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THE MACON TELEGRAPH: FRIDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 2G, 1894
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SENATOR IIILL’S HAOI?.
The American jifoplc ndmlrtS a limn
ut courage. The American heart, han
unbouutltd iitlUnsUsm fur a man who
can throw himself lu Ilia' very face of
defeat mid wlu it vlceury for bis etmnr.
l’erhapa thero never wag huforu such
n combination ut odd* aualttkt a mini
ng lva* against Stuuuir Hill when ho
accepted the nomination fur governor,
The tide of pQbllo Meathnent In N'nw
York had for months been turulug
egnlust him m»l Ills party. Local ills-
(satisfaction on account of nlntaeu at
Tammany nail, disruption anil d.vLIun
lu bln own rauks, would have appalled
the heart of nn ordinary man. Hut
Hcnntor Hill know tho people of New
York mid bo bail faith in hi* own
l>ower to br.ug order out of chaos. Ho
wont direct to tlio msssp* and for two
weeks he has been matting such np-
twills to the people ns have been rarely
heard oven In New York. And already
tho tide seems turning mightily nnd
the Indications begin to point to an
other grand Democratic triumph In
the empire state. Tito senator's own
courage Is on Inspiration to his follow
ers nnd spreads dismay in tho ranks
of tho opposition, llo has no thought
of defent. Ho has .irojected his own
campaign on tha Itighest potslblo
grounds nnd mean* to win.
D'lsntcll ones said: "When a nimt
plant* his faith on the eternal suprem
acy of Justice and has a supreme be
lief In the righteousness of hU cause
he must win." Mr. Hill believes lu his
party as being thp party of tho people
uud of the constitution, llo hellerea
In It ns tho parly fostering the sorcr-
rlgnty of Ihe states and tha poirsnnal
liberty of the clttxons. In the right
eousness of this creed ho Is going di
vert to the people and It Is not surpris
ing Hint the pooplu of New York nro
turning to him. In his speech to tho
Southerners at St. .Tames hotel Wednes
day night Mr. Hill showed why his
party must win In the coming oonlest.
"The Democratic party ts a national
parly. 11 does not believe in a strong
ccnlralltieil government. It behoves lu
the govcrmnonl of tho ,United States.
It believes In an bonest 'administra
tion, It has a record of which all good
vltlsetM might well bo proud. It !m*
recently been assailed ou every baud
nuil fears fur its safety have been en
tertained. Hut 1 rojotco with you that
If there Is auy such Idea In other parts
of the country, It has uot entered Into
the Democracy of the empire slate.
“We, however, have stopped tho tide
We do not propose to allow tho rising
tide of Republicanism to sweep over
the country. Wo lvavo given reasona
ble satisfaction to the' people. Somo
tn.Hiakcs liuvo been made—some mis
takes In local affairs—but that Is no
reason why the grant party of tho coun
try, the party upon whom the dcstt-
idea of tho country depend, should
suffer. It Is much castor to break down
n party than to build it up. Mr. Whit
ney never said a truer thing tlrnu when
bo said: ‘Let 1SIW take caro of Itself.’
Let ue take caro ot 1S04.
"Thorn is noUtlng to bo gained by
giving tho Republicans control of this
slate. Bo of good cheer. We eau win
this light. 1 know tho oountry people.
They ore not Cede. They are not ex
cited. Their heads and brains are
working lu tho direction. They nro
not Cleveland men, nor Hdl men; they
nro Democrats. Of course It must bo
admitted that there Is not tho high ex
hibition of party patriotism that thero
should be in New York aud Brooklyn.
I suppose that a certain dcgreco ot self-
ithnw« Is Incident to human nature,
aud we most overlook these things.
At any rate, your association docs not
mix up in the local matters. You can
ufford to look higher and seo that
greater and natloiatl questions are In
volved In this election and that wo. es
Democrats, must vrln"
LET THE ELECTION 11ECLEAN.
There arc all sorts of rumors com
log from Atlanta la regard to a trafllo
Id vote* among legislators. Wo hope
these are only idle rumora and that
members ot the 'eglslamre will vote
for otBetr* who, In their Judgmeu' will
give the state thn most capable and
vfllclont service. There hare teen such
things In election# as trading In votes
and evil result* have proceeded train
It No clean and noaest man will vote
against tho interest of the state to se
cure a personal advantage. Whenever
there 1* any sort of barter of vnrei in
the legislature by winch a Judge on a
solicitor or any other public officer
win* an election, tbc slate Is brought
into discredit nnd disgrace. No pure
and clean man would hold nn ellltti'
trad especially oao with Judicial func
tions. that camo to h'.rn by an unholy
traffic in votes.
