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THE MILLEDGiv * i THt iVllLLLUJilKi ISSUE . EV. Published By J. C. & RV FRID., i ,.u.. .t n. E. ivicAuL.rrt, On nteresd as mail matter of the sectmi clo.-s J' l*. Milleilgevilie, oeuigta, I’OoUilfit** Subscription Rates Due Year $1.5u Six Months 75c Four Months 60c Two Months 25c Advertising Rates Display, run of paper, plate matter, 15c per inch each insertion. Locals, 5c per line, each insertion. H. E. McAULIFFE, Editor and Mgr. AN ACT OF CONGRESS PASSED AUG. 24, 1912: All editorial or other reading matter published in any newspaper, magazine or periodical for the pub lieation of which money or other valuable consider ation is paid, accepted or promised shall be plainly marked "Advertisement.” Any editor or publisher printing editorial or other reading matter for which compensation is paid, accepted or promised without so marking the same shall upon conviction in any court having jurisdictioi he fined not lest than fifty dollars ($50) nor more tliah five hundred dollars (?5Ce). President A. C. Newell It will be of interest to his many friends in Mill- cdgeville to learn that Mr. Alfred C. Newell has been elected president of the Atlanta Chamber of Com merce, an organization that has done much for the upbuiding not only of the city of Atlanta but the cn- lire state of Georgia, and the South. Mr. Newell is a native of Milledgcville and it was in this city he resided with his parents until he reached manhood. Starting out on his own man as a youth Mr. Newell commenced to climb in the busi ness world and he has kept a pace that has resulted in his receiving notable recognition from some of the foremost business men in the country as a man well qualified to do big and worthwhile things. The following from the editorial'columns of tpe Atlanta Constitution relative to Mr. Newell's election lo the presidency of the Atlanta Chamber of Com merce is a compliment to one of Milledgevilie's native sons that should be highly appreciated by the. citizens of this city as a whole: T he election of Alfred C. Newell to the presi dency of the Atlanta Chamber of Commerce Wed nesday is a deserved tribute to one of the most active and useful citizens of this city. The Atlanta Chamber of Commerce A the premier business organization of Georgia, a leader in all forward movements not only for Atlanta, hut for the state, and the southeast. To be chosen as its executive head is an honor of great distinction. Alfred Newell, shortly after graduating from the University, began his activities in Atlanta in 189) as a member of the news staff of The Atlan ta Constitution, lie later drifted into the in surance field and is now at the head of the state agency of a company of nation-wide prominence. 'As a public-spirited citizen, active in civic matters, he has been conspicuous, not from anv desire for personal glorv, hut for the greater and more worthy purpose of serving and being of ser vice to the community. Nor has his public spirit and enterprise and usefulness as a citizen been confined to Atlanta. As a trustee of the slate sanitarium, and in other positions of honor and trust, he has reflected credit upon himself and his state. Mr. Newell succeeds W . Or-1 note, whose ad ministration of the Atlanta Chamber of Com merce, lias been particularly successful. The ^cognition given to Mr. Newell hv the busi ness men of Atlanta is indeed a broad one. It might well be expected that in a city the size and importance of Atlanta are many able business men affiliated with its chief commercial organization and so natural ly it might be expected that one of the most able members of such a body would-be chosen as the head to guide in the important work to be carried on from time to time. That men elsewhere are big and broad enough to give recognition to one of Milledgevilie's sons for his ability and natural desire to render a public ser vice should by all means be appreciated by the people of this city. It is not always the case that men are unselfish to the extent of expressing willingness to give recognition to the merits of others, though it might be said that a community dominated by such a spirit stands but little chance lo develop and accom plish worthwhile things. ould like lo direct attention to an editorial in the londay issue oi the Atlanta Constitution, reproduced on this page yesteruay, in which the Constitution, after compaiing the homicide records of the United States and England, said: # je reason why the people of England are h better protected against the pistol menace than we are is not because they have