The Henry County weekly. (McDonough, GA.) 18??-1934, December 17, 1909, Image 2
Henry County Weekly. R. L. JOHNSON, Editor. Entered at the pestoffice at McDon ough as second class mail matter. Advertising Rates: SI.OO per Inch per month. Reduction on standing contracts by special agreement. We don’t like to see a woman worry over what’s in the newspaper, laments the Atchison Globe, so long as there is anything in the oven. The fellow who is looking for trou ble, submits the Philadelphia Record, will find that it is the most accommo dating thing in the world. Sayß the New York Herald, we are quizzing all candidates for office as to their attitude on woman suffrage. If the suffragettes will postpone their Inquiries until they get the ballot they will fin dthe answers much more sat isfactory. Rodin’s statue of Victor Hugo, which was the subject of much criticism when it was exhibited at the Paris Salon, has been erected in the garden of the Palais Royal. The poet is shown resting against a massive rock in a ruminating attitude. “In conception the work is as daring," writes an ar tist from Paris to a Brussells paper, “as the Balzav by Rodin, but while the latter represents the poet wrapped In a gown so completely that only the head Is visible, Hugo’s form is devoid of clothing of any kind.” A certain well known member of congress has a house in Washington, D. C„ relates the Argonaut. One of the fixtures of the place is an old negro servant named Sally Ann. In the con gressman’s presence on Sunday morn ing she broke a big cut glass dish at the sideboard, "What have you brok en now, you black mushfinger?’’ yelled the member, who possesses a v ' very expressive vocabulary. Sally Ann was quite unnerved, but she replied, very humbly, " ’Tain’t de fo’th com mandment, bress de Lawd!” “Rinkez-vous?” In the current slang of Paris, the slang of society, more over, that signifies, “Come on, let’s skate,” explains the Boston Tran script. Society, skilfully led by two American promoters, who have opened a i dozen large rinks, has taken to roll er skating, and finds the environment as well as the sport very much to its taste. Military bands provide the mu sic to which the skaters roll; uni formed attendants of unexceptionable deportment are at hand to give in struction and rescue the fallen; after noon tea is served; and evening dress is, by request of the management, worn by most of the men who patron ize the rinks at night. Not for many years has roller skating been a popu lar pastime in this country. Had it been introduced with the elaborate accessories that attend the Paris ven ture society might have chosen, per haps, to gain some relaxation and many black-and-blue spots by this means. The report that the Illinois Cen tral railroad company is preparing to use electric locomotives in and about its Chicago terminal on the lake front suggests to the Providence Tribune, that it is not improbable that motive power in that form will soon be ap plied by transportation companies at all the more important terminals. From the point of view of the public, at any rate, there is much to be said for the change. In most large cities the smoke nuisance for which steam engines are responsible is becoming more and more intolerable, while the crusade against the noise that has been begun in many communities makes it reasonable to suppose that the weight of popular opinion will be on the side of electricity and opposed to steam. Furthermore, the experiment has resulted in improving the suburb an service of the railroads and adding to real estate values. It is said that the increase in passenger traffic on the so-called short-haul routes has proved to be very profitable, and al though the first cost of the rolling stock is considerable it has been en tirely covered in some instances by the receipts from the new territory that has been opened. SENATE INVESTIGATES RACE TRACK GAMBLING Gambler Tells National Solons How to Stop Betting. BETTOR HAS SMALL CHANCE Big Delegation of Reformer* Visit Sen ate Judiciary Committee in Support of Burkett Bill. Washington, D. C. —With a support ing cast of reformers galore both male and female, Henry Brolaski, of Monrovia, Cal., who professed to be a gambler upon race tracks, was the star feature of a hearing before the senate judiciary committee in support of the Burkett bill to prohibit the transmission of race track betting odds over telegraph or telephone lines. Mr. Brolaski gave details of the gambler's life and showed the poor chance of returns for money invest ed w'hich is given to the gambling public. He was one of the owners ot a Mexican track which was put out of business at the instance of the department of state through co-oper ation with