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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN. SATT RUAY. SEI’TKMHKIC la. COMPLETE FINDINGS 'MANY NEW PEACH ORCHARDS OF THE COMMITTEE IN THE MOUNTAINS OF GEORGIA, Sweeping Changes Recom mended by Investigators , of Institution. The full findings of the committee on Investigation of the Soldiers' home were as follows: We find that there has been no pub lished report of the Institution since :P02. but this. It has been explained to Th*. committee. due to. the change In rime of meeting of the general as-, sembly. r find that at times the former stewardess h«$ been unreasonably nli- rupt toward* tiie Inmates and unreason-* ably severe In her treatment of them, and that to that extent her usefulness v a Impaired. She has left the home and Is succeeded by Mrs. Stein, who Is a most efficient officer. We find that the conduct and general bearing of the formet superintendent toward the Inmates has been austere, rough and unkind, rendering him an unsuitable person to All that poHftfng. but he has left the home and the place Is now tilled by CAptatn R. L. Barry, a kind-hearted Confederate soldier, who has the confidence and respect of the Inmates of the home. We find that the clothing now and recently worn by the old soldiers Is not of such color and character as gives to them the appearance we be lieve the people of Georgia’ would have them wear, and' we recommend that steps be Immediately taken to provide these old soldiers with better summer and winter suits, and with overcoats for the winter, chosen of a quality and color that would cause them to present more attractive appearance. We find the underwear now used to be good. We find that the trustees and pur chasing agent. Dr. Amos Fox. have acted In all matters connected with the management of the home ivlth strict honesty and Integrity, but the trus tees, one from each congressional dis trict, being far removed from the In stitution. have not been able to give tnelr attention to the home required. W«r recommend that a law he passed reducing the number of trustees from eleven to seven: that the president, the vice president and tw<r other trus tees shall rfslda In Fulton county or near by* and the other three from the sfate at large, and that one of the resident trustees shall visit the home twice a month, and Investigate Its man agement: that all complaints be made direct to the resident trustees, who shall hear and pass upon any such complaints. The president of said hoard ahall make annual reports to the gov ernor. as Is required of other state Institutions,* and that the actual ex penses of such trustees be paid them and $3 per day for the time employed In appointing trustees the governor •hall not be confined to Confederate veterans. We recommend that books be kept at the hqme showing all supplies re ceived at the Institution and use made of same, and a more thorough system of checking be Inaugurated. We recommend that the trustees In ateadmf u suspension for a violation of the rules, that some place of detention be established In which to confine sifeh men as need correct We find that there 1ms at times been an Insufficient amount of food upon the table; lhat frequently It was Im properly and poorly prepared, and at times of quality unfit to eat. We think that- the supplies have reached the home in good condition with only an occasional exception. We recommend that the board of trustees be requested to extend to the organitntlons of Daughters of the Con federacy of Oeorglu Invitations to visit the* Soldiers' Home when It suits or leasts their convenience and pleasure Mrs. Myrta Lockett Avary: makes a pretty pastoral of her description of the peach industry. Points out the art and eth ics in growing, gathering and packing the luscious j ‘ Elberta. to make visits, and on these visits to have the privilege of making such In vestigations into the housekeeping as they may desire and that they be given the liberty of arranging for entertain- inent at the home. Wo further recommend that there be given, as far as possible and practica ble to such of the Inmates ns are able and willing to make small crops by their own efforts, a portion of land, and that any veteran taking