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THE NORTH GEORGIAN (BUCCESSOR TO THE NORTH GEORGIA BAPTIST.) Entered at the pcstoffice at Gum ming, Ga., as second class matter. _ ~~~ An egotist, defines the Chicago Tri bune, Is merely a man who thinks he is better than we are. Let it not be forgotten by any thoughtless people, urges the Spring field Republican, that the right to ex ist still remains to the less fortunate. A church in Middletown, N. Y., erected a “spite” fence. The exact di mensions are not given, and there would be an interest in learning the particulars. The Philadelphia Ledger would suggest measurement by the Golden Rule. Lemoine, the alleged diamond mak er, was sentenced to six years as “a vulgar faker, whose pretentions lacked the semblance of scientific procedure.” The difference between a diamond fak er and a scientist, declares the Phila delphia Inquirer, is that neither can make diamonds. Also that the latter doesn’t pretend to do so. There are actualities in the depths of human nature that the realist in fiction may not describe, insists the Argonaut. The loathsome and the hor rible are beneath the uses of imagina tive literature. And there is a higher exreme, in the secret and sacred as pirations, desires, and faiths of human ity, that is above even the most deli cate and reverent art of the novelist. The leading newspaper of Rio de Jan eiro,” writes Consul-General George E. Anderson, ‘‘has called attention to the fact that a shipper in Sao Paulo has just paid freight amounting to $017.40 on 150 sacks; of potatoes from Sao Paulo to Rio de Janeiro, or aTSout $1.32 I a bag for a. haul of 300 miles between the two principal cities of Brazil —a haul, from a trafljc standpoint, which corresponds to one from New York to Boston. This rate is not exceptional, though perhaps higher than on na tional products.” A Boston Transcript contributor that divers learned men of Har vard are credited—perhaps .in some in stances incorrectly—with holding and propagating the following beliefs: ‘‘That ivfars carries passengers. That folks can talk to them with looking glasses. That alcohol is the only re liable foundation for morality. That laboring men are the privileged class. That by reading for 15 minutes a day any man may possess himself of a liberal education. That the dead can communicate with the living.” The New York Herald says “Pull for Good Roads” is a slogan for the nation. We trust the pull will be light er when the good roads are secured. —Jacksonville Metropolis. Our alert contemporary of the south has struck the vital point of the good roads movement, replies the Herald. To draw two tons of produce or fruit or manufactured goods to the railroad station in the same time and with the same effort that used to convey one ton is to reduce expense, increase the value of realty and cut the cost of living. Good roads are a national nec essity. Seriously, writes the New York Press, if there are men who have a way of injuring the most worthy cause when they advocate it, there are wo men who can succeed in removing any cause they chance to make- their own from the realm of rational considera tion and argument. How can the pros and cons of the question of allowing women a participation in the franchise be calmly and seriously argued in the face of the wild exploits of the Eng lish suffragettes and the extravagant claims and fantastic diatribes of many of their American sisters? Real and solid arguments in its favor are en tirely obscured by such injudicious ad vocates, and sensible and thinking women who sincerely believe in the justice, the feasibility and the exped iency of allowing votes to their sex should make their voices heard In pro test against irrational conduct and thoughtless words which furnish evi dence to those who oppose votes for women. WAR ON BOLL WEfcVIL. Expert Advises Destruction of the Stalk to Kill the Pest. JacKson, Miss.—Boll weevil experts have encounttered much opposition to their work in this state, especially in the sections where the weevil is lust beginning to make its appearance, and the character of it is much like that which has often developed in yel low fever campaigns of the past. Although knowing that the weevil must inevitably reach them, the peo ple, or at least a large proportion of them, fear that any information going out to the effect that the insect has made his appearance at a particular point, will have a tendency to injure the country commercially. The ex perts, themselves, however, contend that the very opposite effect is desir ed, and that by ascertaining where the insect is and giving the public due notice is like a storm warning, and that, if their advice is heeded the