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The Macon Daily Telegraph SECOND SECTION ™* MKLoSffliraUS ( ' ou " v; ' EIGHT PAGES \ ESTABLISHED IN 1826. MACON, GA, SUNDAY MOBNING, OCTOBER 25, 1908 DAILY. $7X0 A YEAR, = are cordially invited to call and investigate the merits of our Fall and Winter lines of Men’s, Boys’ and Children’s Clothing. We have given the most pains-taking care to the selection of this stock and we know that we are in position to offer you better inducements than you can find elsewhere. We are sole agents for the celebrated KUPPENHEIMER CLOTHING and every intelligent man knows that the Kuppenheimer label stands for all that is excellent in Meh’s Wearing Apparel. It means Quality in the Material, careful attention to the mi nutest. details in Tailoring, absolute correctness in Style. We invite a critical examination of these fashionable garments and a comparison wjith the very best tailored clothing to be found anywhere. Out-of-town customers have a chance to save money in-two ways, because Reduced Rates On All Railroads will be in force and we are offering abetter stock of Clothing on narrower margins of prof it thdn any other store in Macon. Don’t make your purchase until you have seen what We have to offer. It will cost you nothing to look. We guarantee to give you the most cloth ing satisfaction for the least money. Our stock of Fall Underwear, Shirts, Collars, Cuffs and Neckwear is up to the highest point of excellence. We have what you want and can save you money on every item. We are agents for the celebrated Stetson Hats and have them in both Softs and Stiffs in all the 1908 Fall Styles. It is to your advantage to pay us a visit when you come to the Big State Fair JOS. M. BROWN GOES INTO OFFICE WITH STATE’S TREASURY EMPTY AND PRESSING BILLS UNPAID New Form Special Taxation Is Likely to Be the Outcome. TO 6AIN SOUND FOOTING 1-2 Present Administration Has .Seen the Revenue of State Reduced Nearly Half n| Million—Principal * Loss Comes Throuoh Abolishment of Saloons and Change In Convict Law—Approprla- tlons Have Been Increased and the State Now Faces Serious Problem. ATLANTA. Ga.. Oct. 24.—Not in a Score of years will a state administra tion have begun under such financial embarrassment as will be- probable with that of Gov. Joseph M. Brown. Unless some unknown sources produce consid erable revenue between the present time and June of next year, Mr. Brown will Co into office facing a practical deficit of about 9800.900. maybe a million dol lars in the state’s revenue. Unfortunately, it will constitute a sit uation that his administration must face without having been in any wise responsible for the same. it Is probable that the first work the next legislature will be called upon to do will be the providing of some means for meeting the obligations >f the state, and owing to the constitutional restrictions sur rounding the levying of taxes the prob lem will tax the Ingenuity of the ablest members of the administration. Revenue Reduced. The present state administration has "TSB * *Sa.2Sf“ 2X3. million doimn, without. «o fur. any to the same. Through the m of saloons approximately Irak is lost; through the new convict i about 9100.000 will be taken, or from ‘he state trmsurv. mating a >f about 9950.000 shortage for ddltlon to this the »chool anorp- n alone lias been Increased 9209.- "mf2nd 1250,000 formrnw; L Increase in appropriations, oyer ve those for last year, to the t of the decreases made bytwo •oops In the revenue of the state, i last session, of tbs*kgtwature Imatelv 9125.000 was “added to the lone of the. State tor the present -joc/iMJieln: There will be a re- i of 9210.000 In tbs-state's income • present year; and for the oomlog In ease no provision Is made tor £ the situation next summer, the will b- 9450.000 less, and possi- l;air million less than for 1907. cpensr* tor 1906 will amount to 9300.000 more than for laet year. 10 the same increase will be fa *ven if no r.ew appropriations th«- ipk ■ ' ask for New Administration. m m to w jKj—i•««•£?