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DOUGLAE GLEBBNEB, Ed- and Prop.
Does a two cent fare stand for a trip
to the governor’s chair in Pope Brown’s
CMC?
How times flies! In a month or so
all the little George Dewey Smiths and
George Dewey Browns will be cele
brating their sixth birthdays.
The death of Rev. W. E. Mumford,
the founder of the Georgia Industrial
Home for orphans of any or no denomi
nation, on Friday morning removed
from a sphere of great usefulness one
of the best men in the State.
Leprosy has lost its terrors. Scien
tists now assert that leprosy may be
cured by the bite of a snake, and we all
know the infallible cure for the bite of
a snako, says the Washington Post.
The Republican papers are compar
ing Roosevelt to Lincoln and the Mem
phis Commercial Appeal thinks there
is about as much likeness between them
as between Dr. Mary Walker and John
L. Sullivan.
The attendance at the World’s Fair
up to August i has been about 5,700,000,
as against 6,5<i0,000 for the same period
at the Columbian Exposition; but from
this time on the attendance- will in
crease at it great rate.
One of the most important and de
serving measures that will stand to the
credit of (he legislature which has just
adjourned is the act to increase the
salary of supreme court judges .from
w |3,oo<> to |4,000, and that of superior
court judges from to SB,OOO. The
bill carries another important provis
ion, also. Judges are forbidden to ac
cept or me free passes on the railroads,
tinder penalty of impeachment.
The New York Herald sums up
Judge Parker’s speech of acceptance as
follows: “It i> in the demand for a
return to calmer, constitutional gov
ernment as opposed to Mr. Roosevelt’s
impetuous imperialism that the domi
nant issue in this campaign is tound.
In comparison with that the tariff,
trust- and so on are of minor conse
quence. What Judge Parker’s speech
say® on that subject yvill be pronounced
clear and auiboritive by the peapie,
and—the people will have to decide.”
CHAIRMAN’S ESTIMATE OFOHANCE
Hon. Champ Clarke, of Missouri,
has vast hope to spur him on in his
■work for Democracy, it it is true in
his case that “out of the fullness of
the heart the mouth speaketh.”
He is reported to have predicted
that with 239 electoral votes neces
sary to elect, he feels certain of 253
for Parkar and Davis, and that
there are 46 more for which the
Democrats and Republicans have
an equal chance.
The States which Mr. Clarke
thinks will go Democratic are : The
solid South, 151; New York, 39;
New Jersey, 12 ; Maryland, 8 ; West
Virginia, 7 ; Connecticut, 7; Dela
ware, 3 ; Indiana, 15 ; Colorado, 5 ;
Montana, 3 ; Nevada, 3. Total, 253,
There are four debatable States for
which both sides will fight and from
which Mr. Clarke thinks Parker and
Davis will receive many more elec
toral votes. Those States are
Wisconsin, 13; Illinois, 27 ; Idaho,
3; Utah, 3. Total, 46.
The Democratic chairman has
traveled over eight States recently
for the purpose of catching the
trend of the public's favor and he
has expressed himself as much
gratified by his discoveries.
We are going to carry New York
and the five Eastern States of Mary
land, Delaware, New Jersey, West
Virginia and Connecticut,” he says.
“These are the Eastern States that-
Cleveland carried in his first and
last campaigns, and he carried them
all but New York in his second bat
tle. Had he carried New York then
he woulij have been elected The
solid South, with its 151 electoral
votes, New York, with thirty-nine
and these five Eastern States with
thirty-sev a n will give us the 227
electoral votes. We only need
twelve others from Indiana, Wiscon
sin, Illinois or the silver states to
win.
“West Virginia is going Demo
cratic. The Republican party is hope
lessly divided in that state, in fact,
it is in a state of disruption and go
ing to pieces. We will carry In
diana. The situation is very pecular
in Illinois. From my own observa
tions I would not care to predict
how rhe state will go There are
subtle dements, however, which
lead me to beleive that it is an even
toss up between the two parties
with a slight advantage favoring
the Democrats.”
The chances are favorable, accord-
ing to Mr. Clark’s estimate, in Wis
consin. though not so hopeful as in
the other states.
The chairman takes a very rosy
view of the situation and it is hoped
that he will continue to bo as sans
fied of Democratic success, as his
estimatesand opinions are pretty
apt to be accurate and right as es
timates can be.
EDHACTION IN CAMPAIGNS-
It is the fashion among those who
take a narrow view of politics to
look upon an active political cam
paign—especially one which in
volves the presidency of the United
States—as a disturbance of business
and an interference with the order
ly course of society. There ie no
justification for such a view, as is
clearly explained by the Cincinnati
Enquirer.
