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Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-10-05

in his heart He would weep and gaze sadly
upon the clear skies above him and when finally
importuned by his fairy fellows to give eX
preston to his sorrow that they could help
him bear it, he recounted to them the story of
the crucifixion which he had seen. Then all
the little fairies begged him to describe the
cross upon which the Blessed Lord was hung
and taking up little brown stone that lay at
his feet, he carved a cross. Then all the fairies
in Patrick began carving a cross for himself
and from that day to this the fairies in that
county have been carving crosses and hiding
them under the soil for those who love the
story and have faith.
For said they, wen carUe By oar fountain,
cross like the one on the HW"
And all the Jcce tGiries Of Patrick
Are earring The brOlCH crosses still
and if yoH mt cherish this syntb0j.
And hoid II 1cith Tore IN your breast,
The ages uafdthOmcd icW open
The lcGB to Eartks Highest and Best.
If the Fairy-Stoue is carried by those who
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-10-05
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believe IN its efficacy it is said that good luck
and happiness will follow. 1t will ward off
danger, and enable the wearer to overcome enc
mics and live in a world Of stormless breath,
where neither wrong nor wretchedness can en-
ter. Fairy Stone as an anting-anting tnsures
health, and prosperity. Among the Moonshiners
of North Carolina, just over the border line of
Virginia, there is a superstition that evil can
not penetrate into the Businesses of the noun
tans as long as the owner holds with his very
life, his precious Fairy-Stone.
Many of the great men and women of the
world have been presented with Fairy Stones.
Francis Joseph was given one by an American
admirer just before his nomination, Grover
Cleveland was presented with a Fairy-Stone.
Theodore Roosevelt had one sent him just be
fore he was made President Of the United
States, and ii is safe to say that could the pri-
vate belongings of many illustrious people he
searched. little charm of this kind would be
found.
In Atlanta there are several Fairy Stones.
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logued here.
And walking among them, in perfect under
standing with them, to be sure, still are the
Little Boy, the kindly old negro man, and all
those other characters Uncle Remus" made so
precious to the days of a childhood not to be too
precisely circumscribed.
The Uncle Remus Memorial Association of
Atlanta is undertaking brave and noble work
to the end that the genuine and gentle great
ness of Mr.. Harris may be ittingly perpetuated,
In so far as the usual forms of such endeavors
are concerned.
Very appropriately, his home. THE Wren's
Nest" on Snap Bean Farm" has been made
a memorial to nina hallowed shrine to which
the few may journey, time and again, N
clination moves them
Everybody who knew Uncle Remus' in the
flesh was and still is, intimately acquainted
with Snap Bean Farm" in West End, that
charming section of Atlanta made douby de-
hghtful evermore in that it was for many years
the home Of Mr. Harris Everybody else who
knew Uncle Remus" through hearsay, or by
reason of his wonderful stories, also is &C
quainted with Snap Bean Farm.
And so, whether one visit the shrine in per
son or through mental processes only, all who
knew Mr.. Harris as friend and companion, re-
joica to-day that Snap Bean Farm, with its
home and its recollections, its byways and
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Miss May Orchard has beautiful chain made
of the little crosses. Mrs Genie Orchard
Stovall possesses a number of the three varie-
ties of cross. The late Colonel William L.
Scruggs owned one of the charms. There are
a few others belonging TO Atlantans.
In the neighborhoOd where the Fairy-Stones
are found, General Mumford, Of Virginia, was
walking one day and picked up a stone which
Tiffany declared was the only one Of its kind
in existence as far as the firm knew. The
stone was an oblong stone two inches long and
of deep ruby color. 1t holds imprisoned in its
heart a group of gold stars. The family of
General Numford still have the stone among
their cherished possessions.
And he icb0 is kind and courageous.
And he lch0 is pnfieat and strong.
WiU Ey,olo bB his cross that the Father
WiH gHord and protect him from oroag-
And he IChO is gentle and tender,
Who carries has cross till LIES done.
wa feel the lcciGh slip from his shoulders
When HearsH W Faith has been spOf4
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Then say, and Tn. sure they are truthful
That far, in the ages unkn01oh,
The symbol of ChriSts crtcifirioa.
