The Bamberg herald. (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, June 30, 1904, Image 2
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CTY LIGHTS.
It's a -n>nd<d, luring city, and its myt'ad
of lights,
Show a glow upon the heavens to the counV
^ try boy o' nights..
* "Come," they beckon o'er the valley.
"come to wealth and power and
praise;
It's for you the world is waiting," and
the countrv bov obeys.
K,
Now the lights are thick about him, blinking,
flaring everywhere.
Turning gloomy night the blacker, shedding
clown a sickly glare
On the hunted, haunted faces, on the folly
and the pride,
Raising miles of dismal shadow walls
where fear and failure hide.
?Twas
a snlcndid. luring city when its host
of gleaming lights
Cast a glow upon the heavens for the country
boy o' nights;
But its heart is l>ke a cavern, and its face
is seared with scars.
And its sky so fills with gaslight that he
cannot see the stars.
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| Literary Niece.
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VST riCKLEBUKY was
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V M a 11 01U Iliciiu. .\Ul tiiiiL uiu i
O JX Q maids need, of necessity to
X K be in anywise different
from the rest of the world.
V Only Aunt Picklebury was different.
She had, as it were, a vein of original '
ity running through her. She liked to
.wear her broche shawl wrong side out,
|a- and to tie her ribbons askew, and to
iv put the flowers on the right hand side '
' of her bonnet, while all the world was
1 .wearing theirs on the left hand side.
And she could afford to cultivate as
large a crop of peculiarities as she
2 pleased, for Aunt Picklebury had
money. It had been part of her peculiarity
to emigrate West and buy lands
just when all her relatives were located
in a snug little Eastern town.
"Are you crazy, Melissa?" her married
sister had plaintively demanded.
"No," Miss Picklebury had answered,
"but I want breathing room."
The lands had risen in value with
-? ^ -1-?i :,j . +K/v n-^vct_
p; almost lauuiuus lupiunj, mc ncsiern
settlement had grown into a young
pi city, and Miss Melissa Picklebury was
% rieh.
She sat knitting; with a magazine
gj-\r:v open on her lap, one bright October
" morning, when Harry Hay den came
!?,. in, the junior member of the firm of
Hoyt & Hayden. who transacted Miss
Melissa's legal business.
' "'Crying, Miss Picklebury?" he exjfs
claimed, cheerily. "Why, what on
earth is the matter?"
Bp "Was I crying?" asked Miss Ticklebury,
somewhat shamefacedly.
44We 11, you couldn't help it j*ourself.
Harry, if you had been reading this
^ story. It's by my literary niece?the
prettiest little thing you ever saw.-'
pif-? . "The story, or the niece?"
"The story, of course. I never saw
my literary niece, but I dare say she
W- is rawboned and sallow, with holes in
the elbows of her frock and grease
spots on her apron. But she writes
.well; there's no denying that. I read
all her papei:, and I almost always
|P lailgh and cry over them. It's a great
I talent, Harry."
"So it is," assented the young man,
carelessly.
"I have written East for one of my
sister's girls to come and stay with
me," said Aunt Picklebury; "I told
them to forward her by express. She'll
b> here this afternoon. I want you
to go to the office and meet her."
"The literary niece?" said Harry,
g, laughing.
"Goodness forbid!" said Aunt Picklebury,
with a grimace. "I want no
Ink spots on my chintz bedroom furni.
ture, and fine frenzies about sunsets
and autumn leaves and things. I wrote
to Polly to send me a homespun, sensible
girl, that would be a companion
io me; not a full-fledged fashionable
young lady."
"All right," said Mr. Hayden.
Miss Picklebury looked after the
young man as he strode away over the
' - dead drifts of yellow leaves that lay
In the road.
"A nice young fellow, that," said
he to herself, "with no airs and graces
about him. I like him. Perhaps"?
Miss Picklebury was by no means free
from the feminine trait of castle-buildIng?"he
will fall in love with my sensible
niece. If be docs, he shall have
my blessing."
The niece by express arrived that
night just as Miss Picklebury was sitting
down to tea. She was slight and
graceful and dark eyed, with a clover
pink complexion, and a laughing, dimpled
mouth. ^ Aunt Picklebury liked
the looks of "lier.
"What is your name, my dear?" she
said.
? "Clara," said the newcomer.
"You are very pretty," said Miss
Picklebury. "I think I shall like
you."
"And I know I shall like you. Aunt
Melly," said Clara with a great hug of
the old lady's plump, cushiony form.
