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SOUTHERN LAND IDLE
Lets Than One-Fourth of South’s
Acreage Being Tilled.
THE COMMERCIAL CONGRESS
Startling Figure* on Our Own Country
Will Be Pre*ented to Southern
Commercial Congre**.
Wachington, D. C.—In view of the
present and Increasing depression in
the rural and Lancashire districts of
the British isles, condition* which
have been investigated by a royal
commission and reported upon with
genuine alarm, a paper will be read
and discussed at the Southern Com¬
mercial Congress, December 6 and 7,
on "Opportunity for Southern Prop¬
aganda in (he British Isles.” The pa¬
per will be prepared by Thomas L.
Field of London, a Virginian by birth,
resident In England in connection with
varied shipping interest*.
Additloal subjects to he considered
during the congress; "Neglected Agri¬
cultural Opportunities in the South,”
• Manufacturing Opportunities in Urn
.South,” and ‘'Colonization Opportuni¬
ties iu the South." will all have rela¬
tion to the one great subject of at¬
tracting to the south elements of pop¬
ulation that wilt strengthen rather
than tear down the civilization of
which the south is justly proud.
The committee on arrangements, at
the headquarters of the congress in
Washington, is already in receipt <:f
letters from owners of large planta¬
tions and real estate men relative to
lands that could bo grouped for colo¬
nization purposes, and it Is hoped that
a safe working plan will be evolved
from the proceedings of the congress.
The South’s Empty Acres.
State. Total Acreage, improved.
Alabama . . . .M, 818,560 8,654,991.
Arkansas. . . . 33,816,000 6,933.733
Florida. . . . 35,1 10,040 1,511,653
Georgia .... 37,564,060 10,615,644
Kentucky. , . . 25,715,840 13,741,968
Louisiana . . 29,061,760 4.666,532
. 6,362,240 3,516,352
Maryland . . . 7,594,428
Mississippi. • • 29,671.680
Missouri. . . . 43,985.280 22,900,043
North Carolina . 31,193,600 8,327,106
Oklahoma . . 44,424,960 5,511,993
.
iSOiltli Carolina . 25,916,800 5,775,74 J
Tennessee, , . 26,679,680 10,245,950
Texas..... 167,034,720 19,576,076
Virginia .... 26,767,680 10,094,805
West Virginia, . 15,374,080 5,498,981
Totals . . . ,612.096,920 145,185,999
The above figures show that less
than one-quarter of the land area of
the south is nerving agricultural rainfall, pur¬
pose*, yet the distribution of
the steady temperature, the long
growing seasons, the varieties of soil,
promise pre-eminence to the south in
.agriculture when science and brawn
unite to produce the result.
REWARD FOR BRAVERY.
Man Given an Orange Grove for Sav
ing Boy’s Life.
New York City.—Benjamin Levin
4946 Michigan avenue. Chicago, has
given an orange grove in Florida as
a reward to Private Charles J. Mor
rls of the United States signal corps,
etationod on Bedloe’B Island, for hav¬
ing saved Mr. Levin's 10-year-old son,
Robert, from drowning, Mr. Levin
and his son went to the island to see
the Statue of Liberty, ami while there
the lad fell overboard, and the sol¬
dier, through an act of remarkable
heroism, drew him from the water.
When Mr, Levin found it was im¬
possible to obtain the soldier’s promo¬
tion, he offered him his choice be¬
tween a life position in Chicago at
$15tt a month or an eighty-acre orange
.grove In Florida, fully equipped with
a house and implements for conduct¬
ing it. Morris accepted the orange
grove, and Mr. Levin gave him suf¬
ficient cash to buy his discharge from
the army and pay the expenses oi
himself and his wife to Florida.
NEW POSTAL CARDS.
New Small Card To Be Made for
Social Correspondence.
Washington, D. C.—Designs for the
new 4 ’ postal cards to bo issued by tho
government have been approved by
postmaster General Hitchcock.
On the ordinary card the head of
ihe late President McKinley will ap¬
pear, as now, hut a much better like¬
ness of the martyred president small lias
been selected. On the new
card, intended for index purpose*, a
likeness of President Lincoln will ap
pear. TUe 2 -cent international card
will bear a portrait of General Grant.
On one halt of the double, or re¬
ply postal cards, will appear a por¬
trait of George Washington, and on
the other a likeness of Martha Wash¬
ington. The paper to be used will
“take ink” better than the paper now
employed.
