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THE MACOK TELEGRAPH: THURSDAY MORYIXG, DECEMBER 29, 1904.
THE MACON TRU’GRAPH
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C. R. PENDLETON . .
LOUIS PENDLEfON.
THE TELEGRAPH IN ATLANTA
Th
Telegraph can be found on sale
t the Kimball House and the Pied*
nont Hotel in Atlanta.
AS TO COTTON.
There la but one way to g*t out of
the woods with the present cotton crop
remnant In the hands of the Southern
planters, and that la to plant for a half
crop the coming aeaaon. The farmers
must first convince themselves of this
necessity before they can convince the
buyers that they must pay more for
the remnant of this crop. The thing
do do at once is to Increase now the
acreage in other crops. In most sec
tions In Georgia, nnd running through
the southern portions of Alabama,
Mississippi. Louisiana and Texas. Jan
uary oats will pay for the planting. In
the upper portions of these states late
wheat will pay for the planting. Corn
Is always a paying crop on good land;
If a few more acres than usual are
turned out to rest, or to pasturage, It
will pay In turn.
The one grant solution of the cotton
problem Is to make Cotton a surplus
crop. It Is the only one safe and sure
policy under the sun. A small crop
cannot ba crushed down by the beurs.
’! h«ur opportunity ■ and delight t
About planting time we expect to see
the price of cotton advance. It was al
ways thus, and the bait la too often
taken with avidity. But plant for a
1 Sort crop. Iluaband every resource
Save tho pork these good wintry days.
I-HI the lard cans. Give the hens hur
ry-up food. Take care of the cow. and
the butter. House the live stock, and
watch the compost heap. But these
are plain plantation axioms which need
to be stated to be acknowledged. The
thing Is to do them as one knows
them. Do them with Judgment and
skill. Moat men know more than they
<ln. We get Into a slip-shod habit of
let ling things rack along nnd take the
chances. Wt wait for things to hap-
pen f<>r our good. We should mnkt
.ppsn. We wait for good luok
to turn up We should turn it up by
our intetlig r.t Industry.
it will be 1 > - l time the coming
year t<> start th<* grass pastures whleh
nrc to fed the herds of the future. W
have an abiding faith that Georgia Is
K«'inK to he some gobd day a great cat
ti*' raising section. More varieties of
Kras* will grow In this state than In
nnv section of the country. Have we
iiireu.lv forgotten that Georgia took the
grand prise at the Ht. Ixuils exposition
for the greatest vnrlety and the l»e*t
bay. Tin . f.ict tells a groat story. Who
that Ktw It did not swell with state
pride -it the ir ignlflcent display of
1 ure.i grns>ei at our late Kbits Fair?
We ' lt n live III Georgia without COt
ton. Hut m ik.- It a surplus • rop In the
Houth and a few years will make this
the richest portion of the earth.
gas to a fool. It Is fun to the crowd,
but It Is death to the victim.
$*tie admires great-men;
It loves good men; it has a fellow-
feeling for ordinary men; It has com
passion for weak men; It would re
form If it could bad men.* But with all
of these It will be candid at the risk
of being called a Bout bon. It will not
be* obsequious before the one or
haughty before tho others. It Is best
to be as honest as the days are long
In June, and as square as they are
short in December. It Is the best pol
icy. No matter what they call you.
Let them squirm who get In the way
a fearless expression of the truth.
The shot doesn't reach If they do not
kick. If, maybe, you are wrong they
may open your eyes. If thsy be wrong
maybe you will reform them.
We do not believe that the world Is
t rainbow, and that we are all
astride of it sliding down to a pot of
sunbeams. The world is made up of
truth and error, of good and had.
Krror cannot be converted Into truth
by a polite acknowledgment that It Is
not mo bad after all. The bad cannot
be made good by gilding It over with
word painting. He serves his day and
generation most, and his Maker best,
ho puts the plummet and square to
every proposition.
