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Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-12-09
Above All, Don't Ask Him if
This Is His First Visit to
America.
BY Alphonse DeRigeur

Sir Thomas Upton, the man who put
the sell in Ceylon, is to be in our midst
Wednesday and my phone has been so
busy with questions as to etiquette in
the matter of noblemen and near-no-
blemen that I've decided to publish the
official rules.
Atlanta folk get on very well with
Ty Cobb, and made no bad breaks when
Roosevelt and Taft came down, but it
has been a long time since a sir paid
us a visit and lot of men who can
devouF their way straight through a
nine course dinner and make the knives
and forks come out even without put
ting them inside their opera vests are
in doubt about whether to call our
guest of honor Colonel" Mr.. Sir Lip
ton" or plain Tom, old man"
But it isn't difficult to learn how to
treat sir. 1t is best to adhere to
the customs of the country in this re-
spect. In Tennessee one says, We'll
it's about my time of day. How about
you?" In Kentucky they say Colonel
you and gen'ral will have another
won't you? I've ordered EN-" And in
Atlanta you just step up boldly anG
say I've ordered a book full OF drink
tickets on every club in town. Comr
on, Sir Tommy and name your choice
One of Natures Noblemen.
But DO notch, do not. under any
circumstances facetious and say
Sir Thomas, won't you sample a biz
of cold tea ?"
one must never talk shop, you know
oh, no! 1t really isn't done. But any
way that's the way to treat noble
man, from king down to jack They're
all gentlemen of capacity.
Not that Sir Thomas is exactly a
nobleman, except one OF natures va
riety, which we all are except the man
who took my umbrella Saturday night,
and ! wouldn't say lie is crooked, but
III bet the cigars he could hide be
hind the handle, which was made es-
pecialiy to hang over bars. But Sir
Thomas is square sport and a good
loser, which he ought 10 be, having had
ten years or more steady practice
A Knight for Every Day.
Sir Thomas isn't exactly a nobleman
in the British sense of the word No
blemen originated when William the
Conqueror came across the channel
with ninety million men. according to
the family trees OF present generations
whose folks We're with William.
No, Thomas Upton was just a plain.
red headed Irishman who started in
the tea business, discovered advertis-
ing, became millionaire and was hon
ored by his country.
When q man does that over here we
call him a trust, draw cartoons Of him.
fine him $29,0o0,00O and let him take
what he wants out Of our weekly pay
and hand US back the envelope.
But in England they make him a
knight. which plesses him just as much
and costs the consumer less. When a
man is made a knight in England they
call him Sir" When he makes a
night OF it I'm Atlanta they call him
down. II seems there ought TO be some
connection between those statements.
but rs hard To figure out
Anyway Nh r j. Upton teas ana
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-12-09
LOTS BELONGING To
NEAL BANK, VALIJPn
AT S25, 900 ARE SoI !

announcement of interestinn
fer OF property valued at So -rS ''aas.
was made today. Acting AZ "a, ~ 0ul
the defunct Neal bank. the , r' %
Bank & Trust Corporation bo sa'ls
bonds fol- title to Frank Ednon, ~
George Edmondson on the yor VA sle
lots; North side of Ponce Der oa las
nue., ESQ feet west of Bafnat4 ave-
5QX235; two lots, 40 feet ana % o''ei
respectively, west Of Barpert 'Se
same side of Ponce DeLeon ~ p
each. This property was bony, s'A-''
years ago and is now considersd ~. wv
two and half times the orIrlna, S wi
The owners expect 10 hold e. ~ pilca
j. P. Sturgeon & Comra NJ NY paFses,
for r. D. and c. S. King H. IA ',sS ;, SQ6
Crawford, Nos.u2S2 2S4 ana 2Ss ~. / !,
street and NJ 500 and 5 IGo fraser
street: also t. lot on the ~ sass'
side Of Marietta street 146 fa t.o' ''sss'
west of Pine street, 20xS5 ias, no. \,
the lot on the northeast Side ~ S@
rietta street, 166 feet northwest " y, ~ ma
2ox92 feet, and three other lotg Va =, F, y.
same side OF the street. 20x92 22v ~ Ils
202.7S. located respectively 1e6 1 40 al9
1885 feet northwest of Pine. aug
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-12-09
CLEGHORN CLAN
SEEKS REVENGE
Youth Named as Sweetheart oil
MarChman Girl Shot at by
Her Kin.

