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The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1913-08-08
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT

Notice is hereby given that the
books are open for collection Of ad
valorem tax for town of Middleton
for the year 1918. Books close Nov.
LIST, next.
c. E. Barber, Clerk.
The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1913-08-08
Politics and FRIENDSHIP.

Have you decided how you are 60
ing to vote?' Yes; but let's change
the subject. There's no reason why
you and should not continue to be
friends"
The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1913-08-08

j. W. Westmoreland, Jr., Mayor.
j. w Brown, Councilman.
S. A. Shelton, Councilman.
j, w. Standridge, Councilman.
w. T. Strickland, Councilman
H. c. Brown, Councilman.
F. A. Daniel, Councilman.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-12-06
THE VENGEANCE OF OUTLAWS
Band of Desperadoes Wipe Out Every
Member Of Large Family
But One,

Milan.-A band of outlaws has
melted out a dreadful vengeance on a
well-to-do Sicilian family named Gala
gero, who lived at FavaTa, near Paler-
mo.
Several months ago the brigands
suspected the family of acting as spies
for the police and plotting to have
them captured while entertaining them
to dinner. The outlaws accordingly
sent SignOr Calagero a black-edged
missive warning him that the whole
family would be wiped out before the
fall of the leaves.
On June the father, mother and
two elder sons were found to have
been murdered while asleep and the
two younger sons and their sister Flor
enZa were thereupon taken away by
friends to Castrofillippo. in the hope OF
averting further tragedy. 1t was in
vain. for few nights ago the brigands
waylaid and shot all three
The only surviving member of the
family is married brother, with two
children, living in Brooklyn, n. y.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-12-06
BEAR STEALS ARMY MEAT
Animal Gets Yellowstone National
Park Soldiers Rations by
Acrobatic Feats.

Washington.-The war department
has allowed the soldiers of Troop I.
First United States cavalry stationed
in the Yellowstone National park.
$1,000 for beef stolen by bears. The
department at first refused TO allow
the claim, but later relented upon
receipt of details of the thefts.
Asked for particulars, Col. L. M.
Belts, in charge Of the troopers, ex-
planned that his men had taken every
precautiOn to save the meat from the
bears, but were Outwitted. A frame.
screened over and holding the meat.
was suspended in midair by wires
attached to four trees forming a
square. No corner of the frame was
within ten feet of any tree To get
meat for meals the cooks used a. lad
der
One night bear climbed one OF the
trees, went out on a limb - feet
above the meat, dropped on it and
bore 1t to the ground.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-12-06
THIEF'S HAUL $50 IN PILLS
Righwaymen Make Unfortunate
Catch" When They Hold Up
Medicine Peddler.

Atlanta. Ga.-Thirty dollars worth
Of pills and an oil land book showing
grants which were made in Georgia in
the days of Oglethorpe lay in the bot
tom Of Giddings JohHsons one-horse
chaise as he logged along after dark
into the suburbs OF Atlanta
He was thinking in a detected way
of the trials of a medicine peddler,
when Madge. the ambling horse, SHE'D
as though she felt a returning youth
fulness. Then, from out of the dark.
stepped four figures, and four voices
directed Giggings to hold up his
hands.
Four highwaym I began at once
to search the one-horse-shay, while
Madge lapsing back into her usual
browse, stood with her head between
her knees.
One of the highwaymen exclaimed
with pleasure as he lifted a heavy.
square object from the chaise and
dropped upon his knees before it in
the roadway; yet, what he opened
to the moon were land grants which
were a relic of OSlethorpe, and were
old when Geor-ia as state, was
young.
But his displeasure was lost in the
delight of another of the bold rob-
bers who was dragging from the
ctaise a heavy box. He set it down
in the dust of the road. The high
wayman upon his knees rose hur-
riedly, the other two crowded about,
and eagerly they looked on, the
moon shining palely upon them as the
box was opened.
They might have been treasure
seekers, remnants of pirate gang, or
just what they were.
The lid of the box ripped. part of
lid was pried off, and the four bold
robbers, the moon shining palely upon
them, bent forward and in the wan
light looked upon the treasure of $50
worth of pills.
Let's shoot him." suggested one
with a look toward Giddings Johnson.
Why not make him take all the
pills." advised another
But third, with that sixth sense
peculiar to real highwaymen, heard
the far-off approach of vehicle, spoke
in brief, sharp words to the others. and
all four melted into the shadows of the
night
Then did Giddings Johnson remem-
Der that a shotgun lay in the bottom
of the chaise. In a moment he had
it out, put it to his shoulder, aimed.
pulled the trigger-then remembered
that he had forgotten to load it.
He got out, replaced the pills and
the book of land grants. returned to
the chaise, drove to the nearest tele-
phone and gave word to the police.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-12-06
PLOTTERS Of MEXICO
Supply of discriminating Evil
denGe Is First Move.
No Conspirator Is Recognized as Such
Unless This Qualification is o. K.
Mexican Situation From Hu-
morous View Point.

