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» f 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. - 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? . — 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. » 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.” . ) 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 Mb. »S6o, 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 S4OO Reward SIOO. The readers of this paper will be pleased to learn that there is ■» least one dreaded disease that science has been able to cure In all its stages and that is Catarrh. Hall’s Catarrh Cure is the only positive owe now knewn to the medicinal fra ternity. Catarrh being a constitutional disease, requires a constitutional treat ment Hal’s Catarrh Cure is taken in ternally, acting directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the system, there by destroying the foundation of the dis ease, and giving the patient strength by building up the constitution and as sisting nature in doing its work. The proprietors have so much faith In its curative powers, that they offer One Hundred Dollars for any case that it falls to cure Send for list of testimonials Address F. J. CHENEY & CO, Toledo, O. Sold by druggists, 75c. Hall's family Pills are the best. 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 Is the value H. A. Tisdale, Sum merton, 8. C., places on DeWitt’s Witch Hazel Salve. He says: "I had the piles 20 years. I tried many doctors and medicines, but all failed except DeWitt’s Witch Hazel Salva. It cured me,” It is a com bination of the healing properties of Witch Hazel, with antiseptics end emollients ; relieves and permanent ly cures blind, bleeding, itching and protruding piles, sores, cuts brufses, eczema, salt rheum and al. skin diseases. Brooks Drug Storel For Over bixty Years. 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