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Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-12-13

The specific case in which Secretary
Cook will testify Is that of one James
Shorter-an enterprising person, who.
in 1894, undertook to annex an entire
! Georgia county, in spite of a law which
| limited him head right" to 1000 acres,
Brother shorter had way Of having
| himself made out a grant for 1,000
acres. pounded and abutted by the
said lands of the said shorter and
that was all the description there was
to it.
What sort Of rake off" the honorable
/ land court got for issuing these grants
! by the basketful to Shorter nobody
nowadays knows, but it must have been
fine and dandy pickings, anyway!
After a while. Shorter accumulated
in Montgomery county grants to pal
| try l,1S1,O00 acres Of land-and that
was going some, TOO. when one consid-
ers that there were only 100000 acres
/ in the entire county.
How old Shorter managed to overlook
+ the remaining little cotton patch fur
nishes food for thought
BY and by, the legislature of the state
outlawed these old fake head right
grants. and few people in the last so
years have undertaken to realize any
thing on them.
Every little bit, however, some swim
dler gets hold OF grant" trades it
for something or other-and then the
secretary Of the state of Georgia has to
get busy explaining how the grant
isn't worth the paper it is written on.
Executive Secretary Hardy Ulm has
been digging around in old state papers
of one sort and another of late, and
some of the things ne has turned UP
are more than ordinarily interesting.
Among other things he ran across
recently is an old agreement between
J. Pierpont Morgan and jeremiah Mill
bank, on the one hand. and the Macon
and Brunswick railroad on the other
whereby Morgan and Millbank agree tC
become trustees for the bonds of the
road to the extent of $4,000. The in
strumeut Is dated September /, 1859.
]. Pierpont Morgan's signature to the
agreement was the thing that particu-
| larry dllIdCLeu = LII = eagle eye I1e
got a blank bank check, filed it out fol
a million or so. and carefully attached
Morgan's signature to the bottom
thereof
He said he had no idea Of attempting
to cash the near check, but he wanted
to see how one like that would look.
On the state pension lists there are
now 80 new names that everybody will
approve Of heartily.
} They are 80 blind Confederate SOL
diers who, under an act passed by the
last legislature. have had their pen
sons increased from $50 per annum tc
500.
, About 500 new names were added tc
the pension roll this year by reason OF
the new law and otherwise-but these
30, somehow. will seem a little more
welcome to the states pittance thar
any Of them, of course
Solicitor General Joseph E. PottIe'.
friends throughout Georgia will be-
pleased to learn that he is rapidly con.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-12-13

~ tarf claimed bry
,..rt.;,- re. v+f,s ~,
lToptg m o rv
county, ca,rgia
nrds, an old So
called head right"
Issued by the state
courf of land
Grants bacl, in
1894.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-12-13
SEARCHING SIDELIGHTS
ON GEORGIA POLITICS
BY JAMES B. NEVIN.

Secretary Of State Phil Cook leaves
tomorrow for Lake Charles La, where
he goes To testify as 70 the color OF title
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-12-13

yalescing in a local sanitarium from IN
acute illness, uecessitating II Slight on
Grafton, for which he has been under
treatment for the past ten days.
Solicitor Pottle is the brother u
Judge Robert n. Pottle, Of the state
court Of appeals, and is personally one
Of the most popular and widely known
men In Georgia.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-12-13

