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THE MACOIT TELEGRAPH: THURSDAY MORYUTG, OCTOBER 18, 1894.
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Tin: PAIR'S OPENING DAY.
Tlie people of Macon ought to do
everything possible to stan the fair
oft In the right tvny- ln such n any ns
to encourage the responsible directors
und inspire the mere casual observer
with uoulhlcnqo In tho] falr'u future.
The gentlemen who liavii the matter In
charge are entirely Competent. Tlifry
will make the opening what it ought
to he If they nro supported hy our clt-
teen*. It is the duty of the latter to
come to the!.- support. The enterprise
Is for the hcuwU of Macon, not for
that of any Individual, end It Is not
ut all probable that anybody will make
money out of It. Macon la Him only
possible beneficiary, Then every Ma
con man who has it spat): of municipal
pride In him ought to do whatever ho
•s asked to do to nuke this opening
what the directors ure trying to make
It. There la iu> neoevslty of will hug to
bo asked. The directors will ho glad
to get help from any direction. It yen
have Ideas, como forward with them
voluntarily and you will get a respvct-
fill hearing for them, ltut' If you
merely cotno mid offer work, you wilt
ho oven more .warmly received. Lot
us nil get together for Mucou and mu ho
our big fitlr successful troin the tcry
tlrst day.
THAT FRAUDULENT CIBOULAtt.
Several weeks ngo tho T'clegrnpU
published n clumsy circular letter, got
ten out by some third parly cam
paigner, widen purported to ltavo tieen
issued by the American National
Bankore’ Association. This circular
was unsigned, bofc ditto of a Sunday
ln ; March, #1id by the ihofiuigli-
uesa with which It pltiyoi] Into tho
hands of Hto tlilnt party politicians
botraycA.the. fact that It was fraudu
lent. Tho Telegraph printed It, how
ever, along with a formal statement
by the officials of the American Hank
ers' Association Unit they had never
Issued such a circular, knew nothing
whatever nlwut it, did uot tvellovc In
the truth of the statements made In It,
nud never nw It .until It nppenred In
print as n third party campaign docu
ment. Tills publication was made not
only by the Telegraph, but hy. numer
ous other papers, anil certainly should
hnre attracted the Attention of news
paper editors and of politicians prom
inent enough to be candidates for con-
gross. Nevertheless,' the .{"Manta Con
stitution of October 1H priuls n letter
from Dr. Felton, which Incorporates
tills fraudulent circular, amt In com
menting editorially upon It accepts it
ns n genuine circular Issued by the
banking association. Yesterday It tv-
cut* lo the'subject tttul points out for
Dr. Felton's benefit that the circular
Is fraudulent and therefore worthy of
no credence whatever. Dr. Felton Is
oue of the most Intelligent taea who
Im; gone Into the third parly move
ment lie Is no doubt very much bet
ter Informed than n vast majority of
the lenders of that party. Bat we nro
told that must of his speeches during
Ills campaign nro based on statements
made In thh> fraudulent circular. Ills
campaign docs not therefore differ In
character from those made by the thiol
lortr generally In every part of the
country. Third' party campaigns have
beat based Almost entirely on false
statements and misrepresentations. In
tended to mislead nml deceive the pio-
plc. Dr. Felton's nrgumputa for Pop
ulism. to the extent tlvnt they were
baud on the false statements of this
fraudulent circular, fall to tho ground.
We shall see now If Dr. Felton will
take the trouble to undeceive the peo
ple whom ho has himself Ignorantly
deceived.
TRAIN ROBBING.
One of our exchanges suggests that
the best remedy for train robbing Is to
make It a capital offense. We think
the Idea a good one. Experience shows
tlxat a matt who tmtortaltes to rob tho
express car of s train Is not merely
r.vkicss of his own life, but is equally
willing to take. In tbo tcos: horrible
manner and without provocation, the
lives of other people. The last robbery
near Washington show.xl that, when
In no danger themselves, the robbers
wens nSlllng to send a wild engine
back down the road, up which they
knew a fa»t <■ aprrss train was Coming,
cu Ungeriug the lives of mmty people,
without adding in any degree to th. ir
own safety. Appareutly they were
taking the lives of lun'seent people out
of mere wnntonnc**. They would have
taken them hath not; an intelligent
switchman, hy great ifooit fortuhe, nap-
pened to os In a position to save the
onSang' red twin. If is true that des
peradoes of this class put very little
value on their own lives,*' They are
always willing to take desperate
oJninrot, when there Is u prospect of
much gain If they are successful. Nev
ertheless, If they are outlawed, If
every man tempted to adopt this pro
fession knew that tlm law held btin In
the same estimation as a murderer,
many would be restrained. We do not
doubt that many a man has developed
Into a train robber, am! into n very
bloodthirsty one at that, who started
out with the Idea Unit he was going
Into a very romantic aud not very rep
rehensible business. Hud he known
exactly what that business would de
velop Into, had he from the first known
that he was a murderer In the eye < f
the taw, possibly he would have with
stood the temptation, lucre is noth
ing romantic In the hangman's dang
ling noose.
