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6 THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN’ ANT) NEWS. rrrsnAT. mat 2*. iwr. THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN (AND NEWS) ;OHN TEMPLE GRAVES, Editor. F. L. SEELY, President. Published Every Afternoon, . . (Except Cunday) By THE GEORGIAN COMPANY. At » Weet Alabama Bt. Atlanta. Ga. Subscription Rates: Poe Tear Wx Months Thre<* Montft* By Carrier. Per Week ftbplai.. , menta. Lons dlstanet terminals. ics conned ting all re termini i If Too bare any trouble cettlnr THB GHORGIAX AND NEWS telephone Jbe circulation department sn«F hare It promptly remedied. Tetepbonea: neir iKj main. Atlanta 4401. ; Jt Is desirable that a!) eommpnlra- lions Intended for publication In'TflB ‘GEORGIAN AND NEWS be limited to (rood faith. Rejected manuscripts will not In returned unless stomps ore sent 'Ter flit. purpose. THE GEORGIAN AND NEWS prints no unclean or objectionable ad* *»r;l»!njr. Neither Joes ft print whisky or any liquor ads. ~OUn”PLATFORM: The Georgian and News stands for Atlanta's owning Its own gas and electric light plants, as ft now own* Its water works. Other ■■m wHIVWJRIIMBMOTMP and News believes that If street rail ways ean he operated successfully by European cities, ns they are. there Is no good reason why they can not be so ,'em*tuted here Rut we do not Iwlleve • -this ran he done now. and It may lie seme .years lw?fore we nre ready for so nig an undertaking. fftlll Atlanta . should set l«s furu In that direction NOW. . Persons Jeaving the city oan have The Georgian and News ' mailed .to them regularly by send ing their order to Tho Georgian office. Changes of address will be ' made as often as desired. Twelve FWe-Minute Speeches. The educations: luncheon tendered by the Chamber of Commerce on Fri day furnished an Incident unusual In Georgia and notable anywhere. I There were twelve Georgians of greater , or amaller prominence upon the program; They were scheduled to apeak five minutes each. The twelve men spoke. And the marvel la that with a sin gle exception each of these eloquent Georgians confined himself ‘closely to thp five minutes given him by the committee! It la doubtful If an equal Instance of Intellectual heroism la od record In the public and forensic history of the. state. The other .notable feature of the oc casion Is that these five - minute speeches—and- some of them were on-' 1 xi three—were without exception of great point apd-merit! and were voted among fhe ‘beat abort sfxvches ever made In the state. “ And the moral ,of the Incident—“hie fabula docet"—what man baa done man nUy do, and the success of thla “five minute program." should , be a guide And Inspiration for other occa- •Jons. : ‘ i ■ For which those who hear and do not speak will doubtless lend us their grateful approval. Think of twelve Georgia statesmen In a public meeting confining them- •elves to the five minutes allotted them to apeak! la the millennium come to Georgia? The rabbit-fattened basa of Texas are now as poor as the June ahad of the Potomac. ft Is better to be an humble scribe with a reasonable hope of heaven than a brilliant paragrapher who says what be pleased but has nowhere to go when he la done with It all. The Greater Atlanta movement Is taking The Georgian's counsel and gods slowly now. But It will get there. The next attraction la already due In Atlanta, whatever it la. We have nothing stirring In thtfte days. Tha Tennetaean ought to have a walkover In Nashville's morning field with only the unprofesalonal and Ill- natured American to compete with. And The Tennessean la walking some. Mr. Bryan la evidently taking a rest. He gives the other fellowa a chance now and then. Champ Clark should not be allowed to leave Georgia without a visit to At lanta: In accordance with that Chica go speech the gallant Missourian may yet be compelled to anounee hla ean* dldacy for president. in life and death John B. Gordon was as lucky as be was beloved. * In life and death the people followed him. The great parades which honor ed hit lifetime were surpassed by the greater parades which followed him In death " in fust two weeks Georgia will know Janeatoerg so* from hearsay, but from personal observation. A POLITICAL TEMPEST IN A COMMENCEMENT TEAPOT. IVe do not. find ourselves In sympathy with a local protest against the commencement Invitation