Atlanta Georgian and news. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1912, April 04, 1907, Image 6
THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN
(AND NEWS)
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vertising. Neither does It print whisky
or any liquor ads.
OL'It PLATFORM: The Georgian
and News atsnds for Atlanta's owning
IIS own gas sail electric llsht plants,
na It now nnna Its watar worts. Other
< Itlet do this and eat *as aa low as «0
rents, with a profit to the rite, this
should lie done at on< e. The Georgian
suit News lielteres thst If street rail-
ways nn he operated an.reiitnlly by
European rllles. sa titty are. there la
no geod reason why they ran not he to
operated here, nut wo do not hellsre
this ran be done now, and It may lie
.nine years Itofore we are ready for so
Ids an tnnlertaklas. HUH Ailaaia
should set Its fare In that direction
NOW.
Our Street Car System Grows
Considerate.
Tbe Georgia Railway anti Electric
Company Is to b« congratulated ard
commended upon (be good policy of
establishing a department or public
ity.
One of the thlnga of which we have
complained In time paat has been the
silence that was almost Insulting
which these great corporations, (team
and electric, bare maintained toward
the pleas, complaints and Inquiries of
the public which supported them.
The Pennsylvania, flrat of American
railroads, was also the flrst to recog
nise the good sense of fairer and frank
er dealings with the public, and Its
department of publicity, presided over,
by the way. by Ivy W. Lee. au Atlautjt
man. lias had a moat wholesome effect
upon the attitude of the public toward
the corporation.
Other great systems have seen the
good results of the plan, and today
nearly arery progressive corporation
has Its department of publicity which
gives out Information, answers ques
tions. and satlaflei the public as far
su possible upon the questions of In
terest and importance.
Of course, nobody Is foolish enough
to believe that the Georgia Railway
aud Electric Company's new depart
ment will tell alt the things the peo
ple would like tt> know, or satisfy all
the complaints that may be made. Hut
it la at least a commendable and en
joyable advance to have some one to
whom the public can go to unbosom
themselves and be “Jollied" and reas
sured and comforted with tba promise
nf reparation and better tblngi to
come.
For tbls act of good sense and good
spirit, we are indebted to the contpaity.
Bon Voyage.
As the governor-elect or Georgia
take* hie departure for a brief and
well-earned rest in trans-Atlantic trav
el. let ua speed him with the good
w isbea of a people who lay great store
by bis health, and count happily and
hopefully upon Us safe return.
Hoke Smith carries more of Geor
gia's future history within bis vigorous
personality than moat men understand.
He seems "called to the klugdom" for
this especial time of great movements
and of gTeat tvenlt.
At be watches tha rudder and belm
of tha great abtp that bears hint amid
Atlantic storms. 1st ns hope that his
-nlrit will catch the Inspiration and
-'eadfastneii of responsibility for the
winds and the waves which he will
buffet on his later voyage with uur
ship of state.
The Benevolent Elks.
When the Elks move to charity they
move on broad and liberal lines.
Tt is probable that outside of Ma
sonry no organisation In America
gives mote frequently and more geaer-
oasly to the relief of poverty and suf
fering than the really Benavoltnt and
truly Protective Order of the Klks.
The work of their hands la estab
lished upon thorn and the poor and
unfortunate have learned long since to
look upon tba order as their friend.
Tha Elks distribute thousands of dol-1
lars every year In Atlanta In enlighten-,
-'d and discriminating charily. For
ihls thoy do not tax the public, but
raise the money among .themselves, i
They are asking now the public to 1
- ipport than In the raising of a fund j
»< • which eTery half dollar that the In !
vidua! pays will be given back in
■full measure of enjoyment, fun and I royal road to charity, for you give
; laughter. They are planning four ben-1 without knowing It.
, t-St performances In public which are j The record of the Elks In good
: each more than worth the price paid ; works Is their best appeal to the cor-
for admission. The Elks' way is the dial support of the public.
THE CHICAGO BALLOT VINDICATES MUNICIPAL
OWNERSHIP.
We trust that The Constitution will noi attempt to discourage the mil
itant movement for municipal ownership of lights and power In Atlanta by
. any deductions drawn front tb'e recent election in Chicago.
