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The Jones County News.
M. C. GREENE, Editor and Proprietor.
GIGANTIC SALARIES
“Pocket Change” is Plentiful
With Insurance Officers,
M’CURDY GETS $150,000
Son Says Old Man Was Not Paid Any
More Than He Earned—Enor¬
mous Commissions Raked
in by Managers.
Closing a week, every day of which
has produced a sensation that has
stirred the country, the special legis¬
lative committee investigating the
methods of insurance companies ad¬
journed at 'New York Friday until
Tuesday.
In the day’s testimony the sensa¬
tional development came when Mr.
Hughes demanded the pay roll of the
executive officers of the company.
This was produced, and showed t/&
salaries of these officers since 1877.
For the year 1904, President McCurdy
received ($150,000; two vice presi¬
dents were paid $50,000 each, a sec¬
ond vice president $17,500, the third
vice president $10,000 and the general
manager $25,000, who this year will
receive $30,000, and the treasurer $50,-
000 .
Robert McCurdy said he never
knew the salary of his father until
Friday, when he heard it read in the
committee room. He thought, how¬
ever, that there should be no limit
to the salary of such positions, be¬
cause they should be in accordance
with the accumulations of the com¬
pany.
When asked if it was any benefit
to the policy holders to increase the
president’s salary, Mr. McCurdy said
he thought the trustees had consid¬
ered that when they increased the
president’s salary. No increase, how¬
ever, had ever been considered when
he was present at the trustees’ meet-
ing.
Mr. McCurdy said he did not know
what Mr. Theband received from the>
business, and had never talked with
him about his personal affairs, H-3
said it. was a “large reward for larg*)
achievements,” and that all business
of large magnitude were built upon
that principle.
The statement of large commissions
paid to the managers of the Mutual
Life’s agencies in the foreign deparr-
ment and its city agency do not sur¬
prise people who are familiar with
the immense amount of the total
business transacted by the great life
companies. In 1904 the sum paid for
commissions on first year’s business
was in the Mutual Life $6,558,867. In
the Equitable $3 312,027, and In the
New York Life $7,276,853, or a total
of $17,147,748. As was explained to
the legislative committee, in life in¬
surance, as in every other business
in America, there are large rewards
for great and successful work. The
new business in 1904 of these com¬
panies amounted to $865,397,387.
SIXTEEN NEW FEVER CASES.
Was Friday’s Record in Pensacola.
Outlook is Rather Gloomy.
Friday's report showed little change
iu the fever report at Pensacola. One
of the new cases is British Vice Con¬
sul Frederick Bcnar, who is in a
very dangerous condition.
While the outlook is anything but
bright, Dr. Porter and the health of¬
ficers are putting up a fine fight, and
have not for a minute expressed any
discouragement over the situation.
They are meeting with some oppo¬
sition on the part of a certain class
of citizens, who do not seem to be
impressed with the importance of the
situation, but despite this opposition
they are going on with the work of
fumigation and screening.
The official fever summary,for Fri¬
day was as follows: New cases 16,
total cases to date 219, deaths Friday
2, total deaths to date 37, cases dis¬
charged 79, cases under treatment 103.
fourteen quarrymen killed.
Cave-in at Slate Mines Buries Many
Unfortunate Hungarians.
Fourteen men were killed Friday
by a cave-in at the Vermont Slate
Company’s quarry, about two and one
half miles from Granville, N . Y.
Among the dead is J. B. Williams,
president of the company.
The others were Hungarian labor-
ers. Sixteen men were buried in the
cave-in. Bavid Cadwaiiader and Fra¬
ser Queen, the foreman of the quar-
ry, were rescued. The latter is ex-
pected to die. Four bodies have been
recovered.
UNION TO BUY AUTOMOBILES.
Will Be Used Wherever a Street Car
Strike is in Progress.
The national convention of street
railway employees, in session at Chi¬
cago Friday, appropriated $20,000 for j
the purchase of ten automobiles to |
be used by the union there to couvey p-as- j
sengers wherever is a street car ■
strike, the profits from fares to go into j
the defense fund, where the $20,000 i
came from.
ASK REVISION OF TARIFF
A Reduction of Customs Duties on
Imports Demanded by Republi¬
cans of Massachusetts.
With only ono voice raised In op¬
position the republicans of Massachu¬
setts In state convention at Boston
Friday declared for a revision of the
tariff.
Contrary to expectations, the radi¬
cal wing of the party, under the lead¬
ership of Eugene N. Foss of Boston
did not offer a substitute for the plauk
in the platform relating to the tariff,
although in a speech to the delegates
Mr. Foss declared that the revision
of the tariff favored in the state plat¬
form was not sufficiently wide in its
scope.
