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PUBLIC PRESS KAS RIGHT
TO CRITICISE OFFICIALS
THE GEORGIA SUPREME COURTS
HOLDS BRUNSWICK PAPER
LIBELLED POLICEMAN.
ALL STARTED ABOUT A DOG
Brunswick Policeman Killed a Dog
and Sued Newspaper for Pub¬
lishing a ‘‘Sob’’ Story.
—Atlanta.
The untrammeled right of the pub¬
lic press to criticise any and all pub¬
lic officials, provided the facts as
stated are true, has been once more
ratified by the Georgia court of ap
peals in a case which draws dfstinc
tions and shows just how the public,
official may obtain redress in case
the charges against him in the news¬
papers are untrue.
The case is that in which the court
of appeals reverses Judge D. W. Couch
of the city court of Brunswick, in
which J. A. Lowe, a policeman, sued
the Brunswick News Publishing com¬
pany for $5,000 libel.
There was a crusade against dogs,
it seems, in the Brunswick commun¬
ity. Some dogs without muzzles were
shot by the officers. The Brunswick
News, it is stated, printed a “sob ’
story, a pitiful story of how Police¬
man Lowe had shot and killed an in¬
nocent dog because it didn’t have its
muzzle on, while the little boy owner
of the dog knelt before the police
man and begged, with tears running
down his cheeks, for the life of his
little four-footed companion. It may
not have been exactly like that, but
It was nearly so. It made Lowe out
a monster of oruelty.
Lowe straightway sued the paper
for libel, and brought forth evidence
to show that he didn’t, shoot the dog
in question at all, but that it had
been shot by Officer D. C. Houston
The judge of the city court threw
the suit out of court, maintaining
that the newspaper had a right to
criticise the policeman as a public of¬
ficial. Says the court of appeals tn
reviewing the decision: “legitimate
criticism of acts and conduct of offi¬
cials is a rightful function of the
press, and the exercise of the 'right
should be unrestrained, provided the
statements made are true. A public
official, however, has as much right
to protection against libel as a pri¬
vate citizen."
Macon May Have Mercer.
That the idea of moving Mercer uni
verslty from Macon will fail utterly
•s now practically conceded by ev¬
ery Baptist of prominence or author¬
ity that discussed the issue.
The committee appointed by the
•Georgia Baptist association on this
matter will meet here again shortly
to discuss the situation. One meet¬
ing of this committee was held In
Macon, at which time a proposition
was put up to Macon regarding aid
for the Baptists’ educational institu¬
tion. A committee of business men
has been appointed in Macon to do
what is right about tile case, and it
is understood that the Central City
elands ready to meet every reasona¬
ble requirement for placing Mercer
among the great educational institu¬
tions of the country.
• Prominent Baptists here do not he
lieve there Is the remotest possibility
of the college being moved from its
present location. It is to be under¬
stood, of course, that Atlanta would
be very glad of an opportunity to se¬
cure it, if there was the slightest pos¬
sibility of removal,
i While Macon is expected to do
♦hings for the institution it is recog¬
nized that it is a college of a great
denomination of the entire state, and
that it is up to the Baptists of Geor
gia generally to help in every way
possible. When the committee from
the Baptist association meets here
soon—the exact date has not been
fixed yet—the committees from Macon
are expected to come up and state
what that city will do to keep the
school.
Oppose Lindsey.
John W. Lindsey, for 15 years Geor¬
gias pension commissioner, is to
have strong opposition next year in
the person of Capt. W. H. Lanier of
Savannah. Captain Lanier was in the
Confederate service with the Twenty-
second Georgia artillery, and liis rec¬
ord there is without a blemish. Since
the war he has been an office man
and traveling man.
Cotton Meeting Date Changed.
The conference of sea island cot¬
ton growers, called by President Bar-
lett of the Farmers' union originally
at Waycross, Ga., March 14, has been
set forward to March 9, to be held
a‘. the same place. In a statement
President Barrett summons the grow-
ers in the states of South Carolina,
Georgia and Florida to meet and dis¬
cuss plans for restricting the acreage
during the opening season and for
bettering the present price of sea
bland cotton.
Thomasville.—The Atlantic Coast
Line railroad has a corps of engin¬
eers and a force at work on their
branch line between Thomasville and
Monticello, Fla., straightening out the
curves in the road and improving the
roadbed. It is reported that the road
has a plan on foot to extend the line
from Monticello to Perry, Fla., a dis¬
tance of about thirty or so miles, and
there connect with their road on
High Springs. II this is done it
give the road a through line from
Chicago to Tampa and western
ida via southwest Georgia.