Political contests are not mere
incidents or “extras” under our
form of government. They aro
necessities; and they are whole
some. In a political speech at Col
lege Point, L I , the Hon. Leslie M.
secretary of the treasury,
said : ‘ 1 believe in political cam
paign?, and am glad we are now
about to enter upon one. Make no
mistake ; we cannot have too many
campaigns. Politics is not and must
not be a squabble for office, but it is
a contest of policies ”
Os course, there is of necessity an
association of politics with the can
didacy for public place. The con
tests get very warm at times, and
there is much personality and blus
ter that it would be desirable to
avoid ; but that cannot be. We can
not hope to be pertect, though we
live under the best system that has
been devised. Mr. Shaw is right,
though, in the dignified effort to
hold campaigns as far as possible
above the line of a mere “squabble
for office. ” Principlesand policies
are involved, and there is no way
of maintaining principles, changing
policies, correcting evils and turn
ing out the rascals but through
campaigns and elections.
Os course, it is a waste of words to
argue with the man who regards
government as a mere means of
hrlping him to make money A
good many narrow and sordid peo
ple in any country have to be sub
stantially taker, care of, in their
political interests, by those who
combine prosperity with a degree
of patriotism and discrimination.
There is a great deal worth living
for besides “business.” It is the
duty of every citizen to make some
sacrifice for the general well being,
and especially for good government.
It ie a fixed proposition that those"
who are governed the least are
gaverned the beet. In time of peace
and good order there should be no
exploitation of government. It is
not necessary tor the public author
ity to be perspicuously asserting it
self. The machinery, though, must
be in good order all the time and
ready for emergencies. It requires
vigilance on the pait of the people
to keep the institution of govern
ment honest and in subordination.
The importance of frequent appeals
to the people, who are the source of
power, cannot be too pertinaciously
dinned in the public ear. Every
elector is, or ought to be, to some
extent a politician He should un
derstand the system ot government,
and should be familiar with the
manner in which it is administered.
He is one of the stockholders, an
shares the responsibility.
A presidental campaign is and
educator in all that a citizen and
e’ector should know. It brings out
aful 1 discussion of what has hap
pened in the four years past, and
examination of the prospects for the
four years to come. Those in power
have a right to their detense and
justification, and those out have a
right to an expression of their ob
jections. Tne minority is a mighty
force, even if it remains a minority
after the election is over. The
harder >t fights, and the nearer it
comes to winning, the greater is its
influenre in restraint of those in
power. The fear of the minority is
the main thing that keeps the ma
jority in a state of good behavior
Many campaigns and many elec
tions give the minority their oppor
tunity.
There is much nonsense about
the claim that campaigns interfere
with business, it would be as
reasonable to say that, the time
spent in moral organization is an
injury to the monetary interests of
the citizen. The more people there
.are who are intelligent on the sub
ject of parties and public adminis
tration the better our system will
be.
WHATWAB IN THIS NAME-
By the time the president gets
tnrough reading what has been said
1 about his friend Payne's action on
! the naming ot a little postoffice in
| Mississippi, he will agree that there
may be something lu a name, after
all, even in the name of a country
cross-roads in Mississippi. For it is
not the importance of the appella-
• tion of this aforesaid r >ad, but the
• principle of action >f Postmaster
General Payne, sa r c ;oned by the
president of the Umt-d btates, that
has caused the discus.-ion
It is almost inconceiv»ole that a
president of the United States
should have forbidden the postal
department to give an obscure
country postoffice the name of k
man personally off n»ive 'o the
president, says ibe Rcutnood
Times-Leader. Yet we have wait
ed vainly for a denial of the pub
lished assertion that through Pres
ident Roosevelt's influence or un
der his direction the people of a
Mississsippi neighborhood have
been required to abandon the name
of “Vardeman” thay had chosen
for their office They intended the
honor for Governor Vardeman, of
their State. He is u spectacular in
dividual with long hair and a gener
al air about him of being an adver
tisement for something and has said
many foolish and extreme things
But he never has said or done any
thing so extreme, so small er so
foolish as the president’s refusal to
allow a pcstoffioe to be named for
him. Can the president of the United
States afford to stoop to the petty
vengeance of resentment of denying
him a little honor such as is bestow
ed on any Tom Dick or Harry, girl,
boy or county storekeeper? We
find m the list of Mississippi post
offices such names as Booth, Tillman,
Africa, Alligator, Possum Ne?k,
Coonville, Crowsville, Dahomey,
Bourbon, Asylum, Davis, Dixie,
Free Trade, Yellow Cat, Lazarus
and Rye--anything the humor or
whim or impulse of the neighbor
hood might suggest Would the
addition of “Vardeman” make it
any the worse of less dignified? The
average business man who considers
matters from a business bke point
of view would not entrust any im
portant interest or work of his to a
man capable of such small, foolish,
absolutely thoughtless and crazy
spite as the president bajs been
guilty of in this matter. A man of
that kind cannot be safe baoause he
cannot be counted on. The same
impulses that drive him to follies In
small matters will batray him into
like follies in grave and large mat
ters.
