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THE MACON TELEGRAPH : MONDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 12, 1904.
PUBLISHED EVERY HORKIRC
PEN8ION8 AND SCHOOLS,
'wo very far-reaching results will
I follow the ratification of the proposed
I amendment to the atate constitution
AND the annual tax levy to five
TWICE A WEEK BY THU MACON
TELEGRAPH PUBLISHING GOMPANY
663 MULBERRY STREET, MACON, GA.
C. R. PENDLETON,
President and Manager.
C, R. PENDLETON. . .
LOLLS POD! LION . .
1 (Edlton
THE TELEGRAPH IN ATLANTA.
The Telegraph will be found en eale
at the Kimball Houao and the Pied*
mont Hotel tn Atlanta.
WHAT WILL THE CHURCHE8 DO?
It la all very proper for churches, aa
in the case of the Methodist congrega
tion at Btateaboro, to denounce mob
Jaw leanness, and discipline any of their
members concerned In such affairs aa
lynching!, human burnings, and the
like.
nut that church action brings up an
other and larger question. There Is no
element in the race problem in the
ffou'h more discouraging and ominous
fhan the cumulative criminal develop
ment of the negroes sines they became
freemen nearly forty years ago. Quo-
tntlonn of comparative statistics are
not needed to enforce that fact. Every
man and woman in the Houth knows
from dully observation through tho
penra how rapidly and prevalently the
r.egr* reputation has drifted Into crim
inal disposition* nnd deeds. The pro
portion of them In our Bouthern felony
prisons la physical proof that the ne
gro is the chief menace to law, order,
property and life throughout the
Houth.
If the criminal degeneracy of the
War k population I* to he arrested and
tho number and enormity of negro
crimes diminished, some way must be
found to reach their spirits and Infuse
into their consciousness the supreme
claims of life and law. They must be
educated to understand that society
not only cannot hear their Increasing
criminality, but that it cannot also
bear the tremendous expense of prose
cuting and punishing an ever-aug
menting army of their felona.
In the Houth. from necessity, our
courts In the rural sections can sit In
each county hardly more than twice
each year. Persona charged with
crime*. whether misdemeanor* or fel
antes, and unable to give ball, os moa
of tho negroea ore. must be kept In Jail
guarded, fed. warmed nnd otherwise
attended, for whatever period may en-
»ue between their alleged offense and
th* hitting of tho trial court. Homo-
times, by reason of legal technicalities,
Huch prisoners may lie, aa they have
been here In acorgla, held In Jail un
tried for two years! It la asking i
great deal of hard-working, tax-ridden
people to stand for these heavy and
rxh.mating burdens upon law-abiding
patience and their public purse.
Underlying most of the sudden pas-
Hon of the mob that lynches an un
doubted rapist. murderer and assault
er of females la to be found this sub
conscious revolt against the ale
expensive pro- esses of statutory law—
un Instinct. If you please, to do qulckl
Wtmt everybody knows should bo done
Now, what are the churches on
ministries of the white people doing t
remedy these patent conditions? Since
emancipation the whltee and the nc
nrop« have had their church organise
«loi - apart and worship apart It woul<
not be well to have It otherwise, llut
there haw been fnr years, and la now
,v * much aloofness of Houthem whits
religionist* whether preachers or lay
men front the spiritual Instruction of
the great colored mass of our popula
tion, The t.1 l-mi ministry, as a whole,
t*« not adequate for the needed work.
The psophctlc proverb. "Him people,
UK.* priest," applies to most of the ne
gro pulpiteers.
\\’h»t w,.uld Intpi. -a and go far to
convert It"- negroes of tb- Houth to
safer urn Vi: g on the subjts ih of hon
esty. sam ttty of Ilfs and the rights of
property? The Telegraph think* that
desideratum could be largely found In
a general effort on tha part of Houth
em white ministers to reach and
pt* < h to the negroea of their neigh
borhoods, whether In town or country.
The negro will listen to any white man
who brings him a personal message
nnd If the clergy of the Houth will take
up the burden of preaching to the ne
ar"** the abhorrence ar.d suppression
of the criminalities of their race as the
mills on the dollar.
