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THE ATLANTA CEOTJGTAX AND NEWS.
ATUITOAY, AUGUST i*. iwn.
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THE ATLANTA GEORGIA
(AND NEWS)
JOHN TEMPLE GRAVES, Editor.
F. L. SEELY, President.
Published Every Afternoon.
(Except Sunday)
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Ing. Neither doe* It print whisky or
any liquor nda.
asst
as It now owns Its wal
Other cities do this and get
gas a* low as <0 cents, with a profit
to the dty, Thla should be done at
once. THE GEORUIAN AND NEWS
heller** that If etrrrt railways can bn
operate.) successfully by European
elites, as they are, there Is no good
area nere. uni we uo not neuere hub
can he done now, and It may be gome
years before wa an ready for so big
an sndertnklng. Still Atlanta should
set Its face to Uut direction NOW.
Now they propone to milk by elec
tricity. Wouldn't that curdlo you?
A diet of Coosa river cat for sortie
weeks ban stilled the loud declaim
ing of the Potomac shad booster.
Up goes the price of diamonds
again, thus Increasing the popularity
of phonies.
New York and Chicago are run
nlng a neck and neck race for the
crime pennant.
The new directory of Chicago gives
It a population of 2,376,000. St. Louis
has not verified these figures as yet.
It’s all right If some Ill-advised
friend of John Sharpe's don't try to
boom him for the presidency.
Sharks have been seen off Ferry
Bar at Baltimore. Tho other kind Is
too numerous about tho streets of
the Oriole City to cause comment.
A genuine diamond mlno has been
discovered In Arkansas. That state
haB long', been famed for its "dla'
monds In tho rough.”
A loud muttering Is duo to come
out of the West First Assistant
Postmaster General Hitchcock Is out
that way.
Tho California prune crop Is al
most a failure, and Washington
boarding house peepers are In a
panic- '
Bears Invaded a Michigan town
and caused a panic. New York oc
casionally experiences panicky feel
ings from the same cause.
A pretty Nebraska woman Is likely
to cause a disgraceful scramble for
Judicial Jobs In that state. She won
her case and promptly kissed the
Judge.
Gotham loan sharks have combined
for mutual protection. Now, It the
pnblic would form a combination to
avoid the loan sharks, It would be
something like.
The esteemed New York Evening
Post, If It wasn't so busy correcting
faults of the South, might find some
thing for comment In the Gotham sit
uation jJ»t now.
In a speech In Rusbvllle, Ind.,
Uncle Joe Cannon declared that he
was going to keep his face toward
the east, lie might have added "and
my ear to the ground.”
- With no desire to start trouble, but
simply as a passing observation, we
arise to say no distinguished gentle
man has expressed s desire for ob
livion via the vice presidential route.
The Charleston News and Courier
can turn a compliment adroitly when
It chooses. Wishing, for some rea
son, to curry favor with The Post, of
Buffalo Bayou, The News and
Courier asserts that Houston looks
very much Uke Atlanta. The Post
would probably have been as red-
beaded os some of its muchly exploit
ed sorrel-top widows if The News
and Courier had said Houston looked
like Charleston.
IS THE TECH OP ANY USE TO GEORGIA?
Is the Tech of any use to Georgia? If so, why does It have each a
hard row to hoe financially? Why does the state make It plug so hard
for itsel(?
* Tho Georgia School of Technology Is educating 562 men at a cost
to the state of $65,000, or less than $100 a year for each man. The
Massachusetts Institute of Technology Is educating 1,327 men at a cost
to the state of $530,000—nearly $500 per man, or $5 to every $1 that
Or. Matbeson uses of Georgia's money. ,
New England Is where wo are to bring our cotton mills from.
Cotton mills are our stock In trade, and we must do better than they
can. If we are to bring thla all-important Industry to the South. Is It
that Georgia's boys are - worth only $1 to Massachusetts’ $5, and are
worthy qf only one-fifth the help? Is It reasonable to think that wo
can ever fight the mountain high advantages they have of years of
prosperity—established mills—and educated men, unless we have tho
brains with which to do the work?
Let's go a little deeper Into the question and see Just what's the
matter. Sitting In the House of Representatives one day this week
talking to one of our leading Representatives, while the school section
of the general tax act was being discussed, the gentleman said to use
“Why, the Tech graduates this year cost tho state nearly $1,000 apiece—
that’a too much.”
