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KHOCRMS FEAST IN
TERRAPIN AND CHAMPAGNE DIS¬
PLACE HOG AND HOMINY AT
THE BALTIMORE BANQUET.
WAS NO PRESIDENTIAL BOOM
Meeting Was a Celebration and No
Great Political Significance At¬
tached to Proceedings.
Baltimore.—Content during the
lean years of defeat to dine at “dol¬
lar dinners" with “hog and hominy"
as the central theme and spring water
on the side, the militant Democracy
of 1911 sat at a feast in this city.
where the exclusive diamond-back ter¬
rapin vied with the aristocratic can¬
vas-back duck and the epicurean
Smlthlield ham in the courses of a
banquet celebrating the Democratic
victories of 1910.
The banquet was the closing fea¬
ture of a day given over to harmony
conferences among the Democrats
from various sections of the country.
Governor Harmon of Ohio and Champ
Clark of Missouri were the central
figures in the doings
Senator Joseph W. Bailey of Texas,
Gov. Eugene N. Foss of Massachu¬
setts, former Representative Theo¬
dore M. Bell of California, former
Senator Blackburn of Kentucky, Sena¬
tor Robert L. Taylor of Tennessee,
Senator Shively of Indiana. Represen¬
tative-elect Martin W. Littleton of
New York, National Chairman Nor¬
man E. Mack and “Deacon" James C.
Hemphill of Richmond took part in
tbe conference and delivered speeches.
A pecial train from Washington
to Baltimore brought practically every
Democratic member of the United
States senate and house of represen¬
tatives
Contrary to the general impression
the meetings constituted a celebration
rather than a conference, and no great
political significance attached to the
proceeding.
“We wanted to hear the eagle
scream and the rooster crow," was the
way one Democratic leader put. it and
there was a lot of both.
The banquet was the most elaborate
affair ever held in Baltimore, The
preparations for it have been under
way since soon after the ballots were
counted in November last and in the
wealth of floral decorations, in re¬
plete nesg of service and in the choice
of viands and vintage wines, it ranks
with the most notable feasts the Dem-
ocracy has ever known.
O’NEAL INAUGURATED.
Local Opticnist Sworn in Alabama’s
bama’s Governor.
Montogmery, Ala. — Col. Emmet
O’Neal, formerly a citizen of Flor-
ence, Ala., took the oath of office
which made him governor of this
state. At the same moment Braxton
Bragg Comer, for four years governor
of Alabama, became one of tbe dis¬
tinguished citizens of the state, giv¬
ing way on the boards for a new ad¬
ministration with totally different
views.
The governor’ smaiden speech as
the state’s chief executive was deliver¬
ed immediately after he had been in¬
troduced to the swaying mass of peo¬
ple by Alabama’s retiring governor,
Citizen Comer. It abounded in opti¬
mism, and as such was cheered to the
echo.
Governor O’Neal pronounced Ala¬
bama's drastic prohibition laws an in¬
vasion of individual rights and consti-
> tutional guarantees and declared the
attempt to insert a prohibition clause
1 in the state constitution the offspring
of intolerance and bigotry. He pro¬
claimed prohibition a failure and rec¬
ommended a general local option law.
He advocates a divorce between liquor
interests and politics to be accom¬
plished by the creating of an excise
commission vested with the power to
control the liquor traffic. He declared
that virtue cannot be legislated into
men s lives and that the solution of
the problem Is the proper regulation
of the liquor traffic^ mainly along the
lines of prohibiting the sale of any¬
thing except the purest liquors. His
address indicated a conservative pol-
4cy.
! Scandal Stirs Naval Circles.
Washington.—Rear Admiral Barry,
i commander-in-chief of the Pacific fleet,
W 6* forced to seek retirement because
of a scandal affecting his moral char¬
acter. Admiral Barry has been placed
on the retired list. This action was
taken after a hurried consultation by
Secretary Meyer and other high navy
department officials. There may be
no courtmartial. President Taft and
Secretary Meyer wishing to avoid fur¬
ther publicity. Rear Admiral Chaun-
cey M. Thomas is placed in command
of the Pacific fleet.
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METHODISTS WILL UNITE
LONG STEP TAKEN TOWARD
WELDING SOUTHERN AND
NORTHERN METHODISTS.
