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THE NORTH GEORGIAN (SUCCESSOR TO THE NORTH GEORGIA BAPTIST.) Entered at the postofflce at Cum mins, Ga., as second class matter. Still further evidence of the return of confidence, notes the Indianapolis News, the burglars have put on a day light shift. American supremacy is the suprem acy of the American people, boasts the New York American, and it is the workers, whether mechanics, laborers, inventors or up-builders of Industry, who have made the country great. Their success is the success of the nation. With our new psychical research and the conclusions therefrom, ex plains the Christion Register, we shall soon arrive at the place where it will bo regarded as inexcusable cruelty to get a multitude of little children to gether in a religious meeting, to be wrought up to repentance for their sins and fear of future punishment. A controversy sprung up in London as to whether the best speaking at the recent Pan-American congress in that city was English or American. Sir Charles Wyndham takes the Eng lish side. “It must be remembered that Americans always are talking,” he says. "They imbibe fluency with their mother's milk. I don’t consider, however, that there is anything like the same proportion of really good public speakers in America as there is in England.” The days of geniuses starving in garrets has passed, contends the At lanta Constitution. The competition among publishers and the alertness of newspapers in discovering talent and exploiting ability has insured the re ward of merit. George Ade’s income for one year is probably more than Dr. Johnson received in a lifetime. Oliv er Goldsmith knew what it was to be hard up. Shakespeare never rolled In affluence, and Victor Hugo, in his earlier years, felt the pinch of want. A large traffic in opium has been discovered in the Canadian Pacific coast cities, Vancouver, Victoria and New Westminster. There are seven factories in these cities whose re ceipts last year are estimated to have been between $600,000 and $650,000. In a recent report the Dominion De puty Minister of Labor says that crude opium is imported in cocoanut shells, is manufactured first into pow dered opium and afterward into opium prepared for smoking. The Do minion authorities are considering ways and means for stopping the traffic. It may be that the prediction of Professor Hennig, the brilliant Ger man scientist, that the earth is rap idly drying up, should be taken in a geolopical sense as regards time rath er than the sense in which the word “rapidly” is popularly understood. Nevertheless, the experience of some parts of Europe within the historic period is such as to point the moral of his warnings, observes Leslie’s. The United States government is fully alive to the dangers which the coun try faces from the constant depletion of its forest area, and if the individual States would pay as much attention to preserving their most important re sources as to bedeviling the railroads and other corporations, they would be acting wisely. True, some of them have been awakened to their danger, and in the state of New York, at least, public sentiment is strong in favor of keeping our forests intact. One of the government projects most deserv ing of support is that of an Appalach ian forest reserve in what is practical ly the only great hard-wood producing section of the country which is now left to us. Some of the railroads, like the Pennsylvania and the Southern Pacific, are doing much in the way of practical forestry for the supply of their own needs, but general state and national co-operation cannot be too strongly insisted upon, if the United States, within a few generations, is not to repeat the bitter experiences of Greece, Italy, and other countries which have recklessly destroyed their timber. POLITICS CAUSE RIOTS Cuban Liberals Break Up Meet ing of Conservative Party. GENERAL MENOCAL ATTACHED Candidate for Presidency Central Figure tn the Riot—-One Man Kdled and Many O.hera Injured. Havana, Cuba. Political disturb ances have begun to assume some gravity in Cuba. A conservative meeting at Sancti Splritus was the occasion of a riot, at which many were Injured, and in Havana a meeting of the new party, headed by General Es terez, was broken up by liberals. Sanc ti Splritus is the home of General Jose Miguel Gomez, the former gover nor of the province and the present candidate ot the Miguelistas and the Zayistas for the presidency. Tile mayor of the town and the po lice are members of the liberal party. General Mario Menocal, a former lib eral, but recently nominated by the conservatives for the presidency, ar rived here