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The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-26
CHECKED ARTISTIC PROGRESS

With Athens remarkable check came upon
 the artistic evolution of Its coinage. In the fourth
 century B. C. Grecan coinage had reached such
 magnificent standard that today eminent and com
 petent critics free tc admit that the famous
 ten-drachma piece of Syracuse B. C. $50, must ever remain the most beautiful achievement that be reasonably expected from human skill
 Modern Italy. despairing of bettering that numis- matc triumph has contented itself with copying it's 2centissme piece the rampant horses and the chariot the Syracusans Athens, however, with all it's emil the arts chung to its earlier. crude design of the owl.
 The explanation lay in the very essence of trade confidence While her coinage yet in that archaic stage Athenian had spread all the Grecian world, and included barbarous tribes sophisticated only to know Athenian cash when they and suspicious enough to doubt the genuine ness any money deviaed in the least from the types they knew The coins themselves all desg familiarity "owls'
 Rather than take the chance of embarrassing its traders Athens held to the imprint of the owl while all the other Greeks reveling in masterpieces.
 That remarkable trade phenomenon of the antique world has its perfect parallel today in the Maria Theresa thaer which bears the ongdead features of that dis tinguished and handsome empress of Austria
 than century has passed since the great Maria Theresa whose countenance adorned the thalers
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-26
SOLDIERS RATIONS

IF lb. meat Fob suRar or lib. of Isoz.
 14lb. i-3e eoz nepper. or lib. of biscuit flour: fresh Alb preserved an19l< teas vegetables
 The rose and breakfasted at s.3O marches from 930 4.30, and o'clock
 The first days march thirteen and one-hal miles. Except in bad weather the hikes" varied fror thirteen to seventeen miles until the last four day when marches of eighteen miles, fourtee, made.
 The all well and in fine spirits after tn march, One of them, Private Sullivan, who is long distance runner admitted that in better ing than he usually when he entered for race q suppose 1t is through gong altogether wlthous beer" he said "The march was not picnic by ant For the first few days 1t was hard, and wS felt rsrv hungry but after that we got used to it. was dlnner aS l2.4o--lneatpIe. potatoes, peas and bread with coffee-but left most of mine You don't get your appetite back at first
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-26

Not yer life. says I, preparin to remove me coat accordin dictates of chvalry, an lookin fer 'er villainous purSuer; where Is the guy? But she never heard them last words she was so worked up
 "Tyrant, hoIlers. 'oppressor You'd set In yer high places an crush womanhood in the mire, says she. an with that she draws 9ff. me quite unsIss % Q further speech, An then she waves er arms nl an howis. the harpns nyin' an the crowd gatherin:
 Arrest me now. why don't ye arrest me! Make a martyr the vile tyranny O nascu- Unity Give us our rightfui han don's O. ernment. Ye me hit i'm, why don't ye arrest
 Now, now" interpoiated Mfr. MeGrath out of his
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-26

66ON NE day in London I standin a corner"
 ' continued Mr. Billy. "havin' shed
 &% duds. lookin' like a member of Parliament. no doubt in frock spats. when terrible excited female grabs by the spare material of me just sizin' up free lunch sgn an as though she'd found brother. Me good man. do you believe in woman's sufrin'T
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-26
E7HE SAILORAND THE SUEFRAGETTES'o

"A AT R. BILLY HOW bold and sturdy mari, N/k ner, to borrow terms from poesie, and
 VN Mr. Harry McGrath, who ornaments the
 docks with his person-by self appoint ment a philosopher extraordinary-were partak- ing one afternoon of the copious cheer of the Blue Anchor Tavern at the expense of the former, just returned from a prolonged voyage and unduiy prosperous.
 They were seated in dark and secluded cor ner, and by virtue of their pipes, were shrouded in mist of smoke that would have strangled mere mortas, but was real inspiration to these denizens of the fo'castle. Mir McGrah, who, in spite of the long succession of hard knocks which had consti- tuted his worldly life, still something of gentle idealist, said to his comrade in fine, soft blarney brogue 'Now, Billy, you're a man of great experience and most unusual knowin' in the ways v the world 1t would be gratifyin to me spirit, Billy to hear of the doin's abroad. By the way, what's meant by all the talk v the advance iv womans suffrin' hear nowadaysW
 Mir. Billy How sat up with such aacrity, and such the intensity of his feelings, that he bit another inch from the steam of his clay pipe with out being aware of it.
 ''Well Harry" said he, 'now you're askin' me somethin' I know all about, though Pve suspicious you're not understandin' the real significance of the cause. Neither did I afore I went to London, an therein lay the of me enlightenment I'll tell you how it happened-its certainly surprisin'.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-26

