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8 Headache Take BACKACHE! ONE I “I haw oud Dr I of the LitJe Tablet. and the ' “' Pain is ' B Mn.J P Bmsell. Gone Totwpa. N«v KSD T>tr PATHS Os RHEUMATISM and SCIATICA . wpsy 25 Doses 25 Cents Yeur Drw*> *«n* l> «'•*» A"#-P»«> W>» •nd kt n aurtenred to rerom the pnee of the hrsi >ll* onl»> ts n fa'ls "< be-eftt ‘ou. LAFAYETTE UNVEILS SHAFT TO HEROES . LAFAYETTE. Ga.. April 27.—The people Os Walker county look upon Memorial dav as the day of the season. The Daugh ter's of the Confederacy. Chickamauga chapter, have lately erected just north of the county courthouse in Lafayette a beautiful monument, which was pur chased from the McNeel Marble company of Marietta. The monument stands about 40 feet north of the courthouse, and is about 43 feet high and looks northward along the national pike or government road. On top of this exquisite structure stands in statue a Confederate soldier as guard, with gan in hand, which figure is made in Italy, and of the best Italian marble, Caraca marble. The base of the structure Is about 20 feet square, the second base being nine feet, the third base seven fret and the base upon which the shaft rests is five feet square. The entire height is 43 feet. On the west side of the monu ment ia the following inscription: ‘ Many of whom gave all. and all of whom gave much.’* Just above this inscription is crossed two Confederate guns, while just above the guns appear the letters. ”C. S. A.” On the north side of the monu ment is the figures: ••1561-1855.’' also: "Erected by the Chickamauga Chapter of the Daughters of the Confederacy to the Confederate Soldiers of Walker County. It is a duty we owe to posterity to see that our children shall know their virtues and become worthy of their sires.” On the east side follows: “C. S. A. To those who were and to those that are.” Just beneath this Is portrayed a flag of the Confederate states. On the south side appears: •1861-1865. Centuries on centuries shall go circling by, but they are not dead, their mem ories can never die.” This handsome structure should cause all Georgians to be proud of its place and its beauty as a part of the apprecia tion we owe to the men who left this section and went as soldiers of valor and bravery. The daughters and the veterans of the bounty met with the public school on the academy lawn at f*:3o a. m. today and were led by the 11th Cavalry band down and along Main street to the platform on the courthouse square. The daughters, acting as escort to the veterans, passed through the double column formed by the school and took places upon the plat form. where the program was taken up and carried out. The program was as fol lows: Music. “Dixie’'—Twelfth cavalry band. "Auld Lang Syne”—By the daughters. Invocation—Capt. J. Y. Wood. Reading rules for bestowal of crosses. Sone. "The Veterans’ Cross of Honor.” Bestowal of crosses. , Song. "The Homespun Dress”—By six fettle girls. y Introduction of the Orator of the Day— Captain J. M. Jackson. Address—Hon. George M. Napier, the orator of the day. Music—U. S. cavalry band. Presentation of Monument by Daugh ters of Confederacy to the Veterans of Walker County—Mrs. J. E. Patton. ‘ Acceptance of Monument—Hon. B. F Thurman. Unveiling of the Monument- Robert Steele. Robert Glenn, Helen Bale and Margaret Patton. Music—l'. S. band. * After this program was carried out? Captain W. A. Foster, mounted on one of the’ flnest horses In this section, with appropriate dress, sword on right, wear ing suitable regalia, and himself a Con federate soldier, and one of the best posted men in military tactics in this sec tion and the handsomest man in Walker lormed the line of march to the city Wmeterv. where the graves of the vete rans were deco-ated. The band continued to play during the decoration. At the close of the decoration a feast was spread. It was prepared for the oc casion on the tables of over one hundred feet in length. The reception committee was on duty the entire thne looking well to the com fort of all attendants. The committee was a< follows: P. D. Fortune. John W. Bale. J. E Rosser. J. P. Shattuck. B. F. Thur man. P. B. TAttle. T. A. Jackson. Earl Jackson. P. D. Wright. S. A. Hunt. J. F Wardlaw and R. N. Dickerson, men all well calculated to handle the large crowd and make them at ease. WAYCROSS.—A fir* Monday nleht tn Reids ville. a eclored subdivision of Waycross, de stroyed three dwellings and two stores The ftre started in the two-story store of Thorft tcti Bros. Their leas was about tl.tro. with insuran-’ amounting to M<» The bulldlnes vrer- th* property of W. D. O’Quinn and A. M. Knight, of this cityg and were insure! ~ 222 M. y n Kentucky’s Great Whiskey Express Prepaid from Distiller to .You ( 9 Callaaa thoroughly matured highest medicinal. 