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THE ATLANTA UEOKG1AN AND NEWS: SATURDAY, AUGUST 14, 1909.
THE ATLA-NTA GEORGIAN
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OPPORTUNITY.
They do too wronf who aay 1 come no moro
Whan one. I knock and fall to find yon In;
Tor or.ry day I pund out.Id. your door
And bid yon wake, and rise to fight and
wla. .
Wall not for prectone chance, past naray,
Weep not for golden agee on tbe wanol
Each night I horn the records of tho day—-
At sunrise every sonl la born acalnl
Lough Ilka n boy at aptandora that bays sped.
To Tantshed Joys ba blind and deaf and
dnmb;
My Judgment! seal tba dead past with Its
dead.
Bat never bind a moment yet to come.
Tho deep tn mire, wring not yonr hands and
weep;
I lend my arm to nil who aay "I eanl"
Ho shame faced outcast ever sank so deep
Bnt yet might rlao tnd ba again n man)
Poet thou behold thy lost youth all aghast7
Post reel from rtgbteoni Xetrlbntlon’a
blow?
Then tnrn horn blotted archlrea of tho poet
And find tba fntnro'o page, white oa enow.
Art thou a mourner? Bouse tbaa from thy
spall;
. Art thou a sinner? Sins may bo forgiven:
Each morning glvea theo wings to Use from
bell.
Each night a star to gnldo thy feet to
heaven.
—Judge Walter Malone, of Memphle, Tend.
At any rate, the new tariff bill has
pleased the Infants,
Ilarcelona Is reported to bo onoo
more guy and festive, but Alphonso
will nevertheless probably choose
some other summer resort.
Under the new tariff law clockings
that formerly sold for 19 cents will
sell for 26, according to a New York
dispatch. *
In India there are said to be 25,000,-
000 widows. Nnroitean travel will
doubtless now lie stimulated to this
land of manifold attractions.
Nat Goodwin's latest play Is entitled
".My Wife's Awsjr." Hard luck! But
Nat has apparently never encountered
much trouble to getting another on*.
At the ago of 56 Mrs. Patrick Bnrns.
of Dover, Is reckoned one of the most
expert swimmers on the New Englaud
coast.
If Luther Burbank's efforts to pro
duce a seedless watermelon means
thnt he propones to make It all heptrt,
here's success to him and quick re
turns.—Washington Herald.
James It. Garfleld, non of the late
President Garfleld, may be nominated
by tho Republicans of Ohio to make
th.- race against Governor Harmon,
whom the Democrats Will probably
nominate for a second term.
While gathering water, lilies from
a rowboat on Indian Pond, near Win
sit'd, Conn., a month ago Miss Mary
Valley, of Mlllerton, N. Y., lost a ring
set wllb three opals. William Me-
Aulllfe, while fishing In the same wa
ters a few days ago, caught a baas.
On decapitating tho fish he found tho
ring lodged fast In the fish's throat.
According to The London Chronicle,
one ot the most inveterate hoarders on
record was George IV'. Not only was
he averse to destroying hooka and pa
pers. but he preserved everything that
could possibly be kept. When he died
all the suits of clothes he bad worn
for twenty years were discovered and
sold by public auction. His executors
also found secreted In various desks,
^fentnr and cupboards numerous
purses and pocketbooks crammed full
of money, to the extent, It la said, of
2100,000. together with more senti
mental treasures In the form of locks
ot hair from the tresses ot forgotten
beauties of the court.
Rev. Alfred H. Burroughs, of Bris
tol. Tenn., striving for tho world's rec
ord of Gretna Green ccrcmoatea, has
reached the mark of 3,000 couples, dat
ing from August 14, 1SS9. Mon couples
married by him were elopers from Vltv
glnla and West Virginia, the laws of
those states forbidding the marriage
of minors Acept by consent of par
ents.
|Fifty-Six Years an Atlanta Citizen.
