Wheeler county eagle. (Alamo, Ga.) 1913-current, March 28, 1913, Image 4

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Newspaper Page TextWheeler County Eagle* Official Organ Wheeler County. Published Every Friday. *aaresaxsßMmcs3»as»B»a»xsx»a««aßX3ssß^^ J. H. HHOSB, Kdttor an* Publisher SI.OO Per Year in Advance. MgaMM^MmaNaaaaaMaßaaaNMaaaaasasMßUMaaaaß How Are You Going to Vote? This question should claim our most careful consideration just now. Tomorrow, Saturday, the voters of Wheeler county will be called on to say by their votes whether they want to build the; court house and jail for Wheeler oonnty by floating bonds or by direct taxation. It is up to us. The voters have the situation cinched and will have it as they vote. The ordinary in a statement in the last issue of this paper, clear ly set forth his position in the matter. He left no doubt as to the course he wil* pursue in eith er event, and it behooves every voter interested in the welfare of the county to get busy and see that the best interest of the peo ple at large is looked after. See that all your neighbors come out and register their choice. Show your colors that when the mist will have cleared eway the result of the election can be taken as the voice of a majority of the voters of Whee er county and if we fail to get what we want it will be by a majority of the people If bonds are carried the expense of building our pub ic buildings will not be felt by an increase in taxes, but on the other hand those that c- me in and Iwane tax payers for the next thirty years will share in the payment of this debt, wherein if a direct tax is levied every’ tax payer in^the county will be burdened with a heavy tax to begin with—some thing like S4O on the thousand. Mr. tax payer, think what it will cost the man that returns 15000 worth of property—s2oo, where in the normri rate would only be about S6O. The nec< ssary amount must be raised, and the easiest we think is the b st. We should protit by the‘ex perience of some of our sister c unties. A great many of ou citizer s are fami iar with th circumstance regarding levying taxes for public improve.n- nts. The record is th^y were all glad to vote for hoods i f ^l^ I IB UH GaodCfofAee 2034 WE /ARE /ALWAYS RE/ADY WITO TME GOODS Anything in General Merchandise Line. Graham & Hightower ALAMO, GA The polls open at six o’clock Saturday morning and close at three o’clock at the country precincts and six o’clock railroad time at county site. Gentlemen, whatever you do vote for bonds, and then come to see me for your shoes, after you vote for the right things- Wheeler County Shoe Store. Let us hope that a sufficient number will come out to the polls tomorrow and cast their vote for the betterment of the couuty— for bonds. Browning School House Miss Eliza Harbin was the guest of Miss Willie Heath Sun day afternoon. Let everybody go to the elec t on Saturday and vote for bonds. Mr- T. H. Brantley made a business trip to Alamo Monday afternoon. Mr. G. C. Keen is visiting his brother, Mr. C. C. Keen. Let everybody go to Sardis to an all dap sing Sunday. Everybody should take the Wheeler Counto Eagle. Brown Eyes. . WANEFD. To list a farm somewhere near a good town, in or about 4 miles of town. Plaoe containing anywhere from 100 to 2GO acres,-more or less; good forming lands ind some improvements and near a town that has good market for country produce. A cash deal. Write A. F. Conner & Co., Alamo, Ga., or A. F. Conner & Co., Rochelle. Ga. City Barber Shop and Pressing Club Hair Cut, Any Style All kinds of Barber Work you may call for. Everything Sanitary Have your clothes cleaned and pressed L. P. SMITH PEOPLE TOR NO MORE THE SUBTLE POISON European Nobleman Bemoans th® Passing of What He Refers t® st a Fine Art. Speaking ou the art of the poisoner bad famous poisoners of history, Duke Utta, the prtaee of MontespertoH, ap pealed for the recognition of the sci ence of poisoning as one of the fine arts. He declared that there was no longer “art” In poisoning, not because people are any betetr, but because the secret of the preparation of the most subtle poisons has been lost and the use of modern poisons Is too eas ily detected. The speaker referred to the recent sugestlon of the governor of South Carolina that condemned criminals be allowed the privilege of choosing to be inoculated with germs of pellagra Instead of going to the electric chair, and humorously approved It. "Nowadays they poison by using such awful things as arsenic and the tips of luclfer matches," he declared contemptuously. “That Is the abso lute negation of art. There la no art In putting poison into a glass of wine —anybody can do that. The minute you deal with food and drink art dis appears from the methods of the poisoner." He spoke admiringly of Catherine and her agent, Benato dl Florentino, who kept a little perfume shop on the Pont-Neuf, but characterized the Bor gias, with the exception of Lucrezia, as “Immeasurably below the art of Catherine di Medicis, for they were gross in their methods." The duke is the head of one of the oldest families of the feudal aristoc racy of Europe.