Chicago has nothing to do with the case. So far a* Chicago Is con
cerned her real victor}’ l« already won. The tight for municipal ownership
In that city has borne Its magnificent and practical fruits, and the status
established by the election of Tuesday Is. it glory and a strength to the
general prindpla upon which It was achieved and the principle which
w«v advocate in Atlanta today.
The tight for municipal ownership has wrung from the street car In
terests a proposal to operate upon a revocable license; to pave, clean, re
pair and sprinkle the streets they use; to give universal transfers; to
spend from $40,000,000 to $50,000,000 In Improvements, extensions and
slbwayi; to pay 55 per cent of their net profits to the city, or. If the peo
ple prefer, to reduce fares to the same extent. In addition to tbls the city
reserves the right it any time to buy out the business for not more than
$50,004,000. plus what the company shall have expended In Improvements,
ordered or approved by the city's experts.
Huraly If municipal ownership baa won any nobler victory in Its agita
tion than this tt Is more than vindicated In the judgment of the people.
And these magnificent concessions, mark you, were all won by the ag
itation for municipal ownership and the demonstration (bat the people
were In favor of putting It Into execution.
l-et ns establish this fact Id Atlanta In the matter, at least of lights
and power just now. and when It becomes evident tbat the people are
aroused and united, and omnipotent as they always are when they are
aroused, and united, we shall speedily tee how fast and how' far the corpo
rations who control these commodities will gallop up to the municipal
office and make auch terms as the people demand and ask.
It is difficult to see how the people could have secured any better
terms or better conditions than those which their determination and In
telligence have plucked from the most obstinate and autocratic corpora-
lion In Chicago. v
And it Is easy to see how the people In Atlanta'can win Just such a
victory Just whenever they make plain that they know what to do and In
tend lo do it.
Municipal ownership Is simply vindicated and glorified by the Chicago
election.
A RATE EXPERT FOR THE STATE.
In the inldit of the many and complicated questions with which the
iieople have now to deal In connection with the railroads, It Is becoming
more and more'evident that In these matters the stale will require an es
pecial expert whose mission It will be to figure Jvlth the railroad experts
upon all matters of freight and passenger rstes and to see that the state's
end Is held level In any line that Is drawn between the corporations and
the people.
Railroad commissions and private business bodies have complained
for some years tbat whenever they come to a face to face dlscussldn with
the railroads upon a question of the justice of certain rates and tha ca
pacity of the railroads to prosper under them, that the experts who rep
resent the corporations figure so plausibly and so logically as to make
It appear that the corporation would be thrown into bankruptcy with a few
months' trial of the policy which the state has demanded at the hands of
the corporation.
The commissions and the business bodies go away from such confer
ences fully Impressed with the fact that they are still right but that the
figures are against them, and they have come to believe that one of the
strategic points lu their contests for the future Is to have a rate expert'
representing the state, and not necessarily trained by the railroads,
whose duty It shall be to post himself upon the facts and to figure ss
clearly and aa accurately as do those coriiorate accountants and masters
of the theme.
Some of the states already have an official of this type. And the
work which has been done by blui has more thau vindicated the wisdom of
his training and the price paid for hla services. The state of Georgia
needs just such an official now. This need Implies no criticism of the very
capable member of the state commission who was at one time a freight
and passenger ageut of the railroad. Conditions have changed, methods
have been advanced since that time, nnd nn expert knowledge of freight
and passenger traffic Is now and ought to he more and more a distinct and
profitable business In Itself. *
Tha state of Ohio has had such an'expert for a number of years and
the people have been greatly pleased at the value of his work. They see
aud believe that his services are iudispenaable and that they come near
er to putting the people upon an equality with the great .transportation
lines than almost any other force In our economic organization.
This Oblo stale expert is In Atlanta today In consideration of the
state's csss against the Georgia railroad. The Georgian wishes we could
keep him here, or another like hint.
We feel sure that it would pay the state of Georgia to secure the
services of such an official here aud now. And more especially at this
time when we are drawing near to a practical conference and considera
tion of a reduction of passenger and freight rates.
In advance-of an appropriation by the summer session of the legisla
ture, we believe (bat a sum could be raised from the ranks of the shippers
and the producers generally to pay a temporary salary for such an expert
whose presence would save the commission so much of time and trouble
and equip them with so much of accurate and valuable Infoi nation In the
teforra which they are settlug out to establish In our transportal Ion sys
tem.