Eeally harmful result will be mini mized. Rather than go to Texas or other outside territory for an example, Mr. Blakeslee lakes one of the state’s own counties and gives figures to show what the weevil is capable of ac complishing with his “pernicious ac tivity.” A vigorous campaign is being wag ed to induce the farmers wherever there is a suspicion of a weevil to destroy the cotton stalks early this year and to prepare for an early crop in 1910. This, it is contended, is the whole secret, and will result in a good crop before the insect will have time to do serious harm. WILL CHANGE PROHIBITUM LAW. Mississippi May Adopt Constitutional Liquor Statute. Jackson, Miss. The prohibition leaders of Mississippi, not satisfied with the present prohibition law as’ a whole, will ask the legislature at the next session to pass additional laws for the purpose of tightening it up and strengthening it in its weaker places., Particularly will they suggest meth ods of securing its better and more uniform enforcement. As to the statutory changes, it is the practically unanimous opinion that if the jjresent law is to be tampered with at all the tampering ought to be done by those who made the law in the first place. At the time they thought they were getting up the best law they could frame and pass. It will have had a practical test of a year by the time the lawmaking body meets, and its weak points will have' been shown. NIGHi RIDERS ACTIVE. Excitement Over Raids in Kentucky Has Reached Fever Heat. Lexington, Ky.—Advices from Ma son .county are that excitement. over the night rider raids is at fevef heat and troops, have been from 'Governor Wilson. • * After the raids on the homes of Benjamin Longjiecjter, and George Kreitz, -wealthy farmers, every to bacco grower who did not enter the Rurley Tobacco Society pool armed himself. The sheriff and a posse are scouring the vicinity of the raids in search of certain citizens who were recognized by Kreitz when they bat tered down his door and his daugh ter put them to fight with a gun. PREACHER FAVORS SUICIDE MACHINE. Drop a Penny in the Slot and Get a Ticket to Eternity. Washington, D. C.—“ Drop a penny in the slot and get a ticket to the other world,” might be the inscription on a machine that is suggested by Rev. Dr. Donald Guthrie of Baltimore. Dr. Guthrie was talking on “Cal vinism” here, and said: “Life has become so meaningless and so useless to some that I advo cate the setting up of a suicide ma chine, where one can deposit a cent and be killed easily, and respectably.” TEXAS RICE CROP. The Yield Is Placed at 2,123,000 Bags. Houston, Texas.—The Post in a re view of the Texas rice situation, places the state’s yield at 2,123,000 bags. 1,484,000 of Honduras, and 639,- 000 Japan. Of the total crop of both Honduras and Japan, a conservative estimate places the amount already sold at ap proximately 400,000 bags, including in storage and still unsold, about 1,823,- 000 bags. Newsy Paragraphs. Every one of the skins in the col lection of Roosevelt trophies receiv ed from Africa has been found to be in good condition by the taxidermists of the Smithsonian institution. Some of the trophies are declared to be among the most magnificent speci mens that have come into the poses sion of the institute. Professor George B. Foster of the University of Chicago in a recent ad dress to the women of the Jewish Council, said they need not .be sensi tive to the taunt that their race had crucified Christ, adding: “Any other race would have done the same. The Christian church of today would do it, but it would discard the wooden cross as not being refined enough and would use a spiritual one instead.” Holding it to be subversive of exist ing institutions, the Russian censor has suppressed the reports of the speech delivered by the British chan cellor of the exchequer. Mr. Lloyd- George, at Newcastle. It contained this declaration that “it is time the laboring masses shook off the tyran ny of the dukes and landlords.” (WAR STILL CONTINUES \ ON BLACK ROOT PEST \ Atlanta, Ga.—The campaign for stamping out the black root, which cost the cotton planters of Geor gia over a million dollars this year, will be continued with the co-opera tio<n of the agricultural department and the State Farmers’ Union, through the middle of December, and it is believed that great good will be accomplished as a result. Instructions are begin given the farmers at these meetings on how best to cope with the black root, by State Entomologist E. L. Worsham, Professor Nixcn of the State Agricul tural College, Commissioner of Ag riculture T. G. Hudson and J. L. Lee, president of the Slate Farmers’ Un ion. these speeches, the department of - " entomology will dis tribute a resident variety of cotton seed, which have grown in Georgia, and which will not become affected by black root. It is believed that as a result black root will be entirely driven out of the state in the course of a few years. ’ The damage by black root is not confined alone to the cotton itself, but the cotton seed, which lias come to be one of the most valuable parts of) the cotton crop, is also destroyed. SUMTER COUNTY FARMS BRING VERY GOOD PRICES Americus, Ga.