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About Wayne County news. (Jesup, Ga.) 1896-???? | View Entire Issue (Oct. 6, 1910)
GEORGIA Atlanta.—Nine hundred motormen and conductors of the Georgia Rail¬ way and Electric company, operating he Atlanta city and suburban lines, were notified of an advance in wages of one cent an hour, effective October 1. This action of the company is vol¬ untary. Athens.—The contest for the Boys’ Corn clubs of this and adjacent coun¬ ties will be held in this city on Octo¬ ber 21 and 22 and in addition to the exhibition by the young farmers of the rising generation, there will be a contest for the older generation. Rome.—At a meeting of council a resolution was passed calling for an election for November 8 to pass upon a. bond issue of $275,000 to be divided as follows; $100,000 for purchase of present Shorter college buildings, for use of public schools and building ward schools; $50,000 for street pav¬ ing; $50,000 for improving sewer sys¬ tem and $75,000 for waterworks im¬ provements. A warm discussion was had over the several items, finally re¬ sulting as above. Macon.—Rea fire ana unbounded enthusiasm marked Booster week in Macon. A mammoth parade marched through the business center of the city auditorium, where more than 8,000 people gave the opening cere¬ monies three cheers and received ap¬ plause. Americus.—Eighteen negroes have been convicted of various misdemean¬ or crimes in the city court of Ameri¬ cus this week and received chaingang sentences, and court still continues. Bvelve were convicted of felony Bimes three weeks ago and are new all serving penitentiary sentences here. The total of thirty convicts thus sent up insures continued im¬ provement of Sumter’s good roads, worked now by ninety convicts, as this county keeps them all. Atlanta.—The Atlanta park commis¬ sion is considering the proposition of putting the statute of Joseph E Brown. Georgia's war governor, pro¬ vided for in the will of Julius E. Brown, in Piedmont park. Julius Brown, in his will, directed the exec¬ utors to provide for the erection of a monument to his father and mother, either on the capital grounds or in some public park or square. Valdosta.—It is said that the great¬ est hay crop ever made in this section is being harvested now. The seasons ■have been good for grasses, peas, vel¬ vet beans and other hay crops, and the farmers are showing more desire to save the hay than heretofore. Deal¬ ers here have sold more hay presses than ever before in one year. Atlanta.—Attorney General Hew lette A. Hall has just handed out a decision that unless a man pays his dog tax he cannot vote owing to the fact that the tax on dogs provided for in the general tax act is legal. He also construes that, if a man refuses to pay his dog tax, although all oth¬ ers are settled and paid up he is still inelligible to ovte. Atlanta.—Gov.-Elect Hoke Smith has just declined an invitation from the state Democratic committee of In¬ diana to stump the state during the next month for the Democratic candi¬ dates for congress, owing to the fact that he has arranged to deliver sev¬ eral speeches in different parts of this state on various occasions. During October, he will speak at the Gordon county fair at Calhoun; the Chatooga county fair at Summerville; the Brooks county fair at Douglas and at unveiling of two Confederate one at Wayeross and the at Hampton, in Harris county. dates for ail of these have not quite been completed, but they will be announced in a few days. Dalton.—The Farmers’ union of the Seventh district will meet here Fri¬ day, October 13, for a session of two days. The convention will bring to¬ gether delegates from fhe thirteen counties making up the district, and with the local members the attend¬ ance will run up into the hundreds. W. T. Roach, Sumter county, Geor¬ gia, raised 13 bushels of corn on one acre. There were 26 contestants for prizes in the county, the smallest crop being 65 bushels. The corn was slip shucked and 80 pounds allowed to the bushel. Dalton.—The first bale of this year's cotton was marketed by Yance Whit¬ mire It was grown on the Looper farm, a few miles southeast of here. It is the third year Mr. Whitmire has brought the first bale in. The cotton sold to J. A. Looper for 13 3-4 cents, there being no premium paid on it. The Farmers’ union gin ginned the cotton free of charge. The bale weigh¬ ed 396 pounds and, together with the seed, netted Mr. Whitmire $63.95. j The value of the new buildings erected in Miiledgeville the last few months is about $250,000. Governor Brown has been urged to aid in the establishment of a local council of the National Civic federa¬ tion, an organization composed of representatives of capital and labor, and in which many of the most pub¬ lic-spirited men and women of the : country have interested themselves. | Wayne county is to have its third weekly newspaper- i TWO CHINESE STUDENTS AT AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE Athens.