Had the remarks attributed to
Governer Yardman as having been
made against Mr. Roosevelt’s moth
er been true, there might have been
a little justification in the incident.
But off. hand judgment should not
have been accepted. As Governor
Yardman explains, many things are
attributed to a candidate for a polit
ical office that are not true. And
Presient Roosevelt shou'd know
this well enough to investigate
believing what was reported of a
man by his political enemies. Gov.
Vardeman’s prompt denial of the
remarks removes even this excuse
for the hasty r act. It appears to be
rather small, and undignified for a
postmaster general to have done
and for a president of this country
to have sanctioned
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How’s i his?
We offer One Hundreds Dollars Reward
for any case of Catarrh that cannot be
cured by Hall s Catarrh Cure
F J. CHENEY Ac Co..
Toledo, O.
We, the undersigned, have known F. J.
Cheney for the last 15 years, anti believe
him perfectly honorable in all business
transactions, and financially able to car
ry out any obligations made by his firm .
Walding Rinnan a Marvin,
Wholesale Druggists. Toledo, O.
Hall’s Catarrh Cure L taken internally,
acting directly upon the blood and mucous
surfaces of the system. Testimonials sent
free. Price, 75c. per bottle Sold by all
Druggists.
Take Hall’s Family Pills for constipa
tion.
Eiitertatiling Customers.
A New York business house near
White street and Broadway reckons its
yearly entertainment fund at about
$1(M>,000. It does an annual business
of over s2o.Ovimo is salesmen are
bright follows who control trade. One
who works altogether on a commission
basis makes $25,000 a year, but of that
spends $15,000 in entertaining his cus
tomers.
Her Retort.
"My ancestors came over in the May
flower." said the young woman who
boasts.
•■Yes," answered Mrs. Packingham
of Chicago. "I understand llxit travel
was very cheap on that boat.” —Wash-
ington Star.
Get Your Stomach Right
In one week with Drake's Pa.metto Wine. Nc
distress after three days. Cures to stay cured.
Trial bottle free if you send address to Drake
Formula Company, Chicago.
The Georgia Peach-
New York Sun.
Ths appi ci it< pe«ch eater who
hasex’oil-i ■» ’noSnn the merits
ot the j ire,, f-o-1 >nn -applies from
Georgia, so -ko n<< -, b > r . o higblv
of the del o on’ fruit. This u G»-oi -
gia’s greatest peic.ti year, and it wks
estimated that by Argust 1 fully
6,000 carloads bad been dis
tributed to 1 ll the great centres of
oonsumpfion ot the Mississippi
river
Several years ago Georgia came
to the front as one of the great
peach producing States, and she is
now a leading factor in the markets.
Her last great peach crop was in
1898, when 2,800 carloads were dis
tributed. But the yield of that year
will probably be more than doubled
this season, for the weather oca
ditions have baen remarkably fa
vorable, there have been very few
iosect pests or fungus troubles and
the crop is both large and the bast
that Georgia hue ever grown.
Four-fifths of the crop of 1898
was the Elberta peach, and most of
the supply came to the market
within three weeks; but today
three or four other popular varie
ties are ripening in succession, so
that tne marketing of ths crop will
be quite evenly distributed over five
or six weeks, ending early in Au
gust.
These are busy days in Georgia.
Ice factories me running day and
right t*> supply the refrigerator
cars; cute and basket factories
have hard work to keep up with
their orders ; the local fruit pickers
and packers have been reinforced
by many recruits from Florida;
hundreds of hands are employed in
the Hale orchard at Fort Valley
alone, and no wonder, Tor this is the
largest peach orchard in the world.
It will contribute about 250 car
loads to the supply, and five or six
other orchards in Georgia will each
ship 100 carloads or more.
Perfect organization ot transpor
tation and market facilities are re
quired to dispose of such a quantity
of fruir, so early in the season. We
have the facilities, and Georgia’s
fine crop will be well out of the way
before the later supplies arrive.
For Over sixty Years.
An Old and Well Tried Remedy.—
Mrs. Winslow'" Soothing Syrup has been
used for over sixty years by millions of
mothers for their children while teething,
with perfect iucccss. It soothes the child,
softens the gums, allays all pain, cures
wind colic, and is the best remedy for
Diarrhoea. Is pleasant to the taste. Sold
b.v druggists in every part of the world.
