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THE NORTH GEORGIAN
(SUCCESSOR TO THE NORTH
GEORGIA BAPTIST.)
Entered at the postofflee at Cura'
King, Ga., as second class matter.
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Fortune, avers the Chicago News, Is
reserving a lot of rewards for the gen
ius who shall invent an absolutely
dependable motor for aeroplanes.
Sometimes it is the innocent by-
Etander who has to display most pa
tience and nerve in an automobile en
durance contest, remarks the Wash
ington Star.
The new battleship Maine was laid
up in dry dock for $..>00,000 repairs. A
battleship wears about as well as a
i*9-cent parasol, thinks the Lowell
Oourier-Cltizen.
The latest crusade of the Depart
ment of Agriculture noticed by the
New York Herald is aimed at house
cats, on the ground that they destroy
wild birds. Objection would have
more force here if it were based on
their destruction of sleep.
What ought to be brought home to
every man, in a way to grip his imagi
nation, urges the New York Mail, is
that the public lands are the people’s
the parks are the people’s, the public
buildings are the people’s, the public
thoroughfares are the people’s, the
public services are the people’s.
Dvery citizen has a birthright share
in these things, and when injury is
done them, his birthright is impaired,
lie is literally rendered poorer when ;
a street is left unswept, to accumulate !
filth and disseminate disease.
Holman Day, author of King Spruce
and The Eagle’s Badge, has written
for Harper’s an interesting account of
“The Queer Folk of the Maine Coast.”
Driven out of their old haunts by the
ever-increasing number of cottagers,
the “queer folk” have hidden them
selves in undesirable clefts along the
coast* in islands not wanted by peo
#-w>
jple can buy what they desire. Mr.
'Dayl Jound these shy and lonely char
acters —among them the old man who
still digs for Cap’n Kidd’s treasure;
the three old brothers, one of them a
poet, who occupy two separate shacks
on account of a family quarrel—andi
has written about them with sympa
thetic interest.
The character of Russia’s relations
toward her neighbors is determined
by the Czar, says Dr. Dillon in the
Nineteenth Century. He and he alone
can conclude treaties and transform
ententes into alliances. The reasons
why he is not at present in favor of an
alliance with France and Great Bri
tain are personal, dynastic, national.
Believing that in the long run hostili
ties between Germany and Great Brit
ain are unavoidable, he holds that the
certain disadvantages which would ac
crue to Russia from participation in
such a sanguinary war—whatever its
upshot—would far outweigh the possi
ble benefits. And, what is more and
worse, he is disposed to think that an
alliance, informal or formal, would in
evitably lead to a war between his
own country and Germany. And any
thing would be better than that.
The memory of Miss Maria Parloa
will linger gratefully among those who
cherish the joys of good food. The
death of the celebrated cook and
writer on cooking stirred up reminis
cences among the elder generation of
what was really the dawn of anew
household era, when the written cook
book was beginning to take the place
of oral tradition in the kitchen. Dyp
pepsia, observes the Boston Post,
learned to know her as one of its
most devoted foes. Good Health found
in her an able ally. Her course of les
sons in sick-room cookery to Harvard
medical students some 35 years ago
were the forerunner of a form of in
struction in which every trained nurse
is carefully drilled nowadays. Tradi
tion loves to dwell on the savory foods
prepared by our great-grandmothers.
In reality, the average bride nowadays
is far superior to the best culinary ar
tist of a century ago, thanks to Miss
Parloa and to others who have la
bored with her to make the cook-book,
next to Holy Writ, the most carefully
studied publication jn the world.
BONDS FOB WATERWAYS
President Taft Declares Himself
in Favor of Inland Waterways.
WOULD SOLVE RATE QUESTION
Mr. Taft Declare* Work on Improve
ments Ha* Been Nothing More Than
“a Procession of Jerks.’-’
Corpus Christi, Texas—ln an open
address here before the Interstate In
land Waterways league and the citi
zens of Corpus Christi, President Taft
announced himself as strongly favor
ing a permanent and practical sys
tem of Inland waterways as a means
of controlling railroad rates, and said
that he favored the policy of issuing
bonds for carrying out a practical sys
tem of improvements.
Up to the present time, Mr. Taft
declared, congress has provided for
Improvements in piece meal fashion
and the work on improvement has
been nothing more than “a procession
of jerks.’’ Before any project is en
tered upon, the president declared, it
should be thoroughly considered, in
vestigated and reported upon by a
board of engineers as to its feasibil
ity and desirability.
Once the improvement is declared
desirable and ttie communities which
it is to serve can convince congress
that their growth has been such as
to Justify the expenditure of a large
sum of money to take care of increas
ing trade, bonds should be issued in
order that the improvements may be
carried into effect at once and the
benefits of it be quickly secured.
