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*jmJ5 MACON TELEGRAPH: THURSDAY MORHIHG, SEPTEMBER 13, 1894.
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APPOINTMENTS,
Hon, Charles I,. Bartlett, Hon. Wash-
Ington Dessau and Hon. DuPont Guerry
will address Ihe people of Upson court-
t) at Yslesvltlo ent September 1.1.
lion. Charles I,. Bartlett tvlll speak
at Fnyotleville en tbo-17th, at McDon
ough on the 18th and at Round Oak on
the both. Further appointment* will
tie announced a* they are made.
MAI. BACON'S APPOINTMENTS.
Cuthbcrt, On.. September IS.
Ilaxley, On., September 17.
Butler, On., Sept. 18.
Fayetteville, On., Sdptombcr II).
Trenton, On., September 20.
Duwsmivllle, On., September 22.
Montlcello, Oa., September 24.
MU. ATKINSON'S SPEECH.
Tho Atlanta' ConNtltutlon take* the
Telegraph to task tiecauiie of certain
comments lnndoby it on Me. Atkinson's
OrcunvHIo apctvh. "Tito principle
which (Mr. Atkinson ln.v* down,” It
eny», “I* tho true Democratic principle,
nnd the method which he was auiunilu-,
aioned by liht party to advocate Is Just
aa truly Democratic." To nil this we.
•ay amen. Tho principle laid down by
Mr. Atktasaa, a* we mild in our com'
men'* ou hla speoch, Is Noundly, thor
oughly Democratic. Wo know of nt.
man who Im* Mated this principle more,
forcibly or with greater prooltlon. The
melhod which ho !s commissioned by
111* party to advocate, however, ts not
free coinage «t 111 to 1 or any other ra
tio tea* than that fixed by tho markets.
In fact, in that commission, which hi
tho platform, nothing I* aald about ra
tio, and nothing t» Insisted upon except
parity. When Mr. Atkinson assumed
to devise n method, to suggest n ratio
less than that of Uio mnrkel*, therefore,
ho stepped off. ihe platform and was
•peaking n* mi Individual, not a repre-
srillative of the party. Tho Telegraph
commended hi* exposition of tho Dent-
noratlo principle; It criticised the melh
od for which he wax individually re
sponsible, nnJ which we regard ns nt
variaure with tlmt principle. We ttm
belli an a friend and a Democrat.
The CmistllulU.h, in the rournu of Its
remarks, asks the Telegraph certain
tpiestlous, n* follows:
••How does th» editor of tha Telegraph
happen to know, for Instance, that the
reopening of ; our mtnta bo kilver at the
present rati., would fall t» maintain, the
partly of the coined dollars? ltow docs
he know that gnVl would go to a pre
mium and 1st’ ckpelMf from the oountry?
Aa a natter of e.mrse, ho doesn't knntv
anything nbcul It, In fact, life, statement
he makca In the same breath that the ex.
pulelnn of gold wouM result tn a money
famine M tin adtulaalon that gold would
not <?) go to a premium. It Is a well-known
fact that the average level of prices, as
well aa Ihe volume of business, impends
un the available supply of standard money
In circulation. If Ihe free .olnago of sil
ver failed to result In • rise In pricee-
a and thire >iuld b« no flue If there were a
icarctty of money-at would be because
silver w.ouKt. hive the •ome purchasing
power us gold. In that oaae there could
be no prentum on gold. Ilow, then, would
It profit the owner of gold to took It up
nr nnd it abroad? The demand for money
- ta equal.to the combined deonnd for alt
other exchangeable article*- It* scarcity
causes a Nil In prices sod a shrinkage
In wilues.
"We ask the editor of the Telegraph,
therefore; tn explain to hla reader* how
an event which created a deficiency tn Ihe
currency could ralae prices eufltclcnlly to
•end gold to a premium. Aa a nutter of
tact, Ihe editor of the Telegraph cannot
explain It. Hie statement knocks aU Me
objections net and dl«> a hole deep
etu.uvh to bury them li."
Tho Telegraph tuny osk lu reply,
how does the cdUott uf the Constitution
know that the rropcumg of our mints
to stiver at Ihe present rat’o would not
result lu a premium mi gold? ' The as-'
sumption tlmt It would not Is Just as vl-
oleni-tn our optuion tar more so—than
Ihe nutiuipUou that It' 'vouldi 'It Is
more violent for the reason Hut expe
rience shows that in the countries
where the mints are now open to silver
•t the present ratio there la n premium
on geld of about 00 per cent, lu not
one of thi-m are both gold mid silver
money In olreulatkiu. We have t»eu
no good reason advanced why their ex-
tiertenee would not be ours. It is said
that wo are more iiuuv.-rra* and
vvalmicr than they, that our trade ts
larger, that we need more money, hut
these seem to us only reasons why tho
price of silver will rise somewhat shore
Its present level, and not reasons why
It will advance to tho level It held
wtun all ilhs world used silver aa.money
and all tho mints were open to tt.
