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Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1912-12-31

There was, before 1911, no precise
definition of the horsepower that was
generally accepted and authoritative,
and different equivalents of this unit
i'm watts are given by various books.
The most frequently used equivalent
in watts, both in the United States and
England, has been the round number,
TAG watts; and in 1911 the American
institute of Electrical Engineers
adopted this as the exact value OF the
horsepower 1t is obviously desirable
that a unit of power should not vary
from place to place, and the horse
power thus defined as a fixed number
of watts does indeed represent the
same rate of work at all places. In as
much as the pound" weight, as a unit
of force. varies in value as the accel-
Grafton Of gravity varies, the number
of foot-pounds per second in a horse
mower accordingly varies with the lati-
tude and altitude. 1t is equal to o5O
foot-pounds per second at 90 degrees
latitude and sea level, approximately
the location of London, where the orls-
inal experiments were made by James
Watt to determine the magnitude Oh
the horsepower.
The continental horsepower
which is used on the continent OF Hu-
rome differs from the English ana
American horsepower by more tnan
per cent, it's usual equivalent In watts
being 736. This difference is historic
aIlv due to the confusion existing IN
weights and measures about 100 years
ago. "a ooroA
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1912-12-31
PIGEON FANCIERS
FORM ASSOCIATION

The announcement that following the
recent show of the Southern Interna-
tional Poultry association, the Southern
Pigeon association. with Asa G. Can
dler, Jr., as president, and A. F. Rolf,
of the Georgia Experiment station, as
secretary and treasurer, has been or
ganized will be of interest to all south
ern fanciers.
The object of the association is to
promote the pigeon industry in every
way, and to secure better recognition of
pigeons at the various southern shows.
Special prizes will be offered at COM
ing southern shows for competition only
by members of the pigeon association,
and generally efforts will be made to
place the industry on a better footing
in the south.
All fanciers breeding pigeons or inter-
ested in them are urged to communicate
with the secretary. A meeting will be
called in March for the election of of
ficers, the present officials having agreed
to serve only temporarily, and for the
transaction of other business.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1912-12-31
THE RELATION OF THE HORSE
POWER TO THE KILOWATT

into use in Europe, the various values
of the horsepower in terms of local feet
and pounds were reduced to metric units
and were rounded off to seventy-five
kilogram- meters per second, although
the original English value was equiva-
lent to 1904 kilogram-meters per sec
resent the same rate of work at all
places, the continental horsepower
is best defined as 1876 watts; this is
equivalent to seventy-five hlogram-me-
ters per second at latitude So degrees
80 minutes, for Berlin The circular
gives tables showing the variation with
latitude and altitude of the number or
foot-pounds per second and of kilogram-
meters per second in the two different
horsepowers.
These values, TAG and 1856 watts, were
adopted as early as 1873 by commit
tee of the British association for the
Advancement Of Science. The value
0746 kilowatt, will be used in future
publications of the bureau of standards
as the exact equivalent of the English
and American horsepower. 1t is recog-
nized, however, that modern engineering
practice is constantly tending away from
the horsepower and toward the kilo-
watt The bureau of standards of the
department Of commerce and labor and
the standards committee of the Amer
lean Institution of Electrical Engineers
recommend the kilowatt for use gem
orally instead of the horsepower as the
unit of power.-United States Depart
ment of Commerce and Labor.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1912-12-31
Mrs. Kings DUN Sister
HOPES She Will Be
Punished for Crime

MACON, Ca, Dec. 2S.-Deserted by
her relatives since her confession yes
terday that she plotted with Nicholas
Wilburn to kill her husband, Mrs. James
King tonight occupies a cell in the
Jones county jail Mrs. John King, sis
ter Of the prisoner, with whom she
lived after her husband was shot and
killed, December 10, by Wilburn, today
denounced Mrs. James King in bitter
terms. She expressed the hope that her
sister would be punished to the full
extent of the law" Other relatives
have refused to offer financial assistance
to aid the woman in her trial.
Mrs. King spent a restless night in
the jail, but was visited today by her
children and seemed in better spirits.
Miss King, sixteen-year-old daughter
of the prisoner. today asserted tina Their
father learned of the relations between
Mrs. King and wilburn some time be-
fore the tragedy. She declared that
he had planned to secure a farm in an
adjacent county to separate the two,
but that Mrs. King had refused to move.
Detectives today announced that the
confession of wilbur that he killed
James King was secured while they
were hiding in the woods with the
prisoner and were being pursued by a
mob
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1912-12-31
DEMONSTRATION WORK IN THE SOUTH

