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ROOSEVELT PREDICTS GREAT FUTURE FOR SOUTH
Ex-President Says the South Is
Coming Into Its Own.
RAPID CROWIH NOW ASSURED
Colonel Theodore Roosevelt Urges the Young
Men ol Dixie to Remember Her
Glorious Past.
New York.—In response to an In
vitation to address the Southern Com
mercial Congress at Atlanta In the
spring of 1911, Theodore Roosevelt
has Just sent a letter to Charles Hall
Davis, chairman of the congress, at
Petersburg, Vu. In part, It follows:
"Aug. 16, 1910.—My Dear Sir: It Is
not possible as yet for me to answer
deflnltelyy, but I believe that on my
trip to California next March I shall
pass through the Southern states, and
1 hope that It can be arranged that the
Southern Commercial Congress then
hold its meeting in one of the cities
through which I am able to posb. If
so, it will be a real pleasure to in«
so, it will be a real pleasure to me
can in behalf of this admirable move
ment.
"More and more the former misun
derstanding about the South is tend
ing to disappear, and you and your as
sociates have set in motion a forcAi
that will have much to do with the
complete dissipation of this misunder
standing. You are working for a
stronger South, and you show your
wisdom and foresightedness In the
way you release that this movement
for a stronger' South, to be effective,
must really mean a stronger national
cohesion, tor the old South of yester
day is being changed into the young
America of today.
"Every good American must hope
to see a real solid South, In the sense
of solid business prosperity in the
South, for all good Americans now re
alize that the prosperity of any part
of the country helps the prosperity of
the whole, and the prosperity of tlrt>
whole will grow faster and stand on
the most durable foundations only
when we effectively realize that the
world’s ‘South,’ ‘North,’ ‘East’ and
‘West’ iiuvo only a geographical sig
nificance.
"I earnestly hope that the young
men of the South will never forget
the past glories of the South, because
1 earnestly hope that the young men
all over America will keep ever in
mind these glorious memories of every
section of our common country, and
that the men of the North and of the
West will n member the South’s past
with the same pride the South Itself
does, for the undying glory, won by
too men who so valiantly and with
such sincerity fought for their convic
tions, whether they wore the blue or
tho gray, Is now a common heritage
of all of us, wherever we dwell.
"This nation Is thrilling with ideals
at this very moment, and these Ideals
relate to constructive work In the fu
ture. The South must do its full share
in realizing it, and from now on it
must participate in full in the solution
of all the national problems. All of us
alike must turn to the special prob
lem of this age with the courage that
our fathers showed in those heroic
days to which we look hack with a
mournful pride.
"The statue of General Lee, in Con
federate uniform, stands in the halls
of Congress today, and his memory is
honored no more by the South than It
is by the North; and in the North, as
in the South, I think we are now
learning to apply absolutely in good
faith the great words of Grant: ‘Let
us have peace.’
The part played by the South In
the constructive statesmanship of our
nation during all our earlier years
was of incalculable weight and value.
1 firmly believe that the time has now
come when the South’s influence again
will be felt, not only in constructive
statesmanship, but in the enormous
field of constructive business. No part
of the country has seen such progress
along material lines, and 1 believe the
next twenty years will see a greater
progreses. For long the eyes of this
nation have been set steadily west
ward to watch its great and typical
growth.
"From now on. I think the South
I will share with the West In rapidity
of growtti. This leadership will bo has
tened by the completion of the Pan
ama canal; the East has tho Atlantic
and the West the Pacific; the South,
< ven more than the East and West,
will have the Panama canal and will,
I therefore, stnnd at the distributing
point of all the great oceans of the
world.
"You need more people, but, like the
rest of the country, you need that
these people should he of the right
sort. Feeling this way, I naturally
sympathize with every purpose of the
Southern Commercial Congress In Its
efforts to make the South and nation
realize that a greater nation will be
developed from the development of a
greater South.
‘"In your membership no political
lines are drawn; your effort Is to
strive for tho advancement of Amer
ican citizenship, and all broad-minded
men throughout the nation must very
heartily sympathize with you in what
you are doing both to develop and in
crease the power of the South and at
the same time to arouse therein a
■•keener national sense.
"With hearty good wishes,
"Faithfully yours,
"Til ICO LORE ROO S EVE LT. ’’
RAILWAY LAW EFFECTIVE.
Telegraph and Telephone Companies
Are Under the New Law.
Washington.—The new railroad law
is now effective. Immediately upon
flic passage of the act sixty days ago,
sections of the law relating to the
suspension of rates went into effect.
Since that time the Interstate com
merce commission has been operating
under the law.
Hereafter, ol course, as common
carriers under the law, the telegraph
and telephone companies will have to
file reports with the commission con
cerning their business, just as the
railroads now do. The officers were
informed also that the franks for
messages could legally be Issued ex
cept as governed by the anti-pass
provision of the Hepburn act.
Therefore, the issuance and use of
telegraph and telephone franks are
barred by the statute.
The long and short haul provision
of the recently enacted law will not
be operative for six months, as that
time is allowed for the carriers to
adjust with the commission their tar
iffs with respect to that provision.
