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IDGE VISIT OLD MISSION
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Mr. Chas. S. Arnow Will Name
The Drive To These Old Ruins
The ‘ Coolidge Drive”
President and Mrs Calvin Coolidge
accompanied by their hosts Mr. and
Mrs. Howard Coffin of Sapeio Island
and Colonel Osmum Latrobe and Cap
tain Wilson Brown, the presidents
military and naval aides, Colonel
James F. Coupel, the White House
physician and Frank O. Salisbury an
English Artist, visited the old Spanish
Mission, Santa Maria, Sunday after
noon. They arrived in St. Marys
4 p. m. aboard Mr. Coffin’s yacht
Zapala, convoyed by the government
engineers yacht of Savannah and two
coast guard boats. Before the arrival
of the yachts Mr. Chas. S. Arnow who
had charge of all arrangements for tnc
visit of the presidential party, drove
over the road to the Mission with Mr.
Jones a nephew of Mr. Coffin, Col.
Starling and several secret service men.
The walls of the Mission which was
built during the fifteenth century are
still intact and quite a few people visit
it each year. Mr. Arnow will name the
drive to the ruins of this old building
“Coolidge Drive.”
The presidents party were welcomed
at the warf by a number of citizens.
Welcoming them in behalf of St.
Marys were Mayor J. F. Bailey, I. F.
Arnow, Waiter Lang, Wesley Robinson,
Sr., Geo. Brandon and Mrs. S. C. Town
asend. Mrs. W. Chester King of Kings
land accorded them a welcome from
Camden County. Little Francis Brand
on the attractive six year old daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Brandon present
ed Mrs Coolidge with a bouquet oi Kiil
trney Roses.
After the trip to the Mission they
again boarded the yacht Zapala for
Point Peter wh .re they were guests of
Charles Barrett and Aithur Lucas at
their hunting lodge. The night was
spent at Mr. Coffin’s lodge on ois Cam
den County hunting preserve where Mr
Coolidge hunted turkeys early Monday
morning.
Life Saving With
Soap and Water
At this season of the year when ill
ness abounds, the woman who must
care for some sick member of her iam
ily does well to bring at least OI10 GlcJ—
went of hospital treatment into her
lat is the fundamental and
inexpensive one of cleanlines.
The modern hospital, we are told,
depends almost as much upon cleanli
ness as it does upon medicine or sur
gery for its excellent results. Its star
ched white nurses and internes, its
spotless floors and fixtures, are not
merely to inspire the patient and awe
visitors. They are a matter of routine
for he protection of all concerned.
Cleanliness is part of the cure. Ana
this applies to the patient, the sick
room. and he home nurse herself,
whose contact with the other members
of the household must be rendered safe.
Odorous disinfectants are rarely called
for, since soap and water and sunshine
are recognized as adequate, if not sup
erior, in most cases.
“If you remove cleanliness and the
mechanics of cleanliness from the
modern hospital you will go back a
hundred years” says Doctor C C Bur
lingame, executive officer of New Yorks
gigantic new Medical Center. “There is
a definite relation between cleanliness
and health just as there is betweer.
mental and physical health. Although
dirt and bacteria are not necessarily
synonymous, cleanliness goes hand ir.
hand with a sterile technique, or s
method of preventing bacteria trow
coming into contact with individual.”
Handwashing is one of the essential
precautions to be observed by the at
tendant of a sick person. Wash the
hands thoroughly with soap and watt,
before and after any contact with Ihi
patient, is he advice f doctors anJ
nurses. “Before we knew that bacteria
were the cause of disease” says Doctoi
Burlingame, “we knew that the ordin
ar.v u.-.e oi soap and water was an im
portant factor in the treatment oi
hospital patients. Certain hospital:
formed the habit of cleanliness, and thi
surgeons made a practice of wa.shin,
their hands frequently. It was observ
ed that these groups obtained bette
surgical results through ordinary per
sonal and institutional cleanliness.”