Mr. Foss said, however, that he and
his followers were encouraged at the
concessions made to them and that
next year they would expect to have
the convention accept their proposi¬
tion in its entirety.
One of the surprises came when
General William F. Draper, former
ambassador to Italy and a leading
member of the Home Market Club, op¬
posed, in a vigorous speech, the adop¬
tion of the tariff revision plank of
the platform. 'General Draper siaui
he would not offer any substitute
plank, for the reason that he knew
there was no chance of his or any
other substitute being accepted.
General Draper contended that tar¬
iff revision would be followed by finan¬
cial and commercial depression, and
speaking as a manufacturer, he could
see no reason why there should be
a revision.
In his speech Chairman Weeks de¬
clared that the country under the
masterful guidance of President
Roosevelt has reached a position of
power and prestige never equaled be¬
fore, and that protection has been
and would continue to be one of the
main principles of the republican
party.
The following state ticket wafe
nominated:
For Governor—Curtis Guild, Jr.
For Lieutenant Governor—Ebon S.
Draper, Hopedale.
Secretary of State—William M.
Olin, Boston.
Treasurer and Receiver General—
Arthur B. Chapin, Holyoke.
Auditor—Henry E. Turner, Malden.
Attorney Oeneral—Dana Malone,
Greenfield.
CANAL IN TAFT’S CONTROL.
Big Ditch Affairs to Remain Under
Authority of War Department.
A Washington special says: The
management of the isthmian canal af¬
fairs will remain under Secretary
Taft, who will go to Panama in No¬
vember to investigate the situation
there, and thoroughly inform himself
of the conditions in the canal zone.
The decision to keep the control of
the canal in the war department in¬
stead of transferring it to the state
department was definitely reache'l
Friday in a discussion that followed
the cabinet meeting.
Now that the work is to proceed
under his direction, Secretary Taft
will proceed to Panama, go over the
situation in detail and return to
Washington about the time congress
convenes.
Early next week the secretary will
take up the subject of finances and
decide as to what recommendations
should be made to congress respect¬
ing the issue of bonds which have
been provided for by congress.
Secretary Taft will give every fea¬
ture of the canal administration his
careful personal attention.
COUNTY TREASURER OUSTED.
Governor Heyward Takes Vigorous
Measures Against Whetsell.
Upon information furnished by the
comptroller general Governor Hey¬
ward of South Carolina Friday sus¬
pended J. M. Whetsell, treasurer of
Dorchester county. Whetsell is short
In his accounts to the amount of $2,-
164.94. The office will be in the hands
of the county auditor until a successor
is named by the legislative delegation.
WILL SIGN IN WASHINGTON.
Arrangements- Made for Ratification
of Portsmouth Peace Treaty.
Ratifications of the treaty of Ports¬
mouth will be exchanged at Washing¬
ton between Baron Rosen, the Rus¬
sian ambassador, and Mr. Takahira,
the Japanese minister, as soon as
these important documents are re¬
ceived from St. Petersburg and To-
kio.
The ratifications will contain the
French and English texts of the trea¬
ty. This was decided at a confer¬
ence Wednesday between Baron Ro¬
sen and Mr. Takahira.
FEVER STATUS IN VICKSBURG.
Three New Cases and One Death the
Official Record for Friday.
Three new cases of yellow fever,
one new focus and one death was !ffie
fever record in Vicksburg for the 24
hours ending at 6 p. m. Friday, J
The death was Gustav Schultz, a
well known merchant tailor. Two of
the new cases were outside the city
limits.
GRAY. JONES CO.. GA.. THURSDAY. OCTOBER 12. 1905
A DROP IN COTTON
Followed Report of Bureau
on Crop Conditions,
MARKETS ARE ^RATTLED
Break In Prices Occurs on Exchanges
in New York and at New Orleans
and Excitement Was Great
For a Time.
The publication of the October bu¬
reau report showing the condition
of cotton to be 71.2 per cent, against
72.1 per cent last month - and 75.9
per cent last year, was followed by
a sensational break in thee otton mar¬
ket in New York Tuesday.
Prior to the publication of the re¬
port expectations of a bearish show¬
ing had caused a decline of about
10 to 15 points and inside of 15
minutes after the figures were known
the decline was increased to 38 to
44 points on' active months with De¬
cember selling at 10.15 and January
at 10.19. This was about a cent and
a quarter a pound be’ow the high
level touched early in July.
A lower percentage condition had
been expected. The ross in condi¬
tion in the last two months was 3.7
per cent, as compared with an aver¬
age loss of 5.8 per cent for the
same months during the last ten
years.
