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EGODJDVICE
Given to the Farmers by the
President of Congress.
HOW TO HAKE MONEY.
Farrrers Hereafter Must Adapt
Themselves to the Market—Leg
islative Reforms.
Ex-Governor Hoard, the president of the
Fanner* * Na.icnaJ Congress, now in ses
sion at Fort Worth, Tex., in thecourse of
ills annual address said:
"Heretofore our vision has been direct
ed almost wholly to the price we were to
receive for our products. The present
tide of evolution bears us in another di
rection. We cannot control prices; the
market end of the question is beyond the
individual reach, or modification of any
farmer. What can we do, what must we
do to increase his profit, for on thathangs
his prosperity. This must he do:
"He must realize that he is no longer
a crude producer; he is a manufacturer.
Hem ust invoke science, invention, better
system, more thorough. organization
■among his fellow farmers, more exhaust
ive study of the underlying priciple of his
business, improve methods, everything
that he can lay hold of, to contribute to
a reduction of the cast of production.
"He is subject to same economic laws
as is every other manufacturer. The world
declares that it wil have cheap food and
clothing, for each is the humane order
of our civilization. The American farmer
m in the fore front of a merciless compe
tition, for from the soil come primarily
all food and clothing. 'He must furnish as
good as the best or he will lose the mar
ket. He must do this at a living cost and
keep up the fertility of the soil, or he
and his farm will both perish by the way.
The demands of modern civilization are
expensive. It costs more to live, educate
■hi* children and be a. man among men
than it did his father fifty years ago.
There is but one road out of the difficulty,
that I can see. He must put more thought
into this question of the cost of produc
tion. This i-s theetid of the proposition,
■the farm end, the only end within his
control. Heretofore the cry has been
more land until the farm has become big
ger than the farmer. This makes expen
sive farming. The necessities of the hour
say, make the farmer bigger than the
farm. To keep two acres or two animals
or two machines or two men to do the
work of one is wasteful farming. There
■s no longer a remunerative market for
the product of such methods
"The progress of economic thought and
understanding has enriched every other
class of society more than the farmer. A
number of our farm products are produced
just as expensively a« they were forty
years ago. Ancient farming no longer
payv, Wic can do something if we are
mep ty jjejp along a reform in
this respect amdtig out* brethren.
"Our ability tp retain the markets of
■the world depends almost oi>jihT)y uptfu
our economic skill, Oqr talk abpu’l ihteflP '
kind has, I fear, cheapened oqr thought ,
and our estimate of what is involved.
?.?r es ; 111 URtiODUI J>QSSas»c '
*-l6ms wii hot help US» expansion of
the brdirt) skill Afld judgment of the far
mer wil help. Let us never lose sight of '
or forget that the great objective point
’Of all farmers* organizations is to make I
better farmers. From this Pierian spring ,
will flow a stream of blessings to the
whole country.
"Tbe Farmers' National Congress is
needed as an organized body of opinion to
promote as best it, can national legisla
tion in support of the department of Agri
culture. Our present and sagacious sec
retary of agriculture is doing what he can
to introduce American food products into
foreign markets and to promote their con
sumption. That department should have
the authority and means to employ under
its own direction commercial agents in
every food market in the world. Den
mark sends its agents to England to re
ceive, guard and look after its shipments
of butter and bacon. Canada is doing the
same. There is no reason on earth better
than traditional abstraction why the Unit
ed States should not show the same good
business sense. Besides, there is a great
trade awaiting us at our very doors inthe
Bister republics of the southern part of
this continent.
“Can we say or do anything here which
will move our national legislature into
work of a. practical character in the way
of mail subsidies to a ine of American
steamships sailing direct from the south
ern ports to South American pors? I hope
we can. It is a reproach to the practical
statesmanship of the American people
That some thing has not been done if this
character. A constitutional of traditional
quibble is poor consolation for the loss of
an international trade which would soon
grow into magnificent proportions.
