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Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1902-11-03
SOURCES OF TYPHOID FEVER.

Recent investigations have shed flood
of light upon the sources OF that dread
and deadly disease, typhoid fever.
II was formerly believed that impure
drinking water was the chief and almost
the sole cause Of this malady, but it has
been deponstrated that there are other
pregnant sources of it, The British Med
zeal Journal, in it's latest issue gives the
results of the Investigations made by two
medical officers of the British army as to
the part played by soil, fabrics and flies
in the dissemination of typhoid fever.
These Investigators reached the conclu-
sion that, while drinking water does cause
much OF this disease, it has other causes
whose Importance is underestimate.
1t is certain that many wells and springs
are contaminated by the soil. for it has
been proved that typhoid germs will live
81 days underground. 1t requires only a
very slight current to carry this infection
into a water supply. The germ will live
in wet soil 81 days and in the dust of the
soil Is days 1t is very dangerous in the
latter form, as the impregnated dust is
blown about in all directions, contamina-
ting food as we'll as water.
Fines are great olSIrlDutOFS OF IyphOiu
fever, carrying its germs to milk, flesh and
other foodstuffs.
Clothing is readily infected with the
germs of this disease. and will hold them
under ordinary conditions for 80 days.
These three sources-dust, flies and soil
ed clothes-contribute enormously to the
dissemination of typhoid fever
The British Medical Magazine insists
that the plan of burying enteric material
should be given up, because in that way
the soil is infected, and this soil turns to
dust in dry weather, or is traversed by
flies, or else the germs in it are carried
in wet weather into wells or springs or
other open water supplies. All enteric mat
ter should be disinfected by means Of a
solution of bluestone or sulphate of cop
per. After disinfection it is not important
what disposition is made of it. The inves-
LEGATIONS prove that typhoid is not by any
means a drinking-water disease pure and
simple The dust of the streets and the
flies are also deadly agents. Drinking wa
ter may be the most potent cause, but soil
contamination is undoubtedly a good sec
ond.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1902-11-03
CHILD LABOR IN ALABAMA.


There is in Alabama a well-organtzed
and powerful movement for the enact
ment OF a law prohibiting the employment
in any factory or manufacturing estab-
lishment in that state Of children under
twelve years of age.
The passage Of this bill at the next SEES
sion Of the legislature is very generally
predicted and the press Of the state is
almost unit in its support.
TIL cotton mill owners are divided on the
subject, and there IS nothing like as de-
termined an opposition from that source
as was expected. Some of the most sue
cessful cotton manufacturers of Alabama
frankly admit that there is by no means
the profit in child labor that is generally
supposed, and some of them go to the
point of expressing doubts as to whether
1t pays at all.
The Montgomery Advertiser, in plea
for the passage Of the bill to be recon-
mended by the Child Labor committee
now at work in Alabama, says:
This proposal is sensible and practi-
cable, and we hope that the general as
sembly will at once carry its purpose into
definite effect.
'It would be politically a mistake for
the Democratic party to turn from this
opportunity, and to give the Republican
party four years time in which to pursue
its game OF making capital out of so pop
ular an issue.
''It would be an error in business judg-
ment for the state to give even quasi
support to the impression that business
success in Alabama is any way dependent
on the labor of children under L. The
mills assert that this is not the case, yet
every word OF opposition to a child labor
law strengthens this impression In the
outside world. Alabama does not need
to demand an exemption from the ele-
mentary industrial conditions established
elsewhere.
"A child labor law Is inevitable The
sooner IL can come, therefore, the better.
Its passage will allay agitation. and will
draw the increasing attention OF the coun-
try not to our misfortunes, but to our
abundant advantages.
THE Advertiser knows that some of the
wisest and strongest min men in the state
viii not oppose the passage Of child labor
legislation at this time. We believe that
the cooperation OF the mills in the pass
age OF conservative legislation will avert
the possibility Of more radical legislation
in the future. The sentiment for the law
Is increasing in volume, and in earnest
ness.
There are many sentiments which, be-
cause ill-founded, have suffered permanent
defeat. This is q sentiment that, in the
history of every nation In the modern
world, has never suffered a permanent
reverse. To meet 1t half way, to deal
with It fairly and Justly, is-we believe
the part. not only of political wisdom, but
Of good business sense"
There is in this view Of the question
much sound sense which the Georgia leg
islature would do well to consider In deal
ing with the subject OF child labor, as IL
must at IT'S present session.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1902-11-03
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
chicago Daily News.

