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THE FINES. 5 1)" myriad pinos the liills' va.*t ocean are; .And ne who midat them dwell il;" know tlie secrets of that surge afar Of which our fathers tell. ■\\ f . ’le-i" (he rush of surf upon a shore T.ong leagues on leagues awnv: We pse a stretch of emerald billows o'er, Willi every vale a bay. \Y" know the storms—the moanine agony, Th first awed, shuddering thrill; We know the calms—for like the swelling sea The pines are never still. © wondrous ocean of a landlocked folk, Chanting :.t eve. at morn; Drawing on store which eons past evoke— Tune ere thane hills wore horn. —Edwin L. Sabin, in Youth's Companion. fk MERE loTe?glbßE^ nr £ b| HILDA RICHMOND *sS* =tp crp <=rp c? SSP eras C7=i rrp erp cyp cygc H5||ES "Can you tell me where Mr. John Dainter liven?” asked a gentlemanly looking man as he stepped into the grocery and general store of the vil lage. “Old John Painter?” said the young clerk after a moment’s hesita tion. "Is that who you mean? He Is such an old money-grubber that no one ever speaks of him as anything hut, old John Painter. Yes, he lives In the big house at the end of the street. I will show you,” and he led the stranger to ihe door to point out a large white farmhouse just at the edge of the village. "He Is rich, I am told,” said the stranger rather questioningly. “Rich as mud,” responded the youth. ‘‘He owns about 1000 acres of land and nobody knows how much money he has besides. He's a regu lar old miser, though his folks live well enough.” The stranger walked down the grassy street to the big house and presently stated his errand to Mr. Painter. That gentleman frowned a little as the guest stated his request briefly, and said: “Hugh Peterson promised me he never would tell. I don’t like boys who break their pledges.” "But he didn’t break his pledge,” said the stranger eagerly. “He has been very ill and while delirious he told about your kindness to him. He does not know 1 am here to-day, but I wanted to ask a little aid for our college. It is a struggling affair, but we have tried to make a place for poor boys to work their way along. A little help would enable a dozen of our brightest students to come back next fall, and 1 am very anxious to obtain assistance for them. 1 thought If you had done so much for Hugh you might like to help other lads.” "I will help.you if my name is not mentioned,” said Mr. Painter, putting out his check book. “I have had my eye on that boy that clerks in the vil lage store for some time, for 1 think he deserves help. He is a clean, hon est, manly fellow and is trying to work in vacations to help himself through college. Put his name on your list and try to get him into your sciiool, will you?” The president of the little college made it his business to stroll back to the store and enter into conversation once more with the young clerk. He wanted to see if he were “worth edu cating, as he alwayssaid when asked why he cultivated the acqutaintauce of young men. Trade was dull, so he had ample time to make up his mind as they talked together. So Mr. Painter is regarded as a miser by the village people, is he?” Inquired the stranger after bringing the conversation around to the old Inhabitants of the place. ”He must be very selfish.” "He wouldn’t cheat a soul,” said tlie boy quickly. "People have fallen into the habit of culling him a miser until the name sticks." “Never does anything for any body?” went on the stranger. Why, yes, he has brought up three orphan boys since I can remember, and they are doing first rate. He pays his debts, helps along with the church work and is a good citi *vn, but folks seem to think ha ought to keep up everything. Come to think of it, I believe they've im posed on him so much that he is a little close with his money.” ‘‘ls that the reason they call him a money-grubber?” said the visitor, who had heard the term several times since he entered the village. ”1 suppose it must be, but it isn't fair. He doesn't own a thing that he didn't get together by hard work and good management, so they have no reason for calling him names. I'm ashamed of myself for saying that to you this morning about an old gen tleman.” “It is manly of you to say that,” said the visitor, rising to go. “Never be afraid to own that you may be mis taken in your opinions." The young clerk tvmnuered why he received Xrem a certain college, and at last he decided to go there, as the terms seemed very reasonable. He resigned his place in the store, and was one of a group of new students waiting in the office of the president one fine September morning. He gave a little start to see the man who had talked to him early in the spring about John Painter come into the room, but was still more astonished to see him take the chair at the desk and begin to take the names of the pupils. “You are James Reed,” said the president, smiling. “I may tell you that the reason we were able to make such low rates to you is that Mr. John Painter, of your town, has es tablished a fund for worthy students, and especially wished you to benefit thereby. I am glad to welcome you to our college.” “And I told you he was a money grubber,” said the boy, regretfully. “I am ashamed to