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THE NORTH GEORGIAN
(SUCCESSOR TO THE NORTH
GEORGIA BAPTIST.)
Entered at the postoffice at Cura
Maine, Qa., aa second class matter.
An early and severe winter la pre
dicted. This la cold comfort.
New York la the second city In the
world, but It feels big aa the first
The redeeming feature about the
pictured hobble skirt is Its Impossi
bility.
Alcohol la a necessity in paint It
seem to have a special affinity for red
paint
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Whose business It Ib, anyway, what
particular variety of hat you choose
to wear?
The man who said summer 1b over
la hunting hiß old straw hat in the
ash barrel.
The government Is ; dvertlslng for a
xylotomist. If you know a good one
tell him about it.
Here’s a centenarian who swears off
on liquor and tobacco. It’s never too
late, you know.
Infant paralysis Is no respector of
age. It has Just killed a woman of
slxty-slx In Connecticut.
Pittsburg man invents an apparatus
for forecasting earthquakes. No fam
ily should be without one.
Count Zeppelin’s airships can never
Increase their popularity by making
a specialty of blowing up.
What a fine opening that alligator
swimming at large in Paw Paw lake
offers to ambitious bathers!
Market report announces, "Eggs
strong at 32 cents a dozen.” How
much for those that are not?
A fund to pension aged and worn
out authors is suggested. Why not
pension worn-out readers?
The man who "always gets up at
daylight in the summer time” does it
because the flies won’t let him sleep
any longer.
According to advices counterfeit
flfty-dollar bills are being circulated,
out fortunately most of us are out of
the danger zone.
A $60,000 bulldog has died in Eng
land, and there is to be a post-mortem
Investigation. It is an important thing
to be a $60,000 bulldog.
Emperor William Is a man of stub
born opinions. He still sticks to the
divine right of kings and to his belief
that he can write an opera.
A western minister Informs us that
automobile speeders never go to heav
en. Probably the golden strets are po
liced too well to attract them.
New York plans to spend over $4,-
000,000 for its health next year. As
that is less than $1 for each New
Yorker, it would seem to be worth the
money.
V
u It has been estimated that the aver
age American eats 82 pounds of sugar
every year. Now we'd like to know
how many pounds he pays for to get
that quantity.
The astronomers who are trying to
work up another comet scare are
hereby politely but firmly advised
that the public is disillusioned now
about anything coming back.
The hobble skirt, according to one
of the fashion journals, “will die a
natural death.” Having seen it in
action, we are afraid some of its
wearers will not be so fortunate.
Cholera in New York.
New York City. —A case of cholera
developed in the steerage of tho
llamburg-American liner Moltke.
Which has been lying at Quarantine
as a possible cholera carrier for over
a week. l>r. A. H. Doty, health offi
cer of the port, reported the case,
with additional information that an
other cholera patient from the Moltke
Is under treatment at Swinburne
Island. This makes three cases of
cholera which have reached this port.
The latest victim is Giovanni Falcig
lia, 36 years of age, from Naples.
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While people over here have been
sizzling in the heat, France has been
suffering from thunder storms, gales
and unseasonably cold weather. In
the village of Bonneville, near St.
Etienne, the local postman, who goes
his rounds in a blouse and carries an
umbrella, was caught by the gale the
other day and blown nearly half a
mile. He came safely to earth again,
but he lost all his letters. That ought
to cure him of the umbrella habit.
“HEALTH DAY” WANTED.
Goorgia Women’s Clubs Appeal to
Btate Bchool Commissioner to
Recommend Health Day In
All Schools.
Atlanta.—The Georgia Federation
of Women’s Clubs have addressed
•.he following letter to State School
Commissioner Brittain:
"The Georgia Federation of Wom
en's clubs realize that the most vital
issue before the American people to
day is the conservation of health. To
this work our organization has been
thoroughly committed for years, nor
is the movement confined to Georgia.
The clubs in forty-six states are urg
ing systematic and strenuous cam
qaigns against preventable diseases.
They recognize, moreover, the impor
etnee of reaching thee hildren through
teh public schools. To you, as the
representative and head of our public
senool system, we make the appeal
that you recommend the advisability
of a special health day in the schools
throughout the state.
In Florida the governor issued a
proclamation recommending the
movement. The superintendent of
public instruction announced a health
day in the schools. Do you deem it
advisable to appoint a committee to
call on Governor Brown to request
his assistance in the matter?
"Following your suggestion, we
have in mind the preparation of a
practical and helpful text-book suited
to the needs of the schools.
"A health day program can be eas
ily arranged when needed. On a sep
arate sheet we give af list of subjects
we feel should be stressed.
“Thanking you for your interest,
we are. Cordially yours,
“MRS. VICTOR KREIGSHABER,
"State Chairman of Health.
“DR. FRANCES BRADLEY,
“Director of Health Committee.