One of Atlanta’s oldest landmarks has disappeared from view In tbe
recent death of Mr. Maxwell R. Berry, at the patriarchal age of 86 years.
The passing of this splendid pioneer carries the Imagination back to
the simple village days when Atlanta was little more than an unpreten
tious hamlet Inplosed within a belt of forest oaks and reached by Indian
trails.
For he knew this whole region of country long before It ceased to bo
the wilderness home of the Cherokees.
, Ho could easily recall tho little cluster of shacks to which was. given
the name of Terminus.
’ With still leas ot an effort of the memory he could recall the visage
ot Mnrtha8vlllc—ambitious—alert—ful. of the promise of great things.
And soon after the "babe In the woods” became Atlanta and the high
ways leading Into tho market square at tha cross roada began to teem
with commercial caravans, he located 4n tho heart of the busy town and
watched It grow.
This’was In 1853. From an enterprising little country town of some
2,600 residents he saw,It gradually unfold from year to year until finally
It became an Imperial metropolis—plucking the prize of Georgia's capitol
from staid old Mlllcdgevllle and becoming the Gate City of.the South.
But he was not merely an onlooker. He helped to set tbe pace. He
put his shoulders to the wheels of Industry. He took part In the work of
upbuilding. And even when the city waa reduced to ashes by General
Sherman's torch he was not dismayed. He felt that it was bound to rise
agnln. The fortune which he accumulated wbb the fruit of honest toll,
lie was not afraid to Invest In Atlanta real estate. And with tho passing
years his strong faith and his shrewd Judgment were, vindicated.
Somo of the handsomest structures In Atlanta—Including tho Kim
ball House and the Church of the Immaculate Conception—attest his
skillful and conscientious workmansshlp as .a contractor.
Never at any time a robust man, he waa forced by a physical constl-
tqtlon somewhat trail scrupulously to observe the rules of health and to
avoid the evils of oxcesr. Yet he reached the zone ot heavy frosts and
died at the age of four score years and six.
The moral of this old man's simple way of living needs to bo Im
pressed upon the youth of this feat age.
In all the relationships of life he was characterized by the standards
of uprightness. He was loyal to the old code of ethics. He kept In' the
old paths ot business conservatism.
And, having put his house tn order, ho was prepared to leave It when
the final summons came—not In'snllenness, but like one "who wraps tho
drapery of bJ6 couch about him and lies down to pleasant dreams.’)
To Arms, Ye Blonds!
Dr.' Charles E. Woodruff, who holds a major’s commission In the
United States army, has made himself famous without going Into battle.
He has startled'the ear drums and quickened the pulse beats of eighty
millions of people by declaring that blue eyes and golden locks are
treacherous snares—-that most of the erring daughters of Mother Eve are
recruited from the falr-sklnned ranks of tho race of blonds—that the
type of beauty‘to which the whole Anglo-Saxon world Is wedded by In
stinct and by tradition Is henceforth to be tabooed because forsooth It
fosters criminals and weaklings.
VVhoopeo!
If this Indictment stands, think of what It involves.
Back In tho old ancestral scuta tho mothers from whom most of us
have derived existence were flaxen-hatred. In tho main we are either
Celts or Teutons. It Is only by the thinnest of strains that we are Itound
to tho ollve-hucd races of southern Europe. The blood which mantles our
cheeks has chiefly como from tho British Isles—from tho upper Rhino
lands—from the seafaring towns and villages from which sailed tho crude
harks of tho old Norseman.
In progressive enterprise—In chlralrlc hardihood—In splendid achieve
ment—the Anglo-Saxon family has led the world. It has borne the torch
of civilization—It has cradled the pioneers. Yet tho women of this robust
race possess In an eminent degree the charming characteristics ot person
which Dr. Woodruff has condemned—they are blue-eyed and they are
golden-haired. k
If Dr. Woodruff had v specified In his blit of complaint that It was the
peroxide blond at whom his shafts ot criticism were aimed, wo would
not have demurred; but ho did not so partlcnlarlzo.
