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1HE WEEKLY TELEGRAPH: MONDAY. SEPTEMBER 25. 1893
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Senator Irby arrived In Columbia
Monday morning from Washington,
and upon alighting from the train cre
ated a sensation. “After being assisted
Trom the sleeper,” a special telegram
says, "by the porter, who also showed
qlgns of having looked upon Jag-water
tvhen It was red, Senator Jrby sham
bled through the ladies’ waiting room,
and, jerking a pistol from his hlp-
pockot, caused consternation among
the hack men, who promptly took to
cover. The porter assisted him into
the carriage of an unwilling backman,
and the senator gave orders to be
driven to the executive mansion at
once. Though pretty welt frightened,
the backman complied, taking him
along frequented streets. The senator
is said to have presented a very com
ical picture as ho lay there with his
legs thrown across the front seat, and
the rest of liis body jumbled up on the
back stmt. The backman says Slat Cot.
Irby bad bis pistol drawn on hhn most
of the way until lie went to sleep. He
states that when lfe was met at tbe
door of the governor's mansion, Col.
Irby stumbled out with the remark:
•We are ruined. I've come to bring
you had news.’”
After a few hours’ rest at the execu
tive mansion, during which time it was
necessary for the chief oxecuUve to
send to tbe nearest "dispensary” for a
bottle of the state's special brand of
whisky, the governor took his guest to
the railroad station and sent him to
his country home, apparently in n some
what better condition than on" his ar
rival. At least, his pistols were kept
out of sight.
Naturally the people of South Caro
lina are somewhat scandalized l>y the
conduct of their senator. They knew,
of course, that he was a pretty tough
citizen when they elected him. His
reputation as a drinking roan and bully
was well established, but they had no
reason to suspect that he was animated
by a special feeling of hostility to the
negro race and would take advantage
of hts high position to Injure the ne
groes brought Into contact with him.
Indeed, they had heard how, on one
occasion, he had held his pistol to the
head of a white man while a negro
lashed trim with a horsewhip. They
had reason to believe, therefore, that
bis hostility was for his own race and
not for the negroes.
But what are they to believe now?
The Pullman porter had certainly done
him no Injury. Why, therefore, should
he use his prestige as a United States
senator to Induce tho poor fellow
drink with him and thus forfeit the
confidence of their employers? He cer
tainly knows that a drunkard cannot
bold a poaltlon aa a Pullman car por
ter, though eligible aa a ‘‘reform" sen
ator from South Carolina, and we must
think be was animated by hostility to
tbe negro race. It may be thought by
some that this Is a mistake and that
Sftmtor Irby got the porter drunk
while animated by the most friendly
feeling for him, Just as he has 'before
put white men under the table, but
this idea Is negatived by the senator’s
conduct even while the porter’s arms
sustained him. It la Inconsistent with
his action In drawing his pistol upon
inoffensive negro trackmen and driving
them to cover. That action shows bla
real animus.
segment of change will meet any tar
iff law the Democrats may pass. It
la something they must count upon,
and they nlbst expect tlielr enemies to
take 'the utmost possible advantage ot
If they cut the tariff deep, carry
ing out nt one stroke the Democratic
idea that the tariff should be for reve
nue only, they will rouse all the pro
tectionists of the country to a fury ot
denunciation and drive off, pernapa,
some voters who have heretofore gone
wMh them. On the other hand, If they
have regard for capital Invested .n pro
tected Industries, in the oellcf that Hie
government would persevere In the
policy It has pursued for thirty years,
and only take a step toward the Dcro-
oaratic Ideal tariff, they will be accused
of cowardly subserviency to the capi
talists and denounced as unworthy ot
tbe confidence of the tollers of the na
tion.
Just as much courage Is necessary to
be moderate as to be radical, and tue
Immediate effect of one course of ac
tion will be ns much lvtrsli criticism
as If the other had been adopted. Tue
Democrats in congress u>ed not think
they can escape criticism. They ctnuot.
