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THE NORTH GEORGIAN I
(SUCCESSOR TO THE NORTH
GEORGIA BAPTIST.)
Entered at the poatofflce at Cura
jalng, Qa., as second class matter.
The fish Is the real father of lies.
There will continue to be more
weather than aeroplanes in the high
er altitudes.
For some time to come, however,
the popular way of crossing the Alps
will be by means of the tunnel under
them.
Good old authority says that it’s
Impossible to tell all the stars, but
Uncle Sam’s experts have catalogued
them.
It is reported from New .Jersey that
a cow wrecked an aeroplane. It must
have been the same cow that jumped
over tho moon.
Sometimes it does seem that every
body in the world is calling every
body else a liar, and nobody knows
whom to believe.
The average driver of a sprinkling
cart, as perhaps you have observed,
always becomes fiendishly active just
before a heavy rainstorm.
And if you do find baseball in heav
en, and If the umpires manage to
get there, too, how do you expect to
express your opinion of them?
“American women make poor
wives,” says an English writer. Yes,
a foreign husband can make an Amer
ican wife poor, in short order. t
It may be old fashioned, but never
theless we cling to the notion that a
revolver is something that no man
carries for any good purpose.
Occasionally, when the weather
man predicts “partly cloudy,” he is
breaking it to you gently that a rain
fall of an inch or more impends.
A Wyoming girl recently killed a
coyote by beating it with a riding
whip. If you meet a Wyoming girl
with a riding whip be polite to her.
New York chews more gum than
any other city, we are told. If it's
really true, New York must know how
to chew and talk at the same time.
Somebody suggests that the United
States should go into the business of
coining half pennies. They might come
in handy to put into children’s banks.
We have read the new football
rules and have arrived joyfully at the
conclusion that the grand old game
will still be the antithesis of a pink
tea.
A New Jersey rag picker in one
week found SI,BOO worth of jewelry
in old clothes. Moral —sift your old
clothing before sending it to the rag
picker.
A Pennsylvania woman found a S2OO
pearl in an oyster she was eating in a
hotel dinner. From which it is to be
inferred that the pearl-fishery season
is fairly opened.
Having discovered and excoriated
the meanest man, what shall be said
of the woman who is charged with
appropriating and pawning her neigh
bor’s false teeth?
I A New York lunacy commission is
stumped by the question: Is a man
insane because he reads his paper up
side down. Well —er —was it a New
York paper?
A woman in New York cut off her
husband’s ear because he annoyed her
by talking too much. That shows the
illogical and inconsequent nature of
woman. If a man had been in her
place, he would have cut off the of
fending tongue.
Portraits on Postal Banks.
Washington. —Presidents Washing
ton, Lincoln and Cleveland have been
chosen as the subjects of the por
traits for the first postal savings bank
bonds, the S2O, SIOO and SSOO re
spectively. This decision has been
reached by Acting Secretary of the
Treasury A. Piatt Andrew. The
bonds will be ready for the public
as soon as the postal savings scheme
is put into operation. Treasury of
ficials expect that the Washington,
Lincoln and Cleveland bonds will be
very popular.
$60,000 Fire in Cartersville, Ga.
Cartersville, Ga.—The Greenwood
opera house and office building, which
was completed a few months ago,
caught Are and is a total loss. The
theater building cost $40,000. The
Ward department store, located In the
structure suffered a loss of $15,000,
the Cartersville drug store, $7,000,
and the Henry Milner grocery $4,000.
The building was the pride of Car
tersville, and preparations had been
made for the theater to be formally
opened within a few days. J. R. Smith
of Atlanta owned the building.
STATE CAPITAL LETTER
EPIDEMIC OF* HOG CHOLERA.
Disease Will Cost Georgia Farmers
$200,000 This Year.
Atlanta.—-The agricultural depart
ment is preparing to issue a bulletin
on the prevention of hog cholera,
some time within the near future. As
sistant Secretary Wright stated that
the epidemic of the disease in the
southern pail of the state has made
it almost necessary to prepare some
kind of information which will give
tiie owners a full understanding of
the nature of and cure that can be
best used for the disease.
State Veterinarian Dr. P. F. Rahn
sen stated that he finds conditions
alarming in some of the counties of
south Georgia, and he says that the
losses from the cholera this year will
exceed $200,000,000 a larger sum than
it has totaled in several years past.
Every day letters come into the de
partment from prominent farmers in
this section of the state in which they
complain of heavy losses by the death
of their stock. One of these in par
ticular is from H. P. Butler of Ca
milla, Mitchell county, who states
that he he had lost 30 hogs out of
70, within the past few weeks, and
that eight of the remainder are now
sick with the disease.
