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FRIDAY. FEBRUARY 8, 1107.
THE TWICE-A-WEEK TELEGRAPH
HAMILTON WOULD HAVE RE
JOICED.
President P. ■(■ cvr'' a del re s=od some
very charntri.-tic remarks to the- Con-
.'-tmers’ Longue G.e r '.:cr day. There
i rru-'h outcry." ho «cid ;r. h:5 letter—
“chiefly, I think, from the buneflclarles
of i bit res—..again.-t interference by the
Kational Government with work that
hould he done by the State Gover.n-
App.ar r.tly the
protest of those who
onstltutlonaj rights of
the
dl»
there, f. Is not
even wortl
entlr
"1 would always.” went on the Pres
ide r. “’rather have the local authori
ties t! emselves attend to any evil, and.
therefore T would rather have the
State authorities work out such re
forms when pos-lblo: but If the State
authorities, do not do as they should In
matters of such vital Importance to the
whole nation, as this of child labor,
then there will he no choice but for the
National Government to Interfere.”
Again there Is no thought of the
constitutional amendment that would
he necessary before matters under
State Jurisdiction within State bounda
ries can be placed under Federal an- ,
pervlslon and control. Mr. Roosevelt
seems to assume that he can take such
NO DRINKING IN WORK HOURS.
The Lehigh Valley Railroad has
served notice to Its employes that they
trust totally abstain from alcoholic
drinks or leave the service of that
company. We presume his doe? not
mean that the employes of that rall-
r \id will be rcouired to join temper
ance societies and furnish documentin'
evidence that they never under any cir
cumstances touch a Irop of any Intox
icating beverage, for hat would be
impracticable. It probably means that
an employe who Is known to "drink,”
even If never discovered under the In
fluence of liquor while on duty, will
be p.-omplly dismissed as a man who
cannot be trusted with the safety of
the ’raveling public.
Although the order, as baldly stated,
may seem to trer.ch on Individual lib
erty rather more than is usual in a
free country, the regulation will no
doubt be wholesome in its effect on
employes as well as subserve :he In
terests of the traveling public. Even
those who approve of moderate drink
ing will be found to contend that such
Indulgence should be strictly confined
to hours of rest, recreation and social
Intercourse, and that the relaxation :
caused by such Indulgence Is Injurious •
during hours of labor. A single drink j
may tend to lessen the tension and
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nizatlon.” VS hen the mounds in the
"Ocmuigee Fields’ were first erected
no human agency has ever been able
to disclose. The artificial hills, terraces,
and the ruins of a settlement are cen
turies old. "Life’s but a span."
By JOHN T. BOIFEUILLET.
I read in :he local columns of The
Telegraph yesterday that Jack Robin
son. a catcher for the Macon base ball
team last year, found a pearl in an
oyster “hell a few days ago down on
the St. Johns, and Jack now sees vis
ions of wealth. This incident gives me
an excuse for wandering far back into
the past. In the days of the Indian--,
so history says, the famous “Ocmul-
gee Fields,” on the east bank of the
river, adjacent to Macon, contained
large deposits of oyster shells and from
some of he shells pearls were often
obtained. The late Col. Charles C.
Jor.e?. Jr., of Augusta. Ga., a well-
known historic writer, who wrote a
great deni of interesting matter con
cerning Indian antiquities In Georgia, I o _ ___ P(| J wi __
referred In some of his writings to the mulgee Fields” were In the province of
pearl-tearing shells feurd in he vlcin- Qhie'f Cofaqul, with v.nom DeSoto wa
it!’ of the mounds In East Macon: and bn friendlv terms. The realm of
Pickett. In hls history, refers to the I Queen Cofachiqui laid to the east- of
I met Judge Allen Fort, of Ameri-
cus, in Macon- yesterday, and he in
formed me that he had read with in
terest what I had written the day-
before, in this column concerning the
finding of pearls in this vicinity in the
days of the Indians, ar.d with what
a profusion of oyster-pearls DeSoto
and hls followers were showered by
the Indians In the "Ocmuigee Fields."
In this crnnec-tion. Judge Fort said h*
would have been glad if I had told the
story of the Indian maiden Queen
Cofachiqui, who was so outrageously-
treated by DeSoto. Judge Fort re
viewed rime of the salient points of
the historical incident. And it was a
coincidence that at the very moment
Judge Fort ceased talking and stepped
away. Harry Edwards walked up and
opened a conversation on the very sub
ject that Judge Fort had been discu-«-
ing. The site of M&eon, and the ‘Oc
matter" Into hls own "national” hand3 wide-awake attention Imperatively nec-
whenever. In hls Judgment, the States
fall to manage them properly.
Commenting, the Indianapolis News,
which Is not unfriendly to Roosevelt.
«uys: "Hero Is what seems to us a
wholly new conception of our theory
of Government. The proposal Is that
the Federal authority shall take to It
self the right to say when States are
not performing their duty with refer
ence to subjects which the Constitu
tion has placed wholly within their Ju
risdiction. And If In its wisdom It de-
»-ldes that tho States are not doing
^ ’.heir duty, the Federal Government Is
then to do tho work which, under the
Constitution, Is left to the States.”
No. this conception of our theory of
Government Is not quite a matter of
resterdny. It Is as old as Mr. Roose
velt's occupancy of tho Presidential
chair. It has been evident for several
years that ho unconsciously regards
tho States as mere Federal districts.
Moreover, he has been too often al
lowed to act accordingly.
