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THE NORTH GEORGIAN.
(BUCCESSOR TO THE NORTH
GEORGIA BAPTIST.)
Entered at the postoffice at Gum
ming, Ga., as second class matter.
The tariff that goes to the trusts too
often, preaches the Baltimore Sun, is
broken.
Crooked paths, confesses the Home
Herald, come from trying to walk to
heaven while looking on the other
country.,
"Are our lakes shrinking?” asks a
Sunday paper. The part that was
saved up for our refrigerators is,, an
swers the Cleveland Leader.
A California savant has discovered
that a flea can’t see. “There is no
formation of images on the retina of
the eye of a flea. Ail the insect
sees....is a varying intensity of light
rays.” This explains to the New
York Evening Post, how it is that
t when you put your finger on him he
isn’t there.
The jurisdiction of a country ex
tends a cannon-shot from shore. When
that was fixed three miles was regard
ed as the potential limit of such a
shot. Now it may be several times
that, muses the Boston Transcript.
Will like bounds be set for the air
ships in order to clear them of the
offence of trespass?
Westerners who are sometimes sus
pected of exaggerating the force and
performances of cyclones, will be in
terested in the statement of the Lon
don Express that during the great cy
clone near Lyons, France, a man
caught in the rush of wind was
blown six miles out of his way, and
then, falling on his face, was able to
stop.
The “Casenia” citron —its Hebrew
name is “Ethrog”—grows in Albania,
and Consul Nathan (Pratas) tells us
about it. “It is a small citron,” he
says, “weighing not more than 25
drams, large enough to be held in the
hand, and is thus used in religious
ritual by the Jews all over the world
during the celebration of their Feast
of Tabernacles. Such a citron, suf
ficiently small, without blemish, and
possessing a somewhat extended noz
zle, is valued at from $4 to $lO. These
citrons are mostly exported from Par
ga, Turkey, and not. from Corfu, as is
generally supposed. A few' are said
to grow near Diakovto, Greece.”
The Prison Reform League is inves
tigating the treatment of prisoners in
prisons and camps. While there has
been great improvement in the treat
ment of prisoners, comments the
Christian Register, there are many
places where the most brutal methods
of discipline are still in force, and,
worst of all, there are localities where
there is dicker and trade in prisoners.
It is alleged that in some cases this
descends to the level of the most bru
tal traffic in women, who are made
slaves in some of our large cities. The
relations between a brutal prisoner
and a jailer who gets his place be
cause he likes the job and has a pull
with the lowest order of politician,
tends always to reduce the jailer and
his victim to a common level of brut
ish depravity.
It has heretofore been the general
opinion that Charles XII lost the bat
tle of Pultowa by reason of his infer
ior strategy and inferior numbers. At
the bicentennitl of Pultowa, relates
the Boston Transcript, the Russians
exhibited an "Ikon’’ or sacred image,
on which Sewedish soldiers played
on which Sewedish soldiers played
checkers just before the battle and
strategists and historians may be call
ed upon to revise their opinion in con
sonance with that of the Russian peas
antry, who say that an army that
thus improvised a checker-board sim
ply got what was coining to it. Stu
dents well remember that there was
a Roman admiral who would not Ire
dissuaded from fighting a battle by the
augurs’ report that the sacred chick
ens would not eat. ' them drink,
then,” laughted the admiral, and caus
ed the chickens to be thrown over
board. He was badly defeated, anl
augurs agreed that the moral was ob
vious.
FORTIFYING THE CANAL
Government to Spend $7,500,-
000 on Defense* at Panama.
MANY FORTS TO BE BUILT
The Canal and Immense Locks Will Be
Protected By a System of Im
pregnable Fortresses.
Washington, 1). C—When the Pan
ama canal Is completed, it will be
defended by one of the greatest sys
tems of fortifications in the world.
A reporter saw the sketches and the
plans for the defenses for the great
est engineering work of history. It
was learned that the plans' for the
forts and other defenses of the ca
nal were caiefully gone over by Sec
retary of War .Dickinson and .Major
General Bell, chief of the general blaff
of the army, during their visit some
months ago.
