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To Become Public Property Says
Govenor-Elect Brown.
In Due Time or “When Things Have
Simmered Down Sus.
ficiently.”
Washington, Ga.—The contents of
that famous unopened letter, which
figured so prominently in the last
state campaign, may soon Dbecome
known to the publie, according to re:
ports of statements made by Govern
or elect Joseph M. Brown at a ban
quet given in his honor here,
During his speech on that oceasion
some oue called upon Mr, Drown (o
state what were the contents of the
letter sent by him to Goverunor Smith
and returned by the latter unopened,
Mr. Brown laughed heartily and said
that the letter was sealed and ad
dressed -to the governor of Georgia
in such a condition he felt he had
no right to open it, but intimated
that the contents of the letter were
of such a nature that he would have
no objection whatsoever to its publi
cation, which he might give out him
gelf in due time-—“when things have
simmcred down sufliciently.”
ENGLISH SCHOGL SYSTEM.
Subject of an Interecting Card by Pro.
fessor J. S. Stewart.
I have recently returned from a
three months’ study of European
schools and will give the readers of
your paper . occasional descriptions
of what I saw that might be sugges
tive to us in the south,
1 will first review a county sysiem
as studied in Cheshire, which may be
taken as typical of such systems in
England,
The county levies a penny or two
cents in the pound of assessable val
ues, raising thereby $75,000 in addi
tion to the government grant and lo
sa] aid in each school area. The gov
ernment pays its money on condition
that certain standards are maintain
ed which are determined by govern
ment inspectors. The government
does not propose that its money shail
be wasted or that local effort and re
sponsibility shall be stifled, but aias
when the county has done its part
and its inspectors report that the in
struction is well done, Here are two
lessons that I wish Georgians could
quickly learn. We must insist upon
definite local support if the state con
tributes and we must stop the wasie
of thousands of dollars because we
do not follow up the appropriation
with expert inspection. Our preseut
plan is contrary to the experience
and practice of all progressive na
tions. We should insist upon a coun
ty tax for education fairly proportion
ed to that which the county receives
from the state. We might begin by
requiring a minimum of cne mit,
which may be increased by the coun
ty to a maximum of five mills.
The county educational committee
is compcsed of members cf the coun
ty council, of at least two women,
one elementary teacher and one sec
ondary teacher, all of whom are elect
ed by popular vote.
The active officers are the director
of education and his assistant direc
tor, the county architect, the county
accountant, the medical . officer of
health, the prinecinal of the county
agricultural school, the managers of
the dairy institute, lecturer on sick
nursing, instructor in physical drills,
the traveling teacher of dairying, and
the supervisor of sewing, cooking,
laundrving. The general government
has its inspector of eclementary
school, of secondary schools, of even
ing schools, with one assistant for
each. This one county with its twe
thousand teachers has eight times
more expert supervisors than the;
state of Georgia has for its expendi-‘
ture of two and one-half million dol
lars.
In zddition to the county education
al ccmmittee each local school heas
a schcol committee composed of
members of the county committee, of
the local authorities, and of persons
interested in education. In this way
the scchools are lkept before the peo
ple and the best thought of the com
munity is concentrated uponr them,
while specialists look after the de
tails.
Would it not bring our schools clos
~~ to the people if the boards were
elected by the people, and an advis
- heard of prominent citizens inter
ested in education might sit at stated
times with the official board?
Are we not wasting money by noi
renniring more officers to look aft?r
different phases of the work and aid
teachers in the instruction of the
e?
o J. S. STEWART, Athens, Ga.
L e ey
EXPECT GOOD PEACH YEAR.
Probable - That the Quality of This
year's Peaches Will Be Improved.
Fort Valley, Ga.—There is every in
dication for a good fruit crop this
year, The buds on certain varieties
have swelled some, but not abnormal
ly so, and are yet in a good and safe
tion..
CQX? the yield last year was unusual
ly large, this season’s Crop will, no
doubt, be much smaller. A bumDOlll‘
crop is generally followed by a sma
one, but the quality of the short crop
is so far superior to the fruit produc
ed during a season of heavy produg
tion that much better prices are Ob
tained, and, as a rule, the smaller
crop nets more to the grower than
hhe larger one.