on a special train accom pnaied by a large number of follow ers. Thousands of men, many of them on horseback, met tne conserv ative leaders, and it was estimated from the start that trouble was brew ing The police approached General Menocal, and demanded that he give up his pistol .which he was presumed to carry. As he had a license to car ry a pistol, which he showed, he re fused to be searched. Within a brief period the fight became general and one of the conservatives was lortal ly wounded by a policeman. Many of tue members of both sides suffered from wounds from knives and clues, and it was a long time before order was restored. Conservative leaders of Santci Spir itus recently sent a request to Gover nor Magoon a,t Havana tb put the ru ral governor in charge of the meeting for fear trouble would be caused by the police on account of their political affiliations. Before the riot was quell ed the rural guard had to take con trol of the situation. WARSHIPS VISIT POSTPONED. On Account of Cholera Fleet Will Not Visit Manila. Manila, P. I.—-The effect of Secreta ry of the Navy Metcalf’s order, that in view of the presence of cholera in Manila no shore leave was to be grant ed or visitors from shore allowed on board the battleships when the Atlan tic fleet arrived, has been largely dis counted by the realization that it would be impossible to cleanse the city before the arrival of the fleet about October 1. People fully realize the necessity of the situation, but they are bitterly' disappointed at the out come. Thousands of dollars have been spent in preparing for the reception and entertainment of the officers and men The decorations have been prac tically completed. The majority of the sentiment now favors a month’s postponement of the programme, or until the return of the fleet from Ja pan. The only criticism heard of Secre tary Metcalf’s order is his inclusion of 'officers in the embargo against landing. It is pointed out that they run no danger providing they exercise ordfnary care in what they eat and drink. FIVE KILLED IN DYNAMITE EXPLOSION Victims Were Literally Torn to Pieces and Blown 200 Yards. Scranton, Pa.—Three Americans and two Italians were blown to pieces in an explosion of dynamite while working at Cross Keys Cut, along the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western railroad near Tobyhanna. The five men were tamping a hole containing eighteen inches of dynaihite, when it prematurely exploded. John Walshs legs were split apart, one leg going to the right bank of the track, three hundred vards, and the other two hun dred yards to the left. Shreds of flesh still clung to the telephone wires. The bodies were assembled by means of matching the clothing of the victims. SEVEN MEN DROWNED. Pleasure Launch Overturns in Calu met River at Chicago. Chicago 111.—Seven men out of a part- of eight were droamed in the Calumet river at One Hundred and Twenty-sixth street, when the pleasure launch lemon struck one of the sup ports of a railroad bridge and sank with all on board. The owner of the launch swam ashore and he was the only one saved. TEMPERANCE HOSTsTaRADE. Church Societies anc Anti-Liquor Or ganizations Have Demonstration. Chicago, 111. —Temperance hosts pa raded the’ streets of Chicago in what was intended to be an annual exhibi tion of the strength of the foes of liquor. Thousands of marchers were in the parade. Churches of almost ev ery denomination were represented, the Salvation Army and the Volun teers of America contributed almost their entire local strength, the Good Templars had thousands of members in line and scores of citizens partici pated. Scores of temperance organi zations had elaborate floats, while a score of bands were among the marchers. LATE NEWS NOTES. Genertl. John F. Spencer of Leister, Eng land, a Sunday school teacher, serv ing a sentence in the pen, has con fessed to the burglary of Brooksby Hall. Gems valued at $200,000 were taken. Charles Boyle, son of a San Francis co millionaine and ex-Stanford uni versity btudent, is alleged to Lave con fessed to several crimes committed ia the west last spring. Seveniy-two men were injured, sev en latauy, as tne result or a trolley accident caused by a damaged signal box on the Southwestern r racuon company s line near '1 inicum, Penn. Two trolley cars Heavily loaded wita workmen, running at nigh speed, col lided head-on in a dense fog and in stantly the dying and maimed were scattered about tue road or buried un der the wreckage. /After being separated nearly a quar ter of a ceuiury, Mrs. Ctnistian Oli ver of New Orieans, and Sylvester Oliver, now resiuing in France, will be re-united within a few