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About Wayne County news. (Jesup, Ga.) 1896-???? | View Entire Issue (Sept. 29, 1910)
GEORGIA HAS GOOD ROAD MATERIALS Limestoae, Chert, Shale and Sandstone are Abundant. GOOD GRAVEL VERY PLENTIFUL The State is Wei) Equipped With Road Build ing Materials and it is Only a Question of Getting Them to the Roads. Atlanta.—Georgia is well supplied With road building materials, accord¬ ing to State Geologist S. W. McCal lie, who has made a special study ot the subject, and has gone more inti¬ mately into it since the state began its most recent agitation for road im¬ provement. Professor McCallie diodes the state into three divisions, by lines drawn through it from northeast to south¬ west. The first he calls the Palezioc area, in the northwestern section of the state, comprising only about ten counties, in which the principal road building materials are limestones, cherts, shales and sandstones. Of these the limestones are the most pro¬ lific, though the cherts and sandstones of this area, however, are easily worn or crushed and are of little value for road building, especially where the traffic is heavy. In the second region, known as the Piedmont plateau, the principal road building materials ae granite, gneiss, diorite and trap-rock, or the harder stones used in macadamizing. Gneiss is far more abundant than granite, an-* is regarded a much more suitable road surfacing material. Diorite and trap-rock are also considered splendid materials, some qualities of the latter, it is said, having no equal for the purpose. These stones are well dis¬ tributed and almost any county in th* region which desires to secure them for macadamizing purposes can do so with a comparatively short haul. Down on the costal plain, which is the third of these divisions, the chief road building materials are limestone, clay and gravel. Shells are also used in the vicinity of the coast. The lime stones of south Georgia crop at many points througout the coastal plain; they are exposed most abun¬ dantly along the streams or in the vicinity of lime sinks or lakes. This limestone has been used to advantage on streets and roads both in south Georgia and Florida. The gravel deposits are most plenti¬ ful along the northern border of the coastal plain, crossing the state from Augusta, through Macon to Columbus This gravel makes the most substan¬ tial and satisfactory road in this sec¬ tion, though the mixture of sand and clay, which is most used, has been found to give splendid results. The state Is well equipped with road build¬ ing materials and it is only a question of getting them to the roads. KU KLUX KLAN STORY TOLD BY DALTON NEGRO Dalton.—-The ku klux clan was on one of its rides in this county, accord¬ ing to a wild story told by a negro named Cade here. The negro was limping from the effect of a bullet wound in his foot, received, according to his statement, from the rifle of one of the night riders. The negro told his story to a num¬ ber of interested people here. He stated that he had gone to the Fincher district, a few miles east of here, to see a negro woman, While he was in the house he was called to the door aud found a band of mounted masked men. Without mincing words he was told to leave in a hurry. As he ran down the road a bullet was sent after him to hasten his speed, the bullet striking him in the foot. If the negro is telling the truth it is the first thing heard of the ku klux klan here in nearly two years. On itheir last visit to Dayton they warned a number of negroes to leave. THAT MYSTERIOUS LETTER STILL PROFOUND SECRET Atlanta.—For the first time since it was written, Governor Brown discuss ed with newspaper men the mysteri ous letter which he wrote to former Governor Hoke Smith, and which, it is said, precipitated the action of the governor in dismissing Governor Brown from the railroad commission, the office he then held. The letter was sent back to Govern¬ or Brown and he declared that he still has it and is keeping it in a safety reposit vault, The governor would not give the slightest intimation of the contents of the letter. “No eye but mine has ever seeD that letter,” said he. •‘There was not a word in it, however, which might not have been sent with perfect propriety to any official. If the occasion ever arises, I will make known the con tents of the letter. 