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k ^t, Jij \ | INSTINCT PRINT | THE ALBANY DAI1.Y HERALD: WEDNESDAY, APRIL 11, 1906. SURPRISING ILLITERACY. The Columbus Enquirer-Sun, In an editorial pointing out how the disfran chisement law which Is being advo- . cated by Hon. Hoke Smith, candidate ' tty T\ MclntojrtT........Sec. am^Treas! tor governor, would work, and show- Jno. A. Davis... Business Mgr. ing Jiow It would disfranchise a large The Albany Herald K —BY THE- Herald Publishing Co. : Every Afternoon Except Sunday. Woekly (8 pages) Every Saturday. I percentage of the white Democratic votes in the state, says: “Thirty-four (iundred Democrats of TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. ^Muscogee county registered so as to Dally Herald,' ip month*”!!”! *.*2M >> B Bl 'f lblB 10 votB ,B the “jf Dally Herald, three months 1.25 in this county last month. Of thlB Wjeekly Herald, 8 pages, one year UP number, 300 were Illiterate, being un- . 1 ' ~ “hie to write their names and making • '/S'11 subscriptions payable In ad- jj^ir ‘marks,’ Instead, when they reg- vance, , , ’ •■AHvertlsIng rates reaaonablo and lstered. Wiido" known on application. "If the disfranchisement law, fav- K Chrds /of:, thanks,' resolutions of re- ored by Candidate Hoke Smith and apect and obituary notices, other than Watson had been In existence those which the paper Itself may give Tom Watson had been in existence ai^a ’matter of news, will be charged and effect In Oeorgla, these 300 Demo- for. at the, rate of 10 cent* a lino, ox- crats would have been debarred from cent ‘when such notices are published vo tlns In the Democratic primary un- *>yi charitable organizations, when a . „„„„„ „i„ iaJjB rate will be named. lBSS tho mana8era of the eleotlon vl °; Notices of church and society and lated and disregarded their oats and oil 'other entertainments from which a the law. revenuo le to .be derived, beyond a „ It bnB been dec ] ared that the pro- brief announcement, will be charged , forpt the rate of B cents a'line. .proposed disfranchisement law would Office, second floor Poitoffloo Build- disfranchise the negroes only, because Inert corner Jackson and Pine streets. 0 f thhlr illiteracy and the grand-father TSe, clause and bSdahse thcelectlbn man- fthfcrlzed to take contrictiforidv«£ tlie. illiteracy o£,white* tfhp de^tqd g-to ftlejsmeHts td btr Iriiertifd'flfl tHIw | J "~ J»ln tHI> pipdfi 'xmivasfsx h of Baker County. 1 of tho t Railroad Cdm. vote. The latter would, not .only he, a violation of the law) but would plaee an autocratic piweY ln the tonda of such election' managers wfco mlglft permit illiterate -wMtgi to I vote ion ipre> Vh. 0 Rennnd vent them-from doing, soaawould suit Congressional District. interests of ^.o^dates whom the managers .supported. "itiwouiddTworfe. |‘"PBfct' , 8i)6i WBIfe -Dbmhfcfats Of Mus-' cogee: who registered 1 ) for the recent ‘ 'tfeLEPHONEfc: « l «84Wsi‘ and - Btislneia > Of- — jIRndtni and-, Job’, Printing — 3 rings. ’irt Thb Hdrtld'IWr id: • Irt'The Herald It goes. Wednesday, April 11, 19ob. ■ ■ ■ ■■—— — •Oov/le evidently tears Mrs. Dowle more,than anybody else In Zion City. rfbwie now doclares that he will -never more live with Ills wife. But blip. Dowle said It first. jjjhe newspapers of the Third dls- tfleli are pretty well divided between theivpongreBslonal candidates. iO of the newspapers are editor- on "tho passing of Dowle." 