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|l CO A YEAR.
ANARCHISTS WELCOME
IN THIS MIRY
SO SAYS ANDREW WHITE, EX-
MINISTER TO RUSSIA, IN A
LETTER TO THE PRESS.
AN ARMY OF THUGS ENR0UTE
Doctor White Declaras Farcical Mur¬
der Trial* Makes U- S. Haven
for Criminals.
New York.—A great host of accom¬
plished Anarchists and criminals is
shortly coming to this country to join
the thugs, yeggmen and blackhanders
who already enjoy American hospital-
ity, according to Andrew D. White,
former president of Cornel university
and ex-minister to Russia and Ger-
many.
In a statement to the press, Doctor
White urges the immediate passage
of laws to bar from the shores of the
United States a flood of undesirables
whom, he declared, will hasten hither
as soon as England expels them. He
says;
“The assassin and Anarchist, whom
London plans to be weil rid of soon,
have an admirable refuge in the Unit¬
ed States—a country lying wide open
to them, in which they will find more
companions, sympathizers and effect¬
ive helpers than in any other.
“Our nation affords them the hap¬
piest of happy hunting grounds. Many
events in New York, in Los Angeles,
In Chicago and other cities prove this.
‘This nation, with its carelessness
In admitting foreign crimnals, ts inef¬
fectual ways of dealng>with them and
its facilities for clearing them of guilt
Is becoming more and more attractive
stoi them every day.
“In the United States the number of
murders during the year just closed
was 8,975, an increase of 900 over the
year preceding. Only one murderer in
86 was given capital punishment. The
number of murders in the United
States is to the number in England
as 114 to 6.” ‘
SOUTHERN CITIES’ CENSUS.
Population Figures for South Carolina
Cities Announced.
Washington.—South Carolina’s mu¬
nicipalities having a population in ex¬
cess of 5,000 made an average increase
cf 22.9 per cent, during the last dec¬
ade. Statistics of the thirteenth cen¬
sus issued show the number of these
places increased from eight in 1900
to thirteen in 1910.
Spartanburg, among the cities, made
the most rapid strides in population
increase. This increase amounted to
•54.6 per cent. Greenville increased
32.7 per cent., while Columbia grew
24.? per cent, and Charleston only 5.4
per cent.
South Carolina’s municipalities of
over 6,000 population rank as follows:
Place. 1900. 1910.
Charleston . . 58,833 65,807
Columbia . . 26,319 21,108
Spartanburg . 17,517 11,395
GreenvHle , . 15,741 11,860
Anderson . . 9,654 5,498
Sumter ' 8,109 5,673
. .
Rock Hill . . 7,216 5,485
Florence . . 7,057 4,647
Greenwood . . 6,614 4,824
Orangeburg . 5,906 4,455
Union . . . 5,623 5,400
Georgetown . 5,830 4,138
Newberry . . 5,028 4,607
Popular Election of Senators.
. Washington—The senate commit¬
tee reported favorably the resolution
authorizing an amendment to the Con¬
stitution providing for the election of
United States senators by direct vote
of the people. The controversy in the
committee turned on the question as
whether the stale or Federal govern¬
ment should supervise the elections.
The committee's provision directs that
"the times, places and manner of hold¬
ing elections shall be pre-scribbd in
each state by the legislature thereof.”
Ten Shot From Ambush.
McComb City, Miss.—Ten men, four
whites and six negroes, were injured,
some seriously, when a logging train
of the J. J. White Lumber company,
while returning to camp, was fired
upon from ambush in Helena parish
near the state line. An armed posse
jeft here for the scene of the trouble.
Tennessee Legislature at Work.
Nashville, Tenn.—After being in
session one week the Tennessee legis¬
lature was enabled to get down to its
first real work when thirty-four Dem¬
ocratic members of the house, known
ae the “Regular” faction,'were sworn
in. The initial business came on the
int*eduction of a resolution by Mr.
Hall, Fusionist, providing that all con¬
tests for seats be withdrawn. The
resolution was immediately adopted,
and on motion of Mr. Stewart, a Reg¬
ular, the organization of the house
was approved.
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Clinch Ctmnli) Stews
HOMER VILLE, GA., FRIDAY, JANUARY 13, 1911.
00 E TO FSElfiHT BATES
IT IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE
PRESENT HIGH COST OF
LIVING.
