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WAS BAKNER VEAR
FOB CORPORATIONS
EARNINGS FOR THOSE DOING
BUSINESS IN GEORGIA WERE
LARGE IN YEAR 1911.
MURPHY CANDLER TALKS
Every Indication Points to the Fact
That Year 1911 Will Outstrip
1910 by Wide Margin.
—Atlanta.
That gross and net earnings of all
public service corporations in Geor
gia for twelve months ending Decem
ber 31, 1911, will be the largest in
their history is the opinion express
ed by Chairman Murphy Candler, of
the railroad commission.
Mr. Candler stated that reports re
ceived from publice service corpora
tions for 1911 indicate this to have
been a banner year for all of them.
“The year 1910 was the biggest
year, both as to gross and net earn
,ings, Georgia railroads have ever
had,” said Mr. Candler, “surpassing
1907, which up to that time was their
red letter year. (
“According to the reports made to
the commission by the public service
corporations in Georgia, 1911, seems
to be the banner year.
“Complete reports for the fiscal
year ending June 30, 1911, have not
yet been tabulated, but they show
large increases over 1910.
“Weekly and monthly reports since
June 30, 1911, to date show contin
ued increases over the same periods
for last yepr, and I have no question
but that gross and net earnings of
all public service corporations in
Georgia for twelve months ending on
December 31, 1911, will be the largest
in their history.
"I take it that these conditions
fairly indicate also general business
conditions in Georgia.
“The relations between the public
service corporations and the public
generally in Georgia were never more
harmonious. While the commission is
daily handling complaints and adjudi
cating disputed questions, it is quite
natural that these should arise.
“The refreshing fact to the commis
sion is in the willing acquiescence of
parties in its adjudications.
“The commission has recently had
completed physical inspection of four
of the .larger lines of the state, and
our inspector is still on the road. In
the main, the physical condition of the
roadt inspected is good, showing that
average sums are being spent on
maintenance of bed, tracks, depots
and equipment.”
Georgia Is Prosperous.
“If the people of Georgia don v
know who the governor was, it would
indicate that the administration was
running perfectly, and the state gov
ernment was a splendid, orderly
thing,” said Governor Slaton, in dis
cussing the condition of Georgia on
the threshold of the new year.
“I think Georgia is in a prosperous
condition,” he continued, “one of the
most prosperous conditions in her his
tory, despite the price of cotton, and
I told the New York World so in a
telegram sent in response to its
query.
“And it for the above reason I be
lieve Georgia is prosperous now. The
people of the state are going about
their business in an orderly and quiet
manner, doing the thing they find be
fore them without commotion. There
is no surer test of the prosperity of a
people than that. It is when you find
excitement and commotion and a hub
bub throughout the state and in the
state government that you can put
your finger on discontent.
“I sometimes think that it would
be better if the people of the state
didn’t even know the name of the
governor, or if they did to forget it.
If such were the case no one could
doubt the success of an administra
tion.
“If I were governor and half the
people in the state didn’t know it, I
would consider it the highest compli
ment that could come to me as Geor
gia's chief executive.
“Another reason for Georgia’s pres
ent prosperity is the fact that Geor
gians as a class have dropped doc
tri^ire politics, and have gone in for
the practical sort, that manifests it
self in good roads, more schools,
drainage, scientific farming and all
the first hand things that really make
the state great.
“Nothing is a surer manifestation
of the prosperity of the state than
the eager manner in which people of
every class are working together on
community interests, and have put
politics fl,the theoretical sort at least,
behind them in the interests of the
development of the entire state.
“Not even the price of cotton can
keep a people like that from being
prosperous.”
U. S. Circuit Court Abolished.
The United States circuit court
passed out of existence, leaving what
has been known as the district court
court to take care hereafter of the
litigation which was divided between
the two up to the present. This was
done according to recent act of con
gress.
The circuit court was more than a
hundred years old. Both Judge New
man of the district court and Judge
Pardee of the court of appeals took
cognizance of the change by issuing
in open court an order designated as
the “order of final adjournment.”
Who Will Pay Election Expenses?
Several letters have come to Gov
ernor Slaton raising the question of
election expenses for the special elec
tion. These writers wish to know
how tickets are supplied and if the
expenses of holding the election in
each county is paid as in a regular
election.
Secretary of State Cook holds to
the view that the law would apply
in this case the same as for a regu
lar election, and the fact that this is
a special election does not change
the status of the matter In the least.
It will be necessary, therefore, for
Governor-elect Brown and Commis
sioner of Labor-elect Stanley to have
the tickets printed and distributed to
the 146 counties in the state. Gover
nor Brown was not in the city, so it
could not be learned whether or not
he has had this important detail at
tended to.
