,708
Tennessee 2,184,789
Pennsylvania . . .7,665,110
West Virginia . . . .1,221,119
Virginia 2,061,612
California 2,377,549
The total population of these 28
states is 64,144,850.
If congress should stick to the ex
isting congressional apportionment,
there will be an increase in the. house
membership in the Sixty-third con
gress of more than 50, which would
probably necessitate tho enlargement
of the house chamber. The total
population of the United States as re
vealed by the thirteenth census is
expected to be announced by the cen
sus bureau on December 10.
RAILROADS ARE INDICTED.
U. S. Grand Jury Indicts S. A. L.
and Atlantic Coast Line.
Savannah, Ga. —The Federal grand
jury of the United States court for
the southern district of Georgia
handed down indictments charging an
infringement of the anti-trust laws on
the part of three large corporations
and two individuals. The Atlantic
Coast Ifine railway and Seaboard Air
Line railway were each jointly in
dicted with the Merchants and Min
ers’ Transportation company fob spe
cific violations of the Sherman anti
trust and Elkins laws, while liarvie
Miller and Morris Miller, grain mer
chants, and members of the firm of
L. F. Miller & Sons of Philadelphia,
were the individuals to feel the wrath
of the government.
Burglars Loot Georgia Bank.
Franklin, Ga. —The bank of Heard
county was entered by burglars, the
safe dynamited and $7,900 in cash
taken. It is the belief of the bank
people that the work was done by
experts. A reward of SIOO has been
offered by the Georgia bankers for
tbe arrest of the criminals.
Compulsory Athletics.
New Orleans. —On tbe ground, it is
said, that students of the university
have not heeded his appeals to par
ticipate in college athletics as they
should, President Craighead has ua
inounced that hereafter Tulane will
enjoy the taste of compulsory athlet
ics. Every freshman and sophomore
at the university will be compelled
to take a certain amount of exercise
prescribed by the faculty. Outdoor
work will constitute the greater part
of the physical requirements.
New Pellagra Treatment.
Spartanburg, S. C. —In a paper
which was read before the Fourth
District Medical society, Dr. A. D.
Cudd, medical director of the Good
Samaritan hospital of this city, told
of ane w method of treating pellagra
and of apparent cures that had fol
lowed its use. Briefly described, the
treatment consists of an operation, in
which the end of the vermiform ap
pendix is removed, following which
an antiseptic solution was injected
through the appendix into the colon
or lower end of the large intestine.
I TILLMAN WILL NOT RETIRE.J
j South Carolina Senator Will Not Quit
Political Game at
Present.
Washington.—“ Retire?” exclaimed
Senator Tillman, repeating an inqui
ry. “I shall not retire until they
bury me; I have no idea of quitting
the game.”
The South Carolina senator, who
arirved here, was in his committee
| room at the capitol and appeared
I o ,1-e as vigorous as he was before
,ie was stricken down by severe ill
ness during the last session of con
gress.
Mr. Tillman expects to remain here
"our or five days only, however. He
will return to his home next week,
jut counts on coming back to Wash
ington early in January, when, he
~:ays, tiie real business of the session
will begin. He said he felt in good
condition foe work, but would not
apply himself so assiduously as for
merly. Mrs. Tillman emphasized the
last remark by declaring that she
would keep him as quiet as possible.
"Yes,” said the senator, "she is run
ning the airship and I guess she will
he able to keep it pretty close to
earth.”
Senator Tillman attributes his res
toration to health to the fact that
ince he got out of bed he has been
giving his attention to the building
f a big barn on his plantation, lie
said that the work benefited him by
••iving him something to think about
besides himself.
DIAZ IS INAUGURATED.
Nothing Occurred io Mar the Inaug
ural Ceremonies.
Mexico City.—At the inauguration
ceremonies attending the eignth suc
cession of President Diaz, held nere,
the American ambassador, Henry L.
Wilson, acting as dean of the diplo
matic corp , presented the congratu
lations oi the representatives from
the various foreign powers, including
the United States.
