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TEE Ml*® Official County Organ. OFFICIAL ORGAN OF WINDER. OFFICIAL ORGAN OF GEORGIA. ( Pending referendßin rote ) PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY EVENING ' JKFFERHON OFFICE: With the Ordinary in the Court House P. W. (juattlebaum will represent the paper and take subscriptions. Subscription F„ates 0k Year, - - *l.OO All subscribers outside of Jackson county will remit through the national paper CLUB, Atlanta. Ga. See club advertisement in another column. A. G. LAMAR, Editor and Publisher. THURSDA /. FERUARY9. 1899. Legal Advertising. All legal ads not settled for will be dropped after second insertion. Parties interested will take notice. 500 newspaper men in New York are reported out of work. The American armey vanquish ed the Philippine insurgents Killing and wounding several thousand. The politicians are always hunt ing for the pie and care little for the good of the people. The country has lost several great men recently, and among the number were two prominent Pop ulists. According to the Walton News about half of the population of Monroe is composed of retired newspaper men. Tnereare a lot of people in this world who would bring enormous amounts if they could be sold for half as much as the estimate they place on themselves. There are a lot of people in the world oppoßed to any thing that will better the condition of the masses morally, spiritually or fi nancially. Reshaping crooked noses, coax ing back refractory ears and changing the general aspect of the features are some of the recent achievements of plastic surgery. Gomez instead of offering to split the difference fell in his de mands against our government ot $67,000,000 to the $3,000,C00 which had been offered him. We dovote several columns this week to the charge of Judge Rus sell to the grand jury at Jefferson court Monday. This is interesting matter and wo feel will be read with much interest by our many readers. Every one traveling any this winter through the country realizes the importance of good roads. We have about reached the conclusion tuat Ccxey’s scheme is the bept suggestion yet offered on this line. The Atlanta Journal has not reached the point yet where it can see that McKinley is a greater statesman than Jefferson, If Geu. Wheeler should be his running mate next time the Journal may change its opinion. Editor of the Plow Boy visits Winder. Editor W, W. Wilson of the Buford Plow Boy came down to Winder last Friday and spent the day. He had not been here in over twenty years and had heard so much of our thriving little city and had been promising ns so long tc come down and see us that he finally made the venture. Since being elected Mayor of Buford, we had an idea he would hardly recongnize old friends, but but we found him just as free and social as ever. We could not dis cover any change except that he thought he was a little more hand s<m, and knowing we had the finest studio and the best artist in Georgia he had his picture taken while here. Bro. Wilson is one of the strongest and most conscien tious editors on the weekly press and is making the Plow Boy felt and appreciated by his able edit orials. We enjoyed his stay with us very much and trust he will visit Winder frequently. Senator Quay is still in doubt as to his landing—whether it will be a return to the United States Sen ate or a term in the Pensylvania State prison. He was short of elec tion just twelve votes when the first ballot was takeu and he now wants fourteen to secure his seat in the senate. There is lettle pros pect of an end to the present situ ation untill Quay has his trial for the unlawful use of the funds of the commouwelth and then unless he receives the assistan je of tbe demoncratic members of the gen eral assembly he cannot secure the plum. Quay is no doubt little worse than many of his colleagues in the senate of the United States but is simply less fortunate in hav ing been overtaken and exposed. How many senators are involved in speculations in stocks and are owned and controlled bv trusts of various kinds the public will Lever know, but it is certain that few of them are entiely innocent. How ever, they think so long as they can deceive the people they are alright. It is none too early to begin the organization of the people against tha oppressors of mankind. The trusts are thoroughly organized and are today more completely in control of the country than ever before. Every malitia district should have an organization. It is sufficient to start with a chairman, secretary and treasurer. When organized, you can begin the propaganda work. Place lit erature in the hands of those who shoud be with the reformers and begin anew the great campaign of education started ten years ago. The people were never more ready' to listen to the truth than now and with proper organization and education we can defeat iu the next great contest tbe enemies of humanity it is a profit for a man to do an honest day’s work and get the full benefit of that labor. It is a swin dle and robbery to take the profit from other men’s toil without giv ing afair exchange of equal value altho it mßy be done legally. Ex. The president has dropped Gen eral Eagan from the army rolls uu till the time for his retirement. He will then be again entered and retire with his name on the pay roil of the United States army. JACKSON SMICOII Issue Docket will be Taken up Monday Morning: and Criminal Docket Thurs day Morning. All parties having business in court at the Febraary term either as parties or witnesses, will take uotice that the issue docket will be taken up Monday immediately af ter organization