Newspaper Page Text
me ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS: iMONDAY, JULY 82,1911.
THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN
W.: . (AND NEWS)
F. L. SEELV. Publlrhsr.
COWIN CAMP. ManaQlng Editor.
... Pubtlahed Every Afternoon
By THE o’eSbqTan'c’oMPANV
At 20 E. Alabama «t.. Atlanta. Os.
SUBSCRIPTION RATES:
■ Year
Months t . tea
Three Months
One Month...
9y Carrier, Per Week........ W
i^ntere<1 ts second-class matter »t the
;»••• t- fflce at Atlanta. Ga., under the act
>f March I. 1179.
of nwaiiip land which, when rc-
claimed, are the'most fertile ami
valuable to be found anywhere
Some of the increase^in valua
tion of Georgia lands- is due to
the general rise of land. values
everywhere throughout the South,
which is a result of the recogni
lion of the South aO‘the coming
section of the Union, but by far
the greater part of the increase
in this state is due to the atten
tion being, given here to good
roads.
And without doubt under the
present system of workipg the
convicts on the road, the value of
Georgia land will treble again in
the next ten years.
Las t an Adequate
State School System.
NEARLY TREBLES IN TEN YEARS •
The Value of Georgia Farm Lands, as Shown by a Bulletin qt Cenius Bureau, Increased 166 Per
Cent in the Last Decade.
If you have mnjr .troubl* getting Tha
G---x1sn and News. ndsnhora the elr-
ulaii n drp.rl-n.nt sad bars It WV®P ,,V
"—tdied. Both phene* tooo.
In nrdrrlnr * ehange "f addreaa. tjs«*4
rlva Uir old aa watt a« the naw addreaa.
It In deelrnWe that all rommunleattons
i.n-W for publication In Tho Uaofslati
id News be limited to *00 word*
.. length. It In Imperative thet they be
lancd. aa an evidence of food faith. Its-
'.<•1.1 manuscripts win not be returned
inleee etampe are aent for tha purpoaa
BATTLE HVMN OF THE WOMEN.
They are waking, waking, waking,
In tha'aaat and In tha waat;
They are throwing wide the windows to
the auai . - - ,
And they aaa tha dawn la breaking.
And they quiver with unreat,
For they know thalr work lo waiting to
be dona.
They are waking In tha city,
They are waking on tho farm.
They are waking In tha boudoir and tha
mill;
And their hoarta are full of pity
Aa they sound with loud alarm
To tho aleepero who In darfcnota .lumber
atlll.
i tha guarded harem prlaon,
Whore they .mother under valla,
And the ochoee of the-world art walled
away,
Tho tho oun haa not yot Hun,
Yet the ancient darkneu palaa.
And the eleepera In thelf slumber dream
of day. j
Oh, thalr dreame ahall grow In eplendor
Till each Bleeper wakes and atlrai
Till aha breaks from old tradltlono and
la free.
And tha woHd shall rlaa and render
Unto Woman what la hare,
A welcome to tho race that Is to bo.
Unto Woman, Qod, tha Makar,
Oava tha aaerat of Hla plant
It li written out In cipher on hor eoul.
From tho darkneu you must take her.
To tha light of day, O Man,
Would you know tho mighty moaning of
tho gsroH, _ EUa wheeler Wllco*.
How Agricultural
Georgia Grows.-
The statistics of the growth of
agricultural Georgia compiled by
the census bureau and published
elsewhere on this page, furnish
an interesting and gratifying
study for every citizen of the
state.
That the value of Georgia farm
lands should nearly treble in ten
years is indeed a splendid attain
ment and causa for unbounded
pride.
To be more exact, the average
value of an sere of Georgia farm
laud in 1900 was $5.25. The value
of that acre today is $13.74, an in
crease of $8.49, or 1B2 per- cent.
To express it in the aggregate,
the total value of farm lands in
1900 was $138,515,000. while in
1910 this value was $369,120,000,
an increase of 166 per cent.
The prosperity of Georgia
farmers is well known, as ia also
the fact that they arc turning
every year in increasing numbers
to intensive and scientific cultiva
tion of their acres, but in the fig
ures of the census bureau these
things receive statistical proof.