weeks. In In lsß6 the husband took a boat from Aew Orleans, stating tnat he was go ing to France. From the time tne ves sel left the docks until a few days ago nothing had been heard of the husband, and, Mrs. Oliver mourned him as dead. Daniel J. Sully, who twice won and lost tne crown of ‘Cotton King’’ in Wall street, has resigned the presi dency of the Cerro-Coiorado Mining company and gone to work as a clerk for a cotton brokerage bouse to give his clients the benent ot his experi ence. Power generated at Niagara Falls is to be distributed ail over Canada. Bids nave been asked on 10,0UU tons of structural steel for the Canadian gov ernment. The steel is to be used for Lowers which will support tne cables used in transporting the current. Al ready power generated at Niagara is being sent a distance of more than one hundred and twenty-five miles, and it is the intention of the Canadian government to increase this distance. Towns in every direction about Niag ara will be supplied. Efforts to obtain information in Georgia as to graves of men who gened in the Revolutionary war, or were old enough to have served in it, are being made by Daughters of the American Revolution, in order that a iist of them may be published and a , ersonnel record kept of them, and that unmarked graves of Revolution ary soldiers may be provided with marble headstones (which are furn ished by the United States govern ment), and proper attention given to the graves when needed. All persons knowing of such graves are requested to communicate with Mrs. John M. Graham, state editor Daughters of the American Revolution, Marietta, Georgia. Gustave Eberhardt, who has been on trial in Hackensack, N. J., for the murder of his aunt, Mrs. Ottilie Tb erhardt, whom he lured from Austria, together with her daughter, Miss Ot tilie, for the purpose of robbery, has been sentenced to thirty years in the state’s prison at hard labor. Emperor Francis Joseph of Austria- Hungary, has sent a sum of money for the benefit of St. Stephen's Rom an Catholic church of South River, N. J. Rev. Victor Von Kubinyl, a no bleman, is the rector? He is the au thor of a book entitled “King of Rome,” a copy of which was sent to his majesty some time ago. The rec tor was formerly a subject of the Aus trian emperor. The automobile driven by Otto Brodie of Chicago, while making a turn in Sterling, 111., toppled over, turning once and a half and landing upside down. Two of the party of eight were probably fatally injured and the other six injured. The ma chine was badly wrecked. Manuel Messaguer, an importer of Santo Domingo lottery tickets was ar rested at San Juan, P. R., by United States Deputy Collector Peter Math eson and held. One thousand tickets, representing several thousand dollars, and also letters and a book contain ing the names of lottery ticket dealers were seized. Washington. The navy department is negotiat ing with Charles A. Logue of Charles town, Mass., for the right to use a new ’torpedo that he has invented. Logue is a third-year student at Bos ton university. Ever since the inven tion of the wireless telegraph he has been at work on the torpedo, liis idea being to devise one that would be con trolled by wireless waves from a wire less station on shore or from a ship. The cruiser Milwaukee, after a cruise of two months in southern wa ters and a stay of fifteen days at Amapala, Honduras, has arrived in San Francisco. Captain Rogers stat ed that everything was quiet at Ama pala when he departed. The navy department lias announc ed that an invitation has been ex tended to the Atlantic battleship fleet by the government of the Netherlands to call at Landjong-Priok. Java. Reply has been made declining the invitation owing to the desire to maintain the prearranged itinerary. Definite decision of the United States forestry service to establish forest service district quarters in the national forest states has been an nounced. The forest states will be divided into six districts. Governor Magoon of Cuba has is sued a decree fixing November 14 as the date for holding the general elec tions for president, vice president, representatives and senatorial elec tors. FIGURES OF INTEREST Issued By the Bureau of Census > at Washington. COST OF PUBLIC SCHOOLS Report Compare* the Aggregate Per Capita Cost of Maintaining Schools in Cities of Over 39,000 P opulation. Washington, D. C. —The bureau cf the census has just issued its annual report on the statistics of cities hav ing a population of over 30,000. This report covers the year 1906, and in cludes financial statistics. A considerable portion of the intro duction to the report is utilized lor presenting