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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS.
rilUUHDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 190i
THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN
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OEH’PLATFORM: The Georgian and
Newa atamla for Atlanta’* owning Its
own gas and eleetrle light plant*, salt
now owna Ita waterworks, other cltlea
do tbit and get go* *• luw as *i rent*.
with a prollt to the city. TUIa ahould
he dose at eaee. Th# Georgian and
New* lielleeae that If street rall*«r*
can be operated onrregofnllr by Earn-
naan cltlea. aa they are. there la na
S reason why they can not be so
■ted here. Bnt w* do uot hellers
can ha done now. and It may he
some year* before we ere ready for so
big to undertaking. Still Atlanta
ahotild set Ita face In that direction
NOW.
At leait the aafo-crackern In Mis
souri do not have to be ahown.
Sonic men retire from congreea. but
congress retires from many more.
The Washington Herald has suf
fered a relapse from too much pump
kin plo.
Safety razors are coming Into gen
eral uae everywhere, except at negro
dances and ball games.
The Sultan of Ul Mulk Bdr Ih on hla
way to this country. The paragraph-
era’ union la ready to receive him.
Perhaps those Houston rata oat up
all the big collarda Dailey propagates
before the collarda reach maturity.
The man who advises cheerfulness
as s cure for grip Invites assault with
Intent to massacre for hla Idiotic Idea.
A Hungarian couple have celobrated
their one hundredth wedding anniver
sary. He did not marry an American
heiress.
There may be perter and batter par-
agraphers than The Nashville Ameri
can man. but we do not recall them
Just now. ,
The Buffeting Papa Club has been
formed In Warsaw, Indiana, but Just
bow much those papas suffer will not
be known until tho wives "get wise"
to the club.
It la to be hoped that when tho fleet
n out of the Magellan straits that
I be the signal for tho simul
taneous passing out of near-jokes
•long that line.
A Wlnsted. Connecticut, man has
an automobile that he has turned Into
• haypreaa and wood saw. Wlnstod
also has the moat versatile hot air
artist on the globe.
Wearied of Initiating them Into the
Anahlas Club one by one, President
Roosivelt rounded up the whole bunch
In hit tetter to William Dudley Foulke,
and Jammed them thru.
Atlanta's grip Is grippler than all
the measly grip of Now York. Wash
ington and Houston combined. It has
downed as mighty a frame as that of
the governor of Georgia.
The government has ordered IS,000
wild horses on the Western reserva
tions killed off. An order to kill off
the “dark horses" would probably
mean a greater slaughter.
The wife taf a Gotham comedian
threatens to quit him because he Is
given to eating onions. Yet. Jack Mc
Cartney still stands by his absurd
theory of onions aa a love potent.
At any rate, no woman lias yet been
willing to place even the responalbil-
Ity on Rowell or McCartney. Finally,
ye unregenerated, go get a- wife If you
want further attention at onr hands.
“Champagne will be reduced 20 per
cent In price and oatmeal will be
sharply advanced." lays The Wash
ington Herald. So long aa the price
of grits remains steady, however, the
•tar boarder will not suffer.
What Is this? Our old and stead
fast friends, the broken-handled cup,
the cracked plate, nicked glass and
other accessories of every lll-regn
la ted country hotel to be retired with
out a pension? The Oklahoma gen
eral assembly Is going too far.
J. Pferpont Morgan dentes the In
terview printed In me papers and
written by Alexander L'lar, editor of
The Petit Journal, of Paris, In which
Mr. Morgan la made to attack labor
men. He Intimates that an “1" has
dropped out of the Parisian editor’s
name, between tho T and "a."
REMARKABLE MILE POSTS IN CITY'S BUSINESS LIFE.
It Is difficult to believe that Atlanta, the city we have seen grow up
from the little mound of asb«s of only a few years ago. has reached the
proportions she has today.
1^ seems but a brief period ago that our banks made Jhelr start, and
today, almost aa If by magic, we see the last but one of them step Into
the mllllon-dollar line. One can hardly reallxo the stride that has been
made.
Atlanta, hommed In by the hllla, with no water freights and with
transportation costs sometimes almost stifling—the distance* being to
great to thp outer world—has. In the pait forty years, worked wonders
In commercial and Industrial development.
