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A YEAR.
GOVERNMENT ESTIMATE
OF 1910 COTTON CROP
THE CENSUS BUREAU’S REPORT
SHOWS 11,941,561 BALES WERE
GROWN IN 1910.
CROP ESTIMATES BY STATES
The Crop of 1910 Was 1,5-,5,354 Bales
More That That of the
Previous Year.
Washington.—The census bureau’s
report shows the cotton crop of 1910
to be 11,941,563 bales, counting round
as half bales and including linters,
compared with 10,396,209 for 1909. In¬
cluded in the statistics for 1910 are:
Linters, 397,592 bales; sea isiand
cotton, 90,368 bales; round 112,887
bales.
The average gross weight of the
bates is 501.2 pounsd for 1910, com¬
pared with 496.6 for 1909.
Expressed in equivalent 500-pound
bales, the 1910 crop is 11,969,757, com
pared with 10,315,382 for 1909.
Cotton estimated by ginners and de-
linrers as remaining to be ginned and
included in the statistics for 1910,
amounts to 70,169 bales.
The 1910 crop by states is reported
as follows;
States. Running. 500-lb.
Alabama . . .1,217,399 1,220,507
Arkansas . . . 821,235 844,850
Florida. . . . 68,295 59,916
Georgia. . . .1,865,896 1,818,582
Louisiana. . . 256,987 256,333
Mississippi . . .1,250,479 1,303,37’J
North Carolina . 771,185 723,467
Oklahoma, f . . 954,433 957,004
South Carolina .1,237,036 1,166,187
Tennessee. . . . 336,206 348,139
Texas...... 3,071,263 3,170,098
All other states . 91,148 91,295
INTERNAL REVENUES GAIN
Government Receipts Reach Their
High-water Mark.
Washington.—The government's re¬
ceipts from internal revenue are at
their high-water mark.
During the first eight months of the
present fiscal year $199,837,080 was
collected, an increase of more than
$22,000,000 for the same period last
year. Receipts for February alone
were $1,692,000 greater than for Feb¬
ruary, 1910.
Higher taxes on tobacco are largely
responsible. The new tariff increased
receipts from that source about $800,-
000 a month. The increase in the con
sumption of beer was responsible for
an increase of $366,000 in February
alone. Taxes on oleomargarine are
falling off. The taxes on whisky and
other spirits for February alone this
year were $11,000,000.
Corportion tax receipts are begin¬
ning to come in. A little more than
$380,000 has been received. Returns
will be complete on june 1 and by
July 1 treasury officials expect to
have $25,000,000 collected from that
source.
STREET CAR MAIL BOXES.
First Experiment Is to Be Made in
Washington.
Washington.-—The postoffice depart
ment is to experiment with the instal¬
lation of mail boxes in street cars.
When they are installed there will be
no excuse for street car travelers wiio
bring home at night the letters which
they were commissioned to mail in
the morning.
The department will have mail box¬
es installed in Washington street cars
for a test authorized in the last post-
office appropriation bill. The experi¬
ment is expected to demonstrate
whether the popularity of the service
warrants extension to other cities.
Cyclone in North Carolina.
Washington, N. C—News reached
this city of a cyclone and severe
rainstorm which visited Core Point,
about ten miles from here, on the
Pamlico river, doing considerable dam¬
age to property and injuring a score
or more persons. As nearly as can
be ascertained four residences were
blown down and the residence of Mr.
and Mrs. E. F. Mayo was completely
demolished. Mr. and Mrs. Mayo were
both injured by falling timbers. Mrs.
Mayo’s injuries are thought to be se¬
rious.
Don’t-Kis#-Me Tags.
New York.—Mothers who wished to
follow the latest fads in the nursery,
must equip their children with printed
labels bearing the words, “No Me
Bese” (don't kiss me). The tags are
the result of an European campaign
against the promiscuous kissing of
children. The wording is in Spanisn
because the idea is said to have orig
inated w ith Queen Victoria of Spain.
