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THE ATLANTA GEOKGIAN AND NEWS.
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THE AILINU GEORGIAN
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F. L. SEELY, Pnblliher.
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THU HOUSE BY TOT BIDS 0T TOT BOAT,
(••He wee . friend to min, .ad b« 1l«d In
. hone, hr the .Id. of th. m.d "—Hon.r.)
Tha. u. hermit <onl, th»t Ur. withdrawn
In th. pUc* of their eelf content;
There wo eoule. like etire, thlt dwell epirt.
In > fellowleee drmunent;
There ere plonssr eottle th»t bUee their piths
Where the MZhwsy* new ran—
Bat let mo lire hr the elde of the ro»d
And bo ■ friend to mu.
I*t mo Uto In * home by the elde of the rood,
Where the roc. of men (0 by—
The men who .ro good end th. mu who or.
bed,
Aj good Md OB hod oe I,
I would not olt In tho ocornor’o out.
Or harl th. cjnt«'* hon—
Let mo lira m * homo hr th. ltd. of tho rood
And h. o friend to mu.
I ooo from mr hone, hr th. eld. of tho rood
By tho oldo of the hlghwoy of life,
The men who preee with tho ordor of hope,
The men who on folnt with the strife,
Bnt I tnm not owoy from their emlloo nor
their tiers—
Both porti of u Infinite plu—
Let me lire In my honee by the elde of tho
rood
And bo o friend to moo.
I know there oro brook-gleddtn meedowo
eheed
And mountelno of weerleome height;
Thot tho rood pome on thrn tho long ottor-
noon
And otrotcheo owoy to tho night.
But still I rejoice when the travtlere rejotoo,
And weep with the etrengere thot moon.
Nor lire In my honee by the elde of the rood
Like o moo who dwells elone.
Lot mo lira In my home by tho side of tho
rood
Where tho race of men go by—
They oro good, they oro hod, they ore week,
they ore etrong,
Wlee, footleh—to m L
Then why ehoald I elt In the eoorner'e eeot
Or hnrl the cynlc'e hen?
Let me lira In my honee by the eldo of tho
rood
And ho o Mud to mu.
t WALTER FOBS.
On to Panamal
Toddy's alnrm clock seems to have
waked congress up.
Another week haa passed and Gen
eral Klmon la (till president of Haiti.
What's wrong?
If Castro really has the $80,000,000,
he may be able to pay hla doctor's bill,
hut bis tip* will bare to be email.
The president aaya that hla message
was only a sketch of the proposed re
forms. if It wai only a sketch, then
what'e an encyclopedia?
With tha liquid South drifting to
prohibition and the solid South threat
ened by Mr. Taft, It Is pertinent to
ask; What's going to be left?
Recently a New York woman worth
half a minion dollara eloped with a
plumber. Perhaps It we* the most
economic way In which to square hla
account and to forestall bli future
demands.
In the event anything happens to
Mr. Taft on bla trip to the lathmus.
It will be too bad to make Bunny Jim
take the office after bis recent dis
claimer of any farther ambition. But
Sunny Jim ought to stand It If we
can.
Mr. Taft say* that golf li the great
est game In the world for teaching a
man humility. No doubt this Is why
Teddy', pamo I* never mentioned In
connection with golf; but It alto con
stitute. an excellent reason why he
should try at least one round.
While the following lines may lack
the classic ring which belongs to the
satires of Horace, they epitomise tha
campaign oratory ot the average
American politician:
I'U promise you sunshine. I’ll promise
you rain;
I'll promise you fabulous prices for
grain;
nt'promise you music by day and by
night;
I'll promise you beauty and sweetness
and light.
Come, pledge me a rote ere I part
from the place,
And I'll fling yon a promise with prod
igal grace.
You'D And I won't falter whate'er be
the boon—
A rosebud In winter, a snowstorm in
June;
The health of a peasant, the pomp of
a king—
a short. I will promise you any old
thing.
Bring the Old Governor Home.
Under one of the bee-hire memorials which congress. In a lit of grue
some humor, has erected in tha Congressional cemetery, on the hanks of
the Potomac, sleeps one of the most Illustrious of the early Georgians.
It Is Governor James Jackson.