“TY” COBB FINED.
The Detroit Ball Player Didn’t Have
Money to Pay His Fine.
Cleveland, Ohio.-Tv-Cobb. outfield
•«r on the Detroit hasebal Ream, was
fined $10O and costs for assaulting
George Stanfield, a night watchman,
in a hotel on the occasion of the De¬
troit team’s last visit to Cleveland.
Cobb said he did not have that
much money, and the execution
judgment was continued to give the
ballplayer L an opportunity to obtain
’ '
nds
Cobb was indicted on the charge of
cutting with intent to wound, but
allowed to plead guilty to assault and
ffiattery. This did away with the tie
ces^tty of a trial.
METEOR FALLS IN ALABAMA
Columbus, Ga.—Several persons at
McCullough Ala. the southern
nus of the Chattahoochee Valley
way. 29 miles northwest of
saw a large meteor fal Ito earth,
tng a distinct shock, similar to an
earthquake. The shock was felt at
MfHts. 12 miles south of
and also at Waeoochee, which is
the same distance from
us Moris.
DEAD MEN FOUND.
Still 189 Men Unaccounted for in Mine
*t Cherry, Illinois.
Cherry, III .—Efforts to reach men
possibly util alive in the St. Paul
mine were in vain in two parts of the
underground workings. Although ex¬
citement was caused by the finding of
u dead miner who was at lirst thought
to be alive, the net result of the work
was the recovery of forty-two bodies.
Scarcely a kinsman of the misalnb
men was at the mine. But efforts to
explore underground continued with
unabated vigor. Dozens of volunteers
worked against exasperating impedi¬
ments to extend the limit of their ex¬
plorations.
■•They're still alive down there!"
was the watchword of every woroker,
although evidence in support of it
was meager.
The first tangible evidence that the
men In the east workings were not
killed when the fire broke out was
the tallure to hnd any bodies where
it was predicted a large number
would he found if the men were
smothered in their first rush for
safety.
Many mining implements were
found, but not a dinner pai! was to
be seen. Prom this it was argued
that the men, unable to escape when
the fire was discovered, retreated to
some extremity of the mine, But carrying
their food with them. this was
the extent of inspiring discoveries for
the day. The situation to date;
Number entrapped in mine, 310 ;
rescued alive, 20; bodies recovered,
101; still unaccounted for, 189.
The tenseness of the nerves of the
rescuers is shown by a remarkable
incident. A man, when proved to
have been dead many days, was be¬
lieved to be alive when brought to
the surface, and was rushed to the
hospital car. The mistake, however,
soon became apparent. The rescuers
who carried up the bodies said the
men had walled themselves in for sev¬
eral days, but had emerged to seek
food or water and had met death in
the black damp.
At a point beyond where the search¬
ers had gone, several declared they
could see the shattered blocking of a
pocket where the men had taken ref¬
uge. The bodies are scattered along
the gallery for many yards, and the
men who found them believed the vic¬
tims collapsed from weakness or as¬
phyxiation before going fifty yards to¬
ward the entrance. Some of the bod¬
ies were burned.
Among the bodies rescued were two
of the trapper boys. The frail bod¬
ies of the children, neither more than
14 years old, were tenderly placed in
the temporary morgue by bearers,
who wept as bitterly as If the chil¬
dren were their own.
AN EXACTING HUSBAND.
His Ten Commandments Wife Refused
to Obey.
Ann Arbor, Mich. — Mrs. Minfue
Root, who is suing her husband,
Frank, for a divorce, says that after
their marriage he laid down ten com¬
mandments for her to obey. The com¬
mandments were;
1 . Thou shall love thy husband.
2. Thou shalt obey hint. 3. Thou
shalt not find fault- with thy husband
4. Thou shalt beat upon the cymbals
and proclaim thy husband master. 5.
Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's
costly gowns. 6. Thou shalt not run
up bills. 7. Thou shalt not waste
kisses upon cats and dogs or keep
them as pots. 8. Thou shalt not take
any Intoxicating liquors or smoke. 9.
Never neglect washdays. 10. Honor
thy husband so that thou shalt not
dishonor thyself. _____
CAN BRING DEAD TO LIFE.
Woman Has Perfected a Wonderful
Electrical Apparatus.
New York City.—Louise G. Robino
vitch, the young Russia woman, has
H tartled medical men of this city with
her declaration that she had discov¬
ered a way to bring the dead to life.
