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THE MACON TELEGRAPH : WEDNESDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER n, 1904.
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THE DUTY TO VOTE. BIRTH CERTIFICATES.
The ptute of New York haa under-! A curious ilfuatlon Su developed
t«k#*n to* get 8om<- equivalent public tn Brooklyn. In tllflt r ty 1 er ® 8
| service Sot of those ettlaena who shirk \ taw which requires ’’ J*
.heir duty a. the hallot-bo*. Ily a re- M cen.s to secure a <*«»««“« th *
cent statute the Jury lists are divided date of the birth of a child. Many
Into rostra of "voters" and "non-vot- | istrent* do not secure t e cer c.i
ere" aa they are ascertained from the j The result Is that teachers aye
poll-books. These names are put Into j sues* at the age. of many enlldren.
separate bolts and Juries are first The parents are not compelled to re-
C. R. PENDLETON,
President and Manager,
C. R. PENDLETON . .
LOUIS PLNDLEION .
’ ( Editors
THE TELEGRAPH IN ATLANTA.
Th* T«l«fcr*ph will b« found on tat*
at the Kimball Hou»o and tho Pied
mont Hotol In Atlanta.
THE PLANTATION 8CHEM2.
Prof* Phillips. of the University
of Wlur-onsln. who** views favoring
tha revival of the plantation system In
the South, have already been com
mented on In The Telegraph, It» * Oeor-
glan. He won hi* degree of Doctor pf
Philosophy by u climacteric thesis on
certain conditions In Southern life that
«w deemed worthy of publication us
a university monograph. Tljerefore he
must be regarded ae a student of
Southern relatione worthy of respect
ful consideration.
One thing in certain—and In one
way la a prophecy that Professor Phil
lips Is pointing toward an evolution—
the plantation system Is receiving
large exploitation In countries Into
vhlch American capital is flowing and
finding Investment. In Mexico compa
nies to carry on rubber, cotton nnd
fruit plantations are becoming plenti
ful. The same Is true of some Houth
American countries and of the West
Indian Islands. Labor conditions In
those countries are. perhaps, slightly
more favorable to plantation schemes
than with us now—but not so much
more to that purpose os many may
Imagine. Indeed, In Cubs, of which we
have personal knowledge, the labor
conditions vary not a whit from those
In Osorgls.
| The Ideal condition of agriculture In
Georgia la. of course, small farms cul-
* tlvated almost wholly by their ownora
i and families, or with a few rellablo
white laborers working for wages.
With the growth of such farms and
the Intelligent application of diversifi
cation of crops and Intensification of
culture, Georgia can aoon be brought
to the stage where every field will
laugh with promise and every farm
be a Little Jtonnnxn!
Nevertheless, there will come a time
when the corporation, or syndicate,
idea will lay hold upon handlers of
capital Interested In ths cotton trade.
In the first Instance. We may look for
companies that will buy up thousands
of acres and seek to farm them after
a thoroughly modernised and syateni-
Ised plantation scheme. An experiment
on thle lino la yet to be made* but that
It will be made Is among the certain
ties of the early future. And If It
should prove practical and profitable
we may be sure that It will be Imitat
ed many times throughout the cotton
belt.
But always the small farmer. If he
is wise and Industrious, will succeed
to ths full measure of hla efforts and
be the maker of the market for the
produce of hie labors.
drawn from the box holding the
mimes of ••non-voters*' until that list
Is exhausted. In t.iis woy the men who
refuse or negject^to take the short
time necessary for casting their bal
lots on election days will be compelled
to do Jury service several or man:
day*. That'll rather a drastic law and
heavy penalty for non-voting clllfens
—but are its provisions undeserved?
In this country governments are de
clared to derive their Just powers from
the consent of the governed. The
states enfranchise such of their citi
zens ns the legislative wisdom of the
people, constitutionally established,
determines are fined to exercise a free
man's suffrage. When the state thus
designates and empowers nn elector It
has the right to expert him to employ
the privilege so conferred upon him.
The state also has the right to penal
ise or disfranchise him for the misuse
or non-use of the privilege.
It Is a very common saying that
"the man who can vote and will not
vote, should be deprived of the right
to vote." That Is reasoned upon the
well known principle that a privilege
that la treated with contempt should
be withdrawn ns a right unworthily
conferred. And who shall say that
such a withdrawal would be wrong?
