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IllK ATLAM'A OKOHOIAX AND NEWS.
-iOSDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 10Of.
THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN
(AND NEWS)
r. L. 8EELY, Pnbllther.
S. V. DAVIDSON, Assoelit. Publisher.
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AMERICA.
The Mnae, disgusted with an aae and dims
Barren of every glorious theme.
In distant lands nowjwalta a batter time,
Producing aubjects worthy fame;
In happy dimes, where from the genial snn
And virgin earth such scenes ensue,
The force of art by nature seams outdone,
And fancied beauties by the trne;
In happy cUmas the scat of Innocence,
Where nature guldaa and virtue rules,
Where man shall not impose for truth and
aense
The pedantry of conrta and school!..
There shall be sung another goldsn age.
The rise of empire and of arts.
The good and great uprising epic rage
The wisest heads and ncblest hearts.'.
Not such as Europe breeds In her decay,
Such aa she bred when fresh and young,
When heavenly flame did animate her clay,
By future poets shall be sung.
Westward the course of empire takes the
way;
The first four acta already past
A fifth shall close the drama with the day;
Time's noblest offspring le the last.
—BISIIOP GEORGE BERKELEY.
The snp Is rising again and spring
poetry will soon begin to bud.
Next! A woman In Massachusetts
la advocating a curfew law for hus
bands.
Chief Wilkie seems to think that the
secret service need* to be extensively
advertised.
Since President-elect Taft has be-
coni' a Mason he will doubtless fully
compass expectations and give every
one n square deal.
Kdltor Reed has succeeded In get
ting n new hotel for the classic city,
and now ho wants a union depot. The
true Atlanta iplrlt!
One of the prohibition speakers In
I.onlsvllle says that the cause will tri
umph despite the world, the flesh and
The Courier-Journal.
An exchange says that there are
no plumbers In hades. This certainly
1' ignt to give the country In question
a boost aa a winter resort.
If Grover Cleveland's picture la to
go on the new Issue of pottage stamps
Mr. Bryan will probably coniine him-
self to the writing of telegrams.
The Washington Post saya that the
Imp Benjamin H. Kill, of Georgia, was
the greatest statesman the South
Ih Mat to either branch of congress
PM tbo war.
We knew that King Edward was
not on the most cordial terms with
ta, D. rman emperor, but we hardly
expected him to faint at the sight of
Ids royal nephew.
Castro still considers himself the de
Jure president of Venexuela. Most
people call him the ex-president, but
If he exequtea his recently expressed
Intention to return home he will un
doubtedly become the lata president
"Pure Scoundrellsm In Tennessee"
Is the title of an editorial which ap-
l>eared tn The Courier-Journal several
•lays ago. and which has caused The
News and Courier to remark that the
discovery of purity In scoundrellsm
marks an epoch.
In the Texas legislature a bill haa
been Introduced making It a misde
meanor to use profane language over
the telephone; but In the event the
meaaure passes, the whole country
wants to know If the equipment of
<he average Texan la auffleient to
stand the strain.
Washington s the Pioneer.
The attention of The Georgian has been called to an article In the cur
rent number of Tho Taylor-Trotwood Magazine, which discloses the fact
that the first president waa the instigator of the movement which has
resulted In the present canal system of this country and was also the
father of Internal Improvements.
a On the birthday of Washington It Is customary to laud his military
genius and to exploit his raro statesmanship by cltfng the conspicuous
achievements of his career; but these are familiar to every school boy In
tho United States.
Why not turn tho searchlight of Investigation upon some of tbo ob
scurer phases of his life and character?
This'has been done by Colonel Charles Jewett Swift, of Columbus,
In the article to which reference has been made. It Is entitled ‘‘Wash
ington, the Pioneer,” and It contains tho substance of an able paper which
tills well-known Georgian prepared by special Invitation for the recent
rivers and harbors congress in Washington, D. C. .
It seems that the proposition to drain tjje groat dismal Bwamp orig
inated with Washington, and to him more than to any one else Is due tho
reclamation of this once desolate region.
Soon after the surrender of Cornwallis at Yorktown. Washington. In
company with Governor Clinton, made an extended Journey on horso-
back Into tho frontier wilderness of upper New York. The trip covered an
area of 754 miles and was comjdeted In nineteen days. To show how
Washington was Impressed with the natural,resources of the country over
which he traveled, he wrote a letter to the Chevalier de Chattellux touch
ing upon the posaibllltles of inland navigation on tho Great Lakes; and
from the Initiative of Washington sprang the Erie canal, which was com
pleted In 1826 at a coat of $52,600,000, and which was deepened under tbo
administration of Governor Roosevelt at a cost of $100,000,000.