If there are any legislators in At
lanta who have Begun their career at
this session by practices so unworthy
of representatives of this state they
should be exposed mid scut home in
disgrace. There snould bo no such un
holy mint on any officer to be elected
by the legislature, as an election by
auy such fraud voultl place upon him.
Let tile election* be clean.
“LIVED BEYOND HIsllEANS.”
Day after day the papers tell this
story. I’crhaps they will go on lolling
It over and over again. A mail has
only to lake n false view of life. He
has only to assume that toinebow lie
can ran a 9130 establishment on a 9100
salary and the rcsMs easy. lie will
beg.n perhaps hy borrowing a little
from his employer’s till, with the hope
that somehow he can replace It. He
doea not replneo It uu borrow* more,
and so on until he Is discovered and
put In Jail or escapes to I'umida or
Mexico. The man who ran awny from
Springfield, Ohio, yesterday left this
note:
“I bare left Bpringfleld never to re
turn. .Wo lived loo high, I got In debt
nnd could not get out."
It's a frightful mistake for any man
to make. It.la not a crime to lie m
debt. Sometimes' It happens that an
obligation of this kind will prove a
helpful spur to Imluatry. Somethin'*
men honaitly and with tho best Inten
tions overreach their ability end a full
In values brings distress. In such a
caao the man can rally and perimps re
trieve'himself. Rut when a man de
liberately mlsnpproprlmes what is uot
his own lu order that be may keep up
appearances uud seem to he what he
Is not he In simply a cheat nml a fraud.
It Is beyond comprehension that a sane
man will play at such u game nnd not
expect to be caught. And yot tho story
of such exposure and ruin Is tnhl over
and over again every day.
Look nt poor llowgate, hounded for
fourteen years and caught nt Inst. Ha
lived Ills find life, his double life, even
while he was honored and respected
He stolo 9370,000 ami fled from Wash
ington before anybody suspected even
■thst ho was a defaulter. Hunted down
nt last and brought to Justice when ho
Is aged aud Infirm, he makes a spec
tacle that is pitiable enough. Yet ho
reaps whet he sowed, lie lived too
fast Ho spent more than he earned.
He tried to keep pace with million
aires. Ho lived that awful double llfo
Hint can have but one end and that a
tragedy. He can only rewort now to
tho "suicide's poor shift,” or spend Ills
few dark nnd bitter, days In n felon’s
cell
God pity tho man who takes up auy
false view of llfo that tempts him to
live beyond his moans.
TUB WRECK ON THE MACON AND
NORTHERN.
Tho burning of tho trestle on the
Macon nnd Northern road nnd the con
sequent wrecking of tho trnlu nt mid
night is one of those terrible calami-
Ilea that call for sympathy. If tho
trestle was set ou lire It Is hoped that
.tho perpetrators of so dastardly a
crime will be run down and brought
to speedy Justice. If the Ore was acci
dental the ro*d still deserves and will
rcoelve tho sympathy of the public.
Tho officials of no road that runs Into
Macon arc more careful of tho comfort
and naMy of tint traveling pulillo than
are tho officiate of tho Macon and
Northern. Slnco Manager Harris took
charge of tho road It has become cron
more popular Hum ever on account of
Its splendiB passenger aud freight ser
vice. Tho Telegraph hopes that he
will soon have tho dntnngo repaired
nnd that bis rend will not suffer ns
hoary loss ns was at first feared.
Ho most serious loss of nil to tho
rend nnd to his family 1* tlio killing ot
tho noblo engineer, who died from tho
effects of injuries received In tho
wreck.
ANOTHER GOOD DAY AT THE
PAIR.
Tho Interact In tho fair •» manifestly
increasing every day. Tho attractions
are drawlug largo crowd* Ihe roan-
agvrs have everything running smooth
ly, and those who attend become good
advertisers ot the merits ot tho great
exhibits.'
Next Week many thousands will at
tend. The weather Is aU that could be
dwired, and we trust it may continue
favorable to tho eud ot tho fair.
DESERVES PATRONAGE.