of the most popular and widely known
men in Georgia.
joseph +. Wilson, the kid brother"
.of President-elect Woodrow Wilson is
Ia newspaper man OF Nashville, and has
numerous friends and acquaintance in
Georgia.
He is a most likeable chap. and his
friends in Nashville are giving him
hoodoo dinner" in the Tennessee CAPT
tai tonight, by way of evidencing their
friendship. and because-wen because
he is the next presidents brother. and
isn't bit swell headed" about, even
If he is immensely proud Of It.
This Friday. 10, hoodoo dinner" is
to be Josh anquet"-whatever that
lis, exactly-so the announcements saw
and it will be participated in by about
200 Of young Wilson's friends and ac-
iquaintances throughout the Volunteer
state.
All the ancient and honorable Fri
day 49, superstitions will be PLAYED
upon for the kid brothers. benefit
and the president elect himself is IN
come in for a lot of good-natured
banter.
That Floyd county is in dead earnest
about enforcing the state prohibition
law is abundantly attested in the fact
that Judge Maddox has sent four well
known white men convicted of violating
the law to the county chsingang for
long terms this year. and that without
the alternative of fine
Two of these men-one Of them az
one time quite a prominent political in
fuence in F1oyd-went to the gang"
without protest, but the other two car.
ried their cases to the court Of appeals.
In batch of decisions handed down
recently, however, the appeals court af-
firned the lower courts findings and
sentences, and now these defendants
must join the other two in the Floyd
county convict road camp.
Judge Maddox announced that he
would impose changing sentences in
the future, in the event defendants were
convicted by juries Of violations OF the
prohibition law, and he has more than
kept his word thus far.
Captain Harry P. Meik1eham, tire
mayor-town council police forces SUE
preme court Justice of the peace and.
lord high everything else Of Ldndale,
came to Atlanta last night to attend
a banquet to General Clifford Anders
son at the Capital City club.
Captain Meikleham is one OF the
most enthusiastic officers Of the Geor-
| gia National Guard and is particularly
fond of General Anderson. under whom
he served for several years,
Bisbee daily review., 1912-03-30
HIDDEN DANGERS
kstUre Gives Timely Warnings That No Bsbee Citizen Can Afford
 to Ignore.

DANGER SIGNAL NO comes from the kidney secretons. They will warn you when the kidneys are sick. Well kidneys eNcrete a clear amber fluid Sick kidneys send out a thin. pale and foauy, or a thick red illsmelliug urine. full of sediment ana irregular of passage
 DANGER SIGNAL NO. comes from the back. Back pains. dull ana heavy. or sharp and acute, tell You oi sick kidneys and warn you of Jhe danger of dropsy, gravel and Bright s disease Deans Kidney Pills have permanently cured thousands. Here IS proof in the statement Of a nearby resident
 J. II. Smith, 131 W. Carleton st., Prescott. Ariz.. says: of and on for a year have used Deans Kidney Pills and have been given ample proof of their worth. I have found them very effective in relieving pain in the small ot the back My experience with Deans Kidney PiIs has been so sat istactory that l can highly recommend them
 For sale by all dealers Price jl cents. Foster -AiilOurl Co, Buffalo. New York. sole agents for the United States
 Remember the name-Doan's- take no other.
Bisbee daily review., 1912-03-30
PecslnlIsn1.

A pessimist is one who receives a pair Jf gloves as a present and wor- fiCr because they will soon wear out
Bisbee daily review., 1912-03-30
CHARLES H. HYDE IS
 TO HAVE HIS TRIAL
Accused City Chamberlain of New York Comes
 into Court

NEW YORK. March 29:-Un,ess some new delay intervenes former City Chamberlain Charles II. Hyde will be arraigned next Monday in the Criminal Branch of the supreme court to stand trial for the part he is al legged to have played in the banking scandal that has involved the heads of the defunct Carnegie Trust com pany, the Joseph G. Robin banking enterprises and the New York politi- cal machine. In the indictment re- turned against him the former City Chamberlain is charged with bribery in connection with the S300,000 lar ceny from the Carnegie Trust com pany.
 Hyde will be the fourth man of a ooterie of prominent politicians, bank CTS and promoters to face a jury on charges growing out of the failure of the Carnegie Trust company and the collapse of the Robin banks.
 The former City Chamberlain was indicted chiefly on the testimony of Joseph G. Robin, owner of a string ot banks and industrial enterprises, who alleged that Hyde. himself and Wil- liam J. Cumuiins, convicted on a charge of embeZzhng sl40.0OO from the Carnegie Trust company, met in Hyde's office in 1910, while Hyde was City Chamberlain. Here they con. ferred with Joseph B. Reichman former president Of the Carnegie Trust company, convicted later o! making a false report to the State tanking examiners. and, according to Robin, Hyde told him that if he would come through with loan to the then totterinc Carnegie Trust Company. he Hyde. would see that the muni cipal deposits were increased in Rob in's Northern Bank. If Robin had re- fused. according to his story, he was threatened with having the city mon ev. then in his bank withdrawn The bank was in no condition to stand such withdrawals and he had to accede to Hyde's demands.
 Sentences in the cases of both Rob in and Cummins have been help up and it is rumored that they are likely to turn states evidence against Hyde, hoping in this way to escape serN- ing terms in prison lt IS understood that Justice Vernon NJ Davis, who presided over the trials of Cummins and Reichman, will preside over the Hyde tral.
Bisbee daily review., 1912-03-30
Odd Nest.

