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(JleEVBUAlND AND III* OIUTICB.
tt 'a title doty of etoe prenlde’nt of the
XJnltffll Blhtra to carry out the law*
W h:ch be finds on the statute book. One
■of those h we d«Hws ton* M Is the pot
Icy of tote gOTonumayt to trail Ma to Mie
portly of :ta sold and allvcr money. It
ta tbewforq the dndy of toe president
to do everythin* In Ws pntvm to malo-
tain that partly. When fjwre a mid
on the treasnrjr for gold itrtitnU Hiromt-
cae to deprive the government of the
abVUty Ho pay gold on demand, It la
,manifest, when tte Stock of cold Is
feearly exlhta»t«rj, that the. only malbod
of malntalntnc too putty of cold and
driver roomy la to riffdonlnti tint Stock
hnd thua ouable the govimroent to my
toW on donwikl. The proposition Is a
ivory simple one. The p i rltjr of the itnro
kloibi of money can tie maintained
only so long na ono 1* o* canity obtaina
ble oa tho otot-r. TYi:» fheliw true, tt
area itho doty of Hite prcshleiW to adopt
whatever men ns wore tn bis powfr to
replenish the ittwuury’e mipply of cold,
noil tbe only aneina trtiltti toe could
employ was to borrow under the forms
of -tlio act of 1876. Tliwe ternw were
not favoralAo to the corermnenit, but
congress, tn m*Hn of bis opgioala, ro-
Ifuard to niter uln.-m so that the Bold
necessary to maintain the purity of our
different kind* of money ooiiVt be ob
tained on favorable tenua. Tlie prod-
dent In all of tola act* was merely car
rying out tho lay, sod ho waa kpi'led
by tbe law to »b« moans employ oil by
him.
’For doing what bo has done, Mr.
Cleveland 1* furlotedy ortitateitl by ow-
*a.:n menrtin.'M of congresa ond certain
ptmupapere. In eetlmating itho Justice
of Uiedr strUMurew, H may bo well to
Inquire if they, ton. 1'ko tho proMldont,
with tho law do be enforced-fa^or the
polity declar'd by tho law to bo tho
policy of alio Putted Bte-tes govern
ment 1 Tho fiercest of theso orittca ’n
HalunUy'a d(f*Wo in tho aenato avoro
'Mrasn, W.nloott and Taller of Colora
do. They aro iteporaentotlvta In tho
senate of also Oliver mining loteretit* of
Iholr state, and do not dlagnlte the fail
«h»vt .they ore opposed to tho policy In
fans of which Ibo law drotarca. They
are Alvar won, not repreaentative* of
tho Interests cf the people of tho
tlnlled 8rate*. Both are nominally Ko-
pnbHoatUk and Indeed are Otepnhl tonne
when their duty to tho spetfel Interests
which they represent do not interfere
They mn f ottuwed In their bluer
CrMlctanm cf the pnsIdeMb action by
Mr. IxHtgo of Mamaohmotna, the au
thor of the Vast form hi#—« partisan of
the narrowest type. Tbe newspaper
criticism of tho president's action
comas either from nawspapers com
muted like Mows. Wolcott and Tetter
to tho free coinage of silver, no matter
what disaster* tt may bring to the
country at laige, or aymp*Hilling with
the narrow, hitter HepubUoan peril-
, sanabtp of (Mr. bodge. Ono daaa tante*
the preeident because toe le oa forcing
tho hr end tn doing so gmweattng the
success of * scheme to bring about free
col twice o\w hoot'the consent of ebo peo
ple, and the other tbeoeoM he la a Dem
ocrat .who has lent bis InOnence to the
Kr -at'anovoenrot to reduce tariff taxa
tion.
Some of the newspaper orWctonsi are
partctftariyrocWesA Fbr loaanoe. the
tV&auta Coiwttmtton denounces the last
tot the hood to! Da which iwes defeated
us redacting tbe viawn of the ftepubll-
rut yet In another ednron of tho
same Issue * Shows Sal tho Demo-
tctaUo majority tn tho boose (gainst the
blH was only 5, whit* tbe Republican
tnsjorlty was 33 and the -Populist ma
jority to. To ibo 47 majority against
the to*, therefore, tho Dtimwra** can-
tribnted 3 votes, white the Rapubhama
had Populism coturthoted 42. Yet the
bill Is dertared by tie Constitution to
be a Repubhcan measure.
