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' Wm mm ► PRESIDENTS MESSAGE CONCLUDED. The reclamation of the unsettled arid public hinds presents a different prob lem. Here it is not enough to regulate the flow cf streams. The object cf tin' government is to dispose, of the land to settlers who will build homes upon it. To accomplish this object water must lie brought within their reach. The pioneer settlers cn the arid pub- l eps thau three hundred dollars ; lie domain chose their homes along ; streams from which they could them- | selves divert the water to reclaim their holdings. Such opportunities are prac tically gone. There remain, however, vast areas of public land which can be made available for homestead Settle- , meat, but only by reservoirs and main line canals impracticable for private ; enterprise. These irrigation works : should be built by the national govern ment. The lands reclaimed by them | should be reserved by the government 1 ; for actual settlers, and the cost of con- I struction should, so far as possible, be 1 ; repaid by the land reclaimed. The dis-1 j tribution of the water, the division of j tbe streams among irrigators, should i be left to the settlers themselves in conformity with state laws and with-1 cut interference with those laws or I with vested rights. The declaration is made that in the arid states the only right to water which should be recognized is that of use. The president says that the doc trine of private ownership of water apart from land cannot prevail without causing wrong. Insnlar Problems. Insular questions are next treated. In Hawaii our aim must be to develop the territory on tbe traditional Amer ican lines. Porto Rico is declared to be thriving as never before. Tbe atten tion of congress is called to the need of legislation concerning tbe island's pub lic lands. In Cuba it is stated that 7 At G per cent on 10 years time We are prepared to negotiate loans on improved c ; ty unc Farm property in sums of uoi at G per cent, interest, tor ten years it desired. Can secure an advance of 50 per cent on the value of the property offered as securitv Call and see us. LAWSON & SCALES, Waynesboro, Ga. I 1 ! j!((- u ccocoboocoocoooooooooccoooi Free Acei- Iusurauce good for one year, write to N, The Popular Liquor Dealer, Augusta, Georgia. All it costs is 2 cents for vour letter. -45?'- C500C-urOGS00O£50OC50O00DO000S^t/ isthmian canal at any time ana wmeu guarantees to this nation every right that it has ever asked in connection with the canal. It specifically pro vides that the United States alone shall do the work of building and assume the responsibility of safeguarding the canal and shall regulate its neutral use by all nations on terms of equality without the guarantee or interference of any outside nation from any quarter. The Monroe Doctrine. The Monroe doctrine should be the cardinal feature of the foreign policy of all the nations of the two Americas, as it is of the United States. The Mon roe doctrine is a declaration that there must bo no territorial aggrandizement by any non-American power at tbe ex pense cf any American power on Amer ican soil. It is in nowise intended as hostile to any nation in the old world. Still less is it intended to give cover to any aggression by one new world power at the expense of any other. It is sim ply a step, and a long step, toward as suring tbe universal peace of the world by securing the possibility of perma nent peace on this hemisphere. During the past century other influ ences have established the permanence and independence of the smaller states of Europe. Through the Monroe doc trine we hope to he able to safeguard like independence and secure like per manence for the lesser among the new world nations. This doctrine has nothing to do with the commercial relations of any Amer ican power save that it in truth allows each of them to form such as it desires. In other words, it is really a guarantee of the commercial independence of the Americas. We do not ask under this doctrine for any exclusive commercial dealings with any other American state. We do not guarantee any state against punishment if it misconducts itself, provided that punishment does not take the form of the acquisition of territory by any non-American power. Our attitude in Cuba is a sufficient pomroce of our continuing to advocate ! the pills,working through the b’ood, moderation in the dealings with China., soon render the system proof The president concludes his message as j against the grip and many other follows: diseases which,t>y inelemeutlweaih- The death of Queen \ ictoria caused er fasten upon ’hose who are not the people of the United States: deep , f , fiwJ in , t thpnj . If vou have and heartfelt sorrow, to which the gov -. * eminent gave full expression. When already suffered the ravages of the President McKinley dic-d. our nation in grip you should ha-ten to expel the turn received from every quarter of the lingering germs from your sys na British empire expressions of grief and Until you do you ; i never know sympathy no less sincere The death ! f0|Jl heH , !h Dr Pi;.k of the Empress Dowager Frederick of:’ Germany also aroused the genuine sym-! Pllla fns f - ,e Poopio Wi.t not on.y pa thy of the American people, and this. effect a euro in cases similar to the sympathy was cordially reciprocated one above but, acting directly upoD by Germany when the president was I,he blood and nerves, are an tin- assassinated. Indeed, from every quar- filing specific for such ter of the civilized world we received diseases a , p ar tjai paralysis, S». Vi?