Alexander Hamilton would have re
joiced to seo tho day. of Theodore
Roosevelt, but he had no hope that j
such a day would come. For the "na
tionalists” were defeated, nominally at :
least. In the convention of 17S7, and j
Hamilton was so disgusted that he de-
scribed tho Constitution (In a letter to
Gouveneur Morris In 1802) as a "frail
and worthless fabric” which he was ;
.still trying to "prop up.” and which j
he regarded as totally inadequate for
the purposes of tho strong central Gov- i
ernment which he desired to see estab
lished. It did not occur to him that a :
century later a President would hit
upon ,the expedient of Ignoring the .
"frail and worthless” Constitution in
order to secure the centralization of
power which It failed to provide.
essary In every railroad employe.
! It Is not unlikely that the other rail
roads of the coun ry will follow the ex
am-pie of the Lehigh Valley, and should
they do so. It Is not too much to say
that t-he number of railroad accidents
will thereby be considerably reduced.
Senator Knox, when Informed that
hls son had "eloped,” Is said to have
remarked that he had acquired a
charming daughter-in-law "without
any o' the trouble Incidental to a con
ventional wedding.” The Senator was
probably glad to escape the "trouble”
of a spectacular. Lohcngrln-march af
fair. Most men regard such public cer
emonies with fear and aversion, while
women welcome them with open arms.
Tf half the stories are true about the
rush work on the fortifications of Ha
waii and the hurried enlistment of re-
emits In Illinois and elsewhere, there
Is real alarm at Washington over the
Japanese question. But more than half
of the stories told never are true.
Does Macon expect to hold any more
Fairs, or have we given up the Fair
business to the negroes? In any event
that debt should be paid.
When Is Macon going to "get to
gether” and settled up that Fair bus!
ness? Something ought to be done
about It right away.
THE LITTLE JAPANESE.
There lived a little Japanese,
A cunning little elf.
Who sailed afar across the sea .
To educate himself.
His tender eyes and trusting face
Affected one to tears.
Because, you see,
This Japanese
Had lived scarce twoscore years.
With p’teasant. adolescent charm
And manner quaintly cool.
He tucked his books beneath his arm
And started off to school.
Tet grudgingly they welcomed him
Within the classic fold.
And scowled to see
A Japanese
Some thirty-nine years old.
IMMIGRATION CONVENTION FEB
RUARY 19.
Mr. J. A. Betjeman, the chairman of
the State Executive Committee of the
Georgia Immigration Convention is
taking a very active and praiseworthy
interest In the approaching conference
to be held In this city on the 19th Inst.
Ho Is sending out to press a statement
of which the following is a part:
"On Tuesday, Febraury 19, there will
he held at Macon a convention of tho
Georgia Immigration Association.
Every Georgian interested In the future
welfare of the State is earnestly In
vited and urged to be present. Already
plans have been completed and accept- , He was t--t at all,
And. horrid to behold.
The lessons that they handed out
He mastered line for lire.
Most quickly these that to:d about
The U. S. dollar sign.
But all the other children there,
In chill derision, S3id,
"We’d hate to bo
A Japanee.”
And always cut him dead.
So! “hough he studied steadily.
And le-rned all -esson? which
Appeared to show him just how ho
Might speedily grow rich,
ances received sufficient to guarantee
an attendance through delegates and
visitors representing every county and
section of Georgia. Farmers, mer
chants. banufacturer and representa
tives of every Industry will take an
active part.
’ Every one present at this conference
will be given an opportunity to tell of
the particular needs of his county and
section together with suggestions he
may havo as to the best remedy and
the best method for bringing in the
right kind of tradesmen, homeseekers
and laborers. The railroads are co-
yierating and offer a round trip ticket
for one fare and a third to all attend
ing tho convention.
"If you employ a house servant or
laborer, if you have a tenant or one
single acre of unoccupied land, you are
vitally Interested in the outcome of this
conference and your voice should be
he rd in your own behalf and that of
your section.
"Your endorsement or criticism of
the Georgia Immigration Association
and their methods of bringing in the
right kind of Immigrants to relieve the -
The Jananee
Was presently
Turned right in the cold.
Within a fleeting w?ek or two
Rose many a warlike sign
Beneath the gossamer bamboo
And dark Sierra pine.
Now vellow men and white see red.
And w-r a-k waxe? bold,
Because that Jap,
Dear little ch’-p.
Got turned out In the cold.
finding of pearls in the shells banked
up in different parts of Georgia Span
ish record- show that De Soto and his
i men on their march through he "Oc-
. mulgee Fields.” and other sections, re
ceived pearls from the Indians In ex
change fr silks etc. Frown's Mount,
seven mf.'es below Macon, Is a con-
I glomeratlon of sea-shells.
The "Ocmuigee F'ieJds” are historic.
I u-deretnnd they were so-called flr-t
by De So»o. William Bartram. of Eng
land. a ce’ehrated bo anfst. who visited
here in 1744. referred to them In a book
of hls travels, published in London.
Referring to the trading paths of the
Indians from Augu?ta to the Creek
Nation. leading by Fort Hawkins, this
English wri er. 163 years ag> said:
"On. the east bank of the Ocmuigee.
this trading road runs two miles
threueh ardent Indian fields, called
’OcmuVee Fields’; they are the rich
low lands of the river, where are yet
conspicuous very wonderful remains
of t^e power and grandeur of the an
cients of hls part of America. If we
are to g've credit to the account the
Creeks give of themselves, this place
Is remarkable for being the first town
or settlement, when they sat down, as
they term It. or established them
selves. ef*er their emigration from the
we?t. beyond the Mississippi, their
original na ive country. Having cross
ed the river, still pushing eastward,
they were obliged to make a stand and
fartify themselves in this place,
their only remaining hope, being to the
last decree persecuted and weakened
by her their surrounding foes.”