—Nine representative planters of North Carolina and South Carolina arrived in Americus to pur chase plantations, several of the par ty already having expressed determi nation of settling here. Quite recently considerable num bers of South Carolinians have pur chased plantations near Americus, and are inducing friends in the Pal metto State to come to southwestern Georgia. Probably fifty former South Carolinians are now landowners here and delighted with the situation gen erally. , STATE BOARD OF HEALTH OFFICIAL TALKS CfF LAZY BUG Atlanta, Ga. —“John D. Rockefeller’s munificent gift of $1,000,000 will go far toward eradicating the hook worm from the south,” said an official of the state board of health. “We have no idea, of course, how much of this fund will ,be used in Georgia,” he continued, “but we hope a good share of it, as the disease is undoubtedly prevalent to a large ex tent in Georgia. Altogether we have examined and treated some 500 cases of hook worm in this department within the past several months. “Practically in every case we have conquered the insidious intestinal hair like worm. This disease is more prevalent in sandy country than else where, and is, therefore, to be found to a greater extent in south Georgia than in the northern section, although we have treated cases, from upper Georgia. "Thymol is the deadly foe of the hook worm, and a very small amount of ft will cure the most obstinate cases. Mr. Rockefeller’s gift will go far toward starting a general cam-. paign through the south 1 that ' will practically wipe out this trouble. It has been demonstrated that it can be easily cured, and in a general campaign of education the, people will be taught how to treat and prevent the disease. “While the hook worm is found more generally among the poorer classes, and to a considerable extent among mill operatives, it is oy no means confined lo them. It is often found among people of wealth and culture. It leaves its victim pale and anemic, giving rise perhaps to what is often called the ‘lazy disease.’ ” MANCHESTER FAST BECOMING AN INDUSTRIAL CENTER Manchester, Ga. —Official announce ment was received here from Atlanta, Birmingham and Atlantic officials that actual work will begin at once on the new SIOO,OOO general shops to be lo cated here for the Atlanta and Bir mingham divisions. The shops will employ between 50 and 100 skilled mechanics, and will undoubtedly add several hundred new citizens to the rapidly growing metropolis of Meri weather. Another big industrial announce ment comes from the Manchester mills to the effect that the $600,000 plant at this place will be completed about December 1, and will begin op erations than to supply order, it has taken to be delivered in February. The beginning of operations at> the mills will bring several hundred new inhabitants to Manchester, and these, with the present population and those to come for the Atlanta, Birmingham and Atlantic shops, will swell the to tal population of this city to more than 2,000. There are over 200 new buildings in the' city already, and new ones are being planned and con structed each day. One year ago Manchester was nothing but a railroad station, but the establishment of division head quarters here for the Atlanta, Bir mingham and Atlantic, together with the fact that this is the junction point of the lines from Atlanta, Brun wick and Birmingham, has given the town a start that is sure to land her among the liveliest industrial centers RECORD ATTENDANCE AT THE UNIVERSITY Athens, Ga.— University of Georgia has broken all previous rec ords as to attendance. Tlie attend ance to date is eleven in excess of the attendance at this time last year, and that in spite of much stricter en trance requirements than ever before in The history of the institution. The total attendance for the session will appro dmate 525 pupils. TOPICS. BEST INCUBATOR RESULTS. For the best results in artificial in cubation we need good eggs, a light, dry cellar with cement floor, an even temperature, and right conditions of moisture in the incubator. At the start the eggs should be kept at a temperature of 102 degrees, during the second week at 103 degrees, and at hatching time from 104 to 106 de grees. J. L. Nickerson, Indiana County, Pa. WIRE GRASS. Please tell me what kind of grass I am sending you. It has become quite thick over this part of the country and the stock seem to like it.