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THE MACON NEWS.
ESTABLISHED 1384-.
NEWS PRINTING COMPANY,
PUBLISHERS.
R. L- McKENNEY, Business Mgr
TOM W. LOYLESS, Editor.
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7HE STATE TICKET’
For Governor,
ALLEN D. CANDLER, of Hall.
For Secretary of State,
MARK A. HARDEN, of Bartow.
For Comptroller-General,
W. A. WRIGHT, of Richmond.
For Attorney-General,
JOSEPH M. TERRELL, of Mer
riwether.
For Treasurer,
W.M. SPEER, of Fulton.
For Commisioner of Agriculture,
o. B. STEVENS, of Terrell.
F«r School Commissioner,
G. R. GLENN, of Bibb.
The State Ticket.
Above appears the full state ticket
whiah The News will support, and Which
it esaimends to every Democratic voter
of Bibb county.
It is made up of good men, tried and
true Democrats. The News has studied
the situation carefully and has impartially
considered the claims and qualifications
of ©ash candidate. We have selected such .
me* as we believe are most entitled to
recognition- and such as will give the most
satisfaction. We do not believe a sound
obj®»tion san be urged against any one of
the above candidates. They are not only
men of ability, but they are experienced
in bke affairs of state, and are honest and
true.
The News takes no stock in the theory
(wtaiah some newspapers have been forced
to accept) that it is not the province of
a fifamocratic newspaper to urge individ
ual candidates upon the party. We hold
that M is the imperative duty of every
Democratic newspaper to assist, in every
way possible, in inducing ills party to put
forward the very best men. It is
through such a sense of duty that
The News urges upon the Democratic
party the nomination of the gentlemen
above named, and whatever influence it
has will be directed in their behalf..
For Women to Accomplish.
The article by Miss Mary Lamar Patter
son ‘Guild Labor in the Mills,” recent
ly published in The News, has attracted
considerable attention, both at home and
abroad. The Rome Tribune has this to say
of it: *
“The Macon News presents a very elo
quent plea written by Miss Mary Lamar
Patterson for the passage of a bill to pro
hibit child labor in cotton mills. Miss Pat
terson always writes logically, forcibly and
interestingly, and her argument in favor
of co-eduoation published some time ago
was one of the most reasonable and con
vincing that has been published on that
subject.”
Not only has Miss Patterson’s article
brought forth much favorable comment
from the press of the state, but it has
made a deep impression here in Macon. In
this connection, it is not out of place to
call the attention of Georgia women to the
fact that the evil whoch Miss Patterson
has so graphically pointed out can be rem
edied by them, if they but go in to accom
plish it .
This reform is one which the women or
Georgia can and should bring about. As
individuals, and with the aid of their va
rious organizations, they should keep the
matter before the people until the public
conscience has been so aroused that the
next General Assembly will be forced to
abolish child labor in Georgia. The wo
men can do more than paid lobbyists if
they but made up their minds to do it.
Pingree's True Bills Against His Party
Governor Pingree, of Michigan, deliver
ed a speech in Buffalo, N. Y.. a few night s
ago, and, whether consciously or not, he
paid a splendid tribute to the Democratic
party and made seme sharp thrusts at his
own" party. Among other things, he said:
“Today all the trusts, all the monopo
lies, every agency which is bleeding the
country, has taken refuge under the wing
of the Republican party because they fear
the Democratic party, which has kicked
them out.”
Though admitting that the Demo
cratic party has driven out these
enemies of the people, says the Buffalo
Times, Governor Pingree still clings to
the Republican party in the hope that ifi
it is given time this party, too, will drive
them out. Governor Pingree is a Repub
lican who has not yet discovered that the
task of making the Republican party a
party of the people is hopeless and that
the proper place for him is in the Demo
cratic ranks.
Very sharp were his thrusts at the
trusts and the manifold monopolistic in
fluences within his own party and though
he named no names he evidently had a
certain Ohio plutocratic politician in mind
when he said of “apostles of boodle:
“When they elect themselves to office
by main force of money they ascribe it to
divine intervention of Providence in be
half of the nation and its honor.’
~General~Cassius M~Clay is at last hap
py in his domestic life. He has married
a Kentucky feud, mentions the Memphis
Commercial-Appeal.
Col. Candler's Announc'ment.
The News publishes elsewhere today Col
onel Allen D. Candler's card to the public,
announcing his candidacy for governor.
. The announcement is characteristic of the
; man. It is clear, frank, plain and honest.
