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THE NORTH GEORGIA
(BUCCESSOR TO THE NORTH
GEORGIA BAPTIST.)
Entered at the postofllce at Cum-
Bing, Ga., as second class matter.
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It Is the marrying parson who pro
fits by the mistakes of others., chirps
Life.
Education, opines ihe Pitsburg Dis
patch, is the only interest worthy the
deep, controlling anxiety of the
thoughtful man.
It is easy enough to make people cry
if one has a dramatic gift; but tears,
insists the Christian Register, whether
shed in a theatre or in a revival meet
ing, are not infallible signs of moral
reformation.
The incident of an American tally
ho party trailing the British flag in the
mud in a Canadian city is a text mere
ly for remarks on the vulgarity of a
certain form of tourists’ “patriotism’’
abroad. It has no bearing on the cor
diality of international relations, as
serts the New York World.
The annual loss by lire in America
is so large, complains the Birmingham
Ledger, that it is high time to begin
the reforms necessary to check the
enormous loss of money. American
houses are better fitted for losses by
fire than for any other purpose, exceot
shelter. It is high time fireproof
houses that won’t burn were being
erected in our country.
A little girl was greatly interested
in watching the men in her grand
father’s orchard pitting bands of tar
around the fruit trees, and asked a
great many questions. Some weeks
later, relates the Argonaut, when in
the city with her mother, she noticed
a gentleman with a mourning band
around his left sleeve. “Mamma,” she
asked, “what’s to keep them from
crawling up his other arm?’
It is not wholly desirable that prop
erty should ever be destroyed, but
sometimes there are compensations, at
least to the minds of the non-sufferers.
The old toll bridge across the Hudson
at Troy, remarks the New Haven Reg
ister, will be missed by many as an
old landmark, and by its owners as a
great source of revenue. But it had
served well for 105 years, and had ex
tracted some millions of dollars in
tolls, and somehow the mourning at its
burning will not be universal.
The only power which has been able
to preserve law and order in Moham
medan countries is England, whose
king is sovereign over more followers
of the prophet than even the Sultan of
Turkey. Egypt and India and the Sou
dan, argues the Brooklyn Standard
Union, are examples of what can be
accomplished by overwhelming force.
Germany would doubtless be glad of
the chance to show what it could do
in Asia Minor and Armenia and Syria;
but still more hopeful, because more
nearly possible, is the expectation of
an improvement to come about as the
result of strong representations to be
made to the new semi-constitutional
government of Turkey.
There is not much danger that the
campaign against the fly as a public
enemy will assume such propoitions
that the species will be exterminated,
or that there need arise a class of
sentimentalists in defense of the par
ticular members of the hugh family
of the diptera against whom sanitar
ians have declared war. A New Eng
land entomologist, notes the Philadel
phia Ledger, thought it necessary to
sound a note of warning against the
balance of nature that mankind would
suffer more from the removal of the
flv than it now does from its disease
spreading habits. Justice required that
this protest should have a hearing, but
even a casual review of the measures
that are being taken do not inspire
much confidence in the hearts of those
who echo Artemus Ward’s anathema
against the fly. That a great deal can
be done, however, to reduce the num
ber of flies, to protect them from con
tact with disease, and to limit their
filth-spreading propensities must bo
obvious from a moment’s considera
tion of the conditions under which
flies are bred and thrive.
SOUTHERN MILLS LEAD'
The North Outstripped in the
Matter of Cotton Consumed.
COTTON CENTER IS MOVING
Consumption of American Cotton the
Largest on Record---Visible Supply
3,052,000 Bales.
New Orleans, I.a. —For the second
consecutive year Southern mills have
consumed more cotton than the
Northern mills, according to Secretary
Hosier’s report on the consumption
of American cotton, made public on
the tioor of New Orleans Cotton Ex
change. Southern mills, up to close of
tlie commercial year ending August
31, 1909, consumed 2,560,000 hales,
against 2,500,000 hales consumed
in the North.