Deposits Increased $23,000,000 In
Seven Years. o
Atlanta, Ga.—The annual report of
Captain R, B, Park as state bank ex
aminer has been practically complet
od, and shows that approximately
four hundred and ninety state banks
are now in existence and were exam
ined during the year 1902,
Captain Park's report shows that
the capital invested in state banks
has increaged nearly $10,000,000 since
1901, when he first took charge as
state treasurer and state bank exam
iner. In the same period the amount
of deposits in state banks has increas
ed considerably over $23,000,000.
The following synopsis from the
state bank examiner's report showing
comparisons between 1901 and 1908
will prove of wide interest:
Capital in 1901, $9,315,127.50; In
1908, $13,987,694.76; incrcase $9,672,
507.25,
Due from banks in 1901, $3,622,947.-
68: in 1908, $10,981,313.20; increase
$7,358,365.58. :
Deposits in 1901, $23,585,161.77; in
1908, $46,970,500.86; increase $23,385,
348.09.
Cash on hand in 1901, $2,484,397.89;
in 1908, $4,394,028.95; increase $1,909,
631.06.
Surplus and net profits in 1901, s§3,-
766,876.44; in 190%, $9,925,139.40; in
crease $6,218,262.96.
THRCUGHUUT THE STATE.
The state’s total receipts from the
lease of convicts for the quarter end
ing December 31, 1908, according to
the statement furnished the comptrol
ler general by the prison commission
will be $94,368.72. Of {(his amount
one lesse, W. B, Hamby, will pay the
state $37,420.23.
Governor Smith has offered a re
ward of 3100 for the arrest, with proof
to convict, of Joshua Swoin, who 18
wanted in Montgomery county for the
murder of W. C. Beasley, on October
2, 1908. Swain is said to have ab
ducted the daughter of his victim aud
when the father came upen them, at
tacked and killed him.
The first Chatham county near beer
license tax has been paid. This 13
regarded as the solution to the trou
ble and end of the mnotoriety into
which Savannah has recently been
forced for it is thought every near
beer, or real beer dealer will pay the
near beer tax.
The annual meeting of the Georgia
board of embalmers was held at Ma
con. President H. H. Patterson of At
lanta, C. L. Tolbert of Columbus, L.
H. Burghard of Macon, W. E. Platt of
Augusta, and C. L. Stevenson of Moul
trie, the five members, were present,
A number of applicatants for licenses
were given examinations, and their
work was passed upon. The follow
ing were admitted to practice under
the laws of the state: J. H. McDor
man, Toccoa, Ga.; N. N. Littlefield,
Fitgerald, Ga.; W. S. Calloway, East
Point, Ga.; E. T. Collins, Acworth,
Ga.; E. R. Hemperly, East Point, Ga.;
Thomias Elliott (colored), Albany,
Ga.; C. H. Royal (colored), Savannah,
Ga,; Paul J. Steele, Savannah, Ga.;
R. D. Kirkendall, Atlanta, Ga.; S. C.
Pursley, Macon, Ga.
The large sales of mules at Val
dosta for the past ten days indicates
that the farmers are buying more
mules this year than ever before. Dur
ing the past ten days there have been
gold there several car loads of mules,
or about one hundred and seventy
five head. Of this number dne hun
dred and fifty were for farm purpos
es and twenty-five for naval stores
and milling,
Lots of trouble is being experienced
at Macon by City Marshal Ben L. Hen
dricks in getting from praperty own
ers of Macon the real value of the
jewelry they own. Such values must
be known, if possible, before the full
tax returns can be made
That this is the sunny south in fact
as well as in name is proved by the
fact that the second crop of apples
may be seen in orchards arvcund Jack
son. E. €. Cawthon, sexton of the
Jackson cemetery, brought to States
bero an apple as large as an egg. He
has a tree that has at least a dozen
apples of that size on it. City Tax
Collector J. A. McMichael has straw
berries almost ripe on hiz lands. It
has been one of the warmest falls
ever seen in this part of the coun
try and vegetation is still growing.
In response to a request from State
Schocl Commissioner Jere M. Pound,
Attorney General John C. Hart has
rendered an opinion rezarding the
change in the boundary linés of a pub
lic school district in which the eiti
zens have voted for local taxatiom for
support of schools, The question was
asked as to whether a county board
of education has the power to extend
or enlarge the limits of a school dis
trict wherein the right of local taxa
tion exists, without a favorable vote
of the citizens and property owners
who would be affected. Attorney Gen
eral Hart holds that the county bord
‘has no such right. If the county
board sees fit to make uny change
whatever in the limits of a local
school district wherein local taxation
has been voted, then an entirely new
election must be held throughout the
district, i
At a conference, council between
the lumbermen at interest, and coun
gel for the various railroads involv
ed, a settlement was effected of all
the reparatipn cases which have aris
en in connection with the famous,
Tift two-cent overcharge freight caze
and the Central Yellow PRine case.