But they will be judged by the effee's
of the law they may pass, after the
clamor of criticism has exhausted It
self, and we hope they will calmly go
to work with this fact ‘a mind. We
do not t^ink the country expects the
radical action which Mr. Carneg’c fa
vors, but it does expect'a tariff law
based on the idea that the purpose In
laying taxes Is to colleot a revenue.
In constructing such a law, it is not
necessary to forget the conditions pro
duced by thirty years of protection or
to manifest animosity toward thj in
dustries favored by those condl firms.
COTTON FUTURES.
strain?* of civilization and Christianity
as well as thetr respect for the law of
the land.
If possible, the transactions at Roan
oke are even more regretnble. The
loss of life caused by tbe mayor's at
tempt to prevent the lynching of n ne
gro ruffian was perfectly useless. In
stead of being successful, that attempt
lias resulted in the flight from •fee ctly
of the mayor and of all the soldiers
who obeyed his order to tiro upon the
mob. It only resulted In a deeper hu
miliation of the law and a grosser ex
hibition of brutal violence toward the
negro whose .crime was the beginning
of tbe popular excitement. The light
for the law should not have been en
tered upon, unless the authorities were
determined to make it a successful
fight. They had no right to shed the
blood even of rioters uselessly, though
it was tboir duty to uphold the law at
any cost. They wore themselves mor
ally guilty of a crime when, having
shot down a score of people, they be
came frightened nnd threw away all
possible good results of their, act bv
running away, leaving the mob victo
rious after nil.
It begins to look as if the white peo
ple of this country had about made up
their minds to take the punishment of
negroes guilty of serious crimes out ot
the hands of the courts. If they have,
the fact should be promptly reoog-
nlzed by legislators and those respon
sible for the preservation of public or
der, so that tho work of bringing about
a ohange can be begun In os inteRigent
a manner as possible. Almoet anything
Is better than mob lsw. Under its
sway our nodal nnd business organiza
tion will give way. There will soon
be. no safety for iife or property.
likes best, not merely a thing he l? com
pelled to do to earn his dally bread.”
"What would you do with the lazy ones,
who would cot worst"
"No one Is lszy. They grow hopeless
trom the misery of their present exist
ence, and give up. Upon our order of
things, every man would do the work he
liked, and would have as much as his
neighbor, so could not be unhappy and
discouraged.”
This Is childish In its crudeness, nnd
it seems Impossible that anybody can
accept »t as a practical scheme of so
cial and industrial organization. But
it is possible that It is not the end
which Miss Goldman proposes to reach
but the means sh> would employ in
reaching It that appeals to the mind
and heart of the discontented, embit
tered people among whom she labors.
They may find pleasure In contemplat
ing the violent destruction of people
whom they esteem more fortunate than
themselves, even while rejecting the
belief that a state Is possible In which
there will be no money and men will
work only when they please and
tasks that they like.
SHOULD BE INVESTIGATED.
old members, so that the court may be
said to have been reconstituted during
the last live or sir years. It Is uot
likely, however, that more than one
more change in tho personnel of tho
court will be made soon. The great
age of Justice Field will compel his re
tirement before long.
Mr. Homblowcr, whose name has
Just been sent to the Senate by Presi
dent Cleveland, is highly spoken of by
the press of New York and by men In
public life who know him. It is now
known that he accepted the nomina
tion only after several weeks of hesita
tion. He is earning $10,000 a year by
his law practice, and the salary of a
supreme court Judge is only $10,000.
He Is only 42 years of age, and will be
able to give the country many years or
valuable service.
THE PEOPLE ALWAYS PAY.
CONGRESS AND THE TAU1PP
>
Sir. Andrew Carnegie has been inter
viewed on the tariff question snd ex-
prunes himself to favor of "sudden
death” rasher than slow torture-that
is to say, he wants the Democratic
congress to pant a free tra/le bill rather
than one which will only reduce mod
erately the groscctive duties, fa rea
son he gives for this preference i* that
the reaction caused by a violent dis
turbance of the ftidu*tries of the coun
try would make protection stronger
than ever.
