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VOL. VJ.
CLAYTON. RABUN COUNTY. GA.. NOVEMBER 12,1903.
NO. 44.
Prepared for the Educators.
The local committee of the Southern
Educational Association, which has
In charge the preparations for the
coming annual convention of this body
to be held In Atlanta on December
80, 31 and January 1, has made pre
liminary arrangements for the meet
ing.
From 600 to 1,000 visitors are ex
pected to attend the sessional
Tanner Trial on the 23rd.
At Gainesville Judge Klmsey has
passed an order postponing the sale of
the Gainesville, Jefferson and South
ern railroad Indefinitely on account of
the appeal taken to the supreme court
which will not be heard before Decem
ber.
He also called a special term of Hall
^superior court for the fourth Monday
yin November to try Mrs. Onle Tanner,
charged with poisoning her husband
0>n May 23 last.
Cremated In Burned Barn.
A double crime resulting In loss of
life and property was perpetrated In
the burning of the large barn on C. W.
Parrott’s plantation near Amerlcus by
an Incendiary.
James Reddick, a farm hand, who
always slept In the barn, was roasted,
his charred body being found in the
debris.
> fact tnat the body was found In
i section of the building entirely sepa
rata Reddick’s , quarters indicat-
sraer,
its of the building, con-
hundred bales of hay,
! bales of cotton, several hundred
bushels of cotton, seed, wagons, buggy
and faming utensils was destroyed.
There was no Insurance on the prop
erty.
Georgia Boys Wanted in Africa.
Dr. H. C. White, president of the
State College of Agriculture and Me
chanic Arts, has received a letter
s Cram the British Cotton Growing Asso
ciation, Liverpool, In which the re-
iusst is made that he recommend to
hat association several young men
to understand cotton raising and
Pther farm duties, with the end In
view of getting them to go to South
Africa to teach the natives of the sev
eral British colonies in that country
how to cultivate cotton and other
crop* that the soil of that'country will
produce to an advantage.
Dr. White has sent the assoclktlon
a number of names of those who have
attended the university and some of
the students nqw In the agricultural
department of the college, and it Is
more than likely that some of those
wtap have been recommended by Dr.
White will receive appointments and
So to South Africa.
! Bank Stockholders 8ued.
A lawsuit of the first magnitude was
Sled In Sumter superior court at
51 irlcus a few days ago by creditors
the old Bank of Amerlcus, which
collapsed ten years ago.
Petitioners bring' suit through Thorn-
Wheatley, formerly receiver' for
bank, and all stockholders, living
dead, who ever owned stock In the
bank, are named as defendants to
suit.
amount involved Is nearly $200,-
suit Is brought under the per-
liability clause in the bank’s
r, which provides that the lndl-
1 property of stockholders at the
e of shits shall be liable for Che ul-
of the debts of the
fc proporUbii to thc amount
by eajch: stockholder.
, hundred defend'
published notice of transfer of stock at
any time, all may be parties to this
litigation. The case will come up on
Its first hearing on the fourth Monday
In November at Sumter superior court,
and widest interest is centered in tbe
result
Germans Locate in North Georgia.
More than three hundred German
families have been located In tbe
northern part of Georgia within the
past year.
This work has been done so quietly
and with so little advertising that the
knowledge has only recently reached
the public.
Industrial Commissioner Gay, of the
Southern railway, Is the party who is
said to have accomplished this result,
one that marks a new era in the in
dustrial and agricultural progress of
the state.
This is the first movement of the
kind of any considerable Importance,
It is said, that has ever taken place in
Georgia. The families brought in by
Commissioner Gay are not selected In
the north and wept, but are induced to
come direct from Germany They are
reported to be the most desirable class
of immigrants, thrifty, industrious and
frugal, and above the average in intel
ligence.
The new Inhabitants are located In
Rabun and Habersham counties, and
are devoting their energies to fruit
culture, truck farming and other simi
lar pursuits. They have already made
quite a success in their new homes
and are said to be well satisfied with
tbe land of their adoption.
Athens Prepares for Baptists.
Tbe people of Athens are making
all the necessary preparations for the
entertainment of tbe Georgia Baptist
convention. This convention met in
Athens twenty-two years ago.
Ex-Governor W. J. Hprthen, who has
been president of this body for a num
ber of years, will preside over the
meeting. There will be distinguished
visitors present from Virginia, Ten
nessee and other states, also six or
eight hundred messengers from the
different churches in Georgia.
The Baptist women will also have
an Important part m the proceedings
of the week. They will hold mission
ary meetings and will transact consid
erable important business.
There are elghty-one Baptist asso
ciations in the state, sixty-nine of
which are members of this convention
that is to be held in Athens. The
number of white Baptists in this state
is about 200,000. Representatives will
be on hand from every district in the
state.
Value of College Training.
