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Subject of Interesting Article by State Treasurer Parks | Having Taxable Values Worth $1,400, 000,000 Comparing Favorably ‘ With Other States. Atlanta, Ga.—Captain Robert . Park, state treasurer and bank exam fner, recently contributed an interest fng article to one of the leading finan eial journals of the United States, dealing with the growth and pros perity of Ceorgia In recent years. *fhe article details many interesting and pleasing facts relative to the de velopment of the state, as indicated by the continued growth of the bank ing facilities within her Dborders. “Oeular demonstration and stern statistics both show that no other sec tion of the United States is exhibit ing more significant progress at the present time than the south, and no portion of the south is more prospei ous than Georgia,” says Captain Park. “The south has come at last to be recognized as a firancial and indus trizal power. The growth in banking fin Georgia has continued apace dur fjng 1908, and has grown from 448 state banks in active operation Jau uary 1, 1908, to 490 state banks 10 January 1, 1909. This number will be increased as shown by application for charter in the oifice of the secre tary of siate. *January 1, 1909, found the bond ed debt of Georgia to be $7,031,000, moesly incurred by the extravagance of the reconstruction and “carpet bag” administration (see history). Each yenr SIOO,OOO of this debt is paid off, and there are annual appropria tions for the amount of interest, about 15300,000 per annum, *“The state owns a railroad 138 mmiles long, frem Chattanooga, Tenn., 40 Atlanta, Ga., which has valuable germinal facilities in both cities, and jwhich in 1908 was estimated to be rworth fully ' $14,000,000, nearly twice the amount of the bonded debt. . “Banking in Georgia is in a pros percus condition. The largest class of depositors are the farmers, who ‘Jook more and more to their banks for help instead of the merchants and cotton factors, hence the number of small banks in agricultural districts is imcreasing. “The rapid increase in cetton man ufacturing has been especially re markable, and the income in the way of dividends has been most satisfac tory. Despite the so-called panic new: cotton mills are being erected and oid ‘ones sre heing enlarged along our wa ter courses and in our cities, towns and villages at an unprecedented rate. «Ip 1861, before the civil war, the entire taxable values of the state of Georgia amounted "to $671,000,000. Of this amount more than $300,000,000 was invested in slaves, and of course ecmpletely lost by the result of the war, In December, 1908, the total taxable value of Georgia from 2l ‘sources amounts to $706,962,353,which §s the largest amount ever reached fn the history of the state. =according to the method of the United States in making assessments as taxable values, the state of Georgia would now be worth $1,490,000,000. KO STATE INTERFERENCE. Governor Smith Believes Savannah Officers Will Enforce Prohi Law. Atlanta, Ga.—The effort to enforce sbedience to the prohibition law in Qavannah and Chatham county will be Jest entirely in the hands of the local iguthorities, This was, in effect, the statement made following a conference in which governor Hoke Smith, Solicitor Gen ieral Walter 'C. Hartridge of the east ern circuit and Attorney General Jno. . Hart took part in the governor’s office. 8o far as the governor is concerned ft may be accepted as a fact that there will be no state interference at the present time. Following the conference, Governor ®mith gave out for publication this Brieg siatement, at the same time de ¢hining to add anything to the infor mation which it contains: “My conference with Mr. Hartridge was entirely satisfactory. I have con §dence in the officers of Chatham and Savannah, state, county and munici ‘,‘l“l believe they will take all action \necessary to suppress violations of ithef law in their midst, and I believe the gooed people of the county and city ywiil sustain their efforts.” WONEY EOR PENSIONS mn Be Sent Out About the First of February. Atlanta, Ga.