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The Elbert County tribune., 1910-11-25

In the British museum, in London on exhi-
bition, is the Portland vase, the masterpiece
of ancient glasswork. chance discovery led
to the rescue OF this magnificent from the
grave where 1t had lain for hundreds of years.
hidden and unknown. The vase found
early in the seventeenth century by some la
borers. who, digging hillock in the neigh
borhood of Rome. broke into small vault
On further examination It revealed suite
of three sepulchral chambers. In the largest
room they found finely sculptured sarcopha-
gus. which contained the beautiful It
was full Of ashes, but 1t bore no inscription as
to the remains 1t held. nor has the mystery
ever been solved which shrouds its origin.
The vase was deposited in the Barberini pal
ace. where 1t remained until ITO, when the rep
resentative of the Barberni family, a Roman
princess, was forced to part with 1t to pay her
gambling debts. The vase changed hands
twice. then it was disposed of to the duchess Of
Portland, but with such secrecy that her own
family not aware of the transaction until
after her death.
AT the sale Of the duchess of Portlands col
lection 1t was purchased " her son. the third
duke Of Portland, for the sum of $5.145 and 1t
was deposited In the museum by his successor.
The vase was wantonly smashed In pieces by
drunken visitor, but the fragments were,
however, Joined together, but the bottom with
its mysterious figure In Phrygian cap. was not
replaced.
The material of this vase was long almost
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Eggs.
A Severe Punishment.

The antipathy which Dr.. Johnson
bore to Scotland was not singular or
unprecedented. Lord Stanley came
plainly dressed to request private
audience OF King James /. A gaily
dressed Scotchman refused him ad-
mittance into the kings closet. The
king, hearing an alteration between
the two, came out, and inquired the
cause. my liege." said Lord Stanley.
this gay countryman Of yours has
refused me adnittance to your pres
ence" Cousin" said the king, how
shall I punish him? Shall send him
to the Tower?" "Oh. no, my liege.
replied Lord Stanley. "inflict severer
punishment; send him back to Scot
land.
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''No Openings Nowheres"

She is fortunate in having girl chums who
draw roses from their friends now and then
The other afternoon Of her rosy friends
pinned a bright red her and she sal
lied forth into the street to make other wom-
en- envious. She had not gone far when she
felt tug at the shoulder and turned to see a
strange woman.
"Where'd you git that rose7" asked the
stranger rovetously.
"A friend of mine gave It to me-" was
the answer. produced with some chill
"A friend OF yours? In a store?"
mo, not In a store"
We'll. hain't there no openings mo-
wheresT
Not that / know Of"
"Humph! Just my luck I'm Just crazy
for rose. and when saw you Just knowed
there was fall opening somewhere"
The Elbert County tribune., 1910-11-25

his mortgage indebtedness is decreasing fast;
his taxation is small compared with the
urbantes burden. and he has taken to auto
mobile riding a large scale.
Census taking every ten years is tremen-
dous task. 1t is the greatest single operation
undertaken by Uncle Sam. with the exception
of the Panama canal work and the assembling
of an army in time of war. The American cen
sus is the largest, cosiest and most accurate
OF any taken by the civilized nations. Its
methods are the most modern and It's equip
ment the most complete The census bureau
force comprises. first Director E. Dana Durand
The Elbert County tribune., 1910-11-25

is the appointment Clerk; George Johnnes Is
the disbursing officer, and c. w. Spicer Is the
mechanical expert In addition to these
the chiefs of the divisions under the chief sta
tistician.
There are about 750 permanent clerks and
5000 temporary CLERKS, etc The supervisors
numbered $50 and they employed and directed
the $4,000 enumerators. About 1000 chief
special agents and assistant special agents.
The supervisors also employed 1000 clerks. 500
special agents and 1000 interpreters to assist
them In the direction of the enumerators.
The data relating to population is trans
The Elbert County tribune., 1910-11-25

ferred to manila cards. by the punching of
holes in them to correspond with the different
Items in the schedules. An electrical machine
controlled by clerk can punch holes in 1900
cards day. Three hundred OF these were
used and 90000000 cards were ordered
After the punching the cards are handled
Into an electric tabulating machine with
"pin-box" attachment which permits the re-
quired pins to pass through the varously
placed holes in the cards. in this establishing
an electric circuit resulting In the tabulation
OF the items on counters which register their
results in printing on spoiled paper somewhat
like stock ticker" There are 100 of these
machines. After certain comparisons to prove
accuracy. the schedules are permanently pre-
served In n great iron safe in the census bu-
reau. AS the card does not contain the name
OF the persons for whom 1t stands, all personal
identity is eliminated from the cards. All dan
ger of misuse of such information disappears.
Severe penalties are provided In case any en-
ployee discloses census information to outsid-
ers. The next step Is the making of the maps
and tables to accompany the analyses, and
then finally. the issue OF the printed bulletins
and reports. Before July l. 1912, the work
must be over and the thirteenth census gone
to join Its scientific ancestors.
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The Latest.

