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JEFFERSON. Mies Susie Thompson is visiting relatives in the country. Mis* Mary Lee MahafTey and her brother. Claud, left last week on an extended visit to relatives at Haw'kinsville, Ga. Miss Bonnie Brock of Brockton, visited our town last Tuesday. Miss May Askew of Center, vis ited the home folks last Saturday and Sunday. She was accompa nied by one of her pupils, Miss Gussie Johnson. Mrs. Cynthia Cheely of Wilner, is the guest of Dr and Mrs. Elder. Master Guy Crr entered school at Martin Institute last Monday. Mr. Tom King of Athens was in town last Sunday. Mrs. Nancy Wright of Winder, visited friends and relatives in town last week. o Mr. J. W, Lotts was seen on our streets last Monday. The city court did some work Inst, week —four convicts to send eIY soon. Mr, Tom Morrison carried Bud Bacon to the sanitarium last Fri day. and Mr. C. A. Mathews of New Town district, was alsr car ried down last Thursday. This is three this year and still prosperity needs no comments. Mr. E. M, Thompson has about sold out his stock of goods, and will probably fiinn this year. Mr. and Mrs. Quattlehaum visit ed friends in the country last Sunday. Mr. F. L. Pendergrass will oc cnpy the store room vacated by M r. Thompson, n , rtc.U rmitn - ■ ,m T Uid S.itnini• ** • himnliit tt *. 1‘ • * 'J K ('•■••tb G. W. DeLnPerriere, Winder, Ga. Bethlehem, Our Lujg w’as visited by a shower of ruin recently, also a Magic lantern show Mr R. S. Harris has bought the in terest of Messrs. C. E. Suns an t A. T. Harrison of the firm of Harrison Bros & Sims, and has moved his excellent family buck to Bethlehem. The style of the firm now is R. S. Harris & to., and is composed of R S. Harris and W. Popo Harrison. Dr. J. J. Bridges bought on last Tues day, a nice youug horse from Air E. .J. Bedingfleld. The horse is a beauty and was raised by Uuncle Ed who is a most excellent horse master. Our young people enjoyed a tacky party nt the home of Air. and Airs W. C, Yearwood Tuesday night, Airs. Miuie Bed in field returned home Monday from an extended visit to her her parents at Statham. Air, J. C. Breedlove, of Monroe was in town Tuesday. Mr. A. M. Wright and family, of Mountain district visited relatives in town Sunday. Mrs. Johuie Moore will leave Thurs day for South Georgia, where she goes to join her husband, who recently moved there. Not a pound of guano in Bethlehem yet. Air. ami Airs. W. B. Treadwell visit ed relatives in Alountain district Sun day. Air. A. T. Harrison, the clever drum mer for Bethlehem Cider Cos, sp nt Sunday at homo. Airs, E. L. Thomas is on an extend'd visit to relatives iu town. Star Ray. Tetter, Salt-Rheum and Eczema Ti e intense itching and smarting incident to these diseases, is instantly allayed by applying Chamberlain’.- Eye and Skin Ointment. Many very bad cases have been permanently cured by it. It is equally efficient for itching piles and a favorite remedy for sore nipples, chapped hands, chilblains, frostbites and chronic sore eyes. 25t per box. Dr. Cady’s Condition Powders are just what a horse needs when in bad condition. Tonic, blood purifier and vermifuge. They are not food but medicine aud the best in u>e to pur a horse iu primo condit'ou. Price a package For sale bv H. g. Toole, Winder, G a One Minute Cough Cure, cures, j That is what it was made for. ALL WOMEN from female troubles should try the "Old Time” Remedy, It has no equal. It strengthens the delicate femaleorgans and builds a wom an up. All suffering and Irregularities at “monthly” periods can be avoided by Its use. >t Is for young girls maturing, for mothers, and for women at Change of Liie. Shoud housed before child-birth. Sold'by all druggists, or sent (postpaid) on receipt of price SI.OO. FREE: Book on Home Treatment of Fe male Diseases. NBW SPENCtK MEDICINE CO., Chattanooga, Tennessee. U. VS . DeiaPerriere, W aider, Ga, LOW STREET CAR FARES. lAperipnce Slums That They Heanlt In an Inert-rise of Receipt*. The question is often asked. Would not a reduction in sir >t car fares great ly increase the traffic without a corre sponding increase of expense? All experience shows that an increase of street car traffic does not bring a pro portionate incr, ■of expense, and it is self evident that a reduction of fares would considerably in -r use the traffic. Such facts as can be gathered from tho three cities Del roit, Toronto and Glas - gow, that have made a marked redu> tion in street car fares, throw much lied.' on the question. Tin new Pi troit railway, known a the Detroit Electric railway, which Pingreeintroduced, h • 1 ■ n practical') absorbed by the Detroit Citizens’ Stave. Railway company ai 1 has too small a traffic to be of any v.ilr:-> in this com parison. But the •lu 5 cent fare of