Card Of Thanks
We wish to express our sincere thanks
and appreciation to our friends and
relatives for their kindness and words
of comfort in the sudden death and
burial of our dear mother. Also for
the beautiful floral offerings.
Mrs. 8. C. Sheffield
Sister and Brothers
®hr a *7 9 *3 a ♦
Make Survey Of
s ,„„„ E „, r
streams included in the -projects iC.
9 en tly authorized by Congress, has
bseh started - John w. Blair, Savannah
i" in charge of the survey, assisted by
J. H. W. Sneed.
Lieutenant M. M. Bauer and Ralph
II. Rhodes, from the office of the Uml
ed States district engineer, Savannah,
went over the portion of the project
last Saturday.
The section of the river between
Waycross and Mora is that included it.
the survey, the project being designee’
to furnish accurate information as t:
power, naviagation, flood control ant
irrigation.
300 Steer Hides Makes
Single Leather BeL
Atlanta, Ga., Jan. 2. fGPS).—Three
hundred steers have contributed thru
hides to form a single leather belt, lio
leived to be the most powerful in the
world, according to advices received
from New York City by local belt
manufacturers.
The belt recently put to work in a
paper mill, pulls with the force of two
locomotives at the rate of 448 miles an
hour It is 76 inches wide and 100 feet
long.
It was constructed of 450 pieces of
leather laid together in four layers and
cemented under hydraulic pressure of
300,000 pounds, the report received here
stated. To install it a pull ot 30,0' 0
pounds had to be exerted to draw the
two ends up to the proper position for
cementing.
“One-Eyed”
Automobiles
There is probably nothing more dan
gerous on a highway at night than an
automobile with only one light, and in-'
variably the light is on the right side of
the car. Of course, the law requires
that two lights be displayed on the
front of every automobile, but it is im
possible to enforce such a law without
officers. There are always those will
ing to take a chance driving machines
with only one light, and few of these
ever stop to consider that they aie en
dangering not only their lives, but
the lives of others in automobiles ap
proaching from the direction in which
they are headed.
The road patrolmen would not be
sent out to “nab” speeders, for it is
realized that the speeding auomobilo,
when properly handled often is the
least dangerous type on the roads. But
these who drive with only one light,
pass other cars on curves and when
approaching the high points of grades
and generally fail to conduct them
selves in such a manner that others are
trot placed in jeopardy would be prey
for the patrolmen. We believe that
establishment of such a force would go
a long way toward cutting down the
death list from automobile accidents
a list which is assuming tremendous
proportions in Minnesota.
—St. Paul Progress.
Uncle Sam Printers
The Red Wing, Minnesota, Republi
can said editorially November 12, 1928
“Uncle Sam’s Post Office Department,
which it is estimated will have a defi
;it of $100,000,000 during the present
fiscal year will continue in the business
cl competing with local printers in the
furnishing of printed envelopes, having
■ecently awarded a contract involving
aore than $15,000,000 in this connection
“This means that one concern will
have a monoply of this amount of gross
.usiness, a large portion of which wiil
be diverted from country publisher who
ire practically the only class of busi
ness men with whom the government
ompetes in this manner.
“The injustice of this practice is all
the more marked because the printing
s done for an additional charge of only
l few cents a thousand over the cost of
he plain envelopes - _ a charge sc
mall hat it covers only a fraction oi
lie cost. The envelopes alone are pne
d higher than necessary in order t<
over a portion of the loss on the print
ng but the customer thinks he is gett
ng a bargain because of his juggling
i price quotations.
“Having be<”Vof this unfair
impetitlon lot hall ft century, it
.ttle wonuer wxar country editors are
practically a unit in opposition to gov
rnment operation of business enter
prises. All fair-minded business men
culd assist the National Editoria
Association in its efforts to eliminate
this Socialistic and un-American prac
tice.
“There would be as much justifica
tion for operation of retail stores b
the government as there is for the re
tail sale of printed envelopes in cum
petition with local ^printers."
INDEPENDENT - JEST PROGRESSIVE
IvINGSLAND, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 3, 1929.
