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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS.
MONDAY, DECEMBER 14, 19ut».
THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN
•AND NEWS'
r. L. SEELY. PuMlshsr.
I. E. DAVIDSON, Amorists Publisher.
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DON’T LET THAT DIMPLE PEEP!
Now do not blame mo, Dolly,
I will not boar one word;
And If thoro'e any aooldlni,
■Tli I who mnat ba haard.
What did yon think ma mada off
Am I a dolt—a ahaapf
Ah, DoDy, ir yon'd not bo ktaaod
Don't lot that dlmpla paapl
Sport frock, of every color,
Por yon are alwaya fair.
Don hits that waken wondar,
And aat tha world a-ataro.
Break arary wise convention;
Make Mrs. Orundy weep;
But If yon wleh mo to behest—
Don’t lot that dlmpla paap.
Ton'ra Ilcanaa to ho met,
Altho It la a ahama;
And ynn may tarm ma atnpld
At arary aort of fame;
And donbt ma, Dolly, Bout ma,
And all contnmaly heap;
Bnt If yon'd hara an knmbla alava.
Don’t Is* that dlmpla paap.
Tha thlsta yon Ilka, I'U do thorn.
Obey yonr lightest wish,
I’U sacrifice digestion
Before yonr chafing dlah.
I'U follow all eaprlcaa
With daaparatlca deep;
• Bnt, lancinating enald, bawara—
Don't lot that dlmpla paap.
'Tla Idle to bo angry;
Nay, sroraa—'tla alnfnl, too,
Abont an act ao haraleia
Why make so much ado?
Ono way's tho only tafo way—
'Til vary hard to keep,
Yea. Dolly, If yon'd not bo kissed.
Don't lot that dlmpla paap.
—Samuel Minium Feck, In Boeton Transcript
Alabama la tpday eighty-nine years
old. But the old lady'a eye-sight la
still good.
Like nanquo'* ghost, the question
still bobs up; "Who got the money,
Mr. CromwellT” t
We are glad to be assured that the
new prealdent of Haiti la not aa black
as he Is pslnted.
Crossed In love, Abrutil Is trying
to overcome difficulties by climbing
the Alps. What Is the matter with
the mountains of West Virginia? .
If Nord Alexis will cross over to
Georgia before the persimmons are
all gone, he can drown his reverses In
the rare old sport of treeing 'possums.
Is there anything reminiscent of
the late campaign In the news dis
patch that Mr. Bryan's hunting trip
has Increased the number of dead
ducks?
With eggs selling at SO cents a
dozen In New York, the barn-stormers
will feel a sens of security from the
brittle projectiles which are aome-
tlmes over-ripe.
In the saieaatlc speech of The New
York World, the most prominent fea
ture of the president's message Is Its
20.000-word proof of hit Infatuation
with his own phraseology.
Is the spirit of Mrs. Hayes to re
turn to the white house? The tem
perance pledges of the president-elect
sounds like a prophetic note. But the
ring le by no means unwelcome.
President-elect Taft says that wine
will be banished from the white honse
during the next administration. Is
Billy trying to flirt with Qeorgls or to
cut down the number of callers after
March 4?
Carrie Nation has not buried the
hatchet. She Is how In Dundee. Scot
land. But before she gets thru with
the tough fibers of Uncle Andy's fel-
low-countrymen she will need another
edge on her chopper.
The same ministers wno read the
riot act to Vice President Fairbanks
-ome few menth* ago for giving
strangers nt bis table a liquid supposed
to be stronger than coffee are prepar
ing to deliver New Year sermons on
Mr. Taft's good resolutions.
The Assault on Paul Revere.
New England has been seized with violent paroxysms of alarm and
Bunker Hill monument has become an exclamation point to denote the
excitement which prevails In the neighborhood of Boston.
The chill of an Arctic blizzard has laid Icy hands upon the spinal'
cord of the Puritan. f
Something has happened which—far more terrifying than the ghost
of Hamlet's fkther—hss caused the hair to stand on end “like quills upon
the fretful porcupine."
The famous ride of Paul Revere has been called In question by thu
Impious challenge of the higher criticism.
The Iconoclastic spirit of the age has sought to relegate to the realm
of myth and legend the favorite New England hero, whose slgnal-flres
have for six-score years and more Illuminated the historic page and kin
dled the patriotic glow In the hearts of young Americans.