When the Hester report a year ago
showed that the Southern mills had
lor the first time gone ahead of those
of the North by a narrow margin,
it was generally attributed to unfavor
able commercial conditions having had
a more serious effect on the New
England mills than on those of the
South. %
The figures created considerable stir
among cotton men, for such results
were hardly expected, although it had
been reported for some time that
Southern mills were increasing their
bpindles at faster rate than Norhern
mills, and that the expansion of cot
ton manufacturing in the South was
on a scale seldom known in any in
dustry. For years the bulls here have
been claiming that the centre of the
cotton manufacturing industry of the
world was fast moving from Lanca
shire to the United States, and that
eventually the centre would be estab
lished in the South. Secretary Hester’s
statement was taken as confirmation
by the bulls of their predictions.
The total consumption of Ame' ican
cotton by the world was put as 13,116,
000 hales, the largest on record,
larger by 1,004,000 bales than last
year and larger by 505,000 bales than
the larger consumption ever known
before, which was two years ago.
The total consumption of American
cotton last year was 12,112,000 bales,
while two years ago it was 12,611,000
The total visible supply of cotton
was put at 3,052,000 bales, against
2,412,000 a year ago, and 2,932,000 two
years ago. Mill stocks in the United
States were estimated at 480,000
bales, against 300,000 a year ago, and
foreign mills stocks were estimated
at 1,160,000 bales against 1,123,000 a
year ago.
The spot cotton trade was treated
to anew way of quoting the market,
in accordance with a decision reached
several mbnths ago by the Cotton Ex
change authorities of the country. In
addition to the grades, which have
been quoted day by day for many
years past, t'here were posted prices
for strict ordinary, strict low
middling, strict middling, strict good
middling and middling fair to fair.
There were quoted in addition to
the standard grades, off colored, spot
ted, light tinged, tinged, light stained
and stained grades and many others.
All these new grades, ninety-one in
number, made the spot board a com
plicated looking sheet of statistics in
place of simple little columns of spot
prices which have been posted every
trading day for the last quarter of a
century.
The new' method of quoting spots is
in line with the effort to make the
market more valuable to both buyers
and sellers, and also in order to make
it conform to the national standards
adopted some time ago by the gov
ernment.
BIBLE NOT ORIGINAL WITH LOPMILERS
Story of Creation Older Than Bible,
Says Professor Smith.
Chicago, 111. —The Bible is not orig
inal with its supposed compilers, ac
cording to the opinions expressed by
Professor Gerald B. Smith, of the fac
ulty of the divinity department of
the University of Chicago. “The story
of creation and the deluge appeared
long before the Bible was written,”
the speaker declared. “Both of these
stories were traditional in the early
literature of tlie Babylonians.
“The theologian of today is ac
quainted, as the theologians of form
er days were not, with the realty and
vitality of non-Christian religion, and
in the investigation of the Old Testa
ment religion it has been found that
many of its elements were derived
from Israel’s contact with Babylon.
The history of Christianity reveals
the fact that Christian beliefs have
grown and changed as Christianity
has met with the secular forces of its
history. There are elements in every
pagan religion which every Christian
is compelled to recognize as truth."
TO TORTURE PRETENDER.
El Roghi to Wear Wooden Shirt
Studded With Nails.
Tangier, Morocco. —For the purpose
of torturing El Roghi, the rebel lead
er and pretender to the Moroccan
throne, until he tells where his wealth
is hidden, the sultan has ordered
made a wooden shirt studded with nails.
El Roghi will be fastened in this
contrivance and the nails will be
pressed into his body. The bandit
chief is known to have large sums
in foreign banks which he obtained
from foreign companies. However,
he has persistently refused to give
up any part of his wealth unless the
powers would guarantee that he
would not be put to death.
JOBS FOR 3,000 CLERKS.
Examinations for Census Positions to Be
Held October 23.
Washington, D. C. —The census bu
reau announces that 3,000 temporary
clerks will be appointed for the thir
teenth decennial census, throughout
the country, the first examination be
ing held October 23 at the following
cities:
Alabama Birmingham, Mobile,
Montgomery.
Florida Gainesville, Jacksonville,
Key West, Miami, Pensacola, Tampa.
Georgia—Athens, Atlanta, Augusta,
Macon, Savannah, Thomasville.