the Mexican government. He is now seeking to have tracks, in which he has no interest, dealt with in like manner. Brolaski said he had worked in his line in St. Louis, Chicago, Worth, Roby, Atlanta, Charleston, S. C., New Orleans, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Latonia, Louisville and Bcnnings tracks and had had twenty-one years experience. He roughly estimated that there were now in the United States between sixty and seventy pool rooms. He calculated that there were in operation nearly 1,500,000 hand books. He said that in New York city there were at least 100,000 hand books and pool room players and that the evil was growing daily. Pointing out the poor chance given the bettor for a return of any part of his wager, the witness said that in a pool room the percentage against the player would run from "25 to 150 per cent and in a handbook the per centage was from 5 to 15 per cent. Common sense will tell you that from 5 per cent up will eat up anj man’s capital if taken out six times a day," be declared. “There is only one means,” said Mr. Brolaski, “of putting this evi. out of business effectually, and that is by the United States government enacting a law prohibiting the trans mission of pool room and race track information over telegraph or tele phone wires and prohibiting the use of the mails to newspapers that pub lish race track prices or results.” SUUTHtBN BOV REWARDED. Diplomas of Merit Awarded for Agri cultural Proficiency. Washington, D. C. Diplomas of merit were presented by Secretary Wilson in his office at the department agriculture to Bascomb Usher of South Carolina; DeWitt Lundy of Mississippi; Elmer Halter of Arkan sas and Ralph Bellwood of Virginia, all under 18 years, for special profi ciency in agricultural pursuits. The recipients are among the 12,500 en gaged in the boys’ demonstration work in the south. Each planted one acre of corn and cultivated it under instructions from the department of agriculture. Dr. C. G. Knapp, who has charge of the park demonstration work in the south, offered a trip to Washington to the boy in Mississippi who should obtain the best results. The State Bankers’ Association of Ar kansas offered a similar reward in that state, while citizens of Virginia and South Carolina duplicated the of fers in those states. Thousands of dollars of prizes were awarded this year throughout the south, the basis of the awards being the profits, written records, exhibits of products and yield per acre. All southern states are making ar rangements to send the prize winners to Washington next year. In a brief address to the boys, Sec retary Wilson declared that they and the boys engaged in like work are “the only hope we have for the con tinued greatness and prosperity of the country.” He pointed out that the south now, in agriculture and manufacture, was prosperous as never before, because the men and women of the south had put into the work their own energy and ability, and, in no sense, were de pendent upon the capital or the in dustry of the people from other parts of the country. “These diplomas,” he continued,“are unique. No boys ever have received a similar recognition of their merit. Nothing I have done since I have been secretary of agriculture has given me more pleasure than to present them to you. You have earned them. You have begun right. LUKTOM IS APPOINTED. Tennesseean Nominated for Supreme Court Judge. Washington, D. C.— Ihe president nominated Horace H. Lurton of Ten nessee to be an associate justice of the U. S. supreme court. Judge Lurton is Tennessee man, and was appointed judge of the sixth circuit by President Cleveland March 27, 1893. He was a democrat in pol itics at that time. President Taft was himself a judge of the sixth circuit at the time he was appointed governor of the Phil ippines in 1898, and it was his asso ciation with Judge Lurton that gave him such a high'opinion of the legal nuaiiflcations of the Tennessee jurist. BILLS OF INTEREST TO SOOTH. Clark of Florida Ha* Introduced Many Measure* Affecting Thi* Section. Washington, D. C—A large number of bills, all of which are of consider able interest to the southern states, have been introduced in the house by Representative Clark of Florida. Among the most important of these are the following: To prohibit the receipt of money in payment of special taxes as deal ers in intoxicating liquors by inter nal revenue officials of the United States, except in certain cases, and to provide punishment for its viola tion. Mr. Clark would have any per son or firm produce evidence that the city or town where it is proposed to carry on the liquor trade has given authority to do so. Such person must first procure a license in the place