It baa only, been a little while alnco our first mllllon-dollar bank be
came a reality. Then other* followed: the Third, the Fourth, the Low
ry—and today the Maddox-Rucker Banking Company place* Ita banking
business In tho Hat of national, banka. With Ita $600,000 of stock and
$400,000 of surplus It top* the mllllon-dollar mark, and will be christened
the American National Bank of Atlanta. •
Events of this kind are not always topics for editorial comment—
but some of the facts In connection wltll this purtlcula/ case are to
much to be commended that we would not do justice to the welfare of
Atlanta If we did not mention them on our editorial page.
Here are the facta: ft develops that this bank ha* bo conducted Its
affairs that ft may pass under the rules of the government and become
a national bank without any change; that It baa owned no real estate
aa securities; makes no real estate loans; makes no loans In excess of
the 10 per cent requirement; owes nothing, and Its assets ere all com
mercial—In brief, a clean bill of health.
The gentlemen who have conducted this business have -not violated
the treat their clients hare placed In them; they have done the right,
the safe and the honest thing, and we claap them by the hand and say to
them; Gentlemen of the new American National of Atlanta, we com
mend you for your common honesty, and bid you godspeed on the great
road to success where you and your fellow-bankers of our city are trav
eling so rapidly.
How deeply It la to be regretted that our friends of the Neal Bank
should not have had the courage to eouduct their business as the Mad-
dox-Rucker and our other banks have been conducted. How mueh It
ntould have saved our city; how many homea would be happier today.
EDUCATIONAL CONFERENCE AT MEMPHIS.
The eleventh position of the conference for education in the South
will bo held at Memphis, Tenn., April 23. 23 and 24. Previous annual
meetings of the conference which have taken place In other Southern
cities have always attracted a wide Interest and a large attendance of.
men and women concerned about educational progress In the South. The
selection of Memphis as the place ofamectlng resulted from the united
efforts of tho municipal, social, military, commercial and public school
authorities of that city, together with that of tho City Federation of
Women's Clubs and of other organisations.
Earlier conferences held In the South have stimulated Interest In ed-.
ucatlonal matters and have awakened a broad and generous publlo senti
ment In favor of a more actlvo and aggressive policy regarding Increased
school facilities In this Section. The approaching conference should not
be confused with either the Southern Education Board or with the Gen
eral Edncatlon Board, both of which have accomplished so much for
Southern schools. The latter has no connection whatever with the Edu
cational Conference. Mr. Robert Ogden, of New York, is president of
both the Southern Education Board and-of the Educational Conference,
so necessarily the alms and purposes of both these organisations are
similar and In some Instance! Identical. Meeting In Memphis In connec
tion with the conference will be tho Association of the State Superin
tendents of Education for the Southern States and the Women's Inter
state Association for the Betterment of Public Schools. The assembling
at the same time In tho same city of threo such organizations will neces
sarily signify much'for education In the South.
fn discussing tho object* to be considered at the approaching Confer
ence at Memphis, Mr. Edgar O. Murphy, secretary of the Southern Edu
cation Board, expressed the following opinion, which I* an earnest of the
practical reaulta to be attained by the educational organisation In which
ho Is Interested;
"Public education la thus regarded as one of the funda- *
' mental Interests of altltenahlp. ft Is not at^ exclusive Interest of
the 'educator'; U la tho business of every man and of every
woman who appreciates the vital Importance of the public school
in the development of our Southern States. The private schools
are doing a work of Incalculable value, but It la upon the public
schools—especially thru tho rural 8onth—that the masses of
our peoplo must depend for tho greater part of their education
al opportunities. Our chief Interest, therefore, I* the quicken
ing of enthusiasm In behalf of our rural common schools.''
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x BETTER JUVENILE LAWS FOR ENGLAND.
A bill amending tho existent lawi for the protection of children In
Great Britain passed Its first reading a few days ago In the houae of
commons. It la expected that the amendment offered will speedily be-
como a law, thus putting Into action more stringent measures for tho
moral and physical protection of all classes of helpless children, whose
neglected, pitiful IJvea appeal to the better Instincts of more fortunate
humanity. The bill Introduced In the English house of common* on
Monday prohibits smoking under the age of 16. The bill further pro
vides for Juvenile courts throughout Great Britain, and calls for place*
of detention for children guilty of mladomeanora. Instead of sending
them to the regular Jails and prison*.