And yet, ho far as our big-hearted
friend Is concerned—the presiding
genius over the editorial columns’ of
the Atlanta News—we know of no finer
human expression of "good will on
earth" than he; but our criticism. In
tended to be general, means In partic
ular more of a defense of the search
ing analyses of Justice than s con
demnation of the mellow weakness
which yield before*the aggressions of
evil. If we were going to make the
application personal we would suggest
to qur friends to stiffen his merciful
periods with whalebones of Justice.
After all, Justice Is real mercy, and
love is Justice, Ijovo would reform by
the best method—by tenderness or by
the rod. The real lessop of Pfe Is to
learn to separate the good from the
bad, and to distinguish truth from
that which Is false, or misleading, and
follow whsre the truth leads.
IS IT "DOURBON" TO BE TRUE?
The Atlanta News writes a pretty
imle two-column essay, addressed to
1)1* Thom?"M 1'i.jgrena, to prove Its
rtaht to pt.< - political antagonist:
in oil,.*.- word- "to be all things to
* i! 11 • n Jio-1 M-thlnir to anybody.
if thi- Ni-hk . mi x- that kind of a
reputation Th.- r.' graph has no right
to object, and would not put In a word
If the News had not In the course of
Its article referred to this newepap
da "a dear old Bourbon."
The News thinks H ta setting up
some new, gilt-edged rules for Journal
Ism golden rules. It you please—but
It Is mistaken. It Is the name old well
worn and well-known taffy mill, the
normal adjunct to an Atlanta v
paper; the only difference being that
the News planters *t on a little thicker
than some of his brethren. But,
»• • * d thought we are disposed to
apologise to the Atlanta brethren
. 1 use we have seen the thick palaver
1 en p.- nle t-leewhere.
ivrh ipe The Telegraph Is
f i-hi. • . ' Pi t!s Pleas of newspaper
V -i *«ty, but kf*t ty and candor are as
old aa the world, and will live as long
as any of the cardinal virtues,
never wear out or become obsolete,
except In spots,
it may bo Bourbon to have convtefl
ti >na. and Bourbon to have the courage
of th« If eo, The Telegraph will
t it quail before the accusation.
it may be Bourbon not to apprecls
every candidate for fame and for offlr
1 r,.i Bourbon to say so. If this Is th
u, h The Telegraph will not shrink
flea tho reopenstbUlty,
1 ( may be Bourbon to strip shams
a: 1 pur. « ire bubbles, ,.I H rben to
. ».i « npade by Its ham- y though
rightful name. If oo, why call
li'-urbon fi-'dsy, tomorrow and forever.
And w' this kind of a iV'grbc
) > la cmmlas ‘ and do them more
• 1 *- "d, give thorn hotter moat, th
nil the t iffy from all the little mills
in thf land. He levee best an erring
man who sboers him his error and t
u *' * *5- part tv n tt. Sormtimoo
' • word |g bolt, oomit linos o kid
Hr r >t hi, Mlow, who tolls
' r Mk flattariaa wood* th. ana
• r d against kta own wayward
t«m p ies. lfc in a poor friend 1
* |p lata tee an ordinary mortal
i<* only effort to lynch a negro In
loa» forty day* 1" reported from
PlnlnfbtUv N^w Joroey. Our Northern
contemporaries will do well to paste
that fact on their front pages.
Christmas is rapidly becoming our
great American murderfest. And that
Is an evidence that our civilization is
advancing backward.
London has been paralyzed by a
great black fog. Roosevelt has nearly
paralysed the South with the same
sort of affliction.
The Georgia fanner who will divide
his land this crop year between cotton
and Irish potatoes will have money to
throw at the town sparrows next falL
pmali a qu
a general
If the Southern states were consti
tutionally territorialized nearly forty
years ago, why cannot Utah be handled
likewise for her lawlessness?
