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The Miller County Liberal. • VFX . XIII --- I. • f SPECIAL MESSAGE TO CONGRESS I President Would Protect Corpor ations from State Interference. MODIFIES TBAFFIC IDEAS Taft Would Prevent National Combines From Acquiring Stock of Competitors Except by Consent. Washington, D. C President Taft’s * special message, dealing with amend- I ments to the interstate commerce laws, looking to a more effective fed eral supervision of railroads, and con veying- ijis Recommendations for the passage of a federal incorporation ■ det, Was transmitted to congress and -jßau. read in the house, the senate not be- Ing in session. KThe message followed closely the forecasts that have been made from TS® time to time and in the suggested W' legislation as to railroads, embodies .ME * all of the suggestions that the presi .J? dent has made from time to time in Mis speeches on the subject. I Mr. Taft suggests no changes in tie Sherman anti-trust law at this / tWiie. The anti-trust feature of the niessage deals solely with the sub ' ject of federal charters. The presi dent thinks that an opportunity should be given the big industrial combinations to bring their business once more into the "zone of lawful ness’’ by taking out a federal char ter under certain prescribed condi tions before it becomes necessary to proceed against every great corpora tion about which there is a breadth X of suspicion. Duty and Purpose. “It is the duty and the purpose of the executive," say the message, to direct an investigation by the depart- of justice through the grand jury or otherwise into the history, or ganization and purpose of ali the in dustrial companies with respect to which there is any reasonable ground 1 for suspicion that they have ’been or ganized for a purpose and are con ducting business on a plan which is : in violation of the anti-trust law.” i Such a wholesale investigation and : possible prosecution, the president points out, "would result in serious disturbances and produce a halt in our present prosperity that will cause suffering and strained circumstances among the innocent many tor the faults of the guilty few. “The question which 1 wish in this 1 message to bring clearly to the con- < tideration and discussion ot 'ongJjMjSs ig whether, in order to jljssible bu -im ss danger, Cannot be c H< by which lliWßr t » '’■ess conibit . may be <®| . -A. JKoans, , Vi 1 ' at lilla "J|i ? - -r Tf.v organization amuext* nt of their fitWe into one /within the lines of KiShe law under/ federal control and 'securing compliance with the. antit.-rust statutes. Conditions Made. The conditions upon which federal charters are to be granted under the president’s recommendations are these- The issue of stock to be an amount equal only to the cash paid in on the stock, or if stock be issued for property, then at a fair valuation, ascertained under approval and super vision of federal authority atte full and- complete disclosure ot all the facts appertaining to the value ot property and the interest in it to the persons to which the stock is to be taking federal char ters are to be prohibited from ac quiring and holding stock in othei corporations, except for special rea sons upon approval by the P federal authorities, Bull reports ot operations are to be made to the department of commerce and laboi at Regular intervals. The federal in corporation is to be voluntary, but tin president feels that most ot the coi porations will be glad of the oppor tunity to reform their business meth ods if given this opportunity. Other wise the department ot justice will investigate them. Nothing in the ted eral charters is to exempt any cor poration from prosecution for vio.a / tions of the anti-trust law. • In that portion of his message deal- 's— ing with changes of the interstate j commerce laws the president recom mends: . , _ , Special Court. The establishment of a States court of commerce ot five judges to hear and determine appeals from the interstate commerce commis sion the only appeal from this court lying in the United States supreme C °The commission is to be relieved prosecuting cases in the courts, this 1 duty being placed in the depart mThe°co?iimiss e ion to ne empowered to hold up new rates or classifications to railroads until an inquiry can be WOMAN BALKEDJLYNUIERS. Mrs. Andell Drove Mob Away from f Victim. ] Kenosha, Wis.