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THE MACON WEEKLY TELEGRAPH; TUESDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 27, 1887-TWtLVE PAGES.
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Announcement.
Office Macon Thjkjrifh, December 11,
1887.—From and after tbii date the price
of the Tbucokath will be aa followe:
75ots.
$2.00
400
7.00
1.00
Daily, one month
Daily, three months. . ,
Daily, Biz months. , , ,
Diilv, ono year. ....
Weekly, one yaar. ....
Terms: Cash in advanoe.
Present enbaeribera may oontinne on the
old basis for twelve months, or take oash
discount, at their option.
J. H. Cahmill, Manager,
Wouldn’t it be a good idea to pension
Pennsylvania and giro the rtet of the conn.
try a ohanet'
Oun Sooth Qeorgia friends need not feel
anxious about the Qeorgia Sonthern. It
will go through, whatever other railroads
may <lo.
The Philadelphia Trent warns the ad
ministration that Senator Pinmb is "a dan*
geronn vsriety of frnit to fool with." Green
or rotten?
The fond to bnild a monument to the
policemen mnruered at the Ghioago Hay-
market amounts to $4,000, while the Anar
chist memorial fond is over $30,000, The
eontrast isn't s pleasant one.
The Republican nowapepers are engaged
in the hopeless task of persnading the peo
ple of the United States that more than
half their number—the Democrats—are
more iolidtoni about British interests then
their own. Democrats are mighty good,
unselfish people, bat they haven't reached
the sublime height of altraitm for wbiob
they are given credit.
Jcdob Lacoinx, of the United States
Court for the district of New York, has dis
posed cf eeventy-tbree customs oases since
October, til of whioh originated more than
thirty-five years ago. In these essse the
United States will faavo to pay $275,000,
and there are thousands more of them on
the docket No better proof conld be
eited of the nooestlty of simplifying the
tariff.
express opinions of the President's me.
sage, and some of them at least are valua
ble aa showing tho drift of pnbllo senti
ment
For examplo, there was a convention,
■set week, in Pennsylvania of about the
only large interest that is ontside the scope
of the tatiff—the farmers. These folks, in
the eyes of the monopoiy-trast gentry, are
desirable as consnmcn, and nnder the tariff
they are made to shell ont all their pockets
will stand, just ss the railroad monopolists
charge all the tr/.fflo will bear. Well, the
farmers of Pennaylvsnia met in the State
grange, at Harrisburg. One hundred and
eighty eight granges were represented. At
the very outset Overseer McSparren, in
his snnnsl report, appealed to the farm
ers “not to be misled on the raw mate
rial issue,’’ and ho proceeded to
present fsots and figures to show that in
protecting a wool industry amounting to
$15,000,000 the people pay as oonsnmera
an excess of $140,000,000. He then showed
that a high tariff is crippling agrionltnral
resources. “From 1850 to 1860," he said,
“nnder a low tariff, farms increased 100
per cent, in valuation. From 1860 to 1870
nnder a high tariff, there was an increase
of only 41 per oenb, and from 1870 to
1880, nnder a high tariff, the rate of in*
cresse was only 9 per cent,” He was there
fore, he sdded, opposed to a repeal of in
ternal taxation and in favor of tariff re
form.
These terrible sentiments, these sntrchiosl
utterances, come not from tho “rebels"
nor even from the wild and rowdy West,
but from the very heart of Pennsylvania
itself. They sprang from an order that
gained fn that state alone 3,000 members
last year. Hat iet ns in aii fairness make
haste to slate that these new members were
one and all farmers, and farmers are not in
the tariff rixg.
There was some squirming among the
partisans in the Btate grange over Over
seer McSparren's report, bat] when they
htd carefully eanvaeaed the grange they
were content to let the snbjeot drop.
The Delaware Htoto grange also met last
week, with one bnndred delegates in at
tendance. In the conrse of bis cffleial ad
dress, Mr. A. N. llrowo, muter of the
Sute grange, pronounce. the President's
mossege "an elaborate and logical argu
ment"— "tie ablest state paper for a de
cade.” He urged a revision of the tariff and
redcotion of the tevenne, and here-
marked that a revision which wonld “re
lieve the tariff on raw materiel and not on
manufactured goods wonld be a discrimina
tion both unwarrantable and unjust,dange
rous in precedent, and disastrons to that
indnstry whioh forms tho stability of the
country.”