The president took occasion to re
fer to that in some localities that
there is a disposition to do injustice
to the railroads and to drive the cor
porations to a system of economy,
which prevents the development of the
country through which they pass. The
president said it was often the case
that the citizens of a county would go
to any extent to get a railroad to come
into the county, but once there, no a
friend of he railroad could anywhere
be found, except perhaps the local
counsel.
The remark called out hearty laugh
ter.
The president turned serious again,
however, and urged a “square deal”
for the railroads, that they might not
be deprived of reasonable profits
through popular prejudice.
CAR SHORTAGES SOUTH.
American Railways Make Statement
on Car Situation.
Chicago, lll.—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
seems 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.
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 Anally thrown
off.
ANTHRACNOSE DOES GREAT DAMAGE.
Disease in Cotton is Spreading a*id
is Costing Planters Mill iotas.
Columbia, S. C. —In a report just
made to Commissioner Watson, State
Botanist Barre declares that the dis
ease of anthracnose in cotton is cost
ing the growers of the state probably
$5,000,000 yearly and the Georgia
planters possibly as much as $14,000,-
000 each year. According to Mr.
Barre, the disease is spreading. Its
worst manifestations have followed
the use of imported seed, for which
reason he urges that inspection of cot
ton seed be provided for in the pro
posed legislation to minimize pellagra
by the inspection of grain.
DR. CARLISLE IS DEAD.
Signer of Secession and President
Emeritus of Wofford College.
Spartanburg, S. C.— Dr. James H.
Carlisle, the venerable president em
eritus of Wofford college died at his
home here. Dr. Carlisle was born at
Winnsboro, S. C., eighty-four years
ago, his parents having come from
County Antrim, Ireland.
In 1875 he was chosen president of
Wofford college, 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 the or
dinance of secession which precipitat
ed the war betweent the states.
DEATH RATC 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 tuberculosis 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 loss 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 J9OB.
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.
COTTON GINNERS iitPORT.
5,320,000 Bales Had Been Ginned to
October 18.
Memphis, Tenn. —The report of J.
A. Taylor, president of the National
Ginnors’ Association, indicates that
there has been ginned to October 18,
5,320,000 bales, which is nearly a mil
lion bales less than was ginned in this
period last year. The reprt says.
As the heavy ginning of September
was kept up the first week in Octber,
the falling off has nearly all come in
the last half of the latter month.
The crop is 79.7 picked, compared
with 54.5 last year at this time, and
indicates almost a crop disaster, ex
cept in Georgia and the Carolinas,
where the crop is better, but not as
good as expected a month ago. The
yield is reported disappointing in all
sections of the belt, probably due to
smallness of the bolls. Mississippi,
Louisiana and Arkansas have the
shortest crop ever , grown, and will
total a little over half of last year’s
crop, while Texas is not much better.
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 ihat 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.
PATRICK 11. MXABKEN DEAD.
Democratic Leader of Brooklyn Never
Rallied After Operation.
New York City. —Patrick H. McCar
ren, state senator and democratic
leader of Brooklyn, died at St. Cath
erine’s Hospital, Brooklyn, never hav
ing completely rallied from the ef
fects of an operation for appendicitis
which was performed on October 13.
His death was not unexpected; in
fact, the senator himself realized that
his end was near.
Lovett Succeeds Harriman.
New York City —Robert S. Lovett,
was elected president of the Union
PaciAc railroad, to succeed the late
E. 11. Marrimau, 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 be barred, if
the wishes of the Woman’s Board of
Home Missions of the Methodist
Episcopal church, south, are carried
out by the general conference.
Newsy Paragraphs.
Asa 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 session at
Elkins, W. Va., adopted a resolution
protesting against the invitation ex
tended to President Taft to address
the laymens’ 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.
HIS TURN.
—Cartoon by Berryman, in the Washington Star.
BUILDS IDEAL TOWN IN HER IMAGINATION.
If It Existed ’Twould Bea “Slightly Elevated Spot Somewhere in New Jersey”
—Only One Church Needed, and Little For Lawyers and Doctors to
Do—Mrs. Pattison Tells Women's Civic Club About It
’Arlington, N. J. —Mrs. Mary Patti
son, president of the New Jersey
Woman’s Federated Clubs, has built
the ideal village—in her imagination.
But she is sure that if such a place ex
isted, in fact it would be “a slightly
elevated spot somewhere, of course,
in New Jersey.”
This is how Mrs. Pattison pictured
the ideal village in a talk before the
members of the Civic Club of Ar
lington:
“Let us take an imaginary jour
ney,” she said, “to a slightly elevated
spot somewhere- —of course in New
Jersey—and build an ideal village or
town. Let there be a clean, wide
sweep of greensward shaded with
trees and cut with winding roads, a
few hills and a cool, picturesque val
ley to one side, through which a clear,
happy rivulet curls its way untainted
with sewerage and disease-carrying
insects and unspoiled by the dumps of
refuse usually deposited along such
banks. L.4t see there instead
grass, flowers and birds.
