The Butts County progress. (Jackson, Ga.) 18??-1915, January 02, 1907, Image 8

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THE WORLD’S DESIRE. B-'auty Is Ilko a star Shamed in the bold daylight, But coming out of the l'ar At the call of the mystic night. Beauty is like n dream: We wake, and, lo! it is flown; If wo sleep again, 'twould seem, We may make it our very own. Beauty Is like a flower In a dusk garden set, That, reaved away, for an hour Gives of her odor yet. —Richard Burton, in the Century. THE BEST —OF— THE LOT. By Ethel Porter Farwell. They were sensible, hardworking girls, were the Thurlows, and every one liked and admired them. The two elder ones made quite a nice little lum of pocket money by their poultry arid vegetables, which they drove into the market themselves, and sold right well, for their things were always of the best and found a ready sale. It was a beautiful J .ne morning and the pony was waiting with the little cart at the door, stamping his little feet with impatience, for it was Mon day, and “Jan” was fresh from his sta ble. “Angela,“'‘cried a fresh young voice, “hurry up. Jan is at the and the baskets arc in. Do make uaste; wu shall he dreadfully late.” "I’m coming. Oh, wait a moment, Rita; I must take some of those pink roses from the south wall. Ini sure tfcey’s sell.” It was just 8 o’clock, and a lovely day. Overhead hung a cloudless blue sky, but ft was no bluer than the azure depths of Angela's eyes, and the sunlight was scarce brighter than her glorious lit-ir, which coiled round her head In masses of warm color. She was known as the “best of the lot,” and she certainly deserved that posi tion in the family looks on this glori ous morning, as she came round breathlessly from the south wall, where she had been gathering a large handful of delicate pink roses, all wet with ciew. “Now, my good Rita, as hard as you find Jan like!” said Angela gayly, as she put into the cart. Aud, with a Hick of the whip across his shaggy shoulders, away went Jan down the narrow avenue, out Into the lane which led into the highroad to the town, four miles distant. Pats of yellow butter set out on a neighboring table, which'was presided over by a fat farmer’s wife, made a delicious contrast to the piles of vege tables, baskets of brown eggs and the loose bunch of pink loses Which the girls speedily set out. in their turn; and there was no lack of customers as the morning went on. Strangers glanced curiously at the lovely face of the girl in the blue cotton gown and the sun-bonnet. which half concealed her loveliness; and presently a car riage which was passing stopped and two people—u tpon and a lady—got out and came slowly into the market. Thoy were strangers to the Thiir lows. Possibly they were staying in the neighborhood, which was famous for its scenery and its natural sport ing advantages. But they had no tltmi to waste in staring idly at. pass ers-by. for they wore besieged by cus tomers. and soon their pile of produee had neatly vanished—all but the pink; roses ffnd a tew eggs. TMhjS Rita, my dear," whispered the fat woman at the next stall, hurried ly, “Will you Jhok after my things while 1 run out to speak to my daugh ter for a rnipute? She passed by, ami 1 must see her at once.” "Of course, Mrs. Radley,'* said An gela; "and I'll have sold all you've got by the time you .epmo back!” '••’"l'liirnlc you Kindly. Miss Angela deuv:”j ;: i: - • Awi Mw. himieß. off,.-while- AuiviVa took, the .vacant scut at the stall." '‘ft was gMting %ot. and she lednt Uueit against' tbie will- wiilt a feeling o£.;<£'ewi>iuesa. when she wt(s rlaised by a voice saying; "By Jove! there's., a pretty girl! 1 say, Maude —” planet and in the direction of the vokej and saw the two strangers she liad hotii;o*i getting out of the ear rlnve. They were coming toward her. and her eyes met those of the man, who was looking at her with frank ad miration in his handsome face. “My dear Goeff, do he careful!” said the lady, with a laugh; and then she Adduced to the stall where, as a rule, the worthy Mrs. Radley presided over the .destinies of her butter and cliiek 4ns. ‘Ts this Mrs. Ttadley’s stall?" she asked, with a surprised glan<ff> at the girl, who rose from her seat, "Ycb. ma’am." said .' ucela. with the demurest air. "Site ha> just gone out of the market fur a:• oment, tI am feook’ng after tl thing far her. What plan 1 serve you with, ma’am?” The iaau was still looking at her, but Angela took not the faintest notice of him. “A dozen eggs, please,” said the lady, getting out her purse, and look ing about her; “and — Oh, what love ly roses those are on the next stall! Are those yours?” “Yes, ma’am,” said Angela with alacrity. “Will you take some? They are quite fresh this morning.” “Give me half the bunch, will you, please? How much? That is right, I think. Perhaps you could bring them out to the carriage for me?” “Let me take them, Maude,” said the man stepping forward. “There is no need to trouble any one to carry your parcels when I am here. Is that all?” “Yes, You look rather absurd with that basket of eggs and the roses, Geoff; but have your own way. Good morning.” The man cast a glance at Angela and lifted his hat, as he followed the lady