Most modern houses yet built
announced the enthusiastic agent
ELECTRICITY, cemented yards. instan
taneous water heaters. all the modern
latest up-to-date improvements. in
cIuding padded closets in every room-'
"why padded?" asked the prospect
i've buyer.
80 the neighbors can't hear the
family skeletons in 'em rattling.''-
Baltimore American.
The Elbert County tribune., 1910-11-25

of Michigan, who. al
though only thirty-eight
years old, is older than
most Of the generals COM
manding the forces In the
Civil war, and who Is.
too, a statistically scar
red hero. a veteran In
government service. and
likely to prove the most
practical and effi cient d.
rector connected with
any Of the past censuses.
Then there is the assist
ant director. William H.
Willoughby. of Washing
ton, d. c.. former secre-
tary Of state OF Porto
Rico. Next in rank are
the five chief statisti-
clans: William G. Hunt.
in charge Of the popula-
tion division: lie Grand
Powers. heading the ag-
ricultural division; Will
liam NJ. Stuart. oversee
ing the manufacturing d.
vision: DR.. Cressy l..
Wilbur. the vital statis-
tics work. and DR.. Jo-
seph Adna Hill, the d.
vision of revision and re-
suits. Charles 8. Sloane
is the geographer; AL
bertus H. Baldwin Is the
chief clerk; Voler v.
is chief of the publica-
ton division; Hugh M.
Brown is private sec
retary to the direct
or; Robert M. Pindell,
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Masterpiece Of Glass Work

as great puzzle as the story 1t illustrates
Breval refers to It as "the famous vase of
chaledony;" Nilsson calls 1t an agate; Bartoll
a sardonyx: while Caylus and others correctly
decided that it made of glass; The blue
body was first formed, and while still red hot
coated over as far the bas reliefs were In
tended to reach with semiopaque white glass;
the delicate figure being afterwards cut down
to the blue ground in the same manner as with
real canoes.
The Elbert County tribune., 1910-11-25
Both Sides.

Johnnie-What does 1t mean by
seeing the humorous and the serious
side OF things?
Father-Well, my son, take bit Of
orange peel. for example. How many
sides has It?
Johnnie-why two. of course.
F'ather-Exactly. And when some
other man steps on that orange peel
he sees the serious side of it and yoL
see the humorous side.
The Elbert County tribune., 1910-11-25
Miqht Be Worse.

Visitor lin Michigan fruit belt)-
Uncle Zeke, how is your berry crop
this season?
Uncle Zeke-Im thankful to say it's
purity fair. I've got enough to feed the
insects, the birds and boarders ano
still leave little profit for the fruit
transportation companies. = Chicago
Tribune.
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Hay.

Upland, per ton, s15oo@16.o00; sec
ond bottom, s13.00014.00; timothy.
s15.O0@16.00; alfalfa. $1,000 a 1900:
straw, s4.00@5.00; South Park wire
grass. $1700@1s.00. San Luis Valley
wire grass. $15.00016.00.
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Grain.

Wheat. choice milling. per 100 lbs.
s1.32. Rye. Colorado. bulk. per 100
lbs, S1.10. Nebraska oats. sacked,
s1.2s; corn in sacks, s1.14: corn chop.
sacked. s1.15; bran, Colorado per 100
lbs, S1.10.
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Live Poultry.
Butter.