TYING vIcToRs own collection constitutes of
 K the complete in existence, when
 A A compared with the national collections which whole peoples pride themselves. His is assembage of coins to which monarchs more less faithful subjects lay claim whenever they choose to faithsss. and cut him on either by head
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-26

of her reign was eliminated from those activities and authorities which warrant queens in present. ing finance with their portraits. Yet the Austrian empire goes on still coining Maria Theresa thaiers as coolly and calmly as if she were wieding the scepter of Francis Joseph now.
 These silver anachronisms go to the LevanI where the mixed oriental trade so long dominated by Austria wouldn't believe in Franz-Joser thaler if it were shoveled by the bushel.
 Modern coinage has achieved some of It's most attractive results when it has portrayed the faces of the queens Wilhelmina of Holland. as she IS sstill shown h, the flush apdsedearneee of hes youthful prettIness adorns her cc4Htry's 21s~guden piece in silver, with an altogether charming air Of dainty loveliness. *6tF
 She is rivaied and, indeeds excelled, by the por- trait Queen Victoria. not only 1t appears on the coinage of 1s44, but especially broad gold medal which, many years ago, was presented by the British government to A B. Causee, chief mate of an American ship, the Hathaway. for saving the crew of the British Infanta-si in 1s55
 Go a>little further back. and the countenance Maria Lucia of Italy gold piece of 1915 presen in its purely Greek coffure such classic head Greece in the ancient time could surpass. That is of the handsomest in Victor Emmanuers cole ton and it is not threatened in it's supremacy by | portrait of Marie Louise. Napoleons second wife, medal that him included in the cs lection O. French coins
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-26

His latest calm but imposing departure in producing the goods as q monarch of taste and culture has simply Jeff the modern royal culture has simply left the modern royal ritual of the Admirable Crichton, Kaiser W'il- helm, green 1Vith envy. Victor has sent, sUith his compliments, q catatog of medieVaI and modern Italian coins to the directors of the coin collections of the GUorId.
 II hGS been labor to sUhich he deVoted Ike past dozen years of his life, of and or, and all the material has been gleamed from his oscn priVate collection.
 The reSnlt has suddenly exalted him 10 posifion of the highest scientific standing, for he has proved himself numismafist of the mor profound learning again, an Gd- mirer Of beauty sVho is endoEOed gCith most exqHfsife taste.
 For t iS in the art and science of numis- matics that there are to be found some of the oldest as GUeH as he most beantiful, portraits of beanhfm S0omen the 1Vorld has eVer knoscn And where the qOomen have been famons zithoat being beautiful, t is still amtong the coins that their features are pre- srrved, iadelibiy engrGved 1T precious gold and siIver.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-26

Not one of all those 100000 coins King Victor has gieaned with so enduring an enthusiasm bat has its romance, not the meanest bit of brass or copper but has played Its dramatic part in the most beautiful as we'll as the most sordid realities Of life If the features stamped on so many of them could but be endowed wita speech. they could tell tales of old times and old peoples such as would make the most accurate of the worlds historians blush for his hapless ignorance
 China that notorious claimant of all inventions long ago entered the of numismatics by haul ing out musty traditions of coinage dating back to 1900 B. C. But Greece has two distinct and reliable traditions: of the coins stricken electrun, composition of gold and silver, by the Lydians of Asia Minor, about TOO B. ., and the other of the silver coinage put forth little earlier by Pheidon. king of Argos a
 The Lydians however were the first to~make coins of the two precious metals separately, ac- cording to Herodotus while the Greeks speedily grew into the most artistic and 7aried- coners the ancient world knew, because every one of the nu- merous city states into which the territory was subdivded had it's money. and all. except shrewd AthensA with its commercial prosperity to take care of rivaled another in their endeavor to produce coins whose artistic excellence would bring as much pleasure to the owners eye did their intrinsic value.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-26