"Let me see," said Miss Picklebury;
"there are three of you?the literary
one, the school teaching one, and the
sensible one."
"I hope we are all sensible, aunt,"
said Clara, coloring a little.
"I hope so, too." said the old lady;
"but I have my doubts on the subject.
I am afraid of literary folks, and I
don't like schoolma'ams. Can you
sew?"
"Oh, yes, aunt dear."
"And darn stockings, and put on
neat patches, and mend linens?"
"Of course I can." .
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fee: " ;
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"Can you cook?" ?
"I'll show you to-morrow, Aunt Melly."
"Oh," said Miss Picklebury, "I've
an idea that the literary one and the
school teaching one are rather inefficient.
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"Indeed, aunt, you are quite mistaken.
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"Oh, well, never mind all that." said
Miss Ficklebury. "Only I'm .dad your
mamma sent me the sensible one of
the family."
Clara Courtenny plunged into the
domestic details of Miss Picklebury's
establishment like a Dee into a honeysuckle
bell. She made preserves, con
COCICU. CiiKC ;iiiu it't ciru in jmi?, .-^v.
cleaned the house after a style that
made Aunt Picklebury open her eyes
in admiration; she nepapered the best
room, and "was discovered by Harry
1-Iayden on the top of a step ladder,
with her chestnut braids tied up in
a towel, whitewashing.
"Isn't she charming, Harry?" Aunt
ricklebury demanded contidentially.
"Delicious!" the young k.wyer answered
with .mphasis.
And so he came autumn evenings,
while Aunt Melissa hustled away in
the corner and took shrewd and not
unsatisfactory note of things in general.
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"Tell me about your sister," he said
one evening.
"Which sister?" said Clara, who was
skillfully putting together a marvellous
mathematical silk quilt of her
.aunt's.
"The authoress?"
"Oh." said Clara. "Wei1, she is o
good deal-like me."
"As young?"
"Oh, yes."
"As pretty?"
"Now, that's nonsense." said Clara,
seriously. "Of course, both my sisters
are a great deal better looking than 1
am."
"I have read her writings, some of
them," said Harry, "and if I wasn't
afraid she was spectacled and inky I
should almost be tempted to fall in
love with her. Would she love me,
do you think?"
Clara colored and bent closer over
her work.
"I?I don't know whether she would
or not" said she.
"Well, I shall not try," said Hayden,
laughing. "To tell you the truth, Clara,
I have always had a holy horror of
authoresses." i
"Very complimentary to my sister,"
said Clara, pouting a little.
And of course Harry had to pacify
her. and just then Bridget called Miss
Picklebury into the kitchen, and when
she came back the young people had
great news to tell her. They were engaged!
"Ah!" said Miss Fic-klebury, rubbing
her nose with her knitting needle, "I'm
glad to hear it. I knew my sensible
niece would be appreciated here in.
the West."
Mrs. Squire Seaberry came to the
office of Hoyt & Hayden the next
morning.
"Oh, Mr. Hayden," said she, "such
a star as I hope to secure for my reception
to-night! A real, live authoress.
And to think that she has been
living incognito among us for so long!"
"Whom are you alluding to?" asked
the puzzled lawyer.
"Miss Courtenay, of course. Annie
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Luuntua,*, iuc uuuivitoc.
"Oh. you are mistaken." said our lie.
ro. "This young lady is Clara Courtenay."
"Annje Clara Courtenay," distinctly
enunciated Mrs. Scaberry, wisely nodding
her head. "Don't you see? Annie
C. Courtenay?that's her invariable
signature."
. Harry Hayden went to the Tickleberry
mansion as soon as he could
decently get rid of Mrs. Squire Seaberry.
"Clara," said he, "what is your first
name?"
Miss Courtenay colored scarlet.
"Annie," she answered. "Why?"
"Because," said he. dryly. "I hare
just discovered that Miss Ticklebury's
sensible niece is also her literary
niece."
Clara hung down her head.
"Harry, are you very angry with
me?"
"Xot a bit. Didn't I tell you I vras
almost tempted to fall in love with
Annie Courtenay?"
"You see," pleaded Clara, "Susie has
just commenced a course of German,
and Marian couldn't leave her School,
and?there seemed no one but me to
come. And I thought aunt would forgive
me even if I did write stories for
the papers."
"I'll answer for her pardon," said
Harry Hayden, laughing.