EFFECT OF 'POPULIST GOVERN-
MKNT.
The Business Men's Longue of Den
ver, Colorado, composed of 5,(XXl btisl-
ncss men, partly Republicans, partly
Democrats and partly recent Populists,
has Issued a statement, signed by the
officers of the league, which ought to
be of interest in the other states threat
ened with a Populist luvaidon. The
circular letters of business men do not
often deal with political questions. It
Is felt that such organizations should
uoaflne their discussions to quadlonn
pertaining to trade, transportation,
etc. But the Denver business iron nro
apparently forced to see that the first
of all business qneqlons In Colorado
la to get rid of the Populist govern
ment of that state. Here Is an extract
from their circular:
"Populist rule In Colorado turn been like
a devastating forest Are. By destroying
our credit, which ts the life of commerce,
it hue consumed tor the time being not
less than |300,000,000 or values In this state.
Colorado's credit wee so high that the
borrowing power of her property ranked
In the late census next to that of New
York. The borrowing power, this main
spring ot our splendid progress, has been
temporarily parslyxed by the accidental
ascendancy ot a party which stands for
repudiation and Autism and la not a true
friend to hard silver money.
"The property of Denver waa assessed
for 1100,000.000; and was worth three times
thut sum when the Popullats came In
power. Notwithstanding the clty’e Inert,
tabfy brilliant future, the average aclUng
price of this property, pending the over
throw of' Waltelsw, tuu shrunk two-
thlrds.
"BHver tun declined only a per cent.,
or leas than the average products ot the
other states, while the increased value
and output of gold, together with our
bountiful crops, have more than made up
the shortage. Therefore, not over one-
half of duf' shrinkage of values- can bo
Charged to tho panic and the universal
depjajtatiou resulting from the' gold
Stahdnrd, The other one-hatf of loss It
due directly and wholly to the destruction
of confllence by Populist misrule. i
"So withering boa this been that ot the
present moment eveu a gold mine cannot j
borrow It on S worth ot gold ore actually
In eight with which to extract that ore
and send It to the smelter. Lenders are
anxious to reap the rich harvest offered,
but hold aloof until the election tn No- I
vomber decides whether we are to hnve !
anarchy or civilised government. Two
hundred thousand farmers from the
drought-stricken states to tho east ot us
aro anxious to come here and furm by
Irrigation, but under Populist rule we
can borrow no more money with which
to build Irrigating eanuts. Manufacturing
Is moat profitable here, but capital shuns
Populism as a poetllence. - '
This Is exactly In hue with what tho
Telegraph has taken occasiuu to say
very malty times In tho past. Tbo
want of credit, tho want of confidence
destroys tho value of property nud
makes prosperity In business Impossi
ble. Populist doctrine* arc at war
with nil the rales and regulation* which
the experience of thousand* ‘if years
has compelled busluess men to adopt.
Populism menus an attempt to got rid
of debt without paying It. When It
controls a state, to tho extent that It
Is honest In Its fanaticism, it will help
men to repudiate debts. Under such
rule there cannot ho confidence, and
the loss Indicted on tho peopto by such
rulo Is enormms. Tho figure* glvou in
the statement of tho Denver Business
League are probably well within the
truth.
NEW YORK POLITICS.
drawing to HHI'b support the men who I hltton, without brain*, should be tub-
have been most bitterly opposed to atHuted by modest worth, with qtiall-
«, i,.,, ' ,..7* flcatlon* for position. Choke off these
him heretofore in local poLtiax They yuk pestiferous faliens and seek out
begin to discover tkst they must elect
him or be themselves wiped out ns po
litical factors of Importance. It Vi en
tirely possible to separata tho fortune*
of Hill from those of Tammany, aud
It Is not Imp-visible that HIU may be
entirely successful, at the same time
that Tammany’s local candidate* are
swept off the field.
