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Rzins Are Keeping Labor From
the Fields.
Texas Crop Will Be Late and 801 l
Weevils Are Becoming More
[{umerous.
Memphis, Tenn.-—The Commaerclal-
Appeal, in its weekly summary of the
cotton crop, says:
“In all states east of the Mississippl
river and in Arkansas, cultivation is
backward and the plant is small
Some progress was made during the
past week, but in many districts of
this territory heavy to moderate locul
rains fell and kept the labor from the
fields. There is much grass, On some
ofy the lowlands it is still too wet for
cultivation, and on such lands the
cotton will be abandoned.
“There are only limited local excep
tions 10 this general condition,
“Some of the cotton worked out ear
ly has again become foul, and corre
spondents are of the opinion that with
the best of weather, cultivation will
not be normal before July.
“In Oklahoma and Texas, the rain
fall was beneficial, The crop during
the week made rapid advancement. It
is generally in a good state of cultiva
tion and is regarded by correspond
ents as promising, The Texas crop
is still late, and boll weevils are be
coming more numerous.
«PAT” CALHOUN GETS MiSTRIAL.
Jury in Notable Case Stooed 10 for
Acquittal, and 2 for Conviction.
San ¥Francisco, Cal.—Terminating
in a disagreement of the jury, wilh
ten men determined on acquittal and
two steadfastly resolved upon convic
tion., the trial of President Patrick
Calhoun of the United Railroads has
ended.
Five months and a week had trans
pired since the wealthy street car
magnate, a descendant of Patrick Hen
ry, made his first apeparance in court
to answer to the charge of offering a
bribe of $4,000 to a supervisor to ob
tain a privilege for his corporation.
“] am ready to try this case again,
and I will go ahead tomorrow, if nec
essary,” said Mr. Heney, an hour afl
ter adjournment. Mr. Calhoun said:
“Of course I am disappointed at the
failure of the jury to acquit me of the
unjust charges against me. I should
have liked my vindication by the jury
to have been absolute.
FATAL AUTO SMASHUP.
One Killed, Three Hurt, When Eiec
tric Car:- Ran Into Machine.
Anderson, S. C.—ln a collision be
tween an interurban car of the An
derson Traction Company and an au
tomobile at Breazale's crossing, nine
miles east of Anderson, one is dead,
one fatally and two seriously injured.
Some defects in the mechanism of
the automobile caused it to come to a
standstill on the car tracks, and the
electric car smashed into it while ge
ing at a high rate of speed, down
grade:
James H. Cobh, superintendent Bel
ton Cotton Mills, Belton, 8. C., was
killed instantly.
The injured are: Rev. D. D. Rich
§edson fatally. Belton, 8. C.: Rey,
E. A. McDowell, broken shoulder and
i Ninetvsßix, 8, €: Mrs, D D.
Richardson, bruised about body.
~ BARROW, THIRD ARBITRATOR.,
To Act in Dispute Between Georgia
Road and Firemen. |
* Washington, D. C.—ln view of the
declination of Bishop Candler of
Georgia to act as arbitrator in the
strike of the Georgia Railrcad fire
men, the arbitrators agreed upon Da
vid C. Barrow, chancellor of the Uni
versity of Georgia as the third arbi
trator.
Athens, Ga.—After having given
careful consideration to the invitation
extended him to become an arbitrator
in the Georgia Railroad strike ques
tion, Chancellor David C. Barrow
reached the conclusion that it is his
duty to accept.
SOUTH AMERICAN PRESIDENT QUITS.
President Reyes Has Fled From
: Colombhia.
Colon, Panama.—Advices received
here confirm previous reports that
General Raefel Reyes, president of
Colombia, has abandoned office and
salled for Europe.