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Failure on thee part of the forty-eighth and forty-ninth congresses to pass the two Morrison tariff bills did not deter the Democrats in the house in the fiftieth congress from repeating their former ef forts in the direction of a low tariff. The Democratic majority had been dwindling, and was now down to less than one fourth of what it had been when Morri son tried to pass his "horizontal bill. President Cleveland came forward with a precedent-breaking annual message. Its every word was devoted to the tariff, • which he sought to have made the issue of the presidential campaign, then only some seven months away. • • • The effect of the message on the Demo- ! crats in congress was remarkable, and [ brought down to five the members of l those opposing the policy of their own i party. Under these conditions it was . easy to see that the third effort to drive I a low tariff measure through a Democi at- j ic house would succeed. Roger Q. Mills, , of Texas, a dyed-in-the-wool low tariff advocate, was made chairman of w aysj and means. He and his committee to k j four months to report a new tariff bill. ; The measure was in reality only a partial • revision of the tariff. It extended the, free list, substituted many ad valorem ■ duties in the stead of specific duties, and reduced most of the high tariff schedules, j Wool was added to the free list, most • lumber and lumber products were put there. Woolens were given a duty of 40 i per cent. Cotton goods came in for a like J duty. Mr. Mills got figures from the bu- . reau of statistics, going to show that the . total remission of duties under the Mills' | bill would amount to $50,000,000, of which i $30,000,000 would result from reduction in : duty: the remainder from additions to! the free list. • • • The house debated the bill for more than , than a month. The Republicans attack ed it on many gronuds. for the tariff had now been a full-fledged party issue. First, they asserted that it had been framed by ' farmers, and that the manufacturing states had next to no representation on I Aie committee that drew the bill. They , claimed, furthermore, that it had been' concocted secretly by the majority, and that the minority had been ignored until the time of reporting the measure. They got together a list of the articles affected by the bill, and from that showed that the "cotton" states produced them to a value of $91,000,000, while the other states produced them to the value of $1,715,000,000, nearly twenty times as much. Then they charged that free trade pamphleteers had written the measure, and that clerks j were detailed from the treasury depart- ; ment to assist in making It as harmful > to manufacturers as possible. • • • The Democrats responded by calling to I mind what the Republicans had said iu , 18S3. At that time the Democrats were | plainly told that the Republicans were re sponsible to the country for what con gress then did, and that they were not going to permit the Democrats to thwart them in their efforts to live up to their responsibility. Now it was the Democrats who were telling that same thing to the Republicans. Republicans replied with taunts to the effect that the south had not reduced the tariff on articles in which It was interested, and was not willing to practice itself that which it was preaching to the north. • • • Most of the debate was in opposition to the bill. There never has been a tar iff bill considered in the house where the majority was more lenient with the mi nority than the Democrats were with the Republicans in the consideration of the ' Mills bill. More than a hundred times the committee of the whole took the parlia mentary journey to the house and back In order to limit the debate on a partic ular amendment, but then only that debate had gone on for a reasonable time. The Republicans tried their best to amend the bill, but Mills held his forces together as a seasoned general upon the field, and not once could the opposition get an amendment past him. • • • While the bill was pending In the house the national convention met. The Demo crats were about as badly divided over in dorsing the Mills bill In terms as they were over the proposition specifically to reaffirm 16 to 1 at Kansas City. But there was no Bryan to lead them. The bill was unanimously Indorsed by the convention, but that Indorsement was not made a part of the platform. It was a sort of Parker "gold telegram.” promul gated, however, by the whole convention Instead of by the nominee. The Republi cans denounced the Mills bill and came out for the Randall Idea of repealing high Internal revenue taxes instead of lowering tariff duties. Some of the newspapers enclosed "whisky and tobacco” in brack ets after the phrase "internal taxes,” and thereby made the Republican plat form seem a declaration for "free whisky.” • • • After the convention period was over the house continued its consideration of the tariff bill, and finally passed it on July 21 with only four Democrats vot ing against it. Samuel J. Randall want ed to be paired against the bill, but was not. After this the scene shifted to the other end of the capitol, which was Re publican. The senate was bitterly -opposed to the Mills bill. The finance committee got hold of It. and ostentatiously did