Senator Faulkner’s appeal for har
mony to tho Domocrttlo factious ot
New York ought not to bo without ef-
tcct. He <qic:tks for tbo natloual patty,
whose Interests, to a very large extent,
tire bound up la tho results ot tho local
Struggle now going >ui in New York.
A factional division large enough ami
hitter enough to defeat Mr. HIU can
not be cured during the Ihno which In
tervenes before the presidential elec
tion. Hill’s defeat from such a cause,
therefore, probably moans the defeat
of the Pcmocratio candidate for presi
dent In IS!Hi. If lilll Is beaten because
tn local politics heretofore he has of
fended the sensibilities ot certain per
sous, or even because ho has violated
certain rules of conduct which ought
to be binding in good men, tho effect
will not be merely to humiliate him
aud to exclude the faetloa which he
heads from-participation In publio af
fairs. The humiliation to him will be
very" slight He will continue to hold
his great office of senator. But the
Democratic party, of which he is th<
representative In thin campaign, in
►pile of nil his faults, will !>» the Its
tan, the main sufferer, if ho Is defeat
ed. It Is this consideration which is
SHORT TALKS WITH
MANY PEOPLE.
Mr. W. P. Dawson, traveling passen
ger agent of the Central, returned yes
terday from southwest Georgia, where
he has been to acquaint himself with
the business to be liumUed by his roud
during the Dixie Fair. Tho remit of
his Investigation surpassed his expec
tations. He visited Americus, Albany,
Dawson, Knfaula and Thofnasgllle, aud
rays be thinks the majority of the pop-
Illation of each of these town* will be
la Macon during tho fair.
Judge Allen Fort came up from
Americus at 7 o'clock yesterday merit
ing und left on the 4:23 o'clock train
for Atlanta. He spent Hie day talking
with prominent local politicians aud
swopping pointers on the present statu*
of politics In the state.
Tom Trammell, who, though yet a
young man, -is n veteran drummer who
now travels southwest Georgia, was
sitting in the Brown house rotunda
last night when he made tho remark
that the whole of southwest Georgia
is coming to the Dixie Fair. Never
before has he seen the people so inter
ested in a fair or exposition!, and ho
says Macon need feel no tmeasinom
about the attendance on the Dixie
Fair so far as southwest Georgia Is
concerned.
'Mr. Walter G. Smith, who knows
many things beside* bow to keep tlio
county's records In tho most perfect
manner, had a suggestion to make yes
terday as to the best wuy oiti of tho
public, library difficulty. The proposi
tion to have tho Aloxnudcr Free School
trustees tuke charge of tho library
seems to him itest, but Mr. Jewett, one
of tho trustees, seems to stand in the
wuy of this. Mr. Smith thinks the
other trustees should proceed In a
friendly manner to assume, control of
the library property, nnd it should be
arranged to have Sir. Jewett file n
friendly bill to enjoin them;' thereby
having the rights of the trustees estab
lished by the court*. Ho thinks tills
would settle tile matter In the quickest
etui safest way.
"You Southern people who hnre
never lived In the North, East and
West,” said Col. Banlec, the Jovial
manager of the "Last Days of I’om-
peli," "do hot know what a'blessing
you have In negro labor. I have trav
eled n great deal and hove paid partic
ular attention to the labor ‘ question.
The negro lnbor of the Sdult Is the best
labor In the world, from the fact that
the negroes are contented aud happy,
while (he foreign labor In the other sec
tions of the country—and the greater
portion of It Is foreign labor—is rest
less nnd cannot lie satisfied. - 1 was
In Detroit during the strike there and
also In Chicago during Hie big strike
there, and by simply reading, newspa
pers accounts you can form, no nde*
qtlAto Idea of the spirit of anarchy
exhibited by the people. With .Hie
Colored,people there Is no such feeling
slid they are the most contented peo
ple on earth.”
A citizen, ,-who rays he scljlfim kicks
at anything, made the request yester
day that the question be ‘.publicly
asked: “Does the city intend to dis
figure nml disgrace tho approaches to
Centr.fl City Park hy. allowing the
thoussfnd nnd one little deadfalls
(fried fish stalls, sandwich stand* and
such things) to do business in front of
the park gate during tho Dixto Fair?”