Time will Justify Mr. Ctorcland'a no
tion, and w l condemn aha bitter war
Which Is being made upon b'-m by mm
who mlsraprtsont his motives in the *f
fort to aocong* ab nsattm which they
vinhn: b>\p> to MoompKati toy a plain,
simple, -truthful atatemem of the fact*
Of he sttnasion to tbs people of this
country.
According to report* from otflcial
jnrccs tbe revolt In the United RtSWS
of Cotonlbta has been c«mpljt.ly
■tamped oot by thn aovcrnniont femes.
It would probably be nearer the troth
to say that the rObeUton had dluT out
from s lack of the smew* of war. The
Impoverish moot of tho ponjgo of Co-
lombla seem* to too the bent guaranty
of oontinoed peace witiling the bonlen
of the republic.
Ex-Qncen Ullonkalenl has been tried
by oonrMnantlal upon a charge of trea
son, and, according to rumor, she bad
been convicted and sentenced when the
steamer which brought the nears left
Honolulu. If tt be true that public
feeding in Honolulu demand* the execu
tion of the members of the alleged con
spiracy against the government, then
the public policy of rtho island republic
wraild Appear to be indnenoad by an
entirely different spirit from that
which prevails in tho great republic to
which the .Hawaiian* so ardently desire
to be annexed,
Senor ©e Trfon, Onatenwla’s envoy
to Uexloo, has reported Ho his govern
ment that bo bad pneiloljy arrived
at an understanding with Don Tgntclo
Marlecat, tho Max lean minister of for
eign affattw. over the boundary ques
tion. Don Ignacio, on the other band,
has accused 'the noghtbor republic of
or**'.re tootle* ami of dodging the real
Issue. A war growing out of a misun
derstanding oonremlng an understand
ing would be quite as disastrous fbr
Ouivtianala os could be a. war over the
original dispute. Senor De Leon, tbo
Philadelphia Record -thinks, would be
wise if he Should give up bl* grandilo
quent Castilian periods and talk Span-
loh-Amerkxm.
OALIi IT WIIArr YOU ,MAiY; A DUTY
OR GOOD BUSINB88 JUDGMENT
TO BWPOlUr YOUR 'HOilliE PA
PER.
Just n (word to -the merchant* of Ma
con! to tho men who era most vitally
Interested tn keep.iig Macon to tbo
front. Isn’it At true ttfat we must con
sider a good morning and <i good after
noon pnpor easentlal atitribu tes to a city
of ’Mcioou'* alxeV WouUtn’-t tt make
any anerctiaut In Macon almost l<#w
heart In his town 10 see tt* two dally
papers cut to su.t tho city's imnte, or,
tu other words, mode to oonrospond in
tlhelr news failures with tho amount of
local patronage they ore aocorded? Wo
doubt If many merchants think of this
whi«n they turn 1tu> ad man owtiy,
some, but not many, almost petulantly,
while many others fall to become in
terested In the tnanter, which, we must
*ay. Is of as vital Importance to ahum
as to -the pithltsher of -the paper hlm-
iidf; for It l« an easy matiter to run a
pi-imr Within At* Inooroe, although It
may not be a* creditable a paper as tho
town might disire.
It is not on tii s basla, however, that
tho mori'haitt should place hls cds. nor
Is he likely to give a iKwnpaper 1»u*l-
nn< on this ground clone, hut It Is
Homclth ng which nhould bo well cous d-
ered by every niorchaut of Macon who
depends upon tho go>Wit\ uwl prosp-r
ty of Macon lor witllclcm bndnveB to
tuako hls own lino of trade profitable.
There Is not« merchant in Macon who
would not rccC-ve a direct benullt from
a well placed advert sism-nt, In addi
lion to the general benefit wlilCh tiio
nlty will rooolvo from n generous sup-
Iiort of two gooil papers.
Tlie Inea-t paper beam on Its face the
sureit tmtex cf the iprosqierMy of 'the
people ,in<l of the town and county of
It* hnute. Its uWeri-nco# ere the tokau
of the aqvtrlt of enterprise of the oom-
mnutly !n which it 1s published, urul In
this sense It owes a broad ntid ph lan-
throplc duty to tho pujilio and should
lead In every Mvtiwprlse and good work
—and It has tho r'ght ito expect the op
preelation and support of tiio public tl
serve*.
We slmpty 'throw cot .these few hints
is ranch for the benefit of 'Macon and
tht> community In common-for ns you
support yotw home papers eo shall you
Increase the measure of your prosperi
ty .--Mu con Evening Nows.
GEORGIA NEWS AND COMMENT.
Tht residence of Mr. J. M. Baskina In
Berrien county he* been burned. Loss,
tJ.000.
