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The Man Who Acts
By the Editor of Labor and Capital
UCCESS does not come to any dan without effort; without op
position from others.
The man who accomplishes tilings in this world necessarily
makes enemies. All mediocrity rises against him. His
S-S achievements plans malice Where are are it stolen is employed possible are and minimised; his to to detract methods do this, his attention are failures vituperation, adopted from are without magnified; the ridicule plain credit. and evi- his
dence of lack of ability on the part of those who thus display
their character.
Criticism is easier than accomplishment.
Honest emulation is open flattery, hut carping criticism is the handmaiden
of dishonesty. But notwithstanding all this, the successful man mounts to
1 rr her planes over the shoulders of his critics, He saves his breath for re
nc wed effort, while they waste theirs in empty vaporings. He acts while they
hesitate; he works while they wait.
We cannot escape fne critic, but we can reap whatever reward hard work
lrings—which is more than the chronic kicker can do.
The man who acts, therefore, the man who works, will not only bring re
sults, but lie will lie a power in liis community.
Do not allow criticism to discourage or deter you In yonr work. Your pride
a id a high regard for your good name should spur you on to greater and better
things than have yet accomplished. #
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The right kind of pride keeps us up to the high standard we have set for
ourselves, both in our social life and in our business life.
Pride sustains us through many a struggle and storm, and it is as potent
an incentive as was ever fixed in a man's qualities. The lack of it is as great a
limitation as can he put upon a man’s abilities. •
Every man should have a deep sense of obligation to live up to a record
for honesty and integrity, a record for things done; for superiority of attain
ment, which should be his beacon light to lead him to the heights of success.
Lay out your work for each day and devote each day conscientiously to
that work with all your strength and ability.
Be the man who acts and you will he sure to achieve results commensurate
with the efforts expended and creditable to both yourself and to society.—Labor
and Capital.
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Ihe Successful Farmer
is Educated
By C. O. Witter.
HE successful farmer is the one who keeps a set of books, and
knows what every crop and every head of stock costs him,
T and what each yields in return. Some men do the same thing
year after year, whether it pays or not, simply because they
have gotten in the way of doing it. Such farming does not
pay, and that farmer wastes a great deal of brawn and
muscle which a little calculation would save.
So much for the practical, money-making side of the ques
tion; hut isn’t there something more than that? Isn’t it worth
more to have an education, so that when one sits by the fire during the long
winter evenings he can appreciate the words of wise uicn and of poets? Isn’t
it worth something to understand how the great undertakings of the world's
history makers are carried on? Isn't it worth something to know, as you toi!
under the boiling sun. how the sun and air and all the elements work together
to produce the ruddy apple, the flinty wheat or the golden corn?
Give us tiie educated farmer, with his steady integrity, his frank and open
heart, and his fearlessness in overcoming obstacles, and we have a man who is
capable of filling a thousand spheres of usefulness which he alone who lives
close to the'great heart of nature, and who sympathizes with his fellows, can
till.—Brethren Evangelist
What Code of Manners
For the Home?
Ey Mary A. Livermore.
HAT code of manners should prevail in the home? It is <i great
question, for law itself is but “a reflex of homes,” and peoples
w of are more homes. gathered importance Manners out of than nurseries are laws, indeed and which but nations minor are but are morals, but their the and exponents. outcome are of
Good manners are simply beautiful behavior, They are the out
come of kind hearts—the courteous expression of kind feelings
v in our intercourse with one another. AYhat we call etiquette is
a substitute for good manners, and is very often only their ooun
terfeit. Yet, without it, society would be insufferable, at times,
for the artificial laws of politeness, upon whose observance society insists,
seftens even natural angularities and asperities, and hold rudeness and iil
breeding in check.
In the home, it is probably most important that the married couple shall
maintain the courtesy and charm of manner, and the recognition of equal
relationship which invested the days of courtship with delight. There should
not he any lack of courtesy in the home habits, even when the husband and
the wife are in entire seclusion. It should extend to matters of dress, and reg
ulate attention to each other's wishes. It is fatal to the happiness and perma
nency of married life for either to drop the loveliness of manner and the
engaging courtesies of the ante-nuptial relation. Nothing is too trivial to be
considered that tends to strengthen family affection or prompts its expression
in unselfishness and loving acts.—Success.