* , raise between JtOO.OOe or ai.wv fettle out,Me of pre»Bl I»u- cJtiSSluM ol mi lopueion the whisky revenue and added 9200.000 and 9250.000 respectively, to .the school funds of 1908 and 1900. over and above f irevlous appropriations *to that source, t was expected that property . value* would keep up the rate or lncreaeo as was shown for that year. On this •hypothesis—and, at that time, it was a reasonable one—the lawmakers calcula* ted that the deficit made probable by the prohibition act would bo met by Increas ed revenue from direct taxation. The panic came and values dropped. Instead of pbout I30.000.U04) Increase in property values for 1909, as was the case In 1907, tho uuthorljJLre will count the state fortunate If the digest retains Its 1907 standard of returns. Reports of Tax Receivers. The reports of tax receivers show an Increaso of about 95,000,600 In the re turns Of property as made to them for the present year. This will be more than- met by the decreases In the returns and fixed assessments on corporate prop erty. Practically no big corporation will pay taxes on a larger, assessment than was paid In 1907; the assessment on - large majority of them will be leas than for last year. Many have contested the assessment of Comptroller General W. A. Wright, fixed in nearly every ifuitance at the figures of last year, and have car ried the quarrels to arbitration board*. In no case has a board of arbitration fixed an assessment at a figure higher than that prevailing for 1907. and In a large majority of the .cases passed on tlwJlIUmmtely (I.M valuation ha. boon much lower than that of last year. The Central of Georgia Railroad alone will pay taxes on more than 91.000,000 * ss property this year. ‘ The- Income from the ad valorem method of taxation will be Just about the same as in 1907. There will be UtUp if any increase In special taxes. Noth ing has been collected from saloons.^and after April I. nothing will come In from the hire of convicts. The state’s income will be so much less and Its obligations so much greater than for 1907. that Mr. Brown will have to face an unprecedent ed deficit, unless sn unexpected remedy is found. No Relief From Beer Tax. There Is no hope from the Wise near- beer license act If the income from that source Is even large. *nd indica tions up to the present do not bear out such a conjecture. It will have to be ex pended on convicts and cannot go into the general coffers. Appropriations have been made for 1909. on the basis of present tax levies. The expenditures were increased In the hope that ad valorem tax returns would grow to meet them. As Is ehown there will be no Increase-this year. Prospects for 1909 are even less promising. If cot ton remains down In price the .tax digest Is apt to bo lowered during tho coming year, because of the depreciation in farm Will Exhaust Resources. If Governor ftmlth sees flt to meVt all the state’s obligations as they fall due during his half of the coming year—and of his term. It Is doubtful-If the gover nor could succeed. '. The bulk of taxes for 1l»08 will come in during December and January. Prac tically all will have been paid by the time the life of the. preaent admlnlstro tloi\ expire*. It will be December. 3909, Empty Treasury In Sight. . It Is possible. In fhet highly probable, that when the next general assembly inducts Joseph 51. Brdwn into office. it Will bo with an empty treasury, with many pressing bills unpaid, nnd. may be, with tho borrowing power of the state already employed to tho constitu tional limit—with the running expend* of the state government to be 'met for the succeeding six monthe’and practical ly not e single unexhausted definite source of revenue avallnblo. what will bo a complex situation. And difficulties will be met there. Tho con stitution limits the tax rato to G mills. at which it le now fixed, the borrowing power pt ■MhflBl— —la i. It also limits - K _ _ .. _ f the governor. Neither can bo changed except by ap proval of tho people, and to obtain that would require three or four months. • Out of the situation Is apt to grow a new form of special taxation. It is tho comptroller general's esti mate that It would require an ad valo rem tax levy of 6tt mills to place the state on reasonably sound financial footing In 1909. But the levy cannot go beyond 6 mills. , U, D. G., MEETS MARSHALLVILLE. Ga.. Oct 24.