The market became very active,
and excited and heavy blocks of long
cotton were thrown over.
Break at New Orleans.
The final cotton crop condition re¬
port for the season, that for Septem¬
ber, was received at the cotton ex¬
change in New Orleans from the ag¬
ricultural department Tuesday morn¬
ing at 11 o'clock. It was considered
as bearish in tendency, and cotton
sold off 25 points until 12 o’clock,
when the market seemed quite firm
an5 had a, very strong resisting
power. At the noon call December
had declined 25 points to 10.23; Jan¬
uary 26 points to 10.31, and March
26 points to 10.49, The market at
these figures from being unsteady be¬
came
Census Report on Cotton.
The following bulletin on the con¬
dition of the cotton crop was issued
by the department of agriculture at
Washington at noon Tuesday.
The crop estimating board of the
bureau of statistics for the depart¬
ment of agriculture finds from the
reports of the correspondents and
agents of the bureau that the aver¬
age condition of cotton on September
25 was 71.2, as compared with 72.1
on August 25, 1905; 75.8 on Septem¬
ber 25, 1904; 65.1 on September 25,
1903, and a ten year average of 66.1.
OFFICERS BAG “PAT” CROW.
Notorious Kidnaper is Finally Run to
Earth in Butte, Montana.
Pat Crowe, wanted by the Omafia
police for the kidnaping of the son
of Millionaire Packer Edward Cuda¬
hy in 1900, was arrested in Butte,
Mont., Tuesday night.
Crowe's identification has been
made complete through photographs
sent to the authorities by the Omaha
officers. He cursed Bitterly at his ar¬
rest, expressing chagrin at his ap,-
-prehenslon in a town the size of
Bulte, when he, ns he said, had trav¬
eled the world over and evaded cap¬
ture in all the largo cities.
HEMP CROP IS RUINED.
Loss In Philippines from Typhoon
Reaches Enormous Figures.
A Manila special says: The esti¬
mated loss in the hemp growing dis¬
tricts from the recent typhoon is
$5,000,000 in gold. The hemp in ware¬
houses ready for shipment Is also a
total loss. The plantations are impair¬
ed to such an extent, that It will taka
a year to get them in condition again.
Reports now coming in from the
south indicate a greater loss of life
and. property than was first estimat-
ed.
HOLMES AGAIN INDICTED.
Grand Jury Makes Case Stronger
Against Ex-Statistician.
The federal grand jury at Washing¬
ton, Monday, reported rev.- indict¬
ments in the cotton crop report leak¬
age case against Edwin S. Holmes,
Jr., former assistant statistician of
the agricultural department., Edwin
A. Peckham and Moses Haas, of New
York.
They cover the same ground as the
other indictments, but are believed
to be more specific ami have been
prepared with greater care.
TEN CASES IN PENSACOLA.
Wednesday's Official Record in Fior.
ida City—Physician Arrested.
The official fever report in Pensa¬
cola for Wtednesday was as follows:
New cases ten, deaths one. A sensa-
lion was created by the arrest of Dr.
J. 3. Herren for refusal to allow a
sanitary inspectors inspect his house.
Dr. Herron is one of the oldest phy¬
sicians in the city,
REVENUE MEN GAFFED
Ninety on Trial for Conspiracy In
North Carolina—One Is Fined
$24,000 and Goes to Jail.
At Greensboro, N. C., Monday morn¬
ing, ’the federal court, Judge J. E.
Boyd, presiding, convened in regular
session.
Special .interest attaches to this
term by reason of the fact that over
ninety cases involving revenue offi-
cers are to be tried, the most im-
portant of which are the cases
against G. W. Samuels, R. H. Har¬
den, Starkey Hare, L. S. Davis, G. H.
Walker, J. W. Hasty and., A. C.
Bryan, former revenue officers, charg¬
ed with conspiracy with distillers to
defraud the government out of largo
sums of money. These men wore In¬
dicted at the recent special terms of
federal court at Greensboro, and are
all out under heavy bonds. The town
is filled with lawyers, witnesses and
defendants.
No oases tried in the state in years
have elicited as much interest as
these.
The most important case disposed
of Monday was that against D. L.
Arey, a wealthy Salisbury distiller,
who was sentenced to pay a fine of
$22,000 and serve a sentence of three
months in prison, he having been con¬
victed at the Juno term of court in
Charlotte. Arey appeared and volun¬
tarily surrendered himself and left
Monday night for Salisbury to servo
his sentence. He took with him $22,-
000, the amount of the judgment
against, him, and will also pay a fine
of $200 and costs, amounting to over
$1,600, making altogether over $24,-
000, which this defendant pays to the
government.