On hygienic grounds, so the story
goes, the queen directed that her three
children snould not be embraced by
all and sundry court attendants.
ews.
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ARMY 18 READY FOR WAR
TROOPS AT SAN ANTONIO ARE
PREPARED TO MARCH WITH¬
IN TWO HOURS.
Leader of Revolutionists Declares
There Will Be No Peace While
Diaz Reigns.
San Antonio, Texas.—Orders have
been received here from Washington
that Goneial Carter's maneuver divis
ion shall hold itseit in readiness to
break camp and take the field as if
for actual warfare within two hours
The order, when promulgated to the
staff, and gradually gossiped to the
line, caused much comment, for the
particular reason that it did not come
in the general maneuver orders is
sued by General Cartel, but from the
seat of government.
Such au order means a blanket, 10
days' rations, shelter tents, 200 rounds
of ammunition, etc. Not a man In the
entire division thinks that he is here
to drill. They await an explanation.
The order to be in readiness tor op¬
erations in the field, while it might
be a legitimate feature of maneuvers,
is not taken in that sense.
El Paso, Texas.—That Francisco I.
Madero, leader of the Mexican insur-
rectos, and their so-called president,
is concentrating his forces 100 miles
south of Ei Paso, with a view of
storming and taking a town and es¬
tablishing in it a "capital," from which
to carry on his operat'ons throughout
the states of Sonora a:.J Chihuahua,
was given out by the Revolutionary
junta. ,
Asked if Madero would be willing
to make any concessions in the de
mands of the insurrectos that Presi¬
dent Dias declare null his election a.
a first consideration for peace, Senor
Gonzales Garza, the insurrecto secre
tary of state, replied:
"Absolutely none. It is folly for
Diaz to talk about peace and at the
same time say be intends to remain
in power.”
Mexico City.—If Minister of Fi
nance Limantour is coming to the
capital with the intention of inducing
General Diaz to listen to terms pro¬
posed by the insurrectos for cessation
of hostilities, it is probable that his
efforts will prove fruitless. The
known character of General Diaz is
not such as would permit him to lis¬
ten to terms from Revolutionists.
San Antonio, Texas.—The first di¬
rect news from Chihuahua, Mexico,
since March 1, wa3 received here in
a letter dated March 14, from the
Express correspondent, The corre-
spondent gives a diary of events since
the city was bottled up by the rebels
February 28.
Since that time the city has had
no news of the outside world. Pro¬
visions have increased 30 per cent.
Butter sells at $1.25 a pound and
crackers 50 cents a box. There is a
milk famine in the community. Busi¬
ness is practically suspended in Chi¬
huahua and the poor are in sore
straits. Great fears are entertained
of an uprising.
English parliament P leases Taft.
Augusta, Ga.—President Taft has
followed with keenest interest the dis
cussion of the last few days in the
English parliament on the subject ol
the international arbitration treaty,
proposed by him. He is delighted
with the .manner in which the pro¬
posal has been received in Great Brit¬
ain, as indicated by tne speeches oi
Sir Edward Grey, tne minister for for¬
eign aaairs, and Mr. Balfour, repre¬
senting the opposition. The president
is extremely hopeful that the treat)
may be adopted-
THE OFFICIAL ORGAN OF CLINCH COUNTY.
STUBBORN HOOKWORM FIGHT
Southern People Are Co-operating
With Rockefeller Commission
In Hookworm Crusade.
Washington.—Excellent results are
being accomplished iu the fight beina
waged in the South against the hook¬
worm infection according to two re
ports from the commission establish¬
ed by a donation of $1,000,000 from
John D. Rockefeller for the eradica
tion of the disease.
One of those reports by Dr. C. W.
