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Till: MUM 11 (iIiORIiIAN (SUCCESSOR TO THE NORTH GEORGIA BAPTIST.) Entered at tho postoffice at Cum mlrtg, Ga, as second class matter. rz Hlchmond Tlmes-Dlspatch av ers: Houston (Tex.), ice at 20 cents a hundred Is said to be tho wannest Ice for the money In the world. The automobile Is of paramount In terest to the people, and if prices are reduced there Is no doubt of a lasting demand for them, especially if driv ers show even half way consideration for other users of the road contends the Memphis Commercial Appeal. Au tomobiles have in them the potential ity of a stupendous change in social and business relations between man and man. Good English of the kind that is written and spoken by scholars and understood everywhere without the help of annotators and commentators is free from slang and the idioms of any locality In the world of thought. The same rule, says the Christian Reg ister, holds good whether in theology, in science, In sociology, or economics. That which is meant for all the peo ple and Is current everywhere must be free from the idioms of any class or the slang of any locality. Ever since the close of the war be tween Russia and Japan there have been evidences of nervousness in the commercial world for fear that the victorious nation would not keep her promise regarding the open door in Manchuria. • Many reports have been sent out regarding contemplated action by the Japanese which would debar the nations of tho West from a fair com petition with the Land of the Rising Sun in the Manchurian trade. These have nearly all proved to be ground- Jes, admits the New York Press, but the readiness with which they received credence shows that there was a sus picion abroad as to the reai intentions of Japan. ' Th ofle liraneiT ft productive Indus try an Important individual 'gain is possible through addition to what is called “the common store” rather than through attempt to seize a larger share of that store, observes the New Y T ork Sun. Somewhat more than one-third of all the Americans engaged in gain ful occupations live on and make their living from the nearly G,000,000 farms of the United States. Because of ig norant and careless farm methods the more than 400,000,000 acres of improved lands, that is, land which either is or might be under actual and immediate cultivation, produce little more than one-half of what they might under in telligent, systematic methods. “It is worth coming to Carlsbad,” says (he New York Herald’s special “just to see a dining room full of American cocktail consumers now here taking milk in mineral water.” It is not that the votaries of the “sim ple life,” are “dangerously ill,” but that under the guise of pleasure seekers they are taking their medicine as the penalty for former indiscretionary bib ulous propensities. Carlsbad is deserv edly'popular from such a point of view, argues the Herald, as the treatment in that resort is based on the strictest dietetic rules, in keeping with the primitive requirements of health and general well-being. On the principle that misery loves company, each in a purely resigned spirit vies with the other in keeping in the line of vol untary martyrdom and complacently takes his water or milk in the effort to be good for u while at least, if the stay is sufficiently long the bon vivant gets rid of his uric acid and stiffened joints, his dyspepsia, headache and in somnia, and has a lesson in self-denial which well serves him for the time. But., alas, when he returns home he takes a fresh start on the old road, only to prove that “the way of the transgressor is hard” indeed. Still it is better to be righteous even by spurts than to be wicked all the while. Even the poor man who cannot afford to go abroad can take the hint as a free pre scription for home treatment. Why would not milk and water drinks serve the cocktailer at home as well as in Carlsbad? FOR THE FARMERS Ten Day Cotton School Will Be Opened at Georgia State College of Agricul ture at Athens. The Georgia State College of Agri culture and Mechanics Art at Athens, is to open In January a cotton school. This is one of the new features that will go to make the work of this col lege of immense benefit to the people of the state. President Andrew M. Soulo Is now busily engaged in working out the de tails of this school, and in a few days everything will be in shape for mak ing a great success of this feature of agricultural training at the university. The school will be in session the early part of January, at a time when the farmers of the state