Perhtps he only meant td make an ugly fling at the lady from over
the Rhine. *
But he lisa carried the hostile challenge to Juliet’s balcony and to
Rosalind's bower.
lie has made an enemy ot every beautiful woman In existence whose
features may ba aald to lack the aoenber panellings.
And he htui Issued the manifesto for another War of the Roses.
Even tho writers ot classic antiquity who lived In tho countries which
tiro noted for the brunette hnre produced upon our minds the Impression
thnt they were partial to tha blonds—for Venus Is portrayed In this light
—and so Is Helen of Troy. •
The far-famed witcheries of Cleopatra aro said to have been due to
the fact that aho was something of a blond In a country which was ded
icated to dark complexions. ,
And tho adjective which tho poets have used to describe tho locks of
Jupiter Is—'’’ambrosial.'*
So It seems that tho type of beauty which tho world has admired
since tho days of Grecian Homer Is the type which Dr. Woodruff bids us
shun.-' '
Is It really vtelousT' Then why aro fewer crimes committed by Scan
dinavians than.by Italians?
Tho scIenttQc value to be attached to the remark of this army {thy-
slclan may be suggested by the statement that he Is the snmo man who.
In opposition to the beat medical opinion. Insisted somo time ago that con
sumptives should keep aut,of tho sun.
Dr. Woodruff may bo troubled with no tuberculous complaint, but un
doubtedly tho place for him Is In the shade. Betake yourself at nnce to
some safe sanctuary, doctor. Hide yourself In some cave of Adullam. For
If the falr-halrod Saxon girls ever get hold of you. It Is dollars to dough
nuts that you will prefer the wrath ot Judgment day.
ARMY-NAVY ORDERS
Washington, Aug. 14.—Th<*s« orders
have been ls*u©d:
Army Order*.
Major Ale* M. Smith, medical corps,
to Presidio, San Francisco.
Major Chari*** J. Morton. Inspector
general, to army and navy general hos
pital, Hot Spring*, for treatment.
Captain William C. Metcalf, quarter
master. from Newport to the Philip
pines division.
Captain Charles W# Flnton, Second
cavalry, to Chicago.
Captain Francis W. Ralston, coast
artillery, from One Hundred and Twen
ty-second company to unassigned list.
Naval Order*.
Commander J. P. Parker to Norfolk
a* captain of the yard,'
Lieutenant L. L. Penny from tho Chi
cago to naval academy; orders of Au
gust 6 to Des Moines revoked.
Lieutenant John R. Combs from the
Ohio to the Des Moines aa executive
and navigating officer.
Pay Director J. A. Ring from Ports
mouth, N. H., to home and wait orders.
Pay Inspector H. A. Tent to Ports
mouth as purchasing pay officer Sep
tember 1.
Paymaster T. S. O'Day to naval sta
tion, Narragansett Bay. R. I., ns pay
officer and general storekeeper of the
station and pay officer on the Constel
lation.'
Paymaster F. P. Sackett from Con
stellation and training station, New
port, to home and wait orders.
Paymaster W. A. Merrlam to Indian
Head proving grounds as pay officer
and generat storekeeper.
Naval Constructor T. O. Roberts from
New York yard September 1 to New
port News, Va.
Movements of Naval Vessels.
The battleship Idaho has arrived at
Southern drill grounds; the gunboat
Wolverine at Mackinac Island; the col
lier Hannibal at Newport News; the
collier Brutus at Boston, and the tug
Blandish at Annapolis. The supply ship
Supply has sailed from Mare Island for
Honolulu; the cruiser FraJrJe from
Hampton Roads for Philadelphia; the
collier Marcellus from Newport News
for Boston: the collier Lebanon from
Newport News for Bradford, and the
torpedo boats Whipple, Hull, Truxtun,
Perry. Hopkins and Paul Jones from
Esquimau!! for Bremerton.