Albany Herald: Rabbit bcntlng In th*
country near the city yesterday w»* very
tooH. William Gatewood, A darkey who
works for Mr. Jim Tilt, a/ru-* toe river,
was hv leader of a iranx w ho caught
seventeen rahtSts In torn than two hours.
TO* little animals were greatly handi
capped on account of the snow, not tw
ins able to perform thr u locomo
tion because their feet clippr-d from under
WaycTOM HeraM: DM you know that
last month the people of Wayeres* Slone
used tbe following stoma: tt,7R -
cent stamps. *W> postals; VXD stomped
envelop**; MH newspaper wrappers.
That 1s over 70# letters end too postals
every day. Th* register business is over
two per month, nod shout tt.400 per montn
for money order*. At the same atlo
of Increase, Wnycroe* will bo *nUtle<Wo
s free delivery system by 1®6. This mir
rors tbe increase of business In onr
town.
Carnesvtlle Tribune: E. W. Coker of
Ashland was having hi* well cleaned out
a short time ago. and while the work
was golnr on a China pitcher was found,
In food condition that had boon in th'
welt for forty year*. When tt feU Into
the wetl-lt was well covered and full of
nice, fresh butter, and when taken out the
other day It waa In perfect condition,
except the handle being broken off. The
butter wax aa nice and freah aa it was
the day It wept Into tho well. Strange,
to say, tbl* butter bod never got strong
enough to get out of the well, but It is
true. The water In the well is very
strong. There to also a very fine gold
watch In the we)l that has been there a
number of years. The flow of tho water
was so strong and deep that the wnten
could not be found, and like McGinty, is
still at the bottom. This well to on the
old Shockley place, In the western part
of this county, about eight miles from
this place.
SOME OF THE HIO ORCHARDS.
Xoct cf Tb*D Own*d by F#epl* From
Ohio and Connecticut. Procpceis
for an Abundant Crop, leo
Factory and Unn. rjr,
1. a. Hargrove wwa run over by a
Georgia railroad train at tho Cumntng
street crossing In Augusta on Saturday.
One of Ms leg* was crushed and he will
probably die from Ms Injuries.
Augusta subecrlbsd It.QW for the relief
of the poor of that city during the cold
weather. Among the contributors wen
N. Chong, a Chinaman, and hls partner
who gave t* in cash.
Ossnpbell county supports thirteen pau
pers on her poor form, twelve of whom
ere white. Kitty others receive a fixed
charity stlpeoed tn the shape of county
scrip.
Brunswick Ttmes-Advertlter: A snow
storm tn Brunswick to enough to flit up
th* bloody chum, in the language of
the patriot we may now exclaim: "There
to no North, no South.”
DougtaavUle New 8outh: Aa regards
th* tnuoh' agitated question of woman in
politics, we are of the opinion that tt
women oan’l do any better than tbe men
they battt better remain out.
Brunswick Ttmcs-Adverttoer: Tit# Geor
gia editors say that a good crop year
follow* th* snow storm. It th* boys can
be Induced to put the asms amount et
energy Into th* crops that they have
into th* ,wow, tho Georgia editors are
right.
Thomasvtlle Ttaee-Bnterprtoe: If it
were possible, and It may l*. tor Wec
stsr, Olay and Calhoun to took down on
th* eeoai* to this year of our Lord, whs
do you suppose they would think of the
body which they once adorned!
America* Ttmes-Recoider: Senator Ba
cas to now a conspicuous figure In Wash
ington. He to receiving many courtesies
from distinguished politicians. A. o.
Bacon to • man all .Georgia to proud of.
and th* political doatlniea of th* Empire
state are rate In fato keeping.
IAUMQ8T A BTRAMDER.
Afte ns Long Absence Old Sol Again
SmRes on the Earth,
Old Hot. after tn absence of several
weeks, came to tOMfn yesterday and tho
welcome aocorded him amounted to al
most sn ovation. People had about
resigned tivemselvea to hls absence and
wore reallv btsrinntag to forget Mm,
but hla bright smiles yesterday nude
them realize micro than w;t tutor dear
the add man Is to ‘thorn.
