Cleveland courier. (Cleveland, White County, Ga.) 1896-1975, May 04, 1928, Image 3

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Newspaper Page TextVIRGINIA RESTORES ITS HISTORIC HALL Hoyse of Delegates Scene of Important Events. Rieliimnul, Va.—The hand of time is being turned back many years iu Vir¬ ginia's aged capital building. The old hall of the house of delegates in Rich¬ mond, which has perhaps beeu the scene of more events of prime impor¬ tance than any other room in the South, is undergoing complete restora¬ tion utter long neglect. The great ball with ils classic col¬ umns and cornices served as a gath¬ ering place for the representatives of the people for more than a hundred years. But iu the early part of the present century il been me evident that the structure for which Thomas Jet ferson had drawn up plans and made n model while in Krai tee was no long¬ er adequate for the needs of the stale In P.IO-i and ltlOfi wings were added, in which new quarters were provided for the legislature; and tlie old hull of the house of delegates became a museum for the state's agricultural exhibits. At ils 192(5 session, bow ever, the general assembly decided the hall deserved a (ate more in keep¬ ing with its history, ami the work ot restoration then authorized is now up preaching completion. Scene of Great Events. Stirring debates, grave crises and picturesque events have gone to the making of the ball's history. All the Constitutional conventions were held there, and there Virginia voted rati ficaiion on June 25, 1TSS. The hall was the scene of the trial of Aaron Burr for treason, with John Marshall presiding, in 18<»7. The former vice president had been at mysterious schemes in the West, out of which, il was charged, lie designed to evolve mu empire for himself, with I lit* loss to Hie l'liion of the great .Mississippi valley. A grand jury for tlie Distiii'l ■of Virginia, where his expedition vir¬ tually started, indicted him. and Ids ■ease e.‘iine up before the Supreme ■court, silting in Richmond. Tilt; crowd of spectators was So gfe * that court had to adjourn to ,the more commodious hall of l lie house of delegates. For months I lie crowd gathered at eaeh session to follow the fortunes of the man whom Winfield Scott described later: "There lie sit od, in the hands of pow er, on the brink of danger, ns com¬ posed. as immovable as one of Cano vu's living marbles.” Burr was even tunlly acquitted. The convention which passed llie ar t'cles of secession, precipitating the Civil war, sat in this chamber, and here also the Confederate congress met. Here (Jen. Robert 1C. L.ee re¬ ceived formal command of the Con federate forces, and here (Jen. Stone wall Jacks m's body lay in slate atiei lie laid been shot accidentally by one of bis own men al the Battle of Chan cellorsville. (hi April 27, 1S70, a calamity OC eurmt In the ha II. that lias peopled its memories with ghosts ever since. "Sad, sad. indeed, is the duty ot tiie chronicler of the events ami ter tihie scenes in our state Capitol on yesterday,’' runs an account of the time. “Unprecedented in their awful results heartrending lu their every aspect and bringing mourning to out entire city, we almost halt iu palsied horror. To describe it would he he yonil the power of man; and with those who witnessed it its recollec lion will remain indelibly vivid as long as life shall last.” Terrible Calamity. it was the day when the Court ot Appeals, meeting in the chambet above the hall, was to render de vision as lo whether a citizen of Rich motid elected mayor under Hie re eently passed “enabling act” was en titled to fhe office or whether the military appointee of reconstruction times, a one-time camp follower ot tiie federal armies, had a rigid to hold on. everybody who could squeeze iriti the cliamtier was there. Suddenly a panel fell from the ceiling, a glrdet was seen io give way and (lie balcony fell to the floor. Tiie floor was in sufficient to support its weight and it a twinkling 350 persons in a mass ot debris were precipitated 25 feet inti tiie hall of tiie house of delegates, lie low. Sixty two were killed and 25n injured. When the work of restoration has been completed tiie room will be fur liished In tfie style of 1800 and will In used In connection with the work ot the house of delegates. Provision will lie made for historic and patriotic so cietips to put up tablets or monuments commemorative of tlie various historh associations of tiie hall. Gov. Harry F. Byrd is sponsoring a proposal to place a life-size statue of General (>ei on tiie spot where he stood in assutn ing command of tiie Southern forces. River Bubbles Like Wine and Match Sets It Afire Grenoble. France.