the Detroit Cii Irens’ f'.rc't Railway company was chang -1 in 1 .si)s or 1896 to si’, tickets for J 5 c :Us at all hour:-’ and eight tickets for 26 cents for over an hour in the m aiding ai.d evening, the average faro now being about 4,4; cents. Tho gross receipts in 1894 were SL -05 , 134 and in 1897 £1.102,250. Thin increase of 10 per cent would mean an ii i ivn -i: in passengers from about 20,- nbO.OOO to about 2(1.000,000, or about 30 per cent, while the increase of pas sengers in the case of tho Chicago City railway from 1894 to 1897 was from 81.191,987 to 95,<121,112, or about 13 per cent. In tho case of the North Chi cago railway the incr -use of passengers was from 49,571,473 to 56,854,147, or about 14 per cent. The total receipts of the West Chicago system actually declined in that time because in part of the elevated roads from $4,181,237 to $3,890,918. In Toronto fares were reduced in 1892 to about the same basis as in De troit, averaging about 4U cents, and the traffic has increased from 10,418,- 4 4 3 passengers in 1891 to 25,271,314 in 1897, or an increase of over 50 per cent. Tho increase in the four years 1891-5 was to 23,353,228 passengers, or over 40 percent. Of course the trans formation during that time from horse car to electric traction and the increase of mileage from 68.7 miles in 1891 to 89 miles in 1895 would account for much of the increase, but there has been a transformation to electricity and some increase in mileage also in Chi cago. Generally speaking, there has been no such rapid increase of traffic elsewhere on this continent as in these two cities of Detroit and Toronto. The 26 largest American companies that have reported continuously for three years to American street railway investments reported gross receipts in 1895 of $76,741,000 and in 1897 of $84,852,866, an increase in the three years of only 10 per cent in receipts and likewise in passengers carried, for fares have remained virtually the same on all these roads. The number of pas seng< rs carried has scarcely increased one-third as fast in the cities that have not reduced fares as in the two that have done so. Finaily Glasgow, under municipal ownership, without any considerable ext i nsion of mileage or any transforma tion to electricity, but with better ears au i a reduction of fares of about 30 per cent, increased the number of passen g< rs carried from 57.104.647 during the 11 months ended May 81, 1695, a rate of about 03,000,000 a year, to 100,344,- 48 . in the 13 mouths ended May 31, 1698. This is about 70 per cent increase. If. then, as thorough investigation shows, the three great Chicago street railway systems could now pay a good profit on the cost of duplication with a straight 4 cent fare, it is altogether likely that such a reduction would bring an increase of traffic that would justify within live years a still lower fare. All these considerations not merely point to the wisdom of demanding an immediate reduction of fares, but show the folly of attempting to fix fares 25 or 50 years in the future at such a fig ure as present traffic might seem to war rant. What would be a fair charge to day is likely to become an exorbitant one in a few years both from the growth of traffic and the development of inven tion. —Edward W. Beniis in Chicago Record. EAGAN IS ON TRIAL; PLEADS NOT GUILTY Acknowledges Using Words Quoted In the Charges. BUT CLAIM JUSTIFICATION Courtmartial Ordered Convened to Try the Commissary General Meets at Washington and Proceeds With the liusfness In Hand. Washington, Jan. iiu.—The board of army officers designated by the secre tary of war to sit as a courtmartial in the case of Brigadier General Charles P. Eagan, commissary general of sub sistence, charged with conduct unbe coming an officer and a gentleman and conduct to the prejudice of good order and military discipline, in connection with his testimony before the war in vestigating commission, met in the red parlor of the Ebbitt House at 10 o’clock this morning and almost immediately proceeded to the business in hand. The court consist and of Major General Wesley Merritt, U. S. A ; Major Gen eral James F. Wade, U. S. V.; Major General M. 0. Butler, U. S. V.; Major General S. M. B. Young, U. S. Y ; Brigadier General Royal T. Frank, U. S. V.; Brigadier General George M. Randall U. S. V.; Brigadier General Jacob Kline, U. S. V , Brigadier Gen eral Richard Comba, U. S. V.; Colonel Peter 0 Haius, corps of engineers; Col onel George L. Gillespie, corps of en gineers; Colonel Charles li. Suter, corps of engineers; Colonel Francis L Guen ther, Fourth artillery; Lieutenant Col onel George B Davis, deputy judge ad vocate general, judge advocate of the army. The members of the court, who ap pea red in fuil dress uniform, were