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THE MACON TELEGRAPH: SUNDAY MORNING, DECEMBER it, 1904,
MR. FLEMING'8 VIEWS.
Hn;u W. H. Fleming'* v'.ewn on tho
negro queetftm in Georgia a#i«1 the
South are ultra-Connervplive. Th»»ore.
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at tho Klmbe" Houeo and the Pied
mont Hotel In Atlanta.
THE HELPLESS SOUTH.
It aeema certain that the Republican
party will legislate a reduction of the
representation of the Southern state*
In the house of congress. It la equally
certain that the Southern states cun-
not prevent tho unjust act. We can
only aubmlt and puck our thumbs.
Borne ona has suggested that Geor
gia. for Instance, could elect her eleven
congressmen as usual and they could
appeal to the supreme court of the
United Btates to secure their seats In
tha houae. Rut the constitution makes
each house tha Independent Judge of
tho eleet'nn and qunllflratlnna of Its
members. This was provided by the
makers of the constitution In ordsr
that the people's legislature might be
always Independent of the executive
nr Judicial department! of tha gov
ernment. The supreme court would,
without doubt, refute to take Jurisdic
tion In such cases.
’ The proposed measure. If enacted,
would deprive the Biuthrrn states of
nlnstesn members of the house of rep
resentatives and correspondingly re
duce the electoral Votes cast by thla
section. How many members of con
gress would be lost by those Northern
states which abrldg* the right to vote
for other cause than "rebellion nr other
crime." against the plnln mandats of
the fourteenth amendment, Is not
stated. Probably the anld Northern
states are not at all alarmed, knowing
that .the proposed legislation la aimed
only at the Southern states. It Is dif
ficult to see how they can escape In
quiry, however, unless there Is to he a
new ordination of law that appilra to
one section and not to the other.
Thla would Indeed appear to he the
purpoae, If we are to Judge from the
announremrnt that the proposed re
duction Is based upon the actual num
ber of "negro" Illiterates excluded from
ths suffrage. Apparently there
been no consideration of the artuat
number of white Illiterates excluded
from the suffrage in' the Northern
states. Nor of the fart that states are
apportioned tbs number of their rep
resentatives, not according to the
number of their vdlea, hut according
to their population. According to Mr.
Platt, the bill presents "the smallest
reduction practicable' and Is "vary
conservative."
However that may bo, wa feel at lib
erty to say that worse calamities might
befall this section than ths loss of
nineteen representatives In . congress,
and one surh would be the putting of
our local government Into ths hands
of the negroes wherever they have a
majority.
Commenting on the Platt hill, the
Ralttmore Bun utttra a mild warning
for the benefit of conservative Repub
licans, as fellows i
•MM. T*duc<lnn should be mede It Is
roacelvsbie that the time will com*, when
the Republicans of the North may hove
!■ The lank of nlnetJeo
conservative Democratic votes In the
«!»'• victory to those cstreme
• lomeats In the nation which «rc opposed
10 the ooosqnrallam of Republicans and
rules of reasoning do not work out
satisfactorily In this cast. We endeav
ored - to point out this fact to our
Northern critics the other day. For
Instance, according to the rules
of reasoning and propriety, one would
agree that It was the proper thing un
der ordinary circumstances to draw
the line of social equality at the fitness
or unfUnots of the person, not at the
race line. Ilut we demonstrated that
the South had found that the common
rule was at fault In this case, and that
the South saw etearly. and to a
man, that the line of demarkatlon
had to be drawn at ths line where the
Caucasian blood ends and where the
mixed blood begins.
No well-balanced man could wish to
deprive any well-behaved, law nbldlr.g
negro of the right of life, liberty and
property, or the pursuit of happiness.
Rut If thla Is a white man's country.
If whits men made It. perpetuated It.
and t>y their might and purses now
sustain It, there Is no middle ground
when the question cornea up as to the
right of an Inferior, alien race,
brought originally as alavesandsavages
among us. to psrtlclpate as rivals af
the white mRtt In tho nmbltlnn to gov
ern IL Tha right to vote Involves the
right to hold office—to govern. The
right to govern Involves tho right to
alt among the mighty, and to rult
the lowly. It not only Involves equal
ity (oven In social relations) but It In
volves superiority In individual In
stances. To make the first acknowl
edgement—the acknowledgement of
on Inherent right to vote—Involves the
whole series, as wa have shown; snd
social equality, and ultimata amalga
mation la tha final, Irreslatable, logical
conclusion of It all.