where it is proposed to carry on the business. To credit and pay to the several states and territories all monies col lected under the direct tax levied by act of congress of July 1, 1862, and at later dates. To extend to the veterans of the several Seminole Indian wars and to the widows of veterans of those wars the benefits of the act of congress passed February 6, 1907. To amend an act to provide for the collection of abandoned property and the prevention of frauds in insurrec tionary districts within the United States. To levy an Import duty on Egyp tian cotton and other long staple cot ton imported into the United States from foreign countries. He proposes that after September 1, 1910, there shall be levied upon all Egyptian and other long staple cotton brought into the United States from foreign coun tries, in the lint, an import duty of 6 cent* per pound, and upon all such cotton imported into the United States, from foreign countries, in the seed, an import duty at the rate of 2 cents per pound. These bills have been referred to their proper committees, and will probably be acted upon immediately after the holidays. TAFT A HARD WORKER. President Puts in More Hours Than . Did Roosevelt. Washington, D. C. —President Taft is proving to be one of the hard working presidents, according to those who closely observe the habits of great men. While he does not work so intensely nor as fast as did his immediate predecessor, he puts in more hours each day than did Mr. Roosevelt. Mr. Taft’s working day begins at 9:30 a. m. and lasts until 5 p. m. Be fore he goes to the executive offices he takes his mftrning exercise and has a bit of breakfast. As a rule the president takes little time for lunch eon. President Roosevelt did little work after 4 o’clock in the afternoon, es pecially when it was a good for tennis or a fine drizzly time for wayking through Rock Creek Park. Mr. Taft differs in that he usually does much work after luncheon, fre quently returning to the executive of fices for special conferences with cabinet members or transacting bus iness in the executive mansion. Mr. Taft has formed a habit of working at the mansion after dinner. On several occasions during the prog ress of the annual message the pres ident remained up till very late dic tating and revising his first big state document. Notwithstanding all the time he revotes to work he still takes some exercise. He never miss es the morning calisthenics, and, whenever possible, takes a walk or ride, however short it may be. TEXAS FARMEKSTDLEAVE UNION. Secession From National Farmers' Union is Planned. Houston, Texas.— That the seces sion of the Texas Farmers’ Union from the Farmers’ Educational and Co-Operative Union of America is planned is indicated in circulars sent out by officers of the Texas branch. After asserting that alleged exorbi tant salaries for the national officers Have been proposed and that the con stitution of the organization has been misconstrued, it is urged that char ters be returned and applications be made for new charters under the name of the “Farmers’ Union of Texas.” Objection is voiced to the recent action of the national convention at Birmingham, Ala., in September, pro posing an increase in the duts of 8 to 16 cents per annum, an advance in the salary of the president of the national union from S6OO to $3,000 per annum, an increase in the salary of the national secretary from $1,200 to SI,BOO and other expenditures. 7 Dead In Tenement Fire. Cincinnati, Ohio. Seven persons are dead and several others injured as a resutl of a tenement fire at Syc amore and Third streets in this city. Entombed Miners’ Bodies Recovered. Madisonville, Ky.— A rescuing party found the bodies of the seven negro miners entombed in the Baker mine of the West Kentucky Coal Company and all were removed from the mine. The men died from black damp. They had been entombed since Saturday afternoon. Clay Not To Leave Senate. Washington, D. C. —Senator Alexan der S. Clay emphaticaly denied a re port from Georgia which said the senator is about to resign his seat and run for governor of the state. “Outrageously false; never h&ard of such a thing ” said the senator, when told of it. EVIL TRAFFIC PROBED Report Made on “White Slave’ Trade By Commission. REVOLTING DISCLOSURE MADE Sensational Evidence Given Showing the Extent of the Importation of Alien Women. Washington, D. C.