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THE NORTH GEORGIA?' j
(SUCCESSOR TO THE NORTH
GEORGIA. BAPTIST.)
Entered at the postofflce a.t Cura
■alng, Ga., as second class matter.
A Judge suggests heavy sentences to
stop crime waves. Why not just en
force the law? demands the New York
Herald.
It is better to have your faith In
your fellow-man receive an occasional
jolt, advises the New York • Times,
than to have none at all.
Ordinarily It. is a good deal harder
for a woman to get along with a hus
band who thinks he is right, muses
the Dallas News, than with one who
knows he is wrong.
The highest nobility, or peerage, of
England consists of five ranks; viz.,
duke, marquis, earl, viscount and bar
on. All persons holding these titles,
declares the Chicago Examiner, are
members of the upper house of parlia
ment, where they sit as lords tem
poral. The archbishops and bishops of
the Established church are termed
lords spiritual. They are not peers of
the realm, but have seats in the upper
house.
All that gives authority and dignity
to the House of Lords of Great Bri
tain, observes the Christian Register,
would be enhanced in value if all the
hereditary simpletons and demented
persons were dropped from the list of
membership. It would lose nothing of
Its prestige and authority if the wealth
of the members should be equalized
so that there would be no duke own
ing whole counties and cities to put
to shame a peer with barely income
enough to support his dignity.
“Marching Through Georgia” is a
tune that has to do with the South,
but it is hardly one that will inspire
a great deal of enthusiasm in a son
of the Southland, ventures the New
York Tribune. A misguided leader of
an Hungarian orchestra that played at
a dinner a few nights ago selected
the song about (Sherman’s march to
the sea as the most appropriate thing
to play when the toastmaster intro
duced Dr. John Allan Wyeth as a
speaker. Dr. Wyeth, who is president
of the Academy of Medicine, is a na
tive of Alabama. In prefacing his
speech he referred good naturedly to
the mistaken compliment. The orches
tra insisted on redeeming itself when
Dr. Wyeth finished his speech by play
ing “Dixie.”
The new house of commons, like the
old, will have to get along as best it
can without a Brown, regrets the Lon
don Chronicle. Two gentlemen of that
name were candidates and there was
also a Browne, but none has been
elected. A similar fate overtook the
family in 1906. Before that there had
always been at least one Brown in
the house, and generally more. With
other familiar names the elected
chamber is still well provided. Two
Smiths and a Smyth sit in it; there
are four Joneses and a Robinson; also
four Robertses. But the Williams still
maintain the superiority which they
achieved in recent parliaments. Seven
of them will again appear in the divi
sion lists, for while the clan has met
with some disasters at, the polls, the
total remains the same.
The wedding ring, which was toler
ated by the Methodists, was anathe
ma to the early Puritans, who regard
ed personal adornment as one of the
many snares of Satan. Wesley, who
was a high churchman, probably rec
ognized its symbolical value, writes
the London Chronicle. In the old Eng
lish marriage service it was the cus
tom for the bridegroom to put the
ring on the thumb of his bride, saying
“In the name of the Father,” then on
the next finger, saying, "and the Son,”
then on the third finger, saying, ‘‘and
of the Holy Ghost,” finally on the
fourth finger, with the word "Amen.”
The ring was left there because, as
the Sarum rubric says, “a vein pro
ceeds thence to the heart.” In the
modern marriage service the ring is
placed at once upon the third finger,
the invocation to the Trinity being
understood.
WHITE SLAVE TRAFFIC
Rockefeller Pledges Wealth tc
Kill Traffic in Girls.
PROBE BHS HORRORS
Hundreds of Men and Women Are Nov/ Scouring
the Country for Evidence Against the
Procurers of Girls.
New York City.—The first glimpse of
a very rich and very sincere Chris
tian young man in horror of the un
derworld’s most sordid institution —■'
white slavery—will result in the ex
penditure of a fortune to wipe out
the traffic, not only in America, but
in the whole world.
