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THE MACON TELEGRAPH : SUNDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 18, 1904.
THE MACON TELEGRAPH
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C. K. PENDLETON,
Presliem ana Manager.
c. H. PENDLEION . .
LOUIS PENDLEION.
' | L41 tori
the TELEGRAPH IN ATLANTA.
Th. Teletraph will b. found on
,t the Klmbstl Houeo end the Pled
rr.ont Hotel In Atlente.
A CLEAN CANDIDATE.
The following letter give* a clear In-
ght Into the character of a clean
man:
Mr DeaF’ffr’Varker: A tR. , T'lmMi lf of
15& Y33R KaSS,* tKin.
so to the printer In a few daye. There
fore. I hasten to be* you to ace to It that
there U no word in ft that reflects upon
the pereonnl honor and Integrity of Prea-
1,1 A11 KvJnlln* l pnet editorial Indicate* but
■■ale rare wae taken In that dlreetlon
toward myself by the compiler_ of the
Republican teat book, but let there be
no rejoinder In kind or otherwise.
I feel confident that you need no re
minder. still my analety ImpelaOe to
.end thl. cautlon^v.^
Mr. Georgs 7. Parker.
These art wise words fitly Bjtoken.
Llko a two-edged sword the letter cut»
both way* It put* tho Democratic
candidate on high ground, and It ex-
pones .the low methods of his oppon
ents. It Is sure to appeal to hlgh-
nilnded people.
AS TO VILIFYING.
The Mann Telegraph jand Aufui
Chronicle •■anttone to distinguish ” ,rr P'
selvS as «he only two papers In the
■!•<(■ which stp vilifying Tom Wstjnn.
The only dl(Trrr-nco between them I* that
The Telegraph do*t» not think It ls o j*
Ing ao and emphatically dedareathat It
only Indulge In fair crltlclam. while the
Chronicle does not put up any euch ex
cuse.—Augusta Tribune.
If there Is any "vilifying*’ going on
Mr. WntMon Is “vilifying" the Demo
cratic psrty, nnd the Democratic can
didate. It Is all right, it seems, for
Mr. Watson to vilify, but It Is wrong
to protest against It!
It Is not abuse of a man to tell the
truth about him. This la a distinction
that the Tribune and a few slack-
twisted Democrats do not make.
Pour years ago these backers of Mr.
Watson, and Mr. Watson himself, made
n great outcry charging that the Demo
crats had stolen their platform. Now
they are vociferating that one cannot
tell the difference between the Domo-
i ratio plntform and the Republican
platform, whereas the truth 1"
the only eseentlal difference be
tween the platform of 1900 and 1904
la that tho former one declared for
the free coinage of silver of the ratio
of 16 to 1 while the latter Is silent on
*thst subject, ths party accepting the
fact that tho money question la settled,
at least for the time. Even Mr. Wet-
son is not now Insisting on the un
limited coinage of silver st the ratio
of 16 to 1. The Populist charge there
fore was a hollow pretense In 1900, or
It Is a hollow pretense now. Take
your choice.
Speaking of vilification nnd abuse,
Mr. Watson signalised his political re
awakening In the earlier montha of
this year by a personal fusillade, meant
to be terrific, directed at the only
Democrat that has been elected presi
dent In n half century, charging him
with practicing social equality nnd
favoring miscegenation. A Republican
iongrrHKinan put the charge In th*
Congressional Record. A Georgia con
uro-mnan put In the Record the proofs
that n Democratic president had been
mnllgned, nnd then Mr. Watson turned
upon the Georgian. Bo fSr as ws
ran recall there has never ap-
p oared In print In this stats n
dHthorstely written personal ef
fusion so repugnant to good taste, or
mi offensive to that which Is generous*
noble and true. These very people
nnd newspapers that are now depre
cating “abuse" so-called, and who are
miking mock pretenses of “fairness to
Watson.** ♦buckled audibly at that
outburst of temper. No ons of them
whimpered about the “abuse" of other
people when Watson was doing tho
abusing, and abusing Democrats.
THE CAMPAIGN IN GEORGIA.
Tanking to the future, ua well na
guarding the present, is tt not about
time for the chairman of the state
Democratic executive committee, and
nlso the Georgia member of the na
tional committee, to call for a stand
ing-up count In Georgia?