take his help.” "Have you called him that name since the day I talked with you last summer?” “No, but that does not excuse me. I was merely repeating what other folks called him then, but I should have used my common sense.” "Mr. Painter selected you as a clean, worthy youth, and you can do nothing better than to show him you appreciate his great kindness. He has been helping people all his life, but he does it so quietly that no one suspects. I really think he takes more solid satisfaction out of life than any one I know, for he is al ways bringing joy and gladness to some life. I am glad to have him call me his friend.” James Reed thought of the plainly dressed old gentleman in his native village, a little stooped from hard work, but with keen, alert eyes, and was glad such a man -should have thought him worthy of helping. “I • don’t deserve it,” he said, huskily, ' “but I’ll try to.”—Presbyterian Ban* ! ner. FLATITIS IN GOTHAM. i Nothing Between Princely,Apartment and Wretched Flat. "If only Mr. Carnegie, instead of spending his money on libraries would make New York a present of a string of reasonably-priced apartment houses, where women of refinement could enjoy the comfort and privacy of a pleasant home, how delightful it would be,” sighed a young matron on whom fate had placed the respon sibility of bringing up a family of children in the city. “It’s the prob lem that confronts every business woman I know —the problem of where to live. “There is no half way in the apart ment house situation in New York. The houses are so expensive that they are entirely beyond the limit of the average woman’s income or else they are so tenementy that they must be excluded on that score. “Where can I find an apartment that I can rent for $25, S3O or even $35 in a decent neighborhood suita ble for me and my children to live in? I shouldn’t be surprised if anew dis ease should soon spring up among women breadwinners called flatitis—• the effect of a constant but unreward ed search for a cheap flat in a decent neighborhood where respectable peo ple dwell. I've about given up the problem myself and have resigned myself to the inevitable-—a boarding house.” —New York Evening Sun. Financial Progress. A certain member of the Pittsburg Stock Exchange has set his nephew up in business three times, but the young man lacks something essential to success in the line selected for him, and has failed with each effort. When he recently appeared before the uncle with his fourth request the latter said: “You must learn to lean on your self. I can’t carry you all my life. I’ll tell you what I’ll do. You owe me a great deal as tlie result of your last failure. Pitch in on your owu hook and go it alone till you pay off those debts. When you’ve done that I’ll give you a check for what they amount to. Such an experience will do you more good than all the money I could give you now.” Two months later the nephew walked in with every claim receipted in full, and the uncle, delighted, gave the promised check. “How did you manage it, How ard?" he asked after au expression of congratulation. “I borrowed the money,” replied Howard. —Harper's Weekly. Taxable Incomes in Prussia. The Prussian income tax returns the largest Increase registered in any of the past thirteen years. These returns, covering all incomes of £45 ($218) and more, indicate a gain of £35,250,000 ($170,443,100) in the people's incomes for 1905 over 1904. Since the income tax law was intro duced, fourteen years ago, the num ber of persons taxed has risen from 2,440,000 to 4,680,0(>0, and their ag gregate income from £298,000.000 ($1,445,300,000) to £536,000,000 ($2.6 0S,(44,000) . —Department Bui I^-tiu. Georgia Cullings Curtailed Items of Interest Gathered at Random. Pelham to the Front. Pelham has voted for bonds to con struct water works, lights, sewers and an ice plant. Not a vote was cast against the bonds in the election held the past week. Pelham is the first town in Georgia to take steps to own and operate a municipal ice plant. Eleven-Year-Old B-sy Acquitted. The case of the siate vs. Fred Bag well, a boy who is 11 years old, and charged with murder for shooting Ras Freeman, a boy at Lavonia, last Jan uary, was placed on trial at Carnes ville a few days ago before Judge Brand and a jury quickly secured. The jury was out a short while and ren dered a verdict of not guilty. • * * Preacher Involved in Trouble. Rev. Solon H. Bryan,pastor of the Methodist church at Millen, has be came involved in trouble in which a young woman’s name figures. The young woman ’was studying under Mr. Bryan for the purpose of becoming a foreign missionary. A church trial was held and Mr. Bryan was suspend ed from preaching until the next con ference. Tallapoosa to Have Cotton Mill. At lafft the city of Tallapoosa is to have a $200,000 cotton mill. The stock has all been subscribed, the minimum subscription being s*oo. The three Jackson brothers took $115,000. The articles of incorporation hgve been cirawn up and the application for char ter made. The site of several acres has been purchased and the buildings will be erected thereon with all pos sible dispatch. * * * Relics Reach Jamestown. The priceless Bulloch-Roosevelt x’elies of