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THE BANNER, FRIDAY MORNING,
FEBLRUARY 3, 1911,
CUD SfUDY—CHILO WELFARE
BEGINNING OF BETTER
—Mothers* Congress
^ Fourteen year* ago till* month
Mrs. Theodore W. Blrney, a Georgia
woman, called together the Mothers
of the Nation, to study the child, to
learn more of his development, to
undrstand the Influences and environ
ment that would develop his highest
possibilities. Mothers from .every
part of the land were touched by the
message, and with heart hunger for
the light which would bring strength
and power to their motherhood, they
responded to the call. Women were
working then In various organizations,
but Child Study to promote . Child
Welfare by the Mothers of the Chil
dren of America was first organized
In Washington, in 1897.
To work for dependent children, for
orphans and neglected little ones
was not new; to realize that the foun
dation of child welfare depends on
each mother In each home of the land
knowing how to be a good mother,
and that without an understanding of
child nature she cannot do her work
to the best advantage, was new. To
formulate plans by which to reach
every mother In every home was the
task of the National Congress of
Mothers.
Mothers organized then, and con
secrated themselves under Divine
guidance, to work together, to study
together, to gain greater wisdom as to
the unfolding of child life, greater
ability to lead It wisely, greater pow
er to guard In home and school and
state the little ones whom God has
entrusted to our care, to train for life
here and in the world beyond.
Recognizing that each Is one of
God's little ones, that each has the
right to the protection and guidance
of a wise loving mother, recognizing
that Instinct does not give wisdom
and knowledge; that Child Nature Is
n Science worthy of deep study, the
National Congress of Mothers today,
with its branches in every state and
In many other lands, embraces moth
ers who with holiest purpose are rais
ing the standards of motherhood, and
nre assuming as never before the
Godglven duties of motherhood In Its
broadest and highest sense.
To meet the needs of mothers, the
Parents' Association was formed, for
study of childhood, and promotion of
child-welfare. To meet the needs of
mothers, vsluable educational mater
ial has been accumulated, and the
leading students of childhood have
been enlisted to send out study out
lines, guides to all that will help par
ents to give the children strong phy
sical bodies, good mental develop
ment, and highest spiritual ideals.
While working for Improvement of
thlldhood’s opportunities, In school
nnd state and nation, the congress
recognizes the home ns the most Im
portant Held, and It desires to have
every mother whose children are
sill under her guidance a member.
For child study, child welfare,
mothers of a nation organized with
earnest purpose to do His will for tie
little ones, of whom He said. “Who
soever shall offend one of these little
ones, It were better for him that a
millstone were hanged about his neck,
nnd that he were drowned In thd
depths of the sea."
Is there a place for this part of the
Master's work? Is It great and high
and holy enough to warrant an or
ganization for this special work?
Wherever mothers are, wherever
there are children, there is • place
for the Congress of Mothers. Every
village needs ft, every town . every
city, every county, every school, every
church. All organizations of women
may well give their Influence In Its
behalf, may aid It by asking mothers
everywhere to Join tho ranks.
Physicians organize, musicians, all
branches of trades,—scientists, law-
vers,—women organize- national so
cieties for temperance, suffrage, liter
ature, art, and civic betterment.
Is there a place for mothers, spe
cialists In the greatest of all fields,
to unite In an International movement
to study and promote a wiser mother
hood? Who would venture to put
stumbling block fiT the path of an or
ganlzatlon consecrated to such a mis
sion? Who would dare say that Its
work Is of such slight Importance that
It is not worthy of t National Con
gress Tor Its special work? Who
would “offend one of these little
ones?" by Impeding In any way the
progress of a work of such vital mo
ment, and of such high and holy pur
pose.
When a great work Is to be done,
God puts It Into the heart of one of
Hia children, to give it to the children
of earth. Into Mrs. Blrney's heart
was put the desire to awaken moth
era to a full appreciation of their op
portunities, to win for childhood the
privilege of developing Its highest
possibilities.
The National Congress of Mothers
celebrates Founder's Day on February
17th. God has called our founder to
her home above. Her last thoughts
were to her sister congress leaders, to
carry forward the work for mothers,
home and children. “Whether here
or there, I will be with you In spirit,'
she eald to your president as her part
ing words.