In all the splendid history of the commonwealth It will not be possi
ble to And a name more redolent with patriotic unselfishness—more sug
gestive of distinguished achievement—more fragrant with the recollec
tions which attach to heroic devotion and to unblemished personal honor
than the flame of this chivalrous citizen and soldier of the olden times.
When the good name of Georgia was besmirched by the mercenary
traffickers In legislation and the Iniquitous Yazoo fraud, involving the
wanton sacrifice of millions of acres of wild land, was fastened upon tho
state by reason of the subtle arts practiced upon the legislature and the
chief executive, It was this fearless old patriot who came boldly and
resolutely to the front.
He wad serving at the time In the United States senate; and, despite
the fact that four years remained before the expiration of hie term of
office, he promptly relinquished the toga.
But this was not all.
He took hla seat In the state legislature: and, with the prestige of his
high character and wide Influence, he proceeded at once to unclasp the
gauntlet and to offer the gage ot battle.
The opposition was securely entrenched. To undertake a crusade of
this nature Invited personal peril. It Necessitated the making of enemies.
It Involved the acceptance of challenges to fight duels. It exposed him
to covert attacks from the dark.
Even Governor Jackson's colleague In tho United States senate was
himself Involved In the meshes of the Yazoo conspirators.
But the Intrepid old governor was not the man to bo Intimidated by
threats. He was like the rugged old Scotch reformer In the sense that he
feared not the face of mortal man. Tho war was prosecuted with relent
less rigor; the measure was finally rescinded; and the good name of the
state was saved.
When the time came to destroy the records of the Yazoo fraud In
order that no trace of the fonl transaction might be left upon the records
of the atate, old -Governor Jackson thought that the destroying fire
should come from heaven; and, with the aid of a sun-glass, he converged
the solar rays and made the firmament itself contribute to the extinction
of this foul blot upon Georgia's honor.
On account of the feudal animosities growing out of this dramatlo
episode, Governor Jackson became Involved In numerous • personal en
counters on the field ot honor; and his death, which occurred while
serving Georgia again In the United States senate, was superinduced by
his unhealed wounds. •
Before he died, he was heard to declare that, If his breast should be
opened after death, Georgia's namo would be found lettered upon hts
heart
Yet this glorious old Georgian, to whom the good, name of the state
was dearer than life, sleeps almost forgotten upon the distant Potomac
hillsides.
Even, If the Incongruous bee-hive under which he reats were the
noble shaft of granite which he deserves to have, is it not time for
Georgia to right an old Injustice to one ot the truest ot her sons and to
one of the stoutest of her champions?
What New York haa so lately done for DoWItt Clinton let Georgia
do for James Jackson—let her bring the old governor home!
He sleeps In no alien soil; but better even than the shadows ot his
country's capitol are the rippling waters and the blooming bluffs of his
beloved Savannah.
Abe Ruef’s Conviction. •
The conviction of Abe Ruef In San Francisco last week supplies tha
first pure whiff of real oxone which has come in months from the big
storm-center of municipal corruption on the far Pacific slope.
It la like an Invigorating breeze from the snow crests ot the Sierra
Nevada*.
Nearly four months have elapsed since Ruef was put upon trial for the
third time. The slow progress of the case haa been, marked by many
sensational and dramatlo episodes, not the least of which was the well-
nigh fatal attempt upon the life of tho prosecuting attorney. With the
final verdict of the Jury there haa come a gratifying sense ot relief.
The partloulari of tho bill of Indictment upon which the prisoner was
arraigned are too fresh In the publlo mind to require rehearsal. How
ever, It may be said by way of reminder that the defendant In this case
was charged with having received $200,000 from the street railway com
pany for the purpose of bribing city, officials, and that In the execution
of this corrupt design he proceeded to distribute $85,000 among the mem
bers of the board of supervisors.
It was In the aummer of 1908 that Abe Ruef was tracked by the
slouths to hla placo of concealment and Mayor Schmidt himself deposed
from office on account of hla nllegud complicity In the disgraceful trans
action.