She demonstrated to scientific and
critical men that she can perform
wonders with the electric apparatus
she has perfected. of those who
in the presence saw
the demonstration, Dr. Robinovitc'i
electrocuted a rabbit and brought it
to life again by ryhthmic electric ex¬
citations that caused its heart and
respiratory organs to resume their
functions. She also showed the ad¬
vantages of electricity as an anaes¬
thetic.
BOLL WEEVIL KILLS CATTLE.
Mysterious Malady Causing Trouble
in Louisiana.
Breaux Bridge, La.—A mysterious
malady which has caused the death of
considerable cattle in this section re¬
cently. has been traced to the Mexi¬
can boll weevil. It was in fields most
greatly infested with this pest that
the cattle were stricken, and in the
absence of other plausible theories the
supposition that their eating of tho
weevils on vegetation was re*ponsi
ble for their death is entertained.
Carlo Sheriff Removed.
Springfield, ill.—Governor Charles
S. Deneen declared the office of sher¬
iff of Alexander county vacant, be¬
cause Sheriff Frank E. Davis allowed
William James, a negro, and Henry
Salzner. white, uxorcides, to be taken
from his care and lynched at
by a mob on Nvember 11.
To Conserve Fuel.
Washington, D. C.—Iu view of
rapidly diminishing tuel supply of
United States, the great railway
tents of the country are to be
to adopt measures tor economy
fuel, thus assisting in the great
of conserving the natural resources
'he nation.
Women May Be Census Enumerators
census, beginning April lo, 1910,
just been forwarded them by
Director Durand. There is nothing
the act providing for the taking
this census, the director says,
will prevent women or persons
2 t years of age from becoming
ble to appointment both as the eleventh
and he says that in
and twelfth censuses women were
ployed in such work.
ATLANTA GETS MEETING
Agricultural Commissioners Will
Meet in Georgia.
PURE FOOD LAW EFFECTIVE
Previou* to Enactment of Pure Food
Caw Georgia Wa» Dumping Ground
for Impure Food.
Atlanta, Ga.—Commissioner of Agri¬
culture T. G. Hudson, accompanied by
State Chemist R. E. Stallings, have
returned from Jackson, Miss., where
they have been In attendance upon the
annual meeting of the Commissioners
of Agriculture of the Southern States,
which unanimously voted to hold the
1910 meeting in Atlanta.
Commissioner Hudson, as host, will
begin preparations right away for tne
entertainment of this distinguished
body and will endeavor to make it
the most successful mooting in
history of the organization.
According to Commissioner Hudson,
these commissioners reported (he in¬
terest in agriculture more acute now
than ever in the history of the south,
and that ihe most brilliant future for
coining years on the farm was held
out.
Commissioner Hudson made the
convention a talk, as did State Chem¬
ist R. 13, Stallings. Dr. Stallings is
recognized authority on tho subject
of Pure Food Legislation, and his re¬
marks on this Hinjeer wore attended
with the keenest interest.
He told them how, previous to the
enactment and enforcement of the
Georgia Pure Food Law, this state
was the dumping ground for all sorts
and conditions of feed stuffs, but since
the law went into operation there was
no state in the south so free from
adulterated feeds and foods as thin.
As a result of this law, the sale and
feeding of cotton weed meal to work¬
ing stock and dairy herds 1ms rapidly
increased with most satisfactory re¬
sults.
SCHOOL LEES ILLEGAL.
No Charge of Any Kind Can Be Made
in Common Schools.
Atlanta, Ga.—That a fee of any Hind
can not be charged legally In the com¬
mon schools of the state was set
forth fully in a decision of tile
preine court.
The case involving this important
point was raised in Montgomery coun¬
ty when fourteen children were exlurt
ed from the Mount Vernon ami Alley
school districts in that county because
their parents refused to pay a ma¬
triculation fee of $2.50, charged in the
schools in those districts.
Shannon and others, parents of the
excluded children, brought mandamus
proceedings against tho boards of
trustees of the two districts to com¬
pel them to admit the children. It
was contended that the parents were
all residents and tax payers of the
districts, and that as the schools
were maintained out of the common
school funds they had no legal right
to exclude the children.
Judge Martin issued the mandamus
and the supreme court sustained him.
It, was held a charge for matricula¬
tion or any other fee could not be
legally Imposed as a condition of en¬
trance to the school.
PAHDUNS GRANTED.