the things the ways and means committee failed to do. The committee accorded the fullest having allowed the minority—this time the democrats—to participate in its deliberations, and, in short, sought to make the course of the house committee look petty and unfair by contrast. The bill was kept in the finance committee until Oct. 3, when it was reported back. • • • Parliamentarily speaking, it was the same bill. Actually, however, It was as If a blue pencil had been drawn through every word of it except "be It enacted.” and a new bill substituted. The measure was then perfunctorily discussed until Oct. 20, when congress adjourned. No effort was made by the senate to pass its bill. The two party measures, the house bill and the senate bill had not been before the country, 'and that was all anybody expected even if a few did hope for more. Con gress had been in continuous session longer than ever before in the history of the nation—32l days. A possible ex ception to this statement might be made of the congress which recessed from time to time during the Johnson admin- THE ATLANTA SFMI WEEKLY JOURNAL, ATLANTA, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, APRIL 30, istratlon, and was only technically in session. I • • • The election of Benjamin Harrison was construed as a verdict in favor of the senate substitute for the Mills bill, and as soon as congress reassembled the j senate began the consideration of the j measure. The Republican senate knew I its bill could not pass the Democratic ( house, and that even if it did it would be vetoed by the outgoing president, [ Mr. Cleveland; but the bill was eon- i sidered for a month and a half, and then passed. The house gave the sen- • ate an old fashioned tongue-lashing for substituting another measure for the . one it had sent that body—just as other houses had done when the senate vio- ; lated in effect, if not technically, the j constitutional provision that all revenue legislation shall originate in the house. . There it ended, and the Mills bill be- I came forevqr a measure that might ' have been. • • • The debate on the Mills bill while pending in the two houses of congress, I constitutes not only the most volumnous tariff debate in the history of theJ world, but it is regarded by many as the ablest and most comprehensive in 1 the whole list of tariff discussions. William H. Springer, long a member of | the house, predicted that it would al- i ways stand as the foremost of all tariff ■ debates, it was in the course of the • consideration of the Mills bill that i Thomas B. Reed first awoke the na- I tion to his powers as a debator. He ■ told a paraphrase of Aesop’s fable of | the dog which had a bone and lost it I by trying to get the bone from his Im- ' age in thhe water. Reed pictured one j of the finest dogs going, carefully { groomed, fat, sleek and with a nice i mutton chop in his mouth. The dog , came to a bridge, and in crossing it he saw his image in the water. Making a dive for the reflection he lost his chop, and finally got out "the nastiest,, most bedraggled. muttonless dog in the world.” To him the Democratic party was that dog. It saw the markets of the world reflected, and was seeking to dive into the water to secure them, the while neglecting the markets at home, and figuratively in its mouth. There were 151 speeches made on the Mills bill in the course of general de bate in the house. There were 240 hours of actual talk expended upon it, or thirty days of eight hours each. William McKinley, in speaking cn it in his “Tariff in the Days of Clay and After.” says that the debates would fill some twenty-five quarto volumes the size of an unabridged dictionary. But he seems to be mistaken about that, as the entire proceedings of the first session of the Fiftieth congress occupy only nine volumes of one thousand pag es each. • • • The Mills bill was the first tariff measure upon which the party lines were drawn so closely as to make it strictly a party measure. Since then all tariff bills have received practically the unanimous support of the party father ing them and the unanimous antago nism of the opposing party.—(Copy right, 1909, by Frederick J. Hzskln.) READ THIS! DOTHAN. Ala.—We have been selling the Texas Wonder for years, and recom mend it to any one suffering with any kidney trouble as being the best remedy we ever sold. J. B. YOUNG. Sold by all druggists. Price $1 by mail from St. Louis. ••• NEWS OF GEORGIA CITIES 1 TOLD IN BRIEF FORM FAIRBURN.—The Odd Fellows at this place celebrated their anniversary Monday night. Alex Ditler, of Atlanta, was the principal speaker of the evening. Speeches were also made by Dr. J. F. Longino and Col. C. C. Smith. Music was furnished by local talent. WASHINGTON.—The Washington Telephone company has begun to install new equipment In its plant by placing a large cable instead of Ihe numerous wires that have given unsat isfactory service. The business of- the plant has grown to such large proportions that It was found that the already numerous wires were a source of unsatisfactory service anti expense, and new equipment became a necessi ty, hence the cable. COLUMBUS.