John D. Rockefeller, Jr., the leader*
of the special grand jury which con
ducted the white slave investigation
here, is so appalled and horror-strick
en at the revelations here and the in
ternational ramifications of the sys
tem, that he is determined to wipe it
out. He said he would spend any
amount to do this, and he is backed
in his determination by his father,
John U. Rockefeller, Sr., the world’s
richest man.
“I was stunned by the revelations
of this gigantic system of dealing in
girls,” said Mr. Rockefeller, Jr., when
prevailed upon to discuss his own at
titude in the investigation which, up
until now, has been conducted secret
ly in the principal cities of the Unit
ed States and in Alaska.
Young Mr. Rockefeller was so ap
palled by the disclosures that he went
to his father and explained that, in
view of the revelations, he felt that
he ought to devote his time and his
money to the investigation. He ex
pressed the hope to his father that the
flgijt might be made international. He
told his father some of the frightful
stories which the grand jury had been
told. John D. Rockefeller listened
gravely to this recitation and then he
told his son to go ahead.
All this time the investigation was
supposed to be sagging, but Mr. Rocke
feller has applied a portion of his for
tune to hiring private detectives to
look up the ramifying ends of the
traffic in the northwest, the south and
the middle west. Women were re
tained —college women and prominent
socialist workers —so that no suspi
cion could be attached to their testi
mony. They were told not to seek
the assistance of the police or detec
tives in the various cities visited.
Their instructions were to work alone
and all were amply supplied with
money. They scattered, one going to
Juneau, Alaska; others to Seattle,
Washington, Denver, St. Paul, Omaha,
Kansas City, San Francisco, Portland,
Spokane, Cincincinnati, St. Louis,
Louisville, Pittsburg, Chicago, Atlanta
and elsewhere. These workers were
not scattered into each town simulta
neously. Some of them visited sev
eral of the cities mentioned.
Of the investigators, two of the
women are from Smith and Radcliffe
colleges, and several of the men are
from Harvard and Yale Universities.
The indications are now that the
federal authorities will take a hand
following the revelations that New
York constitutes just one little part
of the white slave syndicate, which
extends all over the United States.
Following this there is a strong prob
ability indicated in Mr. Rockefeller’s
interview that America and England
may join hands in wiping out the in
stitution of white slavery the world
over. The French government for
some time has been interested in this
troublesome question, and in London,
T. P. O’Connor, M. P., has been wag
ing relentless warfare against the ter
rible institution in his paper.
District Attorney Whitman refus
ed to show his hand, and refused to
say what action the government would
take, although he said the most sen
sational incidents were yet to come.
The evidence of women in tne far
west was readily furnished investiga
tors with the identity of the under
lings of the New York branch of the
white slave trust. It was reported
that arrests in other cities are immi
nent.
CIVIL WAR ROMANCES.
Blue and Gray Soldiers Celebrate the
88th Anniversary of Grant’s Birth.
Chicago, 111 Romances of the civ
il war were* renewed at Galena, 111.,
in one of the most remarkable gath
erings of former Confederate and Un
ion soldiers held since the close of
the civil war. Hundreds of former
associates and opponents of Ulysses
S. Grant from every part of the Unit
ed States gathered at the former
home of the dead warrior and states
man to celebrate the eighty-eight an
niversary of his birth.
TRIBUTE TO MARK TWAIN.
Old Home of Humorist Will Be
Bought and Made a Museum.
New York City—Sentiment among
rich men in the east who were friends
of the late Samuel Clemens to fur
nish the bulk of the funds necessary
to purchase the humorist’s old home
in Missouri and rehabilitie it into a
museum, will soon take tangible form.
Among those who were admirer of
Mark Twain and who will contribute
to the fund are Henry H. Rogers, .1 r.,
Andrew Carnegie and J. Pierpont
Morgan. ,
The idea is to purchase either the
house at Florida, Mo., where Clemens
was born, or at Hannibal, where he
spent his boyhood.
LITTLE ROCK GETS U. V. C.
Gray Veterans to Gather in 1911 in Arkansas
City---Gen. Gordon in Command.