This ‘settlement -involves claims o 0
the amount of about $500,000,
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Hub (coming from reception)—l
don't think a great deal of that Mise
Peachleigh. ¢
Wite—Juat let me catch you, sir.—
Boston Transeript, ‘
Prcises Tetterine for Eczema,
“*llnve beon troubled with eczema on
the face for nearly two years, and a few
?pmnuom of Tetterine and the use of
otierine Soap has entiroly cured me. |
oannnt nay tos much for ito praise, as I
bas done moare than my Khyllch.n dla.’
Mra 8, Hoskins,
Myricks, Mase,
Tettorine erres Reozema, Tetter, Ring
Waerm, Ground Itoh, Atchlngß Plles, In
fant's Sore Head, Pimples, Bolls, Rough
Sewlr Pntches on tho Face, 014 Itching
Sores, Dandruoff., Cankered Scalp, Bun
fans, Corns, Chilblains and every form of
’am Disonso., Tetterine 60c; Tetterine
- Soap 6¢. Your drncq!ut, or by mail from
the manufacturer, he Shuptrine Co,,
Savannah, Ga. S
It's & gocd deal easier to believe
that the angels love many sinners
than that thev Jlove all the saints,
The Favorite,
Millions of sufferiag eyes have
found in Dr. Mitchell's famous salve
a real blessing. Reject the offer of
any dealer to sell a drug for your
eye. Dr. Mitehell's Eye Salve is a
simple, healthy remedy to be applied
to the lids. It cures without entering
the eye. Sold everywhere. Price 25c.
HIS STRATAGEM.
“How «id you cure your wife of
chattering €o much?”
“l told her that when her lips
were closed they formed a perfect
Cupid's bow.”—Cleveland Leader.
How's This?
'‘We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward
for any case of Catarrh that canunot be
«cured by IHall’s Catarrh Cure.
I, J. Cueney & Co., Toledo, O.
Ve, the undersigned, have known I, J.
Cheney for the last 15 years, and believe
ihim mperfectly hcnorable in all business
transactions .and financially able to carry
ont any obligations made by his firm,
WWALDING, KRINNAN & MARVIN, Whole
sale Druggists, Toledo, O.
Hall’'sCatarrh Cure istakeninternally,act
ingdirectly upon the blood and mucuoussur
#taces of the system. Testimonials sent free.
Price, Tse. rer bottle. Sold hy all Druggists.
Take 11n1s Famly Pills for constipation.
Ferstian Justice.
"The revoluticnary party in Persia
sis circulating on poesteards and in
larger form a picture descriptive of
““‘Persian justice,” which shows three
+sbandits hanging by their feet from
ithe city gate of Tauris. The men,
wimost maked, are shown suspended
#from an opening in the wall, the ropes
binding thbeir feet being fastened to
@ pillar, next to which a military
guard stands at “attention.” “For
‘hours,” runs the legend under the pic
ture, “these wretches, the robber Ago
and his companions, hung, in their
badly wounded condition, before death
rrelieved their agony. Thousands of
ipeople of all ages and classes look
©d mournfully upon these victims of
“Persian justice.”” .
Black Cat Turns Steamer.
Two stories are told by marine
mmen explaining the return of the
isteamer John Duncan, which reach
«ed North Point on its way to Erle,
‘Pa., but then returned to port. A
«cross-eyed black cat in the fo'castle,
says the crew.
The waves were too heavy and
the promise of a blizzard too greal
#to risk the men’s lives, is the an
mouncement of the captain, who
scouts the black «cat yarn.
Anyway, the Jochn Duncan came
‘back. After the gale subsided or
the cat disappeared, as you please,
the Duncan again started on its trip
to the lower Ilakes.
HER MOTHER-IN-LAW
Proved a Wise, Goed Friend.
A young woman out in la. found a
wise, good friend in her mother-in
law, jokes notwithstanding. She
writes:
“st I 8 two years since we began
wsing Postum in our house. [ was
@reatly troubled with my stomach,
complexion was blotchy and yellow.
