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(I ■ 'jMarMSfrAg- Tfr^Ezr \ AMpm. all eommnnle.«W» for tbto departmeot to Mr. W, 11 Felton. Cartersville. Q« Giving Tit for Tat in Washington City The speech of Mr. Willett, as found tn the Congressional Record of January lb. Is spicy reading. It deal* with Mr. Roose vet without any gtevoo at alt It may be wnat the German emperor would call l**e majaste. but in a republic It stands for “tit for tat." and Mr. Roosevelt s enemies will take considerable satisfaction that the arraignment is set down in black anti white. Bverybody in public life who does any thing receives criticism Sometimes they I give and take in good humor. At other , times they kick up a dust and exploit their indignation furiously. But it is the truth and the facts that hurt in such en counters. If Mr. Willett has stated facts, the story of ‘The Passing of Roosevelt" will live and grow. If he has made false or untrue statements, the recoil will hit Mr. Willett harder than anybody else. So we can give Mr. Willett s side of the story and let It stand for itself, be it good, bad or Indifferent. He says the president "plays the tyrant, but his play is good-to laugh at. That he is constanly playing to the gallery gods— because that is his style—as cowboy, with preposterous notions as an assemblyman, as a defeated candidate for mayor in New York city, as a Sherlock Holmes police commissioner, as a bitter opponent of ed itors far ahead of him in style and learn ing. as knifing his chief in the back when assistant secretary of the navy, as the •lone warrior in Cuba.' saved by black troops at San Juan HIIL this particular president is a comet that roves at will, regardless of the law that applies to stars and planets." He says Mr. Roosevelt points out George Washington's errors, says that Jefferson was untruthful, that Madison and Monroe were great failures, that Jackson was ig norant and headstrong, that Martin Van Buren was wicked—served the Mammon of unrighteousness, that John Tyler was a monument of littleness and Pierce was little with low and mean beginnings, and Polk was the very smalleat of the small presidents who came between Jackson and Lincoln. That took id Harrison. Taylor, Fillmore and Buchanan. His frank abuse of other presidents has shut the lips of Roosevelt’s defenders, says Mr. Willett. Willett says ths court at Washington In the white house is greater than even Napoleon's, the king and the court are there, and had been described by the blunt words of a western senator's wife. ' who said "How the folks would rear around at home if they knew what kind of a place Washington is! Why. I hear | that up at the white house if the presi dent leaves the table for a little while during meals, all the women, his wife included, must stand up until he gets beck and he, Roosevelt started that ceremony. Do you like it? I don't say I do.” I've always noticed that when ever anybody that is a somebody hankers after a thing of that sort, its because he has got a streak of nobody in him. 1 know they laugh all day at the presi dent** queer maswero. but then so do we. 1 suppose there Is nothing deader on this earth than an ex-president with no offices to distribute and no further hopes of a political career. Said Mr. Willett, “you know, as well as anybody can tell you. how your constit uents and mine look at the development of such a bogus court. Surely I have never seen any man out of Inebriate asylum so cocksure as our president that all the world Is drunk and he only sober. I have never met anybody out of a mad house, not another person who thinks the uni verse is telling lies on him and he the only truth teller. He defamed Admiral Schley and heaped insult on General Miles and It Is a historical fact that he took the side of Sampson against Schley | as to the time the battle of Santiago bay was fought." This is not a full quotation of all that Mr. Willett said |n his speech, but it is a screamer from start to finish and will give us a synopsis. This speech has been published In full tn the Congressional Record and la sent through the mails from the Atlantic to the Pacific, from the lakes to the gulf. It will find readers in plenty. The president has less than six weeks to hold his office and his time being so fully occupied he may not get in an an swer before the 4th of March, but it must be more than unpleasant for him to recol lect that after 4th of March he will have no patronage to give his friends and no weapon to fight his foes. Silly Extravagance Dear Mrs. Felton: I have thought of writing to you many times to tell you how much I appreciate your sensible letters. Your thoughts are deep and are expressed in such a small space. You hit the key note when you said that nine-tenths of the domestic trouble and misery of this natibn was caused by the silly women. If Mrs. B. gets a ready-made suit. Mrs. A. wants one, too. If she can’t get it, she is so miserable and discontented that she makes the whole family unhappy. I have lived In the country and town. too. and the country is getting as bad along on this line as the town. It is contagious. It spreads like wild Are from one home to another. Why, I have known women to stay away from church because her little totts did not have a new spring hat. I want to say right here, that instills an idea In their young minds that they are carried to church for the display they make. Ido hope and pray that this false pride will be done away with. If it goes on and on our country will go into bank ruptcy, and we we will no longer have a free country. God in his InAnite wisdom made man. He made all things for our pleasure. He says be temperate in all things, but some apply that just to the whisky, but It takes in everything. The best lesson parents ever taught a child was to economise and to live within their ELE6AHT Thin Modtl 7 WATCH tWreW*>MiivM*u! Ao ,*wo*w*.h*i ■I M vteda ;■**■*«*. MW tat a tak ZnM Itekvl Mirer Ma.W*>teMSS»rwre. i , \ , ■ irior mb rVT»c wtM.ervrr.itataMi.es a »»■«»—*« taMM>a*tatata.