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THE JOURNAL.
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. COCHRAN. GA.
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/ It is not difficult for a cold ware tq
■wear out its welcome.
There Is nothing childlike about thg
malevolence of infantile paralysis.
Luckily this country raised a largo
crop, for there is a shortage in French
wheat.
Do not despise the humble spudj
(The crop in one county in Pennsyl
vania is worth $1,000,000.
Missouri authorities are going to
import Mexican stingless bees. That*
will be good news for honey boy.
■ Chicago is to have a new theater
Idesigned to attract women. Matinee
(idols will be its specialty, we infer.
This aviation business is all right,
'but we do wish that, the coal people
would quit trying for altitude records.
( The toll of death continues. It is a
lease of nip and tuck between the
'speeding autos and the dashing bird
men.
A Colorado professor says that peo
ple get disease germs by shaking
hands. I.a Grippe from the grip, aa
it were.
, A Pittsburger has invented a fluid
iby the use cf which each man can be-
Icome his own embalmer. Teil the
-dead ones about it.
, However, speaking of extravagance,
it does look foolish for a man to
mortgage a useful home in order to
buy an ornamental automobile.
Dr. Woods Hutchinson wants to
*tear down and rebuild New York
iclty . For a long time we have
(thought it might be improved in that
way.
According to a Parisian fashion
Journal, the old-style hoop skirt will
return in twenty years, but even so,
we're too busy to worry about that
now.
Even If woman is becoming more
masculine, as the Harvard man says,
very few husbands will care to ex
patiate upon the theme by their happy
'firesides.
A Velasquez portrait that has been
(missing Hit) years "has come to light
at the country place of the duke of
Parma.” The duke must live at
Lonesomehurst.
Berlin declares war on the deadly
hatpin, Kansas City has put the kibosh
on fireworks, and Chicago is begin
ning to round up its crooks. Let the
jgood work go on.
j Another expedition has Just started
from New Zealand for the south pole,
proving that there are hardy people
who on a cold day do not especially
jeare to sit by a hot radiator.
A pipe that was once used by Sir
Walter Raleigh is offered for sale in
(London. In this connection we should
like to know whether Sir Walter ever
learned to roll his own cigarettes.
Japan has decided to let the em
gieror of Korea have a pension. This
(is generous. It would have been too
bad if the emperor had been com
pelled to open a laundry at his time
iof life.
That dirigible balloon line from Bos
ton to Washington will doubtless be
used at first by people who have no
(pressing engagements to dine at the
White House, as it is impolite to keep
the president waiting.
Wise in their day and generation
are Paris modistes who announce
that their latest gowns are made to
button in front. Now there will be
less kicking on the part of the hus
bands who have to pay the bills.
Prince Henry of Prussia has been
flying along in military aeroplanes.
This is a field where right of birth
does not count. A prince is on the
same level as any other man, and
must prove the courage and ability to
do work for which no amount of high'
titles will avail in doing. Prince Henry
3s to be congratulated on thus doing
the work also of a man.
The western states as a rule make,
ji creditable showing in the new fed-'
£ral census. But the figures show the
fallacy of the idea that they are grow (
Hng much faster than the eastern com
.monwealths. Illinois, for instance,
(gained 51T,041, or 16.9 per cent., in
population during the last ten years.
But New York state increased 1,544,-
(383. or 25.4 per cent., in the same
itime. The east is not taking a back
iseat, and is still progressing in health
ful fashion.
A bulletin from the department of
Agriculture at Washington reports this
;as a “bumper year” in farm products,,
(the aggregate output being 7.6 per
(cent, greater than the big one of 1909
land 9.1 per cent, larger than the av
erage.
Owners of a new apartment build
fing in New York advertise a skating
trink, a model dairy and a hospital
among other “conveniences." Noth
ing is said as to whether the janitor',
is capable of taking a hand at bridge'
in an emergency.
GENERAL ASSEMBLIES Cf
MANY STALES MEET
SOLONS OF TENNESSEE WILL
NAME A SENATOR AT
THIS SESSION.
FIGHT MADE ON NEAR BEER
More Stringent Prohibition Legisla
tion, Is the Program in State
of North Carolina.
Nashville, Tenn.—The general as
sembly of Tennessee began its fifty
seventh biennial session, which, under
the Constitution, will last for seventy
five days.
The session promises to be a mo
mentous one, inasmuch as a United
States senator will be elected, provis
ion made for refunding the state debt
(some ten millions of dolars), redis
tricting the state for assemblymen un
der the new census, and repealing,
modifying or strengthening the elec
tion laws.
The regular Democrats control the
senate, with nineteen out of thirty
three members, while the house will
probably be in control of the fusion
forces, composed of about equal num
bers of Independent Democrats and
Republicans.
The United States senatorship is
very much in doubt. Neither ex-Gov
ernor McMillin nor Senator J. B. Fra
zier have yet shown that they could
secure a majority. Gen. Luke E.