Commissions For New
Officers Not Arrived
Account of the commissions for the
new County officials not arriving in
time for the first of January, none of
the new members have been sworn in.
The office of Sheriff will be in the
hands of Mr. G. B Smith for the fol
lowing term. Horace G. Joiner is the
new Tax Receiver. Only three County
Commissioners are now handling the
affairs of the county, they are, Mr J F
Russell of Kingslanfi, Commissioner at
large, Mr R E Price, Commissioner
South Side and Mr C L McCarthy*
ommissioner North side Satilla River.
* libber Scrap
Being Utilized
Atlanta, Ga., Jan. 2.—Rubber scrap
being utilized in France for the manu
icture of numerous articles of daily
;e according tc a report received here
oday at the Atlanta office of the de
partment of commerce. Inner cubes
.re used in the manufacture of sun
senders and small rubber articles of
al! descriptions which may be cut dir
ectly from the more or less damaged
sed tubes.
The latest use of scrap in France, the
eport states, is the use of the pneu.
.atic casing in the shape of cheap soles
for inexpensive shoes. After the nec
ssary process of lattening to give the
old casing the proper surface for a snoe
sole they are cut into soles, thus yield
ing a sole with three or four thickness
es of card inlaid with rubber. It is re
ported that such soles offer excellent
and inexpensive substitution for the
more expensive cord or cheap leather
soles utilized heretofore.
Inquiries in the trade elicit the fact
tha whereas American offers of inner
tubes are frequent and purchases are
large, offers of used casings from the
United States are seldom received and
when received the, prices are above
those quoted by scrap dealers in Great
Britian and the Netherlands.
Report of Candler
Flying Field
Atlanta, Ga., Jan. 2. (GPS)—Air in
ternational exhibition of aircraft is
planned to be held next year in London
according to reports received today at
the Candler ilying field in Atlanta.
Major C M Young, director of auro
nautics for the U S Department of
commerce at Washington, states thru
the Atlanta office that the chairman
of the joint committee and of the So
ciety of British Aircraft Constructors
Ltd announce the aircraft exhibiion
for July from the 16th to 27th to be
held in the Olympia.
The international exhibition is to be
"fully representative of all phases oi
aeronautics” reports received here
state.
37 Varieties of
Men’s Hose
“The pomps and vanity of this wick
ed world” are emphasized in the habits
of man, who according to the survey by
the Bureau of Home Economics of the
United States Department of Agricul
ture has completely switched his brand
of socks, and a majority of 57 per cent
of men, which might be possibly “07
varieties” in the happy language of a
New Year, have adopted rayon and silk
hosiery. No other article of clothing
has changed so radically. T 1 :> r scorns
to prove quite conclusively that .men
love the better comforts of modern ’ife
and like the idea of wear ing fashionab
le hosiery.
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Atlanta Cops Clubs
Are Skull Crackers
Atlanta, Ga., Jan. 2. (GPS).— Look
out for the new clubs of the Atlanta
cops. They're skull crackers beyond a
doubt.
But did you know that the wood out
3f which policemen’s clubs are made in
Atlanta and elsewhere in the South are
nade comes into the country in xuli
shiploads?
Well, it does. The docks of the Bu.-h
terminal,’ in Brooklyn, N. Y. according
;o Atlanta’s cops, receive ship after
hip from the West Indies loaded with
ignum vitae - - the hardest, heaviest
vood obtainable - - which is shipped
rom there to the factories where night
ticks are made for Atlanta policemen
The wood is so heavy it will not lioat
ir. water.
Merry War of Skips
The United State Shipping Board has
nit the trans-Atlantic liner “President
losevelt” into he New York-Havana
ervice, and Uncle Sam’s ship-masters
propose to show John Bull that they
esent the assignment of the Cunard
iner "Caronia” on he New York and
'avana route. It is another case i;
/hich the United States has thought it
dvisable to put up a “keep off the
rasa" sign where Europeans may ce
it.