Prison Commission Grant Few Pa¬
roles and Commutations.
Atlanta, Ga.—During the past week
the prison commission passed on a
large number of application* three for clem¬ and
ency. Paroles were granted
commutation to present service to five
others, Fifty-one petitions were de
clined.
Paroles were recommended and ap¬
proved by the governor In the follow¬
ing cases: Charles Swanson, Camp¬
bell county, voluntary manslaughter;
•Issse Clark, Philip Jemison, Musoe
« ee Commutationa were granted in
* Robert ^ Sheppard,
the following cases; „
Floyd county, murder; Will Trumpler,
Richmond counly. misdemeanor; Pe¬
ter Williams, Fulton county, gaming;
Clifford West. Muscogee, misdemean¬
or; Charlie Hamilton, Fulton county,
burglary.
17 BALES ON 12 ACHES.
Terrell County Farmer Makes Record
of the Year.
Dawson, Ga.—The recent corn con¬
test here demonstrated the fact that
Terrell county farmers could success¬
fully raise this important cereal In
this section, and the experience of C.
C. Lunday, one of the progressive and
successful farmers in the southeast¬
ern portion of this county, in grow¬
ing cotton this year proves conclu
rively that Terrell county deserves
the reputation which it has as the
banner county in Georgia for produc¬
ing the fleecy staple. From 12 acres
of land Mr.'Lunday has already pick¬
ed and ginned seventeen bales of cot¬
ton, averaging 500 pounds, and he ex¬
pects to gather several more bales
front this field this season.
FOPE BROWN NOT ACAND1TATE.
State Treasurer Says He Will Not
Run for Governor.
Atlanta, Ga. — State Treasurer J.
Pope Brown set at rest the rumor
which has placed him among pros¬
pective candidates for governor.
■There is absolutely nothing in it,”
Mr. Brown said. "It is always the
case where a man commits a crime
once that people are inclined to sus¬
pect him of the same thing again.'
Mr. Brown had reference to his can¬
didacy for governor in 1906.
22,000 BALLS RECEIVED.
At Dawson Warhouses — More is
Expected.
Dawsn, Ga.—Local warehouses have
received by wagon during the pres¬
ent season 22.000 bales of cotton, and
will probably receive a few thousand
more before the end of the year.
While those receipts are somewhat
less than in previous years.’yet they
demonstrate the fact that a good deal
of cotton has been produced in this
section, for there are warehouses in
three other towns in the county.
PANAMA CANAL
Cost of Completed Canal Fixed
at $375,201,000.
PROGRESS IS SATISFACTORY
Annual Report of Commi»»ion Goe* Into
Detail* Regarding Progr«** of the
Work on Lthmu*.
Washington, D. C. — Satisfactory
progresc in the construction of the
Panama canal is shown in the an¬
nual report of the isthmian canal com¬
mission for the fiscal year ending
June 30, 1909, just made public by
the secretary of war.
The report deals with the organiza¬
tion of the work, construction and en¬
gineering problems which were solv¬
ed, the civil government of the canal
zone, the sanitary conditions, which
were greatly improved, and the esti¬
_____ total
mated cost of the canal. The
cost of the canal is placed at $375,-
201,000, The report says in part;
"During the year the designs for
the upper locks at Gatun and the
locks at Pedro Miguel were finished.
The locks in pairs, separated by a
wall 60 feet thick, are 110 feet in
width, with 1,000 feet usable lengths.
■ The work of excavating the Gatun
locks was continued during the year
by steam shovels throughout the fore¬
bay and the greater part of the lock
chambers, and by one of the 20-inch
suction dredges in the lower part of
the lowest dock. Excavation was in
progress at the close of the year
trenching for the curtain walls. The
material excavated in the dry amount¬
ed to 933,546 cubic yards, and lhat rc '
moved in the wet amounted to 479,930
cubic yards. The plant for the con¬
struction of the lock is practically in¬
stalled and ready for operation.
The report says of the health con
ditions: "The healih conditions on the
isthmus are reported by the chief san
it ary officer as showing an Improve
ment over the preceding year The
total number of admissions of em¬
ployees to hospitals and sick camps,
including those sick in quarters
amounted to 46,194, representing for
the year 23.49 as the number of men
sick daily out of every thousand
names on the pay rolls, as against
23 85 for the preceding year. 1 n<
number of deaths was 530.”
