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Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-09-17
No Go admission Before.
Legislature Meets,

The governor, therefore. will hold
that he has no authority TO commits
sion any one whose election has not
been accomplished in the manner laid
down; and it would be impossible that
any person other than Connor, under
that ruling, could qualify before next
June, save in the remote contingency Of
a special session of the legislature be-
ing called in the meantime.
The governor authorizes the state
mept that he will commission no one
before the legislature meets. no mat
ter what the state executive committee
may do in the mauor .of filing an i'm
aginarY vacancy ia occur in October or
November and ",c1rdless of what may
happen in the + jlaI October election.
in the matter oi oiecting a commission
or of agriculture to begin his term Of
service in advance of the assembling Of
the legislature next June.
Unquestionaby, the governors an
nounced attitude will go far toward
clearing up a situation that has been
very much obscured in the public mind
of late
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-09-17
Governor Will Refuse to Issue
Commission Until After the
Legislature Meets.
HE QUOTES STATE LAW IN
SETTLING VEXED PROBLEM
Means That Price Won't Serve
"Short Term" and DispIace
Commissioner Conner.

Governor Joseph NJ. Brown author
lied the announcement today that he
would hold that Commissioner Of Agri-
culture Connor holding office under
appointment to the unexpired term of
Commissioner Thomas G. Hudson, can
not be displaced before the Legislature
meets next June, canvasses the gem
eral election returns and formally de-
clares the person duly chosen by the
people to succeed to the office.
The governor bases his opinion upon
section "a of the code, which prescribes
the manner in which the governor
treasurer, comptroller general. attorney
general and commissioner Of agricu-
ture shall be elected, and which spe-
officially iecites that the stipulations
laid down snail apply to all.
The legislature is required to can
vdsH the returns in the governors case
and declare the result before the cleo
ton is complete, and no person may
qualify for governor whose election has
not been So declared
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-09-17

forecast: Fair tonight and Tues
day. temperatures: s q. M, "a; 10
a. NJ, 81; Y M, IS: 2 p. nn., 81.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1912-08-15
COUNSEL SENT TO JAIL
Refuses to Pay $50 Fine Court Imposed
fer Contempt.

Los Angeles.-Ths D&rrov trial vas
kaited by the court sn1ing Earl Rogers,
chief counsel for Clarence Darrov, $50
for contempt, with the alternative of
i've days in Jail
The incident grew out Of the prosscu-
tion's production in court of the man
they claim . the mysterious dark
stranger Who figured in the testimony
Of witnesses for the defense as the man
from out of the city who gave Franklin
-. 1000 bribe money. lie Was o. ii. 2.
Mayer. Who testified that he worked for
Bert Franklin investigating prospective
Jurors for the Mcnamara defense.
Rogers subjected the witness to BIT
ter eross-exsmination. District Attor-
ney Fredericks objected TO a question a.
az . waste Of time.
NO. We are showing up this per
jursr.- declared Rogers.
Judge Hutton halted proceedings and
tired TO get Rogers to withdraw the re-
mark. but Roger. insisted that he be
lieved the witness vas perjurer and he
wAs iustifable in calling him that TO his
face
Judge Hutton then announced that
Rogers vas adjudged guilty of contempt
and was fined $50, with the alternative
of serving Eve days in the county Jail
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1912-08-15
FARMERS ARE
MUCH ENCOURAGED
BEGINNING TO HOPE THAT WEE
Wis WILL BE VERY FEW.
DRY SEASON A BLESSING
Pest Has Not Developed in the Numbers
Expected. and the Army Worm II
Also Very Slow in Getting in
Its Deadly Ravages

Jackson.-With each passing day the
farmers of Mississippi are finding cause
to indulge in the hope that the ravsges
Of the Mexican boil weevil will BE- mate
rally lessened in the state this year.
Rsports from the various counties are
decidedly encouraging. In no community
has the weevil, up to this time, commit
ted dePcedations equal 10 those of last
year, and in some counties where the
pest was bad in 1911, very few can b.
found.
Lack Of rainfall has been a hard blow
to the pest. While the farmers Of the
state do not entertain the hope that they
are going to escape without serious
trouble with the wecyii. a; the same
time there appears TO b. ample justifca-
tion for their belief that the insects will
not prevent them from making fairly
good yield.
still more encouraging i the fact that
the army worm Is not spreading with the
expected raPidity. Large quantities of
paris green AMI srsenate Of lead have
been ordered for use in fighting this
dreaded pest. whose ravages we're far
worse than tho-e Of the weevil in iPi.
but thus far they have not had oorasion
TO apply the poison in many counties.
In consequence of these conditions the
farmers who were feeling very much d.
pressed two or three weeks Aso are now
finding cause for genuine optimism, and
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1912-08-15
PAPERS HELPED GAMBl ERS
Proets of New York Gamblers in Eigha
Years $50 400, 600

