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VOL. XVI.
HUGH MONEY NEEDED
EOR WORK ON RIVERS
GOVERNMENT ENGINEERS ESTI-
MATE NEEDED MONEY FOR
COUNTRY AT $22,221,361.
$500,000 FOR SAVANNAH, GA.
No Estimates Made for New Projects.
Georgia Was Well Provided
For.
Washington. — Twenty-two million
two hundred and twenty-one thousand
three hundred and sixty-one dollars
will be needed for rivers and harbors
improvement work for the fiscal year
ending June 30, 1312, according to the
annual report of Brig. Gen. W. H. Bix
• by, chief of engineers, United States
army, made public. The estimates on
orders from President Taft were “cut
to the bone,” as it is the intention
to make river and harbor appropria
tion bills annual affairs in congress
in future instead of biennial “pork
barrel” measures.
No estimates are made for new proj
ects. The amount asked for is divid
ed among 211 present projects.
The estimates of appropriation for
Southern states are as follows:
Georgia—Savannah harbor, $400,000;
Savannah river below Augusta SIOO,-
000; Sapelo harbor, $11,000; Altama
ha, Oconee and Ocmulgee rivers, $30,-
000; Brunswick harbor, $35,000; in
side water route between Savannah
and Fernandina, Fla., $30,000; Coosa
river, between Rome and and South
ern railway bridge, $271,039, of which
$121,039 is for locks and dams at
Mayos bar.
Florida—Pensacola harbor, $25,000;
Fernandina harbor, $25,000; St. Johns
river (mouth to Jacksonville), $425,-
000; St. John river (Palatka to Lake
Harney), $30,000; Key West harbor
entrance $25,000; Caloosahatchee riv
er, between Puntarasa and Fort
Thompson, $69,000; Hillsboro Bay,
$29,000; channel from Apalachicola
river to St. Andrews bay, $750,000; St.
Andrews bay, $128,560.
Alabama—Chattahoochee (Georgia
and Alabama), below Columbus, $75,-
000; Alabama river, $75,000; Mobile
harbor, $505,000; Black Warrior, War
rior and Tombigbee rivers, $600,000.
South Carolina—Santee, Wateree
and Congaree rivers and Estherville-
Minin creek canal, $47,000; inland
waterway between Charles harbor and
opposite McClellanville, $41,000 ;
Charleston harbor improvements,
SIOO,OOO.
Maryland — Susquehanna river,
above and below Havre DeGrace, $34,-
000; Rockhill harbor, Clairborne, Cam
bridge, Chester, Choptank and War
wick rivers, $36,000.
Virginia—James river, $150,000;
harbor at Norfolk (for 30-foot chan
nel extension), $100,000; Norfolk
harbor approaches and channel to
Newport News, $425,000.
North Carolina—Cape Fear river
above Wilmington (locks and dams),
$200,000; Cape Fear river, at and be
low Wilmington, SIOO,OOO.
Mississippi—Harbor at Gulfport
and Ship Island Pass, $40,000; South
west Pass to Mississippi river, $450,-
000.
Louisiana —Bayou Teche, $60,000;
Ouachita and Black rivers (Louisiana
and Arkansas), $202,000.
Tennessee—Cumberland river (Ten
nessee and Kentucky, below Nash
ville), $250,000; Cumberland river
above Nashville, $85,000; Tennessee
river above Chattanooga, $65,000;
Tennessee river (Chattanooga to Riv
erton, Ala.), $100,000; Tennessee riv
er below Riverton, $80,000; Ohio river,
for general opening channel improve
ments, $229,500; for purchase sites
and erection necessary locks and dams
$2,000,000.
England Faces Crisis.
London, England.—With the disso
lution of parliament all formalities
preliminary to the election of a new
parliament were completed. The
proclamation of dissolution summoned
the new parliament to assemble on
January 31, 1911- Among the first of
its members to be elected, unopposed,
will be Arthur J. Balfour, the opposi
tion leader. On the stock exchange,
where election bets are made, the feel
ing seemed to anticipate a reduction
in the Liberal majority.
“Uncle Joe” Talks Politics.
Washington. —Speaker Joseph G.
Camion returned to Washington.
While mildly deploring the result of
the recent election in which he said:
“A majority has made a mistake in
giving our friends, the Democrats, the
control of the Sixty-second congress.”
He added: “With the responsibility, it
remains to be seen what they will do.