better laws against the carrying of deadly weapons than we have, but because their laws are enforced while ours are not! We have law—plenty of it—against the evil of "pistol toting." but it is noi enforced. It is virtually a dead letter, in Georgia, at least. I he result is that every highwayman, every burglar, every whisky runner, every automobile thief and every other criminal, regardless of the type of crime in which he is engaged, carries a pistol in his pocket: and ordinarily he will com mit murder if he thinks that by so doing be can escape arrest. The fault lies, not with the law, hut with the law-enforcement authorities who wait until a potential criminal commits a crime before ascer taining whether or not he carries a deadly weapon in violation of the law. A law that is not enforced is little better than no law at all. In fact, the non-enforcement of a given law inevitably encourage disrespect for all law. We might learn a valurjble lesson from the system in England—a lesson in how to control our crime situation, and, consequently, in how to reduce the human life hazard on our streets and highways. Several months a i o, Judge Moses Wright, of Rome, j n chargeing the Floyd county grand jury, took occ ■on to recommend that the legislature of the state j c petitioned to enact legislation making unlawful the nnnufacture and sale of pistols in Georgia. So far as ve know, this was the last ever heard of it. Until the sale of deadly weapons is encompassed | vith such safeguards that they will not be made easily available to the criminally inclined and the irrespon- ihle, homicides in Georgia, and the rest of the nation, will continue. To those of a statistical mind, it might be in teresting to learn that of the twenty-eight cities includ ed in The Spectator’s statistics, for 1921, Memfihis led in homicides with a rate of 5l>.8 per 100,000 inhabi tants, with Nashville, New Orleans, St. Louis, I ouis- ville, I.os Angeles, Indianapolis and Washington fol lowing in the order given. The lowest murder record was that of I Iartford, Conn., with 1.4 per 100,000 with Milwaukee, Boston and Rochester next in order. ,/ T(j s ftps ■ Ji i - aiiUI Every citizen in Baldwin county should bvproud of our schools. They are the best in the state and we are now making more progress than any county in Georgia. The Increase in Homicides (From the Columbus Enquirer-Sun) Declaring that the -homicide-record-lor 1922—4s the most appalling in the history of the twenty'-eight American cities for which the date at the present time is available.”*The Spectator, in its December issue, prevents figures show ing that in the cities in question, there were 1910 cases of murder, a rate of 9. J per 100,000 of population. In 1920 the rate for the same cities stood at 9.5 which was the average rate for the five-year period preceding. Commenting on this. The Spectator save that the record makes a glaring contrast to the assurance of thosirwlio, in pre-prohibition times assured the coun try of the salutary effects ot the supression of the liquor traffic upon the rate ot homicidal frequency^ and makes the further comment that "the infliction of the death penalty seems at best to have but a slight effect .is .i deterrent to the homicide mania, which re mains as the greatest blot upon the civilization of the l nited States” Practically even homicide (and the qualifica tion is hardlv necessary) results from the juissession. f y ,h< ' sa >’ er 1,1 a deadly weapon. Before this, we , , had occasion to make mention of the laxity in enticement of the laws agunwt "pistol toting. ’ We Clubs Are Trumps According to an editorial in the Savannah News the club boys of Georgia have done a great work. The Neves says: Clubs are trumps in Georgia, speaking agricultur ally. The boys’ clubs have this year taken the money. More than six thousand boys enrolled in the state in the corn and hog clubs and the various other modifi cations of the junior-farmer idea have done wonderful things in the way of actual money-making on the farms this year. An official story from the headquar ters of these boys’ organizations which are directed hv the federal government through the State College of Agriculture makes a revelation: Georgia hoys, members of clubs fostered by the State College of Agriculture, added a half million dollars to the state’s income last year, according to announcement Wednesday by J. Phil Campbell, director of extension yvork. In addition to raising $500,000 worth of corn, cotton, wheat, oats, potatoes, peanuts, pigs, calves, and sheep the club members won S 10,000 in prizes given