The recent trend of affairs in Co
lombia makes the departure of the
president a matter of no surprise, for
it has been openly asserted ithat his
voluntary resignation from office was
the only solution for Colombia’s po
litical troubles. . |
The support given by President
Reyes to the United States-Panama-
Colombia treaty was responsible for
the prevailing dissatisfaction. J
SIXTEEN CHILDREN INJURED.
Lightnisg Strikes Tree Near Sparta,
Georgia.
Sparta, Ga.—There was a picnic at
Martin's Spring, three miles in the
country. In the afternoon a rain and
thunder storm came up. Sixteen lit
tle children gathered under a large
tree for protection. The lightning
struck the tree and shocked every
child. more or less, None of them
could walk, but some of them could
crawl about on the .ground. It has
not proven fatal, . far: however,
some of the childre;t~ are in a serious
condition.
Many were. affected, On
~ the” bodies o e tree was
_was clearly il
§-FOOT SHELF LIBRARY.
List of Books Chosen by Dr. Eliot for
General Educational Purposes.
Boston, Mass.—Dr, Charles W, Ell
ot, former president of Harvard uni
versity, has made public a partial list
of the “five-foot-shelf” library which
i to contain the best works of Eng:
lish literature, especially adapted for
the person seeking a general educa
tion,
The works announced by Dr. Eliot,
in addition to the fifteen formerly
named, are as follows:
Johnson's “Volpone,” Beaumont &
Fletcher's “The Mald's Tragedy,”
Webster's “Duchess of Malfa,” Mid
dleton's “The Changeling,” Dryden's
“All for Love,” Shelby's ‘“Cecil,”
Browning's “Blot on the Escutch
con,” Tennyson's “Becket,” Goethe's
“Faust,” Marlow's “Dr. Faustus,’
Adam Smith's “Wealth of Nations,”
“Letters of Cicere and Pliny,” Bun
van's “Pllgrim’'s Progress,” Burns'
“Tam O'Shanter,” Walton's *Com
plete Angler,” “Lives of Donne and
Herbert,” “Autoblography of St. Aug
ustine,” “Plutarch’s Lives,” Dryden’s
“Aenid,” Chaucer’s “Canterbury
Tales,” Thomas A, Kempis’' “Imitation
of Christ,” Dante's “Divine Comedy,”
Drawin’s “Origin of Species,” “Ara
bian Knights.” o
LITTLE WATERMELONS 16TRODUCED.
Large Quantity Being Raised by Unit.
1 ed States Government,
~ Washington, D, C.—lndividual wa
termelons about the size of a cante
loupe, of delicious flavor, in color yel
low and red, which can be grown in
any section of this country, have beeh
introduced through the department of
agriculture by Horace G. Knowles,
former American minister to Rouma
nia, who discovered them in the foot
hills of the Carpathian mountains in
Roumania,
For use in hotels, restaurants, clubs,
on dining cars and elsewhere, the new
arrival will fill a long felt want. Ex
tensive experiments have been made
by the department through its num
erous stations, which prove that cli
mate conditions, soil, ete., in practi
cally all parts of this country are
adapted to the growth of the melon.
This season a large quantity are
‘being raised by the government for
the purpose of seed propagation and
for the introduction to the public.
It is proposed to name the new
melon Princell Marie, in honor of the
crown princess of Roumaania, whose
guest Mr. Knowles was when he dis
covered the melons.
TUBERCULOSIS AMONG HOGS.
Two Per Cent of All Slaughtered
Hogs Are Infected.
Washington, D. C.—Tuberculosis
among hogs is on the increase and
is causing heavier loss to raisers and
packers than any other disease, say
ojfficials of the bureau of animal in
dustry, depratment of agriculture, as
the result of reports gathered from
the various meat-packing ceuters of
the country.