We may temporise wllh thla ques
tion as we will; wa may shut our eyas
to tha drift of things as we do; wa
may play politics on tha one side or
ths other, as both sides always did,
ami yet the open mind ran see great
dangers ahead. How to meet, or avert
these dangers Is the problem. Knelt
has his view. Knch politician hla
plan. Ilut the end le not In sight.
BETTER OFF THAN THE GER-
MAN8.
Unforeaten and unwelcoma develop
ments may be In store for this repub
lic, and rertatnly the signs and por
tents ara plentiful of Isle years, but wa
ran attll point to the freedom wo en
joy In comparison with the lack there
of In rertatn other countries. One of
our leading newspapers may ha cut off
form official news as a punishment for
printing an Innocent atory about cer
tain little hoys and a turksy. snd tho
only result lb a general expression of
astonishment; but still we can say
hopefully that oure Is tha beat and
the freest country, and that ws should
not Ilka to change It for. Germany, for
example.
Tha latsst news from that military
despotism Inspires ths above reflec
tion. It Is not a great while since a
(lerinaji officer killed a private be-
The president will pretty soon learn
that ths senatorial Junto Is a dod-
_ stsd.' nasty fact that cennot be
rough-ridden, by a darned sight
Will Maryland and Missouri be the
’doubtful States" of the Southern Dem
ocratic party?
What has become of John P. Hop
kins, of llllnolH? Did he also take to
Lake Michigan in a "fool-killer" boat?
Anyhow Mrs. Chadwick has had a
bank-up brilliant time on the road be
tween “pens."
When Senator Gorman hears the
late election referred to he winks hla
other eye!
Congress should not get "too uppity"
these days, or Teddy will get 'em If
they don’t watch out!
The time to take the Sunday school
census Is tha wsek before Christmas.
Tha standpatters will Insist that ths
tariff shall be revised-upward.
Panama Is quiet. But Its next pipe
dream may happen any hot old night.
The longest fall on record Is that of
Port Arthur.
business llr.-* by Its owner, large
quantities of butter and milk being sold
regularly from the dairy, which is now
self-supporting and profltable.
Wlnthrop K. Scarrit^ president of
ths Automobile Club of America, has
been laying down *orve intelligent rules
for chauffeurs. Here are some perti
nent points on which he Insists: First,
master your machine: second, always
be prepared to atop on tho inatantj
and. third, «how ore end conaldera-
tion for other user* of the highway*.
Dr. Clayton Tifflnof Hamilton. Mo.,
it la said. had tho distinction of com
manding tho Union aotdiera who fought
tho laat battle of the civil war In which
a life wai lost—it was on May 23, 1836,
with tho remaining remnant of Bill
Anderson's bushwhackers and guer
rillas. eight miles from Richmond. Mo.
—and he asserts that Madison Walker
was the last soldier in that great strug
gle to give up hla life.
Her. William May, probably the old
est Methodist preacher in Kentucky.
If not in the country, is dead at his
home in Perryville. Mr. May was 92
years old and haa boon preaching for
seventy-five years, but during that
time had never accepted a cent of
money for hi* service;;. He had. it la
said, married 3,000 coupler, baptised
5,000 persons and officiated at 6,000
funerals. Hm wae a great horseback
rider, using his steed for traevllng over
his district, but had never been on a
train, and In order to make a living
conducted n farm, with which he waa
eminently succeaafuL
m y,
TOPIC8 OF THE TIME8.
Vi #
The Japs have been a flrst-rnte ularm
clock to wake Russia.—Philadelphia
Press.
Cotton is still king, but like many
another king his exchequer la liable to
fluctuations.—Nashville Banner.
The nest congress will bp copstruc
tlvt rather than destructive, blit It will
not be inert—Cleveland. Deader.
The big "H" on the sweater* of the
Harvard foot bait players stands for
Hope—for next yesr.—Boston Globe.
A surplus of rongressment of one
political school Is always hard on the
surplus In the treasury,—Washington
Post.
At any rate, the flt. l/mls Exposition
Is likely to save thnt $100,000 it offered
as an airship prise.—Philadelphia In
quirer.
One of the first duties of the Texas
legislature Is to make ends meet and
tie them In a double bow knot.—Dal
las No *s.
decretory of the Treasury Leslie
Bhuw I* said to be very tired of his
official duties. Well, ’ha stump speak
ing Is over!—Philadelphia ledger.
France proposes to make Hunday a
day of rest—but not through restric
tions calculated to make resting
weary process.—New York World.