Desperate efforts were made by
Arey and his friends to have execu¬
tion in this case stayed, but without
avail.
BALES GINNED TO DATE.
Census Bureau and Cotton Ginner*
Issue Simultaneous Reports.
Tho census bureau at Washington
Monday issued (a bulletin showing
the quantity of cotton ginned from
tho growth of 1905 to September 25
to be 2,358,031 bales.
These figures were compiled from
telegraphic reports of special agents
of tho bureau who havo canvassed tho
ginneries of tho various states and
territories and the report is one of a
series which will be issued regularly
hereafter until the completion of tho
ginning of the crop of 1905. Tho re¬
port is earlier than any made in 1904,
rendering comparison impossible.
The cotton report of the National
Ginners’ Association was also made
public at Dallas, Texas, Monday. It
indicates that ginning is from 75 to
90 per cent over In the southern part
of the cotton belt and there will
have to be a late frost to make any
top crop at all.
Many gins aro idle In some sec¬
tions due to short and late crops.
Summarized tho report shows that
29 per cent less cotton has been
ginned to this date than at the samo
time last year. The condition of the
crop is 34.16 short of last year and
there is practically no top crop.
KING APPROVES OF DISUNION.
Oscar Makes Conciliatory Speech Be-
fore Swedish Ricksdag.
A Stockholm dispatch says; After
the king’s speech from the throne
had been delivered at the opening of
the riksdag Monday, tho government
introduced a motion requesting the
house to approve the proposal that
I he arrangements entered into be¬
tween Sweden and Norway should go
into force from a date -which was
blank when Norway took similar ac¬
tion.
The king will submit a proposal
authorizing the dissolution of the
union and conferring on his majesly
full power to recognize Norway af
an independent state.
TREASURER SUSPENDED.
Alleged That He is Short in His Ac¬
counts $5,000.
Dr. Thomas Patterson, the treasu¬
rer of Edgefield county, South Caro¬
lina, was suspended by the governor
of the state Wednesday afternoon for
alleged defalcation of the county’s
money, amounting to $5,009. The
books have been examined by an ex¬
pert and the suspension is the result
of this examination. Dr. Patterson is
a prominent man in the state, and 's
connected with some of the leading
politicians of South Carolina.
“KATY” GIRL IN LIMELIGHT.
Lillian Sprague Virtually Indicted for
Shooting Passenger Agent Morton.
T Information - charging Mrs. May „ Lll- r
ban Sprague with assault with intent
to kill George Morton, general pas-
agent of ihe Missouri, Kansas
and Texas railroad bus been Issued
by Circuit Attorney Sager at St.
Louis. The information Is equivalent
tp aq indictment
The Record for One Day in
Fever Stricken Pensacola.
CITIZENS ARE AROUSED.
More Assistance is Given Health Au.
thorities—Summary of Situation
in New Orleans and State
of Mississippi.
The official fever summary for Pen¬
sacola Thursday was ns follows: New
cases 18, deaths 3. The somewhat In¬
creased number of new cases is ac¬
counted for partly by the fact that
the physicians have been able to lo¬
cate and diagnose cases that were
not reported in the early stages. An¬
other cause is believed to lie in the
fact that the people who at first op¬
posed the efforts of the health au¬
thorities uro now realizing tho seri¬
ousness of tiie situation and are giv¬
ing some aid In reporting new cases.
Only sixteen persons went to the
detention camp Thuiaday, and tho lat¬
ter now lias only forty-nine occu¬
pants.
The original excitement over tho
fever and the desire to get away from
the city has practically subsided and
only such persons are leaving as havo
business elscwhero or wore caught
when the quarantine went on.
At New Orleans.
A 'New Orleans special says: With
tho number of fatalities daily from
yellow fever reduced to almost Insig¬
nificant figures, the public lias readi¬
ed the conclusion that the number
of new cases is unjustifiably large,
and that there is being included in
the official list cases classed as yel¬
low fever that are simply ordinary
fever.
The marine hospiN; service officials
admit this as probably tho case, but
disclaim responsibility for the errors
whiqh occur in the official figures,
which they furnish.
The blame is placed at tho doors
of certain physicians who find their
excuse for reporting such cases in
pretended fear of arrest if they
should make a mistake and fail to
report an actual case. The authori¬
ties say that there is no reason why
such P'.n extreme view should he
taken of the measures formulated for
the campaign against the disease.
Tho official repovit up to G p., m.