New NOrk--ln startling expose of
the gambling situation, the New York
American Published the confession Of an
emPloys of one of the wealthiest gam
bling housas OF New York. man who
has heeu in the business for . number
Of years.
The profits Of the gamblers of New
York for the pas, eight year. have beea
Sd. .s00.0OO. Their gross income WAS
more than Sl2O.000.OO0 The profits OF
the gambling houses dWindled steadily
from 1905 10 1909. bat since Mayor Gay
nor's Inauguration the profits have been
climbing up by leaps and bounds. In
1911 the gamblers cleared sis, ,sOo, 900.
in 1910, the first year OF the Gsynor ad-
minisiration. the total was sls o00,00O
During these two wears there wNs no
race track open in New York, yet the
figures are higher than When iaoe tfark
gambling was al it. height.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1912-08-15

Immediate establishment Of minimum
wage standards for women.
Establishment Of standards Of COM
pensatioa for industrial accident. And
deaths and for oceuPational diseases.
Prohibition Of night labor for womsz
and children.
Prohibition Of the employment Of wo-
men for more than forty eight hours per
week.
Laws providing for one day of res, in
seven.
Three shifts of eight hours in con-
tinuous industries.
Prohibition of the premature employ
nent Of children.
Provision for insurance against hsz-
ards of sickness, accident, invahdism and
old age.
Strengthening and efficient enforce
ment of pure food laws.
Establishment of federal department
in which shall be combined all agencies
relating to public health.
Establishment of department Of Ia
Dor with seat in the cabinet.
Revival of the country life commits
sion and cooperation by the government
with the farmer to make the farm more
productive.
Provision for rural banking and rural
credits.
Strengthening of the antitrust law.
Creation of 4 national industrial com
mission, with full power to regulate snd
control all features of the great indus
trial corporations
Remodeling of patent laws and pre-
yention Of use of patents as tooIs Of
monopoly.
Establishment of parcels post on the
zone principle
Strengthening Of the interstate COM
meree Law, especially a. regards rail-
roads
/ Sound and elastic currency reform,
guarded against use for any speculative
purposes.
Extension Of rural free delivery and
favoring good roads.
Opening of coal and other resources Of
Alaska to development al once under
homestead plan.
Natural resources of country should
be conserved for benefit Of all the peo
pie.
Providing for two battleshiPs . year.
| Improvement OF waterways.
Panama eansl, built and paid for BY
American people. must Be used primarily
for their benefit.
Protective tariff which shall equalirs
conditions of competition between the
United States and friendly countries,
both for the farmer and the u.anufactur-
| er. and which shall maintaia for labor
an adequate standard Of living.
Graduated Inheritance tax and favor
ing ratification of pending amendment
to constitution giving the government
power to levy income tax
enforcement of civil service act in
letter and spirit and legislation bringing
under competitive syste mPostmasters,
collectors, marshals and AL other non
] political officers.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1912-08-15
WORK Of TICK ERADICATION
HAS BEEN REMARKABLY SUCCESS
Full IN MISSISSIPPI
DR.. J. A. Herman. Who Has Jurhdietiea
in Mississippi. Gives a Summary ef
the Results Accomplished
in This State.

