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D Li Heddevton JI
VOL XXII NO 48
VIENNA, GA. THURSDAY, JULY 14 1904
$1 A YEAR IN ADVANCE
PARKER AND DAVIS
At the national democratic con
dition in St. Louis last week,
Alton Brooks Parker, of New York,
was nominated for president, and
Ex Senator Henry G Davis of West
Virginia for.vice president.
Parker was nominated on the
•iirsl ballot amid wild enthusiasm,
lie was swimming in the Hudson
river, New York, when the nows of
his nomination was broken to him.
Near the close of the convention
Saturday night, Davis was selected
•fur Vice prisldcnt. Davis .'s 81
years old and Parker is 51.
Bryan of Nebraska was there and
shot off liis lip from one end of the
convention to the other without
accomplishing much. David B.
Hill of Now York was there to cope
with Byran and the two leaders had
clash alter clash in arguments over
the construction of the democratic
platform for the coming campaign.
Finally they agreed on the main
points and the moiiey question was
left.entirely out.
As soon as Parker was notified of
his nomination, he wired the conven
tion tbatil he is clcctod president he
will maintain'the gold standard, and
if that did not suit the convention
they might nominate someone else..
His views suited the convention and
the nomination is now on him.
'i he coming together of Hill, the
gold bug, and Bryan tho free silver
hug, practically means the coming
together of the extreme factions
that have divided the democratic
' ho use against itself for eight years.
With this division, suocess of the
party could not be expected, but
with all hands pulling together,
- there is a fighting chance for the
election of Parker and Davis in the
November election.
DISPLAY OF MAIL SERVICE
St. Louis. Jnly 12. Tho Post
Office Department's exhibit in the
United States Government building
at the World's Fair contains some
curious things. The collection
taken from the Dead Letter office in
Washington is'the most curious of
all. It contains almost evorytning I the gulf 90 little hags filled with.the
FROM WASHINGTON
The Department of Agriculture
is about to muster ants into its ser
vice in the war that is being upon
the boll weev’l in Texas. Dr. O.
F. Cook of that department arrived
in New Orleans from Guatemala on
Thursday bringing with him across
from an alligator to a pocket-knife.
There are several young alligators,
rattle snakes, scorpions, dolls,
pistois, knives, brass knueks, cards,
shoes, hats and all kinds of curious,
which were sent through the mails,
hut were never called for. or else
were hold for postage and finally
were earned to tho Dead Letter
office.
Another feature of this exhibit is
CAMPMEETING NE$T.
The next big gathering in Dooly
county will he the eampmeoting. It
starts Saturday night, will run four
days aud break up Thursday morn-
ing.
If the weather is good, there will
he a good time. The rains this week
have settled the dust and the atmos
phere is expected to be cool and
pleasant.
Several big proaohors arc expected,
and the campmdntings are generally
managed by tho presiding older.
Yesterday was work day at the
put the place in good
A collection of relics of the
famous Preller murder case is on
exhibition in the St Louis Police
Department’s exhibit in the Palace
of Education at the World's Fair.
.It includes photographs of murderer
Maxwell before aud alter
more pathetic than amusing. It is
a large collection of wartimo pnoto-
graplis of Union and Confederate
officers and private soldiers that
were sent from the field to loved
ones at home, hut never reached
their destination. Theso old photo
graphs could tell many a talc of
love, hope, sorrow and separation,
but are only mute relics of by-gone
clays, and their pathetic talos remain
untold.
Another featuro of the- Post
office Department’s exhibis show tho
methods of carrying the mails.
Hero are paintings of the various
kinds of mail carriers in Uncle Sam’s
service. The plainsman of tho West
on his trusty broncho is galloumg
across the trackless plains, with his
mail bag across his saddle,, The!
mail carrier of the frozen wilds of
Alaska is seen on snow shoes, with
his pack on his back and a dog
sledgo, with seven dogs from
Ala«ka standing as if ready to start
across the suow-clad plains. Tho
mail carrier of the .northern woods
of Maine on his snow shoes and the
Porto flican mail oarrior on his
little mule'are other features of this
interesting exhibit.
An old stage coach, which saw
service in the Rockey Mountains
curious Silts which are supposed Ao
he tho deadly* foe qf the boll weevil.