Stiles, scientific secretary cf the com¬
mission, deals with what has been ac¬
complished in a sanitary way through
out the South toward wiping out the
infection, and Doctor Stiles is of the
opinion that, with the assistance ol
the various state boards of health, the
work has been proceeding favorably
Scientific treatment, he believes, it
getting the upper band in the fight
The other report, that of Wlckliffe
Rose, administrative secretary^' of the
commission, declared that "the larg
est result achieved during the pasi
year doeB not appear in the tables,’
shown in the report. This result, he
says, lg “the public sentiment ere
ated.”
“The people,” he adds, “are being
led to seek examination and treat
ment by the co-opeiation of public
spirited, influential citizens. The in
spectora, on going into a new com
nmnity, frequently hasve the co-opera
tion of a group of leading citizens.
In speaking of the way in which
the work is being carried on, he tells
how the geographic distribution of the
infection and the degree of infection
is determined by personal Inspection
by the various state directors of pub
lie health, by reports from local phy
siciana and by laboratory examina
ttous. In addition to the nine South
ern states—Alabama, Arkansas, Geor
gia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Car
olina, South Carolina, Tennessee and
Virginia—in which tne fight has been
organized, the secretary, reports tba*
"infection has been demonstrated in
Florida, Kentucky, Texas, Oklahoma
California and Nevada
BLEASE hHtb COMMISSION
Governor of Soum t,«.rolina Says Dis
pensary Men Are Incompetent.
Columbia, S. C.—“Neglect of duty
and incapacity” are the reasons as
signed by Governor Biease for an or¬
der peremptorily removing from of
flee Dr. W. J. Murray of Columbia, J
Steele Brice of Yorkville, A. H. Wood
of Gaffney, Avery Patton of Green
ville and John McSween of Timmons
ville, cbmposing the commission tc
wind up the late South Carolina state
dispensary.
The governor, in his proclamation
severely criticises the commissioners
for contracting with Anderson, Felder
Rountree and Wilson, an Atlanta law
firm, to assist In recovering from the
llquOr houses money alleged to be due
the state.
Pu^uiai.uii Statistics.
Washington.—Population statistic's
of the thirteenth census announced in
eluded:
Place. 1910. 1900.
Jefferson, Ga. .... 1,204 72t
Headland, Ala, 1,090 602
Abbeville, Ala. 1,141 S82
Commerce, Texas . . 2,818 1,801
Monuments to Southern Women.
Durham, N. C.—Gen. Julian S. Carr,
president of the Confederate Wom¬
en’s Monument committee, "an organ¬
ization designed to erect upon the
grounds of each capitoi of the eleven
Southern states a monument to the
memory of Southern women, who re
ally fought the war between the
states,” signed and executed a con
tract with Miss Belle Kinney, artisi
and sculpturess, formerly of Teunvs
see, but now* of New York, for tie
execution and erection of three monu
rnenta to Southern womanhood.
HAVE THE HOOKWORM
SIXTY THOUSAND CHILDREN IN
THIS STATE HAVE BEEN
TREATED FOR IT.
80 PER CENT. ARE AFFLICTED
Except the Carolinas, Hookworm Is
More Prevalent in Georgia Than
in Any Southern State.
—Atlanta.
According to figures compiled by
the Rockefeller sanitary commission
and made public by the state board,
40 to 80 per cent, of the school chil¬
dren in the forty-nine Georgia coun¬
ties have aookworm; 20 to 40 per
cent, in forty-six counties are afflicted
and 1 to 20 per cent, in twenty coun
ties. With the exception of the Caro¬
linas, the infection seems to bo great¬
er in Georgia than in any Southern
state. Examinations of school chil¬
dren are being made by the commis
sion through the boards of health in
the following states: Georgia, Ala¬
bama, Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississip¬
pi, * Tennessee and North and South
Carolina. In Georgia 17,775 children
already have been examined and
about six thousand treated. Litera¬
ture is being scattered throughout the
South showing how to care and com¬
bat the infection, which is done prin¬
cipally through sanitation.
Report on Peach Crop.
