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MAGAZINE SECTION.
THOMASVILLE. GEORGIA. FRIDAY. hj NE t> I90 6.
HOUSE FOR FREE SEEDS.
LOWER BRANCH OP NATIONAL
LEGISLATURE passes this
APPROPRIATION.
Members of Congress "Haze” Op
ponents of Free Seeds.—Confusion
Precedes Final Vote on Bid..—Agri
cultural Oratory.
When the House of Representatives
took op the agricultural 1 appropriation
bill, qnlte a discussion arose over the
elimination of the usual free seed Item
by the committee on agriculture. The
House gave to the country during the
days of debate, a spectacle that else
where than on the floor of that parlia
mentary body, would huve been known
as “rough house.”
There was a great tendency to
“haze” members when they spoke In
defense of the action of the committee.
Much was said about the attempt to
strike down the hard-working fgrmer
and take from him that helping hand
In the shape of free seeds which had
been held out to him for so many
years.
None of the advocates of free seeds
emphasized the fact that the total:val
ue of the package containing five
small packets which forms the quota
sent to each farmer cost the govern
ment 1 y» cents, and that each member
had the enormous sum of $150 worth
of these seeds to distribute among bis
entire constituency. The arguments
advanced sought to prove that the
withdrawal of this subsidy of less than
2 cents to each farmer would drive the
entire agricultural voting strength of
the country Into bankruptcy.
ELOQUENCE ON TAP.
Some of the speeches made wll^ge
rolling down the “corridors of time”
as' specimens of that matchless elo
quence always on tap In the House of
Representatives when a great national
Issue Is up for consideration.
Mr. Henry, of Connecticut, submit
ted Innumerable letters from bis con
stituents and from organized granges
urging the abolishment of the tree-seed
practice. Mr. Mondell, of Wyoming,
delivered himself of a humorous
speech In which he poked fun at the
Department Mr. Burleson, of Tezas.
opposed free seeds because he did not
believe the Intelligent farmers of the
country expected the government to
aid them in toelr business. Farmers,
under all circumstances, be said, bad
supported the. government and never,
expected thei government' to support
them.
Mr. Bnrleson paid his respects,
rather sarcastically, to certain mem
bers who advocated free seeds on the
floor and then In the cloak rooms
sneered at the “Reubens” and “hay
seeds” who demanded them. Mr. Bor-
anti-uonopolt laws.
Regulations In Prance Which Rigidly
Prohibl *
Iblt the Cornering of Neces
sary Commodities.
It seems that our anti-trust and mon-
oply crusaders might learn something
from the methods employed in our
Sister Republic of France.— There,
capitalists are limited In their opera-
applies particularly to those products
which are considered necessities of
life, such as grain and Its products,
bread, meat, wine, vegetables, fruit,
butter, vinegar, coal, wool, silk, etc.
Any “cornering” of such articles is a
criminal offense In France. It has been
so, with varying formB of penalties
'dealt out, since 1793. The offense has
been made so broad and sweeping that
It now Includes all persons who de
stroy or permit to perish merchandise
of prime necessity,'whether It Is their
property or not
The criminal code prohibits manl
pulations tending to bring about an
advance or fall In price thrfr Is not
warranted by the law of supply and
demand. The law does not Include
tobacco, of course, for tobacco Is a
government monopojy and controlled
absolutely by it. The punishment met
ed out to the violators of this law con-
elsts of both Imprisonment and fine,
the term and amount being measured
by the magnitude of the offense. In
addition toadhls the offending manu
facturer, merchant, or manipulator has
his factory or business establishment
placed under police supervision, the ex
pense of which hqjiays for from two to
live years. There Is no more trouble
In handling offending corporations
than Individuals.' Every director or
employee in a managerial capacity Is
responsible. For a, second offense, the
penalty 1b bo severe that It wojild re
sult In the extermination of almost
any establishment
MEMORIAL DAT.
No memorial day, or Decoration
Day, as It Is more generally known,
has ever oome around, since after
the Institution of the ob»“rvnnce, more
than thirty-five years ago. when a
better state of feeling existed between
the North and South, and between
the men who fougbt In the war, than
now. There has been a decided ten
dency this year to all sorts of Blue and
Gray proceedings. The Grand Arhiy
posts and the Confederate camps have
mixed themselves up In-a most genial
way. -
This does sot mean ttint the special
value of the day, to the northerner, jm
a commemoration of the services and
death of the Union soldier has lost Its
flne edge, On the contrary. It has
gained In xest The soldier died for
the Union, and those who lay flowers
on hlsgrnve cannot do so without think-
IS OLD AS HE FEELS.
