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THE AMERICUS WEEKLY TIMES-RECORDER DECEMBER 8.191Q
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THE AMERICUS TIMES
Established 1890.
Consolidated April 1891.
The Macon "Joke" has become a real
tblng which many people are taking
seriously, and the seriousness Is of the
sort that la being backed up with
money. That meeting in Macon lest
. night put the question of tbe removal
of the state capital to that city .up to
the people of Georgia so forcibly that
■ • • —< “Ibany Herald.
THOS. GAMBLE, Editor and Manager.
OSlclal organ of the City of Americas.
Editorial Boom, Telephone 09.
Americas, Gm, December 8, 1910.
Let the good cheer of the approach
ing .holldaya wipe out all the bitter
ness.
Property la atlll worth a hundred
cents on the dollar. It would have
been so regardless as to which aide
won.
Don’t let politics sever friendships
or come 'between you and your neigh-
bore. It does not pay; It Is not sen
Bible.
The Griffln Dally Herald regrets that
It will not be able to get the backing
of South Georgia to remove the 'Ter
minal elution from Atlanta to Orlf-
Bn. '■ r , - ’!£il|(2
'A mere man. at a dinner In Chicago,
declared that the ",hobble skirt was n
freak that common decency should not
stand for." When the hobble skirt
goes It will ibe the women who decree
lt« departure, not men.
The Maoon Dally Telegraph yosler-
day hsd a big head on Jhe front page
WHY SHOULD THE CAPITAL BE
MOVED!
It cannot be Ignored.—Albany :
“•Fireworks over capital Sght on li
earnest” “Fireworks’' aptly expreet*
ae It Up like a rocket and down ilka
a stick.
r
The Improvement! In the quarters
of the banks and the business houses
In the past four years tell whether
r Xmek-lcus Is dead or alive. Wjalk
around and study them, compare them
with what they were a few years back
and you can answer the question sat
isfactorily for yourself.
A Jackson county boy takes the
Washington trip offered by the Geor
gia Bankers’ Association In Its corn
contest. He turned out 102 bushels
pn an sore. The boys of today will
bo great farmers a few years hence—
and prosperous and contented ones,
too.
Do your hcffidiy shopping now, to
-day. The great bulk of your purchaaea
can be made Just as well today as
•week or.two hence. Remember tho
qtraln the clerics ate /under this
month and help them out. That's the
night spirit to show.
In tho death of Mr. O. W. Glover
Amerlcus lost a citizen who had play
cd a prominent part <ln iti upbuilding.
His was, a constructive nature and In
hl3 earlier years he had been an ac
tive instrument In various movements
that had for their purpose the devel
opment of this city and section.
Younger men upon whom the leader
ship In publ|c affairs la falling should
Imitate his example in their willing
ness to do for Atnerlcua and Sumter
county. t ■ i i
The Anti-Saloon Leage Is said to ba
girding up itti loins for another as
sault in the legislature on certain
forms of the liquor evil hi Georgia.
’ The loaguo' tew It a hand In'the ejec
tion of members of 'the legislature in
the last primary but Just 'how many
of Its friends It succeeded In landing
remains to be developed. Officers ct
the loaguo say that they hare oan-
vasnd the equation and are satisfied
that the oroMkllon sentiment con
trols the Ii.glclntuie Possibly so, but
the same mlng »ts thought of the last
ilature, whucl. refused to put Into
the sale
tax act. a provision outlaw-
e of beer. ’ ■ ' .
ho leador of thei Christian Sclem
tiita in New York, speaking of tin.
'i death, said; ’’Mrs. Mary Baker
is not dead. There Is
h; what seeoM so is merely transi
tion. Not only do her works Hvo
her, but she herself da alive on
er plane of conaclousnois. To
who understand her teachings
’ of Ufa is no more oon-
e, It Is solid conviction based
i science that hois a spiritual foun-
There Is noth.nig inconsist-
this and the belief of
Christian. Christianity
The general opinion throughout the
state, of course, Is that the Macon
movement Is retaliatory upon Atlapta
for Its efforts to get Mercer university.
Yet the statements of President Jame
son and other leading Baptists show
that Macon has no cue to blame but
herself for the desire to remove
Mercer. According to the high church
authorities Macon has shown little or
no Interest In the college, the greatest
having been the recently awakened
objection to its removal.
