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THE AMERICUS WEEKLY TIMES-RECORDER DECEMBER 29, 1910
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AMERICUS
TIMES-RECORDER.
Dally, per annum fa.OU
.Weekly, per annum
THE AMERICUS RECORDER
Established 1879.
THE AMERICUS TIMES
Established 1890.
Consolidated April 1891.
Official organ of the City of Americas.
Official Organ of Sumter County.
Official organ of Webster County.
Official organ of Railroad Commission
of Georgia for Third Congressional
District.
Official organ U. S. Court, Southern
District of Georgia.
TUBS AMD MOW.
THE FUTURE REAMS HOPE.
Except to note the fact of the great The reawakened hope and energy of
power of constructive over destructive the farmers of the state is one of the
energy, one would hardly think to re- most encouraging signs of the closing
call the contrast In the condition of j year. Seldom does the holiday season
the South to-day as compared with Its! And the farm lands of this section
condition fifty years ago, when it was‘with more preparations for the com-
just entering upon the turbulent per-'ing year’s work than is manifested at
iod of secession. Within five years af-j this time. If abundant zeal and en
ter South Carolina had seceded, the.ergy mean anything, next year will
entire South lay exhausted, bleeding, j be a year of unsurpassed agricultural
wrecked
strife.
of fratricidal success and prosperity.
j A trip through Sumter county now
To-day the comparison is complete. ! reveals the fact that on every farm a
Xo section of the country has pros- j large amount of the land has already
pered during the past ten years like!been ploughed and otherwise prepar-
the South. The recent census figures j ed for next year's work. So much of
furnish an excellent basis of proof, this work has been done that the ap-
Every decade of the five mentioned j pearance of the farms is what one
jimonff the {Poets
M-H'ii'iim-i
A PLEA FOB OME WHO FAILED. THE SUNSHINE OF
A CHEERFUL FACE
(Elizabeth Newport Hepburn.)
TWO VIEWS OF THE
JUDGE SPEER’S APPEAL TO
KEASOM.
They called him Failure; all the busy
throng
Of bold, successful men, and Idlers
told
Beneath their breath, the sorry talc
and long.
Of futile losses. But one heart of
| We sometimes go throughout the day
with something that we feel
Around us like a gracious spell of light con Telegraph, in which Judge Emory
(The Atlanta Constitution.)
Strong, clear, characteristically elo
quent ttre the utterance*, reproduced
elsewhere on this page from The Ma-
0tfr ea care r s (1 8eem bufa shadow flown Speer sets forth the facts regarding
Gold
Remembered other days, his eager
youth,
His charm, his promise, all his care
less truth.
and troubles float away
Like foam upon the silver stream that
sings where children play.
I We do not know just what It is but
| yet we feel its grace—
;The presence all around us of the sun
shine of a face.
above has showed prosperity, except usually finds after the lapse of a
the first, when no human agencies month's work after the new year be-
THOS. GAMBLE, Editor and Manager.
J. W. Fl’RLOW City Editor
W. L. DUPREE, Asst, Business Dept; slow and gradual processes.
could have brought complete relief gins. The farmers of /Sumter have
from the devastation of war save by taken time by the forelock, and there
Never should be no frantic grabbing next
Editorial Boom* Telephone 99.
Americas La* December 3rt, 1910.
The aeroplane burial is sure to come.
The fliers of toy balloons
frisky.
have the constructive forces of peace!year at the scruff of that venerable
been better shown In contrast to the creature's neck by belated tillers
destructive forces of war than in I the soil.
glancing at this half century in the j In one’s vision the growth anl har-
liistory of the nation, in which boih<vest of large and diversified crops
are so eloquently made manifest.
looms up in the mellow lands of
Although fifty years ago the South Sumter as they appear to-day. There
was preparing for a long siege of war- is nothing to prevent the planting and
Oyster Bay is the home of one per
fectly good ‘ Teddy."
