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THE ATLANTA GEOROIAN AND NEW81
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THE RESULTS OF THE SOUTHERN CORN SHOW
The Corn show is over—is now an event of the past. We believe that all
thinking men will agree with us that it has marked the beginning of a new and
tremendously important advance, not only in Southern agricultural develop
ment, but in the general business development of the South.
As this general movement progresses its results will be noted in every line— -
business, educational and social.
We believe that the holding of this Corn show and the impetus that has
been given this general movement by the Corn show is one of the things to which
Atlanta can look back with pride as being not the least notable of her achieve
ments for the year 1911. Not as spectacular as a season of grand, opera, a horse
show or a military event, but nevertheless a tremendously important and sig
nificant endeavor; an endeavor that will bear fruit of greatest importance and
value, not dnly to Atlanta, but to Georgia and the entire Southeast.
Ben Leath, Walker County, Georgia 2142*3 Bushels
Arthur Bill, Early County, Georgia v ....1803=5 Bushels
It is a matter of pride to us, and we think we may be pardoned for bring
ing it to the public notice, that a great majority of the large yields of corn pro
duced by these young farmers of our state and of other states, have been grown
from seed produced and sold by us, and while we do not want to take
one iota of credit from any of the com club boys for the careful work and busi
nesslike preparation they have used in producing their crops, yet we feel that we
can fairly share some of the credit which is justly theirs for the magnificent re
sults they have achieved.
We can not at this time give anything like a complete list of the prize
winning one-acre yields made in Georgia and other states during the past sea
son with Hastings’ Prolific Corn. We mention below, however, a few of these
yields with the names of the boys who grew the crops:
Barnie Thomas, DeSoto County, Mississippi 225 Bushels
Walter Bale, Bradford County, Arkansas.... .. 1415=8 Bushels
Henry E. Urquhart, Santa Rosa County, Florida, 105 3=4 Bushels
Now, note this fact—^The seed that we ..furnished to these boys was not from
any special lot of our Prolific Corn; in fact, when we filled these orders we had
no means of knowing that the seed was to be planted by a corn club boy. The
orders were received and filled as a matter of routine from our ' regular stock,
just as -we fill any other of the tens of thousands of orders that we ship out to
all sections of the South in the course of a season. '»
/ ;; ■ Our Thousand-Dollar Boys’ Corn Contest
■ - In-the spring of 1911 we published in our seed catalogue an offer of $100.00 in
three cash prizes to each state in the South for the boys entering the Hastings’ Corn
Contest: First prize of $50.00, second prize $30.00, third prize $20. In the state of
Georgia we made a special offer, first prize being a year’s schooling at the State
College of Agriculture at Athens with all expenses paid, Second prize of $30.00 in
cash, and third prize $20.00 in cash. We shall repeat this offer in the spring of
1912. We invite all boys under 18 years of age in Georgia and other Southern states
to send to us for full details of our contest. It will be conducted under the rules of
the United States Department of Agriculture, and in connection with the work of
the department which has in charge this corn club work in the Southern states.
It is a significant fact that while we do not require a boy to buy his see'd corn
from us in entering our contests, nevertheless, we are satisfied that fully two-thirds
of the boys who entered the corn contest in Georgia this year planted Hastings’
Prolific Corn. We have not yet received final reports from the U. S. agents in
charge of the com club work in the other Southern states, but we knoW,'frpm infor
mation to date, that Hastings’ Prolific Com will maintain its usual record in other
states, as it has already done in Georgia.
During the Corn Show it was visited by gentlemen from the so-called Com
Belt of the Middle West. One of them had served as a judge at the National Com
Show. These gentlemen expressed themselves as almost dumfounded by the qual
ity and quantity of the com shown, the high yields per acre and the low cost of
production. »
If there ever was a country made on purpose for profitable com production it is
the South. It’s a natural com country. The Com Belt has been moving toward the
South in recent years. Let’s all get behind the corn-growing movement and give
the Com Belt a big move southward in 1912. If this is done a Southern Com Show
can be held next year that will make the one held this week look like an amateur
event and the corn cribs of Georgia and the South will be filled as they never were
before; the present drain of the hundreds of millions of dollars for com and com
products will cease.
It’s the right time now for all of Georgia, all of the South, to think about
. .corn, talk about com and get ready to make all of the corn needed by the South
in 1912.