"This eongres can do some: a! ng in the
way of aiding the greater efficiency of tbe
state experiment stations, some of which
are hardly more than lodging nous’s for
politiccans. It can stand uo and r<bi ke
in no measured terms the prostitution of
agricultural necessities and progress to
political favoritism. It can and should
■demand of the national government the
taxation to extinction of all counterfeit
food products.
"An imitation is a counterfeit, and a
counterfeit is a fraud per se. and should
have no rights before the law as against
an honest product of the farm. No mat
ter how many hired chemists assert to
the contrary, counterfeit food porducts
are a menace to the health of the public,
and to the prosperity of tbe farmer and
of the nation. In every state there is
needed a dairy and food commission to act
as a bureau for the enforcement of good
law's against food, drug and drink coun
terfeiting. The only law we have is the
enfirced law. This body can. and in my
opinion should, express no doubtful opin
ion on these subjects.
"We cam promote a wide acquaintance
ship between the agriculturists of The
whole country, teaching ourselves in the
doctrine first, that there is no north, no
south, no east no west. It is the bounden
duty of this congress to preserve its own
life. To this end I would recommend the
creation of auxiliary organizations in the
several states. Two forces will work con
stantly to disrupt and disorganize us. first,
the selfishness of certain elements which
dread the effects of the education we can.
and should accomplish here in the way
helping public conviction to true under
standing of the rights and interests of
the American framer. Second, the per
sonal sacrifice of time, effort and money
neceesary to the assembling of this con
gress. One is at work without, the other
within.
“The invigorating sympathy, welcome
and hospitality with which this congress
has been greeted everywhere should build
us anew in faith, hope and courage. Just
as long as \'V put our purpose above our
selves will tile people encourage the pro
motion of the objects and purposes of this
organization. vVe must not forget that a
part of our uuy ;s to stimulate a broader
and deeper growth of agricultural citizen
ship. We have something more to live
for than a living. We have, as a class,
| larg<» duties to perform to that nation, the
state and the community. Our standing
t among men Is the true measure of the
| rights and privileges that win be accord -
i ed to ua in law or social relations. We
j hav< curselvee. not our stars, to blame if
j we are and crdl Ings.
"Every other profession pays large re
( apect to the intellectual power and de
velopment. Have they accrete more pro
found to solve than we? Have they pnob-
■ kins more difficult to comprehend? No.
i The farmer stands daily in the presence of
■ God's laws the most profound, the most
i subtle of all laws to interpret. He
i shrinks from such contention. He real
j izes his lack of intellectual training. He
• submits to unjust laws and systems of
, taxation. He see® personal property
[ i largely exempt and landede property
' grievously burdened, yet he knows that
i the true basis of all taxation is the dol
! Lar’s worth of property without regard to
■ i»s character. For his own success in bus
; loess he must be better educated as a far-
mtr; for his own protection as a citizen
!he must study harder and look deeper
; into his relations with his fellow’ man in
■ ■ the great social and political compact. He
I needs so much and the country needs
j Btil more from him, a higher intellectual
I comprehension of what it means to be an
■ American farmer and an American citi
' zen.”
THE PENSION BILLS.
I
Text of the Brandon Measure Which Has
. Passed the Honse.
Following is the Brandon pension bill
which was passed by the House of Repre
sentatives of the Georgia Legislature, and
1 which was supported by Mr. Ellis, of Bibb.
