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THE MACON TELEGRAPH i SUNDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 25, 1904.
SAYS BUILD CANAL
WITH CONVICT LABOR
6*>nator Dietrich Believes it Will Be
Herd to Get Enough Free Labor, end
Would Employ Federal Prisoners
Upon the Gigantic Undertaking,
NEW YORK, Dec. 24.—The Wash
ington correspondent of the Evening
Tost aaya:
The employment of convict labor,
under certain restrictive conditions, to
out the Isthmian canal, la a project on
which Senator Dietrich «>f Nebraska
hn| nome very pronounced views. He and physical »n*rgy. and the condition
jrmy uee these se the basis for at least * nt * K * —^ •''"*'**•'* *»'
which could not otherwise be at
tempted."
"Your notion would be, of course,
that the convicts would derive phyal-
can benefit from thl* little excursion
Into comperatjve froedom7 M
"The benefit would accrue not mere
ly to it convict's body, but to his mind,
morals, and natate ns well. I need
hardly remind you that our fawn, pol-
lo|ta, and methode of dealing with
criminals result, so far as the offend
ers themselves are concerned, in de
stroying rather than Inspiring, cour
age nnd self-respect. Persons are cast
Into prison for a term of years, and
then, after all their helpful social re
latlons have passed away, lire turned
out Into the world practically pennl
less nnd with blighted hopes. Imprl
sonment necessarily - reduces mental
piece of tentative legislation in the
vomlng session!
“One of the Important problems In
the construction of the Panama canal
Is the employment of labor," he said
the other day to a friend. "Another l»
the building of the canal with the least
possible loss of life. Modem sanitary
methods will undoubtedly solves the
Utter, and I believe the employment of
convict labor would help to solve the
former.
"An army of tO.OOO or 40,000 Uborare
would not be hard to raise. The diffi
culty would ho In Its selection, and In
the Improvement of the condition of
the canal region. Trade unions hnvo
memorialised the government to build
the canal with union labor, and other
organisations hsve sent to Washing
ton the more liberal prayer that only
American labor bo employed. Lauda-
1,1.. and patriotic as these requests ere,
It in doubtful If the canal could bo
built entirely under elthur plan. In the
first place,-It Is questionable whether
the trade unions of the United Htatcs
can produce enough laboring men to
carry on the work. In the second
plica because of the feet that unem
ployed labor of arty kind Is today a
comparatively scarce quantity In
America. It would be difficult, If not
Impossible, to recruit the entire army
In the states. While the number of
men necessary haa been variously es
timated at from tO,000 to 60,000, It Is
certain that recent Improvements In
machinery will make posalble the con*
•traction of the canal with one-half or
one-third of the labor which would
have been required when the work
was*first attempted.
"In the Mate, federal, military and
naval prisons of the United States nri*
confined approximately 60.000 men. of
whom 56.000 are Idle or ate employed
nt contract labor. The nthere ure cm-
i l >yed on government account at du
ties Incidental to the care and main-
tens net of their (daces of confinement
1 'r..ii.ibiy not more than halt of the to*
lal number of prisoners are able-
bodied. Drawing the line of physical
disability still farther, probably 15 per
cent., are able to withstand the adverse
conditions of a tropical climate, In
the Louisiana penitentiary it was found
thnt ti per cent, of the prisoners were
physically able to perform work In the
Southernmost swamps of that state,
where they were euccessfuUy employ
ed In building leveea under the most
adverse conditions prevailing anywhere
In the United Htates. Taking these
figures as a 1***1*. It Is estimated that
upward of 10.WMI prisoners would be
available for employment on the ca
nal,"
Not a Purely Money Saving Scheme.
"Would your idea bo purely the sav
ing of isoniyr the senator was asked.
"By no means." he answered. "It
would be in the Interest of humanity
quite as much. There always have
Wen an always will be serious objec
tions to the confinement, without em
ployment of persona who have violated
the lav. Our prtoon stockades ere
/safeguard to society, but they are of
f little value in rhe way of Improving
j the morals of those confined with!
‘ them. The system Is particularly had
where persons are confined without
anything to da i condition due some
times to local objections to the employ
meat of convict labor either under con
tract or on government account, li
manufactures the competition belweei
convict labor and legitimate American
labor may l*c unfair for the reason that
convict labor can be more cheaply per
formed, especially if compulsory. To
the use of such labor there are a too
economic objections. Jobbery In the
letting of contracts alone haa tended
to bring the system Into disrepute,
Again, in the prisons where contra
tors pay for the cost of maintaining
convict employees it haa been found in
many cases that the care giv
vastly inferior.