seated about a long table placed length wise ot the room, General Merritt, the president of the court, occupying the seat at the head. At just 10 o’clock Colonel Davis called the roll of the court, all of the members responding to their names. As he concluded, General Eagan appeared with his counsel, Mr. A. S. Worthington, formerly United States district attorney for the District of Columbia, and took seats near the judge advocate at the foot of the table. General Eagan also wmre the full dress uniform of his rank. Almost immedi ately Colonel Davis arose and intro duced General Eagan and his counsel and then proceeded to read the order convening the court. The judge advocate when this was concluded turned to General Eagan and inquired whether he objected to any of the members of the court as designated by the order. General Eagan replied “I do not. ” The members of the court then arose and took the usual oath, which was ad ministered by Colouel Davis. The charges and specifications were then read. Arraigned on Two Charges. The charges and specifications under which General Eagan is being tried are •s follows: Charge 1. Conduct unbecoming an officer and a gentleman. Specification—ln that Brigadier Gen eral Charles P. Eagan, commissary gen eral of subsistence, U. S. A., did, whila testifying as a witness before the com mittee appointed by the president to in vestigate the conduct of the war de partment in the war with Spain, sub mit and read as a part of his testimony certain written statements in which he did make use of, and thereby publish the following disgraceful, grossly in sulting and ungemlemanly language with reference to Major General Nelson A. Miles,commanding the army, namely: “If and when General Miles charges that it (meaning tinned fresh beef) was furnished as ‘pretense of experiment,’ he lies in his throat, he lies in his heart, he lies in every hair of his head and every pore of his body, he lies wilfully, deliberately, intentionally and mali ciously. In denouncing General Miles as a liar when he makes this statement, I wish to make it as emphatic and as course as the statement itself. I wish to force the lie back into his throat, covered with the contents of a camp latrine.” This at Washington, D. C., Jan. 12, 1899. Charge 2. Conduct to the prejudice of good order and military discipline. Specification—ln that Brigadier Gen eral Charles P. Eagan, commissary gen eral of subsistence, IT. S. A., did, while testifying as a witness before the com mission appointed by the president to investigate the conduct of the war de partment in the war with Spain, sub mit and read, as a part of his testimony, u certain written statement in which lie did make use of, and thereby publish the following grossly abusive and un military lauguage with reference to the major general commanding the army, namely: Language That Eagan Used. “It and when General Miles charges that it (meaning tinned fresh beef) was furnished as a ‘pretense of experiment,’ ho lies in his throat, he lies in'his heart, he lies in every hair of his head and pore of his body, he lies wilfully, deliberately, intentionally and mali ciously. If his statement is true that meat was furnished under ‘pretense of experiment’ then I should be drummed out of the army and incarcerated in •date prison. If this statement is false, ns 1 assert to be, then he shonld be drummed out of the service and incar cerated in prison with orhr libelers. “His statement is a scandalous libel, reflecting upon the honor of everyone m the department who has contracted for or purchased this meat, and espec ially and particularly on the commis sary general—myself. In denouncing General Miles as a liar, when he makes this statement, I wish to make it as em phatic and as coarse as the statement itself. I wish to force the lie back into his throar, covered with the contents of a camp latrine. “I wish to brand it as a falsehood of whole cloth without a particle of truth to sustain it, and unless he can prove his statement he should be denounced by every honest man, barred from the clubs, barred from the society of decent people and so ostracised that the street bootblacks would not condescend to speak to him, for he has fouled his own ucst, he has aspersed the honor of a brother officer without a particle of evi dence or fact to sustain iu any degree his scandalous, libelous, malicious false hood, viz: That this beef or anything whatever was furnished the army under ■pretense of experiment.’ ” This at Washington, D C., Jan. 12, 1899. Pleas of the I)-f -ndant. During these preliminary proceedings General Eagau exhibited no signs of nervousness, but the expression of his face aud his manner cleariy indicated that he realized that the trial involved consequences to him of the gravest char acter. While he stood listening to tne charges and specifications, his face seemed somewhat paler than usual. At the conclusion of the reading, on being requested to plead to the specification to the first charge, he said: “Not guilty,” uot denying, however, that the specifications set forth correctly a part of the language used. To the second charge he pleaded “not guilty. ” The judge advocate then arose aud said that the case iu hand was a pecu liar one, but presented no unusual diffi culties. The accused had seeu fit to add to his plea of not guiity some words tending to qualify it, but he did not think the plea relieved the court from the necessity of proving the facts al leged. Judge Worthington responded briefly, and explained why the qualify ing words had been used upon liis recommendation. The specifications did the accused a great injustice iu that it selected particular expressions without giving the context and iu one or more instances the specifications quoted be gin in the middle of a sentence. Continuing, Air. Worthington said that he desired to state briefly to the court the substance of General Eagan’s defense. Whatever, said he, the court may think of the propriety of the lan guage used by General Eagan before the war investigating committee, there was no doubt in his (Worthington’s) mind that he was fully protected in using that language by the laws of the laud. In no court, civil or military, he said, could the accused be held account able for his language, even if it could be shown that the speaker was actuated by malice. In addition to this, the president of the United States had instructed the war investigating committee to an nounce publicly that witnesses before that tribunal would be given immunity for whatever they might testify to. This was a solemn promise given by the pres ident of the United States and counsel had no doubt that the court would find that General Eagan could not under these circumstances be held to answer to a military courtmartial for liis lan guage. Allies Had Been Shielded. General Aides, he said, had appeared before the committee about three weeks before General Eagau had made his statement and on that occasion had made most sweeping charges against many of his subordinates aud particu larly against him aud the commissary department of the army. He had charged General Eagau with being in competent and neglectful of his duties and had inferentially charged him, General Eagan, with issuing poisoned meat to the soldiers of the army and had averred that many had died in con sequence. He had also implied that General Eagan was acting corruptly in the matter. Immediately upon reading the testi mony given by General Miles, General Eagau went to the secretary of war and asked leave to bring charges against him. General Alger had replied that under the president’s order of immunity General Aliles could not be held respon sible for his language before the com mission. The newspapers then took it up and goaded General Eagan almost to desperation. He had come to believe that the press and the country at large had accepted the accusations made by General Aliles as true aud the condition of his mind in consequence grew worse and worse until he was in a state bor dering on distraction. The language which General Eagan under these circumstances used was the natural outburst of an honest man suf fering under an unjust accusation. In closing Judge Worthington said that General Eagan could not be held ac countable for his language before any tribunal in this country, civil or mili tary, and particularly under the presi dent's order of immunity. Court Visits the President. At 10:55 o’clock word came from the White House that the president would receive the members of the court be tween 11 and 12 o’clock. Thereupon General Alerritt announced that court would take a recess for the purpose of paying their respects to the president of the United States. Reassembling at 11:30 o’clock, a few minutes was given a photographer in which to take a picture of the court aud then Alajor S. <J. Mills was called to testify on behalf of the government. He said he was the recorder of the war in vestigating commission and was pres ent and heard General Eagan’s testi mony before the commission. The man ner of General Eagan iu giving his tes timony, he said, was of a man laboring under great excitement, but trying to control his excitement. \\ itness had charge of the typewrit ten testimony given by General Eagan and bad delivered the same to General dl L’s hotel, Subsequently, the witness bad returned the paper to Gen eral Eagan with a letter from the com mission declining to receive it in its pres ent condition. He recalled some of the words used by General Eagan in