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THE BANNER, FRIDAY MORNING, APRIL 21, 1211.
is emit
OF IMWI6RHTI0H
LeRoy Hodges Has Been Named
For Tbat Position by South,
v. ern Com. Congress.
Washington, D. C„ April 13.—I.e-
Roy {lodges, at present with the
tariff board, will in a few months be-
" ccrae commissioner of Immigration of
the Southern Commercial Congress.
In the interval, he will co-operate
wit ti Senator Flecher and Managing
Director Dawe, in paganizing to suc
cessfully carry out the delicate task
thus assigned to him by the executive
committee. Mr. Hodges is in com
plete sympathy with the Southern
Commercial Congress in its repeated
declarations that the-lands of the
south would better remain empty
than bring on 4 second racial prob
lem. In a.written communication to
the executive committee, Mr. Hodges
says:
"There Is a pressing demand now
In the south for skilled industrial
laborers, as well for unskilled work-
"“ men, who can be relidd on, and who
will not further complicate our negro
problem.
“I would advocate, however that
(he energy of the Southern Commer
cial Congress be directed towards
turning agriculturalists towards the
south. The large tracts of land which
nre now lying idle throughout the
south should be placed in condition
to produce not only subsistence for
the army of workers who will be at-
traded to the region In quest of em
ployment as our Industrial develop
ment continues, but .also to furnish
the raw cotton, tobacco, sugar cane,
and the other commodities which our
own mills and factories will require
outside of the export demands. While
this may be'made the main work of
the congress for the present, I do not
- mean to say that the demand for in
dustrial laborers and skilled artisans
should he overlooked, for I believe
that as far as it is practical an effort
should be exerted to supply this need.
But as these latter classes are sel
dom permanent settlers in any one
locality, the Southern Commercial
Congress can best serve the south by
gulldlng within her boundaries those
who will become real factors in the
communities in which they take up
their residence."
Mr. Hodges is a native of North
Carolina, although reared in Virginia
where he received his early educa
tion In Gatewood's Naval Preparatory
school at Norfolk. His education In
economics and law was received In
Washington and Lee University,
at the University of Chicago. He has
spent about two years in railroad
and general engineering, having serv
ed under the Seaboard Air Line and
the Augusta and Florida Railroads,
and several construction companies.
From July 24tfc, 1890, until Novem
ber 1010, with the exception of about'
four months spent in the Law School
in Washington and Lee University,
he was a special agent and the geo
grapher of the United.-8tates Immi
gration Commission. Resigning his
position with the immigration com
mission, he was apointed commercial
geographer of the tariff board, No
vember 21, 1910; which position he
now holds.
THE RISING TIDE OF SPRING.
How quick with life, how full of I
vision, how charged with hope are |
these dark camp days of early April!
A few birds preparing for the carni
val of music yet to come are doing |
some fitful singing; a brown thrasher
from a tree top, a chewink from bit
perch close to some dense tangle of
vine, a mockingbird in rollicking hur-1
ry going over the scale to see wehth-
er he has forgotten how to sing in
the long strenuous search for winter |
food. , . - 0
I looked today behind the material
world and saw' the rising tide of an
unseen, yet eternal ocean. Its rest
less waves were snow-crested with
the perfect white of the dogwood's
flower, and the trough behind each
wave was filled with the blue, and
purple, and violet of all the spring
time flowers. It is a silent,ocean. No
roar .of breaking waves or subdued
gurgle of its universal tide reaches
the psyslcal ear of man. How deep
are its currents, older than the mem
ory of man.! How silent Iti wide ex
panse of immortal waters! How mys
terious its coming from some un
known land of warmth and life! How
sad its voiceless backward flow
when the summer Is past—this un
named, invisible, yet eternal source
of springtime's growth, fragrance,
beauty and power.
I passed through the lowlands to
day and the green wave* of this great
ocean were breaking, over every
mound of moss-covered earth, and
through the dim aisles of many a
wood, the silent spaces of its calm
waters show blue with the color of
many violets ,and the world is filled
with tbe fragrant breath of Us all-
cleansing, all-beautifying power.
I stood at the mouth of a great
mountain canyon, rock-encircled, dark
and gloomy. Into which the sunlight
only comes for s ltttle while each
day. Only a flw green shoots of ma
ple and poplar tell of the coming of
spring.
High np tbe mountainsides tbe
woods are'brown and sere with the.
Ufelessness of midwinter. Bnt the
tide Is rising, alleqtlr. slowly, but
“ What is man if his chief good and market of his time, be but to sleep and feed ? ”—Shakespeare.
Michael’s
■A* “THE STORE GOOD GOODS MADE POPULAR “
A festive spirit pervades the air today; there
is song and music in the heart ot man. For
weeks we have used this space to tell you about
our store. Today we want you to feel that you
are not living in an age of gross materialism, we
want song and music, poetry, idealism, and the
higher aspirations of life to fill your hearts today
and we will say nothing to disturb the beaty of
your reflections. ' ~
We have in mind the words of Sir Frederick
Leighton: “Believe me. Whatever of dignity,
whatever of strength we have within us, will dig-
- nify and make strong the laborof our hands;
whetever littleness degrades our spirit will lessen
them and drag them down. Whatever noble fire
is in our hearts will burn also in our work; what
ever purity is our’s will chasten and exalt it; for
as we are our work is.’ !