AT EIGHTT.FIVE YEARS, SENA>
OR PETTUS DISGUSTED AT
BEING CALLED AGED.
Constituents Idolize Hlm-But They
are Preparing to Hold an Election
to Decide on Successor-In Case He
Dies.
Something unusual Is happening in
Alabama. The people unanimously
want Edmund Winston Fettus to con
tinue to serve them In the United
States Senate as long ns he lives. Yet
they are preparing tq hold an election
to decide upon his successor. The rea-
son-Js that when Senator Pettus’ pres
ent term expires, in 1909, ho will be
$8 years old, and the election Is to be
held because Alabamans fear he will
not live longer than that. But “Grand
pa” Pettus Is Indignant. He days he
Is as spry as he was at 60 and that he
expects to live out the whole six years
of another term. He Is candidate for
re-election on the platform: "A man
Is as young as he feels.”
Senator Pettus had reached the time
for chloroforming, according to the
so-called Osier doctrine, back In ’63—
about the time he was performing
deeds of daring In defense of Vicks
burg, fighting with ’ the Confederate
army. It seems that the situation bad
become desperate; volunteers were
called for a forlorn hope. A brigade
of reckless Texans offered for the
service, and Pettus offered to lead.
And he did lead—led where fight was
hottest, and at the head of the column
his six feet four looming large in front
that protruding lower Jaw set on tak
ing those works at any cost. Where
that tall figure roso and that black
straight mane waved those Texans
followed. They loved him for, his dar
ing, and when all was done and they
learned that he was from Alabama
and not from Texas they Insisted on
adopting him for their State, and by
one acclaim he was christened “Old
Texas.” Pettus was a Forty-Niner.
He rode .from Alabama to California
on horseback with a company of some
forty of bis neighbors. He was a mere
lad then of twenty-eight, but “had al
ready had adventures In the Mexican
war. In Which he fought. At eighty-
five his record Is said to be something
like this: Enjoys a game of • cards,
reads his Bible, loves flowers, rnns no
bills, carries a red bandana, calls his
wife sweetheart; has a fund of subtle
humor, and being a Senator who works,
hasn't time to think whether the Grim
Reaper is twenty or only ten,,years
off. That, his friends believe, Is
good enough platform In Itself.
Joys In Tree Planting.
In the early spring the tree fakir Is
thriving upon the fad for foreign trees
and shrubs. About the time the snow
disappears In early spring the tree
fakir takes hiB grubbing hoe, his prun
ing shears and a ball of twine and goes
Into the woods. There he grubs up tree
sprouts—sumach, oak, allantlius. hick
ory, beecb, poplar, chestnut—or almost
anything else will serve his purpose.
These he trims and prunes’and ties up
lu bundles, for removal to the place
RED TAPE IN DATS OF »01.
The Best Way to Get Brooms Was
~ Money and Buy Them.
to Beg tbe
A veteran of the civil war. In com
menting on the so-called Panama
circumlocution olilce, gave some amus
ing reminiscences of the working of
the “rep tape” dur ing the days of 1801.
“I was quartermaster sergeant In a
New -York regiment and had been
detailed to assist lu handling a hunch
of recruits,” he said. “At the end of
the first week I discovered that we
were out of brooms, anil when I re-
ported the matter to the lieutenant he
told me to atop off st the ordnance
store when I rode lu to get tile rations.
MRS. G00DLETT OF NASHVILLE—
FOUNDER AND PRESIDENT OF
NATIONAL ORDER.
Strove for Years (o Unite Various
Southern State Organizations—
Active Worker in Many Charitable
Institutions.
Few have accomplished more for
living patriotism as well as perpetuat
ing the memory of the lierdlb dead of
the Southland than Mrs. M. ('. (iood-
lett v of Nashville, Tonn„ the founder
and first president of tbe United
where they are to be stored.
When thr ”
ie spring tidying up of the
home garden commences the tree fakir
makes Ala appearance In public. Ha
Will febow pictures of rare Japanese or
Ghjnese or .Mexican or East Indian
shrub trees and offer to supply you
sproqts ,at a-flgure that is most Invit
ing. You.see an opportunity to get a
plant.worth $12 for (1, and then you
think of tbe envy which that queer,
red-leafed, wide-spreading bush will
excite In the breast of your neighbor—
By and by you shout with Jdy and
call your wife out to see the tiny
leaves, and then you begin to brag and
look down upon your neighbors. You
Invite them In to Bee the wonder, and
you talk learnedly of horticulture In
Japan or the East Indies.