After meals I often .suffered sharp
pains and would have to lie down.
My mother often told me it was the
coffee I drank at meals. But when
I'd .quit coffee I'd have a severe head
wche.
© “‘While -isiting my mother-in-law
I remarked that shealways made such
good coffee, and asked her to tell me
thow. .She laughed and told me it was
€asy to make good ‘coffee’ when you
wse 'Postum.
“‘1 began to use Postum as soon as
I got home, .and now we have the
mame ;good “coffee’ (Postum) every
day, and I 'have no more trouble. In
digestion is @ thing of the past, and
jmy .complexion has cleared up beau
tifully. ‘
“My grandmother suffered a great
deal with her stomach. Her doctor
told ‘her to leave off coffee. She then,
took tea, but that was just as bad.
“She -finally was induced to try
Postum, which she has used for over
@ year. She traveled during the win
ter over ithe greater part of lowa, vis
fting, something she had not been
@ble to do for years. She /says she
owes her present good health to Pos
tum.”
Name given by Postum,Co., Battle
Creck, Mich. Read, “The Road to
Wellville,” in pkgs. *‘There's a Rea
gon.”’ !
Tiver rvead the tbove letter? A new
one appears from time to time, They
are genuine, true, and full of humau
duterest,
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APPLE RICE PUDDING RECIPE.
For this simmer come rice in milk
until very tender. Meanwhile peel,
core and slice thinly two pounds of
apples. Then stew them in a little
water, with brown sugar to taste and
a little strained lemon juice, until
very tender, When they are suffi
ciently done mash them up finely with
a silver fork. By this time the rice
should have absorbed all the milk.
Grease a pie dish very slightly, whisk
up the rice and apples together. IMill
the dish with the misture. Beat up
an egg with rather less than hal! a
pint of milk, sweeten slightly, pour
over the rice and apples and cook in
a slow oven until the custard is nice
ly set. This pudding is greatly im
proved by Dbeing thickly sprinkled
with macaroon crumbs before being
baked. —Philadelnhia Record,
PRESERVED CGINGER.
Serape the iroois ¢f green ginger
and lay in ccid waier twenty minutes.
Cook in three waters, changing from
the hot to cold each time. When
very tender drain and lay In ice
water, For the sirup allow a pound
and a quartcer of sugar for every
pound of ginger root and a cupful of
water to each pound cf sngar. Bring
to a boil, skim and eosn:iinue boiling
and skimming until no more scu*a
rises. Wipe the ginger dry and drop
in the sirup that has bcen cooled.
Leave twenaty-four hours; drain and
again heat the sirup. While still
blood warm return tke ginger and let
it stand forty-eight hours. Acain
drain, heat scalding hot and pour
over the root at once. In a week
once more boil the sirup and pour
again, scalding hot, over the root and
cover closely. Ready for use in a
fortnight.—Washington Star. 3
PEPPERS AS SALAD.
In the last few years peppers are
growing in favor hoth as a vegetable
and salads. For the latter it is ex
cellent chopped up to give a flavor
ing to tomatoes, and mixed in with
fresh cabbage, served with French
dressing.
For more elaborate efiects use the
green peppers whole, stuffed with
chopped sweetbreads, and serve on
hearts of lettuce.
Wash and cut off the tops of the
peppers, carefully remove the seeds
and set on the ice to chill.
Boil the sweetbreads and season
them when still hot with salt, pepper
and plenty of butter. If a small
piece of onion is put in the water in
which they are boiled, the flat taste
to which many persons object in us
ing sweetbreads as salad, is removed.
When cold cut in dice about a half
inch square, and mix thoroughly
with a highly seasoned mayonnaise.
Fill the peppers with the sweet
breads and put a teaspoonful of may
onnaise on top of each one.—New
York Press.
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Saucepans should he as flat and
broad as possible, so that no heat may
be wasted.
Always keep the door inlo the ice
compartment tightly closed to prevent
rapid melting.
Grape juice, with a little orange
in it, as a lunch drink when iced tea
is forbidden.
Utilize the water that drops from
the drain into a pan below to cool
cantaloupes and watermelons.
If you do not use artificial ice, find
out where the dealer gets it, or you
may be drinking typhoid all the time.
Never set hot dishes directly on the
ice; above all, do not put me=ats or
poultry oam it withcut a plat under
neath. ;
Do not l<t the iceman drop the
ice into ' the hox of the. refrigerator.
