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PUN TO INCREASE
NUMBER DP JUDGES
INDICATIONS ARE THAT GEORGIA
WILL HAVE SEVERAL MORE
JUDGES.
SOME CIRCUITS TOO LARGE
Movement Will Be Put on Foot in the
Next Legislature to Create More
Judicial Circuits.
—Atlanta.
President indications are that move¬
ments will be set under way in the
general assembly this summer to cre¬
ate several new judicial circuits in the
state.
There is plenty of evidence of a
general desire for several changes in
tile existing judicial circuits of the
state, it is admitted that some of
the circuits now are too large and
unwieldy, while the growth of busi¬
ness in other circuits visits heavy work
on the judges, making changes neces¬
sary.
The phenomenal growth and in¬
crease in population of South Georgia
has created new conditions within re¬
cent years. Many of the circuits down
there contain half a dozen or more
counties. A few years ago this was
all right, but in many of these coun¬
ties population has almost doubled,
and the increases continue at a won¬
derful rate. This, of course, increases
the amount of litigation and makes
heavy work for the judge.
It is understood that bills will prob¬
ably be presented this summer for the
creation of three -or four new circuits
in South and Middle Georgia, and that
solid and convincing facts will he pre¬
sented to back up the movements.
One idea heard and advanced quite
often recently is the creation of a sep¬
arate and distinct judicial circuit in
Bibb. Business there lias grown to
an extent, it is claimed, where one
judge would be kept busy practically
all the time. It is possible that the
old plan worked here in Atlanta will
be attempted. Until the creation of
a new judgeship here Judge Roan,
then of the Stone Mountain circuit,
devoted a certain part of his time to
Fulton criminal affairs. It is said that
a similar plan could be worked in
Macon with a new judge and by al¬
lowing Judge Mathews to preside
there part of the time. Whether or
not this idea will take tangible shape
is not known, but it is being discuss
ed quite a good deal just now.
Two or three movements for new
circuits are. also under way in North
Georgia. The circuits there have re¬
mained unchanged for many years be¬
cause the growth in population in the
mountain counties partlculaarly has
been slow. But tiie opening up of
these hitherto isolated sections and
the rapid gain in population thereby
has made a number of the circuits too
large.
One plane is to create a new circuit
out of Bartow, Gordon and Whitfield.
Still another contemplates the crea¬
tion of two circuits in that section.
One would have Bartow, Gordon and
Murray, another Floyd and Chattooga,
and another Dade, Walker, Catoosa
and Whitfield. In that part of the
state the idea is'being discussed quite
a deal, and it is probable that some
of the representatives or senators will
come here this summer with definite
measures embodying some of these
schemes at least.
Tlie general growth of the state ma
terially and in population is making
conditions which will necessitate an
increase in the number of judicial cir¬
cuits at no distant date.
Good Effects of Law.
The good effects of the “blue sky”
law are already seen in this state. Be¬
sides the concerns rejected by the sec¬
retary of state, numbering fifteen to
twenty, scores of others have -left
.Georgia without even making the at¬
tempt to qualify under the provisions
of the law and the regulations laid
down by Secretary Cook. Just how
many of these questionable schemes
and concerns have vanished from the
state will probably never be known,
but the experience of Kansas and
Iowa, where literally hundreds of
“get-rich-quick” promoters were run
out, will probably apply to Georgia.
Applications for copies of the Georgia
act are coming from many states, in¬
dicating almost a nation-wide interest
in this legislation.
Georgia Boy Wins Medal.
Jewell Mell, a Georgia boy of At¬
lanta, has won the medal for the best
essay for high school students which
was offered by the Indiana Society for
the Prevention of Tuberculosis. There
were 12,000 contestants. An Indianap¬
olis paper of recent date carries an ac¬
count of the boy's achievements. Jew¬
ell Mell is the son of Mr. and Mrs. T.
J. Mell and is 12 years oid. It is his
intention when he grows up to he a
doctor; not a writer. Jewell is a high
school pupil in Marion county.
THE CLEVELAND COURIER, CLEVELAND, GEORGIA.
Urges Game Propagation.