It would be funny If the New York
senatorial toga should accidentally fit
an Innocent bystander like Governor
Odell.—Motnphls Commercial-Appeal.
Dewey Is willing to Mill over mined
harbors If duty calls, hut he draws tho
line nt navigating through n ses of In
ternstlonsl compiles! ions. — Chicago
News.
Young Mr. RorKofclIsr's graphic
representation of slnncm as men “In
debt to God” I* rather Rtnndardolleso
thah Scriptural language.—New York
World.
Msyor Tlmnnus of Baltimore refused
to allow election bettors to wheelbar
row each other through the street*.
Did the theatrical trust objejet?—
Houston Chronicle.
Mrs. Chadwick was rble to stand oft
a man creditor for r 130.000, hut when
a woman milliner having a clulm for
$1,000 got into action there waa a
crisis.—New York American.
One of Rothschild's employes hss
succeeded In getting awsy with
$5,000,000. I,noks as if such a man as
that ought to be n member of the
flrmA-JncksonvIlle Tlmes-Unlon.
“What Is the lending business Indus
try of Rhode Islnnd*’" asks a corre
spondent. We believe it Is the raising
of the annual presidential Thanksgiv
ing turkey.—Albany Tunes—Union.
The Ameer of Afghanistan has Juat
bought 200 sewing machines for the
Inmate* of hta harem. It Is lucky that
that all the essential facts of their op
erations will reach the public sooner
or later. Civilization needs a witness
—an unprejudiced wltneas—at the very
front In warfare, to guard against the
grave danger* of a militariam which
feels itself, exempt from criticism.
RACIAL INFLUENCES
* IN LONGEVITY
Th. Jew I, Now the Longest Lived of
Now York’. Inhabitant!—The Irleh
Seem to bo Losing 8om. of Their
Vitality—German. Are Short-Llv.d.
ITEM8 OF INTEREST.
Democrats alike.
Till. call, to mind Mr. Clev.land'a
* .ported declaration while president
that lb. oeml-Kurnpeanlerd North waa
honeycombed with anarchy and that
the day might come wh.n the puro
Aririn-Saxon blood of the cona.rv.tlv.
Houth would «« tho nation.
There is no nnd to argue the qttea,
tlon. however. It la .Imply a matter
of th. power of a litutal and lawlsaa
majority. If th. outrage la committed
th. South will have no recourse ex
cept to watt for the coming. If ev.r, of
a revulsion of popular feeling that will
fore. th. repeal of the ect of Injustice
and Infamy, or until the North .hall
need the conservative Rout hern vote.
AS TO IMMIGRATION.
Georgia ha. ample room for Immi
grants. We can comfortably . locate
and employ two or three million, of
Germane Englishmen. Irishmen, Mai-
lane end e line large bunch of ChlttcM
coollee. Our agricultural and other
lndu.trlee wait for them all Impallettl-
Yet these Immigrant* win be shiv
In coming to in, They do not know
much about the negrcee and dread to
he brought In contact and competition
wllh them. They ara moat assiduously
sought for by the gnat railway cor
porations of Ike West and Korthtreet
that offer to array rattler on their
government-subsidy land* long terms
of payment by Installments, in the
West and Northwest the new romert
from abroad find already establish?
settlements of their owa coualrymer
rnd so feel more at hears there than in
causa tho latter ones tho boyhood
friend of the former, momentarily for
got the barrier of rank and offered to
shako hands. Now wo laarn that two
privates have boon severely punishol
because they disarmed a drunken non
commissioned officer who wna running
amuck. In a dance hall frequented by
soldiers and servant girls tho drunker,
sergeant drew hla aword and threaten
ed to kill everybody lit sight. Thla
waa after he bad Insulted the women
present and tha floor mahager had told _
him !n he mil.I h. I he does not have to buy hla wives
him to he quiet. When ho began to . bonnets.-Rlrmln.ham a..-
popv
cut and thrust everybody fled except
two soldiers, one of whom tripped him
up end the two of them took hla sword
away after ha had fallen.
For this courageous effort to protect
tha Innocent and preserve the peace
the two soldiers were tried hy rourt-
martial on the charge of Insubordina
tion In the present's of a superior ifft-
ror and were sentenced to live yaara
of rmiflnemenl and hard labor.
Tea, In spite of all the unwelcome
signs snd portents, we are still better
off than the Germans.
Certainly those reduction bills will
not hurt the South any. Except In the
senate, our elates nre sa powerless as
when they were barred out of congress
altogether.