, A scarcity of currency in Uio United
States would not be the same thing as
a scarcity of silver In the world, and
the value of our silv- r money would, iu
our opinion, quickly aud finally settle
down to the basis of the world's Value
of Oliver bullion. If that basis were
different from tho coinage basis, then
only silver money would circulate and
we would bo deprived of the use of
gold. This would bo true whether cur
rency were scarce or not, lu the long
run, because when a currency la sound
nnd stable men must give In actual
value as much as thejvrecelvc when
they exchange mOney for other tilings,
nnd the exchange vntue of bur sliver
money would be fixed by the
world's price for silver bullion.
We again appeal to the experience of
silver using countries to show that tills
Is true. There Is free coinage of silver
•n Mexico, for Instance, but though
currency Is extremely scarce in that
country the silver dollar Is worth only
Its bullion value. The American sliver
dollar Is In Mexico Itself worth two
Mexican dollars, weighing more than
twice ns much. Hint currency Is
segreo Is shown by the fact that the
Mexican - government cannot borrow
money nt home nnd therefore; borrows
In London, though In doing so It loses
the difference, when paying Interest, be
tween gold and sliver—that is to sny,
In effect pays double interest
The scarcity of currency caused by
the expulsion of gold would not necos-
snrily mean nn advance in the value of
a'lver to tho present coinage ratio. The
prlco of silver, as related to the price
of Solti, depends on the relative demand
for the two metals In tho whole world,
not merely In the United Btato«. This
Is true of the price of every commodity
lu universal use. To expeot tlmt the
relative values of the two, fixed at a
time when tho demand for both metals
as money was universal, will be same
when the United Bbltcs ulouc among
commercial nations makes silver a
standard money seems to us unreason
able. The fact that silver money could
not bo used In settling foreign balances
would Itself make ndrer less desirable
than gold, which, of course, means less
Valuable than gold. It Is ontircly pos
sible that In tho agonlos of a money
panic the price of sllvor might rlso to
u level with gold, hut fids could be only
for a brief time, until the luw of supply
and demand became fully operative. In
the height of tho pnDlo last year soino
men were willing for a time to pay 100
per cent, for tho use of money, but tlmt
wri bccauso a temporary scarcity
threuteued them with destruction. They
could not pay such a rato for more
thafi a few days and they were willing
to pay It only because of extraordinary
circumstances. Bo In tho case of silver,
an extraordinary scarcity 'of money
might for a time give un abnormal
value to it.
Tho Constitution Is mast concerned,
however, by whnt tt considers an at
tack muilc by the Telegraph on Mr. At
kinson. It says:
"But the most serious objection wo hsvo
to the Telearaph's urt'A-t in of Mr. At
kinson's speech Is that tt is In the na
ture of an sttsek on tho Democratic <an-
dl-lsto for governor. It furnishes new ar
guments nnd opportunities to those who
sra actlvvsly engaged In on effort to
weaken, cripplo tut-l llnully destroy the
Democratic organisation in this ante. It
Is u slip In the face by a newspaper from
which Mr. Atkinson and the party leaders
would naturally expect sympathy and
support."
The party organisation will not bo
hurt by the expression of aa lieucst tl'.f-
farunca of oplnluu with the candidate
for governor. Audi Injury to the or-
gunhaitlon Is Inflicted not by tho ex
pression of differences of opinion with
tho cuudhlnto but by attacks upon his
character In attempts to show that ho
Is unworthy of tlitj support of self-re-
speotlug aud honest iucil That this
Is true Is shown by the fact tb.it the op
position press does not find ammunition
lu tile columns of tlto Telegraph, bat
Contents Itself with reprinting ns prom
inently us possible the editorials of our
esteemed routempomry In which our
cuudulato was vilified and ridiculed.
A REPUBLICAN ADMISSION.
Thu Chicago lutcr Oceau thinks tlio
Detuocratto party hits been forced to
adopt Us tariff policy by four elements,
os follows;
“L Southern planters who dreaded the
existence of Northern nitnufaclurerm sx
force* working against cheap labor tn all
port* of tho Union. Tho abolition of sla
very nnd tho 'increasing purpow' of civ
ilisation have enlightened many of these,
and nre cedtghtnlng more.
"2. Allen resutent* at th« Urge cities,
w ho, wllng as agents tor Ihe Importation
of foreign goods, hravq contributed largely
to DemccmUo campaign fund*.