It almost borders upon sacrilege to obliterate this revolutionary land'
mark.
But If Walter Benjamin la an Inspired oracle of revelation, the morn
ing ride of Paul Revere to Lexington Is a* much the product of. sheer fic
tion ss the midnight ride of tfam o' Bhantcr or the gallop of John-Ollpln.
The question Is; Can thU heretical charge be substantiated?
We do not think It can.
If we thought so, we would certainly tremble Mr Patrick Henry and
would be inclined to put Nancy Hart under lock, and key. -
But Paul Revere la as manifestly real aa Miles Standlsb or Elder
Brewster or John Hancock.
So be of good cheer, ye men pi Boston.
No phantom horaeman waa this fearless rider, who plunged Into the
morning twilight of the Revolution to awake the little town of Lexington;
and, when Gabriel blows hla trumpet, the galloping echoes of the horse's
hoof will still be heard, calling afar oil to the gray shadow* of the In
dependence dawn.
The Appointment of Major Cumming.
With state-wide satisfaction the news has been received In Georgia
announcing the appointment of Major Joseph B. Cumming, of Augusta,
to succeed the late Gehsral A..P. Stewart on the Chlckamauga national
park commission.
Major Cumming Is one of the most distinguished citizens of Georgia,
a lawyer with few equals and with np superior at the bar, a citizen whose
record both In public and In private life has been above reproach, and a
gentleman whose; polished manners are Illustrative of the best traditions
of the South.
But the peculiar appropriateness of the appointment lies In the ghl-
lant war record of the distinguished Georgian. On the staff of General
W. H. T. Walker, he rendered signal and heroic service In the Georgia
campaign, and was at the side of his superior officer when- this latter fell
In the memorable engagement of July 22, 1864, near Atlanta. Major
Cumming also participated fn the famous fight at Chlckainangi; and this
fact tends. If possible, an additional flttlngneaa to the propriety of hla
appointment ' • f -
Not only the state of Georgia, but the country at large, Is entitled to
congratulations upon the wise executlce choice which has called Into the
Councils of the Chlckamauga national park commission the trained intel
lect and the unquestioned patriotism of the Georgia Cheaterfietd.
The matte ref-fact observation of
The New York Evening Post, to tha
e-nr.-ct that thirty-three billion feet of
can were produced In the big metrop
olis last year, haa caused The Chicago
.Rheord-Htrald to tnfar that a number
|f Chauncey's speeches mnat not have
noticed by tha papers.
Congratulations to Mrs. Longstreet.
It Is a matter of state pride that In deference to a^Geprgla woman the
time-honored traditions of the American senate have been broken.
The tribute to Mrs. I-ongstreet Is unique.
For never before In the two-century stretch of the senatorial records
has an appointment been confirmed by the weprers of the toga whilo the
signature of the executive was still moist upon the parchment. -
Usually twenty-four hours at least are allowed to Intervene.
But scarcely sixty minutes elapsed between the signing of the com
mission by the president and the confirmation of the appointment by the
senate.
Thla chivalrous act on the part of the upper hou^e of congress was
not simply a dip of courtesy to the fair lex.
Nor was It a patriotic concession to the widow of General James
Longstreet
On the contrary. It was a well-merited recognition of the splendid
reoord which this brilliant Georgia woman bis achieved In the office of
postmaster at Gainesville during the past four years.
Indeed, the simple fact Is that, upon the list of commissioned offi
cials who have served the Uhlted States government In the same
capaolty, she ranks first and foremost
And the course adopted by the senate In this gracious act of recogni
tion which defies all precedent gracefully completes and rounds the com
pliment of President Roosevelt In making the appointment' ,
Growth and Progress of the New South
Tbs Georgian bin records rich day
•oral economic fact In reference to
tbe onward progress of tbe South.
