The Butts County progress. (Jackson, Ga.) 18??-1915, November 01, 1907, Image 2
i TO EACH HIS OWN.
I have faith that in the beginning,
When life was given us all,
It was planned that sooner or later
Our hearts would answer the call,
That prescient voice of (he spirit,
Wliicn, spite of sea or zone,
F.ometime, across the silence,
Brings In us each our own.
—Helen Field Fischer, in the Christian
Register.
THE FACE IN THE
SHINING WATERS
Ma-kwat-ko was a little Indian
Kiri. Sim lived a long way off from
Kew York. Her libme was in a tiny,
tiny hut, called a "shack.” The
shack was one of about nineteen
that made up a "ranchcry.” And
the ranchery stood at the foot of a
noble mountain, on a narrow ledge
of land, fronting a wide river.
Perhaps you think that, this sounds
pretty? Well, it looked pretty, too.
But Ma-kwat-ko found it very lone
some. She had no one to play with,
for most of the children of her ago
were at a mission school not far
away. There were bigger girls, who
wove Indian baskets—the funny long
baskets in which Indian women keep
their babies. No doubt you have
seen pictures of Indian mammas,
with their pappoosbs slung on their
backs. Ma-kwat-ko could weave, too.
But still she was lonely, for the big
girls did not talk much, and to her
never at nil.
But one day Ma-kwat-ko had an
adventure. She never told any one
about, it. She kept it all to herself.
But it was a most wonderful adven
ture.
It began In this way: Toosha and
Hlst-ko were talking as their busy
fingers wove. Said Toosha:
"To-night. I go up the mountain,
to the Shining Waters.”
“Why go you?” asked Hist-ko.
Toosha laughed. “ ’Tls the full
of the moon,” she said. “And I’ll
see, maybe, a face in the waters.”
Then Hist-ko laughed too.
Ma-kwat-ko quite understood. If,
In the full of the moon you went up
the steep trail and by midnight stood
by the shining waters you would see
the face of the man whose squaw you
were to he.
But suddenly there flashed into
her mind that you might see other
things. She did not want to see the
face of a man. She did not want to
cook and sweep for any man, but, be
ing a little girl, she might see the
face of her next playmate. She had
been so lonely since the last one went
to the mission school!
So that night, when the two bigger
girls, their shawls well round their
dark heads, crept up the trail (father
ami mother sleeping and knowing
not), Ma-kwat-ko followed them at a
safe distance. The night was fresh
and cool, as nights always are among
the mountains, and she even shiv
ered a little once or twice. The stars
phone like eyes in the dark sky and
the moon was brilliant.
On they went, on and up, over the
well beaten trail. Then they left it,
striking into a little path at, its side.
Here, on dry moss and fallen twigs,
they traveled, Ma-lcwat-ko after
them, till they came to ttie wide sil
ver pool formed in the hollow of a
groat rock and fed by unseen streams
—the pool known to the Indians as
the Shining Waters.
It. was midnight now. The two
girls flung aside their shawls and one
at a time looked into It. But they
saw nothing. With a laugh, Hist-ko;
with a grunt of anger, Toosha turned
away. They were full of themselves
or they would have heard a twig snap
under Ma-kwat-ko's little foot. But
they did not. And as they turned to
retrace their steps the child crept for
ward and, kneeling on the pool's
brink, gazed eagerly into the Shining
"Waters. They had seen nothing.
What would she see? Or would she
see anything?
The surface of the pool was very
still. Now and again a wandering
breeze just crisped its silver into the
tiniest ripples —then again they
passed away, and the water was a
sheet of silver once more.
Suddenly the stillness broke again,
but no wind stirred the waters. They
were still, and in the centre was a
lace—such a face as Ma-kwat-ko had
never seen—had never dreamed of.