But cutting out Mercer entirely from
the discussion, why should the capital
he located at Macon Instead of Atlan
ta. da there any earthly reason why
any one should prefer Macon? There
might have been a time In . the day* of
stage coaches when It was decidedly
advisable that the capital should
centrally located. But in these days
of swift and easy transportation the
location Is-not a matter of so -much
Importance. Comparing Atlanta .and
Macon as cities, of course the manifest
superiority of Atlanta In every way Is
apparent The average legislator ua
questionably would prefer sixty days
In Atlanta to sixty days In Macon. In
fact he might sing to himself
“Better fifty years of Europe
Than a cycle of Cathay." s
As the Moultrie Observer pointed
out the other day, the hotel accom
modation:, the transportation ac
commodations, the means of recrea
tion, everything that makes a city In-
vlting as a capital tor a great state
exist to a much greater degree
Atlanta than at Macon. A removal to
Macon would, la aa likelihood, Ijp
more of a step backward than a step
forward. '
We have no Idea that the movement
■will result In anything definite. Thera
will be eome hurrah, Macon Is getting
some advertising, but the good Judg
ment of Georgia, Irrespective of sec
tion, Is pretty apt to squelch the
scheme when the right time comes.
We do not believe that Macon boost
ers will find it possible to stir up
South Georgia and line It up behind
any such project as this. And we
would rather express a candid opinion
than simply tickle the vanity of Ma
con or any other place.
The best thing tor Maoon to do It
to try to get those who have pledged
their money for a state capital remov
al scheme to turn their subscriptions
Into a movement to keep Mercer
Macon. There la something logical
and sensible about that.
AN UNMERCIFUL SCARING OF
TOM W ATSON.
USING NEGROES AS TROOPS.
It Is reported from France that the
government of that country la seriously
considering the training of a quarter
million of the negro subjects of the
republic In Africa, welding them Into
an Immense army, thoroughly drilled,
well equipped with the most modern of
weapons, and officered by French sol
diers. While the purpose would not
b* to use them In European warfare It
Is Intimated that In a crisis they could
be thrown on the continent and made
available as a great protective reserve
force.
The raising of this force b of great
Importance to the republic. It trill. In
the first place, enable Algeria to be
garrisoned with perfectly loyal black
troops, and thus provide for the large
garrison there to be transferred
Europe In case of necessity. It Is not
Intended, as stated, that this black
army should ever serve in France It
self, but It Is easy to conceive circum
stances In which a resort to this might
be Justifiable. Tt must be remembered
that the total population of the French
empire exceeds that of the German em
pire, and that In the event of a life-
and-deatb struggle with her great
neighbor France might be glad to avail
herself of the enormona reserve of men
In her African colonies, to whom
fighting 9s the only occupation worthy
of A man's attention. The creation of
a, great native army In French Weet
Africa 1* an enterprise worthy of close
observation, and one which. In the
course of a 1'ew years, will create
faetor that must be taken Into account
In European politics.
During the civil war IJ was several
times suggested that the South arm
the negroes and put them In the field,
but the thought was so abhorrent to
public sentiment tbat'the Confederate
government could not be brought to
entertain It The Union government
enlisted many thousands of negroes
but their military prowess did not
prove at all satisfactory. There la
decided difference of opinion as to the
relative fighting merits of the Africans,
but France probably feels that they
would be a Urge measure of strength
to the home forces In emergencies and
well worth the expenditure* of money
and time Involved In their training.
For some weeks put Tom Watson
has been engaged in a persistent at
tack on Gov-Bleot Hoke Smith, holding
him before the world as a man entirely
devoid of morality, the betrayer of
woman aiid the destroyer of purity and
home life. 'Watson’s personal, organ,
The Weekly Jeffersonian, has carried
thesq charges to the uttermost parts cf
the state. Air. Smith's dignified silence
encouraged Watson, apparently,
more and more vicious assaults until
finally Blitor Seeley, of the Georgian,
Instituted an investigation to deter
mine the truthfulness of the frightful
accusations hurled against a man
Georgia has so signally honored. His
researches convinced him that the
charges, as far as it was possible
Investigate them, were utterly devoid
of truth and that Tom Watson, through
sheer malice was maliciously sland
ering Gov. Smith. In the Georgan he
gave the widest publicity to the result
of his investigation and scored Wat-
Uoq in a way that one might think
would make the Thompson man wince
more than he has ever been able to
make his own victim wince In the
past. Says Mr. Seelly:
“The Georgian Is compelled to say,
however, that not the first suggestion
of a foundation In fact .has been obtain,
able, and that, after the employment
of the be>t talent, detective, legal and
otherwise, even giving his political en
emies every opportunity to supply facts
or evidence, we must say, unequivocal
ly, In the Interest of a square deal, that
Hoke Smith is as Innocent of miscon
duct, moral or otherwise, ss any man
in Georgia—at least, since the years of
hb public life—and we doubt if there
Is a man in the utiite who is Interested
beyond that at this time.”