—The October meeting of tho James D. Fred erick chapter, U. D. C.. was one of un usual Interest. The year’s report was read showing several accessions, not a member lost by death or removal, ail dues and taxes paid, pledge to Wlrx monument mid, as well as other benev olent contributions. A —fefl for Macon as the moai the Wits monument. "The Life of Jeffers subject studied and tL. BBI ... created by the fart that several of the| Col. Georgt Grenfell, Englishman, f Picturesque Figure In Civil War j By B. W. DUKE, Brig 1 . Gan., C. 8. A. w I..I of the Civil War. fif Lager arenf#-. to America in the spring of 1862 for the purpose of eervjng in the Confederate army. He brought letters of Introduction to Gen. Lee, And when he explained the kind of service to which he had been most ac customed, and which ho would like to fol low here, tho general sent him to Mor gan. with the request that he be given •very opportunity to gratify 1 hl« .rather extraordinary appetite ror haiardou* ad* Morgan feU In lov# with ;Wm 9t first sight, and Immediately took him upon his staff. He became assistant adjutnnt aen- erai of the brigade which was afterward organised, but left us before the organi sation of the dhrlalon. , His previous career had heen remarka ble. and, Indeed, romantic; and, as he related If. a* he did to me. when we had S qtten to be well acquainted, I;thought 71 ad never heard or read anything mire interesting In Its way. Ills eldest tore'to- er, who was ifiuch older then himself, had ... ■■officer In the English army, and had served under Wellington In the latter part of the war In Spain., Wellington, as is well known, waa a nev/r® and tinror interesting Injts^wey. HIS •iteLfira been t hod s* part of the — ... .... is well known, was a sev/ra — «... promising disciplinarian; ami In warfare like that which was then being.waged in the peninsula, when It was as Important to conciliate the native nepulatlon’i* to keep his army In condition to cone with a formidable enemy, the Iron* Duke doubtless thought that unrelaxlng discip line was more than ever necessary. At one time when ration* were scant young Grenfell’* servant took a kid from a Spanish peasant and brought It to Gren fell, Who, without asking superfluous questions, made It the chief dish of -a ho quitted Algeria, but still continued! tho career of a aojdler of fortune. He fought the dtlffe pirates off ths coast of Morocco, and then served with Oarl- baldi In South America. Finally, firing of this Irregular and barbarous strife, nnd desirous of “settling down” to H more Christian tnd civilised kind of war fare, he returned home and sought and obtained a commission In the English service. He fought In India during the greater part of the Sepoy rebellion, and then In the Crimean war, attaining the rank of lieutenant colonel. When the Civil War In this country began he found It utterly Impossible to deny himself such an excellent oppor tunity for occupation and excitement In his favorite vocation, nnd. resigning his commission, came over here. Inos- much us he sympathised thoroughly with the south, he at once espoused the ' ’• ’ll('•• l‘ rite • :m • . When he Joined Morgan he was near ly sixty years old. but showed no sign of age or falling physical powers; In deed, he seemed to be.In the full vigor of manhood. The description In "Ivan* hoa" of the personal appearance of the Templar, Brian Do Hols Oullbert, would serve quite accurately for him. He was tail, erect, and of thoroughly military bearing. His frame was spare, but sinewy and athletic, and lie preserved the activity of youth. His bold, aquiline features were scorched by the eastern sun to a swarthy hue. nnd hli face, wiiile handsome, wore always a defiant and sometlmefl fierce expression He proved an exceeding efficient officer; energetic and constant In his attention to duty. Ilfs great experience In a service somewhat similar to ours he slways raid tho Confederate cavslry raids ra- Inded him of the expeditions mad* by oh op pad l i-edge' knife which he habitually ,. Jngllshman :andlng .the disabled left hand, he pushed both transactions with one id without the use of weapon*. 