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jS[ EW SERIES YOL. XXXI. SANDERSVILLE GEORGIA THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 1904. Five Carloads A. W. EVANS ANNOUNCES CANDIDACY FOR SENATE I have just received three cars of wagons. V:§ A. W. EVANS. „ , „ T „„ legislation along the fame lino which Samlersville, Ga., Jan. JO, 1904. was nagged, though, primps, of not To (ho People of the Twentieth Sena- such fnr reaching resnlts ns the Fran- atorial District: chise Tax Act. 5th. In attempting to provide for a I take this method of announcing to more economiuul administration of our the people of this district that I am a own county ati'nirs, I introduced and candidate for Senator from this tho 20th fought to a linnl passage an act amend- and white iran. . And two Cars of.. Senatorial district in the next General Assembly. Under the rotation system now prevailing the choice of the Senator to represent this district in the next State Senate is left to tho voters of Washington County. ing onr City Court net, the effect of which was to pnt the Solioitor of that court on a salary of $<100.00 • year and curtailing the costs of the other officers: thereby saving to the county a consider able sum of money each year. I feel in In offering myself for this honorable my own heart, that by these stands and position I deem it nothing but proper;these acts I have redeemed each pledge for me to alludo to the record I have made ns fur as it lay in my power to do made while endeavoring for tho past so, and leave them to the verdict of an two years, to represent Washington unbiased public for approval or eeusure. county in the lower house of the Legis- There were some other stands 1 took lature While urging my claims upon whioh may, with propi. ty, he nllnded tho peoplo during the campaign two to here: 1st. On the convict lease ques- years ago, I announced ray advocacy of tion, this was, ns is well known by nil, certain principles covering which I lmd a proposition to take all the felony con- hopes of aiding in effecting remedial victs from tho lesses, thereby robbing legislation. Tho principles I then ad- the school fund of a very large portion vocatod as announced (as shown by a thereof, resulting inevitably in catting printed platform then issued) were ns down the teachers’salaries nnd making follows: 1st. Uniformity in text books, the terms of country schools shorter, 2nd. Libraries in country schools. 3rd. and working these convicts on the pnh- A division of the school fnnd pro rata lie roads. I opposed this for several which will be sold at short crop prices. LOUIS COHEN. as tho races pay taxes. -1th. Economy in public expenditures. 5th. Just taxation: equalization of the tax burdens by re quiring nil corporations to pay their just share. I am happy to say that the lirst of these is now the law of Georgia. We now have onour statute books, in my opinion, a very lino law governing school books, the practical result of which will ho that our people will save from 40 to 50 per cent annually on the cost of school hooks, as soon as the law becomes operative to say nothing of the very great advantage of every county using tho same school books, which have been selected by a very competent board, which can bo relied on for honesty and efficiency and who will see that the truth of history is taught. I voted for, and earnestly advocated the passage of thiB law. 2nd. I am myself author of a bill pro viding for libraries in tho country schools, by direct appropriation for that purpose. Under the provisions of this bill not one cent more of taxes need be levied, but every school whioh wishes it can have a nice library of reading aud reference always at hand, which will be of untold benefit to all the children aud especially those whose parents cannot provide these books for them at home. This bill has been favorably reported by the committee on Edueation aud is one of the first bills to bo considered at the next meeting of the legislature in June, with every indication of its prompt pas sage. 3rd. The principle to which I gave tho most earnest consideration and my greatest effort was for a division of the school fund in proportion ns the taxes are paid A bill looking to the enact ment of this important legislation was introduced early in the session nud I gave it, both in the committee room nnd on tho lloor of the house, my earnest at tention. I had the honor to make in be half of this legislation, two speeches on tho floor of the house, wherein [en deavored to show tho great need in Georgia for a change in onr law which gives to the negro an equal participation in the funds appropriated for education, when he only pays approximately three per cent of the taxes. I contended then and there as I have before contended, and ns I now contend that this is an un fair, unjust and unreasonable division, and one that not only has resulted in no good being effected thereby, but has been of untold injury to our state. A fact that the people of this part and of lower Georgia realize only to well. The bill received a majority vote, but ns it contemplates n ohange in the Constitu tion it requires a two-thirds vote, which it failed to receive. I feel however, that the entering wedge has been driven and the day is near which will see this principle enacted into law, if it is fought for vigorously. 