The revenue tariff would be con
demned before Its merits multi ae dis
closed by its workings, because or dis
turbances inevitably caused by any
considerable change in the tariff, s-em*
to be his idea. As Mr. Carnegie thinks
the UoKtnley Is* ft good one, he would
admit, perhaps, that even a good change
must cause disturbance and excite ■*
lentment. Otherwise, bow can he ac-
soont for the overwhelming defeat ot
he party responsible for the law he
musidera good to two elections, by a
> ir1 y unequivocally opposed to py
wtlon In any form?
The McKinley law is not a good o -e.
t Is based on wrong principles ami
be popular condemnation of it wtS be
oedng. Hut some of tbe fierrrn
he popular n-e-utment against i.
toe mainly t» the fart that it radically
banged existing conditions. Tals re-
The merchant who furnishes supplies
to farmers—fertilizers, etc.—and agrees
to take cotton In payment, or who
knows that he wiU be compelled to
buy cotton in older to save the debts
due him by the producers, frequently
sells cotton for future delivery, when
he can do so at a price that will Insure
the profits of his merchandising busi
ness. In like manner, the mill owner,
when he has made a contract to man
ufacture goods for future delivery at
certain price, insures bis profit by
buying cotton for delivery during the
months he will need it. In neither
ease may there be an actual delivery
the cotton, but in neither is there
the element of gambling. In one case
os in the other-tn the selling ns in the
buying-* man engaged in a perfectly
legitimate business Is trying to protect
himself against the fluctuations ot the
market—Is Insuring himself against
chances that might be prejudicial to
hhn. He gives up nil chance of gam
bling profit to order to make sure of
the small, legitimate profit that ho
earns to his bustocs*.
A great many people, especially
among the farmers, believe that the
buying and selling of "phantom” cot
ton is at tbe bottom of nearly all the
financial troubles of this country. But
even these people, we think, will hard
ly see anything wicked to the kind of
future traaactlons we have described
—Intended to take the clement of risk
out of business. If there la nothing
wicked to them and If they do make
business safer, why may not the prac
tice be profitably extended further?
The mill owner knows to the fraction
of a cent what It oosta him to produce
a pound of yarn or a yard of cloth and
bow muoh he can afford to pay for cot-
tn If he sells at a certain price. In the
nature of thlnpt, the farmer cannot
know exactly what It will cost him to
produce a pound of cotton, but If he is
a good fanner he knows the approxi
mate cost. The range of cost need not
be very wide, however variable tho
weather, for the cotton crop never
falls. This being true, why cannot the
farmer, too, insure bis profits, when
ever the price for cotton for future de
livery is above the cost of production?
If the price should go unexpectedly
high, he would not benefit, and if It
went below the cost of production he
would not lose. He would have rid
himself of risks and assured himself
a small profit—a policy other business
men find a profitable one.
We throw this oat as s suggestion
merely, with no intention of encourag
ing gambling to futm-s, which we re
gard as a very dangerous nml demor
alizing practice. Tbe exchanges are
not going to be closed, however, and
if tho farmers suffer from their deal
ings, as they think, we do not see why
they should not offset the damage, if
possible, by adopting the' methods of
other business men.
The St. Louis Globe-Democrat, in nn
editorial on the condition of the treas
ury nnd the necessity of Increasing Us
Income, prints the following little es
say on taxation:
"Strictly speaking, the government has
only one way to raise money, nnd that
Is by soms form of taxation. Its Income
Is all derived from tribute levied upon
the business and profits of the people, di
rectly or Indirectly. There are no sources
of gain In Its operations outside of this
one general process of forced contribu
tion from those who enjoy Its advantages
and are vitally Interested In Its preserva
tion. All plans for Increasing the reve
nge. whatever shape they may assume,
come at last to the essontlal fact that
the people must pay whatever It re
quired. It can make little or no differ
ence eccordlnzly what particular plan
may be chosen so far ss the final ant
practical result Is concerned. In any
event, there Is sure to be taxation and
the only tioint for consideration la that
of the relative merits of the different
schemes In the respect of making the
burden as easy to bear as possible. Di
rect taxes are unpopular, even when
they are manifestly fair and Just; and
so It Is best to avoid them by using -,-oqpd-
about means for reaching tho same end.