In legend and tradition. In song and
In s'ory. and In history tjie “Ocmuigee
Fields” are alluded to. but in local
nomenclature they are called Ocmui
gee Flats.
Recently I referred In this column
to Brown’s Mount. It is surprising
how many persons have spoken to me
about the article, and so many were In
Ignorance of the existence of the curi
osity. A number of ladies and gentle
men. since the appearance.of the pub
lication. have visited the place. Since
public Interest has thus been aroused,
it may be well to print here a part of
the elaborate description of the Mount
given some years ago by Historian
Charles C. Jones:
Following the natural conformation
of the summit boundaries, and al some
points a distance of twenty yards or
more from the edge of the hill, are the
remains of an old wall constructed of
boulder? of rock and earth, which en
circled and fortified the entire top of
the mount. About sixty acres are thus
enclosed Attendant -unon the wall are
traces of both an outside and inside
01'ch, the former being originally
about ten feet wide and four feet deep,
and the latter some three feet wide arid
between two and three feet deep. The
wall wa« four feet high and between
four and five feet in thickness. It
will be perceived that the height of the
wall was practically increased by the
depth of the ditch so that the defenders
standing in the ditch would be com
pletely protected from the shafts of
their assailants Such is the
location of Brown’s Mount, and so
abrunt and commanding its exposure
on the west that 'ignal fires kindled
there could he rmdilv seen and inter
preted by even the primitive dwel'ers
non the ba-'ks of the Flint river,
w-nm the side which looks toward
Macon, kindred warnings—cloudv pil-
?rs of smoke hv dav '■"d bright flames
by ni-ht, would quickly summon the
arrjnrs of the upper Ocmuigee.
Dauht’es? during the forgotten past,
this fortified hill answered important
military uses.
the “Ocmuigee Fields.” Some writers
say that the province of Chief Cofaqul
extended from the Ocmuigee to the
Oconee river, and the province of
Oueen Oofaehiqul was at Silver Bluff.
South Carolina, near Augu*ta. It is
the opinion of some that Queen Co
fachiqul resided at a point nearer Ma
con. somewhere on the Ocmuigee. Au
thentic historians, however, say that
Silver Bluff was the home of the young
and beautiful Queen. It was the be
lief of DeSoto that mines of gold and
silver, and many pearls were In the
domain of Queen Cofachiqui. and ho
wished to possess them. In the early
spring of 1540. DeSoto broke up camj
in this vicinity and set —t for th-
realm of the Queen, ace 'anted by
eight thou?and of Chief CofaquI’s In
dians. The chief was at enmity with
some of the warriors in Queen Cofa-
chlqui’s province, and he thought this
•was his opportunity for revenge. While
en route a crowd of the chief’s men
destroved a town and killed many peo
ple that were In the realm of Queen
Cofachlo’:', and because of this DeSoto
dismissed hls army escort of Indians
who returned to the "Ocmuigee
Fields." DeSoto continued hls journey
and Anally reached the Savannah river,
being the first white man to behold it,
and therefore its discoverer. How to
get across the river was the question
with DeSoto.
known gentleman is thinking of going
’•ntO the pearl Industry by dredging
t’ne Ocmuigee. which is a regular busi
ness in some of the rivers In Tennessee
and Arkansas. He says he uas been
thinking of the matter for some time,
his idea being if pearls were once
abundant in the Ocmuigee, why
shouldn’t it be so now. In the days
when the pearl-bearing mussel, com
monly known ns the unio. was prolific
in this vicinity the rivers were clear
and sparkling out now the streams are
muddy, and this may have the effect of
dissolivng the pearls But now and
then a pearl is found in the neighbor
hood of Macon. Pearls of the kind
about which I have been writing are
usually worth from 50 cents to S5 each,
though some have a greater value.
Spanish records show that one of De-
Soto’s men while eating oysters, on
the march through Georgia, found a
pearl worth about eight hundred dol
lars. Several persons in Macon have
pearls that were picked up near here.
Possibly Prof. C. B. Chapman has tne
most interesting and largest collection
of any Maconlte. I understand that
one of the pearls in his assortment is
valued at forty dollars.
The exhibits of
tables, etc., wer<
miration of the
flowers, vege-
onder and ad-
>lafe.
Hon. J. A. Bush, of Miller county,
was in Macon yesterday for a short
while, en route home from Atlanta. Mr.
Bush is one of the leading men of hls
section of the state. Time and time
again he has been a member of the leg
islature. serving first In one branch of
that body and then in the other. He
is equally at home in the Senate or in
the Hotjse. He was a member of the
last House, and was a candidate for the
Senate, hut was defeated, thus encount
ering hls first defeat. I believe, in a
long political life of many brilliant vic
tories. He was defeated by his cousin,
Hon. J. S. Bush. Some one asked the
old war horse at the session of the leg
islature last summer how it happened
that he was left behind this time, as he
was considered invincible down in Mil
ler. He replied, with something of a
tone of pride in hls voice: “Well, It
took a Bush to beat me!”
The present Georgia Stole Agricul
tural Society was organised many
years ago. in 1846. I believe, and I
think the organization was perfected
at Stone M. unt.'iin. But I am not
positive as to the date and place. Hon.