Senator Dietrich, of Nebraska, who
has Just escaped being a convict, now
proposes that the Panama canal be
built by federal prisoners.
Col. Billie Osborne’s efforts to Law
sonlze Georgia politics are being
strongly encouraged by the gentlemen
outside the breastworks.
Governor Peabody Is a national born
Republican. He has the true Instinct
to grab what he wants and let consti
tutions and laws "be d—d!"
The president has raised the embargo
from the Boston Herald. Does this
mean that the B. H. has filed a bond
to be good In the future?
all kno
s of
p*r acre. Instead of
yield of 41-100 of a
should have, in fur-
uctlon in the cost of
"ral average yield of
i«t not exceeding ten
hundred can gather
and horse and rattle
:<T8 to meet crop de-
fari
from his stabler
lot enough fertill
mands. •*
The ninety m-j-t use high grade
commercial fertilizers with a liberal
hand on a reduced acreage If they
would realize profitable results.
I could give exam pit after example
In Illustration of the wisdom and the
economy of higher fertilization, but I
am not discussing that subject at this
time.
To reduce the cotton acreage; to
plough the land deeply; to fertilize
liberally according to the condition of
the soil; to plant the best seed; to cul
tivate systematically will be to in
crease the yield per acre and thus
make the crop at comparatively small
cost.
This can be done and. at the same
time, by co-operation throughout the
cotton belt, the aggregate crop can be
held to a fixed standard.
If this good sense policy be adopted
and practiced, next Chrirtmaa will see
the cotton growing states transformed
into "a land flowing with milk and
honey." MARTIN V. CALVIN.
Augusta, Ga.. Dec. 28, 1904.
ITEMS OF INTEREST.
Japan ha
which 210
3 9f>3. Th.
Commutations. respites nnd pardon,
for convicted murderer, are onee more
In play. The.e are Ihe need, from which
mob. and lynching, 'grow.
Perh.p *x-Hp*nk*r Morris I. bury
refreshing hi. memory nn to what did
really happen at that conference Col.
0*horne ha. mentioned.
The wi.e guy buy. what he know,
hi. folk, actually need, nnd give, them
the good, os Chrl.tm.e pre.enl.1
It', a fact—thl. old world I. full of
■orrow. and borrow!
WHITE
CON-
WHITECAPPER8
VICTED.
Several while men charged with
rnurdermi. violence against negroeh
have been prosecuted by a law and
order Icaguo composed of representa
tive Ml.slsslpphtns. The nccu.ed
have bean convicted and heavily sen-
tenced. one to BO year* linprlaonment,
on. to 25 year, and other, to 10 ynr.,
and It I. Interfiling to note that Cov
entor Vnrdamnn took an aettva part
In tho proeccutlon. Commenting, the
Raltlmore Hun remark, that If tho
convicted men "had been tried In
New York or Massachusetts court It
I. hardly probable they would have
been denlt with more .averely.'
It la hardly probable that they would
hava been dealt with a. .averely. If
we ar* ta Judge from the result, of the
very few proaecutlnp. thnt have fol
lowed outbreak, .g.ln.t negroe. In
Ihe North. In moat case* lynching. In
that aectlon hava been followed by no
proi.cutlona at all, even whan the
lynchera made no effort to' conceal
their Identity, aa In aoma well remem
bered ' In.taneea In Ohio and other
■tstea of the middle XX’e.t during ra-
cent year. Pooalbly thl. may In pert
account for th. Immini. ..ttaf.rtton
at th. punlahment of th. "whltscap-
per." In Mta.ta.tppl expr.a.td by th*
Northarn new.paper.. It ought to.
Kow.ver that may he, satisfaction at
the rr.ult of th* Mississippi trial la
by no mean* conltned to Northern
n.wspaper. or to the Northern publlo.
What a blessing It would be If con
greaa Ux both branched were compelled
to tranancl all buainem In executive
sessions and print only th. sccom
pll.hrd results! That would kill oft
about ninety per cent of our American
demagogy and buncombe.
