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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.
v For Treasurer,
W. M. SPEER, of Fulton.
I For Commisioner of Agriculture,
O. B. STEVENS, of Terrell.
For School Commissioner,
G. R. GLENN, of Bibb.
A Patriotic Duty.
The News announced a few days ago
that the commanders of the several mil
itary companies of this city had been or
dred to enlist their companies to their full
strength. It appears that there would be
no difficulty in enlisting a sufficient num
ber of men but for one thing, and it is
this that The News has been asked to
bring to the atention of the business men
of Macon.
Not only those who may now desire to
enlist but those already enlisted naturally
feel that the enlistment jeopardizes their
business positions, and this fact serves to
dampen the patriotism and enthusiasm of
■those who must and who would like to take
up arms for their country.
Now that we have come face to face
with the practical side of war, it is neces
sary that we should consider all matters
connected therewith in a practical light.
As is well known, the volunteer malitia of
Macon is made up, for the most part, of
young men engaged in active business —the
majority of them, and others with them,
dependent upon their monthly salaries
It is placing a double hardship upon these
young men to ma'ke them feel that they
must sacrifice their positions in order to
answer their country’s call.
In numerous instances, noted elsewhere,
employers have not only assured those of
their employes who happen to be en
listed or who desired to enlist that their
positions would remain open for them un
til their return, but many have also prom
ised half pay to their men in case they are
called to the front. Several New York
concerns have offered to keep their men
on the salary list at half pay for a period
of five years in case they are called into
service.
This is the sort of patriotism that
Counts. Will the employers of Macon do as
much? To be sure not many of them
can afford to keep their employees on the
salary list while they are serving in the
army, but patriotism and ordinary busi
ness courtesy demands that they, at least,
assure these employes that they will not
sacrifice their positions because they offer
ito fight for their country.
Some such understanding between em
ployer and employe' is necessary in order
to enable the state of Georgia to raise its
full quota of troops. It should not be de
layed. Let the employer do his duty to
his employe and his country now—today.
His confidential clerk, bookkeeper or sales
man may be called to the front tomorrow
or next week. Let him feel that he does
not sacrifice everything, even his business
position, by answering his country’s call.
It is important that every employer give
this matter immediate consideration.
At last Atlanta’s glory is complete. She
is to get General Miles.
Will Not Recognize Cuba.
Even should Congress pass a joint reso
lution recognizing Cuba, the President, is
is now asserted, would not become a par
ty to such a silly proceeding. It is given
out on good authority that should the res
olution reach the President accompanied
by the amendment recognizing thb republic
of Cuba, the President would sign them, but
that in a brief message to Congress he will
hold that the constitutional prerogatives
vested In the president to recognize other
governments cannot be taken away and
that the amendment is therefore void and
inoperative.
The President is represented as saying
that the sympathy even of England would
be forfeited by this government if the
present government were recognized. The
expreession “stable and independent gov
ernment,” he is represented as saying,
“has been carefully considered and found
acceptable, but that Sir Julian, the Brit
ish ambassador, has represented to this
government that the recognition of the
present government would be regarded by
England, as well as by the other powers,
as encouraging malcontents among the
colonies and possessions of foreign gov
ernments in this hemisphere to revolt, re
lying on the United States to recognize
their independence, however weak they
might be.
Though no fear might be entertained
that this government would encourage
such revolts ‘intentionally or that it would
give the recognition sought, the fact of
recognition being given to Cuba in ad
vance of intervention, might furnish suffi
cient encouragement to start revolts.
The President is reported as saying that
he has given assurance that no such rec
ognition will be given. He is further rep
resented as saying that he will veto any
resolution including recognition of the Cu
ban republic.
The president demand of our Democratic
congressmen for the recognition of Cuba
is no ssnsc- cr-dizable to
manship.
The Richest Political Joke of the Season.
The fciiew.ng frem the Dalton Argus
shc..< t? ‘he Atkinson administration in
its true light;
When • >ll Secretary Barnet, was about
to die. lie sent for the governor and re
quested that if he should have to appoint
a secretary of state, that, as Colonel Hen
ry V. Thomas (the man recently removed
I by Clifton) was such a good man in his
place, and was so valuable a man to the
state, he- appoint somebody who would
agree to continue Col. Thomas in his po
sition. It was done, and When General
Phil Cook felt that he would soon have
to give up the office, he made a similar re
quest of the Governor. Colonel Thomas, the
i gallant old veteran, was continued in office
until the appointment of Colonel Wm. C.