It indicates that Cclonet Candler is al
ready thoroughly familiar with state af
fairs, and knows exactly What is demanded
of the next governor of Georgia. It is
Democratic to the core, and yet it is not
intolerant. It is in every way calculated
to make Colonel Candler friends among
all classes, and, when he is nominated, to
draw to the Democratic party those people
who have been estranged because of some
peculiar notion of their own, but whose
chief desire in state politics, after all, is
to see good men elected to office. Such a
' man they cannot fail to recognize in Col
' onel Candler, and, as the situation now
looks, we see no need for the Democratic
party to seek further for a standard bearer
who would prove acceptable to all classes,
and, at the same time, reflect credit upon
his party in the performance of his duty.
Nor do we see just now where the party
could find a better man, should it be dis
posed to do so.
It has been intimated that Colonel Cand
ler is the candidate of a certain ring, and
that certain improper influences would
contribute to his election. Those who know
the man best will not, for a moment, en
tertain such an idea. He is noted for his
honesty and independence, and it will not
be believed that he can be controlled by
anybody. The fact that certain well known
politicians, a certain alleged ring if you
will, have flocked to his support, merely
indicates that they recognize his strength,
and it is sometimes considered the better
part of politics to join with a winner than
to fight for a forlorn hope.
His candidacy has been taken up by cer
tain influences simply because he is rec
ognized as the s-trongest man. Os course
this is saying that his main strength lies
with the people, that they, and not the
politicians, are behind him in this race,
and it is our firm belief that he will be
true to the people and mindful of their
interests, above all others—as he has ever
been in the past.
Believing these things, and recognizing
in Colonel Candler a man who is, in eVery
sense, fitted for the high office of governor
of Georgia, The News takes pleasure in
endorsing his candidacy and will contri
bute its efforts toward making old Bibb
the banner county in Colonel Candler’s
race for the nomination.
Trying Hard to Phase.
Alas! our dream of peace has been dis
pelled. We had chereished the idea that
the issue Which has for some time past
disturbed the equanimity and strained the
personal relations of our two Forsyth con
temporaries, had been finally and amicably
adjusted.
We were led to believe by certain edito
rial statements in the Forsyth Chronicle,
that its esteemed contemporary, the Ad
vertiser, had yielded its contention and
admitted the right es the Hon. Flem du-
Bignon to spell his name with a little “d.”
Mr. dußignon, it will be remembered,
addressed a personal letter to the editor
of the Chronicle, in reply to an inquiry,
in which he accepted the lower-case meth
od of spelling -his name as right and pipp
er. Mr. dußignon said to the editor of the
Chronicle:
“I think you are corect in saying that
the reasons which obtained in France for
using the small “d” have no application in
this country, and that under the general
rules for capitalization of words the “du”
in my name should be spelled with a capi
tal “D.”
But now comes the editor of the Ad
vertiser and refuses to allow the issue to
rest here; refuses to accept Mr. dußignon’s
own decision as final. In fact, he goes fur- i
't ! her and proves that Mr. dußignon’s letter
is only a campaign document. He submits
proof that the Chatham statesman is only
trying to straddle the issue. He proves,
in fact, that Mr. dußignon is himself ad
dicted to the lower-case ‘habit of spelling
his own name.
The Advertiser’s editor does not deal in
ambiguous statements or present hearsay
testimony, but he has taken the trouble to
look up the records on Mr. dußignon, and
here is the result of his investigation:
“There is in Judge Stone’s office—in the
Chronicle’s own office by the way—a book
called the “Memoirs of Georgia,” and in
the first volume of this book on page 955
will be found a lithographed likeness of
J. E. du Bignon, and beneath it is his sig
nature; he writes his name with a small
“d,” and is of the same family as the one
whose name is under controversy. In the
second volume of the same book on page
384—in the same office—will be found a
likeness of Hon. F. G. du Bignon and di
rectly under ft a reproduction of his signa
ture, and he writes it with a small “d.”
We’ll go a little further. We had the reg
ister of the Kimball House, where Mr, du-
Bignon sometimes stops, examined, and
he invariably registers his name with a
small "d.” But why did not Judge Stone
publish Mr. du Bignon’s entire letter?
Simply because in signng it, the very let
ter that Judge Stone relies upon, Mr. du-
Bignon himself wrote his name with a
small "d.”
As the editor of the Advertiser forcibly
says, “this do settle it.” It not only proves
the Advertiser’s case, but it prove, too, that
Mr. du Bignon has slightly overdone the
thing in trying to spell his name to suit
every faction. It proves that he has not
been consistent. Shall we say it also
proves that Mr. du Bignon has been guil
ty of gross deception?