iackson.--Dr. y A. Herman, chief In
srector Of the work Of cattle tick eradi
cation, has issued the following circular
letter.
Tick eradication is going on like .
tidal wave, ii Is making . clean sweep,
doing the job thoroughly and doing il
right now.
During June, 1919, there were dipped
in arsenieal solution in Mississippi 3Ts,-
5O4 cattle.
The following named counties are con
dnctIng an intensive campaign IN erAdi-
eating ticks, as Is shown by the number
OF herds and total uunh~r Of eattls dip.
ped in each; Adams. Benton, Clsiborns.
Grenada Jefferson. Lafayette, Madison.
Monroe, Panola, Warren. Yazoo. Attals,
Chickasaw. Coahoma. Kinds. Lake, Mar
shall. Lownde-, Noxubee, Rankin, Wash
ington.
In each county reports continue 70
come in Of dea;hs Of cattle, which on IN
vestigstion have heen found to BE- due
10 tick fever and blaekleg. July, August.
September, and October are the months
each year when ticks are most plentiful
and under no circumstances should peo-
pie neglect to dip their cattle regularly
every fourteen days until October 81.
All the counties now engaged in act
i've tick eradication work are lending
every effort to win one OF the valuable
prizes that are to be given at the State
Fair to the counties that obtain the b>s,
results. Up to the present time there
have been promises Of sixteen pure bred
bull calves Of the dairy aBi beef variety,
which viii be grouped probably in thres
prizes.
The counties that secure these valu-
able calves and use them with discretion
will h able to show in a couple Of years
the true worth of using pure bred bulls
-One group prize will probably eonsis,
Of four or ave Jersey bulls. Another
prize. bulls Of the beef variety. All these
bull calves will be exhibited at the Stats
Fair. and should b. carefully observed
By every person attending the fair.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1912-08-15
sS,0O0,0O0 LOSS TO
SOUTHERN CROPS
ARMY WORM WROUGHT HAVOC,
SAYS DEPARTMENT.
SECOND BROOD Is COMING
Every EHort Will Be Made to Avert
Further DamaeS-Loss Is Placed at
$1,000 900 IN Georxia-other
States Lost Heavily.

washington.-More tAan 5000, 900
eamAee "a dous TO crop. IN the South
Last neuth b. the army worm. accord
ins 30 usofarial estimates of the depart
Hsut u szFtralturs.
Nhsthsf ths mea.o-s sscond brood Of
the iuseets, slrr'viy appearing in South
Carolina. Aishanss. G-orgia and other
States, ~ili iacr~ase this loss j. Of much
conesru g. the government experts All
the m@an. At the departments disposal
are being used to meet the emergency.
Reports 20 the department sAy the
army worms at some places have stopped
III trains The loss !. placed at 81 ,0O0.-
600 in Georgia. while in Arkansas 20
per cent OF the corn and 10 psr cent of
the cotton planted has been destroyed.
Losses also have been great in Tennss-
see. the Carolinss. Alabama. Mississippi
ami Louisiana. On some OF these. par
ticPlarly Louisians. they exceed the mil
hon marx The corn. cotton. sugar cane
AMI rice crops from Louisiana to the At
l4ntic have been affected.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1912-08-15
AMERICAN SHIPS
EXEMPT FROM TOLL
SENATE WOULD NOT STRIKE PRO.
VISION FROM PANAMA BILL.
CUMMlNS IS lMPASSloNeD
Charges Misrepresentation Of Treaty 4,
Those Who Claim That Unitsd
States Cannot Discriminate in
Favor Of American Ships.

Washing,on.-By a vote of ~ TO IL
the senate refused to strike from the
Panama canal bill the provision exempt
ing American ships from payment Of
tolls for passage through the Panama
canal Debate on the question had con
tinued from | pm. until nearly mid
night.
The defeat Of the Burton amendmen,
was th- senate's defiant answer to the
protest OF the British government
against the legislation.
The senators who voted in favor Of
the Burton amendment were: Brande-
gee, Burton. Crane. Fall, Grouua. Lodge,
Nelson, Oliver, PenrOse, Root and Wet
more.
just before the vote was taken Sena-
tor Cummins made an impassionei
speech in vhich he charged senators sho
interpreted the Hay-Pauneefote treaty
a. denying TO thu United States the
power TO discriminate in favor Of i,s
o~n ships with giving an interpretation
which they knew Amereaa. would nOs
observe. lie declared the question os
power was one that could not Be arbi-
trated and should diplomacy fail var
would b. the final arbiter Senator's
Williams and Burton declared Senator
6ummins was ruthlessly disregarding
the arbitration treaty between the
United States and 8rsat Britain.
During the evening the clause IN quss-
tion VA amended on motion Of senator
Hoke Smith OF Georgia by making the
exemption apply only to vessels engaged
exclusively" in the coastwise trade of
the United States.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1912-08-15
NEGROES iNCENSED
Must Keep OF Streets Of La Porte Al
Result Of Robberies

La Porte, Ind.-Chief Of Police Meinke
OF this city, following a recent Epidemic
of robberies and hold-ups. issued an or
der to the police department. to arrest
all eolored men found on the streets Of
the city after 10 o'clock at night, believ-
ing that the robheTies and hold-ups were
the work of negroes, several hundred Of
whom have been brought into the city
for public work.
The negroes have taken umbrage at the
order. which they declare Is eurtaiIment
of their liberties, and made public an
nouneement that they would retain at
torneys and begin a fight in the courts
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1912-08-15
WORKING ON THE ROADS.
couviets Building a Highway Prom the
Parchnau Farm