It wua a most agreeable surprlso -to
tho beanie of Macon yesterday when
they awakened and saw tho bright ray*
of tho aun shining through their win-
down into -their rooms. 'Many -who had
dotemntned to sleep late arose ito greet
the mm. and sHhougihf the air wus
mlpptn* cold they did not care—all dh'.-y
wanted was to 'bo sure tha't the nun
had not cloned with tho man who shot
Tung HI. The wound was nutll wet
and 'the roadway* muddy, white about
in nhndv mdaccs thin layers of tee could
tie seen, 'but tt was. withal, pleasant
out of doom, and ttie consequence was
'the bells reminded many the* they
no longer bad an excuse to stay away
from ohupdh. The result nvaa that ev
ery church tn the city had a larger
Sunlinr morning congregation than
for-several Sundays. •
But If fihe average citizen was glad
to see the min what must have been
itho Joy of tbe poor, whose only sun
shine to that which domes from above.
To thorn one day of sunshine like yes
terday was a godsend Indeed, Atud.
without thinking of what a day would
hrlpg forth, they (must -truly have been
thankful. Kunshlno (a worth more to
tho Door than all tho free fuel, free
food or free money a' generous pttblla
cjtn bestow. It gives t i«m Stealth, hope
and work.
'W the way. notwlthtsandlng Macon
had not seen the sun in a long while
until vestendny, fhe city (has fared bet
ter than anv other olty In thtvtvbole
country from Tampa 'to Canada and
from ocean to ocean. Very ltlitle snow
fell there and there warn, only one dUy of
■loot. Tho lowest point the murcury
coached was 14 above zero, find it did
net remain ait that long enough fot
ntanv nuop'.o to -tlml tt out. The mean
Muiiert.ituro has been about 34 for the
past fan weeks. This apeaks well for
Macon as a winter report, '
MODERN MIRACLES.
Magnetic Annie Abbott Puzzles fctlnls*
tera In Missouri.
The Telegraph reoently published‘«n
account of the rocapad •« of Annie May
Abbott In Now York. Annie to .the
Georgia magnet who has puzzled the
crown head* of distant lar.ds and made
fame and fortune In various parts of
the world. She to very well known In
Macon, and belongs originally to Mil-
led gevl11e. „
Nellie Bly. representing tho Now
York World, recently c aimed to have
"caurht on" ami successfully performed
Annie's tricks. Nellie exposed all She
learnod. She claimed that the secret
power of tlie Georgia magnet was sim
ply a trick of equilibrium. Nellie her
self claim* to have given performances
In the Worid building. Bhe fsovowi
that her ipesfotxnancee were equally ae
wonderful as am those of Annie Ab-
bott.
Rut, notwithstanding. Annie Abbot*
oonttnuts to draw audiences and p-iko
tn the shekels—without saying any
thing about What Nettle Bty make*
out of her pertormoncee.
Annie now oomes to Unfit tn atlssouri.
She Isn’t playing for Mfasmtrl crown
heads, but fee minister* of -the gospel.
The ministers go the the theatre hutlfi-
lr*. They go up on the stage. They
take hold or the chair or the big wand
and they try to outdo Annie (n «
desperate struggle. One minister said
"tt was the strangest thing in tho
world tluat people would believe In th*
miracles Annie performed, and yet
would nox betlevq.ln the miracles of
tho Bible.”
Thp president of iHardtn College tn
Mexico. Mo., took Miss Abbstt before
the student*. The following Sunday
many of the Methodist mlntotcfa at
tacked Sites Abbott ami sharply disap
proved of their congregations attending
*tnh performances.
The Kanses City Star of Feb. IS
tell* of haw Mias Abbott to wratby
about a reprint ertlclo In the MeiL-o
ledger. The article tells about Jllsa
Sty's experiences with Annie.
THLVT OTIATR BUILDING.
Atlanta. IV*. 18.-fSpecta!.)-Th*
question of providing a building for
Th* Keenan cotton mUla have found
tt necessary to run a night force t
sofas time. In Ofder tn supply the do-
mand f«r r*r->' —* > *' ••■*•'1. Orders
for th* tut named product have -
mutated so raptoiy uui u.» me pest month
as to seriously tax Urn capacity of tn*
Eatontoa Miusngir: A very poor wo
man. Who tor** to Morgan county, and
who had been to sea her sick ton at ste-
Fort Valley, Fdb. 17.—{Special.)—
When one drives around through Hous
ton county and sees the countless num
ber* of fruit trees already planted ou;
and Bering every fby new ones planted,
he asks blmstif: Wilt It ever stop? A:
the rate the tree* are being planted out
in a few yearn Houtiton oouMy wil be
one big orchard of fruit trees. In my
last article I gave the total number of
frees and * calculation Showing the
number of cam shipped, etto. In this
■arf.cle I will give the names of the
owner* of soma of <he large orchards,
Tho largest orchard In khe county is
that of the Ohio Fruit Land Company,
which owns 1.320 acres, od whit* are
planted 120.000 peach trees, 10.000 pear
trees and 2,000 plum trees. As will be
keen, this ootnpany owns the largest
pear orchard In the United States, there
being In their orchard 10,000 trees.