Watson made a weak reply, taking
advantage of the opportunity to assail
Seely rather than Smith. In a further
summing up of the case In Sunday's
Georgian Editor Seely says:
“After reading this additional evi
dence of the villainy of Mr. Watson, it
does not take a great stretch' of the
imagination to permit one to see that
eex is about the only difference 'be
tween the woman who attempted
ilnate character In 1882 and the
man who seems to be trying to live by
It in 1910; end If Thomas E. Watson
does not stand damned and branded in
the eyes of the decent people of Geor
gia It must be because those who have
Tend these proofs either believe the
Georgian Is dishonest or that It has
>betm deceived; and we assure you that
the latter is not the oase. You can
Judge for yourself as to our honesty."
Reviewing the evidence presented by
It to prove tho falsity of Wation’s ac
cusations, Mr. Seely concludes as fol
lows:
“In finishing up the job, we have
thought best to go a little further than
might seen necessary, and ahOw the
people of the state Just how little there
Is to whatever Mr. Watson writes or
says, and we consider this, too, a duty
to the state and her people. To this
end we are compelled to say unequlv.
ocally that If Mr. Watson is In a sane
condition' of mind, he Is the basest,
moat depraved, most poisonous man la
Georgia today, and that he simply
seeks notice for himself :®d bis puhll-
cation through blackmail and slander.
“Further, that the people of Georgia
who wish for harmony, for uplift, tor
temperance and for social decency,
should once and for all give the min
the place be merits In their estimate
of him, whether that be as a pitiable
lunatic or a scoundrel who Is attempt,
ing to live -by blackmail and depraved
lying.
Personally, my past acquaintance
and knowledge of Mr. Watson make me
believe that the latter osn not be true.'
Mr. Seely’s opinion accordingly i
that reached by many other Osorglans,
that the once brilliant and honored
Georgian U now a "pitiable lunatic,'
not, perhaps, on all lines, but absolute
ly Insane as rerards this various prom
inent men of the state whom he ban
assailed an continues to assail. In
asmuch as no man's character ts safe
at the hands of Watson la hit present
mental condition It would appear that
legal steps might well be taken to pre
vent him from further misuse of the
power of the press, both at a protec
tion to the public and to himself.
l"l"I"tl 1 liM"l"H"H
ffmony the ZPoets
-l+11"!"hh'H"H'I-H'I"H"l"l'
THE GOOD WORLD,
H-H-*
t (Chicago' Post.)
This world Is not a vale of tears.
A place of endless sorrow;
Unhappy Is the man who fears
The coming of tomorrow,
And thrice unhappy he who sight
That life Is but a bubble
Devised but to deceive our eyes
And give us toll and trouble.
The world la full of happlners.
The sky each morn Is fairer,
Each day brings something meant
bless
And make our songs the rarer.
Who counts his griefs all foolishly
Adds to his store of sadness*—
How much there is for you and me
Of all unnoticed gladness!
I pity those who sit and brood
About the woes hereafter
And stifle every Jolly mood
And hush each lilt of laughter.
The happiness we each require
Is here for us to take It,
But If ’tls sorrow we desire
We usually make It.
Wh'at good is It to wear a frown
And fret o’er what la coming.
When through the highways, up and
down,
Joy's company goes drumming,
Joy's trumpeters go blowing sweet
The rally-call of pleasure.
And If we will our teady feet
Shall step the lively measure.
Ah. who would make a-world to be
A place of gloom, and tearful,
When he would ten times rather see
AH of creation cheerful?
The world Is not a vale of tears,
'Man la not born to eorrorw—
The man who laughs this moment
hears
An eebo on tomorrow.
ADVICE TO OTHERS.
(Will Carleton, In Everybody's.)
Smile—smile—smile all the while,
(And soon you will dally wear It;
Grin—grin—whate'er you be In
And then you'll the better heir It.