• A companion bill relating to veternas was
1 also passed:
j "Section 1. Be it enacted by the general
; assembly of the state of Georgia, That
i section 1262, of volume 1, of the code of
I said state of the year 1895, be and is, here
by amaended by adding the following
' words at the end of said section, to-wit:
■ ‘Provided further, that no person what
j ever, whether she has heretofore received
I a pension under this section or not, shall
i be entitled hereafter to be paid any pen
j sion heutunder unless she shall prove by
j her own affidavit and that of one other
person who knows her circumstan i s that
J owing to her poverty she is unable to pro
i vide a living for herself in addition to the
I proof required by section 1263 and under
(other statues pertaining thereto: but those
j whose applications for pensions shall have
I been granted before this act shall take ef
i feet shall not be required to make any
| further proof under this act except that
hereinbefore required for showing that
owing to their poverty they are unable to
provide a living for themeselves, so that
said section when hus amended shall read
i as follows: To the widow of every Georgia
(■Confederate soldier who enlisted in a
Georgia regiment, and to the widow of
■ every Confederate soldier who is herself
ja native Georgiatfnow residing in the state
• of Georgia, and so long as she may eon
; tinue to so reside there, shall be paid an
: nualiy on the 15th day of February a pen
sion of S6O; provided, that this section
shall only apply to such widow as were
married at the time of the service of such
in the Confederate army and have remain-
, ed unmarried since the death of such sol
t dier husband; provided, further, thfit lhe
» said soldier husband shall have died in the’
service of the Confederate States, or since
‘ *oni wounds received therein, or disease
I contracted in the service; provided, furth
, er, that no person whatever, whether she
■ has heretofore received a pension under
, this esetion or not. shall be entitled here
after to be paid any pension herunder un-
' less she shall prove by her own affidavit
and that of one other person who knows
he rcircumstances that owing to her pov-
I erty she is unable t oprovide a living for
, herself, in addition to the proof required
by seeetion 1263 and other statutes per
: taining thereto; but those whose applica
tions for pensions shall have been granted
I before act shall take effect shall not
[ be required to make any further proof un
( der this act. except that hereinbefore re
; quired for showing that owing to their
poccrty they are unable to provide a living
for themselves.
LETTER LIST
List of letters remaining uncalled for in
Macon postoffice December 7. 1898 Per
: sons calling will please say advertised
and give date. One cent must be paid on
i each letter advertised:
MALE LIST.
: A—-Walton B. Alfgord, \V. H. Arnold,
IV. C. Abbott.
' B—J. E. Brown, W. C. Burnham, Geo.
I Bartlett, Rev. D. A. Brindle, A. H. Bovle,
I Asbury Buchanan.
C —Mr. Cooper, Rev. J. W. Childs, J. D.
Clisby.
—T. W. Dooly. Sol Danziger & Co.
E—Eckman & Vetsburg, J. A. Enry, C.
B. Elder. G. M. Eldridge. Albert Ellis.
F—W. J. Frazier, J. R. Fuller, Rev. A.
B. Fish.
< C —W. J. Grist, Joel Goddard.
H—George A. Hall. H. Hicks, James G.
i Hurley. Russell’ Mammock, Robert L.
Hale, Clinton Harris.
i J—James Johnson. John A. Jenks. Mr.
Johnson (J. P.), Elex Jordan, \V. S. John-
I son.
K—Henry B. Kind.
■ L—Master Williams Lane. O. C. Lorence
' J. P. Limbaugh, Allen Lewis.
M —J. W. McWilliams, James McCloud,
I S. E. Moore. Nicola Maricone, R. T. Meod-
I or. W. O. Moore, Moore's Business College
Mahr Bros.
N—J. C. Nev ill, T. H. Nelms,
O —Bob Owens.
P—Henry K. Piper.
R—Robert G. Reid, John Rogers. Ralph
• W. Russell. W. W. Roberts.
S —Rev. R. E. Smith. Klaus Schjoll. J.
■ H. Sutliff, C. D. Smith, W. W. Seagler,
I AV. J. Smith, S. B. Smith.
T—Glavis A. Talmadge, Richard Thur
man.
W —Nick Williams, Henry White. Louis
Weetz, R. H. Webb. Edward Washington,
W. W. Wilkerson, E. A. White.
Y —Dr. W. B. Yancev.
FEMALE LIST.
B—Miss Dora Birdsong. Miss Lila Belle
I Blount, Miss Estelle Bryant, Miss Mary
■ Blash. Miss Emer Brooks (c).