or with a pension It all belongs to little Victor, for he began 1t boyish fad, and has kept 1t up ever since his best-beloyed hobby until now he owns 10OO00 specimens. pieces being of immense value.
 He specialized the coins, ancient and modern, of the Italian peninsula But recently the French government presented to him a compre- hensive collection of the coins of France, and that has impelled him to extend his quests to the coins of the entire world. ancient as well as modern.
 It a delightful hobby, and. establishing the scientific culture of a retgnng monarch, has . proved a peculiarly advantageous one to the king of Italy. But it presents to Victor, as the mere man. opportunities for enjoying incarnattons or feminine beauty such are to be enjoyed in no her records of art To Victor Emmanuel, the king over the most an- sntly dominant that Europe knows, 1t anords a llery of likenesses other rulers, and women, he alone appears to be best fitted to appreciate all their dignity.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-26

Emmanuel him. self has Hved to see th c q ay 4vhen al Italy
 became grate- fnI and proud
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-26

IF lb. of fresh meat or lib. of preserved meat; 1Alb. of bread or lib, of biscuit or flour: &oz. tea, Alb. jam.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-02-23
OMNIBUS CLAIMS BILL
LOST FOR THIS SESSION

WASHINGTON, Feb. 1s.-Represent-
alive Sims, of Tennessee, attempted to-
day to get consideration Of the omnibus
claims bill, this being the day recogni-
ton was to be accorded for that pur-
pose Speaker Cannon, stating that he
would exercise his discretion in the
recognition of what was most impor-
tant public business, decided adversely
against various efforts of the Tennessee
member to get action.
Finally he called for the ayes and
noes, and only seventeen members rose,
not a sufficient vote. Mr.. Sims wanted
to know whether the house favored con-
sideration of the DILL. Mr.. Sims, who Is
a member of the war claims commits
tee, outside of the house, afterwards
Indignantly declared it was the fault OF
members themselves interested for their
constituents that the bill was not con-
sidered. He had been besieged by mern-
bers to press for consideration, and yet
when the time came to act they failed
to show their concern even by vote.
This loses the omnibus claims bin at
this session and probably for another
year.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-02-23
PROTEST is ENTERED
AGAINST FIGURES

In a letter to The Journal. H. n Rich.
ardson secretary Of the JacksonYilies
Fla. board of trade, takes exception g
some of the statements made by Rev. 9.
NJ. Ledbetter of the Georgia Anti-6aloor
league, anent prohibition. and it's effects
as contrasted with the effects OF the eals
OF liquor In those statements, Jackson
Vile was compared unfavorably with pro.
hibition cities.
Secretary Richardson's letter follows:
F., JACKSONVILLE, Fla, Feb. II, 1893.
Editor The Journal: In your issue Of
Tuesday, February 9Th, notice an item
on the first page. entitled, Flight Prohioi.
ton in Legislature" that one OF the
speakers made some statements in re-
gard to the alarming increase or crime u
Jacksonville in the past year, ana thai
the bank clearings had fallen on Sz,Vv0
Permit me to point out that the speaker
made some errors in those figures. Tbs
number of arrests in Jacksonville, in 1907
was GIGS, and in 1908, 65OS, showing an in
crease Of only $40, Notwithstanding the
population of Jacksonville has consider
ably increased; therefore, we do not think
that crime has "alarmingly increased.t
With regard to the bank clearings: The
American Banker Publication fer Febru-
airy 9Th, shows that the bank clearings OF
Jacksonville fell off between $2,0O0.OoO and
100000 I'm 1903, as compared with 1901
whereas, during the same period, those OF
Savannah fell off over $50 600 and those
of Atlanta, for the same period, fell on
over 100000
In Justice to this city, trust that you
will publish this correction.
Yours very truly,
II. II, RICHARDSON, Sec.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-02-23
MAY BAR BLACKS
AS FEDERAL JURORS

