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3-CENT TAX
ON EACH BALE
Levied by Cotton Association for
Campaign Fund.
SUCCESSFUL CONVENTION
Much Important Work Looking to
Interest ot Southern Growers
and Allies is Mapped Out.
Tiie fiivt annul.? convention of the
Souiii. in Cotton convention closed at
viijf, hi. Friday night, wild i
a banquet tendered to the executive
committee by Kenilworth Inn.
I is proposed to raise $ 100,000
for th« national association ami $ 100,
U00 each for the stale and county as¬
sociation;-. by the 3 cent tax on each
bale o< cotton, and such tax will be
levied.
The afternoon and night sessions
Friday were ooiillned chiefly to the
passim; of various resolutions, chief
of which was one looking to a raise
ill mein her ship tines fqrom 25 cents
to $1 a year.
Colonel J. Ms-Mart In’s resolution
re. onnneiided that greater publicity j
be given to article 1, station 1, of
the constitution, which calls atten¬
tion to the fact that the Southern
Cotton convention is an organization
composed not only of growers, but
of manufacturers and farmers, which
was adopted. M,r McMartin further
stall that the chief object of tl.*o
organization is “the industrial devel¬
opment and .supremacy of the cotton
states,’' and to this end the govern¬
ment should lie argued to build bet¬
ter southern harbors.
An important feature of the closing
session was the adoption of a mo¬
tion made by E. 1). Smith of South
Carolina to the effect that all mem¬
bers of tin' association be urged to
market, their cotton, even at the min¬
imum price, as slowly as possible, so
as to distribute the sale of the sta¬
ple over the entire year instead of
marketing the crop in ninety days
ns lias peel) the custom. In this way
the highest prices jmsslble above the
minimum could be secured.
After some .ditje ussio'^.at the night
session as to the next meeting pi-ace
of the association’s executive commit¬
tee, Hot Springs, Ark., was chosen.
This was < ffected by a compromise
made between the advocates of Ashe¬
ville and Hot. Springs, by the terms
of which the winter meeting con¬
venes at the latter place, while Ashe¬
ville gets ihi> summer meeting.
The matter of Vice President Pe¬
ters’ resignation was again touched
upon, and although the discussion was
concluded in secret session, it is un¬
derstood that Mr. Peters will ''volun¬
tarily it'sign" in a few days, and his
successor will be named by Presi¬
dent Jordan, in whose hands the ques¬
tion was loft, for adjustment. It was
reported that the association will
probably deliver an address to the
American people. It will deal princi¬
pally with existing conditions in the
textile world. The passing of resolu¬
tions of thanks to the people of Ashe¬
ville, the local and national press and
the local authorities of Kenilworth
closed the convention.
MOBS 4RI QUItIFD IN TOKIO
Better fins* of Japs Deplore Burning ol
Christian Churches.
A Tokio special says: At noon Fri¬
day the city was quiet. Complete re¬
ports from metropolitan and outly¬
ing districts itvdcate that there was
no disorder throughout Thursday
night or early Friday morning.
The government has suspended a
total of five newspapers, and it. is ex¬
pected that the publications of others
will be prevented.
Government officious and the Ind
ter class of Japanese citizens arc ex¬
pressing keen regret over the attacks
on Christian churches. They explain
that the affiir was the result of local
conditions, and does not indicate a
serious anti-foreign or anti-Christian
feeling.
WILL OPPOSE THE EI6HT-H01R RAY.’
Strong Resolutions Adopted ot Session of
the E’nitcd Typothctae.
The United Typothetae of America
in session at Niagara Falls Thursday
unanimously adopted n resolution by
which its members pledge themselves
singly and collectively to n s st any
movement on the part of the Interna¬
tiona! Typographical Union of North
America to bring about an eight
hour day. The resolution ns adopted
maintains the right of each member
to keep an open shop. The use of the
union label was counselled ag ainst, <
and members were urged to refuse
to use it.
AT PENSACOLA.
New Fever Cases Ipaease in West
Florida City--The Situation
at Other Infected Points.
