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KORTOIJC SOUTHEUT a
. COKHO TO concord,
K CTSdaaes Qivaa to Tin aXaat
Out Trass Waahlagtaa Tkmt Coa
eori Is ta Rt M Spar Una. v '
. Ia newspaper story Mot oat from
Washington sad published in tht
morning papers tb correspondent
makes the statement tbt "it to Mid
that if th Norfolk Southern goes
straight from Mount Gilead to Char
lotto (par will b built to eonneet
with Concord."
- Thia statement ia not given the
slightest credence totally at tba nan
hara familiar with tht railroad situ
ation know that thara baa Mm keen
tba slightest intimatioa of such - a
coarse oa tba part of the railroad offi
cials. On the other hand they have
tha assurance of Mr. Duncan that
tha road will ba built to Conoord and
- that thia will ba on a trunk ' Una.
Mora than thia the ' agreement be
tween tha official! of tha road and tha
eity of Concord at a mam meeting
at tha court house when Mr. Duncan,
MY. Barr and ej-Governor Ayeock
were here specifically stated that Con
cord was to be on tha trunk line.
Mr. Danean told tha citizens bare
that if tha guarantee was raised the
road would coma to Concord and
since that ba has given out the offi
cial statement to the affect that the
road would eoma here.
So far Concord ia tha terminus of
the road according to the informa
tion as given out by Mr. Duncan, al
though he and his associates have
made a proposition to Charlotte sim
ilar to the one made here and if the
citizens of the Queen City follow the
progressiva step of the citizens here
and aneeeed in raising a guarantee
it to likely that the road will be -constructed
on from Concord to Char
lotte, although this to mere conjec
ture. It waa published at one time
that the road would go to Charlotte,
but in an interview in that city yes
terday Mr. Duncan stated that "the
definite statement waa premature."
Senator and Governor Apprehensive
of War Between V. S. and Russia.
PhiladelDhla. Dee. -19. That tba
action of the United States in abro-
gating the RuBiarirBatypf 183SUto-
M. nM.init.tA Willi I MHI
States Senator Hevburn, of Idaho,
and Governor Mann of Virginia, in
speeches' at the annual dinner of the
New Jersey society of 'Tensylvania
here last night. Senator Heypurn
said that where the eause waa just
he stood ready to follow the Ameri
can passport into any foreign land
with "our constitution, our flag and
a cannon."- '
Governor Mann expressed his be
lief that the signs of the times point
to a struggle with Russia in the near
future and be stirred the audience by
announcing that,-it such, conditions
ever came to pass he himself would
be willing and ready to go out at
the head of a regiment of Virginia
soldiers. "Whether it be President
Tsft or some other President, per
hsps a son of New Jersey," said the
governor, "his eall will be respond
ed to by Virginia and I can say every
RtiU in the South. If necessary, I
will go to the front and wiU also
send my son. 1 say this merely to
W the oatriotism of tba South and
to prove that sectionalism to a thing
of the past."
Liver Mush And Tolks.
Tatawka Pnnntv News. '
"You know you can j tell people
bv the liver mush they make and
sell t" asked a dealer of a newspa
per man. '.'
"All I know to that some of it's
not so good as it might be,", waa the
reply. "Well, there now," continued
tha dealer. "Hera's soma that eame
fmm a certain family and it's good.
It's got tha furins' in ifr-ths 'vege
. tation,' aa the feller ssys. Here's
- another cake that is plain corn meal
liirhtlv irreasv. I paid tha same
price for both', but IT? never buy
. anv mora from the 'corn meal' party.
Five cents a pound is a bit too mnch
for meal I can't afford It"
Ravine which ha sliced off three
L pounds of tha poorer quality to fill
aa order ana sent it away.
Masting af ' North Carolina Olaasis.'
Newton, N. C, Dee. 19. There will
he a meetimr of the North Carolina
Classto of tha Reformed Church in
Innirton the 27th at 10 m. . to
consider tba resignation and call of
Rev. D. C. Cox from Mount Gilead
to tba Guilford charge,- and of the
nwianation and eall of Rev. -D. E.
Bowers from tba Bethel Zion charge
to tba Wanghtowa charge and also to
receive Mr. Harvey A. Fesperman as
a candidate fot the ministry.
Tba marble busts of Governors
Samuel Johnston and John M. More
head that ara to oeeup the trd re
maining nichs on tba Brat floor .of
tha rotunda of tha State bouse at
Bml.iffh. arrived Tuesday and are
ready to be placed in position for
Zlir,4dn' by4JwiWuJtlr
nnveiung. L ; .
