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THE MACON TELEGRAPH: MONDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER si, 1904.
THE MACON TELEGRAPH
ft'BUSH ED EVERY nORNING AM)
TWICE A WEEK BY HIE MACOH
TELEGRAPH PUBLISHING GOMPANT
5^1 MUL1ERRY STREET, MACON, GA.
C. K. PENDLETON,
President and Manager.
c. R. PENDLETON . .
LOUIS PENDLETON.
the TELEGRAPH IN ATLANTA.
The Teiet-sp'n III L« found ell tala
at tho Kimbill Homo ond tho Pied
mont Hotel In Atlanta.
THE IMPORTANT QUE8TION
IGNORED.
Many foolish people are rushing un-
wleely Into print In these day*. For
example, the New York Bun quotes
from the letter of "nr. Important man
of business In the South" ae follow*:
•■The Democracy le dead, especially that
of the Booth. The H«i<n««ln Bryan hae
llnally completed hla work, end It now
CAN SUCH THINGS BE?
The New York Tribune hoe been Just-
ly described ns the “meet rabidly rad
ical of Republican organs," and haa
long been known aa a high tariff au
thority, a* ono of the most valuable
went of strength within the ranks
of the stand-patters, in fact, and yet
the Tribune ta now reaponslble for the
following remarkable utterance:
RAILROAD DEVELOPMENT.
The Telegraph recent!}- presented tho
atatlatlcal report of the Interetato
Commerce Commission, evincing the
tremendous growth of the railroad In-
enuea are perverted to party purrees
and personal gain, and the taxing
power makes the rich richer and the
poor poorer.
We hear no personal abuse of Roose
velt except that he U» considered down
tereat of the United State*. “Poor-e I this -way off on the negro question,
Manual," soon to be Issued, will show »n enemy to the.ncgro-e beat Interests
some 1 different figure., due to the P*. |“< towards the South-
Hod which the respective compilation*
cover. Poor’s ehowe that the railway
mileage of the country had reached
207,403 at the does of 1*0*. an Increaae
J. L. UNDERWOOD.
Camilla, Go., Nov. 19, 1904.
Editorial Approved.
eight year,, ago Bine* then a woml-r- zoj.ioj »i <=■"»' u ‘ • . ' lh . Telerranh-
ful dev.iopn.ent in American manufac- , 0 n»tructlon for the year of 4,774 “J 5*t“\ of ™L ??'
lures rind commerce has occurred. No | m construction ior J™ Your editorial, “Guns Turned on the
wise and patriotic man can wish to nr- j and a greater proportionate Increaae In I Bouth," in today's paper, will meet
mallsn'Rhat to wm? 1 wefeoSs th? cou“ the mileage operated. There were at the approval of thousands of Demo-
iry has outgrown the law. and that In tb e beginning of the year 7 mile* of crate. Go on with sound Democracy.
Tta-lSMS ceSATni/i^n^idgroTn' H"" «"'<«• <* There were j More *• B( . BSCKIBEK .
certainly lx?en outgrown .
and need revision. Borne tlnjilat* insnu- leas than 6 miles to the same area ten
fsfturcrs »’oncede that they do not need
any longer the measure of protection
which they receive. The leather duties,
which were Intended to. protect cattle
Minors, seem by a miscalculation to nave
rcsultea in hampering th«* manufacture
for export of heavy leather itood* made
from thick South American hide* and In
making those food* unneccsaarlly dear nt
homo. Then more and more the pcop.o
realize the shortsightedness and folly of
taxes on hook* and art. The supposed
hfiieflci-irle* of these taxes almost unani
mously demand their repeal. Our duty to
the Philippine* and our ae!f-lnter«?st also
prompt tnr opening of our door* to their
trade. Their prosperity la the solution
of our Insular problem.”
years ago. The trains on these roads
In 1903 covered a mileage of over I,- j
000,000,000. To accomplish this a mill
ion and a half of vehicles were requir
ed, including locomotives and cars.
homo. Then more
mjr mV?d a solid North against
a solid South, and the defeat of Parker
was so overwhelming and complete that
the South hn* t staggered under the Wow.