from the stall; and Angela withdrew to her seat with a mischievous smile curviug her red lips. Of course, he thought she was a farmer’s daughter, or something of that sort, and she laughed to herself at the recollection. He was such a nice looking, soldierly man, too; and she wondered who he was, and where he came from, with that frank interest in the doings of the world In general which was part and parcel of her quiet home life. “Rita,” she said. “I wonder who those people were. Didn’t I play my part well? It was quite amusing, and—” “I should like the rest of those roses you have, if they are not sold,” said a voice; and Angela turned swiftly, to find the good looking man beside her. He was looking at her with a queer smile, and she reflected that might have heard her remark. “Certainly, sir,” she said, remem bering her role. “Thanks very much. Good morn ing!” “Why, he has given me too much. Thin is half a sovereign!” cried Angela in dismay, as the man disappeared. “Look, Rita! What shall I do?” “My dear, what can you do, unless Mrs. Radley can tell you who the people are? The carriage has gone.” It was late in September when Tom Thurloy, the eldest son, who was just home from war, arrived home on leave. He had announced in his let ter that lie was bringing with him one of his friends, a man who had done awfully well at Ladysmith, and who Was, according to Tom, no end of a good fellow. This caused quite a flut ter of interest in the Thurlow estab lishment, and great were the prepar ations made for the reception of Tom ami his friend, a certain Captain Law ler. It was late when they arrived, and Angola was out feeding her poultry. “Where’s Angola?” asked Tom, when all the first greetings were Over, and Captain Lawler had been introduced to his friends’ good-looking family. “Grumbling in that blessed gar den, I suppose? The girl is gardening find poultry-rearing mad! By the way, Lawler tells me lie has been in these parts before—said he saw the pret tiest girl he had over met in the mar ket. Funny place to come across her, eh ?” Rita almost, jumped from her seat, phe had thought there was something familiar about the stranger's face, and now it suddenly flashed across her. He was the man to whom Angela had sold her pink roses for half a sovereign. At that moment the door opened and Angela came in. Tom always derlares that both she and Geoffrey Lawler looked as if they had been suddenly struck motionless images, hut that may be taken as a plight exaggeration of the affair. "Well, I’m blessed!” said Tom. “You two don’t need an introduction, evidently; and. since you both seem to have so much to say, you’d bet ter get it over. 1 shall he in the sta bles when H'ou want me. Come on, Rita.” And as the others vanished, and Geoffrey Lawler found himself alone with the "best of the lot," his tengue was suddenly unloosed, and he spoke. They were yiilj talking an lioiip later; and ,Tom Thurlow was very eloquent lon the subject, when he "came back from a wnithftil tour of the Stables, land found the two of them still talk dug as he expressed it. ***** Geoffrey Lawler and Angela are likely to talk for ever and a day, lad ;be declared that fate had brought them together in such a wonderful manner that it would be ungrateful, to say the least of it, to allow them ;se.*es to part, again. And Angela quite agrees .with him. She always does. —New York News. Youth’s Happy View. A certain nobleman well known to society, while one day strolling round his stables, cutne across his coach man's littl eboy on a seat playing with his toys. After talking to the young ster a short time he said, "Well, my little man, do you know who I am" “Oh, yes.” replied the boy, “you’re the man who rides in my father’s car riage!”—Argonaut. Georgia Callings Curtailed Items of Interest Gathered at Random. Woman Kills Husband. John S. Moore, who resides eight miles above Stockton, in Clinch coun ty, while drinking, started to beat his wife, and she grabbed a pistol and shot him dead. Several years ago Moore killed a man in the house in which he lost his life. * * * S. A. L. to Discontinue Trains. Permission has been secured by the Seaboard Air Line railroad from the railroad commission of Georgia to dis continue several of its trains between Atlanta and Athens, and the road pro poses to make these changes effective on Sunday, January 5. This is the second of the elimina tions allowed, the first being on the Macon and Birmingham railroad when a “tri-weekly” service was substituted for a daily service for one train. The citizens of Athens are up in arms over the proposed change. * * * Headquarters of Union Moved. The headquarters of the Farmers’ Union have been moved from Barnes ville, where they have been for more than a year to Union City near At lanta. Since the headquarters have been in Barnesville the organization has en joyed a wonderful growth so that it now numbers nearly one hundred thousand members in this state. J. T. McDaniel will be in charge of the office of secretary-treasurer, suc ceeding J. L. Barron, who assumes the management of the Union Phos phate company, recently organized by the members of the Farmers’ Union for the purpose of furnishing fertiliz ers for the