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Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1912-03-22
LOOKING AHEAD.

Benevolent Visitor-And what are
you going to be, my little man?
Little Boy latter huge dinner)-
I'm going to be-sick.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1912-03-22
CHANGES.

my husband, fifteen years ago."
said Mrs. Blank, used to kiss me
every time we passed through a tun.
mel. But now"
She gave bitter laugh
Now" she said, "he takes long
pull at his travelling fiask."-London
Opinion
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1912-03-22
A THING OF THE PAST.

Prof. Keith-Mr. Horger, how do
you pronounce your name?
Horger-Hurger.
Prof. Keith-Is 1t French?
Horger-It used to be.-The Game.
cock. js1 ...s Is
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1912-03-22
Marsh Pays 500 for Cow.

!, "Awaukee, Wis, March 22.-W. W.
baarsh, a Waterloo Qowa) breeder,
pOusnt the half sister to his first
..no Iowa cow at a sale here for
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1912-03-22
BODY Taken Eroro Riv.r

n NJ, sooy AIKEN From River.
h, .erioo, March 21.-The body of
I'M. .:anclsco, a police character OF
!, guy was found in the Cedar riv-
5cit,. snort distance northwest of this
WY late this afternoon.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1912-03-22

The analysis Of these reports brings
out some very interesting results. OF
those who have taken part in this
symposium, 10 belong to the English
speaking world. They represent all
classes, with the exception of the
clergymen of the Church of England
none of whom have contributed to the
symposium.
1t is interesting to note the distribu-
ton of great men among various ma
lions. AS most Of those who con-
tributed to the symposium are Eng
lish-sreaking men, 1t is only natural
that We have more than our fair pro-
norton in the final 20. These are:
Shakespeare, Newton, Darwin, Ste
pbenson, Watt, Franklin and Abraham
Lincoln.
Italy contributes Columbus, julius
Caesar, Dante, Michael Angelo; an
cient Greece contributes Homer, Aris-
totle end Socrates. There are two
Jews, Moses and st. Paul; one Chi
nese, Confucius; one Indian, Buddha,
and two Germans. Gutenberg and L,l-
Their. France is left out altogether;
so are Spain. Russia and the great
Egyptian and Babylonian civilizations
Even when the whole $50 named by
the contributors to the symposium are
subject to a similar analysis, 1t will
be seen that there is a preponderance
Of English-speaking men. with 81 out
Of the 150
The other countries represented
are: II from Italy, Is from Greece,
from Germany, 10 from France, 10
from the Jews (crediting the sons of
Israel with Lord Beaconsfield and
Spinoza), from Sweden, 3 from In
dia. two each from Carthage, Holland
and Spain, each from Arabia, China,
Norway Persia and Egypt. It Is
curious to note that only six votes
each were given to Napoleon, Wash
ington and Oliver Cromwell.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1912-03-22
GREATEST men IN HISTORY
OUT OF A HUNDRED MOST NOTED
MEN IN HISTORY AMERICA
CONTRIBUTED TEN, ONE OF
WHOM WAS A NEGRO
BOOKER WASHINGTON.

Mr.. w. T. Stead, the brilliant editor
of the Review of Reviews. London,
England, has just published the re-
suits of an inquiry to determine who
are the greatest men in history. Mr..
Stead sent out letters to distinguished
men in all parts Of the civilized world
and received about thirty replies, CIV
ing the names Of $50 persons whom
they considered the greatest of man
kind. The result of the voting show
ed that there was a wide diversity Of
opinion.
Shakespeare led with list OF %
votes out of a possible 80. Next to
him, but a good way behind, came
Columbus. Mr.. Stead states:
1T is worth noting that out Of the
hundred most noted men in history,
America, according to vote, contribut-
ed ten. OF these ten, one, Booker T.
Washington, is negro. The other
eight Americans who were counted
among the greatest men were Benja-
min Franklin, George Washington,
Fulton, Emerson, Lincoln, Jefferson.
Ingersoll and Edison.
"The following is list of the twen-
ty greatest men in history az made up
from the 80 lists sent to me. with the
votes cast for each:
Shakespeare. greatest Of modern
poets ................. 70
Columbus, discoverer Of America. II
Gutenberg, inventor Of Typography Is
Newton, founder Of modern astron-
omy and physics. ............ Is
Julius Caesar. the Roman emperor. IA
Darwin, founder of new science. IA
Dante, father Of modern poetry. IS
Stephenson, inventor Of locomotive IL
Michelangelo, painter-sculptor. 10
Franklin, discoverer Of electric
Abraham Lincoln ................ 10
Watt, inventor Of steam power ma
Moses, early theocratic civilization 9
Homer, ancient poetry. ......... 8
Buddha, founder of Buddhism. 49,. 9
Aristotle, ancient philosophy. ..... 9
Socrates, Athenian philosopher. 9
St. Paul, apostle of Christianity. 9
Confucius, Chinese philosopher. S
Luther 0
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-08-10
ROW To
LEAVE BROAD St.
Commission Merchants Will
Occupy Proposed Building
Near |. & N. Terminal.