**rtaWK>Mi!taa<>>hi Mmw *w a**nM**>ta nM*MMWl*w*«.ta**w.»i* toyM R. c. rABBZX. Bti. M* Baarhass Bu.rira**>lll* PAhkEfc’S MAIR BALSAM CTwnwiii a«4 huaillw tho hate. Mvvwr DvwZi*U COLORING jy **‘ ‘lm **’*° 366 b ®*«* ' Merit" K H! »° 4 Ta>lo«ta 3 day. allowed to « bin jSrZWm re ■ ‘ Tablete. rotari money and g.t *44tm -Merit" MedtelM Co. tesstes»U> means. But instead nowadays he must ‘ have just anything he wants, from a toy gun to a parlor rifle at the expense of I many, many lives. Oh. that our people, would call a halt and see to it that their i children got only such things as that are I good for them. I don't think I will be far wrong if I say the majority of the parents abide by what the children say. Some one asks when do they begin? Why. the very Arst time they make you sit up half the night and rock and sing to them, and the very Arst time they re fuse one thing and make you get them another. Then is when they get your first lesson. There is a vast difference in the way children are raised now and when I was raised. There was no money wasted; the first thing one thought of when he got money was to lay out in land and build a home; a wise consideration, for without it there is but very little true happiness. Mrs. Felton. I want to hear from you on compulsory education. I think education a grand thing, but I never did know a graduate to do manual labor, though edu cation without common sense is a failure. I wish you many, many happy New Years. I beg you to accept this good wish from one who realises the good you are doing in standing up for the right and condemning the wrong. With great esteem and respect for you, I am your Titus, Ala. FRIEND. FLOWERS FOR DIXIE’S GARDENS Every flower lover should get the Dixie Garden Handbook. It is not a confusing catalogue, but an expert selection of Choice Bulbs. Roses and other Flowers, Shrubs. Trees and Fruits that /are sure to succeed in the South. For free copy write to Chattanooga Nurseries, 79 Mis sion Ridge, Chattanooga, Tenn. JUDGE R. T. DORSEY BREATHES HIS LAST Judge Rufus T. Dorsey, one of the most highly esteemed and capable mem bers of the Georgia bar, died at 20 min utes after midnight Tuesday, at his home in Atlanta, 171 Capitol avenue. Though Judge Dorsey had been in ill health for several months past and had suffered a gradual decline through an organic affection of the heart, his death came suddenly. It had become the cur rent impression that though Judge Dor sey's condition was far from satisfac tory to his friends and his family, it was not necessarily serious. Therefore, the unheralded news of his death, Hash ed to all parts of the city and state Wednesday morning, comes as a heavy shock. At the time Judge Dorsey died, and for several years before his death, he was senior member of the widely known firm of Dorsey, Brewster. Howell &. Heyman. Judge Dorsey was 61 years of age at the time of his death. He was born In Fay etteville, Ga.. In 1848, of a distinguished line of ancestry. There he had his early schooling, and there he took up the prac tice of law. Fayette county chose the young attorney to represent its interest in the state legislature. There he served his people so well that they elevated him, when his term expired, to a seat in the renate. In both positions he served with high honor. It was during this period that he took unto himself the wife who now survives him. who has been his lifelong helpmate and companion. The love that cemented their lives together has always been one of the greatest beauties of their home. Coming to Atlanta, determined to win success. Judge Dorsey found many dis couragements besetting him at first. But he stuck, and won. Recognition crowned his ability, and finally he sat upon the bench of the city eourt in Atlanta. In that court he presided during two terms. Resuming active practice, he thrq»r his entire energy into the criminal branch of his profession, and yearly he gained wider and wider reputation as a lawyer of splendid power. Then he entered civil practice, and devoting all his splendid ability to that branch, too, he attained the sucess that has mellowed into fame and will live long after him. Judge Dorsey was also well known in the city's civic affairs. He had served hit ward both as councilman and aiderman. But he declined to run for congress from this district, though his friends pressed him and assured him that a pqlitical future was at his hand. He preferred to stay at home and work. In his own family he is survived by his widow and six children. In addition to them, his immediate family consists of three sisters and a brother. Judge Dorsey bore arms under the Con federate flag during the last few days of | the war, when he was a mere stripling cC a youth; but lie had modestly never claim ed service with ths Lost Cause. 