Ihe Endless Pursuit of Wealth
An Argument For the Early Retirement of
Business Men and the Cultivation of Leisure
From the Bankers’ Magazine
N the United States leaders in every line of activity, in polities
and business, have been conspicuously prone to die, as it is
said, in harness. The death of Mark Hanna is a case in
point. But the lost of those distinguished for their successful
attainment of w’ealth and fame, who have continued their
activities long after the advance of age and the diminution
of physical strength must have warned them of the approach
ing end, is a very long one. In the older countries of Europe,
on whose civilization that of the United States is founded, it
seems easier for men who have more or less successfully attained the object
tley aimed at to retire and enjoy freely the prizes they have gained, although
even there the old barbaric struggle is in many eases kept up to the end. Until
within the last twenty-five years the idea of retiring from active life and
settling down to a life in whicli personal tastes and proclivities could be fol
lowed, was regarded as at least eccentric.
There have always been two necessary steps to be taken before retirement
from active life could with safety be accomplished; one was the acquirement,
of wealth, and the other provision for its safe keeping, As civilization pro
gresses the second and move important step can be more easily managed. The
individual no longer has to depend upon his own efforts to guard the store set
aside for his future support. The power of corporation, originally directed
simply to the accumulation of wealth, is now to a very great extent applied to
Its conservation.
The existence of a leisure class able and willing to enjoy their lives ration
ally and intelligently is a check on the wilder exhibitions of leisure on the part
of suddenly acquired wealth. It also holds out something beyond mere money
getting as ihe goal of a successful life. It encourages retirement after reason
able fortune has been gained, and discourages to some extent the piling up of
exaggerated redundancy. The effect of a more philosophical view of life on
the peri; of cur business men will tend to a more even distribution of wealth,
*.tu © ieveling of the inequalities uyw so frequently pointed out.
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| GEORGIA NEWS*
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Epitomized Items of Interest
Gathered at Random*
Federation to Meet in Rome.
The program fer vhe meeting of
the Georgia Federation of Labor in
Rome on June 15-16 has been arrang
ed and promulgated.
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r Crops _ n m o-,a Bad Shape. ch aP »
According to information gathered
bv D the tne state state denar'mtnt dep^r.mtnt of ot aericulture agncuKura
the Georgia cotton crop is in bad con
dition The weather hac been unfaver
able nlantins- has heen hnekward and
the portion of the showing. crop already “ uo is
making a poor
Trouo's p New New Court Court House House
The corner stone of the new Troup
county court house will be laid at La
Grange on the 30th of June with im
preserve exercises bv the VevJrSrd Masons
Grand ill! M a ^ t ’th! of
IWip e, ih be piecent t >o deliver ho
address of the occasion and a grand
barbecue will be served. All the Ma
sons in the county will be invited.
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, Elberton Sells Water Bonds.
The city of Elberton has sold $40,
000 worth of bonds to Seasongood &
Mayer, of Cincinnati, at 95, the bonds
hearing 4 per cent interest. These
bonds were issued for the purpose of
installing a water works system. The
preliminary survey has been made by
Civil Engineer H. S. Jaudon. and the
system will be inaugurated at the
earliest possible moment.
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Fifteen Thousand Acres Sold.
A land deal of importance has been
effected at Sylvester, H. J. Corbett
& Co. buying the saw mill and timber
| j on Alford, 15,000 acres of land from C. A.
of Willingham. The price was
! $140,000. Mr. Alford retains his ex
tensive turpentine interest and also
has left about 28,000 acres of land on
which the timber has been only par
tially cut.
Air. Alford will, in future, devote a
portion of his time to improving his
lands and caring for his banking in
terests, being president of the Syl
vester Banking Company.
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Stopover Privileges Granted.
Stopover privileges in Atlanta, go
ing or coming, on St. Louis exposi
tion tickets is what Atlanta has been
granted by the Southeastern Associa
tion of Passenger Agents at their re
cent session.
This unusual and important privi
lege means more to Atlanta, perhaps,
than a hundred excursions coming in
from different sections. It means for
the six months during which the St.
Louis exposition will be open overy
body going there and passing through
Atlanta en route will be privileged to
stop in the Georgia capital several
days, whether going or coming
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! No Clemency for Gamblers.
! The prison commission has denied
the applications for clemency of Gad
d. Bryan and Charles Odell, of Savan
: nah, convicted of keeping gaming
; houses, and each sentenced to pay a
fine of $1,000 and to serve six months
in jail.
The defendants^ will now r have to
pay the fines cf $1,000 each in addi
tion to serving six months in Chat
ham county jail, the latter being the
part of the sentence which they par
ticularly desired to avoid. In fact,
their applications for clemency w’hich
w r ere filed and argued long before the
supreme court passed on their case did
not ask that they be relieved of the
fines, but only of the jail sentences.
This the commission has declined to
recommend.
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Shortage May Be Increased.
Since the report of Receiver Cor
bin of the bankrupt estate of R. H.
Plant and I. C. Plant’s Son Bank
at Macon has been made public, it is
the general opinion that the deficien
cy owed to creditors will greaiily ex
ceed the amount mentioned in the. re
port. The assets of the estate are all
given at their face value, hut it is
thought the property interests of Mr.
