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DOU'LAR GLESBNEB. Ed. and Prop
Tn« Athena rwnner 1h in favor of
hataging all the Tillmana.
Sheriff U A. Cox. of Indianola.
Miss., declares that President
Roosevelt is ft •‘fourteen carat jack.
•88. ”
The Washington Star observes
that it remains to be seen how long
it will take South Carolina to get
tired of the Tillmans.
••Hilf a loaf U better then no
bread,” says the Augusta
Chronicle, "but it’s bard lines on
Charleston to have to put up with
a Crum."
The New York Evening Telegram
observes that the impression gains
ground in Washington that some
body has handed President Roose
velt a gold brick on the Southern
appointment question.
—
Atlanta has raisatd 1 $•'»,000 to ad
vertise the oity and is willing for
the State to give the other $5,000.
And the Savannsh Press thinks
that "nerve like this advertises a
town better than money.”
The treaty with Columbia for the
necessary land for the Panama
canal route has been signed and
thus another long step taken to
ward the interooeanic waterway.
We will yet see that canal built.
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The Atlanta papers put Athens
down as one of the bidders for the
State Fair this year. We want to
have a successful fair of our own
this year, just to get our hand* in,
then the State Fair next year, says
the Banner.
In the old days handsome young
women used to sit in the galleries
and send bequets to the congress
men. Now they call them liars
from the gallery. I* it the ladies,
the congressmen or the times that
have changed?
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Hon. Walter Steed, of Taylor
county, has annonnerd that he will
be in the race for the presidency of
the next State senate. Hon. W. 8.
West, of Lowndes county, has also
announced that he will be in the
race. Both are strong men.
The Tampa Times thinks, “A wise
man and a fool can gat along better
than two wise men do.” Sure;
nothing to argue about, adds a
Georgia exchange. Well, you are
the fool if you think that is going
to keep a fool from arguing.
u ‘lf Castro were really a wise man,
he would allow the revolutionists
to win—and let them walk the floor
for a while,” says the Atlanta Jour
nal. Has anybody heard of Castro
walking the floor? When he wants
to get on the other side, he dances
blithesomely across. Castro is no
floor walker.
The appearance ot a Cuban minis
ter at the Spanish court is an inter
esting incident in history. Cuba
and Spain are going to negotiate a
treaty of reciprocity. Spiin may
get ahead of this country, which
really seems to be in the attitude
of one who has settled a family
quar aland is afterward left out
10 tl cold.
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M .rcellus O Markham has been
appointed and confirmed as survey
or of the customs at Atlanta. Mr.
* Markham is a most accomplished
and excellent gentleman, well fitted
for the place, and if the president
would corn'’ up to this standard in
his other i.p vuntments no possible
crihcr could bo made upon him
MW" —.
T 1 < Sparta Is mn'alite says : "The
farmer who ii vj, on tb« pro luct of
11 b ! rm i- nut hurt by the pre
vision trust He is independent.”
Tois is very 'rue, and there is not
one fa ner ,n a hundred who does
not i naw uuat it is a fact, but theie
are run many mote than one in a
hundred who seem to realize and
act up m this knowledge.
Atlanta, which had a population
of 89.872 in 1900 according to the
census now has a population of
139,9b0—according to the latest di
rectory. Greater Atlanta, about
which its papers have recently been
talk i ng, seems to be already there.
The.*eis no use miking any espe
cial effort to increase the growth of
a city that increases of itself at the
rate of 50,000 in two years. All
that is necessary is to get out aa
occasional directory.
OASTBO AND THE KAIBEB-
All, the papers have been lutving
their fling at Castro. Peter Dunne,
on Collier's editorial page, says :
"No one in this country pretends
to a liking for Cantro. He is about
the Worst •'pecirnm of the Greater
dictator wu have had to deal with —
»n insincere, cruel and iguor »nt ad
venturer, more dangetous as uu ally
tbirh as a friend ”
And Tom Loyless, of the Atlanta
Journal, more than intimates that.
Castro dunks.
Now, we do not know where Pe
ter and Tom got t'jelr information,
though it bears evidence i f having
come from some Dutchman up
Arcbey Road.
For our part, we must acknowl
edge to a sort of sm aking liking for
Mr. Castro, even if he does take a
few ilugs tne next morning after
rhe ball. He may bo an adventur
er, but that is scarcely a reproach,
since we all occupy that position,
if we do but think about it—and it
must be admitted that he acts his
part fairly well.
