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THE ATLANTA GEORG TAX AXD NEWS : TUESDAY, AUGUST 31,1909.
THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN
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The Poultry Show.
Plans which have been under way for some time took definite shape
Monday afternoon when the Georgia Poultry association decided to hold Its
poultry and live and pet stock exhibition at the Auditorium January lS-Sfc
The members ot the revived association have gone to work with a
zeal which assures the success of the undertaking. The failures and half
way successes of the past have been put behind, and a new organization
with fresh purposes Is in charge. The association needs the active co
operation and sympathy of the merchants and the citizens of Atlanta, but
a successful show will repay to the fullest etfery bit of help given the asso
ciation.
Georgia is logically a poultry raising state. What the people need Is
Inspiration by example to go Into the business with Interest and with
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MY MAMMY.
My Mammy knows the beat##* songs
An* tells the nicest tales I
An' she hogs me closs In ’er arms.
An* says: "Ole Mara’s eye fells.
She kiln* see lak she use ter could.
But she can sing, kaln't she, Hun,
An* tell all 'boot Red Hidin' Hood
An* Johnny, Olt Yer Gun."
When I’m sleepy, an* nod my head.
Mammy rclls her eye hall.
An’ aaya: "Time you Is gwlne ter bed.**
1 An' into 'er arms I fell.
First she sings funny songs to me—
"Way down yonder in do back of do lot,
De ole goose walk an* de gander trot’’—
An* Z like that, you seel
But when she starts this tune, Z say,
* "Happy day, happy day.
When Jesus washed my sins away/*
It hurts my feelln's, 'n Z cries,
An’ Mammy laughi at me, «
An’ saye fer me to dry my eyes,
An' be ’est as good as Z esn be.
For de ole hobgoblins are out,
'Est a-lookln* fer chU'un 'at poutl
So I shut my eyes, 'est as tight,'
An’ tell Mammy to sing nice.
She huge me tight, and aaya, "All right,"
An’ my eyes shut up twice—
"Bn. b«. black sheep, where I# yo* lamb?
Way down yonder In de valley 1"
Eyes shut three times—"Ba, ba. black
aheep"—
An’ ’/ore I know it, Z’m fas* asleep!
—Mary Johnson Blackburn.
A baseball pennant la like a sea
shore kiss. No fun after you win It.
Tim Murphy Is for Atlanta the bar*
blngcr of the hionth with the R In It.
It looks as tho the poultry show will
be something for Atlanta to crow over.
Tho Butler and Orme-st. sowers
•eem to bo in bad odor with tho public.
Men who Invent flying machines are
almost as numerous as those who in
vent patent churns.
The Mayor Speaks Truly But Not by the Card
The address by Mayor Robert F. Maddox before the League of American
Municipalities at Montreal the other day had pith and substance. It was
out of tho ordinary, something more than a perfunctory stringing together
of words.
To the people of Atlanta the address should he of peculiar and special
interest because of the unusual position Mr. Maddox occupies.
A business man with little or no political ambition, ho had the office
of mayor of a great city thrust upon him In such circumstances as have
never before been known In Atlanta. So he entered offleo with a novel
perspective. It Is not to bo doubted that he has continued to view the
administration of municipal affairs from tho standpoint of a plain business
man. He has not been hampered by past promises to a political support—
and the payment of pre-election obligations Is the curse of American poll-'
tics. Nor ls It to bo believed that ho has hampered himself with the hope
of a political future.
So, It seems to Tho Georgian. Atlanta has a mayor who occupies a
novel position among Amorlcan municipalities. And for this reason, if
for none other, his speech at Montreal Is of special Interest.
' Mayor Maddox touched a new chord In one subject—when ho made
the plain, frank statement .that much good had come during his atlrillnls-
tration from public criticism of city offlolals and the city’s way of doing
things. He said. In this connection:
Tho civic Interest of all our citizens has been awakened. Our
newspapers have been full of nrgumonts both for and against tho
- commission plan, and practically overybody has given aome study
to tho question.
Waste In municipal administration has been the theme of
much argument, and even this argument has had the tendency to
, make our public officials more careful.
Investigations of the city’s books have resulted from the dis
cussions and valuable changes have been made.