This ribbon of water, which connects Lake Erlo with the Hudson
liver, has served In largo meaaure to establish the commercial supremacy
of New York—tho metropolis of tbo Western world; and both Washing
ton Irving and John Flsko concede to tho far-sighted Washington tho par
ental honors of this pioneer ditch.
For his services In seeking to establish some means of communica
tion botweon the Ohio river and Chcsapoake Bay ho was given atock to
the value of $40,000 In two companies which were organized under the
government’s patronage. This he- refused to accept for himself, and be
ing allowed to receive It In trust, he gave It to an academy In the Vir
ginia valley at Lexington. The beneficiary of this gift became known In
after years as Washington College, and Is today tho great university
which boars the Joint names of Washington and Lee.
Thus to the distinction conferred upon him In the famous tribute of
‘‘Light Horse Harry,” who declared that ho was "first In war, first In peace
and first In the hearts of his countrymen,” must be added the unique credit
of being the first to suggest the paramount Importance of the artlflclal
waterway to American commerce a«d navigation.
Dahlonega dollars seem to be com
manding high premiums In the mar-
l-ot. One was sold in New York the
other day for $220. Says The 8aran-
nah News: "The ‘Dahlonega dollars'
are gold coins that were minted at
Dahlonega, Ga.. practically up to the
time of the outbreak of the war be
tween the states. The Dahlonega
branch mint was never a very large
affair. It coined the gold of this state
and the Carolines. Its last year of
opetatlon waa 1861, when only a f*w
sold dollars were milled. It was a
dollar of the mintage of 1861 that sold
the other day at the price named. The
Dahlonega coina are Identlfled by a
‘D‘ under the wreath on the obverse
side. Only a bare handful of the 1861
•I)’ coins are In existence. It Is worth
while to keep an eye out for them.”
An Anglo-Saxon Appeal.
Somo one has observed, with very great truth, that if there Is any
thing to which the Atlanta spirit promptly responds It Is* a trade which
offers two for one.
This metaphor Is strictly commercial.
But It nevertheless expresses In a nutshell tho whole gist of the
proposition to make Agnes Scott College a mllllon-dollar Institution.
Tho people of Atlanta are Just beginning to realize what this offer
means.
They have only to ralso $125,000 and they get an additional $250,000
i tor this splendid school, whose high standard of scholarship and whose
excellent curriculum has made It ono of tho best known educational
plants In the Uplted States.
Tho fact that the college Is located at Decatur does not keep It from
being an Atlanta Institution. Bdtwoert* Decatur and Atlanta runs an 80-
foot highway, which is already beginning to challenge tho prestige of
Peachtrco and which within tho noar future will be lined with magnifi
cent homes throughout tho entire distance of six miles.
Even now tho wldonlng outskirts of the city reach to the county
seat of DoKalb.
Moreover, tho supplies for Agnes Scott College are purchased In
Atlanta. Into every channel and avenuo of trade empties the monoy
which this Institution attracts; and what Is far better still, the Intellectual
nnd moral uplift which this Institution Imparts belongs to Atlanta also.
But here Is another argument.
Has It ever occurred to you that while Atlanta Is an educational cen
ter of some note, most of the money which Is Invested In schools and
colleges In Atlanta Is Invested In schools and colleges for the negro race?
in the aggregate they represent millions of dollars.
We do not protest against this enormous Investment on behalf of the
negro's betterment; but wo have lost the characteristic mark which dis
tinguishes Anglo-Saxons If with tho means which we possess and In the
light of this undisputed fact, we fall to accept this magnificent offer.
Unless this $125,000 Is raised the proposition to endow Agnes Scott
College falls to tho ground, and Atlanta loses $375,000.
It has npt yet been recorded that In the presence of the great race
problem which today confronts us, the people of Atlanta are unwilling to
clinch the generous offer which will splendidly equip and handsomely en
dow an institution for tho education of Southern girls.
Shall It aver bo written that we hold in such light esteem the Cau
casian womanhood of Dixie?
God forbid!
We mistake the temper of the people of Atlanta If they allow this
opportunity for the endowment of Agnes Scott College to go by default
Atlanta’s Modern Fire-Proof Center.
In today's Issue of The Georgian appears a plat showing the new,
modern flre-proot center of Atlanta, as portrayed by Edwin P. Analey, the
wide-awake grlzard of local development and enterprise. Sagacious, prac
tical, far-seeing, this Industrial Napoleon looks ahead. He reads the fu
ture from the standpoint of a calculating man of business.