2"K,; carried On the day afterward ha hnd occne!' to thrash fils landlord on account of son. ihlsunderstandlng. and also to chastise a brother Englishman about u mule. /fot-| wtthstandln^MtaMtam^Mritartaai^B ncconipL fist and After ha left Morgan’s dommand,. Gfn. Bragg made him Inspector of all the cav alry of his .army, which position he held for two or three ’months, and then, .going east, served for a short time with ihe army of Northern Virginia. In the lat ter part of 1*68. he concluded to seek qth*r fields of adventure; and, as he had never rtgulaYly enlisted in the Confed erate army, had no difficulty In leaving. He went into the northern statue, wish ing to see something of them bofore re turning to England, and In Chips go met Confederate prisoner* In Camp Douglas. Ha knew them both very well, of course, and so soon as he learned what 1 hey were doing volunteered to assist. The hosard of such an enterprise irresistibly appealed to them. Unfortunately the plot wns discovered, and Grenfell was arrested, and tried by eourt-martlal. He narrowly ereaped a death sentence, but received nno nearly as severe, nnd which eventually resulted In hi* death. He was sent »•• toe terrible prison of the Dry Tortuga* for lire. After remaining there six or eight months, ha attempted, with three or four others, to •scape In an open host. Just after they hnd put/ ' * to set, a tremendous storm none of the party was ever heard of again, It Is supposed that all arose, and heard of were lost. His oM mand a*ll| warmly remember him. ills old’ comrades of the Morgan com* older membi seen and clasped nanas wun freemans; in- f - Davis when ho visited Macon in 1863:4 aanrlce. „ This another had this summer seen the celtj In Fortress Monroe where he was im- The Spaniard made complaint, and the Kid was'“traced to Grenfell *• possession. A court-martial was Immediately h*M. no explanation or defense suffledd, afid iy —•— was dismissed from the mortified nnd angered prisoned for months; another had seen Cabin John Bridge over the 1*0100100, I • _■ ... W!-.<•! I >.t\ If w:.« f*e.*i < * ., • r v..t under Franklin Pierce. High on this Immenat structure is a marble tablet on which are chiseled tho names of that cabinet—all but one. Where should be tho name of "Jefferson Davis, secretory of war." is a blank space. National Jus tice will some day replace that name. Another member had carefully pre served a sprig of fern, dropped on the streets of Atlanta from the floral decora tions of the caisson, on which Jefferson Davis’ remains were taken from the funeral train to the capitol, on the way to Richmond for final interment Quaint Fijian Plant. There Is nothing under the r*“ as it and propriety according to state not onlr the avaUabl. of the treasury, i of the 1 It Is i .1 of th best ■lied. >‘*t obligations. the borrow- nautsd ihe arty jn dollars, will fan «J»ie he for- . . enter's term expires and he *il] doubt lees try and meet them About a r—r hselr pa? from foe State Wll ho public school "teachers. No doubt bu that be wW_ endeavor to west them - grotesque specimen of the vegetable, king- i». of It ind I' I hi lAe-.e.- 1 -ind twisted them ro l^ter it straightens out n It gr-m- it number of tall Jt« foliage Is simple, a rvjrr.ner or aro>m ing ragged tufts for all the World llki pvjd* and varv mournful loofrtar. Amoni the fruit in sh*p«' a* stilts! i - :■ • *d and of view.—London Standard. ■ European's point Wi the father that he declared that no other son of his should ever entar the military service of England. George St. L«ktr. however, was determined to lead the life of a soldier, end finding his fater obdu rate and unable therefore to serve hi* own country, ran away, when only fif teen years of age, went to Algeria and enlisted In the moat famous cavalry corps of the French army, the, Cha*%eurs D He r, se l ived In this command for five years snd rose to the ext I ltd i*nk of corporal after having pertidpeted ln SJSL& WM-JB J*g SnSSSta to irr Moor, ,n« l)«yno , r,,ldrnt ,nO cltl,?n of tho rtty <.! Tanilrro Althouchi not o convert in tho foltli r,f Mohomot. ho wo, quit, willing, with , brood cotmopollton view of 00c 1,1 motto tv. to conform to ll.o premUont euotoiro of the community In which ho dwelt, iin.r necortln.ly bo. amo .•oim.rten try nwrrl»«n with » numb, r of the Unit and m»*t Influential fami lies of tlw flSBce. When. SPb««T th- French atre-k-d » town, he assisted in 1 hattorr I** command* fhY.t of tiamsr* a ®s b-siegers Although he.had been discharged from the French orrvice acvernl yrere >re- vlotrely the FTOOCbe W lllogloilly. chose to regard him as « deserter and threatened him vith military punlal:- ment. Escaping their clutrv,t«i however, h. n-.on.