fare, to-day it is not only in the midst harvesting of a crop that should fill
of its greatest industrial progress but 1 every farmer with pride, uuiess un
is preparing for still greater progress foreseen hindrances of chance and
and growth in every department of weather interfere. In that particular
Southern activity. The Southerner of the present year could hardly have
to-day has put aside the heritage of been worse. For this reason espec-
hate. He Is facing the future with ra- ially, there may be expected next
diant hopes and ambitions. Political year better natural conditions than
conditions are seeking a more satisfac-! have prevailed during 1910. It is very
Thank goodness, the day of tkej tory eqi J ilibrium wlth u * to-day than seldom indeed that two lean years
mta Claus letter is nearly over. ever before. The day may be said to come consecutively—a prophesy in it-
— ________________ ! be in sight, when the South will be no self for the fatness- of the coming
The first draft of New Year resolu | ,on * er largely isolated in political s-asons of 1911.
thought bi t will be in the great cur- The boll weevil should hold no ter-
rent of political thought which repre- rors for the farmers of this section.
Maybe Macon expects to slide
capitol down hill on thin ice.
tlons will soon be in order.
* How many more candidates will be sen ' 8 ail t K>u,lcal creeda. Were Henry ; for they are learning the lesson of
offered for senator from New York?
Grad) alive, he could see in tangible diversified farming. That In Itself is
existence the evolution of bis hopes one of the best assurances that unfor-
Ifa a brave club that is attempting' for Southern prosperity and greatness, tunate crop years will not mean the
to teach women to be on time.
Only a very few counties in the
’ ■ state have grown more than Sumter
the last decade.
; loss In the future that they have meant
GEORGIA'S CHRISTMAS GIFT. : often In the past. When broader and
more practical lessons fn diversifies-
The farmers of the state have abtm- tlon shall have been learned, still
Remembered, too, the hampered race
he ran.
His baud'eap of care beyond his
years,
A boy, slight, crude, with duties of a
man;
U. man restrained from ranking with
his peers.
His gift,—a touch of genius. Heaven
sent,
His tragedy—its undevelopment!
Oft when at dawn we start away with
dim forebodings swung
Above our heads as if a sword of dan
ger o’er us hung ,
Ere many hours have passed In toil
our fears have taken wing
And in our soul we feel the call to
whistle and to sing.
A strange, mysterious, wonder-change
we know has taken place—
Perhaps we've felt the sunshine shed
from sone one’s cheerful face.
Ah, ye brave Sons of Fortunes favor- Sometimes the way seems dreary and
ing, I the outlook filled with gloom.
Forget your splendid scorn of Un- Till, suddenly along the way the Mos-
success! I soms burst in bloom;
Not always does the finger fit the ring. We hear the song birds singing once
Nor heart of hero beat 'neath kingly J again, or think we .do
dress, And overhead the skies are bright
A failure—granted! But you, in his’ and tender in their blue.
place, 1 It puzzles us a little while the mystery
Clean Failure might have tarnished to trace
by Disgrace!
“IF I HAD KMOIVM.
(Margaret E. Sangster.)
If I ha^ known in the morning
How wearily all the day
The worda unkind.
Would trouble your mind
I Bald when you went away.
I had been more careful, darling.
Nor given you needless pain
But we vex "our own”
With look and tone
We might never take back again.
Until we catch the answer In the sun
shine of a face.
No doubt that many others go as we
do day by day
Upon the road of trembling and of
troubling of the way;
The shadows hang above them and
they have dared to enter in.
Perhaps it Is forgetting our own trou
bles for awhile
To help our fellow'workers with a
helping hand and smile
Brings in this world the wonder that
seems every gloom to chase—
The radiant, tender sunshine of a
bright and cheerful face!
Wou! in’t it be nice to wake up with
that 110,000,000 gift the Oil King gave
the University of Chicago?
dant cause for rejoicing In the harvests richer and more profitable will be the
that the year has brought to them j harvests. The future Is radiant with
and the state. A glance at the re- promise, and there Is no year so close
cent statement of Commissioner of to us In the future as 1911. With the
Agriculture Hudson shows that the excellent preparation already com-
In order to make dead sure that they
will enjoy Christmas, aviators should
Wear off until the holidays are over.
The real ctrcult-rlder la no more
|iow that the ever busy automobile has
/gone and boldly butted In.
Troubles come In battalions. Pity
the poor moonshiner who was shot
and lost his still all In the same day.
The growth of aviation Is marvelous.
