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Bpeaking of “red apple damns,” how about
’s Columbus bomb? :
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"Mr.' Smith says no one would recognize Mr.
pwellis printed speech and the one he deliver
being the same. They were entirely diff-
Fent.—Dublin Times.
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¥ Mr. Howell wrote out his Columbus speech
"and gave it to the press the day of the Columbus
debate. What was printed in the papers as his
speech and what he really said, is so different
that the average voter would not know it if he
should meet it in the road.—Covington Enter
prise.
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If the populist are barred from participa
tion in the state primary, and all of those who
leaned strongly to populism in the days when
populism actually menaced the democratic
party of the state, Candidate Howell could not
muster a corporals guard, He would not be
eligible himself to vote.
aMoM
Every charge the ring crowd has made
against Hoke Smith has only served to strength
en him with the thinking people of the state.
—Covington Enterprise.
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The Constitution states that Mr. Howell
will meet Mr. Swith in every section of the
state, which is exactly what he has been asked
te do.—Dublin Times.
And which is exactly what Mr. Howell will
not do.
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When Tom Watson was talking about
vagabond democracy there were vagabonds in
. the democratic party who gave Mr. Watson con
~ giderable consolation.
; Does any body remember who the vagabond
democrates were? Can any reader of the
' Enterprise recall any great Gecrgia daily that
~ was tainted with populism in those days? We
_arenot calling names but recalling circum
- stances.
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It is laughable to hear the Howell men talk
_about beating Hoke Smith, They tell you all
- about how strong J M. Smith, is and how many
' votes Estill will take away from Smith, and
" that Dick Russell is so poor that the poor folks
~ will help him, and how all of them together will
" get enough votes to control the convention, al
~ though Hoke may have more than any one of
them.
Nobody believes that any one of the candi
dates is as strong as Hoke,—Thomasville Press.
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i It looks at present, toa disintererested ob
. server, (and this paper is almost if not entirely
' such) that Hoke Smith is going to be the next
- governor. He has a following that will be hard
‘toovercome. Thestraw votes that have been
_taken indicate that the class of people who gath
er around public places are for him overwhelm
_ingly. The business men are supporting him.
' The populist vote will go to him almost unaui
mously.
Of course that silent majority living in the
“rural communities remains to be heard from,
further than the accepted theory that ex-popu
‘lists, mostly country folks, are for Smith.—
; Moultrie Observer. b
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" Chuckle—C-h-u-c-k-l-e—(to laugh in a broken
‘manner, expressing inward derision.) That’s
" what we frequently do when we read some of
_our South West Georgia exchanges defense of
_ Clark Howell against the populist.
“ Oh! How well do we remember—certainly
Euw_'e shall never forget the warm populist days
‘of the nineties, days that tried democratic souls
Eén Georgia. When these same fiddlers female
| canines barked to the tune of Tom Watsonism
and populism, when they literally stified self
' respecting democrats with the doctrines that
h*-’fs’nere positively nauseating to every man that
loved democracy and despised demagogy.
. Chuckle, of course, we chuckle, when we
pick up one'of these flunky sheets that cries
‘out now in angry protest against Watson and
populist interference. Is it any wonder that it
,jbrmgs back to us the dark days when these
-scamps, these same pusilanimous political
plotters used the very men and means to elect a
‘congressman, a drunken, brazen bloke over one
,_-the cleanest, purest, Christian gentlemen
‘that ever graced the superior court bench a
‘whole decade? =
~ Ab! How delightful it is to see these same
politics erts wriggle and squirm and gag at
€ li“v g‘ d A ~ '-':? ! & 2 T
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Candidate Howell ought not to monkey
with a boomerang. He is not accustomed to
handle that kind of a weapon. That is ewident
from the swatting be is getting because of his
handling of the Sibley letter.
That letter was the sensotion at the Colum
bus joint debate. It was about the only thing
in the debate that was sensational and interest
ing. The sensation it created is hightened and
the interest in it is intensified by Mr. Thomas
E. Watson’s revelations in connection with it
and his comments on it.