80 PER CENT OF CROP PLEDGED BY EXCHANGE The Georgia Fruit exchange announces that it has pledged 879 additional cars of peaches since the organization, or SO per cent of the state's total crop. diaries A. Barrett, special representa tive of the exchange, pledged 69 cars at Cass, Hill City. Costanaula and Carbon dale last week, and pledges were made by Cheny & Mathis, of Silver Creek; Bowland & Co., of Clark's Hill; J. A. Smith, of Wellston, and the Albaugh- Georgia Orchard Co., of Dayton, O. Manager I. M. Fleming, at Richland, last week, pledged 74 out of the 83 cars shipped from that point, and at Americus he pledged two additional shippers, clos < ing up all the shipments at that point. These, added to what President Bagley pledged earlier in the week at Roberta, make a total for the week of 243 cars and 130 shares of stock. Manager Fleming last week met rail road representatives attending the meet > ing of the Southeastern Freight assocla- ■ tion at St. Augustine. They assured him ■ of their hearty co-operation with the fruit shippers and the exchange. This week will be spent by Mr. Barrett !at Austell, Mableton, Rockmart, King 1st on. Hall’s and Adairsville, and on Wed nesday Mr. Fleming will meet the grow ers at Anderson, 3. C., and on Thursday I at Seneca. He will spend the rest of the j week in the Mt. Airy and Cornelia ter j ritory. OMNIBUS CLAIMS BILL NOW FACES DEFEAT WASHINGTON. Feb. 4.- The indica tions are that tile omnibus claims bill which passed she senate Monday will not become a law. The house committee on 1 claims has practically agreed, according ;to a member of the committee, to ask • that the bill be not agreed to by the house unless the bulk of the amendments added in the senate be stricken out. The bill carried about J 300.000 as it pass ed the house. The senate added amend-* merits which brought the total up to about 83.000.000 The bill contains many | Confederate claims. THIS ATLANTA SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL, ATLANTA, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 1909 MARKET REPORTS • I Spot Cotton Atlanta, steady, 9%c. New Yerk quiet. 9 M-loOc. New Orleans steady, 9 7-foe. Liverpool, dull. 5 17-100 d. Galveston, steady. 9%e. Savannah, quiet. 9%c. Mobile, quiet. 9%c. Charleston, steady. 1 i-16c. Wilmington, quiet. 9 5-16 c. Norfolk, steady. »%c. Baltimore, nominal 9%c- Boston, oqlet. 9 80-lOOc. Philadelphia. 10 5-100 c. Houston, dull, 9 11- 14e. Augusta, steady. 9 11-16 C. Pt. Louis, quiet. 9 9-l Cc. Memphis, quiet. 9 7-16 c. LoulsriUa steady, 9%c. Cincinnati, nominal. New York Cotton The following were the ruling prices la the >v<-»«nsr today: Tone barely steady; middling 980 100 c; quiet. Last rrev. | Open.Hlgh.ljjw. rale.Close.Close l January9.ls 9.15 9.13 9.13 9.11 9.18 February... 9.49 9-53 March .. .. <.9.57 9.68 9.50 9.50 9.50 9.41 , April ... 9.42 •■63 ; Maj 9.30 9.51 9.43 9.43 9*48 9.43 . July..’ 9.44 9.46 9.37 9.38 9.38 9.47 August 9.85 9.35 9.35 9.35 9.28 9.37 ; September 9 —• October 9.24 9.37 9.20 9.20 9.20 9.28 November .... 9.14 8.14 9.M 9.14 9.12 9.22, December .. .. 9.19 9.20 9.15 9.15 9-13 *-*l New Orleans Cotton Tbs following wera the ruling pricea on the exena 'Ke today: Tone easy; middling, 9 7-16 c; easy. Last Frev. Open. High. Low- Sal*.Close.Close. February 9 - 3 & 9 March .. .. 964 9.57 9.47 9.47 9.47 9.56 April 9 -®J May 9.58 9.59 948 9.48 9.47 9.60 June 9.60 9 «3 Julv 964 9.66 9.56 9.56 9.56 9.66 October .. .. 9.26 9.37 9.18 9.18 9.18 9.26 December ... 9.16 9.16 9.13 9.13 9.12 9.20 Chicagc Quotations The following were the ruling quotations o» the exchange today: Frev. Open. High. Low. Close Close. VVH EAT- May 109%®109% HO* IWH I® 9 * 109 * July 98%0'98% 99 98% 9>* ** September .. .. 94% 94% 94% 94% 94% CORN— May63%®64 64 63% 63% 63% July 63% 63% 63% 63% 63% September .. .. 63% 63% 83% 63% 63% OA TB— -ssss May MU 51% W 02% July 46% 46% 46% 46% 46% September .. .. 39% 39% 39% 39% 39» PORK— May 17.07 17.07 1 8.85 16.90 17.05 ■ Julyl7.lo 17.10 16.95 16.97 17.12 LARD— May 9.65 9.67 ».6O 9.62 9.67 July 9.70 9.77 9.72 9.72 9.80 RIDES— , . Ma> 890 8.92 8.82 8.85 8.95 July- 9.07 9.10 9.00 9.02 9.07 Naval Stores SAVANNAH. Ga.. Feb. 4.—Spirits of turpen tine firm at 40c; sales, 210. Rosin firm: W W, M W O, >6.45: N. *6.25; M. *5.10: K. *5.15; I *4.20; H. *3.40: G. *2.154X3.17%; F. *3.11%: E, 63.05<(3 10; D, *3.05@3.10; B. *3. Sales. 1.954; receipts, spirits, 250; rosin, 1,117. Farm Produce Butter steady. Creameries. 22<0>28c; dairies, 21025 c. Egm weak at mark, cases included, 27®30c; firsts, 30c; prime firsts, 31c. Cheese firm. Daisies. 15%c: Twins. 14%c; Young Americas. 16c: Lorn Horns, 16c. Potatoes firm. Choice to fancy, 78@80c; fair to good. 75® 77 c. Poultry steady. Turkeys. 16c: chickens, 13c; springs. 15c. , -a Veal steady. 50 to 60 lb. wts., 7@7%c; 60 to K lb. wts., 7%®8%c; 86 to 110 Ib. wtg„ 9 ®lo%c. New York Produce Market NEW YORK. Feb. 4—Sugar—Raw. easy; fair refining. 3.14: centrifugal. 96 test, 8.64; molasses sugar. 2.89: refined steady; crushed, 5.3; powdered. 4.75; granulated. 4.65. Petroleum steady: refined, all ports. *B.4a 68.50. Coffee steady; No. 7 Rio. 7%; No. 4 San tos. Mol mses quiet: New Orleans. 28® 42c. A TLA NTA MARKETS. Atlanta. Cotton ATLANTA, Ga., Feb. 4.—Cotton by wagon, steady. 9% tests. * ——— Groceries gait- 100-loend bags. 90c: ire cream, 91<* rock *1.00; Royal Gloss starch, 3%c; Best Gios* starch. 