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Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-08-10

fined in a pit just big enough to
mold him, with cave-men assailing
MIN with stones and arrowheads
are numerous.
This pastime of "mobbing the
mammoth" evidently filled our
early ancestors with as much de-
light as the modern bull fight
affords our Spanish and Mexican
friends, for the carvings show that
the junction was we'll attended by
spectators Of both sexes,
According to NJ. De Foux, our
troglodytic ancestors were club
men in more senses than one.
There is plenty of evidence of their
convlvial gatherings, and though
the cup that cheered their prehis-
toric souls was nothing more tnvit-
ing than the skulls of their enemies,
containing a brew of brains and
pottage, it seems to have answered
the purpose very well. In cave
at GUurdan, France, have been dug
I'D several of these broken skulls
bearing the marks of flint knives.
1t IS thought likely that CATER the
manner of some modern savages)
these skulls were used as drinking
Guns. and the brains they had con-
taiupf were mixed in pottage ana
nartaken of as great dellcacy.
This is a common practise among
the head-hunters Of the Philippines.
That this concoctiOn had an in
tox;cating effect is quite probable,
for scme of the pictures on the
cave walls portraying groups of
tbas, early bon vivants imbibing
tror the skulls indicate that some
of the participants in the orgy were
decidedly under the weather"
how our inebriated forebears
managed to find their way home
after a celebration Of this kind may
her..r be imagined than described.
- nou,d not have been the easiest
tosE under the most favorable cir
omn,stances to make ones way over
,hn enormous boulders which
W. rped the path to their crude
taro dwellings, but with a cargo OF
,ai,,-e+aw aboard in the bargain
Va y, Journey must have been diff
on Wy. in the extreme. One can
imaclre, perhaps, the enraged
snouse in the cave lying III walt lot
her crring chief, with a boulder IN
nn. hand and the jawbone OF a
o,,o hear in the other. peerlng
tbroLeh the small opening which
forncd the entrance at the con
,iyial cave man directing his zig
700 footsteps toward his humble
dwcling in the wee, small hours
If a 1rimeval morning!
Recent research reveals too that
on ,ave-dwellers were not unta'
milfar with the pains OF various
Diseases which afflict the present
ep~ration One may well imagine
that they became more or less I'M
mu7e to colds by reason OF their
constant exposure to the elements,
but that they suffered from dyspep-
sia ,out and rheumatism is amply
confrmed by the thickened condi'
ton of their Joints and similar sig
niricant symptoms presented by
thei- skeletons.
And if one imagines that the
maa1ntes of Dame Fashion are all
of modern origin, the investiga'
tons CT NJ. De Foux would seem to
Indicate that the idea is quite
erroneous
1t may have been modesty which
implied the cave-woman to clothe
her nakedness but 1t was GER
tainly vanity which suggested the
elaborate costumes In which she NJ
tired herself at times.
These garments would hardly do
credit to a Paquin or a Lucille, but
thov must have appeared really
wOru rful to the primitive minds
of the time. They were made of the
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-08-10

ings of the cave-men.
The "ave-men, it is found. were
lohd OF music. Instead of resorting
TO their dens at night to escape the
saoer-toothcd tiger or the unclad
gentlemen with stone, they sat
around the fire and listened to their
musicians
IL is true that their musical in.
struments were not exactly the kind
favored by our symphony orchestras
put at least they made a noise,
which is as much as some of. our
twentieth century artists accomplish.
me principal musical instrument
vi TINS period consisted of a rein.
uSer foot with a hole bored in II,
Whlch mAde q serYicen HE whistln
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-08-10
Just as Funny
Hats as Now!

feature about 1t being that 1t isn't
true! At least, according to a re-
markablc series Of analyses made by
Professor De FouX, an eminent au-
thority on matters prehistoric. the
ancient dwellings of the cave-dwell.
ers in Europe indicate that a mill
ion years ago we lived and loved
pretty much as we 20 now
NJ. De FouX has discovered that
we were not shaggy. brutal people. OF
a color Understandable, because we
had not shed our ape-llke hair. and
We did not have pointed ears. On
the contrary, We were white, had
smooth skins and ears very much
like those of today. Incidentally,
we all had red hair. fact which in.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-08-10