Our work is to interpret beauty. That’s
art—so is song and music. “Art is a preacher of
the true and good and’ its power is illimitable.”
“Every one is an artist more or less, and there is
no person quite without that faculty of poetising,
which by seeing beauty creates beauty.”
“Whatever phase of art we consider, we shall
find it not without its influence on the upbuilding"Qf
character.^ The rhythmic flow of verse, the glow
ing warmth of color, the uplifting grandeur of
symmetry, the sweet inspiration of melody, all
leaves its impression on character. The savage
loves ornament, but has no sense of beauty. The"
civilized man loves ornament, but controls his de
sire by a high sense of the beautiful.”
We hope, no high inspirations which you
may have today will be dwarfed but that the su
blime influence which uplifts will be around and
about you. ' -
We want to thank you for your cheerful
words to us and about us, they exerted a power
ful influence in shaping our ideals.
“I breathed a song into the air,
It fell to earth, I knew not where;
__ For who has sight so keen and strong,
That it can follow the flight of song?”
We want to thank you for your badness to our employees. Your patience and your gentleness has made their
task easy and their work pleasant. To you we are indebted for the harmony that exists at all times in our store.
“Poetry is harmony in words, Architecture is harmony in parts, Painting is harmony in color, Sculpture is har
mony in form. Music is harmony in sound.” But there is a higher harmony—that harmony of heart and soul that
moulds character and destroys discord. ....
“THE STORE 6000 GOODS MADE POPULAR
auroly. Tomorrow the white-flower
ed spray of It* wave* • will break
among tbe young dogwood* of the
gloomy rock crag aid (n a little while
the white foam of mountain aih blos
soms will shoy where the wave* have
at last crossed the higbeet ridge. In
a few days the world will be full of
fragrance and beauty and aacb green
tangle of vine will ahow where the
Invisible waters of that great ocean
flathed into the vlalble, each bank of
white haw blossoms will be a revela
tion of tbe fragrant white spray^of Its
ceaseless tide.
—QUS HALL.
MME. PADEREWSKI*
A GOOD FARMER.
Mme. Paderewski, wire of the pian
ist, is to be decorated by the French
government for her efforts on behalf
of agriculture.
The Paderewski farm, near Berne.
Is a marvel of completeness, and the
poultry of this farm ha* swept tbe
shows or France and Switzerland. Re
cently sbe sold’ a pair of white Orp
ingtons to an American purchaser for
a big price, said to be 277,000. On
tbe Paderewski farm i* a flock ot
English sheep, the gifts of the late
King Edward.—Exchange.
OLD CHURCH ENDS ITS CAREER.
New York, April 15.—The doom of
All Saints’ church, one of the oldest
Protestant Episcopal churches in
New York, whene worshiped the de
scendants of the old Knickerbocker*
In yearn gone by, will close forever
tomorrow at the conchielon 'Of the
Easter sermon ot its venerable rec
tor, the Rev. Dr. William N. Dunne!!.
With the dealh of its older parish
ioners and the removal of the young
er element farther uptown, AH Saints'
like many other churches In lower
Manhattan, has seen its congregation
dwindle to tbe vanishing point within
the past tew year*.
ILLINOIS PIN TOURNAMENT.
Chicago, IH-. April 15.—Knight* of
the tenpin from all of «bo Chicago
clubs and from a number of other
dtlea and towns throughout the state
gathered here today for the opening
of the fourteenth annual tournament
of the mitral* Bowling Association.
The play will continue through the
coming week and will Meclde the.
ilate titles for firemen teams, two-
men teams and individual. bowlers.
The association ofilcial* are looking
forward to the most successful tourn
ament in the history of tho organiza
tion.
II CIVIL SERVICE
EXAMINATION HERE
A civil service examination for the
3rd grade, Watchman-Fireman s«r>
sice will be held in this city on the
10th of May. Instructions and appli
cation blanks may be secured from
tbe local secretary. \
The last day for filing applications
will be May 3rd.. .
PRINCE LEOPOLD TO
VISIT AMERICA.
Vancouver, B. C., April 15—Accord
ing to the latest advices received
IseTe. Prince Leopold or Batenburg,
who la making a tour of the world,
is to-sail from Yokohama today and
will arrive In Vancouver at .the end
of this month. He will travel across
Canada and jail for home from Mon
treal. Prince Leopold is the son of
the late Prince Henry of Batenburg.
who married the Princess Beatrice,
daughter of the late Queen Victoria.
His onljt slater is the Princess Ena,
Queen of Spain.
There will be beautiful servlets at
many of the churches in Athens' this
Earner. Sunday. ^ ,
There's something away, down in
side tbe Easter toggery that mean*
something. The heart ot the resur
rection day la there.
Athena it to be congratulated upon
securing the concert for the Classic
City rendered by Madame Alice Mer
ritt Cochran.
The Democrats are getting down
to business—the MM was In the front
vow yesterday for the publication be
fore the election of the figures rela
tive to campaign expenses.
Are your hens coming off yet7 The
chicks yon nre raising this month
and next will be the itbbomwearers *
in tbe big poultry show in Atl
tbe coming fUL