Casts Moots.
. . AX ELEQABT RECEPTION, j
Oiveai ia Honor af Mr. R. S. Sanders
.And Miss Grace Browa by tha
Messrs, and, Meadaaei Browa. j
' The elegant reception last even
ing by Mr. and' Mrs. Louis A. Browa
and Mr. and Mrs. J. Leonard Brown
tendered to Miss Grace Brown and
Mr. B. 8. Sanders marked fitting
climax to the many social vents
that have preceded tba wedding of
honor guests, which will ba sol
emnized at tba First Presbyterian
church tomorrow afternoon at 5:30
o'clock.
Tha reception waa at tba home of
Mr. and Mrs. L. A. Browa and about
one hundred guests called during the
evening,, tht ours being from, 8, to
10 o'clock.. '
Tha attractiveness of the borne
was greatly enhanced by the) beauti
ful decoration, consisting of many
elaborate designs of the season's dee
orations .which were most appropri
ately displayed.; :
Mr and Mrs. J. Leonard Brown,
Mr. and Mrs. Louis A. Brown, Miss
Grace Brown and Mr. B. 8. Sanders,
Vfr , R. A. Brown. Misses Blanche
Brown," Blanche. Gray, Hazel Elliott
and Helen Alston composed tba re
ceiving line,, being stationed in the
hall. They were then ushered to! the
punch. room by Miss Louise Means,
where delicious punch was poured by
Mr. Ired Berkley, of Gastoma. Hiss
Maude Brown escorted the guest to
the dining room, where they were
with cranberry ice, turkey,
beaten biscuit pickles, coffee, tea andd
mints by Misses Marguerite - ana
Lucy-Brown, Mary Bingham and
Mary Fountain, tea being poured by
Mrs. M. L. Brown and coffee by Mrs.
James Gibson. i. ; f -
Not liable For Rebates.
Richmond. Vs.. Deo. 18. Judge
J. C. Pritebard, ofjhe Western North
Carolina district, entered three ord
ers in the United States Circuit
Court today dismissing the suits of
tba State of North Carolina against
the Seaboard-Air Line, the Atlantic
Coast Line and the Southern Rail
way instituted in 1907 to enforce the
2-eent passenger rata in that State.
Pending a decision in me ease,
whjch went 'thfougr all courts, pur.
were given coupons rebating lVa cento
a mile, v 1 ,
By the decrees entered today the
railroads are not held liable for these
coupons. .
The order will be seni to n uimuB
tou, Raleigh and Asheville to be
entered. .
While tba case was going tnrougu
the several eourts the State and the
railroads agreed upon a 2lA-ent rate,
which now continues.
Senate Supports Taft.
Wwhinrfon. Dee. 19. Tha 8enate
by a unanimous vote tonight form
ally ratified President Taft's notiv
eation to Russia of the termination
of the treaty of 1832. The Lodge
joint resolution reported by the for
eign relations committee as a substi
tute for the Buizer resoiuuun "
passed the House, 300 to 1, waa adop
ts ftr an all-dav debate over Rus
sian discriminations against tha Jews
of America. r Tbe House tomorrow
expected to agree to the Senate- meas
ure. - ' '
10 Men Fih in City Park; On Dead
And Two vying. ,
v Vnrlr. TW 19. Twenty men
most of them masked or disguised,
... n two anueds in Thomas Jeffer
son ran on in mm -----
early today and began anooimg wuu
revolvers, wnen me pouo FKr
d, the men fled in every direction,
leaving one dead and two in a dying
condition, ju- " - '- :'. ''
Five men were captured, but re
fused to P eiTanation of ; the
extraoroinary anair.
eigners and no names hava been se
cured. " " ' :
Highest SJMca for Batter And En
New York Uee.
eggs ara selling here at the highest
r vun Earn bring 44
to 66 eenta wholesale and 48 to 75
cents retail, wnue wo pno-
tor rangeo from 38 to 40 cents whole
..l. and fmm 40 to 60 eents retail.
Reports from si Iproducting aoetions
indicate stiU higher prices within a
month. . Dealers contend : that ths
threatened oold storage legislation is
largely responsible. r " ,
T.ndm Toum Goes to rUUppiassv
nr..t.tnrtnn. TW. 19.--Ensign Bob-
.1. o v.,n hn waa sick and eon
fined to a government hospital tat
several months, toweii now, aua
beeit ordered to we rniuppin--.
inj bis lines snere tus motner,
Robert B, oung, . oi yww,
with bim.mueh of the time. i ; ,
t who has been in China
dramftia failures io wtioh & to i
..thL ft tba audisnoo. to amypa-
jtbiss wth anybody on tha ataga. ,
CONCORD, N.
