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VOL. XV. NO. 51
MAINE ELECTS DEMOCRAT
FOR CHIEF EXECUTIVE
For First Time in 30 Years Dem
ocrats Win in Pine Tree State.
LEGISLATURE ALSO DEMOCRATIC
In Arkansan Elections Democrats Win as
Usual, and Democrats Also
Carry Arizona.
Portland, Maine.—Complete returns
of the vote for senators and represen
tatives in the state election gave the
Democrats substantial majorities' in
both, branches of the Maine legisla
ture, which, at the beginning of the
new year will elect a United States
senator to succeed Eugene Hale, a sec
retary of state, state treasurer, attor
ney general and commissioners of ag
riculture.
The new legislature also probably
will be called upon to carry out the
declaration of the Democratic party
platforms of recent years and resub
mit to the people the liquor prohibi
tory amendment to the constitution
and to repeal the Sturgis liquor law
enforcement act.
' According to the unofficial complete
returns the legislature will have a
Democratic majority of 36 on joint
ballot. The senate will consist of 21
Democrats and 10 Republicans, while
the house will have 88 Democrats and
63 Republican members.
The last legislature consisted of 122
Republicans and 60 Democrats, the
Republicans having a majority of 15
in the senate and 47 in the house.
Practically complete returns on the
yote of the state for governor gave
Colonel Frederick W. Plaisted (Dem.)
<73,644, and Gov. Bert M. Fernald
i(Rep.), 64,912, a plurality for Colonel
Plaisted of 8,732, as against a plural
ity of 8,064 for Gov. William T. Cobb
<Rep.) four years ago.
FINANCING COTTON CROP.
Scarcity of Money Will Not Be Caus
ed This Year.
New York. That the cotton crop
will be financed this season without
any special difficulty and without
causing any "tight money” is the
opinion of prominent bankers here. A
canvass made of the leading national
banks, state institutions and trust
companies showed that the financial
Interests are taking a very optimistic
View of the solution of the problem,
and that no fear is entertained of a
possible rupture between the foreign
banking institutions and the Ameri
can banks. It is felt that the English
and continental bankers will agree to
the railroad validation certificate plan
and no unusual complications will
arise in financing the cotton crop this
season.
It was pointed out that while the
resolution recently passed by the for
eign committee calls for “bank guar
antees” beginning November 1, the
American railroads handling cotton
from the South will commence issuing
validation certificates on September
1, or 60 days before the resolution
goes into effect. oNt only is it the
confident hope of bankers here, who
.have absolutely refused to give guar
antees, but the foreigners will rescind
Itheir resolution before that date, but
lit is expected that a large portion of
the cotton crop will have been moved
before November 1
BAKERS WI^L HGHT.
Bread Weight Laws Said to Be an
Injustice to Bakers.
Baltimore, Md. —That the National
Association of Master Bakers are pre
pared to fight the enactment of all
bread weight laws to the Supreme
court of the United States became
known through the reading of the re
port of the executive committee. Be
lieving that the passage of laws com
pelling bakers to make loaves of cer
tain weight to be an injustice, the as
sociation has completed plans for a
finish fight.
This action on the part of the exec
utive committee was brought about
by the passage some months ago of a
law in Illinois requiring bread loaves
to be of a certain weight, 16 ounces.
"Suicide Queen” Again Fails.
New Orleans. — Mrs. Caroline
Simms, whose many attempts at self
destruction during the last two years
have gained for her the soubriquet of
"the suicide queen,” made another ef
fort to kill herself at her Vlllere
street home. Seh took a dose of su
gar of lead, but the Charity hospital
ambulance surgeons pumped her out
in time to save her life.
Her friends assert that this is her
fourteenth attempt at suicide, but
only seven such instances are on rec
ord in the police department.
She Jkurmtnn Sulktuu
PATTERSON QUITS RACE.
Governor of Tennessee Has the Politicians
Guessing.
