The Gate city journal., August 24, 1923, Image 4

BIG ESTATE BROKEN UP
Ackland Property Was One ot
Most Famous of Old South.
Par» of Plantation* Expropriated by
State of Louiaiana for Uoo in
Connection With State
Convict Farm *
New Orleans.—The breaking op of
one of the largest estates of the old
South la about to be made complete
with the acquisition by the state of
Louisiana of the celebrated Aekland
plantations, which are to be taken un­
der the right of expropriation for state
uses in connection with the convict
farms. While the breaking up of the
large estutes In (treat Britain Is a
subject of frequent comment, the di­
vision of the largest estates of the
South has received little notice.
The Ackland plantations were part
of a great estate which for many
years bad remained In one family.
Prior to the Civil war Col. J. A. 8.
Ackland, the father of William Hayes
Ackland of Washington, was the own­
er of seven plantations In one body on
the Mississippi river.
The plantations surround the Lake
of the Cross, where the explorer La
Halle and his priests planted the cross
on the discovery of Louisiana. Be­
sides his plantations Colonel Ackland
was the owner of many thousands of
acres on Matagorda bay, Texas; a
town house In the city o f Nashville,
and the largest stock farm In the
South six miles from Gallatin. Tenn.
In addition to these properties be
began to build I d 1855 two miles from
Nashville what he Intended should be
the most palatial private residence In
America, with a ballroom, picture gal­
lery ami seven conservatories, and
which bore the name Belmont after
the place of Portia at Padua. For
many years Belmont was a show place
and even was known In Europe^ It
Is said to have suggested the descrip­
tion of the home of St. Elmo In that
once popular noveL
After the denth of Oolonel and Mrs.
Ackland, Belmont passed eut o f the
hands of the family.
TEAR
BOMB
FOILS
SUICIDE
FIND QUEER LAWS
IN OLD RECORDS
THINGS FOR THE F AM ILY TABLE
\ X 7 HEN preparing soup and •
’ ’ dumpling la desired, try thase:
One-half hour before the eoup la to
be served drop Into It a large potato
and cook until dons.
Put It Into a
bowl with a tablespoonful o f butter
and mash line, adtl a slice e f grated
toast, an egg, a dash of salt and nut­
meg and work wall with a fork. Drop
this paste In small pieces Into the soup,
boll up and serve at once.
Alleghany Muffins.
Take one and one-half cupfuls e f
sifted flour, one cupful of milk, one
tablespoonful each of butter and lard,
two teaspoonfuls of baking powder,
one-half teasponful of salt and one
egg. Mix all the dry Ingredient! and
sift through the sieve. Melt the But­
ter and lard in a cup. Beat the egg
very light and add the milk to It
Pour this mixture Into the dry Ingre­
dients, add the melted fat and beat v l^
oroualy for a minute
Pour Into but­
tered muffin pans and bake 15 min­
utes.
Rlee Flour Pound Cake.
Cream one-quarter o f a eupful of
butter with on# cupful of powdered
sugar, add the beaten yolks of two
eggs, one teaspoonful of vanilla, the
grated rind of a lemon and one-half
cupful of cold water. Mix thoroughly
and add one and one-half cupfuls of
rice floor that has been sifted twice
with one and one-half teaspoonfuls of
baking powder.
Fold In the stiffly
hesten whites of the eggs and bake.
Spring Salad.
Shred a head of lettuce and line a
salad bowl which has been rubbed
with a cut clove of garlic. Cut two
large tomatoes Into slices and arrange
In a ring around the lettuce. 8pr1nkle
each slice of tomato with a tablespoon­
ful of choppsd water creea and cover
the whole with a highly seasoned may-
onnalss which has been enriched with
a half cupful or more of whipped
cream. Serve very cold.
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W — e.
> W . w . m w m fT n ln n k
Som ething to
Think A b o u t
By F. A. WALKER
LARKS
ARE
H IN G IX G
Man Who Committed Suicide in
1738 Was Tried on Murder
Charge in New Orleans.
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If you sometimes think eur
laws are drastic, what do you
think about what they hed to
etand for way back In 17387
New Orleans.— Even though the
present-day Amertcun Is so surrounded
by laws that he has to watch his step
at every turn, he le not so hud olT af­
ter all. In 1738, a person In New
Orleans could not even commit suicide
and go unpunished.
Someone having asserted that the
Sixty seventh congress recently ad­
journed. enacted 931 new laws, and
with many state legislative bodies
clearing their decks for action In order
to add a few broudsides to the list
of statutes, Inquiring persons here
have been examining musty old Span­
ish and French official records In New
Orleans to ascertain how the people
of other days fared.