A FAITHFUL SERVANT'S FUNERAL.
On this Thursday afternoon there goes to the cemetery at Oakland
a proceuloiwthat typifies a phase,of the old South which Northern people
have never been able to appreciate or eten to understand.
Among our funeral noticea today Is one which records the death of
Mary Webstar, for 40 ytara the aervaut of Mrs. Samuel Meyer, of Atlanta.
For 40 years tbls faithful woman has been a distinct and definite member
of the kle.ver family. She has nursed every child of the household front
babyhood to manhood and to the last day of her life watched over them
with an almost maternal care. She baa been to them a second mother In
her fidelity. In her patience. In her Intelligent devotion and in her wise
co-operation with the mother of this family In every reasonable disci
pline and wise precaution.
Outside of the attention giveu to the children, this Southern house
hold has been at all times under the almost joint control of the mother
and the faithful servant. The keys have been In her bends through all
these years, and In time of sickliest or absence tbe entire direction of
the household has been in tbe dlicretlon and judgment of tbe faithful slave
and of the equally faithful free woman. No act for 40 years has destroy
ed tbe confidence of this family towsrd Mary Webster in any relation
which tbe bore to them.
And it Is doubtful If in ell this time there has been a noticeable dif
ference In the kindness and consideration which these typical Southern
people bive exhibited toward this faithful woman and tbat accorded to tbe
aeparate members of tbe femlly. As she hes been true and kind and faith
ful to them, so they have been true and kind and faithful to her. They
have nursed her to sickness, they have respected her In hegltb, and today,
after 49 years of service, she pastes for the flrst time beyond tbe care and
affection ol title family when she goee to her own private lot in Oakland
cemetery, where she will have an honored aud respected grave.
More than this, the four boyt of the Meyer family now grown to u*<-
ful and effective manhood, all of them occupying positions of trust aud
confidence lit Atlanta, will act as the pill bearers of tbls faithful negro wo
man on her last journey from their home. And never In their lives will
these accomplished eons have done a gentler or more appropriate service
than when they carry to the grave this faithful and useful woman tint
ed to all tbe memories from youth, to manhood.
Southern people who read this story w ill see In It nothing tba* I?
strange or out or the common run. The Northern people who were net
raised in thin environment can scarcely understand the tic that binds tbe
old Southerner to the hid slave element ef tbe race In a relation which,
however much it has been magnified by fanatics and distorted by faction.
was a relation of ntutuel care and mutual consideration and o' mutual af
fection In every Southern home.
Never for ac Instant did thla faithful woman overstep the bounda
ry that marked tbe real division of equality between tbe races. And yet
In tbat Infinite tact of the old regime she lived on her aide of this line as
tranquilly, as happily and as heartily as the mistress of the household and
her sods lived In mutual consideration and kindness upon theirs.
One by one we are laying away these old and venerable link.: tbat
bound the races-to the only relation in which they were ever formed to
llvfi.
IMMIGRATION.
To the Editor of The Georgian:
In Tha Atlanta Journal of March J4,
1107. appeared an article on Immigra
tion by Bishop W. A. Candler, and be-
ceuee of the vlewe expressed by hint
snd the wide circulation given them
together with the great Importance of
the question, some refutation or com
ments on his statements may be help
ful. ,
The object In view Is to get laborers
to till the lands In the South on an
Intensive scale, end as our own farm
labor, black and while, peem Incapa
ble of doing this. It Is Imperative that
we get the kind of labor who have been
raised up under-a system which de
mands the best use of every acre cf
land. I
There are thousands of acres of land
In Georgia which will forever be ‘in
eyesore In the light of day If we are to
depend upon our present labor to
change It.
The gentlemen who are endeavoring
to help In this matter are trying to
save the property qf the people In
Georgia from confiscation by Idleness
end taxation. These worn out lands
are being slowly confiscated by the
state, by a system called taxation, and
unless some way be devised to save
them through use the present owners
end their children will all die paupers.
If every Idle person In the state were
to go to work on these abandoned
lands, they would not touch the hun
dredth part of them.
The state of Georgia, under a proper
tillage system, could sustain for -til
time a population of twenty-five mil
lion people, and comfortably and un
crowded at that.