can best spare time to attend it. This special cotton school will hold only ten days, but in that time it is proposed to give the farmers a vast amount of Information and to make the work in tensely practical. It is desired that persons attending this school be at least eighteen years of age, and there is no limit, as old farmers as well as young farmers will be given a cordial welcome into the classes. A small special appropriation has been made for this feature of the work of the agricultural college. Prom inent lecturers will be engaged, both from the government service and from the walks of private life. Governor Hoke Smith, Secretary of Agriculture James Wilson, Editor Richard* H. Ed monds of the Manufacturers’ Record, the officials of the Farmers’ Union and of the Southern Cotton Association and other men of ability will be in vited to lecture before the farmers at tending this school. First, there will be a study of cotton soils, both from the physical and chemical standpoints, and the proper ways in which to manage and handle different soils. The use of the various improved implements will be illustrated thor oughly, and a special study of fertil izers will be made, showing the best ways of preparing and mixing them, the needs of the plants, the rotation of crops with the view of improving cotton culture, the handling of the various by-products of the stapple. The improvement of cottoh will be given special attention, both as to sta ple and yield. The subject of seed selection will be given careful atten tion,, and there will be on hand large number of plant specimens to illus trate the various advantages of one plant over another. Expert growers and scientific men will be on hand to tell what they knew of cotton seed selection and the improvement of the cotton plant. Grading cotton will be made a fea ture of this school. A good knowledge of grading will save the farmers man} dollars when it comes to the market ing .of his crop. These are just a few of the things that will be done in this cotton school. There will be absolutely no charge for the farmers attending, save possible one dollar feA The lailioad fare will be reduced if the railroads will grant the reduced rates that will be asked of them. TOLD JOKES WHILE ON GALLOWS. Florida Negro Sho wed Remarkable Nerve in Transition to Eternity. Laughing and joking, Komp Holt, a negro, was hanged at Milton, Fla., Friday for the murder of a man, a year ago. The negro, with the rope adjusted around his neck, was given an hour in which to pray or make a talk to his friends. He chose to talk. Not one reference was made to the crime for which he was convicted, nor did he utter any prayer, but con sumed the time in telling jokes and joining in the laughter. The smile that followed the teliing of his last joke had not yet left his face when the black cap was adjusted and the Jrap sprung. ACK HALE CASE A MISTRIAL. Eight Jurors for Hanging, Three for Life Sentence and One for Acquittal. The jury in the Ack Hale murder case at Blountville, Tenn., was unable to agree upon a verdict, and a mis trial was entered. It is stated eight jurymen were for conviction of murder in the first de gree, with death penalty; three for a life sentence, and one for acquittal. Hale was charged with the murder of Lillie Davis, a young girl, in the Kasf' Hill cemetery in Bristol, Tcun., March 27, last. A NEW PARTY IN THE ARENA National Leagues of Independents are Getting Together. CONFERENCE IS HELD Delegates from Thirty States Meet in New York and Plans of Organization are Outlined. The organization of a national In dependence League was decided upon at a meeting in New York Friday of representatives of state Independence Leagues and others who are in sym pathy with the objects of these leagues as outlined in state or local platforms. The national body will be a solidifi cation of minor leagues existing or yet to be former’.. Its aims are po litical in opposition to the republican and democratic parties, which the league promoters declare are domi nated by corporation interests and no longer are representative of the peo ple. Friday’s conference was held at Car negie hall, where some 200 men, said to represent thirty states, met at the invitation of the local Independence League, and were addressed by Wil liam Randolph Hearst, the gubernato rial candidate last fall of the Inde pendence League and democratic par ties in New York state. Before his endorsement by the democratic state convention and subsequent defeat by Governor Hughes, Mr. Heaast was the municipal league’s candidate for may or and w r as