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BILL ARP’S
Millionaire! Camegio Praised For
Works of Philanthropy.
WILLIAM OFFERS SOME SUGGESTIONS.
Says (iroat hlool Magnet (hmld lUaelt (he
Mnssns In h Better Way Tli’in
By librarian.
“Scale it, Mr. Fricks, scale these
profits down 5 per cunt for the noxt
fiscal year. The books show that we
are getting too rich. Put down tho
price of steel rails and put up the price
of labor. Wo are but trustees for our
fellowtneu aud u million u yeur is
enough for us."
If Mr. Carnegie had said that leu
years ago, he wouldn’t he so perplexed
now about giving away his money.
He says it is a sin for u man to die
rich, aud as life is uncertain aud death
is sure, he seems to he in a hurry
about getting rid of his millions. Thu
live millions he has settled upon his
aged and indigent laborers is u bene
faction that everybody commends.
The twenty-five millions that he 1ms
given to the cities for public libraries
is not especially commended by any
body except those who received it. It
is about on a pur with Rockefeller’s
twenty-five millions to the great uni
versities. Neither gift reaches the
masses of the people nor alleviates the
condition of the poor. George Pea
body's and Peter Cooper's charities
were much more sensible and effect al.
George Muller's life work, who, with
out a dollar of capital to begin with,
established orphanages in London un
til he had ovnr 2,000 iu charge when he
died, and from year to year maintain
ed and educated them, was a much
grander charity than giving millions
to aud libraries.
George Peabody’s millions built
blocks of good comfortable tenement
bouses for the laboring poor of Lou
don, houses that were furnished and
equipped with every comfort and
every safeguard for the health of the
tenants. Besides that, he left a large
fund for the promotion of education in
I lie south. There are many charities
lar more needed by the people than
giving them a chance to read free
hooks. The poor do mb have time to
lead very much. A right hungry man
cau’t hardly get religion, much less
enjoy a story book. But still we com
mend Mr. Carnegie for his good in
tentions, and if lie had given two or
three thousand dollars to Cartersville,
1 would have said, “Mr. Carnegie,
you are a big-hearted Scotchman,
sir!" I hope they will elect hnu mayor
of New York.
The reason why tho public praises
Mr. Carnegie so is because the public
is surprised. Such munificence is so
uncommon that it is unexpected. The
gift is really himself, no act of generosity, for,
as ho says it is a sin to keep
it and die rich. He got all his mil
lions from the labor of the people,aud
now he is trying to pour some of it
hack in the jug. That is right
and honorable, for the ore was God’s
ami the labor was Ihe toil of his men.
He ought to pour it hack and give
some to the toilers whose sweat, earned
the money. This is pure morality and
common sense.
Every man has a moral right, and it
is his duty to make sufficient profit
from his labor to maintain himself and
his family in comfort, ami even in lux
ury, ami also to lay up something for
his children aud for old ago and for
the accidents of life; hut beyond that
his rights under a Christian civiliza-'
lion do not go. He then becomes a
trustee for his followmen who are in
need. Not that he should parcel out
aud distribute to each one his share,
fov it eaunot bo done, but he should
make some investment that would in
eure'fhe greatest good to the greatest,
number. Nevertheless, Mr. Carnegie
is scattering his money. He is sow
ing wheat, among the tares. He is
giving largely to tho wealthy cities
who can provide their own libraries.
He is scattering his money; 1 mean the
surplus, that has grown to be a bur
den. He has just finished a million
dollar mausiou in New York and has
another iu Scotland, and a few millions
iu reserve for contingencies. \Ve hope
that these small holdings will not in
terfere with his intention to die
No, there is no peculiar grace in the
gifts of Carnegie or Rockefeller. They
are a surprise, that’s all. for not one in
a hundred of the millionaires do such
things. Most of them hold on and
pile it up for their children to quarrel
over. The Standard Oil Company has
just declared a dividend of twenty
million for Rockefeller. He crushed
out ami absorbed nil competing mills
aud still sells oil to the consumers at
15 cents per gallon. Cheap, isn’t it?