It was fair as one of the lilies whose
three petals peep in the spring from
their green leaves. The hair hung
around the lovely face In beautiful
curls, instead of being strnight like
all the hair Ma-kwat-ko had ever
seen before. The little Indian girl
nearly tumbled into the water she
was so surprised! Then her heart
filled with joy. Would this lovely
creature come and play with her?
Indian children do not, as a rule,
Scream or cry out. Cut Ma-kwat-ko
gkve a cry then. Not at what she
aaV~— but at what she heard! It was
a v.rice—a man's voice.
Sims did not dare look up! She did
ft not understand the words, which
f were: "View, Maisie —you've seen a
wishing well by moonlight!” She
only knew that she was alone, and
very far from home, and that It was
night—cold, strange, terrible night.
Then she saw that a man was be
side her—a white man! She saw no
one else, though there was another
person there. She scrambled to her
feet and ran into the bushes. Then,
finding a cleared and hilly part of
the trail, she did not trust her fleet
little toes, but threw herself on the
ground and rolled, over and over, till
she reached the foot of the slope and
found herself on the well known trail
that led to her cabin. Like a mouse
she crept into her corner of the bed
on which her mother slept. Shiver
ing, she pulled the rough quilts,
bought at a mission house sale, round
her and was soon asleep.
The next day Toosha and Hist-ko
declared that the Shining Waters no
more showed to maidens the face of
the husband to be. But Ma-kwat-ko
held her tongue. She knew the Shin
ing Waters did show a face sometimes
--they had shown a face to her. She
had seen one in the waters!
When the autumn came and turned
the green leaves to crimson and
brown and gold Ma-kwat-ko, too,
went to the mission school. But still
she was lonely. When she spoke to
the other girls about the thoughts
that came to her they only stared at
her or said something that showed
they did not understand. Often she
thought of the face in the Shining
Waters, and said to herself: "She
would know what I mean.”
Although no one cared to have
Ma-kwat-ko talk, she began to find a
great deal of happiness in writing
her thoughts. After a time people
began to say how wonderful it was
that a poor Indian girl should think
of such beautiful tilings, and she re
ceived money for writing them. And
yet no one understood altogether,
and she still remembered the face in
the waters.
When Ma-kwat-ko had quite
grown up she was known as the "In
dian poetess,” and one day a rich
woman in a great city gave a recep
tion for her. Among all the guests
there were none whom she thought
she would like to talk to until there
came in a woman who was tall and
fair and more beautiful than any of
the others.
“I have always loved your people,”
she said to Ma-kwat-ko. “Once,
when I was a little girl, I made my
father take me to the top of a moun
tain at midnight to see an Indian
wishing well.”
"Oh, I saw you there in the water,”
said Ma-kwat-ko, "and I have longed
for you ever since.”
So at last Ma-kwat-ko found the
playmate she had wished for, and she
was never so lonely again. New
York Tribune.
THE BREADFRUIT TREE.
.Many Ways in Which This Strange
Tropical Plant is Utilized.
The breadfruit tree is a native of
Southern Asia, the West Indies, the
South Pacific Islands and the Indian
archipelago. In appearance it resem
bles somewhat the wild chestnut. It
grows to the height of forty or fifty
feet and has dark green leaves, many
of them two feet in length, which are
deeply divided into pointed F'bes.
Hidden among the great leaves the
breadfruit grows. It is nearly spher
ical, often weighs four or more
pounds and has a thick yellow rind.
The eatable part lies between the
rind and the core and when fully ripe
is yellow and juicy. The fruit is bet
ter before it is fully matured, and the
natives gather It while the pulp is
white.
Befote it is ready for table use it
must be roasted, when it looks like
wheat bread and Is both palatable
and nutritious. Usually the fruit is
cut into thr~e or four slices and roast
ed or bakeJ in an oven.
Frequently the people of a village
join in making a huge oven, in which
several hundred breadfruits may be
baked at one time. Thus they are all
supplied with bread without its cost
ing any of them much labor. Pre
pared iu this way the bread will keep
for weeks.
