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THE MACON WEEKLY TELEGRAPH: TUESDAY MORNING. JULY 26. 1887.-TW Ei/1 K PAGES
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Yellow Fever and Protection. I Ohio's Warning:.
Great anxiety was raised in the pnblio | The condition of the Damocralis party in
The Growth of Temperance
There is a very decided recent growth in
temperance throughout the United Btatee,
Whilit, donbtleaa, prohibilion and its agi
tation baa bad something to do with the
inorease of temperanee, it is a significant
faot that the.moat noticeable growth of
abstinence is seen in plaoes where liquor is
sold. Intelligence and temperance are
handmaids, and as thenationsbecomemore
intelligent, so do they the leas besot
themselves with liquor. Temperance (in
nil thlngq) is a moral virtue, and cannot be
enforoed by legal enactments, however
stringent. Gospel temperance is as far *u-
poricr to prohibition, aa gospel marital
chastity to legal inhibition of adnllery. An
swer honestly, is it the civil or the mord
iw that prevents adultery as far as it is pre-
Tv ted. To the churches, then, and to
B 00 example, mast this nation look for re-
from the evils of liquor, rather
. , 1,-ie its hope in, and faith on, any
legisiath -
“ , -moaoy.
* 1111 ,mperanee spiiit is rapidly in-
creas ng wa. unmistakably seen in two
prominent inS'immjjj Georgia on Thr«*
day There wet large barbecoes, one
at Macon, at wliio. p r0 bably 9,000 people
^gathered, ana the olber at Monteza
Thn ther ° wero 4 Ie»st3.600persons.
tb«. Was *‘ the alter place, where
' did 0^1° Bboa * Arkies, and he
tu. i SB0 0118 person under
Similar w?/ infl,lence of liquor,
attended th??*? oomes fnm P etsr,ns who
coarse, there i}Sf cao ia Kacoa - Now > o£
intoxica. , ‘J — Mbi^' avo bom one or more
•» but this is true,
^ds at both
fjal oom-
Motf^-
Now,’ 1 *
nro that
beoues
mind, when it was announced that yellow
fever prevailed at Key West in an epidsmlc
form, and prompt steps were taken to in-
force a vigilant quarantine.
All of this section having been pnt into
olose and quick connection with Havana
by the Plant line of steamers, it is pleasant
to learn that this door baa been closed as
tightly as possible.
In reply to General Manager Haines, Dr.
William Dnnean, of Savannah, an eminent
physician, and tborongbly acquainted with
yellow fever, writes as to the regulations
observed by the steamships of the Plant
line
improvement
among 1° tlm matter of
liquor Mach is dae for this to th
Knights of Tabor, and to Grand Master
Powderly's individual itfluence, eximple
• -and efforts. The power of Mr. Powderly’s
i InffaoDce is seen Id the recent determination
•ol the Grambrinns Assembly of the Knights
of Labor, of Milwaukee, made np of brew
ery omployes, to seoedo from the order of
the Knights, "for the reason," as tha assem
bly declares, “of the temperance views held
by Grand Master Workmen Powderly."
A Plea For Outilde Flannel Khlrta.
Flannel shirts of faucy pattern are being
worn in many of tbo Northern cities in
lion of the starched linen affiir, which
wilts and becomes like a corpse cerement
in an hour or so after being denned. It is
a little queer that in this Southern climate
flannel has not been generally adopted for
day outside shirts. It Is mnch more com
fortable than linen, and looks belter at the
end ol ten bonrg than linen after two
hours.
A few ol onr Macon young men have
tried to ealablish tho.fasbi n, under the
plea of wealing them with bioycle suits,
bnt the more conservative have rather
langhcd them ont of the effort. The Han
nel outside si irts can be worn witbont any
undershirt, and the beat anthcrities eery
tend that fine wool next the akin U not only
healthier, bnt more comfortable in summer
ns well aa winter.
On this subject the New York Snn .ays:
<‘A gentleman ia a gentleman as unmistak
ably in a flannel shirt as in the bolide.t nf
‘boiled rags.’ And they are also cheeper.
Reaction Against lloulaiger.
There ia a temporary reaction in the
Boulanger fever in France, The cry now
is “No warlike apectre, no military
Idol, no Cajar.” Bat the latter two are
just what the French always want, nnd
what they always have, save at rare oc
oaaions. Tb* re ia no man to-day who ia
more after the truo F/'nchman’d heart than
is the soldier Boulanger. However
mnch the .'politicians may decry tho
General, tho fact reaming that the French
peoplo rely niuch opentbd proweaa of wa*
for the safety and honor of the nation; and
that Bonlarger is thtir reliance under any
emergency.