Elgin .......... 81
Creameries. ex. East, lb.. .33 @34
Creameries, ex. Colo, lb.. .33 @34
Creameries, End grade. lb.. %
Process and renovated. 49,. %
Packing stock ......... 223
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cheap. The late Gen. Francis A. Walker
who was a census authority greater than
any other living or dead. once wrote that
'the people of the United States can well
afford to pay for the very best census
they get" He penned this remark
In connection with frank confession OF
his shortsightedness in underest
mating the cost of the tenth census.
It's the old story: When you Ill
get the best doctor you can afford.
The comparative cneapness with which
the thirteenth census has been taken
largely due to Director e. Dana Durands eco
nomical methods, to the introduction of semi-au-
tomato electrical card-punchng tabulating
and sorting machines, and to the Inheritance
Of wisdom from the experience gained by the
permanent census bureau. During the term of
the latter the methods of inquiry tabulation and
compilation have been greatly improved, both
In accuracy and In economy. Millions will be
saved
Mr.. Durand is responsible for many of the
new methods to increase statistical accuracy
at every step of the census taking and to de-
crease the per capita cost of the enumeration.
The card-punching, tabulating, and sorting ma
chinery is the invention of mechani-
cal expert and the patent rights belong to Uncle
Sam. The machines novel In plan and de-
sign, are of greater speed and efficiency than
those they superseded and be built and
operated at a large saving of money COM
pared with previous expenditures for this pur-
pose.
other moneysaving features are the elimi-
nation of the vital-statistics inquiry from the
work of the decennial census 1t belongs to
Athe permanent branch of the United States
census; the reduction in the number OF sched-
ules, the piece-price method of paying for ma
chine work. the omission of the hand, house,
hold and neighborhood industries from the
manufactures branch of the census, and the
reduction OF the size and number of copies Of
The final report.
} Congress limited the thirteenth to
four general subjects-population, agriculture,
manufactures and mines and quarries. The d.
rector is authorized to determine the form and
subdivision of inquiries. The inquiry as to
population relates to the date April 15 1910;
= that as to agriculture concerns the farm opera
tions during 1909 and calls for an inventory OF
farm equipment April 10, 1910; that relative to
manufactures and quarries is for 1909.
The enumeration carried only the popula-
ton and agriculture schedules April 15, 1910.
Special agents were sent out with the sched-
ules for the manufactures, mines and quarries
data. There we're fully 65.000 enumerators. of
whom about 45c00 carried both the population
and agriculture schedules, as 1t is estimated
that there are fully 100000 separate
Farms In America, with farmers numbering
tveIl up into a score of millions. In 1910 there
were many more billions of dollars of fixed
capital invested In agriculture than there were
In manufactures. strange as 1t may seem. And
the farmer is getting better on all the time;
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venerable dad has calculated that the
thirteenth investigation will cost about
s1S.ooo,0o0; s6o,o00. 900 has been spent
ror this purpose since 1880.
The twelfth census cost about $13.-
ooO.OO0 and as Uncle Sans landed pos
sessions have increased since then and
MS family gained about 100000 more
members than belonged to it In 1900.
II would be considered no more than
ialr II the present diagnosis were to
cal for the spending of about s19,oO0,-
ooO, which would be the sum II the rate
OF Increase of expense at each census
up to the twelfth were to be main
tanned for the thirteenth.
A census expert has estimated that
OF the thirteen millions. the headquar-
ters office force will earn $4,000, 900.
the enumerators s4,6o0,000, the super
visors 100000, and the special agents
100000. The administrative cost will
De S3O0,0C0. the stationery 100000.
rent S125,000. tabulating machines $780,
600. cards for tabulation processes.
100000. printing 100000. Alaska $685.
600. Porto Rico 100000. Total. $12.-
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Sheep.

food hogs =. ....,.......7.2o@7.s5
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LID DIR. U. s. CENSUS.
who has just completed
the thirteenth diagnosis
Of the condition of Uncle
Sam and his family. be-
gan 1t in 1880 and has
been repeating 1t every
ten years since. Uncle
Sam has footed the bills.
to date amounting to
about $47,000,000. Our
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1910-08-11
THE JEFFERSONIAN
LOCAL SCHOOL-TAX CANNOT AT
Feet LAND VALUES.

Dear Sir:-In The JeffersOnian of
July 9TH Mr.. B. B. Thomas replying
to Mr.. Jester about the effect the To-
cal school tax law had on the price of
land in his community, quotes from
a former letter of his as follows:
None to sell at $500 to $500
before it was put on us, and now no
buyers at $500 to $1,000 per acre.
Evidently he means to convey the
impression that the change of values
referred to by him is due mainly to
the fact that district in which he
lives had adoted the local school tax
law to aid it's school. | am sorry he
has resorted to this subterfuge in or
der to justify himself in the opinion
he holds. If a man is opposed at
heart to the public school system,
which is intended to place a rudi-
mentary training in reach of all the
children of the State, we need not be
surprised at his objecting to a tax to
improve the public school system.
| happen to know something of the
conditions existing in the district
where he lives. He failed in his let
ter to mention the rtue cause, and
the only cause, which affects the
prices of land. 1t is strictly farm
ing community and their crop is to-
bacco, a crop requiring heavy out
lay Of money, for which they had
been receiving a price varying from
forty to sixty cents per pound Such
prices inflated land values, but when
the buyers, combining against the
producers, suddenly dropped prices
to twenty, fifteen, and twelve per
pound, it was like going from plenty
to almost want in short time.
Where system akin to that practic-
ed in Tennessee and Kentucky by the
combine, is resorted to, the price of
land will decline, and there is no
way to prevent it. In the present
condition of the market no one wish
es to buy tobacco land, and mo buy
ers at $500 to $1,000 per acre" is
due to the facts above mentioned, in
stead of the fact that the district had
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1910-08-11

