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THE NORTH GEORGIAN (SUCCESSOR TO THE NORTH GEORGIA BAPTIST.; Entered at the postofflce at Cum' nlng, Ga., a second class matter. Lot's wife probably turned around to see what another woman had on, thinks the Chicago News. What maker, us tired when we go to a trained animal show, admits the Commoner, is to see some low browed trainer take all the applause we give for the brutes’ cleverness. Smashing an expensive window may be the expression of some form of discontent, but to the Philadelphia Ledger, the act is with difficulty con strued into an argument for anything. Rudyard Kipling slandered woman by defining her as “ a rag and a bone and a hank of hair,” but a Lonaconing lady, seven years married, gets back rhythmically in the Springfield Re publican, with this synopsis of a man: ”A jag and a drone and a tank of air.” The house-fly, once supposed to bo a scavenger of the air, Is now known as the “typhoid tty.” There is no room for doubt, writes the Indiana Farmer, that Aids kill a much greater number of human beings than all of the beasts of prey, with all of the poi sonous serpents added. They spread diseases which slay their hundreds, while huge powerful brutes kill sin gle victims. Hand weaving may be a lost art in Thrums, but it still survives in the Opter Hebrides. “There," writes Con sul Maxwell Blake from Dunfermline, “the crofters, living in rude huts of unhewn stono laid without mortar, fre quently with no escape for the smoke, but the open door, are altogether ig norant of and unable to understand the changed conditions, and being too poor to Initiate the costly experiment of mechanical weaving in their scat tered community, they struggle on per sistently and eke out a meager exist ence by ( the old methods of the hand loom.” Millers on Puget Sound hope to get a large share of the flour trade in the Philippine Islands. The Seattle Post- Intelligencer, after explaining that under the new tariff law flour from the United States entering the islands will pay no duty, except in cases of trans-shipment, says: “In case of trans-shipment a duty of 42 cents per barrel, the same duty imposed on shipments from foreign countries, will bo Imposed on American flour. Hence, where shipments are direct there is a charge of 42 cents per barrel in favor of American millers, and with the an nounced Improvements Puget Sound Is to enjoy in the matter of transpor tation between here and Manila, there seems to be no reason why the mill ers of this section should not enjoy the bulk of the Philippine flour trade. It is simply a question of going after the business." If that report Is correct with regard to sophomores of Washington and Jefferson College putting a freshman under the pump, to force him to wear the kind of cap the sophomores have ordained, it appears to be a case in which the ancient homeopathic prin ciple is pertinent. Both the law of similia slmlllbus and that of the lex talionis indicate a heroic prescription of pump for the pumpers to the Pitts burg Dispatch. Possibly the applica tion of some thousands of gallons of water to the sophomore brain might clear 1‘ sufficiently to point out the law under which sophomores are em powered to decree the dress of fresh men, or failing that to enlighten them as to the undesirability of disorderly conduct, assault and mob law. We do not say that it is probable, but that It is possible. Cold water has been held to be an aid in awakening some primary conception of gentlemanly conduct. Since the sophomores—the original meaning of whose title Is “wise fools” —have proclaimed its vir tue as a convince! - , it might be use ful in their case, though as water is reported short in the Chartiers Val ley a draft on the water supply of Pittsburg might be necessary to ac complish any results in their case. COTTON CORNER FAILS Scales, the Texas Bull Leader, Forced to Sell. MANY TRADERS WIPED DDT Desertion By Men Who Had Followed the Leadership of Scales Caused the Slump. New York City.