Easter bonnets—Birmingham Age-
ltenld.
A good many young fellows blow In
all their money on a girl, and aa ap
preciation for the same nre nllowed to
buy u wedding present on credit and
act as usher ut the church.—Blrmlng-
hum News.
When It comes to figuring on the
South's raprerantnt'on we will ahnw
that while we can permit the negro to
register we cannot ,\>rce him to vote
and congress will have to credit us
with those darkles wht ara qualifled—
Columbia Bute.
of the
lion rap
migration la to push rolonl
Iucranesta before the alter.,
“re ta Kuropran countries
contemplating migration to
I celonli itlan companies ta
rlth expert agents In Europe.
Iff alert a sires in of health./
able Immigrants to the aisle.
ir observation the president's
■ square desl" la te held out
and deal from the bottom of
POINTS ABOUT PEOPLE.
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Paul Kruger left a fortune of nearly
I4.(h».o«o.
Yeung Baron Alfonso do Rothschild
Is a- clerk In a New York banking
house.
Prince von Hohentohe-Oebrlngen la
the letset scion of .royalty to visit the
United Btates.
Judge Andrew J. Harlan of Savan
nah. Mo. le the only surviving mem
ber of the Thlrty-flrst congress. He
was born tn Ohio In ISIS.
As her Aral great public triumph
was In Russia, Mme. rattl has volun
teered te sing this mouth at a concert
In Rt. Petersburg for the ben.flt of tho
Russia p wounded.
Archbishop Mrssmer of Mllsraukra
did not attsnd tho funeral of Arch
bishop Elder In Ctnrlnnatlt on .lection
day because bis duties as a cllUens
prevented hie going.
E. M. Fowler, the wealthy lumber'
man. who haa Just died at his home In
We should think the Northern Dem- Pasadena, Cal- leaving an estate
crata would bo delighted to get rid of j worth Ui.0M.kM. Matted aa a laborer
Job of managing the party cam- I ln ,lw woods of Michigan.
The women seem to bo furnishing
the most sensational criminals of the
era. When a woman gets Into a gains
she never gets cold feet until she Is
raughL
Franaled Finance" had a high old
lime In Wall street Thursday, Yet
there ara four more yean of Teddy to
come!
Thera la an underground report thet
Uncle Joe Gennon will not stand for
the Crumpacker "reconstruction" r»-
vIvaL
Nest year ths Greater New York
mayoralty ta due and Dr. ParkhurM
will have his hl-eanlal attack of run
ning at ths mouth.
The two state prisons In California
ara so overcrowded that In some cases
flvo men are put In one cell.
The house In which modern spirit
ualism originated Is still standing on a
farm near the village nf Hydesvllle,
N. Y.
Strangely enough, the Home fro
Aged Atheists. Just opened In New
York, Is endowed by Christian believ
ers only.
Oak beams a thousand years old. re
moved from the Bluo Bell Inn at Bed-
llngton. Kngleton, have been converted
Into a handsome suite of furniture.
London haa a high school which
makes a specialty of teaching the
students to use the two hands India,
crlmlnately. It has over 200 pupils.
At the grange convention at Port'
Innd, Ore., the other day o resolution
was unanimously adopted suggesting
Indian corn aa the national floral em
blem of the order.
The Parle Municipal Council has
unanimously called on the French
Legislature to make It a penal offense
to 'cause employes. of either eex to
work more than six days a week.
Sentence of six months' Imprison
ment has been passed at Bautxen,
Bnxony, on u young seiyant girl who
had spoken disrespectfully of tho gen
eral rhsracter of the officers of the
local garrison.
According to statistics, something
like 2.000 vesatls and ships of all sorts
disappear In the sea each year, arid
are never heard from ngaln. The loss
of lives amounts to 12.000, and
money to 1100,000,000.
The public health committee
Camberwell, London, propoeee to lit
up the public baths In the borough
for cricket practice' during the winter
months Apparently the Camherwel-
llans do not bathe In winter.
resident of Oklahoma. "Uncle'
Jery lferlngton. of near Mulhall. has
In his possession a copy of the first
newspaper printed In tha United
Btates. It la the Boston News Letter,
and bears date of April 17, 1704.
Thera Is on exhibition at Coventry,
England, a pile cartel, 24 by 7 H feet
which was made In Lahore In 1034
far a director of tha old East India
Company. The beautiful coloring is
still perfect, deipllo Its age of 270
years.