Is It not timy for a little organising
nnd .*• nr preaching pf the true gospel
of Democracy In this state*
“Georgia Is all right" they say: but
If Georgia !h neglected, and the enemies
<>r the party do all the, campaigning,
Georgia may not always h* all right.
THE SHERIFF AND THE POSSE.
The protret med. by an Alabama at
torney against tho appearance ot armed
•oldlers In a court room suggest* a
thought or two. While the court ha*
every right to employ the militia in It*
sound discretion, It would be much
better If the duty of guarding the tem-
plee of Juatlca *hould be devolved upon
the sheriff and a po«»e of the ununl-
formed cltlienry. That I* more in
consonance with tha true HepuMh-an
Idea and more becoming In every way.
In theae latter day* sheriffs and Judges
call upon tbs governor too frequently.
It .has coma to paag that In tlmea of
actual or threatened mob violence,
sherlffa demand the military oftontlmee
for no other purpoae than to avoid both
pereonnl and olflclal reaponalhlllty.
The poople generally nnd the sheriff
particularly need to he Instructed ns to
their dpttes In the premises. The right
of the eherlff -to-summon the posse
comltetus t* absolute. No cltlsen, un
der the law. can refuse to obey where
obedience le phyalcally possible,
ran summon every able-bodied man
In the county. Mohs are ununlly made
up of only o few determined men, with
the rest only onlookers. The Duncin-
Altman family feud In Florida could be
extinguished Mr more quickly by a
well-organised, end numerous posse of
the nelghhore hf the partlclpnfite than
by the militia. When the militia shall
have left the flame I* liable lo hurst
■■Ut ngnln. The ponso Is made up of
permanent resident*. It represents
public sentiment and public safety,
theoretically, and should do so as a
matter of fact The people should be
Impressed with their own responsi
bility In tho maintenance of communal
order and the dignity of their courts.
Should thle he brought about there
would he lee* of murder and Holing,
and the communal self-rsspect bo very
greatly enhanced. Protection of so
ciety rest* more upon tho posse than
upon tho militia.
ty of the South, whs-, the 1 jn*ima
canal shall be opened, the <"*>«* o£
trade diverted and the tailing dls-
tance to orient shortened. Such
a journey might have a discour
aging effect upon them and cause them
to reflect aeriously upon the necessity of
mill transplatlon to ill* land where the
cotton grows. •
In this Issue of The Telegraph la
printed another Interesting paper on
Mexican life by Mr. Will Oerdlne, for
merly of Macon. He has returned to
the capital, after a sojourn fn the min
ing region of Concepcion del Oro, and
resumes his welcome contributions to
The Telegraph.
Anyhow Uncle Tom Platt ha* still
the Samson act that he con play on
Odell and his gang. Two Democratic
senators from Now York would help
along the gaiety ot the nation consid
erably!
When the football savages get Into
action, just watch the Eastern war
news go away back and elt down In
the advertising pages of the dally pa
pers.
:ept
ie greatly Incensed by this sug-
>n. Surely they can t be expected
.verttse ballet In their own stout
ness by parading tbeee front fasten
ings--Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Henry George, Jr., Is urging the
nomination of Edward M. Shepard for
governor of New York and deprecat- proved. During the hot weather In
Alabama ought to be the happiest
state In the Union. Her legislature
meets only onco In four years and
then can't legislate on local matters.
Admiral Wfllker announces that the
Panama canal will have two ports—
one at each epd. Well, who In thunder,
ever charged that It would be a canal
with only one .port-end?
though it made them Ill they kept alive
on It and did not waste away very
much.
Parla used to be called unhoalthful
for horses, but In recent years the con
ditions have been considerably Im-
Ing the tendency of radical* to Join
the Watgon forces. The choice of
Shepard by the New York Democrat*
would have a strong tendency toward
checking the flow of th, radical tide to
Watson. It would be accepted as evi
dence of better counsels among New
York Democrats.—Johnstown Demo
crat
If Princess Louise cornea to Ameri
ca it la to be hoped her royal highness,
or whatever she may he called, will
not make the mistake of thinking that
America Is Newport, and vice versa.
