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THE MACON DAILY TELEGRAPH; SUNDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 25, 1908
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Weather Indications :=“Rain ^nd Cold Weather
Redmond-Massee Fuel Company
Equipped to Supply Macon With Warmth
We keep at your command a string of wagons and mules that when loaded can move lour
carloads of fuel per hour. Could anyone suffer from the cold wave with such facilities at their
disposal ?
OUR RED-SEE COAL is the finest to be had for use in grates. No shivers about when the hearthstone glows
with Red-See embers. Telephone 100 or 223.
PHONE US YOUR FUEL WANTS
BLUE GEM is all its name implies. A blue flame, yielding a steady heat, burning to minimum ash, and pro
ducing warmth, cheer and satisfaction. Delivered at $6.00 per ton. Telephone 100 or 223.
Our JELLICO AND TENNESSEE COALS are a little lower in price and very little lower in quality.
We also carry Hard Coal, Steam Coal, efc., the stock embracing all the things needed in the fuel business.
WOOD FOR ALL PURPOSES
Stoves act queerly when fed on bad wood. The food tastes poorly; the biscuits are soggy, and the cook obstrep
erous. Our Wood is seasoned, cut to any length and stored dry, so that your domestic infelicities are minimized.
REDMOND-MASSEE FUEL COMPANY
Phone 223
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LAW’S WORK!
IS
Only One Person Out of Four
Indicted Is Found
Guilty.
VERY FEW CONVICTIONS
New York’s Grand Juries Do Their
Work In Rapid-Fire Style. With
Seemingly Little Justice—Curiou*
'Municipal Customs Still Continue In
New York—The Metropolis Now
Look# to Country For Financial Aid
—A 60-Pound Coin—The World’s
.Biggest School Boy.
NEW YORK. Oct. 23.—That the
workings of grand juries arc not alto
gether grand in this city at least la
fexcitlng a good many Now Yorkers,
In spite of tho closeness of election day
with Us supposedly all-pervading In
terest.. The (Il8cuf8k»n of this mat
ter bids fair to furnish some startling
discoveries, for while no one is de
manding the abolishment of the gnyid
Jury system, there a growing feel
ing that there Is ne»»d tor a chan go.
It has been asserted for some time
that Indictments were too frequently
returned, statement which would soem
to be borne out by figures appearing
in Appleton’s Magasine. According to
these the time which can be given to
any particular case by the grand jury
averages only six minutes. The con
clusion drawn Is that justice here Is
too much of the rapid-fire style, snd
the figures In the Appleton article seem
to corroborate this - . In the last eight
■years, according to It, the total num
ber of indictments returned waa 33.232.
snd ths total disposed of 32,731. Dut
convictions on these Indictment®, which
went to trial, amounted to only 24 per
cent, or less than eight thouaand. In
other words thfee out of every four In
dictments returned by the grand jury
resulted In nothing except expense to
the state and to the Indicted person.
As a result there has been a howl—
for New York Is always ready to howl.
Suggestions to protect the man who
Isn’t proven guilty” range from that
* which proposes to place grand Jury
men under bond for 50 per cent of con-
vlcttons. to the other extreme which
lays the small number of convictions
under indictments returned at the door
of tbe nrorecultn* officer* Of course,
there la a complicated kind of politico
underlying the whole matter, so com-
E Heated that no one know, what It l».
. the meantime the overate New
Yorker ha. nome v.ry a.tonltfilnt Ad
ore. to analyte .nd with only one con
viction out of even- four Indictment,
by the «rand lory Wher Knicker
bocker la thinking of adopting a* hU
munlrinal song. "Th* grand Jury will
more than 240 years, that of lighting
the entrance to residences of the city’s
mayors with large lamps. In no other
city In the United States la thla done.