Runaway hones are unknown In
Russia. No one drives there without
having a thin cord with a running
noora around the ntek of the animal,
When an animal starts ths cord Is
pulled end the horse stop* as soon aa
I feels the pressure of the wind-pipe.
A gold toothpick and case given hy
Cbarlea I to Colonel Tomlinson (who
hsd charge of the King In prison until
ha went to his execution), and the
blue ribbon worn by Charles at the
time of going to his execution, were
sold at auction ths other day In Lon
don tor 13.909.
The largest hairpin factory tn the
world Is al Patnswlck, a village In the
Htroud valley, England. Rtrnngely
enough, this factory employs only 300
persons, the machinery used being aU'
tomatlc and requiring but little atten
tion as It grinds mile* of wire Into
tons of hairpins
Concerning Russia's financial ability
to carry on the war. The Statist srams
tn think It is practically unlimited. Its
opinion la that that country can get
42190.000,000. that Is. 1600.000.000. from
France, Germany and Holland, and If
necessary a good deal more. Bho has
a vast nmouqt of gold at home and the
power to Issue alt the Inconvertable
paper needed.
By James Creelman ln N. Y. World.
What kind of man will the typical
New Yorker of the future be?
Investigations made by life-insur
ance experts show that the New York
Jew Is on the average the most long'
lived of the city's Inhabitants, whlla
the New York Irishman la beginning
to rank among the most short-lived.
The life of the average adult New
York German le also brief.
This remarkable fact la verified at
a time when' the Jewish Immigration
Into this country Is something Uke
twice as great' aa the Irish and German
immigration combined.
One of the greatest Ufe-lnsuranca
actuaries In the world said yesterday
that the life of an American Jew was
by at least IS per cent, a better Incur'
ance risk than the life of any other
type of inhabitant, age and conditions
being the same.
This, of course, covers only a select
ed class of persons capable of paying
premiums and physically acceptable to
the Inaurance companies. But It agrees
with the death-rate among the poorer
Jews of New York ascertained by
Frederick L. Hoffman, a notable Inaur
ance expert, nine years ago.
Taking the death-rate In the Sev
enth, Tenth and Thirteenth Wards of
the city, and figuring out the mortality
on the basle of 100,000 population to
each of the nationalities named, the
following surprising results were ob
rained:
palgn hereafter.
The wey for Fairbanks te cep off the
presidential nomination In IMO la lo
maneuver Indiana around Into the
doubtful column again.
Secretary Taft thinks IMt will be a
good year ht which to re-eetablleh the
Ohio oligarchy in the Republican par
ty and the national government.
lal* of Roosevelt's
the dents ot the capital
sniffer. It has rTethered many I praa-
a Ideal's pets ta the heretofore.
Manual Garcia, th? stager. Is Mill
living ta London, and on March IT
nest he will be 1M years old. He la
the only singer now living who took
pert In the first see eon ot Italian opera
In New York In tit*.
Dr. Peter Fahmey, n wealthy Chi
cago manufacturer, haa donated a largo
cerate In Washington county, Mary
land, where he was turn, to the Oer
men Bapttat, or Duntard. church. I
will he used as a home for aged and
ehrUerises members of the denomina
tion
The queen of the Netherlands Is an
Causes of death. t
SOME EVILS FROM DIVORCES.
George Me r edith's Plan Does Not Find
Favor With American Thinkers.
From the Butte Inter Mountain.
In aplte of'George Meredith's an
nouncement that In the course of time
marriages would be made or contract
ed only for certain periods, many of
the ministers of this country do not
seem to be discouraged In their cru
sade against the growth of the divorce
evil. A number of them, of different de
nominations and from all parts of the
United States, have made an agree
ment not to merry divorced persons,
unless it be shown that such divorce*
were obtained for causes sanctioned by
the churches.
While It is true that even If this po
sition were taken by all churches they
could not prohibit divorces or atop the
marriage of divorcees, still it plainly
shows the attitude and disfavor of
these churches in regard to the ques
tion. Their action may also help to
turn public sentiment against the
growing evil, and perhaps Influence In
directly those who are prompted more
or leas in their actions by public opin
ion. While being actuated by no bet-
motives would not be of great
credit to the people themselves, still,
an enforced regard for marriage laws
would be better than a growing laxity
with respect to them, ln ultimately
lessening the number of divorces, and
thus remedying or preventing the evils
that follow.
One example of the latter la shown
ln a statement made hy the superin
tendent of the compulsory department
of the Chicago school system that di
vorce Is responsible for much of the
truancy and Juvenile crime in that city.