—The big bull cam paign in cotton definitely collapsed with the most spectacular decline seen in a week of erratic recessions. Reports freely circulated in the trade alter the close of the market, had It that the position of the leading sotuhern bulls has been completely un dermined by the continued liquida tion wnicii has been In progress since early in the year. At the low point New York con tracts showed a decline of from $5.20 to |5.60 a hale from the closing prices of the night previous, whicn was a break of from $6.10 to $6.50 a bale from the high figures of the day, and of $13.3d to $14.25 a bale from the higtipo int of the season. May contracts touched 13.70. The bull market has lasted for over a year. At the height of the campaign It was estimated that E. G. Beales, of Texas, the leader, had ac cumulated paper profits of $10,000,- 000 for the season. As 'a Christmas present he is said to have given $lO,- 000 to one of his favorite brokers, and another accepted story had it that he had made over a million in cash to one of his brothers. Ills heaviest holdings were In May cotton, and his friends were generally be lieved at one time to control con tracts calling for the delivery of fully one million bales during that month. The situation had developed before the beginning of the decline into a threat of the greatest squeeze of the shorts recordeu in the history of the trade, but other bulls who had fol lowed Mr. Scales’ lead without en listing in his party decided the time was ripe for a bear raid. One after another the big accounts began to come Into the market. The Scales party was said to have its cot ton margined down to 10 cents a pound, and It was confidently assert ed that its members would never abandon their position. New Orleans, La.— One of the worst slumps in the history of cot ton future trading was recorded here. Prices of the old crop deliveries broke in a most sensational manner and within a very short time were 109 to 116 points down. The cause of the break was gen erally regarded as without explana tion. Large traders, including promi nent men, were interested. Memphis, Tenn. —For the first time in the' history of the Memphis cotton exchange, all quotations were wiped off the board, the entire spot cotton market being nominal. This is the result of the action of the factors and spot cotton holders of the city, who, at the rgeent de cline of more than 2 cents in options in New York, have refused to sell cotton at a decline exceeding l-4c, and many not even at that small con cession. In view of the absolute lack of cotton to be had, the quotation committee was unable to fix prices. One prominent factor had printed a large card which read: "No cotton for sale." This was tacked on his cottpn room door. The stock of cotton in Memphis is, in round figures, 200,000 bales, but so confident are those who own it that higher values will prevail that they have adopted the course as above outlined. CONFESSION OF RAY LAMPHERE. Dead Convict Said to Have Told of Gunness Murders. St. Louis, Mo —ln a copy-righted story the Post-Dispatch published what it claims was the confession of Ray Lamphere, who died a few days ago in the Indiana penitentiary, at Michigan City, while serving a sen tence for setting fire to the home of Mrs. Belle Gunness, near Laporte, Ind. It is known that the Rev. E. A. Schell, formerly of Laporte, heard Lamphere's confession. The confession shows that Mrs. Gunness and three children were chloroformed by Lamphere, who was robbing the house with a woman ac complice; that Jennie Olson was not killed by Mrs, Gunness; that the chloroform used by Lamphere was part of that he bought for Mrs. Gun ness to kill three men, one of whom was Andrew Helgelein, the others probably Ole Budsberg and Tonnes Peterson Lien, and that one of the men, probably Lien, was the third husband of Mrs. Gunness. • The confession establishes the fact, doubted by thousands, that Mrs. Gunness is dead. BIG SUM FOR FOREIGN MISSIONS. New York Churches Propose to Raise $725,000 This Year. New York City.—Five thousand laymen, representing practically all of the Protestant churches in the city, voted unanimously at a mass meet ing in. the Hippodrome to increase the foreign missionary offerings at the Protestant churches of Greater New York by $325,000 during the commg twelve months. This is slightly more than 80 pCr cent increase over the sum given last year, which was $400,116. The amount to be donated this year will approxi mate $725,000, of which Brooklyn churches have assumed responsibility for $225,000. TO STOP GAMBLING IN FUTURES. Conference on Subject i* Held at The White Houie. Washington, D. C.—A conference looking to the renewal of the fight on gambling in futures was held at the white house, when President Taft took the subject up wita Representa tive Scott of Kansas; Lowering of Massachusetts, and Burleson of Tex as. The discussion was based on tl> bill introduced by Mr. Scott last year forbidding interstate telegraph, tele phones and the mails to transmit messages with reference to future contracts for the sale of farm prod ucts where there is no intention- to deliver the products. Attorney General Wickersham and Herbert Knox Smith, commisisoner of corporations, were present at the conference. In the end the whole matter was referred to the attorney general for consideration as to the form of the