THIS WEEK IN COTTON
By J08EPH B. LIVELY.
Bread Should Be Covered
Undoubtedly the time, will come
when all bakeshops will wrap each
loaf of bread as soon as It Is removed
from the oven, says The Bakers Week
ly. This subject has been agitated In
Washington, hut has met with somo
opposition from those who thought that
the wrapping would Impair the pal&ta-
blllty and digestibility of the bread.
To nnsw'er this argument, the health
department experimented with various
kinds of papers and discovered that
the effect of the protective covering
wns to preserve the freshness of the
bread, which was even superior after
24 hours. The labels which are now
often affixed directly on the loaves
could be us€d to seal the wrappings.
Some of the bakers argue that this Is
not practical for the bakery that turns
out many hundreds of loaves dally,
but accounts of some of the larger
bakeries and restaurants In the East
show that they have already adopted
this method of wrapping each loaf In
paraffin paper as soon as the bread Is
removed from the oven. Some bakeries
now wrap the gluten bread, which is
sold largely to the hospitals, but at a
higher price than the ordinary' bread,
and not made In such enormofts quan
tities.
“I am still a bear. Within 60 days I believe January will sell at 11 cents
or lower. Spinners will not buy freely at these prices and the speculators
will have to take care of the weight of the movement If they want to sustain
the market.' Improved crop reports are coming from Texas because of the
recent rains.”
Thus speaks the big bear In the speculative market for cotton. The
statement was published In a New York morning paper .and was sent all
thru the cotton belt. It Is cheering news to the Southern farmer; and. com
ing from a party who Is thoroughly conversant with the Inside method of
making prices on a commodity Just beginning to move to market, he Is ex
pected to believe there can be no doubt as to the truth of this statement
thnt January mult depredate In value over a cent a pound. There will be
probably’ no necessity for a cent a pound reduction In prices. Business may
Improve to such an extent that spinners wIII be willing to pay 13 1-2, or
even 13 l-2c, for needed supplies In January. In fact, it Is believed that
prospects are fqr hecord-breaklng consumption. If the coming season's yield
Is sufficiently large to meet the expected world’s requirement*. A crop nf
between 11.000.000 and 12,000,000 bales will m*et a record-breaking con
sumptive demand.
If we are to accept the government report of the condition of cotton on
July 25, as issued August 2. as anywhere near correct, a crop exceeding out
side figures is next to Impossible. Favorable weather for the remainder of
the growing season would probably Increase the yield to 12,000.000 bales—a
million or more short of requirements. “These prices” will then look cheap.
Spinners are aware of the true condition of cotton. An Eastern manu
facturer, who is in close touch with some of the largest cotton mills In the
East, said; "No matter how favorable the weather from now untfl picking
Is completed, every' bale of cotton produced will be needed and will be taken.
There is now a shortage of staple cotton, and the shrewdest spinners aro
quietly trying to contract for a year's supply, and a few are willing to buy
sufficient for eighteen months.”
The present bear combination was formed for the special benefit of spot
Interests for the purpose of purchasing the early movement at a much lower
basis. So far they have been successful In causing a sharp reaction frpm top
prices on futures. The decline In spot has been considerably less.
The Now York Trade Record says: "Spot Interests ore not the controll
ing factor In fixing the price of cotton. 8upply and demand does play some
pnrt In It. There is no question but that the- supply will be short this
year. The movement of cotton during the fall months will fix the price of
cotton. If It be targe, then prices will be low when compared with the total
yield, but If it be small, then prices will be high. The movement during
the fall does not alwnys depend on the six© of the crop, as often the financial
necessities of tho grower force him to hurry' his crop to market when It is
small. The financial Institutions ot tHb South can control the situation If.-
they will. On them depends whether the South will benefit bv an Increased
value of $200,000,000 for its chief money crop. If they give tho growers the
needed financial assistance to enable them to market their crop slowly, then
the efforts of the bears on the cotton exchanges to depress the prices of
actual cotton will bo futile, and the yam buyer who accepts the price fluc
tuations of the exchanges as a barometer of conditions will suffer for his
credulity by paying top prices for his yarns.”