A curious freak on the part of wasps was recently discovered in Maryland The wasps were noticed going in and out of a lock that secured a workshop door. Tie owner of the shop had the lock removed to satisfy his sIriOsity about the doings of the busy workers. He found a nest in side. The cells were made of mud and were full Of larvae. There were several dead wasps inside the lock. AS the lock was in daily use. the wasps could not have had peaceful home.
Bisbee daily review., 1912-03-30
DEFENDS RUGBY CAME
 STARS BEST STUDENTS
Davis of Princeton Points Out Football Men
 Not Failures

PRINCETON, \. J March 30-Iu
 order tO prove the falsity of state
 ments made by opponents of football. who claim football men never make. good in after life and often go 10 the dogs" Parke II Davis. Pr;nceton's $
 representative on the football rules committee, and himself an end on the tiger varsity eleven in 1891 and 1892,
 has published statistics in the Prince ton Almni Weekly which show con- clusively that nothing is farther from the truth. Mir Davis. who is a stanch supporter of the great American col lege game, has collected data showing the career of 721 members Of the Yale, Princeton and Harvard eleyeLs
 for the past forty years. ever since ] the establishment of the sport in these three institutions. and he shows that every one of these men is now launched on a successful career. The statistic also show the lavorita occupation of Harvard men to be that { of a findncier, of Princetonians that cf mercantile pursuits and law, while tho i greater number of the sons Of Eli are ] practicing law.
 1 Former Stars National Figures ! hr. Davis then proceeds rO give the names of many Of the foremost nation al figures who in their undergraduate | days were members of the varsity l teams. Time was. says Mir. Davis, ! when Robert Bacon, the retiring am 1 LassadOr to France was a brilliant | half back and captain at Harvard, and James Harlan, at present member of ! the interstate commerce commission 1 was an especially brilliant half hack at ! Harvard. Lee McClung, the treasurer ! Of the United States was a marvellous dodging hall back at Yale, varsity half back and the inventor of the sys- | tem of play known as interference William Lewis. assistant attorney gen I eraI of the United States. vas an old Harvard center. wl~iie Dr. Harvey Wiley was once a sridiron star at PCr- cue University.
 Other men of note whom MT. Davis mentions are Clifford Pinchot of Yale, | Blair Lee. the president of the senate ' of Maryland, a former Yale coach, | who is owner of large clock factory ! in Connecticut Big Biii' Edwards, street cleaning commissioner Of Ne" York. a former Princeton center; Pmi i King a former Princeton quarter bacN, who now owns large merchandise con cerns in Washington. New York and l Paris.
 Players Are Students Also. ] To prove that football does not de- ! crease scholastic ability, Mr. Davis relates an incident in which sam | Whue. the present Princeton end. hs- ueres. At Princeton last tdlL saiu Nr. Davis. Professor Spaeth or ,ne ! English department assigned an essay i 10 be written by the members or the class. The next day Princeton, mainly ! through the playing Of sam WnlLee' : defeated Yale by the score of 0 to j. ' The following day was Sunday, ana ch ! Monday morning the only student ih
 ] the class 70 present his essay, Wds
 Sam White. the man who beat liar
 1 vard and Yale by his own lndlViduai
 runs
Bisbee daily review., 1912-03-30