Figuring about 65 or 60 graduates, and the state approprlgtlon at
$55,000, It would make $1,000 each for graduates. But—the Tech Is ed
ucating 562 men—practical, real education—and here are the facts that
wo called to the gentleman’s attention: The Tech Is educating Georgia
boys—poor boys—the sons of the wealthy Study law and medicine—the
poor ones hard work—educating Georgia boys to operate cotton mills
so the folks In Georgia will have money to pay the lawyors and doc
tors. To educate a boy to run a cotton mill tho Tech' has to have hun
dreds of thousands of dollars' worth of machinery. He can not learn to
operate a 50,000-splndle mill from books; a 300-horse power steam
plant has to be fed with hundreds of tons of coal to make tho power
and light; a blacksmith shop with scores of forges has to be operated
every day; a carpenter shop with a thousand tools Is absolutely neces
sary. I)ut how can a classically educated man who has never known
tho prico of a pair qf overalls nor washed tho grease and grime from
his hands know bow to' compare books with tools and things. One Is
theoretical; the other practical—one the bone qnd sinew of our material
welfare; the other a necessary evil There Is absolutely no compari
son between the Tech and any other place of learning In tho South.
Our prosperity depends upon tho men who -come from It; it Is the
nucleus of every bank account; It Is the source of every river of Indus
try; It is tbo only place In the South where men are taken from the
farm and turned out with a full and sufficient equipment of actual prac
tical knowledge that fits him to step Into the cotton mill and direct the
many and Intricate processes to the end that Georgia can vie with the
world competitively for this our one greatest monopoly.
So few mon ever stop to think how great a monopoly the ' South
holds In the cotton Industry. Have you forgotten that during the war,
when cotton was neglected, the whole civilized world practically famine-
stricken for cotton, united In a mighty effort to grow cotton in their
own countries and colonies? Have you forgotten how England tried
all parts of India and Ceylon? How Germany tried Africa and other
tropical countries, and how Egypt, with Its little greon strips along the
sides of the Nile, can. only be a drop In the bucket, and then when all
efforts had failed how they acknowledged that they must look to us for
tho cotton of the world? '
Yes, this Is all true. Tho red hills of Georgia that some would
scorn have no counterpart In the world. Holland has Just the same
kind of a monopoly with qutnlno In the Island of Java—200 Inches of
rain a year; 3,000 feet'altitude; lava soli; 90 to 100 degreoa tempera*
ture—are tho Idenl conditions under which this all-important life-saving
drug thrives. And so far are we from finding similar conditions any
where else In tho world, that Java rolls In tho wealth of Its qutnlno
when It Is sold at 20 cents an ounce, while It used to bring $20 before
Java grew It. We have as sure a monopoly. Iron Is not confined to
any one locality; It Is found all over tho world—when a Pittsburg is
built on It, a Birmingham looms Into view; whon Ohio spuria oil from
Its rocks and htlla and give* the basis of a great wealth, Texas and
Virginia and Canada and a thousand other places one by one come to
share the glory of the pioneer, and, worst of all, a great death-dealing
monster called tho Standard Oil Company, lays down Its pipes and sucki
tho life blood thousands- of njllea to. their caves in tho rocks, where
they make or ruin any section as. It obeys or dlsoboys.
Not so with cotton. God mado It to grow In soil like ours. Ten
thousaud Luther Burbanks can not change that feature of Its nature—
it can not be sucked through underground pipe lines and controlled
with a minimum of labor—Its greatoat value Is given to It by human
hands with tho aid of tho Bwlft flying shuttle. Monopolies may control
It They can not take it from us. A Croesus with It In his hand would
the sooner put every mill In the cotton field, but who would stand In
the way? Only the law-maker, who does not know a shuttlo from a
splndlo, who holds up his hands and says, “Oh, It Is too much) Too
much! we need lawyers; wo need doctors; wo need classics, and art
and music!” Wo say rot; wo cry nonsonse. Give us a thousand boys
a yoar with which to equip the mills of Georgia, and we will glvo you
the art, the classics and tho preachers and the churches and tho schools
and the homes to make our millions glad. Give us us a heritage tho
cotton mills on a thousand hills, and you will bless ages .yet unborn.
Starve out the boys at tho Georgia Tech, who are roomed and boarded
at a little over $8 a month, because the state can not appreciate what
la being done by tho quiet, atruggltng band of manhood that learns to
build, and not to apoak, that learns to guide and not to choose, and our
children will cry out In ages to come because of tho mistake of both
tbo heart and tho hand of the most favored people that e'ver trod tho
footstool of God.
Give the boys their rights—they'll pay It back a thousand-fold.
sessed of a moderate ability In any given line, to achieve success If he
Is possessed of tho ‘‘open sesame” of the combination of words that we
are today studying./
Study the lives of the men who have made failure of life, ship
wreck of opportunity, and you find that their failure Is wrapped up In
one of tbo two last words that you are now thinking about They have
lacked reliability. They have failed In stability.