The soldier in politics is a power that it
ia almost impossible to overcome, espe
cially with so n L'iujfcnial a peoplo as the
French. Why, oven in our own pare re
publican country it has ever been that the
addier carried c ff the civil honors. Boa*
langer has nothing to fear; the reaction is
temporary.
It looks Ab Mr. Cleveland were going
iofUke Horace Greeley's advice.
I reply that tha aystem consist* substantially in
a scrupulous cla*nlines* of tb® ▼«*»«!* of the line,
thorough disinfection telco a week at Tampa Bay
with a solution of hi chlor. mercury and chloride
lime alternately; non-intercourse at the port of
Havana, except under proper and safe restriction*
Imposed by Dr. D. M. Burgess, Sanitary Inspector,
United State* Marin* QoepltU Service; requirement
that all officers and crew* of the line shall he accli
mated to the dlwaaes of the tropics; prohibition
against all freight aeve tobacco, and that packed la
boxes; and aa a prerequisite to securing passage
from Havana, aatlsfactory evidence that the appli
cant has either had yellow fever or 1* acclimated,
In brief every known precaution Is taken against
allowing any of the veasele of the line to become
Infected, or the granting of passage to persona who
might be probably subject to yellow fever If
exceed. The regulations also provide
for thorough disinfection 01
event of a case of fever of any character occurring
o n board of any of the veesela of the line, or where
there Is a suspicion sny baggage having been ex*
poeed to JnfrcUon. We are at once confronted
with the inquiry: Can theee regulations be tbor.
oughly, honestly end system ttically enforced? X
reply that they can and that they are faithfully exe
cuted. I am aware that the health authorities of
American ports generally give little ciedence to the
truthfulness of blUa of health and certificates, as
above cited, but I respectfully submit that the offi
cials charged with th* Important duties imposed
uron them by th* ssnttary regulations of this 11ns
ere pains-taking, conscientious men, fully oognlz-
ant of the responsibility resting upon them, and
that they justly merit and enjoy the fullest confi
dence of the owners of the line, that every regula
tion will be faithfully and honestly observed. The
satisfactory experience of the season of 1886 enti
tles them to the confidence of a fair-minded and
discriminating public.
It will bo seen from this that the chances
of importing the aconrge by this route, has
been redaoed to the minimum. Farther on
Dr. Dnnoan says:
While the poison of yellow fever still remains an
"unknown quantity," and its character as to
whether It to a germ, cryptogram, spore or gaseous
In Its origin, baa not been definitely determined,
experience has demonstrated that the dunnage of
ships, bedding, clothing, baggage, cotton and wool
en goods art peculiarly susceptible of beocmlng In
fected with tbs poison, and It seems probable that
the disease propagates Itself more readily through
the Infection of the substances named than through
direct personal contact, and whlls I have every con
fidence in the efficacy of disinfection as being de
structive of th* poison (whatever It may be);if prop-
erly applied. I have very great donht as to the
efficacy of disinfect iou as usually practiced at
our American ports? In my judgment there Is
less danger of their lntr ductlon of yellow fever af-
tsr th* strict and faithful observance of tbs sanl.
tary regulation ot the Tampa and Havana line of
'teamshlps than there is after the process of dlsln-
^Mon adone as at present practiced. Currobora-
ot the lnsfficacy of disinfection alone, attention
ease of bark Exo*lslor, which ar
the lower quarantine station of Lou!
New Orleans, from the port of Rio, ij
of about sixty days during the snm-
of about 1879 or 1880, and after having under
gone fumigation and disinfection proceeded to the
city of New Orleans, and, after breaking the bulk of
her cargo of coffee, one of th* crew
was taken down with yellow fever. Again,
the fumigation which is inefficient to de
stroy rats and other vermin will scarcely destroy
the poison of a virulent disease. Ia conclusion 1
beg to say that the system as practiced by the
Tampa and Havana line of steamships has thus far
afforded perfect Immunity from disease; that If
faithfully adhered tilt will probably continue to
afford Immunity, and the danger of the Introduc
tion of yellow fever through that channel has, In
my judgment, been r*daced*to the smallest degree
possible, with the maintenance at the same time of
rapid communication with the port of Havana.
The extreme heat of the summer renders
it probable that the fever will Unger at Key
West nntil cold weather, or until it has ex
hausted the material upon whioh to work,
but it i> hardly likely to oome up the At-
lantio coast.