At present of course the custom la not
one of utility, but simply a sort of
honor and distinction. The precise
origin of this ourious custom is some
thing of * mystery, but It Is believed
to bo a survival of a practice In the
early days of |he city during the days
of the Dutch occupation. At that time
the burgomaster waa • the chief man
of the town and carried a lantern from
the town meeting hottae—alnce the
meetings then occurred at night—to
his home, where It waa hung on the
top fence rail and left burning until
morning. Its light served as a guide
to those who wished to make a oom-
plaint or give warning of trouble. It
Is fairly certain that this custom has
survived since 1668. at least, for at s
sale of antiquities one of the articles
disposed of was described In the cata
logue as a lamp said to have Seen
used to Illumine the front of tho house
of Mayor Cornelius Steonwyck In
Malden Dane, and to have been used
for the same purpose by three of his
successors.” This would seem to In
dicate that only the houso of the active
mayor was thus marked at that time.
At present the houses of the mayor
nnd ex-mayors ns well are marked by
the two large lights provided by the
city. The lamps In front of the Wick
ham family have boon In place slnco
1876, when W. C, Wickham became
mayor. There are now nine sets of
these mayore’ lamps burning In the
city every night. Bo far ae la known
Robert A. Van Wyck was the only
mayor who refused to have these lights
In front of his residence. He opposed
them on the ground that they now
serve no useful purpose.
While much haa been said and writ
ten of the dependence of the rest of
the country upon tho financial centers
In New York and Chicago for provid
ing. tbe funds for Industrial operations
little has bee n heard of the dependence
of great enterprises In these cities
upon the rest of the country In sup
porting the credit upon which their
operations depend. That this condi
tion now exists and Is growing more
and le growing
marked from year to year has Just boon
Illustrated in a striking way. Al
though the money situation has been
steadily Improving for several months
past, a curious development la causing
considerable inconvenience to a num
ber of large concern*, whose opera
tions extend over a great section of
the country. This Is a disinclination
on the part of country bankers to loan
money on the paper of such concerns.
municipal song. "Tb«, grand Jury •
get You If you don t watch out.
Wh»t l. probabl./ the oldMt ud
noil curiou. municipal cu.tom in ih.
country still exists In New York after
ip«r of i
Rankers ara Inclined to attribute this
situation to alarm caused among the
flnrncters In the smaller cities over
the failure of the so-called "fleh-trust/*
and a few other very Urge concerns
having widely distributed loans. In
general- It is assumed here that this
condition of affairs will cause less trou
ble In New York than In Chicago,
where an official of Swift * Co., re
garded as one of the largest users of
banking facilities In the oountry, is
credited with a statement foreshadow
ing the necessity of other arrange
ments for handling the paper of thf®
and other big concerns as a result of
the refusal of the smaller banks to
lend money to Urge enterprises In the
financial centers as they have bean In
of doing heretofore.
A very large piece of change has
Just come to light In this city, and It
does not belong to John D. Rockefeller
either, although the rata at which Its
VQlut has appreciated since Its com
ing might lead to thU conclusion. In-
cldehtallv It Is ths largest piece of
money In tha world. Somewhere there
are three more Just like !L none which,
however, sre bigger. It would not be a
bandy coin to carry around, since this
remarkable pi«c# U twenty-six Inches
long by thirteen inches broad, and
weighs tho trifling sum of thlrty-ono |
pounds. A couple of dozen of theso
glgat itlc coins would make a very fnlr
wagon load for a single horse to hnul. I
As originally coined In 1C59 by tJ»o I
Swedish government this piece ofj
metal was worth about two dollars.
Only five wore minted, nnd for this
reason as much as for anything elso I
their valuo has always been great. 1
Tho New York specimens t a recent
sale brought the modest price of |600.
ThU curious coin. If It may bo so-
called, Is made of bronze and resem
bles a plain gravestone tablet more
than anything alee. In the canter and
at each of tho four corners It boars
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the Imprint of the royal stamp of King
Charles of Sweden. The enormous
size of the coin Is accounted for by
th® fact that when It was minted Swo-
den waa at war wjth Russ'a. Ry mak
ing coins of such large slzet he gov
ernment figured that It would be Im
possible for the numerous bands of
roving robbers to carry away any con
siderable lynount of money. Citizens
Objected so. strongly, however, to this
bulky form of currency that only four
of these gigantic coins were struck
off.
