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BURBANK OUTDONE BY
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Six Bunches of Fruit Growing on
One Stem Sets New
Tropical Record.
Atlanta has been given econcrete
evidence that nature, resemting the
rivalry of Burbank, has dene a piece
of plant freaking on her own hook
and invented a bananma plant that
grows six bunches of banapas on on 2
stem.
The evidence is a photograph
® Little Bobbie's Pa ®
: A took me fishing trout yester-
P day. He sed wem we started
out that it was jest the rite
kind of a day fer trout. No other
fish will bite this kind of a day,
Bobbie, sed Pa, se if you get a bite
you will knew at omst that it is a
trout.
1 asked Pa how Le knew mo other
fish wud bite that day & be sed: My
deer son, I lerned that the omly reel
way to lern anything in this wurid—
by expeerence. Expeerence is a dear
teacher, but all of us have to pay her
sooner or later. That is hew I know
this is a trout day. .
Wen we got to the river I fixed my
rod & line beefoar Pa got his reddy,
& the first thing I threw in I caught
a little chub.
I guess this must be a chub day
insted of a trout day, I toald Pa.
That was a mere accident, sed Pa,
& then he threw im & got a bite.
Now, watch me land a nice trout for
you, Bobbie, he sed. He gaiv a quick
pull & out caim another littel chub.
That is singular, sed Pa; 1 nevver
knew a chub to bite on a trout day.
It is most singu-lar. Then I caught
e chub, too, only it was a littel big
ger. Then Pa caught another.
I think we must have rumn onto a
skool of chubs by accident, sed Pa.
Let us move down the river a bit.
So Pa went on down the river a ways
& I stayed ware I was. Then I got a
hard bite & wen I pulled thare was
a big fish on my line. I had a strong
line, so I jest pulled him out quick
& it was a nice trout that was a
pound hevvy. I put it in my basket
& dident say anything to Pa. Then
1 caught another, I was glad that
THE GEORGIAN’'S NEWS BRIEFS
mailed to R. D. Grove & Co., No.
222 Atlanta Natiomal Bank Building,
by Vacearo Bres, of New Orleans,
importers of bananas, cocozruts‘ and
othe Italian-American delicaties—and
photographs don’t lie, except in the
movies.
The plant is located om the San
Juan plantation of the Vaecaros, who
declare that this is the first time in
the history of the banana industry
that it has been kmown for a banana
plant to have more than one bunch.
Bach of the six blooms shown in
the picture will produce a bumeh of
bapanas
1 stayed rite ware I started to fish.
I cud see Pa down the river a littel
ways, pulling out moar of them littel
chubs. Thea I caught another nice
treut, se I threw away the litte) chubs
& kep only the trout. After T had
fished for a hour I had ten nice trout
about a pound eec¢h, & after a while
Pa cahn along, He showed me his
haskef, he had caught fifteen littel
chubs & a big black bass.
Is is azgenst the law to keep that
bass, I toald Pa.
I know it, sed Pa, but for onst I
am going to be a lawbraker. This is
such a fine big fish that T want to
taike it hoam & show it to yure moth
er. She won't know that it is a bass
& she will think I'am a grate fisher.
By the way, Bobbhie, sed Pa, I made
a slite mistaik wen I toald you this
was a trout day. [ got mixed up .n
my direckshums & thought it was a
east wind blowing. I find that it is a
south wind. Wen the winsd is in the
south, it is a chub day & a bass
day, but nevver a day for trout.
Are vou sure of that? I asked Pa.
Certingly, sed Pa, no man evver
caught a trout wen the wind was
from the south. It is what you mite
call a fishical im-possibliity,
I doant know about that, I sed. Look
at what 1 have here in my basket.
Then I showed Pa my ten nice
trout, & Pa looked vary eheep, but he
dident say anything. He looked eheep
er than that wen a man stopped him
wen we got neer hoam & looked in
his basket. Aha, a bass! sed the man.
