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NO HARM FPOM COME!
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Visit of Gfreat £ Will Be With¬
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NO COLLlSiO WITH EARTH
Scientists Dy Hot f on Composition of
Halley’s Comet- aid Ee Packed in
Suit Case” As 0:e Professor.
London, Engian: From Sir Robert
Ball, our foretroi- irotiomer, comes
the last and finu: ■turn concerning
Halley’s comet. I ould set at rest
fears of a grand u uophe in the
minds of those to who have been
led to believe the vet contains mis
chief-making potei .ilities. Sir Rob
ert is the royal onomer of Eng¬
land and the auth el several books,
in which he deals \ Halley's comet.
“I have received n ;itudes of letters
relating to the co t, and so many
have expressed al: as to the pos¬
eibility of collision tal [ venture to
send a reply; My ueurs, a rhinoceros
in full charge would not fear collis¬
ion with a cobweb, and the earth need
not fear a collision v. ith a comet. In
1861 we passed thr „gh the tail of a
comet. No one ki, anything about
it at the time. P a hundred mil
lion years life has h u continuous on
this earth, though \c have been visit
ed by at least five c ts every year.
If comets could e : have done the
earth any harm the; fould have done
it long ago, and ye; tnd 1 would not
be discussing coi ts or anything
else. As far as I e learn, we were
in the tail of comet May 12.
I sincerely ho ere, and 1 think
Sir John Herschel gays somewhero
that a whole ini' i. uld be squeezed
into a suit ci
ROBi IT S. BALI.,
“Observatory of Cambridge."
Washington, D. C-—Halley's comet
is being greeted on its closest approach
to the earth by a bristling battery ot
telescopes, flanked >y rapid-fire lens¬
es in the celestial imeras of the na¬
val observatory, t! only national ob¬
servatory in the i ted States. The
Among the sciei ts there is some
difference of opin as to the effect
the great siar v. have upon the
earth, but the di:: ences are minor.
Professor Asaph : 1 of the naval ob
servatory would i: be surprised it
there were a shn •r of meterorites.
He advanced thi. theory with the
same calmness thi he would proph
esy a shower of rain.
Others, anil the\ are in the major¬
ity, expecting no disturbances will
mark the passing < f the comet. Edwin
F. Naulty of > • • oik, who has been
at the observ u naking telescopic
and spectrocrcpi servations of the
visitor, takes is es with Professor
Hall and contend that the tail of the
comet is compost neither of gas nor
meteoric bodies, nd that such show¬
er as Professor Halt deems possible
could not follow.
"The sweeping f this cometary
cone of solar for< does cause distur
bance in the solar system,” said Mr.
Naulty.
The earth and all the planets are
affected, not oril- when they come
within the actual one, hut also by the
ethereal waves t in motion by the
comet's tall. It is the constant at¬
tempt of the eart 's mass and its at¬
mosphere to ad.ju. 1 themselves to this
disturbance that i caused the prev
alent earth tremoi storms and other
phenomena.
TO RAISE THE MAINE.
Spanish Engine* Want to View Bat
tleship’s Hulk.
Washington, D. C—When the wreck
of the battleship Maine is raised from
the mud at the bottom ol Havana har¬
bor It is thought to be the purpose
of the United Sta '-s government to
invite Spain to sen expert engineers
to be present at 'ti lamination of
the huli, provided if found that the
Spanish government desires or will
accept such an invit tlon.
It is probable alsthat it will be
intimated to other inival powers that
this government w uld be glad to
have them send representative ex¬
perts It is doubted - by many if the
condition of the hulk, after this lapse
of years, would shov whether or not
the battleship was destroyed by an
exterior or interior t plosion, but oth¬
er experts say that he action of the
w ater will not have riously affected
the wreck.
Spain has always contended that
the Maine was destp yed by an inter¬
nal explosion. If a -panish engineer
is invited to inspec the wreck, the
other naval powers will also be in¬
vited. If the attempt to raise the
MaiDe ts successful a part of the metal
will be given for the erection of a
national monument to the survivors
of the historic v< at New York.
HEINZE ACQUITTED
Government Fails to Convict Copper
Magnate of Bank Wrecking.
New York City—F 1 ugustus Heinze
was acquitted in New York Mercantile of misap¬
plying the funds of 'ae
National Bank while t was president
of the institution in 1! ant! he was
cleared of the charge f overeertify
*ing the ‘.becks of his .rother's firm,
Otto Heinze & Co.
Thus failed the feder government's
attempt to hold He in set •sponsible for
financier ng during tt panic three
years agf, alleged to ia violation
of the national banking laws. Charles
W. Morse got fifteen yeprs for “bank
wrecking,” but Helnze's transactions
were held to be legal.