And then your glorious tree bursts
Into leaf—when you discover-that you
have bought an ordinary, common,
everyday sumach or a maple, or, per
haps, a scrawny little penrh tree. Then
you lie In wait for him, and yon meet
with another disappointment. He
doesn’t come around any more.
SCENES IN ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEUJETRY.
Where Are Bnrled 26,000 Union sad Confederate Dead.
1. Monument to 2,111 “Unknown Dead.”
2. Mansion Houae of Gen. Robert E. Lee.
X. Amphitheatre Where Memorial 8erricea An Held.
and Its sacredness.
now secure forever.
leson challenged anybody tq sbow a i lng of tbe -Ui
single resolution passed by an organ-1 But the ~ 1
Ized body of farmer* favoring this Tbe nu
“specie* of .graft." , | The work of the hero of that war Is
Mr. Mondell held the attention. of complete. There Is now no further
the House nntfl'JA bad concluded, and occasion for maintaining the conflict
bis speech waa-the one cool, dlspnsslon- 1 that be bad part In.
ate episode of tbe day. “Tbe question . At tbe side of the soldiers' graves,
Is,” said be, “Shall we Continue to en- In this year of 1906. many stalwart
dear ourselves to tbe hearts of our grandsons of men who are., bnrled
constituents .(jy distributing among there will stand with flowers In their
them a few packages annually of seeds
of unknown vintage and uncertain
heredity of the fragrant onion, tbe
luscious rutabaga, and tbe humble bnt
' glorious—The kind that mother used to
make—pie promoting pnmpkln, or shall
we, with Spartan self-denial, forego
tidfl ancient and potent promoter of
onr claims to statesmanship!”
Mr. Mondell concluded by’convulsing
tbe HoUse with a famous poem writ
ten by tbe “poet lariat” of bis State
onttbe subject under discussion by
tbe House.
When Mr. Cocks, tbe representaUre
of President Rooeevelt’s district on
Long Island, began to denounce: Xt*
free-teed evil be soon bad tbe H&uae
by tbe ears. Messrs. Sulloway and
(Continued on out pegs.)
bands. 1805 was a good wblle ago.
A certain amount of tbe decorating
this year will be done by veterans'
great-grandsons. For there were,old
fellows In tbe ranks of Bull RunanA at
Gettysburg on both sides. Bnt there
were youngsters, too, and thousands of
these we lure with as still. They are
honored above all other men. and pro
perly, on Memorial Day. It la their
day. Nothing can be more impressive
than their annual turnout It la tbe
nation's most besntlfnl spectacle, and
tbe honoring of. it weaves Into Amer
ican lives tbe enduring pattern of
patriotism. x
Boston has a public school teacher—
Miss Clara Doane—who bos taught
continuously for flfty-serep year*.
Afterthoughts. •.
■fhe ratio of married couples llrlng
to celebrate tbe golden anniversary Is
1 to u.ooa
According to Pekin reports, the Chi
nese bandits are almost as-active as
East Side rioters in New York.
_A Milwaukee poetess won a.b{jfr>ed
of flour In a poetical contest
poets are eo lucky In laAdfSg tbe
dough.
“Chicago bristles.” says Henry
the usual sightseeing trip through the
stockyards—bogs and cattle.
Tbe baby that was born In a parlor
car on tbe Lake Shoro road can claim
that whatever success he achieves Infer
In life was due to early training.
Henry James calls blmself a ‘.'frus
trated American.” Those of iis’ who
have tried to- understand Mr. James’
books belong In tbe same class.
Tbe Washington State Supreme
Court baa given George H. Melsc |14,-
000. for the loss of a leg. George’s
financial standing is now assured.
Dr. Wiley, tbe Government Chemist
Is looking into fhe question of bow long
refrigerator plants may keep food with
out detriment to’the consumer. He Is,
of course, * f PX tbn cold fact*. *
I made ont n requisition for' half a
dozen brooms and he sighed It. When
I got to tbe store I showed It to the
sergeant In charge and he laughed at
the.
“ 'Yon must get It signed by the
major,’ he said.
"I finally hunted up the major and
he told me that the order must he on
army (orm 790,897K, and not on
foolscap. I told him that my party
wore rccrnlts and we had no station
ery. He told mo to go or to send to
Washington and get some. I explained
that this would take long nud that the
brooms would not do any good’ If we
did not get them sooner. He then
asked If the lieutenant wus the cam
mnoder of my corps. I answered that
of courso he was not. 'Then,' I waa
told, ‘he must put under his name
"For Ofllcor Commanding.’ ”
"I went back to camp, and after
writing out u new requisition bad the
desired Improvement made. When I
returned to the major 1m explained
that It was all wrong. Instead of
saying ‘required for such n regiment
bind company, six brooms,’ I should
have concluded It with ‘brooms six.’