BY*
JOSEPH B. LIVELY
Building operation! wert fairly active throughout tbe South and Southwest dar
ing November, |nd In soreral of (be Important cities an Incrcsns la noted over tbe
value of operations for tbe preceding monlb, says tbo Manufacturers' Record. In
Norfolb tbe aggregate cost of buildings for which permkt were Issued waa esti
mated at 888,880, of which amount about HI,ON waa for dwellings. Tbe rains of
buildings for which permits were Issued In Richmond during the eleven months
ended November 80 was tLOdt.SSl. K.lfhty-nlne permits were leaned In Birmingham,
representing a value of 8801,110, which la an Increase over lb# valuation for Novem
ber of Uet year of 1464.773. Total permits for tbo eleven mnntha of tble year rep-
rreeut n mine of t3.NS.43t, as compared with a total of II,038,>73 for the asm* period
last ye*y. In Ravinnah permits were Issued for forty structures, a decrease of
two, •• compared with the number leaned during October, but Ibe buildings for
which permlta were seen red In November are generally of n larger and more es-
penetee character. Operations are very active la Jachaoavlllt. and at the ‘end of
October the building records of the city Indicated that 8.047 new buildings had been
erected since the big Are of 1101. At present there are n number of Important
•trnetures being erected. Including the W. A. Blsbee ten-story office budding, At
lantic National Banb building. Utica Investment Co.'a balldlng and others. In
Tampe permits were Issued for atracturra ratlmated to coat l43.6S4.Kt, Permits were
leaned In Chattanooga during November to the number of 118. representing n veins-
Hon of W.atO, while the coat of balldlngs for which permlta were secured In Knox
ville le estimated nt 138,380. A total of 814 permlta was Issued In Nt. I-outs, repre
senting an aggregate cent to erect of 81.88BA1I, as compared with 87*9.181 for Novem
ber. 1107. Operations In Hpnaton represent a nine of 8817,74*. Dallas 8323,064, Ren
Antonio 8188,88. and Onleealon 118,800. Exact figures are not available for Obla-
homa City, bat structures of every elate which have been erected there during the
past elevea month* will approalmate a valuation of 83,000.000. while In Pine Bluff,
Ark, figures for the a4mr period Indicate n valuation of 1408,000. The estimated
value et Baltimore's building operations duriog Kuvrmiier Is 8631,118.
ijQJ)CrtUe<J
On n Three Month*’ Trial. .
A Scotchman stood beside the bed of
hla dying wife, and in tearful.accentk
asked waa there anything he could do
for her. *
"Yea, Sandie," she said, "I am hop.
Ing you’ll .bury me fn Craeburn kirk,
yard,” *
"But, my lass,” he cried, "only think
of the awful expense! Would ye no be
comfortable here In Aberdeen?"
"No, Sandie, I'd no reel fn my grave
unless I were burled In Craeburn,”
"It's too much you're askin'," 'said
the loving husband, “and t can not
promise you ony such thing."
"Then. Handle. I’ll no give you ony
peace until my bones are at rest In my
native psrtsh.”
"Ah, weel, Maggie," said he.
Just gle ye a three months' trial In
Aberdeen an’ see how ye get along."—
Philadelphia Ledger.
Not His Standard of Golf.
Sir Oliver Lodge, the English scien
tist, learned to play golf at 8t. Andrews
thirty years ago. His teacher was
Professor Talt.
"You don't play gqlf with your mus
cles." Professor Tnlt said to him one
day; "yob play with your morals."
"But I hope," said Sir Oliver, with
a hasty glance round, '.That no one will
consider my morals as b&d as my golf,”
—London Times.
Would Take bhancen.
Mr. Philanthropist was passing a
bakery, when he observed a little girl
gazing with longing eyes at some cakes
dlkplayed In the window.
The youngster's wistful gaze was too
much for Mr. Philanthropist, so he took
Immediate measures to satisfy her
longing.
When she had In short order dis
posed of a rich bit of pastry she calm
ly asked for nnother.
"I should like very much to give you
another." said the kindly man, “but I'm
afrald.lt would make you sick."
"Gef It for me, anyhow,” quickly re
sponded the little girl. "J can git,all
the med-clne I need at the dispensary
for giuthln'.”—New York Herald.
Arctio Fare.
Sir Leopold McCIIntock, the Arctic
explorer, who died recently, was once
giving an account of his experiences
amid the Ice fields of the North.
"We certainly would have traveled
much farther," he explained, "had not
our dogs given out at a critical mo
ment."
"But,", exclaimed a lady, who had
been listening vary Intently, "I thought
that the Eskimo dogs were perfectly
tireless creatures."
Sir Leopold's face wore a whimsical
ly gloomy expression os he replied, "I—
er—speak In a culinary sense, miss.”—
San Francisco Chronicle.
Around Georgia
' "8o Mote It Be.”
Will Walden and Orady Cooper, two
daahlng young sport*, nave changed
their place of courting to parta. un
known, ao mote It be.—Glasscock Ban
ner.