of the State University to General Counsel Thom, of the Southern railway. There are two reasons why we dissent from the “wisdom. Justice and moderation” of such a protest. In the first place Its unreasoning radicalism !b more than apt to bring about a reaction of public seqtlment that will help rather than hurt the railroad side of public Issues'. The public of Georgia la definite In Ita de mand for strict and thorough regulation of railroad rates and railroad pol icies In /he state. But’the public Is not committed to the policy of pro scribing the railroads whose great value to the people Is as well recog nized as the necessity of controlling them. The public Is fair and Intends to control, but-not to proscribqfor to destroy. The public does not hate railroad men. It only desires to educate them to a higher conception of popular rights and Interests. And the public Is likely to resent prompt ly these attempts to make outcasts and pariahs of men who happen to represent railroad Interests In the state and In the country. We have never yet known’ the people of Georgia to express a wish to shut the mouth of any reputable man who represents any aide of a great publlo question. And the people are them selves »o fair that they will be likely to react In aympathy toward those who are persecuted and agalnit those who are ultra radical In persecu tion. . If the object of this protest be to create a reaction In favor of the railroads, It Is wisely and aptly planned. Another reason why we cannot lndorie this -criticism of Chancellor Barrow and the university Is because, we cannot fall to see the genuine damage It may work to the university. While It la true that the radical ism of the criticism may revolt the reasonable people of Georgia. It la also true that the criticism Itself Is likely to'create a prejudice against the state's college among those who are not overly friendly to Its Inter ests, and are In the habit of looking for things to criticise and condemn. Beyond this the Inevitable trend of the criticism Is to create the Impres sion that the university Is friendly to the railroad Interests, and there fore unfriendly to the people whom It represents and from whom It re ceives ltb support. What impression could be more damaging and more unjuat to a great state Institution than thla? It seems an almost ruthless Injustice to a college that Is In all Its history above the suspicion of dis loyally to the people. And the occasion Is so trivial for aqch a protest as has been made. Here la a genial and accomplished lawyer and orator of the national capital Invited to address a thoughtful body of students whom his glfttf and attainments eminently fit him to entertain and Instruct. The mere fact that he happens to be the lawyer of one of the railway systems of the country does not and cannot Imply that a gentleman of his taate and culture would come to the university to “talk shop," and to plead the cause of hla corporation upon a commencement platform. The assumption that he would do so la without warrant or reason. If anything can be shown detrimental to the character and record of Mr. Thom, there would be found Indeed a basis for criticism, and perhaps of protest. But the mere fact that he la a lawyer representing a corporation should not bar a gentleman of eloquence and character from the commencement plat forms of any progressive state. * Since when has the platform of the university been barred to all except men with-whose opinions we agree? -‘a How many men upon that platform In times past and In times recent have spoken freely and without protest with whose convictions In poli tics many patrons of the univeralty were not In accord? How large a blue pencil would have to run through the list of the half century's commencement orators at the university! How many men would tho Populist and the Republicans and even the Democratic patrons of the university have barred upon thla basis! ' Arc we to say to the brave, free going men wtjom the state la train ing sit Athens to think and apeak their convtettoni, that we will only hear the men with whom we agree—that, thoso who. differ with ua are barred, and that men who entertain or even repreaent different Ideas from those of the majority side of our state politics, are to bo proscribed- from speaking on any tjuestlon, upon this platform dedicated to‘truth and fairness and