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THE MACON NEWS.
ESTABLISHED 1884.
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THE 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.
t For Treasurer.
W. M. SPEER, of iFulton.
For Comraisloner of Agriculture,
O. B. STEVENS, of Terrell.
For School Commissioner,
G. R. GLENN, of Bibb.
Some More Poiit'cal Buncombe.
The effort of the Berner-Atkinson joint
gubernatorial stock company to make
Colonel Candler appear as the railroad
candidate is highly amusing. It might,
however, fool some few people who are
not acquainted with the facts.
In the first place, Mr. Berner, who had
never before taken a definite position on
any issue that was ever before the people,
jumped astride of his anti-railroad, anti
coi poration, auti-everything hobby—under
tlie impression, no doubt, that if he ex- j
pected to be in the race at all he must
necessarily ride something, and his anti
railroad hobby-horse was the only mount
in sight.
Candidate Atkinson was in much the
same fix, but inasmuch as Candidate Ber
ner had stolen his mount before he could
get to him, Candidate Atkinson had to grab
a broomstick and go galloping after Ber
ner—-yelling “stop thief; he’s got my
hobby.”
And now both of them are trying to put
Colonel Candler in the attitude of a rail
road candidate. Let’s see just how they
all show up when placed in the calcium
light:
In the first place—and this is proof suf
ficient that he is not a railroad candidate
—Colonel Candler has the bitter opposition
of the Macon Telegraph, the only bona
fide railroad organ in Georgia. On the
other hand, he has the support of the Ma
con Evening News, the original anti-rail
road monopoly newspaper of the state.
Now, does it seem reasonable that the
Telegraph, in view of its ownership and
its well known proclivities, would be op
posing the “railroad candidate.” and that
The News, which was the first, and for
two years the only newspaper in Georgia
to speak out against railroad consolida
tion and monopoly influence in politics, >
would support such a candidate?
But this is not all. The News knows, and
oothers know, that the railroads made cer
tain overtures to Candler when he first
entered the race, and he refused to treat
with them at all. So careful was he to
remain uninfluenced and untainted by
them, that he refused to consult with cer
tain of their ambassadors who sought to
gain a hold on him by a subterfuge.
But this is not all. Colonel Candler has
a reputation fog. honesty and political
purity covering a period of over forty
years—more than the lifetime, perhaps, of
either Mr. Berner or Railroad Commis
sioner Atkinson. He is known to be above
reproach, and nothing but the bitterness
of a gubernatorial campaign could ever
inspire a charge to the contrary. He is,
in fact, famous for his rugged -honesty,
and the railroad monopolists who. during
Governor Atkinson’s entire term of office,
have defied the laws of Georgia, under
stand full well that they cannot touch
him.
But while this is true, it’ is also true
that he is not demagogue enough to go
about the state ranting and bellowing
about railroad monopoly. He simply says
he will do his duty, he will uphold the
laws of Georgia—and those who know the
man know full well that this he will do,
and that no power on earth can deter him
in the performance of that duty.
Perhaps Messrs. Berner or Atkinson
would do the same. But Colonel Candler
differs with them on this issue only in that
he did not need a hobby on which to ride
in this race—something with which to
draw public attention to himself. The
public eye was already upon him. Long
before the gubernatorial race opened up,
he was centered upon as the most avail
able man for governor, and he is still so
regarded by a vast majority of the people
of Georgia.
Bui let's see who are these that have
suddenly grown so solicitous about the in
terests of the people in connection with
this growing railroad monopoly. In the
first place, from whence springs Railroad
Commissioner Atkinson’s candidacy? Why,
from the fine Italian hand of Governor
Atkinson, himself. And what has the man
who stands sponsor for this candidate done
to save Georgia from the evils of railroad
consolidation? Nothing, absolutely noth
ing. On the contrary, he has refused to
do what it was already his duty to do. He
refused, in the face of a strong petition
from parlies whose interests were suffer
ing, to order the attorney general to call
a halt—to ask for the enforcement of the
state constitution against railroad consoli
dation. He held up this petition, so long
that the paries who signed it became dis
gusted, withdrew it and began proceed
ings on their own acount.