Miss Picklebury was a little astonished
at first, but with Clara's arms
around her neck, she could only forgive
the sly little diplomatist.
"Who would have suspected you of
being literary.*' said she.?Stirling Observer.
TThat Gold Eeaterg Can Do.
Gold beaters, by hammering, can reduce
gold leaves so thin that 2S2.000
? 1*?/I nnnn norOl ntllfvr tn nro
iUUSl U<_" IU1U .-..v.. 4--duce
the thickness of an inch; yet
each leaf is so perfect and free from
holes that one of them laid upon any
surface, as in gilding, gives the appearance
of solid gold. They are so
thin that, if formed into a book 1500
would only occupy the space of a single
leaf of common paper, and an octavo
volume of an inch thick would
have as many pages as the books of
a well stocked library of 1500 volumes
with 200 pages each.
Expensive China.
At the Hotel Drouot, in Paris, a dish
of old Rouen faience with blue and
red decorations brought $1181. A hollow
dish of old Rouen, with blue decoration
in the Chinese style, realized
$253, and another, decorated with blue
, eupids, brought $243.
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j jj STATE NEWS ITEMS. ^
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Lee Green Not Guilty.
j An Aiken county jury found Lee j
I Green not guilty of ihe murder of j
1 Abram Surasky ,a Jew peddler.
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Stubbs Kills Woman.
Roxie Stubbs shot and instantly
killed Lizzie Miller, at Cripple CreeK,
a suburb of Greenville.
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Miss Cadell, of Gadsden, Ala., seMiss
Cadell, of Gadsden, Ala., was
! secured to conduct the department of
i drawing and sketching. She will asI
sume her duties Tuesday, July 5th.
! The school will continue four weeks,
1 including Saturdays, and will close
; July 23d.
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Lamp Explosion Causes Fire.
At Chester, a few days ago, the explosion
of a kerosene lamp in one of
! the houses in Neal's quarter started a
J small fire and four houses were Jej
stroyed before the fire could be conj
trolled. The houses were occupied by
; negroes and were fully insured.
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Newberry's Summer School.
Newberry's summer school for the
teachers of the county opened in the
j graded school building under most flatj
tering auspices. Professor S. J. Derrick,
principal, has associated with
him in his work Misses Kate Lou
Neel and Elizabeth Dominick, all of
Newberry.
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Will Die on Gallows.
A Columbia news item states that
Hoyt Hayes, the young w-hite man convicted
at Walhalla, Oconee county,
some time ago of the murder of his
j wife, will hang unless there is interi
ferenre hv the chief executive. The
supreme court of the state has ren- I
dered a decision sustaining the court
and dismissing the appeal.
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Spring Opens With Ball.
The opening ball at Harris Lithia
Springs, near, Waterloo, the famous
rescrt in upper Carolina, was given
i Friday evening. It was considered one
if the most successful openings the
Springs has ever yet enjoyed. A large
end gay party, representing every
county in the upper part of the state,
was in attendance. Twenty couples
went from Laurens, driving down in
carriages.
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Bishop Dedicates Church.
Bishop W. W. Duncan dedicated the
new church at Sharon last Sunday
and a large number of people from
Spartanburg was present. The new edifice
is built on the site of the old
church, which was one of the historical
landmarks of the county. The occasion
was a very auspicious one for
the people of the Reidviiie secnon.
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Sheriff Gets Convict Prisoner.
Sheriff Calloway, of* Wilkes county,
Georgia, was in Spartanburg a few
days since en route home from Union,
having in custody Ben Williams,
a white man, who is an escaped convict.
Williams was serving a five
} year sentence in the county above
mentioned for larceny. He effected his
escape from the gang and at the time
of his second arrest was engaged at j
work on the Neal Shoals dam, in Union
county.
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Youth Mysteriously Disappears.
Forrest, the 5-year-old son of H. D.
! Berv, of Dillon, left the home of his
j parents June 15, riding a bicycle and
' going in the direction of Bennetts;
ville. Nothing has been heard of him
since that date, and fears are entertained
that he has met with foul play.
He is described as having light hair
and complexion and a scar on his up!
per lip.
Summer School at Laurens.
The county summer school for
teachers opened at Laurens in the
: graded school building, with a large
i attendance, and with Professor Frank
! Evans, superintendent of the Spar-1
tanburg graded schools, in charge of
the institute. He is ably assisted by
Prcfesor B. Y. Culbertson, principal of
the Madden High School, this county.
and Miss Maude Inez Tillman, ct
the graded school faculty, of Salis- j
bury, N. C.