—Mrs. Andell, wife of , a boarding bouse keeper at .Ira , l akes armed with a shotgun, is re- 1 ported to have cowed a mob of men and to have cut the rope with which Sam Roberts, a cook at the ice-cut ting camp, had been swung to a ratt er in an ice house. She cut down , the man just in time to save him ' from strangulation, according to the details of the attempted lynching. Roberts, it is reported, was the victim of a tierce controversy between unTon and non-union ice cutters at Twin Lakes, which resulted in the discharge of a number of union men. TO SEEK SOOTH PULE. England Promises SIOO,OOO of the $200,000 Needed. London, England. —The Scott ex pedition in search of the South Pole, is now assured, the government hat ing promised SIOO,OOO toward the $200,000 which is the estimated ex expedition will set forth in Tnlv The activity among the Amer ican' arctic explorers proved a con vincing factor which determined the government to assist. I made as to their reasonableness. If found to be unreasonable, the com mission may forbid the increase. Shippers to be given the choice of established routes on through freight. Prohibits Stock Buying. From and after tne passage of the amendments, it is provided that no railroad shall acquire any stock or interest in a competing line, except that where a road already owns 50 per cent or more of the stock of an other road, it may complete the pur chase of all the stock. Also in cases where one road is operating another under a lease of more than 25 years duration, it shall have a right to ac quire the demised road. Allowing this acquisition of stock doaj not exempt any road from proseifi i under the anti-trust law. Stock must be issued at par value for money paid in or for properties or services, rates at full value, un der an inquiry by the federal author ity, who shall supervise all stock and bond issues. $2(13,562,383 FOSTAL KEVENUL In Receipts Postal Department Rank ed Only by Treasury. Washington, D. C.—As a business institution, the postoffice department, next to the United States treasury, is the greatest in the government. According to figures submitted by Charles P. Grandfield, the first assist ant postmaster general, for the fis cal year ended June 30, 1909, just made public, in his annual report, the gross revenue of the postal serv ice reached the enormous total or $203,562,383, an increase of $12,083,- 720, or 6.31 per cent over the pre ceding year. There were 7,202 pres idential postotlices on July 1, 1909. Os this number 398 were first class, an increase of 14; 1,707 were second class, an increase of 112, and 5,097 were third class, an increase of 230. The total increase in the number ot presidential offices was 356. There were 1,444 postoltlces estab lished during the year and 2,064 were discontinued, leaving a total of 60,144 postofflees in operation on June 30, 1909. During the year 1,626 postmas ters were appointed as presidential offices. At fourth class offices 9,161 postmasters were appointed. SEEKING FARM FOR MORSE President Taft Will Be Asked to Re lease Banker. Portland, Maine. —A campaign to save Chas. W. Morse, the banker now serving 15 years in the Atlanta fed eral prison, was started here, and pe rigons to President raft asking for an pardon are being cir ■hu Tae petitions d< dare Morse gSS? his debts, that popular de i.is coin ictioii, that Mfno intentional wronj, and -1W- Mse was penalty -W'*' . Richmond, Va. Petit/ons tor n absolute pardon for Charles V. Morse,Athe New York financier, now serving a sentence of fifteen years in the federal penitentiary at Atlanta, for violation of the national banking laws, are being circulated by friends and kinsmen of Morse here. they were sent by Mrs. Morse and Morse s secretary. Morse's grandmother was Miss Virginia Roberts of Chesterfield county. The petition states tnat Morse's violation of the law was tech nical only. RAGMAN LEFI SbO,BSD. Miser Had Large Sum of Money in Safety Deposit Vault. St. Louis, Mo.—A fortune of $60.- 000 in good securities awaits the heirs of Jeremiah Moynihan, an aged miser ragman who died here. Apparently in destitute circum stances, Moynihan was to have been buried in the potter s field, but the public administrator found a key to a safety deposit vault in his effects. The safety box contained bonds worth $60,000. LAR GEST fTnANCIALTRANSAGTION. U. S. Treasurer McClung Gives Re ceipts for $1,260,134,946.88 2-3. Washington, D. C. —What is said to 'be the largest financial transaction in the world’s history occurred here, it consisted in the giving of a-receipt • for $1,260,134,946.88 2-3 by bee Mc ! Clung, the treasurer of the Lnited States, to Charles H. Treat, who re tired from that office, and is an ac knowledgment of the money and se -1 curities in the office as of November ’ 1. The practice is a customary one ; with the change of the treasurers. t Taft Going to Alaska. Washington, D. C. —President 1 aft 1 is looking forward to a trip to Alas ka late in the coining spring. He plans to go to the far northwestern territory immediately after the ad -1 journment of congress and before go s ing to Beverly for the late summer e and fall. New italiaiTAmbassador. Berne.