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Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-07-27
ADOPT COMPULSORY EDUCATION

general assembly
than
he compulsory bill.
principle
compulsory far behind of her sister
this long
the state, indicated
constitutes which should
which be
awakened to the need OF
concerned The
hardship They still so
every might easily within its
there
who denv their children opportunities them by the
what they will not do without
suggested it has been indorsed
the people There
of without
seriously handicapped
the struggle blame them they speak In terms
which they the victims in
compulsory
the bill
will hersen In line
there should be delay IN
maxi wise the rising generation
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-07-27
PRESERVE THE COMA1LSSIoN INTACT.

It is earnestly hoped general assembly will allow
political vindictvene by adopting the
abohng the office of rate expert and
special attorney the commission.
Stated this proposition nothing but
Gambler and Her from the commission
administration which provided the
special attorney board the
of the commission
1t the railroad commission of
wisely extended street railroads
its volume of bus
mess amounting dollars annually The railroad
Georgia forty millions of dol
lars every year responsibility
which
people The life and limbs we'll the
business prosperity people at stake
wisdom of Solomon himself could give
carriers and other public utilities
of busnessand pretended that the
with of its most valuable members eliminated would
be of Solomons
provision the
and he should be retained The chairman
should left undsurbed
concerned should
than he attend would be
special which litigation
the commission should have special attorney of its
quite take the
transportation utility the
assistance special
when the
commission
when
a supervision
the special
the which the of Georgia
pending bill will be regarded
wisdom craftsmanship
SionA
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-07-27

Should the great seal Of Georgia be-
come entirely worn out and all the
tracings obliterated on the two silver
dies constituting the seal, would impor-
tant documents, requiring the SEAL De
legal without it's Imprint The question
is an interesting one.
The great seal after being described
In the constitution is made legal by
clause which says THAT now IN use
shall be the Great Seal of Georgia un-
til otherwise provided by law This
refers not only to the design but to
the original silver discs which were first
placed In use in 1893.
After being in almost continuous use for
109 years the great seal has become only
two smooth and shining pieces of metal
with nearly all the letters in the legend
and most of the tracing in the rest or
the engraving worn away.
No one disputes the fact that the leg
islature may at any time order new
seal made or provide for change in the
present one by a simple enactment but
the question comes up, should the silver
discs go out of commission entirely dur
ing a vacation season of the legislature,
would charters and commissions and
other documents be valid without the
use of the official seal.
Some eminent authorities, among them
former Governor Gambler, are of the
opinion that the secretary of state may
at any time, without any further au-
thority than that vested in him as Gus
todian of the great seal, have jeweler
or engraver retrace the letters and lines
on the dies and continue it's use. 1t is
alleged that this is no more an altera-
ton of the seal than sharpening meat
axe or honing a razor alters those in
struments.
STATE HAS HAD FOUR SEALS.
Georgia has had four great seals. The
first was used when the colony was gov-
erned by board of trustees and was in
use from 1854 to It'll when a royal char
er was granted to Georgia and a new
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-07-27
GEORGIA'S SEAL WORN OUT;
WILL PAPERS BE AFFECTED?

seal was made. This was succeeded in
1899 by the present great seal. The first
two great seals were very large, the Sec
ond one being about the size of an ordi-
nary saucer. Both of these seals were
pendants and there are some very fine
impressions of their imprints in the Of
fee of the secretary of state.
The present great seal has been used
without interruption from its adoption
until the present day, except during %e
lifetime of the ill-starred Southern con-
federacy, when the design in use contain
ed the dates, 1899 and 1861.
During the dark period of military rule
following the civil war and during the
disgraceful years of reconstruction that
came after this, Georgia had no great
seal.
Most legal authorities say that the
documents executed without It's use IN
those days were illegal, but the same au-
thorities also contend that all the pub
lie acts In the state at that time were
without warrant of law, and the alb
sence of the great seal made little diff
ference.
When General Sherman made his far
famed and predatory march from the
mountains to the sea and reached Mil
ledgeville, at that time the capital of
the state, all the officials fed from the
state house. Among these were Col.
N. c. Barnett, who was then secretary
of state Colonel Barnett made his way
to his home in Baldwin county and he
took with him in his flight the great
seal of the commonwealth of Georgia
These great silver discs were intrusted
to his wife, who for fear they would
be taken by the federal troops or the
more dreaded deserters and camp follow
ers hid the seal under the floor OF
pig pen. The seal remained in this I'M
romantic spot until the last camp follow
er. straggler and coffee boiler belonging
to Shermans troops had passed through
the state and had reached Savannah,
when Mrs. Barnett removed the dies and
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-07-27