Millionaire Says That People Are Bled
to Pay Dividends on Nine Bil¬
lions of Watered Stock.
Akron, Ohio,—Declaring that exaes-
sive freight rates are responsible for
the high -cost of living, Ohio C. Bar¬
ber, the millionaire match magnate,
has sent a letter to every member of
congress demanding reforms.
In addition to the regulation of
freight rates, he demands that laws
he passed that will effectually limit
''abroad and industrial capitalization,
He declares the freight business of
the railroads costs each family $S7 a
year. This latter, coupled with the
other earnings of the railroads, he as¬
serts, has boosted the average rail¬
road cost per family to $127 annually.
Barber starts his letter to the con¬
gressmen with these three demands.
“What is the matter with America?
“What is the matter with congress?
“Why has the seat of government
been transferred to Wall street?”
Continuing, he says: “Personally,
I appreciate fully the importance of
stability , of vested rights in property,
corporate or personal.
“But I vigorously contend that the
commission of excesses in the capital¬
ization of corporate companies for¬
feits instantly the right to claim face
value for/%uch capitalization in the
levying of a tax upon the American
public for the payment of dividends
upon this watered stock. And in this
offense the railroads always have set
the pace.
“Conceived in the master minds of
Huntington, Morgan, Hill and Harri-
man, this polkjy has been worked out
to a nicety. These clothed the scheme
in the pretty catch phrase of a ‘com
munity of interests’ and cleverly, set
about to grab ali the through trunk
lines of railroad from coast to coast.
“They argued plausibly, and with
truth, that these trunk lines were the
great arteries which maintained the
life of commerce; that they were a ne¬
cessity for quick transportation
“Approximately nine billions of
this eighteen billions of railroad capi¬
talization is fictitous; puraly and sim¬
ply watered stock, upon which the
people of the United States are taxed
in railroad rates to maintain the an¬
nual dividends.
“Despite this tremendous stock wa¬
tering, the railway net earnings have
advanced steadily and the average div¬
idend rates has more than doubled in
the last 15 years.
“In 1894 the dividend rate was 1.66
per cent. Last year it averaged 3.68
per cent, and the railroads earned a
net income of $852,153,280.
“And the people paid the freight!
“Railroad presidents indignantly
deny that freight rates affect the cost
of existence. James J. Hill and W. C.
Browne declare low acreage produc¬
tion by the farmer is responsible for
high prices.
"Trust magnates disagree. All seek
to shift the responsibility. S. R. Gug¬
genheim says it is extravagance on
the part of the laborer. Ogden Ar¬
mour says it is the law of nature.
“This one problem of railroad
freight rates is the great economic
question of the age. Were it fairly
solved all other lines of commerce
and trade would soon adjust them¬
selves and a more equitable distribu¬
tion of the products of business would
result.
“What are you going to do about it?
“Yours in militant sincerity,
(Signed) “O. C. BARBER.”
FOSS IS INAUGURATED.
Democratic Governor of Massachu¬
setts Sworn In.
Boston.—Eugene N. Foss assumed
the office of governor of Massachu¬
setts.
The inaugural ceremonies, before a
joint convention of the senate and
house, were in the nature of a Demo¬
cratic celebration, for Mr. Foss ie the
first governor of the party since 1905
and the third in 18 years. Governor
Foss also made another record by de¬
livering an inaugural address that was
the shortest and plainest in the mem¬
ory of the oldest office holders be¬
neath the gilded dome.
Harlan to Serve Term.
Washington. — Attorney General
Wickersh^m called upon the officials
of the Supreme court to issue the
mandate of the court in the case of
W. S. Harlan alyl others connected
with the Jackson Lumber company
of Florida, who were convicted of de¬
taining laborers in involuntary serv¬
ice. The bondsmen of Harlan will
be called upon to deliver him to the
custody of court, he now being out on
bail. Harlan will then be taken to
the penitentiary in Atlanta to begin
his sentence.
THE OFFICIAL ORGAN OF CLINCH COUNTY.
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WE ** are starting some-
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you can't afford to miss.
It is the best *thing that
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that community—something will interest
and en¬
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romantic story treating
upon a historical fact—
the annexation of the
great scope of country
stretching from Texas
to Oregon.
“There is scarcely any
cause in which a woman
is not engaged in some
way fomenting the suit."
And this is the interest¬
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who reading it. Those
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these wintry evenings in
reading this great story.