conviction. _ ;l We lament the evidence of utter narrbwness and bigotry which such’ a position furnishes. % '(c We do not bqlleve that.It represents the.public sentiment of the cltyi. or the state. We do not beileve that It represents the sentiment* of that-; great majority which voted our governor-elect Into o31ce to restrain and correct the evils Into which railroad management has drifted. Theresia no evidence that,Counselor.Thom, of Washington, has any'-'/dea of niaklng’.a railroad argument upon the University platform. He la a gentleman of tqp much policy and politeness to do that. But what If’ he did? -What If he should choose to dlscuis and to champion ,thq capitalistic view of the prepent economic questions before the people? Would It be a social or a political crime to permit our Geor gia ^outh, seeking truth, and entering upon a citizenship In which their ballots are to express their Intelligence and convictions—to hear from "k high, reputable and expert authority the other aide of an economic ques tion after the one aide has been thundered so often and .so earnestly in their; eara? * . 1 Counselor Thonr would speak In the open. If bis argument, contrary to all expectation, should deal with the railroad question, la It not well that our young men, who will have to vote upon these questions, should hekr the railroad side as well as the other side? Are we to educate our youth to hear and to know only one aide of-publlc questions and to follow blindly and slavishly In the wake of a dictatorial majority. And have we not our great governor-elect to answer any argument and expose any fallacy In the counselor's plea. , The whole protest seems trivial and absurd. It la closely akin to that vast absurdity of protesting against a chamber of cothmerce—mark you a Chamber of Commerce—extending an Invitation to a great arbi ter of freight and passenger rates to come with other men and give hla reasons for the things against which the chamber has Itself protested, and to confer with our business men about the policies of the future. In the name of reason what are we coming to when free speech la to be atlfled add only one side of public questions Is permitted to be heard In Georgia? As a loyal supporter of Governor-elect Hoke Smith, and a loyal ^-m- pathlzer with the policies outlined for hla forthcoming administration, we sincerely trust that Counaelor Thom will come to Athena and apeak as freely and as honestly as If he were in Washington or New York. And If we disagree with him, we shall speak as freely and as honest ly In return. , But don’t let us put a muzzle.upon the public conferences of the fittest and moat representative Chamber of Commerce In the South, and above all things don't let ua atllle the principle of free speech and a fair hearing In the open minds of the young men of our university. We have not come to that In Georgia. alone and unsupported for seven years after the scene at Buffalo. But the lives of William and Ida McKinley were not lived In vain, If they have Illustrated the real beauty and the nobility of the tie which binds man and woman In the sacred and Indissoluble bond of marriage The homes of all the republic were bettered by their life In the White House, and the domestic Ideals of the people have been uplifted and strengthened by this beautiful example. It Is In the faith of the orthodox creeds that Ida Saxton and William McKinley have renewed In a nobler sphere the tender ties 80 widely sun dered In the stormy politics of this less’er world. ADEQUATE COMPENSATION FOR SCHOOL TEACHERS. The educational conference held In Atlanta on Friday accomplished much toward adjusting practical Issues, In a way that Indicates a more successful future for schools of all grades and classes in Georgia. The gentlemen composing the personnel of the conference wqrq first and foremost practical men who have In various lines of Individual en- deavpr already achieved success. Their opinions and thorles were of great value, being the outcome of personal experience, and personal ef fort. Their Intimate familiarity with the needs of the people In educational matters, was one of the strongest qxilnts In their favor. As Georgians whose life work has been largely within the limits of the state, they were prepared to grapple with problems almost Incom prehensible to men who have lived and labored where .money Is abun