Next to Uhls large acreage oomes the
Hale Georgia Orchard and Nursery
Company, owned by O. -H. & J. H.
Hale of South GiaeWntuMg. Conn. This
orchard oonltains 887 seres, (With-100,-
000 peach trees. Tbe Albaugh Georgia
Orchard Company owns 1,172 acres,
with 80,000 peach ttrees. The Tivola
Fruit and Lind Company owns 1.K10
acres, with 80,000 peach trees J1.000
grape vines. The Oak Ridge Frail
Company owns 800 acres, with 42,000
peach trees and 10,000 grape vines. The
Hlberta Orchard Company owns 700
acres, .with 42,000 peach wees. The
Moss Lake Fruit Company owns 000
scrot, -with 40,000 peach trees, 0,000
grape vines, 1,000 plum trees and 500
apple trees. The Standard Fralt Com-
pj ny owns 727 acres, wi th 40,000 peach
trees and 10,000 grape v.nes. The Dia
mond Fruit Company owns COO acres,
with 25,000 peach trees. The Fort
Valley land aud Orchard Company
owns 200 acres, With 20,000 peach
trees. The Dayton Fruit Company
owns 2511 aoreA Wldh 80,000 peucu
tress. The Troy Fruit Company owns
100 acres, with 15,000 peach trees. The
above represent some of aha largest or
chards, there toeing or.Ueru 1 could not
get tho acreage of at present. The to
tal number of acres, as g.ven above,
is 0,155, with 634,000 peucb trees, 36,-
000 gr.ipj vines, 10,000 pear 'trees, 3,000
plum .trees and 500 apple trees. Of this
total 7.20S acres, with 534,000 p.’ach
trees, ,'iii,000 gra.po vines, 10,000 prar
trem, 3,000 plum 'trees and 500 apple
trees, are owned by companies formed
In Ohio, of which Mr. W. H. Br'.eden-
ateln uud ‘Mr. F. G. Wlilboft of Dayton
and Capr. J. B. James of Fort VaHey
are 'tho targeut owners. -
To the a;bo.Ve could be added the fol
lowing number of peach -trees owned
by ntllv.ibul parties: G. T. Jon-s.
10,000; Blasltwime & Houser, 10 000;
Blsslng-imo & MoOormier, 2.500; H:ley
Bros.. 5,000; -P. G. Brlt.t, 2.500; t- V.
Fagm, 1.500; C. D. Anderson,-|2 000;
,T. M. Gray. 3,000; W. !M. 'Mdlvln. *1000;
MaJ. S. Nell. 0,000; C. H. Shrlgley.
2,500; J. D. Fagan, 2,000; J.JG. V s-
sclier, 3,000; J. O. Lilly esta te. 8,tKkl; V.
C. Houser. 1.000; B. L. Row. 1.200; N
Duizln & Bro., 80,000; W. iH. Harris,
15,000.
I learn that (this last cold spell lias
killed all of the peaches everywhere
except In Georgia. This being the case,
the Georg.a peaches will be very much
In denxiud. The cold -wcaiihcr iso far
has toeen very beneficial to -tho fra:t
crop and tho prospect to toy far the best
■ over known. The indications arc now
very favorable for aha finest crop of
peaches ahe world has ever seen. Fru't
growers aro In 'the bast of spirits' and
all predict n flno crop.
Two canning factories and ono ice
factory are to be built bere e-t jin early
date. An tee factory will be needed
very totally during nhe peach «h pplng
season and so will a canning tivr.^ry.
as ahere will be a groa.t many peaches
thait can’t toe Shipped that could be
cawieil.
Tlie ciikl spell has killed o-H tho oats
around here. This is very bad. as they
had toeen kitted by She first freeze and
replanted, and now ttoe aecond crop ’*
killed. -Many farmers wlU not pliant
again as tt Is nuttier late.
THE NOWS AT F3LBETOTON.
E>IJE«E
at the Fl»t Baptist church on file 27fii
tMa
On St. VaJent.ne’s day, at tbe ree.-
denco of Dr. H. R- Bo-P r, bro hex of
tho bride, Mia) Addle ILupjf, ono of
Elbert's most po.mlar and cbirining
young ladies, and Rev. Dr. J. F. tMIxun,
pnu.dmg «tier of the Augusta iL-itr ct,
were united In msrrlage, Bov. J. U-
liadhburn of the Elb.-r.ton -Methodist
oaarch ottlclatlng.