Wright, ex-secretary of war, has not
yet said whether ne would or would
not enter the race.
Charlotte, N. C. —The only matters
of importance slated for the biennial
session of the North Carolina general
assembly, which convened at Raleigh,
are the propositions to amend the
state antitrust law and to render
more stringent, if possible, the prohi
bition laws, violations of which have
become so flagrant as to demand legis
lative action.
Democrats control both branches by
large majorities.
Columbus, Ohio. —Chief interest in
the session of the seventy-ninth Ohio
general assembly rests in the election
of a United States senator to succeed
Charles Dick, who was elected upon
the death of Senator Marcus A. Han
na. The new senator will be a Demo
crat, there being 19 Democrats and 15
Republicans in the senate, and 6o
Democrats and 49 Republicans and
one Independent Democrat
St. Paul, Minn. —Indications are that
the Minnesota legislature will re-elect
Moses Clapp to the United States sen
ute.
Wheeling, W. Va.—The contest
among Democrats for the scat now
held in the United States senate by
Nathan B. Scott (Rep.) of Wheeling,
is now considered as five-cornered.
The contest apears chiefly to he be
tween Clarence W. Watson, a Fair
mont coal operator, and John T. Alc-
Graw of Grafton, for many years the
Democratic national committeeman.
TWO AVIATORS KILLED.
John B. Moissant and Arch Hoxsey
Fall to Death.
Los Angeles, Cal.—Arch Hoxsey, a
Wright aeroplanist, was Killed while
returning from Catalina island in his
flight lor the Michelin cup. He fell
400 feet and was instantly killed. Mr.
Hoxsey was one of the famous
“Wright twins" of aviators, Ralph
Johnstone being the other. Johnstone
was killed a short time ago while
giving one of his daring exhibitions
of spiral flights. Johnstone's death
occurred November 17 at Denver, Col.
New Orleans. —John B. Moissant,
the most famous of American aviators
and heralded as the most daring bird
man of the world, because of his feat
in being the first to cross the English
channel with a passenger, was killed
when his aeroplane was dashed to
the ground from a height of 300 feet
at Harahan ten miles from this city. 1
The accident was caused by the ma
chine’s becoming unmanageable, it
struck a treacherous bank of air
which whirled it out of the aviator's
control before he knew what had hap
pened. As the aeroplane tilted it shot
downward with Moissant underneath
clinging to it. He struck the earth
first and the heavy machine crashed
down upon him.
393 New Banks in the South.
Atlanta. —During the past year 393
new banks were organized and be
gan business in the South, with ag
gregate capital of $7,420,000.
New York to Atlanta Flight.
Roanoke, Va. —Plans are being
made by the promoters of the New
York-to-Atlanat National Automobile
Highway for aeroplane flights over
the course between the two cities.
The idea is to have night controls,
dinner stops, etc., for the airmen, just
as is the case for automobilists.
Government Moves Against Trusts.
Washington.—Prosecutions by the
government, designed to accomplish
the dissolution of Standard Oil and of
the American Tobacco organizations,
embodying the greatest anti trust fignt
of the generation, will be taken, up
for the second time by the Supreme
court of the United States. Continu
ing its consideration of affairs of gov
ernment, the court will immediately
afterwards give its attention to the
constiutionality of the corporation tax
provision of the Pavne-Aldrich tariff
; act. . .- -.
JOSEPH RUCKER LAMAR
Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court
Washington.—Judge Joseph Ruck r Lamar of Georgia and Judge Willis
Van DeVanter of Wyoming were sworn in as associate justices of the
Supreme court of the United States. They subscribed to the oath before
the new chief justice, Edward Douglas White, and upon an historic Bible
which has been in use by the court daily for one hundred years. Fol
lowing their admission, the Supreme court proceeded to the consideration
of some of the most important cases which have come before its since
reconstruction days.
PLAN TARIFF COMMISSION
PRESIDENT TAFT WANTS EX
PERT BOARD TO STUDY
TARIFF PROBLEM.
Creation of Permanent Tariff Commis
sion of Five Members Is
Favored.
Washington.—lmpetus to tile move
ment for a tariff commission was giv
en by conferences at the white house
and at the capitol, the return of Rep
resentative Longworth of Ohio to
Washington with a full draft of a
hill creating a commission, and an
nouncement of Chairman Payne of
the liuuse committee on ways and
means,-that he expected such legisla
tion before March 4 next.
Mr. Longworth, who is a member
of the ways and means committee, has
drawn a bill which he expects to in
troduce. It creates a commission of
live members, salaried at $7,500 each,
not more than three of the same po
litical party, with offices at Washing
ton, hut empowered to meet any
where.
It is given wide powers of collec
tion and collation of facts without
authority to make recommendations,
and instead of making fixed reports,
it can only report on special call of
congress or of the president.
WRONG MAN BURNED.