Chicago Daily News.
Things that make woman cry make a man
swear
Natives of Greenland are a cold and distant
people.
Beware Of the man who owns a soft, persua-
sive voice.
A spoiled child is to be pitied because Of its
fool parents.
But few are able to see sea serpent unless
they are half-seas over.
You can never tell what woman In love or
a balky horse will do next.
All the worlds a stage and all the women
thereon want speaking parts.
He is a wise son who knoweth when his own
father will stand for a touch:
Conversation is a dead art" says philoso-
pher. Talked to death, perhaps.
An evening call is productivce of pleasure
either when you come or when you go.
That woman doesn't live who lose at
social card game without getting mad.
Some men never realize the true value Of
money until they try to make touch
Men set themselves uD as a big gun-and
the smaller the caliber the bigger the bore.
When a short young man gets sweet on q
tall girl he Immediately buys high silk hat.
From the fruit preserver we get our jams
and from the wet goods dealer our Jim-jams.
Paint looks all right on an old house. but on
an old woman-well, that's quite another story.
ANY man who depends on wages win acquire
a lot more money than the man who depends on
wagers.
II makes a spinster grit her teeth every time
she encounters widow who has planted three
husbands.
It you compliment some men they will never
forget you--unless you overdo the thing by
lending them money
II a man knew what his acquaintances really
thought Of him he would go away somewhere
and do the hermit act.
1t is easier to know where to spend your
vacation than II Is to know where to get the
money to spend IL with.
After sewing a choice lot of wild oats the
young man In the case hopes that something
will come along and destroy the crop.
A woman's idea OF dutifuI husband is one
who will stay at home and look after the
baby while she spends the afternoon shopping
Some men will get out of bed at l o'clock In
the morning and to fire who can't be in
duced to get up at O'Clock to start one IN the
furnace.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1902-11-03

from s.. 134 $50 229 to $2S44 646 40. or 157 per
cent Farm values grew from 1890, 364, 81
to s., 951, 631, 632. Farming is improving, as
is shown by the fact that, while the acre
age in wheat increased in the two de-
cades but Il per cent, the crop increased
50 per cent The average per acre is nearly
two bushels higher than the average for
the whole country. The corn, hay and oat
crops about doubled, and the cotton out
put increased over 80 per cent. The value
Of the crop of cotton in 1900, seed included,
was $3.50, 100000. The rice and sugar crops
much more than doubled and the product
of southern tobacco is 20 per cent, of that
of the entire union. The rural population
Is accordingly fairly prosperous, and its
gain in numbers between 1890 and 1900 was
much larger than that of all the rest of
the United States.
Manufacturing has had an enormous de-
velopment in the south in the last two
decades, such development being favored
by abundant water power. coal. railway
facilities and labor. New towns and in
dustries are springing up by the hundred.
In 1880 there were, for example, 16l cotton
factories; in 1900 there were 400. Between
1890 and 1900 the south gained 2,747,SS9 cot
ton spindIes, against a gain of but 2.172. 40
in the north. In the same period the capt.
tai in cotton manufacturing interests
from $4,000, 900 to 1924 OOOO 900. But oil mills.
furnaces, rolling mills, furniture and 9TH
er woodworking mills have also sprung up
as il by magic. An epitome of the manu-
features of the south shows 92.522 manu-
featuring establishments in 1900, with a
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1902-11-03
baltimore Sun.