In the first place It will prevent the
state from continuing its present pen
sion policy in favor of the disabled
Confederate soldier, hla wldouf and
minor orphana. * The amount available
for that purpose la scarcely sufficient
ngw and,the amendment would pre
vent it* increase In the future, so that
the Inevitable increased demands upon
the fund musf lead to smeller pay
ments annually to the needy pension
ers. Having deliberately undertaken
to aid those worthy dependents upon
the state’s providence it ehould be a
sacred duty to fulfill the obliga
tion* thus voluntarily pledged. But
the history of past penalon systems
warns us that we have not yet reached
the maximum of the demands that will
be made upon the state. Tet the
adoption of the five mills limitation
will surely decimate the state's ability
to meet those demands as they arise.
The exigencies of stats expenditures
usually Increase much faster than the
corpus of the taxable property, end
that means that a five mills limitation
must surely operate to straiten the
financial operations of the common
wealth.
In the second place the like result
will affect our educational system.
The public school fund is made up
from certain specific aources of in
come, and they are of the sort that
are likely to remain reasonably level
through a long term of years. The
sum raised from those sources lies
bean supplemented by direct appro
bations from the state treasury, as
he legislative temper toward educa
tion might decide. But the fixing of
the tax levy eo that It shall not exceed
five mills Is bound to result In the
state settling down to a practically
fixed Income. That will be gradually
more eaten Into by the Increased de
mands of state administration, and It
la easy to foresee an early time when
the legislature will not be able to add
a dollar to the school fund created
from tho specific income* above con
sidered. That means an emasculated,
or stagnant, school system, and that,
too, at the time when Georgia needs
to encourage and support the educa
tion of her children even to the point
f extraordinary and painful sacrifices.
Of courae, every cttlxen will vote on
this question in October aa his per
sonal disposition may be, but none the
leea le It important that he should
do so with his oyes wide open to the
results of his suffrage. For the en
lightenment of thinking voters we
have, then, pointed out the two probn
Dilute* above written.
IMITATI0N8 OF FOREIGN GOOD8.
Dr. H. W. Wiley, chief chemist of
the agricultural department, has dis
covered that only 600.000 go Hons of
Heotch whiskey were imported last
year, though it Is a liquor in great and
constant request In every part of the
United States. It is apparent to him,
as to others, that everything sold as
Scotch whiskey is not Scotch, in the
that it rame from Scotland. In
other words. Dr. Wiley maintains that
much of the liquor consumed is dis
tilled In this country, though bearing
Scottish labels. He is undoubtedly
right about It.
But what Is the difference, if the
Imitation be as good as the genuine?
If a Scotch distiller allows tho use of
his nams, end, to save duties and the
expense of ocean transportation, ap
proves the distillation of nn. American
producer by supplying the labels, is
not Scotch whiskey to the extent of the
Indorsement? May It not even be of
better quality than the original? Suo-
pose that the prfductlon of table oil
should be confined to the Medlterr*
neon, who would be able to enjoy It?
If the only "lard* should be hog-lard
there would be many skillets left un-
grenaed. It la a question of harmful
ness merely, and this can be quickly
determined at til times by analysis.
Persians come to America to make
Persian rugs. Furniture of ancient
French patterns are made in America
by French artisans and sold In France.
The most acceptable Chinese end
Hindu Idols are made In English fac
tories that probably employ expert pa
gang to direct their construction.
California grape, called "Malaga,” may
as delicious os the Spanish product
nnd be ns much entitled to bo so called,
having been produced from the slip
of Spanish vine, transplanted on the
Pacific slope.
country misses the genial op
timism of "tho Perry Heath Interview”
campaign.
It Is about time for Princess Chi-
may to break out and get scandalous
again.
real r;v?e Issue is to help Parker
ar fust with the most votes!"
:onsln is suffering from "horse
fever." Ditto at Sagamore Hill!
present outfit of Pops is tho
aid last renfains.
ITEMS OF INTERE8T.
COTTON PRODUCTION.