If Bishop Candler only had a lot of
this Idlo land and saw it being slowly
taken away from him by the stealthy
processes of taxes and the profit sys
tem In railroads, merchandising and
manufacturing, would he wait until he
could find some good, healthy, native-
born Methodists to tilt It?
But he writes as follows: "Generally
speaking, foreigners who get their con
sent to forsake kindred and friends and
native lend in order to secure gain In
another country are not the beat of
their nation before they migrate, and
the migration doee net Improve them."
This Is rather severe on our fore
fathers who came to the United States,
and Is not calculated to enthuse us,
their descendants.
He has, 1 think, unwittingly, said
mote than he meant about our fore
fathers. for they did get the land .from
the Indians, by a process not exactly
In accord with the ejlilca of the Ten
Commandments and of the Methodist
faith. And when wo come to the point
of upholding our pretensions to being
civilised and a Christian people, we
mutt get out of the dilemma In some
way.
Perhaps the best way Is for the com
mon element of us to agree with tho
groat agnostic Bob Ingersoll. who said:
"The best thing that we can say about
our forefathtrs Is, that they are dead.”
The bishop, not being In a position
to Indorse Bob, will have to find some
other way out. The bishop hits ex
plained why we kicked George the
three time out of our turnip patch; he
was too foreign for us foreigners.
The bishop gets out as follows: "I
would not be understood os opposing
the coming of foreigners to our coun
try.
"My position Is that we should nel
liter prevent foreigners coming among
us nor seek by artificial Inducements to
move them to come. I.et them come
on their own motion, and enough of
them will come, and come soon enough
both for their good and ours."
Here the good bishop reverses him
self. This time they can come for
their good and ours, provided they are
not artificial foreigners, but are gen
uine foreigners. Like the bishop. 1 pin
opposed to tbe artificial, but heartily
In favor of the genuine.
To my tnlnd, a Chinaman with hi*
tall cut off la a horrible sight.
The genuine foreigner Is the one our
immigration society Is after, end not
the artificial kind. Ilk* our forefathers,
who came here for gain and to rob
the Indians. Further he writes:
."When, however, they come among
us to make money out of us, and we in
turn urge them to come In order that
we may make money out of them, a
bed combination Is made that bodes no
good for them or ue.” Thla Is the milk
In the nut.
Do ne not employ native labor now,
and hold out to It the Idea uf making
money out of ue, end I* It not our ob
ject to make money out of them? Is
not this ths rule and the Idea In Geor
gia. amongst us home-made foreigners:
If It Is not bed to employ native
labor on the basis which we do. how-
can It be bed with the foreigner? As
to 8und*y and whisky: The foreigner
I* an angel compared to our own na
tive folks, except as to beer, which Is
not as bad as whieky. perhaps.
There never was and never will be
prohibition under capitalism. Then the
negro problem Is an objection. It lias
to be settled first. I thought It was
settled by Mr. Smith end Tom Watson.
One of their.adherents states that the
legislature following the two gentlemen
named are going lo put the negro**
back on the farms as slaves, and es
tablish a constabulary force to keep
them there, end make them work a*
they did before the war and under the
same conditions, and everybody op
posed to this Is to be run out of Geor
gia or be ku-kluxed.
Of couiae this settles the question nf
Immigration, for In thla age. foreigners
will' hardly wlah to compete with a
condition which gives the master all.
and the laborer nothing bet religion
and a shroud.
To re-man old Noah's ark and ram
and sink the battleship Georgia with It,
no Immigrants are needed.
W. A. JOHNSON.
Atlanta, Oa., March :■>.
BRYAN AND RAYNER.
Army-Navy Orders
MOVEMENT OF VESSELS.
Army Orders.
Washington, April 4.—The following
orders have been Issued:
Captain W. C. Hsan. artillery corps,
report to chief of artillery, Washington,
Captain George P. Heard, assistant
surgeon, detailed member retiring board
at Denver, vice Colonel Edward. B,
Mosely, assistant surgeon general. Re
cruit Robert Broock, general aervlce,
recruit , depot. Columbus barrack*,
transferred to hospital corps as private.
5faJor William D. Crostby, surgeon,
from Vancouver barracks June 14 to
Soldiers’ Home, Washington, as attend
ing surgeon, relieving Major William
H. Arthur, surgeon, who will proceed
to Waehtngton barracks and assume
command general hospital, Washington
barracks, June 15.