“On one of these hills near by we
find a roomy schoolhouse, than which
nothing better is known, where the
children are being educated in the
real things of life, in common sense,
and in industrial and organic matters,
with no danger of forced mentality.
Here we And usefulness with beauty
of method; as a result, horse or
coarse play and disrespect are un
known; individual and careful think
ing are encouraged, and appreciation
is developed, with charm of manner
and the cultivation of the healthiest
bod+es.
“In the centre of the town, near a
few choice shops and offices, we And
an airy and well built market, where
only the best and purest foods can be
bought, not necessarily luxuries, but
the substantial varieties that make
blood and muscle strong and of good
quality—a place where it is not suffi
cient* to simply label the contents of
packages, but where it is necessary to
tell which beefsteak has had its juice
AMERICAN HABITS ARE BREEDING INSANITY
So Says Dr. Crafis and Names Alcohol and Special Haladies
as Chief Causes.
St. Louis. That conditions of
American life promote insanity and
that heredity, alcohol and a special
group of diseases are rapidly increas
ing the number of insane persons in
proportion to the total population
were statements made by Dr. Leo M.
Crafts, of Minneapolis, before the
Mississippi Valley Medical Associa
tion.
Dr. Crafts, giving figures for States
which he said were typical, showed
the extent to which insanity had in
creased in this country during the
past generation. The insane percent
age of Illinois as typical of this sec
tion, he said, in the past thirty years
AUTO OUST HEINO HAS REVENGE
Me Rushes Through Darien, Conn., With a Tree Drag
ging Behind and Vet Breaks No Law.
South Norwalk, Conn.—The police
and public of Darien are up in arms
over the actions of a New York auto
mobilist who is, they say, the mean
est man on earth. This man, whose
number they think is 1770, fastens a
large limb to the rear of, his machine
and, with this trailing in the road,
he goes racing through the town,
leaving a (loud of dust which entire
ly envelops him and the machine
number, and which leaves the town
sputtering and fuming, winking and
blinking, for some minutes.
Even the Rev. H. £l. Brown has
joined in the protest, saying that the
nuisance is the cause of perversion,
extracted, what fish and fowl have
been embalmed, what animals died
in disease, and what fruit has had its
natural fermentation stopped by the
use of preservatives. It is, in
place to buy food where one is not in
danger of one’s life, or worse, one’s
health, at every turn.
“Let us perhaps build two churches
in our beautiful village, although that
may be one too many, but let there*be
one opening the gate of heaven
through the intellectual door or un
der the portal of the understanding
where reason reigns and science
proves; then a liftle further on let us
And another, bringing God on earth,
through the aid of the emotions, with
the heart as the knower and the
senses trained to love. Let them both
be beautiful, but let us go flrst to one
and then the other till in the future
they unite.
“Our community is made up of
homes, cheerful, normal, happy
homes, individual In expression, co
operate in management and lovely in
design, where the atmosphere is the
guiding element, where nothing is
held that gives more trouble than
worth, where harmony, health and
happiness leave not a crevice for hell
to peek through.
“And now a little walk to the right,
and opposite the park we are led to
the village clubhouse, a Ane pleasure
ediflce equipped for all ages. It is a
place where play and gymnastics are
supervised, a place for games of all
sorts, with rooms for music, art,
dancing, etc., and for that foolish
frivolity without which society ■would
lose its charms.
“May we keep our hand to the
wheel, and help to usher in the new
village home, if not in detail, at least
in essence—a home where one might
free the spirit by just living, where
doctors and lawyers are at the mini
mum in number and teachers at the
maximum, a place where only health
is known, and where the whole air
rings with life.”
has increased four times as rapidly
as has the population. Other States
and sections were no better off, he
said.
According to Dr. Crafts, other
countries were developing insanity
through American habits. Since
Japan adopted Western methods of
doing things the proportion of insane
persons in that empire has rapidly in
creased. The negro was also pointed
to as furnishing another example of a
race incapable of adoption of Ameri
can methods and environment with
out an increase in the number of
those who go crazy and have to be
confined in retreats.
and that a match factory would have
a better chance of doing business in
the atmosphere of the place than a
preacher when the dust is in the air.
The autoist fastens the large limb to
his machine at one end of the town
and drops it off at the other end.
Under the old Connecticut law Da
rien had a reputation for arresting
speeding automobilists. As many as
fifty were caught in a day and fined.
It is thought that the dust fiend is a
victim getting even. The new law al
lows of no arresting save in extreme
speed cases, hut the police intend to
arrest him as a common nuisahee and
put him under bonds.