If she will Just take the time to visit
the East Side In New York and a few
other like placee, she will obtain con
alderable enllghtmont. And then she
ahould "run over" to San Francisco
Just to get a glimpse of the country.
Pittsburg Press.
POINTS ABOUT PEOPLE.
ip
Richard Olney Is doing the Alphonse
act to "My Dear Gaston" of the Mas
sachusetts Democracy. And Gaston la
a good political sprinter who may win
this third heat handily.
General Miles le to make Democratic
campaign speeches, and If that doesn't
make Teddy break his tether-rope
then he shortly is tamed to a finish.
"Good as wheal" sounds nice, but
wheat soaring toward IS per bushel is
rather too good for a poor devil with
a biscuit appetite.
The email farm and the white farm
er are to be the pillars of wisdom and
strength In the life of the future
South.
The danger In Schley's publishing
his book Is that he may provoke that
bullet-hoaded Lemly to also Are a vol
ume "Into our midst."
rabh
to thn*e who
illtttal history
to that which
MR. GORMAN.
Dvory Democrat In tho land will ba
glad to learn that Senator Gorman ot
Msrylnnd has taken the Arid for active
work In the campaign. He has hail
long experience In national politics nnd
hie aid will be Invaluable. 11 wns ho
who unhorsed the "plumed knight.’’
J. O. ltlalne. In tl*4, and he has boon
on th* fighting line In every campaign
line. .. . u
It is to bo said of Mr. dormnn that ho
never sulks. He mny be disappointed
personnlly. He may not like all the
declarations mada by his party In con
ventlon. Hut ha goes to tha front nl-
waya. In this respoct ho la a most cx- I
omplnry Democrat. He 1* one of those
who goes In to win. Defeat doe* not
discourage him. The Southern people
whom he pieced under eternel obliga
tion for the defeat of the force bill tn
111,, are especially glad that hla ener
gise are to he given to the Demoeratto
cause this yeer. U there be a way to
success he will find It
The campaign will be fully opened
this week, as Judge Parker'a letter of
acceptance will be given to tjie public
within a day or two. With that and
the St. Louie platform, the party ad
vocates may go abroad to dlseuq* the
Issues. Mr. Gorman will see to H thnt
tha executive work shall he carefully
We trust th* exigencies of her cam
paign did not prevent Vermont from
harvesting her uiual crop of glucose
maple syrup!
The lalior problem in the South will
be solved na soon *a the vagrant prob
lem Is successfully disposed of—am
not before!
The Hartford Courant claims the
credit for Aral proposing rural free
delivery. This will necessitate a vlell to
Hartford by Tom Watson.
DOES CHINA GROW AS
MICH COTTON WE DO?
Winter has been sighted. The coun
try pres* is already calling on Ita cord
wood subscribers.
It mny not be long before the euffoes
will have to make room for th* coolies.
Aa a fast resort tha caar can "fall
back" on The Hague tribunal!
Gat ready to "cyarvo dat possum!"
TOPIC8 OF THE TIMES.
Ml by
cratlo
“two
Tho Russian war pictures drawn by
the artists “on tho spot" look ns
though they might hnve been copied
out of Fox's Rook of Martyrs.—Syra
cuse l*ost Standard.
The police sny that the women's
fashion of carrying handbags la re
sponsible for the many hold-ups. Aa
In the days of Adam—the woman ta to
blante.—Chicago Evening Poet.
Mr. Roosevelt la running against the
constitution. The competition ta unfor
tunate for him. A president mny over
ride the constitution while in office,
but n candidate cannot override tt in
a campaign.—St. Louis Republic.
William Waldorf Astor, the well-
Kmperor William's sojourn In Eng
land in November will Inst about ten
days. After vlnltlng the king nnd
queen he will be the guest of Lord
Lonsdale at Lowther Castle, where
great shooting parties will be organ
lzed.
Many people ure killed In gathering
edelwelaa on the Alps. The belief has
been that It Is n rare plant that grows
only In inaccessible or nearly Inacces
slble places near the snow line. But
writer to a London paper says It
can be grown easily In "any back
yard,” two cents* worth of seed being
the only necessary outfit.