CThe nfe Of a correspondent IN Mexico
City is not what Il Is cracked up TO be.
War correspondent and IeNirau CORE
spondeut are synonymous. Despite the
fact that a Mexican CORES p0Udgut never
knows at just what moment Ao Is liza
ble 10 be "thirty-tlreed.' which means
being fired out Of the country. after au
unpleasant and dang ro.~ experience iu
Mexican j8ils. a Mexico City .urr,-p pond
emit has been adj. 90 Sse the lumlr IF
he situation as it exists today in the
turbulent Latir-Amerlcau r,pubhc.-Ed-
tur's Note)
Mexico City.-TAe first thing a
Mexican does when he becomes a con
spirator. or joins a rebel iuuta, or ap-
prentices himself to learn the trade
OF banditry, or gets into the Plotters
union, is to supply himself with in
eliminating documents. 40 conspira-
tor against the provisional govern
ment Of Citizen Gen. Don Victoriano
Huerta presidente internio constitu-
tional of the United States of Mexico,
Is recognized as a plotter in good
standing unless he carries them pa
pers" on his person.
When q man is initiated into a cir
Gle OF Carrancista or Zapa,ista or
NaZquista or some other "ista' con-
spirators, he takes a terrible oath
never to reveal the secrets of the or
der, even though he be put to slow
torture Then signs and passwords
are given him and a large bunch of
discriminating documents is contided
to his care. The documents" may
differ in detail, but they always con-
tain the names and addresses of all
the cOnspirators and a full expose of
their nefariOus plans and projects.
with diagrams.
All the conspirators carry these
documents in their breast pockets
when they wear coats. and in the pis-
tol pockets Of their trousers when
they don't. SOmetimes-but this is
very rare-they leave the incriminat-
ing documents in their office desks
or lying on their bureaus at home.
Some of the members of the cham
Der of deputies who we're arrested by
order of President Huerta October 10
for conspiracy against his govern
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-12-06

merly a dressing maid at the German
court. She retired from the royal SER
vice on account OF i'll health when she
was about forty years old and to sup
plement her pension she started dress
making in a small way and her for
mer royal mistress most graciously
gave the woman her patronage.
Queen Mary Is also most economical
" attired for tie consort of a great
European sovereign.
Her majesty's bills for gowns when
she was princess of Wales ran to
about $4,000 a year, and as queen they
90 not much exceed that figure. The
queen. of course, does not wear out
any of her gowns, but she never al
lows a morning or afternoon gown to
be put out of the royal wardrobes until
she has worn it at least a couple of
dozen times.
For her evening gowns Queen Mary
nays from $125 20 500, and for morn
ing or afternoon gowns from $50 to SIS,
and for tweed walking dresses from
$50 to $40.
There is a custom existing among
most royal women, as well as among
others who spend large sums on
dresses. of disposing Of the dresses
and gowns that are put OFT of their
wardrobes to certain dress agencies,
and the money so realized is used to
defray part of their dress bills. Two
large dress agencies in Paris have the
handling of most o. the left off dresses
of European royalties. These transac-
tions are conducted by the chief dress
ers of the various royal women and
the former ere allowed to AXE a GER
tain commission on the sales.
The sale Of the queen of SPANS
dresses annually amounts - about s4.-
600. and of the czarina to about hun
bred pounds less. Neither Queen Mary
nor the German Empress. however,
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-12-06
CREED NOT AN ESSENTIAL.

