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Where Ocean Breezes Blow”s2), /
is the place to go in the summer for rest, : :
recreation and a real good time. Travel via W /W, e
The Central of Georgia Railway. - .
In a few hours you can be on the shores of the Atlartic, listening
to the roar of the surf, drinking in the wine-like air, bathing, boating,
fishing and dancing, and mingling with a gay throng of charming,
good-natured people; the bluest of blue skies above you.
A maximum of pleasure at a minimum of cost.
For full Information, rates, schedules, etc., ask your nearest
Ticket Agent. !
- LOW-RATE EXCURSION TICKETS ftuites &&2 |
| ticket offices of the | f=ARHAL
u. A. WINBURN, J. C. HAILE, F. J.' ROBIN&ON, Chaw|
Vice-Pres. and Trafic Mgr., Gen'l Pass'r Agent, Ass’t Gen'l Pass'r Ageat, b J
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é Idleness of Rich
0 Makes Poor Chafe
NIRRT Na | L L S RSOSSN AW
Ley By Mrs. J. G. Phelps Stokes. -W-—-g
©oooo6o¢¢soo UCIH of the hardship of the working classes is consequent up
:”0’00"003 on the fact that they are obliged not merely to Ftlll)l’m't their
own families, but to contribute whether they will or not, to
§ 3 the support of other famiiies, which live in idleness and
4 § luxury upen the products of the working people’s toil. 1t
’ ¥ < is the nearly universal recognition of this fact among the
xoooooooqoo working people of our country, that leads more than all else
00988000000 (| strikes and industrial disturbances, to ill-will, to class h.at
rod and to that craving for larger justice which underlies
the socialistic programme.
The working woman sees, or at least feels, that excessive toil on her part
would be unnecessary if the burdens of production were more fairly distribut
ed, and if waste prevalled less widely. Excessive hours of toil and consequent
eraving for reiaxation and refreshment lead naturally to the seeking of gaiety
or recreation after the day’s work is done, and conditions under which alone
galcty and reercation can be had by the average working girl in our large cit
ies are far from conducive to the highest standards of living.
Many troubles are caused to the less serious minded working girls through
natural, though foolish, attempts to imitate the habits and dress of thosqe wno
live and dress extravagantly. Money needed for the relief and aid of a sick
neighbor or for food or clothing for a younger brether or sister is often squan
dered on imitation jewels or other finery, where no other motive exists than
one of vanity and vain glory prompted by the extravagance and ostentation of
the rich,
The working woman knows that there is no true charity except where
there is true sympathy, and that true sympathy can exist only in proportion
as there is true understanding of personal needs and feelings. Most self
respecting working women would rather go without asking for aid of any Kind
until they are half starved and half frozen than accept the doles of hard-heart
ed men in high places or by the deles of ostentation,
Even when charitable societies seek in as kind a manner as they Kknow
how to provide relief for those genuinely in need the methods which they
sometimes pursue to ascertain the reality of the need are most harmful.
This prevailing distinction that is commonly made between “worthy” and
“unworthy” appiicants for relief is most mistaken and unfortunate. No man
or woman is so degraded as to be unworthy of aid to a better and worthier life.
The relief must be suited to the sufferer, but relief of the right kind need
ncever be withheld.
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ich Men Like Savages
O R A KNS B CE AN
é By G. K. Chesterton.
HE Englishman who travels to Scotland first class in order
= Oy to have “‘a carriage to himself all the way” may be a very
nice fellow, but no one can describe him as a civilized man.
He is vielding to the savage shyness, the sku'king isolation,
' of an Ojibway. The same man has always a terror lest
strangers should speak to him—a thing which is the mark
, of undeveloped and illiterate tribesmen all over the world.
X hi Any one who compares a third-class carriage full of navvies
with a first-class carriage full of oligarchs will at once real
ize that the primary difference consists simply in the fact that the third-class
carriage is mor ecivilized than the first-class carriage; that is to say, it is
more social, more of a community. 1f you emptied that third-class carriage
into a field its occupants could make a picnic. If you carried that third-class
carriage through the air to a desert island its occupants could make a nation.