dant. and the cost of an educatlotf rarely has to be considered. There were many noteworthy speeches made by the distinguished men present, all pitched upon a lofty plane, with the ultimate good of the children of the state as a necessary basis. ',' ' ’ - The address of Hon. Hoke Smith was one of the valuable contribu tions tp the object and purpose of the conference, and touched a sympa thetic chord, with his hearers, because of Its appeal In behalf of a cer tain class of school teachers of the Btate. Mr. Smith, as governor-elect, has created by the expression of his views at the conference an encour- *aging outlook for that class of educators—the rural school teachers— whose financial compensation has been sadly Inadequate to the duties performed. • Hon. Hoke Smith not only urged the importance of Industrial train ing In the city schools of Georgia, out referred with directness and force to the limited salaries received by teachers In tho rural schools, and to the abbreviated school term In the country. Ho also pledged his Influ ence during his approaching administration for the betterment of the finan cial conditions now environing the agricultural and country schools of the state. If It shall bo demonstrated that Mr. Smith's theories can be come absolute realities—and there seems small excuse to the contrary— he will have solved a problem winch haB hampered the growth and prog ress of the state as much -as any other current Issue. Were Georgia doing Its full duty toward the children and teachers in rural districts, there would be little or no reason for appeals to the charities of the people for the support of certain worthy educational In stitutions. The time has arrived when Georgia should be equal to the. education of every child within lto borders. Ample provision should be made by the state for every child's elementary and Industrial Instruction and for just and proper remuneration for the teachers who undertake this noble work. No man, no woman can do his or her best In any field of endeavor who does not reoelvo adequate compensation for dally duties. The children of the state, in the cities and In the country dis tricts, are entitled to the best possible service at the hands of their teach ers and those teachers are deserving of, salaries commensurate with their grave responsibilities and with their worthy efforts. Large salaries have become a business fad, In these days of prosperity, for the men at the top, while near the pathetic bottom there dally struggle noble men and wo men whose salaries are mere pittances, which keep the proverbial wolf from their cheerless doors. * Georgia needs many more schools In the rural districts, and public sentiment Is demanding better pay /or the teachers who labor In these schools. It Is related that the Jamestown ex position is conscious that It cannot bo properly started until Georgia has had Us day. If Texas and the District;of Colum bia are really proud, of their products we Invite them each to bring twenty of their maidens-to meet twenty Geor gia maidens at Jamestown' on the tenth of Jhne. Once more we remark that we may possibly have some summer next sum mer—or perhaps next winter. The seasons seem as mixed as American politics. It la as hard to tell winter from summer as it Is to tell a progressive Democrat from an honest Republican. The Hon. Jim Griggs, of the second, haa taken warning from our complaint and has put In hla appearance In At lanta. He la welcome. * THE MARTYR PRESIDENT’S INVALID WIFE GOES HOME. It la among the strange ways of a Providence past finding out that 'Ida. Saxton McKinley should have so long survived the strong and gentle knight whose great name the bore with gracq If not with brilliancy. There-was nev-ir a man In the White House since Washington who wal better loved than William McKinley. He was gentle, kind and strong. He was loyal, honest and fair. He was consistent, clear-headed and sincere. And he waa the real pacificator of the republic, fulfilling In completeness the mission which Henry Grady began of loving a na tion Into peace. Perhapa for 'no one thing waa the martyr president better loved than for the beauty of the tenderness with which he carried through long years the Bufferings of his gentle and Invalid wife. Hla attitude In all stations and under all conditions toward the woman who bore his name made the very knighthood