Within six months every commission
and produce house in Broad street will
leave its present quarters for a new
building on the Louisville and Nashville
railroad yard parallel with Hunter
street and new tenants will take their
places. Real estate men say it means
the certain development of Broad
street into a retail business section
for high-class trade and will bring
about great enhancement in values. be
sides relieving the retail congestion in
Whitehall and Peachtree streets.
The Louisville and Nashville road has
begun the erection of a long concrete
structure abutting on its tracks beyond
the present big terminal freight build
ings. A new street, to be known as
Produce row, is to be cut between the
tracks and Hunter street, and the new
structure will face on this street. with
its rear on the tracks. Every merchant
will have his own trackage at the rear
OF his store and the cost of drayage will
be eliminated. The stores will be of
concrete, so they can be flushed out
with hose very day, and the business
houses should be much cleaner than
the brick and wooden structures, with
Easements, now in use.
Among the dealers who are said to
have signed contracts for new quarters
are Mccullough Bros. Sulinis Fruit
and Produce Company, Porter Produce
Company, Lowry Fruit and Produce
Company, Central Fruit and Produce
Company, A Fugazzi Company, Gate
City Produce Company, and nearly a
dozen others. 1t was stated today
that all but two firms in the street had
signed, and these would follow.
Real estate dealers say all leases
will be taken care of easily, for the de
mand for Broad street houses will be
much better when the produce concerns
are off the street. The thoroughfare
will be left cleaner, the sidewalks free
from distractions and general condl-
tons improved They predict that most
of the older structures will be remod p
eled for retail trade and that Broad
street viii become almost as impor-
Lant as Whitehall street within a few
years.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-08-10

won. And as I have said, that pro-
vision alone was, in the estimation of
the president, the great merit of the
Payne bill. .'t
The wisdom Of the presidents view
from an economic, If not from po-
litical standpoint--is shown by the
thorough, accurate and convincing re-
ports which the tariff board has made
on every industry it has had time to
investigate. That the Democrats In
their folly have failed to avail them
selves of the authoritative information
secured by the tariff board is merely q
reflection on the intelligence Of the
Democrats. 1t is in no sense an Inn
parchment Of the information gained,
the accuracy of which no man Of con-
sequence in either party hes cared to
assail.
The success Of the maximum and
minimum tariff provision Of the Payne
tariff bill has been all but lost sight
of. Under it's provisions the president
was enabled, through the department
of state. to compel the removal of nu.
merous restrictions against American
products, both of the factory and OF the
farm, with the result that American
exports promptly jumped from sixteen
hundred millions In 1909 to two thou
sand millions in 1911, an increase Of
$500, 100000. Other nations had long
appreciated the benefits to be derived
from a dual tariff system. Some Amer
lean statesmen had advocated such a
system, but none had had the oppor-
tunity or the force, to secure it's adop-
ton This was starting point from
which to argue the advantages of the
policy, and to the logical and convinc-
ing arguments of Mr.. Taft was due It's
adoption.
1t has often been said that had Pres
ident Taft vetoed the Payne tariff bill
he would have won the appreciation of
the American people and have insured
his own reelection. Possibly it would
Certain it is that view was urged upon
him. But he dismissed 1t as unworthy
of consideration. He was not admins
tering the duties of his high Office with
view of augmenting his personal pop
ularity or of promoting his political
welfare. He was doing his duty as he
saw ii, and those who take the trouble
to study the effects of his approval Of
the Payne bin must be convinced that
he acted wisely from the standpoint of
the nations welfare, even If not from
his own
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-08-10
PULISTS HEAR
CALL Of MOOSE
Peoples Party May IndorSe
Roosevelt and Disband Ma
tionaI Convention.