The proposed law furthermore demands that the Imprisonment of
children ahull be henceforth entirely abolished. Public sentiment In
England has been thoroughly arpused regarding the miserable condi
tions environing tho children of tho masses In that country. As is'well
understood, tho wages paid the average woman worker In England are
pitifully small and meager and the families of the workers surprisingly
large and abundant. Aa a natural result of these facts the poverty and
suffering among the poorer classes of England are sufficient to arouso
even tho phlegmatic Britisher Into action, and protest. The fearful waste
of Infant life, brought about thru the carelessness of drunken parents, Is
to be lavestlgated by English authorities In future and such means of
protection thrown around the humhleat child as will Insure that child
at loast exemption from the brutalities and the criminal neglect of tho
worthless parents. Adequate punishment will valao In future be meted
out to all fathers aud mothers to whose carelessness can fn any measure
be attributed the suffering and death of their helpless children.
In the adoption of more effective laws for the defense of childhood
England will place herself In line with the noblest spirit of modern
philanthropy and with the worthiest expression of advanced humanita-
rianlsm.
1 A PLEA FOR THE ARMY OFFICER.
Secretary Taft haa made a plea to congress on behalf of those un
fortunate army officer* who are forced to perform duty In Alaska. The
present system of reimbursing army officers for travel waa never Intend
ed to fit the limited facilities of that barren section with tho result that
officer* up there arc out of pocket every time they move on government
business. Secretary Taft haa written to certain senator* calling atten
tion to the experiences of a lieutenant In Alaska, showing the Injustice
of the present rigid law which allow* only T cents per mile to cover all
expense* of officers traveling for the department. This lieutenant Is re
quired to make four trips a year of 115 miles each. HI* allowance Is
about $S and hla actual expense* In the neighborhood of $100 per trip.
On this journey the officer require* the sendee* of seven dogs and their
keep amounts to 50 cents a day, and the trip requires nine days. In ad
dition he hot to j>ay for meala at the rate of $1 each and $1 for each
night** lodging. Every time he makes one of these trips the officer Is
out of pocket close to $100.
Officers Take French Leave.
While department commanders In
their annual reports have been com
plaining about the number of deser
tions of onllsted men from tho army.
It la Interesting to note that In tho
past five year* eleven officers have
taken French leave. The government
does not apparently make any vigor
ous effort to run down three desert
ers, and yet It ought to, tor the sake
of the example xet to officer* and
men.
To the Editor of The Georgian:
I wish to hear from a Christian lady-
In comfortable circumstances who
would take a bright orphan girl, II
years old. and give her a home, moth-
er's care and advantage* of school for
the helix company and companionship
It would be to both. She Is of good
family and has been working at a sal
ary of $3 a week and lives with her
aged grandmother, who works and eets
$6 a week.
The two have been caring for a sis
ter who married a young man who took
to drink and left ills glrl-wlfe with a
year-old Infant dependent on her little
sister and grandmother, and the little
sister has been out of work for weeks.
Here Is a chance for an act of charily
and oneqf the worthiest deeds for one
who has the means to help brighten
and build up to usefulness one deserv
ing. Who can estimate the value of
such? Only God Himself. It Is my
earnest desire to help the child and I
realise that the surest, safest and best
way for It to grow up a useful woman
Is to have the help of a couple who
are nblo and willing to give her a
mother's love and protection. She had
to quit school when In the fifth grade.
If disposed to help her.-klndly write me
fully about yourself and what otter you
can make me In her behalf. Address
P. O. Box STS, Atlanta, Go.
DON’T SLEEP ON THE SHELF '
Lrrquontlj aa you hear young men talk
tag relative fo their rbnnrc# In life foi
iirumi.rioo yon will bear them any: “The
• man’a opportunity haa gone l»jr.”
They will tell yon there aru ao many
preat corporation#, with high official* who
hare favorite nona to place In nnelttoiifl
•»r aona of friends fo locate, that It Is lin-
I'oaalhla for a young inau without wealth,
irlewla or Influence to tnnke for blnieelf
n name, a reputation and
that bring faJm advancement.
* E2* When you hear young or old tnen
talking that way don’t you hellere them,
for the opjiortnnMtea for young men of
sterling worth were never ao many aa now.
N«*rer were there auch Incentive* for young
men to prove tbemaelve* aa now. More
than ever. If a young man will* to get up,
be can get up.
* Neat time you hear any young or old man
growling and aaylng he haa no chance, you
watch tluir^nan. Invariably you’ll nu<l
that he la iPahlrker or haa aome imd hub-
It of negligence or disregard of tome of
the fundamental principles and courtesies of
By JOHN ANDERSON JAYNE.
life that no man can neglect aud come out
a winner.
