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A. Sensible Comment
The following from the Savannah
New* is a tenable comment on the
negro disfranchisement matter:
“A good many of the weekly papers
seem to have sized up the disfranchise-
Jail Burned at McRae.
McRae, Jan. 28.—About 3 o'clock
I tonight, the Telfair county jail was
discovered ou lire. Five prisoners
in.the structure were badly burned
■ injuries of some of them maj
ent issue and coma to the concltision j l ,ei kaps prove fatal.
ment Issue and coxneto theconclusion (
h *t* there isn r.enough I*, it to justify ‘
sivin* time tc l\ The declaration of
Mr. Hoka Su.AIt, Representative Hard
wick and their newspaper organs that
it is an fssuo vital to the welfare
and prosperity of the state doesn't
seem to impress them strongly. They
are apparently satisfied that the fram
ers of the state constitution, especial
ly Toombs and a few other leaden
of the constitutional convention of
IS77, were much wiser than the states
men of today who are splitting the
air in their efforts to convince the
people that the negro is certain to get
control of the state If their advice
Isn’t taken. t
The Constitution provides a poll
tax as a condition on which the right
to vote can be exercised, and this tax
Is cumulative. This tax hasn’t been
paid by a large percentage of the ne
groes for years, and there is no prob
ability that It will ever be paid by
those who are In arrears. The total
amount of the poll tax which the ne
groes owe is estimated by the Comp
trailer General to be about $3,000,-
000. Does anybody think the negroes
are going to pay that amount of
money to clear their way to the bal
lot box? And the amount Is getting
larger every year. Gen. Tooms knew
what he was about when ho had the
cumulative feature tacked on to
the poll tax clause of the constitu
tion.
The number of negro voters in the
state is therefore comparatively
small. It Isn’t half what the disfran
chisement statesman and their or
gans claim it is. It Isn’t big enough
to be at all alarming. But if it were
bigger than it is the white primary
robs it of any menace It might have.
It is doubtful if there is another
Southern state that is so well guard
ed against the negro vote as Geor
gia. notwithstanding the grand father
clnti*^ and the educational test in
the constitution of some of them.
The weekly press has been quick to
see this and hence it isn’t nt nil scared
by tue. dark pictures that are being
drawn by the advocates of disfran
chisement of what will happen If they
are not accepted as the leaders of the
people and their views adopted.
The fact is that the people are not
disposed to tiavo their labor disor
ganlzed and practically driven away
from localities where it is so greatly
needed simply in their effort to di
vide the white voters that another set
may climb into the offices they are
seeking.
Among the prisoners who were bad
ly burned was Jack McLeod, white,
one of the murderers of Joe Stud
still.
The origirf of the lire is unknown,
Lut it is supposed to have been the
wor!: of the prisoners jvho hoped to*
effect their escape in the confusion
. nd cxciiemeift caused by the blaze.
Anti r. Half.
McClure’s.
The most woudorful straight-away
ri.lo ever made by a man was the gal
lop of Francis Xavier Aubrey—cide-
\:*.at Canadian voyageur, and a fa
mous l’ony Express rider—from Santa
N. M., to Independence, Mo., in
1853—800 miles in five days and thir
teen hours. Iu 1852 he had covered
the same distance in a * little
eight days; - and his 'record was on
ger of $1,000 that he "could do
it in an even eight." In the whole
distance ho did not stop to rest; and
changed horses only with every 100
or 200 pities. He was a stocky French
Canadian, light hearted, genial, ad
venturous and absolutely fearless,
for some time he was an overland
freighter; and he also made the enor
mously dangerous and difficult drive
of a flock of sheep from New Mexico
to California across the deserl
the Colorado.. He was killed in Santa
Fe.
ENGLISH AS 8HE IS WROTE.
The teacher a lesson he taught;
The preacher a sermon he praught:
The stealer, he stoic;
The healer, ho hole;
And the screecher, heawfullyscraught
The long-winded speaker, he spoke;
The poor office-seeker, he soak
The runner, ho ran;
. The dunner, he dan;
And the shrieker, he horribly shroke.
The flyer on "wings of love" flew;
The buyer, on credit he bew;
The doer he did;
The suer, he sid
And the liar (a fisherman,) lew.
The -writer this nonsense he wrote;
The fighter, a rival ho fote;
The swimmer, he swam;
The skimmer he skam;
And the biter was hungry and bote.
—Printers Register.