If New Orleans, Mobile and Pensacola
will compel a rigid quarantine, the chances
are that the fever will be oonflnod to ita
present locality. In tho meantime, how
ever, all municipalities should enforse sani
tary regulations.
The State Fair.
Alabama farmers are moving np to the
8tate fair of that State. The Montgomery
Advertiser aayi:
If every county in the 6Ute will do like Hassell
has done the 8tat* fair will b* the grandest success
ever known In the South.
Georgia will have a grand 8tate fair if her
farmers decide to make it each. If the
farmers all over the 8tat9, inspired by the
patriotis spirit of Monroe, Hanoock, Tal
bot, Bibb and other counties, will go to-
tively and inteUigently to work, the man
from anywhere, who wiihes to see a display
of Georgia's resources and industry, can be
gratified by coming to Maoon in October.
A Watch Free.
You con get an improved Waterbary
Watch, with chain, and the Wisely Tele
uupb one year, {or *3, For particulars,
m advertisement elsewhere in this Issue.
i.
We have reoeived a card from Lieette, the
convict whoso jaw was alleged to have been
broken unnecessarily at Smith's camp.
Thia was denied. Some of the language ia
objectionable and therefore wo do not pub
lish it entire. Lieette eaya:
-OoL Tower, will inbeUntUte my .UUm.nt, for
it wu broke on th. flnt day of Hay, 1885, and b.
examined It on lb. fifth day. .Doctor Carter,
ebarg. of tbecamp. nfnaad toexamlna It My Jaw
■howa now wbotbar or no it waa broken."
As Ool. Towers i. in Atlanta tha investi
gating committee can easily snbitantiate or
disprove this statement.
The Jacksonville Times-Union ia now
crying ont for a home market for Florida
products. Why not, Mr. Times-Union,
have free trade with the world?
Judge Ceisr, you are an honest free
trader; for that, we honor yon; but, Judge,
you are very wrong.
Ohio i. th. saddest commentary on the
President’s partisan polioy. Instead of the
party's entering on a gubernatorial campaign
with enthusiasm and a united front, there
is deeided apathy. Where a State is so
closely divided between the two parties aa
Ohio is, vigorous and enthnsiastis contests
are si ways to be expected. This year Dem
ocrata from all over the oonntry looked for
a bold, aggressive and enthnslastio cam
paign in Ohio, because of ita being the
first in that close State under a Democratic
Federal administration; on the contrary,
wb&tisseen? A young and almost un
known man, pat in the position as
leader, where a veteran and a giant is
needed. It is nothing to Mr, Powell's . dis
credit that he is young and that he baa no
fame ontaida of Ohio; bnt it is a very seri
ous matter to the Democratic party at large.
The Ohio Democraoy haa probably done
the beet it oonld under the ciroumstanees.
It has become justly disheartened fighting
tooth and toe nail every fonr years for a
quarter of a oentnry, for a mere matter of
sentiment, and then when the party did
Bucoeed in getting a President, to find itself
about aa much in the cold as over in regard
to the offioes which it hid earned. Under
republican administration. Ohio bad been
especially favored, and, notwithstanding
that, the State was always so close that the
Democrats occasionally won a Gov
ernor. Had Mr. Cleveland been
a statesman, and that includes
being a great politician, he wonld have rec
ognized the situation by oalling some of the
State’s beat Democrats to responsible posi
tions. Snppose for instance, ho bad not
ignored the most popular Demoorat in the
United States, Senator Thnrman, bnt have
songbt bis aid in tha cabinet, or in some
other important position, say minister to
England, does any sane man think that the
Senator would not have felt obligated
to have accepted the oall of his party to
carry its banner in the impending guberna
torial campaign? and that would have
meant vistory now, and very probably vio-
tory in 1888. Instead of Beenring that
giant of politiovi strength as an niiy, and
thereby greatly strengthening the party at
large as well as in Ohio, he in a manner
totally ignores him. The consequence is,
for all men feel alights, Mr. Thnrman is
found in New Y'ork wiping his nose with a
big bandana, while his onte eye twinkles
above, and
manner
land coaid beat Mr. Blaine in 1888, “I am
not a prophet.”
Let Mr. Cleveland lake some political
ABC bloqks and spell ont the Ohio lesson.
as to bow many votes Mr. Oleve- tm, new movement is to be.
A Word with the Legislators.
Wo are glad of the opportnnity to lay be
fore the GeorgiaLcgislatnre these suggestive
lines from the New York Journal of Com
merce upon the subject of immigration:
bales leas than for the same time in
1885 86.