THE BANKERS MAGAZINE of
October, in a review of the RE
sources and Progress of the
South" makes an impressive dis
play of the situation in Dixie. and shows
that the future is full of promise for that
section. In mechanical enterprise as well as
agriculture. II is now the progressive Sec
ton. But its progress is not alone in ma
terial things. cit is well within the truth. :"
says the Bankers Magazine, Ito say that
education is nowhere receiving a larger
share of public attention than is being be-
slowed upon this subject today throughout
the south. Technical education is being
fcstered by states and municipalities, and
there are a number of institutions of the
highest rank annually giving practical
training to a large and increasing body Of
students" A supply OF skilled labor is be-
ing prepared in the recently erected mills,
with the result of facilitating further in
dustrial development. The employment
now given in many manufacturing towns
to whole families drawn from the poverty
stricken mountain regions is rapidly ini-
proving the economic and intellectual con-
dition of the only very backward portion
of the white population.
Between 1880 and 1900 the population of
the south increased from 1886, $50 to 23,-
54s, 404 or "A per cent, but in the same pc
riod southern agricultural, manufactured
and mineral products increased in value
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1902-11-03
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TBE CANAL TITLE.

The report of Attorney General Knox
will be very generally accepted as a suf-
icIent assurance OF the validity of the
title to the Panama canal property which
our government proposes to buy.
The attorney general states with per-
feet fairness the objections that have
been raised against the title and answers
them satisfactorily. His Investigations
in Paris convinced him that our govern
ment will be perfectly protected IL it ac-
quires the property now owned by the
French company.
Mr.. Knox is a very able lawyer and 4
careful one He went over the whole
ground before he gave his opinion and
it will be received with great respect.
The next necessary step is to obtain
concessions from Colombia. That country
has been for months past in a state OF
revolution so that 1t has been impossible
to do anything in this direction, but the
latest news is to the effect that the rebel
lion has been crushed. The main army
OF the insurgents has surrendered ard
peace may be expected within a few
days.
Such n thing as a stable governmsnt
In Central America Is not to be expected
under present conditions, but we will
probably see a government in Colombia
very soon that will stand long enough to
grant us the concessions that must be
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1902-11-03
Is President Baer Guilty of
PEagianSing from a Kfngi
philadelphia North American.

Philadelphia North American.
Is President Baer. of the Reading rail-
road, plagiarist? John w. Slayton, can
didate for governor on the Socialist tick
ct, calls attention to the remarkable SINH
larity in the sentiments and language con-
tanned in the famous trustees of Provi-
dence" letter written by President George
Baer to those uttered by George III. of
England at a time when the American
colonists were preparing to do a little
striking on their own account.
King George was a German. Mr.. Baer
is of German descent While Mr.. Baer
lays no claim to royal descent, his appar-
ent appropriation of the idea and Ian
guage of the British sovereign gives rise
TO the belief that he is wholly in SYM
patty with the views of that monarch.
Here are the passages upon which Mr..
Slayton bases his deadly parallel:
KING GEORGE III, 1775.
The rights and interests of the American
colonists will be looked after and cared
for, not by the agitators and rebels, but
by the kind, Christian gentlemen whom /,
as the direct representative of God, have
appointed to look after my lands in the
western world.
PRESIDENT GEORGE, 1902.
The rights and interests of the laboring
man will be looked after and cared for,
not by the agitators, but by Christian men
to whom God, in his infinite wisdom, has
given the control of the property interests
Of the country.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1902-11-03

had before the work of constructing the
canal can properly begin, and then. we
can take care of what we get. The asst
congress appropriated $4o.00O,oOO for the
purchase Of the canal property provided
good, valid and unincumbered title
could be acquired
There appears 70 be no difficulty on
that score. 1t may require some little
time TO make arrangements with the Co
lombian government, but these should be
completed so that the work OF construc-
ton may begin next fall.
There are various estimates of the
length Of time that will be necessary to
the completion of this great work, some
Of them as low as five years. but engin-
GERS who have had experience with work
Of similar character think that ten years
is quite as short a period as can be rea-
sonably set to this enterprise.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1902-11-03
SPIRITUAL WORSHIP. ,