Jaekson.-Dr. J. c. Csthngs. .uP>rin-
tena@nt Of the penitentisry, reports 20
the trustees that he has resumed the
work Of constructing a modern highway
from the PArehmaR farm 20 IndiAnoia.
county seat Of Sunhower county. and
about 100 eoaviets are being used at the
task
This Is the Grst link in Governor
Brewers cherished plan for . north and
south highway through the State from
the Tennessee line 20 the Gulf Of Mexico.
Svrsrins~sa<us Gathiaes started the con-
victs At work on the model road two
weeks ago, but was stopped by an in
JUNCTION suit filed by number Of citizens
who did not like the route adopted. This
litigation has been adjusted, and the road
will now be pushed to completion befOr.
it becomes necessary for the eonviets To
get into the cotton fields to pick the sea
sons crop.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1912-08-15
. SUES FOR LOST BEER.
W. A. weieh Claims Baggageman Dranh
II and Became Abusive.

Jaekson.-A rather peculiar and un-
usual ground of complaint Is alleged by
W. A. Welch, citizen of Byram, in a
suit which he has brought against the
New Orleans Great Northern Railroad
Company for $4,000, actual and punitive
damages. The action grows out of an
incident of travel whieh ocrurred when
Weleh boarded train of the y. O. G. "
at Georgetown, carrying a quantity of
bottled beer. 1t is alleged that the con-
duetor of the train compelled him TO
deposit his case of beer in the baggage
car; that while his back was turned the
haggagemaster proceeded to irrigate his
system with his beer; that when he re-
monstrated he was abused and insulted
in an unwarranted manner.
He holds that as a passenger he was
entitled to respect and protection and
puts it up to the court and a jury to de-
eide the point.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1912-08-15
Government FOR
FOR CANAL ZONE
gENArx rNpoRsxs PLAN FATHERED
IN THE HOUSE
PRESIDENT HAS CONTROL
Prcsidsnt's Appsintee SAail Have Power
TO Complete. Govern and Operate
Beth canAl and canal Zone.

ws.hiugton.-rhs future Of the Pan
ANA canal will rest IN the hands Of .
"one-msn government through the de-
cision Of the senate TO support q Pian
Already indorsed BY he house. ny
vote Of - 20 IL il adopted a provision
giving the president control Of all Affairs
ct Panama. With power to appoint a gov
srnor TO complete, govern and operate
the canal and esasl lons.
The senate overturned senomsnds-
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1912-08-15
PRESIDENT OF HAln KILLED
Explosion and Fire Wreck the Roya,
Palace

Port au Prince. Haiti.-The national
palace was blown up by a powder ex-
plosion and burned TO the ground. and
the president OF the republic. ten. lie
Conte. perisheI. Members OF his fam
ily. who we're awakened by the terrific
shock. found themselves almost sur.
rounded BY flames, but escaped
The fF,t explosion Was followed by
others when the fre reached the cellars
Of the palace, where a great quantity
Of ammunition vas stored. 80 great
Wa the force of the explosions that =
number of small cannon. fragments Of
ion and shells were thrown in all direc-
tions. Many palace attendants were
killed. and IT is estimated the casualty
list will reach 400 persons killed Or IN
Jurel.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1912-08-15

The principal planks in the Prosrss
ave party platform advocate:
Womans' suffrage.
National presidential primaries.
Election of United States senators By
popular vote.
Provision for q short ballot.
A stringent corrupt practices act.
which shall apply to primaries a, well
as elections.
Publicity of campaign contributions
during the campaign.
Recognition of the right of the peopls
OF state to secure to themselves the
initiative, the referendum and the recall
Development Of methods for making il
easier to get rid of an incompetent Judge.
Recall of judicial decisions and the
creation of machinery for making easier
the amendment OF the national and stAts
constitutions.
All employees TO file wage scales and
data as the public element in industry
demands.
A living wage and the establishment
OF minimum wage commissions BY the
nation and states.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1912-08-15
ma vetoe, wool raritI Bill.