TO CIS TOR HORRIBLE CRIME.
Mas to Die Friday for tha Murder of
; Three Woman, One of Then His
Wife.
Savannah, Oa Dee. 20. Only a
respite from Governor Slaton can
save from the gallows J. C. Hunter,
the triple murderer whose fight for
life haa been tbe most remarkable in
the criminal annals of Chatham noun
t. For nearly two years Hurler
has been confined in the Savanna1!
jail while eminent legal talent has
worked to have the verdict of death
set aside. Three times he has been
granted a respite when almost ready
to? mount the gallows. Meanwhile
tha ease was carried to the-supreme
court of Georgia, whieh body by a
unanimous vote refused to interfere
with tbe verdict of the trial court.
Hope that Governor Slaton might
grant a respite is now praetieally
abandoned and it ia generally believ
ed ihat the condemned man will be
executed day after tomorrow.
Hunter's crime was the murder of
three women in a house on Perry
street in this city on December 10,
1909. One of tbe victims was his
wife, from whom he was separated.
The other victims of the man's jeal
ous fury were Mrs. Eliza Gribble, 70
years old, and her daughter, Mrs.
Carrie Ohlander. The three women
were literally hacked to pieces with
an axe.
A peculiar feature of the case was
the general assumption that the
crime was that of a negro assailant.
Following the statement of neigh
bora that a negro was seen to leave
the house occupied by Mrs. Gribble
and her daughter, where Mrs. Hun
ter waa living temporarily, the po
lice began to round-up negro suspects.
Within twenty-four house 150 ne
groes were taken into custody.
Hunter, the husband of one of the
victims, was arrested a few days af
ter tbe crime. At midnight he was
taken to tbe morgue to look upon the
dead face of bis wife. He was ask
ed if he desired to kiss her anil did
so. Throughout the terrible ordeal
he showed no signs of fear or emo
tion other than sobbing.
Hunter's trial resulted in a ver
dict of guilty and a sentence of death.
Then began tbe long, legal battle to
save-the lie of the condemned man.
In February 1910," Bingham Bryan,
a negro, made his entry into the fam
ous case, with the result that public
opinion as to Hunter's guilt was con
siderably divided for a time. Bryan
had been arrested in the general raid
made on the negro quarters follow
ing the Perry street' murders. In
vestigation of his movements brought
to light nothing to connect him with
tbe triple tragedy, but he was held
in jail on a minor charge. Several
months later he "confessed to hav
ing murdered Mrs. Gribble, Mrs. Oh
lander -and Mrs. Hunter. According
to his statement he entered the
house bent on robbery and carrying
a hammer as a weapon. Mrs. Grib
ble caught him in the kitchen. He
said he struck her several times with
the hammer before she died. Then,
he declared, the daughter ran in, and
after striking her down with his fist,
he beat her with the hammer.' As
he was trying to leave the house the
third woman eame in and grabbed
him. He said he caught her by the
throat and choked her and struck ber
with the hammer.
Bryan s confession was made in
detail and at tbe time was generally
accepted as clearing tip the mystery
of tbe murders. For more than a
year the negro was kept in jail while
a 'legal controversy waged over the
question whether he or tbe convicted
husband of Mrs. Hunter was guilty
of the three murders. The battle I
s , a 1 1 f 1L .1 I
negro and confirmation of the verdict
of guilty , found against Hunter.
"Lighthouse',' for ths Blind.
New York, Dec. 20. President
Taft and a blind woman, Miss Grace
Keator, - who is president of the
new lighthouse for the blind in East
Fifty-ninth street this afternoon.
Ths ceremony marked the beginning
of actual construction on a building
unlike any institution in the world
a settlement house exclusively for
blind people. Joseph H. Choate pre
sider at. the laying of the corner
stone. : In addition to President
Taft tha speakers included W. I.
Scandlin,; the blind president of the
Blind Men's Self-Improvement Club
of New York, and Dr. John H. Fin-
ley, president of ths Collece of the
City of New York, who to also presi
dent of tha New York Association
for tha Blind.
After a conference with President
Taft, - AttorneyGeneral Wickersham
announced Tuesday that t banes vv.
Morse would not h pardoned and bis
easa would not be considered unless
bis sondition became mora critical.
