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.. Washington Letter.
v(Sp"’é?:ial correspondence of THE
News.) 3
\Vaspington, D. C., Nov, 4th ‘o3.
The Post Office frauds are not
the only ones that are causing
sleepless nights and bad halfhours
to mauy political patriots. Evi
dence is accumulating that huge
land frauds amounting iff value to
$40,000,000 have been discovered
and, that six United States Sen
atq"i'if‘, several Representatives and
numerous government officials are
mentioned in connection with the
frauds, though Secretary Hitch
cock, of the Interior Department,
is continuously entering strenuous
deni}als. The frauds in connection
with the Indian lands now being
invéstigated, has only just begun,
and rumors of sother frauds in
other departments are filling the
air at Washington. This delay in
exposing what has already heen
disc‘}'&yered may, as in the Post
Ofl%é scandal, be made for the
purpose of allowing the statute of
limitations to get in its work and
permit other Republican patriots
to escape the toils of the law.
( » 9 =®
A little thing that is causing
much comment here is the attempt
of t}"? President, through his Sec
retary, Mr. Loeb, to ape the airs
of the foreign courts. He is hav
ing his White House messengers
clothed in uniform, and the report
is that -;the ushers and doorkeepers
at the executive offices will be the
next to don the uniform prescribed
by Secretary Loeb, with the tactit
approval of President Roosevelt.
As they outrank the inessenger,
the uniform is to be cutin more
fashionable style, and the other
officials of the White House are to
be more brilliantly attired so that
the social function. will match-ithe
gorgeopsness of any foreign court.
The White House'will be made to
‘blaze withsall the glory. ands frip
pery and tinsel and gaudy display
of the flunkies of European effete
‘menarchies. These be Republi
can times surely, and the people
foot th~ bill, . -
W 20T
The Roosevelt administration
has become vociferously notorious
for the gigantic unheard of frauds
that have been perpetrated since
its advent to power, and also for
the slight efforts made to expose
them and punish the offenders.
A few of the smaller fry in the
Post Office scandal have been in
dicted and few have been tried,
but not convicted, as the evidence
adduced by the goverment attor
neys was not sufficient to convince
a jury of their guilt. The delay
in investigating these scandals has
been a boor to most of the greater
offenders, for that convenient law,
the statute of limitations, has run
its course and the time had ex
pired in which they could be in
dicted. That the statute of lim
itations covers a number of these
questions is denied by eminent
lawyers, but the Republican At
torney General has decided that
it does, and there is no way of
bringing the culprits to trial, if
the law officer of the government
refuses to act. As hitherto men
tioned in this correspondence, one
of the principal participants in the
leniency of the accommodating
statute is Representative Littauer,
who, President Roosevelt describ
ed as *“*his personal friend and
closest political adviscr.” Littau
er was charged with sharing in the
profits of a large army glove con
tract, and that he had used his po
sition as a member of Congress to
obtain the contract, notwithstand
ing the provision of the law that
no official should be interested in
any such deal. When referred to
the Republican Attorney General,
he promptly decided that Mr, Lit
tauer could not be prosecuted, as
the statute of limitations had run
its course, so the *‘closest political
.advisor” of the President escaped
the humiliation of a trial and pos
sible conviction. Fraud and graft
is getting mighty close to the
White House when the statute of
Jimitations has to be pleaded for
the ‘‘personal friend” ot the pres
£nt otcup.nt,
~ Public Schools Education
and Public School
} Teachers.
\ BY M. B. DENNIS, EATONTON, GA.
| e
~ “So essential to good govern
‘ment is education that the state
should itself undertake to furnish
lit absolutely free of cost to every
‘man who is to become a citizen of
the commonwealth.”—EX -Gov,
‘W. J. Northen,
‘ VALUE OF EDUCATION.
I venture to say that the future
of state does not depend, primari
lo at least, upon the product of the
soil, the abundanee and variety of
its mineral resources, the vastness
of its commerce and its industrial
development, but upon the intel
lectual and moral strength of its
people. The meaning of this
statement is, if our government is
made stable our schools must be
made efficient and all our children
must receive frosm them the begt
possible instruction. * This is the
natural and logical conclusivn
from the universal acceptance of
the fundamental principles just
announced, If the future of the
state depends upon the intellectu
al and moral strength of its citi
zen, the future of the state must
depend, in the last analysis, upon
the character of our schools and
the efficiency of our teachers,'—
Ex-Gov. W. J. Northen. l
STATE PROSPERITY PRESUPPOSES AN‘
: EDUCATED STATE. ]
“‘Our people are beginning to
realize the fact that we cannot
have a prosperous State unless we
have an educated State; they are:
beginning to realize that the pros- |
perity of the State does not de
pend upon the amount of educa
tion which seme of .-ours‘people‘
have, but that the ; prosperity of
the Staté depends upon the educa
tion possessed by all the people in
the State."—Gov. D.C. Hgyward,
B G il -
EDUCATION THE HOPE OF THE STATE,
“We all here believe that edu--
cation is the hope of the state, the
South, and of the country, and
are willing to do what we can to
secure better facilities for the
people in the rural districts. Aside
from the necessity of education
for all the people, it is necessary
for the future welfare of our State‘
to give better school facilities to‘
the rural districts to stop the drift‘
of our good people from the coun
try to the cities.”—President D.l
B. Johnson, Winthrop College, S.
C. |
THE TEACHER'S BURDEN, 1
“I am here to say that the peo
ple to whom I am now addressing
myself carry, more completely,
the burdens of society and of gov
ernment than do the legislative,
judicial and executive depart
ments of the state all combined,”
—Ex-Gov. W. J. Northen, in an
address to teachers,
TEACHERS AND PUBLIC SENTIMENT,
“No class of our people are sup
posed to understand school mat
ters better than those who teach
the schools, If the system is
wrong, ‘the machinery clumsy
there ought to be no one to dis
cover it sooner than those who are
aequired to run it. If teachers do
not create public sentiment on
school matters the question comes
not who will, but who can?"’—Ex.
Gov. W, J. Nerthen. :
INFLUENCE OF GOOD TEACHER,
“One intelligent, live and en.
thusiastic teacher can revolution
ize a whole township, and build a
monument that will endure as
long as appreciative hearts and
growing minds continue.”—G. B,
Martin, State Supt, Education,
S. C
OFFICE OF TEACHER MOST RESPONSI
| BLE.
~ “*The highest and most respon.
sible office held in Georgia is not
found in the man who makes the
law, the judge who tries the
criminal nor in the governor who
simply administers the affairs of
state, but in the man who con
trols the schools that make the
citizen who deposits the ballot
that makes or unmakes the com
monwealth,"—Ex-Gov. W. J.
Norihen,
THE MONTICELLO NEWS, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 1903.
| Not A Sick Day Since.
‘ “I was taken severely sick with
kidney trouble. T tried all sorts
of medicines, none of which re
lieved me. Oneday I sawanad.
of your Electric Bitters and de
termined to try that. After tak
|ing a few doses I felt relieved,
‘and soon thereafter was entirely
cured, and have not seen a sick
day since. Neighbors of mine
have been cured of Rheumatism,
Neuralgia, Liver and Kidney
troubles and General Debility.”
I'l‘his is what B. F. Bass, of Fre
‘mont, N. C. writes. ,Only boc,
at C. D. Jordan’s Druggist.
Doesn’t Respect Old Age.
~lt'sshameful when youth fails
to show proper respect for old age,
but just the contrary in the case
of Dr, King’s New Life Pills.
They cut off maladies no matter
how severe and irrespcctife of
old aga. Dyspesia. Jaundice,
Fever, Constipation all yield to
this perfect Pill. 25e, at C. D.
Jordan's Drug Store. i
———
World’s Fair Notes. !
Celery four feet tall, and stalks
of rhubarb four feet high and five
inches thick will be exhibited at‘
the World's Fair by Washington‘
gardeners to show the capabilities
of the soil and climate of the g‘rcal!
northwestern state. |
A relief map of Louisina, l()xls‘
feet, will be displayed in Louis
iana’s state pavilion at the World’s‘
Fair. It will show accurately the
topography of the state, the areal
devoted to sugar, rice and o_thex"
crops, and the railways and water
ways. Supplementing the map
will be photographs of typical
farms and Louisana scenery.
. Joseph-A. Halkinson, superin
tendent of the outdoor planting for,
the Agricultural department, has
cut some Paul Neyron rose shoots{
from the World's Fair 6 acre rose
garden +hat . were, five feet ]ong.|
These roses were planted ]asti
April. =~ The roses have’ been in‘
flower all season, and the rose gar
den is a truly beautiful sight. !
Twenty-one tons of paint have|
been placed on the Capitol at
Washington during the recess.
Query: Ifit requires twenty-one
tons of paint to make the building}
clean and wholesome, how many
tons of whitewash would be nec
essary to produce a like condition
in its occupants’—Savannah
News. |
FOR SALE.
A scholarship on the Georgia
'Alabama Business College, located
in Macon. Any young lady or
gentleman desiring to take a
course in this excellent school will
find it to their interest to call at
Lthis office or writeus. We can
'save you money.,
Shotographs . . . .
Any size up to an Bxlo ranging
in price from 25¢ to $5.00 per
dozen,
Buttons, Rims, Photo Jewelry,
etc.......... Pictures adjusted in
* Watches and Lockets, Copying
} Viewing, developing and finish
. ing for Amateurs... All executed
| in best styles and lowest living
* ! * prices.