Rather would tt not tend to dignify
patriotism and respect for the major
ity of the state?
A cltlaen's ballot la the mental, mor
al nnd political photograph, (or pho
nogram. If you please), of himself. It
bespeaks hla sanity, his righteousness
and his Judgments In civic polity. The
reason he Is given a ballot-paper la he-
cause It would be too Inconvenient for
him to crawl Into the ballot-box him
self and thence call out his desires ns
to the men and measures Involved In
the pending electoral contest Rut
when he puts In his ballot he Is all In
n»sto those matters and the state reg
isters his voice ns effectually as under
the old Kentucky plan of viva voce
voting.
Every cltlxen, therefore, who has the
right of suffrage rests under a moral
and patriotic obligation to use his
privilege whenever called upon by the
olty, county, etate, or federal author
ities. Not to do so Is to shirk a plain
duty and put In Jeopardy great public
Interests for whose safeguarding the
state has made him a sentinel and
armed him with a ballot-weapon.
port the births of their children.
In many American communities
there Is a lack of legal provision with
regard to births and deaths. They do
these things much better In Europe.
There the requirement of official regis
tration Is absolute, and the division of
property Is often determined by a very
ancient register. The enre of children,
by the European governments Is far
more scrupulous than In America.
Here we trust largely to the "family
blble," when the greatest trust should
be placed In the official record. There In
chance of error In the former and
none In the latter. The actual achool
population of any community cannot
be determined by parental report. The
determination of the age of a child
should not be left to the school teacher.
A Boston newspaper la shocked be
cause Governor Terrell praised a Geor
gia soldier for refusing to salute a
Connecticut negro militia officer. But
Boston didn't elect Governor Terrell
be. commander-ln-chlef of the Geor
i troops.
Col. .Ton Ohl has looked Into the
can\palgn chests of both the parties
and says they are short on weasel
skins. That Is sad news for th* spell
binders for revenue only!
The first "wow!" you hear from Re
publican hendqunrters will notify you
that Cortetyou has touched the live
wire from Maryland.
SPEAK TO THE PEOPLE.
It la right that Senators Bacon and
Clay, and some of our members of
congress In the lower house, are sched
uled to apeak to the people at several
points In the state.
Aa "sternal vigilance la the price of
liberty, M eo continuous education In
current politics, state and national. Is
the price of sane civic action and
government all along the line of De
mocracy.
In plain English, we are short on po<
lltleal education In Georgia. Htern ne
cesnity has established the political
majority of the state for a generation
past and that majority Is pretty cer
tain to continue for generations to
come. We are Democrat tn Georgia
and have been no since 1852. Hut we
are Democrats today for more i
than defense against negro supremacy.
And we need to have the young and
new voters who are yearly being add
ed to our political ranks know why
they should possess themselves of
Democratic principles and have a
ready and tangible answer for the
faith that they hold.
rreer Intercourse apd the more gen
eral circulation of newspaper* have
done much to reduce the necessity for
strenuous campaigning and public po
litical debates in Georgia, but they
have not and cannot entirely supply
the people with that enlightenment
and enthusiasm of the masses that are
necessary to Intelligent coherency of
thought and action. The living voice
Is still the divine medium of the most
intimate communication end the ora
tor, burning with the truth and power
of hla massage la always a potential
teacher among the multitudes.
Great questions of constitutional
right, of administrative justice, of in
ternal policies, of trade and traffic re
lations at home and abroad, of suf
frage regulations and restraint of
trusts are Issues between the two
great parties of the country. It Is of
ten charged against us of the Houth
that we do not reason on those sub
jects and have but one Justification for
being Democrat*—which la fear of ne
gro rule.
It Is well. then, for our leader* not
to Ignore their own constituencies.
They owe (v their Immediate fellow-
Htlsens the knowledge and results of
their own experience In public Ufe and
their discussions before the p«o|4r <rf
public question* cannot help but make
for sounder Democrats and greater
college shock-heads
p Ui their foci work.
COURT MARTIALS.
