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DOUGLAS GL&SSNFF, Ed- and Pi op.
H'l’he Macon New* notes that Rhode
Island seems to enjoy a “joke. ”
Editor Ben Ferry, of the Canton Ad
vance, is going to run for State sena
tor. We’d like to vote for Ben.
A contemporary notes that Hoke
Smith is much mor< afraid of Hearst
in 1904 than he w'i* of McKinley in
They say Hearst cannot carry New
York because Tammany is not for him,
and th'-n they boom Parker, whom
they gay Tammany Is fighting.
They say Hearst is unknown, and
then th jy boom Parker, Parker? Far
ker? You know Parker? He is some
fellow up in New York, and said to be
a very nice man.
Yesterday's Telegraph did not con
tain a single editorial attack, either
open or covert, on a f>< mocrat. But
can Editor Pendleton stick it out till
the first of June?
What the Cossacks are going to do
to the Japanese army as soon as the
snowmelts is something frightful to
contemplate, as it is told by the Rus
sian ti>lk specialists.
The New York Herald reads Russia
a lecture on the inactivity of her fleets.
“Ships are not rats, expected to tight
only when cornered, but activities that
find their highest usefulness in chal
lenges.”
a—w»— ■ I, .
The best information is that ‘‘noth
ing has happened recently at Port Ar
thur, but that the place is haul press
ed.” Ammunition is said to be run
ning short and great damage was done
in the past bombardments.
The Albany Herald thinks there are
lots of Democrats in the country who
are Dot especially stuck on either of the
presidential candidates now being con
sidered as "in the race," and who would
look with favor upon the nomination of
tZme live. Democratic dark horse by
the St. Louis convention.
According to Editor Boifeuillet,
• From morn to noon, from noon to
dewy eve he fell, and from the zenith
dropped,” or words to that effect, the
Clevelandites will say, when they hear
that Judge W.A. Covington, the bril
liant South Georgia orator, declares
that Cleveland is his first choice for
president, but if O’eveland doeen'trun,
Hearst is his favorite.
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The Columbus Enquirer-Sun is keep
ing an observant eye on the race for
prison commissioner, and says: “Hon
Judson Strickland seems to be adding
friends to his already long list iu his
race for prison commissioner. Thepa
pi rs in all parts of the State are saying
many nice things about Mr. Strick
land.”
The Hon. E. K. Overstreet has been
endorsed by the Democratic mass
meeting in Soriven county for re-elec
tied to the legislature. Mr. Overstreet
is one of the ablest and most fearless
members of the lower house, and is the
gentleman who denounced the lobbying
of certain persons when the convict
lease question was before the house last
Bummer,
A story of unusual patriotism and de
votion to country comes from Japan. It
is probably without a parallel in his
tory. A Japanese widow, whose son
was exempt from military duty because
she was dependent upon him for sup
port, realizing the situation, commit
ted suicide that he might join the army.
The woman, so the story goes, plunged
a dagger into her heart and banded the
bloody weapon to her son, who took it
and immediately volunteered his ser
vices to his country.
It is not creating much excitement,
and is absolutely unknown to the large
majority of the people of the State, but
the Republican State convention will
hold its session next Wednesday in the
hall of the house of representatives at
the State eapitol, and it is thought that
the gathering will be one of the most
harmonious ever held. The convention
will endorse Roosevelt and will elect
four delegates at large to the national
convention, whose names have already
been announced, and, it is said, will
consider the nomination of a State
ticket,
The Philadelphia Record says: "Ja
pan has now ten divisions—in round
numbers, 200,00.) men—in the field; so
says a Nagasaki dispatch of yesterday's
date. If that be true, then the mobil
ization, embarkation, oversea trans
portation and disembarkation of Jap
anese troops have proceeded with mar
velous celerity. One can never tell,
however, whether war dispatches are
rue. Feints and deceptive rumors are
among the most important Instrumen
talities ot warfare. Strategists are not
in the publishing business, and when
they permit something to leak out it is
as likelv »« not to be an untmth ”
THE OPPORTUNITY OF THE UNITED
STATES.