The conviction of Abe Ruef marks a distinct forward step In the
direction of dealing effectively and soundly with one of the worst dis
closures of civic corruption which haa ever been nlrod in the American
courts. ,
There are too many high and Influential names linked with the al
leged transaction to warrant the belief that the verdict of the jury will
be allowed to stand without appeal; hut the result of tho recent trial
shows that the conscience of San Francisco Is at least fully aroused..
Tho baptism of fire thru which the great metropolis baa so lately
passed makes It Inconsistent with the lessons of experience that a blot so
foul and a stain so dark ahould be permitted to rest upon the civic
eicutcbeon.
San Francisco can not afford It.
If aho expects to attract to her standard and to Incorporate wtthln
her citizenship the better elements of'other localities, she must not
hesitate to apply the scorpion lash.
It Is not necessary that one Innocent man should suffer; but, wher
ever porruptlon Is found, whether In high or In humble circles of life,
whether among wealthy plutocrats or among salaried officials, there
should ho an Immediate resort to surgical heroics.
A Curious Disregard of the Law.
Some time ago a friend from out of the city wrote to me for a copy
ot tho law of Georgia relating to weights and meaiurei. On Inveitlgat-
Ing tho matter I found the following state of affairs;
It la prescribed In our Georgia code of laws, after a clause fixing “the
legal weight of commodities, per bushel," that:
(1) The ordinaries must procure for their respective counties a mark
ing Instrument, teal or stamp, for the purpoae of marking all weights and
measures which they may And not to weigh or measure less than the
standard established by the congress of the United States, which la the
standard of this state.
($) All persona engaged in selling by weights-and measures shall
apply to the ordinariea ot their respective counties, and have their weights
and measures so marked, and, In default thereof, shall not collect any
account, note or other writing, the consideration ot which Is any commod
ity sold by their weights and measures.
(3) Any citlsea may complain to the ordinary ot the deflclency of any
weights and measures, whether marked or not, and when done It la the
duty of sold ordinary to notify the person complained of, and give htm the
name of the complainant and specify a day not more tuah ten days dis
tant, when he shall submit his weights and measures to the test ot the
ordinary, and, tf tire complaint la found to be true, within the seller's
knowledge, he shall be deemed a person selling by false w'etgnts and meas
ures, and shall be prosecuted by the grand jury at such, It no person
appears and Indicts.
M) The governor shall procure standards of weights and measures
for each county which does not have them, and they, together with the
marks provided by the ordinary, sha» be kept In his office tor the Inspec
tion of the cltlsena.
(6) When such standards have been obtained It Is the duty of such
ordinary to give sixty days' written notice thereof at the door ot the court
house, and In the public gaaette where the sheriff of the county advertises
his sales.
These provision* were made In an act of 1876. and, as far as I can
ascertain, have not been amended or repealed. (
If fraud* In weights and measures have been committed In our state
within the mat thirty years, or more, they furnish a case to Illustrate the
Injunction of Shakespeare; ,
"We must not make a scarecrow of the law.
Setting It up to tear the bird* of prey.
And let It keep one shape so long. •
TUI custom hath made It their perch and not their terror.”
N
For I am convinced from such Investigations as I have been able to
make that not one county In a dozen In our state Is supplied with these
"standard weights and measures."
On making inquiry at the court of ordinary here. I was informed that
there has been do -standard weights and measures” In the ordinary's
office since 1881. . J08. JACOBS.
Atlanta, Ca* Dec. 12, 1908.
ipjjowed
In a Friendly 8ort of Way.
When a man ain’t got a cent, and he'a feel
ing kind of blue,
An* the clouds hang dark and heary, an’
won't let the sunshine thrn,
It*a a great thing, O, my brethren, for a
feller Jnat to lay
Hla hand upon yonr shoulder In a friendly
•ort o* wayj
It makes a.man feel curious; it makea the
• tear drops stsrt, N
An* you sort o’ feel a Hotter In the region
of the heart; •
You look np and meet hts eyes; you don't
know W hat to say
When hla hand la on yonr shoulder In a
.friendly aort of way.
O' the world's a curious compound, with
Its honey and Its gall,
With !ta care and bitter crossea, but a good
worl' after all:
An' a good Ood must hare made lt^-leaat
waya, that !• what I aay.
When a hand Is on my shoulder In a friend
ly aort o' way.
—Jamea Whitcomb Riley.