The following concerning tho Dixie
Interstate Pair Is taken front tho edi
torial columns of the Augusta Chron
icle:
Wo are glad to hear such good reports
from tho opening days of tho Dtxto
l'.i:r at Macon.
This Is the only exposition In the
state this year, uml Macon deserve* to
have good patronage for her show. It
requires a great deal of xvork and a
great deal of pluck to get up a big ex
position In dull times like these, aud
we hope the enterprising people of Ma-
cou will be vlehly rewarded for their
public spirit.
Nothing has done more to develop the
resource* and improve agricultural
methods In Georgia than the exposi
tions which hare been held In the dif
ferent sections of the state m the past
doz-n years- The farmers front differ
ent counties who attend these faint
have gone home d< Wrtnned to mute
boiler stock, and t> pet Into prac.itH
oa the farm better methods ot plant
ing, and to use Improved machinery.
The neighbors nave u their lmproi ed
farthing implement, hive In turn im
proved their own methods of agricul
ture, and so the circle li.u broadened
from year U> year, uutll Georgia Is rec
ognized as the Kinp'r-s State of the
South, lu fact as well as la name.
Then- I* yet much room for advance
along these practical Hues, amt im
provement* In farming Implements, ate
constantly being made. In order to
keep up with the advance In.machinery
In every department our people tim'd
take every opportunity to attend these
expositions at which they are collected
and study them.
Tho exposition now In progres* In
Macon will prove a valuable object les
son along material line*, and we urge
tho people of tithe section to improve
the opportuulty Bow offered to visit It.
rorULIST IGNORANCE.
The dense Ignorance of the majority
of tho men who compose the Populist
party was forcibly illustrated a lew
days ago In n conversation hud tie-
tween an Intelligent Democrat of Jet-
ferson county aud a prominent Pop
ulist.
The Populist was denouncing the
extravagance of tho Democrat* and
cited the !tenne asylum ns an instance,
a* follows: “Why, Just think of It I
At the Insane asylum ut MlUedgeville,
they tell me, they have got n flower
garden that cost live hundred dollars.
Five hundred dollars spent on a flower
garden alone, and yet not one of us
poor folks Is allowed to send our
children there I Then Just took at this
here l»ank here in town. Thar’s a sign
up thar that says Liverpool, Loudon
and Globe Fire Insurance Company,
jest to think that a little lilt of a hunk
like that can’t be rnn without Liverpool
and London a’ tunnln’ it. Now, wo
ain’t a gwlne to have no sieb a* lb's
when wc git into power. We are gwlne
to see to it that poor folks' children
can ull go to the insane naylurn jest
like rich folks, and we ain't gwlne to
let Liverpool nnd London own and
ran onr hanks, either. We are gtviue
to vote for Tom Watson or bust.”
SHORT TALKS
WITH MANY PEOPLE.
Jpdtra Jam**, M. Guerry of Dawson
dame ir. on the afternoon (gain yester
day und left at once for Atlanta, where
he goes to do some of his best work Par
MnJ. Bacon. ....
“Our section." he said. "Is almost
•olid tar Bacon, and I think I nee a
chance to got a few mofe votes for him
If he la not elected on the first ballot.
There In nothing to do but put MaJ.
Bacon in. und 1 don't think there Is any
doubt about ills, success."
Judge Guerry is the brllUant South
west Georgia lawyer who recently tried
(or tho c»ngrcf»!or*al nomination In hi*
district. A combination of circumstances
defeated lUm. and he has since been
on the sheM—waiting, as It were, for
the people to call hhn down, as they
will surely do yet.
"I don't want ft now,” Is the State
ment Judge Gucnry made to me yester
day afternoon. "I don’t think I would
walk nn far as from here to that train
to get to congress. X thought I wanted
it at first, but I have since changed my
mind, and wltl-nevor run again.
“A* I once heard a fellow say, T nm
staying at home attending to business
nml am only running for a lawyer:
thut'H all.”
But the people of Southwest Georgia
concede the foot that Judge Guerry ts
too good a man to toe sHetarked, and
you can count an ft Ithit he will euoneed
lien Russell tn congress l( he iHiangos
lit** mind.