1 see no reason at the present time for so doing.” Unadilla authorities are considering the proposition to construct a sewer¬ age system. The ginneries at Americus have re¬ duced the price 25 cents a bale, the cost now being $1. Hog cholera has made its appear ance in some parts of Pierce county and is hitting the farmers pretty se¬ verely. Richmond county commissioners have received complaints of the whip ping of convicts on the public roads and ordered an investigation. UNCLE SAM'S PLAN FOR ANDERSONVILLE Washington, D. C.—The 83-acre tract of land embracing the famous Andersonville prison and fort in Georgia, the acceptance of which from the women’s relief corps’ own¬ ers, was authorized by congress aud the transfer negotiations carried on at Atlantic City a day or two ago, is to be kept by the government in the same way as if under private own¬ ership. The prison has been a fruitful source of trouble in tracing title. The site the government now acquires in¬ clude the historic burrows made by the unfortunate prisoners. The shift of ownership means that hereafter congress must appropriate for the maintenance of the institution, which is to be kept intact as a land¬ mark of the civil war. CHINESE GIRL BARRED FROM MACON SCHOOL Macon.—The Bibb county board of education turned down the applica¬ tion of Miss Shoone, a native of China, for admission into the public schools of the city. She wanted to prepare for Wesleyan college. She had asked to be admitted to tho junior class at Gresham High school. The board turned it down flatly and took the position that none but citizens were contemplated in the act creating the system. Miss Shoone is here with her sister, who is prepared for a course at Wesleyan and is now attend¬ ing. She will in all probability seek private instruction here and make no further efforts to get in. OFFERS $50 A GLASS FOR ATLANTA LIQUOR Evansville, Ind.—Seaborn Wright, the Georgia prohibition leader, has of¬ fered Dr. W. F. Helt, founder of the National Reform league, $50 for every glass of “blind tiger” liquor or beer Dr. Helt will purchase in Atlanta. Dr. Helt made the statement that whiskey is being sold in Atlanta. Then came Mr. Wright’s challenge. Dr. Helt has accepted and says he will go to Atlanta soon to prove his assertion and prove that the city has innumera¬ ble “blind tigers.” The Reform league man’s assertion that prohibition has incensed the con¬ sumption of intoxicants in states where it is in effect aroused the Geor¬ gian’s ire. He denounced the assertion as false. BIG LOSS OF HOGS BY BROOKS FARMERS Atlanta.—Dr. P. F. Bahnson, the newly appointed state vetenarian, has just returned from Cairo, Ga., where he delivered a lecture along the lines used by the farmers’ institute work, to the farmers of that section on the subject of hog cholera, which * has been raging among the stock In the same locality for some time. Dr. Bahnson states that, during the past few months, several hundred hogs have died in one district of Brooks county alone, and that the total losses from the disease during the year will exceed $50,000. GEORGIA NEWS NOTES. Governor-elect Hoke Smith has ac¬ cepted several invitations to make speeches in various parts of the state during the months of October and No¬ vember. If possible, he will defer his contemplated business trip to New York until November with a view to spending all of the next month in Georgia. The governor-elect has agreed to make speeches at the follow¬ ing county fairs; Gordon County fair, at Calhoun; Chattooga County fair, at Summerville; Brooks county fair, at Quitman; Coffee County fair, at Douglas. In addition he has accepted invitations to attend the unveiling of Confederate monuments at Hamilton, in Harris county, and Way cross, in Ware county. Work on additions to the Rome post office has begun. About $44,000 will be spent. According to some state weather prophets the heavy crop of acorns and nuts presages severe winter. Thousands of dollars are being spent in Rome at present in new buildings and improvements to structures , al¬ ready erected. The building boom ex¬ tends through all parts of the city and includes residence, business and public property. The largest construc¬ tion works now going on are the $45, 000 addition to the federal building and the $15,000 Carnegie library. The largest land sale yet consum¬ mated at Americus has just been clos¬ ed wherein the former Robert E. Park plantation of 4,000 acres Is sold by Lee G. Council to Thomas B. Hooks of Americus. Sixty-five thous¬ and dollars is the reported consider¬ ation. Cotton picking and ginning is going forward at a rapid rate in Henry county. The cotton picked so far is not stained, hut makes a good sam¬ ple. It is being sold almost as fast as ginned. The Seaboard Air Line will soon commence the erection of a handsome passenger station at Athens. Dr. J. D. Lancer won his own case the Macon court against Miss May who was making an ef¬ fort to recover $10,000 damages be¬ she swallowed a gold crown on tooth which was placed by the den¬ The jury returned a'verdict for in a very short time after the was submitted. Construction of the Atlanta, Union and Fairbmra electric line, work which was commenced some ago, is fast nearing comple¬ and in a short time it is believed will he in operation. RURAL PHONES. Foremost Influence in Solving the Rural Problem. Atlanta.