"We will let thrill* go on Saturday,"
said Professor Derry yesterday, In an
swer to the reporter's query cnnron'ng
a holiday for the Wesleyan girls to
visit the fair. “And, of course,” ho
coutluurd, with n nolle, wo w.ll give
them n day or two besides, but wo
havo not told them so,"
till
''TVix collections are nwny ahead of
whnt they wore tills time last year,"
aald Tax Collector Albert Jones yes
terday, “notwithstanding that the rate
of taxation 1ms lieen teduced. I be
lieve I will have loss trouble this year
than I have ever nacl before, and It
makes me feel good.”
JUDGE JNO. I, BALL 18 THE MAN.
An Open Letter to the General Assem
bly, Elect.
A Justice of the supreme court 'la
to bo selected and elected by you to
fill the place made vacant by the re
tirement of our % distinguished and hon
ored chief Justice, Logan ’E. Bleckley.
The Importance of dill selection, It te
apprehended, may. possibly,' not be
fully considered,In the short time In
tervening, before the opening of the
legislature. Without presuming Vo
dii-ste, or ,tn the ehgtttezt degree, to
suggest your incompctoocy, or any lack
of patriotism emd wisdom, I be* to say
that no more Important elective mat
ter will come before you, during the
coming session. AU lawyers and their
clients are deeply and directly, and oil
the people Indirectly, Interested hi thta
election. Tt Is of greater concern and
Importance to the people trim eve.n
the election of s governor. It behooves
you. therefore, to lay aside all polltt-
eid prejudices, all party •Omnlcm.
ell perrons! favoritism, and with a
single and patriotic purpose, seek only
to secure the very best msn for. the
place. Office seekers, ah least for this
position, should be relegated to tho
rear. It Is not «n office to bo sought.
It Is one that few men of true great-
neex would accept without profound
misgivings and apprehensions. I do
not mo in bore Stoat worthy gentlei
may not. with propriety, aspire <•
trad make their aspirations known; and
even solicit the suffrages of friends,
tn these days, ot least, such Is not re
garded Improper; on the contrary, it
has became the custom, not Vo say that
It ts regarded a necessity. Without
going Into the ethics of politics, X re
mark ttrat, however this may be, no
■man's desire for the office, however
earnestly nnd actively manifested,
should, in the leu* degree, control the
Judgment of the general assembly-
tor It should be a simple matter ot Judg
ment—and politics and friendship and
bargaining for future returns, etc.,
should have absolutely nothing to do
with it. The people Of this state want
a Justice who Is able to Interpret and
expound, correctly, falthfutty and hon
e-ray the laws—a man Kke Bleckley—
whom nothing could swerve from duty.
The law. the truth and duty were his
golds—complete justice hi* watchword.
The people want no modern office-seek-
. r*. wire pullers, trotters for office.
They have had enough of such. An-
little pestiferous fellow
s man trtio will give character to the
office at homo and abroad. This ap
plies to all the offices you will be catted
upon to fin. Find tho best man, "Dil
igently Inquire and '.rue presentments
to your people •make,” of such men ss
will thus serve. Do Sibil and we shall
■hear no more of "official rings,” "those
who conftral,” etc. Asking pardon for
what you may deem Impertinence. I
proceed to exerctae. Vibe right of every
citizen, and aft the risk of being deemed
hy him officious arid without authority,
I call your attention to a gentleman,
now occupying an honorable posttlon
at the national capital, who Is known
by every lawyer at any experience in
the state. Hie name heads this arti
cle. Whether he will accept a place
on the supremo bench, I know not; but.
in common 'With nearly all of the mem
bers of the bar. I believe him Vo be
one of the beat equpped, tf not tht
very best lawyer, all things considered,
at the bar of this stvte. Judge Hall
Is now tn the prime of life; of ripe ex
perience and possessed of an intellect
ual strength, vigor and comprehen
siveness rarely seenh and, wfthal, a
most rapid end not! vs worker—no
small quality here. The writer beard
•a very distinguished supreme court
Justice say. substantially, 'that Judge
Holt was the ablest lawyer who then
practiced In that court. That headways
aided the court by his clearness of
statement said clean-cut logic nnd ready
citation, more than any other lawyer.