—John Frank, arrested last week for the violation of the prohibition law, was Tuesday bound over to the superior court under a bond of S3OO for his appearance to answer to two charges, cne for keeping whis ky In his place of business and the other for selling whisky. COLUMBUS.—The hull for the big dredge No. 4, of the Chattahoochee improvement fleet, built at the government shipyards on Front street, had a successful launching Monday afternoon. The dredge, when completed, will work out a channel of fifty feet. j SAVANNAH.—J. A. Herman, a policeman in the employ of the Atlantic Coast Line I railway, who was shot by a brass thief on the wharves of the company Monday night, will get well. He is now at St. Joseph’s hos pital. The bullet from the negro's pistol was diverted by a bunch of keys In *$ e officer's pocket and did not reach a vital spot. It was thought at first Herman would die. but It Is now announced that he wifi get well In a short time. I SAVANNAH.—At the Catholic library hall Wednesday the Chatham Agricultural club was organized. This combination Is going to work for the good of all the truckers in -.he county and It is expected it Will be a pro nounced success. It Is hoped to keep a modern canning plant supplied with material through the efforts of the member of this organiza tion and the other truck growers about Sa vannah. Truck was never In better shape than now, and there will be thousands of dol lars’ worth to send to market in a very short time. SAVANNAH.—The case against Dr. E. S. Gallaway, a principal in the public schools, who was arrested for having a punll. was nolprossed In the city court Tuesday. The pars nts of the bey upon whom the punishment was Inflicted decided they would not prose cute the case. MILNER.—Hon. .Taseph L. Stoppelbeln, head consul for the Georgia jurisdiction. Woodmen of the World, delivered a public address on the "Principles of Woodcraft” here recently. This address was given under the auspices of the local camp Woodmen of the World. After the address the audience repaired to the "Forest” of Red Elm camp, as its guests, where refresh ments were served. WAYCROSS.—The Fourth Annual Holiness Camp meeting wil be held In this city begin ning May 7th and running until May 16. The meeting will be conducted by E. A. Fergersou and W. B. Yates. Both of these workers are well known In Waycross, having held a meet ing here two years ago. The services will be held in a big tent on Albany avenue. ' WAYCROSS.—Under the auspices of the Wo man’s Auxiliary of the Y. M. C. A. a little play, or mock trial, will be given on Friday evening, which promises to be of unusual in • rest. The farce is entitled a "Breach of Promise Suit” and the leading parts will be ’..ken by prominent members of the local bar. ’•idgc John T. Myers. of the city court, will be he defendant. Judge Frank Park, who is pro dding in the superior court this week for Judge T. A. Parker, will be the presiding officer. I'he places of other officials, witnesses, etc., will be filled by leading attorneys and the jury box will be filled by twelve good men and •rue taken from among the leading business ind professional men of the city. BOY’S DISAPPEARANCE SHROUDED IN MYSTERY MOBILE. Ala., April 28—A Selma special says: Shrouded In mystery is the strange dis appearance of Albert Hall, the fourteen-year old son of Mr. and Mrs. P. D. Hell, from I his home. Young Hall disappeared April 22 and no trace has been discovered of his whereabouts. Colored Men and Women Wanted Organizers for the grandest Beneficial and Protective MK Order In the United States. ML Give all your time, or only HMb IMKX ■pare boura. Will pay you KS £*!’"’ well. No experience re- wV ’t ’ qulred, a« the supply of lit- r erature we will send von. wtywjJwil does its own talking. Makes it plain that every colored man and woman (including L* young folks over , -‘s. I W) wlll find it great! y to their I / advantage to be- ’ \ \ --jAJV come members. I // W. a. Criichlow, Prt*. and Fonndnr. THE !~L-U GRANO LODGE is an International Chartered organization of white people. Inviting their colored brothers and sisters to join tn the work of uplift, secur ing equal opportunities and protection for all, higher wares and prices for crops, self improved conditionsand betterment in ev ery way. Over 60,000 members already under our banner, and membership rapidly growing. Liberal Cash Benefits to members, includ ing fIOO 00 at death of member: $26.00 at death of beneficiary of member, SIO.OO for children (10 to IK years) $5.00 children (8 to 10 years). Many other fine benefits. No discrimination regarding sex, nationality race or creed. /Vo Traveling Necesssiry We want men and women representatives to ■tart Subordinate Lodges in their home local ities where we have none at present. Easy to secure members, by following our simple in structions and distributing our instructive literature, coplee of Official Paper, etc. Full Organizing Outfit furnished, including beau tlfully engraved Commission of Authority. This also helps one's standing and prominence in the community. It should aid you in dif ferent wavs to be an Official Representative of this sound and substantial Secret Society. ’ We do want several Traveling organizers, also, who can devote entire time to this work. Good salary and traveling expenses paid. Write at once for particulars, and enclose 10c for copy of "I-L-U Home Journal.” Don’t wait till someone else gets ahead of you. Ad dress W. G. Critchlow. Pres., 1-L-LJ Grand Lodge, 162 l-L-U-Bldg., Dayton, Ohio. JOHN R. WILKINSON HONORED BY MASONS ffgß ■ . .. . . ; I $ JUDGE JOHN R. WILKINSON MACON, Ga., April 28.