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THE ATLANTA UEOKU1AN AND NEWS.
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 9, }9rr.
FARMERS’ UNION IN ACCORD
WITH RURAL MAIL CARRIERS,
' SAYS DUCKWORTH IN SPEECH
President Llndst
F. Duckworth, prei
Farmers’ Union,
said:
y, In introducing R.
Ident of tlio Georgia
Friday nftemoon,
"I am a member of the Union. When
I made application for membership one
man said ho did not know I was
farmer. 1 assured hint Hint I probably
hold the world's record for producing
grass on a Riven area of ground, though
my original Intention might have con
templated anything else but grass.
"I want t.i introduce to you the next
president of the National Farmers' Urn
ion and the present president of the
Georgia Union, It. F, Duckworth." H
President Duckworth said: ‘
Mr. .Chairman, Ladles and Gentle
men:- It. affords me a great deal of
pleasure to be with you this after
noon. . Yee,.when I say to you that It Is
a pleasure I nm not expressing'Simply
a conventional phrase.
t have been watching you ever'since
the first rural carrier was started out.
I. hallowed . that movement then,
and I love to honor It now. Tee,.I am
glad to have this privilege of meeting
men, representatives of a great organ
isation, from ovary state of the union,
Maine to California and from Oregon
Ih Florida.
We, at an organisation, the Farmers'
Union, have a larger membership than
you, DM we are not from eo many
states. I am glad for this opportunity
of talking to you this evening, because
1 hope to say something that will, en •
courage a close or closer relationship
between the farmer and the rural carr
rler. (Applause.) And while I am
talking on this subject. If I say to you
I Want it clover relationship between
the producer and the spinner you must
understand that I have for two days
been In a convention where that was
the whole subject.
Atlanta and Georgia Is glad that she
Is entertaining such magnificent con
ventions as are aaaembted here today.
We have the spinners, or rather the
cotton conference: we have the rural
carriers and I believe the boiler ma
kers In convention assembled here to
day. Gentlemen, I would not know
whnt to say If 1 was talking to boiler
makers, because I never eaw one In my
life save in transit, at Its destination of
In erection, or stationed, but I do know
something about the rural efirriere from
the standpoint of the farmers, that Is,
that I. being a farmer myself, hav-
peat before you things that have al
ready been said. I am sorry that
could not be with you from the open
Ing of your meeting until the closing
of the same. I did not know until this
morning that I was to make a speech
before you, and I was In the cotton con
ference watching eome matters that
were being brought up, when one of
the boys came In and said that I had
been extended on Invitation to ad
dress you. There wasn't a thing In the
world for me to do but yield to that
great desire that I had and came, and
I said, "Tea. I will go.”
I say to you that I have not had but
thirty minutes' time from then until 1
entered your hall aloof from the work
that ta put upon me, hence I am totally
unprepared, but I eay to you that I be
lieve that you have a work to perform,
and, gentlemen, I wont to say to you
that I believe that work Is In the lines
of education at welt as service.
I do not know of a rises of men that
are in n better position to dish out In
formation. make suggestions, carry
flews than the rural mail carrier. (Ap
plause.) He comes In contact with the
man who gets the power; he comes In
contact with the woman who keeps the
kitchen: he comes In contact with the
girl and the boy who pick the cotton,
the boy and the girt who' fight their
way to and from school. Ah! gentle-
UP TO OFFICIALS AT
BIG CONVENTION
Uniform Adjustment Made
Imperative By Various
States.
Washington, Oct. 9.—The problem
of state and Federal supervision In fix
Ing passenger rates will probably be
precipitated upon the National Asso
ciation of Railroad Commissioners by
the report on powers, duties and work
of state commissions today.
The present divergence of various
states In the maximum passenger rate
legislation makes a more uniform ad
juetment almost Imperative. The as
socfatlon will probably adopt a gen
eral policy.
Ing to town, but did not rain a suf
ficient amount to keep him from plow
ing on Monday, that he went two weeks
without his mall. You need not tell me
von .boold he and I havs no that a man ,hat doesn't get his mall
doubt ?h?t vou are Memnlarv chara?- “ ?*. ek oa . r “ a >mh!n<r for it.
Ing lived on a fgrm.all my' life, I have
been> served by you, and an honorable
ecrvnnt you nre. (Great applause.)
