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% Courses m Literature, Science, Art and Music. Industrial
3 2 Department gives free instruction in various industrial girls arts for |
and domestic sciences. Business course prepares fr
I commercial and business positions. Full Normal course for *
% teachers. Advantages in Music, Art and Elocution unsur- the |
passed. Board at actual cost. This school is owned by |
% Georgia Baptist Convention, and is run for the public good, *
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vantages of higher education within the reach of all. F
% COST OF BOARD, FUEL. LIGHTS AND FULL LITERARY TUITION |
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| -9 WILL Splendid NOT EXCEED Dormitory S125. with FOR WHOLE all modern improvements. " Write t fr
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X for Catalogue to REV. A, A. MARSHALL, Forsyth, Ga.
WE MANUFACTURE AND SELL
v/ Engines,
Boilers,
Cotton Presses,
Seed Cotton
Elevators,
| Grist Hills,
; • Saw Mills,
; And Everything in the
Machinery Line.
‘ Get our prices
/ before buying.
y RATE MAC HI NE Shops I Foundry.
WE HANDLE Full Line MILL Supplies,
MALLARY BROS. – CO.
HLdZa-corx, <3-eorg±a,.
The “Exclusive" Liquor House.
. Fine Liquors For Family and Medicinal Purposes.
lted Cross Rye...... per gallon, $1,50
Capital live........ “ “ 2 00
Monpole Rye ..... 2.25
California Kellar itye..... Rye.............. “ 2.50 B.00
Old
Heaver Run Rye, Sour Mash “ 8.00
Old Baker Rye ........“ 4.00
Okok.nn Rye, Sour Mash .... “ 4.00
Century X\x\ ltye.......... “ 6.00
Western Corn. . “ 1.50
■North Carolina Corn ...... “ 2.00
Old North Carolina Corn.... “ 2.50
White Rve.................... « 2.00
White Holland Ifye.................. Gin.................. “ “ 2.50 2.00
Imported Cognac Brandy, Gin, Pori, Sherry Wines , ete. "'1
All money sent me by Express, Money Order or Regis.ered Letter will have my prompt
Attention.
H. SOLOMON, Agent.
North Broad Street. Albany, Ga.
You are invited to visit
Tie Aiericau Dental Farters
THE BEST EQUIPPED IN THE SOUTH.
Leaders in High-Class
Dentistry
And Low Prices.
Gold Crowns and Bridges, ...... ..... $Jf.OO per Tooth.
Gold Fillings, $1.50. Silver Fillings, 75 Cents.
Set of Teeth on Rose Pearl Plate ,_______ -$8.00.
Set of Teeth on Rubber Plate __________ S5.00.
Dr-s. Yeung – Lanier.
410 Second St., Corner Cherry St., Macon, Ga.
Teeth Extracted Without Charge and Without Pain.
TToUimd Gin..................per gallon, $2.50
Torn Gin..................... *• “ 2.00
I I Rock Rose Gin...... and Rye 2.00 2.00
Peach and lloney....... 2.00
Apple Apple Brandy........... Brandy .......... 2.50 2.00
Pencil Brandy........... ■44 2.00
l’ene.-i Brandy........... 2.50
Cherry Brandy......... : 2.00 * 2.50
Cogua'o New England nrandy......... Rum...... i : 4.00 2.(0
New Jamaica England Rum.......... Rum..... U : 2.00 2.50
Jamaica Rum........... 2.40
BILL ARP’S LETTER.
Bartow r> , Man Answers k a One of c ur Many
Letters of Inqairy. ^ J
TELLS WHERE THE DAY BEGINS.
lilll Takes Klennurr In Knllrhtnlnr Boys
nn'l (ilrla Who Ara Seeking
Knowledge nml Wisdom.
It is a hopeful sign that no many of
the young girls and boys have a thirst
for knowledge. The youth’s depart
ment in tho newspapers and magazines
is growing into importance and their
letter* to the editors betoken studious
inquiring minds. The art of letter
writing is itself not only an accom
plishment, but a good part of a polish
ed education. Letters indicate char
acter and good letters require thought.