G. HASTINGS & CO., ATLANTA, GA
A PRESBYTERIAN PAROCHIAL SCHOOL
A Presbyterian parochial school Is a
radical Innovation mado In conserva
tive Atlanta, a city noted tor the con
spicuous religious qualities of Its so
cial life. This departure has been
made, not by a church ■ that feels
obliged to try now schemes for attract
ing a constituency to Its services, but
by one of the most fashionable congre
gations In tho city, the North-ave,
Presbyterian church. situated on
Peachtree-st.. with crowded congrega
tions every Sunday morning. Another
striking fact Is that the church Is not
either Roman Catholic or Lutheran,
both of which bodies have long been
In the habit of maintaining parochial
lehoola. So far as Is known, this Is the
only Instance In the Presbyterian de
nominations of America of such special
form of activity. ... . ,
Broadly stated, this parochial school
l» nn unoontroverslal attempt to And
a solution of tho general problem of
the public schools and the Bible. That
the problem Is nation-wide Is shown by
ihe attention that tho National Edu-
eatlonsl association has given to It.
si well as by the Increased interest
the subject Is arousing In religious
conventions. Tho ultimate effect of a
duplication of the Atlanta experiment
will probably bo that educators will
W: "IVe can not afford to havo so
many of our most representative chil
dren withdrawn from the public
schools.". In the old theological phrase,
thli new institution 1» a “testimony
to the value a considerable body or
people place upon the training In tho
Bible which their children receive.
A Presbyterian Protest.
Thero Is no denominational bitter
ness In Atlanta. The public schools
slstcnt protest might be expected to
have. While the children are drawn
from the best families of Atlanta, they
are taken, not from private Bchools,
but from the public schools. The South
Is democratic, and believes In the pub
lic school. The prosperous element In
the community Is less Inclined to send
Its children to private schools than
Is the case in the North.
Enlarging a Church's Equipment.
When Rev. Dr. Richard O. Fltnn.
pastor of the North-ave. Presbyterian
question has not been n civic ssue. The church _ amI gome ot lt( mem bers de-
North-ave. Presbyterian Churchs In- cl(Jed that ttlla , tep was necessary, they
novation Is not the outcome of any wer0 not sure how large a following
* Georgia, In common with most Amer
ican states, does not provide for the
heading of the Bible or the memorising
of the Bible, or any study of the book.
In Its public schools. The people of
Georgia are conservatively religious;
they believe in “The Old.-Tlme ’Reli
gion." They say that the knowledge
of the Bible and Ita teachings l» fun
damental to the development of the
best type of American character. They
disclaim all narrowness and sectarian-
ism in taking issue wi t if the public
school system, contending ^nat Wtey
are merely looking far ahead and try-
ing to solve for the future some of the
social problems of the present day
which have their root In the character
of men and women. A,better social .or
der or even tho maintenance of tho
old’ social order, can only bo ac < :0| n-
pllshed by n return to the fortn<'r'ash-
lon of Inculcating children with, the
B1 No outcry has been made in Atlanta
over the step taken by one of Ita lead-
ing congregations, and the fact has
not even been published ,n ‘ h .® h
papers. Nevertheless, the establish
ment of this parochial school on
plachtree-st. is In the nature of a
protest, and Is likely to have the con
sequences that any dignified and con-
RICH’S • BIG DRY GOODS FORCE TO ATTEND
THEATRICAL PERFORMANCE MONDAY
NIGHT AT THE LYRIC.
Miss Beulah Poynter in “A Ken
tucky Romance” Being the
Attraction.,
Miss Poynter to Hold a Reception
in Rich’* Toy Department
Monday Between 12 and 1
O’clock.
Two or three times a year M. JXich &
fires. Co., compliment tliclr force of
employees by giving a big theater par-
'y- This .time thby h*V» selected for
ibelr pleasure party the well known
charming actress. Miss Beulah Foyn-
>sr, who Is playing tills season one of
[he greatest successes of her career,
’he beautiful drama. “A Kentucky Ro
mance.” Negotiations for the theater
[."rty wore between the M. Rich A
Bros. Co., -I, u gh Cardoza and Henry
D«Glve. Several attractions having
“®en submitted to th- Rich Bros, for this
theater party, Ben!.rh I'oyntrr was given
the preference.