—Judge John R. Wilkinson, of Atlanta, ordinary of Ful ton county, past master of Gate City Lodge No. 2, F. and A. M., thirty-third degree Scottish Rite Mason, and honored in many branches of Masonry, was yes terday elected grand master of the grand council, Royal and Select Masters, Geor gia Masons. The grand council met in its sixty sixth session and was attended by lead ing Masons from all parts of the state. The full representation comprised 32 Georgia councils. The retiring grand master is I. C. Pos tell, of Savannah. J. B. Roberts, also of Atlanta, was elected grand conductor of the work of the grand council. The other officers elected by the grand council were as foliows: J. C. Harman, deputy grand master, Tennille; W. A. Wolihin, grand treasu rer and grand recorder; J. M. Rushln, grand chaplain, Boston; R. B. Ethridge, grand captain of the guards, Conyers; A. E. Sansburn, grand marshal, Newnan; W. B. Kent, grand conductor* of the coun cil, Mount Vernon; Joe P. Bowdoin, grand steward, Adairsville; R. B. Tall, grand sentinel, Macon. NEEDS FORItEVENUES FOR STATE OF ARKANSAS LITTLE ROCK. Ark., April 26.—Gover nor Donaghey today sent a special mes sage to the general assembly, showing that revenue insufficient to meet tne ap propriations for the bi-ennial period anfl asking for a revision of the revenue laws so the state would not have to operate on a scrip basis. In another special message the governor asked an appropriation of $175,000 provid ing for the payment to Contractors Cald well and Drake any amount found due them by the board of arbitration for work on the new state capitol. George W. Caldwell today stated he knew nothing about any agreement with the governor to abide by the decision of the board, such as the governor stated in his special message. WO M an” suffrage LAUDED BY QUEEN LONDON, April 28.—Delegates to the International Woman Suffrage Alliance had a picturesque reception at Albert Hall last night. Prior to this celebra tion there was a procession of more than a thousand women representing all professions and callings, through the streets of London. Albert Hall presented a brilliant and animated scene during the evening and speeches were made by Mrs. Carrie Chapman Catt, of New York, and Rev. Anna Shaw. Mrs. Catt announced that the queen of Norway had sent greet ings to the congress. This was the first time, said Mrs. Catt, that a queen had ever sent greetings to a woman’s suffrage congress. Recipe That Cures Weak Men-Free Send Name and Address Today—You Can Have It Free and Be Strong and Vigorous I have in my possession a prescription for nervous debility, lack of vigor, weakened man hood. falling in memory and lame back, brought on by excessea. unnatural drains or tbe follies of youth, that has cured so many worn and nervous men right in their own homes—with out any additional help or medicine—that I think every man who wishes to regain his manlv power and vitality, quickly and quietly, should have a copy. So. 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HONORS ACCORDED L'ENFANT’S MEMORY NOTED FRENCH ENGINEER WHO DESIGNED CITY OF WASHING TON IS HONORED BY TWO NA TIONS IN CAPITOL. WASHINGTON, April 28.—Unusual honors were today paid to the memory of Major Pierre Charles i’Enfant,' the fa mous French engineer, who, under the au thority of George Washington, laid out the city of Washington. His body, which was disinterred from its resting place on Digges’ farm, in Ma ryland, near Washington, where he was buried in 1825, was taken to the capitol un der military escort today. In the rotunda, where the body lay in state, ceremonies were held at which Vice President Sherman and Ambassador Jusserand, of France, paid tribute to the noted Frenchman. This afternoon the body was taken to the Arlington National cemetery, under a military escort and religious services held there. Besides the regular troops who took part in the procession there were various patriotic organizations as well as civic associations of Washing ton. Rev. William L. Russell, rector of St. Patrick's church of this city, which Major i'Enfant attended, officiated at the services at Arlington cemetery. Jusserand Speaks One of the principal speakers today at the exercises held in the rotunda of the capitol in connection with the re-inter ment of the body of Major Pierre I'En fant, who planned the city of Washing ton, was Ambassador Jusserand, of At