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Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-02-09
EX-MAYOR OF HAVANA
TALKS OF OUTLOOK

John Emory Evans. formerly mayor OF
Havana and ex-governor of South Caro-
lima, believes that the outlook for Cuba is
very bright and that the best Of invest
ments are offered by Cuban enterprises.
Governor Evans is as well acquainted
with the conditions in Cuba as any other
American, and can speak in such 9 direc-
ton with quite a degree Of authority. He
spent the latter part Of the past week
at the Piedmont hotel.
He says that there is little probability
OF any further political outbreaks, and
that in reality Cuba is now as safe place
as any state in the union. 1t is an I'M
developed country, he points out, and
therefore, offers unusual opportunities for
investment. Especially are there agricul-
tural and manufacturing opportunities.
The tobacco industry of Cuba offers much
profit. he believes, and so does the mat
ter OF making sugar.
AS IS always the case with a develop
ing country, the supply of machinery is
inadequate. and 10 anyone who can take
a step towards supplying this demand.
the profits should be fat.
Governor Evans left Atlanta Saturday
morning
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-02-09
FOG AND STRANGE COAST
TIES UP STEAMER, MUNIN

DARIEN. Ga. Feb. S.-Because he was
on a strange coast, and because of the
fog and haze that has clouded the water
for several days. Captain Larsen. Of
the Norwegian steamer Munin. out of
New York January &c for Sapelo, was
afraid to approach too near Sapelo, and
was unable to speak to passing vessels.
For this reason, though he has been
cruising up and down off the coast for
several days, while many feared he, with
his ship, had sunk off Diamond Shoals
lightship, while his ship has been miss
ing. though at no time in danger. He
appeared off Tybee today and was given
a pilot, and came into Sapelo.
The report that he was off Dolby Bar
was correct, but he put out to sea be-
fore pilot boats reached him.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-02-09
BODY OF MINISTER
RIDDLED WITH SHOT

HOUSTON, Miss, Feb. 6.-The body
of Rev w. T. Hudson. pastor Of the
Baptist church at this place and one
of the most prominent ministers IN
the state, was found riddled with buck
shot in a pond near Houston late to-
night.
Mr. Hudson left his apartments at the
Houston otel early today and when he
did not return at nightfall, search was
instituted which led to the discovery OF
the body.
It was his custom to prepare his Sun
day sermon seated under a tree near the
pond and it is considered evident that he
was shot from ambush and killed while
thus engaged.
As to the motive, which could have
promuted the killing or the person who
committed the crime nothing can be
learned tonight. The condition of the
body indicated that he had been dead for
some hours.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-02-09
S5,388,273 WAS
GEORGIA'S INCOME
INCREASE OF 1914, 5oS.ss SHOWN
IN THE TOTAL RECEIPTS OF
THE STATE BY STATE TREAS
URERS REPORT.

An increase Of more than half a million
dollars in the states revenues for 1868
over 1907 will be shown by the report OF
Treasurer Park, now in process of prepa-
ration for the printer.
The significance of this is fully appre-
ciated only when due consideration is Civ
en- the fact that the increase is recorded
during Georgias first year of prohibitions.
when the liquor traffic revenue was cut
out from among the states sources of rev
enue.
Quoting the figures exactly, they are as
follows:
Total receipts, 1908 -. -. -. Is, 1856. 27316
Total receipts, 1907 -. -. -. ..4,s1S, 764S3
Increase, 1908 80. -. -. -. ...s 74.5oS.33
The figures given represent actual re-
ceipts from January to December 81 OF
each year. and do not include balances on
hand.
But as the states receipts have increas-
ed, so have its expenses grown. The dis
bursements in 1908 were more than three
quarters Of a million dollars greater than
they had been in the preceding year. In
1907 the disbursements were A.797. 1919.
In 1903 they had swollen to $50. 295.51--a
difference Of STU, S25.92 in favor Of Cor
rather to the discredit of 1908.
Expenses Exceed Revenue
AS will be noted from the above figures.
the expenses Of 1908 were greater than the
states revenue for that year. The differ
ence was absorbed by balance that had
been on hand at the beginning of the year.
And now In 1909 the starting month has
shown the same tendency, for the dis
bursements during January were greater
than the receipts during that month, by
some $1,000. Following are the figures:
Receipts. January 1908 S1,5S1, 10
Disbursements. -. -. %. %. 1852, 1914
Excess Of latter -. -. T. -. 80. 51,09e.64
The why's and wherefores Of all these
comparative showings will be explained
in detail by Treasurer Park in his report
For instance, the heavy expense account.
presented for january Is considerably In
fated by the recent drain upon the treas
ury for more than $685., 900 to pay the state
pensions for 1909 in advance. In this re-.
spect, at least, the worst is over for the
next twelve months so far as the treas
ury is concerned.
The increased revenue Is explainable by
a natural development of the states re-
sources and growth Of her commerce and
by some new taxing that the last legisAa-
ture saw fit to do. The even bigger IN
crease in disbursements, however, Is a
matter upon which the report of the
treasurer will be read with much interest.
Another section of Treasurer Parks re-
port-the one which will be devoted to
statements concerning the banks Of
Georgia, and which is now already in the
hands of the printer, will contain facts
equally as interesting and even more cred
table.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-02-09
WARSHIP DELAWARE
SLIPS INTO OCEAN