Mark A. Cooper, a prominent ind pro
gressive Georgian, was the first presi
dent of the society. Fairs were given
under Its management before the Civil
war. One held In Macon in 1551 was
memorable, in remarkable contrast
with the first fair given by the or
ganization, about four years previously.
ear Stone Mountain, where the entire
exhibition consisted of two Jacks. But
the fair in 1S31 was a marker. It
lasted three days, and was attended
by the delegates who had assembled
here at a planters’ convention of ti'e
Southern States. The best fairs ever
given under the auspices of this so
ciety, both before a id after the Civil
war. have been held in Macon. It is
just as the Fort Gaines Sentinel says:
’Locate the State fair permanently at
Macon.”
Formerly Macon was always noted
for her splendid fairs. Memories of
the .Belgian fair linger most delight
fully with the older citizens. It was
he’d shortly before the commencement
of the Civil war, in December, 1S59. I
believe. It was a gala occasion. The
Belgian fair was he'd in connection
with the Cotton Planters’ Fair, and
the joint exhibition continued nearly
fifteen days. The site of this splen
did exposition was Camp Oglethorpe,
in the rear of the present shops of the
Central of Georgia Railway Company.
The opening ceremonials were elab-
DR. BRUNK OUSTED
DR FOSTER AT ASYLUM
-The
RTOHMOND. Va.. Fel
pveme court has banded down a de
cision today In tbe .-aso of Pr. Foster,
superintendent of the Eastern asylum
f r the insane, which fully sustains the
authority of tho general hospital board
to oust him and puts Dr. Brunk as
thar
The
Foster. The
of prohlbltlot
the Williams
ndent
hi
succ
in
sor,
' put upon Dr.
o issued a writ
Judge Tyler, of
cut
Hunting for Trouble.
“I’ve lived in California JO years, and
am still hunting for trouble in the way
of burns, sores, wounds, boils. cuts,
sprains, or a case of piles that Buck-
Ien’s Arnica Salve won’t quickly 'uro.”
v rites Charles Walters, of Alleghany,
Sierra Co. No use hunting. Mr. Wal
ters: it cures every case. Guaranteed
all drug stores; 25c.
orate and brilliant. There was a fine : coming and then started. But in
Peter and Mark, the two friendly In
dians whose baptism with water from
the Ocmuigee river, at Macon, consti
tuted the first Christian baptism in (his
American country, as T have previous
ly relatrd, were with DeSoto when he
reached the Savannah river. They wei*e
acting as guides. They soon ascer
tained front the barking of dugs, and
other signs, that there was a town
on the other side of the Savannah.
DeSoto’s presence was also quickly dis
covered by the dwellers In the town
when he went with two hundred of
his men down to the banks of the
river to take a look at the town. Short
ly six of tho Indians of the town
crossed the river in a canoe and met
DeSoto. By means of an interpreter
they said to him: "Sir, are you for
peace or for war?” Through the in
terpreter, DeSoto replied: “I am for
pence, and require nothing but pro
visions, and ask to be excused for
asking for them.” The Indians reniied
in effect that they were, subjects of
Queen Cofachiqui, who resided in the
town across’ the river, that there had
been a plague ’and provisions were
very scarce, but they would go back
and report to -the queen. DeSoto’s
The election of Hon. Andrew W.
Lane as the successor of the late Clem
P. Steed as a member of the law facul
ty of Mercer University, was very ap
propriate. for Mr. Lane is not only an
excellent lawyer, but he is an alumnus
of Mercer, and a devout Baptist, and . ,, ... _ - , , ■ --
was also a warm friend of the deceased • Is ‘ ,n S' the Belgian? had visited
whose vacant chair he has been select- I Macon In the Interes, of direct trade,
parade of the military. The arrival of
Governor Brown and the Legislature
was greeted by the Jackson Artillery
with a salute of fifteen guns. Elo
quent orations were delivered by dis
tinguished orators of Georgia and Ala
bama. and there were orators In those
days. The display of Belgian and
Southern wares was costly and beau
tiful. Baltimore had $50,000 worth of
exhibits. The foreign exhibition sur
passed anything ever before seen in
this country. Orfly a few months be
fore, the minister plenipotentiary of
MRS. VAN DE VOORDE IS
LOOKING FOR HUSBAND
ATLANTA, Fob. 7.—Mrs. Mathilda
Van de Voorde. of Belgium, who has
just arrived in this country, today ap
plied to the office of the Atlanta As
sociated Charities to aid her In finding
her hushan.i. Three Interpreters had
to be sent for before the woman could
finally be understood, and then it was
made to appear that she and her >u?-
band had come to this country from
Belgium and the husband got a job In
a livery stable in Orangeburg. S. C.
He then came to Atlanta and sent for
his wife. She delayed a day or two in
tho
meantime the husband had started
back to Orangeburg after his wife and
they evidently crossed on the road. He
came back to Atlanta and she went,
back to Orangeburg. Then she came
back to Atlanta and now she doesn't
know where her husband is. and tho
probability is that he doesn’t know
where she is. She is very anxious to
find out, but this is all she 'an tell
about it. So far the husband hasn’t
been found.
ed to fill. Mr. Lane, graduated In the
class of 1880. Mercer’s law faculty now
cor>= ! sts of Judve Emorv Speer, of the
United Spates Courts, dean, constitu
tional and international law and F»d-
eral practice: Judge William H. Felton,
Jr., of the Macon Superior Court, the
principles of evidence: criminal law,
constitution of Georgia. Olin J. W ! m-
berly; equity jurisprudence, pleading,
O. A. Park, and A. W. Lane. The late
Mr. Steed taught common and statute
law, the civil code, law of torts, law of
contracts, pratice under the code. The
law school was established in 1S75, and
re-organized in 1S93. Former chairmen
of the faculty were. Judge Carlton B.