Yes, Georgia is glad to welcome you
hers; she feels honored with your pres,
ence. It was Georgia's fnan, a Geor
gia son, that Introduced the bill that
established tho rural mall system, of
which you are a part. It waa a Geor
gia man who fought for the giving to
you of the two weeks' vacation on reg
ular pay—and you ought to have It,
and Georgia la glad that you have It'
(Applause.) Yes, and Georgia Is glad
you ore here because the head of your
-organization Is a Georgia boy. (Great
applause.) A boy that we Georgians
and you who have come In contact
with him have learned to love.
• Work to Perform.
Gentlemen, you have a work to per
form. I trust' you understand I will
beg your pardon If I should talk to
you this afternoon about things on
which you are already better Informed
then 1: I will beg your pardon for
trespassing upon your time If I re.'
Irioubt that you are, exemplary charael
[ters and that you guard your words]
your actions and your spirit, your
brains and manner. If you please. Ini
which you approach. As an Illustra
tion here of what I am driving at, you
understand, In my community was an
old man. and they say In his life he
wasn't able to understand why the
government should take the mail up to
the door of the farmer's family. Whet
business, he said, was It to the govern,
msnt whether the farmer got his mall
tor not?: The old than said no, he. would
not-put up a'bOx; no, sir. The mall
carrier passed hit door; he had no use
for the n)*ll or for the carrier. The
carrier told me about It. and he was
Just barely within the limits, and we
were anxious to stH
and he sold to meH
over the old man?" I said, "No,
do It, but you can.” Hs said, "How?”
I said, "That old man's name Is Ross,
and when you pass there he Is nearly
always In the yard; he Is nearly always
somewhere In sight, and when you go
by you speak to him In a nice kind of
way, and the first time you have an op
portunity stop Just n minute, give a
word nr two—just stop a minute and
I talk to him a little, and the next time
■■ortunlty, and so on.”
^■months; yes. In less
than four month*, the old man had put
up Che of the nicest boxes on (he route,
Eduoatlonal Development.
Yes, you are giving <o the people a
service that can tint' bo' rendered by
anybody else, and let me say to you,
gentleman, that by this rural mall serv
ice we are living today In an age of
educational development. . among the
agricultural classes of.our country, and
the rural mall service with Its efficient
service by Itr carriers Is the thing that
Is doing most.tp. stir up the people on
this question of education, because It
brings them In contact with each other.
Why, lt.|s only * few.years when apian
who lives In the rural districts only got
Ihls mall once a week: It has only been
a short time ago that If It happened to
rain on Saturday and prevented his go-
r mean that It makes no special Im
presslon upon him. the use of the mall
—he doesn't care for It; but when you
come along and you begin to deliver to
him dally his mall, when he sees that
he ‘can get his papers regularly and on
time—
Say. hoys, when vou quietly, unln
tentlonally, without knowing It. drop a
word that suggests to him that he
ought to subscribe to some paper—1
never told yak."-, I never asked you to
violate tho law; I never said a thing—
ko I want to toll vou right'while I am
on that point and before I forget It, I
am going to be In congress another
year: I mean nt the next session, and I
don't mean as a representative myself as
a congressman. No, I am going there
as a delegate of the National Farmers'
Union, and I want to say to you that If
the farmer wants to subscribe for
naper and gives It to you to send off. In
God’s name,.why should anybody ob
ject?
Ready to Aid,
Let me ssy to yon Jest here, when I liegla
te promise yon legtslstlon, I nm not a poll-
Helen, hut I sm s newspaper men, and we
politicians end newspaper men like you
hoys: we do, sure enough. (Apphtnsr.) Yes.
sad our lore for you Is more or less teldsh,
I Admit, I mi t nevertheless genuine. (Ap
plause.) Ami n gentlemen him to me the
other (ley In reference to the farmer, ho
snld: "Don't you know Hint Hint lunn Is
sn old heg?" I snld: "Yen, hut I don't
earc If he waa the devil. If he will help
I simply mean that regardless of whnt n
innn't object or nlm Is, If he wnnts to ren
der me assistance, It Is acceptable, espe
cially If I nm In need of It; nml I went to
any to yon, yes. mgr preposition Is n seldsb
very
^Hnd I
roil my selfishness-! hriiere from
depths of my heart that through
■hogs ' gour assistance dependsi
lion which
Why do I
(he very
you and ■
the permanency of the organisation
I represent, (Great applause.) Wh
ssy It? Ileennee If you will take th
Brain Photogra
or mind pictures are first formed by the great Archi
tect, Engineer, Statesman or Merchant, before planning
a “skyscraper,” a mighty bridge, a national campaign
or an industrial revolution.
