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Newspaper Page Text8 :; Journal's Saturday Sermon < IHIIHIIIIMIHHHMtH In the ttth chapter of Ist Corinthiana, Paul speaks to us concerning spiritual gifts and their uses In the church of God. The text under consideration reveals the responsibility of every individual for the proper use of the gift received. There comes a time when God calls up on every man to give an account of his stewardship. Happy the man who. when his Lord cometh, shall hear the plaudit ••Well done. Thou hast been faithful over a few things, be thou ruler over many.” A variety of gifts In the church Is the ordering of God. and Is therefore necessa ry. In the carrying on of the great work designed of God. In the establishing of the church in the world, all of the different aspects of human life must be met. To do this there must be an agency employed which will meet the various conditions of life. No one man can be expected to pos sess all of the qualifications necessary to meet these various conditions. "AU have not the same gift, but the same Lord is over all." Every man. therefore, is responsible for * doing that which belongs to him. As each member of the human body has Its respec tive fuhctlons to perform, so each mem ber Os Christ's body, the church, must act his part. The beatowment of these gifts upon In dividuals is according to the good pleas- Mr. Dooley On the Prince's Reception. BY P. F. DUNNE. (Copyright. 1902, by Robert Howard Russell.) Prince Hinnery seems be havin' a good time,” I said Mr. Hennessy. "He's havin' th' time !v his g’a." said Mr. Dboly. "Not since th’ onesollern fam’ly was founded be wan Iv th' ablest burglars iv th’ mid dle ages has anny prince Injyed such a spree as this wan. Te see. a prince is a gr-reat man in th' ol’ counthry but he nlver is as gr-reat over there as he *ls here. Whin he's at home, he's some thing th’ people can’t help an’ they don't mind him. He's like an iron lamp post, station'ry, ornymlntal. an’ useful to let people know where they are. But whin he comes to this home iv raypublican simplicity, he's all that th’ wurrud prince wud imply an’ it implies more to us thin to annywan else. I tell ye. we’re givin’ him th’ best we have in th’ shop. We’re show in’ him that whatlver riv’rince we may feel tow’rd George Waah’nton. it don’t prejudice us again live princes. Th’ princes we hate is thim that are dead an' harmless We’ve rayeeived him with open arms, an I’U say this fr him, that fr a German he’s a good fellow. •"That’s as far as I care to go. havin’ Jived fr manny years among th’ Ger mans I’m not prejudiced again thim. mind ye. They make good beer an' good citizens an* mod'rate polismen an' they are fond iv their fam'lies an* cheese But wanst a German always Dutch. Te cuddent make Americans fv thim If ye called thim all Perkins an* * brought thim up in Worcester. A Ger man nlver raaly leaves Germany. 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No vacation.' Enter any tuna Bookkeratag. ahorv ha nd, etc , taught by maiL Address Dept. B B Responsibility With the Gift. >’ Text—"As every man hath received the gift, even so minister the same to an- X other as good stewards of the manifold grace of God.”—2 Peter 4:10. BY REV. 8. R. ENGLAND, $ Pastor of St. John’s Methodist Church, Pryor Street and Georgia Avenue. ure of God. "To one he gave five talents, to another two. to another one. To every man according to his several abilities." He has made these gifts exceedingly dif ferent. Some one has said. "He who taught the lark to trill also taught the eagle to scream. He who molded the dew drop and caused it to hang In silence on the fringe of the flowers made also the flowing rivers and the boundless sea.” These gifts are so distributed that the most highly gifted shall not feel that they are independent of those less highly fa vored. The highest and the lowest are de pendent the one upon the other, so that neither can say to the other. "I have no need of thee." In the great reformation of the six teenth century God called Luther and Melancthon. two men unlike in many re spects. to be the great leaders. God was the strength of each of these, and the ref ormation was the result of their combined effort. Every Christian is responsible for mak ing his or her contribution for the good of the church in the generation in which they live. All that a man has ne holds in trust as a steward of the grace of God. ••Occupy till I come,” is God’s command. This being trye, he should consecrate himself and his substance to the service of his Lord, that he may thus promote the cause of Christ upon the earth. takes it with him wheriver he goes. When a May-o man absconds fr’m his native counthry he becomes an Irishman an’ whin he is four miles out at sea he is as much ah American as Preserved Fish. But a German is nlv er an American excipt whin he goes back to Germany to see his rilitlves. He keeps his bwn language, he plays pinochle, he despises th’ dhrink iv th’ counthry, his food is sthrange an’ he on’y votes fr Germans fr office or if he can't get a German, f’r somewan who's again th’ Irish. I bet ye, if ye was fr to suddenly ask Schwartzmels ter where he is, he’d say: ’At Hock heimer in Schwabia.’ He don’t ra’aly know he iver come to this counthry. I’ve heefd him talkin’ to hlmsilf. He always counts in German. “But I say about Prince Hinnery that fr a German he’s all right an’ I’m glad he come. I hear he wrote home to his brother that is th’ imp’ror over there: ‘Dear Wlllum: This is a wond herful counthry, an’ they’ve give me a perfectly killin’ rayciption. I’ve al most died laughin'. We was met forty miles out at sea be a band on a raft playin’ the Watch on th’ Rhine. We encountered another band playin’ th’ same plazin’ harmony ivry five miles, till we got up to New York. I wisht I had come over on a man-iv-war. In th’ bay we was surrounded be a fleet iv.tugs carryin’ rlprislntatives iv th’ press, zingin’ th’ Watch on th’ Rhine. I rayeeived siveral offers through a migaphone to write an article about what ye say in ye’er sleep f r th’ pa upers, but I declined thim awaitin’ in sthructions fr'm ye. At th’ dock we was greeted be a band playin’ th* Watch on th’ Rhine, an’ afther some delay, caused be th’ Delicatessen San gerbund holdin’ us while they sung th’ Watch on th’ Rhine, we stepped ashore on a gang plank neatly formed be th’ gov'nor iv state holdin’ onto th' feet iv th’ mayor, him clutchin’ th’ iditor iv th’ Staats Zeltung an’ so on. th’ gang plank slngln’ th’ Watch on th' Rhine as we walked to th’ dock. “ 'I am much imprissed be New York. I hate it. Th’ bulldin’s are very high, but th’ language is higher. If I was to go home now ye wudden’t know me. Afther I hear a speech I don’t dare to look in th’ glass fr fear I might be guilty iv treason to ye, mein Heber. Our illustrious ancesthor, Fridrick th* Great, was a cheap an* comman man compared to me an' ye, august broth er, niver got by th’ barrier. I hope I’ll have time to cool down befure I get home or ye’ll have to lock me up. " They’re givin* me th* fine line iv intertainmlnt. Ivrywhere I go they'se music or something that does as well. I have a musical insthrument called a catastrophone in me room that plays th* ’Watch on th’ Rhine* whin I go in at night an* get up in th* ifaomin*. Whin I go out on th’ sthreet th’ crowd cries, ’Hock th’ kaiser.’ I wish they’d stop hockin’ ye, dear brother, an’ hock th’ ‘Watch on th' Rhine. (This here is an American joke. I’m gettin* on fast). I'm goin’ to be took to th’ opry some night this week. They’ve fired a lot of la-ads out iv their boxes to make room f r me. Wan iv thim objected, but he was fired an nyhow. Aftherward I’m goin’ to ate dinner with th’ iditbrs iv th’ counthry. Won’t that be nice? I suppose I’m th’ first Honezdllern that iver took dinner with an Iditor, though our fam-ly has often given thim food an’ lodgin'—in jail. I wish ye was here to go with me. Ye’ve had more journylistlc ex peeryence an’ manny iv th’ things ye’ve had printed wudden’t seem too unthrue to th’ guests. Th’ newspapers has been mos' kind to me, I might say. almost too kind. I am slndln’ ye a photograft iv mesllf in me bath, took be flashlight be an iditor concealed on th’ top iv th’ clothes press, an’ an in terview be a lady rayporther who rip rislnted herself as th’ Queen iv Ohio. “ ’But th’ big ivint comes off tomor rah. I am actually invited, to a dinner iv wan hundherd iv th* riprisintative business men iv New York an’ a few Christyans ast in aftherward. Hooray, hooray! Mind ye, these ar’re not ordhn’ry business men. Far fr'm it. No man gets in unless he has made at laste eight millyion marks out iv th* slvinty millyion marks in this coun thry. An’ I’m ast to mett thim! What fun! I bet ’twill be jolly. I’m goin’ to buy me a table f’r computin' in threst. a copy iv th* naytlonal bankin’ act an’ a good account iv th* thrans actions in steelin’ exchange f’r th’ current year an’ when th’ quip an’ jest go round I’ll be no skeleton at th* feast. “ ’Ye can see be this that my life has been almost too gay, but th' merry mint goes blithely on. Fr’m here I go to Bawitown, where I explct to pat th’ Bunker Hill monymint on th’ head an' have a look at th’ new railway station. Then I will take in Buffly, Cfchago (pronounced Slchawgo), Saint Looey, Three Rapids, Idaho, Plnnsyl vanya an' mos* iv th’ large cities iv th* west, includin' Chatahooga, where wan fv th’ gr-reat battles iv th’ rivolution was fought between Gin'ral Sigel an* Gin'ral Zollycoffer. F ixpict to lam a good deal about th’ steel, pork, corn, lard an’ 'lithrachoor iv th’ counthry befure I rayturn. But this buttherfly existence is killin’ me. It is far too gay. I suppose whin I was younger I wud’ve Injyed it. but me time f’r social flstivitics has passed an’ I long fr th’ quite iv home life among th* simple ryelties iv Europe. Ye-ers, Hinnery.’ “Yes. he’s havin’ a good time. But what th’ pa-apeys calls th' climax iv th* infertainmlnt wiU be reached whin he arrives In Chicago. Schwartzmeis ter an’ I will rayceive him. Schwartz m»latex's fam'ly knew his in th’ ol' counthry. He had an uncle that was booted all th' way fr’m Sedan to Paris be a cousin Iv th’ Prince. We’ve ar ranged th* programme so far as Ar- THE SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL, ATLANTA, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1902. Though there be a variety of gifts, the same spirit is revealed in all. the same God is over all. “Paul plants,- • Apollos waters, but God gives the Increase.” The same spirit is in all to illuminate, the same in all to give life and force to service ren dered. Man may have every other quali fication for service without