—All but incredi bly revolting are the disclosures of an international system of traffic in •women, containing in the report on the so-called “white Slav* trade ” sub mitted to congress by the United States immigration commission. When the report was presented iu the house of representatives by Con gressman Bennet of New York, Champ Clark, the minority leader, objected to its being printed as a house doc ument, but later withdrew his objec tion. It was promptly renewed by Mr. Sabbath of Illinois. Mr. Fitzger ald of New York wanted to Know if the report contained sensational mat ter like he implied was contained in the report of tho Roosevelt homes commission, upon which Mr. Bennet evoked laughter by the tart reply: “Ail matter calculated to appeal to your mind has been eliminated,” The report begins with an intro duction explaining the nature of the “white slave” traffic, and concludes with a series of recommendations, mostly of an administrative charac ter. The commission says that the effect of the importation of immoral women into this country is one of increased degradation and death for the women and of contamination and corruption by means of the spread of disease to others. The importations came from ai! countries, France leading, and the Chinese and Japanese making up the majority of these coming in by way of the Pacific coast. Most of Lie procurers are of foreign birth. The “market” price varies from S3OO to SI,OOO for each alien woman. Some times they are not sold outright, out their procurers continue to live from their earnings after their arrival nere. The commission recommends that efforts be made through government agents abroad and on board steam ships to prevent the importation m women to this country; that more as siduous efforts be made in the United States to arrest women known to be engaged in immoral practices and tc deport all possible; that the limit of three years after landing within which such persons may be successfully prosecuted be removed; that any ue ported persons returning to this coun try be imprisoned; that the keepers of immoral houses in which alien women are found be subject to de portation, and that the state and mu nicipal governments be urged to co operate for the stamping out of the evil. BECOMMENBS AN ETHICAL SUNDAY. Episcopal Diocese of Atlanta in Ses sion Three Days. Atlanta, Ga.—The Episcopal Dio cese of Atlanta was in session here three days. Right Rev. Bishop C. K. Nelson presided, and'made a strong address, in which he deplored the encroachment of modern business life upon the proper obse-rvance of the Sabbath. He made the point that every worker was entitled to one day in seven which he could call abso lutely his own, be it Sunday or some other d? v . The bishop, of course, con tended Sunday was the logical day of rest, because it had been set aside by divine authority, but insisted that at all events a surcease of 48 or 36 hours from labor was an economy of energy profitable alike to both employer and employee. The address was ordered printed 'in the minutes, and each clergymen urged to stress the necessity of the church doing its full duty for the workers. Great interest was manifested in the missions of the diocese, and great improvement shown. 20DEAB IN \rStCK. • __________ 20th Century Limited Strikes Rear of Another Train. Erie, Pa. —The Twentieth Century Limited, the New York Central train en route from Chicago to New York, collided with the rear end of pas senger train No. 10, on the Lake Shore Railroad, at North East, Pa., 16 miles east of here. At the time of the collision the Twentieth Century was easily making sixty-two miles an hour. Six bodies have already been taken from the wreck, and it is believed there will be many more fatalities. Twenty are reported dead. The en gine of No. 26 reared up, turned over and fell upon the coaches following KNIFE BELIEVES KINIi LEOPOLD. Successful Operation on Aged Belgian Ruler. Brussels, Belgium. King Leopold underwent a most serious operation for obstruction of the intestines, and astounded science by the manner in which he withstood it. His remarka ble recuperative powers manifested themselves directly he regained con sciousness, and the optimistic spirit which he has shown throughout his illness returned to him. He expressed satisfaction when informed of the de tails of the operation. The king is making a plucky fight, for life. He was even strong enough to sign the new military law, just passed by the senate. GEORGIA NEHS IN PARAGRAPHS. Sixteen of Butts county’s twenty odd schools are now open for the fall and winter term. The attendance fa uniformly good and good work la being done In all the schools. County School Commissioner C- S. Maddox states that more college men are at the head of the county's schools, than ever before. The report of Mr. Mad dox to the state school commissioner for last year showed that there is a very low rate of illiteracy in this county, less than twenty white chil dren in the entire county being un able to read and write. This is said to be