Before this reaches the reader’s eye
they will have arrived at Victoria,
Texas, wi.erc a tli vision of the
AgricultureDepartment is stationed,
ready to find out what these in.Jeotn i grounds t.
ary, worth as exterminators. I'lfe j opliditiom
he'll weevil is a very dainty feeder Tho tenters will mbvo in .Saturday,
and he dies in a day or two if ho is j and the boarding tent will he Open
kept whore he cannot get aiiy cotton to the public
Boll. Ho is a strict, vegetarian, and I Let everybody go and have a good
above all tilings he is fond of the time.
hlossoniot tno cotton plant, lliej a long time ago there was a
eggs is laid,in the hud where tro! enmnmeeting to lie at the Flint
larva and pupa enlarge to the mature River campground in tho 14th
weevil. In this process the nectar | district of this county. • Tho week
arc not onlv disappointed hut on-1 before the oampmeoting was had
raged. They thereupon set their weather. One of the gcod sisters, to
police on the track and hunt the
weevil trf his lair and destroy him,
by stinging him to death. They
sting nothing else, Dut very fond
of the sweet liquid found in the
nectarines of tho cotton plant.
I called yesterday at tho Depart
ment of Agriculture and obtained
tho above mentioned facts and
others. Dr. Webber of the Labor
atory or Plant Breeding said “Cook
found cotton and the boll weevil
growing in Guatemala together. At
first he thought he nad discovered a
new kind of cotton that tho weevil
would not attack, but further invest
igation showed that there was an
ant present whoso activity and
voraoity kept down its natural
enemy, the weevil. Whether this
red ant will aot in Texas and Louisi
ana as he acts in Guatmala, is the
question. Can he survive tne Gulf
State winters? Will he be compelled
there to mako the weevil his prey
m order to get his breakfast, as ho
is in Central America? We do not
know, but we shall eooperate strong
whom tho writer of this was very
close, wont about her work with a
cheerful smile and told us all that
it would fair off in time tor tho
meeting. The rain did not cause
her to cease tho preparation for the
meeting, and when the time come to
pack up and move to the campground
she was ready, and just at that time
the clouds rolled .away and the
weather was very fine for the meet’
ing. Lot us go at the preparation
for tho oampmeoting next Sunday
with the spirit of the goo.t woman
above mentioned who has long
since gone to her reward.
There is expeoted to he good
behavior at the campground Sunday
and the committee has overlooked
the building of a floored pen in
which to shut up the little dwarfs
who go there to drink liquor and use
curse words among human beings.
for many years, carrying United
his | States mail aud passengers, is an
execution, a photograph uf Preller’s i interesting sight, showing the old ’ ]y an d actively with Dr. Cook,
body taken in the morgue months j method of carrying the mail, with The ants will not be given their
after his deatn, letters, forgeries, \ an up-to-date electric mail car shows
etc., which Maxwell wrote during j the new methods,
his long flight from justi.ee, and a| Country mail delivery is shown
small piece of the rope with wuich I in moving pictures, illustrating the
Maxwell was hanged
Hulling of rice by the lgorrote
women is a feature of the village
oil the Philippine reservation at the
World's Fair. Rice in tiie hull is a
necessary adjunct to their wedding
feasts and other ceremonies and a
large quantity was secured for
them. They beat it in wooden
mortars with heavy pestles reaching
severe! teet above their heads.
A perfume factory in the Palace
of Liberal Arts at the World’s Fair
is daily in operation and the curious
processes necessary to the production
of the odorous liquids are very
attractive to yisitors. Every part
of the process is carried on in the
display which is located in the
south-east corner of the building.
The limb of a trie tied in a
perfect knot is one of the interesting
exhibits in the Alaskan Building
at the World’s Fair. The supposi
tion is that some native in. passing
though the forest tied the knot
when the tree was a tiny saplihg.
The knot was accidental j discovered
by lumbermen. •;
arrival of the rural mail hack, the
delivery of mail to the rural popula
tion anu the gathering of the mail
through the country. A postal
car interior is exhibited with its
mass of mail sacks, showing how
the mail is haudled on the railroads.
These features form' instructive
object lessons to the public and
give potter ideas of the magnitude
of Uncle Sam’s domains and its
varied climates and conditions.
CHANGE OF POLITICS
There lias been a wonderful uhango
in politics since eight years ago.
In 1890 Cleveland was hissed ami
Bryan cheered. In 1004 Byran was
hissed and Cleveland cheered.
In 1800 free silver was tho issue.
In 1904 it is not the issue and the
country is for the gold standard.
Eight years ago tnoro than half
the newspapers of Georgia were tor
free silver. Now you seldom hear
it mentioned.
Free silver stampeiicd tho country
like a hoard of Texas cattle would
scare at a mouse and stampede tho
pl'ario.
The slide of Georgia was for free
silver. Dooly county, with all of
her newspapers, was for free silver.
The only gold standard paper
between Macon and Valdosta was
the Ashhurn AdAiinee, thou operated
by tho one who now runs this paper.
Wo felt a hit lonely, being sur
rounded entirely by free silver
papers, hut we struck to it and lmvo
never had any crow to eat from that
dish.