Vas cared from br01on Fdiry-Stone.
The aoee folk, achO bnelt by the lodters
That fiolo from the fountain Of Truth,
Had neUer a s0rrotO to grieUe them,
Nor age eUer eoitbered their yOUth.
IN Patrick County, in Southern Virginia, at
the foot of Bear Mountain stretches mile
and half of ground belonging TO J. S. Tay-
Tor that has become famous the world over
at first glance, nothing is disclosed that Is
unusual and yet it is the only spot in the world
where the Fairy-Stone is found. This insig-
nifcant looking little stone embodies the most
inspiring and sweetest legend that ever descend
ed through the ages telling of the Bloody Sac
rifce that was made for the ransom of man.
Always within the cradle surrounded by
blue hills and patriarchal trees is wonderful
fragrance of flowers, and a blue sky. 1t is
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-10-05
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hedges made sacred through personal contact
with that fine old gentleman and enchanting
writer of the fatry-folks and the fairyland, is
being made over into sort of national park,
to be forevermOre a place of growing flowers,
Of laughing children-Of elfns, fays and gentle
COLLINS, and all of that
First and foremost of all memorials to I'm
Gle Remus" stand, of course, his own writings
his charming animal stories, combining the
lore and the legend of the Old South con
vincingly, and yet so elusively with the truth
and the fact of 'befo de wah" life in Dixie that
one is lost ere he realizes it far in the twilight
zone somewhere in which he divides the two!
Whether there is more fact than fiction in
the Uncle Remus" stories one never ceases to
wonderland If there were not really many
"Unce Remuses' once upon time in the land
of cotton and sunshine, there surely ought to
have been, for he was the dearest old negro
ever, and everybody loves his memory to this
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circumstance that the fame Of "Unclc Remus"
spread throughout England before it did in this
country
True American publications, both magazines
and newspapers. found him out and seized upon
him as q precious find of the moment, perhaps
but it was in England, that cradle always of
the best in literature that Joel Chandler Har-
ris first was recognized a really great writer,
who had come to stay. and whose writings were
destined to become genuine classics.
And gradually his fame worked across the
waters toward homeland all too soon he pass
ed away, here in Atlanta, among the people he
loved best Of all, knew best of ALL and amid
whose environments he loved the best Of all
to work.
While, therefore loving friends and sincere
admirers are fashioning Snap Bean Farm and
the "Wrens Nest" into a fitting memorial of
the dear old man who is dead and gone, while
these people are generously filling the home
of Uncle Remus" with this that, and the other
to remind coming generations of the fame and
glory rghteousy his, while there IS being as
sembled so worthily and so commercially an
exhibit made impartially of the simpler and
the more notable things connected with his
life, what of the real story Of Joel Chandler
Harris himself-the imperishably recorded per
sonal history of the man?
Somebody has here a possible task that
should challenge the best and noblest that is
in him
Not that it Will fall to him personally TO
write the truth of Uncle Remus'-the human
being-but that it will fall to him to assemble
the truth from the lips and pens of living
witnesses, all too soon to pass away themselves
There is, for instance, his wife Who in all
the world knew him as she knew him? There
are his children. There are his contempora-
ries.
Who will gather together from them and
their kind authentic information about Joel
Chandler Harris, while yet those who know
may testify, and shape it into an indisputable
and forever authentic story of the man as he
actually and truly was but yesterday-or was
it the day before?
Such book might be issued in the form of
an edition de luxe, not only to the everlasting
truth Of literary history but to the genuine
and substantial profit of the Memorial Asso-
citation now working 80 splendidly to make Of
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good day, and nobody has forgotten him
Then there are Mr.. Harris other marvellous
stories-"Free joe" "Mingo," Trouble on Lost
Mountain" There are his amusing and whim-
sically philosophical BILLY Sanders" skits, his
occasional and never commonplace verse and
bits of verse-these are the public things known
of all men concerning "Unce Remus" and Joel
Chandler Harris the author
They will live forever whatever mere man
may do in the meantime, and to that extent
the fame of the man is secure against the
assaults of time and customs always progress
ing and infinite variety.