4th. In redeeming tho fourth plank in my published platform, I worked for and supported the General Franchise Tax Act. which will bring in for tnxation ap proximately twenty million ($10,000,000) dollars worth of property belonging to the railroads and street railways which have heretofore escaped taxation. It is needless to say that this will bo of great advantage to the state aud every oitizen thereof. I had opportunity, which I took advantage of, of supporting other reasons, chief among which were these: 1st. It would cripple tho schools, if not absolutely stop somo. 2nd. The oity counties would get over 3 r,ths of the convicts aud the country counties less than L,th, though over ten times as many. 3rd. Becnuso it would cost Wash ington county too much money, iu fact much more than the good, if any, tlint would come from it. 4th. Because I be lieved the sum coming to school fund from the leasing of these convicts, would be increased, which recent developments have proven to be the case, it being es timated that the amount will he four times rb much as formerly, whioh can hut mean more schools aud better schools. Under tho five year convict amendment which was tacked on the counties that were so eager to adopt, aud cut off by doing so their pro rata slmvo of the fund, are now dropping off until there reniaius on the list only a few of the large counties, for the great est part containing cities. This fnot alone, I take it, demonstrates the wis dom of my stand. Among other matters which tho legis lature in its wisdom enacted into law and all of which I supported nrdeutly, were the Calvin Vagrancy law, which put tho loafers to work: the exten sion of the cheating and swindling law to cover those who procure credit on false promise to work, that is, those who seeing a farmer in the grass sometime iu the spring or at nt othor times, ap proach him apd say that if the farmer will let him have some money be will come aud work it out, but alter obtain ing the money, refuso to work : this is now prohibited by law and I think will be of great advantage to the farmers, and in fact to all tho people. And the Constitution limitation of tho tax rate; by an act passed at the last session of the legislature, tho tax rate is now limi- to fivo mills for state tax, it can now, therefore, if the act be ratified by the peoplo, never go, as it has frequently in tho past, over five mills. This is a great protection to the owner of real estate aud to eveery tax payer. It will tend to make the expenditures liglitor when it is known that the tax rate cannot ex ceed the limit placed. Each of these three acts above spoken spoken of, are of great benefit to the people of Goor- gia aud fill long felt wants. 1 appreciate the fact that my record on these important questions is well known to the people of this county, or at least to those who have done me the honor to watch my course iu the halls of legislation, and I rejoice that such is the case yet in making this announce ment of my intention to seek to be ad vanced to 'lie Senate, I desire to set forth my stand oil these questions, in the hope that it may meet tho approba tion of the people I represent. If elected to the Senate; I herein give nssnrance that my whole attention shall bo centered in accomplishing that which is to be the best interest of the people of Georgia and of the 20th Sena torial district, aud I promise generally to promote that best calculated to build up the three grand old counties which constitute it. I feel that iu the Senate I will have a good field .to continue the agitation of the division of the school fund in acoordauce with the way the taxes are paid by the races, and to urge other remedial legislation. I believe that from the experience I have had in representing, iu part, my own county I am better qualified now to be i f s.irvioe to the people in the capacity of Senator then representing three couut'fl in tho upper branch of tho General As sembly, for the Senator should briug to the discharge of his dntien a mind brightened by legislative experience, for much depends on the wisdom and con servatism of that more restricted body. In nnnonneiug my enudidaoy for the Senate I desire to set forth certain re forms nud changes iu our law, which, if elected, I shall endeavor to effect: First nnd foremost as already stated, I aui vitally interested iu the passage of that law whioh will change the way in w Inch our school funds are now being paid out. I am one of those who be lieve that tho school fund should be dis tributed iu the same proportion as the races pay their taxes. If tho white race pays 97 per cent of the taxes, it should rcoeivo 97 per cent of the school fund in return, or iu othor words, each race should get that which it pays and no more. Secondly, I