Ws find In the New York Commer
cial the following paragraph:
..., letter on cotton crops printed in
the Commercial of Hrptembef ? contained
much sound *ense and should be
, .... i ■••... .Mi . • ■ «' t.
proving enm conditions. What Mr. Wmt-
ner aays of Southern funning method* is
Just as true of Northern farming. Tho na
ture of the poll and It* need*, the compo
sition of fertiliser* and the question of
rotation of crop* are not known gener
ally to small farmer*. An applied to
— of. cotton these matter* areL
Intercst because they affect tho
... the crop and thla question I* so
broad that manufacturer* tho world ovei
ro interested. The suggestion that ex*
><-rtmcntal farm*, showing th<* poesIMII*
Ice In ton when properly planted and
ulttvated. should b
■uunty In
leal and
f
General Carter, one of' our com
mnndern In the Philippines, has shown
it lot of blowholes In Secretary
Tn/t’s beautiful romance concerning
our beneficent sway over in those
islands.
Borne news, delayed In transmission,
Is that Ilenny Cabby Lodgo is being
kept busy trying to rope and stake out
the Republlca reciprocity billy-goat
In Massachusetts.
The esteemed Philadelphia Press
will please reserve its Indignation for
the "nlgger-chnsera" of Its own
"brotherly love" bailiwick.
Colonel Harry Fisher, of Newnan,
has "gone to the front" with the
Georgia troops, which is a sure sign
that the Coweta county 'possums are
not yot ripe.
The very 'thought of John Sharp
Williams being speaker of the next
house Is giving the Republican
palgn managers a lively case of "the
rickets."
Ths Chicago strike has been de
dared "off." Hut those Chicago strikes
are too much of the "off agin, on agin,
gone agin" variety.
"Ona" Addlcks, feeling that he haa
the price, haa already tendered Teddy
a alght draft for the electoral votes
of Deluwure.
oil
I **UbH*h*d In
IHatm at
orthy the
ul cotton
tton men
The foregoing Indicate* . clearly
enough the Whltner position. But
there is something between the lines
that la significant. It seems to aug-
geat a movement on the part of the
muiiufncturera to stimulate production.
The Commercial any* that th# achemo
to establish "experimental farm*" In
every county tn the Houthem atate*
la practical. ,Wo doubt it very much.
W* admit that tha theory la attrac
tive, but a multiplicity of "demonetrn-
lions" by a multiplicity of "experi
mental farms" would result in a ri
valry of experimenters out of which
sfould be aura to grow much to confuse
the mind of the man behind the mule.
The evolution of agriculture ta pro
ceeding tn the natural order. In the
United State* at least. The American
farmer reads end learns. The methods
of the moat successful tiller of the toll
of a given county are seised upon by
hi* neighbors. In that way agricul
ture develops. The agricultural Jour
nals and the dally and weekly news
paper* are the best of educator* Their
report* of what enterprising farmers
A Connecticut woman la going
rect a monument over a deceased pet
monkey 1? it possible that Harry
Lohr is dead? >
Georgs Qould hss paid $6,000 for
English bull-dog. That la a better
bargain than Anna Gould made when
she bought a French count.
Uncle Hen Davla la pestering the
Republicans by insisting that they
ahow him where all their prosperity
claims can be located. '
■ the
ructlve
id with
rntty
feel
Hi
WATSON'S CAMPAIGN NOT HON
EST.
of Watson*a position
s Parker's defeat and
In the hlghent degree am
avidity. The average farmer tries to
make the best of the avenue oppor
tunity, those of large means and those
of small means, by testing machines,
by trying fertiliser*, by Introducing
new seeds, etc. There Is. t) tell the
truth, an experiment farm established
tn every tounty of tb* South tods)
but tt l*« owned and operated by
progressiva fanner who I* trying t
|g hums he can by avail
tng himself to the fullest extent of
tuch bounties in the way of soil rt-
i* mrcea a* Providence has vouchsafed
ed
Xpert
about luffl 1
a all 8outh<
But there
a the adopt 1c
langer to
I a policy v
Henry Wntterson found Judge Par
ker a good mixer, and a Kentuckian
aiwaya stands up for the man who can
mix "the stuff" proper!
Harry New la contracting Insomnia
what Tom Taggart la going to do
the Republicans In Indiana.
Editor Lindsay Johnson slses, them
> as "Parkcrok! and Roosepatkln. 1
Brer Johnson ta nothing If not aptly
analoglatlo.
Colonel Tom Loylasa has not
from sitting up nights trying to guess
explained where, when and how
got eo well acquainted with Atlanta
water.