Mr. Blaine and the Randall squad should
cuefu'ly read the two reports wo have
mentioned. Overseer McSparren and
Mister Brown oan perhaps furnish, on call,
additional information in relation to the
sentiments of the farmers. We beg to as
sure the tariff combination that tho farmers
aro not wholly blind to their own interests.
They begin to see who it Is that bntid
palaces for monopolists to live in, and
they want to go ont of that line of business.
the sbllity, the viitncs, or the public ser
vices of others when wo say that he was
to the party and vhe country the most vain-
able member of the cxltnet.
In the oapacity for dealing with great pub
lic questions he oeriainly h«d no superior
amoog the men who constituted the Presi
dent's connoi'; ia ezccativs ability he bad
no equal among them. He was a big,
brave, honest man, whose bireer, soooidiog
to onr hnman virion, came to an untimely
olose, bnt lasted long enough for the ac
complishment of a high and honorablo
work.
To Oar Sabecrlbere.
Bvery subscriber for the Teleobafb, out
side of Uaoon, oan tell by reference to the
little yellow slip on his paper just when bis
time is ont. Look at that, and when yonr
subscription hag nearly expired remit for a
isnewat, whioh will date from the limit of
yonr former sabsoriptioo. The books for
•very eabseriptioa are aeenrately kept on
the yellow atips posted en each paper sent
through the malls.
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A Mexlcaa Pension Question.
It is questioned whether soldiers of the
Utxiean war who held commissions in the
United States army and resigned to enter
the Confederate ftrvise are entitl'd to the
benefits o* the Mexican pension sot. Borne
of the officials of the Pension Cffles have
ruled out this elan of apptlosnts, bnt their
tight to do so ii denied. A hat cate has
zeoentiy been made by Oongreumsn Ray-
nor, of Maryland. Ht presented the appli
cation of Ospt, WiUUun B. Btnelair, one of
his constituent*, who baa been refused
pension for tha retain stated.
Mr. R,yner claims thit ail Uto po ltioal
disabilities of this elass of claimants were re
moved by the goneral amnesty proclamation
and that thty have been granted land war
zanta under the Mexio*n pension act, which
■ equivalent to an honorable discharge.
The Court of Claims, in a dsriuon which
has been affirmed by the Bopreme Court,
held that entering the Confederate service
did not dsher a pensioner from coming un
der the terms of “en honorable diaobsrge'
It trill ba remembered that when General
Lawton was nominated as minister to Rut-
sis the question of hi* political dla.hlllty
woe raised because he had served in the
United Btates army and subsequently en
tered the Confederate ssrvio,. Attorney
General Garland gave en opinion that Gen
eral Lawton was dearly restored to fall dti-
lenship by the general amnesty. Qensnl
Lawton, however, declined to aeoept the
nomination. Before be wee nominated for
the Austrian mission a special act for the
removal of hie dlaabllitita had been passed,
io m to leave no ground for quibbling over
the matter.
The general question Is now before Gm-
oral Black, tha oommUxiorer of pensions,
and it is thought that he trill reverse the
former ruling of that office. Should be fell
to do so an appeal wiU be mads to the Beo-
rttary of the Interior.
There appears to be no reasonable doubt
that all anrvivors of the Mixican war who
come nnder the express provisions of tha
act passed for their benefit are entitled to
pensions.
Daniel Manning.
Probably before these words are in typo
Daniel Mtnnlng will havo passed to rest
Thursday morning he sank into a stupor,
and from that time without pain gradually
grew weaker and weaker. All hope of bis
recovery was abandoned and his loved ones
sat by bin bedside awaiting the inevitable
end.
Abont eighteen months ago, while busily
engaged in the discharge of his dntiee
Becreta.-y of the Treasury, llr. Manning
was stricken down by paralysis. After
weeks of procreation be appeared to rally
and before he was able to bear thorn re
sumed the burdens of his office, Bnt his
powerful constitution was ihatterad. There
was a p.rinfnl sentrsst between
tbs strong and banyant man who had left
the treasury and tho invalid who, with alow
and nnrertain step, returned too soon to
take np again the chief portfolio of the esb-
inch
Last winter it became Mr. Manning's im
peratve duty to resign. Boon after the ap
pointment of bia izsnnor he went to
Europe and spent sereral months thaw.
