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A BRIGHT RELIGION. REV. DR. TALMAGE TAKES PLEASURE FOR HIS THEME. He Ha* No Rympathy With Straitjacket*, let I’oijitH Out the Da&ger* of I'nre ■trained Atnusemont Recreation That La-ad* to Sin. (Copyright, 189 R, hr American Dress Asso ciation. j WAfcniXGTON, June 19 From an un usual standpoint Dr Talnuqre in this dis course dlsi usfU-s ainn (-nients and applies tests by which they may lx- known as g<wst or Ihhl. Thu text is Judges xvi, 25: •Anil it camo to piss when their hearts wen merry that, th-y said, Cull for Samson, that, he may make us sport. And they called for Samson out of the prison house, and he made them sport.” There were 8, WO jcopli- assembled in the Temple of Dimon They hud come to make sport of cyeh *s Samson. They wen all ready for the entertainment. They tie ban t>> clap and pound, impatient for the am iiscim-nt to Ingin. and they cried: * Fetch him out! l etch him out!” Yon der I see the blind old giant coming, led by the hand of a child into the very midst of the temple. At his first appearance there goes up a shout of laughter and de rision. The blind old giant pretends he is tired and wants to rest himself against the pillars of the house, so ho says to the lad who leads him, “Bring me v hen-the main pillars are.” Tho lad does so. Then tjie strong man puts his hands on one of the pillars and. with the mightiest push that mortal ever made, throws himsell forward until the whole house comes down in thunderous crash, grinding the audience like grain's in a wine press. “And no it came to pass, when their hearts were mer ry, that they said, Gail for Samson, that he may make u.- ix-rt. And they milled for Samson out of the prison hituse, and he made them split.” In other words, there are amusements that are destructive and bring down disaster and death upon the heads of those who practice them. While, they laugh and cheer they die. The 3,000 who perished that day in Gaza are nothing compared with the tens of thou sands who have been destroyed, body', mind and soul by I,ad ammcments and by good amusements carried to excess. In my sermons you must have noticed that 1 have no sympathy with I'cciesiastical straitjackets or with that wholesale de nunciation of amusement - to which many arc pledged I Ixilieve the church of God has made a tremendous mistake in trying to suppress the sportfulness of youth and drive out from men their love of amuse ment. If God ever implanted anything in uh, he implanted this desire. But instead of providing for this demand of our nature the church of God has for the main part ignored it. As in a riot the mayor plants a battery at the end of the street and has it, hied oil, so that everything is out down that happens to stand in the range, the good a well as the bad, so there arc men in the church who plant their batteries of condemnation and fire away indiscrimi nately Everything is condemned. They talk as if they would like to have our youth dress in blue uniform, like the children of «n orphan asylum, and man h down the path of life to the turn- of the dead inarch In “Saul ” They hate a blue sash, ora rose bud in the hair, or a tasseled gaiter, and Lhink a man almost read.', for the lunatic asylum who utter ; a conundrum. A <iloi ioi.s W ork. Young Men’s (’hrist ian associat ions of tho country are doing a glorious work. ’1 hey have fine reading rooms, and al! the influences are ol the best kind, and are now adding gym: a iums amt howling alleys, w here without any evil surroiiiid ingH our young men may get physical as well ns spiritual improvement We are dwindling away to a naio-w i he: ted. weak armed, Iceble.l voiced raco when God calls us to n work in w hich he wants physical' ns w 11 as spiritual utilities. I would to God that the linn' might soon come when m all our colleges and theo logical seminaries, as at Princeton, a gym nasium shall be established. Wo spend Seven years of hard si tidy in preparation for the ministry and come out with bron chitis and dyspep- ta and liver complaint, and then craw l up into the pulpit and the people sgy, “Doesn’t he look heavenly!’' lieeauso he looks sickly. D-t the church of God direct rather than attempt to sup press the desire Cor amusement. The best, men that, the world ever know have had their sports William Wilberforce trundled hoop with his children, Martin Luther helped dress the (Tirist inns tree; Ministers have pitched quoits; philanthropists have gone a skating; prime ministers have played ball Our communities are filled with men and women who have in their souls un measured resources for sp.ciiiulness and frolic. Show me a man who never lights up with flport fulness and has no sympathy with the recruit ions of ot hers, and 1 w ill show you a matt who is a stumbling block to the kingdom of God. Such mon are enrieattires of religion. They lead young people to think that a man is go, d in pro portion ns he groans and frowns and looks sallow, and that the height of a man's Christian stature is in proportion to the length of hi:; face. I would trade oil 500 such men for one bright fuel'll, radiant Christian on whoso face are the words, “Rejoice evermore'" Every morning by his cheerful face he preaches 50 sermons. 1 will go further and say that 1 have no confidence in a man who makes a religion of his gloomy looks. That, kind-of a man always turns out badly. I would not want him for the treasurer of an orphan asylum. The orphans would suffer. Suspicions I’iety. Among 40 people whom I received into the church at one communion, there was only one applicant of whose piety I was suspicious He had the longest story to tell, had seen the most visions and gave an experience so wonderful t hat all the other applicants were discouraged. 