Dr. J. W. Goodwyn, Macon's well
known druggist, returned yesterday
from a few weeks' stay on Dr. McHat-
-ton's emulation it* yvxunln county,where
ho spent the most delightful time of
hla life. Dr. MoHaitton owns a rnig-
ntfleont Plantation In Fannin, with five
miles of trout alrcnsn on flic place. This
la enough to make a toes ardoVt sports
man that Dr. Goodiwyn enjoy himself.
Ur. MoHaitton and wife are expected
h'jroc about November 1.
Judge Bartlett was at the depot yes
terday afternoon grading those of hla
friends who came In on the kite trains.
As usual be had n hearty handshake
for all. and. In return a word of eon-
grntulathm' from those he met on the
splendid tight he la making for congrc.es
In tin* district. To several of hla
trlomle Judge Bartlett expressed tho
opinion that he would heat His oppo
nent by shout 4.600 votes—provided, of
cwunse. the Democrat* of the district do
their full duty. He does not deny the
fact that there are Populist* In the dis
trict. and thl* is all the more reason
why every Democrat should go to the
poll* Judge Bartlett remarked that If
Itfbb would only do her best tor him, he
could count on nn easy victory. Those
who are tn charge of the campaign in
this county give ample assurances that
Btbb will do her port.
“I have been coming to fair* In Ma
con for fifteen or twenty years past. I
reckon." wild Dr. G.W. Fa-Tar, a prom
inent phywlolan of Dawson, to me yes
terday. "and I must say that this D
larger than them aM. I have been lb
expositions here end elsewhere, and the
Dixie Fair oleosee me more than all tho
others—and I haven't spent much time
on Midway, either. X am glad they ore
going to start the races tomorrow,
though. There are any number of peo
ple tn our section who are juflt waiting
tor the races to Blurt. You will see
them up here now In force."
*»«•
Ool. Jeff. Lane. general manager of
thn Georgia Southern nnd Macon and
Birmingham road*, was not nvereo to
talking ivhvn I met him yesterday. The
subject uppermost In his mind Just now
la Crest the now station on the Macon
and Birmingham road, about Rtrty miles
from Macon, which la destined to be
come a good-ailed town before long, and
especially a utmtimr resort of some
note. Ool. Lnno savs there arc throe
raw mills at Crent. the product of which
ts shipped from that place. There la
also a steam gin. with a capacity ot 23
ba.UK ot cotton per day. Nature, he
».iys, ha* done much for the town. It
1* ourroundd by mountains of rare
baiuty, und from the foot of the
mountains flow innumerable springs of
pure water, each winding its way
through the valley* below on to the
Film river. Several realdencea and
business Iioubws ore to be erected nt
Crest at once. Mp. It. A. Patrick ts the
Wading spirit of the near town, and Is
doing much for H.
City Clerk Bride,-* Smith It a bicy
clist with a veiureunce. Nothing pleases
him better than to wake up an hour or
tiro before day and take a spin around
the city white other people art asleep.
He goes cut on his wheel every morn
ing between 4 and 6 o'clock, and say# he
can't enjor hD breakfast unto he has
pushed the pedals t>v«r ten or fifteen
macs of smooth road. Clerk Smith la
not only .a long-distance bike crank,
but he t* now learning to do trick* He
think* he can ride his wheel on a rope
already, but the act Je resistance which
be propo*iw to spring on the public at
an early <l*v V now under rehexnaxl.
He «zvicM to stand on his head and
push the pedals with Ms hand* at the
same time batvndrur hla family of boys
on hi* feet. The art la not yet perfect
'd. bat it ta progressing nicely, and he
hope* be survive.
Col. Eugene Hawkins of America*,
one of the prominent lawyers and pol
itician- of Southwest Georgia, pasec-1
I through Macon yesterday afternoon en
route to Atlanta. Several who raw Col.
Hawkina at the d-p ■: - ,s-e:ed ghat
hla presec ace at Atlanta meuna that
Judge Crisp will become a dark horse
In 'the race for the senate. Several
•ther Americas people went through to
Atlanta last night.
Col. C. C. Duncan of Perry, who was
appointed Indian commissioner by Sec
retary of the Interior Bbke Smith, has
Ju»t returned home for a short vaca
tion. Coi, Duncan's duties as Indian
commissioner diave taken him Into ev
ery state and territory where Indiana
are located, amt hi* friend* nay the
climate of the West has had a nvosrt
gratifying effect ort him. Hla experi
ence with the Indians han also given
him a rich fund of anecdote, and a con
versation with him 1* both Interesting
and Instructive.