But lie could sell it at 10 cents and
make n hundred per cent, Tt is the
common people, the masses, the toil
ers and the poor who buy the oil, aud
every' gallon takes a nickel from them
that ought not to be taken. God made
the oil, and man gave the labor. Mr.
Rockefeller had but little to do with it.
M »st of his millions really belong to
God aud the laborers. It is no suffi
cient answer that ho has endowed a
college The children of the laborers
are not iu it. It’s too far away aud
too high up.
TLese colossal fortunes are becorn
mg alarming. They endauger good
government, for it is still a fact “that
riches and virtue are rarely found
eombiued.” Laws grind the poor aud
rich men make the laws. A graduated
income tax would limit these great
fortunes, but alas, we will never get
it. It is too late. The^jg , j>joortuuity
has passed, for -ToJi'Yueu makvthe
laws. Millionaires control the United
States senate and will resist any tax
that limits or lessens their estates.
But it is wrong for us to envy the
rich. In the economy of life and tho
pursuit of happiness it seems neces
sary to have rich men. They build
ships, railroads, canals, telegraphs
amt telephones, cotton and woolen
mills, reapers, mowers, Hour mills and
a thousand other plants that furnish
us with food and clothing and add to
the comfort of mankind. The world
would make slow progress without
them, but when they begin to unload
their vast profits mankind will criti
cise the manner of it. Generally they
unload it on their children, who never
earned a dollar of it. Some of them
would carry it all to heaven with them
if they could. Many of them give a
part of it to some church or charity as
a kind of passport to heaven.
An old friend of mine who was pret
ty hard up borrowed $5 from me one
morning to pay one of these darn lit
tle just debts, as he called them. He
said his creditor was annoying him,
but before he left my office a commit
tee from the country called and asked
us to help to build a country church.
1 gave them u dollar, but my friend
subscribed $5 and handed over tho bill
that 1 had loaned him. After they
hud left 1 asked him why he guve so
much, and ho said: “Well, I always
givo that much to help build a church.
L do not belong to any, for 1 have not.
yet felt good enough to join, but I
have lived in five counties and prac
ticed my profession in fourteen, and I
have helped to build country churches
in all of them. It may he that death will
catch me unawares before 1 do join the
church and Ht. Peter will refuse me
admission into the heavenly gate. But
1 will’have one credential, fer I can say:
“St. Peter, I know I have not been a
good man and arn not fit to mingle
with the saints, but I have got a little
stock in every country church from
Rabun’s Gap to Tallapoosa—and may
lie he will let me in—maybe so. Ma
jor, could you lend mo another $5
without inconvenience?” Of course I
did, for he was one friend whom I
never refused. He did join the church
and 1 believe he is in heaven now.
blessed Charity is the greatest and most
of all virtues. As the poet
says: “It is twice blessed. It blesseth
him that gives and him that doth re
ceive.” But when a man with $100,000
ineonie gives away $1,000 of it to ease
his conscience and secure a passport
to heaven, he makes u mistake. It will
do neither. A man’s standing in
the community is determined more by
his charity than anything else. How
much does he give to tho church and
how much to tho poor is discussed by
his neighbors, aud he is rated accord-
Not long ago I gave a problem to
the young people. If a man sells a
sow and pigs for $18 and gets as much
for oue-tenth of the sow as he did for
nine-tenths of a pig,how many pigs did
sho have? I have received scores of
answers—most of them making it nine
pigs and some say ten pigs—one smart
girl makes it seventy-two pigs aud one
smarter man proves that the sow had
1,791 pigs. Strange to say every an
swer is correct. Nine pigs gives $9
for the sow aud 1 each for the pigs;
seventy-two pigs gives $2 for tho sow
and 11 2-9 cents for a pig and it
would take Hie seventy-two pigs to
make the $16. Nine cents tor tue
sow would give 1 cent for each pig,
and therefore require 1,791 pigs to
make up the $18. It is a see-saw sum.