the outset Ambassador Jusserand called attention to the primitive con dition of the land upon which the fu ture capital of the nation was to be erected, and to the great transformation which had taken place in a little more than a century, and said that “the will of congress, the choice made by the great man whose name the city was to bear, the talents of a French officer, the one whose memory was being commemorat ed today, had caused the change.” Washington, he said, quickly made up hfs mind as to the location of the fed eral city, but the question arose as to what sort of a city it would be—a resi dential one for statesmen, legislators and judges, a commercial one with the splen did possibilities afforded by the Potomac river, or a mixture of both? Would it be planned in view of the present or the future, and of what sort of future? Major Pierre I’Enfant, said the ambas sador, had been selected by Washington because during thirteen years of asso ciation he had had many occasions to appreciate the Frenchman’s qualities of character and his abilities. Wounded at Savannah L’Enfant, however, said Mr. Jusserand, although gifted, plucky and energetic, was difficult to handle. He had been one of the earliest enthusiasts of the Ameri can cause, served throughout the war of the independence, and had been left on the battlefield severely wounded at Sa vannah, where he had led the vanguard of one of the columns of the attack and lost two-thirds of his men. Later he was taken prisoner and afterwards exchanged for Captain Von Heyden. a Hessian. For Major TEnfant, said the ambassa dor, the planning of the city of Washing ton was a work of love. “A mere glance at that work,” he said, “showed that the officer had decided not to work for a nation of thirteen states, but for one of fifty; the streets were unexampled any where, gardens, parks, fountains, statues to famous men—all were devised in view of a great and powerful nation, the na tion of today.” L’Enfant, he declared, had foreseen present greatness in all its aspects, “even the last acquired one, the one of which the American nation is so justly pround, her navy.” The ambassador declared that the plan fitted so well future times and so badly present ones that for many years criticisms were ceaseless and that as late as 1851, Jean Jacques Ampere heard jokes on “that strange city, made up of houses without streets and streets without houses.” The Love of France The intuition I'Enfant had of the fu ture of his adopted country was nothing I very extraordinary, the ambassador con tinued. “All French people had the same. From the first, France thought that the United States would be and should be a great nation. The first diplo mat ever sent here came from France. In conclusion the ambassador said: "And now, Pierre Charles I'Enfant will sleep his last sleep in that Arlington cem etery. where so many are buried who fought as he did, and felt as he did for the nation; near that General Sherman, who left such examples of heroism; he will rest on slopes from which can be seen the growth of the ‘Federal city’ now called Washington; ‘a revered man’ wrote another Frenchman; Chastellux, when visiting, in 1782, another and earlier town of the same name in Connecticut, a re vered man' whose memory will undoubt edly last longer than the very city called upon to perpetuate it. "May the fame of both continue in creasing forever.” NEGRO IN TREETOP LYNCHED BY MOB BARTOW, Fla., April 28. —Charles Scar borough, the negro who attempted to as sault Mrs. Taylor Frierson, of Ft. Meyer, here yesterday, was captured ano lynched this morning. The posse, which had been following him with dogs since yesterday, found him in a treetop this morning and made him descend. A rope was put around his neck and, as he was drawn up to the limb of the tree in wfhich he had sought refuge, a score of shots were fir®l into his body. The negro confessed that he entered Mrs. Frierson’s room for the purpose of assault, but was lightened away by the screams of his intended victim. ALABAMA SEEKS FLAG IN STATE OF MICHIGAN LANSING, Mich.. April 27.—Governor Warner has received from the department of archives and history of the state of Alabama, a letter asking if the flag of the First Alabama cavalry Is In Michi gan. The flag in question was captured during the civil war by the Fourth Mich igan cavalry at Middleton, Tenn., and is In the preserved collection of the Michi gan Pioneer and Historical society at Lansing. The matter has been referred to Col. 