—The state treasury has .on hand now enough money to pay all the pensioners of the state, but it mwill he about February 1 before the pensions will be paid, since it will take until that time to get all the papers in shape. Commissioner Lindsey is hard at work now on the pension rolls, and by the first of the month will be yeady to pay all of the $950,000 pen gion money in a lump sum. The pen siomers will not be paid by counties on different dates, as formerly, but qne checks will be made out and ‘mailed to the ordinary in each county “the same date, and the pensions be paid by the ordinaries. There is now in the state treasu re than $1,000,000, and it is ex i the returns from taxes ahd oth ces will run this amount up e next week or ten days to üble that sum, ~ THROUGHOUT THE The friends of Dr, and Mrs, B. 8, Burton of Valdosta who have been In Europe for the last eight months. and who were traveling in Italy after leav ing Paris, have been apprehensive ut thelr safety since the earthquake which devastated that section, The fact that nothing has been heard from them for two or three weeks has caused their friends to fear that thuy were in the earthquake zone when the terrible disaster overwhelmed the country. County School Commissioner Bacon has received notice from the sta.@ school commissioner that Oglethorpe county is entitled to $2,000 more this vear than last from the appropria tions made for the pnblic school fund, The state school commissioner ‘men~ht, however, that it would be im possible to deliver the money for the reason that the state would not like 'v have it on hand. A train load of wagons and horses were recelved at Fort Oglethorpe, Chickamauga Park, from Cuba. Fort Oglthorpe, Ga., is now filled to its capacity and no more recruits for the calvary wiil be bronght here until the property of the Thirty-eighth infan try is moved, The first steps looking to the ex tension of the Western and Atlantic railroad from Atlanta to the sea were taken when the extension commission appointed by Governor Smith met at the state capitol, elected Hooper Ai exander chairman and aspointed a committee to gather information con cerning the . feasibility and advisabil ity of carrying the project into effect. It was agreed by the commission that the main- features of the propos: ed extension which it is called upon to investigate are the prohable cost, the direction the extension will take, whether the work can be done by con victs, and whether, as a general prop osition, it will be advisable for the state to continue its policy of own ing a railroad. The committee indulg ed in a general discussion of these questions, but no definite action was taken. A letter from Congressman Thomas M. Bell states that the national bu reau expert, Dr. Shamel, has announc od that J. M. Whichel of Hall county has won the first prize and other prizes at the contest at Omaha, Neb., over all contestants for the corn nrizes in the southern zone. Mr. “Whelchel’'s corn was in competition with the product of Texas, Oklahoma, southern Kansas and other southwes tern states in addition to all the eas tern south. When asked about the report that pools were being sold regularly on horse races now being held at Thun derbolt, mnear Savannah, Governor Smith said that he had not officially heard of it and that while there was nothing wrong in horse racing in it self, pool selling or bookmaking is a violztion of the Georgia law. The sale of the Gainesville Elec tric Railway company has been post poned from the first Tuesday in Feb ruary till the first Tuesday in March. The road is in receivers’ hands. Sumter county begins the new year with every dollar of indebtedness can celed and money in the treasury, which is a gratifying condition of af fairs. Recently the county incured heavv indebtedness in building the Third District Agricultural and Me chanical college, but the entire in debtedness has since been liquidated. Prohibition has affected Rome per haps to a greater degree than any other city in the state of Georgia. The police books show a decrcase of 61 per cent in arrests for the year 1908. In his report to the city council, Mayor Dunbar of Augusta suggested the extension of the city limits so that the city could keep pace with the oth er cities of the state, and not drop back by holding to its old boundaries. The confederate monument, erect ed by the Daughters of the Confed eracy of Morgan county, was unveil ed here with most impressive cere monies. The chief attraction at the unveiling was the presence of Generul Clement A. Evans and Honoranie Hoke Smith, Secretary of State Philip Cook has granted an amendment to the charter of the Georgia and Florida Railway company, now completing the coi struction of its line from Augusta to the gulf in Florida, permitting it 10 construct a branch line three miles in