What we most admire about the
president, of the little South Ameri
can republic is the fine contrast he
offers to his overshadowing oppo
nent acroHs the waters. Instead of
"Me and God,” his motto seems to
be "Everything gms,” and if it
doesn’t go swiftly or gaily enough
he gives the ball a kick to keep it
going. He refuses to take either
life or himself too seriously, and
there is a flue sense of humor in
jvhat he does, whether intentional
or not. He gives a ball one night,
while surrounded by insurgent
forces, and tells the German corres
pondent that he is the one to de
mand apologies for insults instead
of the emperor ; and the next morn
ing he heads his troops and defeats
the revolutionary forces.
Castro probably realizes that he
is not a world power, but he sends
back shell for shell just as if he
were one, and that is the best any
one can do. And if he doesn’t wor
ry about paying his debts, there are
o hers on at least one of the two
continents that Columbus claims to
have found.
Castro laughs in a case that would
give the kaiser katzanjammer, and
we are inclined to laugh with him.
"Does farming pay?” is not the
question. As well ask if merchan
dising, the practice of law, theolo
gy, or other callings pay. Farming
pays more than any other business
known. It loads the trains and the
ships, and pays the freight; it fills
the warehousesand pays the com
missions ; it pays most of the taxes,
and more interest than anything.
Os course farming pays. Where it
is intelligently followed it also pays
the farmer. It ought to pay the
fanner better than it does, and it.
will as soon as farmers find out
why it does not.
Thousands spend their lives chas
ing the rainbow of promised wealth,
to see the object of their search /
vanish just as they reach out to (
grasp it. This was illustrated a
few days ago in South Dakota
when Divid Thompson fell dead
with joy after a ten-minute dem
onstration over the find of a gold
mine. He had searched for the
fortune for seventeen years. This
is probably one reason why some of
our more thoughtful subscribers
have not yet paid up for this paper
>—they den’t want to see us drop
dead.
Uta
Editor Sidney Lewis thus com
ments on the proposition to sell the
State road : "Representative Moses,
of Coweta, wants to sell the State
road, and intends to introduce a
bill to that end In the legislature
next June. That would furnish a
big fund for the legislative spend
thrifts to revel in, for a couple of
sessions, and leave the State all the
worse for the debauch As a law
giver, the Coweta man doesn't take
rank with the original Moses. His
sohnne is a good one to sit down
on.”
Tried to Conceal It.
It’s the old story of "murder will
out” only in this case there’s no
crime. A woman feels run down,
has backache or dyspepsia and
thinks it’s nothing and tries to hide
it until she finally breaks down.
Don’t deceive yourself. Take Elec
tric Bitters at cnce. It has a repu
tation for curing stomach, liver and
kidney troubles and will revivify
your whole system. The worst
forms of those maladies will quickly
Held to the curative power of Eleo
,ric Bitters. Only 500, and guaran
eed by Carlisle & Ward and Brooks
'rug Store.
A BLOW TODIVORUE MILL-
The United States supreme court
rendered a decision the other day
which is calculated to prove a se
vere bio v to the divorce industry
of South Dakota. The Dakota law,
’ according to the court, is unconstitu
tional, and divorces obtained under
iit will notstind. For several years
i it, has been the practice of married
couples who desired to dissolve the
matrimonial bonds for one of them
to take uptneir resid'-noe fora short
time in the State or South Dakota,
and sue for a divorce under ti e
laws of that State. A resi'leuce, or,
rather, a, journ, of six months is all
that is required in that State, after
which a divorce could be very read
ily secured. In this way the courts
of South Dakota have been breaking
marriage ties for several years with
an ease and rapidity that amounted
almost to a nation it scandal.
Tho effect of 1 he decision referred
to will be to compel husbands and
wives, who seek a legal separation,
tosue for divorce in the State where
they have been living, and if the
divorce mill of South Dakota is thus
smashed there will be no regret,
except, perhaps, from those who
may w.sh to apply to it for a
separation.
AN IMMENSE WAR GUN-
The largest and most powerful
weapon of destruction in the world
has been placed at Sandy Hook as
a protection to New York harbor,
and its proving test has convinced
experienced army officers that it is
a success and will do all that is
claimed for it. This immense war
machine is the 16-inch coast defense
rifle which was tested on last Sat
urday.
I'he projectile carried by this im
mense gun weighs 2,400 pounds end
can be tired for a distance of twenty
one miles. It can be sent a mile
high and then dropped upon the se
lected victim. The charge of smoke
less powder required weighs 640
pounds, and it costs SI,OOO a shot to
fire the big gun. The steel-boring
projectile goes through the air at
the rate of 2,306 feet a second—a
mile in less than three seconds.
The charge of powder used is the
largest ever before placed in any
gun, but the big gun behaved re
markably well during the recent
test, and the designers were well
pleased with the results obtained.