Mr. Wright stated that it is the
desire of the department to render
every service possible to the farmer
in ridding his stock of this disease,
and he further states that if any of
the farmers will let the department
know of any outbreak of the disease,
Dr. Bahnsen will immediately go to
that section and arrange to hold in
stitute meetings, giving lectures on
the disease and also apply the serum
to the stock.
SOCIALISTS POLLED 232 VOTES.
About 93,000 Votes Were Cast in
October’s Election.
Atlanta. —Having no candidate in
the field against him, W. J. Speer, for
state treasurer, led the ticket in the
election on October 5, with 92,778
votes. The official returns for all
felkc/ etatg lIQUKP £ffippr wit iltb.p P.Y.
ceptlon of the governor were made
public. The returns of the election
for members of the judiciary have
not been consolidated.
A striking feature developed from
the figures given out is the 232 votes
cast for the Socialist candidates. In
every instance Socialist ballots were
marked straight.
The totals show: For secretary of
state, Philip Cook, 92,733; comptroller
General, W. A. Wright, 92,742; treas
urer, W. J. Speer, 92,778; attorney
general, Thomas Felder, 92,600; com
missioner of agriculture, T. G. Hud
son, 92,559; school commissioner, M.
L. Brittain, 92,615; prison commis
sioner, R. E. Davison, 92,631; pension
commissioner, J. W. Lindsey, 92,484;
railroad commissioner (unexpired
term), C. M. Candler, 91,964; C. M.
Candler (full term), 91,344; J. A. Per
ry, 91,956; Joseph Gray, 91,831. The
vote for C. M. Candler for the full
term as railroad commissioner was
the lightest received by any of the
candidates.
MANY DIVORCES IN ATLANTA.
97 Divorce Actions in One Week.
Cruelty and Desertion Charges.
Atlanta. —It is doubtful if there is
a city of its size in the country worse
cursed with divorce evil than Atlanta.
Practically every session of court has
a huge docket of cases, and the fact
has been the subject of severe strict
ures by the presiding judges in their
grand jury charges.
For hearing in one week no less
than 97 divorce actions were on the
docket. The basis of action runs the
entire gamute of statutory cause. It
is an amazing fact, however, that a
preponderance of the cases are for
desertion, while a majority of the oth
ers are for cruelty. This city is noto
riously slack in its moral tone, and
many contend that this is one of the
biggest causes of divorces.
Atlanta. —Secretary of State Philip
Cook stated that forty automobiles
had been destroyed by fire in Geor
gia within the past thirty days, ac
cording to reports made to him, and
he thought this was not anything like
the number actually destroyed, since
he estimates that only about one-half
the machines in the state are regis
tered. The remark of the secretary
of state grew out of the receipt of a
batch of letters from men asking that
their registration fee be returned,
since their machines had been de
stroyed. Mr. Cook had no record of
the number of fatalities, if any, re
sulting from these fires and explo
sions.
By Our Special Atlanta Correspondent
ALL AMENDMENTTS PASSED.
Three Measures Endorsed by Votes of
About 2 to I—Voting Light.
Atlanta. —Secretary of State Phil
Cook announced that the three con
stitutional amendments voted upon in
the recent state election were carried
by majorities of from 16,000 to 23,-
000. He says the indifference toward
the amendments was universal, and
that the vote ran about 50,000 behind
that for the state ticket. In many dis
tricts no vote for the amendments
were east at all.
The vote for governor has not been
canvassed, as the returns are sent in
sealed envelopes and opened by the
general assembly in joint session.
The returns as consolidated by' the
secretary of state follow:
“For amendment of constitution (al
lowing city of Augusta to issue bonds
beyond constitutional limit”), receiv
ed 38,324 votes.
"Against amendment of constitution
(allowing city of Augusta to issue
bonds beyond constitutional limit”),
received 14,927 votes, a majority for
of 25,397.
“For ratification” of amendment
(permitting counties to levy taxes for
educational purposes), received 33,552
votes.
“Against ratification’’ of amendment
(permitting counties to levy taxes for
educational purposes), received 17,-
048 votes, a majority for of 16,504.
“For ratification” of amendment to
paragraph 1, section 13, act 6, of the
constitution of this state. (Regulating
the salaries of judges of the supreme
and superior courts of the state), re
ceived 16,775 votes, a majority for of
16,009.
The work of consolidation will be
finished within a few days, and then
the newly-elected legislative officers
will take their positions.
BROWN BLAMED BY WATSON.
