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$1.00 A YEAR.
FAMINE IN MEXICO
CAUSED BY THE WAR
NEED OF FOOD IN MEXICO IS BE¬
COMING A VERY SERIOUS
PROBLEM.
NO CROPS WERE PLANTED
Mexicans So Intent on the Rebellion
That No Fields Were
Planted.
Agua Prieta, Mexico.—Conditions
are rapidly shaping themselves in the
states of Chihuahua and Sonora for a
crisis more serious than the loss of
life in battle. Americans in these two
states declare that unless the rebel¬
lion is ended with peace overtures
very soon, all Mexico will experience
a disastrous famine.
Because of the spirit of unrest and
general discontent prevailing >ast au¬
tumn little wheat was planted then,
and so intent upon rebellion have the
Mexicans been that scarcely any fields
have been tilled this spring, so the
ground has not been prepared for the
corn crop, the mainstay of the people
of northern Mexico. Supplies on hand
to tide the population over the sum¬
mer and into the fall are well nigh
exhausted, for not only has there been
no producing population, but the coun¬
try has been overrun by rebel bands,
who consumed the stores laidby.
The rebel general, Blanco, entered
Sonora from Chihuahua, and his wake
from Baseras to the American line
left nothing but broken horses and
empty corn bins.
What men have not joined the re¬
bellion as fighters have fled from their
homes and fields to escape impress¬
ment into the Federal ranks or to
avoid the payment of war tribute ex¬
acted by the rebel leaders.
First, the Bavispe and Yaqui val¬
leys, then the Nacorari valley, and
now the Sonora river valley, have
been deserted by the crop-growers
and given over to the rebel army.
TOM L. JOHNSON DEAD.
Death Comes to “Stormy Petrel” of
Ohio Politics.
Cleveland, Ohio.—Tom L. Johnson,
twice congressman from the Twenty
first Ohio district, four times mayor
of Cleveland, champion of 3-cent
street railway fares and promjnent
advocate of the single tax theories
of the late Henry George, died iu
his apartments after a long Illness.
Death was caused by cirrhosis of the
liver. He was 57 years old.
Mr. Johnson had been ill for more
than a year, but his condition was
not thought serious until he suffered
a relapse on Monday, March 15. He
had been gaining strength ever since
he came home after spending the sum¬
mer on Nantucket slland.
One of Mr. Johnson's last acts was
to send letters to the Cleveland base¬
ball club, wishing the members suc¬
cess during the season of 1911, and
that they will come home pennant
winners.
Tom L. Johnson once referred to
himself in a public address as a
“stormy petrel’ and this metaphor
aptly described him and indicated the
course of his career.
From the time he entered the of¬
fices of the Louisville Street Railway
company as a boy of 15 until his de¬
feat for a fifth term as mayor of
Cleveland, on November 2, 1909, he
was ever in the center of some storm,
political or financial. And, he often
said, it was thus that he enjoyed him¬
self best.
Mr. Johnson was born in George¬
town, Ky., July 18, 1854.
Brown Rot Damage.
Washington. — Approximately $8,-
000,000 loss was sustained by the
peach-growing industry in the United
States east of the Rock mountains
last season from brown rot, scab and
curculio, a small beetle, according to
a department of agriculture bulletin.
The loss was about half the value of
the crop. It Is estimated that with
113,750,000 bearing trees, last sear
son’s crop aggregated from $12,000,-
000 t-o $16,000,000.
Union Hatter# Win.
New York.—The controversy be¬
tween the iDanbury, Conn., hatters
and the union known as the United
Hatters of North America, was
brought up again by a reversal of the
judgment for $232,240.12, which Loewe
& Co. obtained as damages for the
union’s alleged boycott. The circuit
court of appeals set the verdict aside,
ordering a new trial. The jury as¬
sessed the damages at $74,000, Which
the court trebled. The opinion ren¬
dered found the lower court erred in
directing the verdict.
Hindi fatal®
HOMERYILLE, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, APRIL 14, 1911.
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Proposes Bill to Pay $100 for Every Baby Born in State.—News item.
FACING STORMY SESSION
FACT THAT BOTH POLITICAL PAR¬
TIES ARE DIVIDED IS NO
LONGER DENIED.
William Jennings Bryan Ha# Caused
a Division of the
Democrats.
