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MORE IMMIGRA
TION FOR SOOTH
Washington, 1). C., Match IS. —
Increased activity on the part of
the Southern Railway Company in
the work ot attracting settlers to the
South is indicated by the announce
ment that two additional traveling
immigration agents have been ap
pointed in the Land and Industrial
Department. T. H. Jones, with
headquarters at St. Louis, will trav
el the Central West and .1. B. Fins
ter will have headquarters at Wash
ington, D. C. These new appoint
ees are well equipped with experi
ence and training in immigration
work and their duties will be to so
licit desirable classes to locate in the
South.
With the'e additional agents in
«,he work of the Southern
upbuilding and de
of the South should lx;
even more effective than in the past.
For years the Southern Railway
Company has devoted its energies
and employed its means for the de
velopment of the territory it serves
as well as the betterment and ex
pansion of its lines and equipment.
Through its Land and Industrial
Department a carefully prepared
plan for the promotion of immigra
tion and industrial enterprises was
devised when the Company was or
ganized in 1894 and this has been
steadily followed. It has drawn the
attention of capital and enterprise
from all parts of the United States
and Europe to the South, its oppor
tunities and resources, and has
thus identified itself with the prog
ress of the South,
That the Company is convinced
of the efficacy of its past efforts and
the wisdom of the expenditures thus
entailed is manifest in ti>e an
nouncement that this work is to be
continued on a larger scale.
A TRIBUTE,
Last Friday, Mar., 24th., death
entered the home <>f Mr. and Mrs.
L. H. Browning and bore the an
gelic spirit of their sweet little child
to that mysterious realm beyond
the skies.
The funeral service occured at
the home of the parents at 2.
o’clock Saturday afternoon and was
attended by many sympathizing
friends of the fond parents.
Two of the most skilled physi-
Rs were called and every thing
phands could do, done for the
e ones recovery.
i attempting words of consola
tion, our pen falters and our lips
grow dumb and can only say, go to
Him whose grace is sufficient for
you.
If we could take the view of death
that Longfellow did, and think;
“There is no death, what seems so
is transsition” death would lose
some of its horror. Dead? “But
as the sun dies; but as the stars go
Mfet; but as the flowers fade —to rise
and bloom again with
brightness in the beautiful
of God i ’
(El)c Codjvan Journal,
TOPI SPIRIT
ORGANIZATION
The number of commercial bodies
being organized in Georgia and Ala
bama these days is such as to at
tract the attention of the most in
different observer. The city or
town of consequence in the two
states without a commercial body,
representative of the business inter
ests and the spokesman for the civ
ic spirit and public enterprise of the
community, is now considered a
very slow and backward kind of
place.
Of course, there are commercial
bodies that are simply ornaments,
bnt even this class of sluggish or
ganizations has its sphere of useful
ness. The mere fact that a city or
town has enterprise enough to or
ganize and maintain a chamber of
commerce or board of trade or bus
iness men’s league or whatever it
may he called is a good advertise
ment of the place and adds to its
standing and prestige.
Happily, however, the live, work
ing aggressive trade boards, the
bodies that do things and are never
satisfied with what they have ac
complished in the past but are al
ways looking to the future —happily,
this class is in a large and vigorous
majority. Much of the substantial
progress being made just now by
Georgia-Alabama cities and towns
is due to their trade bodies.
The town of any size or that
hopes to amount to something
should by all means have a trade
body. It lends dignity and pres
tige to the town. It gives the pub
lic. spirit of the place opportuhity to
assert itself in a way in which it
will count. A trade board that
represents the business elements of
a community and can speak author
itatively for the people of its town
is an asset of very great value. It
is a piece of machinery that can he
had practically for the asking, for a
town can organize one overnight,
and it is a piece of machinery well
worth having. The motive power
is found in the zeal and public spir
it of the citizens of the town; ami
if the motive power is lacking the
town doesn’t deserve to succeed. —
Ga. and Ala. Industrial Index.
FIRE DESTROYS RESIDENCE
ON W, J, WOOD’S PLACE,
The residence of Louis Simmons,
colored, who lived on W. J. Wood’s
place about five miles from town,
was destroyed by fire Sunday night
at eleven o’clock. Everything was
lost except 1 trunk, 1 chair, 4 mat
tresses, and a few articles of cloth
ing.
The fire came from stove room,
although the occupants state that
there was no fire in kitchen after
three o’clock. There was no insur
ance to cover loss.
COCHRAN, PULASKI COUNTY, GA., THURSDAY, MARCH 30, 1911.