' Clifton to succeer Candler.
When Colonel Clifton applied for the
j unexpired term, it was stated in public
print that he agreed not to run for the
ful term or make any changes in the office
But, as the story goes, when he was about
to take charge, Governor Atkinson inform
ed him that he must remove Colonel
Thomas and appoint Editor Cain of the
Summerville News, chief clerk in his stead
and “have him here tomorrow,” the gov
ernor added. Colonel Clifton agreed and
rushed down to the Kimball to telegraph
Cain of his appointment. He grabbed a
| pen and seized a blank—but. alas, a great
1 difficulty confronted him. He remember
: ed that he did not know pain and Cain’s
i initials, as well as the name of his paper,
I were strangers to him. He rushed around
| the Kimball House, grabbing first one man
and then another, and plying each of them
i with the question: “This fellow Cain who
I runs a newspaper up in Chattooga, what's
his name? What's the name of his pa
per? Dang it, man, what are his ini
tials?.”
Some of those whom Colonel Bill tack
led with incoherent questions, thought “he
had em,” and shied cut of his way, but af
ter some fifteen or more futile efforts, he
.struck Howard Williams the genial At
lanta journalist, and Williams gave him
both Cain's initials and the name of his
paper.
Such is the story that a little bird brings
from Atlanta, and it demonstrates upon
what a flimsy foundation political prefer
ments rest in these days of ring politics.
What a farce it all is, to be sure!
The Southern League opened the base
ball season in the South Thursday, and the
National League contest began in the
North yesterday.
Brumm.
In view of the disposition on the part of
afse a very few—of our people to criti
cise Congressman Bartlett for resenting
the insult offered him by Congressman
Brumm, in the House on Wednesday last,
The News has taken occasion to inquire,
of those who ought to know, what would
be the proper course to be pursued under
such circumstances.
It seems to us that the verdict of a man
who has served over twenty years in Con
gress and who was noted throughout that
time for his conservatism and dignified
bearing, ought to be conclusive. We are
not at liberty to give the name of the gen
tleman quoted, for we failed to ask his
permission to do so, yet we can give his
words. “If Brumm had applied the same
epithet to me, I would have acted as Bart
lett did,” said this retired statesman. In
other words, this ex-congressman lays the
onus of the whole affair on Brumm, and
says Bartlett could hardly have acted
othrwise.
And. in this connection, it is of interest
to know what manner of man this fellow
Brumm is. In the first place, he is a
bully. He is hot-headed and disagreeable
in the extreme. He is heartily despised
by both Republicans and Democrats. Dur
ing his entire Congressional career he has
been noted for his insolence and provoking
traits, ever eager to impose upon some
smaller man or new member. Above all
he is a South hater and always takes occa
sion to say the most disagreeable things
about this section and its representatives
in Congress.
Such is the estimate placed upon Brumm
by a gentleman who knows him well. And
it is the verdict of this gentleman and for
mer‘statesman that no self-respecting man
could act otherwise than Congressman
I Bartlett did.
It is of .the greatest importance to know
that General Lee fully agrees with Presi
dent McKinley that the present govern
ment of Cuba should not be recognized.
Wi-at War Will Mean.
Already ocean travel has fallen off near
ly three-fourths because of the probability
of war. Steamers have been withdrawn
for freight traffic —an indication of what
we may expect if hostilities actually be
gin.
Our coastwise trade will rapidly be di
minished, and come to a practical stand
still when the swarm of Spanish priva
teeers, backed by Spanish war vessels,
shall attempt the blockade of our Atlantic
and Gulf coasts. Our trans-Atlantic trade
will suffer in the same way, and our im
ports and exports will diminish enormous-
I ly as a consequence.
This is one of the inevitable conse
quences of war, in any case, notes the To
i ledo Blade. The derangement of commerce
will cause a derangement of prices, and
: thus the cost of war will come home to all
I classes of the American people. There is
I nothing unpatriotic in adverting to these
I conditions, which are inseparable from a
| state of war. On the contrary, the people
I should be fully advised of them, that they
may go into the conflict with a full knowl
' edge of what it involves.
When the army of the South begins to
I mobilize at Atlanta that town wiil issue
’ another directory, and thereby increase
i her population to 150,000.
Salaries of Soldiers.