Those who stud> and ad¬
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that have made our men
of history will immensely
enjoy the shrewdness,
John tact and diplomacy of
C. Calhoun as he
carries to successful com -
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achievement through his
handling of women.
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Read It Enjoy It
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appears in this paper next weejc and
will continue weekly until complet¬
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rights and readers of this paper will
be assured that it cannot be found in
any other paper circulating in this
community.
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ENTER SENATOR’S RACE
CANDJUER, BRANTLEY, HARD¬
WICK, COVINGTON AND
TERRELL CANDIDATES.
HOKE SMITH IS NOT IN RACE
It Is Said That the Governor-Elect
Is Not Thinking About the
Senatorship.
—Atlanta.
To all intents and purposes, there
are five candidates for the United
States senatorship from Georgia to
succeed the late Hon. Stephen S.
Play, from the time that Senator Ter¬
rell’s special appointment expires in
June. Not ali of these candidates
have formally announced, but it is
pretty generally understood among
their friends that when the roll is
called up yonder at the state capitol,
or at the polls as the case may be,
they will be there. Here they are:
Murphey Candler, state railroad
commissioner, first, cousin to Bishop
Warren G. Candler and Asa G. Cand¬
ler, is considerably talked of.
Congressman W. G. Brantley is
widely reported as having the bee in
his bonnet, buzzing so loudly that it
is the only political sound lie can
listen ti5.
Congressman T. W. Hardwick wants
it. His announcement is confidently
predicted by his Augusta friends.
Hon. W. A. Covington of Moultrie,
former Georgia legislator, is mention¬
ed in the same connection and has a
strong following in South Georgia.
Senator Joseph M. Terrell will, of
course, be in the race to succeed him¬
self.
A significant circumstance is the
fact that practically all these gentle¬
men are hypothesis figuring on entering the race
on the that Hoke Smith
will not be in it—that, is, all of them
hut Senator Terrell, who will be in
it whether or no. The situation sim¬
ply serves to illustrate, in this con¬
nection, the growing belief that Hoke
Smith is, for the immediate future,
more interested in the governorship
than in the senatorship.
If there are four or five candidates
in the race, it will seriously compli¬
cate the question of holding or not
holding a primary, for with that many
men in the race it would be practi¬
cally cettain that a second primary
would have to be held, involving dou¬
ble expense.
The situation will not come to a
head before the spring, but mean¬
while it wilf continue to be the chief
subect for political speculation.
Character of Georgia Soils.
A handsome and well illustrated
booklet, descriptive of the agricultu¬
ral resources and products of Georgia,
lias just been issued by the land and
industrial department of the Southern
railway and the Georgia, Southern and
Florida railway, for distribution in the
North and West, in the work which
these railroad companies are doing
in the effort to attract desirable set¬
tlers to the South through the exploi¬
tation of its advantages and oppor¬
tunities. The volume is the third in
a series on the different states tra¬
versed by the Southern railway and
affiliated lines.
Full information is given concern¬
ing the character of soils to be found
in Georgia, its delightful climate and
abundant rainfall, while attention is
especially drawn to the healthfulness
of the state. The agricultural advan¬
tages of the different sections of the
state are set put showing the great
yield of corn and other grams, grasses
and forage, cane, potatoes, and truck,
as well as cotton. Especial stress is
laid on the growing attention to the
live stock industry, which has been
greatly stimulated liy the recent es¬
tablishment of a packing house in At¬
lanta and plan' for such a plant at
Macon. Georgia's supremacy in the
growing of peaches is attractively
shown as are the opportunities for as'
great profits in the growing of apples
and small fruits. The forest and min¬
eral resources of the state are given
a place and attention is called to the
splendid educational advantages and
the excellent transportation facilities
of Georgia, with especial reference to
the great work being done in the
building of good wagon roads.
In this work for the upbuilding of
the South the Southern railway de¬
sires and appreciates the co-operation
of the people cf the states which it
serves, and any citizen of Georgia or
any other Southern state who wil shes
this publication placed in the hands
of a friend or acquaintance in any
locality in the North or West may
have this done by sending- the name
and address of such friend or ac¬
quaintance to M. V. Richards, land
and industrial agent, Washington,
D. C.
NO. 1)8.
Agricultural Survey Recommended.