He saya that In Chicago there are
about 25,000 divorced persona, the par
ents of about 40,000 children, and that
a majority nt the boys and girls com
mitted to Institutions of correction be
long to this class Another la given In
a report of the truant officer of Des
Moines. Iowa, which shows that of 168
Investigated cases of truancy In that
place. In a majority of the cases the
parents were either divorced persons
or drunkards.
The divorce question la one of grow
ing Importance, not only with respect
to the cause of the question Itself and
Its prevalence, but In respect to the
many evils directly or Indirectly re
sulting from euch a state of affaire.
A SEND-OFF FOR "BRIDGE."
8-arlet fever.... 31.85 20.42 8.80 28.35
Typhoid fever... 12.78 6.81 20.63 10.01
Diphtheria IIS.il 61.04 67.44 60.04
Diarrhoea! fever.6S3.78 217.78 225.78 261.82
Consumption ....288.40 752.03 372.38 106.74
pneumonia 488.47 704.38 284.42 220.14
l.lvar diseases... 12.78 71.46 32.36 6.00
Nervous diseases,384.26 268.83 134.11 116 07
Urinary dlecases.121.42 850.60 128.02 45.02
Ths War Corraspondsnt of tha Future.
Frederick W. Unger In the December
Booklovera Megastne.
In devising a system of war corre
spondence it Is necessary to keep In
mind two eeaenllala: first, the right ot
the public to know how a war la con-
conducted and second, the right of the
military authorities tn conceal certain
preparations, movements, and at times
even results. To reconcile these ap
parently conflicting necessities msy be
difficult, but It la essential to try to do
The first atop ta to provide for the
registration of correspondents. In
limes of peace the war department
■hoould receive applications for corre
spondents' licenses, and after fully sat
isfying themselves regarding the ap
plicants' qualifications, the examining
officials shou;ld place the names of
those found worthy upon an approved
list. When occasion arises correspon
dents ran then be selected from a body
of men of proved ability and assured
character.
The men thus chosen should be giv
en the full privileges of the front and
allowed to unite as thsy choose. Their
materiel should be sealed and commit
ted to the military authorities, to he
dispatched when thee, officials see fit
The matter could thus be held until
the official In charge was satisfied that
no harm could come to campaign ope
rations from publication, but when
published the letters should bo given
to the world precisely aa the corras-
pondonta Wrote them. After all. It Is
not Important that the public should
know Immediately ,,f rvefy movrmenl
in the flald. but It l. nt t':.- bighorn Im-
vooLectlon with the royal I porta nee that the military authorities
at Loo, aw. u la nut on regular 1 should always act with the knowledge
These flgures and tho facts which
nre now being discovered by the In
aurance companies aeem to prove that
the Jews, whether rich or poor, are the
longest lived of our Inhabitants.
On the Darwinian theory that ape
ries ore ultimately modified by the
types which survive longest, one pow
erful factor In the evolution of- the
New Yorker of the future Is revealed
tn Semitic vitality.
While the temperance of the Jews Is
said to account partly for their ex
traordinary longevity, the Insurance
men are Irfcllned to believe that cen
turies of persecution having killed off
the weakest of the re e. the survivors
repreaent the element which persists
simply because of Its superior vitality.
As for the Irish. Germane and Bran-
Ulnavlana In the United States, an In
vestigation hy the combined American
life Insurance companies, covering the
policies of the Inst thirty years and
Including all between the ogee of fif
teen and seventeen years, shows the
Swedes and Norwelgans. who are usu
ally engaged In farming, the health-
lest ot occupations, to be the most
long-lived.
Before this Investigation It was sup
posed that the American negro waa
short-lived because of his careless
habits and unsanitary environment.
Thla Idea haa been completely upset.
In making thla investigation of the
mortality of these four classes, the in
aurance experts took the most re
liable existing nctunrlal tables aa tha
basis of the number of deaths expected
In eneh class. Here are the results
of thirty years of life Insurance:
Born In Qsrmeny,
Deaths expected ; 10.314.0
Actual deaths 20,613.0
. Bom in Ireland.
Deaths expected 6,155.0
Actual deaths 7,304.0
Bom In 8weden or Norway.
Pentha expected 1.233.0
Actual death* 1.174.0
Negroes,
Deaths expected 223.7
Actual deaths 243.0
The short-llvednees of the Irish and
Germans In America la not attributed
to racial weakness, but rather to tha
habit of the Individual. A large per
centage of the Irish snd Germans are
engaged In saloon-keeping, and natur.
ally attract the Irish and Germane as
customers. The feet that the death-
rate of the Irish and Germans Insured
at an early age Is comparatively email
and that the mortality among adults
ta great aeema to confirm thla Idea.
