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About The southeast Georgian. (Kingsland, Ga.) 1894-1996 | View Entire Issue (April 10, 1908)
$ £ w V t K /a <s ,1 r/ rS Five Little Foxes. Among my tender vines I spy A little fox named—By-and-by. Then set upon him quick, Right-away I say, The swift young hunter Around each tender vine I plant, 1 find the little fox—1 can’t. Then fast as ever hunter ran, Chase him with bold and brave—I can. No use in trying—Jags and whines The fox among my tender vines. Then drive him low, and drive him high, With this good hunter—I’ll try. Among the vines in my small lot Creeps in the young fox—1 forgot. Then hunt him out and to his den With—l-wili-not-forget-again. A little fox is hidden there Among my vines, named—I don’t care. Then let I’m sorry—hunter true— and Chase him afar from vines you. —Sunshine and Shadow. Flowers and Trees. A game, full of fun, although it is old, is called Flowers and Trees. As many as are present can play. The first one says, for instance: “My first is a public house, my second is a state to which all must come, my third is a command to depart; my all is a flow er.” Answer: "In-di-go.” Only |a minute is given for guessing, the one who guesses has a turn. A list of flowers and trees can be looked up before playing unless one is familiar with a good many.—Washington Star. In the Sewing-Room. “You are a pushing sort,” said the Scissors to the Timble. \ “Yes,” replied the latter, “but I’d like your life better. It’s just ripping. And you?” to the Needle. “Well,” replied the latter, “my life Is just sew-sew. But then, though not a blunt individual, I generally come to the point.” “Oh, you have an eye to things,” in terposed the Pin, "but I generally control matters by my head work." “I am sorry,” remarked the Spool, “that I can’s be serious, for I’m in a continuous round.” But here the seamstress appeared, and soon all felt themselves in pretty much of a box.—Baltimore American. Three Brothers Became Trees. There was once three brothers who went to see the lord of life and win their hearts’ desires. One, though tall ' enough, wished to be taller still. He had tried in many ways to make him self taller, because he wished to be admired and looked up to by smaller people, and win the love of the beauti ful Indians of his tribe. To make himself look taller, tban-he really was, he put soft clay into the mocassins, to raise him on his feet, and he plas tered up his hair to stand high, and on top of it was a long turkey tail. But -what he wished for was to be tall er still. The second brother asked that he might live always, where he might behold all the beauty of the land, and rest in peace forever; the third brother asked to live to a great age and always to be healthy till he died. : jNow, when the lord of life heard what they desired he summoned his servant, the earthquake, and com manded him to set them firmly with their feet fast planted in the ground, ■and when this was done the three brothers were turned to pine trees. The lord of life paid heed to their wishes, for he gave them what they most desired. He who would be tall overtopped all the trees in the forest; even the turkey tail was not forgotten; it w—taves tP. this si a half hour, the mother was ready to reclaim her ehiid, she found a happy baby cooing and trying to devour a bunch of keys at one gulp. She laughter as she took the young ster and (hanked Jack. Then she adiiea, quite in fun, “I wish you were going clear across." Jack saw his opportunity. He said, “Madam, I’m a college student, out of funds, and longing for home. If you will pay my passage to America, 1 will take care of your baby all the way across.” His proposition was ac’cepted, and ho kept his word. He is a prominent lawyer now, and he looks back with considerable amusement to his ex perience in getting home from Eu rope.—Youth’s Companion. A Queer Little Man. Dorothy’s father said that he was going to tell a story to anybody who wanted to listen. So Dorothy stop ped crying and Bob stopped crying so dreadfully lour, because their father began right away: “Once there was a little man,—a very little man,—and he had on a green coat and a red hat, and there was “something^ under his coat that made it poke out at one side. He was going along the middle of a country road. A small boy and girl in a pony carriage met him.” Dorothy’s and Bob’s father stopped. Both of his children were quiet, and they both said now: “Go on, papa! Why don’t you go on?" “Weren’t you foolish to cry?’’ said their father. “Yes,” said Dorothy. “To cry because it rained,” said their father. “But we wanted to go out,” said Bob. “Well, no matter!” said Dorothy, “we