-l.iJ wov I.. AM.Kl.Kn.Kr the Kahyle leader, and remained tor than four years with that celebrated •hleftalo. tor whom he expressed the *rm**t aomhafton After Abd-Ei-Kader's final surrender ■ i»onibard« <1 fho and*d Inflicted a good Ahd-Kl-Knder Into the territory held by tii* French— was of Ijeneflt when h* acted Morgan’s chief of staff. Ills gnllantry In battle was superb. I shall never forget the flrat time l wttnesaed his conduct In this respect. It was at Tompklnavl le, ths first fight 5forgan mad# on his July raid Into Kentucky. Oano had gone to the rear of the enemy with his Texans; a Georgia battalion o fcavalry which was with us under Col. Archibald Hunt, who was mor tally wounded In the action, was charg ing in excellent style on the left, and my regiment was pressing hsrd on the right. I did not permit It to open fire until wo were within sixty yards of the enemy, and Just at that moment Grenfell spurrM his horse forward between the two lines, risking the fire of both, leaped a low fence behind which the enemy were lying, and began slashing at thern right and left with his sabre. ., . It was because of something which oc curred In this fight that a rather curious point of military ethics was raised Major Jordan, of Wyncoop’s regiment of Penn- vanla cavalry, was wounded and cap- hired by a part of Oano’s squadron. By the wav, he behaved very courageously. Just nrter the fight was over, fie wss brought to 5Iorgan. and Immediately pre ferred a complaint against hi* e.iptor* • but they "had violated tho rulee of civ ilized warfare." "In what respect," said that they "had violated tl lllzed warfare." "In what Morgan. "Whv. they fired « men with double-b cd with' buckshot.’ Gann’s men were much surprised hr this accusation; not because it wasn't- the yanks." they ssld; "do theyexpect us to load our guns with birdshotr* The stories that might be told illustra tive of Grenfell’s areckles* eccentricity would fill a book. Ind nearly every man who knew nlm has an esprelal one to tell. I shai relate onlv one. During Bragg’s all refused Lj do-nr. mytng' that while the recover? would he tedlou*. it wai sore. Finally be «f*t**nnIneq to nerfro" the operation himself, and placing hli Why Japan Won't Fight, Ths public debt of Japnn amounted on March It, 1908. to £21,772,271. or about 91.108.861.875. Ilor population, ex clusive of her Island colonies, Formosa, the Pescadores and Fnghallen. Is about 48.000,000. The national debt, therefore, amounts to about 124 per capita, the greater part of which Is owed abroad, and the cost of her civil and military establishments hi enormous. Her debt has more than doubled since 1905. -Her resources are meagre. 15 per cent only of the superficial area of the empire la under cultivation. "When crops are good enough rice Is produced to ffed the pop ulation. As a rule consld4pbte quan tities must be purchased aifvad. Her standing army at the tim# of the outbreak of the Russian war numbered about 100,000 men. Her army now num bers at least loo.OOO.* Her navy has in creased sine# that date from six battle- sldps of the first clsss to eleven; from a tonnage of 262,681 to 432,496, and th* erJlated personnel from 27,111 to 41,070, wltfe a proportionate Increase of officers. Tho empire Is today literally staggering under the burden of taxation. To meet the national demands the following are the sources of revenue: Land tax. Income tax, business tax, tax on liquor, tax on toys, sugar sxciac. consumption tax, tax on textll# fabrics, mining tax. lax on bourses, tax on the Issue Of bank notes, tonnage dues, cus toms duties, traveling tax. succession sfnfir/ , oS lp ;S:.fsi‘ flftsw S3£: rofiwaya. W58JS other special and extraordinary receipt* of_yar!ous kinds. i _ nt corns tax Is graded according to a scale of minimum incomes, as follow*: $90.909 .........66 per cent 925.jM J® per -£ent ....» pc 20 pc 17 pc AFTER HARD YEAR; RAILROAD CONSTRUCTION IS NOW UNDER WAY IN *1ANY LO CALITIES. ' • . - —— /1 r RALTIMOnrc, Oot. II.—Revlvlnit op- tlmlam as to prospect's tor much needed resumption of rnllroad construction In Ihe south Is Indicated In reports of pre liminaries for th* building of railroad* from Bergman to Harrison, Jasper nnd Clarksville, Ark., from Garnett, to Egypt, Ga, from Batesvlll* to Black Rock Ark., from Abilene, to Winter*. Tex., from Foley, Ala., to Blberta, and front Fontaine to Marianna, Fla., and for electric railway* from Uvalde to Crystal City, Tex., from Augusta. Ga., to New berry or Greenwood. H. C.. nnd from Wlnston-Halem, N. C„ to Stuart. Vs. This optimism appears A some extent even In the reports of the operations of great railroad s/stems during the peat yenr of