Freak Cotton Growing.
Cotton growing on trees and pro¬
ducing 2 1-2 to 3 bales per acre!
That is what they are doing down
in Guatemala, according to a letter
from S. Billow of Guatemala City to
the state agricultural department, and
he believes tiiat results equally as ef¬
fective can be secured in Georgia by
hibridizlng this variety with some
of the ordinary kind grown in Geor¬
gia.
Mr. Billow is anxious to secur^
ipecimens of sea island cotton grown
in South Georgia for experimentation,
and he writes of the new cotton taey
are growing down there, He sayt
that an Italian, Doctor Thomatic, nad
produced a new variety known as
‘Cara Vonica," by hibridizlng two va
rieties—one from Mexico and the oth
i or from the tributaries of the Amazon
This cotton grow 15 to 30 feet high,
and is a most prolific strain, and,
what is unsual in these tree varie
ties, the staple is long an i silky. The
bolls are 7 inches long and 5 to i
Inches In diameter. The seed are
free of lint, and produces 1,200 tc
1,500 pounds of lint per acre, or 2 1-2
to 3 bales. He declares, also, that
the ratio of lint is 48 to 62 per cent
tc seed cotton. Most varieties grown
in this state run about 33 13 pet
cent.
Mr. Billow stated that he had mail
ed some of the seed and lint to th^
commissioner of agriculture, and when
it arrives it will be turn over to Ento
rmlogist Worsham for experimental
tion.
Damage to Peach Crop.
State Entomologist Worsham, whq
Just returned from a tour of the state,
during part of the time being with
the agricultural train, gave out some
very curious information with regard
to the recent damage to the peach
crop. For the first time in his roe
ollection, said Mr. Worsham, some oi
the peacli buds which had not opened
at all were killed outright by the^cold
Usually buds aro only killed after* (hey
have opened a tiny bit at least sc
that water gets inside them. The to¬
tal damage to the crop, Mr. Worsham
now estimates at from 10 to 50 per
cent., according to the locality, ex¬
cept in the extreme northern and
northeastern part of the state where
there was practically no damage at
all. Most of the heaviest damage
was in the lower part of the state,
principally because foist always falls
heavier in the low country.
According to a statement issued by
the Georgia Fruit Exchange, 40 per
cent, of (he peach crop for 1911 has
been killed by the recent cold wave.
It is estimated by the exchange that
from 10 to 20 per cent, of the early
varieties of peaches were killed by
the first cold, and that the damage
done by the following frost brought
the total percentage of damage up to
40 per cent. Reports of damage done
by the cold and the frost vary widely
in different sections of the state. A
grower at MarslialviUe estimates that
90 per cent, of his crop has been kill¬
ed, while another estimates the dam¬
age to his crop at 40 per cent.
Lawrencevllle.—The Lawrenceville
Branch railway, which extends from
Lnwrenceville a distance of ten miles
to Suwanee, is being widened into a
standard guuge. When finished It
will he for all practical purposes a
new road for Ijawrenceville. A quick
passenger schedule will be operated
to Atlanta, and freight, which has to
be transferred at Suwanee, will be
brought on direct to Lawrenceville.'
This will be a great advantage, espec¬
ially to shippers in car lots, it is
stated that a new and up-to-date de¬
pot will be put up in Lawrenceville.
Thomasville.—With the return of
spring weather, after the recent cold,
the fanners of Thomas county are
getting busy and preparing to put in
their corn crop. The only drawback
to planting is the extreme dryness of
the soil, but as the ground is all pre
pared for the crop they will be plant
ed, with the hope that theoft-prediet
ed rains will arrive before very long,
any way.
Swainsboro.—Swainsboro has been
chosen by the executive committee
of the First District High School as¬
sociation as the place for the next
high school contest. Swainsboro has
already begun to prepare to make
this the best meeting ever held is
the district. The contest will be as
follows: Declamation, recitations
ready writing, music and spelling con¬
tests, while the athletic contest will
consist of 100, 200 and 400-yard dashes
and several other feats. A number of
Swainsboro citizens are offering med
als.
Brunswick.—At a meeting of the
Brunswick Advancement association,
Mayor Butts and several aldermen,
Joseph B. Gordon, general superin¬
tendent of the Southeastern Yaryan
Naval Stores company, a contract for
the erection of a distilling plant in
this city was closed. The contract
for the erection of the plant here has
*een awarded to the Southern Nava!