"J. Ury-os-dust college professors and
rural doctrimUrek who hav* fossilised In
the antl-iuc erred of tho classical school
of political ci-onctny-
Great trust* that foresaw In protec
tion a development of rivals in their trade,
awl that gave Immensely to tha cam
paign fund* These, with the sugar trust
st their hold, have managed to seem
enough protection u> be-teOt thonselvea aa
monopolists, but not enough to Induce
large capitalist! to risk n control with
thro
The Inter Ocean Is never intention
ally funny when It discusses the tariff
aud this explanation of bow the senti
ment In favor of lower taxation be
comes so strong It uutdo In dead earn
est. NsTenhetess ,t l* tunny. Take
the fourth paragraph, for Instance. The
Idea that tho trusts, and especially ihe
sugar trust, have been working hard
aud spending thousands of dollars to
reduce the protection which created
them te quite enough to make anybody
but the densest protectionist laugh.
But however laughable the exphuta
tlun may he, it Ipts a certain ralae, in
(h.\t it contain* the admission' that the
protection enjoyed by the trusts tuts
been reduced. That Is the point vf im
portance. The people will know what
to think of tho suggestion that the
trusts brought about the reduction
llit-uis"! ve- ■ ,. f ' t
THE EASTERN WAR.
Tlie news from the eastern war is
very meagre aud very often misleading,
but It begins to seem certain that, all
tlie advantage so for rests with the Jap
anese, They have outgeneraled und out
fought tlie enemy. They had the ad
vantage of being ready at the start and
httVe used It for all It was worth. The
situation seems to tie that the Japanese
fleet has cut off Chinese ucceas to.Corea
by sea and the army, by seizing the
mountain passes at tlie uorthern end .of
tlie peninsula, linvc shut off access by
land. Consequently the Chinese army
nlready in Corea Is in u practically
helpless posltlou-unabie to coftc witu
the more numerous and better cqu-ppivl
Japanese army In thu field und without
supplies except such as can be seized
In a country already too poor to sup
port Its rcs.dcnt population., lu situa
tion seems nearly desperate.
The new treaty between Japan and
Coren, reported In yesterday's tele
grams, was probably <vitorted from the
Core.au king, who •* u prisoner of the
Japanese, but it will help tbe cause of
the latter nevertheless. It least serves
the purpose db notifying the outside
world that Jupun will respect the Rule-
pendeuce of. the ‘‘Hermit Kingdom,"
uud Ihi A will.reduce tho chances of for
eign Interference.
The only chance for the Chinese to re
trieve their fortunes, apparently, Is for
them to tlglriji great naval battle and
wlu It. They could thou relieve nud
reinforce their army in Corea. They
have a flue licet, but have seemed
afraid to use 1L "
THE PUBLIC LIBRARY.
Additional Reasons Why It Should he
Turned Over to the Board of Educa
tion.
To the Editor of tlie Telegraph: 1
have noted with considerable interest
tho eommuu.eut.ons lu your paper
touching thu turning over of tile Public
Library to the bouvd of ediicatiuu, amt
also your very well-timed editorial In
today's Issue upon such u slop.
A correspondent some time ago called
attentiou to the large number of North
ern amt Western states wherem slate
and county aid was given to maintain
public libraries ou the ground that they
were valuable adjuucts to tha public
school system. Tho advantages of a
public library made free to. the child
ren of the publ.c schools nnd to thu
public nt targe- ure too obvious lo need
argtunont.
There Is a feature lu connection with
such X step that ts worthy of considera
tion If tho board of public education
should sec the.r way clear to take
charge of tlie library nnd make it free
(o the public. It would not only ho of
Incalculable benefit to our'Jmys anil
girls, but It would bo a Vnst benefit to
our entire community. In -stlilitlou to
thu necessary expense of living, there
nre very few t-n<l.vhliiats or families
who feel able to pay four dollars a year
for mentlicrsHIp ut die library, nud yet
not a man, woman or child is there but
what wotdd deplore the closing up of
the Public Library ns a great calamity
nntl a rctlcctiou upon a city of 21,000
itihab.-t rats nnd a county of Ho,000 In
habitants.
If Ihe Fulillo Library were free, it
would make Its splendid collection of
books available to tlie whole communi
ty nnd would add largely to tho pleas
ure and improvement of our people. It
would he nn additional inducement for
non-residents to locate In our midst, be
come citizens with us that their child
ren might enjoy tlie advantages of our
unexcelled system of public schools
and the qpporUffiiUvs givep. by tho
lHirury for deeper und broader cultiva
tion.