The week opened with speculative sentiment decidedly bearish. On Mon
day th© lowest prices were recorded, the bear leadership of th© market ap
parently' having effectually discouraged outside speculation for an advance
and emboldened room professionals to the point of scalping the market on
the short side; but while there did not nppear to be any real change In the
average sentiment regarding the probable ultimate course of prices, even
the average trader Is Inclined to postpone purchases until present prices
have been tested bv the weight of the new crop movement. Reported rains
In Texas on Mofiaay morning was the Influence used by the bears to depress
prices. On .Monday all positions sold well below lie.
The tendency for the remainder or the week has been toward a higher
level of values, due to a belief that the rains In Texas have been of little ben-
Week’s range In futures:
September
October ...
Ttprembcr
Jnnusry ...
Slay
> closing figures of Friday, August
Closing Last
8.
Last
High.
Lew.
Bids.
Week.
Ys*r.
11.96
12.23
12.27
10.10
...12.23
11.82
12.17
12.20
9.50
...12.33
11.74
12.14
12.17
9.42
...12.31
11.80
JL2.13
12.22
9.12
...12.29
11.79
12.12
12.20
9.09
11.80
12.13
12.22
9.13
11.86
12.16
12.24
In the spot deportment greater strength has been shown, and transac
tions at 13 to 13 1-te, basis middling, have been reported In different sec
tions of the belt, At close of the week quotations show a slight ndvance.
Comparisons follow: This Last Last
Wssk. Week. Year.
King Leopold’s Own Railway.
Tho latest of King Leopold’s whims,
practically completed. Is a private
railway leading from the Brussels
suburban station of Laaken to tha
palace, about a mile away. This rail
way, altogether hidden from sight, la
luxuriously appointed; from It his
majesty steps Into n lift which con
veys him direct to his apartments. The
railway, tunnel, etc., cost In all tome
6,000.000 francs.—From M. A. P.
New Orleans,
WEEK-END STATISTICS.
World’s visible supply (Hester): 1909.
• Total all kinds 2,168,147
Of which American .....1,607,747
Of the world’s visible supply there ore held In-
Great Britain and continental Europo 1,677,000
Egypt „$J-000
United States 280,000
The movement for the week and season, compiled
King, of the New York Cotton Exchange, follows:
J Weekly movement:
Port receipts
Overland to mills and Canada
Southern mill takings (estimated).....,.........,.....
Loss of stock nt Interior towns
Totnl since September 1:
Port receipts
Overland to mills nml Canada
Southern mill takings (estimated)
Stock nt Interior (owns In excess of September 1..
Brought Into sight thus far for season, i .13,666,1)96 11,308,846
Two thousand nine hundred nnd forty-seven bales deducted from tl)e-
rerelpts for season.
l 6.69
6.97
) 12.75
10.60
-16 121-4
10.00
1908.
1907.
1.546,745
2,547,177
1,088,699
1,517,177
1,047.000
1,516.000
70,000
31,000
436,000
609.000
294,000
391,000
by Superintendent
1909.
1908.
. 11.055
24,038
. 2,972
6,908
. 50,000
6,000
4.622
. 64.030
30,334
.9.899.084
8,417,808
847.865
.2,365,000
2,011,000
32,172
Parental Advice.
' 1. TO SON.
