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CHARLTON COUNTY HERALD. VOLUME Xil. NUMBER 929 Students of Athens, Ala., Female College Become Il The Malady Has Been Pronounced to Be Ptomaine Poisoning, and There Is an Epidemic of Grip. Birmingham, Ala.—Perhaps fifty girls, students at the Athens Female College, at Athens, Ala., have pass ed through Birmingham, or stopped here, going to their homes. The school has been disbapded, owing to a malady existing there. Some of the girls passing through were on invalid beds. The school was dis banded. Relatives of the girls arriving say that there are forty-odd girls at the college too ill to he removed. It is said that a Nashville specialist has pronounced the malady, which was at first thought to be fever, to be ptomaine poisoning, and it is also said here that it is an epidemic of grip. Whatever it is, there are Goz ens of sick girls, No deaths are reported. Beven trained nurses from Nashville are said to be at Athens. The college is under the auspices of the Methodist Church, Advices from Athens are to the effect that the school has been sus pended for ten days. The president, Miss Mary N. Moore, was thrown from her horse about ten days ago and sustained a broken rib. For several days she has been at the home of her sister, Mrs. F. W. Bran don, in Bessemer. Rev. F. W. Bran don, presiding elder of the Bessemer district, is now at Athens in charge of the school. . It is stated that about 100 students have left the school in the last few days. Although great secrecy has been maintained about the situation at the school because of the fear that it would do the institution in calcnlable hard, it is understood that the doctors have been greatly puz zled by the malady. The first symp toms are said to be 'a severe aching of the lower limbs, followed by vio lent vomiting. That it has not been really serious is shown by the fact that there have been no fatalities. The sickness, is it said, passes off in two days, : o : U D.C.ELECT OFFICERS. Little Rock Gets Next Meeting of the Confederate Daughters, Houston, Texas.—With the selec tion of Little Rock, Ark., as the con vention city in 1910 and the election of the general officers for the year, the sixteenth annual convention of the United Daughters of the Confed eracy adjourned sine die closing the sessions in Houston an hour before midnight. The following general of ficers were elected: President general, Mrs. Virginia McSherry of West Virginia: first vice president general, Mrs, L. C. Hall of Arkansas; second vice president gen eral, Mrs. M. E. Bryan of Texas ; third vice president general, Mrs. Thomas T. Stevens of Georgia: re cording secretary general, Mrs. A. L. Dowdell of Alabama; corresponding secretary general, Miss Childress of Louisiana; treasurer general, Mrs. C. B. Tate of Virginia; registrar general, Mrs. James B. Ganit of Missouri; his torian general, Mrs. J. Endois Robin son of Virginia; custodian of cross of honor, Mrs. L. H. Raines of Georgia; custodian of flag, Mrs. F. A. Walk of Virginia. Honorary nvresidents, Mrs. J. W. Tench of Florida, and Mrs. N. D. Randolph of Virginia, The Shiloh Monument Association committee’s report was read by Mrs. ‘White of Tennessee, which showed that over $20,000 has been donated last year. | CAR SHORTAGE IN SOUTH. ‘ American Railways Make Statement on Car Situation, Chicago, |ll.—The American Rail ways' fortnightly statement made public here shows a shortage of 23, 431 cars in the east and south, and a surplus of 35,977 in the west and northwest, The report adds: “There seemg to be no doubt that the rail roads are carrying as much freight as they did in October, 1907, and it is to be noted that the shortages are one-third of what they were then, when there was no surplus at all. The surplus has been reduced 17,4111 in the last two weeks. It is probable that we have reached or nearly reached a maximum shortage, although it is probable that the surplus will be fur ther reduced, If there is any serious shortage this fall, it will provably be upon the commercial roads, DR. CARLISLE IS DEAD. Signer of Secession and President Emeritus of Wofford College. Spartanburg, 8. C.—Dr, Jameg H. Carlisle, the venerable president em eritus of Wofford college died at his home here. Dr. Carlisle was born at Winnsboro, 8. C., eighty-four years ago, his parents having come from County Antrim, Ireland. In 1875 he was chosen president of Wofford cellege, and in this position continued until 1902, when he resign ed and became president emeritus, Dr. Carlisle and Colonel Robert A, Thompson of Walhalla, S| C. were the only surviving signers of Lhe or dinance of secession which precipitat ed the war betweent the states, DEATH RATE DECLINING. So the Government Vital Statistics Show. Tuberculosis Is Decreasing. Washington, D. C.