the spirit, and all is vain, “but where the spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty.” “If any man minister, let him do it as of the ability which God giveth, that God in all things may be glorified through Jesus Christ." We are workers together with God, and therefore need not fail in any of the work assigned us. Having received of the Lord gifts suited to our individual cases, we should go forth ministering to others, till God shall say to us one by one, “Well done, good and faithful servant, enter into the joy of thy Lord.” For $1.40 we will send The Semi- Weekly one year and the Five Vaseline Toilet Articles and any one of the premium papers offered with Tha Semi-Weekly at SI.OO. This is the greatest offer ever made and you should take advantage of it without delay. rchey road is consarned. Monday mornin’, visit to Kennedy’s packin’ house; afthernoon, Riordan's black smith shop; avenin’, *Th’ Two Or phans,* at th’ Halsted sthreet opry house. Choosdah, 11 a. m., inspictlon iv th’ rollin’ mills; afthernoon, visit to Feeney’s coal yard; avenin’ ‘Bells iv Corneville,’ at th’ opry house. Winsdah mornin’, tug ride on th’ river fr*h Thirty-first sthreet to Law’s coal yard; afthernoon, a call on th’ tan neries, th’ cable barn an’ th’ brick yards; avenin’, dinner an’ raycipnon be th’ retail saloonkeepers. There’s th’ whole programme. They tnay think in NOo York they are givin’ him a good time but we’ll show him what gayety raaly is, an’ inform him iv th’ foundation iv our supreemacy as a na tion. That’s what'he wants to see an’ we’ll show it to him. • "Goowan,” said Hennessy. “He don’t know ye.” “I bet ye he knows me as much as he knows thin,” said Mr. Dooley. “To a raale prince, they can't be much diff’rence between a man who sells liquor be th’ pail an’ wan that sells it be th* distillery, between a man that makes a horseshoe an’ wan that makes a millyion tons iv steel. We’re all alike to him—Carnaygle, Rockyfel lar, Morgan, Bchwartzmeister, an’ me.” r “Well, he certainly has been well rayeeived,” said Mr. Hennessy. "I wondher,” said Mr. Dooley, “if he thinks ’tis on th’ square?” For that ::all run down” condition you need a good tonic and blood purifier like Hood's Sarsaparilla. It will make you strong, create an appetite and give you restful sleep, , ’ •**, ANTI-TRUST LAW IS CONSTITUTIONAL SUCH IS THE DECISION OF JUDGE NOTTINGHAM IN AN IMPOR TANT CASE. MACON, Feb. 24.—J idge W. D. Notting ham, of Macon’s city court, has construed the state anti-trust law to be constitu tional and not in contravention of the in terstate commerce laws. The question came to him through a case filed by the Jones Grocery company, of Macon, against the National Biscuit company. The plain tiff sought to enforce a penalty and collect damages under the provisions of the anti trust law, claiming it had been charged an arbitrary price for biscuits. The de fendant company demurred on the ground that the anti-trust law is unconstitutional and cannot be enforced. The court de cided that the plaintiff could not recover damages because none were shown, and it decided that the plaintiff could not have a penalty imposed on the defendant be cause only the attorney general of the state can have the penalty enforced. These were the two vital points in the x plaintiff’s case, and it lost both of them. The defendant also lost because the court held that the anti-trust law is valid and constitutional. This means that if plain tiff wants to use the law against tne de fendant company it must move through the attorney general. ALABAMIANS VICTIMS OF GREAT HOTEL FIRE BIRMINGHAM. Ala., Feb. 24—C. A. Mountjoy, one of the men reported miss ing in connection with the Park avenue hotel fire in New York, was formerly one of the most prominent citizens of Birm ingham. He was associated in the prac tice of law with John W. Tomlinson. He left here for New York several years ago. • Hon Gaston A. Robbins, one of the vic tims, was known throughout the length of Alabama, and his tragic death caused widespread regret. The esteem in which he was held by the p-ople of the fourth congressional district was shown by the fact that they twice elected him to con gress. He was unseated by the repub licans on each occasion, however. It is not known here where Arson, the other Alabama victim, was from. FRESH AND STRONG. ■ t Food That Sends One Along. “I found a food at last that I .could work on and that wpuld keep me fresh and strong. I hate been a school teacher for eleven years, and every year toward the last have felt more or less worn out, and have been bothered particularly, with my stomach and serious constipation. Last year I used regularly at both morning and evening meals and the result was really wonderful. I hqve been entirely cured of the troubles spo ken of, and don’t know what it Is to take a dose of physic any more. The old ner vousness and sleeplessness have gone. No more do I lie awake nights until my brain is in a whirl. Now I sleep all night long like a healthy child. 