On the clearness of the brain photograph, depends
the measure of success in each great undertaking-or
small one either!
Properly nourished brain and nerves constitute
the machinery for making “mind pictures” that can be
depended on for successful work in great or small
affairs. A true
Brain-building Food, is
Grape-Nuts
The daily consumers of this wholesome, appetizing,
tissue-repairing food, have the mental machinery to
keep in the lead of “successful men” and
“There’s a Reason.”
How illogical we are
to have fresh succulent
oysters deliciously cooked
and then spoil the feast
with hard dry oyster
crackers when we can get
Oysterettes
Those delicious little oyster
crackers that are always fresh and
crisp and flaky, with just suffi
cient salt to give zest to either
soup or oysters.
in moisture
1 proof packages
RIVAL FOR COTTON
HAS BEEN FOUND
IN OKRA PLANT
Company Organized to Man-
ufacture a New
Product.
NATIONAL
BISCUIT
COMPANY
fa-**
and all the control of our membership will
bo cut In half In one dsr, mid they will
naturally drift apart, and I stand before
yon today aa a representative of the Geor
gia union wnntlhg to get Into communion*
proposition that wo are considering.
(Applause). *; •
Why Ho ta Selfish.
Take away from him vour rural mall
service and I couldn't do It; and I any to
you, yes, Z am selfish; I am selfish In that
I want to use you to help promulgate tho
organisation which 1 represent, but In re
turn, If I can aerve you, I mu willing to
do It. (Applause.) I want to serve yofi In
more ways than -that. I want to Increase
the number of letters and packages that you
handle; I want to do that. 1 wont to sug
gest that It occurs to me—I can not speak
xor you—It occurs to jne that any mall car
rier would Jtist ns soon carry a sufficient
Amount of mail to require him t*> drive four
horses os to drive two. provided his pay
was Increased accordingly. I any to yon. I
don't know the scale of wages nil the way;
I don't know them exactly, but I will grant
that I am Inclined to anspect that yotv are
not getting nny more mopey than your
wires and children con spend. (Applause.)
I want to say yea. we want to Increase
tbe'amount of the mull you handle; \ yaiit
to give every farmer and every furmi
YOUTH WEDS GRANDMOTHER;
FORMERLY HIS SWEETHEART
San Francisco, Oct. 1 Tom Hugh
Allison, of Manlaus, N. Y., who married
his grandmother,*ls here on his honey
moon. “My grandfather, Dr. Buffum, of
Buffalo,” he said, ”waa a peppery old
fellow. First he disinherited my sister
because she married a barber. This
left me hls sole heir. He decided to
marry, although he was past 80, to keep
me from Inheriting his estate. I didn’t
know It, but the girl he picked out waa
my sweetheart, only 1? years of age.
“She decided to accept hls offer to
save the estate for me. That waa near
ly six years ago. He died a year ago
and the young woman whom I called
grandmother became my wife.”
wife and every farmer'*
„ _ „ ter’s
. ... _ son and •Yenr,
farmer’s daughter who Is eld enough the
habit of correspondence; I want thorn to
write their nelghliort; to write their cou
sins; to write their mints; to write their
qncles; I want to get them In the nnlijt
of corresponding, for I know that tnj-re
Is nothing that develops the brain, nothing
that develops the mind In the young boy
or the young girl so fast ns ns Intelligent
correspondence. I know thnt there Is noth
ing that keeps the farmer so well posted
i a complete, nntrnmineled correspondence
.. 1th the neighbors In hls adjoining coun*
ties relative to questions In which he la
Interested. . _ , _ .
To Seek Parcel Post.
The organisation which I represent logins
with the word '"Education,” hence you will
pardon me for dwelling oh thnt point, but I
don't know how to talk to the rural mall
carrlera except ns I would talk to a body of
farmers. Yea. I suspect that the rural mull
carriers would >uet as soon deliver the pack
ages which would bo made necessary by tho
issage of the parcel po§t bill; I suspect
at yon would, provided your pay was In
creased accordingly. I want to say to you—
" don’t ask nny demonstration; I hope you
will not giro It; I don't want to put you
on record; I am not here tor that purpose.
the parcel post bill. We arc going to have
t. and when I sny lt I know It, been
nt nil. la going to have
~ nave
„„„ „. .. ... use I
inow the power that we have got. Are
we going to elect our men to congress to
get It? No. no, we are not In politics, and
wo are not going to go Into politics aa nu
• “ * t, boya. — —
post bill;
;e you sot .
by going op and demanding it.
