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IIM HAY .MORNING, APRIL I !J> 18«.».
Georgia is going to wake up some
of these mornings and find herself in
thc midst of a heated prohibition cam¬
paign.
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Nothing indicates the improvement
of the times more than> revival of ac¬
tivity in railroad building. The croak¬
er has at last lost his prestige it would
seem.
Spain has insulted Uncle Sam again
by tireing at another American vessel
by a Spanish gunboat. The limit of
endurance may be reached after
awhile.
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WniLK McKinley was making his
“health tour” of the South his native
town went Democratic. A pity his re
cuperated nerves should have been so
soon shocked.
We wouhj advise Uncle Sam to go
slow in the war business. One at a
time will be enough. Let’s don’t
make a running fight with all the bal¬
ance of creation.
There is some talk of Senator
Walsh being nominated, instead of
Black, to oppose Watson in the Tenth.
This would cause Watson to cry breach
of contract sure enough.
The Sparta Ishmaelito has declared
in fnvor of Sibley, the father of the
fouith party, for President. Both are
extremists. They, like birds of a feath¬
er, ought to flock together.
The extreme silverites want to run
a man for President on if platform with
tint one plank—free coinage at a ratio
10 to 1. No broad man can make a
race on such a narrow rostrum.
Democrats North arc discussing
propriety of coming South for a presi
dential candidate for the 1890 cam¬
paign. Such would be a mighty ac¬
ceptable shenie if it would work.
Two big wars have about reached
an end—those between China and Ja¬
pan and the one that was waged so
vigorously between the Atlanta police
commission. Peace reigns supreme.
That spurt in prices got so far
ahead of the cotton planting season
this year that we hope it will foil to
have the usual effect. It can’t make
prices ever live cents next fall noway.
Gov. Atkinson is receiving high
recommendation the country over for
the clearheaded, practical way in which
he is administering his office. He [is
just such a Governor ns is the need in
these times.
A candidate for President from
the South would show the true Demo¬
cratic strength of the country. He
would get but few votes in the East,
but there are but few real Democrats
there to yote.
Several big western cities that held
municipal elections last week went Hc
publican and the anti-administration
organs are holding Cleveland to ac¬
count therefor. Surely they have “run
out of soap."
South Carolina is framing a new
constitution and it is not improbable
that a woman suffrage clause will be in¬
serted therein. We would be sur¬
prised if South Carolina didu’t do
something like that.
The merchants of Mississippi have
organized and say they will not sell a
dollar's worth of provisions on credit
after the first of next January. That
don't look like merchants are respbnsi
ble for big cotton crops.
The scramble for the candidacy for
President is already lively in Republican
ranks, there being fiye or six in the
scramble. They are encouraged by the
predictions of party success by both
Republicans and Democrats of a cer¬
tain class.
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Another delegation of Eastern
manufacturers was wined and diued
through the South last week. They
didn’t drop any manufacturing plants
in their wake though. But the win
mg and dining made them say many
good things of the South.
THE OGLETHORPE ECHO, LEXINGTON, GA.: FRIDAY, APRIL 12, 1895.
PROTECTING THE PEOPLE.
IVitbin the past few weeks the sev
eral medical colleges of Georgia have
turned loose upon this and surround
ing States several hundred young men
with privileges of writing “M. D.”
after their signatures. This does not
mean that that number of doctors have
been made, for io fatter years many
are carried through these colleges and
are given their “sheep skins" who are
not nor never will be doctors in reality
though they may offer their services to
the public as such and be accorded
some practice. This turning loose
of so many young men uncapable and
unfit for 60 high and responsible calling
as that of a true doctor has in the past
wrought great damage to the profes¬
sion and been dangerous to the general
public. Sharp competition between
the colleges and a rivalry between the
different “schools" has brought about
a laxity in the curiculum of medical
schools, tspeciallv in Georgia, which
should not he permitted, and which
has been responsible for the gradua¬
tion of many a young man in physics
who should have been informed that
his capacities and talents were not suf¬
ficient for him to undertake the res¬
ponsibilities devolving upon one who
would take into his keeping the health
of communities and the lives ©f his
fellow-beings.
Hut the Legislature of the State has
come forward with a measure, just
now going into force, which will be a
great and just protection to the people
from the indiscreetness of these col¬
leges, By a recent act boards of med¬
ical examiners—one for each school of
physicians in the State—have been
created, which will lake the newly
made doctors in hand where ihe col
i C g C ] e ft 0 ff aD( j a thorough ex
atu ination of him as to his fitness for
the practice of the profession before
he is licensed to practice. Should he
fail to eome up to the standard of prac¬
titioners set by these boards he will
have to better equip himself or take up
some other calling.