Kingsland Building For
1928 Increases
Building activities for Kingsland is
on a steady inerts se as is shown by the
building permits for the year 1928.
The largest of these was a new home of
the Kingsland Motor Company at a
cost of $12,000.00; Mr S C Sheffield two
stores at a cost of $7,000.00; Four
stores of Mrs W C King at a cost of
$0,000.00 all of Itesc are of brick and
eoncrete construction with plate glass
fronts. One residence of Mr. Mose
Stlenfield at a cost of $2,000.00 and city
street improvement of $3,000,00 making
a total of $30,000.C).
There has neverbeen any mushroom
growth of Kingsland, but the records
show that a steady increase and pro
gress is being made each year.
Cost of Shipping By
Inland Waterway
Atlanta, Ga., Jan. 2 (GPS).—The cost
of shipping goods by inland waterway
i.i more expensive, not cheaper, th<
railway transportation, if all charges
properly attributable to barge line ser
ce are considered it was announced
today by railway executives following
an analysis made by freight rate e.c.
p fer j g
Moreover, ' the executives further
pointed out, the question as to whether
freight can be handled cheaper by
land waterway th:jn by railway is com
plicated by the n< mssity of making a.
lowances for differences in the charac
ter of the service rendered. For exam
ple, it was shown, the Mississippi-War
rior River Barge Line owned and oper
ated by the go\ eminent, transports
package freight ftom New Orleans to
St Louis in 12 days. The compleLng
railways it was stated transports it be
tween the same points in three days.
Obviously, the executives show, it
would not be fair to compare the cost
of the two means' of transport. The
railways are faster.
Masonic Apron Older
Than United States
Detroit, Mich.—An unfaded, hand
made, silken Masonic apron of blue,
pink and white, -yich is said to nave
been in existence' 50 years longer Than
the United States is in the possession
of Frank Eldredge of this city.
Although not a member of the Fra
ternity himself, Mr. Eldredge is the
descendant of a long line of Masons
that can be traced back to London,
England, in the early part of the eight
eenth century. Each generation of the
family, since 1727, has handed this
apron down to the next until iinaliy,
in Waterford, Pa., in 1900, Hezek’ah
Eldredge presented the symbol of the
o;der to his son. Frank, who has kept
it in a huge frame since. Hezekiau,
the father, became a member of Water,
ford Lodge No 435, in 1874.
The first owner of the now ancient
apron came into posession of it five
years before the birth of George Wash
ington. And then the first generation
passed the apron to the second in 1778.
and the next received it in 1827. It
was presented to tne fourth Eldredge
in 1859, the fifth in 1873, the sixth in
1883 and the last and seventh in 1900.
Minutes of The Board
Of Education
The Board of Education held its
regular meeting with the following
members present; C. M. Musslewhite,
Pres., D. G. Caldwell and Mrs. S C
Townsend
The meeting was called to order b>
the Pres., and the minutes of the pre
vious meeting read and approved.
M. A. Harris gave a very interesting
report of the colored schools of tho
county.
Moved and carried that Board of
Education pay Mack Elry Five dollars
additional for transporting colored
children of Glencoe to Waverly colored
School.
The Board of Education wishes truck
drivers to arrange their schedule so
that children will reach schools about
fifteen minutes before opening hour.
Pupils reaching school earlier than this
are not protected by the presence of a
teacher and are kept out in the, cold
unnecessarily.
The Board of Education passed a
resolution to borrow Five Thousand
Dollars from The Bank of Camden
County.
Itemized Statement No. 12 was then
examined, audited, and approved as
follows:
Amount due Supt – M B E $83.00
Amount due Incidentals – all
others 7917.27
Amount due colored teachers 957.00
Total $8957.27
Above corresponding to statement
"40 12 on file in this office.
The meeting was adjourned to meet
anuary 1, 1929.
C. M. Musslewhite, Pres,
\ JBdith Proctor, SecPy
The Farmers Of
Glynn County
Atlanta, Ga., Jan. 2 (GTS).
of Glynn county, near Brunswick, Ga
are experimenting with .a new c rop that
is said to be of considerable potential
value, according to agricultural agents
of the A B and C railroad.