C —Mrs. Rena Corbin, Mrs. M. J. Cars
well, Miss Mary Collier, Miss Ella Cum
mings. Miss Margie Crane.
D —Mrs. M. M. Dyer. Miss Mille Drew.
Miss Emma Davis. Emma Day.
E—Mrs. Clara Elder.
F—Mrs. Mary Ford, Mrs. Ida Frederick,
Mrs. E. C. Fleming.
G —Mrs. Beatrice Green, Mrs. J. H.
Griffin. Mrs. Ella Gault.
H —Miss Louvenia Hollis. Miss Willie
A. Holmes. Miss Mattie Holomon.
J —Miss Fannie Jones. Miss Filson Jack-
i son. •
R —Miss Clara Rutherford. Julia Rut-
L—Docia Lewis, Miss Nannie Lair.
( land. Miss Annie Ross Reeves.
S —Mrs. Rodie Smith. Miss J. Stafford.
Miss Addie Solomon. Miss Willie Slocumb,
Mrs. Lucy Smith. Mrs. Sherley.
T—Melie Trawick.
■ To insure promt delivery have your mail
addressed to street and number.
J. H. HERTZ. Postmaster.
J. L. Davis. Superintendent.
MACON NEWS THURSDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 8 18c*
: $3,000,000
I
r Involved in an Important Cal
ifornia Mining Suit.
’ BIG COMES IT ODDS,
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' A Rival Attempting to Cut Off the
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Water Suoply and Thus
Work Injury.
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i By Associated Press.
San Francisco, Dec. B—There8 —There was filed
in the United States circuit court today
1 • .
an important mining suit involving prop
j erty Worth over $3,000,000. The disputed
lands are located in Tuolumne and Mari
’ posa counties. The Mercede Gold Mining
| Company, a Montana corporation, is the
complainant. The accredited respondents
S are David Dorward, C. M. Dabney and
Daniel Corcoran, of Coultersville, Mari
posa county, and they appear as represen
j tatives of the Rosenfelds and other San
: Francisco capitalists.
I Judge Morris at once issued a restrain
! j ing order against the respondents until the
. | case is tried on its merits. The Merced
; I Gold Mining Company is, it is understood,
one of the corporate names of the Bigelow
syndicate of 'Boston, which is the owner
of the 'Calumet and Hecla mine, and the
Boston and Montana Company, the great
rival of the Anaconda properties in Mon
tana.
The .Merced Company owns over thirty
mining claims near Coultersville. When
the claims were purchased the company
also bought a ditch forty-five miles long
from the South fork of the Tuolumne in
that county to Horseton bend, in Mari
posa county, together with water rights,
and tbe right to the water of the south
fork of the Tuolumne rive. For a time the
company used steam power to work its
claims and the respondent, alleging that
they considered that the ditch and its wa
ter rights had been abandoned, filed new
locations. Hence the present litigation,
for without the ditch and its water rights
the claims of the Merced Company would
be practically valueless.
CASTOR IA
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The Kind You Have Always Bought
I
For the Next
Thirty Days
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| We propose to make some special prices
| on WHISKIES. WINES and BRANDIES.
( You who appreciate good goods will un
derstand the value of the offer made be-
j low:
Look at our price list and begin to
save 50 per cent on all purchases In our
line. Do not throw your money away and I
pay twice as much for inferior goods. (
Give us a trial. See what we will do for
i you. All goods bottled at the distillery. ■
Original bottling only.
Whiskies.
Pr Qt
Belle of Macon (Kentucky Bourbon).. 40
Old Monongahela Pure Pennsylvania
Rye 50
Our Monogram( 4 years old) 60
Baker’s A. A. A. A. Rye 65
Canadian Rye 75
’ Finch’s Golden Wedding 75
j Old Dscar Pepper (green label) 75
Old Club House Rye 75
Hoffman House Rye 90
Mount Vernon Pure Rye (6 years old).l 00
Old Oscar Pepper Rye (white label).. 1 00
Old Crow (7 years old) 1 00
Guckenheimer Pure Rye (6 years old).l 00
Sweet Pansy (8 years old) 1 00
Old Private Stock (cream of whiskies)
1 25
Park & Tilford Fine Rye 1 25
Wines and
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Brandies.