Hope—hope—to the end of your rope.
Then struggle that rope to sever;
Mope—mope—and you’ll find good
scope
To follow the trade forever.
Toll—toll—your share of the spoil
Will come uome way or other;
Maybe in wealth, and maybe In health.
And maybe the love of y^ur brother.
Give—give—'tie the way to live,
If good sound sense can guide It;
Save—save—and mot for the. grave;
But what you may need this side it.
Fight—fight with all your might
Whenever the facts demand It;
Cease—cease—bring cargoes of peace
From victory, when you land It.
Think—think—like one on tbe brink
Of something to grave for laughter.
Well—well—of the heaven or hell
That follows us here and hereafter.
The Albany Herald say* that "the
rival Atlanta organs of the two con
tending force* have donned their rag
ged habiliments of warfare and are
beating their tom-toms la frantic en-
dc:vor to rally their scattered boate
tor another s-ixmtle tor tha asesnd-
ancy In the realm of state politics.
The people of Georgia are getting
tired of this old political toed, and
wc don t believe they are In a humor
now to participate In a renewal ft
it in an unlimsiy and unnecessary po-
One prominent advocate of Gov
ernor-elect Hoke Smith in every cam-
that Smith has never advocated any.
tha' Smith el-s never advocated any
thing else hut state reforms In his
campaigns, arnicas steered clear of
national Lsues. This, the 8mlth man
takes aa a direct obligation on the
governor-elect to remain at hi, poet
and work not the reform* which he
baa consistently and persistently advo
cated. This v.iw, It Is said, la ooe
held by a large number of the lead-
lag supporter* of Smith, and the feel
ing la said to be gaining strengti
among the member* of the legislature
who would under most circumstances
he ready and eager and anxious to
support him In hla ambition.
Tbe recent South Georgia Methodist
inference was Justified In ks criticism
of the too great freedom In pardoning
criminals. I two* also proper for it to
warn its members against the Indis-
orbnlnate signing of petitions for par-
The public la In a large measure
to blame for the pardon*. The habit oi
signing any and every petition that la
thrust under one’* nose leads tbe state
authorities to behove that the people
really want criminate turned loose.
Trust—trust—an, Indeed, you must,
God In hts varied dealings;
Wounds He will give tha: your soul
may live,
And then—attend the healing.
The
THE MONKEY’S WEDDING.
married the Baboon’s
Monkey
sister,
Smacked his lips, and then be kissed
her,
He kissed her so hard he raised
blister,
She set up a yell.
The bridesmaid stuck on some court-
plaster,
I* stuck so fast It couldn't stick faster,
Surely It <was a ead disaster,
But -it soon got well.
‘Fun is the birthright of all young
tilings. Girls," says Temple Bailey in
the indlnappdlls News, '”wt!o work
bard must have an outlet for their
spirits, and how the outlet can be
provided is one of the questions which
* a puzzling sociologists, snd is the
subject of much dlscuslaon among
settlement and church workers, in
the cities It Is difficult to know just t
what to advise. Life, so complicated,
so abnormal, so divorced from the
natural apiusements which country
life affords—the out-of-door game*, the men and women VhTiT'J
htfut/irv: llvori _ “Wil
What do yon think the bride was
dressed In?
White gauze veil and a green glass
breast-pin,
Red kid shoes—she was quite Inter
esting;
She was quite a belle.
The bridegroom swelled with a blue
shirt collar,
Black ellk stock that cost a dollar,
Lirge false whiskers, the fashion to
follow;
He cut a monstrous swell.
What do you think then' had tor sup
per?
Black-eyed peas and bread and butter.
Pucks In the duck house all In a flut
ter.
Pickled oysters, too.
Chestnuts raw and ibolled and roasted,
Apples sliced, and onions toasted;
Music in the corner posted.
Waiting for the cue.
What do you think was the tune they
danced to
“The Drunken Sailor"—sometimes
“Jim Crow,"
Tails In the way—and some got pinch
ed, too,
'Cause they were too long.
What do you think they had tor a .fid
dle?
An old banjo with a hole in the mid
dle,
A tambourine made out of a griddle,
And that's the end of my song.
THE SWEET WAY.
The sweet way, the quiet land tender,
The right, tho bright and the true.
The sweet way to foster and fender
The dear lives that lean unto you;
The sweet way of enisling and laughter,
Tile Joy and the peace that come after;
The sweet way of morning to tailing
And'home the sweet way of the spirits
of men.