RHYME AND REASON*
ORIGIN OP THE POLITICIAN.
In Hade* once there waa a llend
Who oauied great disaffection
By preaching to the others that
They needed an election.
Ere long he ran for Satan's place.
The race, no doubt, was heated,
But Satan waa elected and
The Kicker waa defeated.
And, smarting from defeat, be sworo
By all that was eternal,
That he would try another sphere
And leave that place infernal.
Assuming mortal shape he bent
Hla course in oil directions,
Until he found that country where
Were held the roost elections;
And there It was this sore-head fiend
Began his earthly mission;
He leaped astride a mule and there
Was earth's first politician I
When & Jap hears & Chinaman singing
that popular Chinese air "Will Yez All
Be Wid Me Whin tho Fight Begins?” he
closes one eye and remarks: “We'll be
Wl-Ju.”
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A!SM?a.UTES.¥ PURE
Just let this old world wag along,
And If you've got no money.
Why, Just remember that the bees
Are still a-mokln' honey.
The esteemed Col. Nathan Strauss
teems to be tn that frame ot mind usually
ascribed to tho wet hen.
Has the Democratic party In New York
decided to voluntarily go out of com
mission?
You'd better stop your growling 'cause
This world from care ain't free:
It la more than likely that It Is
The beat you'll ever see.
Tho difficulty of getting straight ac
counts ot the war In the East la explained
by the fact that the name, rent across
twist tho cable Into hard knot*
"Arc there no foes for me to face?”
The tramp with feeling sang.
As cautiously he climbed upon the fence;
The question soon was answered, for
a e bull dog at him sprang,
d the speed of hla departure waa ta'
• mcnae.
—Robert L. Blalock.
GROWING LESS EXCLUSIVE YEAR
LY.
English Aristocracy Letting Down the
Bars to "the People tn Trade."
Not 60 very loDg ugo the line be
tween the aristocratic and other classes
of the community was very decidedly
drawn at trade, saya Cassell's Maga
zine. A poor family might lay claim
to gentility, and one or more of its
members might now and then Ague at,
say, a county ball, but a tradesman's
family—eievcr. Now It Is otherwise,
the aristocracy themselves having
stepped over the dividing line. Lord
Shrewsbury nnd Talbot, for instiraoe,
who takes precede** of all other earls,
unfclushlngly became :t rich cab propri
etor; "Lord Rayleigh”'' is the Inscrip
tion 'that may he read on the signboard
of one or two London dairies. Tho
marques of Londonderry lu prepared to
deliver coat by the ton. “No agents”
—such ore the final words of this no
bleman's advertisement, put in Just os
any trader born und bred might put
them In. This descent from aristocratic
seclusion into the arena of commercial
conflict 'Is uot confined to the male por
tion of our nobility. Titled ladles un-
dep-dlsgulaed names carry on millinery
establishment* and run cafes. Their
dainty fingers, too, are not abSve «na-
ulpukalng flowers for profit- Ho gen
erally, indeed, luu the sacred thirst for
gold Infected the upper ton that, where-"
us they were wont to bo accused of liv
ing m Idleness, they are now accus
tomed to taking the bread out of the
mouths of those who depend entirely
upon business for their support.
Far ben rath these noble ranks can
be trsuaxl it similar descent Street
mu«le, for Instance, used to be dis
coursed by the utterly abject nnd bro
ken down; now men and women, warm
ly cktd and well fed, go nbout with
organs. Troupe* of men sing, rattle
the bones, and do • breakdown tn the
thoroughfares to the tune of less than
the better part of a sovereign per day
per man. Two hundred pounds a year
In an assured situation was the sala
ry t!i'Ll one young man threw up last
rummer to Join n nigger troupe nt the
seaside, and. he doesn't regret It At
the end of tho season he had more
money than he had ever had In one
time before, and during the season he
ate bettor dinners nnd drank trotter
wines than he had ever eaten or drunk
before. Hawking matches or laces, or
any other trifle, in public house bars
used to be and still is n way of evad
ing the law against begging. Indeed,
tho custom of singing on tile streets
oroso out of the fame necessity, for
there In wont riot to Incriminate them,
selves. Now you will be In a saloon
bar of a first-rate refreshment house.