You today are wondering why you do not succeed, why It Is that
others with less natural ability than yourself are forging to the front
while you are being left In the rear.
You have ability. Yes! Have you reliability? Can your employer
trust you? Aye, can you even trust yourself? Have you stability, tho
power to begin, continue, and then hang on?
Ability, reliability, stability. Ponder tbeso words; Think about
them. Let them abide with you. These are tallsmanlc words. The
absorption of thofr purpose and spirit Into your life will bring you to
tl\e wide open gates of a successful life.
MADD0X-RUCKER BANKING CO.
Capital and Surplus $ 800,000.00
Total Resources Over 3,000,000.00
The accounts of Banks, Bankers, Corporations, Firms
and Individuals received upon the most favorable , terms con
sistent with safe and conservative banking.
4 per cent Interest, compounded semi-annually, is paid in
our Savings Department.
A SATURDAY EVENING.
Read these three words—ability, reliability, stability—aloud.
Paate them In your hat;* placo them on your mirror; bury them
deep In your heart.
Think about them. Memorixo them. Let each of them glvo you
Its peculiar message.
Ability Is talent.
Reliability Is honesty.
Stability Is consecration.
When you have honestly consecrated-your talent to the end In view,,
there Is little danger that you will fall lu the accomplishment of that
purpose.
Noarly all men have ability In some direction. Every man knows
bow to do some one thing well. "Jimmie,” the office boy, and "Kit
tle," the stenographer, have their varying abilities, which, It pursued,
would lead them to success.
Reliability Is not quite so common a possession, thoukh men In the
mass are, as a rule, reliable. The majority of men are not thieves. You
can trust nine men out of qvery ten. But when you come to hunt for
the men who use their ability lo dependable ways they may not be so
easy to find.
Stability Is a rare gift. Few men possess the spirit and the determi
nation to stick to one thing until the last gun Is fired. Stlck-to-lt-lve-
uess Is not found In every life. Most men are desultory In their work,
Jumping from one thing to the other, wondering why they do not at
tain. Have you studied that word, desultory? It comes to us through
the Latin, and In It there Is the picture of a goat on the hillside, jump
ing from cliff to cliff In search of green grass, but never tarrying long
enough to nibble and eat all there Is In the place where at present he
may be resting. Men are like the goat—capricious—that Is, the majori
ty of them. They leap from one thing to the other. They fall to stick.
They are finicky. They lack mental balance and the quality of soul
that enables them to extract from the work In hand all of Ita advan
tages, opportunities, blessings and harve'ats. They are like the boys
gathering blackberries; they are not content to exhaust the possibili
ties of one patch before they Jump to the next. The possibility of the
next Is of greeter attractive power than the certainty of the present.
Many a man has the ability to win for himself a competence, even
from unfavorable surroundings, who can not be trusted to remain with
the stuff. Many a man la thoroughly tellable, but lacks stability, the
heroic soul and quality to "fight It out on this line If It takes all sum
mer." 1 *
Never was there such opportunity for the young man of today, pos-
A8K8 INFORMATION A8 TO
TRAVELING AGENT8' TAX.
To the Editor of The Georgian;
I note on pago 9, of the morning
edition of today's Georgian that In the
general tax act a tax of 160 for each
county operated In Is put on "traveling
agents."
wlab to ask you to publish this
nnil your reply, stating Just the pur
pose and scope of this Item: "Travel
ing agents of what?' Peddlers carrying
their goods with them7 Salesmen?"
I am willing enough to pay a reason
able tax, but when we go through some
of the counties In the state and only
strike one or two towns stxeablo enough
to work (and we do not leave tho rail
road In many of the counties for buggy
trips). It looks to me like tho acme
of Injustice to expect us to pay a tax
of 150 for such a county. Why. a
year’s profits out of somo counties
would not pay the tax.
Please glvo us your fepty to this
through the columns of The Georgian,
for I am sure there are hundreds of
"traveling agents" In tho state who
will ring In their protest Yours very
truly,
C. L. JOHNSON.
Valdosta, Ga.
Army Orders.
Washington, Aug. 10.—Following officers
detailed to enter class at army staff col
lege, Fort Leavonworth: Captains Charles
D. Rhodes, Sixth cnvnlry; Charles E. Stodt-
ler, Ninth cavalry; Monroe C. Kerth, Twen
ty-third Infantry; John C. Raymond, Second
cnrnlry; Charles I). Herron, Eighteenth
cavalry, and Upton Illrney, Jr.. Sixth Held
artillery; First Lieutenants Bernard Sharp,
Third Infantry; I,. K. Morris, Tenth caval
ry; Rhees Jackson, Twelfth Infantry; Steph
en O. Fuqua, Twenty-third Infantry; Morrla
E. Locke, flrst Held artillery; Dennis 11.
Currie, fifth field artillery; Robert L. Col-
line. Eighth cavalry, and ltoyden E, Beebe,
Fourteenth Infantry; Second Lieutenant!