ASHBURN, GA, Dec. 9.-With armed
men rapidly gathering at Raineys Set
| Element the whole Of Amboy district is
on the verge OF feud warfare today as
the result OF the shooting of Tan Cleg
morn by W. +. Cochran, and bloodshed
is feared as a result OF this new turn in
the Minnie Marchman death mystery.
Cleghorn. slightly wounded in the
head by Cochran's bullet. is arming his
hnsmen with shotguns and has sworn
that he will even his score The latter,
, released on $500 bond, when il was
learned Cleghorn was not hurt serious
~, has announced that he viii defend
himself and is rallying his friends.
According TO the story told by the
authorities Cleghorn and his brother
met Cochran, brother-in-la OF the
Marchinan girl, In the road near his
home yesterday and threatened to whip
him Tor his persistence In Investigating
the facts surrounding the girls death.
Both Cleghorns climbed out of their
buggy and attacked Cochran, VINO
knocked one OF them down. As Tan
Cleghorn turned and fed Cochran fred
two bullets after him. One went
through Clegborn's hat and the other
inflicted a scalp wound Cleghorn fell
as IL dead and Cochran gave himself up
to Deputy Sheriff o. B. Harmon.
While the man was still In Jail mem
bers of the Cleghorn family began
gathering from all parts of Turner
to al
that Cochran had killed his man out
right.
With this new development, feeling
over the countryside, which has been
repressed for weeks while the investi-
cation OF the girls mysterious death
had been going on, has broken and the
authorities look for trouble if members
of the two clans meet.
Cochran was released on bail this
morning. He Immediately went to his
home and began preparations to defend
himself and his family against any at
tack of the Cleghorns.
Cochran instigated the investigation
OF Minnie Marchmans death, and all
along insisted on a thorough probe
much feeling toward Cleghorn and
seemed bent on prosecuting him. He
had never publicly made any threats
against his life, however.
The girl had confded to her sister
in-law that she and Cleghorn were en-
gagged to be married, but this Cleghorn
denied the day he showed himself in
his home community, following the
search for him. Cleghorn and the girl
had gone together for quite a while,
but the young man insists they were
merely friends and that he had never
loved the girl.
Believing that she had been poisoned,
the dead girls stomach was analysed
in Atlanta, but no trace of poison was
found.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-12-09

spices, became Sir Thomas. Afterward,
when he found there were so many
knights up and down Piccadilly that
they had to have special traffic ordt-
nances, Sir Thomas went back to the
late queen, registered protest, and
was made a baronet. a baronet is a
little baron. It's like being on the gov
ernor's staff, conspicuous but not re-
munerative. But it's better than being
just a mere knight, for as some merry
wag wrote to Punch" there's knight
for every day.
So don't call him my Lord" or Your
Lordship" or pull any of that stuff.
Sir Thomas" is the correct salutation,
just plain "Sir Thomas" Do not feel
delicacy in addressing him by his
front name on short acquaintance. In
England, last names are used for but
lers and housekeepers, you know. Why,
the king, God bless him, has forgotten
he ever had surname, though he has
enough front and middle names to sup
ply an orphan asylum. And it will not
his presence unless you're in the par
Tor.
Talk Of Yachting, of Course.
But of course you'll want to chat
with Sir Thomas and make him feel
at home and being forbidden to talk
tea you'll fall back on yachts and
yachting. Sir Thomas is collecting
views on yachting from several inland
cities.
So you might ask him whether he
ever gets seasick and what he takes for
it. what he thinks of American yacht
ing rules (if no ladies are PRESENT., and
whether he prefers steam or gasoline
for racing purposes. You might refer
casually to the skipper and his assist
ant, the scupper or speak in an off
hand way of splicing the spinnaller
abaft the to'gallant lee caFburator.
If he doesn't grow enthusiastic over
that tell him about your ocean trip and
how the captain said you We're the best
sailor he ever saw. He'd be awfully in
terested in your trip.
But don't, don't ask him if this is
his first visit to America For he has
been over several distinct and separate
times just to get one piece of silver
ware and he hasn't got it yet. But he
has hopes.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-12-09
UNION CHIEFS SEE
PROSPERITY ERA
Outlook for Organized Labor
Under Democratic Rule Is
Bright, Say Delegates.

