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THE MACON TELEGRAPH:
SUNDAY MORNING,. JULY 31, 1904.
PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING AND
TWICE A WEEK BY THE MACON
TELEGRAPH PUBLISHING GOMPANY
563 MULBERRY STREET, MACON, GA.
C. R. PENDLETON,
President and Manager.
C. R. PENDLETON . .
LOUIS PENDLETON«
THE TELEGRAPH IN ATLANTA.
The Te!ec'*ph vwIII be found on
•t the Kimball Hou»o and tho Pied
mont Hotel In Atlanta.
JUDGE PARKER AND THE CAM
ERA FIEND8.
It fa reported that Judge Parker feela
compelled lo give up Ills morning dip
In the Hudaon and that Mra. Parker
Trill be forced to leave home In order to
avoid the annoyance cauoed by the
camera fiend* who haunt every buah
end hedge and are even auapected of
climbing down the chlmneya of Roee-
x-rnmt. The Pnrkera are modest, quiet
I oople who love their privacy, and they
(•brink back ahocked and atartled In the
lime light now thrown on them.
Intereat In tho trying altuatlon In
heightened by the letter of Mlaa Abi
gail Itoberaon to Judge Parker Inform
ing him that he hae no right to object
end citing a decision of the New York
court of npprele wherein he wrote the
prevailing opinion. It seema that Mlsa
Roberson’s photograph wit* used for
rilvertlslng purpose* by the Roohester
Folding Boa Company, and that the
court decided that under the existing
lew there waa no ground for relief. The
lndy*a letter la caustic and amusing and
must tnuko Judge Parker wish that the
Jaw could have permitted him to render
o different decision. He might urge In
reply, however, that the law permits
Mni to run from the camera fiend, even
though It did not permit him to award
Miss Roberson the full damages she
r ought
Other and more sympathetic observ
er h remind Judge Parker that a candi
date can have no privacy and photo-
rrnphera no mercy, and recommend
tnnt he learn to Inure hlmaelf to the
necessary evils of his position. The
New York Hun wickedly points with
j ride to the example of Mr. Roosevolt
who “concent* admirably to the white
light of publicity." and offers the fol
lowing doubtful conaolntlon: “Judge
Parker nrny learn something to hla ad-
anntage by studying the composed bo-
havtoi the luxurious enjoyment, rath-
II -which Mr. Roosevelt shows under
the Inspecting eyes of the world. Mr.
Roosevelt knows that he owes to hla
• • untrymen a full. Illustrated account
of Ms proceeding* and diversions. If he
rides, drives, swims, hunts, chops,
spends a night In the woods, hs satis
fies the affectionate solicitude of hla
fellow citizens."
Judge Parker lias been In the habit
of taking a hand on hla farm when In
1 red of exercise, but now. It Is said, “he
fe.tr* that If he continues to follow hla
usual customs In this direction It may
hi looked upon as an affectation, due to
n deslrt to propitiate the agricultural
, vote." That a imxh-st man who natu
rally shrinks from atrenuous posing be.
fore the public for gain should have
such misgivings Is natural. It la Inev
itable. too. that his mips will mtaln-
trrprct his every acL Hut on.- would
think that to pursue the even tenor of
Ms way without any change of <
terns, regardless alike of the eyea of the
| curious or the Insinuations of the un
it l«! idly, a.-uld be Jml. •* Parker's wie
ld we have no doubt that
course would be the choice o
»n of hi* > th of character.
TOO MUCH EDUCATION AND TOO
LITTLE.
Mr Phillips superintendent of th
Firming ham. Ala. school*. Is reported
to have ■.uni In * recent addr<*«n at
l/ouls that "while th Southern states
have only 54 per cent, of the total white
population of the United States, they
have 44 per cent, of the whit- Illiterates
over ten year* of age In the . . jntry."
At-other American edu rt.<r >M*aklng
•<t St. Lnuia, O. Stanley Hull, president
|<|C Clark UMwialty, Worcester, Mas*.,
hs* since complained of too much edu*
i at Ion In hla section.
He thinks It Is established “that high
er education In this country reduced
fOe t a*- ' 1 ■ . 'T-; • • w
so t hat barely three-fourths of our male
«nd only about one-hnlf of our female
graduates marry, and those who do eo,
*n:»rr> ’ »’•' i have few children. In
the f in *.h g boy* and girls draw
opart To run o th e of the other
...MX Is eendemned by sentiment. A* large
not de
imlnlne
arm of
n leek
nothing
mtddh
t'on of any kind In the- South nnd too
much In New England of a certain klr.d,
although thero can never be too much
tf the right kind anywhere. What Pres
ident Hall complains of Is probably too
much mere book learning to the neglect
cf the cultivation of true statidarda of
life and sane and wholesome. If old-
fashioned, aspiration. With the prob
lem that troubles President Hall we
need not occupy ourselves In the Houth.
inasmuch as we hove not yet solved the
oblem of furnishing all with the pe
ssary amount of mere book learn
ing.