Nothing occurred to mar the solem
nity of the simple ceremony which
occupied less than half an hour. The
only formal speeches were those of
Ambassador Wilson and President
Diaz’ brief reply. In hi 3 audress,
President Diaz said:
"It is very gratifying for me to say
that my heart is full of faith in the
program of people who, like the Mexi
can, has known how to conquer by
its own efforts a place among the
lovers of toil after having proved its
valor in war, in patriotic defense of
country and that never, as today,
could I declare that Mexico belongs
definitely to the group of nations of
assured stability, because against the
firm guarantee of peace which we pos
sess, no influence tending towards its
dissolution can now or ever shall be
able to prevail.”
PEONAGE SENTENCES STAND
Four Alabamians Must Serve Term*
Fixed by Qourt.
Washington.—Cases ' arising from
nearly all sections of the United
States were passed upon in some
twenty-five decisions announced by the
Supreme court of the United States.
One of the decisions had the ef
fect of sending to. prison four Ala
bama men for alleged peonage prac
tices.
Others held that the court could not
review the power of a legislature to
gerrymander" a state 'for congres
sional purposes, because the question
bad been raised in connection with
the election of 1908, long since pass
ed; and that a state may regulate
liability for non-delivery of messages
m interstate commerce so long as con-*
gross does not regulate it.
Sentences of imprisonment imposed
upon W. S. Harlan, Robert Gallagher,
0. C. Hillon and S. E. Huggins of Ala
bama, on peonage conspiracy charges,
were allowed to stand as legal* These
were the first convictions under tne
recent crusade of the Federal govern
ment against. peonage.
Pugilist Jem Mace Dead.
London.—“Jem” Mace, the hero of
many prize fights, died at Harrow-on-
Tyne, of old age, 79 years of age.
He was at one time worth more than
$1,000,000, but of recent years ha had
been dependent on friends.
Helen Tatt Makes Her Debut.
Washington.—The President and
Mrs. Taft formally presented their
daughter, Miss Helen Taft, to soci
ety at one of the most brilliant re
ceptions ever seen at the white
house.
Taft Wants Economy.
Washington.—President Taft in
formed his cabinet officers, after scru
tinizing the final draft of the esti
mates cf the various government de
partments for the fiscal years begin
ning July 1, 1911, that there must
be a further and deeper cut in them;
that they would not do in their pres
ent form. In response to the urgent
demands of the president, the heads
of the various departments already
had held their estimates down to
what they considered low figures, but
the president cut them more.
Labor Council Sues Tampa.
Tampa, Fla. —Suit was Sled against
the city of Tampa by the trustees of
the Central Trades and Labor assem
bly for $20,000 damages. It is al
leged that the assembly has suffered
damages to this extent by the closing
of the labor temple for a period of
three weeks during the strike to pre
vent gatherings, and by damage done
to furniture and tin loss of valuable
papers. The temple was closed some
weeks ago by order of-Mayor McKay
to prevent gatherings of strikers.
[j oorgia ram
Augusta.—As a result of the agi
tation started by the W. C. T. U.
against the near beer saloons, the
finance committee of the city council
has decided to raise the license from
three hundred to one thousand dol
lars per year, beginning January 1:
'There are more saloons in the city
now than before prohibition and there
has been little interference wita those
paying the near beer license since
last December, when numerous raids
were made. The new license plan
will shut out many of the smaller
places, but is expected to increase
the number of “tigers.”