Major Clarence E. Dentler, Twenty-
third Infantry, to Fort Leavenworth.
Private (first-class) Victor Labrecque,
hospital corps, from general hospital,
Presidio. Sen Krancleco, to Fort Ham
ilton. Reerult Lawrance O. Gephart,
cavalry, reerult depot. Columbus bar
racks. transferred to hospital corps ns
private. Oranance Sergeant Relnhuld
Selwe. from Madison barracks to Fort
Sheridan, relieving Orderly 6ergeam
Frederick E. Toy, who will proceed to
Madison barracks.
Second Lieutenant Harry L. Jordan,
Twenty-first Infantry, report lo com
manding general, department of the
east, at Norfolk, for duty at Jamestown
Ter-Centenntal Exposition. Contract
Surgeon John L. Pomeroy, from New
York city to Fort Wright. Sergeant
Herbert G. Mills, Eighteenth recruit
company, recruit depot. Jefferson bar
racks. discharged from tho army. Prl-
vate John P. Mullins, from Twelfth
battery, field artillery, Fort D. A. Rus
sell to Troop M. Sxth cavalry. Fort
Keogh. Second Lieutenant Starkey
Britt, artillery, to Fort Caswell, pend
ing arrival Seventy-ninth company,
coast artillery.
Naval Orders.
Passed Assistant Surgeon A. W.
Blutte, detached naval medical school,
Washington, to naval hospital. Cavite,
stopping en routs at London, England;
Hamburg. Germany, and other points
for special duty. Pasaed Assistant
Surgeon H. M. Tolfree, detached Con
nectlcut. to Dolphin. Passed Assistant
Surgeon P. E. McDonald, detached Dol
phin lo Connecticut. Gunner C. D.
Holland to navy yard. League Island,
for duty In connection fitting out Kan
eas.
Movements of Vessels.
SAILED—April 1. Princeton from
Corlnto for Amapala; April 3, Chi
cago from Acajutla for Amapala, Mil
waukee from Magdalena Bay for San
Francisco.
MOST POPULAR GEORGIA PAPER,
To the Editor of The Georgian:
I see from today's Issue of your pa
per that the report of Messrs. Hall &
lllges, the experts employed by At
lanta's municipal ownership commit
tee. fully Justifies the position of The
Georgian taken in the Interest of the
people for cheaper lights by the only
means of municipal ownership,
These popular stands, championing
the people's interests, have made The
Georgian the most popular paper of
the day 1n Georgia, and It is singular
that other Important dallies are not as
enthusiastic or, at least, mure Inter
ested In this subject, whlcp means so
much to the people of so large a city.
Right on top of this disclosure come*
that guardian of the public's welfare,
Dr. Longlno, who now sees that the
supposed conipetllton of electric lights
is about to turn out to be a myth. This
makes It so much more fortunate that
The Georgian has the people's fight Tor
municipal ownership so well under
way.
What would Atlanta do without The
Georgian and Dr. Longlno and a few
Others?
These are questions that will become
mote and more serious and Impera
tive with the growth of Atlanta, and
why not puah the question to a final
conclusion before any more city con
tracts are made?
The Georgian can lead the voters
and the voters will gladly aupport The
Georgian, whether other papers Join
the fight or not.
C. J. HOLLINGSWORTH.
Thomaslon, Ga., April 3,
CRITICISING MUTUaI
FIRE COMPANIES.
the
tbe approaching meeting of
f eaeral assembly, tbe writer thinks
■ —
... .me opportune tu rail attention to the
existing law* of lieurgl* regarding mutual
lire Insurance companies.
Tbls Is n question of particular Interest
to tbe horde of properly owners In Ih*
country districts and small towns of tbls
stale.
These "mutual" companies organised un
der the laws of Georgia have no capital
- .. -- - ■„
— - —. —, _ jppiles.
They have unmrrons traveling represent!!
tires alt over the state—tbe majority of
tbem uot registered with the comptroller's
office—who. after placing tbe potlefes. are
never seen nor beard of sgalu. I say with
out fear of successful contradiction tbat
tbe major portion of these companies are
organised for tbe purpose nf fraud, with no
Intention whatever of paring their losses.
The writer has known of many Instances
where losses hsre been sustained under
oite of these "mutual" concern's policies--
and never yet has he hears! of a single
dollar being paid by them to the assured.
