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4 THE MACON ' NEWS. ESTABLISHED 1084. NEWS PRINTING COMPANY, PUBLISHERS. R. L. McKENNEY. Business Mnj?r. TOM W. LOYLES3, Editor. THE EVENING NEWS will be delivered by carrier or mall, per year, 15.00; per ■week, 10 cents. THE NEW'S will be for •ale on trains. Correspondence on live subjects solicited. Real name of writer should accompany same. Subscriptions payable in advance. Failure to .receive paper should be reported to the business office. Address all communications to Tire NEWS. Offices: 412 Cherry Street <LJ NTS N BEO Let the License Remain as it Is. Th* Nev.., never likes to say, “I toll ■yon so.” but in view of the utter miscon ception of its position by some of the 'frier.ls of prohibition at the very cutset of *fhe campaign just ended, it feels that •it might iff allow* 1 to call attention to «-'r.ain even's as justifying that position. Winn a prohibition election was first sug .g* fed for Bibb county. The 'News came forward in a spirit of hatmony. and offer ed a compromise plan, whereby the traf •<l' co tld 'be placed under the mest perfect control and the -threatened fight avoided. W’<- wire criticised 'by the prohibitionists •for offeGng wi-at they -called the old ‘‘high , li -i.n. ■ .makerhilt,” and we were abused 'by r-.rialn liquor (balers an 1 their friends ►far .. i.'i mpting ‘to run. them cut of bust- J ( 1( .. But wc warned the prohibitionist« such a ccmproinlre 'would gain for d~t?7i~whole. ‘me. tangible reform —-a vic •t ,/y without h< firing of a gun-—a great »l ■ > more than they could expect to gain i -at ’.i» poll-. Then they grew more .bitter [ in their criticism of us -for assuming that ! ■y.n y would L sc the ir fight. 1- i, just p Miblc that they would r.owj Ij. i ~i .u< h a reform brought about as : T’e Ni ,vs proposed. But the ittoublc is ■ they failed to take advantage of their pn- j 11.:r:unity. We know whereof we speak > win :i we say the thing could have been I .> month ago. Now, however, it is ‘ .iniye . ible, or at leant, improbable. We regret th.: this is so. because The ' Ni was in earnoi when it declared for ; ty-N-i license, ;-hor.i r hcutv, no .-ertens and : r, .-.rirted limit*--. l:» is the sort of re-form | tn li'.e liquor traffic that ’ wc ‘ciill hope to! ,* ■>t\-.ugh . about-in Ma -mi. To cur mind i far better iihan pr.ihibiticn. And 'wc | 1! r.i.l in any way we can to bring a! >u i.s accompli.-limt nt r.-t the proper time. We know as well as anyone that the li< ( i. :r traffic wf dl.eoii is not on a perfect is. 'We desire as much as anyone to an improvement. Absolute prohibition simply weni too far for us. Our sympa ahi< ; were then and arc still with those uhi ar? working to pr mote temperance; a.-. I wc simply differed w.ih them as to the plum It lie; been hiii-Gd t'.-.i. because of th. .prohibitionists’ refusal to accept any pro -P n il ion for a compromise and 'because of du cn.Timor.- expense imposed upon the _ lique- traffic of this city by reason of their refusal and the censequeiat election, 'the liqum- men will make a determined effort t > have uh? city license tax maite .riaily lesssened. If ibis is so, then the -liquor drab i . of Macon are bigger fools than we suspected. >But even if this is ■their d ire, which we seriously doubt, we are confident that lae mayor and council will not accede .to any such demand. Th# u i-dc.m of a SSOO license has already de ir»o rest rated vtself. But for the expense itha; the dealers l ave recently been put to. >we would ev< n like to see the license in lerr.iscd. As it is, however, the present li cense is equivalent to a higher one. IWe exceedingly regre; that The Nows’ proposed rcnipremise was not accepted at the out sti. n order that we might see more rad ical reforms applied to the liquor traffic, •but a sense of justice compels the admis sion that, it would now be unfair to enforce such measures so soon after what ’the trade has just passed through. The reforms are •desirable, but, through the obstinacy of a ifew, we have forfeited our opportunity to ■inaugurate them. But the liquor men have inot gained ithe right do disturb the condi tions that now exist, and any effort in that direction will meet with strong resist? nee from almost the entire community. Cause and Effect. While it is probably true that some •things occurred in yesterday’s election which should net have occurred, it must be borne in mind that under the present system of voting in this state it is abso lutely impossible ;o have a perfect elec tion. It will be admitted, too. that the things complained of are not new to any <>f us. (except, perhaps, to the lady work ers at the polls) but. on the contrary, have •been common to elections in this city and s aunty ever since the war. There was eome repeating, too much of it. of this there is no doubt; but probably not more than usual, and certainly not enough io change' the result if all such votes were thrown out. On the whole, yesterday’s election did not differ materially from others held in •this county, and if there are those who would condemn some of the methods that prevailed yesterday, they must first con demn the present system of balloting. A new ballot law will largely eliminate that ►element whose vo’g? at any and all times •fails to secure the public’s confidence and I respect. But until we adopt a better sys- I tern we cannot justly condemn those who ! icek to secure this vote—for under the ' present law a vote is a vote, and both sides ! to a contiet are equally anxious to recurs it, no matter what may be the or In ! tclHgcnce of the voter. For it Is always a menace until it. is cast. The News has long favored ballot reform ! in Georgia, and it Is led to hope that a i constitutional convention will bring about this much needed reform. Until then we shall expect nothing better than we have | hem accustomed to all our lives, nor shall i we too strongly blame Individuals for tak ing advantage of all the defects in the present system when .their Interests or principles are at stake. We had rather it . were otherwise, but is but . one way to make it s-o—change the system. An Orderly Ejection. Whatever else may be said of yesterday’s ; election it was an orderly one. Everybody I admits this, and everybody is gratified at the fact. Never before have we witnessed , such perfect order and geed feeling in a closely contested election, and we feel that ■ we cannot tco strongly comm.'nd both ’ides for their efforts in this direction. Every worker, whether he was a pro hibitionist or an anti, seemed imbued with d desire to keep the pc'ace and preserve order throughout. The police had evident ly bien given imperative orders along the > tame line, and they were unusually zeal- 1 ous In their efforts to see that nothing of ■ a disorderly na.ture occurred. Notwithstanding the ante-election talk j of ladies at the polls and of ‘‘crowding.’’ i all fears of trouble in this direction proved i to have been ill-founded. The News dis- ! couraged these fears from the outset and ! predicted in advance that good order i would preva.l at. the polls, but we must ■ now admit that our most sanguine expec tations .v. ere more than realized. Even the novel sight of lady workers at the polls did not disturb the serenity of th£ voters and everything moved along in per fect order. Instead of exciting these at the polls, it is quite likely that the pres ence of ladies among the voters allayed ; any turbulent spirit* that might- have ani- j mated a few, and caused everyone to con- ! duct themselves in shat respectful, gentle- j maul}’ manner that always characterizes I the Southern man, whether he be white ' or black, when in the presence of ladies. ! All in all. the election was the most or deily cur people have ever seen, and Ma con has cause to congratulate herself cn the fact. Nov For Another Campaign, It will be an easy mutter for our peo ' ide to ?ake up'where they left off six! weeks ago. Much easier, perhaps, than if the election had gene the ether way. For •the .simple, reason that we are not to be .oi.iionttd with changed conditions. I i’ings are to remain exactly as they were btiort the contest was inaugurated, eo that ncdiing lias becTt gained or last by the interruption, .beyond tha temporary de moralization always occasioned by a heated campaign. Ma. cn > : s the same today as yesterday and as before the contest was .started. Those who were then in business are to remain in 'business, uobcdy’.s invest ments are >to be disturbed, therefore the solid business force of the city remains as it. was. All that is now necessary to the inaugu ration of another