There Is nuotlier Idea also to ho men
tioned In tills connection. Probably It
a poll vveru taken of all tax payers of
the county, It would be found that from
one-third to cue-half nt least have no
children to educate in tho public
schools. Tnko the case of a uutn whose
family are all adults, the case of those
who bnve never married aud havo no
children. These ure taxed to support
the system of public schools, so that
one man having no children to ediMite
In tho public schools pay taxes suffi-
clent to educate several children of his
neighbor who pays no taxes. Now,
each of these, the miiu who has child
ren to educate and uo taxes to pay. aud
the man who pays taxes aud has uo
children to educate, would both equally
SdJ a Hi" ."h.iiitage* of a free liiu.uy.
hut It would be doing some slight In
justice to the tax payer who derives
uo present direct benefit from tho pub
lic schools to penult him In common
with his uelghbor to enjoy the advan
tages of n free public library controlled
by the board of public education. So
It appears that It would be a decided
advantage to the children of the poor
aud to the tax payer.
1 think, therefore, Mr. Editor, that
every interest of this community would
he promoted by the library's being
turned over to the board of piddle edu
cation to bo.operutod by them for Ihe
beosflf of the people. Tax Payer.
Beptemls'r 12.
OAIMPAION OK CONDEMNATION.
To tlie Editor of the Telegraph: Mon-
texutna- Is a great town when the day's
work Is done for the hoys to gather un
der the shade of the trees and discuss
the events of the day. This evening
the theme of discussion was tho edito
rial lu Monday's Constitution wherem
It makes effort to widen the breach in
the Democratic ranks by deelariug that
a "campaign of condemnation" has al
ready beguu in the South against tlto
principles of the Chicago platform and
that this campaign of condemnation is
the wort of those who were controlled
by n power which hml a crumb of pat
ronage to bestow or a promise to be
guile. This is a (Instantly attack upon
Mr. Cleveland, and all our speakers
who do uot repudiate our own Demo
cratic administration. Such talk Is wel
come to Watsou unit nines and nil
those engaged tn the work or nistnto-
gmt.ug the Democratic party and de
stroying the homogenlty of our people.
AU .air orators and speaker* in Geor
gia stand upon the Chleago platform—
all accept It as the creed of the party,
while there ts a difference as to the
best met It-*1* of tftualning the same re-
salt. Bat the Oouitltut.cn tvouhl have
us believe that such men as Judge Tur
ner and Secretary Smith have formed
some sort of coalition and are making
"fresh attacks upon the rights of the
people."
In discussing these differences of
opinion among men In our own ranks
ltow tinl.ke ihe Ccnstitptiuu is MaJ.
l:..- - • ii-inui r <j( tr- otitig tle-m. In
Ills i -n .-cl; and in- el ejn- ut
*j" ""ii a! l-'"i>vi.j, lie i-liow-d tlie mag
nitude of these great problems and how
D'-ne- i it-, h-'ti. st and true, diil'i ,vd in
then views of tie- list ni.iinMs of-so
lution. and yet all were Inspired alike
liy honesty of purpose to subserve tho
best interests of their party and coun
try. nnd tills being trueihe counseled
idir noonln to pnltlvatr. n*ut.li*lt , f
our people to cultivate a'spirit of for
bearance one with another and put
away all tendene.es to hypercriticlsm.
He pleaded for a spirit of mutual for
bearance and brotherly love as Decen
nary to the success of our great party
und the final triumph of Its principles.
He begged the people not to fall out
about details. All through his great
speeches runs this longing for harmony
and forbearance. It was this spirit,
this appreciative sense of the need of
n cultivation of good will and kindly
feeling among the people that Impelled
a refusal of a challenge to n Joint de
bate from Gurranl, coming ns it did
on the heels of a campaign between
Ocn. Evans nnd Atkinson which hud
been heated nnd which had engendered
I .It tern ness. To allay passion and not
arouse It vvns his motive; to unify the
people, not estrange them vvns bis ob
ject. The advancement of the party's
interests was a loftier ambition than
to advertise It's own merits for office.
And If tlie Constitution conld lie guided
by Bacon's noble example its great lal-
ents would be used no more to divide
the people nnd then; would lie no more
stieh editorials ns "a campaign of con
demnation" which appeared In Mon
day's Issue. J. c.
Montezuma, Sept. 12.1804.
"TROtTBLERS IN I8RAEL"-<JHURCH
SCHOOLS.
To the Editor of th'e Telegraph: A late
erttclc In the Telegraph, upon the subject
of "Ctiorch Schools, signed "GeonriA
Methodist,"- has treked 'Tray, Blanche
end Sweetheart," In the Wesleyan Advo
cate. There mhy be many like myself-
who have no knowledge of the real name
of the writer, but It la sufficient to know
that the “hit dogs" are yelping, to make
th'V subject Interesting to hundreds oi
Methodists who are tired of this ministe
rial campaign ett the duty of every Metro-,
diet to tax his property tt> support Emo
ry College—end then require him to send
his son to this "school of the prophets."