- at the time of the presidents death as-1 . . ‘ , t u-’dance, set dura, neuralgia, ner- surauces of such grief anu tegaia as ro ® * touch the hearts of our pecvD. In the j headache, palpitation of the midst cf our affliction we reverently heirt, pale and sallow complexions thank the Almighty that we arc at; an I ail forms of weako -«s eiiherin Dealer In Millinei lowers, Feathers ry, Fancy Goods, f ccea-onsble Noth-mr and Novelties, US 7A. GEORG Fine Notions and Novelties. Latest styles. Rearouable .AUG d. much progress lias been made toward Putting tlie independent government of j our own good“faithT“ We tbe island upon a firm footing, and it is declared that independence will be an accomplished fact. The president adds: zJmsBF 1 —- (trade mark registered no 17438.) FMOG FOND CHILL AND FEVER CURE, THE ORIGINAL NO CURE NO PAY. 50 CENTS A BOTTLE. The old reliable the kind your fathers used to take. The one that never fails tc cure. Don’t waste time and money experimenting with new cures. But go for the best from the jump. Frog Por.d is the ounce of prevention and pound of cure combined. Ask for it— take no substitute, if your merchant does not sell it write to us we will send it direct for 50 cents. ] B. DOTPORT k HO., Augusta, Ga. For sale in Burke county bv all fiist-elass Druggists, and at! leading merchants. june22.1901—hm Watchmaker and Jeweler. Waynesboro, Georgia. High-Class work a specialty Elsewhere I have discussed the ques tion of reciprocity. In the case of Cu ba, however, there are weighty reasons of morality and of national interest why the policy should be held to have a peculiar application, and I most ear nestly ask your attention to the wis dom, indeed to the vital need, of pro viding for a substantial reduction in the tariff duties on Cuban imports into the United States. In dealing with the Philippine peo ple we must show both patience and strength, forbearance and steadfast res olution. Our aim is high. We do not desire to do for the islanders merely what lias elsewhere been done for trop ic peoples by .even the best foreign governments. We hope to do for them what lias never before been done for any people of tbe tropics—to make them fit for self government after tlie fashion of the really free nations. The only fear is lest in our overanx iety we give them a degree of inde pendence for which they are unfit, thereby inviting reaction and disaster. As fast as there is any reasonable hope that in a given district the people can govern themselves self government has been given in that district. There is not a locality fitted for self govern ment which has not received it. But it may well be that in certain cases it will have to be withdrawn because the inhabitants show themselves unfit to exercise it; such instances have already occurred. In other words, there is not the slightest chance of our failing to show a sufficiently humanitarian spirit. The danger comes in the opposite direc tion. Troubles Abend Yet. There are still troubles ahead in the islands. The insurrection has become an affair of local banditti aud maraud ers, who deserve no higher regard than the brigands of portions of the old world. Encouragement, direct or indirect, to these insurrectos stands on the same footing as encouragement to hostile Indians in the days when we still had Indian wars. The president declares that the time Las come for additional legislation for the Philippines. He says: It is necessary that the congress should pass laws by which the re sources of the islands can be developed, so that franchises (for limited terms of years) can he granted to companies do ing business in them and every encour agement he given to the incoming of business men of every kind. It is ur gently necessary to enact suitable laws dealing with general transportation, mining, banking, currency, homesteads and the use and ownership of the lands aud timber. These laws will give free play to industrial enterprise, aud the commercial development which will surely follow will afford to the people of the islands the best proofs of the sincerity of our desire to aid them. Tbe Cable and the Canal. I call your attention most earnestly to the crying need of a cable to Hawaii and tbe Philippines, to be continued from the Philippines to points in Asia, We should not defer a day longer than necessary the construction of such a cable. It is demanded uot merely for commercial’but for political and mili tary considerations. Either the con gress should immediately provide for the construction of a government ca ble or else an arrangement should be made by which