—M. W. S. The grass which you sent is Wire Grass. It is very common on c\ry, sandy, thin soils, and for this reason is a valuable pasture grass on dry, rocky knolls. Most grazing animals eat it greedily, and it is especially relished by sheep. : Tt shoots its leaves out early, but the amount of its. foliage is not great, otherwise, it would be one of our most valuable grasses, since it possesses a large' per cent, of nutritive matter.- It shrinks less in drying than any other grass, and consequently makes hay very heavy.—lndiana Farmer. - LISTING CORN. In your issue of August 7, M. W. F., of Madison County, speaks of see ing a plow that breaks and plants at one operation, and thinks it is some thing new. We have had plows here in this neighborhood on the same plan for fifteen years. The first ones wpre walking plows; now some have riding plows, made by Illinois plow companies. The way they operate is like this: They use four horses and straddle an old row of corn, two horses on each side of the row to be plowed and planted. The plow bursts the old row, throwing dirt bo.th ways. , It has both a right and left mold board and shears, and bursts all old rows of .corn and plants. It is what we call listing corn, and hundreds of acres are planted that way here.—G. F. Hobart, in the Indiana Farmer. RAISING HORSES FOR PROFIT. Asa producer of either grade, of pure-bred horses for sale, the farmer has rich possibilities. There is a wide and strong market.for all the product. The .farmer who breeds and grows horses for market as a strong side line to general farming can make good money at it, through intelligent direction and proper equipment. Raising colts on the farm does not require much extra capital or labor. A mare’will raise a colt nearly every year and at the same time make half a team, except for two or three weeks after the colt is born. Many small farmers make much extra money by keeping only -mares for farm work and breeding them regularly. Every year they have from one to three or four young horses to sell at good figures which have, cost them only a small amount. The more pains taken in securing good stock and feeding and training the colts the more money there is in the business.—Farmers’ Home Journal. SCALY LEGS IN FOWLS. A correspondent asks the Circle Magazine about the treatment of scaly legs in fowls, and wants to know how to cure it. F. H. Valen tine replies as follows: If the birds are only moderately affected, or are particularly valuable for breeding purposes, they may be cured readily, if the treatment be thorough. ‘‘Scaly legs” is caused by a mite technically known as sarcoptes mutans, which penetrates beneath the epidemic scales on the legs and feet. Some birds are more susceptible to it than others, possibly because the scales grow tighter on their legs. Turkeys, pheasants, some cage birds, as well as other birds, are attacked by it, but water fowls are considered immune. The disease is contagious. Energetic measures are necessary. Isolate all affected birds. Clean the houses thoroughly. Disinfect with carbolated whitewash or some other good disinfectant. Soak the legs of the birds in warm water containing a little soap to loosen the scales. Re move these scales as far as possible without being too severe. This will enable the remedy to come into con tact with the insects, which are next to flesh. There are several good remedies. Kerosene is good. Into a quart measure or deep pail, nearly filled with water, put a tablespoonful of kerosene, and dip the legs into this, repeating after three days, and again, if necessary, to effect a cure. But this will bleach the legs. One part of sulph ur to ten parts of vaseline or lard well rubbed into the scales is good. Apply every other night for a week or ten days. Some of the liquid germicides are good. We have, used zenoleum, one part to twenty parts water, in which the legs were dipped. A good carbolic salve is good. But be thorough, and don’t let the trou ble spread. THE PULPIT. A BRILLIANT SUNDAY SERMON S DR.' I. M. HALDEMAN. \ Theme: Seminaries a Menace. New York City.