There Is nothing visionary In this forecast, for Mr. Ansley discounts
the certainties of the future by the actual developments of the recent
past and Immediate present Using only the actual construction contem
plated or now under way aa a basts, Mr. Ansley opens the door of the
modern flre-proot Atlanta as It Is sure to appear within the next five years
—a district representing not only the heart of the business section of
this city, but the acknowledged commercial center of the entire 8outb.
The present owners of property lying In this section ere progressive
and energetic citizens, who have already proved themselves among the
real makers of Atlanta. Many of these have already planned fire-proof
Improvements, which will make them known to poaterity as the builders
of the metropolis of Dixie. 8tlll others have begun fire-proof structures,
which will make this the recognized hotel, theater and business district
As a result property In this section has doubled, trebled and quad
rupled within the peat two or three year*.
And eo It Is that Mr. Antley’a prophecy Is nothing more than the plain,
business statement of a basinets man regarding the assured fire-proof
business district of the business center of the South.
Diary of a Jailbird
By WEX JONES.
EE, this Isa third-
rate JaU I
The bars arc
only nickeled In
st.-ad of being
gilt. Tho carpets
> are almost worn
out, and tho fur
niture la hopeless
ly out of style,
while as for the
pictures, they nre
no better than
some of those In
the Metropolitan
Museum. It Is
galling In the ex
treme to be stay
ing In a place run
' - by persons who
have really no ar
tistic sense.
Made n kick to the Jailer to
day, and as a result I am bring
ing In my otvn furniture, bric-a-
brac, etc. There Is hardly space
enough In my paltry suite of four cells,
but I ntn doing my best to make the
place as cosy as possible.
/ Very annoying Incident this morning.
I had an appointment with one op my
brokers for 10 o’clock. A new Jailer
was on duty, a most Ignorant and surly
person, and he positively refused to
open the doors berore the usual time,
10:20. As a result, I lost heavily In
C. Q. D. preferred.
Fortunately, the warden was sensi
ble, and tho new man lost hts Job very
promptly.
The lack of proper attendants In this
Jail la almost Intolerable. I went to
the theater yestordny evening, and
since tho tyrannical regulations require
tho presence of a Jail representative. I
was accompanied by a guard, for whom
I bought a seat In the balcony. Im
agine my feelings when, between tho
acts, this attendant, who was not even
In evening clothes, came up and spoko
familiarly to me. t had him fired this
morning.
If anything makes me discontented
with prison life It Is the oppressive rule
that a guest must return to the Jail by
1 n. m.. Just when
a man Is begin
ning to enjoy a
little supper or
have a good tlmq
at somo banquet.
I am trying my
best to have It ar
ranged so that
guests of the JaJl
shall only have to
appear when they
register.
Some friends
have Invited me
down to their
( 'lace on Long Is-
and for a week’s
stay,, but the dis
tance makes It In
convenient .for me to get back to the
Jail every evening. I don’t think the
public realizes the hardships which
prison life Imposes upon the unfortu
nate Inmate.
At last I have got the great plan.
I leave my valet tn the Jail at nights
now, so I never return to the low place
at all!
Around Georgia
Wit and Wisdom and Doings and Sayings of Our Own
People as Chronicled by Ye Editor.
tQjjoEUeci
si3E>s
Picking Up Chips.
Jones, a player of polcer was he.
And skilled In the same;
Stole tn hts house at 4:33
From a stiff-limit game;
Wife was on hand and angry Indeed—
(Jones revels In quips!)
Banished suspicions by telling her he'd
Been “picking up chips."
—Buffalo News.
Not So Bad as Fiction,
Killing a man was never regarded a
Joke tn the Western country and the
Western man, at least aa I knew him,
was about as far removed from the
grotesque clown of magazlnedom or
the stage as day Is from night: yet
men once went armed In the West, and
sometimes the recklessness of dis
gruntled, self-dtsgulsed, deeperate men,
mostly sullen or excited by whisky, led
to fatal shootings. It was not a popu
lar sport or pastime to kill men. and
these who did so made no overwhelm
ing majority of the population, any
more than they do today tn the Eastern
cities.—From "The American Six-
Shooter," by Emerson Hough, In The
Outing Magazine.
Out of Business.
Everybody's calling names! Every-
body'a aore! -
We've had a taste nf trouble and We're
looking 'round for more.
The world haa (truck a date at Indig
nation ao profound
That there won't be any welcome when
St. Valentine cornea 'round.
No more poetic pena to gentle aonga of
love are stirred!
The object now Is to attain the short
est. ugliest word;
And e’en the suffragette forblda allure
ments feminine.
It's funny, but It’a rather rough -On
poor St. Valentine!