that on the night of a Yale footL all game at Cambridge. some of our dor mitories are full of Yale guests; but it is not good to see and hear what We still see and hear at athletic con tests, or to know that at many con. ferences about dates of games the sue cesssul college repres5 ntatiye is the representative who can get the upper hand of the others.
 Those of Us wEo have faith in the radical sOundness Of the American youth, believe that however slowly. a better day will come-a day when the arrangements for a game and iu the game itself, every man though fl to represent a college will give full measure of all accessory advantages to the college that is not his own.
Bisbee daily review., 1912-03-30
STRIKE IN BRITAIN
 SEES ITS LAST DAYS
Bill Becomes Law and All Believe Miners Will
 Now Return

LONDON. March 29-The mini mum wage bill became a law today when at noon it received royal as sent simultaneously the balloting Of local miners throughout the isles was roceeding to determine whether the strikers shall return to work pending a decision of district boards fixing the wages in the various districts. While the result will not be known until Thursday. there is prevalent ev. erywhere a feeling of optimism that the vote will favor resumption. Mean time. thousands of miners will re sume in anticipation of such de CsiOn.
Bisbee daily review., 1912-03-30
PIaners Are students AIso.

gentlemen.
 The report iss closed with the fot lowing paragiaph On the right spirit in college sports:
 Students are often charged with wasting opportunities for study. they may with equal mstice be charged with wasting opportunities for sound athletics. for wide and generous eour tesy. for turning rivals into friends or rather for recognizing rivals as friends. It is good to see signs .oi improvement, to know for example
Bisbee daily review., 1912-03-30
Love Soui..

Deep hearts, sage minds. take life as God has made 1t; 1t Is a long trial. an incomprehensible preparation for an unknown destiny. This destiny, the true one. begins for man with the drst step inside the tomb IE the meanwhile. love and suffer, hope and contemplate. Woe, alas, to him who shall have loved only bodies, form, appearancesi Death will deprive him of all Try to love souls; you will find them again Victor Hugo.
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1912-11-07

Tommy-Maybe dey amt hungry.
Jimmy-But dat oughtn't to make
80 much difference. kin ginerally eat
whedder I'm hungry or not.
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1912-11-07

Lincoln county pretty well divided probably IN no 9th
county in the has there been such variable vote
At present writing the republican legislature approximate
900 the lead for the state senator and the two repre-
sentaves though the returns representatives have been
crousIv slow to come in But these figures do not at all
represent present political complexion of the county, for
Hawley won for by nearly and Miss Cook for
attorney general the ticket by about $50
And then Roosevelt won by almost thousand
Hest democrat elected also Staples of endel for
commissioner H. b. Jones of Richfeld for probate Judge,
and A. Keefer of Shoshone for The complete
returns for of the smaller Offices but they
Indicate election of Zeer and Smith, republican, for
oner and SURVEYOR Taper for the first district and Nelson
for the third will be the majority the board of commits
soners exceptionally capable Zug, OF
the capable sherfs the county has had,
elected John of Rupert elected by nice
majority He highly commended by all who know him.
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1912-11-07
INTERVIEW WITH HAWK

j. v Hawk, OF Boise. district sup
erintendent for the state Hhildren's
Home Finding Home, was a Rich
field visitor this week, on one of
his missions Of mercy. Mr.. Hawk,
who was for several years in com
mand Of the Boise Salvation Army,
is keenly alive to thepolitical stu
alton of the state, for on the pol
itical and business condition of the
state depends much of the mora
condition as weell; and his long,
hard years Of work in the state
has brought him into touch with
hest of men from all classes of
dfe Speaking of the governorship,
since the election is over and his
comments will not seem to be in
the way ofbringing politics into
work that has no politics. Mr.. Hawk
said substantially as follows:
Il would not wish to say any
thing that could possibly infer that
Governor Hawley has been otherwise
than always helpful in our work of
charity, for he has always given us
every assistance But | can say
this: That there is no man in the
state of Idaho whom | would trust
larther or more fully to understand,
sympathize with and help in any
work for the aid Of those who can
not help themselves. There is
brought cut in the campaign; sio
side to Mr. Haines which was not
that l am glad to say l found when
was with the Salvation Army
Boise during his term as mayor, and
which is altogether to his credit. |
believe Mr.. Haines as governor will
do much for such humanitarian in
stitutions as ours, and that Idaho
will find him a far better man than
3ven his friends have said Of hin
in the campaign"
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1912-11-07
Lincoln County Divided
Republicans Win All Three Legislators, Two Commissioners
Sheriff. Assessor Coroner Surveyor; Lose the Rest.