Public, officials have felt that their nets were under tho public
gaze, and while no graft hns been found and none of them havo
been found guilty of the least malfeasance In office, still practical
ly all of them havo Indicated a responsiveness to the public. de
mand for the very best service.
In other words, tho agitation hns been decidedly helpful from
every viewpoint.
<Wh»t strange words to come from the mouth of a mayor! How re
freshing the knowledge that Atlanta hns a mayor who Is so little of a
self-serving politician and so keen and frank a business man as to make
such accurate yet radical statements!
And how different the speech Is from wlmt would have been spoken
on such a subject by a peanut politician resenting tho Interest of a public
In what Is their own business, and vilifying all those who dared to criticise.
Now Is the time tho good citizen
talks of the necessity of purifying poli
tics—and forgets to register.
Young ladles will soon return from
the beach and hang Mr. Gibson's "Last
Day of Summer” on the wall.
A Minneapolis minister opened a
baseball game with n sermon Sunday.
Dispatches say he made a bit.
The speaker of the Virginia house la
a Byrd. Lois of people think tho en
tire Georgia legislature a bird.
Chickens aro the most pious birds
known, because more of them enter
the ministry than any other kind.
It is mighty hard to get excited over
a strike of coal miners with tho mer
cury fussing around the top of the
tube.
Fuller Wind Is going to retire from
Georgia Journalism, but there are plen
ty of others to keep the business prop
erly Inflated.
The man who plays the market on
Harrlmnn health reports Is kept Jump
ing to buy and sell db fast as the ex
tras come out.
Happy school days will soon be here
again, rnucl^to the misery ot the small
boy and girl—and teachers, too. If the
truth must be told.
Half the Joy of motoring cornea In
having an Individual* honk, and Coun
cilman Spratllng’s resolution 1, an un
feeling atab at autocracy. ,
"The Immoral play Is the only play
worth writing,” says George Bernard
Shaw, who Is evidently acting as hts
own press agent Just now.
Free trade advocates Insist that
American articles are lower In Europe
than at home. Aeroplanes are an ex
ception—they go higher abroad.
And now they Bay com bread has
nothing to do with pellagra. Wo had
wondered why Georgia had not been
depopulated several generations ago.'
Representative Fowler passed up a
pretty tart line of comment, but It
bounced off Uncle Joe Cannon’s tough
epidermis without making a dent or
scratch.
Consider the “Newsies 1 .”
If the enso of little Louis Mitnlck does, nothing more, It has at least
directed many Atlantans to a different vlowpolnt from which to regard the
active, noisy nnd sometimes annoying Industry of the busy little chaps
who sell thorn their papers.
Louis Mitnlck-Is the eight-year-old nowsie who was taken to the police
station last week for being on the streets nt an hour Just tinder midnight.
Subsequent Investigation Bhowed that Louts was forced to bring home each
night n«certaln amount from the snle offlilp papers. His prolonged efforts
on the night of his arrest nnd on froquont other occasions were due to tho
fact that ho had not been Ohio to "sell oat.”
Thero are two sldea to tho restless activity of the ncwalo.
One side wo may see any day, at nearly any hour. He scurries nbout
with feverish hnsto; be shrills hla wares In penetrating key; he bumps Into
us and caroms off Ills fellow nowslos, with whotn he frequently quarrels;
he Is porslBtent In n suVprlsIng degree. At times, too, ho Is Impertinent,
with a biting repnrtco astounding In ono so youthful.
To tho matt who hns bought a paper, or to the man who doesn't Intend
to buy one, all this Is likely enough to provo annoying. And gruff refusals,
at times pointed by sundry shoves or carelessly placed footsteps, often
greet this energetic solicitation.
That Is one Bide of tho newBlo's existence. For tho other, you must
follow him home—or attend a police court Investigation like that of Louis
Mitnlck.
A series of llttlo Journeys to the homes of newsies would doubtless
bring about a moro sympathetic popular attltudo toward a class, at onco
the youngest nnd one ot tho most useful and Industrious In our civic
scheme.
It may be n widowed mother, a father out of work, to wiiom the new-
ale’s little earnings are devoted; It may bo small brothers-and sisters, that
must be fed at least once In a while and clothed to a certain extent, that
require the scanty store of dimes and nickels nnd pennies, earned by des
perate scampering about tho streets from morning till night.