J. w. Rountree, with the real es-
tate firm of Ware & Hughes, Atlanta,
Ga, writes: Il have had it proven
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ness college in the South today, be-
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school, in which the highest theories
and most perfect practice are COM
bined."
Mr.. Anderson says he would rather
train a student perfectly on credit
than to give him an imperfect course
for the cash. This has proven
winning motto.
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HAVE CONVICT-CAMP HORRORS
COME AGAIN?

was sent TO the cna1n gang or DOnol-
son county for one year on the charge
of bigamy. He complained of being
sick, and the doctor would state there
was nothing wrong with him, and
Capt. G. A. Thomson would beat him
with heavy strap, and punish him
brutally from time to time The last
whipping administered to Edward
Sharon occurred several days before
his death. He was given twenty
blows. On the Friday preceding his
death he remained in the camp, and
they compelled him to go to work on
Saturday, and on his way to work he
fell down and was dragged through
the mud. They took him to work,
but he was unable to work and laid
on the bank in the mud until noon
and was returned to the camp, and
the next evening, Sunday, DR.. Nc
Donnell came and saw Edward Sha-
ron and gave him hypodermic injec-
tion and on Monday he had Sharon
sent to the hospital at the barracks,
and the following Wednesday he
died. Now, all this time they claim
ed there was nothing wrong with
Sharon.
But after death they stated he,
Sharon, had died from acute indi-
gestiOn, caused from eating I've soap.
| reported this to Washington, D. c.,
and Mr.. Tuggle came here to Jail,
making threats on two occasions that
they were going to send me back to
the chain gang if I did not stop MAX
ing trouble for them. I'm ready to
prove by witnesses that they subject
prisoners to cruel and unusual pun
ishment, and the Constitution of the
United States fOrbids such treatment
to prisoners. Something caused Ed
ward Sharon's death, and an investi-
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The reason I'm here in prison is a
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can give you the ringleaders and
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The business dates back, to my
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The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-05-14
The Fatal Seventh.

II was in the mystic seventh, the
time when Cigarmakers win or lose a
majority of their games that the
Champs scored four runs and sewed up
the game. The head of the batting list
was up and Doherty started the fes-
tivities. by singing TO right. McCin-
took attempted to sacrifice, but Thomas
juggled the bail. Lloyd met the pellet
fairly and drove il 10 left, Doherty
coming home. Nesser also tried to be n
martyr, but the Diggers were too gen
erous to allow IT, Thomas came in to
field Nesser's bunt, but Reilly got the
ball and threw 1t to first, which had
been left uncovered. McClintock and
Lloyd rushed home with two tallies AZ
ter Friend had gone out on a roller to
Hummel Weller singled past second
and Nesser counted. Newman flew out
TO Colllgan and Textor was put out by
Thomas unassisted.
After this one inning Zmich was
complete master of the ceremonies, al.
though Lloyd further boosted his bat
ting average by slamming out another
double in the eighth
The tabulated score tells the story.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-05-14

The Stubbs-Wilson players. who
open season of summer stock at
Olentangy park Columbus, May 80.
are under the management of Mr..
Charles b. Wilson, who recently
closed n successful season as man.
ager of "The Gentleman from Mis-
sissippi," in which Burr Mcintosh
and VIII Deming were featured. Mr..
Wilson has a number of friends I'm
this city who remember the above
attraction as one of the decided
treats of the theatrical season at the
Grand. They will be pleased to
learn of his return to Ohio for the
summer and feel assured that an
attendance at the Olentangy park
theater will be well rewarded.
Mr.. Paul Dickey, the leading man
of the company is one of the most
popular and personally pleasing
young men in the business. The per-
sonal also contains the. name of Mr..
Willard Bowman, who will be re-
membered for his unique inebriated
scene in a Lem b. Parker play en-
titled Married for Money" seen here
two seasons ago. Many other names
of prominence appear in the COM
pany list.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-05-14

since Dean wv. Swift fourished, and
1t makes clear u great moral lesson
while serving as an entertainment
For "The Servant in the House" is
first of all an entertainment. 1t Is
modern comedy in the best sense.
excellently blending pathos and hui
NOR, The casual and somewhat
sophisticated theater-goer Is capti-
waited by the intense human interest
of the beautiful play and the more
inclined may delve deep
er and find woven into the text of
the surface story perfectly appar-
ent symbolic story in which Charles
Ram Kennedy conveys his message
to the hearts of humankind. The
company assembled by Henry MILLER
to interpret this modern masterpiece
is worthy of the play being probably
the best balanced cast of excellent
actors ever sent to this city.