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Washington, Auugust 2.—It "hold be
difficult to find a more disappointed end
disgruntled gang chan those Republicans
who hoped for some sort of appointment
up to the hour of McKinley’s departure
on an extended vacation. They had ex
pected that u lar^e number of appoint
ments would be made a» soon as Con-
- gre*t» was out of »h? way, but only a tew
were made and some of them were those
whose nominations had fuild to be acted
upon by the Senate* He added to tlieir
disgruntlement by amending the civil
service rules so that no office holder in
the classified service can be removed ex
cept for cause and upon written charges,
and then only after failure to make a
satisfactory defense. He pleased some
of the Republican congressmen by ex*
cepting from the civil service rules some
of the confidential employes in each of
the international revenue and customs
districts, but offended othere by extend
ing those rules to the smaller Custom
Houses that were left out by Mr. Cleve*
land.
Boss Hanna and Mr. McKialey ‘are
said to be “on the outs,” and the big
boss left Washington without saying
good by to the man that he made Pres
ident and whom he has been bossing.
Mr. McKinleyell, say to them
that you endorsed him at my request."
Mr* Prince says there was nothing
else for him to do afu r
Mr. McKinley’s nephew, but he may
find that the editor thinks differently,
and if he cannot satisfy him in some
way be may also find that ha« to pay a
big price lor baling obligated the Pres
ident.
A study uf Czar Reed’s committees ot
ot the House, announced just before
adjournment, shows that Pensyivania
and New York, with nine chairmanships
each, got one third of lie fifty-four
chairmen of the House committee, while
twenty-three states got no chairman at
all. The Eastern States got twenty-
ight chairmanship*. When* it i* re*
membered that the legislation of the
House is practica’lv in the hands of the
chairmen of committies this division is
significant of the controlling power.
If proof were needed that Mr. McKin
ley was virtually compelled by camj-nign
promises to send that currency commis
sion special message to Congress it
easily furnished by the positive state
ment ot prominent Republican Senators
that no attempt will be made to -push
the currency commission hill, which was
jammed through the House, to a vote
in the Senate* It has further become
known that Speaker Reed would not
have allowed the bill to get through the
House had he not been certain that it
was to lie allowed to die in the senate.
When Mr. McKinlev has paid all his
There are different .torii-. a. to the cause cam f' ai « n dell£s hc "V P os » iW - v <Jo
of the strained relations, but it is safe to
say that they will be patched up by life
time time Mr. McKinley gets to Ohio,
where he expects to be during the latter
part os August* As soon as he takes
time to think, Boss Hanna will' realize
that he will need Mr. McKinly in his
•business before that Ohio campaign is
ended, and if necessary will pocket a
snub or two to get his active assistant e.
Mr. McKinley appointed F. V. Pow -
derly to be Commissioner GeneraLof Im
migration before be left on his vacation.
This appointment was made necessary
by the failure ot the senate to act Upon
Powderly’s nomination for this position,
and a bargain made before Mr. McKin
ney’s election. It has been hinted by
personal friends of Mr. McKinley that
he will be rather glad than otherwise
should the Senate reject Powderly’s
nomination next winter., In giving him
the recess appointment the bargain that
put Powderly on the stump for McKin
ley has been lived up to. If.the Senate
declines to let him stay there, McKinley
will have another good appointment at
his dispotal.
Representative Prince,WDKnois,,may
find it difficult to square himself with
the editor of the Republican organ at Mo
line. He had endorsed the editor for
' the postmastership of the town, and
cording to the rule in yegue at the Post*
office department, that endorsement.,
should have been equivalent appoint-,
ment. But ibis week >^r. Prince changed
something b.-cause he believes in it, but
it seems that there are still a lot of those
debts unpaid.
Are Thera Greeks In Greece?
I am unable for one to accept the
theory that the modern Greeks are
in any real eense either the true rep
resentatives of the ancient Greek
race or the repository of its tradi
tions. There are more true Greeks
in Constantinople itself than in the
whole of King George’s realm; al
most as many in Smyrna. The peo
ple bear traces everywhere—not to
enter into the disputed question ot
the Semitic origin of the Greeks ot
old—of the supremacy of the Turks
for 400 years of modern history.
The Albanian element is also dif
fused far and wide. And if there
be, as there unquestionably is, left
Athens a remnant of the; Greek
‘spirit, it is shown less in arts—ot
in arms—than in the qnrest and the
desire for. “some new thing** which
St Paul, in common with the beet
minds of ancient Greece, satirized
and deplored. “They spend theii
time in nothing else, ’’ said the apos
tle of the gentiles, “than discussing
or inventing the news of the day.”
