Georgia Historic Newspapers

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THE TTTICE-WlYEEK TELEGRAPH
TUESDAY, JANUARY 1, 1907.
and 70 Wounded
Tmi" Were Killed ! M s$ u HESTER’S WEEKLY MEiJLEO VOLUME HUE OF PROPERTY
OF T80BE FOR FOSS III SSUTHERR STAFFS
Committee Appointed By
Mass Meeting Reports on
September Riots
ATLANTA, Dec. 28.—The committee
appointed by a mass meeting of citizens
at the time of the September riots In
this city, to Investigate the facts con
nected with the troubles at that time,
made Its report today. The report
shows that twelve persons were killed
and seventy wounded.
Of the dead, two were whites and
0 ADDRESS FARMERS
ATLANTA. Dec. 28.—President
Charles S. Barrett. of the Farmers’
Union, has returned to the city, and
upon his arrival made the Important
announcement that Hon. Tom Watson
NEW ORLEANS. La., Deo. 28.—Sec
retary Hester’s weekly New Orleans
Cotton Exchange statement issued be
fore the close of business today shows
eighth century. In the excavation of the
ruins of Pompeii a soap boiler’s- shop
was uncovered, with a soap in it, show
ing that the making of it was known
in the first Christian oentury. Pliny,
who wrote of the eruption of Vesuvius,
which destroyed the two Roman cities
in 79 A. D., stated that soap was made
from tallow and ashes and that the
BUILDING IN THE SOLID
ON IMMENSE INCREAS
NEW YORK. Dec. 28.—Bradstreet’s
tomorrow will say: ■
With an unparalleled volume of busi
ness for 1906, crowned by a record hol-
BALTIMORE. JId., Dee. 2S.—In its ' German soap was the best. Galen also
issue this week the Manufacturers’
Record says:
"The true value of property in the
referred to the use of soap.
With the modern amenities of civil
ization the use of soap has grown
to enormous proportions. The manu-
would deliver an address in the halls ; an Increase in- the movement into sight tdav trade and a heavier volume of fourteen Southern States in 1906 may : facture has been carried to such per-
- - ‘ ' be conservatively estimated at $19.- fection that both excellent Quality and
377.804.710. This estimate is based cheapness of cost have been secured,
upon figures of assessed values of the In the earlier part of the last century
of the House of Representatives Jan- . compared with the seven days ending
uary 22. to the national and State , this j a t e last year j n round figures,
officers of the organizations wno mee. j .... ... , tu davs
here on that day. President Barrett ; an ‘"=nase over t..e same aajs
Is of the opinion that Mr. Watson will j year before last of 76.000. For the
have an audience of 2,000 farmers to j twenty-eight days of December the
hear him. _ 1 totals show an increase over mst year
future orders booked than ever before,
the commercial and industrial inter
ests of the country look forward with
confidence to the developments of 1907.
Holiday suspensions in iron, steel, tex
tile and various other industrial lines
were of short duration, owing to the
year compiled by the Manufacturers'
Record from official sources, some of
the practice was common in all the
rural regions of this country for farrn-
The presidents ! of 643.000. an increase over the same mills being so well sold ahend. Cur-
twelve State organizations have been , . , . , -
Invited to come to the conference, and I period year before last of 392,000. I-or
most of them will be here. The five the 119 days of the season that have
members of the national board of direc- J eiapsed the aggregate is ahead of the
ten colored: two were females and ten tors will also be present. They are: ; m ( , avs of )ast 8S3.000. ahead of
males. Of the wounded, ten were !«- * ”—<- o-.m—«i<» • r>_ I - - —
whites and sixty negroes. The com
mlttee. for relief of the wounded and ■ ,<-r, (opens, j\.uh., . o. uKi, nast
for the families of the dead, expended — - * '* Mur 1
$5,363, of which the city contributed
31,000. The report says:
The crimes of the mob included rob
them coming directly' from State ex- j * rs ’ wives to make their own soft soap,
executive in telegrams, and comparison a ‘ sometimes the hard soap. For this
. . . 3 * _ . 1 nnrnitcp enn n pronca tvo «2 cqvod
with the figures of 1905 is made in
I ..... .tv~ - ; j j;t nays ni last year sss.vuv. aneao oi
| '' • A. Morris. Sulligent. Ala.. Camp- j salne days year before last 2,000. The
* " 11 5 UM f ’ Russell. I. T.: James But- ; anioun ; brought into sight during the
d j]er, Topeka, Kan.; ,. S. Mi.ler, Lake . ., ast week Infs been 448.658 bales.
hery as well as murder. In a number
of cases the property of the Innocent
and unoffending people was taken.
Furniture was destroyed, small shops
were looted, windows were smashed,
money was taken from small hoards.
In the commission of crime men and
women alike were treated with un
speakable brutality.”
As a result of the riots, the report
continues, good citizens have been
driven away.
Concluding the report says:
”As twelve persons were killed and
seventy were murderously assaulted,
and as by all accounts, a number took
part in each assault, it is clear that
several hundred murderers, or Svouid
he murderers, are at large in this com
munity.”
The committee in concluding Its re
port sums up the following facts.
“1. Among the victims of the mob
there was not a single vagrant.
"2. They were earning wages in Use
ful work up to the time of the riot.
"3. They were supporting themselves
and their families or dependent rela
tives.
"4. Most of the dead left small chil
dren and widows, mothers or sisters,
with practically no means and very
small earning capacity.
"o. The wounded lost from one to
eight weeks’ time, at 50 cents to $4.00
a day each.
"6. About seventy persons were
wounded, and among these there was
an immense amount of suffering. In
some cases it was prolonged and
excruciating pain.
"7. Many of the wounded are dis
figured and several are permanently
disabled.