Rockefeller Uses Paper , r, ?sts.
Tarrytown, N. Y. —Jou^n D. Rocke¬
feller’s latest fad is thr- paper vest.
For several weeks past i e has been
wearing one himse'f v henever he
went driving or autoing (and he has
kept a stock of extra ve.-jts for those
friends who have acconr .r.K-d him.
Now a score or more hon •s in Tarry
town boast possession i a Rocke
feller paper waistcoat, i esented by
the oil king and chert: 0Q 38 a
souvenir of an autoiuobi ride with
the magnate.
Blow-Post Law Valid.
Washington, D. C. — ei using to
hoid_ that the biow-pc statute of
Georgia, to be uncons: r,ai. the
United States supreme ~x affirmed
decisions of the lower liberal courts,
awarding judgments of bout 10,000
to Mrs. Josephine King ar her daugh
ter for injuries suffered Southeiffi :|l a crossing
accident on „ the tile Railway.
The constitutionality of law arose
When Mrs. King broughtAteiit against
the Southern Railway ' ht?} Wbipaiiy for
damages for the death of husband.
struck by A3 t a public
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GEORGIA NEWS NOTES.
Georgia's share In the public build¬
ings bill, reported to the house, will
amount to nearly half a million dol¬
lars. The Georgia cities which will
get building or sites follow: States¬
boro. $7,500 for site; Thomasville,
$75,000 for building and site, Bain
bridge, $15,000 for building; Tifton,
$50,000 for building; Cordele, $17,000
increase for building; Carrollton, $50,
000 for building; Newnan, $5,000 in
crease for building; Newnan, J5.000
Increase for building; LaGrange, $3,
000 increase for building; Barnesviile,
$7,500 for site; Milledgeville, $10,000
increase for building; Rome, $10,000
increase for building; Elberton, $50,
000 for building; Quitman, $00,000 for
site and building. The committee
promises also make provision for Au¬
gusta, but the exact figures have not
been decided upon .
On May 21 the statue to the mem¬
ory of the late Samuel W. Spencer,
first president of the Southern rail¬
way, killed in a wreck in 1906, while
he held that office, will be unveiled on
the plaza of the Terminal station, At¬
lanta, with appropriate ceremonies.
The statue, which represents Mr.
Spencer seated in what might be an
office chair, was purchased with the
individual contributions of thirty
thousand employes of the railroad
system which represents the work of
his life.
An increase of from fifty to one
hundred per cent in crop yields is
expected in Ware and Pierce coun¬
ties as a direct result of following
directions of the bureau of plant in¬
dustry of the department of agricul¬
ture. Dr. J. E. W. Smiith, who is
special agent for the bureau work in
the counties named, states that from
the interest and co-operation shown
he is satisfied the results will be as
good if not better than the showing
in Bulloch county last year. An aver¬
age yield of one hundred bushels of
corn to the acre is an accomplish¬
ment being worked for in Ware and
Pierce, and it is believed yields of
the next season or two will come up
to this. The farmers find it easier to
cultivate their land so as to grow a
greater amount on a smaller space
than usual, thus cutting down their
running expenses. Corn is already the
leading crop in Ware and is fast im¬
proving in quality and quantity. Cot¬
ton in almost all parts of the county
will be a late crop. The damage by
cold waB not great, but the dry
weather made the growing cotton
backward. Replanting has been found
necessary in only a few instances.
A new idea in penology has been
advanced by the board of eommis
/ioners of Floyd county, who want to
dress all the men prisoners received
at the Floyd county jail in “Mother
Hubbard wrappers. The hoard has
sought legal advice to learn whether
or not it has the power to deprive
the men of their clothes. There have
been frequent complaints of late that
the jail is in a filthy condition and
the prisoners Infested with vermin.
The board believes that the kimona
effect in dress* will enable the jailers
to keep the prisoners clean and that
the unique garb would prevent es¬
capes from the joil, as the sight of a
man strolling down the street in a
loose wrapper would doubtless create
a sensation.
Au effort to putnp "the bottomless
well" dry was made at Dalton, and
after several hours’ work with a pump
capable of bringing up two thousand
gallons of water per hour, the at¬
tempt was given up as a bad job.
The well is located in the northwest¬
ern part of Dalton, and it is believed
that an underground river flow*
through it. When the well was being
dug some time ago, a portion of the
bottom “fell out" and a roaring sound
similar to the sound made by a water
fall was distinctly heard. A larger
pump will be attached to the engine
near the well and another test will
be made within out the a city short time.,If in tiie the fu¬
well pons may
ture get Us water supply from it.