Cole, and Judge Clifford Anderson, both
deceased. Among others, once prom
inent in the law department, but who
have gone to be judged in the Eternal
Councils, were John C. Rutherford,
Walter B. Hill and C. A. Turner.
which question had been accentuated
by the disturbed conditions then ex
isting 'between the North and tho
South. At the Belgian fair were gath
ered the beauty and the chivalry of
Georgia and of the South.
It Is said that a Jblll will be Intro
duced at the next session of the Geor
gia Legislature prohibiting any but
aualified voters serving as delegates in
the State conventions of political part
ies. This would he a sad and severe
blow at cuffy. should a pronosltlon be
come a law and there should be a way
of enforcing it. The negro would no
longer be a power in Republican con
ventions in this State to choose dele
gates to Republican national conven
tions. There seems to be more ideas
men were nearly half perished for food. ! than one of ways for accomplishing the
It was not long .ere the queen crossed } disfranchisement of the ttegro. and
the river in a gayly decorated canoe,' j perhaps all of the suggestions do not
accompanied by a large retinue of hor emanate from Democratic sources. For-
people. The meeting between the 1 aker had better watch out: There may
Gf a great c,..!<*s»ty on the mount
TT’s+orJen .Tones
fbp northeastern
be more things up the sleeve. Senator,
than are dreamt of in your Fire Alarm
philosophy.
queen and the 'Spaniard was quite
gracious. DeSoto was courtlv, and
Queen Cofachiqui graceful and hand
some. DeSoto told her that he and
his followers were hungry. Herrera,
the Spanish historiar »”d other wri
ters. have written much about fhe
meeting of DeSoto and the queen, his
stay at h**r
of her. The
this; In reply to DeSoto’s request for
food, the oueen said: “While she was
sorry for the scarcity of provisions in
the country, she had two store houses
for the relief -of the needy, one of
which she gave them and desired they
would leave her
had two thousand
another town which she would also as a bell. To have seen and heard him
give them, and would auit her own j one would not have judged that the
house and half of the town to quarter | speaker had passed more than three
the men in. If thev needed it. “Do-I score years and ten in this vale of
Bo to told her he wa? deeniy thankful. ' tears. One hour and a half were con-
During the conversation the oueen re- I sumed in the delivery of the address,
moved a string of el°gant pearls from Mr. Northen was born in Jones county,
her neck apd handed them to the in I Georgia, July 9. 1835: graduated at
When ex-Governor Northen was in
troduced by Rev. Hully to the audience
last Sunday afternoon at the "Washing
ton Avenue Presbyterian church, negro, 1
town and his treatment i in this city, to speak on the race quest-
gist of the writings is j ion, he was spoken of as being 72 years
old. The former executive of Georgia
arose smiling, and, as if in denial of the
soft impeachment, said he was 49. He
d’d not denv, however, being over this
age. Mr. Northen meant that he was
feeling well and happy pnough to be
POINTED PARAGRAPHS
From the Chicago News.
A burnt speculator dreads the hot
air.
Go to law today and go broke to*-
morrow.
Fortune smiles on the few and grins
at the many.
Always keep to the right and you
won’t go wrong.
An easy-going man is sometimes dif
ficult to get rid of.
Don’t get critical when your boss
tells you to do things.
A blunt person is apt to make the
most cutting remarks.
Every time a man accepts a IO-cent
gift it costs him a dollar.
Naturally a man would rather part
his hair than part with it.
If you' want to see a man act silly,
hunt up one who is jealous.
Virtue is its own reward—or its own
punishment, as the case may be.
The man who makes only penny con
tributions is usually a cheerful giver.
Occasionally you encounter a man
who actually believes everything he
says.
A man of very few words usually
has a wife who does most of the talk
ing.
When a man marries for money it’s
a sign his wife has more dollars than
sense.
Conversation of a good many more
people would be sensible if it wasn’t
for what they say.
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SILL TO REPEAL ACT
ADIMITTING OKLAHOMA.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 7.—Represen
tative Murphy, of Missouri, introduced
a bill today to repeal the act admit
ting Oklahoma to statehood on the
ground that the constitutional conven
tion of Oklahoma and Indian Terri
tory has failed to comply with th*
conditions of the joint statehood act.
BACHELOR REFLECTIONS.
From the New York Press.
What a girl likes about boys is that
her mother doesn’t.
It would be pretty useful if fat peo
ple could kind of moult.
It’s mighty reckless of a girl to wear
pin? when she is engaged.
A good thing about being too poor
the other: that she j only 49. Mr. Nortehn spoke with great ! to eat is you don't have to have cooks,
bushels of hiaize in animation, his voice ringing out clear- A man could afford to give away a
• " - - - - . . j 0 j. 0 f j^oney to charity if it wasn’t of
LIKE AND UNLIKE.
From the Washington Herald.
Rockefeller'? fond of pie—
Po am I;
Says he would not teU a. He—
Nor would I;
A. Carnecle wants to srell
Gnaw and cnat and kne“ and knell
In a simpler m?mer. Well,
So do I.
But I wonder
?hy It Is
i* f-- me
whiz.
Money doesn't fairly
tr 0 r y-n c P( .