the executive office which is I'm daily
use by the governor.
SOME INTERESTING HISTORY.
1t win be remembered that Governor
Jenkins was the first reconstruction gov
ernor appointed by President Johnson
When Thad Stevens and Stanton began
the reign of terror throughout the south,
Jenkins was summarily removed early in
1861. Jenkins left the state and the coun-
try and went to Nova Scotia and took
the executive seal with him After the
election Of Gov. ]. NJ. Smith Jen-
kins returned to the state and brought
the executive seal with him and present.
cd 1t to Governor Smith, whom he recog-
nized as being his first legal successor
In office.
The position of Governor Jenkins in re.
fusing to recognize either the military
governors or Governor Bulloch as legal
executives of Georgia was so pleasing
to the people of the state that che Leg
islature gave him a vote of thanks and
authorized a fac smile Of the executive
seal to be struck of in gold as a me-
mento Of his services to the state. This
was in 1873 On the medal was the Ie-
gend: ''In Arduis Fidelis"
A few years ago when eight new coun-
ties were created in Georgia, one OF
them was named Jenkins in honor of
the man who so signally served the state.
Governor Jenkins was survived by no
children, but IL is believed that this gold
fac smile is now in the possession of
Major Cummings, of Augusta, who was
his executor
1t is believed that the legislature per-
haps at the present session will author
lie the purchase of a new great seal.
but the probable consensus of opinion
throughout the entire state is that mn
change shall be made in the design Of
the seal that has been hallowed by so
many glorious deeds in Georgia and
that is surrounded with so much romance.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-07-27
ADDING VALUABLE MINUTES.

IL has been figured out that one
hundred thousand people living in
the suburbs of New York will each
save thirty-two minutes each day by
means OF the McAdOo tunnels which
that Georgia genius has recently
thrown open TO the public.
This gives to the people Of New
York aud vicinity six years a day OF
extra time for themselves and their
own pursuits. and the imagination
wanders on into space trying to fig
ure out how many centuries are
added in the course of a year to the
opportunities of those hundred thou
sand people.
A generation is about thirty years.
This means that, in every generation
OF these one hundred thousand per-
sons. McAdoo gives them five hun
dred and forty centuries of extra
time of their own that they wouldn't
have had If IL hadn't been for him
AMI his dream OF tunneling the
Hudson.
What couldn't one hundred thou
sand people do in FIVE hundred and
forty centuries?
Take McAdoo himself, for in
stance. While he was making his
dream come true he couldn't find
enough minutes in each day. He
toiIed necessarily.
1t is so with all masters whose un-
spoken motto is do SOMETHING"
Minutes are golden to the man
who has an aim in life.
Is there not one man in this one
hundred thousand of enriched hui
man beings who will make the best
OF his thirty-two extra minutes a
day?
How many minutes have been
saved US in our lifetimes by the
wonderful inventions of our CEN
fury and the last part of the century
before it?
The telephone, electric cars, auto
mobiles, faster trains-millions, yes
billions. OF extra minutes-golden
minutes-have been added to our
lives by them.
They are better than such anus
ing fictions as the daylight savings
BILL" BY which a man is supposed
to gain time by running up the
clock
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-07-27

placed them in a safer place. However,
the great seal was in this splendid wo-
mans personal custody all the time.
No one except Colonel Barnett and his
wife knew where the great seal of Geor-
gia was all during the administration OF
the military governors and that of Gov
ernor Bulloch.
Fearing Impeachment, Governor Bull
loch resigned his position and left the
state in 1872. In the election that fol-
lowed in 1873, Colonel Barnett was
again elected secretary of state. He
then brought back to the capitol the
great seal of the state and presented 1t
to the governor, James NJ. Smith.
Thus it will be seen that for nine years
the great seal OF Georgia was entirely
removed from the custody of those who
claimed to be fits lawful custodians and
the business of the state was transacted
without its imprint on any of the legal
documents.
The great seal Of the state has played
an important part in nearly all the most
important affairs of the commonwealth.
1t has been affixed to the. treaties with
the Creeks and Cherokees, from whom
Georgia got three-fourths of her terri
tory; it embelished all the charters for
all the institutions of learning in the
state and has placed the stamp of ap-
prevail to the commissions of all of
Georgias senators and representatives In
congress.
In connection with the great seal of the
state it is interesting to note that an err
roneous statement has been often printed
and widely circulated that former Gov.
Charles j. Jenkins removed the
great seal of the state from Georgia
when he left the borders OF the common
wealth. While Governor Jenkins car
ried away with him a SEAL it was net
the great seal of Georgia. but the seal OF
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-07-27
THE MIDDLE ROUTE SELECTED.