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Physician Undergoes Operation.
Dr. F. L. Potts, who left Spartanburg
several weeks ago for Philadelphia,
to undergo a second operation
for apendiciti& is improving rapidly
from his illness .according to reports
from the Quaker City, from the surgical
treatment and is expected to return
home at an early day. His improvement
is the source of much gratification
to his many friends in Spartanburg.
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BROUGHTON FLAYED'
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Well Known Atlanta Divine i
Attacked By Police Chief.
WAS IN BARBER'S CHAIR
Remarks by Dr. Broughton'in Sermon
Wherein Chief of Police Westbrook
Was Scored the Cause
of the Trouble.
At Albany, Ga., Monday afternoon
R. N. Westbrook, chief of police, assaulted
Dr. Len G. Broughton, of Atlanta,
with a rawhide whip. The attack
was made in a Broad street barber
shop. The encounter caused wild
excitement.
The trouble started Sunday afternoon
when Dr. Broughton, who is leading
a series of meetings at Auditorium,
stated in the presence of a large
congregation that rottenness pervaded
the city government of Albany. He
specifically charged that Westbrook
had been taken from a house of questionable
resort in a state of. intoxica
8R0KE UP THE HOUSE.
Sensational Incident Occurs in Georgia
General Assembly Over Proposition
to Honor Cleveland.
A resolution, the object of which
was to indorse in unqualified terms
Grover Cleveland fcr the democraiu
nomination for the presidency,
brought a sudden termination to the
session of the Georgia house of representatives
Monday some forty minutes
before the regular hour of adjournment,
and in more or less confusion.
The hcuso adjourned without acting
on the resolution, but after having
refused on viva voce vote to lay
it on the table. The Clevelandites
view this action in the nature of a
partial victor}*; the anti-Clevelandites
assert that the resolution would have !
been defeated had it come to a vote.
The interesting feature of the matter
is that a resolution proposing to
indorse Cleveland or anybody else
should result in breaking up the session
of the house, andi that, too, in
disorder somewhat cn the line that!
is usually prevalent at political conventions.
The Cleveland resolution, which was
Introduced by Speaker Morris, of
Cobb, referred to him as "America's
greatest statesman." An amendment
was offered by Mr. Boykin, of Lincoln,
proposing to strike the name of
Grover Cleveland and to substitute
that of Judge Alton B. Parker, of New
York, "America's greatest jurist." But
the amendment never got to a vote,
nor did any other motion in connection
with the resolution except the
motion to t ab he.
Early in the session the house
passed a resolution by Mr. Cann, of |
Chatham, providing that the general
assembly should adjourn from July 2
to July 11 for the purpose of attending
the national democratic convention at
St. Louis. This resolution went
through on viva voce vote with little
opposition, but was defeated in the
senate.
However, later in the session and
following the line of Mr. Cann's resolution,
Speaker Morris introduced the
following resolution, which immediately
aroused a storm:
"The general assembly having passed
a joint resolution to adjourn from
July 2 to July 11 for the purpose of 1
attending the democratic national I
convention at St. Louis in a body,
therefore be it resolved by the house,
that the special train carrying the
general assembly of the state of Geor-1
gia to the natuional convention be dec-1
orated in flags and colors in favor of !
the United States' greatest statesman,
Grover Cleveland, for the next nom!-1
nation of the democratic party for
president of the United States."
LIARS SORELY HARRASS BELL.
General in Charge of Colorado Martial
Law District is Wrathy.
A special from Cripple Creek, Colo.,
says: Genera! Sherman M. Bell, who
is governing Teller county under,
martial law, has issued another statement
for publication in which he says:
"There are one thousand lies being
written about me. I am acting under
orders of the governor of the state of
Colorado. He stands for peace and
quiet and good government, and has
instructed 'me to see to it that the
Western Federation of Miners shall
not directly nor indirectly murder any
more men, and they shall not So far
as placing Denver under martial law
is concerned, that rests solely with
the governor, provided he should see
fit to do so. I am his adjutant general
commanding the military forces of
the state and will see to it that hundreds
of bad men are deported, and
after martial law has finally been I
called off, if the citizens permit the j
cattle I intend to deport to return,
that will be their business. No man !
who wants to work will be molested,
but the person who lives solely and
only by his mouth, provided Governor
Peabcdy gives me the word, will have
to emigrate. The time for temporizing
talk in Colorado has pissed. What'
we ought to do now is to act."