And from this source comes the cry that
the railroads are overriding the laws of
Georgia—which is true —and that Candler
i is a lailroid candidate —which is a lie out
of the whole cloth.
In the next place, let’s see what Mr.
; Berner has been doing al! of this time.
, Luring the many y.ars that he has been
holding office, both as a member of the
Senate and of the House, he has had am
ple opportunity to put a stop to this
growth of railroad monopoly in Georgia.
But what effort has he cv r made in that
direction? When before has his voice ever
been raised against this iniquity? When,
Indeed, has it ever before been raised for
or against anything?
Who is such, a fool that he cannot un
destand the real motive of Mr. Berner’s
sudden eruption?
..nd what. Indeed, has Candidate Atkin
son ever done? As a member o' the State
Railroad Commission—v inch position he
continues to hold onto while seeking an
other—he could at any time bring this is
sue to the front. He could apply such
rules to this giant monopoly that would
at once nullify the evil effects of it.
But what has he ever done? Noth
ing except look the ether way whenever
the railroads were engaged in a piece of
unrighteous, illegal work. Indeed, it is a
fact that Judge Allen Fort, the man whom
Candidate Atkinson's political sponsor re
fused to reappoint, was the only member
of the railroad commission that ever dared
to raise his voice against the railroads.
But now that an election is on and some
body wants office, they are willing to raise
a cry which they know, and which the
railroads fully understand, is meaningless
and insincere.
We prefer to vote for a man who will do
his whole duty, come what will, rather
than for a man who has had ample oppor
tunity to do it, but who has just now dis
covered that he ought to do it.
We yield to no one in our opposition to ’
the railroad monopoly that for the past
two cr three years has been engaged in
overriding the laws of Georgia. We were
the first in the field against this iniquit
ous gang of consolidators, and we have a
feeling recollection of having been called |
several different kinds of damphool for I
our temerity in antagonizing this element, j
by the very newspapers that now pretend i
to oppose Candler because he is the “rail- i
road candidate.” And now we see these ;
organs yelling themselves hoarse over the
“railroad issue.” If we could have any
confidence in their sincerity, we would be
happy over their change of heart —but we
cannot fail to see that it is all for politi
cal effect.
In the meantime, The News, which’ j
fought railroad monopoly and corporation |
influence in Georgia politics long before !
some other newspapers in this state
thought the matter worthy of considera
t.-on, will continue to support the man,
who without making any to-do about it,
will do his duty in this particular as in
all others. On the other hand, the Macon I
Telegraph, which is generally admitted to*
be owned and operated by the very rail.- :
road monopoly whose influence in Georgia ■
politics is considered so baneful, will con- I
tinue to oppose this “railroad candidate’’ I
and will bushwhack for Candidates Atkin
son and Berner—who, if they are in ear
nest and could have their way, would
make such a thing as railroad ownership
of a newspaper in this state impossible
and unnecessary.
How can the people fail to see the truth
of this matter when they begin to com
pare facts and records?
Could Not Happen South.
The Manufacturer’s Record administers
a very caustic and, at the same time, a
very just rebuke to the New York Even
ing Post, which it correctly says, stands
unique and unequalled among American
newspapers as the sole paper among the
15,000 or 20,000 published in this country
that has sunk all honor, all patriotism,
and unequalled in the depths of degrada
tion in which it has wallowed since the
first announcement of the disaster to the
Maine. Not content with the persistent
effort that it has made to prove that the
destruction of the Maine was purely acci
dental, and to decry any possible effort
which this country might make to relieve
the suffering in Cuba or to defend its
honor, if need be, the Post has now sought
to belittle the effort that is being made to
build a monument to those who lost their
lives when the Maine went down in the
harbor of Havana. Probably no higher
motive, thinks the Record, inspired the
Post than hatred of the New York Jour
nal, which first suggested this monument,
and while the Manufacturers' Record has
net by any means always admired the
Journal, it would a thousand times prefer
to stand before the world responsible for
the Journal's Cuban work than to be
loaded with the shame of the Post’s mali
cious, degrading course—a disgrace to
American journalism and to America it
self. Commenting on this movement to
build a monument, the Pest says:
“We ought always to consider what pos
terity will think of the monuments we
erect and what posterity will do to them.