and culti vating a part of the land shall receive the proceeds. The amount nllotted to each man shall not be more than one-half un acre. We And that for several months prior to August 1st, past, that the con ditions at the home have been very un satisfactory. We are pleased, however, now to report that the Inmates of the home appear to be satisfied with the present management and that the uf- falrs at the home are now In good con dition. and promise well .for the fu ture. We recommend that hereafter a standing committee be appointed from each branch of the general assembly to visit and re|s»rt upon the conditions of the Confederate Vetera ns' Home In the same way and manner as the other Institutions of the state are visited and reported ui>on. Such committee to be designated as the committee on the Confederate Soldiers’ Home of Geor gia. University Y. M. C. A. Work, gpeclnl to The Georgian Athens, Ga., Sept. 15.—H. II. Van Yalkenburg, secretory of the University Y. M. C. A. work In Athens, Is in the city and ready to begin his work when the college opens. He did good work among tho student body last session. By Myrta Lockett Avary* “She’s an Elberta!” meaning "She’s a peach, and a Georgia peach at that!” j What girl of well-regulated ifilnd could fall to appreciate the compliment? Certainly none who had spent a sum-1 mer in this land of new orchards around ML Airy, Cornelia, Baldwin and j Alto. And none’ who had gone on n peach-packing picnic. A peach-pack- J ing picnic, one of the social novelties evolved by the Industrial conditions of the day, may become one of the estab lished functions of the future. It Is simply un Incident now, but a straw to show which way the wind blows. Here, where less than fourteen years ago there was not a commercial orchard there are now some half-million young peach trees, a large proportion In their first hearing, which Is at three years. I Everybody’s pea patch, corn and cot ton field seems to have peach switches growing up In It—Incipient orchards. In spring time, mountain und valley tire an undulating glory of pink and pearl; and the air, ns you drive along the road* through miles and miles of blooming trees. Is gracious with sweet fragrance. Soon the trees are burden ed with blushing Carmens, Georgia I Belles and red and gold Elbertas. Then, gathering and packing begins. Here und; there are new* cottages, painted white or green, where orchard owners or orchard tenders dwell; und others not less picturesque, though their weather beaten gray shows long and honorable use. Lover* In the Scenery. At no great distance from these pas toral scenes,^wjmd adding grandeur t< the landscape, 'Ymmh lifts his lordly luow above that charmed sppt where, as you know, his beloved, the fair Val ley Nacoochee, lies smiling at his feet. Climate and Industry have Invited people from North and West and some from over seas. The handaome Lorn hard munelon houses a beautiful mis tress, a distinguished looking master who has traveled the world over and thinks no place like Gcorrglu, some pret ty maids, and as not Infrequent guests some young men with up-North college athletic stamp on them. Kitchens Cot tage is cute and cosy. Nestled at the font of a bill Is the home of the Me- Peck** who hall from Columbus, Ohio; <,Ton* the thrcstlkold of thefunpreten tious exterior and you realise that you are In the dwelling of cultured, college- Photo by Ernest J. Kinsey. Coterie of Volunteer Poach-packers at Lunch. Peach-packere any other fruit to peaches at meal time. prefer lifdlrs wboiare quit? cxixwltlve o: names, Winnie arid JUay Belle. The pioneer orchard-grower of the section Is a Georgian, Mr. John P. Fort, who summers at Mt. Airy, und whose successful experiments near that place and Baldwin begun some twelve years ago, started the business. ,J. C. Hood, “Peaeh King." Another Georgian, Mr. J. C. Hood, developed the‘ Industry, and set new standards of excellence. Mr. Hood Is quite the "Peach King" of the region. He bus the best-kept orchards around, a cannery (built.lost year, a new' mam moth model 'packing house on his pri vate; railmad siding where stand the refrigerator cars Into which his peaches ure% loaded right from the floor of the packing house, He Is a