The Charleston News and Courier
commends Oovernor Cunningham of
Alabama and Oovernor Terrell of Oeor
glu for ordering court martinis of the
militia charged with negloct In falling
to auppreaa mobs. It says among other
things thnt "thdughtful people of the
Houth realise thnt the time has come
when their crlmlnnl laws must
properly administered, and their courts
must he properly protected.** This Is
nil well enough so far an It goes, but
whnt about the Telegraph'* position
that the people should support their
sheriffs aa aet forth In Ha recent edt
torlat article? What's the matter with
the posse comitatuaT Why should not
people answer the sheriff's call,
nnd protect themselves Instead of per
milling the sheriffs to run to the gov-
•r and demand the militia on the
slightest pretext? The New* nnd
Courier takes the wrong point of view
In this respect. No sheriff need make
an appeal to the governor unless he
finds that hi* own people refuse to
support him In the administration of
the taw. If a sheriff cannot summon
or command a posse, then there is
anarchy tn hla county. The militia
should he the very last resort. We
may awake some morning to find thnt
a governor or a suite may Invade
county without a requisition from
sheriff, and if such a thing should hap
pen the people will have only them
selves to blame.
GREAT BATTLE8.
The New York Independent regards
the battle of Mao Yang as one of the
decisive battles of the world The Phil
adelphla Ledger commenting thereon
ref era* to Prof. Creasy *■ volume pub
lished at Oxford fifty years ago In
course of which he named fifteen bat
ties a» decisive. These were as fol
low, to use the language of the ledger's
abridgment:
When are Major Rathbone. Maehen,
and the rest of the gang going to butt
In nnd whoop it up for Roosevelt nnd
reform?
The "Old Gray Fox of Maryland"
Will cause the Corbettesque Cortelyou
to hit the high pieces down the polltl
cal pike from now until November.
Now the Republicans are getting
down to the ground nnd tnlklng shout
what will happen "If Roosevelt should
be eleotod!
Cleveland and Stevenson—-winners of
1892—ore for Parker nnd Davla—win
nera for 1904!
Half a loaf Is better thnn none" In
the philosophy of every loafer you
meet.
Some of those municipal wnsps In
Atlanta are undoubtedly of the dirt-
dauber breed.
Roosevelt says he Is "hnlf-a-Oeor-
glan." Thank Heaven, he la no more
than that!
If Teddy wins "Reciprocity" will get
the nx where "International Bimetal
lism" got It. And that's no dream!
Hny, you Democrats In New York—
you wnht to put up s man for governor
who enn make Higgins look like a
hitching-post!
One can readily believe the rumor
that Senator Fairbanks opened his
campaign with an tee pick.
Rudyard Kipling ought to reel off
something about the British hold-up
of the Grand Urns of Tibet.
stilisbed by the Railroad Commis
sion of Georgia are concerned. Tho
commission finds upon investigation
that the rate* promulgated by It as a
whole are lower than the rates estab
lished by other Southern states" (cit
ing Alabama. Mississippi. Tennessee,
North Carolina, South Carolina and
Florid*).
Notwithstanding this decision, which
has never been reversed—a decision
which might have gone further and
found that In fact the state tariff was
not even remunerative to the railroads,
but fell far below what the law allows
in such eaaes—the commission under
takes to revise the tariff and Issues Its
circular No. 301 aforesaid.
The remarkable thing about this cir
cular Is that every one of the rates
prescribed run between Atlanta and
one of the other four cities, to-wlt,
Macon, Columbus, Athens and Augusta.
There Is no rate running from Ma
con to Columbus, or Macon to Au
gusta, or Macon to Athens. It is all
for Atlanta nnd only Atlanta.
This step was taken by the railroad
commission solely because it was al
leged thnt the Interstate rates were
either too high or discriminated against
Atlanta—In other words, they were tob
high to enable Atlanta to compete with
Birmingham, Chattanooga and other
places.
Th# sole and only reason given for
Issuing ths circular In this fact.
The commission acted on this; It
acted on nothing else. It derided that
the local rates did not hurt Atlanta;
thnt the local rates were low enough
In effect, for Atlanta; but because the
local railroad companies would not vol
untarily revise the Interstate rates, the
cut found In circular 301 is Inaugu
rated.
It will be seen thnt this cut affects
largely the Centrnl railroad, and that
the Central haa no line running direct
from Atlanta to Birmingham; no di
rect line from Atlanta to Chattanooga
thnt Is being operated os a competitive
line—In fset. the Centrnl railroad hn»
power whatever over the Interstate
rntes to Atlanta; so with the Georgia
road; so with the Macon. Dublin and
Hnvnnnah rond; so with the other
roads of the state not engaged In In
terstate business; and yet the cut la
made for Atlanta.