Os all the many articles written
m regard to present conditions in
the East probably none have been
characterized by such a breadth nf
view and keenness of observation ae
that on '’America’s Opportunity in
the East,” contributed by Harold
Boloe to the March Booklovers’
Magazine.
The article, which is the first of a
series, is particularly valuable be
cause In it is crystallized the di
versity of opinion regarding the
outcome of the conflict between
Russia and Japan.
On the one hand the widespread,
anti-Russian sentiment—a convic
tion that Russia’s triumph would
inevitably mean the closing of doors
in Manchuria, and possibly tn the
whole Eastern world, against Amer
ican commerce ; on the other hand
the strong pro-Russian sentiment
asserting that Russia is now an en
lightened country, manifesting a
modern spirit of progress—notably
in ner vast railway construction —
and, having shown herself always
our friend, planning more and mere
to encourage reciprocal trade. In
line with this, as Mr. Boice shows,
there are not a few who mistrust
Japan,strenuously Insisting that Ja
pan has a distinct scheme for solid
ifying the Magnolian race, an am
bition to merge and mobolize the
millions of China into a military
entity, whose power, once aroused,
wonld dwarf into insignificance and
and horde of conquerors the world
has ever seen, and that, therefore,
“a Japanese victory over Russia
would be an international calamity, ”
an insurmountable calamity to the
free commerce of the nations. Both
of these divergent views Mr. Boice
presents quite clearly.
Diverse as are these opinions,
says the Augusta Herald, it is
plainly shown that all agree in one
thing, that “the United States is at
the present moment confronted by
the greatest problem in her his
tory.” In either words, this is the
hour in which a decision is to be
reached regarding the westerly
growth of the commercial empire.
It does not require Mr. Boice’s
graphic description to remind the
Americans ot what has been done
by the people of this country on the
two Pacific coasts, nor of how there
is a stronger and stronger demand
every day for the right kind of
young men ta carry on the com
mercial and industrial work already
so advanced under the direction of
American skill and energy, but it
willrequhe more than the might
and foresight of any one man to
decide wisely what are the best
moves to be made in the present
crises, and so now as never before
there is a necessity for a display of
the broadest statesmanship at our
nanional capital.
THE EVOLUTION OF THE PRIMA-
RY SYSTEM.
The News and Sun, which was
one of the first and most persistent
advocates of a carefully regulated
primary, heartily endorses the fol
lowing suggestions from the Athens
Banner:
The Democrats of Georgia have
every reason to feel proud of the
splendid results that have come
from the gradual evolution of the
primary system. It has made it.
possible for the State to maintain
white supremacy without the resort
to constitutional amendments that
practically disfranchise the black
race, and at the same time no one
can raise an objection to a great,
party managing its elections as it
sees fit.
A tew years back the primary
election was unknown in Georgia.
The negroes voted in every flection
and there was invariably an unseem
ly scramble for the negro vote on
election day. Then came the first
primary system. It was crude at
first and did not give the satifac
tion that was expected, but the
Democrats clung to it and then
asked the legislature to pass a law
regulating primary elections in the
State. This was done and the goed
effect has ever since been manifest.
Then arose the evil of the counties
holding their primaries on different
days, but that was remedied by tne
State executive committee passing a
rule that they should in the future
be held on the same day in all the
counties of the State. Now it
is rapidly coming to pass
that the counties are combin
ing their primaries with the State
primary and the senatorial and con
greeaicnal committees are also com
bining their primaries with the
State primary. will have a
good effect, as it will bunch all the
elections together and get through
with them. That will relieve the
Communities of much political wor
ry and turmoil and the people will
be satisfied to hold all the elections
at once and get through with them.
a hey are as a rule great demorali
zers and the people are glad when
are over.
Two other steps remain to be
taken before the primary system is
seen at its best. The early primary
must be done away with. There is
no uje in having a primary six
months in advance of the general
election. That rule throws the elec
tion at a time when the farmers ot
the State are very busy with their
crops. The primary should be held
after the crops are laid by, when
all the people of the state, both
farmers and business men, have a
breathing spell. The date should
be fixed at a oerfain time and it
should be the same each year.
