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i&sxaaBKi yjPJSI^WSWS^^ISSS^StSSK ■■Buiiiir JOtSviA? VJ GWjjfclf 1 v^Krmf^rt.rv.m**'. THWF.r- Morgan for President. Atlanta Conatitntibn, Au eastern paper prints a strong communication advocating the nomination by the republican party of J. Pierpont Morgan for president in 1904. At first blush the proposition is rather stagger ing, but on a closer view of the suggestion it doesn’t appear bo in congruous'and absurd. In. very truth, if the republi cans of the country desire to nom inate an ideal, typical representa tive of their party spirit and poli cies, we do not know a man iu the whole broad land who would so uniquely fill the bill as John Pierpont Morgan. Mr. Morgan is a robust and thoroughly ingrained American. He has education, culture, taste sand splendid intuitions:. As a judge of human nature, in the in dividual or eh masse, he lias sshown himself an expert. In the jroalm of business, including the ? ;reat branches of finance, mauu- aeture, transportation and their economies, he is easily the peer less figure of world commerce. He knows the world’s map and the secrets of the governments writ ten on it. As far as the east is from the, west are the ends of his lines of influence. He is in sym pathetic cooperation .with the men who have much to do with the control of events, in nations from China around the globe to .Russia and India. It may be argued that Mr. Mor gan is not himself a politician, but he is the master of the great est array, of politicians who serve any one master on the planet. He does not need to personally ply the arts of the ward boss; he hires the exportest of them and his will is their wisdom and work. Again, it may be objected that he is not a statesman, liut what is «■ statesman other than he who can divine national necessities or perils, and take measures to sup- l ply the one and avoid the other? And for nearly twenty years who has been more conspiciou8 / 'as the final and forceful counselor of presidents, cabinets and congress es iu this nation than John Pier pont Morgan? The republican party has not . in its ranks a more imperious man to lead it? imperialism, a more forceful exponent of the •dootrine that wealth has the right to rule, a more able man to handle the financies for the profit of the bond banditti, a more ar dent expansionist for “the loot there is in it,” and so on to the dad of republican ideas, than this aanm Morgan. He is a better politician than Hanna, a better statesman than Fairbanks or Spooner, and h better rough rider than Roosevelt 1 Really, we see no good reason why it shouldn’t be Morgan for 1904, if it must be a republican. Even in the hottest of weather crowds of visitors go to the White House, ostensibly to watoh tlie workmen tearing out the interior, ‘hut really to carry away pieces of boards, laths and other parts of the interior which have been thrown into the drivrway. The wrought-iron nails found sticking out of pieces of wood here and there are most sought after. These are of Unusual shape, and are car ried away by sight-seers by the hundreds. —p— Need More Help. Often the over taxed organs of digestion cry out for help by Dyspecpsia’s pains, Nausea, Diz ziness, Headaches, liver, com plaints, bowel disorders. Such troubles call for prompt use of Dr. King’s New Life Pills. They are gentle, thorough and guaran teed to cure. 25c at Holtzclaw’s drugstore. The booming of corn on the Chicago market to 30 and 40 cents above the level where the ball operators began to engineer the scheme is said to have given John W. Gates a profit on paper of between $4,000,000 and $6, 000.000. His actual profits will be Ittrge, but may not reach the figures named. - V - the Cough and Works of f the Cold. Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets cuces a cold in one day. No cure, ivo pay. Price, 25 cents Humanity Not to be Satisfied. Henrietta, Teix., Independent,, Humanity cair never be satis fied, in this life. It strives to obtain wealth and when great ac cumulations surround it, ifc be comes frightened and strives just as hard to get j rid of its hoard. Garnegie, Rockefeller and many others who have accumulated groat sums of money are able to see the folly of their efforts from a position impossible to the less prosperous, • and they have almost opposite views concerning money to those which they entertained in the earlier periods of their lives. Carnegie has said that he would consider himself disgraced if he should pass into, eternity a rich man. A similar case is reported froni Waverly Iowa. One Abra ham Slimmer, hitherto to fame utiknown, who is reported to be worth $10,000,000, intends to re tire to his woodshed, where he is fitting up an office, and spend the rest of his days in giving away his wealth. Like Carnegie and Rockefeller, Slimmer is toiling to dispense his wealth in a manner to accomplish the most good, and he avers that his laudable desire is to become poor again is causing him more anxiety than did the accumulation of liis great wealth. A lesson can be learned from the history of these men, a lelson that wealth cannot satisfy the heart of man. Unless a human being has fallen into a state of lethargy that classes it with mere animal life, it is ever looking for ward to something new, some un tried paths to tread, and if none are presented like a child which tires of its toys and destroys them, humanity turns'about and undoes that which it has spent a lifetime in accomplishing. Humanity nev er rests as long as the blood cours es freely in its veins. These men are a few who havo Recognized the utter childishness of amassing collossal fortunes, being a degree higher in mentality, while the great host of the rich, still un-\u isfied, are striving onward, urfihvl means both foul and fair to mhi to their gains. And the w >n.i will find the same state existing when time oeases. Selling the Philippines to the Japs. General Burt’s solution of the Philippine problem looks simple enough.' It has the earmarks of genuine Yankee ingenuity about it, too. “Turn them over to the Japa nese,” says the general; “let them have them on the installment plan for the consideration, say, of $150,000,000. Our government does not need the money in a lump sum, and by making a proposi tion of that kind we can dictate as to coaling stations and make such reserves as are thought to be best for trade interests.” But, simple and ingenius as Gen-. Burt’s plan is, somebody must find fault with it. The Bos ton Herald picks the General’s plan to pieces and then goes on to say: “The proposed selling price is too high when we consider the small amount we paid for the is lands, and it is too losv when we figure up what it has cost us to “pacify” them. And, besides, what huve the Japanese ever done to us that we should wish to sell them the Philippines anyway?” ~. + Summer complaint is unusually prevalent among ohildren this season. A well developed case in the writer’s family was cured last week by the timely ubc of Cham- bejrlain’s Colic, Cholera and Diar rhoea Remedy—one of the best patent medicines manufactured and which is always kept on hand at the home of ye scribe. 