It
In the cape referred to in my former
communication, found In the United
States Supreme Court Reports, page
433. that court aays, passing on a ques
tion similar to this:
"The reasonableness or unreasona
bleness of rntes v prescribed by a state
for the transportation of persons and
property wholly within Its limits must
he determined without reference to the
Interstate business done by the carrier
or to ths profits derived from It."
"Ths railway company Is entitled to
a fair return upon that which it em
ploys for the public convenience."
"The state cannot Justify unreason
ably low rates for domestic transpor
tation considered nlone, upon the
ground that the carrier is earning
large profits on Ite Interstate business
over which the state has no cpntrol."
It will be seen, therefore, thnt the
Georgia commission has proceeded di
rectly In the teeth of the decision of
the supreme court of the United State*,
which decision Is based expressly on
14th amendment tp the Federal
constitution.
It would seem, therefore, that ths
railroad commission has determined to
force litigation upon the railroads.
Enlarge the University
By 5am W. Small
Georgia can do a great and unique
work for the enlargement of the use
fulness of opr state university. It Is
a noble institution and has made an
enviable record in the state's history.
Being the first distinctly “state uni
versity" created in America it deserves
to be fostered and made eminent In
every way available to our cultured
and progressive people.
In a list of 406 of the colleges and
universities of the United States there
are but 12 that rank above the Univer
sity of Georgia in the number of stud
ents carried In the schools comprised In
the university scheme. For 1903 the
number was 2.689. In the classical,
scientific and professional department*,
at Athens, the attendance the coming
ye/- promises to bo greater tufia ever
In the past
The Proposed Extension.
The question has already been ra'sed
in the general assembly whether or not
to add to the university the state de
partments, or bureaus, now located in
the state capital, and that have more
to <lo with educational than adminis
trative work. I refer, of course, to the
agricultural department and the bu
reaus of the state geologist, the state
entomologist nnd the state .chemist.
The . sending of these officials and
their functions to the seat of the uni
versity would be a. distinct gain to
the teaching power of that Institution,
would not Interfere with their relations
to the state government and the people
at large, and certainly involve no In
convenience to any one In particular.
The association of these bureaus with
the work of the university would help
to complete Its equipment In needed
particulars and thus the annum op-
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propriations made to them would serve
a double purpose. Permanent and val
uable lessons in the state's agricultur
al, geological, mineral, biological and
'bug"-ologlcal resources and move
ments would be acquired by the stu
dents in a way otherwise inaccessible
to them. And such Information would
tend to broaden them in knowledge,
liberality and patriotism toward the
state's most practical Interests.
If there is any good, controlling rea
son why these bureaus should not be
incorporated into our university sys
tem I have failed as yet to encounter
iL
It would not be carrying the matter
too far to add the state school com
missioners and their department to the
university system. Indeed, In conver
sation with officials of other state
universities. North and West, I have
found many of them of opinion that
the proper sires of the state’s school
department should ho in the state's
university. John Ruskln said that "i
ladder should be planted in every com
mon school house whose top should
rest on the threshold of the univer
sity!"
That great phllosopner. In other
words, believed In a thoroughly articu
lated system of public education, linked
all the way from the "a-b, ab" class
i to the A. B„ A. M., and Ph. D. degrees
of the commonwealth's highest edu
cational temple. It is toward the reali
zation of that Ideal that I would like to
see the wisdom and patriotism of the
people nnd their legislature making
sturdy and steady strides. The addi
tion of the departments above referred
to would be a seven-league advance
toward that unique and desirable cul
mination.
School of Music!
Miss Marianne Jones, Graduate
American Conservatory of Music, Chi
cago. Studio 671 Mulberry.
ArsUtsU
No. don't throw any mud! Just
mate them with tho hnrd foot, every
lime you get the Hepuhllcnna In range!
Mr. Dooley" tntlmMee thnt Teddy
would like to put n padlock on hie
pa*t. Do you blame him?
Tho hlgheet expreMlon of art
pome people, IP a thouPand dollar treat-
ury nolo.
The pruppernonx (rape and the
Jamaica (Inter bottle are having their
uaual tall atruttlP in Georgia Just now.