Louisiana Baton Rouge, Lake
Charles, Monroe, New Orleans, Shreve
port.
Mississippi Meridian, Vicksburg,
Jacftson.
North Carolina Asheville, Char
lotte, Durham, Goldsboro, Greensboro,
Raleigh, Wilmington.
South Carolina —Charleston, Colum
bia, Greenville.
Tennessee Bristol, Chattanooga,
Knoxville, Memphis, Nashville.
Very few appointments from the
October examination will be made be
fore January 1 next and not. many
will be made until April, 1910. The
maximum force will be drawn about
August, next year.
These 3,000 appointees will be giv
en salaries of S6OO per annum at the
beginning, but promotions to S9OO per
annum, at least, will be reasonably
rapid for those who render satisfac
tory service. All appointments will
be on probation, subject to termina
tion at one month or any period if
the appointee does not come up to
the requirements.
In every case the appointments will
be temporary and subject to termina
tion as the exigencies of the service
may require. All expire by operation
of law on June 30, 1912. The average
tenure of office will probably be about
one year, but the general duration
will range from six months to two
years. Not one of these clerks will
ue eligible for transfer into the clas
sified service.
TAFr TO 1 HAVEL 13,01)0 MILES.
During Long Journey President Will
Be in Touch With White House.
Beverly, Mass. —During his long
swing through the west and south,
beginning September 15, President
Tatt will be in constant touch with
the white house by means of special
telegraph wires. These special wires
will be established in zones, and as
soon as the president’s train passes
from one zone to another the loops
into the telegraph room at the wbue
house will be rearranged. At almost
any station along the route it will
be possible for the president to send
a message direct to the executive of
fices in Washington
The official itinerary of the presi
dent’s trip shows the total mileage to
be 12,759, of which 1,165 miles will
be made on a steamboat down the
Mississippi river.
The highest point at w'hlch the pres
ident will stop for any length of time
is the rim of the Grand Canyon,which
is 6,900 feet above the sea level. The
lowest point for a stop is at New Or
leans, which is but 5 feet above the
level of the sea. Crossing the Rocky
mountains, however, tlie president’s
train will attain an altitude of more
than 10,000 feet.
Newsy Paragraphs.
Mrs. Alice Webb Duke, divorced
wife of Brodie L. Duke, was arrested
in Chicago and spent a night in a cell
at the Harrison street station. Mrs.
Duke was arrested upon the com
plaint of an automobile company be
cause of her inability to pay S4O rent
for a machine during the day.
Frank Williamson and Florence L.
Wood, of Brooklyn, N. Y., were mar
ried in a Brooklyn hospital, where
they are recovering from lullt
wounds inflicted in a suicide pact.
Their nearly successful attempt at
death brought the young couple to
their senses and at the same time
won the consent of the girl’s parents
to their marriage. Both Mr. a4 Mrs.
Williamson are blind in one eye as
a result of the shooting.
Wilbur Glenn Voliva, the spiritual
successor of John Alexander Dowie,
and the deposed temporal potentate
of Zion City, went to the county jail
of McHenry county, at Woodstock, 111.,
in default of the payment of a SIO,OOO
judgment rendered against him. He
declared he gave up his liberty to
“sustain an eternal principle.” The
trouble is the result of a suit brought
by Philip Mothersil, of the now tri
umphant faction in Zion City, who
charged the deposed leader with li
belling him in his papers.
The Canadian government has fol
lowed ex-Persident Roosevelt's sug
gestion by appointing a commission
for the conservation of natural re
serves. It is made up of representa
tives of the federal and provincial
governments, the universities and
men particularly skilled in minerals,
timber and other natural resources.
Through the state department at
Washington, Acting Secretary of the
Navy Winthrop has received $14,000
from the Panama government, paid by
it as money reparation in the case in
volving the mistreatment of Ameri
can naval officers and seamen at the
hands of the police of that republic.
Of this amount $5,000 is indemnity in
what is known as the cruiser Colum
bia incident, when several officials
in uniform w r ere arrested, locked up
and roughly handled in Colon on June
1, 1906. Indemnity of SB,OOO will be
paid to the relatives of Charles Rand,
a boatswain’s mate on the cruise.