This is a righteous provision aud
one that offers the people a great pro¬
tection where it has been greatly need¬
ed. If these hoards do their duties
fearlessly and without prejudice or
bias the standard of physics in the
State will Ire greatly raised. Doctors
who are worthy thc calling should con¬
gratulate themselves that they too are
to be protected against such unworthy
and incapable men as have been li¬
censed by the different colleges to
compete with them, and this new de¬
parture should receive their hearty en¬
couragement and support.
Now if our law niukers will go fur¬
ther aud enact such laws as are enforc¬
ed in several of the Northern and
Eastern States for the protection of
people against pateut medicines great¬
er good will be done both the people
aud the medical profession. I n these
slates every proprietary nostiuiu otter¬
ed for sale, with its formula, must be
submitted t® a board of chemists, and
all nostrums found to contain danger¬
ous ingredients or which do not con
tain just what is claimed to compote
them, or which do not have some mer¬
it are refused sale in the State and ii
offered for sale the dealer is liable to
heavy penalties. Something like this
should be done in Georgia. The in¬
discriminate sale of the thousands of
quack remedies on the market is dan¬
gerous to the life and health of the
people. While many of these reme¬
dies may have some merit there arc
many more which do not and they arc
not only frauds imposed upon the
people but dangers against which there
should be protection. They should
surely come under the surveilance of
the law, and the people protected
agaiust impositions.
Doubtless this last matter will be
brought to the attention of the next
session of the Legislature, aud its fa¬
vorable consideration will be but car¬
rying out the purposes of the law crea¬
ting the boards of medical examiuers—
that of protecting the lives and health
of the people of the State.
MORE ABOUT COTTON.
At the risk of inciting further in¬
dignity in, aud getting more “cussing"
from our farmer readers we are going
to say something more about the cot¬
ton acreage this year. We do not do
this to incur the ill will of ou*- farmer
friends nor with any pretense towards
being any more capable of faking care
of theirs affair than they are to take care
them; but being in a position to watch
closely the other end of the cotton
business to that which the grower
manages—that is, the final end where
prices are made—we deem it our duty
to give to our readers the result of our
observations and the conclusions we
draw from them.
On the first page of this issue we re
produce an article from the New York
Dry Goods Recorder, a paper in no
wise interested in the cotton business
except its interest iu tKe
prosperity of the whole country. “It
is right at the head fountain of stalls
tics on the cotton crop and the figures
it gives can be relied upon.
j It plainly shows the situation at the
wind up of the 1882-93 crop, com
; cg , t with thc 8i;uation jt now
, Rlandg and drowng Datural
„ omc con .
j c)uei0DS tbBt Bhonl<1 bave their wcight
with the cotton growers.
There was a surplus of over 2,000,000
bales carried over from the 1892-93
crop which, though the 1893-4 crop
was not so large, had great effect upon
prices, and created still a surplus to
carry over the 1894-5 crop, the actual
receipts of which now go to prove w ill
be the largest by far the world has ev¬
er produced, and from it there is sure
to be a large surplus to go over to the
crop for which preparations are now
being made. If the coming crop
should be anything like as large as the
last one we expect with assurance for
prices to be even less next fall than
they were the last, for the surplus
from the last crop added to this one
will make the supply for in excess of
the demand.
This is the situation plainly stated
and that the results stated will follow
there can be no doubting. There is
but one way to change them and that
is by an actual and a very material de¬
crease in the thc acreage. Nor will it
do for planters to leave it to
their fellow planters to do for
the decreasing. It devolves up¬
on each and every farmer to do his in¬
dividual part. He cannot afford to de¬
pend upon the uncertainty of the ac¬
tion of his neighbor. Planters may
deceive each other as to decreas¬
ing their crops, but they certainly can¬
not mislead the shrewd spinners and
speculators of this country and Europe,
for it is a fact that there is scarcely
a house of any note in the trade in
this country or England who have not
representatives at all important points
in the cotton belt, either directly or indi¬
rectly watching the acreage question.
And it is upon their reports that prices
for the staple yet to be grown is beiDg
fixed. They are already that reporting
the decrease in acreage will not, from
present indications, be anything like as
great as threatened, if there be any de¬
crease at all; and as a result we see
i that after a considerable activity in the
market it has sunk into quietude,
“because of constant cables receiycd
in Liverpool that there will be no de¬
crease in acreage," as reports say.
As we say, we deem it our duty (o
lay the above facts and conclusions
before our farmer readers. It is with
them to treat them with contempt or
weight them as they think best. Our
sole purpose is to do what we can to¬
wards bettering their condition, or
rather give them such iuformantion as
we can gather that will place them in
positiou where they can. better it by
haying a better knowledge of the cot¬
ton ,situation in the chief markets
where prices are made.