That will cost vou $25 in court, or you
ean slip me fifteen now & I will settel
it for you. I am a gaim warden.
Poor Pa, 1 guess then he thougnt
the wind was from the north,
HARDWICK REPLIES 10
LATON: EXPLAINS AID IN
FIGHT FOR FREE SUGAR
Thomas W. Hardwick, candidate
for the United States Senate, made
the following statement Friday:
“Governar Slaton’s card of last
Monday is hardly strong enough to
merit a reply, but there are several
significant features to the controver
sy between us to which attention
may be well directed.
“Wirst, his attempt to classify Mr.
Frank C. Lowry, of New York, as a
lobbyist and then to insinuate, al-‘
though admitting otherwise, that T
had improper relations with Mr. Low
ry. Who, then, is Mr. Lowry? He is
sales agent of the Federal Sugar Re
fining Company, the strongest and
most aggressive of the independent
sugar refinpers of the country, the
greatest competitor and foe of the
American Sugar Refining (Company,
commonly known as the ‘Sugar
Trust.’ The Federal and Mr. Lowry
have long fought for free sugar, or.}
it that could not be obtained, for a
substantial reduction of the duty. ‘
Fought for Free Sugar. ‘
“They have made a fight not to keep
a tax on American consumers, but lo‘
remove it, and every American een
sumer of sugar owes them a debt of
gratitude for their work in this cause.
While the Underwood tariff bill was
being framed Mr. Lowry, one of the
greatest experts in the country on su.
gar, was given control of the time al
lotted by the Ways and Means Com
mittee of the House to the friends of
free sugar.
“He made an elaborate and power
ful argument hefore fthe committee for
free sugar, and 1 was glad to have
the Government Printing Office print
for him, at his expense, copies of
that argument. In extending him
this right to have his argument print
ed at his own expense, the Govern
ment Printing Office did not extend
to him any special privilege, or one
that is denied to any witness who ap
pears on any side of any question be
fore any committee of Congress, pro
vided such witness will pay. as Mr.
Lowry did, the expense of the print
ing.
“The Sugar Trust and the beet su
gar people freely availed themselves
of this privilege in their fight against
free sugar. Would Mr. Slaton deny
that right to Mr. Lowry in his fight
against the Sugar Trust and for free
sugar?
“Second—Mr. Slaton insists that 1
deceived the people of the Tenth Dis
trict by promising them to repeal the
Fifteenth Amendment, and then not
doing it. His selicitude on this score
is remarkable, Hvidently the people
he says I deceived do not so regard it,
Little Mary’'s Essays
ABIES are what poor women has,
but rieh ladies bhas Pomeramian
dogs, which are more stylisher.
Also when folks ride in automobiles
they take along their dog, but they
leave their children at home,
I wish I had been born a Pom
sranian with a blue bow on my neck,
but I never had no luck, noway.
A baby looks red like a boiled lob
ster, but it sounds like the fog horm
on the steamer in a fog when you go
to Boston. Babies has no hair, and
na teeth, but they has lots of voice,
Babies is a deceitful nature, for
they looks small and weak, but they
is the strongest of all knewn animals,
and can wear out the biggest man
when he tries to take care of one.
Babhies sleep in the daytime, and
walke up and holler at night. My papa
says that the reason Mr. Roosevelt
likes babies is beecause they are both
the Big Noise.
