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THE MACON DAILY TELEGRAPH: SUNDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 15, 1908
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This Week
Stork Makes Nearly One Visit
a Minute in the Greater
City
Mr. William Robbirji,
Who lins'won so many admir
ers at The Theatorium, will
sing the following program this
week:
Monday—“There Never Was
a Girl Like You.”
Tuesday—“Fairest Flower of
All.” (A1 Wilson’s famous
song).
Wednesday—“Dream on Dear
Heart, Dream on.”
Thursday—“If I Had a Thous
and Lives to Live.”
Friday—“You Have Changed
the Winter in My Heart to
Glad Spring Time.”
Saturday — “Lankey Yankee
Boys in Blue.”
The Lytic Theater
PERCIVAL & SHIELDS,
Juvenile Singers and Dancers.
TOM MACK
Minstrelsy’s Merry Monarch.
TRACEY AND CARTER,
Character Change Comedy
Artists-
While Birth Rate Increase* Death
Rate Reaches New Low Reeord-—
Race Horsr Deposed but Show
Horse Gtiil Rules—Novel Solution
of the Servant Problem—Cost
Regulating Public Service Corpor
ations—Easy Road to Wealth Dis
covered.
• NEW YORK, Nov. J4.—T\he bmaleat
agent In Now York at present Is the
stork, for the birth rate hero has rlxen
to a point at which it has broken ail
previous records. Various of the
boroughs which constitute the greater
city have held the record for toigh
birth rate from time to time, but that
of Manhattan has just act a new fig
ure which must make old Mr. Stork
weary. In the district which com
prises the lower or southern part of
the greater city a new arrival puts in
an appearance every flve minutes, or
at the rate of 288 trips every day for
the stork. In other parts the rate is
almost as high, so that figured alto*
gather every sixty ticks of the clock
sees an addition of one to the city’s
inhabitants. Once every flve hours
and a half aome family Ii made happy
with twins; four times a month the
stork brings triplets and flve tlmea a
year quadruplets. Vital statistics fur.
ther show that wftlle the birth rnto
has been Increasing to an extent which
gives every other family a bany once
a year, the death rate has been stead
ily decreasing. Last week a new low
low record was made In this respect,
with only thirteen death*. In each one
thousand Inhabitants. This figure is
considerably lower than the normal
rate, which Is between fifteen and
sixteen oar thousand. While the
highest birth rate Is in Manhattan the
lowest death rate is normally tn
Brooklyn. Marriages have decreased
ghout one-tMrd In greater New York,
while suicides have gregtly Increased,
both of which facts are attributed by
Investigators to last year's panic.
Great Race Horse.
With the amoke of electlqn cleared
away, one thing seems pretty fairly
certain—that 1* that horse racing In
New York has seen Its best days. Only
MO persons attended tha'lwt meeting
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 17.
NIOHT ONLY.
Benefit
MERCER ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION
Frederick Warde
In Lecture and Recitals.
SHAKESPEARE
AND HIS PLAY8.
Seats now on sale. Prices Be, LOc,
atoga when racing was a sport and
not a business, and when wealthy
Southerners and Cubans vied In their
hospitality and entertainment are ap
parently gone forever. But thoae ex-
tremfsta who have seen In the gov
ernor's attitude In thla matter what
♦hey choose to believe Hie ruin of the
blooded home have had their eyes
opened this week by the horse whow,
the annual event, which Just preced
ing the opening of grand opera marks
the* beginning of the winter aeaaon.
Two week* ago. the Hotel A at or, Oov.
ernor Hughes’ personal headquarters,
waa thronged with persona upholding
him In his declaration that racs track
gambling must cease. Cited then as
the stronghold of the enemies*of the
horse, the same place this week has
been thronged with admirers of thla
animal attetsdlog 'the fashionable
horse stress, t Never before ln($M ha*
New York hod aurh a show and the
million* of dollars' worth of racers
which have been shipped abroad slnee
the passage of the anti-race track
gambling bin nowhere near offset the
Increased value of horse* exhibited at
HWH-m-m-i-M urn..
•‘ SAVE MONEY AND
GET FREE GOLD.
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the show this year. Thus the great
f«*ar of persons who lovo horses for
their own sake has been removed by
fl.iis assurance that the thoroughbred
Is hero to stay. One particular feat
ure of this, New York’s greatest horse
show, was the great number of entrie*
of women's • saddle horses, showing
that society is riding more than ever.