We stand aghast. There Is nothing to
^“The' Southern press haa kept us In
Ignorance, and thousands believed there
was at this time the chance of ®Ujf lives
and ones mors Democracy would be
'^••go^long aa we of the Houth hold our
selves solid, there Is nothing for the
future hut defeat. The time must come
When sectional lines will no longer exist,
hut until It rnm«* we can expect no nasls.
tance from Washington to Improve our
waterways, put up Public hulMInga and
protect our sugar Industry. • * •
“The handwriting Is on the wall; I shall
certainly heed It”
Wo may dismiss the fling at the
Southern press with the simple state
ment that the editors thereof were ns
much surprised ut the result ns any
body, and that It 1* the manifest duty
of every Democratic newspaper to go
Into a campaign cheerfully and hope
fully. as otherwise defect would be
Inevitable from the outset. The really
Important question Is ' whether the
Democratic platform was based on true
principles, and this question appar
ently does not In tho least engage the
attention of aome of those who now
"stand aghast" nnd declare that them
la "nothing to be said" while saying
entirely ton much. The detent at the
I tolls on the eighth of thla month no
more proves that there la no life in
Democratic principles than the sur
render et Appomattox prove# that
there was no Justice In the Confederate
cause.
Boms of the New York Bun'a re
marks In rejoinder to the above have
a great deal of point. For example.
It say a:
On the assumption that about fifteen
million votes wore east, tho Democratic
candidate received toward six and a half
millions or about ns mnnv ns were given
. -— ^ . 10Aft “The
Cochran, Oa., Nov. 19.
ococoooocoocooocoooooooooo
TOPICS OF THE TIMES.
but the chief justice made the cus
tomary order without a protest and Mr.
MaeVeagh got his train.
tr» Mr. Bryan In 1*
„ | .. and In IImMM
Detnpcrscy Is dead,” says this Southerner;
vet Barker's poll in 1M4 was something
like a million more than Cleveland's ‘
1R93' when there waw a t>emoorattc "lain
Midi.
than Cleveland's In
~ * *" fid*
" That Is, the Democracy la no! "dead.”
but very much alive. It Is a political op*
position so powerful, so menacing, that
Mr. Roosevelt's administration will have
to beware of Its criticism. Two years
hence !\ new llonsc of ItepresentailveN
will h* elected, and the Republican policy
will ho suhinltl'Ml to ti e |»«*«far ap
proval or rejection. I.rt us wait end ace
lr then "the Democracy Is dead.”
Tha Democracy of the South wae no
more beaten In the late election than was
the Democracy of the North, and them
are more Democrats n t the North than
at the Booth. In 1*00. In the single stale
of New York, for example, there were
east for Mr. Bryan more than tmlf as
» ny vote* as were received by him In
the eleven state* of the old ftouthern
Confederacy and Mr. Parker's poll last
week waa about as great.
The complaining Bouthern business
man says ha will "certainly heed" tho
"handwriting on the wall." Whether
that meant that ha will go to tha Re
publicans or to the Populists we do not
know. Wa do not see what hla section
would gain by following tha example
he might thus gat \\> might go over
to the Repuhllrana bag and baggage
and become more of a disconsidered
element than wa aro now, besides los
ing our right to protest and oa using
complications In our total affair# that
ura far from agreeable to contemplate.
Atida from Instating upon Bouthern
leadership In tha party which draws
moat of its electoral strength *from the
b’outh, there la nothing for us to d
but taka up our hurdeha with courage
and await better developments with
tha patience of philosophers.
The Republicans have long con
tended that the tariff should be revised
by lt« friends. If nt all, nnd thla whs
taken to mean that it should not be
revised at nil. Hut now In ll possible
that the friends of the tariff really
contemplate laying profane hands
upon that sacred thing? Do they per
ceive that they must make concessions
lo thone within the Republican rank*
who are clamoring for revision? Re
publicans In the West are said to be
more strongly In favor of tariff re
vision than ever and I be election of a
Democratic governor of Mnssnchuaetta
on a distinct tariff Issue, we are told,
tends to open some of the most un
willing eyes where this subject It* con
cerned. There In even talk of an ex
traordinary session of congress to re
vise the tariff. T$d President la said
to have consulted with prominent nen-
atom and representatives with regard
to the propriety of calling such a ses
sion, although It la understood that ha
haa not yat decided whnt he will do.
Formerly he waa aald to favor re
vision, later the exigencies of hla pres
idential campaign caused him to stand
pat, and he may now he embarmnaed
by the promises that he made.
The outcome will he uncommonly
Interesting. It would he astonishing
Indeed If *he Rcpubltcnnn should now
revise the tariff down. Instead of re
vising It up according to their time-
honored custom after every victory at
the polls. Yet equally strange things
have happened. The Republicans have
never hesitated to borrow Democratic
thunder ,whenever they became con
vinced that the time was ripe to do ao.