Miss Beulah Povntcr has purcliri,1
[™m If. Rich & Bros. Co. ..re of the
!*rgeit and handsomest dolls ever
“fought South by the tlrni, which she
they would secure. They started in
quietly, but at the present time public
opinion has supported them to such an
extent that they have more than 130
children In dally attendance upon their
parochial school.
A large , residence adjoining the
chur?l\ has .been purchased and con
verted Into class rooms, and also Into
club rooms for the men of the congre
gation. Implied in this venture Is the
enlargement of the congregation's
scope. It uses the new property for
the day school, for the Sunday school
and for a club house. This means that
tho Institutional form of church work
is finding Its way even out Into exclu
sive Peachtree-st. Dr. Broughton's
Baptist Tabernacle and the great Wes
ley Tabernacle, both of Atlanta, were
existing evidences of the same tenden
cy In the city. Those, ministering to
a different class of the community, are
more pronouncedly Institutional than
Is ever likely to be the case with the
North-ave. Presbyterian.
Meeting New Conditione.
Home life has changed as well as ed
ucational methods. Children no longer
are drilled In the Bible at home. The
Sundaly school actually gives only about
twenty minutes a week for real Bible
study. This means that, the children
who are passing thru what the peda
gogues call "the memory period" are
practically without training In the
Bible. As is frequently pointed out by
educators, a new generation of educated
Americans Is growing up without fa'-
mlltarity with the Book from, which
most literary allusions are taken. Mod
ern education Ib practically non-re
ligious. The vital ideals that are em
bodied In the Hebrew and Christian
Scriptures are missed by the youth of
today. Because It felt Itself confront
ed by these conditions, the North-ave.
church established Its own parochial
schooi.
Presbyterians, Catholics, Jews.
The sessions of this parochial school
begin with the reettation and memoriz
ing of the Bible. All classes, from the
Ijttle tots In the primary grade to the
I older pupils of the high school age, are
requtrixl to memorize Scripture por
tions. Whole chapters of the Bible are
recited. There Is .no teaching of the
catechism or other doctrlnal subjects.
The school Is not aiming to make Pres
byterians, but citizens familiar wtth
the teachings of the Bible.
So thoroughly non-sectarian Is It that
Roman Catholics. Jews. Methodists and
i representatives of other denominations
are enrolled In the classes. Most of
I tho children come from Ihe homes of
j the congregation. A fee of ISO n year
is charged each pupil In the lower
Igfades Certain eduratlonal advantages
; net securer! in the public schools are
offered, ns. for Instance, the smallness
of the classes. There Is a staff of eight
teachers. French Is taught In nil
Home of Federation at Trinity
and Central Avenues Near
ing Completion.
NEW TEMPLE OF LABOR
READY FOR NEW YEAR OF THE DYNAMITE PLOTS
Hockin, Successor to J. J. Mc
Namara, Said To Be Anx
ious to Tell All He Knows.
Atlanta's labor hosts, 35 unions with Indianapolis, Ind, Dso. 8.—That Her-
4,000 members, which compose the At- bert 8. Hockin. of Detroit, who auc-
lanta Federation of Trades, aro pre- Iceeded John J. McNamara as secretary-
paring to movp on January 1 to the new i treasurer of the Iron Workers union, Is
labor temple, the Lynch building nearj anxious to make a clean breast of all
the coner of Washlngton-st. and Trin- he knows about the dynamiting ayndl-
lty*-ave. 'cate to District Attorney Miller, was the
The present quarters at 14 1-3 Nortfc 1 statement today of four men so stt-
Forsyth-st. will have to be vacated by uatod that they know what Is happen-
thc drat of the year, having been leased Ing.
to other parties. The Lynch building, | No deal at this time has been made
for which $11,000 waa paid, will be ren- Ibetweon the Iron workers' officials and
ovated between now and New Year's! District Attorney Miller, altho one Is
day and several thousands of dollars! known to bo brewing. Miller Is said to
wlil be expended to Improve and render, bo debating the advisability of making
It the best equipped labor temple In the i an agreement aa outlined with Hockin,
South. I who In return for whatever Informa-
There will be located In the new tom- tlon he gmy have about the dynamiting
pie the headquarters of the federation, plots. Is said to be demanding a "square
will give away at the next
matinee. She will hold a re
Rich’s toy department Monda
Costs the Church Nothing.
fees tills parochial school
If-supportlng and has on*
jtelv no expense upon the
f nsslst-
Tlie pj
with odices for the business agent and
for the business agenta of the car.
pentera, painters and bricklayers.