The crop is known as Napier grass,
v.liich is said to be a growth resembling
sugar cane, but used exclusi• ciy "oi
orage. The government repor,:; on the
'apier grass, the railroad agents stated
five it a high rating in protein: and rc
ommend it as a feed for cattle.
Patches of the grass that have bee
; 'anted in Glynn county for severs
ears are said to have stood the cii
..'atic changes so successfully „ba
any fanners have decided to rah .e :
milar crop reports stated.
One expert in the farming entc
arises in Glynn county has express
.he belief that the extensive planti
of he Napier grass will eventually ma
the county an important dairy center,
BtirleS Foe With
Masonic Rif
Vicksburg, Miss—During the W;
between the States members of t;
Fraternity were, owing to he dht'e . ‘ ' ,
in beliefs, forced to take up arms u
gainst each other, but there are man
instances recorded where Masonic se;
vices were rendered to the foe in time
ci distress. One is recalled in ,he in
stance of the death of the ca am
the Albatross, John E. Hart.'
The Hartford and the. little A at
according to an article in The uild
were patrolling the Mississippi Rive,
at Vicksburg and Port Hudson, tv.
strongly fortified points on the rive
Luring the patrol Captain Hart, of the
Albatross, was killed in action. It wa:
thought impossible to send hi bo.
either up or down the river a d ui
shipmates did not wish to bury his bo A i
in the river; so a flag of truce was s,
ashore to the 1 Tti«
ville to search for Masons and to s
cure their eo—. ..... , :* del
Captain a Masonic burial.
Two Masons, brothers named White
looked up the Master of the nea: -
lodge, S J Powell, afterwards Grand
Master who was serving in a Confede
rate Calvary Regiment .one r
others of the Craft buried Captain
Hart with Masonic honors. The bod>
was buried in the Masonic lot and tnc
ave marked.
Captain mart was a member cl 8t
George’s Lodge in Schenectady, N V
He entered the Naval Academy in 1841
and graduated in 1845.
Little Interest In
City Elec cion
Practically no interest at aU was
shown in the election of city officials
in the election held here yesterday.
Only two qualifications for mayor, E.
McElreath and R. E. Rowell and not
any for councilmen Mr. Powell with
drew from the race leaving only Uol.
McElreath. riie four cld councilmen.
A. E. Fleming, J Nolan Wells, W H
Harper and W C King will automati
cally hold over.
Treaty Out of Danger
The holiday period developed the
fact that the Kellogg peace treaty will
be ratified by be Senate Tire question
of saying what the treaty means, in
“interpretations,” does l.ot seem to
disturb the friends of tin treaty since
nothing contained in the suggestions
would change the meaning of the trea
ty. The chances are that these
“interpretations” will be rejected by the
Senate, as useless. If they are accented
the purpose will be to prevent future
misunderstandings.
Falling for Fashion
A Literary Digest poll is a modest
attempt to analyze public opinion
when contrasted with a modern indus
trial survey carried on by Government
direction with the aid of trade associa -
tions, manufacturers, school teacher.:
and club folks - a sort of “full house”
(fiat represents every activity of human
life. The industrial "survey” furnishes
a method by which the heart throbs W
the texile pulse have been counted, and
Edna L. Clark reports for the Bureau
of Home Economics of the United Sta
tes Department of Agriculture that
thousands of America’s women have
told the fact.finders that they are wear
ing more rayon and more silk, and less
cotton than in any former time. 3ut
the survey shows that cotton is
ing its own and it indicates that wo
men still live Old King Cotton, but
that they dress in the richer textiles
so that they may keep in step with tho
new and better styles made possible by
our newest textile.
OFFICIAL PAPER OF
CP MOEN COUNTY Jr|p
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VOLUME TWENTY-SIX, No. 9.