No announcement yet has been
made by President Taft of appoint
ments to the commerce court or to
the commission to make investiga
tions under the new law. It is scarce
ly likely that, the commerce court will
be in operation before some time
early in the coming year.
JAPANToANNEX KOREA.
Entire Country Is Now Under Military
Guard.
Seoul, Korea.—Though nothing offi
cial can be learned confirming the re
ports that negotiations for the annex
ation of Korea by Japan, are now pro
ceeding, many signs indicate that an
nexation is imminent. Long confer
ences between officials are constant
ly in progress, visits are frequently
interchanged and great activity is no
ticed in the Japanese offices.
The censorship has been placed on
an even more rigid basis than before.
The Tokio newspapers containing re
ports on the situation in Korea are
confiscated at Fusan upon their ar
rival in this country.
The entire country has been placed
under a strong military guard.
METCALF’S COMET SIGHTED.
Celestial Wanderer Sighted for the
Second Time.
Washington.—The fickle celestial
wanderer, Metcalf's comet, discovered
by Rev. J. H. Metcalf, and reported
to Harvard university August 9, was
observed for the second time at the
naval observatory.
As seen, the comet was a dull,
slightly luminous mass in the south
western sky. It was seen to be mov
ing faily uniformly to the northward.
In a line drawn from Antares to Po
laris, the North star, the comet will
appear about one-third of the distance
nearest Antares.
What the comet’s appearance at
this time signifies is a matter of
speculation.
THE DAHLONEGA NUGGET,
Published Weekly.
DAHIiONEGA, GEORGIA.
WOMEN IN DAYS OF PHARAOH
Marriage Contract Shows That Ladies
of Egypt Were Not Unduly
Oppressed.
Most of us make tho acquaintance of
Egypt In the splendidly dramatic story
of Joseph nnd his brethren, nnd so
look on Pharaoh nnd his people ns
gloomy and mnlign persecutors, fit
only to be swallowed up In tho Red
sea waves. Or we rend of the graves
and sober monuments of the Nile val
ley, with their perpetual reminders of
death nnd the kingdom of night; with
thi result that wo are hardly prepared
to realize the gay and lightsome abb
ot tho nnieent Egyptian life, or to
credit the thought that those tomb-
builders could ever break Into a
smile. Put there was a side of gayety
nnd of charm, nnd just ns we are find
ing that so many of our deeper and
more philosophical thoughts go back
to the people of tho Delta, so we are
beginning to discover tin' originals of
all our Jokes In tho burled cities of
the Nile.
That ladles were not unduly op
pressed In tho land of the Pharaohs,
wo may gather from thin marriage
contract, from a fourth-century Demo
tic manuscript, but dating In form to
far older times:
"I,” says tho Lndy Iris, "take thee as
my husband. Thou makest mo thy
wife, and glvest me, in token of dower,
live-tenths of sliver. If 1 discharge
thee ns my husband, hating thee and
loving another more than thee, 1 shall
give nnd return to the two and a
half tenths of silver, of what thou
gavest me as my dower, and I cede
unto thee all and everything that 1
ehall acquire with thee, one-third part,
as long as thou art married unto me."
Not even Chicago or Reno can boast
of n franker marriage contract than
that; and there Is something wonder
fully naive in tho idea of the good Indy
lsls "discharging" her lord, on the
ground that she hates him and loves
another better. The sum she returns
him, as part of her now canceled wod-
er, Is about equal to a silver dollar.
So wo have still something to learn
In mnrltal levity and feminine imperi
ousness.—Harper’s Weekly.
Diamond Toys.
Andrew Carnegie, at ‘one of ills fa
mous dinners in Now York, talked
about tho prodigal and ostentatious ex
penditure of a certain type of New
Y’ork millionaires.
He takes a Valquez,” sabl Mr. Car
negie, “and cuts It into three strips so
that it will go on a screen. Paul Dour-
ge: told the world about that. And 1
beard, the other day, another thing
about him.
"A gentleman was being shown over
tho $3,000,000 palace of one of those
—millionaires. Tho gentleman stop
ped beforo an enormous mirror and
said:
“ 'What a large and perfect glass!
Pity it’s scratched/
“ ‘It's rather a pity,’ said the mil
lionaire, carelessly; nnd, turning to his
major domo, he said: ‘Don’t let tho
children have any more diamonds to
play with, Maurice.’ "
Safe in All Weather.
“So you are going to set your boy
Josh up In business.”
“Yes,” replied Farmer Corntossel.
“What kind of business?"
"I think I’ll buy him n drug store.
When he nln’t Bellin’ sody water lie
can make up the loss on quinine an’
rheumatism medicine.”
Stimulated. •
“Your novel Is evidently the result
of inspiration."
“Yes; 1 didn't start it until after
reading the advertising notices my
publishers got up.”
Firmly Fastened.
Three-year-old Loren was pulling
baby’s pink toes for amusement. Papa,
who was holding baby, said; "Be care
ful, son, you might pull his toes off.”