"8. Most of them were In humble
circumstances, but they were honest,
industrious and law abiding citizens
and useful members of society.
"!>. Those statements are true of
both white and colored.
"10. Of the wounded ten are white
and sixty are colored. Of the dead,
two are white and ten are colored, two
females and ten males. This includes
three killed at Brownsville.
“11. Wild rumors of a larger number
killed have no foundation that we can
discover. As the city was paying the
funeral expenses of victims and relief
was given their families, they had
every motive to make known their
ions. In one case relatives of a man
killed in a broil made fruitless efforts
to secure relief.
"12. Two persons reported as vic
tims of the riot had no connection
with it. One. a negro man. was killed
in a broil over a crap game, and
another, a negro woman, was killed
by her paramour. Both homicides oc
curred nt some distance from the
scene of the riot.
"13. As twelve persons were killed
and seventy were murderously assault
ed. and ns, by all accounts, a number
took part In each assault, it is clear
that several hundred murderers' or
would-be murderers are at large In
this community.
”14. Although less than three months
have passed since the riot, events have
already demonstrated that the slaugh
ter of the innocent does not deter the
criminal class from committing more
crime. Rape and robbery have been
committed in the city and suburbs dur
ing that time.
"15. The slaughter of the innocent
does drive away good citizens. From
one small neighborhood twenty-five
families have gone. A great many of
them were buying homes on the in
stallment plan.
"16. The crimes of the mob include
robbery as well as murder. In a num
ber ot' eases the property of innocent
and unoffending people was taken.
Furniture was destroyed, small shops
were looted, windows were smashed,
trunks were burst open, money was
taken from the small hoard, and arti
cles of value were appropriated. In
the commission of these crimes the
victims, both men and women, were
treated with unspeakable brutality,
"17. As th>' result of four days of
lawlessness ‘here are in this glad
Christmas time widows of both races
mourning for their husbands and hus
bands of both races mourning for their
wives: there are orphan children of
Ih races who cry out in vain for
Creek. Tex.; L N. MeCollister. Many,
La. National Secretary R. H. McCul
lough, of Beebe. Ark., will be here.
The Farmers' Union Press Associa
rent jobbing
of the filling-in order character, and
while a cold snap early in the week,
helped retail trade in seasonable goods,
the weather on the whole has been
too mild for the fullest developments.
Money continues firm and active, hut
easier conditions are looked for after
| against 312,196 for the seven days end- { the turn of the new year. Car short-
' ing this date last year, 373.186 year : ages still prevail, though the situation Miss.
1 before last, and for the twenty-eight • j s somewhat better. * "
One of the most significant features
days of December it has been 2.123.528. |
. - . „ ,11 * / -v, _ i vaca.vo va i/cvviiiovi '• UUtJ U1 U1C IllGbl PigimAbaut, icaiutv
don. consisting of the ^dUors or the j a&a i nst 1.4S0.463 last year, 1,731.247 year i n the entire situation are that con
union papers and of which Ben. L. j h pfnre init
GrifTIn. of Conway, Ark., is president,
will attend the meeting. In addition
sumers are apparently convinced of
The movement since September 1 i the permanency of present high prices,
shows receipts at all United States 1 an( j as shown by advance orders, are
to these officials, county officers m j ports r,.so2.17$. against 5,012.334 last j disposed to order ahead with liberality
large numbers will be on hand, .-us well , year 5 .soo.977 year before last. Over- i and confidence.
as prominent members and workers )and across the Mississippi. Ohio and J Buving of nig iron for delivery in
in the ranks from ail parts of the
South.
Prior to the big conference here on
January 22 the county organizations
everywhere will hold meetings and ral
lies. The meeting here will be one
of the most important in the history
of the organization.
President Barrett says the union has
enjoyed a year of wonderful growth
and prosperity during 1906. and is now-
in the million class in membership.
At the meeting hero plans for the
new year will he discussecf and a more
vigorous campaign than ever for the
advancement of the farmer'waged.
TOLD OF RIOTOUS
ACTS AT BROWNSVILLE
Potomac rivers to Northern mills and
Canada 533.258. against 425.521 last
year, 517.134 year before last. Inte
rior stocks in excess of those held at
the close of the commercial year 561.-
493. against 607.011 last year, and
665.654 year before last. Southern
mills takings 96S.OOO. against 937,011
last year. 878.716 year before last.
These make the total movements for
the 119 days of the season from Sep
tember 1 to date 7.864.929, against
6.981.877 last year, and 7,862.481 year ________
before last. Foreign exports for the j (SOpoints) without sales. Cuban pro
week have been 267.690. against 125,- j duction is very large, foreshadow ing a
609 last year, making the total thus : record crop despite scarcity of labor,
far for the season 3.971,027, against : Beet sugar production this year ex-
3.359,838 last year, an increase of 611.- I ceeded that of Louisiana cane.
States.
1905.
1906.
Alabama ..
$344,224,271
$378,468,462
Arkansas ...
. 290.576.1P8
321.700.000-
Florida ....
. 131.436.393
143,200,000
Georgia ...
. 577.967.938
624.465.472
Kentucky .
. 705.771.834
80S.041.91S
Louisiana .
. 396.821.157
459.271,270
Maryland .
. 705.561.456
733.700.000
Miss
. 2S4.343.137
366.799.080
N. Carolina
. 461.520.66S
479.900,000
S. Carolina
. 220,224,505
249.534.422
Tennessee ’.
. 445.832.036
474.500.000
- Texas
.1.139.022,730
1.221.159,869
i Virginia ...