He seemed to regain much of his lost vital
ity and when he returned to New York wax
able to undertake the active presidency of
a great bank which was foveded on the
faith in his ability as a flnaneiar.
Four yean ago Daniel Manning was prac
tically nnhnown outside of Haw York, and
while be bad long been a powerful faster in
the poiltioe ox that elate ha had sever
made himself conspicuous. No wan had a
greater Influence in securing the nomina
tion of Mr. Cl'veland for the Presidency,
or in working the Democratic triumph of
1884 ia the pivotal state. When President
Cleveland made Mr. U tnniag Beorctary of
the Treasury, there was some apprehension
that the office was greeter than the man.
In a very abort time those who had enter
tained any snob fears wore mere than re
assured. Mr. Manning’s strong personal
ity Immrdi .tely impressed all who oame in
contact with the new Secretary of the
Treasury, and the country was net long in
learning that President Cleveland had en
trusted the flnanciel intereeta of the gov
ernment to clean and capable hands. As
bis notable work in the treasury progressed
the poblio estimate of the man steadily rose
A Dig War Coming?*
“A Member of Parliament/' commenting
by cable on Lord Baiisbnry’s spot oh, says
that scarcely any well informed person be
lieves that the groat war whioh has been
coming slowly for two years, can be staved
off longer than eprlog, and it may break
ont before that time. He means a war
against Russia by.the Germanic powers of
Central Europe,
Perhaps ho voices English hopes. Rnrsia
has long threatened England’s power and
prestige in Atria, and more than once the
latter has avoided war by nnwiiling oonces-
•ions. It is easy to believe, therefore, that
England wonld look on with pieasnre
while Germany and Anstria broke the power
of the Czir, and might even
undertake, in conjunction with
Italy, the third member of the alliance, the
task cf keeping France neutral while the
war was going on. This wonld be quite in
line with the traditional British polioy of
profiting by the qntrrels of other nations,
and it might uefer for many years the war
between Great Britain and Rossis, which
has long been looked upon as inevitable.
Though "A Member of Parliament” may
in hia prediction of immediate war bo in
fluenced by his hopes, it is bnt fair to ssy
that he expresses an opinion also enter
tained on the Continent. It is generally
believed that the sitnation i> much more
critical than when Bismarck filled Germany
with fears of . France to
■well the ranks of the army.
It may well bo that that increase was in
tended as preparation for a v ar with Russia,
long since determined npen, and that the
shrewd Chancellor took advantage of Bou
langer’s talk of revenge to carry it into
effect without diaoloaiug hie real purpose.
It may by well to remember that since he
came into powor Prussia has warred npon
her neighbors to tho north, west and sontb,
and each war has resulted in a large increase
of German or Prussian territory. The time
may have come for expansion to tho east.
It is now known that Bismarck had long
looked npon the last war with France as inev
itable, and for years Prussia had bent every
onergy in preparation for its coming. At last
a favorable opportunity arose, France was
ought unprepared, and the moat success
ful campaign in history ended in six months.
The present seems snob another opportuni
ty to crash Rasaia. Bismarck hu all the
strength he oonld hope to gain by allianees,
tho German and Austrian armies are larger
than ever before, and the troops have in
their hands the most improved repeating
rifles. On the other hand, linssia is over
whelmed with debt, her credit shaken, end
her soldiers aro armed with rlflis r-f the
same pattern aa those with which they
fought the Turks, ten years ago.
As (or cause of quarrel, resent history
shows that little is needed. Russian and
German mutually bate each other, and
Russia'* ambition in sonthern Europe hu
long threatened the “balsnoe of power"
and inflamed tbs jealousy of her neighbors
They may take advantage of her unreadi
ness to humble her ambition and stipple
her power. ’
Columbus nnA M*. Cnrllsl*.