his testimony, which agreed substantially with the phraseology used in the speci fications, and identified the language quoted, and had not the original state ment been destroyed after the objec tionable words had been expunged, he he would willingly produce it here. Major General McCook, retired, a member of the war investigating com mission, was the next witness. He was present and heard a part of General Eagan’s testimony before the commis sion. “The impression I had,” he said, “was that General Eagan must be la boring under great nervous excite ment.” He recalled some of the lan guage used and it agreed substantially with the te-timouy as published. < liildren Rousted to Death. Mount Olive, Ills., Jan. 25.— Peter Novak and A. Croat, his wife aud three children have been burned by a coal ex plosion. A boy 6 years and a baby of 4 months were roasted to death. The third child and the mother were fatally binned, while the father’s injuries are serious. EXAMINING BOARD NAMED. Set of Rules Issued For Admission to the Georgia Bar. Atlanta, Jan. 23. —Pursuant to an enactment of the late session of the general assembly, the supreme court has issued a set of rules for admission of ap plicants to the bar of Georgia for the practice of law. The board of examin ers is named and consists of Washing ton Dessau of Bibb county, John R. La mar of Augusta and Joseph A. Cronk of Chatham. The rules give specific instructions to the board of examiners and to the judges of the superior courts, who will receive the applications of persons seek ing admission and give out the neces sary forms for the applications. This information has been printed in pamphlet form. The little book also contains the act of the general assembly making it necessary for all persons seek ing admission to be examined by the board. Heretofore, and since the establish ment of the state government, it has been the law for the judges of the supe rior court to conduct the examination of applicants for admission. The method became more or less useless, as the ap plicants were as a rule improperly ex amined, and the adoption of anew method of admission to the bar became necessary to keep the standard of the bar of tho state as high as it should be. CAPTURED A SPANISH FLAG. Eaton, Captain of the Cruiser Reso lute, Resented an Insult. Havana, Jan. 23.—Captain Eaton cf the auxiliary cruiser Resolute, captured a 20-foot Spanish flag iu the harbor aud incidentally taught 30 Spaniards a les son in manners. A Spanish schooner of about 70 tons sailed alongside the Resolute, where it hove to, and with a cheer of defiance from the men aboard an immense Spanish flag was run up to the masthead with the Cuban flag be neath it. Captain Eaton was forced to recog nize the insult and ordered Naval Ca det Tarrant and Marine Officer Thorpe, with a file of marines, into a steam launch, which speedily overtook the Spaniards. The captain refused to obey the order to lower the flag, where upon the marines went aboard and took forcible possession of the Spanish, leav ing the Cuban flag flying at the mast head. The occupants of the schooner were then compelled to give three cheers for the Cuban and American flags, after which the vessel was allowed to pro ceed. The captured flag will be held as a prize. FAST MAIL APPROPRIATION. The Semite M;.y Restore a Provision Stricken Out by tile I! use. Washington, Jan. 23 —Friends of the special appropriation for fast mail facil ities over the southern railroads are looking to the senate to restore the pro vision stricken out of the post office bill by the house Thursday. This appro pria.ii n was for $171,238. For many years past there has been a fight in the house to keep out of the bill the special provision for fast mail facili ties between Boston and Florida. The senate has invariably put it back in the bill and kept it there in spite of the pro test of the house. The senate has always been able to justify its course in granting special fa cilities to the Southern roads in this particular. The new conditions in Cuba render necessary the most expeditious transfer of the mails to Florida aud other points in the south. A SOUTHERN BALL LEAGUE. Organization Effected by Delegates at New Orleans. New'Orleans, Jan. 23—The South ern Baseball league has been organized here with New Orleans, Mobile, Birm ingham aud Shreveport as the four cities. Montgomery was given a fran chise provided a sixth club is obtained, aud the league will ask Atlanta or Co lumbus, Ga., to take the place. Henry Powers of New Orleans was elected president, with D. P. Burns of Mobile vice president. Umpires will receive $125 per month. National pro tection will be asked. Each club will put up SSOO guarantee, and the season will begin April G and last four mouths.