F 10 16x20 Crayons, with frame,
g $2.98. Same in pastel and
'f i ook sepia at similar prices,
l : You are kindly solicited to call
b ‘ and see my work and get my
i prices on the above before
{8 placing your order elsewhere,.,,
L .0 Respectfully,
e e ee e e e et R ettt et
o 0 9‘ $0 garneSO
His First Year,
~Gov. Terrell has been in the
laxccutive office one year, and his
lfriends have been congratulating
lhim upon the success of the ad
ministration of his high office for
fthat period, and they are predic
| ting continued triumph, and pros
perity in the affairs of state. ;
. Several days ago the Atlanta
iL‘oustitution pointed out the sever
} al things that had been accomplish
ed during Governor Terrell's one
'ycnr in office, referring to his
"splendid appointments, particular
1y to the Supreme bench; to the
uniform text book law; to the
franchise tax law; to other things
‘that had come about to the good
of the state. While agreeing that
the administration of the office of
governor had been entirely satis
factory the Atlanta News objects
to giving credit to him for many
of the things that have come the
state's way, and claims some credit
for ilself, and to members of the
legislature, who led in) the fights
on the floor of that body. ‘
What the Constitution says is
true, and what the News says is
true also, There is ‘‘glory enough
for all.” The state is prosperous
and the administration of the af
fairs of state at the capitol has
been governed by wisdom, justice
and moderation. The acts in gen
eral of the general assembly have
so far been characterizod with un
usual prudence and conservatism.
All of these things are a part of
the general administration of af
fairs for which the governor will
be largely credited. If they had
gone wrong that fact would have
been charged against him. :
Yes, we are getting along nicely
in Georgia, and few people we
presume will begrudge thegovern
or his share of the credit.—Macon
Telegraph.
PeWitt's Little Em;ly Risers,
g The famous little pills. . .
Take this Chance to go to Califor=
" - nia or Puget Sound. ;
‘August Ist to 14th, inclusive, $47.50
round trip from St. Louis and $45.00
from Kansas City and St. Joseph. Con
sult nearest ticket agent about our
through tourist sleepers to California
and Seattle,
Cheap To Cool Colorado.
Every day we sell excursion tickets to
Colorado and Utah resorts at approxi
mately half rates, with return limits all
summer,
To Minnesota’s Beantiful Resorts.
Daily, round trip tickets to all Min
nesota resorts at a mere trifle over half
rates. With her 10,000 lakes Minnesota
offers a wealth of summer attractions.
Write for a lisit of Minnesota boarding
houses and hotels.
Homeseekers’ Excursions, 1
The first and third Tuesdays of each
month at approximately half rates to
see the magnificent crops of the west
’and northwest, and to help you secure a
home in that rapidly developing region,
Write us, describing your trip. THE
BURLINGTON LINES are the main
traveled roads through the west and
northwest,
J.N.MERRILL, L.W.WAKELEY,
Gen’'l Southern Agt., Gen'l Paws'r Agt,
ATLANTA, GA. ST.LOUIS, MO,
WANTED Every man, woman and
9 child in the South to open
—_—————— a Savings Account with' this
S A B company,
Deposits by mail may be made with
as much care and safety as at home.
Deposits of srl.oo and upward received and 3 per cent
interest compounded quarterly is allowed. ~ When an ac
count reaches $3.00, a handsome home saving bank will
be loaned the depositor.
Write for full information and blanks to open an account.
Savannah Trust Company.
Capital stock §5000,000. Undivided profits $99,695. 46.
Savannah Trust Building, Savannah, Georgia.
W W, l\ll\cl'i.\l.l., GRO, J. BALDWIN, Wa. V. Davis, !
\ President., Vice-President, ' See'y and Treas,
To the Planters of Jas
per County.
]
Cotton season is again on and | am better
prepared than ever to handle your cotton.
- Services equal to the best. Fire risk
Minimum. Interest rate liberal, shipping
facilities unexcelled. Centrally located.
Cotton Markets of the World accessible.
I want your business because | need it. Be
cause | can handle it as prompt and good
as any. Because | appreciate it and feel
honored every time a persondrops off a bale
ai my place.
Thanking my many friends for their lib
eral patronage in the past and hoping to
merita continuance of samelbeg to remain.
Yours Very Respectfully,
MONROE PHILLIPS, Prop.,
: JASPER COUNTY WAREHOUSE.
TO THE
OF JASPER AND ADJOIN
ING COUNTIES.
i s
ey
lam again at the Old Reliable Planters
Warehouse where | will be glad to handle
you cotton. | appreciate your past favors
and will continue to do so. Will furnish
Market Reports as usual, so bring your cot
ton to headquarters and go home happy.
Yours Truly,
W. R. POPE.
P.S. Liberal advances will be made on
cotton in Warehouse at a very low rate of
interest.
.
Our Boys and Girls are to
Wi
isdom.
It is very gratifying indeed, to note the increasing interest on
the part of our boys and girls in education—especially in busi.
ness education; for there in nothing else in which they can invest
their money that will bring them such large and certain profits,
The general favorite in this state, particularly this section,
seems to be the Ga,—Ala, Bus. College at Macon, Ga,, which
is not surprising, for it certainly offers them unparalleled advans
tages, guaranteeing positions UNDER A $5,000 BANK DE
POSIT.
Ga.--Ala. Business College,
Macon, Ga.