In come* a top-hatred, wc!T-dressed man
wflh a big. Seme successful stock
broker. you think, tf It be lathe city. You
fancy you are the victim of a delusion.
Here Is thl* man. as well-dros.-ed a*
youl principal, holding hi* open bag
before you and asking you to buy a
box of vastasl Well-dressed women
are going about from public house to
public house pursuing similar culling*.
They speak well, too, do these people,
betraying n fair amount of education.
If tradesmen have any grounds for
complaining of the aristocracy trench
ing on their territory, surely the poor
and needy havo grounds of similar
complaining of having the Instruments
of their profWslon thus confiscated by
an apparently superior cla^s. Of course,
with *uch a downward trend, the poor
and needy are driven tow*.* still, and
thl* la o. measure l* seen In the ever
lncivxiaEnff charitable ltistliutloiv*. re
lief agencies, soup kitoh^na, and so
forth, and the ewer Increasing strain
on the resources of such establish
ment*.
THROUGH EYES
FEMININE.
The Misses Owens are visiting Miss
Katie Martin during the fair.
Mrs. W. H. Felton to spending this
week with her daughter, Mrs. M. J.
Hatcher.
■Miss Mury Birfr of Griffin Is visiting
the family of Mrs. George Burr, on Or
ange street.
Miss Kate Louise du Bose, a social fa
vorite in Athens, in the guest of Mina
Mamie Wiley, an College Street.
Miw Kate Klmmy of Washington.
Oa., will visit the family ot Mr. H. D.
Adam* tn VtnevlHe. during the fair.
The many friends of Mi* Roas White
are glad to hdxr she Is convalescent.
M.c. White haa been critically til with
diphtheria. Mrs. J. F. Ilinson Is still
with her in Atlanta.
Dr. George Payne la In the city super
intending the state exhibit at the fair.
Dr. Payne counts his Macon friends by
the eoore. omd they are always glad to
see him here.
Miss Mary Pat lemon is now in Rome,
very HI. at the home of her sister, Mrs.
Hamilton Yancey. Miss Patterson has
numerous friends in Macon who hope
to hear of her improvement very soon.
Mts. J. D. Stetson has gome to Pery
to attend the marriage of Mira LUa
Dunoon to Mr. Pate of HawWnsvllle.
Miss Duncan Is one of the most beau
tiful woman In the »tate. She will be
reroenttered as visiting Mrs. J. C. Wea
ver In tMaoon winter beftjre last.
It will- be of Interact to Macon peo
ple to hear of Miss Elia Rawls' mar
riage to Mr. dlerrlhew of Savannah.
Miss Roiwlca, has for many years been
a -favorite in Macon society. She is
wklo’y known for -her beauty, and her
friends here congratulate Ma. Merritt-
enw.
ANOTHER COTTON PICKER.
Jackson. Ml**., Oct 14.—Tho cotton
picking machine of Bloon Brothers cf
Dallas. Tex., was given a highly satis
factory test today on a plantation Ui-ar
here. It gather* 1-0 per cent, of the
open cotton in a fOtnaiwhat trashy con
dition. The picking with four men and
four nudes was done at the rate of ten
or twelve bales per Jay. It is thought
the machlno will rerolutloplio cuttvn
farming.
T-he Terpslohereame will give a dance
complimentary <o the young ladle* on
Friday evening at the residence of Mr.
B. C, Smith. This dub, composed of
younger people of society, is noted
Mr its delightful affaire, and this, their
opening dance, Is looked forward to I
with much pleasure.
PLEA FOR THE FEEBLE MINDED.I
An Open Letter to the General As-1
sembly of Georgia.
According to the last census there
are (137 feeble-minded children in the
state of Georgia between the ages of
6 and,20 years old. I don't suppose
there is ja citizen of the fltaite but what
is surprised at -the number. Six hun
dred and thirty-seven poor, dear af
flicted ones—afflicted not from any
faults or acts of theirs. No, innocent
or the cause, providence alone knows
why. Whait have we done? What ap
propriations have our noble, kind-
hearted representatives made for
these, the greatest sufferers? Not one
cent; I might toll the truth and say
rmt jone sympathetic thought. Thed
blind, deaf and dumb, insane, state
sohools for bright and ordinary minds,
technological schools, school at Mll-
ledgcvJIle for fitting girls for useful
lives, military sohools: it is all good,
right and proper. The feeble-minded
appeal ho one's sympathy more than
all others. The blind, deaf and dumb
•will stay at home, you can chain the
insane if necessary, but these dear
children that cannot work must have
some amusement or wander around
over the streets. A friend of mine
had a son, who tn childhood had a
long protracted sickness. When phy
sically well the mother found his mind
affected—weakened. He grew to man
hood and was of some little assistance
to Ms widowed mother. He left home
one morning, -taking a walk on tho
Irafroad track, and was crushed to
death, brought to his mother mangled,
bleeding, dead.. She had three chil
dren, two bright, but this dear afflicted
one was her Idol. She now lives a ner
vous wreck, which will never end un
til God calls her to come up higher.