To which Loren replied: "Oh, no,
daddy, they won’t come off; they’ve
got nails in 'em.”
‘‘Tonnage’’ of Chopin's Music.
Chopin’s last study of C minor has
a passage which takes two minutes
and five seconds to play. The total
pressure brought to bear on this. It is
estimated, is equal to three full tons.
The average “tonnage” of an hour’s
piano playing of Chopin’s music varies
from 12 to 84 tons.
Some Blast.
Something like a blast took place
at Bonawo quarries the other day
when upward of 400,000 tons of gran
ite was displaced. The face of the
rock was 300 feet high and the pow
der was located 80 feet from the quar
ry floor.
Unprejudiced Editor.
Entirely unprejudiced Is the editor
of the Allgemeine Fleischer-Zeltung, a
Journal for butchers. He advises
butchers who suffor from headaches,
nervousnes or 6tomach troubles to
give up meat and adopt a vegetarian
diet.
Olive Industry Safe.
There is little prospect cl the olive
Industry of this country being over
done, for there are only three locali
ties in this country where the olives
will thrive.
2,000 Flee From Fire.
New York City.—Fire In the wave-
house district of Jersey City wiped
out one entire block of business build
ings and facotries, turned 2,000 terri
fied families into the street, killed one
fireman, broke both legs of another
by falling walls and caused losses va
riously estimated at from $1,000,000 to
$1,500,000. The vicinity is fringed
with old wooden tenement houses, oc
cupied mainly by Polak dock laborers
and their families and thousands pour
ed into the streets, wailing and drag
ging their belongings.
Tennessee Feud.
Chattanooga, Tenn.—As the out
come of a family feud between the
Brockman and Patterson families of
Woods Station, four miles southwest
of Ringgold, Ga., one of the Patter
sons is dead, having been shot, through
the head by John Brockman, and a
bystander named Teems is danger
ously wounded.
Bad blood has existed between the
families for some time in regard to a
woman. The prin.cipals in the tragedy
had agreed some time ago to shoot
at first sight.
Another Extra Session in Texas.
Austin, Texas.—Immediately follow
ing the adjournment by limitation of
the third called session of the thirty-
first Texas legislature a proclamation
was issued by Governor Campbell or
dering the legislature to reconvene in
extraordinary session. A reform of
the state’s penitentiary system and
an enactment providing for a 2-cent
passenger rate are especially urged
in the call. During the session just
closed, the liquor interests were not a-
fected to a material extent by legis
lative action
Hooper for Tennessee Governor.
Nashville, Tenn.—Capt. Benjamin
W. Hooper of Newport, Cocke county,
was nominated for governor of Ten
nessee by the Republican state con
vention, which assembled in the Ry-
man auditorium here. The name of
Alfred A. Taylor of Washington coun
ty was the only other one presented
to the convention, and Immediately
following the announcement of the
result of the first ballot the nomina-
4ion was made unanimous. The bal
lot stood: Hooper, 389 9-14; Taylor,
201 5-14.
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INFECTION IN THE PRISON
Peculiarly Favorable Field There for
the Spread of the Scourge
of Tuberculosis.
Only twenty-one prisons in fifteen
states and territories have provided
special places for the treatment of
their tuberculosis prisoners. These in
stitutions can accommodate, however,
only 800 putients. In three-fourths of
the major prisons and in practically
all the Jails of the country the tuber
culous prisoner is allowed freely to
Infect his fellow prisoners, very few
restrictions being placed upon his
habits. When the congregate mode of
prison life is considered, the danger of
infection becomes greater than in the
general population. New York and
Massachusetts are the only states
where any systematic attempt has
been made to transfer all tuberculous
prisoners to one central institution.
The largest prison tuberculosis hospi
tal is in Manila, where accommoda
tions for 200 prisoners are provided.
The next largest Is Clinton prison hos
pital In New York, which provides for
150.
GAVE SIS AWAY.
Her Little Brother—Say, are you
goln’ ter marry my sister Bess?
Her Suitor—Why, er—er—er don’t
know.
Her Little Brother—Well, you are. I
Jjeard her tell pop she was goin’ ter
land you tonight.
Real Modesty.
"An actor should be modest, and
most actors are," said James K. Hack-
ett at a luncheon in Pittsburg. “But
I know a young actor who, at the be
ginning of his career, carried modesty
almost too far.
"This young man inserted in all the
dramatic papers a want advertise
ment that said:
“ ‘Engagement wanted—small part
such as dead body or outside shouts
preferred.’ ”
Bores Barred.
A reporter asked Mr. Roosevelt at
the Outlook office how he got through
so much work, and at the same time
saw so many people. "I shun bores,"
was the reply. “I don’t waste a min
ute of my time on bores. Do you per
ceive that I have only just one chair
In this room? You see, my hunting
experiences have shown me that great
bores are always of small caliber."
To harbor fretful ana discontented
thoughts Is to do yourself more Injury
than it is in the power of your great
est enemy to do you.—Mason.
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with berries or fresh
fruit.
One can feel cool in
hot weather on proper
food.
"The Memory Lingers" 9
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