It Is enough to give one n brief pause for consideration. Also, It In
duces tho reflection (among those of us who can turn backward n bit) that
Just as wotghty a lamp of anxiety nnd responsibility can ache beneath n
smalt shabby Jacket as under n 40-lnch coat of broadcloth.
All ot which may well tend to a more tolerant view of eager little
faces, wrinkled by premature responsibility; ot strident voices, made
shriller and more Insistent by real exigency, anil even ot sharp retorts,
stung from harried llttlo souls by tho losing of needed sales.
On tho other hand, It Is not well to get tbo Idea that newsies, as a
class, aro objects of charity or of wholesale commiseration.
Take to looking twice at these Industrious little citizens—many of
them are worth It You will see n surprising number of square, strong lit
tle faces, with determined cblns and line brows and clear, steady, com
prehensive eyes that have already looked hard at life.
They aro keen, sturdy, self-reliant chaps, these newsies. Borne of them
will go far In this world, for they have started young. At twenty, they will
have come a long way up the road of experience. At thirty, one of theso
faces may bo seen thru a cashier’s window where you are negotiating a
loan, or behind a desk at which you arc seeking legal advice, or abovo n
rostrum where statesmen are speaking. •
On more than one count It Is well worth while to consider the newsies.
Religions News
and Notes
By WILLIAM T, ELLIS.
America;. Baotlsts have a church in
Barcolona, 1 \}ic scene of the recent (Its-
orders.
Rev. Dr. A. J. Brown, secretary of the
Presbyterian board ot foreign missions,
Is en route to the Orient, where he w
spend five months.
A Pittsburg church, the First Pres
bytcrlan, hns a cadet corps which thl:
summer encamped, 175 strong, ne
Ashtabula, Ohio.
All prospective foreign missionaries
havo been advised by their boards ..
study some modern treatment of pho
netieg before going to the field,
class In Oriental sounds and scientific
language Btucly was given last month
e\v Wilmington, Pa.
The proposed union of all Baptist
loung People's societies under the
name "Baptist Young People's Union
of Christian Kndeavor,’’ Is being gener
ally discussed in the denominational
press. It was proposed at the recent
St. Paul Christian Endeavor conven
tfon.
As a result of long-continued agita
tion, a graded course of Sunday school
lessons, covering ten years, has been
prepared by the International Lesson
committee.
In medical mission circles there
talk of having sent out from leading
American and medical schools, to work
in connection with the mission hos
pltals, men who wish to devote them
selves to the scientific study of dls
eases. These men will have no respon
slblllty for mission work, but will '
entirely the servants of science. ]
causes of the prevalence of diseases
many ot them rare In nature or form
expression. In the non-Christfan lands,
this field Is the most Inviting one to the
devotee of medical science.
One outcome ot the "People’s Sunday
Evening," in Rochester, N. Y., was the
creation of a free employment bureau
thru which more than 100 men found
work.
Southern China, especially In the re
gJon centering about the city of HIng-
wa, has been visited by the extraordi
nary revival which has lately swept
over Korea and Manchuria.
©jpotued
'j8$)s
Orville Wright 1b no respecter of
persons. When President Taft visited
Fort Myer on a windy afternoon to sec
him fly, the aviator refused to make on
ascent even for so Illustrious a spec-
tutor. Comparisons may be Instituted
to Wright’s disadvantage by persons
Impressed with the performance of
Piulban In risking bis life at Rhelms
In an exhibition flight. In the teeth of
a twenty-mile breeze, elmply In order
that President Fall!ores might not be
disappointed. But the comparison
would be unjust to Mr. Wright. The
Fort Myer flights were not primarily
a public exhibition, but rather an offi
cial test of a machine built under s
contract, which Involved thousands of
dollars to the aviators. The Rhelms
affair Is merely a public show, and
consequently the performers are work
ing on a different business basts.