We euaplrlon thnt Teddy ertehea
now thnt he had written hla accept'
ance on a poetat card.
The truata are pitting on their lega to
keep (leorgey Cortelyou from pulling
them o(f!
Old Admiral Togo la probably doing
the Alexander atunt of "elghlng for
more fleet! to nmaoh."
The plcturea of Toddy "before tak
Ing" and “after taking" to the woods
are oo different!
undatton; the defeat of th* Ath»nU it*
gyracua*. It C. 4ll. bv which Home. In
■(Mid of Greece, became ikunlaant In Ku
rope; the battle of Arbela. It O. Ml, be-
tween Alexander th* Great and th* Per
utan*. which extended Greek Influence fsr
Into A»U; the battle of th* Metauru*, B
C. 307, which derided between c'srthsg*
nnd Rome; the \letory of Armlntui over
the Unman lesion* under V*ru». A. l>. 9.
which saved oar Germanic ance*tom from
enslavement or extermination; th* battle
of Chalons, A D. 411. when "the fleourga
of Gad " Atttl*. and the Huns, ceased
their affliction of CiulaiemSomith* bat
tle of Tour*. A. D. 13. whea Charles Mar
tel mved Europe from the Mohassme-
dan*: the battle of Heating*, tuff; Joan
*»f Arc * victory over the EngtioJi at Or-
1**nne, IIH. by which she "rescued her
country from becoming a second fretand;"
the defeat of the Spanish Armada. I MX.
which checked_ the pea power of Hpaln
nnd saved England from the Inquisition;
the battle of Blenheim. 1794. when Ger
many era* daltvered from Lewis XIV.;
the Lnttlr of Pul low*. 170*. mbm
the Great made Rnaeta a Rurooe*
er; the victory of th* A me rim
tturgoyne at Saratoga. 1777; the battle
Valmv. 1«92, which proved tite tutorr
the French Republic; the battle of \\
tertoo. UI1&. Which ended the career
Napoleon
But thl* eras a report of fifty ye*
Mary had a little lamh—hut the price
tempted her and she sold It!
Tha talk ot u fool Is as amok* to ths
Is Mukden to b« tha historic pair for
Sedan?
The season cometh when prtde goeth
under a fall bonnet!
The trusts should be able to put up
lot of "dough" for their creators.
If New York Is to he the P-votol
state, let the P aland for Parker.
Atlanta and tha Railroads.
To the Editor of The Telegraph
Sow- Your correspondent was much sur
! prised to wee the reeult of the appllca'
j tton of the Atlanta Board of Trade to
| the HUte Railroad Commission.
Circular No. 3ft 1. taking It all tn all.
presents the moat remarkable features
j that have'possibly ever been known tn
i some things have happened i the history of our railroad commission
sinew In the way of decisive hattlea, Mnce the state began to regulate rail
Including Gettysburg. Hedan. Manila It U a new departure,
flay. Kant >*(■> amt the-defcat ot lYtmjJ 1,1 ,M,W «■ ' , « rtrU 11 «»>»
by laird Roberta In.the Boer war. It
may be aa the Ledger suggests that the
battle of Liao Tang may not he deci
sive. hut upoq what Information the
world has at hand, up to the present
writing tt looks as If it might he so
regarded, ae the Russians are still re
treating.
totati
fundamental taw. Its history invites
litigation—Its result* will demand It.
On July tltb, lifts, the commission,
after a full hearing, on testin'
argument, made the following
on the application of the
Frteght Bureau;
"This commission I* of the
that ne discrimination exist*
(he city of Atlanta so far a* the rate*
m
It Is the same old fight that Macon
waged twenty jr#<urs ngo. Atlanta mny
have cause for Complaint. I believe she
haa. But the railroads Are not to
blame. Macon has k gradually been
stripped, little by little, of the terri
tory which legitimately belongs to her.
until she stands now as compared with
her position twenty yesrs ngo. so far
as the great Jobbing trade of the coun
try Is concerned, as a mere way sta
tion.
She struggled ngnlnst the result in
those days and was unable to get nny
relief. Hhe denounced the law under
which this state of affairs wus brought
about, but no on* sympathised with
her. Certainly Atlanta did not help
her. The rnUronda wanted to come to
her rescue Just as the railroads would
help Atlanta If they were allowed to do
It IX the result of your long and
short haul clause,, gentlemen. It has
been wrought from the law Itself.