He said Moras wss in no danger of
death, aooerding to official reports.
' vs.-!v '! "
Use an Pamay Column It fays.
C, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 20,1911.
18,000,000 TO BE SPENT
IN NORTH CAROLINA.
This for ths Purpose of Connecting
Albemarle and Pamlico Sound.
Senator Simmons Confident Con
trees Will Appropriate tha Money.
Washington, Dee. 19. Thai hoard
of army engineers in its report made
public today ia full ifterest and of
great important to the people of
North Carolina. The board j makes
recommendations which eall for an ex
penditure for improvement of water
ways in eastern North Carolina of
approximately $3,000,000. It, to rec
ommended that the government pur
chase the Chesapeake and Albemarle
canal which connects the Norfh Car
olina sounds with Chesapeake bay.
Under authority of the provisions in
snried in the last river and jharbor
bill by Senator Simmons, the. Secre
tary of war is directed to contract fot
l he purcnase or tbe canal selected ny
tliis board, and the fact that fbe en
gineers have recommended1 theiNorth
Carolina canal, makes its purchase
certain. ,'.
The boaad recommends that the ca
nal be reconstructed at once so as to
give a depth of 12 feet and tottom
width of 90 feet. The total cost for
this work is' limited to $2,733,000;
that the depth of the canal patently
cut from the North Carolina Sounds
to Beaufort be increased in? depth
from 10 to 12 feet at a cost ofV39r,-
500. The board recommends that the
Albemarle and Pamlico Sounds he
connectevl' by a canal through;- Hyde
county via the Alligator river and
Itose bay route alt a cost of $2,21 6,000.
W hen this work is completed 'It will
give a depth of 12 feet at lowwater
ana wouiu mean 'oeiween is ana u
feel at high water from Norfolk to
Beaufort at a total cost of $5,411,580,
wh.ch added to the $530,000 cbst of
the canal at BeaufVut already con
structed will make a total exhemli-
tuie of $0,000,000. ,r
Senator Simmons is very cortndeift
the present session of congress will
appropriate the money not only to
pay for the old Albemarle and Chesa
peake canal, but also for the work
recommended by the board. ''When
this work is finished," said 'Sena
tor Simmons, "it will releauw' from
its. laud-locked condition abouVOOO
miles of navigable North Carolina in
land water and makes it navigable
for interstate and intertuitionol 'trans
portation and commerce inst end of the
present condition whuih is confined
practically to local and neighborhood
transportation."
The unbotthng of these 3.00 miles
of navigable water is of tremendous
importance not only from a commer
cial standpoint, but from the point of
railway rate regulation, ns it will
bring these navigable waterways in
to active and effective competition
with the railways. Senator Simmons
lias been alt work on this proposition
for a long time, ami the favorable re
port of the board of engineers is due
to the activity of the junion senator,
who hasc lost no opportunity to put
before the board every bit of availr
able information to aid them in a
fuvorable report.
Call Meeting of Synod to Be Held
Tuesday January 16.
Salisbury Post, 19th.
Dr. M. M. Kinard, president of the
North Carolina Lutheran Synod,
South, announces today a call meet
ing of the synod to b held in St.
Mark's church, China Grove, Tues
day, January 16, 1912. President
Kinard, it will be remembered, was
authorized to call this extra session
of tbe Synod by the executive com
mittee which met in Salisbury yes
terday. Tbe object of tbe call session is
to determine upon tbe matter of re
building Mont Amoena Seminary and
to consider tbe future of the insti
tution. Privett to Fined.
Monroe, Dec. 19. Martin Privett
was fined in the recorder's court here
this morning in tbe sum of $35 and
the costs, which amounted to $27.50.
Privett appealed. The jury last night
brought in a verdict of guilty nd
recommended the mercy of the court.
l. mAMir Ih. iWllVt
Recorder R. L. Stevens reserved
judgment until today. In placing
the fine the recorder reprimanded
Privett for his brutal attack upon
a man in the dark while he was un
armed and intoxicated. The fact of
Smith being in Privett 's yurd alone
caused the light judgment.
Brown Mill Pays 5 Par cent. Bemi
Annual Dividend.
A meeting of the directors of the
Rrnwn Manufacturing Co., was held
in the offices of the company here
yesterday. A semi-annual dividend
of 5 per cent, was declared and or
dered paid. Among the out-of-town
Kiwctnrs here' for ths meeting were:
m F. H Johnson, of Rockhill, and
Messrs. C. W. Johnson and B. W.
Stokes, of Charlotte.
