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Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-11-01
BY r. b. YOUNG.


MEMPHIS. Teuu.-The Boys Corn
club idea has the whole south going
Secretary Fuller. OF the Tri-state Fair
association. has received reports that
over 5000 boys corn clubs have been
organized In nine southern states In the
past two years TO encourage better corn
cultivation. The south has been one
crop region and that crop was cotton.
ranking next 20 corn in value among the
{ nations staples.
Southern farmers buy over 10000 600
bushels Of corn every year to feed their
stock. while they ought TO raise every
pound OF II and have corn TO sell. The
boys corn eIuns are exploding the idea
that corn cannot be successfully grown
in the hot summer climate OF the south.
Hundreds Of these boy experiments have
demonstrated that the south can grow
as much corn as any other section.
Eighty and even 100 bushels an acre is
not an improbable yield.
Secretary Fuller predicts that in 10
years the boys corn clubs will have
revolutioniEed farming methods In the
south to such an extent that this section
will be selling corn instead OF buying it.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-11-01
RATE DECISION WILL
COST c. B. & 0. 100000
This Is the Contention of the
Officials of the Road Given
Out in Statement

CHICAGO, Oct. sl.-Rate decision at
Denver, Spokane and other western
points will cost the Chicago, Burlington
and Quincy 100000.
The old rebatng system reduced the
freight revenue of the Burlington from
to per cent.
The Burlington is not in as good a
condition to accumulate a surplus now
as IL was ten years ago.
The foregoing were among the state
ments made at the rate hearing before
the interstate commerce commission to-
day by Claud G. Burnham, vice presi-
dent of the Burlington, who was the
first witness.
Mr.. Lyon, attorney for the commission.
made a comparison of the dividends paid
I'm 1900 and In 1910 and of earnings, and
asked II witness still maintained that
the road was in a worse condition with
regard to a surplus than it was ten
years ago?
Conditions have changed; they have
changed in the last six months. There
are greater demands on our earnings,
particularly in the matter of wages.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-11-01
COTTON CROP SMALL:
BOIL WEEVIL RESPONSIBLE
Planting Next Year Will Be
Made Under Scientific
Methods

NEW ORLEANS. Oct. 51.-The Plea
yune in its report on the condition of the
cotton crop in Louisiana and Mississippi
says:
Now that the first heavy frost of the
season has occurred and in many places
the frst freeze, the work of accurately
estimating the cotton crop will soon be
begun. The crop, it is conceded. will be
somewhat larger than was anticipated
some months ago. when it was thought
that frost would occur earlier and put
stop to the maturing of the crop.
While Il seems that the crop ranges
from % to 50 per cent below normal, II
win still exceed that of last year In all
probability.
Undoubtedly the boil weevil was the
cause of a greatly reduced yield. Many
farmers will resort to greater diversih-
ca ton, but in few instances is there any
tank of abandoning cotton raising. The
infected stalks will be burned and cot
ton will be planted and raised next sea-
son under approved scientific methods,
although the acreage In a good many
sections viii be reduced.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-11-01
PURITY LEADERS SCORED
BY NEW ORLEANS PASTOR
Declares That Methods of Wis.,
itorS Were Those of Fanati-
cal transformers

NEW ORLEANS, oct. 5l-New Orleans
resentment of the denVnciatIoh which
this city received at the hands Of the
American Purity federation here last
week was Sunday emphasized in local
pulpits.
knockers and knocking. or the way
of the fanatic was the subject OF q
sermon delivered by Rev. Fl. Elmer Gil
christ. OF the First Unitarian church in
which the visiting purists were scathing-
ly arraigned
He said the declarations of the purity
congress were a libel upon the city, and
that the visitors exhibited serene dis
regard for the rules of courtesy and good
breeding" in denouncing New Orleans as
a wicked city when they were the city's
guests. He said the methods OF the Wis
iting reformers were those of the ia
natical transformer" and that but three
sane addresses were delivered during the
sessions of the congress, and these were
by citizens of New Orleans.
As to the charge that New Orleans
was morally unfit as a place for holding
the proposed Panama exposition, Mr.
Gilchrist said no large city exists where
vice does not boldly flaunt itself and he
thought it proper that the recognized
vice element should be segregated as
Is done here.
zone OF the visitors. a Boston man,
he said tried to soften the sting some
what by loftily asserting that our latin
element has forced US below Anglo-Sax-
on standards and ideals. know OF
nothing more ridiculous than this as
sumption of the Anglo-Saxon, particu-
larly OF the Boston type, that IL holds
a commission from the Almighty God to
regulate the moral standards of the
world.
This city does not boast of Its su-
perior virtue but it properly and Justly
claims that all such attacks are misrep-
resenting and unjust"
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-11-01
DISPUTE ENDS IN DEATH,
AnERICUs MEN JAILED
Three Men Are Alleged to
Have Been Playing Game
of Cards
Especial Dispatch TO The JournaI.)