—A boiling rivet and a buried forest were tiie lines peeled rewards of men digging for springs in the interest of the watet supply of Co re no. Instead of a spring they discovered a stream of water which bubbled like champagne. A match was touched to the water which became ablaze from the gas which il contained. Tiie source of tiie gas was found by sinking a shaft 100 feet where giant oaks and pines were discovered decomposed, remains of a forest supposed to have been buried hundreds of years ago by a Landslide. EMPTY GRAVES MARK \ END Of SEA TRAGEDY Breton Widows Mourn for Their Men Folk. Paimpol, Brittany, France.—Beside the small gray chapel overlooking the bleak liltle fishing town of Burs F.vcn. not far from here, 2S empty graves were dug recently. They will never lie tilled, hut drab Brittany stones over them will attest one of the greatest sea tragedies in the history of Unit little hamlet and of Plouezee. ils neighbor. The story is file tale of Brittany’s latest but not its worst sacrifice in tiie quest of fish, tiie very life and blood of these odd million fishermen who have followed Hie ways ot their forefathers centuries in and centuries . out. In tiie village stone simp 2S slabs are being prepared, nil inscribed alike, ••perl en Aler” (perished at sea). For ] the remaining citizens, the old men and Hm women and those too young to fight uortlieiM seas, at last have given up hope ot ever seeing again their menfolk, the crew of the Boil Avel, which sailed from the port ot Baimpol some lime ago. Authorities Give Up. Tiie government marine authorities gave up it month ago. They wrote the name of the Bou-Avel on tiie ros ter of lost ships. Vet tiie good souls who live in the slate-roofed hamlets, and especially the widows of the crew that sailed away, were the Iasi to give up hope. livery day during the last few weeks, and sometimes all night, a ■ handful of lace-capped women braved the terrific gales which boat the bare rock coast of this vicinity to assem hie at “Widow's Cross," high on a hill overlooking the sea. And there, while Hie snow and sleet heat down upon them, they prayed for tiie return of their husbands and fat Iters and brut Iters. At last they, too, have given up. And so they are admitting tint! the fate of the Bon-Avel must lake its place in the long annals of Breton sea disasters which began when this hardy race first set out for distant Iceland and Newfoundland, long he tore Columbus ever Went 10 sea. After Big Game. The Bou-Avel was but one of many sloops which attempted lo go after big game. And for a Breton tliere was big money in it. Immense schools of codfish are to be found off the, banks of Greenland and Iceland, But the waters are dangerous, lee floes and icebergs lil! them and six days out of seven hang deep in fog. The Bon-Avel, however, was mi daunted. She was a three-masted schooner of 320 tons and had an mix ilinrv engine to boot. With a crew of 23 picked sailors she made her firsl trip til 1020. It was a huge success and she returned in September of that year loaded. Her owner lilted tip three ships to accompany her the next year. They set out February Iasi for Ice land. They returned to Baimpol in May, unloaded, and set sail again ibis time for the east coast of Greenland Once there they separated. For -cv oral Weeks no word came from the Bon-Avel. Then on July 10 the crew managed to have a wireless relaveil here telling of 37,000 fish already in tier hold. Never Heard of Again. She was never heard of again. Tin' oilier ships returned, unloaded, and prepared lo set out again. A montl ago the marine authorities wrote hot off their books. The folks at home are doing the same liiing, (hough in a different way. Already Hie village newspapers are opening a public sub scription, for none of fhe men left a sou. Tiie experience, after all, was not a new one neither for I’ors Even nor for Plouezee. The two towns counted already 1!) widows and a half hurt died orphans. And in the preceding’ centuries every town record slews a corresponding proportion. From ’he 1 seamen's pension fund the widows will receive 1,200 francs a yeat each urol the children 50 francs. And this the folk assure, will tide (liens ovci until Hie kids are old enough to go t< sea themselves. Plans to Keep Tower of Pisa From Toppling Over Baris.