‘ ' They live in a perpetual feVefc oi
what a British tar the day of my ar
rival called “jaw.” “Murder most
foul” flashes from their eyes as they
dispute the Jsimplest proposition.
Gestures of physical intimidation
accompany such a statement as that
the Greek fleet is mpre powerful it
smaller; than that of the Turks.
Shrieks and half a dozen talking to-
Moonshiner killed near Huntsvil'.e,
Ala.
The powers will issue another ultima
tum for Turkey,
Savannah’s first bile ot cotton sold for
lOcts. ,
Filibusters art Attire.
T^he following dispatch was received
last night from -New* York:
“Captain Silva and Mate Lewis, of the
filibuster Three Friends, now held by
the United States authorities at Jack
sonville, arrived here from that city by
steamer today. As they left the dock
instantly they could not be interviewed
as to the cause o‘‘their visit.”
Captain Silva is not the commander of
the Three Friends. He, howeve , holds
a captain’s license and has accompanied,
so it is said, several filibustering expedi
tions to Cuba. \Vhat significance their
virit to New York may have is not
known, but as the vessels here are all
under suspicion, it is believed that their
visit to New York is to procure a schoon
er to transport arms to the Cuban store
house among the Florida keys.—Times-
Union.
The Terrible Hot Ware In Kansas.
Topeka, Aug. 2.—Reports of damage
to the corn crop in Kansas, Oklahoma
and the Cherokee strip, as the result of
drought and the prevailing hot vinds
are pouring into headquarters here of the
Santa Fe and Rock Island roads, whose
lines practically cover the state.
It is estimated that the damage to the
corn crop throughout Kansas, Oklahoma
and the Cherokee strip is about 40 per
cent. Railroad officials heTe state that
if the hot winds continue two days long
er, the damage will amount to 60 or 70
per cent.
endorsement fWm life RepUblfcn editor gether emphasize such a question of
to George H. McKinley, a nephew of
Mr. McKinley. He say^t -he .was vir
tually compelled, to change his 'endorse
ment. and gives the following as the
fact as that there is a vessel going
tha$night from the Pjraaus to Volo.
• Not one in 1,000can form the slight
est idea of what the elder Pliny
. . . . , , | meant when he'said, “Ipsa silentia
convmitioa that took plate at the, adoremus ... That is left for the
White House between himself and Mr. j western suddenly plungedintotheii
McKinley:
Mr. McKinley—‘•I wish that you
would endorse iny nephew tbr the place,
Mr. Prince.’'
midst—Fortnightly Review.
If you mean to keep as well as
possible, the less you think about
M r/priace—“ilut, Mr! ' resident, I j *£**** ^ “ W ’
have already eudorsid Eastman (theedi- j ®°^ me8 * ?
tor,) and if I go back on him now I will |
be held responsible politically.”
Marriage is a lottery in which
men stake their liberty and women
their happiness.—Mma da Rienx.
THE ONLY
LXCLUSIVL
SHOE DEALER
1
Many Men of
Unusual Size.
Find it troublesome toget a fit. They know that they are hard to
ht and that most clothiers overlook this fact, ai.d try to put off on
them stood that do not exactly fit. Not so at my store-no matter
•what be your size, you are fitted with clothing made for you. The
style and the price are just as they should be—the very lowest.
Be yon tall and slim or short and stout, I fit you correctly
NO TROUBLE TO BE SUITED HEBE.
Because T keep a complete stock and you have lots of new stylish
goods to choose from—not only iu Clothing but also in Shoes Hats
and Furnishing Goods
The prettiest Negligee Shirts—the nobbiest Neckwear—tlie coolest
Underwear,—the best Shoes on earth, Hanans, at my store.
I he ladies will fied • my Oxfords and Childrens , Shoes stylish and
durable.
“The best Goods for the Least Money ”
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The Law Disposes of Three of Then.
Decatur, Ala., Aug, 2.—The closing
chapter in one of Alabama’s darkest
crimes came to an end today in the coi-
viction of Rosa Burford for assisting in
the rape of a little white gir\ Rosa
held the child while two negro men * i s’-
aaulted her. All three were convicted
and September 7 fixed as the day for,
their execution A special term of court
was held for their trial.
CROP OUTLOOK
VERY BRIGHT
The Recent Heavy Rains Have
Done Great Good.