Among the interior towns, the reoelpts at
Maoon for the week have been 0 bales.
Last year the receipts for the week were 2
bale. These figures show an increase tor the
week of 2 bales.
The total receipts from tho plantations
since September 1, 1886, are 5,183,226 bales;
in 1886 86 were 8,338,672 bales; in 1884 85
were 4,720.410 bale}.
Altbongb the reoeipta at the outporla the
past week were 3,295 bales, the actual
movement from plantations was oDly
the balance being taken from the stocks at
the interior towns. Lost year the receipts
from the plantations for the same week
were 3,327 hales, and for 1886 they were
903 bales.
The imports in continental porta this
week have been 20,000 bales.
Tha fionres indicate an increase in the
cotton in sight to-night of 73,466 bales as
compared with the same date of 1886, an in
orease of 33,392 as oompared with tbo cor
responding date of 1886, and a decrease of
316,023 as oompared with 1884.
The Chronicle has the following to say of
the market fluctuations for the week nnder
review:
The ■peculation la cotton (or futore delivery at
this market has been (airly active (or the week
nnder review, bnt prlcee here ehown a good deal
of virlsMeness and Irregularity, Influenced largely
by manipulation by the regular operatore. Satur
day woe rather firmer, bate n Monday the announce
ment of the failure of th* home reported to bare
been a leader In the effect to --cooner" tbte crop,
earned a sharp decline in July and Anguet optlone,
and weakened the whole pveitiuu; but on Tu-eu.y
a better report from Liverpool and tbe repetition of
reporta from the Southwest that damage wax being
done by drought, with some accounte of worme,
earned an equally emart advance. On Wedoeeday
lb* early montbe opened lower and the lest crap
dearer, when tbe tone suddenly changed; there wu
an active bnylngof August with the next cr. p
more freoly sold, closing lower, while this crop
maintained n email odrence. Yesterday an Irregu
lar opening wne followed by a generel decline, at-
trtbated to tha report of failure at Sew Orisons, the
Affect of the recent sharp decline. Today tbe
marktt woe dull and weak.
Cotton on tbe spot bae met with a mofierate de
mand for home consumption. Quotations were
redaoed i-ieo. on Monday. On Tuesday a large
baelneeeWae done for export, and nrlar.d, were ad
vanced trifle. To-day there waa little doing, and
middling uplands nominal at 10%e.
The State School System.
Editors Tklkgbaph: There are intima
tions that the State pnblio school system
will undergo a "8haking-np" in the Genesal
Assembly this rammer, and the friends of
The marveloo^Mohof this country in
ti'jll due to ltu
1.
Ix-r -H. .1 .1, 1
y to tm
running
are no ml
lands ready to Herod opioi
tier, end by thrifty them Into the accu 1
Uted reward! of lndnii^iDd thrift? To raise'
working population by ordinary
crease ta a comparatively slow and
costly process. Half of tbe children
bora die before they cease to bo dependent on
others for their enpport, and the averagi coat of
raising a man or woman to tbo age when be or ebn
nay bo helpful to others. In tbe most economical
•yitem, rangea from twelve hundred to fifteen hun
dred dollars.
Every adult Immigrant landed on onr shores ta
an addition to onr materiel wealth of at least tha
■um It wonld coat to produoe him here. If be le a
■killed laborer he pooacooeo th* added veins of th*
expense of such an acquisition. If unskilled he ta
a laboring machine pnt down bore witbont sny oot-
lay from ns, which It would cost ns nearly or quit*
fifteen hundred dollars to construct ourselves. He
Is offered to onr nee without any tax npon ne for
what It has cost to rear him and deltrer him to onr
hand.
"Every thousand men or women landed
here," it says, "xepresenta a million and a
half dollars added to the store of accumu
lated wealth.''
We have at band excellent lUnetiationi of
what Immigration cah effeot fora State in
Florida, whose growth of towns, cities, rail,
roads, orohards, population and material
wealth generally rivals that of California; and
in Texas and Western States, where great
communities have sprang from the wilder,
nets aa by magts. North Carolina has already
demonstrated that an organized effort prop
erly direoted can accomplish wonders in the
way of immigrants, and Alabama, even,
leads Georgia in this respect *
Is there no man in the Legtalatnre with a
good immigration plan, who can make him
self heard? If there is, let him speak snd
ho may Ires SSoSiod that tho pteii of
Georgia will give him all the backing he
coaid desire. From Florida to tha Ten
nessee lino are possibilities in the way
of soil, climate and aitnation that should at
tract a hundred thousand immigrants. Who
will put the matter in shape to bear frnit?