CHICAGO, Aug. 1o.-The Peoples
Party, better known as the Populists,
who meet in national convention in St.
Louis next week. may indorse Theo-
dore Roosevelt and the Progressive
cause and disbend as separate or
sanization.
This plan was suggested as the pos
sibe action of the convention by James
Fl. Ferris, Of Joliet. H. chairman of the
PopuItst national committee. Ferris,
an editor, has devoted considerable
space in his newspaper recently to
commencing the Progre ssive party.
The amaIgamation, if it should come
about would probably only come after
sharp clash in the convention, &C
cording to many Western members of
the party. Steam roller methods and
bossism are likely to be charged, it is
asserted For. some of the Westerners
say, Roosevelt men have packed the
delegations with the colonel's follow
ers in the Eastern states. 1t is likely
that their right to sit in the convention
will he questioned.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-08-10
One Man Party,
Says LaFollette

MADISON. WIS. Aug. 1O.-Senator
LaT'ollette. in LaFolette's Magazine.
today opens his fight on the Progress
sive party and Theodore Roosevelt. He
declares the Progressive party is a one
man party The editorial says:
The last thing to be tolerated of a
new political party, processing to stand
for progress, is to bark back to boss
and machine rule through threats and
coercion of candidates for Office. And
vet Roosevelt threatens to beat sena-
tors, congressman, governors, sheriffs
and coroners unless they declare for
him.
IF Cannon and Mckinley. fright
ened at the sight of the big stick, should
promise to come out for the Roosevelt
party. they would have no Progressive
opponents in their district. on the 9TH
ar hand. Hadley, of Missouri, and Bo-
rah. of Idaho neither of whom will go
into the Roosevelt party, are to be pun
lshed by having Roosevelt tickets put
no against them in their states.
How do you stand on me- is
Roosevelt's sole test of qualification
FOR a Progressive"
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-08-10
GREAT SOUTHERN RISK
COMPANY TO CHANGE
HANDS AND QUIT FIELD

Purchase of the Great Southern Ac-
cident and Fidelity Insurance Company
of Atlanta by the Hillyer Trust Com
pany will be ratified at a meeting of
the stockholders of the insurance com
pany at a meeting August 49, All as
sets OF the company, which will go out
of business. will be transferred to the
trust company, while its insurance
business will be turned over to an East
ern company of known financial in
tegritY.
Three hundred thousand dollars is
involved in the deal, which will be for
mally completed at the stockholders
meeting.
The Great Southern was organized
in 1909 and according to insurance re-
ports did profitable business. Its dis
solution is said to be based on the de-
sire of stockholders to place their
money where the returns will be quicker
and larger.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-08-10
By CHARLES D. HILLEs.
Chairman of the Republican National
Committee,

Chairman of the Republican National
Committee.
NEW YORK. Aug. 10 have been
asked why the president did not veto
the Payne tariff bill.
President Taft signed the Payne tar
if bill because he believed that It would
lower tariff tolls, because he believed
that with the Anticipated system of
framing tariff bills, with no informa-
ton other than that ex-parte testi-
moHy which is presented to the tariff
committees of congress, he could OBJ
tain no better mea sure from congress
and because the Payne tariff bill made
provision for machinery which would
insure adequate information on which
to base all subsequent revisions. Con-
gress had been trying to do its work
without the proper tools. The Payne
bill provided the tools.
Mr.. Taft pronounced il the best tar
iff bill the party had ever passed" be-
cause it contained provision for the Gre
alton of the tariff board. because It
made provision for "a maximum and
minimum tariff which would enable him
to compel foreign nations to grant fair
treatment to American goods; because
| ii imposed a tax on corporations which
would yield net revenue of S25 600. 900
annually and subject their affairs to
more thorough Federal scrutiny than
had ever been possible before; because,
although some of the duties imposed
| -, l. l. e., !,
far greater number of instances mate
rial reductions of the duties were EN-
bodied in its provisions, and because
his veto of the measure would have left
the Dingley law in full force.
Tariff Experts" Questioned.
Throughout the special session which
President Taft called to revise the tar
| if he sought definite information re-
gardng the various industries affected.
He wished TO know whether existing
duties were too high, or too low, and,
if either, what change should be made.
Men who had long posed as tariff ex-
perts were called to the white house
and questioned regarding this industry
and that. this rate and that. only to
! reveal JildA Nll'N NVlt iION IAlpi odS III y
informed about the relation of the rates
Ito the needs of the industries it was
sought to protect. Senators and repre-
sentatives of long experience would de-
| clare that a given rate was far too
low Others, with equally long expe-
rience and equal reputation as experts,
would assert it was far too high, When
asked to produce proof. each faction
could only quote the testimony of some
eX- parte witnesses. As a result, Mr.
Taft vas forced TO the conclusion that
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-08-10
RESTRICTIONS PLACED ON
EXPLOSIVES IN VALD0STA