Wake Up, Barnsley! ,
I wonder * what Is the matter with
Barnsley? We never see any news; are
they all dead?—Cement Cor. Kingston
Times.
The $1W> Hen.
A $1,000 hen Is too good for human
nature'* dally food. The hen that
raise* the biddies Is the hen that rulea
the roost, and we do not want her to
get out of the necessltlea Into the luxu
ries of 'the Hfe class. We need a hen
In the reach of everybody, Including
Bantus, who loves chickens §o well he
will even buy If neceasary. A pie made
out of ll.ooo hene le not for ue, and
eggs gt $50 each would make pearls
dissolved In wine look cheap.—Quitman
Free Press.
Now Town Clock.
Have you board the court house clock
strike? Well, she Is up auil running, end
there need be no further Inquiries as to
tbe time, because all It will be necessary
to do will tie to look at tbe tower and as
certain the eorreft hour.—Lawrencevlllt
Newa-Herald,
Fielder Aroi/aes Suspicion. ,
Tbe suspicions of the young people around
Hex ore aroused by the Improvement made
by O. N. Fielder on bis resident*** and they
■re expecting soon to bear winkling hells.—
Tbe Rock Correspondent ,to Jonesboro En
terprise. t
200 Bushels orr Two Acres.
J. T. Cook, who lives out on the 8enols
rood, has just gathered <g>c of tbe finest
crops of fall Irish potatoes ever grown In
tbe county. He and Henry Rivers bad $
acres plspted. and they estimate the.yield
St 200 bushels. Mr. Cook brought The
News the product of one M hlll" Monday-
four largo and welt developed potatoes,
weighing II pounds, and as fine flavored u
we ever ate.—Campbell News.
Hot Shot for Editor Toney.
Editor Toney, of Fslrhuru, takes Issue
with ns In tbe statement that s majority of
Democrats drink whisky. If fbney will
agree to dlscontlifhe the argument when
he's bested, we are willing to ttf him s
round or two. The* opinion which we have
thus far formed of our friend Is that he
can not realise when be's down and out-i-of
course, we mean In s controversy. We
have forgotten as to Toney's ability to qua!
Ify ss s good nemo4*r»t In other' respects.—
Greensboro Herald-Jotirnal.
Arnnnd the Clock
A CURIOUS DISREGARD
■ OF LAW IN GEORGIA
The Eternal Question
l^jout This Time.. -
"8ee -that guy. going ulong_ there?"
casually remarked the street-corner
lounger between- puffs on his rapidly-
diminishing cigarette, as he pointed to a
worried-looking-man, with his features
set In a determined expression. Jostling
his way thru the merry throng of
Christmas shoppers In crowded White
hall. '
"Yee."
"Well. f you know,” responded the flret
dude, "ordinarily 1 never take notice of
passing Incidents, but that man Is a
friend of^mlne and to my mind he rep
resents one of the most pathetic spec
tacles df this merry Christmas season."
"1 don’t see anything pathetic about
him,” replied the second man. "He
seems to have something weighty on
hi* mind all tight, but that’e all/’
‘He’s worrying and there* no doubt
about that," came from the Initial
spokesman. "But the worry that Is
causing all of that forlorn expression
on hts face Is being shared today by
many other men In Atlanta. You
know, old pal, that 1 haunt ffiils cor
ner every day, and that man has at
tracted my attention. For several days of weights snd measures for Rich county
I have noticed him. For hours he walks which doe* not hsee them, snd they, to-
up and down Whltshall-nt., first on
one aids and then the other, pushing
his way thru the crowds, sr tho In
search of some valuable he had sud
denly lost. But It Is not that”—
"Then what Is it?" chimed In the
friend, as he assumed an attitude of
Interest.
"Well, I asked him," waa the reply.
He Is In search of a Christmas pres,
ent for hlR particular girl and can’t
make up hie inlnd what to buy. He’s
almost worrying himself tick. There
are hundreds of others In this street
now In his same plight."
And no doubt the dude wa* right.
'' C. B. N.
Rome time ago a friend froul nut of th
city wroto to me for a copy of the Inw of
(■eorgla Tainting to weights nnd measures.