Georgia, consisting of two silver cups and a miniature of Gover nor Archibald Bulloch, ancestor of President Roosevelt, and one of the eariy governors of Georgia, have been received by Governor Ellison of th? Jamestown exposition, and placed in a safety vault until the completion of the fire-proof history building, in which they will be exhibited. * * * Troops for Andersonville. Governor Terrell has directed the adjutant general to issue an order sending the Americus Light Infan try to Andersonville on May 30, Na tional Decoration Day. It has been the custom for several years past to send a company of troops to Andersonville on this occasion: on account ot the excursions which carry there large numbers of negroes. Almost every year there was a killing at Anderson ville until the state began to send troops there to preserve order, but in recent years the community has been kept comparatively peaceful on this occasion. Money for Agricultural Schools. Governor Terrell has just ordered sent to the treasurers of the new agri cultural districts $2,00P each from the fund arising from* tne inspection of fertilizers. This completes the first distribution to all of the district agri cultural schools. Later in the year a second distribution will be made, which will give them a little over $4,0®0 each from this fund for 1906. If the legislature makes provision for giving them the entire fund next year, each of the schools will receive about $6,00f. * * * Latest Population Census. The goveupment censw* bureau at Washington has just announced its figures on the population of cities of the country on June 1, 1906. According to these estimates Atlan ta now has a total of 104,984 people as opposed to 89,872, the official cen sus of the government taken in the year 1900. This showing gives Atlan ta a gain of 15,000 people for a period of five years, or a yearly increase in the neighborhood of 3,000. The increase in population of other of the larger cities in Georgia, accord ing to the census figures for 1900 and 1906 are: Savannah from 54,244 to GB,- 596; Augusta from 39,441 to 43,125; and Macon from 23,272 to 32,692. The census bureau does not claim, however, that these flgures are abso lutely accurate, as they are more in the nature of estimates. • * State Would Lose Heavily. Georgia is preparing to fight a scheme on foot in Chattanooga whicn, if carried through successfully, would destroy the valuable terminals in that city of the Western and Atlantic —the state railroad. A measure has been introduced in the Tennessee general assembly em powering the city of Chattanooga to extend a certain street in such a wa> that it would cut squarely in half tile twenty-three tracks in the yards own ed by the state of Georgia in the Ten nessee city. This street extension would cut the twenty-three tracks in two, and de stroy the property. But Georgia is on guard and will fight the movement It means the preservation of state terminals of immense value, which, if destroyed by the .street extension proposed, would mean the loss of thou sands of dollars worth of extremely valuable property—and almost hem ming off the state road from entrance to Chattanooga. PupilG Hauled by Wagon. Several decided improvements in school management are being inaugu rated in Tift county under the local taxation system. One of the best is at Tyty, where a >/agon is used for hauling the pupils a distance of sev eral miles to the Tyty school. By this means the board of education saves the expense of one teacher and finds that it can very well afford to pay the expense of hauling the children to school and then have several dol lars to spare when the expense of maintaining a separate school is con sidered. The system has been found so prof itable, as well as beneficial, to the children in the country that the put ting on of several wagons is contem plated. * * Steamer Line in Sight. President John Betjeman, of the Georgia Immigration Association was in Savannah the past week conferring relative to the direct line that is to be established with European ports for the purpose of bringing immi grants to this state. Mr. Betjeman says he is certain that within sixty days the first sailing for Savannah will take place. He seems confident that the work to be done under state supervision will not meet with inter ference at the hands of the national government. “There is a great demand in the state for immigrants,” said Mr. Bet jeman. "I have now on file in my office at Albany 7,000 applications for immigrants.” * * * Jordan Heads Association. At a meeting of the executive com mittee of the Georgia Immigration Association held in Columbus the past week, G. Gunby Jordan of Columbus was elected president of the associa tion. He has been serving as vice president since the organization of the association, and since the resig nation of President Oliver of Savan nah has been virtually president. Mr. Jordan has been au enthusiast for y ears on the subject of European im migration of Georgia, and has done splendid work in behalf of the pres ent immigration .movement. He is very optimistic over the present cam paign to draw immigrants to Geor gia, and says that the results so far are highly encouraging. *(■ General Evans to Head