Nashivlle, Tenn.—Gov. M. R. Patter
son withdrew from the race to suc
ceed himself as governor of Tennes
see. Governor Patterson was the nom
inee of the "regular” faction of the
Democratic party and has been bit
terly opposed by the Independent-
Statewide - Prohibition - Democrats,
who, in coalition with the Republi
cans, elected a state judiciary last
month, defeating a. ticket for which
Governor Patterson made a strenuous
campaign of the state. Governor Pat
terson, in his address announcing his
withdrawal, declares he will not be
an obstacle in the way of his party’s
success at the polls, nor will he will
ingly contribute In any way to the
possibility of success of the Repub
licans in Tennessee.
s He makes reference to interference
of a Republican president in Tennes
see politics. In an intrvlew follow
ing the issuance of the statement,
Governor Patterson declares that he
has no personal preference in the
matter of a Democratic nominee and
that he will take the stump for him,
whoever he may be. Patterson’s po
litical career has been a stormy one,
including his defeat of former Senator
E. W. Carmack for the gubernatorial
nomination in a sensational campaign,
followed by the killing of Carmack
here by the Coopers, their trial which
attracted nation-wide attention ana
Patterson’s pardon of D. B. Cooper
within a few minutes after his con
viction by the superior court.
REPORT ON BALLINGER.
Republican Committeemen Denounce
Report of Democrats.
Chicago.—Six Republican members
of the Ballinger investigating com
mittee met here and issued a state
ment condemning the action of the
four Democrats and one Republican
Insurgent member who delivered a
report at Minneapolis demanding the
retirement from office of Secretary
Ballinger.
Those present were Senators Nel
son, Sutherland and Root and Con
gressmen McCall, Olmsted and Den
by. ' They declared the action of what
they term the “minority” at Minneap
lis to have been according to "the
worst methods of ward politics.”
The evidence in the Ballinger case
was discussed, but in the absence of
a quorum they stated no action on the
case itself was possible.
Minneapolis, Minn. —"That Richard
A. Ballinger has not been true to the
trust reposed in him ae Secretary of
the Interior; that he is not deserving
of public confidence and that he should
be requested by the proper authori
ties to resign his office.”
The foregoing sums up the findings
of the four democratic members of
the Ballinger-Pinchot congressional
investigating committee.
The Republican members issued no
report of any kind bearing on the con
traversy.
An independent report was given
out by Mr. Madison, the Insurgent. Re
publican from Kansas, which declares
also that Mr. Ballinger "should not be
retained, that he was an unfaithful
trustee of the people’s interests, an
enemy of conservation,” and that the
charges of Gifford Pinchot should be
sustained. ,
These findings will be printed and
filed with congress.
COffON^STIMATE.
10,000,000 Bales in 1910 According to
Farmers’ Union.
Charlotte, N. C. —The crop reporting
committee of the National Farmers’
Co-Operative and Educational Union
estimates the crop of short staple cot
ton in 1910 in round numbers at 10,-
000,000 bales, based upon reliable re
ports from all the cotton-growing
states, each state being represented
The condition of the crop and esti
mates by states follows:
State— Percentage. Bales.
Alabama ..... 68 1,050,000
Arkansas 65 775,000
Florida 65 2,500
Georgia. ..*... 75 1,500,000
Louisiana 50 150,000
Mississippi ..... 65 1,000,000
Missouri ..... 67 45,000
North Carolina ... 65 400,000
Oklahoma 75 850,000
South Carolina ... 6^ 900,000
Tennessee 70 250,000
Texas ........ 58 2,500,000
Total 65 9-19 9,522,000
Meat Packers Indicted.
Chicago.—The Federal grand jury,
which has been investigating Chicago
packers returned indictments against
ten high officials of Swift, Armour and
Morris concerns.
There were issued three in
dictments against each. The first in
dictment in detail charges all defend
ants with engaging in a combination
in restraint of interstate trade In
fresh meats. The second charges con
spiracy. The third charges the de
fendants with monopolizing the meat
trade by unlawful means.
IRWINTON. WILKINSON COUNTY. GA. FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 16.1910.
SOUTH CAROLINA ELECTS
COLE BLEASE GOVERNOR
Featherstone, Prohibition Candi
date, Defeated.
STATE-WIDE PROHIBITION REJECTED
Every Newspaper in the State Opposed Blease,
and Since the First Primary Had Been Very
Bitter in Their Attacks Upon Him.
Columbia, S. C.—With over 95,000
votes out of a possible 110,000 votes
accounted for, returns from the sec
ond primary indicate the election of
Cole L. Blease of Newberry for gov
ernor by a small majority over C. C.
Featherstone of Laurens.