Only ii few years have passed since
they adopted Mr. Clovrland'a position
and that of the sounder Democrats In
tha matter of n gold standard. Tha Re
publican Is above nil things an oppor
tunist party and Its Isadora habitually
keep their eyes open to see how the cat
Is going to Jump. All things .consid
ered. tariff revision may now be re
garded aa a possibility for the first
time In years. .
These vehicles transported 694,949.925 OOOOOOOOOOOOSOCOOOOCOODOCO
passengers who were, taken In the ag- A man can make a lot of trouble out
gregate, covered a distance of 20,900,- j of very Httle material.-—New York
000.000 miles. On the freight side of News,
the business. 1.306.000.000 tons were The Massachusetts gubernatorial
rrIM a distance of 171.300,000,009 | victory »* * *«t •* Democratic con-
mile. and yl-ldcd to the compenle. « Thg . pIe „ e not rock th „
Arose revenue of ll.S44.150.179. against hoat w# m||?M happ , n to bo , n , t
3429,705,237 on the part of the passen- w | lh them—Wilmington (N. C.) Star,
ger department. The total traffic rev- it would not be strange If President
i-nue amounted to 11,908,000,000. Roosevelt felt like «ending out a post
At the close of 1903 the aggregate of «oHpt to hi. Thanksgiving Day pro-
stocka, Honda, Labilities, etc., of the clamatlon.-Omaha World Herald
„ . . _ ... ,,, U9 I On* of the reasons why the Port
railroad companies wae J14.3S9.159 909, Arthur dilpatch< ,„ „„ contradictory
while the exhibit of assets wae 1572,- I }, the failure of the war correspondents
891,683 greater. to compare rumors,—Chicago Inter
The total of Investments waa an In- Ocean,
crease of 3907.000.000 over the previous Young Mr. Rockefeller's recent Hun-
year, while ihe percentage of expense. *»F “ h »°' ‘•'"a Indicate hla belief
. .... „„ ... that an occasional camel can crawl
to earnings In 1903 wan 0..90, also an through th* needle's eye.—Ohio State
Increase. Compared with the figures Journal.
of live year* ago the operated mileage Secretary Morton saya‘ the Amert-
Increare In 1904 was 18.040 miles, can navy haa the finest enlisted men of
about two-thirds of the circuit of the any In the world. Some of the officers
are pretty good, too.—Washington
Evening gtar.
ITEMS OF INTEREST.
According to latest returns to the
Territorial Board of Equalization, there
are 237,696 cattle in Arizona, valued ut
31,578,625.
More than 2,000 skilled workmen
have left the French silk factories of
Roubaix and Turcolng within a year
for the United Statea.
The Ambidextrous Society of Lon
don haa been formed with the object
to encouragl££- people to use both
bands with equal facility.
Greenwich, Irid , twaata of having one
of the strongest freaks In the country.
It la a tree growing sturdily on the top
of Its court house tower.
Seed potatoes are often planted whole
In Germany, as the Germans claim the
vines are not as strong if the potato
is cut before it la planted.
Five women at Washington, D. C.,
are still drawing pensions as widows
of soldiers who served In the war of the
revolution, which ended 120 years ago.
A new railroad planned to scale
Grays Peak, near Dillon, Col., will at
tain a height of at least 200 feet great
er than the road which climbs Pike
Peak.
large reservoir at Manchester.
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t- —4»,i»i—— magazine should be at this season—brlm-
England, la slowly sinking into the i fu j ot Christmas stories, poems and sug-
ground. and It Is thought that It will ' - -- * - *
— Points on Dressmaking, telling
how to m*ke fur collarettes nnd muffs,
and the "Millinery Lesson” with direc
tions for constructing an evening toque.
soon fall Into a coal mine which la be
low It
The countries that have the largest
population—China, India and Russia—
are not the strongest nations, either
Industrially, commercially or In any
other way.
The public health department of the onge bisck-*nd-white
The December Designer is Just what a
agazlne should be at this season-brim-
ul of Christmas stories, poems and sug
gestions for holiday fun and feating.
imong *- ' * ■' * *"
tloned
lings are given
FREDERICK THE GREAT.
The pomp and palaver In Washing,
ton on Saturday over the unveiling o
Ih* statu* of Frederick th* Orrat »■,*
■lull* appropriate ee a sort of final* to
some recent events.
