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Buys New Touring Car.
Mr. John E. Satterfield is the own
er of a new 20 horse power Ford
touring ear. which was purchased by
him yesterday and was delivered to
day. The car was driven through the
country from Chattanooga.
Mr. Satterfield sold his other car.
which was almost new to Mr. W. B.
McCarson.
One Story Eclipsed.
* ’Hot in Brazil!” said the young
man who had just returned to Chica
go from a trip to South America.
‘‘Well I should say so. Do you know
for days at a time we couldn’t take
our afternoon siesta on account of
the peculiar noises?”
“What noises?” asked the blonde
stenographer of the Chicago News,
innocently.
“Why the coffee popping on the
trees. You see, the sun was so hot
the grains just roasted before they
were picked. ’ ’
The old traveler yawned.
i. “Rather warm down there, bub.”
he rejoined, laconically, “but when
T was down there you couldn’t sleep
at night. Eevcry once in a while
there would sound the most extraor
dinary cracking sound that wer fell
upon the human ear.”
“What weUe Hie sounds, Mr.
Bings?”
And Mr. Bings yawned again and
replied: “The rubber trees stretch
ing themselves.”
* Good Position
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hour law became effective, and since i
the wireless companies are establish
ing stations throughout the country, i
there is a great shortage of telegra
phers. Positions pay beginners from
S7O to S9O per month, with good I
chance of advancement. The Nation- :
al Telegraph Institute operates six
official institutes in America, under
supervision of R. R. and Wireless offi
cials and places all graduates into po
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Columbia. S. C. ts
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Dedecation at Cartersville.
Cartersville, Ga., March 30 —An
1 event in the religious history of Car
' tersville will be the dedication services
; that will take place next Sunday at
• the Sam Jones Memorial church, where
. great preparations have been made
r for the event, and one of the largest
i i crowds that has ever been seen in the |
’ i building is expected to be present.
The special dedicatory sermon will
• be preached by Bishop Kilgo, of Dur
. I ham, N. C., who is known as one of
I the most eloquent and effective pulpit
i orators in the Southern states.
i
Fifteenth Child Arrives.
LaFayette, Ga.. March 30—Mr. and I
I Mrs. Wash Stanfield, of near this i
place, are receiving congratulations
1 ' upon the arival, recently, of a fine son. !
[This is their fifteenth child, all of
i whom are living with the exception of
two. One son is married and the
other twelve children are still under ,
1 the parential roof.
Commission. Government for Macon
Macon, Ga., March 30 —A special
committee has been delegated by the
mayor and council to investigate the
I feasibility of a commission form of
| government, with the idea of at some
j time in the future submitting the pro
-1 position to the citizens of Macon for
I their vote.
I The committee consists of Aider
men J. B. Rilev, Will Gunn and W.
jT. Anderson. It is likely that the
[committee will recommend that the
' commission form be given a chance.
Aiderman Anderson stated that Ma
con’s present system is antiquated
and could be greatly improved upon.
He says that it is ridiculous for
hard-working citizens, with a living
to earn, to attempt to conduct the de
tail affairs of a twenty-five million
i dollar corporation such as the city of
Macon.
THE DAILY ARGUS, DALTON, GEORGIA. FRIDAY, MARCH 31, 1911.
Suit Filed by Dixon.
Americus, Ga., March 30 —The Am
ericus council in session yesterday
evening, authorized City Attorney
Maynard to employ additional coun
sel to defend the members of that
body and the two Baptist ministers
here, Rev. Robert Bivings and Dr.
i Lancing Burrows in the suit for dama
■ ges and alleged conspiracy instituted
by Author Thomas Dixon in the Uni
ted States court at Macon.
Heretofore the suit for SIOO,OOO in
stituted by Dixon has been regarded
lightly by the defendents, but the re
[ cent filing of the suit and serving of
notices has caused defendants to view
, the affair more seriously. The case
, will be tried in May, and is the result
of the shutting out of Dixon’s play,
I ‘‘ The Sins of the Father,” in Ameri
cus recently, and the red-hot resolu
tions adopted by the council here, de
nouncing the play in unmeasured
terms as unfit to be seen even bv an
I . J
exclusively male audience,
School Orators Chosen.
Cedartown, Ga., March 30—At the
? Samuel Benedict Memorial school a
> icontest was held to decide the speak
? ers that should represent that school
> at the Seventh District Oratorical As-
■ sociation, which meets in Dalton, Ga.
■ in April, and Augusta Young was the
successful young lady and Foster
Whitlow won in the boys’ contest.
Speer Addresses Law Class.