—The Marquis Cusani Con .i, vu 11 fl Q falioneri, who, for three years has i held the post of Italian minister to Switzerland, has been notified ot lik appointment as ambassador to the I United States in succession to Bai on Mayor Des Blanches. Census Killing. Washington, □. C.—Census Director Durand has decided to extend from ■ January 25 to January 31 the time in which persons desiring places as census enumerators may tile their , applications on blanks furnished by the census supervisors. the test of applicants will be made on February 5, as previously announced. Pensions For Aged U. S. Clerks. Washington, D. C. —Efforts are to be made by congress to pass a law providing compulsory retirement and | permitting a pension for superannuat- • ed government employees. Secretary MacVeagli has instructed Herbert D. ■ Brown of his department to draw up a plan. The secretary is understood to have the support of President Taft. Mr Brown’s tentative plan, it is said, contemplates a pension fund that will be provided entirely by the working clerks. COLQUITT, GA., WEDNESDAY. JANUARY 12. 1910. UTE JEWS Mitl S. General. Complete skepticism as to the ex istence of canals on Mars was dis played by prominent astronomers at j the meeting recently at London of I the British Astronomical association. I Hale’s Mount Wilson photographs j were exhibited on lantern slides, and-I were pronounced the best yet seen. They showed no signs of the canals and were said to vindicate the belief that the supposed canals were merely an effect on the eye of collections ot dark spots. Passengers arriving in New Or ienas from Colon declare a corpora tion backed by Wall street money and known as the Mandingo Darien company has been organized to dig ‘ an air line sea level canal across I Panama, fifty miles soutu of the big United States ditch. The Coion rep- I resentative of the company is Cap tain Thornton Bonneville of Newport ! News, Va. He asserts that his cor- I poration is assured that a sea level I canal, twenty-nine miles in length, can be constructed for slß,ooti,uou. This amount has been pledged .Work on the new canal will be begun early in the year. Owing to prevalence ot Texas fe ver among southern cattle, a procla mation was issued by Governor De neen of Illinois prohibiting importa tion into Illinois of cattle from Cali fornia, Oklahoma, Texas, Missouri, Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Tennessee, Alabama, Louisiana, Mis sippi, Tennessee, Alabama, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Geor gia and Florida between February 1 and November 1, 1910, unless the cat tle are accompanied ' by certificates from the inspector of the L'nited States bureau of animal industry that they are free from fever. Washington. The Italian ministry has announc ed its determination to lay down four battleships of the Dreadnought i class in 1911 in the government yards, besides three scout vessels. The Christmas drawing of the Cu- i ban national lottery resulted in the sale of only eighteen thousand tick- I ets out of a total of thirty thousand, i It was expected to raise $9110,000 it I all had been sold. ’ The capital prize : was won by’ a group of bricklayers. With the sanction of Mrs. Taft, { the “400" of New York will be In- i creased to the "One Thousand,” to I include the aristocratic sets of Phil- | adelphia, Washington and New York. I Mrs. Taft is said to be the origma- j tor of the movement, and she cer- [ tainly is in favor of it. Rank, birth i and wealth will all be counted in the I new social scale. The old plan ot selling rank in society will be aban- j doned. Newspaper compilations of mob lawjs invoking during Au : nasi, that there ”re seventy more than in any year Thesea^.“x’y< i ,agams: Hie 1 /' 11 Ji welve ia>—-2" states Ind" New Mexico. lynchings north of the Ohio jMver’i® were those during the Cairo, 111., race riots. B# states the lynch record is as follows: Texas, 13; Georgia, 12; Florida, 8- Louisiana, 7;\ Mississippi, 4- Alabama, 8; Oklahoma-, 5; Ken-I tucky 4- South Carolina, 3; Arkan- I sas, 3- Illinois, 2; New Mexico, 2; Missouri, 1; West Virginia, 1. Tuberculosis stands at the head of the diseases which afflict the Indians, according to the aunual report of tae commissioner of Indian affairs. 