As the price of the sow goes down
the number of the pigs goes up
and any number is correct. Now, let
me ask the school boys and girls to
hold up a little on composition ami
speeches. Please excuse me for I have
not the time. It, would take every
hour iu the day to comply with all
their requests.—B ill Arp in Atlanta
Constitution.
DLN.MARK'S PROPOSITION.
Terms Upon Which She Will Sell
Islands to Uncle Sam.
The Loudou Daily Mail publishes
the following dispatch from its Copen
hagen correspondent:
“1 am enabled to state, on the very
best authority, that Denmark lias com
municated to the United Stutes the
following conditions for the sale of the
l)ani#h West Indies:
“1. Four million dollars to be paid
to Denmark.
“2. The population to decide by
vote whether to remain Danish or to
be transferred to America.
“3. if the vote is favorable to the
United States then the inhabitants to
become immediately not only American
but American citizens.
“4. Products of the islaud to be ad
mitted to the United States free of
duty.
“It is supposed here that Washing
ton will not readily aeeept the third
and fourth conditions.”
AGGY CONFERS WITH LEADERS.
Friends of Captive Urge Him to Use
Influence For Peace.
A Manila special snvs: Agtiinaldo
conferred in the Tagalog language, at
the Malacanau palace, Friday, with
several former members of his cabinet
and other prominent Filipinos whom
ho had asked to see. They explained
to him the hopelessness of the insur
gent causo aud advised him to use his
influence to establish peace aud for
the recognition of American sover
eignty. Tho result of the conference
is as yet unknown.
Counterfeits Discovered.
Chief Wilkie, of the secret service,
has announced that a new aud im
proved issue of the counterfeit $5 sil
ver certfiieates, series of 1899, portrait
of the Indian chief, Onepapa, discov
ered on October 23, 1900, has appeared
in circulation.
GEORGIA NEWS
Brief Summary of Interesting
Happenings Culled at Random.
Many Negron* Ar* Dnfaultnr*.
Between eight and ten thousand tax
defaulters are in theconuty of Fulton.
Tax Collector Stewart has been bnsy
for the past month sending out notices
of default, arid he is still engaged
along this line. In speaking of the
defaulters Mr. Stewart says:
“The majority of the tax defaulters
in this county are negroes, and I think
the whole trouble is caused by the be
lief which many negroes have that
they do not have to pay poll tax if
they do not vote. This, however, does
not have anything to do with it since
Chinamen pay the poll tax and are not
allowed to vote. There are in all be
tween 8,000 and 10,000 defaulters
now.”
School Election to lie Contented,
The recent election for school com
missioner of Dodge county will be
contested. State School Commission
er Glenn received a communication
from B. R. Calhoun announcing that
ho had forwarded appeal papers ex
cepting to the election of M. L. Burch.
A meeting of tho state board of educa
tion will he called shortly to hear the
case, which promises to he warmly
fought.
I>i*l>en»»ry Profit* Divided.
The profits arising from the Athens
dispensary for the year 190!), amount
ing to $11,000, have been divided be
tween the city of Athens and the
county of Clarke. The profits for 1898
and 1899 are still hung up, awaiting
the decision of the supreme court on a
case now pending.
Saloon Keepers are Worried.
The law and order i>eople of Sa
vannah got in their work again before
the grand jury the past week and in
were returned against seven
saloon keepers for keeping open on
The indictments read “for
keeping open a tipping house and re
liquor on the Sabbath,” being
worded purposely. Under the law
conviction on this charge requires a
of liconse, and this is the
of the situation that is worry
the saloon men.
Obear to Inspect Military School*.