There are also Socialist candidates
for governor <nd commissioner of la
bor and they will have to supply their
own tickets, the same as the Demo
cratic nominees.
Each county executive committee
must make provision for opening the
polls and holding the election as in
the case of a regular election. It is
improbable that a heavy vote will be
polled—in fact, many think it will not
exceed ,50,000.
Secretary of State Cook sent out of
ficial election blanks some time ago.
High School Progress.
During the past eight years $2,421,-
750 has been expended in Georgia on
public high school and joint public
high school and gran^nar grade build
ings. Nearly all of these are sub
stantial brick buildings. Savannah
has the best high school building
erected a few years ago at a cost
of $125,000.
Atlanta has outgrown her high
school plant and should expend in
the near future $200,000 on new high
school buildings.
During these same years one hun
dred and thirty-nine new public high
schools have been established having
one or more teachers giving full time
to the high school grades. Every
town should provide a good high
school for its children.
Can’t Force Defeated Candidates.
It appears contrary to the general
impression that there is no way to
compel defeated candidates in Geor
gia to tell how much money they
spent on their campaigns. The win
ning candidate is compelled to file his
affidavit because the law expressly
says he shall not be declared the
nominee unless he does file it. But
for the defeated candidates, it simply
says they, too, shall file expense lists.
But it doesn’t provide any way to
enforce the law, and it doesn t pro
vide any penalty for its violation.
These facts have come out in con
nection with the filing of figures cov
ering the expenses of the recent gub
ernatorial candidates, and the candi
dates for commissioner of labor. With
i the twenty day limit Joe Brown
filed his, amounting to $4,131, Judge
Russell filed his, amounting to $7,-
069.90, and H. M. Stanley, successful
candidate for commissioner of labor,
filed his, amounting to $2,773.50. But,
assuming that the twenty days had
elapsed, Pope Brown and Joe McCar
thy failed to send theirs in in time.
They simply forgot. Pope Brown filed
hi 5—57,426.40 —later, and McCarthy
will probably file his.
“What can be done to force a can
didate to file a list?” somebody asked
General Wright.
“Why, it would be a misdemeanor,
and he could be sent to the chaingang
or fined,” said General Wright. “Let’s
look at the law.” He did look at the
law, and found, to his surprise, that
no penalty for violation of the law
was provided. It was intended, it is
stated, that it should be treated as a
misdemeanor, but it doesn't seem to
appear on the books, and candidates
who lose can decide for themselves
as to whether to abide by it or not.
Business is Prosperous.
Reports of corporations and busi
ness organizations throughout the
South, showing the progress made
during the year now coming to its
close, indicate that all Southern in
stitutions are on a more solid fonn\
dation than ever before in the his
tory of the section.
The big corporations are paying
their taxes. Their official figures show
they are all prosperous.
GEORGIA NEWS NOTES.
Atlanta— Usually important legisla
tive acts go into effect at the first of
each year, but January 1, 1912, found
but one—the Tarver-Roberts 60-hour
a-week workday for cotton and wool
en mills. The act, which provides
for a reduction in the working hours
of cotton and woolen tnills from 66
to 60 hours a week, originated in the
house through M. C. Tarver in the
form of a 10-hour-a-day bill. It was
substituted in the senate through W.
T. Roberts by a 60-hour-a-week bill
that finally passed both houses and
was approved by the governor, to
take effect January 1, 1912.
Savannah.— Among the features s os
the business of the port of Savan
nah for the past year has been a pro
nounced movement in oil cakes for
export. The oil cake is a by-prod
uct of the cotton seed after it has
been crushed for the extraction of ।
oil and is the same as cotton seed
meal, except that it is not ground, |
Sweden is the greatest consumer of
the oil cake on the other side of the
water. The cake is used by the
Swedes for feeding sheep, the wool
from which in turn is sent back to
the United States or to other portions
of the world.
ORPINGTON BREED POPULAR
AS GENERAL PURPOSE FOWL
It Is an English Bird, Desirable Alike for Egg Productton
and Table Fowl—All Four Varieties are Rated
as Good Sitters and Mothers—Gray
Flesh of Blacks Detracts.
wO
Jubilee Orpington Cock and Black Hen.
As breeus go, the Orpington classes
easily as “new,” since its history
dates only from 1890, or thereabouts.
It is an English bird rated in that
country as a general purpose fowl, de
sirable alike for eggs as well as car
cass. The four varieties are Blacks,
Buffs, Whites, and Spangled. Color of
flesh and skin, in Blacks, gray; in all
other varieties, white. Color of egg
shells a medium brown.
The blood that commingles in each
variety is Indeed of wide range. In
the production of the Blacks, Mr.