1 was not surprised the year after to learn that he had run oil' with the funds of the isipk with which he was connected Who is this black angel that yon call religion—wings black foci black, leathers bliu'k? Our re ligion is a bright angel—fret. bright, eyes bright, wings bright, taking her place tn the soul. She pulls a rop< that reaches to the skies and sets all the bells of heaven n-chiming. Then'are some persons who, when talking to a minist* r. always feel it politic to look lugubrious Go forth. O l>eople, to your lawful amusement. God means you to Im* happy. But when then: an> so many sources of innocent pleasure why tamp-r with anything that is danger ous and polluting? Why stop our oars to a heaven lull of songsters to listen to the hiss of a dragon:- Why turn back from the mountain side all a-bloom w ith wild How ers and A-dash with the nimble torrents ami witii blistered feet attempt to climb the hot sides of Cotopaxi! Now, all opera houses, theaters, bowling alleys, skating rinks and all styles of amusement, good m il I ad. 1 put on trial today and judge of them by certain car dinal principles First yon may judge of any amusement by its healthful result or by its liancfnl reaction There are people who seem made up of hart! facts They are a combination of innltipli. at ion tallies and statistic If you show them an ex quisit* picture, th-y will Ix-gm to discuss the pignu t.ts involved in the coloring If you show them a lieautiful rose, they will submit it to a tMitanicid analysis, w hich is only the p>st mortem examination of a flower 1 hey never do anything more than feebly smile. Then- arc no great tides of feeling surging up from the depth of their soul in billow after billow of re vert K-rating laughter. They x-em as if nature had built them by contract and made a bungling job out of It. But, blessed be Gwd, there are people in the world who have Iwigltf fitees and whose' life is a song, uu anilicm, i> pu?!in of vic tory. Even their troubles abe like the viiu-s that crawl up the side of a gnat tower on thetopuf which the sunlight sits and the suit airs of summer hold p'j-petual carnival They an the jieoph- you like to have come to your house. They are the people 1 like to have come to my house. Now it is these exhilarant and sympathetic and warm hearted people that an- most tempted to iiernicious amuwtnents. In proportion as a ship is swift it wants a strong helmsman, in proportion as a horse is gay’ it wants a strong driver, and these people of exub< rant nature will do well to look at the naction of ail tucir amuse jnents. 1* uu uiumxjmeut sends you homo at night nervous so you cannot sleep, and i you rise in the morning not because you are slept out, but l>ecause your duty drags i you from your slumlters, you have been when- you ought not to have been. There are amusements that send union next day to his work bl<x»d.shot, yawning, stupid, ; imusi'.abxL and they an- wrong kinds of fiinii.- n.ents Then- an- entertainment that give a man with thedrudgery of life, with t<x»ls Ixs-ause they are not swords, with working aprons because they an.- not mix--, with cattle because they are not infuriated bull- of the arena. If any i amusement sends you home longing for a life of roinance ami thrilling adventure, love that takes poison anti shoots itself, moonlight .idventures and hairbreadth esx.'qx.'.' yon may depx-nd uixm it that you an- the sacrificed victim of unsanctified pl. ,-uiuie. Our recreations are intended to l>uild us up. ami if they pull us down as to our moral or as to our physical strength you may come to the conclusion that they are obnoxious. Danger of Vnrextrallied Amusement. Still further, those amusements are wrong which lead into expenditure be yond your means. Money spent in recrea tion is not thrown away. It is all folly for us to come from a place of amusement feeling that v»e have wasted our money and time. You may by it have made an investment worth more than the transac tion that yielded you ?iou or SI,OOO. Bat how many projierties have been riddled by ■ costly’ amusements? The table has lieen robbed to pay the club The champagne has cheated the children’s wardrobe. The carousing party has burned up the boy’s primer. The tablecloth of the corner sa loon is in debt to the wife’s faded dress. Excursions that in a day make a tour around a wliole month’s wages, ladies whose lifetime business it is to “go shop ping,” have their count* rpart in unedu cated children, bankruptcies that shock I the money market and appall the church and that -end drunkenness staggering across the richly figured carpi't of the mansion ami dashing into the mirror, and drowning out the carol of music, with the whooping of bloated sons come home to break their old mother’s heart. When men go into amusements that they cannot afford, they first borrow what they cannot earn, and then they steal what they can not borrow. First they go into embarrass ment and then into theft, and when a man gets as far on as that he does not stop I short of the penitentiary. There is not a prison in the land where then; are not vic tims of un -aiictiiied amusements. How often I have had parents come to me and ask me to go and beg their boy off from the consequence of crimes that he had com mitted against his employer—the taking i of funds out. of the employer’s till, or the , disarrang* i.ient of the accounts! Why, he had salary enough to pay all lawful ex penditure, but not enough salary to meet his sinful amusements And again and again I have gone and implored for the young man—sometimes, alas! the petition unavailing. How brightly the path of unrestrained amusement opens! Tho young man says: “Now lam off for a good time. Never mind economy. I’ll get money somehow. What a fine road! What a beautiful day for a riiic! Crack the whip and over the turnpike! Come, boys, fill high your glasses! Drink I Long life, health, plenty of rides just like this!” Hardworking men hear the clatter of the hoofs and look up mid say: “Why, 1 wonder where those fellows get their money from ! We have to toil and drudge. They do nothing.” To these gay men life is a thrill and an excitement. They stare at other pi'ople and in turn are stared at. The