The locations on which forts will be
erected were inspected with great
care and the general plans of the for
tifications of the ean„al discussed at
length and from every angle. The
plans/ which later were begun by en
gineer officers of the army, have been
in process of formation ever since.
“These plans are very comprehen
sive and provide for an outlay of
more than $7,50fi,000,” a war depart
ment official said.
The plans contemplate the expendi
ture of about $4,000,000 at the Pacific
mouth of the canal and about $3,500,-
000 on the Atlantic side.
The plans for the forts on the Pa
cific include heavy batteries of 12-
inch guns on the small islands lying
off the mouth of the canal for ten
miles. In addition to battries on
these islands the plans include forts
at Ancon and San respectively,
on each entrance to the canal. The
battery at Ancon would be adjacent
to Balbao, the new name for the port
to be located near the place where
the canal will empty into the Paci
fic. It is proposed to construct an
other great fort at Pedro Aligual, six
miles inland. The great locks of the
canal will be located at this point,
and this will be for their immediate
protection. At Culebra, a point half
way across the canal, the plans in
clude the establishment of a large
military post, which, under the pres
ent plans, would cost $500,000. The
fortifications for the Atlantic mouth
of the canal are to be erected at El
Boco point, just across from Colon,
and will be equally extensive.
LOST OF ARMAMENT.
Europe Has Spent $111,000,000 on
Armament in 25 Years.
New York City.—Rev. Dr. John
Wesley Hill, who had viewed the Eu
ropean attitude toward armament
during his recent trip abroad, preach
ed at the Metropolitan Temple.
“During the last, quarter of a cen
tury, a period of incomparable peace,
the armies and navies of Europe have
enforced an expenditure of $111,000,-
000,000, enough money to pay for the
education of every European child and
put an end to the tragedy of pov
erty.
“A great responsibility rests upon
England and the United States. They
have it in their power to put an end
to these war preparations and drive
the war dogs back to their kennels,
and to usher in the reign of the mil
lennium of peace.”
CLYDE LINED DISABLED.
S. S. Carib Anchored Off Hatteras
With Her Machinery Disabled.
New York City.—A wireless mes
sage received at the Fire Island sta
tion reported that the Clyde Line
tSeamship Carib was anchored off
Cape Hatteras with her machinery 1
disabled.
The Clyde Liner Comanche also re
ported by wireless that she had left
the Carib anchored near Hatteras,
with her machinery disabled. She
tried to tow the Carib to port, but the
line parted. The Carib left New York
for Wilmington, N. C., and George
town, S. €., with merchandise and
passengers in command of Captain
Packer.
RURAL CARRIERS WANT PENSIONS.
Will Ask Congress to Retire Them
After Certain Length of Service.
Washington, D. C. —Rural free de
livery carriers are now planning for
legislation granting them a pension
after a certain number of years of
service. The subject will be discuss
ed at the forthcoming convention. It
is closely akin to the civil pension
for departmental employees, which
congress has never looked favorably
upon.
The rural carriers now number
about '
EARNIU $20,000 FOR CHURCH.
Bedridden Woman Turned the Money
Over to the Church.
Mattoon, 111.—A story of woman’s
patient and disinterested labor of
love during tlie twenty-seven years
that she lay bedridden, was told at
the eighty-sixth session of the Illi
nois conference of the Methodist Epis
copal church.
A telegram w'as read to the confer
ence telling of the deatji of Miss Liz
zie Johnson, of Casev, 111. It was
then related that Miss Johnson, dur
ing the last tw r enty-seven years, while
confined to her bed by a lingering
illness, bad earned for the church
conference $20,000 by embroidering
scripture book marks.
BANKERS CONDEMN POSTAL BANKS.
Legislatation L Pasted Guaranteeing
Bank Deposits.
Chicago, Bl. —After five days’ con
sideration and discussicfh of financial
problems of greater or lesser import,
the delegates to the thirty-fifth an
nual convention of the American
Hankers’ Association selected Los An
geles as their next meeting place,
and adjourned until the fall of next
year.