The great majority of parents do
not plan for their children beyond the
present. If they can give their chil
dren food and clothes and pleasures of
society, or can get them Into a posi
tion that will earn a small salary qs
clerk, or laborer at a dollar a day,
they seem satisfied. Or if they can
leave them a fortune or great planta
tion, or large business, they.think that
this is the best preparation for life,
and allow their children to grow up in
Idleness and without high purpose or
great endeavor. We need to show by
living examples that college training
is In the reach of any boy in Georgia
and that the best , preparation for
life comes from years of systematic
study in college halls.
As an Illustration of the value of ed
ucation I wish to call attention to the
Harris family, of Cedartown. In do
ing so, I will quote from a letter writ
ten at my request by Superintendent
J. C. Harris, of Rome, Ga. He says:
"My father, returning from the civil
war, found- his property destroyed.
All his earnings as a physician were
given to i the support of a large family.
Believing thgt the best hope for the
future of our family lay In.the educa
tion of its children, i began to teach
in .order that I might teach them. Now,
as to the results. My brother Charles
• competitive
mai
the
iu Insurance and was called by Sena
tor Clay six years ago as his confi
dential secretary. He is 34 years of
age, and his earnings from insurance”
and as secretary last year were above
$3,000.
“Brother Seale, nowT32 years of age,
attended the University of Georgia,
then the University of Virginia, grad
uating as a doctor of medicine. He
has since taken two post-graduate
courses. His practice is extensive and
paid him in cash last year $3;600.
“Brother Hunter, now 24 years of
ago, attended High School, passed the
examination set by United States ar-
mjf for applicants for officers, and as
a result was awarded?®, lieutenancy.
His term is for life as an officer. His
salary Is now $1,400.
"My son George attended college
four years and graduated as textile
engineer last year. Hie was engaged
as superintendent of nUlls at Syca
more, Ala. He Is 22 y#^s of age, and
bis salary is $1,800.
"The places held byveach of these
young men has been obtained directly
by their educational advantages, two
of whom you will observe, being pro
ducts of our State UnIVerlty, an Insti
tution attended by otlr grandfather,
Peter C. Harris, eventy years ago.
The fire was passed by him to our
father. Dr. Charles Hooks Harris, who
attended the University of Alabama
and took his degree in the University
of New York in 1857.”—J. B. Stewart,
State Agent U. of Ga.
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PRCGNOSTIjCAl 10 < Of TILLMAN.
South Carolina Senator Says Ride Issue
Will Enter Into Campaign. j.
United States Senator^Ben Tillman,
of South Carolina, has given his' opin
ion as to the possibilities of the demo
cratic party in the coming presiden
tial election. In a recent interview
he said:
“The democrats have a good chance
of putting in their candidate. The
elections in New York, Maryland and
Rhode Island are victories for the
democrats that will be a great help
In the coming election.
“The election of McClellan In New
York will have a national effect. You
see the election of democrats here and
there will spread the possibilities over
the entire country.
"Some people have argued that the
comparatively small majority In Mary
land Is not a victory that will be very
effective nationally. I would like to
call their attention to the fact that'
heretofore we have had no majority
at all, and the election of a democrat
Is a great victory.
“Roosevelt's attitude towards the
negro Is going to hurt the chances of
the republicans. The race problem as
an Issue will be a good one. The peo
ple over the country are taking an in
terest In the election. The trouble
that the negro caused in the north the
other day during the election will
harm the republicans.
"The people all over the United
States are changing their ideae regard
ing the black man.”
BRYAN .FAILS TO GET THE MONEY.
le Debarred Through Decision of Judge
Anent the Bennett Will,
i At New Haven, Conn., Friday,‘Judge
Cleaveland, of the probate court, hand
ed down a decision in the Bennett will
case, holding that the secret letter di
recting Mrs. Bennett, the widow, to
pay WllMam J. Bryan $50,000, was not
a part of the will.
The effect of this Is, to prevent Mr.
Bryan from obtaining the money mem
tloned In the letter until the present
will is decided by a higher court or
until he shall be successful In legal
proceedings against Mrs. Bennett on
the ground that the SQ.00C " '
held under clause 12 at the
reads as follow*
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NOTHING BUT WATER.
Shipbuilding Firm Admitted to Have
Been Insolvent Before Beginning
Business.
The taking of testimony In the pro
ceedings before United States Exam
iner Oliphant for the appointment of a
permanent receiver for the United
States Snipbuilding Company, was re
sumed in New York Thursday with
Lewis Nixon on the witness stand.
Mr. Nixon said he began the Cres
cent shipyard In 1895, and that he had
very little capital except his own
ability. Here Mvi Nixon objected to
the questioning, saying: “I don’t
see why you should go back five years.
If you can show that tbls inquiry has
any bearing on the proceedings, I
shall be pleased to answer, but I see
no reason for going back.”
, Mr. ftlxon said that his salary Was
gukranteed him by William Cramp &
Son, and he regarded this as part of
his capital.
Mr. Nixon said ha organized the
Crescent Company with a capital of
$1,200,000, of which $1,197,000 of the
stock was Issued on the properly, only
$3,000 being paid in cash.
"Do you know that the hooks of the
Crescent Company on July 31, 1902,
showed a balance of $215,216?” asked
Mr. Guthrie, counsel for the defense
and representative of the interests of
Charles M. Schwab.