Inspector General Obear will prob
devote a considerable part of the
of May inspecting the sixteen
schools in the state. Replies
communications addressed to the
of schools indicate a preference
inspection during May, and the in
will, it is said, give them such
as they may desire. The number
military schools in Georgia has in
during the past few years and
are now several hundred hoys
military training.
YounK Ladles Publish Paper.
Young ladies of the Wesleyan col
lege of Macon have commenced the
publication of an interesting monthly
called The Wesleyan Journal. The
fiast volume has just been issued. It
consists of twenty-eight pages, under
a handsome, light blue, mottled cover,
and is replete with entertaining mat
tor.
Free Delivery In DeKnlb County.
A telogram from Washington an
nounces that the town of- Decatur is
to have a free postal delivery mail ser
vice after May 1st. The length of the
route to be served is 241 miles, embrac
ing a population of 500.' The post
oflices of Pauthersville, -.Snapfinger
and Westview are to be discontinued,
and the mail will be sent to Decatur.
Bacron Believes War I* Over.
. A Washington dispatch says: Sen
ator Bacon, of Georgia, who led the
fight in the senate agaiust the admin
istration’s Philippine policy, has this
to say regarding the capture of Aguin
aldo:
“The capture of Aguiualdo will
most probably have a strong influence
toward the general pacification of the
islands. How complete or how per
manent this may be it is difficult to
conclude at this time in the absence
of more definite knowledge of condi
there. The question of the dis
of Aguiualdo may he a more
one than wns the fact of his
The probability is that he
be sent, to Guam, which has be
the American St. Helena.”
Senator Bacon contemplates a trip
the Philippines this spring to make
personal investigation of the condi
there.
Hanging Po<ti>onad; Lynching threat
oned.
The five negroes—Andrew Davis,
Augustus, William Hudson,
Balden and Richard Sanders—
whom so much excitement has
created in Sylvania, Screven
were not hanged last Friday,
respite having been granted at the
moment by Governor Candler, to
the decision of the supreme
on the motion for a new trial.
prisoners were returned to Savan
Saturday morning aud lodged iu
county jail. They left Sa
with a legal halter about their
that gave excellent promise of
tightened at Sylvauia. Process
law, however, loosened the legal
and there was immenent danger
its being replaced with one haviug
connection with the law and order.
Very narrowly the five men escaped
at the hands of the sheriff
Screven county, and they had little
margin of immunity from the
of the incensed citizens of the
who had sworn to wreak ven-
geance upon them for the murder of
Constable Mears and Special Constable
Herrington, whom they shot down
down from ambush last August.
It is known that arrangements had
been made by a mob to storm the jail
in Sylvania and Hecnre the prisoners.
They were then to ho promptly swung
up. Action of the authorities disarm
ed the prospective lynchers, how
ever. A special train was provided by
the Sylvania railroad early Saturday
morning. Sentinels were thrown out
to guard against a surprise, and a
strong detachment of the guards enter
ed the jail, secured the prisoners , hur
ried t hem to the train, put them
aboard, and in charge of Major Gray
son, Sheriff W. B. Thompson and forty
members of the Screven Guards, the
train sped away for Rockford, where
it made connection with the Central
railroad passenger train for Savannah.
Sheriff Thompson recommitted the
prisoners to tho custody of the Savan
nah jailer until their disposition may
He determined by the supreme court.
• * •
Savannah’* Naval Store* Receipts.
The naval stores season of 1900-1001
ended at Savannah last Saturday. The
receipts of spirits at Savannah have
been the largest in the history of the
business. Receipts, spirits, 337,453;
rosin, 1,119,957. Exports, 383,944;
rosin, 1,120,622. The year has not
been a good one because of high prices
of labor and timber lauds.
Koa<l l’ays Damage*.
The celebrated case of Henry M.
