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Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-21
Is Man Limitless? An Old Question
BY EDGAR LUCIEN LARKIN.

THIS is a long time, regular
stock question, a general
problem, and | have been
asked this probably as many
times as: What causes fork
ed twig to turn when carried in
the hands over hidden water?"
Which moves the faster, the top
or the bottom of cart wheel?"
will a fish weigh more or less
in water on a balance?" will
the turtle outrun the hare?" "Is
Genesis true?" What is cleo
tricity?" HAS there ever been
general f1ood?" How big was
Noah's ark ?" and as many as a
hundred more, probably. that
come perpetually.
But is man limitless?' is a
question of so much general hui
man interest that | will make q
very weak and Intellectual attempt
to answer it. | have already an
swered it hundreds of times in
As years aftirmatively, but have
not given rigid proof
Here is question: Dear Sir: |
was in the observatory several
weeks ago and heard you state in
a lecture that there are 1000, 000,-
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-21
A COMMEMORATE ACT.

Editor The Georgian:
During the very busy hours Of
Saturday afternoon a little CIR
was seen on the main floor Of the
Chamberlin-J johnson DuBose CO
store playing with a toy balloon.
She was having lots of fun until
the thread slipped from her fin
gers and the balloon scared up to
the ceiling. The child broke into
tears. Although everyone on the
floor seemed as busy as could be-
help was summoned and two men
with long poles rescued the ba,
loon. thus making the child hap
py. This incident convinced ms
that even a large business hr1n
is not altogether absorbed N
money getting. but will take tins
to consider the happiness Of little
children A SUBSCRIBER
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-21
DR. FRANCIS PEABODY
made an exceedingly com
nant and tnllinG ST q e.

He. FRANCIS PEABODY
made an exceedingly com
pact and telling state
ment at the service recently held
in memory of the late Robert c,
Ogden, when he said: Money
prodigaly bestowed does not
atone for money crimlnally got
ten" There Is nothing original
in the thought but few could
have expressed II so concisely and
pungently The way thing is
said makes out half OF its effect.
The truth of DR.. Peabody's
aphorism will pass across the
minds of people in comfortable
circumstances without leaving
very deep impression, but it
means q great deal to poor man
whose life is continual strug-
gle with the problem of ways
and means, and who believes,
rightly or wrongly. that some of
the funds that are dealt out in
large masses Of charity by the
extremely wealthy included mon
ey that really belonged to him
self. and that the great fortunes
accumulated in these days and
prodigally expended are made up
in considerable part of wages due
to the laboring man. but unjustly
withheld.
The way the matter is consid-
cred by the poor is expressed in
unmis.akable terms by the writ
or of letter that recently came
to hand.
II would not advise any boy
how to make millions of dollars,
because no man ever made his
millions without depriving the
poor of what belonged TO them
and no matter how much they
fool around with their so-called
charity giving a little here and a
little there of what they took,
which is over plenty, they never
do full justice,
Giving a million dollars or 80
to some institution or college that
poor boy can't go to because
he has to pay to enter, and then
lowering the poor mans pay or
going up a cent on a gallon of oil
or raising the price ON some
other article in order to make II
balance. is a nice thing to do and
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-21
X AN OLD LANE -
BY WILLIAM F. KIRK

YvTINDING meath a crumbling gate,
W Weedy and all desolate,
Where in long forgotten days
Lilac bushes waved their sprays
And the wild rose, full of dew.
Single-petalled fragrance threw;
Where in years long passed away
Trembling lovers worshipped May;
Now it stretches. weird and grim.
Over toward forest dim
As disappointed soul
Looks in vain to find its goal:
All the fragrance, all the bloom,
Dead and turned to haunting gloom.
There it was that long ago,
Standing in the sunsets glow
7 beseeched a girl divine
To be mine and only mine;
There she said. with naughty glance,
you big rube. there amt chance!"
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-21
~R ORISON SWEET MAR
| DEN, in The Joys of Llv-
- irnn,nA hN INrnuN all