The letters of notable inea and women
nre the best part of their biographies.
They are an index to the heart, the
emotions, the disposition. Time was
when but few could write at all, and
the opening of mail in a country town
was a small affair. I know from ex
perience, for when I was in my teens,
my father was the postmaster and I
had the work to do. Thera are now
at least ten letters per capita to where
there was one in those days. One
great drawback on letter writing thou
was the cost of postage. A letter to a
place within tho state was 12$ cents
and the postage had to be paid by the
person receiving it, and if it was a
poor letter ho felt like he was cheated.
Many a letter was handed back to me
with such a remark as, “well, I reckon
it’s from Dick Jones, over in Arkan
saw, and I han’t got the quarter. Just
put it back ontil I come ag’in.”
It keeps me busy now-a-days to an
swer all the letters I receive. My wife
and daughters help to keep up the cor
respondence with the far-away boy*
and the other kindred, but good
friends who write kind letters to me
must be answered in person. Such
letters are a pleasure and a comfort.
Then, there are many letters asking
for charity ora little help for a church
that only reminds mo how poor I am.
But these letters from inquiring
minds who are in pursuit of knowledge
and perplexed about the mysteries of
nature always interest me, aud I have
to pretend to be a wise man whether I
am or not.
Now, here is one from a pretty
school girl in her teens. I know that
she is pretty, because sbe writes a
pretty letter and there is not a blot
nor an erasure or a misspelled word.
Sbe wants to know where the day be
gins and wby, and where the naviga
tors first find a change. Of course
that is worth knowing, and I suppose
that veiy few outside of the colleges
and the continental travelers and the
sea-faring men understand it. ,.
Well, ■nr ,, my dear , girl, . , the , day , , begins
just where man begun—iu the garden
of Eden If the Creator had chosen
New York or Chariest,,., for that gar
den, the day would have begun over
here on this continent ami extended
westward to California, ns the people
multiplied and carried it there. Of
course the day kept its name and its
date around, and east of Palestine as
far as the sea, but “westward the tide
of empire takes its way,” and so did
the tide of time. Columbus brought
the day with him to this continent.
From our eastern coast the people
took it to California, and from there
the missionaries took it to the Sand
wich islands, and it continued to fol
low 7 the sun until the uavigators got
around to Bombay and Hong Kong
aud Cairo and found they had lost a
day and it was Monday instead of Sun
day. And those who sailed eastward
and traveled against the sun found
they had gained a day aud it was Sat
urday instead of Sunday.
But it is not so now, for there is an
international line in midocean—a mon
dean that has been established by the
great powers and accepted by the nav
igators of all nations as ti.e change ot
date line. This line is 180 degrees
west of Greenwich and runs from New
Zealand north to Bering straits and
goes not far from Samoa. It is just
half way round the world from Lon
don and is called the Antipode of
Greenwich. It is 1,300 miles west, of
Hawaii and 3.600 west of San Fran
cisco. This Hue is check-marked on
the up-to-date maps and Sunday is
printed on the vest side and Monday
on the east. Navigators tell by their
log books and compass when they have
reached it, and the captain or the mate
announces with great ceremony: “Set
the day clock back twenty four hours.
We lmve crossed the line.”
For many years our American rail
ways, ftS they pressed their way from
the Atlantic to the Pacific, found the
question of time very confusing, and
hence by consent of action they estab
lislied four divisions of railway time
and marked loneitundinal lines 1,000
miles apart to indicate them. When
the train crosses one of fhese lines the
passengers set their watches back or
forward just one hour, for the sun
moves or seems to move just 1,000
miles an hour. These mondean line*
divide time into eastern, central, raoun
tain and Pacific, nud they pa«s through
New York City, St. Louis, Denver and
Carson City, and therefore when it is
12 o’clock iu New Aork City it is only
9 o’clock in California. The railroad
companies, however, could not cut
their lines iu two to suit these mon
deans and hence their railroad time is
a zig-zag crooked line to fit their ter
minal points, but it approximates the
mondean.