watch chain jingle , The cup foams. The cheeks flush. The eyes Hash Tho midnight hears their guffaw. They swagger. They jostle decent men off the sidewalk. They take the name of God in vain. They parody’ the hymn they learned at their mother’s knee, and to all pictures of coming disaster they cry I out, “ Who cares?” and to the counsel of some ('hristian friend, “Who are you?” Passing along the street some night you hear a shriek in a grogshop, the rattle of the watchman’s club, the rush of the po lice.. What is the matter now? Oh, this reckless young man has been killed in a grogshop fight! Carry him home to his father’s house. Parents will come down and wash his wounds and close Ids eyes in death They forgive him all he ever did, though he cannot in his silence ask it. The prodigal has got home at last. Mother will go to her little garden and get the sweetest Howers and twist, them into a chaplet for the silent heart of the wayward boy ami push back from the bloated brow the long locks that were once her pride. And the air will be rent with the father’s cry: "Oh, my son, my’ son, my poor son! Would God I had died for thee, oh, my son, my son!” Effect of the Body on the Soul. You may judge of amusements by their effect upon physical health. Tho need of many good people is physical recuperation. There are Christian men who write hard things against their immortal souls when there is nothing t he matter with them but «n incompetent liver. There are Christian people who seem to think that it is a good sign to be poorly, and because Richard Baxter and Robert Hall wore invalids they think that by the same sickness they may pome to the same grandeur of character. 1 vv ant to tell Christian people that God will hold you responsible for your invalid ism if it is your owp fault and when through right exercise and prudpnep you might be athletic and well. The effect of Hu body upon the soul you acknowledge. Put a msn of mild disposition upon the animal diet of which the Indian partakes, and in a little while his blood will change its chemical proportions. It will become like unto the blood of tho lion or the. tiger or the bear, while his disposition will change and Ixx-ome tierce, cruel and unre lenting. The body’ has a powerful effect upon the soul. There are people whose ideas of heaven are all shut out with clouds of tobacco smoke. There are people who dare to shatter the physical vase in which God put the jewel of eternity. 1 here are men with great hearts and in tellects in boilies worn out by their own jiegleets. Magnificent machinery’ capable of propelling a great Etruria across the Atlantic, yet f.-jstened in a rickety North river propeller. TJiysipal development which merely shows itself in g fijbulous lifting or in perilous ropo walking or In pugilistje encounter excites only our con tempt. but we- confess to great admiration for the man who has g great soul in an athletic body, every nerve, mjiscle and l>one of which js consecrated to right uses. Oh, it seems to me outrageous that men through neglect should allow their phys ical health to go down beyond repair, spending the rest of their life not in some great enterprise for God and the world, but in studying what is the best thing to lake fop dy sjH'psia. A ship which ought with all sails set and every man at his post to be carrying a rich, cargo for eternity, employing all its jnen iii stopping up leak ages! When you may through some of the popular and healthful recreations of our time work off your spleen and your queru lousness and one-half of your physical and mtaital liilments, do not turn your back from such a grand medicament. Sinful Pleasures. Again, judge of the places of amusement by tjw eonq>anionship into which they put you. If you belong to an organization where you have to ur-eii iti? with the in tenqierate, with the unckan, with the abandoned, however well they may be dressed, in the name of God quit it. They will despoil your nature. They will un dermine your moral character. They will drop you when you are destroyed. They will not gbe 1 cent to support your chil i dren when you arc dead. They w ill wrep not one tear at your burial. They will chuekk- over your ikimmition. But the day comes when the men who have exert ed evil iniluence upon their fellows will be brought to judgment. Scene, the Ust day. Stage the rocking earth. Enter dukes, lords, kings, beggars, clowns. No syrord. No tinsel. No crown. For foot jight.x fiv kindling llamesof a world. For orehi''trg. the trumpets that wake the dead. For gallery’, clouds fllied ith angel sjectators For the clapping iloods "f the sea. For curtain.- the heavens rolled together as a scroll. For tragedy, the doom of the destroyed. For farce, the ; effort to serve the world and Goff at the same time. For the last scene of the fifth act, the tramp of nations across the stage, some to the right, others to the left. Again, any amusement that gives you a distaste for domestic life is bad. Hov many bright domestic circles have be* broken up by sinful amusements? father went off, the mother went off, the child went off. There are all around us the fragments of blasted households. Oh, if you have wandered away, 1 would like to charm you back by the Sound of that one word, “Home.” Do you not know that you have but little more time to give to domestic, welfare? Do you not see, father, that your children are mxui to go out into thg world, and all the influence for gixsl you are to have over them you must have now? Death will break in on your conjugal relations, and. alas if you have to stand over the grave of one who perished fiom your neglect. I -aw a wayward husband standing at the deathl.