"But the foregoing objections do not
in M In the employment of our prison
ers, under military control. In the
construction of the Panama canal
other government works, such as
budding of Irrigation reservoirs
< mau for tbs reclamation of arid
l m.is. Hurt) a practice would be c*«
^ istent with g. «-d judgment and not li
HHmbsi with a fair end wise lndui
Id provide employ
of the released convict la therefore all
the more deserving of studious consid
eration. Confinement without employ
ment Is Obviously had for the prisoner
In a Very way. Hta list tea show that a
i rmsIdeiHhle proportion of such prig
oners go Irma tie before the expiration
of their sentences. My plan la to ob
viate this condition of affairs.
"I ain conndent that the national
government, by the use of modern nnd
scientific methods, will he able to es
tablish sanitary conditions on the ca
nai gone, which will mskn It fully as
healthful as the lowlands of the
Houthern states, where our native
labor has been successfully employed.
Tho hygiene of the region will be
vnetly improved under American dl
rectlon. and It will no longer be the
dlseasa-breedlng hole It ha* been since
the agitation for a canal first started.
Our scientists can do on the Isthmus
what has already been done In Cubn.
In the French work on the canal, little
or no attempt was made to jipprove
sanitation, probably because there was
not at that time n full realisation of
the actual conditions. Profiting by the
n^la^ortunes and disasters of tho past,
Ml* American managers of the enter
prise will pay first attention to this
essential feature of the work.
"It haa been said by eminent author
ity that persons should not be em
ployed to remain continuously on the
tathmue longer thnn a period of from
six to twelve months. This may be a
wise and necessary precaution, nnd
such an arrangement can easily be ac
cnmpllahed. The establishment of i
nearby station, where laborers can he
sent to recuperate, has been sug
gested."
"This would menn, of, course,
amendment of existing lawT’j
'Certainly, In order to carry Into ef.
feet the plan I have outlined for the
use of convict labor in the building of
the Panama canal, the enactment of
new laws, both state and federal,
would be neceaeary. Kvery ahle-bod
led convict should bo given the option
of going or staying; but for those who
choose in go, a scale of commutation,
based upon their terms of eentence
and periods of labor ahoutd he arrang
ed. For Illustration a convict sentenced
to a certain number of years would
have ns much time deducted from his
term of service ns he serves on the ca
nal, conditioned upon his good behav
lor. If his term Is ten years, he would
be released nt the end of (ivu years'
service. If he serves less thnn half
his term on the sone.nud Is then forced
to return to his place of coptine
inettl because of failure In health or
•ther reasons, his sentence would be
lured a time equal to that given to
the work. Under tuck a plan, If a
man sentenced to ten years' confine
ment gave four years' service nnd then
returned, hie whole term would lie re
duced eight years, leaving two to
erve, Life prtennera might be dle-
harged at the end of ten years' serv
ice. An equltahle plan could easily be
devised, ami It might be advantageous
to allow even more llheral commuta
tion of sentence."
"Would you pay anything to the
cmvtets who consented to go to tho
Isthmus and work for the govern
ment r
■ They would have to h* trans
ported free to and from the tone, and
an allowance should be made for their
services. A fair rate «f compensation
would be, soy. 56 cents a day for each
day'* actual work performed. 50 per
ent. of the aum to be paid to the pris
oner In cash on landing In the Unite l
Htates or linal discharge, the remain
ing half to be paid In twn equal In-
statmente at the expiration of three
and six months respectively after dis
charge. The last two Instalments
might he made conditional on a man's
not having been arrested or convicted
»f any misdemeanor between the time
of discharge and the dates of pay
ment. Huch a plan would be an In
ducement to pr toon ere to engage In
the work, and the pay allowed would
give them a good <*»h fund with whim
to begin life anew after their libera
tion. It would enable them to seek
honest employment, and not resort
as statistics show that many of them
do, to crime Immediately after their
t •
In »•
skilled b
W. C. COLE WAS SLAIN
IN SHOOTING AFFRAY
TELEPHONE LINEMAN IN 8ERVICE OF 80UTHERN BELL COMPANY
MET DEATH IN HOUSE OF ANNETTE CARTER LAST NIGHT-
ONE SHOT FIRED BY MAN WHO ESCAPED AND WHOSE NAME
WA8 NOT LEARNED—DIFFICULTY OVER WOMAN,
W. C. Cole, & telephone lineman in
the service of the Southern Bell Tele
phone and Telegraph Company was
shot and killed last night in the house
occupied by Annette Carter, 867 Cherry
street, by another man whose name Is
at present unknown to the authorities.