The scouts of The Atlanta Journal
coatng the data gathered
during their various journeys aggregang thousand
miles, weighing the respective merits of all three
reached the
shall be what has been known as
the middle or
Neither The Journal
which should be
arrive the real merits
the that they made these long and exhaustive Journeys
prospective high
impartial and judicial manner that
they have decided that the middle route the most practicable and
the official
points will be determined by the official
pathfnders it
substantially decided that the shall be from Atlanta to Law
encevie
thence on through South Carolina by way anderson
and North Carolina the
vicinity of Kings Mountain The route through North Carolina will be
by way of Charlotte and Salisbury thence into virginia and across
through Lexington, the
Valley
and running up the valley to Andam and Gettysburg Will pass
which immortal history From
Gettysburg will be Philadelphia and by
way o New city
historic associations but
United
From practical point of view the roads are on the whole by
additional
that there will Atlanta New York.
except the final ferry which will carry the cars to Manhattan island
There the other routes and
there doubt before them will be brought
to high degree of perfection The good roads spirit is abroad in all
the
found that the such
deplorabe condition that capiaOcaa
deirabe-pracically eliminated consideration.
So too, the Bristol which
through which
addition the roads in Tennessee in condition for such
for
voting for
the
Tufts capitalize
their full that territory the
particular
in selecting the middle route and so it is to be-
The Journal and the Herald will stand ready lend all the
the Atlantic and it with this kind OF
missionary time
distant will excellent horoughfares be-
reliability fall
will be the Piedmont
previously
the New Herald will
pahfnders
published particulars
will this determination
that the pathhnders will make their trip.
The interest manifested in the contest has been
to the New York Herald The
effects are being official route the
trips The gospel of good
wide the substantial it
building bridges and the issuance
everywhere striking illustration of
which Wash
TmesDspah have set foot to
Richmond and OF the
had encounter When
JournalHerad
national capital and that of the OLD
being done and
are lending their best energies
will be ready start out on the nna ad
reliability of
in the Atlanta audi
tOruim
Events will rapidly that important time
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-07-27

ldoubtedly seek homes where they can
have yards and breathing room.
At present 100000 persons who pass boz
tween New York and Jersey City daily
will save 80 minutes day by using the
tunnels.
to realize. With no increase in fare
five cents-each one OF these 100000 COM
muters saves three hours a week.
Three million two hundred thousand
minutes saved a dayl
FIfty-fve thousand working days added
to the time of the cities workdayi
This vast work has been done by .
dreamer-a dreamer, who, also, was q
performer.
W. G. McAdoo was raised In Georgia.
He is long, gaunt, yellow, kind and po-
lite. He was educated in the law. Then
he came to New York to be great law
yer.
But one day the dream of boring under
the great North river came to him. IL
was foolish That New York should be
an island, he thought. True, nature hAd
surrounded It by water. But beneath
the water was earth. If human beings
could travel through this earth, Man
haitian island would no longer be bound
by water.
McAdoo dreamed and talked. Tens of
millions heard him. Two great firms
had failed, in years before, in attempt
ing to do what McAdoo proposed. So
McAdoo was handicapped. But he
couldn't stop dreaming and he wouldn't
stop talking.
The millionaires at last listened to him.
A. ]. Cassatt, president of the Pennsyl-
vania road, finally succumbed. This
broke the spell. The money poured In.
No Of faV nj
in the heart Of the business district II
the largest railroad terminal In the world.
This was in 1906.
In three years the greater parts OF the
tunnels were built.
Three years is 1,Oe5 days.
And the tunnels now are saving 1858
working days a day, a twentieth CEN
fury miracle.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-07-27

two cities 8, 200, 900 minutes day.
And New York, because Of him, is no
longer an island.
The opening of the McAdoo tunnels to
Jersey City was one of the most signifi-
cant things to the world outside of New
York that has occurred recently.
More than half Of the visitors to New
York don't reach the city by train. The
trains take them to the river. on the Jer-
sey side. Here they have had to alight
and take ferryboats to Manhattan island,
going from the ferry stations to their des-
tinations in the city by trolley cars.
But McAdoo's tunnels have ended this
arrangement.
At the three great depots on the Jersey
side-the Erie, Lackawanna and Penn
sylvania-are subway stations. And from
these, every two and one-half minutes
during the day, trains of eight cars are
whisked, within the space of three min
utes, to the heart of Manhattan island.
There is one more tunnel that McAdoo
is completing, which will connect his tun-
mel system with the metropolitan sub
way.
When this is completed travellers who
must pass through New York will not
pass through it. They will pass under It.
In fact, they will not see daylight while
they are in the city
But there are few travellers who will
thus ignore New York.
The wonder Of the tunnels is the time
they will save. All of the vast Jersey
shore will be brought within the easy
reach of New Workers, who will I'M
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Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-07-27