think onr pension law needs revision, so tlint only indig ent jKmsioners names should appear there. Thirdly, I favor the election of County Shool Commissioners by a direot vote or tho jieople. I voted for a bill like this before, which was defeated in tho Sonnto last year. Fourthly, I be lieve boys are required to pay road tax too soon. No man should be required to beur tho burden unless allowed toon- joy the privileges of the state. Fifthly, L still adhere to tho principles 1 previous ly aunounced. Taxation should be uni form and the corporations, ns well as in dividuals, should bear their share. Our state nud county affairs should bo economically administered aud onr tax es reduced ns much as possible. I favor a change iu onr road working system. As it is nowadmiustered, some sections of our county receive more tliun their shure, while others get littlo or nothing. I favor putting the road working on what I shall call tho “unit system”, that is, let every Militia District be a uuit, let every dollar raised hs commu tation road tax iu thnt district be in turn spent that year in that same dis trict. If elected, I propose to amend the law reqniriug this to be done. Should this become the law, it would insure good roads iu every district and not just those in certain favored locali ties rb is now the ense. A competent road overseer can lie found in each dis trict, and through him this money can be disbursed aud thnt will give each part of the couuty equal rights without unjust discrimination. The three Com missioners of Roads nnd Revenne should be elected by a direot vote of the people, aud therefore, directly nuswernble to the people for their official couduet. This is the cose in the larger counties. There are other reforms whioh I ad- vocuto, but which spaoe forbids my dig cussing nt length here. It is my inten tion, however, to discuss the matters I have ailaded to in this card, and snch others as may come np during the cam paign in every part of tho couuty from the stump, aud I invite whoever opposes me for the Senate, or any else who may wish to do so, to meet mo iu joint de- bute on these issnos aud at the proper time 1 shall give to them a list of these places nnd tho time I shull be there. Believing the principles herein set forth are thoso tho sovereign white people of the county aud district desire to see enacted into statute law, I plant myself upon them nnd offer myself as a candidate for the Senate aud earnestly beg the suppoort of the people nt the next general primary. Respectfully yours, A. W. Evans. A Preacher Wanted. Thete is u church in Utopia that wants n preacher. They want one that will please sister Fancy, sister Fashion able, and sister Frolic. He must also please Bro. llard-to-plense, Bro. Socie- tus, and all his relations, which are very numerous. He must be popular with the world and tho sects; all the ’Ins” and “Outs,” the “Ifs” and the 'Buts,” of whom they are many. He must like what they like, and hate what they hate. He must be be a democrat, he must be a Republican. He must be long to some secret society, or at least lean that way, or keep his mouth shut. He must let the members of thechurch do as they please. They must be allow ed to hop, skip, and dunce at will, and piny cards by way of variety. He must ben young man to please the young ladies, nil eloquent, man to pleuse the fastidious, a grave mail to pleuse the sober minded, and a jolly fellow lo please the multitude. For such a preacher the church at Utopia will give a large sulury, and will take him on trial till the moon changes. Any preacher, having all these quali fications, and no mind or will of his own and who is willing to sell himself for a mess of pottage, should apply at once to Ei.dkb-Go-Bktwken, Utopia, Land of Nod. By order of the Church, Soi, Upstart, Clerk, 1’. 8.—We want a man who can tell us nil uliout Cain’s wife, and where the negroes came from. GENTLEMEN OF THE JURY. RAINING CATS AND DOGS. Drawn for March Term Washington Superior Court, ipO-4. W E Doolittle, Jus P Webster, Macon Warthen, Sr,AV r G Bailey, Singleton Hood, D It Thomus, A L Armstrong, O C Fields, E N Ennis, L II S Strange, T J Orr, A S Mitchell, Jno S Welch, L II Holt, J FJackson, J F Sessions, A S Brown, G O Sinquefield TRAVERSE JURORS. Thos II Hodges, J G Finne C B Kessler, W T Williams, B F Hart, R B Cox, W A Walker, X B Salter, Newman Wood, Mack G. Smith, E A Harris. Mack Duggan, ET May, J W Hicklin, Jno Y Bryant, Clem E Brown, J B (tiles, A J Webster, Ohas E Smith, Macon Warthen Jr. Tlios Warthen, R M Layton, 8 Van Brackle, Green W Duggan. Wiley Harris, N J Renfroe, 8 T McAfee, Jr., Thos EMay, J M Armstrong, T J Brooks, Sr. L L Lord, w. W W Walker, C 8 Tanner, X T Brantley, W I Hood, QC Jones, J M Neal, Thos E Paradico It W Tanner, C S Mathis, N F Hood, W P McKinney, B H Brantley, 91st I) C Harrison. A I Burnett, W S Wnmmock, W A Woods, Sherod A Boon*. Various Explanations of (he Origin _ . _ . of This Expression. Th * G ! C “‘ P “' a ‘" *«*>•*•« M *9 ... tears of Self Sacrllce. Turner could not bear to sell • fav*r> Many