Says Smith Would Have Been De
feated Despite the Primary.
Atlanta. —It seems that Thomas E.
Watson blames Gov. Joseph M. Brown
fnr tho failure of the recent move
ment inaugurated by Watson to over
turn Hoke Smith at the general elec
tion and elect Brown governor de
spite the primary.
Says Mr. Watson: “Everybody now
realizes that had Governor Brown de
manded the proof that Hoke Smith
received a majority of the county unit
votes; ‘and had he protested against
the illegal proceedings of the conven
tion —pointing out that the new rules
were a grosser insult to Hoke Smith
men than to the Joe Brown minority,
he (Brown) would have easily been
re-elected.’’
It was known even before the elec
tion that Mr. Watson was awfully
"sore’’ and disappointed because Gov
ernor Brown refused to ever come
straight out as a candidate. Watson
now insists more strongly than ever
that Brown could have won the fight
if he had had the courage to try.
Atlanta. —The railroad commission
approved the schedule of rate to be
charged by the Clarkesville Telephone
company. For unlimited special line
business stations the sum of $2.56 per
month is to be charged; for unlimited
duplex or party line business stations
$1.75 a month; for unlimited special
line residence stations the sum of
$1.75, and for unlimited party line
residence stations the sum of $1.50
per month. The rate now charged on
rural lines is not to be changed as
long as the present magneto system is
in use, but when the new central en
ergy station is insttalled the commis
sion will consider the application for
an increase in rates.
Atlanta. —Commissioner of Agricul
ture T. G. Hudson is mailing out to
all manufacturers and dealers in cot
ton seed meal copies of the act which
requires that all cotton seed meal
sold in this state shall be branded
according to its grade or quality. Sea
island cotton seed meal must be so
branded.
Atlanta. —A petition was filed with
the state railroad commission by
Haygood & Cutts of Fitzgerald repre
senting the citizens along the line of
the Seaboard Air Line railroad be
tween Abbeville and Ocilla who ask
that the commission compel the rail
road to give them better train service.
Atlanta—The state treasury depart
ment received $3,315 from Fulton
county on the sale of near beer for
the year. This is the first payment
made and there is about $3,000 more
yet to be pfiid In, which shows that
there are about 200 saloons in the
city of Atlanta.
Qeorgia fl|ew
Juliette.—Contesting for prizes of
fered by the Juliette branch of the
National Farmers’ Educational and
Co-operative union of America to the
members of the union who would pro
duce the greatest number of bushels
of corn on one acre of up land and
bottom land, J. C. Hammonds made
93 1-2 bushels of corn on one acr
of bottom land, and Mr. J. J. Cham
bers made ?5 bushels of corn on one
acre of up land. Neither Mr. Ham
monds nor Mr. Chambers fertilized
the soil on which the corn was pro
duced, and they have produced more
corn to the acre than was ever known
to be produced to the acre in this sec
tion. Since the offering of prizes by
the Juliette Farmers’ Union to the
members who would produce the larg
est number of bushels of corn on one
acre of land, interest of the farmers
of the community in corn culture has
been greatly stimulated, and the farm
ers are using the best varieties of corn
Thomasville.—Sugar cane is on the
market in abundance now and the
quality of it is fine. It is probable
that the crop may not be as large as
usual in this section, as some of it
was badly injured by the late cold of
last spring, but the heavy rains and
warm weather of the fall has made it
grow very fast and it seems to be
making up in quality for what it may
lack as to quantity. The season for
grinding cane bids fair to be rather
late this year, as the fall continues
unusually warm and the farmers do
not, as a rule, begin grinding until
there Is danger of the cane being
hurt by a heavy frost.
Thomaston. —The Upson County
Corn Club has awarded prizes for
the 1910 yield. ’This has been eager
ly awaited by the members and gen
eral public for some time, although it
was generally conceded that the gen
tlemen who were awarded prizes
would capture them. The awards
were as follows for the largest yield
on one acre: First prize, $25 to W.
j. Kersey, yield 102 bushels; second
prize, sls, to J. F. Trice, yield 78
bushels; third prize, $lO, to TANARUS, B.
Trice, yield 68 bushels. Raleigh Green
of this county, who was not a mem
ber of the Corn club, also raised 102
bushels on one acre.
Macon. —Macon is the first city in
Georgia to follow up the conservation
movement in a practical way, having
just engaged a forester to treat the
grove of 450 acres in Central City
park, some of which are more than
150 years of age, in the hope of pro
longing their life. An expert exami
nation of the trees revealed the fact
that nearly all of them are badly dis
eased, but it is believed that by prop
er treatment they can be saved. The
work will cost over $2,000, but the
beauty of Central City park, the larg
est natural park in the state, will be
saved.