Ronald E. Fisher, Fourteenth cavalry
George C. Mnrahall, Jr., Thirtieth Infantry
and Barry L. Hodges, First cavalry.
Following officers detailed to enter clasa
signal school, Fort Leavenworth: Captains
Alexander T. Ovenahlne, Seventh Infnn
try; James U. Allison, Seventh Infantry,
and Arthur S. Cowan, Twentieth Infantry;
First Lieutenants J. Alfred Moan, Twenty-
second Infantry, and James E. Ware, Four-
teenth infantry: Second Lieutenants Peter
J. llenuesay, Fifth cavalry, and John G.
Winter, Jr.. Sixth ravnlry. Captain George
W. Mosca, to Chicago.
Naval Orders.
Captain J. K. Barton, Commander J. L.
Purcell, Lieutenant Commander J. L. Stlcht,
Lieutenant G. 1’. Brown and Lieutenant W.
Conn, Jr., commissioned.
Lieutenant Commander P. N. Olmsted,
detached Albany, home; Lieutenant W. It.
Cushman, orders to Chicago revoked; to Al-
liany aa senior engineer officer; Ensign R.
W. Kessler, detached Barry, to navur hos
pital, Yokohama.
Movements of Vessels,
Arrived—August 8,1'ralrle st Boston;
SOUTHERN'S SIDE OF THE CASE
Si PRESENTED BY MR. THOMPSON
TO THE PEOPLE OF ALABAMA
of the Lord, trusting and praying ns Moses
did for his people that they might he spared
from this great curse. At times he seemed
almost to wish that his name should be
blotted out If be was not successful In
saving bis people from the demon of strong
A* j r . e, SFu&rw'&S£ rareI Montgomery.. Ala., Aug. 9,-FolioV
done more than any one mun In the state I Ing the settlement of the passenger
wouliT^not* T f?etract° f rom ^nl^ mlfoT'-thi ?. nd ooMTOYtnf between
great leaders that we have, nnd they should | tna state of Alabama and the Southern
receive the plaudits of the people, but let Railway, which was effeoted at a con-
Governor Comer nod
fruits of his labors. All houor ana praise I other state officials on the one hand,
SJ8* Georgian, that has bo nobly chain- and J. S. B. Thompson, assistant to the
viewed by tS&greittaidJi gr,m,Il5r ° d ’ Prudent and attorneys of the South-
lociuea uy mis great icnncr. ero. on the other. Mr. Thompson has
* ‘ I Issued tho following- statement to the
PROMOTING MATRIMONY P, e „°?‘ e ° f Alabama:
IN 8TATE OF GEORGIA, r 10 the Peopl ° ot Alabama:
It Is altogether proper that the
(Prom Tho Baltimore 8un.r ' Southern Railway Company should
«h?Mt*r i <Jr ? A public statement concerning Its
was noted recently In Tho Sun. It doe* not I recent matters of cotitrovefsy with tho
appear to have made much headway. Be- state of Ain himn
spite assumptions to the contrary, thero 01 AiaDa ™a.
are many bachelors In the United States. It l* well known that at the last acs-
t’fleW^ k°“" «’«''«'*>«u r e on act wa, ptorn.
There Is no« doubt that they would resent I ed nx,n S the rate for passenger travel
at the (>olls any effort to tax them Into between points In Alabama at 2 1-2
matrimony. Their* strength seems to be|„- f- . ..
realised by the politicians, for there are I cen *® P® r niile. That another act was
no louger threats to make them choouc be-1 passed fixing certain freight rates on
tween marriage and the conflucntlon of 1110 commodities. The laws o* Alnhumn.
their property. Bnt th-re are etateamen In provide that It Is enmnetent fnrTrnM
various Darts of the country who Imiurinp I e ro ' ,ue mat it is competent ror a rail-
that matrimony can'be populnrlxcd by legla- ro J^ c°' n pariy when It believes that
lotion. A member of the Georgia leglsls- rates fixed by the legislature or the
OBoiinmn.
Soiled—August 7, Alexander from Cavite
for Yokohama. August 8, LonlsImm from
navy yard. New York, for North river;
ikton, from Rockland, Maine, for Hamp
ton Roads.