Regarding the cost of the canal the
vrtfrk report savs: “Nearly 50 per cent more
is necessary in order to corn
plete the canal than was contemplat.
ed by the original estimate, and that
the unit, prices, due to labor condi¬
tions, cost of materials and gratuities
given the employees, have been In¬
creased about 20 per cent. The total
cost of engineering and construction
alone sums up to $ 297 , 766 , 000 ; to
which, if the purchase price and the
estimated cost of construction and
civil government be added, then* '
suits the sum of $ 375 201,000 as the to¬
,
tal ocst of the canal.
100 U. S, EMPLOYEES FACE CHARGES*
Big Shake-Up in the Customs
Service.
New York City.—Collector of the
port William Loeb caused one of the
biggest shake-ups that has ever oc
curr-d in the customs department,
when he announced the discharge
frorn th© service of James F. Van,
deputy surveyor of the port, and IS
other customs officials.
The shake-up is the result of recent
investigations Into grafting in the cus¬
toms service ill connection with the
weighing of importations and a direct
outcome of the sugar scandal.
Washington, D. C.—Official charges
of misconduct against nearly 100 em
nlovees of the customs service, all lo¬
cated in New York, have been filed
with Franklin MacVeagh, secretary of
the treasury, following close upon Col¬
lector Loeb's suspension of £2 deltn
nuent weighers, assistant, weighers,
and at least one official of rank.
With few exceptions, it ts semi¬
officially announced the accused are
to be decapitated by Secretary Mac¬
Veagh. ___
BABIES WILL BE RARE.
Will Be No More Births, Says College
Professor, decline
Ithica, N. Y.—If the present for
in the birth rate should continue
150 vears there would be no more
si vs nsrw ms
clan of Cornell University
1 n °ls the decrease in the birtn
-ale that disturbing,” said Profes
sor Wilcox, “but rather the fa?t that
Jhe rate decrease among the classes
that would inherit the capacity for
leadership. The figures from Har¬
vard college indicate that each 100
graduates produce in the next gener¬
ation only 73 sons. The native Ameri¬
population loses more by deaths
can by births.
than it gains
KENTUCKY VOTES FOR GOOD ROADS.
Amendment to the State constitution
Carries.
Frankfort, Ky.—The election com
mission announced that the good
roads amendment to the state
tution had carried by a majority ot
5 900, almost exactly - the majorit,
given it in the city of Louisville.
It had previously been published
that the amendment, which provides a
taX le undeystandfng defeated, the
eral being that two
thirds of the total vote cast in
state was required to carry ft.
The rural counties, which were the
most affected, cast practicaly an equal
number of votes for and against the
amendment.
astor still missing.
of High to .
Futile Search Made beas
Find Millionaire.
New York City.—One of the most
persistent searches ever made of the
seas, that which is being conducted
in an endeavor to ascer.
abouts °f Co - ^
an rolonelTstors
V* ve been worried one day by stories
of % shipwreck, SXSVl and cheered the
vi sate.
B, S. TO SEEK REPRISAL
Execution of Two American* By
rauga Arou*e» Government.
New Orleans, La .—Private
from Nicaragua say that a reign of
terror exists throughout a portion
the country controlled by Zelaya.
ernment troops are rounding up
sons suspected of sympathy with
revolutionists and executing them
without trial, it is slated. More than
500 men suspected of revolutionary
sympathies have been summarily shot
and the bloody work continues.
Residences are ransacked by Zela
ya's soldiers in search of incriminat¬
ing evidence and when resistance is
offered the houses are destroyed.
men relatives of revolutionary sympa¬
thizers have been subjected to most
horrible indignities. Nicaraguan ref¬
ugees arriving at Panama and Costa
Rica declare it is time for civilized
powers to forcibly intervene and put
an end to the barbarities.
The United States consul at Mana¬
gua reports that two American citi¬
zens, Leonard Grace and LeRoy Can¬
non, had been captured with the rev¬
olutionists and shot by order of Prei*
ident Zelaya. The execution took
place at El Castrillo, near Greytown.
The American consul asked President
Zelaya to commute the sentences, bst
a reply was sharply made that the
sentence was final.
Managua, Nicaragua. Messrs,
non and Grace, the Americans who
.were executed for complicity in
rebellion, were tried nt a fair
martial, held under the direction of
the government. 1 he men, it was
charged, were responsible for placing
mines which were intended
to blow up government steamers, la
with troops which entered the rli
er at Greytown.