Farm buildings have increased
in ten vears from a total valua
tion -of $44,855,000 to $108,483,-
000, orJltt per cent. The use of
farm laoor haa increased from an
expenditure of $7,245,000 to $13,-
122.000, or 81 per cent, while
expenditures for fertilizers in
creased from $5,739,000 to $16,
819.000, or 193 per cent, and ibl
vestments in improved imple
ments and machinery went from
$9,804,000 to $20,883,000. |
And herein is disclosed some of
the reasons why Georgia, in the
list of states with respect to the
value of farm products in t«n
years, went from fourteenth to
fourth place.
It should be remembered, too.
that the vast increase in the
value of farm lands haa taken
place while the acreage available
for farm purposes has increased
only 2 per cent. It may be well
to inject here the statement that,
if the proposed drainage law now
pending in the legislature ia
finally passed, the total acreage
will be tremendously increased
within the next ten years by the
reclamation of thousands of acres
The comp''-it'd puasage of tho
- -I'-ral education bill framed by
die house committee on education
will give the state something it
haa long lacked—an adequate, ef
ficient system of state supervi
sion of sohoola. - •
The system now in existence
is a patchwork, worn out, full of
holes, raveling and ragged. Thor
oughly incapable it has been of
bearing any imprint or even an
outline of progress. As tfle re
sult, the state haa not kept the
educational pace struck by other
states not nearly so prosperous
materially.
Readjustment of the system
haa been attempted year after
year, but until now it haa come
to naught. The present eduea
tional committee of the house,
however, has spent weeks
working out a plan for a real
adminiatration of school affairs,
and the result of their labors has
beeu eminently satisfactory.
Putting the plan into operation
will bid Georgia go forward edu
cationally as it la doing ao won
derfully in all other directions.
Let the hill be ratified with all
possible dispatch/
Demonstrating That There Is
Something in a Name.
In a number of middle Western
states there has been enacted a
law that ia proving very popular.
This law permits a farmer, on the
payment of a fee of $1, to regis
ter the name of his farm with
the county clerk, and thereafter
no other farm in the county ia al
lowed to uae the registered name
As ii result, farm owners are
•electing pretty ahd appropriate
liames for iheir farms and are
hastening to hive them “copy
righted" with the clerk, whose
books are rapidly filling up with
such engaging appellations as
“Roaelawn,” “Fairview,” “Oak
Grove.” “Walnut Hill" and
‘Bonnie Brae.”
In commending the law, Wal
laeea’. Farmer says: "We hope
thia custom of naming the farm
will become general in the*West.
While the law ia a sentimental
one, it haa more than a sentimen
tal value. The farmer and hi*
family will think more of tho
farm that has » name, jnat aa
they think more of a cow that has
a name. They will be leas likely
to sell it; more likely to improve
it. There ia often a very great
value in sentiment. Onfr Western
people have too little of it. When
we hear of a man naming a farm
and recording it. we know that
he ia more than merely a farmer
—he ia a good farmer, and a
man, too, whose ideas go beyond
mere eating and sleeping and
malting money."
With the establishment of rural
mail routes, rural telephones, in-
tcrurbsn trolleys and good roads,
with their inevitable aehompani-
ment of the automobile, farm
homes quickly acquire an indi
viduality and the necessity for a
distinguishing name ia felt._
And besides, with the improved
intelligence now engaged in farm
ing, an exclusive name has just
as much value for the products
of a fruit, poultry, dairy or truck
farm as has an exclusive lirand
for the products of n factory.
The naming of farms js indeed
a pretty custom, with a substan
tial economic |>aai* to support'd.
The combination will undoubtedly
result in the custom being gen
erally adopted.
It la stated that a new Enoch Arden
haa been found In Indiana, nut then
there are no more new Tennysons.
Washington, D, C., July 31.—Acting
Census Director Falkner Issued today
the first official statement fro At the
census bureau relative to the agricul
tural gtatlatlcs of the state of Georgia
collected at the -thirteenth decennial
United State* census, April II, 1*10.