~
ID DEN, in The Joys of Lly-
ing" issued by Crowell.
sets forth some ideas that many
of us might do we'll to adopt.
Observe how he f1outs fear and
worry.
There are no worse enemies of i.
happiness than fear and worry.
They are always and everywhere
a curse. There Is nothing which
we are called upon to meet in life;
there is no misfortune or disaster
that can ever come to us which
we can not bear better without
these joy-killers.
Fear is an old. old enemy, in
deed, and worry its hated accom-
plice Primitive fear we have al
ways had with Us. but worry Is
the disease OF our own age. In
our enlightenment we both pity
and ridicule the barbarous man
who lived in mortal fear Of his
cruel gods. But have we not also
our eNacting demons before which
our souls cringe and our powers
Wither and fail?
Many people are always afraid
or something They 90 not have
courage enough really to enjoy
life. They are afraid to mingle
with those who are mentally their
superiors or who have been more
favored by fortune Fearful that
their powers OF mind or purse
may be disclosed, they thus for
felt many advantages and pleas
ures TO he derived from social
discourse
We were made 10 dominate
| cur environment. Ii was not in
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-21
THE PAY OF OUR JUDGES===
Must Be Increased to Retain
Upon the Bench the Right
Sort of Men.

The press of the State of Georgia echong from
ter the demand of the Atlanta Georgian that better salaries be
paid the judges of the courts of the Commonwealth
Whatever may be the status of other departments of the
Sate-and admitted that there underpad officials in
severa agreed all hands that it of first Importance
NOW that the Judiciary be taken rghteousy and fairly
in the matter of salaries.
Remember these The judges the Supreme and Ap
peas Courts the final tribunals of review receive only $4,000
per judges Superior receive So 900
each.
Judges of the Superior Atlanta Savannah and
Augusta receive $4,000 year.
Think of those nggardly Think of the personnel
of the courts they and they should be and then
ask yourself as taxpayer as property owner and as c
loving order if it is FAIR AND SQUARE DEALING
UPON THE PART OF GEORGIA NOT TO PAY THOSE
JUDGES ENOUGH TO LIVE ON.
With respect to the Supreme Appeals Courts the Rome
Tribune Herald aptly and justly says
Georgia expects to keep the best lawyers in the su
preme Court and the Court of Appeals it will have to raise
their salaries
designations from the Supreme Court have been fire.
quent during late years. owing to the fact that the judges
could not afford to hold the positions
1t is of paramount Importance to the Commonwealth
that the very best legal timber should compose these
Many lawyers of scarcely medium ability earning
than the judges of the highest courts the State
frst-rate lawyer takes position on the Supreme
entire time to the business the State When he returns
to the practice is necessary to begin all again
These judges should be paid salaries commensurate
with the service rendered.
the State of Georgia expects retain their services
that is about all there is to it.
That, indeed, is about all there is to it,
And the of the Rome paper is but of many
similarly worded and thought out coming recently from all
tons of Georgia
Georgia should be both ASHAMED AND AFRAID TO UNI
DERPAY ITS JUDICIARY.
Salaries for Supreme and Superior Court judges provided
to-day upon basis established twenty years ago. unfair
necessarily.
The courts after ALL constitute the greatest bull
wark of the people against oppression and injustice
The people of Georgia i'll afford to be FOOLISH in
spect tribunals for the administration law
The present Legislature when meets next summer will
do under serious and statemane consideration
question of better salaries for Georgia judges.
The Legislature the vehicle provided by the people for
the equitable adjustment of problems of this kind And through
all Georgia there exists belief that the judiciary
is at present sHAMEFULLY AND DEPLORABLY UNDER
PAID.
people undoubtedly will approve that Legislature pos
sufficient and courage the
, no wrong now imposed upon iudpes of Georgia
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-21
Letters From the Readers of The Georgian

Do we stop corporations from
killing people by letting the kill
ing go unnoticed? No!
Do we prevent graft and bur
glary and murder by keeping ST.
lent? No!
Publicity Is the curing light ~
the age. Give us publicity of ev-
erything. even the bedbug.
Let nothing escape publicity.
H. G. r.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-21
Ella Wheeler Wilcox
Writes on @-=====M
SUCCESS
It's Tools-Purpose, Aspiration
and Courage-are Within Our -
selves. Shakespeare Wrote His -
Dramas With but 5000 Words
at His Command. @VkS
Written for The Atlanta Georgian
bv Ella Wheeler Wilcox
at His Command.
Copyright. 1879