The signs are plain that the only
Job the Democratic managers have
to get out the full vote. That done,
a victory wlU be won.
We hope nobody will refer to
Watson doctrines as Tommy-rot. The
campaign ehould be etiquetttcal by
odds.
In Vermont the Republicans saved
old woman, but part of the kids
away!
HIS THROAT CUT
FROM EAR TO EAR
Former Minister,
With Promint
Painful Consequences.
Citij
Affrsy
Suffers
In 1900 the total wealth In the land
was Jl.107.711.257.89, or a per capita of
235.16; but under the dispensation
Providence and the laws of cause
and effect, we do not all possess $1.-
236. §6 each.
Australia ha* no orphan asylums.
Every child who is not supported by
parents becomes a ward of the state
nnd is paid a pension for support and
placed in a private family, where board
and clothes sr# provided until the four
teenth birthday.
The population of Austria Increased
from 22.144,244 In 1880 to 26.160,700 in
1901, or by 18.9 per cent. Statistics
show tendencies on the part of the ru
ral population to embrace Industrial
pursuits. The emigration from Aus
tria-Hungary to the United States
from 1880 to 1900 was 950,706.
The Danes have a new field gun
which can fire 200 rounds n minute,
weighs less than 16 pounds, and has
great range. Even’ Danish cavalry
regiment has a gun detachment now.
One man carries the gun In a leather
attached to his saddle, another
carries ammunition and a horse
loaded with a reserve supply.
The export of machinery from Ger
many Increased notably during the
first three months of 1904, amounting
to $14,619,000. against 111,424.000
1903. and 310.234,000 In 1902. The coun
tries to which the export has most de
cidedly increased are Russia, Austria-
Hungary, France, Switzerland, Spain,
Holland and India.
In ten years Maryland has Jumped
from fifth to third place in the willow-
ware industry of the United States,
ranking now next to New York and
Pennsylvania. Baltimore la one of the
three willow-ware centers which only
have shown 1 any actual growth In tho
business. In Maryland the center of
the willow district lies In Howard
county. In the neighborhood of Elk-
ridge nlone the output of willow ex-,
ceeds J5.000 per annum, while Anne
Arundel county contributes 32,600.
There are 382.000.000 Chinese speak
ing the same language, making Chl-
tho most spoken language. Thero
are so many dialect* which are en
tirely different that they seem scarcely
to belong to tho same tongue. The
Inhabitants of Mongolia nnd Tibet can
barely understand the dialect of the
people in Pekin. Putting Chinese
aside, tho most spoken languages are
follows. In million*'. English. 120;
German. 70; Russian. 68; Spanish, 44;
Portuguese. 32.
A German statistician has been tir
ing his bruin over the amounts spent
by tourist*. Here are some of the fig
ures: Switzerland during the year
has 3.000.000 visitors, who spend 150.-
000.000 of franc*. Italy, the Riviera,
bnd Spain between them net 300.000,000
francs. The various great capitals take
In all 225.000.000 francs, culled from
the pockets of the 900.000 visitor* to
Pari*, the 600,000 to'London, the 500,-
000 to Berlin, the 350.000 to Vienna,
and so forth. Baths and seaside re
sorts have 12.000.000 visitors, who
spend more than 80,000.000 franca.
VALDOSTA, Ga., Sept 11.—Meagie
details have teen received here of a
sensational altercation in a justice
court room near Huhira yesterday af
ternoon, in which W. L. Carter, a for
mer minister, had bis throat cut frrm
ear to ear by Tim McDonald, one of the
best known citizens of that community,
and a brother-in-law of Sheriff Pass-
more.
The men have been at outs for come
time. In fact, there haB been a three-
cornered row brewing between Carter
and other citizens there for several
year*. Some time ago, it Is el'eged.
McDonald’s boy and some other boy* ,
caught Carter’s son In bathing in the i
river and, according to Carter** story,
badly mistreated him. The McDonald
boy and the other boys denied thnt they
did anything but play practical jokes
upon the Carter boy. The matter wan
sufficient for Carter to go Into the
courts with It, however, and the bal
blood which waa already existing be
came much worse.