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In some respects this section may be considered the new part of the state. As a farming section it is certainly entitled to be so denominated. The days of “Tim ber cutting”—hewn timber for shipping have long passed; "boxing” for turpen tine is no longer a chief industry. It is still going on. but not on the large scale of fifteen and twenty years ago; and the "saw mills on wheels” that made a finish of the forests of scarified pines have almost entirely disappeared. And now the landholder is coming into his own, as a farmer and permanent occu pant. In ail the counties visited there are evi dences of progress; and improvements are going on in all lines bearing upon farm life. The first of these improvements to be noticed are very naturally THE ROADS. The chief obstacle to be overaome in road improvement in this section ard the “sand beds.” And by this term it must not be supposed that only here and there are excessive accumulations sand, for these beds extended practically the whole length of the road relieved oc casionally by a creek or branch. The remedy for the sand roads is a top dress ing of clay. This clay is generally ob tained by digging into a near-by ridge, though in some cases it is necessary to haul it a considerable distance. This “claying the roads,” as it is termed, gives them a hard surface with little dust in dry weather or mud after rain, and this method of road improvement seems therefore satisfactory. There are already many miles of "clayed roads" in these counties and the road boards are push ing the work very energetically, backed in many instances by owners of auto mobiles in the towns. There is a manifest pride, too, in straight roads. Many curves and sharp turns have been eliminated and it is not an unusual thing for one to be able to look ahead over a stretch of road extending two or three miles. In bridges and their ap proaches much excellent work is being done. Near Blackshear, in Pierce county, is a new bridge nineteen hundred and fifty feet long—over a third of a mile. It Is of a uniform width of twelve feet, not wide enough to allow two vehicles to pass, but this is provided for by widen ing the bridge at two places giving am ple “pass ways” and thus obviating long waits at the end. In Ware county the policy of enclosing and - roofing all the bridges seems to have been adopted by the road officials. WIRE FENCES. Another gratifying improvement is the substitution of wire fences for the old style rail fences with its troublesome cor ners the condition of which in the days before the negro tenant system camp in to vogue, was considered a sure index of the kind of farmer the field belonged to. There are miles of this wire fence well secured to stout lightwood posts giv ing the impression that the owner of the land it encloses has confidence in his holdings and expects to stay there. “MARCH ON THE STUMPS.” But perhaps the most striking and sig nificant improvement is the movement against stumps. The spare time in win ter heretofore given to clearing new ground and cleaning fence corners, seems now to be devoted to removing stumps. Only one who rides for a half mile along fields .dotted with stumps and then comes to a beautiful level plot unmarred by a single black stump can fully appre ciate the inspiring effect of this improve ment. And it is full of meaning, too, for it is the sure forerunner of labor-saving implements, the weed chopper, the mow er and the sulky plow, these in turn re quiring more intelligence and skill in the farm laborer. THE RURAL SCHOOLS. But most interesting of all in this grow - ing section, certainly to the writer, are the rural schools—strictly speaking—Geor gia’s "common schools." In these, condi tions vary widely. In several respects, however, the schools taken altogether progress. A larger number of the teach ers than ever before are such as have had more or less training in normal schools or summer institutes. This is es pecially true of the women teachers, and it will surprise others, no doubt, as it did the writer to learn that sixty per cent or more of the teachers in these schools are women. And it is only justice to them to say they have won their way to these places by better preparation for the work than men are willing to make and by actually doing the work better than it is being done by men. This ap plies to the single room school requir ing but one teacher. For these it is fas’ becoming the belief of school boards and superintendents that women are the prop er teachers, and though men have the advantage in the matter of securing board convenient to the school, and in their opportunity fv meeting and talking with patrons and '6kHe it is a fact that gen erally they are preferred by matrons, there is nothing surer than tb«& the days of men as teachers in single room rural schools are numbered and the places that now know them will soon know them no more. More than this, in many places the double room, or two-teacher schools, have women at their head, and it Is due them to say that in scholarly equipment and In the care of buildings and grounds they may with confidence challenge a compari son with the men holding similar posi tions. Whether in the training of the large boys and girls of these schools they will show themselves as. capable as men is as yet a debatable question. Tn several of the counties visited a num ber of school districts had voted the local tax allowed under the McMichael law and had erected commodious and comfort able school houses. While the houses are well built and of good proportions they are all