Don a. Q. X Y. Z. Quessda, Cuban
minister, ra.rnla the charge that the
Cuban* are neglecting their sanitary
duties. HUH the fact rtmalni that the
average Cuban’* Idea of oanltallon I*
to ahlne hla boot*, atarch hi* Panama
hat and put on a diamond finger-ring.
A unlvaralty graduate haa bean mad*
president of the Western Maryland
Railroad Com pans’. Thl* la a pleaolng
exception to the monotonous case of
Ihe “brskeman who worked hla way
etc!"
There tu bora a aptlt In the musk
rat party. Eom* of them are building
thick house, and aoma thin one.—and
we will now hava to rely wholly on
government weather bureau for
our winter climate.
Dr. John Quaekenbas aay* we con
ure our bad boy* by giving them
"hypnotic pill*” while they are aaleep,
That I. a "quack” notion, we fee
Rotter give ’em hickory oil while they
wide-awake.
W* awing our old hat thrae time*,
throw tt on th* ground and Jump on
It In honor of lady Marjorie Bruce, of
England. She refuse* to take bac!
her remark that "American, are the
t courteous men In the world!
President ll.rper baa oant hi, son
to Ruaala to loam tba language. W
suspect thla la a new .trategy to at
taeh the Russian Is. of John D. Ri
filler'. Standard OU tank.
In Poland th* anarchist* of th* red
dog cedar have bm terrartxlng R*
■oum. The way to .top that sort
of tnudnra* t* to catch 'em and RoUe
In
i.L or
unt it |a 1 too
A sample of "pork aauaage." on be
log analysed. allowed not ■ trace of
pork In It* rotnpoaiUon. That la Just
the kind of pork aauaage people ooght
ta eat In order to keep healthy.
, Japan eaemaatill "to hare the ohlpe.
gnn nnve Ih, cot*.and bavothe money
Hoch, the new governor of Knnoaa!
That’, all!
THE COTTON CROP 1905 06,
By Martin V. Calvin
At no time In ihe hl.tory of cotton
culture In thl. country has public In
terest been so aroused aa to the Impor
tance and the Intrln.lc value of the
crop a. In thl. year of grace. 1904.
More fixedly and with deeper Inter,
est than ever, tho eye. , of the whole
world hove been, and are .till, centered
upon the South.
The wide-spread Interest manifest
ed In the »l*e of the crop and the price
per pound of Ihe name suggest that we
retrospect the crop a. It rounded up In
actual figures, not estimates, at the
close of each of u series of years.
Take, for convenience, a group of elx
year., «ny iagt-*9A, both Incluelvo:
Wo find that the average acreage
waa 20.909.971 acre, and the average
produatlon per year 9.149,109 bales.
T.k. the succeeding group of .lx
years, 1X17-1902, both iimlu.lv*.
We find that the uverug* acreage waa
29,491,121 acre* end the average pro
duction per yenr, 10,(02,295 bales.
A study of the two group. discloses
the fact that, bitwwn the yeara In
each group, the Increaa* In acreage was
very gradual.
For example, the second year of the
second group. ‘99, witnessed an In
creas* In acreage of 947,711 acre. This
gave what waa called tb* "bumper
crop"—lLltO.JOU bale*
The following year th* acreage we*
reduced by 1,(64.142 acres. The crop
aggregated 9.142,9(1 balsa.
Thla fact conclusively demonstrate,
that tbs farmer, can reduce tb* crop
and control the situation.
The next two years, 1909 and 1901
ther* was an average annual Increase
In acreage of 9,7t!.1(( acre* as com
pared with 1999--00. Tb* average pro
duction a year waa 10,(21,194 bale*.
Tha next and last year. 1902, of that
group, th. acreage was reduced 1,443,-
2f« aero* compared with 1101. By
higher fertilisation and bett.r culti
vation. th. yield per acre was Increas
ed from 19-109 of a bale to 41-199 of a
bale and th. cost of production
duetd.