PERSONAL MENTION.
Soma of tba People Hara Aad Else
where Who Come Aad Oo.
Mr. Lee Foil, of Mount Pleasant,
spent yesterday in Chsrlotte.
Miss Mary Piastre, of Enochville.
is a visitor in the city today.
Miss Ella Moose, of Mount Pleas
ant, spent yesterdsy in Charlotte.
Rev. L. D. Miller, of Mount Pleas
ant, is a visitor in the city today.
Miss Mary Fountain, of Alabama,
is the guest of Miss Elizabeth Gib
son. Miss E. C. Harmison, of Baltimore
and New York, is the guest of Mrs.
W. H. Gibson.
Mrs. Jas.' McDonald, of Charlotte,
is over for the holidays, with her
daughter, Mrs. R. K. Black.
Mr. Archcy Brown has returned
from a two weeks' stay in Reidsvillc.
where he sold a car load of horses.
Miss Ethel nooks, of Dunn, will
arrive tomorrow to spend the holidays
with Mr. and Mrs. F. A. Archibald.
Mr. Lloyd Dayvault, of Lone City,
Texas, will arrive Sunday to spend
the holidays with relatives and
friends here.
Mr. John Foil, of Lynchburg, will
arrive tomorrow to spend tbe holi
days here, the guest of his brother,
Mr. W. A. Foil.
Messrs. Iester D. Coltrane, Jr.,
and Charles Wadsworth arrived last
night from A. & M. College to spend
the holidays with home folks.
Dr. William H. Wadsworth arriv
ed lost night from Philadelphia to
spend the holidays with his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Wadsworth.
Dr. Oilman (ilover, of Jacksonville,
Fla., arrived last night to attend the
Sanders-Brown wedding. Dr. Glover
will be best man.
Mr. Lee McAllister, of Shelby,
passed through the city yesterday en
route to Mount Pleasant, where he
will spend the holidays with rela
tives. Mr. Foy Fisher, of A. and M. Col
lege, Raleigh, arrived Tuesday to
spend the holidays with his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Fisher, of No. 3
township.
Mr. and Mrs. F. J. Haywood re
turned yesterday from Raleigh,
where they attended the funeral of
Mr. Haywood's father, the late Dr.
F. J. Haywood.
Miss Josephine Smith has return
ed from Richmond, where slie has
been for five weeks with her mother,
Mrs. T. T. Smith, of Charlotte, who
is in a hospital there.
Mesdamos P. B. Means and Kate
Noell have gone to Providence to
snd the holidays with Mrs. Means'
daughter, Mrs. XV. it. rvimoau. iney
villi be joined there by JUrs. 1-aura
Cailoway, of Washington.
Pity For Filipinos Wasted.
New York. Dev. 17. Filipinos are
not a tisrht iaoing "people, on't hob
ble when they walk and arn't ask-J
iug for anyone s pity, according to
William F. Pack, Governor of the
mountain province of the Philippine
Islands, who sailed yestertley lor Ma
nilla. He lias been visiting relatives
at Centreville, Mich,
' 1 Nobody need pity the poor lnnab
atants of die Philippines," ho eaid.
"litv. like ehaiitx. ouglit to begin
at home: for oitv for the ravages will
be wasted. The Filipinos are neither
a worrying nor a iiht lacing people,
and when they walk they walk, ttliey
don't hobble. It isn't fashionable to
hobblo idown Miero.
"Thev don't iide In taxis because
thev haven't any, and going to the
opeaa is a thing uivnearU of- Their
vices aren't retined vices, and uneir
faults are not excused because they
are the faults of a fashionable set,
Mors Dynamite Unearthed.
Los Aneeles. Cal., Dec. 19. Twen
tv-five sticks of high power dyna-
. i' i ft., mtrilniw lain
-Kr, nl" rThe
rr o'of (wo
I ... ..... . ,
of the largest department stores
Tjm Amrales.
After an investigation the police
announced their belief that the dyna
miu had been nlaced in the yard by
some Mine who wanted to get rid of
it. There was nothing to indicate
that anv attempt was to liave Men
made to blow up Wie Letts residence.
No cans or fuses were found.
Two men who were seen lonenng
aniund the Letts mansion at noon are
being sought by the police but the lat
ter admit that the can containing the
explosives bsd been buried for some
tmv.
V hava missed the comic section
of the Oongiessional 'Record for the
last few months and glad , to
know fiat the sporting cVtore two all
back on tba job.
EXTENDING THE
STREET CAR LINE.
Definite Routes Padded Upon.