Cook, the celebrated English breeder
and creator, used Black Minorcas,
Black Rocks and Langshans, from
which by selection and careful breed
ing he claims to have evolved the
modern Black Orpington. The ances
try of the Buffs is composed of Gol
den Spangled Hamburgs, Buff Cochins
and Colored or Dark Dorking. In the
process of selection and carefully mat
ing of the progeny of the above
crosses we may attribute the Buff
Orpington of today. An English au
thority is responsible for the state
ment that the Whites are the result of
crosses between White Leghorn,
■White Dorking and Black Hamburg,
and that the Spangled represent Old
English Game and Dorking ancestry.
In economic considerations the
Orpington fowl stands well. Where
the strain has been bred for egg pro
duction, the hens have “made good;’
MANY CASES OF
RABIES IN WEST
Much Loss Has Been Caused to
Live Stock and In Several
Localities People Have
Been Bitten.
(By L. W. CASS, Kansas.)
During the past year there have
been many cases of rabies in Kansas
and other western states which have
caused much loss of live stock and in
several localities people have been
bitten by rabid dogs.
This is one of the oldest diseases
known and it was described by Aristo
tle in the fob .h century, B. C. The
season of the year makes very little
difference, as the disease Is just as
prevalent in the winter as in summer.
This is contrary to the ideas of many
persons who think that July and Au
gust, known as “dj? days,” is the
only time that dogs are subject to
rabies.
The disease Is caused in nearly a,i
cases by the bite of a rabid animal,
but it is possible to contract rabies
from the saliva, the tears from the
eyes or the milk of a rabid animal.
The rabid dog is a source of danger
a few days before the symptoms of the
disease appear, but In no case before
he was bitten by a rabid animal or
otherwise inoculated.
Hot weather, lack of water, or ill
treatment will never in themselves
produce rabies.
The symptoms seldom develop in
Jess than 14 days after the animal was
bitten —most commonly three to six
weeks —but they may not show from
six months to a year. Not all animals
bitten develop the disease. It de
pends somewhat on the part of the
body which was bitten.
In man there is less danger if bit
ten through the clothing than upon
the bare parts of the body, the face
being the most dangerous. It is not
uncommon for the symptoms to devel
op in less than two weeks when bit
ten upon the bead.
In cattle, they are prone to chase
chickens and dogs and occasiohally
run .at man, often falling down, with
a twitching of muscles, but seldom
biting.
Horses are more vicious than cat
tle. biting the manger, himself or any
thing within reach.
Treatment consists of the Pasteur
process which must be taken before
the symptoms have developed. In
order to be effective It must be taken
within a very few days after being
bitten by a rabid animal. The “mad
stone” is of no use as a prevention
of rabies.
indeed, in instances individual flocks
and single specimens have made
splendid records. By this is not
meant that they excell all other
breeds and varieties in this respect:
as a matter of fact, they rank with
the Rocks and Wyandottes in hen
fruit production. As a table fowl,
however, they are somewhat heavier,
being of larger frame. The Black is,
a big, bulky bird, the largest of the
varieties, and also the most typical
of the breed. Its great depth of body,
full breast, short legs and general
blocky appearance give a good idea
of its market value, though somewhat
heavy- in bone. The gray flesh of the
Blacks somewhat detracts in Amer
ican markets, where yellow and white
carcasses are preferred, a fault from
which the other varieties are free. All
four sorts are rated as good sitters
and mothers.
No breed in the English class has
so large a vogue in the far west as
the Orpington, with the Buffs, in the
earlier development of its popularity*,
decidedly in the lead, with the Blacks
a close second. Os later years, how
ever, the 'Whites have become decid
edly popular, due to their exploita
tion by a few wealthy eastern breed
er?, who have strengthened the
Whites by careful handling, thus mak
ing them more productive, and also
by popularizing them along educa
tional lines in the poultry press.
POST ANCHORED
IN CONCRETE
May be Satisfactorily Done by
Setting Ona-Half of Heavy
Hinge in Cement
While Wet.
Wood posts may be attached to con
crete floors by setting one-half of a
heavy hinge in the wet concrete, al
lowing sufficient length above the sur
face to admit two of the screw holes,
says a writer in the Popular Mechan
ics. When the cement is dry the post
I
Anchoring a Post to Concrete.
can be fastened to its support with
screws. The hinge can be reinforced
by inserting a piece of rod iron into
the hole before the cement is tamped
in around it.
Knowledge in Dairying.
The dairy business calls for a great
deal of technical knowledge, more so
than any other system of farming. To
be a good^iairyman one must first be
a successful farmer. He must know
how to harvest and preserve them
properly. In addition to this he must
know how to get the greatest value
cut of these crops. Here is where ad
ditional knowledge is required in dairy
ing as compared with any other brancV
of agriculture.
