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The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1914-06-24

The people of the state of Georgia
have no higher, no more serious or
sacred obligation than is the one Of
electing the judiciary Of the common
wealth. Upon the character, the integ-
rity and the ability of the judges hang
the safety and the happiness OF the
people; they are the very bulwarks
of liberty that serve to make secure
the property rights of the individual
while they guarantee all OF the bless
ings vouchased to the people under
the constitution. In ancient days, as
well as in modern ones, the fall of
every nation was first manifested
when the judiciary of that nation tot
tered and after baskIng In the uncan-
ny atmosphere Of bad influence went
down to ruin. Happy indeed is the
state that can point with certainty to
judiciary above the suggestion Of
suspicion, clean, able and inccrrupti-
bic, holding evenly at all times the
scales of justice, inspired by aught
save a sincere desire to 80 hold them,
without fear, favor or affection, as
between the causes Of their fellow
man and between the great state and
her own citizens! There are such iudg-
es indeed there are many Of them in
Georgia and where one of that char
acter Is gracing the bench, the peo-
pie are playing at dangerous game
when they seek to remove him. The
good people Of the Brunswick judicial
circuit, most fortunately are blessed
with such judge. In every essentiaE
detail, lion. b. Conyers, Judge of
the superior courts of the Brunswick
circuit comes very close to appf oxi-
mating the ideal judge. An able
lawyer, "A close student. wei ground
ed, and possessing naturally JUDI
eial temperament, Judge Conyers
brings to the beach an equipment
with few equals in the state. Combine
ed with this legal attainment, Judge
Conyers possesses a charming person
ality, presldes over his courts with an
easy grace, is honest to the very core,
and gives to his great office, at all
times the best that there is In him
Knowing all of these facts and with
no word of disparaeement for the
gentleman who Is opposing Judge Con
ycrs. for the nomination in the prima-
ny to be held in August, The News
feels IL to be a public duty as we'll as
a real pleasure to give 10 Judge Con
ycrs its fullest and most sincere en-
dorsement for the position he fills so
admirably and apparently so satisfac-
torily to the people of the circuit as
WnUle. III an eHlclent, clean ana able
administration OF n public trust ever
merlted an endorsement at the hands
Of II people II is merited in this case
and 1t is our candid opinion that the
electorate Of the circuit. will on Au-
gust 10. extend to Judge Conyers that
reward TO which he is clearly entitled. |
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The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1914-06-24

Wayeross does not permit the sale
of soft drinks on Sunday, However.
last sunday one hundred dozen bottles
OF that scst of dope were given"
away ihat very, very much like
Naycross
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1914-06-24

Carranza's friends insist that he is
still the hero of Mexico. II Mexico
has any heroes or has had any in re.
cent years, they have been hidden
away under some sombrero or Jail
sentence.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1914-06-24

Because the State Of South Caro-
lima has an ass for governor her state
troops are to be deprived of the bene-
fits of the big government encamp-
ment.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1914-06-24

There is no question about one thing
aud that is that summer has officially
arrived. The thermometer confirms
the whole story.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1914-06-24

Hugh Dorsey has shown that he has
thinking machine and that il Is In
good working order at that. No man
should wish to be elected governor Of
a state If he must base his candidacy
on case Of prejudice and bitterness,
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1914-06-24

Senator West must be- some spend
er, II he has been corgectly quoted
as sending word to Governor Slaton
that he would spend $4,000 to defeat
him, unless he was app ionotd TO the
senate The governor should tell the
public something abor5 the transac.
ton, too.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1914-06-24

When you come to think the thing
over, how in the very nature OF things
could villa be very much In favor of
any man Of the name Of Angeles?
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1914-06-24

Brunswick shonld chose up tomorrow
4,Staooa and siya i5Ae sBranswies
baseball association a rsussng crswd.
Brunswick Is the neryiest little cit,
in the country on the baseball line
and The local assoc cation should be as
surcd thai their Efforts are appreciat
Al
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1914-06-24

Never worry about Little Joe Brown
running for the senate against senator
Hoke Smith lie is not going to do
anything OF the kind and It's about
time the Atlanta newspapers were
finding some other subjact to play
up.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1914-06-24

j. R. Smith says he may enter the
list for the senate aud that In the
meantime he Is going to publish the
record of Governor slaton. He win
Ret licking Ii he enters tho race and
il strikes us that the Governors rec,
ord is pretty well known
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1914-06-24

Governor Slaton ought to visit Crit
fin again The photographers CT the
state press have had lots of fun over
his last pilgrimage.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1914-06-24

The supreme court Of the United
States has done a wise thing that con-
gross might follow adjourned until
fall.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1914-06-24