n TANY people lay their failure
VH to make a name in the
world to the lack of proper
materials with which to work out
their special lines of endeavor.
Tools are necessary to the good
artisan and artist; BUT GENIUS
MAKES IT'S OWN TOOLS AS
WE'LL AS IT'S OWN OPPORTU-
MITES.
Shakespeare made his immortal
dramas and poems WITH ONLY
FIVE THOUSAND WORDS AT
HIS COMMAND.
From an exchange we take the
statement as follows:
"Bullokar's Complete English
Dictionary, in 1916. the year of
Shakespeare's death, contained
$3.50 words. Thomas Blount's
'Glossographia' (1656) improved
on this and was superseded in
it's turn by Edward Phillips New
World of English Words (165sO,
a small folio containing 10000
words; and by the time it reached
its sixth edition G706) the num-
Der mad grown to 10000 odd.
"Johnson's Dictionary, pub
lished on April Is, 1885, though it
improved all predecessors off the
face of the earth by the perfec-
ton of its system and the sound
ness and breadth of its reading.
contained only $4,000 words, and
II remained master of the field,
even at this modest total, until
Noah Webster's came along in
1898, and Worcester's 'Compre-
hensive Pronouncing and Explain
atory English Dictionary in
1880. with 100000 and 100000
words, respectively"
The article goes on to state
that 1.-The latter part of the nine
teenth century kept the ball roll
ing. The Imperial Dictionary
contained 100000 words, and DR..
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-21

Funk's Standard Dictionary
1890 entered the field with half
as many 900 words in
all. There have been half a
dozen editions of this, and the
new one next September reaches
high water mark with a total OF
100000 words, most of which are
English beyond question"
Yet, despite this fact no
Shakespeare has arisen to contest
the honors of the ono who had
only 5000 word tools for his use.
Shakespeare did not travel, or
speak many tongues.
Perhaps his power lay In stay
ing with himself. in digging in his
own mind and soul for knowledge
and wisdom, and in making no
effort to find unusual words
wherewith to convey his mean
ing
1t would be interesting to know
just what he would have done
with our vast vocabulary Of words
If he had been given one of the
new dictionaries.
But 1t Is more interesting to
realize what he did without these
words. And it is worth thinking
about, whenever we are tempted
to complain, that we lack the
necessities for making a success
in any one direction.
The mind that is bent on a pur-
pose and the soul that Is ailame
with aspiration, and the heart
that is strong with courage
MUST attain success. Nothing
can prevent It,
The man who is possessed OF
these three things will fashion
his tools, and hew his way
through rocks. and build bridges
over rivers, and cut stairs in
frowning mountains and climb
over them to the goal beyond All
elements of success lie in our
selves.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-21

If your time for getting to work O'Clock in the
Ing know the boss who has made his PILE doesn't
to the office until 80 o'clock Do you just slide ahead
OF him. thinking putting something over and cheat
the Boss out of half theequarers of hours
each day. Or do beat the clock each morning by few
minutes full of pep and ready for any question the boss
might ask you about the business, when he does
The leader-enterprise. [volume] (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1912-1915, 1913-11-07
Sherims Sale.

GEORGIA-BEN HILL COUNTY.
Will be sold first Tuesday in
December next, before court
house door said county, within
legal hours of sale, to highest
bidder for cash:
Six bales cotton, and about so
bushels corn, in field, and one
fourth acre sugar cane, and one
ton hay and one one horse wagon;
said property located on the land
known as the widow Russell"
place about one mile east of Fitz-
gerald, and said property will be
sold where it is now located.
Said property levied on as the
property of w, C. Rodgers to
satisfy execution issued from
City Court of Fitzgerald in favor
of Armour Fertilizer Works v.
w. e. Rodgers.
This November Z, 1913.
w. H. Fountain, Sheriff
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Administrators Sale
Personal Property

GEORGIA BEN HILL COUNTY:
By virtue of an order of the
court of Ordinary of said county,
granted at the November Term
1913, will be sold on the premises
of the late j. D. Small. deceased,
about one mile West of the City
of Fitzgerald, said County, within
the legal hours of sale on Wed
nesday December 18th. 1918 the
following described property of
the estate of said j. D. Small,
deceased, to wit one saw mill; one
IS b. p. boiler; one so b. p. boiler;
one 20 h. p. engine; one IS b. p.
engine; one planer, one Is inch
jointer; one moulding machine;
one door panel machine; one rip
saw; one cut off saw; one tenon
machine; one mertising machine;
one turning machine; one band
saw; one boring machine; one blind
slat machine; one sandpapering
machine; one sash and door clamp;
one turning lathe; one cope NOR
tiaing machine; betting, shafting
and other articles too numerous to
mention.
Terms of sale: Cash. This Nov.
Bird 1918.
NJ. j, Small, Administrator.
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Sale of Land.
GEoRGIA-BEN HILL COUNTY.