length from the town of Sparks to the town of Adel, both in Berrien county. Leonard Ward, an aged and respec tabie farmer, was remanded to jail at Americus for violation of the state prohibition laws in having made a few quarts of blackberry wine of the fruit gathered from his fence corners, probably selling a small quantity to his neighbor. Attorney General John (. Hart has rendered an opinion holding that the term of office of the state school com misioner begins at the same time as that of the governor. In order to be certain when his new term should properly begin, School Commissioner Jerre M. Pound sought a ruling from the attorney general. ~ Augusta is on the verge of a contro versy regarding its system of gas lighting which bids fair to end in the state legislature, if the ideas of May or Dunbar are carried out. The may or in his annual message, read to the city council, bitterly attacked the Gas Light company of Augusta, for the quality of gas being served its pa trons, and declared that there exist ed an absolute necessity that the cit izens should have some protection in the matter. William C. Cole has been named postmaster of Lawrenceville, and Wil liam G. Watson postmaster at Li thonia, £ LAR EE A RLR u‘n" ¥ LATENEWS NOTER. France has decided to recommend restrictions in the application of the denth sentence, Efforts are being made by the Penn sylvania Child Labor association to »0 enthuse the residents of the entire statn with the spirit of the fight it Is making for the abolition of the “child Jabor evil” to induce Goveru or Stuart to do for Pennsylvania 1n 1909 what Governor Odell did for the state of New York in 1903, The German government is about to farm out for a series of years the right to mine diamonds along the right of way of the rallwvay in the South African zone of German influ ence, The dlamonds are small and of good quality, The national child labor committee is sending a request to clergymea thronghout the country o observe gunday, January 24, as child labor ay. ‘ An official report gives the value of the mineral products of the United Kingdom for 1907 as $657,000,000, aa increase of $143,000,000 over 1906, The Southern Pacific Railroad eompany is to build an air line from Denison, = Texas, through Topeka, Kans.,, to Lincoln, Neb, connecting with the present main line at Central City., The new line is expected to cut out Kansas City as a clearing house for Nebraska and Kansas ?rain, and will give the Harriman system two routes from the Pacific coast to tae Gulf of Mexico. That the fight of the doctors of medicine against Christian Scientists and all others who profess to heal without medicine will be renewed vigorously this year, has hecome ap parent with the appearnace at the Massachusetts state house of the an nual report of the state board of reg istration in medicine. John T. Milliken, the millionaire brother-in-law of Albert T. Patrick, now serving a life sentence in Sing Sing prison, New York, for the slay ing of Millionaire William M. Rice, has gone to Texas to take what is\ ‘reported to be a death-bed confession of the valet, Charles F. Jones, recant ing the confession which convicted Patrick of murder and gained free dom for thg valet, The religious riots between Moham medans and Hindus, India, have tak en a more serious turn again, requir ing the active intervention of British troops at Titaghur, who fired upon the Hindus mob, Twenty-two years after leaving Brockton, Mass.,, a poor man, Albert Moore has returned rich, to find that his wife had secured a divorce, re married and is now a widow. He will take her to his new home in Califor nia. : For his payt in the dispatching of the steamer Goldsboro to Honduras last spring with SBO,OOO worth of goods said to have been obtained un der false pretenses, Albert W. Bailey, former secretary and treasurer of the defunct Export Shipping company of New York city was sentenced to, state’s prison for four years. Washington. The president has sent to the sen ate the nomination of Colonel George H. Terney to be surgeon general, med ical corps. Rear Admiral Casper Goodrish i\ia: been transferred to the retired St, N. J. McArthur, former president of the Interstate Cotton college, and an expert cotton sampler, has written a letter to Secretary of Agriculture Wil son, criticising the proposed plan of a committee, acting under his direc tion, to establish a new standard of cotton grading, Mr. McArthur thinks that the attempt to redvce about thirty