I po?sr.?s the noted trait?—
Rrt Dame Fortune hesitates
And I am waitirg at her gates
For the key.
Rockefeller’s tell and bald— r
So am I;
By diape pale he is mauled—
So am I;
And they p-»y tha: Mr. Schwab
Sometimes leaves little -fob
Just to watch o fshlng bob—
So do I.
closure, is n pond or basin, elliptical in
form, co'-ering ehout a ott?rter of an
acre. Of late rears (t bn? peon drain
ed and at tbe time of mv visit it con-
ntnod no wat-?r. The statement wo?
made that th ! ? was on a*-ttfictal a>a?tn
and that Its bottom had hee n nia<-*o r ed
with clov at em-no remote pprtod. so
to mom effeetnatlv -e*e'n the rain
water. which would from time to time
pnaumvlate in it. I had no m°ans at
hand for meh-tng an e?-am?natton and
te?t>’ng the trn*h of the assertion. The
r„r,d rros ove——own with treo S and
fitted with d“cavod |fw»? and loam. It
mev be that the native? or'”->mHy
made fhfs ps-eavatton w'th a v'pw to
snnplvtnv themselves w’th water In
t'-e evert of a ?'e?-e. The natural sup-
pi?’ of this fluid unon ordinary ocna-
S'ons. was pro’-a’-tv d“'!ved from four
erring-s about fiffv v»rd« f-om the wall,
loaf-stlon? still e-rfst teoafng to estab
lish the fact that the paths leading to
tbe?e spring? wore protected hv stone
walls, or oartfa'lv covered wavs. In
one locality I observed a circular de
pression about forty feet In diameter,
wb'ch suggested the belief that it
might be the former site of one of
those seml-sttnh-en eraoa r *es In use
among the Southern Indians” Pome
writers believe that the fortifications
! and cement ha?'n were the work of De
j Soto and Vs followers hut <n the opin
ion of Historian Jones, this impression
| Is erroneous. He tW-.s thev were
constructed by tbe Indian?. Brown's
Mount was named after George A. .
Brown, Its first owner. j
part: “Near j terpreter to give to DeSoto, saving tt»o : Mercer University. 1853: was a school
de. within tho eh- 1 proprieties of the occasion and her , teacher from 1854 to 1861. part of the
s°rso of modes'tv prohibited her from
handing the pearls direct to DeS’to.
In acknowledgment of the compliment
time being principal of the well-known
Mt. Finn High School. Hancock county:
private. 1861 6.’in company commanded
any use.
One enjoyable thing about not hav
ing any monev is the way you can
abuse those who have.
If the devil told a woman she was
pretty she would know he had a good
heart in spite of his business.
■When a man swears ofT he acts
averse about it than if he had been
blackjacked and robbed by thugs.
You can always tell the color of the
trimming on a woman’? hat by the
PRESIDENT P. S. ARKWRIGHT
TESTIFIES IN DARGAN CASE
ATLANTA, Feb. 7.—In the contin
uation of the hearing before Speei.tJ
Commissioner Henderson today In the
matter of the application for tho re
moval of J. T. Dargan, former presi
dent. as one of the receivers for the
Atlanta-Birmingham Fire Insurance
Company, President P. S. Arkwright of
the Georgia Railway and Electric
Company, went on the stand and stat
ed that he understood that 445 shares
of the company’s -capital stock which
were transferred to Dargan had been
bought by him as a personal invest
ment.. Mr. Dargan's claim is that the
transfer was made by the company
purely for business purposes and with
a view to establishing the company wo
that it could build up its business in
other states.
R. H. Cross, the attorney for the
San Francisco policy holders, also
went on the stand and testified about
a number of matters pertinent to the
case. Witnesses stated that they did
not understand that Mr. Dargan's trip
to Europe, on which tips and other
personal expenses were charged up to
the company, was a business trip in
Its behalf.
no?ntn removed a ruhv rin?- from hls h!s father in the Confederate armv: j color of her stockings if it’s a rainy
finger and presented it to the queen, i a vein prlneiral of Mt. Zion High : day.
j School. 1335-74: farmer near Sparta, ! A man could save a few cents a day
1874-90; Representative in the Georgia i working around the house - if he didn’t
Legislature. 1877-8 and 1830-1; State
Senator. 1,884-5: president of the Geor
gia State Agricultural Society. 1S86-S:
Governor. 1890-4: trust»e of Mercer
University: president National Rantlst
Educational Society; presidont Natien.-
al Baptist Congress; president Georgia
Baptist Convention; vice-president
Peaee having thus heen declared be
tween t^e eavnller of Sraj n and tbe
queen of Silver Bluff, the Soan'ard?
C ros?ed river in manv canoes and
were given nuarters in tbe centers of
tbe town. DeSoto immediately had
hi? men to commence exploring for
gold and other preptous metals. Much
copper, pvrite? and mica were found.
hut no geld and silver. There were , Southern Baptist Convention,
rearls In abundance, the river conta'n-
Ing quantities of the pearl bearing
subjects did not seem to know the says: Locate the State Fair perman- ing able to have a good time when he
value of the pearls. It is related that 1 ently at Macon.” Years ago this city i i= not at home to worry for fear the
generous and hospitable Queen Cofa- ' "' qs the permanent home of the annual ] baby should get sick,
cbioui permitted t v e Spaniards to ! fairs that were given under the aus-
vl?lt a temple, sacred to the dead, in j rices of the Georgia State Agricultural
wb’ch there was a profusion of beau- ; Society. Macon should onen up the , , _
ti'ul pearls, and told them to help I wav so the State Fair could return an- Earl Hooker Eaton, in Success,
themselves to the pearls-. The men ! nually unto its own. And speaking of * “ *” f ° cn 'na»st Pints w
fairs: Away hack yonder. In Decem-
Senator Bacon For Leador of Senate
Democrats.