A yvear ago there were more than
56,000,000 hogs in this country, valued
at more than $339,000,000. Federal
inspection of abattoirs show 2 per
cent of the hogs slaughtered to be in
fected with tuberculosis, while re
ports from Europe show a far more
widespread infection, running as high
as 5.5 to 7.5 per cent, :
It has been found that hogs con
tract the disease principally through
feeding. Samples of raw skimmed
milk fed to the hogs from creameries
in one of the leading dairy states
were' injected into guiena pigs, and in
one instance virulent tubercle bacilli
was discovered. Hogs from Arkan
sas, Oklahoma and Texas are remark
ably free from tuberculosis, due to
the fact that they are fed, from Birth
to maturity, on alfalfa, cats, corn and
peanute, -
60,000 FREIGHT CARS WANTED.
Orders Indicate That Prosperity |ls
Returning to the Country.
New York City.—The returning
prosperity of the country is indicat
ed by the activity of railroad car man
ufacturers, Orders for fully sixty
theusand freight cars will be placed
soon. The Pennsylvania railroad is
in the market for thirty-five thous
and cars, and the Baltimore and
Ohio has ordered ten thousand. The
Harriman lines have received figures
on four thousand three hundred
freigh cars. A contract for two thous
and five hundred freight cars for the
Western Pacific has been let, The
Chicagoe and Great Western is in the
market for one thousand, and the
Northern Pacific for two thousand
cars,
Legless Man Married Widow.
Chicago, Ill.—Earl Moran, a legless
man, 23 years old, was united in mar
riage at Waukegan to Mrs, Julia Da
vis, a widow, 35 years cld, who came
from Plaquemine, La., for the purpose
of marrying him. Moran met her
while he was south last winter. He
caid she was %nd to him and he
wished to make her happy by marry
ing her, He has been in vaudeville,
| Snow Storm In June.
Malone, N. Y.—A snow flurry in
mid-June was the oddity of Duane and
other sections of Franklin county. The
air was sharp and cool, like some of
the days of early April. The snow
fell for only a shart time, aud dis
appeared as fast as it came.
New Chaplain of Senate.
Washington, D. C.—Rev. Ulysses
Grant Pierce, D. D. pastor of All
Saints Unitarian Church, this city,
was designated by a senate resolu
tion to act as chaplain until other
wise ordered. Mr. Pierce is pastor
of the church which the president at
tendg % wfl} nceeeds Rey, ‘Edward Ey
‘“ar%gz;fim e v‘d?a VRS L PRty
President Taft Asks Congress to
Amend Constitutions.
Democrats Will Stand tor Income Tax
In Present Tariff Bill---Hard
Fight Coming.
Washington, D, C.~—Recommending
legislation looking to the placing of
a 2 per cent tax on the net income
of corporations, and also the adoption,
of an amendment to the constitution
providing for the impogition of an in.
come tax without apportionment
among the several states, President
Taft gent to congress a message em
bodying his views on the subject. This
action followed a protracted special
meeting of the cabinet,
In his message the president speaks
of the apparent imability of cougress
to agree to an inheritance tax, and,
as regards an income tax, he refers to
the decision of the supreme court in
the case of Pollock against the Farm
ers’ Loan and I'rust Company, in which
the court held the tax to be unconsti
tutional unless apportioned according
to population,
“It is,” says the president, “undoubt
edly a power which the government
ought to have, It might be indispensa
ble to the nation's life in great cri
ses.” The amendment, therefore, he
declares, was the only proper course,
Such an amendment to the constitu
tion, he contended, was preferable to
the one proposed of reviving a law
judicially declared to be unconstitu
fional.
The amendment which he proposes
to be made to the tariff bill provides
for the imposition upon all corpora
tions and joint stock companies f[or
profit, except national banks (other
wise taxed), savings banks and build
ings and loan associations, of an ex
cise tax of 2 per cent upon the net
income of such corporations.
This tax, it is said by him,will bring
an annual revenue of $25,000,000.
“Tlis is a tax on privilege and not on
property,” he says, “and is within the
federal power without apportienment
according to population.”