One Great Church Will Be Built in
Chattanooga, Where Factions
Will Worship Together.
Chattanooga, Tenn.—A long step
was taken here in the organic union
of Methodism in America, when the
Centenary Methodist Episcopal church,
South, and the Methodist Episcopal
church, Northern branch, agreed to
consolidate and build one great
church and be one people.
A meeting of interest to American
Methodism, as a whole, was held in
this city. Twenty-five representatives
of each branch of Methodism met and
discussed the future of Chattanooga
Methodism. Members of these two
churches, which separated in 3 845, on
account of political and ecclesiastical
differences, declared themselves one
in spirit, and, while recognizing loyal¬
ty to their respective denominations,
every speaker showed himself unal¬
terably in favor of a reunion of tbe
Methodist family in America.
GE0RGIAN HEADS C0MM1SI0N
Judson C. Clements of Augusta, Ga„
Receives High Honor.
Washington.—Judson C. Clements
of Georgia was elected chairman of
the interstate commerce commission
to succeed Judge Martin A. Knapp of
New York at a special conference of
the commission. Mr. Clements is the
senior member of the commission.
The chairman exerts a powerful in¬
fluence upon the operations of the
commission and, what is equally as
important, he is ex-officio of the me-
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Interstate Commerce Commissioner.
diators under the Erdman act, which
provides a means of adjustment of
controversies that may arise between
common carriers and their employees.
The commissioner of labor is the oth¬
er mediator.
5,127 Bales Sold for 14 3-4 Cents.
Montgomery, Ala,—Nearly $400,000
worth of cotton was bought in one
deal by Weil Brothers of this city
from Charles Schuesseler & Son of
LaFayeite, Ala
Census Records Closed.
Washington,—Americus and Valdos¬
ta have both filed protests against the
population accredited to them by the
bureau of the census and ask for a
recount, but Census Director Durand
announces that it is too late. The
record is closed. ..
THE OFFICIAL ORGAN OF CLINCH COUNTY.
PANAMA CANAL RULES.
President of the United States Is
Practically Made Supreme Over
the Waterway.
Washington.—A bill to provide for
the operation of the Panama canal,
regulating the charges for the use of
that waterway and authorizing the es¬
tablishment of dry docks, warehouses,
etc., with ample facilities for furnish¬
ing supplies to craft, was introduced
by Representative Mann of Illinois,
chairman of the house interstate com
meree committee, The introduction
of the bill followed a number of con¬
ferences with the president.
The measure authorizes the presi¬
dent to prescribe and from time to
time readjust charges for the use of
the canal. These are to be based up¬
on registered displacement, cargo or
other tonnage, and be not more than
11.50, nor less than 50 cents per net
ton on registered tonnage, for ves¬
sels other than those owned by citi¬
zens of the United States and Panama.
The rate is not to be less than the
estimated proportionate cost of the
actual operations of the canal, subject,
however, to the United States Panama
treaty of November 18, 1903, and the
right of the United States to pass its
own vessel, troops, materials, mer¬
chandise and supplies, without the
payment of any charges.
The president is given the right to
prescribe that any coastwise vessel,
wholly or partly owned by a railroad
or railroad holding company and con¬
trolled by a railroad or by any in¬
terests seeking to avoid or reduce com¬
petition of ocean trafflee between the
Atlantic and Pacific oceans, shall pay
the highest, rates. This provision, how¬
ever, shall not apply to the Panama
Railroad company for its vessels. No
preference is to be given to any coun¬
try except the United States and Pan¬
ama. The president is authorized, un
der the bill, to establish, maintain and
operate dry docks, repair shops, yards
and docks, wharves, warehouses, store¬
houses for providing coal and other
supplies, labor and repair to passing
vessels in accordance with appropria¬
tions m%do from time to time by con¬
gress.
! FORTIFY CANAL PLEADS TAFT
President Sends Special Message to
Congress on Subject.
Washington.—President Taft sent
to congress a special message urging
the fortification of the Panama canal
and recommending that an appropria¬
tion of 15,000,000 for the initiation of
the work on the proposed defenses be
made at the present session of the
congress. He forwarded with the mes¬
sage the report of the special army
and navy board, recommenu.ng forti¬
fication of the canal.