(and no where else,) to be educated. It
reminds one of the Romish propaganda;
and history always repeats Itself under
similar conditions nnd environment!. The
Wesleyan, true to IU calling, gives but
one side of any subject; therefore It Is
positive relief to find a place where a
protest may appear. "Georgia Metho.
dlst," like many other sorU of Mctho-
dlst*. la doubtless happy to feel that
freedom of the press Is oftentimes as val
uable to religious, a* well ts to civil lib
erty. Your correspondent has no desire
to enter the discussion about "church
schools," for "Georgia Methodist" needs
no defense In existing controversy—but
permission Is asked to notice Bishop Hay-
good’s running fire on evangelists, which
subject appears to be tv red-rag to hla
excellency's ready pen. In nearly every
Issue of his organ, the Wesleyan Advo
cate. His "fad” la Emory College—and
hla pet version—evangellsu, whom he
dubs "TroUblers In Israel." He belabors
the hater without ceasing. The Metho-
dlftn of the state are undergoing what
might well be termed a "bombardment"
from tbe btehop's columblad, while the
rattle of small arms Is heard continu
ously from Ills followers In pew and pul
pit. He turns one way—to shout, "Sup
port Emory College." "the School of the
Prophets" and he turns the other to cry
put, "Down With the Troublere in Israel."
“No education, worth a. nlckle ouUlde u!
this i-tvirch achooir—In one breath; end
“Drive These Guerillas Out of Your Pul
pits!!" la heard In another!
Between pushing In the pupils, on one
side and pushing out the evangelists on
the other side, the bishop is a very active
man. Hla voice, (like the turtle's) Is
heard 1n "the land." whenever a Metho
dist preacher, teklng counsel with his love
fur souls, dares to enter a town when In
vited. and preach the gospel without due
regard for this "SchaaKfor the Prophets"
-"Troublere In Israsl"-he calls them tr-
regulars. All this was very hard to un
derstand. until a champion of tha bishop
explained the mooted question In my hear
ing. Says he: "The bishop Is right. The
stationed preasher or the circuit rider de
serves all that money for himself and the
assessments of the church. I knew a
pastor who put his machine (!) In order,
Invited an evangelist to push a revival,
and in the wind-up. the pastor got ts
and the evangeltit got *1.200 for two weeks'
l-rcachlng. I don't blame the blahop. I
would stop 'em. too. No business coming
In and getting money."
In answer to a bland Inquiry ne,contin
ued: "Yee; the paator got hla salary-
ell the same—but that evangelist had tro
more right to that II,KO than I had. We
want things done decently and In order.
Bishop Is right—squelch 'em—I s»y. And
the "Troublere In Israel" are being
"squelched." Bravo old John Weslev
would hardly rccognlM our headlights In
Methodism If he should come to Georgia
now. If he should catch a glimpse of
certain overgrown ecclesiastical doctor!
In our ministry, he would cry out, w here
am I at?" We have apparently forsaken
the saving of souls, and gone Into the
bu tineas of "serving Ubler."
Plain Methodist.
DISCOVERIES IN A CAVE.
Two SkeltoniVound In Virginia Forty
Feet' Under Ground. ,
Richmond, Sept. 11.—A Brletol.Term.,
special to the Dispatch s.lys: "Charles
Rector and ». bf>y named Morris. In ex-
plorttMt a cave netr Seven Mils Ford,
Vs., chlrty mllnt e.iat of this place, dis
covered (wo akeletans forty feet below
tho surface. The cave had long been
known, but n» ora; had ewer ventured
tb explore It because of Its grea t depth.
The Morris hoy was let down by o rope.
When ahe find was reported a party of
citizens went to the cave to Investigate
further. In all ten skeletons wer^ tak
en out and wpie lodged to be Ihe bones
of men. wtimen and children. One skel
eton wae found In a sitting po*ture,wlth
the eltuM reclining on .the arms, which
were folded across -the knees. Tha* far
there ht but ora* way to account tbr the
charnel bouse. Old citizens sit that
many yeans ago there was an Im kept
near tnila cave by a nun named Allen,
and occasionally people who stopped
there had mystartouily dl&appeaiod and
were never heard of again. The suspi
cion Is that they were killed In tbe Inn,
rubbed of their valuables and then con
signed to the cave. Soma of tbr ekfr
tons dtocovered were partially burled
under stance, and many ot the bones
were broken. Wtvcther these stones
were scales which fell from overhead
or were placed there by a foul hand
cuhl not he pccitlvely d tttrafinsd.
YELLOW FEVER INVESTIGATION.