Washington, D. C.—Announcement
that thin government is tired of the
high-handed actions of the small Ceu
tral American republics was contained
in a dispatch sent to the Blue-fields
Company, which sought the
protection of the state department
from interference by the insurgents
now operating against President Ze
lava.
A peremptory note, couched in dip
lomatic language, but none the less
direct, was delivered to Senor Felipe
Rodriguez, charge d'affaires of the
Nicaraguan legation, demanding a full
complete explanation of the exe
cuticn of the two Americans, Leon
Grace and Leroy Cannon, who
wero executed by order of Zelaya,
they were found ia the insurgent
Pending a satisfactory explanation
the occurrence. President Taft has
refused to recognize Isidore Hazera,
now Nicaraguan minister. Mr.Taft
is thoroughly aroused by the actions
the Zelayan government, and ap
pareutly is determined to make the
of Veiled States citizens much
and considerably more
in Central America than they have
been hitherto. 4 #f the An- J,
Nicaragua has been one
tral American republics that ban piv
en this government more ifouble in
the last few years than an«
save perhaps Venezuela under the
sway of Castro. The state
ment maintained a quiet and
that was was described by one diplo
mat a* "ominous."
It was learned, however, that
President Taft and Secretary Knox
have determined on the
of some forceful moral suasion,
nothing more, with a view of bring
the Central American States to a
realization of thoirr esponsibilitles.
it is evident that the temper of the
administration has been thoroughly
and, if occasion warrants, ten
state department may advise some
action.
Orders have been issued for the
rmiser Vicksburg to proceed in all
to Corinto, and the gunboat Des
Moift** will proceed at once to Port
Lirnon to observe events there and
port the situation at that point
wireless.
Harrisburg, Pa.—Leroy Cannon, re
ported shot in Nicaragua as a revo¬
was a native of this city,
and was 29 years of age. Ho had
been living in Central America for
eight years, and in ’hat time had been
heard of half a dozen times as figur
ing in hazardous enterprises. Within
a year word was received that he had
been condemned to die for particlpa
tion in aa uprising, but was saved by
of the United States.
An effort will be made by the pa
rents to have the body brought here
for burial.
Newsy Paragraphs.
Silas Morgan, living on Whidbee Is¬
land, Washington, found several doz¬
en cans containing a substance re¬
sembling paint, and believing a case
of red paint had washed ashore,
painted his house with the material
On taking a sample to town he was
told that the sticky find was pure op
iunt. and each can was worth about
*300. As he had used or spilled near
lv thirty cans of the opium, he wasted
more than $ 9 , 00 J.
After a search lasting more than
twenty years, Edward Williams of
Vallejo, Cal., found his daughter, Mrs.
M Jackson, at her homo in Chicago.
Twenty-three years ago Mrs. Wil
liams and her one-year-old daughter
left Williams’ home and disappeared,
He searched for them for several
years, but failed to find any trace m
bis wife and daughter.
na Laura family, Livandais was arrested of an in ^ New Or
leans accused of smuggling hundreds
of Chinamen from a Mexican port to
New Orleans. The woman engineer
ed giant smuggling schemes, it is
charged, aided by Nick Stratokas and
fh^rlev Chun who were arrested
with her. The smuggled Chinamen
were sent to New York, it is
The Oklahoma supreme court has
sustained a lower court in
proceedings begun by the direction
Governor Haskell to restrain the
circulation of publications from
side t jj e s t a te which carry
^ts c{ ^toxicants.
officia i statistics shows over
divorces a day were granted in
zerland in 1908. the total number
1.551- Separation and
are as easy to obtain in
as in some American states, and
«« * & *r »»»«$•
MONEY FOR GOOD ROADS
$30,000,000 to Be Expended in
South and West for Highways.
LAND VALUES INCREASING
l mproved R oadt m North Carolina Add
ed $85 to Value of Each Acre of
Farm Land on the Highways.
Savannah, Ga.—Figures just gather¬
ed from fourteen states show an un¬
precedented movement throughout
the south and west for improved
highways. Contracts proposed or al¬
ready entered on call for the expendi¬
ture of between $25,000,000 and $30,
000 , 000 .
But for the Intense prejudice
against automobiles it is estimated
fully $60,000,000 would now be avail¬
able for better roads.
In Virginia, North Carolina, South
Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Alabama,
Louisiana, and Oklahoma state con¬
victs are being largely used.