—Roosevelts’ country life commission designated the telephone as one of the foremost influences making ior the solution of the rural problem. The experience of Georgia and other Southern states is convinc¬ ing testimony in that direction. The following extract from the Union (S. C.) Times sets forth this fact in remarkably brief compass, while drawing attention to the unique role the rural phone plays In politics: “There is no disputing the fact that the rural telephone has come to stay, aud that it is one of the greatest con¬ veniences of modern times. The ef¬ forts now being put' forth by the Southern Bell Telephone and Tele¬ graph company to establish these ru¬ ral lines should receive the hearty endorsement of all our people. The line out to Kelton is already proving itself a very great convenience. Now that the election is to come off on August 30, we expect to get the re¬ turns within a few minutes of the time that the vote there is counted. Now, if we had a direct wire to Cross Keys and West Springs and to Mead¬ or's and to Whitmire, what an easy task we would have to get the re¬ turns from every box in the county! Not only that, but the people living along these lines could get the re¬ turns from all over the county just as fast as the papers c/Juld add up aud tabulate the results here. Look here, Mr. Farmer, let’s get busy and get these lines scattered throughout our county before another two years. And election returns is but one of the many advantages, If we had good roads and telephone lines how easy to get a doctor in time of sud¬ den illness. Then, too, how easy for the resident in the country to ring up Union, Jonesville, New York—in fact, any market, and get prices or any other valuable information in connection with the marketing of his products! We believe the day of the rural telephone and of the good roads is at hand. An advancing civi of its smallest advantages. The farm marks of a progressive people.” The farm lines that make almost a network of Georgia comprised a ma¬ terial factor in the case with which The Constitution made its unprece¬ dented reports of the results in the state’s recent gubernatorial election. It was notable that returns came in from those counties well supplied with the rural phone infinitely more quickly than from those counties that have not yet seen the light in the right place. political The Tmies is correct. The usefulness of the rural phone is one of its smalest advantages. The farm¬ ers, with this .instrument in hia houe, keeps a finger on the pulse of the market, has the doctor almost next door, is protected in the event of fire and is in immediate touch with his neighbor as well as with civilization, so far as this country 1 b concerned. When it is considered that the aver age farmer can install - tills advance agent of development at a cost less than the present return from a bale of cotton, it is not difficult to under¬ stand why the rural phone is making great strides in this as in other states. SOUTH GETS ADVERTISING. Southern Railroads Have interesting Exhibit at Ohio Valley Exposition. Cincinnati, Ohio.—The South is get¬ ting a great deal of the most valua¬ ble advertisement and its advantages are being put before large numbers of just the kind of people it wishes to attract as settlers, through the magnificent exhibit of “The South and Its Resources,” which the railroads of the South collected by joint action and are displaying at the Ohio Valley Exposition, now in progress in this city. This exhibit, said to be the most eomprehensive display of the agricul tural, mineral and forest resources of the South ever gotten together, is seen here at the best possible advan tage, The exposition management gave it splendid position, and in ar¬ rangement and decoration it. is most attractive. The exhibit covers near¬ ly 30,000 square feet, giving practi¬ cally one foot for every mile of rail¬ road in the South, the combined mile age of the railroads joining in the display being 30,000 miles, Every product of Southern farms, mines and forests is to be seen Retail Stove Dealers Meet Memphis, Tenn.