Huntington, West Va., Jan. 31—The
totfn of 8t. Albons, 35 miles west of
here Is burning, the flames having al
ready wiped out an area of two
squares. Charleston has sent fire en
gines. The town Is without fire pro
tection.
Sheriff W. W. Southerland, Dr.
John M. Hall and Mr. Sessions Fales,
of Douglas, spent yesterday and last
night in ths dty. These gentlemen
were here for the purpose of attend-
Jog the meeting of St Augustine Com-
mandery Knights of Ternglim.
Shipping Fine Horses to Florida.
Mr. M. Downey, the hustling stock
dealer, shipped six fine horses to the
Owl Commercial Company at Quincy
Fla., today. Mr. Downey leaves to-
iow for the markets to get another
car load of fine stock, haying dispos
ed of all the horses he had on hand.
Little Folks Entertain.
Little Misses Era and Ruby Berry
entertained a number of their little
iriends with a party yesterday after
noon at the home of their parents,
Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Ber*ry on Nichols
utreel. The guests enjoyed them'
selves very much with amusing
childish games, after which delicious
refreshments were served. Those pres
ent were: Era and Ruby Berry, Tul-
lula, Eva and Marion Lattimer, Beulah
and Mariam Nanney, Mamie Allen,
Thelma and Mario Sweat, Ruth and
Henry Carswell, Coline, l^iura and
Marion Coe, Alford and Carl Pittman,
Harry Wilson, Jessie Lee and Ros
ntand Radford.
eternity.
Let U3 talk to you on this subject,
t subject that every human being
jugiit to consider very carefully.
Where are you going to spend your
itern'.ty? You say in Heaven. That
u very easy to say, but that does not
n every case answer the question,
The question is where have you ar*
anged to spend your eternity? This
imply saying so must have something
o rest upon. The promises, of God
re all right, but these are conditioned
-then to be able to say I am to spend
ny eternity Ip Heave::. :;,uri yrow ou
>f the fact that you have complied
/!th God’s requirements—turned from
in's ways to God’s ways; that you
nor now doing your will but God’s
■’ll', that you are glorifying God, that
arc doing all you can to make the
orld better—to prove by your life
;u* it is poflble so lead the Christian
fe and walk in Jesus* name—that you
re governing your temper, your
>nguo, your actions; living righteous
and godly and soberly In the pres
ent world.
Now, this word soberly Paul used
means much. Right here many
•ro off from God at the last day be
cause they were not sober in their
speech toward their fellow man. Oh
nt", these extravagant expressions.
Some preachers are guilty right
there.
Where are you going to spend
our eternity? You have planned for
tomorrow, where you will he next
week—but no arrangements have
!?*:en made for your eternity. Eter
nity! How long?
CLACK FRIDAY.
i - — in the (.old Ho
and tis
spiring
;tg* of a bedraggled, pc
•«l and fbrty-six for $lth
A'-
th'* |*.
no response,
iind forty-seven."
point meant millions
uid nud likewise m'l-
> the community. At
he erov.-ds, losing a!!
tely roared and wept,
tml forty-eight."
itul forty nine."
demonlutn the nionot-
n* Gould brokers could
remorselessly putt lug
* heard, quiet!:
"One hundred and fifty."
•<>ti* hun I rod and flfty-oi
At this point th- buying began. ITltli- j . 0 ..
to the ,-rowd had been held magical-'
; .-"bound. The hudnejfy of the j to this city by trolley, rifle
•uid brokers had paralyzed nil. B«
>’ •“< were particularly dazed.
• •• of i » • clique’s demonstrated i
• • o- - . eeinpd able to bill, evei
'.«■ ti-eb!e»t attempt to check
•own merchants now. hmv-
•i n purchase. , Boon the
reiterated into panic. Kv-
•rambjed to get his gold
the price. Judged by what
h:i< mod and the unqties-
o.-, imv. ever. meant enor
iieetimun ited through years
ib-i.ig tel! were swept away
i. In thHr craze men ran
Solicitor General John W. Bennett,
of the Brunswick circuit thiuks that
Coi. Estill has good chances for the
governorship. He figures that the Sa
vannah man will carry the Eleventh
district, the greater part of ’he First
and n portion of the Second. He be
lieves ho will go Into the convention
with one hundred votes, at least, and
i',:nt he will gain stoadJJy while other
v.ndidates will lose.—Moultrie Obser-
A new street is being opened from
Albany Avenue to Parallel street
through the Knok property, which
was bought some time ago by Messrs.