Macon, Ga., March 30 —Judge Emo
ry Speer addressed the law class of
Mercer university at the federal build
ing last night, taking as his topic a
| subject relating to the constitutional
government. It was his first appear
ance before the class this year.
A man who is a good example al
ways shows it off like a small boy does
a sore finger.
MILITARY HAZING.
Carried to Brutal Extremes In
German Army Schools.
CADETS MAIMED AND KILLED.
The Most Dangerous Punishment
Meted Out to Erring Freshmen Is
“the Gantlet of Fire,” and the Most
Repulsive Is “Bacon Swallowing.”
Germany is, of all countries, the one
iu which the science of hazing in mil
itary schools has attained the greatest
development. The army plays in the
fatherland's life a part the importance
of which can hardly be realized by an
untraveled American. Military service
is compulsory, and in time of peace
600,000 men are kept armed, uniformed
and drilled. To command that huge
contingent 80.000 commissioned officers
are necessary.
This large officer corps has developed
customs, ethics, even a morality, of its
own. These customs and ethics are
imitated at an early age by the boy
who aspires to enjoy the veneration
which German officers generally re
ceive from the populace. Imitation
iu a young man usually means exag
geration, and some of the little mil
itary snobs are on their first day at
school a joy to behold. Very soon,
however, the precocious stiffness is
taken out of them.
A harmless though repulsive foraa -of
hazing cadets whose appetite verges
on gluttony is called “bacon swallow
ing.” The plebes to be victimized are
lined up on the grounds surrounded
by a group of second year men. A
slice of raw bacon is tied to a piece
of string, and the plebe whose name is
drawn first is made to swallow the
unappetizing mersel. When the sick
ening sensation of the twine tickling
his throat threatens to nauseate him
the bacon is pulled out. The name of
another unfortunate Is drawn, aud he
Is in turn obliged to swallow the ba
con, the appearance of which has not
been improved by the first man’s
chewing. On it goes along the line
to the next man and up to the last one,
and for days and days the sight of
bacon, a staple article in German
cuisine, will, if it does not spoil the
healthy youngsters' appetites, at least
remind them that undue haste in as
similating food lacks refinement.
After a few hours spent in “frog’s
squat” the most dignified and snob
bish plebes assume the good natured
and perfectly chummy attitude which
means that they have been tamed.
Swelled heads are quickly noted and
their owners made to sit on the floor
with their chins resting on their knees,
and their ankles and wrists are bound
together. A solid stick passed under
the knee joints and forcing the fore
arm back prevents them from moving
arms or leg?, and they are left there
facing one another in an unnatural,
cramped and ridiculous position.
Other forms of hazing are the stom
ach dance, with or without obstacles;
finding the keyhole, tossing in a blan
ket and star gazing. In the stomach
dance the cadet is put flat on his
stomach on a high table and four tor
mentors take him by the hands and
feet and whirl him around on the
table. In the case of serious offenses
a few hard objects or “obstacles” are
scattered over the table, making the
‘'dance” rather painful.
Then comes finding the keyhole. The
cadet stands in frant of a locker and
is blindfolded. He has to feel for the
keyhole with his forefinger. Then an
other cadet places his head between
the locker and the finger, opens his
mouth and bites the finger till its own
er howls.
Star gazing consists in being made to
watch the stars at night through a
coat sleeve held like a telescope by
two cadets. A third cadet then pours
a glass of muddy water in at top of
the sleeve.
When a cadet is guilty of behavior
unbecoming to a gentleman, disgraces
his class by some breach of etiquette
or commits some petty theft he is
generally sentenced by the “holy
vehm,” or “court of honor,” to the
rod. The penalty is applied ruthless
ly, a gag being placed in the punished
man’s mouth to stifle his cries for
help.
Os all the forms of hazing the most
brutal perhaps is the “gantlet of fire.”
The freshman upon whom that punish
ment is to be visited is kept in a dark
room astride a wooden chair, to which
he is securely fastened. In the next
room his tormentors are twisting news
papers into imitation torches, which at
a given signal they light with matches.
When the torches are burning brightly
they form themselves in two lines;
another signal is sounded, the door of
the dark room is thrown open, and the
freshman is ordered to ride between
the lines, while he is mercilessly
lashed with flaming brands.
However quickly he may run the
gantlet, by the time he has reached
the end of the blazing pathway his
hair, his eyebrows and lashes have |
been singed to the skin, his eyelids are
seared and swollen, his lips blistered, i
his uniform hopelessly damaged.
One of the surgeons in attendance [
covers up the sores with bandages !
and sends the singed plebe to the in
firmary for a couple of days. The of
ficial report mentions the explosion of
an alcohol lamp or some other acci
dent of like nature.