Friday’s yellow fover record in
P< m-ucohi, i- ia., showed a big in¬
crease ot new cases over any previ¬
ous day since the outbreak.
K'c-oris-. of physicians up to 6
cA-lock j). ru. gave eleven new eases
and one death. All of the new cases
are traceable to the original foci or
infected district, but are scattered
about the city.
The situation is now regarded as I
."Hours, as a number of doubtful cases
have also been discovered. The one
f*%th was that of C. P. Winters of
M;;.rrN*on, Ohio, who was formerly a
soldier at Fort Barrancas, but who
secured bis discharge a week since,
oud came to the city.
Vicksburg Fumigates.
There were no new cases of yellow
fever nor deaths in Vicksburg, Miss.,
Friday. From 10 a. m. until a laie
hour in the afternoon almost every
business house in the city was closed,
the day having been set. apart for
general fumigation. This work was
through, nearly 100,000 pounds of
sulphur having been burned.
New Infection at Natchez.
Two new fever cases in Natchez
show that secondary infection has j j
appeared. The patients are white
onys living in the same neighborhood |
as the original infection, though three
blocks apart. One of the boys was
taken sick and instead of going home
went to the emergency hospital. This
makes three cases under treatment.
Fever Situation in Mississippi.
The Mississippi yellow fever sum¬
mary up to Friday night was as fol¬
lows: Gulfport, live new cases, no
deaths; Mississippi City, no new
cases, no death; Natchez, three new
cases, and two new sub-foci, making
a total of seventeen cases and five
foci to dat '. Vicksburg, Pearlington
and Handsboro report, no new cases.
Alabama Bars Florida.
State Health Officer W. H. San¬
ders of Alabama authorizes the an¬
nouncement that, he has put on an
Alabama quarantine against the en¬
tire state of Florida, which goes into
effect at once.
The state health officer’s action is
taken, he sayts, because of the largely
increased number of new cases down
in the report from Pensacola.
Refused Permission to Land.
A Tallahassee dispatch says: The
steamer Tarpon, plying between Pen¬
sacola, Apalachicola and Carrabelle,
Fla., lias been refused permission to
land at the two last named places.
Moved by a telegram from State
Health Officer Porter, apprising him
of the fact, Governor Broward wired
the authorities of the two towns that
tiie Tarpon had not been In Pensa¬
cola harbor since August 29, referred
them to the law forbidding the quar¬
antining of the town within the state
against another without permission of
the state board of health, and asked
them to act with the state healtn
authorities.
Increase at New Orleans.
There were forty-four new cases
and four deaths in New Orleans Fri¬
day. There is no accounting for the
jump in the record, except possi¬
bly the fact that physicians have
lately been reporting more positive
cases and less suspicious oases. The
only new point of infection in the
country reported during the day was
by Dr. Brady, who discovered a nest
of twelve cases on Woodlawn plan¬
tation, 20 miles below New Orleans,
;nj another case two miles below.
Other country reports were:
Jefferson Parish — Keener, five
cares; Hanson City, two cases: Bayou
Nicholas, Barataria county, one case. ;
St. Mary Parish—Patterson, eleven
new cases, one death: Bayou Boeuf,
four cases: Riverside Plantation has
had ISO cases to date and seven
deaths. Tallulah, seven cases; I^ake
Providence, seven cases.
St. Charles Parish—9t. Rose, two
deaths; Patterson plantation, one
case.
Mississippi — Gulfport, five now
cases; Natchez, three new cases; An¬
guilla, near Rolling Fork, one new
case.
RUSSUN ENVOYS IN WASHINGTON.
Messrs. Witte and Rosen Take in Sights
of American Capital.
Mr. Witte and Baron Rosen, the
Russian peace plenipotentiaries, ac
companied by five members of the
former's suites, spent Sunday in
Washington.
They arrived at an early hour of
the morning and spent the entire day
visiting the historic points in and
about the city, and left at 5:35
o'clock for New York, from which
place Mr. Witte wifi soil for Hamburg
Thursday.
| GEORGIA NEWS |
Epitomized Items of Interest
Gathered at R union.
Jones County Has Top Rate.