From the Auguwta Herald.
The suggestion of Senator Augustus
O. Bacon, of Georgia, to ho leader of
the Democrats in the Senate !w out-
that tree s with great favor, not only
in Georgia but all over the South. Sen
ator Bacon has a record back of him
that would recommend him even to
much higher honor and position than
the Ieadrwhip of the Senate Democrats
and there would undoub’edly be no
mistake made were he chosen for the
place. He began his "career” by en
listing in the Confederate army soon
after having been graduated from fhe
University of Georgia and served with
distinction • throughout the war. Af er
the war Senator B’acon took up the
study of law and was several times a
member of the State Democratic con
vention, be’ng president of the con-
! know enough to make more at busi- i vention in 1860. In 1884 he was a del-
ness. ■ egate to th’ national Democratic <-on-
The devil, with all the business he j vention at Chicago. In 1871 Mr. Bacon
does, must be a great administrator, i was elected to the Georgia. House of
never to have needed any partners or j Representatives, where he served con
spicuously for fourteen year.?, being
Speaker of the House for more than
half that time. In 1883 he came within
one vote of receiving the nomination
for Governor of the State when the
nomination was equivalent to election.
superintendents.
1 When a woman is ambitious for her
husband to be in public life it’s a sign
J he would have more fun losing five
dollars at the race track.
With an eve to “the eternal fitness j There is hardly anything a woman
of things, “the Fort Gainey Sentinel can forgive in a man less than his be
WEARY WILLIE ON SOCIALISM.
sent situatin'
M:
’X' -alive Co
Albany, G
State and
ion. The .a
11 be pre?e
needed nt this Ma
ny of those already
'rgia will be present
Chairman of the
[limittee J. A. Betje-
is making a tour
win report at this
?m,:atlon bog? that
•>t and also report
a-? in your section
Harrlr
lit-.
s palace cars—
So do I:
Morgan favors b’.ack cigars—
Fo de I.
O-Ml Rhodes, they say. would swear
When he bumped into a chair
That he didn't know was there—
So will I.
What I carrot understand.
Then, is why
Fortune mt:?t. on every hand.
Pass me by—
I’ve rich jn’-r, D.’s ametlte.
I I" :-r.egie would write.
But I ean’t be like them quite.
Hen-e this sigh.
las. the Chic.a
capturing wi
TRAVELING MAN FOUND
DEAD IN BED IN ATLANTA
frying tl
bl
and
con-
.it:, to romantic love on both -ides
trap are our modern rustems. If so.
hat may explain why young couple*
i” o-jr time of’en tnsist on a romantic
e! Tment even when everybody at
home is In favor of their union.
ATLANTA. Feb. 7.—E. H. Amilon.
representing a Philadelphia electrical
supply house, was found dead in bed
■nt a small hotel here today. He had
been in Atlanta for several weeks on
account of ill health, and a verdict was
.given by the coroner's jury that death
resulted 'rom bemerrhave of the lungs.
A letter addressed to Miss Cora
Trainum. Richmond. Va.. was found in
his pockets. It is not known ..where
j his relatives reside.
Historian Jones has a’so given very
full descriptions cf the Tndiar mounds
in Fast Macon, in the "Ocmuigee
F’Plds." Among other things, he said:
i "The temple gourd was erected for re-
ligmus purposes; the others were he.ap-
j ed up. prob.ah]v. in honor of the dead.
I In their vidnltv the fields are filled
j with sherd=. shells of pearl, bearing
Unio and fragments of articles of do
mestic economy. Upon the acclivity
enst of the central mound are the man
ifest remains of an a-original settle
ment. Here, in excavat’ng for the new
track of the Central railway, the work
men unearthed, a few feet below the
surface, several skeletons, and at a
lower depth exhumed several skulls,
regular in outline aoci possessing the
' ord : nary characteristics of American
crania. Passing below these inter
ments. which were evidently secondary
in their character, and arriving at the
bottom of the v-r.und, a skull was ob
tained which differed most essentially
from those we have described as be
longing to a later inhumation. * « *
Here we have an interesting demon
stration of the fact that these ancient
tumuii were, in turn, used by tribes
who perhaps bad no knowledge of the
[ one or the other. * * * Certain it
• is that these tumuli antedate the tradl-
; rions of the Greeks who were nat’ve
I here at Um period of the English oojo-
measured nut five hundred we'ght of
them, but Depnto. not w's’-ing his fol
lowers weighted down while marching,
directed that only half a hundred
weight should be taken, which he sent
to Havana to be tested a? to their
value. In other carts of the queen’s
dominion nuantltles of shells were
found. D’Po?o and hi? men were fed
and most hnsn'tablv treated.in every
wav. but DeBeto had not found what
he was looking for—mines of gold and
silver, and he was sorely disappointed.
Aster remaining In the rea'm of the
oueen about four weeks DeBoto and
h's army departed, goin- in the direc
tion of what is now Northern Geor
gia. hut on fcr’ak’ng up camp at Sil
ver Bluff DeoBto treated Queen Cofa-
chiqui shamefully in return for her
many kindnesses to h'm and his men
during the!r long sojourn in her realm.