This statu., It will be remembered,
wae preaanted to tha Unltad State* by
the German Emperor. It hid been the
custom for congress to accept or rejrct
donations of the kind, even of ear
American statesman and soldiers; bat
President Roosevelt accepted on th*
spot this gift without referring It to
congress, thus violating the democratic
rule In thla country, nnd setting t new
During th* last congress
Bacon, and others, mad* th*
point, but Roosevelt’* will went Just
th* earns.
It ta toe Ut* to kick new. bat It might
me well be enld that Frederick the
Orest to n splendid type of that abso
lutism toward which are era rushing
In America. Aa n war lord who be
tlrved that men nr* horn to be unde
it* tn the hands ot divinely
ruler* lo wage war on other
th* areal to an Ideal
In history. Ill* heroic mould.
Ms military trapping*, hi* grlm-vltag.
ed front, are act up In front of our
Army War College aa an Inspiration
to ruler* on the** erstwhile democra
and peaceful chorea.
Wr suppose It ta all right Anyhow
: v e gift haa hern tendered end accept
ed. The fact haa beta proclaimed
the blare of trumpet*, the clank
sabres and the sound of gun*. Nod
. i.iiime* assented. Tributes
Frederick and William have been aald,
Hut we suspect that the American
FOREIGN EMIGRATION.
Mora captivating grow the nttrso.
Runs of the United States tn the eyea
of Ihe foreigner*. They ere coming
In vast array to these shores, lnat
yenr there* wero (50,000—there have
boon more then 11.000,000 since 1910,
Th* Irish ere especially not to be de
tained, notwithstanding the fact that
strong effort* have been mnde to In
duce them to remain upon th* green
Isle. It le eluted thnl within Ihe last
sixty year* Ireland's population haa
dropped from 9,000,000 lo 4,400.000.
United Stale* Conenl Stephen* at
Plymouth, Kn*., reports that "never
before have the Irish people manifested
such a determination lo leave their
country an now."
As Ireland he* no Immigration her-
eelf, Ih* tide of emigration. If It shall
not abets, wilt Inevitably result tn th*
practical depopulation of th* country
so tar as Us "bon* and alnew" are
concerned. The economic condition*
now prevailing, aa they have been for
so many years, afford the younger ele-
nont Mil* hop* for n rise In th* world.
JTv.ry neighborhood has It* stories of
the eucrees ot former resident* In
America—of money acquired and high
position reached. Theee allurements
are loo strong to bo resisted. The
Irish are always welcome, because
they take at once to the Institutions of
the country, nnd are ns assimilable es
th* watera of a brook by th* river Into
which they Row.
But speaking of Immigration, It to
said that th* next report of tho bureau
rongroaa will be of * sense
tlonal character Indeed. It will give
the facte collated by government In
vrstlgator* to show that on* or two
European governments actually extend
eld to undesirable persons and help
them to pay their ptseega, the steam
ship companies accepting them read
ily. regardless ot th* weak Immigra
tion tows ot this country, knowing
that It any have to be returned to their
native lands. It will not be at th* ex
pense of the companies. Hence largo
umber* aro, through laxity of super,
vision, permitted to slip through the
meshes of th* tow Into th* land, with
whom lastltulloa* they have no sym
pathy whatever.
globe Itself.
From the Interstate Commerce Com- . _ ,
, , , . „ , - , . , , A woman out West met a stranger,
mission's report It I* derived that In OIKOUrag(M , hlm l0 pr opoae, accepted
1903 the railroad* #mp!oyed 1,812.537 him and waa married, all the aame
men. or 639 to every 100 mile*. The day. And she didn’t neem to think it
economy of admlnlatratlon la far bet.- 1 was BO audden either. Birmingham
ter than It ueed to be for today with N ' w *:
. .... th ._ .... I And so Mr. Rockefeller’s share of the
an Inornate of lee* than 30 per cent. Btandard 01 , dlvl(1( , ntl , la 0Illy 314,100,.
in the operating force, the railways 000 tbt , year , lt „ a „ ad bereaV ement.
handled a passenger traffic greater by I but It carries with lt & certain amount
43 per cent, and a freight traffic great- of substantial consolation.—Bos'ton
er by 40 per cent. Herald.