Not infrequently those “boyish
pranks” have a tragic ending. More
than once cadets have been crippled
for life, and there are two cases on
record where death was the direct re
sult of horseplay carried too far - New
York Tribune.
FIRST SUBMARINE.
The American Turtle Was Tried
Out at New York In 1776.
GAVE THE BRITISH A SCARE.
Her Attempt to Blow Up the English
Frigate Asia Didn’t Succeed, but the
Enemy’s Ships Fled In Terroi—He-
Second Escapade Sealed Her Fate.
The American Turtle deserved a bet
ter fate. It was the first submarine
war vessel of the United States. It
was tried out in 1776 in New York
harbor. Its inventor and builder was
David Bushnell of Connecticut, of
whom little is known. The man who
went under water with it and in New
York bay tried to blow up the British
frigate Asia, under General Washing
ton’s orders, was Colonel Ezra I>?e.
The Turtle was built at Saybrook,
Conn. After its vicissitudes of being
captured, sunk and resting for years at
the bottom of the East river it was
raised and taken back to its birthplace.
There, after more years, it was taken
to pieces. Its metal went into grand
father’s clocks, which are still ticking
in the hallways of New York and New
England hemes. Its oaken, pitch
smeared tifMyOrs were put to struc
tural uses and all trace of them lost.
(Bushnell did not get even a tardy re
ward for his inventiveness. The coun
cil of safety of Connecticut in 1777 di
reeled that he be paid £2OO for his
services in “annoying ships.” but there
is no record that he ever got the
money.
Here is the stofy of the American
Turtle's first exploit as it is told iu
the quaint phraseology of the yellow
jng manuscript where it was set down
long ago:
“When the British fleet lay iu the
North river, opposite the city of New
York, and while' General Washington
had possession of the city lie was
very anxious to be rid of such neigh
bors. David Bushnell of Saybrook in
vented a submarine curiosity called
the American Turtle, which received
General Washington's approval for
that purpose. A brother of the iu
ventor was to operate the machine, but
on trial he declined to hazard his serv
ice. Colonel I.ee, distinguished for bis
courage and patriotism, volunteered
his services, and after practicing with
the machine to discover its powers a
night was fixed upon for the attempt.
“General Washington and his associ
ates in the secret took their stations
upon the roof qf a house on Broad
way. anxiously awaiting the result
Morning came, but no intelligence of
the bold navigator. While the anxious
spectators were about to give him up
as lost several barges were seen to
start suddenly from Governors island
then in possession of the British, and
move toward some object near the
Asia, ship of the line, and as suddenly
they were seen to put about and steer
for the island with springing oars. In
two or three minutes an explosion
took place from the surface of the wa
ter. resembling a waterspout, which
aroused the whole city. The enemy’s
ships took the alarm, cut their cables
and proceeded to the Hook with all
possible dispatch, sweeping their bot
toms with chains and with difficulty
preventing their affrighted crews from
leaping overboard.
“Colonel Lee. coming to the surface
during this scene of consternation,
was obliged again to descend to avoid
the enemy's shot from the island.
After forcing his machine against a
strong current under water he landed
safe at the Battery amid a great
crowd, General Washington express
ing himself as much pleased that the
object was effected without the loss of
life.
“Colonel Lee had been under the
Asia more than two hours endeavor
ing to penetrate her bottom, which, be
ing sheathed with copper, resisted all
attempts to attach the magazine to
the ship.”
Apparently the American Turtle
made one more attempt to “annoy the
enemy’s shipping” before she ended her
career. Another old diary preserved by
a Connecticut family mentions this in
cident. It seems that the Turtle,
manned by some nameless hero, per
haps again by Colonel Lee, though the
chronicler does not state, made an at
tempt to blow up a British ship iu the
East river. By this time the British
appear to have discovered what nature
of craft it was that had essayed to de
stroy the Asia and so were on the
lookout for anything suspicious that
disturbed the surface of the water. At
any rate, the American submarine was
discovered before she had made any
progress on her second mission of de
struction.
The British boats gave chase. Con
sidering that the maximum speed of
the Turtle was three miles an hour,
the pursuit could not have been a very
long one. At any rate, an American
vessel, probably some small schooner,
was waiting for the submarine, and
the Turtle fled thither for protection.
Hastily the odd looking craft was
hoisted aboard, sail was set, and the
American boat tried to show a clean
pair of heels to her pursuer, but it was
in vain. She was sunk by the English
guns.
For a long time the Turtle lay in the
submerged vessel’s hold. After the war
was over, however, the ship was raised
and the Turtle was recovered and car
ried back to Saybrook. If every one
else had forgotten her and her achieve
ments by that time the people of her
inventor’s native town still held the
Turtle in affectionate remembrance.—
fhaddeua S. Dayton in Boston Post.