That la why our statesmen usually , de
vice plans for raising revenue that ^eem
to bring the money from some place
that has no possible relation to our or
dinary buslnesa affairs, when the truth
Is that the people foot the bill just the
same In such a case as In that of any
direct payment. The present emergency
calls for treatment of that sort with par
ticular force. There Is a prevailing pre
judice against taxation that can be Im
mediately felt by tbe Individual cltlaen.
The people do not object to paying the
cost of carrying op the government, hut
they prefer to do It by some circuitous
method: and congress should adjust the
matter with due regard for this popular
feeling upon a subject of the first Im
portance.
This U all true enough, buj It la hard
on Mr. McKinley, the leading expo
nent of the fiscal ideas of the party of
•which the Globe-Democrat Is a power
ful organ. He la making a campaign
for the governorship of Oblrf and the
presidency of the United State* a* toe
representative of protection, and his
chief pica for that policy Is tlia'.
mokes the foreigner pay the taxes, and
therefore the expense* of our govern
ment. When an opponent call* atten
tion to this statement of this fafihtal
party organ that the people always pa/
the taxes, no matter wb.it roundabout
method of collecting them may
adopted, what can he 3a y 7
AN ANARCHISTS VIEWS.
The New York Advertiser euy# that
the survivors of the federal army “nre,
as a rule, slow to ask for pensloas, and
do not do bo unless they find that ab
solute want compels them to do sc.”
This statement, if true, discloses a very
remarkable state of facts. Just how
many survivors there arc now It ts Im
possible to say. There were about
2,730,000 enlistments. A conshlerahlo
number of these men lost thetr lives
in battle, more died of disease miring
the war nnd some, presumably, have
shuffled off this mortal coil during the
twenty-eight years which have claused
since the war closed. It is a ebortl
estimate, we suppose, to say lhnt
1,500,000 still survive. Of this num
ber more than n million have applied
for pensions.
If it is true that they applied oc'y
In absolute want, a verv Important
nnd Interesting question 's raised. The
country Is understood to have beet
generally prosperous. Wealth mu in
creased at a great rate. The -•i.tnco
to make a living has been so much bet
ter than elsewhere that millions of Eu
ropeans have come across the wide
ocean to take advantage of It. Yet,
the Advertiser says that two out or
three of the vigorous young men who
came out of tho army m 1883 have
been unable to-make a living and bc*.n
compelled by absolute want to cal! on
the government for support. The av
erage term of service In 'he army was
only n few months. What was ihcre
in this service that lnpip.idtnt.d a
mau forever after from earning a liv
ing and almost inevitably made a pan
per of him? Servjce In the Soq'lieri
armies did not have that effect, and
Southern survivors have lived Jn the
part of tho country where tho inc-emw
of wealth was least rapid.
The matter ought to bo .'nves'lgatcl.
If war Involves the nec.italty of mak
ing a paupw for all time of every man
enlisted in the armies of the t'lMlul
States, the government ought to kav.v
It, hi order that It may properly nstl
mate the cost of war oefore going
into it
MOB VIOLENCE.
In the rapid increase of mob vio
lence, manifesting itself in all parts of
the country, there is a subject for se
rious thought by the good people of
this country. New Orleans nml Roan
oke are not tzirbnnuts communities.
Their people are fairly representative
of the citizenship of the whole country,
which often boasts that It leads the
van of Christian dvtlixation. Yet from
no savage country have come true sto
ries more fully illustrating the blood-
thiraty rage of which human being* are
capable. At New Orleans, three men.
innocent to the knowledge of all
the crime which had excited the anger
of the mob, were done to death to
mo*t cruel manner. They were killed
primarily because they wire brothers
of it brutal murderer, bat It is not too
much to nay that had they heen white
men they would not have been held re
sponsible for his crime. The deliberate
preparations to roast the murderer
when caught show that to their thirst
for revenge the men who are pursuing
hint have thrown aside 'all the re-
CAROLINA POLITICS.
