Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1912-06-05
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Delivered BY Mr.. Ship
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"0NluuouS dpplIcduOn ne grew to b
The greatest Georgian. Milton wa
blind, Helen Keller deaf, dumb an
blind, and Paul, the Apostle to tn
Gentiles, had his feebleness of seecl
and bodily infirmity, as well as tn,
morn in the flesh. Bulwer correctl,
says; Brave men make circum-
stances; weak men are governed b,
circumstances"
1t is always difficult to secure com.
petent men as managers of railroads
and large business enterprises. am
as presidents of colleges. It is moi
unusual for board of trustees to be
full year in filling a vacancy. A
few months since the University OF
Oregon, with broad, practical equip.
ments valued at $3,000,000, expert
enced much difficulty in securing a
corps of instructors fitted for the
task. A special committee of the
teachers visited other institutions and
studied the capability of teachers. Lit
Tie attention was paid to applications
Tor these positions-the trustees real
lzlng that those most clamorous for
places were the least fitted to fill
them. This new university. not ham,
pered by want of means, has followed
the highest ideals and the latest de-
Veloped theories, and success in a
large measure is sure to be attained
in its specializations.
In this utilitarian age, general cul-
ture, while not overlooked, is direct
ed on lines of new courses of train
ing that fit men and women to enter
at once upon lines of remunerative
work. Thus in a measure are our
colleges seeking to supply the insa-
tiate demand for the properly trained
worker.
Big salaries are not paid, except 70
those who earn them. There is at
Columbus, Ga, the Eagle and Phoenix
Mills, one of the largest cotton facto-
ries in the South. This magnificent
enterprise a few years ago was
brought to bankruptcy by unskillful
Its treasury was depict
ed and stock valueless. The stock
holders resolved to make a final des-
perate effort to recuperate. They
looked long and earnestly for a ten
thousand dollar man with the ability
to restore the credit and work of this
tottering institution. They found such
a one in G. Gunby Jordan. The first
move that this trained master spirit
made after assuming the presidency,
was to take out and sell for Junk fif-
ty thousand dollars worth of new ma
chinery that the mistaken judgment OF
the previous manager had installed.
Jordan put in other and better machin-
cry which would make cloth one
eighth of a cent per yard cheaper,
and thus saved the factory which is
now one of the best paying of invest
ments.
There was once a Hebrew mer-
chant, Mr.. Isaacs, who had a propen
sity for obtaining big insurance on
his goods and dwellings,, and he was
being burned out He in
out-generaled the fire insur-
ance companies in all his loss adjust
ments, and got more than it seemed
he was rightfully entitled to. At last
he had another fire and his three
story building, which was heavily in
sured, was burned under suspicious
The insurance COM
anies this time employed more eX-
pert adjuster, who proved himself
to deal with Isaacs. When
he asked him the cause of the fire, he
replied Il thinks the gas light on the
first floor" mo, the gas light on the
first floor did not do it," said the ad-
juster. Den de electric light on de
second floor did it." Neither the gas
light on the first floor, nor the cleo
trio light on the second floor did it.
Den, de lamplight on the third
floor must have done it."
NO" said the adjuster.
Veil" said Isaacs, uneasily, wat
do you tink did it?"
See here, Isaacs, not the gas light
On the first floor, nor the electric light
on the second floor, nor the lamplight
on the third floor, but it was the Is
raelite in the cellar that did it"
Let me tell you of another story OF
a ten thousand dollar man, who is p
Hebrew lawyer. In the panic of
1893 the Central Railroad of Geor-
gia being greatly embarrassed there
was much talk of a reorganization OF
+! property. The directors met in
New York to get up new charter and
provide plans for its rehabilitation
They called in for consultation the
great corporation counselor, Joseph
Choat, and the inimitable lsraelitc
lawyer, Samuel Untermeyer. Aftev
the three days business was finished
Choat and Untermeyer retired to con-
suit as to the amount of their fee
Untermeyer proposed to Choate that i
be 100000. Choate would not agree
to this, and begged that he be left tC