Meu fall In life because they do not bend
every effort toward success.
Opportunity not only cornea, to every
uiuira door once, ahe looks In thru the
window, crawls under the crack at the
door, seizes hold of a young mau. shouts
In hla ear, ami tries by every possible
_ mean# .to compel the young man to lit-
cburactec. ten.
Hatty a young man fitlla because he fails
to put his besttenergy, hla beat talent. Into
hla work. For the man who works wllh
heart anil baud, with the windows of bis
soul open to the music of the song bird of
’ “ auch thing aa failure.
I mun sleep ou the shelf,
neglect hla work, do It
in it cnreieao. an Indifferent kind of way,
and that young man Is foredoomoil to bit
terness. sorrow and anguish of heart In
the dart that shall come.
Queatlon: If you have had no oppor
tunity couie to yon. la It liecauae you have
been sleeping on the shelf?
SOLVING THE SOUTH’S GREAT PROBLEM
The following article, appearing In The
Southern Highlander, Is written nl*«nt the
school conducted at Home, tk#„ by MU#
Martha Mcf’besney Berry:
By HOWARD AGNEW JOHNSON.
(tunning along the foothills of* the Rluc
llldge and the Appalachians Is the stretch
of country known ns the piedmont section.
From this region we have probably the
purest American blood, free from the ad
mixture of modern Immigration, found na
the confluent. It was from this people
that Abraham Lincoln came, and the stock
still contains elements of ragged strength
and clean living. Thousands of little fnrma
throughout this sectlou are owned and cul-
tinted by white people, from whose hum
ble homes are corning today the boy* who
are «t the front lu the professional life
of the Houth. These young meu came, In
the tnnlti. from the fumilieu that are a lit
tle lietter situated than the majority. Just
able, with great self-denial, to setnl the
Iniys to school aud college. lint In tha
same region there are liunilredn of lioyt
possessing the same native gifts as their
more fortunate uelghlmra who are doomed
to the plow for life liecauae the desper
ate poverty of the family makes an edu
cation Impossible.
The desolating devastation of the war la
still felt all thru this part of the Houth.
Hteadlly, yet very slowly In stxne sections,
the people are recovering from the condi
tion which left them prostrate and discour
aged, The North bn* never Itecn awake
to the opportunity offered here to realize
the precious fruits of twitce In npplylug our
Lonl’s parable of tne Hood Hamnrltan.
Here Is our neighbor uoeillng onr sympa
thy wind help Jiiet now. The work of the
education hourils lu Itchfilf of the negroes
of the Houth I* most commendable: but
what Is to lw» our nttltmle toward onr
white brethren of the Houth who are han
dicapped by this hurtlen of poverty? Hhnll
we educate the negroes above t lie mV If
we full of our duty toward them, thru
our devotion to the task of uplifting the
negro, that Is whnt will happen. At pres
ent these white young men are driven
by force of their circumstances to compete
the level of tKe negro’s wages and mode <
living.
country
ilvanon of the city and
lunriurc ui lllffi uaiiuii, n uril v*r t
of the poor boy* of the country
hnv? gone to tne front of the nation s
In business attainI and In the profet-
veal capacity for leadership In every dlrec-
tlon. Jiut toe negro betrays generally the
lack of executive ability and Initiative. It
rHai
visit the school knd carefully Investigate
every feature of Its work and life. In the
two years Just passed It had been ray
tlon that ono Interested In the Christian
training of youth would wish to see. The
very atmosphere was saturated with lofty
Christian ideals. Character, not clothes,
determined leadership. A painful economy
was everywhere practiced, because there
by one more Imy might l»e taken In end
helped. One realised that Miss Berry and
her faithful helpera arc giving the boys
iniRiiirni int* iiswu.
Surolv this Is one of the strategic points
of need, of opportunity, and of great prom
ise. I*et patriotic people who are sec* ~ -
a way of assisting a most worthy v
exntnlne this school, and I am sure they
will 1m* convinced of the fare chance to
build victorious manhood Into the fabric
of the nntlfin’a life.
New York City.
MADDOX-RUCKER BANKING CO.
CORNER ALABAMA AND BROAD STREETS.
Capital . . . . $200,000.00
Surplus and Undivided Profits $650,000.00
Commercial Accounts Invited.