Cotton Statement.
From tho Chronicle'a cotton article of
July 22, thn following facta are gathered
relative to the movement of tbo crop of the
past week:
For the week ending this evening (July
22), the total receipts have reached 3,295
bales, against 4,600 balsa last week, 1,261
bale* tbe previous week and 3,598 bole*
three wetka since; making the total receipt*
•inee tbe let of September, 1886, 6,202,093
bales against 6,289,(12 bsles for the same
period of 1886-86, showing a decrease since
September 1, 1886, of 87,614 balee.
The receipts oi all the interior town* for
this week have beta 1,165 balea. List year
tbe receipts of the same week were 7,323
bale*. The old interior stock* have de
creased daring tho week 1,626 bale* and are
to-night 35,015 bale! less than at the same
period last year. The receipt* at the same
towns have been 5,190 bale* less than tha
same week last year, and (iooe September
1 the receipts at all the towns are 61,829
The system is not satisfactory; on the
contrary, it it universally cotnplai-.od of as
inefficient in itself and hnrtfnl to good pri
vate school}. The Home committee on ed
ucation realized this, and they have hon
ored the teacher* of the State by inviting
them to offer suggestions looking to it* im
provement.
What say tbe teachers whose opinions are
thus called for? Will they respond to the
invitation? They ought certainly to do so.
What say the school trustees and patrons
a hundred towna and villages in Georgia
03o annual changing of teacners ia doing
k inch to injure the cause of education?
they remain silent,
-bt-ie coarse?”
Hon. It
umittee
dissatisfaotiol
‘It is not reasonable’loTYpecTthl
areas assembled in biennial sessions to
sngnrate ohangea, discover iDaconraoies,
take cognizance of warns and supply tbe
s-tme, without very material aid, counsel
and co-eff >rt by olber* interested;" and be-
oanse wo believe thia we have not kept si
lent, bnt as opportnnity effered spoke onr
mind freely on tbe subject.
For onreelvee, we believe as we have often
stated, that the people are mistaken in ex
pecting an ' 'efficient’' State system of schools
nnder onr present constitution. Thu fram
ers of that instrument never intended, we
think, that the State shonld provide sobools
adapted to the want* of the whole people.
They expected eaoh oonnty, oity and town
to organize its own sobools acoording to
the wants of ita own people, using the State
fnnd as snpplementai only, and ws beliovt
a Urge majority if the Intt-lligent white peo
ple of tho State are to-day opposed to
making the State aystciu -‘efficient" in
the aense of having it relied on entirely by
the people for the i duoition of their chil
dren. They believe that people who want
long term, t (Sclent pnblio schools shonld
levy a loo-d tax and organizj sobools sailed
to their wants.
We repeat, the State fnnd waa intended
to be regarded as snpplementai only, and aa
an encouragement and help to tbogo who
would help themselves. Used in th ■ way
it oonld be mads to improve every good
private school in the State and eventually
change o-cry one of them intoeffioient nub
lio schools.
But under the easy condition providons
of onr sohool isw we Lave been distribut
ing onr small sohool fnnd annually over
the entire State very much like a farmer
would broadeist a ton of oompast over a
hundred acre field. Not only this, bnt we
have been gradually training the peoplo
to believe that the State intended
to provide folly for the educa
tion of their children, whereaa she
only intended to encourage them to help
themselves. We *io nut surprised that
good men have oonolndcd it is time to c ill
a halt in this matter and resolved to try to
devise a school law that will give better
resnlta.
We hope in their work they will have the
a-ked for belp of every friend «f popular
edneation in the State. Ileapectfnlly,
B. M. Zrtleb.
A Wanton Inialt.
PhlludelpbU Record.
It is proposed by the GeorgU Legislature
to tax wine-rooms—a peculiar product of
the looal option law of tbe State—ont of cx-
tatence by enacting a law oompelUng all
dealers in domeitio winea to pay a tax cf
$10,COO. Aa these dealers generally sell
the most appalling compounds of bad wine
and villainous whisky, the proposed enact
ment U likely to commend itself to the peo
ple of Georgia deepite ita donbtfol consti
tutionality. After tha wiDe-rooms shall
hare been closed the highly moral cracker*
may resume their favorite occupation of
stealing shoal* and raisiog --pnnkin yams.”
Moral Tone of the Whisky Ring.
Pittsburg Timas.