Rev. John L. McKIm, the oldest or
dained minister In tho United States,
was laid to rest last week in the old
graveyard of St. Georges chapel, near
Georgetown, Del. Public services
were flrst held In St. Pauls Episcopal
church. In Georgetown. In which bis
own son. Ilev. J. L. McKIm. Jr., assist,
cd Bishop Kinsman and Rev. Lewis
Wells, of Mlllsboro. After the services
the funeral cortege wound Its way to
St. Georges, nearly eight miles distant.
Last month Air. McKIm celebrated his
ninety-sixth birthday, enjoying the dis
tinction of being the oldest ordained
minister and also being the oldest liv
ing graduate of any college In the
United Slates, he having graduated
from Dickinson college In 1830. For
a time late in lire he left the minis
try, and became cashier of the Farm
ers’ bank, of the state of Delaware,
and during the Harrison administra
tion served as consul at Nottingham.
England.
Modsn Tonkin Tell.
I.
Oh, Kitty dear, 1 love you with a love
that novei-dfes.
The night wind’d in tho poplars; Jt
but thy lover's sighs.
Now thou nrt gone my heart boats
like a sadly tolling bell
For I lovp you—yes. I love you, Kitty—
mo dan tunkin tell.
Yes. modan tunkin tell.
Yes. mod an tunkin tell.
You ask me how I love you. but you
know the answer well:
love you—love you—Kit—my Kitty-
Alodnn....
Tunkin...,
Tell!
II.
TIs only In my sad-sweet dreams
your form, my love, appears.
The rain beats on thy window pane
*tls but thy lover’s tears.
The church bell rings the lonely hours
and every hour’s a knell,
love you—love you—Kit—my Kitty—
modan tunkin tell.
Yes, modan tunkin tell,
Yes, modan tunkin tell.
You nsk me how I lovo you, but you
know the answer well:
love you—love you—Kit—my Kitty-
Modan....
Tunkin....
Tell I
III.
So quickly come, my darling for
cannot love thee less.
The south wind yenrns against thee
It Is but my fond caress.
The south wind bears thee to me and
■ I know my life Is well,
love you—love you—Kit—my Kitty—
modan tunkin tell.
Yes, modan tuukln tell.
Yes, uindan tunkin tell,
You ask me how I love you, but you
know the answer well:
love you—love you—Kit—my Kitty—
Alodnn....
Tunkin...,
Tell!
—New York Evenin'* Sun.
Painless and Pleasing. 1
“Do you think that man Is suffering
from ’exaggerated ego’?”
"A man never suffers from ’exagger
ated ego.”' answered the eminent alien.
1st. "He always appears to enjoy It."
—Washington Star.
A Theatrical Paradox,
"There Is one contradictory thing
actors seem to do.”
"What’s that?"
“The longer they are at one stand,
the more they consider It n run.”—
Baltimore American.
Mulish.
"Some men." anld Uncle Eben, "meets
wlf de mos’ discouragement when dey’s
tryln’ to be agreeable. Dry’s like m;
gmy mule; he’s mo’ liable to git ,
heatin’ foh tryln’ to ring dan ho la
foh kickin’.”—Washington Star.
Fillinq a Void.
An Atchison Young Thing had
heart that ached, her Honey 13oy hav
ing taken his affections elsewhere, and
her father recently shut himself up
with her to reason with her. "That
Honey Boy Rverageil spending 60 centa
a week on you." he said. "Here’s II a
week to take hla place. Every time he
called he cleaned out the refrigerator;
your mother will see to It that your
brothers do this In future. He kept you
up late nights. Your baby sister Is
cross, nnd hereof ter you will let the
baby do this for you. He took posses
slon of the most comfortable rocker on
the porch: when you look at that rock
er In future It will not be empty, bring
Ing the pang to your heart that your
silly novels tell about It: It will be oc
cupied by the man who paid for It. and
that's me. Your mother and I stayed
by you thru colly and teething, and are
going to get you thru this If we have to
take turns spanking you. Now, take
your eyes off the moon and look at the
dust around you."—Atchison Globe.
Just the Same.
District Visitor—I’ve Just had a letter
from my son. Arthur, saying he has
won a scholarshlD. I can’t tell you how
pleased Lam!
Bustle Party—I can understand yer
feelln’s, mum. I felt Just the same
when our pig won a medal at the agri
cultural show.—Pearson’s Weekly.