I have no doubt that bis eledtlon would
give 'the highest satisfaction to the bar,
and certainly would secure for the
E eople an honest, -able snd tncomiptl-
le Justice. It ts probable that Jus-
'tlce Simmons will be made chief jus
tice. This Is logical and right. No
man will sustain him, on the left, bet
ter khan Judge John I. Ball In my
humble opinion. Finally, whatever
you do, for the sake of the honor of
the state, the good of your people, let
not 'uhe man take a seat on that bench
who will not coniine himself to the bus
iness with iwhlch he ta entrusted, who
can't keep off the curbstones, and out
of the lobby corridors—m man who
schemes to get In and who schemes
to stay. Honorable names are already
before you other ttJtan Judge Halt.
Why not choose from Buch a class as
Hopkins, Clark, Nat Hammond, Ander
son. Van Epps, Blliups, Cummings and
the like who are able men, and who
cannot ho mixed, enticed, traded Into
uny ring, nor controlled by hopes of
office; who would, at nil times, "swear
to their hurt and Ho not.” Lay aside
and spurn every Influence In all elec
tions, except 'that Influence which pa
triotism prompts and honesty approves,
and the good of your state will have
been well subserved. Respectfully,
Lawyer.
Highest of all in Leavening Power.—Latest U. S. Gov’t Report
REMEDY FOR HARD TIMES.
To the Eilltor-of the Telegraph: “If
the fellows who are spending till their
available time trying to teach people
their tlteor.es of the cause of hard
times aud advocating their cure-all
remedy for them would work less with
tbelr months and more with their
hands there would be a blamed sight
less to complain about and it bigger
p.le of.wood,” remarked tho old citi
zen, as HO tilled his pipe nud lit It.
Blowing n whiff of smoke into Hie air
nml watch.ng it ns It curled upward,
he continued;
"There nro too many peoplo who think
they have a special call to reorganize
things in general. If Grover Cleve
land would be guided by them he would
have uo trouble fit mauaglug tho inu-
clilne at Washington. If the rtmtne.cin
of the country would be controlled by
their advice every man would havo
more money thnn he would know what
to do with. If auinebody would pull
their chestnuts out ut the lire there
would be uo more worry nor want.
Everything would move along as slick
as a man on a toboggan slide. Haven't
you seen lots-of that sort? Plenty of
’em everywhere, I guess. Georgia's
got her share aud some to spare. She
wouldn't lose much if she spared ’em
all. If would be a prolltiblo deal to
trade ’em alt off on a s.xtee.i to one
ratio—sixteen of ’em for a man willing
to pitch lu nud help develop the coun
try. No better land under tho sun
than In old Georgia. The Garden of
the Lord, sir; but, like the vineyard
spoken of hy the Master, it needs work
ers—take 'em at any hour, from first
to eleventh, if we can get ’em.”
Taking a long pull at his pipe .rad
emitting a'spiral of bins smoke, he
added; “Yes, we've got too many ca
lamity cronkcre-all they do is to croak.
Everybody knows times have been
hard, but you can’t make 'ton easy
nud bring back prosperity without
working for It. These fellows argue
as though the government should bo
organized to give everybody som6t!t!ng
for nothing. My. my! what a fortune
a man could make.tf ho could buy up
ail'd! these people who can tell you
Just how to (Its It at their actual value
nnd sell ’em for whnt they think they
aro worth. The Astor*. Vanderbilts
nnd all the rest of the rich chaps would
hare to take a back scar. But I hope
to live to see the time when people will
get tired of these self-appointed reg
ulators of human affairs nud will take
hold end help to work out the s-ilra-
tlon of Georgia hy aiding to dov.don
her resources. It’s go ng to como, too.
I'm no prophot, hm tin to are reasons
nnd signs that any man can see if ho
wants to see that makes me liellevo
that old Georgia w going to be the
greatest state In the Union In every
way. If the Lord will only spare me
lt won't be long—to Just soo it I’ll be
perfectly willing to go.”
Old Timor.
A LETTER FOM MR. HARRIS.
To tilo Editor at the Telegrap.i: In
your Ussuo ot today your hvud hues on
uo- ...si column oi the mx.,.1 page ap
pear lurid w.'dt charges of grass Irreg
ularities against me In (no manage
ment of tlio railroad property In my
bands. You use tho terms “monkey
business," "apologies," etc., and espe
cially say:
‘•Rcoeivcr N. E. Harris of the ilacon
and Nanism admits tltat ~.o charge
made by '-he Western Association Uniat
that Macon and Northern tickets had
been priced tn the bunds of brokers to
demoralize Western rages, mis cor
rect."
t do not knowfrom mh&t source your
reporter derived Ills information, but
even 'Utough the report should hnve
como do him from the most reliable
sources I do think it would -have been
more .appropriate to havo seen or com-
muntoated with me before using the
head tines which so peculiarly distin
guish the article.