Only one shot was fired. Cole fell In
the entrance of the door and expired
while a patrolman was attempting to
secure an ambulance.
There were several men In the house
at the time of the tragedy. Those who
talked after the killing stated that
Cole was heating his slayer at the
time the shot was fired. It was stated
that Cole had knocked him down and
was still healing him when the door
was reached.
At this point his slayer turned on
Colo and asserted that he would Shoot
him. A reply from Cole catling on the
man to prove fame resulted In the fir
ing of one shot which entered the body
of Cole about .one Inch aboe the navel.
vas facing bl« slayer when the shot
was fired and fell Immediately to the
floor.
Those who sow the occurrence went
Immediately to his side and Inquired
If he had been shot. He requested
that he be mined to a sitting posture
and never again spoke. Within twenty
minutes he was dead. A physician
summoned by members of the
itorty who saw the killing nnd was on
the scene within a few minutes. He
was not able to render medical assist
ance and Cole expired where he had
fallen.
Officers were Immediately on track
of the man who slipped out of the
houae at once. He was never seen
after the shooting and has not been
apprehended. Efforts were made to se
cure hla nume hut have proven of no
avail to the present time.
Member* of the party with whom
Cole entered the house shortly before
the difficulty, disappeared on the pre
tense of going for a physician and have
not show-n up. There were, however,
some of his fellow workmen in the
party. A colored servant girl saw the
shooting and heard the difficulty. She
repeated the* language used by both
men and asserted that (.’ole was the ag
gressor, having followed his slayer
down the hoi way after knocking him
down still keeping up the row. She
claimed that Coje bad raised his foot
to kick the other man when the shot
was (lied.
Cole was In Macon only about a
month prior to last night. He was en
gaged In assisting the outside force
In the construction department of the
telephone system. He came here from
Durham. N. C. He had a commanding
figure and was tail. lie weighed about
176 pounds and was 2f* years old.
The man ,who did the killing was
small and dark of complexion. He has
been seen at this house at different in
tervals for several months. It Is the
general opinion thnt he In well known
by Annette Carter nnd the women who
occupy the house. They declared they
did not know the slayer last night as
also did they assert that they knew
nothing of the man who was killed.
It was rumored also that his fellow’
workmen had said C'olc and the slayer
were Involved In the difficulty over one
of the women. It was stated on the
outside and nt police station by young
men who knew Cole that the other
party had been at outs with him over
the woman for some time, hut when
asked the name of. the man who did
the shooting the reply was always as
assertion that they could not remember
the name.
Coroner Young was notified of the
killing nnd appeared nt the house, se
cured a Jury and went Into the hold
ing of an inquest.
Mercy of the Court,
NEW YORK, Dec. 24.—Ante-Chrlst-
mas mercy was dispensed In an un
usual manner by Judge Frank J. Hig
gins In the first criminal court In Jer
sey City today i n releasing fifteen
prisoners from the county Jail. After
the regular session of court today the
Judge called together the court at
taches and the police reporters whom
usually are an duty In the court and
Informed them that, in recognition of
the Christmas season, he had decided
to permit each of them to name one
prisoner In the county Jail whose re
lease they desired. The prisoner thu*
named would be given Immediate free
dom by order of the Judge. The ben
eficiaries were to be eleven men and
four women, he provided. «It required
but a moment for the officers and re
porters to make their decisions and
fifteen cell doors swung open and the
prisoners were told that they were at
liberty.
Assaulted by Highwayman.
ATLANTA, Ga., Dec. 24.—Miss Lu-
cile Perkins, whose residence Is at 99
Whitehall terrace, was struck a stun
ning blow with a sandbag by a negro
highwayman last night soon after
leaving a Whitehall street car for her
home. Miss Perkins with her brother-
in-law and sister, Mrs. J. W. Boze
man, were returning home after a lit
tle Christmas shopping.
Mis* PerkinB was walking a short
distance In front of Mr. and Mrs.