. 554.188.687
629.641,533
j \Y. Virginia
. 332.94S.331
837.S39.858
1 Total ..$6,680,439,421
$7,743,221,884
“Where round numbers
are used, the
' figures are
estimates, it
is believed.
the second half of 1907 is incrc
in volume. A significant feature is below rather than above the figures
the fact that buyers, appear disposed that will appear when officiallv avail-
to accept the present high level of
prices, the feeling in this respect be
ing in sharp contra
played early in the sum
purpose soap grease was saved during
the winter, and wood ashes were col
lected from the fires in kitchen stoves
and fireplaces. The ashes were kept
as clean as possible and placed in a
leachtub, which was specially made for
the purpose of securing lye to make
soap. The lye was the strong alkaline
solution secured by soaking the ashes
with water and allowing it to drip from
the bottom of the tub. The form
of vessel found most convenient for
this was a tall tub, larger at the top
than at the bottom, and supplied with
a spigot from which the lye ran. The
supply of water w-as frequently re
newed by pouring a pailful on top of
the ashes.
When the stap making was to be
done on a warm spring day a fire was
kindled out of doors and a huge pot
or kettle, filled with the tallow and
suet saved for the purpose, and the lye
poured over the grease, was suspend-
able The comparison shows that there ed over the fire, and the boiling and
first time in seven years. But the to
tal increase in the year is only $351,-
062.914 less than the total increase,
SI,41.3,845,377. between 1900 and 1905,
189. Northern mills takings and Can- | The
ada during the past seven days show I several
an increase of 32.491 as compared with j ness is seasonably quiet, but whisky
the corresponding period last year and ! distillers are busy on orders, and Ken-
i their total takings since September I i tucky distilleries" never had so much
1 have decreased 49,705. The total tak- j business.
liotior^ dfstilfimr & trade reports I '"which p^iodthe average annua In*
features'“inters* Net?TuT- was only $282,769,075. The in-
reatu.es . i interest, xsew pus ereasp between ions ions
crease between 1905 and 1906 was
$307,113,656 greater than the increase,
$755.66S,807, between 1S90 and 1900.
In some of the States
have been 2,135.383. against 2.154,405
BROWNSVILLE, Tex., Dec. 2S.— last year. These include 1,155.839 by
George W. Randall, a retired business ' Northern spinners against 1.205,544.
man. and his wife testified in the ! Stocks at the seaboard and the twen-
Purdy investigation as to the riotous ! tv-nine leading Southern interior cen-
acts alleged to have been committed j ters have increased during the week
by members of the Twenty-fifth In- j 21,712 bales, against an increase dur-
fantry, negroes, being conducted by j ing the corresponding period last sea-
ings of American mills. North, South } Business failures for the week ending Y alues represent only a third of the
and Canada, thus far for the season ; December 27. in the United States nttm- tru ® Y -t 8 ’ an “ m others from 40 per
ber 161. against 227 last week. i Yf nt *° °® " cr ,? ent , of the true value.
Weeky Bank Clearings. . that basis the true value of prop-
NEW YORK. Dec. 28.—Tile total bank ae . South today approaches
clearings in the United States for the $19,400,000,000. In 1860 the true value
Assistant United States Attorney Gen
eral Purdy, at the instance of Presi
dent Roosevelt here today.
The Rendalls live in the second story
of a building just across the street
from Fort 'Brown and say that they
saw the soldiers shooting from the in
side of the garrison wall on the night
of the outrage, the soldiers afterward
jumping over the wall and invading
the town.
Mrs. Kate Leahy corroborated this
evidence and counted sixteen negro
soldiers participating in the shooting.
Herbert Elkins was with Mrs. Leahy
son of 65,598. Including stocks left
over at ports and interior towns from
the last crop and the number of bales
brought into sight thus far from the
new crop, the supply to date is 8,162,-
699, against 7,426.408 for the same pe
riod last year.
World’s Visible Supply.
NEW ORLEANS. La.. Dec. 28.—Sec
retary Hester’s statement of the world’s
visible supply shows:: Total visible
5,173,646, against 4,880,956 last week.
5,307,977 last year. Of this the total
of American cotton is 4,124,646. against
3,937,956 last week, and 4.153.977 last
arid corroborated her testimony. In : year, and of all other kinds, including
ail twenty citizens testified today prac- | Egypt, Brazil. India, etc., 1,049,000.
tic-ally to the same effect. j against 943,000 last week, 1,154,000 last
Photographs of places fired into , J’ ear -
were taken and bullet holes counted. I
A new Springfield army bullet of im- I cotton as above shows an increase
proved pattern was found imbedded i compared with last week of 292,690.
behind a bod room mirror and will be i a decrease compared with last year of
taken to Washington. The inquiry i 13 *; 331 ,
Deposits .,
Circulation
Legal tenders.
Specie
Reserve
Reserve required.:.
The total world’s visible supply of i Surplus
week were $2.814.057.Sll; outside of New of property in the whole countrv. in
York City, $990,106,311: increas. 7.6 r.er eluding the South, was only $16,160.
000.000. The increase in - real wealth
. in the South during the year approxi-
I mates $2,656,956,158, which means an
: increase at the rate of about $7,280,000
U day, including Sundays and holi
days.
! "Marked addition to Southern wealth
cent.
Richmond
....$5.244.190..
Inc.
..21.0
Doc.
Savannah
.... 3,731.088..
..
24.0
Atlanta ........
.... 5.086.654..
..29.1
—
Norfolk
.... 2.446.290..
..27.5
—
Augusta
.... 1.637.865..
..10.9
—
Charleston ....
.... 1.154.243..
..
6.3
Knoxville
.... 1,500,214..
..15.7
—
Jacksonville ..
.... 1,151.472..
..14.8
—
Macon
.... 843.723..
..11.6
—
reduced the price that the use of the
homemade product has practically
ceased, even in the regions most re
mote from market.