As torch bearers are the women
who join the ranks nnd lend their aid
and influence to this cause, leading
the way toward the goal. The goal
Is education for motherhood for every
woman; education in the science of
child-nature, education In home-ma
king, prevention of Infant mortality
disease and crime will be the result.
Many -of you never knew the gen
tie, strong, noble woman who gave
her heart and her life to the cause
of childhood, and a nobler mother
hood. Because she gave to the world
In organized form the belief that
child-nature Is a science for mothers
and fathers to study; because the in
fluence of this movement has made
Itself felt in the uttermost parts of
the earth; because organizations
which never gave It a thought before
have felt its Influence and are follow
ing in the footsteps of the congress,
It Is Just to her. and helpful to us to
pause at this anniversary, and consid
er bow we can further Its great pur
pose of reaching every home, of pro
viding home education for every
home-maker, of atrengthenlng the
hands of those who have the great
reeponaihtllty of leading the National
Congress of Mothers In state and
nation. Within the last two years
the government of Mexico, Cuba,
Costa Rica, Argentine Republic, Boli
via and Italy have all responded to
the plea of the congress to organize
the motherhood of their countries to
study and promote child-welfare.
April 23th to May 2nd, 1911, the
aecond International Congresa on
Child-Welfare will be held. In Wash
Ington, D. C„ its foundation, child
atudy for child welfare.
Each year deepens the sense that
It la the most vital work In the world
that the education that is most worth
while Is that which will shape child-
life in the formative -years, so that
health and high ideals will be the
heritage of every child.
To the consummation of this etjd
may we be led by Him whose spirit
of love and service Is our guide.
OUR FUTURE
MORE
—Dr. E. C. Branson
Letter From George Washington to
Thomas Jefferson Sold Yesterday
1 t Philadelphia, Pa., Jan. 31.—In
cluded In a notable collection of auto
graphs offered at public sals here to
day were twenty-three letters »nd
. tfocumentia written or signed by
George Washington. One of the fin
est letters in the collection, written
entirely in Washington's hand, was
dated Philadelphia, August 12, 1793,
and addressed to Thomas Jefferson,
requesting him to continue in office ss
Secretary of State. Several of the
other letters were dated from Valley
Forge and two were written while
Washington was president.
“Everybody Works But Father”
Lost Melody Now in Chicago
Chicago, Ill., Jan. 31.—“Everybody
Works But Father" will be sadly out
of tune In Chicago after tomorrow,
when the new Court of Domestic Re
lations will open for business. The
new tribunal Is designed to deal es
pecially with men who sit at home an
day while their wives take In wash
ing to support the family. Husbands
families will be given particular at
tention. The new court ilso will
have charge of all cases concerning
the abduction of children under 12
years of age, contributing by parents
to delinquency of children, child la
bor, compulsory education, card play
ing In saloons by minors, Conduct of
minors in dance balls, selling liquor
or tobacco to children, and cruelty to
who abandon or fall to support their children.
CHRISTIAN ENDEAVOR
CELEBRATE AT BOSTON.
Poston, Mass., Jan. 31.—Arrange
ments were completed today for a big
celebration to be held nt Tremont
Temple Thuraday night in honor of
the thirtieth anniversary of the or
ganization of the Society for Chris
tian Endeavor. Preceding the meet
ing and In honor of Bar. Francis E.
Clark, D. D„ founder of the society,
a banquet Is to be given St the Hotel
Bellevue. The world-wide mission
which the society has accomplished.
In the stimulation of Christlsn activi
ty, is given as the reason for the
celebration.
a wel)-s*udlpd
-ritltn loutilnuliou -o
Journal of recent date Dr. E. C.
Branson, president of the State Nor
mal School of this city, who has de
voted a great deal of study and re
search during the past few years to
the “problem of the farm and the
needs of rural life,” there Is some
good food for thought.
The Article.
Athens, Ga., Jan. 28, 1911.
Editor The Journal:
In the Semi-Weekly Journal Janu
ary 27 I find sixty-two distinct articles
and Items on various phases of bet
ter farming, better business and bet
ter living on the farm. We can both
recollect the day when the big dallies
of the country Ignored such Items
and left them to the farm Journals.
This change of attitude In the daily
press Is a good omen. It means im
mense enlargement of vision and pa
triotic concern for the common weal.