farmers. * * * New Trial Denied Johnson. A motion for anew trial in the case of Andrew Johnson, the negro con victed and sentenced to be hanged in Atlanta for the murder of Officer J. A. Manier, was denied by Judge Roan of the criminal division of the Fulton superior court Saturday morning. Judge W. R. Hammond, counsel for Johnson, stated that he would carry the case to the state supreme court, and a stay of execution will be se cured. Judge Hammond based his motion for anew trial upon certain exceptions which he took to Judge Roan’s charge to the jury and upon the ground that the verdict of the jury was not jus tified by the evidence. Judge Roan held that the verdict ol the jury was in accordance with the evidence and overruled the objections made by Judge Hammond to his charge. Johnson was sentenced to hang on January 3, but his execution is post poned until the higher court takes ac tion in the case. * * * Fertilizer Tags Ready. All ararngemeuts have been perfect ed by Captain J. P. Johnson, chief | clerk in the fertilizer office in the department of agriculture at the state capitol, for the sale of fertilizer tags which will begin at once. In antici pation of this rush. Commissioner Hud son has bought eight million tags,which have arrived aud are stored in the capitol. These tags are placed ten to a ton 0! fertilizer anil twenty to a ton of cot ton seed meal, the price of the first being one cent each, and of the latter one-half cent. The reason for the dif ference is that fertilizer is sacked ten sacks to- the tun. and cotton seed meal at twenty sacks to the ton. The department finds that the sales of cotton seed meal are increasing an nually, as the farmers are finding this to be a most desirable fertilizer, in ad dition to its well known feeding value. It is fro tnthe sale of all these tags that the district agricultural schools of the state are supported, and the pro ’ ceods derived fhts year will in all prob ability be greater than ever, for the indications are that the farmers will plant less cotton and fertilize more 1 heavily. The sale of these tags is heaviest during the months cf January, February and March. * * * Checks Were Held Too Long. A question which will, doubtless, have to be determined by the attorney general, at an early date, will be that of checks sent out to pay the state school teachers, drawn on the now de funct Neal bank at Atlanta, a state depository, and which were not pre sented for collection in time to be paid. Two checks were received at the STOP AT THE ZETTLER HOUSE. The best SI.OO a day house in the city. CF;3 FOURTH ST., MACON. GU, Mrs. A. L. Zettler, Proprietress. state treasury a few days ago, which were returned, as made out to a coun ty school commissioner with he was to pay off the school teachers. One of these checks was dated Sep tember and the other November. It will be a question to be determined whether these checks were held out too long and the county school com missioner shall wait until the affairs of the bank are liquidated and then get his money; or whether he will not be paid until his money is received in hand and the state treasurer is to Eend him another check. The sum totalled by these two checks was a little over S6OO, but brings up a point which will have to be settled before still others may come In. * * * Drur.ken Printer Kills Brother. Nat Beadles was shot and killed by his younger brother, Joe Beadles, at the home of the latter near Ben nett’s mill in Fayette county. Joe Beadles was a printer, and had been employed at Millen on a newspaper. He went home to spend the holidays with his mother, who lives near Fay etteville: Ha began drinking and his mother, in fear, it is said, left the house. She went to Fayetteville to the home of her other son, Nat Bea dles, who was a resident of the town. After his mother told him of his brother’s condition, Nat Beadies decid ed to go after him, as he feared he might end the night by killing himself. He found his brother raising a dis turbance when he reached his home, and he undertook to quiet him. According to reports, Joe Beadles re sented the advances of his brother, and finally shot him to death. The murderer was arrested and placed in the Fayetteville jail. * * * Charges Against Prison Wardens. Investigations now being made by the Georgia senate cemnrittee on peni tentiaries, headed by Senator J. W. Brock, and the state prison commis sion; headed by Chairman J. S. Tur ner, bid fair to bring revelations of a sensational nature. Information has been filed with the investigators to the effect that State Warden Jake. C. Moore and a number of the convict camp wardens are guil ty of having received various sums of money from the lessees of convicts. Soon after investigations were be gun Warden Moore tendered his res ignation, which the prison board will accept at its meeting in January. Be fore handing in his resignation the warden admitted, it is said, that he assisted certain lessees to sub-let* por tions of their allotment of convicts at desirable rentals. The warden ex plained that he had not intentionally violated the rules of the commission, but that he had been asked by some of the lessees to aid them in placing portions of their allotments, and