inexpensive canning outfits have been
purchased by club members and Their
families. and the actual number Of
cans Of tomatoes runs into the mil
lions. This. in a section where here
tofore too little attention has been
given to the home garden and to the
saving of vegetables and fruits fer
winter use by canning, will do much
TO revolutiOnize agriculture in this re-
spect and tend to solve the problem
Of better living in the country. The
actual money value of the results OF
the girls canning club work. although
very large, is accounted but a small
part Of the good accomplished, the
principal thing being its influence upon
the country home and rural life.
In all these lines the demonstration
work is cooperating with the bureau
of animal industry and with other
Offices in the department of Agriculture
and with agricultural colleges and other
state forces. Due largely to the demon
stration work, the cooperative idea has
had great growth in the south. The inn
portance of this work is fully realized
by the people, to whom it has shown
the great possibilities of southern ag-
riculture. In seven states the legisla-
lures have provided by law for county
support of the work. The state agri-
cultural cOueeBS IN nine out Ol tN1
twelve states in which the work is be-
ing conducted are cooperating directly
with the department in the boys and
girls club work Some Of the state leg
islatures have rade direct appropria-
lions for cooperative demonstration
work with the departent.
It believed that in the near future
the system will grow into a thorough
ly oo-ordinated organization, taking to
the farmer on his farm the great fund
Of valuable information on agricultural
subjects now on the hands of the state
colleges and the department.
The demonstration work in the south
has been pioneer work. 1t has not only
demonstrated to the farmers the posi-
bilities of their soil, but has estab-
Iished a. new principle in educational
activity and given an example in con-
structive effort for the whole country
It is not too much to say that its suc-s
cess is responsible for the inaugura-
ton of a new educational movement all
over the country and redirected effort
to help the farmer through personal con-
tact.-Farm and Ranch.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1912-12-31

Secretary Wilson has been receiving
reports of the various activities of the
department and their results prepare
tory to completing his annual report,
and is especially pleased with the
splendid results of the farmers CO.
operative demonstration work in the
south.
More than 100000 adult farmers in
this section have been directly en-
rolled in the demonstration work dur
ing the year, and many times that
number have indirectly profited by the
departments instructions. Much at
tention has been given during the past
year to urging the use of crops adapted
to soil and climatic conditions, especial
ly in western Texas and Oklahoma,
where moisture is largely the controlling
factor in crop production.
The south is beginning to appre-
c1ate the Importance of diversified ag-
riculture, and shows less inclination
than heretofore to stick to one crop.
More corn, peas, velvet beans, cow
peas, alfalfa, and other clovers. and
grasses have been grown the past
year than ever before. This natural
Iy results in greater interest in hog
raising. dairying, and other branches
of animal industry. Silos are being
built. pastures established, and a Wig
OIOuS campaign WdSeu AOE Tic eIdu1Cd-
ton of the cattle tick.
Especially noteworthy results have
been secured in the boys corn club
and girls canning club work. While
final yields have not all been re-
ported, it is believed by, those in the
work that all records for corn yields
will be broken. Whether or not this
is to be the case, it is already certain
that a larger proportion Of the boys
than heretofore have made very high
yields at low cost. There were about
10000 boys enrolled in the various
clubs during the past year. most Of
them growing corn, but several thou
sand being enrolled in cotton and KAT
fir corn clubs.
1t is difficult to estimate the amount
good accomplished by the girls can
ming club work, in which more than
10000 girls were engaged the past
year They each cultivated one-tenth
of an acre in tomatoes or other vegeta-
bles and canned the products. Cultu-
raj directions and canning instructions
were furnished by the department OF
agriculture. Hundreds of simple and
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1912-12-31
FORM ASSOCIATION
FOR TENNESSEE COUNTY

Especial Dispatch to The Journal)
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn, Dec 2S-
permanent organization was effected
Saturday morning by the Hamilton
county Farm Improvement association
with the election of ]. N. McCutcheon
as president, B. F. Hixson as vice-presf-
dent, and DR.. H. M, Evans, secretary of
the Chattanooga Chamber of Commerce.
as secretary and treasurer. 1t was
agreed that the fee for active member
ship should be fixed at 81 per annum
and for associate membership at 25
cents per annum. To assist the officers
in the disposition of matters of impor-
tance it was agreed that there should
be an advisory board, consisting of three
officers and two delegates from each
civil district in the county.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1912-12-31
Deaf-Mute Kills Girl
Who Refused Him