of the domestic kingdom, and won for him not only the devoted love of that wife, but the respect and admira tion ot his countrymen.. It is difficult to estimate how much of opportunity and how much ot ; achievement was sacrificed by the president to the constant and unself ish care of the Invalid to whom he was at one and the tame time jhe trained nurre'and the devoted lover. The California trip In 1900 waa shadowed by the lllneaa of bit companion, and while a nation hung upon the action of the wise executive the loyal husband watched with unfailing tenderness about the couch of this helplek* Invalid. * It Is strange that the weak, suffering woman should hare survived to see the strong man go out In tragedy and blood from the scenes In which he moved sq tranquilly and heallngly, and should have lingered If the Hon. Charles R. Pendleton would make more frequent visits to Atlanta we should be better able to establish a proper equilibrium between hla politics and hla convictions. NOT L. H. O. MARTIN OPPOSED BV FARMERS. In an article in The Georgian several days ago, It appeared that the Farm ers' Union offered an objection to a communication on Immigration, writ ten by L. H. Martin, of Elberton. This was based on Inaccurate Information, and the card In question wos written not by L. H. O. Martin, of Elberton, but by T. H..Martin, of Talbotton. Oa. State Lecturer G. M. Davis has writ ten the following communication In regard to the matter: “In a personal letter, Hon. L. H. O, Martin, of Elberton, calls my attention to an error made In my reply to T. H. Martin, of Talbotton. on the Immi gration question. I regret very much that the reply should have coupled Hon. L. H. O. Martin's name with the article of T. H. Martin. 'Hon. L. H. O. Martin Is a member of the Farmers' Union of Elbert coun ty and Is opposed to Immigration. This card U written In fairness to Hon. L. H. O. Martin, for certainly under no circumstances would I do him or any other man an Injustice. I trust that this explanation will be satisfacto ry to all concerned. "O. M. DAVIS." GRADY BOARD MEETS TUESDAY AFTERNOON The hospital board will meet at 4 o clock Tuesday afternoon, but the su perintendent to succeed Dr. T. F, Brew ster, who haa announced that he will resign, will not be elected then. Neither will any charges against the Internes by the superintendent be In vestigated. In fact, no charges have been made. “I am practically sure the new super intendent will not be elected Tuesday afternoon," stated Alderman Joseph Hlrach, president of the board of trus tees. , "Dr. Longlno and Mayor Joyner, both of whom are members, are out of the city and have requested a postpone ment. It Is true that Dr. Brewster had words with one of the Internes some time ago. but this, -I understand, haa been amicably settled. Otherwise, 1 know of no friction between the super intendent and the Internes." It Is practically conceded that Dr. J. B. Summers!), now In charge of the city smallpox hospital, will be made super intendent, as predicted In The Georgian shortly after the announcement that Dr. Brewster would resign. It Is hardly probable. • however, that he will accept, unless there Is a material raise In sal ary. Charles W. Sldell. of 15 West Ellis street, has submttted -an application for the position. The board will elect two new mem bers .of the visiting, medical staff Tues. day afternoon to succeed Dr. J. B Baird and -Dp.. W. 8. Elkin, who re signed. POWELL RE-ELECTED , BY CULLOOEN SCHOOL BOARD. ARMY-NAVY ORDERS —AND— MOVEMENTS OF VESSELS BARTOW COUNTY MASONS GATHER FOR CONVENTION. ■pedal to The Georgian. - Cartersvllle, Ga., May 27.—The tenth annual meeting of the Bartow county Masonic convention will be held here tomorrow at 10 o'clock. In attendance upon the convention will be some of the most prominent Masons In the state »nd speeches will be made by Hon. Max Meyerhardt, of Rome, grand master of the grand lodge: Dr. J. W. Taylor, past grand master; T. H. Jeffries, of Ati.nta. deputy grand master, Dr. J. D. Hamrick district deputy of the sixth district and Dr. W. P. Lovejoy, of Cartersvtlle. A special musical pro- Speclal to The Georgian. Culloden. Ga.. May 27.