OIL our Jokes of a million years ago.
Ihey nave been perpetuated in the
shape OF bones. skeletons, pits. draw.
lngS on the walls o caves and other
fragments Of those ancient days
winch have been found in the dwell.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-08-10

cities whose
heads are very
much the same
as those brutal
looking skulls"
The caye-nten
even had a
sense of humor.
The French
scientist gives
some eXtraDrdi-
nary instances
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-12-06

gest that It ought to take less than
nine weeks to get jury for a prom
incnt murderer. or less than ten
years to litigate a dispute over the
ownership of horse that can.
reasonably be expected to live that
long; or if you suggest cutting OF
some of the old mountaineering
embroidery. you are warned that
you are raising an impious hand
aLainst the temple OF Jurisprudence,
upon which the fabric of our civili-
cation rests. If Rip Van Wrinkle had
been an appellate Judge instead o..
what he was his absence of twent :
years that time would have attract
Ell no general comment, I'm quite
sure. People would have figured
that he was off. preparing dissent.
ing opinion. Parties whose cases
happened to be few pages farther
along on the docket might have
cEafed bit, but you would have
heard of no complaints from the
lawyers. They would have agreed
that His Honor. Justice r. Van Win.
kle, was endowed with the very
highest type of the judicial tempera.
ment."
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-12-06

Sometimes the crime OF a jury in
acquitting a murderer shocks he
moral sense of the people more Sc
,erely and does more harm to the
cause of law and order and civilila-
ton than the crime of the murderer
in staying his victim. All the short
coming of our courts are not to be
laid to the technicalities in their
procedure. Jurors both morally and
mentally unfit to serve the cause OF
justice are perhaps more often re-
sponsible for the failure to punish
crime than any other defect in our
legal machinery. Some of these
Nerdicts of not guilty in murder
eases smell to heaven with thei.
fOulness and are utterly disgrarefu'
to those responsible for them
Twelve weaklings on IA jury can ruin
the administration of justice in any
country, no matter how perfect ev-
cry other branch of the court pro-
ctdure.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-12-06
A HINT.

Perhaps you cannot reach the top.
Perhaps your burdens are t0o
great,
And ii may be that you must drop
Out of the ranks and lose to fate.
Perhaps you are to know the worst,
To fall while others Chamber high.
Never race to finish first,
But still if were you Id try.
II, as you say, the loads too great.
The hill too steep for you to climb,
Why not put up fight with fate ,
Keep plodding, plugging all the
time.
Get Just as far as you can 60,
BE not too quick to pause and
sigh;
Perhaps you'll fail. but you can
show
That you've the splendid grit to
try. Detroit Free Press.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-12-06

The neat, complete and expedi-
tious thrashing administered to the
unspeakable but not unlickablc
Turk by the little Balkan nations
meets with the full approval Of the
civilized world. 1t has been NapO-
leonic campaign, and yet we hear OF
no great general among tho allies
tn whose brilliant strategy the re-
suit Is due. That may be because oil
the absence of press agents, news
paper correspondents having been
rigidly barred, or it may be that the
unpronOunceable character Of the
names of those generals makes them
mechanically unsuited for publica
ton.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-12-06

Mr.. W. B. Mack. the newspaper
nan who made fame on the Pensa-
cola Journal as one Of the best para :.
graphers in the country, was In
Montgomery, Ala, the other day
and gave the Advertiser of that city
some very enthusiastic views in be-
half Of the proposed new State OF
West Florida. Mack seems to yearn
for il and says that ut is remark
able to see how readily the people of
al! sections OF Florida approve OF thu
idea" Mack is fine young man
and an ornament to our journalism,
but II he keeps up this line of talk
We shall suspect him of designs
upon the governorship or maybe q
mere senatOrship in the unborn
State whose glories he sings.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-12-06
ADMlRES THE LAW BUT
CAN'T FATHOM IT

Since Mark Twain's death no
humorist or satirist has appeared in
this country to compare with him
except Irwin :. Cobb, the Southern,
writer. and in some respects Cobb is
the superior of Twain. Beneath his
satire there is sound philosophy
aiG at times mercilcss and timely
exposure of sonic of the absurd
fashions and systems SO harmful to
modern society. And he is good tn
read. not only for the fun in him.
hut for his robust common sense in
attacking the evils Of his time. Cobp
writes for the Saturday Evening
Post. and in the last issue of tina,
periodical he tackles our American
court methors and his rich and rae,
satire is enough to make even a Su.
prcme Court judge relax tic stern
muscles of his judicial mouth and in
dulge in smile. Among Other
things. Cobb says:
I admire the law deeply, too
without being able to fathom it
aid. also. admire those who exc
cute it. But, if this impcrtinenc,
OF the part of mere bystander ma,
be excused. | wish to take this op
portunity of saying it seems to M
tiat the law doesn't keep up to dat
that it doesn't adopt the moder'
improvements as other profession
&c. Surgery is constantly takin
short cuts and bridging gaps. .lcur
nalism is ever upon the advance
; Science stands ready and eayer I
embrace the new. tho true nd IN
beautiful; and commerce oyn,nd
ner scope daily; but the law is a,
bound round with precedent an,
tradition and memories that SINE;
like imported cheese. If you sue
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-12-06