Rodriguez, Supposed to Have Been
Cremated, Safe in Mexico.
Guadlajara, Mexico.—Antonio Ro
driguez, supposed to have been burn
ed at the stake at Rock Springs, Tex
as!, is in Guadlajara, hale and hearty.
Dispatches from Rock Springs at the
time of the lynching made reasonably
certain the identity of the man as the
resident of this city, and as an after
math to the killing anti-American
demonstrations in Mexico were start
ed. Rodriguez worked in the United
States until recently as a railroad la
borer.
Rock Springs, Texas.—The man
lynched here on November 5 for the
murder of a cattleman’s wife, was
known as Antonio Rodriguez, and it
was stated that he came to the Unit
ed States from Guadlajara, Mexico.
Maxim Is Rebuked.
Washington.—Statements relating
to the kind of smokeless po-wder used
by this country made jjy Sir Hiram
Maxim, who wrote President Taft, on
October 25 last, that gun explosions in
the United States army and navy were
due to the torm of powder grain in
use, were characterized as “unworthy
of serious consideration,” in a lette
to President Taft from Secretary < i
the Navy Meyer. Secretary Aley« ;
says Sir Hiram Maxim is “ignorant cf
the type of smokeless powder used
..by. .this government _
5 Mississippi Negroes Shot.
Clarkdale, Miss. Two negroes
were killed and three others wound
ed during an exchange of shots be
tween a sheriff’s posse searching for
the three farm hands who shot and
killed W. W. Kirk and L. D. Kesee
and a band of eleven negroes, believ
ed to include the men sought. Addi
tional posses are joining in the pur
suit, and with racial lines closely
drawn, further bloodshed is probable.
The posse fired on were headed by
several officers from a convict farm,
and were following bloodhounds.
MOTHER EDDY TO RISE.
Remarkable Interview Given Out by
Deposed Leader of Christian
Scientists.
New York.—-Mrs. Augusta E. Stet
son, the excommunicated leader of
the First Church of Christ, Scientist,
in New York, said that the hour had
come when she must stand before the
whole world of Christian Science and
proclaim her belief in the imminent
resurrection in the semblance of hu
man form of Alary Baker G. Eddy, the
discoverer of Christian Science, who,
as the world believes, died at her
home in Newton, Miss., on December
3. “Mrs. Eddy is not dead,” said Mrs.
Stetson. "As Jesus Christ revealed
himsilf on the third day after his cru
cifixion and later was seen of a com
pany of 500, so Airs. Eddy will be
raised from the tomb and will mani
fest herself to all the world in proof
of her teachings that there is no
death. With this demonstration of
herself in a form that will be visible
to all the world the end of the Gospel
age will be signalized. With Mrs.
Eddy will come Christ, the Truth and
the Millennium, seen by John on Pat
inos will be with us. Then with all
of faith find that there is no death,
and those who see and believe will
never die.”
MORE btA lb LAND COTTON.
Planters Who Experimented With
This Product Met With Success.
New Orleans.—A number of plant
ers on the lower const of Louisiana;
this year experimented with sea
cotton, with the result tha'. it has
been found that the product can be,
raised here and next year will see the
planting of that grade of the staple.
On 'he Jurgins plantation and other
big tracts as well as along the Mis
sissippi sea island seed produced
immense stalks, some of vhich
bore as many as one hundred
and fifty bolls to the stalk. These,
experts declared to be worth at the
rate of $l5O a hale. Next year sev
eral hundred acres will be devoted to
sea island cotton.
Trainmen Get Salary Increase.
Chicago.—Conductors and trainmen
on fifty railroads running north, south;
and west of Chicago received an in
crease of wages of ten per cent. The
increase was granted after a month
of negotiation and affects 75,000 men.
Cotton Crop Short in India.
Bombay, India. —The cotton situa
tion is causing some disquiet. The re-!
ceipts to date are 300,000 bales be
hind last season. A total crop of*
only 2,500,000 hales is expected against,
3,200,000 last year.
Poor Spelling by Pupils.
Springfield, Alass. —In 83,000 at
tempts to spell words given out in a
recent spelling match between the;
grammar school grades of the Lee
public school, 14,000 errors were made.
Spinach was missed 86 times.
35 Federal Prisoners Released.
Washington.—R. V. Ladow, superin-,
tendent of prisons of the United
States department of justice, announc
ed, on his return to Washington from
a visit to Atlanta and Fort Leaven
worth, taht thirty-five Federal prison
ers have been released on parole, and
that the application of almost five
hundred are now being considered.
The department has decided not to
signal cut any individual by name. The
released convict is entitled to forget
and have others forget his past mis-
if he becomes a useful citizen.
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community-something
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romantic. story treating
upon a historical fact —
the annexation of the
great scope of country
stretching from Texas
to Oregon.
“There is scarcely any
cause in which a woman
is not engaged in some
way fomenting the suit.”
And this is the interest
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