1 hree hundred and three government schools were conducted during the past fiscal year, an increase ot twen ty-two. Almost all ot the Christian denominations in the United States have missions in the Indian country, 1 the report cites, adding that the In- | dian office co-operates effectively - with each. I The statue of General Robert E. | Lee in confederate uniform, recently i put in position in Statuary hall of the capitol, will remain there at least j for the present. When the opposi tion to accepting the statue made j itself manifest on the part of former soldiers of the union service it was announced that if the statue was not I accepted and it was removed from the hall Virginia would withdraw ; I the companion piece, the figure of Washington. The immigrants’ lack of confidence in the safety and security of private , financial institutions of the United States is officially declared to be the i chief reason for the sending of mil . I lions of dollars by postal money or- ■ ! ders from the United States to tor . eign countries each year. Auditor Chance of the postoffice department points to this as an indication of what might be accomplished through the establishment of postal savings ■ banks. The stupendous total of $640,- ■ 640 817, representing the surplus - earnings of foreign and commercial 1 enterprises of the United States, lias ’ ' been sent abroad since 1890. A total •i of $76,622,629 was sent abroad by " foreign workmen in 1909. From the British government Can ada has now purchased the cruiser . i Rainboy for $920,000, to be used as =! a training ship in Pacific waters, while other vessels to constitute a i Canadian navy are being purchased lor constructed. This will be one of ; the leading questions before the Ca nadian parliament which meets soon. Washington’s cackling hens and crowing roosters have found refuge behind ermine robes and with all j sorts of insomnia-producing sounds ■ i may hereafter drown the cries ot all ; protestants. The edict of the health authorities banishing fowls to the ! silent retreats of the country was | 1 declared by Judge Mullowney in po- I j lice court to be “too ridiculous to permit of judicial notice. A scheme by which its promoters made $ 4,000 in one month without any working capital, though claiming a paid-in capital stock of $150,000, is I charged in indictments returned I against Joseph A. McNulty, James ' Richmond, alias Herbert S. Braman, i and Henry Von Vleet, all of Buffalo, I N Y for operating “the civic ser vice institute.” The men are alleg- I ed to have used the mails to defraud, i The “institute” advertised for repre- I sentatives, but required of them a I SSOO subscription to the capital stock | of the company. [HIGH UM OF LIVING Senator Elkins Says We Are Livinfj! Extravagantly. cdngrel to investigate Wages ’ andjßjcomes Have Not Kept Pace V. lb the Advance in the NiLessities of Life. Washing .<1 D. C.—" The cost of living is < ripping wages and in i’ bl mgs want and ■ to hi Kinumber of < tha® ’ cb-if®-:. at ' not getting JVper rood and clothing, ■ and that clHh'n cannot be sent to school and I® either an education . ■ tile founißw of an education, and I that civilization is being These not from a social istic 1 from multi-million aire Senator® A’nen B. Elkins ot West Virginia® ‘airman of the sen ate committee) -m interstate com merce. Sena® Elkins has introduc ed a resob’tiH for an investigation into the qL |fl of increased, prices of the necli <®i of lite and the cost therefore p Bg 990. The oldkJßli> in the senate and the house sympathy with an inquiry of tlMfcrt. A great outside pressure is beWjbrought on this con gress to get SLe real facts. Senator ElkiEis one ot'JJie weal thiest men in ■pgregij/ 'fffid a‘£reat force in tne senate. He employs thousands of n e n in his enterprises in West Virgin'- and/ a resolution ot I this character r »9img from him has I created a sensAbm here. ; “Food, shelter and clothing are the I three absolute essentials ot' every | family, as shel -r includes rents and fuel," said Sendo 1, Elldns. "The cost jof all this has tv’in d alarmingly." "They are a’su.itivy fundamental Ito comfort and 1< u It is not to be 1 wondered at tha . 1 people are con j cerned about co - ' ions. 1 hear from it . constantly. A '• complain to me ' that wages are n - . -v. .ling pace, and .that their families ire in straits u consequence. Yet far as my own ■ business is conce -’d, the returns j from it are not st It as to warrant, j me in putting up ages. "What is to Ik - i o in such a sit [ nation? I look up it as the func tion of state mign ip—or whatever j you may call itt— ien it is clearly perceived that ai tfcister is threaten it tin whole |l Aj' n 80,0bi>,n i j people, to atteqv>*«| do wiuit can be I done to afford 1 ■edy. As to the. | increased cost A,. *ig. congress at leas ind mil ’ »L/>f tha, pauses k f eau- ' I .’ini\ ■ - WM.-. 1 -- Fi - -in' I lung. ag ' - .'ravagancKHß rife. I I e.