They are used to talking, fighting with each other, and all the other relations
essential to a healthy commonwealth. They know how to deal with those ot
their company who constitute a temporary problem. They know how to sus
tain and soothe the moderately drunk, how to rebuke the needlessly and in
artistically drunk. But when theo bodies of six rich men sit side by side their
souls do not sit side by side at all. Eacn of their souls is walking like a sav
age hunter in the silence of ancestral forests. IFor when all is said and done,
the great practical object of being a rich man is té get out of the common
wealth altogether., It is to get to a position where the rules made for the com
mon good scarcely touch a man at all.—-lllustrated London News,
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5 JOB WORK.
(eorgia Cullings
; Curtailed Items of Interest
. (athered at Random.,
Bids [nvited For Sites,
Advertisements have been authoriz
ed at the office of the supervising ar
chitect of the treasury department at
I Washington for bids for sites fer new
i public buildings at Albany, Americus
| and Dalton, to be opened July 21, and
|at Grifin, Marietta and Waycross, to
‘bo opened July 22.
*® . *
Farmer Shoots Ycung Boy.
Near Augusta Walter McDcnald, a
ll4—y'ear-ol_d son of a farmer, was blind
ed by shot at the hands of Joseph
’M. Sharpton, a grown man, who
claims the Dboy was stealing water
melons from his patch. The boy’s
face was literally riddled and he will
probably never see again. Feeling
against Sharp is intense.
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Reward Offered For Murderers,
A large reward is offered for the
arrest and conviction of the person or
persons who assassinated Lintern
Williams, of Madison County, in Feb
ruary.
* The governor has offered $2OO for
the first person convicted and $lOO
for each one thereafter. The relatives
of the young man have offered $250.
Williarzns was only 21 years of age.
¥ » »
More Atlanta Postal Clerks.
First Assistant Postmaster General
Hitcheock has, announced that ten ad
ditional postal clerks, at $6OO annual
ly, had been authorized for Atlanta.
The postoffice department has not
made all the additional authorizations
possible under the postal bill, and if
requirements demand more clerks
may be authorized later, provided the
postmaster can convince the depart
ment they are indispensable.
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Carroliton Votes Bonds.
At an election held in Carrollton
to determine whether or not bonds
would be issued by the city for public
improvemert, bonds carried by 229 tp
68. The amount of bonds voted was
$40,000. This money will be used for
the purpose of constructing sewers,
building a §15,000 city hall, and pave
ing the streets. The opposition to the
bond issue will contest the matter in
the proceedings to validate the bonds.
2 x * 3
Macon Preparing for Convention.
Officials of the Macon chamber of
commerce have begun active arrange
ment for housing the big crowds at
the coming state Democratic conven
tion. Within three weeks every avail
able place will be secured, and prepar
ations will be made for an unusually
large attendance. Citlzens believe
Macon will be amply able to take
care of the delegates, and this be
lief is being backed up by actual hard
work.
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Plowed Up His Cotton.
George W. Jchnson, who lives two
miles south of Dublin, astonished his
neiehbors a few days ago by putting
his hands to work plowing up his
cotton, which was in a very unprom
ising condition. He says that he
found it would be a waste oI time
and money to attempt to make any
thing from his cotton crop. He de
ciqed that #e¢ could make more money
hy plowing up his cotton and plant
ing peas where cotion was growing,
and he promptly acted on his im
pression.
* - *
Knocks Out Vote Buying.
By a vote of 111 to 3 the bill of
Mr. Wright, of Richmond, to amend
sectlon 623 of the state code with
regard to vote buying and selling and
illezal voting, was , passed in the
house. The bill makes it a misde
meanor for any person to contribute
money for the purpose of buying
votes either in a primary or regular
election, and by the terms of the bill
those who either spend money, or re.
ceive it for such purpose are made
competent and compellable to testily
in court concerning any prosecttion
brought for viclations of the act, ¢x
cept that the evidence of such per
sons may not be used against them
except in cases of proseccution for per
jury.
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Charter of Road Amended.
By aa amendment filed with the
secrctary of state, the charter of the
Georgzia, Florida and Alfbama Rail
way Company provides for the build
ing of a branch from the main line
at Culhbert jin Randolph County
through Randolph and . Stewart and
Quitman Counties near Omaha in
Stewart County on the Chattahoochee
river.