Stores Construction company and the
cost of the plant, the buildings, etc.,
will amount to about $250,000. The
work on the construction of the plan*
will begin immediately.
Griffin.—While it seems to be th«
concensus of opinion among the lead
ing fruit growers of this section thal
the peach crop was injured from 10
to 25 per cent, by the recent cold
weather, It is reported that the black¬
berry crop in middle Georgia has es
caped injury and that there will b«
a splendid crop of this particular kind
of fruit, which makes a most delecta¬
ble dish in the shape of pie and is a
most excellent berry for preserving
and canning purposes, though the
stringent state prohibition law pro
hlbits the making of wine out of it,
even for domestic use.
■ GEORGIA
NEWS
Fitzgerald.—That the business men
are pulling for Fitzgerald is evident
At a mass meeting held here recently
arrangements were perfected for the
meeting of Georgia farmers in this
city. An invitation has been given
to the Georgia division of the Farm¬
ers’ union and there is little doubi
that it will be accepted.
Thomaston.—Upson county farmers
claim that this is the banner county
of -the state so far as big hogs are
concerned. In proof of this claim the
following weights of big porkers kill¬
ed near here are given: By Mrs. L.
J. Perdue, two hogs aggregating 1,155
pounds; by Frank Matthews, colored,
a porker weighing 760 pounds; by W.
C. Hightower, a big fellow weighing
810 pounds, and four 500-pounds pigs
can be seen rooting around on all
sides. If any other Georgia county
thinks it can beat this, let them show
up.
Vidalia.—One of the most unique
specimens in the vegetable line that
has been seen in this section is a
three-in-one turnip, Three turnips
growing on the same root and having
three separate tops, The triplets
were grown by Bill Canady, who lives
about four miles north of this place.
Cartersville.—M. S. Turner, wno
lives in Paulding county on Raccoon
creek, near the Bartow county line,
last week, showed several Indian rel¬
ics which he found in an old mine
near his home some time ago
Among the relics were a set of tools,
such as the Indians used in the mine,
viz.: Drill point, chisels, etc., and also
several tomahawks, which were the
Indian’s deadly weapon.
Griffin.—One of the most Interest
ing petitions ever before the Griffin
city council was presented at the reg¬
ular meeting by the School Improve
ment league, composed of some of
the most prominent laaies of this city,
asking and urging that body to pass
|a chicken ordinance requiring that an
'fowls of the city be kept in pens.
Atlanta.—-The coming Saengerfest
bf the South Atlantic League of Ger¬
man societies, lodges and singers, to
|.e held at the auditorium-urmory, on
May 7-8-9, under the auspices of the
United German singers of Atlanta,
promises to be the banner Saenger-
lest of the south. The various com¬
mittees in charge of the arrangement
work with an energy and a will that
promises great results. Tile slogan
is. "Let's make it a Saengerfest wor¬
thy of Atlanta."
Macon.—Another railway line from
Macon to Atlanta is promised. The
peaboard and the holders of interests
in the Macon, Dublin and Savannah,
Jt is now fairly well known, are niak
|ng plans to extend this line to At¬
lanta in order to give the Seaboard its
own road from that point south and
on to Savannah. Activities here re¬
veal that permanent terminals are be¬
ing secured and a survey from here
|Lo Atlanta has also been made.
Tennille.—Washington county farm¬
ers have this season sold at least
25,000 bushels of planting peas, and
will market not less than 6,000 bush¬
els more before the season is over.
Thirty-one thousand bushels, at, an
average of $1.70 per bushel, means
over fifty thousand dollars for their
pea crop alone. H. M. Franklin of
this place has bought and shipped
over sixteen thousand bushels, a large
proportion being to South Carolina
points.
Waycross.—While many persons in
Georgia have felt a pride in the won¬
derful growth of Waycross in the
past ten years, very few have writ¬
ten letters more congratulatory thau
the present governor of Georgia, Hon.
Joseph M. Brown. Governor Brown
says the wonderful growth of Ware
and Waycross should be a source of
pride to every citizen of Georgia. He
wishes for Waycross and Ware even
greater things than the city and the
county have enjoyed in the past.
Dalton.—The largest hog killed in
this county this year belonged to
’Squire J. F. Wilson, who lives in
the Red Clay district near Varnells.
The large porker netted 498 pounds
after it was cut up and ready to be
stored away.
Waycross.—The recent cold snap in
this section has demonstrated that
peaches will stand more hard weather
in this locality than in any other.