at county, district, state and sectional fairs. These figures shove not only the material side of this piece of educational work, but also the attention it commands from the people of the state yvho are willing to give a large sum to en courage this type of practical education, states, Dr. Campbell. Last year. 6,358 boys were enrolled in club work in Georgia. But those figures, indicative of a sum consider ably more than half a million dollars made, created, earned from the earth in neyv wealth by these boys in one year, doesn’t begin to tell the aggregate story of what the year’s work in the boys’ clubs has been really worth. The exemplary results have been immense, if not accurately calculable. The boys’ corn clubs were immediately the stimulus of effort among' adult farmers who saw what boys could do and reasoned that grown-ups could match—and the yield per acre of corn in Georgia in the five years folloyving the first organization of the boys jumped twenty-five per cent. In every other line the effect of the demonstration by the boys that scientific farming would bring more money-results increased the efficiency' of their fathers and big brothers and neighbors. And to the half million this vear tjie boys themselves have made should by fairness be added the big increase in agri cultural production in the state that has come because of yvhat.yvas seen in the results of the intelligent yvork of the boys. Nor is this all. A deal in futures is legitimate. These boys yvhen they own farms of ^heir own and become mature agricultural planners as yvell as planters will double the*production they would have realized without the training in the boys’ clubs, and Georgia in the years to come will he several mil lions better off in annual actually "made" wealth by reason of the naore efficient farming done in the state by boy’s now being trained to get the best results from soil and effort and climate. Georgia has dropped to fifth place in the produc tion ol cotton, due to the visits of the unconquerable boll yveevil. l or many years it stood next to Texas, hut now Alabama. Arkansas ami .Mississippi are in the lead. And now. il you have borrowed this paper in order to read this column, return it with thanks and send in a subscription of your own. It will add to the enjoyment of your New Year'.s dinner. Baldwin county has an excellent system of roads and bridges- something to he proud of. It is a true sign ol educational economic, political and moral development. You can fudge a county hv its roads, schools and churches. Former Lor: 3 of U. 1 tains and Vales U’jV% he , -•-•4 to S. lidh i. iion. C13WE1 fwJ TiSEIB CULTURE Oklahoma LdV/ve * Is wi. Hung to Pre- vent E. t 111. la.-*. O . i‘ 1 . -c by Pool- ing LauOc—Clioit..^t<i Prosper Unaor His Duett ion. S' Here's an tut.coating story about toe Clio. Uo you think t..ey got a u^.-are Jer.l? A New Year’s Song O N NEW YEAR'S EVE in England, All in the olden day. The children, went a-caroling, i All in the olden way; And ever as they journey’d on, This chorus would you hear: "God send you happy, God send you happy, Pray God send you a happy New Year!" Across the fields and meadows And through the frosty light, While starry eyes and starry skies Illumed the wintry nikht, The children caroled blithely on, In chorus sweet and clear: "God send you happy, God send you happy, Pray God send you a happy New Year!" Our days are sadly modern. Our ways are modern, too; But hearts still beat as high with love As once they used to do— So take the old-time message, Good friends, both far and near; "God send you happy, God send you happy, Pray God send you a happy New Year!" —Nora Archibald Smith. T HOUGH every day Is a new be ginning, and so far as our person al experienre Is concerned a "new year” may start any time, there Is something about the ending of Decem ber and the first week or so of Janu ary that makes even the careless thoughtful. • The passing year has brought botli Joy and sorrow—what may not the next have In store*/ Where shall we be when the New Year bells fall on our ears again? Who will be with us? Shall we he 111 or well? Disquieting questions that disturb our ease and make us Inclined to fear. We huve blundered sorely, It may be. In the old year; some of its pages are blurred with regret, or the sombre stalna of remorse. And no matter what happiness' may have been ours, there is always something we did or left undone which saddens us as we remember. Shall we make the same mistakes once more, leave the same blotted record? Our hearts grow chill, and we turn away, disheartened on the New