I never knew that I had made such
an .tdmlsHlou tts -that charged la the
article. In riior, tf I had taea asked
by you, before the publication, whether
such an admission hud been made by
me I would bare unhesitatingly denied
It and denounced the man who aaseri-
«1 H.
But the facts are simply these: Some
time In the month of June of this year
a lot of Mueon and Northern tickets
accidentally and unwittingly g>x Into
the hinds of a tlritet broker in Atlanta.
They retched the brok.r's hands with
out my knowledge or consent, express
or Implied. They wex-e sold by the bro
ker, as I am told, without rebate or
discount, to genuine customers and
were accoutred for to this company at
the ftill tariff rates.
While this transection wm irregular.
Powder
PORE
and would not have been countenanced
by me for a moment, yet I am tnhocm-
ed unit similar aransticttons nave oc
curred now and thotx in 'the operations
of some very well regulated tuiltztdt
In the country.
But. be mat na It may, when «bie
Western railroads comp mined about it
I lmmedau.diy exarmned UiH the frees
and wrote a 'frank thatement of the
true condition of affairs. I might Have
passed toe matter over without notice
or covered up tne 'truth in u long explor
nation, but I have wJi yet hud euin-
uout railroad experience to know how
to evade 'the truth or conceal a wrong
cotton, eo 1 wrote fully and truthfully
about the occurrence. I mode no apol
ogy, for none was required, 'but I did
tell them that none at my connections
would Joee a dollar by tihe transaction,
and that I wus as Innocent of wrong
as, they were themselves or words of
this Import.
I did not admit that the 'tktkWls were
put out to demoralize the Western
rates because it wus not true. Only a
sm.Hl Mt was sold—net over seventy-
five excursion or round trip tickets—
and this certainty could not have de
moralized very greatly the “Western
nates.”
Aud now, Mr. Editor, let mo say in
conclusion, I have held und run this
Ht'.le railroad tor 'two year* with but
one single purpose In vtew. I tun not
a railroad man, tts you know; I have
no ambition for «uch a distinction, but
I Waive ifett (bat this railreud was
worth mote to Its owners and the poo-’
pie who live along tit 'than the railroad
magnates were wilting to concede. I
have tried do run It as sn Independent
line—believing as I did that as long ns
It occupied this relation It could be
made of great benefit to tho people at
eiUier terminus and to tihe, patrons
along Its route. Its operatlorf has ci'r-
tulttly tended to prevent monopoly, >co
ougOt competlon and especially to cause
J • reduction In cost of transportation
for the business people of Macon, with
Uhls hope and promise I 'have held on
to the road, forgetting my own ppr-
sonui interest in the earnest desire to
bring profit to the people of the com
munity in which I live. It has opened
up 'to them a ww route to the North,
to the East and to tho West, tin ns
long as to continues an independent
line Hb existence nlouc Is, enough to
give oasu ranee ot fair rates fee Macon.
It this article In my home paper may
bo 'taken ns some Indication of the ap-
predation felt by my fellow citizens
for my efforts In their behalf, the
sooner I can put the. tittle road under
tfto shelter of one of the great consoli
dated 'trunk lines the better It will bo
for Its owners and the officers who hnve
been thus faithfully endeavoring ito
run It alone. N. E. Harris.
ADVERTISERS. ATTENTION.
From now nnd ail during the fair the
demand for advertising option in tlie
Telegraph will bo unusually Urge.
Our patrons will kindly remember tltat
Discing the copy for their "ads" early
will Insure n handsomer, more' tasty
advertisement, besides- conferring a
favor which will be appreciated by tho
Telegraph Company.'
WEAVERS DEMONSTRATE.
Paraded thn Fall River Streets, but
Kept Good Order.
Fall River, Mass., ’Oct. 17.—There
was another big demonsrtmltlon of Idle
weavers on the South Park and In the
principal streets today. At 10 o’clock
some <1.000 people, or more, congregated
tn (he park, carrying flags and banners
and cheering and yelling alternately.