Game Commissioner Charles L. Da¬
vis will suggest to the legislature at
its next meeting that it give his de¬
partment more authority in the matter
of propagating game. Discussing the
subject, Mr. Davis said: “The game
law does not now authorize the com¬
mission to spend any money in the
propagation of game. I believe that
more attention should be given to this
subject than we are now able to give.
The state might acquire the right from
several large owners of property, par¬
ticularly wild lands, to set aside their
holdings as a refuge for birds and oth¬
er game. On such lands it should be
unlawful to hunt at all. In this way
breeding grounds could be obtained
which would continually replenish the
game supply of the state at large. As
things now stand, I have no lawful
way of getting to Georgia the fifty elk
which have been offered by the Unit¬
ed States government to start a herd
on the 30,000 acres of land which the
government has acquired in the north¬
eastern section of the state as part
of the Appalachian reserve. The gov¬
ernment offers the elk free of charge,
but the state must pay for their trans¬
portation to Georgia.”
Express Office Abolished.
The railroad commission has grant¬
ed the petition of the Southern Ex¬
press company to close its office at
Chatterton, Ga„ on account of insuf¬
ficient business. The last census gave
Chatterton u population of forty-eight
people, a majority of whom are non¬
shippers, according to the petition of
the express company. This was the
only business transacted by the com¬
mission. Several petitions will be
heard later. Among these will be two
petitions for additional stops on the
Atlanta Northern railway, which runs
between Atlanta and Marietta, The
petitions are signed by residents of
Young's Crossing and Whitfield. The
road now has some twenty-five stops.
Residents on the South Decatur line
of the Georgia Railway and Power
company also want a stop half way be¬
tween Wadeland and Warren’s sta¬
tions. The commission will hear le¬
gal arguments in the Macon Electric
Light company cases. The company
seeks to increase its present rates. Ev¬
idence has already been submitted, and
the arguments will bring to Atlanta a
large array of Macon legal talent.
Rush for Automobile Numbers.
Beginning soon the big rush for au¬
tomobile numbers is expected. Under
the new law it is stipulated that 1911
numbers must he procured by March
1, and many have waited to comply
with the requirements. Owing to the
system of distribution devised for the
state, assigning certain series of num¬
bers for the larger cities, it is diffi¬
cult now to tell just how many num¬
bers have been sold since the sale
opened on December 15, last, hut it
will run 5,000 to 6,000. As conserva¬
tive estimates place the number of
machines owned in the state, includ¬
ing motorcycles which come under
the provisions of the law, at, 23,000 to
25,000, it will be seen that a very large
number are to be registered between
now and March 1—or a little more
than a month.
Wedded in Dome of Capitol
For the second time in the history
of the state a mariage ceremony was
performed in the dome of the capitol.
The minister who performed the cer¬
emony was tlie Rev, W. B. Wilson, of
the Baptist faith, who, in addition to
being a minister, is engineer in the
basement of the capitol.
When the couple applied to Mr. Wil¬
son to perform the ceremony, he jok¬
ingly replied that he would ho glad to
perform it, but that the fee would be
$10 in the basement, while, if they
went up to the dome, he would gladly
do the job for nothing.
The couple had nerve, and they took
the dare. They walked the 206 steps
up to the dome of the capitol, follow¬
ed by a curious crowd of spectators.
When they had reached the dome, from |
which they could get a view of all At¬
lanta, Mr. Wilson tfed the knot.
Change in Tax Returns.
Taxpayers of the state should keep
In mind the change under the new
law for giving in their 1914 taxes. Now
state and county taxes must be re¬
turned by May 1, whereas in the past
the time limit has been in July, and
by remembering this fact and attend¬
ing to this taxpayers will be saved
trouble. In many country counties tax
receivers begin their regular rounds
during February, thereby affording tax- j
payers opportunity for complying with '
the law without extra trouble.
Commission Will Investigate.
The prison commission will make a j
through investigation of the sensa- |
tional charges of cruel and inhuman j j
treatment of the felony convicts at
the Adamsville camp near Atlanta.
Chairman Davison has issued, an
order suspending tlie camp boss, who
has been indicted by the grand jury
for shooting a convict named Harris
and beating an aged convict named
Brannen.