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Uncommon
Sense
JOHN BLAKC
SHELLED
HEADS
V f < >U will find victims of swelled
heads on «very bench in the park.
In every bread line, in every poorhouse.
In every Jail.
it is an easily communicable and a
deadly disease. The only cure for it
is a severe Jolt, and sometimes It la
the remedy tbst success Is mude of.
Kemeuiber that a little success la
often eaally come by. Sometlmea It
la due almost wholly to luck. Some­
times It follows advancement through
favoritism, which Is probably the worst
thing that can happen to anybody.
In any event, no success can sur­
vive a swelled head.
If In the early years of your career
j you find yourself well ahead of the fel­
lows who started with you, look out.
| You have still a long way to travel.
If you are satisfied with yourself,
he sure you will never get any better.
And If you don't get any better you
will soon begin to go back.
, Authority cannot safely be entrusted
to any man till he shows that his
head will not he affected by It.
| Once let him begin to make hud use
1 of It, to domineer, and to bully, and
he might as well bid any further prog­
ress good-by.
Remember always that big men
1 never get the swelled head, or If they
do get a slight attack they soon re-
cover.
I f you have begun to think that you
are “ doing pretty well thank you,” and
to pity the poor devils who are not as
bright as you are, stop ami take stock.
Don’t think about the men you have
' pasted, but about the men who have
passed you. Consider the Important
men o f your acquaintance, and of his­
tory.
Read their biographies, and note
how they continually struggled to
make themselves capable of bigger
and better work. There Is no time to
get a swelled head when a man Is
really going up. It Is the chap who
stops to admire himself who fulls vie
tlm to conceit.
If you are as great a man as Lin
coin, as Shakespeare, as Napoleon,
puff and strut all you please. But the
chances are you are not. And until
you are perfectly sure that you are.
keep on trying. The study o f l»lg men
will give you less time to admire your
•elf, and thereby save you from r
malady that Is absolutely fatal to any
Important success.
8*ntencs Dead Man.
A man committed suicide here In
1738 and the records show that the
courts tried him for taking a life. He
was found guilty, and It Is set forth
that “ the Inanimate body that held
life too great a burden” was sen­
tenced to abandonment without burial.
Petty theft Involved a penalty of
flogging, three years' Imprisonment,
confiscation and a fine of 50 francs.
Persons convicted of having shot or
wounded an animal owned by another
were sentenced to capital punishment.
Aa In these days and times, a mur­
derer was executed by hanging, but
execution for wife murder was by
strangulation.
There was no Volstead law, but for
permitting his slaves to become In­
toxicated one ruun was forced to
mount a wooden horse and was drawn
through the streets, while his neigh­
bors laughed ut him.
The wooden horse seems to have
played a prominent part In the punish­
ment of petty criminals. Patients at
the city hospital learned that meat
they had been consuming with a rel-
lah was doj£ and cat flesh. One Robert
Vllleneuve, a butcher who supplied
the Institution, was haled before the
court on a complaint filed by the pa
tlents, who charged that they had
been served “ roasted dogs."
(C o p y rtiih t by Juhn HlaWe >
Tie Cat Around Neck.
The records show that Vllleneuve
Judge says a man can marry on
waa mounted upon the wooden horse $20 a week. W e say he can if she
and given the same treatment received doesn’t know about it.
by the man who had permitted his
.slaves to become drunk. In the (‘use
of Vllleneuve, however, his chest und
back bore placards Inscribed: “ Master
Eater of Dogs and Data.”
After this punishment had been
e p o THOSE hopeful Individual* who
keep their gaze on the towers of
Utopia, glinting like gold In the far-off
dreamy distance, give thought to the
golden rule anil put Its fine precepts
Into actual practice, the lurks are al­
ways singing.
These humans have their trluls and
difficulties, “even aa you and I," hut
with them all, they manage to wear
a smile of content.
They go about their duties, however
discouraging they may seem, with a
cheerfulness that gives Inspiration to
meted out the record further states
the discontented and fault-finding
that “ an old Kray cat was hunK around
souls, frequently losing their way and
the neck” o f the culprit.
falling In the mire of despair.
And tinery for the women played It*
They know Intuitively when to S(>eak
part, then as now, for one document
and when to curb their tongues, for
refers to the purchase by a father of
they have learned the moat difficult of
“ seemly clothes” for his eighteen-year
all arts, the art of self-control, which
old daughter. The parullel of the
the venerable sages will tell you la the
first stepping stone to worldly success clothing problem then with that of the
present day continues In this case, for
and an enduring happiness.