The happy couple btft for Augusta,
wh ch -w.-tt too their future home for Hie
prayer meeting-, demanding to toe imade
man anil wife instsnter; whereupon
Rev. C. W. Infinser out Ms prayer
a-iort aud oMjjcl toe young couple,
ho Immediately left through the bliz
zard to crieane the' wrath of ongry
tourents.
exooaltton next Turaduy Governor
n held * oonfereom with the
an gk-aple Friday •afternoon,
1 to the poettion taken toy toe
Ard tho« th* expoatttou com
pany s|iM furnish he funding, and
next 'fatMtar was smt for sutsnttting
Site rom-nl action of the state hoard.
The i v>> «f tton people bay# so far given
•o iwartpskst «« their view* on the
aosttion eakeu by the state board. filM.
tovern-'V wilt consult with Attorney
General TcrceH oo -Monday tn rceunl
to urine the state arrropr’. (ttnn if the
extiodii n comnasy decUmu to gtvo a
butkl'.n etc the state, and tho state
hunt will also bold a meeting on
Tuesday Just bettor* the meeting of the
exxawtti'.n board to finally de tormina
their line of actios*.
Interott-lqg Liw Salt—tPurctsee of a-
Fine Water Bower.
Eltoerloo, Feb. 17-—(^poctal.l-i-Vn In
teresting case hus been in progress in
E.bertoi) for uhe *ast few daj-s. J. H.
Vickery, a locomotive etjgbietr on the
Klbmoa bra noil of tho Oyd R-cUmoml
and Danville [railroad, had a aertoua
accident by lita i-ng.no leaving toe road
some time last year. He entered suit
-u toe United Smteu circuit court far
$25,000 dranageu. Capt. W. D. E.lls
of Atlanta -was appointed master by
tbe court to investigate and report on
toe oase. -Ho came to ElbetUcn for the
convenience of too w-tn-ossee to take
the .testimony. Many wltnaaee were
sworn and a mass of *«t:mow written
opt. Argument waa begun in toe case,
but awing to 4he Ulnecs of one of the
lawyers was not concluded, but post
poned to a future day in Atlanta.
iMttisrs. W. D. Ttow and P. P, Profll'4
cf Elbertoa reprinted thh pla.nttff
and Jackson & Leftwlob and -others
roprosented the road.
The olty council of EUberton having
some fuDdt on hand. Invested $1,500
of tt In a magnificent water power on
Braver Dam creek, toreo mile* from
tho cty. The power- wta be used to
furnish water ami olectete lights to Jhe
olty. It will furnish ample power for
these purposes for a- city of 40,000
hahitanta.
Hon. John C. Brown, ex-msyr of
Elberton and one of onr most prom
ii.-a; and popular young taerebento, nnd
Miss Mamie B. Melntpsh. a charming
young lady cf toe city will be married
present.
Efforts ere on foot, with u fair pros
pect of success, to bnltd a $300,000 cot
ton mill in DJbecton. CoA T. W- Swift,
president of tbe Swift Cotton ’Mills of
to s city, is at too boad of toe move
ment. The plan Is to sub scribe a lib
eral share of toe capital here and get
toe remainder subscribed from Jhe
North or East The Swift Cotton Mill*
hero ere running nght and day and
cannot begin to fill order*, although
■their capacity has been largely In
creased since Christmas.
The present outlook is that toe farm
er* of Elbert county will decrease the'.r
cotton crop sit least one-fourth If not
one-third tbto year, and there will also
be a very large fatting off tn tbe
amount of guano used,
Tbe old board of commissioners of
Elbert canary made a contract w.th a
company for about $2,500 wvirtb of
ste,il furniture for toe vaults tn the
ijew count bouse. Tbe furniture did
not arrive on time and tbe ndw board
Ignored the contract. The furniture is
bere. but toe hoard w'll not alYjw It to
go to tbe -court house. A law suit wi
result, as ttoe new board is having toe
vaults furnished by other parties.
SNOW AT UNADILLA.
More Than Two Inches FeU—Death
From Being -Burned.
Unadilla, Fob. 17.—{Spoctal.)—To be
up with aba procession, Unad.Ua had
about 'tiwo and. 4 half Inches, snowfall
on Friday. Tho young people, and in
fact some of tbe elder one*, had quite
a lively time snow-toaUIng. Of course
•iho -boys -were In no danger from bring
hit Iby the girls, for tithe ever saw a
girl -mat coital hit the side of a house
•With a snowball.
tMrs. J. Thompson, who lives near
tots 'place, was badly burned -two weeks
ago, trad, after eutfering untold agony
for thait length of 41me, died on last
Friday.