Year’s threshold. Thll is quite the wrong spirit In which to face the battle that lies be fore us. It Is right that we should look back to see where we failed, and how. Kilt this once recognized, with our plea for forgiveness—a plen that will never he refused If we are truly sorry—we must lift up our hearts Hgntu and set out to sluy our enemies. They are within us, not without. In side our citadel dwells that evil tem per, that pride, that indolence, that greed or envy which tempts us to de sert our colors—to think that the fight Is hopeless. Each of us has his own special temptation, and, once we real ize the form ours takes, the way lies straight before us. It’s the fashion to smile at New Year resolutions, so often made only to be broken : hut they are a definite help if we make them firmly Intending to keep them ! They will only weaken us If we throw them to a troublesome conscience merely as a sop—something to keep it quiet foi* tin* time, until it | goes to sleep again. Providing that j they he siitllclently elastic to change their form when there is reasonable I cause, rules fence In duties that might i he neglected and keep’ them in the forefront of our minds. Hut to multi ply rules is it big mistake, for there is one which, faithfully kept, will make us both blessing and blessed. The Utile of Love. Just loving our neighbor os we love ourselves; serving him, trusting him, hoping for hint. Refraining evgn under grave provoca tion from saying what would sling if be said it to us; forgiving him as we would be forgiven; considering him sis we would lie considered 5helping him when he needs If with the thoughtful delicacy which makes help acceptable instead of humbling; respecting his weakness, his prejudice, his infirmity; laughing with him instead of at him; I and, should there come a lime wlien sincerity demands, we should say what we know will not please him, taking care to blend truth with charity. All the “little" rules we make for ourselves come into lino with this one. 'Die Rule of Order—oh, how litany New Years have we not begun with the resolution that we would not leave our things about, nor lose them, nor hide them away! For we cannot he untidy all to ourselves any more than we can be ill tempered and not spoil someone else’s pleasure; and nothing is more upsetting to already wearied brains than the fuss and worry of hunting for things which should he ready to hand. The Rule of Punctil iousness in little things, that famous “oiler of the wheels of life,’ will make us both polite and punctual, as we must In- if we would he pleasant to work with (judging other people’s preferences by our own!) The Rule of Getttng-Up-In-Tlme (this almost deserves all capitals!) means, if kept, a great deal more than otir own con veniences. since everything we do or leave undone is bound to react on our neighbors. And even, if we often fail to keep, even fitfully, the golden rule which enjoins us to love them as ourselves, every effort, we make in ihls direction brings Its own reward, here and now. As we grow into the habit of thinking of people kindly we cease to be an noyed at their peculiarities, and create an atmosphere of good feeling in which they cease to he nnno.ved at ours. We must always remember that the bearing and forbearing is not needed on our side alone—as Thomas a Kent pis said long ago, when we find our neighbor difficult to put up with, we may he sure that lie finds If equally difficult to put up with us. There will always be need for self-control and patience; but when we reckon up gain and loss on the eve of 11123, in the measure we have kept the Rule of Love, so one will outweigh the -other. "We turn and look upon the valley of I he phst year," says Mtopford Brooke. "There below are the spots atalned h.v our evil and our fear. Rut as we look a glow of sunlight break* upon (lie pHst. and in the sunshine Is a soft rain falling from heaven. It washes away the stain, and from tlie purity of flie upper sky a voice seems to descend ami enter our sobered hearts. ‘M.v child, go forward, abiding In faith, hope, and love, for lo, I am with you alway* . . May the,New Year bring us all near each other as children * the same dear Father. -Exchange. NEW YEAR DEMANDS OUR BEST. When people calmly talk over their troubles there are few of them that cannot be adjusted satisfactorily. It's tills suspicion aid hate that block progress. Let tuen learn the real na ture of*their fellows und then* will he a change in their attitude toward ' them. There's enough good in every I man to change the nature of the world, j Bel’s get busy and dig up the noble j sentiments and hopes that are hurled ; beneath .veins of unfair thinking and cheap theories of living. The \,0. j Year demands the best \\ e cun pro- \ duee.