With such a rule there would be
no temptation for men to announce
for the office so far in advance and
the contests would be narrowed to
r shorter time, because the candi
dates would then know exactly
when the election would be held and
would have no anxiety as to
whether or not an early primary
would be called.
Some of the counties have adopt
ed the Australian ballot for their
primaries. It would be a good
thing if all the counties in the State
should agree to adopt this system
The primary system wonld then
be as close to a perfect system as it
could be brought.
NEW MEN WEEDED-
Cardinal Gibbons, in a recent ser
mon, said; “We need men who
are controlled by conscience rather
than by expediency—men who are
ii flaenced by a sense of duty and
not by self-interest, who are swayed
by a spirit of patriotism and not by
a desire of political preferment.”
Such men are needed in the world.
They are needed in the pulpit, in
the bar, in politics, in business —
everywhere. But it will bo many
years before we have such men in a
majority. They aie in a evident
minority now.
Most men are self-centered these
days. In politics the prevailing
type is working solely for bis own
good ;in business be is seeking tUo
overthrow of his competitors for his
own advancement; in the profes
sions he does not blindfold himself
to the shortcomings of his ilk be
cause he seeks to bent fit himself by
these shortcomings. In the pulpit,
generally speaking, the high salary
and carefully selected sermons are
of more importance than spreading
the homely gospel of Nazareth.
The time may come when we shall
have only such men of which Car
dinal Gibbons speaks, but it is evi
dent all around us that the time is
far away.
MR- SPENOER ON THE SOUTH-
President Samuel Spencer, of the
Southern Railway Company, has
just returned to New York from an
extended tour over the lines of the
company in the South Mr. Spencer
spoke confidently of the Southern
situation, which he said is undoubo
edly sound. Said Mr Spencer :
“Our trip South cariied us over
most of the bnes of the Southern,
and evidences of prosperity were
general. The <600,000,000, accord
ing to estimates, which the cotton
crop has brought to the Stale this
year is.oicourse, one of thegreatest
factors in the excellent sitnation.
But it is not the only factor,because,
with the possible exception of iron
manufacturing, which is dull there
as elsewhere, practi r .Hy all the in
dustries ot the South are in a really
flourishing condition.
“The cotton crop has brought a
great deal of money into the South
which was unexpected, pernaps, and
everywhere the banks have more
money on band than they find use
for. If you take the clearings < t
banks the country over you will
find, perhaps, decreases in other
sections, but in the South the clear
ings are greater than ever, and this
is a sign of the times with them.’
Regarding Mr. Spencer s opinions,
the Savannah Press comments as
follows:
“The best thing, in Mr. Spencer’s
opinion, about the prospeirty in the
South is that it bears no resem
blance to forced or ‘boom’ prosper
ity-
“The South was rather behind the
rest of the oountres for some years
and did not participate in the re
markable, bqt perhaps too rapid,
development noted elsewhere. Its
present prosperity is of the steady,
WHY MOTHERS
WORRY
Did you ever hear a mother
worry over a plump child ?
There is no better bank of
health for a child to draw
from than a good supply of
healthy flesh.
Scott’s Emulsion not only
gives a child weight and
plumpness, but it feeds the
brain, bones and nerves with
strength and active power.
Fewer mothers would
worry if they knew more
about Scott’s Emulsion.
Scott’s Emulsion is substi
tuted by cheap emulsions ahd
so-called wines, cordials and
extracts of cod-liver oil.
They can do you no good
and are dear at any price.
Why buy them ? Scott’s
Emulsion has been the one
reliable preparation of cod
liver oil for nearly thirty years.
We’ll send you a sample free upon request.
SCOTT BOWNE, 409 Pearl Street, Naw York.