The Duchess of Albany is a talented
musician and pointer, and good Judges
of embroidery say that her skill In this
direction Is remarkable^ If it came to
an Impartial examination; it Is proba
ble that the duchess would prove the
most expert chemist In the royal fam
ily. the king, thinks to his practical
training under Lyon Playfair being her
most formidable rival.
number of the leading stores
of Edinburgh and Glasgow there la a
notice: “Americans not served here."
Yankee shoppers used to cause the
proprietors and their assistants to turn
their shops topsy-turv> until they
looked like n rummage sale (bargain
counter not In it), and then would ele
vate their nosea and "guess we'll try
somewhere else." Hence the notice.
The Sultan of Turkey does not like
the dark, snd every night not only his
apartment* In the palace. but the sur
rounding gardens ns well, are flooded
with light. He la generally read to
sleep by hla brother or a special ser
vant. his favorite books being sensa
tional novels. If he dreams, an inter
preter la summoned.directly the sultan
wakes, nnd the meaning of the dream
la explained to Mm.
Hugh Reilly, a Philadelphia police
man, la one of the moat valuable men
on the Quaker City force. This is be
cause of his Intimate acquaintance
with the Chinese language, of which
he has made a study, Reilly, who Is
an Irishman by birth, has arrested 300
oriental lawbreaker*,,^ the ten years
he ha# been an officer. Many a time
he has taken hts life in hla hands
while chasing slant-eyed criminals
through dark hallways In Chinatown,
nnd on several occasions his uniform
hns been ripped to piece# by knives In
unseen hands, but so fur he has es
caped sertoua injury.
A new story about J. M. Barrie la
being told. When the lending man In
a certain theatrical company was ob
11 god through Illness tn give up for a
night or two the phrt ho wns playing
in one of the successful comedies of
the season hla understudy was so de
lighted at his opportunity to distin
guish Mmself and *6 sure that hts
friends would want to witness hla tri
umph thnt he te*.egr»rhed to authors
nnd managers all over London, say
ing: “I shall play A'* part tonight."
No one took any notice of tho dis
patch save Mr. Barrie, who telegraphed
buck: "Thanks for tho warning."
July the Society for the Prevention of
Cruelty to Animals provided the cafes
and restaurants with free wooden
buckets on condition that they would
supply cabmen with water fob their
animals. Most of the proprietors of
these places accepted the offer.
"The alleged exportations of Italian
works of art to the United States,"
says the Pall Mall Gazette, ‘seems to
proceed gayly, in aplte of all protests
and schemes for prevention. Thus two
Florentine churches have lately been
relieved' of works by Della Robbia
amounting In value to 600,000 francs—
the goods being shipped as 'pork.* The
chief delinquent In this fraud, a dealer
from Prato, has escaped to the states."
President William R. Harper, writ
ing In the current Harper's Weekly,
makes out a good case for those who
believe that college athletics should be
endowed. One of his most cogent ar
guments is that, if college athletics
were endowed, with the same precau
tions taken in reference to the ex
penditure of money which controls In
other departments, the actual cost of
athletics would be greatly reduced.
“Some believe that this saving would
amount to 60 per cent of the total sum
expended. 1
CHINA BREAD PEDDLING.
. ... , Vll , ««*w York Inst Wednesday, ahould be
mid systematically don# and Unit no |)rolnp , ly „ hr( , how hr „ kt , our cmm .
mistake* shall be made tn the conduct | , ry? p^haps he will be too polite to
of the* Cftihpatgn.
so papers" that are wide
ng their duty.
prouadLY A FAKE.
COTTON MANUFACTURERS.
An International convention of cot-
r * I ton manufacture* thU fall has bsen
U planned, with New York city aa the
** hits. It la expected that there will be
"* I u large attendance upon the part ot the
I European spinners. Much a conven-
I tlon would undoubtedly be ot Import
er- I ant effect. Among the things to be
tn I considered will be the diminution ot
led I the speculator as a manipulator of
ln I prices. This movement was tnaugurn-
nr " I tad some time ago by the British spin-
I nera and tt has received American aa
I,. 1 well ax European support. October
give hla honest opinion—hut that Isn't
like the usual English tourist—Cleve
land Plain Dealer.
An attempt la being made to convert
tha American Federation of Labor
a political organisation. Aa soon
aa that la done It ceaaea to be a pow
er In labor circles and becomes a po
litical superfluity. Thoaa who wish to
destroy it could take no better meth
od.—Boston Journal.