WASHINGTON, d. c., Feb. 2O.-It is
not generally realized that the house of
representatives has repealed a section Of
the so-called enforcement act of 1895 re-
lating to the service Of negroes on juries.
The repeal was effected through the medi-
UNI of an amendment to the revision of
the penal code bill proposed by Represent
alive Bartlett, of Georgia, while the bill
was under consideration this week.
The section which Judge Bartlett had
repealed was as follows:
mo citizen possessing all other qualifl-
cations which are or may be prescribed
by law, shall be disqualified for service
as grand or petit jury in any court of the
United States, or of any state, on account
of race, color, or previous condition OF
servitude, and any officer, or other person,
charged with any duty in the selection or
summoning of Jurors, who shall exclude or
fail to summon any citizen for the cause
aforesaid, shall be fined not more than
5000"
The vote on Mr.. Bartlett's amendment
developed only IA opposed to the repeal.
The supreme court has decided several
/ times that the right to determine the
qualifications of jurors IN state courts is
a matter entirely for the determination of
the courts of the states.
But the question continues to come to
the highest court and only a few months
ago there was a case from Texas in
which the chief ground for asking a new
trial for a negro convicted of murder
was that the jury which tried him did not
contain any negroes. The court declined
to interfere.
For some years after the passage of
the law relating to negroes serving on
| juries, the sheriffs in various southern
| states made II more or less of a point
/ to summon negro jurors, fearing that
/ failure to do so would get them into
/ trouble with the federal authorities, but
in latter years, especially since the SUI
preme court held that the matter of quail
ifications of jurors in state courts was
one for the states to decide negro jurors
have been exceedingly scarce.
The practice of summoning negroes to
serve as juror in federal courts has been
more or less general since the war
/ Should the penal code bill as amended be
| adopted, negroes would disappear from
federal as they have from state juries.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-02-23

You will notice 1 have given the solid
and liquid portions, and the amount of
water. nitrogen, phosphoric acid and
potash or alkalies contained in each
part. Averaging all these figures together,
we find mixed stable manure contains
about 67.5 per cent OF water. per cent
Of nitrogen, .35 per cent OF phosphoric
acid and 6 per cent Of potash. A ton OF
farmyard manure contains, therefore,
from to Is pounds of nitrogen, 4 to 8
pounds OF phosphoric acid and to 10
pounds of potash. 1t is thus not a we'll
balanced food, being low I'm phosphoTic
acid; hence the advisability of using
floats or high-grade acid phosphate with
II at the rate Of 100 pounds TO the ton.
Farmyard manure is also not rich in
plant food elements, but II has such a
splendid effect on the physical condition
of the soil. and aids so many important
fermentauOns, besides adding vegetable
matter TO the soil that its value as a fer
tilizer is superior 10 that Of anything else
which can be used on soils low In humus
Unleached wood ashes contain from
TO per cent Of potash and TO per cent
OF phosphoric acid: leached wood ashes
from / to 3 per cent of potash and / to
Is per cent Of phOsphoric acid. AS the
potash of wood ashes is in the form OF
carbonate, II is highly priced. but you
will see that after the ashes have been
leached. they have lost a good part OF
their fertilizing value. Moreover, the
value OF wood ashes depends a good deaI
on the kind Of wood from which they are
obtained.
High grade cotton seed meal should
contain per cent of nitrogen. and APP
proximately per cent of phosphoric acid
and per cent of potash. II is a com.
paratively cheap source of nitrogen, but
It is not a well balanced food, and acid
phosphate and potash must be used with
II to balance II up.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-02-23
QUESTION AND ANSWER DEPARTMENT.
Dedication of Georgia Agricultural College
Building