—The school exercIseA h^ld here Friday mark the closing of one of the moat successful years In the history of the Culloden High School. Friday morning Rev. J. M. Kelley, of dress" 1 ’ de " v * r * d * v * ry l n *tructlve ad- Friday evening the music and oratory classes entertained In a recital, after which tha prizes offered In music by Miss Maude L. Bright were awarded. The medal went to Miss Louisa Zellner the second prize to Miss Emmie Per sons. • Professor Ralph O. Powell, who has been here for two years. Will head the sctapol another year. AT AGE OF 110 YEARS NEGRO WOMAN IS DEAD. Special to Tha Georgian. Douglasvllle. Oa.. May IS.—"Aunt Sarah" Bowen, an old negro woman and ex-slave and probably the oldest person In this section of the state, died qt her home near here. Several promi nent people assert that she waa about 110, while her children claim that she was about 114 years old. Would Locate Comrades. Sheriff Nelms Monday received a letter from A. Benton, county treas urer. at Rock Springs. Texas, Inquir ing for Confederate vetrans in Ful ton county who may know -A. H. Pow er, of Rock Springs, who enlisted from this county during the Civil war in company A. Thirty-eighth regiment. Fourth Georgia brigade, of Ewell's di vision of Jackson’s corps. Mr. Power . ..... , desires to apply for a pension, but gram will be rendered at the public mutt locate some of his comrades be- cession. " fore lie can be Identified. Washington. May 28—The following orders have been Issued: Army Orders. ' Captain Arthur W. Morse and George H. R. Gosman and First Lieu tenants Leartus J. Owen, ^Stanley G. Zlnke, Robert M. Cullo, Frank W. Weed and Paul L.. Freeman, aiststant sur geons, froln Philippines to San Fran cisco. Colonel Stephen C.' Mills, Inspector general,..detailed member general staff corps, vice Colonel Enoch H. Crowder, general staff, relieved. Colonel Mills to duty as chief of staff, Philippines division. Captalu James H. Frier, Seventeenth Infantry, to Fort McPherson; Major Junius L. Powell, surgeon, from Phil ippines to San Francisco, thence to Fort Ethan Alien. Retirement of Brigadier General Constant Williams announced; Post Commissary Sergeant Jacob Karbach placed upon retired list; Lieutenant Colonel William WV Witherspoon, gen eral staff. Majors John C. Gresham, Ninth cav. airy; Eben Swift, Ninth cavalry: Wil liam H. Sage, .Seventh Infantry: Charles J. Bailey, coast artillery; J. F. Reynolds Landis, Sixth cavalry: Harry Hawthorne, coast artillery: "Eugene T. Wilson, coast artillery; Sidney S. Jor dan, adjutant general, and Three R. Rivers, Fourth cavalry, and CAptalns Andre W. Brewster. Ninth Infantry; Frank' A. Wilcox, thirtieth Infantry: and Herbert J. Brees. First cavalry, to 8harpsburg, Md„ on duty pertaining to course of army war college; upon com- letlon thereof return to proper station i this city. Private Alfred E. Small, Forty-sixth ompany, coast artillery, Fort Strong, discharged from the army: Dental Sur geon Samuel W. Hussey, from Philip pines to San Francisco; Colonel John Knight, corps of engineers, re lieve Colonel Amos Stlckney, corps of engineers, as chief engineer, office At lantic division; resignation of Chap lain James A. Dalton, Fifth cavalry, accepted. Naval Orders. Captain R. R. Ingersoll, to navy de partment; Captain J. B. Murdock, ad ditional duty ns member general board, Washington; Lieutenant R. Z. jihnson, detached navy department,\to^Mlnne- »ota; Midshipman V. N. Metcalf, to Milwaukee; Pay Inspector T. S. Jew- to Washington for special duty to study methods of testing and analy- of food products under department of agriculture. Following assistant* naval construc tors from Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Boston, to places desig nated: H. C. Richardson, to Newport News; J. I. Yates, to navy yard. Bos ton; J. L. Walsh, to navy yard. Puget Bound; E. S. Land, to navy yard. New York; C. W. Fisher to navy yard. Mare Island; J. Reed, Jr., to navy yard. League Island, and E. C. Ham mer, Jr., to navy yard Norfolk: Boat swain W. E. O'Connell to naval' hos pital, Mare Island; Pharmacist R. P. Neville, placed on retired l|st. Movements of Vessels. ARRIVED—May 25. Leonidas, at Tompklnsvllle; Tennessee, at Boston; Marcellus, at Hampton Roads. May 26, Concord, at Nlngapoo;', Wasp, at Port Tampa. 