Btill further employment of aeroplanes
wIX be widely noticed when next East
er comes.
The Democrats are making good
with a heavy rush.. Who thought of
flghUng bad eggi until the Democrat
ic landslide loosened things up?
Two more victim! are to be aacrl.
fleed on the International marriage al
tar. There’s tome May and December
In the 18 and 42 years of Vivian Gould
and Count Declea.
Whoever gives to a begging im
posltor helps to perpetuate dishonesty
and begging among a certain low class
of people. There are beggars on the
streets of Amerlcua now who bear no
credentials.
The leader of the Dowleites ham de
clared war on the amokera of Zlou
City. They must cease the use of to
bacco or leave the town. The official
announcement declares them to be
“veritable stinkpots.”
, state Is richer in its agricultural pro
ducts this year to the extent of 82-
310,000 than It was last year.
] There la no reason why the Georgia
[farmer should not sit with his family
in the radiant glow of the Yule-log be
fore bis own hearth-stone with a feel
ing of saUsfactlon that la surpassed by
that of no other citizen of the atate.
The farmer who has lived at home
during the past year has Indeed pro
vided for all as well as for himself.
The glow and warmth of his Christmas
fire la not greater than the spirit of
hla prosperity.
When an analysis of the agricultural
situation Is made. It becomes manifest
that this splendid progress has been
made In many sections of the state In
the face of unusually unpropopltlous
circumstances. The year, as regards
weather conditions, has been one of
the worst known In decades. More
remarkable still Is this excellent agri
cultural showing, with natural ele
ments frowning, as It were, at the
growing tendency of Georgia farmers
to diversify their crops.
For, perhaps, the most hopeful fea
ture of all Is the fact that the state
ment shows that the farmers of the
state are really beginning to diversify
their crops. The corn crop of this
state during the past year has Increas
ed materially, at have other grain
crops. There la a new spirit In the
agricultural work of the state. It Is
a spirit of the reawakening of energy
more wisely applied than before,
is the spirit that should make every
farmer in Georgia rejoice with hope
and genuine satisfaction.
The report comes from Washington
that the entire Taft cabinet will stick
to the end of the president's term.
This is hard on poor Taft. Think
of having to carry Ballinger two years
more!
President Taft still opposes on ef
fort to re lae the tariff at an early
date. He wants no extra session of
congress on hla hands. Evidently he
does not believe, as some of bis ad
visers do, that the democrats would
slplt on the revision and bring trou
ble on their party.
Reading the newspapers the few
days after, Christmas does not give
one s very favorable Impression of
Ae conditions prevailing In a number
of Southern communities. Will the
day never come when the pistol will
be laid aside and cut no figure in the
festivities?
The recent dynamite explosions in
(Los Angeles have resulted in thel
formation of a Vigilance Committee,
with large funds available, to drive
•‘undesirables” out of the city. It will
be to the bpst Interests of labor uni
Ions there to unite with this commit
tee III Its work. Xo' cause Is bene
fit i, ,ii,y the association
strjis “
destruction of
The ro w on in New Jereey between
Smith mid Wilson will probably have
WITHOUT THE STIMG.
Though today is Christmas day. It Is
In reality but a beginning of the real
holidays. Tomorrow Is the real
Chrfktmas celebration day, as Chrlst-
may day proper falls this year upon
Sunday. The suppressed exuberance
of youth—and that of the grown-ups
for that matter—which does not find
expression today will be all the more
manifest tomorrow.
The people of Amerlcus will cele
brate today and the other Christmas
holidays In a safe and sane manner, as
they have always done. That allows
for the many different things that one
likes to do at Christmas without be
coming a nuisance to one’s neigh
bors. The small boy naturally en
joys a rousing amount of noise, with
the other good things that Christmas
brings. So long as moderate care
and thoughtfulness are used, youth
may have Its fling without endanger
ing Itself or*the properly and live* af
others. That's the way the Amerlcus
celebrants should spend their holi
days.
There Is no danger that laughter
should end In tears as the result of
some Christmas mishap that brings
sorrow to a home, unless uncontrolled
cntbus'asm takes the bit In its mouth
and will not heed the warning of
moderation. Let every one Join In the
good cheer and happiness of the holi
days in a way that will leave nt
after-stings to one’s self or to others.