A special from Columbia says the
South Carolina “reformers" have been
thrown Into a state pf consternation
by the announcement that Ben Terrell
of Texas Is about to atart a Populist
party movement In that state. Mr.
Tcrrrll is one cf tho national officers
of the third party organization, and
was formerly, we believe, a national
lecturer of the Alliance.
The “reformers" and Mr. Terrell are
to perfect agreement to their political
ideas, which are those expressed tn
the Ocala platform. Presumably, they
are the best of friends. At flrst glance,
therefore. It seems unreasonable that
the advent of Mr. Terrell should
frighten the reform leaders half to
death. But a Uttlo reflection alii wiif«
that the alarm of these well-placed
gentlemen Is not-at all unreasonable.
They call themselves Democrats and
arc In complete possession of the ma
chinery of the Democratic party, while
accepting the platform nnd sympathiz
ing with the purposes of another and
bitterly hostile party. Their position
Is therefore nn utterly false one, which
they cannot well continue to occupy
If the party whose plajfonu they ac
cept effects an organization and begins
to fight the party of whose name and
organization they have availed them
selves In gaining office. They will be
obliged to choose between the two, and
to choosing would run the risk of land
ing on a different side from the offices.
THE NEXT NEW STATE.
The yonng woman Emma Goldman,
who has acquired a good deal of noto
riety as an anarchist speaker daring
the last year or two, ts taken seriously
by the police anthoritle* of New York
and Philadelphia. A few days ago she
was arrested to the latter city when
about to address nn anarchist meeting,
on a requsltlou from New York. Heavy
ball was required, which at last
counts she h V been unable to give, to
her speeches she ts said to use very
violent language and to counsel arson,
murder and all other Crimea that wilt
tend to overthrow the “capitalistic
classes." Possibly the police author*
tlioi are right and she Is a dangerous
person to be at large, but it la difficult
to believe that rite is after reading the
following exposition of her views,
given to a nwspaper reporter:
Everything cron*, crime snd sickness,
and sit that, is the resell of the system
under which we live. Mire there no
money and, as s result, capitalists, peo
ple would not be overworked, starved and
lily-housed, all of which mekes them old
helore their lime, diseases them and
n-skes them criminals. To save a dollar
the capitalists build their nil roads poor
ly. and along comes s train, and lovta
ot people are killed. What ire thetr Uves
to him If tiy thetr sacrifice he has saved
money? But those deaths mean misery
want and crime In many, many fimtlies.
According to anarchistic principles, we
build the best of rallrcsda so there shall
he no accidents. Thera Is the Broadway
coble, for instance. Instead of running
» f «w cS*» •* n frightful speed, we should
run many cars at slow speed, and so
have no accidents."
"If you do away with money and em
ployers, who will work upon your nil*
reader' I asked.
•Those that cart for that kind of work.
| Then every one shall do that whirl, be
Oklahoma was opened to settlement
to 1880, and -its population is now eitl
mated at 150,000. The addition ol
tho Cherokee Strip will double its urea
anil add immediately about SO,000 to
Its population. Within two or three
years, with the opening of tho land to
cultivation and the growth of the
towns and cities, the number of people
in the territory wiU probably exceed
the number to any one of two or three
of the older states. In area, also. Ok
lahonm must be compared with the
other states, all of those In the West far
ding It. It is somewhat smaller
than South Carolina—less than half ns
larg" as Georgia.
pile of it* comparatively small
size. It Is probable that the territory
will lie made a state without long de
lay. Its population is already two or
three times as large as that of some
of the territories admitted during the
last five years, and it has better pros
pects of a steady nnd rapid growth in
wealth. There will be no good reason
for refusing it admission as a state
when it makes application. In tho fut
ure It may be possible to add to the
territory of the state more of tbe lands
now held by the Indians.
