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t 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. 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