The principal rates of Increase In
Georgia In 1*10. as against 1*00, among
the Itams for which percentages are
given In the first section of the sum
mary are: In the (dial value of all farm
land alone, 1M per cent; In tho total
value of farm land arid building*, ISO
per cent: In the total rslua of farm
buildings, 141 par cant; In ths average
value per acre of farm land alone, 161
per cent; In the average value per acre
of form land and buildings lit per
cent; In the total expenditures for la
bor, II per cent; In .the total expendi
tures for fartlllaera, lit per cent; In
the total value of all farm Implements
and machlnary,.US per cent; In the to
tal Improved farm acreage. IS per cent;
In the whole number of farms, IS per
cent, and In the total farm acreage,
per cent.
The only decrease during the decade,
among the Items for which percentages
are given, occurred In the average acres
per farm, 31 per cent. The reason for
this decrease Is given below.
The statement shows In detail that
the number of farms reported In 1S10
was 2*0.49*. aa compared with 224,091
In 1(00, an Increase of 29 par cent.
Farm Values.
The total value of farm land and
buildings waa given In 1910 aa 1477,
101,000, aa against 8I6M70.009 In 1900.
an Inrreasa of 3294,221,000. nr ISO per
cant. /
The total value of all farm land alone
waa reported Tn 1910 as *309.120.000, as
compared with 3)30.516,000 In 1900.
gain of 3210,006,000. or 106 per cent.
The total value of nil farm buildings
alone wan given in 1910 os 3109,4*3,000,
as against 344.956.000 In 1*00, sn In
crease of 3*3,028.000, or 142 per cent.
In 1910 the value of the farm land
alone constituted 77 per cent of the
total value of land and buildings, as
compared with 7* per cent In 1900.
' The reported value of farm Imple
ments and machinery was 320.903.000 In
1910, as ngnlnst 39,104.000 In. 1900,
gain of 311.079.000. or 113 per cent.
Tho total acreage reported In 1910
was 20.803,000 acres, as compared with
20,392,000 In 1900. a gain of 474.000
acres, or 2 per cent. This small In
crease Is due to tho fact that a de
crease of nearly 200,000 acres Is re
torted In the farm acreage In counties
(ordering on the Atlantic ocean; also, a
decrease of nearly 100.000 acres-is re
corded In tha counties In the extrem*
northern pert of the state. In these
districts much overflowed land or rough
woodland pasture which was reported
as In farms In 1*00 was not ao reported
In 1110.
The Improved acreage was returned
In 1(10 ns amounting to 12.3*4,000 acres,
a* against lo.oio.ooo in 1*00, sn Inrraase
of 1,646.000, or l* per cent.
cent of tho total acreage In 1910 and
40 per cent In 1900.
Tho average acres par farm reported
In 1(10 waa *3. as against 117 In 1300.
a decrease of 26 acres, or 21 per cent
This decrease la probably due largely
to tha breaking up of farms and plan,
tutlons over 176 screx In else and their
operation by tenant families. Farms
over 173 acres decreased 4.912 Ip num
ber during the decade, while those un
der 173 acres Increased 70,720 during
the same period.
The average value per acre of farm
land and buildings In 1*10 la stated os
317.71, aa against 20.95 In 1900. a rise
of 310.23, or 130 per cent..
The average value per (fere of farm
ligid alone In 1210 waa reported at
313.74, while In 1100 It was' 85.23, tha
amount of gain being 33.49, or 132 per
cent.
Color of Farmers.
Of tho whole number, 290,499, of
forms reported In 1910 there were 138.-
153, or 38 per cent, operated by white
farmers, and 133,341, or 43 per rent, by
negro and other non-white fanners, aa
compared with a total of 234,091 In
1100, of which 141,803, or *3 per cent,
were conducted by white farmer*, and
83,820, or 37 per cent, by negro and
other non-white. The Increase Ih the
ALL FARM8/BY ACREAGE, VALUE OF LAND, BUILDINGS, IMPLE
MENTS, ETC.
number of farm* of white farmer* dur
ing the decade amounted to 26,2*8, and
I a the number of- farm* of negro and
other non-wMt* farmers to 19,313.
Farm Ownership.
Tha total number of farms operated
in 1910 by owners, part owners and
owners and tenants, comprising tho
"all owners" class, was 98,459, as com
pared with 83,529 In 1900, an Increase
of 9,930. *. *
The total number of farms conducted
In 1910 by cash tenants, share tenants
Including standing renters and crop-
para, and share-cash tenants, compris
ing tha “all tenants" clssi, was 190,040,
aa against 114,600 In 1*00, an Increase
of 56,0*0.
