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The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1910-01-18

Iu6I estate, Inc 6TlaTS, DIT Bar f1dT-
Dor, to Edward Beale Mclean, of Gin
cinnati and Washington, D. G.
Adopts Uniform Demurrage.
Indianapolis, Ind. - The Railroad
Commission of Indiana took the mi
tiative in adopting the uniform de-
murrage rules of the national COM
mittee on uniform demurrage.
Ice Mans New Excuse.
Chicago.-"W have the thickest
ice l ever saw at this time of year.
said President Field, of the Knicker-
booker Ice Company THE trouble
is that it is SO cold we can't get men
to harvest it, Only half our plants in
the North are running" However, he
predicted lower prices next summer.
Estrada Not Recognized.
Washington, D. C.~The House
Committee on Foreign Affairs laid on
the table Representative Suffers res
olution providing for General Els
trada's recognition as the "legiti-
mate" President of Nicaragua.
Accept Calhoun Statue.
Washington, D. C.-The House
fixed March IL as the date of the cere-
monies for the formal acceptance by
Congress of the statue of John c. Cal
houn, of South Carolina.
Found Dead in the Snow.
Tioga, Pa.-Henry F. Blackstone,
Inspector in chief of the engineering
department of the Philadelphia and
Reading Railway died while inspect
ing work on the line of the road near
the station here. His body was found
lying in a snowbank.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1910-01-18
Reception For Mr.. FAIRBANKS.

Constantinople.--A reception was
held in the American Embassy here
in honor of x-Vice-President Fair
banks and Mrs Fairbanks There
was large attendance of Americans
resident in Constantinople.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1910-01-18
German AeropIanist Falls.

Chemnitz, Germany. Schue
Ter, the aeroplanist, during flight
here, was dashed to earth by a squall
He was at a height Of twenty-five feel
and received only slight injuries.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1910-01-18
Hoolkworm Among samoans.
Belgian RetaIiatorx Tariff .

Brussels.-The Government pre-
pared to submit to Parliament a
project of retaliation against France
because of the proposed increase in
the French tariff. 1t involves partic-
ularly higher duties on wines and
perfumery.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-08-09
PIECE OF MANS EYE
TRANSFERRED TO WOMAN

PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 5.-One of the
most delicate and dangerous operations
known to modern surgery was performed
at the Medico Chirurgical hospital, when
a portion of the cornea, the transparent
film enveloping the eye, was trephined
from the eyeball of a man employed at
Baldwin's Locomotive Works His eye
had been permanently destroyed by a
silver of steel, but the cornea was I'M
injured. The trephined piece was trans
planted to the eye of a woman who had
been blind from infancy. One of her
eyes had been removed and she could
not see with the other, it being affected
with neonatorum, the cornea becoming
clouded and absolutely opaque. The only
possible way in which her sight could be
restored was to remove the cornea and
transplant some transparent substance in
its place.
This was done by the operation above
described and she left the hospital to-
day. She can now readily distinguish OBJ
jects a few feet away and the surgeons
believe her sight will gradually become
stronger.
The operation is the first of its kind
on record which has been successful.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-08-09
COURT ASKED TO REVIEW
GUARANTEE OF DEPOSITS

WASHINGTON, Aug. 5.-One of the
first questions on which the supreme
court of the United States will pass when
it convenes in October will be the ap-
plication for ii to review the litigation
in the federal courts in Kansas over the
constitutionality of the Kansas bank de-
pository guaranty law. John Lee Web
ster, ex-senator Chester 1. Long and
other lawyers. representing the Abilene
National bank and others, filed the APP
plication for a writ of certiorari in the
case.
The United States circuit court for the
district of Kansas, in an opinion handed
down by Judge Pollock, ruled that the
law was unconstitutional and void, as
being in violation of the 14th amendment
and as unlawfully discriminating against
national banks and destroying their eff
fciency. The United States circuit court
of appeals for this circuit reversed the
lower court and held the law to be con-
stitutional
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-08-09