3%c; World's Corn starch, 4c; nicke' neck ages. 3 %c. Pickle., 96.60. Potash, fd.uo; Mstcber. Fairy. 45c. White Osa. kits • lbs.. ITUc. o 0 lbs.. 82.40; 100 lbs . 53.48. Sugar, standard granulated. *5.00; New York refined 4%; plantation 4%. Coffee, green bulk, Rio 84i9%c: Santos. lOijillc; roasted, bulk. Rio, 9%ttl3c: Santos. Ifui4c; roasted In packages, AAA A *13.00; Si • wall. 16c; Uno, 19c. Rice, Jan. 5%c; bead. <• syrup. 38c gallon. Axle gtsaee, *L*O. Navy beans. *2.60 bu.; Lima beans. 6c. Fruit Sundriee Lemons. Messina fancy, per box. *4.00Q4.25; extra fancy. 84.25Q4.50; Florida *1.5002.00: Cali fomla lemons. *4.00Q4.50; pineapples. Florida, popular sices, crate J2.00Q2.50; oranges. Florida. »»tkg to siaes asd co-vdltton on arrive*, pet box *1.5002.00; limes, Florida, per 100, v so®6oc; grape fruit, slses M to 54 inclusive, per box J2.00ti3.00; smaller slses. per box, *1.5003.00; anoles, best varieties, fancy quality, box *2.71 cranberries, gallon, 60075 c; barrel, *16.00. Produce and Vegetable Fundnea. Cabbage, per lb., 2%a2%c: Irish potatoes. Bur banks, per bushel. *1.10@1.15; sweet pota toes pumpkin and bunch vans per busboi. •0665 c white varieties, 40060 c; onions, yellow or red globe, per buebel, *1.35: California celery, per docen, *IQI.IU; Kalama*** telery, per dos.. 40©50c; Florida, pepper, crate, *3 00613.50; eggs. 334J24c dosen; butter, fancy table 1-lb. prints, 2V@2sc; cooking, in bu.k, per lb., 10<fl5c. •miked aides very dull. B'eL cured, pot Ik liffiUe; name, owing te else, per lb.. 14®ik shoulders, 104911 c. Cucumbers, per crate, *2.M®3.00: cauliflower, per lb., 6®Bc; tomatoes, fancy ripe, crate, *2.56 ®S.OO; round green, per bushel hamper, *2.54 tiS.OO. Candies Candies—Standard mtxiurea. M lb. palls, B%c; Kennesaw Cream of Tartar mixture, 45 lb. bas kets, 8c; French creema. mixed, 30 lb. palls, 10c; hand mads bon-bon mixtures. 30 lb. pal lx 12c- chocolates, 5 lb. boxes. 16®25c per lb., tine H. M bon-bonbe and ices. 18®90c per lb.; stock candy. No- barrets. 6%c. boxes. 7c. Dressed Poultry Dressed turkeys, head and feet on, drawn. 2t®22c; dressed fry*, per lb., 18$J20c; broilers, fancy, per pound. 20f<j22%c; bens, active, lb., 15®i6c; cocks, per lb., 6@7e; ducks, per lb. 15c; geese, per lb., 12c. Cracker* C'eekers-XXX Fljrrda eodas. «%c: Bieck w Jeet codas, 7c, lemon creams. 8c: pearl oyster, I ’«; gb'ger snaps. 4%c: corn bills, (e; pansy takse B%c; animals. 10c; jumblM. 10%c; fig bars. Uet vartwbeels. 9c; raL’.n ceoklea. «%c. dlock anew fiakt wafers. >n tins. 13c; crackers 1b 5c ear- Sems. Me deese: c.aekere »*i IS* eartSM. 81. eg. Flour, Grain, Hay and Feed Flour, sacked, per barrel—lgleheart's Deet I Fleur. 96.85: Swansdown. 85.86; Puritan (ful? < patent). *5.60; Home Queen. *6.60; Supreme, *5.60; Ocean Spray (Second Patent), *6.10; Sun Rise (Second Patent), *5.10. Meal, sacked, per bushel—Plain. 94-lb. sacks I*e; plain. 48-lb. sacks, lie; plain. 24-lb. S 3 cputs. Grain, sacked, per bushel—Corn, choice red cob, 85c: No. 2 white, 84c: yellow No. 2,83 c; eats, white clipped fancy. 68c; oats, fancy white | clipped. 67c; white clipped, 66c; oats. No. 2. 1 white S4c; oats, mixed, 63c. g»ed*. sacked per bushel—Wheat. Tennessee Blue Stem. *1.50; oats, Burt. 80c; oats, Texan Rust Proof, 75c; oats. Blue Spring. 68c. , Hay. per cwt.—Alfalfa, *1.16; timothy, choice, large bales, 91.05; timothy, choirs, third bales. 91.00; timothy. No. 1. small balea 91.00; timo thy. No .1 .clover mixed. 90c; timothy. No. 1 90c; choice clover, 85c; Bermuda, 75c. Feed Stuff, per cwt.--Chicken feed, 50-ib sacks, 91.00: I'urlna scratch, bales 1 dosen. *2.20; Purina scratch, 100-lb sacks, *2.20; Suc cess scratch feed, 100-lb. sacks. 91.96; Purina feed. 175-lb. sacks. 91.70; Purina feed. 100-lb. sacks. 91.76; Arab Lore* feed. fl. 80; Germ meal. *1.56; Alfalfa feed, *1.50; shorts, white, *1.75; aborts, fancy. 75 Ibn.. *1.65- shorts, purs wheat, cotton sacks. 75 lbs.. $1 60; shorts, brown. 100 lbs.. *1.50; bran, 75 and 100 Ibe., *1.35; salt brick holders, per do*. *2.26; salt brick, per case, 91.50; salt brick, medicated, per case, 94.50; salt, rock, per cwt., *1.00: salt. 100-lb. sacks, 62c; cottonseed meal, per ton. 925 00; square sacked bulls, per ton, *8.60; round sacked bulls, per ton, *8.25. Condensed News Items Gathered From c/11l Farts of the State- I MACON.— Probably it was the colder weather 'of last month that Induced more persons to become drunk than In January. 1908, or It mav have been some other reason. At anv rate, something actuated 229 persons to got arrested last month. In 1908 the January ar rests amounted to 178. MACON— Wednesday aamethlng like 920,500 will be distributed In Bibb county by Or dinary C. M. Wiley, the man who sits behind the bags of pension tribney when it comes here from Atlanta. Bibb county ranks about fourth among the counties of the state, but Is ■ even higher in the matter of nenslons. More money is given out here, to the old soldiers o ' tltg indigent widows than tn Chatham county. CUTHBERT.-Mr. Louis Eden suffered a painful accident Monday by Stepping into the guano conveyer at the Cuthber oil mills and badly crushing his foot and leg. SAVANNAH.