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natural and well grounded kind,
which lea de to the belief that it has
nothing of the temporary about it,
but will go quietly and persistently
making that part of the country
powe-ful
“President Spencer, in speaking
of the Southern railway as he had
found it on his tour, said that the
expenditures on it were making
themselves felt along with the pres
perity of the South in the road’s
earnings. He called attention to
the fact that the increase in gross
earnings iu the month of February
was more than 1300,000.
“It is understood that in the first
week of the present month gross
earnings again increased by 150,000.
The directors of the railway met
Friday and declared the regular 2%
per cent dividend on the company’s
preferred stock.”
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Says a knowing writer: “An editor
is a millionaire without money, a con
gressman out of a job. a king without
a throne. He constructs without a
hammer or saw, builds a railroad with
out rails or spikes, and farms without
a plow. He runs a butcher shop in the
journalistic world and deals out brains
for cash or credit. He loves those
who advertise with hi-Ji like a brother.
The editor is a teacher, a lawyer, a
preacher ; he sends lorth truth to save
souls and gets lost himself. He heals
the wounded, cares for the dying, res
cues the perishing, and then starves
himself when a ham sandwich of
kindness would jerk him from the jaws
of death.”
The Dawson News says: “Judge 11.
H. Perry, of Gainesville, who wants to
be a delegate to the St. Louis conven
tion, has written cards endorsing edi
torials in both the Atlanta Constitu
tion and the Atlanta Journal. If there
is anything in being amiable the judge
is playing a strong hand.” The judge
is not the only one who is being un
usually amiable just now.
The Savannah Press puts it t-huslv;
“It seems that the Hon. O. B. Stevens,
of Atlanta, who is out for Hearst for
president, is willing to be convinced
that Hearst isn’t a good man, but he
would like to see the fellow that could
convince him.”
.Second Place Posslbflltles
The selection of a candidate tor the sec
ond piece in our government is now agi
tating the political lead.rs of the country.
He should be seh-cted with reference to
his capability icr filling the first office
should an emergency dem uia it. In
medicine, however, there are no second
place possibilities, for those who have
cnee tried Hostetter’s stomach Bitters
are convinced that it is the first, last, and
only one they need to cure sick honlache,
fl itulency, heartburn, poor appeiite. in
digestion, djspepsla and materia. We
want every sick man and woman tc try
a bottle and test it for their own s»tisfac
fion. It will please you In the spring
it is also very beneficial, purifying the
blood, toning up the system and over
coming that tired feeling. Be sure to try
it .
NATION S touriiSM AIV. ivi UN ITI ON,
Rush Orders Are Given and Powder
Mills Working Over Time.
New York. March 19. —Ft is learned
from a thoroughly reliable source, ca
bles the Herald’s Berlin correspon
dent that very large orders for ammu
nition have been lodged by several
governments with all German powder
factories.
The most Important countries men
tioned are China. Turkey and Spain
So great is the demand that work is
being carried on at high pressure, and
even a powder mill closed for years
has been opened.
Avoid all drying inhalantssn I se that
which cleanses and heals the ni» rane
Ely’s Cream Balm is such s re. t and
cares catarrh easily and pleasant v d
in the head vanishes quic v. P. ,
cents at druggists or by mail.
Catarrh caused diflic, “v in veafc.l, ’
and to a great exten* less hear - .-5
the use or Ely’s Crea Hain ’ropn ■* of
mucus has cease ‘ voic d h -Inga ve
greatly improv d. *.W. avU n.At.y,
at law, Mon n; ',. ’
MRS. ANTOINETTE FUNK.
A Proteaaionnl Woman Wko Advl»»«
Women to Remain Domeatie.
Mrs. Antoinette Funk is one of the
cleverest women lawyers in Illinois.
Mrs. Funk really grew up In the law
office and the courtroom. Her father
practiced law at Dwight, 111., and
when he died she went to live with her
unde, C. C. Strong, at Pontiac. In her
uncle’s law office she began her stud
ies simply because she was fascinated
with the business and not tiecause she
ever expected to enter the profession.