The biggest schoolboy In the world
ha» Just been discovered here, his net
weight being nearly qn*-slxth of a ton,
or 380 pounds. Also he Is said to be
the bent behaved pupil In the city.
This may be accounted for by the fact
that h© la forty-eight years of age.
married and the father of ten chil
dren. In fact It is because of his
younrsters that Hosey, as hs Is named,
Is now in school. He Is a former ser
geant, now a lieutenant, of the pol|ce
and Is retired on ft pension. His rea
son for going to school nt middle age
with pupils thirty-five yesrs his Junior
Is nlmplg because he Is determined
that his children should havo what he
never got—a goode ducat Ion. Ho wns
not content, however, merely to send
them to school. He wanted to super
vise tholr education. Ho he is going
to school himself, working to keep far
enough ahead of the youngsters to be
able to help and advise them Intelli
gently. Every night he msy be found
studying hard at one of -the city's
high schools. For three years now
Hosey has, as he puts It. "been study
ing mighty hard to keep ahead of the
kids.” He- Is taking courses In alge
bra. geometry, chemistry, advanced
arithmetic, bookkeeping and English.
In the latter branch ho has already
taken special honors. It Is a curious
sight to see him sitting at school with
scores of pupils young enough to he
his own children. IIo raises his hand
just Ilka the rest of them, and In his
effort to give his children a good edu
cation has adapted himself completely
to the regulations of the school.
GEORGIA SOCIAL NEWS
(Continued from Page Three.)
FORT VALLEY.
Unique and elaborate In every de
tail waa the large social affair of the
past week given by Miss Leta Gray,
complimentary to Mrs. Hlngson. of
Oxford, Ala. The attractive heme
was darkened for the occasion And
waxen tapers In cut glass candelabra
rfied a soft radiance over the- scena.
The parlors and drawing room were
artistic , . with their decorations of
palms and cut flowers. The mantels
were banked wJth ferns and rnses.
A profusion of pink and white blos
soms being used. The., punch bowl
rutde attractive with ferns In the tyril-
way was preelded oyer by
Harris Nell and Lynwood Gray. Ta
bles with heart-shaped place cards
were placed In the front parlor snd
drawing room at which a gamp or
quotations from welj-known aunor*
was Indulged in, after 'which a dainty,
ami delicious course luncheon was
served. The color motif, pink, green
an<l white, wns carried out In every
detail.
Miss Gray received her guests In
a pink crepo do chine, made dlrQ->
tolre, built over taffeta. Mrs. Hfng-
son was beautiful In whito moasullnq
satin over silk, made en train, with
diamond ornaments. Mrs. Gray link
ed unuHually well In black silk with
laoo trimmings. Mrs. W. K. Thwo-rtt
wus attired In white pet with quanti
ties of ribbons made over ®Uk.
Mr. Frederick Crandall spent sev
eral days with friends last week.
Mrs. Dora Frederick was tho guest
of Mrs. Rltoy Saturday.
Mr. Chnrlle Wiggins, of Waycross,
spent a few days last week with rela
tives. .
Mrs. George T. Harris and Mrr. W.
H. I Infer were guests at a box party
with Mr. and Mrs. Roland Ellis Mon
day evening.
Mrs. J. L. Fincher Is visiting In
Cullodcn.
. fleorgo Fincher, Rurch Nor
ton, Lynwood Gray and Tom Flournoy
went up to Mncon Monday night to
see ’’The Merry Widow.” Among oth
ers who attonded the "Merry Widow"
show In Macon were Mr. and Mrs,
W. F. Miller, Miss Mamie Millar,
Miss Clarence Houser, Mr. Cunulngr
ham. Miss Arlle Winslow, Mr. Sam
mons, Miss Mattlo Finney, Mr. and
Mrs. John Ttroutman, Mr. ToTbert
nnd Misses Nell and Wllllehue Car
ter.
Miss Etienne Raldwln spent Sunday
Miller uni! Mix. Cl.r-
ence Houser spent Wednesday In Ma
con,
Miss EUIa Mao Tllewster entertained
quite a - number of her friends last
Friday evening nt the. home of Mrs.
Virgil Fagan, complimentary to Mies
Helen Brunhnm.