We sometimes find more pleasure
in being right tliav being popular.
Smeo the scarcity of gold alarmod
the free swer people, there has beou.
tons of it dumped on tho country
from Alaska and other mining
regions.
Siuee tho demand for more silver
dollars was made by the free silver
people, the business world is uciug
annoyed with tho weighty volume
of silver coin and is demanding
paper dollars to take the placo of
silver dollars for traffic.
Realizing this demand, the United
States has set its bureau of printing
and engraving to i mining out paper
dollars in great numbers.
different from what the free
silveo people predicted!
liberty at present, of course. In
company with an invested cotton
plant a few of them will be confined
in a coop covered with mosquito
netting, so that neither ant nor
weevil can get out, and thoy will he
fit to secure the survival of the
fitlesti If it works well, more will
bo brought. The sjul fact is that
some drastic remedy must be found.
If this little ant fails to protect us,
and wc arc unable to find a kind of
cotton jvhich the weevil rejects as
unpalatable, there is great danger
that the weevil plague, which in ten
years has extended all over Texas,
will in fifteen years more extend
over the entire Gulf region and
desolate vast communities.
By the late Congress $30,000 was
A photo-engraving plant for the ] pi ace d a.t the disposal qf the Div-
manuiactiire of zinc etchings and I i slon 0 f Entomology. Since then,
Thirty-six Belgian draught
horses will compete in the live
stock contests at the World Fair.
They are now on their way from
Antwerp.
Quick service lunch rooms are
a featuro of the World!!) Fair.
Checks arc fought before one enters ] predecessors, n >t even excepting
A LESSON LEARNED.
The merchant who dose not
advertise his wares and yet who
wonders what ails his business,
should take a leaf out of tne note
book of the management of St.
Louis world,s exposition.
The exposition is not a failure by
any means. On the contffli'y,it is
tho unanimous testimony of those
returning from the world's fair city
that the present exhibition eclipeses
half-tone plates is in operation'
in the Graphic Arts section of the
Palace of Liberal Arts . at the
World’s Fair. Printing plates made
by both of these processes are
turned out daily. Photo-engraving
is one of the crafts, allied with
printing, about which little is known
by the general public and the
exhibit is of especial interest to
seven experimental farms, aggre
gating 558 acres, have been estab
lished in Texas. It is said that
since the pest appeared in Texas the
loss to the state has been not less
than $50,00C ,000.
A new kind of wall paper, which
can be washed without injuring
the coloring, is being produced in a
visitors on that account as every .I*'’ 6 exhibit »> the German section
part of the process is shown and ,°f the Palace of Liberal Arts at the
explained’ {World’s Fair.
and then one helps one’s self to
what one wants.
Thirty Chinese hats illustrating
the head covering tnat are worn in
China to distinguish the rank of
the wearers, are exhibited in tne
palace of Liberal Arts at the
Worlds Fair-
The Illinois exhibit in the Palace
of Horticulture at the'World’s Fair
covers 5,000 square feet. The
fruit is exhibited on pyramid tableB
with mirror backs, and also inboxes
and in barrels to show now thoy are
commercially packed.
The following method of getting
rid of stumps is recommended by
the Sciertific American: In the
autumn bore a hole one or two
inches in diameter, according to the
size of the stump, vertically in the
center of the latter, and about eigh
teen inches deep. Put iuto it one
or two ounces of saltpeter; fill the
hole with water and plug up close.
In the ensuing spring take out
the plug and pour in about one-half
gallon of kerosone oil, and ignite it.
The stump will smouldei away,
without blazing, to tho very ex
tremities of the roots, leaving
j nothing but ashes.
tho Chicago Fair which was
certainly the most ambitious show
that had been given in any part of
the world up that time.
But sumptuous as the display at
St Louis is—unprecedented as the
scope ot the building and contents
is generally conceded to be—the
patronage has not justified expecta
tions, and the secretary of tho
treasury at Washington, Mr.
Shaw, asserts without fear of
favor that the fault is that the fair
managers have not scoured sufficient
publicity for the fair througn the.
newspaper.
Mr. Shaw desires the fair to be a
success, lor qlie reason that Uncle
% m is one of the largest creditors
of the enterprise.
Not even a world,s fair can be
made to go without advertising.
Its managers are naturally prone
to take the contrary for granted,and
to argue that there is not a man
woman or child in the country who
dose not know that a fair is going on.
But the knowledge is not suffi
cient. There must be constant
reminders- Tnere must be a
steady excitation of interest. No
one must be premittod to forget.
And whether you are running a
world’s fair or a shop, you must
use the newspapers in order not to
be overlooked in the countless mul
titudes of other distraciious.— Pitts
burgh Press.