Th* crep of 1901 we* .mailer by
714.012 hale, than that for th. yenr
Just referred to.
In 1992 the farmer, not only made a
crop of cotton which ws. smaller by
1.171.(24 bales than th* "bumper crop"
of 1192, but the eight strictly cotton
state* made that year seventy million
(79.009,990) buohcla of corn more than
In 1192. They had moreover, ten mill
ion < 19.940,090) hog* and two mHllon
five hundred thousand (2,(00,090) mllcji
oowa, many of them meek-eyed Jer
ir*.
The smaller crop of 1902 was worth,
In cold ra»h, three hundred and fifty-
fly* million (929M09,990) dollar, more
than th* “bumper crop" of lift.
Tha record shows that whenever you
find level-headed procedure controlling
In Ihe matter of cotton acreugo, you
may he confident that you will find a
commendably large Increase In the
heme-supply crops.
A comparison show* an Increase In
acreage, during the second term of
year*, of 21.7 per cent
During the second aerie* of six year*,
compared with th* drat series, th. In
crease In th* quenttty of commercial
fertiliser* used wo* 47.9 per cent.
Th* average yield per acre during
th* first series of six years was 29-100
of * bale: during the last six year*.
41-199 of a hiile.
During tb* second aeries at
pared with th* first series of year*,
ther* was a marked reduction In the
cost of production e* evidenced by the
Increase In the yield per act*.
Patrick Henry **ld he had but one
tamp end that was the lamp of expe
rience.
Experience cries out that there are
three things for which every cotton
producer should strive In 1999:
t. Reduction of cotton acreage.
5- Reduction In cost of production
per acre.
2. Greater diversification of crops.
I do not believe that It would h. wise
to reduce the quenttty of fertilisers
to be used. The very suggestion of
reduced acreage 1 carrier, with It. i
ought to carry with It, th* Idea l,
heavier fertilisation with a view to a
#»r agpraetnN* redaction m the cost
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T0PIC8 OF THE TIMES.
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"Don't cry. little girl, don’t cry;"
there'll be another leap year by and
by.-/-Bristol (Vo.) Courier.
Moat anybody can stand being poor;
la having other people aorry for you
that make. It so bad. — New York
Prees.
Arthur P. Gorman Is not saying a
word about 190H, but he ta no doubt
receptively Inclined. — Birmingham
Age-Herald.
Two Item* for the .kill of Inventor*—
fireproof Christmas trees and non-'
combustible whisker, for Santa Clads.
—Mobile Register.
Roje.tvennky Is highly honored by
Ihe Russian government. Either he
haa fooled tho English or the Czar.—
Memphis Morning News.
Everybody has about the aame quan
tity of love In stock. The trouble 1.
*o many devote It entirely to them
selves.—Duluth News-Tribune. '
Th# glnner. are determined that the
Wall street gamblers shall not have
the first pass at Information concern
ing the cotton crop.—Dal's a Morning
New*.
The While House Christmas turkey
seems to huve performed Its stunt
without attracting attention of the
argus-cyed correspondent.—Washing
ton Post. ,
When a Jury divides evenly In opin
ion, after hoaring the same testimony
from the same people, It Is small won
der thnt there are such radical differ
ences In politics! views.—Washington
Star.
They don't have any of this supho.
more und freshman foolishness nt the
University of Virginia. The students
there nre not disposed to make mon
keys of themselves. They hnve plenty
of fun, but they treat each other as
gentlemen.—Norfolk Landmark.
Some of the good Democratic paper*
In Indian Territory are up In arms,
figuratively, because the Hamilton
statehood bill make* no provision for
separate schools for negroes. They
are Southerners In sentiment, at all
event!.—Montgomery Advertiser.