THE DRINK HABIT.
In the midst of so much agitation of
the temperance question [aud in view
of the various suggestions that are of
fered for the suppression of the drink
habit, it is interesting to note what?
has been done in other countries, nota
bly France and Italy, on this line.
France and Italy have never been sub
ject to any prohibitory laws oq to any
laws in restraint of their drinking
habits The literature of these nations
shows that they were once very much
addicted to drunkenness, and now»they
are the most sober people on the face of
the earth in the midst of the most
abundant means of gratifying the ap
petite for drink.
The Philadelphia Record, which has
evidently been delving into history and
statistics on the subject of strong drink,
has reached the sober conclusion that
a revolution like that in Italy in regard
to drink is going on among the people
of the United, States. Making allow
ance for the production of "moonshine”
whiskey under the temptation of evad
ing an excessive internal revenue
tax, the Record declares that
the decline in the consumption
of distilled spirits is not merely
relative. but absolute. Thirty
years ago the consumption xof distilled
spirits was not far from two gallons
per capita, and in a former generation
it was as high as four gallons per capita.
Now the consumption is a little more
than one gallon per head of population,
while it should be borne in mind at the
same time that there is much greater
relative use of spirits in the arts and
manufactures than in former periods.
Despite this decline in the consumption
of spirits there has been ao correspond
ing increase in the consumption of beer
and wine.
Thus the Record reaches the cheerful
conclusion that "this is becoming a
' very sober people when compared with
other nations, save Italy and Spain, in
spite of despotic and fanaticrl legisla
tive attempts at restraint upon individ
ual liberty."
Almost Worse Than Our Wood Cut-
Albany Herald.
Tho Augusta Chronicle has dis
covered that Lieutenant Colonel
Tom Loy less in his new uniform,
looks like General Miles. This is
the "most unkindest cut of all,”
but it had to come.
TO CUKE GRIP IN TWO DAYS.
Laxative Bromo-Quinine removes the
cause. E. W. Grove’s signature on
every box. Price 25 eenta
Roosevelt ou r
<'F THE LIST
Os Possibilities for 1904, Ac
cording to "Town Topics.”
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Manina for the K«pnbUcan Fre«l*
den'lal Nomination. An Bditorlal
That In Pr'odncluK Homething of a
Sensation In New York.
Town Topics
Mr. Roosevelt hiving made himself
impossible, what better candidate for
*1904 have the R°public.ins that Senator
Hanna, the friend and adviser of
McKinUy, and the leader of their party
for eight years?
President Roosevelt has committed
su'-h a stupid blander in the Drum case
—a blunder bo contrary to his recent
common-sense policy—that I am con
strained to believe he has been
treacherously misadvised by some of
the Republican lenders who are se
cretly plotting to prevent his renomina
tion. That his appointment of Orum
was political suicide is evident from its
efffct throughout the North. The
Herald, which has for months carried
Roosevelt’s name at the head of its
columns as "the people’s candidate for
1901,” significantly drops it and takes
sides with the insulted whites of the
South. In regard to the wisdom aud
expediency 01 stirring up the negro
question and reviving race prejudices
there can be no honest and patriotic dif
ference of opinion. Mr. Roosevelt has
rudely and unnecessarily offended the
whole nation, and nothing that he can
now do or say will restore to him its
respect and confidence.
Regrets for the political suicide ol
Roosevelt will be general, for he was
becoming one of the most popular of
our presidents. Yet, when his whole
career is considered, the Crum incident
is not uncharacteristic. He* has always
been like the cow that gives good, rich
milk—and then kicks over the pail.
If. itching for notoriety and sensation,
he desired to experiment with misceg
enation in United States offices, why did
lie not appoint a negro collector to
some New England port, and enjoy the
results of giving negro-worshippers
some of their own medicine? Why
did he not appoint a negro collector here
in New York, where a little deeper
blackness in Republicanism would not
have affected the solid Democratic
majority? Why did he select a typical
Southern city, in which there is not
only the old race prejudice, but the
constant dread of attempted negro
domination? I cannot believe that Mr.
Roosevelt’s object was to capture the
votes of tne negro delegates in the
next Republican convention, because a
moments’s consideration would show
him that a renomination would be
worthless if all the white voters were
driven from him. No; this is a rare
and sad case of mid-winter madness—
our ancestors would have called it
"possession bj' the devil” —and we can
only mourn the loss of one who
promised to rank with our most illus
trious presidents.