About Good Roads.
Now, then, gentlemen, I don’t mean to
talk to you long, I don’t menn to sny myeh. j
but there Is one other thing that you are ■,
Interested In, and that Is good roads. (Ap- j
nlause.) (A voice. "Amen!”) There Is no-!
body thnt needs good roads like the farmer i
and the rural mall carrier. (Loud and eon-
npplnuse.) If the government Is go-
. deny us the pleasures of life that ,
could be had by pleuty of "long green.” we ,
do |>eg that great power known os the re-.
piddle of America to giro us good roads, i
If you mail carriers unve good roads yon
could carry your mail at one-half the ex
pense to yourselves. If the fnrmer had good
roads be conbl market hls produce at one- >
half cost of the transportation on Ida part
to the market. Then 1 say to you again, I
am selfish when I tell you thnt I nm willing
and ready with an open hnnd to aay. Mr.
Rural Mali Carrier, what do you want that
f can help you In, because ( know thnt our
Interests are mutual, ami I want good roada
Cor the farmer. I want It.
Our national organisation asked the na
tional government to take cognisance of the
Improvement of the public roods. Yes, I am
gofug to say It anyway—I can't help but
sorter hope you folks will, too. I would not
I can say this to you, that I believe ^ou
have In your hands whenever you slrow the
fnrmer that yon are not serving him for
the cold, paltry dollars thnt you may re
ceive alone. Imt that you realise that you
are engaged In nu houest. upright. Just,
equitable business, and thnt as such you
expect to take the same Interest In It that
any other mnn would take—that Is. engage
In nny other business. I say I beltere that
when you ilo that you will get the farmer
to do anything for you thnt yoto want the
farmer to do. t Applause.) I have not nineb !
Influence, only sl*out a million farmers that;
have steed and listened to me ns their!
leader, but I can say to yon for those who i
will hear me In the future that 1 will as- j
slat you 1u getting the fanner to do auy- j
thing that will be of mutant assistance to ;
you and him (applause), or that will be of;
assistance to you, that ta not of a disadvan
tage to hftn. (Long and continued applause.)
In Perfect Harmony.
One more thing and I will cloee. I am
going to eay this, nnd I want to aay It In
such a way that I will not he misunder
stood. I am running a paper. If you Iwys.
the rural mail carriers, boys of Georgia and
the other states, and yen, I extend It to na
tional hoys. If It will aid them. If there Is
(Groat applause.) Your national president
nnd myself could get along forever, I be
lieve. lit the same coconnut. (Laughter.)
We have been In several meetings together,
nnd we have never run counter to each
other, hence I feel perfectly free throwing
open my columns to you, judging from the
Intimate acquaintance 1 have lind with btm.
Now thqfi, In conclusion, I wnnttn say to
, an hoys, and I believe you have some wom
en that are mull carriers, and girls, as many
of you that care to remain; don't forget
that you ore filling a sphere; don't forget
that you bare a part to piny In this body
politic, this government of ours; but no, I
nm not talking about politics, I am talking
nbout the general sentiment; I nm talking
about the general development, mental de
velopment of our country—I sar don’t for
get that' you play a port, don't decide at
nny time thnt you have nothing to do. save
the cold-blooded red-tape business thnt Is
' men and women,
y
jj - _ - __ , .ji ,
by the Federal government; they could not
beyond thnt; the government did not
RuirriiiiiL'ui him ihc marxism u* nil-
ns a part of tho nation, a great nation, have
the right to g6 further than that. I believe
you bars the baalp, and I any to von now
without'any fenr or hesitation that the
greatest esaso t have for believing that you
will Improve that opportunity Is that you
Imre n national organisation, and you are
Iholdlng your hnalaeaa, your state and your
national convention and exchange of Id^H
PRIEST BAPTIZES
CASSIS CHADWICK
Columbus, Ohio, Oet._While lying
on her bed In the hospital ward of the
Ohio penitentiary yesterday, Mrs. Cat
tle Chadwick was baptised In the Ro
man Catholic faith. This Is the first
time Mrs. Chadwick has professed any
Interest In religion. Her condition Is
unchanged, but It Is stated that she
never will leave the prison alive.
notice' to the public
Having lost two purchase money
notes drawn by \V. M. Nichols of *500
each, due six and twelve months after
date, the public Is-hereby given notice
not to trade for same. Said notes are
part purchase money for property on
Arrowood alley, Atlanta, Ga. If find
er will return to 315 Peters building
he will receive reward. In same pack
age with the above mentioned notes
were four bills of exchange, 1200 each,
and *200 In currency. With these a
leather-bound diary with notes and
data of use to no one but the owner.