That any substitute for soap will be
evolved in the chemistry of the future,
of course, remains to be seen, but
nothing has yet been found that serves
the same purpose, although the soap-
assessed i berry of nature has in its pulp a pow
erful detergent which is much stronger
than ordinary soap. The fruit of the
soapwort has soap qualities, and in
some parts of the world is used as nat
ural soap. Soapstone although it has
a greasy or soapy feeling, has no de
tersive power, but is sometimes ground
up for toilet powders. Its other name,
steatite, is from the Greek word for
tallow.
There are many words of which soap
is one of the constituents. Soap bub
bles have formed the innocent amuse
ment of children of all ages, with the
ease of making them, their iridescence
during the year has been in the shape and the brief period for which thev
of railroad construction that has last. Hawthorne, in “The House of the
brought the total mileage of that sec- Seven Gables,” describes ..now a man
tion up to 64.000. A careful review of had an irresistible desire to blow soap
this construction shows 3,055 miles bubbles, and scattered the airy spheres
Weekly bank Statement.
NEW YORK. Dec. 29.—The statement
of the clearing-house banks for the week
(five business days), shows that the banks
requirements! "a'i 0 increase of' ssloss.'s^o completed and 4.200 miles construction I abroad from a window to the' street.
-1 Ih.1. 1- . no . *. rvlannrt/1 for T’So ooEiMnfon 1-t. • _ ^ t. . a
as compared with last week. The state
ment follows: Inerease.
Loans $1,032,973,000 $5,789,700
will be completed tomorrow.
PRES. CASSATT DEAD
One of Foremost Railroad
Men and Financiers of
Country
PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 28.—Alexan
der Johnstone Cassatt, president of
the Pennsylvania Railroad, and one of
the foremost railroad men and finan
ciers in the country, died suddenly at
his residence in this city today. Mr.
Cassatt, who was a little more than 67
years of age, was stricken with heart
disease shortly before 1 o’clock and
died before assistance could be given
him. He was a victim of an acute
heart attack, known professionally as
"the Stokes-Adams syncope."
Aside from being the head of the
Pennsylvania Railroad, Mr. Cassatt
was president of six other companies
and a director in twenty-three con
cerns, principally transportation com
panies, bank and trust companies. His
wealth is estimated at between $50.-
000 and $75,000,000.
Mr. Cassatt was born in Pittsburg
in 1S39: was educated in Germany and
at the New York Polytechnic Institute.
He entered the service of the Perin-
sylvania in 1S61 as a rodman. In 1S67
he became superintendent of motive
power and machinery, and in 1878 be
came general superintendent of the
Pennsylvania System. From this time
his rise was rapid and in 1SS0. he
Of the world’s visible supply of cot
ton as above there is now afloat and
held in Great Britain and Continent
2.402,000, against 2,575,000 last year; in
Egypt 238,000, against 191,000 last year:
Ex-U. S. deposits.,.
9Sl.3oi.ioo
53.070.800
71.371.500
179 323.000 2.6951400
250.694.500 4.501.400
245.325.27i
5,369,22
9,501.47
9.652.300
145.200
1.806,000
2.413.075
2.088.325
planned for 1907. The _ estimates for i A soap crutch is a crotched stick
1907 do not, as a rule, include figures used for stirring the softsoap in a
for new corporations that have not be- kettle. A soapfish has a soapy skin,
gun construction, but in a very few whence its name. The soapnut is the
instances, where the work is practically fruit of an East Indian shrub. A soap-
assured. they are taken note of. More- lock is a term used in this country in
over, in some cases old companies will
undoubteedly build more line next
year, for instance, the Southern Rnil-
THE SUSPICIOUS MAN.
0' 1-0-5 j wav. but they are not ready to an
nounce. their plans, and, consequently,
their projected work cannot be noted.
reference to a lock of hair which was
formerlj’ frequently worn on the temple
and kept smoothly in place, by being
soaped, and the term has come to mean
any lock of hair brushed apart from
the rest and kept carefully in its place.
St. Louis Republic,
Everybody’s good to me—
Just now:
Just as good as they can be—
JUst now:
in India 452,000. against 613.000, and 1 Wife is gentle, kind and sweet.
had become first vice-president; in 1S82
thev will see no more: there are he resigned, hnd did not again hold an
L-i-ow 1 men of both races disabled fer official position in the company until
lifr. md .11 ibis sorrow has ci»me to he was elected to the presidency of
iwr.ple who are r,b?olutely innocent of tho company, 1889. Mr.- Cassatt began
anv wrong doing. " I his railroad career in the engineering
"In conclusion we call attention to i department and never lost his inter-
the fact that up to this time Atlanta ost ,n that branch, and the planning
1. i.l been a law abiding cltv and crimi- and Parting of the Great New York
ir's of ill kinds, with a single excep- ' cilv Tunnel System for the company
tlon. had been punished bv legal " a * due to hint. Mr. Cassatt had
methods. Ropotnedlv. in view of hun- res, ded In Philadelphia for many years
in the' United States 2,082,000, against
1,929,000 last year.
Liverpool Cotton Statistics.
LIVERPOOL. Dec. 2S.—Following are
the weekly cotton statistics: Bales.
Total sales of all kinds • 20,000
Total sales of American 18,000
English spinners' takings 66,000
Total export .1 14.000
Imports of all kinds 208.000
Imports of American 171.000
Stoek of all kinds 790.000
Stock of American 629.000
Quantity alioat. all kinds.. 39S.00G
Quantity afloat of American 321,000
Total sales on speculation 1,000
Total sales to exporters 1,000
Weekly Interior Cotton Towns.
NEW YORK. Dec. 2S.—The following
is the movement of spot cotton at the
leading interior cotton towns for the week
ending Friday. December 28:
and his family har’ been very promi
nent socially in this city..
dreds of men. th'e Sheriff has con-
du(-:e:l along the public highways,
prisoners charged with the most odious
. rimes, and those prisoners have bad
legal trials, which resulted in the pun-
i =hment of the guilty and the’acqulttal
of the innocent.