AMERICUS, Ga, Oct. 31.-Nick La
mar and Walter Glover. both young men
we'll connected in Americus, are in jail
this morning charged with the murder
of Eugene Gum, their companion. at
late hour Saturday night
The three were in the Old Jackson
hotel, presumably playing cards, when a
free fight ensued, Glover and Gum
continued the fight into the hotel corri-
dor, when Glover, it is alleged, called
upon Lamar to shoot Gum. The first
shot missed. while the second bullet
penetrated Gums heart killing him in
stantly.
Lamar was Immediately arrested and
jailed, while Glover's arrest resulted
Sunday afternoon.
There were several witnesses to the
killing of Gum Saturday night. He
leayes a wife and several small child
dren.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-11-01
UNCLE SAM HAS MANY A
WIRELESS STATION IN u. S.

WASHINGTON, oct. 3I.-With the
publication of the governments wireless
telegraph directory, just out, some idea
Is gained of the extent to which the
wireless is now used. In this directory
perhaps the most extensive in existance
there is listed 1890 stations. This total
includes shore stations and ships, but
does not take into consideration the war
ships Of foreign governments nor are
listed the hundreds of stations equipped
and operated by amateurs.
The directory is the work of the bu-
reau Of steam engineering of the United
States navy. There are about 100 shore
stations scattered about the globe. OF
this number IS are on the Atlantic and
gulf coasts OF the United States, 10 on
the Great Lakes, 81 on the Pacific coast
and Is in Alaska.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-11-01
HUNDREDS ARE IN LINE
TO GET LAND GRANTS
There Are 5000 Claims of
160 Acres Each to Be Filed
in Indian Reservation
INV Associated Press

ABERDEEN. 5. D.. Oct. 3l.-Occupying
every available foot of space in the cor
ridors of the federal building, packed
under desks and piled on top of them.
more than a hundred persons are wait
ing today to head the line TO enter the
land office and make selection of claims
on the Standing Rock Indian reserva-
ton on Tuesday morning at o'clock.
The first began to struggle in Saturday
afternoon and every tran arriving con-
tinues to add to the number.
Not all of those on hand are enduring
the discomfort of holding their places.
Some have hired boys to stand in line
while they are resting in hotels. This
has proved expensive to a few as some
of these temporary holders have sold
out to others who submitted more lucra-
tive propositions.
There are 5000 claims of leo acres each
to be filed on.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-11-01
BIG COTTON SHOW
WILL OPEN IN WACO
Palace Cotton Exposition viii
Last for Sixteen
DAYS

WACO. Texas. Oct S1--The attention
OF practically the entire cotton would
will be conferred on Waco early nexs
month when the Cotton Palace exposi-
ton will be formally opened. The expo
sition will begin November s. and con-
tinue for is days.
The staple in its different stages from
the time II Is picked until IL is manu-
featured. together with cotton products
and the machinery used in raising and
manufacturing II will be exhibited.
Many prominent men from this and
other states are on the program for ad-
dresses o. B. Coluuitt. Democratic
nominee for governor of Texas, will for
malIy open the exposition United States
Senator Joseph w. Bailey, OF this state
will be the principal speaker OF the open
ing day.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-11-01
-FOUR NEWSPAPER wen
HURT IN EXPLOSION
Seventeen in All Are Injured
in Sanfrancisco Apart
7 ment House

SAN FRANCISCO. Oct 3l.-seventeen
persons were seriously hurt last night
in an explosion during a fire in an Ell
lis street apartment house. Four OF
the number were newspaper men and
the others were members of the fire de-
partment Most of the guests had left
the building before the explosion oc-
CURED and those who remained on the
upper floors escaped on fire ladders.
Capt. Joseph Cappelli and Hoseman
Thomas Bell, Of the fire department,
were overcome by gas and were rescued
by their comrades.
The force of the explosion almost
completely wrecked the building.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-11-01
SAVES HER MISTRESS
BUT Is BADLY BURNED