Tie- development of a vast extent of
bald prairies Into cultivated farms, the
building of cities nnd creation of nil
tbe conditions under which civilized
men live, to the short space of half a
dozen years—raising an uninhabited
wilderness to the dignity or a populous
and well ordered state—is only possi
ble In America. That It is possible
hero, Oklahoma wi.ll soon prove.
THE supreme court.
old times in politics.
Mr. Jones Bush's Recollections of
Campaign of 1844,
From the Bartlesville Gazette
This day, the 18th of September
ty-nlne years ago I walked the £r,l , r
of Thomas-ton, in Upson countv 1 ^,^
6ftw 3,000 mftn moving alon^
columns and at th“he”dof each "V
umn was carried a benutlful An- c0 '
upon which was a large nlc,,* “"I
America's greatest statesman”^ „r° f
tor. These .columns of men kept 1 S'
. S £ ‘i 1 re * ular order UUtlf m.v
hT 1 »h ed n a . nr8 ° an<1 b ° autif ul grove
in the eastern part of said town™
whcre ‘hey found seats that had bora
prepared lor them and a stand or rn?
trum upon which the orators of
day were Invited. 1 the
ocreslonwlro wishtogtm nt,” ,° h n that
ed Billy Mosely and’Tt. W^pe
was then a young lawyer, bulls new
nn old man. Poe and Moselv w
long since gone down into their grail
together with nine-tenths of thfw'
ence which they addressed on that S.
Upson county was for a number
iwgAVs-.ssr'sia™
;S. n 'sr, =» «
At their mass meeting in 1844 I
more cooKed meat and bread nt one
sight than I over saw before or h»
ever soon since. 4.noo poo-i. ——
men and children and negroes"’ to*
satisfied their appetites there w ” s ' t v!?
enough left for 5 000 more. The nCmS
were happy and shouted hurrah™
The contest or political battle be
tween the Whigs and Democrats in lsu
was a severe one. The Whigs knew
that their standard bearer wnstbe mod
distinguished statesman in the world
and as a matter of course they were
anxious to place him at the head of
the government, while the Democrat,
were ns anxious to defeat him. It t.
certainly true that Mr. clay was at
the time he jvas jtominnted for the
pre.--ct:cy «.c popular man liv
ing; for the party at that time to which
ho belonged was in the ascendency
and at ite great national convent inn
no name exoept that of Mr. Clay was"
mentioned for a candidate for the pro.
stdency. Not a stogie ballot was made
for the nomination was made by ac
clamation. And yet with all ot Mr
Clay’s popularity he was defeated In
the race for president on account of
James Birney of New York becoming
a third candidate nnd dividing the
Whig vote of that state, being that he
was an abolition Whig.
It Is remarkable that neither one ot
the triumvirate ever became president
And again, after the election of John
Quincy Adams, the sixth president, we
think no first-class statesman hav
reached tho presidency. But Henrv
Ward Beecher says that It does not
require a flrst class statesman to make
a good president. Jones Bush.
• HONORABLY RETIRED.
THE DUTIES ON IRON.
One of those who testtoed before the
ways and means committee last "week
—* worker In a nttsburg Iron rail!—
gave expression to the fears entertain
ed by his class by saying: "We ull ex
pect to be thrown out of employment
if the tariff Is reduced to a purely rev
enue basis. Before the law or 1SUO
was enacted, a great many of us were
Idle and walking tbe streets, and if It
■were not for thji law we would be do
ing the same thing today.”
We do not doubt this man believed
what he said. Workmen *to the pro
tected Industries have long been taught
that they owe their employment and
their wages to the favor of the govern-
tnPnt and not to their own Intelligence
and industry. Bat his statements are
not reasonable. The McKinley law re
duced thn duties on nearly all Iron and
steel products. If tt had any effect at
all, according to this man's logic. It
should have been to reduce wages and
put more Idle men on the streets. If
it did have an effect, nnd that effect
was to put more men at work Ilian
could find employment before the re-
due.ton of tariff duties was made, he
certainly should not expect n further
reduction to have the opposite effect.