The Boston Herald speaks of the "moral
tone” of the whisky tax. This is enough to
make even 1'iiil Thompson, tho Kentucky
gentleman ol killing fame, whole the whis
ky ring's grand secretary, explode with hu
mor. Tho cuoniog of man never devised a
thing so'absolutely fraudulent in ita opera
tion as the tax which, contradictory as it
niayiappear, is as important to the ring as
thi- skeleton key is to the burglar or cracks
man. Moral tone!
THE GREAT STATE FAIR.
THE GRAND AGGREGATION OF AG
RICULTURAL PRODUCTS.
IIow Old I-utnam Is Making Heady-Fine
Cattle—Horses -aiannfacture’a Dis
plays—Cleveland's Visit—And
Other Fair Mutters.
Superintendent Niabet, who is one of the
livest superintendents the State Agricultural
Society has ever had, was in town yesterday
and was enthusiastic over the preparations
being made for the coming State fair. He
was especially load in his praise of old
Putnam county, where be has been vi-iliug.
There was a meeting cf Putnam farmers at
Harmony Grove, and a pressing invitation
carried the superintendent. He went there
for the purpose, so the invitation was word
ed, to give tbe ladit-e and gentlemen seme
■nssestions as to the county display to be
made at the fair. He thought over every
possible requisite, aud was wall loaded
with ideas. Bnt at tbe meeting, whioh
waa atteoded by lady and gentleman repre
sentatives from all but three of the sixteen
districts in the county, he sat and listened
to their plans and beard one by one of bis
own ideas developed by others, he had
nothing to say when called npon. The
farmere had covered every inch of the
ground, and there waa not the slightest de
tail left unattended to. lie fonnd that tiiey
were not only enthnsiaatio, bnt most thor
oughly organiz'd. This is due, perhaps,
to a great extent, that Pntnam ha* more
educated farmers than any other oonnty ia
the State. There are gradnates from the
Statu University and from Mercer, and they
have pnt their learning alongside of their
skill, their energy and their thrift, and tbe
result ia, they will make a display at the
Stale lair, lintl if ae-u by the tliicro cf the
froz-n soil North, wonld bring them to
Georgia by the hundreds.
Mr. Niabet confesses to having boon most
agreeably astonished. He fonud that after
tbe thorough organizition tbe farmers went
to work systematically to g '.ther np sam
ple- of everything that grew on tbe soil
within tbe conuty line, and everything
that oonld live and move and have ita being
in Putnam. One of the first steps «» to
print in circular form a list of articles to
be exhibited. This list was sent to every
farmer in tbe oonnty with an appeal to
f [ether the specimens and get them in read-
ness. Thia work U being done, every
farmor patting by bis collection.
It is in tilt* oonnty that some oi ine beei
acclimated Jersey* are to be seen, Mr. B.
W. Ilnnt first introduced the mild-eyed* in
Pntnam. And by tbe way, Mr. Hunt ha*
a model dairy bnilt of stone over a bold
spring. He has also some of the finest
Wilkes breed of horse* and a number of
Georgia Wilkea colts, and these can be
seen at tbe fair.
Mr. Johh Dennis also has eomt fine
Wilkes stock, among them some beanttfal
ojlta, and some mule oolta, and Oapt. Sid
Raid has a few himself He sold Gaorgia
Wilkes, the famont horse, f» $3,(WO, and
now $10.tXK) oonld not bay him. He is ia
New York State.
Am rag the sturdy, prosperous farmer*
who are iully alivo to tbe Futnatu display
and who will be well represented at the
fair, i* Oapt. Ja<. Wright, of the Tompkina
district. He ha* 226 acres in ootton which
a reliable neighbor of bis says made 200
bale* last)ear, and nnleaa overtaken by
disaster will make 225 this year. Some of
tho cotton will be seen at tbe fair. Mr.
John T. Denote is another of the solid man,
and ho has fifty acre* that will make a bale
to the acre. Then there are J. M. Willi
and J. L. Wheeler, of the Ash bank dtat
with one or two
lias of two milts who
s of batter per week,
ship* more batter than any other c!
Georgia, and nearly all the good
batter on Uaooo table* oomes from
nam. There will be lots of this bnttsr
at tho fair.
Aside from tho oonnty display, which, as
stated above, will bo a grand one, there
will be an nnasnally Urge exhibit of horses,
among them twenty or thirty Wilke* oolts,
all Georgia rased. Then, in addition,
there will bs numberless indisilnal dis
plays, any one of them being a fine show
in itself.