This is not all that could be written
about time and where the day begins,
but it is enough to satisfy the school
1 ££,*£• 2*2
Rae. Iu these days of telegraph and
oceans cables it seems very funny to us
veterans that Vaen a message is sent
from London it gets here two or three
hours before it starts, and if we send
a telegram to San Francisco today at
I noon it gets there at nine o’clock this
; morning. The battle of Manila was
| fought on Sunday morning, but the
! news of it came on Saturday night be
fore. How is that?
Edgar Poe wrote a pretty little story
j called “Three Sundays in a Week,” in
which he told about, a young man who
was adopted and reared by a rich old
• o uuciw who had been a sea
' and how the old sailor to
pUin, was if he
eave his nephew a large fortune old
iehaved to su 1 him. The man
• as cross and contrary and the yonng
man was awfully uneasy for fear he
vonld do something to displease him.
Yt, last ho fell in love, of course, with
v very poor but pretty girl named
Hate. They kept their love a secret
mil lived on it for about a year, and
bought the old captain didn’t know
t, , but . , he did. , „ So they , determined , , to ,
et married, even tho it should make
be old man mad and he should turn
them out of doors and not leave them
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hand and boldly they went into the
»1<1 man’s presence and told him all
Uia consent and for mm to nx the day J
when , _ they , * should , 11 u b© married. • j mb 1I16
old fellow was really glad of it, for he
liked the girl, but he couldn’t help
I ,eing contrary and so he blustered
| around aud pretended tobe very mad,
XrC ay and jL T’ll U *£ sav
v e rr (i wIek Jf™ ih.Il 1 ill three Z J
,Uy« I for. in " a Yes ' thenandnot
This was awful and the sad young
couple were about to leave when there
was a knock at the door. When it was
opened two Bailors, sea captain*, too,
came rushing in and seized the old
; man’s hands and hugged him, and all
three got jolly, for they were old chums
and had not seen each other for a
year. The old uncle introduced them
to the young man and Kate and said
something nice about them. *He soon
brought out some fine old Madeira and
made everybody take a drink. After
while Captain Pratt said: “Well, now
I remember that the last time we were
together we bad a royal game of cards.
Suppose we have another game as a
reminder.”
“Oh, no,” said the old uncle. “Good
friends,you forget that this is Sunday,
and true Englishmen never play cards
on Sunday.” “Sunday, indeed,” ex
claimed Captain Pratt, “It is Mondav.
vesterdav L was Sundav ,jW and T had
cited^nd rr exclairnedf > z „ r no.';
“Why you both
are crazy. Today is Saturday and to
morrow will be Sunday. Didn’t I
make mv sailors scrub ship this morn
ing before sunrise as we came into
, port, and don’t we always / srcub ship
| on Satur(lay? What a e you thillkin g
i
j Then the nud old uncle around laughed and
chnckled danced the room
itl great g l ee , for tho wine was doing
its work
“Pratt “Sunday—Sunday!” that yesterday he exclaimed. Sun
says was
day, Smithson swears that tomorrow
will be Sunday, and I swear that to
day is Sunday. Ha! ha! ha! I see
how it is. Pratt sailed west from Lon
don and Smithson sailed east and
have been round the world in oppo
site directions, aud I have stayed at
home. Three Sundays iu a week, by
Jupiter. Here, Jack, you young dog,
go after the preacher and you and
Kate get married today, for it will be
a long time before three Sundays come
together again.”
I haven’t told the story as Poe told
it, but that is the gist of it. —Bill
Aur iu Atlanta Constitution.
liUfciito A It L i iliM .
Kruser’s Follower* Prep ire For War
WHile Knglaml Dallies.
A special of Friday from Pretoria,
South Africa, says: President Kruger
has been in telegraphic conference with
President Steyn, of the Orange Free
State, regarding the situation and the
decision of the raad of the Orange
Free State is awaited with interest.
Large numbers of local Danes, Ger
man, Frenchmen, Hollanders and
Americans Lave offered tbeir services
to Commandant General Joubert in
th.e event of hostilities.