M e can imagine a future generation com
ing upon this monument, wherever it may
be erected, and asking: ‘Why cumbereth
it the ground?’ The answer will be that
certain sailors of the United States navy
met with an accident, to wit, an explosion,
on their ship, and that since it occurred
at a time when there was a great deal of
t-alk about war, and a pretty lively sale
of extras, and since the accident was an
explosion and not a collision or a hurri
cane, it was deemed advisable to erect a
monument to their memory. ‘Very inno
cent intention,’ posterity would say in
such a case, ‘but indicative rather of emo
tion than of sound judgment,’ and there
upon, if it happened to be in a place want
ed for some other use. it would be thrown
down without compunction.”
Commenting on which the Record says:
Could human ingenuity with malice born
of the lo ver world perpetrate a more dia
bolical attempt to discredit our dead? In
the contemplation of such a disgrace to
human nature, the Manufacturers’ Record
has at least one satisfactions and that is
that nowhere in all the South could such
a journal as the New York Evening Post
live. May the wise dispensations of Provi
dence forever save our fair Southern land
• from such a concentration of hypocrisy
| and degradation as is found in the New
I York Evening Post.
Says the Bainbridge Democrat: “Poor
j old Mrs. Nobles has been sentenced again,
. for the fourth or fifth time, to hang—to
j morrow, the 25th instant. While teeh
| nieally guilty, this unfortunate old crea
j ture is an imbecile, and not legally re
. sponsible for the crime for which she is
I to pay the extreme penalty of the law; and
j when she is choked to death it is to be
‘ hoped that Governor Atkinson will stay
that arm—(which he held aloft in this city
in the campaign of two years ago a bid
for negro votes and) ‘prayed God to para
lyze if I do not respite Gus Fambles till
I old Mrs. Nobles is hung’—and permit the
j law to hang the real murderer, too.”
MACON NEWS SATURDAY EVENING, MARCH 26 1898.
The Observance of Easter,
“The observance of Easter dates back
to about the year 6S, at which time there
' was much contention among the Eastern
and Western churches as to what day the
! festival should be observed, says a writer
in the Easter Ladies Home Journal. It
was finally ordained at the Council of
j Nive in the year 325 that it must be ob
• served throughout the Christian world on
the same day. This decision settled that
Easter should be kept upon the Sunday
first after the fourteenth day of the first
Jewish month, but no general conclusion
was arrived at as to the cycle by which
, the festival was to be regulated, and some
' churches adopted one rule and some an
other. This diversity of usage was put an
end to, and the Roman rule making Easter
, the first Sunday after the fourteenth day
of the calendar moon was established in
England in 609. After nine centuries a dis
crepancy in the keeping of Easter was
caused by the authorities of the English
church declining tc adopt the reformation
of the Gregorian Salendar in 1582. The
difference was settled in 1752 by the adop
tion of the rule which makes Easter Day
always the first Sunday after the full
incon which appears cn or next after the
twenty-first day of March. If the full
moon happens upon a Sunday, Easter is
the Sunday after.”
The Warrenton Patriot says: “We be
lieve Colonel Candler has made votes in
trie stand he has taken as regards joint
debates. There is no need or place for
them before the nomination, and but little,
if any, after, unless in case of defense.
There is not an intelligent voter in Geor
gia who does not know pretty well the
position of each candidate, and there is
no need cf wasting time and money run
ning over the state to detract the people
from their avocations. Time will tell
whether or not both of these gentlemen
win make such tours over the state with
as much zeal after the nomination.”
Apropos of Colonel Candler’s speech in i
Rome today, the Southern Argus, of that
city, says: “We believe in giving Judge I
•Atkinson and Senator Berner a fair show- I
Ing. We are in favor of them coming be- ■
fore the voters of Floyd county when they 1
see proper and presenting their own cause, i
and we assure them that they shall have i
fair treatment at the hands of the Argus. I
But we favor them drawing their own ;
crowd and not depend on Colonel Cand- !
ler’s popularity in Floyd county to get an
audience.”