There are a great many different
kind of babies. There is the First
Baby that folks make a big fuss over
and give silver cupsandrings to, and
say, “Oh, ain't it perfectly grand, and
just the living image of its papa aand
mamma,” and the papa and mamma
smile, and stick out their chests, and
look just as pleased as if you had
paid them a compliment, though good
ness knows I don’t see why anybody
would be flattered at that. I'd think
they'd be mad. [ would if anybody
told me that I was like something
that looked part fishing worm and
part cream cheese,
gince, although the alleged deception
| was practiced on them twelve years
ago, they have continued to send ma
back to Congress year after year un
tit I have represented them longer
than any ‘man alive or dead, save
Alexander H. Stephens. ‘
Quotes From His Speech. ;
“To ease Mr. Slaton’s honest and
scruputous soul, however, and to show
him that someone has imposed on his
credulity in this matter, let me quota
froth my opening speech at Thomson,
Ga., on March 18, 1902, in my first
race for Congress:
“‘] have promised to work no mir
acles for the people, and 1 have not
i pledged myself, as my opponent would
seem to imply, to accomplish this
glorious and much desired result’ (re
ferring to the repeal of these amend
ments).
“Third—l do asseil Mr. Slaton’s tax
law, not because of the assessment
principle, but because its evident pur
pose is to effectually sidestep the con
stitutional limitations of five mills on
taxation, which was not in force at
the time the tax commission bill was
introduced in 1900, 1 also assail the
new tax law because the effect will be
to unjustly increase the burdens of
the owners of land, of all realty, and
of all visible property which can not
escape the eye of the taxgatherer,
and which will be taxed at a higher
valuation, while invisible and intangi
ble property will continue to escape
taxation, the new law providing no
adequate means for forcing it-on the
tax boeks. Governor Slaton doubt
less recalls that in 1900, when I stood
for the assessment principle, 1 also
stood for drastic legislation to force
the proper return of such invisible
property as notes and accounts, for
he then opposed it, as he doubtless
does now.
Asks Some Questions.
“Pifth—Mr. Slaton seems to have
entirely, if not purposely, missed tho
point of my criticism of his conmec
tion with the law firm of Rosser,
Brandon, Slaton & Phillips and their
sctivities in bebalf of negro office
holders in the Atlanta posteffice. [
did not criticise Mr. Slaton for being
a_member of a great law firm while
he was Senater. Oh, no! He is not
Senator, and is not likely ta be. 1
criticised him for being a member of
such law firm while he was Governot
of the State, with the power te ap
point and promote judges (in case of
vacaneies) and to pardon and com
mute the sentences of criminals, who
might be clients of his law firm.
“In conclusion, let me ask Mr. Sla
ton: What has become of the depot
bill issue?” And what has he to say
about the Kimball House? How does
he stand on national prohibition?
“] stand in this contest on a rec
ord of twelve vears of useful and
honorable service in the Congress of
the United States.
“T claim that the experience and
training I have had there give ma
qualifications for the Senatorship that
neither of my opponents possesses.”
By DOROTHY DIX.
Then there is the Second Baby that
nobody don't notice much, and that
the papa says looks like the mamma’s
folks, and the mamma says is got a
snub nose and no chin just like tha
papa's folks.
Then there is the Third Baby that
everybody says, “What a pity,” and
then there's the Fourth Baby that alb
the Near Relations and friends says
is “outrageous,” and that they don’t
blame the papa for taking to drink.
People whoe have four babies are
considered Queer, and nebedy invites
them to come to see them, for fear
they will bring the babies along.
The funniest thing about babies is
the way they make folks talk, and act
up. When a grown-up sees a baby,
he begins grinning and punches the
poor little baby in its side, and says,
“Besg it's itty heartums, dees it
googly-gao?’ And if the grown-up
is a woman &he kisses the baby
4,789,921 times, and the baby squalls
every time. I don't blame the baby.
My mother says that there used to
be a great many more bahies than
there are now, and she can remember
when every family had six or seven.
But my father says that was before
the day of the automobile, and that
nobody can afford to have a car and
a baby, too, and that you can take
Yt choice between them, because it
m“:s about the same amount of
money to run them. And my mother
savs., “Well, give me a runabout in
stead of the go-cart, besides, they
wouldn't let us live in a Desirable
Apartmert if we had a baby.”
This is true, for if you will look
you will see that those people who
have 1914 madel machines have no
1914 Babhies.
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