4 ..-C miles of railway, of
nih-s were constructed In
lumber of passengers car
ried on these railways In 1S03 exceed
ed 210,000,000; the freight transported
was 16,122,971 metric tons and the cash
ret -Ipts amounted to about 222,800,000.
Great Interest has been shown in
Mexico In the announcement that 21.-
000,000 has been put into an under
taking for the manufacture of artlft-
Mfil silk. There are many conjectures
as to the method to be employed in
malting the silk.
Over JCOO.OOO was distributed In
wages to the miners of Cripple Creek
District, Colorado's greatest gold camp
for the month ended Oct 10, 1904.
This Is the largest pay roll for "two
years. There are over 9,000 miners at
work in the district and the produc
tion of the camp exceeds (2,000 090
per month.
At the recent Twenty-first conven
tion of the Lawrence County (Pa.)
Woman’s Christian Temperance Un
ion, Mrs. Charles W. Foulks, one of the
principal speakers, advocated a strike
among married women If their hus
bands refuse to give them the right of
suffrage, so that women could vote
down the liquor traffic.
The northern belt of forests Is, per.
haps, greater In extent than all the
other timber belts and reserves of
Canada combined. It extends from the
eastern part of Labrador north of the
fiftieth parallel In a northwesterly di
rection to Alaska, a distance of some
3,000 miles, with an average width of
perhaps 600 miles.
Experiments which have been car
ried out on the weight of crowds go to
show that the loading of 82 pounds to
102 pounds per square foot usually
assumed In Germany In floor design,
and prescribed by the Ministry of
Public Works for this purpose. Is far
too low to allow for conditions that
may frequently occur. It Is urged that
this figure should be raised to at least
123 pounds to 133 pounds per square
foot; otherwise the assumed factor of
safety may be encroached upon ma
terially.
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POINTS ABOUT PEOPLE.
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Three of Ihe presidential electors
■osen by Indiana to vote for Lincoln
In 1880 are still living. These are; Mr.
Isaac Jonklnaon of Richmond, who car
ried th* vote (o Washington; Col. Rey
of Indianapolis, and Major Will Cum'
hack of Greensliurg.
The veteran botaalcal traveler. C.
G. Pringle, has returned to bis cham
ber* In the Unlvcrelly of Vermont and
to th* ears of the herlwrium there,
binging a collection nf 38,000 specimens
of plants In about 800 species, which he
has gathsred In the post eight months
In Mexico.
J. P. Morgan has had a photo of his
most recent portrait In oil copyrighted
so that tho newspapers throughout the
country will not be able to print It. So
far aa Is known John D. Rockefeller
and Mr. Morgan are the only two
Americans of ihe sterner **x who ob
ject to having their pictures repro
duced In the papers.
■Hiram Cronk, the only survivor of
the war of 1812, la still living with hla
daughter In New York stnte, and ar
rangement* are being made In Brook
lyn by which due honor shall be paid
ths old soldier when he shall have
passed away, nnd hla body will tx
placed In a plot In Mount Victory cam
etery alongside those of bis comrade*
In the war of 1112.
The king of Portugal has made the
ItrUlah museum a present of an Im
portant collection of fishes, most of the
specimen* having been caught by him
self an the coast of Portugal. II* t* a
devoted Ichthyologist, nnd has written
several scientific memoir*. A set of hla
writing* has also been received at the
museum.
The late VaL Prlnoep'e uncommon
name wo* the enure of some amusing
blunders. Thus, on one occasion, hav
tng boon Invited to a dinner party, the
artist wan asked his name In tb* usual
way, but from tb* footman's repetition
of the question he perceived that tt had
not been grasped, end said tt egeln
very clearly. Prina-ep." Judge of his
astonishment when the man proceeded
to announce him In stentorian tones as
“Prince Hep!"
It ta probable that th* work which
Dr. William Osier boa been doing at
John- ltepklns wilt bo divided when
Dr. Ooler goes to assume th* reglui
professorship of medicine at Oxford.