Bozeman when the negro stepped out
from behind a tree and hit her with
the sandbag, knocking her to the
ground. As he was about to rob her of
her pocketbook* and several packages
she was carrying In her hands, Mr.
and Mrs. Bozeman rushed up to her
rescue. The negro seeing them com
ing ran off. The sandbag cut several
gashes In Miss Perkins' head. She
will not be out for several days.
RAILROAD PRESIDENTS
AND THEIR ACTIVITIES
Man of the Type of Chsrtee 8. Mellon.
Whose Remarks Were Quoted in
Preeident Roosevelt's Menage—
Heads ef Great Transportation Com
panies Hardly to be Considered os
Private Individuals.
NEW YORK, Dec. 24.—In hU latest
message to congress the president of
the United Htntes eatahllsncd a pre
cedent by quoting at lengt'i from a
speech made by President Cmules 8.
Mellon, of tho New York, New Huv»n
and Hartford railroad, before the
Hartford . Board of Trade In January
lasL For the first time the fuel has
been officially mat-id, though It Is ap
parent to every one, thHt the bends of
great corporations, nnj especially of
tnc railroads wn 1 mi ptsy *o b.rie a
purt In the daily life of the American
people, are hardly to bo considered an
private rltlsens.
Any real conception of the duties of
a railroad president nnd of the extent
of the Interests committed to his enre,
Is obviously difficult for the layman to
gat. In the speech quoted by Presi
dent Roosevelt as showing "good
sense," Mr. Mellen was speaking of the
Attitude of corporations to the public,
of the necessity of satisfying the peo
ple, of meeting their demands, or,
where that could not he done, of ex
plaining to them precisely why It was
Impossible. That a railroad official
preaenta such a point of views slg
nlficant of the breadth, tho ability to
see all the sides of various questions,
which are nowadays essential charn«-
terletlce of the head of a railway sys
tem.
A railroad president Is In fact the
chief of n fair slsed stale, every Inter
est of which he must he prepared to
serve. The New York, New Haven
and Hartford railroad, for example,
employs more than 10,009 men and
owns an amount of real estate that is
quite proportionate to the n\ne of thin
army. The proeperlty of Its territory,
the welfare of Its men. the good will
of Its patrons, are vital conditions of
Its success. Ultimate decisions In
volving these and other Important
matters must rest with the president.
The head of an organisation of this
magnitude must he bound by no rules
as to the disposal of hla time, must
have as little routine business to oc
cupy him ns can he brought about un
der a thorough system of administra
tion. must be at liberty to attend nt
leisure to matters.which he alone can
decide, leaving details to subordinates.
The management of. n railroad In In
fact much like the government of a
nation. Its president Is Its supreme
n modern railway president must have
far more than the qualities of an ex
cellent railroad man. He must, It is
true, have a thorough knowledge of
railroad operation—nnd for this reason
moat of tho more prominent one;< are
selected from the class of whnt nre
known as "practical men"—hut he
must also have the qualities of n finan
cier of the highest order. He should,
In short, be a man familiar with the
Industrial Interest* of the country, and
able to do his part In furthering them.
He must know the needs of his terri
tory without waiting until some one
else rails his attention to thorn. In ad
dition he must fnoe the labor problem,
for In nearly all roads the president is
the court of last resort not only for
every grievance committee of his non.
hut nlso for every Individual who lias a
real or an Imagined cause of complaint.
Perhaps one of the most striking In
stances of the way In which the i-ros-
perlty of the railroad Is bound up In
that of its country la furnished ty the
Instance of the problem jot notional Ir
rigation in the arid lands o* the West.
The several railroads which tra
versed the territory to ho Irrigated
were large and voluntary contribu
tors to a campaign of education urg
ing the adoption of the national Irri
gut Ion act. under which a complete
system of Irrigation I* to be conduct
ed hy the national government, turn
ing what was once n desert Into fer
tile farm lands. They realised that
the government alone could onrry on
the work with sufficient persistence,
and on a sufficiently big scale. The
water tax levied In order to provide
the necessary funds, In paid very wil
lingly hy the holders of land thnt I*
valuless without Irrigation.. Previ
ous attempts of a similar character
have broken down, leaving settlers
stranded 1n the desert, as one rail
road man said, "High and Dry—very
dry;" nnd the participation of the
United Htntes Government which
alone can make this project succeed,
la to be attributed, In large measure,
to the business sagacity of high rail
road officials.