The elder burghers still fail to see
I the grounds of a casus belli, but if
Mr. Chamberlain makes what they
would characterize as ‘ihumiliating
demands,” such as, for instance, dis
armamen t, war would be inev itable.
FRANTZ SUICIDED.
College Proteonor Did Not Idle From Hem
j orrbage ns Reported, Oxford,Ga.,that
The news comes from
the coroner’s jury and later proceed-,
ings have developed that Professor
William A. Frantz, the man who was
to have taken charge of the English
department of Emory college at the
opening of school, did not come to
his death by a hemorrhage from his
lungs, as was first published, but that
it was a case of mysterious suciide.
This, however, was not publicly known
until after the coroner’s jury had made
their verdict to the effect that Profes
gor Frantz came to his death by the
use of a pocket knife in his own
hands. There were fifty-three knife
wounds on the body,
Aged Naval Officer Dead.
Captain Francis S. Haggerty, United
States navy, retired, died at New
York Monday, aged ninety years. His
last service was on the schooner Ex
periment, at Charleston, S. C., during
the nullification excitement of ,1833.
GEORGIA NEWS ITEMS
Happenings In the State of Inter
esting Import.
Prospective Colon!®* For Georgia.
A letter from Sparta, Wia., which
reached Secretary of State Phil Cook
a day or two ago, indicates that a
large nnmber of people of that town
and elsewhere are preparing to form a
colony for the purpose of coming to
Gaoigia. is in which
The communication one
the secretary of state lias every confi
dence, since it comes through an offi
cial of Monroe connty, Wisconson, to
whom application had doubtless been
made as to the conditions in Georgia.
C. H. Stevens, register of deeds,
in his letter, asked for facts concern
ing the elimate, soil, price of land and
educational advantages to be found in
this state. Mr. Cook will make an ef
fort to get all the pamphlets descrip
tive of Georgia soil and life at the ear
He>t rnoment aad wi u f orwal -d them to
Registrar Stevens. second of
The communication is the
the kind to be received from the north
«*<■ "“t*
f r ^ ni coot ™
n ’ ei li * F utlnnitirnnist nLii* who is
. s rir wav for
who , to , , be , brought , * , to . America,
arc
nn “f J" • ‘ v colonie^to 4. Vaeorgia „
^ L will
successfully. / Following is
, tt f a ^ the egistrar of dee ds
of Monroe count y ( Wisconsin:
Hon. Phil Cook, Secretary of Start.: Dear
ST-Xhere are several parities in this state
wh0 "0 thinking of locating in the south,
They have capital and would like to locate
w, would lito to got all tho to
formation possible in regard Co elimate,
soil, price of land and educational advan
tages of your state. Any information yeu
•an givo us on these points will be appre
dated. R«pe,tfully, O. H. St^.vs,
ftogistrar of Deed*.
Governor Candler Caunot Attend.
Governor Candler has decided not
to attend the great nationol reunion of
the Blue and Gray at Evansville, Ind.,
October 10th, 11th and 13tb.
He has informed Colonel A. J. West,
who called on him with an urgent in
vitation from the secretary of the re
union general committee, that his pub
lic duties at that time would prevent
him from going. The invitation in
eluded the governor’s wife and staff,
roun i° n promises to be the
forf? efl t meeting of the kind ever held
ou the continent, and Governor Cand
ler would have an audience of 50,000
people if he could be induced to go.
lo. Of M» ion to
The governors of Alabama, Miss
i*Bippi % Arkansas, Missouri, Illinois,
Indiana, Ohio, Kentucky and Tennes
see will be present, and also President
McKinley and many other distin
guished men from both sections.
Toccoa Presidential Fostofflce.
Postmaster Walker, at Toccoa, has
been informed by the postoffice de
partment th£it the Toeeoa office had
been made a presidential office. This
increases the salary considerably and
shows wliat a wonderful growth the
little city lias experienced in the last
twelve months. Mr. Walker is being
congratulated freely on his good
fortune.