An agricultural survey cf the
state of Georgia, to be paid for by
an appropriation, at not too great ex¬
pense, by the state legislature, in or¬
der that the farmers mfiy be told in
every section just what kind of land
they have, what kind of fertilizers and
treatment it needs and what crops
it can best grow, is recommended by
Dr. A. M. Soule and Governor-elect
Hoke Smith.
Dr. Soule says there is a constant
demand for information from farmers
in all parts of the state who are anx¬
ious to make more out of their land
and to learn how to conserve it and
acquaint themselves with the details
of scientific farming as applied to
their special localities.
This demand for knowledge as the
situation now stands, cannot be sup¬
plied. 1c Richmond county a special
expert, E. S. Sell, a graduate of the
agricultural college, has been employ¬
ed by the board of county commis¬
sioners, and is paid by them to teach
improved methods to the farmers of
that county. Other counties need the
same thing, but can't get it. At least
live counties. Doctor Soule says, have
offered to pay good salaries, $1,500
and over to such men hut the gradu¬
ates of the college prefer to go back
to their own farms.
Doctor Soule believes and Governor-
elect Smith agrees with him that aq
agricultural survey of the state, with
the results published in detail, would
. furnish this information to all who
desire it more quickly than any other
expedient. The federal government
would assist, of course, with the fed¬
eral survey, and the work would be
such as not to usurp but rather take
its place by the side of the lines car¬
ried out already by the commissioner
of agriculture.
State Treasury Report.
Despite the “high cost of living,”
and other much-talked-of depressing
influences, the good old state of Geor¬
gia begins the new year with her
pocket book well filled., It contained
exactly $618,923.85 on the morning
of January J, which is a good deal of
money, even for a state, a good deal
more in fac,t than the $486,157.89
which was on hand January 1, 1910.
The balance on hand this year is
about $20,000 less than was in the
treasury January 1, 1909, wuen Gov¬
ernor Hoke Smith brought forward a
balance of $638,717.82
These figures testify to the fact that
Georgia's material prosperity is based
on solid ground, and- that the long de¬
ficit predicted so long in the state has
failed to materialize.
Governor Names Trustees.
Governor Brown appointed the fol¬
lowing trustees for the State Normal
school at Athens: Emmett J. Bondu-
rant of Athens, to succeed Hon. H. J.
Rowe, president of the board, whose
resignation has been accepted; Sena¬
tor E. A. Copelan of Greensboro, trus¬
tee from the Eighth district, to suc¬
ceed Hon. R. E. Davison, who was
elected prison commissioner; lion. J.
M. ileCulium, from the Third dis¬
trict; Prof. Lawton B. Evans, from
Augusta, and Col. W. J. Morton of
Athens, and Hon. J. R. Hogan of Ag¬
nes, Ga„ as trustees from the state
at large.
Atlanta Leads in Suicides.
Coroner Paul Donehoo has submit¬
ted his annual report for the past
year, showing that 20 suicides and 18
murders occurred during the year.
There were 21 homicides, to whica
there were no eye witnesses, and 18
of these were adjudged murders by
the coroner’s jury. The coroner held
153 inquests, of which 75 were ad¬
judged from natural causes. In 24
cases evidence indicated suicide, 14
of the number being white men, 8
white women arid 2 negro women. Of
this number 10 went out by the gun¬
shot route, 3 by hanging arid 1 by
Hitting the throat. The others died
from poisoning. Ttireo persons were
drowned and 6 were killed in railway
accidents. Others died front street
car and auto accidents, falls, asphyx¬
iation and similar causes.
Tifton.—A. Brown, on J. W. Hollis’
place, brought to Tifton the monster
turnip of the season recently, It
weighed ten pounds and three ounces,
and is the biggest white globe to
reach here.
Griffin.—The Griffin Commercial
has started a campaign for more
mem hers.
Cordele.—Cordele five years ago
built a $29,000 school house, This
year it was found necessary to vote
bonds for a $10,000 high school an-
nex. When this building is complet-
ed the fourth grade will be added
and a good laboratory. The principal
has had two sets of parallel bars and
six horizontal bars of different
heights placed on tho school ground.
have a basketball court also.
The same textbooks are used in the
high school and in the two ru¬
high schools. Pupils from the ru¬
ral schools can thus complete their
course at Cordele. Tho county levies
a tax of two mills for educational
Tills, with the state funds,
meets all expenses.