In the older and more settled sec
tions of the country operations
such a large scale are rarely possible,
but the work of aiding commercial
prosperity Is cnrrled on by the rail
j roads Just as diligently If less con
spicuously. The value of real estate
In the suburbs of Urge cities I* ahao
lutely dependent upon the nAture of
the railroad service and the profits
of the railroad suburban service nre
equally dependent upon the prosper
ity of the suburb. This fnll, for In
stance, President Mellen appeared be
fore a meeting of New York commu
ters. asked them whnt It was they
wanted and proceeded to give them all
that with a generous margin for good
men sure besides, when the fall time
table appeared.
If the railroad president Is hound to
a'd the public In every way In hi* pow-
jer. he U equally responsible to the
stockholders for their Interests
trusted to his care. Economical nd-
May Reduce Membership.
WAHHINGTON. Dec. 24.—President
Roosevelt has given consideration re
cently to suggestions looking to a re
duction In the membership of the
Panama canal commission, hut thus
far. It can be said, no definite decision
has been reached. It has been urged
by some members of congress that the
commission Is so large as to be un
wieldy. It Is known that Represent
ative Hepburn of Iowa, chairman of
the house committee on Interstate and
foreign commerce, la Inclined to the
opinion that the commission Is too
large than that the chief engineer of
the canal ought to have greater initial
authority than he now has.
executive head, who acts in concert n .
tilth th* tuvur-t wi_ U.,. ministration Is ns necessary as good
train service *nd the president must
To Qua, ’^'iUkcU:
(Here’* hoping we have *no enemies.)
We desire to»express oar apprecia
tion of the many favors shown us. We .
are much gratified over thie success of
our business, and in extending thanks
and wishing every one of you a God
bless you, we are happy in < the thought
that we have given you the»best values
that could be had—standard quality at
minimum price.
If you 'have given a present bearing
our trade-mark, be assured that the
article will not betray your trust nor
our name.
If you are the recipient of a gift
bearing our label, it Is exchangeable
for exactly what you want in size, col
or, etc.
May happiness and success attend
on you.
Macon's Haberdashers.
!)
PERSONAL.
"Irish Giant" a Pauper.
NEW YORK. Dec. 24.—After hav
ing been exhibited tor more than forty
years, during which time he has vis
ited nearly all the principal cities of
the United Htates and Europe, Wil
liam Conney, known aa the "Irish Gi
ant," today was sent to the city alms
house. Ho had hoped to postpone the
ordeal until after Christmas, but the
season found him entirely destitute
and today’s boat carried him lo the
Islnnd. Conney 1* seven feet one Inch
In height. His favorite trick wan to
hold a 8100 bill In hla hand above hi*
head nnd offer It to any one who could
reach it
Fight Will be Bitter.
Those who will persist In * closing
their ears agnlnat the continual recom
mendation of. Dr. King's New Dis
covery for Consumption, will have a
long and bitter fight with their
troubles, If not ended earlier by
fatal termination. Read what T.
Beall of Beall. Miss., ha* to
say: "Last fnll my wife had
every symptom of consumption. She
took Dr. King's Now Discovery after
everything else had failed. Improve
ment came at once and four bottles
entirely cured her." Guaranteed by.
all druggists. Price 60c. and $1.00.
Trial bottles free.
M. J. Keelus of Baltimore Is reg
istered at the Plaza hotel.
C. B. Wallace and wife of Toledo,
O., are stopping at the Plaza hotel.
F. C. Barker of Atlanta is In the city
and Is stopping at the Plaza.
W. XL Overstreet of Bedford, Va.,
Is at the Plaza hotel'.
W. O. Peebles, assistant superin
tendent of the Western Union Tele
graph Company, is stopping at the
Plaza hotel.
Miss Nell Lowry of Oxford, Ga.. and
Mis* Rosalind Simmons of Valdosta
are attending the house party of
Misses Mazelle and Ettle Harris in
Vlnevllle.
To the many, many friends of Blue
Ribbon Flavoring Extracts, a merry
Christmas.
sides. Gravel. Bright's Disease, Dropsy.
Urin&iy Troubles, Tired, Aching Limbs,
and all aches and pains resulting from
sick or weak kidneys. 50c. per bottle.
I CURB — ‘
CANN’S KIDNEY <
CO., Phils., Pa.
A Fiendish Murder.