TO INCREASE THE REVENUES.
One of our Republican contempora
ries, after giving figures to show that
the government Is (n need of a revenue
at least $30,000,000 larger than that
now obtained by taxation, says that
"two ways arc open to tbe government
to meet the deficit which Is threatened.
One Is to sell bonds and tbe other Is
to create new sources of revenue.”
There Is another—old sources of rev
enue cun be enlarged. Mr. David A.
Wells has shown how $60,000,000 run
be added to the revenue from internal
taxes without greatly, If at all, increas
ing the coat of liquors and tobacco to
consumers. On the other hand, the
revenue from the custom houses can be
Increased by reducing the duties which
are now prohibitory. It 1* not at all
necessary to sell bonds or to Impose
nciv taxes.
Col. Ed. L. Wight Placed on the Re
tired Roll of Officers.
From the Alban/ Herald.
Col. Ed. L. Wright of tills city, fc«j. «i
the following order from Adjutant-Ora-
oral Kell, been placet upon the roll ot ’
retired officers of the military c-f Georto.
State of G.-orjIa. Ailjt. and Ins-Oen/n
Office. Atlanta. Sept. 14 4*1.
SPECIAL ORDERS NO. M.-EXTRACT.
2. Under provisions of ihe act of tile
General Assembly, unproved October tl,
1*91, Edward L- Wrlvht, » commission*!
officer of tho Oeort-ln Volunteers Is. up
on his own uppllcstlon. plnced on the roll
of retired allleers, created by said set,
with the rank of colonel, tho highest
rank held by him during Ills sendee. His
retirement wHl take effect this dsy.
By order of the Governor.
.1. McIntosh Kell.
Adjutant nnd Inspector-General.
It will also be seen from the folio* Ins
letter from thn udjutant-general that
Col. Wright, althougn yet a young n.nn.
has served seventeen years In the mili
tary of the state:
State of Georgia, Adjt. and Int.-Ucn.’s
Office. Atlanta, Hep:. Ik, l".d.
Col. Ed. U Wright. Albany. Oa.;
Hlr; I have the nonor to herewith trans
mit special order No. M, placing you on
the roll of retired officers, villi the rank
of colonel, the highest rank held by you
durffir your servtre.
In my statement showing your military
service, and which accoippsn'ed your up-
{ dtcatlon, you tailed to give your servlet
n the late ear: also your ssrvlee as a
member of the Atlanta Cadets. This r«r-
vlce, added to the other, mnkes a tot.it
of seventeen years, eleven months »..d
three days. Instead of fifteen years, its*
months »nd elrven days, na staled by
you. Reepectfull yours.
UTAH TO BE A 44TATE.
ho justices of tbe supreme mart of
the United State* sre appointed for
kfe, amt few of them resign. We are
accustomed to think of our highest
court, for flies" reasons, as pirUcaiarijr
stable to Its membership—almost ns
unchanging. That this is freqaeutty
a mis KM Idea will be’seen If the
pres nt organization of the court he
stud .-1 ;i > le. A few years ngo, the
justices were all ItepublicanH except
one * war Democrat trout California
appi i d by l’rc- I"Ut Lincoln. Now
the t-.iir - qtully dlvldal twtwm n
the two gr-ii parries ss po**,Me. There
are four Itamocrat* nnd fire Republi
can*. Of Hi- four Domir rstak Field,
Fuller, Jri'kson and lb. "dower, only
one has hi-n on the betieli longer than
six year*. Of the five Republican*,
HjrUn, Gray. Brewer, Brown nnd
.Shins, three were appointed by l’real
dent li.irr!' <n. Tipr* ore only thn
NINE DAYS ON A HULK.
Fearful
Territories Committee to Report—Last
of Chilian Claims.