Yesterday a matter between them
came up in the Justice bourt at that
place and Carter was on the witness
stand. He was about to make wmo
allegation when McDonald arose and
told him not to swear to that state
ment, as It was not true. Carter swore
to it and a fight ensued, in which Mc
Donald used his knife with great ven
geance, inflicting a terrible wound on
Carter’s throat. It was several hours
before a physician could Iw gotten to
Carter, nnd there was some doubt as to
his recovery.
It hhs been predicted for some time
that trouble .would come about be
tween the parties, ns they have been
In courts for some time with each
other, and the tension has been draw
ing tighter all of the time. Blur iff
Making Friends
Every Day.
TbJ« can truthfully be said of
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ARCHITECTS.
Architect
Willis F. Denny
Cux*ran R. Ellis
Offices 6 & 7, Amn. Nat Bank Bldg.
, E. DENNIS, Architect
568 Cherry st., Macon, Ga.
Twenty years experience and suc
cessful practice.
OCULIST AND AURIST. ’
Passmore left this morning for the
scene and had not returned late this
afternoon.
TWO NEGROES KILLED.
DR. MAURY M. STAPLER,
Oculist and Aurist.
Office. 556 Cherry Street
Day 'Phone. 2271. Night 'Phone 3053.
DR. J. H. SHORTER.
Eye, Ear. Nose, Throat
Cherry and Second Street.
•Phone 972. office. Residence. 3073.
Alexander Blair
& Kern ....
Architects,
673 CHERRY ST MACON. GA.
professional cards
Classified advertisements under
this head are intended strictly for
tho oroteesions.
They Were Slain by a Member of Their
Own Race at Boston,
VALDOSTA: Oa., Sept 11.—News Is
received here today of the killing of a
negro man and his daughter at Bos
ton by a negro named Will Drayton of
this place. The killing oceurrel yes
terday but it la not not known what
caused It.
Drayton, who la alleged to hava done
the killing, 1* a member of a verv bad
family of negroes. It Is said that he
had a brother lynched in Florida, an
other brother hung in this state and
another killed. He also had a brother
killed In a watermelon paten, and he
has served most of his Ilf* in the
chalngang for various crimes.
It is presumed thnt he made his
escape after committing tho crime,
as the officers here were notified nnd
asked to look for him here.
Burglary at Moultrie.
MOULTRIE. Go.. Sept. 11.—Bur
glars entered the store of G. F. Ful-
wood A 8on thla morning while the
clerk was out on the front and stole
$16 from a cash drawer. The money
was missed at once nnd tracks found
at the back door. Hounds from the
county chalngang were obtained and
they truced *the boy to the Bouthern
hotel kitchen. Erie Smith, the 11-
year-old son of the negro cook nt the
hotel, ha* been arrested on what seemn
strong evidence that he Is the guilty
thief, but he denies It and the money
hns not been recovered.
Won Free Scholarship.
MOULTRIE. Ga.. Sept. 11.—Mia
Nona Smith, daughter of Dr. and Mrs.
W. R. Smith, of Moultrie, and one of
the brightest girls of Moultrie, won
the Cox College free acholarahlp from
this district. Cox’* College for girls
gives a scholarship to each congres
sional district as an advertising fea-
Off to School from Cuthbert.
CUTHBERT, Ga.. Sept. 11.—Cuth
bert la sending her quota of young
people off to the colleges. Edward
McDonald and Maurice Jacobs to Don
ald Frazer; Ernest Martin to Mercer;
Ed and Frank Bussey to the Tech
Miss Ethel McDonald to Agnes Scott
Miss Cobble Hood to Mary Baldwin:
Misses Eva Drewry and Nellie Key
to Randolph-Macon. There will per
haps be sojne other additions to this
number. ,
Scarcity of Cotton Pickers.
MOULTRIE, Go.. Sept. 11.—Farmers
arc finding It quite a problem to get
their cotton picked out this season.
Labor la scarce and farmers find it dif
ficult to compete with the turpentine
nnd lumber Industries in a scale of
wages. In their eagerness to get out
their cotton and market it before
decline in the mnrket some farmers
have put the price of picking up as
high n* 66 cents a hundred. Even nt
this price labor is not easily obtain
able.
MISS ANNA SMITH, Teacher.
OSTEOPATHY
CIVIL ENGINEERING.