It ia not surprising the*. Ur. Carlisle hu
been invited by tho manufeelnrers of Co
lumbus to visit thrir city for the ptrpoie
of discussing tho ta.tff. The iniquities tad
enormities of the preeent tariff are obnox
ious to all fair-minded mannfeetnrers, and
the men who here made Oolnmbni a seat
of activity want only a fair field. Thtro are
mannfutureni who want the earth, and
that, too, speedily, end they are engaged In
organizing “trasts” and other
similar shame* of lndiridisl ag
grandizement. Bnsh men want,
of eonrae, free whlaky, free oleomargarine
—anything free, ia faot, that will permit
a continuance of the extortion that Miser
panics a consumption of ths goods they
make. The mauuf eiarere of GoUmbui
ere not bnilt that wsy. They say they aro
not willing to “foster, eaoept or tolerate the
•slating abases and wrongs of the tariff
system," and they show their deeiro to nnde
these wrongs and abuo;s by inviting Mr.
OarUale to addreu the people •( their eity.
The mauufactnrr.rs of Oriumbus are wide
ly known. They ere snec. sifol men. They
are olear-headed, as ia will known, and the
stand they have reoenily tak-n shows
that they are also long-headed. They
would be eontent with a reasonable
and just tariff. They, la short, sceept the
kindly woods of the President In his reoent
message, when he uy»:
I( la the eesarfency that pretiae iyen *• onr
maaifaetaie.e are aeked to remade' ecmethteg
tor the pituo good end to aeert dinner, their pa.
trtotlim, ta well aa a (ratarat rooOfhUloa of adeaa.
tKee already afforded, ehowld lead them to vUllo(
re-opeiatlon. No dotzaad u made that they eh all
tcreao all the honeSte of s-nrramental regerd; bat
they eausot fall to bo admoetahed of thou doty, aa
weUre their entifhtreed MlftaUreel and tafety.
men if th* tatiff on toed did not prevent the
manufacture of ammunition for .export.
They have,* handsome export trade for
their arme, and would alec sell abroad
Urge quantity of ammunition If the duty
on lead were taken off or materially reduced.
There ere many other faetorleein a like pre
dicament, and none of them sill be apt to
oontribnte to ths Blaine oampalgn fond.
It may be that the Oolumbna manufactur
ers are looking forward to an ex
port trade. The home market oan-
not be treated to prevent a glut of
goods in dull times. It may be that they
are tired of paying two priori for looms and
other machinery, dye-atnff-i, bleaoblng pow
ders and other articles that they consume.
It may be that they want to hut n the
trantfer of the mills to the ootton fields, by
removing the bounty that enables mills un
favorably located to exi-t. But whether
any or all of these things were taken into
conriderstion, it is plain that the manufac
turers of onr prosperous sister city have
taken a step that is not only a credit to
them individually, bnt that will, if we are
not greatly mistaken, be very influential in
proonring a proper adjustment of tariff
r tea in spite of overz talons efforts of self-
appointed advocates thinly soa.tered over
the BUte.
It is plain, too, they do not fear Eogiish
makeis of check-, plaids, and the ooaraer
ootton goods. Handicapped aa they are by
nnmerons tariff duties, they can make a
yard of goods oheaper than Lincubire or
Manchester. All honor to onr Georgia
men, who have made themselves independ
ent enongh to tell the world they no longer
desire to be olasned among the pap-nurted.
Kffoat of the President** Message.
When the President’s tnwuuuie was
printed there was for some days a jubilant
tone among the leading R-pnblioan papers.
They weloomed the issue ho made as
the best npon whioh their party oonld fight,
believing it wonld divide the Democrats
while it wonld consolidate the Republicans.
Bat tho effect hu not been what they
thought The bold, noequivooal stand of
the Proeident has inspired his party with an
ontbnsiasm whioh it ba9 not felt before.
For the first time in many years it
a leader who has tho courage
pat in tho plainest w-rds the
purposes and polioy of the party; who
does not trim nor palter; who abandons tho
timid, half apologetlo attitude which the
parly hu maintained for a qnarter of a cen
tury and assumes the aggressive. Mr.
Cleveland hu made it plain that the Demo
cratic party la the party of the masses rather
than of the classes, and on this fact rests the
hopo of its future usefulness.
The Republicans are no longer jubilant.
