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STATE TREASURER PARK LEAD.
Mad Handled State's Finances for
Past Nine Years.
Atlanta, Ga.—After a gallant light
for his life, Captain Robert Emory
Park, for nine years treasurer of the
state of Georgia, breathed his last at
a private sanitatrium in this city.
Death followed an operation for in
ternal trouble which Captain Park
underwent.
Governor Smith, on learning of Cap
tain Park's death, issued an Older that
the state flag be displayed at half
mast for the next ten days, and the
offices of the capjtol closed until after
the funeral.
Captain Park was born sixty years
ago in LaGrange, Troup county, Geor
gia, and received his academic educa
tion at Greenville Academy and at
Brownwcod Institute, LaGrange. He
entered Emory College in 1860. In
1861 he was a student in the junior
class in Auburn, Ala., from which
place he joined the Macon Confeder
ates, a military company organized at
Tuskegee, Macon county, Alabama.
The company was composed of 106
men, about thirty of whom became
commissioned officers. This company
reached Manassas July 22, 1861, the
day after the bloody battle, and as
sisted in burying several hundred fed
eral soldiers.
When the company was reorganized
at Yorktown, Captain Park was unan
imously elected second lieutenant.
His captain, R. H. Keeling, was killed
at the battle of Seven Pines, and
Lieutenant Park commanded the com
pany during the remainder of the en
gagement. The regiment lost 205
killed and wounded out of 408 pres
ent for duty. This battle occurred
May 31, 1562, and two days afterwards
he was promoted first lieutenant. As
first lieutenant he participated in the
seven days’ battle around Richmond,
the first Maryland campaign, the bat
tle of Fredericksburg and the series
of battles near Spottsylvania court
house. He took part in the valley
campaign under General Early, and
wa3 present when Washington city
was threatened. He commanded his
company after Captain McNeely was
desperately wounded and retired at
Chancellorsville, Mav 2, 1863, and was
promoted captain after Captain Mc-
Neelv’s retirement, remaining in com
mand until he was severely wounded,
September 19, 1864, in the battle of
Winchester, and left in the enemy’s
hands. He was confined at West’s
prison hospital, and lastly at Fort Del
aware, from which place he was re
leased .Tune 14, 1865, and left, for his
home in Georgia the same day.
Captain Park was married while at
LaGrange to Miss Stella Swanson.
She lived only five months, dying at
the early age of 18 years. Four years
later he married Miss Ella H. Holt,
daughter of General William S. Holt
of Macon. Mrs. Park died, leaving
two children, William Holt and Ella
Henrietta.
On April 27, 1892. he was married
to Mrs. Emily Hendree Stewart of
Atlanta.
Captain Park was a consistent mem
ber of the Methodist Episcopal
Church, South. He was useful in
the councils of his denomination and
exemplary in his life. He had been a
trustee of Emory College since 1886.
He had also been a trustee of Wes
leyan Female College—the mother of
female colleges—located at Macon,
for many years. Emory and Auburn
conferred upon him the degree of mas
ter of arts.
Captain Park was a life-long dem
ocrat, and active in the service of his
party, but he never sought political
preferment, except for the place as
state treasurer, to which he was elect
ed October 1, 1900, without opposi
tion. On the corresponding dates,
1902. 1904 and 1906 and 1908. he was
re-elected. He served four terms, and
the greater part of a fifth in the
capacity of state treasurer and had
been elected for a sixth.
Major Park, the father of Captain
Park, was a distinguished scholar
and eloquent speaker. He was de
voutly religious and a strong temper
ance advocate.
Captain Park had five brothers and
two sisters. They were Rev. William
Park, D. D.. editor of the Sandersvilie
Herald and Georgian for twenty-five
years; Major John W. Park of Green
ville, Ga., late president of the Geor
gia Bar Association; Hon. James E.
Park, Ph. D.. LL. D.. late mayor of
LaGrange; Howard P. Park, A. M„
who died a highly esteemed planter,
Mount Meigs, Ala.; Lemuel M. Park,
Esq., late president Park Cotton Mills,
LaGrange; Mrs. M. C. Huntley of La-
Grange; Mrs. V. V. Blalock of Green
ville, Ga.
Following the death of State Treas
urer Park, Comptroller General
Wright will take charge of the state
treasury under section 197 of the po
litical code, and it will be possibly
three weeks before the office can be
turned over to the new state treas
urer to he appointed by Governor
Smith. . „
In the first place, the comptroller
general has to advertise the fact of
the state treasurer’s death for a pe
riod of ten days, after which he has
to prepare a schedule of all papers,
moneys and assets of the department
before turning them over to the new
trftssurGr
This latter proces-s, it is stated, will
require about ten days more, and dur
ing that time not a dollar can be paid ,
out from the treasury. ;
The last warrant drawn on the
treasury just before Captain Park :s ;
death was one for SI,OOO for the ex
penses of the prison department. It
did not reach the comptroller general
for his approval until after the treas
urer’s death, and the comptroller gen
eral of course, declined to approve
it. 'it went hack to the governors
office and was canceled.