A missionary council OF the Protestant
Episcopal church, which is in session in
Philadelphia, has aroused much interest.
At one of It's sessions Bishop Coadjutor
MaclSay Smith created quite a sensation
by the following statement:
IF there is anything / despise it is this
idea that seems to have taken possession
of many of our Episcopalians. that the
church is only q sort of a Sunday club,
where it is pleasant to come and sit in a
comfortable pew for an hour or two
Bishop Smith did not presume to say
whether the responsibility for this condi-
ton lies mainly with the pulpit or pew,
but, he said. the fact remains that today
the church is too much a place of. enter
tainment and too little a place of truly
spiritual worship.
This remark, according to Bishop Mac
kay Smith. does not apply alone to those
churches that resort to features" to at
tract crowds, for a church may be out
wardly as decorous as a sanctuary ought
to be, and yet the Office of the pulpit be
degraded to entertainment pure and sim
pie. It may be intellectual entertainment;
oratorical display, mallifuous nothings to
soothe the ear-anything. everything to
entertain, and such a church be as dead
in spiritual grace as any that relies on
magic lantern shows. music and num-
merry.
The solemn and beautiful words with
which the morning service of the Episco-
pal church open express the proper spirit
of worship THE Lord is in his holy temple,
let all the earth keep silence before hin"
Bishop Smith said
when that idea is departed from we I'm
gevitably have deterioration. Any other
idea than that the church is the Lord s
house, and that where two or three are
gathered in his name there he is in the
midst Of them, is a wicked and wrong idea.
And when any gather in church, not in
hts name, but in their own; not to worship
him, but to entertain themselves, they
are profaning the holy temple. Amid all
the marvellous changes that are making
this era one of the most remarkable in
the world, the church cannot surely be
content to be regarded in any sense as "a
sort OF Sunday club. It must surely feel
the awakening and clothe itself with the
whole armor OF God and fight the good
fight which is warfare with sin; telling
men of their conduct, showing them how
to become right and righteous. That is
what the church Is for and when 1t does
not fulhll it's purpose, woe unto it; it is
an obstruction and an offense."
We hear this sort OF talk from represen-
tative men in all the leading Protestant
churches. It's frequency. the earnestness
with which It is proclaimed and the char
acter OF the men who indulge in it indicate
that the lack of seriousness and spiritu-
ality In many Of our churches is deeply
felt, srr
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1902-11-03
PROGRESS OF THE SOUTH.

capital of 81 III SIS, $50, against 4s. rs estab
lishments in 1880, with a capital of S251.-
go, 03S. The value of product has grown
from S445, 572,461 to 81 419 OO1. e73. The mining
output in 1900 was S115, 352 763, against ST.
so increased phenomenally. This Industrial
progress has resulted largely from the
expansion of the railway systems and the
Improvement of harbor facilities. Southern
ports have increased their exports since
1880 by $50 per cent, this being a SEQUEL
of the increase of southern railway mile
age from 2, 612 miles to 1854 miles a
growth of 143 per cent, against growth
of but IS per cent in the rest of the union
In banking also the south compares most
favorably," says the Bankers Magazine
with other parts of the union" Between
1898 and 1902 the capital of southern banks
increased from $6S 000. 900 to 81, 900 600; de-
posits from $165, 900 to $269. 600 900: total
resources from S31S, O00,000 to $506 600 900
Clearings indicate volume of business The
clearings of southern cities in the week
ended August 20. 1892. were $47. 600 900, while
in the week ended August 16. 1902. there
were 500, 900. The rate of gain was much
greater than in any other part OF the
country. From nearly every point of view
the outlook is most favorable, confirming
the dictum of Abram s. Hewitt:
There is no corresponding region on
this habitable globe which has so many
advantages as the south, all available by
natural or artificial communications and
capable of more economical operation
than in any other part of the country"
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1902-11-03
Gov. Geo. R. Gilmer and His Book.
BY GEO. c. SMITH, wNEvILLE. MACON, GEORGIA.