Wsshington-For the second time
within = year Presiden; Taft vetoed a
bill to revise the wool tariff schedule X
of the Payne-Aldrich law -.
With a message Of di.aPprOvsl the
president returned to congress the bill
evolved as a compromise between the
house and senate, holding that its how
rates would bring disaster to home in
dustrie,. He appealed TO congress, how.
ever, not to adjourn until il had enacted
q measure to substantially reduce un-
necessary EXISTING duties without de-
stroying protection for the wool industry
in the United State>.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1912-08-15
COTTON CROP
I OUTLOOK HH BETTER
rwo STATES STILL pRY-rwo TO
THREE WEEKS LATE.
PLANTISSeTTINc FRUIT WELL
with Favorable Weather RAPID Advsnss
meat Is ExPeetsd-fnsset Damage
Negligible.

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Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1912-08-15
Capitol Deserted.

Jaekson.-The statehouse ia almost
deserted these days. The supreme court
is in vacation; the governor Is at the
encampment; the agricultural commits
sioner is out of the state most Of the
time; Secretary of State j. W. Power
has gone to the coast fishing; Attorney
General Collins is in Meridian; State
Superintendent of Education Powers Is
touring the state whooPing things up
for education, and are his two assist
ants. W. II. Smith. supervisor of rural
.chooIs.and Miss Susie V. Powell, in
charge of the school improvement work
and the Girls Tomato clubs.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1912-08-15

a great national convention and are ct
last thrust into the arena of political
action.
81 second the nomination of Theodore
Roosevelt because lie Is one of the few
men in our public life who has been re-
sponsive to the social appeal, and who
has caught the significance of the mod
ern movement. Because of that, because
the program will require leader of in
yincible courage, of open mind, of demo
cratic sympathies-one endowed with
power TO interpret the common man and
10 identity himself with the common
Iot-I heartily second the nomination
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1912-08-15

| NOMINATED
Johnson OF CALIFORNIA HIS
RUNNING MATE.
|FORM IS RADICAL ONE
formations BY Aeelamatisa-Hsv
IsniTltion Christens Itself The
Progressive Party.

ugc.-Singing Onward, Christian
ami the Battle Hymn of the
u" the delegates to the first IA.
convention OF the new Progressive
acclaimed Col. Theodore Roosevelt
York as their candidate for presi.
IN Gov. Hiram W. johnson of Cal
J As their choice for vice-president.
kking a new departure in the pro.
" Of national conventions, the two
bates Immediately were Informally
j Of their nomination, and in the
Of deafening cheers, appeared be-
! he delegates to voice their accept
and to pledge their best efforts TO
Pominx campaign
Colonel Appreciates Honor.
| Roosevelt, in his speech of accept.
said. in part:
j. Chairm<n and men and women
n this convention represent the
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1912-08-15
Would Handle cotton.

Atlanta, Ga.-Plans for handling the
isI2-i3 cotton crop and a movement
looking to the organization of the Ma
tioaAl Warehouse and Elevator Company
will be discussed at a general rally CT
members Of the Farmers Union here
August ~. The purpose of the ware
house company is to handle the cotton
and grain output Of the entire country.
Lawson Z. Brown. president OF the Geor-
giA Farmers Union, who sent out the
call for the rally, said that branches had
already been established
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1912-08-15
KNOX GOES TO JAPAN
VIII Represent United States at Funersl
of Mutsuhito.

washington.-FOr the first time in the
history Of the United States the secre-
tsry Of state has hrsn designs,ed As .
special ambassador to a foreign power.
President Taft assigned Secretary Knox
as special ambassador 10 Japan TO attend
the funeral of the late Emperor Mut.u-
hito on September IL, with the state
ment that the mission was gwen TO the
premier Of the cabinet as an evidence Of
the American friendship for Japan
When Viscount Chinda, Japanese am
bsssAdor to Washington, heard Of the
mission, be asserted it would be taken
by Japan as an act Of the greatest cour-
tesy and one calculated to make even
warmer and more cordial existing relsr
ans between the two governmental.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1912-08-15
GRAIN CROP WILL BE LARGE
Department of Agriculture Estimates
Record Crop.

washington.-This years grain crops
in the United States will he far in eN-
cess of last years yield, as estimated by
the department Of agriculture. IL Is o..
timated 1t will BE- better than the av-
srsge crop for the past ten years, and
In the case of a number Of products will
make a neN record.
The countryis crop report, estimated
at ASH 900. 900 bushels. will be the lar
gest IN the nstion's history, with the
exception OF the years 1906 and 1910.
The wheat crop. estimated at $4,000. 600
bushels. will rank hfth during the past
twenty years