“The canal, when completed,’’ said
the president, in his message, “will af¬
ford the only convenient route for
water communication between Atlan¬
tic and Pacific coast ports, and virtu¬
ally will be a part of the coast line
of the United States. Its assured pos¬
session and control will contribute to
our peace, safety and prosperiif as a
nation. In my judgment, it is the
right and the duty of the United States
to fortify the canal and make capable
of defense the work that will bear so
vital a relation to its welfare and that
is being created solely by it, and at
an expenditure of enormous sums.
Tennessee Race Much Mixed.
Nashville, Tenn.—The .struggle for
the seat of James B. Frazier in the
United States senate assumed a new
aspect when the announcement of the
withdrawal of G. T. Fitzhugh became
known. Fitzhugh has been the favor¬
ite candidate of those Independent
Democrats who supported state-wide
prohibition gnd election laws. He pre¬
sided over the Independent Democrat¬
ic convention which endorsed Hooper
(Rep.) for governor and afterwards
made speeches for Hooper.
23 GEORGIA CITIES ARE
IN THE 5,000 CLASS
CENSUS BUREAU ANNOUNCES
FIGURES FOR ALL LARGEST
CITIES OF THE STATE.
ANALYSIS OF THE FIGURES
Griffin, Valdosta and Americus Are
Greatly Disappointed and Claim
Error in Count.
—Atlanta.
Georgia’s municipalities having- a
population in excess of 5,000 made an
Average increase of over 48 per cent,
during the last ten years. Statistics
if the thirteenth census issued indi¬
cate that they contributed 39 per cent,
of the state's total increase in popula¬
tion of 392,790. This leaves 61 per
cent, as the part of the increase con¬
tributed by the rural districts.
The number of cities in 1900 naving
more than 5,000 people was 13, while
tho 1910 figures show 23, an increase
of 10. Not a single decrease in pop¬
ulation is shown in the list.
Twelve cities in Georgia have over
10,000 inhabitants.
The rank of the cities follows:
Atlanta, Savannah, Augusta, Macon,
Columbus, Athens, Waycross, Rome,
Brunswick, Albany, Americus, Valdos¬
ta, Griffin, Thomasville, Elberton,
Marietta, Gainesville, Cordele, Dub¬
lin, Fitzgerald, LaGrange, Newnan
and Dalton.
The population of Dublin and Fitz¬
gerald is the same. Each city has
5,795 people.
The increases aggregate over 150
000. Of the larger cities, the greatest
percentage of increase was shown by
Waycross. Others in order are Atlan¬
ta, 72.3 per cent.; Home, 65.9; Athens,
45.4; Savannah, 19.9; Columbus, 16.6;
Brunswick, 21.1, and Augusta, 4.1
per cent.
Of the smaller cities, Fitzgerald
showed the greatest percentage of in¬
crease, it being 118.9 per cent. Other
smaller cities also showed good gains.
Newnan seems to have the best of
the argument, with LaGrange in the
rivalry that has existed between these
cities, although LaGrange still holds
supremacy. She claims 39 more peo¬
ple than Newnan, but Newnan’s gain
for the ten years was 50 per cent,
whereas LaGrange increased only 30
per cent.
The figures for Georgia cities fol-
low;
TOWN. • 1910. 1900.
Albany . 8,190 4.606
Americus 8,063 7.606
Atlanta.. 154,839 89,872
Athens . 14,913 10,245
Augusta 41,040 39,441
Brunswick........10,182 9,081
Columbus..... . 20,554 17,614
Cordele...... . 5,883 3,473
Dalton........ . 5,324 4,315
Dublifi........ . 5,795 2,987
Elberton ..... . 6,483 3,834
Fitzgerald 7. .. . . 5,795 1,817
Gainesville..... . 5,925 4,382
Grisin........ . 7,478 6,857
LaGrange ..... . 5,587 ' 4,274
Macon...... ..40,665 23,272
Marietta..... . 5,949 4,446
Newnan ...... . 5,58,8 '3,654
Rome........ . 12,099 7,291
Savannah ..... . 65,064 54,244
Thomasville ., . C5 5,322
Valdosta .... . 5,613
Waycross..... 5,919
Milledgeville .. . ^ 4,219
Moultrie..... M 1,221
Barnesville..... CC 3.036
Winder...... M 1,145
The population of Gerard City, Fla.,
is 4,214, as against. 3,840 in 190u. Ger¬
ard is situated just across the Chatta¬
hoochee river from Columbus, and is
In fact a suburb of the Georgia City.