Dublin. —Nothing shows the growth
pf Dublin and the development of
Laurens county better than the won
derful strides made by the banks of
this city. The three banks here have
on deposits now more than a million
dollarsfi and the smaller banks in oth
er sections of the county are also
In healthy condition. The officers of
the Dublin banks are more than
pleased at the promptness with which
loans made to farmers, merchants
and others have been met this fall
Savannah.—Sheriff T. A. Fields of
Emanuel county, Georgia, was order
ed by Judge Speer in Federal court
Mere to hold himself ready to answer
in Florida the charge of conspiracy
to abduct Felix Corbin from the ju
risdiction of the state of Florida to
that of Georgia, where Corbin was
wanted on a criminal charge. It was
Stated that the Georgia sheriff “spir
ited away Corbin from one state to
the other in an automobile over the
protest of Assistant District Attorney
Emmett Wilson of Florida. ,
Macon.—The Federal census bu
reau has refused to give the city of
Macon a recount, as was asked for
by the city council and the cham
ber of commerce. Director E. D. Du
rand contends that tire difference be
tween the Federal enumeration, 40,-
655, and the census of the board of
health, 41,775, does not justify the
expense of a recount. He expressed
the belief that the official tabulation!
was accurate.
Augusta.—Work on the Savannah
river between this city and Savannah,
for which the government appropriat
ed SIOO,OOO, began at Rocky Creek.
The river at this place gives more
trouble to navigators than anywhere
else between the two cities. The
stream has been unsusually low this
fall, but recent rains have put it in
sufficient depth for all craft that
usually ply it.
Cordele.—The trial of J. Hilary Day
for the killing of J. B. Scott on tho
latter's plantation in the eastern por
tion of Crisp county, about two
.months ago, was concluded when the
jury returned a verdict of voluntary
manslaughter. Judge U. V. Whipple
passed sentence upon Day, giving him
eight years.
• Macon. —in an address to the stu
dents of the conservatory of Wesley
an Dr. Dingley Brown, director of
music, declared that ’’ragtime” mu
sic caused a larger percentage of the
crime committed in this country,
more, in fact, than is attributed to
liquor drinking. “ ’Rag-time’ music
is the greatest curse of ou country,
and the most serious menace of the
Vounger generation in our homes.”
he said. “It is debasing and instills
a criminal tendency into the minds
that absorb it. 'Rag-time' is music
only in its most decadent and pervert
ed form, and is more to be dreaded
than whiskey and drugs.”
Carrollton.—The Carrollton people
are determined to go forward with
the work on the new railroad at once.
The contract has been let for the sur
vey to J. W. Wright, Jr., who has
just completed the grading of-' the
new railroad to Bowden. The sur
vey has started from Carrollton via
Villa Rica to some point on the Sea.
board. It is very probable that the
contract for grading the Bowden road
will be completed this week.
Savannah.—After hearing testi
mony since noon on Monday, the fed
eral grand jury of the United States
court for the southern district of
Georgia handed down indictments,
charging an infringement of the anti
trust laws on the part of three large
corporations and two individuals.
The Atlantic Coast Line railway and
Seaboard Air line railway were each
jointly indicted with the Merchants
and Miners’ Transportation company
for specific violations of the Sherman
anti-trust and Elkins laws, wtila
Harvie Miller and Morris Miller,
grain merchants, and members" of
the firm of L. F. Miller & Sons of
Philadelphia, were the individuals to
feel the wrath of the government. It
was anticipated that the corporations
and Harvie Miller would be present,
the rumors coming from an authori
tative source, but no expectation ex
isted in connection with Morris Mil
ler.
Lawrenceville. Felton Wallace
died under the most pathetic circum
stances. Four weeks ago J. D. Wal
lace, in a fit of madness, killed his
(wife, 8-year-old son and shot another
son, Felton, and then killed himself.
Felton’s wound at first was not believ
ed to be very serious, but it was
later found that tbe bullet had pene
trated one of his lungs, and this
caused death. No further light has
been thrown upon the cause of the
tragedy, which shocked the entire
section.
NEW ERA IN FINANCE
ACCURACY AND PUBLICITY
v iPROVES TO BE A POPULAR
MOTTO.
Prompt Response to Bold Move of
President Vail.—“ Accuracy” Reduo
ed Western Union’s Surplus $13,-
000,000. —“ Publicity” Restored Con
fidence and Its Stock Went Up.