Among the results of the confer
ence of bankers, numbering close to
5,000, and representing every state
in the union, the practically unani
mous condemnation of postal savings
banks and legislation guaranteeing
bank deposits stands out distinctly.
On the affirmative side, strong sen
timent favoring the eotaulishment of
a central bank for the entire country
received approval lrom many bank
eis, and was advocated in the annual
address of the president, George M.
Reynolds of the Continental National
Bteik of Chicago.
Different groups of the bankers in
the section meetings, came out very
strongly in favor of permitting na
tional banks to establish separate sav
ings bank departments . with funds
segregated from the other interests
of the bank and saving deposits spe
cailly protected.
A resolution pledging the associa
tion to seek legislation looking to the
establishment of such secregated sav
ings departments tailed of passage,
and was referred to the currency com
mission for consideration.
In the opinion of some of the offi
cers of the association, one of the
greatest results accomplished was the
awakening of interest in the need of
co-operation between the comptroller
of currency, the federal bank examin
ers, the state bank examiners, the
clearing houses and the directors of
banking institutions, on the careful
and intelligent examination of banks,
both national and state.
The need of constant vigilance and
increased exactness in bank examina
tions was the burden of an address
by James B. P’organ of Chicago, in
which he declared his perfect accord
with the plea for co-operation in bank
examination made by Comptroller
Murray earlier in the convention.
The movement for the establishment
of uniform bills of lading,which would
be safe as negotiable instruments, re
ceived impetus from the convention
and strong endorsement of the neces
sity of an ample cash reserve in bank
ing institutions was voiced.
Before adjournment the standing
law committee made its report recom
mending that the association advo
cate legislation in all the states to
punish the making of a false state
ment to obtain credit; to punish the
making of derogatory statements af
fecting a bank; to define the crime of
burglary with- explosives and fix lh&
punishment for it, and legislation rel
ative to the payment of deposits in
trust.
Without opposition, Lewis E. Pier
son of New York, former vice presi
dent, was elected president of the as
sociation, and F. O. Watts of Nash
ville was made first vice president,
being advanced from the chairman
ship of the executive council.
Secretary Fred Farnsworth of New
York; Treasurer P. C. Kauffman of
Tacoma, Wash.; Assistant Secretary
William G. Fitzwilson of New York,
and General Counsel Thomas B. Pa
ton of New York were re-electcJ by
a unanimous vote.
No definite date was fixed for the
convention in Los Angeles next yar.
The 1910 convention will be held,
however, between October 15 and No
vember 15.
Halley’s Comet Seen.
Chicago, 111. —For the first time in
seventy-four years Halley’s comet has
been observed with the naked eye.
The observation was made by Pro
fessor S. W. Burnham of the Yerkes
observatory at Lake Geneva. Two pho
tographic negatives weer secured.
■The announcement of Professorn
Buinham’s exploit was made by Pro
fessor Edwin B. Frost.
Wright Breaks Height Record.
Berlin, Germany.—Orville Wright,
flying in his airship here in the pres
ence of the empress, Princess Louise,
Prince Auelbert and Prince August
and a large party from the court,
broke the record of high flying. He
attained a height of 233 meters (765
feet). The best previous record for
height, 135 meters, was made by Hu
bert Latham.
Watching For Castro.
San Juan, Porto Rico. —Two repre
sentatives sent here by President Go
mez of Venezuela are watching for
the possible landing* of ex-President
Castro. They say that a large re
ward will be given to any one sub
mitting information of an attempt by
General Castro to land at Porto Rico
or the adjacent islands.
Government Aids Flood Sufferers.
Washington, D. C. —Any practicable
assistance which may he rendered to
the flood sufferers at Matamoras will
be given by the troops in Texas. Or
ders to that effect have been sent to
the commanding officer at San Anto
nio, Texas. This help must be con
fined to the United States side.
Improve Money Odrer System.
Washington, D. C. —After overhaul
ing tiie registry system of the post
oflice department, Postmaster General
Hitchcock has set a number of ex
perts at work to eradicate some of
the kinks of the money order system,
with a view of obtaining greater ef
ficiency and less expenditure.