Scott bill and to Commis sioner Smith for recommendation in the light of his previous investigation of the methods of the cotton exchang es. It is expected there will be a hear ing on the bill some time in the near future, at waich represenatives of those who desire to oppose the new legislation may be heard. MILLIONS PROPOSED FOR GOOD ROADS Legislation for Building Highways is Put Up to Congress. Washington, D. C. —The latest of numerous contributions to proposed legislation for highway construction in the United States is a bill by Rep resentative Garner of Texas, appro priating $10,000,000 among the states and territories pro rata, according to mileage of the traveled public roads In these respective jurisdictions. The fund, according to Mr. Garner’s idea, should be apportioned by the secretary of agriculture after certifi cation of the governors as to fue amount needed, etc., and the amount allowed each state is not to exceed the state's own appropriation for road maintenance. Within the past week Mr. Sulzer introduced a postal savings bank bill designed to produce, according to his scheme of figuring, half a billion dol lars of deposits from the people in the postal banks, $100,000,000 of the amount to be spent on road construc tion. Mr. Sulzer figures that this plan will bring into circulation millions of dollars of hoarded gold and restore to work “tens of thousands of Idle workmen.” WOMArSCIOTHES TRUST. Everything That a Woman Wears to Be Controlled. New York City. A corporation capitalized at $300,000, to control ev erything pertaining to the manufac ture of women’s wearing apparel, Is under consideration by the Associat ed Waist and Dress Manufacturers. B. Hyman, president of the asso ciation and the originator of the project, said that the idea commends itself to manufacturers and dealers in the south, with whom he has talked, as well as to many of the largest woolen manufacturers in New Eng land. “This is not the formation of a trust," said Mr. Hyman, “nor is It aimed at labor organizations. On the contrary it will mean a great benefit not only to the industries concerned, but to the workers in better wages and improved conditions. We plan to obtain control of everything from the raw material to the finished prod ucts." feareOeingjuried alive. Woman Directed That Dagger Be Thrust Into Her Heart. Pittsourg, Pa. —"Thrust a dagger through my heart three times to make sure I am dead. Let my body He ten days, cremate it then and bury the ashes in Allegheny ceme tery,’’ were the written instructions found with the body of Laura White, single, aged 65 years, a supposed pauper, living alone, who was dis covered in a room with five locks upon the door, her badly decomposed body half eaten by rats. The police found bank books and a will disposing of SIOO,OOO to local charitable institutions in a trunk in the poorly furnished house. Newsy Paragraphs. A pension of $5,000 a year is due Mrs. Grover Cleveland according to precedent, and Senator Root has pre sented to the senate a bill making the grant. The amount is the same as was allowed to Mrs. McKinley, Mrs. Garfield, Mrs. Polk and Mrs. Tyler, widowed wives of former presidents. Fifteen thousand full-blooded mem bers of the Creek, Chickasaw, Choc taw and Cherokee Indian tribes have joined in a petition to congress and the president asking that citizenship be withheld from them on the ground that they are not prepared to exercise such responsibility, and that the Unit ed States continue as their guardian. Statistics of gifts for humanity dur ing the year 1909 foots up a total ot $150,641,253, about half being in the form of gifts and half bequests. This was distributed as follows: Charity, $87,446,441; education, $46,122,241; religion, $22,443,885; art, $8,616,410; libraries, $3,012,293. At the head pt the list of individual givers stands John D. Rockefeller, credited with $12,130,500, most of which went to educational agencies. Next in line ranks Andrew Carnegie, with a total of $4,652,500. Mrs. Russell Sage comes in with $1,851,761, and other names prominent on this roll of honor are D. K. Pierson, Charles E. Ellis, Elizabeth Bingham, H. C. Frick, J. 1) Archbold, Caroline Phelps Stokes, John S. Kennedy, George Crocker, A H Wilder, John .M. Baker, etc. TAFT ON CONSERVATION President Sends Special Message to Congress on Subject. REFERS TO LAND OFFICE ROW President Taft Would I*ue Bonds to Deepen Mississippi Valley Waterways. Washington, D. C-— President Taft sent to congress another special mes sage, this time dealing with the con servation of the nation’s resources. He urges the continuation of the Roosevelt policies, and pays tribute to his predecessor for his part in starting the