—The resignation of Major W. B. Stephens, of the Savannah Volunteer Guards, battalion of Coast Artillery, caused some surprise In Savannah to a large number of his friends. Only the captains of the four companies of the Guards knew of his Inten- I tion to resign. Major Stephens has been an excellent officer. He brought the Guards to I a very high state of efficiency. It is be lieved here he will be succeeded by Judge i George T. Cann, a former captain of the ; Guards, and who is a thorough military man and crack rifle shot. I SAVANNAH—The Gainesville Midland rail ! road stockholders have re-eleotad all the of | fleers and directors. The Galnesvilel and : Athens Construction company, which was or- Iganlbed for the purpose of building a ter minal and some mileage for the Gainesville Midland having served its purpose, plans were I made at the same time to wind up Its af fairs. The construction company will soon go out of business. SAVANNAH.—The Catholics of Savannah observed Candlemas day in each of their churches with special sgrvScee. The feast of the purification of the Virgin Mary was also observed by the Episcopalians with special communion at 10 o'clock. MOULTRIE. Ga.. Feb. 2.—The sale of near beer in the city of Moultrie, ran amuck in less than two weeks from tbe attempt. A few days ago, Mr. J. J. Parnell, of Pelbam, Ga.. crfftie over and opened up a beer stand in open defiance of an ordinance forbidding sqeh sales, claiming full protection under an “old soldier's” license. After running one day, the city authorities had him arrested and fined him one hundred dollars, or one hundred days on the street. The first night after his arrest he escaped from the officers, but was captured next day in Meigs, Ga., and brought back and placed on the street to work out his fine, where he faith fully discharged this duty for about ten days, then succeeded in raising his fine. He was i then carried before the city court, where be plead guilty and received a sentence of twelve months without a right to pay out. but to work on the public chain-gang. However, through sympathy of the court on account of his fine snd service to the city, this sentence wss sus pended. short intervals at a time, provided the defendant would enter into some legitimate busi ness, and during his good behavior. He was not properly "geared up” with the protection he thought he bad. so today he left Moultrie, some poorer and much wiser. Those counties of the state that intend to wor felony convicts under the new convict law will have opportnity to buy the guns re quired by their guards and overseers very cheaply from the state prison department, ac cording to annoncement given out at the of fices of the prison commission. When the new law becomes operative the state will find itself with a large number of guns on its hands. The gns are now being sed, and have been used for some time past, in the guarding of convicts; but after April 1 the state will have no further use for them. Secretary Yancey, of the prison commis sion, says that the commission will sell the guns to counties asking for them at second hand prices on the original wholesale price at which they were bought by the commission. This will make the quotation for the guns very low. They are all said to be in serviceable condition. They are Remington 10-gauge. the best gun the commission was able to find for its purposes. SAVANNAH, Ga.. Feb. i.-Wm C. Graves, • planter from Barry's Landing. 8. C., Is thought to have been lost In the bllxxard Fri day night while trying to get home from Savannah In Naptha launch. The (boat has been found begched and empty. Mr. Graves had a wife and six children. Report Is, sround tbe offices of the state coua mlsslunef of agriculture, that the biggest oat crop in the history of the state has pulled through the cold wave thus far with damage so slight as to be hardly worth considering. Much has already been said and written about how the farms of Georgia are this year ex pected to give the biggest yield of oats on record; and some fear has existed, in connection with those entertained about the peach crop, that the young oats would suffer some damage from tbe reent cold. But the crop has not bee* hurt, according to Commissioner Hudson aud Assistant Commissioner Wright. A few of the more forward shoots have been nipped, but it is believed that tbe impending thaw will leave them all practically undamaged in every part of the state. Tom G. Hudson, of Schley county, the stats commissioner of agriculture, wants to meet the 1 man who 'phoned to his oflce, Monday, and asked the following question of J. F. Johnson, fertiliser clerk, while tbe commissioner was out: “Say, this man Tom Hudson, I know he cornea from Schley county. But where under ths heavens la Schley county? Can you tell me?” | Now, If there is one thing that features Tom ]G. Hudson, commissioner of agrlcultude. more than anv other thing about him, except his I perennial handshake, it Is the fact that he halls j from Schley county. It is no bigger than a ' man’s shirt-tall, he is wont to explain to new acquaintances; but, according to him, it is ths finest county the sun shines on In the state of Georgia or elsewher. So when Mr. Johnson reported the Inqury to him. Tuesday, he was justly amaxed. "You’re joking:” he charged; but Mr. John son avowed be was not. “What did be look like?” But Mr. Johnson could not describe him from a telephone impression. "Where did he say he comes from?” He hadn’t said. "Well I wonder where that man has been living all his life,” was tbe next remark ot the outraged commissioner, uttered with tbe nearest approach to real Indignation be has ever shown. 