\pansioiH| .A- ' • ■ these facts “We mu **own ships, and we must ■ >,-’ o s- more economical ways of iivi i,..? •The country (is being settled up so : fast and the population is growing so rapid ■ espe -ia|lly tie urban popula tion—that we tire reaching a state where agricultural production is test ed by the denial ds <jt our own peopb Nations do not exchange gold: they i exchange commodities. Our consump tion of wheat is uji to the limit ol production and \we have practically ceased exporting 1 ) . <« course, we send abroad cotton to the value of $900,- (100 or more, but we pay out $200,- ; 000,000 a year to foreign ship owners. American tourists take one hundred 1 million dollars abrtoad every year. They spend much of it in luxury a. I extravagance. Laborers send back to the old country -vm-y year $100,000.- ; 000. We send $50,000,000 out ot the i of the country every year for Christ- ■ mas presents. Altogether we pay out in one way and another m ac tual money which goes abroad, about $500,000,000 a year In ten years this means $5,000,000,1' 0. "This decline is doubtless one ot the causes of tIU Increasing cost ot living and the failure of wages to keep pace and thfre are many con ' tributary causes. Jiy resolution pro vides for an inquiry into the question how far the trusts and monopolies ! have caused the present conditions. ! I do not know to, what extent they ; have done so. ■ 't he American people are ■ly extravagant, ive must learn to ■ get more out of bur farms, and to contract fewer depts and find more ! ways of paying tdem. 1 have intro duced this resolution because 1 feel I that here is a situation that abso lutely demands the attention of con- ■ gress. 1 want a thorough and impar- I tial investigation hat will go to the (root of the wliol; matter. I don t see how things am go on as they I are, and I believe that it is our to Operative duty to Lok into the tacts. GIRI. CRIM iES HERSELF. 1 Italian Girl Was Seized by Religious > I Mfmia. Home, Italy.—A, servant girl m Tu rin zecame posstbsed recently ol a religious mania. The woman who employed her foil id her crucified. The girl after lacing thorns m her hair and inliictim a severe wound on I her chest, nailed ler feet and her left hand to the boa ds of her bed and spent the night suffering tortures. When discovc red,-she was uncon scious. She was taken to a hospital i in a critical cor.flition. i She said that out of love tor Jesus i she voluntarily crucified herself. Her reason she said, was that she wished to share Jesus' sufferings. §I3,OO9jOOjRAGRICULTURE. Farm Department of Government Gets Large Appropriation. Washington, D. C. —The house com mittee on agrici ture will give the agricultural dept tment ot the gov- Xient approxii ately 513,000,000 to run it during the oming year, accord ing to the estimt b of the subcommit tee of that body which has finished work on considi ation of the bill. Secretary Wilsoi was heard finally. The appeal' is ab it the same as last year. j LUi lOV PRICE ALVANCES. Attempt to Break the Market Proved Disastrous. > New York City.—The recovery in the cotton market became almost as excited and sensational as the break earlier in the week. , Reports of very strong southern - spot markets seemed to convince the J traders that the collapse in futures had been chiefly the result of specu t lative conditions, and claims that the spinners were in the market on the dec ine tended to restore bullish con fide nee. March contracts sold at 15.70 and f May at 15.95, representing a recovery of over $3.25 a bale. New York City.—“ Cotton has de , dined in the last few days, ’ said a . li’i,' .- cpttpr, trader here, "because we " believe Jack Frost has been and is j ' fighting on the side of a great yield jI of cotton from the southern states . , next, summer.” , I That was the explanation given of ’ the recent pounding of the cotton market by a prominent dealer noted for his long vision and clear head. t she theory was discussed on the floor of the exchange and in brokers of fices and a surprising per > ntage ot well-informed and conservative trad ’ ers hold that it explained the violent . fluctuations of the last forty-eight hours. Talks with a number of reputable ! and level-headed traders developed an J extremely picturesque and unique sto , ry in this direction. They point out that nature has both plowed and fertilized the soil of the cotton belt through the two recent un precedented freezes. The first freeze, in December, was unusually early, and made the ground solid for a depth of several inches, and, in the thaw, kneaded and manipulated aud ventilated and pulverized it as it has not been in years. Hardly had the first freeze worn off before the present one set in. it has duplicated the process, creasing and