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California Sherry, Port and Angelica. .75c
Imported Sherry, Port and Madeira... 1 00
Old Cognac Brandy 2 00
Pr Bot.
Martel Brandy, 3 star 1 00
Hennesy Brandy, 3 star 1 00
Clarets by the case of one dozen quart
bottles 4 00
Rhine Wines by the of one dozen
quart bottles 4 00
All other goods by the gallon, such as
i corn whiskey, peach and apple brandies,
! etc., sold equally as low, from $1.25 per
gallon and upwards.
We make a specialty of the jug trade
and all orders by mail or telegraph will
have our prompt attention. Special in
j ducements offered. Send for price list
I and other information. Phone 265.
The Altmayer & Flatau
Liquor Co.
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fluenza use CHENEY’S
EXPECTORANT.
THE true: story of
BARGAIN LANE,
Or How • •
SHOES FELL * *
Witha Dull Thud
Y in MACON.
ONCE upon a time the people of Macon, wallowing in
fictitious values, and living high in air castles, paid
two prices for their shoes. But the tight times came and
it was the cost of the shoe that pinched. Still the cor
morant dealer was relentless and every time he sold a
man a pair of shoes he pulled his leg Then one dealer,
a. man named ROFF SIMS, established himself on the
corner of THIRD STREET and BARGAIN LANE. He
pulled the prices down to where none others could touch
him, and after the prices were lower than ever before, a
fire happened on that corner, and again prices went down
until men and women saw that this was the opportunity
of a life time. READ:
Men’s patent calf hand sewed, regular price 6.00, now $4.75
Men’s patent calf hand sewed, regular price 5.00, now 3.50
Men’s patent calf hand sewed, regular price 4.00, now 3.00
Few odd sizes, regular price 6.00, now 2.00
Men’s vici hand sewed shoes, regular price 6 (X), now 4.00
Men’s box calf hand sewed shoes, regular price 6.00, now 4.00
Men’s tan hand sewed shoes, regular price 6.00, now 4.00
Men's vici hand sewed shoes, regular price 4.50, now 3.50
Men’s box calf hand sewed shoes, regular price 4.50, now 3.00
Men’s box call hand sewed shoes, regular price 3.50, now 2.50
Men’s French calf hand sewed shoes, regular price 4.00, now 3.00
Men’s French calf hand sewed shoes, regular price 3.50, now 2.50
Men’s Satin calf Bals and Congress, regular price 2.00, now 1.40
Ladies' French Kid Shoes, regular price 5.00, now 3.50
Ladies’ French Kid Shoes, regular price 4 00, now 2.50
Ladies’ French Kid Shoes, regular price 3.00, now 1.50
Ladies Party Slippers, in kid and patent leather all at fire prices.
Men’s Xmas Slippers for 1.25, 1.50 and 1.80, worth double the price.
Ladies Felt and Satin Slippers, fur trimmed, regular price 1.75, now 1.25
•• ' Regular price 1.50, now 1.00
SOLDIERS
DON'T BE LED ASTRAY.
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Corner of THIRD STREET and BARGAIN LANE.
■ — - - 11 .. . ;
I AT RETAIL!
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Wool Blankets
At Manufacturers’ Cost. i
Ridiculously Hot
Low stuff!
For Cold Days,
Mackintoshes - Mackintoshes
Almost at your own price.
Never has such an opportunity been offered in
Macon.
Remember, we are selling these at retail.
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Don’t Lose slant
Os the Fact...
That we do the highest class Bind
ery work at prices that will com
pete with any eetablistment in the
country. £:
Is a home enterprise that doesn’t
depend upon patriotism for pat
ronage. It It can't give you the
right sort of work at the right
price, go elsewhere.
I
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home enterprise, is entitled to a
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