Staff. General Clement A. Evans, the rank ing Confederate veteran in Georgia, lieutenant general of the United Con federate Veterans’ Association and next in command in that organization to General Stephen D. Lee, has been tendered by Governor-Elect Hoke Smith and has accepted the position of chief of staff to the new governor. In this capacity General Evans will head the list of colonei or lieutenant colonels, composing the staff of Gov ernor Smith. There will be only twen ty-eight members of the next govern or's staff under the new military law passed several years ago, and it is required that ail of these shall have had some military experience. Gover nor Terrell has about 150 lieutenant colonels on his staff, and under a spe cial law was permitted to retain then, until the end of his second administra tion. State License No Protection. An echo of the recent prohibition election in Decatur county, which re sulted in the city of Bainbridge and surrounding country going “dry,” reached the state capitol a few days ago, in the shape of a letter from Judge Maxwell, the county ordinary, seeking advice from the comptroller general. The ordinaiy was anxious regarding the status of the saloonists who held lioenses from the state. Judge Max wall says many of the sa loons hold state licenses that will not expire until December 31st, while the prohibitionists insist upon closing all saloons at the expiration of six weeks’ notice. General Wright says the law i3 plain. It provides that no state li cense shall relieve any dealer from any local tax or prohibitory law that may be passed with reference to the sale of liquor. STOP AT THE ZETTLER HOUSE. The best SI.OO a day house i n the city. 253 FOURTH ST., MACON, GY, Mrs. A. L. Zettler, Proprietress. MINISTER PROMPTLY ACQUITTED. Rev. Morgan Exonerated in Court of Spits Perjury Charge. The case against Presiding Eldev E. F. Morgan, charged witn perjury, was concluded at Wrightsville, Ga, Wednesday night with a verdict of not guilty, after the jury had oeen out only long enough to read the pa pers before them. The announcement of the verdict was greeted by cheers from the mea and the singing of hymns by the women. Rev. Mr. Morgan was indicted on a charge of perjury in connection with the slander case of W. J. Flan ders against Judge A. F. Delay, which latter case was tried March 22, 1902. Four grand juries have passed since the alleged false testimony was given, but the last grand jury, of which Mr. Flanders was a member, indict ed Mr. Morgan March 21st. Rev. Mr. Morgan is now presiding elder of the Mcßae district. He was pastor of the Methodist church In Wrightsville in 1902 and at that time W. J. Flanders was a local preacher. Mr. Morgan was a witness in the church trial which arraigned Mr. Flanders, expelled him from the church and deprived him of his li cense as a local preacher. DAGO JUROR COBID NOT READ. Foreigner Causes Quashing of Indictment Against Favrot. Inability on the part of a juror to read and write the English language has resulted in a decided turn in the % case of Congressman-elect George K. Faxrol. of the sixth district of Louis iana, who has been confined in jail for over seven months, charged with the murder of Dr. R. H. Aldrich, in Baton Rouge, last summer. In the district court a demurrer to the indictment was sustained on the grounds that one member of the jury, an Italian, could neither read nor write the English language. The state appealed the case to the supreme court, which Monday afternoon af firmed the decision of the lower court. NORTHERN STATED A FACT. Ex-Governor’s Remarks, Nevertheless, Created Some Surprise. Ex-Governor W. J. Northern took up the negro question at the meeting of the Evangelical Ministers’ Associ ation at Atlanta Monday morning, and gave expression to views that caused not a little surprise. ‘‘The white people hate th ( ' and the negroes hate the white peo ple, like they both do the devil,” he said. “There is a deep grained antag onism existing between the two races, and, where the negro Is concerned, the white people are all ready to cTy with Ben Tillman; ‘To hell with the law! ’ “This spirit has existed in high places, and is alive in the courts. PREACHED OWN FUNERAL SERMON. Former Baptist Minister Hanged for Mur der and Robbery of Woman. Thomas Harris, a young white naan, formerly a Baptist preacher, was hanged in the jail yard at Gaffney. S. C., Friday for the murder of Mrs. Hortense Morgan, an aged white yvo man, last November. Before the black cap was adjusted Harris preached his own funeral sermon. He killed Mrs. Morgan by cutting her throat, after which he took SBOO from her clothes. SUCCESSOR TO SWETTENHAM. King Edward Approves Appointment of New Governor of Jamaica. A London dispatch says; Sydney Olivier will succeed Sir Alexander Swettenham, who, as governor of Ja maica, ordered Admiral Davis and the American warships from Kingston during the recent earthquake horror. King Edward has approved the ap pointment of Sir Olivier. POSTAL COMPANY RAISES RATES. Same Advance Adopted as That Made by the Western Union. Charles P. B rucfi_ t genera) manager of the *®j“jraph com pany, is quote **^^*^T“*-*mt company has, ly to the sa’’ ' announced) new rate / April 1. j