In comparison to the carriages of the
present day much Interest \Vas taken
in the exhibition of early vehicles. In
cluding the coadAes of Washington.
Lafayette and Lincoln.
Tha Servant Problem.
A new and Interesting solution of
the servant problem is Just being tried
here. This problem, by the way. is
one of the moat serious of all those
which perplex the city, since 67 per
cent of the persona dealring them are
unable to obtain competent servants,
and the average time which tfte house,
hold helper remains Jn one place is
less than two months. It is estimated
by employment agencies that the av
erage servant takes at least seven dif
ferent positions every year, and that
26 per cent of their time 1$ spent in
looking for new places, with resultant
changes of more tftan 3,000 dally.
Thla of course docs not mean that
there are 1,000,000 servant* seeking
place* In New York, since a large
‘number chAnge oftener than once
week. Ttoe housewives’ society which
has been organized to cope with this
servant problem will attempt to coun
teract the tendency among- servants
to change situations constantly by of
fering a series of awards for contin
uous service for terms ranging from
two to twelvo years. For the latter
term of continuous service rihga and
cash prizes are given. Prizes foi
shorter periods Inolude bracelets, or
ders for clothe* and the like. For
two years’ continuous service solid
gold bees In the form' of pins
given. An An indication Of the con
dition in this city the fact that onlY
thirty-one bets, four bracelet* nnd
one ring were awarded at the first
presentation of prizes la significant.
In other words, tfte society which
found positions for 900 servants Inst
year ban been able to discover only
thirty-one who have occupied
same poslstlon for two ycara and only
one who has done so for twelve years.
Public Service Commission.
A good deal has been said of late about
the enormous expense of the public aerv-
f»ct
during the pnat cnmpalgn „ ....
ment against It But whether the
mission Itself be regarded as successful
unsuccessful figures Just collected
a new light on the matter by prov
ing that this body is not so expensive
after all. As a matter of fact the an
nual Increase of expense due to Its exist-
‘ $94,006, a sum very consld-
. .han the $1,200,000 generfifiy
cited aa ths proper figure. Before the
creation of the two public service com
missions the various unrelated commis
sions working, which then existed to deal
With the same subjects, were maintained
at an- annual expense of Si. 108.649. Of
this the rapid traneit commission - got
n31.45»; the railroad commission $10!,-
671; the gss and electric commission
$60,171, and ths state Inspector of gas
meters 828,440. As compared to the total
of expense for these various commissions
that of the two new pubiio service com
missions performing not only all the du
ties of their predecessor*, but additional
ones as well. Is $1,201,148 an Increase of
$94,498. In view of the billions of dollars
of Investment in public service corpora
tions which com* under the direction of
tha commission, this can hardly ba called
an extravagant outlay.
KOVEL SUIT ENDS
COLUMBUS, da., Nov. 14.—A Jury in
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Muscogco superior court wrestled with
today. It Is claim
rather a novel
ed that two year* ago W. F. Holt bore
rowed money from J. N. llawklns'and
falling to repay tho samo was arrested on
a warrant sworn out by Hawkins oharg-
Jng him with cheating, and swindling.
Whe case was settled by Holt giving
Hawkins his notes for $700, the notea ho
lm; endorsed by some of his relative
when the notes fell due the print
and endorsers on the paper refused
K y, allrgTng that the debt could um
rally collected as the botes wero g
in a settlement of a criminal prosecuL_...
. The Jury gave Hawkins a verdict for
$700 nnd lawyers’ feci, •
POUREN TRIAL BRIN6S
"Knocking Down” Fares,
The old ssy!na that there Is no easy
ilth has |uat received a aur-
_ collector
during f ‘
week
las.
siting world an easy
[ rich quickly. During
dividual with i— —•—
oad to
nwfa.r
necessary, apparently.
■ street er x —
i have b _
:tor of fare* might knock down
a day's run, and ths arraat this
of a street car conductor has
thrown some positive and surprising light
on ths matter.* Unfortunately for him
self this man for some time kept a ledger
showing his dally profits. • The discovery
cf this account has. therefore, at last
Indicated to a waiting world ~
manner of getting * ’
eleven days this Ini
unata fondness f
125.09 as wages
'ares entered on
In other words, ...