NEWPORT NEWS, Va, Feb. 6.-The
great battleship Delaware was success
fully launched from the yards of her
builders, the Newport News Shipbuilding
and Dry Dock company, today. The
launching was witnessed by 5000 people
The launching occurred at 1902 o'clock
this morning. Among those present were
Assistant Secretary of the Navy Satter-
lee, Governor Pennewell. of Delaware, and
his staff; Lieutenant Governor Mendin-
hall, a delegation from the Delaware leg
islature and Rear Admiral Taussig.
The battleship was christened with
champagne by Miss Anne Pennewill Ca
hall, of Bridgewell, Del, niece of the gov
ernor.
Compared with the battleships, COM
pleted or under construction, of the navy
of any foreign country, the Delaware sur
passes all. She is one of four sister ships
authorized by congress which will form
an indomitable squadron. The other YES
sells are the North Dakota, being built at
Quincy, Mass. the Florida, which will be
built at the New York Navy Yard, and
the Utah, to be built at Camden, New
Jersey. --e.. tsr.
The Delaware is to carry as heavy ar
NOR and as powerful armament as any
known vessel of it's class; will have g
speed Of q knots, which is believed to be
the highest practicable for vessel of this
type and class, and will have the highest
practicable radius of action. The arrange
ment of her main battery guns is such as
to permit a broadside fire 25 per cent
greater than that of the broadside fire OF
any battleship now built or, so far as is
known, under construction. Her defen-
sive qualities, other than those dependent
upon armor protection, are such as to
give the maximum degree of protection.
Her armament will consist of a main
battery of ten Pinch breech loading rifles,
and her secondary battery will be fourteen
5-inch rapid fire guns, four 3-pounder sa-
luting guns, four 1-pounder semi-auto-
matte guns. two 3-inch field pieces and
two machine guns, of 80 caliber. She has
two submerged torpedo tubes.
The Delaware will have a displacement
on trial of 10000 tons, or 2,100 tons greater
than the British Dreadnought and 7oC
tons greater than Great Britain's latest
vessel of that type, the Vanguard.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-02-09
WORLDWIDE CONFERENCE
FOR PROHIBITION CAUSE

WASHINGTON, Feb. e.-Representative
Sheppard, OF Texas. is DESTROYS OF pro-
noting the cause Of temperance by a
Worldwide conference. Today he pre-
sented a bill authorizing the president to
invite to conference the powers signatory
to the Hague peace parliament asking
each TO send twelve delegates. The pres
ident is to appoint 100 delegates from this
country.
Mr.. Sheppard desires the conference to
be held at Washington or some other de-
sirable place in the United States some
time after March next, and not later
than 1910.
Another temperance measure submitted
by Mr.. Sheppard prohibits express COM
panies and common carriers from trans
porting liquor c. o. D., into prohibition
territory under penalty Of $500 fine
Agents Of the companies are made sub
ject TO fines and Jail terms for billing fol
shipments such packages Of liquor.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-02-09
SPENCER LEADING SHOT FOR
1908

The official average Of American trap
shooters for 1908, which are compiled by
the Interstate Association for the Pro-
motion of Trap Shooting. have just been
made public. They show that Charles G.
Spencer, of st. Louis. Mo-, leads all 9TH
er shooters with the unequaled average
of 9677 per cent for 11.175 targets. Mr..
S.. ncer did his seemingly impossible
shooting with a Winchester Repeating
Shotgun listing at $500 and Winchester
Leader and Repeater shotgun shells
regular stock loads-the kind any
sp rtsman can buy anywhere by asking
for the Red w Brand. Six out of the
first nine men used Winchester guns or
shells-a showing that tells its own sto-
ry Of winning quality.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-02-09
OPPOSES GIVING PRIZE
FOR ESSAY ON LEE