explanations have been given of the origin of the expression ‘’raining cats and dogs.” One Is that It is a per version of the French “entadoupa," a waterfall—"it is raining a entndoupcs,” or entarnetn. Another explanation Is thnt the male blossoms of the willow tree, which are used on Palm Sunday to represent the branches of palm, were called "cats and dogs" In some parts of England, where they Increase rapidly ufter a few warm April show ers, and the belief prevailed that the rain brought them. Others trace the saying to northern mythology. In which tho cat is said to have great influence on the weather, and sailors still have a saying, "The cat has a gale of wind in her tail,” |"""" 1 when she Is unusually frisky. Witches thnt rode upon the storms were said to nssumc the form of eats, and the stormy northwest wind Is called “the cat's nose" In the Harz mountains even nt tho present day. Then the dog is a symbol of wind, which In old Ger man pictures is figured ns the bead of u dog or wolf from which blasts Issue. The cat therefore symbolizes a down pour of rnlii: the dog, strong gusts of wind, which uceompany it. nnd so a rnlii “of eats nnd dogs” Is a heavy rain with wind. Evolution of tile Ilnjoliel. The sweynes-feutUer (hog's bristle), which scents to have been the original prototype of the bayonet, was a long rapier blude, fixed In a handle and car ried In n sheath, which was given to a musketeer for defense after he had dis charged his piece. Stuck by its handle In the muzzle of bis gun. It constituted a very efficient weapon for acting igninst pike..'. -:). To diminish his In- nimbrance the swpynes-fenther nnd musket rest were combined, tho latter forming a sheath for the former, In the reign of James 1. Toward the latter purt of the civil war the use of the musket rest was aban doned, nnd It became the prnetico to stick the dagger by Its handle Into the muzzle of the piece nfter discharging It. In 1G89 two rings were added by which the bayonet was placed on the muzzle without interfering with tho firing. This Improvement, the inven tlon of General Mnckny, nn English officer, was Introduced Into the French army by Vnubnn In 1703. By the Eng lish themselves it was not adopted un til after the battle of Fontenoy (1745), where the advantages Its use conferred on the French were only too painfully manifest, tho Duke of Cumberland's army being defeated with the loss of 15,000 men.—Pearson's Weekly. II lx Own MnnuNcrlpt. George Adc, In the early days of bis career, before the “Fnliles In Slang” had brought him fame, called one morning in Chicago upon a Sunday edi tor on a mission from u theatrical man ager. “I have brought you tills manu script”— he began, but the editor, look ing up nt the tall, timid youth, inter rupted: ‘‘Just throw the manuscript in the wastebasket, plcnso,” he said. "I’m very busy Just now nnd haven’t time to do It myself." Mr. Ade obeyed calmly. Ilu resumed: "I have come from 'the theater, nnd the manuscript 1 have Just thrown in tho wnstebnsket Is your comic farce of ‘The Erring Son,’ which the man ager nsks mo to return to you with thanks. Ho suggests thnt you sell It to nn undertaker, to be read nt funerals." Then Mr. Ade smiled gently and withdrew. lte painting. He was always m«iM> choly after such a transaction. "1 toot one of my children this week," he would sadly exclaim. At a meeting at Som erset House it was derided to purchase h!s two great pictures, the "IUse" and the "Full of Curtlmge," for the Na tional gallery. A Mr. Griffiths was cumuiipsloncd to offer $5,000 for them. •A noble offer," said the painter, "» noble offer; but, no, I cannot part with them. Impossible." Mr. Griffiths, greatly disappointed, took his leave. Turner ran after him. "Tell thoso gen- tlcmen," he said, “that the nation will most likely have the pictures ufter all." Long before this Turner hud matured Jose which continued to be bis dominant Idea while life lasted. This was to bequeath to his country n Tur ner gallery of pictures and to amass find,(Kit) to build and endow no asylum for decayed artists. It was for this great object that he jlenlod himself all pleasures that cost money, all luxuries. Ills resolve, once made, could not he shaken. On one occasion he was of fered XI00,(11)0 for the urt treasures locked up In the "den.” "Give me the key or the house, Mr. Turner," said u Liverpool merchant, "nud here Is the money." “No, thank you,” replied Turner. "I have refused a better of fer." And that was true. By tils will lie bequeathed £140,000 to found au asy lum for poor artists born in England and a magnificent art collection In Ills country. This latter bequest was, how ever, coupled with the condition that his “ltl?e" and "Full of Carthage" should be hung In the National gallery be tween Claude’s "Seaport” and "Mlll."