beaten by Mayor McClel lan, the democratic nominee. Preceding the business meeting the participants were given an informal reception by Mr. Hearst at the Gilsey house, where most of those from out of-town stopped. * At the hall, afternoon and evening sessions were held, the feature of the afternoon being the address of Mr. Hearst, who said that the conference had been called to discuss the advis-* ability of forming a national Independ ence League. He told of the suc cess of the league in New York, Mas sachusetts ana California, and urged the formation of a minor league in every state and the union of all in a general body. The republican and democratic parties, he said, were hope lessly in the control of corporation in terest. They failed, he said, to truly represent the people, and a third par ty was sorely needed. There were other speeches, after which two com mittees, one on organization and an other to prepare a platform outlining the aims of the national body, were appointed. OIL EXPLOSION KILLS THREE. Man Meet Death While Hauling Stuff to Spread Upon Race Track. Three men were killed instantly in New York Friday by the explosion of an oil tank in the Bronx, from which they were drawing crude petroleum into a sprinkling cart for use on the Morris Park race track, where a 24- hour automobile race was begun. It is supposed that ?. lantern carried by one of the men ignited some loose oil under the tank. WITNESSES WERE A BAD LOT. Six Were Impeached After Testifying in Behalf of Ack Hale. Six witnesses for the defense, and Ack Hale, the defendant, were im peached in the trial of Ack Hale, at Blountsville, Tenn., on the charge of murdering Lillie Davis The credibility of each of the wit nesses—live women and one man — was questioned, and they were im peached. Mayor Crumley and D. A. Vines of Johnson City, Hales home, swore they' would not accept Hale s oath. BANK CASHIER SKIPS OUT. Swiped $74,000 and Sleuths of Uncle Sam Are Hot on Tnail. Oscar Kondert, formerly cashier of the First National Bank at Barto* Rouge, La., is missing, while United States officers are searching for him with a warrant charging him with a defalcation of 74,000. Uhe shortage was discovered over a month ago, but Kondert and his friends made good the greater part of the loss. The bank officials, it is said, de clared themselves satisfied, but the federal officials decided to prosecute the cashier. ' FINLEY EXPLAINS THE SITUATION Tells Why Southern Railway Has Held Up Construction Work. President Finley of the Southern railway issued a statement at Wash ington Tuesday as to the reason for the recent stoppage of construction work and reductions in shop forces, in which he said: “In some quarters it has be*n rep resented that work has been stopped and forces reduced as a measure of retaliation against adverse state leg islation. In no case has this been true. This company has not been governed in any case by any but sound business considerations such as must govern a railway as well as every business enterprise. Cur rent railway income is insufficient to provide funds necessary for extensive improvements and betterments. These can only be provided for, now as in the past, by obtaining new capital. Present financial conditions and the present attitude of investors toward railroad securities are such that it is impossible, for the moment to sell railroad securities on a basis that any business concern, managed in ac cordance with sound business piinci ples, would be justified in accepting. It has, therefore, been necessary to postpone many important projects for improvements. Only those will be pushed to completion at this time on which work has progressed so far that the public and the railway can receive the benefit of their completion at an early date. Other projects have not been abandoned, but will be carried out just as soon as conditions are such that the necessary capital can be secured.” FUNNY CHINK GOMES AGAIN. Wu Ting Fang Reappointed as Chinese Minister to Washington. The reappointment of (Wu Ting Fang to his former post as minister of China at Washington, was ga zetted in Peking Tuesday. For several years Wu Ting Fang represented China as minister at Washington, and he became one of the lions of the oapetal. Wu’s fame spread throughout the United States, and he was In great demand at banquets and other func tions. He was always ready to ac pept these invitations azqi alsp.always ready to make a speech. Wu visited Georgia on one occa sion, visiting Milledgeville, where he addressed the girls of the normal school. He also stopped in Atlanta, and was