was 12.28 and. nis average daily
from fares pocketed $3.7L This Joes not,
of course, represent tha full possibilities
of the Job. for Ilka most other* Its be
ginnings are small. On the first day re
corded i n the ledger of this money-mak
ing genius he earned $2.1$ ax wages and
contented himself with 90 cents profit In
fares. But from this modest start he
rsrldlv developed the possibilities of the
Ion until two weeks later , three
eatlve days rhowed "profltr’' of
». $11.9$ nnd $10.45 respectively^ or
altogether $21.86. renreeentlnr a total of
$27 fares. During this period his wares
raged $2.21 a day. It hes long been
cried here this 2$ per cent of —
ear fare* were never turned In.
view of tha flgurpii mveoted fy. thlj
ledge-, evnu thi* t
far too low.
twenty-five barons* in a castle In Rus
sia which 2,000 peasants took by assault,
waa described today by Edward Sermon*,
or Chelsea, Maas., a fugitive from Rus
sia,, in his testimony at tho hearing of
tha charges against Jan J. Pourcn, tho
refugee, whom the Russian government Is
trying to extradite. The barons were
kept prisoners, tho witness said, until
they promised to accedo to all the de
mands of the peasants.
In telling or anothf!r'\confllct
> peasants. •ranMfcs
of two peasant*, on*
nafda shatter trea.
of whom waa afterwards „ r _
son. At the time of tho capture, the wit
ness said, tho peasants attempted to ~
cue their comrndes. hut were ‘
by tho fusillade from th* “
dters. Severe skirmishes'
other times, according to
which numbers were killed
*4 on both sides.
An adjournment waa taken until next
!Sdl
i oecured at two
Ip Sermons, in
* and wound-
Wednesday afternoon.
Prominent Confederate Drops Oead.
LYNCHBURG. Vu.. Nov.
Holmes Smith, cashier of th
postoffice. and a brother of MPPHPMV
Smith, dropped dend this afternoon as he
was entering the gate at his home. Ha
was a captain In Company O. Eleventh
Virginia Infantry. In the Confederate
army and commanded the regiment for a
time as senior officer. The first general
assembly after the war made him briga
dier general, a very Important office
then.
was ‘
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W. Moore. Jr., aged 19, died hers today.
He was cashier of the LynchhuM^ita
tlonal Bank, and had been Identlfl
the local banka for forty years.
Former Reports Were Con
flicting—This Statement
. Is Official
PEKIN, China. Nov. 14, 8 p. i
Tha emperor of China died shortly aft
er 6 o’clock this evening. As early
aa S o'clock this afternoon it was
reported that thq emperor waa ao low
death was rngAtdcd as Imminent. The
bulletin board of the government has
confirmed tho report circulated yostsr-
day that the dowager empress Is also
mortally 111.
Rumors Sst at Rssi
. The foregoing dispatch from Pekin
seta at rest the conflicting rumors of
the past two day* that have originated
In Pekin and been published around
tho world. Tho emperor of China la
dead. Tho report from London of hi*
Improvement probably referred to a
temporary condition only. Thla Pekin
message la the first unqualified stato
ment to come from the Chinese capi
tal, and It specifically gives tho tlino
of the pasalng away of hla majeaty.
Tho regent Is Prince Chun, the em
peror's brother, and If h# Is accepted
by the government before the dow
ager ompreaa dlca, the likelihood of any
revolutionary outbreak In China will
i materially reduced.
The emperor hod been 111 for a long
tlmo nnd during recent audience* with
foreign ropreaenaatlvos ho waa unable
to alt up o n the throne or eyen In an
erect position. It waa evident for a
long time that he woula be unublo to
withstand n crlsl* which sooner or
later must develop In the disease from
which he waa suffering. Recent cli
matic extremes caused the development
of fatal complications that resulted In
his death.
Dowager Empress In Extremis.
At tho moment of the death of tho
emperor tho dowager empress’ own
death chamber chair waa waiting In
tho court yard. Hhe, too. had been In
a serious condition, and word that
was brought her earlier In the day that
tho amperor was dying, caused her to
eollapse. Thla has prevented her from
assuming the relations of grandmother
to tho successor to the throne, which,
according to the Chinese system, would
enormously augment her authority.
There is little indication of emotion
among the people over the events which
lmvo boon transpiring. The empbrot's
death and tho probnble death of tho
dowager empress within a very short
tlniq havo had but little afreet upon
tha Chinos*, who are pursuing the
oven tonor of their way without signs
of mourning.
Kuang-IIau** later life waa a pitiable
spoctacle to his attsndanta. Ills fee
bleness had rendered him a mere pup-
R ot. nnd ho had suffered long from 111
culth, which was combined with fear
and despair. Latterly he showed
marked slgna of. mental disturbances,
and evon went so far last August os to
declare himself mad.