There's no reason why one should try
to crowd ten holiday seasons Into
one—If yon ever want to see another
one. That feeling on the morning sl
ier will convince you of that. If you
don't believe It now.
pleted, the farmers of Sumter are
facing the coming seasons with hope
and achievement springing within
their hearts.
HAWK MATHIS’ POLICY TOWARD
HLIMD TIGERS.
Some one is often quoted as saying
that "the way to enforce a law Is to
enforce it.” Then, If It is a bad law
publtc opinion will soon bring about
Its repeal. If It Is a desirable law
public opinion will sustain and
strengthen It and uphold the officials
whose duty It Is to see that It is ob
eyed.
The way to break up blind tigers is
—to break them up. Mayor Mathis
has shown the most effective way of
breaking them up. Raids on such
places, the seizure of their stock
trade, Is the quickest and most
fectlve way of putting'them out of
business. It may be that juries will
not convict blind tiger proprietors be
cause they object to their going to the
chain gang, but the seizure of the con
trabaud liquors la just as effective a
way of putting an end to Illicit sales
of whisky.
The suppression of the traffic in In
toxicants on Christmas eve was
good stroke on the part of the mayor.
Whisky Is especially a curse at Christ
mas time, when so many men, white
as well as colored, make nuisances of
themselves, disturb the peace and hap
piness of others, by foolish Indulgence
In strong drinks. Generally a murder
or two, or at least some shooting or
stabbing affairs, mark the day . that
should be characterized by peace,
good will, and peaceful enjoyment of
the blessings of hdaven.
‘Mayor Mathis has the commenda
tion ' of good citizens In the course
be pursued. Whenever there Is danger
of disorder It Is evident that the may
or can be looked to take hold o
the situation with a strong hand. That
Is what the people as a whole want.
So one wants tyranny, or oppression,
or prosecution, or unnecessary re
strictions, but the vast majority of
the people do want, and stand for, a
proper enforcement of the laws ami
above all for tlifv maintenance of the
peace and the suppression, or limita
tion, as far as possible, of any evils
that may afflict the community and
which may be within the scope of the
mayor's [lower to lessen, If not re
move.
The Tlmes-itecorder la not fanatical
on the liquor question by any means,
but If the sale of It could be stopped
at Xmas time m*ny p life would be
saved and many a disorderly affair
prevented. Of all seasons In the yeir
the glad holiday season of December
sei-me to be the one that la selected
for the worst abuse of llquora, for the
most degrading display of their ef
fects Some day we may all hope
(Mugs will change In this respect.
For though in the quiet evening
You may give me the kiss of peace.
Yet It might be
That never for me
The pain of the heart would cease.
How many go forth in the morning
That never come home at night;
And hearts have broken
At harsh worda spoken,
That sorrow can ne'er set right
THE BACHELOR'S CHILD.
We have careful thoughts
stranger
And smiles for the coming guest;
But oft for our own
The bitter tone,
Though we love our own the best;
Ah; lips with curve Impatient;
Ah: brow with that look of scorn;
Twere cruel fate
To undo the work of morn.
1 (Baltimore Sun.)
' He tosses her above his head,
He romps until bis face Is red,
I He holds her arm's length Just to see
'The wonder of her. witchery;
j He talks In language soft and slow
That only little babies know,
the He pauses now and then to gaze
, Far off as If 'twere in a maze,
.‘And then with sudden sigh and start
He presses her unto his heart.
THE LIFE LIVED RIGHT.
IJfe, If we live It right.
It has no gloom, no night.
Life, If we live It true.
Boars like a bird the blue
Of heavenly skies, a-wing
With lips that smile and sing.'
'.He her highness on his knees
1 And Ulims her nursery melodies,
‘ He shakes her'rattle, jingles bells,
I And, oh, such wondrous stories tells;
■He lifts her little face to lay
I Its softness on his own, and play
Her dimples were the deeps wherein
A thousand drops of dejv had been
And with his lips upon the brink
He'd lean to them to kiss and drink.
IJfe, If Its aim Is fair,
Has no dark dread or care.
Life, If we live It well,
Has so much love to tell.