1 SAILED—May 25, Sylph, .from Nor folk for New York city; Tennessee, from Provlncetown for Bqiton; Du buque, from San Juan for Guantana mo; Georgia, from League Island for May 26, West Virginia and 4% On Your Savings Compounded Twice a Year Through the facilities af- forded by the United States mails, it is safe and practical for people living remote from Atlanta to choose this strong bank as their depository. Write for information on Banking by Mail. MADD0X-RUCKER BANKING CO., 'Atlanta, Ga. 1 TEN WESLEY NURSES WILL BE GRADUATED The graduating exerclsea of the Wes. ley Memorial Hospital Training School fpr Nurses will be held In the Taber nacle, corner Auburn avenue and Ivy streets, next -Thursday evening at J o’clock. Ten young women who have finished the two years' course, compose the graduating class of '07 and will receive their diplomas Thursday night. They arc Misses Blanche Spangler. Pearl Goudeloch, Estelle Dozier. Lula Mason, Agnes Reece. Mary Redding, Leila An. dereon, Annie Kelly, Ida Lewis and Mrs. Minnie Smith. Addresses will be delivered by Bishop W. A. Candler and Dr. Floyd McRae. Dave Silverman will render a violin solo and the Wesley Memorial choir, consisting of forty voices, will render several vocal numbers during the even, ing. FERTILIZER TflGlAX INCREASE IS FAVORED Boston, L Colorado, from Yokohama flat Kobe! Pennsylvania and Maryland, from Kobe for Yokohama; Boston, from Mare Island for Puget Sound; Milwau kee, from Santa Barbara for Mare Is land. Sterling, from Hampton Roads, for Boston. Special to The Georgian. Bnrnegvllle, Go., May 28.—The Farmers' union will nflvobate the raising the tag tax required of fertiliser eompnnlei In Georgia. In epenking of the matter, Tree* Ident It. F. liuckworth, of the Georgia di vision, said: "The scale of prices on fertilizer* m adopted by the fertilizer companies li the same for Georgia, South Carolina and Ala bama, and the only difference In the price In the different sections to the farmer la the dlffemict- In freight. , "The South Carolina farmer, the A;g- bsina farmer and* the Georgia farmer all pay the samp price for their fertlll^’S, there l»elng no fluctuations and no t1...**r- Mice, except as stated hbntv^the difference In freight. The fertilizer companies pay Into the treasury of the state of Georg a 10 cents per ton for the fertilizers sold In this state. In 8ontli Carolina we are told they pay 28 cents; In Alabama we are told they nay 50 cents. Now why this dif ference? linos It cost the gnnno companies any more to sell their fertilizers In Geor- gin than In the»« other states? think not. Then why not force them to P«y same tax to Georgia that they pay to other states?” JOBS FOR TEDDY 'Twa* In the good year nineteen-eight that ex-King Theodore Sat throneleas on the white hou5e atepa whore he had reigned of yore— He looked out on the buay world with Big Stick on hla knee— •Tve got. to get to work," he alghed—"I gueaa lt'a up to me"— “I'll frame a nice ad. up at once without the leaat delay And leave It with the paperjt now thla vei*y blejaed day"— And ao he huatted home at once unto hla modeat flat And wrote until he alghed and aald—"I’ll let it go at that'— But atlll he acrlbbled on a apell With here end there a note— Until hla laek wae through at laet—end thle ta what he wrote— “Job wanted—would prefer the work to be both hard and long— Can fyrnlah good Indoraements, too—aome thirty million atrong— Can ride a horae and ahoot a gun and! with my famoua Stick Can maul the agile octopu* until he'ajlooking alck— Have made the featlve Grizzly bear In terror turn and flee— The Job of digging a canal la eaay meal for me— Am good at making peace or war—at starting trouble, too— In any caae will always stick until the job la through— Can whip a railroad while you wait and on the side can bust A Harrlman monopoly or Rockefeller truit. Can make a speech or write a book—am good at high finance— when there Is nothing else to do can.make the senate dance— If anybody needs a man for all thla work I've sighted. * Just write me. care of Teddy Bear, and I rilll be dee-llght-ed.” GRANTLAND RICE, lit tho Nashville Tenneasecan. WARNING Ol'R DEALERS AND THE GENERAL,Pl'BI.tC are again ,pe- ctally cautioned against Imposition by any partly traveling about the country idling glasses and claiming or Inalpeatlng that they are onr reprrientatlvet from Atlanta, or .oiling Jur goods. We positively have no agents eicept at shown by ibtect notification from our home office. A A REWARD \ Will paid for reliable, definite ^Information conceV^lLf impostors using our name or for fraudulent Imitations of onr goeds. A. K. HAWKES CO., Opticians, Atlanta, Ga.