WORDS AND DEEDS.
It Is spoken of In some quarters as
Roosevelt's Romance** and certainly
the president’s reply to the speech offi
cially Informing him of hla nomination
contained some astonishing statements.
In view of the fact that they were made
by a man respected for his personal in
tegrity.
The Republican party came Into
power pledged to the principle of rec
iprocity, but has killed every commer
cial treaty negotiated under the Ding-
ley tariff. Yet Mr. Roosevelt now
says: “We have made the deed aquure
with the word.” He also gives an In
terpretation of the McKinley reci
procity policy strikingly at Variance
with his own interpretation of the same
two years ago, thus bringing It and
himself around to the “stand pat" pro
gramme of the party leudera.
He now oafs that McKinley stood
for reciprocity only when It could be
arranged “without Injury to American
Industry and labor." Two years a go In
his aecond annual meaauge to congress
he urged McKinley reciprocity and de
scribed it as the “lowering of duties
when they are no longer needed for
protection among our own people, or
when the minimum of damage done
may be disregarded for the sake of the
maximum of good accomplished.'* The
original McKinley plan, aa a little re
flection will show, meant a measure of
real reciprocity for the sake of the gen
eral good and In spite of the objections
of some Interests now favored. The
preient plan means mere talk and no
reciprocity at all.
Discussing the money question, Mr.
Roosevelt says “we know our own
minds’’ and “mean the same thing from
year to year." In view of hts party’s
record, this Is most amusing. That
record is briefly recalled by an Inde
pendent contemporary as follows: “In
1990 tho Republican party enacted the
silver purchase bill. In 1199 It sold
that measure ought to be repealed, but
that it would bo bad party policy for
Republicans to repeal It In 199(1 it de
clared In favor of blmetalllam. In 1999
It resumed the coinage of silver dol
lars. In 1900, when it was going to
need the votes of gold Democrats again
In a presidential election, It enacted
the gold standard law, but balked at
divesting the silver dollar of the legal
tender quality, and It has twice since
refused to complete the establishment
of the single standard."
81111 more remarkable perhaps Is Mr.
Roosevelt’s declaration, in regard to
the Isthmian canal, that “we conducted
the negotiation for Its construction
with the nicest and moat scrupulous
honor, and In a spirit of the largest
generosity toward those through whose
territory it was to run.” The facta are
that “we” connived at the secession of
Panama, rendered Colombia helpless by
the presence of American ships of war,
created a new state within twenty-four
hours, and later virtually annexed the
same, leaving the crippled parent atate
to mako tho best of Ita misfortune
which it had brought upon Itaelf by
asking more money for the canal con
cession than “we" cared to pay. If this
be “the nicest and moat scrupulous
aense of honor" and the ’largest gen
erosity," then the meaning of the moat
ordinary English words has been mi
raculously changed into the opposite.
A Iio«ton carpenter named Hatha
way offers $100 to any one who can
convince him that the earth Is round.
Hr say a "that the earth la a globe In
n otion waa wrote aa a lie," and It la
high time the “lie should be aet at
•at" How can the cultured Uoetonlana
adure euch a scandal? They must
ant to lynch this unworthy cttlxen of
>e Hub whose obstinate and outspok-
n unbelief has brought auch a re
proach upon their oeat of light and
learning. No doubt they are looking
Into hla pedigree In the hope of finding
that he waa born in a distant and pref
erably a Southern state.
TOPICS OF THE TIMES.
Wim tarn. It la eald that
but there la a«v» .<*thk- 4 wr
>'• boy who can truly be oall<
t v atbrnsn.' I do n-it Ilk*
hat b* be a little r*'’
gor must not be sacrificed
t are the actual facta «
Pr'-HtdtUt Hall this
ale statement, -<»id wtisihsr
> firm. * aa t*» s utl-* w w
©5*2
Cort.l'ou na more mi* Hanna's
■hoc* than noo**r*lt All* McKinley 1 *.
—Houston Chronicle.
Radium has gone Into the scientific
backwoods along with liquid air.—
Washington Evening Star.
Two more Missouri boodlers have
bean eent to prison. The vote agalnat
Folk la being gradually reduced.—Chi
cago Herald.
Anyhow. Democrats in convention
can get up enthusiasm without the aid
of a negro baby on the platform.—
Montgomery Advertiser.