It has been suggested that Dr. William
H. Watch, now Baxlay professor of
pathology at Johns Hopkins and path
nloglst to the hospital, be appointed
professor of medklne and director of
that department, and that Dr. William
S. Thayer, who has Been closely asso-
> lated with Dr. Osier at Johns Hop-
klna, be appointed professor of clinical
medicine, and Dr. Lewetlyo r. Barker
of Chicago he appointed professor of
■etna
;ouse of cards upon the heads of
hose within.
Again, in Oc.ober, two years ago. a
nldniqht earthquake yire-.v Pf-sideni
Castro from his bed. ' Then, in h!r-
fright, he Jumped through a window
l pavcq court and broke his I-e.
The next day he conceived 'he idea
of the steel house, believing that a
house built of thnt metal upon a very
deep, soiln foundation of cement would
fthstar.d any earthquake, no matter
how violent
Accordingly, he ordered from the
United States stee; beams for the
frame and steel plates for the walls,
celling and floor, and mahy months
were spent In the construction of the
only steel house, eo far as known, in
the world, As soon as It was finished
and furnished the Castros moved in.
As President Castro owns both the
house and the park surrounding It he
will probably continue to live In this
shea* of steel after the expiration of
his term of office.
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In nix editions reppbllshed In England
and translated Into Gorman. A young
lady of wealth, position and Irreproacha
ble character seems to be responsible for
a cold-blooded murder In a New York
apartment-house, which Is followed by a
second, still more mysterious. Implicating
are five pictures In three colors by Elliot
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THE DOCTORS.
It It Admitted There Is an Oversupply
of Them.
s doctors hava our faults for ex
ample, our dissensions that so Ion*
have afforded amusement to the pub
lic and the press. But It Is not denied
that we have some virtues. One. our
greatest, Is not fairly recognized. The
observation Is not new, but Is at thl*
time recalled to attention by the mirth
of some newspapers at a recent Inci
dent In Chicago—a city which has this
year enjoyed remarkable general
health. A doctor In court appealed to
that fact to mitigate the consequences
of failure to pay a debt The Incident
was trivial, but the cartoonists and
humorists made much of it. They
failed to see the hidden but very real
significance of a genuine circumstance
of this sort. As a profession, we devote
ouY best energies to the prevention of
all varieties of disease, with varying,
but definite nnd increasing, success.
Because our profession gains In num
bers at a more rapid rate than does the
general community, qnd because pari
passu, therewith the total umouut bf
Illness in the community decreases, it
evidently follows thnt there Is ever
less and less work for us to da As
has often been said, we are tho only
body of men the world has ever seen
who are constantly striving to destroy
our meana of livelihood. For thla tha
world la our debtor; but It, for the
moat part, faila to recognlae the debt.
Even then we continue to do our duty,
and thla fa aa it ahould he.
The position of our profession la a
proud one, and will one day be more or
teas fully recognized. What of the In
dividual doctor? Hla position In the
present stage of our development la
many tltnea burdensome nnd mortify
ing. Always more doctors, and ever
less cases to go around. Instances of
near destitution are not so Infrequent
aa they should be. We all know* these
thtnga, and repetition would do no
good were II not thnt It la necessary to
keep actively In mind the remedies
that must at once be applied to pre
vent widespread poverty among us. In
thla feature, if properly understood,
the public and preaa certainly could
find no mirth. The self-improvement
of a Urge number of men in order
that the world may he happier la sure
ly a situation full of pathos. We can
wall for recognition and reward, but
It la our Immediate duty to lessen tho
number of suffering units. On the one
hand It Is little short of a crime to
continue the education of more physi
cians than, can possibly earn a living
under present conditions, nnd on the
other, the suicidal practice of our
clinics and hospitals giving free treat
ment to many who can afford to pay
at least a little must be abated. This
latter phase of our unhappy state Is no
Ism than disgraceful. There must yet
bo fewer medical colleges and fewer
medical students. This accomplished,
both the comfort and the morals of the
profession will bo enhanced.—Ameri
can Medicine.