Jackson. —What is believed to be the
iargest yield of corn per acre in the
entire state is reported from the
farm of Barkley brothers near Jack
son, where 137 bushels were gathered.
The corn was harvested and was care
fully weighed by County Treasurer S.
J. Smith. So far reported, this is the
largest yield in Georgia this season.
The land on which the corn was
grown is near the city of Jackson. It
is estimated to be worth $250 per acre.
Ten acres have often yielded eigh
teen bales of cotton, and will produce
one and one-third bales to the acre
this year.
Madison. —A decided sensation was
created at the state convention of thet
Woman’s Chritsian Temperance union
when it was announced that Mrs.’
Mary Harris Armor, former president
of the union, and Mrs. M. H. Edwards,'
a prominent temperance worker, had
received Black Hand letters threat
ening their lives if they continue to
speak in the interest of prohibition
in the state of Missouri.
Macon. —That the deadly concealed
pistol is responsible for nine-tenths
of the homicides in Bibb county was
shown by a report filed by the coro
ner. Of 39 deaths investigated by
him in the last 20 months, 35 resulted
from a pistol. In every case the pi -
tol had been concealed before the
shooting. In the same period 14 per
sons lost their lives by being run
over or knocked down by trains.
Atlanta.—The railroad commission
issued an order requiring express
companies carrying fresh fish to no
tify the consignor by telegraph with
in four hours after arrival of the
refusal or failure of the consignee to
receive same. The carrier is requir
ed to wait two hours for a reply to
the telegram, and may then sell the
fish and receive a commission of 10
per cent, on the proceeds of the sale.
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Popularity of Thais.
“Every other young actress is call
ing herself Thais,” said Henry E. Dix
ey at a dinner at Mauquin’s. "Thais
McGinnis, Thais Endicott, Thais
Schmidt—the thing is universal.
“Universal and ridiculous; for they
who have read Anatole France s story
of ‘Thais’ know that she was a very
naughty little girl, indeed. I am quite
sure that no real reader of ‘Thais’
would ever, under any circumstances,
consent to be called such a name.
“It makes me think of a man who,
taking his infant daughter to be bap
tized, told the clergyman to call her
Venus.
“ ‘But I refuse to call her Venus,’
said the clergyman, indignantly. ‘Ve
nus is the name of a pagan goddess.’
“ ‘Well, how about your own girl,
Diana?’ said the man.”
Childlike Ignorance.
Laura Jean Libbey, discussing in
Brooklyn her successful appearance
on the stage, said:
“I talk in my monologue about love,
marriage nnd the other Interests of
the heart. On these subjects women,
especially young women, are strangely
ignorant.
“They really make me think, you
know, of the little girl who was asked
by her teacher:
“ ‘What can you tell us about Solo
mon?’
“ ‘Solomon,’ replied the little girl,
‘was very fond of animals.’
“ ‘And how, my dear,’ said the teach
er, ‘do you make that out?’
“ ‘Because,’ answered the little girl,
‘the Bible says he had 500 porcu
pines.’ ”
COFFEE WAS IT.
People Slowly Learn-rhe Facts.
“‘All my life I have been such a
slave to coffee that the very aroma
of it was enough to set my nerves
quivering. I kept gradually losing my
health but I used to say ‘Nonsense, it
don’t hurt me.’
“Slowly I was forced to admit the
truth and the final result was that my
whole nervous force was shattered.
“My heart became weak and uncer
tain in its action and that frightened
me. Finally my physician told me,
about a year ago, that 1 must stop
drinking coffee or I could never ex
pect to be well again.
“I w r as in despair, for the very
thought of the medicines I had tried
so many times nauseated me. I
thought of Postum but could hardly
bring myself to give up the coffee.
“Finally I concluded that 1 owed it
to myself to give Postum a trial. So I
got a package and carefully followed
the directions, and what a delicious,
nourishing, rich drink it was! Do you
know I found it very easy to shift
from coffee to Postum and not mind
the change at all?
"Almost immediately after I made
the change I found myself better, and
as the days went by I kept on improv
ing. My nerves grew sound and
steady, I slept well and felt strong
and well-balanced all the time.
“Now I am completely cured, with
the old nervousness and sickness all
gone. In every way I am well once
more.”
It pays to give up the drink that
acts on some like a poison, for health
is the greatest fortune one can have.
Read the little book, “The Road to
Wellville,” in pkgs. “There’s a Rea
son.”