The prompt rallying of their party organs
to the defense of class taxes and the re-
notion, springing' from timidity, among
Democrats which they expected have not
oome. On the contrary, a large proportion,
perhaps a third, of Bepnblioan journals ap-
prore the message u wlto and statesman-
like.
One of the most eooserratire and con
sistent of BepnbUiun pipers is the New
Yolk Oommereial-Adrertiser. Iu attitude
toward the messigo is seen in tho following:
The Republicans la OongrcH aro mealtceUy far
ten road; than they wore to nuke re tireo on tha
Pnildret'c red to accept the eseassk
ot thoce who wonld hare Ut Xepabllrea party de
clare I well ta laror of tk* perpetual mc'.uueirre
of tke tartffaeltta, wtffiout redaction, wlihoat al
teration aid wlihoat amendment When Ike Perel-
Sent'e meeaaie fell like a hombeheU Into Conpoea,
etarttteg the meiebere of both etdeo by lie ooan-
gcoii advooocy of e detolt* policy. It wee the
thcatht of tko eeeillw peUtleliai oa the Repabll.
can aide the! aa oppomatty had bees gttea to
them to moke an teise oa wkteh they oonld rae
ecaifiUy appeal to tk* timidity of tie people. Bot
the people were aot afraid. They feUeS to eee that
a ndnciloa of taietlea at * time when taxa
tion la plainly exeeealTO, eoeld be tctechleroee or
dangerrea. lkelr reeyoeee to the Fniident'e e«g-
KOiUene wu eo heartily apyrocla* ta lie ekereour
Iket the emaller petlnetiaa hare apparently
thoefht honor at lkelr Srat raaotve tad are now
Depend to ehtrk tke leone whteh el Bnt they ware
dlapoaed to wileeota. Tkey hoc* hoard from tkelr
eeeitfutita. It hie keee made arldenl to them
Iket tke eemre* tewerd whteh they (rat dlreeied
tkelr atepe maat mill, if penteted ta, la a rerole
»*•« the- are reminded of the fact that Snaacla)
— — n “ iTerlt * I T r®" trade.'efford'imtreeiweheluf* r P /ot^k»tooor
ooguizsd.
Bia lsit report, wbieh wu presented at
the opening of the Forty-ninth Congress,
wa the work of e muter hand. It wu e
complete ciDOauro of the inequalities el **“"»
1 J , “ 4 "“oooM# relief, may laalct a poo a radical
our tariff and en incontrovertible ergnmect
for tariff reform on the same general line
u the newt message of President Clert-
Whsn Mr. Manning, In the prime
of his power wu stricken down,
protection Is
muntactmree than to onr other Important toter-
prlae*. Opportunity for etfe, rental end deliberate
reform la now eff red; and son* of u ehowld be
unmindful of e Urn* whoa aa ahseod red Irritated
people, heedteee of th -a* who hare raaleted timely
end ewceplng nctldoatlon of their wronge.
Not are the men of Columbus alone in
this matter. A few days the secretary
of the Winobester Arms Repeating Com
pany, of New Harm,, Conn., wu
lntuviswed, sad is j.elad that
It ea nek a programme. Relent y la tke Itorthweat.
hit area ta Uie Beat aaS tke Ifortheaat. there hare
been open upreealeae ea tho pert of Ropiblleus
end a-p .tllau atwipejera whioh clearly tndleal*
a dUpoetiloa ho reject eay attempt that may t-e
merle to pet the RepahUaan party ta ta atUInde at
mere obetitcUta.
In the Nortbwait the sentiment in laror
of tariff reform hea grown rapidly. Ba-
publican Minnesota baa sent a majority of
Democrats to Congress, and her Rtpibii-
can RtpreaeEtaUTss are tariff ratormara.
One ot them, Knute Nelson, who wu
elected by the largaat m juriiy of any
member ot ihe Hesse, 4S.OX), reoently de
fined bit position in khe following worrit:
I would like to her* ta mtwy of Uto necetterlee
of life pat oa Ike fro* list aa possible, and hare
Ihe tares retained ea whlskf and tobacoo.
It will be ■ sen that on tbia qaeetion he ia
• good Democrat.