I congratulate you heartily.
Preserving the balance between
farm and City civilizations Is almost
the biggest problem that any state or
country has to consider. Fat cities
and a lean countryside mean. In the
end, the destruction of the cities
themselves. No lesson of history
stands out more prominently than
this. The students of human life
problems have long reminded us that
the farm class alone possesses per
manent vitality; that from Its over
flow the city population is formed
displaced and renewed; that any city.
If left to Itself, would die out In four
generations; that the rural life prob
lem is the national problem stated
a few generation! In advance. If the
efty were not reinforced from the
fields, says Mr. Emerson, It would
have rotted, exploded and dlaappered
long ago. It haa been the history of
heedless great cities ever since the
days of Nineveh.
Lesson of Today.
In Great Britain four-fifths of all
the people live In cities. Four mil
lion acres of food-producing land In
that country have been abandoned by
the plowman in the Inst thirty-five
ears. Fewer than a million farmers
are left on the land. In the last sixty
years Great Britain and Ireland lost
$10,000,000,000 In agricultural values.
Macaulay dreamed that in some fu
ture day a atray traveler might, per
chance, stand upon a broken arch of
London and look upon a desolate
waste. It sounded like a Joke to the
people of bis day, but It sounds like
a fateful warning to preaent-day
statesmen In England, now that her
civilization 1* at last In the melting
pot.
The point la that England haa not
preserved the balance between her
rural and her urban civilization. Her
cities have fattened upon the life of
the .farm regions, and they realize
that their Induatrlal city civilization
It at last in dire peril.
New England has not preserved
this balance; and the same thing Is
true of New York, Maryland, Ohio, In
diana, Illinois and Iowa. In every one
of these states It Is the old story of
ealth accumulating In the cities and
manhood decaying on the farms. A
million, two hundred thousand acres
of .Mohawk valley farm land In cen
tral New York state, along the New
York Central railway, within eaay
reach of the markets of the metro
polls, are now being offered for aale
by Chicago real eatate dealers at leas
than $30 per acre.
Iowa, Illinois, Georgia.
In prosperous Iowa there are 13,000
school districts. The schools In 2,300
or these have dwindled to an average
al tendance of ten puplle or fewer; In
,000 Ihe schools have dwindled to qn
average attendance of 20 pupils or
fewer. In more than half the terri
tory of Illinois there are now fewer
people than 30 yeari ago. But it ii
also true that 20 yeara ago more than
one-third the militia districts of Geor
gia bad auered a loss of population.
Dwindling population meant empty
bcusee, a drop in rents and in real
estate values, lees trade, discontented
renten and laborers, feeble schools
end churches, doubt, discouragement
and etagnatlon. Whenever a commu
nity or county or state begins to slip
down hill In tbeee ways everything
seema greased for the occasion.
Were you aware, for instance, that
,032 churches In the south, of one
denomination, are now without pas
tors.
Prussia's Wise Policy.
Prussia baa pursued a different pol
icy. Eighty-seven per cent of the
farm land Is owned by 1,204,000 sub
stantial peasant farmers, while 87
per cent of the farm tend of England
la owned by 5,408 landlord* who hold
thousand or more acre* apiece.
Prussia Is a land of farm owners;
England is a tend of farm tenant!.
In the pride of osmerihlp these small
farmers, on poor soil, in an unpropit!-
ous climate, have made German agri
culture the wonder of the world. They
are hard-working, prosperous and
happy. Not only haa the total Invest
ment In agriculture g'eatly increased,
Let’* invite the grand lodge of the
Knights of Pythla* to meet In Ath
ena In 1912.
well-built, well-' bet the eountry population has grown
.o Ue Atlanta marvelously in numbers and in pros
perity. The city Industries of Ger
many have grown until they threaten
(England's trade supremacy in the
markets of the world. But also the
country life of Germany has develop
ed Into a great bulwark against So
cialism. The German (armer answers
the argument of the Socialist with
pitchforks. In the pinch and crtels
of England'8 peril, she finds that the
great majority ot her voters are a
landless multitude whose souls seethe
with revolt.
The balance between city life and
country -prosperity has likewise been
maintained sanely and safely in Den
mark and Holland and a half dozen
other prosperous countries of the
world. In these countries there Is
maximum per capita wealth with
minimum of paupers and tramps, city
tenements and slums.