Buffalo, who was killed in Panama in
September, 1908, and SI,OOO will be
given to Joseph Cieslik, a sailor of
the same vessel, who w r as stabbed at
the time Rand was killed.
TERMINAL DEAL OFF
State Cannot Buy Land in Chat
tanooga for W. & A. R. R.
NO MONEY IN TREASURY
Attorney General Hart Rule* That
Treasury Funds Can Be Used Only
For School Purposes.
Atlanta, Ga.—Georgia will not pur
chase the 87 acres near Chattanooga
lor the Western and Atlantic termi
nals at this lime, at any rate.
Under a decision rendered by Attor
ney General Hart at the request of
Governor Brown, it is held that the
moirey now in tne state treasury can
not be used for this purpose, because
this money was raised by a special tax
levy for the support of the common
schools.
Theiefore, unless the options on the
Chattanooga property can be extend
ed until the state has the money for
this purpose, the deal will be off and
the chance to acquire the land will
have passed. Governor Brown had
doubts about the matter, and direct
ed a communication to the attorney
general. He slated specifically that
he was anxious to comply with the
request of the legislature in its reso
lution if it could be done now. Gov
ernor Brown says: -
“The legislature of 1907-08 appro
priated $2,500,000 for the common
schools of the state for the year 1909.
The state is short nearly $2,000,000 in
meeting this appropriation. Under this
statement of tact, would I be author
ized to draw mv warrant and would
the treasurer have the authority to
pay this $69,000 for the purchase of
this vacant land which we may pos
sibly need for railroad purposes ten
years hence?’’
After stating the facts in the case,
Attorney General Hart decided as fol
lows;
"The money now remaining in the
treasury ($160,000) was raised by a
special tax levy and for the support of
tlie common schools of the state. The
teachers of the state have performed
the service upon the faith of that
promise that it would be paid them for
their services. The teachers have ex
ecuted their part of this contract and
the state now owes them the money
which it had pledged would be paiu
them. For a subsequent legislature to
divert the money and apply it to a dif
ferent purpose from that which it was
raised by taxation and pledged by
the state, amounts substantially to
the impairment of a contract, which
is forbidden, both by the constitution
of this state and the United States.
In view of these conditions, there is
at present no money in the treasury
which could legally be used for the
purchase of the land in question.’’
Under this ruling it would appear
that the state can not use- the funds
now on hand for any purpose other
than that of the common schools, and
this means a serious money situation
in carrying on the necessary work
of the land in question.”
Under this ruling it would appear
that the state cannot use the funds
now on hand for any purpose other
than that of the common schools, and
this means a serious money situation
in carrying on the necessary work of
the state.
A MURRAY COUNTY PHENOMENON.
S. Treadwell’s Face Weaves Itself In
to Marble That Covers His Tomb.
Spring Place, Ga. —Slowly, as if
painted by the hand of time itself,
and as surely, the stern, rugged line
aments of Smith Treadwell’s features
are being worked in the solid mar
ble that covers the tomb where for
years he has slept beneath the soil
of Murray county.
In the massive rectangle of Geor
gia marble —the world-famed “cre
ole,” of black and white—now appear
with a distinctness that grows more
striking with each passing year, the
strong, high and bearded features
of the Murray county pioneer.
It is not the stain of weather. It
is not the corrosion of time. To all
appearances, it is the gradual shifting
of the fadeless black crystals that
streak the eternal marble.
The shifting has formed a face.
The face is that of Smith Tread well.
The gradual appearance of the face
has been noticed for the past five
years.
COLQUITT WOMAN HEIR TO FORTUNE.
Mrs. Florence Horne Soon to Come
Into Possession of $75,000.
Moultrie, Ga. —Mrs. Florence Horne,
wife of John Horne, a farm tenant of
Colquitt county, is to soon come into
possession to a fortune worth $75,-
000. The property is the estate of a
Mr. Wheeler of Emmanuel county,
and is now involved in the courts,
but attorneys for Mrs. Horne believe
they have the fight won.