--d of his Christian wife, and I saw her point to a ring on her finger and he.ird her say to her husband, “Do you see that ring?” He replied, “Yes, I see it.” “Well,” said she, "do you remember who put it there?” “Yes,” said he, "1 put it then'.” And all the past seemed to rush upon him. By the memory of that day when in the presence of men and angels you promised to be faithful in joy and sorrow and hi sickness and in health; by the memory of those pleasant hours when you sat together in your new house talking of a bright future; by the cradle and the excited hour when one life was spared and another given; by that sick bed, when the little one lifted up the hands and called for help abd you knew he must die, and he put one arm around each of your necks and brought you very near together In that dying kiss; by the little grave in the cemetery that you never think of without a rush of tears; by tho family Bible, where in its stories of heav enly love is the brief but expressive record of births and deaths; by the neglects of the past and by the agonies of the future; by a judgment day when husbands and Wives, parents and children, in immortal groups will stand to be caught up In shin ing array or to shrink down into darkness —by all that I beg you to give to home your best affect ions. I look In your eyes today, and I a-k you the question that Gehazi asked of the Shuhammite: “Is it well with thee? Is it well with thy hus band? Is it well with thy child?” God grant that it may be everlastingly well! Deciding Destiny. Let me say to all young men your style of amusement will decide your eternal destiny. One night 1 saw a young man at a street corner evidently doubting as to w hich direction he had better take. He hail his hat lifted high enough so you could see he had an intelligent forehead. He had a stout chest; he hud a robust de velopment. Splendid young man. Cul tured young man. Honored young man. Why dill he stop there while so many w’ere going up and down? The fact is that ev ery man has a good angel and a bad angel contending for the mastery of his spirit And there was a good angel and a baa an gel struggling with that young man’s soul at the corner of the street. “Come with me,” said the good angel “I will take you home. I will spread my wing over your pathway, I will lovingly escort you all through life, 1 will bless every cup you drink out 01. every couch you rest on, every doorway you enter; I will consecrate your tears when you weep, your sweat when you toil, and at the last 1 will hand over your grave into the hand of the bright angel of a Christian resur rection. In answer to your father’s peti tion and your mother’s prayer I have been sent of the Lord out of heaven to be your guardian spirit. Come with me!” said the good angel in a voice of unearthly symphony. It was music like that which drops from a lute of heaven when a seraph breathes on it. “No, no,” said the bad angel, ‘ comewith me! I have something better to offer. The wines I pour are from chalices of bewitching carousal, the dance 1 lead is over Hoor tessellated with unre strained indulgences. There is no God to frown on the temples of sin where I wor ship. The skies arc Italian. The paths 1 tread are through meadows daisied and primrosed. Come with me!” The young man hesitated at a time when hesitation was ruin, and the bad angel smote the gooff angel until it departed, spreading wings through the starlight up ward and away until a door Hashed open In the sky and forever the wings vanish ed. That was the turning point in that young man’s history, for, the good angel flown, he hesitated no longer, but startei? on a pathway which is beautiful at the opening, but blasted at the last. The bad angel, leading the way, opened gate after gate, and at each gate the road became rougher and the sky more lurid, and, what was peculiar, as the gate slammed shut it came to with a jar that indicated that it would never open. Passed each portal, there was a grinding of locks and a shoving of bolts, and the scenery on either side the road changed from gardens to deserts, and the June air become a cutting December blast, and the bright wings of tho bad angel turned to sackcloth and the eyes of light became hol low with hopeless grief, and the fountains that at the start hail tossed wine poured forth bubbling tears and foaming blood, and on the right side of the road there was a serpent, and the man said to the bad angel, “What is that serpent?” And the answer was, “That is the serpent of sting ing remorse ” On the left side of the road there was a lion, and the man asked the bail angel, “What is that lion?” And the answer was, “That is the lion of all de vouring despair. ” A vulture flew through the sky, and the man asked the bad angel, “What |s shat vulture?” And the answer was, "That is the vulture waiting for the carcasses of the slain ” A.nd then the man began to try to pull off of him the folds of something that had wound him round and round, and lie said to the bad angel, “What is it that twists me in this awful convolution?” And the answer was, “ That is the worm that never dies!” And then the man said to the bad angel: “What does all this mean? 1 trusted in what you said at the corner of the street that night. I trusted it all, and why have you thus deceived me?” Then the last deception fell off the charmer, and it said: “I was sent forth from the pit to destroy your soul. 1 watched my chance for many a long year. When you lie.-itatcd that night on the street, I gained my triumph. Now you are here. Ha, ha! You are here! Come, now, let us All these two chalices of fire tuui drink together to darkness and vvix' and death Hail, hail!” <) young man wi!J the good angel sent forth by Christ or the bad angel sent forth by sin get tho victory over your soul? Their wings are interlocked this moment above you, contending tor your destiny, as above the Apennines eagle and condor fight piid sky. This hour may decide your destiny. God help you 1 To hesitate is so die! A Texas Wonder. HALL’S GREAT DIST'OVERY. One small bottle of Hall’s Great Dis covery cures all kidney and bladder trou bles, removes gravel, cures diabotis, semi nal emisisons, weak and lame backs, rheu matism and all irregularities of the kid neys ami bladder in both men and women Regulates bladder troubles in children. If not sold by your druggist will be sent by mall on receipt of ?1. One small bottle is two months’ treatment and will cure any ease above mentioned. E. W. HALL, Sole Manufacturer. P. 0. -Box 218. Waco, Texas. Sold bv H. J. Lamar & Son, Macon, Ga. READ THIS. Cuthbert. Ga. March 22, 1898.