—The work of the State Cqllege of Agriculture, headed by Dr. Andrew M. Soule, has become known in ail portions of the world, and each year sees students registered for the agricultural courses who have come from the Far East and West to study under the noted educationalist. During the past week two students registered from China, one of them having already completed one year at the university where he took honors in his class, J. L. Young of Canton, China, is the second year student with Hsnng-tung Hwang, who is registered as a son of Phinling Hwang of Hang ken, Tooklen, China, is the other Cbi nese student. Another Chinese student is on the way to Athens and the authorities have received notice that there will be a Japanese student to take the agricultural course this fall. Cotton grading, seed selection and breeding, the culture and fertilizaotion of cotton seem to be the subjects that the foreigners desire and last term there was a full blooded Hindu study ing at the agricultural college. Atlanta.—The United States regu lars stationed at Fort McPherson, J headed by the Seventeenth regiment military band and marching in full dress regalia, will meet Col. Theodore Roosevelt when he comes to Atlanta October 8 to deliver the Uncle Re¬ mus memorial address at the audi torium-armory. I Stewart county fair will be held No vernber 8 6 and 10. cuthbert Masons are to have a j temple costing between $5,000 and ' $7,000. ! STATE FEDERATION OF WOMEN’S CLUBS Athens.—Preparations are being made here for the convention the Georgia Federation of Women’s clubs, which will hold its annual ses¬ sion here the first week in November. This is the leading state organiza¬ of the federation in the south, a notable representation of Geor¬ women will be present at the con¬ vention, among the visitors being Mrs. Philip N. Moore, president of National Federation of clubs. Athens has for years been promi in club work, and has tiourish ing chapters of the D. A. R-, the 1. V- and a splendid woman’s club, has from time to time furnished for the state federation. Com¬ have been appointed to pre pare the program for the entertain of the visitors. About 200 of most prominent women of the state are expected to attend the No¬ vember convention. NEW CONNECTING RAILROAD IN SOUTH GEORGIA Statesboro.—According to officials of the Savannah, Augusta and North¬ ern railway work of laying rail will be started about the middle of Octo¬ ber on the extension to Stevens Cross¬ ing, at which place the new road will connect with the Georgia and Florida giving a shorter route from Augusta to Savannah via Statesboro. A corps of engineers and laborers have been at work on the grading for some time and it is stated that this part of the work is completed and the work of laying iron would have been started before this but for the lack of cross¬ ties, which seem to be scarce in this section. THE ANTI-SALOON LEAGUE PREPARING FOR BIG FIGHT Atlanta.—The prohibition element in Atlanta as well as in other parts of the state, is making plans to wage a fight on the near-beer saloons at the next session of the legislature. As yet these plans are not fully ma¬ tured but it is considered certain that every effort will be made to wipe out what has been termed a “cloak for blind tigers.” Not only are blind tig ers in existence, it is claimed, but the near-beer dealers, it is further de¬ clared, are violating the law in selling real beer The Anti-Saloon league members in Atlanta, of which there are quite a large number, headed by State Super intendent J. B. Richards, are doing a lot of talking, and it may be stated without hesitation, that they mean business as regards a change in the present near-beer laws. It is pointed out that crime has decreased in Geor¬ gia about sixty per cent, since the state-wide prohibition law was passed and this in spite of the handicap of the near-beer saloons. There will be a material change in these figures if the plans of the Anti-Saloon leaguers are carried out and there is every indica¬ tion that they will be. SAVANNAH’S PLAN FOR HANDLING COTTON BILLS Savannah.