Mobile, Ala—With Little Rock, Ar
kansas, chosen as the reunion city
for 1911 and New Orleans endorsed
for the honor in 1915 and with an
election of officers, the United Con
federate Veterans’ Association closed
its business session.
The selection of Little Rock had
been freely predicted and though the
Arkansas city lacked a majority on
the first ballot, she was so far in
the lead that a vote to make the se
lection unanimous carried with a
roar. The vote stood: Little Rock,
1,470; Chattanooga, 640; Oklahoma
City, 17; Houston none. When Texas
was reached the veterans saw how
things were going and threw their
strength to Arkansas.
The indorsement of New Orleans
as the meeting place for 1915 was con
tained in a resolution favorably re
ported and adopted. It recites that
| New Orleans proposes to hold a Pan
ama canal exposition in 1915; that the
Crescent City had asked the veterans
to indorse the exposition and attend
it in April, 1915. It was resolved,
therefore, that each reunion until
1914 take this same action and that
the reunion of 1914 follow the idea
and meet in New Orleans.
It was almost dark wdien the reso
lution was made and the resolution
committee reported. The resolutions
were simple and few, announcing the
Panama exposition in New Orleans in
1915, endorsing the monument to the
women of the Confederacy designed
by Miss Belle Kinney of Nashville and
making a few changes in the by-laws.
General Clement A. Evans.
Mobile was thanked as was every one.
who attended the Teflnion and ttwifa
came the election of officers.
It had been persistently rumored
that General Evans would not stand
for re-election and that General Ca
bel of Texas would not be a candi
date, but that both men would be
made past commanders-in-chief and
the command thrown on General Gor
don.
The rumors were well founded. Gen
eral Gordon was raised to the su
preme command. Then the honorary
title of past commander-in-chief was
conferred upon Generals Evans and
Cabell and the convention adjourned.
The new commander, General Gor
don, has the distinction of being one
of the four living Confederates who
were actually major generals before
the war ended. He also, has a record
of being captured by the federal forc
es three times.
General Gordon will not announce
his staff for several weeks, but it is
understood that General William E.
Mickle will remain adjutant general
and chief of staff to General Gor
don.
MATRIMONIAL FRAUD.
Farmer and Daughter Reaped Fortune
from Wedding Bureau.
Jefferson City, Mo.—J. A. Campbell,
a wealthy farmer of Morgan county,
and his daughter, Mrs. Mabel Addi
son, were held to the federal grand
jury here under SI,OOO bonds to an
swer a charge of conducting a fraud
ulent matrimonial sqheme.
Search of Mrs. Addison’s rooms at
her father’s home by postoffice in
spectors brought to light more than
400 letters from men in all parts of
the United States, Canada and Mexi
co. Several of the letters had con
tained sums of money running from
$5 to SSO for a wedding outfit.
Campbell inserted an advertisement
in a matrimonial paper about six
months ago, giving the name of Nora
Johnson. The advertisement was so
successful that the postoffice authori
ties became suspicious because of the
many letters and the arrest followed.
“Nora Johnson” was supposed to be
17 years old, an orphan and hc-iress
to $17,000 in a year. Campbell is €2
years old.
Counterfeit Gold Pieces.
San Antonio, Texas. —Secret ser
vice agents have in their possession a
considerable /number of counterfeit
United States $5 gold pieces, believ
ed to have been made in Mexico. This
spurious money has become so plen
tiful in certain parts of Mexico that
hotel keepers are now refusing gold
in payment of bills of tourists and
others.
Taft Sends Canal Message.
Washington, D. C.—ln a special
message to congress President Taft
urges that the defenses of the Pan
ama canal be completed and ready
for business on January 14, 1915, on
which date it also is hoped to open
the canal to navigation.
COST OF COnON PROBE
Senator Smith Says Investigation
Cost People $40,000,000.
BULLS BUY 200,099 BALES
New York Bull Clique Invest $15,000,000 in
Buying May Notices, and Are in Complete
Control of the Cotton Market.