T. J. McClellan and Geo. W. Deen.
The new thoroughfare will probably
bear the name of Knox street.
Mr. and Mrs. John R. May have giv
en up housekeeping and are now
boarding at the Southern Hotel. Mr.
and Mrs. E. W. Fain will occupy the
house vacated by Mr. and Mrs. May
on the corner of Brunei and Prender-
graSt streets.
Moultrie has set to work to solve
•he washerwoman problem. It is one
of the problems of existence to get
a good “washlady” and keep her. The
good ones keep half your clothes for
oil. The poor, but honest ones seem
o have a natural affinity for buttons
and a natural tendency to tear. The
Mohltrie people have issued a decla
■ation of indepondence of the auto
erats of the washtub. Thojr 1
tinseled together and will start n
>m*>stlc Jatindry to do the Tamil;
wash. Success to them. Now. If
•ome one will invent an automatic
way to cook all will be well.—Thom;
Ville Times.
Fort Valley Leader: Hoke Smith
and Clark Howell each proved the
other to be an unfit’man for governor
in their Joint debate. The people
will now kindly turn their attention
to Colonel John H. Estill, Plain Dick
Russell and Farmer Jim Smith who
are still eligible.
There are lots of people—good old
fashioned Democrats—in this neck of
the woods, who have become disgusted
with both the Atlanta candidates for
governor and with their personal war
fare/that Is being carried on from
day to day in the Atlanta Constitution
and Atlanta Journal, and many of
them are turning toward Col. J. H.
Estill.—Albany Herald.
lining, vainly appealing for help.
,lde. where the crowds breathlessly
•a nmmuiKvuuMiK the sumo scone
uvre »■<*;•'Rubied mat, tumble to
g*’t into the building Itself, pushed.
< nrsed end fought. At each rise Iti the
i ; v t.;rage against Gould Increase'.
V\’ho»i the iil.l reached 150 there wen
cries of "Lynch! Lynch!”
A;: 1 m< nwhile what was the plotter
yf nil ihl;« mischief doing? lie was
-•Ilii:.; gold. To whom was he selling?
I'm Fi k nud all his owii associates, lie
wa.-* tiie only man who really under
stood the sittmtloii—who knew, that Is,
upon what h flimsy basis Ids "corner”
rq-ted. He went Fisk, lieideu and
-•icyer Into the gold room to ndvuuce
;!*.e price ostensibly for the benefit of
the eliqtio, and when it had reached a
• vilr.in point unloaded on Ills own tic-
•Mimt. lie- had ...Id largely, unknown
to Ills confederates, the day before.
TI»o
ill.!:-
••a(cM nt (livers.
I. the king of streams,
n.-d it receives over 1,2UO
which more than 100 arc
era and rise so far apart,
Moons and ebbs at such
ns that the Amazon Is at
• height the year.around,
i on Its lower course one
fro:
• otln
The
■ » r seems to lie looking ou a great
.v sea of fresh water. When dls-
c!, some tribes of iudhpis on the
• portion knew nothing of the ex
if th oppo-.Ite shore and did
•l.eve that it existed, saying that
grout river flowed nil around the
Hi mouth. It: 'u'.’.tng Hint of
Is LSI) miles in width, and it
,,\1 ■:,:«* for large sized ocean
«•: * f.p- l.iv n miles from the sea.
io vast is tig* fl'HnJ that the ocean
.! yri! r.v for tOrt tiifies from Ro
of t:v ;'i
The record price for a hen wus paid
in Boston the other day, when a blue-
ribbon winner in the poultry show was
sold at auction for $750. The lion’*
owner paid $10.00 for her, and in less
•'van twelve hours had sold her for
the gum named. There Is certainly a
profit la that sort of poultry dealing.
—Savannah Morning Newg.
Pres. Dupont Guerry, of Wegiojran
College, up In Georgia, drew a revol
ver on a merry gang of *hls college
boya last Tburaday because he would
not gtand a little good-natured snow
balling. Pregldent Guerry has pecu
liar notions of the proper wr,y to teach
: young Idea how to shoot.—Live
Democrat.
He is not a trustworthy citizen who
carries the life of his fellow citizen
in bis hip pocket; concealed but pur
posed on condtlon.
Miss Jennie Pittman left today for
Baltimore, where she will enter the
Mg establishment of Armstrong, Ca-
tor A Co. to learn the millinery bus
iness. Miss Jennie's many friends
regret her departure, but wish her
ouch success in the .business she Is
entering.