Had you established this school two
years ago that young man would be
living today, and In the future be n
support to 4>1« mother.
American Institution-* of this char
acter are divided Into two departments,
the educatoml and the custodial. In
the school department tho children »re
taught In the kindergarten method*,
and In the ordtnary branches, spelling,
reading, numbers, etc., to the extent
of the Child'* ability. Progressive
games, Object teaching, gymnastics,
dumbbells, simple lesson* In anatomy,
are taught to dunce, and they enjoy
themselves very much. All of this
training 1* especially adapted to the
Improvement ot the fceble-mtnded.
These principles of physiological train
ing of the senses and faculties of ex
ercising -the power of attention, per l
ceptlon and Judgment hy teaching the
qualities of objects Instead of expect
ing the Child to -absorb knowledge
from books, by progressive training of
the eye, ear and hands. Of course,
they commence on a lower plane. The
progress In many cases ts slow. Oth
er* soon lea-rn to read, write nnd do
rather difficult sum* In arithmetic!
They ore carefully taught morality,
Even those who cannot talk kneel by
the bedside, the attendant repeating a
simple prayer. They are taught to be
polite and courteous, net only to teach
ers and attendants, but to their C-les-
mates. The most Important training ts
in industrial occupations—manual la-
twr. carpentry, painting, brick making,
shoe making,hammock making,making
foot mats of rope, farming, garden
ing. The serool work is beautiful.
Washing, Ironing, etc., nil are carried
the mental training. Boys that are not
physically strong enough to labor are
taught to croohet, making beautiful
baby oboes of xeptiyr. The furniture
was covered with a brown rep. em-
ibroMered In Che Ktvrdngtbn dutch
with white rope linen. Every child has
a separate bed, the pillow ghnms
worked tn turkey red hy these boys.
It gives them employment and they
are consequently made happy by the
knowledge that they are useful.
Some of the schools where the
brightest Imbeciles are received, and
where the industrial training has been
good, state that from 20 to 30 per cent,
of the pupils that are discharged are
self-supporting. Those who could not
manage successfully alone can go with
the brighter mind*, assist tn business
and be successful. As soon as a^itkl
can buttle and dress himself, then he
assists the younger to do eo, lessening
the expense by having fewer attend
ants.
The custodial department Includes
the lower class of idiots, epileptics and
Insane. Home are as helpless as babes;
oasnot walk or talk and have to be
fed. dressed and cored for os lnfjntsJ
In the sohool I visited was a blind boy,
10 years of age. He rat on a bench,
but rocked his body backward and
forward as at home lie had sat in a
rocking Choir.' He would not let you
touch his hands or take anything hi
them. In a week he was taught to
hold a small piece of paper, then *
caramel, which he put In Ms mouth
and eat. A bright-looking boy of 10
could only i*ay one word—'’Mama.”
In one week he learned to speak three
words—"me, my and Bible," but he
could not repeat It after the teacher.
By asking * new aohoVlr to speak
them he caught the words parrot-.ike.
Want of time and for tear ot ex
hausting your patience, I will not
speak of other cases. For this class
that cannot be taught to be self-sus
taining they make them a happy home,
where they can be useful in a quiet
way. In one of the InstttuUons North
one of the Inmates ha* peeled pota
toes for ten years. It was all he could
do and he did that well. How useful,
though, in an humble why. Some of
the children have musical talent and
learn to play brass Instruments. Alt
sing that can talk. .
The census of 1890 shows that there
are 95,671 Idiotic and feeble-snlnded
penwna tn the United States; 637 ill the
state of Georgia. Apalling thought!