Oily a few weeks ago. la this elry. a lots
was sustained under the potley of n com
pany located at Havanuab. Ga.. one of the
"mutual assessment companies." and the
last Information tbe writer had froui the
assured was that he had employed two law-
vers In Savannuh aud two here to collect
his Insurance for hfui. The company Ins,'
cousisien'ly refuted to eten answer his let
ters. I doubt his ever collecting a nollsr
of his 1X0) Insurance. What rcourse has
this assured to tbe courts? I'nu’t this
ompeny simply say to him that they have
nut assessment notices to all ilteir pof.
Banking by Mail
We receive deposits by mail and issue pass-books for same, being
the first bank in tbe South to establish this feature of modern bank
ing.
Many of our customers who constantly travel or who live in rural
districts, have found the advantage of Banking by Mail, which enables
Ill-Ill lo receive 4 per cent compound interest on I In ir sating?, and nl tip.
same time have their funds In the care of a well managed Institution of
established reputation.
With a Capital and earned Surplus of $700,000.00 and total resources
of over $3,000,000.00, we meet every requirement of a safe and sound
depository.
For full particulars, write for our Booklet "G.” A postal will do.
MADD0X-RUCKER BANKING CO., Atlanta, Ga.
STABBED 12 TIMES,
MAN FALLS DEAD;
SLAYER NOT KNOWN
Chicago, April 4.—George Penovltch,
aged 35. was- stabbed to death In a
house after a battle In which a num
ber participated. Penovltch staggered
Into a rooming house near the scene of
the crime bleeding from a dozen stab
wounds. He attempted to tell how he
had been attacked, but fell dead be
fore he could give the names of his as
sailants.
Dr. Wharton at Grand.
The Atlanta Baptist Sunday School
Association wilt hold a mass meeting
at the Grand Sunday afternoon, be
ginning at 3:30 o'clock, at which the
chief attraction will be an address by
Rev. H. M. Wharton end singing by a
very large chorus. Dr. Wharton Is one
of the most prominent evangelists In
the South, and Is conducting revival
services In the city at present. The
Baptist Sunday schools count them
selves fortunate in being able to secure
him for this occasion.
Eltven Years for Murder.
Norfolk. V*., April 4.—J. D. Shal-
bolt. a chauffeur, 30 years old. was
yesterday convicted of the murder "f
Milton Brown, a negro. He was sen
tenced to eleven years In the peniten
tiary. He pleaded Insanity in mitiga
tion of the offense.
At Glenn Street Church.
Revival service* at Glenn Street
Baptist church have been in progress
for two weeks. The pastor. Rev. S. J.
Parrish. D. D.. has been in charge,
preaching at night. The grand climax
was reached at the Easter services last
Sunday. The pastor will be assisted
this week by the sailor evangelist, Mr.
Taylor. The meeting will continue un-
til next Tuesday night, with services
at 3 p. m. and 7:30 p. m.
GLASSES
FITTED
"The representative retail
optical house of ths sooth."
A careful, ezha'astlve ami
complete elimination nf
the eyes and tbe latest
styles glasses fitted.
Ask to see the new
Tories and tbe semi-luvis!-
ble Bifocal*.
Thirty-five years-as opti
cians to the Southern pen-
pie—of much consequence
lo you when you need
glasses.
A. K. Hawkes Co
OPTICIANS.
Two ) 14 Whitehall Strait,
Stores ) 125 PeAchtree Street*
Thraeher Kyle.
Thrasher Kyle, aged 63 years, died
at the residence of his daughter, Mrs.
E. Gregory, 24 Leonard street, after a
long illness with paralysis. He is sur
vived by a brother. N. B. Kyle, and
two sisters. Mrs. E. C. Gregory nnd
Mrs. J. D. Presnell. Tfie funeral serv
ices will be conducted Friday morning
at 10 o'clock. The interment will be in
Oakland cemetery.
WHEN’tHe’cOWSCOME HOME.
With kllngie. klsngte. klingle.
Way down tbe dusty dingle.
The rows are coming home:
Now sweet and dear, nnd fnlnt and low.
The nlry tinkling* come nnd go.
Like cblinioga from some far-off tower,
nr (miterings of nn April shower
Tint makes the daisies grow-
With Jingle. Jungle. Jingle.