don’t want to go. Just please tell the story, papa.” “Yes, daddy, go on, won’t you?” said Bob. “Are you ashamed of crying?” ask ed liis father. And Bob laughed, be cause he saw that his father was real ly laughing, and he said: “Yes, daddy, Now will you go on?” So then the father went on, “That queer little man with the green hat”— “ '^wasn’t a hat,” shouted green Dorothy and Bob, “red!” “Oli yes,—much obliged,—red liat. He was walking along in a very proud manner,—you’d be surprised,—stamp ing each foot down hard as he went He was square .in the middle of the road, looked as if he thought he was a whole procession; but he stared, His hilt—it right do|rn ‘really toward., soldier the ground. was a cap had a.large black visor, shiny,—you know what a visor is,—to keep thfe^ sun out of his eyes? Yes; well, he didn’t see those two children in the pony carriage till they were so near him that they had to stop. Why, they felt quite anxious, you know, for they might have run over him! such a queer little man!”— “How old were they?” Bob and Dorothy wanted to know. “Six years and four years, just like Dorothy and you.” “In a pony carriage! You wouldn’t let us go, alone, daddy!” “No. Well, these children were good ones; they didn’t bawl because it rained.” “No matter, daddy; maybe they were half a year older than we are. Go on, won’t you, please? “That very little man strutted along till he fairly touched the kind old pony’s nose. Then he seemed much surprised, gave quite a jump, and looked vip. And t: in. the two in the Georgia Briefs Items of State Interest Culled From Random Sources. Wage-Earners’ League Organized. A Wage Earners’ Democratic League of the state of Georgia has been organized in Savannah, beginning its life by passing resolutions assailing the administration of Governor Hoke Smith and endorsing the candidacy for governor of Hon. Joe Brown. It con sists of Savannah workingmen. * * * A County Line Election. The approaching county line election is creating no little stir in Banks and Jackson counties. Maysville being lo cated in both of these •ounties, there is a movement on foot to place the city altogether in one of the two. The taxable wealth of the place is about equally divided between, them, and both sides are pulling for their respective counties. The election will take place in May. * * * Receivers' Certificates Authorized. Judge Newman of the United States district court at Atlanta has granted an order authorizing A. B. Andrews, re ceiver of the Tallulah Falls railroad, to issue receivers’ certificates to the amount of $100,000, to be used in pay ment of obligations of that road. The certificates are to be issued in denomi nations of $25, $50, $100, $500, and $1, 000, and are to be used in liquidating obligations of the Tallulah Falls road. Six per cent interest and semi-annual payments thereof are stipulated in the order of the court. * # * Methodist Educational Convention. Preparations are being made for the third educational convention of the Methodist Episcopal church, south, which is to be held in Atlanta May 19- 21 next. Between 800 and 1,000 dele gates are expected and the meeting will be national-in importance. Dr. Joel Daves, presiding elder of the Atlanta district of the North Georgia conference, is now arranging the local end of the convention. The sessions of the convention will he held in the auditorium of the First Methodist church on Peachtree street. * * Plans for Georgia Buildings. A Washington dispatch says: The su pervising architect of the treasury has sent a representative of his office to Augusta to report on the needs of the public building there. Representative Hardwick has intro duced a bill appropriating $ 300,000 for a new building thiSre, or the enlarge ment of the present one. The plans for the public building at Dalton have been completed and the i contract for its erection will be award ed in about two weeks. The plaits for the Marietta building will be completed in two weeks., * * * Fair Agreement Sanctioned. At a meeting of the directors of the Atlanta Fair association, held a few days ago, the agreement made by the committee from this association ■with the Farmers’ Union for the fair to be held in Atlanta this fall under the auspices of the Farmers’ Union was sanctioned. The date set for the fair this fall is October 8 to 24. This was the only matter taken up by the directors, but the unanimous sentiment was that this fair would be the greatest success of the long series of these yearly affairs. A premium list will be decided upon eration and organization of existing schools in the state, but is undertaking the missionary work of planting schools 1* those sections where none