had done so purely as a matter of accom modation. The alleged* practices are said to have prevailed for years, and it is declared that many of the officials have waxed rich upon their incomes. The money paid the camp wardens is said to have been for favors .and con siderations show n the 'lessees in the matter of handling the convicts. NORTH STATE BONDS' REPUDIATED. t .. -. Governor G!enn Gives Tart Answer to Holders of Bogus Papers.. Governor Glenn of North Carolina, in a letter, received at Nmy York Satur day, replymg-ttrn 'communication from Edward. L. Andrews, -who ' represents, holders of $11,000,000 of special tax bonds of the state of North Carolina,; which matured three years ago, and were never paid, declared that the l.g islature him twice repudiated the bonds and that the state would not pay one’ cent for them. Governor Glenn de clares that North Carolina has acted, fairly with its creditors, but that it would not pay for bonds "conceived in sin aud brought forth in iniquity." TEDDY BACK AT WHITE HOUSE. Returns From His Holiday Outing at Wife’s Virginia Home. Looking the picture of health and with every appearance of having en dowed.. Ills, outing of five, days at Pine Knot. Va., where Mrs. Roosev It has a cottage. President Roosevelt arrived in Washington Monday night at 3:od over the Southern railway. BOOZE OUSTED FROM GEORGIA State-Wide Prohibition Now in Full Force and Effect. PROVISION OF STATUTE Rig and Enforcement of New Law is Promis ed By Authorities and Close Watch Will Be Kept for Blind Tigers. With the stroke of midnight Tues day night, the sale of liquor in Geor gia ceased—not only the sale, but the manufacture as well. It is now illegal to sell or manufacture any beverage that intoxicates or to barter it, direct ly or indirectly. It is not only illegal to sell or man ufacture, but it is also illegal to keep alcoholic or mixtures that produce in toxication in any place of business. The law is strict on this point. You may keep your corn or your rye or your Scotch, or your beer at home, but not in any place that is not home. That word home, which hitherto has had such a romantic and sentimental usage, will come in for a more prosaic interpretation just now. Although liquor may be kept at home, it may not be made there—not even the mild domestic wines that so many farm houses keep. Druggists may sell pure grain alco hol under rigid restrictions, but a phy sician’s prescription is necessary to secure it, andthe physician must tes tify that he has examined his patient. He must also file a copy of his pre scription with the ordinary, who will get five cents for his trouble, and the ordinary must enter the prescriptions on a hook, and keep it open for pub lic inspection. A pint is the limit of any prescription. Doctors who own or are interested in drug stores may not issue prescrip tions. What prescriptions they do is sue are admissable as evidence in the courts. I At first there was some discussion as to whether wine could be used In the sacrament, but Attorney General Hart has held that it may. Even if he had not., however, the churches would not suffer, as most of them now use the unfermented grape juice. Oth er'rqles of the law follow: Wholesale,druggists can ,sell alcohol to* retail druggists. Records of every sale must be kept. Denatured or wood alcolfcl may be sold for art, scientific or mechanical purposes. Grain alcohol may be sold to bac teriologists, actively engaged in their profession. No specific instruction will be issued to courts, as each judge is presumed to know the law and place correct inter pretations on same. Punishment for any infraction will be as for misdemeanor under section 1037 of the penal code. It provides for a maximum fine of SI,OOO or twelve months on the chaingang. It is expected that many complicated questions will arise within the next few months bearing on the new' law; The authorities, whatever their opin ion as to the advisability of prohibi tion, are agreed that the new law shall' be enforced, and, in the meantime, tha state at large will watch with inter est the outcome. Since the United States government has declared that its license books will be open for v. hisky dealers in the state it is probable that the officers of the law will keep an eye on the books and in this way get a clue to any sale of liquor that may be contemplated. The securing of a license from the United States government may be prima facie evidence that the purchaser intends to sell liquor, but there must. be other proof of a sale. It is not certain whether or not the state law officers will be permitted to inspect the whisky license books of Uncld* Sam. If detectives try to do so and are turned down there may be some friction from this source. HEAVY DAMAGES ARE AWARDED To Salt Company Whose Property Was Destroyed by Overflow of River. Damages to the amount of 456,746, were awarded the Xew Liverpool company Tuesday by Judge Well born, in the United States disfrict court at Los Angeles, against the Cal ifornia Development company, on ac count of the destruction of property , caused by an overflow of the Colorado river, which resulted, it was alleged, from the construction of canal intakes by the development company.