ALBANY, Ga, Oct. Sl.-Lillie Preston.
a negro woman employed b. Mrs. Lee
WILDLY. wife of a local merchant is near
death after having saved her mistress
from death from fire late last night.
Mrs. Whidby's dress was ignited at an
open CRATE and she ran into the yard OF
her home.
dragged her TO the bathroom and extin-
guished the flames Mrs. WILDLY is
very seriously burned. but will recover.
The negro womsn's hands were burned
to a crisp and she is badly burned eisN-
where
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-11-01
(By Associated Press

CHICAGO. Oct. 31.--"Sugar cane day
was observed in Chinatown yesterday by
the consumption of more than a ton lf
the saccharine article which is the Chi
nese favorite confection.
The first shipment of cane arrived
Saturday from New Orleans and every
Chinanan I'm town came TO Clark street
to gorge himself on the sweetened stalks.
AL some OF the stores where cane was
sold there were contests among the
gourmands as to which could eat the
most tt4f
"Chinatnen seldom eat candy" said
Frank Woy, the mayor of Chinatown,
but ! never knew one who was not
crazy about sugar cane. The first ship
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-11-01
CONVICTED BURGLAR
ATTEMPTS TO TAKE LIFE

WETHERSFIELD, Conn.,, Oct. 81
Timothy sheedy. the burglar who es-
capped from the county Jail in Hartford,
to be captured in Troy, N. Y. several
months later and brought to the state
prison here to serve a 3O-years' sentence,
attempted suicide in his cell yesterday by
hanging.
Sheedy smuggled a piece of cord into
his cell from the shoe shop, where he
worked, and in the absence of his guard,
who has orders to look into his cell ev-
cry eight minutes, tied one end of the
cord around his neck and the other to a
hook i nthe wall. Sheedy was uncon-
scious when discovered, but was resusci-
tated. This is the second attempt Sheedy
has made to end his life, the first being
in Troy shortly after his recspture.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-11-01
SUGAR CANE DAY OBSERVED BY
THE CHINAMEN OF CHICAGO

ment which usually arrives about No
Ivember 1 is anXiously locked for by my
countrymen.
cane on sale today, and there is not a
stalk of ii left. The prices vary accord
ing to the size of the stalk. Some of
them cost 40 cents. ! ate two of the 40
cents size myself.
"Chinamen have weakness for choeo-
late ice cream soda, and having their
photographs taken. r have seen my
cpuntrynoen~ spend Sic for. soap TO take
hack with them to China. IL Is nothing
unusual to see Cinnamon buy perfumed
soap at so cents a cake. Some of them
take a trunk full of IT back to China
when they go on visit
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-11-01
SERIOUS FIRE CAUSED
BY LACK OF WATER

WARRENTON. Va, Oct 31.-The i'm
mediate need of better fire protection,
demonstrated Saturday night when fire
destroyed ST. James Episcopal church
and a portion of the business section
OF the town, has aroused the citizens of
Warrenton.
Failure of the water supply of the
town when the fire broke out. the citizens
are convinced, was responsible for the
spread of the flames.
mass meeting has been called for
tomorrow to discuss means for improv-
ing the fire protection conditions.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-11-01
BERLIN-LINDENS NOW HAVE
TWO NEW YORK AVENUES

NEW YORK, Oct. 31.-New York may
now boast of two tiny avenues OF Berlin
lndens transplanted from the rows OF
trees that have made Inter Den Linden
I'm Berlin one of the famous streets Of the
world. The trees have just been planted
on the new $25.OOO,OOO building lots on
Fifth avenue. ten of them being placed
I'm a double row at each end. The trees
belong to an importation which came
over eight years ago for the country
place of a New Yorker. He contributed
these selected specimens to adorn the Ii
brary grounds.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-11-01
ASA G. GAMBLER. JR., is
NAMED AUTO JUDGE

SAVANNAH, Ga, Oct s1.-The contest
committee of the Auto Club of America
and the Savannah Automobile club to-
day elected Asa G. Gambler. Jr. of At
lanta. an honorary judge at the Savan-
nah races.
A delegation of Savannah.ans will
leave on Thursday night for Atlanta to
get entries for the Savannah races. Rob-
ert Lee Morrel, chairman of the con-
test committee OF the Automobile Club
of America. will be in the party.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-11-01
CHILDREN LIVE g HOURS
IN GAS FILLED ROOM