“The record will show; I don’t re
member now,” said the witness.
“Do you not know that in fact the
books on that date shoull have shown
a deficit of over $500,000?”
Mr. Untermeyer, counsel for com
plainant, here Interrupted.
“We are willing to admit that.” he
said.
Mr. Nixon said he was willing to an
swer. *
“‘Walt! ” exclaimed Mr. Antermoyer,
“we will admit that if the purpose of
this examination Is to show that the
United States Shilbuilding Company
was hopelessly insolvent when It was
Started. We are willing to admit It
and thuB curtail tbe examination. The
insolvency of the company is one of
our allegations.”
BLAIR NOW ACCUSED OF FRAUD.
Insurance Company Goes Into Court to
Have Large Policies Canceled.
In the United States circuit court
at St. Louis, Thursday, the Mutual
Life Insurance Company, ot New York,
filed an application for the cancella
tion of two life insurance policies, ag
gregating $250,000, carried by the
company upon the life of James L.
Blair.
The company charges that the poli
cies were secured through fraudulent
representations. The petition further
charges that Blair attempted to take
his own life on October lb and October
31 and defraud the company of the
amount of the policies.
GERMAN OPINION OF PANAMA AFFAIR.
Newspaper Intimates That United States
Instigated the Secession.
Responsible opinion in Germany re
garding Panama Is expressed In the
following from the Frankxurter Zel-
tung:
“What role the; Washington govern
ment played In the incidents of Colom
bia nobody can know. Nothing can
be proved In such cases. It has heen
denied from Washington that the Uni
ted States supported the secession
movement However that may be, It
Is not striking, nor does It give occa
sion for special excitement that a
great and mighty state will not permit
Itself to be thwarted in Its civilisation
through the stubbornness .of a lafid
three-fourths barbarous.”
BANK AT CRIPPLE CREEK CLOSED.
nd Real Estate
■-■smsu
Decline of ifliimg
. • \
The Making of Exposition Stitwryw
The work of enlarging the statuary
for the St. Louis Exposition Is pro-
greasing rapidly under the direction off
Karl Bitter, Chief of the Department
of Agriculture, in the abandoned
round-house of the Erie Railway In
Hoboken, which Is used as a studio.
Formerly the sculptor modeled and
entirely completed their own groups
and figures, working at a great disad
vantage. - But with newer methods,
requiring only the conception of the
idea In the form of a small model,
the sculptor Is not required to work
upon his own statute. This has been
made possible by the great Improve
ment In methods of enlargement. The
“pointing-machine,” tho invention
of a young Brooklyn sculptor, R,
T. Paine, is employed In making the
enlarged figure correspond precisely
In proportion and outline to the day
model. Adjoining a plaster cast off
this clay model Is placed a framework
of wood, which presents the general
outlines of the figure or group to he
reproduced. It Is covered with pla»
ter until an outline resembling, in
some degree, that of the model has
been attained.
Then the pointing-machine fa
brought Into play. It Is a horizontal
tin tube some eight feet in length,
with smaller tubes or arms at each
end terminating in points, and extend
ing from It at right angles. The nut
chine Is operated upon a framework
which has a sliding-scale measure
ment. Upon the plaster model smalt
black dots have been made about an
inch apart. The point of the small
arm of the machine Ib placed on ona
of these dots, and the point of tha
long arm Is placed in a correspondent
to It on the figure to be built up^
Nalls are driven In to mark these
spots, and cement 13 put on to round
out the figure. Two men operate tha
machine. The figure 1b then brought
to the stag# where It may receive
the finishing touches from the hands
of an expert workman, who Is him
self a sculptor.—Elsie Reasoner, in
Harper’s Weekly.
BRINGING HIM AROUND.
“I can’t get up early,” said at
wealthy gentleman to his doctor.
“Oh, yes, you can,” was the reply,
“if you will only follow my advice.
What is your usual hour of rising?**
“Nine o’clock."
“Well, get up half-an-hour later ev*
ery day, and in the course ot »
month you will find yourself up at 4
In the morning.”—Pearson’s Weekly.
POETRY REDUCED TO ITS “GRAB
STAKE.” •
Cecil (sentimentally) — Don’t yea
feel gloomy when the sky is overcast
with gray, when the rhythmic rate
sounds a dirge upon the roof and the
landscape’s beauties, are hid by the
weeping mist?
Hazel (sweetly)—Yes, It’s dreafr
fully annoying. It does make one's
hair come out of curl so!”—Tld Bits.
CHUMS.
Bessie—The wedding la a lone
way off, but I get dreadfully nervoss
when I think of It.
May—I don’t blame you for worry*
Ing. Wouldn’t It be terrible If ha
should get rich suddenly sad not have
to marry?—Indianapolis Bun. '
HAPPY WOMEN.
Mrs. Pare, wife
of O. B." are, a
prominent res
ident of Glas
gow, Ken
tucky, says:
“I was suf
fering tram
a complica
tion ot kid
ney trou
bles. Be
sides a
bad , back,
had a great <
of trouble with <
Mcreuoni,