movement. Basing his recommendations espe cially on those contained in the re port of Secretary of the Interior Bal linger and declaring the present laws Inadequate, Mr. Taft asks promp measures to save the nation s re sources. He recommends a bond is sue of $30,000 000 for the reclamation of arid lands, the bonds to run 14 years or more and the proceeds to be applied to the completion ot the projects already taken up and their extension. Rentals from water sites would, he believes, aid in clearing the debt. To Safeguard Water Powers. He also urges a careful survey of the river improvement work, partic ularly regarding the Mississippi, in the hope that it may he pushed still further eventually. The deepening ol the Ohio and the Missouri, now under way, should be pushed, he holds. The message also urges laws to safeguard the nation’s water power. Although the message is of especial significance in regard to the long dis pute between Gifford Pinchot, late chief forester, and Secretary Ballin ger, the president mentions that con troversy but briefly, declaring that the results of the congressional in quiry into the case are not needed to determine the value of the new legislation he urges. Improvement of the Mississippi. One of the principal recommenda tions of the message is the careful consideration of the improvement oi the Mississippi and the pushing of the work if it is found justifiable. Referring to the present situation of the public lands President Taft makes this startling statement: “The truth is that title to millions of acres of public lands was fraudu lently obtained and that the right to recover a large part of such lands for the government long since ceased by reason of statutes of limitations. Later on, returning to the illegal holding of lands rightfully the na tion’s and referring specifically, al though without mention of names, to the lands involved in the Ballinger- Pinchot dispute the Cunningham Alaska coal land claims —he says: The Cunningham Coal Lands. .“The investigations into violations of the public land laws and the prosecution, as has been the with drawal of coal lands for classification and valuation and the temporary withholding of power sites.” The present statutes, except those that relate to purely agricultural lands or those containing precious metals, are, says the president, “not adapted to carry out the modern view of the best disposition of public lands to private ownership.” Turning to the new laws he be lieves necessary, he declares that it is the duty of congress to validate the withdrawals wnich nave been made by the secretary of the interior and the president and to authorize the secretary temporarily to with draw lands pending submission to congress of recommendations as to legislation to meet conditions or emergencies as they arise. Should Classify Lands. “One of the most pressing needs of public land reform,” he says, “is that lands should be classified according to their principal value or use.” It was on this point that the Bal linger-Pinchot row hung, as the for mer chief forester maintained that the government’s conduct in the lit igation over the Cunningham claims, was intended to thwart the United States from securing the full value of the Alaskan coal claims, which the claimants wished to secure at a nom inal value not based on tneir coal value strictly. The means for accomplishing this end, holds the president, is through the interior department and its branch, the geological survey. “Much of the confusion, fraud and contention which has -existed in the past has arisen from lack of an offi cial and determinative classification,” asserts the message. Conserve Phosphate Deposits. The proposal of the president to Ip ply to Alaska, as well as to the Unit- LEE’S BIRTHDAY RECOGNIZED^ Government Authorized Virginia Of fice to Close January 19. Washington, D. C. —Official recog nition of the birthday of General R. E. Lee is to be given by the treas ury department. The anniversary *f the birth of the famous confederate soldier falls on January 19, and the collector of customs at Newport News, Va., has been authorized to close his office on that day for as long a time as public business will permit. The honor paid General Lee’s memory is an unusual one, as rarely, if ever, it happens that a pub lic office Is closed on the occasion ot the celebration of birthdays of noted Americans. ed States, is that agricultural landfl be disposed of as such; coal, oil, as phaltum, natural gas and phosphate properties being reserved Ihe sur face of such lands could be disposed of as agricultural, the mineral and other sub-surface rights being leased on a royalty basis, a speoifle amount of work each year