Now that Oyster Ray has been heard
from all the data are available for a
thorough revision of the Democratic
platform at E*opus. for we have been
told officially that the letter published
today la all that*the Judge was walling
for to finally make up hie mind.—
Newark Advertiser.
The figures recently furnished by
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.There are more English visitors tn
Boulogne now than have been seen
there for many years, the Influx being
ascribed mainly to the better feeltng
which now prevails between France
and England.
A sensation has been caused In Spain
by the revelation of the fact that the
prisoners taken for participation In
the anarchist demonstration at Alcala-
del-Valle were tortured. Some died
under the punishment nnd others are
left cripples.
"Hanz.il" Is the "Hall Columbia" or
“ of Japan.
mid be the proper month for th
mention, ss It would be In p>ckln« |»» dltterent agricultural depart menu
imq when the volume of deliver!*
Some Curious Customs Connected
With the Sale cf the Staff of Life.
Among the many curious sights In
China none presents a stranger aspect
to our American eyes than the bread
peddlers and their method of disposing
of their wares, says the Living Church.
They carry their stock In trade about
with them, wither In oval boxes strap
ped to their back, or in two boxes de
pending from a yoke across the shoul
ders, or on trays held by a strap hung
from the neck, and carried in front of
them, after the manner In which the
pieman of Simple Simon fame Is Inva
riably pictured by nil orthodoxx Illus
trators of Mother Goose. In the city of
Tlen-Tsln. these street venders offer
three different kinds of bread for aale.
Two of these are twisted in oval shape,
nnd the third is a thin, crisp cake
sprinkled with seeds of sesame, that
magic word which at once recalls to
our minds the wonderful tale of All
Baba nnd the forty thieves. How little
we ever dreamed, when we listened,
spellbound. In our childhood days to
the thrilling acount of All Baba's ad
ventures. that we should ever behold,
far less taste, the fateful sesame, the
name of which proved so Illusive to
our hero at the crucial moment when
he wns confronted by the rock of dlffl
culty. But the peddler's bread is not
more curious than his method of Bell
ing It, for It Is frequently disposed of
by rnfTIe. for which purpose he carries
three dice, held In a little dlah.
In Pekin, the capital of the Celestial
empire, the bread peddlers generally
come from the provinces, mostly from
Shan-Tung. They are called po-po sell
era. Their street cry, "Yao-chin-man
toa” (Can I sell you a pound of bread?)
In often heard until lato In the evening.
Their bread la made of whent flour nnd
baked In hot vapors, distinguished
from another kind which is baked ln
hot pans. They also sell several vari
eties of po-po. or baked goods, a apo
dal favorite with the Chinese. being
an oval oil cake made of the very beat
flour and usually eaten with pork, sau-
ange. or liver.
The Mohnmmednn* In China have a
reputation for good breed, and evident
ly wish to be known as pure food ad
vocates, for In order to enable custo
mers to distinguish their wares from
those of other venders they ornament
their carta or boxea with the Moslem
•emblem. This constats of a vase, con
taining a branch of olive tree, on top
of which Is perched tho Mohnmmen-
dan cap. On either side of this de
sign Is Inscribed the motto: "Pure
of which Is perched the Mohamme
dan peddlers nlso sell a kind of patty
filled with a mixture of meat, vegeta
bles. oil. and sago. Another of their
products, which Is called "la ahouplng
ya chakuel." Is a lnr^c roasted cake or
dumpling baked In oil. Many of these
Chinese confections are much more
appetizing than one would imagine
from the description, but like many
foreign dishes, the taste for them must
b« acquired by cultivation before they
can be thoroughly appreciated.
The average Chinaman eats very lit
tie bread prepared according to our
American formulas, consequently the
bakery nnd confectionery- shops are
few nnd far between. Like all other
stores In China, they are open tn front
with no partition to protect them from
the heat or cold, or the dust of the
streets. Wooden shutters are used to
close them up nt night. One finds
practically the same wares' at the bak
ers as the bread peddlers offer for sale.