L. A. Berckmans of the Fruitland
Nurseries, near Augusta, stated that
because of the dry condition of the
atmosphere at this time he did not
apprehend any material damage to
the peach crop. Mr. Berckmans said
that because the wind blew that
there was practically no moisture and
a much colder spell will be required
to kill the fruit than otherwise would.
He said that a temperature as low as
26 would probably cause some dam¬
age in the low orchard lands, but that
it would have to be much colder than
at present to be of damage to the
peach crop as a whole. It is report¬
ed in Mt. Airy that the severe weath¬
er completely killed the peaches of
that section.
The Griffin fruit crop, which only
a few weeks ago escaped with slight
damage the extreme cold weather that
was prevalent at that time, was dam¬
aged by the cold weather in the opin¬
ion of many fruit growers in the Grif¬
fin section. Prominent among these
is Coi. R. J. Redding, former direc¬
tor of the Georgia Experiment Sta¬
tion, and an experienced fruit grow¬
er, who says that the thermometer
registered as low as 28 degrees, and
that there was a black frost. He ex¬
amined the fruit on his place and de¬
clares all of it was killed.
May Be Without a Senator.
In the event the legislature should
deadlock in June over the naming of
a United States senator, Georgia
would be without the services of one
senator until an election was consum¬
mated.
This question arose in a conversa¬
tion here among officials, who were
speculating as to what would happen
in that event, it seeming more than
probable that the extra session of
congress will continue through the
summer, and may merge into the reg
ular session in December. Inasmuch
as it seems the determination of the
Democrats to go into the tariff ques¬
tion, the probability of a long drawn
out session seems well grounded.
The law expressly stipulates that
in the event of a vacancy for the
United States senate for any reason
the governor is employed to ap¬
point a successor until the next meet¬
ing of the legislature. The Georgia
legislature assembles Ihe fourta Wed¬
nesday in June.
Now the question of a deadlock or
long-drawn-out fight is not altogether
improbable at the coming session. In
that event, Senator Terrell could not
serve, as his interim appointment will
have legally expired. It may be seen,
therefore, that there is a possibility
of Georgia having only one senator
In the national council for a part, at
least, of the extra session, when there
•yvill be a good deal of Democratic his¬
tory in the making.
Another interesting question arose
during the discussion. The terms of
all legislators expire in October, and
the terms of the newly elected ones
do not begin until the latter part of
June. There is an interim of about
htne months, when Georgia has no
legally constituted legislative body.
Suppose as an illustration, that the
governor dies within this period be¬
tween October and June, then who
would call the legislature together to
start the machinery for naming his
successor? So far as the law goes
no one else has the authority to call
them together. The law says that in
the event of a vacancy in the gover¬
norship, the president of the senate
VOL. XV. XO. 22.
shall serve as governor until such
an official is duly elected. But if the
governor should die now, there is no
president of the senate. So, there you
are. It is an odd and interesting con¬
dition, although the state may never
be confronted with the actual crisis.
It is understood that the former at¬
torney general, Judge Hart, express¬
ed the opinion that, the president ot
the last senate would continue to hold
the right to assume the governorship
in such an emergency, although h«
was no longer a senator in law.
Want to Go to War.
Line and staff officers of the Geor¬
gia National Guard are eager to gc
to San Antonio to witness and take
part in the big maneuvers of the 20,-
000 regular troops assembled there.
Adjutant General Scott received
from the war department an order to
submit at once a list of line and staff
officers of this state, with the records
of the same and designations as to
those who would go to the maneuv¬
ers. General Scott at once sent out
messages to the 226 line and staff
men in the state, submitting the prop
osition, and replies came streaming
into his office by the score. The indi¬
cations that close to 200 of them will
agree to go if selected by the war de
partment.
The message states that the invita
tion is open to a limited number only,
but does not state how many. Gen
eral Scott is hopeful of having a con
siderablo number chosen from this
state, as he realizes the value of th«
experience to the organization.