W. W. Moore of Barnwell is safely
in the lead for adjutant general. For
railroad commissioner, G. McDuffie
Hampton of Columbia holds a 4,000
lead over James Cansler of Tirzah.
Blease entered the race as a local
option advocate, with Featherstone
the champion of state-wide prohibi
tionists. In the first primary there
were four other candidates, but all
were eliminated save Messrs. Blease
and Featherstone. Before the first
primary the battle was fought out
largely on the liquor question, but
since that time the press of the state
has centered a vigorous attack on
Blease, directed principally upon his
character and his course in the vari
ous political offices he has held.
The result, however, is largely a
defeat for state-wide prohibition, as
many of Blease’s votes were drawn
from men opposed to state-wide prohi
tion. Especially was this the case
in Charleston, which gave Blease a
majority of nearly 3,000.
Mr. Featherstone’s very radical
views on the liquor question and the
enforcement of the liquor laws with
respect to Charleston, expressed at
the campaign meeting prior to the
first primary, were very Inimical to
his chances in that city.
In the interval between the first
and second primaries the press of the
state made a strenuous fight upon
Blease, attacking his record as a leg
islator, attorney and even as a private
citizen. Unofficial returns show the
following vote;
For Governor —Blease 49,787; Feath
erstone, 45,877.
For Adjutant General—Moore, 63,-
354; Richardson, 29,974.
For Railroad Commissioner—Hamp
ton, 48,419; Cansler, 43,958.
DRUGGISTS DEMAND REFORM.
Drastic Resolution Presented to the
National Association.
Pittsburg, Pa.—Drastic resolutions
tending toward legislation vital alike
to the drug trade and the public,
marked the first session of the twelfth
annual convention of the National Re
tail Drug Association in conveneitno
here. President C. H. Huhn of Min
neapolis in his address declared war
on the indiscriminate sale of liquors
in drug stores; emphatically announc
ed that a reform was demanded, and
that the reform must be brought about
by the pharmacsts themselves.
The Ohio pharmaceutical presented
a resolution protesting against the
laws requiring ‘druggists to take out
a liquor license to enable them to sell
whisky on prescription, “thus classi
fying the drug store as a saloon, while
another law forbids the sale of intox
icating preparations without a pre
scription.”
The Chicago delegation demands
the change of the name of "wood alco
hol” to "wood naptha,” that ‘topers
may not be led by the similarity of
names to drink poisonous wood alco
hol instead of whisky.”
An anti-suicide resolution recom
mended the restriction of the sale of
carbolic acid to a mixture of one
third each, acid, glycerine and water,
“a preparation that may be taken by
would-be suicides in large quantities
without causing death,” while another
having for its object the suppression
of the “(lope fiend” demanded that
proprietary medicines containing co
caine, chloral, morphine, codine and
other drugs should be sold only upon
prescription.
Estrada Government Recognized.
Washington.—lt was admitted at
the state department that the Estrada
government is to be recognized imme
diately, as far as it is possible at this
stage.
It is pointed out that there are
various degrees of recognition, and as
Estrada’s "government is, after all, a
provisional one, our recognition would
be on that basis.
The Estrada representative in
Washington will be Senor David Arel
lano, who will succeed Senor Castel
lo, who has been promoted.
Back From New
York--Our Buyer
We are pleased to state our buyer has return
ed from New York and other Eastern markets.
He states that this has been his most success
ful trip made in his six years’ experience. The
market on all lines was found to be at alow ebb.
Prices Were as Low as They
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Were When Cotton Was
Eight Cents Per Pound.
The reason of this is not known; all seem to
think we will soon have big advances in all lines;
but we are protected; have bought the largest
stock ever brought to Milledgeville. Our prices
will be low—lower than you could reasonably ex
pect. We have the goods, not in New York, Phil=
adelphia or Boston —but right here in Milledge=
ville in our
Iwo Big Stores
We also wish to announce to the ladies of good old Wilkinson coun
ty, our addition of a “LADIES’REST ROOM,’’ with toilet and lavatories.
This room we have long needed, and we are pleased to invite you to feel
at home here. We expect in a few days to tell you some very interesting
store news. YOUR FRIENDS,
W. $. MYRICK & CO.
“The Store Where Shopping is Easy”
SI.OO a Year.