Among them Is one special kind of
cake having the figure of a hare Im
printed on It, which Is eaten by the
Chinese In honor of the birthday of the
moon. As soon as the festivities cole-
This week's issue of the American
Cotton Manufacturer will say:
A not inconsiderable body of people
are prone to under estimate the poten
tialities of the teeming millions of the
Orient, they sneer and scoff at the
Idea that the Chinese will ever become
other than they are, indeed we heard
the other day a lawyer, who is also
a man of affairs, give utterance to
some such opinion. His knowledge o
the subject could only have been ac
qulred by a most cursory reading on
unimportant provincial papers. The
real reason underlying the titantic
struggle now on between Russia and
Japan is the determination on the part
of the rulers of the former country to
secure for \hemselves the trade of as
much of the empire as they can, and
this to the exclusion of all others. Until
a few years ago the Celestial empire
was abut out absolutely from contact
with modern progress by an Inherent
and general aversion among the mass
of the people to intercourse of any kind
with outsider*. This repugnance went
so far as to breed a savage desire to
destroy every discovered intruder;
knowing little and caring less for any
thing the "outside barbarian" might
think or do. Probably the war will
65c
for choice of our
Missses’ and
Child’s Low
Shoes this week.
E. B. HARRIS & CO
School of Music!
Miss Marianne Jones, Graduate
American Conservatory ot Music, Chi
cago. Studio 071 Mulberry.
architects.
Architeit
Willis F. Denny
Curran R. Ellis
Offices G & 7, Amu. Nat Bank Bldg.
». E. DENNIS. Architect.
568 Cnerry st, Macon, Ga.
Twenty years experience and sue-
essful practice.
OCULIST AND AURIST.
DR. MAURY M. STAPLER,
OculUt and Aurist.
Office. 556 Cherry Street
Day ’Phone, 2271. Night 'Phone 3053.
DR. J. H. SHORTER.
Eye, Ear. Nose, Throat
Cherry and Second Streecfa.
’Phone 972, office. Residence, 3073.
decide before very long whether they\
will be leavened by an admixture of
modern freeman or be absorbed and
bottled up as far ns trade is concern- I
ed by the autocratic and semi-barbar
ous Muscovite. No group of individuals
Is Immutable, and the Chinaman will
ln a short time, either become a more
valuable member In the community of
nations, or he will be subjugated. The
change will be rapid, as time Is meas
ured in the birth, growth and decay of
nations. From a sleep as pacific as
the ocean dividing the oldest empire
of the east from the youngest republic
of the west, th$sy will one day awake,
possibly with a vigor corresponding to
that shown by their energetic neigh
bors. the Japanese. Examine the fu
ture of such a nation revifled! Their
adaption to changed conditions, their
economy, versatility and stoicism aTe
today inherent virtues, these character
istics are demonstrated by the yellow
denizens of our own country. Again
study their past. Their historical rec
ords go back to forgotten times und
supply many missing links In the anci
ent history of western nations. To
them we owe the compass, silks, pot
tery and gunpowder. They had, even
before we moderns dreamed of such
things, lithography and block printing,
canals and vaccination.
This terra incognita is of immense
importance to the future of the univer
sal cotton growing and manufacturing
Industry.
Estimator of Crop.
The native grown cotton of China
hns been variously estimated as being
equivalent to from 1,000,000 to 12,000,-
000 bales per annum. An examination
of interior conditions so far ns they are
known to exist will throw on Interest
ing .light on their domestic cotton cul
ture and manufacture.
From cotton Is made the clothing of
the people, this la more so with them
than with western nations who use
large quantities of woolens for outer
garments. The masses use cotton al
most exclusively. The poorer folk wear
garments padded after the fashion of a
Alexander Blair
& Kern ....
Architects,
673 CHERRY ST MACON. GA.
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Classified advertisements under
this head are intended strictly for
the professions.
MISS ANNA SMITH, Teacher.
OSTEOPATHY
CIVIL ENGINEERING.
GABRIEL R. SOLOMON,
Civil Engineer,
Plana, Estimates, Surveys,
For Water Power Development, Sew- 4
era, nnd Water Works. Deed Lines Re
established. Ehnd Divided. Maps.
568 Cherry Street, Macon, Ga.
Office Phone 962—Residence Phone 169
ATTC R N E Y3 • AT- LAW.
Wm. B. Birch. BenJ. J. Dasher.