'That man don't know his own state if he can’t locate Schley county. I wish I could meet him. He's got a lot to learn! An interesting point in the new convict law has been pt up to Attorney- General Hart by the state prison commission. The commission wants some light on that part of Section 8 of the new law that pro vides as follows: "And the commission may at any time, when such labor is needed, upon the request of authorities in charge, place as many as fifty of sch convicts to work pon the property ot any state instlttion.” The qestlon that is ptxling the commission and the one that the attorney general is ex pected to clarify is whether or not the prison commission is obligated by that section of the law to frnlsh convicts for other than tempo rary purposes. The commission wants to know how It is to apply the men, and after they are applied how the state is going to pro vide for their keep: whether the prison depart ment must put up stockades to hold the men and whether the department must pay sot the guards and the supplies for the convicts while at such Institutions. A broad interpretation of the provision would mean that the distribution planned by the prison department of the convicts at its dis posal after- April 1 might be seriously ham pered. for there are many state instittions in Georgia. Among them there are eleven dis trlct agricltural schools, any one of which, <*r all of which, might apply for the law’s al lowance. That January's average ot attendance in the rural and county schools of the state is one of the biggest on record and may possi bly be found to surpass anything before It, Is the belief of State School Commissioner Pound, who says he bases his opinion on enthusias tic reports cn school work received from county commissioners in almost every part ot ths state. 1 Commissioner Pound recalls that the weather in Georgia has been unusually mild during i the past month of January, and so has per mlted a larger attendance in country schools. The commissioner also believes that the halth ful conditions and freedom from sickness that seems to prevail among Georgia's children I just now is also one of the reasons for a larger attendance. Considering, further, that l the number of children In Georgia grows an nually greater, and that by a recent census ' an Increase of more than 30.000 children was > shown to have taken place in five years, the i commissioner believes It entirely possible that on state school records the month of January. 1909. will surpass everything for average of attendance. Madison Man Kills Himself in Bank MADISON, Ga., Feb. 2.—S. B. Cohen, I former president of the Jefferson Street 1 bank, committed suicide in the rear room of the bank, by shooting himself through the head with a pistol at 9 o'clock this morning. Mr. Cohen was about fifty-two years of age. He leaves a wife and two children, a grown son, Mr. Foster Cohen, and a young daughter, a few years old. No cause for his act is known. ♦ DEATHS IN GEORGIA. ♦ SENOIA.—Mrs. Frank Shell died Monday morning after an illness of six months. She was 30 yearn of age. She was bueried Mon day afternoon at Tranquil cemetery. Dr. William Buckingham Armstrong, one of the best and most successful sur geons of Atlanta, passed away at his resi dence, 246 Washington street, on Tuesday morning at 5 o’clock. Dr. Armstrong was the son of the late Dr. W. B. Arm- j strong, who for many years was one of the most noted physicians of the city and state. MARIETTA, Ga.. Feb. S.—Mrs. Gilbert Tennant, wist of Dr. Gilbert Tennant, a prominent physician of Marietta, died at her residence in Marietta Monday after noon at 5 O’clock, after an illness of sev eral months. Mrs. Tennant was in her fifty-third year, and had lived in Mariet ta practically all of her life. She was the author of several books and a frequent contributor to the newspapers and mag azines, and was considered one of the brightest women in the state. The most important book was Mrs. Ten nant’s Cook Book. She had been a con tributor for years to several northern magaziens and frequently wrote for the local newspapers. Mrs. Tennant is survived by her hus-‘ band. Dr. Gilbert Tennant, one of tho oldest physicians in the state in point of service, and formerly a surgeon in the Confederate army, and one daughter, Mrs. Virgie Ward, Franklin, N. C., and four grandchildren. She was a member of the Presbyterian church of Marietta. JACKSON, Ga., Feb. 3.-After an illness of several days, Mr. J. J. Hanes died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. F. M. Al len, on Second street, yesterday after* noon, at the age of 82. His death was not unexpected and was due to old age and a general breakdown. Mr. Hanes is survived by his widow, two daughters, Mrs. F. M. Aleen, of Jack son, and Mrs. R. J. Ford, of Sylvester; two sons, Mr. John A. Hanes, of Worth county, and Mr. George S. Hanes, of this place. The deceased was a native of Clayton county. He had lived in Jackson for the past few years and recently celebrated his 82nd birthday. He was a bravq Confeder ate veteran. Mrs. Kittle Dickey died at IO o’clock Wednesday morning at her home at 21 Humphreys street. She had been in ill health for some timbe and her death was not unexpected. Mrs. Dickey is survived by one son, Mr. R. I. Dickey, who resided with his mother. She leaves her mother, Mrs. Mary Dickey, and one sister, Mrs. Dora Callaway. She was an aunt of Messrs. Will I. Callaway and E. G. Callaway, who are connected with the stereotyping