Miss Amanda Smith visited Macon
Monday.
Mrs. Will Houser ban rntumed to
Jacksonville after soversl weeks’- visit
to relatives. •
Mrs. M. R. Rrown entertained ft
largo* number of tho young people
Friday evening In honor of her guests,
Misses Jessie Stephens and Edyth
Marshall, of Macon.
Mr. Dave fltrtoher gpent Sunday and
Monday In Atlanta with relatives. ,
Tho Epworth League will give n
Halloween party next ‘Friday. evening
at the home of Mnyor Fincher.
FITZGERALD.
Mr. and Mrs. Davis Stovers cele
brated their golden wedding anniver
sary Monday. October It. The occa
sion was made especially pleasant by
Post 14 and 17 of ths O. A. R., and
tho W. R. C. arranging a dinner
In honor of the event, of which
150 guests partook. Mr. and Mrs.
Stevers were tho recipients of pres
ents from the posts, from the corps
nnd the Ladle’s Aid of the U. B.
church, besides gifts from Individual
friends. After the dinner speeches
and music occupied the afternoon.
Tuesday evening Mr. and Mrs. J. L.
McCarty entertained delightfully In
honor of their guest. Miss Helen Ells-
sard, of Arsbl, Ga. An entertaining
feature of the evening wee a guessing
contest. In which Miss Mull and Miss
Wlghtmftn cut for the prise, * dainty
handkerchief. The consolation was
cut for by Mr nush and Mr. Levin,
resulting In Mr. Rush’s success
he was "handed the lemon.” Those
present were Mlssees King. Wight-
man, Kelm, Mull, Rllssard and Mrs.
Dona James Hal, and Messrs. Levin,
Bush. Beall, Torrene* and Hawkes.
The Women’s club held an exceed
ingly Interesting meeting Wednesday
aftomoon at tho homo of Mrs. J. B.
Kcanor. The study of current events,
American authors and history ques
tions wero all entered Into with the
enthusiasm of echonl girls taking up
tholr studies for tho first time.
Mr. and Mrs. Smith liny, who were
ono time residents of this city, but
now of Norfolk, Va., are visiting tholr
daughter, Mrs. Georgo Gray, und will
remain hero nil tho wlntor.
Mrs. W. L/Julian visited friends In
Mncon this week.
dge'D. iB. Jay went to Macon nnd
od his * * “* '*
vlsltod his sister, returning with Mrs.
Jay snd little eon. %
Mrs. J. H. Bartlett and son, nt Chi
cago, have returned to Fltsgerald to
spend tho wlntor, as has been their
custom previous yesrs.
Miss Ora Welch, of St. George, Is ft
gdest of Miss Mary I»blngler.
Mrs. A. H. Brabham was the guest
of Mrs. Keith Carson, of Tlfton, for a
ffw days.
Miss Ruby Locko Is visiting In Cor-
delo, the guest of Mesadems Wlmbush
und Kinsey.
Miss Lois Paulk was one of the
charming visitors to Fltsgeruld this
past week.
Miss Mnry Boyer, of Tlfton, who
was a visitor In the home of Miss I<o|a
Paulk, Is now the guest of Mrs. Wiley
William®.
Tklrs. H. C. McFadden, who has spent
the onttre summer at different points
In tho north and east, has returned
home, accompanied by her mother,
Mrs, E. II. Cook. Mrs. Cook has spent
two previous winters In Fitzgerald mid
has many friends who will welcome
to
Mrs. Chsney went to Atlanta this
week to nttend a family reunion.
Judge and Mrs. Haygood and Mrs.
E. Cutts went up to Atlanta to the
fair.
Mrs. H. D. Lovett, of Nashville, with
her two children, ere ths guests of Mr.
and Mrs. D. L. Martin.
Mr. nnd Mrs. If. M. Warren have
returned from a visit to tho fnlr.
Mien Minnie Whitley, who Is at
tending school nt Normnn Pnrk, spent
Sunday wllh home folks.
GLENNVILLE.
Miss Snllle Overstreet, of Peyton, hns
returned nfter nn extended visit to rel
atives and friends.