Interest, compounded twice a year, is
paid in our SAVINGS DEPARTMENT
4%
ARMY-NAVY ORDERS
AND
MOVEMENTS OFy VESSELS.
Arm/ Onfart.
WASHINGTON. Fell. It-Con tract 8or-
,Con Tbnninn 8. Lowe, from Philippine* to
8nn Frnnrloeo.
Nsvy Order*.
f.lentru*nt Contmnnder E. T. Wither-
«Poon. to ch*rte recruiting, Clilenco;
I.lentenant Commander J. V. Dodrldge, de
tached rrornltln*, Chicago. to iiurenu re-
crnltinf. llM.liIpmnn V. M. Metrtlf, de-
tm-unl Chnrtenton, home, restfnntton ac
cepted.
Movement* of Vetsel*.
Arrived—Fetinwry 11. Ca*p*r »t Ran Juan.
VIII* Lol*l* at Shanghai, Hntnrn at Magda
len* Bay.
Sailed—Felirnnry 11. Aretha**, from Pant*
Arena* for T*lca»ha*no. Chlrknmw from
•Newport for New Torfc n*ry .rard. Leban
on from GnnntanSiufl for Vuerto forte*.
Jnatln from Mnxdalen.i B*t for Ran Fran-
d»co. Scorpion from Boston for Norfolk.
A Good Idea
Have You Noticed?
That the crowd of unemployed men con
gregating along the curb at Urond and Mil-
rlcttn ata. haa greatly diminish*) recently,
since ninnjr of Atlanta's manufacturing es
tablishments have reopen*! ?
That directories to capltid offlci»s inny be
found nt nil entrances to the building*/
That notifies Is unusually qulot tor A
great political year? „ ,
That the three sanitary street Anthers
have Itcen working overtime sine** the fitorm
and are giving splendid results? t _
That a colountle extending the length of
the Mctnl-clrch* of amusements Is being built
nt White C’lty. Atlanta’s, new park? .
That tne work «»f trimming the trees In
jured by the storm was beguu under the
Mupen fslon of the (Kirk board early Uednss-
tlnV morning? .
That nil the pool rooms of the city, de
spite the Increase In number, an* doing a
land office business?
That work on laying the big water main
from t'sney's Hill to the reservoir, which
wns to have begun several days ng«?, has
not begun yet because of the wenther con
ditional
Th nt the Grady Hospital ha# gone several
months without n sensation?
That the ground hog whs on to bis job
when he retired to his hide on February 2?
How tnnny people Unger around Jewelry
stores, gazing at dlauiomls?
Ibrtv much attention the concrete machine
at the jnuiMlon of l*esehtree-st. nml Broad-
at. attracts?
SUPREME COURT OF GEORGIA.
Chattahooch-o Circuit.
L. II. Young, executrix, et al. vs. Geor
gia Home Insurance Company; from Mus-
cogee. Argued.
M. F. Ilood. administrator, vs. Walter
Ulnckinou et al.; from Harris. IHamiased.
ItcynohW Banking Company vs. II. It.
Neisler; from Taylor. Argued.
K. f\ l*b*r«v et al. va. Middle Georgia
Land and Lumber Company; from Taylor.
I-owe. administrator, at al. vs.
W. I>. Crawford; from Marlon. Submitted.
Patao'a Circuit.
Green ftttleton vs. C. W. Green et *L;
from clay. Mnbmttted.
Flowers Lnmlter Company vs. Toni
Brown; from Karly. Argued.
C. T. bowrey et al. vs. \Y. I*. Cheatham,
ordinary; from Terrell. Submitted.
D. W. James et al. vs. W. P. Ray et
Brief News Notes
Acting on the coroner's suggestion,
the New York police began the Investi
gation today of evidence Indicating the
use of "knockout drop*" s* having
been ^ responsible for several deaths In
East Side saloons recently, ft Is sus
pected that a certain gang Is rcspnnsl
hie for alt the cases the detectives are
Investigating.
United 8tates Attorney Perry wired
the department of JuHtlce today that the
miners' strike In Fairbanks, Alaska,
which for several days had threatened
serious complications. Is well In hand.’
lie believes all danger from outbreak
In punned.
Senator Stone of Mlasourl, who haa
been quietly canvassing the senate In
an effort to learn whether enough Re
publican supporters could be secured to
enable the Democrats to pass a resolu
tion calling for an Investigation of the
use of Federal patronage In the promo
tion of candidates for office, has decid
ed to drop the matter.