Mr. D. A. Taylor brought hls bride
home Wednesday morning. The peo
pie are glad to ha ve her make her home
here.
-Mr. J. Y. Neth-erton has been on tho
sick list for several days, but Is out
again.
Mrs. Dr. R. H. Pa te, who has bad
quite a -protracted, sptill of sickness, is
Improving quite rapidly, greatly to the
joy of her many friends.
‘Farmer.* and gardeners are backward
with their work, owing to too oo-ld and
rain*.
-Citizens~of Unadilla most heartily
Indorse Cle-veCand and Atkinson.
The school continues to Boom. Pro
fessor McDonald Is an indefatigable
worker for tho school's lntoreat, having
added an art and elocution deiptirtmeot.
Arrangements are about perfected for
too opening of a bank here on August
This wlB help itho town and also
help -the farmers. Inasmuch as It wifi
greaily add to the facH-MIcs for hand
ling' Hhe cotton crop and giving a bet
ter market.
Unadilla is the "Gem” of the Georg e
Southern and Florida railroad, and It
Is needles* for sister towns to try
keep up with her. They simply follow
Where she leads.
SOME NOTES FRO>f CUTHRERT,
Late Sales of Cotton—Endowment
Rank K. of IP.
tCUtbbert. Feb. 17.—(Spdclal.l—With
in the last tlwo -wedks In tho neighbor
hood of about 2.000tbalce off cotton have
been eaOd in CuUuibert, bringing In
elbout *50.000 for circulation to the
countv. About 1,000 op more bates re
main in the warehouses yet unsold.
The Endowlment Rank In connection
With tho Cuthb&t Lodge K. of P. ha*
been organized to toe city with a good
nml growing membership- The follow
ing are toe officers elected: 'Robert L-
Stove, president; John D. Gunn, vtco
nrcsident: J. C. Graihaan, secretary and
treasurer, and Dr. J. E. Douglass,
medical examiner.
The entertainment and- lunch which
was to have been Riven by the Euto-
cloak Society of Andrew Fouwte Oattege
Frl-dav night did not take pta-eo on ac
count of -too bad weather, It w41 come
off some time later on and nrtll be
•riven for the benefit of tb« college
library.
The Indication* «ww are very fine for
a sriewdld fruit crop. Tho numerous
fruit growers In and around Cuthtoert
expect to reap tho richest harvest from
ihelr crops this season thait they bay*
since they have been in the busbies*.
It arid be a great thing .if they can,
as Cuthbert peaches are the first and
"the very best on the market.
The Fact atoll Comedy Company Is
billed to show In Cuthrbert opera house
next Wednesday.
A laatge delegation of Cuthbertitea
went no to Matron this wrote to attend
the a-urnra! meeting of the stockholders
of the Southwestern railroad.
OAT CROP KILLED.
Fanpera Will Nut, However, Increase
the Acreage in Cotton.
Culfhbert Feb. 17.—(Special .V-The
severe freeze of last week has for tho
seoond time killed the oat cron of tola
county, that la. alt that is up and
growing. When token tn connection
with the feat that the acreage waa the
tersest ever olanted In to* county and
tbit the average farmer bad about
used un hla seed oats with hla second
planting, tt will fail hesivlly upon
thorn and now cause a falling off J n
ehe efcresK* for the Jack of seed end
lateness of the season. They wtu not
increase their cotton acreage, however;
but la this county toe decrease Is lllcriy
be 2S per cent. The use of guano will
be decreased 25 per cent, at 'least.
Other crons wilt be planted apd tbe
farmers as a rule are inclined to di
versify town. r
ELOPEMENT IN* COFFEE
Donatos. Feb. 17.—Opceial.)—A.
Gretna Green affair oocurrod at the
residence of Mr. M. King on Sunday
night. Despite toe Inclement weather.
■Mr. James Teston. accotmpantal by
Miss Emma Chaney, broke hurriedly
lu upon toe sanctity of a private
CimiBERT'S IMPROVEMENTS.
Bids for Waterworks and «. System of
Efebtite Lights.
tOatJ*bert. Fob. 17.—(Special.)—
CutHberfs mayor and council have
fixed on the third Tu- wlay U March
as toe time for awarding the contract
tor the construction of the city's sys
tem of wudenworka. Sealed proposals
are being Invited for -that time. Sped-
fictitlona ere being sent out upon op- -
plicatton. while plans can be seen ■
at the office of tbe mayor In OutWbert,
or toe ottv engineers, liable A Sulli
van. in Atlanta. Regarding electric
tfghta. toe etty has decided to defer
action pending showing from sotme elec
tric tight romoanies, who desire to-put
In a olant on the franchise -plan. If tbo
city can -make it to her advantage to
do this, then they will adopt -this plan
otherwise, later on. ehe will put in her
own plant and operate ’and ooutro: It.