BUFFALO, N Y.,oDec. 2S.-Before a
crowd of diners in'aNiagara street lunch
room, John Valquiette, AZ years old.
a deaf-mute, tonight murdered Julie
Goodie, 21 years old, waitress.
( valq1iette came from SpringvilIe. N.
Y, to- marry Miss Goodie today.
When he called at the restaurant she
refused to go with him, whereupon he
drew a knife and stabbed her three
times in the breast. He made no effort
to escape. The girl died half an hour
later.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1912-12-31
RENFR0E ACQUITTED OF
FORGING STATE WARRANTS

GUTHRIE, Okla, Dec. sc. r.
Renfroe, arrested in Eugene, Oregon,
several weeks ago on the charge of con-
spring with w. r. McBrine, former
chief clerk in the office of the state au-
ditor, in uttering $4,000 in forged Ok
lahoma state warrants, was acquitted
here today.
Renfroe, then a dealer in securities,
pied that he had no means of knowing
that the warrants were not genuine, in
which view the court conceded.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1912-12-31
PARKS OF WEST TO BE
BEAUTIFIED FOR TOURISTS

washington, Dec. 2s.-In order to
have the national parks Of the west in
shape to care for tourists expected dur
ing the year of the Panama-Pacitic
exposition, Secretary Of the Interior
Fisher estimates that an expenditure
of $685. 900 will be needed in addition
to the S22S,000 that congress granted
for use this year.
1.-THE national parks" says the secre-
tary, constitute ideal recreation ground
for thousands of people, but the de-
velopment and use of the parks are seri-
ously retarded by the lack of adequate
roads and trails, and insufficient money
is appropriated for beginning q compre-
hensive plan of development, the parks
will fall far short of rendering the i'm
portant use for which they are in
tended"
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1912-12-31
JOKE MAY
COST BOY HIS LIFE

WILMINGTON, N. c., Dec. 2S.-Louis
Lane, seventeen years old, son of a To-
cal contractor, is dangerously wounded
as the result of a practical joke played
on him by George Gafford, a companion
with whom he was hunting near the
city late today.
To brighten him, Gafford removed
the shot from a paper shell, placed it in
a breech-loader and fired at the bottom
of the boys foot. The wadding from
the shell and part of the sole of the
shoe was blown through the boys foot
Physicians fear tetanus will set in.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1912-12-31
CHURCHES TO SNAPSHOT
NEW YEARS REVELS
fRr Associated Press. J

CHICAGO, Dec. 2S.-Flashlight Pho
tographs of New Years eve revels in
hotels and cafes may be taken by agents
of the Chicago Church Federation Coun-
Gil for use as evidence in prosecuting
violations of the 1 o'clock closing or
dinance.
Seats in every well known safe are
said to have been obtained by the or
ganization for it's investigators.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1912-12-31

buCCc1bLuAs n z
N e n { l. rs your
friends and enc
mics and describes
the good and bad
periods In your
life.
His description
as to past, present
and future events
viii astonish and
help you. All he
wants is your
name written oy
yourselfl, ur
birth date and sex
to guide him In
his work. Money
Is not necessary.
Mention the name
Of this paper and
get a Trial Read
ing free. II you
want to take adj
vantage of this
special offer and
obtain a review
OF your life sim
ply send your
full name, al
dress, the date,
month and year OF
birth (an clearly
writtenl, ia { e
whether Mr., Mrs.
or Miss and also
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1912-12-31
Is NEITHER
WHITE NOR BLACK

SPOKANE, Wash, Dec. 2s.-On the
ground that the applicant was neither
a free white person nor a negro, as
provided in the constitution, Kumar
Mohumder, a Hindu Yogi, was debarred
from citizenship today by Federal
Judge Frank M. RudkIns This is said
TO be the first time courts have passed
on thu eligibility Of Hndus Tor citF-
aenRhtps
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1912-12-31

Also called letter, Salt hheun, Prur1tus' nix
Crust Weeping Skin, etc
ECZEMA CAN BE CURED TO STAY, and
when / say cured, 1 mean just what say
CURED, and not merely patched up Tor
awhile to return worse than before. Remember
I make this broad statement after putting
twelve years of my time on TINS one oisease
and handling in the meantime nearly half OF a
million cases Of this dreadful disease. NOW
I do not care what all you have used nor now
many doctors have told you that you could not
be cured-an / ask Is just chance to show
you that know what / am talking about
liz You will write me TODAY, wall send you
A FREE TRIAL OF my mild, soothing, guaran-
teed cure that Will convince you more In
DAY than I or anyone else could In month 8
time II you are disguised and discouraged
/ dare you 70 give me chance TO prove my
claims. By writing mo today you VIII enjoy
more real comfort than you bad ever thought
this world holds for you. Just try II and you
will see I am telling you the truth.
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Gould you do better act than to send tnis
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Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1912-12-31
Crazed By Reading
Wild West Stories
Mother Kills Babies
nv Associated Press,