—Alter planning reformation of the retail shoe trade in the South and warfare on the un scrupulous “ ierc ’ Retail Shoe Dea ers ssocia i eluded their fall convention and journed to mee m . as vi e ® spring. In reso u ions P penny’’ sales me o sales and the like, were roun y e nounced. Manufacturers came m for a share of ce^ure because of the requirement hat pur . 1 several seasons in a vance. Bill of Fare Reform. New York City.—The White Cross Society, an organization devoted to pure food, has started a national paign which has fot its object me elimination of French from bills of fare in restaurants and hotels. Nothing is more needed in the United States than an Americaniza tion of the menu cards,” says the so ciety’s announcement. “All of us do not read French, but all of us dine, Americans are entitled to the privi ,ege of ot ordering ora. 6 their dinners from bills of fare printed in English. „ , New News Of Yesterday Magistrate Sentenced King Judge Paradise Ordered Louis Phil¬ ippe, When Exiled, Confined In His House for Violating the Game Laws. Louis Philippe,, citizen king of the French from 1830 to 1848, was an in this country from 1796 to and most of that period he spent New Jersey. A famous dispenser of justice in the half of New Jersey in those was a district judge of the name Charles Paradise. He was widely not only because of his eccen¬ tricities, but also because of his great of character, his profound knowledge of the law, and his exceed¬ great justice. One day. In the year 1798, when Judge Paradise was holding court, were brought before him two men in charge of a game warden. “Your honor, I have a complaint to make against these men," said the game warden.” “What is the complaint?” asked the judge. “I accuse them of having violated the state law which forbids the hunt¬ ing of deer at this season.” The game warden was sworn and unfolded his evidence. “I heard the sound of shooting," he said, “and I en¬ tered the woods and came upon these two men. They had already shot one deer. I said to them that they were violating the law and that I must ar¬ rest them and bring them to court That Is all 1 have to say.” The judge turned to the accused. “You have heard the accusation. have you to say in reply to it?” The older of the men, who seemed to be about twenty-five or thirty, hewed politely. “What the officer says is true* he answered. “We did shoot the deer. There is nothing for us to say except that we did not know the law said we must not shoot. Proof Reader y s Rad Amos J. Cummings Cast Into Waste Basket the “Copy” of Abraham Lincoln’s Memorable Cooper Union Address. The fact that Abraham Lincoln re¬ vised, at midnight, in tho office of the -New York Tribune, the proof sheets of his memorable Cooper Union ad¬ dress, delivered on Washington’s birth¬ day, 18C0, is recorded in history. So, also, I believe, It is recorded that the proof reader who sat by Lincoln’s side while he did this was Amos J. Cum¬ mings, who afterwards gained fame as an editor and a member of congress. But, so far as I know, the incident has never before been reported in Mr. Cummings’s own words. “I had been told by Mr. Greeley,” said Mr. Cummings, “that Mr. Lincoln would call at the Tribune office late in the evening, as he was very anxious to go over the proof slips of his Cooper Union speech; and Mr. Greeley asked me especially to take charge of the proof reading.” “I should say It was about midnight, —perhaps a little earlier,—when Lin¬ coln came into the proof readers’ Toom. If I could have looked ahead only as far as three months, I am a f ra j(j th a t my interest in the per S onality of the tall, gaunt man, before me W o U i(i have seriously interfered W nh a careful reading of the proofs, j3 u t j looked upon him as nothing more than one of the best stump speakers of the west. He brought a chair to my side and I passed the manuscript of the address to him. " ‘Here,’ I said, ‘are the galley proofs, with my corrections. Maybe you would like to follow the manu¬ script yourself and look over the proofs at the same time, to see if I have made the proper corrections.’ “ ‘Well, I reckon that would be the best way,’ Lincoln replied. Then, as he adjusted his spectacles, he looked curiously about the room and added: ‘This Is the first time I have ever been mldnight ln ths office of a great dally newspaper. You turn day inside 0 ut here, making night day, and day n!ght Well> let - s be gin.