All these figured Indicate more elo- The P r © flt ®f * 57,79 ® A 00tbttl1 nt
. .. .*-*1- Harvard for tho year 1902-03 suggests
quontly than all other possible atatla- th# , nqujry . Whal do tb(!y do wllb , t ,
tlcttl compilations the grand progress J This rolling up*of Immense sums yearly
of the country upon commercial and J con hardly be a *good thing for sport.—
Industrial lines. They show how what Boston Journal,
were once waste places nre blossoming, The governor of Missouri's Thanks-
and th. steady abeorptlon of the wll- K>v‘n* proclamation contains but 57
- Aew« -How uftv.f wor< J B - ^ *■ to feared that the TC-
demesses. And they slso show what BUlt of tha rt * am elcct!on may have
an uhsurdlty It la to propose govern- reduced the volume of the governor's
ment purchase and ownership of this thankfulness.—Cleveland Plain Dealer,
vast property. 1 Bryan says that Democratic success
, — I lies with the "plain, common people.'
Rooker Washington’* advice to the 1 The returns show that the plain, com
people of his race not to becomo "un- nion people also have something to do
duly pompous, aclt-xassrttve and gen- J ,th Republican victories.—Chicago
orally offensive" as a result of the Evening Post.
T* POl r'. , uM'have WR - 'for'the
the fact that Roosevelt xould have I pr^u^ency and r*celved 22 electoral
triumphed even without their support. J votes. This year Tom Wat|pn, the
... I party candidate? got less than 2,000
The scratcherdary of war. Judge Taft, votes in the HaWkeye State.—Portlnnd
did not stop over and get a razzle-daz- Argus.
ale welcome In Atlanta. Judge Taft I There la a good deal of talk at Wash
will he made to regret this slight some Ington. unofficial and speculative, about
of these days when he Is needing | * he
whoopere-upl
Making up for Private Theatrical!*'' nnd
“The Lady nnd the Lunch” arc of equal If
widely differing Interest, beautiful Illus
trations adding to the value of both.
Three handsome color plates nnd ten full-
nape blsck-nnd-white drawln
city of London Issues certificates to In this number.
restaurant* nnd bakeries which have
been inspected and found in good sani
tary condition.
General George B. Elliott comman
dant of the United States marine corps.
Is In California on a tour of Inspection. ;
He is quoted as saying that he believes
a large depot for marines should be
established at Mare Island navy yard, i
near San Francisco, to supply the j
drafts for Pacific stations and for the j
recuperation of men returned from the
tropics.
Charles W. Irish of Nevada has dis
covered in the tithing house In Salt
Lake City a famous hell that over fifty
years ago was transferred from the
old capital of Iowa, ln # Iown City, to
the tower of the Presbyterian church,
from which it was missing the morning
after a hand of Mormons, westward
bound, passed through the city. Mr.
Irish will try to have Utah return the
bell to Iowa.
The Peruvian government la about
to found n national museum of natur
al science, which will have Its home
in Lima, and In which there will be
three departments, one devoted to ani
mal life, another to plant life and a
third to minerals. The founding of
this Institution was made the subject
of a decree promulgated on the 16th of
July, and will probably mark an epoch
In the scientific development and cul
ture of Peru.
way of recommendations for tariff re
form. Talk counts for nothing. Will
. b „, I the PreMd.nt “stand pat" or obey th*
Jedte Brlles of Atlanta «ave a hot p«)pi e »_Bo*ton Post,
roast lo one of thnl sort of bnlllff who
thinks hlinnrlf a Ion! of hlfh decree .
and that th* poor hay* no rl*hta he Is Jy
hound to respect. Good for Brlles and POINTS ABOUT PEOPLE,
hi* brllerl * »
If the president replies to all the i Mlllll Minnie Robinson of Detroit, a
roncratulstlons he received end pay* graduate of Michigan University. In
postage the postal department ought winning national honors os a student
to be able to declare a dividend In De- botany. For some time past she has
THE JAPANESE COMMANDERS.
Fleld-MarKhul Marquis Oyama, and
Ons. Nndsu and Oku—nil members of I
the datauma clan of the Samurai, or Jap
anese nobility—won their military rank
for services In civil wars and In tne war
with China. Field Marshal Oyama fought
on the Mikado's aide In the war which
overthrew tha Shogunate. and. In 1872.
at the age of thirty, he was made a ma
jor-general. In 18R1. after spending three
years In military atudles tn Europe, he
became minister of war. Jn 1843, he be
came chief of the general staff. In these
office* he succeeded In organizing the
Japanese army on a modern bast*. He
wa* mnde a marqut* tor htn euceeaefut
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ember.
Whet's the use of telling the Demo
cratic party 'it must "do something'
when It I* not allowed to run the ma
chine by which th* dlddlng can alon* I President Roosevelt and will be dettv
be doneT
uniform tor hla army, but ha will hard
ly get our. "let ’or go Gallagher" spirit |
Into hla men by th* change of clothing.