The president points out that an
other merit to the tax on corporations
is the federal supervision, which will
give to the government, the stock
holders and the public knowledge of
the real business transactions and the
gains and prefits of every corporation
in the country. :
The message concludes:
“l recommend then, first, the adop
tion of a joint resolution by two-thirds
of both houses, proposes to the states
grantig the federal government the
right to levy and collect an income
an amendment to the constitution
tax without apportionment among the
stdtes aceording to population; and,
second, the enactment, as part of the
pending revenue measure, either as 2
substitute for, or in addition to, the
inheritance tax, of an excise tax upon.
all corporations, measured by 2 per
cent of their net incomes.”
Five progresisve republican sena
tors, Messrs., Borah Bristow, Cum
mins, LaFollette and Clapp, conferred
to determine what their attitude is
to be in the fact of President Taft’s
special message to congress favoring
the submission of the question to the
states for a constitutional amendment
and the enactment of a law taking
the net earnings of corporations.
They decided that the president’s
plan is not inconsistent with their
demands for the adoption of an
amendment taxing incomes, and that
both may be adopted in harmony.
CENTRAL OF GA. RY. SOLD.
Georgia Line is Beught by Illinois
Central,
New York City.~—The sale of tle
Central of Georgia Railway to the
Illinois Central Railroad, carrying out
plans forecasted more than a year
ago was announced. The transactions
originated in negotiations culminating
in November, when the entire capital
stock of the Georgia passed into the
hands of William Nelson Cromwell
and John \. Castles. The purchaser,
it was announced a few months later,
was E. H. Harriman, whose intention,
it was then stated, was to transfer it
to the Illinois Central. The price paid
by the Illinois Central was not given
out,
Announcement of the transfer was
made in this city by John F. Hanson
of Atlanta, president of the Central
of Georgia., The price paid by Mr.
Harriman for the stock, to the par
value of $5,000,000, it was stated, was
$3,000,000, or at the rate of S6O per
share,
The transfer of the Central of Geor
gia carries with it the controlof two
steamship lines, one from Savannah to
New York, and the other from Savan
nah to Boston, operated by the
Ocean Steamship Company. The Cen.
tral of Georgia operates a little over
1,960 miles of' road. Its system
toeuches that of the Illinois Central
at Birmingham, Ala.
“AMERICAN SUFFRAGETTE.”
First Number oi New Organ of Mili
. tant Woman Suffrage Party.
New York City.—With “Vote for
Women" printed across the cover,
the first number of the “American
Suffragette,” the new organ of the
militant woman suffrage party in this
country, was placed on sale. Five
cents is the price and issues will be
monthly. The cover is yellow, the
suffragette color, and carries the af
nouncement:
“For the long work day; /' :
“For the taxes we pay; |
“For the laws weg obey;
“We want something to say.”
Mrs. Sophia Loébinger ‘s "manag
ing ' editor of the paper.) .~ -
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Savannah, Ga.
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who, under the recognized proced
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Dr. Miles’ Nervine
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and seldom fails, because it soothes
irritated nerves, and assists the nerve
cells to generate nerve cnergy.
“l was weak, nervous, had no appe
tite, no ambition, was ncrvouys and
easily excited. Doctors gave no relief.
I began taking Dr. Miles’ Nervine, and
am now perfectly well. Less than $lO
cured me."”
A. C. CLE, Rockingham, N. C.
The first bottle will benefit; If not,
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May Graft Limbs From
Living or Recentiy Dead Bodies,
Paris, « France.—Professor Pozzi,
the eminent French gynecologist, de
scribed to the Academy of Medicine
Dr. Carrel’'s experiments at the
Rockefeller Institate in transplanting
organs and grafting limbs. He told
of his success in grafting to a fox
terrier the hind leg amputated from
another fox terrier.
‘He quoted Dr. Carrel as being of
the opinion that a man could be graft
ed with a ggnb ‘amputated from an
other man or from a'corpse, ....- .
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