Then, too, there is that dainty and alto
gether delightful little memorial booklet issued
a few days ago!
1t is the loving product of the pen Of one
of Atlanta's sweetest and most accomplished
women-Mrs. A1yrta Lockett Avery-intimate
friend of the dead, who knew him heart to
heart, in his home. among his loved ones, and
Just as he was day in and day out
Into this booklet, which is designed to raise
small sum yet due upon the purchase price
of THE Wren's Nest" and which sells for 80
cents-and may its sale be large Mrs. Avery
has written very much Of Uncle Remus" him.
self. Fortunately, too, Mrs. Harris, who sur
wives her husband, was able to give Mrs. Avery
very great and very material assistance in
preparing this unique booklet particularly In
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Snap Bean Farm a shrine such as Joel Chand-
Ter Harris memory unquestionably deserves!
Theodore Roosevelt knew Uncle Remus." A
contribution to such a volume from this for
mer President of the United States would stand
a perpetual bar to misunderstanding and
transformation.
James Whtcomb Riley, "the Hoosier Poet"
Ga man much after Uncle Remus' " own heart,
too knew him long and well. Riley would
become an altogether willing Witness capaci-
tated to speak authoritatively of the man.
Andrew Carnegie knew him. and esteemed
him beyond expression; Henry Watterson held
him very close to his big Kentucky heart. They
would speak word Of intimacy in the pres
ent that would be very precious in the after
while. John NJ. Slaton knew him; Sam Small
knew him; Hobe Smith knew him.
DO You not think that a book, made up of
testimony from these people, qualified to speak
all the way from the privacy and close com
munion of the hearth and the fireside to the
more open intercourse Of the street, the draw
ing room, the dining hall, and the office, round
ed out with carefully selected and more char
acteristic portions of Mr.. Harris work. would
find an eager and widespread market through
ont the wOrld2
And do you not think that such a book would
go far toward establishing the particular truth
nowadays that viii be so hard to establish in
later years7
Why there were letters-intimate private.
simply sweet, and sweetly simple-published
in Uncle Remus'" Magazine a short time ago,
letters from Mr. Harris, the father, to his chill
dren in school, that serve to tell unerringly
more Of the gentle and always pure and fra
grant personality of this remarkable man
than one possibly might reason out hundred
years from now with that particular data miss
ing!
One book Of the comprehensive kind sug
gested- distributed throughout the world as it
likely would be- would do much toward per-
petuating the name and fame of Uncle Re
mus" and thus would serve noble and help
full purpose to the Memorial Association hay
ing now in hand the fashoning of Snap Bean
Farm into such a memorial as Mr.. Harris de-
serves and must have.
Who, then, will undertake the work Of as
sembling this edition de luxe-this everlasting
evidence of Uncle Remus" in reality, in per-
son, as a man-that forever there may be re-
corded the truth of him as his contemporaries
knew him?
Who will gather this nosegay of other mems
flowers" even If 'naught but the string that
binds them is his ownf"
Who will do this much for Dixie and her
fayorite son in the world of really worthy lit
erary endeayor?
Someone has here the precious opportunity
of browning and climaxing gloriously the splen-
did work already done and vet to be done hv
the Uncle Remus Memorial Association.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-10-05

Though Joel Chandler Harris Has Left His Own Monument Undyng
Literature, Intimate Comprehensive Volume Would Tell the Whole
World Of the Gentle Georgia Genius HmseI Is Noble Task

providing for it a number Of heretofore unpub
lished photographs of Mr.. Harris, and of per
sons and things near to him and more or less
part of his daily life. 1t may be had of all
newsdealers and book stores in Atlanta.
Here, them is a small literary production that
everybody should be glad to have in his IL
brary. 1t is very well worth while indeed
And 1t is most inteligentIy and attractively pre-
pared.
There will come day, howeyer-and therein
dwells the pathos and the vanity of most me-
MORALS erected by loving friends to departed
souls-when Snap Bean Farm with the "Wren's
Nest viii pass away and become a tale that
is told and chord of beautiful music that has
Vibrated into the neYermore!