The Swedes and Norwegian! are in
clined to be hard drinkers but as they
usually settle on farms the saloon plays
a small part in their habits.
It was Herbert Bpencer who said,
during hie visit to New York a few
years ago. that the American people
lived at too high a pressure: that In
learning how to work they were for
getting how to play. He warned the
nation against the results of this ter
rifle tendency.
There le Mrong contlrmatton of Mr.
Spencer's plea for tha gospel of rest
and recreation to ba found In the enor
mous proportion of persons of native
American stock who die
Are Women Devotees Warranted In
Giving Mrs. Ward the Gentle
Hoot?
From t!ie Chicago Chronicle.
No game has been dealt with more
mercilessly—football, perhaps. ex
cepted—than "bridge.” The pulpit has
condemned It as a waste of time, phy
sicians have declared that women are
ruining their health by their devotion
to It. and sociologists nre saying that
bridge players are in danger of being
able to do nothing rise, so great Is tho
erase for It.
So Intensely does Mrs. Humphrey
Ward feel on the subject that In a re
cant paper she declared: "Bridge has
ruined several line ladles, brought
some estates Into the market, put up
many thousands of pounds worth ot
jewels for sale at Christie's, separated
husbands and wives who had rubbed
along fairly well before, and destroyed
many friendships."
Now the New York Sun appears
with a flattering Indorsement of the
game and calls it one peculiarly suited
to the American type of mind, saying
the qualities essential for auccesa at
bridge are precisely those In demand
In evcrj'day life, either business or so
cial: that It Is a game of Judgment
combined with speculation, of combi
nation, balnnred by competition.
It calls It peculiarly a game for In
telligent people since It presents con
tinually Interesting and Intricate prob
lems more or leas difficult of solution,
and tha Individual feels that the play
of every card la an expression or his
personality In controlling the result
With a "send-off" like thnt every
bridge player mny give conscience to
the four winds and resume the game as
a duty aa well as a pleasure. It It Is
wheeling the faculties for business
and for social auccesa. why not play
morning, noon and night? Ministers
who have condemned U doubtless
knew nothing of its educational value"
They spoke fn their Ignorance, and
Mrs Humphrey Ward, In her xeal for
reforms, doubtless overlooked the
meritorious side and did not seo that,
even If estates were Inst, Jewels were
pawned, and friendships broken, the
cost waa nothing compared with the
fitness the game gives for "business
and aocJal success.”
And yet Russell Sage Is not given to
bridge nor does Hetty Green spend
days and nights over the game. Thera
may be other and equally good ways
of whetting the faculties for business
and social surcesa than that of giving
one's life exclusively to "bridge."
Tax Payers
are notified to pay their city
taxos by Dec. 15th, after
which date executions will bo
issued with costs attached
thereon,
A. R. TINSLEY, Treas.
Dec. 7th, to 15th.
Oyster Pranks.
"Oysters ara queer thine*. They fre
quently act »» If.they, had Intelligence.
B t you an too
nw about that.
The speaker wae a Merida nan who ta
starring for a while In town.
-Have you ever brard." he continued,
••of Ibe eccentric and erageleh peculiari
ties of the oyster? I have known oysters
when they .get JJta the mood to deep
about a rat's tail at ntgbt. and they
boldeJS tight ag any rat trap aver In-
Urge Woe Polater n. found lying In n
shutting Ita stadf*wnh e devti-nmy-rare
sir. gglf be dtdn t value anybody n little
hit. but wna prang to be u non*
puss IMt could.
SS&*
but..but an oyster drvnh constitutes the
The Passing of tha American FeraeL
W. Frank McClure In the December
Booklovera Magaiine.
Despite the rapid passing of tha
American forest, lumbering still stands
In fourth place among the Industries
nf the United States. Nearly three
hundred thousand men are employed
In lumbering occupations, and more
than n hundred million dollars are an
nually divided among them In wages.
Although the forests are falling faster
than they can ever be restored, the
demand for timber le Increasing. The
result aeema Inevitable, and preaenta
a problem as fsr-rearhing as the area
of the United Btates itself.