—The great fight against tuberculosis is being won, ac cording to Chief Statistician Cressy L. Wilbur, of the division of vital sta tistics, United States Census Bureau. In a bulletin issued he says: “A continued decline in the death rate from it from year to year, may be expected.” He says that the organization of many state and local anti-tuberculo sis societies since the international congress on tuberculesis in Washing ton in 1908 has helped to check the disease. The total deaths from tu berculosis returned in 1908 was 79, 289, exceeding those of any previous year of registration, but the death rate per 100,000 for 1908 is consider ably less than that for 1907. In all registration states, the death from the tuberculosis showed a decline, ex cept in Colorado, '‘Rhode Island and Vermont, Mr. Wilbur notes pellagra as a dis ease of increasing importance with twenty-three deaths recorded in 1908. This does not include the bulk of pel legra deaths in the south, from which no records are received. Among the rarer disease, smallpox caused nine ty-two deaths; plague, five; yellow fever, two; leprosy, eleven and hy drophobia, eighty-two. OBLITERATE CASTE LINES. Methodist Home Mission Board Dis cusses Work Among Operatives. Charlotte, N. C.—The special con ference of the home mission board of the Methodist church, south, call ed to consider the relation of the church to the industrial problem, came to an end with the adoption of resolutions embodying suggestions as to the most advantageous steps to be taken in the conduct of work in mill settlements. The substance of the discussion was that caste lines in the church must be obliterated and that the churches in the cities having outlying mill settlements must contri bute to the work amongst cotton mill operatives. Statistics read in the conference show that there are in the south, 843 cotton mills, with 411,542 mill people, and the eagerness of the mem bers of the conference to reach these people was manifest, GOVERNMENT GINNING REPORT. 5,525,591 Bales Ginned to October the Eighteenth, Washington, D. C.—The census, re 't shows 35,525, _bales, ‘jggm%g, ing %‘“fi%'fiafi %a&gg g%fingd' from the growth of 1909 to October 18, com pared with 6,296,166 for 1908, 4,420,- 258 for 1907 and 4,531,621 for 1906. Sea island cotton 36,330 for 1909, 32,013 for 1908, 18,775 for 1907 and 12,091 for 1906. The number of bales ginned of the crop of 1909, by states, is as fol lows: Alabama 513,535, Arkansas 327,645, Florida 34,903, Georgia 1,113,700, Lou isiana 144,073, Mississippi 393,414, North Carolina 253,245, OKklahoma 329,705, South Carolina 622,570, Ten nessee 101,190, Texas 1,672,812, all others 19,799. SWALLOWED GOLD TOOTH. Macon Woman Had Gold Crown in Her Lungs a Year. Macon, Ga.—ln a violent coughing spell Mrs. Walter Garrity coughed a displaced gold crown from a tooth from its lodging in her lungs, where it had been a year and a day. She was desperately ill and pHysicians had contemplated an operation, She will recover, it is believed. \ A year has passed since she was in a dentist chair getting work done on her teeth, A crown in her mouth ‘slipped and she drew it into her lungs. She had several severe at tacks, but improved each time until the foreign matter was finally thrown off. Lovett Succeeds Harriman. New York City.—Robert S. Lovett, was elected president of the Union Pacific railroad, to succeed the late E. i, Marriman, at a meeting of the board of directors, The executive committee was re-elected, with Judge Lovett as chairman, to which place he was elected as Mr. Harriman's successor a few weeks ago, Would Bar Tobacco to Ministers, - Savannah, Ga.—The use of tobac co by ministers will he barred, if the wishes of the Woman's Board of Home Missions of the Methodist Episcopal church, south, are cariied out by the general conference. Newsy Paragraphs. As a result of a feud between Ital ian families of New Orleans, Lewis Manacia, aged twelve years, is dead and his mother and two children are dying. They ate sugar sent them as a present, It was discovered that it was sent by enemies of the family. Rocky Boy and his band of Chip pewa Indians, numbering about one hundred and fifty braves, encamped near Birds Eye, Mont., probably will owe their rescue from death by star vation to the promptness of Indian office officials, who took speedy means to relieve their desperate plight, The West Virginia synod of the Presbyterian Church in sgession at Elkins, W. Va., adopted a resolution protesting against the invitation ex tended to President Taft to address the Jaymens’ missionary convention November 11. ' This action was tak en after a lengthy discussion, argu ments in favor of the resolutions be ing based upon the president’s affilia tion with the Unitarian church. FOLKSTON. GA., OCTOBER 28. 