One License Sufficient.
About 999 out of every 1,000 auto¬
mobile owners in Georgia believe they
will have to get a 1911 license from
the state. They are wrong—if they’ve
already gotten a 1910 license. One
license lasts a lifetime, or till the
owner sells the car or it'gets wreck¬
ed and put out of business. That is
big news—to most motorists. Sec¬
retary Phil Cook himself, the man
who registers automobiles in Georgia,
r.orrects the general mistaken idea.
"Three men came into this office,’’
iai(l he, “and applied for state license.
They said they’d waited till the new
year began because they didn’t want
bo go to the expense of buying a li¬
cense for their cars for just the last
three months of 1910 and then have
to buy a new one for 1911. Nearly
every automobile owner in Georgia is
soaking that mistake,’’ continued the
secretary. “The fact is that when an
owner registers his automobile under
the Georgia law, it is registered per¬
manently, until the car itself changes
hands. Then the new owner must
take out a license and get another
number.’’
Five Candidates for Senator.
To all intents and purposes, there
are five candidates for the United
States senatorship from Georgia to
succeed the late Hon. Stephen S.
Clay, from the time that Senator Ter¬
rell's special appointment expires in
June. Not all 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 he can
listen to.
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 figuring on entering the race
on the hypothesis that Hoke Smith
will not be in it—that is, all of them
but 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 eenatorship.
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 certain 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 will continue to bo the chief
subect for political speculation.
Collectors Must File Bonds.
By executive order Governor Brown
has given twenty-four tax collectors
and twenty-eight tax receive re. until
January 25 to get their bonds into the
hands of the comptroller general. Un¬
der the law, all such officials are re¬
quired under penalty 'to have such
bonds filed with the comptroller by
January 1. This year an unusually
large number failed to comply with
the law, and Comptroller Wright re¬
ferred the matter to the governor.
Under the order the comptroller is
allowed to receive bonds of missing
officials up to and including January
25, with the proviso that the sureties
on such bonds shall sign waivers on
the Irregularity in the filing, said
waivers to be signed in tile presence
of, and attested to, by the ordinaries
of counties where such officials as
have failed to comply with hte law
reside. The missing tax collectors
are from the following counties: Bry-
an, Camden, Clarke, Crawford, Deca¬
tur, Dougherty, Haucock, Hart, Irwin,
Liberty, Lowndes, McIntosh, Mitchell,
Pierce, Putnam, Schley, Screven, Sum¬
ter, Taliaferro, Washington, Wayne,
White and Wilkes. The tax receivers
are from the following counties:
Banks, Bryan, Burke, Camden, Clarke,
Decatur, Habersham, Hall, Hart, Hen¬
ry, Irwin, Jenkins, Lowndes, McIntosh,
Mitchell, Pierce, Pulaski, Putnam,
Schley, Screven, Sumter, Taylor, Tal¬
iaferro, Troup, Washington, Wayne,
White and Walker.
Georgia’s Million Dollar Debt.
The state of Geprgia owes the na¬
tional government the enormous sum
of $1,051,422.09. Officials in the gov¬
ernor’s office and in the state treas¬
ury almost fainted when the morning
mail of Governor Brown brought a
reminder from the United States treas¬
ury department of the national gov¬
ernment that the state of Georgia is
due the national treasury the exact
sum mentioned in the foregoing para¬
graph. After delving deeply into the
records it was discovered that seven¬
ty-five years ago, or in 1836 to be ex¬
act, the national government was la¬
terally swamped with money. Finally
it was decided that the money should
be loaned to the various states of the
union, and Georgia got $1,051,422.09.