The total number of farms operated
by managers In 1*10 Was 1,400, as com
pared with 1,002 In 1900, a decrease of
f The total dumber of forms operated
by the "all owners" class constituted
34 per cent of the whole number of
forms In 1910 and 39 per rent In 1900;
those operated by the “all tenant*"
clas*. 06 per ernt In 1910 and 00 per
ccpt In 1900, and those conducted by
managers. 0.6 per cent In 1910 and 0.7
por cent In 1900.
Summary for ths State.
The preltmlnacy comparative aumma :
ry follows;
0 f
Per cent of
inorteie
1910.
1900.
1900*1010.
. 290,499
224.691
29
. 26.866,000
26.392,000
1
. 12,2*4,090
10,616.000
16
93
. 118
—21
.8477,903,600
8183,870.000
160
.83*9.120.000
8188,616.000
166
.3t06.4*3,000
844.8S5.000
142
. 320,363,000
89.804.000
113
317.78
S6.95
166
113.74
' 85.25
162
. 313,122.000
87.245,000
• 81
. 216.313,000
85.789.000
191
All farms
Total acreage
Improved acreage
Average acres per form
Value of land and buildings /.
Value of land
Value of buildings
Value of Implements and machinery
Average value per acre of land and
bulldlngi
Average value per acre of land alone.
• Expenditures for—
Labor <
Fertilisers
A minus sign (—) denotes decrease.
ALL FARMS BY COLOR OF FARMER, TENURE, ACREAGE OROUP8,
ETC.
All forms by color of former
White fanners
Negro and other non-white form- •
era
All farms by tenure
All owners
Owners, free
Owners, mortgaged
All tenants
Managers
Distribution by acreage groups ...
19 acres and under .: .si.
20 to 49 acres ’
50 to 99 acres
100 to 174 acres
175 to 499 acres
- -600 tn 999 acres
.1,000 acres and over
A minus sign (—) denote! decrease.
1910.
1000.
1900-1910.
290,499
224.691
06,80*
118.151
141.865
26.293
122,341
82.826
30.515
290,499
224.691
66.803
93.469
88.629
0.930
90,231
18.326
130,640
184,6*60
56.089
1,400
1.602
—202
290,499
• 224.691
*5.806
29.534
19.356
I0.I7S
117,221
78.408
43.623
*3,396
62.251
16.147
42.233
41.661
572
27,663
31.439
—3,770
8,935
4.718
— 783
1,505
1.858
— 383
Daily Health Chat
■T Alt ATLANTA I-lITSlOTAN
EDUCATE THE PALATE.
Many a tnsn with good taste in book*
or clofhes la sadly narrow or vulgar In
his choice of foods. A restricted or
primitive taste- for edibles and bever
age* la usually not due to nature to
much as to lack of education. Forget
ting that the gustatory sense l* suscep
tible of almost unlimited development
and refinement, we neglect to train the
palate and.gros- up "sot" In our tastee.
There are three disadvantages Inher
ent In the uncultivated palate—on* es
thetic, one political and one physiologic,
Our preferences at table are taken ns
Indices of breeding almost aa much as
our table manner* are. The man with
a penchant for eollard* or the lady
whose dietetic Ideal soars not above
cabbage may be suspected of bourgeois
origin.
But a more positive disadvantage ts
the Inability to adjust ourselves to
what may be aet before us. If our
tastes ara restricted to a few pet dishes,
we may not- be able upon occasion to
partake of anything at all worth men
tioning when faring away from home.
Nothing I* more distasteful to host or
hostess than the uneatlng guest,
versatile palate Is essential to social
popularity, and no politician need hope
to rise high unless he la prepared to run
the gustatory gamut from buttsrbeans
to absinthe.
The -chief disadvantage, however. Is
phystologtcat. The person with a nar
row range of likes la often not able to
get what he wants, sad In consequence
goes without sufficient nourishment.