SARATOGA BANK CLOSES.
Run on Another Institution Led Officials
to Be Cautious.
The First National bank of Saratoga,
N. Y., was not opened for business
Monday. A notice signed by Na-j
tional Bank Examiner Van Vrankin
and posted on the door, stated that at j
the request of the directors and by j
| order of the comptroller of currency,'
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: me earns. was civbcu.
I A run which began on the Citizens'
I national bank Saturday led many to
1 be apprehensive of a financial raid by
j small depositors on the First National
bank.
APOLOGY NOT SUFFICIENT.
' Germany to Demand Reparation for
Stoning of Her Minister in Haiti.
i The German government has decided
to send a warship to Port-au-Prince,
Haiti, after having agreed with the
, French government that a simple apology
was not sufficient reparation on
j the part of the government of Haiti
. for the recent stoning of the French
' and German ministers.
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tion. He prom 1 sea 10 proauce arnaavIts
to sustain, his charges if they were
desired. Westbrook denied the charges
and his friends confidently stated be
forehand that he would personally resent
them.
The oall opened Monday afternoon
when Cruger Westbrook, a son of the
chief, made a personal attack on H
W. Jordan, who has been taking a
prominent part in the revival meetings
and who, it was alleged, had furnished
'Dr. Broughtcn with the information
trhich had been used in the
sensational charges made.
Monday afternoon just before 6
o'clock, Dr. Broughton went into a
Broad street barber shop, accompanied
by several of his friends. In a
few minutes be was followed by Chief
Westbrook. Dr. Broughtcn was in a
barber's chair. Westbrook made several
inquiries as to which of thp several
gentlemen who were being
shaved was the Atlanta divine. As
eoon as he identified Dr. Broughton
the chief produced a heavy rawhide
whip and struck him three* or four
times, but owing to the interference of
a dozen persons the blows did not
take full effect. There #were several
side' fights precipitated in the excitement.
It is charged -by a number of
persons who were present that Dr.
Broughton had a pistol and threatened
to use it.* He assumed the defensive
with a heavy iron -cuspidor, held
tightly in one hand, the other hand
being thrust into one of his coat pockets.
Westbrook used some unprintable
language in denouncing Dr.
Broughton, who did not reply. The
chief said:
"I will beat you to a frazzle if I
have to follow yqu to Atlanta."
The affair has created intense xxcitement
and further sensational developments
are predicted.
Dr. Broughton wired the following
account to The Atlanta Constitution:
"Albany, G-a., June 27.?* Special.)?
1 was attacked in a barber shop here
this afternoon by the chief of police
and struck over tne neaa wun some- >
thing like a loaded butt end of a j
whip. Friends protected and a mob j
was threatened. Albany's good peo- j
pie, including the mayor, are enraged
at such a cowardly attack No wound
from the lick.?Len G. Broughton."
NO TICKETS ON SALE.
All Arrangements for Democratic
Convention at St. Louis Complete.
No tickets of admittance to the democratic
national convention, which be
gins at the Coliseum in St. Louis on
July 6, will be on sale and there will
be but three avenues through which
they may be secured?the Business
Men's League, through the courtesy of
members of the democratic national
committee or the delegates, who are
assigned three each, besides their
own, in all. they amount to 10.S04,
plus a few excess, the number of
which will not be known until the
convention opens.
| JUDGE GRAY FOR CLEVELAND.
Well Known Delaware Jurist Expresses
Preference as to Nominee.
A special from Wilmington,' Eel,
! says: Judge George Gray has ex- j
pressed his hope that former Presi- j
dent Grover Cleveland would be nominated
for the presidency by the St.
! Louis convention. Next to Cleveland
he favors Judge Parker for the nomi- j
j nation.
I "I have repeatedly stated that I am j
j not, and will not be a candidate for \
i the presidential nomination. !
"I have also repeatedly said that I
am in favor of Judge Parker if Mr. j
Cleveland is out of the question.
CATTLE IN PHILIPPINES.
Three Carloads of Fancy Jerseys Go
from the Mississippi State College.
Three carloads of fancy grade Jersey
cattle have been shipped from
Mississippi Agricultural and Mechanical
College to the Philippine islands.