On Investigating the matter I found, tbe fol
lowing state of nffnlrs; ,e
It Is prescribed In our Georgia code ,of
taws, after a clause fixing "the legal weight
of commodities, per bushel," that:
(1) The ordinaries must procure for their
respective counties a marking Instrument,
seal or stamp, for the pnrpoee of marking
all weight* nnd measures which they may
find not tQ weigh or measure less than the
- bird . Ki.il.Hr.lied l.y the .if He'
United States, which 1, the standard of this
ttste. ■»
(21 All persons engaged In selj)ng hy
weights nnd measures shall apply to thg
ordinaries of their respective counties, snd
have thPlr weights god m-nsures so marked,
and. In default thereof,' ahull not eolleet any
account, mile, or other writing, the consider-
ntlnn of Which ls any commodity sold by
their weights nnd'meaeures.
(81 Any citizen -may complain to the ordi
nary of the defiateney uf nny weights nnd
measures, whether marked or not, and whrn
done tt Is the duty of said ordinary to notify
the person complained of, and give him Ihs
name of lbs complainant nnd specify s day
not more than ten days distant, when hr
shall submit his weights snd inrsnures to
the test of the ordinary, and If the com-
plaint Is found to he true, wflhln the sell
er's knowledge, be shnll he deemed n person
selling by false weights snd measures, and
shnll bo prosecuted hy the grand Jnry ns
such, If no person appears and Indirts.
14) The governor shnll procure standards
An Explanation.
Th* editor of Tho Press In a very busy
man just now. for the reason that hr h«s
received an Invitation to an Important rvv\
that Is to take place December 18. which
reads thus: "Hon. nnd Mrs. —— sro re
quested to be present," ate. Now, lie "Wants
to he prArnt, but In order to fulfill tho re
quest be must take a lady with him, and
he has got to find her hy tbe 19th or miss
that pleasant occselon. Bo, If the news col
umns- of the paper do not come op to the
standard for tbe next few Issues you must
tusks allowances.—'Thomssvllle Times.
gather with inks provided by the ordi
nary. shall he kept In Ills sjftlce for Ibe is-
epectlon of the citizens.
>’» When such Standards hsve been oh.
tnlnr.1 It Is the duty Of nuch ordinary to
give alxty days' written notice thereof nt
the door, of the court flouse, and In the pub.
lie gazelle where tho sheriff of the county
advertises hla snles.
These provisions were made In an act „f
KOJ, and. On fnr os l can uncertain, have not
been amended or repented.
If frauds In weights and manures hint
been eiuumltted In our state wttblu tbe part
thirty days, or more, they furnish s.raae t„
Illustrate the Injunction of Sbskeapearei
"W* must not ranks n scarecrow of the law,
Setting It np to fear tbe birds of prey,
And let It keQ> one shape to tong,
Till custom hath mode it "heir perch and
not .their ter/or."
For 1 am convinced from such Inrettlgn-
tlnns ss I have Keen able to make that not
one county In n "dozen In unr state Is sup
plied with these “standard weights an,I
measures.”
On making Inquiry at the court or ordi
nary here I was Informed that .there has
been no “standard weight! and measures''
In the ordinary's office since 1881.
JOB. JACOBS.
Atlanta. Os., ties. /
FOOTE&DAVIE5 CO.
A THOUSAND AND ONE NIGHTS
ARMY-NAVY ORDERS
AND
MOVEMENTS OF VESSELS.
Army Orders.
Major Joaaph T. Dlekmsn, Thirteenth
cavalry, detailed as acting Inspector
.■menu; Captain Cacti Stewart, com-
tnlasary, from Ban Francisco to Manila;
Captain William Eliot,, commissary,
from Phlllppinaa to 8t. Louis.
Tha retirement of Colonel Charles D.
Psrahunt, coast artillery, Is announced.
Naval Orders.
Ensign 8. B. Smith to second torpedo
boat flotilla; Ensign R. A. White from
the Castlne V> the second submarine
flotilla.
Movements of VmmIs.
The submarine plunger and tender
Nina have arrived at Norfolk; the sup
ply ship Iris at Hongkong; tha gunboat
Yorktown at Panama, and the subma
rine Cuttlefish at Norfolk.
The cruiser Prairie has sailed from
Hampton Roads on a cruise; the gun
boat Eagle from Guantanamo for Go-
nalvea; the tug 8loux from Boston for
Rockland, Me., and the collier Xbru
from Porto Cortes for Guantanamo.
FOXY QUILLER BUG