—Washington Star.
Gladness.
I'm glad I'm no Italian,
With earthquakes at my door;
I'm glad I am no Orient man.
With Big revolts galore.
In tan, when It comes down to nice
And quiet times and fates,
I do aver I'm very glad
I am United States.
—Baltimore American.
Terminology.
Officious Salesman—Wouldn't you
like to look at some of our overcoat
ings or suitings?
Dyspeptic Looking Customer—No,
but If you will be kind enough to tell
me wttere the drug department Js I'll
take a look atyour pllllngs and pornua
plasterings.—Chicago Tribune.
Wh*r«""was Hef . _
Old Mr. Flaherty was a general fa
vorite In the little town where he lived.
The doctor wae away alt one summer
and did not hear of the old man's death.
Soon after his return he met Miss Fla
herty and Inquired about the. family,
ending with:
"And how la your father standing the
heat?"—New York Times.
Paradoxical.
ie man who measures smallest
Plays the loudest In the band:
The man who pays least taxes
Owns the greatest to’, of land;
Thq man who shouts the loudest
la the on^jvho dodges war—
I wonder wnat the by-laws
Of propriety are for?
—Buffalo News.
John Boifeuillet.
The Hon. John T. Boifeuillet, Ma
con's handsome and poDuIar citizen,
has been selected to represent Georgia
as one of the floor managers at the big
Inauguration ball In Washington on the
4th of March. None hut the hand
somest men are selected for these
places and the Georgia delegation made
n" ml-tuko In making "'lr friend llu-ir
choice for this place. John Is not ns
young as he was. but he is still one of
the handsomest and best fellows In the
South.—Darien Gazette.
Hen Mothers' Puppies,
Here Is a good one from Stanley:
Mr. S. W. I. Murray had tv.-n little
hound puppies In it shed room, and
there was also a setting hen In there.
Ono day Mr. Murray's wife went In
there and found that the puppies were
underneath t lihen. and she tv.
warming them and taking care of them
Just like they were chickens. From
that time on. when the hen would go
out In the yard, the puppies would fol
low her all round, nnd when they got
oft too far she would cluck to them
and 111 e \ wnild running hack.
Whenever the hen gets ready to go
back In the room she clucks to the pup
pies and they follow her back In the
house and nestle under her wings like
chickens.—Sylvanla Telephone.
A Hopeless Case.
Mr. J. B. Steadham. a splendid Cal
houn county farmer. living nenr Edi
son, was In town yesterday attending
to business. Mr. Steadham told of a
certain fellow In his neighborhood who
became frightened during the storm
Tuesday night nnd In seeking a place
of safety, crawled under a corn crib.
After the storm the fellow said that
while under the crib he could not recall
a single good thing he had ever done
that would entitle him tn the Lord's
mercy.—Calhoun County Courier.
New Ust for Street Cars.
The old trolley care, relics of those
■rfie
ARMY-NAVY ORDERS
favored days when Atnericus could
ride, are now utilized by, the county
commissioners as carriers for the
chaingang. The commissioners pur
chased four for $60. and with new
wheels nnd other changes they will
now be used for transportation of the
s^ripeds.—Amerlcus Atm.
The Red-Haired Girl,
After years of adverse criticism
and 'veiled .rudeness, patiently borne,
the red-haired girl has outgrown the
calumny once attached to her and has
come into her own. Today she is the
envy of her^sisters In more ways than
'tip Notice ;t red-haired gin on the
street. She Is never insignificant. If
one dislike* red hair h<» notlcee her for
that reason. The average woman whoso
ambition Is t<> nave lochs of Titian
hue looks at her with envv. The red-
ImlrM girl knows aho is *'ln style." She
has that comfortable feeling that means
so much to a woman, of being "cor
rect." She has come Into her own—
and. being red-haired. Is almost certain
to hold It—Middle Georgia Farmer.
Wuh Lott.
Unde Wash Lott, of Coffee county, was
In tbe city Wednesday for n short time,
and while here renewed hl« promise to
Tho Enterprise. Ho says that The Enter
prise Is getting better all the while, nnd
that he can not afford to do without It now.
Such expressions have been numerous and
are so much appreciated by the present
management.—Douglas Enterprise.
Around Hie Clock
The Acid
Test.
Once up on a time, back In the misty,
not say musty, ages that preceded pro
hibition In Atlanta, a prominent Peach
tree reader rolled cheerfully homeward
along In the wee sms' hours. He had
been In large evidence at a stag, or
some other sort of dinner, and he was
Just a bit the worse for wear.
