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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. _