like advantages to those accruing from a government ca ble may be secured to the government by contract with a private cable com pany. No single great material work which remaius to be undertaken on this con tinent is of such consequence to the American people as the building of a canal across the isthmus connecting North aud South America. Its impor tance to the nation is by no means lim ited merely to its material effects upon our business prosperity, and yet with a view to these effects alone it would be to the last degree important for us im mediately to begin it. While its bene ficial effects would perhaps be most marked upon tbe Pacific coast and the gulf aud South Atlantic states, it would also greatly benefit other sections. It is emphatically a work which it is for the interest of the entire country to be gin and complete as soon as possible. I am glad to be able to announce to you that our negotiations on this sub ject with Great Britain, conducted on both sides in a spirit of friendliness and mutual good will, have resulted in my being able to lay before the sen ate a treaty which, if ratified, will en able ua to begin Drenaratioa* for an have not the slightest desire to secure any territory at the expense of any of our neighbors. The Navy. The president devotes considerable space to the navy, the upbuilding of which, he- says, should be steadily con tinued. Tbe navy offers us, it is declar ed, tlie only means of insisting on thc- Monroe doc-trine, and a strong navy is tbe best guarantee against war. He recommends that provision be made not only for more ships, but for more men. Four thousand additional sea men and 1,000 additional marines should be provided, as well as an in crease in officers. After indorsing the naval militia forces the president says: But in addition we should at once provide for a national naval reserve, organized and trained under the direc tion of the navy department and sub ject to the call of the chief executive whenever war becomes imminent. It should be a real auxiliary to the naval seagoing peace establishment and offer material to be drawn on at once for manning our ships in time of war. The Army. It is not necessary to increase our army beyond its present size at this time, but it is necessary to keep it at the highest point of efficiency. The in dividual units who as officers and en listed men compose this army are, we have good reason to believe, at least as efficient as those of any other army in tbe entire world. It is our duty to see that their trainiug is of a kind to in sure the highest possible expression of power to these units when acting in combination. A general staff should be created. Promotions should be made solely with regard to the good of the service. Congress ought to provide, the presi dent adds, for field exercises. He con tinues: Action should be taken In reference to the militia and to the raising of vol unteer forces. Our militia law is ob solete and worthless. The organization and armament of the national guard of the several states, which are treated as militia in the appropriations by the congress, should be made identical with those provided for the regular forces. The obligations and duties of the guard in time of war should be carefully de fined and a system established by law under which the method of procedure of raising volunteer forces should be prescribed in advance. The Merit System. The president indorses the merit sys tem of making appointments and says: I recommend the passage of a law which will extend the classified serv ice to the District of Columbia or will peace with the nations of mankind, and we (irmly intend that our policy shall be such as to continue unbroken these international relations of mutim! respect and good will. A SAD CHEISTMAS. HOW GLOOM. DROVE PEACE OUT OF A HOUSEHOLD. at least enable the president thus to ex tend it. In my judgment all laws pro-] ^ a< ^ none , * ie t>ad after-effects viding for the temporary employment might also add that before I bpgan A Misfortune Which Destroyed the Hap piness of One Family in a Time When All Should Haye Been Cheerful. Christmas d-»es not bring happi ness to everybody, Peace does not always come and even good will is sometimes diffi cult to entertain. Robert Yates did not have a mer ry Christmas, nor did his family Prospects had been bright enough the day before, i-nd he had left home for the day’s work with a feel ing of content, looking forward in pleasure lo the gift-giving of the morrow. But as he was on his way back In the evening, laden vvilh his share of the mysterious bundles that are al ways seen on Christmas Eve, he became suddenly weak Fierce pains shot through his head and body and he became so dizzy that he was ha’dly able to make his way home. He was con- Sned to the bed and the happiness of that Christmas was destroyed for him and for bis family. He continues the story a? follows: ‘I was sick for three months from 'hat awful Christmas Eve of 1890 I; was an attack of the grip and abou; as severe a one ai anybody ever had, “Did you ever have the grip? Wei!, you