It la reported that the Japanese are
entering Mukden. Hope they will let
us know how that open port of curs
Is getting along.—Washington PneL
This disclosure of extensive looting
by ariatoerstte officials
irly enough one reason for
un preparedness.—Chicago
ever, that there la n«i
It must be a greet tncenttn
•union people of Russia to m
cee when they read that the
cy haa looted the Red Cross
HWago News. \
People flock to Judge
th<
church to see him pass the cor
turn. It would be more gratify
M< rsrty. however, to see hln
the home plate.— Kansas City J<
It appears to be settled that* th
question will enter into tb* ran
it should be handled carefully an
estly with the fset In constat,
hatred people fSg|
If I
the 1
would come pretty nea
self.—Cincinnati Enquirer.
Be very diplomatic with
If you hold a government Job. If you
don't believe In aortal equality, J»
would be a good plan to resign before
yor permit It to become known.—Hous
ton Post
Newport's complaint that the auto-
niottllflts* masks are frightening wo
men may bf reasonable. But a com
munity that can stand Mr. Harry Lehr
ought not to shy at anything.—Wash
ington Star.,
Governor Cummins of Iowa had an
opportunity auch as Judge Parker
anted upon to keep his record straight,
but he let It paaa with the subserviency
of a practical politician*—Rochester
Herald.
Tho New Jersey Physician who in
the prime of a prosperous career went
na because of experiments with ccA
calne again brings up the question of
whether the benefits of many scientific
Investigations are worth the risk in
volved.—Washington Evening Btar.
Notwithstanding he was blown up In
mine, ahot down on the field of bat
tle and bayoneted ns he was retreating.
General Nogl has effected a Junction
with General OkL and Is prepared to
give Urlbe-Uribe and the Mad Mullah
cards nnd spades Jn the resuscitation
ac:.—Cincinnati Commercial-Appeal.
It has been computed that the col
leges flted out 128 gentlemen with the
degree of doctor of laws this year. What
with the doctor of laws, the doctors of
divinity, the doctors of philosophy, and
the doctors of medicine It la pretty
safe to address any prominent looking
cltlxen as “doctor," nowadays^—Phila
delphia Inquirer.
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POINTS AOOUT PEOPLE.
n »
W. I*. Douglass of Brockton. Mass.,
has offered to erect and donate to the
Brockton Hospital a surgical building
fully equipped.
Undoubtedly the oldest living poet
Is Colon Wallace, who Uvea at Oughte-
rnrd. Ireland. He was born In 1796, and
consequently Is 108 years old. A new
collection of his poems has Just been
published by the Gaelic League of Dub
lin.
From Columbus avenue, Boston, to
the “Pike,” In the exposition grounds,
at fit. Louts, without leaving his seat
In his automobile and without allowing
the engines to stop for a moment, la
the record breaking feat of Alvan T.
Fuller of Boston Is attempting.
There Is still one form of recreatloh
open to Emperor William of Germany,
lie has never taken up golf. He often
Indulges privately In the Innocuous und
exhilarating ping-pong, but has never
attempted the reckless and exciting
chase after balls over a golf field.
The wife of the British ambassador
to Washington, Lady Durand, has aet
her face ugainst the rapid social life of
many of the women of the national
capital. Of champagne drinking she has
a special abhorrence. Lady Durand
does not profesa primness, but she
thinks a little more dignity should be
observed In diplomatic circles.
Theodore Thomas, the grand old
man of the orchestra, who Is In years
nearly three score and ten, yet has the
physical vigor of youth. Constunt
swinging of Ills arms haa given him
the physique of the athlete, and the
man who tins wrought eo much for
American music la liable to go on
achieving more for some yeare to come.
The Rev. E. 11. Eckel, rector of an
Episcopal church In Williamsport. Pa.,
nnd who le likely to become the bishop
of that diocese, will not tolerate women
who attend cervices clad in low cut
gowns, short sleeves and wearing no
hats. He saya they ure not conforming
to the teachings of 8t. Paul and that he
wilt not have tho practice continued In
Mr church which Is one of the most
fashionable In Williamsport.
Columbia University's cummer school
Is clearly abend of all Its rivals eo far
aa the names of two of Its students are
concerned. One Is a full-blodded Afri
can from the Gold Coast, named James
Human Kodwo Menaa Oatlwadu Hu-
maupunsAm Kwegylr-Aggrey. The oth
er, Hrlningan DealkAchnr Fheshadry
Iyrtigar, la an East Indian. Both are
told to be good students. The former
will be the first negro to receive the
Ph.D. degree front Columbia.