A DISASTROUS
CATASTROPHE
A correspondent of the Atlanta
Constitution, writing of the recent
wreck of the “Dixie Flyer,” says:
“The Alapaha river passenger
train wreck was the worst south
Georgia has known in many years,
and the most disastrous passenger
train wreck the Atlantic Coast Line
has suffered since the terrible
wrecking of a fast tourist train on
Hurricane creek trestle fifteen miles
east of Wayeross on March 20,
1888. In this wreck nineteen peo
ple met death, and about fifty were
injured.
“The Hurricane wreck was in
some respects similar to the wreck
at the Alapaha river trestle last
Saturday. The engine pulling the
train on that morning crossed the
trestle. The engine pulling the
Dixie Flyer crossed tin trestle all
right, but lost its tender.
Five cars of the nine-car Dixie
Flyer were telescoped in the Alapa
ha wreck. Three were literally
torn into splinters, bridge timbers
playing almost as much havoc as
the impact of the wreck.
“A marvel of the wreck was the
destruction of a Pullman car by a
day coach. The day coach figur
ing in this was a new type of steel
under frame recently adopted by the
Atlantic Coast Line.
“Eighty-five pound rails which
were placed less than a month ago
were twisted and wrenched into all
imaginable’shapes. Three lengths
were twisted in such a manner as to
resemble the figure three.
“The wreckage did not catch fire
at all-—another remarkable feature,
in view of the opportunities afford
ed by broken lanterns and lights of
express cars.
WRECK WAS UNAVOIDABLE.
“Savannah, Ga., March 27. —
General Superintendent Brand, of
the Atlantic Coast Line railway, re
turned this afternoon from the
scene of the Alapaha wreck of Sat
urday. ‘The accident is one of
those that it is impossible to fore-see
or prevent,’ he said to the repre
sentative of The Associated Press. .
“ ‘We know now why it happen
ed, but there was no way to tell
that it was going to happen. It is
seldom an engine breaks an axle as
that of the Dixie Flyer did, hut
when one does, the damage done is
usually very great.
“ ‘The engine on this train was
tested at Albany and responded in
every way to the usual methods ap
plied to see if it was sound. The
entire train was also tested at this
point.”
METHODIST'S WILL HOLD
PROTRACTED MEETNG.
Protracted meeting will begin at
the Methodist church next Sunday.
Rev. J. N. Hudson, of Macon, will
assist in the meeting. Everybody
is invited to attend.
J. B. Griner.
RAPTIST CDUKTRY
LIFE IS TOD DULL
So Says Dr. John E.
White, Prominent
Atlanta Minister.
“Baptist country life has become
too meager, bare, and dull,” said
Dr. John E. White, Monday morn
ing to the Baptist Ministers’ confer
ence. “The Baptist country church
should be a social -is well as a re
ligious center. It should he a cen
ter for many things that are now
considered ungodly. I believe my
father was wrong when lie expelled
members of his church for playing
Scotch ramble —that’s a sort of
dance. I protest against the devil
being allowed to fence off this or
that innocent thing as forbidden.”
His expression was a part of dis
cussion following a paper on coun
try churches read by Rev. V. L.
Masters, editorial secretary of the
Baptist Home Mission Board. How
to increase the efficiency of the
country church was the general
question put to the conference?
Di. White’s opinion was that the
country church is too narrow. That
the social part of it is too limited.
He insisted that it should be impor
tant socially as well as religiously,
and he said that many amusements
that are now considered sinful
should really he encouraged.
“The country church,” he end
ed, * should he a place where a
boy should go and take his girl,
and where they should do their
courting.”
“Best place in the world to do
courting,” agreed Dr. Charles W.
Daniel.
When Dr. White declared that
Scotch ramble was a thing to be
encouraged rather than prohibited,
the conference was eager to know
what Scotch ramble was.
“It’s a sort of Virginia reel,”
suggested one.
“Not exactly that,” dissented
Dr. White.
“Twistification,” added some
body else.
“It isn’t that, either,” replied
Dr. White. “It’s a sort of dance.
But I can’t play it here this morn
ing to show you.”
In addition to this suggestion
that the country church should be
improved by being made a social
center, and by encouraging amuse
ments rather than prohibiting them
the statement was made by Dr.
Daniel that practically the entire
efficiency of the country church
rests with the preacher and that it
is through him that the church
must be improved.
“There is nothing more disas
trous,” he said, in presenting this
view, “than for us country fellows
who have come to town to go
preaching down the country pastors.