The breadfruit is in season eight
months of the year. "When the season
finally draws to a close the last fruits
are gathered and made into a sour
paste called “mallei. ” This paste will
keep good for months and is made
into balls, wrapped in leaves and
baked, just as needed.
Bread is not the only product of
the breadfruit tree. From it cement,
cloth, tinder and lumber are also ob
tained. A glutinous, milky juice
oozes from the trunk of the tree,
which makes an excellent cement
when boiled with cocoanut oil. From
the fibrous inner bark a kind of
coarse cloth is made, and the big
leaves make good towels. The lum
ber is used for building houses and
many other purposes. Besides all
this, the dried blossoms are used as
tinder when fires are kindled.—Balti
more Sun.
The Erzberg, Austria’s iron moun
tain. will furnish ore for 1000 more
years.
Georgia Cullings
Curtailed Items of Interest
Gathered at Random.
New Life insurance Company.
Application has been made for a
charter for the Georgia Life Insurance
company of Athens, which is to have
a capital of $500,000. It will be a reg
ular old line, legal reserve stock com
pany, with head in Athens.
Sixteen of the leading financiers o!
the city are named as incorporators. As
soon as the charter is secured the com
pany will be ready to begin its work,
which will be extended to every state
in the union.
* * *
North Favors Proposition.
The suggestion by prominent confed
erate veterans that the annual encamp
ment of the Grand Army of the Repub
lic be held in Atlanta in 1909 has met j
with enthusiastic reception throughout
the north. According to many of the;
papers of that section many have for
years been looking forward to the time
when the good feeling between the two*
sections would express itself in such ar
manner that such an encampment
should be held in Atlanta is especially
appropriate in as much as around At
lanta was centered many of the fiercest
struggles of the war.
Perkins Succeeds Benton.
President L. A. Ransom of the Inter
state Cotton Seed Crushers’ Associa
tion, has been advised by Secretary
Straus of the department of commerce
and labor pt Washington, that Albert
G. Perkins of Memphis, Tenn., has
been appointed to succeed J. Lo-vick
Benton of Monticello, Ga., as United
States, expert on cotton seed and its
by products, abroad.
A more recent letter from Major Car
son, of the department of manufacto
ries, states that the new appointee will
go abroad to take up the work, so suc
cessfully begun by Mr. Benton on No
vember 15.
• * *
College Buildings Accepted.
The sixth district agricultural college
buildings in the suburbs at Barnesvilla,
were turned over to the trustees
a few days ago by the contractors, the
Gresham Manufacturing company of
Griffin. The architect states that the
buildings are entirely satisfactory and
that they are the equal of any of the
eleven agricultural schools. The three
large buildings on the highest point on
the large tract of land show off to
great advantage.
Professor Scott, the principal, states
that the school will open on January 8,
and he is looking for a satisfactory
attendance at that time.
# * *
Will Ignore Grand Jury.
Regardless of the recommendations
of the Fulton county grand jury, pro
testing against the erection of anew
$400,000 courthouse in Atlanta, the
county commissioners will adhere to
their original intention and the new
courthouse will be built.
This was the substance of a state
ment made by General Clifford L. An
derson, chairman of the board of coun
ty commissioners, in reply to the dec
laration of the grand jury in their
presentments that the erection of a
new courthouse is unnecessary at this
time and that the SIOO,OOO tax imposed
for this purpose is illegal. The grand
jury based their charge of illegality
upon the belief that the tax is unnec
essary and petitioned Judge Pendle
ton of the superior court for relief
i from this tax.
Must Publish Train Schedules.
No train now scheduled' in Georgia
is to be taken off without the consent
the railroad commission of Georgia;
no changes in the schedules as now
existing are to be made without a
three-day notice by publication of the
trains running through that station,
and in addition there shall be printed
continuously in some paper of general
circulation the schedules of the roads
operating in that community.