Monuments all about are crumbling into dust
and decay. There are efigies in Westminster
Abbey to-day-as relatively modern all
things within Westminster are-that man has
lost all track of.
ears in the center Dicture also beside Jane
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-10-05

THE suggestion Of a suitable memorial to
Joel Chandler Harris. that dear old
friend of little and "grownup' children
alike ALWAYS is Immediately interesting.
1t is difficult to imagine how anybody could
forget uncle Remus," or fail to love and cher
isb his memory as an ever sweet and fragrant
thing. and few people of this day and time
will do either, of course
Only yesterday--or was it the day beforef-
Uncle Remus" lived and breathed, and had his
gentle being among Atlantans and GeOrgians,
and most folks with whom he moved can see
him now, merely by shutting their eyes and let
ting their imaginations run riot fleeing mo-
ment or two-run riot along the ways of Shady
Dale and the Snap Bean Farm, where still play
and dispense their wise philosophy those very
dear and thoroughly likable animals and
things. personified as "Brer' Rabbit" "Br'er
Fox" and isis Cow" and brethren and sistren
galore of like persuasion, not necessarily cata-
"Wren's Nest, with its distingu
Whitcomb Riley, the Hoosier poet.
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mo time honored legends are there to hand
down to posterity-no marvellous stories of his
early precocity and boyhood genius. No doubt
that his old black NANNY II she were
alive and questioned-2 But such
and kindred assurances are lost, and the pres
ent generation can only accept the matter Of
fact prosaic story Of his achievements, which
landed him eventually on the topmost pinnacle
of his endeavorl"
1t is rather a curious, and yet commonplace
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-10-05

There are kings and queens memortalized in
Westminster that attract no attention what
ever from the passing throng, because no guide
is able to say why in truth, they are there
and what they ever did to entitle them to hon
orable position in that Yalhala of the eminent.
Shakespeare, that greatest of all students of
human nature, and history's foremost play
wright-whO was Shakespeare, and what OF him
as Il man in the everyday walks Of life?
There are memorials to Shakespeare the
world over-in marble and bronze, in oils and
in the hearts of men-but the most devoted
lover of his unparalleled art is unable to say
with any degree Of certainty to-day whether he
was personally cheat and a fraud or truly
the first of English writers!
Was Shakespeare Shakespeare, or was he
Sir Francis Bacon, masquerading because he
was ashamed to let his identity be known, the
while unwittingly he wrote for all time the
glory of a marvellous intellect athwart the
heavens?
And thus it goes, and thus 1t has gone with
far too pathetic frequency in the past-the
masters and the lowlier lights in this worlds
progress have suffered unfortunately in the
fame of the afterwhile, because of unfortunate
and far-reaching carelessness in seemingly
minor things of the present.
writer somewhere recently penned these
prophetic words of Uncle Remus":
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-02-04
STATE PROHIBITION
MEASURE COMING Up
Idaho Legislature Also Con-
sidering Establishment of
Utilities Commission.
Special 10 The Tribune

Special 20 The Tribune.
BOISE. Ida. Feb. 3.-'The senate Of the
twelfth Idaho Legislature WAS today
swept by n wave OF economy and re-
trenchment. which carried with II the
JOB of distributing clerk at general cleo
tions In this state.
At the same time the upper house went
on record as in favor or the Kenyon
Sheppard" bill, pending before congress.
and thereby gave the "wets" an insight
as to the "dryness" OF that body. The
result Will be the introduction OF a
statewide prohibition bill this session.
The Ferguson bill, providing for county
assistance for the burial of old soldiers,
passed the senate, as did also measure
providing for the hltnE of affidavits for
work dono on mining claims.
The house adopted a motion OF the
county lines committee that the st. Joe
county division bill should not pass. but
the representatives refused to XIII the
inasmuch as the rules OF the house are
not clear the rules OF congress, giving
the author of a bill three days in which
TO recall committee report. should be
followed.
Many new bills We're introduced. among
the more important OF which were a
revenue and taxation measure revising
the revenue laws of tho state: an appro-
priation bin calling for state aid for the
Albion Normal school TO the extent OF
Sa5, 600, $685. 900 and $4,000 respective
ly; measure appropr'ating $1,000 Tor the
construction OF bridge across the Snake
river between Lincoln and Twin Falls
counties,
Representative Hunt OF Fremont coun-
~ introduced substitute bill for the
creation OF Madison county out OF what
Is at present Fremont county in south
ea tern Idaho.