banker of Commerce, G<|«,,u man of means. He gives to the /growing, gathering and packing of hh« fruit the sort of atten tion an artist'gives a* painting, an au thor a book. He has Introduced new methods In grading, before which peo ple packed good, better, best and Indif ferent peaches together. He rejected Indifferent and packed In three grades, better and best going In crates stamped "Fancy," and “Extra Fancy." I stood In his packing house, ^ger to learn the art of peach packing that l might apply my knowledge to the Ava ry orchard, the Hood orchard’s neigh bor, when It should come'of age. Be fore I entered, a packing house had anyone asked me, "How are peaches packed?" 1 would have answered off hand, "Just put’m In a basket and set the baskets In a crate. That’s all." In easy reach of my hands were peaches In troughs of doth Into which they e gently tossed by graders standing opposite me. Under their hands were baskets of peaches brought In by the gatherers. Under mine. In a crate were three empty baskets of the variety seen It) fruit stores; everybody on my side the troughs was similarly provided. Packing tht First Cratt. My neighbors asked mo sociably: "Do you do the one-two pack or tho two-two pack?" Humbly I sought und 1 t j 1P ‘ re8t received Instruction. It took me two hours to pack by first crate! An adept, newly come from other parts, estab lished on my left, advised: "Put the very worst at the bottom, und better by Ernest J. Kinsey. Gathering Elbertas in the Georgia Mountains. Photo by Ernest J. Kinsey. A Crew of Gatherers has Just Deposited These Baskets While tfie Pack ers Are at Lunch.* YOU HAVE CATARRH! Smokes, snuffs and inhalers have given vou only tem porary relief. Youarc look ing for a permanent cure. Herring’s Catarrh Cure is a Permanent Cure, for Acute and chronic Catarrh in all stages. H. C. C. is a local and internal vegeta ble remedy free horn Al cohol, Opium, Cocaine aud other narcotics. AT ALL DRUG STORES. $1.00 PER BOTTLE. us you go to the top. Makes a nicer show." A low, quiet voice said over our shoulders: "No; the peaches should be us uniform throughout as you can have them to perfectly pack your baskets. And the three baskets at the bottom of the crate should bo as good as the three on top. I do not want purchasers disappointed when they open up my fruit.” It was tho banker. Here was good business and good ethics. They go together and they pay. Uwas interested and had a little talk with him, shamefully neglecting my puckiug to do so. I saw that ho looked with a cold eye on my wrlttng-up Ills orchard and the orchard lands around. And I was sur prised, for people usually fall over themselves to get anything they are Interested In written up. “I do not want a lot of people com ing In. buying up lands and raising poor fruit. It would lower the rating of the fruit product of the entire sec tion, and hurt the legitimate Industry." As Much Trouble as • Baby. But for Ids deterrent words I might perhaps so "crack up" peach growing that some folks might tie moved to sell out, lock, stock and barrel, buy lands up hero, set out trees und expect the trees tp do the rest. It’s a little way rlbblers have. The trees will nAt |K*ach orchard Is as much trouble as a baby. You have t*» be watching It and doing for It all the time. Planting, replanting, plowing, hoeing, worming, pruning, spraying, fertilising and Solomon knows what all! These are some of the things that have to be done, and by experts. There Is and a|ways will be profit In fine fruit well packed and duly gotten to mar ket. as "there’s room at the top” in any business. To measure your prod uct up to these requirements costs money, toll, time, personal sacrifice, as does any high endeavor. The Georgia peach and the Georgia watermelon un* names to conjure with. U hear that New Jersey labels some of her peaches, "Georgia!") And there’s no discount on the luscious things our old red hills can produce, nor the profit In produc tion with good work and management and due rallnmd provision for trans portation. In the last Item we have had no such trouble up here as some less fortunate communities have suf fered. DOWAGER CZARINA IS ILL ON YACHT Copenhagen, Sept, 15. - The chamber- lain of the dowager