GEoRGIA-BEN HILL COUNTY.
Wan be sold first Tuesday in
December next before courthouse
door said county, within legal
hours of sale, TO highest bidder
for cash, twenty acre tract Num-
bers 4426-4427 as shown by the
recorded plat of the American
Tribune Soldiers Colony Company.
Said property levied upon as
property OF Jim Lewis to satisfy
execution issued from City Court
of Fitzgerald, in favor Planters
Warehouse & Loan Company
against said Lewis:
This November 6, 1918.
W. H. Fountain, Sheriff
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which would aid in determining the
center line of the canal as well as the
choice OF type, he also pushed exca-
walton operations in the Culebra cut,
rehabilitating old French excavators
and increasing the working force.
he had found 746 men at work with
hand tools in the Culebra cut. His
first inspection convinced him that the
French machinery should be abandon
ed as fast as modern American equip
ment could be secured. and he express
ed the opinion that two years would
be required for preparations.
1t required stout hearts not to Quail
before the isthmus of 1904. Not only
the traditional unhealthfulness, but the
Wretched condition of the railroad aft
er fifty years of nOncompetition, the
long distance from the base of sup
plies. the miserable living accommodate
tons in Colon and Panama, where
there We're no sewers, no water and
unpaved streets, into which were
throWn all refuse and garbage, and the
vexatiOus red tape that surrounded all
government enterprises, made situa-
ton that weaklings no sooner touched
than they returned precipitately to the
United States.
To take care of the increasing num-
Der Of workers that every ship was
bringing to the canal zone was the
most pressing problem. The interest
of the whole world had been stimu-
lated by the rejuvenation of the canal
project by the Americans. with the re-
suit that restless spirits everywhere
began bending their steps toward Pan
anna. Men of excellent character in
the United States also came. attracted
by the pay and the romantic nature of
the undertaking.
The houses left by the French were
inhabited by natives or buried in the
jungle growth. They necessarily were
run down, but could be made habitable
cnce the carpenters and lumber to do
the work were at hand. These. how
ever, like everything else, were 1000
miles away with a spider web of red
tape over them that paValyzed speedy
movement. In his year of service Mr.
Wallace repaired 357 Of these houses
and built forty-eight new ones, still
leaving the problem of housing en-
pleyces unsolved. During that time
more than 5000 workers came to the
canal zone, but the migration back to
the United States or adjacent Islands
and countries WAS hAaVV
Colonel GorSas had urged the prompt
sanitation of Colon and Panama. and
early in the American occupation the
construction of sewers. waterworks
and paved streets was Begun. The
Americans advanced the msaey for
these Improvements en- a plan Of taxes
that at the end Of fifty years from
their completion viii repay tho United
States and turn them over to the re-
sPecive cities.
(T0 Be ContiAued.)
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"A pplication To
Sell Bank Stock

GEORGIA Ben HILL COUNTY.
Notice is hereby given that an
application for leave to sell,two
shares of the Capita Stock of
Wilkerson County Bank, at
Toombsboro, Georgia, ;of the par
value of $4,000 per share, and
evidenced by Certificate number
So. Said application being fled by
Mrs. Annie May Sandifer as
Guardian of Sujette Holmes, and
for the purpose of eoucation and
care of said Sujetre Holmes. Said
application will be heard at the
regular term of the Court of Ordi-
nary for said County to be held
on the first Monday in December
1913.
This Nov. 3rd, 1913.
G. M. Wise, Ordinary.
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Sherif7s Sale. !.
GEORGIA-BEN HILL County,.

l.
Will be sold first Tuesday in
December next before courthouse
door said county, with legal hours
of sale to highest bidder for cash.
One stone mixer, sewerpipes.
building stone, stone moulds.
about one hundred sacks cement,
said property locatrd at northwest
corner Lee and Ocmulgee streets
in City of Fitzgerald, said proper
ty being difficult and expensive to
move, same will be sold as it is
now located, purchasers are invit-
ed to inspect said property; also
one bay horse about eleven years
old, weight obout 100 pounds.
Levied on as the property of
Fitzgerald Granitoid Company and
=. W. Hayes to satisfy execution
issued from City Court of Fitzger-
aid in favor of Alpha Portland
Cement Company against said de-
PENDANTS.
This November 6, 1913.
W. H. Fountain, Sheriff.
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Citation.
GEoRGIA-BEN HILL COUNTY.
G. NJ. Wise, Ordinary.