We infer from the gleeful manner in which
Mr. Howell presented the letter to the Colum
bus audience that he felt he had delivered Mr.
Smith a knockout blow. If Mr. Smith knew the
actual situation—the situation as Mr., Watson
now presents it—with what joy he must have
received that blow! He had to remain silent
for the time being, but he must have chuckled,
knowing what was in store for Mr. Howell.
If Mr. Howell had been wise he would bhave
put that letter in a bottle and put the cork in
tight even though he had obtained it for us on
just such an occasion as he used it. Instead of
doing him good it has done him harm.
Did Mr. Howell expect Mr. Watson would
remain quite when that letter was published?
Did he think Mr. Watson wouldn’t take notice
of it and his comments on it? If so heisa bad
judge of human nature, particularly Mr. Wat
son’s nature. :
Mr. Watson tells a stcry that reads as if it
were straight. It is a statement to which ap
parently there is no way to make an effective
reply.
It has not been shown that Mr. Smithsought
an alliance witb Mr. Watson or that he made
one. Mr. Howell presented the Sibley letter
the inference that Mr. Smith had stifled his con
yictions to get Mr. Watson’s support. And
now Mr. Watson says that Mr. Howell made agd
vances to him—wanted to have a talk with him.
Had Mr. Howell forgotten that when he used
the Sibley letter against Mr. Smith? If so his
forgetfulness is so great that he is in constant
danger when abroad in this campaign witbout a
memorandum of his political record and letters.
—Savannah News.
MO :
Another of the world’s rich men has died.
Marshal Field, the great merchant prince.
Marshall Field was, without question, the
greatest and most successful merchant of his
generation, and he was one of the world’s rich
est men. His wealth being estimated at any
where from $100,000,000 to $200,000,000. He
was a native of Conway, Mass.,, where he was
born in 1835. His father wasa farmer,and Mr,
Field obtained his education in the public
schools of Conway. At the age of 17 he became
a clerk in a general country store, in Pi'tsfield,
Mass., where he remained for four years. He
came to Chicago in 1856 and began his career in
this city as a clerk in the wholesale dry goods
establishment of Colley, Wadsworth & Co,
During the four years that he remained with
this house he showed marked commercial
ability and in 1860 he was given a partnership,
The late Levy Z. Leiter was also connected
with the firm, and in 1865 the two young men
withdrew and, in company with Potter Palmer,
they organized the firm of Field, Palmer &
Leiter, which continued until 1867, when Mr.
Palmer withdrew and the firm became Field,
Leiter & Co. This continued uatil 1881, when
Mr. Leiter retired, and the firm became known
as Marshall Field & Co, as it is today.
FORGED TO FRONT RAPIDLY,
The house forged to the front very rapidly
and it is now the largest enterprise of its kind
in the world, having numerous branches
throughout Europe and Asia. Its remarkable
success is attributed almost entirely to Mr.
Field and his methods. He made a rule never
to borrow money, and never to issue a note. He
paid cash for everything he bought, not only in
connection with his dry goods enterprise. but
for all of his dealings in real estate and in other
investments. The great fire of 1871 was the
only reverse ever experienced by the heuse of
Marshall Field & Co. Its losses at that time
aggregated over $1,000,000.
In 1872 the wholesale department was
separated from the retail store, and the latter
now covers two city squares and is located in
buildings twelve stories in height, '
While building up the dry goods store
which has grown to such mammoth propor
tions, Mr. Field, who was a firm believer in the
future of Chicago, invested heavily in real
estate, and to the appreciation of this in value
he owed much of his wealth.
At the close of the world’s fair in 1893 Mr.
Field endowed with $1,000,000 the museum now
known as the Field Columbian museum, for
which a home valued at $8,000,000 is shortly to
be erected in the heart of the city. He later
gave to the University of Chicago land valued
at $450,000 to be used for athletic purposes,
and a portion of it is known today as Marshall
Field. He was extremenly charitable in other
directions, never failing to contribute to a cause
which he knew to be worthy.
3 e e e SR S e 2
it Is Hard to Tell Who Wins, the
Buyer or the Seiler.