An additionai amendment provides
for a branch line from Colquitt
through Miller, Early or Clay Coun
ties to the Chattahoochee river
through lenry or Barber County,
Ala., to Eufaula, or throuzh Miller,
Early, Clay and Quitman.
* * *
Seaboard Returns Not Satisfactory.
Returns of the Seaboard Air Line
have heen turned down by Comptrok
ler Wright. General Wright thinks
that the road is faulty in its return
on account of the valuation of its
trackage between Atlanta and Cedar
town. This is returned at $5,129 per
mile, and the comptroller thinks it
should be at not less than $12,000.
The total returns of the Seaboard
Air Lipe are $9,499,393. Its franchis
is the same as last year, save an in
crease of $42,833, presumably the vak
pation placed on 14.73 additional miles
of sidetracking. Its franchise this
year is returned at $1,500,000.
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Livingston Re-nominated. \
An unqualified endorsement of his
services during eight terms as the
representative of the fifth district of
Georgia in the lower house of the
national congress and a unanimous
pomination for a ninth term was what
the Hon. Leonidas F. Livingston drew
from the district convention, which
met in Atlanta the past week, with
a full attendance. Though there was
no thought of a contest, every coun
ty was represented. About forty del
egates were present and business was
dispatched in short order, the work
of the comvention being completed in
less than an hour, :
* * *
Coast Line to Build Link.
One of the most important railway
movements in Georgia in recent years
is indicated in an application for the
charter of the Athantic and Western
Railroad Company, which has just
been field with Secretary of State
Philip Cook.
The Atlantic and Western, upon
which it is said work is to be begun
at once, will be the connecting link
between the -Atlantic Coast Line and
its newly acquired property, the Ma
con, Dublin and Savannah.
Through the construction of this
line the Coast Line will secure a new
through line between Savannah and
Macon, which will be, it is stated,
some 30 or 40 miles shorter than the
present route by ‘the Central of Geor
gia.
* * *
To Name Lester’s Successor.
A white primary to be held on Au
gust 22 will determine the choice of
delegates in the nominating conven
tion which will choose a successor
to the late R. E. Lester for the short
term in congress from the First Dis
trict. The convention will also nomi
nate the Democratic candidate for the
next regular long term.
The nominating convention will
meet in Statesboro in August to name
the nominee. The governor will be
asked to call the election at as early
a date as possible after the noraina
tion is made for the short term. This
was the action of the Democratic ex
ascutive committee of the district,
which met in Savannah the past
week. 'i'here are three candidates for
unexpired term, Gordon Saussy, of
Savannah; William Clifton, of Mcln
tosh, and J. W. Overstreet, of Scriven.
DEPORTED BY FORCE.
legro Mea and Wom:n of Tenderloin
District in Lake Charles, La., are
Sent Qut of Town.
As the resuit of a remarkable house
cleaning party, at Lake Charles, La.,
Saturday night, 150 negro men and
women were placed on board a pas
senger train and shipped out of the
town.
They were placed on the same
train with the body of a negro who
last week shot’/and killed the eity
marshal of Jennings, La., and who
subsequently died in jail at Lake
Charles, from wounds received while
attempting to avoid arrest.
Shortly before midnight the negro
tendertoin, known as “Hole in the
Wejy',” was invaded by several hun
dred white men, including scme mem
bers of the state militia, on their way
to the annual state encampment.
House after house was visited and
the inmates not being even given
time to dress, were taken out ang
turned over to a guard,
The motley group was marched un
der guard of pistcls to a water tanx
about a mile from town and a pas
senger train was sicpped and the ne
grees put aboard and their fares paid
as far as the parish line, members
of the guard riding that far with
them.
Scme of the negro women were
shipped away in their night dresses.
Care was taken {n the raid, not
to deal unfairly with the negroes and,
that when no weapon was found on
one of them, if he could prove his
identity as a resident of Lake Charles,
he was not molested.
Sir Gilbert Parker, the novelist M.
P., does most of his writing nowadays
while standinug up. 1
' SIX LITTLE ONES DROWN.