—Boston Transcript. First Real Inaugural Ball. When Mr. Wilson refused to sanc tion the Inaugural ball he struck a blow at a tradition as old as the presidency. When the arrangements were being made for Washington’s first Inauguration the managers of the City Assembly, the fashionable danc ing .class of New York, planned to give an inauguration ball. But Mrs. Wash ington did not accompany the presi dent to New York, and the design was abandoned. Just one week later, however; a ball was given in Wash ington's honor at the assembly rooms on Broadway, near Wall street. About 300 persons were present. Including Washington and Adams. The presi dent danced several times during the evening, taking part in the cotillion, the minuet and other dances. The function, while sometimes spoken of as the inaugural ball, was entirely pri vate. The earliest real Inaugural ball was given at Madison’s first inaugura tion, and the center of attraction was, of course, Dolly Madison. The ball has been omitted several times. On tho other hand, at Van Buren’s and Polk’s inauguration two balls were given and at the elder Harrison's and Taylor’s Installations there were no fewer than three, all of which were attended by the respective presidents. Chew Upon Thia Walter Prichard Eaton writes an in teresting article on acting in the the atrical department of the American Magazine. A good deal la said from time to time about an actor living his part. In the course of some remarks on this subject Mr. Eaton tells the following: "Once a great actor as Brutus in Julius Caesar cried to a second great actor, as Cassius: ’Till then, my noble friend, chew upon this,’ and pressed a plug of tobacco into his palm. Sarah Bernhardt, on a wager, once played a tearful and stirring scene in an Amer ican theater, reciting instead of the words of the play an impromptu tirade against American hotels, and the audience —all save a few who could understand her rapidfire French —were duly carried away. It is even recorded that many women wept. Sarah was most assuredly not living the life of her stage character then, yet her acting remained effective, and no one has yet denied that she knows bow to act” Bridge of Arts. It was by the bridge at Arta that the Greeks on the west side entered Turkey. “The Bridge of Arta," one of the moat pathetic of Greek fell songs, tells of the sacrifice of a hu msa victim at the building of a bridge to appease its demon. In the version translated by Mr. J. C. Lawson sixty apprentices and forty-five craftsmen have toiled for three years at th< bridge, and every night their day’: work falls in ruin. Then the demon'; voice bids them sacrifice . e maste craftsman’s wife as she sv per. They Induce r - al story of a ring __ ' herself be lov -- .. himself hurls a— L.. She prays that tremble and a! •' low she trend’ >ut a reminder 1 ome day cro o one that I. nay be as ir. BASEBALL FOR THE FARMER Possibly the Game Might Be of Benefit to Him, Biit It Is Hardly Indispensable. Baseball never has been regarded exclusively as a city product. While It is true that the cities Supply the enormous crowds that support the big leagues, it is equally true that many of the players tn those leagues are graduates of the “bush” ler jues. The country boy has an equal chance with the city boy to win the high honors and generous emoluments of a success ful ball player. The farmer himself has not come directly in touch with the national game, perhaps, except on a rare holiday. A professor in the Kansas State Agricultural college calls this a mistake. Familiarity with the game, he believes, would promote suc cess in agriculture. If the fanner would play ball “it would take the shamble out of his walk” and “make him decide quickly." This is an in teresttaglheory, but it will not be uni versally accepted. Some will contend that the motor car has already taken the "shamble" out of the farmer s walk. Others will insist that hand ling a high spirited horse or pitching a load of hay on a wagon while a thun derstorm Is gathering is just as val uable In training his mental faculties to quick action. —Rochester Democrat and Chronicle. Sickening Worship of Dog. Offley Wee Blackie, champion Pom eranian, arrived at Ban FTancisco in a private car and Immediately disap peared, to be relayed along through three pairs of hands to a mysterious woman, who paid $5,000 for him. The dog weighs three pounds and four ounces, but the woman who want ed him would have paid more than the $96 an ounce that he cost had it been necessary, to get him. Offley Wee’s ticket from New York to Chicago cost $595. Rather, his tick ets cost that amount, because his cus todian had to buy 17 of them at $35 apiece so that the dog might have a special Pullman car to himself. Balkan Kings Speak English. A peculiarity of the three Balkan rulers. King Ferdinand, King Peter and King Nicholas, Is the admirable manner in which they all speak Eng lish. That King Ferdinand, a Saxe- Coburg and a kinsman of our royal family, and King Peter, who has spent most of his life in the capitals of Europe, should be conversant with our lan guage is not, after all, astonishing, but it is curious that King Nicholas, who has reigned over his little nation of herdsmen and shepherds for five and forty years, and seldom crosses his own frontier, should be the most per fect English scholar of the three.