1909. Textile Union Denounces the Employment of Children. Delegate Says Atlanta Preachers Fight Whiskey But Are Indifferent About Children Working in the Mills. Washington, D. C.—Declaring that dearly as he loved the south, he was not willing to have her purchase com mercial success at the sacrifice of her little children, F. C. Roberts, for merly a Georgian, and chairmau of a committee of the Central Labor Un ion of thig city, at the convention of the United Textile Workers of Amer ica, stirred up much indignation against Dr. C. A, Stiles of the United States Public Health and Marine Hos pital Service, who was quoted before the Southern Textile Association at: Raleigh by a speaker who was defend ing the employment of children in the southern cotton mills. : Mr. Roberts declared his surprise that a public officer, paid from the. public revenue, should appear before a convention of employers of labor and undertake to defend the system of child labor in the southern states, He advocated action by the conven tion in opposition to any attempt to further extend and to perpetuate the system of child labor in southern cot ton mills. Such employment, he said, merely tended to displace adults. 1 “l love the southland,” said M{ Roberts, “and I would do almost any thing in my power to have the cotton of the south manufactured in the southern states. But there are prices I would not pay for such a commer cial victory. I would not give our little children as the price of sucicess. “We know that the houses of these people are unsanitary. The effort ot organized labor is to make them more sanitary. Here in the district of 'Go lumbia is a daily occurrence to hear white and black men and women ask ing the judge of the police court to send them to the workhouse because they would be better off there than in their own homes, ; 3 Thomas Tracy, secretary of the Union Label Department of the Amer ican Federation of Labor, called at tention to an article appearining in an e WBW . he . said R A e B of a witness against himself in the matter of the employment of child: ren in southern cotton mills, In that article, he said, Dr. Stiles had deprecated the employment of children and stated there were 200,000 children in the southern cotton mills, and that their lives weer slowly be ing sapped by the hook-work discase. John L. Rodier of this city warned delegates from the Ilew England states that if they Jooked with indif ference on the policy of working the children in the southern cotton mills they would soon face a movement for the repeal of child labor laws in Mas sachusetts, Rhode Island and Connect icut, as the New England industry would find it impossible to cempete against such cheap labor, “I find,” said Mr, Rodier, “that men who advocate putting children in the cotton mills of the south do not put their own children there, but send them to school, Mr. Rodier told of his experience in Atlanta, Ga., during a campaign against the liquor traffic, % “Ministers of the gospel and women got down on their knees,” he said, “and prayed to save big, strong men from the demon rum and against their own vices, but these same ministers and women were indifferent when we attempted to get legislation prevent ing the employment of children un der ten years of age. After the speaker had left the as sembly hall, his reference to the min isters and children brought Edwin Johnson of New Bedford, Conn., to his feet, declaring that a gratuitous insult had been offered to the minis ters., ‘ Secretary Albert Hibbert of Fall River, Mass., suggested that it was a fact that ministers did not take the same interést in prohibiting child la bor that they took in the liquor traf fic. ‘ PATRICK H. M'CARREN DEAD. Democratic Leader of Brooklyn Never Rallied After Operation. New York City.—Patrick H, McCar ren, state senator and derocratic leader of Brooklyn, died at St. Cath erine’s Hospital, Brooklyn, never hav ing completely rallied from the eof fects of an operation for appendicitis which was performed on Qctober 13. His death was not unexpected; in fact, the senator himself realized that his end was near, i SPANISH CABINET RESIGNS, Spain Tranquil Under New Order of Government, Madrid, Spain.