This is the first shipment of blooded
cattle made from the United States
to the Philippines since the American
i acquisition of these islands.
exists between our common schools
and the state university, the School
of Technology, and other ~ colleges ' '
throughout th? state. . . /
"With pardonable pride I think the
state may look upon the continued improvement
in her convict system. An
examination of the systems of other
states, where conditions are similar >3t
lo those in Georgia, will show that we #
are far in the lead.
"The act passed at your last session
disposing of the %onvicts for a period
of five years, commencing April 1, * 1
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GOVERNOR'S MESSAGE.
Some Important Recommendations for
the Consideration of Georgia's ,
Lawmakers.
Governor Terrell's annual message <
to the general assembly of Georgia
contains many timely suggestions, as
the folowing extracts will show:
"I call your attention to and invite ^
your consideration of the growing sen- ,
timent in our state in favor of placing
around our primary elections every
safeguard necessary to make them ab- *:solutely
fair in every particular. These
elections are now practically the
equivalent of general elections in j* 4
Georgia, and no voter should be allowed
to vote therein unless constitutionally
and in pursuance of law
eligible to do so, ana every vote aeposited
should be sacredly guarded, , ^
and with scrupulous honesty counted.
"The scarcity of labor during the
growing and harvesting season has ,
become a serious problem to the farm- ^ ?
ers of Georgia, and similar conditions i
throughout the southern states have
checked the production of cotton * *
Beyond question it is wise to enocurage
the immigration to our state
of thrifty American people. This has ^ ?
been the policy of western states, and
their growth in wealth,productive power,
and all that makes a commonwealth
great, has excited the wonder ^
and admiration of the world. Immigration
may be best encouraged
through a state commission, and I
recommend that one be established.
* * * The railways of the west are
working hard to induce our popula- ^
tion to leave us. Texas alone has 75,000
Georgians. If we do not set counter
influences to work, the drain will .
increase, and the labor problem will
become far more serious than it is at
present.
"The inflexible rule of the constitution
which torbids the creation of
any new county, has brought about in
some sections unexpected and unintentional
hardships. The matter is
one calling for an appropriate amend- ,
ment to the constitution providing for
the creation of new counties up to a
fixed limit, or by such other legislation
as will meet a condition of serious and
permanent hardship to many good citi- t
zens who are entitled to relief. #
"In my message of November 8,
1902, your attention was earnestly
called to the propriety of exempting
college endowments from taxation, 1
where the fund is not so invested as
to come into actual competition with
the business and commercial interests
of other citizens. $
"I wish to urge again upon your far
vorable consideration the question of
agricultural schools, as presented in
my message of November 8, 1902. I
feel sure that a thorough investigation
of the question will convince you
that such schools will supply, in a
vprv larae degree, the gap which now.
l'JU4f nas oeeu can iCU l&iCV W44W?f IIH
seems to be operating very satisfactorily
in those counties which met the
requirements of the act for the work- ing
of such convicts. There is a provision,
however, in section 4, of the
act, to which I desire to call your spe- ^
cial attention and suggest the propriety
of an amendment thereto.
The governor calls special attention
to the necessity of equalization of
tax returns and quotes from his mes- ?
sage of last year on this subject
TROPHY WON BY THE OREGON.
Famous Battleship Excelled in Gunnery
Contest. ' ^
It was officially determined by the
navy department Wednesday that the
battle ship Oregon was entitled to
the trophy for excellence in gunnery
in the last annual target practice for
which the ships of the navy have been
in competition and the award was ?r
dered made accordingly. ^
COCAINE TRADE BARRED.
Judge Calhoun, of Atlanta City Court, A
Issues Portentious Edict.
Under a ruling made by Judge Calhoun
in the criminal court at Atlanta, *>'
the places where cocaine is sold to ^ '
people addicted to the use of the poisonous
drug must go out of the business,
or be ready for a conviction
when evidence is found against them. f
The ruling was that the subterfuge
used by such resorts by which alleged
prescriptions are given will no longer ^
be tolerated in Judge Calhoun's court.
FOUGHT OVER VACANT SEAT.
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1 Deplorable Murder Mars a Picnic
Gathering at Adrian, G?.
A.t a picnic at Adrian, Ga., Friday,
. Ed Spivey, of Adrian, and Charles Hili
ton, of Vidalia, became involved in a
! fracas in which Spivey shot and in- <
I stantly killed Hilton. Spivey claims
he shot in self defense.
His clothes were cut and a kniie 9
! was found in the dead man's hands.
} The trouble was brought about by
j Hilton occupying a seat which Snivc-y
j had vacated for a short time to get
sume water.
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