It is piaintr every day that a great major
ity of the people, whether Democrats or
Repoblleans—those who bear the hardens
of tariff taxation without recoiling eay of
its benefits —are with tke President,
end whatever may be tha outcome of the
faotion fight in Coogreu th* final remit
will be a victory tor the people. The des
perate resiaUnee of the gnardtani of
tpedal interests—wheat political future*
depend upon the fidelity with which they
serve tho** Interests, and not npon the enc-
cessot their party or its prindples—may
prolong th* battle, bnt, beyond deiey, the
only efftOI w bt to make their defeat
more oompie'.i
WaaaroE Basaxa, the Philadelphia
banker, has announced hitnsrif u * candi
date for delegate to the Republican conven
tion, where he will gi to work against
B'ainA Mr. Barker U the owner cf the
tamos* Milklewtcz ooneetsiona, end doesn’t
want a “spirited foreign policy.”
Sfaaafactarora Combining.
What is called a ’Viub" has been organ
ised by the manufacturers of Philadelphia
which is likely to play no lnoonslderablo
part in polities hereafter. The Times de-
•orioea it u strong in business ability and
energy—a “ctnb that conld readily throw
bsjf * million dollars into a great political
contest and not serionsly feel the contri
bution.” The obj eot of this club, so well
able to bny ita way to ita desires, is de
scribed u two-feld: “First, it proposes to
make battle for Its ideas of a tine protec
tive polhy and to oommsnd unity of in
terest and t ffort in impressing the presumed
necessities of onr manufacturers npon Con
gress. Second, it proposes to make labor
strikes practically impossible by a cohesion
of interests that will induce all to espouse
the oause of ftllow manufacturers who are
suffering from strikes, by a general lock
out that will deprive striking laborers from
receiving support from others in the same
calling.”
The dub's programme might have been
put in fewer words. It intends to ‘im
press" Congress end oppress working
men.
The Times oommends the formation of
the olnb, bnt venlnres to oriUoisa its course
io one partionlar. At a reoent meeting it
listened with every indication of pleasure
to a long and oart fully proposed criticism
of the President's mess ago, bnt refased
to hear a member who wished
to defend tt. This the Times thinks was
wrong, bnt it is the Times which is in error
The obj not of tho elob's existence is to pre
vent a reduction of the tariff—not to find
oat from free disoauion whether snoh a re
duction would benefit the oonntry.
Why should i'j members waste
their time listening to an
a.gument in favor of tho goneral welfare
wnen it is only with their special interest
that they are concerned? It oonld only dis
turb their consdenets.
The foimstion of this dub and its an
nounced objects are a very fair Indication of
theatrilnde of the great proteoted indos tier.
They are admittedly inoapablo of self sup
port and are pensioners on the bounty of
the people. From the hard earnings of the
bnlk ot the nation hu been taken a snffl-
dent part to make these pensioners so rloh
that the small part of them represented in
a single elty can “readily throw half
million dollars Into a
great political oontest and not serionsly feel
tho contribution,” in order, through the
weakness of poorer men, to control elec
tions against the lenso and welfare ot the
people. They are proud beggars. With
one band extended for alms, they hold ont
bribes with ths other.
Nor is this all. Not eontent
with an artificial advantage over
tho balano) of the oommunity
whioh hu increued their wealth six times
as tut u that of the greatest indnstry of
the country, they now propose to pay only
what they please to workmen as wages.
They band togothor to make strikes Impos
sible—that is, to leave the workman tho
choice of accepting what ia offered or quit
ting his trade.
Tfcea* manufacturers must be confident of
the power of their money in elections when
they snnonnoe so bald a platform. The
“half million'' suggestion is tho Times', bnt
it is an lndioati'in of wbtre the olnb’s
power lice, and It cannot ho doubted that it
will be used. What honaat ate eonld be
made of half u million dollars in an elec
tion? And how is it proposed to “impress"
Oongreu?
These people may overreach themselves.
They may convlnoe the people that too high
a price may be paid even for domretlo
m nufaetEtes, and workmen may dinoover
that lhair volts only strengthen their op-
preaiors.
MeUiotloof ICxMiitowa.