Fifty thousand able-bOdied men
are wanted out west to work as
harvest hands. But the trouble is
that The young men who used to go
west are now going south and stay
ing there.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-07-27

A prince has renounced his rights
70 a European throne to marry an
American girl. That particular
throne must be irregular as to
salary.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-07-27

A Kentucky feud over a COW re-
suited in the death of four persons.
The COW escaped unhurt.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-07-27

II prohibition continues to spread
as II has in the past. even Savannah
may go dry in time.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-07-27

The man who attributed pellagra
20 the effects of corn bread was GER
tainly no politician seeking the rural
vote.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-07-27

Colorado may put women in con-
gress. Gooi-by, then, to revision
upward on hosiery.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-07-27

Everybody says the west will have
big crops this year-in spite Of pro-
hibition.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-07-27

The visit OF the Georgia legisla-
tive committee TO Chattanooga will
be without incident this year.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-07-27

Bumper crops will doubtless lead
fn bumped Spectators later in the
year.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-07-27

The man who can't read or write
should be made to, and should be
made TO make his children, too.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-07-27

In the fan of the year the thoughts
OF the foolish young man turn to
cotton futures.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-07-27

With the peach crop almost gath
cred. there can be no more rumors
this season that IL was killed.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-07-27
Tuesday, July q, 1909.

The house seems to be near battle
on near-beer.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-07-27

Twelve angry hippos attack Mr..
Roosevelt typographical error. The
hippos were mad.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-07-27

Colonies. colonies everywhere, and
not a drop to drink
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-07-27
Dreams of Dreamy Southerner
Come True and New York Is No
Longer An Island.
Rv w. @. Shepherd

NEW YORK.-The dream of w. G.
McAdoo has come true. He is saving
two cities $4,000 minutes a day.
And New York, because Of him, is no
longer an island.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-07-27

The wonder of the tunnels is the time
they will save. All of the vast Jersey
shore will be brought within the easy
reach of New Workers., who will I'M
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-06-20
Carl H. Seals
Meeting Joe Jefferson.

From the Bohemian Magazine
 Mr. Francis Wilson begins his most interesting volume of "reminiscences of the late Joseph Jefferson by saying that he was never introduced to Mir Jefferson-that they just shook hands
 Now the way in which l first met the celebrated comedian must have been very much like this, except that I do not think that he even shook hands with me. It is more probable that he rode me about upon his shoulder as he did later on at a mati- nee of Rip" when I was allowed to accompany him in his first entrance in that play. In fact my earliest recollec- tions go back to MT. Jefferson and the many happy days that l spent as q child upon his estate in Louisiana.
 This estate, which lies some 10 miles from the town of New Iberia, was originally known as La Butte (the hill), so called by the Acadians on ac- count of its high land Originally Q sugar plantation, 1t was planted later on with orange trees, which growing into a magnificent grove of 20 or 30 acres gave to the estate its second name of Orange Island.
 MT. JeHersoH Dousnl Orah6o lsidnu in 1868, and was most enthusiastic over this grove. which was then 30 or 40 years old, and in full bearing. He planted extensively himself all through the primeval forest that surrounded his home until the great freeze of 1885, when his entire grove was destroyed together with all of the others in ths state. I regret to add that only the remnants of 1t remain.
 But if the grove Is gone, the home
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-06-20
Off-hand WebsteIn's.

From Judge.
 Alimony-The price of peace.
 Laughing Stock-An amatuer actor making an attempt at high tragedy.
 Political Rainbows-The kind usually seen just before the November deluge.
 Human Misunderstanding to blame your eccentricities on if you are not like other people.
 Becoming Pride-Settins a proper valua- ton on your own abilities and accom- plishments-and never cutting prices.
 Honest as the Day Is Long--A some what elastic term that is used in speak ing of our fellow-men. In June. when the days are sixteen hours or thereabouts in length. 1t may properly be regarded as comparatively high praise. But in Decem- Der, when the days have shrunk to nine hours and some minutes. 1t Is naturally considerably less flattering. In speaking of some men, it is safest to wait until about the 21st of December to use the honsst-cs-the e-day-is-long expression
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-06-20
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