Former Secretary of the Treasury
Leslie M. Shaw, In a Detroit Inter
view, suggests J. Pierpont Morgan to
succesd Roosevelt. He said Mr. Mor
gan was s much misunderstood man.
One thousand coal miners In the em
ploy of the Crersre-CIInch Coal Co., of
Chicago, are on a strike because, they
ti.iert, they are farced to use s cheap
grade of powder for blasting.
John Hays Hammond, mining en
gineer, was operated on In San Fran
cisco yesterday for appendicitis. He
has been a sufferer for years.
nl.: front Early. Argnnl.
Mr*. W. A. Bnchsnnn r*. I>. ff. James
el al.: from Early. * ——>*
8. 11. McCord v*.
Clny. Submitted.
If. I. Green vs. Ustmirk Bros. Lumber
Company: from M|)ter. Argued.
Southwestern Circuit,
Bank of Commerce r* New fork Life
Imumiuec Company; from Mnmter.
sued.
Growth and Progress of the New South
Tbs Georgian here reefg* 1* raeb «)ajr
som# economic fact In reference to
tb« onward progress of the Booth.
BY
JOSEPH B. LIVELY
JACKHOS, Miss.. Feb. 13.—Tb«* followJug charter* of new Jmlnstriei have Iteen
approved by the governor:
Farmers Itii'.ldtug nml l.i*m Aranrlstlon, Brandon, llsnktn county. Capitalised
at Il 'O.euo. J. it. Enochs, s. I.. Melxitiriu, and other*.
McKay Nureerv imd Floml company, jack* *n, Hind, eouuty. Capitalised *t
tn.oio. A. B. Mofiny. 4. F. McKay, and other*.
ttramlcn nml Ihinlel Telephone I'oiutmuy, Uruudon. Itankln county. Capitalised
at IU.on), tv. II. 1-airiok. V. II. Un*sell, .ml oihem.
Bank of llonlka. Hnnlka, Chickasaw county. Capitalised at 130,000. 4. R. Cobh.
A. I.. 4njro. nml others.
Ilmudon Sanitarium and Training gclp-ot fur Nurses, Brandon, llnnktn county
Capitalised nt KQ.Q00. T. 4. U. Ilerry. C T. Nhoit*. am] oilier,.
At a Joint meeting, held Monday, by the exeenllve committee of the atnte and
Tnrmnt county farmer*’ union* and Fori Worth Faotenr Clnl,, the six rile** for the
erection nt the JC.O.IOO stale Fnrmern* Union cotton mill were lii.pe.-te I. with the
result that n tract near the Tcx«» cn.l 1‘neltlc rnllmnd. Junt went of Fort Worth
was decided upen with the mtdentaudlng that tho owners of tho laud donate ten
acres to the plant. —
The eltlsenn nr Attalla, Ala., have rlnsc-i a deal for Ibe Installation of a factory
for the manufacture of overall*. Twenty machine* sr» to bo put In nt otter, aud
the plant will have au output of Sfty dotes palm per day.
The Ibnlil Manufacturing Company, of We*t Nashville. Tenn., haa tripled lit
capital mid A. II. nml Wlrk Comer, of Glasgow, Ky.. Iwcauie inemlier* of tbs firm.
The capital ha* hecu Increase.! from tm.iv-i m tSa.OM and the plnut wilt ho en
larged so an to triple the preaent output. A. B. and Wlrk Center recently came to
Nashville front GU*gow. where they were engaged In Ih* wbcIcMie dry gnoda
I malm-*.. The new firm will lie nmler Ibe — * — *- - ■
Co., and will rentlnn* to nuke tutprndera.
> same of tbo Hodd.Corner Manufacturing
B
T
To the Editor of Th* Georgian:
It It commendable for any one be
fore he or she passes In their checks In
this life to be nblo to do something
gratuitous and substantial for their
fellows, however small It Is, yet some
thing that will cost but a trifle of ef
fort and expense In testing It, apd
which will be appreciated long after
the discovery Is lost sight of!
The subject of this Item I* "How to
Make the Beat Cup of Coffee.” It Is go
simple I almost hate to announce It,
yet It will be noticed that the process
Is not now Ip use! The simplest things
are often the Worst abused!