1 was the only teacher out of fourteen, in our public school, who did not miss a day on account of sickness during the last session. I have been able to do more hard studying than ever before, and look up the teachers’ state reading work, com pleted the course and passed a successful examination at the last institute. Grape-Nuts in my case has proved the truth of the assertion that it is a brain and nerve builder. I would especially recommend it for tired. over-worked school teachers, or any other brain worker.” Name given by Postum Co., Battle Creek, Mich. It is far wiser to build up health and strength naturally with food than to crutch along on some kind of medicine and let the disease finally do its work. Untpritten Facts in Georgia History. BY GEORGE G. SMITH, Vlnevllle, Macon, Georgia. The historian in his' researches makes notes of many things he never expects to bring into his history, but which are need ful to enable him to draw proper con clusions. They seem trivial, but they are really important. I propose in this article to draw on the notes I have often spoken of (Mr. Stephens’ journal) as the most remarkable of our early records. I am sure three volumes were carefully read many state ments woud not be made by those who speak so confidently of Oglethorpe and our first comers. One of the first things settled in this journal is what was the name of the young woman who was the cause of Mr. Wesley’s prosecution in Sa vannah. , She is called Miss Canston and Miss Hopkey. Mr. Stephens says she was Miss Hopkins. Mr. Wesley, he says, told the Scotch residents that Mr. Canston said they were a ttybulent people, idle and worthless, of which statement Mr. Cans ton made loud complaint. Mr. Wesley harangued the crowd at the monthly court (by the way, he was re fused a trial) and the judges Canston and Christie, said they were afraid of being mobbed. Mr. Wesley’s audiences at church were very thin, but he preached a metaphysi cal sermon. , “Smith, a shoemaker, clipped coin and was whipped three times. Scott, a gunsmith, was a notorious blind tiger keeper. The mlltia force in 1740 was 80, who could be called at the beat of a drum. In January 1738 ice was two inches thick in Savannah. Provision were neatly gone and no effort was made by Oglethorpe for relief. General Oglethorpe became very angry with Savannah malcontents and threaten ed to leave them to themselves. There was constant trouble about pro visions and Mr. Bradley went so far as to kill one of the company’s steers. (Mr. Bradley kept the cattle.) The company’s steers were placed on a tract ten miles from Savannah, whereon Mr. Fallowfleld and Noble Jones have lately settled and it almost forms an island—lsle of Hope. On Sunday there was a pretty good con gregation, considering how many always abstain from public worship. Mr. Norris, the Episcopal rector, badly disgruntled because Mr. Jones, the dis senter, who was the storekeeper, gave him such bad wine. Tybe was exceedingly pestered, Mr. Stephens says, with mosquitoes. Tom Chichi died and was buried with public honor. • Everybody turned out to cut out weeds and underbrush. Dr. Tailfer, a physician, Mr. Jenkins, a grocer, Messrs. Sterling, Baillie, Grant and Douglas were going to South Caro lina because they could not get negroes; no great loss Mr. Stepheqs thought. The Free Masons had a celebration; they walked in solemn order to dinner at the public house. The warden. Dr. Tail fer, who likes pre-eminence, attended by four or five with wands of red ribbon on their bosoms, took foremost place, but those that folllowed in white gloves and aprons were only a half dozen. (The first Masonic festival in Georgia.) Mr. Mathews, who married the Indian half breed, Mary Musgrove, had a house party. (The first one in Georgia.) Mr. Stephens tells of his opening his plantation on Vernon river and calling it Bewlie—a name it still bears. Mr. Stephens proposes to plant cotton, which grows well but is too full of seed which cannot be separated. Snow fell Nov. 25, 1738, six inches deep in Savannah. Mr. Whitefield published the bans of his schoolmaster, Mr. Habersham. The South Carolina people were very hostile toward the colony. Mr. Stephens had little use for the Meth odists, as he calls.jjiir. Whitefield’s fol lowers, and tells of John Slack, one of them who, after courting a thrifty widow and giving her a gold ring and some pew ter, found out he might be made liable for her husband’s death and decided to jilt her on the pretense that she was not a Christian. (Slack. John). Mr. Norris, the preacher who would play the fiddle and play cards with the ladles, and who complained of bad wine, but whom Mr. Stephens had sustained, had. after all, fallen into grievous wrong doing and was in disgrace. Mr. Campbell, who read the service at church, read John Bunyan instead of one of Tillottson’s sermons much to Mr. Ste phens’ disgust. Mr. Christie had taken out a warrant against Mr. Patrick Houston, who was arrested for debt and called before the magistrate and discharged. Mr. Houston was very indignant and complained loud ly, for it was well known from his large plantation he was not running away. Mr. Dyson, the pioneer, was a man of scandalous life, but undertook the minis try to the priest against Mr. Haber sham’s protest. The malcontents, who were much at outs with Mr. Oglethorpe, were led by Mr. Stephens’ son, much to his grief and indignation, and there is in his journal a lively account of the quarrel between ti.em. * These extracts are all made from Mr. Stephens’ journal of which there is only one copy in Georgia, or it may be in America—the copy in Savannah. The De Renne papers, which contain a reprint of the old colonial