Such joy, such cheer to say
TIs like one long sweet day.
Life, If we give It all
We owe will weave no pall
Of sorrow or of woe
To blind us where we go,
Oy fetter us or bind
Our flower of heart and mini.
IJfe, If we fill our place
Not on our brows will trace
Marks of Its care. Its pain.
But fresh with, youth again
On feet of bloom long-years
We shall surmount the tears.
Life, if we live It right!
Ah, for the Inward sight.
Glory to know Its sweet
That ever at our feet
Blooms round In humbleness
To help us and to bless!
He lets her sink upon his breast.
He sings her little lays of rest.
And when her little eyes are closed
And all her baby grace reposed,
He sits beside her little cot
Thinking of things so long forgot.
So far adown the long ago
Where from the tender echoes flow
Of songs he heard, of gay love-rhyme,
On lips whose roses fade betime.
Be still—the shadows fill his room!
A wrinkled, lonely bachelor's doom
To yearn for things that passed him
by.
To hold the memory of a sigh.
To glimpse the shadow of a face
Once sunbrlght with Its girlish grace,
To toss In play and sing to sleep,
When all the lonely shadows creep
And o'er hla heart a figure gleams—
The little baby of his dreams!
The Voice of Experience.
the
(Boston Transcript.)
Singleton—Maud Is one of
sweetest girls I ever met.
Wedmorc—My boy, sweet gfrls very
often turn out to be only sugar-coated.
MOKE TROUBLE ‘AHEAD FOR
UMCLE SAM.
Is there a prophet alive who can
gauge the weather for Christmas?
This much discussed potash talk is
certainly nil of a "lye.’'
Arizona won’t get statehood In
stocking for iome time yet
Will Uncle Sam now consent
tuck little Cuba under Its wing?
Those Ohio vote-sellers have cer
tainly been strictly on the Job.
Mexico will not likely care to take
a census again very soon. ■
Who got the better In the war be
tween Spain and the United States?
Spalii, of course, was defeated, so far
as the display of naval and military
streugth Is concerned, but who really
secured the greater benefits from the
struggle? »
Many Insist, and their claims seem
well based, that .Spain emerged from
the struggle In a vastly Improved con
dition. It got rid Of its navy, It la
true, but that was largely obsolete,
and long before the present time
would have been entirely so. 'It has
been saved the enormous expense of
its maintenance ever since. Its armed
forces In Its Island liossesslons
the Atlantic and the Pacific, too, were
vanquished, but that relieved the home
government of the tremendous waste
of money Involved In the holding of
the Philippines and Cuba and Porto
Rico. Its war establishment has ac
cordingly been greatly ■ educed as un
item of expense.
In addition Spain get 810,009,000 in
gold from the Unlte-1 States for Its
claims to the Philippines.
What did Uncle Sail, set and what
has he now got? He p <t the glory o!
victory over s third rrtc power. He
expended several hundi ed millions of
dollars, much of which was shame
fully wasted, he paid out the solid
cash to requite Spain's claims, and he
has been turning loose money liber
ally ever slcce in the Philippines, in
addition he has put himself In the po
sition of being forced. In the event of
war, to defend possessions many
thousands of miles away from home,
and the necessity of keeping a small
standing army there to suppress na
tive insurrections The claim is made
that the Philippines have already cost
several hundreds of millions ot dol
lars since the war ended. What they
and
may hereafter cost In treasure
blood no one can tell.
Now comes Cuba, with the promise
of more trouble there and the likeli
hood of Its annexation, with conse
quent trouble on a continuous scale
in holding down the half breeds, ne
groes and other malcontents of that
long disturbed Isle. A dispatch from
Washington says:
Troops of the United States army
are In readiness to be rushed ;o
Cuba to maintain peace and protect
American and other foreign Interests.
Officials ot the War Department look
for a crisis in the affairs of the Island
Republic by February, and. possibly,
within the next six weeks.
The last time, 1906, that ,the United
States Intervened In Cuba,'the Presi
dent of the United Stales, Theodore
Roosevelt, and the Secretary of War,
William H. Taft, declared that If this
country was again called In to settle
disputes between factions of the Cu
ban Government and maintain peace
throughout the Island, the Stars and
Stripes would remain there.