In time she was married. After her
two daughters were born she moved to
lUoomlngton and there resumed her
sradies in the Illinois Wesleyan uni
versity. Before she finished her course
she decided to take up the practice of
law as soon as she could be admitted
to the bar. Five years ago she was
MBS. ANTOINETTE FUNE.
admitted to practice and since then
has continually followed the profes
sion.
For a professional woman Mrs. Funk
has some extraordinary opinions about
women In the professions. She does
not believe In it. She Is herself a law
yer by accident and not by design, and
she deplores the fact that women ever
chose to enter public or semipublic
life. She takes great interest In her
work, but she says any woman is out
of place in any of the professions.
“A woman is better off with a few
babies at home than in a law office,”
says Mrs. Funk. “Woman’s place is in
the home, as it has always been. No
change in social or economic condi
tions can alter that. The woman who
enters a profession and assumes the
duties and the hardships of public life
gets out of her natural environment.
The continual and increasing drift of
women toward public action is work
ing an ill effect upon society, and the
ill will grow greater as the proportion
of professional women increases.
“I have two young daughters. Both
of them were born before I took up the
practice of law. I shall do everything
In my power to turn those girls from
the thought of entering any profession.
I shall teach them all the domestic arts
so far as I can, for that is what they
should know.
“The professions rob women of their
domestic tastes. It cannot be denied
that woman loses interest in her home
duties the minute she begins her pub
lic work. Housework, which the old
fashioned woman delighted In, has
come to be scorned by the great major
ity of the well to do women. Os old It
mattered not how much money a wom
an had at her command she did at
least a considerable part of her own
work. The same condition should ex
ist today, but it does not. The only
semblance of It left is fast disappear
ing under the Influence of new tastes
acquired by women.” — Chicago Inter
Ocean.
Be Careful How You Sit.
In sitting women are guilty of a
number of sins of awkwardness. The
stout woman, for example, invariably
sits squarely, with feet planted about
twelve inches apart and her toes turned
out.
The lean, long legged woman, on the
other hand, winds her feet round the
legs of her chair or else crosses her
legs and thrusts her feet out in front
of her.
Now, the stout woman should "poise”
herself and sit very erect. The lean
woman should choose the highest pos
sible seat and plant her feet firmly on
the ground, thus reducing her excess
ive angularity.
The small woman also does some pe
culiar things. She either sits with her
small feet dangling in a helpless way
or perches herself on the edge of a high
seat with the toe of one foot touching
the ground and the other foot hooked
round the ankle of the first. Instead of
aggravating the smallness of her stat
ure she should choose the lowest chair
in the room and sink gracefully into it
Hut the greatest offender against this
physical art is the mannish girl. Her
very attempt to assume man's ease and
freedom Is the cause of her downfall.
Her exaggerated attitudes indeed be
come absurd mimicry.
LlKhtinx the Home,
In the lighting of houses plenty of
light judiciously shaded is what best
suits the majority. The idea in artlfl-j
cial lighting is to suggest the bright-’
nesa and warmth of sunlight within
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Women as Well as Men 3
*Are Made Miserable by 1
Kidney Trouble. I
Kidney trouble preys upon the mind, <•>. 1
courages and lessens ambition; beauty J
and cheerfulness
e disappear when the k|A I
- n " ys are ou ‘ of or( LJ
or diseased. q
Kidney trouble has!
« become so prevalent®
il ‘bat it is not uncommon *1
fo J a child ,o be bornl
/y afflicted with weak kid. 1
neyS ' If ‘ h « child urinJj
ates too often, if 'I
urine «calds the flesh or if, when the child 1
teaches an age when it should 1-. able to I
control the passage, it is yet aft. cted w-il
bed-wetting, depend upon it. the cause rs J
the difficulty is kidney trouble, and the~fi-«S
step should be towards the treatment O fl
these important organs. This unpleasaSa
trouble is due to a diseased condition cf
kidneys and biadder and not to a habit
most people suppose. ;;
Women as wall as men are made mis. '
erable with kidney and bladder trotyl*
and both need the same great remed-7
I l * mild and the immediate effect of I
Swamp. Root is soon realized, it is sold
by druggists, in fifty-
cent and one dollar
sizes. You may have a 1
sample bottle by mail I
free, also pamphlet tell— Home of Swauip-Root fl
ing ail about it, including many of the!