It Wouldn't Rite.
w Servant—Am I expected to do say
of ihe heavy work, mum?
Housewife—Oh. no: I always make the
bread and cake tnjeelf.—London Express.
Growth and Progress of the New South
The Georgian here records each day
some economic feet la reference to
the onward progress of the tfouth.
JOSEPH
BY
B. LIVELY
Our Southern Cotton Mill Directory, which hns Just been completed, contains
dnfa which enn t»e complied Into very Interesting figures relative to the x cotton mills
of the South.
The directory does not Include any woolen mills nnd no knitting mills except
those spinning their own yarn, nnd these facts should be remembered in consider
ing the statistics given below.
The territory embraced covers Texas and Oklnhoroa to the west and Missouri,
Kentucky nnd Virginia to the north.
There nre 762 cotton mills In the South with 11,720,100 spindles and 267,430
loom*. The total capitalization is 1115,717,000. which Is remarkably low, being oitly
nbout DO j»er spindle.
On n basis of $20 per spindle, which may he said to be the average cost, the
nmount Invested In Southern mills Is estimated at $240,000,000.
The average size mill in the South is 15,400-spindie, which is an increase^ over
recent years.
Only a little over half of 423 mills bare looms, and the average of these Is 632
looms to the mill.
North Garollna leads in the number of mills, having 315, or more tZxlin twice as
many os South Carolina, but the South Carolina mills average 29,000 spindles, ns
ngnlnst nn average of 10,250 for the North Carolina mills. The total spindles In
Mouth Carolina is 4,404,679, and In North Carolina 3,236,781.
Georgia hns almost ns many mills ns South Carolina, but they average only 14,*
009 spindles, which is nbont bnlf the size of the average South Carolina mill, and
the tetnl spindles In Georgia I* 1,908,564.
Alnlmmn has almost nn even million spindles, which, divided among her GG
mills, gives nn nverage size of 15,300 spindles, or slightly larger than Georgia.
The following table shows the distribution of the cotton manufacturing industry
of the Southern states:
t Number
Mills, Capitol. Spindles. Looms.
Alabama 66 $ 6,383.000 1,008,190 38.276
Arkansas 2 215.009 14.952 240
Georgia 138 32.958,000 1,908.564 49.011
Kentucky 8 1,630,000 91.608 1.443
Louisiana ** 4 1.900.000 91,800 2.350
Mississippi 18 3.334,000 179.034 4,787
Missouri , . 3 1.430.000 42.080 1,018
North Carolina 315 31.382,0*90 3,236.781 67,108
Oklahoma 1 150.000 5,712
South Carolina... 152 40.010,000 4.404.679 96,117
Tennessee 23 3.350.000 249,906 4.2S1
Texas 18 2.011.000 130.256 2,493
Virginia 14 8,062,009 336.4SS * 10,274
Total 762 $115,717,000 HfSuS) 267,430
Statistics show that the South is'at present consuming approximately 1,250,000,-
000 pounds of cotton per spindle per year, or nbont two pounds per spindle per
week. Allowing for waste, this would show that tho average number spn In the
South wns about 22s yarn, wbteh Is higher than a few years ago, and shows that
the South is making advances in spinning finer yarns.
Mill building in the South has. In our opinion, just begun, and we predict that
the next decade will show remarkable advances.
It Is estimated that between $15,000,000 and 120,090,000 will be expended for new
mills and enlargements this year, and should business boom this fall the above
figure will bo greatly exceeded during 1910.—The Textile Manufacturer, Charlote,
N. C.
ARMY-NA
SfOVEAfENTS
VA VY ORDERS]
AND
NTS OP VESSELS.
Washington, Aug. 31.—These order*
have been Issued:
Army Orders.
Major Godfrey H. McDonald to Ninth
cavalry. 1
Captain Daniel VanVorhels to Tenth
avnlrv
Jorgot to First
cavalry.
Captain Julien
cavalry.
Third* cavalry " arit Le °" Rl *“*#• «•
Major William H. Parnell, retired.
Matthews Military school. Burllngam^
Captain William K. Moore, coast ar
tillery, to retired list. r
Navy Orders.