FORT SMITH, Arh.. Dec. 2s.-In
At of insanity. resulting. it is believed
from the reading Of wild west ana de-
tectiye stories, Mrs. Dan Red1ern'
twenty-six, today with an axe crushed
the heads of her two children Glenn
aged two years, and Leonard aeeo ioui
months, killing them instantly.
The crazed mother then cut her
throat with a razor and died few hours
later.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1912-12-31

writing:
your advice is useful.
So thousands say
I wish success and happiness.
Win you show me the wayT'
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Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1912-12-31
Ask this Man to
Read Your Life
His Wonderful Power to
Read Human Lives at
Any Distance Amazes
ALI Who Write to
Him.

Thousands Of people in all walks Of life have
benefited By this mans advice. He tells you
what You are capable OF. and how ron can be
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1912-12-31
AGRICULTURAL
.h:3EDUCATIoN !
g. ANDREW N, SOULE-

ms department 1oraton
Letters pTesdenr stare
A0ricuI furaIC Athens,
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-06-01
assisted by Mrs. George Sharp.

assisted by Mrs. George Sharp.
The children taking part will be
Miss Frances, Stokes queen: Miss Vir-
ginia Collier, the queen of last year
GROWING the queen Of this year. Mas
ter Newton McEachern, scepter bear
er; William Disbro and Clifford Smith
carriers Of the floral canopy Miss
Constance LaReaux, ballet dancer;
Misses .Kathryne Vickers, Helen Gone
dy. Lois Mcintyre. Catherine Hackett
Olenza Corley and Marguerite Carlisle
attendants
Masters Thomas Stokes. William
Disbro Clifford Smith Amos White
head, Howard Crumley, Frank Hardy
Linton Troy and Albert Rosetta
knights.
Flower. girls, Fay MCGOWAN, Mary
Presley, Leila Jayne, Laura Jenkins
Helen George, Lorena Brotherton,, Mil
dred Bixley Frances Cuny, Helen
Gaines; Alice Arnold, Louise Arnold
Edith Beazley Elizabeth Sales Laura
Jones
May Pole Misses Helen
Stewart, Martha Carder, Myrtrude
Henshe, Virginia Kelley, Mary Brit
tain, Eliza beth Tillman, Marian An
drews. Mary Arnold Margaret Ford
Dorothy Duggan, Floy Woodfin, Gale
Bennett, Grace MCGOWAN, Kathryn All
bright, Thomasine Vickers, Louise
Bolyn, Mary Frances Warner. Dorothy
Childs, Hattie Hood, Augusta Foreman n,
TheIma Tennessee, Ruby Terry, Ruth
Lovett,. Sarah Holland, Elizabeth Err
win, Mary Erwin, Margaret Tillman,
Martha Jones. Virginia Jones, Ethel
Durphee, Louise Wheelan Muriel Hun
ter Willie Stroud, Eula Jones. Eliza :
beth Chapman, Margaret Thornton,
Annie Griffin, Mildred Carey, Nellie
Marquardt, Alice Stewart, Eva Moore,
Sara Cheshire, Ada Nichols, Eloise AL
len, Margaret Scruggs, Mary Frances
Strong, Georgia Chamberlin, Alice No
Ian, Buna Wyatt, Sara Sutherland,
Caroline Camp. Mildred Riley, Mary
Huett, Lula Barton. Jane Hancock,
Mildred Kelley. Roslyn Poole. Dorothy
Mapp, Huge Lee Wyatt, Margaret Eli
oft, Howard Foster, Kathering Carter.
AMIGA Martin, Doris Dickey. Louise
Nichols. Christine McEachern. EVELYN
Jordan Martha Waldrop. Susie Flor
ence, Evelyn Sheffield, Lucille Reid,
Evelyn Robinson, Sarah Bailey, Frances
Dobbs, Dorothy Tumlin, Luela Bar
ton, Elsie Minker Nita Martin. Mary
Cooper, Hortense Kelley, Dorothy
Brogden, Louise Scruggs, Janice VIII
son. Eva Cooley, Virginia Jones, Ruth
Normandy Julia Turner and Katherine
Derrick
Pages-Charles Ward, Donald Rob
ertson, Fred Stewart, Charles Connal-
" George Dallas. Edwin Lindorme.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-06-01
EVANGELIST WILL
ADDRESS WOMEN
Problems of Modern Times To
Be Discussed at Meeting
Sunday Afternoon.