•The News publishes in anohter column
a card from Dr. K. P. Moore setting him- i
self right before the public in reference to .
the charges brought against him by the I
Board of Healt'h, mention of which was >
made in yesterday's News. Fortunately, ■
Dr. 'Moore’s standing as a man and as a I
physician is sufficient to acquit him of ;
any intentional wrong doing, and his card :
makes it clear that his violation of sec- i
tion 66 of the city health regulations—if
it was a violation at all—<was such in
merely a technical sense.
The Dalton Argus sizes it up this way:
“Spencer’s bluff challenge is wholly un
fair. The fight is recognized to be one
between Candler and the field, and Spen
cer says to him, Come out, old feller, and
let us two young fellers jump on you at
once. We can wallop you, you bet, Come, I
meet me and ‘Bob; we’ll sandwich you
between us, and if I can’t lick you, me
and Bob can.”
_New York state has just appropriated
$50,000 to be expended (toward making bad
roads good. This in the Empire State is a
tax of but 1 cent per SI,OOO on farms. lit
is estimated that if on each $2,500 worth
of farm land in the state 50 cents were
assessed, the levy would net annually sl,-
000,000, which, if expended on the roads,
would ultimately largely increase the val
ue of the farm lands.
The South Georgia Home says: “The
Home commends Colonel Candler for re
fusing to take part in a joint debate. Such
discussion would become a personal wran
gle between the candidates, could serve
no good purpose and instead of uniting the
party would tend to divide it. The out
come of such discussion over the state
would be disastrous.”
The papers which are claiming to be for
Judge Atkinson are at the same time sup
porting Senator Berner; vice versa with
the Eerner papers. It is “anything to beat
Candler, declares the Americus Times-
Recorder.
The Rome Tribune must feel very lone
some in oposition to Colonel Candler in
Floyd county. Almost everything else up
that way is for him, and he will carry
F 10yd at the ratio of about three to one.
A cook-book writer says cloves are
chiefly useful for flavoring foods. She
never attended the theatre with the kind
cf escort who has to go out “to see a
man,” comments Mrs. Myrick.
iSo far the Rome Tribune is the only
portion of North Georgia that can be put
in the Atkinson column. And he is wel
come to it.
Editor Triplett, (who has been looking
at the newspaper cuts,) declares that all
warships look alike him.
“Have you noticed how the jingoes have
quit howling now 'that war seems inevita
ble?
The Chicago News classes Senator Mills
among the disappearing big guns.
TO BRING TROOPS TO ATLANTA.
Norfolk, A a., March 26.—The railways
j centering here are making ready as rap-
I idly as possible for the expeditious hand
i ling of trooops and munitions in case this
, snould be necessary. The importance of
i Atlanta as headquarters for the depart
-1 ment cf the gulf, makes the Seaboard Air
Line a most important connecting link be
j tween that city and the army and the
j navy depots of repair and supplies here.
Arrangements have been completed and
j the iwar department advised <that troops
: and supplies can be transported from Nor
| folk to Atlanta, 600 miles, in fourteen
•hours.
PROMINENT PHYSICIAN INJURED.
Monroe, Ga., March 26.—Dr. N. L. Gal
: loway, a prominent physician and a for-
I mer representative from this county to
, the Georgia legislature, was out respond
; ing to a professional call one evening this
: week, when his horse ran away with him.
throwing him out. of his buggy and bruis
| ing him up considerably. He is now using
a crutch.
MONITORS OFFICERED.
Washington. March 26. —The navy de
partment has issued orders today placing
the officers in command of a number of
single turreted monitors recently called
into service. The monitors will be ready
co proceed from two to three weeks.
POLITICAL NOTES
Senator Phil Cook is in Rome.
Col. Candler has accepted an invitation
to address the Democrats of Pike county
at Zebulon on April 12th.
Judge Atkinson will speak in Franklin,
Heard county on Monday, and in Cusseta.
Chattahoochee county, on Wednesday of
r.txt week.