• * *
Cotton Mill For Calhoun.
The movement staited several
months ago by citizens of Calhoun,
looking to the erection of a cotton mill,
received a fresh impetus recently when
Hons. O. N. Starr and W. R. Rankin
commenced a canvass of the town for
the sale of stock. The proposed cap
ital of the new mill is put at $50,000,
with shares of $100 each.
An Unusual Injunction.
In the Chatham superior court Mrs.
Laura E. Newton, of Savannah, filed a
petition for divorce from her husband,
Robert Newton, alleging cruel treat
ment. >
The sensational part of the proceed
ings came when the petitioner asked
for an injunction restraining her hus
band from coming about her house or
having anything further to do with her
or her children.
The injunction w r as granted by Judge
Paul Seabrook of the Atlantic circuit
in the absence of Judge Robert Falli
gaut. Mr. New-ton was permitted to
send a drayman to the house for his
wearing apparel, but if he tries to en
ter the house he will be arrested and
placed in jail.
This is the second time in the histo
ry of Georgia so far as the Savannah
attorneys know of this action being
taken, by a wife seeking divorce. The
supreme court in 1897 decided that
the course was a legal one.
Northeastern In Good Shape.
The investigating committee ap
pointed by the last legislature to look
into the affairs of the Northeastern
railroad, have concluded their labors
and will make up their report which
will be present to the next legislature.
While the report has not yet been
formulated, Chairman Swift, of the
ioint committee, did not hesitate to
say when asked about, ft that the com
mittee found everything in connection
with the road to be iu the very best
condition. They found the roadbed
and rolling stock in good shape and
the general affairs of the road to be in
excellent condition.
Athens Oil Mill Disposed Of.
Mr. George Lyndon, owner of the
Athens oil mill and the Athens ice
factory, has sold both plants to a
company of Abbeville, S. C., people,
headed by President J. Allen Smith,
of the National bank of Abbevjn
The purchasers will make a rm m < '
improvements at 0
of once.
Allant;. Depot Cat.',
The state railroad commission v.m
not take up the Atlanta depot caso Un
til Thursday, October 5th. By tk,
time the roads expect to be prepared
to present to the board plans f m
union station on the present site.
Major J. W. Thomus, who control,
the situation, is conferring wither
Spencer, of the Southern.
The Western and Atlantic, Georgia
the Atlanta aud West Point and the
Seaboard aro willing to go into tp
project. Some modifications were
made in the plans to meet the views
of the Central.
The present indications are that all
the roads will get together on the
plan for an elevated station, am 1 they
.
will be prepared to push it if therein
and state accept their proposal.
* * *
Vnldosta Bond. Sold.
The Valdosta city council opened
bids for tho . of £35,000 of
issue city
bonds, which are to be made for the
purpose of const;ucting a system of
^ to 7 eo ^ 8 the ^Zsf Ch-i+ti" ol miu? ^
, j, Stafford of t c Sn.
total amount to be received for
issue is $37,650, giving a total
Gold Mine Closed Down,
Charles C. Joues, of White countr
has gone to Marquette, Mich. He
lias been gold mining on lot 10, White
for the past two years ami
bft f spent a large sum of money in de
veloping property. Recently he had
» handsome offer for Ins mine, but be
fore the negotiations were completed,
”^7“ claimed the title. – All. J Jones c ,f“£* shut the «
imue (\ own and aecep.ed a position as
consulting engineer in Miehigan. He
J ln great uo n
® el ^ s of Michigan and in the Rainy
^ He ak say* « ^ , that c t G ° he B * will r y> aorG fight, f the t le border. case to
a finish aud the mine will be shut
down for ten years if the litigation is
uot soon ended.
Disastrous Fire In Lake Park.
Lake Park had a very destructive
fire to break out in F. M. White –
Sou’s general merchandise store nt
3:30 last Sunday morning. One entire
block of twelve buildings on Main
street was entirely destroyed.
PARADE PROGRAM
As Arranged By Ike Dewey Reception
Committee at. New York.