At one time King Peter of Servla
as a radhot socialist. That waa while
he wa* living a comparatively obscure
H Ilf* In France. He Is believed to be
Hon. Tom Taggart, as we under- the first socialist to mount a throne,
etsnd him. will not take tn the lecture I King Peter to usually pictured tn one's
platform with a discussion of th* great Imagination aa a heavj-Jowled. beetle-
question "Wee Parker push'd or not?" b ™*«> ™ m * n ' but photograph, taken
at his coronation show a pleasant. In-
n-meuvrAov I* >*v «*.e AM i offensive-looking man. greatly over-
Dsmocracy is not dead, by several I by a perfectly monstrous
degresa of th. thermometer. Heresf- cro wn. almost a. high aa a stenograph-
ter. however. It Is going to be a lively, eFe pompadour.
go-ll-slon* quantity In Dixie land. | Germans are given to punning after
a ponderous sort. their Unguogs
W* really hop* Atlanta has not ao Is well adapted to It. The war tn the
targe a pauper colony as to need I7.5M Far East gives them plenty of oppor-
worth of free feeding for a day or two. tunltleo. At Berlin tho newest name
■ for tho commander of th* Russian
W* are all ready to claim kin with ,n Mnnchurla Is'oeneral "Ku-
the pumpkin and Ita by-product, on , th,r * b 1 L , '? t
l|>' «*«> collared (gepacht) by
Kurokl. At the time nf the Dreyfus
It la reported that th# little would-
b# revolution In Panama has been
nlppod In th# bud. thanks to th# pros
met of our marine# and th# cruiser
Dixie. A year ago we stood by the
revolutionists and against th# oppres
sor# represented by the central gov
eminent st Bogota; now we stand by
the central government of Panama
which we set up and give the cold
shoulder to tha new lot of patriot#
who are howling for freedom, dr
cumstsnces, alter esses.
r,»ton
The N#W York Democratic i«
ses to |t*rch upon the ] nsw In It condition to hurt a *ub
onuiosat hard by. way tavern.
been professor of botany and biology
In Vasssr College.
Mrs. Charlotte J. Creigmlll# of 5237
Larchwood avenue. Philadelphia, has
made a quilt composed of 22.642 pieces.
It Is to be an Inauguration gift for
er#d at th# White House March 4 next.
The quilt Is made entirely of satin In
iiia aura,
Oen. Kurokl was made a baron for his
brilliant capture of Wel-hal-Wel on Oen.
Oyama's campaign against tho Chlnsae.
He, too, hnd risen to high command by
hard fighting In the civil wars. Oen.
Nndsu succeeded Field Marshal Yamagnta
In command of the flrst army of Invasion
In th# CUlneae-Japunese ya,\r. It was *
The Fair Store,
507 Cherry St.
If you want fine dolls, we have them.
If you want One glass, wo havo them,
we have It
If you want good tumblers, wator
pitchers, etc., we have them.
Go carta revolving musical chime.
Iron toy* Drums, etc.
Fine dolls, balls, etc.
We do not keep any one cent toy*.
Boys' Caps. Mens' Cape, Baby Caps.
DR. MAURY M. STAPLER,
Oculist and Auritt.
Office. 655 Cherry Street,
Day 'Phone. 2271. Night 'Phone 3053.
DR. J. H. SHORTER.
Eye. Ear. Nose. Throat
Cherry and Seeond Street!*.
•Phone 972, office. Residence, 3073.
Alexander Blair
& Kern ....
Architects,
673 CHERRY ST MACON. GA.
who terminated the campaign by driving on<1
th# Chinese *cro** Manchuria, and de- ftnd n r« not *°o stingy to claim your
fcatlng them in the battle of Newehwang. own soul, we can suit you.
* If you want the worth of your money
and not too stingy to claim your own
soul we can suit you.
Early In hla career h# msde a visit to the
United States, and Investigated our mil
itary system. Gen. Oku, who dlstla-
Wt ‘tea himself In the war against the
»iIn title
— - - Uhlnese-
Japanese war. Gen. Kuropatkln. there-
■Mmmgt' end ernerienced
THE NOVEMBER MAGAZINE8.
Th* American Boy contains thirty-two
large pages, eIclity-three Illustrations,
Ten sorles, entlthd “Strat
mils;” "Jlmtnyhoy's Com ml
Ned Earned Ilia Thanksgiving Dlnrer;” ' tmL'F
iming
High
Thanksgiving Day.