That shrimp industry may yet put
Brunswick In the swim.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1914-06-24

Just received, Shipment Of smoked
tongue: very fine. Try one. Phore
SsT.--wright & Gowen Co
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1914-06-24

OFFICIAL. ORGAN OF

OFFICIAL ORGAN OF
Glynn County.
City OF Brunswick.
United States Court Southern Dis
trict q Georgia for Ten Counties.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1914-06-24

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pressive. Somehow they are character.
istic Of the present day idea Of happy
time
Escaping from the tortuous mag
netism Of "Diakoku's' whiskers. one
confronts one of the saddest-eyed, most
pathetic. generally dilapidated exhibits
In the entire museum. 1t is Korean
divinity who looks more like a man out
of work than anything that can be
brought to mind. According to tradition
the Koreans. thrifty people. were
not in the habit of letting their gods
one of their divinities they insisted
that he do a full eight-hour day in
order to earn his salary.
This Korean exhibit shown by the
years old. and after one has examined
the divinity one is inclined to the con-
victton that the authorities understated
their case by at least 500 years. The
idol is cut out OF a piece of solid wood,
and he has begun to crack in a most
to be all cracks. His arms. which hang
down in weary limpness. are scanned
and lined. There are large open places
in his face, and his general appearance
is that Of an individual who faces COM
plete disintegration and does not
care a hang whether he is disinte
grated or not. Chang Sing" is his
name. In his native country he is put
up at crossroads, and there he is al
lowed to stand until the winds and
him is a. little sign telling the visitor
the names of the nearest towns. On the
other side is a prayer. The advantage
of this is easily appreciated by any
economist The Korean can perform his
devotions and get his directions at one
and the. same time. The Koreans. in
many instances. carved these pieces
crude1y-they were indeed little better
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RES-.
..rHE RECLINING BuDDHA.-