VALDOSTA, GA. Aug 10.-The city
council has passed an ordinance for
bidding the storing of dynamite within
the city limits. also ordinances regu-
latng the keeping of gunpowder, gaso-
line, benzine and naphtha. The regu
latons regarding the latter are much
stricter than heretofore, but not eX-
cessively so, and dealers will have no
trouble in complying with them.
An ordinance was also passed requir-
ing certain office buildings in the city
to be equipped at once with adequate
fire escapes. The council had ham
mered on this question for several
months
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-08-10
HILLES EXPLAINS WHY
TAFT FAILED TO VETO
PAYNE TARIFF BILL

| there existed no method of determin-
ing beyond peradventure the actual re-
quirements of the various industries.
No sooner had President Taft reached
this conclusion that he became con-
WINGED that the first essential was not
change In rates, but the instruments by
which the wisdom and business of pro-
posed changes could be determined. He
would not proceed with a revision of
grades until he had survey A judge
of long experience, he saw that the
committees of congress were obliged
to base their conclusions on testimony
which was not evidence, to fix rates
by a series Of compromises between the
, extreme claims of opposing witnesses,
and to do so far from free from pOliti-
cal influences which were powerful, If
not compelling. Nor could he prove
either to his own satisfaction. There
was no starting point from which to
reason, no conclusive or even gener-
ally accepted basis. He believed in and
the national platform declared for, a
tariff which should equal the differ
ence between the cost of production
here and abroad 1t was, then, for a
logical mind a natural conclusion that
the first essential to an adequate and
satisfactory revision of the tariff was
method which would establish be-
yond question the cost of production
here and abroad. Such machinery pro-
vided and its results in the hands Of
congress and of the president, the rest
would be plain sailing. To that end he
bent his energies, and when he had Sc
cured a bill which made provision for a
tariff board to investigate and scien-
tifcally to determine these costs he
felt. and not without reason, that such
a bill was the best that had or could
be passed
No Reason to Veto It.
It has beer asked why President
Taft did not veto the Payne tariff
bill From his standpoint there was
no reason whatever to veto it. AS
II have said. it gave him three all
important provisions, and a fourth
some reduction of the existing
rates-which was not only good. but
than which he could hardly expect
better until he had the information
on which TO base his arguments for
still lower rates To have vetoed the
Payne bill would certainly have i'm
periled the business of the country. 1t
would greatly have prolonged the tar
if session. And there was no certain
ty that a new bill would have contained
as much that was good and as little
that was bad as did the. Payne bill
TO secure provision for tariff board
had required a prolonged fight. The
second time that fight might not be
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-08-10
IT TOOK a. HOURS TO
CATCH 65-F0OT WHALE

TACOMA, WASH, Aug lot re-
quired a whaling boat at Westport "A
hours to conquer a EST foot humpback
whale according to immigration In
speCtor Keagys, just returned The av-
erage whale is killed in two or three.
hours. and old whalers said the enor-
NOUS creature of the sea put up ter
rife fight From the moment a har-
poon was hot into the beast until flag
was hoisted over its body, it was an
elemental and primitive contest
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-08-10
REBUILDING Y. M. c. A. HOME.

THOMASVILLE, GA. Aug. 10
Work on the Thomasville Young Mems
Christian association building with the
addition and changes which will make
it practically new, is progressing rap
idly and is expected to be completed
by October These improvements
were made possible by $4,000 subscrip-
lions raised by a whirlwind campaign
some months ago.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-08-10
TEACHING GIRLS TO CAN.