Dr. Gulteras Reports One Case nt the
Cape Charles Quarantine.
Washington, 6ept. If.—Dr. John Gul
teras, the yellow fever expert, who wan
sent by Surgeon-General Wj-man of
the marine hospital service to Investi
gate the alleged cases of yellow fever
on the British steamer Tyzak. from Ha
vana. now st quarantine off Cape
Charles, reports ax follows: "One of rite
«mc* at quarantine Is yellow fever; the
other two are not. Every fnctRty Ms
given me for examlnAtioa of the pi.
tk'DtSL Wilson is slowly recovering
from a severe attack of yellow fever.
The cMet engineer. Mr. Poole, has a
wry severe bronchitis stack, and possi
bly typhoid fever. Hie steward of the
ship has a slight attack of cphermal
fever."
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JAQU E3 & TINSLEY and A. B. SMALL
THE /STROLLER.
"Listen for a crash," aald n man
lust night aj he chused himself along
at a lively gait toward Bridge Row.
following the fire department ax K dis
appeared out ‘the end of Mulberry
s.reei speeding oa to the call from
East Macon tout wuo turned In about
» o’clock.
“Wthi'i do you mean?” 'the' Stfoller
naked, not knowing whole the man wtaa
talking about.
"Way, I mean ttra-t there ere ninety-
nine chances out of a hifnUred '-hit the
fire department Is now wrecked In the
giliUco on Bridge Row, as there Is not
sufficient light there to warn, the boys
of (ranger.'' And -a quicker pace wns
struck up at the prospect of so gre'at
a calumHy. The mangled corpses ot a
doxen firemen trad 'Jhelr fd'iJ.vrol fcoreex
passed In horrible review .'before the
sharpened vision of the chronicler of
events and the groans of the dy ing were
almost audible. WUiut tt all this were
true?.
But, by some hook or crook, the
horses escaped these deadlufis In the
dark and passed over safely; how they
did U. though, while going tit their
highest speed will (always be u nHatier
of wonder to Chief Jones und Wls men.
and amxnvuw escape that will oof bring
them pleasant drdauns.
To use plain, unadulterated English
language, .the exdavutlone on 1 Bridge
Row preparatory to the work Of beau
tifying (this public thoroughfare (an
altogether laudable erttenprtae), and for
other purposes, .were very poorly set
forth to human sight last night. Thr,re
were only ta feiw danger I ignis In tat
•tree; nnd -these did not at *11 serveUe
purpose for .which tt Is 'to be presumed
they were Intended. Thtit the depart-
men did not meet with serious disaster,
■therefore, before resiling the scene of
the fire In East Macon Is a thing that
Chief Jones Is hugging himself for
•todtay.
Perhaps nothing else so brightens tfte
office life of a truhmmuster us v> have
nice, olean engines served promptly to
trains. The 'traveling public, too Ap
prove a neat, new-looking train oom
plete on the front «nd with an engine
brigrtt and shiny from wheels to
•whilst;*. In Uhls cwnncc.ion Mr. J. H.
Cl. Mount, roundhouse foreman of the
Georgia railroad, who mas been six
years In the service of -thiaii company,
enjoys (the dMfindfion of serving to his
trains ac clean, real.-looking engines os
shuttle in and out of Maoon Union de
pot.
"Hello! Is that 65?”
"Yep.”
" Well, this Is Freeman, with A. A.
Oullen.”'
"All Tight, Billie, what can we do
Cor you?" . . _
"I wank .you fo tell me when the
Gypsy leaves for Hawkinsville."
"Great Scott! Bltlle: We are not
agents for the Ocmulgee steamboat
Una; we're running a newspaper. Sorry
we emv't give you 'five desired lnfor-
mrtfc'D, however. But If you want to
know utVykhlng about -the war In China,
affairs lh Europe, nival, the governor
of North Gtrolltva said to the governor
of South OaroUna. or anyth ng but
steamboat informal:)**, we wall enter-
italn you (Or the remainder of the
nigh*. Thinking about taking n 'trip to
Hawktneville, Bltlle?”
"Nope. Just got a telegram ffom a
man tn HawklnavlUe saying: 'Send
goods by first steamer to Hawklnsvllle,
and I thought perhaps you could tell
me when the Gypsy-would **», do ™-
The reporter bad Just turneU from
ithe -phone when Capt. Miller of the
Gypsy walked Into ;6he sanotum. and
Mr. FrSeman'* query wna *», M “'
but even he could not ten, bat he as
sured the reporter that it wouW be a
very short While befors the Gypsy
-would be making regular trips between
Macon and Brunswick, and Itid't Ml-
oon would get A rote slmliar to th'at
of Augusta oral Columbus, which Is
about 33 1-3 fern than she now pays the
railroads.