When Secretary of War Dickenson
and Brigadier General Clarence Ed
wards, Chief of the Bureau of 'Insular
Affairs, of the War Department, visit
ed Cuba, In November last, they were
startled end amazed by the disrupted
and corrupt conditions which they
found existing there.
It was upon the strength of thler
report and the reports of John B.
Jackson, Minister to Cuba, to the State
Department that the Administration
deemed it advisable to have troops and
munitions of war In readiness for Im
mediate use.
Leading officers of the army do not
believe that the American flag can be
planted In Cuba without some. If not
great, bloodshed.
According to reports In the War and
State Departments, tty. has been the
"corrupt practices" of the United
States' protege President In Cuba.
Jose Miguel Gomez, that has led to
Cuba's undoing. These reports state
that Gomez has received no less than
81,000,'Hill for cramming measures
through the Cuban Legislature for
the benefit of special Interests.
the Mercer-Capltol removal discussion
and appeals to his townspeople
-Macon to leave intact the status quo
by preserving to the Central City the
splendid Baptist university and giving
over the vain vision of securing the
state house.
With judicial accuracy, Judge Speer
disregards the Irrevelant clamor
the moment and goes to the root of the
controversy. He shows that the de
mand for the removal of Mercer Uni
versity—not to Atlanta or any point
specified, but from Macon—originated
not in Atlanta, but In the Baptist con
vention at Elberton.
Tills Is simple Justice to Atlanta. It
should not, additionally, be forgotten
that the removal Idea was bprn among
the South Georgiy contingent, that !t
received the unanimous support of the
South Georgia vote, and that It was
by authority of the whole convention
that the committee was Instructed to
probe all phases of the situation and
report back to the convention.
In a matter possessing large his
toric potentlaltles, it is well to keep
the record straight. And the record,
made up of the testimony of the most
upright Baptist ministers and laymen
In Georgia, many of them from Uouth
Georgia, absolutely dissociates the city
of Atlanta from the faintest sugges
tion of responsibility for the proposed
change. ,
No amount of current furore can al
ter the primary truth that Atlanta has
not raised one penny toward the se
curing of Mercer, has not even pro
posed to raise It, and has merely kept
herself In the attitude of receptivity
Inspired by the dictates of common
hospitality and local patriotism.
Judge Speer etches In, bluntly and
honestly, the retaliatory motive back
of Macon's capitol chase.
From the depth of a wide career, lie
sounds warning against the bitter
ness, the long-lived malignity, the
business loss and demoralization that
are the Inevitable accompaniments of
removal campaigns of any nature.
His plea that Mercer be left where
It Is, and the capitol be left where It
Is, and that Georgians return amicably
to the affairs of the New Year Is based
on the common sense that is the pro
duct of a seasoned mind and of a com
prehensive experience.
In other words, he Is contending,
gently, with his fellow townsmen to
cease trafficking In Impossibilities.
For It fs soaring Into the realms of
the non-existent, to Imagine that the
‘ T B
(The Macon Dally
Our esteemed friend
the Atlanta Constitution JU
when It asserts that the (£
moval campaign origi„ atal
latory spirit. , t „ lrue H
coincident with th«
but it goes far out beyond k
the practically uttiverzal fl
Middle and Southern Ueoqa
In regard to Mercer tv e
face a word. A year ago the tr
trustees called ott Macon U
tribution of 860,000. The ,
forthcoming within a fortni,
Mercer make a similar
city we have no doubt Mat
do her duty. Up to the h
removal question was g
heel of the State Baptist
when Macon's representative
the hall—Macon did not )
•Mercer wanted anything of
has -Macon since learned »bj
But we shall say more on this
at the proper time.
In regard to the removal tf
(ta\—this Is no new question hi
gla.
There was a time when
lation of the state was l a
fined to the banks of the
river and vicinity. There
railroads. Augusta became
ttal because It was the
ulatlon and' could be s
water transportation. Then
was moved to Louisville ib
little city became the center
ulatlon. Later still It, for
reason, went to Mllledgerille.