—-This is to certify that I have been a sufferer from a kidney trouble for ten years and that I have taken less than one bqttle of Hall’s Great Discovery and 1 think that I am cured. 1 cheerfully recommend it to any one suffering from any kidney trouble, as I know of nothing that I consider its equal. R. M. JONES. $1.50 TO INDIAN SPRINGS And Return —Saturday-Monday Rate. Beginning Saturday, June 11. the South ern railway will sell round trip tickets from Macon to Indian Spring each Satur day for afternoon and evening trains good to return until the Monday following at rate of $1.50 round trip. U..4.NPALL CLIFTON Traveling Passenger Agent. Mr. P. Ketchum of Pike City, Cal., says: “During my brother’s late sickness from sciatic rheumatism Chamberlain’s Pain Balm was the only remedy that gave hrm any relief.” Many’ others have testified to the prompt relief from pain which this liniment affords. For sale by H. J. La mar Sons, MACON NEWS MONDAY EVENING, JUNE 20 1898, JUDGE GEORGE F. GOBER Addresses the People of Georgia in Answer . to Judge W. H. fish. To the Democratic Voters of Georgia— There appeared recently in the Journal and Constitution a communication signed by W. H. Fish, which is a most remark able production. Two years ago, by reason of the adoption of a constitutional amend ment. there were three new places to be filled in the supreme court, the length of the terms of which were respectively two, four and six years. I was a candidate before the Democratic convention for one of these places. On the first ballot I lacked but few votes of the nomination. I had possibly the strongest individual following of any man before the convention. Judge Fish was nominated and in the disposition of these places he received the term of two years. His term of office expires with this year. He ran before that convention with the distinct understanding that one of these places was for two years, and under the law he received this term. The clerks of the superior court, the sheriffs, the tax collectors, the tax receivers, the coroners, the memwrs of the house, the members of the senate, the governor, as w’ell as the statehouse officers, each have a term of two years. When this term ex pires the office Is vacant. The man who accepts the office accepts it upon the dis tinct understanding as to the length of his term and the duties that devolve upon him under it. I say’ this much for the reason that Judge Fish has endeavored to create a sympathy for himself by reason of the fact that he got the two-year term. I went before that convention with possi bly three times as many votes as he had. So far as my being the popular choice for one of these places over him before that convention, no man cognizant of the facts can have any doubt in reference to it. However, there was a combination. My’ friends stood by me for twm days and a night, and at the end of df, by reason of this combination, I w’as defeated. I ac cepted it w’lth good grace; it w’as one of the incidents of politics. Many friends throughout the state, recol lecting the unfair treatment that I was accorded during the progress of that con vention, have insisted that I stand again for this plaee. I am now a candidate for associate justice to fill the place which will lie made vacant by the expiration of the term of office of Hon. W. H. Fish. At the outset I referred to the ,pubica tion of this distinguished gentleman, wherein he made some references to my self. He begins by saying my candidacy has not been fair; that I have not an nounced against whom I was running. So far as this is concerned I have his letter of some time ago directed to a gentleman in Georgia in which he states distinctly’ that he will be opposed by me. Previous to this time I had given no utterance in reference to it; I preferred to let the peo ple of Georgia say whether or not I should have a plaee in that court. I did not wish to undertake at the outset the defeat of any candidate. It was my desire to secure the suffrages of my fellow citizens for a place on the supreme bench and it was not my desire to defeat any particular candi date. So far as Judge Fish is concerned, he has been writing letters for some three or four months. He has understood all the while that I expected to oppose him, and more than this, I have had from people who were working in his interest different pro positions pledging me support provided I would make the race either against Judge Simmons or Judge Lewis. Judge Fish has understood all the while the exact situa tion. and he has not been surprised by the fact that my candidacy has been de fected against him. Judge Fish could have known any day in the world as to whether or not I would oppose him. He could have applied to me and found out, and this he never did. Now, he makes complaint again in ref erence to certain tickets. The first tickets that I ever heard of that were printed in the way of which he complains were tick ets sent out by his friends from (Atlanta to Habersham county. Those tickets were printed with my name opposing Judge Lewis. This needs no comment, as it was known I was not opposing Judge Lewis. Again, in the county of Fayette, of which he complains, I knew nothing of any primary there until two days before it came off. I never stopped in that county in my life, and have not been thre during the progress of this campaign. But my friends tell me they found the county flooded with tickets that emanated from Atlanta printing my name in opposition to Judge Lewis, when I was opposing Judge Fish. Now, I did not print any tickets there; I knew nothing of it, and it is a rash and unfounded statement to charge me with having