A large party will go from Atlanta tc
Rome this morning to listen to Colonel
andler’s opening adiress, and both Ata
.n- aad A.ugusta will send delegates. A
nem<adous crowd is expected.
The Perry Home Journal says: We are
authorized to say that Hon. C. G. Gray, of
Fort Valley, will not be a candidate for
tne legislature this year. We are of the
opinion, however, that he will be a candi
date for congress.
By a unanimous vote the executive com
mittee of Macon county has endorsed the
action of the state executive committee.
At the same session April 21st was ap
pointed as a date for the primary for leg
islative and county officers.
Fannin county will furnish two candi
dates for the state senatorship. They are
Messrs. W. C. Thomas and J. W. Gillam. 1
In the race for representatives the contest
in Fannin lies between Messrs. Gabriel
Thomas and George W. Phillips.
It is probable that within the next few
days Col. J. W. Renfro will announce as .
a candidate for prison commissioner. Col. ■
Renfroe has had much experience in the j
handling of convicts, and his strength ;
throughout the state would make ihm a I
strong factor If he decides to make the ,
race.
Every day assurances from Elbert coun
ty make Col. Candler’s suceess there more
positive. It is considered that Hon. Phil
Cook, for secretary of state, and Senator
O. B. Stevens, for commissioner of agri
culture, have the bulge over the other can
didates. Representative T. M. Swift will j
probably be returned to the legislature.
The fight for legislative offices in Pick
ens county promises to be lively. Already
several candidates are looming up. Among
them are A. P. Mullins, the present in
cumbent: Colonel W. T. Day, and A. V.
Jones. All of these gentlemen are Repub
licans, but as the county is strongly of
that faith, the fight will be mainly be
tween those named above.
Politics are taking on lively shape
among the Populists in Warren. The Pop
ulist nomination by primary is set for May
11th, and the aspirants for office are
losing no time in pressing their claims.
There are four candidates so far announced
for the office of sheriff, five for tax re
ceiver, three for tax collector, and two for
county treasurer. Rev. J. C. Combs is
the only active candidate in the field for
the legislature, but other entries are daily
expected. Hon. William M. Hawes, War
ren’s present representative, declines to
offer for re-election owing to the pressing
duties of his private interests. Hon. C. E.
McGregor has been urged by his friends
to make the race, and cross swords with
Rev. Mr. Combs, but the major has ac
cepted an offer with a school book pub
lishing company, and will devote his time
for the interest of his company instead of
running for any office.
OFFICERS IN SAVANNAH
Are After Firemen and Machinists for the
Navy.
Savannah, March 26. —Three recruiting
officers from the monitor Amphitrite at
Port Royal arrived here yesterday for the
purpose of enlisting firemen, machinists
and seamen for naval service.
They are Lieut. V. O. Chase, Lieut. R.
B. Higgins and Dr. Lung, the physician at
the Port Royal naval station. They will
begin work at once. The firemen and ma
chinists secured will be sent to other war
ships, but all of the seamen will be sent
on board the monitor Amphitrite, which
needs about fifty to fill her quota.
They say they will take one hundred
seamen if they can get them. Paymaster
J. N. Speel, of the Amphitrite, was here
today, having sent off this morning thirty
five seamen gun. | s on the steamship Bir
mingham to New York, to go aboard the
receiving ship, from which they will be
distributed to different cruisers.
The recruiting officers seem to be of the
opinion that they can get some good ma
terial here, and they are going to make
every effort. Lieutenant Commander
Commander Hawley, of the navy, is ex
pected here about April Ist on the same
mission.
Gen. William M. Graham returned yes
terday afternoon from his inspection trip
to Tyhee Island, and left last night for
St. Augustine, where he goes to inspect
another of the stations added to his de
partment. Before going he said he found
the troops at Tyhee in first-class condi
tion. The fortification is about complete,
and will be ready to do effective service,
he says, within a short time. In case of
emergency Gen. Graham is satisfied there
would be no trouble in getting it ready
for work in short order. Gen. Graham
says full arrangements can be made to
protect Warsaw sound, the entrance to j
Thunderbolt river, in a little while in case |
of hostilities.
IMPROVIDENT.