No Mistake.
"The conn table eeeme wonderfully certain
about the details of my caee," raid a defend
ant, wuth a ineer; "but how is it, he doesn't
cal! his fellow officer to corroborate what he
•ayeI"
There’a only one constable stationed In
the village, elf," explained the polieeman.
'But I eaw two last night," Indignantly
asserted the defendant.
"Exactly," the policeman rejoined, smil
ing broadly, "that’s Juit the charge against
you."—Tit-Bite.
She Was Loaded.
An elderly patient In the Tenneiaee
mountain region waa suffering from a malady
tha remedy for which the doctor preicribed
in*the form of espaulea. The old woman
truated her medical adrlaer, but for the
medicine ehe evinced much suspicion.
Some time after aha had taken the cap
sules aha waa aaked by her son how ehe felt.
"Porely."
"Don't you want nuthln* to sat!"
"No.’*
Soon, however, the old woman arose from
her bed and took her seat In a rocking chair.
Thinking that the attention would be grate
fully received, the eon filled her pipe and
taking a live coal from the hearth carried
Soth to his mother.
"Take that away, son," yelled the old
woman in the utmost fright. "Don't you
know better’n to coma near mi wken I’ve
got them cartridges In me I"—Philadelphia
Ledger.
Why. Wells Wai Wrathy.
Charles E. Welle, who has been called the
groundhog senator of West Virginia, because
be once Introduced a bill advocating the
changing of groundhog day from February 2
to July 4, waa staying overnight at tha Grand
Hotel of a budding West Virginia village not
long ago.
Ha was awakened In the morning by a
heavy pounding on bis door, and the voice of
the old man night clerk saying: "Fire
o’clock! Better get up or you’ll miif your
train."
Mr. Wells didn't intend to eatoh a morning
train and hadn’t given any In a traction a that
ha ahould be called at the unearthly hour of
5 o'clock, ao he paid no attention to the old
■ early morning greeting and waa aaleep
again almost immediately.
In about fifteen minutes he was again
awakened by the pounding on hit door and
heard the voice of the old man saying apolo
getically, "Don.'t get up; I wrapped on the
wrong door."—Lippincott'a.
Breaking the News.
At a dinner of "The Fossils," given re
cently at the Republic Club, Jamea M. Beck
waa one of the speakers. "The Fossils''
•n organisation composed of former amateur
journalists and Mr. Beck,-as ona of tha or-
gafils.ers of the National Amateur Preea As
sociation In Philadelphia in 1870, has never
lost hla Interest In this moat admirable train
ing school fox yonng writers.
^In looking back upon thoaa days when
the publishing of amateur papers seemed the
most fascinating thing in the world," said
Mr. Beck, in the courts of his address, "I
feel, Indeed, that I am qutta in the fossil
dais. The organisation of the National Ama
teur Preea Association aceraa almost pre
historic. In looking back thru tha yarn U is
almost as miaty as the atone age. I was a
vary email boy when 1 took pari In those
weighty celebrations. 1 feel like the young
ster who aald to hie father:
'Father, was writing done on tablets of
atone in the old dayaf'
'Yea, my son,’ replied the dutiful parent.
'Gee!' musedf the boy. 'Then it must
have taken a crowbar to break the news.’ "
—New York Timet.
ARMY-NAVY ORDERS
AND
MOVEMENTS OF VESSELS.
WHO WANTS RUSSIAN
SUNFLOWERS?
WASHINGTON, Deo. 15.—Th* fol
lowing orders have been Issued:
Army Orders.
First Lieutenant William Colvin,
coast artillery, to the One Hundred and
Seventieth company.
These officers detailed for general
recruiting service; First Lieutenant
Gideon H. Williams, Twenty-eighth In
fantry; First Lieutenant Charles S.
Blnkcslne, Third field artillery; First
Lieutenant Joseph J. Grace, coast ar
tillery; Captain George W. Kirkpatrick,
Fifteenth cavalry: Captain Hugh K.
Taylor, coast artillery; First Lieutenant
Ralph D. Bates, coast artillery.
Colonel Philip Harvey, medical corps,
placed on retired list. .
- N*"vy Orders.