A procession wus formed, and headed
by n band the line of parade, was taken
through the streets to the southern
seotlon. Very good order was kept,
although between 2,000 and 3,000 opera
tives straggled along the march. The
■music of 'the band enlivened the proces
sionists and there was much more hi
larity than -was manifested on Mon
day. Nearly half of the column was
made up of women and children. In
the southern section of the city, It was
feared that there would be trouble,
beoause of the hitter feeling enter-
kalnod against Chase, of the King
Phillip mill. Nothing but hooting was
Indulged tn.
Tho mills at the northern end of the
city are not making any movement
toward Inducing the weavers to return
to work. The others show elisht
gal.,s.
MAY BE TRAIN ROBBERS.
Two Suspicious Men Arrested In Wash
ington.
Wnshlngton, Oct. 16.-The city police
luive arrested two men suspected of
being tmDllca'ted tn the Anqtila Creek
drain robbery of Friday night. One of
“.on, nnd claims to lure llvcl in Wash
ington twenty-four years. He docs not,
however, appear to be well acquainted
•with the city. Livingston had been
spending money quite freely for two or
three days cam, and hud bough: new
olothritrir. with the exception of • shire,
whiefh ts begrimed wKb coul dust,
which fact gives the officers hope that
a good clue has been found. When
locked up Livingston had 155, which he
said h's aunt had left him. He had not
worked for five years, but had been a
telegraph operator and train dispatch
er. but never Intended 4o work again.
He will 'be held to await investigation.
THE CELEBRATED SOHMER PI
ANO.
The dtsDlay of F. A. Guttenberger at
the Dixie Interstate Fair will surpass
anything tn the way of a piano display
ever exhibited tn this portion of the
country. In addition to his other su
perb Sohmer pianos, he will have on ex
hibition art 'the World's Fair gold piano,
which cost 13000 and took the first pre
mium at Chicago last year. It is (he
finest piano ever built, and wilt be a
great credltt to the fair. The instru
ment is mode of the finest material that
enn be out in a ninno. Alt the fancy
work is hand-carved to eolld wood
there being not a particle of pressed
work about the rase. The tone nnd
character of the piano cannot be ex
celled.
MORTON’S COACHMAN.
District Attorney Ordered to Prase-,
cute the Case. .
Washington, Oct. 17.—Attorney-Gen
eral Olncy this morning, lifter consult
ing Secretary Carlisle, telegraphed
United States District Attorney Mc
Farland at New York to represent tlio
secretary of the treasury In tlie habeas
corpus proceedings In the case of How
ard, under-coachman of ex-Vice-Fresl-
dent Morton. In case the court lias
Jurisdiction, McFarland is instructed
to prosecute the case with vigor.
BUCKLEN’S ARNICA SALVE.
The beat salve In .the world for cuts,
bruises, sores, ulcers, salt rheum, fever
sores, tetter chapped hands, chilblains,
corns, and all eruptions, nnd positively
is guaranteed to give perfect Banata
tion or money refunded. Price. 25
cets per box. For sale by II. J. Lamar
& Sons, druggists.
NEBRASKA’S QUARREL.
Llneoiaton, Oct. 16 —The quarrel between
the two factions of Nebraska’s Democra
cy worked Its way Into the supremo court
today, whoa the bolting, or adminls'-ra-
tton wing of the party began mandamus
proceedings to compel the secretary of
state to place the names of candidates
of their ticket In the official ballot, as
the regular party nominees.
In connection with the mandamus pro
ceedings, the petitioners, along with tho
secretary of state, united In requesting an
opinion from the court on tho question
of allowing the name of any candidate
to appear twice on the ballot as the nom
inee or two more parties. While render
ing no decision on either case, the Judges
intimated that their ruling on the latter
point would be as before, that a noma
can be printed .but once on the ballot.
ANSWER THIS QUESTION.
Why do so many people we seo
around us teem to prefer to suffer und
bo made miserable by indigestion, con
stipation, dizziness, loss of appetite,
coming up of the food, yellow skin,
when for 7D cents we will sell them
Shiloh’s Yitaltzer .guaranteed to cure
them?
Sold by Goodwyn & Small' Drug
Company, comer Cherry .street and.
Cotton avenue.
BATTLESHIP ON TRIAL.