It is stated the war department
will pay all expenses and per diem
ot such officers as are designated foi
the service, and General Scott is re¬
requested to make an estimate of the
probable pay and transportation
charges. As the accommodations are
limited at Port Sam Houston, it is
probable that selections will be made
in Washington from the list submit¬
ted by General Scott. General Scott
will not go. The complete list of ac¬
ceptances received by General Scott
follows:
General W. G. Obear, Atlanta, quar¬
termaster general of the National
Guard of the state.
Col. M. J. O'Leary, commander oi
the First infantry, Savannah.
Majs. M. E. Laird, C. C. Smith, I
T. Catron, Atlanta; M. J. Daniel, Grif¬
fin; F. A. Dunn, Brunswick; W. H.
Beck, Griffin; H. Mozen, Columbus;
H. B. Hunter, Elberton; A. Levy, Au¬
gusta.
Majors, medical corps, C. H. Willis,
Barnesville; R. V. Martin, Savannah;
J. W. Duncan, Atlanta.
Captains, infantry, C. A. Stokes, F.
M. Cochran, W. C. Hendrix, Atlanta;
W. H. Trawick, Cedartown; C. A. Tay¬
lor, Brunswick; J. J. Willingham, Jack-
son; J. T. Henderson, Augusta; Ben
Franklin, Barnesville; J. R. Nunnally
Monroe; T. C. Jowitt, Augusta; E. F.
Travis, Griffin; W. G. Logan, H. H.
Aveilag, Savannah; F. A. Schomburg,
Columbus; G. W. Saye, Albany; W. A.
Watt, Macon; L. D. White. Atlanta.
Captains, cavalry, J. O. Seamans,
Atlanta; J. C. Dempsey, Augusta.
Captains, artillery, R. J. Davant, Sa¬
vannah; J. E. Eubanks, Atlanta.
First lieutenants, infantry, G. L.
Sheran, Columbus; Malieit, J. A. Fort, Amerl-
cus; J. E. Jackson; F. E.
Shealey, Milledgeville; J. H. Crouch,
Griffin; O. K. Fletcher, R. G. Reyn¬
olds, Augusta; B. C. Fowler, Atlanta;
J. A. Dailey, J. E. Crosby, H. H. Si¬
mons, J. R Fawcett, Savannah; H. B.
Payne, Elberton; W. M. Wilder, Al¬
bany; John L, Wall, J. H. Brown, Ma¬
con; John P. Twomey, Brunswick; C-
C. Bunn, Cedartown; A. H. Lindorme,
Atlanta, medical corps.
First lieutenants, cavalry, O. L. Ru-
disail, Atlanta; T. H. Staordff, Au¬
gusta; H. K. Kicklighter, Atlanta.
First lieutenants, artillery, A. J. Mc¬
Bride, Atlanta; E. D. Wells, Savan-
nah.
Second lieutenants, G. H. Dllter,
Savannah; F. M. Grady, Savannah; J.
M. Howard, Barnesville; P. A. Dicker-
son, J. W. Armstrong, Albany; 7- W.
Beck, Griffin; T. F. Jackson, Atlanta;
J. A. Gossett, Griffin; J. B. Parker,
Atlanta; A. D. Kent, Savannah; H. E.
Nottingham, L. F. Wilson, Macon.
Capt. O. L. Palmer of Atlanta, vol¬
unteered to report on April 10 for
service for at least one month and
perhaps as long thereafter as the
maneuvers last.
As soon as General Scott gets his
approved list the party will mobilize
here and depart at once for Galves¬
ton, where the maneuvers are to take
place. It will probably be only a few
days before he is fully advised.
Hunter Must Hang.
In a decision handed down by the
supreme court, a writ of error in the
case of J. C. Hunter of Savannah,
charged with the murder of his wife
and two other women on the night
of December 10, 1909, was denied, the
death sentence of the lower court be¬
ing affirmed. The defendant's only
hope now of escaping the scaffold lies
in an appeal to the governor. The
crime for which Hunter stands con¬
victed was one of the most brutaJ
in the history of Georgia.