Soft sounds that sweetly mingle,
The cows are coming home;
MhIIiiio and I'earl nnd Klorimet.
DcKniun. Redrose nnd (Iretehen fk-hell.
Queen Iless and Nyiph nnd Mjiangled Sue—
Across the field I hear loo-oo.
And clang her silver bell.
finding, go-lang. golinglollngle.
With falut far sounds that mingle.
The cows come alowly home.
The itiwi are coming home.
And over there on Merlin Hill.
Hear the plaintive cry of the whippoorwill;
The dewdropa lie on the tangled vines,
And over tbe poplnrs Venus shines;
And over the silent mill.
The cows come slowly home.
Let down the bars; let In tbe train
of long-gone songs aud dowers, and rain;
For dear old times come hack again
Samuel Kittle.
The funeral services of Samuel Kit
tle. who died at a private sanitarium
Tuesday night, will be conducted Fri
day morning at 10 o'clock In the chapel
of Greenberg. Bond Ar Bloomfield. The
interment will be In Westvlew ceme
tery.
THE DICTIONARY
OP MISINFORMATION
Lexicographer.
wBkMt'* Sferetf#. 1 *** " 0, < ,hu,0 C«|.h*d
FACE—The human's hlllboaril.
INVESTMENT—Plselug money lu muiim-
thlnx that falls slowly.
Investment should not he vaafoundvd with
speculation, which I* placing money in
something which falls suddenly. •
LUNCH. FREE—A~bean.
ONION—An edible fragrance.
OV7T-—A bird that rsn't he ne wlec os It
looks.
OWL. BOILED—A man that cen't be ns
foolish ss he looks.
PRETZEL-A cracker with the cramps.
200 WILL PARTICIPATE
IN ATHLETIC PROGRAM,
Special to The Georgian.
Macon, Ga., April 4.—The first an
nual gymnastic carnival of the mem
bers of the gymnasium classes at ths
Young Men's Christian Association will
be held at the Grand opera house on
Thursday, April 35, and the young men
who compose the classes are working
hard to make this one of the athletic
events of the season. About 300 m-it
and boys svlll participate In the pro
gram. and the finest demonstration >(
scientific gymnastic work ever seen In
Macon will be presented on this occa
sion. '
IRISH HISTORICAL CLUB
SERVES ELEGANT SUPPER.
Special to The Georgian.
Macon. Ua., April 4.—Tuesday night
the Ancient Order of Hibernians m
Macon celebrated the fifteenth anni
versary of their organisation In this
city, and a most enjoyable evening was
spent. A supper that will be long re
membered for Its attractiveness we*
served by the young ladles of the Irish
Historical Club. and a vote of thank*
was accorded them for their splendid
assistance toward making tha celebra
tion a success.
Society Fiction.
Chapter I.—Patrimony.
Chapter II.—Matrimony,
chapter III,—Acrimony.
Chapter V.—Alimony.
-Puck.
Thousands for on* Flower.
For un onjild of the Uilontoglossum Crl»-
pum Leonard Perfect variety 33,«oi was
(Mill at a sale at Chcapsldr.—I/mdon Dally
Mall.
To the Rdlto.- of Tbe Georgian:
Iteferrief lo your editorial ol a few
dive ago on the Hoe. William Jruulags
Itrysr. and seeing that you ere t„ lie one
of the speaker* at a tisuqnei to him In
Chattanooga on April 1*. I want to suggeai.
nr nominate, a* a running mate for him.
Senator Darner, of Maryland.
Itrvan nnd Dajner. Deaarrsiie nominee, _
fo- president and vice president. IMS. ‘ i lo pay Its los,e«.
. T. K. JON ho. 1 lit GII
Carters We, «»•-, April Z. Valdosta* Ga., April 2.
ien what chance has tbls assured to col
lect bl« 6880?
You know full well. Mr. Editor, what
the state of fiwrjla irqulrw of tho stock
companies lining hnsiueis within her bor
ders. In addition to it large deposit with
the state, thry have to |»nv n tss of $,V
for each traveling or specUl ageut. Would
yon not cult this wont unjust Aiscrltulna-
tion. Mr. Kditor?
I say. let the approaching general as
sembly enact it law mmlrlng all lire in
saran*-# '-omnanle* within th-- borders of
.corgis to have a capital or <*o.'pl»;* fund