The subject of the winning essay was,
Robert Z. Lee-A Present Day Esti-
mate" The Louisiana daughters claim
that 1t abounds in misrepresentation and
reflection on the south. Miss Boyson is
from Minnesota.
The judges of the contest were: DR..
z. A. Alderman, president of the Unive-s-
ity of Virginia; DIR. Alfonso Smith
formerly of the Louisiana State uni
versity, and DR.. Finley, of New York
university.
The following committee to investigate
and bring the matter before the officers
of the national association was today
named by Miss Matte McGrath, president
of the Louisiana division Of the Daugh-
ters of the Confederacy; Mrs. j. S. ALI
son, of Benton, La, chairman; Mrs. ID.
A. S. Vaught, of New Orleans, custodian,
and RMS. T. B. Pugh, of Napoleonville,
Ia.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-02-09
LINCOLN COULDN'T
LIVE IN NEW YORK NOW

NEW YORK, Feb. ct would be ex-
tremely difficult to nurture a man Of
the Lincoln type in New York today,
according to President Woodrow VIII
son, of Princeton university. During the
course of an address last night before the
alumni association, of Williams college,
DR.. Wilson said: eff you want another
Abraham Lincoln. you had better get out
your long distance glasses. 1 don't mean
to say that because a man is born here
that he cannot become a leader in the
event of a great national crisis, but If he
does it will be only by a supreme effort"
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-02-09
FRIEND OF LINCOLN
DEFENDS WAR TUNE

WASHINGTON, Feb. 6-Joseph Nlmmo,
Jr.. one of the few surviving close per-
sonaI friends of Abraham Lincoln, today
took issue with a statement appearing
in q local paper that President Schnei-
der of the Chicago board Of education,
has forbidden the singing Of Dixie at
the Lincoln centennial, as reasonable.
This, I am prepared to deny from
my personal experience" said Mr.. MINI
no. Early one morning in the month
of April 1865, the news reached Washing
ton that Richmond had been evacua-
ted There was a rush to the white
house, led by a band, accompanied
the crowd. Soon Mr.. Lincoln appeared
at the window over the front entrance.
He replied to the demand for a speech.
well remember his closing words. which
were as follows:
There is a song or a tune which
used to hear with great pleasure before
the war, but our friends across the river
have appropriated 1t to their own use
during the last four years. 1t is the
tune called Dixie" But I think we
have captured it. At any rate, I confer
red with the attorney general this morn
ing and he expressed the opinion that
Dixie" may fairly be regarded as cap
tured property. So I shall be glad to
hear Dixie" by the band
Ever. since then Dixie has been re-
garded as a national air beloved by the
people of the north and of the south. The
tune of Dixie was composed by Dan
Emmett, northern man who wrote the
words and the music. For years before
the war it was sung at the north and at
the south and It will remain for all time
a truly national song, made so by the
good-natured humor Of Abraham Lin
coin"
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-02-09
CONDUCTORS RUN
WAS 100000 MILES

CHICAGO. Feb. 6--More than 100000
miles Travelled in a years in performance
az his duty as passenger conductor on the
Illinois Central railroad. is the remarka-
bic record OF William Thayer. who IS
dead from heart failure IN Hinsdale.
This long period OF service was passed
on the run between Chicago and Du-
buque. a distance OF $50 miles. over which
Mr. Thayer made about 30 trips a year
from 1858 10 800.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-02-09
LABOR DON'T WANT
SEVEN-H0UR DAY

NEW YORK. Feb. IA seVen-nour
workday, as suggested by the trades
councils, of Cleveland, Ohio, is an abb
surdity, in the opinion Of Herman Rob-
inson. an organizer Of the American
Federation of Labor.
1.-The hours of labor" said Robinson,
will not be further reduced. no matter
how extensive or powerful the movement
for a seven-hour work day will become.
The unions will not aim at the aScornp-
lishment of absurdities.'
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-02-09
LIQUOR MEN PLAN
MANY CONVENTIONS