Further, a restricted diet does not give
to the digestive organs that distribu
tion work which Is best for their main
tenance and development. Moreover,
the Inability to enjoy a variety of
Viands cut* one off from much inno
cent pleasure during meals, and pleas
ure la the beat of all aide to digestion.
While there are now and then consti
tutional repugnancies to certain arti
cles of diet, nevertheless It Is gener
ally true that a tame for almost any
vegetable or meat may be acquired.
Indeed, some of the strongest prefer
ences ara acquired, that for tomatoes
for example. Let each of us. then, set
about enlarging Ms or her range of
palate, and let us train the children to
sat everything that Is good.
UNCLE WALT * 'philosopher
My health ia out of aijiht;,I’m always fooling right; with
joyoua spiels I kick tny heels, and dance by day and night. I
take no pale green pill* for any kind of ills; and so escape a
wreath of crape and sidestep doctors’ bills. I
THE SECRET shun the faddist’s talk; I eat no grated chalk,-I
hit no can of liquid bran or shredded cabbage
• OF HEALTH* stalk. I dodge the'patent foods And predi
gested goods, and oatmeal cakes and other
fakes of Dr. Ilutchiwoods. My stomach is my friend, and will
be to the end; it treats me fair and I’ll be square, and no junk
to it send. Don’t feed your stomach hay, don’t fill it full of
whey, hut feed it steak* and froited cakes—your appetite obey.
Ah, me, I’d rather die than give up raisin pie! And all the
schemes (I# doctor dream*/I don’t intend to try. The good old
ancient seers! They lived eight hundred year*! They u*cd to
eat all kinds of meat and hash and roastin’ ears!
WALT MASON.
Copyright, lttl, by George Matthew Adams.
THE BUSINESS DOCTOR
®y ROE FULKERSON
“Can not deride to .promote, eh?" Tho Business Doctor bad been
asked to decide between two men as to which was entitled to promotion
"Well, If. as you tell me, all other things are about equal, and as you can
not promote both, I should ask the two
of them where their bank books were
I would promote the man who had saved
the most money. I would place ths rv
■ponelbllltlea of this place-on the shout*
dera of the man who hog shown that
he can handle his own money in a
proper manner.
"How business men can risk their
finances In the hands of a man who has
shown In the conduct of personal af
fairs that he has no financial ability
has always been In the sume class with
‘Who killed Cock Robin?' and ‘How
old was .Ann?* with me: They are all
unanswered questions. How can you
hope that he will do more for you than
he has done for hlmaelf7 It Isn't hu
man nature.
"Oreenhut, the .big New York mer
chant. Is a very abrupt man. and one
day he called before him a young man
In whom he had become Interested and
inquired abruptly, ‘How much do we
pay your 'Eighteen a week,' cam* the
answer. 'How much have you saved V *Not a cent. ‘Why?- 1 have a
sick mother.' 'If 1 gave you twenty-eight, how much would you saver Ten
dollars.’ ‘You get It.' One year afterward he called In the same man
'Where'* your bank book?’ The boy threw It out and It showed deposits
3510. 'I want you In my office at forty a week,* was the Remark that cldli
the conversation.
"The man who shows discretion In hnndling hlr own money Is tl.„
man whom you can trust to handle yours, and the bonks and big financial
Institutions pay fully as much attention to the personal habits of their em
ployees as they do to their business records. A man who Is well known
to bartenders and ten percenters Is not llame to make a good man to
handle trust funds, or. In fact, the cash of any person. He lacks the finan
cial acumen.so necessary to success. If you Judge your employees by
their savings accounts, you can not go far wrong."
Jacob Rlis says too many men look at business as a eartaln seaside
shopkeeper did. A gentleman visited this,man's shop to buy a flannel
bathing suit. The bathing suits were all a little too large for him. "They
are marked unshrinkable,” he said, thoughtfully; "this one here might d-< If
it would shrink. But—"
. 'Til ask father about It." said the young man behind the counter. Then
behind the partition the customer heard this conversation:
"Father, a gent wants to know If our unshrinkable bathing suits «
Shrink a little, anyway.”
Ts the suit too large for him?"
“Yes, father.” '
"Then, of course, It will shrink. Why don’t you try to have some head
for business."