Chairman Davison says that the in¬
vestigation will not halt at the Ad
amsville camp, where the charges em
enated, but every camp in the county
will be probed throughly.
How to “Elat’
the Word of
God
By REV. JAMES M. GRAY, D D.
Dean of Moody Bible imtitute
Chicago
TEXT—“Thy words were found, and I
did eat them; and Thy word was unto
me the joy and rejoicing of my heart.”—
Jeremiah 15:16. *
There Is a great
difference be¬
tween “finding'’
the word of God
and "eating” it,
and it is the man
who eats it that
gets the benefit
out of it. Eating
makes digestion
and assimilation
possible, and
when these func¬
tions are normal
in their working,
the result is
health, and
strength, and all
and joy of living.
But eating comes first, and the eat¬
ing that counts is that which has ta¬
ken plenty of time for mastication.
You must retain the food in your
mouth, and get the full taste of it, and
let it mingle well with the saliva, and
chew, and chew, and chew, until the
least possible amount Is left to swal¬
low. The man who does this has
learned one of the great secrets of his
physical being. He has learned how
to keep well, and how to eat almost
anything he likes without ill results.
Keeping the food iu the mouth is the
key to It all.
Something like this Is true In the
higher realm. Usefulness and joy in
the spiritual life depend on spiritual
health and strength. But these in
turn depend on the spiritual nourish¬
ment one takes—its kind, Its quantity,
its condition. The only nourishment
for man’s soul is the word of God
“Desire the sincere milk of the word
that ye may grow thereby," is the in¬
spired exhortation (1 Peter 2:3), and
the more you get of It the better, al¬
ways provided that you*can digest and
assimilate It.
Here ccun;>s .-tkaugA, t of eatiug
again. Holding thA word in your mind
is like holding the food in your mouth.
That Is how to get the full taste of it.
Prayer does in the one case what the
saliva does in the other. Turning it
round and round, thinking of it from
this point of view and that, asking
questions about it, taking it lo your
parents, your Sunday school teacher,
your pastor, searching its meaning in
a commentary, all these things corre¬
spond to the chewing that makes good
digestion and assimilation.
Now, the only way to hold the word
in your mind is to memorize it. It Is
not hard to do this, and when you be¬
gin to gee the benefit of it it becomes
a real pleasure. Make the task as
easy as possible by taking a small por¬
tion at a time.
Don’t "bolt” your food. In other
words, while you are a beginner let
the passage of scripture be so small
that it may be readily recalled several
times during the busy day. And see
that you do recall It, that Is the point.
Master your will in the matter until It
obeys you almost automatically and
you are able to recall the scripture
without effort. You will be surprised
how soon you will be able to do this,
and it will mean so much to you.
What I Got One Day.
The other morning at family pray¬
ers I read this verse in Proverbs 18:
10. “The name of the Lord is a strong
tower; the righteous runnetli-Into it,
and is safe.” 1 at once fastened it
correctly In my mind, and as I walked
Arabic Language.
It is said that the Arabic language I
will yet be the vehicle for carrying |
the gospel in Africa and Asia among j
the Mohammadans. The Arabs them¬
selves say; "Wisdom hath alighted ;
upon three things—the brain of the ,
Franks, the hand of the Chinese and
the tongue of the Arabs."
Arabia is undoubtedly Important be¬
cause of its speech. Dr. Samuel M.
Zwemer says: “Arabic literature is
found throughout the whole Moham
median world, ^and the Arabic lan¬
guage is growing in Influence and
power, and is one of the great living
languages of the world. The Arabic j
Koran Is a text book in the day j
schools of Turkey, Afghanistan, Java, j
Sumatra, New Guinea and Southern j
Russia. Arabic is the spoken lan¬
guage not only of the Arabs of Arabia
proper, but forces the linguistic boun
dary of that peninsula 306 miles north '
of Bagdad to Diarbekr and Mardin,
and is used ail over Syria and Pales¬
tine and the whole of northern Africa.
Even Cape Colony and In the West
Indies there are daily papers in the
language of Mohammed. This won- j
down-town to my office, I kept "eating”
it, turning it over and over, and get
ting such a sweet taste out of it and
such a sense of strength and spiritual
satisfaction.