It is a matter of Considerable interest to
know what the volunteer soldiers will re
ceive in case of war. Their pay will, of
| course, be the same as the regulars, which
. is as follows:
Colonel 7.500 per annum
I Lieutenant 3,000 per annum
I Major 2,500 per annum
Captain (mounted) .. .. 2.000 per annum
. Captain (infantry 1.800 per annum
Ist Lieutenant (mounted) 1,500 per annum
2d Lieutenant (infantry). 1,560 per annum
J 2d Lieutenant, (mounted . 1.500 per annum
2d Lieutenant, (infantry) 1,400. per annum
Non- commissioned officers,
216 per annum
Privates 156 per annum
Besides the tax on beer, manufactured
i tobacco, cigars, and cigarettes it is pro
posed to impose a stamp tax upon bank
checks, bills of exchange, deeds, mort
gages. real estate, transfers, contracts,
patent medicines, and other proprietary
articles. This latter tax. it is estimated,
I will yield not less than 532.60G.000 a year.
MACON NEWS SATURDAY EVENING. APRIL 16 1898
POWDER
Absolutely Pure
Walter Wellman, the Chicago Times-
Herald's Washington correspondent and
one of the most reliable and best informed
newspaper writers at the national capital,
.n speaking of Spain’s attitude towards
the Maine disaster, says: “Spain's belated
expression of regret for the disaster of the
Maine is not likely to help the situation
in the eyes of Congress. It comes wholly
as a crocodile tear effort to win sympathy
and to stave off the blow that now stands
aimed at Spanish sovereignty in Cuba,
rather than a sincere desire to express re
gret and to offer prompt reparation. The
proposals to refer the whcle matter of re
sponsibility to a board of neutral naval
experts will not please a majority
of Congress. A. majority of Senators
and Representatives of both parties
have reached the conclusion that the
Maine was destroyed by a conspiracy of
Spanish officials in Havana, using explo
sives and wire connections placed there by
the government. A respectable minority
of Congress would, if it could, declare war
upon Spain tomorrow for no other reason
than the destruction of the Maine by
treachery.”
It is asserted by of Congress
who have talked with the President that
it eit.oer the House resolution or the ma
jority resolution of the Senate is sent to
him he will sign it promptly and execute
its provisions immediately with the army,
and navy, but that if the recognition of
the present republic if Cuba is inserted he
will veto the resolution. It is said that
the foreign relations committee is aware
of this.
The News publishes elsewhere today an
interesting letter from Mrs. Jefferson Da
vis, in which that distinguished lady al
ludes pointedly to the war situation.
Tomorrow is the only day in the week
on which the people of Macon will not get
the news on the day it happens.
Consul General Lee’s popularity at
home is still assured, The Spaniards con
tinue to abuse him.
CARRIED IN HIS MOUTH.
Zebulon. Ga., April 16—Mr. Aaron Stew
art, a veteran of the late war, who served
as a private in company H, Forty-fourth
Georgia regimnt, was in town yesterday,
and drew from his vest pocket and ex
hibited a leaden souvenir of the battle of
Fisher’s Hill, Va., in the shape of a ininie
ball. The ball was rough and indented,
showing that it had met with resistance
before reaching its resting place. his
ball had been carried in the 'mouth of Mr.
Stewart for more than thirty-three years.
During the progress of the battle above
referred to. Mr. Stewart was standing in
the breastworks watching the enemy,
when the ball came crashing through his
jawbone and lodged in his mouth, imbed
ded beneath his tongue, where it rema in -
ed, giving him pain and trouble until a few
weeks ago when it worked its way out.
MR. BEAUPREE RESIGNS.
He Says He |s Tired of the Railroad Bus
iness and Wants a Rest.
Mr. W. R. Beauprie, Who has for the
past three years been superintendent of
the Macon division of the Southern rail
way, has tendered his regisnation to Presi
dent Spencer, to go into effect at once.
Mr, Beauprie has considered this move
for some time past, and only decided late
yesterday afternoon to file his resignation.
He says he has not yet decided where
he will go or what he will do.
He will probably be succeeded by Mr. A.
Gordon Jones, at present superintendent of
the Anniston division.
MERCER AND AUBURN.
A Hotly Contested Game at the Park This
Afternoon.
The Auburn baseball team has reached
the city, and this afternoon at 3:30 o’clock
will meet the Mercer boys at the ball park
in a hotly contested game.