For safe keeping was the way they
put it, and Georgia has kept her
share “safe” from that day until the
good year 1911, and by the same tok¬
en she will keep on keeping it safe
until Gabriel tears up the balance
sheet. The notice from the treas-
ury department was not in the nature
of a dun. It was only a notice that
the national government Is keeping
the record straight, and in order to
save time and trouble has transferred
the account from the national treasur¬
er’s book to the general accounts of
the national treasury. And that will
probably be the last that is ever heard
of it.
Griffin.—At a meeting of council
it ratified its former action making
the near beer license $5,000 per an¬
num.
NO. DO.
FOOD WILL COST LESS
IN THE NEAR FUTURE
GENERAL FALL IN FOOD PRICES
IS REPORTED AT LEADING
WHOLESALE MARKETS.
COLD STORAGE MEN ANXIOUS
Immense Quantities of Produce in
Cold Storage Must Be Thrown
on Market.
Chicago.—Millions of pounds of but¬
ter, eggs, cheese and poultry, held in
ihe cold storage warehouses here, will
be thrown on the market before May
l, and a general tumbling of food
prices Is expected at once, according
:o commission merchants. Numerous
Chicago commission men are said to
be facing failure as a result of their
3fforts to maintain an artificial price
Bn the necessities of life. The ina¬
bility further to uphold this price ir
said to be due to a combination of
circumstances, chief which aie the
open winter of 1911 and the banner
crops of 1910.
Three commission men failed in the
last week as a result of holding great
quantities of butter, which they pur¬
chased at an average price of 31 cents
a pound and now are unable to mar¬
ket for more than 27 or 28 cents a
pound.
While the wholesale prices of but¬
ter and eggs have dropped decidedly
within the last few weeks, there has
as yet been no decline in the retail
prices.
Much of the produce which is to be
unloaded on a falling market has been
in the 'warehouse for as long as five
years. By means of cold storage com¬
mission men have been able to main¬
tain an artificial price not only to the
consumer, but to the producer, it is
said.
Thirty-two warehouses are known
to have 44,000,000 pounds of butter,
and poultry.
The wholesale price on smoked
meats, beef and pork has been slight¬
ly reduced in price. The big corn
crop of 1910 is given as the cause.
Atlanta.—That part of the high cost
of living which concerns the inner
man has received a great slash in a
number of Atlanta groceries, and a
number of food merchants give out
the good news that for this year the
chances are good for a continued low¬
ering in price. While several of the
butchers state that meat is higher
now than before, and one buyer for a
big grocery concern says tne reduc¬
tion isn’t noticeable, ti is found that in
other places staple articles—necessi¬
ties for the table—are greatly reduced.
Cincinnati, Ohio.—As a general rule
food prices have ruled steady here
during the last two weeks. Eggs have
dropped 3 1-2 cents a dozen, while
butter and pork have decreased I cent
a pound from last week’s quotations.
Lard has decreased 25 cents on the
100 pounds, while bacon has register¬
ed an advance of 1-4 cent per pound.
The prices of flour, sugar and coffee
remained the same during the week,
but wheat and corn registered an ad¬
vance of 2 cents.
St. Louis, Mo.—While commission
merchants here realize that they are
facing a serious problem in the mat¬
ter of disposing of foodstuffs on hand,
they expect to be able to save them¬
selves.
Conservative estimates place the
supply at full 75 per cent, greater than
at the same time last year. It is said
there are more than a half million
pounds of butter in cold storage, as
against approximately 115,000 pounds
year, with considerably more eggs
on hand.
Chinese Oppose Sanitary Methods.
Pekin, China.—Reports from Har¬
say Chinese there are vigorously
apposing the summary disposition of
the bodies of those who have died
the bubonic plague. The author¬
do not dare to burn them, the
desiring that they remain in¬
so that their ancestors may rec¬
them in the future life. They
oppose the burning of houses.
of the corpses have remained in
city for days, but they are now
taken to the open country,
trenches for their Interment
been prepared.
English Bankers Sue Railroads.
Birmingham, Ala.—The first suits
the Louisville and Nashville
company and the Southern
company, brought by English
German creditors of Knight, Yan¬
& Co., were begun at Decatur,
by the filing of a complaint
the railroads by Alexander Ec-
& Co. of Liverpool and by Knoop
fabarlug and seven other merchants
Bremen, Germany. The total sums
which actions will be brought is
than two million dollars.