GAME JUST IN TIME TO SATE CORK
at
Frtsb Trouble Via) Bo Brewing.
Canea, Crete; Aug. 2.—The foreign
admirals held a conference Thursday la-t
and decided to oppose by force the land
ing of any additional Turkish troops.
i reply to their notification to tha
effect, Ismael Bey said be could not ac
cept such a decision. It is believed
that fresh trouble is brewing.
J. E. DICKINS.
Is Pushing all Lines of
Summer Footwear.^
Reductions in Every Department.
Men’s boy’s and Youth’s fen Shoes and Oxfords Ladies’, Misses’ and Chil
dren’s Tan Shoes and Oxfords, in fact all lightweight foot covering*, come under
this specially reduced price. He can surely save you inonev on your ifhoe bill.
Remember the name and placer It is next door to Bibb Bros., and is the
Exclusive Shoe Store of Waycross.. ■ ■ -
Don’t miss this sale Boa will need shoes soon. Como and -amine tits,
it eo«ts nothin*.
Mr. Balch will repair your Shoes while you wait
An old tune lord mayor ol .Lon
don, whose sporting experience was
limited, rode forth one day to join
the city hunt in the fields about
Marylebone. Placed by his escort
under a tree, his lordship heard the
hounds giye tongne in the distance,
and the sounds grew louder and
louder, till one of the city scouts
shouted out, “The hare comes this
way, my lord.” The lord mayor
rose to the occasion, and, drawing
his sword,he exclaimed heroically:
“Let him come! I thank my God]
fear him not!”—Household Words.
The busiest consul in the world
is the British consul at New York.
The British shipping at New York
aggregates about 4,000,000 tons an
nually, and from 25,000 to 30,000
seamen aTe paid off and shipped
each year, involving the handling
of about £60,000 foi seamen’s wages.
Dr. Scheele, a chemical expert,
says that 90 per cent of the beer
brewed in America will not' come
up fo the test prescribed by the Ger
man government, which is not a se-
veie one, only insisting that pure
beer shall be brewed and fixing se-
'vere penalties for the production ot
any other kind.
Btrtlr Hu There Been Fit
For m Bountiful Yield Thai
Thlt Tmr-r»m Work » .
of iugoiit—Commissioner or Agiti
are Nesbitt’* Monthly Letter.
Department of Agriculture,
Atlanta, Aug. 1, 1897.
The heavy rains during the latter
part of July have, in some sections of
the state, worked injury to the bottom
land corn, and in some cases hare
broken over terraces and ditches, but
they came in time to save the upland
corn, which was beginning to suffer se
verely from protracted dronth, and also
to greatly benefit every growing thing.
"We have just returned from a rather
extended tour through the state aud
there has rarely been a finer prospect
for bountiful crops than is promised the J a little time to devote to other duties,
present year. Almost without excep- * equally important, but up to 1 this
tion, where a man has given bis per- j
sonal attention
farmed rationally, ,
reap the harvest of his skill and intel- portunity of 'meeting with hft neigh-
brush. which w*il greatly iilnuer tbo
subsequent preparation the. land for ■
other crops. It is too often the cate,
even on otherwise well conducted
farms, that this habit of tnrning over
the stnbble fields to the dominion of
weeds^and .bushes until the spring
preparations' begin, has been allowed to
go on from year to year. No oue neg
lect giyeaUhe farmer greater trembly, or
results, as indlcai&d above, in * more
actual waste of fertility. Where this
has been allowed; and. the land; is now
covered with a' Tank growth" of Weeds
and bushes, a good plan is to run the
mower over the fields before the seeds
maturf..but after l tbay begin to -fprm,
leaVing the mai^of decaying vegetable
matter just where it falls wheu cut.
It will act as a beneficial mulch to the
land dnring the blazing, hot days of
late summer, and will add something
of humns* making material when turned
under in preparation for other crops. In
killing larger .hashes and spronts the
mattock should he used, and one blow
now is worth a half dozen strnck in the
spring. August, is distinctively the
month for doing this work.
AUGUST MEETINGS FOR FARMERS.
August is a month of comparative
leisure from the heavier farm Work.