sity and the people Of Georgia. If we may
find an augury for the future In the work
done during the past year Of preparation,
we will not be disappointed in our great
expectations"
The significance Of the occasion can not
be fittingly expressed in words, as II is
too intimately associated with the eco
nomic and sociological evolution of SOW
ereign people. The dedication of this
building marked the recognition on the
part of the citizens of Georgia of the in
innate relations between scientific knowl-
edge and the progress of agricultural arts
and industries. At last we have come to
realize that a knowledge Of nature is
fundamental to progress; that a correct
Interpretation of natures laws means the
peace, happiness, prosperity and content
ment OF the human race; the full enjoy
ment. I'm other words. Of the fruits of
Providence which an allwise Creator has
placed within the reach of man, but left
to mans own individual EFFORT to first
comprehend and then appropriate and
utilize for his comfort and material and
spiritual advancement. The occasion
means the beginning OF the training of
men for leadership of the highest type,
| for the development Of research and the
dissemination OF knowledge. 1t means
that old methods have passed away and
ure his strength against that of nature;
that lie mere waste of physical force in
an unequal struggle with mother earth
is to be deplored. and that in the future
brains and intellect are TO count for
everything on the farm. The dedication
OF this building means the diinifying of
labor with the hands-the most economic
consideration to our people at the pres
ent time. It means a recognition Of the
ethical and philosophical side of agricul-
ture-something which has been shame
| fully neglected and lost sight of in the
past. It means the beginning of def
mite type of instruction, the appreciation
of research. the furthering Of extension
| teaching through correspondence courses,
/ farmers Institutes and travelling schools,
and out of this will ultimately grow a
measure of prosperity which will result
! I'm our farmers becoming through prop
er utilization of the advantages which
nature has conferred upon them. the most
efficient. successful and wealthy rural
population in the world.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-02-23
PEACH MEN FIGHTING
EXPRESS RATE RAISE

The petition of the Southern Express
company to fix an estimated weight OF
forty pounds for standard six-basket
crates of peaches, charging a rate on
100 pounds for threee crates instead of on
100 pounds, as has been the custom in
the past, will be contested by the officers
and members of the Georgia Fruit Elk
change.
The petition will be heard by the rail-
road commission at its meeting on Thurs
day next The officers of the exchange
and several members will be present to
enter their protests, and growers Of the
state are urged to attend in as large
numbers as possible. The proposed in
crease would mean an increase of 20 per
cent, which, growers claim, would work
a hardship on express shippers.
The railroad commission has sent the
following notice to growers:
1.-THE Southern Express company has
petitioned the railroad commission to
fix an estimated weight of forty pounds
for standard siX-basket crates Of peaches
Of dimensions of 12x12 by "a inches. This
matter has been set for a formal hearing
on Thursday, February 25, at 10 a. m,
and the commission will be glad to have
ALL parties present who might be inter-
ested in the matter
This notice was sent to the Georgia
Fruit Exchange, L. A. Dean, Rome; M.
L. Johnson, Cass Station; r. w. Sans,
Americas; d. T. Montford, Reynolds; 1.
II. Pitts & Son, Waverly Hall; w. j..
Kennedy, Smarrs; A. o. & Tom Murphey,
GAINESVILLE, and ]. d. Cheeves, Zenith.
The exchange requests growers to send
their protests to it in writing If they can
not attend.
The exchange is now at work selecting
commission houses which shall handle its
shipments in Albany n. Y; Baltimore,
Boston, Buffalo, Cincinnati, Cleveland
Columbia, Chicago, Erie, Pa; Indianapo-
lis, Newark, New York. Philadelphia,
Pittsburg, Providence, Springfield, Mass. !;
st. Louis and Washington.
Manager I. NJ. Fleming has enclosed a
blank in a letter to each member of the
exchange, on which he is asked to name
those commission houses which he thinks
are best in each market. Replies are
asked by March 1.