Izaak Walton. the quaint author OF
The Complete Angler, or Contemplative
Mans Recreation" was born on August 8.
1893. Uncanonizd. Zaak Walton is the
patron saint OF anglers. To speak of Wal
ton is to fall to praising him. AS Charles
Lamb says: 1T might sweeten a mans
temper at any time to read the Com
plete Angler
OF waltons early life little is known,
beyond the fact that he was born at
Stafford. 1t is presumed that he was ap-
prenticed in London to a sempster or
linen draper. for soon after coming of age
he had a shop of his own at Cornhill.
He married at Canterbury in 1926 and
seven children were the fruits of this
union. But they all died in childhood,
and his wife died in 1910. Meanwhile his
business as linen draper flourished, and
for recreation he used ito go a-fishing
with honest Nat and R Roe" His IA
vorite stream was the Lea. which crosses
the country to the northeast of London
and falls into the Thames a little above
Blackwell.
Having accumulated a small fortune,
and anxious. II is supposed, to escape
from the scene OF so many domestic af-
hictions, he gave up shopkeeping about
1913, and retired into the country He
was 30 when he gave up business. and
20 years of leisure remained for his en-
joyment Authorship he had begun be-
fore he left his shop.
His first literary work consisted of five
biographies of notables. Not the Lives"
but the Complete Angler" is Walton's
true title to fame. 1t was published in
1853, the year in which oliver Cromwell
was declared Protector, and Walton lived
to see 1t was through four other edi-
tions. How often IL has since been re-
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-08-09
LIVING IN CHICAGO IS
CHEAP, SAYS COMPTROLLER
Average Property Owner Gets
Services Costing 800 Per
Cent More Than Taxes

CHICAGO, Aug. Sin support Of his
contention that a family can live In
Chicago at a smaller public expense
than in any other large city of America,
City Comptroller Wilson yesterday is
sued many columns of figures. showing
that the average property owner in Chi
cago gets services costing more than
800 per cent of the annual taxes paid
by him.
For his average property owner he
selected a man owning 5000 residence
and having a wife and three children.
He estimated the real estate tax at
s46.10 and the water tax at $685. total
of $5S.75, adding a possible personal
property tax of H.37, giving total Of
S61.l2. For this he held the family would
receive services costing Sl72.02, and If
the county, state and similar services
be included, he estimated the total ben
efts at S195.25.
In his basis for calculation Mr.. Will
son considered the population of the city
as $500, 900, and used the assessed valu-
alton of the property and the total prod
uct from taxation as the basis for fixing
the tax rate at A.s7 per 800. upon which
he reached the total of taxation on his
hypothetical case.
His estimate of the cost OF services
furnished was based on the property
owners share in the various forms of
governmental operation. itemized in part
as follows:
Police protection. AlS0; fire protection.
S. health protection. N.10; removal of
garbage, 1855; cleaning and repairing
streets, etc, $S.25; maintenance of house
OF correction. municipal courts, ETC..
$2.15; operation and Improvement of wa
terworks, 1910; public library. 70 cents;
schools each child. $3.50, s11217: bene-
fits of parks and boulevards. 1925.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-08-09
State OF GEORGIA IS TO
HAVE ROAD COMMISSION
Expenses to Be Paid Out of
the Tax Derived on
Automobiles