don’t know what it i-, then, it racks your mind and body. It’s a combination of all the aches and pains known to medical science And that isn’t the worst of it—when you are over the grip you have it- after effects. I was restless and sleepless, with constant pains In my limbs. I foil away in fldsh, lost my appetite, was tired out lor no reas on, and became generally misera b!e. “Finally, when things were look ing pretty blue for me, one day J noticed a piece iu the paper about a man living in Kansas who had been cured of a somewhat similar com plaint of twelve years’ standing, by he use of Dr. Williams’ Pink Puls for Pale People. So I decided to try them I f-.lt better before I had fin ished one box. I kept on taking them and they cured me. Now I am past sixty-throe years of age, I enjoy perfect heni111 and, thanks to Dr. William’s Pink Pdls, I can do a good days work again. I am as hale and hearty as many men much younger than I, h ive splendid ap petite and can go to sleep a few minutes after retiring. “A couple years after the illness I referred to 1 felt the symptoms again. I immediately began takiDg the pills and not only was the attack not nearly so severe but I quickly recovered and I m !e or female Dr. Williams’ Pink P-lis for P if« Penpie are sold by all dealers, nr will b> sent pt-dpaid on receipt of price, fifty renti a box < r six boxes for two dollars am J fifty cents, by ad lres-iog Dr. Williams Medicine Company. Schenectady, N. Y. 1 hey are never sold in btPk o by the hundred. Dirt In Dainty Carpets. For housewives who pride them selves upoD the spotless floor coverings The Druggists’ Circular gives the fol lowing recipe for removing spots of dirt from carpets: Make a suds with a good white soap and hot water and add fuller’s earth to this until the consistency of thin cream. Have plenty of clean drying cloths, a small scrubbing brush, a large sponge and a pail of fresh water. Put some of the cleaning mixture in a bowl and dip the brush in it. Brush a small piece of the carpet with this; then wash with the sponge and cold water. Dry as much as possible with the sponge and finally rub with dry cloths. Continue this till you are sure that all the carpet is elean; then let it dry. Joseph Jekyll’s Repartee. An attorney named Else, rather di minutive in his stature and not particu larly respectable in his character, once met Jekyll. “Sir,” said he, “I hear you have called me a pettifogging scoun drel. Have you done so. sir?” “Sir,” said Jekyll, with a look of con tempt, “I never said you were a pet tifogger or a scoundrel, but I said you were ‘little Else.’ ” The following epigram was written on Dr. Letsom, then a well known doc tor: When folks arc sick and send for me, I purges, bleeds and sweats ’em; If after that they choose to die. What’s that to me? 1 Letsom. —Gentleman’s Magazine. "ft 01 r fs ratlLr. WAYNESEOHO GEO rner I have opened ? Livery. Sale aud Feed Stables, My rick and Barron streets, and solicit the patronage of tbe public. Well equipped turnouts, and good, stylish horses for hire at reasonable rates. Shall keep first-u.i SS stock for sale. Those in need of Horses and Mules snould see me before buying. <s> <§• or net X-.. EXSI3STS02ST, If ynck and Barron Sts., Waynesboro Georr:a. y j - As :t is too late in life for me to learn to keep books nov . noth- 1 ’ - ■ . irg charged nor tickets made. All is cash Don't ask .vedit. Machinery of all Kinds. Sandersvilie, Ga. Siartled the Natives. Herrara, the Spanish historian, says that Pizarro, when he landed in South America, owed his life and those of his companions to the fact that one of the party fell off his horse by accident..' The natives had succeeded in cutting off the retreat of the Spaniards to their ships, when one of the riders was thrown. The Indians were so aston ished at the dissolution of partnership that they took (light at once. They had supposed horse and man to be one animal. THRESHING MACHINES, &e Gin Repairing, a Specialty, Orders from Burke county given special attention. On all work sent in bv 1st of June next, I v.iR pav FREIGHT ONE WAY! All work Guaranteed. Work. Work in every hour, paid or unpaid. See only that thou workest, and thou caust uot escape the reward. Whether thy work be flue or coarse, planting corn or writing epics, so only it be lion est work, done in thine own approba tion, it shall earn a reward to thy senses as well as to the thought. No matter how often defeated, you are born to victory. The reward of a thing well done is to have done it.