campaign, a 'campaign ; this time for a Greater Macon, is for both j sides to the recent coirtest to promptly i put away the issue that has divided them | —for it can avail nothing to keep it any ] longer to ithe front in this community— i arid put their shoulder to the wheel for I Macon—for progress and prosperity. Conditions everywhere indicate a gener al commercial and industrial awakening. The South is looked upon as -the section most 'favored by these new conditions. Every live, progressive Southern city must ; ne.tas benefit by the new order of things. ' These that are first to grasp the epportu- i nities that lie within their reach will be i i?.c first to reap these .benefits. .Macon I must rot wait, she must not be a laggard. \\ o nave no time to lose, we cannot wait a month or two to begin work to this vnd. ' We must start 'in now. The election is ever and Macon remains ■ as she was. It is now our duty to go to ; work for her with the same spirit of unity , and town pride that we displayed several j months ago when celebrating her diamond ; jubilee. She is the same Macon now as ' then. We must go to work to make her larger and greater and better in everj way. We can accomplish nothing if any of us sulk in cur tents. We have settled our differences of opinion at the polls. There can be no difference between us in our love for Macon and our desire to see her prosper. We all proclaimed that before j tiro election. We must now prove it. The News has inaugurated a 'campaign for a Greater Macon. It is an issue on which prohis and antis can combine. For whatever tends to build up Macon must benefit them as individuals. We must all get together on this issue. The campaign must be waged without ceasing. Atlanta sent down to take dots. Atlanta i is beginning to feel that it will get around • to her again pretty sobn. Both sides deserve praise for the good order maintained at the polls yesterday. Wet or dry? The chip has been thrown. 1 and it has fallen “wet.” Now. play ball! I To Augusta: You're next. Spain’s Greatest Need. Mr. H. P. Olivia, of Barcelona, Spain, spends his winters at Aiken, S. C. Weak nerves had caused severe pains in the back of his head. On using Electric Bitters, America’s greatest blood and nerve rem edy. all pain soon left him. He says this grand medicine is what his country needs. 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They staid until the plaster fell from the ceiling find, hot and blistering, “pied their sticks.’’ The next day they went with the editor to an attic and helped him get out tho first newspaper after the groat fire It was a typographical curiosity and not much larger than a sheet of letter paper, but it was the only one in the town that day. They continued work in the attic until the newspaper resumed its former size, and in larger quarters, and the editor, Mr Mi dili, saio one day: “Tom Sullivan, you bp foreman. Jim Hutch, you be night foreman. Jim Snow, you take the ‘ad cate. And each of you hold your job as long as I am editor and as long as you live, for if I die first I shall arrange to. have you stay. ’’ “Jim Hutch” is the first to go Mr. Medill is still editor of the Chicago Trib une. Tom Sullivan is foreman. Jim Snow has the “ad’’ cases. New York Sun. A Narrow Escape. Thankful words written by Mrs. Ada E. Hart, of Groton, S. 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I I There Was | I A Time I | When people did foolish f | things —blew out the gas, S | bought gold bricks, prize S t packages and what not. g | There Was I I A Time I I When people expected g something for nothing, 1 and got it in the place | where the body and the 1 head connects. There Was I | A Time I ? When you expected tweu- | Ity dollar suits for four, | jg possibly with the thought 1 | that they grew I On Trees! I I They Don’t! I I Do not blow out the I gas of common sense. Do I not expect to buy. Suits, I Overcoats, ! Underwear I and I Furnishings. | Cheaper than we sell ! them. If you do they’ll | be Made Cheaper I Look Cheaper I Wear Cheaper EMI Pages || Wsta Today v RnsKiMnaMnBMHMHMMMrawBBanwBHBnMiMBaanBEBBRBBnMBDRMBHMMnMMH* THE MACON NEWS Gives you the news of the world and the news of Macon sixteen hours ahead of any other news paper published or received in Macon. 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