definitions of the account ing teims employed by the bureau of the census, a statement of the princi ples upon which governmental ac counting rests, and a brief resume of the systems and methods of account ing made use of at the present time by the various government of the United States and Great Britain. The number of cities included in this report is 158, of which fifteen had over 300,000 inhabitants, twenty seven between 100,000 and 300,000, forty-eight between 50,000 and 100,000, and sixty-eight under 50,000. Of the j 158 cities New York had the largest land area—209,248 acres; New Orleans stood second, with 125,600; Chicago third, with 114,932; Philadelphia fourth, with 81,828, and Duluth, fifth, with 40,556. The cities having the smallest land area was West Hoboken, N. J., which had 546 acres. There is often great disproportion between the area cov ered by a city and the number of its inhabitants. Duluth, Minn., with 67,- 337 inhabitants, takes in more terri tory than St. Louis, wdth its 649,320 inhabitants. Salt Lake City, with a population less by 5,487 than that of Hoboken, includes an area thirty-five times as great. Of the cities contain ing over 100,000 population, Allegheny, Pa., had the smallest land area—4,726 acres. Paterson, N. J., had the next smallest—s,ls7 acres; St. Joseph, Mo., the next —6,240 acres; Dayton, Ohio, the next —6,846; Atlanta, Ga., the next —7,680; Jersey City, N. J., the next —9,163, and Memphis, Tenn., the next —9,772 acres. The report presents a very interest ing table showing the costs of main taining free public schools for the several cities, including in such costs the interest on the investment in school buildings and grounds. The relative investments of cities in school property may be noted by the varying amounts per capita allowed for interest on such investments. These ranged from 21 cents for At lanta, Ga.; 24 cents for Charleston, S. C.; 24 cents for Memphis, Tenn.; 26 cents for Elizabeth, N. J.; 26 cents for Knoxville, Tenn.; 27 cents for New Orleans, La.; 29 cents for Balti more, Md.; and 30 cents for Covington, Ky.; to sl.Ol for Springfield, Ohio; $1.02 for East St. Louis, 111.; $1.02 for Yonkers, N. Y.; $1.06 for Salt Lake City, Utah; SI.OB for Boston, Mass.; $1.22 for Joliet, 111.; $1.28 for Spring field, Mass.; $1.28 for Youngstown, Ohio; $1.31 for Hartford, Conn.; $1.33 for Oakland, Cal.; $1.36 for Duluth, Minn.; $1.41 for Newton, Mass.; $1.41 for Tacoma, Wash.; $4.45 for Denver,, Col.; $1.45 for Pueblo, Col., and $.156 fer Spokane, Wash. In like manner the aggregate per capita cost for maintaining schools, including the foregoing amounts for interest, varied from $1.71 for Charles ton, S. C.; $2.08 for Knoxville, Tenn.; $2.11 for Montgomery, Ala.; $2.15 for Memphis, Tenn.; and $2.17 for Nor folk, Va.; to $7.20 for Oakland, Cal.; $7.20 for Butte, Mont.; $7.25 lor Spring field, Mass.; $7.32 for Boston, Mass.; $7 52 for Denver, Col.; $7.59 for Salt Lake City, Utah; $8.13 for Newton, Mass.; $8.50 for Spokane, Wash., and $8.76 for Pueblo, Col. LOCtL OPTION FOKInDIANA. Bill Becomes Law Despite Opposition of Liquor Men. Indianapolis, Ind. Following a fight that was so close up till the last minute that neither side felt con fident of claiming victory, the county local option bill was passed by the house of representatives by a Vote of 55 to 45. Governor Hanley signed the measure at once. The wildest scene witnessed in an Indiana legislature in years was en acted when the roll call was announc ed. Having previously passed the senate and being the pet meastre of Governor Hanley, it was as good as law. Democrats fought the bill with the aid of four recalcitrant Icar.s. However, six democrats' left j their party and voted for the bill, so that it was made a law. Acrobat falls to Death. Holdenville, Okla.—Hurled from the Uigh tight wire on which he was per torming when the circus tent of the Sells-Floto show demolished by a wind storm, a Japanese acrobat, was killed and eight other persons were hurt seriously during a perform ance here. Carnegie Starts New Hero Fund. London, England—Encouraged by the success that has attended the es tablishment of his “hero' fund in America, Andrew Carnegie has decid ed to found a similar fund in his “na tive land.” To this end lie has handed over to the trustees $1,250,000 to es tablish the fund. MIiHT RIDERS ACTIVE In the Cotton Belt State.— U. S. Secret Service Investigating. Monticelio, Ga—The following no tice was posted cn Gilmore Brothers gin house; “Night Riders’ order. Do not gin till cotton sells for 10 cents on penalty of fire, fire, fire! Do you believe it? You had better.” Mr. Gilmose says that he will con tinue to gin as long as he can. A sim ilar notice was found on Jesse Kin ara’s gin house door. Mr. Kinard lives seven miles west of Monticelio. Charlotte, N. C.