—The Spanish cabi net, which was formed January 15, 1907, under the premiership of Anto nio Mauria, resigned as a yesult of the bitter attacks made against the government by the former premier, Moret y Prendergast, The fall of Premier Maura and the conservative cabinet has produced a feeling of relief and encourages hope that a period of interna] tranquility has been ushered in, It {s now an open secret that M, Maura’s refusal to give King Alfonso an opportunity to pardon Ferrer is regretted by his majesty, ,‘4223 BALES OF COTTON !" SOLD BY STATE FARM ;| Atlanta, Ga—Chairman Rue 'Hutch ,' ens and Wiley Williams of the pris on commission have just returned from the prison farm at Milledgeville, ‘which they report to be in a most ‘prosferous condition. While there they disposed of 123 bales of _cotton raised on the farm at between 13 and 14 cents per pound. , It is expected that the farm this ‘year will sell products td the extent tof considerably more than $20,000. On & trip to the farm two weeks ago General Evans sold 100 bales of cot ton at about 13 cents. The farm has ‘already realized $17,000 on the sale of cotton, and there will be about 50 more bales to be sold, and 1,000 | bales of hay to be sold. ~ The farm has raised plenty of corn, thay and forage for its own needs and will be practically self-support |ing ,according to reports made by the scommissioners, . There are now about 250 prisoners bn the farm, including women. . ISERGEANT LESTER IS ASSIGNED TO GEORGIA © Atlanta, Ga.—Notification from the war department at Washington has been received by Adjutant General Bcott of the assignment of Sergeant Henry F. Lester, Jr, of the first in ‘a‘ntry te duty in Georgia, with head quarter . at Atlanta. . Sergeant Lester, while in the em ploy of the regular army, is to be Ander the orders of Adjutant (General Scott. He will instruct the various | companies in the care and repair of (equipment and make himself general ly useful in perfecting the service of the state. : 221'895 BALES OF COTTON ARE SENT TO BREMEN . Savannah, Ga.—Carrying 21,895 'bales of cotton, equivalent to 22,725 500-pound bales, and valued at sl,- 534,103, the Leland line steamer In ‘dian sailed from Savannah for Bre ‘men. This is probably the most val ‘uable cargo of cotton that ever clear ed from an American port, Besides, the Indian carries 700 barrels of ros. in valued at” $5,828, CHATTAHOOCHEE RIVER IS G ~ THE BANNER STREAM ' Montgomery, Ala.—The Alabama (river has had an unfavorable report, | made October 1 from W. P. Lay, spe .clal agent of the government, who has ‘been looking in southern streams. He intimates that i,tllie river traffic can aot compete with rail under present. U T %*W‘&lt‘%’% the{ government; also that there has not’' been ‘adequate growth of the business, That Chattahcochee, in Georgia, is the stream with the banner showing. Merchants along the route own boats and in this way make its {raffic very Dbrofitable in the saving of rates. NEAL BANK TO PAY DIVIDEND NOVEMBER 20 Atlanta, Ga.—The Central Bank and frust Corporation, as administrator of the Neal Bank, filed in the superior court ‘a petition to be allowed to pay all depositors of the Neal Bank a div idend of 15 per cent on November ' 20. Practically sufficient funds for. | ‘thls purpose are now on hand, it is set out, and more is expected to he isoon realized from the sale of Neal Bank holdings. It is set out in the petition that the Central Bank and Trust Corpora tion through the sale of certain prop erty of the Neal Bank, has realized $214,845.98, while the total amount needed to pay a, 15 per cent dividend te 21l depositors of the Neal Bank is only $240,000. The remaining $25,- 000, it is set out, is expected to be realized from other sfles before No vember 20, Practically sufficient funds for this purpose are now on hand, it is set out, and more is ex pected to be soon realized from the sale of Neal Bank holdings. In case these sales are not made by that time it is petitioned that the Central Bank and Trust Corporation be allowed to borrow this amount PRIZES AWARDED TERRELL . COUNTY CORN CONTEST Dawson, Ga.—At the beginning of this year Hon. John R. Mercer here offered four prizes aggregating SIOO, to the farmers of Terrell county wae produced the largest quantity of corn to the acre in this county this yea>, the land to be carefully measured and the corn accurately welighed by dis interested persons, A large number of competitors con tended for these prizes, and the awardg were made, lh}a successful con testants being as follows: - First prize S4O, awarded to H. T. Bridges, who raised 110 38-56 bushels on one acre; second prize, S3O, G. I, Smith, 99 20-56 bushels: thirq prize, S2O, J. L. McLeod, 64 13-56 bushels, and. fourth prize, $lO, J. C. Hill, 57 hushels, SUMTER COUNTY ENCOUR AGES HOME GROWN GRAIN Americus, Ga.