GABRIEL R. SOLOMON,
Civil Engineer,
Plans, Estimates, Surveys,
For Water Power Development, Sew
ers, nnd Water Works. Deed Lines Re
established. Land Divided. Maps.
568 Chorry Street, Macon, Ga.
Office Phono 962—Residence Phone 169
ATTORNEYS. AT-LAW.
Wm. B. Birch. BenJ. J. Dasher.
BIRCH A DASHER,
Attorneys at Lav/.
Special attention to deeds and ab
stracts. American Nat’!. Bank Bldg.
Local Taxation for Public Schools.
A Proclamation by Ills Excellency. Jo
seph M. Terrell, Governor of the
State of Georgia.
Executive Department, July 27, 1904.
Whereas, the General Assembly, at
Its session In 1903, proposed an amend
ment to the Constitution of this state,
t : 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 paras,
That from nnd 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’*
d end In the second line before the
rd “and," and substituting therefor
; 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 tho word "or,” and further
by striking out the word "two-thirds"
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
amended, as follows, viz: "Authority
may be granted to counties, militia dis
tricts. pchool districts and to municipal
corporations, upon the recommendation
of the corporate authority, to establish
t.nd maintain public schools in their
respective limits by local taxation; but
no such laws shall take effect until the
same shall have been submitted to a
\ote of the qualified voters in each
county, militia district, school district,
cr municipal corporation, and approved
ty two-thirds majority of persons 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 to
by two-thirds of the members elected
to each of the two houses, the same
shall be entered on their journals, with
the ayes and nays taken thereon, and
the governor shall cause said amend
ment to be published in one or more
newspapers 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." as they may choose to vote,
end if a majority of the electors quali
fied to vote for members of the General
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 is submitted for rati
fication 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 G, 1904. ' ,
JOSEPH M. TERRELL, Governor.
By tho Governor:
PHILIP COOK. Secretary of State.
MATT It. FREEMAN, Attorney.
Room 26. Washington Block; residence
223 Second itreet.
SPECIAL ATTENTION.
Commercial Law. Municipal Law.
Ileal Estate Investments, local and for
eign. Correspondent Wood. Ilarmon A
Co.. New York City.
DENTISTRY.
DR8. J. M. & R. HOLMES MASON.
Dentists.
854 Second st Phone 724.
DR. ADDIEJ. M. JACKSON. Dentist.
Office on second floor Commercial
Bank Building, Triangular Block. Tel
ephone 536.
PHYSICIANS AND SURGEON8.
DR. J. J..SUBER3.
Permanently located. In the special
ties venereal. Lost energy restored.
Female irregularities and poison Qak;
cure guaranteed. Address In confi
dence. with stamp, 510 Fourth street,
Macon. Go.
Stockbrldge's Public School.
HTOCKBRIDOE. Or. Sept. 11.—The
public school at this place opened on
Hept. 6. and after one wek shows on
enrollment of 7| pupils. Miss Kate
Reagan, the principal in charge, is
moat efficient nnd energetic in the dis
charge of her duties, nnd the school
under her management promises to be
one of the finest In thla entire sec
tion. Mra. N. L. Bnrbrey haa charge
of the music department nnd Is also
assistant In the higher literary classes.
New Firm for Moultrie.
MOULTRIE. Ga.. Bept. 11.—A new
stock firm, to be known as Newton &
Ball, hns been organized here to han-
. „ .. . , . „ , die horses and mules. The firm is
ture, the scholarship being placed on compoWKj of Hon. CL W. Newton and
a ay stem of merit requiring compel!- Undlay Bali, two prominent business
live examinations. Miss Smith won
over quite a number of contestant*.
If Mr. Bryait wants to know where
to put tn a few swift upper-cute, let
him turn his war-gaze on one Tom
Wataon.
The czar’s baby boy was promptly
appointed a colonel. Shucks! All baby
boya are bom colonels here in old
Georgia.
Mow, let's watt and see how many
tl-Rooeevelt Republicans In Maine
nt fishing on election day.
ckefeller haa bought a salt cotn-
Maybe he wants the product
ib on Lawson’s sore spots
h! to take h<
r It he*
roblcm eo
tsprrlme
will be able to write a com-
olume to hie "Winning tho
id call It "Losing the East.'*
Ttneces Louise seems to be
per. First thing the knows
acquire tke habit.