Germany Loses Potatoes.
Last year Germany lost 5,000.000
tons of potatoes by decay and disease,
and the government has now offered
a large money prize for a method of
preserving potatoes during the winter,
large prices to prevent loss by decay
and from disease.
Mare With Colt.
The mare with the fall colt must
have a good milk-making ration. Oats,
wheat-bran, a little linseed-meal, with
bright sweet clover or alfalfa hay, is
a good mllk-maklng one.
We Have Just Completed
The enlargement of our Store, which makes
it twice the original size, and have filled it
with the very best lines of
Hardware, Crockery, Housefurnishings
and Agricultural Implements
Seeing is believing, so we invite the public
to inspett our new store and stock.
BALKCpM HARDWARE CO.,
362-364 Third Street MACON, GA.
STOVER GASOLINE ENGINES
Th« timpleit engine on »be market-h*» less wearing ports than
jy/VX any other, and maintenance cost is less. One rod operates Igniter, ex-
®/l >\ y.i haust and gasoline pump. Extremely economical in the consumption
B/ II A l I IZu of gasoline. An experienced engineer not necessary— anybody can
O' lIEIIWdS run it. Can be started or stopped Instantly, and can be easily trans
FfrJ lURUMa;tXIUI'I ported. Will positively develop every ounce of horse power claimed—
STOVER’S GOOD ENGINE-1 to 60 k.i>.
® team Engines, Boilers and Saw Mills
Complete Ginlaf, Sewing, Shingle nil Pumpiai outfits a specialty
PWW^Nlallary Machinery Co.
' 345 Cherry St-eet, MACON, GA.
SIZE DOESN’T COUNT
Size does not always count. The stinger is
the small part of the bee, but you soon learn which
end it’s on.
It isn’t always the size of a bank account
that we consider, it's the man behind it. We
feel that the humble depositor is entitled to the
same consideration as the man who owns a mint.
Our banking facilities aie at the disposal of all
alike. We are here to help you if we can. The
farmer, planter, mechanic, business man. miner,
stockman, laborer, professional man, all are
invited to become patrons of our bank. The
size of the account is not of first importance
Come in and let’s talk it over.
Wilkinson County Bank
TOOMSBORO, — — — GEORGIA.
jjiul DMSm
First-class Work
At Reasonable Prices.
302 Second St, Macon. Ga.
Danger!
Danger!
NEIGHBOR, IS YOUR LIFE INSURED? YES.
IS YOUR HOUSE AND BARN INSURED? YES.
' VERY WELL, THEN. YOU SEEM TO BE TAKING PRECAUTION
AS IF SOMETHING TERRIBLE WAS GOING TO OVERCOME YOU.
SI ILL THIS DOES NOT SHOW BAD JUDGMENT IN YOU, BUT
RATHER SHOWS THAT YOU AR E A PROGRESSIVE AND SAFE
BUSINESS MAN.
One More Question We
Would Ask You: Is Your
Money Insured?
V
HAD YOU EVER THOUGHT OF THAT?
HOW ABOUT THAT MONEY THAT IS LYING BACK IN THE
TRUNK? IS IT INSURED? IF NOT. YOU ARE THE PERSON WE
ARE LOOKING FOR.
WE OFFER YOU A SAFE PLACE TO LEAVE YOUR MONEY
WHERE IT IS INSURED AGAINST LOSS. NOT SIMPLY FROM
FIRE. FROM ROBBERS AND THE LIKE, BUT INSURED AGAINST
LOSS.
THAT WORD. LOSS. COVERS THE WHOLE CATEGORY OF
LOSSES. A FELLOW DOES NOT HAVE TO GET HIS MONEY
BURNED UP TO LOSE, HE DOES NOT EVEN HAVE TO BE HELD
UP AND ROBBED TO LOSE IT. ST OCCASIONALLY HE MAKES A
BAD LOAN AND LOSES. WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE IF HE
LOSES IT?
IF YOU HAVE MONEY THAT IS IDLE AND YOU WANT
INTEREST ON IT. WE WILL TAKE IT AND KEEP IT FOR YOU
I AND PAY WOU FIVE PER CENT. INTEREST ON IT.
YOURS FOR SERVICE AND SAFETY,
J. J. RAGAN. CASHIER.
j. W. LINDSEY, President. GEO. H. CARSWELL, Vice Pres.
’ IRA B. STINSON, J. R. HUDSON and
I. F. BILLUE. C. M. HITCHCOCK,
W. H. PARKER,
Directors.
IRWINTON BANK
IRWINTON, GEORGIA.
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