The sweet way, the glad and the gol
den,
7 ne one way, the sun -way of light.
With the stars of the dusk In ttieir
olden •
Dear glory of dream In the .night.
The sweet way of song and of chatter
To drown the world’s rumble and
clatter;
he sweet way of beauty to soften the
strife
And bring back the aweetness of morn
unto life.
THE SPECTER CAVALRY.
(James Riley.)
Our bogles all are calling,
They are sounding down the blast.
To saddle! To saddle!
This ride shall be our lest.
To saddle! To saddle!
To saddle and to ride
Down field* of glory where we fought.
And where as men we died.
Down fields of farthest Southland.
Up every winding marge,
We hear the .bugles sounding.
The charge and countercharge.
They are ringing down the valleys,
They are piercing all the heights,
By stream and mountain we repeat
Our thousand valiant fights.
We have our old commaaders,
Each to hts colors true;
With Stuart leading all his gray,
And Sheridan his blue.
To saddle, then to saddle,
Tonight we skirt the shore
Of tbe cllffed, wide Rappahannock,
With buglets on before.
We spurn Mleaourl's turbid stream.
And when the moon la low,
We cross Potomac at the ford,
As we did long ago.
Then well march and wheel In column
Onr squadrons far and free;
And circling Appomattox hear
The words of Grant, to Lee.
Although we're not for mortal men,
For mortals we shall ride,
Tbit oo our land's Imaginings
(With honor shall abide.
Then.to saddle! snd to saddle!/^
With bugles on before!
We'll ride this night a wild, wild ride,
Down fame's eternal shore.
And no man -ihair see our riding.
And no human car shall know
The note that calls us from our grave
To ride and meet the foe.
—Youth's Companion.
THE VOYAGE.
Judge dhiariton makes an earnest
protest against the divorce evil In Sa
vannah. He objects to Ms court being
made what he terms "a clearing house
for time marriages."
I'm sailing on. I'm sailing on.
For better or tor worse.
The whirling world Is my good ship.
The sea's the untveme.
The track behind Is yesterday,
. Tomorrow lies before,
Fierce tempests He along the way.
But golden I* the shore!
Ihn sailing on, I’m dialling bn,
-From infancy to age,
And tolt’s the cargo that I bring
To win my heritage.
Tbe waves of trouble buffet me, i
The teas of sorrow roll.
Yet no dlsheartenmont shall be
To keep me from the goal.
"V >
I’m sailing on. I’m sailing on,
Through! mat, and storm, and min,
Fair sides and cloudy alternate
In days of Joy and pain.
.Where Uee the port toward which I sail
I know not, near or far, *1
Yet of ks winning I’ll not fall,
For Love’s my fuldlng star!
The sweet way, though, some go the
1 bitter,
The bright way, though some choose
'he gloom,
Whero birds on the bough never twit
ter,
No rosea burst Into bloom.
The sweet way of comfort and cheer
ing.
The brave way unfailing, unfeirlng,
Tbe sweet way to gladness and duty
and mirth
Across the sweet hills and the valleys
of earth.
The sweet way, the sweet, not the sour.
The way of the glory and gleam.
Where the heart of the world bursts
in flower
And the soul of the world la lore's
dream.
The sweet way of help and of service
With naught fftm our duty to swerve
us;
The aweet way that leads at the end ot
the strife
To the sweet arm* of lore In the green
glades ot life!
—The Benztown Bard.
POOR FOOL.
Within a shadow that was cool
Betide a roadway sat a fool;
A. sparkling stream that tinkled near.
Made pleasing music for b1a ear,
And caused him to forget to care
How other* pasted with smirk or
sneer.
His king in raiment that was fair
Came riding with bis courtiers there
“'Sir Fool." the monarch paused ti
aay.
“I feet the need ot cheer today;
Proceed with some new antic now
To charm my heavy cares away,”
The poor fool stroked his wrinkled
brow
And rote snd msde a stately bow,
Then answered; “See, the day
bright,
And listen! Do you hear the light.
Sweet laughter of yon sparkling rill?
It sing* to me that all is right.'
The king rode on across the UII,
A frown was on hla visage still;
“Poor fool!” he said: “bereft of wit
He finds tt good to calmly sit
And listen to a stream and dream
Of music In the- splash of It!’’