Apologists for Mr. Roosevelt —he has
no t.efenders —say that he appointed
Crum because there are more negroes
than whites in South Carolina. What
kind of negroes? There are more cat
tle than men in Texas, but a president
does not appoint a bull to a United
States office. During the summer there
are more Hies than people in New York,
but a president does not make a horse
fly collector of this port. The apology
is as stupid as the offense.
Senator Tillman can do the South no
greater service than by keeping quiet
about the Crum case, If he begins to
froth over it he will obscure the true
issue and make the worse appear
the/better reason.
The South must be patient under the
Roosevelt provocation. There must be
no wild talk about secession; no boy
cotting of Northern products. The
good sense of the American people will
settle the race question, as it has settled
others more difficult. The States have
rights—even to their prejudices— that the
federal government is constitutionally
bound to respect, and the force of pub
lic opinion will cause them to be re
spected. Although we use the word
government as though the federal ad
niinist.ation were an individual power,
it is simply the wholesale agent of the
States tor the transaction of national
business, and if any State objects to the
employment of negro subjects within
its boundaries, white sub-agents will be
substituted. This is the only view, and
it will prevail.
Mr. Roosevelt’s advisers urge him
to recall the Crum nomination aud save
the situation. This is good advice. It
will save the situation, but it will not
save Mr. Roosevelt. He has fallen like
Lucifer, never to rise again,
The Sauxterf.r.
TOCURE a cold in one day.
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets
All druggists refund the money If It fall
to cure. E. W. Grove’s signature Is 9
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THE NEWSPAPER WOMAN
A woman there was, and she wrote for
the press <
(As you or I might do).
She volt bow to cut and fit a dress,
And how to etew many a savory mess,
But slip had never done it herself, I
guess,
(Which none of her readers knew).
Oh, the hour we spent and the flour we
spent,
And the sugar we wasted like sand. 1
At the heft of a woman who never hi d .
cooked J
(And now we know that she never could ;
cook).
And did not understand.
A woman there was, and she wrote right
fair,
(As you or I might do).
How out of a barrel to make a chair,
To be covered v. ith chintz and stuffed
with hair—
’Twould adorn any parlor and give it
an air 1
(And we thought the tale was true).
Oh, the days we worked and the ways
we worked
To hammer and saw and hack,
In making a chair in which no one
conld sit
Without a crick in his back.
A woman there was, aud she had her
fun
(Better than you and I).
She wrote out recipes and she never
tried one,
She wrote about children—of course she
had none—
She told ns to do what she never had
done,
(Aud never intended to try).
And it isn’t to toil and it isn’t to spoil
That brims the enp of disgrace—
It’s to follow a woman who didntknow
beans
(A woman who never had cooked
any beans)
But wrote and was paid to fill space.
— [The Congregationalism
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SUPER TWEAKED PIG’S TAIL.
Animal Bit Chorus Girl In Play and
Blood Poisoning Ensued.
New York. Jan. 23.—Miss Julia Man
tin, a chorus girl, was bitten by a
pig last Thursday on the right arm,
and blood poisoning has since set in.
, The pig was a property of the play
in which Miss Martin appeared, and
became savage because one of the su
pers tweaked his tall to make him
squeal.
On Saturday Miss Martin was forc
ed to stop playing, and has consented
to try formaline as a cure. Her phy
sician will make the injection of the
germicide this morning.
Wonderful Nerve
Is displayed by many a man endur
ing pains of accidental cuts,
wounds, bruises, burns, scalds,
sore feet or stiff joints But there’s
no need for it. Bucklen’s Arnica
Salve will kill ths pain and cure
the trouble. It’s the best salve on
earth; for piles, too. 25c, at Carlisle
& Ward and Brooks Drug Store.
You May Not Expect
Good bread these cold mornings if
your flour is of the spasmodic sort
that only "works by spells.” You
can’t be certain —you don’t know
what to depend on. "Clifton” flour
will beke to your entire entire sat
isfaction, day in aid day out. It is
not the best flour today and the
next best tomorrow. It is the best
all the time and people who buy
"Clifton” flour know it. Sold by
Coppedge & Edwards, W. H Brew
ier, E. S. McDowell and P. Flynt,
Chaffee Inspects Camp Thomas.
Shattanooga, Tepm., Jan. 24.—Gen
eral Adna R. Chaffee/commander of
the department of the east, of the
United States army, arrived in this
city today for the purpose of inspect
ing Camp Thomas and the army post
that Is in process of construction. He
will leave tonight for Atlanta and
other southern posts. He is accom
panied by Colonel Lawrence, of en
gineering corps; Captain Lindsay and
Roy B. Harper, aides-de-camp.
One Hundred Dollars a Box
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