BROWNSVILLE. GA, Aug. 1O.-Miss
Lila Forrest Of Boston. demonstrated
for the Girls Canning clubs of Thomas
and Grady counties, has been giving
practical demonstrations of the work
in the various districts of these coun-
ties. There are IS girls in the Thomas
county club The merchants here offer
to take everything they can get canned
by the girls and pay the best market
prices.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-08-10
DENTIST DIVORCES WIFE
WHO "STAYED OUT LATE

ST. LOUIS, Aug '10.-On testimony
that his wife had an ungovernable
temper, stayed out late at night and
neglected him. DR. e. w. A. Spies, a
dentist, got divorce in Judge Hitch
cocks court from Mrs. Bertha Spies.
Mrs Spies did not appear in court,
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-08-10
FIRST DISTRICTS DOCTORS
MEET IN SAVANNAH MONDAY

. SAVANNAH, GA. Aug 1O.-Mem-
bers of the First District Medical So
ciety will assemble in Savannah Mon
Gay for their midsummer meeting.
The session will be hello, at the DeSo,o
hotel. A dinner will be rendered the
members of the society at Tybee. Dr.,
f. T. Coleman, of Graymont, president
of the society, will deliver the response
to the address of welcome.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-08-10
WAREHOUSE DIRECTORS NAMEr

JACKSON. GA, Aug. l0.-The stock
holders of the Farmers union ware
house met here this week and elected
directors as follows: J. A King, g p.
Sanders, H. l.. Gray, w. +. Foster J.
D. Brownlee S. j Smith was re-elect-
ed president, F. l.. WalthaIl secretary
and j. Nj. Castor general manager.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-08-10
FOR THAT TIRED FEELING

Take Horsford's Acid Phosphate
Excellent for the relief of that tired
feeling due to Summer heat, Overwork
" insomnia. ."
Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-06-03

1t was these men who succeeded In
o~verthrowing Major Carl Lentz, the
Essex boss, but they were not able
to destroy his machine, the guidance
Of which was at once taken up by
Dalrymple, the chief lieutenant Of
former Governor Franklin Murphy.
The progressive Republican tried
hard to get control of the party and
do something for the people, but
they were unable to do so until now,
after a Moses has arisen in the
Democratic ranks, in the person Of
Governor Wilson, and given the
state, laws which make 1t possible
for the rank and file of all parties to
vote direct, as well as safeguard that
voting so that honest ballots are not
nullifed by the crooks and the re-
peaters.
We trust that the Republicans
who were given control of the party
Tuesday will not forget that they
are the Progressives. They may be
THE Republican party, as Mr.. Fort
says, but the moment they forget
that they are Progressive Republi-
cans they are lost. The mere name
Republican recalls only broken
pledges and false promises. The
new name, Progressive Republican,
gives renewed hope, and under It's
banner it may be possible to yet hold
the party together.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-06-03
"Wednesday and Thursday
June 1913

at 10 a. IN. ach day.
Consisting In part of some very rare
costly antique pieces. Some of the
most noteworthy are an deliberately
carved oak ~sideboard and chair, ma
hogany Colonial desk, C~hippendale ia
BILE, Windsor chairs, mirror with paint
Ing, fiddle-back chairs, signed delft,
pear wood desk, fire sets, dressers,
w~ashstands, etc. These goods are from
one to three hundred years old. Some
Of the modern pieces consist of oak
rack, Knabe Grand piano, birdseye
maple dresser, ebony leaf table and
desk, oak and cherry wardrobes, oak
chiffonier, 8 mahogany bookcases, hair
mattresses, oil paintings, steel en-
cravings, etchings, bric-a-brao rugs,
brass and enameled bedsteads. etc.
The above will be sold on Wednesday.
On Thursday the horses, cows and
other outside goods will be sold, con-
sistlng in part Of 8 good work horses,
boiler. milk cooler, bother and separa-
ttor, 6-horse dynamo. steam engine,
feed mill, in fact everything pertain
ing to a well equipped dairy farm;
everything to be sold without reserve.
Sale positive rain or shine. The Bruins
wick Motor Co. bus passes the door.
Caterer In attendance.
NJ. l. WILLIAMSON, Auc.,
80 Albany Street.
Office phone, '55.
Residence phone, 395-IA