depression. Commenting upon this, the 5!snufncturers* Record says: Year Hardship for Roada, "It waa a year of remarkable hardship for the roads, practically all of which have sustained heavy decrease* In gross earnings from loss of traffic and at the same time they have been In many* cases subjected to ttie efforts of harassing leg islation, which likewise helped % to cut down profits. On oome of the road* the effect of the panic was to reduce the tonnage of high class freight so that ihe business remaining was mainly tna* ** transporting raw materials at corre spondingly low rates and the tonnage of these was also In smaller volume. Few of the reports displayed Increase*, ex cept in cost ot operating and auppWu*. Only here and there baa any gain In groan, earnings been shown and Tn near ly alf cases the Inc reared coat of .doing 1 a whole rulh'oad How Roads Met Conditions. "To make net reaufta as good as pos sible tho rsllruads resorted to many cessation Including Improvements of considerable importance, linos which were planned, surveyed to tho point of actual prepara tions for building, were given up for the time being snd are likely to l e resumed only when conditions are bio for railroad business. — 3 In equipment orders was tremendous and only recently—In fact aome time after the Cioee of the fisoSj year—liua there been much evidence of a desire by any of the companies tu add to their roll!:* R tock. For a time there were practical r no orders given for either cars or en gines and even repair work wns postpou ed until Imperatively needed In some In stances, although most of the lilies mado little If eny change in their of hialntenaticc of equipment, wns also practiced In caring I ance of way and building*, only the most essential work being done. In some companies there whs- a reduction of the salaries of officers snd clerks who rycclv 'ed annual salaries above a certain fig' chnnlcal or malntenanci 1 lav off many 10,000 LBS. FISH FROM ONE POND • — t — ' % '' A Grassy Bond Catch for Past Week Almost Beyond Belief - VALDOSTA, Co., Oct. 24.—The;#tt*r|» thnt oome from Grassy Pond Jn regard to the number of fish caught there In the past week staggers the bollef. Col. W. 8. West and BIr. J, P. Ouffeo, on whose place tho loko Is located, ,nro Just iw'-lc from there. Their euparlnt-n i :m. Mr. J. L. King, estimate* that ten thousand pounds of fish have been taken from the pond in the past week and more than that, many could have boen K"tren if ^hcr* luid heen nri? way to save thorn. ■ The pond wns on one. of it*| ‘ ■ % acres nnd varied in depth frt runs off from tho river whe rets below a certain level, day* ago the current In tho lake showed that it was running off. Pish Jump Over Seiners. Day by day the current became . v--. —-— • in a educed over the heads of sclnei would bring them up by while parties with hooks fish faster than they uok. One of the nmnll streai water fer the pond won danimnd up, no that the pond formed by the dam coald be tired to put the live flnh fn nnd thun butt their r that furnished small, of course. Many Left to Die, ’' Thousands of fish were left fo dfe or the bottom of the pond, while ofhei thousands were carrlea off in the nnbter- ranean pansnsc to the r+ver or wherevei the stream goes. Lake OctahatcJ***, an other btrye l.ik- near then% Is nlso run ning off and many fish are being caught there. When the rnlnv season oome* again these lakes will fill up with water again and when the rivers get fw-ir usual v-.i ume of water the fi-h will again appeal in the lakes. It Is said that fish wf] be as plentiful In them upon tho seaso] f largely RathechHd’s Strict Orders. ’A New Orleans man nald the othar day of the great house of the Roths childs: "Tho Rothschtlds push their strict ness to the point of eccentricity. They once had for agent here in New Or leans a flno fellow. They telegraphed to this ngent at a certain soaeon to sell their cotton holdings, but he knew tho price would go higher, and there fore ho didn’t sell till four days later. In conscquenco he netted an extra- profit of 310,000 for his firm. "When ho sent tho Rothschilds tho monev and told them Joyously what ho had done thoy- returned the whoTo I amount, with a cold note that yald: 1 ’* The 140,000 you made by disobey ing our Instructions is not our* be# ! yours. Take it. BIr. Blank, your wo- . r»*ssor anils for New Orleans todav. JN -^ Orlej