The summer season flnda the fnmoua
singers widely scattered among the
Huropean resorts. Ternlna la on her
way to Croatia. Calve le at her French
chateau In Aveyron. Bembrlch Is in
Dresden, Eamea Is In Hpaln end Ltlll
1-ehman le In 8ataburg. Nordics Is sat
isfied with the United States, for a
while at least, but will go to Paris In
the fell. Of all this group. Calve Is the
one who most adrnlree riding In an au
tomobile. She travels aa much as possi
ble in Europe In one of these vehicles,
which must be about aa bnd for her
voids as anything one can imagine.
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ITEMS OF INTEREST.
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le negro model town of Buxton,
Canada, founded during the days of
■ "underground railroad," la now
almost abandoned.
J There Is a board of guardians In the
South of London that allowa inniat
wl o have seen better days to doi\ the
ell* hat when they go out for a holiday.
In the coat pocket of a workman who
was discovered horribly mutilated at
Vincennes, near Parts, were found
manuscripts of poems written by him
In Latin. Greek and Hebrew.
Estimates of foreign crops by the
department of Agriculture at Wash
Ington show generally large acreage
and production. The world's cotton
crop for 1909-f te estimated at 17,179,-
798 bales, valued at $7SMS9.4St.
Timber receipts at Milwaukee by the
way of lake, during 190$, fell off 96 per
cent, compared with 1999. The timber
muet be hauled each year a greater
distance to reach the lake porta, and
the railroads are securing the business
by lowering retea.
A single mezqulte seed. Imported
from the Southwest end planted In
Honolulu in 1997. haa propagated
spread until In the Hawaiian Islands
today there are-69,900 acres of th
pH>ua plant of the* alkali plains of Art
sons and New Mexico.
The Deutsche Kolonial Zeltung
April 7, lt04. eays that of the popula
tlon of Egypt, which Is about 9,909,900
| r*nljr a few are engaged in commerce
‘ Industry: the greater pert are de-
■d to agriculture. The labor supply
«rge and wageu are low.
1 Russia the native Insurance com
Ice. which do the major portl«
country's business, insure the lives
tingle and widows, out
•r. Tie ©u tiun®
Mew S©nnttlhi m Lfitorattoore
To th* Edl
:*rary prr-d
K th* last f
gnfflcsnt In tho history of the Amer
ican mind and imagination. 80 evident
Is this that every Southern student Is
earnestly seeking to And the true place
and prospect of the South In the devel
opment of American literature.
The critJe who j« steeped in old world
ideas, who estimates the value of liter
ary qualities according to decadent
standards, tells us that though the
South might lay claim to the whole
bulk of literary achlevment in America
Id then occupy hut a small place
in the world of literature proper. Let
that be aa it may, with only about two
centuries growth, laboring under the
countless difficulties that accompany
the colonization, establishment and the
subsequent growth of a great and pow
erful nation, we -sum up the literary
achievement of our ancestors with con
scious and pardonable pride.
Prior to the civil war. the South pro
duced very few authors of either poe
try or Action. This is very easily ac
counted for. It was not because the na
tive atmosphere of the South was un
favorable to the healthy growth of lit
tery genius, nor for want of material,
with which to stir the emotions of the
poet, or arouse the inquiring mind of
the philosopher, but It waa due to the
lack of social and national dignity, nnd
self-knowledge, that made the period
one of preparation. From this condi
tion we have not as yet completely
emerged.
The conditions that accompanied the
early settlement of the Southern states
did not encourage the rapid growth of
native literature. The people were
scattered, there were few towns, with
Inadequate means of communication,
end small opportunity for social inter
course. There were few books and few
er readers. There was a dearth of lit
erary culture and educational interest
The inhabitant!! delighted In the super
ficial pleasures nnd luxuries of planta
tion life. They lacked both ability and
opportunity to appreciate the value of
true literary expression. There was,
too. a woeful absence of wholesome pa-
rlotlsm, from which so often Issue the
•rings of eternal song. Because of tho
lack of towns and well organized com
munities, there waa little support for
n'agazlnes nnd other periodicals, and
correspondingly smalt inducement for
young men to enter the literary career
s a profession.
The civil war brought about a revo
lution In Sputhern life. It not only
freed the African slaves,^ and pulled
• of The Telegraph: Th<
tlvity of the South dur-
South have carried out this determlna-
JPli tion nobly and well. Especially is this
«• I, •trlkln* and ln the commercial and Industrial
history of the country.