“ ‘The name of the Lord,’ *' said I,
"why that means the Lord himself!
He is a strong tower.” “And the
‘strong tower?’ In olden time that
was a place of defense and protection
like our forts today.” "The ‘righteous
runneth into it.’ Who can the righte¬
ous be, save those who are made
righteous through receiving Christ by
‘faith as their righteousness?” “‘Run¬
neth,’ there Is the thought of haste
because of pursuit by an enemy,” and
Paul’s word came into my mind, “We
wrestle not against flesh and blood,
but against principalities, against pow¬
ers, against the rulers of the darkness
of this world, against spiritual wicked¬
ness in high places.” " ‘Runneth into
it and is safe.’ O, the security and
peace of the believer who puts his
trust in God!” And so I kept on
“masticating” the word and finding
something new in it at every bite.
But that was not all. Before the
day was over I needed all the strength
I got out of it. There were trials that
day, the enemy was on my heels, and
how glad I was to run, and to know
the place to run to and be safe!
I think this is what the prophet
meant when he said; “Thy’words were
found, and I did eat them; and thy
word was unto me the joy and rejoic¬
ing of my heart.” And this is why I
urge every Christian to memorize a
portion of the word of God every day.
It gives his soul something to feed
upon, and the more he feeds upon, and
digests and assimilates It, the greater
is his spiritual strength, and joy', and
power, and fruitfulness in the Lord.
Let me illustrate this. The next
day after my experience with Proverbs
15:10 I was at a prayer meeting, and
being suddenly called upon to give a
word of exhortation, I had an opportu¬
nity to pass on that verse to three or
four hundred other people. And to
how many more will they pass it on?
They were all bible students preparing
for Christian work in the uttermost
part of the earth. Can you compute
the number of souls to whom they may
pass It on in a lifetime, and who, In
turn, may pass It on, and on, and on
while the age lasts! And all because
of that one little bite of truth I got
that morning, and because I held it
long enough to chew it well! Memo¬
rize. the bible if you want to be blessed
and become a blessing.
Priceless terns.
All through the Proverbs of Solo¬
mon, from (lie Arts to the last chap,
ter, we find priceless gems.
Search them out, ponder them dili¬
gently, meditate deeply upon them. It
is tlie part of wisdom to endeavor to
understand their meaning and to find
out the Interpretation of their deep
sayings. It is not. so much in the num¬
ber of the favorite verses you may
find as it is in the use you make of
those that direct in the way of life
and truth. Let your search be for
wisdom, which in the scriptures
means true piety, the most priceless
thing In the world.
“Happy is the man that findeth
wisdom and the man that getteth un¬
derstanding. For the merchandise of
It is better than tlie merchandise of
silver, and the gain thereof than fine
gold. She is more precious than ru¬
bies; and all the things thou canst de¬
sire are not to be compared unto her.
Length of days is in her right hand;
and in her left hand riches and honor.
Her ways are ways of pleasantness,
and all her paths are peace. She is a
tree of life to them that lay hold upon
her; and happy is every one that re
talneth her.”
Haw beautiful is candor. All faults
may be forgiven of him who has per¬
fect candor.—Walt Whitman.
Insomuch as anyone pushes you
nearer to God, he or she is your friend.
— Mozoomdar.
derful flexible, logical speech with its
enormous vocabulary and delicacy of
expression can only be won for Chris¬
tianity when Arabia is won for Christ.
Gideon Plan in Armenia.
The work of placing Bibles in the
hotels of America by the Gideons has
attracted the attention of Armenian
Christians in Harput, Asiatic Turkey,
who have decided to imitate the exam¬
ple, and place the Bible in the so
called hotels of their country. Hotels
there are very unlike our hotels, as
they contain no furniture and the
guests sleep on bedding which they | i
bring themselves. These empty rooms
in the caravansaries are to be supplied
with Bibles in the Armenian or in the
Turkish language.
It is said that the owners do not
object to the plan except that the Mo¬
hammedan owners insist that the Bi¬
bles must be hung on the wall, since it
iB a sacred book, and it would be a
desecration if it were placed on the
floor.