The highest tax rate yet fixed by
any county in Georgia is the Jones j
county rate, which is $16.50 a thou¬
sand. This added with the state rate
will cause the people of Jones county
to pay a rate of $20 a thousand this
year. The increase in the rate is due
to the fact that a new court house
is to be erected, the county site of
the county having been changed.
* * *
No New Trial for Rawlings.
The motion for a new trial in the
cases of J. G. Rawlings and his sons,
Milton, Jesse and Leonard, was ar¬
gued at the Thornasville court house
before Superior Court Judge Robert
G. Mitchell Saturday morning.
Attorney John R. Cooper put up
a hard fight and presented a long
list of reasons why the new trial
should be granted. Judge Mitchell,
however, refused to grant the motion
and Attorney Cooler announced that
lie would appeal to the supreme court.
* * *
Atlanta’s Gates Open.
In spite of the fact that the state
board of healih has declared a quar¬
antine for the state of Georgia
against tiro infected territory, Atlan¬
ta’s gates are open and refugees aee
welcome to the city if they can cross I
the state line.
The city board of health, after care- ,
fully considering the situation, de¬
cided that & quarantine for Atlanta
was unnecessary and without reason,
and declined to order a quarantine
* * *
Chief Justice Simmons ill.
The many friends over the state
of Chief Justice T. J. Simmons of
the supreme court will deeply regret
to learn that he is seriously ill at his
home in Atlanta.
Justice Simmons has been ill for
some weeks, and was unable to be
with the court some time before it ;
adjourned for vacation. He went to
Tate Springs and for a time seemed i
to improve, but jince his return home
his health has rather been on tffe ;
decline. Justice Simmons is suffer¬
ing from a complication of diseases,
a ■ *
No Tax is Needed in Terrell.
For the fifth consecutive year the
citizens of Terr-ell county will have
no county tax to pay. The last meet¬
ing of the board of county commis¬
sioners decided this question. The
county is in fine shape financially,
owning one of the best of court houses
and a new modem jail.
Terrell county roads are also in
fine shape, as they have been worked
by misdemeanor convicts for a couple
of years now. This unprecedented
prosperity is a direct result of the
Terell couuty dispensary system.
» * *
Entire State Quarantined.
Quarantine of the entire state
against all points infected with yel¬
low fever lias been instituted by the
state board of health.
This action which follows the re¬
fusal of the Atlanta board of health
to put on a quarantine in Atlanta,
Practically every other city in the ;
state which was advised by the state I
board of health to institute quaran¬
tine against infected points has done
so, and had Atlanta fallowed suit, it
is stated, the step taken by the state
board would hardly have been re¬
garded as necessary.
* * *
Pope Brown Heads New Road.
The Cordele Daily News has relia¬
ble Information that a charter is be¬
ing drawn for the Cordele, Hawkins
ville and Northeastern railroad to
ran from Cordele to Hawkinsville and
make connection to Charleston. S. 0. !
The capital stock of the company
is to be $250,000 with the privilege j
of increasing to $500,000. The road j
will be 35 miles in length.
The subscribers to the stock rep¬
resent capital enough to build and
equip the load from Charleston to
Pensacola, if it becomes necessary,
without the issuance of a dollar ’3
worth of bonds. Hon. J. Pope Brown,
who is one of the best posted men
on railroad affairs in the state, is
slated for the presidency of the line.
* * *
Reform School a Puzzle.
Members of the prison commission
are somewhat puzzled over the state
reformatory, which is to be erected
at the state prison farm at Miiledge
ville. In the opinion of the commis¬
sion a building which will accommo¬
date 125 inmates as provided in the
bill will be hard to erect for the
sum of $10,000. which is appropriated
for the purpose.
They are at a loss now whether to
peoceed with a building which will
not held 123 inmates and make it a
building that will last or whether
they shall go ahead an ! erect a
cheaj) affair, which will hold 125
people, but which will be in need of
repair in a year or two.
* * *
Great Singer's Day at State Fair.
Professor A. J. Sliowalter has just
returned from Atlanta, where he was
called by the management of the
Georgia State Fair Association to ar¬
range for the biggest all-day singing
ever held in this or any ether state.