Are the great financiers of the
country beginning to see a new light?
Time was, until recently in fact, when
the men at the head of the big cor
porations “kept their business to
themselves,” as far as the law would
allow. Capable men at the head of tbe
big concerns, long realized the weak-,
ness of their position, but what was
needed obviously, as in all great re
forms, was an unmistakable occasion
and a courageous man. The occasion
arose in the purchase of the Western
Union Telegraph company by the
American Telephone and Telegraph
company, and the man appeared m
Theodore N. Vail, President of tbe
purchasing corporation.
It was last December when public
announcement was made that the
Gould holdings of W f estern Union had
been taken over by the Telephone
company.
On account of the high esteem In
which the management of the tele
phone company is so generally held,
great things were predicted as a re
sult of the absorption of Western
Union. By the press of the country
the ’’deal” was most favorably com
mented on, it being widely pointed
out that, under the direction of such
men as Theodore N. Vail and his as-i
sociatea, the telegraph company was
bound soon to work itself into a po
sition wheie it aouid offer the publicj
far more efficient service than It had
ever before been able to offer.
But a very few months had elapsed
when it became apparent to the new
management that a modern and up
to-date appraisal of the company’s
assets would make possible a far
greater degree of efficiency of oper
ation. “Here,” they said to them
selves, “we've bought control of this
property and we know it's immensely
valuable, but we don't know just
how valuable. These appraisals of
real estate and securities owned were
made a long time ago. If we have
a chmpiete inventory made of every
tjiing we’ve got we can announce the
facts to the public, start a new set of
books, and begin our responsibility
to stockholders right there.”
How Inventory Was Taken.
The most expert accountants and
appraisers to be had were put at the
task. Their labors lasted over eight
months. Their report and its publi
cation by the company merits an ep
ocn .'n finance.
It began by recommending an ad
justment of the difference between
tbe appraised and book values by a
charge of $5,595,089 against sur
plus. Book values of securities held
were reduced to market values, bad
and doubtful accounts were "charg
ed off,” an allowance of $2,000,000
was made for "depreciation,” another
of $500,000 for “reserve," and so on,
until the old surplus of $18,867,000
came down to $5,136,000.
It required courage, the publication
of this statement to stockholders, say
ing in effect; “The property of
your company has been reval
ued: the surplus isn’t nineteen mill
ions, as you have been led to be
lieve, but five millions,” but it was
the truth, and President Vail did notr
flinch. “Accuracy ana publicity," he
declared, was essential. “The stock
holder has a right to know. The
shares of this company are scatter
ed from one end of the Union to the
other. This is more than a private!
corporation. It is a great national
enterprise. The public is entitled to
the facts.”
The report was ordered published
forthwith. Financiers of the old
school and speculators generally were'
aghast. What would happen? Would*
the bottom drop out of Western
Union when the shareholders realiz
ed that their property was,, worth
$13,000,000 less than they had sup
posed? But the amazing thing
happened. The stock went up and
stayed up. The public had respond
ed to this remarkable display of
frankness and confidence: to the new
motto, “Accuracy and Publicity.”
The full significance of the action
of the new board is stated concisely
by Harper’s Weekly in these words: j
"Is this policy of publicity and of
open-handed dealing with sharehold
ers and public the forerunner of a;
similar movement on the part of oth
er big corporations? Certainly it is
to be hoped that it is. In the case
of these big companies, dependent
Upon public patronage and doing busi
ness under public franchise, can
there be any question of the right of
the people to know?
“That right is being recognized.
It is recognized now in this epochal
act on the part of the telephone and
telegraph interests. It is the dawn
of a new era in corporation finance.”
Timeliness.
All measures of reformation are ef
fective in exact proportion to their
timeliness: partial decay may be cut
away and cleansed; incipient error,'
corrected; but there is a point at'
which corruption can no more be’
stayed, nor wandering recalled. It
has been the manner of modern phll
‘anthropy to remain passive until that
precise period, and to leave the sick,
to perish, and the foolish to stray,
while it spent itself in frantic exer-,
tions to raise tbe dead, and reform the*
dust. —Ruskin.