enactments and other matters of interest, were pub lished by Mr. De Renne. There were only forty copies printed of them; perhaps ten are in the state library. There are many small items of real in terest. Mr. L’Degilveray began to run the line from Williams creek to the head waters of the St. Marys. Mr. Gibson paid S3O for a negro executed. A post line established to the upper colony. A bill for rum furnished to the Indians. A bill for supplies from George Galphln. The first newspaper in the colony was the . Georgia Gazette, issued first in 1763. It is a small four-column paper, and we gather a great many items from its col umns. Taking them as they come they give us a glimpse of the young city as it began to take on new life after Sir James Wright had taken control of the govern ment, and when its prospects, now that it had been decided that it should still re main the seat of government had greatly improved. It became quit* a rallying point for Scotchmen, and while they were not very religious, t|»y were strong in their attach ments to the kirk, and so Lord McGll veray, James Cuthbert and Mr. Greene called a meeting in 1769 to see about building a Presbyterian kirk. In its ad vertising columns of 1774, when there was the highest tide of prosperity before the war. all advertisers were mostly mer chants. Burd & Thompson, Packard & Brown, James Gold win, Richard W right, A. Maxwell, Lewis Johnson, John English, Henry Preston. Among the advertise ments is one of “A negro who cannot tell her name Her upper teeth are filed. She has a coat and a wrapper of white cloth.” “a negro who has a slit in his ear, and a long scar on his THE FIRST PAPER IN THE STATE. There was, an issue of the Gazette till 1776 when in April it was suspended, and it was not resumed again till 1783, when its first number appeared. The war had been virtually over nearly two years, but peace had not been declared. The assembly had held its session, however, in Savannah, at the house of- General Mclntosh, on South Broad street, near Drayton, but it had adjourned and was now called to meet in Augusta, in May. On the 10th of May, the news of peace was officially given in Augusta. , The people met, drank toasts and then went to Mrs. Foxe’s tavern where there was to be a ball and a supper. The Ga zette gives a list of the meeting of the as sembly. They were: From Chatham: Major John Haber sham, James Habersham, Joseph Habers sham, John Houston, D. Y. Jones, James Jackson, William Gibbons. Lach Mcln tosh, Jos. Clay, Mr. Wethercliff, Mr. Ger many. From Richmond: Mr. Few, Mr. Burke, Mr. Rfbertson, Mr. Lee, Mr. Crawford, Mr. Clements, Mr. Jones, Mr. Middleton, Mr. Cartledge, Mr. Barnett, Mr. Harper, Mr. Ware, Mr. Lamar. From Wilkes: Mr. Heard, Mr. Fort, From Burke: Mr. Telfair, Mr. Emanuel, Jared Irwin, Mr. Davis. It will be seen there were 11 members from Chatham and thirteen from Rich mond. This, of course, is an Imperfect list, for none of the lower counties are included. The Gazette gives a good Insight into .Savannah social affairs. \ The young people had a company of amateur actors, who gave exhibitions at the Felatlce on Bryan street. The tippling houses in the city were mentioned by the grand jury. They were strangely located. I Ms. Platt was by the church. Rosanna | Kirk, near the parsonage, and John New- I digate near the meeting house, Francis Brooks near the graveyard. One can but hope that their location is not significant. The first court after the war was pre sided over by George Walton, chief jus tice; Joseph Clay, William O’Bryan, Wil liam Gibbons. The grand jury complains of too many tippling houses, the jus tices take too high tees, there were no public schools the church and cemetery both neglected. Ben Loyd was clerk. The grand jury of Burke, which then included Jefferson, was: Hugh Lawson, Thomas Lewis, Joshua Inman, I. Mcßay. B. Harvey, R. Lott, I. Finley, Jared Ir win, John Jordan, James Clements, Wil liam Young. Caleb Fox, A. Beckham, J. Lewis, F. Boykin, I. Womack, I. DuKaub, Alex Mclver. The grand jury of Wilkes was George Walton (uncle of signer), John Ruther ford, Alex Autry, Thomas Ansley, David Gunnells, Drury Rogers, John Little, Wil liam Black, Drury Cade, J. H. Johnson, R. Woods, William Bailey, I. McDowell, D. Oliver, N. Howell, J. Autry, J. Johnson. There was a vigorous effort to sell as rapidly as possible the confiscated proper ty of the loyalists, and from estates of 5,000 acres down to a poor man’s patch of 100 acres the land of those who had been condemned without any trial for treason were sold on long time by the commissioners. The course of the north toward the subjugated south was not half as severe as the papers show was that of ■the victorious Georgians after the revolu tion toward their foes. They took all the loyalists had, and exiled them. They had their clubs in those days as they have them now, and in Savannah there was an Ugly club, and the Hunt ing club was a select band of lovers of the chase. There was to be a supply of 1 rum, brandy and geneva kept on hand at the club house. Every man was to own a horse and bring a beagle. The papers show a strange jumble of goods. Governor Troupe’s father, who had been in England during the war, ad vertises in one stock: Paper, beer, sugar, saltpetre, molasses, coffee urns, ladies’ hats, soap, Cheshire cheese, huckabacks, leather, etc., to be sold for cash or pro duce. There was no academy in the city, and Mr. Bird, who tried to have a male classi cal school, gave it up in despair, and ad mitted the girls also, while Mr. Dalzel Hunter said he would teach English and keep a night school and look carefully af ter the morals of the young ladles com mitted to his charge. In 1784 there was no police, no ministers of the gospel, churches in ruins and badly out of repair. There was a George Wal ton in Savannah and one in Augusta. The George in Savannah was a leading mer chant and the uncle of the lawyer and signer. Oliver Lewis was an attorney who says “He will draw paper, collect debts and give advice to the poor gratis.’ The records of the state, saved by John Mtlton. were brought back after six years. There is an advertisement for a wife—she must be eighteen or twenty, must have $5,000, must no be too talkative, but full of spirit, must not gad about, but be eco nomical. The county of Bourbon ordered, It was to be in Mississippi. Colonel James Jackson marries Miss Polly Young, daughter of Honorable Wil liam Young, deceased. Mr. Howell will open a musical school and will give a concert at the courthouse for his benefit. Tickets-one dollar. I. will pay no debt of Edith, his wife. Mr. Hearne says: “If gentlemen will buy £ls worth of books,.they shall have them at 25 per cent advance on London prices. If he has not the books, he will buy them next fall. He will take rice, furs, tobacco and deer skins for books.” The view of public morals given by the minutes and by the newspaper certainly do not show that the preaching of the gospel and the work of the churches since then have been in vain. There was wild revelry, deep drinking, racing, gambling and duelling. There were at this time, when the city had about 3,00 ft people, two schools, both mixed, and no church with a pastor, but the war had just closed. There was no city government till 1789, when John Houston was the first mayor, as he had been the first governor after war. These disjointed memoranda will be of interest to those who are anxious to see Georgia as she Really was. They may seem trifling, but to the real student of history they are not so, and I give them as I found them in searching through many a dark corner. They are especially connected with Savannah, and are some of the facts upon which my history was based. Note premium list in this issue, make your selection and subscribe at once. ERWIN COLLINS’SUCCUMBED TO ATTACK OF SMALLPOX Erwin Collins died Sunday morning at the smallpox hospital after an illness of about two weeks with malignant confluent smallpox. This is the fourth death that has occurred at the smallpox hospital this winter. Mr. Collins had not been vaccinated. When the employes of the Atlanta Rapid Transit offices were recently vaccinated, Mr. Collins, tfrho worked there, refused to be, on the ground that he had been pois oned with poison oak, from which there was a breaking out every now and then on his arm and body. For this reason, it is said, he was afraid to be vaccinated. Mr. Collins developed smallpox shortly after his refusal to be vaccinated. He was taken sick at his boarding house, but went to the home of Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Campbell, on the Boulevard, where it was afterward discovered that he was suffer ing from smallpox in its a most virulent form. He was immediately removed to the hospital. This was on February 11 The disease became more violent and re sulted in the death of the young man Sun day morning. Mr. Collins was about 23 years old. He was the son of Mayor Cdllins, of West Point, who is a prominent and influential citizen in that portion of the state. Mayor and Mrs. Collins were in Atlanta at the time of their son's death. They are at the home of Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Campbell. Mrs. Collins Is ill with appendicitis, which developed since she came to Atlanta. None of the four persons who have died from smallpox this winter had been vac cinated. , Most of the smallpox has been of a mild form and the percentage of death has only been 2 1-2 per cent, which is very sirmil. In some states the average has been 25 per cent. Devery, New York’s ex-chief of police, invested $350,000 in real estate the other day. Nobody seems to have considered it worth while to ask where he got it. FOUR MODERN FABLES. BY GEO. ADE. . (Copyright, 1902, by Robert Howard Russell.) The Modern Fable of the One Who Got What Was Coming to Him and Then Some. o NCE there was a Man who bought his Pleasures by the Pound. He was a Close Buyer. 