department of The Atlanta Jourfnal, and Misses Nettie Callaway and May Calla way, of Atlanta. A sad feature in connection with the death of Mrs. Dickey is the fact that her mother, Mrs. Mary Dickey, now in her 90th year, is dangerously ill, and has not been told of the death of her daughter. MONTICELLO, Ga.. Feb. 4,-After an illness of several months, Mrs. A. P. Penn is dead at her residence here. For the past thirty years Mrs. Penn was the proprietress of the Monticello News. She was the treasurer of the Women’s Press club of Georgia during its existence of twelve or fifteen years. She was a member of the Presbyterian church, be ing the president of the Women’s Foreign Missionary society. She is survived by her mother, Mrs. E. A. McNair, and five children, H. W. Penn, of Waco, Tex.; Misses Maud and Martha Penn, Fitahugh and Tom Penn,' of Monti cello. i Near-Beer Fund is Now The accumulated near-beer fund in the state treasury was exactly *137,- 934.96, Wednesday morning, according to the books of the treasury. These figures included *43,800 from Chatham county. Ordinary McAlpin’* check for that amount had been re ceived Tuesday afternoon, bearing date of February 1. The figures given above also included *11,300 near-bear money remitted from Richmond, received Wed nesday morning. A further remittance ot *4OO was summed in the figures. In addition to those late additionns to the growing fund, advices had been re ceived by the comptroller's office to the effect that *2OO was on its way from Mitchell county and *2OO from Walker county. The total amount of the near-beer fund now on hand in the treasury rep resents all the money on that account that has been collected by she state since the law imposing the tax became effective last fall. This money will be reserved in the treasury until the new convict law goes into effect on April 1 ( after which date the constantly increas ing fund will be subject to warrant for expenses of the prison department. Brother of Dead Protesta Pardon The grim presence of the dead man's brother, resolute and determined to block every attempt made for a pardon of the brother's slayer, now serving a life sen tence in the Georgia penitentiary, shad owed the footsteps of some thirty citi zens of Gainesville and Hall county, Wed nesday morning, as the delegation waited for a recess of the prison commission from the farm land hearing to give them opportunity to present their plea for clemency on behalf of the condemned man. No formal application for pardon, it was stated, has been filed with the pris on board. The Gainesville delegation had come to the capitol to present their pe tition verbally and in person. At their head were H. H. Dean and F. M. John son, lawyers, of Gainesville, acting as their attorneys. The case in question is regarded as one of the most unfortunate in the history of Hall county. It is that of Fred Hawkins, a well known and widely liked young man of Hall, who some three years ago killed Henry Cagle, an equally popular citizen of that county. Hawkins was sentenced to life imprisonment, and has served about two years of his sentence. C. D. Cagel, brother of the deceased man, was the one who had followed the delegation from Gainesville to the capitol. with the openly declared purpose of checkmating each move they Mr. Cagel was represented by C. R. Faulk ner, attorney. SEOUL, Feb. 4.—Prince Ito, Japanese resident general in Korea, who has been in poor health for some time and is to re turn to Japan to recuperate, expects to arrive in Tbklo Febuary 15th. mg sm m I wish every person in |1 the U. S. suffering with 111 L Fits, Epilepsy or Fall- I ing Sickness to send for * I I one of my large-sized ■ ■ ■ w 16-ounce bottles FREE. DR. F. E. GRANT, Dept. 255. Kaunas City, Ms. L hI M Ote £ I FALLING M Why despair,ll others have foiled; send st oaso for a trea- Mm and free Bottle of gay Infallible remedy. 1 have made the diusse of Fits, Epilepsy or Falling Slcteeas a life-long Study, and warrant my romsdy to give Gaawdiate and I*w**t fol relief. 1 have hundred* of testimonial* iron those who have been cured. Give evpreas and F. O. address. W. M. PBBMB, W. 9., 4 Csdar BL. Msw Yni* Peach Buds Killed by Cold Weather MARSHALLVILLE, Ga.. Feb. 2.-One fourth of the peach buds have been killed here by. the freeze. Lion Attack Trainer at Albany ALBANY, Ga., Feb. 3.-While putting several wild animals through an act at a street carnival here last night, Captain Cardo, the trainer, was attacked by a large lion and severely bitten in the neck and arins before he was rescued by the attendants and spectators. Captain Cardo tripped and fell to the floor of the arena. The lion immediately sprang upon him. All the animals were in an unruly mood last nigl)t. Christo Valerio, another trainer, was scratched in the face by a puma, and It is feared will lose one eye. Given 13 Years on Assault Charge AUGUSTA. Ga.. Feb. 3.—Robert Minor was found guilty, in the superior court, of criminal assault. The jury was out only fifteen minutes returning the verdict, and asked the mercy of the eourt. Judge Hammond sentenced him to fifteen years in the penitentiary. An appeal for a new trial has been made. It is thought possi ble that a new trial will be granted, as the case was tried under peculiar circum stances. There were <2 men in the original panel, and out of these only 11 could serve. 