Killing Doge at Moultrie.
MOULTRIE. Go.. Sept. 11.—Some- I
thing h** been killing the dogs |
around Moultrie this week at an un
usual rate, and it Is the general belief
that poison has been put out for them.
About twenty-five have died in a very
few days and nearly all have died
from eudden attacks. An effort la now
being made to catch the person who
has put out the poison. Some very
valuable doge are numbered among
the victim*.
Mr. Allen for Columbu*.
MOULTRIE, Ga., Sept 11.—Mr. J.
P. Allen, who has been manager of
the Moultrie Jewelry Company for
some time, has resigned to accept a
position with a deadlng jewelry firm
In Columbu*. Mr. Allen will be suc
ceeded In the management of the
Moultrie Jewelry atore by Mr. George
Meed, of Albany.
To Practice Law at Moultrie.
MOULTRIE. Ga^ Sept. 11.—Mr. U
L. Moor*, of Elbert on. has located In
Moultrie to practice law. He haa en
tered the office with Colonel J. D. Mc
Kenzie for the present. Mr. Moore
!> a graduate of the Mercer Univer
sity Law School and Is well equipped
men. They have leased the large sale
I stables from Wlggs A Harrell and ex
I pact to do a Very extensive stock bust
nee*.
wn aa a debatable
wtera are always
balL"
Dr. Chas. H. Hall. Dr. Thos, H. Hall
Office. 610 Mulberry st.
Residence. 607 College at.
Telephones: Office. 922; residence, 69.
Office hours: 8:30 to 9; 12 to 1:30;*6 to 6.
OPTICIANS,
EYES TESTED FREE.
G. G. COFFY,
Graduate Optician. 553 Cherry at.
ABSTRACTS.
GEORGIA TITLE A GUARANTY CO.
L B. ENGLISH. Pres. J. J. COBB, Sec.
T. B. WEST, Atty.
M & B. RY.
Local and Through Schedules.
Effective September |L 1904.
Depot Fifth and Pine Street*.
Work on New Academy.
MOULTRIE. Ga^ Sept. 11.—The
work of tearing down the old academy
and erecting It on another lot haa been
finished, and work on the new brick !
academy to occupy the old lot haa been •
begun. The whit# school will be
taught In the removed building one
year, after which the new building will
be occupied, while the old will tx?!
turned over to the colored school.
35 | 31 | STATIONS. | 32 | 36
Colquitt's Tax Rate.
MOULTRIE. Ga.. 8ept. 11.—The tax
rate of Colquitt county has been placed
by the commissioners at $6.20 on the
thousand. The rate Is 20 cents on the
thousand higher than last year despite
the fact that there wee a large in
crease In the tax returns. The In
crease was necessary to make needed
Improvements tn public roads and
bridges.
chosen
profee- j l0 ' Mo ,
Chang* in Business at Moultrie.
MOULTRIE. Oa., Sept. 1L—Mr. W.
P. Gillespie, a leading groceryman of
Moultrie, haa sold out hla business to
Maulden A Campbell The new firm
Is compoaed of c. C. Maulde* and E.
Campbell, who have recently come
ultrle
id entered biislnena.
Fired at Fleeing Negm
VALDOSTA. <Hl. Kept. 1L—Sheriff
Paxamore and Deputy Griffin created
something of a sensation In tb* south
ern pert of the city this'tnoming In
an effort to arrest a negro. The negro
fled and they pulled their gun* and
fired at him several tirr.es to make him
-top. The negro ran In I>uk«** lay.
however, and haa not been see* since.
A Cold Settled in Hia Kidneys.
A. J. Jenneeee. 9291 Butler Rt.. Chi
cago. writes: "I am a switchmen and
am out in all kinds of weather. I took
a cold which settled In my kidneys
and I woe In had shape. 1 tried acv-
era* advertised remedies with no ben
efit, until 1 waa recommended to try
Foley's Kidney Cure. Two-thirds ©f
a kettle cured ma" For sale by H. J.
Lamar A Co.
4 S3 Sofkee
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I 49 .....THarJys
« 39 Llzelfa
'» 09.... Montpelier ....
. 5 17 ..... Morans .....