Captain W. E. Fox when discharged
from the treatment at naval hospital,
Mare Island, to home and three months'
leave granted.
Lieutenant Commander J. Bennett
when discharged from treatment at na
val hospital. New York, granted sick
leave two months.
Movements of Vessels.
The'cruisers Weet Virginia, Colorado,
Maryland, Pennsylvania, Tennessee,
South Dakota, Washington and Cali
fornia have arrived at Panama; tho
battleships Georgia, Connecticut, Min
nesota, Montana, Nebraska, Rhode Is
land, New Jersey, Louisiana, Missouri,
Ohio, Virginia, Wisconsin, Illinois, Ken.
tucky and Kearsarge at Colombo; the
gunboat Eagle ot Port-au-Prince and
tho gunboat Castlne at Philadelphia.
The cruiser Salem has sailed from
Boston for Rockland: the supply ship
Glacier from Auckland for TaJcahuano;
the battleship Maine from New York
for Hampton Roads; the cruller Birm
ingham from Boston for Rockport: the
torpedo boats McDonough, DeLong,
Tlngey, Thornton and Wilkes from
Charleston for Key Weet, and the tor
pedo boat Rowan, from San Diego for
Mare Island.
Remarkable Winter.
It hai been a remarkable fall for the
preservation of summer vegetations.
Some time ago The Observer mentioned
the fact that a tomato grown In Moul
trie had been exhibited In the office.
Since then Mr, C, L. Stevenson called
our attention to th* fact that he was
still eating tomatoes. Today Dr. J. B.
Coyle brought to the office a large red
tomato from his last crop for 190S. It
was not long ago that a watermelon
was shown In Moultrie that had es
caped the light frosts that we have
had. Green pepper Is still to be had In
a number of gardens.—Moultrie Ob
server.
Writing Up 8hlndigs.
Always ask a reporter to a shindig If
you want to see an account of It In
print and especially If you want to eee
It In The News-Banner.—Elliott Cor
respondent Baxley News-Banner.
What One Mule Old.
Mr. Joe Matey, of near Apple Valley,
made this year eighteen bales of cotton
with one mule. If there Is a man In the
state that can beat this we want his
name.—Commerce News.
Not a Miatake, After All.
A typographical error In The Journal
last week made us eay Harvey Ander
son's store was to be covered with “sin”
when It should have been “tin." Never
theless the roof le now on. and It was
put on by a sinner and covers a sinner,
so the mistake did not amount to much,
after all.—Banks County Journal.
Growth and Progress of the New South
The Georgian here records each day
some economic fact In reference to
the onward progress of the South.
BY
J08EPH B. LIVELY
The manufacturing Interests centering at West Point, # Ga., and contiguous points
along the Chnttahooche river for a distance of seven miles arc fast attracting atten
tion. A meeting of Ihc directors of the Lanett Cotton Mills, Shawinut Mill, West
I’olnt Manufacturing Company, Klverdnle Cotton Mills, ihe Chattahoochee'Valley
Railroad Company and the Lanett Bleachery and Dye Works waa held last Thurs
day In the office of the president, L. iJanler. The usual dividend woe declared and
the business of the different corporations proved highly satisfactory.
The following officers were elected for the ensuing year: L. Lanier, president*
George H. Lanier, vice-president of the Lanett Mills, Shnwmut Mill, West Point
Manufacturing Company, the Rlverdale Cotton Mills and the Chattahoochee Valley
Railroad Company; W. If. Wellington, of noston, was elected president of the
Lanett Bleachery and Dye ^orks, and George H. Lanier vice-president. The vari
ous mills are running under the roost flattering auspices. The nnmber of spindles
under this management Is 150,000. The number of balea of cotton consumed an
nually Is 75,000. The weekly pay roll reaches the flattering sum of $17,000.
The Shnwmut Mill was completed the past summer and Is running on full time.
A largo electric power plant, nt the enormous coat of $600,000, having been lnst|!le<i
at the West Point Manufacturing Company, which also furnishes tha power for
Shawraut -Mill.
A party of capitalists and directors of Boston spent very pleasantly several days
In the city, looking over the various enterprises and attending directors' meetings.
In the party were William H. Wellington, Francis B. Sears, Horace 8. Scars.