handsomely entertained. While In Atlanta Wu created com ment by the number of unconvention al questions he asked the women. Several Atlanta women who were presented to Wu were greeted with sttch questions as: “How old are 'you?” “Are you mar ried?” “How many children have you?” “What did your dress cost’’ “Has your husband any money?" “Why dont you marry?” WRECK TAKES FOUR LIVES. Washout Causes Death-Dealing Accident on the Seaboard Air Line. Two Missouri, Kansas and Texas freight trains collided head-on at Evansville, Mo., Saturday morning, and were wrecked. Four members of the crew were killed. The dead: En gineers Bledsoe and Whittaker; a fireman and a brakeman, names un known. All four lived in Franklin, Mo. WILL APPROVE CONSTITUTION. Rossevelt Makes a Sarc-stic Fling at New State of Oklahoma. President Roosevelt announced on Thursday that he would approve the Oklahoma constitution. His personal opinion of the docu ment. the president laughingly said, was “not fit for publication.” The promulgation of his approval will be made later. viUUM'/y* O/A \ kweStedA _ .. jFj. • ELEVEN MANGLED TO DEATH And Seven Fatally Hurt in Plunge of Cage to Bottom of Pit. By the plunging of a cage 675 feet down the shall of thP * Laagldui Steel company s mine at Ne gawiee, Mien, briday, eleven me*, were killed and seven tatally injured.. The cage was making its first descent for the day when the brake on the hoisting drum gave way. Two other men sprang to the as sistance of the one at the brake wheel, but their combined efforts did not avail and the wire cable contin ued to unreel from the drum like a weighted thread from a lubricated bobbin. The cage shot down 200 feet before a kink in the rushing cable caused it to part. The cage dropped wrtfe a thud to the bottom of the shaft, the safety cables failing to operate. The surging of the ca&e m its mad flight tore out part of tle side of the engine house and ripped, out several sheaves about the shaft house. The machinery installed is not en tirely new, but it had been thorough ly overhauled. Workmen at the bot tom ©f the mine immediately set about removing the dead. r l he fall had hurled the bodies together and they l*y in one mass, from which seven still breathing were taken. 1 hey are fatally hurt. Thousands of persons soon congre gated about the mine shaft. In the crowd were the wives and children of the 200 men employed in the mine. Each thought that her loved one was in the cage. It was fully two hour.-: before the cable was adjusted so tha the cage could he raised to the sur face and the dead turned over to rel atives. FANCY JOB HAS CARTER. Ex-Convict is Now Consulting Engineer of Florida East Coast Railway. Oberlin M. Carter, who has served a term o fflve years in the prison of Leavenworth, Kans., after conviction by a courtmartial of conspiring with Greene and ,Gaynor to defraud the United States government out of near ly $2,000,000 in connection with river and harbor contracts in the Savannah district, has a post of prime import ance with the Florida East Coast rail- He is consulting engineer at a fam!y salary, and will have an active part in the extension of the line from Miami to Key West, an enterprise upon which the eyes of the engineering world are fixed with deepest interest. Captain Carter is at present in Chicago, but he has been on the line in Florida, and will return there shortly to carry on the work. A singular feature of the Carter- Greene-Gaynor embroglio is that the ex-military officer has served his term and is now engaged in the lucrative work of a high class engineer, while the men who were his partners are still in jail at Macon, awaiting action of the United States circuit court of appeals before entering upon the serv ing of their term for the offense or which Carter was convicted. Eight hundred and fifty thousand dollars is drawn from the New York ■savings hanks each day. SO YEARS. Copyrights &c. Anyone sending a sketch and c 'crintlnn may cjrlcklv ascertain our opinion (Tee whether an invention is probably patentable. Coimnunien. I ions strictly eonfldentlal. HANDBOOK onl'ntenta sent, tree. Oldest agency for securing patents. Patents taken through Munu & <A>. receive special notice, without charge, in the Scientific American A Jmndsomoly illustmtod T.firmest ci° dilut ion of any scientific Journal. Tenus. \ Year: four months, sl. Sold by nil ncwxk-n. vr * liINN £ k.'OEdway, flew Yl'i branch Olftro. V T>. ’ three times the VALUE OTHER ONE THIRD EASIER ONE THIRD FASTER Agents wanted in All Unoccupied Territory VO! Fits ft WILSON Manufacturing Co’ ATLANTA, - - GA.