Washington, D. C —“ The investiga
tion into the sales of cotton, which
Attorney General Wickersham is con
ducting, has cost the American peo
ple nearly $40,000,000.”
So asserted Senator Smith of South
Carolina in the senate. He was mak
ing a speech in the hope of persuad
ing the senate to adopt the resolution
directing the attorney general to as
certain the names of the persons who
sold the cotton to the New York pool.
Mr. Smith said that whereas only
$40,000,000 worth of manufactured
goods had been exported last year,
$600,000,000 worth of raw cotton had
been sent abroad. This year the cot
ton exportation, hesaid, would be
about $800,000,000.
“The attorney general is investigat
ing the sales of spot cotton,” he said.
“I want him to investigate the sellers,
to find out who were engaged in try
ing to put down the price. I want him
to inquire as to the gentlemen who
got together and sold the cotton with
out having it to sell. His investigation
so far as it has gone has depressed
the price to the extent of a cent a
pound, a total cost to the people at
large of $40,000,000. Let him extend
the inquiry so as to show the rea:
facts.”
"I believe, and the south believes,
that this interference at this time is
for the specific purpose of relieving
certain bears on the cotton market.'
He said on account of the scarcity
of seed it would be impossible to
plant more than 65 per cent of the
average cotton crop for the present
year.
The resolution was adopted. It di
rects the attorney general to inquire
as to the names of the “party or
parties, or corporations that sold the
cotton alleged to have been bought
by a pool of purchasers, who are
now under investigation by the de
partment of justice;” also, as to the
prices, “whether or not they owned
the cotton at the time of the sale
thereof, and the price of spot cotton
in the south on the date of the con
tracts.”
Senator Clay introduced a bill pro
hibiting the transmission by telephone
or telegraph of all information con
cerning future . sales—of- v
New York City. Two hummed
thousand bales of cotton were swal
lowed by the bull clique on the New
York exchange, on the first day of
May notices, without as much as a
tremor. Fifteen million dollars, it is
estimated, went from bull pockets in
the course of transactions, but so
easy was the cotton absorbed that,
after a preliminary flurry, there was
no great excitement.
At the end of the operations, the
bull leaders, Patten, Scales, Hayne
and Brown, were apparently more
strongly entrenched than ever. Trans
actions were twice as iarge as any
previous day’s business in the his
’tory of the exchange.
Eugene M. Scales, one of the “big
four,” as the leaders in the bull move
ment are called, said that the bulls
would turn over to the spinners ev
ery bale of cotton delivered.
“Not a bale will go to speculators,”
he said, “the gamblers will have to
lookout for themselves.”
INCREASED COTTON ACREAGE.
Seven-Tenths of One Per Cent More
Cotton Planted.
Memphis, Tenn— ln a statement is
sued by the National Ginners’ Asso
ciation, it is estimated -that the acre
age planted to cotton in the southern
states on April 26 had been increased
by seven-tenths of one per cent as
compared with the same date last
year.
In the eastern states a small in
crease is reported, while the valley
states show a slight decrease because
of the spread of boll weevil. Texas
shows a slight increase and Oklaho
ma about 10 per cent, not as much
as indicated in March in either state.
This is explained by the scarcity of
feedstuffs, increasing the acreage in
corn, oats and alfalfa.
Reports to the association show that
64 per cent of the crop has been plan
ter. The greater part of the plants
which were up before the recent cold
weather were killed except in central
and southern Texas, and it is esti
mated that 14,000,000 acres should be
replanted. With average weather a
loss of 10 per cent in yield is pre
dicted.
GIRL “FIREBUG.”
16-Year-Old Massachusetts Girl Likes
to Use Torch.
Newport, R. I—An abnormal twist
in the psychological process of Anna
Foy, a pretty sixteen-year-old is in
dicated by parts of a confession which
she has made to the local police. Ac
cording to the police, she admits taht
she is the “firebug” who, by setting
three fires in as many days, terroriz
ed the household of George W. Ritch
ie in this city. The girl, who was
employed as a maid in the Ritchie
house, explained, so the police spy,
that she was subject to violent ner
vous attacks, during which she expe
rienced an irresistible desire to set
something afire.