Tbe following oommittee have charge of
all the arrangements of tho display, and
their name* are familiar enough to juatify
the prediction that old Pntnnui will push
athor displays very close for tho thousand
dollar premium:
Hon. J. T. DrJxrnette, chairman. Town,
—B. A. Reid, M. B. Hndaon, E. B. Ea -ll
Opposition—J. T. Dennis. Garrard—B.
W. Hawkins. Johnson—W. G. Armor.
Harrison—W. G. Holloman. Rockville—
H. A. DeJarnette. Popoastla—J. C. (Jowls*.
Aabbank—H. J. Dennis. Glades—T. J.
Ingram. Tompkins—H. H. Cogbnrn.
Patrick—J. 0. Reid. Fork—Ben Moseley.
Hawkins—A. W. Athon. Donegal—N. O
Maddox. Half Aoro—J. T. Mathis. Kin-
detbook—M. A. Gorley.
Aa to the other preparations for the com
ing fair, Mr. Niabet said that there are more
preparations in progress at the present mo
ment than for any other fair within two
weeks of tho opening. This ha* been
brought abont by letters and personal np-
B eate. Mr. Niabet is carrying on his fair
ntineas in tbe same energetic and eyate-
matt; manner ss he conducts his Bloomfield
farm, and graas does not grow under bia
feet anywhere. Bnt for the absence of
President Alexander and Superintendent
Belknap, of tbo Uentral railroad, be wonld
have hod all transportation arrangements
perfected. He U certain, however, that
free transportation will be given all the
coanties making displays.
' MOTES about the EAIU.
Mr. Jeff Stewart, of Jones county, says
that the Roberts and lloddaok* neighbor
hoods will send not less than thirty mares
and oolts to the fair.
The North Carolina Millstone Co., of
Pork wood, N. O., will hare the best dte-
play of oorn mills ever shown in Georgia.
These roeks are noted for grinding th* best
table meal, and those interested in mills
shonld oome to the fair and inspect their
display.
W. W. Thompson,of Smith viile, proprietor
of the LeOonteNnratry.ha* applied for space
‘‘J 8 * Mrs. Thompson
will make t floral disjiUy of every kind of
plant known to tbe florist.
Ur. Jo* Bland, of Nashville, Tenn., has
notified tbe secretary that he will be on
hand as nsntl with his race horse*. Us
has some good ones this yen.
The Baldwin Ft rtilixir Company, office
at Savannah, factory at Fort Royal, 8. n
will make a grand display of apecimena of
rook and varions other materials from
which fertilizers are made. It will be a floe
display and will prove very interesting to
the farmers to know from what their fertil
izers are made.
Col. E 0. Grier, secretary of the fair, and
Mr. T. U. Conner, vice-president of the
Board of Trade, called on Secretary Lamar
tbe other day and obtained from him a
promise to nse bia beat efforts in persuading
tbe President to visit Macon unring the
fair. The Hooretary thinks the President
will not leave Macon ont of his 8 ,u;ht-rn
trip.
Id addition to the eight heads of Jerseys
mentioned the other day, there are more to
bs added, some f-rr.m u . 1 ' —
Mr. W. B. Spark* ted n,/,
Captain Bill Parker^! - ^ “ : -
'toST 0 -^'
Put 10 t0 J tbe ••oond. m <ot Ik! t:
tentionsof ent^rteg'’"^ 3 ' 1 filled fee
these will make th* Yijj a?
F-BfAi * !
cernsof 111* kind in E
ladies may look for somethi^-^
A HORRmuTsusEP
The Frlehtfat Sltwt on o , ‘
°" « Railroad Tran, s Jl *
Mr. W. B. Dames of D -
was in tbe oity yesterday/ m n
accident on the E,.t
and Georgia railroad aboot ton?,'
above Maoon, that h«
featnres. kens
A young man named Malone ..
home is at Jackson, was emplovedV 1 ’
road on tbe Beolion cam, 'LJSr^ k
section boss, finding that there „ M T!*
that ho might not b* able to uSt P
he . rrlval of th- north bound train
left Macon at 4:15, sent young MtU.V
a red fltgaod a torpedo to warnit
danger Maiene left and at a proper*^
placed tbe torpedo on the traok fii, ^
mi-nta after that are more of ooeieSLJI
otherwise, the o-rcomitancsa beta.«
foundation for the eonieetate u
affixed the torpedo, he ran about tw !