There is s. bright outlook for organ
tzad labor under a Democratic admin
,stsatfon," said james O'Connell, vice
president of. the American Federation
OF Labor, today. NJ. O'Connell, whose
home IS in Washington. came to At
lauta at the request OF President Sam
uel Gompers, TO De present at the first
sectional convention Of labor ever held
the Southeastern Labor congress
which met this afternoon at the capitol.
The Democratic party included all
Of organized labor's planks in its plat
form" continued Mr.. O'ConneN, and
there is no reason 20 doubt they win be
carried out in practice. one Of these
will be the creation OF a department OF
labor with a secretary in the cabinet. /
have heard Congressman William Will
son. OF Pennsylvania, spoken of as the
most probable man for this place. His
term as congressman expires soon. You
may remember that Mr.. Wilson spoke
in Atlanta some time ago.
No Fear OF Panic.
Don't let any of this panic talk wor-
~ you. Nothing the Democratic adj
ministration will 90 will injure the
business OF America and there will be
no factories smut down, no men thrown
out OF work
"The period Of panics or depressions
grows shorter every year, and even
should there be season OF financia!
depression it would not last long
enough for the country to feel it, Be
sides. the time is past when Wall street
can close down industries. 1t may de-
press speculative stocks, but that Is
all"
Nearly 200 delegates We're present
when the convention opened at ,
o'clock The visitors were welcomed by
Jerome Jones, editor OF The Journal of
Labor; James L. Mayaon, city attorney,
and S. B. Marks. president of the State
Federation of Labor.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-12-09
KNIGHTS OF PYTHlAS
NAME NEW OFFICERS

Georgia Lodge, No. 1876, K. OF p. has
elected officers for the ensuing term.
They are:
Chancellor commander, Van b.
Smith; vice chancellor. A. II. VIM
berry; prelate, W \. Collins master of
finance, Newman Laser; master Of ex-
chequer Frank Crapp; keeper of rec
ords and seals, l.. $. Lanier; master at =
arms, II. E. Macdonald; inner guard, l.
T. Little; outer guard w. l.. Quinlin:
master of work, L. d. Baker; trustees
for two years. John Y. smith and r. T..
Craig
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-12-09

tonight st thousand nresldes r.
children will be brought to the no,.as
knee and told the stories Of the s5,..
lures Of Br'er Rabbit and the VOC. !,
the merry crew.
Grave Laden With Flowers
This celebration will not be co,
fined to Atlanta, to Georgia n b.
South, TO the nation The Uncle p.
mus" stories will be read in NAM AZ
ferent tongues, and wherever thew j..
told the cheerful spirit of the ar,5,,
will pervade the place. '''''
Each year on Uncle Renus day sco,.,
Of admirers of the man visit the grsr,
Of Mr.. Harris. Today is no exce1g I1
and though chill wind blew thron,s
the cemetery throughout the dar 4.
Harris Plot blos:omed Ike in s1rin w.
time.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-12-09

Schools Devote Hour to Mem
DRY of Author and Children
Hear of His Life.

Georgia today paid tribute to its best
loved man. From tiniest Kindergarten
TOT to the citys most engrossed bust
ness man q tribute came to the mem
DRY OF joel Chandler Harris. For to-
day is Uncle Remus'" birthday, and
Uncle Remus" is as vivid a character
and as beloved figure as he was when
mis- first quaint folklore story was
penned.
In every school in Atlanta there will
be an hour devoted to the memory OF
the famous Albanian who made .hc old
black sage live The children will be-
told OF the beauties OF the life of the
author Of these world noted stories
while extracts from his most charming
tales will be read,
Women's Clubs Pay Tribute.
Women's clubs Of Atlanta also viii
make official recognition Of the occa-
sion and all of them have arranged
special "Uncle Rernus" programs. The
Uncle Remus Memorial association
founded to perpetuate the memory OF
Mr.. Harris by the purchase of his old
home, The Sign Of the Wren's Nest,
for the benefit of the children OF At
lanta, will meet and in addition u
hearing tributes to the author. MAXI
plans for raising the $4,000 needed Il
complete the purchase price OF thl
home
But the greatest tributes will be pai6
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-12-09
ALMOST 10000 ACRES NOT
RETURNED FOR TAXATION