Midshipman J. L. Schaeffer from the
St. Louis to the AVashlngton
Midshipman H. \V. Koehler from na
val academy to home and wait orders
Passed Assistant Paymaster W L *
Slmonpietre. from the Tonopah to - horns
and wait orders. nom *
Paymaster's Clerk F. AI. Varreli
retired list. 11 ,0
Movements of Naval Vessels
The cruiser Buffalo has arrived at
San Francisco: the collier Caesar at
Port Said, and the Sylph nt Beverly
The cruisers Tennessee and Wash
Ington have sailed from Seattle for San
Francisco; the battleships California
and South Dakota from Seattle for
California City: the battleships West
Virginia, Maryland,- Colorado and Penn
sylvanla from Seattle for Afare Island- ’
the gunboat Wolverine from Toledo for
Detroit; the collier Slarccllus from
Boston for Portsmouth, N. If., and the
torpedo boats Porter, Shubrtck and
Worden from Gardiners Bay for New
port.
Fuller Wind to Retire,
After five years’ residence and also
hard work and close confinement, with
out any rest or recreation In our effort
to establish The Cairo Messenger, I am
now confronted with falling health and
as will be seen by reference to the ad
vertisement of Mrs. F. J. Wind the
outfit, etc., of The Messenger Is now
offered for sale.
This, as a matter of course, la greatly
regretted by myself, for I have labored
hard and unceasingly, and it can truth
fully be said, "without money and with
out price,” tho I have always felt truly
and humbly thankful for every favor
extended me.—Cairo Alessenger.
AROUND AND ABOUT GEORGIA
Progressing,
Week before last our communication
failed to get into prim thru a little
mishap which was satisfactorily ex
plained by the genial editnr. I.nst week,
however, we got In on the lost column
of the last page. At thla ratio of
progress we calculate to reach the
front column on the flrst. page some
time In the fall of 1910, provided wo do
not fall down.—Sumner Correspondent
Worth County Local. ,
The Spread Eagle.
We welcome on our exchange list
The Spread Eagle, a weekly newspaper
of Spread; Ga.. published by Professor
J. H. Logue. The Initial sheet Is bright
and newsy. We congratulate Mr.
Logue and wish for hint smooth sail
ing on the "Journalistic" sea.—Jefferson
Reporter.
Nine Young Mermaids.
Nine young mermaids gathered In a
beautifully wooded spot on the banks
of the Conncsena creek Monday after
noon. Bnthlng suits were donned Im
mediately and all proceeded to plunge
Into the cool, clear depths of this lovely
stream. After their dip, and when clad
as humans once more, they roved over
hill and meadow and played games.
Then, like beavers, they went to work
digging a canal, making dams and In
specting Improvements inode nn a pre
vious occasion which were found to be
Intact.—Kingston Times.
'Rah for Jim.
James W. Pinion—everybody In Daw
son county knows Jim—sent us a sam
ple stalk of his cotton crop In Jackson
county that measures nine feet and two
Inches, which hns 62 grown bolls and
120 squares nnd blooyis. 'Rah for Jim
and his big cotton—may he meke tons
of It and a wagon lond of money.—
Dawson County Advertiser. .
Doctors -Still Cheerful.
Tho yellow banana has entirely sup
planted the watermelon on the fruit
stands here, but the doctors are Just as
cheerful now ns before.—Amerlcus
Tlmcs-Recorder.'
Thought It Was an Auto,
A good JokeJs told us by Rov. A h
Brantley orfone of our well-known citi
zens who lives to the south of Sylvanla,
One night after supper last week Mr,
Brantley and several of the boys start
ed off In the wagon for Buck creek to
take a bath, carrying a lantern with
them. When they got to tho top of a
long hill, the mule brightened up and
started down at a lively gait, and Mr.
Brantley gave forth a loud honk, honk,
like an automobile. When they got
nearly to the bottom of the hill they
passed the above mentioned citizen,
who had driven his buggy up Into a
fence comer, and was standing in a
ditch holding Ills mule with both handz.
When he saw his mistake, he turned
his head another way, but he was rec
ognized and had to own up afterward!
that he was the man. So It might b!
well to put a provision in Colonel
White’s automobllo bill, also prohibit-
fating
phone.
lies.—Sylvanla Teft-
NEVER AGAIN! By T.E. Powers