one of the best reports ever made in the history of the state. Pension Commissioner John W Lindsey finds, after careful figuring, that there will be a decrease in the pension rolls next year of approxi mately 213 names. He has added 91k new names to the rolls for 1910, and. as the result of experience estimates that the death rate will be 6 3-4 petf cent, which will mean a total of 1,127 deaths during the year. This will give an approximate total of 15,5(6* pensioners to be paid in 1910, the pensions averaging S6O each, or a total of $934,666 The railroad commission has grant ed W. F. Bailey, an ex-slave, who i» working in the interest of the Ex- Slaves’ Benevolent Brotherhood, the! right to travel on free passes wher ever the railroads extend him the courtesy, holding that as his work! is purely charitable, and there is no gain or profit to him, such use of free 1 transportation would not be in viola tion of the commission’s anti-pass or-, der. Similar action was taken in tl**l case of the petition asking the right to accept free transportation from, the Southern Express company for any, articles used by the Anti-Tuberculo sis and Visiting Nurse League, it bc-| ing held that this would not be vio; lative of the anti-pass order. A bronze tablet to the memory ol Miss Junia McKinley, founder of tb« Piedmont Continental chapter of thd Daughters of the American Revow tion, was unveiled In the state libra ry at the capitol. Honorable Hugh V. Washington of Macon who gave the tablet to the state, made the pre sentation speech, and appropriate re ply accepting it was made by the gov-; ernor. That the National guard of Georgia will go Into camp next year, prob-j ably about August, is the announce! ment made by Adjutant General Ai J. Scott. The plans and details arej not yet known, and it will be somej time before they are worked outJ Much will depend on the aetion of congress at the coming session, butj in one shape or another, there is noj further question, according to the ad- 1 jutant general, that all the troops of the state will get a taste of camp llfej Governor Brown has granted a par don to Dr. A. E. Salley of Augusta, who was convicted of malpractice! and sentenced to serve six months! in jail. Dr. Salley Is suffering frojnj acute Bright’s disease, and it is said confinement in jail would hasten hia death. The volume of Georgia laws 1909, which has just made its appear-! ance, is about the largest yet pub lished, containing a total of one thoussand six hundred and twenty pages. Of these only one hundred and ninety pages are devoted to gen-, eral laws or laws of general appli-j cation, while the balance of one! thousand four hundred and thirtw pages is taken up with purely local laws, largely city and town and amendments to charters. There are one hundred and seven applications for executive clemency on the prison commission docket for this session, despite the fact that! nearly a hundred were disposed of a month ago. Some of them are iff! capital cases, and the commission will probably be busy with them all the month. Governor Brown has paid Cato Al len of Wayne county a reward S2OO offered by the state for the ar rest of George Roberson and Bob Banks. They beat up Jailer Madrea of Jesup and escaped from Allen was out on a fishing expedition when he made the capture. The gov ernor also paid Philip Lord of Du val county, Florida, SIOO for arrest; lng Charles Reeves, wanted in Bald win county, Georgia, for the alleged murder of a negro woman. With an increase in drunkenness over last year of a little over fifty: four per cent, Atlanta’s second year of prohibition is rapidly drawing to a close. Comparative figures for the years 1908 and 1909 up to the sixth day of December of persons arrested for drunkenness and tried in record er’s court show that there were two thousand two hundred and sixt> cases in the first year, and three thousand four hundred and ninety three in the second, making an in crease of one thousand two hundred and thirty-three cases. The total number of “drunks” for 1908 read two thousand six hundred and fifty, while in 1907, the last year of legal dampness, there were six thousand four hundred and ninety-eight. Some Christmas money is in storq for about eight thousand rural school teachers of the state—over $200,000 of It to he distributed among them all some time before Chrismtas eve. The machinery of the state govern ment was started in motion toward this end when the state school de partment filed with the executive de partment its requisition for $247,000, in round figures, and the executive department began preparations for drawing the corresponding warrant upon the treasury. Van Amberg & Howes London shows will winter in Valdosta.