METHOD IN THEIR MADNESS.
vllle railway people abandoning tha 12
mile* of rood In North Carotins on ac
count of the 2t4-eent rate law. Now, It *
true the Loulevllle end Neahvllle people
went to a big expense to get tbelr pos-
eeselone Into Georgia, but tf the public un
derstood tbo rlrcumataaces. we believe they
would find there wsa something brevier
than the rate lasu* behind this move. Ily
putting this rate Into effect over their
mile* of rood In North Carolina, their earn-
ngs will not he decreased 8SQ per year,
when their receipts are, at this place alone,
1(0,000 per yanr, not saying anything about
:be outgoing business, the United States
mall, nor (heir revenues at their other
three stations on thla 12 mile* of rood,
which le no emell Item. Tho LoulerlUewnd
Nashville people hove no Ides of throwing
away thla piece of road on account of the
rate question, I feel euro. 0Ds j- 1|V1 j ii
Murphy, N. C,
THE TRUNDLE BED.
, ~ r--i - — * .. . I ■'*'•■*•• uto umvaouiiuviu
rlaee licensee according to the age of the and unjust, to file a suit setting up Its
I*!?, contract Under tho pro. I grounds for this belief, and hiving a
Yonng men a year* of age will be granted ^d'clal determination of the. disputed
n license alMwIutely free; Iwtween 21 nnd I Ina ^ er - The laws of Alabama further
25 n fee of 81.60 shall ho charged: between provide that pending this determination
30 and to years o feo of 82.60. and between there may be by the court a suspen-
80 and 60 years of age nt least 810 shall be slop of the contested rates The
SwTVof , 86i]rt?!t’L“oLCr” "lftrtlvTh any b f' ng Cn *
man walti until '80 yeara of age nnd la llrely convinced that these rates were
unmarried no one shall' have n right to Is-1 not only unreasonable and unjust, but
•ae a license nt all. wohld result in so diminishing lls reve-
?*, x .o. ou ! up , "! nues as to amount to a deprivation of
Klsiate men b toto wld^k™ 0 All^roMaL l,B prj P« rty . saw proper In March last
lions Involving taxation or high ^license J° J 11 * tt Bult l n the Federal court con-
must bo objectionable to the ladle*, dor the I testing the rate* fixed by these two
proposed laws seem to suggest that roan acts and obtained from the court an
will not many except nnder compulsion of Injunction suspending these rates dur-
thmt m ra&JVfee22H£. ,, 2S!"3!h2 the pendency ot the suit, or until
ha* Ilred alxty Year* In alngle. blessedness. JJJJ Int,ulred lnt0
there can be but one opinion, it U cruol and an( * Judicially determined,
exceeilre punishment—to the ladlea aa we'l| Lob* of Licenae the Penalty,
ae to the aeXairenarlanB. We expect the The legislature paised another act,
women of Georgia to affect the overwhelm-1 which Is known as senate bill No. 88.
Ing defeat of this pernicious meneure. This act required all foreign corpora-
PROM A COUNTRY phyaician I on or before July 1, 1907, to take
r HUM A COUNTRY PHYSICIAN. out a llcen80 from the BeC retary of
To the Editor of Tho Georgian: ftAta .AP^lortHng such foreign corpo-
? ,n J*?!* C ?| 1^. _!?^° trT n_ Pb M ~ ,uch license any foreign corporation
profcsslon aftor the on being sued should remove a case
prohibition bill goes Into effect? 1 have from a gtate court to a Federal court,
not etudled the hill closely, but ns far o. lu ii cen se should be cancelled, and
1 can see, no provision la made, except thereafter tf It should transact any
for » licensed pharmacist and hospitals, business In the state of Alabama It
Country physicians have to mix and pre-1 should be subject to a fine and Its
scribe thetr own drugs, and they can not agents and employees subject to a fine
do It wfthont alcohol. It's true, they con and Imprisonment. ,
buy their supply of alcollbl outside of the In October, 1906, a suit was brought
state, but anppoeo n law was enacted to I against the Southern Railway Company
prevent that, n-bat would tbo thousands)In tbs Talladega circuit court. Thla
of country physicians do? Oo off some-1 ,ult It will be observed was brought
where nnd buy tbo alcohol needed for pre- flve PIi or ‘° th « Pa»»“« 0 of »en-
paring their drug*, and smuggle It In? Do bll ‘ N °-* 6 - ,h ;‘ “ c ‘ being passed
not think by this that I am ns sntl. I am {* ^ a » r0 { , .’ m 1 o 80 Ilhe5 d r« r
not. I am a prohibitionist, but I do not autred to bo ^aken out nameW July
think It la right for tht. legislature to l*gi*.|? U |Jo7 ’ V ' ,Uly
late t certain class of physicians out of| ’
business Ilk* that.