Speclnl to Tho Georgian.
CartartrlUe, Go., ocf. 9.-A plant that
promises to give King Cotton th* rsc. of
hls life for supremacy In tho we»lth-nr„.
■luring world, and one that threatens to
send Its branches Into all the avenue, „?
life now reached by tho fleecy maple t.
*> r -» »" <l»»l tests 111 this ,,,
and preparations -are being made, on sc
count of the snceets thnt hns been
tainod In these tests, to plant more than
a thousand ncres In this county for asm
year's crop. n,lt
The ptant which seems to hold the wealth
| of Midas within Its branches Is br n„
lhe"eeh,M rnr * l '“' 1 -furious'product of
the rnbUlous p „m. nor fa It newly dleeov.
erwi. it hna boon cultivated In the m*
iith V 10 SmUllorn peaple for years
with n now to Its food products ulone tr
Is common garden okra, title apodal him
Mug at flret Imported from the Weet t,|
d es, where It la known us gumbo, or tech
nleally, Hybleens Esculent!,. ’ r ,Kl1 '
ha. ?***•> »e plant
msastJIfftCg
.... ^* ,oh in By-Products.
Although tho plant would be productive »r
a'most untold we.Hh for It. £732* It
wll be shown thnt the liber Is only a part
» liln? *” d ,Uat P ro,, M* Wh be
“ aad “ T *rled that the plant wilt
Hf.eV te
tottnii, After tho fiber, which, as reported
•]>« ezperts. eon be used in the nanti-
, ,n 3 , Mn* from brushes to neck.
the'stalk i r,w * , frnra ,h,> n>Jlt.
tm* stalk, which Is vary la rsc. viniatimi.i
growing to s thickness of 2 Inch** aim
Into o’hidn 5V,' 0,n l>a (round up
into s pulp that will equal auy of the
of°Mr*r nn ,7 hP "k* 1,1 manufacture
!* h "* been shown by ripens
oS an ,u J k e*a be false,"
on an sere of ground, and It li Raid thnt
iSUy'WM b*n be produced Sin’ll &",!
wte.L'd
n ff/t h» IWSft bw " sunJecterf to
led the. -i? ?',*. ebemlits of reputation,
nnd they report It to be one of tne flueat
JXf* *?£ I , ,T I * slock they have ever seen,
^ i.IP.* 1 n ‘ n >;ro protein thou
sny other plant, swept alfalfa, nnd stand-
lug abont equal to that plant.
The seed of this wonderful .'ant seem
to contain more, wealth than an; ”•* r mtrt.
b '-T • re 'rosy lorge t ond an sere <a ground
will produce morn’seel than can be gotten
from cotton on the same space. Under-ej-
psfj tests It hns been shown that thev
will produce more oil than cotton seed, sail
iP.V * „ fl0,r ««<>•• Atlanta chem
ists sny the oil ejtrnctml from the seed
I. of s finer grade thnn cotton sect nil,
and Is equal to the finest nnd purest Im
ported olive oil.
After the oil has been extractvi from
tho seeds, n residue Is left which makes
one of the most nutritious cow few’s
that 1ms ever liecn need. It has also becJ
shown (hot the meal made from the teed,
-in moke on excellent bread for human
Company Organlzad.
A company has been organised with a
capital of *60,000, and the plant It lielng
grown and tested on n large scale. A num
ber of wealthy Oeorgtana are Interested
In the proposition. A temporary testing
plant l« now being operated In Csrters-
vllle. KfTorts nre Iwlng made to Indore
fanners to plant okra hero, and It ’
FRED W. HAGEN
MANAGES COMPANY
Cheney’s Expectorant cures
coughs, colds, LaGrippe and .
oroun. B0 years on the market. i? p * n ' d In, ihe Engllfh-American
...s' J r .. building and will enter upon hls duties
All druggists. 25c. • 1 Immediately.
Fred W. Hagen, a prominent and suc
cessful Atlanta life Insurance man, has
accepted a position with the Greensboro
Life Insurance Company of Greensboro,
N. C„ and will have charge of the com
pany's business In Georgia. He has
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