I'onsiderlng this record of a law
a haling c immunity it is amazing that
tho things we have recited could have
happ- nod in Atlanta and that the
sir -11 minority which constitutes the
lough element was allowed to crucify
this community in the eyes of the ... „„ tvi
""''rid. a ' shock the moral sense of dent of the Young Men's College 1 here.
PROF. JOHN E. BAKER
DIES AT TH0MASVILLE
THOMASVTLLE, Ga.. Dec. 2S.—Prof.
John E- Baker died at 10:80 o’clock this
morning after an illness of several
months. He was a captain In the Confed-
; crate army. He was for 30 years presi-
our own people.
"W. G. COOPER.
"GEORGE MUSE.”
VIRGINIA TO SELL
SLICE OF LAND
and after the establishment of the pub
lic schools was president of the High
School.
Failing health hns prevented him from
work for two years past. He leaves a
wife and one son. Tom Baker, and live
daughters. Mrs. Britton. Mrs. Draper.
I Mrs.'Glenn and Misses Sallie and Willie
Baker, who were at his bedside at the
hour of death.
WASHINGTON. Dec. 28.—The Secre
tary of War li.-.s in'ormod the House
committee on fortifications :ha: legal 0 f>-
staeles to the acquirement by the Govern
ment of title to l.c.ul under water at the
entrance of Chesapeake Bay. -necessary |
as a site for the creation of an -.rtilleiai
island and fortress, hnve been removed
The Government Of Virginia has been
credited with an authority to transfer
tiie land to the United States Govern
ment. and if Congress makes the nec
essary appropriation of $1.3S5,>'90 for the
purchase of sites and erection of fortifica
tion already Included in the estimates
submitted by Secretary Taft, the pork
will spe, dtly begin and an island of 50
acres area will he created at the entrance
of the bay.
notic^tcTsubscribers.
Examine label on your pa
per. It tells bow you stand on
the books. Due from date on
the label. Send in dues and
also renew for the year 1907.
THE WICKED TEMPLE,
By R. A. Wade.
’Twas oure, God made it pure, the human
heart.
And Eden was its home with God to
dwell;
But Satan came with temptings and his
dart
And struck the brightest hopes to black
est hell!
An atA- God. the fall, the ruiit wrought.
A gWnning World with thorns, where
fruits had been.
A fear, forebodings, and a refuge sought.
In thunder tones proclaimed the wage
of sin.
But Jesus came that temple to rebuild.
The bending heavens all amaze to• see;
And with His spirit all the chambers
filled.
To glorify Him in eternity.
And *t shall stand, and Eden, still its
homo.
The flaming swords removed, will open
v, ido
Tlir gut s of pearl, and .ill w.:o will mav
conie.
And in that sweet Forevermore abide.
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Albany ....
5071
34S
4441
Athens . . . .
1273!
1119
224G3
Atlanta . . . .
io
2130!
34)4
15514
Brenham . .. .
60!
63
2580
Charlotte . . .
9%
90;
90
Columbia . . .
1284’
684
15500
Columbus. Ga.
9'i
6XSi
315
315
21722
Colum., Miss..
766!
863
11129
Dallas ....
1205212266
4S4S
Eufauln . . . .
337
324
5733
Greenville . . .
2230
2037
18024
Greenwood . .
186|
161
5120
Helena ....
2992'
2365
17730
Little Rock....
9 9-16'1393
2249
51389
Macon . . . • .
10%
366
159
9522
Meridian . . .
2876
2574
9342
Montgomery .
3-%
3S533260
3260
30057
Nashville . . .
10 Vi
SOo
771
605
Natchez . . .
3001i276S!166S
14211
Newberry . .
97
87
....
1700
Raleigh . . . .
iovt
193
225
....
1205
Rome . . . .
500
656
....
4853
Selma ....
222913595!....
8513
Shreveport . .
6513I5751
600
22550
Vicksburg . . .
3533
26061....
31854
Yazoo City
1959
216S
15S14
Gets just what I want to eat.
Murmurs things I won’t repeat—
Just now.
Office boy is most polite—
Just now:
Wants to stay and work at night—
Just now;
Postman has a cheery hail
When he comes in with the mail.
Brings each package without fail—
Just now.
Cook is meeting every wish—
Just now:
Always get each longed-for dish—
Just now:
Children never make - noise—
‘‘Quiet papa mod enjoys!”
They are splendid girls and boys—
Just now.
Friends are dropping in to call—
Just now:
Mighty pleasant, one and all—
Just- now:
Telling me it’s fine to see
j The amount of electric railway built The use of the word "snap” for money
i is small, being about nnlv 100 miles for secretly used for political purposes has
1 1900,- although there are several pro- ' found a Place the slang of cam
! jects of note in prospect for 1907, and term "softsoap.”
in this variety of construction record
is made only of track that will be !
. used for both passenger and freight
! service, street railways not being in-
j eluded.