John: - You should not be so liberal
with your wife—keep her expenditure,
down. You know I have als-gy,
trained you to be frugal—admonish.,
you to save every penny., because ra
one will give you any credit for what
you have expended for your wife's to.
called happiness should you become
bankrupt. Money Is happiness itself
It Is dverything, son. Put a dollar bill
over your eyes nml shut out the sun.
shine, (lowers, friendships—In fact all
thnt tempts and lures you to part w;th
that for which you struggled so man.
fully to obtain. Forget your oblige,
tlons; forget friends; forget everything
except your money—don't forget that. '
’ 2. TO DAUGHTER.
Mary: I renlly don't think your hus.
band Is treating you liberally enough.
He Is entirely too close, too econnm.
lent; limits you. It appears to me, in
money matters. He should realize that
It Is his stern duty to turn over to y, )u
every cent he makes nnd then permit
you to make him such nllownnce there,
from as your best Judgment dictates
All good husbands do tills, you know
Tou should Impress upon him, Mary’
thnt money In not everything—this
fact you should make him appreciate
fully. There are so many lovely
things In this life to which we should
not be blinded—friends, art, literature
nnd wondrous benutles of nature
Money Is a vulgar thing Indeed—don't
fot-get that.
Moral—Keep the money In the fam
ily Jack Oliver.
Wall Equipped.
A Methodist bishop was recently a
guest at the home of a friend who had
two charming daughters. One morn
ing the bishop, accompanied by the
two young ladles, went out In the hope
of catching some trout. An old fish
erman, out for the same purpose, wish
ing to appear friendly, called out;
■'Ketchln' many, pardT'
The bishop, drawing himself to hfi
full height, replied: "Brother, I am a
Asher of men."
"You've got the right kind of bait, all
right," was the fisherman's rejoinder.—
Success.
Unela Ezra 8ayst
"They's no need fur any one’s bor-
ryln’ trouble; Jest let ’em borry a lit.
tie money an' tho trouble will taks
keer uv itself."—Boston Herald.
". Tha Halp of tho Prodigal.
The prodigal son. repentnnt, or, at
any rate, weary, of the diet of husks
forced upon his kind by a vigilant po.
lice system, had experienced a change
of heart and Joined the church. The
good slaters were discussing his desir
ability. -
"But," expostulated Mrs. Straight-
lace, with a lino and virtuous display
of righteousness, "ho was a common
gambler—what they call a bunco
steerer."
Isn't It lovely!" exclaimed Mrs. Up*
todnte. “What a help he will be in
getting up our church fairs."—Phila
delphia Record.
Sha Know!
'Oh, wlll.you go thru life with me?"
He cried, with love's appeal.
She answered yes, for she knew hit
MM
Would warrant nn Automobile.
—Philadelphia Bulletin.
* Absent Minded.
"Wilkins Is the most absent minded
cuss I over met.”
"How, so?"
"Why, the Inst time he got Into the
barber’s chnlr he pinned the newspa
per nround his neck and began to
rend the towel."—Philadelphia Record.
Second Cousins.
Tennyson's brook goes on fore'or.
By Jinks, It Is to laugh—
That brook must be related to
The modom .phonograph.
—St. Louis Star.
Growth and Progress of the New South
The Georgian her* records eneh dnf
somo economic fact In reference to
the onward progress ef tbe South.