During the month of March most of the
Young Men’s Christian .Associations of the
United States have discussed at the men’s
meetings held on the last three Sundays
three of the greatest evils cf the present
day that affect young men, Gambling, In
temperance and Impurity. Our Macon as-’
sociation, which, is rapidly becoming a
thoroughly up-to-date organization, of
course joined in the general movement,
and their meetings have been singularly I
successful. Tomorrow afternoon this se- j
ries will close with one of the best ad
dresses of the series, on Improvidence, to
be delivered by Hon. Walter B. Hill, one
of Macon’s most distinguished lawyers
and Christian business men. A large au
dience of men will doubtless greet the elo
quent speaker on this occasion. The News
is requested to say that these meetings are
not alone for members of the association,
but are free and open to all men, and they
are not only allowed, but are urged to at
tend.
SONS OF VETERANS.
Americus, Ga., March 26. —A largely at
tended meeting of young men was held at
i the city hall for the purpose of organizing
i a camp of Sons of Confederate Veterans.
Permanent organization was effected, and
the name “Jack Felder Camp” adopted.
The enrollment of members numbered
more .than fifty. W. K. Wheatley was
chosen commander; A. D. Gatewood, first
j lieutenant; Ed Gyles, second lieutenant;
I T. W. Callaway, adjutant; K. S. Cobb,
; quartermaster; J. H. Cameron, treasurer;
s Dr. B. B. Hudson, surgeon, surgeon; Rev.
i L. G. Henderson, chaplain; T. B. Guice,
color sergeant; E. A. Nisbet, historian;
iMiss Jennie Holliss, sponsor. The local
camp of veterans and the newly organized
Sons of Veterans will attend the annual
reunion in Atlanta in July.
RAIDING DISTILLERIES.
On Tuesday night, April sth, a lecture
on Christian science will be delivered by
Mr. Edward A. Kimball, C. S. 8., First
j reader of First church of Christ Scientist,
1 Chicago, 111. Admission 50c.
SENSATION
Created in the Carter Tria! by the Evidence
of Lieut. Rees.
Savannah, March 26. —The testimony of
Lieut. Rees has created a sensation in the
Carter courtmartial. He said Capt. Gil
letite told him to be careful what he said
concerning Carter, as he (Gillette) would
i be in the engineering corps long after
Carter had gene.
The English Patent Office Library.
i If the poor inventor is not entirely
ignorant of patent procedure, he knows
that the patent office makes no st arch to
test the validity of his invention, and
so he comes to undertake it himself. If
be finds that his invention appears in
no previous patent, ha is confirmed in
his belief that he will at last see bis
dreams realized and that be will in a
short time possess great wealth. If, on
the other band, he finds his ideas have
been anticipated, his dreams of fortune
fadeaway like mist 1 ■ foie a morning
sun, and life, as he has known it lor to
many weary years—huid, toilseme, pit
i iiess to those vvho, like bimstif, In; k
money—lies painfully clear before his
view.
A short three boars—or even less—
spent in this lilt iiy m.:y plunge the
man who entered it hopmul and bright
into deepest des air, and it is certain
I that within its wails many silent trage
dies of this kind are enacted week by
week and noticed by only lew if any oi
those around. Ent inventors are a hope
ful race, and though wome who suffer
such a disappointment of all their hopes
may never recover from it there is no
doubt many recommence their experi
ments and elaborate other inventions
from which they expect the same, or
'even greater, realities cf wealth and
happiness. —Chambers’ Journal.
Not Quite Certain.
A case was being tried in court, and
the particular question at issue was the
Dumber of persons present when a cer
tain event occurred. An honest but sim
ple minded German was in tLe witness
box.
fie had never taken an oath before
and was not a little disconcerted The
lawyer who conducted the cross exam
ination saw his opportunity and bad
gered him with questions after the
manner of his kind.
“How many did you sa? there were
present?” he shouted, bringing his fist
down upon the table as though the fate
< empires trembled in the balance.
Veil,” meekly answered the wit
ness, “c.2 5 course I gould not chust say,
but I dinks dere vas betveen six and
sefen. ”
“Tell the jury what you mean by
that,” roared the lawyer. “How could
there be between six and seven? Were
there six or were there seven?”