SION form of government To the pee
l'le. but the council by unanimous
vote passed the resolution over his
head and special election will de-
eide the issue on Dec. 80. If IN"
proposition carries the mayor VIII
appoint a committee of three alder
n,en TO decide upon what kind OF a
commission government is desired
and whether it will contain the ini-
iiatye. recall and referendum, as
we'll as municipal control of publ,
service corporations.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-12-06

That conference of the governor :.
OF the various tSates in RichmOn
iGeas and sound suggestions as To
needed reforms which has doubtless
impressed the thinking, reading peo-
pie of the country favOrably. Our
State executives ought to, and will,
we see by a dispatch, form a per.
Elanent association and come tOgeth-
or every year in conference. 1t will
remove many MISUNDERSTANDING re-
sulting from lack of friendly ac.
quaintance and be productive ii
cl:ny good practical ideas in the
r.atter of improved administration
OF our State governments. Massachr-
sttts and Florida. although members
o: the same union. are almost like
foreign lands to one another and
each has been taught to regard the
other as an unsympathetic alien
hIt all this would end with thu
closer acquaintance and better lik
ing resulting from these conferences.
We don't know about Cole Bleasc,
governor of South Carolina, who has
announced himself rs an advocate of
l. nching in certain eases, but non
q, those northern governors ca,
meet our Albert without an increase
OF fricndlincss to the man and the
people who made him their Cover
LOr.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-12-06

Pinellas county takes the lead IN
iris State in the matter OF road I'M
provement, by voting to bond her
self for 1870, zoe, the proceeds to be
applied to road improvement. 1t Will
surely be a wise investment II the
right system of road making Is en-
plOyed. Good roads draw high-class
people as permanent residents and
those are the kind that make a cOun-
ty rich and prosperous.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-12-06

The suspension of the new after
noon daily recently established ia
Jacksonville is announced II is the
old story. No call for it. the Me-
tropOlis fully covering the after.
noon field, leaving hut scant and in
slfiicient patronage for any riva!
publication. We note also that thu
new daily in Gainesville established
e few weeks ago is taking rest
having announced its suspension I'M.
til the first OF January. Experiment.
irg in daily journalism is cost,
business. and perhaps more than in
any other line of enterprise the con
ditions must be just right to insur.
success.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-12-06

The chief good done by MIR. car
negie's impudent proposal to pui
American eX-presidents on his PR
vate pension roll is the arousing of
public sentiment as to the propriety
OF having the government do soma.
thing in the way of p, tag our ex.
presidents above the chance of need
Congress has very properly taken
the matter up and New York re,,
resentatiye has introduced a bin fix
ing such pensions at $4,000 DO,
month. with half that sum for tn,
widows of ex-presidents. Somethin.
will come of this agitation of tn,
question that will make it unnec
cssary to feed Carnegie's egotism
but ne has done good by calling a.
tcntion to the matter.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-12-06

The Florida School Exponent
says that in the histories now In
use in the public schools OF Florida
there is not one line about the bat.
tie Of Olustee in this State, one OF
the most decisive conflicts of the
civil war and a brilliant victory for
the Confederate arms What would
you think of a history of Massachu-
sets In use in the public schools
OF that State from which all NEIL
ton of the battle OF Bunker Hill
hid been omitted? You wOuldn'.
think well of it. nor of the State
pride that permitted such suppress
sion of a splendid page in State his
tory. Same here in Florida. Put
Custee in our State school histories.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-12-06
Made II Work.

