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~h_ -i 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 ■H-H-l-I -M-’I-’M 1 H-l- M’ ! 1 i-M I 1 1 on the Wing •M-M" -H” ■ H-H-H-H-H- T ? X 1-H-* 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. NOTICE TO SUBSCRIBERS. Examine label on your pa per. It tells how you stand on the books. Due from date on the label. Send in dues and also renew for the year 1907. 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. NOTICE TO SUBSCRIBERS. Examine label on yonr pa per. It tells how you stand on the books. Due from date on the label. Send in dues and also renew for the year 1907. Fitzgerald’3 Red-Lettor Day. 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.