The session of the house Friday after
noon was unusually prolific. One or the
most important bills passed was that OF
Mr.. Hardeman, of jackson, establishing
a state highway commission and creating
a road fund to be secured from a special
tax on owners of automobiles.
The commission is to be composed Of
one commissioner, an assistant commits
sioner, the state geologist, the professor
of civil engineering at the state universe
ty and the professor of engineering at
Oahlonega. The salary of the commits
sioner is to be 5000 and the assistant
commissioner $500. There will be no
salary attached to the other members OF
the commission.
The office of the commissioner will be
in the state capitol. His duties, among
other things, are to confer and advise
with county officials In regard to the
construction of roads. the use of mate
rails, etc, and to aid generally in the
Improvement of the roads of the state.
The expenses of the commission will be
paid from a tax of 81 on automobiles of
two seats and 81 on machines with ca
pacity of 4 seats or more. When the
sum OF $4,000 is received the overplus is
to be returned to the counties from
which it is collected.
There was some opposition to the bill,
based on the fact that there is already
a tax on automobiles, but the opposition
was not at all strong. The measure
passed by vote of 96 to 20.
MONEY FOR STATE CHEMIST.
Next in Importance was the bill of Mr..
Sheppard of Sumter appropriating 5000
for the use of the state chemists office.
OF this amount $1,000 is to be used for
purchasing new equipment and 5000 for
additional assistance. The passage of
this bill will greatly facilitate the in
spection of fertilizers. The vote was 100
to 0.
other bills passed were those 70 Mr..
Keith, of Meriwether appropriating $50
to pay the American Audit company
for examining the books of Lee Barron,
and $500 to A. e. Barnes, the stenogra-
pher taking testimony in the investi-
cation; Mr.. Jones. Of Meriwether, ap-
propriating $4,000 to cover the expenses
of state printing during the present ses-
sion.
The bill OF Mr.. White, of Screven,
authorizing an assistant to the pension
commissioner. was defeated.
The bill providing for the sale Of the
governors mansion was tabled, but will
doubtless come UP Saturday The bill
providing for commissioner of labor
was also tabled.
w. & A. Terminals.
Mr.. Ault, of Polk. introduced a res
olution providing for the appointment
of committee of two from the senate
and three from the house to investi-
gate the need for additional terminals
in Chattanooga, and to report its find
ings to the governor.
The governor Ia authorized to submit
the report of the committee to the next
general assembly.
When the house adjourned it had I'M
der consideration the repeal of the dog
tax. The bill was introduced by Mr..
Adams, Of Hall. Mr.. Mcconnell of
Gwinnett, made a speech against the
tax.
Under the head of unfinished business
the bill will come up SATURDAY..
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-08-09
.HOKE SMITH GAINS GROUND
Says EDITOR J. R. MILLER
StateSboro Newspaper Man,
Supporting Former Governor,
Confident of His Election

''Hoke Smith has made wonderful
gains of strength in southeast Georgia.
and he will. in my judgment. carry a num-
Der OF counties in that section that went
for Governor Brown two years ago."
said ]. R. Miller. of statesboro, at the
Kimball house Thursday night
Mr.. Miller is editor of the Statesboro
News. one OF the most widely read and
influential newspapers in the state. Two
years ago. the Statesboro News and Edi-
tor Miller were strong supporters of ov-
ernor Brown, but they are now lending
their influence to Hoke Smith.
II am more confident than ever. from
what / have learned in Atlanta. that
Hoke Smith will be nominated on Au-
gust a." continued Mr.. Miller.
II am returning to Statesboro TO do all
that / can in the interest Of Mr.. Smiths
candidacy, and / might add that the be-
lief is becoming general that he will
carry Bulloch county this time
Editor Miller was moved to comment
on the governors race and his attitude
through the circulation. by Governor
Browns friends, of a report to the eff
feet that he had changed from Smith to
Brown, and would withdraw his support
from the former governor. Indeed. the
Macon Telegraph of Friday morning.
published under a two-column head, sto-
ry to the effect that Editor Miller has
flopped from Hoke.'
The story was published in snite of Mr.
Miller's unqualified statement to the Ma
con Telegraph's correspondent that he
had not and did not propose TO desert
Hoke Smith either with his individual
support or the support of his paper.
when get ready to make any state
ment about any change of sentiment or
views on my part. ! will make 1t myself.
and will not rely on some one else TO do
II for me-" said Mr.. Miller. IT am for
Hoke Smith for governor. and I have
warned the newspaper men against cir
culating any reports to the contrary"
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-08-09

printed. annotated by admiring editors
and critics OF every mind, time would
fail to tell The Angler" has long agV
taken an undisputed place among English
classics, and to speak of its Astounding
poetry, wisdom and piety would be to re-
peat criticism which has passed into COM
monplace.
The advice which Walton gives for tn :
treatment of live bait-as. for instance,
the dressing of a frog with hook and
wire, needle and thread, using him as
though you loved him, that is, harm him
as little as you may possible, that he
may live the longer" and the recommen-
dalton Of perch for taking pike, as the
longest-lived fish on a hook" have sub
jected him to the charge of cruelty.
Hence, Byron wrote in Don Juan" Of
Angling, too, that solitary vice..
Whatever Izaak Walton sings or says;
The quaint. old. cruel, coxcomb, in. his
gullet
Should have a hook. and a small trout
to pull It,"
But people In the 18th century concerned
themselves little OF nothing with animal
suffering.
Blessed with fine health, Walton car
ried the vigor of manhood into old age,
In his SD year we find him protesting
resolution to begin a pilgrimage of more
than 100 miles to visit his friend Cotton
in Derbyshire. In the great frost OF
1888, which covered the Thames with ice
II inches thick split oak and forest trees,
and killed the hollies, and in which nearly
all the birds persisted, old Izaak died in
his 91st year. He was at the time on a
visit at Winchester, and in Winchester
Cathedral he lies buried.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-08-09
Accidentally Shot