Lut year the New York Legislature ap
pointed a eemmiaaion to isqnlr* into tho
brat methods of taking tha lives of crimi
nals sandsmntd to dsstb by the Slate. It
now itttna certain that Its report wilt be
in favor ot uaeotion by aaani of electrici
ty. The eommtiiion is satis
fied that daath inflicted
tf .k. r.ur..t ta.jr •wov.rty Tb.y ka,. m that manner is absolutely painless, and
tea Iretk vklet vt yslated oat at Ilia ttart, tkat tke - 1 * ■ ""
Ctyakll't n yarty »ats ait carry lu voters with
that i! will ha attended by more ot the aocl-
dents which now lomrtlints shock ths spec
tators of a legal mention, u well as Inflict
needless aufDricg npon the victim.
It cannot be disputed that ths BUte,when
it determines to kill one et Its eitisans for
ths ufety of ths rail, is bound
to do so In the most humane
manner possible. Death la tka pan lty in-
dieted by law—not torture u wall. Though
tbia be trne. it may well be donbted if the
report of the oommUtlon will be accepted
by tha New York Lcglalatnre, and, If It
•bwntd be asrepted, whether execution by
electricity will be generally adopted.
It may be too mnah to sty
that the American piopit are prejudiced
In favor ot haaging, but they
look upon It u the moat deterrent form
is whioh daath can be inflated. It mee .a
more then death—It Is tbs daspist dl-grace
u well How many criminals, tn euipe It,
have e*trstilled anieide, teetifleing th* last
hours ot an allotted number, the sweetest
lu life because ro few? It ii very
traa that to the right reuoucr
it U the crime which diegraees, sot the pun
ishment; bnt tbU does not alter tho faet
that to the minds of moat people there la
an added infamy in duth on the end of »
rope. '
A great many people are opposed to aspl.
isl poniabment—coma brunae they doubt
the moral right ot tha Btate to inflist it.
others beeanse they doubt whether rrenl’*
justify so tremendous a remedy for violent
s£ m *r w nl “*? Kill b lieu* in It;
They believe in it, however, only a* a pre
ventive, and they will be *low to rob it of
any of It* deterring Inflieneea.
Backrcw'o Aratra Salv*.
J*'•*>« In th* world (or enta.brniore
sit* *. ult rbtiom. fivir urt*. tett-r. clup
pod trend. etrlltrUlDi. corn, and all.kin ,rsr ion..
**0 pretetvoly ciree ptlre or no pay reootred. It
** *—*•*■ *« «>»• perfect MUc&cusn or
mosey retoLded. i-rie* ■ rente . cr box. Tor
•alo by Lamar, Rankin 4 Lamar. 1
AlitUaboyof ouracqnttaT
of «b*n end will eo o£n cur^ 1 ’^ h * 1 kl * 1
In Hying the Lord'* Prayer^T ,4 th *‘«aa nl]
don." m ptaceof "Th,
the ponn'lt of'te^nre'.Vtelto 8 *' f °' ho ''" *
tioa. and «h„ -re*.
refute*forth, fourth tT. i^! b **° M ku ,
cheat Traveler. 10 “"J hla._a
Here rest.th. ho.b U dof »
Who kept th.ro..
8b. owned hU buh.i while's* Urea
And urn.a hie uhre, dead. * T# ^
lore me a. well a. you n« to do ^T 8 ' raa do i
W-B«.u« you w " ,7 * 4 °' ffoeba.d—Z|
Hr*. U-—Hmeenre, mylor.l Your mV* 1 " '
Hob, ta. are make, -n. lore yon^’
looking *t on., 8k, ^£^7 »“'*
In a dl.ga.ttd w.y, and .udr
you nut hare am.it when you hte rmrci.!
taken.' Ftaxto. Indignant; -i didn't! ***
must lure; Ja*t smell of thlst”
'Ms,** said * little Scranton slndunt n »
Metory yretoeday. -do frofT^H
7 : T"" enr * m,a ‘ “ frotaupr ^
my dear; why do you uk ,nch a qnreujnr
eaUM teacher ,ayi they al„„ hibernate ta J
..“sssretsss:
kororr.notemp, -yourro,reUacontu^. ^
to me of a beanttfol tong." .. Ah | Ur bZ
•wret of you to .ay that. I, „ '
•ongt" "Sm, tb. *Ntar-9pangled Banner '^
you at way. begin with ‘Oh, «y!’"-li ( d, 0 ^M,
w .“r-opangud Banner ‘ta,
you at way. begin with ‘Oh, «*yl'»_*,ir»re
Journal. ' roMl *
‘Papa, what la a oondagnttan!" "it u , v;
myson." “And what do they c»U * mu,
•there 1. no .pectal nemo for a Uttl. tn
they ioinotituee ceil it an ,noi„en t a™, mj.