BIRCH & DASHER,
Attornoys nt Law.
Special attention to deeds and ab
stracts; American Natl. Bank Bldg.
MATT n. FREEMAN, Attorney.
Room 26, Washington Iilock; residence
223 Serond str*«t.
SPECIAL ATTENTION.
Commrrvinl Law. Municipal Law.
Heal Esfate Investments, lucnl and for
eign. Correspondent Wood. Ilarmon
the "Vive la Rspubllqu*
Ths word literally means "ten thousand
years," and tt la the salutation that i bratlng this anniversary are over the
was offered the emperor by the people cakes are withdrawn from sale and are
whenever he appeared In public In an- no t again displayed until the next
ctsnt tlmea. It means "Japan forever." j moon birthday, which corre»ponda ln
Parto, like London, ta deserting ths I season to our Easter,
theatres tor the music halls. The the
atres are too expensive, the runs of ths
plays too tong; the “afar" system tends
to make the programme a one-person
affair, and. In brief, the theatres bore
BUYING RUBIES IN BURMAH
aa campaign documents have already
. . . . been thoroughly discredited. Figures
hen trading in tha actual cot- don . t u# * |t* r makes the flg-
few j urfli but when one of that gentry gets
hold of them Dan Patch la not in ths
running.—Benton Review .
Very little comment Is found In thq
IteputsUcan press on the matter of the
lynching of a negro In the Republican
state of Wyoming. But President
Roqeevelt ha* written that lynchlnga
may be beneficial to communities,
therefor# denunciation of mob taw
should be withheld—unless the demon
stration are In tha South.—Buffalo
best
ing It
ton It most active anl with only
1 weeka Intervening before ths session
I of tha American congress. It la rare-
j !y that a British or European spinner
j visits the fis'.da where hla cotton ta
I Kt-.wn. A tour of tha South would be
J profitable to th%m In many ways, as It
1 \n always more profitable to sea things
! atth one's own eyas, r*th«r than
through the eyes of otheia, A tour of
I Georgia, for example. In October would
1 1 doubtless be Instructive, for here aa In
1 1 no other stats would they be able to
I %*ew great milts in the midst of vast
. 1 cot*o*v rndu* tbm. The) would be able
to |*rc*tv* the st.-vrgth and ateody de.
veloptbent of the manutaitun* of cot
ton fabrics tn the St.nth and th« IndS
cations of competition with them in
ths making of (lie finer goods. Indeed
then* la much tt t|wt their eyesu amt
to clarify their vision, by personal in
spection. A visit to the sea |w>rtj frvm
Savannah to Oalveeton WouSl be In
forming aa they would be
curie
Senator Lodge wrote President
Roosevelt protesting against Secretary
Shaw's order that* a tax of 20 per cent,
he levied upon pickled sheepskins
brought Into the country and the pres
ident telegraphed the department to
suspend the order, at least until after
Shaw had finished his work of public
campaigning. !/«dge ta manifestly
mightier than Khaw with the presi
dent.-Manchester Union.
Ths dressmakers* convention that
convened In New York last week has
j decided that gowns may be fastened
I ' ehksr front or back, but none but
abnfitr women are to ‘Use the beck
the people, the music halls amuse
them.
The citizens of Cambridge subscribed
liberally toward the expense# of the
recent meeting of the British associa
tion there, expecting to be able to re
coup themselves by ths custom of the
visitors. But the colleges received the
member# of the association aa paying
guests and boarded and lodged them.
Now the clttiena are angry.
In an article on Literature for Ad
mission to College.* published ln the
Educational Review, Mias Sbackford
of the English department of Welles
ley write# that every student should be
required to read translations of the
Iliad and Odyssey, The Song of Ro
land. Beowulf, the Story King Ar
thur as told by Mallory, and ethers.
The evidences that Rhodesia was
the country from which King Solo
mon's gold was obtained are said to
be accumulating. The bulledrs of the
more ancient portion of the massive
and extenalve ntltts recently explored
at Great Etmbahwe are believed to
have lived about l.ao# B. C- and to
haw belonged to a rue# who were the
gold purveyors of the world.