wrinkling and furrowing and ‘spading" the earth .with a thorough ness not even approached bj human means. As a result, the soil of the cotton belt has been revitalized in a maimer not approximated since the civil war, and the traders here expect a big yield next summer. Another factor they reckon is the choking off of the boll weevil, at least minimizing his ravages as well as the destruction or lessening of other crop pests. They argue, therefore, that nature is working at both ends, and that an enormous crop will not have to deal witli the hosts of insect enemies, tor which allowance had to be made in the past. The hear dealers are principally afarid I 'z southern farmers will learn these f.W-ts amrf do some "discoupt tug" on libcir vtwl Look.. .- tjy 011 nt E’ , T- i. art raalltfisllsl 11 '' ln,lv ' rs their 1 MBcoimee'mns. urging them I fiii-ts upou farmeis ■rs’ organizations, to the end ■Kx down the aenmer and di tae ble; ings. an,d not the l/rost may realized. , ~ Spitfliers from America and Europe have 1 ueen buying heavily, attracted by the slightly lower price, thus prov ing that they realize prices are on a permanently high level, and that the best they can do is to temporally de press the market by speculative flur ries. ARMY TO USE COTTON SACKS. War Department Grants Request ot the Texas Farmers. San Antonio, Texas.—Hereafter all supplies tar the subsistence depart ment ot the army, where sacks are used for covering will be. wrapped in cotton sacks on the inside, and, if possible, cotton sacks will be used for outside covering. The promulgation of this order by the war department was made at the suggestion of Texas farmers, who sent a delegation to Washington. Hugs Sell For $9. Chicago, lll.—The $9 hog arrived at the Union tSock Yards here. Ex cept for a short period in 1882 when swine sold at $9.35 per hundredweight the $9 hog has not. been seen here since the civil war. Intense cold impending and the hesitation of producers to market li.ogs are the primal causes of the advance. Newsy Paragraphs. Edward Payson Watson, the veter an pedestrian, announced that he will make one more transcontinental walk, and that he will go from ocean to ocean, this time within 100 days. Watson will start from Los Angeles at 4 o’clock p. m. Februar., 1 and wttl be due in New York May 28 His hike from New York to San Francisco early last summer took one hundred and live days, but on that journey he encountered unfa forable weather. Declaring that he cannot afford "to meet every man or woman who de sired to have a public discussion’ with him on the subject, Thomas E. i timoa thp nnnulist Watson, several times tne popunsi nominee for president of the United States, in a letter to Atlanta church men declines to accept their chal lenge to meet William T. Ellis, a Philadelphia newspaper man, in joint debate on the subject of foreign mis sions. Mr. Watson, however, says that he will be glad to meet \\ illiam Jennings Bryan and debate the ques tion with him. In the letter Mr. Wat son declares that his position on the subject is misunderstood. That he is not opposed to the principle of for eign missions in its entirety, but is opposed to the present methods Professor Hergezell, aviator and friend of Zeppelin, who was sent by Emperor William to Jamaica to study trade winds and the temperature of altitudes in and near the tropics, re ports that at an altitude of ten thous sand meters he found the air of tne tropics colder than that of the Arc- ■ tic regions at the same height. Ot ■ n’ne balloons sent up with instru ments for these tests, four were lost in the Carribbean sea. The professor ■ intimated that he would make an air : test for an expedition to the north pole two years hence. d PMBT IS DISMISSED n President Removes Head of the ■s Forestry Service. k ; TAFTS PATIENCE EXHAUSTED is *’ Pinchot’s Letter to Senator Dolliver Was e More Than the President 1- Could Stand. d Washington, D. C.—Gifford Pinchot, y chief forester and intimate friend ot I heodore Roosevelt, was dismissed ?