AU records, except during Christ¬
mas time, for seizures of stills were
broken by the revenue officers for
April, one hundred and six stills be¬
ing raided. The seizures for the fis¬
cal year will probably amount to one
thousand. The revenue officers state
that the monthly seizures now aver¬
age eighty, whereas during the days
before prohibition they generally raid¬
ed about forty stills. It seems that
the business is becoming very profit¬
able in north Georgia, and it keeps
the officers busy breaking up the
“good things” that Uncle Sam doesn't
allow to exist. It is expected, from
the present record, that this year will
go far ahead of any in the history
of the office. The fiscal year ends in
June, and it is believed by that time
the number of stizures will amount to
one thousand, or very close to that
Comptroller General W. A. Wright
was in receipt of a letter from the
tax collector of Taylor county, to the
effect that there were several hun¬
dred bales of cotton in a warehouse
in his town for which he could find
no owner. He wanted to know of the
comptroller how he could collect the
taxes due the state on the cotton.
General Wright advised him looking that, if
he would have fl. fas. issued,
to the sale of the cotton for taxes,
he would probably not be long In dis¬
covering an owner for it.
Advices received at Waycross from
Washington state that just, as soon as
practicable the preliminary surveys
of the Satilla river from its mourn
to the Atlantic Coast Line trestle
will be made. This is for the pur¬
pose of determining the feasibility of
using a portion of the river in a barge
eanai proposition, by which Waycross
hopes to get in communication by wa¬
ter with the Atlantic ports.
It is understood that the census
of Macon for 1910, which has just
been completed, fill show that this
city has doubled in population in the
last ten years. This will make the
present population of the city not
less than forty-five thousand Opti¬
mistic public officials and well-posted
citizens had hoped that the increase
would be even greater, but it is now
understood that the returns will give
Macon about forty-five thousand six
hundfed, and Bibb county about sev¬
enty-five thousand. This will be the
most remarkable gain made by any
city in the state.
In the election held at Warrenton
to determine whether or not bonds to
the amount of $12,000, for electric
lights should be Issued, the bonds
carried.
At an election held at Donaldsvilie
submitting the question as to whether
tije town of Donaldsvilie should issue
an( j B( .i! bonds in the amount of $20,
000, for the purpose of improving
their waterworks system and install¬
ing an electric lighting plant, almost
unanimously carried in favor of the
bonds. The bonds will be put on the
market as soon a validated and werk
an the pi a is w ill begin as soon as
practicable
(Prickly Ash, poke Root and
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COTTON FACTORS,
NAVAL STORE FACTORS.
EXPERIENCED HANDLERS OF DP LAN DCOTTON, FLORODORA, AL
LEN SILK, AMD OTHER EXTRA STAPLES, SEA ISLAND
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Over Thirty Years in Business.
ONE OF THE LARGEST FACTORAGE CONCERNS IN THE SOUTH.
EACH COMMODITY HANDLED IN SEPARATE DEPARTMENTS —
STRICTEST ATTENTION TO EACH.
SELL UPLAND AND SEA ISLAND BAGGING, TIES AND TWINE.
LIBERAL ADVANCES MADE ON CONSIGNMENTS.
MONEY LOANED TO COTTON AND NAVAL STORES SHIPPER9
ON APPROVED SECURITY.
Shipments Respectfully Solicited
126 EAST BAY ST., SAVANNAH, GA.
Men’s all wool Suits
in light summer weights,
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Special Values at
$15 "" $18
•t-4 neat mixtures of grey and brown;
light, medium and dark shades.
8.H. Levy, Bro. & Co
Savannah, Georgia.
Should Weigh Bread
Housewives who are endeavor
ing to keep down the cost of living
by practicing every-day economics,
are advised by Fritz Reichmann,
State Superintendent of Weights and
Measures, to (Weigh their loaves of
bread to see how much they are get
ting.
“A five-cent loaf of white bread as
sold by some bakers,” said Mr. Reich
mann, “weighs 11 ounces and other
bakers furnish loaves weighing all
the way to 25 ounces. Ten-cent
loaves vary from 24 to 341£ ounces,
so that the smallest of the ten-eent
loaves is smaller than the largest of
the five-cent loaves of some bakers
In some bakeries where the average
of a five-cent loaf is 10 ounces the
average of a ten-cent loaf is only 24
ounces, so that it is cheaper to buy
two five-cent loaves than one ten¬
cent loaf.
“A five-cent loaf of rye bread
varies with different bakers from
15% to 28% ounces, and a ten-cent
loaf will vary from 26% to 36%
ounces. An eight-eent loaf of rye
•bread varies from 21 to 38% ounces.
“There is no law in the statute
books requiring the marking of
loaves of bread as to what the weight
is, as there is, for instance, in Chi
eago and Washington, or in the State
of Massachusetts.—Albany Special
to New York Press.