distinet points of cotton classi ficaion to nine grade designations would work great injury to the cot ton grower. He shows that the points of difference in any two gradse «wanld thus be increased, and that all intermediate half and quarter grades of the present standard would be vir tually eliminated. He asserts that the orower with cotton only the slightest shade under any given classification would have it graded at the next low er grade point. That Judge Taft has mistaken the gentimer* of the peonle of the south and that he could not expect political preferment there because giving such preferment is against the principles of the people of that section, 18 the statement made by Representative James Hay, of Virginia. Mr. Hay de clares the sonth the land of the dem ocrats, and he assures the renubli cans that it is as impossible to change the principles there as it is to change the spots of the leonard. “The attitude of Mr. Taft toward the peo ple of the south is a matter of sur prise and disappointment to all self respecting southern men,” said Mr. Hay. : The TUnited States produced $90,- 437,700 worth of gold and $37,299,700 worth of silver in 1907, according to ctatements obtained from mints, as say offices, smelting establishments and the product of mines. As com pared with the previous year. 1907 showed a decrease of $4,000,000 in gold production and about $1.000,000 decrease in the silver production. John W. sGates wants wood, iron, dteel and coal placed on the free list. Ambassador Griscom cabled #h° state department that the bod jes of Consul Cheney and his wite are buried under tons of debris at Messina, Italy. and it would necessi tate two hundred men at work for days to exhume them. He also stated that telepraphic communication witn Messina is practically impossible. AW S: Z PETURL ORI T ] : ot " . \\ ¥ ' &y N\ " \ L S o o ',-“.)“'W' Y 4 ' ‘ I'e "\é., ‘l‘ [ When shown positive and reliable proof that a certain remedy had cured numerous cases of female ills, wouldn't any sensible woman conclude that the same remedy would also benefit her if suffering with the same trouble ? y Here are two letters which prove the efficiency of Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound. Red Banks, Miss. —“Words are inadequate to express what Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound has done for me. I suffered from & female disease and weakness which the doe tors said was caused by a fibroid tumor, and I commenced to think there was no help for me. Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vezctable J Compound made me a well woman after all other mea s had ' failed. My friends are all asking what has helped me so much, and I gladly recommend Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Com= pound.”—Mrs. Willie Edwards. Hampstead, Maryland.—* Before taking Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound I was weak and nervous, and could not be on my feet half a day without suffering. The doctors told me I never would be well without an operation, but Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound has done more for me than all the doctors, and I hope this valuable medicine may come into the hands of many more suffering women.” — Mrs. Joseph H. Dandy. We will pay a handsome reward to any person who will prove to us that these letters are not genuine and truthful —or that either of these women were paid in any way for their testimonials, or that the letters are published without their permission, or that the original letter from each did not come’to us entirely unsolicited. What more proof can any one ask ? For 30 years Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound has beén the standard remedy for female ills. No sick woman does justice to herself who will not try this famous medicine. Made e:u:clusivelt)7 from roots and herbs, and has thousands of cures to its credit. F Mrs. Pinkham invites all sick women to write her for advice. She has guided thousands to health free of charge. Address Mrs. Pinkham, Lynn, Mass. NANCY. When I was about five years old we had a dog we called Nancy. I would sometimes wander away into the wood which bordered on our home, and Nancy would always walk in front of me to protect me and ‘“keep off the enemy,” as mamma always gaid. One day my sisters and I were playing house under the large pine trees in front of my home, and Nancy lay in front of me, as usual. The milkman, intending to frighten us, came up the path and hid behind