' Children Go in Wading and, in At~
tempt to Save One of Tke.r Num~
ber, All Went Dowa.
| Eight children at a picnic on a rive»
| banx only three blocks from home
i went in wading at Cedar Rapide,
lowa, Thursday afterncon. The smali--
est ore slipped into a deep hole in
the river and in trying to rescue bher
six others were droyned. The fead
are:
’ Lucille Sweeting, age 7; Hazel
'Sweeting, age 14; Gladys Sweeting,
| age 10; Jesie Sweeling, age 12; Ruth.
' Coyle, age 11, Sicux Gity; Cldra Wsh
' er, age 16.
] The Sweeting children lived with
their father near Ellis Park in the
cutskirts of the city. Clara Usher
was the daughter of Sweeting’s house
keener, and the Coyle chiidren were
L her nieces, who were on g visit.
i Ruth Kleznsey, the only survivor,
said they were wading when little-
Lucille Sweeting sliped into a deep
hole., Hpzel Sweeting rushed after
her, sliping into the hole, then the
next girl rushed after her and so they
kept trying to save eich other un--
til all of the girls excent’ Ruth Kler--
sey had been drowned. She then ran.
home and gave the alarm. Four of
the Dbcdies were quickly removed
from the water, but it was too late:
to resuscitate them. At 4 o’clock all
of the bodies had been recovered ex--
cept that of Clara Usher.
BROTHER SLAIN BY SISTER.
Woman Avenges Killing of Leader of Fa=
natical Baand of ‘‘idoly Rollers.”’
George Mitchell, a youth who re
cently shot and killed Franz Ed
mund Crefield, a “Holy Roller
Proppet,” and was acquitted of the:
charge of murder om a plea of in
sanity, was shot and killed Thursday
by his sister, Esther, in the Union.
station, at Seattle, Wash.
Esther Mitchell joined the “Holy
Rollerg’” sect in Oregon, and was.
cne of the most ardent of Creffield’s.
followers. When her brother pursued
the leader of the “Holy Rollers” to
Seattle and shot him in the street,
he pleaded in justification that Cref
field had deluded and wronged his.
sister. George Mitchell was acquit
ted of the charge of murder on last
Tuesday, and nearly all of the fol
lowing day he spent in searching for
Esther in Seattle lodging houses. He:
was accompanied on his mission by
his two brothers, Perry and Fred.
The woman, when found, finally
agreed to see her three brothers off
to their home in Or2gon, and went to
the station with them. She refused
to be comforted after the death of
Crefiield.
Miss Mitchell was arrested short
ly after her brother fell dead by her
handse. After the shooting, Perry and
Fred Mitchell, who were present,.
were arrested as witnesses. They were
founrd together on a bench in the
station sobbing on each other’s shoul
ders.
CANDIDATES HAVE PAID UP.
Aspirants for Office in Georgia Come
Across With Assessments.
All the candidates for Georgia
state housesofiices have paid their as
sessments. The candidates for govern..
or, Howell, Russell, Estill, Jim Smith
and Hoke Smith, have paid up. So
have the candidates for the four®*
places on the supreme court bench
come across. All the state house offi
cials will stand for re-election. The
two only candidates who are giving
the incumbents opposition are Vin
cent T. Sanford, candidate for comp
troller general, against W. A. Wright,
and Mark Johnson for state school
commissioner against W. B. Merritt.
WANT LOWER FRFIGHT RATES,
Shippers at Celumbus, Ga., Contemplate
Patroniz'ng Ali- Waterway.
The shippers of Cclumbus, 'Ga., are
to Imake a coxncerted effort to secure
lower freight rates. The plan i 8 *o
patronize the all-water route, via Ap
alachicola, regardless cf all possible
delays and inconveniences.
The situation was gone over thors
cughly at a meeting of a special com
mittee from the Columbusz board cf
trade on the subject of a water route,
and it-was the praectically unanimous
opinion that a water route should be
establizlied.
KNOCKED POSTMASTER SENSELESS.
Office Robbers Get in Their Work at Little:
Town in Maryland.
The posteffice at Glen Bernie, Md.,.
a smali railrcad station, was robbed
of about $l,OOO Sunday night, the rob
bers krecking senseless the acting
postmaster, Adam Wingert, whom
they bound and gagged before mak
ing good their escape. There is no
clew to the robbers, ‘