BEAVER. Pa., Dec. 24.—Colonia, the
new town built about the Colonial ateel
works, has marked her brief existenco
with a murder fiendish In detail.
At an early hour today unknown per
sons assaulted W. H. Halstead in his
pool room and restaurant, knocked out
two of his teeth and badly bruised his
face. They then bound and gaged him,
placed his head on a pillow of papers,
turned on the unllghted gas In the
atove and four Illuminating Jets, and
left him to die by suffocation. He was
known to have a large amount of
money, a gold watch and gold rimmed
glasses. All are missing.
Aftsr Tobacco Trust.
MILWAUKEE, Dec. 24.—The Dally
News today says;
Government Investigations, regarding
the operators of the so-called tobacco
trust are to be made In Milwaukee and
other points in Wisconsin. Predictions
are made by Independent operators that
the government investigators will find
Wisconsin a fertile field. The rhlef points
thnt will be covered are Milwaukee and
Edgerton-MIlwnukee as the field for msn-
gerton ns
Industry.
Meet me at the Skating
Rink tomorrow at 2:30 or
7:30 p. m. Music.
with the hoard of directors, hls legta
lntive bwdy.
In the work of administration, the
president has hls rablnet, composed of
the general counsel who acts us hls
attorney general; « vto.prMid.nt or j ™ ,n " ™ "»«» »*> "> •I”' 1 "*
general traffic manner who t. In by ***• n * the various duwrt-
charse of thr train.- detriment con- 11?*"!' the
n»rtln» tht railroad with the out.Id. i " In turn nihrolt. til. r.comm«nda-
deckle on the advisability of all con
tern plated Improvements and unusual
expenditures. In the majority of cas
es the budget is made up In the spring
world dt. foreign rotation,, so to j"l wn . “• ‘ h « fitoetor*
speak—and who occupies a position
not unlike that of the secretary of
state; another vice-president, a chief
engineer, to whose province falls the
task of supervising all improvements;
a comptroller in chan* of the reve
nues and expenditures, much as the
secretary af the treasury Is In charge
of the revenues of the United Htates;
the treasurer In whose hands Is the
trtiil care of the railroad's funds. Just
as the treasurer‘of the United Htates
Is responsible for those of the nstlon.
On Western roads, frequently built
through undeveloped territory and
with governmental assistance there Is
another official, the land commissioner
Whose position Is not unlike that of
tha secretary of agriculture—an official
of great Importance, ss one reallxee
when one remembers that the ertgtiw!
charge.
8*rtau« objection, might be mud. j land (rant te the Northern ttaclflc kv
111 r»v- | b«*en estimated at aerei
to the employment of convict
eminent works \
should bf expressly pr«
when volunteered could tb
of prisoners be accepted, end tk
If compulsory. It The parallel, whlrh Is far from being
rovtdfd tint 0:«ly j fanciful, may be stUt further exteu W.t
o | fanciful, may be stUl further extended
vies* j on the New Haven rood by the
an exsmtnatWm ag to ph>»-
ability. Under military aupervH-
prtnoners could he well for
the isthmus, and the percentage of
apse would be no larger than now.*
J tkm of the secretary of the navy In tk<
L
l—mn «f Ihr auptrlnlmdml of tho
msrtn* dlMrU i. who U In rh.rg* of tho
raUnwA', (tot of {*u.»gw (Might
MaunHt m t«ng I.Und Mound
JtngMijr to gown .uch an
nnd hi. opinion t. u.unity arcfit.d
vlthnui much miration. To mnk* hln
>pli'lon of rani vnluo thn pra.ld.nt
mn.t ordinarily hnve th, knowtadge
which com., from poraonai acquain
tance with practical railroading,
though there are few Inatancea nuch
aa that of H h. Karrlmaru President
of the l»ulon and Southern Paclflc
»y*tem. where the head of a company
la more of a banker than of n railroad
man. The majority of pre.ldenta,
however, have worked their way up
from the ranks. Thus A. J. Barling
of the Chicago. Milwaukee * Rt. Paul
n»d started in the company’s ser
vice a. a telegraph operator and haa
served In practically every position In
the operating department of the road
of which he I, r.ow the rhlef. 1
Preeld.nl Mellen, whose vlswa on
economic questions have been so re
cently quoted hy the President of the
United st n tea. he ran Ms railroad ca
reer a. a rierk In the ofRce of the
now defunct Northern New Hampshire
ttattread. He ro* rapidly through
various grade. n f service on New
Kngiaad tlnra. until In II»T he wag
elected president of the Northern Pa
cific Railway.