Several large growers lire in and
about the place, and, with one ex¬
ception, no damage is reported.
Thomaston.—The fruit men of this
section are of the opinion that from
50 to 75 per cent, of the peach blos¬
soms are dead and that there will
practically be no peaches in this vi¬
cinity. W. O. Britt, one of the larg¬
est growers of this county, states
;hat the largest part of his crop will
i>c lost this season through the
’reeze.
Waycross.—The first stage of the
preliminary surveys of the Atlantic,
Waycross and Northern has been
completed, and surveying parties
mve started northwest of the city
:owards Abbeville, the next objective
joint. I-arge stock subscriptions have
ceen secured along the right-of-way,
md everywhere . a spirit ... of co-opera-
/on exists. Hie activity along
he right-of-way of the western
sxtension of the Waycross and Nash¬
ville continues, and the road will soon
lave good connections at both termi¬
nals. Over thirty miles of this road
nave been completed
New News ft
<
Of Yesterday
Made Public His Resignation
How Gen. Jacob D. Cox of Ohio Com¬
pelled Grant to Permit Him
to Retire From the
Cabinet.
Jacob D. Cox, major general In the
Union army, governor of Ohio, secre¬
tary of the Interior In Grant’s first
cabinet, president of the Wabash rail¬
road, member of congress, president
of the University of Cincinnati, mil¬
itary historian, and eminent In micro¬
scopy, was born in Montreal In 1828.
That was because hts parents were
living there temporarily, hls father
having been engaged to construct
the great Notre Dame cathedral after
various European engineers had fail¬
ed Ignomlnlously in the task. Gen¬
eral Cox, who died In 1900, would
therefore have been eligible to the
presidency; and in his own state of
Ohio, after he had been elected gov¬
ernor, there were many Republcans
who believed that In due time he
would become a prominent candidate
for the Republican nomination for
president
General Cox was elected governor of
Ohio while still In active command In
the Union army, and he resigned that
command so that he might be inaugu¬
rated as governor in 1866. Between
him and General Grant, and especial¬
ly between him and General Sherman,
a warm friendship, which ripened Into
close Intimacy, was established. It
was In part due to this friendship that
President Grant, In 1869, asked Gen¬
eral Cox to enter his first cabinet as
secretary of the interior. A year and
a half later General Cox resigned the
office of secretary of the interior, and,
while leading Republicans knew that
this act was due to a difference of
view between him and President
Grant respecting the administration
of the Interior department., neverthe¬
less there was never a clear under¬
standing on the part -of the American
public as to what the difference was.
Yet the matter was easy to explain.
When General Cox became secretary
of the Interior he decided that the de¬
partment should be administered as
far as possible along the lines of real
civil service. He objected earnestly
to making the department an asylum
for hack politicians; he wanted effi¬
ciency and merit the standard in hls
department. President Grant, how¬
ever, was unable to resist the Im¬
portunities of certain place-hunting
Republican politicians, and at last a
clear issue was raised between him
and his secretary of the interior.
While this issue was still on Gen¬
eral Cox sought out two of hls broth¬
ers for consultation and advice. “In
my view,” said the general, “the ad¬
ministration of the treasury depart¬
ment, and also that of the Interior,
should be based wholly upon merit
and efficiency. It Is a view which
ThoughtJohnSherman a Thief
African Methodist* of Atlanta Wanted
"Some of the Money That Had
Stuck to the Hands” of
Their Guest.
Once In hjs long career as a mem¬
ber of congress, secretary of the
treasury, and secretary of state, John
Sherman was publicly charged with
having allowed some portion of gov¬
ernment money which passed through
hls hands to stick to hls palms. Curi¬
ously enough, that accusation was
made at a religious meeting In the
city of Atlanta at a time when Mr.
Sherman was secretary of the treas¬
ury and a visitor there. It is a bit
of new news that is vouched for by
Rt. Rev. Benjamin J. Keiley, now Ro¬
man Catholic bishop of Savannah, and
for a decade a pastor in the Georgia
metropolis;
”As is well known, President Hayes
was sincerely anxious to bring about
a good feeling in the south,” said
Bishop Kelley, "and for that reason
he made a former confederate lieu¬
tenant colonel from Tennessee, David
McKendree Key, hls first postmaster
general. For that reason, also, it was
thought advisable that Secretary of
the Treasury Sherman, about the mid¬
dle of his term in that office, should
visit the south and come Into personal
touch with the business men of that
section. Hls Itinerary Included the
city of Atlanta, which at that time
gave promise of becoming a very In-
fiuential industrial center.