— London Letter In New York Run Lifeboats on Guide Rails. Commander Eaton, R. N., has invent ed an interesting device for the lower ing of boats at sea with the minimum of danger to. passengers, which is now under the consideration of the board of trade, according to a London dis patch. Commander Eaton has de voted considerable attention to the subject and has a practical knowledge of boat work at sea. His system is the provision of lifts down the side of the ship, so designed that the boat rests on a platform which slides down guide rail* fixed to the ship’s sides. The boats themselves swing on gimbals, so that no matter at what angle the ship may swing the boats remain upright and there is no danger of their being overturned while descending or of being dashed against the sides of the vessel. Force of Habit. More than half a century ago the congress of the United States legal ized the metric system. This system has been adopted by Mexico, Peru, Brazil, Chili and other small nations, and it is permissive in all Europe ex cept Great Britain and Russia. But with the people of this country it does not make much progress. A few years ago simplified spelling had a sensa tional boost, but it seems to have dropped back. It Is almost impossible to make Uncle Sam change his old habits even when the changes have merits. From the Depths. A widely known New York producer received a letter from a young wom an in a small town in Pennsylvania last week in which she told of a play she had written. “It is a play of the underworld.” she wrote. “I notice by the papers that underworld dramaa are In high favor now. Wouldn’t you like to see It?" The producer replied that he’d be glad to look the play over. When he received it he opened the package and settled back in his easy chair to have a look at the und^-world^drama. He found it a story of a murder it a coal mine. Paynes Rheumatone for Rheumatism. THE GREATEST KIDNEY AND BLADDER REMEDY ON THE MARKET What it has done for others it will do for you Cures and strengthens the Kidneys and frees the system of uric acid. By its use your daily tasks will become a pleasure instead of a drudgery life will be brighter, and your health extended for many years. Satisfatcion guaranteed or monev refunded. Price SI.OO per bottle. Sold by Alamo Drug Co. RIGHT TO PLACE IN HISTORY Young German Discovered Error In Constitution That Had Hitherto Evaded All. An error, so patent as to be termed glaring, has existed in the very first sentence ’of the Constitution of the United States since its adoption, un detected, as far as can be ascertained, by lawyers or rhetoricians. Strange to say, the error was only exposed by a foreigner applying for citizenship, whose ability to understand this foun dation stone of our givernment was being called into Judicial question A young German, who, five years ago, had taken out his “first papers"— that is, declared bls intention to be come an American citizen—was re eently taking out his “fiMl papers" in a court of the District. of the essential steps in this procedure Is the examination of the applicant by the judge as to his knowledge of the Con stitution. The form of the question is, by immemorial custom, as follows: “Have you read the Constitution of the United States, and, if so, do you understand it?” In this instance the young German, to the astonishment of the examining judge, replied: “Yes, your honor, and I think the men who wrote It did not know how to write correct English. The very first sentence is defective.” "What do you mean?” queried ths judge, bewildered by this foreign at tack upon the bulwark of our liberties. “Why," replied the German, “the first sentence says: ‘We, the people of the United States, in order to form a more perfect Union.’ Now, accord ing to the best, or indeed, any author ity, the word ’perfect’ means some thing that is by its very nature su perlative; it cannot be improved upon. How, then, could the people of the United States form a more perfect Union? If it was perfect before, they could add nothing to increase its per fection. It might be made more effec tive or more binding, bnt certainly not more perfect!" The young German got his paper® without more ado. Standardization. Standardization is not by any means the new and revolutionary thing that efficiency engineers and scientific management fakers would have you believe. Standardization is, in fact, as old ae the hills. Take wheels —buggy wheels, for ex ample. They are all the same stand ard size, and they are painted in just a few standard colors. When a bug gy wheel breaks, you don’t have to get one made to order. You replace it at any shop—it's standard size. All circus rings, the world over, are precisely the same diameter to an inch, no matter what may be the size of the tent itself. Thus the circus rider knows the angle at which he must lean —the angle of safety In Osh kosh Is the angle of safety in Copen hagen. Ladders are standardized. The hod carrier, with his heavy load, need nev er watch his step—for every step, or rung, oa a builder’s ladder is seven inches. Altered Hla Idea. Wrote Tomkins, the novelist: “Woman is Indeed a bright and beau tiful creature. Where she is there 1* a paradise; where she is not there is a desert. Her smile inspires love, and raises human nature nearer to the im mortal source of ita being. She is the ladder by which we climb from earth to heaven. She is the practical teach er of mankind, and the world would i be a void without her. Man Is a| wreck.” He left off just here, and went bom® and found that dinner wouldn't b® ready for another hour yet; and th® neighbors say his wife and he went at ft so much that his left eye is In a sling, and he's been compelled to wear a wig till his hair grows. A poem In six cantos, commencing “Woman is a wretch,” is now in th® press, and will shortly be published. Rumor whispers that the author is Tomkina.