IK found western railroading a
.renuous occupation. Aa the old
maxim «ayi, "West of the Mississippi
there la no Sunday.” Another rail
road Injunction declare. “Six days
.halt thou labor and do at! that thou
hast to do and on tho seventh day
•halt thou go to thy office and catch
up." Hours of Inspection tasting sev
erst weeks are frequent on the long
trans-continentsi lines on these occa
slons the special car Is hotel, office
and everything combined, a place
where Sundays sometimes jmss unno
lined. Compressed Into small space
are kitchen, dining-room, observation-
room. state-rooms. Pullman sections,
washrooms, desks, typewriters and
sleeping accommodations for servants.
On one occasion a special car was the
scene at five o’clock In the morning
of a meeting of directors of a sub.
•Idlary company and on such a trip any
of the twenty-four hours Is ss good to
do business In «» any othsr. tn the
Bast with Its abundance of hotels rail
road men are not always compelled to
carry one along with them, and Sun
day Is still tn existence on this side of
the Mississippi.
The speech quoted hy President
Roosevelt In which Mr. Mellen declared
that the time had gone by when
corporations could afford to Ignore or
to deceive the public expresses the
Ideal attitude of the successful rail-
rood manager of today, with expert
knowledge of practical railroading he
must also have a firm grasp of the
commercial situation of his rood’s ter
ritory and must find means to advance
Its prosperity. W'th supreme author
ity he must see to It that, as Mr. Mel-
len haa said, there Is "no frost on his
office door.” He must be able and
willing to meet men of all conditions
and occupations from the Wall street
magnate end the local hoard of trade
to the fireman and the brakeman Just-
tv or unjustly reprimanded, and he
must be able to discover what Is need
ed by one and all. In spite of luxuri
ous otflces and private cars secre
taries and attendants he must be. st
bottom, very human. Many of our
most prominent railroad rr.en might
say ss Mr. Mellen sold tn a speech to
tbs workingmen of Hartford, "In the
beginning, let mg any I am nothing
more nor less than a workingman my
self . ... 1 yteM to no one of
you that you hsve worked harder, or
longer hours, or fur teas pay; that yon
hate had harder task masters or non
SPECIAL NOTICES
FUNERAL NOTICE.
residence, Lamar street, Vlnevllle. THIS
Suits, Pants, Etc.
Made to order and to fit, on short
notice. Brush given free with every
order.
F. W. GOETTE, Tailor,
Cotton Avenue.
F. C. Rles. Guy Armstrong.
RIES & ARMSTRONG,
Jewelers
315 Third Street.
Phone 886.
Eyes tested free. Fine Repairing.
Reliable goods only.
CABBAGE PLANT8
From the Beet Tested Seeds.
Now ready for shipment, large, strong.
healthy, these plnnts are grown In the
open air and will stand severe freezo
without Injury. E*rly Jersey Wakefield,
Large Type or Charleston Wakefield,
which nre the best known varieties of early
cabbages, also Henderson's Succession,
v«uuti*io. nirii jicimciTun i» Ducrensitin,
the host large, late and sure header; Au
gusta Early Tucker nlso a fine typo of
fate variety. Neatly narked In light bas
kets. $1.50 per 1,000. for 5.000 or over
81.25 por 1,000 f.O.b. express office. Spe
cial prices made on Inrge lots.
CHARLES M. GIB30N,
Young’s Island, S. C.
Changes on Douglas' Staff,
BROCKTON. Mass., Dec. 24.—A re
arrangement of the most Important po
sitions on the staff of Governor-elect
William L 4 Douglas was decided upon
today. Lieutenant General Nelson A.
Miles, U. 8. A. (retired). Instead of be
ing made adjutant general will be ap
pointed Inspector general. This change
was made at the request of Lieutenant
General Miles, who does not wish to
draw two salaries, one from the nation
and the other from this state, as he
would be entitled to do if made adjut
ant general.
Crisis Irr Morocco.
PARI8, Dee. 24.—'The crisis In Moroc
co la assuming a warlike nspeet, leading
tho government to consider all eventual
ities including tho poaaiblllty and even the
probability or tha occupation of a chain
of six or Sevan of the most important
ports, giving France control of the Mo
roccan customs and communication with
the outer world. This will not be defi
nitely determined until the sultauBH
sponda
dress.
sponda to the French demands for re-
Santa's Beard Caught Fire.