- from the service of the United States a by President lal't for insubordination. ® Associate Forester Overton W. Brice d aud Assistant Law Officer. Alexander s C. Shaw, Pinchot’s immediate assist ants in the forestry bureau, followed f their chief out of the government a einploy. j Thoroughly indignant over the ac . tion of Mr. Pinchot in inducing Sena r tor Dolliver to read a letter from him - in the senate, President Taft would f listen to no advice that the foresters violation of executive orders be over l looked pending the inquiry soon to t be undertaken by congress. He de- I dared ths dignity of the office he had j been chosen by the people to till was ■ i being attacked and he would be un-1 . faithful to his trust if he submitted I longer. , Mr. Taft undoubtedly realizes fully . what the dismissal of Forester Pin . chot means in a political way. He . has been convinced for some time , that the so-called "insurgents" and other critics of his administration had enlisted the services of Mr. Pinchot and practically were defying him to separate .Mr. Pinchot from his office. The latter’s letter, without doubt, was written with the direct purpose of “putting it squarely up to the presi dent." The president sought to avoid the threatened war as long as be could but declared that patience had ceased i to be a virtue. In the house of representatives I Speaker Cannon lost his first fight to i the "insurgents," who, combining I with tire democrats caused to be adopted an amendment to the Ballin ger-Pinchot inquiry resolution, so as to take from the speaker the power to appoint the house members of the joint special committee of investiga tion. The margin of victory was a narrow one of three votes, but the immrgeuts and democrats alike are jubilant. Aft. Gen. Wickersham’s Report. Washington, D. C.—The report of . Attorney Gem » Wick< :- liani on his investigation oXtiio chargi . made by 1 L. R. Glavis against Secretary of the interior Balliijger wajs transmit- 1 ‘ iyi. -j : ’ a Onipletv Ixoueration I Mr. A-’k-kersTiant’s feli |w cabinet i mber iffrto the charges from which the Ballinger Pinchot row started, but io chiefly remarkable for its treat ment* of Glavis, who Is Hayed with a severity seldom equaled in public doc jrtift'nts. I'he report also aims a 'shaft, at Chief Forester Pincuot, the friend aud appointee i* .of Theodore Roosevelt, (wnotte rhe affair is declared to have been, an necessary. 1 1 $1,500,000,000 Involved. Glavis charged that Secretary Bal linger aided the government’s foes in the fight over the Cunningham Alas kan coal claims, which are generally believed to be desired by the Gug genheim interests. It has been estimated that $1,500,- 000,00 is involved by t.ie precedent this case will establish, and the case itself. Charges Sensational. The Glavis charges were the most sensational in the shower ot accusa tions that uas marked the Ballinger- Pinchot controversy. Glavis was for merly inspector of the general land office, and chief of the held division. He bad in charge the investigation ot the Cunningham affair, lie was re moved some time ago by Secretary Ballinger. Glavis charged, officially and in in formal statements and writings, that certain influences were at work in an attempt to rush the hearing of the Cunningham claims case before the government was ready to adequately defend its side. Pinchot Answers Wickersham. Washington, D. C—The Balllnger- Pinchot controversy was made doubly intense by the reading in the senate of a letter addressed by Mr. Pinchot to Senator Dolliver, in which the course was adopted oy L. B. Glavis, with the assistance of Messrs. Price and Shaw, of the bureau of forestry, was warmly approved. In this com munication the chief forester not only upheld the criticism ot Secretary Bal linger, but suggested that the presi dent himself had been mis'alien in the facts when he removed from the public service Mr. Glavis. In the senate Mr. Pinchot’s letter caused a genuine sensation. GHICAtiO FOOD Mfill. Cold Weather Makes Living Expen- * sive in Chicago. C.hicaoo. 111.—if present climatic unicagu, m. —n piwvui. conditions continue and prices of food products make many more gains, the question of living in Chicago will be [ a problem to many. Following is a list ot commodities | which have been most affected by cold weather and resulting increases in costs: Pork chops, per pound, 18 to 20c. Spare ribs, per pound, 15c. Salt pork, per pound, 20 to 22c. Chickens, per pound, 20 to 22c. Eggs, per dozen, 42 to 48c. Potatoes, per bushel, 80 to 90c. Oyster, per gallon, $1.40 to $1.60- PANAMA CANAL WORK PRAISED. Senators Say System of Administra tion is Excellent. Washington, D. C. Construction work on the Panama canal is not only proceeding splendidly, but the system of administration is excellent, in spite of the criticism directed to it. This is the consensus of opinion of the senatorial committee which re turned to Washington, alter a visit of 1 inspection to the canal. In the party were Senators Oliver, Penrose, Car ter, Dixon, Heyburn and Clark. NO. 22. I NEAR BEER BECISION Penalty For Violation of State Laws Still in Force. I OPIONION OF ATR. GEN. HART s , No License Can Be Issued to Sell Near Beer Outside Towns With Lear Than 2,500 Inhabitants. II Atlanta, Ga.