I should be glad if they find them
selves able to redeem their promises
in the campaign—to reduce the cost
of living and increase the price of
labor.”
Snutntan SulktUL
NO. 10
BANNER WHISKEY YEAR.
1,911 Illicit Distilling Plants, Mostly
in the South, Were Closed
During the Year.
Washington.—The United States
has just passed through a banner
year for drinks and smokes and oleo
margarine. Here is the nation's rec
ord for twelve months ended on June
30, as it shows in the figures of the
internal revenue bureau:
One hundred and sixty-three mil
lion gallons of distilled spirits—3o,-
000,000 gallons more than the year be
fore.
Fifty-nine million four hundred and
eighty-flve thousand one hundred and
seventeen barrels of fermented liquors,
an increase of 3,000,000,000.
Seven billion six hundred million ci
gars, 160,000,000 more than in 1909.
Six billion eight hundred and thirty
million cigarettes, an increase of a
solid billion.
Four hundred and two million
pounds of plug, fine cut, cube cut,
granulated or sliced smoking orchew
ing tobacco or snuff, 4,000,000 more
than the year before.
One hundred and forty-one million
eight hundred and sixty-two thousand
two hundred and eighty-two pounds
of oleomargarine, 50,000,000 pounds
increase.
Illicit distilling and other manufac
turing of moonshine whisky—on the
increase, “especially,” the bureau
says, “where there are state-wide
prohibition laws.
The internal revenue receipts on all
those things, and certain other things,
such as playing cards and mixed flour,
amounted to more than $289,000,000 ;
Commissioner Cabell’s organization
collected it all at a cost of about $5,-
000,000. It cost a penny and a little
more than seven mills to collect each
dollar.
When the present year is ended
next June 30, Commissioner Cabell
estimated his men will have collected
at least $308,000,000 at practically the
same cost.
Only three years have surpassed the
year 1910 as an internal revenue pro
ducer, since the bureau was estab
lished in 1863.
Commissioner Cabell’s report, speak
ing of illicit distilling, says Alabama,
Georgia, North Carolina and South
Carolina led in offenses of that char
acter. During the year officers closed
1,911 such plants, 200 more than the
year before.
GRANGE RESOLUTIONS.
Radical Changes in the Payne-Aldrich
Tariff Law Suggested.
Atlantic City, N. J.—Resolutions
calling for drastic regulation of all
railroads of the country and giving
the interstate commerce commission
power to nullify freight and passen
ger rates proved to be extortionate,
were adopted by the National Grange.
Radical changes in the Payne-Aldrich
tariff bill and physical valuation of
railroad trunk lines were also urged
by the farmers.
Federal aid for road improvement,
the parcels post, conservation of nat
ural resources, a national income tax,
direct election of United States sena
tors, agricultural extension and a
non-partisan tariff commission were
included in the report of the resolu
tion committee, which became the pro
gressive platform of the agriculturists.
25 Girls Burned to Death.
Newark, N. J—Trapped in an in
ferno of flame, 400 men and girls
fought for their lives when the six
story building of a paper box manu
facturing concern was destroyed by
fire. In ten minutes twenty-five girls
were burned alive or crushed to death
on the pavement in leaping from the
windows and fire escapes. The rush
of flames was incredibly swift and
threw unreasoning terror into the hud
dled girls on the top story. The oil
soaked floors were the cause of thq
terrible loss of life.
Cudahy, the Packer, Dead.
Chicago. —Michael Cudahy, founder
of the packing firm bearing his name,
died at a hospital here of pneumonia.
Mr. Cudahy had been ill for five days.
Mr. Cudahy was born in Callan, coun
ty of Kilkenny, Ireland, December 7,
1841. He came to the United States
with his parents in 1847, the family
settling at Milwaukee, Wis. In 1855,
while a boy of 15, Mr. Cudahy be
came an employee in a Milwaukee
packing house, and this marked the
beginning of his career in the packing
industry.
Tennessee Law Upheld.
Knoxville, Tenn. —Tae Tennessee
supreme court held as constitutional
the act of the Tennessee legislature
of 1909, prohibiting the manufacture
of whiskey in Tennessee. The decis
ion was not unanimous, however,
two, judges held it unconstitutional.
Population of Ohio.
Washington. —The population of the
state of Ohio is 4,767,121, according
to statistics of the thirteenth census.