—Emer son. of clerks should hereafter contain provision that they be selected under the civil service law. It is important to have this system obtain at Lome, but it is even more im portant to have it applied rigidly in our insular possessions. The importance of improving the consular service by the passage of new laws is emphasized. The president then turns to the In dian question, ne says: We should now break up the tribal funds, doing for them what allot ment does for the tribal .lands — that is, they should be divided into individ ual holdings. There will be a transi tion period during which the funds will in many eases have to be held in trust. This is the ease also with the lands. A stop should be put upon the indiscriminate permission to Indians to lease their allotments. The effort should be steadily to make the Indian work like any other man on his own ground. The marriage laws of the In dians should be made the same as those of the whites. In the schools the edu cation should be elementary and large ly industrial. Cordial support from congress and people is asked for the St. Louis expo sition. The Charleston exposition is commended to the good will of the people. The work of the Pan-American exposition is praised. It is recommended that the census office as now constituted should be made a permanent government bureau. The Postal Service. A tribute is paid to the postaAerviee, and the extension of free rural delivery is commended. The postoffiee depart ment should he sustained, the president says, in its efforts to remove the abuses in connection with second class mail matter. Much attention is paid to the situa tion in China, and the progress toward the establishment of peace there is re capitulated. Stress is laid on the im- taking Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills I had suffered for about seventeen years with rheumatism but I have not felt any of it since. They are a wonderful medicine and I have no doubt but what they saved my life.” Mr. Robert G. Yates lives at No. 55 Clark street, Dubuque, Iowa, and for the past fifteen years has been in the employ of the Klauer Manu facturing Co., in the capacity of a tinner. He has worked on almost every buiidtng of consequence in that city ana is very well known as a thoroughly honest and reliable aiau. In order to leave no room for doubt he swore to his above statement before H. M. Ham, a no tary public, on Sept 24, 1901. M^-.ny people softer as Mr. Yates did aud thousands have taken the same remedy with as good results. With each recurring epidemic of the grip it is more evident that the disease leaves in its wake a train of stubborn ailments thatotfen baffle the skill of physicians. Loss of flesh thin blood, nervousness, shortness of breath, exhaustion after slight exertion—so that it is often difficult to walk up stairs—these are a few of the symptoms of aftereffects of the grip. More serious results often follow the grip has come to be re garded as the highroad to pneumo nia, bronchitis and eveD consump tion. Dr. William-)’ Pink Pills for Pale People are recognized everywhere as the great specibc for the grip and its after effects. Taken in tbe | eor ° a tonic dose (one pill after each meal) That Fit eight, ^ That WearKight. ^ That Are RIGHT. I can make a coat that don’t bunch up and baug like a rag in front; a coat that fits to the back ofthe neck; a coat that fits under the shoul ders ; the sleeve seams are direct ly under the arm—not twist ed half to the front. And as to the pants—cut s o they don’t sag; fit under tbe hips; don’t draw 7 bacK oi the knee, and fit smooth over the instep. f yon care to look: THE TAILOR. W ay n esboro, G a. Just received a very large shipment of || Beaver, Plush and Mohair u Carriage and Buggy Robes, a vory U : Beautiful Line, : Also a full line of Horse Blankets. Sole Agents for the famous Babcock Carriages and Buggies, jjj and Jno. W. Masurv & Son’s House Paints, which are unexcelled. 733 and 735 Broad St., Augusta, Gra. i! HEEDSS Just arrived this week— mp. Ruta Baga Turnip, bite Flat Dutch Turnip. Red or Purple Top Turnip. Southern 7 Top Turnip. Yellow Aberdeen Turnip. Golden Ball Turnip. Long Cow Horn Turnip trapped Leaf Flat Dutch Turnip, and other varieties. Also—A Fresh Line of PURE DRUG, for sale by H. B. McMASTER, Druggist and Seedist, WAYNESBORO, GEORGIA. NOTICE. "Vi'OTlCE is hereby given _lN apply to tlie Honorable that I will N. L Brin son. Jndee <>f the Augusta Circuit, on the 16th'day of December, IHOt, it Waynes boro Ha., for .eave to sell at private sale the following described property, !>e!onging to Catherine D Sanders, (minor,; viz: All that lot and tract of land, situate, lying and bring in the county of Burke, stateof Georgia, con taining two hundred and eighty-seven acres, ji ore or less, bounded on the North by lands of M.. Brown and P U i orker, East by lands of P. I. Corker, Ctesur Williams and others. South by lands of Dozier Hill and James Whitehead and thickhead creek, and ou the West by lands of M. Brown, for Ihe purpose of reinvesting in lauds in Screven c,.unty. It gives us pleasure to extend to onr pat rons and friends our thanks and appreciation for our patronage during the year. Qur stock of Clothing, this*’" "'*1 season is up to the high standard i Stouts, Slims, S and Extra Sizes at I. C. Levy’s, Augusta. WILLIAM P. SANDERS. Guardian Catherine D Banders. Nov. 23d, ISM. which it has long ago attained. Our assortment of business and Dress suits, extra Trousers are the latest that Fashion has cre ated. Our prices are always the lowest for the value of goods we offer you. I. C. LEVY’S SON & CO.. Tailor-Fit Clothiers, 838 Broad Street, AUGUSTA, GA.