lots The lottery was drawn in 1S32
while Wilson Lumpkin was governor.
Governor Gilmer did not remain in re-
tirement; he was elected to congress;
served one term. then he was defeated
for another, and then in 1887 was elect
ed governor again. The Cherokee In
dams had not been removed even then,
but the land had been laid of and lot
teried OF and he was determined there
should be no further dilly-dallying, so
he ordered out the militia. and the
United States government decided to
cooperate with the state authorities
and the poor Cherokees were exiled
from their beautiful homes and went
sadly to the far west.
Unlike the Creeks, these valleys were
their homes; but resistance was IN
vain, and they sadly took up the line
of march to their new abode a thou
sand miles away. There was a dark
cloud of financial disaster ranging over
Georgia, and the storm burst while he
was governor. He was an intense man
and not a very strong one, physically,
and he broke down under the strain
and when the time expired for which
he had been elected. he retired to pri-
vate life. He had no children, but he
had a wife whom he adored, and one
who loved the eccentric statesman
with very tender love.
He had an abundance of worldly
goods, and lived in the county in
whose limits he had been born, and In
the village where he had begun public
life, and among people who greatly
honored him. He roamed over the
hills gathering rock crystals and anne
thysts in quartz rocks; he had lit
tie farm where he raised grass and
stock. He was a simple-hearted, low
able old man Of plain ways. He had q
great fondness for buying odds and
ends at sheriff's sales, especially old
irons. He had bought a large lot at
various sales and one day Mrs. Gflmer
loaded 1t on a cart and sent It up to
the sheriff and asked him to sell 1t.
The sheriff was a witty fellow, and
seeing the governor, said: Here, Gov
ernar, I have something know you
want; what will you give me for these
old irons?" I'm Civ you ten dol
lars" They were knocked down to
him, the money was paid and Mrs.
Gilmer duly received it. She invested
It in a fine bonnet The governor said
to her: well, dear, where did you get
that bounet?"
IT bought it in Athens"
did you pay for it?'
''Yes, paid for 1t with the ten dol
lars you paid the sheriff for your old
irons"
He was a delightful old man, living
in great comfort, loving all men ex-
cept his political foes. and he quietly
glided down the stream of life. He
had no children and his relatives were
nearly ali rich. so he left a hand
some legacy to the State university
when he died. He did Georgia great
service and she does well to honor his
memory.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1902-11-03
CONFEDERATE MUSTER ROLLS

In his farewell message to the legisla-
ture Governor Gambler made a recomrhen-
dalton on which that body should take
prompt action.
Governor Gamblers devotion to the men,
cries Of the Confederacy and his pride in
the part taken by Georgia in that heroic
struggle are we'll known. He urges that
the military records Of the state be pre-
served in archives, including those Of the
Revolutionary and Confederate wars.
These precious documents are going rap
idly to decay. Even the copies OF the
muster-rolls Of the Georgia troops in the
war between the states, obtained some
years ago from Washington, are wearing.
Allsthe historical records are farins bad
". and many Of them lost. For the pres
ervation of the records, Colonial, Revolu-
tionary, Confederate Governor Gambler
insists that there be made preparation for
the compiling and printing. and that a
proper person, with adequate salary. be
appointed to do this important work
this needed service.
We cannot believe that the legislature
will fail to heed this patriotic and timely
recommendation.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1902-11-03
Of General Interest.

Instruction IN swimming win form part Of me
winter.
Timber is being exported from Bosnia 70 South
Africa to be used in rebuilding farms destroyed
during the war.
Bread has been cheaper in Yorkshire and In
colnshire, England, since the tax was imposed
on Imported cereals.
1t sometimes happens that fool girl win
throw a millionaire overheard for q man Whe
can't borrow 30 cents.
Orders have been issued to the Russian police
to forbid the sale or use OF monograph rollers
for the reproduction OF sacred music.
Vienna dentist reports having made consid-
erahle success with artificial teeth made OF pa
per treated by process OF his own invention
Endeavors are being made to amalgarnate the
the purpose OF securing more control over the
guides.
Food Is so dear at Stellenbosch, Cape Colony.
that the men Of a battery Of Royal Horse ar
tllery stationed there propose to cultivate thar
own vegetables.
Fer the first time in over thirty years
steamer has been launched from a Dublin ship
yard. She Is owned in Liverpool and viii De
engined at Glasgow.
Twelve 10-wheeled passenger engines and ten
ders have been ordered by the Canadian Pacific
Railway Company from the Hyde Park Lsooo-
motive Works. Glasgow.