“Veil, ” answered the witness, “may
be I vas wrong. Eero vas more as six.
Lut dtre was not so much as sefen. Cue
was a fery leetle boy.”—Pearsons
W eekly.
Lobengula’s Justice.
Only one old tree marks the spot
where the king used to sit administer
ing justice to his subjects. A large part
of this justice consisted in decreeing
death among his indunas or prominent
men who had excited his suspicions or
whoso cattle he desired to appropriate.
Sometimes he had then denounced—
“smelled out,” they called it—by the
witch doctors as guilty of practicing
magic against him. Sometimes he dis
pensed with a pretext and sent a messen
ger to the hut of the doomed manto tell
him the king wanted him. The victim,
often ignorant of his fate, walked in
front, while the executioner, following
close behind, suddenly dealt him with
the knobkerry, or heavy ended stick,
one tremendous blow, which crushed
his skull and left him dead upon tha
ground. Women, on the other hand,
were strangled.—“lmpressions of Afri
ca, ’ ’ by Professor Bryce.
Looking Ahead.
New Boarders-—That bed’s rather
narrow for two.
Landlady—Three have slept in it.
New Boarders —Yes, but we haven’t
boarded here long enough yet to get
that thin.—Harper’s Weekly.
Extra Inducements.
“Extraordinary Fire Sale” read the
advertisement. “Customers are invited
to call and examine goods, which will
be found still warm.” —Philadelphia
North American.
Chalky Bed of the Atlantic.
Tne bed of the Atlantic from 400 to
2,000 fathoms is covered w’ith an ooze,
or very fine chalky deposit, consisting
to a great extent of minute broken shells-
Near the Caspian sea there are sever -
al “eternal fires,” so called by the na-
I tives, where natural gas issues from the
ground and has been on fire for ages.
Funds Locked Up In Chancery.
The receipts and transfers into the su
preme court of judicature (England) dur
ing the year ended Feb. 29, 1896, were
£15,383,257 Is. Id. This sum, added to
the balance in hand on March 1, 1895,
makes a grand total of £76,768,417 3s. sd.
After payments cut oi court to successful
I claimants and others amounting to £17,-
! 035,648 14s. Ibd. there remained in hand
' in cash and securities on Feb. 29, 18
! the large balance of £59,732,768 Bs. 7d.,
; exclusive of a large item under the head of
I “Foreign Currencies.” The proportion of
j this balance which may be classed as aun
! claimed” is not stated, but no less than
! £2,327,822 13s. sd. lias been appropriated
in the absence of claimants to various ob-
I jects. The consolidated fund is liable in
’ respect of this appropriation in the event
of legitimate heirs at any time substan
tiating their claim® The number of suit
ers’ accounts is eu,t-24. ci which som*-
5,000 relate to funds unclaimed between
1720 and 1877
The funds it. the supreme court of judi
cature (Ireland) uii Sept. 30, 1896, were
£3,381,213 is. Bd. In the chancery divi
sion there is a large sum of unclaimed
money, but the exact amount is not stated.
More than £250,000, part of such un
claimed funds, has been appropriated to
ward the cost of building the law courts
and law library in Dublin. —Chambers’
Journal.
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POWDER
Absolutely Pure
I BLESSED
Are Americans by Poor Cubans for the Great
. Relief Work.
New York. March 26—Louis Klopsch, of
the Christian Herald, Caban relief work
director, has wired the World from Ha
vana :
“The American relief work in Cuba is in
most excellent condition. Heretofore the
utter inadequacy of supplies from Amer
ican sources made operations on a large,
satisfactory scale impossible. Today there
is enough afloat for thirty days’ require
ments. On the arrival of the next cargo,
due Thursday, every known place of des
titution will immediately be provisioned
for ten days and 200.000 men. and women
will be sustained by America's practical
sympathy, pending an official statement
of actual needs thereafter. Then the Amer
ican relief will be as far reaching as it is
possible to make it. Letters and telegrams
from Consuls and Consular agents receiv
ed by me within three days fully confirm
the generally accepted views as to the
magnitude and intensity of awful distitu
tion.