These are the salient points of a a
order just issued by the railroad com
mission of Georgia, and becomes effect
ive at once. It is carried out in thn
premise of this general order, No. 2,
that the railroad commission adopts as
its own schedules those schedules now
being maintained in Georgia.
This is one of the widest and most
sweeping orders yet issued by the re
organized commission.
* * *
State Fair Great Success.
President J. J. Connor of the Geor
gia State Agricultural Society, said :
“The Georgia state fair, just concluded,
is the best in every particular I have
seen since 1 have been connected with
the society in 1599. Taken altogether,
I think it to be the best state fair
STOP AT THE
ZETTLER BOUSE.
The best SI.OO a day house in the
city.
253 FOURTH ST., MACON. G<v.,
Mrs. A. L. Zeltler, Proprietress.
ever held in Georgia. The agricultural
displays were larger and represented
all sections of the state; the cattle ex
hibit was fine; the poultry show was
a winner, the woman’s exhibit was fine;
the machinery exhibit was good, the
races were fast and the midway stands
without a superior in the south. .
"It was a great financial success.
Every premium promised was paid in
cash and everybody was satisfied.”
At the final meeting of the board of
directors Saturday night, it was stated
that all of the debts of the current
year that had been presented had been
paid by the fair treasurer and all that
would be presented would be paid
propmptly.
Secretary Weldon announced to the
meeting that with the exception of the
■fair held in 1905, when President
Roosevelt attracted an audience of
30,000 people within the fair grounds,
that the attendance this year had been
larger than any in the history of the
state fair association. It is conserva
timely estimated that close on to 100,-
000 people visited the fair during the
sixteen days.
After the meeting President Caba
niss of the Atlanta Fair Association
said: “To my mind this fair has been
the best fair; it had more attractions,
more exhibits and more visitors than
any with which I have ever been at
tached since we began having state
fairs and expositions.
“As to future lairs I can’t say just
now. Personally, I am in favor of an
other fair next year. We know that
t’ne last week of the fair last year
showed that the clearing house re
ceipts were much greater than the
year before, and this year the last
week of the fair shows them to jump
over last year by a half million dollars,
which we attribute partially to the
state fair. This is a good index of what
a state fair will do. We are immensely
pleased with the success of the fair,
and -wish to return our thanks to the
; public for its patronage.”
Joint Convention Called.
President R. F. Duckworth of the
Georgia division of the Farmers’ Union
issued the following call for a con
vention to be held in Lake City, Fla.,
November 14th and 15th.
The members of the Farmers’ Union
in the Sea Island and Ribbon Cane
cotton belts of Georgia and Florida
have asked for a joint convention, that
those interested in the two crops who
live in the states of Georgia and Flor
ida may get together and form plans
by which and through which they may
handle these products to the best in
terest.
In consideration of the above re
quest, the state president of Georgia,
and the state president of Florida, do
hereby call a convention to be held
at Lake City, Fla., on Thursday and
Friday, November 14th and 15th, 1907.
Representation to be one delegate
from each county union at large, and
one delegate for each two hundred
members or a majority fraction there
of. In counties where is no county
union each local union may send a
delegate. All commissioned organizers
who can attend will be seated as dele
gates.
Every member of the Fanners’ Union
who can is invited to attend this meet
ing and take part in the discussion
of the questions presented.
GREEN AND GAYNOR LOSE AGAIN.
Rehearing Denied Feted Prisoners Facing
Penitentiary Sentence.
B. D. Greene and John F. Gaynor,
whose notoriety in connection with the
government fraud has become nation
al, were Monday denied a rehearing
by the United States circuit court of
appeals in session in Montgomery, Ala.,
and unless the defendants secure a
writ of certiorari from the United
States supreme court, they are doom
ed to spend four years in the peniten
tlary, besides each being compelled to
pay a fine approximating $2,000,000.
LEVEE STRIKE IS ENDED.