Keen.
Marrlage*Llmlted. By Frank H. Wake
field. The Neale Publishing Company,
Washington. Price, $1.50.
Thpso who were startled by the recent
predictions of George Meredith and others
regarding the possible advent some day
of t\ limited marriage term replacing tho
" ’till death us do part" alliance of the
present, nlone sanctioned by the higher
civilisation of our day. will read thla book
with much Interest, though It la doubtful
If they will be satisfied by. anything it
contains. It Is a book that will live only
as long as the question with which It
deals lives.
Curran R. Ellis
ARCHfTECT
Offices: 4. 5 and 6 Ellis Bldg.,
Cherry st., Cotton ave. and First st
Phone 239 Macon, Ga.
$1.00
In 1898 Prof. Derry wrots some verses
which ho called "Tho Siege of Atlanta."
In 1902 ho revised these versos, altering
some of them and, having added much
new matter which gave them a wider
scope, ssnt them forth again under tho
name "Memories of ’64.” The kind recep
tion given these verse* by the Confeder
ate veterans encouraged him to try again
and the rcault was another little poem,
styled "The Gathering of the Hosts.”
Tills was so favorably received by the
Confederate Veterans and the Daughters
of the Confederacy that the author pro
ceeded to write In verse the story of the
8outh's struggle fr “ * * *
her own destinies.
Into the tale of the deeds of heroes a
E. DENNIS, Architect.
568 Cherry st., Macon, Ga.
Twenty years experience and suc
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DR. MAURY M. STAPLER,
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DR. J. H. SHORTER.
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Cherry and Second Street*.
•Phone 972, office. Residence. 3073.
ry ... ... .... ...
being true. The present work is in
-t (nto so*
one volume, divided
«iifi * uiuiiic, uiviucii an(87 seven books—
The Gathering of« the Hosts, The Battle-
Tide’s Alternate Ebb and Flow. The Tide
of Southern Triumph Onward Rolls, with
Ebb of Tide the South's fond Hopes
Now Wane. Again the Tide of Southern
Triumph Flows, Now O’er the South In
vasion s Billows Roll. The Battle-Storms
are Hushed, the Banners Furled.
Architects
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Is Owned by the President of Ven
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There nre occasions when rulers of
Houth American republics must sigh
for "n lodge In some vast wilderness,"
but Cipriano Castro, president of Ven-
esueln, lives tbe year round In the
most extraordinary dwelling ever In
habited by the head of a state. It
stands within a park In the heart et
the capital city. Caracas, and. says
Ttt-BIts, Is built entirely of steel
This remarkable government house
is covered on the outside with a kind
of soft stone, so that the stranger
would think It Just an ordinary dwell
ing; save that It eeems rather email to
serve as the residence of tho Drat man
of the Und. ’Within, the wells are
covered with-laths and plaster, eo that
here, too, the visitor sees nothing un-
uauaL Yet tbe walls, floors and cell
ing* of the half doxen rooms com
posing th* boose are entirely of steeL
nnd the whole I* built upon a founda
tion of hundred* of tons of Portland
cement
President Castro .erected the house
at huge expense, designing that
should he earthquake proof. He I
hla wife have good reason to be afraid
of earthquakes.
When the little town of Cucuto, a
suburb of Caracas, was some yeara I
ago shaken from the face of the earth I
aa a crumb from a table doth, Kenora [
Ciriro ecus the only tnemb-r of her |
family to escape with tier life. Prest- L.r\rupi
dent Castro htmsclL who happened to W ,or 1
be standing on a hill oat*;.!., f the I
(own. saw his abed* crunr.t’,e like a* This D-.t.-ubtr .
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DENTISTRY.
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Office on second finer Commercial
Bank Building, Triangular Block. Tel
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