Atlanta hns put oft the evil day, be
cause she has always managed to havo
the rate making member of the atnt*
commission on her side; by this means
she hua postponed from time to time,
the Inevitable result. It Is not to be
wondered that she begins to feel the
pressure at last.
Ths enactment of the long and short
haul clause In our railroad law has a
tendency to give to local stations the
advantages of terminal points, to des
troy the ndvantagea of aggregated cap
ital. to abolish facilities for better
transportation and better handling of
freights through the extensive multtplt-
cation of terminate. In f ict the long
and short haul clause of the state and
interstate law will throttle every in
land city In aplte of all the work of
the politicians, of the merchant princes
nnd of the manufacturers that can be
brought to bear on the situation by the
moat active enterprise known to men.
Slowly, but surely the poison has been
doing Its work, for Atlanta and Macon
and other Inland cltlea.. Slowly, but
surely all the advantages of the termi
nal stations are being distributed out
to the way stations, for under this pe
culiar law special privileges are allow
ed to no city, but equal rights are se
cured to way stations nnd termtnnl I
points alike. Only the sea board or
state line cltlea can reap the, benefits
of competition.
I am sorry for Atlanta. I am sorry
that she has thrown herself Into such
a fight as thts; so hopeless, so unrea
sonable. so absurd, and which can have
only one termination and that to her
complete overthrow.
The rest of the cities of the state
will be called on to see that the rail
road commission doe* not use lta power
to build up Atlanta tt their own ex
pense. She will get Into trouble with
them. She haa done so already, for
Savannah has taken the Initiative *nd
opened the fight
IV.
But this Is not the worst feature.
This same crutade made through the
newly established railroad commis
sions. brought about the destruction of
the railroad properties In lift and 1391.
and the consequent panic to all the
business of this Southern land. The
legislature has been studiously at
tempting to tax railroad Into bank
ruptcy oa the one hand, and now the
railroad commission Itself
to lower rate* on the other,
suffered to continue, and 1*
succeed, there can be hut ot
the railroads—a new regttm
erahlps. bankrupt totes, ti
ruined treasuries, dtechtrg
Ives and half per? >rmed wr
PUblL*. YOU have t'pered
«r :>r - Do you * ant
all the railroads of the state?
JUSTICE.
TOPICS OF THE TIMES.
Was anybody surprised at the result
In Vermont and Arkansan? If so. how
much, nnd what for?—Montgomery
Advertiser.
The stray Russian cruiser Lena
seems to be In danger of colliding
with the Big Stick. Ahoy, there!—•
Boston Herald.
The president's knack of putting
things Is derived. In large measure,
from his remarkable stock of things
worth putting—Cleveland Leader.
No; the shock felt by the communi
ty was not an earthquake. It was
caused by Beveridge stepping off the
train at the Union Station.—Indianap
olis Sentinel.
The fact that the Republican papers
are busy preparing Judge Parker's
cabinet for him would Indicate that
they believe he will be elected.—Aus
tin Statesman.
Not being able to exhibit the full
dinner pall this season. Manager
Roosevelt has placed the full granary
nnd dollar wheat on exhibition, and
hopes to play to full houses.—Dallas
News.
It Is only natural for a vice presiden
tial candidate, to ask why he should
be assessed a large sum for campaign
purposes when tho office he Is running
for Is worth only a measly (8,000 a
year.—Chicago Tribune.
A Boston Republican newspaper as
serts thnt Secretary Shaw will ratlre
from the Cabinet soon after the elec
tion. There's a buoyancy about that
which disciplines one against accept
ing It too Joyfully--—Pittsburg Dis
patch.
Whatever the Democrats may do at
Saratogn, It Is pretty safe to say that
the platform thnt they will adopt will
contain no government-coal-mlno
ownership planks. That piece of luna
cy nt lenst, has been killed.—New York
Commercial (Rep.).
It turns out that the leakage from
the government cotton report was aim-
ply % a guess of n New York cotton
house. The house Just guessed exact
ly what the report would be, to the
tenth ot a cent. Now If everybody be
lieves that, the incident is closed.—
Birmingham Ledger.
There ura "backward counties In the
South." hut a study of the dally papers
will show that more crimes of the
brutal character are committed In New
York city, month for month, than In
this entire section. And thus we reach
the conclusion thnt the country is not
so bad as the big cities by a long chalk.