Don't use a noun and then an ad-
jective that crosses out the noun. An
adjective qualities, it cannot contra
dict. Don't say, Give me a patriotism
that is free from all boundaries 1t is
like saying, Give me a pork pie with
n, pork in it. Don't say, 1 look for
ward to that larger religion that shall
have no special dogmas. 1t is like
saying, look forward to that larger
quadruped who shall have no feet A
quadruped means something with four
feet; and religion means something
that commits a man TO some doctrine
about the universe. Don't let the
dered by the joyful, exuberant adjec-
tive"
All of which is very clever in the
usual Chestertonian style, but it is
leading-largely false as we'll as
true. What a religion means depends
somewhat upon the individual who pro-
fesses it. 1t does commit the individ-
ual to some definite doctrine about the
universe. but that doctrine may be
broad, shallow, narrow or deep. 1t
may be simple or it may be full OF
complexities and inconsequential de-
tails that have nothing to do with the
fundamentals of religious belief" in
the broad sense. The danger of doc
trine is that it is almost inevitably
bound to expand, develop and multi
ply, so that in time there is a whole
family of doctrines all grouped under
the original title and recognized as
part of the conventional system.
Mr.. Chesterton is misleading when
he says that the man who looks for
ward to religion that shall bear no
special dOgmas might as well declare
that he wants a pork pie with no pork
in it. This might apply to any distinc-
tive doctrinal faith, as, for example,
the Baptist who should express his
longing for a Baptist religion that
would be sufficiently advanced to dis
card the rite of baptism, but it is ridi-
culous when applied to religion"
without specification of creed Sure
l. there is a possibility of something
worthy the name of religion" that
does not commit it's followers to any
elaborate creed and is practically free
from special dogmas. There will be
many agree with the gentleman from
Greene in his belief that creeds are
likely to be of much less Importance
in the future than they have been in
the past.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-12-06
Easy Enough to Be Quite Religious
Without Being Doc
trinal.

Providence, R. Almost any Sun
day we can find something mentally
stimulating among the letters to the
editor, remarks the Providence Jour-
nal. OF such quality was a letter from
Greene one Sunday referring to re-
cent discussion of a "creedless reit-
gion." a prominent clergyman and an
equally prominent publicist came into
disagreement over the question of re-
ligious instruction in the. public
schools. in the course of which the
layman declared that religious in
structioN must be in accordance with
some creed" and therefore was out of
the question as policy in the schools.
There are thousands of all creeds
who will heartily agree with the sub
stance of this opinion. G. X. Chester
ton fatty expresses the same idea in
"A Miscellany of Men," and his inter
esting way of putting it is worth not
ing:
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-12-06

members of the diplomatic corps 10
the national palace and told them in
an aggTieved tone how those tell-tale
papers had been found in the depu-
ties desks by the police. He really
was very angry about it, for, as he
and everyone knows, it is the correct
thing in the best plotting circles 10
carry such papers on the person,
where the secret police can get at
them without vexatiOus delay and
trouble. There can be little doubt
that the imprisoned deputies will get
much severer sentences than they
would have received had they not
maliciously sought to annoy the po-
lice and cause delay by leaving these
discriminating documents in their
desks, instead Of carrying them to
Jail, where they could have been
found without trouble when the depu-
ties were searched
There are instances Of record
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-12-06
WHERE HAS HE GONE?

That's fine. Now throw tn chin
well back-a little tiny bit more.
That's fine. Now, all feet close t'geth-
er an steady. Thatll do" Then Fri
day you get tn proofs an you and
your wife looked like Lewis an Clark
takin' their first view O. Mount Taco
ma after a ten days march on empty
stomachs.
TIL ole time photographer allus
posed you in such a way as [ feature
your Adams apple. He didn't care
about tn arrangement O. drapery er
whether your coat wuz buttoned
straight, but he wuz there T. see that
your Adams apple got everything that
wuz comm t. it. If you had a hairlip
er a wend in tn neck he allus made
'em tn principal points O. interest in
your photo. If you had a bulgin' fore
head he'd powder tn high lights an
pull in your chin. If you had a retreat
in chin he'd pry it out an make an in
terror O. your nostrils. If you looked
like a turnip he'd insist on a front
view, an if you looked like a Ratchet
he'd prescribe a side view. If you
wanted t stand up an show your feet
an watch chain he'd bring forth a lit
tie column-shaped pedestal T. stand
by an you looked like you wuz waitin
fer somebuddy t shoot apple off your
head
Everybody you see in tn old fam
lily album looks like they had either
lost their only friend er wuz settin' in
an electric chair. Always sad er ter
rorized. If you looked pleasant er nat
ural you had t sit again.
T'day if you want t look like Ger
trude Elliott er Jack Barrymore tn
artist" IL fix it fer you. If you look
like a SEWN machine agent an feel
like you would like Z look like a great
author tday's photographer II show
you how { git tn desired expression
by restin' tn left cheek in your hand
an lookin anxiously int tn future. II
you want t look like a great society
leader an have a goitre tn modern
photographer II remove it without
pain. an if you want t - like
smilin' COW he'll look after your bridge
work without extra cost
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-12-06
What Has Become of the Early
Photographer?
Artists Gruesome Poses-Didn't Care
About Draperies, But Insisted on
Throwing Up the Physical De-
fects of the Setter.