TAFT WANTS NO TARIFF
ACTION IN TXTRA SESSION
PRESIDENT ADVISES POSTPONE.
MENT TILL TARIFF BOARD
MAKES REPORT.
DEMOCRATS PLAN REVISION
Democrats Would Rush Canadian
Reciprocity Through; Then
Revise Tariff.
Columbia, S. C.—President Taft, ac-f
cording to present plans, will confine]
his message to the extra session ol(
congress, to be convened on April 4j
to Canadian reciprocity, and to the
establishment of a permanent tariff
board,
The president is convinced that the
country desires and that it ought td
desire a further revision of several
schedules of the Payne-Aldrich act,
He feels that the woolen schedules]
Schedule K, is particularly indefenst!
ble, it is said, and be is anxious thal
it shall be revised at an early date,
The president is equally convinced,
however, that the country desires trial
revisions of the future shall be madd
in the light of the scientific informa
tion which it Is the duly of the tarifl
board to collect. So, at this time. It
is said he rather inclines to the ides
that no schedule should be revised
'.upon which the tarifl board is nof
ready with its information. The pres
ident said he would direct the tem
iporary board to make a report on th<
-woolen schedule by December 1, next
■ Per sonal ly, he to'~waTt would like very muer)
Tor congerss until that time
land not attempt to revise any of the
[schedules at the extra session. H«
will give the matter further consider;
atlon, however. Taft's
If Mr. present wishes were
met, the extra session would devote
itself to reciprocity first, the perm*
nent tariff board second and then a
speedy adjournment and a postpone*
ment of the revision of the textile
schedules until report. the tariff board lfl
ready to make i!
It is the expectation of Chairman
Underwood that the Democratic mem.
hers ot the house committee on ways
and means will begin work on tarifll
questions some time during the com.
ing week, and that by the time the
extraordinary session of congress is
convened on April 4, some plan will
have been mapped out to govern the
committee’s procedure, after the bill
to carry out the Canadian reciprocity
has been framed.
Members of the ways and means
committee mean to take steps to indi¬
cate their intention to proceed with a
revision of the tariff in the event they
fail to tack any revisions of ached;
ules on the Canadian bilL They say,
they will make it clear that they will
follow the Canadian bill with one of
two schedules in any event, and that
the house will be held in session long
enough to give the senate opportunity
to act. It is the general opinion that
the Canadian agreement will be sent
to the senate by May 1, less than tair-
ty days after the special session is
called to order.
B. T. WASHINGTON ASSAULTED
Negro Educator Badly Beaten by a
White Man In New York.
New York.—Booker T. Wasolngton
was brought into the West Sixty-
eighth street police station by a pot
liceman who had chased him up Cen-,
tral Park, West, after a scuffle in a
hallway at 11 1-2 West Sixty-third!
street.
Albert .Ulrich, a carpenter, was ar¬
rested on Washington’s complaint,
charged with assault. Ulrich told the
police that Washington had spoken to
his wife in a familiar manner. Wash¬
ington had two or three scalp wounds
and was taken to Flower hospital for
treatment. He was not seriously In,
Jured. Ulrich wanted to make a
charge of unlawful entry against
Washington, but the charge was not
entertained.
Washington is said to have gone to
with D. E. Smith, auditor Tuskegee in-
the apartments at 11^ West Sixty-
third street to keep an appointment
stitute. He was unable to find Smith
and was standing in front of the
apartment when Ulrich ran out and
assaulted him with a ciub.
3,180 Militia Officers for War.
Washington.—With the District o^
Columbia, Kentucky and Wyoming-
still to be heard from, 3,180 officers*
of the organized militia have accept¬
ed the war department's invitation to
participate in the present military op¬
erations in the Southern horde#
states. According to tentative plan#
formulated by the department, 250 mi¬
litia officers will be sent to General
Curter and thirty to General Bliss at
a time for a maximum service of two
weeks, giving all an opportunity to
participate in the maneuvers.