Bryant vs. the Atlanta, Knoxville and
Northern Railway company for dam
ages was terminated in Marietta the
past week by the payment of $1,621 to
the plaintiff, Bryant. This case has
been bitterly contested through sev
eral courts, having gone to the su
preme court twice before final termi
nation.
No IloinesIcaU For Bankrupt,
In the United States court at Macon
the past week Judge Speer rendered a
decision of importance. Joel W. Lock
wood, bankrupt, having asked that a
homestead exemption be set apart to
him by the trustees, the Exchange
bank of Fort Valley filed objections on
the ground that it held homestead
waiver notes of Lockwood and that if
the homestead was set apart to him it
would lose its security. Judge Speer
held that the objection to the setting
apart of the homestead was well taken
and the bankrupt Avas denied the
homestead.
Bond* May Bring: 1XO.
Atlanta officials believe that the city
will obtain 110 for the water bonds
that are soon to be issued. Au offer of
107 has already been made and other
financial men are now in communica
tion with the municipal authorities
with a view to purchasing the bonds.
Col. Buck Not Recalled,
The published report that Col. Al
fred E. Buck had been recalled by ihe
administration because of alleged
strained relations between Russia and
Japan is absolutely denied in Wash
ington. Officials say there is no truth
in the statement that- the minister has
been given hurry up orders. Minister
Buck will not return to his post before
the 15th inst.
GRIGGS' SUCCESSOR?
Philadelphia Man Said to Be Slated
For Attorney General.
A report is in circulation in Phila
delphia that John G. Johnson, a lead
ing member of the Philadelphia bar
and one of the most prominent lawyers
in the country, has been offered the
portfolio of attorney general in Presi
dent McKinley’s cabinet to succeed
Attorney General Griggs.
When asked if he had been offered
such a position in President McKin
ley’s cabinet he would not say. “I do
not want my refusal to answer the
question,' hoAvever, to be construed as
a denial that the position has been
effered mo.”
SPORTING BREVITIES,
Plans have been drawn for a Chi
cago riding academy, to cost $100,000,
Yale athletes have begun their out
door work for this season in earnest.
Four days of the Pan-American Ex
position in August- will be given to
contests between Irish athletes.
Mr. Alexander Winton will attempt
the journey from San Francisco to
New York City in an automobile.
Thomas W. Lawson has offered $500
in prizes. 8100 each in live classes, for
the Log SIioav in Boston in April,
Harvard and Yale have challenged
Oxford and Cambridge to athletic
competitions at New York City in
July.
. Members of tho cycle trade have de
cided to encourage contests on the
track by the employment of racing
teams.
The United States National Lawn
Tennis Association has accepted the
English challenge for au international
match in August.
“Scrappy” Joyce and Pat Tebeau
declare emphatically that they will
never play baseball again or even be
come interested in a club.
Plans are progressing for automo
bile tours and races to the Pan-Ameri
can Exposition from Chicago, Cleve
land and other Western cities.
Amos r.usie, the baseball pitcher,
who for two years lias been out of
the game, lias signed a contract to
play with the Cincinnati team this
season.
Sir Thomas Lipton has decided to
bring across the ocean next summer
both the Shamrocks, anil lie will try
to race them for a month before the
Cup coutests.
Marksmen of Illinois are willing to
pay a license on guns if the State
will give the money to the game
warden and authorize him to use it
in enforcing the game laws. Indiana
and Iowa will receive the same propo
sition.
Georgia Southern and Florida Railway c<
Time Tables—In Effect February 8<1, 1901.
Sia.’fcjwet to distnere tXTlt la.ciat Uotie w.
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St Louis and Jacksonville, Fla. Trains 3 and 4 also carry local sleeper betJ
Macon and I’alatka. Trains 5 and 6 are slioo-tty trains. i
Full information from the undersigned.
D. G. HALL, T. r. A. C. 15. RIIOES, Gen. Pass. Agt, -Macon,G,
8 Kimball House, Atlanta, Ga.
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