I scratched ont the nne nnil rewrote
It. I waa then told such corrections
were not allowed, and a new requsl-
tlon was necessary. I drew np a new
one nud asked If It was all right.
■The major reluctantly said he thought
it would pass. I then rode back to
camp and got It signed. Taking It to
the ordnance store I was Informed that
nothing could lx: Issued on such an
irder. It had to be registered, l askcd
for farther particulars, and wns In
formed that this, could be done at the
major’B unice. Once more I trotted
buck and eventually a corporal placed
my paper under a little stamp and -in
flicted a mark something like a no
tary’s seal. Again I went to the ord
nance store.
“ ‘Is this all right now,’ 1 asked.
“ ’Ye*,’ answered the sergeant. ’It’s
a b|t Irregular, but It will do.’
“ ‘May I have the brooms now?’
“‘Yon can’t have them at all,' an
swered the sergeant, severely.
"‘Why,-In Heaven's name, can’t I?’
“ ’Because,’ be replied os be turned
away, we haven’t any. We are all
out of them.’ ’’ ^
Daughters of the Confederacy. No
one but a woman of sneb force of
character united to.the social training
that comes from Inheritance through
a long line of ancestors, together with
parliamentary experience, could have
conceived and firmly established In so
short a time a society that now num
bers 40,000 members.
Mrs. Goodlett Is very modest In
speaking of this cherished child of
hers, whose birth has given monu
ments and loving tribute to both liv
ing and dead Southern heroes. Her
object In uniting the women of the -
South wns to bring them together, to
pull shoulder to shoulder with the
Confederate veterans in extending all
necessary aid to the needy survivors of
the war between the States; to protect
historic places of the Confederacy; to
record the part taken by Southern
women, as well hi untiring effort after
the war In the reconstruction of the
South ns in patient endurance of
hardship and patriotic devotion dur
ing the struggle: to honor the memory
of those who fell In the service of the
Confederate States; and to cherish
tics of friendship among the members
of the society.
She worked for years striving to •
organize the United Daughters of the
Confederacy la-fort- even her own
association of which slio was presi
dent would co-operate with her In call
ing n convention nnd Inviting other
Daughters of the Confederacy to unite
in forming a national association. At
this time, besides being President of the
Tennessee Daughters, she wns n mem
ber of the National Conference of
Charities and Corrections, the ational
Prisoners Association, and the National
Humane Association, and was edu
cated np to the point where she could
see the advantage of consolidating the
scattered forces of Confederate work- *
ors who were few and far apart. Her \
work with the national associations '
showed her the great possibilities In
concert of' action, and, having time,
means, aial social Influence to back her
In the work,' she determined to carry
out her plans, ami unflinchingly fought
opposition from start to finish. 'The
result wns that on September 10, 1804,
tbe Society of the United Daughters of
the Confederacy wus organized at
Nashville, Tehn,
When the Teuneseenns announced a
little over a month ago that they pro
posed to have a portrait of Mrs. Good-
lett painted and placed in the museum
at Richmond, Vn„ appeals came at
once from the chapter of the States re
questing that they might also con
tribute toward honoring their founder.
The requests were complied with nnd
the portrait wns unveiled at Nash
ville, Tenn., June 8, 1905.
Granted.
At the Grant family dinner Major
General Frederick D. Grant told this
story on himself:
"I was booked to speak at a large
dinner In town and tbe toastmaster
felt it Incumbent upon him to make
my path as smooth as possible. He
therefore epoke of my father and said
I strongly resembled him. This had
the desired effect on the people present,
and they gave me their best attention.
’’Although I spoke as well as I could,
I felt that everyone was disappointed
In me and I sat down with relief that •
It war over.
"The toastmaster rose and united
at me. Then he said to the guests:
“ ’Didn’t I tell you he w#s Just like,
his father? He can’t speak worth’ a .
cent' ” . .4 ’
sum \S
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aerona counterfeit thousand dollar bill haa
been discovered.
members of tbe profession.
l5r. Wiley, chief chemist of tbe Agrlcul*
iral Department, says that bottled whis*
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tnral
tty L
as It stays bottled.
The Chicago News says that _
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ill tbe time
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