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Germany's glut of highly educated
and poorly paid professional men Is a
warning to even the growing United
States.
Perry Heath noticed that among
the hundreds of delegates at Chicago,
only a score or two had long whiskers.
“This will undoubtedly be known as
the whiskerless convention," he said.
The Hartford Times remarks: “Rea
son for hope, for confidence, for good
cheer is abundant. The pessimist has
been doing a tremendous business for
six or eight months. The logic of
events is steadily forcing him to haul
down his black flag.”
Observes the St. Paul Despatch^ “As
the price of beef goes up, we hear first
that the cause is the general prosperity
and the high prices of other things;
next, that it is the scarcity of cattle;
next, that it is due to floods in the
Southwest. In every case, it is al
leged that something has happened
over which the packers have no con
trol. Wonder if anything is ever go
ing to happen to bring the aforesaid
prices down?”
It was in Germany that the fireless
cook-stove was perfected, and now
comes news from a special consular
agent that the Germans are making a
flreles railroad locomotive, notes
Youth’s Companion. It is equipped
with a boiler after the manner of oth
er locomotives, but the water in it is
heated to the necessary temperature
from a stationary plant. Enough power
-can be stored in it to operate it four
hours for switching purposes in a rail
road yard, and it does not take more
than fifteen minutes to charge it.
When somebody raised the question
whether Americans are competent to
teach English in Germany, Prof. Alois
Brandl, who lectures on English lang
uage and literature at the University
of Berlin, came to the defense of Am
ericans, chronicles the Youth’s Com
panion. He has expressed the opinion
that English is as well spoken gener
ally in this country as in England.
Prof. W. W. Skeat, lexicographer, ety
mologist and professor of Anglo-Saxon
at Cambridge University, agrees with
the German savant, and further de
clares that in America more zeal is
shown in the study of English than in
England. One reason for the import
ance of the study of English in Ameri
ca is that the language is that great
fluid in which we dissolve the foreign
elements.
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The pathos of speculation lies in this
direction, writes Charles F. Dole, in the
Atlantic. It is not wrong that the vil
lage schoolmaster, or the country min
ister, or the dressmaker with her scan
ty earnings, wishes to have a share in
the fabulous wealth which modern so
ciety is accumulating. They rightly
think “it would be fine” if their bit of
investment in the wonderful mine de
scribed in their denominational jour
nal turned out as successfully as they
hope. What they do not see is that
they have no business to hope for this
success; they do not know enough. No
one has taught them that every useful
or promising kind of speculation de
pends upon effort, skill, experience,
the play of intelligence upon the con
ditions of each new problem. Honor
able speculation is a form of science.
It is never mere cheap guess-w'ork. But
these innocent people—a great host of
them—are daily matching their ignor
ance against the loaded dice of those
whom their credulity tempts to make
a business of floating all kinds of
plausible and worthless enterprises.
Some curious statistics are given by
cu-j; Consul General at Frankfort as to
the number and sorts of animals killed
for food in Germany. Os bovine ani
mals the total is, in round numbers,
8,000,000, of hogs it is 16,000,000, Os
sheep and goats about 2,500,000, of
horses and “other solipeds” 135,239,
and —this is the most singular of the
items —of dogs 6472. Considering the
difference in weight, it- is a fair infer
ence, thinks the New York Times,
that the Germans eat about as much of
beef, with a small proportion of veal,
as they do of pork, while the percent
age of mutton must seem extremely
small to those who remember the role
it plays in the ordinary bill of fare.
The amount of horse flesh consumed is
*ot impressive. But it would be inter
esting to know what classes eat the
flesh of dogs. We do not know that it
is in any way inedible, unnourishing
or unwholesome. But it is the only
flesh of a carnivorous animal mention
ed, and it is usually associated with
desperate sieges and other occasions of
approaching starvation. As the above
figures are those of the official inspec
tors of meats, there can be no doubt
as to ths facts.
USED HIS VETO POWER
Governor Smith Disapprove*
Acts of Legislature.
POLICE'ANDFWENMUSTPAY
Municipalities Should Make Free Trans
portation of Employes Part of Consid
eration for Franchises.
Atlanta, Ga. —The activity of Gov
ernor Hoke Smith’s veto pen is a sub
ject of considerable comment at the
state capitol. Governor Smith has
vetoed four bills sent him by the leg
islature, and his disapproval hangs
over several more, it is stated.
The school book bill was the first
general bill to die under the govern
or’s pen stroke.
The appropriations to the agricul
tural experiment stations at Griffin
and Waycross went next.
Then came the death knell for the
bill allowing firemen and policemen
to accept free rides from street rail
ways.
The action of the governor in veto
ing the fireman-police pass bill creat
ed little surprise, as the impression
has been general that he would veto
the measure. He has no decided ob
jection to the policemen and firemen
riding free on the street cars, but he
insists that the companies be made
to haul them free in return for priv
ileges they receive from the several
municipalities of the state. He is op
posed to the men accepting free trans
portation from the companies, wheth
er it be a courtesy to the city or a
courtesy to the men.