—Savannah cotton, bank¬ ing and transportation people believe that there is now no danger of serious trouble regarding the financing of cotton bills of lading. It is understood that the following plan will be fol¬ lowed by them and that it will serve to move the cotton through this port without hitch as heretofore, It is believed that the agents of the rail¬ road and steamship companies will certify that they have the .cotton in their possession and the banks will certify that they saw the roads sign the bills of lading. So far as Savan¬ nah is concerned there will be a time and place fixed for the agents of the transportation lines and the banks to meet each day and execute the documents, This, it is taken, certi fies that the cotton is in hand and is sufficient guarantee. HON. HOKE SMITH WILL AID RURAL SCHOOLS Governor-Elect is Greatly Inter¬ ested in Education. PRIZES WILL BE OFFERED PUPILS Boys Will be Encouraged to Raise Corn and Girls Will be Taught Cooking, Sewing and Dairying. Atlanta.—Hoke Smith is already planning for the work of organizing the rural school system of Georgia into a thorough and effective organ¬ ization. He has issued a statement pointing out some of the things to be done along this line, and he be¬ lieves the time is ripe for beginning systematic organization. He has already commenced such work in DeKalb county and a few days ago conferred with the leading men there about the matter. It is planned to make DeKalb's schools a model for all other counties in the state by combining all the best fea¬ tures of school work for the country. There will be a number of big prize events next fall, in which Mr. Smith will head in donating prizes. The boys will be encouraged to raise corn and other farm products, good prizes re¬ warding tlies uccessful ones. There will be contests for the girls in do¬ mestic science. “There is no greater work to be done in Georgia than that of improv¬ ing the rural schools,” said Mr. Smith in his interview. "The school must be close to real life if its best work is to be accomplished. In a number of counties, in connection with their ru¬ ral school work, the children do work at home. Farming, poultry raising, hog raising and domestic work, under the supervision of parents and teach¬ ers. Prizes are offered for the best production of cotton, corn, etc., by a boy on a quarter of an acre. Prizes are offered to the girls for cooking, sewing and dairying. In this way school and home life are interwoven. “1 wish to see the next two years marked by the greatest possible prog¬ ress in our rural schools. I believe the plan I have mentioned is practical almost anywhere, and I would be glad to see it introduced in every county in the state,” BOLL WEEVIL ARRIVES IN GEORGIA IN 1913 Atlanta.—In a letter received by State Entomologist Worsham the federal bureau of plant industry at Dallas, it was stated that if the normal advancement of the boll wee¬ vil is maintained this cotton scourge will reach southwest Georgia in the spring of 1913. The letter says that the norma) spread of the weevil is at the rate of G5 miles a year and the movement is continued in an easterly direction. While stating that this year’s ad¬ vancement reached the southern por¬ tion of Alabama, the letter asserts that the line is believed to have mov¬ ed twenty miles farther east since the information in the report was gathered. GOVERNOR BROWN WILL FARM AFTER HE RETIRES Atlanta.—Governor Brown stated that he had arranged his plana to spend a few months at his Cherokee county farm just as soon as his term of office expires. % “I was up there the other day," he said, “and I am looking forward to the time when I shall be able to spend this vacation there. It will be really the first vacation that I have had since August, 1904, when I first went on rw ji roa( j commission. “I expect to devote a great deal of my time to farming, after I am out of office, as that has always been one of my strongest inclinations.” COMMISSION GOVERNMENT IS TALKED IN SAVANNAH Savannah.—Discussion of the com mission form of government has struck Savannah and there appears tQ b 6 considerable interest in the questlonj applied locally. The Savan na jj trades bodies probably will send delegates to the city commission con g reas w hich meets at Galveston in vovember. Acting Mayor Guckan has taken a decided stand the talked-of innovation and w hn e no very sharp lines have been drawn because of it yet it is apparent j. public’s mind is open and dy to learn more of the new form governing cities. Organization of the rural school of Georgia is shortly to become of the greatest factors in the development, according to Smith. irwinton.