KERN NAMED FOR SENATE.
Thomas Taggart and His Machine Deleated
By Indiana Democrats.
Indianapolis, Ind. in ri
otous discord and closing in enthusi
astic harmony, the Indiana democrat
ic convention adopted Governor Mar
shall’s proposal that it should indorse
to next year’s legislature a candidate
for the United Staates senate, and
named John W .Kern, who was the
party’s candidate for vice president
in 1908.
The opposition made a grim furht
under the leadership of Thomas Tag
gart, former chairman of the demo-
John W. Ker n,
cratic national committee, and him
self a candidate for the nomination
for senator, but, in defeat, it joined
heartily with the element headed by
Governor Marshall and John E. Lamb,
of Terre Haute vice chairman of the
national committee —and another as
pirant for the senatorship—in a shout
ed acclamation of Kern as the party’s
candidate.
The greater issue overshadowed the
routine of adopting a platform and
naming a state ticket, and it was
speedily concluded.
CROP DAMAGE DISCUSSED.
Southern Railway President Says
First Reports Were Exagerated.
Washington, D. C.—Damage to
crops in the southern states east of
the Mississippi river is not as great
as some of the first reports seemed to
indicate, according to President Fin
ley of the Southern railway. He said
that reports show' cotton and corn
have suffered in the northern two
thirds of the states of Mississippi,
Alabama and Georgia, but that furth
er south these crops were not injur
ed and that further north they were
not far enough advanced to be seri
ously hurt.
“There is stiU ample time to re
'pTkfrtfioUf "eotforvafHi
“and if this is done extensively the
final yield may not be greatly reduc
ed. Reports indicate a general sus
pension of cotton seed crushing by
oil mills, with a view to conserving
the seed for planting. The peach crop
does not seem to have been materi
ally damaged. Melons and cantaloupes
in southern Georgia may have to be
replanted to some extent. Strawber
ries suffered little. No damage was
done to fruits, vegetables or other
crops in. Virginia.”
General Alexander Called By Death.
Savannah, Ga —General E. P. Alex
ander, Longstreet’s famous artillery
officer and the arbitrator appointed by
Grover Cleveland to fix the boundary
line between Costa Rica and Nicar
agua, died at his residence here aged
seventy-five years.
His remains were sent to Augusta
where the funeral took place. A wife
and several children survive him.
Governor Comer Kicked by Horse.
Montgomery, Ala —Governor B. B.
Comer is laid up here as a result of
being kicked on the left leg by a
horse. The shin bone is injured, and
the doctor says he must stay in bed
a couple of weeks. The horse ran
away with him at his country home
at Comer.
Newsy Paragraphs.
A monkey escaped from a circus at
Evansville, Ind., and became home
sick after wandering about several
days. It finally found a chain tied
to a rafter in a factory and hanged
itself.
Although seventeen-year-old Violet
Locke was completely scalped when
her hair became caught in the ma
chinery of a factory in St. Louis,
Mo., the scalp not reaching the hos
pital for some time after she did,
surgeons believe it will reunite itself
to her head.
Though Mrs. Mark Ware has lived
in Woodberry, N. J., for fifty-nine
years, she says she does not yet
know where the postoffice is. The
last time she went for mail, she says,
was thirty-seven years ago. Mrs.
Ware is not an invalid.
That our American colleges and
uiversities are tending to make their
appeal to class rather than to mass
was part of the startling indictment
made by President Wilson of Prince
ton before a group of Princeton alum
ni at Pittsburg. He made the state
ment that Lincoln would not have
been as serviceable to his country if
he had been bred in a college. He
also charged that the churches still
have more regard for the pew rents
than for men’s souls. He pointed out
that the state universities were win
ning popular favor because they were
not dependent on the support of rich
patrons to the same extent as the
private universities. He declared
that the colleges of this country must
be reconstructed from top to bottom.