Tom Watson Is now heeding for the
"has-been** hole tn the ground.
The whole nation will go ple-rootln*
next Thursday.
How sorry those Russians must tv
that Kurokl diyt ^afc.
This Is Indian summer time, but not
of the Tammany brand.
The Democratic party Is now getting
more advice than It got vote#.
Who said turkey?
Down at Camilla.
To th# RdUor of Th# Telegraphs
The gallant old Democrat# down this
way are "doing as well as could be
expected" after the crushing defeat
In the national election. We are
whipped, but are not yet ready to
4 holler.” Well light the old Union
•putting. South-hating, money-soaked,
tariff-pampered, hypocritical Republl
can party so long as there is breath
tn us. other people may see no dsn
ger to the country In Ite rule. But for
our pan yre know that no republic can
stand when Its control falls Into th*
hands of aristocrats. This country In
Its tvalbma! affairs to rapidly falling
Into the hands ot moneyed cl#
The public money Is at the mercy of
•he national banks. The public
"affaire." too. the Berlin wite asked:
"Wle tlef 1st Frankretch geaunken?"
("How far has France sunk?”) 'Drey
fus,'* was the answer—three feet.
An American just returned from a
visit to London has a strange story to
tell of hla compatriots there. "I am tn
the habit of hearing them speak with
an Kncllsh accent after a short so
journ in London,* he said, 1>wt I was
not prepared for the trace of German
that l noticed In the hgavlly-rolled and
the gutters! emphasis of many words.
This new Wrinkle combined with an
acquired English accent was too much
for me. On Inquiry I learned that It
was court English. The king's accent
has been adopted os the style by all
about him. and has ^een taken
up even by the Americans, who. being
In tandon, think they should do what
the Londoners do."
On one occasion Wayne MaeVeagh
succeeded In adjourning the supreme
court before the usual hour. Mr. Mac
Veagh never remained In Washington
over night if he could help H. and on
this occasion he greatly desired to take
the 4 o'clock train for Philadelphia.
Although talking to the coart, he kept
his eye on the dock and at 3:4*. giving
himself Just enough time to reach the
station, he ceased his argument ami
•old: "May H please your honors, 1
move that the coart do now adjourn. I
want to catch th# 4 o'clock train for
home." The cool aadaetty of the re-
to paralyse the justices.
“Old Toby’s Thanksgiving £ "The
Grenadier of France;” "Reverie .. _
Had Sick Boy;" Bimpson's Heat:” "My
Four Years at West Point:'* "The Hero
of tho Football Game:" “The Obedience
of Danny Dole.” Thirteen leading arti
cles entitled aa follows: “When Old Glo
ry' Is Isowcred:” “Bays of Naples;” “The
Largest Vgsael Ever Built', “Russell
Sage's Advice to Young Men;'* “Message
of Gov. Van Sant;, of Minnesota, to
American Boys;** "South African Boer
War Exhibition at 8t. Ix>uls;” "The Boy
as an Experiment;” "The B’.ue Jay'—the
llrst of a aeries of articles entitled
“Among the Bird#;" “Boy* In the Rev
enue Cutter B ft vice;” “A Jsp Cadet
Corps Under the American Pug;” "A
Unique Pet: "84. Beraerrt Do»,;" ''PUy.
In* In,lien. Under (he (,n.ral heading
or "How lo Do Thlnw,' r the fotlowlns:
"How to Hev. en Ant Cnlony of Your
Own." nnd th. third of a eerlra of .r-
tlf-I.H on whlulinx. In nd.lltlon. full pnxes
urc devoted to the usual drpettrarnta
Country Life In America I. or.*
the Uraest and most beautiful mace-
Ixnr, of the month. Deallnx with ouch
,uhj».-t» as autumn and winter horticul
ture. h -'-r building, rood making, wood
craft. nature, dogn. auiomobllln*. itolf.
TiiankaglUn* aim™ nnd pa.tlmea. It
roveru. Ha uaual, th. wlda rank, of work
and ptrarure under tor open ally. ■
Th. content# nr. aa foSowa:
•Th. Awak.nlnx of Acrtculturr." Wil
helm Miller; The Exrltliw Sport of PI*,
eon tualnx” F. H. 8. Morrl.cn. photo,
craphe by A. Rn.lcUffc Dusmora: "Flow-
ara for th* Autumn." Thcmaa McAJim.
photography by i!*nry Troth and J Hor
ace McFartnnd; "Oiled Bouda." Illuatra-
tgd, KlUubctn Antoinette ,Vard: 'Flra-
rjnera In City and Country Homca.” E.