DEBATE AT FLO VILLA.
FWvilla. Feb. 17.—(Special.)—(Pro
fessor Thompson beg organized among
tho hoys of the FtbvKia High School
a drtMtinc eodeiy. I had the pleasure
of being at toe debate Friday evening
to bear toe miration discussed whether
wdmen should have toe right of suf
frage or not. The youcS -men acquit
ted themselves nicety. Mr. Frank
Thoxton championed the affirmative
side, while OSr, Gua Thompson held out
for tbe negative. Both of these young
orajema made excellent speeches. Mr.
Tom Atkinson -delivered a well writ
ten argument hi favor at the a(firma-
Uve. Messrs. OH -Smith and Percival
Elder also espoused the -cause at the
ladles and did credit to toenwelvoa
and toe subject. (Messrs. Boh Thomp
son and Pnrhtim Smith took aides-with
the negative, and both sectmed certain
that they were on the atrong elde of
the subtoct. tr-t was quite an intereating
occasion and both sides were bandied
well. The Judges, after debating the
-weight of argument 1n their winds,
said that -they would have to decide
-against their convictions and decide
in favor of the affirmative side.
VALENTINE PARTY AT ASHRURN’
•Ashburn, Frt>. 17.—(SpretaJ.)—Th°ro
was a Valentine party at toe residence
of Go], W. A. Aarons on -htat Wednes
day, Ibut -there were very f^w out on
account of the cold weather, but tlie
Yew tl»at did go enjoyed toemselves un*
til about 11 p. m.
A Washington farmer killed a hog this
season that netted 837 pounds, from which
were made 176 pounds of ham. ISO pounds
of shoulders, 212 pounds of middlings,
156 pounds of lard. 82 pounds of sausage
and 90 pounds of souce, feet, etc,, me
whole of which was *32, and the cost
at raising and fattening did not exceed
*15.
List of Dealers who handle
SILVER
CHURN
BUTTERINE.
KAHN & IIIRSCH.
W. LAWRENCE HENRY,
L. D. ABEL & CO,
E. WEIDMAN.
GEORGIA PACKING CO.,
WALTER NELSON.
E. WEIDMAN.
Silver Churn Butterine
Scientifically Prepared by
Armour Packing Co.
Kansas city, u. s. a
SPECIAL NOTICES.
THF. BERLITZ SCHOOL OF LANGUA
GES,. 155 COTTON AVE.
French and Spanish learned In the
shortest time. There arc classes for any
grade of students. Beginners ought to
enter Immediately, Professor A. Bezla
da Borde* will be at hla office today fr ut
10 to U a. m. and from 3-JO to 3J0 p. m.
Trial lessons free. Night classes in
French and Spanish.
*100 REWARD.
Acting on authority of the mayor and
council of the city of Macon, I hereby
offer a reward of one hundred dollars
for the apprehension, with proof to eon.
vict, of tha murderer or murderers, of
Tung Hi. th* Chinaman who waa killed
on the night of February 7th.
H. HORNE, Mayor.
LOANS ON REAL ESTATE.
Loans made on choice real estate and
farming lands In Georgia. Interest 7
per cent. Payable In two. three or five
years. No delay. Commissions very
reasonable.
SECURITY, LOAN AND ABSRACS
COMPANY.
420 Second Street. Macon. Go.
MONEY TO LOAN. f ,
Seven oer cent Loans negottstefi oa
Improved city property and farms.
SOUTHERN LOAN AND TRUST COM
PANY OF GEORGIA.
*5* Second Street Maocn. Go.
DR. STAPLER.
DR. J. IL SHORTER.
EYE. EAR. NOSE AND THROAT.
Office 563 Cherry St. Maoon. Go.
It. B. CAMPBELL M. 1>.
Office. 361 Second street
Residence, 123 Jefferson street.
Telephone tneaiages received at MaJ-
Iory Taylor’s drug store, one college
Hill Pharmacy.
189*.
Permanently located. In to* ape.
dottles vent ral. Lost energy restored.
Female Irregularities and poison
Cure guaranteed. Address In confi.
dence. with atamp, 519 Fourth street*
Macon, G*.