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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.
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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.