That la tar below the correct figures,
for many mothers will not even admit
to themselves that their children tire
defective. . , , . . _
The schools are not only classed as
Charitable, but economical. A hundred
dollars Invested in training the feeble
minded saves a thousand in fhenext
generation. Sixteen states have bcJkwIs.
Besides, at the North there are a great
many private school*. The South has
one in Kentucky, so full of their own
children that it cannot take any out
siders: California has a school Wo
are dependent on -the Northern schools.
How hard for a -mother to send a cMld
with a bright -mind so far from home,
but heart-rending to send a feebta-
. minded one so far among strangers,
who cannot tell how he la treated,
whether contented or happy. Howr he
misses the'mother’s tender, watchful
care. Only God knows what That
mother suffers ' from constant anxiety
for the afflicted dear child.
In ’the sdhool I visited
Alabama. South Carolina, Georgia were
aU represented. How aad. ae Dr. Do-
ran <rf the sdh<»l in Columbus, O.,
stys, "so grealt a state G—Oriffa
Should have a school.
hard times. State In
exponses aomewhere. Take the J2S.OOO
appropriates to the soldlere’ eticamp-
nient. No kind-hearted man wilt ob
ject. Do not defer tt until another
year or month. Right now make an
appropriation, build cottages, com
mence on a small scale. You wlUnml
must suoceed. There ore kind, noble-
hearted men who would give land for
all purposes If the subject was pre
sented to them in a proper manner.
It I were well I would devote my
few -remaining months In eollotniiR
contributions. 1 will do ull■ 1 ^can, if
you will only make a contribution. I
pray God may put It in the hearts of
every member 'to do this inestimable
work now. Mw c G . FauUln .
STATESBORO COURT.
Statesboro, Oct. 25.—(SpeoAD—Supe
rior court adjourned hero yesterday at
noon. The grand Jury recommcudef
the establishment of a comity cotvf,
with Ool. J. T. Brannon judge and R.
Leo Moore solicitor. Otto negro,
Ben Jnchsou, was stmt to tlie-pcnl-
tentlnry for twenty years for rape uff
a 10-year-old girl. — ■ -
ANSWER THIS QUESTION.
Why do so many people wo sea
around us seen! to prefer to suffer and
be made miserable by indigestion, con
stipation, dizziness, loss of appetite,
coming up of the food, yellow Bkln,
when for 76 cents we will sell them
Shiloh’s Vltallzer .guaranteed to cure
them?
Sold by Goodwyn & Small Drug
Company, corner Cherry street and
Cotton avenue.
Sfflitf
MIhb BellaStevona,of Boston, Mass.,
'writes: I havo always suffered from
hereditary Scrofula, for which I triodj ■
various remedies, and many reliable' ;:
physicians, but none relieved me. After',*:
|taklt:K 0 bottles of .
I am now well. II
lam very Rrateful I
mm
Loans made on choice real estate and
farming lands In Georgia. Interest 7
per cent. Payable in two, three or flv*
year* No delay. Commissions very
reasonable,
SECURITY LOAN AND ABSTRACT
COMPANY.
420 Second Street. Uaooa. O*
ARTHUR FEW, Civil Engineer.
M. Am. Sos. C. E. M., Inst. C.E.
Survey* plans, estimates and apeclflca.
Ilona. Office 61744 Poplar street, Macon.
Georgia,
Cheap Money to Lend
On improved city and farm property.
In Bibb and Jones counties In loans
ranging from 8510 uo at 7 per cent, sim
ple interest; time from two ta five year*
Promptness and accommodation . ape-
ctalty. L. J. ANDERSON A CO..
Nn. XU Second Street. Macon. U*
MONEY TO LOAN.
Seven per cent. Loans negotiated os
Improved city property end farm*
SOUTHERN LOAN AND TRUST COM.
PANY OF GEORGIA.
864 Second, attest, Macon. O*
PARTNERSHIP NOTICE.
REAL ESTATE AND INSURANCE.
\Ve have this day formed a copart
nership under the firm name of JOHN
M. & LEGARE WALKER, and will
conduct a Real Estate. Sale and Rental
Business, together with a Fire and
Accident Insurance Agency.
We shall make a specialty of the
rental business In all Its details, and
i-apectfully solicit a continuance of
the liberal patronage heretofore ex
tended our Mr. Legare Walker.
Office, No. 161 Second street, near
Willingham's warehouse.
JOHN M. WALKER.
LEGARE WALKER.
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