exist” * * Militia to Pay More Rent. Hereafter each company or troop or battery of artillery will be allowed $15 per month for armory rent from the state military fund instead of $12.50 M M heretofore. An allowance of $60 a ye i s made for brigade headquarters. The rental allowance to regime! headquarters $100 $150 has annum, been increased and unasfl f| to per anl ed battalions are allowed $75, crease of $25. I The general order issued by Aa tant General Scott also announces j I reorganization of the coast artillery, principal feature of which is the aa tion of a chaplain with the rank of c! tain. ACT OF BRAVE WOMAN* ' - Mrs. Jones Used Revolver and Saved Life of Father, in Desperate Struggle With Negro Burglar. Mrs. Ed Jones, a prominent woman of Montgomery, Ala., shot and killed a negro burglar at her home in that city at 3 o’clock Sunday morning. At the time the shot was fired the burglar was engaged in a hand-to-hand struggle with her aged father, Barney Rhody, and was attempting to pull hi' out through a window, where a neg} confederate stood to aid the burgid The inmates of the house were aro^ ed by a noise just under Mr. Rhodj] window. "Mrs. Jones went into h< father’s room to investigate and in d doing aroused her father, who was su aslee P- Upon awakening Mr. Rhi threw open the window and was sei! by the burglar and a desperate stru: then ensued. Miss Maud RhodjJ younger sister of Mrs. Jones, ri into the room, armed with an ire® which she wielded with tellinjfl wfl upon the head of the negro, for an instant, however, 1. old upon Mr. Rhody. M Seeing her father was adH overcome and dragged thr dow. Mrs. Jones point edflRnMBnj jJS tiio negro’s head and ger, but to her snappa^B disn^jjF culver only Coolly readjusi^^BH wonn®| termini'll g*i and. vv'^flESBH from Hie vur but tried || ’ '■>•. ' yO; •>. lourtli V'B * ; ’ resoum thifi" an ra ined 1 iron roi by the brain and cl PRICE OF? Subject of Dissuasion at a Conference of Presidents of Farmers’ Union in Little Rock, Ark. The conference of state presidents of the Farmers’ Union, which opened in Little Rock Thursday, closed Friday evening. The principal feature of the session was the discussion of the price of cotton and if the union should con tinue to hold the staple until it reached il5 cents per pound, the minimum fig ure fixed by the last national conven tion, which was held in Little Rock last summer. It was predicted by the presidents attending this conference that a reactionary wave will set in and that the market price will soar again by or before the first of June. In order to meet the situation plans are being per fected to assist irf holding all cotton from the market for at least 60 or 90 days. The cotton now stored and any toattonjhat may have reached the stage Bte|g^jimpa {gffiffjllHHf 3$! as “distressed," IgwaBcr real- At Outset of i i m in 17 CTIKfgpy j National Convention. The National Populist convention sembled In St. Louis Thursday, The Nebraska delegation, which was trying to procure a postponement of the popu list national convention in the inter est of W. J. Bryan, made no progress during the day, and neither did> the convention except as to speeches. Af ter two sessions were held, at the ccv elusion of which permanent tion had not been accomplished, the convention adjourned until Friday. The Nebraska delegates declared they would bolt-if the convention at tempts to place a ticket in the field at this time. Their leader.; said: ‘‘Nebraska is in earnest.-about this matter, and we shall bolt if the con vention attempts to nominate Thomas E. Watson or any one else. We are not alone, for we have a^smjances that Min nesota, Georgia, and possibly Michigan Kansas will walk out when we -adei. b'y Colombia Troops. e/orted Bfcjjnvaded*the that Colombia town Hhlm^of Bhjnnof Panama the ,er * j floor'll jim era lumbia. 1 a CHANCELLOR 6AY isl ^ Cbargps Brought Agaimt Him By Cooke Ignored by Methodists. The charges preferred against Chan celior Day, of Syracuse university, by the Rev. George A. Ccoke, of Brandon, Vt., were ruled out of court by Bishop David H. Moore, at the opening of the one hundred and ninth session of the New York Methodist Episcopal Confer ence in New York city Wednesday, Bishop Moore, in dismissing the charg es, said he regarded the complaint against Chancellor Day as a direct at tack upon free speech and free press, The decision was greeted with cheers and long continued applause. The charges against Chancellor Day contained five counts, and were to the effect that he had defamed President Roosevelt in some of his public utter ances. Dr. Day made no effort to an swer the charges. ;ECH APPOINTED PUBLIC PRINTER lamed to Succeed ilic I