“One thing we should do,” he
SOUTH GEOR
GIA ACRE
f. S. Turner, living out on route
3, reports a crop on one acre of land
which looks like a record for the
county. His crop was cane and
Irish potatoes. He first planted
the cane in 6 foot rows and planted
Irish potatoes between the cane
rows. Everything looked fine until
a cold snap came up and damaged
the potatoes badly. This was fol
lowed by a long dry spell, which
further cut down the potato crop,
so that he made only 35 bushels,
worth in the market $35.
The fall drouth hurt the cane;
however it was good enough that he
sold 7,06(5 stalks for 2 cents a stalk
or $153.45. He then saved 2,500
stalks for seed and ground the re
mainder, which made 60 gallons of
syrup worth at least S3O. This
brought the total recemts up to
8218.45 —besides replacing the seed.
The potatoes paid for the seed and
fertilizer.
Everyone knows what a bad year
it was for cane and potatoes, so in
the face of this, Mr. Turner’s crop
was really remarkable.
It might be mentioned incident
ally that last Friday Mr. Turner
killed a hog weighing 371 pounds.
—Moultrie Observer.
concluded, “is to rescue our dis
trict conference from the detestable
ambition to be a convention.”
My. Masters, in his paper, sug
gested that experts on country
churches he appointed for each as
sociation, or one for several asso
ciations, to direct a reorganization
or improvement of churches in the
country. —Atlanta Journal.
UNITED STATES
AGAINST MEXICO
Various reasons have been attrib
uted to President Taft for mobiliz
ing American troops on the Mexi
can border.
It was first given out that the
movement of American troops to the
frontier was for the purpose of mili
tary maneuvers.
I wonder if any government offi
cial thought that any such state
ment would be believed by any
thoughtful American. The idea of
President Taft sending twenty
thousand soldiers to “play war”
right at our neighbor’s back yard,
when this neighbor was engaged in
an actual internecine strife of suf
ficient proportions to threaten the
stability of their government. Ve
ry refreshing indeed to let them
drill a while and then stop long
enough to look over the fence at a
fight, where the combatants, ac
cording to the El Paso Dispatch,
include six hundred citizens of the
United States; and when you add
to the situation the fact that mar
tial law has been established South
of the border, providing for summa-
NUMBER 43.
ry execution of Americans captured
with the insurrectos, you have a
situation full,of disturbing possibil
ities.
It has also been suggested that
President Taft had in mind the
preservation of Monroe Doctrine,
but the essence of that doctrine,
which was set forth in Mr. Monroe’s
memorable message of 1823, asserts
that the American continents, by
the free,and independent positions
which they have assumed and
maintain, are henceforth not to be
considered as future colonization by
any European powers.” “To pro
tect their citizens and their proper
ty in their lawful rights in any
American country and to collect
just debts, by armed force if neces
sary, is the privilege of any foreign
nation under the Monroe Doctrine.”
Another paper says: “As to the
protection of American property in
Mexico, there is no warrant in
written law or precedent for such
protection by bayonets and bullets.
The investor who puts his money
in any foreign land does so at his
risk.” In spite of this Secretary of
War Dickman told a New York
World correspondent that “there
can be no excuse for intervention,
unless the Mexican government
proves negligent in protecting the
persons or property of foreign resi
dents,” and also stated the purpose
of the movement was to enforce the
neutrality laws.
Now what about recent history in
Haiti and Venezuela? It is abso
lutely absurd to think that our gov
ernment is duty bound to protect
foreign property in every little old
island or South American republic
on the Western Hemisphere; and
yet the Philadelphia Press (Rep.)
says: “The possible prospect of
intervention in Mexico to maintain
order and protect foreign and
American investments creates no
alarm and anxiety, because the
American public is now accustomed
to these steps and has found that
they carry neither national nor in
ternational risks.
“Let alone the Spanish War, the
United States has interfered in Chi
na and had a division of troops
there for half a year. It has massed
a strong fleet at Tangier, Morocco
to rescue a kidnapped American.
It has landed marines in Santo Do
mingo, settled its debt, and brought
peace and growing prosperity. It
has entered Cuba, suppressed insur
rection, held a fair election, and
left quiet and order behind. It ha 3
created the Republic of Panama
and opened the way to the Canal.
It has kept the peace in Nicarau
guan ports. It has settled the Hon
duras debt. ‘The United States
has done this without a single en
tanglement.’ Each intervention
has left the land free to work out
its own destiny the better for the
temporary presence of American
troops.”
Now, in the face of all these con
flicting opinions, the American peo
ple are waiting to hear something
definite from President Taft.