It is true of every age and of every
people that following a great wave of
material prosperity, comes a revival of
learning, a literary re-birth. This is
true of the South. For certainly an en
tirely new atmosphere has come to
II over the Southern states. The
conquered and the conquerors have
t'n into a single people, with a com
munity of interests. New objects of In
terest are demanding the attention of
Southern men; there are new stand
ards of Judgment, new purposes to be
realized. He feela a deeper responsibil
ity for the rise of the lower classes, a
more sincere human sympathy which is
demonstrating itaelf in terms of service
nnd brotherhood. He is acquiring a
broader conception of the aecret forces
of naturo, and a truer insight into func
tions. The science of the past opened
nature to man, the science of the pres
ent and future shall reveal to man hla
relation to nature. Talcot Williams has
said recently that the drift is now from
a mere material explanation of the un
iverse; that the vaster tide and em
bracing swell la away from materlal-
iam, which half a century ago seemed
certain to strand human thought on
the dry sands of a mechanical explana
tion of man and nature.
The South Is taking its part in giv
ing practical demonatratlon to this new
thought, and In the very nature of the
care must occupy a place of preemi
nence In the fleld of American letters.
We must have a now art and a new
literature, because we, as never before,
Lave come to know and to love the sec
rets of beauty an they are revealed in
nature and especially in the develop
ment nnd growth of human character.
The old South expended Ita genius in
the arts of statesmanship, auch as
Mould add dignity to the most Illust
rious period of the world's history. The
Middle South gave us Poe, Tlmrod and
Iirnler. In whom was a truer poetlcsplr-
Ir. a deeper union with the divine po
tencies of beauty and goodness and
love than are to be found ln the great
coterie of their brother singers of clas
sic Nerv England, Including even Bry
ant. Longfellow and Whittier.
The new South has given birth to
writers of original gift and genuine
art: more Important than those fur
nished by any other section of the
country. They exhibit very distinctly
the true Southern temperament, a tem
perament strong in tho primal qualities
of literature proper—passion, senti
ment. emotion, nnd humor. They ex
hibit tho elemental Impulses. One sees
that their products are not fruits of
ripe scholarship, nor of a cosmopolitan
culture. They come from tho heart
rather than from the analytical facul
ties. They deal with universal emo
tions. exalt them, believe in them,
Idealize them.
The realists profess to bo the great-
cat truth-tellers, but often choose to
tell the weakest nnd meanest part of
the truth that conditions the story of
every life. The romanticist rather, is
the reporter of life. And It Is ln tlv
fleld of fiction nnd romance that they
will win it surest laurels. It is destined
to become the American Hesperldcn. It
Ij said that pathos ilea at the bottom
of all enduring fiction. Agony is tho
key of Immortality. The ills of fate, ir
reparable misfortune, untoward but un
avoidable destiny—these, make for en
during fame.
For examples of Irreparable misfor
tune. for a glimpse at the Hla of fate;
Tor gleams from the glowing light of
unavoidable destiny, let the romantic-
down the Manila of Southern aristocracy,
but brought about the emancipation of
Southern genius, and generated by the
law of necessity', 1 a spirit of commercial
and Industrial enterprise.
When tho Southern states emerged
froqi the wreck of this destructive war,
and when peace nnd order were restor
ed. the M’hole South began to develop
materially. Its population Increased and
a net work of railroads opened up av
enues for trndc. and furnished a means
for easy Intercourse between communi
ties. thus binding together the Inhabi
tants of the several states, giving
nem a common.Interest and a common
mu**. Sparsely settled districts became
crowded communities: small villages
expanded nnd developed into thriving
commercial cen*- rs. A spirit of growth,
of native pride, of self-respecting pa
triotism took hold on the hearts of the
ptople. The South came rapidly to
reallz** Its function In crystallzlng nnd
perpetuating the fabrics of the great
American commonwealth. Schools and
colleges wero established. A new spirit
swept over the Southland like a storm,
leaving In Its wake a moving restless
throng of humanity dissatisfied with
d conditions, determined to be con'
nt with nothing short of those meth
ods of progress that should place them
quality, with their Northern
brethren In every fleld of endeavor. The
care-worn, battle-scarred sons of the
can’t be too herd about It. Maybe she
had a bad fishery herself.”
This represents their ideas of the
outside world. They are as nlrr.ple as
children and as guileless. Many have
never seen a horse or a cow. The
railroad and the trolley car are beyond
their comprehension. A visit to St.
John's la an e.*ent In the lives of all,
and a merchant's automobile from th6
capital visiting an outpost twenty
miles away caused a panic among the
Inhabitants. The world's great cities
are regarded ar so many fishing vil
lages of larger growth.