GEORGIA NEWS IN PARAGRAPHS.
Survivors of the Fourth Georgia
regiment of the confederate army
stoutly deny that this regiment lost
its colors to the Fourteenth New Jer
sey at Spottsylvania courthouse in
1864. A press dispatch from New
York stated that the New Jersey reg
iment was scon to return the captured
standard, and members of the fourth
are denying that they ever lost their
colors 'and declaring that they will
not receive any flag from the four
teenth New Jersey. A survivor of
the Georgia regiment states that the
fourth carried its colors throughout
the war, surrendering them at Appo
mattox; that there was no fighting
at the “Bloody Anglo” on the day the
colors are said to have been taken,
and that the fourth never took part in
any fighting at that place during the
entire war.
After a cessation of nearly two
years, the railroads will renew their
fight, on the order of the state railroad
commission, as issued in the summer
of 1907, by which sweeping reductions
were made in passenger rates on all
the important lines of Georgia. The
application of the Atlanta and West
Point for an injunction to restrain
the enforcement of the order will be
taken up on its merits before Judge
Pendleton in the Fulton county supe
rior court.
The state court of appeals has de
cided that sub-lessees of convicts un
der the old system are liable for dam
ages that may be sought by an cx
inmate of the penitentiary, instead of
the original contractor. The decision
was made in the case of Mason vs.
Hamby & Toomer,
Governor Hoke Smith granted a
pardon to E. H. Almand, a Columbus
young man, convicted of the alleged
misappropriation of funds. Almand,
who was a member of one of the most
prominent families, had
made his shortage good, two months
before his trial. He was sentenced to
four years’ imprisonment, however,
and has served four months of his
sentence. A petition for his pardon
was signed by over two thousand Co
lumbus people, members of the -state
legislature and attorneys of that city.
A coloney of South Carolina farm
ers have just reached Americus and
will settle upon farms already prepar
ed for them near the city. The new
comers are progressive, industrious
farmers and delighted with this sec
tion and surroundings. G. H. Cala
tion and surroundings. G. H. Wad
dell of Greenville had previously pur
chased a fine estate here and upon
this the newcomers are located while
others are expected to follow imme
diately.
Although the usual early orders
were delayed at the beginning of the
season, the fertilizer shipments in
Georgia this year will, so it is report
ed, exceed those of last year by near
ly one hundred thousand tons. The
: season has closed, but the additional
i orders that the being filled will bring
the total far above the shipments of
last season. The large increase in
the tons bought comes as an indica
tion of prosperous times for the farm
ers and is a forecast of a successful
year of planting and harvest.
S. L. Sowell, formerly a farmer of
Screven county, was arrested in Au
gusta by a deputy United States mar
shal, on a charge of counterfeiting.
A search of the premises Sowell oc
cupied revealed a mould for 25-cent
pieces and, with other paraphernalia,
will be u-sed as evidence against him.
Honorable H. M. Stanley of Dublin
president of the Georgia W T eekly
Press association, has notified the peo
ple of Douglas that the date for the
press meeting, which will be held at
Douglas this year, is set for July 13-
14. Mr. Stanley is planning for a trip
for the Georgia editors, a visit to Cu
ba, after the session at Douglas. He
says the indications are that there
will he a large attendance this year.
Governor Smith has disapproved
(he finding of the court martial which
sat in Savannah last fall, and sen
tenced Musician Lamar Keller and
Private J. Ward Sipple to pay fine3
of $25 each for firing their guns from
the rear of a train, on the ground
that the punishment was totally in
adequate to the offense, and that to
let it stand would be a “travesty on
justice.” These two were supposed
to be the leaders among a number of
members of troop A, first squadron
of cavalry, who engaged in firing
blank cartridges from their guns
while returning to Savannah from the
encampment at Chicamauga Park.
The firing took place at several points
between Atlanta and Macon, on the
Southern Railway, and a negro track
hand was wounded in the arm by one
of the shots. Governor Smith, in his
order, drawn in military form, ap
proves the proceedings of the court
and the finding as to the first specifi
cation and charge, to the effect that
the men did the shooting. The balance
of the court’s finding he disapproves
in toto, because he considers, in view
of the gravity of the offense, that the
punishment amounts to no more than
a farce.