The full nrogram has net yet been
perfected, but enough has been done
o insure the grandest occasion for
the singers of Georgia and adjoining
states that they have ever enjoyed.
The plan is to have the singers from
all the counties in the state having
singing conventions, or other vocal
societies, as well as those from
counties having no such organizations,
to come together on this day and
form a grand chorus of 5,000 or
more, and under the skilful direc¬
tion of the man who has done most
for the upbuilding of popular sacred
music throughout the entire south¬
ern states, render, as only such
a chorus can render, a great many
of the 'best of the old time songs, as
well as a number of the later cues,
and then intersperse the great cho¬
rus singing by special selections to
be sung by the singers from each
separate county, having as many as
fifty or more singers present.
A full program of this great day
will be issued a little later, but in
the meantime you should begin
making your plans to see the great
Georgia state fair in Atlanta on Fri¬
day, October I3tb, -and. unite your
voice with the magnificent chorus in
singing “Coronation,” “Pisgah,” “Pro¬
tection,” ‘‘America,” “Gathered
Home,” “I Am Bound for the Prom¬
ised Land,” “Leaning on the Ever¬
lasting Asms,” “When the Roll is
Called” and a score of others, which
shall so uplift your soul as to make
it a memorable day in all your life
history, not forgetting that there will
be a big barbecue dinner for all who
t.a,ke part in this great singing.
There will be low rates on all the
railroads from all points in the state.
—North Georgia Citizen, Dalton, Ga.
* * *
First Clash Between Boards.
The first clash between the state
and municipal health officers occur¬
red in Atlanta last Friday night on
board the Atlanta and West Point
train from Montgomery and points
south, and resulted in a victory for
the municipality. There were-no cas¬
ualties.
At Red Oak, Dr. H. F. Harris, sec¬
retary of the state board, boarded
the train and undertook to prevent
the entrance of refugees from Pen¬
sacola, Gulfport and points in Louisi¬
ana. According to the statement of
those aboard the train, Dr. Harris
threatened to arrest the refugees, if
they insisted on stopping in Atlanta,
but while the 'argument was going on
he was locked out of the coach in
which the refugees had barricaded
themselves and could not break into
the car. He called upon the conductor
to open the car, but the conductor
failed to do so, and the train sped
on to Atlanta. At the terminal sta¬
tion Mayor James G. Wtoodwaed and a
squad of police met the train and
proceeded through it, welcoming the
refugees and telling them to stop in
Atlanta if they liked. The mayor
grasped the incoming passengers by
the hand and gave them a cordial
welcome, declaring that Atlanta was
immune and that they would he giv¬
en every protection. Five of the ref¬
ugees were from Pensacola, Fla., six
from Mississippi and one from Louisi¬
ana.
M4N AND CASH GONE TOGETHER.
Bank Employee, Lett in ( harqe of Building,
Decides to Skip Out.
The Wigham bank at Broxton, Ga.,
a few days ago sold out to the Union
Banking company of Douglas county.
The bank was left in charge of Ben¬
jamin McDowell, an employee of the
Wigham bank, until the next day,
when the Union bank would take
charge.
That evening McDowell bought the
best suit he could find, promising ic
pay for it on the morrow. The next
day when the new parties went re¬
take possession McDowell was mis
ing, also $1,400 in money that was
in the safe.
BARON KOMIjRA ILL IN NitVY YORK.
Chief Jap- Envoy finders from an Attack
of Intestinal !rouble.
Baron Koniura is ill in his apart
ments a. the Wai i rf Astoria hotel in
New 1 oi'k, arid a.’, trie .-ovial euguae
meets of the Japanese envoys sun
day were either can died or inaefi
ci'ely postponed.
The senior envoy of the Japanese
emperor is suffering from
trouble.
.Taaa
Muscular Lancashire Maids.
The maids of Blackburn are mak¬
ing a supreme effort in regard to the
development of the race.
They have organized a club under
the name of The Blackburn and Dis¬
trict Ladies’ Natural Health Society,
and they have a membership of about
forty .