Charles H. Utley, W. A. Bullard and Stanwood O. Wellington.
Hawklnavllle continues to grow, and her merchants and business men are en
joying a fine trade and buildings continue to go up.
The latest big proposition Is the announcement of another $60,000 hank, with the
money already subscribed. The institution Is headed by J. H. Taylor and others.
who have leased the apartments In the new Ilttggtns three-story office building,'
which Is nearly completed.
This gives Hawkinsrille four $60,000 banks.
The American Railroad Company guarantees to have trains running over the
new road from here to Grovanta In a year's tjme.
AROUND AND ABOUT GEORGIA
Whiling Away 8unday.
Last Sunday waa cold and rainy,
making it one of the most disagreeable
days that we have had here this winter.
Being barelegged and having a hole in
the bottom of our shoe rendered u*
unable to get out, and could do noth
ing but alt by the fire, bake our ehlns
and whistle Dixie with all the varia
tions.—Dahlonega Nugget.
Th* Young Lady From Wilkse.
There was a young lady from Wilkes
Cam* to Lincoln, all dressed up in
■like;
Set the boy. In & whirl,
And then th, dear girl
Went and married a young man In
Hurt county.
—Lincoln Journal
An Accomplished Canine.
Dr. C. H. Raley has one of the finest
dogs In the country. It le a setter from
Ohio and ha* a pedigree long enough
to wrap Its anatomy up In and protect
It from winter’s chilly blast. The other
day the fine dog was seen playing ball.
It would throw th* ball up and catch
It. 8ome day If the canine keep, on
Improving It will be another Hans
Wagner or more probably a Ty Cobb.—
Jefferson Reporter.
''8unnybrook Swat.”
The running In of the one-armed
blind tiger has placed two full barrel!
of Sunnybrook Swat In the hands nl
the sheriff. Many of the “thirsty" are
wondering why they did not run for
sheriff in the late election.—Balnbrldgt
Search Light.
Adopted Wrong Tactics.
A bunch of traveling artists, more ot
less, played Jeese Jamea under a tent
here Tuesday night. They would have
to really adopt Jesie's old tactics In the
open to get much money In Blakely
This good town doesn’t go wild over
such exhibitions, we are glad to say.—
Blakely Reporter.
Christmas Kodaks
A unique and appropriate gift. They have all the late
models, from $1 up. Come in and look at them.
A. K. HAWKES CO.
14 Whitehall St. 12B Peachtree St.
NEVER AGAIN! By T.E. Powers
To the Editor of The Georgian:
But few farmers have yet learned the
great value of the mammoth Russian
sunflower on the farm. Almost every
farmer has his flock of fowls,, and there
la no crop that will pay better.ln the
way of furnishing good egg-producing
food than a cron of mammoth Russian
sunflowers. They are so easy to grow
nr the yield Is very large. Many of
the heads yield a full quart of seed.
They are aa easily grown as corn and
ran be planted In most any out-of-the.
way place. I do not know of any other
crop so valuable to plant near the
house. You can break the stalk so as
to let the head come within about a
foot of the ground and the chickens
will help themselves. If uny brother
farmer would like to get a start of these
true glams and will write to me and
enclose postage I will send him a pack
age by mall. O. D. PEREQO.
Newton, Texas. Dec. 10, l»08.
ART AND MUSIC.
On high the bow of promise bends.
Its art all human skill transcends;
The grandeur nightly skies display.
No artist's pencil can portray.
A radiant star the dawn proclaims,
Th# morning light shoots ruddy flames
And on the cloud at eve's return
Th* glowing hues of sunset burn.
The flower dancing In the breese.
The winding streams,,the stately trees.
The blushing petals of the roae.
All lights and shades true art disclose.
Sweet music sighs where xephyra blow,
And murmur where the waters flow.
Hums soft where bees with nectar All
And joyous pipes In mockbirds' trill.
The rippling purl of streamlet fair.
With tuneful cadence nils the air;
Sad requiem breathes In moan of ware
And hoarse the tone wtten storm winds
rave.
of I He resounds
a their rounds.
The note of joy rings high hod clear.
For nature sings to eye and ear.
J. P. SPRKCHKR.
Conyers, Ca, December 9, IKS.