- Golden Penny. The WUmlnutiiii Giant. The “Long Man of Wilmington,” pop ularly known as the “Wilmington Gi ant," is a rude, gigantic figure of a man 240 feet In length, with arms extended upward and la ench hand holding a long staff in a position parallel with tbo body. The distance between these staves is 110 feet. The figure Is well proportioned and reclines with both legs outstretched. It lies carved on a bold bluff of the downs facing the weald nnd forms a conspicuous land mark for miles round, especially when the light falls on it at a particular an gle. There Is n similar figure nt Come Abbas, In Dorsetshire, nnd, ns both are near religious houses, It is supposed that they may have been the work of the Inmates. The slope to the south of the priory, on which the figure la cut, bends downward nt nn angle of fifty degrees, and the giant wns orig inally marked out by removing the turf and exposing the glaring white chalk beneath. In course of time the outlines became grass grown and could only be seen nt certain seasons, so In 1873 a movement wns set on foot for re-inark- Ing the whole figure. This wns succcse- fully accomplished, tliu outline being plainly marked out by wldto brick*.— London News. “CappInB” Trows. The following account is given In Country I.lfo of the way In which pil fering crows arc dealt with by Italian agriculturists: A hole of n certain depth Is dug In the ground, nt the bottom of which Is placed somo decayed meat. A funnel sliuped wedge of paper Is then Inserted Into the hole, the upper edge of the pnpor being conted with birdlime. “Mnitre Corbenu" sees the food, descends to grasp it, and when he 1ms firm hold of it he rises up again. Ills head Is, however, swathed with the pnper cap, and in Ills mad endeavor to rid himself of It he circles up to ex traordinary heights In the air. revolv ing constantly nud nt so rapid n pace that, soon overcome with giddiness, lie fulls to the earth dead. The Cashew Nat. The cnsliow nut serves a unique pur pose ns a cosmetic In the West Indies, where women desiring to remove ex cessive tan anoint the skin with an oil from the outer surface of the rtrw nut. For two weeks the patient must retire from society, for the face aud hands so treated turn black. At the end of a fortnight's seclusion, however, the wo man who has undergone the cashew treatment emerges, observers state, “with skin and complexion us fair ns a babe’s.” Fartunc'a Favor Sufficient. “Wlint do we want with gold and precious stones':" said the proud young mother, gazing fondly upon the baby. “This is fortune enough for us.” “Huh!” grunted the father, who had been walking the lloor nearly all night “I'm glad fortune didn’t knock twice at our door.”—Philadelphia Ledger. Sympathy. He—I got a note from Dunne today saying that he absolutely must have the money I owe him by tomorrow morning. She—Oh, the poor fellow!—Life. Napoleon I., who was a grent ad mirer of femnle talent (when its owner did not, like Mine, de Stncl. direct It against himself), used to say, "There are women who have only one fault— viz, that they are not men.” Bin N’oaea la Favor. In Japan the nose Is the only feature which attracts attention. The nose de termines tho beauty or ugliness of the face, according ns it Is big or small. This Is probably due to the fact that difference In noses constitutes about tho only distinction between one Japa nese face and another. Tho eyes are Invariably black, the cheek bones high nnd the chin receding. In Japan ti lady who has a huge proboscis Is al ways a grent beauty and a reigning belle. There uro a few largo noses among the natives, and lucky is he or she upon whom nature lavishes one. In all Jnpi.nese pictures representing tho supposedly beautiful woman the artist invariably lin|<roves on uaturo by depleting this feature us abnormally developed. "Spite” Tower. Every one is familiar with various Bplte fences or houses, but it is safe to say .that quite the most costly nnd elaborate enterprise of this kind In the world is Ute famous Wuinhouse tower, In Yorkwire, England. Its builder, John Edward Wuinhouse, was the owner of a dyeworks In that valley. Next to his estate lay that of an Eng lish lord. The two quarreled, and Wuinhouse built the tower so that hs could always overlook his neighbor’s grounds, although they lay much high er than his own. The tower Is nearly 300 feet high and cost $50,000 to build. Peed Iu It. Jonah wus giving the details of th# episode. "But,” they said, “did your wif# believe you when you said you had been three days In the whale?" "Yes," lie returned. “She said I bad given her much moro improbable ex cuses before.” With a happy smile he went down town to buy her a handsome present.— Hurper’s Bazar. Just s Gina. "I saw you out walking with y#ur wife yesterday.” “I didn’t know you knew my wife.** “I don’t.” “Then what makes you think It was she that you saw me with?” "You didn’t appear to be saying any thing to her.”—Chicago Record-Herald. A Family of laflaenea. “He seems to be quite an Important personage now.” “Why, he always was, and so were the other members of his family.'* “Nonsense,” "Not nt all. He started ns Janitor In a flat, his brother Is n policeman, and his sister is u cook lady.”—Exchange. Politeness is like an air cushion— there’s nothing In It. but it en*p tbs Joints wonderfully.—Gannett,