Carefully extricating himself from
the cab, he waddled pompously up'to
the front door, which he opened with
some dlfllctnty and huge caution.
Inside, he made his somewhat uncer
tain way up a dlmly-llghted flight of
steps, and was brought to n. halt at the
top by a cold, gray voice Issuing un
cannily from his wife’s chamber. -En
sued then the following dialogue:
"John!"
"Yesh. m’ dear."
"Is that you, John?”
"Yesh, m’ dear."
"Well. John—"
“Yesh, m' dear.”
“Are you drunk, John?"
"No, m’ dear."
"Well, John."
"Yesh. m' dear.”
“Say 'chrysanthemum.”
Pause. Then, philosophically.
"I'm .drunk, in' dear!” O. B. K.
Washington, Feb. 22.—The following
orders have been Issued;
Army Orders, *
Lieutenant Colonel Guy L. Edye,
medical corps, from treatment at army
and navy hospital. Hot Springs, to hts
station.
Navy Orders.
Midshipman D. K. Calhoun, from
navy department, Washington, to the
Bagley. Paymaster J. R. Sanford, from
the New Jersey to home, settle ac
counts and await orders. Paymaster J.
W. Morse, from Boston yard to the
New Jersey; Paymaster F. G. Pyne,
from New York yard to the Georgia;
Assistant Paymaster E. H. Von Pat
ten, from the Georgia home, settle ac
counts and watt orders.
Movements of Vessels.
The cruiser Buffalo has arrived at
Maro'Island. the dispatch boat Dolphin
and the tender Yankton at Washington,
tho torpedo boat Gwln at Newport, tho
tug Potomac at Norfolk and the tor
pedo boats Tlngey and Wilkes at
Notches.
Tho cruisers North Carolina and
Montana have sailed from Hampton
Roads to meet the Atlantic fleet, nnd
the training ship Severn and tug Stan-
dlsli have left Norfolk for Annapolis.
Growth and Progress of the New South
The Georgian here record* each day
eoine economic fact In reference to
the onward progress of tho South.
BY
JOSEPH B. LIVELY
Already this season we it Toxas has made n most creditable showing on the
markets with truck, and It Is expected that later on that section will ship impor
tant amounts. Insomuch aa west Texas He* within tbe frost belt Jt can not be ex
pected to produce all the Various kinds of small and tender vegetables In the heart
of winter, yet It grows many of them nnd these of the very finest grade. With Feb
ruary past tbe numberless points In the western pert of the state will begin plant
ing In earliest nnd soon thereafter, that section will be shipping practically every
thing. It la expected that most of this stuff will come to north and cast Texas
lUACkets, but of course some of It will continue on to out-state points, how much
can not as yet be estimated. West Texas has not been Idle while the Falfurrlas,
Brownsville and Corpus Chrfstl districts were booming. It bns claimed Its share
of the homesceker’s attention and begun a development that will not cease till it
has attained to a point of vast Importance. While this development of course In
cludes all branches of fnrmlug, n largo percentage of It has been along the Hue of
fruit nnd truck raising. Likewise poultry nnd bees have come In for a goodly share
of attention. Compared to the total area of west Texas, the percentage of land
brought under cultivation la/of courae, yet amall, but when the millions on mil
lions of acres there are borne In mind It can readily be understood that the "small
percentage" may mean, In fact, doea mean, thousands of acres. But then this year’s
production will be Important not >o much for the monoy returns, but rather for the
Idea It will give of the possibilities the future holds for fruit and truck growlug
there. For so many years have the people of the Central and Northern states
heard that tbe west end of the state Is nothing but n vast desert that It Is naturally
taking n considerable time to overcome this erroneous opinion and secure the accept
ance of tho truth, namely, that there are thousands of acres of the richest kind of
lands out there, land that will grow vegetables, fruit and the like second to none.
Whnt the total of tillable laud, walling only for men to begin producing of lfs for
tunes of edibles Is, would be bard to any, but It cao be said that work and plans are
already under way that will bring no less than 100,000 acre* under use. Think what
oven 1 per cent of that devoted to trucking and fruit growing would mean, and It Is
very conservative Indeed to aay that 5 per cent of tho land will l>e devoted to these
things. Of the‘productive quality of the soil fabulous talcs arc told—and proved;
of an apple orchard of six acres, bringing $1,800 for one crop, of 60 acres of apples,
bringing the owner $10,000 for one yield* Of one yield from a pear orchard of 10
acres, sclltng for $16,000. These are some of the results recorded os accomplished In
west Texas by Intelligent Industry aided by tbe soil, sunshine nnd water.—New
York Packer.
NEVER AGAIN! ByT.E. Powers