Washington.—It is daily becoming
manifest that congress is facing a
stermy session, and that there can
be made no forecast of the probable
legislative results. The fact that
both of the great political parties are
badly divided is no longer denied, and
the leaders appear to have little hope
of restoring anything more than sur¬
face harmony.
There are virtually four parties;
each with a large representation,
working at odds in the present ses¬
sion. The Republican minority in the
house Is divided between Regulars
and Insurgents, as was evidenced by
the vote in the speakership contest.
The breach between these two fac¬
tions Is even wider In the Republican
majority of the senate.
A sharp line has been drawn be¬
tween the Conservative Democrats of
the senate, who are opposed to any
attempt at dictation on the part of
William Jennings Bryan, and the Pro¬
gressive Democrats, including practi¬
cally all of the new members and
senatorial veterans like Senator Stone
of Missouri, who are Bryan adherents.
B0UTELL GOES TO LISBON.
Former Illinois Congressman Now
Minister to Portugal.
Washington.—Henry H. Boutell of
Chicago, former representative in con¬
gress of the Ninth Illinois district,
and recently appointed United States
minister to Portugal, called upon Sec¬
retary of State Knox to receive his
credentials and instructions in con¬
nection with his diplomatic post.
Mr. Bouteil has been instructed to
conduct business with the officials of
the new republic as representing the
de facto government of the country.
His appointment does not mean the
recognition of the republic. This ac¬
tion will be deferred until there has
been some expression of the popular
will.
Counterfeit Note Warning.
New York.—W. H. Morgan, acting
chief of the secret service here, has
sent out a warning to banks, busi¬
ness houses and ticket offices to keep
strict lookout for two new counterfeit
bills which have been discovered in
circulation. One of the counterfeit
bills Is a $20 national bank note on
the United States National Bank of
Los Angeles, Cal., check letter “B,”
series of 1902-1908. There are many
mistakes in the lettering on the bill,
the word “National" being spelled
with a final “I,” instead of an "1,” and
cashier being spelled “casher.” The
other counterfeit is a $10 United
States note, check letter “C.” The
back of the note is reddish brown in¬
stead of green.
Sixty Men Die in Mine Horror.
Scranton, Pa.—One of the most se¬
rious mine disasters of this section
of mining country occurred at the
little village of Throop, a short dis¬
tance from this city, when the lives
of sixty men and boys were snuffed
out. The fire started in an engine
house at the opening of a slope of
750 feet from the surface. There were
400 men in the mine when the fire
started, about sixty of them in the
workings into which the slope led.
These sixty were at work in the end
of the slope and were killed.
THE OFFICIAL ORGAN OF CLINCH COUNTY.
BUILDING UP THE SOUTH.
Deserved Tribute to the Southern
Railway and President Finley.
Philadelphia, Pa. — Th6 Railwaj
World, in commenting editorially ot
the work done by the railways of thl
United States to aid in the develop
ment of the territory traversed bj
their lines, in referring to this worfc
in the {South, sa£S: a;
“In no section of the coutnry, mor«
than in the South, have these effortl
to awaken the people to a realizatiot
of the great wealth which lies dou
mant through a lack of proper devel
opment, been more persistently car
ried on. The prime mover in thai
section of the country has been the
Southern Railway, and, perhaps, nc
single man in the history of railwaj
development has performed so effect¬
ive work along these lines as has the
president of that great system. Poi
years Mr. Finleys’ faith and enthusi
asm in the ability of the South tc
take advantage of its vast resources
has never wavered. Through his un¬
tiring efforts he has been responsible
for no small part of that enthusiasm
and condfience which is now prevail
ing in that section of the country and
which means so much for future do
velopment and prosperity.
“The enthusiasm with which nin«
thousand delegates to the Southerr
Commercial Congress held recentlj
in Atlanta and who represented ev
ery important trade organization i#
the Southern states, greeted every ex
presslon of confidence In the South’a
future was a revelation to the big
men of business and state who, from
all sections of the country, went tc
Atlanta to participate in the activities
of the congress. While not presum
ing to trace the influence of this
movement unduly to the railroads ol
the South, well-informed men in thal
section will not deny that the effect
ive educational work of the railroads
has proved no small factor in bring
ing about the present highly encour
aging conditions. If the value of suet
work was more fully recognized ant
appreciated by the public much of the
unreasoning antagonism of the pres
ent day would be replaced by a feel
ing of gratitude.”