dred yards below to where a tree o',
shade owr tbo traok. It wssprotau.i
purpose to stop here snd ou the slosJ
of the irsiu to signs) it down. Brinj, k
day, and having ran a considerable
he was overoome by the hast andconita
to lie down. Folding np the red niT
placed it on the rail tor nis bead to im
and then lay do so across the track,
feet on tbe other nil. He tell asleep .
during wbion the vibration of ,
rails caused by the coming of t
train aroused him. He saw in hit in
condition tbe approaching train andtetb
the danger he waa in, bat hu senut t
not sufficiently aroused to giro hiai
strength to raise himself np. It , M
nightmare that fastened him to the bit
snd rendered him as helpless astniifi
While thus transfixed, knowing hi* ten
snd yet nnable to avert It, the engine ■
on, tbo point of the pilot striking ita
the body, giving it a twist and needing bo
legs under the wheels. Jnet b-lov i
point at which the jonog men fell aeleet
a reverse enive, and the train wu sritas
short distance of the aleoptng mm »ta
was discovered, too late to atop the 1mm
live. Mr. James was on tbe water nett bji
boat fishing and heard the scriaaolpa
Malone aa tbe pilot strnck him. He nr
to tbe baok and hnrried to the spoil,
saw tbe mangled body removed from t
track to the baggage car. One leg vu n
over below the knee and maogled into
shapeless mass, snd the other wu cat
above the knee. He was attended h C
W. P. Glover, of Juliette, aod.Dr. B
Holiios, of Dames F-rr
that wbb possible to rer
The youog xu in wn'
where Li* tatlu-r live*!
teen years old, and
the road a short r
Ferry he saw a f.
and c tiled to hi—
did V
Gen,
day from H
participating in
been tbe oanse o
so many will rn
theobjsot of tho
plied:
"I have not s- on
since I have been awl^_
that there baa been a good d-al o( *l*
ment ovar the meeting, sod I thi** 1
rumor* have had less foundation tte*i
that have been circulated betorn. »•“
had no meeting of the director* i*3
York. The members of tbe *JM»
met simply to discuss pi** 4 w ,
adopted for boid'Dg the stock fcruis*
of years. Yon um-, when tbe SWW
the stock waa bought it was pooled »
year. That pool will expire JannwyM
we desire to make anaug-menu to t«“
the pool for five years, ibis,
wonld ba an agreement betwieolndirids
and ts individual* we met to Iakov* i
matter informally. I aee one of tb* rep*
ia that we were discussing the *att« '
road. That was never evea referred w-
tbe contrary, the purpose in poe*>»l
stock fora number ot year* -* 18 *7
control so that ws may Irak to tMdd
ment of tbe road, and there **• 0!
thonght of selling.
"Waa any oonolnsion renensd?
"No. this waa only a prelimiury
ing It’s no nse to ores* a ondg*
get to it, and we are a long .
the first of tbe year. Nothing
nntil November, when the o*** 4 *_ .
settled np. Some of the directors srep
abroad -oon and they wanted to t»*»
individuals before going, ** “•J??”)
interest foreigb capital in th* *
want to make ourselves known* 8 "*"
establish our credit there, »nd <"• j
oatie viibis iu uaruSSSS «■ t *
talisU interested iu the new arrant
••Will th* syndicate stock be »*“-J ^
capitalists, or will they be iornu*
outside stock?" r, »su*
"I don't kuoar about that. I*
the individuate. If they W4D pg
of their own atoek they will dc ,
can not say." ... tbs*
•‘Was the conference limited W
cnision of thia matter T x.-jms*
"No; we talked aboot U>*
of the rood in a general way, 8a ‘ gj
formal. Borne questi- n* were .
tbe extension t > Binning’**®-
was some talk ol boildiog a ne ,s
Oon. Alex II der again expre**® j0 sX i
pri.e that there shonld have ■*» „
excitement, snd bis regret lb
no really good sensation in th*
him to furnteh -
Reunion of til# Elffhleentl* r-
Tho survivor, of thi* 0, d *•**. ^nsl
hold their sixth annual reaDion*' [lP
on Friday, tbe 26 J* day A “£j B , 0*
exploring to v tend _ will
nature and address, to l fiF
a reduction of rat** over rril">*",ffi
lira of tb* old soldier* of tb» W -0 *s
entitled to m-et with ns- ” n o wj.
OE0.W. MomraLS^os
Frl» Fight *
Prnssrxo, Jaly 21. - A 84 , ®
between S et- lifodie, the b ^ c i t>
and Jo- Hi ige. Iight-weigh* P°' # j,Je*t*
city last uunt, leanlted J* . a 'J
Broadie, who waa kcocKM
aevecth round.