Who does not like a cup of rich, de
lightful coffee, made not only more
palatable, but more healthful? With
out multiplying words, here Is the way
to make It:
Never mind the more expensive "drip
processes," but Use the old fashioned
coffee pot, nnd to a cupful of grounds
add four cups of water, and boll active
ly a few minutes, stirring well; then
add to tills hniount 1-1 of a teaspoon
ful (no more) of slaked lime (slaked,
remember); stir In well, and boll a
moment again; then sit aside, keep
warm, and It Is ready for use In s
very short time.
The slaked lime precipitates most of
the noxious tannin in the coffee, and
leaves th# active principles of value In
solution. Aek your doctor If coffee Is
not rendered more beneficial to the
syetem every wsy by this simple pro
cess. Try It.
D. F. DAVENPORT,
Amerlcus, Gs.
Hold fo tbe amount of 2B0 ounces has ht-rn
minted by Ignrotes nt llm-nlo, Philippine
1*1*0,I*, ll In Mid that In (lemsift province
more than 200 native miners are engaged lu
delving for the precious metal.
PEOPLE AND THINGS
GOSSIP FROM THE HOTELS
AND THE STREET CORNERS
After no Mine** which kept him twty
from hi* desk for more than t month,
ltny Wynne, rhlef clerk of the Georgia
Hallway nnd Electric Company, relumed to
work Thursday morning. Mr. Wynne spent
about two weeks In a hospital, aud after
ward went to south Georgia to recover
hi* strength.
Nathan (Veil, traveling passenger agent
for the Pennsylvania railroad. I* fit Atlanta
looking up Itnslne** for hi* road. Mr.
Well make* hi* headquarter* In Washing
ton, nnd make* periodical trips to tbT«
part of the conutry. lie reporta plenty of
Imilnon# In th# Kant, and cays bard times
art rapidly dlMpptarlnf.
William C. Thnma*. of OalneurllR *•««
cotumlaalonetl cantalti of Troop F, Candfor
Horn# Guard#. Thursday. He succeed# Cap
tain J. E. Pilgrim, resigned.
Han. J. 1 N. Ttrltty, af Gafnenvllle. hat
withdrawn front the race tor congress la
the Ninth district, leaving CongroMtnnn
Thomas Bell and Dr. E. W.
James F. Van Rensnellaer, general scent
of the I’tilon and ftouthern Pacific systems
In Atlanta, has goae to New Orleans on a
!msloe«* trip.
Congressman Elijah It. .Lewis, of the
Third illstrict. has announced for the Sixty-
first congress, and says that If he Is re
turned he will not he a candidate again.
This Is the second Georgia cpngressnnn
to nmlce such announcement. Gordon l.t»i*.
of the flerenth, having made such state
ment some time ago.
Congressman I^ewls has been In tbe na
tional house twelve years, and has mnde
a good record. He lives at Monti-zum;i.
Is a banker nnd wealthy. It Is understood
that Hon. Dudley M. Hughes, of Duo-
vllle, will again oppose him.
According to R. O. Camp, former color
bearer of the Flrat Georgia regiment. Con
federate States army, there Is n Confcth r-
ate cannon burled on the East Point rood,
near the Hue of the Atlanta nnd West
Point railroad. The cannon. Mr. Cninp
says, waa thrown Into a nttidhole to pre
vent Its esptnre by the Feedral army tin
tbe retreat from Atlanta to Joiieslmro. Mr.
(’amp thinks the cannon was in the bat
tery commanded by Captalu It. L. Barry,
of Atlanta.
Charles D. Barker, editor of The South
ern Star, of Atlanta, wns one of the win
ners lu The Tri-Weekly Const I tut Ion's
missing word contest. He fonnii the mr-
rect words to complete the sentcuc# given.
Rolls Wells, mayor of Rt. Louis; Mur
ray Carleton. Horatio N. Davis nml George
L. Allen, prominent cttlsena of 8t. Louis,
spent Wednesday In Atlanta, on tbelr way
to’ Augnata, wharf they went to play golf.
Mayor Joyner and lit# secretary. Dan Ca
rey. calleil on the mayor of Rt. Louis nml
ner have been friends for ievaral years.
at tbe banquet of the }eJlow line Basil.
Door and Blind Mannfnctnrers of the
Roiith. at the Piedmont Wednesday. Forest
preservation was hta theme, and he ile-
claret). ”If once appreciated, tho forest
will be preserved.”
Dr. W. W. Wadsworth, of Atlanta, su
perintendent of agencies for the Citizen*
Life Insuranee Company, led the honor
roll of his conipsny during January ns n
writer of Insurance. lie Is now In H«»r-
Ida.