It is not too late yet for those in this
latitude, and in fact all over the cotton
growing belt, to govern themselves by
the facts and figures placed before
them. Material decreases can be
made in every crop uow without any
serious loss of time or expense to the
farmer. Should such decreases be ap¬
parent reports of them will be in New
Vork and Liverpool without delay and
the effect they will have upon the quo¬
tations for cotton next October, No¬
vember and December will be imme¬
diately seeu.
With this article we think we will
dismiss the question of decrease in
acreage. We have urged it from pure¬
ly patriotic motives, aud yet selfish
ones too. First we believe it would
materially improve the condition of
our farmers, and when they are in bet¬
ter financial fix, of course our prosper¬
ity as will the prosperity of every line
of busiuess in the South will be in¬
creased. Let the farmers be both pa¬
triotic and selfish in like manuer, aud
we will again see the South thc most
prosperous aud happy couutry on the
globe.
Wk warn our readers to beware of
the different pamphlets and books
bearing ou the financial question being
circulated over the couutry. They are
not inspired by patriotism but by sin¬
ister motives and are not therefoie
safe advisors. From now until the
next presidential election hundreds cf
thousands of this class of literature
will be put in the hands of the people.
Awarded
Highest Honors—World’s Fall
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MOST PERFECT MADE.
Ammon^ Alum°ww^othwaduiteran?
AO YEARS THE STANDARD-
SEEING IS BELIEVING!
Then See and You'll Best Believe!
That is why we simply invite the good people of Oglethorpe County
to see our tremendous line of seasonable
Dress Goods and Notions,
Novelties and Fancy Goods )
Trimmings, Laces, Embroidery
Knowing that when they have done so they will be thoroughly convinced that no¬
where can a larger variety or more choice selection of these goods be found upon
which lower prices are named. Come, see for yourselves and be convinced.
We have a tremendous line of New Carpets. Matting, Shades and Curtains that
we bought way yonder below former prices and will sell accordingly. Good, heavy
Jointless Matting from $5.00 per roll up.
We are showing the handsomest line of Gent’s Neckwear to be found in the city,
at prices that will astonish.
It would take too much space to name all we have and the bargains we offer.
Seeing is believing and we therefore only ask that you inspect our large and com¬
plete stock before buying.
M. MYERS & CO.,
College Avenue, ATHENS, GA.
J. W. Brown & Sons’ House Furnishing Depot
227 Bioad Street, -A-tirerrs, G-su.
WVcany the largest and best selected stock of
CROCKERY. G'LASSWARE. LAMPS
CHINA DINNER AND TEA SETS
And Fancy China in great Variety.
f^ir»VVe are the largest jobbers in the Citju
T. TXT. SOUSTS.
WILL CARTER,
STasliicm.a'ble Barter
College Avenue. Athens, Ga.
A CORDIAL invitation is extended our Oslo
XV thorpe friends to visit us. We will give
them the best of work and the most polite at
tention. Shaving reduced to 10 cents
THe Hungry Fed!
HAVE opened a Restaurant at 105 Jackson
street, in rear of Michael Bros.’ store.
MEALS AT ALL HOURS.
Will be glad to receive the patronage of my
Oglf thorpe friends ami the public generally.
COBB ZD^^IS,
Jackson Street, ATHENS CA.
ABSOLUTELY FREE
A Business Edneation Io Some
Worthy Rot or Girl.
the Southern generously S'bTfhe*^ give ?n
States, proposes to
without charge a thorough course in (igfethorpe any Indus
trial art to one worthy interested boy or girl of
coiintv, O'kCE. and requests parties to appiv
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CROCKERY, GLASSWARE OR LAMPS.
I cany the best, selection of these goods to be found
in X. E. Ga. at prices as low as the lowest.
Jas H. Huggins, Jr, New Crockery Slore
33 CLAYTON STR., ATHENS, GA.
R P. TUCKER. A. S. RHODES .
TUCKER & RHODES,
Buggy, Carriage and Wagon Builders,
TUCKER BROS.’ OLD STAND, CRAWFORD. GA.
V\ _ _ _ E _ prepared , ^ to . build „ . . all „ , kind? . of vehicles in the
are or repair very best possible manner. Spe
I * c ' al attention given to tire shrinking, horse-shoeing, 1 e painting ami re trimming buggies and
carriages. will . fully W c have secured Prices the services of a strictly first-class blacksmith whose work in all lines
we guarantee. to suit the times. All we ask is a trial.
STOVES. GRATES AND RANGES.
TIN,1WOOD AND VVILLOVVVVARE
Silverplat Ware and Table Cutlery.