1R order to save time, the attorney for the defense asked that the case be tried by these eleven men, and his motion was granted. Minor was charged with criminally as saulting a girl of ten years old. Is Devereaux To Be Reappointed? SAVANNAH, Ga., Feb. 2.—While Charleston is discussing the question of the retaining of Crum for another term as collector of the port, Savannah, it is feared, will soon be discussing the ques tion of her Deveaux. This "culled gem men” is to be appointed or his successor named before a great while. It is be lieved that President Roos*velt will let him remain without being reappointed for four years, and will permit President x aft to name his successor. This is by no means certain, however, and if the presidents should send his name now for reappointment it would cause a big sen sation and be a surprise to the people here. It is conceded that if President Taft gets the naming of the Savannah col lector of the port, he will name Mr. W. R. Leaken, a well known attorney. This appointment would be very satisfactory to Savannah. Negro Attempts To Kill Section Boss ELBERTON. Ga.. Feb. 3—A disturbance 1 was caused at Oglesby, Ga., when johu Wright, a negro, attempted to kill Mr J. V. Duckworth, at his home In that place. Mr. Duckworth is section boss for the Seaboard Air Line, and W right is also employed by them to pump water into the tank near Oglesby. ' For some time Mr. Duckworth has sus pected Wright of selling the company’s wood, and finally reported the matter to authorities, who took tbe matter up with Wright. This made the negro mad. and he went to Mr. Duckworth’s home and got into an altercation with him, and knocked him down. He then left, saying he was coming to kill him. In a short time he returned, armed with a double barreled shotgun, and fired three times at Mr. Duckworth, but, fortunately, none of the shots took effect. In the mean time, Elbert county’s new sheriff, Mr. S. N. Hailey, had been sent for and arrested the negro, who is now in jail, charged with assault with Intent to murder. Woman in Flames Leaps Into Tub ELBERTON, Ga.. Feb. 2.—Mrg. Brewer, wife of Mr. Charlie Brewer, a promi nent farmer living near here, at Double Branches, was painfully burned late yes terday afternoon. Mrs. Brewer was making lard in a large pot over a fire in her yard, and while standing with her back to it her clothing caught fire, and in a moment she was enveloped in a blaze. Mrs. Brewer owes her life to her own presence of mind and the bravery of her little daughter, Mabel, who was at home. After vainly trying to smother the blaze with her hands, Mrs. Brewer jumped into a tub of water in the yard, and her little daughter brought bucket after bucket of water and threw over her. After the fire was extinguished the lit tle girl then ran into the house and brought out a quilt In which she wrapped her mother. Dr. A. C. Smith wax called in, and found Mrs. Brewer’s body to be terribly burned, but thinks she may recover, pro vided no complications set in. With Babe in Arms She Gave Alarm Information recently came to the reve nue force here that an illicit distillery was being operated near Dawson, and an officer was instructed to investigate. A man who lived on a winding road out from the town was suspected, and early in the morning, the officer with two as sistants, cautiously approached his home. Just as they opened the front gate the back door slammed, and they saw the wife scurrying across the backyard with her baby in her arms. One of the men went in pursuit. The woman, though encumbered by the baby, ran lightly and swiftly, and not on ly kept ahead of the officer but Increased her lead. She ran toward a stretch of woods, flight down a harrow path. The officer could catch occasional glimpses of her dress, but he was slowly falling behind. Suddenly the woman disappeared com pletely. The officer panted up to where the dismantled still with a man's felt hat lying by the side of it. But the woman was gone and there was no sign of hu man being about. She had warned her husband in time for him to escape and take off part ot his still with him. RUNAWAY MLLE FALLS IN WELL 60 FEET DEEP ANDERSONVILLE, Ga.. Feb. 4.-A mule team belonging to Mr. William F. Easterlin, while at work on Mr. Easter lin’s plantation near Andersonville, last night, ran away while attached, with an other mule, to a wagon. Soon after start ing the team ran Into and knocked over a well curb, and one of the mules tried to jump over the well, but the harness gave way and the mule fell to the bot tom, about 60 feet. Thomas Porter, a negro, was lowered with block and tackle for the purpose of arranging a rope about the mule, so that he could be hauled out. The mule was nearly dead, but had sufficient life left to bite the negro severely, but not dan gerously. The mule was hauled out, but was dead wh»n he reached the top. Mr. Easterlin recently paid *275 for the mule, which was probably the finest one in the neighborhood. (OIPLEFOIM)DEAD; HAD TURNED ON GAS PHILADELPHIA. Feb. 4.—Lying across a bed, fully dressed, a man believed to be Maurice P. Patterson; of this city, and' a woman whose name is said to be Mar garet Lomax, were found early Wednes day, asphlxiated in a hotel in this city. Th* couple on Monday registered as j man and wife under assumed names, giving their residence as Lewiston, Pa. The woman is said to have been sep arated from her husband, who lives in this city. 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