“A peculiarity of railroad construc-
! tion during 1906 is that Texas and
i Louisiana are far ahead of the other
j States in the record' of line built, but
| Arkansas is close behind them. Texas
: is away in the lead with a total of Sio
j miles (she bad only about 300 miles in j __ __
i 1905). Louisiana second with 471 miles, j n jh e - "Christening of Miss Ivilmans
| Arkansas third with 282 miles. Mis- j e^-g.” where the poet savs:
j sissippi fourth with 232 miles. Georgia
The Manufacturers’ Record
timore says that reports from a
ber cif cities throughout 'the Soutlf
Southwest show that building or
tions are steadily increasing, both
to the number of structures and as to
their cost. At Gulfport, Miss., work
under way includes a $16,000 opera
house with a capacity for 1,200 per
sons. to be completed by January 1;
a 30-room brick hotel to cost $22,000; a
26-room brick and stone hotel to cost
$23,000, and several residences, rang
ing in price from $4,000 to $7,000. A
$25,000- cannery and a $6,000 cement
plant are planned for the near future,
j It is announced that a big warehouse
is to be erected in connection with the
last of five new piers at Galveston,
Tex., and a contract providing for an
increase of 5,000 spindles and 20 looms
In the equipment of a cotton mill at
Waxahachle, involves the erection of
a building 100 by 200 feet, ono story
high, of red brick and cement stone
and 15 operatives’ cottages. •
In Knoxville, Tenn., the value of
buildings, for which ’ permits were
issued last month, is estimated at
$104,4S0, an increase of $24,730 over
November, 1905, and of $25,255 over
November. 1904. Among the important
permits of the month were those for
the erection of a $30,000 store, a $15.-
000 apartment house and a $10,000
store.
In Atlanta, Ga., there has been a
notable increase in building activities,
the estimated value of structures for
which permits were issued in the first
11 months of the year being $4.St3.S79
as compared with $3,312,931 for the en
tire year of 1905. It is calculated that
$450,000 will have, been expended
was | It'S this year at Macon, G
- - most prominent buildings. Sol™
000 hotel and store. In .Mobile,
the value ef building operations in
first 10 months of the year was
143, which is slightly less than th-wp.
tal value ef .-til buildings ei-ecfoco -vi
the 12 months of 1905, and it is ex
pected that the figures for 1906 will
show an increase of about $300,000
over those of last year.
During November, building opera
tions in iRirmingnam. Ala., totaled
$153,280, of which $111,250 represents
building-- begun during the month, and
$18,520 repairs and alterations': Per
mits granted in Memphis. Tenn..
$7,326 in excess of those for Novem|
ber. 1905. Tu Jacksonville, Fla., we
issued in November permits for
frame buildings and six brick
Since May 3. 1901. a total of 6,1
j buildings lias been the record of Jack-
I sonvllie. To the recent announcement
S of a $100,000 fertilizer plant at> Au
gusta. Ga., to have an annual output
of $50,000. is now added tile announce
ment of work to begirt about the mid
dle of January upon a $50,000 modern
apartment hou c e built in double stylo.
At Joplin, Mo., building of nil kinds
is being unshod, notwithstanding the
winter weather, and no'less than 500
dwelling houses ore now in course of
construction, while a number of fac
tories and other plants are soon to fo
under way. The new $500,000 hotel
now under way has the steel construc
tional work completed to the eighth
story and It is confidently believed that
it will be completed by next July. A
new gas company in that city has laid
the foundations of its building and a
steel company there which has recently
added a now building to its plant has
planned for a grottn of buildings itp
which electricity will be used for;
power.
term “softsoap,” for
smooth words of flattery. - has been
added to the English language, so that
it is used in “Torn Rrcwn at Oxford.”
The designation of Castile soap, from
the province of Spain, where it was
first made from soda and olive oil,
came in time to be corrupted in Eng
land to castle soap bs r those in ignor- j Western hemisphere
ance of its derivation. It is also known
as Spanish soap. There is .a green
soap especially made to treat cutane
ous diseases.
A poetical allusion to soap is found
FACTS ABOUT SOUTH AMERICA!
From an Interview with Tion. Jolu|
Barrett. Minister to Colombia, in
Joseph News-Press.
South America Is a continent of greal
surprises, and worthy of our clnsesj
study. For instance.’its largest <itv;
Buenos Ayres, caphol of Argentina, h U
now a population of over 1,000.000. ar
is growing faster than any-.citron the'
av« N*' York
Just now.
i Elevator boy wears smiles—
Just now:
Waiters plv their deepest wiles—
Just now:
; Grocer does the best he can.
. Butcher’s boy and laundry man
[ For my comfort seem to plan—
Just notv.
| Oh, how fine it is to live—
Just now,
| I’ve all the joys that life can give—
Just now:
But, you see
Cotton Receipts.
NEW TORK. Dec. 28.—The following
are the total net receipts of cotton at all
ports since September 1: Bales.
Galveston 2.211.747
New Orleans 1,270.380
Mobile 570.194
Just now!
THE NEW COLOSSUS.
Savannah
Charleston
Wilmington
Norfolk
Baltimore
New York
Boston -
Newport News
Philadelphia
San Francisco
Brunswick
Port Townsend
Pensacola '
Port Arthur and Sabine Pass.
Jacksonville. Fla
Laredo. Texas
This sonnet stands engraved on the
Bartholdi Statue of Liberty in New
York harbor. It embodies the spirit
of the fathers of the republic. Shall
we of a later
..l,051>.25 ! to it?
fifth with 226 miles. West Virginia |
sixth wilh 215 miles. Virginia seventh I
with 162 miles. Florida eighth with |
154 miles, and Alabama ninth with 102 I
miles. Construction in Oklahoma and !
Indian Territory has slacked off con
siderably in the last year or two. but
it has developed rapidly in both Lou
isiana and Texas, each of which prom
ises to make a high record next year.
In fact the outlook for 1907 indicates
that very active work will be done.
The States projecting over 100 miles
of line are Texas. 834 miles: Florida,
503 miles: Mississippi, 426 miles:
Georgia. 411 miles; Louisiana. 408
miles: Virginia, 322 miles: Arkansas,
263 miles; Alabama, 226 miles: North
Carolina. 207 miles: West Vigrinia, 160
miles; Tennessee, 151 miles; Kentucky,
132 miles: Indian Territory, 128 miles;
South Carolina. 113 miles.”