In parts of Missouri the money
from saloon licenses is appropriated
for the purpose.
In Kentucky the county courts set
a p ar t a certain sum to be matched
w ith, equal amounts by citizen.
(n Alabama the new roads are paid
j 0 y half by the county and half by
community.
j n some parishes of Louisiana tho
j )0 jj ce jury fees pay for new roads,
There is a notable lack of county
engineers and much incompetent su
pervision in all parts of the south,
But t u the aggregate a tremendous
amount of work is being done. Grades
pave been reduced, roads have been
clayed, iron or steel bridges have re
placed wooden ones and sewer draui
a g e has .been installed in the low
p i ace s.
j n Kentucky $25,000 a year in each
county is being raised by taxation,
f 0r gradual improvement. The own
ers of timber and mineral lands are
joining in putting good roads through
the hill reg ions.
Drouth in parts of Texas, three
cr0 p f al j ui - es j n succession in districts
; n Missouri and the bol! weevil in
Mississippi have delayed bond issues
C r other provisions. for actual
expenditures' The last year’s figures
in the south for improv¬
ed roads are as follows; Alaboma.
$1,576,000; Arkansas, $1,400,000;
p l0 rida. $578,000; Georgia, $2,100,000;
Bo U j a jana, $925,000; Missouri, $870.
000 . Mississippi, $1,615,000; North
Car0lina $ 1 , 359 , 000 ,. Oklahoma, $775,
qqq. goutli Carolina, $746,000; Ten
nessee , $1,6622.000; Texas, $4,138,000;
Virginia, $688,000; West Virginia,
$ s&3 ,ooO the adjoin¬
Thirty-odd counties in
ing states 0 f Virginia, North Carolt
na, Georgia and South Carolina are
co . opera Ung in the building of a con
tinuous highway seven hundred and
flfly ralles in length, "Capital
It js to be known as the
Highway,” and will connect Rich
raond Raleigh, Columbia and Atlan
la [,,. om Richmond it leads to Wash*
fngton roads built, in
since the new were
Mecklenburg county, North Carolina.
the value of farm lands there has ris
eu kom $15 an acre to $100 an acre,
More than four thousand four hun
dred convicts are now employed in
lnl proving southern highways,
More than $ 1 , 720 ,000 has been ex¬
pended in t h e United States on so
ca R ed good roads,
There are now 43,450 miles of mu
eadam roa ds and 124,468 miles of
g raV el roads.
- is now be
A , bout $70,000,000 a year in the
f g „ ent j n the whole country
work improving old roads and
building new ones.
HATCHET MEN IN DENVER.
Threaten to Exterminate Members of
Chinese Yee Tong.
Denver, Col—Denvers' Chinatown is
jn terror as a result of warnings re
ceived from San Francisco that a
p a nd of thirty batchetmen are en
r oute to Denver to exterminate mem
pors of the Yee Tong, of whom there
a rc nearly a hundred here. This
action is-, the result of the long feud
t hat is now raging in San Francisco,
cal., between the Yee Tong and the
Gn Vick Tong. *
LABOR INDORSES BOYCOTT.
John Mitchell’s Speech Thrills Labor
Convention.
Toronto, Ont.—Indorsing a commit¬
tee report on boycott, John Mitchell,
one of the three officers of the Fed
eration of Labor who are under sen
tence for contempt of court, made a
dramatic speech to the convention or
that organization. He declared that
as far as he was concerned, regard
less of consequences, he intended to
declare for the rights gained him
by the laws of his country.
228 KILLED IN 2 YEARS.
ortatity Reports of Mississippi Rail
r Accidents.
Jackson, railroad commission ba.
of the state
completed a tabulation of the num
her of persons killed and injuredi in
tailroad accidents in Mississippi dur
reports fro m some of the roads,
' T ^ e repor t shows a employees, total of 228 10
billed, of which 77 were
were passengers and 1J1 neither pas
senger nor employees. The total num
her of injured was 2,20.9
414 were employees, 018 passengers
and 212 neither employees nor pas
sengers.
editor laffan dead.
Publisher of New York Sun Dies After
Operation.
N ,. Yo k ihp^late city—William M Laffati
„„„ n , r . f fSmen Charles 4 Dana
tatihe New York
gun. and publisher of that newspaper
for me last 25 years, died at his hom J
m Lawrence, L-ong island, following
an operation for appendicitis
Mr Laffam w as born in Dub im I r
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