Feltman’s Coney Island restaurant sold a few hundred yards over 112
miles of frankfurter sausage during the summer of 1909, and at least 25
more men did as much. Think for an Instant of 2.800 miles of sausage
being eaten on one little Island In fifteen weeks, which Is the Coney Island
season!
Splinters says "a man behind the counter ts like a man on the hank of
a stream catching driftwood. The point Is not to worry over the logs that
may be coming down the stream, or to worry over the ones that have already-
gone down, but to catch the logs that are right before- you and get then:
high and dry on the shore. The Customer you are watting on Is the only one
worth considering, wal* on that one a* tho It were the only one you ever
expected to get—as tho your future business existence depended on eglvlng
absolute satisfaction, and so handling this particular cose that the cus
tomer would never denl^ elsewhere.”
What a lot of stitches the average man drops when he attempts to
mend his ways! •
WINNOWED WITTICISMS
Widows and Widows.
From The Catholic Standard and Tlmea
"There goes Jenkins' widow."
"Yea, but he was married twice, you
know."
"Well, what of that?"
"Well, ts she his first or second wid
ow?"
Doesn't Lika tho Stsro.
From The Chicago Record-Horald.
"Why don't you quit trying to llvo
on charity and look for workr'
"Gee, ma'am, I don’t need to look
fer work. It's (taring me tn de face
wherever I go."
Lucky,
From Puck.
Friend—I see you had. 36 persons
klllsd tn sn accident In your, mine last
week. Very unfortunate, wasn't It?
Mining Magnate — Unfortunate?
Great Scott, man. It couldn't have been
luckier! It happened on the same day
as the fire In Chicago that killed 350.
and the train wreck In Texas that
killed 110, so the newspapers didn't pay
hardly any attention to It at all.
Ammunition.
From Life.
*T see tliut scientists have predicted
that If the suffragette movement con
tinues, hi the course of time all the
women will be bald-headed."
"Let's spread the news. W* may nip
the movement In the bud."
Dengsrous Garment.
From The Pacific Homestead.
Mrs. Jasper—Mrs. Turnley has given
her hobble skirt away; she was afraid
to hnve It around.
Sirs. Davis—Why? ,
Mrs. Jasper—It nearly strangled her
cook the other day.
Mr*. Davis—How?
Mrs. Jasper—The Ignorant girl tried
It on upside down, and the small part
got 'round her neck.
The Bargain Hunter
From The Washington Herald.
"Maybelle I* always keen for bar
gains
How now?"
She got n coat of tan ae good aa
mine for 350 less.” <
Growth and Progress X
Of the New South
The following new corporations +
+ have been formed In the state dur- +
+ Ing the past few days and will +
• ■ shortly submit their charter* to +
the governor for approval: +
Bank of Saltillo. Saltillo. Lee +
+ county; Capitalised at 325,000; R- 4-
* B. McNeil, J. W. Jones and oth- +
+ era.
+ Robertson Investment Company,
+ Overton Hills plantation, ‘Adams 4-
4- county: capitalised at 8100,000 ; 4>
4- V. Otle Robertson, F, J. Hetnts. +
+ Conway Dabney and others. 4*
+ Amendment to charter of Peo- 4*
4* pies bank of Tupelo, Increasing 4*
4* capital stork from 375,000 to 3185,-
4- 000.
4- West Point Merchants assoc Is- +
4- tlon, West Point, Clay county: no 4*
4- capital stock; J. R. Brlnker, J. L. 4-
4- Smith and others. 4*
4> Flnlay-Davls Drug Company. +
4* Greenville, Washington county; +
+ capitalised at 310.000; John P. 4-
+ Finley. E. D. Davis and others.
Verona bank, Verona, Le* coun
Army-Navy Orders
A nd Movements of Vessels
• ty; capitalised at 813,000:
- Johnson. J. 8. Cobb and
»; V.
others.
+
iun- +
. S. 4-
Washington, July 31.—The following
orders have been Issued:
Army Order*.
First Lieutenant Frank B. Koh»,
Fourteenth Infantry, from Fort Lin
coin, Nebr., to Fort Missoula, Mont.
Navy Orders.
Commander C. A. Brand to duty
commanding Glacier.
Lieutenant L. Coxa to duty naval
academy. Annapolle, Md.