—To encourage home production of grain and cereals and seeure the best provender for the county's live stock, the county com missioners of Sumter are authorized so purchase every bale of pea vine hay produced in the county, paying sl6 per ton therefore. Already the commissicners have recently purchas. ed gnormous quantities of hay, and will” Hkewise purchase several car loads of homo raised corn for live stock, and as bread for chaingang forces, Bumter county works one hundred convicts and a hundred muleg in road improvement, and all surplus corn and hay finds a market here. Dollar Saving Days Prosperity dates from the first dol= lar saved. If you are earning money you ought to save some= thing. What you do now in the way of saving may determine what the fu= ture will bring you. We pay interest on savings accounts compounded quar= terly at 5 per-cent, on time certificates 6 per-cent. Let us open an account with We are prepared to serve the public in an accepta ble way. Have you tried us? THE A 3 i FOLKSTON o, /‘.e;\:; IN EACH TOWN /,’ e w 2 I}:ld distr}\géto ] b ride and exhibita ¥ (8 sample Latest Model “Ranger” bicycle furnis! 4 B o -‘\ ,ll\ making money fast, W’gz”l{ufl ;ccyzihbuulznn aeu%?:gi.al q%:fi::.mmw° e N y NO MONEY REQ KD until you receive and appreve of your bicycle. We ship 9, 1' ) (M to anyone, anywhere in the U. 8. without a cent d’t)an'tfn advance, prepay freight, and A R '\ | allow TEN DAYS’ FREE TRIAL during which time you mayrid{':fie bicycle and ) N ‘ iu' it to any test ¥qu! Wish. If you are thew not perfectly satisfied or do not wish to “V | eep the bicycle ship it back to us at our expense an%yvu will not be ont one cent., ’i\ "‘ I’AGTORY Pn'cEs We furnish the highest grade bicyclen it is possible to make \ \l,"q‘, v " at one small profit above actual factory cost, You save $lO 0i S ) BEorM to $25 middlemen’s profits by bukmg direct of us and have the manufacturer’s guar -7 3.'l‘ R :?tit;ul,xky}élt yg:tr“bx%ale;ergg orT l‘:}JY a bu:y‘(ilel or a pair cmer:s‘{m? anyone ! - o W ! . y € OUr ca ogues an ea our ;L‘r’ € i \“w; Prices and remarkable special offers tnhrlder agents, .iy AR vy o ‘ when you receive our beautiful catalogue and f"‘\\ ) W,\, '0" Vllll. BE ASTONISHEB study our superb models at the waugeur/:lly ‘‘ j He® {ow prices we can make you this year. We sell the highest grade bicycles for less money / \ PlF™ than any other factory. We are satisfied with SI.OO profit above factory cost, ! 9 BICYCLE DEALERS, you can sell our bicycles under your own name ;{ate at I 8 double ™ “our prices. Orders filled the day received. { SECOND HAND BICPCLES. We do not regularly handle second hand bicycles, but 4y usually have a number on hand taken in trade by our Ehicauo retail ‘stores. These we clear out promptly at prices ranging from %3 to 8 or $lO, Uencrirlive bargain lists mailed free. GO“STER BRAKES single wheels, imported roller chains and pedals, parts, repairs and A =¥y cquipment of all kinds at kel the usual retail Prices. S@P 5.0 HEDGETHORN PUNCTURE-PROOF S 80 SELF-HEALING TIRES 7% v moee:2an 7O INYTRODUGCE, ONLY The vegular retail price of Lhese tives is g Vb e $8.50 per pair, but to intyoduce we will ;_*_'___‘_"_; sellyouasamplepair for s4.Bo(cashwithorders4.ss). | g - el =it g le) 1 R ]- UL ol 3 A NO MORE TROUBLE FROM PUNCTURES [ifiesr if RN NAILS, Tacks or Glass will not let the EHREEHNES e - alr out. Sixty thousand pairs sold last year, AU AL i OGO N\ Qver two huus’red thousand pairs now in use. GAT ' .‘%‘. d 8 DESCRIPTION: Madeinallsizes, Itislively (EEEEEREEE S \ i and easy riding,verydurableand linedinside with - | £ a special (!uahityhorrub!mr,whi;*lh never hecol;ltehl g " "l - . rorous and which closes up small punctures without allow. B En:: theairtoescape, We have hum!rcds of tettersfrom satis. W Ex’!?n?’h’mm:’:’:" :‘:’a‘.l fiedcustomersstating umtthelrureshnveonli/,been pumred and “D, "p.llo rim “rs “ g g . g T i y P 1 upouceortwiceinawholeseason, They weigh nomore than to prevent rim outting. This an mdin:xrytirc,thefpum-turc resisting qualities being given ""l: will outlast any other by several layers of thin, specially grc’g-rcd fabricon the make—SOFT, wfio and tread. The n-gularpriu-ufthvnepresls .soperpalr,bl_u for EASY numia advertising purposes weare mukm;inspcmal fgxctor‘(ypnceto o the rider of only $4.80 per pair. All orders shipped same day letter is received, We ship C. 0. D. on approval, You do not gmy a cent until you have examined and found them strictly as represented. We will allow a eash discount of 5 per cent *thereby making the price $4.65 per pair) if you send FULL CASH WITH ORDEK and enclose this advertisement. You run no risk in scnding us an order as the tires may be returned at OUR expense if for any reason they arc not satisfactory on examination. We are perfectly reliable and money sent to us is as safeas in a bank. If you order a pair of these tires, you will find that they will ride easier, run faster, wear better, last longer and look finer than any tire you have ever used or seen at any price. Wao know that you will be so well pleased that when you want a bicycle you will give us your order. We want you to send us a trial order at once, hence this remarkable tire offer. 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