Women representing the Methodist
tied all of the big department stores
and office buildings and gave out tick
cts to the service for women only which
will be conducted by Bob Jones, the
evangelist. at the Forsyth theater to
morrow afternoon at $3.50 O'Clock
With the exception Of the leader none
but women will be admitted to this
service. Modern woman's problems will
be discussed in a personal, direct and
intimate way in. the belief that it will
lead to many needed reforms.
Well known women will act as ush-
ers and others will take the regular
offering Those who will take the Of
fering are Mrs, W. NJ Nixon, chair
man Mrs. R. K. Rambo, Mrs. R. S.
Prescott, Mrs w F. Frenooy, Mrs, E
r. Kirk, Mrs. J. w Setz, Mrs. w. r.
Sommerville, Mrs Mark McCord, Mrs
y. P. Womble and Mrs. P. S. Arkwright.
"Conditions Disgrace to City"
Those who will act as ushers are
Mrs. Laura Wyatt, chairman; Mrs Ell
len Carter. Mrs. s. P Virgins. Mrs.
w. H. White, Mrs. G. H. White. Miss
Hester Frenooy, Miss Margery Thorn
as, Miss Marylow Rhodes. Miss Annie
Mae Clark, Miss Mabel Gray, Miss
Frances Foy, Miss Claire Latham. Miss
Mary Latham, Miss Elizabeth Hines
Miss Eva Smith. Miss Ina Hughes, Miss
Mary Swarm, Miss Gena Woolley, Miss
Ruby Smith, Miss May Spear and Miss
Josephine Mobley.
The conditions which exist in At
lanta," said Bob Jones. are disgrace
to this city think that in some in
stances the women are themselves to
blame and that it is time some Of these
matters should be frankly discussed
and fairly faced. That is why l am
holding this meeting for women only.
1t will give us the chance of taking up
these subjects in a much more person
al direct and intimate way. 1t means
everything to Atlanta and especially
Atlanta women"
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-06-01
HOPE WAVES FOR
MRS. CUSAMANO
Absent Massachusetts Council
Ior Indicates He'll Cast Vote
Against Communication.

BOSTON, June Alexander Nc
Gregor. the councillor upon whose vote
will probably depend the life of Mrs.
Lena Cusamano, under sentence OF
death for the murder of her husband,
when the governors council meets next
Wednesday, has intimated that he will
vote against Communication, according to
dispatches from Umbagog Lake, Maine,
today.
Mr.. McGregor is at Melatlac Lake.
Questioned as to his attitude upon the
death penalty, he said:
4 have always heard and believed
that the laws of Massachusetts were
the best. the people of Massachusetts
the fairest, and justice in Massachu-
sets courts the highest. When I took
the oath of office as councillor l swore
to uphold, rather than to obstruct or
nullify, the states laws.
when the people of the state wish
the death penalty put aside they will
change the laws. however, 10 not
wish to state how l will vote next
Wednesday. have not been informed
of the grounds upon which commuta-
ton is sought"
Mr. McGregor planned to start today
for Boston. He was the only councillor
absent last Wednesday when the coun-
ell voted four to four on the question
of committing Mrs Cusamanos sem
tence. The question will be reconsid-
cred next Wednesday,
In Mrs. Cusamano's cell, to tighten
the gloom of the death house, nose
gay of flowers is kept constantly.
Enrico Mascioli. sentenced to die
with her as her accomplice in the MUIR
der Of her husband. is in his cell few
yards away, watched night and day.. as
he waits for the chair.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-06-01
Rebels Attack
Swedish Colony

SANTIAGO, June Messengers
from the zone of revolution today
brought word that General Estenoz' s
column of rebels still was near Alta
garcia. where the properties Of the
Spanish American Iron Company are
located, but that the rebels seemed
loath to go into battle. Their evident
aim is to pursue guerrilla warfare.
One band of rebels attacked the viii
lage at Bayate, where there is a big
Swedish colony, but no casualties
among foreigners were reported. The
rebels burned several houses and drove
off live stock. A number of Swedes
emigrated to that section from Mime
sofa They have appealed for aid to
the American government.
Residents of number of villages in
the Guantanamo valley have fled upon
the approach of insurgents Most Of
them went to Guantanamo City