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(QISDS EXPERTS mike estimates p lace Total At 100,000,000. All Kinds Of Statistical Records to be Made. WASHINGTON, D. C.—Despite the that census officials decline at * I 'i, time to population make predictions of the as United to the reliable statisticians state that States in 1910 - th I coining census will show a popu¬ lation of between 90,000,000 and 95, 0(j0 ooo, while some more sanguine atl( j optimistic place the figures as hi gh as 100 , 000 , 000 . prom a study of the statistics com [he •j e( j by the census bureau bearing on population of the United States to the last census, taken in 1900, U p compared with the estimates of as the larger cities of the population in United States for 1908, it may be seen that an estimate of even 96,000,000 for the population in 1910 is hardly ex¬ travagant. of the The estimated increase pop¬ ulation in 60 of the principal cities of the United States, as shown by sta¬ tistics of the census office, is 3,434,407. The number of immigrants admitted into this country between 1901 and 1908 was 7,002,030. These two sets of figures added to 76,303,387, the census figures of 1900, bring the total esti¬ mated population up to last year to 80,737,824. Little doubt exists in the minds of statistical experts that the census of 1910 will reach almost 95, 000 , 000 . CENSUS CORPS 65,331 PERSONS. Director Durand, with his corps of 330 supervisors and 65,000 enumera¬ tors, will take the thirtieth decennial census. This will include not only population, but also statistics relating to agriculture, manufactures and mines and quarries of the United States, Alaska, Hawaii and Porto Rico. The census must, according to law, be completed by July 1, 1912. The census of 1910 will cost the United States gevernment no more than that of 1900, despite the fact that there are 30 more supervisors, about 14,000 more enumerators and agreatly increased population, entailing more work. The last census cost $14,000,000 and it will be seen that this means the practice of rigid economy. QUESTIONS TO BE ANSWERED. The census law passed at the last sestion of congress provides that the schedules relating to population shall include for each inhabitant the name, relationship to head of family, color, sex, age, conjugal condition, place of birth, place of birth of parents, num¬ ber of years in the United States, citizenship, occupation, whether em¬ ployer or employe, and, if employe, whether or not employed at the date of enumeration and the number of months unemployed during the pre¬ ceding calendar year, whether or not engaged in agriculture, school attend¬ ance, literary, tenure or home and whether or not a survivor of the union or confederate army or navy, and the "uame and address of each blind or deaf person and for the enumeration °f institutions, shall include paupers, prisoners, juvenile delinquents, insane, feeble-minded, blind, deaf and dumb and inmates of benevolent institutions. decreasing birth rate. Uie l nited States is following the Seed Oats For Sale. Seed Oats and Seed Wheat. Appier Oats, the Old Georgia >i Proof and Texas Red Rust Proof Oats raised in Georgia. The e is 7 5 cts. and $ 1.00 per pushel, depending on the kind and nt ‘ l y> delivered in Covington. All seed are carefully fanned and eaned. L- W. JARMAN, Porterdale, Ga. NICE fresh groceries 'l °U will always find at my store as nice and fresh Gro C j[ ries as can he found in the city, and when purchase hom you em me I make it a point to get them to your home l Us t as quick as it is possible for me to do it. I RESH MEATS «J ^ so ^ ave in connection with my store a first class Meat ar G and can furnish you with the choice kind of Meats - jj ike so well, Giveme an order. I will appreciate it and Wl tr >' ^ please you. Ci sars aud Tobacco. Cash Paid for Hides. R. F. Wright, Covington, Georgia. tendency of western and southern Europe in a decreasing birth rate and a less rapid decrease of population says the census office. The popula¬ tion of Europe, excluding R ll98ia and turkey, increased 8 per cent, during the ten years ending with 1880, • Tghtly less than 8 per cent, in the ten years ending with 1890, and slightly more than 8 per cent, in the following ten years. These people be¬ long to the race stocks of the United States. In this country the increase of ulation is complicated pop¬ the foreign by an influx of born and with a higher birth rate among the foreign born than that of the old native stock. These are having a temporary effect upon the actual rate of increase; after an elimination of these tempo lary elements, which serve only to mislead to extravagant computations of population at distant years in the future, the natural rate of increase of the population of this country, native bom of native parents, appears to be approximately 12 1-2 per cent during a decade, or 1 1-4 per cent yearly, with a tendency toward diminution in the rate. growth in agriculture. The number of farms has increased from 4,564,641 in 1890 to 6,1000,000 in 1898; the total acreage has increased from 623,000,000 in 1890 to over 1,000, 000,000 in 1908; the capital of the far¬ mers in the form of land, buildings, improvements, live stock, implements and machinery is computed at $28, 000,000,000, which represents an in¬ crease of 75 or 80 per cent, over 1908. The percentage of increase of crop production an acre now have a new significance. The farmers are dem¬ onstrating that they can provide for a population increasing faster than by increase due to excess of births over deaths. The capital invested in meat ani¬ mals and live stock farms and ranges in the United States represents a to¬ tal of almost $11,000,000,000. The rierpy Eagle, the Aye-aye and the Taemania Devil. The world has been so thoroughly explored that one might imagine It impossible that any noteworthy spe¬ cies of mammal or bird could still re¬ main unknown. Yet every now and then something new turns up. For ex¬ ample, it was not so very long ago that a first acquaintance was made with the harpy eagle, a fowl native to the region of the Amazon, which feeds chiefly on monkeys. Another curiosity not long known is the aye-aye of Mad¬ agascar, a mammal which has one fin ger of each