Ivan Allen Writes
Another
Atlanta, Ga„ Jan. 2. (GPS).—Ivan
Alien, former state senator and the
head of one of Atlanta's largest office
supply houses bearing his name, who is
£aki to personify “The Atlanta Spirit”
perhaps better than any other single
Atlantian, has written another book,
li:s latest volume, like his previous
' sitings, is about Atlanta, the title b.>
ing “Atlanta Fiom the Ashes. '
The volume is a comprehensive ex -
position not only of the achievements,
-tic ambitions,The purposes and he pos
bilities of Atlanta, but is an eloquent
i ibute to the indomitable spirit of the
on and women of Atlanta who have
ado these things possible.
In his foreword, Mr Allen says that
us volume is designed to present bis
ety to the executives of American
usiness. His expressed hope is chit
ae reader will regard all statements
: conservative and he assures the r >:i
• that all his statements are consei
vative.
x uusal of the volume will convince
e reader that Mr Allen will have no
. u.v in realizing his hope. Hr
a plain business statement. Ho
can't indulge in rhetorical flights, nor
. lie paint faceiful pictures of a gl >
.us future.
Grippingly Interesting
fie simply slates facts . - indisput
le cnesrtoo - - and then permits his
sder to draw his own
despite the absence of rhetorical
its or perhaps because of chat no- j
)ry is grippiiigly interestin'i
a permits the imagination to build i
n tiers around the simply printed
ill takes Atlanta from f ie ;
and carefully and logics 11/
ry step ill its progress, ibe
\t 144 pages long, but when
udes the volume - -
hide it before he puts
I: as an accurate and u 1 -
re of Atlanta and a gorge
?US ill its future,
ally known business men of ihc
who are familiar with Mr Al
iership in the “Forward Atlan
have expressed great in
latest product of his pen
bool; evicjycrs recognize .it as a
\ . A ; Aon of unusual value.
St p At Haa Royal, Brunswick
„ roi, A is Tax
;
'ayers’ Dollars
Millions of dollars of the taxpayers’
.' 'ivy arc spe it yearly lor carrying on
•.'/Viirnmental routine. Economics and
abor sav<ng huv;. beer, eftirtei from
me to time trough the innovation of
bookkeeping and tabulating machines
and more efficient filing sjstems and
calculators.
The most recent imp.ovem :nt over
.d methods is the new system oi copy
og and recording documents by photo
: aphy. This is now done in a number
.f states a.nd saves a tremendous a
icunt of time, money and labor, as
guaranteeing a degree of accuracy im
possible with any system of coyping by
human means,
“This method is no longer in the ex
perimental stage” says the Tax Digest
"It has been tried and found to meet
wry test. It is superior to any other
method that has, as yet, been invented,
f>. is of proven permanency of demon
strated effectiveness 4 *. It is the
most economical method. And it is of
- bsoiute accuracy.”
The copying of documents may seem
a small thing but it is an important
duty or government and one that costs
•a great deal of money. It is through
su;h economics as this that much can
be done to ra.se governmental efficien
cy and lower th- ♦ax rate.
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Plans Enlargement
Of Capitol Groundr
Washington, D. C.—A bill introducer,
na'.cr Keyes, of New Hampshire,
providing plans for the enlargement
and beautification of the Capitol gro
unds will be taken up immediately ir,
full committee and it is expected that
some action will be taken upon the
matter during the present session of
Congress. This bill provides that an
appropriation be made and authority
be given the Commission for Enlarging
the Capitol Grounds ior carrying out
the proposed plan.
Ever since Senator Keyes has been a
member of the Senate he has been fero
n o',; in legislation providing for the
development and beauty of the Nationa
Capital. At this particular time his
efforts are being concennoted in the
work of developing the Union Station
Cap'tol Parkway, which has been a ci
vie dream of Washington for the past
quarter of a century.