of the court, aud cases upon that docket will be m order until Thursday morning at 8 o’clock, when the criminal docket will be taken up. Monday of tbe second week the criminal docket will be continued until disposed of and then the issue docket will be concluded. The motion and ap pearance dockets will be in order Friday of the second week. Every case on the and criminal dockets will be set for trial on Monday, February 6th, and partie B interested, whether as attorneys* parties, or witnesses, are required to be in attendance on the court at promyly 10 o’clock a. m. on that dav. R. B. Russell, Judge Western Circuit. INDIVIDUALITY Speaking of individuality, we would ask you how anything more fatal to it could be found than the present competitive plans of doing business? Is not the very life crushed out of almost everybody and every business because of the evil effects of the unjust and ruin ous way of carrying on our pro duction and exchange? Matters have, of late years, gotten to such a pitch that it is discouraging the masses, because there are no more just rewards for honest toil. Competition, under the present methods of business, has squeezed out almost all the individualism in men and is about to blast what little there still remains of the much boasted civilization. If we want to see progress, civilization, prosperity and individualism in full bloom, it is necessary to estab lish some soc'al system in which men and women may feel free to net in their best light and strength and receive therefor a full and just reward for their usefulness. The individurlism of today has turned many people into tmeves audscouudrels because of a system of competition which presses hon est people to the wall while toiling for bread, and enables the unscru pulous schemers to fatten on spoils which they try to make us belive is a reward for individual effort. —Progressive thought. NO RELEASE FOR TROOPS. War Continues Until Peace Kntltica lions Arc Exchanged. Washington, Feb. B.—lt was said at the war department today that the de cision respecting the status quo iu the Philippines and the restrictions im posed ou Amertran operations also cov ers the question of the disbanding of tbs army. There is quite a large proportion of the increase of the regular army that was mustered iu ’‘for the war” with the specific pledge that ou the return of peace these men, although regulars and mustered in nominally tor three years, would be given their discharges at any time on their own request. If advantage were generally taken of this pledge by the department it would seriously deplete the Americau forces iu the field, but the time for the redemp tion of the prqmise has not yet arrived aud accordiug to the ruling of the de partment the war continues until after the exchange of ratifications of the peace treaty by the two countries. After that the end of the war, in all probability, will be formally announced by executive proclamation as was the declaratiou of the war last spring. Princeton, N. J., Feb. 7. Ex-Presi dent Cleveland was asked today for an expression of opinion of the battle at Manila aud the ratification of the peace treaty, but he declined to say anything os eithnt subject. TRHTY lIF PEACE WINS Paris Oompaet Ratified by the Senate After Much Warm Discussion. BATTLE HAD ITS EFFECT Number of Vote* Heretofore Con ulc ered Doubtful Thought to Huy* Been Influenced by the Kngsgemeat Before Manlln. Washington, F*b, 6.—The treaty of peace with Spain was ratified by the United States senate today, the com* ffff MAJOR GENERAL OTIS, pact securing 3 more than the necessary two-thirds majority. Before the senate convened the lead ers en both sides of the treaty mani fested great anxiety and all seemed to be very much in doubt as to the final result, the ratification or rejection seem ing to depend upon several donbtfnl votes. It was kuown on Saturday that the treaty conld muster but 58 votes. Whether any other men had come over, influenced by the battle at Manila, re mained unknown to those managing the treaty, bnt the hope was expressed that additional votes had been obtained. Several senators who were on the doubtful list of the friends of the treaty lined up soon after the session opened today. Senators Roach of North Da kota, Rawlins of Utah and Turner of Washington said that the battle of Ma nila had net changed their views and they would vote against the treaty. It was supposed by some that these sena tors might be influenced by reason of the fact that troops from their slates were in tbe recent fight, but that this would make no difference with them. Senator Allen of Nebraska a speech in the senate denying published statements that he would attack Sena tor Gorman for using the peace treaty as a means to defeat Bryan. He said he did not keep Mr. Bryan’s conscience and paid a warm tribute to that leader. He (Allen) was opposed to expansion bat our duty now was to ratify the treaty. There was weeping in Ne braska today and he condemned the Filipinos as bloodthirsty savages, who had precipitated an attack on us. Senator Platt of Connecticut said: “The senate ought not to neglect or refuse to do a thing that will save the lives of our soldiers or make clear their right to fight back, if they are in dan ger of being massacreed while their hands are tied by our failure to do a plain and necessary duty.” ENGLISH PRESS COMMENT. Loudon Papers Say the Filipinos Huve Made a Fatal Blunder. London, Feb. 6.