DATES FUR SOUTHERN FAIRS
Directors of State Fairs Held Import
ant Meeting in Nashville.
Nashville, Tenn.—At the annua
meeting of the members of the South
ern fair circuit, under whose auspice;
state fairs are given throughout th«
South, held here officers were electee
for the coming year, the dates foi
the fair arranged, and many othei
matters of importance taken up.
J. H. Holcombe of Birmingham was
elected president of the association
The other officers elected were; Free
D. Fuller, Memphis, first vice presl
dent; A. J. Forbes, Montgomery, sec
ond vice president; John E. Cooke
Nashville, secretary.
The following are the dates for fairi
as arranged:
Nashville, September 18 to 23.
Memphis, September 26 to Octo
her 4.
Birmingham October 5 to 14.
Montgomery, October 16 to 24.
Mobile, October 26 to November 4
Preachers Urged to Advertise.
Cambridge, Mass.—"Keep in touch
with the newspaper men” is the ad
vice of the Rev. C. F. Relsner, a New
York pastor, who is the chief speakei
at the New England conference oi
Methodist churches In session here
“It is a great mistake for some cler
gymen to keep aloof from newspapei
men and refuse to be interviewed,”
said Doctor Reisner. “Everybody
reads the newspapers, and if you
want to get your interests before the
public, you must advertise In this im
portant agency.”
MANUFACTURERS IN STATE I
SHOW A LARGE GAIN
CENSUS BUREAU ISSUES STATIS¬
TICS FOR GEORGIA FOR THE
YEAR 1909.
49 PER CENT INCREASE
Number of Wage-Earners Employed,
Value of Products and
Other Items.
—Atlanta.
A preliminary statement of the sta¬
tus of the manufacturers of Georgia
was issued by the census bureau in
Washington. The summaries show
comparative figures for 1904 and 1909,
MANUFACTURES IN GEORGIA.
Washington, D. C.—A preliminary statement of the general results of
the census of manufactures for the state of Georgia was issued by
Census Director Durand. It consists of summaries, comparing the
figures for 1904 and 1909, by state totals.
The comparative summary for the state, 1904 and 1909, follows;
,y !rfc> I
Census— | Percent
jof increase,
I I 1904-
I 1909.
| 1909 1904
Number of establishments.. . .. ..| 4,792) 3,219) 49
Cost Capital.............. of materials , .. j$202,913,000|$ 135,212,000] 5'J
Salaries and used .. .. .. ,.j$116,931,000] $83,625,000) 40
Miscellaneous wages...... .. . ,| $43,878,000| $33,320,000) 37.
Value expenses .. .. .. ..| j$202,641,000|$151,040,000| $15,317,000| $12,207,000| 2 o
of products....... .. .. 4. :ji
Value added by manufactured (prod-j I L
ucts, less cost of materials) | $85,710,000) $67,415,000) ; 27
Employees: Number of salaried of-| I I
ficials and clerks............| 8,312) 6,104) 36
Average number of wage-earners em-| I I
ployed during the year......| 104,582) 92,749) 13
by state totals, and the results are
complimentary to the progress and de¬
velopment of Georgia. They are grat¬
ifying to the Georgia members of con¬
gress who have seen and analyzed the
bulletin.
The summary shows an increase at
the census of 1909 as compared with
that for 3904. In the order of their
Importance, from a percentage stand¬
point, the principal items rank as fol¬
lows;
Capital, 60 per cent; number of es¬
tablishments, 49 per cent; cost of ma¬
terials used, 40 per cent.; number of
salaried officials and clerks, 36 per
cent.; value of products, 34 per cent.;
salaries and wages, 32 per cent.;; val¬
ue added by manufacture, 27 per
cent..; miscellaneous expenses, 85 per
cent.; and average number of wage-
earners employed during the year, 13
per cent.
There were 4,792 manufacturing es¬
tablishment in 1909 and 3,219 in 1904,
an increase of 573, or 49 per cent.
The capital invested as reported in
1909 was $202,913,000, a gain of $67,-
701,000, or 50 per cent, over $135,-
212,000 in 1904. The average capital
per establishment for 3 909 and 1904
wag approximately $42,000.