defective as to interior adapta tion to their uses. It is strange that be fore proceeding to build, the building committee did not consult the county school commissioner or drop a card to the By B. M. Zettler, Kirkwood, Ga. state school commissioner for There is no vestibule or ante-room fog depositing dinner baskets, umbrellas, cloaks and hats, and these axe hung against the walls in the school room—• prolific source, the doctors tell us, of con tagious diseases. The stove flue, which was invariably suspended on "stirrups'* as Is required in cities to guard against fire, was in the center of the room, neces sitating a position for the stove that se riously breaks into the orderly arrange* ment of desks. The teacher’s platform is at the farther epd of the room and the children’s backs are towards the door. A partition across the room six feet from the main with a passageway at each end wauld af ford a vestibule or ante-room and at the same time provide for the teacher's plat form between and near the two entrances and require the desks to be so placed that the pupils would face to the front. A cross partition to the right or left of the main door would give the girls a private ante-room where they could have a mir ror, comb and bruslj and a wash basin—as indispensable requisites for girls as a ball ground for the boys. In many schools were new desks of the very best pattern and in two counties the commissioners stated that the board of education had decided to buy single desks exclusively. In the case of three new buildings the attempt had been made to provide for two teachers by making the building forty five feet long, the idea being that both teachers could use the same room, one at each end; and in two of these build ings a teacher and her assistant were trying to do the work as the builders of the house intended. But the needed changes in buildings will come, but when! O when! will come the change of running these schools on five and six months’ credit? Thirty-seven years ago Georgia came under complete control of her own peo ple and the present public school system was inaugurated with a three months' term on a six months' credit basis. We have lengthened the term to five and a half months, but in most of the counties we have the same old plan of requiring teachers to wait five or six months for their pay after they have done their work. All honor to the nineteen coun ties that by adopting local taxation and the few others that without this, have wiped this blot from their school sys ; terns! And let south Georgia hold high her head for a majority of these local tax counties are tn the southern half of the state, and standing proudly among them are three of Georgia’s youngest, Tift, Crisp and Ben Hill. To them may be ap plied Commissioner Pound's strong words: 'THEY ARF AWAKE; THEY FACE THE EAST; THEY ARE MOV ING WITH QUICKENED STEP!” SCHOOL WALKS. In the absence of a better name the term “school walks” is given to a unique Improvement seen at one of these wire grass schools. Diverging from the school house in four directions, were paths about three feet wide and extending at least one mile and as straight as if laid out for a railroad. They were made with a plow and hoe and raised sufficiently to render them comparatively dry after rains. To one familiar with this flat coun try the advantage of these walks in wet weather or when dews are heavy, is at once apparent. They evinced a thought fulness and enterprise that are highly commendable. Altogether this wire-grass section ts highly interesting, especially when considered with reference to its rural conditions. The Daffodil as a Decorative Flower It was high noon, at the country wedding of yours truly, when a beautiful little bronze pitcher, then, as now. of historic interest, was filled with golden daffodlla and placed in the center of the dining table. This was without a precedent. j. No one present had before seen flowers used for table decoration. Strange as it now sound* not for many years later were they used in the churches on any occasion. Fifty years later, we entertained the remnant of that Interest ing company with a host of other friends, when daffodils were again used in the old pitcher for the centerpiece, and were used with arbor vlter, exclusively and elaborately for dec orating. with the most gratlfyptng result*, as my little poem but imperfectly portrays. Staid Creature, He Yonkers Statesman. Bacon—Didn’t I notice you were moving up at vour house today? Egbert—Yes, all but the hired man. Everybody Happy Philadelphia Record. The man who would rather be right than be president generally has his preference gratified. ECZEMA h CM BE CUREO BE EC-ZINEI “ASK YOUR DRUGGIST. HE KNOWS” g] We guarantee Ec-zine to cure any case of Eczema or skin disease. Your druggist Is authorized to refund your I money If you are not >nefited. W.- have thousands of testimonials from US those who were afflicted to prove what Ec-zine will do. Don’t suffer when you can so easily secure relief. 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