loss should the final decision be th.t
the statutory rates were reasonable
and Just. '
Concessions on Both Rates,
It was. however, true that the South,
ern Railway company had In the stat«
of North Carolina and Virginia yielded
tho protection of slmllnr InterlocutoS
Injunctions os to passenger rates e«.
tabllshed by these two states, and on
this account there seemed to be soma
renson why tho Southern Railway com
panv should make a similar concession
to tho people of the state of Alabama
A different consideration applied to
freight rates. In North Carolina while
the Southern Railway company had
given tfp the protection of the Interior,
utory decree as to passenger rates. It
had not as to freight rates, it w a *
however. Insisted by the nubile author,
lttes of Alabama that In this itats
there should be the further concession
ln regard to freight rates, and It was
required as a pre-requisite to a settle,
ment of differences that these freight
rates should presently be put Into ef
fect Just as the passenger rates.
In Interest of ePsce.
The Southern Railway company
while satisfied that It was proceeding
In a legal and orderly way In defense
of Its property rights, after n careful
consideration of the matter, did not
believe that It would be Justified Is
standing out against this demand, but
that In the Interest of a peaceable and
orderly conduct of Its affairs, and the
avoidance of angry controversy, It was
performing Its public duty and sub
serving Its public uses to make thla
concession.
An agreement was accordingly ar*
rived at upon substantially the follow^
Ing terms: The cancellation of the If
cense was revoked and the Southern
Railway company will put In the stat
utory passenger and freight rates ot
or before September 1 and contlnua
them uhtlt its case Is decided on In
merits. Respectfully,
SOUTHERN RAILWAY CO.,
By J. S. B. Thompson, Assistant ..
tho president, Montgomery, Ala., Au
gust,9, 1907.
POINTED PARAGRAPH!
This It a public rqneatlon, and 1 would
No IVolatlon Intended.
The Southern Railway Company on
like for you ‘t. pub*n.h,0»r Cta*' ?* d ^.^"couVfo
iiibjoct, Your* truly ^ I tills cos* from tho st&to court to
Jskln, Ga.
H. O. MINTER, M.D.
lot penetrated,
to the younger
ared with the
nlng wheel, the reel, the winding blndea,
loom nnd the warping Imni that once
* a part of ever/ well-regulated hmiae-
(From tho KnahvlUe American.)
The Montgomery Advertiser, whoeo popu-
.jr editor waa old enough to vote when he
marched away to the war In 1M1, pull* out
an almoat forgotten piece or household fur
niture after this fashion:
••Wo suppose the trundle bed may be
ooked upon aa a thing of the peat, at
lenat In the eltle*. They used, to 1h»-used
In country homes, and may be yet, but
they are uot often to be found In the city
home*, yet they hail their ndvantagea, —
pcclatly where floor apace waa limited,
ainnll nnd comfortable bed on wheeia, large
enough for two or three, aoiuetlroea four,
to »leep on at night waa very convenient.
In the morning It could l»e shoved back un
der the parents' bed so aa to lie out of the
way during the day, thus leaving more
room. In moat of the country homes there,
wn* little floor room to spare and, larip*
I teds for all the children would be In the
way; hence the sonvenlent little trundle.
Modern bedsteads »re generally so low that
even If one wanted to use a trundle bed
then* would be no place tp hide It, but they
wen* n great convenience.*'
Except perhnna lu remo
the Chippendale chair hat uot
tbc truudla bed la uuknowu to
generation. It has disappeared,
spinning nMHMM
' i ami tne
,*rt of every _.
hold where strong, healthy girls nnd luaty
boys grew In bunches Into woman hood and
inanhoot). The trundle bed la out of dote,
and It waa aa liiaanltary'aa the folding ImhI,
being abut out from tne air and air cur
rents, but It baa been th* couch of many
who grew to be statesmen, warrior*, ange*.
philosopher*, orators, poets nnd lender* of
men. The modem bedroom contain* no
auch furniture. It abould contain aa little
a* ponalhlc of any kind. It should contain
only one |>eraon. not over two, nnd should
have the reiiulslte number of ctildc feet of
nlr for each sleeper. Most bedntends ore
too high. In the trundle bed day*, how
ever, they seem to have fared pretty well.
The rooms usually were not small, even
the enldn*. the open fireplace waa In vogue
and fresh air waa not lacking. Few rooms
ami large families were the rule, and they
bred men nnd women who have not since
been surpassed. Hut people live lietter
and know more now than they did then,
and what were then considered the luxu
ries of the rich or the effeminate are now
necessities even among the noorer classes.
The good old days had tbelr virtues, hut
they also had their faults, to which we
would not return.
CREDIT SURELY DUE HERE.