South’s Salvation Depends.
What I am trying to »ay is this, and
It cannot be said too strongly nor too
often; The economic salvation of the
south depends upon a multiplied host
ot small farmers, who lire on and cul
tivate the farms they own. The one-
horse cropper, or better still, the two-
horse cropper, who own* his own
farm la the most Important man in
Georgia econimc* today. The Indus
trial future of the south Is assured
but It Is a future of industrial city
civilization. Tbe agricultural future
of the Both needs equally to be as
sured, or we shall in the long run
pay an inevitable penalty.
I believe with all my heart that an
ounce of economics la at present
worth a while ton of politics. To be
sure, the farmer needs Just such leg
islation as will give him a fair share
of the prosperity of the country,
James J. Hill Is quite frank to say
that the farmer has not bad a square
deal In the legislative halls or Am
erica; because 'we have been busy
legislating for the so-called Industrial
interests of the country.' Of course
Ihe farmer knows, or ought to know
that In the main he will have to lift
Mmself up by tugging at bis own
boot straps.
Better methods ot cultivation; the
rotation of crops, Intensive agricul
tore, diversified crops, a greater
abundance of farm animate, improved
public highways, better schools, bet
ter churches, more telephones, more
cross-country railways, are all depen
dent upon an Immense multiplication
ot small land owners, smsll property
owners, small taxpayers.
Men Who Art Helping.
Such men ss Deen, Vareen, James,
Tift, Arnold, and others in Georgia,
who have been cutting large estates
Into small farms and settling upon
them newcomers from other counties
or states, have not only been making
money out of these ventures, but have
been doing the one fundamental thing
that Georgia need* most; they have
been multiplying small farm owner*
nboundantly In their communities and
counties. It Is good business, but R
Is even better citizenship. They are
doing Just the thing that every coun
ty Jn Georgia needs to have done.
They are worth their weight In gold
to their counties.
I found In Louisiana the other day
that the boll weevil had smashed the
v’ery bottom out of farm tend values
eight years ago. These values have
not yet recovered. As a result, the
farmers from the middle and western
and north central slates have been
flocking Into that stale during the
last five years, buying up these cheap
lands and settling upon them. True,
they do not know about cotton rais
ing, but they do know about com rais
ing, hog growing, slock and cattle
breeding, dairy farming, trucking, and
many other forms of farm activity
that have languished In the south un
der the Influences of our single-crop
civilization.
A Case of Hobson’s Cholet.
It is not too much to say that pen
pis In Georgia who own broad acres
are facing Hobson’s choice: they can
either sell their big farms now, In
small lots, at a profit, before the boll
weevil.comes, or they can sell after
ward without a profit or at a loss,
Just as'the farmers are still doing
In Louisiana and Mississippi.
Ware county has been rarely wise
In attracting Into It some 1,500 farm
er* during the last decade. Mr. L. A.
Thomas was wise to sell half of his
farm In Sumter county the other day
for $40,000. He still has 1,500 acres
left, with a comfortable capital
against the day of the boll weevil
calamity. In the end, of course the
boll weevil Is not a calamity, but his
coming means seven lean years. Or
this Is what the boll weevil has meant
In other states.
In any event, the one thing most
needful now In Georgia la an Im
mense multiplication of small farm
ers, who. live' on and cultivate the
tends they own.
Cordially yours,
E. C. BRAN80N,
President State Normal School.
“IIIEU CERTAINLY GREET
THAT EDUCATIONAL TRAIN”
-Ga. School Commis’nrs
MILWAUKEE SIXTY-
FIVE YEARS OLD.
Milwaukee, Jan. 31—Flags were dis
played on public buildings today In
niversary. With a population cf about
/I0,000 persons, Milwaukee was In
corporated on January 31, 1848. The
test census gives her a population ot
nearly 375,000.
observance of the city’s sixty-fifth an-
Hon. J. W. Hancock, mayor of
Rome, writes; "I am pleased to ad
vise that it will be the great pleasure
and profit to our people to make suit
able arrangements to meet the state
educational train, and to give such
reception and entertainment as the
occasion demands. I have taken the
matter up with our daily paper, the
Tribune-Herald, and the Manufactur
ers and Merchants Association, and
assure you that we will co-operate
with you In every way- possible
make the visit to our city one of great
good and profit to ail parties concern
ed. Our people are alive to the Im
portance ot this great educational
movement, and will leave no stone
unturned to make the visit here most
successful.”