hand most curiously skel¬ etonized and elongated for the purpose of dragging from their burrows the earthworms ou which It feeds. As is well known, it is from Australia and New Zealand that come the flightless birds, some of which readily breed in captivity. The fur seal rebels in captivity. The seals which one sees captive and which do such Intelligent tricks are hair seals, belonging to quite a differ¬ ent species. So opposed is the fur seal to the very notion of deprivation of liberty that it will invariably starve itself to death rather than submit to such a condition. Likewise it is with the Tasmanian devil, a queer little marsupial about two feet long, some¬ what resembling in appearance p. baby bear, which is found only in Tasmania, a large island formerly knowu as Van Diemen’s Land, to the south of Aus¬ tralia. It is almost incredibly fero¬ cious. preying upon the sheep and poul¬ try of the farmers, and never yet. though captured in earliest infancy, has It responded to kindness by mani¬ festing an amiable disposition.—Phila¬ delphia Ledger. the covingt on news SOLID INDUSTRIAL RECORD OF THE WEEK Facts of the Unhampered March of Progress During the Past Several Days. 1 he Georgia and Alabama Industrial Index, published at Columbus, Ga., says in it last week’s issue: Perhaps the simple facts of the in¬ dustrial march of Georgia aud Ala¬ bama during the past several days speak best for themselves, unadorned by comment and unhampered by elab¬ oration. A large radiator factory for Hirmingham, Ala, a foundry and ma¬ chine works for Athens, Ga., paint works for Atlanta, Ga., a stove fac¬ tory for Birmingham, Ala., a $100,000 power enterprise for Paulding county. Georgia, with the necessary amount ot local stock subscriptions secured in 12 hours, a pants factory for Ar muchee, Ga., and the award of con¬ tract to build a big cotton factory at Albany, Ga., are among the chapters in the week’s story. “Municipal enterprise is decidedly aggressively, in evidence. Atlanta, Ga., will vote on the issuance of $3.- 465,900 of bonds for various public im¬ provement, Tuscaloosa, Ala., will vote on sewer bonds, Cuthbert, Ga., Cor dele, Ga., and Waycross, Ga., have also ordered bond elections. Mobile, Ala., is inviting proposals for paving and additional paving work is project¬ ed in Anniston, Ala., Birmingham, Ala., Ensley, Ala., Gadsden, Ala., Huntsville, Ala., New Decatuar, Ala., Pratt City, Ala., and Rome, Ga. Bir¬ mingham sold $200,000 of school bonds at an unusually high premium. New Decatur, Ala., awarded the contract for $20,000 of sewer extensions.” Oysters, we sell oysters, receiving them daily from one of the largest oyster dealers in the south, whose house has for fifty years been build¬ ing a reputation by giving the best there are to the trade. We will sell these extra standard oysters at same price as last season, 35c per quart.— Parkers Place. TOO COMPLICATED. The Reason We Say ‘‘You’’ Instead of Using “Thou.” The reason commonly given for the substitution of the second person plural for the second person singular, “you” instead of “thou”—that it origi¬ nated as a fad of courtesy—may ex¬ plain its origin, but Its universal adop¬ tion Is due to a deeper reason—namely, that the second person singular of the verb Is a complicated and difficult form, while the second person plural Is simple to the last degree. With every principal verb In the lan guage and with every auxiliary except “must” the pronoun “thou” requires a special change in the form of the verb, which is often the only break in an otherwise uniform series. Thus in the present tense of every verb, with the single exception of the verb “be,” the pronoun “you” employs the unchanged root form of the verb, as “you love, have, can do. shall, will,” etc., while “thou” requires a change of form, as "thou lovest. hast, canst, dost, shalt. wilt,” etc. In every such choice the unchanged root form has always the right of way. Thus “you” has become everywhere current In the busy activities of life, while "thou” is carefully laid up in the museum of antiquity or the shrine of religion.—James C. Fernald in Har¬ per’s Magazine. Making Sure of the Architect. Norman-Al-Oouar, an Arabian king who reigned long, long ago at Hlrah. commanded the architect Sennemar to build him a wondrous palace. This the architect did and when it was done a single stone fastened the whole structure, aDd the colors of the walls changed frequently during the day. The king was greatly pleased and showered all kinds of rich gifts upon the builder with the lavishness of ori¬ ental kings. But monarchs were treacherous In those old days, and it occurred to the king that Sennemar might build a palace equal In beauty or even superior for some rival ruler. The more he thought over it the more Jealous be became until one day he ordered the architect to be thrown from the top of the palace to make certain that no duplicate palace would be made. After this the king was sat¬ isfied that his palace was the only one. and the Arabians regarded it as one of the wonders of the world. As Good as He Sent. At a recent meeting of the directors of an eastern railroad a prominent railroad man repeated a story that he just had from a conductor on one of the limited expresses between New York and the west. It seems that a dapper chap in the first chair car had managed to become unusually friendly with an attractive woman in an adjoining seat. voung pulled into Buffalo the When the train masher, in taking leave of the lass, re # -Do you know. 1 must thank you for awf’lly. awfily pleasant time, but an would not have been I’m afraid you known that I so nice to me bad you was a married man.” “Oh as to that," quickly and pleas¬ antly ’responded haven’t the charming ^ least advan- young woman, “you eaeaped lunatic. taceoffa* 1 am an ill! % I it 7 ' FREE—Write For Our New Catalog Today. We Are The Only Factory in the South Selling’ Direct to Yov at Wholesale Prices. We guarantee to save you $20.00 on your buggy. Or¬ der from us and save the Middle Man’s Profit. We build but one grade—THE VERY BEST. The best grade work built in the South. Repairing and Rubber Tiring Done By Us. Covington Buggy Covington, Ga. 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