ers so that the book when closed is a
perfect cylinder.
In the complete editions of the Tripi-
TAXA can be found all of the Burmese
proverbs. the regulations of law and
the historic Sayings of priests which
have been handed down for centuries. 1t
is, in sense. the oriental equivalent of
the ancient Hebratc law.
X
Standing OIL either side of the reclining
Buddha are the gods of peace and war
Both of these are Chinese. carved out of
heavy wood and ornamented with gold
and lacquer until they seem like heavy
hronzes. "kwant," the god of war, car
ries in his hand a huge pike, to which a
wide-bladed AK head is attached. He Is
bewhiskered and he wears ferocious
scoWl. 1t needs no oriental to tell that
''Kwanti'' is irritated about something.
The god Of peace, ''Kwanti's" brother
stands in the attitude of "Vishnu,' one
hand upraised and one lowered. He is
without whiskers.
Within a short distance of these are
two little Buddhist shrines of delicate
lacquered wood, which open and close like
tiny cupboards. When the doors are
open unexpected richness of lattice
work and gold greets the eyes of the
visitor. . -.
The four-handed statue Of "vishnu."
brought from the Island of Ceylon. is
another idol which attracts interest. The
shell and ring, the strange birds, the
ornate lattice work surrounding him.
and above all the remarkable effect i'll
colors-his face is bright blue-add
idol seems to have had four hands
springing from two arms, and the dex-
ferrous work of those who made the carv-
ing has given remarkable suggestion
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of half of an arm for each hand
The saint 'Arhats," standing near
'yishnu.'' is another of the deities
which commands attention, more be-
than of any striking feature. "Arhats
is the god of plenty. and the sculptor in
a small bronze. has gotten an expression
Of besign joy which is to be equaled
only in current photographs of Andrew
Carnegie.
aspires to wealth. there is only a single
way in which the wealth may be at
tained-that is by membership to the
Knockers Club. This sounds unreason-
able? Then let US consider the image
of ''Diakoku. who comes from Japan
tucked away il the Korean section of
the museum 9 exhibit.
'Diakoku" is the japanese god of
wealth. He is a small pudgy man. with
a rather prominent abdomen. terrific
scowl and a crest at the point where a
human beings wishbone is fixed. The
crest is a dragon surrounding What IS
probably supposed to be large coin.
But it is not these things that attract
attention "Diakoku'' has in his right
hand a mal,et which is equal in size to
his head He has it lifted, and 1t is
clearly evident that he is about to swing
1t is stated that "Diakoku's" hammer
originally was supposed to be OF goid
This furnishes a series of fine phlio.
sophical thoughts on the possibilities OF
gold as. a weapon in the hands OF tne
wealthy. Anyhow. it seems TO holcate
that the japanese are not any too much
devoted to ''Diakoku."
"Diakoku's'' whiskers. of course. and
his terrific scowl are an incentive to the
occidental visitor. But they are not I'M
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the benef1cent gift of the government to
provide them with the pleasures and lux
uries that older people often delight in.
The original old age pension act went
into effect in 1898. 1t provided for a
pension of $50 per annum. This amount
was increased to $3.50 by an amendment
to the law in 1908. Careful Investigation
is made of all applications and 1t is said
that very little. If any. attempts of fraud
have been made. The ages of the pen
sioners' vary from ffty-six to ninety-nine
years.
Auxiliary to the old age pension act is
the widows pension law which went into
effect January /, 1912. 1t was widened in
its scope by an amendment which was
passed the same year and was consolidat-
ed with the old age and military pen
sion laws in 1913. The scale Of pay
ments provided is as follows: To a widow
with one child under fourteen years Of
age. $50 per annum; to widow with two
children under fourteen years Of age 500
per annum; to widow with three chill
dren under fourteen years of age, $40
per annum: to a widow with more than
three children under fourteen years of
age, $50 per annum. The term widow
also applies to woman whose husband
is in an insane asylum. and the term
CnllQ lICIuueS StepCIllQ Or cnlIQ
legally adopted during the lifetime of
the husband of the applicant. For every
30 of annual income in excess of $50 a
deduction of s. is made of widows pen
sions.
Personal earnings up to $500. however.
are exempt from this provision In 9TH
or respects the conditions applying to old
age pensions and widows pensions are
the same Although this widows pension
law has been in effect only a short time,
there were. March 81, 1918, 313 women
receiving its benefits.
Veterans of the Maori war are also
pensioners under the military pension
act, which went into effect in 1912. Each
of these veterans is entitled to a pen-
sion Of $3.50 per annum. August 81,
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1913. they had been granted pensions to
the number of 962 and many applications
were pending.
Civil service employment means more
here than in the United States. The gov
ernment takes kindly interest in the
welfare of its employees, and in a spirit
of generosity in full keeping with many
other of its beneticent acts it has pro-
vided q kind of pension for them in the
nature of a superannuation fund. This
scheme embraces employees Of the New
Zealand government railways, public
school teachers and all others connected
with the public service, including police.
Under the law the various local govern
ment bodies are empowered to provide
approximation funds for their respec-
tive municipal employees.
The public service superannuation act
as 1t now stands went into effect January
1. 1905 1t is compulsory on all govern
ment employees appointed after that date.
1t provides pension for every year of
service equal to one-sixteenth of the
average annual salaries for the last three
years, but which is not payable, however,
until after forty years of service or until
the recipient has reached the age of
sixty-five or on retirement on account of
Ill health. The maximum pension of per-
sons appointed to government service
after December "a. 1863 is fixed at 81, 500
per annum. The law also provides for
pension of $50 per annum to the widow
OF a pensloner curing widowhood and
$65 per annum for every child under
the age of fourteen that she may have.
The retiring age Of woman employees is
fifty-fiv years Special pensions may be
given In the case Of a member of the
police force for injuries received on duty
The superannuation fund is made I'D of
contributions from the men and women
in public service.
The scale is as follows: For those
salary: thirty and under tlirty-fve wears
Of age. 8 per cent Of salary; thirty-five
and under forty years Of age, Der cent
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tunity to worship about anything he
wants to worship.
Not that Washingtonians might desire