Will Englishwomen Get Suffrage?
Are most Englishwomen, are ir.oat
English men, for or against woman suf
frago? Would a plebiscite, taken
that sole Issue, show a hostile o
favorable majority? I confess I do
not know. I do not bellevn anybody
knows. I get, however, tho Impression
that In England, aa In America, the
hulk of the women are apathetlo and
Indifferent, and that of the remainder
a great majority are vehemently In
favor of It and a small minority some
what less vehemently opposed to It-
As for the men, moat of them, I fanpy.
take the facetious view of the whole
movement, do not realize Its serious
ness, but are good-humoredly content
to let women have the vdtc If /toy
really want It. Tho vital thing
that many thousands of them do want
It with an earnestness that might fitly
bo called a passion, and that minorities.
If they are resolute, usually get their
own way.—Sydney Brooks. In Harper’s
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FARMERS’ INSTITUTE IS
era’ Institute for the twtnty-second sena
torial district was held today at the Blxth
District Agricultural Bcliool, addresses
being mode by Hon. T. G. Hudson, stats
commissioner of agriculture, and Prof.
Fain, of the Htato Agricultural College,
and Prof. A. C. Lewis, assistant state
entomologist. Owing to the Inclement
weather the attondanca was small, but
there were a number of prominent farm-
era of the vicinity present and the meet
ing was enjoyed.
Tho speakers and visitors were guests
at the noon hour of the Blxth DTatrlot
Agricultural Bchool, at the Invitation or
President E. W. Childs, and partook of a
ngnlflrent dinner prepan
•nts of the school..
■ if tho farmers of ■■■■■■■■■
[these institutes, whIUi will bs lialMH
every section, It Is believed thsy will be
productive or much good to the agricul
tural Interests.
by th* atu-
tha state will attend
III be held In
IN WILKES COUNTY
•. W. P. Duncan Ha* Returned From
Successful Hunting Trip to His
Plantation.
For Sale
Nos. 607 and 603 Mulberry street; two-
story brick building on lot 20x210. Ground
floor for business purposes and rooms
for a comfortable homo on second floor.
BARGAIN for QUICK sals.
Now #-r dwelling and 4 acres in Be'.'e-
Mr. W. P. Duncan returned yesterday
from his plantation In Wilkes county, t ard^Only
with more and a greater variety of game ‘
that’has been brought to the city by om
hunter this season. lie had a vary suc
cessful hunt and made good uce of hie
rifle. In Mr. Dunoah'e bag, the content!
of which will supply his table for sev
eral days, were the, following: Three tur-
* ys, three ducks, seven squirrels, two
lid cats (skins only), two raccoons, nnd
jo 'possum*, besides numbers of birds.
Mr. Duncan says that there are ploniy
K m* throughout Wilkes
t tha hunters ora busy,
expects to make another trip, accom
of birds and
county, and tl
He expects to
oanled by a party
Thanksgiving time.
about
Methodists In Session.
NORFOLK. Vo., Nov. Id.—'Tho feature
of today's session of th* Virginia confer
ence of the Methodist Episcopal Church
waa the effort of th* joint hoard of
finance to have th* conference levy an
assessment for the benefit oj the general
raised the oomlng year for tho Virginl
session was devot
- MfsrSOM
Red to a i
100 acres level land with new nnd eub-
ntnntl.il Improvement! and splendid orcli-
•d. Only a little way out from Macon.
660 acres and Improvements neur
Bartlesville. In Pike county, Ga.
126 aorta near Forsyth, In Monroe
county.
i.olo m IPH ,
ties, Ga.. that will produce i
1,020 acres in Burk* and Jenkins ooun-
ton to tfie acre,
610 acres near Holton, 60 acres original
woods.
Varner Hotel and t acres fin* land at
In-thin Hprlng, r
funds oi
Have I
i long time at 7 per cent.
GEO. W. DUNCAN
LAWYERS CITED TO APPEAR
BEFORE FEDERAL COURT
RICHMOND, VA, Nov. 14.-Judge
Pritchard today cited Archibald W. Ray
and Duncan C. Ray, prominent attorney*
of South Carolina, to appear before hln*
at Greenville to show cause why they
r Mould not be annlHhed for oontempt od
court
The case grows out of the aoOea of
the commissioners in ennue- tton with tha
dispensary case of that state.
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