MY LADY NICOTINE
On “My Lady Nicotine” the people of
the United States spend twelve times as
much cash ns they spend on the ministers
of the Gospel. Our tobacco bill, annual
ly, la double that of our bill for ptiblle
education or for all the furniture lu our
homes.
We pay ont more money for the fra-
grout weed than for engsr. Every time
year would fall abort of covering our
aiuoklng account by nearly $100,000,MO, for
we spend yearly for cigars, cigarettes,
smoking and chewlug tobacco, and snuff
more than f300.firx>.00).
Tbe money paid by Americans for amok-
Ing equals the amount paid for shoes for
our 16.090,000 Inhabitants. Rmokers bum
up an equivalent In cnrreqey 150 tlmea tbe
sum burned up In fireworks. Tbe vast for-
time that we swap for the cmnfort of smok
ing. chewing and snuffing would Imlld thir
ty great structures like tne national capital
at Washington. .
Each year we smoke nearly s,000.000,000
cigars, cheroots, stogies and nll-fnliaeco elg-
**— L500.000.fW) cigarettes wllh paper
wrapiiers. and consume 300,000,000 pound* of
smoking and chewing tntuiceo and snuff.
Every day we stnolce 32.000.000 cigars and
10.000,000 cigarettes, anti either smoke or
chew 500 tons of tobacco, all of which
costa 1800,000. Every minute of the »!*•
teen honrs a day that we are awake we
make ourselves pdorer by $800-for Zt.»■>
cigars. 10,000 cigarettes, and a half ton "f
plug and fine cnt. .
It Is estimated that there are ILOOO.Ort
devotees of the weed, or almut on tunny
amokera aa rote fa. This estimate Js haee.1
on the assumption that one peraon In each
six of our population In a puffer of *iiiok<'.
When the bill for $300,000,000 |« divided
among ILOOO.QO) smokers, the smoking habit
doesn T t look ao purse-breaking, after nil.
For the amount spent by each smoker l"
only slnmt 923 a year, or leas than 80 cents
a week. And yet the yearly sum lavished
on this narcotic herb by any one of thou-
sands of men would build a comfi>rtsbl<*
eonatry house and support a bed In n hos
pital besides. •
Eight billion cigars a year! Could a man
tuioke 50 cigars s 4lay, he would have to
live more than 400.000 years to consume all
the cigars smoked l»y the oat on in twelve
months.
SOLDIERS ESCORT
TAFT IN DETROIT
DETROIT, Mich., Feb. 13.—Secretary
of War Taft arrived here at noon to
day and was met at the depot by a del
egation of rlllaens, headed by Con-
•reeeman Townnend and Mayor
Thompeon. The party drove Imme
diately to the Hotel Pontchartreln,
where • non-poittiral reception wn*
held. A detachment of soldier* from
Fort Wayne acted a* an honorary es
cort. At 1 o'clock the party went to
Harmony Hall for luncheon. Mr. Taft
npoke later on the political Inauee of
tho year. Anion* those on the speak
er's etond were Governor Warner. Con-
*re**mnn Townnend, AnnKtant Secre
tary of the Navy Newberry and Bishop
William*. *
THREE KILLED
BY EXPLOSION
factory.
Iinlldlnx w*» wrerkrd.
T
To Figure on Rate,.
Rate clerk* of the varioun railroad*
In the Southeastern Pastencer Anaorlu-
tlon will meet In Atlanta on February
24 and 29 to figure on the new rate*
occasioned by the proposed chance* In
rates agreed upon recently. Anything
they can not agree upon will be submit,
ted to the pessenger officiate of the
rood*, who will again meet In Atlanta
on February 21. At thla time a com
mittee from the Atlanta Fair Associa
tion wilt appear before the railroad
representative* and ask for-reduced
rates to Atlanta during tha itate fair
next fall.
ODAKS
If you haven't one, you are missing th* greotent enjoy
ment of nil th* season*. It Is ever ready for a quick nnap-
*hnt that will record forever an Incident, a pose, an ex
pression. a landscape.
You con get on* at your own price, from $1.00 to $35.00,
and *Y*nr on* l, a splendid picture-taking machine.
BY THE WAY, don't forget that we do the best kodak
finishing work in the South. Bring oe tend u* your film*.
Mall orders given prompt attention.
A. K. Kawkes Co., Scientific Opticians
14 WHITEHALL ST.