Hon. C. L. Smith, county school
commissioner of Lowndes County,
says; "We will give a holiday to the
school children of the county and re
quest all of Ihe teachers and ptilpls to
be present on tbe day that you are
here. I have already announced that
1 will give a prize of $5 In gold to the
children of the county outside of Val
dosta and also a like prize to the chil
dren In the Valdosta city schools for
the best essay written on what they
see and learn from the visit of the
train. I hope that you will have a
good crowd and that much interest
will be manifested In yonr coming.' 1
Hon. H. M. Anderson, mayor ot
Ellijay, aays; "We will welcome you
and your train here and will greet
}ou all with a large crowd and trust
your visit to our town will be to our
mutual interest. We will provide a
speaker to make the opening ad
dress."
The mayor of Tennllle, C. E. Brown.
writes; "Count on ui as being In full
sympathy with the movement, and
re will certainly lend our best efforts
toward the success of your stop In
Tennllle."
County School Commissioner J. S.
Wood, of Wllklnion County, promises
hts support: “I assure you that you
shall have my co-operation and I shall
direct all teachers to close their
schools on that day and shall Insist
that they meet you with as many of
their pupils ns possible."
Mayor J. R. Tweedy, of Eatonton,
says: “I beg to assurs you that your
coming to our city and county with
the 'Agricultural College on Wheels'
meets our sincere approval and we
n-lll give a most cordial welcome. The
mayor and board of aldermen and re
presentative men will meet you at
Ihe train. We will close our stores,
issue circular letters, publish In
newspaper, close the doors of every
school In the county and bring every
[armer here on tbe 28th of February.
Our people are more interested In the
matter of Intelligent and Intensive
faming than they have ever been, and
we are anxious for the agricultural
train to come."
Hon. John W. Walker, of Sparta,
writes; "I am glad to know that you
Intend to have the educational train
slop at Sparta on March 9th, and It
will give us pleasure to do our utmost
to make the occasion profitable in ev
ery way.”
Hon. C. B. Chapman, auperlnten-
dent of public schools of Macon,
writes: "We will take pleasure In
dismissing the boys, seventh grade
up, to meet the educational train-
when It reaches Macon. We folly ap
preciate the great work you are do
ing, and from a personal standpoint
already perceive that It Is bearing
fruit in awakening an Interest In agri
culture, not only In rural districts,
but In the cities and towns. The
-young people are becoming convinced
that thsrc la money In farming.”
Mayor William Stallings, of Soper-
ton, gives his opinion; "We heartily
endorse this movement and believe
It will be productive of much good to
the farmers and citizens of our state,
and we shall welcome an opportunity
to co-operate with you In this work.'
From Washington, Hon. Boyce
EIcklen, Jr., writes: “We shall deem
It not only n duty but s privilege and
a .genuine pleasure in co-operating
with you In any manner possible In
the promotion of the cause for which
this commendable enterprise was
Initiated. The writer recalls with
pleasure the occasion of your first
visit to Washington with the agricul
tural train and feels confident that
the benefits to accrue to Georgia as
the result of your work along broad
er lines this year will be of inestlma
ble value.”
Hon. J. E. Mercer, of Ftigerald, en
dorses tho movement; "I am much
pleased at the Idea of again having
the ‘College on Wheels' with us, and
shall do all that I can in a personal
and editorial way to Insure the com
plete success of the visit with us.'
County School Commissioned J. S,
Weathers, of Grady County, says:
shall be very glad to co-operate with
yon In every possible way In regard
to this matter.”
Hon. Theodore Rrewton, principal
Stillmore High School,, writes; “Wc
will be pleased to have you stop with
us and will do everything In our pow
er to co-operate with yon in yonr
work. Our achool will adjourn
that all students who may profit by
the lectures can attend. We wil’ make
every possible effort to advertise ‘The
College on Wheels,' so that *11 far
mers and others interested may at
tend. I feel that all farmers and bus
iness men of Stillmore and viclnty
will be Interested in your work, and
will gladly avail themselves of the
opportunity of hearing your lectures
and seeing the exhibits.”