4ny time that he unwound the Shoe-String and disgorged a Ohe- Case Note, he was expecting to get a Return of about $1.60 or else he con- , sldered himself Stung. His Family Motto was “Get your Money's Worth.” At a Hotel he would keep the Lights turned on all night so as to Catch Even on his Bill. Somettmea on the Trolley Car he would ride two Blocks past his own House and then walk back, because he wanted to get as much as possible for his Five Cents. Once he was beguiled into paying Five for a Ticket to a Charity Ball. Rather than to be out the Five he danced from 16 p. m. to 4 a. m. He was the Man who insisted on the Third Encore at the Theatre and howled for a Baker s Dozen every time he bought Eggs. Whenever he got Enlargement of the Heart and began to spend Money on himself, he expected every one to pay just as much Attention to him as they would to Prince Henry. Once he hired a Cab by the Hour. He was sitting in a Cosy Corner slowly fighting his way to the bottom of a High Ball when a Policeman came in and told him that .the Cabman was freezing to death out side. “That’s all right,” was the Reply. “He’s getting paid for it.” By the time he got through with a Free Lunch there was nothing left ex cept Olives. One Day on the Train he wanted a Snack but he did not feel Hungry a Dollar’s Worth. He hated to go Into a Diner and get away with only 85 cents worth of Provender. So he decided to make a Supreme Effort to stick the Company. He began with Blue Points and Soup and Fish and then he was horrified to find that he had Enough. But he was cinched for a Dollar so he ordered Ribs of Beef, half a Duck, seven Vegetables, Ice Cream, Pie, ✓ Cheese and a Large Coffee. When he arrived at his Destination he was in the Baggage Car ahead. His Last Words had been, “Make the Company pay all Expenses.” MORAL: No one loses out in the Dining Car except the Stockholders. The Modern Fable of How the Can ny Commercial Salesman Guess ed the Combination. A Country Merchant sometimes known as the Man behind the Face, was sitting in his Prunery one day when a Drummer came in to sell him a lot of Goods that he didn’t 6eed. As the Drummer closed the "Door be hind him and put on his copyrighted Smile, the Temperature of the Room sank about 8 Degrees. There were no “Welcome” Mottoes on the Wall and when the Drummer gazed into the rugged'Map he realized that he was up against it. But he was accustomed to warming up these Cold Propositions. He asked "Hoff’s Tricks?” and was told that the entire Works, Government and all, was going to the Bow-wows. Think ing to dispel the Gloom, he told two of the Latest and although they were Corkers and had caused many a Yo kel to fall off the Cracker Barrel, thqy never feazed old Mournful Ike. It was not his Day to be jollied. Then the Drummer switched and tried the Sym pathetic Dodge. He said that Collec tions had been a little Slack but he looked for Better Times as soon as the Farmers began to move their Crops. But the Face couldn’t see a Glimmer of Hope. The wise Drummer always has two old Stand-Bys that he brings out when all else has failed, viz.: Poli tics and Religion. He decided to take a Chance. “What do you think?” he said, “I had an awful Argument on the Train with a Chump who claimed that there was nothing in this Predestfnatiqn Business.” “Then you believe in Infant Damna tion, do you? 'asked the Store-Keeper. ’’Sure,” was the reply. "You can send me a Barrel of New Orleans Molasses, ten Kits of Mack erel, Seven Gross of Canned Peaches and a Caddy of Oolong,” said the Store-Keeper. MORAL: One Smell of Brimstone makes the whole World kin. The Modern Fable of How Gertrude Could Keep It Up Until 10 O’Clock In the Morning. Gertrude had a Pa who wanted to know. “It’s all right to have your Harolds around the House,” he said, "but why do you sit up half the Night every time one of them calls?” “It is the Custom and it keeps him away from the Bar-Rooms,” she re plied. “You may be doing it from a Sense of Duty but you will have to show me,” said her Father. “What in the Name of all Get-Out do you find to talk about? That one that's been around here lately could tell all he knows In 25 Minutes. Any time that he fills in from 8 o'clock to Midnight he certainly has to do some Vamping.” “I assure you that he is a swell Con verter, ” said Gertrude. “I could sit and listen to him by the Hour.” “If ever I sit and listen to him by the Hour, it will be to win a large • Bet,” said her Parent. . That Night the inquisitive Father got' behind a Curtain and listened. Harold had a Half-Nelson on Gertie and was trying to make it appear that hs thought well of her. “I don’t believe you like me,” said Gertrude. “Oh, yes, I do,’ quoth Harold. “No you don’t.” “Yes I do.” ' » “No you don’t.” “Yes I do.” On the 72d "Yes I do” there was a Shriek and Gertrude’s Pa came through the Curtains, having a Fit. MORAL: Any kind of Conversation goes in a Clinch. / The Modern Fable of the Two Ways of Going Out After the Pay Envelope. A Man who had been given the Fresh Air by a Soulless Corporation was out rustling for another Job. He went around to see all the General Man agers. Usually he had to sit outside B Valuable Books Free—— valuable books, edited and published by J. 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When he was finally admitted to the Sacred Pres- t ence of the Head Gazooks, he would approach the Roll-Top on tiptoe and stand there with his Hat in his Hand and beg for Work. He wanted a Job and Salary was no Object. Thereupon v the Main Torch would slip h.m the Old . One about putting his Application on - File and notifying him in case any thing turned up. The Morgues are full of People who have Applications on File. After he had been Drilling from one Office to anotl er for about a Month he had about 350 of these vague, indefi nite Promises, but there was nothing doing in the Salary Line. . So he decided to try a new Tack. “This Humble Pie doesn’t seem to agree with me,” he said. "I shall Cut out the Apologetic and try being Nifty.” Accordingly he went to a Friend and braced him for a Ceniury as