the trees. But Nancy spied him and made a jump for him. He dropped the miik cans, spilled all the milk and ran down the path as fast as he could. Nancy would wander away for days at a time, and then come back re pentant to stay for a few weeks. But one of these tramps cost our dear dog her life. It was a stormy night, ana everything was wet and cold. Nancy wanted to come in the house to spend the night. Mamma made her go out in her kennel in our old-fashioned back kitchen. Nancy hung her head and went out in the storm. The next morning we could not find her. She was gone for weeks and weeks, and one day a workingman told us he found her on the railroad track cut to pieces. She had been struck by a train. We were very much shock ed and grieved, as we thought a great deal of her.—Ellen Ranger, in the New York Tribune. Pedantry is an icle compared to the warm comfort of wisdom. ROSY AND PLUMP Good Health From Right Food. “It’s not a new food to me,” re marked a Va. man, in speaking of Grape-Nuts, “About twelve months ago my wife was in very bad health, could not keep anything on her stomach. The Doctor recommended milk half water, but it was not sufficiently nourishing. “A friend of mine told me one day to try Grape-Nuts and cream. The result was really marvelous.. My wife soon regained her usual strength and to-day is as rosy and plump as when a girl of sixteen. ‘““These are plain facts, and nothing I could say in praise of Grape-Nuts would exaggerate in the least the - value of this great food.” Name given by Postum Co., Battle Creek, Mich. Read, “The Road to Wellville,” in pkgs. “There’s a Rea son.” Ever read the above letter? A new cone appears from time to time. They are genuine, true, and full of human interest, : ; Good resolutions are timely at any season of thg_year. Itch cured in 3) minutes by Woolford" Banitary Lotion. Never fails. ’:At drgg:ist: Human ingratitude is the thunder storm which sours the milk of human kindness. | The Best Laxative—Garfield Tea! Com-| posed of Herbs, it exerts a beneficial effect’ upon the entire system, regulating liver, kidneys, stomach and bowels. Seeing the humor of a situaticn helps to tide one over many rough places. Piles Cured in 6to 14 Da):.s‘.’ ! Pazo Ointment is guaranteed to ciré; anyt rase of uching,Bling,nleedingorpjtr-l{ding ‘ Piles in 6 to 14 days or money refun: ed. Hesults obtalned 1n tests of Maxim silent firearm before the U ed States Army board are report! to have been encouraging, the & plosion being only faintly audib The muffling is obtained at some e pense of velocity. /< SIOO Reward, SIOO. The readers of this paper will bepleased learn that there 1s at least one dreaded d ease that science has been able to cure in its stages,and thatis Catarrh. Hall'sCata Cure i 8 the only positive cure now known t the medical fraternity. Catarrh being a co stitutional disease, réquires a constitutio treatment. Hall’sCatarrhCureistaken int nally,acting directly upon the blood and m cous surfaces of the stystem, thereby destro ing tbe foundation of the disease, and givin the patient strength by building up the co stitution and assisting nature in doxng it work. The proprietors have so much fait in its curative powers that they offer On Hundred Dollars for any case that it fails t{ cure. Send for list of testimonials. Addres F.J. CHEXEY & Co., Toledo, O. Sold bv Drui‘gists, Ts¢. Pk Take Hall’s Family Pills for constipation. Race Suicide in France. | The depopulation of France is proe ceeding at an amazing rate, The vital statistics for last year show 2 peduction in the birth rate even be low the figures of 1908, with an in crease in.deaths. There were 32878 less births in the entire country in 1907 than in the preceding. ¥year. and 13,693 more deaths. There was an excess of 19,920 deaths ovel births. In 1906 the ratio of births was 215 to 10,000 of popula+ tion; in 1907 it fell to 207. The falls ing off took place in 82 departments,| while five showed a slight increase. The decline of births in the outa‘ lying rustic regions is most alarm ing. The excess of deaths occurrec in 55 departments, that in the Seine which is practically Paris, peing thcl Jargest. From 1901 to 1905, inclusive the population of France showed an average increase of I§' a year for each 10,000 inhabitants. ‘ln IS)iOSOhthisi dropped to 7, and last year it chang ed to a decrease of 5 in 10,000. This is race suicide with a vengeance. o = {=) ol N 25 ¢ R 4 § ¥ =Y - i /) ED,_, 3 .-t%fi‘x\*‘ LYDIA E PINKHAM