LEGISLATURE MAY
LEVY SPECIAL TAX
To Pay Off the Bonded Debt
of State of $3,679,000--
May Issue More
Bonds.
Atlanta, March 8. —In his an
nual report to the Legislature,
sent through the Governor,
which has just been completed,!
State Treasurer W. J. Speer
calls attention to the fact that the
Coming Legislature must either
issue $8,679,000 of new bunds or
levy a special tax for the purpose
of paying off that amount of the
bonded debt of the state which
falls due in 1915.
Treasurer Speer makes no rec
ommendation us to wnich course
should be pursued, but a brief
examination of the state consti
tution makes it obvious that the
only thing for the Legislature to
do is to pass up the bond issue
for refunding purposes.
The constitution limits the tax
rate in t’corgia to five mi'l-, and
it would l»- impossible to levy a
special tax for any purpose,
whether paying bonds or any
thing else, without a constitution
al amendment. On the other hand
while the constitution forbids
the further issuance of bonds for
ordinary purposes, it does pro
vide for bonds for refunding
bonds which mature before they
tliey are paid off through the
sinking fund, and for bonds in
case the state is invaded by a for
eign foe. Obviously, therefore, the
Legislature will pursue the eas
iest way and pass up the bond
issue as it is empowered to do
without a vote of the people.
The problem that reall/“con
fronts the state is not so much
one as to the bonds themselves
or just how they shall be issued,
but at how long a rate of interest
can they "be sold at par. They
cannot be sold below par and the
Legislature must fix an interest
rate which will bring par, and at
the same time be the lowest the
state can get.
That is the real problem ahead
in connection with the bonds, and
since interest rate always de
pends very much upon the money
market at a particular time, it is
quite possible that the Legis
lature will finally leave the rate
t<- I e paid to be fixed by a com
mission, within certain defined
limits.
In the present state of the
money market it is likely the
bonds would have to bear a com
parativeiy high rate of interest.
But later on when money is easier
they can, of course, be soid to
better advantage, and it is
thought the rate will probably be
3 1-2 per cent.
Some think Georgia may pos
sibly secure a 'ate of 3 per cent,
and if conditions are extraordi
narily good at the time the bonds
are placed, it may be done.
A woman in Boston proposes
that a state tax of $5 a head be
placed bn bachelor maids. Such
a tax would be unjust unless it
were limited to those maids "ho
never had a chance to quit single
blessedness. Misfortune should
not be taxed It is not surpris
ing that the Boston woman is
married. She is one of the large
class of persons who are always
willing for faxes to be imposed
a an; ! o y xcept themselves
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Maj. Gen. William H. Carter la In
command of tha American troops that
are encamped In Texas watching de
velopments In Mexico.
32,000 TURKS CAPTURED
TURKISH FORTRESS, KEY TO THE
POSSESSION OF EPIRUS PROV
INCE. HAS BEEN CAPTURED.
For Hours Preceding Surrender the
Greek Batteries Poured Deluge
of Shells on the Fortress.
Athens, Greece. —The Turkish fort
ress of Janina, key to the possession
of Epirus province, with its garrison ।
of 32,000 men, Surrendered to the ’
Greek army, after a defense which
stands Out as one of the most bril
liant episodes of the Balkan war.
The surrender was preci ded by a |
fierce bombardment continuing two
days and nights. Every available gun, ।
including heavy howitzers by the Ser-1
vian artillery, was brought to bear on i
the forts defending the beleaguered I
city.
1 hirty thousand shells were fired
by the Greek guns during the first
days’ cannonade. Gradually the
Turks’ batteries at Blzani, Manoliara,
Sakni and elsewhere were silenced.
The Greek commanders, by a feint,!
led the Turks to believe that their
attack would be made from the right.
As soon as the attention of the de
f-nders had been distracted, the
Greeks hurled large bodies of infan
try on to the Turkish left. The Ot
toman troops, utterly surprised, fell
back in disorder.
Batteries on the heights of Blzani,
the mainstay of the defense, had been
unable to stand the pelting of the
shells and were reduced to complete
silence.
The Greeks pushed their forward
movement and occupied the Turkish
batteries on the Sakni and Elas hills,
capturing all the guns and 110 artil
lerymen. Then the Greek battalions
gradually deployed on to the plain
in front of the city itself.
The Turkish flight immediately be
came general. Whole detachments
succumbed to panic and joined in a
mad rush for the city.
The Greek advance on Janina be
gan late in October. The Turks retir
ed rapidly before their opponents and
operations round the fortress opened
about the beginning of December.
The attack continued with varying
success, even during the period of
the armistice, to which the Greeks
never formally agreed.
Clark Continues as Speaker.
Washington.—Speaker Clark was
renominated; Representative Under
wood of Alabama again chosen chair
man of the ways and means commit
tee, the entire Democratic personnel
of that tariff-making body named and
all the house officers renominated at
a harmonious six-hour caucus of the
Democrats of the house of the Sixty
third congress. The caucus took place
in the house chamber, and 270 of the
290 house Democrats were present.