If asking for a Match. Then he engaged a Suits at the Principal Hostelry and sent en graved Notifications to all the General Managers that he could be seen any Day between 11:45 and 12:15 on presen tation of Visiting Cards. They knew he was a Big Gun or hs wouldn’t be paying 10 oer for his . Rooms. So several hurried over and began to Bid for him. oforal—Those who have tried Meek ness know the Importance of being I Important. AN INTERESTING PRISONER WITH AVERY SAD STORY Os the 123 prisoners who occupy cells at the Federal prison there is one in whom, there are many people in Georgia inter-' ested. This man is Charles Clemons, serv ing a life sentence for conspiracy in the murder of Chptain John C7 Forsyth, of Telfair county, about «eight years ago. Through the kindness of the warden an*> other officials at the prison a Journal man was allowed to see Clemons Monday. Clemons was in the office of Deputy Bradford Dawson when seen by a Journal * reporter. In introducing him Deputy Dawson said: "Charlie Clemons has been a prisoner under me for eight years. He is a splen«’\ did fellow. Charlie has never given me nor any of Jhe officials any trouble. He it trusted by us all and I hatfe the fullest confidence in him. I want to say some thing nice about him. Charlie is a good, boy. He has been a faithful and obedient* prisoner and never had tb be punished since his imprisonment. He would makb a good citizen.” With this introduction the deputy left the rootrf and the prisoner was allowed ta' converse freely. Clemons Is a handsome young fellow with dark complexion, dark hair, and, blue eyes—eyes that show that tears have* often flowed from them freely in the dark ness of the night, which envelops his lite. His face is honest and he talks in d straightforward manner. “It was a brutal murder,” said Clemons in speaking of the crime tn which he was convicted of conspiracy. “There never was a more brutal mur der. God knows 1 had no hand tn it and had I said all that 1 might have said I would be free today. Consideration for others kept me quiet.” demon’s lips quivered and his face twitched nervously as he spoke. Tha details of the murder, he sold, and the : ‘ circumstances leading up to it would be clearer to others than himself aa time and imprisonment had played havoc with his memory. Clemons, who is the son of| J. A. Clemons, a prominent farmer of' Telfair county, and whose parents, a brother and two sisters still reside in Telfair county, was at the time of thaj murder just a few months over 2l old. He had been brought up on hia' father’s farm and he was at the time In-’ tereshed In the lumber business. - ; The whole trouble, he says, grew out of competition between Luther A. Hall and . Nth-man W. Dodge in selling titles to land in the surrounding counties. A dispute in regard to a title aroSe and was carried into the s’ate court, which decided ad verse to Dodge. On the ground that ■ Dodge was a resident of New York tha • case was appealed to the United States court and the decision reversed. Hall con- ■ tinued to sell titles to land and was sen- j tenetd to a term of Imprisonment for contempt of court. Capt. John C. For syth. who was the agent for Dodge, push ed the contempt proceedings against Hall and this led to the enmity which finally brought about Captain Forsyth’s death. ( 1 “As for me,” said Clemons, “I barely knew Hall. He was no friend of mine • and my whole connection with the trag edy was through my friendship for Lan caster, who was at the time sheriff of. i Telfair county. Drink and ’ consequent drifting associated me with the crime, which heaven knows I would have pre- j vented if I could.”- i “Os all those connected with the crime.” he said, ”1 alone am a prisoner. The rest are either dead or have been given their freedom. Rich Lowney, the negro, who did the shooting, was never caught. Lem Burch, who pointed*Captam Forsyth out to the negro, turned state’s evidence. John Lancaster and Louts Knight, who were only convicted oa one count, have served their time. Hall died in prison. Wright -Lancaster, who with Hall and me, was sent up for Hfk. was pardoned on the 27th of last March. I do| ; not envy any of them their liberty, not that, God knows, but I do want to be free myself. I have not lost hope and I believe I will yet be pardoned. My friends are working for me and Judge Emory Speer and District Attorney Marion Ervin pe titioned President McKinley for my par-, don. I thought once that I was going to> be pardoned within a few weeks but I wae doomed to disappointment. “I have nothing but kind words for l J those who are in charge of the prison, but if I thought there was riothing else for me —well,” and he moved nervously in hiz seat—“a fellow would just as well be out ° Asked if he was glad to be In Atlanta* near his friends. Clemons said he was gUd to know his family were near him so they, g might see him occasionally, and they were gild, but,” said he. "it is embarrassing and I would rather see as few people a*, possible.” , WILL ATTEND STUDENTS’ CONVENTION AT TORONTO MACON, Feb. 24.—Mr. C. K. Dozier, of Mercer, will leave Monday morn ing for Toronto, Cafiada. to attend the fourth International convention of student volunteers which convenes the 26th of February snd closes the 2d of March. Mr. Dozier goes to represent the Young Men’s Christian association of Mercer.