—The afternoon news papers here agree that the Filipinos have made a fatal error and say they are convinced the Americans will not allow the trouble to influence their policy. The Pall Mall Gazette savs: “Aguinaldo aud his men have not dis played a clear conception of the Ameri can character. We take it for granted that there will be no looking backward now until America has plowed a Phil ippine furrow right through, although the job is likely to be long and trouble some. ” . The Globe says: ‘‘America’s mistake has been in at tempting to perform a big job with email means Now that this has lead to the customary consequences it may be safely assumed that the United States will place such an overpowering force in the field as to beat down any opoosi tion. ” Insurgents Attack Manila. Washington, Feb. . Admiral Dewey cabled the navy department today as follows: "Insurgents have attacked Manila. The Bostou leaves today for Iloilc to re lieve the Baltimore, which will return to Manila Two men wounded yes terday oa board Monaduock, one seri ously. ” Army officers believe Dewey’s dis patch sceived today a belated cable gram, vhile naval officers believe just the opposite, that It refsrs to a seoond engagement SL--W HIS F.*OTH HR-IN-LAW. Negro spilt Her Heed Open With a Hatchet end Burled tike Body. Eui aitla, Alu., Feb. 8. —Gabe Kar. ray, a negro, has been lodged in jell here charged with the murder of his mother-in-law. Harvey and his wife did not live agreeably and she separated from him several weeks ago on oonw plaint of cruel treatment and returned to her mother. Harvey swore vengeance if she did not return to him. Friday be enticed his mother-in-law to hie home on a plea ef making up, and then and there moo dered her by splitting her head open with a hatchet. After committing the crime he buried her body in a mud bank not far from his heme, where it has just been fonnd. The crime was committed near Bates, ville and the evidence is conclusive. DISPENSARY LAW CERTAIN. Measure Put on the House Calendar Under a Favorable Report. Montgomery, Ala., Feb. B.— lt look* now as though the dispensary bill will certainly pass. A motion was made in the house to take the bill which had been passed by the senate and reported adversely by the house from the adverse report and put it on the calendar under a favorable report. There were 90 of the 100 members present and 54 votes were necessary to reverse the committee’s report. When the roll was called 64 voted in favor of placing the bill on the calendar and 26 again*, the proposition. The friends of the measure are exceedingly jubilant and are confident they have won the victory. The bill will be called up for passage later. SAVANNAH RIVER BOOMING. Angusta Pears Another Bl** Freshet Unless the Waters Itrcede. Augusta, Ga., Fob. B. —The Savan* nah river is on a boom, registering 29 feet and rising 3 inches an hour. The rain hr.e.y ims been heavy, and fears are entertained of a repetition of the great freshet of 1888, when the canal broke and the whole city was sub merged. However, the weather observer gives out the assuring information that the rise will not go beyond 30 feet Buf the Savannah is capricious and occa sionally breaks all prognostications. The mill dam across Butler’s creek at Gracewood has been washed away. The county roads have been greatly dam aged, in many places the top dressing of cement gravel being swept away. NEW ROAD INCORPORATED, Tennessee Coal and Iron Officials Pul $1,200,000 In a Line. Birmingham, Ala., Feb. B.—Nathan iel Baxter, Jr., G. B. McCormick, James Brown, A. M. Shook and Walker Perry, officials of the Teunessee Coal and Iron cmnpany, have incorporated the Bir mingham Southern railway with a cap tal of $1,200,000. The purpose is, by utilizing the Ten nessee company’s several short lines and by the construction of additional roads, to form a complete system of mineral railroads with a mileage of about 150 miles, reaching all tbe prin cipal mines and furnaces in the Bir mingham distriot from Blocton on the south to Ooalburg on the north. From Pensacola to Blocton. Evergreen, Ala., Feb. B.—A special car of the officials of the Louisville and Nashville road is now sidetracked here, and Colonel Charles Seymour, Messrs. E. L. Moore, R. M. Quigley and R- Montford have taken teams here and gone through the country to Riptou, where the contract for grading the gap in this road from Pineapple to Ripton will be let. This short gap between these places will give an air line route from Pensaooia, by Selma, to the ooal fields around Blocton. Body Derailed Freight Oars. Attala, Ala., Feb. B.— ln the Ala bama Great Southern railway yard* here, the conduotor of a work train find ing a couple of cars of his train derailed and tracing back for the cause of the derailment, found the mangled body of his brakeman. J. W. Bush, on the track. Bush lived at Melton, Ga. It is sup posed he fell across the rails while mak ing a coupling, his body censing the cars to mount the rails. Mexican War Veteran Dead. Louisville, Feb 8. —Captain Thomai H. Con ford, aged 78, a Mexican veteran, died at hie home in this city last night- His death was indirectly caused by wounds which he received iu the battlf of Cherubusco. In that battle be s'* ceived five wounds and they gave bin> much trouble all his life. He was i student at the West Point academy a ol * graduated in the same class with Gen eral Graut. Otis Controls the Situation. New York, Feb. 6.— The Evening "World today prints the following I *' Sttch from Manila, signed by General tis: ‘‘We oontjrol situation. Engagement, which continued for the 24 hours end ing last evening, was satisfactory.’ Only an Outpost Skirmish. HoNd-Kojro, Feb. The FiHph’j/ Jnwta here has isewed a statement * J ting forth that the fighting at , was oely an outpost skirmish to influence the vote in the States senate today oa the ponce srtaV’