It seems the purchase consisted of
Hope never deserts them, even In
“ feathers and thread stockings.”
their darkest hours.
The finery got Into the records be­
She holds her blaring torch over her
cause the father went Into debt for
hesd and bids them follow.
them, and debt then was a crime If
So the gloom o f somber night Is
transformed to day, and the trusting one could not pay. So reduced in cir­
Tear gas hotnha were useo by the disciples move from place to place, con­ cumstances was the parent that he
Washington police recently for the first fident of their ability to find their wuy
reported to his creditor: “ I am on
time when Mrs. Eleanor Wilkinson to the hills where the larks are sing­ broth. I haw but one chicken to kill.”
was prevented from aulclde. Photo ing und the sky Is forever light with
The outcome of the affair could not be
ahows Sorgt. Rhoda J. Mllllken, In glorious sunlight.
ascertained from the documents.
charge of the women’s police bureau,
The world owes a debt of gratitude
who aided the police In making the to these optimistic people which It
rescue.
never can pay, and you and L being a
part o f the world, are likewise delin­
quent snd possibly thoughtless of our
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V a s t Iro n O r e F ie ld
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Increasing obligation.
We
sre
too
self-centered,
too
greedy
Is F o u n d in R u s s ia
You Say You Don’t Mind Be
for gain, too faithless.
ing Poor?
Moscow.—A
scientific expedition,
We brush aside the weak In our par-
O f course “ poor** Is n relative
financed by (he government, tins solved suit of earthly dross and trample them
term. Some would think $10.
a mystery o f fifty years' stumllng by under our haaty feet, never atopplng
000 annually a miserly Income.
Ita discovery lu Kursk of a magnetic to look back to aee whether we have
Some would think It munificent.
Iron ore field. The ore was found al a hurt them. We forget that ws all are
You may mean you don’t mind
depth of (¡00 feet and In such quantity of one fleah, and If e e have Injured
not owning a yacht, three conn
as to arouse the hope that It may de­ them, we have Injured ourselves.
try houses, a “ movie” picture
velop Into one of the world's largest
Every day the Wise Keeper of the
theater or two or you may mean
fields.
Kook of Life la calling on gome debtor
you like being threadbare. Once
About fifty years ago It was noted to blot out hla or her delinquencies, al­
there was a poor lady who
that comiWNRes used In Kursk, Instead ways hanging over hla or her bead un­
thought it vulgar to sit in the
of pointing directly at the north mag til the account la paid In full.
orchestra, but as soon as she In
netlc pole, awerved as much as 15 de
I f you have canceled your obliga­
herlted money the gallery and
grees toward an Indefinite stretch of tion and kept the faith, the day of reck­
balconies In the best ventilated
territory. The presence of magnetic oning will have no terrora, for you will
theaters became foul with bad
ore was agreed to he the cause, hut find you are as free and happy as the
air
If you are poor and are
hundreds of borings failed to locate It. larks singing In gladness all about you
not rebellious you deserve s
The soviet expedition was sent at when the dawning la rosy and the air
certain kind of credit. But It's
the Instance of Premier Lenin anil was la fragrant with the scent of flowers.
as vulgar to vomit poverty as
headed by Profeasors Ln/arov, (luhkln <<£. 1 » I t . b y M o C lu r * N f i w i p t p s r S y n d ic a t e )
to crow about wealth.
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and Archangelsky. They found the ore
make folks Just as uncomfort­
Forty Wild O h t on City Lawns.
after all months' work. In the vicinity
able and bored.
Forty wild deer from the hills are
of the provincial tow n of Tchlgrl. The
SO
ore sent here assays from 50 to 75 per rotunltiK about the residential section
Your Get away here la:
cent pure magnetic Iron.
Thw-sre of Nyack, N. Y.. feedlnx on lawns and
You are happy In “ whateo
searches o f the scientists Indicate that dower beds. Nyack Is only “ 44 min­
ever*’ place in life you find
the ore field le 250 kilometers long utes from Hnmdway.” Heavy snows
y ouraelf.
In the hills are believed to have sent
and front one to two kilometers wide
• T l*v M cC Ia re N e w s p a p e r S y n d ic a te )
the deer down In search of forage.
varying In depth from 500 to got* feet
It
^
i I f evertyhing got lost as easily as
Truth Will Out.
WUKUS UP W is t M tN
I tied always longed to see e Mg n pipe everything would stay lost i
—
city, end hed told nwinv friend* the! most of the time.
The best cure for hard luck Is hard
I bed been *11 over the United Stato*
Only a short time
before fall. work.
One dey, while discussing rnllmadr
with eo n » o f my friend*, mother o*me not, however, a fall in prices.