—At a meeting of the di 0 f the Irwinton and McIntyre it was decided that the grad¬ of the new railroad start at once, a contract with the grading com¬ was closed, wqrk to commence once. This town hag for years handicapped by no railroad fa but now it will rapidly go for It is proposed to later extend road from here to Dublin, which open up vast timber lands and possible the mining of the great fields southeast of here. mm Neur r* 4* r / ; Jjr Ic.J.YductrfiB Uncle Sam’s Best ‘ Watch Dog ’ Congressman W. S. Holman of In¬ diana When a Judge Determined to Assume the Task of Guard¬ ing the National Treasury. Unquestionably the most famous of all the so-called “watch dogs” of the United States treasury has had in the 121 years of its existence was the late William Steele Holman of Indiana, with the exception of eight years Dem¬ ocratic representative in congress from 1859 till his death, in 1897. So great were his “watch dog” qualities that for more than a generation he was known from one end of the coun¬ try to the other not only as “the watch dog of the treasury,” but also as “the great objector,” and in these two appellations his fame lies. One evening, in the middle eighties, I called upon him by invitation at his modest Washington home. He was seated at a somewhat dingy desk, evi¬ dently the working desk of a student. Around him was a veritable encyclo¬ pedic library, offering him every pos¬ sible help in his self-appointed task of tracing a proposed governmental appropriation form its source and ana¬ lyzing it down to the most insignifi¬ cant item. It was plain to be seen that he took a real delight in his workshop, as front behind steel bowed spectacles and from beneath bushy eyebrows he keenly scrutinized an ap¬ propriation bill that lay before him on the desk. “Judge,” I said, after a time, “how did it happen that you got into the habit of becoming a treasury ‘watch dog,’ as most people put it?” The old gentleman—he was then past sixty years of age—looked medi¬ tatively at the open grate fire for a moment. “T think," he began slowly, “this habit of mine—it is a very fixed habit by this time—is very likely due to my experiences as a judge. You know, I was elected a judge in my younger days in my home county and served in that capacity for some years. I was conscious of my deflciences for that exalted position, for I was quite young, and, I will confess to you, had not had very thorough preparation for the practise of law when I was ad¬ mitted to the bar. But I had been trained as an old-fashioned Democrat, and the fundamental principle of the democracy of my youth was to resist extravagance and constantly to incul¬ cate plain and simple living. As a Judge I decided 1 would do all I could to uphold this principle and so I got in the habit of carefully examining all accounts presented to me for approval, scrutinizing every detail minutely. Heir To Throne How George V., Then Duke of York, Attended Divine Service at St. Andrew’s Church in Que¬ bec Long Ago. Some fifteen years ago, at the when King George V, of England, heir presumptive to the British was in Canadian water with her jesty’s ship, The Thrush, he to make a brief visit to Quebec. On the Sunday morning of his rival In the old French capital a of Americans, including General Grant Wilson, went at an early hour, and before service began, to St. An¬ drew’s church, the oldest Church of England edifice in Quebec. Through the historic little cemetery that lies about the church the party wandered. Finally near the grave of Thomas Scott, who was Sir Waiter Scott’s brother, one of the party found a four leaf clover and handed it to General Wilson, who declared his intention of sending it to the descendants of Sir Walter Scott. Then the general an¬ nounced that he would leave the party. “I must hasten, too,” he added, "be¬ cause 1 am anxious to secure a good seat in the cathedral. The duke of York, who has just arrived in the city, is to attend services there at II o'clock, and I want to get a good view of the possible future ruler of Eng¬ land.” With General Wilson on nis way to the cathedral, the other members df the party lingered in the cemetery un¬ til the bell of St. Andrew’s called them to worship. Presenting them¬ selves at the door, they were shown to a pew off the center aisle about half way from the chancel. They had hardly got comfortably seated when the same usher who had escorted ’hem showed two young men Into the vacant pew immediately In front of them. And just as the usher had displayed courtesy towards the Americans, so he