0 hasn't passed yet. K' Vesuvius has already gone far bt- youd the limits ‘of a spectacular dls- -4dny, and the eruption has attained to the dimensions of a calamity. The Business League begins to look tpilfjw the real thing. The attendance at last night’s meeting abundantly at- M' tested Interest on the part of the bus- •C ‘ tnhidmen of the city. B. - ’ -Y :i ^tt;is stated that the Immigration au- ; thbrltlhs at Ellis Island are busied wUlr, the question whether they shall \i 'jiernjlt the landing of Maxim Gorky i 4 the' Russian revolutionist. . ' M ——— ’ Chfcuncey Dcpew has run his row Si and iiad his day. ft Is said that very ' 7 few ipeople, either In Washington or New. York, who nre acquainted with ^ ills' condition, believe that he will ever apQar,;ln the senate again. The sins ' j of thej man have found him out and he fajiB receiving Ills punishment. Phrj 'tlie past thirty-five years the ■government of Great Britain has Wuej^iand operated the telegraphs. At the time they were taken they were '.. \ paying private owners a profit of $1,710,000 a year: The correspondent '.'of the. New York Times shows that ' *'1as{ year there was $4,610,000 excess ,'.>i>f exp&hdltures over receipts, besides |»1.358(600 in Interest on the purchase tfnoney, making a net loss of $5,968.- * Je00.! r All of which goes to show that , about the worst possible management of' public service utilities Is govern- 7 Tment management. m “! Tlie Interstate Commerce Commis- i-iotf. has got on-the track of transpor- tatldttoffonses that are not committed 1 railroads. It has discovered a underbilling and misdescription !s by shippers In New York and it kaspects that there Is a good deal and In Buffalo, In which cities It 111, continue Its investigations, and ion, it has made up Its black list of ippers who defraud the railroads It iwllU send It over to the department of • B — aek the.attorney-general to the Indictment of the guilty ipers. This looks as though, all'the ,-lokedneas wera not confined to the •VAallroads and the trusts. primary, are illiterates will-.be a sur prising fact to many people. It is the more' surprising'; because Columbus, which is one of the larger oltles of tlie state; raises-a; fund by local taxation for Its public sohool system, In addi tion to the money received from’the state. The public sohool system of Columbus Is one of the best not only In Georgia, but In. the south. The county schools of Muscogee are kept up'i to a high standard.: and compare favorably with those of any county In the state. “No negroes, whom Smith and Wat son propose to disfranchise, registered or offered to register for the primary. “If we haven’t done so, It will be Just aB well to look this Smlth-Watsou dlBfranchlsoment demagoglsm square ly In the face," We are surprised, Indeed, to., learn that the illiteracy among the white Democrats of Muscogee county Is so large as the Enquirer-Sun states It to ho. We doubt if there Is another county In the southern part of the state with an Illiteracy of anything like 10 per cent, among the white population. Such a percentage of 11 literacy may be found In some of tho counties of the moun tain regions In the northern part of the state where there are, compara tively speaking, few negroes, but we had no Idea that any such widespread Illiteracy existed among the white peo ple in any part of Southern or South west Georgia as the registration of white Democratic voters in Muscogee discloses In that county. Here In Dougherty county, for Instance, the percentage Is less than l per cent, Columbus Is a ‘ factory town,’’ and the large percentage of Illiteracy there is no doubt confined largely, if not en tirely, to the factory people. This Is the only explanation of the unusual, not to say extraordinary, conditions revealed by the registration list of Muscogee county that seems to sug gest itself. of THI8 DATE IN HISTORY. April 11. 1447—Cardinal Beaufort died. 1B12—Battle of Ravenna. 1685—Pope Gregory XIII. died. 1677—Battle of Cassel. 1713—Peace of Utrecht. End Queen Anne's war. 1722—Christopher Smart, poet, born. 1770—George Cauning, English states man and orator, born. Died August 8, 1827. 1782—Gen. Alexander Macomb born. 1788—End of Revolutionary War pro claimed by Unfted States Con gress.' 