A week before the Christmas nO.-
idays an undergraduate wished IT,
start home, thus gaining a week
vacation on the other students. He
had, however, used up all the alb
sences from the lectures which arc
allowed, and any more without good
excuse would have meant suspen-
sion. In quandary he hit upon
this solution; he telegraphed his ia
Their the following message:
"Shall | come home at my leisure
or straight homer"
The answer he received was:
"Come straight home"
An exhibition of the telegram to
the professors was sufficient.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-12-06

The Telegram joins very heartily
with his other brethren of the state
p;ess in extending CONGRATULATIONS
I, Editor Wayne Thomas, OF the
Pant City Courier, upon his recent
marriage to very charming young
lady, Miss Opal Claire Wilson. OF MI
aka.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-12-06

Eugene Matthews. editor Oh '"e
S,arke Telegraph, has announced MS
candidacy for the position OF regis
ter of the L. 5 land office at Gaines
Vile and Editor Harris, OF the OraA
Banner. is said to want the pace o.
I, stn.aster at Ocala Two good men
after two good jobs.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-12-06

Polk Eazlnv, while on his way
home from a potato roasting party
the other night, was pursued Tor
s..me distance along Musket Ridge
Nv some strange animal, and took
refuge in "A persimmOn tree, where
he stayed until daybreak. A fter
climbing the tree the excitement,
throwed him into Il chill and when
he got through shaking there wasn't
a persimmOn left on the tree.-HOg-
waller kcntuckian.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-12-06
Had Something in Him.

Had something IN MIN.
Rev. Hudson Robert Jones had
preached what he thought was q
great sermon. On the way home
from church he came upon a youth
sitting doubled up on the steps OF q
domicile. Wishing to admonish this
Young person for what he took to
Re laziness. he stepped mp to him
and said:
Don't sit there like that. my
hoy; get up and stir yourself; you
certainly must have something in
you.
i've got a big dinner in me, was
the forced reply. and ! cant move
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-12-06
LITTLE NONSENSE
NOW AND THEN
High Life.

High Life.
Said a charming young lady and
fair,
= m,lst take my cloud spin, ! de-
clare"
Her mother said. mo.
You simply can't 60,
Don't you see those big holes in the
air."
The daughter was bent on the bliss,
She gave her dear mamma kiss.
All pleadings were vain,
She mounted her plane
A monuments bought for the miss.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-12-06

"iOw did the bluff work."
Didn't work at all. Next day this
ad appeared in the same paper. The
recognized gentleman who picked up
the purse on Boylston street re-
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-12-06

Over In Pensacola Mayor Kelley
vetoed the resolution of the council
to submit the question of a commis-
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-12-06
Called the Bluff.

$50 you advertised for your lost
purse, pretending that the person
who found 1t was recognized" she
asked, according to the Boston
Transcript.
eyes"
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-12-06

quests the loser to call at his
house
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-12-06

from the same Office U issued
rHE LAKELAND NEWS
". .ly newspaper giving . 70
anne u local matters. crop conai'
.,ons. county affaira. etc. Sent
apyx.ere for 800 per year.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-10-02
HAYSTACkS YIELD
RICH CIDER CROP
Local Officers to Seize 10000
Gallons Surrey County Apple
Juice To-Day.

force OF local revenue officers
will seize in Surrey County To-Day
approxlmateiy 10000 gallons OF apple
cider charged by revenue men to have
been prepared for the manufacture
Of blockade brandy. The squad ie1'
the city under orders from Collector
a.. K. Lowry and is under the direc'
tion of Deputy Collector Louis Young
blood.
Revenue officers have for some time
had under surveillance W. P. Gwath'
mey and G. A. Gwathmey. two prom
p.rt farmers who live near Dendroh
Surrey County. and who are engage
in apple culture and in the manu1ac-
ture Of apple brandy under government
bond Evidence tending to estapilsH
violations OF the revenue laws were
discovered by Deputy Collector }. a
Pierce and Louis Y. Hansboro ias'
Saturday and was at once ccmHun'-
cate. TO the Richmond ONCE. a pau
tial seizure was made pending orders
from the collectors office The COM
plete seizure will follow to-day.
Perfectly Good Cider, Too.
The cider which was MANUFACTURED
OF late apples is said to be of SUI
perior quality and was found secreteo
According to the officers. IN the mos
extraordinary places jug after jug
was pulled from underneath outbuiio
iner and fence corners secreted man!
gallons Large quantities were fount
hidden in stables and haystacks.
The seizure is by far the larges
in the history Of Surrey County anc
represents a high money value. Con
verted into spirits. the cinher. whicf
will be seized to-day, would yield be
tween 500 and 1000 gallons of first
class apple brandy.
The Gwa,hmeys stand high in th'
business life OF the county and th'
se1zure caused sensation. The cas-
will probably be given hearing al
the next term of the United state:
Distr.c. Court.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-10-02
LIFE COMP AN|ES
EFFECT merger
Two Virginia Concerns Join Re.
sources With Formidable
List Of Officers.