USE AND MAKING OF SOAP.
egg.” where the poet
“Seemed washing his bands with in
visible soap
In imperceptible water."
and Chicago. It is more henutifW than
any city in the United States,
even excepting Washington, and truth
fully is c-UIed the Paris of South Amer
ica. It has citths, operahouses. hotels
and public buildings as fine-as those
of New 'York anti London, .
The total foreign trade of our sister
republics on the Western hemisphere,
of which there are nineteen, amo.unted
last year to nearly $2,000,000,000. an
enormous total which shows its great
value, but of this nearly 75 per cent
was with European countries. The
United States sold to South America
last year more than $160.nco.000 worth
. of exports, but purchased from South
j America more than $300,000,000- of
! products, making a balance of trade
■ ^ against us of more than $149,000,000.
PROVIDENCE, R. L, Dec. _9. nhe ; pf course, is not a satisfactory
final sessions today of the several con- j arrangement We ought at least to sell
ventions which have been held at ; as much as we buy. The reason we
Brown University during the past week j haven’t sold more is because we
held Saturday. At the conventions,
wmen, m a measure, were merged into
one, a wide variety of subjects were
discussed.
Perhaps the most important inci
dental feature of the closing session
was the action taken by the American
Historical Association, which placed it-
haven’t gone after the business as bavft
the commercial interests of .Europe.
Colombia, where I now have the horJ
or to be Minister, is a land of ntaj
vels and possibilities and is
close neighbor of the United States.-i'
its nearest port on the Caribbean
is only 950 miles from Tampa, Fir
seif on record in honoring James Bryce, \ Colombia has an area, as large as Ger
One of the indispensable require- the newly-named ambassador to this many :l nd France combined, and douhl-
ments of modern living is soap. When country from England. It elected him ; that of Texas, but is in the infancy of
one thinks of man without soap the to an honorary membership and he development. Although located, accord-
mind instantly reverts to a primitive will be formally advised of the action j n „ to t he map. entirely in the tropics,
and prehistoric age, when the arboreal immediately after his arrival at Wash- j jt has large sections where the climate
ancestor of the human race cared as ington. i t3 a j c obl and invigorating all the
little for cleanliness as he did for i This association elected J. Franklin
comfort. • Jameson, of Washington, president; A.
A scientist has traced the sensation H. Clark, of Washington, secretary;
of falling from a great height, which Chas. H. Haskins, of Cambridge, Mass.,
is so common a characteristic of night- corresponding secretary, and Clarence
mares, to the feelings experienced by W. Brown, of New York, treasurer,
the primitive men who slept in trees | The next annual meeting will be held
in order to escape enemies lurking on ; at the University of Wisconsin the
the ground, and who must have had , latter part of December, 1907.
constant fear of falling. i The other organizations which have
The fact that cats and some allied I been In session here will meet at the . y orj£ ctty _'
ui v.e tuuI.c JM : creatures lick their paws and cleanse same place aud time, and in the fol- Brazil has equal surprises. Fev'-V-
generation give’the lie ' their faces "! Uh thenl - and the pro- lowing year will join the econmnic asso- , e in th e United States realize Hf,at
6 b ; pensity that bovine animals have for ciation in its convention at Richmond. 3 raz ii is larger in area than the riij-
_ . ‘ ltckimr one another's heads mav have Va. The economic association elect- i... . ^
year around as that of the United
States in October. Few people compre
hend the size and importance of this
city.
Although situated in the heart of the
Andes. 700 miles from sea. it has a
population of 150,00 n , one oS tjie-finest
libraries in the world, a great urifPer-
sity, with 2000 students, and an opera
house that would be a credit to j-Iew
113:438 ! Not" Like the brazen giant of Greek I !ickln S one another’s heads may have Va. The economic association elect- te<1 Stat es proper, and aireafiy h;
•>75 noS I - L,IKe lne Drazen giant oi Greets ; t .. , .a — «» w - - - - -
Total
5,802,178
Comparative Cotton Statement.
NEW YORK. Dec. 28.—'The follnwing
Is the comparative statement of cotton
for the week ending Friday. December 28:
1906. 1905.
Net port receipts 316.418 201.552
Rects. since Sept. 1 5.S02.17S 5,049.633
Exports for week 262.412 125.074
Exports since Sept. 1.. .3.949.0.8.8 3.360.S12
Stock all U. S. rerts... .1.384.410 1.158.293
Stock all interior towns. 695.4 49 762.551
Stock at Liverpool 102.200
Antn. afloat for G. B.... 311.000
24G.099 : fame
049 ?47 1 1hUIC»
’ i With conquering limbs, astride from
"run j >and to land;
18.810 j Here at our sea-washed sunset-gates
9.899 j shall stand
9-765 i a mighty woman, with a torch whose
94 924 I flarn< *
3o!534 j Is the imprisoned lightning, and her
71,849 j name
69.273 ! Mother of Exiles; from her beacon-
4-223 | hand
Glows world-wide welcome; her mild
eyes command .
The air-bridged harbor, that twin
cities frame.
New York Cotton Exchanqe Statistics.
NEW YORK. Deo.. 28.—The following
statistics on the movement of cotton
for the week ending Friday. Dee*-mber 28.
were compiled by the New York Cotton
Exchange:
V/eekiy Movement
This
yea r.
Port receipts ....'. 311.761
To mills.and Canada 64.670
Sou. mill takings, est 73,006
Stock gain int. towns 9.507
“Keep ancient lands your storied
pomp.” cries she
With silent lips, “give me your tired,
your poor.
Your huddled masses yearning to
breathe free.