It is not necessary. The facts speak for
themselves. Here is a man who writes
his name on the Kimball House register—
copie-s of which are offered in evidence —
with a little “d,” and yet who goes before
his constituents with the plea that he is
wedded to the capital “D” system of spell
ing it. Here is a man who even writes a
letter—seeking to appease the wielder of
a iMonroe county franchise —asserting
in plain terms that the capital “D” style
of spelling his name is quite the corerct
thing, and yet signs that letter with a
lower-case “d.”
Ye gods! has it come to this? Not only
willing to readjust his financial views to
suit the demands of the times, but even
willing to spell his own name any old way
in order to make friends and votes. Shall
we add that office-seeking in Georgia has
developed a hot pace when it has become
necessary to resort to such methods as
this. Must the price of political prefer
ment in Georgia be an adjustable system
of spelling one’s own name?
The Memphis Commercial-Appeal says
it has always had more or less doubt
about this appendicitis industry, and now
comes a case from Oregon which confirms
our skepticism. A man was operated on
in Portland for appendicitis, who, on ex
amination, proved to be entirely without
a vermiform appendix. The surgeons had
to be content with removing his appetite
and his conscience and letting it go at
that.
MACON NEWS SATURDAY EVENING, JANUARY 22 1898.
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POWDER
Absolutely Pure
In the news columns of today’s Atlanta
Constitution appears a reference to Hon.
Mark Hardin, which seeks to make it ap
pear that Mr. Hardin is weakening in his
race for secretary of state, and may de
cide to withdraw. The insinuation was
written by a young man named Cramer,
who is connected with the Constitution
and who is very friendly with Hon. Phil
Cook, who is also a candidate for secre
tary of state. This is all there is to the
publication. Cramer, in his zeal to serve
Phil Ccok, puts the Constitution in an
unenviable light and does Hon. Mark
Hardin a gross injustice. He is not only
in the race to stay, but the chances are
nine to one he will win. And nobody
knows this better than the Constitution,
•notwithstanding the fact that it allows
young Cramer to use its columns in an ef
fort to create a contrary impression.
President Berner, of the senate denies
the soft impeachment. He says: “I am
not governor.”—Augusta Chronicle. To
which the Americus Times-Recorder re
plies:
“And the gentleman from Monroe might
have truthfully continued the argument by
saying, 'and never can be.’ ”
We very much fear that the breach be
tween the Monroe statesman and the
charming Mrs. iMyrick is beyond repair.
The Rome Commercial says: “The Ma
con News says it will fight for the aboli
tion of child labor in the big mills. God
speed The News in its noble fight for the
correction of this inhuman and selfish
practice. The Commercial stands with
The News, heart and soul, in this jnove
ment.”
Despite its fair editorial promises, the
Macon Telegraph still threatens to sup
port Pope Brown in its news columns for
president of the senate, a dark gubernato
rial horse or some other thing in which
the suspicion of its friendship would de
feat him.—Griffin News and Sun.
Comptroller General Wright expresses
the opinion ‘that the highest tax rate per
mitted by the act of 1896, namely, 6%
mills, will not produce a revenue sufficient
to meet the appropriations for the present
year. No wonder Mr. Candler pre-empted
the “lower taxation” war cry.
Laura Jean Libby is to write exclusive
ly for a New York story paper, and re
quests us to give her a nice notice. It
would seem ’that the story papers she is
not writing for are entitled to the nice
notice, says the Washington Post.
An Albany dispatch says that Senator
Hill has called a meeting of the Demo
cratic leaders from different parts of the
state for the purpose of discussing the
Democratic situation and ‘to secure con
trol.
Says the Griffin News and Sun: “With
a railroad treasury for its exchequer, the
Macon Telegraph very properly "scorns
any newspaper that would think of ac
cepting any kind of a bribe.”
It seems a greait pity that the present
wrangle between Corbett and Fitzsimmons
can’ t be .utilized in some way to fill bicy
cle tires, observes the Chicago Times-
Herald.
According to the Atchison Globe the
old-fashioned boy asked his father ques
tions for information, while the modern
boy asks his parent questions to “catch”
him.
Cassius M. Clay, General Longstreet
and Ignatius Donnelly ought to hold a
convention and decide' upon a policy,
thinks the St. Louis Republic.
An exchange is authority for the state
ment that at last accounts Senator Mor
gan was speaking to a question of per
sonal privilege in his sleep.
The Albany Herald says: “Hon. O. B.