Plant will not bring over one-half of
what is estimated if they are thrown
on the market.
There are many nominal assets to
be added to the list, which, on ae
i count of details, cannot be learned
now, but it is stated that the net de
ficiency may reach $1,500,0-00, as the
hook value of many of the assets
, mentioned in the report cannot be
realized.
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i Saw Utter Ruin Ahead.
State Treasurer R. E. Park, who
was a life-long friend of R. H. Plant,
j of Macon, who committed suicide, re
! ceived a letter from the unfortunate
m,an the same day of the tragedy, liv
ing the only admission of the terrible
condition of affairs which confront
ed him and which led to the final act
of taking his own life.
I When the failure of the bantis in
Maccn vras first announced. State
! Tre-asurer Park immediately wrote
Mr. Plant a letter of sympathy and
condolence. This le:ter was
personal and simply the expression
; deep regret which he felt for his
i friend.
Saturday morning the state
rer received a typewritten letter
ing a Macon postscript, and,
j j ing it, he fund it to be a reply
| tated by his old friend. This reply was
also of a purely personal nature, and
in it President Plant admitted that
he had been a very sick man for sev-
1 Mr; plant aiso stated that lhs &te P s
| “ aat ndU oeen iahen dur'ng uunug the ine ’ast asc
» few days left hlE1 confronting a sit
• uation that meant utter ruin. The en
tire letter conve >' ed the idea that the
Macon man had given U P a11 hope and
j that he could see no ray of light to
illumine the shadows of the present
nor me darkn^-s aarKn — of OI the tne future iuture.
The statement in this letter was
made ^ill more significant by the
terrible tragedy that occurred on the
same day and which left little doubt
I bat that this letter to his old friend
^ the Iast letter letter written " r ’ Uea by bj Mr
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Life Sentence for Cawthorn.
The jury in the case of the stale
; against R. D. Cawthorn, charged with
the offense of murder, at Eastman,
I brought in a verdict, finding OJ
with a recommends ion to the mercy
of the court.
! Judge Roberts immediately sentene
ed him to serve the rest of his nat
! ural life at hard labor in the peni
tentiary.
It will be remembered that in July
of last year two good citizens of the
county, living in the same neighbor
hood, died very suddenly, apparently
from the effects of poison, Within
about one week of each other, these
citizens died. Jne of these was W.
J. Tucker, at whose house Ca-wthorn
was living and where Horne, the other
citizen, got the dcso that resulted
in his death. Upon the death of Tuck
er, the second man, Cawthorn, was im
mediately arrested, charged with the
crime, the theory of the state be
ing that he had poisoned Tucker for
the purpose of possessing himself of
Tucker's wife, a woman wiJh eleven
children.
Cawthorn, in his statement, admit
ted that an intimate relationship had
existed between himself and Tucker's
wife for some time,- but claimed that
this was chargeable to her and that
she poisoned her husband because of
the love she had for Cawthorn.
At a previous trial, which w’as set
aside by the supreme court. Cawthorn
wa,s convicted and sentened to he
hanged. The result of the trial is,
therefore, regarded as a considerable
victory for the defendant, parr tally
due to the fact, it is thought, that
the woman was not also indicted.
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New County Proposed.
A movement is being agitated to
form a new county from a portion
of Irwin, Dooly, Wilcox and Worth,
with Ashburn as the county seat. The
proposed line will be as follows; Run
ning from Ashburn east ten miles
into Irwin county; north into Dooiy
ten miles west into Worth fifteen
miles; south into Irwin, taking in
Cycloneta, ten miles; nor:heast into
Wilcox fifteen miles.
Several meetings have been held
and active steps are being taken to
secure the much needed change. A
map of the proposed new county, show
ing the location, etc., has been drawn,
Htnderson has been selected as the
name of the new* county, proposed in
, honor of - Captain _ . . Jack T , J. , Henderson, TT .
the oldest citizen of the section af
fected.
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Selection of Teachers for Schoois.
Now that the time is at hand when
boards of education must select teacn
j ers for ancither year, tlhey should
j look well to their duties in this mat
ter. The head of the school should be
a man of thorough scholarship with
special training in his profession and
some experience. Having selected the
head, the board should ask and
pect his advice in the selection of his
assistants. If he makes a success
his schools he must have teachers
sedated with him who will
with him in his plans and work
moniously with him. The board
make him share responsibility with
them by having him nominate
ers whom he knows are competent
spirit and scholarship to teach
control the several grades.
It is a part of his business to
good teachers, to meet them at
mer schools and institutes and by vis
its to other schools and thus be
to recommend successful teachers.