—Jacksonville Citlxen.
POINTS ABOUT PEOPLE.
Mrs. Hetty Green's wealth Is put at
360.000,000 or «o, and her living ex
penses are put at lets than 35,000
yearly.
A permanent memorial to the late
Sir Edwin Arnold poeslbly will take
the shape of prlxee and scholarships at
Oxford. t
It Is reported that John D. Rocke
feller Is about to establish a bank In
London. It will have a capital of many
million pounds sterling.
Col. Isaac W. Brown, of Rochester.
Ind., has gone to Texas to try to find
a remedy in the bird creation to exter
minate the boll weevil. H els a noted
ornithologist and la making the Inves
tigation at ths request and expense of
Miss Helen Gould.
A life of Andree 1* to be Issued by
the Geographical Society of Stock
holm, of which he was a prominent
member. He was well known not only
aa an aeronaut, but as a meteorologist,
and his personal qualities endeared
him to a number of frtenda. his letters
to whom are to be embodied In the bi
ography.
Fred C. Kovsts. ot Milwaukee, threw
a bottle containing a note overboard
while leavthg New York last Decem
ber for Europe. He has just received
a letter from Miss 8wayne of Aber-
frau. Anglesaey. North Wales, that she
found the bottle on August 8 1904. The
receipt ha* been mutually acknowl
edged.
Horace Johnson, of Haddam. Conn.,
offers to bet fl.OftO that he can beat
j the official forecasts sent out from
Washington tn predicting the weather
and he propose* the month of Dscero-
nemhte 1 ^ for * farmers of his
I own lttte Piece much do-
psnden.ee upon Johnson's gue**t-s or I
f I deductions.
* fight.
break . The most belittled monarch In the i
j w i is Emperor Francis of I
• Austria. Without hla imperial crown.
which 1« the identical tiara ot Charle
magne. he Is nine times a king, twice
a grand duke, once a grand prince,
twice a prince, four times q. margrave
and the multitude of his titles as count
and so forth Is past enumeration.
Mrs. Stuyvesnnt Fish was the prin
cipal saleswoman at a recent Newport
fete for the benefit of the tuberculosis
fund, and she took in nearly (700 by
peddling fruit. Every society min who
had ever been invited (o dine at any
of the entertainments of the Cross-
waya was obliged to buy a pench or i
pear at not a cent less than (5 each.
H. W. Mew and W. B. Andrew rt
cently rowed from Sandown on the
English coast, to Cherbourg, France, n
distance of about sixty-four miles, in
twenty-nine hours. Their boat was a
stout, deckless craft, fifteen feet long.
As provisions they carried n gallon of
water, three pounds row rump steak,
cold tea and cold coffee, six bottles
each, thirty-six hard boiled eggs, six
cans of biscuits, three loaves of bread,
a small quantity of brandy and a bot
tle of port.
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Canada hns a cart, stocked nnd at
tractively decked with Canadian pro
ducts. traveling through remote dis
tricts of Scotland, which the Canadian
Immigration Department cannot rench
through the ordinary advertising
columns.
The Peruvian government is about
to found a national museum of natural
science, which will have Its home In
Lima, and In which there will be three
departments—one devoted to animal
life, and other to plant life and a third
to minerals.
It is asserted that the percentage of
Illiteracy Is lower in Japan than In any
other- country In Asia, and In Denmark
than nny other land on the globe.
These statements may not be entirely
accurate, but they are certainly sug-
gestlve of thought.
JClng Edward haa appointed a royal
commission to consider the existing
methods of dealing with Idiots, epilep
tics and Imbecile. and feoble-mtndoQ
persons. It is the result of long agiu
tlon against unecessary and harmful
detention In Inaane asylums.
fleeing two men fighting In front of
hi* house. M. Dujnrdln, of the Conser
vatoire of Music. Paris, took his violin
and began to play In order’ to soothe
the combatants by his music. But
of the men at once turned on him and
stabbed him, nnd he was taken In
dying conditions to a hospital.
The decree ot February last requlr
Ing that before celebrating a tqarrlnge
between foreigners or between a. Peru
vian and a foreigner In Peru the civil
and ccclaslatlc authorities should ex
act. In addition to the testimony
two witnesses, a certificate of bachelor
or sptnsterhood, haa been indefinitely
suspended.