Stevens and Hon. Philip Cook will win.
We mke no further predictions just yet.”
Honor bright, now, what excuse can
there be for anybody running against Al
len D. Candler for governor?
The Standard Oil Company claims not to
be a trust. Perhaps it is a benevolent so
ciety after all.
By the way, has anyone heard of a con
test over the Valdosta postmastership?
The ’possum will be looked upon as a
jonah hereafter by Georgia politicians.
Personals
of the Day
Judge J. W. Haygood came up from
Montezuma this morning.
Byrd B. Lovett, Jr. of Sandersville, is a
guest at the Brown House.
Mrs. Nina L. Robinson, of Columbus, is
registered at the Brown House.
General Oscar Me Kenzie, of Montezu-
I ma, is a guest at' the Brown House to
’ day.
M. Bolling Whitfield, of Brunswick, is
among the prominent guests in the city
today.
Mr. H. C. Morrison, Southern represen
tative of Scribner’s Magazine, is in the
city today.
M. T. J. C. Park, who has been spend
ing a few days in Augusta, has returned
to the city.
A. M. Griswold, the man in front, for
the Primrose & West minstrels, is at the
Brown House.
M. J. C. Umberger, representing a large
publishing house of Richmond, Va_, is a
guest in the city today.
Col. R.obert Whitfield was in the city
last night enroute to Florida, where he is
going to spend a short while for the bene
fit of his health.
Stanford E. Moses, of the United States
navy, passed through the city last night
en route to Annapolis from his home in
Columbus, where he has been spending
his vacation.
n|z I AAIVQ Don’t buy any QHAOO
z,s LAUiUbj until'you see UUUllj
THE AMERICAN BEAUTY
AT ROFF SIMS & GO’S
Big Shoe Store
It equals ANY Six Dollar Shoe on earth, and you
can get a pair »
GENTLEHEN, if you are thinking of buying a pair
of FINE SHOES, drop by and see our selection of
Standard Makes, which we are selling at cut prices.
We can save you money and give you the best Shoes
turned out in America.
Misses’, Boys’ and Children’s Shoes a Specialty
Ross Sims & Go’s
BIGSHOESTORE
Phone 819. Third Street.
Buy of me and get what you pay for. Prices, $3.50
per ton and up.
Best Red Ash, Genuine Jelico,
Eureka, Nut and Egg Hard Coal.
HOLMES JOHNSON, ooXX st.
7 — ~ P H O N El 73. \
Little 80-Peep
HL JiX Has Lost Her Sheep,
and so have many farmers who have been
f 8 Ucafi fattening them for the market. We are
| receiving every day the finest meats that
7 |F ever trotte<i on a hoof, and we will cut
I and P re P are them for your table in an ar-
/ tistic manner and sell them at lowest
, market prices.
Georgia Packing Co.
|We Make Them |
Too Good h
I . 1
if Nearly all our customers agree that >3:
£ the SUITS and OVERCOATS we have X
sold this season (and we have sold lots of
them) were too good for the money. They jl
G are the best cloth, the best trimmings, the
T best work, but the prices—well, our custom-
SG ers get the benefit of them. Were you one -a
of them ? If not, come now, while we have
c a few left, at lower prices than ever.
I BENSON & HOUSER, |
The Up=to=Date Clothiers. 1
I>. A. JBXAUNG.
A
General Undertaker and Embalmer.
OPEN DAY AND NIGHT.
Caskets, cases, coffins and burial
robes; hearse ansi carriages furnished
to all funerals in and out of the city.
Undertaker’s telephone 467. Resi
dence telephone 468. 53 a Mulberry
«tr««t. Macoi>. Ga_
Academy of Music.
Tuesday, Jan. 25.
Manola === Mason.
[Marion] [John]
Presenting the operatic comedy,
“FRIEND FRITZ.”
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Twenty-one delightful musical numbers,
Charming music, dainty dances, pictur
esque stage settings, pretty costumes.
Prices 25c., 50c., 75c. and sl. Sale opens
at Harry L. Jones Co. Monday.
You Gan Afford to
Patronize Home Industrg )
When you get the best work and the low
est prices by doing so.
I ask no concession in my favor. I sim
ply offer you the best work for the least
money. A comparison is all I ask.
W. H. Schatzman
Builder and Repairer of
Buggies, Wagons, Carriages
Everything that can be done by any
wheelright or blacksmith. Buggy and
carriage painting a specialty.
C. B. Wiliiliata
Cotton Factor,
jnacon, - - Georgia