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6 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, * f ' A Rival Attempting to Cut Off the t Water Suoply and Thus Work Injury. i i 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 For Infants and Children. The Kind You Have Always Bought I For the Next Thirty Days ■ f j | 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 ! Brandies. I Pr Gal. 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. 506 and 501 Fourth Street, near Union Paesenger Depou . I For LaGrippe and In 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. BUT MARCH DIRECT TO At B B Corner of THIRD STREET and BARGAIN LANE. ■ — - - 11 .. . ; I AT RETAIL! I I 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. J. R.‘ FRIED & CO., Cherry Street. 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 But we do think it, or any other home enterprise, is entitled to a •hewing--* chance to bidon your work. /I ’ We have added to our plant a 1 i wall Etju ippeu Bindßiij And can now turn out anysort of book from a 3,000 page ledger to a pocket memorandum; or from the handsomest library volume to a paper back pamphlet. News Printing Co.