Of th# 56.676,060 acres which form
Great Britain, .exclusive of foreshore
and tidal water, over 12.226.000 acres
are accounted for as being mountain
and heather land used for grating,
while 3,<75,000 acres are occupied by
woods and plantations, and 500,000
acres are covered by Inland waters.
Only 16 per cent, of the surface re
mains to be accounted for.
Willis F. Denny
Curran i:. Ellis
Office* G <5- 7, Amn. Nat. Bank BlcSg.
E. DENNIS, Architect.
568 Cherry st„ Macon, Ga.
Twenty years experience nnd suc
cessful practice.
OR. 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 8econd Street*.
’Phone 972, office. Residence, 3073.
Alexander Blair
& Kern ....
Architects,
673 CHERRY ST MACON. GA
If this la
(lowed to
result to
The extent of the fishing Industry
In the west of England is not recog
nixed by the casual observer, but it
nevertheless, very large. Last year
the vessels engaged In fishing In Eng
land numbered 3,264, and afforded em
ployment to some 41.619 men; their
tonnage was 160.096 tons. The fisher
lea of Devon and Cornwall accounted
for 2,097 vessels of 21.010 tons and the
employment of 8,059 men.
Political Hessians.
Louisville Courier-Journal: Thomas
E. Watson, the Populist candidate for
president, «eems to be a kind of ad
vance agent of the Republican party
the present campaign. Hta assaults
upon the Democratic party and hla evl
dent leaning toward Roosevelt In pref
erence to Parker show very plainly the
trend of hi* ranvaoa. The disguise
too thin to deceive any one, least of
the Democrats whom the Republican
managers hope to demoralise through
hla agency. The lion's akin t» toq short
to conceal the genuine hide which tt
Imperfectly Covers.
APaCHITECTO.
OCULIST AND AURIST.
PROFESSIONAL CARDS
Classified advertisements under
this head are intended strictly for
th* professions.
MISS ANNA SMITH, Teacher.
OSTEOPATHY
CIVIL ENGINEERING.
GABRIEL R. SOLOMON,
Civil Engineer,
Plans, Estimates, Surveys,
For Water Power Development, Sew
ers, and Water Works. Deed Lines Re
established. Land Divided. Map*.
568 Cherry Street, Macon, Ga.
Office Phone 962—Residence Phono 16D
ATTO R N E YS • AT • L A W.
Wm. B. Birch. BenJ. J. Dasher.
BIRCH &. DASHER,
Attorneys at Law.
Special attention to deeds and ab
stracts. American Nat'l. Bank Bldg.
Room 24.
223 Second street.
SPECIAL ATTENTION.
Commercial Law, Municipal Law.
Resl Curate Investment* Iocs! and for-
•Jgn. Conv.i^ondent Wood. Harmon &
DENTISTRY.
DR8. J. M. «. R. HOLME8 MASCN,
Dentist*.
154 Second at Phone 724.
DR. AblpKL M. JACKSON, D.ntiit
OftlCf on aecond floor Commercial
Bank Building, Triangular Block. Tel-
.phono S3..
PHYSICIANS AND SURGEONS.
DR. J. J. SUBER8.
Permanently located. In the epectal-
ties venereal. Lost energy reatored.
Female Irregularities and polaon oak;
cure guaranteed. Addreea In confi
dence. with atamp, Sit Fourth atreet,
Macon, Go.
Dr. Chpi. H. Hall. Dr. Thop. H. Hall
Office, tit Mulberry et.
Residence. 607 College at.
Telephone.: Office. 132; residence, 6t.
Office hours: 1:30 to I; 12 to l:3t; 6 to g
OPTICIAN8.
u. u. uurrT,
Orxduat* Optician. 663 Cherry *L
OCULISTS.
ABSTRACTS.
$U5
for choice of
Ladies’
Low Shoes
This Week.
E. B. HARRIS & CO.
GEORGIA TITLE 4. GUARANTY CO.
t B. ENGLISH, Pree. J. 1. COBB. Sec.
T. B. WEST. Atty.
NOTICE.
The Bibb Stone and Tiling C<x. have
Applied to the Mayor and Council of the
City of Macon for a lease of the pro
perty known as the old Ivey wood yard*
lying at the foot of Mulberry aire*L