BY
JOSEPH B. LIVELY
A review of Southern nml Southwestern building operations In July.Sa shown
b j reports from representative eltles In these sections, 1 ml testa that, while few
communities have made msrlced I no reuses over preceding months, In many sections
good gains hnve been recorded. In Norfolk n totnl of 14 permits wns Issued during
the month, vnlued st $164,595. As compnred with operations for July of last year,
these figures show nn Increase of seven In tho number of permits Issued and a de
crease of nearly $50,000 In eost. Operations In Birmingham for tbe month were val
ued at $334,008, ns compared with $166,230 for July, 1908. For the present year up to
August 1 the value of operations Is estimated at $1,609,098, ns cooipared with $1,251.-
181 for tho corresponding period last year. In Maeon a totnl of 232 permits has
lm©n Issued during the present year, showing n decrease of four as compared with
the same period last year. Tha value of operations this ytar Is estimated at $52V
000, |rbleh Is an Increase of $186,000 over tbe same period Inst jr^r. A comparative
statement of opcratbms In Nashville Indicates a value of $175,223 for last month,
as compared with $207,068 for the some month last year. The cost of building con*
struetlon tn Knoxville for the month la estimated nt $134,368. Altho there were no
prominent buildings projected In Charlotte during July, $40,000 was spent In erection
of modernte-prlcrd structures. In 8nn Antonio a total of 279 permits was Issued dur*
fin g the month, representing n value of $474,944. This Is On Increase of $269,964 over
July. 1908. A total of 116 permits was Issued In Dallas, representing a value of $388.*
77t. This Is nn increase of fifteen In the number of permits Isaucd In July, 1908,
with nn Increase of over $42,000 In valuation. In Little Rock tbe value of operation!
for tbe month Is largely In excess of the sime month in former year. The estimated
value U $212,491. For the rtr*t seven months of the value of ImIMIng lonMrue-
tlon In Kansas City It estimated at $8,657,96$. A total of 676 permits was Issued In
the District of Columbia during July, vnlued nt $1,433,096. As compared with the
preceding month, this Is a decrease of $798,66?. Building permits were Issued In
Baltimore during past month Jor structures estimated to cost $1,171,472.—Manufactur
ers* Record.
When An
Optician
As Per Our Notice to Run a Series
of Advertisements in the
Form of Short Educa
tional Optical
Talks.
NO. 3
Should Be
Consulted
i„„jy he . n .. your . nnd when you can not continue for arty
length of tlmo to read or sew with comfort
at an V ob?ect° U ,DV0,untnr,ly frown Partly close tho eyes when looking
When things “gwim" or become dim after being looked at fotvsome
ume.
Whon the oyes ache, smart or water, when your eyelids get In-
forehend tW1 ' M WhCn y0U h8V0 paln ln the e >' ebal >. orbit, temples or
wIse'account U for aV0 &ny ncrvous derangement that you cannot otheh
for th * * y ”
OUR WORK I* RKLIARLK.
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14 Whitehall, OPTICIANS. 12SPeachtr«.
AROUND ANp ABOUT GEORGIA
A R.markabl, Egg.
Believers In the unusual will bo In
terested In a wonderful hen egg which
has been brought Into, this vicinity
from Alabniqa. Several days since,
AND NOT ONLY THAT, BUT
when Rev. L. B. Cranford was ortt
there, a gentleman told him of an *1$
laid In a hen's nest In his poultfj
yards. The egg was given to Mr
Cranford, who brought It horn® with
him. The inscription, "Lo, the time 1*
near at hand,” Is in rained acript l«t*
ters on one aide of the shell, and I*
very legible. The meaning of this Is ■
matter of conjecture. Whether It Is f
warning or merely an unparalleled In*
cldent, It Is certainly Interesting to
those who have seen It, and has »[•
tr&cted a great deal of attention In this
locality,—Mountain Hill correspondent*
Hamilton Journal.
Know a Good Thing.
Well, ft*s mighty bad to get In a
Just after such .good meetings, hot
that Is Just what has happened. Jos
know we are rural mall carrier. WjJ
our patrons blow us one day Tn«
Georgian failed to turn up. and tn«7
came out a day late and there
more trouble. The people know gojj
things when they see them.~Mltch eu
Banner.
A Monster Muskmslon.
Mr. J. W. Shuman presented to tb*
editor of The Local last week a mu, , B
melon that measured 37 Inch?*
length and twelve inches In dlaniew*;
The ’melon wns grown In his fjjj*
and without the use of any fertw**'
whatever. This shows what <*an
done on Toombs county soil ln
WAY of truck gardening, and Is »
argument In favor of diversified *an»
Ing.—Toombs County Local.