He made her a prisoner and retained
her person as a hostage, presumably
to extort slaves, or provisions or to in
sure his safe departure from her
province. DeSoto was In no danger
at all, and his conduct has always
been considered outrageous. While
DeSoto was nearing where the citv of
Rome. Ga.. now stands Queen Cofa
chioui made her escape, together with
a Barbary moor and two negro slaves.
It is presumed that she returned to
her province ar.d continued to rule a.?
queen.
A socialist, a socialist, that’s what I
....pine to he,
ber. 1S30. s°ventv-seven vears ago, the j With lodgings at the Waldorf while I
A-ct ,o—pA,. be'd ! n Ma- j I set the pee-pul free,
con. More than three quarters of a : With motor c’r? that do a mile In
century ago! Just think of that, voung- ' sixty seconds flat,
sters, and ye old men. too* i think the | In which to run the errands of the pro-
It is said that on the march from
Silver Bluff to Rome, one of DeSoto’?
men who was carrying a sa k of
rear!-?, growing weary of the weight,
amused himself by whirling the bag
about his head and Iet/^tg the pearls
fly in every dire-tion. This person is
referred to in one of the histories of
DeSoto’s explorations as “the man who
threw away pearls."
I was told yesterday that a -well
fair was held on the old court house
grounds, at the foot of Mulberrv street.
A "d a woman was the star exhibitor at
the fair. Mrs. Penelope Bryan, of
Twiggs county. To her was awarded
the first prze. a silver tankard, worth
ore hund-ed do’Tars. for the best lot of
cotton eight bales. And splendid ,
Georgia women have not forgotten unto j
this good day hew to come to the ag-1- I
cultural fairs at Maocn and take prizes. !
In rpcent years, one of the most sue- I
oessful competitors in this line has :
been Mrs. W. W. Monk, of Worth c«un- j
ty. Wbpn the state fairs used to he held !
regularly in Macon, some years ago.
prominent and successful exhibitors of j
agricultural [products were. Miss Zne :
Brown, of Hancock county; Miss Mol- \
lie Rutherford, of Sumter, and M-’ss j
Anm’e Uennic. of Talbot county. The :
exhibits made by these ladies were al- j
together creditable. The good work [
started by Mrs. Penelope Bryan in | kickers call me crank
le-ta-ri-at;
With private secretaries and a valet
at my side.
To help me os I toil to bring about the
Grand Divide.
Sassletv is to the bad and things is
getting rank—
I want to be a socialist with millions
in the bank!
I want to rise at ten o'clock and slave
away till noon.
For work—I’ve never done a stroke—
“is man’s most precious boon.”
And when I’ve sheared the coupons
front a peck o’ bonds er so.
I’ll put in all the time that’s ieft to
give the poor a show.
There’s Happv Jack and ’Frisco Pete—
they've often said to me
That wealth wig not divided up the
way it ought to be.
And I am for a divvy, though the
Mr. Bacon was elec ed to the United
States Benate in 1S94. and will be re
elected in June by the Legislature to
another term of six years.
Senator Bacon is known aa one of
the best constitutional lawyer? in tho
Senate and takes an active and lead
ing n?rt in all imnortant legislation.
Scholarly and dignified but perfectly at
ease in all parliamentary crises, Sen
ator B?con renresenf? a tvpe of states^
man that the South has for many
years been proud of.
1830. has not been permitted by Geor
gia women to lag.
In July. 1848, woman again appeared
upon the scene as a winner. This
time it was at a fair held under the
auspices of' the Central Horticultural
Society, being the first exhibition of
this organization in the city of Ma
con. Mrs. Shivers won the first pre
mium for peaches. Among uther la
dies winning prizes were Mrs. Wil
liam Gray, for green hou?e plants, and
Miss Mary E. Rose for flower? There
are many in this city who will recall
the beautiful exhibitions that were giv
en annually in Macon, until recent
years, by the Georgia Horticultural
Society, that was organised in 1875.
I want to he a socialist with millions
I in the bank!
I want a quiet summer home to rest in
when it’.? hot.
j A bungle-oh at Lenox er a humble
• ' Newport cot,
j And when the blamed reporters come,
with shy, reluctant air.
I’ll' teil ’em how my poor father made
I more dough than w?? hls share;
I’ll tell ’em how he left the coin to me
one tearful day.
, And how—not yet. but soon, you know
( —I’ll give it all away,
: So when the job is open, here’s my ap-
pl'cation blank—
I want to be a socialist with millions
in the bsnk!
A New Bonus for Babies.
From the Chicago Inter-Ocean.
A bonus of $100 for a baby. $200 for
twins and $500 for triplets!
This Is the latest inducement to
wives of union men to put to rout tho
cry. “quality, not quantity." and
bring Into the world la?ge numbers of
promising young unionists.
The id-’a is contemplated by the Ba
kers’ and Confectioners’ Union of Chi
cago. which propose.? to create the
Union Pension Association. Every
member of a labor union will be invit
ed to join.
Union burial associations, benevo
lent associations and death benefit as
sociations are common. But in this
new idea the mother of the child, or
the twins, or the triplets, or whatever
it may be. is the one to get the money.
The plan contemplate.? a small ini
tiation fee, a trifling monthly due. and
an assessment of 25 cent? each when
ever a child comes to the home of ti
fellow-member.
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Fitzgerald People.
It's not every day Fitzgerald has fhe
Governor of Georgia pa?? through fhe
c *-i. a -a..-. i n session and a cold
'dlsagresstbla rain.