New Orleans.-Whatever become o
tn ole time tall, cuffless photographer
that wore a fiowin' tie an smelled like
collodion an called his abattoir art
studio?" | wonder where he went and
when he died, fer Their must have been
some special arrangements made
ahead fer him. Who kin fergit how
he used L pose us in front o a screen
shown a castle with a rustic bridge
leadin' up t it an a couple O. swans?
writes Kin Hubbard in the New Or
leans Times-Democrat.
Now, then, set perfectly still a
little an look about here. Raise your
chin a little more. Higher. higher
That's fine. Now, turn tn head little
slantin' like. That's it, that's it.
Now, that's fine. All, that'n do" Then
he'd turn out a photograph lookin' like
you had a stiff neck augmented by a
little dash o. spinal trouble-like you
had just murdered a whole family with
an AK an wuz facin' tn judge without
pang O. remorse.
TIL early photographer had sort
o. a pritch that had been handed down
from tn celebrated Spanish inquisition
days which he used as prop fer your
head. When applied t tn back o tn
neck 1t produced an expression like
you wuz putin on a collar.
"Oh, | see, you wish t be taken
t'gether. That'll be fine. Now, then.
just you please take this seat. That's
It, Put tn feet closely tgether. Now
tn hands on tn knees. That's fine.
Now throw tn chin up. Up little
more That's fine. Now, you stand by
tn left. Perfectly erect with feet
t'gether carelessly. Let tn left hand
hang limp. That's fine. Now, place
tn right hand on his shoulder shown
tn right finger-Oh, see. tn ring
is on the left hand. Well have t
change sides.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-12-06

where suspected plotters have mys'
teriously disappeared and their rela-
tives have known them no more, but
in all such cases the missing ones in
variably were careful TO leave their
discriminating documents where the
police could find them without trou-
bic, thus making it pleasanter for
all Sometimes the discriminating
documents are found neatly tied up
with the last will and testament Of
the departed Sometimes they are
hidden, but the police are wonderful
experts at finding them. Relatives
and friends viii search a room for
hours, not leaving a square inch IN
explored, and discover nothing what
soever, not even a scrap Of writing.
Then the police will come and glance
carelessly around and. presto, in the
shake of 4 lambs tail they discover
enough discriminating documents to
paper the room itself.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-12-06
Portugal Government Turns Loose 800
IIiterates, but Keeps the
lnteIlectuais.

Lisbon.-In order to square itself
ularly with the world at large, the
government, on the third anniversary
of the republic, released 500 Royalist
prisoners. some Of whom had been
kept in Jail for three years without
trial. This act has called forth CEN
sure from the Carbonari press-the
press of Portugal's Tammany-which
declares that the royalists should
have been allowed to rot in prison"
and that the government has shown
that it fears foreign criticism" The
release, however, is not so much to
the credit of the government as the
first cabled news of it implied or the
Carbonari censure indicates.
The majority Of the prisoners now
released are peasants and poor work
men, distinction having been drawn
by the government between these and
the less poor or the better educated.
1t is curious distinction, and>to the
ears of demagogue may have a fine
sound and dignity. but it is one which
a moments consideration shows to be
untenable and absurd 1t is presum-
ably not intended to be a premium on
illiteracy. for the government pro-
fesses a horror of illiteracy, but it IS,
in fact, a premium on servility, mean
ness, and obsequir usness. 1t is de-
signed. says the government, to divide
he responsible from the irresponsible
hundred and twenty of the better
ducated prisoners remain accordingly
II the penitentiaries. But it requires
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-12-06
ROYAL DRESS COST
Victoria of Spain Most Costly At
tired of Queens.
Where the Old Clothes Go-some Dis
carded Garments Are Sold, Some
Returned to Maker and
Others Given Away.