GEoRGIA-BEN HILL COUNTY.
TO Maggie Small and Lizzie
Conlon:
M. j. Small, Administrator on
the estate of j. D, Small, deceased
having duly filed his petition,
praying an order for a division in
kind of the property of the estate
of said j. d. Small, deceased, you
are hereby cited to be and appear
at the Ordinary's Office of said
county, on the 1st day of Deem
Der 1913 and show cause, if any
you have, why the order prayed
for in said petition should not be
granted. This Nov. 3rd 1913.
G. NJ. Wise, Ordinary.
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Leave to Sell Land.
GEoRGIA-BEN HILL COUNTY.

GEORGIA-BEN HILL COUNTY.
Notice is hereby given that the
undersigned has applied to the
ordinary of said county for leave
to sell land belonging to the estate
of Julius Tzschoppe, for the pur-
pose of maintenance and to avoid
expense of keeping same. Said
application will be heard at the
regular term of Court of Ordinary
for said county to be held the first
Monday in December Nineteen
thirteen. This November 6, 1918.
A. Julius Tzschoppe,
Guardian, upon the estate of
julius Tzschoppe.
c. M. Wise, Ordinary.
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Sheriff S Sale.

GEoRGIA-BEN HILL COUNTY.
Will be sold at the court house
door in said county on the first
Tuesday in December 1918, with
in the legal hours of sale. to-wit:
All that track or parcel of land
lying and being in Ben Hill Coun-
ty, Georgia and being described
as follows: Lot one Cd square
four (4) block five % of the
city of Fitzgerald Ca. according
to the plat of said city of record
in the office of the clerk of the
Superior court of Irwin County,
Georgia, said land levied on as
the property of H. W. Brown to
satisfy an execution issued on
the 9th day of Sept. 1913, from
the City Court of Fitzgerald Ga.
said county in favor of O.. Lee
Chestnut, against H. w. Brown.
This Nov. 9th 1913.
W. H. Fountain, Sheriff,
City Court of Fitzgerad Ga.
Ridgdill & Mitchell
Peff's Atty's. Triton Ga.
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Sheriff's Sale.

GEORGIA-BEN HILL COUNTY.
Will be sold first Tuesday in
December next, before court
house door said county within
legal hours of sale, to highest
bidder for cash, one, two and
three quarter Sunny South, two
horse wagon.
Said property levied upon as
property of Jim Kegler, to salts
fly execution issued from City
Court of Fitzgerald, in favor of
j. c. Boney & Son against said
Kegler.
This November 6, 1918
w. H. Fountain, Sheriff.
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Sherif's Sale.

GEoRGIA-BEN HILL COUNTY.
Will be sold at the Court House
door in said county on the first
Tuesday in December 1918 with
in the legal hours Of sale the fol-
lowing property to-wit:
Forty six (40) shares of stock
of the City Drug. Co. numbers as
follows: seventeen, eighteen,
twenty four, twenty five, twenty
six, twenty seven, twenty eight,
and twenty nine Of the par value
One hundred dollars each. Said
property levied O / to be sold as
the property of G. L. Waters, to
satisfy an execution issued from
Superior Court of said county
for costs in favor of ]. L. Pit
man, Mrs. Tiny E. Pitman, ]. H.
Smith, S. H. Smith, C. H. CHM.
j. F. Duncan, and j. R. Smith
and against G. l.. Waters.
This the 9Th day Of Nov. 1918.
W. H. Fountain, Sheriff
City Court of Fitzgerald Ga.
D. W, M. Whitley and
W. H. Fountain
Peff's.
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Sheriff's Sale
GEORGIA BEN HILL COUNTY:

GEORGIA BEN HILL COUNTY:
Will be sold at the Court House
door in said county on the 1st
Tuesday in December 1913 within
the legal hours of sale the follow
ing personal property to wit:
Two four and a half by nine
Mahogany pool tables No. 44877-
878, two (2) ball racks, four az
bridges two (2) triangles, two (2)
sets markers, one o. public cue
rack. one ~ private cue rack, II
No. 100 billiard chairs, two (2)
cloths, two (2) sets pool balls, two
e. sets small balls, one (1) brush,
two ~ rubber covers, six (6)cue
clamps. two ~ bottles, two ~
baskets said property levied on as
the property of L. H. Glenn to
satisfy an execution issued from
the City Court of Abbeville, Ca,
on the 4th day of June 1912 in
favor OF the Brunswick Bake
Collender 90. of New York. This
the 5th day of November 1913.
W. H. Fountain, Sheriff,
City Court of Fitzgerald, Ga.
Hal Lawson, Plaintiffs Atty.