Miss Rotta Del/mch Is spending
some time at Blackshear visiting
friends and relative*.
Mr. and Mrs.,W. If. Klckllghter
spent several days In Savannah visit
ing friends,
Mr. and Mrs* D. W. Zorn arc spend
ing some time near Blackshear attend
ing tho Free Will Baptist association
which Is In session there.
Miss Pearl Kennedy, of Kennedy,
wan a pleasant visitor here the past
, of Collins, has
brother, Col. C. L Cowart.
Mrs. Annie Woodcock, of Kennedy,
spent several days here, guest of Miss
Veda I)eLoach.
Miss Pauline Slater, of Pembroke,
la visiting her sister, Mrs. J. W. Delk.
Mrs. B. M. Darsey. of Hagan, Is vis
iting her eleter, Mrs. W. H. Leflrande,
thin week. _
Mrs. Jess® Baxter, of Beard’s creek,
was a pleasant visitor here this *eek.
CULLODEN.
Mr. W. K. Abercrombie, of Btmuds.
Os., had the misfortune to lose three
fingers of his left hand In his gin this
Mr. Henry Bankston has moved his
Hy her® from Fort V«lley.
welcome him back, for he Is a valuable
Mr.*j. C: Whittle, of Pike county, has
bought the saw mill Interest of Hay-
good Bros, and will bring hi® family
her® In December.
Mrs. Aggie Castlen Is visiting in At
lanta,
Mr. and Mr*. George Wynn went to
Roberta thla week.
>irs. W. A. Worsham and Mrs. Wil
liam Zellner. of Strouds, were visiting
Mr*. Chambliss this week.
REIDSVILLE.
Mr. nnd Mrs. Grady Smith, of \Vn1-
locoochle, aro On ft visit to tho fuinlly
of Mr. If. C. Smith. *
Mlsn Ruth McLood, who hoe been
spending some time with relatives ftt
Altamnha, ha* returned.
Misses Helen nnd Mnbel Tolgen, of
Elsngare the guests of their aunt, Mrs.
D. J. Rogers.
Mrs. B. H. Groover Is on a visit to
relntlves In Savannah.
Ml** Maude Smith, who hn* been
spending nomn time with friends nnd
relative* In Savnnnnh, has returned.
Ml** Fannie Adamson he* returned
from a visit to friends at Hprlng Hill.
Mr. Klnmnn, of Bartow. It on a
vlnlt to his daughter, Mrs. J. V.
Mr*.’ Frank Southwell, of Hhlloh, vis
ited her patents, Mr. and Mr*. Z.
Smith, this week.
Miss Mnry Darsey, who has been
on a visit to relntlves and friends at
Illncsvlllo, hns returned.
Mr*. J. V. Kelley has returned from
Lyons, where »he went an a delegate
to the Woman’s Foreign Missionary
"°Co| ty *and Mrs. H. C. Beasley an
nounce the birth of s fine son.
On last Friday evening, at the aurtl
* - Reldi -
torlum of the ReltfsvIUe high school.
elocution pu-
Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Smith hnv® re
turned from a visit to relatives at
Purvis. •
Mr. and Mrs. Barney McCall have
moved hero from Shiloh, where they
oxnect to make their future home.
Mr*. Franklin. of.Collln*. I* on a
visit to her daughter, Mrs. Willi* Ed
wards.
8WAIN8BORO.
Maude McLemor*. Mrs.
Edenfleld and Mr. J. B.
turned Wednesday from
Rev. snd Mrs. J. A. Reslef. Miss
Mrs^ Georg® P.
Rosier re-
from Wftdley,
where they went to attend the Hepsl-
bnh Baptist association.
Miss John McLemore, who has been
engaged In teaching music at Norcross,
Ga., Is expected home tomorrow for.®
short visit.
Mrs. John D* McLeod has fpn* to
Bartow to spend several days with hor
sister, Mrs. W. H. Bedlngfleld.
The Primitive (Baptists have been
holding a meeting for several days at
their church here. The sendm have
been conducted by Elder B. II. Pierson.
Macon, assli
Lamb.
by Elder W.