Hon. E. H. Clay, mayor of Marietta,
writes: "The city of Marietta appre
ciates very much the fact that the
agricultural train will stop in Mari
etta on the 23d of March. I will Im
mediately take up the matter with tbe
city council, board of trade, newspa
pers and superintendent of our public
schools, and I assure you that Mari
etta will give you a hearty welcome."
Hon. J. F. Gray, secretary of the Sa
vannah Chamber of Commerce, offer*
eo-operatlnn and support: “You are
doubtless aware of the efforts which
have been made In Chatham county
for the past few years towards agri
cultural development. We feel that
Ihe coming of this train to Bavannab
would not only accelerate this devel
opment, but would be of Incalculable
advantage to those who are already
engaged In agricultural pursuits In
Chalhom and contiguous counties.”
Mayor Wesley Shropshire, of Sum
merville, Ayrltes: "We gladly receive
the message and trust nothing may
prevent your coming. Our people will
take care of your coming.”
Hon. N. If. Ballard, auperlnendenl
of board of education, Brunswick says:
"It wll be my pleasure lo co-operate
In every way In making'your visit to
Brunswick successful and pleasant.”
County School Commissioner B. B.
Bush, of Millar county, writes; “I
can assure you t?Ut the Information
ot your proposed visit through my
town Is n source of pleasure to me.
Kindly advise me the exact date of
your appearance In Colquitt as early
as possible as I want a large turnout
of school children to meet you.”
Mayor D, A. Carmichael, of Union
City, writes: “It affords me great
pleasure to lend you every assistance
possible In having a good audience
for you at Union City. We will hare
the school children from the sixth
grade up with their teachers to meet
the train.”
Hall County Commissioner
is in Favor of Following
Clarke’s Plan For
Good Roads.
Gaineiville, Ga. ( Jan. 3!.—“Yes,
we want to work the convicta on the
roads of Hall county," said Mr. Har
rison T. Martin, one of the newly
elected members of the board ot com
missioners of roads and revenues.
Mr. Martin was talking to a small
group of citizens of those specially
Interested In the welfare of the coun
ty's roads. "There Is no doubt In my
mind about Its being the best plan.
The county Is entitled to Its percent
age of the number of tho convicts of
tbe state and we can Just now use
them to best advantage on our own
roads. You know convict labor Is a
great deal better than free labor. It
didn't use to be that way but Its a
fact now.
"I am In favor of securing the ser
vices of some man who knows how to
work roads, a man who knows how
to treat convicts and* putting him In
charge ot our gang. Not some fellow
who we have to keep up, but a man
who knows his business and will at
tend to the work In tbe right way,
and pay him for the service, what bla
ability calls for. We have lost enough
money to the taxpayers of the county
through alack work, and It is cheaper
In the long run to have the best
man for tills work and pay him well
lor hla time. Road building Is no
new thing to me. I've seen It done
and I've done It, looked after the
grading for railroad building and I
tell you Its no easy matter to build
roads, and Just anybody you pick up
can't do It. We need to employ a
good man.- who knows the business
lo devote his entire time and atten
tion to road building and build roads
that are worth while.
"I shall make the best county com-
mlailoner I possibly can and you may
count on me to do what I believe la
lo the beat Interest of Hall county in
whatever action I take as s member
of the board."
Mr. Martin la a good man. In the
right place as road commissioner.
Gainesville, Ga., Jan. 31.—The coun
ty board of education will hold Its
regular meeting in the ofllce of tbe
county school commissioner Friday.
No business of special Interest la to
come before the board. The regular
routine work la lo be looked after.
On tbe following day In the court
room will be held the monthly meet
ing of tbe teachers Institute. A spa-,
daily Interesting program hts been
arranged and the majority of the
leachers will be In attendance.
Mayor R. D. Mitchell and tbe mem
bers ot the bond commission paid
Athens a visit Tuesday. City Engi
neer Epps accompanied them. Tbe
purpose of the visit of our city offi
cials to the Classic City was to In
spect the waterworks system of our
sister city and see bow Captain Bar
nett runs the system of Athens.
TOCCOA-CARNESVILLE
ROAD A CERTAINTY
WOOL MEN MEET TO
DISCU89 TARIFF.