Mrs. Horne was formerly a Miss
Wheeler. Her mother was a Miss
Florence Meadows. She married Mr.
Wheeler in Emmanuel county.
She w r as deserted three months af
ter her marriage. A child was born
to her, and the deserted mother and
child • were brought into this county
by the father of the former, and have
resided in Colquitt and Worth for 50
years.
The widowed mother secured a di
vorce and married a man named Am
mons, raising a large family. Flor
ence Wheeler grew to be a young
lady, married a poor farmer boy and
has remained in very humble circum
stances for all these years.
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hot or full of humors, if you have blood
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is especially advised for ehronio, deep-seated
cases of blood or skin diseases as it cures
after all else fails. Describe trouble ana
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Worms
“Casesrets are certainly fine. I gave a friend
one when the doctor was treating him for cancer
ot the stomach. The next morning he passed
four pieces of a tape worm. He then got a box
and in three days he passed a tape-v.orm 45 feet
lona. It was Mr. Matt Freck, of Millersburg,
Dauphin Cos., Pa. lam quite a worker for Casca
rets. I use them myself and find them beneficial
for most any disease caused by impure blood.
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TORRENT FROZE IN NIGHT.
The phenomenon was one that I
have never before experienced a run*
ning river frozen solid iu a night.
When we arrived the waters of this
stream, tumbling over the great bowld
ers and rushing through the tortuous
channels, made a deafening roar.
Gradually, but almost imperceptibly,
the tumult decreased, while, worn
out after a hard day, we fell asleep.
A few hours later, when 'we
awoke, a deathly silence prevailed,
and on looking out, to my intense
surprise, I found that the rushing tor
rent of the previous night had been
transformed into a solid mass of ice.
In this region of extreme tempera
tures I had on other occasions seen
torrents frozen, but never under such
startling conditions. On looking
round we found that everything we
possessed was also frozen solid, in
cluding our saddle of mutton, which
was merely a block of ice. We were
ravenous, but we got no satisfaction
from gnawing at lumps, of rock
which ought to have been a succulent
joint, and so, despite our hunger, we
had to content ourselves with a lit
tle tea —to make which we melted
ice—and a few biscuits. —J. Claule
White, in Wide World.
If roses have thorns, man’s band
In rough enough to heed not those,
but the marvelous loveliness of the
flower.
SENSE ABOUT FOOD
Facts About Food Worth Knowing.
It is a serious question sometimes
to know just what to eat when a per
son’s stomach is out of order, and
most foods cause trouble.
Grape-Nuts food can be taken at
any time with the certainty that it
will digest. Actual experience of peo
ple is valuable to any one interested
in foods.
A Terre Haute woman writes: “I
had suffered with indigestion for
about four years, ever since at attack
of typhoid fever, and at times could
eat nothing but the very lightest food
and then suffer such agony with my
stomach I would wish I never had to
eat anything.
“I was urged to try Grape-Nuts,
and since using it I do not have to
starve myself any more, but I can eat
it at any time and feel nourished and
satisfied: dyspepsia is a thing of the
past, and I am now strong and well.
“My husband also had an exper
ience with Grape-Nuts. He was very
weak and sickly in the spring. Could
not attend to his work. He was put
under the doctor’s care, but medicine
did not seem to do him any good un
til he began to leave off ordinary food
and use Grape-Nuts. It was positive
ly surprising to see the change in
him. He grew better right off, and
naturally he has none but words of
praise for Grape-Nuts.
“Our boy thinks he cannot eat a
meal without Grape-Nuts, and he
learns so fast at school that his teach
er and other scholars comment on it.
I am satisfied that it is because of the
great nourishing elements in Grape-
Nuts.”
“There’s a Reason.”
It contains the phosphate of potash
from wheat and barley, which com
bines with albumen to make the gray
matter to daily refill the brain and
nerve centres.
It is a pity that people do not know
what to feed their children. Thereare
many mothers who give their young
sters almost any kind of food, and
when they become sick begin to pour
the medicine down them. The real
way is to stick to proper food and he
healthy and get along without medi
cine and expense.
Ever read the above letter? Anew
one appears from time to time. They
are genuine, true, and full of human
interest.