The superintendents and every
her of the. board must have in
,
that the schools are for the good
the children and in the selection
teachers their goood muse be
mount.
It is not a question of whether
goad woman needs the place or
good woman is our kinswoman
wants a position; or wketfc
applicant is from oar town <>- hat
been a teacher a long time
school. The board should cca
which is the best teacher f 0 p
| children of that grade.
The children deserve the bes
the salary will command. Nl:
i the pensioning of incompetent t person
the supporting of inferior teach .
the of s *
expense the children, r- cal
trading, should be discredited an
conscientious boards.
Boards of education should eneod
age t ^ eir teachers to attend the sara
m,8T S c k°°l once in every tw-o year
in or £ er for them to k
th hPlC(t b in pj education t in ll - ll
11 . !1 .. advancement
]U&t as our dootors occasionally - re P
tlip •
V1SK me grea. _ rpa * hospital. T To, . „ expense
are namma! and the summer ;;ckor
1 combines heth an outing and es Peeia
training. Over forty courses are 1
fered each year, including every ; U h
; ’ ect taught in Tlie srh <>ols from th
kindergarten to sophomore class i
, I , J .
j mtroduc
^ 1 .V. ’
maa s ’ cjKure - s.ngmj
| their I’™*" then
selves at the summer school. Occasion
ally a board re-elects a teacher J "' r 01
condition that she takes 8p a wor
during the summer. The teacher i
anxious to do her best for the schcc
and * s £^ ad tdle opportunity foj
self-improvement. Everywhere let mea
it win and experience and efficient
receive the best salaries.
J. S. STEWART, of State United
sity.
j RUSSUNh iXFXUTE
*AP OFFICERS.
V/ere Caught in Attempt to Dvaamiti
Bridges -Met Fate Braveiy.
i Details have been received in St
| Petersburg from Harbin regarding th
execution, April 21. of the two Japa
! a esc officers, Yu Ivolca and Oki, foi
j attempting to dynamite bridges an,
• destroy telegraph ' communication o:
the eastern China railway,
Tne prisoners admitted they were
part of a detail numbering one hun
dred men, whose purpose it was rc
j destroy the railway at. various points,
j WJ-en told that they must execute aq
j extremely brave people, thev ropli
ed: “Not. at all. We are carrying out
our duty and the order of the mika
do.”
The prisoners were executed oi
April 21 by the new and old towns ofj
■ Harbin, in the presence of a iargd
| crowd, They were shot instead on
i cing hanged, upon order of Genera
j Curopatkin.
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VATICAN POST DESCRIED.
French Representative at Rome leaves for
an Unlimited Vacation.
M. Ni-sard, the French ambassador
to the Vatican, acting under instruc
tions from Paris, left Rome Saturday
for an unlimited vacation, as a pro
test ^igainst what P'rance considers
the indelicate attitude of the Vatican
in compiling tw r o different notes con-j bed
cerning the visit of President Lou
to Rome.
Th ee Chinese Ports Opened.
An imperial edict voluntarily issued
at Pelrn Wednafcday opens to the
comme^co of the world the port- oi
Liiinan-Fu, Wei-Shi-Efc and Chou-Tam
or the Sban-Tung peninsula.
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NEWSY GLEANINGS.
More gold is going abroad.
Chile is selling her warships.
j Spain is building a new navy.
1 Gold is still Japan,
coming in from
| Pessimism is again rampant in Wall
street
America has furnished Japan SOU
locomotives.
Minerals containing radium liar
been found in the Province of Quebec
The city of Glasgow makes $7 jGv
! ycar pro fi t out of the waste paper col
j lected in the streets. practij
i California’s raisin crop lias
market eaily driven in this all country. other sorts from thtj
Wholesale graft was unearthed at
Butte, Mon., six arrests being made
and 100 more promised.
Manchuria The health of the said Russian to he good, troops con- iij
was
sidering the conditions.
It lias been asserted by
critics that Urn Japanese cavalry is
a rather inferior quality.
j Austria’s extraordinary demands f° r
military and naval expenses cause be
wilderment among all parties,
; Inventor Thomas A, Edison declared
! that .lie examiners cf the Patent Office
j are incompetent and that the depart
I Ilccds reforming.
Dr. Itidlcn, of Chicago, says that] iM
seven cures were effected in
i twenty-two operations performed by
j p) r Lorenz in that city.
, Yosliio Yamauato, a determined connect
| young Japanese of wealthy
.lions in his native country, is a b''e
! man locomotive between Biff s ‘
i on a
, km'S and Grecnsburg.
A valuable diamond ring swallowed
h, Paul Clarkson, at Galveston.
Texas, has been restored to its owner
the latter paying the cost of the ope*'
ation necessary to get it u - oni Ciai'Y
son's stomach.