WILL OF E.H.HARRIMAN
All of the Property Bequeathed
to Mr*. Harriman.
WORLD’S WEALTHIEST WOMAN
It i* Believed Mr. Harriman Provided for
Children With Gift* Out of Hand.
Estate Valued at $100,000,000.
New York City.—A hundred brief
woids, weighted each with approxi
mately $1,000,000, and containing in
their entirety the last testament of
E. ,H. Harriman, make his widow,
Alary Averell Haniman, one of the
wealthiest women in the world. It. is,
perhaps, the briefest will on record
for the disposal of an estate of such
magnitude. All his property is lett to
Airs. Harriman.
Wall street estimates that Mrs.
Harriman will inherit in realty and
personal property between $75,000,u0u
and $100,000,000.
Mr. Harriman’s private fortune is
supposed to liave been greater than
this by many millions, but there is
reason to believe that his unmarried
daugbters, Mary and Carol, his mar
ried daughter, Mrs. Robert Living
stone Gerry, and his two sons, Wil
liam Averell and . Roland, a boy of
fourteen, together with his surviving
sister, Mrs. Simons, and other rela
tives, have all been substantially pro
vided for in gifts out of hand and
trust funds set aside by Mr. Harri
man during his lifetime. The will is
dated June 8, 1903.
Mrs. Harriman was Miss Alary
Averell, daughter of W. J. Averell, a
wealthy banker of Rochester, N. Y.,
who made his money in the Rome,
Watertown and Ogdensburg railway
company. She brought her husband
financial aid in his early struggles in
the market, when aid was most valu
able to him.
Their thirty-six years of married
life has al\Vays been said to have
been ideally happy.
If the estate measures up to expec
tation. Mrs. Harriman, according to
common estimation here, is the
wealthiest woman in the world. Mrs.
Hetty Green’s holdings have been es
timated at $40,000,000; those of Mrs.
Frederick Courtland Penfield, who
was Anne Weightman of Philadelphia
at $80,000,000, and those of Mrs. Rus
sell Sage at a like amount.
STREETWSTRIKE AT OMAHA.
Bricks Thrown by Strikers Injure Non-
Union Strikers.
Omaha, Neb. —Violence in the
street car strike broke out at Coun
cil Bluffs when a car on the interur
ban line was derailed and tfhe win
dows smashed. Conductor Doolittle
was hit in the face’with a brickbat,
but was not seriously Hurt.
Three hundred and fifty strikers pa
raded through the principal streets cf
the city, and were applauded by thou
sands who lined (he streets. At the
time a crowd, probably 2,000, of whom
not an inconsiderable number were
women, had gathered at the corner of
Fourteenth and Farnam streets,where
for an hour or more every car which
passed on either side ran the gaunt
let of jibes and jeers. A first the
trolleys were pulled off and the ropes
cut so that the conductors were com
pelled to climb on top of the cars to
replace the trolleys.
At a meeting of the business men’s
association, decisive action was taken
to assist in the maintenance of order,
especially to offer such assistance as
might be necessary to preserve or
der during the visit to Omaha of
President Taft and his party.
FOREST FIRES COSTLY.
$50,000,000 and Fifty Lives Lost
Every Year.
Washington, 1). C. —A startling sit
uation has developed as the result of
a taking of stock of the forestry re
sources of this country, according to
Treadwell Cleveland, Jr., expert in
the bureau of forestry.
“It has shown,” Mr. Cleveland de
clares, “that we are taking from the
forest every year three and a half
times as much wood as is added by
the new growth; that lass than one
third of the growing trees felled by
the lumber men is ever used at all,
so that two-thirds of all the timber
cut is simply destroyed. It lias shown
that one-eleventh of all the forests
are swept by fires every year, and
that on the average, since 1870, the
forest fires have cost $50,000,000 in
timber and fifty lives.
“It has shown that over 99 per cent
of the forests in private hands,which
comprise three-fourths of all the for
est land and four-fifths of the wood,
is devastated by destructive use and
the sweep of unchecked fires, while
less than one per cent is properly
handled for successive crops or effec
tively protected from fire.”
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