Washington, D. C„ Jan. 31.—Wheth
er or not the National Association of
Weel Manufacturers shill Indorse the
administration plan of tariff revision.
Including the tariff commission Idea,
probably will be made known at the
association’s annual meeting and din
ner In this city tomorrow. No group
of men In the country Is more deeply
concerned in the proper revision of
Ibe customs duties than are the wool
manufacturers- Recently many of the
great woolen manufacturers ot New
England and other sections are said
to have come around to tbe view that
one of the results of the work of the
tariff board will be to protect their
Interests.
The plans for the dinner to follow
the association's annual meeting to
morrow are of unusual significance.
Tbe special guests will be the three
members of the tariff board, and
Chairman Henry C. Emery will make
an address. Others speakers will be
Vice President Sherman, Senator
Lodge of Massachusetts and Senator
Warren of Wyoming. The member*
of the Senate Fiance, and House Ways
and Means Committees, also have
been Invited to the dinner.
The Gainesville mayor, council and
bond commission which visited Ath
ens yesterday were delighted with tbe
condition of tbe city water works
which they Inspected. They were de
lighted with Athens all round.
HUNDREDS OF FARMERS
MEET AT REGINA
Reglnin, Saak., Jan. 31.—Hundreds
of progressive farmers, with their
wives and children, arrived In Regina
today to take part In tbe convention
of the Agricultural Society and affilia
ted bodies, one of the principal events
of the year In Western Canada agrl
cultural circles. Every section of tbe
Dominion has been drawn upon this
year for expert! to address tbe con
vention on the various branches of
theagrlcultural industry. Tbe dairy
industry, alfalfa growing, winter
wheat, soil physics, good roads, poul
try raising, cattle breeding, flax pro
duction, and tbq growing of fodder,
corn and potatoes, all are on the pro
gram for discussion. The Canadian
Seed Growers' association, the Sask
atchewan Dairymen's association and
the provlnvlal women's clubs will
hold meeting* during the week.
COUNT APPONYI TO
LECTURE ON PEACE.
Berlin, Jan. 31.—Count Albert Ap-
ponyi, the distinguished Hungarian
statesman and advocate of peace, sail
ed on the Kroprlnz Wilhelm today for
New York. After first paying his re
spects to President Tsft and former
President Roosevelt the Count will
start on s lecture tour of the United
States. Hie subject will be "The
World’s Peace.”
Promoter* Announce That The Grad
ing Will be Bsgun In
Thirty-Days.
Toccoa, Ga., Jan. 31.—The new rail
road projected from Toccoa to
Carnesvllle, appears now to be n cer
tainty. The promoter!, Messrs. W.
Erwin, J. H. Hicks and E. 8. Hun-
nlccutt, all of Clarkesvllle, Ga., an*
nouncp that they expect grading to
begun In about thirty days.
The farmers along the line through
which this road will run have sub
scribed largely toward the necessary
fund, and are delighted that they ate
soon to have a railroad. One of the
finest farming sections In the state
will be penetrated, and the farmers
are thoroughly alive to their Interest
in securing the road.
The length of the road from Toccoa
to Carnes rill* will be 20 mites, and
It la expected that It will be finished
within twelve month*.
When the road la completed to
Carnesvllle, it Is then Intended to
push It on to some point on the Sea
board, an additional 30 miles.
Mr. E. S. Hunnicutt, a large stock
holder, and an officer of the road, has
moved from Clarkesvllle to Toccoa,
and baa active charge of the affairs of
Ihe new line.
NORTH DAKOTA DRY
FARMING CONGREM.
Dickinson, N. D., Jan. 31.—A large
and representative attendance mark
ed the opening of the convention here
today called to perfect the organisa
tion of the North Dakota Dry Farm
ing Congress. The session will teat
two days and will be addressed by a
number of leaders In the dry farming
movement. Among the number are J.
H. Worst, president of the Interna
tional Dry Farming Congress, and
John T. Burns, executive secretary of
that organisation.
NEGRO ON TRIAL FOR MURDER.
Indianapolis, Tad., Feb. $1.—James
Xnn, a negro, waa placed oa trial la
the criminal court today (or the al-
leged murder of Marvin Whit*. The
killing of Whit* occurred on Decem
ber 29 test end was the result of a
quarrcL