CHICAGO. Oct. 31.-Two children lived
nine hours in a gas flied chamber after
two grown men had been asphyxiated
by fumes yesterday. Police broke into
the room Of Michael Slovenky, 10 years
old, and found his friend, Hyman In
field, So years old. dead. The children,
Sidney Slovenky, 6 years old. and Cecil
Slovenky, years old, were unconscious,
but were revived by physicians. A brok-
en- gas tube is blamed for the acci-
dent
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-11-01
DETECTIVES THINK THEY
HAVE ASCENDING BANKER

ACAPULCO, Mex. Oct. 31.--From the
descriptions given by a detect We agency.
il is believed that two OF the men who
were arrested on their arrival here Sat
urGay on the schooner Kate, are Wilson
e. Evans absconding teller of the Farm
ers and Merchants bank Of Los Angeles,
and II. Hamburn, an alleged accomplice.
II is said that s11,OOo has been recovered.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-11-01
Louisiana Riches

Northerners are retaining a
= million acres OF marsh land within
y 80 miles of New Orleans-land
= formed by the river silt of centu-
= ries. washing down from the Mis-
y sissippi valley and accumulated
. decayed vegetation.
. Navigabie drainage mains, with
y branch bitches, empty into the
g nearest navigable river, bayou.
. or lake. which in turn is connect
= ed with New Orleans harbor. Each
= farm faces on one of the drainage
= mains: each farmer has direct wa
o ter transportation to New Orleans.
- Some 10000 farms, with so
= miles of the city, are being made
y The annual value of farm prod
y ucts OF this region will be In
= creased more than 100000, 600. Sew
= eral profitable crops a year can be
. raised, as the last fros- occurs
. early in February, the first frost
. In late December.
= Some farmers are getting 100
g bushels of corn per acre. Straw
. berries yield 81 900 an acre; garden
y truck from 500 to N.5oe an acre.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-11-01
CoIIapSeS in Pulpit

LOUISVILLE KY. Oct. 3l.-Thc Rev. DR..
r. d. Smart. pastor OF the Broadway Meth
Cdist Episcopal church. south. one OF the larg
est churches in the city, suffered nervous
collapse in his pulpit last night.
i'hvs Glars say his condition is serious. DE-.
Smart was called to the Louisville congrega-
tion seve al years ago from Richmond, Va,
and before that time had occupied many i'm
portant pupits in the south.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-11-01
PROFESSOR WILLIS TO
MAKE ENORMOUS MAP

WASHINGTON. octt. 5I.-At the re-
quest OF the Argentine government Prof
Bailey Willis. OF the United States Geo
logical survey. who has just returned
from South American tour in the in
terest OF the great geological world map
I'm which the civilized powers are CO.
operating. has been selected to execute
geological investigations in the Argen-
tine. The plan has a broad scope and
Professor Willis will be away two years
ana possibly longer
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-11-01
Rural Carriers Named

WASHINGTON. ID. C., Oct. U.-Rural
carriers appointed: Lula. route .. New
ton G.. Faulkner, carrier; Robert n.
Shoclxley, substitute. Scriven, route !,
Emmett L. Grifis. carrier; no substi-
tute.
Joseph B. Day appointed postmaster
at Ambrose, Coffee county, vice G. l..
Bush. resigns,
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-11-01
Oil Mills Burns

MERIDIAN, Miss. Oct 31.-The oil mill Of
tho Meridian Fertilizer company was totally
Destroyed by fire yesterday afternoon. The
loss is estimated ut $4,000, and IL fully csv-
cred by insurance.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-04-06
ANDREW CARNEGIE ILL;
FRIENDS ARE ALARMED,