“It so happened that at the time of
Sherman’s visit to Atlanta a gTeat
meeting of members of the African
Methodist Episcopal church was be¬
ing held In the city. When the elders
heard that the distinguished brother
of General Sherman had reached the
city, they Immediately got busy, and
a committee of the colored brethren
| called upon him and asked him to
i |
honor fbm by attendlng one of their
j mee tingg. The secretary replied he
I would be greatly pleased to attend
the meeting—and he named the one
and the hour—when he would take
opportunity to show his sympathy for
the work his callers were doing.
“There was a great crowd at that
does not prevail at Washington. I
cannot therefore be responsible for
the administration of a department
which Is subject to the beck and call
of politicians.”
His brothers approving of his posi¬
tion, the general wrote out his resig¬
nation as secretary of the interior and
forwarded It to President Grant The
general expected that it would be ac¬
cepted at once or speedily, but to his
surprise the president pocketed the
resignation and for some weeks gave
every Indication of having forgotten
that ha had ever received it It was
presumed that the president was anx¬
ious to avoid an early break in his
cabinet, and especially upon an issue
of the kind that prompted the resigna¬
tion.
At last General Cox tired of waiting
for the president to act, and one morn¬
ing a warm personal friend and confi¬
dant of the general’s called upon Mr.
Charles Nordhoff, at that time asso¬
ciate editor of the New York Evening
Post, of which William Cullen Bryant
was the editor.
“I have here a copy of the letter
sent by General Jacob D. Cox ' to
President Grant, resigning his office
as secretary of the Interior,” said the
friend. “The letter was sent to Presi¬
dent Grant some time ago, but he has
Smart Yankees and Leopold
Henry L. Sanford and Another
Man Perauaded Hia Majesty to
Exploit the Riches of
the Congo.
"While chatting In the most Informal
friendly way with the prince of
I think about ten years before
became King EdwaFd VII., he asked
about several Americans whose
had interested him,”
Senator Chauncey M. Depew to
recently.
“We were at Hamburg. When there
prince became a man among men,
the springs under the thin
of an incognito, and he was
glad to meet and talk In an In¬
manner with Americans who
gained some reputation at home.
the course of our conversation the
prince suddenly turned to me and
“Mr. Depew, did you ever know
Henry L. Sanford?”
“The name seemed familiar to me,
but for the moment I could not place
man, and the prince, seeing that I
added: ‘He was for a good
many years United States minister at
Belgium.’
“ ‘Oh, yes,’ I replied. 'While I never
met Mr. Sanford, I know him by repu-
meeting, the word bavjng been passed
along that John Sherman would be
there, and at the proper moment, the
presiding elder arose and said:
'Brethren, the Lord be praised that we
have this great meeting; the Lord be
praised that John Sherman, brother of
General Sherman, whom so many of
you remember, Is with us tonight.
John Sherman is President Hayes’s
treasurer of the United States. All
the millions and millions of dollars
the government has passes through
hls hands—sometimes three or four
million dollars a day. Now, you can’t
expect a man to have millions of dol¬
lars pass through hls hands without
having some of the money stick to
them. And so I say. Brother Sher¬
man, let us colored Methodists have
some of the money that has stuck to
your hands; put It in the contribu¬
tion box to help along the school we
are going to endow.’
"The appeal created a great shout¬
ing of ‘Amen!’ But it so happened
that at the last moment an Imperative
matter, that came up suddenly, made
It necessary for Mr. Sherman to stay
away from the meeting. He insisted,
however, that some of the subordi¬
nates who were with him should at¬
tend the meeting. This they did, and
to their unconcealed joy when they
heard the accusation so Ingenuously
made that government money had
stuck to John Sherman’s hands. And
when the contribution box passed be¬
fore them they felt so grateful to the
presiding elder that they put many
dollars into it
“After the meeting was over they
could not get hack to Secretary Sher¬
man fast enough to tell him what the
colored 'brother' had said about him.
For a moment Mr. Sherman was great¬
ly disturbed, bdt when he learned all
the circumstances surrounding the ac¬
cusation, he, too, was Intensely
amused. At last he asked:
‘"I hdpe you put some money Into
the contribution box?'
“They told him that they did.
“ ‘Then that Is sufficient,’ John Sher¬
man replied drily. ‘That will wipe
away the stain of the government
money that has atuck to my hands. t n
(Copyright, ©10, by E. J. Edwards. All
Right* Reserved.)
not acted upon it. I am authorized to
give It to you tor publication.”