cxarlna. who Is ill on board the Russian Imperia’ yacht Polat Star, In this harbor, says that her majesty Is suffering from a severe attack of lumbago. She I*i unable to leave her (Ubln. A mysterious lette was thrown aboard the yacht the other night, warning the ex-caiaiina that she 1* In danger. "Culle” for Homo Market. Many of the most beautiful peaches gathered are never sent to tnurket, be ing too rlpo for shipment. These “culls,” as they are called, are a loss to the producer unless he can can them, sell them to a near-by cannery, or dispose of them at a market only u few hours distant. A home market if quickly glutted, however. Some cull* from here have done quite well In At lanta, reaching that town In Just the condition to add beauty and delight W fastidious tables. For long-distance shipments Massa chusetts and New York have been fa vorite objective points, but Richmond, Norfolk, Washington and some North Carolina pleasure resorts have been good purchasers, particularly of small consignments. A few shipments have not paid cost of gathering, packing and tramqtortution, but the majority have done somewhat more than this, l be Hove. On account of iWte frosts and recent rains, the crop has not been up to tho usual murk, though some of the Hood shipments have brought fancy prices. Octobers are yet due, and If tho mins do not Interfere, should make good fruit. John Farnworth’s “Show Place/ Mr. John Farnsworth,, of Atlanta, Is owner of the show-place of the region, Baldwin Heights, from which the most beautiful view, that can ba obtained anywhere around can be had. Tho Hamlins near by make a specialty of other things besides peaches, tomatoes being one. The Shore, the Phllbrlck and the Grant orchards are other* that I recall driving through. Messrs. Rid ley und Spain, of Atlanta, recently bought a large tract up here, which they will plant In apples. Off© of the prettiest, though smallest, orchard’* around, all of Georgia Belles, belong* to lion. G. W. Grant, mayor of Alto, who Is not giving up wholly his farm to fruit growing. One feature of the labor situation I* suggestive. There Is no negro labor. Except when railroad hands are around one rarely sees a black face. All work Is done by v hlte natives and imported labor, h' mot In Mr. Hood's {Kicking, house a lot of young college men whom he had brought along: they wanted money to help them through school—he needed their work. Whatever work cultured people take up they impart to it somewhat of grace and llghtn©ss, an air of play. Much of the agricultural and horticultural work needing to he done In this country Involve* no. more output i f physical force than golf or tennis, and is physically und morally beneficial because It brtngs one Into close ant »«*-operative relations with Mother Earth. 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Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company. 211-213 Candler Building, Atlanta, Ga.. AMUSEMENTS \GRAND MATINEE TODAY—TONIGHT Wm. A. Brady’s Big Musical Comedy Success, "POXY GRAND PA." . 50'Funny People, Including Big Beauty Chorus. Night Prices: 25c to $1.00. Matinee. 25c and 50c. Frfdsy and Saturday, Sept. 21-22. Matinee Saturday. The Show You Know Coming. The AI,G. Field GREATER MINSTRELS, Headed by Press Eldrldge, the Com- mander In Chief of tho Army of Fnu, Assisted by an Army of Comedians, 8lngers, Dancers and Musicians. »Elaborate and Original o ) Scenic Surprises J The Magnificent First Part Production THE GRIDIRON CLUB Roll On Silvery Moon, A Southern Idyl And the Weirdly Wild Spectacle Dreamland’s Phantoms THE BIG FEATURE SHOW, America’s Oldest, Best and Most Successful Minstrel Organization. 21 Yens of Continuous Success 21 Night Prices 25c to $1.00. Matinee 25c to 75c. Sale Opens Wednesday. THE GRAND MONDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHTS, September 17 and 18. MATINEE TUESDAY. THE WILL J. GLOCK AMUSEMENT CO.’S SUPERB PRODUCTION, Coming Thro’ The Rye WRITTEN BY GEO. V. HOBART—MUSIC BY A. BALDWIN SLOANE 80 in the Great Company—Comedians, Singers, Dancers. FRANK LALOR—STELLA MAYHEW. Nena Blake, Florence Towneend, Alma Youlln, John Park, Frank Doane, Wm. Riley Hatch, Perclval Jennings and Many Others of Prominence. "THE GIRL WITH THE WHITE HORSE." THE FIJI QIRLS, THE GEE-GEE GIRLS. THE BEAUTY CHORUS OF SIXTY. THE PONY BALLET, THE NEWPORT BELLES. Scenery, Costumes and Other Effects of the Utmost Grandeur. The whole eompaaalng a veritable festival of brilliant wit, charm ing music, delightful torpiichore and chromatic aplondor. IT IS THE QUINTESSENCE OF PRI8MATIC MAGNIFICENCE. Concededly the distinguishing musical comedy auccess of last season In the United State*. It is the Cap-Sheaf of Present Day Achievement in Stage Wonder Work. PRICE8: MATINEE. 