GOOD TIMES AND TEMPTATION
the sleigh rides, the Innocent dance*
in the achoolhouae where everybody
knows everybody else, the .picnics and
taffy pulls—that It would seem at first
glance as It the dwellers In big towns
were condemned either to the mad ex
citement ot cheap resorts or to the
questionable gayety of dance hall*
and restaurants." Mr. Bailey con
tinues:
“I must have fun,” «ays the girl who
works, and sympathizing theorists
am: "Of course, she mutt have fun,
poor thing, even If It It not of the beat
quality.”
I iwant to say that for my part I
believe that when the gobd time con.
filets with right living and with sane
thinking It la not worth while, for
clean fan brings no regrets and I
would have my girl* do nothing which
shall cause an aftermath ot recent'
ance. I do not want them to make
street acquaintance* or to frequent
amusements resort* to "pick up” men
friends, giving aa one excuse that
othierwlae they would have none, in
the name of all that Is aweet and
good and true, what kind of friend
ship results under such circumstances? 1
One girl finds a husband, -when' ten
eat of the fruit of the tree of know!
edge.
The working girl who aeeks amuse
ment must ask herself the question In
every Instance, “Doe* It pay?” Doe*
It pay to let go of every Ideal to be
come one of a mad mob who indulges
In *Uly. foolish, frlvoloua and often
harmful excitement? I do not condemn
any pleasure which takes a girl out In
the sunlight and Into the company ot
people of her own kind and class: .but
the woman who work* must remem
ber that In all ages good women have
had to sacrifice something of their
spirit of wild adventure In order to
fit into the world's Ideal or refined
womanhood. 'Shall the wage earner
therefore, for the sake of,
amusement, lowerher,^
Iwith a crowd who win *fe
Instead of raise her up-
I know you lre protMii
our live, are hard; , ur ,| r * 1
excuse for us If now and a**
*°" I might say:
Is every excuse,” hut i I
teaay lt. * believe
dividual responsibility i *
life is a 'battlefield an d tta ,
of us has to fight. Do you
history, lived easily?
that the people who hive,
Impress upon the world .
all the time because life i,
fun It seems to me that there?
point of view so harmful as Uu* J
rnnkpn tho itav's .
makes the day's work a dresi 1
whtsstl Oftln ••re . I.l ™ j
which sets up a false Idea of»
I am not sure that I do i
the words of a certain wondi
who preached: "To be hap p ,i
all, an incident To be good ■
good, to know God and to i
are the Important things.”
It seems to me that manyj
taking away from the work!
the very thing that she oughts
to retain her self-respect, a i
uprightness and In rights'
Its own sake. There Is no j
can make up for a loss oi c_
of Integrity. The woman who L
out their lives hold up their j
and face the world are not t
who In girlhood sacrificed ttieir j
I often wish that the girl,
tempted to seek the lover
would read that wonderful
"Little Women." It Is most t
to see ho wttoe struggle with j
and with temperament wu l
teretslng by playing life ui|
the tour Uttle girls took •
Progress” ss their standard i
p&rteon. The chapter “Jol
lyon” is Hlumlnattng. Of c
girls wers surrounded hr e
today, but none the leu vus]
gle, yet they placed lore oft
of friends, love ot work, tsilj
the out-of-doors shove til o
In the acquirement ot ha]
Again I will quote from tie s
tul preacher: “Do not let I
tilings of life rob It of the bestij
Keep this snd hang It a!»u |
desk, and when good times ti
let thus turn help you to f
clslon.”
MH PENSION ALL
OF TOE EMPLOYES.
Taft Wfll Urge It oii Tills
Washington, D. C., December 2.—In
his message to congress now being
prepared, Preildent Taft will urge the
ipaasage of a pension retirement bill
for civil employes. It Is not likely
that the president will advocate any
particular bill, hut will leave this
phase of tbe matter to congress. Sen
stor Cummings, of lows, Has' made
a special study of this pension sub
ject, and there la a chance that Pres
ident Taft will consult with him about
the possibility of pushing such a bill
through congress. j/J
Should tbe president decide to dele
gate Senator Cummings as tha repre-
sedative of the administration..1a this
matter It would be take., as formal rec
ognition of the lnaurgenta. The. pres!
dent has made It clear that he will
recognize no faction In the coming pon-
SOME SCIENCE
FACTS AND
Said to Be Member!
About 250,000,
gress, but will deal with Insurgents York, 280 hi Oaliforols. I*
IN NOVEMBER.