»* -well It 1. tout ime. retted an loc,„ lWl
Ore. "Why?" "Well, I im y.a r Mat hu
Are rad ?w» wnnd.Mng »h«th, r u .....
gratton or aa Incipient dre.” In a f.w
young man bad re*.on to think U«h a coil
tlon.—Chicago Hews.
Whnt Cmu lie Don*.
Bjtnlng again end keeping np yonr conf
ttnnjr things seomlngly Impossible m/* *2*
Uln*d. liundred* of hop*l**« earn of kldB^i
ilT*r compUlut have been cared by Electric h!-d
after oveiythlnKrUe h*>l ba^n E-.,*! 1 *
!^ n i, ^ nk 19 00 cur * you, but try r
irl t Bitter*. There Is no medicine so safe, go *
“J n, Perfect * blood pnrlfi*r. K^stflo^ta
evPwS™ diAbnt** and *U
thte kMnif* Tntalnahlal. .A*..., -
th, kidney.. liraluabl. ta Urebore ot .SS
KiSTSiri:? jrsr* 1 s? jrt-?
BARGAIN;
O'GORMAN & CO'.
We will inaugurate this week the gre
est bargain campaign ever beatd of io 1
ooa.
The Christmas trade 1* over. Walt
eejojed a fine trade. Onr patreni lu
been liberal, and we will in return tb
our appreciation by eff ring the gnat U|
bargain* in Dry Good* ever offered. T Its
t* not idle talk for we mean holiness i
yon have only to oi^l and ba convinced.
DRESS GOODS.
When it comes to Dreu Goods ws ft
onr strength.
No firm io Georgia carries a ltrger or b
V oxiliiret c.,1 ateuaW TA ..... fl,*J.
ter relcoted (took of D.*«u Goods
The ladle* all know, too, that era
headquartan tor atylUh Dreu G'Oix
Wc are more than aatUfled with tho li
ral patronage ws bare aujoyed in tbia
partment and the knife will go deep ii
priori. Everything will be marked do,
J ’ wore, titelil mere ..m kte..tei«ee<f
down, down, until yon oan buy a Dies dn
of us now for almost a mere song.
DRESS TRIMMINGS.
It would ba surprising just to know b
many Dress Trimming* we hare Midi ■
season. We have had averytkiog ntv ■ ;
onr sale* have beon limply immeoM *
are determined that nothing in this dept re
meat ehall be oarried over, so you can b u
Trimmings from now on at yonr ova pri
SILKS! SILKS! SILKS!
Look et our atlkitedk and thsoat
ere, and you wiU readily tee we ctnj
l»rgu stock u all of onr competitor* *
Lined. No ono over goes out of onr it
to buy a silk dreu. It would ba fc-;
they did, for no firm aosth of Rjv ‘
can show a better slink of silks. Tn f 1
ws rattled oempeUtion tha first of ths J
on silks U fresh tn ths minds of w
Well, we are going to do ft *g*in. 7
will he bad new* to eempetlflon. but it
bo Uie oan** of gensrel rtdoleing *•“
people. The sale it boand to be s (
eraeortu, for we are going to effar pn
that uiU umbo sales.
CARPETS.
Thi* is a pet deytriment of oat*
flint tn the South earrte* * 1lt ‘ c !
oatp ts. We have alwaja led tn*»t
trade ia Usoon. Our talcs Ibta re**?*
far anrpu ed any prtvi iu* Meore- L r|
h»ve tH-cn (hipped to *U p*ri« of tha 8-
By ell means eime to btadqu*ri* r ’ *•
yon wsnt to buy eaepete. »• *“
joo money and give better styles tu
be
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C. L. O’GORMAN & CO.
Load-™of ths Dry Good*andCsrptdTw
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