anything to do with the form of tickets used. ‘He speaks of ‘Walker county. I do not know anything about Walker county. I have not been in it since this campaign started. This county was for Judge Fish before, and is now for me. seems to be the only trouble about it- Judge Fish says further: ‘‘Judge Gober has sent out numerous letters and circu lars, many of which are full of cheap clap-trap to catch votes. For instance, in a number of them addressed to farmers, he poses an an agriculturist, and to some he sent photographs representing himself superintending the packing of peaches for shipment to market. Surely such meth ods are not to be commended. Everybody knows that we want for judges men who have a knowledge of the law, and that farmers, however honorable their calling, have not the training for such offices This sort of electioneering is a direct reflection upon the intelligence of our farmers, but I do not believe they are so densely ig norant as to approve of Judge ‘Gober’s ab surd suggestion that they put him on the supreme bench, because, forsooth, he is a farmer.” I wish to say in reference to this that Judge Fish cannot find in all the letters that I have sent out this year any statement over my signature, or any reference to agriculture, or as to whether I am a farm er or as to whether I am not a farmer. As to whether I have sent out clap-trap or not, of course, that depends on the point of view from which one sees it. He may think it is clap-trap. He is entitled to his opinion on it. As to the photographs of a fruit-picking scene, I wish to say there was a photpgraph made of a fruit-picking scene in my orchard last summer. As I remember, there were fifteen of them made. I gave one apiece to two colored men who woik for me in Cobb county. A number of the others were given to friends there, and I would say some six or eight were sent to special friends of mine, and the sending of these photographs had no connection in the world with this contest in which I'am engaged. I leave to a fair and impartial public the question as to who it is that has sought the benefit by clap-trap in the face of these facts. As is well known by my friends in the stafe, I have a peach orchard in Cobb county. The fact that pictures were made of me in connection with the packing of fruit last summer and given to personal friends of mine at the time, when I was a candi date for no office, and when the circum stances could have no bearing upon any political issue, would nrjf hqvp beep re ferred to by a man who is seeking office upon a high and just plane. It is a pal pable effort to prejudice the lawyers and judges of the state against me by insin uating that I was posing as a fruit grower and a farmer. I believe that the fair and Intelligent sentiment of the state will re sent any such cheap methods. I challenge the honorable gentleman further to find one single letter or request to anyone in this great state wherein over my signature I have asked any one to sup port me on the ground that I was a farm er. When a man goes before the public with the avowed purpose of prejudicing another in public estimation, he must re member that he is dealing with an impar tial jury; that whilst he would prejudice his antagonist, he must remember that ha himself is upon trial —his methods, his fairness, or want of fairness —in fact, every circumstance surrounding the matter will be considered in weighing his work and in appreciating It. Jt is a great mistake to think that the public can toe gulled by reckless statements unsupported toy facts. Since I have been upon the bench I have endeavored to enforce the law in a busi ness-like way. I have endeavored to Jo it with due regard to expense and results. Now this distinguished gentleman has some reference to myself as a reformer. I have never posed as a reformer. I called, attention through the governor to the de-' sects in the laws of our state in reference to needing fast bills of exception in crim inal cases. The governor recommended this in his message and the till was pass ed in the legislature through the efforts of Hon. William H. Fleming, of Augusta. hether I am a reformer or not. I wish to say that this is one of the most important pieces of legislation enacted in Georgia in a long while in the expediting of criminal cases, and has saved the different counties more money in the administration of the criminal law than any other single meas ure. Previously a criminal case could be delayed six months before it was heard in the supreme court. iNow, under this law, it goes there in thirty days. Again, I wrote and presented to the legislature the bill for hearing criminal eases where the evidence was vulgar or obscene in camera —that is, by excluding the public. There are various other matters which have had iny> attention. I have insisted further that our laws should be so changed and we should have such rules that people who commit heinous crimes could with some degree of certainty be punished and their cases disposed of. I claim nothing on this account. It was my duty to consider these matters, and I did it, but I submit as to whether or not on this account I am to be sneered at as a reformer by an associate justice of the su preme court, and as to whether I am to be placed in the false attitude of attacking the supreme court. This distingished gen tleman, when he made this statement in reference to it, either knew or assumed to know, and in either event, with due regard for the facts about it, he could not have made any such statement as- that I had' attacked the supreme court .or any mem mer of it. The work of the supreme court is the public property of the state of Geor gia. When it is finished it is not the work of any judge, and does not 'belong to him. The people of Georgia, the tikpayers of Georgia, have a right to consider it, and they have a right to have whatever laws are necessary in order to improve it; they have a right to have new rules in order to make