An American tourist was asl^ed laat
year If they caught fish in New York
with squid or caplin bait, while an
Englishman who announced himself
as from Liverpool was rendered
speechless by the query: "Were you in
Gloucester, sir? I’ve got a cousin there
fishing with Sol Jacobs." During the
late war It was commonly thought in
the smaller settlements that the Boers
would attack SL John’s while union
with Canada M-as rejected owing to the
‘argument’* that the Canadians would
use Newfoundland children as ’gun
wads’ for their cannon.”
Ad Valorem Tax, Constitutional Limit
A Proclamation, by his Excellency, Jo*
P*ph M. Terrell. Governor of the
of <
rgla
WE WILL NOT BE UNDER
SOLD. Prices and quality guar
anteed. GIVE US YOUR OR
DER for this winter’s supply.
THE EMPIRE COAL CO.
'Phone 136.
married women only are accepted In
case their husbands are also Insured.
A quaint feature of Samoan life Is
knva drinking. This beverage Is made
from tht root of the angona shrub,
which, being propounded and mixed
Ith water, ferments and forma a mild
Intoxicant. It tastes like soap suds
and ginger ale mixed and the reliah for
It has to be acquired.
e destruction of the Korean Impe
rial palace at Seoul Is said to have
been largely due to the fact that na
tives who saw the blaze early did not
mlse an alarm. This was because one
of the customs of the country, observ
ed at court has been to charge with ln-
cendlarlam and behead anybody who
gave an alarm of fire.
An English Inventor has replaced the
ordinary grooving of a rifle barrel with
lines of small bearings, along which
the hard steel projectile slips. The ln-
rentor claims that he gets 40 per cent
greater average velocity, penetration
nnd range than can be obtained with
the same weight of projectile and
charge guns made on the old system.
Swedish restaurant keepers of the
cld-fanhloned sort chnrge less for a wo
man's meal than for u man's, on the
tbooty that she Is physically unable
to cat so much. A husband and wife,
traveling together, only pay at many
hotel* as one person and a half; and.
In like manner, a wife ln her husband's
company may travel with a half ticket
by train. •
From Fort Arthur It la 900 miles, a
I'**tie south of west, to Chemulpo, the
seaport of Seoul. From Port Arthur to
Taku, the port of I>klng. It la 163
miles. The Korean strait is about 160
miles wide and is 650 miles south of
Vladivostok. Wife near the mouth of
the Yslu river, on Us Korean side, (a
929 miles northwest of Fort Arthur.
The distance by rail from Port Arthur
to Harbin is 650 miles
Of the original thirteen states Dela
ware Is In some respects the moat per
sistent in adhering to the customs of
long ago. For example, the pillory Is
still la use In the city of Dover. It Is
employed only on rare occasions. Do
ver citizens are of the opinion that, a*
a punishment to be Inflicted in certain
casern where the gage of the public le
sufficient rebuke to a wrongdoer, thi
pillory has no equaL
There Is a counterfeiter, of note In
his profession for forty year*, It la said,
who po***«**ft a secret the chemlsti
want, and he will not reveal It. though
he Is now dying in the Ohio penitentia
ry. This man. Bob M.xaon. Is serving
Ms fourth t*»rm for counterfeiting, and
his secret t* n chemical method
coloring silver and spurious metals to
the hue of gold, and at.the same time
giving the coins ih*u- true ring and
weight
and athtcat life of America.
and fears and inspirations,
tho Southern negro, as a
of romantic material that haa eve
to Jha loftiest strains of genius,
cause of the woefulness of a noi
hcrltance of the present, we may con
fldently expect the children of tlv
CHA8. M. HALL.
DARING AND HARDY.
Newfoundland Fisher Folk
Gpdilcs* at Children.
From Outing.
Newfoundland Is famous to
latton is less than Jersey City-
999,000 persona distributed
sea whence all obtain a livelihood.
ceeding generations followed the I
Incas of their forbears, and there
bred a people who for sheer daring
absolute endurance have no equal
the world today.
"Why haven't we got our wharf
money yet?” demanded a grizzled cod-
man of the Inspector in a fishing ham
let three years ago, when the annual
grant for the repair of the public
wharf was In some manner delayed.
"I don’t know, responded the officer.
Then. In Joke. "I suppose the queen
hasn't sent tt out."
"Oh. welt** commented the gray,
beard, taking this seriously. **w«
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ARCHITECTS.
Willis F. Denny 1. ,
* Architect.
Curran R. Ellis 1
Offices 6 6. 7, Amn. Nat. Bank Bldg*
P. E. DENNIS, Architect.
5C8 Cherry st., Macon, Ga.
Twenty years experience and suc
cessful practice.
|
OCULIST AND AURIST.
DR. MAURY # M. STAPLER,
Oculist and Auri3t.