THE SUPREME COURT.
Should the Number Of the Judges of the
Court Be Increased—Facts and Fig
ures In -Regard Ther&o.
Greult Interest ts being -taken by the
lawyers in the passage of the amend
ment for che Increase of supreme court
Judges. It is freely guessed that such
increase would diminish litigation, be
cause greater care could be batten in
the eiUabllXhment of principles, a
knowledge a! whJeh twin decrease the
great number of appeals.
A circular now being distributed pre
sents one case as follows:
At the October eleotloa the people
will vote on u proposed amendment of
the conSNtutlon Increasing Ithe number
of supreme court judges from Three to
five.
Is «hls a good lihtmg for the people as
a whole? What nre the facts? by bliem
Wt 4hls question be decided. The peo
ple will vote rlghlt If they know the
AuJts. The more 'work .there Is to be
done, the -more -workmen there should
be to <lo It. The more cases there nre
So be decided, the more Judges there
should 'be to decide them. Theltwo grojit
onuses of litigation utre population and
property. The fattawlng will show *
comparison between dhe causes end
sources xtt lWgallon' in. ihe supreme
court at the time of Its creation and
three existing now:
In 1846—Number of counties and su
perior court*, 93. Number of city
courts, none. Total courts from which
oases went direct to supreme court, 93.
Number of Judicial circuits, 11. Popula
tion, excluding slaves (who could not
Stthgate). 459,669. Georgia citizens who
could Btlgute—only whites.
In 1694—Number of counties and su
perior courts, 137. Increase, 47 per cent.
Number of ckj' cures, 17. T >'..U eou.-..-
Xrom miMh oases go direct 40 supreme
court, 161. hwrcuBe, 6 per cent. Num
ber of JudMal circuits, 23. Increase, 109
per cent. ItopuTatlon, estimated 2,000,000
(ta 1S90 It was 1.S37.000). Georgia citi
zens who couM litigate, all, bdth white
aral black. Increase In population
sources of litigation. 335 per cent.
Figures showing die assessed value
of property In 1845 are oat at hand, but
the following comparisons between
1556 aral 1694 will aid In showtug bow
ntucl* larger nee the property sources
of Mtlguitlon now than then.
In 1656—Property returned for taxa
tion, excluding slaves, 3271,538,322.
In 1993—Property returned for taxa
tion, excluding slaves, 3452,644,907. In
crease, 67 percent.
tA comparison of the first and nine
tieth volumes of Georgia reports will
show a great Increase In amount nnd
wiriety of work to be done by tne same
number of Judges. For distance:
First Georgia—Nmriber of cues. 93.
Criminal oases. 8. Damage suttx, 3.
Nimeenth Georgia—Number of coses.
147. Increase. 5S per cerrt. Criminal
cases, 33. Damage suits, 37. Increase,
1.133 per cent.
So. while the ninetieth Georgia ti'as
63 per cent, more cases, yet the kind
of cmes, criminal and damage, which
require most time end labor tn reading
and digesting records Iras increased
by a vastly greater per cent.
The following Shows the number of
cases decided In the last seven years
by the supreme courts, of tlhe states
■ known us 'the ,Bot>Jheai:ern states—a
group selected because of bhe similarity
<o Georgia in social add com.-nere. il
conditions und tn kinds ot lltigatfon:
West Virginia, 710; Virginia. 1.036;
South Carotlnu. 1,242; North Carolina,
2,199. 'Average by each oourt in these
four States, 1,132.. ” ,
Georgia, 3,050, Which M about 210 per
cent, more than tihe average ot the
other four fl..’J*s.
By tie vastly greater amount of work
thus imposed upon euoh Georgia Judge
is shown from the foot that the West
Virginia supreme oourt comprises four
Judges; Virginia, five Judges; North
Carolina, five Judges. Therefore, .the
average number of cases decided by
ertoii supreme court Judge la these
States, omfoting fractions, Is us follows:
West Virgins, 177: VlrglnKt. 107;
North Carolina, 434; Sauth Carolina,
447. Average for euch Judge In
these four states, 317. . ■
Georgia, 1,016. Average for each Geor
gia- Judge, 1.016. which is 323 per cent,
more than avenge for each Judge In
•the other four rtdteb.
Two successive legislatures 'have, by
large 'majorities, voted in favor of In
creasing the supreme court from three
:to flue Judges. They did this after full
Investigation of uU the facts. Tine last
legislature vd*d u'lmoot usVanwnou'ily
^The InoroasAl expenses Is. only 36.000
a year. This meatman Increase of taxa
tion amouhLlng' to one cen't la three
years for. each citizen- in- the state. In
Ojher words, 3; would oost a man worth
31,000 one postage stamp once In three
y Inline decrease In litigation conse
quent on better considered and more
carefully prepared d-lclslons the tax
payers Will save a 'hundred times as
•much, probably, ns She salaries of the
•two adUXlonal Jddges iwould oost.
bPJiJIAL ItOTxCEi.,
TO THE VOTERS OF BIBB COUNTY.