Miss Jo Johnson has returned from
her home ftt Butt*. Gs., after an ab
sence of eevoral week*. She was called
home on account of th* desperate Ill
ness of her sister. Miss Jessie John
son. who Is the telephone operator at
MHIen. . .. ...
Ml*s Mamie Dewberry and Mr*. Ella
Ballentlm* have been charming visitors
to Miss Maggie Price.
Mrs.‘A. T. Durden, of millmore. has
been spending several days with her
sister, Mr*. Mamie Dekle.
Miss Eulft Rountree, of Rummlt.
spent several day* of this week with
Mrs. Willie Flanders.
Mrs. Walton Kitchen hs* returned
from a visit to her relatives In Au
gust®, *
Mm. Jim mi E. J.hnian «nd Ittll.
MIm Bum Emily John«on. of Albany,
o.. nr. hnt., th. mull of Mr*. O. N.
from n (rip to th« mounUIn, of North
Carolina and to Tallulah Fails.
A Beautiful
Mahtel
In your homo Is no longer a matte*
of tedious work and big expense. You
can como here and pick ono right out
®U ready to put up. You can get
anything else in mill work too. Grill
work, newel posts, railings, balusters,
columns and a hundred other things*
Hftve ft look at them and see how you!
esq save both time and money.
WILLINGHAM SASH & DOOR CO.,
457 TJiird St., Macon, Ga.
Frank's
Choice
Old Corn
Whiskey
4 Full Qunrts $ 2.85
12 Full quarts $ 7.65 i
1 Onllou Jug $ 2.60J
0 Gallon Keg $ 11,25 [inii« ros/nr <
LONG’S PRIVATE STOOK|i™ s ™ VAIL3
RYE WHISKEY
4 Full Qunrts $ 3.351
12 Full Qunrts $ 8.60
v y * 1 •>"« * 3.101
Wl» 5 Gallon Keg $13.501
Wo gunrnntoo tho quality.
' r Jw«*.r.r junaS’-l A trinl will convinco you.
M.«0,P,.l0t ,a J Kxpro's on nbovo goods I
prepaid to any point on lines I
of Southern Express Co.
D. F. & C. P. LONG
JACKSONVILLE, FLA.
Mrs. Bottle Stevens and Mrs. D. H.
Atkins, of Coven®, spent several days
In the city attending the Prlmltlvo
Baptist meeting.
' Mr. nnd Mrs. Harry Griffin, of Mnr-
shallvllle, have moved to this city and
will msk® their home hero In the fu
ture. Mr. Griffin I* conductor on the
Oeorgla and Florida railway.
Mis® Altle Harrison, of Melnh&rd,
Ga., Is visiting her sister, Mrs. J. X*.
Bnookg.
Mr*. Addlt Brandenburg, of Atlanta,
arrived here Wednesday to visit hor
brother, Mr. limes L. Herrington, In
the couny.
Miss Janie Cofer, elocution teacher
In the high school at this place, re
turned from a short visit to her par-
enta in Atlanta.
Mrs. HerSChcl Williams nnd children
are hors visiting Mr*. Robert J. Wll-
Mrs. A. B. Doutet, who has been
spending tomo time with Cot F. H.
Haffold, loft Wednesday for August® t®
spend a few day* with friend*.
Mrs. Hugh Flllgln left ThuradaR
for Athens, where she was celled on
account of tho Illness of her father.
Mr*. Rent/., of Grovanla, Is visiting
her daughter. Mr*. Georg* Rentz.
Miss,'* (Hcrtha and Lorlne Youmant
«n.i Ml*s Ixuilse Solomon, of StUlmore,
returned after a pleasant vi.ilt to
erton.
Miss Ruth Youman*.
Miss Oulda Lewis, of
Bpenl several days of this week wlf.li
Miss Annie Lou Thompson.
Mrs. Elizabeth McMillan spent th®
week-end with friends at Adrian.
Mis® Selma Overstreet and Mis®
Fannie Roberts, of Ornymont. were
pleasant visitors to Swalnsboro thl®
ek.
Miss Ruby Durden left this week i
Atlanta, where she will spend sevtl
weeks.