EATONTON, Ga. Aug. 5-Mr. Nat
Trout, the 1s-year-old son of DR.. Trout,
of Pennington, Ca. accidentally shot him
self through the breast at old Long
Shoals factory, on the Oconee river. while
assisting a party of campers of which he
was a member In unloading their camp
ing outfit. The young man was taking a
Winchester rife out of the wagon when
it was accidentally discharged. the bullet
going through his breast. The wound
was a dangerous and very serious one
and he was rushed to Eatonton, ten miles
away, for medical treatment.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-08-09
$500, 900 TREASURE IS
FOUND IN THE SEA

DETROIT, Aug. 5.-Believing they have
100000 treasure in their grasp, men are
guarding night and day what is believed
by them to be the wreck of the steamer
Atlantic Of Long Point, in Lake Erie. The
Atlantic was sunk in collision in 1879
by the steamer Ogdensburg and $50 lives
were lost. Many were drowned in their
berths.
The wreck lies In 15S feet of water. In
the hold 1t is believed that divers will
find two safes containing $500. 900 I'm
gold. The wreck of the Atlantic was
found virtually intact. No skeletons were
found in the superficial examination.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-08-09
COTTON CROP SHOWS
MUCH IMPROVEMENT

BYROMvILLE. Ga. Aug. 5.-During
the past ten days the cotton crop Of this
section has made wonderful improve
ments.
The rains have ceased to great ex-
tent and the hot sun has brought about
conditions very favorable to a much
larger yield than was feared for some
time and with cotton bringing a good
price the farmers of Dooly will be in
good condition.
The corn and potato crops promise to
be the best in years.
Taking all conditions into considers
ton, the farmers are more cheerful over
conditions.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-08-09

them in sufficient numbers to do any
serious damage. We have about rid the
college farm of ticks, yet we have a
number of non-immune cattle thereon,
but have suffered no loss up to this time.
Cattle to give the owner a profit must
be examined every day. To turn animals
out on a pasture to make beef is not
likely to prove a profitable undertaking
in any section Of the country unless they
are closely watched. The tick situation,
therefore, need not deter you from de-
veloping your beef interests. We speak
positively on this point, because expert
ence has shown us that what we advo-
cate can be successfully accomplished.
MAKING sILAGE FROM soRGHAM
BAGASSE.
]. H. B., Bethlehem, Ca, writes:
VIII you please tell me If / were to
cut the sorghum stalks just as they
come from the mill when making
syrup and put them in the silo if they
would keep. 1 have been drying them
and cutting them up for feed for sew
eral years, but that takes quite lot or
work, and often the weather is not
suitable to dry them. Any suggestions
you can give me along this line will
be appreciated.
There is no reason why sorghum
stalks from which the syrup has been
extracted should not be cut up and run
into a silo. The stalks should con-
tain enough moisture, even after
passing through the cane mill to in
sure their keeping in good condition.
If they seem dry, however, a little
water may be run in through hose
from time to time. 1t is difficult in
this case. however, to determine just
the amount of water to use. We have
seen stalks Of corn that have stood in
the field for several months run into
a silo and wet down with water and
keep in excellent condition and make
a very fair quality of silage II too
much water is put on the material is
liable to rot, and II there is not
enough moisture IT will fire-fang. We
would think it important to run the
sorghum into the silo as quickly as
possible after the juice has been ex-
tracted so as to prevent it's drying out
further from exposure to the air. This
is rather important since cane making
is generally carried on at a season or
the year when there is not much rain
fall and the heat of the sun sufficient
ly great to cause any material exposed
to II to dry out quickly.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-08-09
APPLES HAVE BECOME
A LUXURY, SAYS COOK

NIAGARA FALLS, N. Y, Aug. B-Because
of the tendency to place apples in cold storage
for long periods, apples have become a LUXURY
and are In competition with bananas and or
anges, according to Emery c. Cook Of Balti-
more, the principal speaker before the conven-
tion Of the International Association OF Apple
Shippers here. Children are no longer inti-
mate with the apple, and apple pie Is almost
memory" he said.
Mr.. Cook advocated the marketing of the
crop at the natural season as profitable to both
shippers and consumer
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-08-09
PLANNED
BOSTON TO KEY WEST