Of course, Mr. Nordhoff was only
too glad to have the opportunity to
publish In the columns of the Even¬
ing Post the first announcement lot
the first resignation from President
Grant’s cabinet, excepting that E. B-
Washbume, who was secretary of-
state for two weeks. It having been
understood when the appointment was
made that It was only temporary. And!
the publication of this nationally lm-j
portant Information forced President
Grant to accept finally General Cox's
resignation.
It may not be out of the way to add
that though General Cox, as a cabinet
officer, could not agree with the presi¬
dent, and forced him to accept his
resignation from the Interior depart¬
ment, their personal relations were
not involved, and they remained warm
friends to the end.
(Copyright, 1910, by E. J. Edwards. Alii
Rights Reserved.)
Sheep Flock Diminishing.
Because sheep need such extensive
ranges in order to get enough to eat,
sheep flocks are uniformly diminish¬
ing In all countries, even in Argentina,
where sheep farming was believed to
be one of the best Bources of wealth
for an indefinite time. Only in dis¬
tricts where the immense area of pas¬
ture land Is out of proportion to the
lands available for tilling it can sheep
be kept at a profit
tatlon. He was minister to Belgium
at the time of our Civil war, and for
many years after. He was a very ac¬
tive, enterprising man, and had some
of the characteristic traits of the real
1 ankee. If I remember correctly, he
came from Connecticut.’
“’Well, It was Henry L. Sanford,
your minister to Belgium,’ said the
prince, ‘who first persuaded King Leo¬
pold to attempt to exploit the riches of
the Congo region In Africa. The king
had learned to have great confidence
In Mr. Sanford, and, I have beeij.-told,
was an admirer of his earnest,', pro¬
gressive business methods. Perhaps
you have been told that King Leopold
Is thought by business men'to have
very great business ability.’
"It was. of course, greatly Interest¬
ed,” Mr. Depew continued, “in this
revelation of the relation Henry L.
Stanford had towards the attempt of
King Leopold to promote or exploit
the vast riches, and especially the rub¬
ber Industry of the Congo region. I
suppose the prince observed my Inter¬
est, for he went on:
“ ‘I have been told that Leopold be¬
came so enthusiastic over the possi¬
bilities of obtaining great wealth
from the exploration of the Congo re¬
gion that he sank every penny of his
personal fortune in the attempt. I
have also been told that Mr. Sanford,
who did not risk a great deal, after¬
wards lost his fortune in a great land
development speculation in Florida.
Whether the latter be true or not, I
do not know, but I have no reason
to doubt the statement made to me
that It was a typical American promo¬
ter, Mr. Sanford, who persuaded King
Leopold first to venture Into the Congo
region.
“ ‘But that is not all. Leopold, hav¬
ing sunk practically all of his personal
fortune in the Congo, was advised and
even persuaded by another American
promoter to attempt a second exploi¬
tation of the riches of the Congo; I do
not recall the promoter's name but I
do remember well an Incident connect¬
ed with this exploitation, which, as
you know, has resulted In making the
king a very rich man.
“ ‘After this American promoter had
explained his plan for the second at¬
tempt In the Congo region, and after
he had greatly excited Leopold by hls
statement of the enormous wealth that
was In the Congo—especially In rub¬
ber—Leopold said:
” ‘ "It will be necessary for to
us
raise a large amount of money If we
are to undertake this work. I haven‘t
the money, and we haven’t the monet
In Belgium, but I know where thb
money can be found. It is in Ftanca
The people of France have great ac¬
cumulations of savings, and the way
to tempt them to invest their savings
in any company is one which I know
well.
“‘“We must have certificates of
stock, or bonds, elaborately engraved
with fine, seductive pictures upon
them; and these must be brilliantly
colored. If we do this, then the French
people, when they see the certificates,
will be strongly attracted to them.
Nothing tempts them like a beauti¬
fully engraved and highly colored cer¬
tificate. I will see that this Is done.”
“ 'And King Leopold saw that this
was done,' added the prince, with ia
twinkle in hls eyes, and by meaqs
of those highly ornamental and seduc¬
tive certificates much the greater part
of the money he needed for the exploi¬
tation of the Congo was speedily ob¬
tained In France.”
(Copyright, 1910 , by E. J. Edward*. All
« Right* Reserved.)
More Greenbacks Than Gray Matter.
Maud—So Alice Is going to marry
that young DeMllllon. Quite a feathe*
In her cap.
Ethel—Yes, a goose feather. *