thousands of testimonial letters received!
from sufferers cured. In writing Dr. KilmeJ
& Co., Binghamton. N. Y., be sure anS
mention this paps'
Don’t make any mistake but Ye]
member the name, Swamp-Roof;, Dr, I
Kilmer’s Swamp Root,, and the addresi I
Binghamton, N. Y., on every bottle. (I
the house wails. The only real sun- 1
light color being pale yellow, this I
should be used largely. It is far more I
comfortable and more economical to I
have the light down low, surrounding I
and warming the occupants of the I
room, than to llave it standing out cold I
and chill from a distance. The wax!
candle is untidy, and its light is not]
practicable for reading purposes, but |
for general purposes there is no purer!
or softer light. Many women prefer to I
have tbeir drawing rooms underliglit- 1
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To Clean Benares Brass.
Many of our flower pots and vases in
the fashionable “Benares brass work”
will soon lose their luster, and readelK
may be glad to know that they can be
kept bright by the following method
of cleaning: The skins of lemons that
have been used for culinary purposes;
may be utilized by turning them inside'
out and dipping them in silver sand.
Apply these scourers to the cut brass,
but never to a polistied brass surface,
and rub and polish afterward with a
soft cloth. If lemons are not handy,
powder some bath brick in a saucer,
pour over it some vinegar and apply
this with a piece of coarse flannel to
the cut brass surface and polish witli
a soft duster. t
The Kitchen Apron.
For the woman wbo must go Into
her own kitchen, even in afternoon ■
dress, there is an apron to be had that 1
will protect the daintiest gown from j
contact with pots and pans. It is
made of heavy gingham in Mother
Hubbard shape, the neck being cut out
square and buttoned behind, reaching
to the floor, where it is finished by a
ruffle that makes it stand out from
the gown to catch the drops that might
fall. To go with these aprons are
sleeves of the same material that cov
er the bottom of the dress sleeves, and
then, too, there is a cap to cover the
hair. f
A Woman’s Enterprise.
I obtained the use of one window
a grocery store, where I displayed w
sale each Saturday afternoon
home cooked delicacies as would serve I
nicely for Sunday dinner or luncheon. |
Bread, catoes, salads, desserts, cold 1
meats, etc., were prepared on Friday a
afternoon or Saturday morning. I 1
planned a different variety each week. I
In addition to this I filled small orders I
during the week and have made on an I
average atiout $5 a week for two I
years, or nearly ?500 In all.—Ladies’ I
Home Journal. I
The Dominant Sex.
No matter \yfiat may be the cause ofw
the prominence now given to the
and fallibpfties of womankind, ther-'-i
can be utTgainsaying that at the pres
ent mognent woman is the
sex, ami we begin to wonder how she
ever to be called the “weaker.”—
London Covrtjournal.
Be Yonnar as You Can.
Let no old woman be afraid some one
will say, "Why. she goes about like a
young girl!” If you feel light and easy
in motion, even if you are old, why be
staid, moping, artificial, because y<jM
are supposed to be so, being no lomjjri
Foung? JS
A Berlin woman’s club, of which
Frau Cauer is the leader, has a mem-j
bership of 5,000, all working
The organization publishes a paper anal
finds situations for the unemployed, ■
TAX BECFIVFB’S TO
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I will be at the different precincts on
days meetoned below for the purposeot
receivin » F tate and County Taxes for tnß
j ear 1901:
di-ti icts.T April. May.
Africa.. 4 2 "
Union 5 3
Line Creek fl 4
Mt. Zion 7 S ®
Aiken 8 f>
Cabin 11 9 13
Except on the days mentioned above 1
will be at my office in the Merchants «
Planters Bank untH July Ist. when my
books will close. H T. JOHNSON.
Tax Heceiver Spalding County, Georgy
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