The veto also fell with fatal effect
on the local bill abolishing the city
court of Barnesville.
The bill appropriating $5,000 each
to the experiment stations at Griffin
and Waycross was also vetoed by
Governor Smith. The governor stat
ed in connection with his veto that
he does not consider the institution
at Waycross a branch experiment sta
tion, and reiterates his opinion, ex
pressed in his inaugural address,
that the experiment station at Griffin
should be moved to the State College
of Agriculture at Athens.
It is doubtful if any governor of
Georgia during the past twenty-five
years has established such a record
for killing bills as has Governor
Smith this year.
The governor has approved the
measure known as the “money shark”
bill.
Railroad Granted Charter.
Atlanta, Ga.—A charter was grant
ed by Secretary of State Phil Cook
to the Atlanta Northeastern aßilroad
company, which proposes to construct
a railroad between Atlanta and the
town of Cumming, passing through
the towns of Alpharetta and Roswell,
a distance of about forty miles. It
is set forth in the petition that the
line will be operated by “steam, gaso
line, animals or electricity,” or such
other mechanical power as may be
decided upon. The present purpose
is said, is to use electrical power.
The company is to be capitalized at
$50,000.
State News in Brief.
John D. Rockefeller himself was
among the contributors to the purse
that has just been presented to Rev.
.C. T. Walker of Augusta, better
known as the “Black Spurgeon,” on
account of the twenty-fifth anniver
sary of his taking charge of Thank
ful Baptist church, in that city. Mr.
Rockefeller sent his check for SIOO.
At a meeting of the school board
of Rome, the' rule making married
women ineligible as teachers in the
Rome public schools, which has been
In force for the past ten years, was
repealed, and Mrs. M. Reid was elect
ed to fill the vacancy occasioned by
the resignation of Miss Clara Rhodes
as teacher of the sixth grade A, in
the Rome public schools.
On a charge of insubordination two
members of the Macon fire depart
ment, one of the'm a captain, were
dismissed from the service of the
city by the fire committee.
Hon. John H. Reynolds, president
of the First National Bank of Rome,
and heretofore a lifelong democrat,
has consented to the use of his name
as a candidate for elector from the
state at large on the prohibition tick
et. It is said that W. S. Witham of
Atlanta will be the candidate for the
other elector’s place. There is a
strong prohibition element in Floyd
county, and their leaders seem to
have severed their connection with
the national democracy, and to be
working for the success of Chafin
and Watkins.
The confederate veterans of Bulloch
county held their annual reunion at
Statesboro. About a hundred and
twenty veterafls formed under the
“stars and bars” on the court house
square under command of Captain
Haglns, and being preceded by a brass
band, they marched to Brannen park,
where a crowd numbering about five
thousand listened to a stirring ad-
With $272,000 of cash in hand, and
twenty-five thousand dollars more
easily in sight, the Central Bank and
Trust Corporation of Atlanta, re
ceiver of the Neal Bank, will be ready
in September to declare another 20
per cent dividend to Neal Bank de
positors. The receiver Is now await
ing the summons of the court, and it
is understood that Judge W. D. El
lis of the superior court, on his re
turn from his vacation, will ask for
a statement of the bank’s affairs and
will issue a formal order.
The newly organized “Boosters’
Cluib” of Augusta met in the most
pretentious assemblage yet gathered
together since the club was formed.
The principal matter on hand at that
time was the selection of a suitable
club button design, and the lady
whose suggestion was accepted was
given a handsome present.- The
club also thinks pf establishing a
freight bureau.
The Georgia and Florida railroad is
.being rapidly pushed forward. The
rails will soon be laid to the Altama
ha river.
i
I THROUGHOUT THE STATE
The Georgia Launderers’ Associa
tion in session at Savannah decided
> to hold a convention in 1909 at Ty
bee next August. They elected the
following officers: President, Eugene
H. Wilson, Atlanta; first vice presi
r dent, A. W. Solomon, Savannah; sec
ond vice president, J. Julius, Colum
bus; secretary and treasurer, C. F.
Owens, Albany. The delegates nam
> ed to the national convention in Cin
cinnati in October were A. W. Solo
mon of Savannah, George Fauss and
J. Frank Beck of Atlanta.
Because the government has refus
ed them an experiment staion, the
’ farmers of Beech Island, across the
' river from Augusta, are determined
’ to construct and maintain one of their
. own. Messrs. Carey Lamar and Ma
jor Henry Hammond, both planters on
. a large scale, have just returned from
; a consultation with Governor Ansel,
but state there is no hope that either
state or government will establish the
desired station. The plan of the isl
anders is to start the station them
, selves and to have government ex
perts pay visits as often as practica
ble to give the directors advantage of
the government agricultural research
es. All expenses are to be borne by
the associated farmers.
i None of Floyd county’s three rep
• resentatives will be present at the
■ special session of the legislature, call
i ed for the 25th. Hon. Seaborn Wright
> is on a lecture tour of the West, in
i eluding Colorado, Wyoming and Ore
■ gone, and will not return until the
I first of October. Hon. L. A. Dean is
■ on a business trip to Denver that will
■ keep him away until the first of Sep
■ tember. Hon. R. L. Chamblee is
. away on a business trip to New York,
and Floyd county -will not be repre
: sented at the special session.