If it i 3 porcelain lined, it may mean
the purchase of a new one.
.Rubbing brass beds or any brass
fittings with olive oil once or twice
a month will maintain the new ap
pearance of the same. The oil should
be put on with a soit flannel cloth and
rubbed off almost immediately with
cheesecloth.
Do not put meat on the ice when
placing it in the refrigerator, as the
ice will draw the fiavor ocut of the
meat if ¥ touches it. leep it on a
platter in the bottom of the refriger
ator. '
Canned fruits should always Dbe
opened and turned out of the jars
some time belore uzing—an hour or
two if possible. This permits the
_fruit to regain the excluded oxygen
and the fiavor is thereby greatly im
proved. K 0 G :
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LI R. WILLIAM A. PRESSER, 1722
Third Ave., Moline, 111.,, writes:
- "1 have been suffering from catarrh
in the head for the past two months and
tried innumerable so-called remedies with
out avail. No one knows how I have suf.
sered, not only from the disease itself, but
from mortification when in company of
friends or strangers.
“I have used two bottles of your med
icine for a short time only, and it effected a
complete medical eure, and what is
better yet, the disease has not returned.
“1 cash most emphatically recommend Pe
runa to all sufferers from this disease.”
~ Read This Expericnce.
Mr. A, Thompson, Box 65, R. R. 1, Mar
tel, Ohio, writes: “When 1 beflan your
treatment my eyes were inflamed, nose
uas stopped up half of the time, and
was sore and scabby. 1 could not rest at
night on account of continual hawking
and spitting.
*] had tried several remedies and was
about to give up, but thought I would try
Peruna.
“After 1 had taken about one-third of a
bottle I noticed a difference. | am now
completely cured, after suffering with
catarrh for eighteen years.
*1 think it those who are afflicted with
catarrh would try Peruna they would never
ret it.”
l.ef’eruna is manufactured b}\;.The Peruna
Drug Mfg. Co., Columbus, Ohio.
Ask your Druggist for a Free Pe~
runa Almanac for 1909,
Most excuses are transparent,
Piles Cured in 6 to 14 Days.
Pazo Ointment is guaranteed to cure any
ta=eof ltchin .Blins, Bleedingor Protruding
Riles in 6 to 15 days or money refunded. 50e
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Immigrant Figures. 4
According io a table published In
the Federation Review, 6,225 immi:
grant Jews entered the port of New
York in September, 1908. Of these
2,433 were women, 2,001 men and 1,
791 children. Russia contributed 4,
607; Austria-Hungary, 1,234; Rou
mania, 273; England 56; Germany,
29: Turkey, 19; Sweden and Spain,
9! each, and Holland, 3. The record
also shows that 1,566 of the immi
grants went to homes outside of the
metropolis. In the corresponding
month last year the number of Jew
{sh immigrants was 3,033 ‘greater.
OF COURSE.
“Now, Pat, would you sooner lose
your money or your life?”
“Why, me loife, yer riverence; 1
want me money for me old age."—
Philadelphia Inquirer. Lo
Added to the Long List due
to This Famous Remedy.
Camden, N.J.— “It is with pleasure
that I add my -testimonial to your
already long list —hoping that it may
induce others to avail themselves of
RBO this valuable medi
s, (| CIDe, LydiaE. Pink-
Jage e. | ham's Vegetable
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EoEmas ey stored me to health
and made me feel like a new person,
and it shall always have my }Eaise.”
—Mrs. W. P. VALENTINE, 902 Lincoln
Avenue, Camden, N. J. ‘
Gardiner, Me. — ‘I was a great suf+
serer from a female disease. The doc+
tor said I would have to go to th
hospital for an operation, but Lydia E.
Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound com
pletely cured me in three months.”
Mags. S. A. Wirriayms, R. F. D. No. 14
Box 39, Gardiner Me.
Because your case is a difficult one
doctors having done you no gOOOGi,
do not continue to suffer withggut
giving Lydia E. Pinkham’s Veget ble
Compound a trial. It surely has cufred
many cases of female ills, such as yin
flammation, ulceration, displacemenjts,
fibroid tumors, irregularities, periogdic
pains, backache, that bearing-dojwn
feeling, indigestion, dizziness, and rjer
vous prostration. It costsbuta t fle
to try it, and the result is worth i
lions to many suffering women. .