—Grit. New York.—The average American looks upon tlie Indian us n lc-mmi, u picturesque myth, und forgets that in is a human being with tne same long ings, disappointments atul heartbreaks as tlie white man. The intrusion of the early American settlers seems so much a thing of tile past that we can not comprehend the Indians still ibs ter a bitterness for the loss of their campfires, their domestic hearths, their valleys, mountains amt streams, occasionally tt.ere arises among us some one who wins the confidence u! these tribal people. Such a mail Is Eugene L. Graves, a lawyer and the largest Individual oil and gas royally owner in Oklahoma. For 18 years he has given his time and energies to lighting the battles of the Cherokee Indians, once a strong nn tion covering tlie rich plains of the South and Middle .West. Now they have been reduced to one small hand, living in an area less than two-thirds Unit of Rhode Island. Acts as Their Advicer. Mr. Graves is tlie authorized dele gate and representative of tlie Night hawk Keetoowah in all its dealings with the United States government and outside private interests. He also acts in the paternal capacity of ad viser and as a sort of court of last appeal in personal affairs. Tlie Nighthawk Keetoowah society is tlie fraternal, political, industrial, agricultural and financial nucleus ot tlie 3,700 full-blooded Indians of the Cherokee tribe, which 1ms 40.000 members in all. Tim others have In termarried and adopted the ways of the white myn. “It must be understood,” saitl Mr. Graves, “that the Cherokeos arc not the ‘blanket’ type of lndityi, hut a highly gifted and extraordinarily civil ized people, with intellectual, literary and artistic attainments. It is be lieved that they have descended from tlie Incas, and there is a legend that they represent fi“e of tlie ten last tribes of Israel. The Cherokee is nnr finest specimen of humanity. During my IS years among them I have yet to discover that one or them Inis >t vicious habit. They arc healthy bodied nnd healthy minded-—as trust ing as children. They do not know wliat it is to break their word. “In LSN!) the United Stales created tlie Cherokee commission for the pur pose of abolishing the tribal govern ments and opening the territories lo white settlement. After 15 years of pleadings against this plan an agree- men^was made by which tlie govern ment of the Cherokee nation came to u final end on March 3, 1SMK5. "In 1!X)8 tliet United States gov ernment decided to divide tlie land upon which tlie Cherokeos were living and allot to each Indian Ills share. Many of the Cliorokees, unfamiliar with the white man's way of doing business, forfeited their holding* h.v one technical mistake or another. They could not understand rhe system of taxation, and many farms were confiscated. Some of tlie Indians, in fluenced by unscrupulous white set tlers, sold their farms for a few sil ver dollars.” Impraasad by Brava Fight. At tliut point Mr. Graves stepped In. "How did I become Interested in the Cherokees?" he replied in ankwer to a question. “About eighteen years ugo I went down to Oklahoma to i***'b after som* of my holdings, and met the famous full-blooded Cherokee, Redblrd Sndtli, and was Impressed hj the bmve tight he was making against tlie government, Just prior to the final agreement of 100(1. He tried to pre vent the dissolution of ttie Cherokee nation. He was a philosopher, prcacli- Ing to his own kind the time-old slo gan. ‘In union there is strength. When the government was assigning the grants of land Redblrd refused, to lake Ids allotment and whs pul ln | Jail.. He finally agreed to a piis*i'*j non-resistance und was released. "Tilings were in a pretty bad shape with tlie Cherokees when 1 suggested j an Idea to them. Why not pool iheir l Interests—their lands and possession* ! and develop them as one huge Imld- j ing? Immediately tlie 3,Tim members I of tlie Keetoowah saw the point. 1 he ] Keetoowah, in addition to Its fruter- ■ qal function, was organized upon * I mutual business aud financial basis, i in which the members were to share equally in tin* losses und gains arising from the development of iheir tigrh'Ul- i turul, industrial anti mineral j sources.” The member> practically put s* 1 ”" 1 ' selves under tin* guardianship of ‘“ r Graves, and lie lias rep osented them I In all matters concert their "* j j fare. VI he Cherokees .* prosper” 4 1 and been happy.