Lieutenant R. A. Abernathy to duty
San Francisco.
Lieutenant £1 Durr detached duty
Independence, to duty on Asiatic sin
tlon.
Movements of Naval Vessels.
Arrived—Patapsco at Boston;
Stoga at Wei-Hat-Wei; Albany. Wn.h
Ington, Ajax, Leonidas, Athahnna.
Yankton at Boston: Yorktown nt Mure
Island; Abarenda at Cavite.
Salted—Washington from Portsmouth
for Provlncetown; Ajax from Lamberts
Point for Bradford.
Marshall Drug Company. Vicks- 4-
burg. Warren county; capital- 4-
lied at 320,600; B. W. Marshall, 4>
4* R. H. Marshall and otner*. +
Beaver Creek Land Company. 4-
(Roster. Amite county; capitalised
at 920.000; I. L. Toler. 8. A. Un-
. derwnod and other*.
•!• Greenville Negro Athletic socie
ty. Greenville. Washington count-
ty; no capital stock; Will Smith,
Charles Peterson and others. 4*
R. H. Rutherford A Co.. Jack- +
son, Htnds county; capitalised at 4-
310,000; R. H. Rutherford. J. L. 4-
Rutherford and others. 4*
4-
MISINTERPRETED.
Editor Atlanta Georgian;
Dear Sir—Hon. John 21. Slaton has
called my attention to a statement In
the article signed by myself and Mr.
Hopkins published In The Oeorglan of
Saturday. This statement la as fol
lows;
Mr. Watkins at once informed him
that while he had not signed the letter,
he wae cognisant of It, and In a verbal
conversation requested that It should
not be then presented to him, bat that
he would approve It If the house passed
Mr. 8!aton gives a construction of the
statement which was not meant. His
construction Is that the statement
meant that at the time the conversa
tion waa had with him he knew "f the
promise signed by the representatives
from Pulton county. No such construc
tion was Intended, because at the time
of the conversation with Mr. Slaton
there had not been received any letter
from the representatives. When the
conversation occurred between Mr. Sis
ton and mystlf the matter had not been
P resented to the legislature at all. and
was asking Mr. Slaton as to the best
method of reaching all four of the rep
resentatives at the same time. He re
quested me not to present the matter to
him at that time, and gave what I con
sidered good reasons for his request
Therafcre. ths charter wae not pieeest
ed to him then.
What the statement meant Is th* 1
Mr. Slaton was cognisant of the letter
written by Messrs. Brown, McElreatl:
and Westmoreland after the letter »“
written, and that Mr. Slaton wss not
requested to join In the letter beesuee
of his statement made to me thereto
fore. I desire that this be stated so
that there may be no misconstruction
of the language used. Yours very truly,
EDGAR WATKINS
Atlanta. July 23, 1(11.
An Up-to-Date Llmsriok.
An Illinois town named Vandslla
wore capitalistic regalia;
But the people one day
Took the state house away.
With all-of the paraphernalia
Here Are a Few That Are More or Less Funny
The bill Introduced In the legisla
ture by RrpreerntAlve Bell, of Milton
county, to enlarge the Arbor Day ex
ercises now provided by law by adding
to them such features as will empha
sises the Importance of care and pro
tection (or the bird* of the state. Is a
measure that meets with popular ap
proval. and Should h* passed. Birds
have, besides the value of their beauty
and of the pleasure their presence
give*, a distinct eeonqmlc value. They
rid garden and farm of Injurious In
sects The lesson of care for the birds I
should be taught whenever and where-!
ever possible. . » j
ALWAYS FOUND IT.
"My brother never mot with a dlaae
point mem In hie life."
"How'e thatr*
"He never looks far eeetuieo but
trouble."
Wise Mu t.
"Now. he's got what i
PLEASANT PROSPECT.
-I boar you an building a now house.
How la It coming onf
"First rats. We're got the roof and
the mortgage on, and we expect to
have the furniture and the sheriff la
TO SPEED THE PARTINO.
Straw Hat—You’ll never bo as popular
•a I am. you big stiff!
Derby—Posribly net, ret my superior
ity le felt
HER EXPERIMENT.
“Does your wife like to cook?”
"Wen-er-she's continually roosoa*