Georgian Ads Pay
AARON BURR ON
ST. SIMON ISLAND
Aaron Burr Once Visited The
Town Of St. Marys
By Dolores Boisfeuillet Colquitt
On the north end of fit Simon Island
on the coast of Gccngia a short stroll
from a roadway brings one to an a
bondoned ancient chimney, massive
and unique with its several ovens and
openings for fires to accomodate the
preparation of the abundant food of
plantation days. Close by are the
rabby ruins of an ante-bellum mansion
which intrigues the imagination to the
s ummer of 1804 when Aaron Burr, then
a fugitive from arrest, was an honored
guest here partaking of savory dishes
:hat came from the old chimney which
then graced a spacious kitchen.
Because oi the excitement oi public
indignation arising from his killing of
Alexander Hamilton in a duel, July U,
1804, Burr found it necessary to retire
from New York and from Philadelphia
to secretly set out for St. Simon. His
trequent letters from this island to
Theodosia, his daughter, whom he
loved to adoration, disclose his thoughts
and actions while there, and from the
one dated “Hampton, St. Simon, August
28" we learn that he was comfortably
settled.
Guest of Mr, Couper
His Southern friends feeling with re
gard to the duel differed from that at
the North, and he was welcomed to the
homes of Major Pierce Butler at Ham
pton Point, and John Couper at Can
non Point, both located on the north
end of St Simon Island separated by a
His hosts bestowed every honor
hospitality upon him and in these
he found luxury of epicurean
taste. He communicated to Theodosia
that the houses afforded: Mideria,
brandy, porter arid excellent French
and that “the appearance of a
fine s 1 - ep.hc td smoking on the tabic
has at actions not to be resisted.”
Again, . lile writing to her he remark
ed: “W ..fc a scandalous thing to sit
here all alone drinking champagne,”
and jovially he intercepted sentences of
the letter with toasts to amuse his
daughter, the last one being. “To the
Celeste, a bumper toast.'
La Belie Celeste
So, Celeste occupied his thoughts
while on St Simons; and thus we vis
ualize Burr there in yet another role;
that of a lover in a state of anxiety as
to whether or not the lady would ac
cept him. Celeste was the youthful
Philadelphia belie whom the 48-year
old Burr was trying to persuade to
him at the moment he had to
to St Simon; and in regard to the
situation of the affair, Burr wrote to
Theodosia: “If any male friend of
j ours should be dying of ennui, recom
mend to him to engage in a duel and a
courtship at the same time.”
Was It Celeste
Burr’s humor was always good in
those letters to Theodosia, affected pei
haps to lessen her and her husband’s
anxiety about him. It is said that at
Cannon’s point was long treasured a
souvenir of his visit there; the auto
graph he cut into the window pane of
the room he occupied. As he gazed
from that window on St Simon upon
the wide-spreading marshes and bound
less ocean, what serious thoughts oc
cupied him in that abstraction 'when
lie carved his name there? Was it
■ ome political scheme? The reeling fi
gure of Hamilton in the fatal moment
i the duel? A vision of the gallows?
ew York and New Jersey were juar
elling over which should have tho ho
ur of hanging him—or, was it Celeste?
Two fishermen and four bargemen
were always at Burr’s command and he
isited the neighboring islands, caught
rout, shot ricebirds, and “frightened
rocodiles” (alligators). Along the oak
leaded roads of St Simons he rode by
carriage with young ladies at the
Coupers for visits at Frederica and
Hamilton's Bluff on a distant part of
the island. He also made a journey by
boat to St. Mary’s; and after his return
from there set out late in September
from St Simons for his return to the
North.
—Savannah Press.
Editors note:-Mrs. Laura Baker of
White Oak has in her possession at
this time the beautiful old four posts
bed upon which Aaron Burr slept while
in St. Marys.
Tariff Revision
It seems to be taken for granted that
Congress is going to revise the larifi
and already the newspaper editorial
writers throughout the country ai D in
sising that tariff revision i:> a poiitical
question of first Importance. Great
industrial forces are clamoring for a
new tariff. For once the industries aro
on the side of the iaimers whose pros
perity they say requires these radical
changes that are proposed in the tariff
laws.