1 This is not intended as a free puff for the company, who do not advertise with us, but to benefit little suf ferers who may not be within easy access of ,a physician. No family should be without a bottle of this medicine in _ the house, especially in summer-time.—Lansing, Iowa, Journal. For sale by all dealers in Perry,, Warren & Lowe, Byron. Yicksburg, Miss., is to select its most popular minister by popular vote and send him tojhe St. Louis exposition with a}l expenses -paid. If You Suffer from Kidney Troubles Use Smith’s Sure Kidney Cure. Noth ing like it for diseased kidneys. 50 cents, at Cater’s Drugstore. Cuban Annexation Issue. A. ‘ - St. Louis Kepuqlic. Representative Cooper of Wis consin does not use too strong a word, when he characterizes as “brutal” the talk of the annexa tion of Cuba now being indulged in by certain Republicans whose imperial spirit cannot approve of the establishment of an indepen dent Republic which could be so easily conquered instead and ad ded to our insular possessions, The Wisconsin Congressman is right, also, in declaring that the forcible annexation of Cuba against the consent of the Cuban people,-which is undoubtedly the object of those now so loudly urg ing a discussion of the annexa tion issue, would be in violation of our pledges to Cuba and to the world. We cannot afford to deal treach erously with Cuba if we are to maintain our national honor. There is no escape from this view of the situation. Trust interests behind the movement for the early annexa tion of Cuba must not be permit ted to stultify the United States for the advancement of selfish ends. They are all-powerful with the Republican party, but the American people must take an honest stand against them and the party which they own. This Government’s good name is vitally at stake in the matter of our dealings with Cuba. No power should be great enough to make us prove false to a little country now glorying in liberty and self-government and looking to us, the world’s example of the blessing^ of liberty and self-gov ernment, for that support and en couragement to which we are bound by our own creed of free dom. . AT GREATLY REDUCED PRICES For Next Ten Days; Have on hand the finest stock of new Pianos ever brought to this morket, such celebrated makes as Stein way, Weber, Sohmer & Go., Kranich & Bach, Ivers & Pond, Crown and others that we will sell for the next ten days ot greatly reduced prices to make room. Call or write at once and secure one of these bargains. Pianos and Organs sold on easy terms. F. A. GUTTENBERGER & CO*, 452 Second St., Macon, Ga. Too Much for Gates. "I am going to give up being good-natured,” declared John W. Gates, mantling his jovial face wall a frown, Bays the New York I'i ilies. “When Louisville and Nashville was going up under pressure of my buying, a specula^ tor came to me and said: “ ‘Say, Gates, I want $5,000. I’ve got a sure thing.’ “ ‘All right, said I, giviog him my check. “Next day he paid the loan, re marking that lie had put up the money as margin and had cleared nearly $2,000. “ ‘What did you buy?’ I asked. “ ‘L, and N.,” he answered with a grin. “Hang me, if he hadn’t bought the stock with, my money, held it against me, and made me pay two points more for it, taking the $2,- 000 right out of my own pocket.” “More haste, less speed,” and “hasten slowly,” are proverbs born of experience that some things can’t be hurried without loss and waste. That is specially true of eating. The railway lunch habit, “five minutes for refresh ments,” is a habit most disastrous to the health. You may. hurry your eating. You can’t hurry your digestion,. and the neglect tc allow proper time fQi* this-impor tant function is the beginning of sorrows to many a busy mad. When the tongue is foul, the head aches, when there are sour or bit ter risings, undue fullnes after eating, hot flushes, irritability, nervousness, irresolutiou, cold ex tremities, and other annoying symptoms, be sure the stomach and organs of digestion and nutri tion have “broken down.” Noth ing will re-establish them in ac tive healthy operation so quickly as Dr; Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery. It strengthens the stomach, nourishes the nerves, pu rifies the blood, and builds up the body. It is a strictly temper ance medicine, containing no alco hol or other intoxicant. Given away. Dr. Pierce’s great work, The People’s Common Sense Medical Adviser is sent; free oil re ceipt of stamps to pay expense of mailing only. Send 21, one-cent stamps for the paper ' covered book, or 31 stamps for cloth bind ing, to Dr. R. Y. Pierce, Buffalo, N. Y. r- Oil from the cotton, seed, sun flower seed, olives or peanuts con tains the fat elements of meat as well as the other fbod qualities. WITH TOT WE SELL Harvesting Machinery, Disc Plows, Harrows, Hay Presses, Buggies, Wagons, Harness, Whips, Laprobes, &c . 9 We san quote you some mighty low prices now. A big lot Second-Hand Buggies at your own price. > THE WILLIAMS BUGGY COMPANY, ' MACON, GEORGIA. KEEP POSTED -•.CONCERNING:— Houston County Affairs BY READING The HOME JOURNAL THE BEST ADVERTISING MEDIUM. We strive to make the paper a welcome visitor to eveiy household, thereby deserving patronage, Subscription Price $1.50 a Year. Liberal reduction for cash one year in advance. Subscribe now. 2 Editor and