‘ “We went over the proofs very care¬ fully, and made a few changes. Then he took the proof slips and read all of tbe correc tions again very slowly, „ By ^ ^ u wag getting cloge t0 ^ 0>cl()ck <Mr Lincoln/ i said< ‘i shall have to hurry the corrected proofs out ^ cora p OS } n g r oom because it is ge « lng Iate ' Do yOU Want t0 Wait Md Eee a revls , f' „ “ ' No aI1 >' ^ e revls said- ng ‘I ^ t ^ c at ^ on ls n we eC ea _ Sary arQ ' I t h - nk 1 T 11 S° across to my hotel , , . and to ^ ed ' ( So he shook my hand, thall «* * h.m ed ffie again - and until, ^ as and a 1 soldier, n< * I w ® nt to ^ as ng ° ’ “ A few minutes after he had gone, continued Mr. Cummings, “the revised P™of* of the speech were handed to “ e - I glanced them over, saw that were O. K and then threw the manuscript of the speech Into the If we had known it, then we should have obeyed it” “What Is your name?” asked the “My name is Philip Orleans, sir?” “What?” mused the judge slowly, looking long and steadily at the man before him, “you are Philip Orleans, the son of the Duke of Orleans, who called himself Philip Egalite!” He turned to his law hook. “As judge of this court, I must find you guilty, for you have confessed your guilt The law does not leave me any dis¬ cretion; It prescribes a punishment 1 must pass that sentence upon you, and I do so now.” Philip Orleans bowed. “We must obey the law or pay the penalty," he said. For a moment the judge said noth¬ ing. Then be beckoned to the prison¬ er, and when the latter had approach¬ ed the bench asked him quietly: ‘‘And so you are Philip Orleans?” “Yes, that Is my name here.” “And you are a descendant of the king of France and have been living in exile here? I have heard of you.” The prisoner nodded his head. Scar Captivated President Campanini, Who Was One of Gari¬ baldi's Thousand, Had to Tell Garfield All About His Campaigns. In the early spring of 1881, Italo Campanini, the famous Italian tenor, who discovered, that he had a fine voice when, as a lad of 14, he became one of Garibaldi’s victorious Thousand, was in Washington, D. C. There one morning he met an old friend in a ho¬ tel lobby. The two chatted for a few minutes and then the friend said: waste basket. I was throwing away a treasure, and did not know It. The money value of that manuscript would have been considerable, but the senti¬ mental and historic associations that speedily centered in the address would have given the manuscript a value not to be measured In mere money. It Is the one great regret of my life that I threw it away and lost It to the world. "At one time,” concluded Mr. Cum¬ mings, “I used to wonder how Lincoln came to leave the manuscript behind. I once brought this point up with one of his close friends, who told me that Lincoln was curiously careless about his manuscripts, being utterly Indif¬ ferent to their fate after he had read from them or after they had been printed.” (Copyright, 1910, by E. J. Edwards.) HAVE YOUR FUN IN THE HOME If People Did So, Much of the World’s Misery Would Thus Be Avoided. Whatever your lot in life, keep joy with you, says Orison Swett Marden, in Success Magazine.. It is a great healer. Sorrow, worry, Jealousy, envy, bad temper, create friction and grind away the delicate human machinery so that the brain loses Its cunning. Half the misery In the world would be avoided if the people would make a business of having plenty of fun at home. Instead of running everywhere else in search of it. "Now for Rest and Fun.” “No Busi¬ ness Troubles Allowed Here.” These are good home-building mottos. When you have had a perplexing day, when things have gone wrong with you and you go home at night ex¬ hausted, discouraged, blue, instead of making your home miserable by going over your troubles and trials, just bury them; Instead of dragging them home and making yourself and your family unhappy with them and spoiling the whole evening, just lock everything that is disagreeable in your office. Just resolve that your home shall be a place for bright pictures and pleas¬ ant memories, kindly feelings toward everybody, and, as Mr. Roosevelt says, "a corking good time” generally. If you do this, you will be surprised to see how your vocation or business wrinkles will be ironed out In the morning and how the crooked things will be straightened. Positively Brutal. Mrs. Callin—Mr. Naggsby must be an awfully mean man. Mrs. Homer—Why do you think so? Mrs. Callin—Why, his wife says he deliberately talks in his sleep for the purpose of keeping her awake. First Granted Patent. Although the first American patent ior a metal pan was granted a Balti¬ morean ln 1810, it was half a century