—According to an opin -1 ion furnished to Comptroller Gener al . al W. A. Wright by Attorney General ,T John C. liart, the viola- • 11 of tm> state laws lating the . sale of near beer still sticks, and [ anyone who attempts to run counter . to them may find himself doing time 1 i for a misdemeanor. A member of the general assembly j recently raised the point that inas ; much as the near beer section of the I general tax act of 1910 carried no i penalty with it. it would be impossi | ble for any person to open a near I beer place at any point in the state | outside of cities and towns ot 2,500 I inhabitants without subjecting him self to punishment therefor. Directly and positively to the con | trary, asserts Judge Hart. For the | penalty’ section of the near beer act of September, 1903, is still in force, not having been repealed by the near beer section of the new general tax act. Also, Judge Hart holds that no license Can be issued to sell near beer outside the limits of incorpor ated cities or towns of 2,500- inhabi tants or more according to the fast census, under any circumstances. SENATOR tLAF ILL Enters Atlanta Sanitarium and Will Take Rest Cure. Atlanta, Ga—Senator A. S. Clay, accompanied by his son, came to At j lanta from his Marietta home and i went to a sanitarium where he will > remain for some time for rest and I treatment. Senator Clay has been in ill health for some time, and as he has not re covered as rapidly as his family and friends thought he should, they be came considerably worlred about him. It is said to be Senator Clay's pur pose to follow his rest here with, a course ot treatment at Johns Hop kins, and temporarily give up ufn la bors until his health is better esuii;- lished. Senator Clay has always been a : hard worker, and that is belli red ; j I have much to do with his pres< at i condition. His friends believe tl: w-- the proper rest and treatme’ . c -cov- 1.-’ -Z- . this earnest hope for I recov- ery will be everywhere ei led. jia nni) iih\> <p<j,uut) LibLAdt. Increase at Griffin P. Ail Dealers Out of Bug! ' ss. Griffin, Ga The Jtjuncil fixed the license fee at $5,069, and the five local dealers have refused to renew licenses. lh» c .< vI (jjp cit y council was not unexpected. jj ear p eer deal ers here have made a r>t h „ „ a > io have the fee’remain Tnv* * their efforts were in vain. When council met it was readily seen that their minds were made up, and, with out any discussion, the new license ordinance was raised to $5,000. There is talk of establishing a large saloon, a combine of the pres ent five saloons. If such is done, council will again raise the license. SPLENDID SUNTtRCOUNTYROAD. Highway From Americus to Plains Has Been Completed. Americus, Ga—Sumter county will so<ju possess a splendid highway to Andersonville, twelve miles from Americus. With the completion of the superb road of twelve miles con necting Americus and the flourishing town of Plains, the entire convict force of a hundred men will be con centrated upon the Andersonville road, which will cost the county, per haps, $20,000. Tiie road to Plains, just complet ed and officially opened has been in process of construction five months and cost probably $30,000, including one steel bridge. It is a fine addi tion to Sumter county's net-work of magnificent highways, surpassed by those of no other county in Georgia. LAmmjjRNED. Inglehurst, in Twiggs County, De stroyed by Fire. Jeffersonville, Fla—-Inglehurst, the ante-bellum home of the Wimbeilys, in Twiggs county, has, been burned. This means the. passing of another central Georgia noted for rnffierations tor its unlimited, hospi tality. It was the ancestral home ot Minter Wimberly of Macon; Mrs. R. ! O. Campbell,, Miss Clara Wimberly, - Mrs. Isolene Robbins, of Selma, Ala., I and the late Dr. Warren Wimberly. After toe civil war it was occupied I by their father, Captain Fred D. Wim i b'erly. Prior to the war Twiggs coun- I ty was one of the most aristocratic I communities in the state and num ! bered among its families the T ravers, Colquitts. Wimberlys, Slappeys’ Solo mons, Bunns, Glovers and Faulks. In fact, it might be said that the coun ty was owned by these families, each □f which had its establishment com- . mensurate with the customs of that day. , Inglehurst was conspicuous archi tecturally, representing the true co lonial type. HOOJFwOaM CONiftREMGE. To Be Hel* ‘n Atlanta January 13 and 19. 1 Atlanta, Ga.—lt has been decided to hold the sessions ot the Hookworm ! Conference, conducted under the aus- J pices of the Atlanta Chamber of Com- J merce, in the ball room of the New . Kimball, on January 18 and 19. t The Rockefeller commission, ap • pointed under the donation of John - D. Rockefeller, will be in attendance upon this conference. The full pro gram for this interesting meeting has been outlined.