New London, Conn., Oct. 16.—In tho
face of a southerly gale that made nil
coanting vessels wlthlu rent’ll, of this
port scurry to anchorages here under
well shortened sail, the battleship
Maine wdnt out for a wgrmlng up spin
this afternoon. The main purpose ot
the run was to see that everything
worked smoothly In view of-the latent
changes In adjustment; The tests
made also Indicate In a general way
tho probability that the result ot tho
official trial will he satisfactory to tho
conlractors front » poeun.ary point oi
view and gratifying to the navy depart
ment as regards to machinery.
. . Tn Ira#
ITS I ‘
Is the result of the usual treatment of £
blood disorder.**. The system in tilled with*
I Mercury and Potash remedies—more tor
I he dreaded than tho disease—and in a 4
j short while is in a far worse condition >
than before. The most common result is 4
RHEUMATISM
the most reliable £
I for which S. S. S.
cure. A few botul-BMR
whom all else has failed
3 l Buffered from a mverenttAck of Mercurial}
uheuinatlafn.mjrarmsftDd JeKsbclnifflwollen >
to more than twice their natural alzescan&lnc f
the mostexcruclatioit pains. X spenthundreda 1
sV
ttielr nnturnt »lie.cai:tIriK f
, ugpaltiB. taponthundredsf
dollars without relief, but sftcr tat*
J ft few bottles of s -
Improved rnpldl j.nnd H
J tnend your.wonderful medicine to anyone*
■Wcted with this pnlnful dlscftBO. -
W. K. DALEY, Brooklyn Elevated R. R.
Our Trestlce on Blood «nd Skin Diseases mailed I
SPECIAL NOTICES.
MEN WANTED.
One hunffred men wanted to make
brick. One dollar for nine hours.
C. C. STRATTON & CO.
NOTICE.
To Hotels and Hoarding Houses.
Recognizing that there will be a
large attendance at the Dixie Inter
state FUlr, tt is earnestly requested'
that all hotels, boarding houses and'
priva/to houses who will accommodate
vtsttorsdu ring the fair will send to
this office full Information os to tho
number 'they can take, with terms and
location of (house, tn order that we
can answer the inquiries on this line.
A. C. KNAPP, Sec’y.
FIRE CHIEF KILLED.
Muskegon. Mich., Oct. 17.—A fire oc
curred in the yards ot the Thayer
Lumber Company this ntorulng which
caused the loa* of a few thousand dol
lars. During fts progress a pile of
lumber forty feet high toppled over
and caught Assistant Fire Chief John
Ellens. His hick, arms, logs, skull
and chest were broken and his liody
was frightfully burned. He died in
ton minute* after being token ont of
the wreck. t
BIDS FOR I.IOHT3.
Sealed bklx for lighting the city of Ma-
con for a term of three or live years,
will be received by the Committee on
Lights of the mayor and council of the
city of Macon, ua to noon of October 22.
1S34. Said bids to specify sum per month
both arc and Incandescent lamps, by moon
or all-night schedule. The city reserves tho
right to retect any and all bids. Address
bids to SAM ALTMAYER,
Chairman Committee on Lights.
NOTICE OF REMOVAL. ”
The uptown ticket office of the Ma
con and Northern railroad has been
moved to J. W. Burke & Co.’s book
store. Mr. E. W. Burke has been ap
pointed agent. Local and through tick
ets. also Pullman tickets, can be pur-
ahaeed from, him. Local and through
tickets will also be sold at depot «a
heretofore. E. T. HORN,
General Manager.
LOANS ON REAL ESTATE.
Loana made on choice real estate and
farming: lands in Georgia. Interest 7
per cent. Payable in two, three or live
yearn. No delay. Commissions very
reasonable.
SECURITY LOAN AND ABSTRACT
COMPANY,
420 Second Street, Macon. Oa.
Makes dyspeptics
laugh!
Brown’s Iron
Bitters.
Cheap Money to Lend
On improved city and farm property
tn Bibb and Jones counties in loan*
ranging from 45)0 uo at 7 per cent, rim-
pie lmereet; time from two to five years.
Promptness and accommodation & spe
cialty. U J ANDERSON Sc CO„
Wo. *13 Sfroond Street. Macon. Ua.
MONEY TO LOAN.
Seven per cfent. Loans negotiated oa
improved city property and farms.
SOUTHERN LOAN AND TRUST COM.
PANT OP GEORGIA.
468 Second street. Macon. Gx