Extensive preparations are being
made throughout the state by the
members of the Cotton Seed Crushers’
association of Georgia to attend the
annual meeting of the Interstate Cot
ton Seed Crushers’ convention to be
held in Memphis on May 18. 19 and
20. Last year at the Louisville meet
ing the attendance from this state
was larger than any other and an ef
fort is being made to have it be equal
ly as successful this year. Felding
Wallace of Augusta, and R. G. Riley
of Albany, members of the governing
committee of the Interstate associa
tion, from Georgia, have secured re
duced rates from all points in Georgia
SPORTS
Reports are to the effect that Old
Man BreWenstein of New Orleans is
suffering again with rheumatism. It
is reported that the old man’s back
is giving him a great deal of trouble
The fans all about the circuit regret
this. It would be a calamity to the
Southern league for Breit to drop out.
He is the best drawing card in the
league, and without doubt the headi
est pitcher that has ever performed
on southern lots. We all hope that
by June Breit will be flinging in old
ime form.
British riflemen in the international
small bore match just ended demon
strated their superiority over the
Americans by an overwhelming vic
tory. The match was a friendly one,
with small bore rifles on gallery
ranges in the respective countries.
The results were announced by cbale.
The British team made the grand
total of 14,583 points out of a possi
ble 15,000, or an average of 291 per
man. The scores of the American
team were 14,179.
Chattanooga appears to be making
a runaway race of the Sally league,
but the other teams are strengthen
ing right along.
In the Southern league there is like
ly to be a very marked division be
tween the first-flight clubs and the
■second-flight performers. Atlanta,
New Orleans and probably Nashville
and Memphis seem likely to class far
ahead of the other four clubs. Bir
mingham, Montgomery, and Mobile
seem to be weak again, with Little
Rock an uncertainty, as usual
The umpires of the Southern and
Sally leagues seem to have gotten off
pretty well. At least none of them
have been mobbed yet. They seem to
be a pretty classy lot.
Paul Cobb will not play with the
Augusta club after all. He is still the
property of the St. Louis Americans
and has left to join them. Augusta
wanted Cobb, but the big leaguers put
too high a price on him.
President Jones of the South At
lantic is making a round of the
league to ascertain whether the sal
ary limit is being violated.
The majority of the men playing
with the Columbus team have seen
service in the Southern league, one
of the “classiest” of minor league or
ganizations. Becker, Coveney, Riggs,
Massing, Fox, Eyler and then some,
have all played in the Class A circuit.
More than one thousand automo
biles took part in New York’s annual
carnival parade held under the aus
pices of the Automobile Trade asso
ciation. Prizes aggregating $2,000
were distributed to the best decorat
ed vehicles. More than two hundred
thousand persons, it was estimated,
viewed the picturesque five-r.aile line.
Arrangrmen.. have been made for
an attraction that will make the year
1909 memorable in the history of
American golf. The latest item of
news is of international flavor, and
has to do with an exhibition tour of
that rising Scotch professional,
George Duncan, who has been engag
ed to visit this country
Regarding the probable future of
the South Atlantic league, President
W. A. Jones had the following to
say: “Just make that as opti
mistic as you like. The attendance
in all of the cities has been exceed
ing encouraging, and the new addi
tions to the league are drawing es
pecially well. Nearly all of the teams
have new managers, and as a matter
of course, new managers are
striving to give their respective cities
a winning team. Interest, therefore,
in the various cities of the league is
aroused to the highest pitch and the
outlook is bright for a most success
ful season for this league.”
Rev. Dr. William J. Hinley, minis
ter of the gospel and fan, preached a
baseball sermon to his flock in Pil
grim Congregational church at the
opening of the league season in Spo
kane, Washington, speaking of life as
a confirmed rooter would expound the
rulfes of the game. He talked of the
battery, fielders, basemen, coaches
umpire and the man at bat.
Pitcher McGinnity says the great
strain on Christy Mathewson’s arm
last year will tell this season and the
great pitcher will have to be worked
very carefully.
It is rumored in Beaumont, Texas,
that a determined effort will be made
by promoters of that town to stage
the Johnson-Jeffries match. The idea
is to build a big fight pavillion on an
island in Sabine lake, twenty miles
from there. The island in question
is about four miles from the shore
lines of Louisiana and Texas, and is
consequently without their jurisdic
tion, coming under the federal gov
ernment
Columbus has about the strongest
outfield in the South Atlantic league
this season in Becker, Riggs ahd Mas
sing. All three of these men are
sure to hit .300 in the Sally league
thi3 season.
Hank Mathewson, a brother of the
mighty Christy Mathewson, is pitch
ing for the Savannah team in the
South Atlantic league and is travel
ing along at a great rate.
Dr. J. A. Se'den of Macon defeat
ed .T. B. Jemison in the Georgia State
golf chompionship in a contest that
ran so close that it took thirty-five
of the thirty-six holes to decide it.