CHARLESTON, s. c., Aug. 5.-Looking to the
development Of inside waterways along the
south Atlantic coast as links in the chain from
Boston to Key West a conference was held here
today by Colonel Kingman, Captain Adams,
Captain Spalding and Captain Brown, army
engineers. Salient features OF the project were
discussed. the officers considering the best
means Of getting results from the funds in
hand. In this district surveys have been COM
pleted and a good deal Of work complete.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-08-09
GOVERNOR IS ASKED
TO SAVE TALLULAH FALLS

TALLULAH FALLS, Ga, Aug. 5.-The fol-
lowing telegram has been sent to the governor
of Georgia:
Governor Joseph NJ. Brown, State Capitol, At
lanta.
elm behalf Of the citizens OF Tallaluah Fails
ask you to send message to the present leg
islature TO pass resolution looking to the
preservation Of the scenery Of Tallulah Falls
and not to permit the development of the falls
for water power purposes.
(Signedl WALTER HUNNICUTT,
"Clerk OF the Tallulah Falls City Council"
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-08-09
ssE 4D0AlAAY IN HISTORY


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in
Oesi Clinton himself in the capture T
founder milwaukee 7ss It is the date the
Of he
1907
BIRTHDAY OF THE GREAT ANGLER-AUGUsT
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-08-09
REV. J. EDWARD DUNNE
DIES IN WISCONSIN

GREENBAY, Wis, Aug. 5--The Right Rev.
Edward Joseph Dunno. Of the diocese Of Dallas.
Tex, died here today.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-08-09
WANTS TO BUY JOHNSON GRASS
SEED.

J. ". NJ, Cleveland, Tenn, writes: Can
you tell me where I can get some John
son grass seed? would like to know
hcw 20 sow IL TO make a success of it?
Some say il is such a pest. but 7 have
a poor farm. and must have hay, and
would like to try some OF IT,
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-08-09

Johnson grass is one OF the most diff
ncult OF all grasses to eradicate where IL
once obtains e foothold, and since II Is
almost impossible TO prevent its spread
from one part Of the farm to another. IL
has generally been regarded as a nuisance
and its cultivation is prohibited by law
In your state, IL ] am not badly mis-
taken. You should inform yourself very
carefully on this point before seeding II
as IL might make you serious trouble
In more ways than one. Johnson grass is
not good pasture; it does not compare
at all favorably in this respect with Ber-
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-08-09

BIRTHDAY OF THE GREAT ANGLER-AUGUsT g.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-04-04
Rapid Growth
Of Aberdeen
Reports of Postmaster and Building
Inspector Shows Large
Gains.

ABERDEEN, s. D., April 2-(Special.)-
Two incidents indicating the rapid growth
Aberdeen IS making are contained In the
reports from the Aberdeen postoffioe and
the Aberdeen building Inspector for the
postoffice year closing April l and for the
first quarter Of the calendar year.
The postoffice report for the year shows
the receipts aside from the money order
department, to aggregate S723ss.Sl. gain
of $4,000 over the previous year, when the
receipts totaled $52,O24.5s. Ii was but two
years ago that the receipts for the year
passed the $4,000 mark, placing the office
in the first class
Building permits issued for the first three
months OF 1910 aggregate S25041s, 12S permits
having been granted. For the first three
months Of 1909 eighty-three permits were
issued for buildings costing altogether
S2s2, ,ss5. Building permits for March, 1910,
numbered eighty-one. to cost $l5l. .214, while
those issued In March, 1900, numbered forty
seven, valued at el4s,Gs5 AS the total build
ing done in Aberdeen In 1909 aggregated a
little over 81, ,5OO,OOo Aberdeen people expect
the present year to establish a building
record of at least t1750,00o
March bank clearings this year were
81, ,s47, ,69S, as against $i,Ss7.sl for the same
month last year.
Herman Ellerman, collector Of internal
revenue for the district Of North and
South Dakota, reports the manufacture OF
12,O50,O4 cigars in the district during 1870.
There are 10 cigar factories in the two
states