Dare Be the
Thing You A re
Into the room *nd hepponod to mon
tlon that wo hed never tr*\eled any
where and *«ld that we were *11 horn
In the next town. Imagine my eut
barra*.mont I— Chicago Tribune
A camper tells us the way o f the
trespasser is pretty hard.
A ll men are born helpless but
some help less than others.
An ounce o f caution Is worth * Ion
o f regret
I f you try you may— If you don't
you w on't
Call the
By DOUGLAS MALLOCH
n ' O DARE to be the thing you are,
E
Not something else to seem.
Your Journey near, your Journey far.
And dark, or all agleam—
To walk your way with head erect.
Whatever It may be.
Will bring you more of men's respect,
Than cheap chicanery.
To wear a gloss, a thin veneer.
Your Inner self to hide.
Some other person to appear.
May please your petty pride.
May satisfy you for a day,
A little while deceive—
But men shall tear the mask away
And doubt who now believe.
I f you are poor, to dare be poor
Is truly to be rich;
To live. If need be, on the moor.
I f fated, walk the ditch,
Will bring you more regard. I know,
Than velvet garments gay,
Than all the artificial show
For which you cannot pay.
I f rich or poor, I f small or great.
I f age Is yours, or youth.
Whatever fortune, 'ever fate,
Your greatest charm Is truth;
And they more quickly find the dream,
The goal, however far.
Who do not something try to seem
But seem the thing they are!
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Osteopathie
The smallest baby at birth known
weighed two pounds one ounce.
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W. B. HOXia
Uouded Heal Esista Dentar
Two million quarts of milk are con­
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Women are now acting as treas­
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orfica st Useidance, 3rd A Hhrgood
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A T T O R N E Y KB A T L A W
E. M. BLO D GETT
Attorney • t Law
l-uud and ITobats work a Specialty.
Nyssa, Oregon.
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Minute Men Urged To Assure Public
Continuous Soft Coal Supply in
Crises; New Official Sponsors Plan
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ings that com e to your
attention to thia office.
It w ill be appreciated
for eve ry piece of newa
w ill m a k e th e p a p e r
m o re in te re a tin g lo t
you as w ell aa others.
W e want and with your
help w ill print ell
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JO H N C. B R Y D 0 N
The bituminous branch of the coal
Industry, on which the United
States Coal Commission is to report
In the autumn, has meanwhile taken
definite steps along the line o f self
organization to serve the public in
emergencies.
Jonn C. Brydon, who as chairman
o f the special committee appointed
to cooperate with the President’s
commission has been in close touch
with the internal affairs o f the in­
dustry and with outside reactions,
was unanimously elected president
oi
;e National Coal Association at
that hodv’s convention during the
U tter part o f June.
Hr ' i har
'-sneed * p'
fo r “ minute man” organization o f
the 9,000 independent bituminous
opei itors, making the entire soft
oa! supply o f the nation instantly
available in any crisis o f peace or
war
His suggestions, requiring
on’ " an enabling -,-t o f ConcT"«s to
empower the President to declare an
emergency and draft coal resources,
were formulated in advance o f sim-
1 1 r recommendations bv the coal
commission, aff eting the anthra-
citi 1 n>' o f th' indn try
" A committee from this body,”
who elect-
with the W ar and N avy Depart­
ments concerning their possible
emergency needs and also with the
Interior and Commerce Depart­
ments.
We should hold ourselves
responsive to requests from any of
the departments.
“ This plan should include the per­
sonnel. so that when an emergency
does arise they may go individually
and collectively to their pre-ar­
ranged posts and begin to function.
This personnel may be changed
from time to time as circumstances
demand, but personnel can always
be. and should always be provided
This plan should be so compre­
hensive that it would not only apply
to the central organization at Gov­
ernment headquarters but to the re­
motest coal-producing districts in
the United States.
Such a plan,
when worked out to the last detail,
with the Informal approval of the
Government
and
transportation,
would need only an act o f CongTesa
to legalize it at the time the emer­
gency arises. Once accepted by the
Government, it would rival any pre­
vious unsolicited effort o f an indus­
try to serve the nation unselfishly
and be a virtual guarantee of reg­
ular soft coal supply at fa ir price#
to the public in crises.”
How about your letterhead»
billhead*, statements, enve­
lopes, cards, etc. Don’t wait
until they are all gone and
then ask us to rush them out
in a hurry for you. G ood work
requ ires time
and our motto
is that any­
thing that’s
w orth do-
in g i* worth
doing welL
Let u A
that ardor
while wo have the tim e to do year
Printing me it thoaid ho aeme.
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