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J THE MACON WEEKLY TELEGRAPH: TUESDAY MORNING. JULY 26. 1887.-TW Ei/1 K PAGES 121H TELEGRAPH, g B1MU1 DAY r» THB Y*A» AND WMBAIM Ml IBM Ilffraph and Mejwnjrer Publishing Co., n w*n**ry stwt, tfarcn. o* f%9 Dally to Ctilrered by canter* In the city or • Hied poatafe free to anbacrlbera, for $1 per • •lb, 12.50 cr three mcnlthi, $6 for alz month*, f to a year. Tia WrxkltU mailed to inbecrlbert. poetage l#li i\ jus a year and 75 cent* for Hx months. Xraaaient adverttownenti will be taken for the pally at |1 per eqnare of 10 lineaor leea for the |i«t inaer.Ion, and 60 cent* for each inbeeqnent In fwtlon. and for the Weekly at $1 for each insertion, Hotioea of death*, fnnerala, marriage* and births, \h ■ejected communications will not be returned. Oorrttpondence containing Important news and |!saa**lon* of living topics is solicited, but must be tpat and written opon bnt one side of the paper to pN attention. Xemittance* should be made by express, postal gtHi money order or registered letter. Atlanta bureau 17X Peachtree street All,eommunications should be addressed to the telegraph, Macon Os. Messy orders stilts. eto should be made paya- ie HO. Biirio* Manage 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.