Victor o. Johnson OF Shoshone today
meeting OF the legislature for a railroad
and public utilities commission. Former
Governor GoodIng also spoke in behalf
of the measure which IS pending before
the house committee.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-02-04
COMMERCIAL CLUB
ELECTS OFFICERS
Will Attempt 90 Have Elk Pre-
serve Established in Dry
Canyon.
Special TO The Tribune.

E>pGLldl 10 l it IIIDuIt
BINGHAM Feb. 3.-rhe Bingham
Commercial club held its annual election
OF officers tonight The following mem
bcrs were selected TO direct the affairs
Of the organization for the ensuing year;
President, c. T.. Adderley; vice presi-
dent. \. Walter koenler, treasurer, c. +.
Peeler; secretary Il. w. Quinn: direc-
tors. George Chandler. Jr., Judge L. Il.
Dudley. Victor Ecltlan, DR.. A. L. Ingles-
by and John II. Deery. Secretary Quinn
was re-e elected for the fourth consecutive
term
y movement was started by the retlr-
ing president, George Dwyer to have an
elk preserve established in Dry canyon.
The club appointed d committee TO con-
fer with Commissioner Fred w. Cham
bers Of the state fish and game depart
ment to see whether an allotment of five
of the herd OF elk which the state Is TO
get from Jackson Hole can be secured,
Deputy Game Warden A. i. Heaston
talked on the subject and said that he
believed IT ought TO be possible, because
the canyon is the only practical location
for an elk range Ia Salt lake county.
7. II. Masters Of Provo, member of
the club. introduced resolution suggest
Ing that the club go on record as favor
ing the adoption OF a Scent mile rail-
road fare in Utah. The resolution was
passed and the club. through its officers.
will recommend thar bin to that effect
be introduced in the legislature through
Representative David Cook.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-02-04
TERMINUS Of COAL
ROAD TO Be PROVO
Fund to Buy Right of Way
From Spanish Fork Canyon
Practically Assured.
to The Tribune.

Special TO The Tribune
PROVO, Feb. 3.-Provo is now prac-
tlcally assured OF the western terminus
Of the Utah Railroad compsny's pro-
jected road TO tap the coal fields OF
Emery county. 4 meeting OF the right
of-way committee and the finance COM
mlttee recently appointed by the local
Commercial club TO investigate the posi-
hllity OF having the terminus here re-
ported TO the club tonight.
Originally the road was TO have its
terminus at Spanish Fork. When the local
business men interviewed the promoters
OF the ROAD they were told that the route
would be changed TO go through Mapleton
and Springville and end at Provo, pro-
vldinE those towns would pay for the
right of way from the mouth OF Spanish
Fork canyon. distance OF about twelve
miles,
The first estimated cost OF the right
Of Why WAS $50, 900 and the finance com
mittee OF the local club began soliciting
subscriptions for the fund They encom
tered some difficulty on account of the
fact that there was no absolute nssur-
ance as TO the exact cost OF the right
of way. Some believ ed that II the cost was
to be too high they would not care to
support tho proposition.
The railroad companys right OF way
agent, III. s. Kerr, who has been work
ing with the Tlght-of-way committee,
made a detailed report OF the cost to-
night. Ine exact cost Will De 45t,lS Si.ou
Deeds for most of the land needed have
already been prepared for signature and
the finance committee of the local club
feels confident now that, with the assist
ance OF residents of Springvlle and
Mapleton. the fund can he quickly raised
More than $4,000 has already been sub
scribed.
The finance committee will begin
vigorous campaign at once TO secure
Provo's portion Of the fund. Officials
OF the road Will Immediately begin sign
ing up for the right Of way and grading
work will be started at an early date
The heaviest expense in grading will come
In Il four-mile stretch in Springville
where there are many cuts and fills TO
be made. The four-milc stretch be-
tween here and Springville viii be Joint
" used by the coal road and the Orem
electric road which is being built into
this valley from Salt Lake.