to hunt new gods-far be it. The main
interest is q curiosity to see what crea-
lures of wood and stone the peoples of
other nations have bowed down to.
There are unsolved mysteries in the
museum which only archeologists OF the
future may hope to explain. There are
gods and goddesses which have their be-
ines in sequestered hooks: creatures
whose meaning the archeologists them
selves do not understand.
As the visitor comes into the main ro-
tunda of the museum his attention is
drawn to two stone images which have
the weather-beaten appearance of elderly
sea captains. Their faces show a grim
ana Interchangeable determination to do
something, which may be guessed at by
the tourist.
In 1886 the United States ship Mohican
sailed into Easter Island. and the land
ing force was authorized to go to the
rugged interior and see what might be
.ound. They discovered a tribe known
as the Polyuesians. These natives were
employed as guides by the exploring ex-
pedition.
In the interior an extinct volcano was
found, and on its inner side, where the
neat at some time must have been un-
bearable. we're hollow places like moIds
where the lava stone had been carved
away. This remarkable fact deeply in
terested the officers OF the Mohican, who
began an investigation among the native
Polyuesians.
How came these marks?" they asked
through their Interpreters. The Polyue-
slams merely shook their heads
They are the gifts of GODS they re-
Piled. of which We know nothing. They
we're here before We came to this island -
And they added: I'VE have been here
for nearly 600 years That brought
about an investigation. The Easter Is
lands are 2.GiU miles from any other in
habited island They are in the southern
Pacific ocean and far away from the
trade ships which might bring men to
and fro. To attempt 2UpO miles In any
BOAT which the natives of the southern
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age pensioners on the rolls and the total
amount of money paid them during the
year was s2.OeSSO5. 1t IS interesting to
note that on this list were thirty-one
native-born Americans. The total num-
Der of male old age pensioners was
S,641, and female, 1858
In providing pensions for its aged
citizens. the government acts on the
principle that a person who has given
perhaps the best years of his life in
trying to make an honest living is de-
serving of as much compensation and
recognition on the part of the govern
ment as the men who may have fought
in the wars of the nation. There is no
contributory requirement in the New
Zealand pension act. The qualtfica-
tions for old age pension are that
the applicant. if a man. must have
reached the age of sixty-five. or II a
woman. must have reached the of six
ty. except in cases where the man ap-
plicant is the parent of two or more
children under fourteen years of age.
IN which case the pension age is made
sixty. and the woman under similar
conditions may be granted a pension
at hfty-five years nj age.
In such cases as these the applicant
must be responsible for the mainte-
nance OF the children, and they may
receive pension in any sum up to
s65 per annum each, in addition to the
ordinary pension which the law pro-
vides. the latter being $130 per annum.
payable in monthly installments. The
applicant must have resided continu-
ously in New Zealand for the past
twenty-five years and must not during
the past twelve years have been in
prison for four months. or on more
than three occasions for an offense
punishable by twelve months impris-
onment. The applicant must not dur
ing the past twenty-five years have
been in prison for five years for any
onense. Wife or husband desertion is
also prohibitive cause. The appli-
cant must have lived a sober and repu-
table life during the past year.
X
II is stated that not all the men and
women who are receiving pensions Of
lha TQyRrnnAnf In od1n cir
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stances AT the time they made appli-
aoii. Ihoer the law. applicant, if
unmarried. y may have an annual in
come of $500. and if married ssO0 ex-
elusive Of the pension money Rw income
Is meant money value consideration or
pIoi.s derived by any means from any
source and including free board and
.1hshas I;s up 10 Sl3o per annum. The ap-
Phcdnt may also own property to the
Value OF sl.:aO II does not include sick
dnowahces or funeral benefits paid by
lLienay societies: relief by way of
snari.y or elits from relatives up to $40
III any year grants from the gold and
coal miners relief funds: CAPITAL expend-
eu ior the benefit of the applicant or the
VIE or husband of the applicant; prop
,eeeised on the intestacy or under
tne Will OF deceased husband or wife.
In estimating the capital value of the
ledi ana personal property the life in
euraice ana the annuities that may be
carried ana from which the applicant has
no interest beyond the income are not
taken INTO account. From the total val:
uatlon or the real and personal property
there Is deducted an amount of any
mortgage that may exist thereon and the
saiue OF the home, including furniture
and personal effects up to ST. 100 and the
va Haiue OF any other property up to $3.50.
me pension Is not affected by any In
~ease tease OF value of property used exclu-
sNe.y as home, which is taken at val
uatlon obtained at the date of the origi-
nal grant Of the pension
1t VIII be seen from these provisions
that It is possible for some of the PEN
sioners here to be comparatively we'll
to-do, and such is the case. The aver
age pensloner lives in comfortable
nome and is surrounded by many of
the things that go to make life COM
Portable and pleasant. A great many
OF them perform light labor, but as
tney are permitted to earn only
limited sum per week without incur
ring the risk of losing their pension.
there is nothing to stimulate them to
any great efforts in the way Of en-
larg1ng their private income few
instances are known of old people who
are being well provided for by relatives
or through incomes that are permissible
in addition to the pensions and who use
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..VIsHNU,- A HINDOO DEITY,

from the sun, and there is that curious
bulging appearance of the brow, which
suggests to the oriental mind the power
of wisdom which is not given to NOR
tails. In the painted clothing-and the
figure is painted from head to foot
are fastened many curious stones They
are around the hem of the coat they
sparkle from a long skirt, and they are
about the BOSOM Chief among them
is the sacred stone in the brow of
Buddha by which all men may know
his wisdom.
Near the reclining Buddha is a gigan-
tic hgure of Buddha III meditation 1t
stands perhaps eight feet high and lis
carved OF wood. This is the common
idol to be found in the TEMPLES Of The
Buddhists. 1t is here that the wor
Slippers leave baskets of clothes. gifts
OF food. strange incense aud such other
presents as they believe will placate
their ineXorable ruler
The standing Bsddha is the third type.
usually presented with arms outstretched