Americus recently had a dash of
now, but the Americus Recorder
show no signs of a freeze.
Some one has discovered that su-
ar cane pulp will make fine paper.
Thomasvllle people are eating straw
r es from their own gardens.
Tbomasville people generally have
the best of everything and they are
entitled to It
the twelve
.J protect
km. jt v..
lie Great,
.tml again
-ecOUll of t
the loe.f.li.g
i. guv wa* formed by
1, of Ac-liuca for mu-
ngaltml foreign nggro i-
:• >:: :i tip by Alcxandt r
r.. * g.iniznl It. C. 280
SI vet! B. <*. 147. The
! c m.prlsod ull
tin* I*ci \>mno«u.'
. if tin* ikicrt and
..... tin league
t wlih the Lo. /.ius for
- of G-f«blit, U*
Tons’!: Kitting.
Those who hare partaken of peacock
declare that gorgeous bird to be decid
edly tough outing, while It is said of
the swon Unit the fact of Its ever har
ing been a fain!Air dish si>c«ks highly
In fnror of nneient English cutlery.
Moreover. it should not be forgotten
that when bustards* mid boars* heads
were ns common as sirloins and sad
dies now are there were scarcely any
vegetaIdes to oat with them.
Whr He Wnw Timid.
••V.'ky do y y> a rol l the ...an to erhou;
l Introduced you? He Is very agree-
able ami Interesting."
•*I avoid meeting agreeable and In
teresting people." answered the mis
anthrope. "That whs how I came to
get my life Insured in a had comysny."
—Washington Star.
Three Aged Sifters.
Tiio Rome, N. Y. Sentinel refers
•'» n vi c;'n» .roup of three sisters, men
tioned in the New York World, who
w-.ro said ;o be the olilesi three .of re
lotion in the L’ni'e i States. Their
combined ages foot up to 251 years.
The Sentinel congratulates the la
dles on reaching so great an age and
still be enjoying good health, but rc
greis being compelled to disposses;
them of the distinction of being tin
oldest trio of sisters, then goes on to
name its group tone of whom, M
Caroline Foster, recently resided
here). The sum total of their ages
is 225 years, an average of a trifle
less than kt. These are all ripe ages
to be sure and the Courunt extends
congratulations. It is compelled, how-
murk that there are those
| who have reached a higher average.
I Miss Catherine Goodwin, now here
where the greater part of her life hag
j been spent. She has reached the age
i is well and hearty, comes
half a
J dozen miles by tenm to the honm of
a member of the family residing out
M F-pringf.eid. and trips about on foot
as lively as a kitten. Mention was re
cently made .in these columns of a
visit here, reference being nindo to
the nimble mnnner which she alight
ed from and boarded the trolley. In
vlted to a hushing Inst fall she do-
?!!ue4 with a hush, assorting that If
«hc went rho would c?r.a:n!y have in
dance few figures, and thought It
would not look quite the thing. Mrs.
Clive Goodwin Havens, widow of Syl
vester Havens, ami sister of Kate
lives on upper Windsor AVonuc where
•he cares for her little home, rides
.Sown town to transact business, visits
neighbors by day or evenings, Is in
ho enjoyment, of excellent health, is
vroct to a degree that might well be
the envy of tunny younger persons
Site retains u love for plant life and
hur windows in winter are nlwnyn, no
ticeable for the blossoms resulting
from her care and handiwork. Still
she has trodden the rugged way 81
year. Mrs. Cornelia Goodwin Mother
widow of Charles Mather, also of
Windsor avenue, a younger sister of
those mentioned, is frequently seen
an the trolley, going to the business
center and returning. She enjoys
good health, busies ljersolf about the
hoiis."* and grounds and carries her
vears wonderfully well. SHU, she has
seen HI summers. The combined age
f these estimable women is 258 years
-an average ot, 8C.—Hartford Con rant
What They Call It
Grandma says we’re right In style,
A-sittin’ in our automobile.
Grandpa sa;
A-riflin’ in
Ma, she sa
Grateful fe
-o’re fit to kill,
aniomo-hiil.
to feej
i-beel
auto like lie can
Auntie preaclns
’Bou f . our lovely
Uncle Boll say
Nowhere such
he aiu t seen
good machine.
Brother Jim ho koep. a-braggin'
’Bout the speed of our new wagon.