The hardest fare that six young
men and a bar of 11 ever kept alive on
was the dally me: ; • f tv- WlnJover'*
survivors, who were cast up on the
l - lh coast, ner.r K
l fully the coming i mmercisl potential!-1 fastenings. No doubt the stout
From the Jewelers' Circular.
The peculiar bualnesa methods
Oriental merchants are Illustrated by
the manner of buying rubles in Bur-
mah. In the examination of rubles
artificial light la not used, the mer
chants holding that full sunlight alone
can bring out the color and brilliancy
of the gems. Sales must therefore,
take place between 9 a. m. and 1p.m.
| and the sky must be clear.
The purchaser, placed near a win
dow. has before him a large copper
plate. The Miters come to him one
by one. and each empties upon this
plate hla little bag of rubles. The
purchaser proceeds to arrange them
for valuation In a number of small
heaps. The first division Is Into three
grades, according to else; each of these
groups Is again divided Into three
plies, according to color, and each of
these piles In turn la again divided into
three groups, according to shape. The
bright copper plate has a curious use.
The sunlight reflected from It through
the stones brings out. with true rubies,
a cohir effect different from thnt with
red spinels and tourmalines, which are
thus easily separated.
The buyer and seller then go through
a very peculiar method of bargalnln
J by sign*, or rather gripe. In perfect ail-
er.ee. After agreeing upon the f
I of the claastficatlon. they Join their
with a handker*
bed comforter during the winter, while \ Co , New York City. 1
auch of the people na can afford to do
so, wear several suits of cotton apparel
one over the other.
Considering the unimportance of the
Chinese cotton mills it can be said that
approximately the whole of the raw
material from which the garments of
these 400,000,000 people arc made must
be of native growth. In that mysteri
ous hinterland there are scattered lit
tle cotton patches. Not measured as
"patches" ore with us, In 20 to 30 acres,
but In units of eighth or quarter acres,
or even less. Millions of the people
growing enough for their own require
ment*. and peddling the smnll remain
der among the neighbors ln the Inevit
able wheelbarrow, selling a handful
here and another or two there.
Old Time Exports. . #
Forty years ago two-thirds of the
value of the exports from Tientsin
consisted of raw cotton. It has long
ago disappeared from the export list.
Consider the posslblltles of a com
mercially free Chinn.
In 1900 the United States had rough
ly 76.000,000 inhabltnntR and our mills
used 3.435,000 standard bales of cotton
of 600 pounds each. If then we con
sider our exports of cotton goods as
not far from being offset by our Im
ports of similar articles, we used 22.6
pounds of cotton per capita, and to
manufacture this we operated 20,000,-
000 iptndles.
The Future.
Whenever the pride and quality of
mill made goods forces out the hand
made clothes of China. If their people
use but 76 per cent of the American
consumption per head they wtll use up
no less than 13.600,000 bales. The proljre
abilities are then that today China
grows somewhere about 10.000.000 bales
of cotton which ta converted Into cloth
by her own people.
On the American basin of spindle
production this means that to the cot’
ton trade of America the “open door"
thrown down the bare to an tncrense In
the mills of the world of some 60.000,-
000 spindles. Even aubatractlng from
this China's preient Imports leaves a
dazzling prospect for the future,
there Is any virtue in the mill
to the cotton field, then indeed will
this country one day see a South be
yond the wildest dreams of any of its
present citizens.
DENTISTRY.
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Dentists.
154 Second st Phone 724.
DR. ADDIEL M. JACKSON, Dentist.
Office on second floor Commercial
Bank Building, Triangular Block. Tel
ephone 536.
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Office, 610 Mulberry sL
Residence, 507 College at
Telephones: Office, 922: residence. 69.
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A Quick Conviction.
rr.PERTON*. Ga Fep\, 17.-M.itt
Du Bose, a negro man residing on Mr.
Z. A. Tate's place In the lower part of
Elbert county, shot a negro woman
named Mattie Brawner. on Tuesday.
woman died Tuesday night The
man wai arrested and on Thursday a
true bill was found against him for
murder by the grand Jury, which hap
pened to be in session. Friday morning
the negro wan put on trial and before
noon of that day he had been convict
ed. and the Jury recommending mercy
he wan sentenced to the penltentlar»
for life. In three days after the crime
had been committed he had been tried
and sentenced.
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