In this connection it should be stat¬
ed that the inquiry contained in the
census schedule calls for the total
amount of capital both owned and
borrowed and invested in the busi¬
ness, but does not include the value
of rented property, plant or equip¬
ment which was employed in the con¬
duct of manufacturing enterprises. In
the final bulletins and reports the ren
tal paid for such property will be
shown separately.
The cost of materials used in 1909
was $116,931,000, as against $83,625,-
000 in 1904, an increase of $33,306,-
000, or 40 per cent. The average
cost, of materials per establishment in
1909 was approximately $24,000 in
1901, $26,000, and in addition to the
component materials which, enter into
the products of the establishment for
the census year there are included
fuel, rent of power and heat, and
mill supplies. The cost of materials,
however, does not include unused ma¬
terials and supplies bought either for
specialization for use during a subse¬
quent period.
The value of products in 1904 was
$202,641,000 and $151,040,000 in 1904,
an increase of $51,601,000 over 40 per
cent. The average per establishment
was approximately $42,00 In 1909 and
$47,000 in 1904.
The value of products represents
the product as actually turned out by
the factories during the census year
and does not necessarily have any re¬
lation to the amount of sales for that
year. The values under this head
also include the amount received for
work done on materials furnished by
others.
The salaries and wages in 1909
amounted to $43,878,000, and in 1904
$33,320,000, an increase of $10,558,000,
or 32 per cent.
!n 1909 the number of salaried of¬
ficials and clerks was 8,312 and in
VOL XV. NO. 25.
1904, 8,104, an Increase of 2,208, o.
36 per cent.
The average number of wage-earn¬
ers in 1909 was 104,582 and in 1904,
92,749, an increase of 11,833, or 13
per cent. Steam laundries are not
included in the foregoing figures. The
totals for establishments of this kind
follow; Number establishments, 42;
capital, $655,000.
Cost of materials used, $192,000 ;
salaries and wages, $516,000; miscel¬
laneous expenses, $124,000.
Values of products, $1,107,000; em¬
ployees—number of salaried officials
and clerks, 156; average number of
wage-earners employed during the
year, 1,332.
Georgians Get Good Places.
The state of Georgia fared splendidly
in the apportionment of committee
places by the ways and means com¬
mittee, whose work was ratified by
the democratic caucus in Washington.
The state will have representation
on practically every important com¬
mittee of the house. This means that
all the interests of the state, its agri¬
culture, its public improvements,
rivers and affairs, its war claims, the
demand of labor and appropriations
for all purposes, -Will be given atten¬
tion in committee by a Georgia repres¬
entative.
Of course, the most important com¬
mittee assignment of all went to
Representative Brantley, of the
eleventh district. His election several
weeks ago as a member of the ways
and means committee means that he
will discharge in the new congress a
substantial part of the duties former¬
ly devolving upon the speaker of the
house.
In the deliberations of the ways and
means committee, Mr. Brantley did
good work in landing important com-
ittee berths for his colleagues. The
judiciary Committee is the only im¬
portant committee on which a Geor¬
gian did not land.
Representative Adamson won out
over all opposition, and was made
chairman of the big committee on
interstate and foreign commerce.
This is the committee that considers
all measures arising under the inter¬
state commerce clause of the consti¬
tution. It is also the committee charg¬
ed with supervising the construction
of the Panama canal.
Mr. Adamson has given fourteen
years of service to this committee,
and his elecation to the chairmanship
to succeed Representative Mann of
Illinois was a great tribute to his in¬
dustry and popularity.
Mr. Bartlett succeeds former Repre¬
sentative Livingston on the appropria¬
tions committee. This is one of the
most prized committee berths in the
house.
Mr. Beil continues as a member of
the committee on postoffice and post
roads; and was also assigned to the
committee on the census, and the com¬
mittee on immigration and naturaliza¬
tion.
Both the newly-elected members
from Georgia have important work
cut out for them in the committee
places to which they were assigned.
Representative William Schley How¬
ard secured appointment to the com¬
mittee on labor, and the committee on
insular affairs.
Representative S. J. Tribble, of the
eighth district, was assigned to the
committee on naval affairs, which con¬
siders all matters affecting the navy,
including the big appropriation bill
for the maintenance of the naval es¬
tablishment; and also to the commit¬
tee on the election of president, vice
president and representatives in con¬
gress.