Merger y: the American National
Jif. Insurance. Company 81 Lynch
burg. with tn. south Atlantic Life In
surauc" COMPANY. o: Richmond under
tn. name % tn" Atlantic Life InSur-
aur" Company. was made yesterday y.
when IN" nee. ssary articles were ap-
proved by IN" state Corporation Com
mission.
Th- South Atlantic Life Insurance
company had = capital stock u sz05.
""". aud the I.ynchbTrE concern had
10000 Tho Atlantic Isro TusgTaDc.
r"up-u, wiH hav" 4 maximum stock
~ 500 r"u
Follow TX are -" oFHssrs Edmund
~'Tgdwi,H. president ". g. Taylor
frS' vi's-ff.s dent : " Tra-s~S
srrord vIr'-uTes dent Hsrry " An.
d"sSur. rf.rd vice -.sid-ur Charles
g.. TarI"r. Tr. SECRETARY Edmund
StTUiwt'k. irrsSUr'r Nj fhs or9~.r,
~iv" 'h' INST vice prcy,a"ur. who live,
IN 1.yu'nhHrE. At" "a Richmond
Tn" directors arc - follows I'd
HaIud Sirgd Phillip Whi-Inck. :
". Travers. : u r-"usszw. Henry "
Anderson. :. y Gordon. P-i,z S.,-s-
ding. =. 7. Antrim ~ \. Saunders
". y. :. B.rntss. y W Pow. =
| aN'tf'f.s ~ - F@a'TRabes J ~. sFElr
7 ! Marcus. Thomas : winston ~
| - HahIiStor al - Richmond. F.-yg,
Rod. 49, =. Campbell Norfolk roh- ~
I CTafd"ck. " \ Taylor. Fred Warner
John " carroll e =. = Ia.
lane. L-rchhsrE John ;. EIsou Dan
1 vile Asa y Watkins. FarnvyJS !
| Hoss Tyler. Ess' Radford ~. v Phil
hts. Williamsburg: wIlisza .K,neki,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-10-02
GAS
AGAIN AGITATEO
Subcommittee Appointed to As
certain Cost-Melton Want
ed IS Cent Rate.

Reduction In the prico OF gas. q
matter which was agitated before the
posed in the Council Committee on
Light last night Alderman Melton
moved that the committe recommend
to the Council that the price be cut
from 80 cents to rs cents. holding that
this was an opportune time for sucn
action. as the Committee on Finance
would have ample notice OF the re-
duction In revenue before making up
the annual budget for next year. Al
derman Powers moved AZ a substitute
that the price be made 80 cents. ana
later as a substitute for the whole
proposed that the matter be referred
TO a subcommittee. This was adopted.
Messrs. Melton Powers and Haddon
being named as q subcommitte to In
vestigate the cost OF making and SELL
ing gas at present. to consult the
Superintendent and Special Accountant.
and make a report. It being the gem
eral sense Of the committee that the
price should be reduced to approx
mately the cost of manufacture.
The actual cost OF making and SELL
contention On the basis Of the groAs
expenditures and receipts the city Is
clearing more than 100000 q year on
the works. but this does not allow
for interest on the Investment in plant
and mains. for depreciation or other
fixed charges. IT Is also a matter OF
some difference Of opinion in the Coun-
Gil whether gas should be sold by the
city at cost or whether there should
be some profit on the operation Of the
works TO go into the general treasury
to meet the fixed charges OF the city.
IL being the contention OF some that
were the price OF gas and water be
reduced to actual cost. II would be
necessary to increase the general tar
rate to meet the deficit
In his last annual message to the
Council former Mayor Richardson sd-
vocated a reduction in price OF gas
to so cents Gas consumers. he held
in that message. pay taxes like other
citizens and IL was unjust in his view
to impose on them additional! burdens
for the support Of the government.
Taking the figures for the operation
OF the works last year. the Mayor esti-
mated the cost Of gas at the burner
as 1889 cents per 1000 cubic feet. The
present plant. ne stated. was capable
Of producing one-third more gas. sc
that IL the consumption could he In.
creased. the cost at the burner mtEnt
eventually be reduced as low as s..1s
cents per 1000 cubic feet these figures
allowing for interest. redemption and
taxes.