LOUISVILLE. Ky. Feb. 6.-The Nation
al Model License league. an equalization
Of liquor interests and collateral trades is
planning to hold a series OF sectional con-
venOons throughout the United States to
organize more thoroughly the trade in
the various sections with the object OF
working for uniform license laws.
The first Of these conventions will be
held for the Pacific coats and Rocky
Mountain slope at San Francisco next
May.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-02-09
LINCOLN'S son WON'T
ATTEND EXERCISES

CHICAGO, Feb. 6.-Robert T. Lincoln,
son of Martyred president. will not par
ticipate in any of the Lincoln meetings.
He announces that his family will OBJ
serve the anniversary day, as In past
years.
He expresses his pleasure at the wide
spread plans that are being made to
honor his father, but does not think that
it would be meet for him to take part in
any public celebration.
He has, however, loaned the historical
society a number of relics.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-02-09
EYE DISEASES TREATED FREE

I will send free to try, my famous Abb
sorption Treatment to all sufferers of
Eye Diseases and Failing Sight. Address
DIR. w. o. Coffee, Dept. Des Moines, Ia.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-02-09
MRS. M. G. WRIGHT
DIES TIND:AN SPRlN,i

INDIAN SPRING, Ca, Feb. s.-Mrs. w.
c. Wright. one of the most prominent
women OF Butts county, died at her home
here this morning, after a lingering ILL
pess.
Mrs. Wright was "a years Of age.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-02-09
HURLED TO HIS DEATH
IN RUNAWAY ACCIDENT

FORT MEADE, Fla, Feb. wv. {.
Fisher. of Bailey, Ga, was instantly kill
ed here Sunday when he was thrown from
a buggy in a runaway accident, his spinal
cord being broken.
The body was shipped to Bailey today.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-02-09
PERKINS MAY ASSAIL
ROOSEVELT FOR CRITICISM

WASHINGTON, Feb. Sin view of the
attack which President Roosevelt has
made on Senator Perkins, the senior SEN
ator from California, for his attitude on
the Japanese agitation in his state,
friends of the senator believe that he
will defend himself on the floor Of the
senate.
So far, Senator Perkins has not intimat-
ed what his course will be. He consulted
with several senators on the subject to-
day. 1t is urged that while there may
be a difference of opinion between the
senator and his colleague as to the rights
of state to take certain action regard
less Of treaties entered into by the federal
government, he will receive strong sup
port on account of the disapproval among
the senators of an attack upon one OF
their number by the executive at this
time.
Senator Perkins claims that the criti
cisms of his attitude on the naval pro-
gram is unwarranted>
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-02-09
CHINESE ADD FUEO
TO AN!I-JAP WRATH
CELESTIALS IN CALIFORNIA DE-
CLARE THAT ROOSEVELT IS
SHOWING FAVORITISM IN
DEALING WITH IMMIGRATION.

SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. s.-The reopen
ing of the fight over the passage of the
anti-Japanese bills in the lower house
of the California legislature will begin
today, and IL is expected that the strug-
gle will be even more intense than 1t
was last week when it was terminated
by the dramatic appeal of Speaker Walter
Stanton for delay.
Chinese Are Involved
The latest complication in the contro-
versy is the preparation, according to
morning paper of this city. by the local
Chinese of the state. claiming that Presi-
dent Roosevelt is discriminating against
their countrymen in favor of the Japan
csc.
The memorial drawn by representatives
of the six companies, which is the Chinese
Benevolent Association of California, will
be telegraphed to the president today.
The telegram, which will be a lengthy
document, embraces all the abridgement
Of rights under which the Chinese claim
to be suffering.
A comparison of the governmental treat
rnent of the Chinese and japanese is
made and the claim raised that the latter
are clearly favored by the authorities at
Washington. Attorney o. P. Stodger,
who drew up the telegram, says 1t con-
tains a strong protest against the presf-
dent exerting his power to prevent the
segregation of Japanese children In the
public schools, while he makes no COM
plant against the common practice OF eX-
GLIDING Chinese from the white schools.
The telegram also denounces the exclu-
sion act, complaining that the immigra-
ton inspectors in their enforcement con-
tinually violate the fourteenth amendment
of the constitution.
1t was announced last night by Kikuo
Kiyose, me correspondent Of the Asahiu,
of Toxic, that two parties of japanese
royalty, planning to visit the United
States this year, will cut California from
their itinerary.
Included in the parties will be the
Prince and Princess Kunyoshi. The mem
bers of both parties are middle-aged and
this will be their first trip away from
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1909-12-29
PRINTER STAYED
AND MUST GO ON WORKS