POOR SNOWBALL.
I want to tell you about my pet
bunny, Snowball. We named him
that because he was so very white
and looked like a ball when he was
all cuddled up. When 1 first had him
he was only a few weeks old and
could hardly walk. I taught him to
go up stairs. At first he could only j
climb one step at a time, but aa he i
grew older and more accustomed to ;
it he would go two or three at a time,
Snowball could do many tricks.
One morning when I went out to
feed him, there was no bunny to feed.
I hunted and hunted, but finally I dis¬
covered him in one corner of the
yard, lying dead as a door nail. We
newer knew just what killed him, but
think probably it was a weasel, as we
saw one running ar< und a few days
later.—Gladys C. Waring in the New
Vork Tribune.
JESUP, GA.. THURSDAY, MAY 19, 1910.
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SKATERS IN ARMY.
a corps of skaters is attached to
Norwegian army, the members
being selected for their good
physique and their accurate marks
tnanshfp, as well as their ability to
cover long distances on ice skates.
These skaters can be maneuvered on
the Ice or over the mountain snow
fields with as great rapidity as the
best trained cavalry. As an instance
of their speed, one of the corps some
time ago accomplished 120 miles in
1S% hours, and this was done over
VCTT mountainous Country-Wash
j
yon -will regain flesh and strength.
Waste of energy and all diseases resulting
from overtaxing the system aro cured by
the use of P. P. P.
Ladies whose system Bare poisoned and
whose blood ie in an impure conditiondua
to menstrual irrogularitics are peculiarly
benefited by the wonderful tonic and
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Savannah, *, Ca.
Professional Column.
J. R. THOMAS,
Attorney at Law
Special attention given all business.
OFFICE IN TUTEN BLOCK,
JESUP, GA.
Jos. A. Morris,
Af/TORNBY AND COUNSELLOR,
Practices in all the courts, State
and Federal, Notary and Stenogra¬
pher in offioe. Office in Whaley build¬
ing.
JESUP, GA.
Robert L. Bennett
SOLICITOR COUNTY COURT,
Wayne County. Office in Courthouse.
JESUP, GA.
D. M. CLARK
ATTORNEY AT LAW
--and—
JUDs-C WAYNE COUNTY COURT.
Careful attention given to ail bus¬
iness. Office in courthouse.
JESUP, GA.
A. M. Brown M. XL
General Practitioner.
Office in Knight's Pharmacy.
JESUP,-- ---GEORGIA.
Oscar Nail,
Attorney at Law
Office in Kicklighter’s Building.
General practice in all the courts,
State and Federal.
JESUP, GA.
M. N. STOW >
Physician and Snrgenn
Special attention to the diseases ot
women and children.
Office Hours: Monday ant] Friday
forenoons.
Klcklighter Building.
D. L. Moore,
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON.
Office Whaley Building.
JESUP, GA.
S. F. Ellis,
DENTAL SURGEON.
Office in Kicklighter’s Building.
JESUP, GA.
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Schedules Effective September 12th, 1909.
Northbound. Southbound.
6:15am 0:15pm Lv ......Brunswick Ar 8; 00pm 12:15pm
i 6:55am 0:55pm Thalmaun .. 7 : 20pm i n35 a.ni
(A.C.L.) 4:10pm Jacksonville........ 8:30pni., .
8:25am 8:15pm . Waycross ., .. 6:00pm ;
9:55am 9:45pm Douglas...... 4:30 pm
10:55am 10:45pm Ar Fitzgerald..... Lv 3:25pm
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7 ; 30 am 7: o to Lv ..Thomasville .. . . .Ar 6;45pr»
8:37am 8 : t— Wf ,. Moultrie .. .. . ..Lv 5:3Spro 4:30p/
9:45am 9: O Ar Tifton f • .
10:55pm Lv......Fitzgerald ,, . .. .. .. I . ;;rr;,atesl .. ,
12:35pm 12:10am Cordele ,v L !
12:54pm 12:29am ......Vienna ..... iHT ,
11:45pm 1:20am .....Montezuma .. ,. .. .. 12 - ;
1:55pm l:30ara .. .. .. Oglothogc* .... 13d 'i.
3:27pm 2:5Sam .. ... , .Ta'.^.tmi’“—Jw
4:34pm 4:09am .. .. .. Wocdbury /. V
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5:20pm 4:45am Lv . LaGrange
9:20pm 8:55am .. Talladega .
11:45am Ar Birmingham
Connections at Atlanta and Birmingham with lines divscginM lffiPPtla
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continue unless we undertake the extermination of the fly and the pre¬
vention of its entrance into our households. This may be accomplish¬
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and thoroughly and effectively screening the house.
Delays are Dangerous
Write us for Prices.
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