Down South Union Street for Half
a Mils. From Leeks Mill to Oib
soa Mm by Graded School No. I
After going thoroughly over a
number of surveys of various propos
ed lines for extending tbe street car
line the officials of the Company have
definitely decided upon the follow
ing route:
To begin at the end of the present
line on North Union street t the
Locke mill and extend out Buffalo
street by the oil mill and graded
school No. 2 to North Kerr street.
fl-Tom North Kerr to McOill and
down McOill to the railroad crossing
at the Gibson mill. The work will
then be continued from the square
at Depot street down South I'nion
street for one-half mile.
The rails are already here and an
order has been placed for 8,000 cross
ties, several car loads of which have
arrived. Two track meu and two
squads of laborers have been employ
ed and the officials of the company
say they will begin work immediate
ly after Christmas.
At just what point the line will
end on South Union street, generally
referred to by tbe residents as the
"big end of town," is not known,
but it is the purpose of the company
to extend it for a halt mile in that
direction.
On the section of track from the
square to the corner of the Lutheran
church T rails will be used. When
sections of track outlined above is
completed the company will have
fullv complied with the franchise as
granted them by the city.
"Battle Abbey" Contract Awarded.
Richmond, Va., Dec. 19. Announ
cement is made that 'the contract for
the erection in this city of the Con
federate 'Memorial institute, popular
ly known as tine "Battle Abbey,"
had been awarded !to a Philadelphia
contractor, the lowest bidder. The
building, which is to be completed
within twelve months, will be the per
manent repository for all Confederate
mementoes.
Phone 130
FOR
Christmas
Finest Finest
FLOUR
CHEESE
MACARONI
BUCK WHEAT
COUNTRY HONEY
PIOEXES
HORSE RADISH
MUSTARD
Libby's Line of
Bottle Goods.
Our Coffees and
in Town.
10,000 Christmas
50 Turkeys to come Wednesday. Send
order at once. : ;
Finest Finest
ORANGES
NUTS
CANDIES
RASINS
OOCOANUTS
FIOS
CHOCOLATES
COCOA
The National Biscuit Co's Line - of
Crackers and Cakes. " .
Blue Ribbon Extracts. V
See our line of Toys and Chinaware.
Siagla Copy. Fiw Cent Kf). ,36 '
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DETEST TEAR ON RECORD
XI PROMISED FOR 1111.
Strang Cycle Drawing to Close aad
Wat Saeesssioa af Tsars Tara-
east
Atlanta Georgian.
A remarkable decrease ia rainfall '
during th last 20 years promises to
culminate thia year in tba dry eat
twelve months Atlanta haa aver ex
perienced. Unless an anexpeetod
rainy season sets in during tba re
mainder of this month, tba amount
of rainfall during 1911 will have
been the smallest ever recorded at
tbe local weather bureau.
Tbe normal rainfall for a year ia
Atlanta to 4936 inches. So far thia
year tbe total rainfall to 3327 inebea,
or 16.09 inches lea sthaa tba normal.
The smallest amount of rainfall re-
corded during any preceding year was
:14.12 inches in 1895. The difference
of .85 of an inch separates tba two
records. If the weather remains dry -and
less than this fraction of aa inch
falls, this month, a new record for
drought will have been established.
The forecaster, judging from tba
experience of past years, to inclined
to believe that the weather will con
tinue fair during tbe remain ler of
December and that the dryest year
Atlanta has ever known will be re-
corded.
Since 1890, rainfall in this section
has grown steadily less and tbe nor
mal has gradually declined. The fore
caster explains that this to one of
the inexplicable cycles in whieh tha
weather rotates, but that be believes
the season of long dought has end
ed and that a succession of wet years
is ahead. He looks for the pendu
lum to reverse nevt year and for 1912
to begin a series of years in whieh
the normal for rain will advance as
steadily as it has declined during
the last 20 years.
John Bigelow Dead.
New York, Dec. 19. John Bige
low, author, journalist, diplomat,
known as the "Grand Old Man of
America," died at his home here to
day from bladder trouble. He was
94 years old and until recently was
in splendid health.
Groceries
KRAUT
CANNED PEACHES - r
EVAPORATED PEACHES
DRIED APPLES
PRUNES
TOMATOES
CORN
HOMINY - i
Canned Meats and
j
Teas are the Finest
Candles, all sizes.
SALADS
OLIVES
OLIVE OIL
VSPARAOU8
CREAM WHEAT
OAT FLAKES
GRITS
MACKEREL
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