■From solicitation of my friends I here
by announce. myself as a candltlaie for
tax receiver, t-ubjecr to the Democra'tlo
primary September 27. I come before
you soliciting your support on these
grounds: I was wounded In the head
while In my duties aa a Confederate
soldier, which partially pnralzyed my
right side, disabling me so that I ant
not able to work sufficient to make a
stepper.:. To exert myself tn any way
affects my nerves so 'theft It prostrates
me at once. My wife la affitoted also;
she has not been able to go to the table
at all In five years some time next
month. I now refer you to the foli'aw-
lng gentlemen to verify my statement:
George R. 'Barker. 'Leonard McManus,
Ed Ellis. A. J. Davis. H. C. Parke, Syl
vester Chambliss, city police, Joseph
StoGee, T. A. Clay, James W. D. Wor-
cham, county physiol.in, II. B. Caioway,
superintendent bf Rolf Home. Youui
respectfully, THOS. W. AMASON.
ANNOUNCEMENT.
I beg itb announce mj'oeff as tt candi
date for rc-elcotlon to the office of
receiver ot tax returns, subject to tb;
Democratic primary, Thursday, Sep
tember 27, and respectfully ask Whl
support of the people bf this county,
. R. J. ANDERSON.
FOB CLERK SUPERIOR COURT.
I aim a candidate for re-etemion to tha
office of clerk of the superior court and
eameGifiy desire the support of nil
Democrats at 'the primary oa Septem
ber 27th. ROBERT A. NI3BET.
FOR SHERIFF OF BIBB COUNTY.
E. MACK DAVIS.
Subject to the Democratic nomlna-
tfon, September 27. 189L_
; ' -, FOR SHERIFF.
I am a candidate for re-election to
the office ot sheriff of B'. ab county und
earnestly solicit the support of all Dem
ocrats h't the primary on September 27.
G. S. WESTCOTT.
WANTED TO LOAN MONEY
To everybody: So to 3100; 6 per cent.
Interest; easy payments; also a death
benefit for old and young not exceed
ing 31,000; coat 31. Send stamp for par
ticulars. Agents wanted. Mutual Ben
eficial Association. Richmond. Vu.
JOSIAH HYLAND. Jr..
President (Second Auditor of Virginia.)
Agent.
BIDS FOR FAIR PRIVILEGES.
The Dixie Intcrsate Fair Company
will receive at tbelr office at Macon,
Gj.. sealed , bids for all the privileges
at their great Exposition, to be held in
Macon. Gd., commencing October 23d
and closing November 8th, 1894..
AU bids will be opened ou September
20th. 1531. The company reserves the
right to refuse'any or all bids.' Tills Is
the only exposition to be held In Geor
gia this year. Large attendance as
sured, nnd grand opportunity for priv
ilege people.
A. C. KNAPP, Secretary, ,
Macon, Ga.
NOTICE OF REMOVAL.
The uptown ticket office of the I
con and Northern railroad has lx
moved to J. W. Burke & era’s be
•lore. Mr. E. W. Burke has been
polrated'agent. Local und through ti
eta, also Pullman tickets, can be p
abased from him. Local and throe
tickets will also be sold at depot
heretofore. E. T. HORN,
General Mamgii
TAX NOTICE.
The third installment of the city
lax Is now due, and tn compliance with
the charter should be paid by Septem
ber 15. when the books will be closed
and executions Issued for the balance.
The city requires the money nnd tax
payers are notified to pay and savo
costs, as executions win be Issued in
compllknce with the charter.
A. R. TINSLEY, Tread.
MONEY TO LOAn.
Seven per cent. Leans negotiated oa
Improved city property and farms.
SOUTHERN LOAN AND TRUST COM.
LOANS ON KLAL ESTATE.
Loans made on choice real estate and
farming lands In Georgls. Interest 7
per cent. Payable in two. three or firs
years. No delay. Commissions very
reasonable.
SECURITY LOAN AND ABSTRACT
COMPANY.
420 Second Street. Macon. Gi.
Cheap Money to Lend
On Improved city and farm properly
In Bibb and Jones counties in , „i. ul
ranging from 33)0 ud at 7 per cent, sim
ple Interest: time from two ta five yean.
Promptness and accommodation & ane.
clotty. L. J ANDERSON Sc CO,
No. 318 Second Street. Macon. Ui.
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