At the close of the lVar
States and the subjugation rfj
gla, a foreign military pova
It to Atlanta without the leasti
oration of the wishes ol the
this State. It Is true that k
later (1877) the question of 1
to MUledgeville was sn
vote. The negroes were
balance of power, they had
cently been the whole
In tbe State, and they voted
sustain the action of the
th titles In moving the
Atlanta. Thus Atlanta a
In 1880 there were 171
center. I
voters and 143,471 negro voti
State of Georgia.
EJut the center ot populai
wealth has shifted since I
years ago. and Georgia's
always followed that
when It went to Atlanta.
Within the last thirty yean!
sus figures show that that k
Georgia north of Macon bail|
40 per cent. That half s
con has Ihcreased 100 per e
future Georgian empire viil
tween Griffin and the Flnrihk
amounts to that now.
Mocon Is the rallroal I
state house Is going t£ be removed Geor * la -
from Atlanta.
The constitution requires a two-
thirds vote of each branch of the gen
eral assembly to give such an Idea
vitality.
No one that keeps a steady head,
dreams that such a rote Is even ap
proximately possible.
That fs why Atlanta Is not con
cerned regarding the more serious as
pects of the stuatlon, but Is concerned
In keeping the peace with a sister city
whose interests are, or ought to be,
largely fdentlcat with her own inter
ests. a
So far as removals, per se, go, the
transplanting of Mercer would be far
the simpler undertaking—if 1 Atlanta J Marylan<1 ' Tnere “
undertook or thought lo’ undertake It. eUher ,egaI ' mora . ...
Atlanta contemplate, neither pro- «1™« the greatest*?I*»
cedure-but will get back of Macon In prlor 1,en on ,he CaP '
what should be the mutual ambition
to give to Macon, In Mercer, one of the
noblest Institutions In America.
These are plain statements of fact,
In a holiday spirit of ultimate friend
liness.
Judge Speers' advice has the tang of
hard sense, as well as the fragrance
Macon Is the center of l
and wealth.
Macon Is the geographical*
the State.
The actual geographical«
sixteen miles east of
center 1* 119 milea aouthaXj
lanta!
Atlanta Is a great city, Mi
gives It no claim upon
New York city Is no! tic 0
New York 'State. Phiiadclpl'
the Capital of Penniylvsa* J
1* not the Capital of IHIadtJ
natf I* not the Capital of O'
Orleans 1* not the Capital/
lana. Baltimore is not the 0
Maryland. There la not ’
,.icelM 1
of. the season.
The tnterval between
New Year's Is an
zone tn which both
should feel It compeUW
to ponder, carefully, the
wise man.
SHOULD ATTEND DIVORCE
COURT FOR AWHILE
Before Gening Married, Says
TAHIRS ARE JAHEBlJ
Boston, December 27.—Judge Robert
Harris, of the Boston Superior
court, believes It would be well for
Same Arlislslfeiel
«ho
fakirt^
norliil
These little Christmas tragedies arjt
vety distressing.
Amerlcua people.
Ezee Mark family (° r
bugs, mendicants, P r0 f
gars and slum buga
many who contemplate matrimony to 0 f a gra f t game, will M
spend a few weeks In the divorce court (be arrest In Atlanta o ( *
by which he thinks quite a number of (Armenians dressed
matches that turn out unhappily wh o were making a
mliriit be averted. These rak | r s were
"There is no doubt In my mind,” says f 0r a mythical orph*”*
the Judge, "but that It would do many near Mount Ararat, of r
couples a great deal of good., I am remote locality, and "
sure It would do them no harm. Many the dollars in fine <° n
men and women star* ont In married by the police and jailw-
life without knowing of the petty dls-1 work Amerlcus to » 1
agreements that ensue when the nov- stated Interval*, as
elty wears off and they begin to tire f or alleged home*
of one another. | without any credent!**
"There are many petty things In life make's good llvln*
that lead to the major things and these the dollars poured '
petty things are dwelt upon very care
fully In court."
Tbe toy-makers are now at Ubcrty
to go on strike Immediately.
Don't forget to pray the grip won't
grip you till Xmas has passed.
In entering the funeral business tbe
phonograph claims Its own.
their Itching P» Im ’
people.
Who sold the <
with all the Chri**®**
A word to tM ’
> liot!»i