—Dr. Edouard Imbeaux, for¬ mer professor at tiie government en gineering school and corresponding member of the Academy of Sciences, lias a plan to keep tiie famous “Beam ing Tower of Pisa" from toppling over, as it seems certain to do if its foun¬ dations continue to sag as they have done for 000 years. Doctor Imbeaux goes on tiie assump¬ tion that the sagging is caused by Hie flow of subterranean streams flowing toward tiie sea and prevent¬ ing Hie slate and clay which form the foundations from hardening sufficient ly to uphold the heavy structure, fie proposes to freeze a broad band till around the bottom of tiie tower to a deptii of 20 or 30 feet and then pour cement between that band and flie walls of the tower. Completed in tiie year 1350 tiie tow er. which is 180 feet high, is now al most five feet out of plumb, tiie south¬ ern side sinking on an average one millimeter a year. Unless something Is done to stop it tliere will Inevitably come a day when the equilibrium of tiie tower will be disturbed to such an extent that it can no longer re¬ ntal* MiSt. _________ . . .... i THE CLEVELAND COURIER, CLEVELAND. GEORGIA. GEORGIA HAS 1195 LOCAL REGISTRARS The Statutes of Georgia require that all births and deaths shall be regis¬ tered with the Bocal Registrar of tiie district in which the birth or death occurred. Since there are 1,195 Lo cal Registrars, or one to every 2,600 population, it should lie a very simple matter to comply with this law. Tiie Local Registrar is usually the City Clerk in cities and the Justice of the Peace in Militia Districts outside of cities. Therefore, if a birth or death occurs in any part of a county, there is a Local Registrar accessible for the purpose of registering births ami deaths and issuing burial or removal permits. Undertakers, or persons acting as undertakers, are responsible for filing death certificate, 'l'lie attendants at births are required to file the birth certificates, but, if there should be no attendant at the birth, then the re¬ sponsibility of reporting the birth falls on the parents. Although the responsibility of re¬ porting births and deaths is placed upon Hie attendant at birth and the undertaker, the parents should remind Hie doctor or midwife that they want the birth of their little one registered, and in tiie sad event of a death in a home, the undertaker should be re¬ minded that he owes it to his clients to file a certificate of death according to the provisions of the law. MENTAL SUGGESTIONS Do not think of your health as some great and mysterious thing, and do not think of it as a worthless thing, but took at it as you would any other "business” thing, if it is perfectly good and sound, treat it as you would any business matter, sanely and safely, and not see how far you can abuse *t without going bankrupt. You would not do that with any sound business matter—why do it with your health? On ilie other hand, if it is impaired, treat it. sanely and without panic. If you had trouble with your watch you would take it to a Watchmaker and not a shoe-repair man, why, when not feeling just, right run to every Tom, Dick and Harry who have concocted some mixture that nobody knows how or why or when it could or should help anybody but advertised to help everybody. in plain words, instead of taking at face value all advertisements WHICH ARE PAID FOR, use your own com¬ mon sense and get the advice of some one you know' and can trust. In other words, use as much judgment on your million dollar health as you would on your dollar Ingersoll. DOCTORS GATHER A groat consultation of physicians will be. held at Savannah May 8; in fact, several hundred will gather then and there in their annual Stale As¬ sociation meeting. The State Medical Association is a splendid body of scientific men, and we hope the day is hot far distant when every doctor will affiliate with tliis organization. Many subjects of grave importance will come before (his body of men. Their sessions will con linue for three days. In conjunction with this meeting the State Health Officers' Association will hold their summer session on tiie 8th and 9th. REPORT THEM. Georgia having been admitted into the registration area, it now behooves every physician to see to it. that all his infectious and contagious diseases are reported. His failure to report these cases will give us an enormous ¬ ly high death rate, dial is apparently so. If more people die of pneumonia in Georgia than there are eases, foi instance, it looks like our doctors lose all their cases and the mortality is high, whereas if ALL cases were re ported we would show up well. The government will print Doth sets oi figures alongside. Every one of the thirty-eight reportable diseases should lie promptly sent in by tiie doctor. TUNE IN Have you a radio In your home? Do you hear tiie health talks that are given twice a week by our State Board of Health? We commend them and tie lieve you will spend a fruitful few min utes if you will tune in at 11:45 a. m each Monday and 6:00 p. m. each Tuesday on WSB. Tiie talks are on timely topics, are short and in the plainest of language; the time con stinted is seldom more than five min utes Give your State Board of Health a hearing. Each and every community should provide for its own incurables who have infectious or contagious dis eases. They are a menace to theii associates anc. the community. 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