The grain crops have been harvested,
the corn “laid by,” and the cotton
ehonld be in condition to complete its
of the year, held in abeyance by the
7T T • Til exacting demands arising from the pre-
i to his business, and has paction, planting and cultivation of
ally, he is now about to , his various crops. He now has an op-
ligence. It is only where the ruinous
tenant system prevails, where the owner
has misted his interests to unreliable
and indifferent renters, that we mark
evidences of neglect and of haphazard
farm methods. It is in such localities
that the results of careless preparation,
of injudicious manuring, of hasty plant
ing and slipshod cultivation, are appar
ent in the Stunted-corn stalks, which
have not had sufficient depth of well
broken soil in which to send down their
roots in search of food, and where
meagre supply of surface fertilizer has
been long since exhausted. The cotton
fields, too, give evidence of mistaken
methods and crop starvation in the puny
plants which cover acres and acres of
the hard run lands. It is also on such
rented and neglected farms .that no
preparation is being made for Another
year. The wheat and oat stnbble fields,
if such crops have been harvested, are
standing as when the grain was taken
off. no effort having been made to plow
in a crop of peas, that great renovator
of our worn lands. On these fields the
weeds and bushes now hold foil sway,
taking up the fertility of the laud, per
fecting seeds which will soon be sent
•broadcast on their missions of mischief,
and .forming » m**g of roots, stems and
bors. and while enjoying the social in
tercourse which this opportunity affords,
he bms also a chance of studying his
neighbor’s perhaps more progressive
methds, or of learning the reason far
nre, for progress, for uplifting to a.
bight* plana. These agricultural meet
ings offer the impetus for such forward
and upward movements. We see the
{ irogress made by others, yre are stimu-
a ted to renewed efforts—we realize the
dignity and the magnitude of onr call
ing—and so the machinery is put in
motion, whioh lifts our work from the
•juefigdull routine of daily toil, aud in
vests it with some of the beauty and at
tractiveness which God intended, which
}* se necessary for the happiness of our
homesrand the welfare of our children.
If we could only realize how much this
means in so many ways; in keeping our
boys bn the farm; in counteracting tbs
influence, which are yearly drawing our '
children to the questionable success of
city and town life; in fosteriug that
love of home, which becomes the
strongest governing principle of onr be
ing, we would deem no effort too great
for its attainment.
These facts have been impressed upon
me with peculiar force in the last few
Fecks, when by the courtesy of various
trgauizatious throughout the state I
have been invited to address gatherings
of farmers and have been studying ag
ricultural and industrial conditions as
seen among the people and as shown in
the field, orchard and garden exhibits
of different sections.
In the inquiry columns will be found
many questions bearing on fall crops—
preparation, fertilization, etc.
R. T. Nesbitt,.Commissioner.
CONDITION OF THE CROPS.
C*tt«a PrwpMt I* Uxc«*ll«nt—**orn Ia ;
pr«vl«g—Fototoo-, Fruit, Kto.
COTTON. t
The prospect at this time for a : good
cotton crop is most excellent throughout
the state. While a few small
mchlmiloM, u h*TB crr.rUk.n him. - b»r« been injured bj dronth and other,
T h « *““«*’ b , wind and haU.»rms. aud other.
an interchange of plans and opinions,
which is of inestimable value to tha-in
dividual farmer and to the country at
large. Here should be discussed not
only how to produce the greatest yield
of crops at the least cost, but the market
and the.market requirements should
also come up for a share of attention.
It is important to know how to make
the crops, bnt it is equally important to
learn how best to dispose of them. A
mistake here often marks the profit or
loss for the year’s work.
Among the oldest and most success
ful agricultural countries on the globe
* AGRICULTURAL fairs
Have always been considered as among
the most powerful agents for pro
moting agricultural good and welfare.
Here we eee illustrated much of the
beauty and comfort, as well as the
utility, of farm life. To check the tide
of emigration which of late years has
turned so strongly towards the cities,
we.need these striking object lessons.
Farm life should net be all dull drudg
ery. Along with the hard work there
should be opportunities forhTQSder cult-
still by excessive washing rains, tha
general prospect is first rate. The plants,
though a little late,-are growing finely
and fruiting rapidly, and with season
able rains through August (the critical
month) the crop will be a good one.
There has been some appeanc^e of
‘Toot rot” and “rust,” or “yellow leaf
blight,” bnt as yet these are not serious,
and probably will not materially lessen
the crop. In my experience, the stand
never was better, and the crop never
was cleaner and better worked than it
is at this time, and I sincerely hope that
the farmers will this year reap a fair '
reward for their: labor. The world’s
snpply of the staple is so nearly ex
hausted thaL. even with a large crop
cotton shonld command a good price. I
would urge upon the farmers of ths
state to gather and market the crop as
rapidly as possible, as experience has
proved that in the long run it pays te
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