TOWNSVILLE, GA, Dec. AL
most $4,000 acres of Thomas county
land are unreturned for taxation, ac-
cording TO the Southern Service Com
pany, Of Waycross, following an inves-
tigation of the tax digest of the county.
This company was engaged some
months ago by the county commission
ers to make this investigation and the
result shows that owners OF 5S,252 acres
failed to return their land for taxation.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-12-09
TO IMPROVE SAVANNAH HARRoR

SAVANNAH. GA, Dec. 9.-Work on
the upper harbor will probably not be-
gin before the first of January. The
contract with the Home Dredging Com
pany has been signed, however. and
forwarded to Washington. The lob
probably will be completed in about ten
months.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-12-09
pARwlN,s SECOND SON DEAD,

LONDON, Dec 9.-Professor Sir
George Darwin, second son of Profess
sor Charles Darwin, the famous author
ity on education, is dead at Cambridge
A widow, formerly Miss Maud DuPuy
of Philadelphia, survives him.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1912-07-30
NEW BOTTLING PLANT,
F. W. Langdon and Company to Man.
ufacture Soft Drinks.

F. w. Langdon and company, do
ing business under the name of the
Golden West Bottling works, have
leased the triangle building near the
Union depot as temporary quarters
for the purpose OF manufacturing all
kinds of soft drinks.
The plant started manufacturing
last Wednesday and is already ship
ping to towns along the M. and l. rail-
road. Mr.. Langdon has taken the
road work upon himself and his
wide acquaintance among the trade
in this part of Minnesota insures him
hearing at once.
At present five men are employed
in the plant and about $4,000 worth
of machinery has been installed. 1t
is said that the company plans to
double this during the next sixty or
ninety days and that if the business
warrants the expense, the company
will put up it's own building.
Mr.. Langdon says that he has
every confidence that the venture will
be successful and has ordered 1000
cases from the new box factory. -
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1912-07-30
Texas Farmers Congress,

College Station Texas, July 30
The fifteenth annual session of the
Texas Farmers Congress was called
to order today at the Texas Agri-
cultural and Mechanical College by
the president of the Congress, L. w.
Kirkpatrick, and will remain in ses-
sion three days. The attendance is
unusually large and the gathering
promises to be highly successful. At
the opening session the members
were welcomed by Hon. R. T. Miner,
president of the College and Hon. J.
S. Kerr, of Sherman, delivered the
response. After President Kirkpat-
rick and Secretary-Tr Treasurer T. W.
Larkin, of Beaumont, had read their
annual reports, and the customary
committees had been appointed, senior
Zeferino Dominguez of Mexico, gave
an interesting comparison of agricul-
tural conditions and advancement in
Mexico with that in the United
States.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1912-07-30
GRACE TRIAL PROGRESSING.

Atlanta, July 3O-Mrs. Daisy Opie
Grace's trial on a charge of shoot
ing her young husband moved for
ward swiftly today. Within two
hours after she had entered a plea of
mot guilty. jury had been OBJ
tanned and the prosecution had begun
the Introduction of testimony.
When court adjourned the sixth
witness was being examined. More
than twenty others have been sum-
moned but it is doubtful if the pro-
secution will call them all. Grace's
entrance into the court room
stretched on cot, furnished the one
dramatic moment Of the day. Mrs.
Grace brought face to face with her
husband for the first time since the
night of her arrest paled and trem-
bled.
Her nurse administered a hypo-
dermic which seemed to restore her.
Grace showed no sign of recognition
Subsequently he manifested lively
interest in the proceedings, conferr-
ing often with the prosecutor. Never
once, however, did he glance in his
wife's direction. Witnesses did not
bring out developments of impor-
lance. The police who forced their
way into Grace's room after being
summoned by a telephone, told of
finding the injured man in his bed
with a bullet wound in his side and
the discovery of the revolver, car
fridge in one chamber of which had
been exploded.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1912-07-30
SECTION CAR WRECKED.

Pine River, MIMI, July 30.-Ten
people narrowly escaped death near
on the NJ & I. when they
were riding on a track motor car and
met an engine and caboose on a
curve coming the opposite direction
Monday. All jumped and sustained
no injuries except the fve-year-old
son of Mr.. and Mrs. George Mellon,
who was found on the pilot of the
engine after the accident, with both
knees badly cut and bruised. He
was brought here for medical atten-
ton and will recover. When the
crash came the lad was thrown as
high as the headlight and landed in
sitting position nthe pilot. Mr..
Mellon is the section boss at Hack
ensack and was making the daily
trip over the section when the acct
dent happened. The motor car was
badly smashed.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1912-07-30
Sentenced to Sixty DAYS.