Beloved, let us love bo well.
“Pape’s Diapepsin” fixes sick,
sour, gassy stomachs in
five minutes.
Time it! In five minutes all stomach
distress will go. No indigestion, heart¬
burn, sourness or belching of gas, acid,
or eructations of undigested food, no
dizziness, bloating, or foul breath.
Pape's Diapepsin Is noted for its
speed in regulating upset stomachs.
It is the surest, quickest and most cer¬
tain Indigestion remedy In the whole
world, and besides it is harmless.
Please for your sake, get a large
flfty-cent case of Pape’s Diapepsin
from any store and put your stomach
right. Don’t keep on being miserable
—life is too short—you are not here
long, so make your stay agreeable.
Eat what you like and digest It; en¬
joy it, without dread of rebellion in
the stomach.
Pape’s Diapepsin belongs in your
home anyway. Should one of the fam¬
ily eat something which don’t agree
with them, or in case of an attack of
indigestion, dyspepsia, gastritis or
stomach derangement at daytime or
during the night, it is handy to giro
tho quickest relief known. Adv.
HAD MOTHER IN A CORNER
Rash Promise Bound to Go Unfulfilled,
or Marion Got What She
Wished For.
Little Marion is very fond of tur¬
key, we learn from Lippincott's Maga¬
zine. At Thanksgiving she was Invit¬
ed to her grandmother’s, where there
was an old-fashioned turkey dinner.
Marion ate a good share of the bird,
and then handed up her plate again.
“1 want some more turkey, mother,”
said the child.
“Why, Marion,” said the mother,
“you have eaten enough already. I
don't think you had better have any
more now.”
“-But I want some more, mother,”
and her face fell.
“Not now, my dear,” replied her
mother; “but here is a wishbone that
you may pull with mother. That will
be lots of fun. You pull one side, and
I will pull the other, and whoever
gets the longer end can have her wish
come true.”
Each pulled until the bone snapped,
Marion had the longer end.
“Now, dear," said mother, "you’vo
got the longer end. What did you
wish for?”
"Why, mother,” responded the
child, as she picked up her plate, “I
wished for more turkey.”
Badly Expressed.
“Doctor, I'm sorry to bring you
away out to the suburbs.”
“Don't mention it. You see, I have
another patient out this way, conse¬
quently I can kill two birds with one
stone.”
ANOTHER COFFEE WRECK
What’s the Use When There's an Easy
Way Out?
Along with the coffee habit has
grown tho prevalent “American Dis¬
ease”—nervous prostration.
The following letter shows the way
out of the trouble;
“Five years ago I was a great cof¬
fee drinker and from its use 1 be¬
came so nervous I could scarcely
sleep at all nights. My condition grew
worse and worse until finally the phy¬
sician I consulted declared my trou¬
bles were due to coffee.
“But being so wedded to the bev¬
erage I did not see how I could do
without it, especially at breakfast,
as that meal seemed Incomplete with¬
out coffee.
“On a visit, my friends deprived me
of coffee to prove that it was harm¬
ful. At the end of about eight days
1 was less nervous, but the craving
for coffee was intense, so I went back
to the old habit as soon as I got home
and the old sleepless nights came
near making a wreck of me.
“I heard of Postum and decided to
try it. I did not like it at first, be¬
cause, as I afterwards discovered, it
was not made properly. I found, how¬
ever, that when made after directions
on the package, it was delicious.
“It had a soothing effect on my
nerves, and none of the bad effects
that coffee had, so 1 bade farewell to
coffee and have used only Postum
since. The most wonderful account of
the benefit to be derived from
Postum could not exceed my own ex¬
perience.”
Name given by Postum Co., Battle
Creek, Mich. Write for a copy of “The
Road to Wellville.”
Postum now comes in two forms:
Regular Postum—must be well
boiled.
Instant Postum —Is a soluble pow¬
der. A teaspoonful dissolves quickly
in a cup of hot water and, with cream
and sugar, makes a delicious bever¬
age Instantly. Grocers sell both kinds.
“There’s a Reason” for Postum.