A man observing a hat marked 12
francs thus reasoned to himself:
“The price is marked 12 francs.
That means 10. The shopman wili
offcr it for 8. It is not werih more
than 6. 1 don’t want to give more
than 4, so I'll offer him 2.”
This suggests the principles upon
which trade is carricd on. The fol-
Jowing is an illustration of the proe.
ess:
Buyer—What’s the price of thai
hatsd -
Seller—T'welve francs, sir.
B. (in a tone of astonishmept)—
Twelve francs? Heavens, what ¢
price!
8. -It’s- not déar, ¢ir.- Xaor
couldn’t get it as cheap anywher
else in town.
B.—Nonsense! What’s the lowest
price you’ll take for it?
S.—Well, as it’s you I’ll sell it fo:
11
B.—Per Bacco! Why, it’s not
worth half that.
S.—Well, what will you give fo:
it?
B.—l won’t give a centime over ¢
francs. (This very decidedly, as ii
he really meant it.g
S.—Six francs! Why, it cost me
more than that.
B.—Go along! (Tries on the hat
which is very becoming, and contin
ues in a coaxing tone): Come, now.
let’s finish this affair. Name yow
price.
S.—Well, take it for 10 (seizing it
as though everything was settled
and hurriedly wrapping it up).
B.—-Stop, stop! ?’m not going te
give that price. (Makes for the door,
as though he also thought the affair
ended.)
S.—Stop, sir! Tell me now frank
ly the highest price you will give.
(This in an encouraging tone, with
head on one side and a sweet smile.)
B.—Come, I'll give you 7. (Makes
chow of pulling out pocketbook,
with the air of having made a Land
some offer that would be snapped
at.)
S. (now beginning to get excited)
—This is more than I can bear! We
will talk no more about it!
B. (Seeing too much decision in
shopman’s manner)—Well, ~come
now. How much will you take? I'll
give you 8. There!
S.No, no, no! I won’t sacrifice
the hat!
This is the moment for the buyer
to rush from the shop, sometimes
even getting to the corner of the
street, when the excited seller will
dash after him, imploring him to
come back again and take it for 9%
Then work begins in earnest, and
they rise and fall alternately by half
francs and somelimes fight over the
last two sous. When the bargain is
completed amid a torrent of words
and wild gestures the conqueror
(which is the conqueror?) goes off
with his hat as proud as the victor
of a scorc of battles to admiring
friends, who turn it over and peer at
it and examine it critically, praising
him for hLis chrewdness in making
such a bargain~London Mail.
At Least a Help.
“Uncle David” was an Oldtown
characier, some of whose sayings
have been pat into black and white
by Mr. Norion in his “Sketches” of
that vicinity, David used to run
rafts of lumber down the Penobscot
and was wont to boast that he “al
ways sold {o one man, and when he
didn’t sell to him he sold to some
body else,”
One day Uncle David was stand
ing on the river bank when a stern
wheel steamboat passed. He gazed
long and thoughtfully at the vessel
and thep, turning to a bystander,
said in a tone of deep conviction:
“That wheel is a great sarvice to
that boat.”
A Foe of Feuds.
Stranger—You say that man has
killed forty people?
Mountaineer Yes, in a feud.
Feuds is bad things, and we don’t
want no more of them in these ’ere
parts, '
Stranger—But that man is going
right along attending to his busi
ness as if nothing occurred. Why
don’t you arrest him?
Mountaineer—Arrest him! Gee
Willigan, stranger, that ’nd start
another feud, and I just told ye we
don’t want no more feuds,—New
York Weekly.
Real Muscular Christianity. -~
A preacher was the other day de
seribing true muscular Christianity
and gave an instance of the meaning
of the phrase: :
“T once had in my Sunday school
class a young urchin from a poor
neighborhood. He was a bright lad,
doing his best at all times. One aft
ernoon 1 said to him:
“ Billy, don’t you think you could
induce one or two boys to come to
Sunday school
“‘ could bring one’ Billy an
swered, ‘but all the other fellers in
our alley kin lick me!”” |
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