“MRS. HUGH M. WILLET,
"President."
List Of suggestive subjects to be
used from time to time for health day
programs in the public schools:
"Prevention and Cure of Tubercu
losis.”
"Danger of Flies and Mosquitoes.”
“Nutrition of Food Values.”
“Sanitation.”
"Intemperance.”
“Tobacco.”
"Personal Hygiene.”
“Common Drinking Cups.”
“Ventilation.”
"The Relation of Teeth to Good
Health.”
“Hook Worm, Malaria, Yellow Fe
ver, Smallpox, Diphtheria, Scarlet Fe
ver and Their Causes.”
“Civic Conditions.”
SAVANNAH PRESBYTERY BACKS
REVEREND W. A. NISBET
Flemington.—The Savannah Presby
tery voted to exonerate the Rev. W.
A. Nisbet, pastor of Westminster
Presbyterian church at Savannah, of
all charges brought against him by
insurgent deacons and elders. The
Presbytery refused to consider the
question of his removal as pastor at
Westminster. A commission was ap
pointed to go to Savannah and ar
range for the establishment of a
third Presbyterian church, and to
have charge of a division of the as
sets of Westminster between the fac
tions in the congregation. The exon
eration of Mr. Nisbet came at the end
of an all-day and night secret session
of the presbytery.
ATLANTA WANTS NEXT
DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION
Atlanta. —It is a sure thing that
Atlanta will make the strongest ef
fort possible to get the next meeting
of the National Democratic conven
tion. At a recent meeting of a joint
committee from that body and the
chamber of commerce was named to
take up the matter. This committee
was made up of five members from
each body and has for its object the
obtaining of all information neces
sary to start an active campaign for
the 1911 meeting of the biggest polit-
GEORGIA NEWS NOTES.
There is a butter famine in Rome.
Several hundred cows of that city
have gone dry and a large majority
of Rome families are doing without
rather than pay 40 cents per pound.
General John G. Waddell of Cedar
town, commander Georgia division
(United Confederate veterans in Gen
eral Orders No. 3 and 4, announces
the appointments of Miss Mary Lewis
Redd of Columbus as sponsor at the
approaching reunion at Columbus, Oc
tober 19-20; Miss Marion Slade of
Columbus, maid of honor, and Col. W.
S. Shepherd, grand marshal for the
parade of veterans.
The $25,000 street improvement
bonds recently issued by the city of
Elberton were sold this week at 1,05,
]. G. Swift, an Elberton capitalist, be
ing the purchaser over a number of
bidders. Only one bid was below
par. The city will soon begin macad
amizing the streets.
FIRIIUZEK BULLETIN
IS BEEN ISSUED
TWO HUNDRED MILLION VALUE
OF GEORGIA CROP ACCORDING
TO AGRICULTURAL
DEPARTMENT.
FARMERS WILL BE SUPPLIED
Commissioner Hudson Congratulates
Farmers on the Fine Cotton
in Year of 1909.
Atlanta. —The state department of
agriculture has just issued its yearly
bulletin on commercial fertilizers and
chemicals, which a corps of clerks
are now kept busy mailing out to the
farmers over the state, and Commis
oner Hudson states that he would be
glad to supply anyone with a copy
who will write him.
The book is issued as serial No. 52,
and is possibly one of them ost com
prehensive that has ever been gotten
out by the department before. It
contains 42 more pages than any oth
er previous issue and the analytical
tables are more carefully gotten up
and more thoroughly worked out than
before.
“We have sold 1,000,000 tans
against about 800,000 last year. Next
year, we expect to get the bulletin
out sooner owing to the fact that the
last legislature provided an appro
priation for additional chemists to as
sist in the large volume of work which
we have to do and which is increasing
on us.”
The book contains a copy of the fer
tilizer law, rulings by the commis
sioner interpreting the new law, re
port of the state chemist and several
pages of remarks by the commission
er which are exceedingly interesting
reading to the agriculturalist.
In the lead of these remarks the
commissioner says:
“It is a pleasure to congratulate
the farmers of Georgia on the cotton
year of 1909, the best that Georgia
has ever known, so far as the money
value of the cotton crop is concerned,
which according to the government re
port, published on June 15, 1910,
erached the splendid total of $148,040,-
000, of which amount $125,770,000
came from the lint and $22,270,000
from the cotton seed.
The value of the entire'cotton crop
of the 11 cotton producing states was
$812,090,000 of which $688,350,000 was
from the lint, while the cotton seed
brought $123,740,000. Georgia’s worth
was nearly one-fifth of that of the
entire crop of the cotton states. Ac
cording to Hester’s report, issued
August 31, 191, the value of the lint
cotton, up to that time was $778,-
894,095 and of the cotton seed $123,-
740,000 —a total of $902,634,095. Es
timating Georgia’s proportion of the
additional amount at the same figure,
enarly one-fifth, the value of her en
tire crop, including the cotton seed,
for the year ending August 31, 1910,
closely approximates $177,000,000.