It Is possible that the offices of busi
ness agents for a number of other
trades .wJll be established there after
January. 1.
The labor unions of Atlanta have In’
created in roembersblp.fully twenty per
cent in 1911, and tho growth Is so
marked that larger quarters are neces.
sary. .
The labor unions will make arrange’
ments for a big house-warming upon
the occasion of moving Into the new
temple.
One of the most pleasing announce
ments In labor circles Is that John
Mitchell, second vice president of the
American Federation of Labor. Is to de
liver a lecture here this winter. Ho
will appear at the Auditorium-Armory,
the date to be announced later. Mr.
Mitchell’s fame Is such that he will un
doubtedly draw thousands to crowd tho
big lecture room.
McNAMARAS TO BEGIN
SENTENCES SATURDAY
Los Anoeies, Dec. 9.—James B. and
John J. McNamara will go to Ban Quen
tin prison some time today. This .posi
tive statement waa made by Sheriff Ham*
mel this morning. The hour at which
the train would atart was not announced.
Bvery effort to keep the knowledge from
becoming public has been made.
Real estate of all kinds can be disposed
of thru The Georgian. The Georgian real
estate columns can be profitably used by
people who wish to sell, rent or exchange
property of any kind.
Ing public achool taxes. They doubly
regret the loss of training In democra
cy which only the public school can
give. Obliged to choose, however, be
tween the possible Impairment of dem
ocratic ideals and the loss hr religious
Instruction, they consider the forne r
the lesser evil. •
If this new method Is widely adopt-
j, and Dr. FUnn and his members are
ommendlng It widely, the effect upon
if whole problem of the Bible and the
ublle schools will Pe far-reaching and
idleat.
deal."
It Is stated on apparently authentic
information that Hockin has In his pos
session a quantity of J. J. McNamara’s
papers which were not confiscated at
the tlmo McNamara waa arrested.
These papers. Hockin Is said to havo
promised to deilver to the Federal au
thorities also.
Whether or not the Information
against Hockin or that held by him
relative to the dynamiting cases Is spc.
clflc or sufficient enough'to warrant his
Indictment can not be said, but It Is
known that Hockln’s name frequently Is
discussed In the secret conferences of
Officials and Investigators In charge of
the cases.
Hockin In public Is keeping his mouth
closed. He denied absolutely any
knowledge of the McNamara cases and
In reply to persistent questioning stat
ed merely: "I have frothing to say.”
Hockln's manner, when he Is ap-
proached. Is exceedingly nervous. He
snaps his fingers, moves away aa tho
to close the conversation, then comes
barb watches his questioners closely
snd Is careful In his replies.
That something waa "doing” was cvl.
denced unmistakably by protracted se
cret conferences at the Federal build
ing.
A reporter who attempted to enter
District Attorney Miller’s office was
hastily and excitedly ejected by a guard
stationed Just. Inside the door. Federal
•>mccI*, guards. Investigators and others
Interested In the caae hurried up and
down the corridors, wearing unusually
important scowls. Musty ledgers ami
heavy-laden suitcases were lugged back
and forth upstairs and down.
"Have you heard anything of a pro
posal from Herbert 8. Hockin to Charles
W. Stiller to make a statement setting
forth his knowledge of the dynamiting
rases J” was asked J. A. G. BAdorf, of
the National Erectors association.
You will have to aak Mr. Stiller
nbout that.” replied Badnrf. ”1 have
heard nothing of It and naturally would
say nothing about it if I had."
At Colored Y. M. C. A.
Dr. C. M. Turner, pastor of Big Bethel,
will speak to the men at the colored
branch of the Y. M. O. A. Sunday after-
o'clock A special effort I-
fortl; to have a large number
toys' ir.> cting from 3 to t p. m
MCNAMARA’S SECRETARY
WILL BE A WITNESS
Chicago. Dec. 9.—That Miss draco Kay-
lor, confidential secretary to John J. Mc
Namara, will bo an important witness
before the grand jury in Indianapolis, bo-
came known in Chicago today. At the
same time It developed that the Federal
authorities hero are said to bo studying
copies of letters written by John J. and
James B. McNamara bearing on the so-
called dynamite plot. These letters, tt
was said, showed that some of tho long
list of dynamltings hero, which had been
attributed to tho blackhand and to tho
gamblers, were not duo to them.