Office. C56 Cherry Street,
Day ’Phone, 2271. Night 'Phono 3053.
DR. J. H. SHORTER.
Eye, Ear. None, Throat.
Cherry and Second Streets.
’Phono 972, office. Residence, 3073.
Alexander Blair
& Kern ....
Architects,
C7S CHERRY ST MACON. GA.
PROFESSIONAL cards
Classified advertisements under
this head are Intended strictly for
tho professions,
08TEOPATHY j
DR. F. F. JONES, Osteopath.
Second st Macon. Phones 920-3339
CIVIL ENGINEERINGS
GABRIEL R. SOLOMON, Civil Engineer.
Plans. Estimates, Surveys for develop
ment or Water Power, Water 8uppiy,
Pexvtraga, Pnv»*men!J*. Municipal Work.
563 Cherry 8t. Office ’Phone 962; resi
dence ’P/ono 169.
ATTORN EYS-AT.LAW.
Wm. B. Birch. BcnJ. J. Da«her.
DIRCH & DASHER,
Attorn.y* at Law.
Special attention to deeds and ab
stract,. American Natl, nank Bid,.
MATT ft. FREEMAN, Attorney.
Room 26. Washington Block; residence
123 Second str*«ot.
„ SPECIAL ATTENTION.
Commercial Law. Municipal Law.
Real Lrtate Investments, local and for-
elgn. Corr^apondent Wood. Harmon A
Co.. New York City.
DENTISTRY.
DR8. J. M. & R. HOLMES MASON,
Dentists.
854 Second st Phone 724.
DR. ADDIEL M. JACKSON, D.ntist.
Office on second floor Commercial
Bank Building, Triangular Block. Tel
ephone 636.
PHYSICIANS AND SURGEONS.
dr: W. H. WHIPPLE,
Office. 572 Mulberry SL, rooms 4 and
5. Washington Block. Hours: 9 to 10
a. r»u 12 to 1, and 5 to 6 p. m. Tele
phone connections at office nnd res
idence.
DR. J. J. SUBERS.
Permanently located. In the special
ties venereal. Lost energy restored.
Femalt Irregularities and poison oak:
cure guaranteed. Address In confi
dence. with stamp, 610 Fourth street,
Macon, Ga.
N. T. CARSWELL, M. D*
Haa moved his office from Ayres*
Building to the Y. M. C. A. Building,
corner of Cherry and First street,.
Preetlc* limited to general surgery and
disease, of women. Office hour,: it
a. m. tp 1 p. m.; i p. m. to 6 p. m.
DR. M. A. FORT—Retidenc*. cor. Ad
orns and Elm: phone 2028. Office, cor.
Haxel and Calhoun, over Morgan’s (Dr.
Brown's) drug store; phone 479.
Or. Ch,«. H. Half. Dr. Thos. H. Hall
Office. 610 Mulberry ,L
Residence. Mi College st.
Telephones: Office. »1J; residence. 6».
Office hours: 6:30 to 1: It to 1:M; t to 6.
OPTICIANS.
Ak EYES TESTED FREE,
O. G. COFFY,
Graduate Opu.-lan. 553 Cherry «L
OCULI8T8.
DR. C. H. PF.ETE, Oculist
Office ’phone 3554: residence Phone 479
ABSTRACTS.
GEORGIA TITLE & GUARANTY CO.
U ENGLISH. Pres. J. J. COBB. Sec.
T. B. WEST, Ally.
Department. July 27, 1904.
Whereas, the General Assembly, at
Ita session in 1903. proposed an amend
ment to the Constitution of this state,
os set forth In an act approved August
17. 1903. to-wit: * %
Section 1. Be It enacted by the Gene
ral Assembly of the ftate of Georgia,
Tt ' f arth'h* 7. .«»'«■? inn 1 ,h| - Consti
tution of this state, be amended by
adding to said section the following
jaragraph, as paragraph 2: The levy
of taxes on property for any one year
by the General Assembly for all pur-
pt to provide for repelling
Invasion, euppre.'sing insurrection, or
fending the state in time of war,
shall not exceed five mills on each dol
lar of the value of the property taxable
in the state.
Section 2. Be It further enacted. That
henever the above proposed amend
ments to the Constitution shall be
greed to by two-thirds of the mem
bers elected to each of the two houses
< r the < .-nil Ass* rr.l !y. nnd th* ■« ime
has been entered on the Journals, with
the yeas and nays taken thereon, the
governor shall, and he is hereby au
thorized and instructed to cause said
amendment to be published ln at least
two newspapers in each congressional
district in this state, for at least two
months next preceding the time for
olding the next general election.