SOtTTIfBURY, Conn., Oec. 24.—A false
beard, worn by Burrltt M. Tuttle. Judge
of the town court, who was enacting tne
pert of Santa Claus at the Chrlatmq* ex
erdsen in the Methodist church, caught
fire from the Christmas tree candles, and
Judge Tuttle was severely burned. The
waa prevented with great difficulty.
Tuttle was enveloped In fire and I
waa saved by men who wrapped thHr
costs about
Depty Syveton’s Death,
PARIS, Dee. 24.—The mystery of the
death of Deputy Byveton Is developing
Into a plot and counter-plot rivalling Pam
Hervious' moat Intense drama. Evt-
drnce of assassination Is accumulating.
leading to the expectation of sensational
arrests. Madame Byveton has begun an
action against the newspapers charging
her with responsibility for her husband’s
death. '
Met Serious Accident.
ATLANTA. Ga., Dee. 24.—Clarence W,
Magee, employed as a braxsman tar the
Seaboard Air Line in the yards of that
company, met with a serious accident this
morning, and as a result of the asms
one or hla legs and an arm was broken.
Magee was on a freight car that had been
“kicked" to a aide track and fell off.
The wheels of one of the trucks ran
over one of hls legs and an arm. He was
sent to tha Grady hospital.
WHI Not Have Holiday.
ATLANTA. Ga.. Dec. 24.—Tha dty of-
dels of Atlanta will have no holiday Mon<
day. Mayor Howell having refused to
have the offices dosed on that day. The
mayor gives as a reason for not ordering
S. S. Parmelee
VEHICLES. HARNESS, BICYCLES.
Also large rtock accessories, such as Iso
robes, carriage heaters, horse blanket.
etc. Complete line go
ions, velocipedes, tricycle
FIELD SEEDS
Tennessee Rye,
Texas R. P. Oats, , ....
Tennessee Burt Ooats, Sou. Ga. Rye,
Tennessee Barley, North Ga. R'
For Sale by
C. T. BAILEY, 41U Poplar St.
Phone 618. Macon, Ga.
LOANS.
On Improved farm lands or city prop*
srty negotiated at lowest market rates.
Business of fifteen years' standing.
Facilities unsurpassed.
CITY OR FARM LOANS.
City real estate loans placed ut from
I to 6tt per cent, according to security.
Farm loans at 7 per cent.
Security Loan and Abstract Co#
Commercial Banlc Building.
L li. BURGHARD,
FUNERAL DIRECTOR
153-155 Cotton Avenue.
WHITE PATRONAGE EXCLUSIVELY
JESSE B. HART,
FUNERAL DIRECTOR.
659 Mulberry street.
Personal attention given to all business.
Lady assistant.
Office 'Phone 457.
NlQht 'Phon. 760.
OPEN DAY AND NIGHT.
CLAY’S COFFIN STORE
Telegraph and Telephone Order*
promptly filled. Llceased embalmera.
OPEN DAY AND NIGHT.
McCullough Still Aground.
NEW YORK. Den. !l.—The echooner
Prank W. McCullough, which went
ashore on Fire IrUnA bar yesterday,
was still aground today and full of
water. Her crow has abandoned her
but it Is believed she can be saved.
Through Sleeper. Macon to Kan
sas City via Atlanta. Birmingham
ami Memphis. Leaves Macon
daily 3»5 a. m.. arrive* Birming
ham 11145 *■ m. same day, arrives
Kansas City 9:45 a. m. following
day. This car run* via Frisco Sys
tem beyond Birmingham.
SOUTHERN' RAILWAY,
Phone +J4.
Macon to Jacksonville. Fla., and Re
turn Via Southern Railway.
Account annual meeting Southern
Educational Association. December
2Sth-,let. 1*04, the Southern railway
wlUl sell tickets from all points within
a radius ef three hundred miles of
Jacksonville st rate of one fare plus.
25 cents. Tickets on tale December
21th and 2»th, final limit January 4 th,
IMS.
Two <2> trains daily, leave Macon
2:15 a. m.. arrive Jacksonvllle »:S5 a.
in. Lear. Macon *:« a. m, arrive
Jacksonville 7:40 p. m.
For further Information apply ta
JAti. FREEMAN. T. P. A.
•ptone 424, Mecca, Ge.