-News just receiv ed from Shelby, N. C., to the effect that J. F. Jenkins, manager of the Southern Cotton Oil Company of that place, had received a letter notifying him that if he continued to gin cotton in the face of the declining market, night riders would burn his gin, caus ed the greatest excitement here. The case has been turned over to the United States secret service depart ment, and every effort will be made to check what is' considered the first outbreak of night riders in this state. The Farmers* union has nothing to do with this apparent effort to defy the law The letter to Mr. Jenkins warned him not to operate his gin nery until 12-cent cotton wa sraal ized, otherwise his establishment “would go up in smoke,” it asserted, “we are your friends, etc.” Sandersville. Ga. —So far from par ticipating in the night riding lawless ness reported in some sections of the state, and cotton belt, the Farmers Union of Washington county have or ganized themselves into a law and order league for the purpose of aiding the officers of the law in prosecuting all forms of criminals and crime. Columbia, S. C.—Governor Ansel has taken prompt and vigorous action on the reported operation of night nci ers near Greenville. In a lettei to Sheriff Gilreath of that county, he re quests an investigation and wishes prosecution of the guilty parties, Gov ernor Ansel is determined that there shall be no laivless acts, and if nec ! essar.v he will take personal charge |of investigations and see that law less is promptly suppressed. Winona, Miss. —Bud Mortimer, an aired planter, has been arrested near here, charged with sending night rid er notices through the mails. The ar rest was made by United States mar shals. kMictxe. The notices were sent to a cotton gin owner and Mortimer declares that he was forced to send them by a band of armed men who threatened him with death. Near his home a notice was found posted reading: “Ginning must cease until cotton has reached 12 1-2 cents. “Little .Texas Night Riders.’ New Orleans, La. —■Governor E. F. Noel of Mississippi speaking of the possible growth of night riding in the cotton belt, has stated that if neces sary he would call on the federal gov-- ernment for troops to stop such raids. He would first use state troops. Mr. Noel said, and finally seek federal aid to restrain lawlessness at any cost. PLOT TO KILL ROOSEVELT. Europe Wrought Up Over Terrorist Uprising. Bayonne, France. —Evidence of an anarchistic plot against President Roosevelt on his forthcoming hunting trip to Africa has been made public by the police authorities of half a doz en countries, who are examining the Spanish anarchist, Canatrava, in an effort to connect him with the sus pected plot against King Alfonso. It is disclosed that the papers found on the person of two Italian an archists arrested in Switzerland con tained the most definite information possible of Roosevelt’s proposed Afri can trip. The authorities are convinced that Roosevelt is being considered as a fit subject for an anarchistic attack. The sweating of Canatrava is ex pected to disclose evidence of a plan for one of the greatest terrorist up risings Europe has ever seen. Asa result of the disclosures made the guards of nearly every royal household in Europe have been in creased. PLANNED TO LOOTTaNK, Alleged Conspirator is Arrested While Detailing Scheme to Effect Steal. Charlotte, N. C.—A daring scheme to rob the Waychovia Loan and Trust company, of Spencer of $60,000 on the night of October 9th has been frus trated and George Murphy arrested and lodged in jail. Murphy had con fided his plans for looting the bank to Mr. Woodward, who informed the police. Woodward then made appoint ment with Murphy to meet and dis cuss plans of the robbery. Officials of the bank concealed themselves in the warehouse and heard Murphy elaborate orf -plans for securing explosives. His arrest fol lowed. 4,575,41 BALESJDF COTTON. Census Report Gives Total Number of Bales for Year. "Washington, D. C- —The census re ports show a total of 4,575,438 run ning bales consumed in the United States during the year ending Aug ust 31 last, compared with 4,984,936 for 1907. The total stocks on August 31, 1908* were 1,233,623, of which 596,432 bales represent manufacturers’ stocks, and 627,196 in the hands of other holders. The total number of spindles was 27,845,531, compared with 26,939,415 last year. There were 27,399,896 spin dles in 1903, which consumed some cotton and 445,635 were idle through out the year.