sure our proceedure and to ex pedite results. Now, in fairness in the face of these facts .with not a single particle of evidence to sustain the statement, I call upon this distinguished gentleman to let his rn hood assert itself and to retract the state ment if he cannot support it by facts. This distinguished gentleman states that I be gan and perpetuated my career as an office holder by combinations. It is not strange that one who has most unexpectedely ob tained a high office himself by such meth ods, should charge them upon another. But the truth is—and I need not call the attention of the public to it —■! have been elected judge of my circuit for three con secutive terms iwithout opposition, and without the necessity of resorting to any such methods were I disposed to employ them. These facts should have been known to this distinguished gentleman, and no doubt were known to him. and yet he has seen fit, in the interest of his own candi dacy, to seek to mislead the public about them. He has a good deal to say about keeping judicial elections out of politics. From what the says we are to imagine that he is very much afraid of politics. I call to witness the people of this state state that there has been no election lately for any office where any candidate has pitched his claims for any office upon a lower plane than has this distinguished gentleman by this letter of his. There is not a man in Georgia that has heard me say one harsh word against him during the progress of this campaign. To shci-v the desperate conditions of the fortunes of this distinguished gentleman who, angered by opposition, talks of the high office he holds and depre g tes the slush and slime of politics; in the next breath he removes in public what he calls the judicial ermine and descends into the arena and challenges me to a mud-sling ing contest. This would be a fine specta cle for the people of Georgia—an associate justice of the supreme court and a judge of the superior court each charged with a certain part of the administration of the laws, and the associate justice making charges he cannot substantiate, and the circuit judge—no, this circuit judge will have no part in it. If it takes mud-sling ing to get a place in that court, I will never get there. >1 decline the contest. If success is to be achieved by getting down to such work I do not want to succeed. There are those who have thought that a knowledge of the laiw and experience in its administration were qualities that were to be considered, but according to the ideas if this distinguished gentleman all that is necessary is to he able to sling mud. He winds up his fulmination with the assertion that he has duly considered and weighed his work. So much the- worse for him. Let him reconsider this assertion and answer me: First. Speaking of clap-trap, is it not true that certain friends of yours in the city of Savannah, are now claiming down there that you have certain affiliations with the Catholic church when in fact you do not have? Every man has a right to his church relations and I do not question that right, but we are speaking of clap-trap. Second. Is it true that I have perpet uated myself in office by combination when I have been elected three times without opposition, and if so, what combination have I ever made to perpetuate myself in office, as you charge? Third. What evidence have you that I have sent photographs to farmers, as you charge, for the purpose you charge? Fourth. Is it true, or not true, that I have attacked the members of the supreme court, and if so, let us have the evidence. Courts that hear charges and determine issues must render their findings. A man that is not guilty is entitled to a verdict from whatever tribunal-tries him. There must be a result. Now, how about it? • Now, knowing that your charges were not true how many newspapers have you paid to publish your letter? Is it not true that you have had it published all over the state. GEORGE F. GGB.ER, P. S.— I notice a paid advertisement in tho Atlanta Journal signed by T. M. Brumby. Mr. Brumby carried a concealed pistol to the polls when he was a candi date for mayor. He pulled his pistol to shoot his opponent and was prevented by the sheriff. He came into court and filed two pleas of guilty and I had no alterna tives but to assess his penalties. He had his letter written and paid for its inser tion. I can have no discussion with him. *G F G CASTORIA. Bears the Kind You Haw Always Bought 8 "“‘“ I was seriously afflicted with a cough for several years and last fall had a more severe cough than ever before. I have used many remedies without receiving much relief, and being recommended tu try a bott|e of GahntberJain’s Cough Rem edy by 4 friend, whq, knowing me to be a poor widow, gave it to me. I tried it with the most gratifying results. The first bot tle relieved me very much and the second bottle has absolutely cured me. I have not had as good health for twenty years Re spectfully, Mrs. Mary A. Beard, Claremore, Ark. Sold by H. J. Lamar & Sons, drug gists. Bucklin’s Arnica salve The best salve In the world for cuts, bruises, seres, ulcers, salt rheum, fever sores, tetter, chapped hands, chilblains, corns, and all skin eruptions, and positive ly cures piles, or no pay required. It is guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction or money refunded. Price 26 cents per box. For sals by H. J. Lamar A Boas' drug stare. Hotel Cumberland, opens for the summer June 14th. Reduced terms offered parties of five or more. Lee T. Shackelford, Proprietor. AN OPEN LETTER To MOTHERS. WE ARE ASSERTING IX THE COURTS OUR RIGHT TO THE EXCLUSIVE USE OF THE WORD “CASTORIA,” AND “PITCHER’S CASTORIA,” AS OUR TRADEMARK. Z, DR. SAMUEL PITCHER, of Hyannis, Massachusetts, • was the originator of “CASTORIA/ the same that has borne and docs now bear , on. everu the sac-simile signature of wrapper. This is the original "CASTORIA'’ which has been used in the homes of the Mothers of America for over thirty years. LOOK CAREFULLY at the wrapper and see that it is the kind you have always bought the and has the signature of r wrap- per. No one has authority from me io use my name except The Contain Company, of which Chas. H. Iletchcr is President. March 24,1898. * Do Not Be Deceived. Do not endanger the life of your child by accepting a cheap substitute which some druggist may offer you (because he makes a few more pennies on it), the in gredients of which even he does not know. “The Kind Yon Have Always Bought” BEARS THE SIGNATURE OF Insist on Having The Kind That Never Failed You. THE CENTAUR COMPANY. 