Mr. Hardwick secured the commits
tee places he sought, and landed on
the committee on rules and that on
coinage, weights and measures.
The rules committee was the one
Speaker Cannon formerly dominated,
and by means of which he was able
to control the house with an iron
hand. Th» membership has been in¬
creased fro-ra five to ten members.
TAFT MAKES PLEA FOR
CANADIAN RECIPROCITY
THE PRESIDENT SENDS MESSAGE
TO CONGRESS OUTLINING
HIS WISHES.
EARLY ACTION IS WANTED
President Taft Says Country Want#
Reciprocity and Urges Early
Action.
Washington.—President Taft traps,
tnitted to congress a message urging
early action on the reciprocity agree,
ment with Canada. He stated that
he based this message upon deference
to popular sentiment and duty to the
great masses of the American people!
The message was heard without ap,
plause in both house and senate, and
referred to the appropriate commit
tees. The message follows:
“To the Senate and House of Repj
resentatives: I transmitted to thq
Sixty-first congress on January 26;
last, the text of the reciprocity trade
agreement which had been negotiated
under my direction by the secretary
of state with the representatives ot
the poshnion of Canada.
'"’This agreement was the consume
mation of ea rn||t effort^ extending
over a period of neSHy a year, on
the part of both governments to ef¬
fect a trade arrangement whlQji, 8U&
plementing as it did the amicable set-
tlement of various questions of a dip¬
lomatic and political character that
had been reached, would mutually
promote commerce ahi would also
/xiltin? strengthen the friendly relations now
“Tn# Agreement J
in its intent and in
its term* was ffarely economic and
purely commercial. While the gen¬
eral subject was under discussion by
the commissioners, I felt assured thd
sentiment of the people of the United
States was such that they would wel¬
come a measure which would result In
the Increase of trade on both sides ol
the boundary line, would open up tho
reserve productive resources of Can
ada to the great mass of our consum¬
ers on advantageous conditions and at
the same time offer a broader outlet
for the excess products of our farms
and many of our industries.
“Details regarding a negotiation of
this kind necessarily could not be
made public while the conferences
were pending. When, however, the
full text of the agreement, accompa¬
nying correspondence and data ex¬
plaining both its purpose and its
scope became known to the people
through the message transmitted to
congress, it was immediately apparent
Hi at the ripened fruits of the careful
labors of the commissioners met with
widespread approval. This approval
has been strengthened by further con¬
sideration of the terms of the agree¬
ment In all their particulars. The
volume of support which has devel¬
oped shows that Its broadly national
scope is fully appreciated, and is re¬
sponsive to the popular will.
"In mjr transmitted message of the
26th of January, I fully set forth the
character of the agreement, and em¬
phasized Its appropriateness and ne¬
cessity as a response to the nuttual
reeds of the people of the two coun¬
tries, as well as its common advan¬
tages. I now lay that message and
the reciprocity trade agreement, as
part of the present message, before
the Sixty-second congress and again
invite earnest attention to the con¬
siderations therein expressed.
“I am constrained, in deference to
popular sentiment and with a realiz¬
ing sense of my duty to the great
mass of our people, whose welfare is
involved, to urge upon your consider¬
ation early action on this agreement.
In concluding the negotiations, the
representatives of the two countries
bound themselves to use their utmost
efforts to bring about the tariff chang¬
es provided for in the agreement by
concurrent legislation at Washington
and Ottawa. I have felt it my duty,
therefore, not to acquiesce In relega¬
tion of actfon until the opening ol
ooogres# in December, but to use my
Constitutional prerogative and con
voke the Sixty-second congress in ex¬
tra session in order that there shall
be no break of continuity in consid¬
ering and acting upon this most im¬
portant subject.
“WILLIAM H. TAFT.”
4$,000,000 to 8top Revolution.
Mexico City, Mexico.—While still In¬
dulging In the hope that other meth¬
ods may yet prevail, Mexico prepared
for a vigorous prosecution of the cam
paign against the rebels. The cham¬
ber of deputies, acting upon the ini¬
tiative of Minister of Finance Liman-
tour, voted $4,000,000 gold for the
■pacification of the country." Specifi¬
cally the bill recites that this fund
is to be used for the purchase of sup¬
plies, the transportation of troops and
such other purpose as the war depart,
ment may direct