being demanded. Such leases should provide against the creation of an illegal monopoly, under penalty of forfeiture. “The extent of the value of phos phate is hardly realized,” says the message, declaring that this staple for fertilizers will undoubtedly be sought by monopolists. This is of timely in terest in connection with the protest of the United States to Germany re garding the latter s proposed law reg ulating the production of phosphates.” Balking a Water Trust. The prevention of a water trust Is possible, says the message, by set ting the term of control of water sites by private capital at 30 years and providing in the leases by the government against a monopoly, ihe president would have renewal privi leges given, but declares that while the government retains control com petition must be retained and prices Kept reasonable. “The importance of the mainte nance of our forests cannot be exag gerated,” Mr. Taft holds, pointing out that the national reserves comprise 190,000,000 acres. He urges scientific care, to increase the production of lumber, without reducing the supply on the ground. Bonds to Deepen Ohio and Mississippi The president recommends the con tinuation of the Ohio river deepening, which is expected to cost $63,000,- 000. The president states that the work can be done in ten years, and says that if necessary he wili later recommend bonds to carry ou the pro ject. He also demands the continued improvement of the Mississippi Irom St. Paul to St. Louis, a six foot depth, and of the Missouri from Kansas City to St. Louis to six feet, aud from St. Louis to Cairo to eight feet. The depth may be increased if re sults warrant it, he says. In the rivers and harbors bill the president rec ommends provision for continuing the contracts for improvements. RHODE ISLAND BALKS BOND DEAL. House Unanimously Repeals the Act Accepting North Carolina Bonds. Providence, R. I. —In order that the state of Rhode Island may escape em barrasing consequences from the act rushed through in the final hours of the last legislature, compelling the state to accept more thau a half mil lion dollars’ worth of bonds of the state of North Carolina and to sue the latter state for payment of the coupons on these bonds, the house of representatives unanimously voted to repeal the act. The house also unan imously adopted a resolution direct ing General Treasurer Walter A. Reed to return the bonds in question to the state of North Carolina bond holders of New York. Seminole Officials Found (iuilty. Columbia, S. C.—John Y. Gariington and J. Stobo Young, formerly presi dent and secretary, respectively, of the Seminole Securities Company, were found guilty of breach of trust with fraudulent intent, the fourth count in the indictment against them. The other four counts were dismiss ed. A motion for anew trial was made. The charge on which Gariing ton and Young were convicted is that they fraudulently appropriated from the Seminole Securities Company amounting to $55,596.70. 380 Bottles of Whiskey Burned. Fayetteville, Term.—Three hundred and eighty bottles of whiskey have been burned on the public square here by members of the Law and Order League. The liquor was sold at auction by the sheriff after it was captured in a raid on a soft drink stand. It cost the league 15 cents per bottle. Roosevelt Bags White Rhinoceros. Butiaba, Uganda—Colonel Roose velt has shot the white rhinoceros, which was one of the objects of his African hunting trips, according to advices received here, by runner. The former president got the white rhi noceros at Camp Rhino, where the party now is. Storm Caused Great Damage. Washington, D. C.—Dispatches from points in the Mississippi and Ohio val leys tell of enormous damage done by the recent cold and heavy snow. Even with a thaw in sight, great ap prehension is felt in many cities along river banks. $5,617,200 For Fortifications. Washington, D. C.—The house pass ed the fortification appropriation bill, carrying 617,200. Almost half the amount is to be spent for fortifica tions in the Philippines and Hawaii. Madriz’s Troops Refuse to Fight. Bluefields, Nicaragua. That the troops of Zelaya's heir, President Ma driz have refused to give battle to the Estrada army under General Cha morro at Acoyapa and are retreating toward Managua, was indicated in a message from the front. Spies de clare that Madriz has bottled up all sources of news on the Pacific coast King’s Engagement Announced. Paris, France.—A special dispatch received here from Lisbon quotes from an authorized source, affirming that the marriage of King Manuel of Portugal and Princess Victoria Patri cia, youngest daughter of the Duke of Connaught, will be solemnized in May.