ATLANTA IS PREPARING
TO HOLD CORN SHOW
Atlanta.—Atlanta is preparing to
hold a big corn show, possibly during
Thanksgiving week of November, af
ter most all of the other cities of the
State and counties have held their
own local fairs.
The event will be held in the audi
torium-armory, which is amply big
enough for the large number of ex
hibits which will be transferred here
from the other fairs. The chamber
of commerce has the show in charge
and the co-operation of the State Col
lege of Agriculture, the department of
agriculture, the state experiment sta
tion, the Farmers’ union, and the
state agricultural society will be ask
ed to assist in the work of making
the show a great success.
Prizes will be offered for the best
average results at the various local
corn shows and probably for the best
exhibits from each congressional dis
trict. Encouragement will be given
to every section and part of the state'
and the lectures and instruction giv
en will be toward a stimulation of the
study of agriculture in the different
grammar schools.
The contract for the new jail at
Wrightsville has been awarded to the
‘Pauley Jail company of St. Louis.
The improvements will cost about
$2,700.
The Red Cross seals have been or
dered. The forces for their sale and
distribution are being organized. Ev
erything will be ready in time for
Christmas orders. Every citizen of
Georgia will be given a chance to help
the campaign against tuberculosis by
the purchase of these Christmas seals.
They are to be sold all over the
state.
GEORGIA RAILROAD OFFICIALS
CONFERRING WITH FIREMEN
Atlanta.—Just how far negotiations
between Vice President Kelly of the
railway firemen, and General Mana
ger Scott of the Georgia railroad have
gone regarding anew contract for
wages for the enginemen and firemen
is not yet known. The officials are
holding conferences and it is believed
that a satisfactory adjustment will
be made. The contract made with
the firemen just a year ago has ex
pired and the officials are now trying
to.reach a contract for another year.
The contract made a year ago, as will
be recalled, followed the strike of
last spring. The employes are now
said to be asking for greater conces
sions than those made under the old
contract. Firemen and enginmen are
paid a per cent, of what the engin
eers od the machines receive. That
per cent, varies in all sections of the
country. On the Southern the fire
men get 60 per cent, of the pay of the
engineer. The Western and Atlantic
road pays firemen 58 per cent, as does
the Louisville and Nashville. On the
Georgia road the percentage is much
less, ranging from 50 per cent. down.
WESTERN UNION WINS
TAX CASE AGAINST STATE
Atlanta.—The United States circuit
court of appeals in an opinion render
ed by Judge Don A. Pardee declared
the state of Georgia had no right to
exact from the Western Union Tele
graph company any tax upon the val
ue of its franches, thus reversing
Judge Newman of the circut court of
northern Georgia.
Attorneys for the state will appeal
the case to the United States Su
preme court;.
When the franchise tax act was
passed by the Georgia legislature in
1902 declaring all franchises exer
cised in Georgia to be property sub
ject to taxation, as other property,
the Western Union Telegraph com
pany declined to comply with the
law, basing its refusal upon the fact
that it had complied with the .post
roads act of congress of 1866, which
enabled it to construct its lines and
do business in all the states of the
union without 'the necessity of any
state franchise, and that therefore
any franchise conferred by the state
of Georgia was mere surplusage and
of no value.
UNIQUE DIVORCE SUIT
IN ELBERT COUNTY
Elberton.—Learning that the hus
band whom for thirteen years she had
believed to be dead was still living,
and had a wife and children in New
Mexico, Mrs. Ella Bowers of this place
has separated from her second hus
band, M. V. Badwell, to whom she
was married two years ago, and has
filed a suit for divorce and alimony
from her first husband in the Supe
rior court of this county.
In 1895 Mrs. Bowers alleges her
husband left her, going to Tennessee,
and that for a time he wrote to her,
but at gradually increasing intervals
until finally his letters ceased coming
altogether. For a number of years
she sought to locate him until two
years ago, believing Bowers to be
dead, she married again.
Now that she has found that Bow
ers is still alive and is about to re
ceive a share of his father’s SIOO,OOO
estate, she has applied for divorce
and alimony.
GROWERS OF TOBACCO
OUT WITH SYNDICATE
Climax. —Relations between local
tobacco growers and the tobacco syn
dicate are growing strained and there
is considerable feeling over the situ
ation here. One day this week at a
meeting of farmers, newspaper men,
lawyers and bankers at Attapulgus an
association was formed for the pur
pose of amicably adjusting the dif
ferences betw-een the growers and the
syndicate, if possible.
It is not generally understood, but
it is a fact nevertheless that condi
tions similar to those in the tobacco
growing sections of Kentucky and
Tennessee exist now in parts of Geor
gia and Florida.