25c to $1.00. NIGHT, 25c to $1.50. '8ALE NOW OPEN. WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY, SEPT. 10-20. BARGAIN MATI NEE THURSDAY, 25c AND 50c. THE FAMOUS ORIGINALS, MURRAY & MACK, IN THEIR SUCCESSFUL MUSICAL FARCE, AROUND THE TOWN NEW SONGS, NEW DANCES, PRETTY GIRLS, INCLUDING THE CELEBRATED METROPOLITAN PONY BALLET, NIGHT PRICES, 25e to $1.00 MATINEE, 25c and 50c. SALE OPENS MONDAY. THE BIJOU TONIGHT, MATINEE TODAY, The 8f*n*ntlonal niul Emotional Drama, "How Hearts Are Broken" A atoruiy niarjr of the Heart and Soul, told' In four acta. A mreulf* <U*!>bfy of rare splendor. Same lfijou price*. Next week: “A WIFE'S SECRET/* useful, they might become NEXT WEEK: Matinees Tuesday, Thurs day ancl Saturday. Spencer & A bora’s Produc tion of the Great Emotional Drama, A WIFE'S SECRET JANES CONTINUES FIGHT FOR MORE COIN Now in It* Third Successful Season. A beautiful story, told In powerful melodramatic style with laughter and - ..... .. . - tear* cleverly blended, were urnful. nr cease to think that any. i j, j , H exercise must b, drudgery. If H hup. e,,t ,nd elab#r “« acanic production. Same llijou Prices- Judge C.*J. Janes, of Cedartown, who under appointment of Oovernor Terrell har had charge of the matter of se curing from the government the extra pay claimed for the Georgia soldiers who served In the war with Spain, luu, It l» understood, been offered a settle ment by the wnr department, but has rejected It and will push the case fur- ther. ft Is understood that Judge Janes was ofTered $10,000 In settlement of the claims of the First and Second volun teer regiments that went from Georgia during the Spanish war. The claims of these regiments amount to some thing more than $30,000, and Judge Janes has, It Is stated, declined to ac cept the offer of settlement. He will take the matter up again. It Is understood, directly with the war de. partment, basing, his further claims upon a more recent decision In a simi lar case from Idaho. These claims are for extra pay for the men and officers of these regiments from time when they presented them- selves at the various military posts for service, to the time that they were act ually mustered In, and amounts to any where from two days to two weeks for each soldier. | Fourteenth PIsc* on List. ktss-fsl tc The Users'us. St. Augustine. Fla., 8ept. 15.—Sev ers: members of the Florida rifle team returned yesterday from Seagirt, the others remaining North for a few days longer. This city furnished eight of the teams of fifteen and takes consid erable pride Ir. the record made, which secured fourteenth place In the list and tenth among the states. STEADY GAIN SHOWN IN CLEARING HOUSEI Steadily the tide of Atlanta’** 1 news move* forward and upward i Indicated by : the clearing .house ports from week to week. For week ending Saturday an Increas about $30,000 I* shown aa against corresponding week last year. Tl port aa a* follow*: Saturday, September 13...M 621,73*5.J] Corr’Mp’ndlng day laet year. #11.460.2 TbJ* week. Sept. 15, 1906... 4,02S,T36 Corr’*p’nding week last year 3,778 924. ATLANTA BARNAIfS IIS NEW OFFICERS The first meeting of the Atlanta Bat Association wan r held in the super-’ court* room Saturday morning. recently granted charter was accept*** and In accordance with it* provl«l' the following-named officer* were el* ed Judge John L. Hopkins, prcsU.m' B. F. Abbott, Brat vice president W. P. Hill. secretary. 'The office of second vice $*•*>“” was created and Clifford Anderson ' elected to fltl the posl(fon. The P> i Ing-named were selected as memwn the executive committee: ““*2. Mltchll, Sanders McDaniel and -*< ■ Smith, for the three-year terms. * C. D. Hill and R. R. Arnold for w two-year terms.