£; . Hd, .t*sKri_;°r , n ,B * Bu J h * |n s * nj
Water, tfluatwtad. Jama. Harvey Spen
cer: ' Plant, That Anyone May Grow
Without Soil." 31. A. White; "MotIn*
Old Box to New Gardena." Henry Htaka;
"A General Farm That Pay." L H. Bal-
hu : ' The Teetarinx 8andpip«r.'- Frank
H. Chapman. The w ivxlcraftar and the
Stare." Erneet Thompson Seton; "The
dlnsular Story of th« En(tlah Batter."
Jama* «al»on phetneraph. by toe au
thor. J 94. Taylor and a. Kadeilft* Du*,
more, and many other articles.
Tha Red Book le full nt .tartan that are
atoriee. Harrtean Rhoden apettn thin num
ber with « clever love etor>- railed "On
The Beach which la wall llhmraicd by
Viator B- Lembdln. David H. Talma dee
eon tribute* a rharmlnx little etory railed
who has mad# for hitnsrif an eavlaMe
reputathm as a poet. It mm has tvrned
Ispen «« ‘Jnn'ghu. of prase His short
story in tntr — —* *— —
'he Burglar.
ftctkm writer# woo are NmiwBtri tn the
number are Charles Wfillams. laich
Gordon Otiimr. Dan# CoShdg*
Keaton and Erglaald Wrigal K* iff man
OCULIST AND AUR18T.
PROFESSIONAL CARDS
Classified advertisements unde#
this head aro intended strictly for
the professions*
OSTEOPATHY
DR. F. F. JONES, Osteopath
334 Second St. 'Phones 920-3019.
CIVIL ENGINEERING.
GABRIEL R. SOLOMON,
Civil Engineer,
Plans, Estimates, 8urveys,
568 Chorry Street, Msoon, Ga.
Office Phone 962—Residence Phone 149
DENTISTRY.
OR. ADDIEL M, JACKSON. Dentist.
Office on second floor Commercial
Bank Building, Triangular Block. Tel
ephone 636.
OR. H. W. WALKER, Dentist.
PHYSICIANS AND SURGEONS.
OR. MARY E. McKAY,
Special attention to Obstetrics and
Diseases of Wopien.
Commercial Bank Building.
Phones: Office, 2554; Residence, 3572.
Washington Block. Hours: 9 to 10 o. m..
12 to 1, and * to 6 p. m. Telephone con
nections at office and residence.
It the only method
that Insures sue
cess. The man
whose ambition is
not hlnh never
amounts to any
thing. Is It part of
your ambition to
BECOME RICH?
Then you must go
about It In the right
manner. Fortunos
ire not accumulat
ed in teapots now
adays. Keep your
money In a safe
place and be free to
attend to your
business without
worry. The Equl
table Invites your
account, be lt large
or small.
EQUITABLE BANKING AND LOAN
COMPANY.
GEO. A. SMITH. President
Macon, Georgia.
$16.00
Macon to St Louis and
Return via Southern
Railway
The Southern Railway will wll tick
eta from Macon to SL Douls on each
Tuesday end Thursday durins No vein
her fnr J14.ee round trip, ticket* llm
Ited ten day* from date of aal
Theee tickets will not be honored In
parlor or aleeplnc core.
Train 1 ear In* Macon 1:05 a. m. Car
rie* throuxh coich to Uextntton. Ky.. I OR. C. H. PERTH, OculiiL
Irakimc direct connection at that polr.t | Office ’pbor.e 3554: re ildcr.cv phone 471
with throusti train for EL Lento, car- I .
rrln* rr-e reclining rh ilr c.tra. ABSTRACTS.
Train tearing Macon 1:35 p. m. car- j — — ■ —
S^Tn 22 CEORG.A TITLE * GUARANTY CO.
man sleeper to SL Louts. 1
DR. J. J. SUBERS.
Permanently located. In the special
ties venereal. Lest enetgy restored.
Female Irregularities and poison oak:
cur* guaranteed. Addraaa In confi
dence. with stamp, 619 Fourth (treat,
Macon, Ga.
Dr. Chss. H. Hall. Dr. Thos. H. Hall
Office, 410 Mulberry *L
Residence. 607 College st.
Telephone*: Office, 972; residence, 49.
Office hoars: 9:90 to 9; 13 to llM: 6 to 4.
OPTICIANS.
G. G. COcFT,
Graduate Optician. >53 Cherry eL
OCULISTS-