But, oh, it sounds so grand and noble
When Sister Sue suys autotnohle.
—Puck
Sau Francisco, Feb. 1.—The Meade
not seriously damaged. The only
damage is to the cargo and the loss
f life, tho extent of which la not yet
known.
icriff J. A. Robinson, of Coving
ton county, Miss., killed by a negro.
For The Senate
Z have decided after consulting with
my friends and fellow' citizens to ;-n
nounco myself a candidate for the sen
ate subject to the Democratic Humili
ation. I promise, if elected to this
high and honorable office, to represent
the district to tho best of my ability.
Soliciting the support ot my follow cit
izen. 1 beg to remain,
, Yours to push and serve,
G. W. DEEN.
.’hose who have been clamoring for
many years for a South Georgia man
for governor, now have the opportu
nity to show their faith by their
works. Col. Estill Is at least the
equal of nny candidate In the race, and
if ho Is elected the state will have an
onest, upright business governor.-—
Ociiin Star.
Ono hundred sturdy young men, a
majority of them the sons of wealthy
Indiana farmers who have prospered
in agricultural pursuits, began work
In the short courso at Purdue Univer
sity Inst week, and for ten week* they
will wrestle with crop and soil prob
lems, practical and theoretical, and
earn how to Judge horses and cattle,
make butter and manage farms. The
annual winter course In' agriculture
which has been a feature of the work
nt Purdue for several years, atarts
out this year with most promising
prospects. The atttendance *« Much
larger than ever before and the class
A young men enrolled I* of a higher
standard than In former years.
The Missionary Institute, which has
nacn In session for several days a!
Trinity church, came to a close last
night. The services last night were
conducted by Rev. M. C. Austin, who
had for the subject of his discourse,
"The Spread of Religion.” He han
dled the subject well and all were
pleased with his remarks.
•fthejr tell me that Skinner ban Joined
the church. Do you believe be la In
earnest)**
“H# must be, I saw blm pot a dollar )
In the contribution box.**—St Louis
Post-DUpatcfa.
Mrs. Mock, of Brunswick, la here
on a visit to her parent*, Mr. and Mra
W. 8. Gardner on Georgia atreet.
Mr. Roy Poltand leaves tonifhtfor
Port Tampa, Fla., where be baa ac-
copied a good poaltlon with the At-
testto Coast Ltee.
For The Senate.
To tho Democratic voters of Ware
County:
Under tho law It will bo Waro Coun
ty's time to furnish tho senator from
the 5th Senatorial district,and I thoro-
foro take this occasion to nnnounco
to my friends that I will bo a can
didate for Scnutor from said District
at the approaching primary to bo call
ed by the Democratic Exccutlvo Com
mittee, nud if elected to this office
I shall devote my host time and at
tention to tho duties incumbent upon
mo, and shall favor only such legisla
tion, as will bo of matorial benefit to
tho people generally whom I shall
represent. I ask tho earnest sup
port and co-operation of mv friend*
and supporters, and I shall endeavor
In tho very,near future to visit each
local'.ly and place before the people
my views upon the questions of the
day. W. F. Crawley.
Foe 8heriff.
I am u candidate for sheriff, subject
to the democratic primary. I am ful
ly acquainted with the duties of the
sheriff’* office and my past record will
;>rove that I am thoroughly compotent.
Soliciting tho support of tho voter*
of tho county, I ntn, very respectfully,
J. M. Mathis.
Egyptian Cctton Seed.
I have one hundred bushels of this
fine cotton seed for sale. It Is tht
most prolific cotton ever planted, asd
suits the soli of Georgia. Write me
for particulars. It. D. Harris,
Waycroas, Ga.
Don’t forget you can leave your col
lars, cufft, etc., at the EvereruuM
i’resaln* Club In the a. m. and gut
them In the p. m.
if. Wilton Steam I/randry
For coaghfl and cold* no remedy la
equal to Kennedy’s Laxative Honey
and Tar. It |s different from ail oth
er*—better, because it expel* all cold
from the system by acting as a cathar
tic on the bewels. Affords Immediate
relief in cough*, cold* whooping cough
etc. Children love It. Sold by
ding tc Co.
$100—Dr. E. Detchon’s Antl-Diuretio
may be worth to you more than $100
If yon have a child who soils bedding
from Incontinence of water during
sleep. Cures old and young alike. 11
arrests the trouble at once. $1. 8oJ«
by Gam Pharmacy, Waycroaj, Geon
ton. dftwtr