Section 3. Be It further enacted. That
IMPROVED SLEEPING CAR SERV
ICE MACON TO ST. LOUIS VIA
CENTRAL.
The Central of Georgia Railway le
now operating through Pullman Sleep
ing Car. leaving Macon 4:16 p. m., ar*
riving BL Louis 7:99 p. m. next day
This affords also Parlor Car Macon it
Atlanta, and double dally sleeping car
service between Moron and 8L Lout*.
Por additional Information phone 905
«r write to JNO. W. BLOUNT, T. I
A, Macon, Ga,
, section 1 of the Constitution of this
tate. bo as to limit the levy of taxes on
property for any one year by the Gen-
in the state, except for the purpose of
repelling invasion, suppressing insur
rection, or defending the state in timo
of war;" and ail persona opposed to
the adoption of said amendment shnll
have written or printed on their ballots
the words: “Against the ratification of
the amendment to article 7, section 1
of the Constitution of this state, so as
to limit the levy of taxes on property
for any one year by the General As
sembly to i\ve mills on each dollar of
the value of the property taxable in
this atate. except for the purpose of
repelling invasion, suppressing insur
rection, or defending the state ln time
of war.” And if a majority of the elec
tors qualified to vote for members of
the General Assembly voting thereon
shall vote for said amendment, then
raid amendment shall become a part of
tho Constitution of this state.
Now, therefore, I, Joseph M. Terrell,
Governor of said state, do issue this my
proclamation hereby declaring that the
foregoing proposed nmendment to the
Constitution is submitted for ratifica
tion or rejection to the voters of the
state, qualified to vote for members of
the General Assembly, at the general
election to be held on Wednesday, Oc
tober 5, 1904.
JOSEPH M. TERRELL, Governor.
By the Governor::
PHILIP COOK. Secretary of State.
Local Taxation for Public Schools.
A Proclamation by His Excellency, Jo
seph M. Terrell. Governor of the
State of Georgia.
Executive Department, July 27, 1904.
Whereas, the Oeneral Assembly, at
ita session In 1903, proposed an amend
ment to the Constitution of this state,
as set forth In an act, approved August
17, 1903, to-wit:
Section 1. Be It enacted by the Gene
ral Assembly of Georgia, and It Is here
by enacted by authority of the same,
That from and after the passage of this
act, that article 8. section 4, paragraph
1. of the Constitution of the state be
altered and amended by striking out
the words “upon the recommendation
cf two grand Juries," which begin In
the first line after the word “counties"
ond end ln the second line before the
word “and," and substituting therefor
the words “militia districts, school dis
tricts,” and by inserting the words “mi
litia districts, school districts" in the
seventh line after the word “county"
and before the word "or,” and further
by striking oat the word “two-third*"
which begins In the seventh line after
the word "a" and ends In the eighth
line before the word ’Vote," and sub
stituting therefor the words "two-
thirds majority of those voting;" so
that said paragraph shall read, when
0mended, as follows, viz: "Authority
may be granted to counties, militia dis
tricts, school districts and to municipal
corporations, upon the recommendation
of the corporate authority, to establish
►.nd maintain public schools ln their
respective limits by local taxation; but
no auch laws shall take effect until the
same sliall have been submitted to a
aoto of the qualified voters ln each
county, militia district, school district,
or municipal corporation, and approved
ty two-thirds majority of persona vot
ing at such election, and the General
Assembly may prescribe who shall vote
on such questions.”
Section 2. Be It further enacted, That
if this amendment shall be agreed io
by two-thlrda of the members elected
to each of the two houses, the same
ehall be entered on their Journals, with
the aye* and nays taken thereon, and
the governor shall cause said amend
ment to be published In one or more
lews papers in each congressional dis
trict for two months previous to the
next general election, and the legal vo
ters at the next general election shall
have written or printed on their tick
ets “Ratification,." or “Against Ratifi
cation," aa they may choose to vote,
end If a majority of the electors quali
fied to vote for members of the Oeneral
Assembly, voting, shall vote in favor of
ratification, then said amendment*shall
become a part of said article 8. section
4. paragraph 1 of the Constitution of
this state, and the Governor shall make
proclamation thereof.
Now, therefore. I. Joseph M. Terrell,
Governor of said state, do Issue this
my proclamation hereby declaring that
the foregoing proposed amendment to
tho Constitution la submitted for rati
fication or rejection to the voters of the
state, qualified to vote tor members of
the General Assembly, *at the genera)
election to be held on Wednesday, Oc
tober 5. 1904.
JOSEPH M. TERRELL, Governor.
By the Governor:
PHILIP COOK. Secretary of State.
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