Insults to Women to Be Investigated.
Washington. —Aroused over the fail
ure of the Washington police depart
ment to maintain order during the
progress of the suffrage pageant of
March 3, the senate began an Investi
gation to place the responsibility for
lack of protection for the women
marchers. The investigation is a re
sult of a joint resolution of congress
directing the police department to
furnish protection to the suffragists.
Senators Jones, Dillingham and Pom
erene are earned as an invest.gatloa
committee.
KAFIR IS AS GOOD
AS CORN FOR FEED
Silage Made From It, Is Even Bet
ter Than Ordinary Kind for
Live Stock.
Kafir Is as good a feed as corn.
Because farmers are learning this,
kafir has become one of the most im
portant crops grown In Kansas today.
The grain is vaJaed highly as a feed
’ for all classes of live stock. In feed
ing, five bushels of kafir seed are con
sidered as being equivalent to four
bushels of shelled corn. It should be
ground for all classes of live stock, ex
cepting poultry, as It is so hard that
they do not masticate it thoroughly
If It Is fed whole. It should never be
fed wet.
Silage made from kafir excels corn
silage as a*feed, as the percentage of
grain and leaf to stalk is much*higher
In the kaflr. The same thing Is
true in regard to kafir fodder and corn
stover.
Some of the farmers over the state
cut their kaflr with a corn binder.
They then cut the heads off with a
knife, similar to a tobacco cutter, only
much larger, which is attached to the
side of a wagon box. The heads are
allowed to fall into the wagon box and
are then threshed. The fodder which
is left is excellent feed Some persons
have advocated the feeding of this
fodder to horses suffering from the
heaves, but Dr. C. W. McCampbell.
assistant professor of animal hus
bandry at the Kansas Agricultural
college, says that it has no more val
ue for this purpose than any other
similar feed.
Keeping Sheep In Condition.
Doctoring sheep Is expensive and
often unsatisfactory, unless the
symptoms of the disease are clearly
understood. If sheep are not exposed
to bad weather in the late fall, and
I are given proper care and feed, there
1 is not much show for disease, unless
i brought in from other flocks. With
sheep an ounce of prevention Is
, worth considerably more than a
pound of cure.
I Governor [anions Two
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! Atlanta, March 11.—Governor
• Brown today commuted to pres
jent service the five-year ^en
t tences of John Scabroro, white,
' and John Cox, colored, who were
I partners in a robbery committed
in Bulloch county, and who have
served two years in the peni
tentiary. The commutation was
granted on the showing that the
boys were put up to ihe crime by
some white men.
Paynes Rheumalone for
tlheumalism.
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life will be brighter, and your health
extended for many years. Satisfatcion
guaranteed or mcne® refunded. Price
SI.OO per bottle. Su'd by
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WHERE WRINKLES COME FROM
Contrary to General Impression, Most
of Them Come From Laughter—
Some Peculiarities.
The general Impression about
wrinkles is that they are caused by
worry, but the truth is that most of
them come from laughing.
To know how to laugh is just as
Important as to know when to do It.
If you laugh with the sides of your
face the skin will work loose in time
and wrinkles will form In exact ac
cordance with the kind of laugh you
have.
The man who always wears a smirk
will have a scries of semicircular
wrinkles covering his cheeks.
A gambler, who is accustomed to
suppressing his feelings, generally has
a deep line running from each side of
his nose to the upper corner of his
mouth, which In time extends to the
chin, forming the shape of a half
moon.
A cadaverous person is usually
marked with two Crinkles, one on
the jaw and the other under the eye,
meeting at right angles at the cheek
bones.
The scholar’s wrinkle forms on his
brow, while a schemer’s wrinkles come
around Ms eyes and look like spokes
of a wheel.
MOTOR SKATE QUITE UNIQUE
One Equipped With 1 Horse Power
Motor, While Other Runs Behind
as Sort of Trailer.
A pair of Ingenious rolie- skates,
one skate of which is driven by a 1%
horse power engine, fed from a tank
or case strapped to the back of the
user, Is shown in the accompanying
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A Unique Motor Skate.
illustration, says the Popular Mechan
ics. The foot to which the motor
equipped skate i 0 attached is set
slightly ahead of tha other foot,
which rests on the non-powered skate.
The latter skate might be designated
as a trailer.
SOME ANIMALS CAN REASON
Raccoon Reachee Plate of Food With
Hind Legs When Unable to Con
nect With Forepaws.
A contributor to the Youth’s Com
panion tells the following story, which
certainly supports the theory by
some people that animals can rea
son:
“We were on a stage journey from
Lewiston, Idaho, to Grangeville, Idaho,
a distance of 70 miles. The stage
stopped for noon at the Fountain
house, half-way between the twn
towns. A large raccoon was chained by
the collar to a post In the front yard.