^ hen York dispatch says. The
city officials and the guests of the
oity m the land parade. It is as fol
l0WB -
Sousa’s band.
Battalion sailors from Olympia.
Dewey and the mayor.
De vey’s five captains at Manila.
Dewey’s personal staff.
Rear Admiral Sampson and Ear
dolph Guggeulieimer.
Admiral Sampson’s staff.
Admiral Philip, commander of tie
New Y T orlc station, and President T. F.
Woods, of the board of aldermen.
Staff of Admiral Philip.
Junior officers of the Olympia. Atlantic
Junior officers of the North
squadron.
That will complete the naval forma
tion. Then will come the guests of
the city in this order:
Visiting governors not accompanied.
Major General Miles and aides.
Rear Admiral Schley and Rear Ad
miral Miller (retired.) municipal
Joint committee of the
assembly (fourteen of them.) squad
Sailors of the North Atlantic
ron.
Following the sailors will be sol
diers of the regular army and other
military organizations.
ATLANTA MARKETS.
CORRECTED WKEKLT.—39
Groceries.
Roasted coffee, Dutch Java, 300 Its
£13.G9. Arbticklo 611.30, Lion and Lev
ering 610.80.—all less 50c per HP
lh cases. Green coffee choice 11c; fair
9c: prime Sugar
nlated, New fork 5%. New Orleans
Now Orleans white 5^@5j^e: do yellow 2.)Jf40''. . v
Syrup, New Orleans open kettle
mixed 12^<g>20c: sugar house GOrtrfla
Teas,' black !>0®G5c-, green Salt, da
Lice, head - choice ^100 3"
ry sacks 61.25: do bbls.- bulk 62.00: 65#70j).
62.75; ice cream 61.25: common C#
Cheese, full cream 13'. Matches, Soda,
45@55i :200s $1.50<®1.75: 300s $:>.75.
boxes Ge. Crackers, soda 5(8)0!.b?; cre»i«
6c:gingersnaps 6c. Candy, couur.oi. sties
Gl^e: fanev 12®13e. Ovsters, I’. W. $hS5@
61.75; L. W. 61.10.
Flo hr, Grain and Meal.
Flour, ail wheat first paten'. 65.00; second
patent, 64.40; straight, 64 00. extra fancy
$3.90; fancy. $8.70: extra family, -'2.»
Corn, white. 52;: mixed. 50c. Oats,
40- mixed 36-); Texas rustproof 38c. Lye
Georgia 61.00. Hay, No. 3 Hmothv. IfirsP
bales, 80; : No. 1. small bales,80c; No. 2, io
Men), plain, £0;: bolted 45-. Wheat »'»"•
large sacks 85;: small sacks 85 -. Shorts h
Stoek m»a\ 85c. Cotton seed meal .'«■ te't
100 pounds. Grits $3.00 per bbl; *'150 p«
bag.
Country Produce*
Etrir» 14@15c demand limited. Butter, Fun
ev Georgia, 13§,20 15@>17>^«; :: choice e.hotee 12 ) 4 ( 8 12)*e. ;He, au L' 'j
fnacy Tennessee 25(S>27>nC: *V Tl J
poultry, chickens, hens IG.aUV
chickens, large 20©22>4c: medium 1
Ducks, puddle, 22)4® 25-:
27)4c. Irish potatoes. GOa65c f
bushel. Honey, strained 6@/c:_ r
tho comb 9®10c: Onions. Gabl’iu ,.
.
85a per 3m.: $2.00®2.25 ner bbl.
1)4® 1)4 lb. Beeswax 22 l 4®25o. Dried frui
apples 7@8o; peachea 8(2)93.
Provisions. rib?'
Glcnr ribs sides, boxed G’t half
5% ■: rib bellies 6)4: 11(?>33)*.;: ice-cured Californ belliw ■. £
mi gar-cured bams 30(8'32)4 l ard., besi ■
breakfast bacon '- comp un<J
tv 7)4c;secoiid quality
b r ‘.
Cotton. G o-io .,
Market closed steady; middling