To the Editor of The Georgian:
There Is great rejoicing all over our
state at the grand victory won In the pro
hibition fight. We hare great things to
rejoice over, and tboss that have stood the
l»ruiit of the tight should receive the honor
due them. We have bad some great gener
als at work In this conflict, both tualo
and female, which we bare given credit
for the suecesa that has l«een obtained.
Hut there Is one sitldler that fought In
the ranks wbeu be did not have even the
the federal court, and ln conaeouence
of Its doing so Its license to d<5 busi
ness In the state of Alabama was can-
„ . .celled. This step-on the part of the
MEDLEY OF MATERIAL THINGS. Southern Hallway Company was not
(Lines addressed to a lady from takcn *** P ur P<?» 0 defying the
whom tho writer received a law,! ot Alabama, and It Is believed by
|L 0 ««L2? # . a A received a piano to ltB( CO un'ul that it waa not forbidden
be tuned and put In order during her by senate .bill No. 86, Inasmuch as tho
absence in Europe.) lease removed was one which was rer
Dear Madam: It Is finished nt \n*t\ movable under the federal statutes and
i Ji.v.m"., ! d 5 ,a * t! had been brought, as above stated, long
I refer to the rehabilitation of your before the paoeage of senate bill N*o, 86.
piano. It ha* been laborious and te-1 The state authorities however, did
dlou* but wltha| an Interesting, nr* | not take this view of the matter. The
rheological study. I Southern Railway Company was
From within ths Egyptian darkness dieted In Perry county, and It was
of Its Innermost recesses I have re- further stated that many other Indlct-
moved the following Impediments, In- menu were to be found against it nnd
voluntary contributions, doubtless, of Its agents and employees.
"forgotten day*”: ^ *>-_
Oata, wheat, toothpicks, orange peel,, „ U u.„ e ,„
rose leaves, burnt matches, scrape of CotnMny had forfeU^ Ita rlghTto do
eased’ fSes" aiuf^nthlr *«nf** ht V nn Intra-stato passenger and freight
'“*?"'** °" d . entomological business along It* line by tho cancella-
Tram'n , enncelled tlon of Its license presented a condition
.k. lec * of aftalrl which was most serious. On
2L2“2L cobwebs feathers, one hand It waa practically Impossible
S.a d . ° u r ? v,lln , , ‘' truant for the Southern Railway Company to
h*?*- ” Jg* letter, one cease doing this character of business.
P! a ^!, n * C*D) (e**ht of diamonds), one The persons living along Ita lines and
6’“ *!“ v *,(* l *e 6 one vat-I doing business upon and along Ita lines
entlne embossed with wild roses and I between points wholly within the etate
forget-me-nots, small photo of young | of Alabama would have been not only
man dressed In Confederate regimen- seriously Inconvenienced by such a
tala, the features somewhat obscured step, but In many case* absolutely
by finger marks and heavy stains, as | ruined. On the other hand, tf the rati-
though caused by copious tears, gener- way company and Its agents and em-
al ' e,, er. | ployees were to be subject to constant
Separated from the many strata of I Indictments for engaging tn thla bust-
foreign substances, the tones of the In- | ness, a demoralisation, would have fol-
atrument again reverberate with fan- lowed which would have rendered It
clful witchery and beautiful melody, impossible to perform an orderly and
once more romps and gambols with |efficient public service.
-UK. 1 * .I?* *P U "C* hold I The Southern Rajlway Company felt
ATlongTr Stotod^°”o*g r ?a ‘ t “ lf | obUg ^ d ’ not 0n,y 5°
with the hated reminder of a commer- bringing about any such result, but to
clal age, but clean and clear, with the do everything in Ita power and make
glint of sunbeams scintillating within, every possible sacrifice to prevent such
aa they penetrate the occasional ln- a deplorable etate of affairs from aria
teretlces of the outer case, and die- Ing.