—Before an audi ence that taxed the capacity of the building, the Rev. Dr. I. M. Halde man delivered the second sermon on “The Signs of the Time.” His sub ject was: “The Modern Theological Seminary a Menace and Peril to the Church.” The text was 11. Kings, 2:16. He said: Elijah, the mighty prophet of God, who defied the king, shut up the heavens that there was neither dew nor rain, but, according to his word, slew the prophets of Baal, called down fire from heaven upon the sac rifice, visited terrific judgment upon the land, is now to he taken up to heaven by a whirlwind, attended by celestial horsemen and chariots of fire. Elisha, his successor in the pro-' phetic office, accompanies hint on the journey from Gilgal to Bethel, from Bethel to Jericho, where there was a theological seminary, and the sons of the prophets (the ministerial students of that day) said to Elisha: “Know est thou That the Lord will take away thy master from thy head this day?” And he answered: “Yea, I know it. Hold ye your peace.” And they two went on to Hie River Jordan. And fifty of the s#is of the prophets went and stood afar off to view what would happen. And Elijah took his mantle and smote the waters and they were divided, so that they two went over on dry ground. And Elijah said unto Elisha: “Ask what I shall do for thee before Ibe taken away.” And Elisha ’said: “I pray thee, let a double por tion of thy spirit be upon me.” And he said: “Thou has asked a hard thing; nevertheless, if thou see me when I am taken away, it shall be so unto thee, but if not, it shall not be so.” And it came to pass as they still went on, behold, there appeared a chariot and horses of fire, and parted them both asunder, and Elijah went up.by a whirlwind into heaven. And Elisha saw it and cried: “My father, my father, the chariot of Israel and the horsemen thereof.” And when Elisha returned to Jericho with the mantle of Elijah, the sons of the pro phets said: “The spirit of Elijah does rest upon Elisha.” And they said unto him: “Behold, there be with us fifty strong men. Let them go and seek my master, lest perad venture, the Spirit of the Lord hath taken him up and cast him upon some mountain or into some valley.” And he sa\d:,. “Ye shall not send.” But they urged him until he was ashamed, and*he said: “Send.” They sent therefore fifty men; and they sought three days, but found him nor, jfhd when they cam# again to Him (for he tarried at Jericho), he said unto them. “Did I not say unto you, ‘G9 not?’ ” To-daWe have the same story. The passing through Jordan typifies our Lord’s death and resurrection, for “Jordan; in Scripture, sets forth judgment, and is a type of the cross of Christ, where with an agony that rent the rocks and drew the veil of midnight darkness over the face of nature, He bore the judgment of sin in His own body on the tree, crying out: “My God, my God, why didst Thou forsake me!” Christ came not to be an example or a teacher, but to be a sacrifice —to die for the sin of the world—for He poured out His soul dnto death. The ascension of Elijah sets forth in type our Lord’s ascension into heaven, through the shining portals of glory, to sit down on the right hand of the majesty in the heavens, an enthroned sin-purger, the risen man in the heavens in bodily pres ence. The spirit of Elijah resting upon Elisha shows the spirit of Christ incarnated in the Church. After our Lord’s resurrection He breathed upon His disciples saying: “Receive ye the Holy Spirit,” and on the day of Pente cost the promise of the Father was fulfilled, and they were endued with, power from on high. Our present-day theologians are like the theologians of Jericho of old. They perceive the spirit of Christ, but repudiate His material presence in heaven. All sorts of things are be ing attributed by them to the Spirit of Christ. They tell us that the Spirit of Christ has given us the marvelous inventions of the day, rapid transit, airships, woman suffrage, and in spired the discovery of the North Pole. All these things of the spirit of the natural man, these Jericho theologians of our modern seminaries tell us are the outworkings of the Spirit of Christ in man. Of course, they deny a bodily resurrection and teach a ghostly Christ, instead of one who called to His disciples to “handle Me and see that I am flesh and bones, and not a spirit as ye think,” and who sat at meat with them, after His resurrection, partaking of broiled fish and honeycomb. As the sons of the prophets of old sought to account for the disappearance of Elijah, so do our modern, up-to-date theologians, whether native born or imported, seek to account for the disappearance of Christ. One would almost think that when these learned men in the “wisdom of this world” pass away, all knowledge will perish with them. Some, like Elisha, who was called from the plow, . when confronted with the assertions of “agreed scholarship,” trained men tality and the assumptions of wise men of Jericho, grow ashamed and stumble and fall in power and be come paralyzed. We should repudi ate most earnestly those who attempt to explain away the miraculous.