LETTER FROM J
MRS. Coo|
Entirely Recovered From Illnesl
And Now Growing Stronger ■
Each Day.
Cave Springs, Ga.—“l sleep bettJ
than ever,” writes Mrs. Kate Co-ifl
from this place, “and get stronger
every day. Before I tried Cardui, the
woman's tonic, I was very sick, and
the doctor’s medicine did me no good.
I can never speak too highly of your
medicine.”
Sleeplessness and nervousness,
from which many women suffer, often
make living unendurable.
If you are ailing, no need to stay
so. Most of the ailments peculiar to
women are preventable, curable.
Others have obtained relief by tak
ing Cardui. Why not you?
Cardui is a popular medicine with
women. It is popular because it bhs
been found to banish nervousness, re
lieve pain, bring roses back to pale
cheeks, and strength to weak bodies.
Cardui acts specifically on the cause
of most female ills, and thus it is a
medicine especially useful in women’s
ailments, in the treatment of which it
has a record of over 60 years of suc
cess.
At least it can do you no harm, to
give Cardui a fair trial.
It may be the very medicine you
need.
Get a bottle today.
N. B.— Write to; Ladies’ Advisory Dept.,
Chattanooga Medicine Co.. Chattanooga,
Tenn., for Special instructions, and 64-
page book. "Home Treatment for Wom
en.” sent in plain wrapper ou reKjjt.
MERELY A THEORY. •
'h ’ ,
Landlady—Deah me! What a pvm
culiar odor! It smells like a piece oJ
iburning rubber.
Sarcastic Boarder —Perhaps. The
cook has dropped a piece of the steak
on the stove.
Old Pete's Little Joke.
Foolish questions and funny an
swers were under discussion in the
Trenton avenue and Dauphin street
police station the other day, and after
listening for a while to some amusing
instances, Sergeant McCay told the
following:
“Old Pete Flood was the attendant
in the Franklin cemetery some years
and it became the custom to ask
him how business was, just to hear
his reply. It came in a heavy bass
voice:
“ 'Ain't buried a living soul today.’ ”
i—Philadelphia Times.
Acme of Cautiousness.
Seymour—Young Ticer looks like a
cautious man.
Ashley—He is cautious; he’s so cau
tious that he wouldn’t ask the pret
tiest girl in all the world to let him
-see her home unless he had learned
how far away she lived.
THEY GROW
Good Humor and Cheerfulness Frorr>
Right Food and Drink,
Anything that interferes with goot}
health is apt to keep cheerfulness and
good humor in the background. A
Washington lady found that letting
coffee alone made things bright for
her. She writes:
“Four years ago I was practically
given up by my doctor and was not ex
pected to live long. My nervous sys
tem was in a bad condition.
- “But I was young and did not want
:to die so I began to look about for thd
cause of my chronic trouble. I used to
have nervous spells which would ex
haust me and after each spell it would
take me days before I could sit up in a
chair.
“I became convinced my trouble wasf
caused by coffee. I decided to stop iti
and bought some Postum.
“The first cup, which I made accord
ing to directions, had a soothing ef
fect on my nerves and I liked the taste.
For a time I nearly lived on Postjua
and ate little food besides. I am
a healthy woman.
“My family and relatives wonder If
I am the same person I was four years
ago, when I could do no work on ac
count of nervousness. Now lam do
ing my own housework, take care of
two babies—one twenty the other two
months old. lam so busy that I hard
ly get time to write a letter, yet I dot
it all with the cheerfulness and good',
humor that comes from enjoying good
health.
“I tell my friends it is to Postum I
owe my life today.”
Read “The Road to. Wellville,” In
pkgs. “There’s a Reason.”
I Ever read the above letter T A new
one appears from time to time. They
are genuine, true, and full of hanii
interest. _