Liter that the industry began to flour¬ “Philip Orleans,” went on the “while the law gives me no as to punishment for the offense which you stand guilty, it is, less, within my discretion to name place of confinement of the offender. You will be a prisoner of the state New Jersey In that place, but you also be my guest of honor during ten days. Thus the law will be sat¬ isfied." So Judge Paradise took Philip Or¬ leans, who afterward became the izen king of France, to his home kept him there in nominal for ten days. But he entertained prisoner as his friend with ous hospitality. And when Louis Phil¬ ippe bad become king of France hei sent to New Jersey in the hope he might be able to find Judge Para¬ dise alive and have him become the" guest of a king of Paris, in a king’s! palace. But Judge Paradise, by time, was a very old man and so compelled to decline the royal invi¬ tation. My authority for this unusual story?! A living great-grandson of Judge Para¬ dise, Charles J. West of New York city, who for years was the agent In this country of the most important line of French steamers plying be¬ tween this country and France. (Copyright, 1910, by E. J. Edwards.) “You will have to excuse me now. Camp. 1 have an appointment with/ President Garfield this morning, and 1 I just have time to reach the White House.” “You go to see your president!” ex¬ claimed the world-famous singerj “Then I go with you, If you will let! me. And you will say to him that Campanini will feel greatly honored if he can go back to Italy next month and say to his friends there: ‘I havej shaken hands with the great President Garfield.’ ” “All right. Camp,” said the friend,; and a little later, after he had met thej president, the friend volunteered thei information to General Garfield that] Campanini, the singer, was outside/ and would like to meet him. “Campanini?" said the president! “Bring him in. 1 shall be glad to sea him for a moment.” Capanini, all deference, was shown In. Garfield took him by the hand! “Sit right down, Mr. Campanini. I am very glad—where did you get that scar across your face?” ‘‘That, sir,” replied the tenor, as ha threw back his shoulders, "I received! while fighting with Garibaldi's Thous-! and at Marsala.” "You were one of Garibaldi’s Thous-/ and!" cried the president. “You must tell me all about it. It Is the first time meet I have had who an fought opportunity with Gari-! toj any one j baldl.” Campanlnl’s martial spirit was in-, stantly rekindled. He recognized ini the president a man who, like himi self, had been a soldier, and he began! to tell the story of the Thousand with! picturesque vividness. In the midst of the narration, Garfield’s secretary* entered the room. “Mr. President, the cabinet is In the cabinet room waiting for you,” he admonished. “Yes, yes,” replied the president Impatiently. "I will be there In a moment.” He turned to Campanini. “You wait here till I am through with my cabinet. I want to hear more.” That proved to be a suspiciously short session of the cabinet; Garfield 1 was not absent fifteen minutes. He re-entered the room with an eager step, and, taking a seat besides the, great tenor, put many questions to him. He got Campanini to describe Garibaldi In battle and in camp. He had Campanini lead him through some of Garibaldi’s campaigns. He went back to the story of the scar. And through It all, the two men, each su¬ preme In his own vocation, apparent-. 1 ly forgot their relations to the world, and appeared before each other mere¬ ly as veterans of the battle line. For upwards of an hour the head ofj the nation lets its business go hang, while he listened to the story that; Campanini unfolded to him. Then he’ extended his hand In gratefulness^ when Campanini, seeming to realize for the first time that he had president] been ln| close conversation with the of the United States, pointed to hlsi heart. “The memory will always re¬ main here,” he said, fervently. The friend, meditating on all that he had seen and heard while the two> old-time warriors were as comrades^ said to Campanini as they were uaj on; the way back to the hotel: “I now derstand better than ever I did bei fore where Garfield obtained his mar¬ velous fund of information. He goes to original /sources whenever possible,! and, Campanini, he has absorbed mope) from you this morning than he couldj have obtained by reading a complete history ot Garibaldi and his canw palgn.” (Copyright, 1910, by E. J. Edwards.) ln the Vernacular. "Talking about the Moose, the noisW they are making here listens well." “I should say so! It ls the ‘best