The picturesque logging regions of
the Northern woods, which once pro
duced nearly one-half our entire sup
ply. today hold In store but little of the
valued pine which made them famous,
and the cedar la also rapidly falling
before the sawyer*. The cypress trees
of ths Southland, once despised by ths
builder*, ara from necessity going Into
nearly every portion of the construe
tlon of handsome homes. The famous
logging scenes of Maine will goon lire
In history only, while all eyes turn to
the Pacific slope for a nation's supply.
This gone, all la gone as far aa the
United Btates Is concerned, except as
the efforts ot our national and state
governments along the lines of eeltn
tine forcMry succeed In coping with
the situation.
The notional forest reserve* now ag
gregate more than sixty million acre*,
all ot which have been provided for
within the past thirteen years. Meet
of these reserves ara weM of the
Rocky Mountains The bureau of
forestry has been making large strides
of Ut* ta the direction of better man
agement of timber lands and likewise
In the actual growing of tree*. In Ne
braska last year the work of pUntlng
two million seedling* In the send hills
of the Dismal river district was In
augurated. Slat* legislature* are con
sidering the exemption of timber land*
from taxation. Schools of forestry era
growing In number. Arbor day. with
Its I—an. Is observed tn forty-four
states and la a legal holiday In seven.
Getting READY
for the Holidays.
A little longer time is neces
sary to make up DRESS GAR-
YOU want to take a little ex
tra care in your oelection, and
MEXTS than bualnesa suits.
WE ln the construction.
Ther$fore~-make a start.
We show a complete range of
fabrics specially suited for even
ing wear, which we are glad to
show.
We have a few special tailors
who know Just HOW dress gar
ments should be made—and—
they make them that way.
By getting your order NOW we
can deliver ln time for the holi
day festivities.
Dress Suits
Tailored to Taste.
$20 to $50
The Jacobs-Bowen Co.
INCORPORATED
TAILORS
568 Hulberry St
Macon, Ga
Curran R. Ellis
ARCHITECT
Office*: 4, 6 and « Ellis Bldg.,
Cherry at., Cotton ave. and First sL
Phone 238 Macon, Qa.
ARCHITECTS.
P. E. DENNIS. Architect.
568 Cherry st„ Macon, Ga.
Twenty years experience and suc
cessful practice.
Night Nursing a Specialty,
MRS. S. R. RUSSELL. Trained Nurwv
us 3525; residence, 668 Mulberry aL
OCULIST AND AURIST.
DR. MAURY M. STAPLER,
Ooulist and AurisL
Office. 558 Cherry Street
Day 'Phone, 2271. NJght 'Phone 3053.
DR. J. H. SHORTER.
Eye, Ear, Nose, Throat »
Cherry and Second Streets.
•Phone 872, office. Residence, 3073.
Alexander Blair
& Kern ....
Architects,
673 CHERRY ST MACON. GA.
PROFESSIONAL CARDS
Classified advertisements under
this htsd arc intended strictly for
the nrotassions.
OSTEOPATHY
DR. F. F. JONES, Osteopath,
354 Second St. 'Phones 8)0-3018.
CIVIL ENGINEERING.
GABRIEL R. SOLOMON,
Civil Engineer,
Plans, Estimates, Surveys,
668 Cherry Street, Macon, Qa.
Office Phone 982—Residence Phone 169
DENTISTRY.
DR. ADDIEL M. JACKSON, Dentist
Office on second liner Commercial
Bank Building, Triangular Block. Tel
ephone ill.
Cherry *t. 'Phone No. :
PHYSICIANS AND SURGEONS.
DR. MARY E. McKAY,
Special attention to Obstetrics and
Dissasss of Women.
Commercial Bank Building.
Phones: Office, 2654; Residence. 1571.
Washington R|ock. Hours: I te it
12 to 1, and 6 to f p. m. Telephone con
nection* at office and residence.
DR. J. J. SUBERS.
Permanently located. In th* special
ties venereal. Lost energy restored.
Female Irregularities and poison oak;
cure guaranteed. Address m confi
dence. with stamp, 519 Fourth street,
Macon. Ga.
Dr. Chas. H. Hall. Dr. Thes. H. Hall
Office. 919 Mulberry *t
Residence. 507 College *1
Telephone*: Office. 923: residence, 99.
Office hours: 9:39 to 9: 13 to 1:39; 9 to I. .
EYES TESTED FREE.
G. G. COFFY,
Oraduat* Optician. If! Cherry si
DR. C. H. PEETE, Oculist
Office 'phone 3554: residence phone 473
GEORGIA TITLE & GUARANTY CO.
L B. ENGLISH. Pres. J. j. COBB, Sec.
T. B. .WEST, Atq,