After luncheon the driver of the stage
gathered up a plate of food from the
table and carried it out to where
the animal was chained. He set the
plate just out of reach of the rac
coon’s front paws. The animal strain
ed and reached, but could not cover
th? distance.
"One of the passengers said, 'Why
do you not place It within his reach?’
" ‘He can reach it,' the driver re
plied.
“ *He can’t, unless you move the
plate nearer.'
“ 'Wait and see,' said the driver.
"The raccoon had by this time
given up trying to reach the food, and
sat whining. He seemed to ponder
over the problem for a few moments,
then stretched his chain to its fullest
extent, turned round, reached out with
his hind foot, dragged the plate to
ward him. reversed the process, grasp
ed it in his front paws, and proceed
ed to enjoy his dinner, much to the
amusement of the onlookers and the
discomfiture of the man who was sure
he could not accomplish the task."
AbERNACLEx
tlj r A- bible‘study»on ■—c - '
ABRAHAM'S FAITH TESTED.
Ge.iesis 22:1-13 —March 16.
**l desired mercy, and not sacrifice; and the
knowledge of God more than burnt offer
ings.”—Hotc: 6:6.
ODAY’S Study tells one reason
why Abraham was styled the
Father of the Faithful. His
history, depicted in the Bible,
Is one of trust In the Divine promises:
but the final test, which we study to
day, marked him very high, according
to Divine and human standards. The
faith recorded in our lesson Is so colos
sal as to amaze us! •
This test came through the Divine
command that Abraham should take
Isaac, the heir of promise, and offer
him In sacrifice on Mt. Moriah. Abra-
“The test of Abra
ham's faith."
ham was now one
hundred twenty
five years old.
Isaac was the Di
vinely appointed
channel for the
blessings promis
ed. Now after half
a century of wait
ing and trusting,
could it be possi
ble that God wish
ed him thus to
demonstrate his
faith? It was so.
He had a positive
command. It was no imagination, no
whisperings of witches or wizards. It!
was no dream. i
To one of Abraham’s character, the
Divine command meant prompt obedi
emc. Forth with lie Journeyed, accom
panled by bls servants. Then leaving
them. Abraham and Isaac journeyed
to tlie top of Mt. Moriah, afterwards
the site of t lie Temple. The very rock
upon which Isaac is supposed to have
been bound became the location for
the Brazen Altar.
The patriarch and his son came to
this spot. Then Abraham, with falter
ing lips, but determined heart, told
Isaac of the Divine command. There
be offered his son, even though the
knife did not strike the fatal blow.
The offering was complete in the sight
of Heaven; and the hand was stayed.
As the Apostle explains, “Abraham
received Ills son from the dead in a
figure.”—Hebrews 11:19.
The Antitype of AW This.
These incidents of olden time had
their effect upon the actors; but to
God’s consecrated people, enlightened
by the Holy Spirit, they have still fur
ther meaning. Abraham served as a
type of God, and Isaac of Christ, Head
and Body. In the antitype God freely
offered Ills Son for the sins of the
whole world. “God gave His only Be
gotten Son, that whosoever belleveth
on Him might have everlasting life.”
In the antitype God arranged that
Jesus should be Head of the Church,
which is His Body. Hence the suf
ferings of Christ, accomplished by
Jesus, were only part of the suffer
ings of the antitypical Isaac. Here
the Apostle declares, “We, brethren,
ns Isaac was, are the children of prom
Ise.” The Church of Christ is required
to prove her worthiness of sharing in
Hie First Resurrection, by being made
conformable to Christ’s death. The cup
which our Lord drank He passed on to
His followers, saying. “Drink ye all
of It."
The Ram In the Thicket.
When God stayed Abraham’s hand
through the angel,'a ram caught in a
thicket was provided as a sacrifice in
stead. Thus a ram In sacrifice became
the symbol of the Seed of Abraham,
and an Indication of the process by
which reconciliation of Divine Justice
will be made on behalf of humanity.
This thought was repeated In God’s
subsequent dealings with Israel. Thus
the Passover Lamb was slain, and Its
blood sprinkled, typically foretelling
that there could be no Church of thei
First-born during this Gospel Age, ex-|
cept through the slain “Lamb of God.|
which taketh away the sin of the
world.” Israel’s sin offerings and
burnt offerings spoke of a redemptive
work to be accomplished before the
blessing could come.
Amongst many lessons learned from
the testings of Abraham’s faith are
these:
(1) The necessity for the death of the
One through whom blessings will even
tually come to mankind. If Jesus had
not died for our sins, there would have
been no remission
of them. Hence
there would have
been no resurrec
tion of the dead,
and in that event
death would have
meant extinction.
(2) Let us be sure
that if Jesus bad
not faithfully con
summated His part
*of the agreement
and laid down His
Isaac’s antitype—"the
Lamb of Ood."
life, neither . would He have shared in
the grand consummation and exalta
tion to the Divine nature. St Paul
declared this. saying that our Lord
was obedient unto death, “even the