(T. A. Dally, In Catholic Standard and
Times.)
June Is sweet, for then I found thee;
But In November, gray and cold,
Weaveth memories around thee
Spun of gold.
June a rose-time we remember,
Ere the boy became a man.
But, in earnest, with November
Life began.
Still I see thee, as we threaded
Gray woods under grayer aklei;
Strange new hope* and fears were
wedded
In thine eyes.
And'when these had been translated
Into awed and reverent speech.
Stronger then our soula were mated,
Bach with each.
Deep with vernal promise laden,
A* with bude the leafless wood.
Here .was blossoming of tbe maiden—
Womanhood.
Rich the memories now that hover
•Round that day when life began,
And the llghtheart boy, thy lover,
Was a man.
and regular* alike. He la expected
to call some ot the Insurgents Into
conference, and nlnce Senator Cum
min* has expressed a desire for har
mony, he may be recognised as one
of the republican leaden In congress.
There la no doubt that tbs .economy
inquiry will be one of the principal
text* of the president's message. The
petition Mil goes band in hjtod with this
subject. It la said to be the presi
dent’s view that to make the plana
tor economy a complete succett, pen
sion bill will be aitenluttiy neces
sary. What catnce* such a bill will
have with congress In the pressure of
other business is doubtful. ,,,
No general pension legislation I* ex
pected at the coming session. One of
the most important of these MU* I* the
on designed to remove the restriction
which has kept many widow* ot sold'
ten off tha pension rolli, but Senator
McCumber, chairman of the senate pen
sions committee, ts not In favor if
further consideration of th« bill dur
ing the sixfy-flrat congress.
Widow* who married soldier* e/ter
June 27, 1896, are now barred from re
ceiving pensions. Tha bill before the
senate Is to remove this restriction
and permit any soldier's widow to
receive the benefit! of tbe pension syv-
tm. It would add approximately $20,-
000,000 to the pension rolls, according
to estimate made by pension officials
and the wisdom of the removal of the
restriction is seriously questioned.
(Washington PWlj
Mrs. Mary Baker
founder of Christian I
1821 at Bow, N. H.
Married three times asii
once. Ho* one son.
Bedridden Invalid for t«
Founded Chrisilan 8ote»9
beginning with one pupil
Frequent contributor Jo*
and author of several i
ence books.
Estibltebed a dono
at the tlrqs of her death tads
953 churches and sodette I
United States and Canada r
approximate membership «<»
There are more tb*» Ml
and societies In foreign c
log an approximate i
15.000. , ,
There are 104 healers to 1
875 In Massachusetts, SM ‘
U* In Wtaconuln, 111 » *
110 In Michigan, snd 1« »«
Healers are registered W>
Austria. China, Swltierlut"
(pplnes, Italy, Holland. “
France, Scotland, Ireland,'
land.
There Is a Christian f
in every state to the Udo»-
Church edifice* belongiM •
Han Scientists are
mutely $10,000,000.
Cost of Some LeoilM •
Churches.
Mother Church',
First Church, New To*»
Second Church, New .
Sixth Church. Chicago.J
First Church, Denver.
First Church, Plttshu**
First Church, Kane** CW-1
Second Church, Kao***
^nrat Church, Minnw^
First Church, Concord.
Flrst Church, St. Josopfc
° 00 - .
First Church. .-d
First Church, ChkegoJ t
Second Church, Chicago-
. Bishop Kilgore, su-.- . ,
conference of
(aid stress upon the r
iug between tome efi (
-worldly amuwment*. .
them, said tbe «*hoP'^ t
the world through the ,
tree and dunce*. 11 „
Hm. to
“they should not be h* 1 ®*
in the ohurob."
Olehop Mbrrisoo li *^ (
man and realize* tb*‘
Financiers and business men In all
part* of tho country aro wiring and
writing to President Taft to'urge that
he refrain fro magttatlng another revi
sion of tho tariff oven under a sched
ule by schedule arrangemont. Mem-
her* of congress of the stand-pat vi-!tho churdh ilea in
rlety an also Joining la a movement to ling tho young prc rL oP toU
prevent any tameprlng with tho tariff the other day the w*” (
at the approaching session, asserting conduct their
that It win ho tlmo enough to deal any that a husband ’ro- „
with tho aubJdcL when the democrats out ever susi>cctln 0
tako chargo of legislation. J the boss.” ;
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