1794—Edward Everett, American ora tor and statesman, born. Died January 15, 1865. 1798—/Stanislaus Ponlatowski, last king of Poland, died. 1814— Napoleon banished to Elba. 1815— Chas. W'. Couldook, celebrated actor, born. " 1816— Battle of Modena, Italy. 1819—Henry E. Marquand, philanthro pist, born. 1837—Col. E. E. Ellsworth born. 1839—John Galt, novelist, died. 1861—William Ordway Partridge bom. !2—Fort Pulaski, Georgia, surren-, dered. 1866—Lynohburg, Va„ surrender.,, v 1865—Alabama claims treaty' rejected, I by United States senate: 1871— Armistice signed,'fit , ton between Spain'add" American republics. 1872— Boller^enploelon^n^steatqe|! Oceanus on Mississippi forty lives lost 1873—Masacre of MaJ.-Gen.' Canby and .Dr7 Thomas by Indians In river"; 1877—Sodthefn Hotel at St! Louis burned; 100 deaths. 1884—Charles^ Reade, novelist, died. 1887—Salvation Army attacked by a • mob |n Quebec. 1890—Samuel J. Randall died. 1893— First, railroad In Slam opened by the king. 1894— David Dudley Field, 'lawyer, died. Born February 13, 1805. 1895— William Court Gully elected speaker of British house of commons. 1899—End of Spanish-Amerlcan War. | Very Low Excursion Rates to New Orleans, La., via Central of Georgia Railway. Annual reunion United . Confeddinte Veterans, April 26-27, 1906. Tloketsi on sale April 23 to 26 inclusive, lim' lted to leave New OrleanB returning not later than April 30, except that aq extension to May 21, 1906, can be od- tpined under customary conditions. " i^or total rafes and full Information W,regard to limits, etc., apply to it. s. jMorris,-,commercial agent, or, S. A, At kinson, Union Ticket agent, Albany, tfW, 12-14-17-20-23-26 I Whale Eyes made strong. See. Eye. Hutchason. SeeDr. fobl2tf ■ II.St. it,— At This Season You Want i; nrierf- Prunes, Evaporated" Peaches, Evaporated ' Apricots, ■ Evaporated Apples. All fresh and the highest grade possihle'to buy. And best of all they'are very reason able. , Smithfield Hams J ■ The most delicious cured meats, ever placed on the market. They are cured in the most delicate way possible. 25c a pound. Virginia Country Hams Ahother style and cure of delicious meats, as mild and sweet as you want. I 7c a pound, Mock & Rawson Real- Estate - Rents- Loans - Insurance Albany Real Estate Improvement and Investment Company, Inc. ' ' fRooipS 7 ftttd S -Woolfolk Bldg. Daniel C. Betfeaian, Mgr. Representing Springfield Fire and Marine Insurance Co. The Traveler’s Insurance Co., ofiHartford, The National Surety Co., of New York, New York Plate Glass Co. Springfield. Ohio, has taken another step to show that she does not disap prove of mob law against the negro. She has tried and convicted six of the rioters who receutly atempted to de stroy the negro quarters of the town", the Jury recommending a fine of $1 and costs In each case, and the Jurors themselves paying the penalties rec- omemnded. This is even worse than the failure of southern communities to bring rioters to Justice. Hard on Georgia. From the Montgomery Advertisor. A negro preacher, ranting at some kind of race meeting up north, de clared; If I owned hell, and also Georgia, I would rent out Georgia and live in hell." We don't doubt his sincerity. Some people know' what country Is beBt suited to their tastes. Received consignment of the famous Cahaha Soft Lump Coal. . ALBANY COAL ft WOOD CO. J. K. PRAY. President. A. P. VASON, Vloa President! EDWIN STERNE. Cashier. The Citizens National Bank OF ALBANY, GA.' Capital. - - $50,000. ■4 Deposits received subject to check. I Loans promptly made on (approved collateral. We solicit your business. v : iL ALBANY - BOSTON LINE Read Down. V NO, 4 I Daily I No. 1 2 Dally Effective' Feb: 23, STATIONS. 1906. ■Nb.l Dally Redd* Up.' 3:60 pm 4:44pm 4; 60pm 6:30pm 6:46pml’l:16pi 6:26pm) l:66p 7:00pm| 2:30p 1 7:30am 8:24am 8:30am 9:10am 16pm|Lv. CSpuilAr. 