"The society,” said the secretary,
“aims at the development of a purer
and nobler womanhood and man¬
hood.”
The specific objects of the club
are:
To discourage the wearing of cor¬
sets, to discourage the unnecessary
physical weakness of women, to pro¬
mote the consideration of the health
question, to clutivate a proper
pride regarding the care of the
body, to discourage prudery and
ignorance regarding vital physical
facts, to foster a love for out¬
door exercise as a means to de¬
velop health and strength, and to dis¬
courage the use of tobacco and intoxi¬
cants among male friends and ac¬
quaintances.
All young unmarried girls residing
In Blackburn and district are eligible
for membership provided they sub¬
scribe to the principles of the society.
A field has been rented by the club
for the purpose of engaging in out¬
door sports, and an instructress in
gymnastics has been engaged to take
the members in hand in the winter
months. It is proposed to establish
a library of books on all matters ap¬
pertaining to physical culture, health
and hygiene.—London Daily Express.
Taking His Turn.
Tire outer day, as I was walking
along I almost ran Into the arms off
one of my old parishioners from a
parish in the north of Yorkshire. He
svas in gala dress and looking radiant¬
ly happy and pleased with himself.
“Halloa, Mr. Blank!” I said, in greet¬
ing my friend, “and what are you do¬
ing in town?” “Oh!” said he, a bit
bashfully, “I’se oa me honeymoon.”
"Dear me! That’s interesting news,”
I said, “and I am sure I congratulate
you heartily, But where is the
bride?”
“T’missus?” said he; “ 'Ob, she
couldn't come. Her mother was tak*
en bad oa t'wedding day, and she
had to go and nurse her; soa I
thowt I’d come honeymoonin’ by my
sel’. Ye see, sir, it was t’chance of
a lifetime, and I warn’t goin’ to mls3
it.”—Suburban Vicar in Tit-Bits.
INS AND OUTS.
“What’s that noise?” asked the virf
tor in the apartment house.
“Probably some one in the den¬
tist’s rooms on the floor below bet¬
ting a tooth out,” said the host.
“But. it seems to come from the
floor above.”
“Ah! then it’s probably the Popley’s
baby getting a tooth In.”—Phi
phia Press.
Making Child Linguists.
A new method of teaching lan¬
guages by interchanging children be¬
tween different countries is being
popularized by an institution which
has its headquarters in Paris.
Sir Oliver Lodge has adopted this
method of teaching his children
French by exchanging them for a lim¬
ited period with members of the fam¬
ily of M. Toni-Mathieu, the director
of the society.
In its first year the society has
been the means of exchanging no
fewer than eighty-eight children and
young people between families in
England, France, Germany and Au&
trla.—London Mail.
STRCNCER THAN MEAT.
A Judge’s Opinion of Grape-Nufi.
A gentleman who has acquired a ju¬
dicial turn of mind from experience on
the bench out in the Sunflower State,
writes a carefully considered opinion
as to the value of Grape-Nuts as food.
He says:
“For the past five years Grape-Nuts
has been a prominent feature in our
bill of fare.
“The crisp food with the delicious,
nutty flavor has become an indispensa¬
ble necessity in my family's everyday
life.
“It has proved to be most healthful
and beneficial, and lias enabled us to
practically abolish pastry and pies
from our table, for the children prefer
Grape-Nuts and do not crave rich and
unwholesome food.
“Grape-Nuts keeps us all in perfect
physical condition—as a preventive of
disease it is beyond value. I have been
particularly impressed by the beneficial
effects of Grape-Nuts when used by
ladies who are troubled with face
blemishes, skin eruptions, etc. It
clears up the complexion wonderfully.
“As to Its nutritive qualities, my ex
peience is that one small dish of Grape
Nuts is superior tt> a pound of meat
for breakfast, which is an important
consideration for any one. It satisfies
the appetite and strengthens the pow¬
er of resisting fatigue, while its use in¬
volves none of the disagreeable conse¬
quences that .-■metimes follow a meat
breakfast." Name given by Posturn
Co.. Battle Creek, Mich.
There’s a reason.