NEW YORK. April 6.-Some alarm is
felt by his friends today over the condi-
ton of Andrew Carnegie, who is resting
at his Fifth avenu home, following his
return in a feeble state of health from
his journey through the West and Cali
fornia. Two fainting spells he had
while in Pittsburg, coupled with the
weakened condition he exhibited on his
arrival in Jersey City last evening,
when he had to be assisted from. his
private car Constitution, have made
them somewhat ap~prehensive.
Mr.. Carnegie insists that he is not i'll.
In response to the inquiries of newspa-
per men as to whether he was i'll, he re-
piled laughingly:
mo, I'm not i'll. I'm just a tired
man."
Mr.. Carnegie added that he had not
fully recovered from the violent exer-
else that he INDUCED in while tramping
through the petrified forests of Cali
fornia. He was not accustomed to the
exercise, and 1t stlffened the muscles OF
his legs and back.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-04-06
DE- MOCRATS WIN
BIG VICTORIES IN
SEVERAL STATES
Hartford, Conn.,, Elects Mayor
Over Republican Incumbent.
Chicago Repudiates Busse. =

HARTFORD, Conn.,, April 6.-By a
plurality of 800 votes Edward L. Smith,
a young Democratic lawyer of this city
and one of Yale's best-known graduates
of recent years, has been elected
Mayor of this city over the present
Mayor, Edward w. Hooker, an insur-
ance agent.
Traditions were upset and the Re
publican administration, which has
been in the saddle for many years
with but one interruption and which
put Mayor Hooker in two years ago
by a plurality of 1858, is disrupted by
the Democratic victory, which is m
phasized through the rest of the city
and ward tickets.
Hartford voted overwhelmingly to
continue to close saloons at midnight,
for pure spring water as against the.
filtered Connecticut river supply and
for appropriations of s175,00 0 for land
south of the Junius Morgan Memorial
Museum, which his son, ]. p. Morgan,
wished the city to purchase, and $500,
900 for the erection of a municipal
building on the site. In the assessor
ship fight. which ov~ershadowed the
m~ayorality contest, former Assessor
Farrell, a Democrat, was elected over
former Mayor Ignatius A. Sullivan.
Party leaders See possibilities of a
Democratic victory in the State cleo
tons next fall.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-04-06
DRAGNET CATCHES
5 SUSPECTED Of
BANK MURDERS
Wide Search for Bandits Who
Kill Two and Escaped
With $500.

PITTSBURG, April with county,
city and borough police working des-
perately to round up the quartet OF
men who last night entered the Victor
Banking Company's building, az
'Bloody Corner McKees Rocks, shot
and killed the general manager and
the bookkeeper, wounded several cltl-
gems and then escaped with less than
$500 in cash, a Statewide dragnet has,
been thrown out today, and as a re-
suit five suspects are already locke
up In the Stowe township police station
and more arrests are expected hourly.
The police are now working on the
theory that the robbery of the bank
was the work OF experienced yeggmen
and not foreigners or negroes, as was
intimated last night. The police say
that the job bears every evidence OF
having been done by organized raiders
who were not taking the slightest
chances. The hour of the robbery, the
absence of police officers in another
part of the borough, and the bold front
OF the bandits are pointed out in sup
port of the theory of the authorities.
Immediately after the robbery the
four hold-ups separated. Two went
into the railroad yards, while W
rapidly disappeared down .alleyways
and side streets. Today all outgoing
trains are being searched. Railroad de-
t~ectives throughout western Pennsyl-
vania have been provided with fairly
accurate descriptions of the outlaws,
and these have also been wired as far
west as Chicago, and to all Eastern
cities of prominence.
From what can be learned of eye
witnesses to he double killing and
robbery the four men were of about
even stature, medium tall, were white.
wore dark working clothes, black soft
hats. black shirts and masks of black
material. Three of the quartet dis
played reviewers. the fourth attending
to the cash of the bank, which lay IN
piles on the cashiers desk, using a
small bag to scoop the money up from
the desk top. A reward will be likely
posted for the apprehension of the ban
dts by a bankers association later to-
day.
President Amshal. of the Victor
Banking Company, said today:
every little money was secured by
the robbers, less than $500, as near as
we can estimate at present. Yesterday
afternoon a much larger sum was
taken to a PittSburg bank for deposit,
The robbers may have thought this
sum still remained in the McKees
Rocks institution. We are not offering
a reward for the apprehension of the
criminals"
Robert King, who was sitting in
front of a hotel when the robbery o
place. and was seriously wounded by
one of the bandits while running toward
the bank. is in a critical condition to-
day. Physicians may amputate his
right leg. A post-mortem examination
of Ignatz Swartz. the murdered cashier
shows that one bullet entered his head
at the right side of the neck, causing
instant death. The body of Samue.
Friedman. the general manager of the
institution, shows hat six bullets were
fired into his body, only one of which
reached vital parts.