77 MURRAY STREET. NLW YORK CITY F ; A Guttenbe n?er If l Pianos, organs and musical Bk ~ instruments. Celebrated Sohmer <fc Co.'s Piano ■"'4l?. Matchless Ivers A Pond Piano. The Wonder Crown, with orchestral at tachments. - The Reliable Bush « Gersts Piano. OWS •••' 'Estey Organ. ffiGlll! Burdett Or-an. Ip-iL-j ' -4,Waterloo Organ. Number of second-hand pianos and or gans at a bargain. L A? 1 in tne Hands of R Boy A good Ice Cream Freezer will do as well as a poor one operated by more skillful hands. The Ohio Freezeris a money and time saver. Its first cost is not great, it uses little ice and freezes in less time than any other. Strong and durable. With and without wheel. From 2to 20 quart. And while on this cold subject let us remind onr cus tomers that we have Ice Picks, Ice Shavers, North Star Refrigerators and many other ice goods at moderate prices. Don’t Lay It to the Water. Pure water is necessary to health, but clean premises is equally im portant. DISINFECTANT LIME is the only thing that guarantees a per fect sanitary condition. Keep the yards well sprinkled. It ’will neutral ize the poisonous gases and prevent sickness—will save you many a dol lar in doctor’s bills. Be advised in time. We have reduced the price to 50 cents per barrel delivered . One barrel may’ prove the salvation of of your family. Use it now. Don’t wait. TC. BURKE, MACON, GEORGIA Ride Easily. • The ease and comfort with which an f A, eye-glass ” rides a nose" depends more on pjljffSifyk the manner of adjusting then the kind of wfC frame. “Hold Fast,” Kant Kum Off,” “Never Slip” are only relative ’errns. They ALL slip unless properly adjusted. There rd J i3 a knack in bening and adjusting frames At a nose that is only mastered by one 0,1 practical experience in their construc % J ’ Jjg * 1 lion and a thorough knowledge of facial J contour. We study these things as well , * as study to please. It pays us to please you. E. FRI'EDiM-AN, the. Optocal Specialist, Office 314 Second street. The only safe, sure and 11 s Biff k* n c * ■ ii reliable Female PILL mREkIv L Ikl 111 VOMW £1 E S 0 ever offered to Ladies, JBF rtNrnnUiHL PILLo» 1 Ask for DJI. MOTT 3 PEIIBfYKOYAL FILX.B and take no other. Send for circular. 1’ rice §I.OO per box, w boxes for $5.00. i DR. AIO'A'I”N CJHK VOCAL. For sale bv H I T.A MAR Sr SONS Wholesale Aver>‘« No Book to carry around. Ng T.ckets to get lost. In using Trading Stamps simply have your book at home and ask for Stamps When you buy for cash. Every member of the family can get them. We give you orders on merchants or elegant Premiums valued ai $5.00 to $9.00 each. Philadelphia Trading Stamp Co., Office Goodwyn’s Drug Store, Macon, Ga. A. B. HINKLE, Physician and Surgeon. Office 370 Second Street. Office phone 917, two calls; resi dence phone 917 four calls. •. Doe« general practice. I tender my ser vices to the people of Macon and vicinity. Diseases of the eye, ear, nose, throat and lungs a specialty. Office consultation and treatment for the poor free from 8 to 9 a. m. Visits in city for cash—day ,1. night 12. Medical services free to families of all who are in the army from Macon. Eye glasses and spectacles fitted accurately and furnished. Prices very reasonable. Office hours 8 to 10 a. m.; 12 tor 1 p. m., and 6 to 6. p. m. Monday, Friday and Saturday nights 8 to 9:30. STURTEVANT HOUSE, • Broadway nn<l 2f»rli St., Now York, American <£■ European plan. Wil liam F. Bang, proprietor. Broad | way cable cars passing the doot transfer to all parts of the city. Saratoga Springs I THE KENSINGTON. and cottages. H. A. & W. F. BAOTG, Proprietors, New York Office, Sturtevant House. I For Business Men In the heart of the wholesale dis 8, trket. * i For Shoppers 3 minutes walk to Wanamalters; 8, 8 minutes walk to Siegel-Coopers S Big Store. Easy of access to the , ► I great Dry Goods Stores. For Sightseers One block from cars, giving F easy transportation to all points _ I Hole! Altai, :> New York. <; S Cor 11th St. and University v. Plaice. Only one block from 8, S Broadway. > ROOMS, |1 UP. RESTAURANT, S < ► Prices Reasonable. , ► DiiHFli COLE’S Natural Stone Water Filter. The best one on the mar ket. Makes the muddiest water clear as crystal. Capacity 15 gallons per hour. You can’t afford to be without one as the price is within the reach of all —only $5.00. Call at our store and see one do the work, i GARDEN The Man niture Fruit Growers’ Express. ARMOUR & CO., Prop’rs. Are now prepared to furnish refrigera tion to all fruit growers in the territory for handling the peach crop. The com pany is prepared to make contracts with the growers, and having ample cars and ice supply is prepared to handle all busi ness with promptnes and dispatch. For information as to rates and schedlues ap ply to any of the following district agents: H J. Hark, Fort Valley, Ga. T. E. King, Marshallville, Ga. Inman H. Payne, Jr., Americus, Ga. P. B. Griffith, Eatonton, Ga. W. S. Deldrlck, Elberta, Ga. Or to office Fruit Growers’ Express, Ma con, Ga. I. M. FLEMING, General Southeastern Agent. In order to reduce our stock of specta cles and Eyeglasses, we will, for a short time, sell all $2.50 Spectacles and Eye glasses for $1; all $3.50 Spectacles and Eyeglasses for $1.75. We guarantee them to be the best quality, and if not satisfac tory will return t he money. H. J. 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