A primary was held at Guyton for
mayor and aidermen of the town for
‘ the next term. There were two tick
ets submitted to the white voters of
the town. Mr. Edwards opposed J.
E. Neilinger for mayor. Mr. Edwards
received four more votes than J. S.
' Neidlinger and was declared the nom
' inee for mayor. The following were
nominated for aidermen: M. B. Por- 1
’ ter, J. J. Shearouse, George C. Guer
‘ rard, J. H. Shearouse.
Work is in progress on the new
t $50,009 fertiliezr plant of the Road
, Phosphate Company of Nashville,
I Tenn., which is being constructed on
• the A., B. and A. railroad, near Cor
dele. It is stated that the establish
, ment will be ready to run within 60
- days, handling the business of the
two states of Georgia and Alabama
for the approaching season. The ca
pacity of the plant will be about 25,-
000 tons a season.
E. F. Wilson and J. W. Sanders of
Zenith killed twenty-one rattle snakes
in the creek swamp in one day re
cently. The large one was four feet
long and had thirteen rattles and the
remaining twenty were eighteen inch
’ es long and had one rattle each. The
snakes were found under a long is
Beaver creek swamp.
W. C. Usher of Augusta, who at
i tempted to murder his wife at Sibley
i Mill a few days ago by shooting her
. three times, and then turned the pis
; tol on himself, is dead, as the res- ,
suit of his wounds. His wife is re
covering from her wounds, and will
be out shortly.
i A movement is being made by the
1 Macon chamber of commerce to fur
• nish nearly all of the towns of cen
’ tral Georgia with daily cotton and
■ stock market reports. The organiza
■ tion is working with the Southern
■ Bell Telephone Company to perfect
• the plans. The object is to give each
■ city five calls per day. In this man
; ner other business than that of the
L markets could be transacted by the
> out-of-town subscribers.
i Directors of the Americus Carnegie
> library awarded the building contract
■ and work upon the handsome struc
’ ture cost $20,000 will begin within a
> few days. Little & Phillips of Cor
-1 dele secured the building contract.
dress delivered by Hon. Pleasant A.
, Stovall of Savannah. His subject
. was the two great commanders that
: Georgia gave to the confederacy, Gor
i don and Longstreet. He lamented
the fact that Longstreet had listened
to strange voices and gone among
strange people at the time when
’ Georgia was prostrated and needed
! his services most; referring to Gor
’ don, the orator paid a high tribute ,
’ to men who were manly enough to
' live for their state. After the address
, the veterans were banqueted at Jaeck
' el Hotel.
1 Exetremely alarming reports are be
) ing received at Sparks daily of the
i very serious deterioration of the cot
> ton crop all over that section. Three
i weeks ago it was the general opinion
that a bumper crop of cotton would
be made in this section, but the dry,
‘ hot weather has already cut the crop
off 40 to 50 per cent.
‘ Except in a few sections, which sut
-3 sered a drouth some weeks ago, crop
' prospects in Hall county were never
better Indications now are that
large crops of cotton and corn will be
’ raised. The fact that prospects are
3 good for crops, creates a very helpful
feeling among all the people.
Tol H. Littlejohn, an old citizen of
i Floyd county, has fallen heir to a for
-1 tune. His uncle and namesake, T.
' H Littlejohn, of Brooklyn, N. Y„ has
just died and, being a bachelor, has
J willed him his entire fortune, consist
’ in°- of $30,000 in cash and two blocks
: of buildings in that city, estimated to
be worth SIOO,OOO.
The Boosters’ Club of Augusta of-
r ‘ fers a prize of $5 to the lady who
1 suggests the most appropriate design
for a club button.
A Hoke Smith day, a Joe Brown
t day a Jones day, a home coming day
1 and’ probably a Bryan day are some
! of the features planned for the Geor
t gia state fair that is to be held in
1 Macon this fall. On top of this the
„ most liberal premiums will be given.
- The premium committee has just de
p cided to fix the first prize for the best
a county agricultural exhibit at SI,OOO.
Gainesville has a “city beautiful”
s league, which‘is doing good work in
0 beautifying the streets, lawns, public
1 buildings and parks of that city.
CONFIDENCE
IS HALF THE BATTLE
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HOPE AND CONTENTMENT 4
IS THE SECRET OF LIFE I
When you buy, buy from people you know, in whom
you have confidence and whom you can trust.
You know OSCAR BLOODWORTH
You have known and trusted him all his life and never once have you
been deceived by him. He is a Wwli'h pride. He is a member of the
every Wllkinsonian can point to llkinson county product, and one that
new firm of
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If you wish to know something con
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when we say that we can give a com
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