Thursday was as follows: New cnsc3
28, total rases to dnte 3,122, deaths
Thursday 8, total deaths to duto 403,
under treatment 108, discharged 2,52G.
Situation in Mississippi.
The Mississippi yellow fever sum¬
mary for Thursday was as follows:
Port Gibson, thlr'een new cases, one
death. Dr. Acker states that ho dis¬
covered several nests of Infection, and
Is now establishing a hospital. Ham¬
burg, three new cases, one suspicious
case, two patients expected 1o die.
Additional trained nurses have arriv¬
ed. Drs. Magc-e and Rourke aro worn
out by the constant strain of work.
Natchez, six now cases, live new foci,
no deaths. Vicksburg, two new cases
in city, two cases in coimly, no
deaths. Gulfport, three new cases, no
deaths. Roxie, four new cases, no
deaths. Rosetta, three new cases, two
deaths.
MANIPULATED SCHOOL FUNDS.
Professor Dougherty Arrested on In¬
dictments for Forgery.
Professor Newton Dougherty, super¬
intendent of the city schools of Pe¬
oria, Ill., for more than twenty years,
president, of the Peoria national bank
and capitalist was arrested Thursday
on two true hills returned by the
grand Jury, charged with forgery and
embezzlement.
The arrest followed an Investiga¬
tion by the grand Jury of charges
brought against Professor Eougherty
that the accounts of iho school funds,
which were deposited in his bank,
were being manipulated.
ENTER PLEAS OF NOT GUILTY.
Host of Indicted Officials Appear in
Court at Milwauke.
Thirty-eight indicted officials
against whom are hanging 172 indict¬
ments returned by the last grand jury
went before Judge Brazee in the mu¬
nicipal court at Milwaukee Monday,
and entered picas in nearly every
case of not guilty. Included In tho
list are thirteen former supervisors,
eleven supervisors, three members of
the fire department, two newspaper
reporters, a state senator, a state as¬
semblyman, an alderman and an ex¬
alderman and nine business rnen.
YCU CAN’T LOSE BILL.
German Emperor Preseats Valuable
Pictures to President Roosevelt.
Captain. He'Dhinghaus, naval at-
tacUc A 0f thc (j0rmi,h on,b3ssy , ’ f al,ed ,, .
by appointrf “ ru iU 1,50 white holl8 °
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VOL. XL NO. 48.
are Better Prepared
Than over for our Jones Co. friends—Bigger
Stock than over.
A ■> F Shoes Shoes ...............$1.25 for for men, men, farm dress shoes— shoes— $3.00 to to $2.50 $5.0(1
Shoes for ladies’, dress shoes—
m i » Shoes ..............$2.00 for ladles, every day shoes— to $4.00
; J m ..............$1.00 to $2.00
Shoes for boys—that wtand rocks—
•-vSTJ $1.25 to 12.50
Shoes for girls for Softool—
.......... .. ..$1.00 to $2.00
SHOES—SHOES—'ALL KINDS OF
SHOES.
COME TO SEE US.
Wo guarantee everything Wo sell to be first-class leather.
LESTER-WHITNEY SHOE CO.,
516 Cherry St., Macon, Ga.
PERMENTER SHOE CO.,
421 Third Street, Macon,
Have what the People Want at
Money Saving Prices.
CHILDREN’S SCHOOL SHOES AND FOR DRESS.
5 to 8 *from G5c to...................... ........>. .1 mmm 3KJ2
8 to 11 from 90c to.................... ..........
11 to 2 from $1.00 to .................................
WE HAVE THE BEST STOCK OF BOYS’ SHOES EVER
SHOWN.
"AMERICAN GIRL,” Ladies’ Fine Shoes................. $2.80
(Best of Its Class.)
“SOUTHLAND BELLE” at 11.30
(In fine Kid; also In Box Calf.)
GENTLEMEN WHO DESIRE THE VERY BEST AND DRESSIEST
SHOE CALL FOR A CROSSETT OR "FIT-ZEE,” $3. BO. THE GEN-
UINE STEWART BROGAN AT $ 2.25.
PERMENTER SHOE CO,
C. B. WILLINGHAM,
Cotton Factor,
MACON, GEORGIA.
15y a liberal policy and honorable methods I have
built up the largest Cotton Commission business
in Macon, Georgia,
Ship mo your cotoii and got best returns
C, B. WILLINGHAM.
W. A. DAVIS & CO
Cotton Factors,
MACON, GA.
Best Cotton Sellers in the City.
THEY KEEP A FULL SUPPLY OP BAGGING AND TIES.
FARMING IMPLEMENTS.
H L. BARFIELD
MACON, GEORGIA.
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