Twenty-five cents a bottle. Its value is
incalculable. Be sure and ask for Mrs.
Winslow’s Soothing Syrup, and take no
other kind.
King Edward Makes Trip.
London. August 10. —King Edward
started for Marienbad, Bohemia, to
day to take his annual cure at the
baths. He travels incognito as Duke
of Lancaster. The king’s stay at Ma
relnbad will be of a private character,
with the exception-of the occasion of
emperor Francis Joseph’s visit to him
there.
A Story of Webster.
On one occasion Daniel Webster was
on his. way to Washington and was
compelled to proceed nt night by stage
from Baltimore. He had no traveling
companion, and the driven had a sort
of felon look, which produced no in
considerable alarm in the senator. "I
endeavored to tranquilize myself,”
said Mr. Webster, “and had partly
succeeded when we reached the dark
woods between Bladensburg and
Washington, a proper scene for mur
der or outrage, and here, I confess, my
courage again deserted me. Just then
the driver turned to me and with a
gruff voice inquired my name. I gave
it to him. 'Where are you going?’ said
he. The reply was: ‘To Washington. I
am a senator.’ Upon this the driver
seized me fervently by the hand and
exclaimed: ‘How glad I am! I took
you for a highwayman!’ ” *
Wood’s Seeds.
Crimson Clover
Sown at the last working
of the Corn or Cotton Crop,
can be plowed under the following
April or May in time to plant corn
or other crops the same season.
Crimson Clover prevents* winter
leaching of the soil, is equal in fer
tilizing value to a good application
of stable manure and will wonder
increase the yield and qual
f corn or other crops which
■>• it. It also makes splendid
winter nd spring grazing, fine
early green feed, or a good hay
crop. Even if the crop is cut off,
the action of the roots and stubble
improve the land to a marked de
gree.
Write for price and special cir
cular telling about seeding etc.
T.W.Wood & Sons, Seedsmen,
RICHMOND, • VIRGINIA,
W ood's Descriptive Fall Catalog, ready
a >ut August Ist. tells all about Farm
and Vegetable Seeds for Fall plant
ing. Mailed free on request.
IS LAMORNA LOST?
Capstan Bar of Long Overdue Steamer
Found.
Vancouver, B. C., August 10. —A cap
stan bar with the name LaMorna,
burned in it, and the identity of which
cannot be questioned, was brought
here by the steamer Danube.
The LaMorna was a British ship,
the disappearance of which, in Mari
last, excited general interest.
She is now a' little over five months
out from Tacoma for DtVerpool.
Porte Accepts Assurances.
Constantinople, August 10. —The
porte has definitely accepted tho assur
ances of Russia as to the cnaracter of
the volunteer fleet vessels seeking to
traverse the Dardanelles. In a note
to a Russian embassy agreeing to the
exlttff the steamers, the porte empha
sizes the fact tlfat its understanding
of the Russian statement is: "That
the vessels of the volunteer shall not
carry arms or munitions of war, but
they shall fly the commercial flag
throughout the voyage and shall trav
erse tho straits separately, at stated
intervals.” The first vessel is ex
pected tomorrow.
Illegal Votes Change Result.
Oglethorpe, Ga'., August 10. —After
consolidating the returns m the prohi
bition election held here those of
Hicks district, were found illegal ar
were thrown out. making Macon coun
ty dry by 23 majority. It is rumored
there will be a contest. The county
went wet on the force of the returns
by 3 majority.
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Goods
We are showing large line of new
Fall Percales and Prints, especially
good for misses’ and children’s
school dresses. New line of Cotton
Waisting for early fall wear, I2j£c
yard. New line of Notions just re
ceived. The best line of Pearl But
tons we have ever had. All Sum- ♦
mer goons at and below cost to
close out.
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MOTHERS, DO YOU KNOW
the many so-called birth medicines andl
most remedies for women in the treatment
of her delicate organs, contain more ot
less opium, morphine and strychnine?
Ro You Know that in most countries
druggists are not permitted to sell narcot
ics without labeling them poisons ?
Do You Know that you should not
take internally any medicine tor the
pain accompanying pregnancy.
Do You Know that Mother’s Friend
is applied externally only?
Do You Know that Mother’s Friend
is a celebrated prescription, and that it
lias been in use over forty years, and that
each bottle of the genuine bears the nam*
of The Bradfield Regulator Co. ?
Do you know that when you use this
remedy during the period of gestation
that you will be free of pain and beat
healthy, hearty and clever children?
Well, these things are worth knowing
They are facts. Os druggists at f AJq
Don’t be persuaded to try a
book “Motherhood” free,
IKE BRADFIELD REGULATOR CO., Atlanta, Gfc