.on1on.--It goes without saying that
the expenditure Of queens on dress is
Of necessity high. and it is higher to-
day by a good deal than it was p or
50 years ago. says a writer in London
Answers.
The most extensively attired con-
sort of a reiguiug European monarch
j. generally supposed to be the queen
Of SIain.
Her Spanish maiastv's dress bills
for Gowns alone run to more than EI5-
0oo "A wear. She purchases most of her
dresses i'm Paris and is more rr1rcr.l-
ious about being mod,sbIv attirrd than
any other ROYALTY Her majesty rare
" wears q gown more than halt f. doz-
en- times. practically never has a
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-12-06
Grave Held Petrifed Man

Baltimore, Md.-After laying in a
grave for nearly nine years. the body
of Patrick Dugan, was found to have
become completely petrifed Its
weight was estimated at more than
600 pounds. The face and hands
were a light gray. while the clothes
were several shades darker. The
body was reinterred In another Gene
terry. Dugan was eighty-four years
old when he died
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-12-06
FREES ALL HER PRISONERS

no very high intelligence to know
whether one prefers the monarchy to
the republic, or to realize that the
object of attack was the republic; so
that, assuming that all the prisoners
were guilty of taking up arms or &C
lively conspiring against the republic,
which. of course, is not the case, the
net result of the distinction drawn by
the governE' ent is to reward those
who fought against the republic, not on
principles, but wantonly, in order to
earn a few shillings, and to retain in
prison those who did so honestly, from
conviction.
1t is precisely those who were con-
demned rather owing to their convic-
tions than their actions who are to
be kept in prison. Because some of
them are priests and others belong
to the Portuguese nobility they are
held responsible, and are to continue
to serve a sentence to which they
should never have been condemned.
No one wishes a nobleman to have
more favor in the eyes of the law
than a peasant, but why should he
have less?"
The conspiracy of those now re-
leased is at least as clearly estab-
lished as that of those who remain in
prison. The present government pro-
fesses to abolish God and religion. but
in undertaking to judge men by their
motives rather than by their proved
acts it is assuming a prerogative COM
monty held to be rot human but
divine
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-12-06
EDISON SAYS TANGO WILL GO
Turkey Trot, Oiaphanous Gown,
Smoking by Women and Other
Fads Also Fleeing.

New York.-"Faddists and extrem-
lists have been common in all ages"
said Thomas A. Edison. THE turkey
trot, the tango, the diaphanous gown
and women smoking will vanish when
the novelty wears of. Such extremists
represent only fractional per cent OF
our people and we need not fear for
the others" Mr.. Edison believes in
eugenic marriages, but deprecates the
teaching of sex hygiene in schools to
pupils not old enough to do their own
thinking.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-12-06

From - sad Page in Balkan History"
Published at Athens
Balkan government can no longer
possess the rights they formerly en-
joyed. 1t is therefore natural that
they should all alike. without distinc-
ton OF race or religion, desire auto
nOmy under Ottoman sovereignty
This defines the present duty Of the
Ottoman state, viz. TO go forward re-
lying on her military strength and es-
tablish Macedonian autonomy. The
Greeks have no right to remain in
Kavala. or in Salonika, the capital OF
the new principally. The ottoman
army should advance beyond SaiOnika,
to ElassOna, and enter Thessaly, and
cancel the claims of the Greeks to
the islands also. This erection Of
Macedonia into an autonomous prin-
cipality would serve the interests Of
ROumania and of the great powers OF
Europe. and make possible real bal
ance Of power in the Balkans, and
stop the present deadly rivalry.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-12-06

ment carelessly left their incriminat-
ing documents in their desks in the
chamber, instead of carrying them in
their pockets, according to custom,
thus putting the secret police to a
great deal of unnecessary trouble to
get the papers.
President Huerta called all the