The wretched refuse of your teeming
shore:
Send these, the homeless, tempest-
tossed to me;
I leave my lamp beside the golden
door!” —Emma Lazarus.
put the idea of cleanliness into the
j minds of the- first men. At any rate,
j when their hands and feet became
j smeared with mud or blood they learn
ed the cleansing qualities of water,
i and therewith doubtless foun* that
j some form of clay and ashes had the
! power of proving an assistance in the
I removal of foreign substances from
| the skin.
i But the demulcent and detergent
propeties of soap were not discovered
until men Had made many advances
in civilization. There is an account
given by Homer in the "Odyssey” of
Nausicaa and her attendant maidens
cleaning clothes by treading on them
with their bare feet in pits of water,
but no mention is made of the use of
soap in that connection.
In the Books of Job and Jeremiah, j
in the Bible, the- word “soap” appears j
in the English version, but it is a ren- I
dering of the Hebrew word "borith,” j
which is only a general term for 1
cleansing substances, and probably re- j
ed as its president Prof. Jeremiah V\. population of nearly 25.000,000. The
of < 2 f ’ rr io 1 niversity. and Prof, capital, Rio Janeiro, is fast becoming
\\ inthrop M. Daniels, of I rmceton, as onG t jj e m0 st beautiful cities of the
secretary-treasurer i world. It has just reached the million
The American Political Science Asso- j mark in population,
ciation enjoyed the most prosperous . chi , e on the we8t coast of Somh
convention in its history, there being : Anlerica< is a s large as California, Ore-
..o more members on the rolls this j, on< Washington and Nevada combin-
year than a year ago. This association ed anfl js Just as fu „ n f natural re
elected h roderiek N. Jutson. of St. .> , ’ -
sources as those States, and lias jijst
elected Frederick N. Jutson. of St.
iv. tlie * PJ' e ^ lden 4- and W. W. j ag fin(? a c ]j IT , a to. The capital, Santi
Willoughby, of Johns Hopkins bm- j a j, 0 , is a handsome metropolis of 300.-
flilO people. In foreign trade Chile ha
versly, as secretary and treasurer.
"Some effects of outlying depend- > increased 200 per cent, in the last 10
encies .upon the people of the United years The Chilean Governmentjs ex-
States xvas the subject handled by ; p en <jj n g $25,000,000 in harbor Improve-
Henry C. Morris, of Chicago. ment at Valparaiso, its chief port.
Mrs. Anna H. Abel, of Baltimore A great London financial paper has
Women’s College, was awarded the Jus- i Just mad(1 an c . st ,' mate . after •careful
tin Winson prize of $100, offered by
the American Historical Association,
for the best historical essay.
PLANS FOR HOSPITAL
AT SOLDIERS’ HOME
Into sight for week 458.941
Last 1 ATLANTA. Dec. 28.—Plans are now
year, i being prepared for the hospital at the
Soldiers’ Home and it is believed that
work on the building will commence
parly in February. The board of trus
tees of the home meet on January 17,
at which time the plans will be ae
BLACKBURN WILL CONTEST
HACKETT’S ELECTION
WASHINGTON. Dec. 29.—Repre
investigation, that South America will
require during the next 10 years, for
the development of its resources and
industries, $2,500,000,000. especially to
carry on rai’road building, the building
of street railway plants, eletric "iight-
ing plants, and to be used in the open-,
fers to nothing like the modern soap. I sentative E. Speffeer Blackburn, of inarof mines and the general improvo-
for it does not appear to have been ! North Carolina, today announced that ment of agricultural and industrial
kno"-n until much later. . ! he would contest the election of Rich- conditions.
Piiny speaks of the invention of soap ard N. Hackett, as a member of the , South America looks to us more th m
by the Gauls, who, however, used it Sixtieth Congress from the Eighth to Europe to assist it, but if we're not
only as a sort of pomade or hairdress- Congressional District of that State, j careful. Europe will so'ze the on; cl
ing. He also refers to the use of Congressman Blackburn has written | tunity before we do. WJien (he Panu-
both hard soap and soft soap by the ; a letter to his opponent at Wiiksboro, ; rra canal is -opened, trade will grow bv
Total Crop Movement
Port receipts 5.811.145 5.665.556
To miils and Canada.... 523.731 396.829
[Sou. ni li takings. c°t 96n.fi(»i au.oon
j Int. .-Pk ex. S' Pt. 1.... 348.84*. 5—' w.
Into sight for season... .7.S43.721 6,955,514 sauce and other good things.
cepted. The hospital wilt be located at : manufacture of soap in London Is said
the southern end of the main build- to have been in 1524. and previously
ing. Dr. Fox. the purchasing agent 1 'Bristol had supplied it for use in the
of the home, gave the inmates a fine English cities. According to the his-
Christmas dinner, at which there was ! torian Sismondi, a soapmaker was in-
an abundance of turkey, cranberry eluded in the retinue of Charlemagne,
sanco nod other irond things. King of the Franks, at the end of the
Germans. The use of fuller’s earth, i N. C.. notifying him of the action he
which has saponaceous qualities, for 1 has taken. .
cleansing purposes, was known to the i In this letter Mr. Blackburn says
Romans. The French word for soap— j that although the election returns show
savon—comes from Savona, France, ' that his opponent was given a ma-
where it was manufactured. The first ! jority of 1,066 votes, he was not law-
leaps and bounds, as the canal
bring this part of the United States
close touch with the west coast
South America, which has vast pos
bilities.
litdAs
fully elected. Mr. Blackburn charges j Reward for Burner of Gini
that gross irregularities, illegality, ; FORSYTH, Ga., Dec 29 -G we.-rorc
frauds and bribery were committed by i Terrell offers a reward of $?50. for the'
partisans of Mr. Hackett, and,that the ' arrest and conviction of the uhkn \ 1
conduct of the election officers at the parties who burned the ginhotisc of Mr.
voting precincts was unjust, wrongful j E. Rumble, of Coggins, or. the n -pit
and unlawful. ®f December 5.