Dr. Selden had a hard fight to win
out, as Jemison pushed him close all
the way.
An idea of what it. is going to cost
President Comiskey to take his Chi
cago team on its round-the-world trip
in the winter of 1910 may be gained
from the fact that it costs about $450
to Manila and return from San Fran
cisco.
I The Pui/oJt 1
A SERMON “
SY tAe RE^/-
/AeNDEI^ON^S*&“
Thome; To-day.
Text, Psalm 95:7. “To-day.’* In
that entertaining and stimulating
volume "Orthodoxy,” Mr. Gilbert
Chesterton delivers himself of this
pungent remark: "All Christianity
concentrates on the man at the crosß
roads.” For, says he, "The true phi
losophy is concerned with the in
stant. The instant is really awful."
Nothing is truer, nothing more vi
tal.
What a multitude of sermons are
preached to thetheme.“Wherewillyou
spend eternity?” What a host, there
is looking toward the hereafter. How
many there are who are hoping for
to-morrow and planning for the years
to come. Far be it from me to mini
mize the value or the need for
thought and talk about the life of
that undiscovered country from
whose bourne the traveler no more,
entering, returns. We can not too
much direct the attention of men
and the times to eternity. Would
that we might be as strenuously ab
stract and spiritual and forethought
ful in our thinking and preaching as
we are coldly practical. The king
dom of heaven truly is here or no
where, but for us it is more there
than here. This life is but a seg
ment of that wonderful and illimit
able eternity to which God ever calls
us on. As Keats so beautifully sings:
“The One remains, the many change and
pass;
Heaven’s light forever shines, earth’s
shadows ny;
Life, like a dome of many colored glass,
_ Stains the white radiance of eternity,
Until death tramples it to fragments.”
Longer shall we live there than
here. Here we sojourn, there in the
providence of God we shall abide.
To-day is important none the less.
The measure of our living here con
ditions our living there. Our talent
using In this life indicates our value
in the next. How we see God here
determines our vision of Him in the
heavenly abodes. To-day is impor
tant. The instant is impressive.
“Now” is indeed noteworthy. “To
day,” says the Psalmist, “if ye will,
hear His voice.”
“Be wise to-day- ’tis madness to defer;
Next day the fatal precedent will plead;
Thus on, till wisdom is pushed out of life.
Procrastination is the thief of time;
Year after year it steals, till all are fled,
And to the mercies of a moment leaves
The vast concerns of an eternal scene.”
May wo, as Edward YounjL per
ceive the wonder and the
of the divine responsibility
on us momentarily to be carenljto
ward the concerns of the ages.
The future depends on to-day.
“Defer not till to-morrow to be wise.”
Eternity rests upon our present
choice. There can be no to-morrow
till there has been to-day. The char
acter of to-morrow lies helpless in
the grasp of to-day. The sins and
progress of the men who are alive
will mar or make the future of tha
generations yet unborn.
The day that Esau sold his birth
right to assuage the gnawing of his
hunger that day he marked his char
acter forever, and Jacob left an ever
lasting explanation to be made.
When Moses set his face steadfastly
away from the leeks and garlics and
the honors of an alien court in that
moment the face of history was
changed. When Abraham Lincoln
came up out of the valley of decision
the slave was free.
Every choice is decisive. Each
moment is momentous.
“Happy tne man. and happv he alone,
He who can call to-day his own;
He who, secure within, can say,
To-morrow, do thy worst, for i have lived
to-day. ”
God and the thoughtful know the
value of to-day. Its use is a fine
art. Its value is immeasurable. Its
possibilities are infinite. Its appeal
is heart-searching. Its misuse is a
crime and a grievous sin.
We ought to utilize to-day with
care. It means much how we face
Satan and stand firm for God. Weak
and unimportant as we may judge
ourselves to be alone, yet our aggre
gated decisions are impelling and our
compounded use of time has an ever
lasting bearing. Perchance the ac
tions of one of us may determine the
course of the onward march of men.
Most important is to-day in the
life of the soul. To-day alone is
ours. The future, as the past, is with
God. Let us say with Wesley:
“Lo! on a narrow neck of land.
Twixt two unbounded seas I stand.”
Let us decide for eternity. Let us
use to-day for the good of the days
that are to be, for the happiness of
our hearts forever.
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A collar button was found in an
Oklahoma man’s appendix, showing,
to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, the
futility of searching under the bureau
instead of calling a surgeon.
Too much of life’s prose makes us
appreciate even a wisk of poetry
whenever we can get it.
If there were ways out of lying
besides telling more lies, what hap
py persons habitual fibbers would be.
F=* M O S P H O