Perhaps the remarkable incident of the campaign
the aughterng of Roy Jones for the Shewd Graf
ty indefatiguabe worker with wide acquaintance, he
looked a hard to beat The Recorder is glad
that the of secret deal of his to change the
boundaries agreed upon for the DIVISION and
for him and his the support of the North
tract have been entirely dspoven by the vote
that section which against him strongly If he had
pulled the legislature through, elect Hawey and
other democrat the he could have had almost
thing in the United States.
Riehed had registered during the year. of whom 40
are absent registering of the others voted Tues
day. Of every regstered probably the largest
percentage any precinct in Idaho There big vote
for all the local candidates. regardless of politics. Hawley
got and Martin Roosevelt 49, Wilson 80, Taft 28,
Debs 26 for president T. B. Brush and r. d. Crothers
elected justices of the and Earl Cross constable
Only straight republican ballots progressive
socialist and so democratic
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1912-11-07
EXCURSIONS EAST
and

TO CALIFORNIA
November 23, 25; December 21 and
23. Long limits. See agents for
rates and further particulars.
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1912-11-07
OBITUARY
ia. Journal.

Knoxville, (Ia.), journal.
Matilda NJ Rankin was born Dec
29, 1880, and died at her home near
Richfield, Idaho, of heart failure,
October 8, 1912, aged 81 years, 10
months, days.
She grew to young womanhood in
Marion county She was conertedv
at abot ten years of age and liedv
a consistent Christian life, and was
never happier than when she had
her Sunday school class around her
or was helping some one.
She was a grauate of the Iowa
State Teachers. Colleged at Cedar
Falls. in 1907, and was one of three
chosen to represent the schools in
India.
On July 18, 1911, she was married
to F. j. Mathews in their little home
in Idaho. The little time they were
permitted to live together was hap
py and oyful She leaves a husband
mother and one brother, and a host
of relatives and friends to mourn
her departure
Funeral services took place Tues
day, Oct. 8, at II, conducted by
Rev. c. L. Rubottom, of Attica; In
terment in Zion cemetery
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1912-11-07
Safe Deposit Vaults.

The safe deposit vault is an Ameri
can idea, and was developed at the
time of the Civil war. Bank robberies
were so frequent at that time that
banks refused to take care of their
customers valuables. An institution
referred its clients to the porter as
willing to take the risk. For small
sum he took charge of the boxes and
safes and made fortune. From this
arose the modern safe deposit, which
is now part of every bank The Eng
lish, ever slow and cautious, did not
take quickly to the idea of storing
their valuables in public vaults, when
the idea was introduced in London.
and it was 25 years before safe de-
posit vaults were widely established
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1912-11-07
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The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1912-11-07
Wilson Will Be President
Democrats Win 80 Per Cent of Electoral VoteTaf May Get
II Electoral Votes, Roosevelt More Than 100

To look the wreck could hardly believe that there
such thing republican party With Iowa and
the Dakoas and Minnesota going to Wilson, and Michigan
Illinois and Pennsylvania to Roosevelt there couldn't be
chance left for Taft Wilson has tpan 400 votes in the
electoral college, out of the total of 53 Roosevelt has
than Taft got only the vote of Vermont and
Utah and he and the supreme court to have Ida
no. It's good deal like Private Muvaney, who aera life
time of soldering, could say with pride Annyhow Oh
corpr wanst To win only per cent of the electoral
after almost unbroken victory for fifty years. the
awful political catastrophe that happened in Amer