port themselves from surface to eur- Opened Negotiations,
face of the ptano*» "midst.’* Accordingly It immediately opened
j Father Time has negotiations with the public authori-
dealt kindly wltA your Instrument. In tlee of the state of Alabama ln an
the matter of age, It owns up to nine- earnest endeavor to bring about a
teen (19) year*, come C&ndelmas Day, I peaceable and orderly aolutlon of the
and yet Its vital* are Intact and capa- I whole difficulty. It was demanded of
b . w.a* 1 ?" execution. ] the Southern Railway Company that
I hold the aforeaald obstructions sub*, it should, pending the determination of
V° ur ° r P a f* _ the fairness and reasonableness of the
Believe me, lady, the week’s labor passenger and freight rates fixed by
required to restore to your vehicle of the acts of legislature, give up the
harmony Its erstwhile perfection has I protection of the Interlocutory Injunc-
been one of love, coming as It did at tlon, although accorded to It by the
a period when I was eorely jaded and laws of Alabama, and pending the final
worn with cares that ‘Infest the day,** I determination of Ita cause, put these
and the persecution of a cold world rates into efTect. It was apparent that
that craves and must have a fresh sen- I the result of such action would be that
sat on every hour, crushing, pitilessly. If the Southern Railway^ Company
In its Juggernaut march Innocent lives I made good Us claim that ^hete rates
to* appease Its appetite for the sal- [ were unreasonable and confiscatory. It
aelous. i ——•— —**■—- J-—•• -* -
«... .w w - i wou,d I***, without recall, the differ-
But the sooting charmes of a sere- ence between ( Its valid rates and
a ?°.*?J ta u vla with the sym- these lower rates, for the period that
P ™ y * a? 725? *5* Io . ve of ?V r dear mu »t elapse «ntll a final decree should
ones to dissipate the gloom. Hence, 11 he rendered by the court In Its pend-
repeat, the work upon your inatru-1 Ing case.
ment has been of the happiest within On the other hand, the Southern
my memory. Respectfully, I Railway Company had by the execution
RICHARD MON'TUOMERY TRUAX | or amiL bSd? wlSh uiqiSuSS »
(Front The Chleaao New,.)
The road to success has many buy ways
When a men
his nalBbkors i
After a ntnn Beta to be stxfiit no eld il
the romance hn, ooxod out of hie syntem.
The world le full of fonllnh people who in
OjUtble to seo things from our point ot
Time gets nway from nn old man nlmok
,ne qulekly as money gels nway from
young one.
It'* * wonder the tight eqoeeilng In Win
street doesn't excite the envy of Hie corn!
trust.
A women always went* to be s mu',
friend no ho can do something for htt tt
prove that be la glad ot It.
The average man thinks he will bin
plenty of time for everything If be wlndi
up till watch every day.
In after yenro, a eplneter knay have eiuM
) congratulate herself on th "
times she didn't get married.
Fame l«. ao awfully alow that when It
finally doe* come to tho average man It li
compelled to rooit on hie monument.
AH th* world*! a stage, end eneh ot
the acton thereon oeema to think II In up to
him to act ae hie own press agent.
When a woman has a good-looking hn»
tnd *he always keeps one eye on
the other on her woman friends.
When people say of a dead man, "He U
hotter off," It'* a pity he Isn't In • po*
tlon to appreciate his good luck.
The affection of too many wlvee In of tM
cold-storage brand.
Onr Ideh of a loafer le a man who rnlo
before he get, tired.
A blockhead lan't th6 only chap who cel
ebrate* hit wooden wedding.
It'* eaay to dreas a profitable bunlncm I*
the garb of respectability.
One opportunity la enough for the mm
who know! how to take advantage of I'.
Yon may have observed that some me*
innke a specialty of melancholy uheetvn-
"on*.
Too often the wife’s yearning rnpndlf
la larger than the hutband'a earning e»I» f
ity.
If he bee a large family to nuppert, 6
man can't afford to have any other eitraf
ngnnt habits.
When a man first makes a fool of hlnv
aelf he get* an uwfut jolt—but he no-
gets used to It.
Some men are ao nmart In a hualneon a*f
that people ilo not enro to do bntlneee vu»
them a second time.
Itememlier, young man. If you ort *—
sntlstlfd with your job, the ehaneei *—
that the bo** will uot rerune to nrivet y—t -
re*l gnat Ion.
Mr*. Eddy was 80 when *be disco'erej
Christian Science. Just as lira. Stowe «•
80 when she wrote "Uncle Tom s
Scott la-gun the Waverly novel* when "
wa* 88; Mahammed was 62 when the hem
marked the Iwgtnnlng of his grent w—*-
SwedenlH.r* waa 68years old when wh*t»
called hi* Tlluutlnntlon began, and If
ton and Darwin. had regarded them-'
as paat their beet at 80 there would no
he neither the. "I’rlnelpla" uor 'The Otipe
ot Specie*.”
Of the 80,000.000 acre, of fertile KndJJ
the weet of Canada the government m»
uit.itte.i r.-j nnil has only I*-!* 1 —
allotted 78,280.000 end has only '<■ f’T
left. In 1808 the crop acreage of Jlnm‘"E
Saskatchewan and All-rts. with a "1“*,
tlon of 808,828 wa* 7.2S3.718 "iU
smalt proportion of this ha* f “ ,lf V*tf
the hands of bona-fide I*™",..„„
million seres of the fertile land gl'J*
by the government Is In the hands et^,
ponies, syndicate* and private
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Atlanta, Co, August S, 1907.
ililli* tmira.ni "I
curlty, protected the patrons against purpose of obtaining higher