Just twenty-four hours after he
had taken the oath and agreed to
leave the city, Joe Murray. tramp
printer, go drunk. over his head was
hanging a suspended judgment of
$50 fine and 80 days IN the county
jail for vagranoy. Then Joe got hold
of somebody else's laundry and took
It to Bud Elrod's saloon, where he
pawned It for a bottle of booze to
.quench his growing thirst. sloppy
drunk. he was picked up by PATROL
men Owen and Carter and a charge
OF petit larceny preferred against him
In police court he was held TO answer
under 500 bond. Murray was among
is hoboes who were given similar
Christmas presents OF suspended judg-
meLt by Judge Cross last Friday
morning. Murray agreed with the
court that he couldn't defeat Old
John Bareycorn.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1909-12-29
QUARTER MILLION
MORE FOR C0LLEGR
PENNSYLVANIA CURATORS MAY
INCREASE ENDOWMENT.
Solicitation of Fund VIII BE Made
Immediately After Action
Is Taken.
THE DORMTORY Is TOO SMALL

Lexington, Ky. Dec. ga call
has been issued for a meeting of the
board of curators of Pennsylvania
University to be held in this city
January 5. at which definite action
will be taken toward increasing the
endowments of the University and
the College of the Bible $3.50, 600,
land arranging for the installation OF
a central heating and lighting plant
for the university and an addition
10 the dormitory facilities.
The call for the meeting was Is
sued after the annual dinner which
was given to the executive commit
tee of the university at the Phoenix
Hotel today by w. T. Donaldson and
l. \. Williams.
j. w. Hardy and W. T. Donaldson
were appointed financial secretaries
of the university and the College OF
the Bible. ad the solicitation of the
fund will begin Immediately after
the meeting of the directors In Janu-
airy.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1909-12-29

courts held that according to the
principle of the old English common
law property owner had complete
title up &c the sky and down to the
center OF the earth, and that the city
had a right to 10 whatever 1t pleased
with the land which ii owned, and
with the waters thereon, both surface
and subterranean. But the court of
errors and appeals in an elaborate de-
cision denied that principle and re-
versed the Judgment.
The doctrine laid down by this
court is that the owner of the land
has not the same right to flowing
water on or under his land that he
has to sand or stone; for while the
latter may be removed and shipped
away without detriment to adjoining
land. water cannot be thus disposed
of without affecting the welfare of
neighbors. The owner of land may
therefore use water which percolates
through his sol! in a reasonable man
ner and to a reasonable extent for
his own benefit on that land, but he
must not withdraw II for distribution
or sale elsewhere II thereby his neigh
bors are deprived of their natural use
of IT, A similar principle has hitherto
been propounded in respect to surface
streams. Now, probably for the first
time. it is authoritatively applied to
underground streams and percolating
waters. -New York Tribune.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1909-12-29
Observation-Disclosures
Tolstoi Fast Becoming Dictator
Whom RUSSIAN Rulers are
Fearing.

In the eyes of the Russian gov
eminent Tolstois moral and reli.
gious teachings are vicious. He was
ostentatiously communicated by
the synod in 1901. His political
writings are openly revolutionary.
His social doctrines are hostile to
the authorities. Against church,
state. society, laws and government
he has for many years raised his
voice in scorn aud denunciation.
Against the most cherished insti-
tutions of the world as they exist to-
day he has been the fearless preach
er OF revolt. Many very respectable
people outside Russia regard him as
an anarchist and apostle of all that
is evil. Yet no offer of the police or
the courts in any circumstances is
permitted to modest him in his home
at Yasnaya Poliana. The most that
the government ventures TO risk do
ing. in the hope of suppresslng free
speech, is to prosecute the publisher
of some of Tolstoi's pamphlets.
Never before in modern times has
the passion for Righteousness in a
single individual commanded such
universal respect. In many ways
Tolstoi's social ideas are impractic-
able and visionary. lie has exer-
cised no substantial influence upon
the laws and customs of his contem-
poraries. But he has preached the
gospel OF peace and goodwill and
of labor and simple living. and in
his intense faith has lived a life of
sincerity in way TO stir the hearts
and imaginations of millions of peo-
pie not in accord with him. IL not to
the mans character. to the immeas-
urable force of ths worlds opinion
the ears government has been CON-
PEELED to pay the reluctant tribute
of respect by preserving Tolstoi
against his own depotism.-New
York World.