30pm|Ar. Lv. Ar. Ar. At. . Albany 1 . Ticknor . , Doerun' . Moultrie Moultrie .. Pavo .. . Boston . Ar. ill; 40am Lv. 10:40fdn Lv. 10:35am Lv.llO :00am Ar. ‘8:$5am LvJ'7:50 am •Lv. 7:20am No.'3 Dally) S :20 pm 7:15pm 7:10pm 6:35pm 5:i5pfai 4:30pm 4:00pm Connections at Albany with S. A. L. Nos. 1 and 4 make connections at Albany to and from Cordele, Savan nah, Macon and Atlanta, via A. & N. All, trains make connections at Albany to and from , all Central of Ga Ry. points, Including Atlanta, Macon, 'Amerlcus and Montgomery. Sleep Ing car 1 service via C. of Ga. between Albany and’ Atlanta. Leave Albany 9 p. m. Returning) arrive' Albany 7:25 a. m. Connections at Ticknor, via F. R. & N. E. for Pelham. Connections at Boston via A. C. L. for Quitman, Vpldosta, Savannah, Jacksonville and points south. Connections at Monl trie via A. & B. for Tlfton and Thomhavtlle. S. A. ATKINSON, U.,T. A„ , . Albany, fla. G. B. SMITH, Traffic Mgr., j - Moultrie* Ga. i ' J • k- 1 We have received a large “sprinkling’’ of our new two-piece Spring and Sum mer Suit. The styles and patterns all new and different from any that have »evef been shown you b'efore. The ffts «are as near perfect as the artistic ican rhake them. > ■ ' : \ S. B. Brown & \* . 5 SEA BO A R I) AIR LINE RAILWAY. Schedule Effective July ’3, 1906—90th Meridian Tims. No.’80 | NORTH 2:10p.m. 2:39p.m. 2:64p.m. 1:65p.m. 6:16p.m. 9:36p.m. 2:00 m. ! ?-05 y.nl. 8:00p.m. Lv ..Albany.. Ar Lv . .Sasser.. Ar Lv .Dawson. Ar Lv .Richland.. .Ar Ar ColumbuB Lv Ar . .Atlanta.. Lv Via A. & N. Ry. Lv ..Albany.. Ar Lv .Cordele. Ar Ar Savannah Lv No. 79 30p.m. 53p.m. 36p.m. 31a.m. 15a.m. 40a.m.| 25p.m. 25p.m. : 15a.m. No. 8o | WEST No '9 lOp.m.lLv 16p.m. Lv 47p.m. Lv 23p.m.lLv 45p.m.|Ar 30p.m. 00a.m. 56a.m. 16a.m. Ar 44p.m.|Ar . .Albany.. Ar • Lumpkin. Ar Hurtsboro Ar • Ft, Davis. Ar N’tgomery Lv ..Selma.. Lv Pensacola Lv ..Mobile.. Lv NewOrleans Lv .St. Louis. Lv 20p r 12a.n 35a.n 6fian : 30a.ro 00a.tr 06p.ro 40a.m 15p.m OOa.m Oh week days No. 110 leaves Albany at 6:30 a. m., arriving Dawson 7:26 a. m. and Richland 8:45 a. m„ connecting at Richland with trains for Columbus, Amerlcus and Savannah. No. 80. Through train to Columbus, making close connection at Rich land and Montgomery for all points West via L. & N. and M. & O. R. Ry. at Columbus and Atlanta with all lines diverging for Eastern and North ern points. Full Information upon application to any SEABOARD Agent. S. A. ATKIN80N, U. T. A., Albany, Ga. W. P. SCRUGGS, T P. A., Savannah, Ga. CHARLES F. STEWART, A. G. P. A., Savannah, Ga, ALBANY k NORTHERN B Y, DAILY PASSENGER TRAIN SCHEDULES. NO. 17. Lv. Savannah ...7:16am S.A.L.Ry Lv. Atlanta 8:00am C.ofGa. Ry Lv. Macon 11:30am G. S. & F.Ry Lv. Jacksonville 8:00am G. S. &F.Ry Lv. Cordele 2:10pm I; * Ar. Albany 3:35pm NO. 16. Lv. Albany 4-30pm Ar. Cordele 6:15pm Ar. Macon 9:35pm G. S. & F.Ry Ar. Helena .9:30pm s 8;i,L.Ry NO. 18. Lv. Albany ... .12:00noon Ar. Cordele 1:26pm Ar. Savannah ...8:00pm S.A.L.Ry Ar. Macon 4:20pm G. S. & F.Ry Ar. Jacksonville 8:00pm G. S. & F.Ry Ar. Atlanta 7:50pm C.-of Ga. Ry Lv. Macon . Lv. Helena Lv. Cordele Ar. Albany NO. 15. ..6:46am G.S.&F.Ry ....5:30am S,A.L.Ry ....9:30am, ..ll-.lRnrn A. • ATKINSON, union Ticket' Agt J. Q. ADAMS, Soliciting Freight and Passenger Agent, Cordele, Ga? J. S. CREWS, V. P. ft G. M., Albany, Ga. Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Co. PASSENGER SCHEDULES. " ■ & , ARRiVAL AND DEPARTURES AT ALBANY, GA. IN,EFFECT APRIL 8, 1906. For Waycroas, Brunswick and Points South and East Train No. 91 Leaves 5:45 am Train No. 95 Leaves .........2:00pm For Thomasville, Montieello and i Point* West Train No. 71 Leaves 4:00pm Train No. 73 Leaves 7:40 am From Waycroas, Brunswick anil * Points South and East Train No. 94 Arrives ,41:46 am Train No. 90 Arrives 10:30 pm From Thomasville, Moritlcelio an4 Points West Train No. 72 Arrives ..11:85an Train No. 74 Arrit^:...^!^