A good deal of interest has developed in
the game, as the Auburn boys seem confi
dent that they will win, and the Mercer
boys are equally determined that they
shall not.
The practice of the Mercer team yester
day afternoon was the best they have yet
had, and the snap with which the boys
handled the ball told clearly how much
they had improved, a great deal having
been made since the games with Wake
Forest.
Garrett was never in better shape than
he is now, and will pitch a winning game.
He will be given the best support that is
possible for amateur ball players to give a
pitcher.
Massenburg will play short for the Mer
cer boys again, as it would be a hard mat
ter to find a better man than Massenburg
has proven himself to be.
MRS. WHITNEY’S CONDITION.
Aiken, S. C., April 16.—The condition of
Mrs. William C. 'Whitney, who was in
jured in a runaway some months ago, re
mains practically unchanged. From friends
who have recently seen her it is learned
that she suffers from a fracutre of the
second vitebra. The learned medical men
in attendance upon her fear injury to her
spinal cord, and to prevent this have de
vised a cage-like appliance for the head.
Trained nurses never leave her side. The
result of the fracture is a complete frac
ture of the motor muscles, Mrs. Whitney
being able to move only the tips of her
fingers. Her brain is perfectly uninjur
ed, and she seems to be appreciative and
aware of all that is being done for her.
QTICK JUSTICE.
London, April 16.—A special dispatch
from Simla says the nephew of Nawab, of
Dir, Swat district, near Chilral, with two
accomplices, attempted to take Nawab’s
life. The latter was not seriously wounded
and n.s assailants were captured and kill
ed.
CATSKILL IN COMMISSION.
Philadelphia, April 16. —The monitor
Catskill was placed in commission today.
JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY.
The American Poet Admired in Europe—
Vvords of Praise.
The editor of the Gentieman’s 'Maga
zine, •published London, has this to say
of the distinguished American poet who
will appear at the Academy of Music next
Tuesday night:
“S me fev years age I had the J>riviieg«
of meeting at a brilliant gathering Mr.
James Whitcomb Riley, the American
poet, and of hearing him recite one or two
of his short, poems. So simple, touching,
and pathetic were these, dealing gener
ally with children, that his subsequent
work has been followed by me with ex
treme interest. In England Mr. Riley is
known to the few. In America he has won
widespread recognition, and those who fol
low the best American mazazines. Scrib
ner's or the Century, lookout in them for
him sweet, homely, thoroughly human lyr
ics. ordinarily in what is known as the
Hoosier dialect. Mr. Riley’s writing are,
however, not confined to dialect poems, or
indeed to poems, since with some, as a
prose writer he is even more popular than
i as a poet. In the mingled humor and pa
: thos of his prose narratives he comes near
ler Dickens than any other writer. Our
I own Robert souls Stevenson has been hap
py in his treatment of child themes, and
I bis appeal to children. I doubt, however,
whether his svmpathy even is as full as
that of Mr. Riley.”
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GEORGIA, Bibb Count. To the Superior
Court of Said County:
The petition of the Jones Furniture
Company respectfully shows: That on the
11th day of November, 1897, it was duly
incorporated by an order of the Superior
Court of said county, a body corporate and
politic under the corporate name of the
Jones Furniture Company, for the purpose
of carrying on a general wholesale and re
tail furniture and house-furnishing busi
ness; and that it has been duly organized
under said charter, and is carrying on the
business authorized by said charter.
Your petitioner desires to amend its
aforesaid charter by changing the corpo
rate name from the Jones Furniture Com
pany to that of the Georgia Furniture
Company; and that said corporation shall
have all the rights and privileges under
the new name of the Georgia Furniture
Company, that it had under its original
name of the Jones Furniture Company,
and that said charter as amended, with all
powers, privileges, rights and immunities
by its said charter conferred, be continued
under its aforesaid charter as amended, for
a term of twenty years, with the right of
renewel at the end of that time.
Wherefore your petitioner prays the
granting of an order amending its said
charter by changing its name to that of
the Georgia Furniture Company, with all
the rights and privileges under its new
name that it held under its original name.
And your petitioner will forever pray.
R. K. HINES, Petitioners’ At
R. K. HINES, Petitioner’s Attorney.
I, Robert A. Nisbet, clerk of Bibb Supe
rior Court, do certify that the above is a
true copy of the original petition as the
same appears on file in said clerk’s office.
This April 16th, 1898.
ROBERT A. NISBET, Clerk.
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