27 Dvns
5 40 Culfoden
3 66.... Yeteevtlle ....
6 07 .Upson
6 231.... Tnnmaston ....
6 43' Crest
6 63 Thunder
7 OS'Ar. Woodbury .Lv
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Nos SI and 32 daily.
Additional Train Service.—Train No. II
leaves Macon at 6:45 a. m . Mondays.
Wedneadava and Fridays. No. 13 arrives
Macon at 3:5« p. m.. Tuesdays. Thursdays
and Saturdays.
IP Ml
4 iA;Lv... Macon
? 06 Ar. Woodbury
7 ttiAr .W. Springs..„
! IfitiAr.. Columbus ..Lvl 6 3tf
i.-B ? i
Interchan
able mileage tickets of At-
ngea
I .in tl** end West Point Railway, also *0*1
mile books Issued by the Macon. Dublin
and Savanr (h Railroad, accepted between
Macon and La Grange.
Macon end Birmingham * Railway actl
3te-m!« book* for 117.50. good over Ma-
cym. Dublin end Savannah Railroad.
Trains arrive and depart from depot,
comer Pine and Fifth streets, at Maoen.
Elagaot roadbed quick time, good service.
WM. C. SHAW, We-Present.
O. M. GRADY. Superintendent.
C. B. RHODCS, Gen. Pass Agent.
Ad Valorem Tax, Constitutional Limit.
A Proclamation, by hla Excellency, Jo
seph M. Terrell, Governor of the
Stato of Georgia.
Executive Department, July 27, 1904.
Whereas, the General Assembly, at
a session in 1903, proposed nn amend
ment to tho Constitution of this state.
set forth in an act approved August
17, 1903. to-wlt:
Section 1. Be it enacted by the Gene
ral Assembly of the state *of Georgia,
That article 7, section 1 of the Consti
tution of this state, be amended by
adding to said section the following
paragraph, as paragraph 2: The levy
of taxes on property for any one year
by the General Assembly for all pur
poses, except to provide for repelling
invasion, suppressing Insurrection, or
defending the state In time of war,
shall not exceed five mills on each dol
lar of the value of tho property taxable
in the atate.
Section 2. Be It further enacted, That
whenever the above proposed amend
ments to tho Constitution shall be
ngreed to by two-thirds of the mem
bers elected to each of tho two houses
of tho General Assembly, and the some
has been entered on the Journals, with
the yeaa and naya taken thereon, the
governor shall, and he la hereby au
thorized nnd Instructed to cause said
amendment to be published In at least
two newspapers In each congressional
district in this state, for at least two
months next preceding the time for
holding the next general election.
Section 3. Be it further enacted. That
the above proposed amendment shall
to submitted for ratification or rejec-
t'on to the electors of thla state at the
next general election to be held, after
publication os provided for In the sec
ond section of this act. In the several
election districts of this state, at which
election every person shall be qualified
to vote who Is entitled to vote for mem
bers of the General Assembly. All per
sons voting at said election in favor of
adopting the proposed amendment to
the Constitution, shall have written or
printed on their ballots the words "For
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 Gen
eral Assembly to five mills on each dol
lar of the value of the property taxable
in the state, except for the purjy>se of
repelling invasion, suppressing insur
rection. or defending the state in »!rr.e
of.war:” and all persons opposed to
the adoption of said amendment shall
have written or printed on their ballots
the word*: “Against the ratification of
the amendment to article 7. section 1
cf the Constitution of this state, so aa
to limit the levy of taxes on property
for any one year by the General As
sembly to five mills on each dollar of
the value of the property taxable In
thla state, except for the purpose of
repelling invasion, suppressing insur
rection. or defending the state In time
; of war." And if & 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
the Constitution of this state.
Now, therefore, I, Jo«eph M. Terrell.
Governor of said state, do Loue tht* my
proclamation hereby declaring that the
foregoing proposed amendment to the
Constitution Is submitted for ratifica
tion or rejection to the voters of the
atate. qualified to vote for members of
the General Assembly, at the general
election to be held on Wednesday, Oc
tober 6. 1904.
JOSEPH M. TERRELL* Governor.
by the Governor::
PHILIP COOK. Becretayy of Btate.
Work Specialty,
J. D. XEWBAXK8
the roof man.