On. the testimony of two girls and
boy from Nymore, John Roy, sos
Beltrami avenue, was yesterday after
noon sentenced to pay $25 or take
thirty days in Jail each on charges
OF assault and disorderly conduct.
He took the sixty days. Roy, and
another man who was not apprehend-
ed, accosted two Nymore girls Sun
day night as they were going across
the Mississippi river bridge after
having been to the Bemidji moving
picture shows. The girls, who are
each under fifteen, were going home
Without escort when accosted BY the
two men. Henry Halseth and JOS
eph Fleming heard the cries of the
girls and succeeded in rescuing them
before they were harmed. Halseth
was knocked down by the men and
th1rty-five cents forced from him.
The hearing was held before Judge
simons in police court Monday after
noon.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1912-07-30
GIRL MAKES LONG SWIM,

ST. Paul, July 30.-Battling a lake
Of choppy waves three White Bear
swimmers, one girl, covered two
and one-quarter miles in exactly two
hours. Miss Leila Heath, Tom Lane
and Herbert Gillard started from Bel
laire and took strai ght course to
Manitau Island and without STOP
ping padded across the lake to Camp
Lincoln at Mahtomedi.
Owing to the choppy waves the
swimmers were forced to go one
half mile out of their course and as
a result of the unfavorable condi-
tions, the course will be covered
again within the week. All three
swimmers used the side stroke.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1912-07-30
Are to Accompany Moving Exhibits
of Products From Various Parts
of Minnesota.
MCDONALD HERE SATURDAY
Was Taken Into Country For Purpose
of Getting Photographs of Ac-
tual Farm Scenes.

T. L. Mcdonald, chief clerk of the
immigration department of the Great
Northern railway, was in Bemidji
Saturday on work connected with the
new booklet that road is to issue in
the near future to boom Minnesota
farm lands. The booklet is to be de-
signed along the line of the one is
sued last year of which 100000 cop
les were printed. The new booklet
will be distributed throughout the
east and south from Great Northern
Offices.
w. L. Brooks took Mr.. Mcdonald
oslt into the country where he OBJ
tanned some excellent views of
growing crops. He also took farm
scenes on land which formerly was
covered with forest only He says
that the bulletin will be ready for
distribution in month or so and
will be the best of it's kind ever is
sued.
Material is being gathered by the
Great Northern from points along all
of its lines and this material it to
be supplemented with photographs
Appeals have also been sent out to
Commercial clubs to cooperate with
the railroad in obtaining specimens
of the big crops that are grown in
Minnesota and especially the north
ern part where land is still cheap.
In connection with his trip, Mr.
Mcdonald is also urging farmers to
bring in specimens for the use of his
company in its moving exhibit which
will be taken to many of the big
cities of the east. lie spent a day
in Grand Rapids and Deer River be-
fore coming to Bemidji and went
from here to other points along the
Great Northern line west.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1912-07-30
Lester Chandler Wanted.

A warrant has been placed in the
hands of Sheriff Hazen for the arrest
of Lester Chandler who is said to
have caused the death on Sunday
morning of a horse belonging to
Henry Merryman. The horse was no
ticed sick about a. m. Sunday morn
ing and had the ear-marks of collie.
Treatment for collie failed to relieve
the animal and it soon died. A post
mortem revealed that its intestines
had been perforated with a sharp in
strument. Chambers hat and coat
were found in the barn and it is be-
lieved that if apprehended he would
be able to throw some light on the
horses death.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1912-07-30
MAJOR FERGUSON KNOWN HERE.
Man Who Raised the Maine a Nephew
of Mrs. Ray Murphy.

Major Harley B. Ferguson, who is
shown in the Maine pictures at the
Grand Theater, is a nephew of Mrs.
Ray Murphy of Bemidji, and has Wis
tied here in the past. Mrs. Murphy
has a picture of Major Ferguson
taken in front of the Maine and this
picture will also be shown at the
Grand tonight. Major Ferguson is
said to be a man of much modesty
and hater of publicity. Since his
achievement of raising the Maine,
in which he successfully persisted af-
ter others had said it was impossi-
BILE, he has been detailed to the War
College although the French govern
ment requested him to aid them in
raising the LaLiberte.