Rumors come of barns being burn
ed and tobacco destroyed. So far this
has been the only sort of violence
reported and it is hoped that the or
ganization formed at Attapulgus will
prevent anything of this or of a more
serious nature in the future.
Now that Atlanta has secured the
next National convention on Good
Roads it will be necessary to raise
SIO,OOO as expenses. It was announc
ed that no attempt would be made to
secure the money necessary until af
ter the adjournment of the Conserva
tion congress.
Atlanta politics are at fever heat.
Supporters of both Winn and Wood
ward, candidates for mayor, are leav
ing on stone unturned to elect their
elader. While the chances are in fa
vor of Winn, Woodward is making a
strong fight.
SMITH’S NOMINATION
RATIFIED BY VOTERS
OF AN APPROXIMATE VOTE OF
112,000 PARTY NOMINEE
RECEIVES 95,000.
BROWN GOT 17,000 VOTES
All Three Constitutional Amendment*
Ratified— Smith Carries Cobb Snd
McDuffie Counties.
Atlanta.—Hon. Hoke Smith’s nomi
nation for governor was ratified in
the regular state election. He receiv
ed approximately 95,000 votes of an
approximate total of 112,000, while
Gov, Joseph M. Brown, who early in
the day went to Marietta and cast his
vote for the party’s nominee, receiv
ed approximately 17,000 votes. A
mere sprinkling of votes was received
by C. O. Brown, the Socialist candi
date for governor.
All three constitutional amend
ments were ratified, very little oppo
sition developing against either
amendment.
Cobb, the home county of Governor
Brown, was carried by Mr_ Smith by
a majority of 646, although Governor
Brown carried seven precincts. At
Marietta, Governor Brown’s home, Mr.
Smith received 557 votes and Gover
nor Brown 212.
McDuffie, the home county of Hon.
Thomas E. Watson, who led the fight
on Hoke Smith, and who from the
stump in several counties of the state
urged the election of Governor Brown,
gave Hoke Smith 300 votes and Brown
160.
Brown carried three counties out
of 100 heard from. They are Glascock
by a vote of 3 to 1, Warren bp a
majority of 15 and Lincoln by a bare
majority of
Returns from 100 counties give an
approximate total of 72,500, of which
Smith received 60,000 and Brow'n 12,-
600. The vote in every county in the
state was very light, little interest in
any section being manifested.
The election, however, developed
many interesting features. In Chat
ham county, a Brown stronghold in
the election of 1908 and also in the
August primary, the party’s nominee,
received 1,075; C. O. Brown, the So
cialist candidate, 14, and Joseph M.
Brown 7. The Socialist ticket in the
three largest counties of the state—
Fulton, Chatham and Richmond —re-
ceived a total vote of 43. In Bibb,
a Brown stronghold, Smith received
practically the entire vote.
In Banks, Carroll, Paulding, Lau
rens, Haralson and Jackson counties,
Governor Brown received a heavy
vote. Not a vote was cast for Brown
in Coffee, Telfair, Fannin and Dodge.
In Muscogee Smith received 800 votes,
C. O. Brown, the Socialist, 43, and
Joseph M. Brown 3.
In Fulton county the consolidated
figures show that Hoke Smith receiv
ed 4,945 votes; Joseph M. Brown, 1,-•
041, and 95 ballots were scratched
or marked for C. O. Brown, the So
cialist candidate for governor.
The most important of the amend
ments was that looking to the estab
lishment of county high schools as a
link between the elementary schools
now conducted and the state institu
tions of higher learning. Under th®
new amendment, counties will be per
mitted, by local tax levies, to support
county high schools, as well as city
high schools.
The other amendments ratified al
low Augusta to issue bonds in excess
of the constitutional limit, so as to
carry on public works to proteat th©
city from devastating floods, and to
permit the counties of Fulton, Rich
mond and Chatham to supplement
the salaries of the superior court
judges serving in those counties. Th®
state pays these judges $3,000 a year,
and the new amendment is to make
legal the payments of $2,000 a year,
formerly received from the county
treasuries until the plan was held il
legal by the supreme court.
GEORGIA NEWS NOTES.
Fort Gaines is installing a system
of waterworks.
The Catholics are to have anew
church building in Dublin.
Coffee county fair dates have been
set foT November 15 to 19.
Sixty thousand dollars were paid
last week by Mr. T. B. Hooks for th®
former R. E. Park place. The farm
is located at Adam’s station on th®
Central railroad.
Boys’ corn clubs have been organ
ized in 40 counties in Georgia. Th®
state agricultural department offers
many prizes to encourage this indus
try.
Prof. George W. Chase, aged 74, the
founder of the Chase Conservatory of
Music, and perhaps the best known
musician of Georgia, died at his
home in Columbus froru a stroke of
paralysis.