Men at New Orleans Return to Labors
Pending Arbitration.
The levee strike at New Orleans,
involving 10,000 men. mostly cotton
handlers ended Tuesday night. The
men agreed to return to work pending
final adjustment of the controversy
by arbitration which was proposed by
the local steamship agents.
No disorder of any kind occurred
during the strike, which lasted about
a month.
RATE MUDDLE
TO BE PROBED
By Trio of Governors at a Special
Meeting in Atlanta.
PEACE TO BE SOUGHT
Concessions May Be Made by Both Sides
and an Amicable Adjustment of
All Questions Reached.
A suDreme effort is now being made
on the part of the governors of the va
rious southern states, the legislatures
of which have recently enacted meas
ures reducing passenger fares on all.
railroads in those states and the offi
cials of the railway lines affected by
such reductions, to reach, if possible,
an amicable adjustment of the contro
versy resulting from the enactment of
such legislation.
With the object at arriving at a so
lution of the pending problem, a con
ference will be held in Atlanta, in
which Governors Comer of Alabama,
Smith of Georgia, Glenn of North Car
olina and perhaps Governor Swanson
of Virginia will participate. The sug
gestion of the proposed conference was
made by Governor Comer and the gov
ernors representing the other three
states have signified their intention
of attending the meeting.
It is given out that both the govern
ors of those states and the railway of
ficials of lines entering the southern
states are extremely desirous of set
tling the passenger rates controversy,
and to that end, it is reported, are
willing to make concessions.
The parties to the conference will
gather for the purpose of an inter
change of views relative to the rate
question affecting the southern states,,
and with the hope of ultimately fram
ing a compromise agreement to be
submitted to the officials of the rail
roads affected. Of course, whatever
proposition is drawn up looking to a
settlement of the vexatious question
will have to be submitted also to the
legislatures of the states named for
their approval. What is desired on the
part of all parties concerned is to se
cure, if possible, a uniform passenger
rate in the states of Alabama, Georgia,
North Carolina and Virginia.
A Washington special says: The'
peace negotiations between the offi
cials of the Southern railway and Gov
ernor Glenn of North Carolina, which
began Friday with the object of bring
ing about an amicable settlement of
the existing differences in the matter
of freight and passenger charges, were
temporarily brought to an end Satur
day afternoon. Governor Glenn and
ex-Congressman Woodward, represent
ing the state, spent the morning with
President Finley of the Southern.
All angles of the pending litigation
were discussed, and when adjournment
was taken it was understood that the
negotiations leaking to a peaceful set
tlement of the questions at ijsue are
to be resumed after Governor Glenn,
returns from the Atlanta conference.
While the peace negotiations be
tween the Southern and the state of
North Carolina are temporarily sus
pended it was agreed that there should
be no interruption in the taking of tes
timony before Standing Master Mont
gomery in the federal court case from
North Carolina.
The material question between the
state and the railroad is one of terms.
While Governor Glenn and the counsel
for the state decline to discuss the
pending negotiations, there is good
reason to believe that the governor
will not agree to any compromise that
puts in effect a greater rate than two
and a half cents, applying alike to
inter and intrastate passengers. Such
a compromise would mean concessions
by both parties.
The Southern is willing to submit to
a 2 3-4 cent rate, and it is said that
this is the compromise passenger rats
that the railroads have agreed to offer
to all the southern states.
FILIPINOS ARE BARRED.
Islanders Cannot Become American Citi
zens Says Federal Juige.
Acting upon advice of the United
States district attorney’s # office, County
Clerk Wright at Santa Rosa, Cal., has
refused the application of Benigno
Boccoa, a Filipino, for naturalization
papers. Assistant District Attorney
White, in a written opinion, holds tnat
until such time as they may be s
pecially granted by congress, natural
ization rights do not apply to Filipinos,
although, as such, Filipinos are entitled
to the protection of the United Stat.s
government.