“Consul McGarr, of Cienfuegos, hereto
fore incredulous, now reports 15,000 desti
tute in his consular district and believes
it will be worse. Tomorrow, on Estrella
street, we open a central station for the
relief of 12,000 destitute in Havana; also
a diet kitchen for 2,000 sick in San Laza
rie street. The bakeries in Havana and
the suburbs are turning into bread all the
flour received. The situation in a nut
shell is that there are 205,000 reconcen
trados in 402 towns and villages. Three
hundred tons cf cornmeal and 50 tons of
bacon weekly can save them. Thej’ look
to America as their only hope and bless
its people for the good already done. They
say ‘When Americans die Peter will not
wait for £bem to knock at the heavenly
gate, but will open it wide before they
knock.’ ”
EENNETT FOR JUDGE,
G!ynn County Grana Jury Endorses Him for
the Place.
Brunswick, Ga., March 26—After a very
busy session, Camden superior court has
been adjourned. The general grand jury
presentments contained the following in
dorsement of Joseph W. Bennett and com
plimentary reference to Judge J. L.
Sweat;
“Being informed that Judge J. L. Sweat
will not again be a candidate for the
judgship of the Brunswick circuit, we
therefore unanimously recommend Hon.
Joseph W. Bennett for the position and
urge our representatives to use their best
efforts to accomplish this result. And we
hereby extend to his honor, J. L. Sweat,
judge of the Brunswick circuit, who is
soon to retire from the bench of his own
accord, our sincere and heartfelt regrets
that he has decided on this course, as we
fully appreciate his able and im parti a)
administration of his court duties.”
THE OFFER ACCEPTED.
Hospital Auxiliary Will Avail Themselves of
Railroad’s Offer.
The ladies auxiliary of the Macon Hos
pital Association has accepted che gener
ous offer cf the Macon and Birmingham
railway to give them 5 per cent, of the
gross proceeds of -all through freight into
Macon for fifteen days. The date for the
giving of this revenue has been changed
f'-om April 1 to 15, to April 15 to 30, as
this will give the ladies more time in.
which to solicit freight.
DARK BLUE WON.
Oxford Carried Off the Honors in the ’Var
sity Boat Race. *
Putney, Eng., March 26.—The fifty-fifth
•annual beat race between Oxford and
'Cambridge was rowed today over the
course from Putney to Mortlake, four and
one Quarter miles and was woa by Oxford
by twelve lengths.
A CHRISTIAN SCIENCE LECTURE.
Woodstock, Ga., March 26. —The activ
ity and vigilance of the revenue officers in
this section is so persistent the moonshin
ers find it difficult to get their machinery
in operation before it is torn up. Today
J. A. Spence and E. T. Petree dashed into
Milton county, destroying t-o thousand
gallons of beer, a new still that had just
‘been put in the furnace but never us«M,
and captured five men at work in the dis
tillery. These two officers are brave and
active, and probably capture more stills
than any other two officers in the service.
PILOTS ORDERED TO SAVANNAH.
Jacksonville, Fla., March 26. —Eight of
the leading bar pilots of this place and
Fernandina were ordered to report at Sa
vannah today to a United States office
'there for special duty, and they left at
noon.
Captain Platt is the government officer
who seemed to have the orders for them.
Much interest has been aroused over the
order.
slilliuery Opening.
On Tuesday ami Wednesdav. March
and 30, we will show all the latest styles
in trimmed hats and bonnets. The ladies
are invited to call and see them. Our
trimmer brought back all the newest
ideas while in New York.
Morris & Wilchinski, 119 Cotton are.
Rev. E. Edwards, pastor of the English
Baptist church at Minersville, Pa., when
suffering with rheumatism, was advised to
try Chamberlain’s Pain Balm. He says:
“A few applications of this linament
proved of great service to me. It sub
dued the inflammation and relieved the
pain. Should any sufferer profit by giving
Pain Balm a trial it wil please me.” For
sale by H. J. Lamar & Sons, druggists.
You can talk to 10,000 every day through
the columas of The Newc. a