Miss Kaylor is still employed at tho
headquarters of tho Structural Iron
Workers in rndianapolfs and a report that
she was in Chicago could not be verified,
"If she Is here, I don't know It,*’ said
liicago.
CANCEL APPOINTMENT
BY RUSSIA’S DEMAND
Teheran, Dec. 9.—■The Persian govern
ment today cancelled the appointment of
Mr. Lacomtro, a British subject, to the
finance department. Ho bad been re
tained by W. Morgan Shuster, the Ameri
can treasurer-general, and his recall was
demanded by Russia.
DR. CHARLES W. ELIOT
FES SOM’S KNIFE
Former Harvard President Is
Operated on for Appenditicis.
Condition Favorable.
Cambridge, Maas.. Dec. 9.—A cable to
bis son. Dr. Samuel A. Eliot, announces
that Former President Charles W. Eliot,
of Harvard, was operated on this morn
ing at Kandy, Ceylon, for appendicitis.
The mc8N»ga added that Dr. Eliot is com
fortable and the conditions seem favor
able for his recovery'.
PEKIN IS SET AFIRE
BY INCENDIARIES
Tien Tsln, Dec. 9.—Incendiaries in
Pekin attempted to destroy the city by
lire early today, according to reports re-'
reived here. Soldiers extinguished tho
flames before they could do serious dam
age. The blazo was near the forbidden
city.
JACKSON MAN DECLARES
STRANGE LIQUID A WONDER!
He Visits Jacobs’ Pharmacy and Tells Great Scien
tist’s Personal Representative Wonderful Benefit
Produced by Only Two Bottles of Juice
Treatment.
Not only In Atlanta are enthusiastic
men and women telling really remarka
ble stories of benefits derived from
Boot Juice, but others from near-by
cities are visiting the great scientist's
personal representative at Jacobs’ Ma-
rletta-st. pharmacy, and declaring how
grateful they are for having had an op
portunity to try this strange new liquid.
Among the latest to tell of startling
results was Mr. Joseph Bradner, ,of
Jackson, Go., who had suffered for
years from rheumatism. In a signed
statement which he voluntarily gave
to the representative, Mr. Bradnur de
clared:
"I have taken two bottles of Root
Juice, and can honestly and gladly qay
that my rheumatism has left me and
the swelling has all gone out of my
Joints. I fee! better than I have felt
In years. I can now get a full night’s
sleep when 1 go to bed, and I can also
eat almost anything, and I enjoy it. too.
My kidneys arc much Improved, alao.”
While Mr. Bradner was talking to
the personal representative many oth
ers were waiting for an opportunity to
tell the representative how grateful
they were for the benefits derived.
"I really had something to be thank
ful for this Thanksgiving day.” de
clared one elderly lady, ’’for tt was the
first Thanksgiving day In many years
lhat 1 could enjoy my dinner. For
years 1 have suffered from Indigestion,
stomach and liver troubles, and I had
reached the point where I could hardly
eat anything. And what little I did
eat did not appear to do me any good.
1 ate heartily on Thanksgiving day.
and I felt no bail effects afterward-^,
none of that bloated, stuffed feeling nor
any belching. I now havo an appetite
like a hungry wolf."
In explaining to others why this
could be possible, the representative
pointed out that the seemingly mirac
ulous cures attributed to Roet Juice
tvere not because of any supernatural
power possessed by tho medfblne as
some seemed to think. On the contrary
ho declared, the medicine with not a
cure-all, nnd said It was not recom
mended for organic heart trouble, dia
betes, Bright's disease, cancer or tu
berculosis.
"But I have only to reft
“to hundreds of enthuslae
people who have ,toM m
stories of the benefits the
rived from this strong, no
wish nil of you could bo he
them tell how tine the first i
this medicine make th
how It creates a h
tlte—and how foi
enabled to eat hea'
they ate.”
He also explain
liquid toned the hi
neya doing urhafc
them to do, and ho’
to properly work;
gans doing their
*nrriehed, ho aa:
throw off imp
health. Ht i - a
.*»aid h«,
Atlanta
startling
have de
liquid. I
sind hear
doeea of
eh feel—
Ithy, hearty appe
ar .sufferer* weta
ly '*nd enjoy what