Washington. Sept. 21.—The house
committee ou territories has decided
to report a tall In favor of tho admis
sion of Utah as a state. The last of
the $75,000 received from the Chilian
government for assault on the Balti
more’s sailors in Valparaiso was today
paid out to John W. Freese, fireman,
who received *1,200. Two seamen
who were to receive *1,300, but not
more, have deserted from the navy’
and the money will be used for other
purposes.
Answer Tills Question.
Why do so many people we see
around us seem to prefer to suffer and
be made miserable by ludlgcstlon, con
stipation, dizziness, loss of appetite,
coming up of the food, yellow skin,
when for 75 cents we will sell them
Shiloh’s Vltallzor, guaranteed to cure
them.
Sold by Goodwyn ft Small Drug
Company, corner Cherry nnd Cotton
avenue.
Buffering of Three
wrecked flea men.
Ship-
Boston. Sept. 21.—The Spanish
steamer Italest.ne from Matanzas to
day brings three men of the crew of
the schooner Wiudemere front Key
West, September 14, for Mobile to
load for port* to Spain and Trinidad.
The Wlnderaerc was capsized to a
heavy squall off MoUle. The captain,
the captain’s wife, first mate, steward
and one seaman were drowned. Tlie
three rescued had been clinging to the
bottom of the vessel for uluo days
when taken off by the steamer. Those
who were drowned were Oapt. John
Charlton and wife of Port Lome, First
Mate Tranian Hobuan of Annapolis,
Mtewsnl Henry Bands, a native of
Norway, and a s*aman named Daniel
August. The rescued men are Charles
Livaln, second mate, and James
Clarke and John Matson, able seamen.
They tell a story of coffering, priva
tion snd exposure seldom equaled, tbe
three rescued men haung managed to
live for nine day* upon the upturned
bottom of tbe vessel.
FATAL MINE EXPLOSION.
WUkrabam, Pa., B»pt. 21.—A ga. ex
plosion occurred tn Tbelac colliery. No
11 Of tb* Lehigh ami Wllkeaberre coal
company this afternoon. Five men were
instantly killed and flva others seriously
but not fatally Injured. Tbe names
of tbs dead arte; David M. Julies, con-
frsclor; William Janes, Rack miner:
Job* Flannagan, mason; Owen p
Jones, lutuer; Joshua Gullghtly, satis'-
rSdS’ira /.^" AH war '
FIRE IN A HAY CAR.
Brunswick, Kept. 21.—{SpociaO-Firt
broke out at I o’clock tonight to Ksn*i«
City. Fort Boost and Memphis car No.
13.094, load'd wish boy. Chief Batin l»w
nil'll tbs depoctmont emingui*h*d th«
fire qutekly. Twenty care loaded with
rosin were on the track within five fr it
of the bay, but quick work prevented s
serious conflagration. The fire is thought
to Have been of Incendiary origin. No
Jail will be needed for any burglar* "V
incendlirlcw ounfM. but the few able-
bodied white men here nod martial law
will prevail.
Tilt: OXLY OM EVKIl PRINTED.
Can You Find It I
ThiTo Is a •’Much display advertise
ment in this paper this week which
has no two words alike except one
wool. The same is true of each new
one appearing each week, from the Dr-
Harter Medicine Company. This house
places a "crescent” on everything they
make and publish. Is»k for It, scwl
the name of tbe won), and they *IU
return yon a book, beautiful litho
graphs or samples free.
WANTED.
WILL *») HELP YOU OI'Tt-lf
KO. you van have It We offer you
the BOLE AGENCY for sn snide :»*«
ts WANTED IN EVERT HOME snd IX-
DiaPENRAULK IN EVERY OFkK'ri
something that 8ELL8 AT BIOHT. other
•rllrlra sell rapidly at Double 'he Prlc*.
thoujti not Anawerin* , b . Purpose Halt
J* TYriL You can make from ZS to
H?.'? ,' hr, » ’tmtaha Introducing It. *ft«
which It wMJ bring a STEADY HB3RAI.
I..COMB, If jwoperty attended to. Is-
ao M »«il mm rvti- In tows or coub-
tlrt ClftN’Ve.