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----- --■ THE MACON DAILY TELEGRAPH; SUNDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 25, 1908 n. wii—w— V. ♦ ♦♦♦♦»♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦-< ■■h i hi ii mi ii wmmmwMmmmmwmmmmmwmm 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 Phone lOO ZX'Z'ZXZZX'ZZZZXZZZXZZZ 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 **-- * ■ ‘ tr 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.