What Tn. xMH
Tobias Sm.,:;,. t: H
Clinker” h, !7 -, .
life, giving
of the soH.-ty
vailing in ‘
the iniquities , a ; U
ors of provKi.„!s;it
were “bloated” ;t , „
now; veal Wus
bleedings of t!1( . : V( . h d tTW
were boiled with ®
improve the ( -o 1( , r: ,‘e
mon use w as P ’•> ij
tion. balderdashej w /" b
spirit and the juk , of *
in this polite age indi
most every article of
itably “treated” b<-f„ r -. . «
ultimate consumer tv
flour is no ne«-
shown, while Smnq etf a
merit furnishes excellent f <
flection: 1 toqK
“The bread I eat in t . ■
deleterious paste. nfi X( . d >■
alum and bone ashes J? 4 *!
taste aud tive ®
tion. The good people
norant of this adulteration
prefer it to wholes,. me ■
it is whiter than the meal O s
Washington Post. ?f wt«
Fires and Insurants, I
The agent of a well known J
auce company stood t ,„ , b TV!®
the crowd watching th,. « ”“/X
fro „,
an uptown ilathou.-e. ’
“Fll do business tomorrow J
Ing, said lie grimly, - uud . X
will be with women who have- J
ten their insurance has X
There's nothing like a blaze n a X
block to set thoughts in the d ir J
of insurance. Last week aZI
Was waiting for me when 1 ~>X
my office. Her husband had gi Tf lX
money to take out insurance wX
before, and she had spent it furaX
bat. The night before a fireX
broken out on the second fiat atX
theirs, and, believe me, that tcX
must have suffered tortures untilX
fate of the house was settled X
paid the premium in small dwX
which I believe she took from a ,-hX
bank, rather than confess her wJ
to her husband."—New York WofltX
The Poor. I
We all love the poor. It would ■
entirely unnecessary, if not posit J
caddish, to say that we hate the J
But there are two kinds of poorX
individual poor and the collective J
It is not the individual poor that X
love; it is the collective poor. Itisil
the poor that we kuow and see, ■
the poor that we do not know al
have neither time nor inclination I
look at. We are afraid if we seeM
we shall cease to love them. Wem
say, “God bless the iceman, or ■
coal heaver, or the niotorman." M
them we find our execrations forj
contributing to our comfort just so J
so and so. I
It is with great fervor, however,fll
we can say, “God bless the poor,'®
cause the poor do not interfere isl
our comfort to the slightest degntl
Life. I
Fleming at Lisbon. I
Lisbon contains the grave of Hal
Fielding. It was on Oct. 4, 1754, Hl
Fielding died in the Portuguese al
Ital, and it was in 1830 that his tM
was erected ih the English cemetal
And Fielding didn't like Lisbon. 1
the houses, convents, churches, tj
are large," he wrote, "and all
with white stone, they look beautffl
at a distance, but as you appruaj
nearer and find them to want evfl
kind of ornament all idea of lw»l
vanishes at once.” At that tl “j
voyage to Lisbon was an undertffl
not lightly to be contemplated. I
took Fielding exactly fifty days •
foul weather.—St. James’ Gazette.
“Do as Rome Does”
The saying “Do as Home
originated with St. Ambrose in J
fourth century. It arose fro
versify of the observance of Sa „
The Milanese made it a seast ',
mans a fast. St. Ambrose, being J"
ed what should be done in
case, replied: “In matters o
sequence it is better to be
the genera) usage, fi daT
Milan 1 do not fast on Sat r
when I am at Rome I do as th y
Rome.”
Shot at Shakespeare.
“Shakespeare was a
said Si Sinilin, “but there
when he didn't hit it ri;.
“For instance?” (h <.rbeaf s
“That remark about rat J stha t«
ills we have than ,0 0 s ca!
know not of/ If that . g tra deS-’
there woulfin t be no
Washington Star.
First Passenger- i hat e
Punchom. He is one ’ gef d
perienced men on ' ' f ore yen t 0
Lwor-l knew 11 ““”1 S
me. First Passenger glan!g (
ond Passenger-Because h
door at the precise
calls the station s
One Bet w e Tegot*‘
First Suburbanite pi |
grand in our r We' Te
We can go you one ltin iore A 1
grand baby in ours. -Bam
lean. . __—-
promoted. on 8 |
“They’re beginning t°
“Is that so?” is
“Yes; their wash w m
laundress.”-Detroit I «
—7^its ft s ’’
Patient is bUt
jweet.—Rousseau.