This is an increase of 609,576, or 14.7
per cent, over 4,157,545 in 1900.
IRWINTON, WILKINSON COUNTY. GA., FRIDAY, DECEMBER 2.1910.
Macon.—ln an address to the stu
dents of the conservatory of Wesley
an Dr. Dingley Brown, director of
music, declared that “rag-time” mu
sic caused a larger percentage of the
crime committed In this country,
Inore, in fact, than is attributed to
liquor drinking. “ ‘Rag-time’ music
is the greatest curse of our country,
and the most serious menace of the
younger generation in our homes,”
he said. “It is debasing and instills
a criminal tendency into the minds
that absorb it. ‘Rag-time’ is music
only in its most decadent and pervert
ed form, and is more to be dreaded
than whiskey and drugs.”
Lawrenceville. — Felton Wallace
died under the most pathetic circum
stances. Four weeks ago J. D. Wal
lace, in a fit of madness, killed his
wife, 8-year-old son and shot another
son, Felton, and then killed himself.
Felton’s wound at first was not believ
ed to be very serious, but it was
later found that the bullet had pene
trated one of his lungs, and this
caused death. No further light has
been thrown upon the cause of the
tragedy, which shocked the entire
section.
Fitzgerald.—Dr. Homer L. Stewart,
the pioneer in the pecan industry in
the Fitzgerald colony, has been miss
ing some months, lost by his family
and friends, possibly dead in the wilds
of the western mountains.
Blue Ridge.—Probably few counties
in Georgia have ever witnessed any
thing like the political upheaval that
has just taken place here in Fannin.
Democratic officials who had held of
fice for years were ousted and Repub
licans put in their places. Offices
held by Democrats for a quarter of a
century were turned over to Republi
cans. In fact, the Republicans made
a clean sweep of it, turning out ev
ery Democratic official in the county,
and Fannin’s political complexion has
takep on new and startling hues; Only
the senator from the Forty-first was
saved by the Democrats from the
otherwise complete wreck; but J. R.
Kincaid (Dem.) won out for the sen
ate with the aid of the other counties
in the district.
Atlanta.—Assistant State Treasurer
Perry announced that under receiver
ship proceedings in Sumter superior
court, R. A. Maynard, appointed receiv
er in the case of Laura Lankford Lo
gan vs. the Southern Life Insurance
company of Terrell county, the state
treasury had turned over $5,000 of the
capital stock of the Dawson Consoli
dated Grocery company, this being a
part of the $20,000 deposit made by
the Southern Life company of Daw
son, under the insurance laws of the
state. Several other claims have been
filed against the company, and the
state treasury department has been
notified.
Perry.—The chaingang of Houston
county, at work in the eastern portion
of the county, on the road leading
from Bibb county to Lakeside, is do
ing excellent work. T. S. Chapman,
the superintendent, has just recently
finished the road leading from Fort
Valley to Echeconnee Crossin, on Bibb
county line. All the main public roads
in the county are to be put in same
condition as those that have been gone
over. There are now in the chain
gang 46 convicts an dthe cost of op
erating is about $1,225 per month.
Swainsboro. —The one word “broke"
alleged to have been written across a
draft drawn on Brown & Brown, a firm
of this place, caused suit to be filed
by that firm against the Citizen’s Bank
of Swainsboro, and damages for $lO,-
000 for alleged libel have been asked.
They allege that a draft for $20.75
was drawn on them by a Savannah
concern, placed for collection in a Sa
vannah bank and sent in turn to the
Citizens’ Bank of Swainsboro; that
the draft was returned to the maker
with “broke” w’ritten across it. They
allege much damage was done to the
firm’s credit by this action.
Macon. —Leading citizens who have
given for years to the maintenance of
Mercer and those who have bended
every energy in council to advance
the college interests in Macon and
over the state, and the older ones
who helped 30 years ago to bring the
people of the community to vote an
issue of $125,000 in bonds for the in
stitution when it selected this city for
a permanent home, are now far more
lost in plans for a definite procedure
to retain the institution than they are
in thoughts of the possible ingratitude
of the denomination that might be dis
played in taking the college to an
other site.
Elberton. —More than ordinary inter
est was aroused at the Georgia Baptist
convention by the adoption of a resolu
tion favoring the removal of Mercer
university from Macon to Atlanta.
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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 a low ebb.
Prices Were as Low as They
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
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