treated the two new arrivals, who, according to custom in the Church of England, knelt for a brief space in silent prayer before settling themselves in their pew. A few r moments later the choir and clergy entered the church in solemn procession, and all through the reg¬ ular service that followed the elder appearing of the two quiet-mannered young men in front of the American party joined quietly, but none the less "Well, In time I was sent to con¬ gress, and I had been there but one term when I became convinced that there was gross extravagance in the national appropriations. Then I began to investigate a little, and pretty soon I made up my mind that the majority of the appropriations were anywhere from ten to fifty per cent, larger than they should be. That excess represent¬ ed waste, careless waste. It wasn’t my understanding of good, old-fashioned Democratic doctrine, and I made up my mind that it was my duty to my constituents and my country to take upon myself—since no one else, appar¬ ently, would—the onerous task of watching appropriations from the standpoint of plain, simple living. “I realized that the pledge I made to myself to do this would cost me some friends, and that occasionally I should have to resist many personal importunities. But I have kept that pledge from that day to this, and in doing so the government has been saved millions of dollars that would otherwise- have been wasted. “That is all there is to it; you see, my motive all along has been a very simple one. And 1 am so well con¬ vinced that what I have done has Secret Ambition Famous Editor Earnestly Wanted to Match the Record of Benjamin Franklin by Serving as Post¬ master General. One of the historic announcements made during the exciting political days a few years prior to the outbreak of the Civil war was that by Horace Greeley, then the powerful editor the New York Tribune, to the that the political firm of Seward, Weed & Greeley had been dissolved by tile withdrawal of the junior part¬ ner. The announcement was a sensation in the best meaning of the term. “What!” exclaimed the politicians. "Horace Greeley at odds with William H. Seward and Thurlow Weed? Why, that was the combination which ated the Republican party in York state. It made Seward and it was planning to make him ident.” There were all sorts of explanations as to the cause of the withdrawal the junior partner, but Greeley self never explained. Finally., it came to be assumed that he had reled with Senator Seward and Thur law Weed, and this surmise became devoutly, in all the responses and the hyrnns that were sung. He paid close attention to the reading of the les¬ son and when the short and simple sermon was preached he bowed his head reverently and unostentatiously at every prayer; and when, finally,the service had been brought to its cus¬ tomary close, he and his companion, waiting iheir turn to leave their pew, joined in the congregation as it de¬ parted from the church, and once out¬ side walked leisurely in the direc¬ tion of the harbor front. An hour or two later General Wil¬ son met his friends at their hotel. He seemed somewhat disturbed. “I did not see the duke, as I had planned,” he explained. “Everybody was disappointed. He did not attend religious services this morning.” “Yes, he did,” was the reply of Thomas L. James, former postmaster general under Garfield. “He attend¬ ed services at St. Andrew’s church. H^e came in shortly after us and was shown to a pew right in front of us. I recognized him instantly, having been introduced to and having chatted with him in Montreal a few days ago; and once during the service he turned and saw me and gave me a smile of recognition. Of all that congregation about him I was probably the only person who knew the heir presump¬ tive to the British throne was a fel¬ low-worshiper. I am sure that the usher who showed him to his pew did not know it. Nor, evidently, was the rector any wiser. And just as he came quietly and unannounced and un¬ identified into St. Andrew’s, so at the end of the service, the duke, with his companion, left it.” (Copyright, 1910. by the Associated Lit¬ erary Press.) Civic Rivalry. Square Durnitt—The census ’ll give Lonelyville 250 more people than you’ve got in your little old village, an’ I’m willin’ to bet on it. Uncle Welby Gosh (of Drearyhurst) —Countin’ them that’s in your cime tery, I reckon you’re about right. In the Rural Wilds. The two summer boarders were fighting flies and mdsquitoes on the front porch of the old farmhouse. “Were you here last summer?” asked the latest arrival. “Say.” retorted the other, “do you think I’d be here now if I had been here last summer?” been creditably done that, instead of feeling any annoyance, I am actually pleased when some one speaks of me as 'the great objector,’ and especially pleased when I am called ‘the watch dog of the treasury.’ ” (Copyright, 1910, by E. J. Edwards.) All Scientific. “We are all more or less scientific,” once declared Mme. Curie, who was recently awarded the Albert medal or the Royal Society of Arts for the dis¬ covery of radium. “The boy who wants to know what makes the wheel go round Is the embryo discoverer of some new force. Inquisitiveness is an essential to scientific research.” As a child Mme. Curie was inquisitive, and on more than one occasion she ran narrow escapes of blowing herself and her father’s house and laboratory to bits in making experiments. Instead of playing with her dolls, she found greatest happiness in watching her father at work. Ultimately she went to Paris, and there met Pierre Curie, and together they made the great dis¬ covery of radium. Muddy Pike. “How far is it to Kalamazoo?” asked the tourist. “Twenty miles as the crow flies,” responded the native. “H’h! You mean as the mud flies. I am going by automobile.” settled conviction when Greeley en¬ tered the Republican national conven¬ tion of 18G0 as a delegate, by proxy, from the state of Oregon, and earnest¬ ly opposed the nomination of Seward for president. Many years after this convention had passed into history—in fact, after Horace Greeley himself had become a badly defeated candidate for presi¬ dent—Mr. Weed met Montgomery, Blair, who was postmaster general in Lincoln’s cabinet. The conversation turned upon Horace Greeley and hia nomination and defeat for the presi¬ dency. "Mr. Weed,” asked one of the party, “did you ever know the reason why Mr. Greeley announced the dissolu¬ tion of the famous political firm oft Seward, Weed & Greeley by the with¬ drawal of the junior partner?” “I never knew,” replied Mr. Weed. “I have tried time and again to de cide for myself what occasioned that’ breach in our long-time friendship. It is the one great mystery of my en¬ tire political career.” “Well, I think I can tell you the, reason,” spoke up Mr. Blair, least I will tell you the reason as I have heard it from a source very close! to Mr. Greeley. “You know that they have some¬ times called Mr. Greeley ’Our later Franklin.’ , “’Yes,’ interrupted Mr. Weed, ’andl I have always thought that Mr. Gree¬ ley at one time was a little vain of. the fancied facial resemblance be¬ tween himself and Franklin.’ “Well,” continued Mr. Blair, "Frank-' lin was a printer, and so was Greeley. Franklin was a great postmaster gen¬ eral in the days before our present 1 government was established, and Gree¬ ley, for many years, had a secret am¬ bition to match the record of Benja¬ min Franklin in that respect by serv¬ ing as postmaster general. He would like to have been postmaster general in President Taylor's cabinet. But he was not, as you know, nor was he ever asked to accept any important office, never holding any office, in fact, except when he served a brief term in congress to fill a vacancy caused by death. He thought that all the political honors were going to Seward, he got tired of that, and so, finally, he dissolved the all-powerful political firm of Seward, Weed & Greeley by withdrawing from it.” For a moment Mr. Weed looked the astonishment be felt. “I never knew that, I never even dreamt It,” he said, slowly, as if to himself. "I thought he had come to the same determina¬ tion respecting public office that I had—never to accept any. Why, gen¬ tlemen, if we had supposed that Hor¬ ace Greeley was anxious to hold office we should have fairly crushed him with offers. And to think that he kept this secret from us all those years, when to get office he had but to inti¬ mate what he wanted. Now, indeed, after all these years, the great mys¬ tery of my political career is closed up." (Copyright, 1910. by E. J. Edwards.) "Romany.” Many suggestions have been made explain the term Rom or Romani, to the gypsies. The last Is of Leo Winer in the Journal of Gypsy Lore Society for April. He out that the name is current in countries only, Europe, and Armenia. From the law Charlemagne It appears that the pretended to be pilgirms, and name was usually connected that of Rome. Ultimately, he It originated in the Greek “eri a hermit, and that when the etymology connected ail her¬ and pilgrims with Rome, all oth¬ terms designated pilgrims were so as to bring them into with this new idea.
